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The Washington times., 1918-04-11

Here IL q little girl with a name
out OF a storybook. 1t is Miss Pat
tie Creecy-Pattie Walter Creecy.
Pattie Is real and right--it is no
"Pattie- e-for-short" And Walter is
after, with love and affection, the
good doctor who brought her TO her
folks house-as she says-years
and years ago" should reckon
about eighteen! And IL you saw her
you would say, "can this little
creamy-faced. jewel-eyed, dcmure
baby have lived so long as that"
l am so happy about seeing so
lovely a bit OF girlhood, about try
ing to put her I'm black and white
for your delight, that ! am in that
dumb state that comes to folks
when-for instance they are in
love and are trying to say ii as
they feel it-when they need all
their gifts OF expression and find
them gone away! Neither my fin
gers will work in black and white,
nor my tongue in little round type.
to show you "Pattie" as she is. II
she were a plain young lady with a
round tin-hat. and bone buttons
down the front with eyes to match
them. her elbows angling out. and
her manners poor and abashed. then
you can see that would have a
lot OF room to work In and could
easily make her more lovely than
she was. But look at this-a PEN
Gil and a pot OF black ink and n bit
OF talent are poor material, when
you begin to make the sweetest
girl you ever saw out OF them!
When your girl is plain and in
need. they are pure magic-but
comes along the princess OF the
World" and they are only a brown
pencil and a pot of black ink gone
awkward.
Little Miss Pattle is a demure,
gentle little maid with a voice as
smooth and soft as honey. Her
hair is silky and brown. Her eyes
are like the glisteninE, gcm-like,
blue-gray OF an aquamarine, set un-
der the soft arch OF wistfuI looking
sysbrows, which OF course are much
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
Try to Own Your Home
BETTER FOR YOU AND THE CHILDREN, TOO
Even the Man with a Small Income
Can Do It with a Little
Careful Planning.

mediate attention and costing many
dollars. One man / know. unable to
meet plumbing repair bill lase
Winter, had to temporarily abandon
his home.
But who ever expected such q
winter7'' he asked
The emergency bank account In
your safeguard against. as the for
tune tellers say. what you don't
expect"
In choosing a home you expect to
purchase. there are certain things
you should go over carefully.
Among the most important consid-
erations Is:
rs this dwelling suited to my
mode of livingY'
II you are in the habit Of keeping
. servant or two. see that there In
q accommodation In the house for
such. A physician ! know has .
very hard time keeping help be-
cause he has purchased a house
with no accommodations for the
help necessary to his mode of life.
Many unthinking folks purchase
a home too pretentious for their
means. and when the wife tries to
do the work Of at least two eft-
Client maids she tells her friends.
''Oh. never buy q house. The work
Is enough to kill any woman"
But when you have made UP your
mind that you have found a house
In q spot within reasonable dis
tance. near church, school. stores
and depot. try to figure out approx
imately how much il 10 going -
cost you to run II.
Consider taxes. assessments, re-
pairs and cost of committing care
fully. Try to ascertain whether the
neighbors ind using gas more ex-
pensive than using electricity.
Choose carefully. for here perhaps
win your children ind the COM
panions who will affect their fu-
ture. build or help destroy their
character In the making
Upon your wise choosing viii de-
pend whether or not they grow up
home-loving citizens or whether
they shall grow up - look upon
home as a place to sleep when there
Is nothing else to do.
Despite the jokes about real tS-
tate men who misrepreSent "own
your own home" etc. the fact re-
mains that a lot of those magnin-
cent specimens holding down our
line In France would not have
been as they are to-day had not
their wise parents left the crowded
slums Of the big cities and moved
out into the suburbs and bought .
home on the instalment plan.
With q chance to play about In
Gods sunshine and fresh air. with
a chance to gather flowers and ber-
ries. to play marbles and play ball
without being constantly in dan
ger OF being killed or manned.
children and grown-ups. too. can
not help but develop in both body
and soul
I believe the real estate men u
America. in spite of all their short
comings. have done more to help
the salafied man or woman get .
real home of his or her very own
than almost any other agency.
Think the matter over seriously.
Remember that while renting .
home has some advantages. II you
pay rent for fifty years you will
own nothing IN the end II may
take you i've years to pay for .
little home. but then you can live In
IT the other forty-fve years. still
own it. through darkness and sun
shine. and before you die you shall
even have the privilege OF deciding
to whom you will leave It Think
It over.
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
By Loretto c. Lynch,
Instructor war-Tine Cookery New
Yokr Evening High Sehool
for Women.

