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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
BAD BACK TO-DAY?

Backache is usually kidney-ache
and makes you dull, nervous and
tired. Use Doan's Kidney Pills for
weak kidneys-the remedy recon-
mended by your friends and neigh
bors. Ask your neighbor!
G. S. Dority, farmer, r. F. d. No.
/, Mariaville, Me-, says Il had aw-
full bad spells with my kidneys some
years ago and was laid up for three
or four weeks at time owing to the
severe pains across my back, which
extended into my lower limbs.
have done a lot of hard work on my
farm and blame that for the starting
of my trouble. | had to get up at
night quite frequently to pass the
kidney secretions and they were dark
in color. My legs would cramp and
pain terribly. | heard about Doan' S
Kidney Pills, so began using them.
They helped me right away and three
boxes cured me up in good shape. I
gladly give Doan's Kidney Pills my
endorsement"
Price 60c., at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Dority had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N Y.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
MUTUAL BENEFIT COLUMN.
Edited by "Aunt MaaGe."
MoTTo:-HELPFUL AND HOPEFUL.

The purposes of this column are
succinctly stated in the title and motto
it is for the mutual benefit, and aims
to be helpful and hopeful. Being for
the common good 1t Is for the common
use-a public servant, a purveyor OF
Information and suggestions, a medium
for the interchange of ideas, in this ca
pacity it solicits communi cations, and
port given it in this respect. Com
munications must be signed. but the
name of writer will not be printed ex
cept by permission. Communications
will be subject to approval or rejection
by the editor of the column, but none
will be rejected without good reason.
Address all communications to The
American. Ellsworth. Me.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
CHURCH A REFUGE
PeWs of London Edifice Made In
to Sleeping Places.
All Who Faced Night in the Streets
Made Welcome at Old St. Mar
tin's-in- the Fields.

| st. Martin s-in-the-F Fields - always
during the last war years, and now
place of midnight shelter for people
stranded in London streets-was a ha-
ven to some of the mothers who had
come from distant towns to attend the
| ceremonies in memory of the unknown
soldier dead, and to soldiers who 9TH
erwise must have tramped the streets,
| says writer in the Manchester Guard
ian.
Long before midnight they began to
come. In the light of the Pickering
candles on the white altar and the
few lights shining on the white ceiling
of the gallery one saw two or three
well-dressed women sitting in the pews
on one side and two or three men on
the other, and wondered whether it
were worth while keeping the church
open and two policewomen in attend
ance for so few wanderers. But the
sound of heavy breathing, so loud in
the silence, did not come from them,
nor was the lad in khaki who lay
asleep in the bottom of a pew, his head
resting on a hassock, responsible.
Tiptoeing down the long aisle to the
end, where man knelt in prayer be-
fore the wreath of palms entwined
with crimson ribbon, which was to go
to the cenotaph, one found that there
We're sleepers on the seats of nearly
every pew. Occasionally they wax
ened and peered sleepily over the back
of the pews as a newcomer entered.
Then they sank to rest again, while
the stranger, after a few hesitant min
utes sitting bolt upright as if at serv-
ice, disappeared from sight and soon
was fast asleep.
The policewomen kept unobtrusive
watch. Where they saw a man sleep
ing on the floor they woke him, remind
ing him that he must lie on the seat.
The man in shrtsleeveS was told to
second time had disregarded the order
to put on his boots and who had rolled
under the seat had to leave the church.
The discipline of the shelter is slight,
but 1t must be obeyed.
After midnight young woman from
Lancashire came in, carrying heavy
child She said that all day she had
sought in vain for lodgings No one
would take her in because Of the baby,
and at last kindly policeman had
sent her here. AS she sat there hold
ing the child her shoulders moved I'M
easily. One saw that she had come 70
the end of her endurance, and po-
licewoman, folding thick coat, made
up bed on the pew for the preternat-
urally wel-behaved child. Then the
mother went to sleep, secure of shelter
till five in the morning. when the wait
ing rooms at Charing Cross would be
open to her. The older women, the
mothers of soldiers. glanced around
from time to time, but were evidently
determined not to yield to their IA
tigue, They would sit the night
through. The rules are simple. Peo-
pie are allowed to make use Of the
church for one night. In case of emer-
gency a second visit may be allowed,
but no more.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16

say that ! did not suffer much more
when my baby was born than l used to
suffer with my periods before l took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound years ago. give all the credit to
your medicine and shall always recon-
mend it very highly. Mrs. H. H.
JANSEN, Millston, Wisconsin.
How can women who are weak and
sickly expect or hope to become mothers
of healthy children? Their first duty is
to themselves. They should overcome
the arrangement or debility that is
dragging them down, and strengthen
the entire system, as did Mrs. Jansen,
by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and then they will be
in a position to give their children the
blessing of a good constitution.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
IamOine Beach.

