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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-09-23

The extraordinary session OF the
Maryland General Assembly, called by
Governor Ritchie, met and has ad
iourned. The entire period the law
makers were here was a little more
than two days, and during that time
intermittent sessions were held by
both houses
The Assembly accomplished 'Hst
what Governor Ritchie intended ibat
it should accomplish-the enactment
of legislation whereby greater faciii-
ties will be afforded the woman cleo
torate of the several counties Of tic
State and Baltimore city TO register
and vote at the Presidential election
in November. The dispatch with which
the business of the session was engi-
neered was. therefore. a triumph for
the State administration A few miaor
election bills of local nature found
necessary incident to womans suf-
frage, were also passed.
Governor Signs Bill
Governor Ritchie, shortly after the
adjournment. signed the two Admins
tration bills.
One provides two additional days OF
registration in both city and counties,
adds to the registration hours in the
countless adds to the election hours In
both city and counties, provides that
election supervisors in the city may
nrovide for q nOllinP nlace in each
precinct having more than 500 regis
trants, and that election supervisors
in the counties must do so, and per-
mits the election supervisors in tho
counties, with consent Of the County
Commissioners, to increase the pay Of
registration officials So a day.
The other bill appropriates $4,000
for expenses of the Legislature.
Other bills passed by the Legisla-
ture, but not yet signed, are:
Metzerott BILL amending Hyattsville
Registration laws.
Nickel bill, amending Frostburg
Registration laws.
Powell bill, amending Cumberland
Bond Issue act.
Holiday bill, amending Annapolis
Registration laws.
Simmons bill, providing new pre-
cincts in Hagerstown.
Frederick delegation bill, authoriz-
ing Frederick city to borrow up to
$4,000
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-09-23
GEORGE HAHN IS
MADE PERMANENT
CAPT. OF WATCH

...-,,r City Police Chief Sue
,,.Js Henry P. Graham, Who
u,.s Transferred To Retired
r;a In August Under New
Law
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-09-23
Task Is Big One

In order to handle this straw vote
an interchange of upwards of thirty
thousand messages, telegraphic and
telephone, will be necessary each
day. Beginning October l, announce
ment will be made daily of the vote,
and with eight thousand drug stores
to draw upon, it is safe to say that
many million votes will be cast and
compiled. =
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-09-23

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'..,bes Of late news al
-. and abroad are pub
D. r.L.d in The Capital.
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17
False Economy in Words.

The insistent call for economy
should not apply TO the use of words.
according to Lady Helen Munro Fer
guson, wife of the Governor ssneral
of Australia, who has been warning
the students of the Presbyterian
Ladies college in New South Wales
not to make one word take the place
of half dozen others. IF you fail in
the attempt to do something, you may
perhaps say 1t is rotten when you
only mean that IT is tiresome; or, per-
haps, some person may be just decent
when all the time you mean she is
kind" remarked Lady Helen. And she
added that the use of one word on oc-
casions where II had no proper place
would simply give the hearer a de-
pressing idea of the capacity of the
speaker. Read good literature, learn
good poetry, do things in the best
way possible" was the kindly advice
which accompanied the lecture on
slang.
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17
Women Writer'S ADVANTAGE.

The woman writer was comparing
men and women authors. 1--WE wom-
en- have an advantage over the male
writer's" she said Because II the
muse refuses to be wooed we can IN
differently turn to knitting sock or
trimming hat, which is the surest
way to bring the muse to terms.
know an author, man, who says he
goes to his study for three hours
every day at exactly the same time.
He says that sometimes he will spend
most of that time staring at a sheet
of paper with not an idea In his head.
Now, think that is wicked waste
of time, and the muse is probably
giggling at him.
When my time for writing comes
and l try to set apart a certain Pc
riod of every day--if no ideas come
l just seize my stocking bag and
darn up a few holes, or l cut out a
pretty dress for my kiddie, or / knit
20 rows. And then the ideas begin
to rush into my head thick and fast.
Yes, we women certainly know how
to handle the muse better than the
men folk-for we know that nothing
will get her attention quicker than in
difference and neglect. Springfield
Union.
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17
Says Napoleon Detested Tobacco.

