Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-07-27

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If you make your own sunshine-be
CHEEKY!
There are lots whom you meet in the
road or the street
Who, feeling all toilworn and weary
Will see your bright face and take new
heart of grace
If you make your own sunshine-be
CHEEKY!
Dear M. B. Friends:
l wish i knew to whom l should
credit this 'be-cheery" poem, be-
cause these clippings reflect the
ideals and sentiments of the M. B.
senders, and are really a message
to the clan in general. l doubt,
however, that any one will read the
stanzas without recalling some
CHEEKY meeting that frightened
| their way Edison, as you know, is
| turning his attention to communi-
cation with the spirit-world-if I
may be allowed to use that com
pound noun; but l want to refer to
this reproducing of the human
voice in song and speech, which is
something wonderful, although We
have become so familiar with it, we
| accept it as a matter of course, as
we do the telephone.
1t may be Imagination on my
part, but how do we reproduce al
most at will from our minds, events
and pictures and stories and facts,
if there are not records" there Of
all we have seen and heard and per-
haps thought? Has not Edison al
ready, in the natural world. Cor,
should | say mental world?)
brought forth the power or ability
with which we are all endowed to
reproduce that which is i'm
printed on our memories, only he
has accomplished it by mechanical
means?
These comments may be open to
criticism and the comparison may
not be accepted by our readers, but
there is no reason why we cannot
use the power of thought, though
our thinking might not make
Edisons Of us all.
These are the days when the
Pilgrim Pageant is holding the at
tention of the country and of other
countries. We little realize the
amount of thought and care and
labor and research that has gone
into the preparation for this gil
gantic scheme. OF course it will
be presented everywhere later in
the movies, but in the original Set
tings it will be wonderful. The
musical compositions which have
been contributed by Converse, Gill
bert, Chadwick, Foote, Hill, Clifton,
musical director of the pageant,
and other celebrities, will be an in
spring addition to the dramatic
scenes. How we wish wireless"
might convey the music to us all.
1t is fine that Maine is represented
by the Indians. Many of us fol-
lowed with interest the trip of two
| PenobscOt Indians who started from
Old Town in canoe and reached
Plymouth after three-weeks voy-
age. They were heard from at diff
ferent ports on the way, and | am
sure many We're relieved when they
reached their destination in safety.
Who of you have read THE Great
Impersonation? 1t is a book that
will hold your intense interest
throughout, if you do not get anx-
ious as to which man is the imper-
senator, and consult the last or
next-to-the-last chapter to satisfy
yourself as to whether the English
man or German is the hero of the
story. l would not recommend the
habit of taking peep at the closing
chapters of any book you may be
reading, unless you are quite sure
you will not have time or opportun-
ity to read it through.
The book mentioned brings at
once to your attention the two char
acters of different countries who at
tended college together in England,
and who bore a great resemblance
to each other. They met in another
country, years after, in fact, about
the time of the late war, and