Mrs. S. w. Sutton is very i'll.
The sewing circle had special
session with Mrs. H. j. MacNider
Friday. The whist players will
meet as usual on Thursday.
An enjoyable surprise party was
held Saturday evening at the home
of Lieutenant ]. ]. Holden. The
evening passed rapidly with cards
and music. Daipty refreshments
were served.
The people of this vicinity,
through The American, wish to
thank Lieutenant Holden for his
kindness to them on town meeting
day.
The sympathy of the community
is extended to Mr.. and Mrs. Will
bur in the death of their mother,
Mrs. Annie Remick.
March IA. MIZPAH.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
Hospitality

Hospitality must be for service and
not for show. or It pulls down the
host. The brave soul rates itself too
high to value itself by the splendor Of
its table and draperies II gives what
1t hath, and all It hath, but its own
majesty can lend better grace to oat
cakes and fair water than belong to
city feast.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
Sui'l'y'.


The ladies' aid society of the
Methodist church served dinner in
the grange hall on March Z. Mrs.
good and Mrs. Elsie Jordan were
the committee in charge. The
sum realized was $40.
Pie four-act comedy, I'm Plum
Valley" will be presented in the
town hall Friday evening, March
IS, under the auspices of Arbutus
grange. Those in the cast are
S. A. McGraw, F. Harvey Treworgy,
H. H. Clark, F. l., Jordan, Carlton
L. Carlisle, Chas. Treworgy, Juliet
Candage, Mrs. Elsie Jordan, Lena A.
Sperry, Rose Curtis. Ice-cream,
cake and coffee will be served in
the grange hall after the play.
The regular meeting of Brook
side Improvement league was
held on Friday afternoon. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
term: President, Dora McGraw;
vice. president, Edith Conary; secre-
tary, Richard McGraw; treasurer,
Helen l.. Milliken executive COM
mittee, Donald e. Conary, William
NJ Blaisdell This week is get
members week. The reports will
be kept secret until the next meet
ing
~. Styles Bridges will talk
Son poultry at the regu-
lar meeting of Arbutus
grange March 25. The final de-
grees will be conferred on one
candidate, and harvest feast will
be served.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
Seal Cove.

A house belonging to Joseph
Swasey and occupied by his SON
in-law, Fred Butler, was burned
Wednesday afternoon. No one was
in the house at the time the fire
started, as Mr.. Butler is in Bar
Harbor for hospital treatment, and
his wife and child were visiting
relatives. The family lost every
thing, furniture, bedding and cloth
ing, also a fine lot of vegetables.
The case is a very deplorable one,
as Mr.. Butler has been i'll all win
ter. 1t is not known how the fire
originated. This is the third mys-
FERROUS fire in this locality in as
many years. The house just
destroyed was an old landmark,
being nearly, if not quite, 100 years
old 1t was built by Mr.. Parker,
whose descendants are well known
in this section.
CWhitcomb, Haynes & Whitney
lumbermen broke camp Tuesday
morning. The season has not been
favorable, but considering the cir
cumstances, good work has been
done.
Mr.. and Mrs. McIntire of Seal
Harbor, have been spending few
days with Mrs. McIntire's mother,
Mrs. Jessie Reed, Center.
Miss Olive Butler, Center, is at
home from Boston, where she has
been employed.
March II. N.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
Electricity on Farms.

Out Of $685.. SOP farms in the United
States. only $4,000, or So per cent,
are electrically equipped, according to
government census figures. More than
42OO0,O 900 people live on these farms,
indicating that farming folk constitute
almost one-third Of the population Of
the nation.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
West Sullivan.

