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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-03
EMPLOYMENT
Help Wanted-Fennais

ASST. BOOKKEEPER-On with good
references. l.. K. care Journal.
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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

Business Property 81
LITCHFIELD PLAINS - Grain and
grocery store, busy part of town,
good business. On account of ill
health will sell at great bargain. M.
r. Condor, r. II. Ltchfield.
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Suburban for Sale

tive little home: house
and stable with p acres land. small
orchard, about 3 miles from Angus
ia. Price $500. J. w. Peck Agency.
207 Water st. Tel. 1047-W.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-03

CHAMRERMAID--Fo summer at At
f. Hoxic, AZ State st., Augusta.
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AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles for Sale

1912 model, cheaT
II sold at once, good condition. J. w
Henderson, r. l. Fairfield Hoy 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-03

CHAMBER GIRLS-'Also one table
girl for July and August Richard
son House, Capitol Island.
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HAMBERMAID--At Elmwood Hotel,
Waterville. Permanent, position.
CHAMBERMAIDS = Apply Augusta
House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-03

TACOMA LAKES-New cottage with
hall modern improvements. double ga
" rage and nice well of water; the fin
est cottage there. Price reasonable.
Sold on easy terms. NJ. J. Googin.
ia Bates ST., Lewiston, Me.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
Marcel ProuSt French Henry James

the title, "Slight Study of the Sorrow
Caused by Separation and by the
Regular Progress of Forgetfulness. -
''Unhappiness inflicted by one we
love may be keen even when it pene-
trates into the midst of preoccupa-
tions, of activities, of joys which are
unrelated to the beloved. But when
such grief is born of a moment when
the delight OF seeing her fills the
whole being, the sudden despair pro-
duced i'm the soul up to that moment
all sunshine and tranquility rouses in
US a furious tempest, through which
we know not IL we shall be strong
enough to struggle to the end.
/ Nevertheless came at last to ac-
cept that suffering unconditionally;
then / realized that it must be final
and gave up Gilberte forever. even
in the interest of my love itself and
because I wished before everything
else TO have her keep memory
OF me untouched by scorn."
1t was late in life when Marcel
Proust decided to publish his work.
and what he gave to the world was
ripened by experience and medita-
ton. revealing a powerful analyst. His
books are certainly not easy 20 read.
Periodic sentences, broken by modify
ing phrases, narrative often obscure,
often too condensed-these demand
from the reader an effort of the mind
which at first makes progress diff
cult.
But. little by little, we are attracted,
led on. overcome by the ardent imag-
ination Of the author, by his rare
mastery over the French language
by his insight and spiritual divina-
ton. These qualities have won for
him I'm the last year n circle OF dis
eliminating admirers: and they will
give his work a permanent place In
literature for the delectation of the
few in each generation who seek the
Interpretation Of the nuances of char
acter and who appreciate the art of
good writing.
But however the judicious reader
may enjoy his work, Marcel Proust
will never be popular with printers!
He never stops rewriting his books
till the last form goes TO press. His
proof sheets are nightmare TO the
publishers. He is never content with
less than three sets Of them. and these
he works over till the margins are
filled from end to end and from side
to side with corrections and recorrec-
tions. made according to a system that
nobody understands but himself--all
sorts Of strange marks and references
from one change back to another. We
are quite prepared TO receive his
next volume with four pages of
errata inserted at the last moment.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
Reviewed by
STANTON A. COBLENTZ.

The history of our country perhaps
presents no more fascinating field for
the romantic novel than the early days
of California. In 'The Bride of Mis-
sion San Jose" We are introduced TO
the California of the turbulent years
from 1912 to 1916, when the Spanish
culture was still dominant and when
the Golden State" lowered in the
balance between Mexico. England and
the United States. The novel is con-
cerned largely with the struggling and
the intrigues preceding California's
membership in the Union; we are
brought face to face with characters
such as Yoscole, the famous Indian
chief, and Commodore Billings, COM
mander of the American fleet in the
Pacific, and we are made to feel keenly
the emotions and the prejudices that
led some of the early Californa set
tiers to favor the rule Of England and
some the rule of the United States.
Mr.. Gull is successful in reproducing
the old mission atmosphere and in CIV
ing us a taste of the life of the day
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