Yokr Evening High school
for Women.
"HERE comes . time In the life
OF every married couple when
they talk over the advisabIlity
or individuality of buying a home.
Perhaps you. too. are paying rent
in an apartment. ana as the lovely
Spring comes in you begrudgingly
pay. your rent while thoughts OF .
garden and the little house you
might have purchased run through
your mind.
So many folks, under the spell OF
. good real estate salesman. pur-
chase a home and then sit down to
think It over. They usually line
up more Disadvantages than advan-
tages and then conclude IL Is better
to pay rent and have none Of the
responsibility Of owning your own
home.
But there are some very good
reasons why a permanteiy located
man and having q fair salary
should strive to own his own home.
As ! write. have before me q
most touching letter. II 10 rather
personal In its contents. but in the
main It tells me of \ woman who
know has paid rent for ten years
for the partment she knew as
home. She has a husband and two
children They have paid an aver
age rental Of $50 a month for ten
years. This included heat and re-
pairs. In ten years they have paid
our $1,000.
About . year ago the husband
became III. Medicine, the doctor.
the cost OF a Change of air" not
to mention the monthly rent. food.
clothing and innumerable expenses,
began to eat into the savings.
Each month the landlord called
for his rent. He was human. He
pitied this family. but he had his
expenses to meet. and he looked
toward their apartment as q de-
finite source OF income
Then the day came when she
could no longer pay. The very fur
With a husband still unable to
WIN Hho anu Aac ChlAoECh AEo
cared for nrst by one friend or rel
ative and then by another.
How different. perhaps. would II
have been had these folks owned q
little home. Oh. yes. they would
have had to repair the roof once IN
a while and buy coal for the fur
mace and shovel away the snow in
Winter and commute on the Ave
fifteen" but-when misfortune
came upon them they would not
have rent to meet on the first Of
each month. They could even have
o-ed their taxes for q year or more
in most States and also borrowed
money upon which to live by ar
ranging q mortgage on their home.
The suburbs Of every large city
offer such an opportunity to the
small investor. But q salaried man
should have q little bank account
before he attempts the purchase OF
a home even on the instalment plan.
"A few dollars down and the rest
like rent" Is apt to mislead the lover
OF a home. Usually until he pays
the last installment he cannot raise
money on his home In an emergency.
And emergencies do happen 1t may
be q plumbing repair requiring i'm
The Washington times., 1918-04-11

very proud OF her. Her soft little
face set on a slim round neck, is
some little chin making it almost
heart shaped. There's the faLntest
carnation in her cheeks and lips
and a quiet, watchful mischief hid
shadows Of sparkling eyes and
dainty mouth. From the top OF her
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
@SeaI the Door, He Said.

The bell rang. and Martha, OF
course, did not delay about answer
ing st. The general bade her 20
and fetch Matthew Jones, who was
awaiting his masters return in Lord
kelton's own rooms. Jones was a
useful fellow, who had travelled
much and could turn his hand to
anything.
Matthew" said the general. cold
ly. as soon as the servants arrived.
There is a job which I wish you to
perform at once. believe you have
had 4ome experience in building
The Washington times., 1918-04-11

too WIDE to suit Pattie. She'll
tell about her nose-"my brother
says. it roams all over my face"
Brothers never know an angel or
sprite when they see one do
they?-unless they are some other
Little Miss Pattie's brother. under
the third button OF his vest. is
The Washington times., 1918-04-11

So she and Matthew left Oakley
Manor together. never TO return to
it Matthew was short-lived. Three
years OF religious fanaticism-ap-
preaching madness-sent him to his
grave, a victim OF overstrain: Mar
tina returned to her old home, and
IL was only then that she learned
Of the events which had succeeded
her departure from New York. The
Manor House stood deserted and
walled in. a mausoleum indeed, a
monument to human weakness and
its reward. The secret had been
kept: it was known to none but
the chief actor in It and herself.
Continued Tomorrow.)
Z Gcopyr.xAt ~ W. r asa-.sA
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
This Day in Our History.

THIS the anniversary of the birth in 1894 Of Edward
Everett, four times Governor of Massachusetts, Minis
ter to Great Britain, Secretary of State under Fillmore
candidate for VcePresdent in 1850 the Constitutional
Union ticket He cast the electoral vote of his State for
Lincoln.
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
As to Clean Plates.