In a letter from Mile. Bertrand,
daughter of General Bertrand, Napol-
cons devoted companion at st. Hele-
ma, Mile. Bertrand maintained that,
although the emperor was commonly
credited with being a snuff-taker, he
detested tobacco in any form. "Only
once" she wrote, was Napoleon per-
suaded to try pipe. AS soon as he
placed the amber tube in his mouth
he flung it from him with a gesture
of disgust and shouted: Take the
disgusting thing away
''To soothe his chronic indigestion
the emperor had a mixture of licorice
and brown sugar made up, which he
carried loose in his waistcoat pockets.
He frequently had recourse to this,
and when in company would convey
pinch to his nostrils as if It were
snuff, but instead of inhaling it he
would slide it surreptihously into his
mouth. News.
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17
you'll Learn, Dear"

offered position as manager and de-
signer of the dressmaking department
In one of the large stores. She was
taking two weeks rest that she very
much needed. She had done dress
making for years in the little rooms
where she lived with her daughters
and was weary of the drudgery of 1t.
Louise, the younger daughter, was In
her sophomore year in high school,
Alice, with her beauty and charm
had won the catch at the university.
John Shuler's parents had Come from
neighboring state for the graduation
of their son, and Mrs. Mangan and
Louise had managed to scrape togeth-
er enough money to go and meet AL
lies intended husband and his family.
Everything had been so pleasant.
Life looked very bright for them all
and now Allie was worried.
Alice put down her sewing, grimly
determined. Mother, / have a plan
and l hope you won't hinder me. 1t
Is this: You know the charming Mrs.
Fred Merton who lives In that pretty
house on the corner of Eighth and
Pleasant streets?"
''Yes, dear"
"She needs maid and have de-
cided to ask for the place. Now wait
until l tell you my plan. l can work
for her for two months before my we'd
ding. John isn't coming here until
then. That will give me some real
money for my trousseau, and you can
have my things made in your shop. l
can learn how things should be done.
The house is about the size of the one
I am 70 live In in Oxbridge, and she
keeps one maid and has a laundress
come In. Just exactly as John and /
planned for ourselves
'FBut-wouldn't John and his fam
ny be Mortified at your working as a
servantP'
"They will never know" declared
Alice. 81 shall give another name. !
am used to work and / shall ask ques-
tions and learn lot. You know, Mrs.
Merton belongs to one of the best fam
lilies and always does the proper thing"
IF IT were any one else, dear" said
the mother, II would think II a good
plan; but hate to think of you doing
a servants work"
'Tt is the kind Of work that thou
sands of women do in their own homes.
Besides, l wouldn't be servant; i
would only take the place Of one for
few weeks, and need the money as
well as the knowledge. Oxbridge,
Johns home town, being a small place,
goes in hard for society parties all
the time, and they dress more there
than In larger place,
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17

MEMOElAL RESOLITIpNS
Whereas. 1t has pleased Almighty
God, in His infinite wisdom. TO remove
from our midst a brother whom Pamo-
Ia grange and the town OF Hancock
have always loved and revcred tr=re-
fore, be IL
Resolved. That in the death OF Henry
a. Bali Pamela grange recogu!zrs the
loss of one of Its best-known and most
respected members, one who hy his
faithfulness TO the order. honesty and
integrity as a business man upright
character as citizen and loyalty 10
his friends, has left behind such truths
that win be guide and teacher while
his voice is silent on earth and he has
passed to another and better world
Resolved, That copy of thesa reso-
lutions be sent to the family and TO
The Ellsworth American for publisa-
tion, and that our charter be araped In
mourning for the usual length Of time
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17
Bluehill.

