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less variety of equipment for the farm.
 CT and his wife. It was quite out of
 the question now to ask l.unra to mar
 " him, if that involved making q ! home for her. What Edward had
 hoped was that for the present his ] mother and Laura's father might let
 them board in the old Perkins farm i house. But Edward, always somewhat
 in awe of his mother. never got to the
 point of asking, and not having asked
 and received her consent he never got
 to that further point of asking Laura to be his wife.
 Laura was twenty-five that autumn after her fathers marriage. when she went off to the city to make her own living. And Laura herself seemed to be the only one in the community who didn't realize that, with no special ed- ucation or training save that of housewife and no special talent or aptitude save considerable good sense, the future was not very promising for her.
 'Seems as if the only thing she can do is to be somebody's hired girl," quOth the new Mrs. Perkins for the benefit of her son and her husband, both of whom winced under this re- mark.
 Then old father Perkins died and Laura came home to the funeral; was gone back to the city and no one was the wiser concerning her mode of mak- ing a living. If truth must be told a rift came In the Perklns-ROllins house hold, in part due no doubt to the set clement of Mir. Perkins estate. At all events those of the Perkins brood who kept in touch with Laura did not en- joy Mrs Rollins good will. They moved away and Laura was no more heard of.
 In five years the hardware business as carried Oa by Edward Rollins had prospered to the point where he was in a position to settle Il :n in. life on ent Widow Perkins. had now under. consideration an alliance with old Dea- con Bradshaw. a union of which her son did not approve, she was anxious enough for her son to marry.
 Edward was not lacking in friends among the younger girls of the village who might cOnceivably look with much favor upon his suit.
 "And remember, Edward" the moth CT laughed one day when she had called nj his store, you once had me worried for fear you'd marry that car rnl haired Laura. l don't suppose you have ever given her second thought"
 'l wonder what ever became of her" said Edward. and it was not the first time that this question had occurred to him.
 "Ii was funny" unused the mother "Said she was going to see Aunt Amhnti;t: she thought 1t was a real Annt Amanda that put out those cruI- Ter sets. So l suppose she went and looked up those Aunt Amanda people in the city and made fool of her self .=..
 "As far as that goes. there really Is an Aunt Amanda" Edward Rollins fOld his mother, "and she is pushing those tlmnghnut cookers for all they are worth. She is-on the road sell ng them. too. Just got circular let CT from the firm today. saying that Aunt Amanda had started thls way, md would be here with the improved ! loughnut cooker besides i've or six ther special cooking utensils"
 'sWeII, I'll bet that isn't her real ame; I'll bet
 But Mrs. Rollins never told her son ust what she would bet. for she was by hs clerk. inst then to
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 say that ''Aunt Amanda" had arrived. And Aunt Amanda was none other than Laura Perkins. "1 didn't want to come here when I"knew how you and your mother had felt since father died" she said. 'But your store was or the list, and didn't want to refuse to stop"
 So that Is how Laura Perkins at fhiEty-a well-dressed. debonnaire Laura that hardly anyone recognized save Edward Rollins-came back to the home of her childhood
 '1 went right to the Aunt Amanda people," she told Edward "I must have been a scream. ! insisted that there was an Aunt Amanda and that ] had something to tell her about how she could improve her cruller cooker saw the president of the concern, and he told me could be Aunt Aman- da if wanted to. and started me in right away. All the assets l had was some good common sense and lot of enthusiasm
 "YOu must have made big success" suggested Edward. fearful lest just this success would stand tn his way in the plan he had in his heart to propose.
 'Yes, suppose you'd say sO," said Laura. ''T'm secretary of the concern now. with a good bit of stock. Then get rOyalties-these new specialties are my inventions. They are things l worked out back In fathers kitchen be- fore he was married. The royalties and the interest will go On."
 She stopped short, looked at Ed ward. and both bIushed.
 ''Mayhe SO." Edward found courage to say. But the road job won't, Laura I'm going to marry yOu."
 And that Is how 1t happened that "Aunt Amanda" never went on anoth- CT sales trip. but that within a few months the letterhead paper of the Aunt Amanda company showed the name of Edward Rollins instead of Laura Perkins printed af- ter "Secretary."
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Limitations of Novelty.

