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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
MEMENTOES OF GREAT ACTOR
Diary of Junius srutus Booth and
Other Interesting Relics Are
Found in Old Theater.

Diaries and relics of Junius Brutus
Booth, famous in the annals of the
American stage, We're brought to light
by wreckers working on the recon-
struction of the famous old Walnut
Street Theater, at Philadelphia. Pa,
the Oldest playhouse In the United
States.
Away up In the caves, and there was
no evidence to show how they were
put there, were two big hampers Of
wicker. falling to pieces from age. The
theater's manager had ladder put up.
and he and a workman started to as
cend.
The ladder broke and the workman
had some ribs fractured. but the ham,
pers, when finally brought down,
proved well worth the trouble.
They were full of oldtime costumes,
a diary Of the famous actor, license
for Booths father to practice law,
signed by the king of England and a
collection of old playbillS and pro-
grams that are invaluable today.
Alongside the hampers. resting
across two beams, was a big, thin slab
of marble. 1t was found to be ltho-
graph stone on which were made the
pictures advertising John Sleeper
Clark
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

Havana is not only c beautiful city.
but truly fascinating one for all not
utterly devoid of imagin .tion. Her
houses, thick walled, ponderous struc-
lures, are built entirely of stone, brick
pr concrete. But, no matter what the
material, all walls, inside and out. are
plastered with the smoothest possible
finish and then tinted with every shade
of the rainbow, and few others, shell
pink cream. lilac and magenta pre-
dominating. Colors are matters pure
ly of taste with the owners, but they
seldom clash and they lend to the
city subdued but agreeable brightness,
quite in contrast with the long, somber
rows of buildings which mar many
residence avenues in the north.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
WOMEN AS "PAMPERED TOYS"
Distinguished French Able Makes
osms sharp Commentaries On Sex
Reiations In America.

American women expect Every right
.ly3 from their husbands the same at
tention which French husbands receive
from their wives. The American hus-
band expects nothing, and for what
he receives the Lord makes him truly
thankful, writes Ernest Dinnet, in Har-
per's.
1--WE are pampered toys" an Ameri-
can lady told me in distinctly resent
full tone, "but we only know 1t when
our husbands, after keeping every
trouble from us, suddenly die"
If the abstraction called the Ameri-
can woman could be met with, should
ask her whether she really likes to see
dozen men in her drawing room
watch her the whole evening and bob
up with military precision the moment
she half rises to ring the bell; whether
she would not prefer her escort to
think Of what he is saying to her in
stead Of concentrating on where she
walks, skipping to the unprotected side
of her the whole time; or whether she
likes being supported across the road
with infinite precautions, as If she
were a very i'll person or a very brittle
object; or, on the contrary, firmly
grasped below the shoulder and waited
to the other side with the triumphant
ease of long practice.
/ have kept a picture representing
three exceedingly widely known Amer
lean men watching lady go down a
deck stairway. She is spoken of as
a sportswoman and would probably
think nothing Of scrambling down a
rope ladder If it amused her. The
steps on which she appears are broad
and comfortable, but the gentlemen
with guiding and supporting gestures
smile at her achievement with the
same wonder and delight as If she
were baby for the first time off the
go-cart. Meanwhile the lady herself
smiles in her furs like coy Phoebe be-
tween two clouds.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Sea ChameIeone.

There are no more talented CANON
flage artists than some kinds of trop-
ical sea-fish. A scientist who has been
making a study of their color phases
says some of them can tuae on In turn
the hues Of coral, rocks, seaweed.
sand, almost instantly making them
selves invisible to the hunting enemy.
They are enabled to do this by the
remarkable nervous control of the
chromatophores under the skin with
which nature has favored them. The
cowfish has four color phases, the
glasseye, four; that fascinating dandy
of the deep, the sergeantmajor, three ;
while the red gruper displays six and
the Nassau gruper can actually pro-
vide the astonished spectator with a
prismatic progress through eight col
ors.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

They say that headless horsemen
Ised to ride through England and that
hounds even now fly above the rain
drenched mountain tops of Ireland;
but it is undermining ghosts to bring
phantom sewing machine into the
circle of the supernatural. Scientists,
philosophers and spiritualists of Port
ugal are trying to explain the origin
of strange sound first heard three
months ago in a house in Oporto. The
sound occurred at midnight and those
who heard it, believe that it is caused
by the soul of seamstress doomed
to haunt the world to eXpiate sin.
The opinion here will rather he that
one of the enterprising agents for q
sewing machine company is seeking
tree publicity.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Peanuts Gain In Popularity.

