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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-10-07

Mrs. Elise Fellows White left Tues
day for a short stay in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Abbott Kendall left
home in St Petersburg, Fla. They will
in St. Petersburg. Fla. They will
visit en- route in Boston and New
York.
The Helen Coburn Mission Circle of
the Bethany Church will be enter
tanned Friday afternoon by Mrs JOS
eph Otis Smith.
There will be a meeting of the
State officers of the d. A r. at Win
throp Friday, October Sth at the Con-
gregational Church The program
will commence at 1890 a. m. All
members OF the D. A. r. are invited
to be present at this meeting.
There will be something doing in
Bangor on Oct. 28-29, when the big
State meeting of teachers takes place
there, if anything can be judged from
the talent that the executive commit
tee of the State Association has Sc
cured. 1t looks as if the program
would be the strongest ever presented
to a group of Maine teachers. As for
several years the first part OF the
meeting will consist of a school music
festival in which will be a chorus Of
between 4oo and 500 students from
the high schools OF the eastern and
northern PARTS OF the State. There
vii be large orchestra and hi J.
tarY band. also made up Of high
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-10-07

Winter and Fall opening at the
Bonnet Shop, Saturday, Oct. 8. 1w4l
Call d. A. & w. f. Porter for all
Kinds of Insurance, the Folsom-Jones
Agency. N. E. Phone 1882; Far.
mers' "a. ti1o
Weed chains, 2 sets, a bargain
These are for SO 1-2 tires. One
set never used, SIS. another second
hand set in good condition. 81. r
r, PAtten. uZS
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-10-07

Mrs. Grace Curtis. At the next meet
ing on the 18th. the local chapter will
entertain the members of Sunrise
ChaDter of Canaan. Supper will be
served, arrangements 70 the same be
ing in the hands of Mrs. VIM. Donald
son, Mrs Maria Chute, Mrs H. A.
Dinsmore, Mrs. John Robinson and
Mrs. William Mitchell.
The Ella F. Mitchell Philathea
Glass Sunday began a siX-months
couse of study ON the Gospel OF the
Kingdom as given by Mathew, Miss
Louise H. Coburn. the teacher, gave
a talk and showed pictures byarusts
of different countries and ages repre-
senting the alteration of the Christ
Child. Miss Coburn also read Phil
lips Brooks ooh Little Town of Beth
lem" Longfellow's "The Three
Kings" and a poem by r. Heber. Inc
members of the class may obtain the
study books from the president MIS-
II. c. Judkins, at the Judkins store
Fred Weston is in Boston this week
on business.
Arrangements for the team WORK
for the Christian Endeavor Society
of the Bethany Baptist Church were
completed Sunday The officers for
the first four months are president
Miss Alice f. Written; secretary
Miss Effie Nye treasurer, Miss Helen
| Gates: team leaders which take the
place of the vice president are Geo
Halves. Virginia Ames, Helen Gates
and Ruth Valliere. The society will
be divided into four teams to serve
for four months, each team to take
charge of the Sunday night services
and be responsible for one social
Attendance of new members and 80
! cial will count at the contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
BY DOLLY DALRIMPLE

gentle, tender hearted woman-why,
 she's like the Old Woman in the Shoe" -only she isn't at all at loss to know what to do with these little tots-for she has word of love and affection ard a greeting for each of them, from Woodrow Wilson" to little rosy checked, blonde haired, blue-eyed, dim pied 'Linette,' with the "red-topped" saoesl
 My friends-you who sit in your gild- ed cages. surrounded by your luxuries, your wealth, your affluence, your pros- perity, do you know that it takes funds to keep this home aglow--the embers burning?
 Do you know that it takes love and prayer and faith to keep up the spirit of these salvationists? Do you know 1t takes work to provide food for 40 people who must be clothed and fed and nurtured and doctored and min istered to as well?
 I told Major Main, after I'd spent such a wonderful afternoon with the adjutant at the Rescue Home, Wednes- clay, that I thought the Salvation Army deserved a better house, a bigger plot of ground, more funds and more en- couragement to keep up this marvellous work of love and humanity. That work is what great part of our Salvation Army campaign money will go toward maintaining" said he
 kindly.
 I asked Adjutant Walgren during my visit how the wayward girls brought to her turned out She pointed to stricken girl barely IS, who lay in one of the soft,
 downy little beds up in the hospital department"
 "A mother of twelve hours" said the adjutant, IS we passed on to the baby ward" where tucked away in little "tasinette" was the young mothers baby-just 12 lusty hours old. You can't mean it." I cried, horri- fled.
 Brought to us in this pitiful condi- tion," the adjutant said, "and all last night she stood on the brink of deaths dark vale, battling for her life and for the life of her fatherless child-one convulsion after another tearing her frail form How will she turn out? I cannot say. I can only hope and pray" And another girI-"a mother at IA, she said, and then told me the story. saying: "Of course, she isn't bad grls she was ignorant: and was taken advantage of, the poor little thing. So young she may forgive and forget the injustice of it all; we can only hope and pray"
 During the life time of the Rescue Home" the adjutant said, more than 2.c00 girls have come to us. Our fam Fly numbers something like forty mem-
 hers now. Besides trying to teach the girls to pray and to work, we try to make them forgive and forget: it's the only way to make anything of their lives"
 Myriad acts of kindness, my friends
 <1,f, MaIa vet ea of the Big Responsibility" and you can help myriads more to emanate from
 this circle of service if you only will Not only does poverty and ignorance
 in it's meanest form apply for succor and aid there, but there is misery and cruelty. and viciousness, all of which have been practiced upon the weakness and frailty of young womanhood. All this Adjutant Walgren knows how to meet in these waifs-these pieces of driftwood, as it were-these forsaken and unfortunate wisps of fem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21