the missions. Henry Fitch gave bells
TO the convent of Santa Cruz because
he had married Donna Josefa Carita,
of another faith. Not all the inter-
national romances were as happy. AT
Monterey there is still pointed out
rose which Gen. Sherman planted in
the company of sweetheart he was
destined never to see again. The au-
thor also alludes to the better known
romance of Donna Concita and Baron
Rezanoff
Mr.. Hall rather resents the intrusion
of modern interests. When he speaks
of the moving picture studios near Los
Angeles he quotes the cynical local
epigram, Are you married, or do you
live in Hollywood?" In the Church
of San Miguel it was necessary
to put this sign: This is a church.
Treat it as such. Playing ragtime on
the organ is forbidden. On entering
please remove your hat. No dumping
of lunch boxes, rubbish or empty bot
ties on the church grounds. You
would not like it on your private
grounds" Such sign as this is a
Jolt to the reader, but Mr. Hall de-
serves praise for protesting against
the modern vandal.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

ROSY CHEEK AND STRONG HEART.
"a Health Reader for the Third
Grade.) BY j. Mace Address and
Annie Turner Address. Illustrated
by Dorothy Whitmore.
RHYMES OF CHo CHoS GRANDMA.
BY Mrs. Frederick Peterson. illus
trated by Jessie Gillespie. Both book
let's are published by the Child Health
Organization of America, 156 Fifth
avenue, New York city.
A books a magic sort of thing
That makes you sailor. chief or king !;
When / am old and own a shelf
l think I'll have book myself.
-Mary Carolyn Dduies in "A Little
Freckled Person"
Nothing gives a boy or girl more
lasting and peaceful enjoyment than
a few we'll selected books. Now If in
selecting some books for the child
these two were added, we have no
doubt that the child would enjoy read
ing and gather a good deal from the
story Of Rosy Cheeks and Strong
Heart and the Rhymes Of Cho Cho's
Grandma" Like Mary Ann and her
brother Jack. the boy and girl will at
once invoke the aid of the good Fairy
Fresh Air. Sir Cleanliness. Sir Sun
shine. Daddy Exercise and the other
friendly spirits.
The story starts moving when Mary
Ann placed a tiny envelope containing
a note in q beautiful Red Tulip. The
note is an appeal for aid from Fairy
Fresh Air. We learn, in time, like
Jack and Mary Ann, of what the
milk bottles have to say in the early
morning against those who dislike
them. We are introduced in turn to
the Vegetable Family and the Fruit
Family. not forgetting Auntie Tooth
brush. who is inclined to be rather
scratchy" and Grandma Washcloth
who has very sharp eyes and is very
curious"
Turning to the Rhymes of Cho
Cho's Grandma" we follow Cho Cho
through his everyday life. His
habits became regular through the
advice Of his grandmother and the re
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

ing that it was no different from the
other days of the year, that it was not
the beginning of new life, that it
would end in the twilight Of year that
was not new to me-"
Likewise even the characters in
Marcel Proust-and they are many
and varied and alive--are depicted only
by the reflection that they cast in his
own mind.
We cannot forget that the author
was born 10 a social position which made
him at home where the most exquisite
courtesy blossoms naturally. Through
his eyes we see Nine. de Villeparisis,
who had a certain feeling for nature.
colder than that of my grandmother,
but who could recognize even outside
OF museums or fine houses the simple
and majestic beauty of certain ancient
things. She would tell the coachman
to take the old Balbec route, seldom
travelled, but planted with venerable
elms that seemed wonderful to us.
"She remembered her education in
the aristocratic manner by which a
great lady ought TO show to the
bour0eoisic that she is pleased to asso-
ciate with them, that she is free from
false pride. And the only lack of
true politeness to be observed in her
was in the excess OF her courtesies:
for one perceived in them that pro-
fessional mark Of the ordndc dame OF
the Faubourg Saint Germain."
Still conducted by the author we
go on to look at another of the char
acter portraits I'm his works, Madame
Swami, who dressed not only for
convenience or for the adornment Of
her person, but who was surrounded
by her costume as by the delicate and
spiritual garments OF a civilization.
IT found her clothed in some beauti-
full gown. II might be Of taffeta, or at
other times OF lace. or in velvet or
crepe de chine, or in satin or silk, and
each on its afternoon gave to her
leisure at home an impression Of
alertness of action. Yet the
elaborateness of adornment in these
vivid garments without practical
value or visible excuse added a touch
Of the detached the pensiye. the re-
served which harmonized with the
melancholy that Madame Swami
kept always at least in the corners
of her eyes and the edges of her
hands"
Like Balzac. like Stendhal. Marcel
Proust seeks to bring to bear his in
teIligence upon the utterance of his
most evanescent experiences, and thus
we owe him a series of sketches which
his modesty ciassifies as light" He
published in the Noupefrc Revue
Froncotsc an extract from "a rOmbre
dcs Jeuncs rules en- F1eurs" under
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
This Marquise Flouted Josephine