Miss Sylvia Scott has gone to Bar
Harbor to work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Grindle and
son of Bangor were recent guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur White.
Miss Elizabeth Havey, who has
spent several weeks at Barton, Fla,
arrived home Saturday.
Mrs. Joan Bruce and daughter of
Newport, were recent guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Doran
Mrs. Louise Newman is in Ban
gor for a few days.
An interesting game of basket
ball was played at K of P. hall Fri
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
West fremont.

Isaac Murphy has moved home
from Bernard
A wedding of interest here took
place in Ellsworth Wednesday eve
ming when Miss Bessie Wentworth
became the bride of Ralph Maddox
OF North Ellsworth. Their many
friends wish them happiness.
March IA. THELMA
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
WOMAN'S CASE
AMAZES ELLSWORTH

A business mans wife could not
sew or read without sharp pains in
her eyes. For years her eyes were
red and weak. Finally she tried SIM
pie witchhazel, camphor, hydrastis,
etc., as mixed in Lavoptik eye wash.
The result produced by single bottle
amazed everyone. We guarantee a
small bottle Of Lavoptik to help ANY
CASE weak, strained or inflamed
eyes. Aluminium eye cup FREE.
Alexander's Pharmacy.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16

1leQlclfle. we are
very fond of children
and for a consider
able time after we
married | feared |
would not have any
owing to my weak
condition. / began
t a king Ly dia E.
Pin k h a ms Vege-
table Compound and
now / have a nice
strong healthy baby
girl. | can honestly
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16

day night between the Indicated
Five of Bar Harbor and the second
team of Sullivan high school, which
resulted in a victory for Bar Har-
Dor, 80 to 26.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16

don't you know. In the evening we
had callers
So this is the story of just Christmas
day. but not the end, for twill live in
our memories always-the magazine
from Esther runs two years. the tea
spoons from Mark, jr., will last us out
then go back to him and we have other
things that were Christmas presents
and lots of candy yet. So hurrah for
Christmas, and please all hands write
up your Christmas, twill help out our
dear Aunt Madge, make things more
fresh in your minds, and everybody's,
except mine, will be enjoyable reading
for all hands. I'm no writer but so
wish 1 was. Perhaps tits best as it is,
for if l was a brilliant writer, like
Ford, you'd be worn out. l wish you
all many happy returns of your Christ
mas day.
AUNT MARIA.
p. S.-To J. j., I'm very glad the pc
tunias lived. You had better luck than
did with slips. I've only one petunia
I'd like slip of the star of Bethlehem
sometime later; it would freeze, now.
Now, about your garden soil being
worn out. | don't see how it can be,
for while there's cultivation. lots of
dressing and the sun and air, the earth
is always ready to do duty no matter
how old it is, nor how long it has been
idle. DO you dress it heavily. same as
men do? They often put 40 two
horse loads of dressing on an acre for
potatoes and other planted crops. and
they grow fine. / sometimes put a
whole pail of fertilizer in one large
bed. work it a lot, let it lay a day or
so before l SOW my seeds, and well. l
raise flowers as you know. So try the
garden again.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
THIS YOUNG
MOTHER
Tells Childless Women What
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Did for Her

Millston, Wis. -" want to give you
a word of praise for your wonderful
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16

A souvenir of fine views of Elk
celsior Springs, Mo-, received from
Aunt Sue and her John, shows what
beautiful scenery and charming sur
roundings they are enjoying this
season. Now comes a welcome letter
from Aunt Maria.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16
1t matters little now. Lorena,

The past is in the eternal past:
Our hearts will soon lie low, Lorena
Life's tide is ebbing out so fast.
There is future. oh, thank God!
OF life this is so small a part
IT'S dust to dust beneath the sod,
But there, up there, it's heart tC
heart.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16

We loved each other then, Lorena,
More than we ever dared to tell;
And what we might have been, Lorena
Had but our loving prospered well,
But then. tbs past, the years have
gone,
I'll not call up their shadowy forms
III say to them, Lost years, sleep on
Sleep on nor heed life's pelting
storms"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16

The story of the past, Lorena,
Alas! / care not to repeat;
The hopes that could not last, Lorena
They lived, but only lived to cheat
l would not cause cen one regret
To rankle in your bosom now
For if we try, we may forget"
Were words of thine long years age
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-16

Yes, these were words of thine,
LOrena--
They are within my memory yet
They touched some tender chords,
Lorena,
Which thrill and tremble with regret.
Twas not thy woman's heart which
spoke
Thy heart was always true to me;
A duty stern and piercing broke
The tie which linked my soul with
thee,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
At The Columbia.

