Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-12


big and little alike can understand,
spoke to a crowded house at the City
Hall. He told us about all the cele-
brated people he has met and gave
Intimate sidelights concerning these
people that go so far in illustrating the
real character. Joe Chapple is strong
advocate of the belief that actual talk
Ing right from the heart to the heart
does more good than all the propa-
ganda ever printed. He preached to US
Friday evening on the one great
theme, patriotism, and his patriotic
sidelghts were wonderful.
\ boy from Lewiston, Raoul Dufail.
whom chappe says is a coming
Caruso, came over to hear him and
was invited to sing. He sang Some
where a Voice Is Calling and then
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
with the audience joining in on the
chorus regular Billy Sunday style.
First let the men sing and now Well
hear from the angels said Mr.. Chap
= pie and I think the ladies have 1t.
Most fitting as coming after the
singing of this song, Mr.. Chapple paid
a tribute to the author of the words,
Julia Ward Howe. He told of his
visit to her Boston home on .the occa-
sion of her 91st birthday, when with
others he ent to pay his respects. lie
retold her account of her meeting ana
clasping the hand of the great gaunt
Abraham Lincoln in those stirring
times AS she looked into his eyes ana
then went out and saw the camp nfes
ali aglow on the green the inspiration
of the words of that great song came
TO her and before the next dawn the
song had been completed
When Mr.. Chapple was a small boy
he was given a small violin and was
being taught to play the same. Ills
folks thought him to be an ole Bull
in embryo as did the neighbors, Mr..
Chapple humOrouSly remarked, VINO
passed by and heard him practclng
He said he did not like to practice
and he wanted to he out in the open
with the other boys. He played scales,
scales. until now he could hardly eat
fish. He almost grew to hate that lit
tic violin and finally traded it for a
small printing press with broken
handle. From this little printing press
1ic learned the bliss of creation lie
ccuId with the letters form words and
the words could form sentences
which were his thoughts. To him it
was wonderful and lie printed a lit
tie paper. which he called the Sur
p.'isyo." the double $ to finish out the
line. With tie thoughts he must have
people that YOU want to read about
and 50 in his little three by four sheet
i,c vr,;c about Johnny GoodfelloW,
i ...I, Il COL Lax
.-.l?pris~r" down stairs, handed it to
Ills not.cr and turned around back
L. for the usUal bat Size looked at the
r.prr ard turned him around again,
k s-!i- utn and tile impress of u
mother. KISS was the starting point OF
ii an one day on the barn were
found liG posters announcing Mr.
IA mum was coming to town. Cnapple
Iii mis- mother he wanted to go and
sec Nh. Barnum and much 10 his sur
prise his mother consented. SO lie
went to the circus ground and there
saw before him a new world unfold
in2 Sitting at the main entrance and
lrokin" just like he did on the barn
Wa" Rarnum. Little Joe. in the nus
II" and hustle of everyone trying to
get into Che main entrance at once,
stood and looked at Mr.. Barnum
Then ne said My mother said
could come and see YOU Mr.. Bar
.unl acknowledged this introduction
and said walk right in. From that
Irce pass Mr.. Chapple said he aC-
uuilcd the habit of getting in free AT
All the future meetings, entertain
ments and chautauquas.
His meeting with President William
Nj, kinney. Mr.. Chapple described. lie told
IL the kudiy-faced man who clasped his
land and patted him on the shoulder. Be
side him stood Helen Mckinley, his sister,
the school teacher OF his aspirations to
lac Il consul at Edinburgh Mr.. Chapplc
toid in his manner. He thought what a
great thing it would be to be a consul IL
Edingburgh. That was in 1895. He rushed
to the White House and laid his plan be-
fore President Mckinley. But at the sug-
gestion of the President he gave up his
plan. and this was his first great d!sap-
pointment. Then he was informed that a
prince of Iiohenzollern was in the Cnitea
States and was to make three weeks
trip over the country He was to travel
incognito and Chapple was given the OPP
portunity to accompany him. Chappe
went down TO the Blue room ana there
net a tall. stoop-shouldered. blue-eyei
Young man. He said: Il couldn't call him
prince for that was my dogs name, so
called him Fritz" And they started on,
on their journey. The first thing Fritz
wanted to do was to place wreaths on
WashinEtons grave. SO equipped with
these immortal wreaths and sailing
down to catch the train looking much as
il they were supporting hfe-savers. they
started for Mount Vernon To Mr.. Chap
pie the visit TO Mount Vernon was long
To he remembered. AS the prince pla ced
the wGcaths on the grave of George
Washingtons and as Chapple saw the look
of tenderness, goodness and reverence II
the princes eyes he loved the man. From
there they went to Philadelphia. The
prince wanted TO shake hands with every
ono and Chapple introduced him TO the
street conductor, the porter. and Fritz
even wanted to shake hands with the lady
~ the lace counter in the department
store. Shake, shake. shake. all the time
thappic said he used to wake the prince
up in the middle Of the night and say
Give me a hand-shake.' They went tc
New York and they Wen. to Boston. There
he wanted to see where the bologna was