The naTrowest thing in the world Is novelty. Innovation wears thinner than Imitation. So far from liberating the mind more and more, 1t limits the mind more and more. For mere lnno- vation is mere elimination. .. A modern artist Is really discouraged from doing what has been done be- fore, even if he can do 1t better; just as fashionable woman might be dis couraged from wearing an unfashIon- able hat. even if she looked divinely beautiful in it.-G. K. ChestertOn in the Living Age.
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forgetting tnHT mere -Is mo 'cU10F nRe gray for maturing years. This re- straint has had one compensation, however, since it has discouraged the crude and the vulgar
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Her Idea 0P if

MT. BacOn-l see that the BetlOuin marriage does not take much time. It is said the bridegroom cuts the throat of sheep and spills the blood on his father-in-law's threshold. and 1t Is all over.
 Mrs. BacOn-NO. it's not, either. Don't you forget that somebody's got to clean up the mess, and ! suppose, of course, 1t Is the poor bride.
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Girls Minstrels to
Be First NIGHT

1t was definitely decided yesterday
afternoon by the general committee
in charge of the monster Baseball
Carnival which will be held in City
hall on the evenings of April CTS
to have the Ladies' Mlnstrels the first
the second. This was found neces-
sary as the stage settings which will
be used in producing the black face
performance are of such nature that
it will take at least couple Of days
to get them in place. The young
ladies will be coached in the dusky
art by Joe" Bolger and Charlie"
Kinsman and it sure promises to be
some performance. One of the feat
ures of the production is the beauty
chorus which would make Ziegfeld's
Follies look like an old maids con-
vention.
A rehearsal has been called for
Monday evening at $50 at the "Y"
and every girl in the cast should
make every effort to be on hand at
the appointed time.
The Popularity contest is progress
ing in fine style. Both Miss Bren-
nan and Miss Plante are hard at
work campaigning and it sure is a
pretty fight to see who will get the
diamond ring.
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High School Basketball
Results at Tufts College

Medford, Mass, March 1S.-High
school basketball teams from Is New
England cities took part today in Il
thi ssection. The games were held
in Goddard gymnasium under the
auspices Of Tufts college. The final
round will be reached tomorrow.
In the first round games today.
Durfee High of Fall River defeated
Spaulding High of Barre, VT, 81 to
-; Torrington High won from Ban
gor High, 90 to 13, and Rogers High
of Newport, r. l.. defeated Edward
Little High of Auburn, Me-. go to II.
Westfield High defeated Ports
mouth High 80 to 90 and CONNER
cial High School of New Haven won
from WATERFOWL High % to 0. Wa
tertown had won II games without
defeat this season.
Completing the first round the fol-
lowing winners We're recorded: Wildly
High of Waterbury, Conn. defeated
Gloucester High IS to 49, Morse High
of Bath, defeated Springfield, VT
High 30 to Is. Adams High defeated
Colebrook. N H. High, 90 to a.
In the secc~d round, Torrincton,
Conn, High, defeated Durfee High of
Fall River 38 to "a.
Rogers High of Newport. r. l., de-
feated Westfield. Mass, High, 1892
Commercial High of New Haven, de-
feated Wildly High Of Waterbury,
Conn, 1928.
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rnere should be prompt response to
the cards to be sent out.