Another good revue is on at the
Columbia for the first half OF the |
veek-"The Varieties OF 1921"
which is claimed to be one OF the
biggest acts on the Orpheum cir
cuit and which really lives up to
the part.
Harry Richmond, who with Harry
Carroll, composed the piece. is
featured in the Offering, seated
during the entire play at the piano
where he sings introductions for
the various entertainments his
dancers and singers offer. There
are II in the company, . group OF
ok pretty chorus girls, the Ward
Sisters. two exceptionally good
dancers, Jack Waldron, a soft shoe
dancer, and Norma Hark. who has
. sweet voice. The act is OF long
duration and takes the place OF two
acts on the program.
1t will be many a day before the
Columbia again sees d comedian as
versatile as Clayton Kennedy, the
male member of the team Kennedy
1 Rooney. He excels in all depart
ments of comedy. In fact, he does
nothing on the stage but that pro-
vokes laughter from his audience
He plays the piano eccentrically
and you laugh. He chatters q JOKE
With DO point and you laugh. HI
dances and you laugh.
Billy Schoen in "A Day or" ha!
monologue that entertains. TIT
Melvilles present Visions Of Art
and Arco Brothers have an extra
ordinary athletic Offering.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24

nova. now playing in Billions" at
the Fort Armstrong theatre. has
run the gamut OF racial types, from
the French artists model in Rev
elation," the Eurasian, or hall.
Chinese maid Mahlee in "The RED
Lantern" the appealing, mischlev-
GUS waif in ''The Brat the Be-
douin child in Eye for Eye" the
gypsv girl and her mother in Toys
of Fate" Sigfrid Person. the. inter-
national dancer, in stronger Than
Death" the lighthouse keeper s
daughter in "Out Of the Fog the
London gutter-snipe in THE Heart
OF a Child" and now the Russian
princess in Billions"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
II EAT f

mastery Of his genius and art |,
tAkGe advantage Of natures whtms |
and shows her moods, also. There /
- happy spring bursting into tho |
open summer, while sombre autumn
turns On the lathe Of season to the
drab Of bleak winter. That this
all gives wide range to the photog-
rspher's art, It u useless TO empha-
size, but these changing landscape
vistas are merely in keeping with
the shifting modes Of life IS
brought forth in the incidents Of
the drama. Fitting natures moods
] to keep apace with the theme Of
life 10 art and genius. and in 80 do
ing Mr.. Grifiith has struggled to
heights previously unknown even
| for him.
| In his climax the producer ends
with his most remarkable scenes
which in reality are but q conven-
tional elimination in the crescendo
or major mode Of the rightfui joys
, Of human existence.
To bring forth nature in her
varying and visible forms Mr..
Griffith and his staff Of assistants
expended more than ten months of
tedious effort That an enormous
fortune was expended in the film
ing Of these scenes has no bearing
on the merits of the presentation
> Mention Of the scenes Of splendoI
and tremendous power should moi
. be made without reference to the
minor details and as concerns the
simple yet liberal flashes Of whole
some fun enjoyed by the plain in
a habitants of countryside. Theil
e barn dances, hleigh rides and com
e munfty antics bring the glow o
e youth back to the most jaded cit.
d cheek and afford excellent relief il
1 periods for the intensity of tn
q theme that underlies the whole G
4 the dramatic denouement.
vi Mr.. Griffith did not end with hi
" care in production, but in the pre-
10 sentation here, as elsewhere. h
t. surrounds the screen unfolding c
e the tale with an orchestral accom-
he paniment that accentuates thes
Of shifting moods he had brougf
IN forth in human and landscape e.
preston. An augmented orchestr
er supplies the thematic and colorfl
of scheme that adds to the richne:
e. of this artistic endeavor.
ed Not the least interest attaches
he the long list Of unusually capab
as players who enact the various role
en- Among them are Lillian Gish, Ricl
To- ard Barthelmess, Mary Hay, Blu
ms Mcintosh, Lowell Sherman, Ka
zee Bruce, Viva Ogden, Creighton Hal
te- Florence Short, George Nevil
he Mrs. Morgan Belmont and he
res Of others.
lar way Down East" which "
tho shown last night for the first tir
vs. is to be seen all this week, matin
md and night.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24