TRY the plan of serving the plates with very small por-
tions-so small that usually second helping IS re-
ired Every one has experienced the problem of flag
oinp annette confronted with an overloaded plate The
smaIl-portion scheme insurcs against this waste.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-01
SENATOR FERNALD
ADMIRED IN SOUTH

The Gainesville Herald, Georgia,
| publishes a Washington story in pic
turesque southern style but of sub
| ject matter interesting to Maine. It's
caption is "A Republican That Lives
Like a Democrat:
Position has always had a peculiar
influence over those fortunate enough,
or otherwise sufficiently lucky, to be
recognized by the public. A little
brief authority sorter puts an uppisf-
ness in the average officials attitude.
There are mighty few people who
secure positions Of prominence that
can suppress their feelings in mixing
and mingling with their constituents.
While there is a disposition among
those classed as prominent among us
&c ignore we common folks, there. is
among us thousands of little fell
lows" largely possessed with a dis
position to want those who are. by
some hook or crook, regarded as
great, to notice us. We chuckle
clean through ourselves when the big
mig folks" pass among us, recognize
us in democratic way, speak friend
~ to us, and stop and chat awhile.
A right interesting incident &C.
| CURED in the senate Office building
not so very long ago. United States
senator, Bert NJ. Fernald, Republican
| of Maine, stepped out Of his office,
and walking into the rotunda of the
building, asked of a policeman VITO
was on duty there if the paper boy
had been around. The policeman
replied: "he had not" Senator
Fernald began to talk with the
policeman in an easy and common old
fashion old way. Finally the police
man asked him to be seated. there
being an extra chair close by. The
senator sat down, and the policeman
inquired: Are you one of the en-
ployees of the building" The sena-
tor replied. Yes. l am Fernald of
Maine" And the policeman liked to
have fallen through his clothes"
During his four years of service about
the building he had never seen such
democratic simplicity practiced, so
much along the mutual comradeship.
And upon inquiries, the policeman
was informed that Senator Fernald
was practical every day" farmer.
Raised up in the fields and the woods,
learned common sense between the
pillow handles and taught to believe
that he who is the greatest among us
is the simplest, in ways and man
ners. But this humble policeman is
busy now relating the incident to his
associates, who listen eagerly at the
narrative. Each waiting for an op-
portunity to greet the farmer" SEN
ator from Maine.
But it is natural for fellow
raised up out Of doors, upon natures
interesting plains. mixing and ming
ing with her many interesting
things, 1t breeds simplicity, for nature
nerself Is great democrat. And
the boys now refer to Senator Fern
aid as the senator who breaches re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-01
TEXAS AIDING
IN THE BIG SHIP
BUILDING DRIVE

Galveston, Tex, Oct. 31-Pine trees
in which tirGs were building nests AZ
sowing time last spring are now
mace into ships ready for cargoes of
grain destined for Europe and the
forests of the south everywhere
show the results Of the great shin
building drive.
construction oe a single ship of the
Ferris type, calling for nearly two
million feet of lumber, necessitates
the clearing of nearly a thousand
acres OF pine trees. The Dausbertv
type ship requires a million and q
nan 1eet OF lumber. While the pine
forests OF Louisiana and Texas pro-
duce from 10000 to 10000 feet of lum-
Der an acre, only a small percentapo
OF this is available for shipbuildinp
Two score vessels already have
been launched at Beaumont. Orange
ana houston, and the consumption of
lumber at Orange alone will denude
more than 100000 acres of forest.
Snipyards at Beaumont and Houston
VIII take as much more The yards
at Lake Charles, Morgan City. New
Orleans, Slidell, Pascagoula. Gulf
port Biloxi. Pensacola and Mobile
likewise are drawing on the forests
OF the south, and the woodland
cleared will total millions of acres
when the shipbuilding campaign is
over.
Ihe Emergency Fleet Corporation
mas contracted for all available ship
timber and would use r,oro 70 q.
could be produced. At Beaumont
the meet corporation has built one of
the largest lumber yards Of the coun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-01
ROARING NOISES IN
HEAD AND EARS
Generally Caused by catarrh. Gives
Simple Recipe to Stop the Trouble.
Easily Prepared at Home.