Country Club in honor of Miss Amelia Worthington, whose marriage to MT Brenton Fisk will be an event of tomor- row morning.
 The luncheon table was centered with a big basket of spring blossoms, and at- tractive place cards were used.
 Included in Mrs. Taylor's hospitality were: Miss Worthington. Mrs. Solon Ja- cobS, Mrs A. J. Bowron, Miss Emily Miller, Miss Helen Benners, Mrs. John D. McNeal, Mrs. Thomas Parks, Mrs. R. c. Beatty. Mrs. w. l.. Murdock, Mrs. w. D. Nesbit, Mrs. Priestly Toulmin, Mrs. James Kirkpatrick of New York formerlt Miss Lila Worthingtoh, and Miss Hor- tense Bissell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
MOTHERS TO MEET
 COSTUME COMMITTEE

Robin Hood and his merry men will see themselves faithfully portrayed at the pageant staged by the Lakeyiew School on May 26. The older boys of the school are taking the parts of hunters and will be dressed in effec- tive costumes of red and Lincoln green. The committee has carefully followed the smallest detail to make the costuming historically true. This abe committee has as it's head Mrs. Sol Friday, assisted by Mrs. F G. Arnold Mrs. Theodore Swann, Mrs. E. A. Miller, Mrs. McArthur.
 All mothers of the Lakeview School who have not fully understood about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
Ne-Published Ky Request)

quiet and wholesomeness, and oh! if you've got heart inside your frail little body like I have, you can't help loving and adoring those blessed Salvation Army people who have through prayer and faith and sheer pluck and will power made possible such haven of rest as this Rescue Home.
 III the neatly appointed little cottage adjoining No. 3301, Avenue E." are the little babies; round dozen of them-many motherless-all fatherless flor who knows indeed where the man is who left to this cold, cruel world his little babe to be kicked and cuffed about, except for the goodness and blessed Christianity of the Salvation Army rescue work?
 s As the adjutant and I walked out into the yard, where theresa sand pile' as big as diminutive mountain. swings" and play things" galore the dozen or more little babies rushed forward, each crying in his or her own little baby way some word of endear- ment to the "adjutant," whom they adore, thought of nothing they re- minded me of so much as brood of little chickens, when. the mother chick scmes home, and the adjutant-ths
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
M NE of the most delightful of the W U preliminary entertainments given > by the Birmin gham-Southern