fixed his eyes on me. smiling gracious
ly, and when my turn came he said
to me laughing. in familiar tone,
while he regarded me from head to
foot:
why, you are not even affected
over the death of the King of Den
mark?'
"'Not sufficiently, Sire ! replied. to
sacrifice the pleasure of being pre-
sented to your Majesty. l had no
black dress"
Nine. de La Tour du Pin and her
husband were twice in exile, once dur
ing the Revolution, in America, where
they had farm near Albany. She
speaks with satisfaction of her stay
there and often refers to it during
her later years In France. Her second
exile was in England.
Religion, she says, meant veiN little
to her until after the death of her
first baby Then she became resigned
to Gods will. She was the mother Of
six children and at the time OF her
death only one was alive. To this good
woman, devoted to husband and chill
dren, the Revolution brought great
happiness and suffering. Both her
father and her husbands mother per-
ished on the scaffold during the Reign
of Terror.
The author is not a master Of style,
but she has an easy grace of express
sion which serves her need. 1t is the
radiant personality of the woman that
dominates the book, which is essen
TALLY a personal record
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
Reviewed by LOUISE REICK.

The historian turns to memoirs not
only for light upon the political as
poets of an era, but also to get details
of the social life. These "Recollections'
contain both matter for the historian
and good reading for the rest Of U.S.
The book in it's original French was
first published in Paris in 1906 by one
of the authors direct descendants. An
excellent English translation has been
made by Walter Geer, in which as lit
tie as possible of the original flavor
is lost.
La Marquise was born in Paris in
ITO and died in Pisa in 1858. She
lived during the most eventful periods
Of French history-from the first Rev
olution through the first restoration.
She was a highly intelligent woman
whose beauty and charm were easily
felt. She was dame dhonneur to Marie
Antoinette and to the wife of Louis
XVIII.
Although the aristocratic Marquise
refused to serve Josephine, prejudice
did not prevent her from drawing an
admirable picture of Napoleon. 1t hap
pened that the first time she was for
mally called to the palace the court
was in mourning. She determined to
go, although she had no proper dress.
The Emperor was announced and,
saws La Maruuise in a naive way, He
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
BY PANAME.
w YHEN the Academy Goncourt
M awarded the prize for 1919 to

w YHEN the Academy Goncourt
A/ awarded the prize for 1919 to
Marcel Proust, a large part
of the public read his name for the first
time. Never was the choice of prize
winner more discussed. Some thought
the money should have gone to en-
courage beginner-Marcel Proust Is
no longer young. Others asked If his
good luck had come from influences
outside of literature, for he was the
son of a famous physician. But while
the gossips talked the prize went to
Marcel Proust!
So the public turned to his books to
find the reason. The reading of "Du
cote de chez s,odnn' did not wholly
enlighten them. Nor did they find
anything sensational in "A pOmbrc des
yeunes FilIes en- frieurs." And certainly
there was nothing to capture those
who read only for the sake of the story
in "Du cote dcs Gncrmdntes."
Besides the works already named,
this author has issued three volumes OF
the series "A In Recherche dm Temps
Perdue." of which two more will ap-
pear later. These are all published In
the Edition dc la NoucelIe Revue Fran
coise.
In the whole range of Marcel Proust's
work there Is nothing that one could
point out as.''the subject" no unfolding
If plot guaranteed to keep the reader
impatiently struggling along through
$50 or 400 pages Of suffering, in hope
of a satisfying solution on page 4O1.
Marcel Proust invites us to walk
with him--and it is a delightful ram
ble--"In Search of Lost Time" IL
pleases him to lead US through the
land OF his reclaimed experience; recol-
lections of things far off. of childhood,
of blossoming youth. The facts that
he relates are not analysed as they
appear. lie presents them rather as
they come up to his memory, inter-
woven and blended one with another.
The form Is unfamiliar in literature,
approaching the manner in which
Renoir and the early impressionist
painters made their records on canvas
Here is what he calls a first, far
away New Years. one of those points
In the calendar that we mark as a
red letter day. Such was Christmas
or Noel, before the Anglo-Saxon in
fuence had. little by little. with a
forced exchange of polteness and gifts.
diminished the spontaneous beauty OF
that adorable. poetic and idealistis
feast
"A mild. moist wind was blowing. IL
was a kind Of weather well know. I
had misgivings about that day--a feel
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
The Movies Afford Strange Contrast
With Legends of the Early Padres