More than 2.OOO,OOO acres in this
country were planted with peanuts
last year. The demand for them Is
increasing by leaps and bounds. They
are one of the most nutritious foods
known to man, one pound of them
(shelled) containing nearly half
pound of fat and a quarter Of pound
Of protein, both high grade and read
lily digestible. For running the body
machine they are three times as eftl-
cient as an equal weight Of beef and
five times as efficient as an equal
weight of eggs.
Peanuts yield sweet, wholesome
cooking oil. A buShel of them in the
shell will produce gallon of oil.
Many lard substitutes now sold and
popular are peanut oil converted into
a solid fat.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
JAPANESE AyERsE TO CHANGE
Idea That They Would Take Kindly
to American Built Houses Proved
to BE Wrong.

With the double hope Of business
success and social service. q certain
firm In japan some years ago began
the importation of American.made
movable houses on a large scale. The
houses, the firm believed. would offer
very comfortable and coy little homes
at reasonable prices to the salary-earn-
ing classes of Nippon and would bring
about great Improvement In the do
nestle life of the Japanese.
The enterprise. wellmeanlng as II
undoubtedly was. turned out to be
failure. 1t was like an overzeal0us
but enlightened missionary trying to
impose the dogmas of Christianity on
heathenS, regardless of the latter's
ideas. temperament and history. The
modes of living and traditions, which,
irrespective of whether they be good
or bad, are dear to their hearts and
hard to give up in a fortnight. Homes
are the most basic Of institutions,
and house construction is the result
of centuries of home life to nation,
To try to induce the japanese to give
up their houses Immediately and dwell
in the American-made houses is like
trying to urge them to give up all
and thinking, and to adopt occidental
ways of behavior, 1t is prepost err
ous-East and West News
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
SIMPLE REASON FOR thrift
Its Practice Necessary That There May
Be Margin of Production Over
Consumption.

Is it not mere caddishness for one
who can afford to buy and does buy
silk skirts and silk stockings and
automobiles, and who freely admits
that he wastes money, but who justi-
fies himself somewhat belligerently
by saying that he can afford to waste
money, and that it is nobodys busi-
ness, to object to other people doing
the same sort of thing only because
he thinks the other people cannot
afford the expenditures? Right down
in our hearts we know that the con-
Germ is not all with the welfare OF
those other people who are wasting
their money; it is really matter Of
jealousy and of class distinction
based on clothing-a feeling that
these people have committed social
misdemeanOrs, as when the cook du-
plicated her mistress hat. And any
one who breaches thrift to people on
the ground that they should not have
what they like for their money Is
simply preaching nonsenslcal cant. He
is really preaching revolution.
If, then, thrift has no virtue In IT.
self, If every person within the limits
Of the law is entitled to spend what
he can earn, and more than he can
earn If he can get away with 1t, Is
there any immoral reason for thrift?
The reason for thrift Is plain. 1t
is not necessary to talk about moral
fty. IT is simply that If we do not
have thrift we shall not nave mar
gin of production over consumption
that is, we shall not have capital. If
we do not have capital we cannot have
progress, for we shall have no means
wherewith to make improvement in eX-
listing facilities for production. There
is the danger of extravaganza. And
it is very real danger.-Samuel Crow
Their, in the North American Review.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Arc and Microscope.