II you suffer from distressing. roaring
and buzzing noises in your ears or head.
II IS pretty sure sign of catarrh of the
ear. and unless you overcome this con-
aitlon, catarrhal deafness may result.
Inere are few things more annoying
tnan to be hard of hearing and my
one who suffers from catarrh, catarrhal
'deainess or head noises caused by ca
tarrh should take immediate steps to
get relief.
The readers of this paper will be glad
70 know of an inexpensive and simple
recipe, that can be easily prepared at
home. that is usually very successful in
overcoming deafness and head noises
caused by catarrh and in giving relief
IN catarrhal conditions. This is an oId
English recipe that has been used in
England for years with wonderful re-
suits and it Is we'll known English ca
tarrh Is especially hard to overcome.
due to the exceedingly damp and at
times disagreeable climate
10 to any drug store in Augusta and
get LOUNGE bottle of Parmint double
strength.) Take it home and add to il 4
pit. of hot water mot boiling) and a liz.
tie graduated sugar and take a table,
spoonful four times a day. This shouId
bring speedy relief. clogged nost Pills
should open. breathing become easier
and mucus stop dropping into the throat
Parnint ID plea SAINT to take ana ha.
ssntis tenie eject that 10 very bSnsncisi
now I'll
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-01
SPANISH INFLUENZA
| IS EPIDEMIC HERE
Many Cases Develop Into Deadly
Pneumonia. Easier to Prevent
Than Cure. How to Avoid.

The constant daily increase of Spanish
Influenza reported by local physicians
shows clearly that many people are
failing to take the simple ordinary pre-
cautions necessary to avoid infection.
For while Influenza. after its develop.
ment, is sometimes difficult to cure. it
is an easily preventable disease.
The best plan is to begin Treatment
other disease will develop SO quickly or
spread SO rapidly. You may feel fine
today-be sick tomorrow ano lose a
week or more of work. You will indeed
be fortunate if pneumonia does not de-
velop.
It is claimed that Influenza is caused
by germ in the air that every breath
you take Is likely to draw them into
your nose and throat; that you can
Pre- the s.,o disease Ssy by kbE the
safer or surer treatment than to so
to the nearest drug store and get one of
the famous Hyomei Inhaling Outfits
Hyomei and a little vest pocket hard
rubber inhaling device into which a few
drops of the Oil of Hyomei are poured.
Just breathe this Oil of Hyomei deep
into your nose. throat and lungs and
then every particle Of air that enters
with an antiseptic healing balsam.
You can't do this too often. NO ordi-
nary night and morning gargling, or
throat spraying will be sufficient SO long
as during the day you come in constant
contact with infection. The Hyomei
inhaler is small and can be conveniently
carried in a handbag or vestpocket.
Every half hour or so throughout the
day take it out and draw few breaths
of its pure healing air into your nose
and throat. BY doing this you should
avoid infection and check the further
spread Of the disease even though you
are coming in direct contact with It.
This is an inexpensive treatment as the
Inhaler will last lifetime and further
supplies Of the Oil of Hyomei can De
had at any drug store for few cents.
NOTE: Oil Of Hyomei. SO strongly
recommended above. is not new dis
covery but is the application of an old
and time-tried treatment to a new dis
ease Hyomei has been standard in
the treatment of catarrh and colds for
almost twenty years and is sold by
druggists everywhere. Hundreds OF
people in Augusta and vicinity keep a
Hyomei outfit with inhaler on the bath
room shelf for regular winter use. II
you have one get it out now and use II:
II you haven't one. 60 to the nearest
drug store and get one today. 1t is the
duty of every person, not only for his
own sake but for the community to do
all in his power to prevent further
spread of this epidemic and to stamp It
out Bowditch-Webster Co.-Ady:
octHo-nov1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-01

Some sneak thief stole DR.. - IS
medicine case from his automobile
Sunday night. The case was just
stocked with medicine for use when
the doctor is called to patients in the
country and is Of value. If returned
to the doctor no questions will be
asked.-Calais letter Of Bangor News.
Wouldn't it be providential If the
s. t. cured the worst disease and
stopped stealing? He might cure the
wrong disease and stop everything.
While there's life there's hope,
Why steal the NJ. DIS dope?
1.-THE above was submitted by K. ].
Office litterateurs and poets and we
respectfully dedicate it to Pats and
Knocks Owen of the p. P.-Ed.1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-01
publicanism, but practices democracy.