He was astounded and told them that
there was no human habitation within
several hundred miles. They were
sure that their hosts had been ST.
Joseph and the Virgin Mary and that
they had been privileged to see the in
FAINT Jesus.
Appealing stories are told of many
of the other good fathers. Father
Tomaso Estenija died of starvation
because he sacrificed himself for his
flock, which the Mexican Government
had robbed Father Francisco Uria
was always in the company of four
cats. which showed almost human in
telligence. When he died one of his
pets tolled the bell. Father Gonzales
OF Santa Barbara loved flowers so
much that by special dispensation he
was buried in the garden. Father
Bucher of Santa Ines had such sym
pathy for tramps that he could per-
suade them to help him labor, and his
diary records frequent visits from
Rambling Willie and Travelling Tank.
The author notes another side of
mission life: Most of the missions
manufactured aguardiente from apples
or pears, San Fernandes acquiring the
greatest reputation in this cheering
industry. They doubly distilled 1t and
when bottled it was as clear as crys-
tai and as strong as the faith Of the
reverend fathers"
California has a climate which aids
and abets romance. Mr.. Hall does
not confine his stories to missions.
He tells of Joaquin Murietta. the Mex
lean Robin Hood. He speaks of the
beautiful Ysabel Herrara, for whom
De La Vega stole pearls from one of
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
Fairy Fresh Air and Cho Cho

suit Of such wise and orderly living
made him a strong, healthy and rosy
checked boy. The secret of his healthy
state is disclosed in these rhymes.
Here Is what Cho Cho has for break
fast:
"Cho Cho eats for breakfast
A heaping bowl of porridge
Oatmeal suits him best,
Because II gives him courage.
He drinks a cup OF cocoa
Or lovely, creamy milk,
For milk will make him grow
And feel as fine as silk.
Some brown bread buttered thick,
An orange or an apple.
And Cho Cho's ready quick
With work or play to grapple."
After such good, wholesome break
fast Cho Cho is ready for the days
school work and the days play. He
knows that IL he cares for his teeth
they in turn will take care of him,
and lastly he goes to bed hours before
other boys and rises hours before
them.
What the Child Health Organization
has undertaken to do in its nationwide
campaign to raise the health standard
OF the American school child deserves
considerable praise and hearty cooper
alton on the part of mothers. teachers
and health workers.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

white shake: squat. heavy browed
houses of various, bright tints: the
Chinese suggestion in the high cheek
bones of the Basque peasants, remind
ing her Of Serafin. carnations in heaps
in venders' baskets: an oxcart, the
animals yoked together with a great
bar hung with sheepskip, scarlet
fringes dancing above their eyes; a
priest coming down a white road on a
donkey"
The most genuine and touching
character portrait in the book is Sera-
fin, a man so mingled of the elements
of brute and loyal brother that one
can believe i'm his reality. strange as
it is. Toward the close of his life he
meditated thus in the shadow of de-
feat:
"He was a child in the old Basque
farm on mountain top; a place of
carved beams, of balconies and over
hanging roof, with cattle on the ground
floor; the first story. where the family
lived and his mother sewed. reached
by an outside staircase. His mother!-
strong and fierce and true, with barred
arms like smithy's and black eyes
with the steadiness of watch fires!
Sewing had been the smallest part of
her work. She had walked beside his
father as a lioness beside her mate.
She had toiled with him, digging In
the fields. bearing an equal burden of
the harvest; and often, alone, she had
taken cattle to market at daybreak
over twenty miles of mountain road.
returning at night without sign OF
fatigue on her calm. brown face. She
could not write her name, yet as he
had hung about her knees she had
told him stories, handed down by ira
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
A Spanish Intrigue