raising stunts. At the annual rodeo
ampionship contests at Pres
colt, Ariz., near which town Mix
made exteriors for THE Texan"
written BY James B. Hendryx, the
star, because of his skill, was bar
red from participating in the events
and had to content himself with
serving as one Of the judges.
The most sensational scenes
from the rodeo have been embod-
led in THE Texan" which is now
playing a three-day engagement at
the Majestic theatre.
Gloria Hope, beautiful, winsome
and talented, and one Of the most
popular Of leading women on the
screen. plays opposite Mix in this
production.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am 81
girl 19.years Of age and am in love
with a young man 1--WE years my
senior. I believe he cares for me.
although he has never told me 20.
l have known him for about hve
years and always felt / never want
ed anyone but him. have been
out with him several times and he
has always treated me with re-
spect.
There is also another young man
about four years my senior who
wants me to marry him. We have
been going together for the last two
years. He is to be respected in
every manner. He would be able
to give me an excellent home and
| l think would be very good to .
wife. l feel that to accept his pro-
posal would be doing an injustice
to both of US. for I do not feel that
I love him as l want to love my
husband. My parents would moi
object to my marrying him. ant
mother would like to see me marry
him.
Please advise me what to do.
| ADVISABLE.
! Do not marry without love. Yoa
are too young to take such an i'm
portant step in life, because you
tastes are changing and you can
not be sure that your regard 10
anyone is a lasting love.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am
: young girl; am pretty and q goo
= dancer. and am rather popular. bu
> there is one thing that worries M
S and that is what to talk about 6
: as to make my company enioyabl
D When l have dates with the boy
| can always find something to tai
!. about, but am afraid sometimes
), bore my boy friends. I 30 vii
5. boys about IS and 10 years old al
OF course at that age they are n
o interested in dry subjects. II
l. average goth century boy wants
l. girl to be lively and CHEEKY.
n course l don't mean to talk CO
& tinuously, but want to know son
things that will hold their ate
ID ton.
lgj l 60 with the very incest socie
III in town. Can you advise me
this? In DOUBT
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
At The Palace.

The ancestral activity Of the one
man car headlined the first half
Dill at the Palace theatre when in
: spasm of bucking, shunting and
nying Of hoofs-made harmless by
safety device intelligence of the
fiders-a half dozen of r'arin' west
ern bosses were brought to sub
lection by an octette Of COW punch
efs. Cheyenne Days." program
q As a roundup Of laughs and
mrills. gave both. the stacato yells
o. the 'broncho busters" thrilling
WITH Jingle that stirred the blood
" the audience. Artistry Of the
Western horseman with the lariat
ana rope. irreproachable technique
~ riding horses with a keen abil-
ny IN avoiding the Vicious heels
which few vigorously throughout
me act. were depicted with realism
On the Palace stage, recalling the
oA Wild west show with which Col
oael Cody delighted every boy or
man lover Of Buffalo Bill.
Peggy Houlton. comedienne de-
nash. in a iram-Mirandy sketch
9. rural comedy, AT the Turn
rake." offered . hand picked selec-
uon OF stories and tales which had
1cks a. good As the bronchs Of the
nadine act. Fred Allen. Two
LadeilAs. The Dohertys. Harry
Ieada, were other good acts. which
vwh Dynamite" the ninth episode
9! the King Of tho Circus" com
pieted tho bill
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
Rabbit Season.

Select q rabbit that is plump and
short necked, with the flesh stiff
and fresh and without discoloration.
When an animal 10 to be used for
roasting choose . young animal
under a year old, as it will be more
tender.
To Dress q RAbbit-In killing
grasp firmly by the hind legs, head
hanging downward, and strike the
animal = sharp blow on the lack Of
the head. The throat should be cut
Immediately and the rabbit thor
oughly bled. Hang up by the gamble
joints a. you would . sheep or hog
To Skin . RAbbit-Cut on the