Rev. r. NJ. Trafton and W. NJ.
Osgood attended the conference of
the inter-church world movement at
Bangor last week.
Calls for both the republican and
democratic caucuses are posted.
The republicans will meet in the vot-
ing room OF the town hall, Friday
evening at Z O'Clock, and the demo-
Gratis on Saturday evening at the
same hour.
The Horace X. Duffy post of the
American Legion is steadily increas-
ing in membership. Nearly every
branch of the service is now repre-
sented on the roll. including three
nurses, two from the American
army and one from the English
The post plans TO present a play
early in the summer.
About fifty friends and neighbors
of F. l.. Mason and wife gave Mr..
Mason a birthday surprise party.
March 6. A most enjoyable evening
was spent.
One of the most pleasing social
events of the season was the party
given by Mrs. Chase Barker and Mrs.
P. T. Moore, Feb. 81. In spite of
the bad travelling, seventy guests
were present. The program included
yictrola concert, piano duet by Mrs.
E. L. Linscott and Mrs. N. F. Twin
ing, solo, Rev. R. NJ. Trafton. vocal
trio, Mrs. e. L. Osgood, Mrs. Barker
and Miss Ethel Slower and readings
by w. H. Osgood and Mrs. Florence
Merrill.
The Once-in-a-while club met
Thursday at the Congregational
parsonage and had a most enjoyable
time. Miss Holt gave an interesting
talk on the Caney Creek community
center, most interesting experiment
among the mountain whites. Mrs.
Eliza Herrick and Mrs. s.AndrewMoor
served delicious refreshments. Quite
substantial sum is being raised to
send to Rev. Joseph Beach for relief
work In Armenia. The money will
be sent soon, so all who would like
to help should hand the money to
Mrs. Herrick as soon as possible.
March Is. S.
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17

The net proceeds from -.
served on the day OF town ulnner
were $50, which VIII go u,astlng
fund Tor new fence around ~ ths
etery at Union church IN NY cen,
now on deposit S14s.5s. witb re Is
of SIS. The willingness ~ pieages
helping with the dinner waN spirit il
appreciated by those in charge ueA
The young people had sn
promptu dance at the hall Maro.' IN,
Walters G.. Hill, c. e.. Ieft ~ IN
s to resume his work at Rivar 'isFch \,
cline, Canada, for the Great n. aad'
Paper Co. His mother. Mrs qFs'sa
Hill, viii stay with Mrs. Waltar-
baby David at the Bar Harhor k.d 7 ahd
Mrs. Lena Bunker Whalen ra, aolue,
ly visited her former schooiseenI
Mrs. Matte Bean Bragdon. in Fr1e
lin, for the first time since Mrs ~ silA-
don's marriage twenty-five yaare as'
Charles Robertson was recen,,,. 81 !,
town. He and Mrs. Roberts u
spending the winter with M are
Mrs. Nathan Bunker in Fas, Nala ana
port. Mr. Bunker, who bss NeW'
seriously i'll, is improving. Oeea
any pei suns deSerNe medal,
which should be of gold If not Ia.s' nia.'
mum. they are the mail carriers rrs.l' pnl
ing this winter of severe cold an,
almost impossible roads. wbarsn.ul anu
the train has brought the ma,i 81
make ii possible, Mr.. Hatch's - "
has been served. IL not all in raN'
During several days of illness paat S
master Hanna assisted Mrs ua.sh
sub-carrier. '''''n
Mrs. Theodore Johnson has recar,
ly returned from Bangor, whera ~.
has been taking treatment for bas
eyes. When not in the hospifal ~. ~
was with her daughter. Mrs FraS aS
Billings. 'eu
Miss Emeline s. johnson was bo-.
June 10. 1889. died February 10
1890. She was a daughter Of tbs
late DR.. Nathaniel and PhiInmsIs
Johnson. She died in the bonSa
where she was born, which was bnil,
by her father and is now owned bv
her brother Herbert. In whose fani
ly she made her home when ir Fas,
Sullivan. She kept house for Nav
father until this brother ngrrio5
Miss Leila Clark of SteubeD Miss
johnson had been in failing heal,b
for some time, but her last Illness
was very brief. In the early sart ~
her life She was much OF an invalid
but these later years she had t,ken
an active part in the social and helm.
ful life of the neighborhood she
leaves three brothers and two sisters
Theodore B.. Frank f.. Herbert q
Mrs. Julia A. Dyer and Mrs. Pbua F
Cole. Two sisters, Cordelia' and Mrs.
Clarissa ordway. died several Years
ago. Miss Johnson was attached 10
all of her nephews and aieces of
whom there are large number. but
thechtldren of Herbert Johnsor-T.a.
mont. Mrs. Luella Dunbar and Mrs
Clarissa Sterling-were part of her
life and happiness. The funeral was
held at the home Sunday afternoon
Rev. A. NJ. Weatherbee officiating
The grange. of which she was "A mem
Der, sent a beautiful floral tribute.
and the brothers and sisters gave an
other. while from neighbors and
friends came other tokens of love.
The interment was in the johnson
cemetery.
March is. H.
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17
&c. @. D."