NNN NE of the most delightful of the V preliminary entertainments given College before the regular commencement exercises. which will begin on Sunday, May 30. with the baccalaureate sermon preached at the Woodlawn Methodist Church by Bishop W. B. Murrah, was the College Glee Club concert on Tuesday evening at the college chapel.
 From far and near the audience was assembled, anticipating a most beautiful programme. and every one who heard the concert declared that the most ardent anticipations were exceeded in the ex- cellent work done by the club.
 To Dr. Burt Parker Richardson, under whose directorship the Birmingham Southern College Glee Club has attained such pre-eminence, IS due the credit of the beautiful concert last Tuesday eve ming, and few of the glee clubs of the larger eastern universities can boast of more finished singing and more perfect ensemble than the Birmingham-South Glee Club.
 Next season a very interesting itinerary has been arranged for the glee club, tour through the south, visiting the largest cities. being included.
 During the commencement exercises of Birmingham Southern College the glee club will take part in all of the pro- grammes and will be an attractive fea- ture of the exercises.
 The following beautiful programme was rendered on last Tuesday evening:
 March of the Guard' (GeibeD, Hunts mans Chorus Parry), B. S. c. quartet; tenor solo, "One F'leeting Hour Fuhr. nsann), MT. Scrivner; ''Comin' Thro' the Rye" (Vogrich); Just for Fun, Scrap Iron Quartet; bass solo, Courier of Moscow" (Rodney), MT. Branscomb; "Pompey and His Banjo Parlks) Two Roses CWer- rer), B. s, c. quartet; The Way of the World" (DenzaParks), Marching CTro- terel, More and More" (Sefert), B. s. c. quartet; 'In a Gondola" 0nders); More Fun, Scrap Iron Quartet; "Td Like to Go Down South Once More' Parks), Winter Song (Bullard), B. S. C. quar- tet; "Po' Little Lamb" tParks); tenor solo, Banjo Song (Homer), MT. All- good; "Foresters. Sound the Cheerful Horn" OBishop); "Alma Mater"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
HOWARD SENIORS TO PRESENT PRINCE CHAP"

The play. Prince Chap, will be presented this evening at the Jeffer- son by the seniors of Howard College under the direction of Miss A. Bess Clark.
 This play will be one of the inter esting events of the week and will be
 popular not only on account of it's mer-
 it and the popularity of the Howarc College, but also because the public
 has become deeply interested in the work of Miss A. Bess Clark, who holds the chair of dramatics at the college
 and woo has won many friends IT Birmingham, and has been cordially
 received upon the different occasions
 upon which she has appeared in dra- matic readings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
NINETEENTH CENTURY CLUB
 COMPLIMENTS BRIDE-ELECT

The Nineteenth Century Club enter. tained yesterday afternoon, at their an nual meeting, in honor of Miss Amelia Worthington, at the home of Mrs John London.
 Spring flowers, which were effectively used in vases and baskets, adorned the house. Miss Worthington was surprised with a shower of useful and mirth-pro- voking gifts.
 The guests included the club members and few close friends of the guest oi honor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
POWDERLY SCHOOL
 TO CLOSE

The Powdery School will close with an entertainment this evening at 8 clock at the Powderly Baptist Church. MT. M. R. Westerland will make the open ing address. which will be followed by a
 programme including songs, recitations, piano solos and lecture by MT E. B. Irvine.
 The public is cordially invited, and there will be no admittance charged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
MISS STRICKLAND
 ADDRESSES CLUB

The Mothers Club of Woodlawn, which is a mem Der of the National Circle of the Parent-Teacher Association, met yester- day morning in the Woodlawn Library. Miss Rosa Strickland was the speaker. Her subject, Moral Ideas of Children,'' was interesting and inspiring to the mothers present
 Mrs. c. P. Underwood, Mrs. R. T. Sud-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
.0,:'s. e2Sa BY
 EMNA REID RXALL

, iiinity who find a real home with her where they have care and comfort and happinessl
 Is it any wonder, friends O mine. that 1, who spent the hours of recent afternoon, beautiful, bright hours, with the adjutant and her li1t.e family, dropping in from out of world of sun shine and flowers and joy and laugh ter to this modest little home, and have seen with mine own eyes how the Salvation Army has created love and 1 joy at this little workshop out of these broken lives and this wasted youth--f say, is it any wonder that should call | tke little abode
 The Modest House of the Big Re sponsirility?"
 Pigeons are nowhere more abun- dant than in the East Indies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21

|, derth and Mrs. Schneider were the hos tesses and served a plate luncheon. About thirty-fve members and friends
 were present.
 The club will give spend-the-day party Thursday at the home of Mrs. J. P. Levy in East Lake, in honor of Mrs. J. M. Burnett, one of its members, who will leave soon to make her home in Tuscaloosa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
CARD AND HEART
 DICE PARTY

The o. R. C.. ladies of Division 117 will give a card and heart dice party Monday afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock at the Elks hall. All members and friends are invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
'Nunber 33O1 Avenue E.