A very enjoyable affair which took
the form Of birthday party was held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem Peacock, Windsor street. Ram
dolph, Thursday evening, and was
In honor of Mrs. Margaret Joston of
Bucksport who is their guest.
About IS friends gathered to do hon.
or to the occasion. The rooms were
very prettily decorated in. st. Pat
rick's day colors. During the even
ing. Mrs. Joston was presented with
a manicure set by Mr.. Peacock in be-
nalf of the several friends present
She also received several other gifts.
A huge birthday cake, decorated with
the right number of candles made an
appearance and was cut and served
py Mrs. Joston. Ice cream was also
served. A. peanut hunt, in which all
participated. was won by Miss Mar
garet Babineau for which she re-
ceived lollypop. Music, games and
dancing were enjoyed until a late
hour when the guests departed wish
ing Mrs. Joston many happy returns
of the day.
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city and other places. The whole af-
fair was most enjoyable and the Wis
iting ladies proved to be most gra-
cious hostesses.
In the receiving line were: Mrs.
Quincy, wife of the President of the
Senate. Charles E. Quincy of Port
land; Mrs. Barnes, wife of Speaker
of the House, Charles p. Barnes of
Houlton: Mrs. Baxter. wife of Sena-
tor Rupert Fl. Baxter of Bath and
Mrs. Fogg, wife of Mayor Of Augusta,
Sanford L. Fogg. When the guests
first arrived they were shown in by
Mrs. belmont Emerson, wife of SEN
ator Emerson of Island Falls and
Mrs. Frank Holly. wife of Represen-
tative Holly of North Arson. The
guests were introduced to the re-
ceiving line by Mrs. w. H. Fisher.
wife of Assistant Attorney General
Fisher.
Soft music. beautiful roses, jonquils
and pinks in huge baskets, trans
formed the Augusta House rooms in
to charming bowers. Miss Bertha
Merrill and Alden Merrill were the
musicians of the afternoon. Mrs.
Horace Hughes of Gardiner delighted
the ladies by singing four vocal solos.
Her selections were: 1.-THE Nightin-
gale Has Tyre of Gold" whelply;
"The Summer Wind" Bischoff; "A
May Morning." Denza and ITO You,
Hawley. Mrs. Huges has a sweet re-
freshing voice.
Mrs. Frederic o. Eaton. wife of Sem
ator Eaton Of Rumford poured tea
and Mrs. Blaine 8. viles, wife of
Representative viles of Augusta
poured coffee. Icecream was served
by Mrs Ransford Shaw. wife of At
torney General Shaw of Houlton and
Mrs. Benedict F. Maher, wife of Rep
resentative Maher of Augusta. Those
who floated were: Mrs. Carl E. Mil
liken, wife of Ex-Governor Milliken,
Mrs. Carter of Bangor: Mrs. Joseph
Simpson of Portland; Mrs. Coburn
of Sangerville; Mrs. Arthur A.. Crafts,
wife of Representative Crafts of
Greenville.
The girls who passed refreshments
were: Ursula and Rachel Maher;
Reatrice Milliken, Dorothy Vfies,
Beatrice Straw. Virginia Holway,
Mary Calvert and Dorothy Marble.
The committee in charge of the Tea
We're: Invitation, Mrs. Crafts. chair
man and Mrs. Holly'and Mrs. Charles
Fl. Small, wife of Representative
Small of Brewer: refreshments, Mrs.
Andrew V. Gilmore, wife of Represent
tative Elmore of Camden. Mrs. Frank
L. Hodgkins, wife of Representative
Hodgkins of Bangor and Mrs. Frank
w. Winter, wife of Representative
Winter of Auburn; executive, Miss
Sue Gillin. daughter of Senator Pat
rick Fl. Gillin of Bangor. chairman
and Mrs. Emerson and Miss Julia
Crafts. daughter of Representative
Crafts; decorations, Miss Crafts, Mrs.
Eaton and Mrs. Charles r. Hail. wife
of Senator'Hall of Wilton. The treas
urer was Mrs. Frank P Morrison, wife
of Senator Morrison of Corinth.
The ladies feel that great deal
of the success of the Tea was due
the cooperation and aid given them
by Proprietor and Mrs. Marble of the
Augusta House.
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Of service The fact that such men a:
Bishop Brewster and Mr.. Gardiner
who always stand for what Is best and
noblest. are giving so freely Of theil
time and energy to this cause give.
courage to those who believe that the
world, despite many setbacks, is daily
becoming better place in which te
live and that Christianity will ulti
mateiy prevail throughout the earth.
Sincerely,
PERCIvAL p. BANTER,
Governor of Maine.
( On the platform during the eve.
ning's meeting beside Rev. Mr.. Ecob
Rt. Rev. Brewster and Mr.. Gardiner
were Rev. Charles E. Young Of Halo
WELL Rev. A. Francis walch, Mrs. Ma.
ry Hadley OF Halowell. Rev. H. H
Brown. Rev. Mr.. Foxcroft Of Hallowell
Rev. F. M. H. Knapp.
Mr.. Gardiner, secretary of the con.
ference, outlined the work as he has
seen it accomplished. THE smoke OF
our conflicts, our conQuests. has hid
den that Figure on the cross" The
unity of churches is a new movement
1t manifests Gods supreme law OF
love. The conferences as to their
purpose were described by Mr.. Gardi-
ner. The hope of the conference has
been to 4cok for the unity for which
God desires. The movement started 10
years ago. When churches are one peo-
pie, the outside ones are going to see
in the church the light of God.
1t was preferred at the world con-
lusions. 1t is not proposed to ask any
church to surrender any iota that is
essentially a part of that church. 1t
was from the lips of a Roman Catholic
that Mr.. Gardiner heard that there is
no belief that has long been held by
trusting Christians that does not hold
seed of the true religion. When the
church is visibly one it will be the
treasure house Of Christian expert
cnce. The church Is the body Of Christ.
The horrors of the war have almost
been forgotten. One does not care to
think OF them. Yet, Mr.. Gardiner said.
he recently saw "a man who has just
returned from conscientious trip to
Europe who said that that couEtry is
as seething cauldron Of hate. lyst for
power and money.
Bishop Brewster explained some
thing of what had been done at the
conferences held in England, to which
attended the bishops Of the Church of
England and the sister churches of
the British Empire. the United States
and the missionary aields. The confer
ence gathers at London to counsel and
to consider the weighty matters with
view Of presenting letters of recon-
mendations. The unity cannot be ac-
complished. Bishop Brewster stated.
without the admission of the wide
range. The unity means that the
whole world is included. In closing he
said: THAT is what we ought to pray
for and strive fora common head to
bow to and pray to-"
Following the meeting the right
hand of good fellowship was extended
among the audience and the meeting
closed with an impression that it's true
purpose had been accomplishments
confer upon the Christian unity.
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PERSHING
Continued from Page One)