The steamship Republic, an Ameri'
can liner. was rammed and sunk by
the steamship Florida, near Nantucket
Iightship on January %. 1909 The
Marconi operator. Jack BinnS, sent out
the &C. Q. D." the code sigma then
used in calling for aid. and several
steamships quickly answered and
steamed to the spot. They saved '6l
persons. This was the first Use of
wireless to save lives of passengers
on an ocean liner. By a strange CO.
incidence this event happened on the
eve of the seventy-first anniversary OF
the day on which Samuel Morse first
publicly exhibited and demonstrated
his code of dots and dashes' no"
known as the Morse alphabet. The
exhibition took place at the New YORK
university on January "a. 1888.
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17
THE PARIAH
By S. B. HACKLEY

&C. 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
Lydia Bromley dropped her big corn
cutters knife to listen to the coo of a
mourning dove In the far side of the
cane field. The time of killing frosts
was near and Adlai Booth had be-
sought her to help cut his cane-a
mans Job, but all the young fellows
of the neighborhood were either In
France or on the way; besides, she
needed the work.
"oh, little dove-oh, happy little
dove" - the woman unconsciously
spoke aloud, "wish me happiness,
tool Wish me miles away from
these cruel people on the nice, big
farm, with cows and pigs and focks
of fowls that would bring in living
that wouldn't keep me tied to the
ak, chopping wood all winter, and
bound to the hoe, chopping weeds all
summer, with all my leisure time
being hired man to the .neighbors
dove, If could, right this minute,
I'd run away and play and look for
Dutchman's Pipe in the brown leaves
in the woods over there!"
Just behind the hedge that bordered
the cane field, lean, brown-faced man
stood. Lindsay Temple had come up
the little hill path back of Lydias cot
tage that sat below on the road, in the
midst of the two acres that belonged to
it, stopping on his way to town to
speak to her about some quilting she'd
agreed to do when the outer work was
done, for, since his wifes death, four
years before, Lindsay had lived alone
and Tended for himself
Listening, Lindsay gazed curiously
at her from behind the leafy screen.
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17
Mckinley.

Mr.. and Mrs. Watson Thurston are
visiting their son James, on orr's is
land. Capt Thurston will leave on
March / s for Boston to bring the
Osprey here for overhauling for the
coming season. The boat has had a
new engine installed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward F. Dunbar of
Bath are receiving congratulations
on the birth of daughter, born Feb
ruary %. Mrs. Dunbar was former
ly Miss Addie Stanley of this place.
Movies are discontinued until bet
ter travelling.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Miller have a
new girl baby, born at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Bragg.
A nine-pound son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Black on March 4.
Orchard Arthur.
Mr.. and Mrs Teddie Morrill, are in
Bangor, where Mrs. Morrill, will en-
ter the hospital. Mr.. Morrill,, while
there, received the news of the dan
gerous illness of his daughter Ber-
tina. of pneumonia.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Nick
erson were grieyed to learn of her
death, of pneumonia, last month.
The death of Mrs. Hannah Holden
at the home of her son, DR. Freder-
ick, in Brooklyn, N. Y, was sad news
to her many friends and neighbors.
The removal of Mrs. Holden and Mrs.
Dix will be loss to the community.
The home which they occupied for so
many years is for sale, and it will
seem strange to see IL occupied by
others.
Fourteen dollars was realized from,
the children's social, for the new
church.
Saturday night the mail horse got
out OF the road and foundered in ice
water up TO its neck before being
dragged out The accident took
place between the cemetery and the
house of John Knowlton, and it took
two hours work by number OF men
to finally land the half-frozen animal
in Dr. Tapley's barn for the night.
Misses Gladys and Esther Gott are
visiting Mrs. Grace Mckay, Bangor.
March l5. p. NJ.
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17
Diet and LONGEVITY.