THE NEXT CORNER. BY Kate Jor-
dan. Little. Brown & Co.
Here is piot-from the first page to
the last--by an author who knows how
to keep the ends Of all the strings Of
her story in her own hands And
though the reader may get some idea
of the solution early enough to save
him from dying of suspense there are
some real surprises toward the end.
And they are not arbitrarily intro
duced simply to produce an effect.
There is "a pleasant likeness at times
to Marion Crawford's way of telling a
story. The plot spreads over France.
Spain and North and South America.
The heroine was brought up on travel
"a hotel child!
"She had come to see that there was
nothing on Gods earth more uniting
and unfair. Eating. one of a crowd.
Studying her lessons with the voices
of strangers beating on the thin doors
between bedrooms. Not only forbid
den to play in the halls that had the
invitation of emptiness and expanse;
always told to speak even more quietly
there. 'Hush!' Oh. what shackling
word that had been all through the
forming years, when her spirit was
cramped in constantly changing rooms
that always bore a dreary resemblance
to each other. and where crowds
looked at her only to pass her over"
Here is bit of description from the
brief and fateful Spanish Journey:
Everything that she saw from the
train that was typically Spanish helped
to divert her: The first mdntuld; the
first cdrabinero in blue uniform and
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
Reviewed bv JOSEPH F. GOULD.

bridge Hall. The Macmillan Company.
Reviewed bv JOSEPH F. GOULD.
Mr. Hall apparently has imbibed
from Stevenson's fountains. He writes
of the beauties of nature in the spirit
of R. L. ST. and his defence of erring
priests has the same note as Steven
sons defence of Father Damien. He
has romantic subject
The missions of California were
true 'outgrowth of the teachings Of
ST. Francis. No other order could
have shown such patience and kindli-
ness in working for the lowest type
of Indian. The gentle souls who
founded these missions We're striking
personalities and the type of men
around whom legends grow. These
guileless tales delight Mr.. Hall. He
retells them in a manner to charm
the reader.
Some of his stories seem to be
placed a century late. They belong to
the era Of Cotton Mather rather than
of Ben Franklin. For example: Padre
Junipero Sierra and Padre Palon were
once lost in desert. They prayed
for shelter. Suddenly they saw light
in the distance. They hurried to it
and found a cottage. They were well
coined by a man and a woman with a
beautiful baby. The next morning
they went on their way rejoicing.
They asked a shepherd about the
house where they had spent the night.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
fornia Missions Are Scene of Tales Old and NeWl

we can make merry with the senors
and senoritas at a dance or lament
with the people during a time Of
drought, but the author is more skill
full in painting the habits of his char
acters than their physical environ
ment, for while in general he repro
duces the California background faith
fully and in sufficient detail to make It
real again for one familiar with II, he
does not describe it so as to demon
strate that he himself knows 1t first
hand or, presumably. to leave vivid
impression on the mind of one yet TO
visit California.
The love element that runs through
the novel Is variation of the con-
ventional theme of the beautiful, self
willed girl who at first scorns her
suitor but ultimately yields. But the
love element Is by no means domi-
nant; there is quite as much of politics
and of adventure-adventu which is
rescued from the melodramatic not
only because the author writes with
convincing skill but because strange
exploits are naturally to be expected
in the primitive environment of the
story.
The author shows an unaccountable
propensity for inverting his verbs.
perhaps under stress of the intense
emotion induced by associating with
his characters. At times the language
has the effect of too literal a transla-
ton from a foreign tongue. To say
that the novel Is effective desoita this
fault is to say that it might be really
impressive if the author wrote always
in simple, unaffected English.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

Ernest Thompson Seton, the natural
list and founder of the American Boy
Scouts, has gone into vaudeville.
He is now touring the Southwest in
picturesque woodland act in which
he tells stories of his personal ex-
periences in the wilds. One OF these
is woven about skip" the audacious
fox terrier that participated in a bear
hunt and died in the White House,
with the late Theodore Roosevelt as
one of the chief mourners. Although
this excursion into stage life is very
interesting, Mr.. Seton has not given
up his literary activities. His new
book. Woodland Tales" is to be
brought out by Doubleday. Page & Co.