future all nations may know costs of
such misdeeds against civilization
Martin w. Littleton. another speak
to dwell upon the horrors of the
Rhine when our hearts are still
heavy with =, the horrors of the
Marne."
I'm our efforts to be loyal to our
own blood" he added, whatever that
blood may be, we must not make
America a distant duelling ground
for foreign feudists who come here to
settle the legendary grudges of the
old world"
Senator Frank 3. Willis of Ohio.
declared obedience to law was one
Of the fundamental duties of an Am
erican citizen, and said the red rad
ical breathing out threatenings and
brandishing the torch is no more
dangerous than the colorless, SPINE
less citizen who weakly consents to
the violation of the law"
Senator Wadsworth and Major
General Leonard Wood had been in
vited to speak at the meeting, but
DOtn Sent VI Ic6lNt.
endorsing the meeting were received
from President Harding and Ameri-
can Legion posts and state headquar-
ters all over the country and from
Grand Army of the Republic and the
United Confederate Veterans.
President Harding telegraphed
Commander Galbraith Of the Legion
of his inability to address the meet
ing.
81 am not unfamiliar with the pur-
poses of the gathering" the telegram
stated. land am glad to give them my
cordial endorsement. / hope you ma
have a great outpouring that shall
voice the best and most determined
ideals of American patriotism"
In discussing the adjustment OF our
national life to peace. Col. William J.
Donovan. former commander of the
165th Infantry in France. said:
"If we have done well in war; we
have only earned the right to begin
doing better in peace. Our best and
highest achievement is not tremen-
dous military effort. but the making
Of finer and better nation. We.
must see that our population shall
not disintegrate into its European
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The s. p. C.. A.