(Although 5000 copies of Number s30l Avenue E." by Dolly Dalrymple. have been circulated in pamphlet form dur ing the Salvation Army home service fund appeal, in response to numerous requests the story is republished in these columns today)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
FELLOWSHIP CLUB GIVES
 pANOTTET

The Fellowship Club of the South Highlands Presbyterian Church enter tained last evening at banquet as
 the Southern Club, honoring the ladies
 of the church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
MRS. MOORE HOSTESS
 AT LUNCHEON

Mrs. Joe G. Moore will entertain to- morrow at a luncheon at the Tutwller for a few of her friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21

costumes for the pageant will please meet the costume committee for the last time this morning from 9;3o te 12 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
MRS. WHITAKER HOSTESS

Mrs Vernon Whitaker entertained
 informally yesterday afternoon at nef home in honor of Mrs. Thomas Dick son who is the guest of Miss Agnes
 Terrell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
MRS. TAYLOR HONORS
 BRIDE-ELECT

Mrs. Angus Taylor entertained yester- day at a beautiful luncheon at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21

Pigeons are nowhere more abun- dant than in the East Indies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-23
|NGOTS SHUT
OUT NEWARKERS
Rubberset Team Fails to Live
up to Expectations in Game
With Copper Works Nine.

Three big innings by Harry
AppfeSate's Raritan Copper Works
baseball team in their game on Sat
ur6ay afternoon suficed to d@feat
the strong Rubberset nine from
Newark by a score of Ito. "Bulr'
Hornsby, one of Manager Apple
gates pitching aces, was al his best
in this contest, allowing three wide
ly scattered hits, and striking out
six men. He also aided materially
with the stick, securing three solid
bingles, dividing the honors in this
branch of the game with Stinson
and Loeser. These three batters
clouted out nine of the Ingots thir-
teen hits.
The game went along smoothly
for two and a half innings without
a score, both teams displaying a
good brand of ball. In the third in
ming Applegate's men grabbed three
counters, Ave in the fourth and
three in the fifth. These runs came
punching of hits by the home team.
The work of Stinson in the short
field for the Amboy team was
worthy of considerable mention. He
accepted ten difficult chances with
out a miscue. and covered more
ground than in any other game he
has performed this season. Mariana,
the visitors rightfielder, made a SEN
sational catch, gathering in a liner
up against the fence. Albright
featured with the stick for the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-23
KID P0TTY TRAINING HARD
FOR BOUT HERE WEDNESDAY

Kid Potty, the Perth Am5oy
featherweight, is training as he
we trained before for his bout
with Pete (Red) Mcdonald, the New
York slugger, at the Auditorium
Sport Club or Wednesday night.
Potty is more than anxious to score
a win over Mcdonald. as he has been
promised several good matches if he
scores over the tough New Yorker.
Mcdonald is no SLOUGH by any means
as his bouts with Joe Lynch, Freddy
Reese, Battling Reddy. Sammy
Waltz and Johnny Darcy, have
proven. In each of these bouts he has
given a good account of himself and
clainms the distinction of never hav-
ing been knocked down in any of
the fifty battles he has taken part
in.
Lew Snyder, formerly Young Jeff
Smith, was to have met Willie Baker
Of Elizabeth, in the other ten round
bout on Wednesday night, but as
Baker reported sick to the manage
ment yesterday, Joe Weber, a good
Jersey City FeotheryePhyshrdlu
Jersey City featherweight. was Sc
cured to take his place. Weber re-
Gently boxed Sailor Joe Kelly at Bay
onne, and Mike McCabe at Bridge
port, and will surely extend the Bay
onne puncher.
In the six round bout Ted (Kid)
Seidman of New Brunswick, hooks
up with Tommy Mooney of New
York.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-23
KEASbEY WINS
FROM A. c. 81
Home Team Given Severe
Drubbing Yesterday = 500
Pitches Them to Victory.

BY Special Correspondent.
KEASBEY, Aug. 20 - With
"Ponya" 500, pitching gilt edge ball
while his team mates we're on a bat
ting rampage, Schuster's Keasbey +.
C. yesterday easily defeated the
strong Tottenville A. c.. on the T.
A. c. oval. The core was 81.
The Keasbeyites got an early start
in the second inning. when they.
found Romer, the southpaw cop, for
six hits and a total of four runs. Six
successive hits were made in this M
ming, which gave Keasbey a big lead.
sufficient to win the game. Another
run was added to the locals score
in the fifth on hits by Larsen and
Gloff. Keasbey also scored in the
ninth, when Halbert's doubled, send
ing Burke home. 500 pitched one
of the best games of his career
against Tottenville and only allowed
them two hits. These came in the
seventh inning, whereby the home
team scored their lone tally.
Keasbey played a fast fielding
game and played errorless ball be-
hind 500.
The Keasbey sluggers found Ro-
mer easy picking and collected ten
safeties. Halbert was the leading
hitter with two doubles and a single
with two bingles.
Each team has now annexed a VIC
tory over each other and the decid-
ing game will be played next month.
Tho score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-23
KEASBEY FEDS SHUT OUT
MAURERS YESTERDAY, 80