Before the Royal Microscopical so
ciety in London there was described a
method Of photographing objects mag
nitied by the microscope. The light of
the electric arc itself is employed,
that of the incandescent lamps being
shielded the light itself is filtered,
and thus a powerful monOchromatic
light, at the extreme limit of visible
ity, is obtained.
With this light excellent photographs
of minute objects. under magnifica-
ton of 1900 diane tiers. were made and
exhibited upon screen. The ex-
perimenter suggested that lenses Spe-
cially corrected for the violet
rays would enable photography to do
for the microscope what 1t has already
done for the telescOpe.-New York
Evening Post.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Ecclesiastical Confectionery.

1t happened in Scotland-and on
Sunday, too. A young man. strolllng
along village street, went into con-
fectioners shop with the intention Of
purchasing some chocolate creams. 81
dinna sell chocolate creams on the
Sabbath day" said the old lndy be-
hind the counter in her sternest tones
But" protested the youth 81 saw
you sell sweets to that lady a mo-
ment ago AYE" replied the douce
Scotswoman. some ecclesiastical con.
fectionery. Ecclesiastical confection-
cry she went on to explain. includes
peppermint draps, pan draps IN gin
ger lozenges-but nae chocolate
creams. "-GlaSgoW Herald
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
The Variously Valuable Shark.

Sharks are now priced for their
skin by manufacturers OF shoes ana
leather articles. Speciai selnes nave
been constructed with which to catch
the man-tish and as many as 2OO
day have been captured, One hide,
says Experimental Science. Will pro-
duce 10 to 40 square feet of leather.
The liver of the shark yields upon
boiling with water a valuable oil, used
in making glue, soap, paints and medi-
cineS. The meat is white. resembling
halibut, and is edible.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
May Combine Languages.

1t will be of interest not only to
students of philology in general but to
anyone who has wondered why Nor
much time through having three differ
ent languages to know that Adolf No
reen. long professor of 'philoogy at
UpSaa, has started movement to
bring the three languages more close
ly together. His task is Stupendous,
but since he is Il philologist himself he
may usher in the day when drama
written by Dane can be played In
Stockholm without being translated.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
SUMS Effect on Glass Palace.

1t has been found impossible to give
accurate dimensions of the Crystal
palace, London, because of the con-
traction the building undergoes during
the day. In the case of the palace,
structure of which is 1892 feet, a
measurement taken at noon would ex-
coed the dimension which would be
given on q remeasurement in the eve
ming when the contraction" conse-
quent upon the absence of heat, as the
result of the sun having set. would
have taken place. The difference al
times amounts to as much as six
inches.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Mo Success Without Effort.

It's seldom you can do what you
want TO do the first time 20 try. 10
be sure if you have been working
along given line there may not De
any difficulty in your doins what is
comparatively new without uoubie' On
the other hand there are few people
who are gifted enough tc walk OH
with the palm the first time the task
comes up. Failure is not so much
matter of lack of ability as 1t is OF I'M
organized effort. When young men
learn to plod along until they are
masters of the thing they would do
there will be no question about sue
cess Too many want to succeed With
out effort. Nature is little slow IN
rewarding Such.-Grit
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

Workmen who are called TO ship
board for the purpose of making alter
atoms and repairs get so used to the
presence of rats that they pay no at
tention to them. A ships plumber,
for instance, will often work while
fat rat sits only few feet away and
watches him. Calcutta is said to be the
greatest rat exchange in the world, the
rodents finding their way to and from
that city on the ships. Workmen on
vessels in that port must take special
precautions to protect their lunch or
they will 60 hungry. coat hung up
on nail with any lunch in the pocket
will be robbed by the rats unless
watched by the owner
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
All of European Oriuin.

dish, and comes from the word dump
en-, that meant to throw down sud-
denly, and the diminutive ending
cling" The idea was little cake
that was made by THROWN raw dough
into boiling water. From Portugal
comes the word marmalade, which was
originally sweet preserve made from
ounces and takes its name from mar
cello, the Portuguese name for that
fruit. Cruller is q good Yankee dish,
though 1t Is from an old German or
Dutch word, "krulten," meaning little
curled cake.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Freely Conceded.