The subject of diet and its relation
to longevity is one Of perennial inter-
est, and there is no surer road to
fame, or at least TO notoriety, than
that of promulgating rules of diet and
living. Everybody would like to pass
the century mark and as many of
them as possible, providing his phys
ical vigor and functions could remain
unimpaired or nearly so, and even
Methuselah's 800 years would scarce
ly suffice for a man who would like to
taste all experiences, acquire all
knowledge, and accomplish all his
hopes, dreams and desires Even then
he might be reluctant to shuttle off
this mortal coil and enter upon new
experiences in the beyond.
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17
Always a Way
Out
BY Lillian HALL CROWLEY
CO. 1919. by Mcciur. Newspaper Syndicate.

&c. 1919, by Mcclure Newspaper syndieate)
allie, dear, you look worried"
''I am worried. mother"
"Why, what have you to be worried
about? You're young and pretty and
engaged to John Shuler, the finest
young man in the world"
TITS this, mother: John has always
moved in the best circles both at his
home and at the university. and we
have lived so simply here-pinching
niekels-that won't know how to
manage the beautiful home he is build
ing for u.s."
You'll learn, dear, and / will tell
you everything I know. I had a nice
home once"
''Yes, l know, mother, but telling
isn't seeing. lack the practical
knowledge of everyday usage We've
mostly eaten out of boxes, we've been
so busy"
That's true enough, Allie"
Mrs. Mangan and her daughter were
sewing in their tiny living room during
this conversation. Two weeks before
Alice bad finished her first year In col
lege. While there she had met John
Shuler and it was love affair at firstA
Alice was working her way through
college by being an assistant teacher.
Her mother, left a widow with two
little girls when very young, had made
brave fight to educate her children.
Alice had been a wonderful help with
the housework and sewing. and later
with tutoring.
Things were looking much better for
them now, as Mrs. Mangan had been
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17
English judges Robes.

There is as much difference in the
gowns worn by British legal lights es
there is in their wigs The robes Of
high court Judge are gorgeous and inn
posing. They are made of rich silk and
trimmed with ermine. Then, too, high
court judges carry, but never wear,
large three-cornered hats. judges VINO
preside over lower courts wear much
less gorgeous robes. and do not carry
three-cornered hats. A barrister's gown
Is made of black alpaca or some sim
liar material known as "stuh" In
the legal profession. 1t is only
when a barrister has become X, q.
that he may don gown of silk. For
this reason kings counsel is often
referred to as silk"
Ellsworth American., 1920-03-17

A hundred times he had seen her. and
though her straight erectness, her
blue eyes, sparkling with proud indie
pendence, and her clear pink skin-at
fifty, smooth as girl's-had always
appeared to him as pleasantly differ
ent from his neighbor women, he saw
her now with new vision. Unseen, he
went back dFvn the hill to where he
had left his buggy.
Six years before, In hope. Lydia
had brought her consumptive husband
and her young daughter from Vermont.
But Park Bromley had died in their
third month in Tennessee, and Lydia
learned the misery that comes of mis-
understanding.
A spring, ice-cold and deep, ran out
from under mighty rock by her front
door, and passersby, men and women,
often stopped for drink. And Lydia
did not consider it detriment to her
character to talk to the men, easily,
pleasantly, of the affairs of the day
even to invite them, as she did the
women, to sit sometimes for a little
time on her porch.
But In that section of the country
it was not the custom of the women
folk to converse much with men.
and this innocent sociable practice
of Lydia's came under bitterest con-
demnation. Fanciful tales were cir
culated about that bold Northern
woman" and, in the course of time.
she found herself ostracized.
And Lydia, become pariah, hid the
hurt In her friendly heart, and met
them who ceased to speak in passing,
with proud mien of defiance.
Laura, the daughter, found occupa-
tion in town in another county, and
Lydia stayed alone-the only bright
spots in her life her love of the out
doors and the occasional visits of her
daughter and Of the storekeper's wife
and daughter, good women, educated
and cultivated.
Lindsay, on his slow way to town,
wondered what had come over him.
He felt strangely young, the mellow
autumn air he brea thed was like the
wind off the blossoming grape In May.
'She amt any more like the ma
Jority of these sn1ff-dippin' women
hereabouts than thrush Is like a mud
duck p he told himself. 'These fools
down here amt got wisdom enough to
understand she's 5est had different