BY SDEEl1l %OAlNokCAaVhht
KEASBEY, Aug. 23:-By a score
of 80 the Keasbey Feds defeated
tie Maurer A. A. yesterday after
noon at Perth Amboy. The Keas-
beyites opened fire in the sixth in
ning when they put their first tally
across. Two more runs were added
in the sixth.
Blanchard pitched his usual good
game and was very effective in the
pinches. He was relieved in the
seventh inning by Dolina.
Keasbey collected nine hits off
FeItisco while Blanchard only al
lowed Ave bingles.
DoIina lead the local batters with
three hits, two doubles and a single.
Parsler also connected for two safe
ties.
The teams lined up as follows:
Feds: Mailer, If; Sullivan, 3b; Small
lev. SIS; Parsler, c; Grispart. Id;
Doiina, RI: Lovas. 2b; A. Blanchard.
CT; G. Blanchard, p
Maurers: Thergran, 1b; Gagan,
Oh: Urbanski. IS: Blint, c: Dietz. 3b:
Kubinak. CT; Feltisco. p; Duntan.
Ii; Willis. RI
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-23
MORGANS WIN
FROM MATAWAN
South Amboy Team Has Lit
tie Trouble Winning, Fol-
lowing Third Inning Rally
BY Special Correspondent.
onITH AMDnX Al

ny special SOAAtSROi0Sh
SOUTH AMBOY, Aug. 23.-True
to their usual form, the Morgans
lived up to their reputation as one
inning men yesterday and secured
sufficient runs in one inning to put
the game on ice. In the third inning
of yesterdays game with Matawan
the local team by punching their
hits secured six runs. The final
score was s-3. The Morgan bats
men, secured fourteen hits off the de-
livery of the Matawan twirlers. Hart
man was the star with the stick get
ting three hits. He also secured two
of the teams eight runs.
Next Sunday the Morgan team
will meet the fast semi-professional
team at Keyport. The Keyport team
is n of the strongest combinations
in this vicinity. now being REIN
forced with several professional
players. Manager Kvist will take
the same team that performed so
well in yesterdays contest.
The score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-23
St. John,s a. G. Wand Cannes.

The st. Johns A. C. would like
to book games with any junior or
light senior teams of this city. most
particularly the Maurer A. A, Salem
A. c., Blue and Gray. North Amboy
Juniors or Sacred Hearts of South
Amboy. Bookings can be arranged
by calling up Manager Kubinak,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-23
Matawan A. C,


Morgan -. o 0 0 o 0 2 o 0-3
Matawan -. 0 o o l 0 2 0 0 0-3
Struck out by Palmer.-S. by john
son. A; by Leary, /; base on balls,
Palmer, 2; Johnson. 1 and Leary. o;
2 base hits, Clark Burns. Palmer and
Van Brunt.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-23
Evergreen Midgets Win Game.

The Evergreen Midgets defeated
the Greenville Midgets 1913 in a
smuggling but thrilling game. The
Evergreen team is anxious to arrange
games with any light midget team.
Address or call upon Manager John
Matisz, 662 Cortlandt street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-23

Keasbey 80 1901 900 1-6
T. A. c. ......0 o 0 0 o 0 1 0 Oil
Summary: Two base hits, Halberts
CD; struck out by 500, 10; by
Romer 8; base on balls, off 500 o;
off Romer, 0; double plays, j. Fuller
ton to Gloff to Maloney; hit by
pitcher, Paugh, Mccormick; left on
bases. Keasbey s.; Tottenville 2;
umpire, Palmer: stolen bases, NAL
oney, Gloff CD, Larsen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-23

ONUIt DV IIHIHBbs
R~ubbersets. 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 o. o
r. c. w.. 0 0 3 5 3 0 0 0 XII
balls, off Lawson, 2. Struck out, by
Hornsby. 6; by Lawson, 8. Umpire,
LeWkowitz.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-23
Are American athletes tenn,

Are American athletes tempera-
mental? Are they like a bunch of
grand opera stars when they go trav-
cling? Or are the A. A. U. mana
gers and American Olympic directors
~woefully incompetent?