II freely concede." remarks some
one, "any good points he may have"
Thus virtuous, he proceeds with the
burden Of his story. which is the ex-
tremely bad points of the person dis
cussed. What does his "conceding"
amount to? Nothing at oil except a
ruse to deceive himself, to make him
self believe he is playing fair. If you
are going to concede some good point.
you ought In all fairness to name them
over. Perhaps at the end of the cata-
log, you will be little more modest
about the enormity of the o~ense you
are mainly interested in.-Milwaukee
Journal
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

The method of recording phOno-
graph records is as follows: The rec
ord is first placed on wax master
record, by a process similar to cleo
trotyping. This record is finally trans
ferred to n solid metal plate. 1t Is
from this plate that the records are
pressed. An unlimited number of rec
ords can be produced from a single
plate. When vocal artists make rec
metal horn.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
South PenObscOt.

At the annual parish meeting OF
the Baptist church, Rev. c. A.
Smith was reelected pastor for the
ninth year, at an increased salary.
David Perkins has gone to Ban
gOr to work.
Mrs. Smith gave a party for her
Sunday school class Friday evening
at the parsonage.
Feb. 81. l..
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

in the hall last Tuesday evening
George Choate, native of this
place who has been engaged for
many years in business in Beverly,
Mass, and has fine residence
there, has decided to make his sum-
mer home here. He has renter the
Coombs cottage for next summer.
Feb. 81. "XENOPHON.'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
North Hancock.

A. w. Cleaves is building a hall
opposite his restaurant.
This is busy place at the pres
ent time, Everyone is hustling to
get his pulp-wood hauled and
shipped.
Feb. 2S. M.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

Few cities in England have more
claims to the attention of the United
States than the ancient town of Bris-
tol. 1t was Bristol that gave the world
the Cabots, those daring sailors who
discovered the MAINLAND OF America,
and thus destroyed the belief that be-
yond the West Indies were untold
miles of open sea and the end of the
world. Bristol is one of the oldest
cities in England, 1t having been
founded by Caesar at the time the
Romans swept down on the island and
declared 1t a province of the Imperial
city. great wall was built about the
place, and portions of 1t still stand.
mute evidence through the centuries Of
the thoroughness and strengt of Rom
an empire building.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Birch HarbOr.

William Higgins of Milbridge is
the guest of Ernest Rice and wife.
Fred Cross, who has been away
during the winter, is home.
Feb 21. G..
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
North Hancock.

Elwood Gilley is visiting in Ellis
worth.
Mrs. Freeman Sabans visited in
Ellsworth recently.
Feb FL M.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Jud Tunkins.

Jud Tunkins says many man
thinks he is giving advice when he Is
merely being encouraged to loosen~up
his conversation and get his measure
taken.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
North BrOOkIin.

A pleasing event was the social
Bluehill Falls.
Schooner Joanna Durgain, Capt.
E. b. Simpson of South Bluehill,
which has been undergoing extern
sive repairs in Rockland this win
ter, is anchored here
Feb. 81 C.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Do IodaX,s 1ask Well

The best way to make sure of to-
morrow's strength, is to put our whole
strength into the task Of today.-H. r.
HaWeiS
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

Dyspepsia Is Americas curse. To
restore digestion. normal weight. good
health and purify the blood. use Bur-
dock Blood Bitters. Sold at all drug
stores. Price, $1.25.-Advt.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-14
TREASURE IN NORTH AFRICA
French Writer Declares Land Is
Storehouse of Historical and
Archaeological Beauties.

