Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-07
Maine GOSSIP

Phlllp Schuyler, son Of Canon and
Mrs. Philip Schuyler of 121 State
street, Portland, has just been elect
ed a member of the board Of editors
of the Harvard Lampoon, the hum
orous magazine of the University
The Harvard Lampoon was founded
in 1876 and is the oldest comic in
the United States. When it first
originated, the founders took for
their model the famous British pub
LEGATION, Punch. The well-known
American comic, Life, was founded
in 1888 by the graduated members
Of the first Lampoon Board. ;
At an election for the new Year
Book editorial staff at Hebron Acad-
envy. the following were elected: Ed
itor. Thomas A. Tracy; business
manager, George c. Gray; art editor,
Mary E. Bearce; writer's, Nellie r.
'Pottle, Marguerite A. Milliken and
George c., Neal. ~ - 49,.
Word has been received in Canton
Of the recent thrilling experience Of
Chief Officer Rufus H. Potter, of the
U. s. Steamer Hico and his crew, who
rode out a ninety mile gale with her
wireless carried away, her propeller
gone. and her upper structure
wrecked. A temporary wireless was
improvtsed and steamer came to
her rescue and succeeded in getting
tow line abroad the disabled steam
er. Mr.. Potter is we'll known in Cam
ton and Hartford, where he was a
former resident.
Sam Morrill,, the well known wealth
er prophet, has been casting the hor-
oscope and has made some startling
deductions. He tells the Journal that
the present winter is in many re-
spects very remarkable. This, he says,
is due to the fact that we received
one fifteenth more heat from the sun
on the first day of January than on
the first day of July. The actual
distance to the sun is 92,S4O,240 miles.
The remarkable feature of this is that
1t is three million miles nearer the
earth the first week in January than
it is in July. This phenomenon he
has worked out by a system of his
own. Mr.. Morrill, is of the opinion
that the weather will continue warm.
until June, after which it will grow
colder. OF course there is a posi-
bility that other planets may inter-
vene and upset some of these calcu-
ations.-Lewiston Journal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Burpee with
their daughter. Miss Mary, took din
ner Tuesday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. S. L. White at their home in
Houlton, the thirteenth consecutive
annual dinner which these people.
have enjoyed together on March
first. Mr.. and Mrs. Burpee and Mr..
and Mrs. White were spending the
winter in Southern California in 1909
and ate picnic dinner together on
top Of Mt. Lowe on March first, that
year. since which date they have
dined together at each others homes
alternately each year.
Bath thinks It has found the east
est way to censor" moving pictures.
Mayor Cahill and the managers of
the local theatres got together, talked
it all over and came to an under
standing by which films to which OBJ
jections were raised should be cut
out. The only trouble with this is
that the pictures have to be shown
first and then somebody has to OBJ
ject and by that time the harm-if
harm there be-is done. Still it's.
splendid thing for mayors and man
ayers thus to work together for the
good of all.-Lewiston Journal
Bar Harbor people and Mount
Desert Island residents in particular
regret exceedingly the recent death
of Prof. Charles Henry Fernald. of
Amherst College Prof Erornald uaS