rublicanism, but practices democracy.
1t is the prediction among the SEN
ate employers that Senator Fernald
will die in the senate. 1t is so nat
ural they say, for him to recognize
the underlands. And living thus, in
touch with them, they will always be
ready to respond to his wishes. That
after all while one gallus man is
mentally shortsighted and capable
only Of taking surface views. his
deepest appreciation is when he is
recognized by those that he somehow
or other conscientiously considers is
greater than he.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-01
Aunt James Advice

"Oh DEAR" sighed the young house.
wife, Il have so much trouble ir
finding really good butter!"
Yes, know how it is. We always
had that difficulty till I discovered
Benefit Brand Sweet Nut" at the Di-
rect Importing Co.'S yellow from,
store, 1856 Water ST, Augusta, where
Benefit Brand Teas, Coffees and
Grocery Specialties are retailed al
wholesale prices.
why, that's a kind of oleomar-
garine! You wouldn't serve that
would you. Aunt Jane?"
You seemed to like it the day you
lunched at my house." said Aunt Jane
with a twinkle in her eye.
why, yes, it was delicious. You
don't mean to tell me that was your
Sweet Nut"
TT certainly was-it's better than
most butter and it costs only 32c a
pound. OF course they put the name
oleomargarine on the package, but
that law was passed before Sweet
Nut" was invented, and there 10 no
animal fat in it,
Look for our store in your town.
Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-01
MERCER

Frank Chapman has returned to Camp
Devens after a 4s-hour leave to visit
friends in town.
j. B. Smith made a business trip to
Skowhegan Saturday.
Arthur Furbush. who is stationed at
Fort Williams. Portland Harbor. has
been visiting his aunt, Mrs. Fred Cut
ting. for a few days.
Frank Wade has returned from Farm
inston and opened the blacksmith shop
left vacant by Alton Smith. Mr.. Smith
has gone into the woods to work.
Charlie Gray 10 moving from his farm
to the village for the winter. as his
mother Is quite feeble and needs ris
care
Fred Florette has returned from Madi-
ss'n, whore he has been for few weexs.
2. B. willard y quite sick with v..o.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-01
OUR VS.
OUR COuNTRY'S SERVICE

The following letter was received re-
Gently by Joseph Bishop of Fairfield
from his son, Thomas. who is in France:
Somewhere in France.
Dear Mother and Father:
Tonight l will take my pen in hand 10
write you a few lines to let you hnc"
that am in the hospital as I have been
wounded in my right leg.
Also the good news that we went over
the top on the 18th of Sept. at oclocl;
in the morning and l got wounded ~
P. NJ We drove the Germans back a
long way and if it keeps on that wav
think that the war will soon be over, :or
the Germans are losing every day.
want you to know that we took lot
of prisoners and 100 big guns ana l so:
lot Of German pictures from q Ger
man that l captured. l would like to
send them home but they won't let them
60.
/ am in the hospital and it seems good
to be in a nice bed again and to have a
nice good little nurse to take good care
worry for l will be all right for it is not
a bad wound.
l wrote to Mabel so 1 think this Will
be all for tonight. l will close with love
and kisses to all and give my best re-
CARDS to all. From your loving son,
Thomas E. Bishop.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. B. White, Mohegan
street, Winslow, have received word
that their son. Harold White. has been
transferred to the Headquarters Com
pany of the 18th Army Corps and expects
to be assigned to clerical work. Elk
tracts from a letter received from him
Oct. q are as follows: We are having
what is called a rainy season. 1t las
rained nearly every day for three weeks.
The time passes much faster in a big
town like this when one. is off duty;
there is the Y. NJ. c. A. to go to and be-
sides there il band concert nearly
every night I should judge this city is
about the size Of Portland.
We can rest easy now, there is abso-
lutely no cause to worry about me rs
there is very little danger in the branch
Of service I am in now. admit that
when I was doughboy there was
cause to worry as the infantry isn't the
safest place in the world. am telling
you this so that you will not worry I'm
necessarily. AS for myself it doesn't
make great deal Of difference to me
what branch I am in; made I'D nv
mind when came over to trust in God
and do my best wherever 1 am. Re-
member Dad you have . big six foot.r
to help you when I get back; probably
/ won't be much older in years when I
get home. but sure will be much less
Of kid and more Of a man. When The
time comes for me to come home
Mother. you want to start cooking abou-
three weekssin advance. Not but what
I get enough to eat over here. because
I get good hearty food and plenty Of Il,
but 1t isn't like the food that mother
used to make. Your loving son
Harold.