North Africa-Morocco, Algeria
comprises, according to Louis Bert
rand, writing In ILLUSTRATION (Paris),
storehouse of historical and arch
Biological treasures unsupported by the
great ma jOrity of Frcnchmen. Frances
tricolor floats over these storied lands
washed by the Mediterranean.
M. Bertrand concludes that most Of
his countrymen visit the colonial pos
session much as they would visit
spectacular review or something of
the sort, as bizarre experience of
strange sounds and colors and muscle
dancers; whereas if they would but
open their eyes, they might behold
deed cities raising up their heads and
almost hear the echoing footsteps of
the Roman legions. He points, in
fact, to North Africa as the richest
museum of Latin antiquity In the
world where the ruins of the imperial
occupation are thickly strewn for
leagues, crying out for the pick and
spade of the excavatOr From Volu-
bills in Morocco to Gigthi in Tunis,"
declares the writer ION a line 1000
kilometers long, the Roman ruins are
landmarks in Africa. With their tri-
umphal arches, colonnades, pagan tenn
pies, basilicas and Christian burial
places, they outline shattered royal
road without a peer"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-14
RARE FRUITS IN PHILIPPINES
Two That Are Said to Be Delicious
and Unknown in the Rest
of the World.

Among the productions of the Phil
ippine islands are two delicious fruits
almost unknown in the rest of the
world. One of these is the DURAN,
whose remarkable qualities were des-
canted upon by Alfred Russell Wal
lace during his explorations in the
Malay archipelago.
1t grows on lofty tree somewhat
resembling an elm, Is about as large
as a coconut has a shiny shell, and
contains a creamy pulp which COM
bines some of the flavor of delicious
custard with those of fine cheese.
To eat durians, we are told by those
who know. is a new sensation worth
a voyage to the East to experience.
Americans in the islands call the du-
rian "the vegetable Limburger cheese"
The other rare fruit spoken of is the
mangosteen. said to be the only fruit
that the governor general of the is
lands has never tasted. The exquis-
itely favored liquid it contains cam
not be preserved for shipping abroad.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-14
Circulating the Scriptures.

The 1919 issues of the American BIZ
BILE society were 3.752,309 volumes.
The sun never sets on the representa-
tives of this society, which asserts
that some one is busy every hour of
the day and every day of the year cir
culating the Scriptures. This total
means that seven volumes were issued
every minute of every hour of every
day of the year.
The issues of 1919 were the small
est since 1911; chiefly because of
after war conditions. The average
of annual issues for the last ten years
has been over 100000 volumes. For
the period of the war, 1914-1919, it
was over 5,S70,00O, which means that
on an average IL volumes of Scrip
lures were issued every minute of the
years of the war by the American BIZ
BILE society.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-14
GUEST CHARGED FOR INSULT
This French Hotel Proprietor Surely
Went the Limit in the Matter
of Extortlon.

Many stories are told" said Col.
Elliston P. Masters at Fort Sheri-
dan. tea, "of French extortions. But
the worst have heard was related to
me by an army friend.
He went to a hotel in Paris with
out making bargain about rates and
dined altogether at restaurants with
%sFtends
~. One evening, as he was starting
gut as usual, the proprietor accosted
him In the hall and inquired:
II hope you're dining with us to-
night, monsieur?'
mo my friend answered, I have
an engagement
"The proprietor, with a despaIring
gesture, exclaimed:
1T is an insult to the establish
ment, monsieur, never to dine here
Not at ALL my friend answered,
and thought no more Of the matter.
But when he came to pay his no.
tel bill, although he had not eaten
any meals there, he found this item:
"Twelve dinners-350 francs
But I took no dinners here the
guest protested to the proprietor;
you remarked about that to me your
self
know you didn't was the re-
ply. Had you taken those dinners
the price would only have been $50
francs"
"'And what are the extra hundred
francs for?'
insult IT,"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-14
Challenge to Thought.

When you can't do what you want to
it's a challenge to think. If you can't
do 1t, why can't you? The chances are
you will find it is not right that it
should be done at all. Or it may he
that you are not the one to do it.
You may want to swim the Niagara
just below the falls so you can boast
of doing what has not been done You
may want to fly to the moon so you
can write of experiences never yet
felt by man. You may even want to
play the Jonah game so you can give
your experiences of a few days In the
deep But you can't do it. The why
lies in the fact that you are not made
for such exploits. To attempt any
one of them would be to tempt self
destruction. The crowd might stand
by and watch you make the effort and
when you failed they would call you
a fool When you can't do what you
want to-think.-Grit.