The Gardiner Humane Society was
founded in 1906 under the direction Of
the late Hon. Fl. NJ. Heath. in whose
hands the original fund for this pur-
pose was placed. From the name Of it's
benefactor the organization was incor-
porated and known as the Sophronia
M. Hopkins Association for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Animals. The
first meeting was neld at the office Of
DIR. Gertrude e. Heath. Mr.. Heath,
who presided, stated that although the
fund in his hands for the society was
generous, the income produced would
be too small for very extensive work.
It appeared to him that the greatest
amount OF good could be accomplis he'd
along educational lines and with the
young, who might, be educated to be-
come nature-loving and thus obtain
greater kindness to our dumb beasts.
Following this line, books were
placed In the libraries Of the public
schools and has been continued to the
present time. More than 1000 books
have been placed by the society in our
schools of Gardiner and surrounding
towns. All degrees of nature studies
and animal life have been covered by
these selected volumes. Books have
been sent to many country schiols
throughout the State. ewes to the is
lands Of Monnegan and Matinicus.
During the war a substantial con-
tribution was made to the Red Star
for the relief of animals in the war
zone. The agents of the society in
Gardiner are DIR. r. H. Willis. C. w.
Blaisdell ami A. G. Robinson. During
the war the annual dues of the men,
bers lapsed and a campaign is to be
made in the near future to revive the
interest and secure new members.
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Christian inheritance and we can
hardly do better than make Socrates
prayer our own by precept and ex-
ample. Give me beauty in the in
ward soul and may the outer and
inner man be one. May count
the wise man rich and may MY store
of gold be such as only the good, the
man Of perfect self control can
bear" A people that can sincerely
offer that prayer will find a way to
harmonic its conflicting interests
and live together in the spirit of
brotherhood.
President Lang announced that
the next meeting of the club would
be held on April LIST.
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CHRISTIAN UNITY
Bishop Brewster and
r. H. Gardiner
Speak Upon Plans and Progress
of Movement Before Enthusiastic
Workers at Union Session consre-
oationai Church

Christian Unity was the theme Fri
representatives from churches in Au-
gusta, Hallowell and Gardner, at the
Congregational church, when Right
Rev. Benjamin Brewster. bishop OF
Maine. and Robert Hallowell Gardi-
ner, secretary of the World Confer
ence on Faith and Order. were the
principal speakers. The meeting was
replete with enthusiasm. Words of
highest encouragement instilled great
est optimism in the hearts of the lis
teners. The promotion Of fellowship
and unity among Christians is being
carried on with high success, Judging
from the reports which comes from all
ever the world. To the desk Of Rob-
ert H. Gardiner. each morning, the
word comes. there coming letters from
all over the world, dealing with the
great work.
Early in the evening Rev. James H.
Ecob. D. D.. pastor Of the Congrega-
tional church. who presided, read a
letter from His Excellency. the Gov
ernor of Maine, PercivaI p. Baxter.
The governors letter read as fol-
lows: My dear DR.. Ecob-I regret my
inability to attend the meeting to pro-
mote church union. Will you please
say to those present that 1 am heartily
in accord with the efforts Of the earn
est and unsellish men and women who
for the good Of all seek to bring to-
gether those who are working for the
great cause OF Christianity and bu-
manity.
There can be no nobler coopera-
ton than that Of those who, seeking
material but hoping for spiritual re-
wards. labor for the good of their
fellow men, I am in sympathy with
the Church Union and its lofty ideals
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KROUSE HAS BEST
DREW IN DOUBLE
SIX AT CITY HALL

A tremendous house witnessed one
Of the best boxing shows held in this
city last evening in City hall when
X. o. Krouse of Milwaukee and Har-
ry kid" Drew of Biddeford came
through with a pair of the fastest,
cleanest SKIES possible. While the
bout went to Krouse, Drew demon
strated that he was a clever, hard
hitting lad who would go the whole
distance and he deserves a whole lot
of credit for his showing.
This is Spin" McGuire's first show
and he demonstrated that he knows
the game from the promoting angle,
as we'll as within the hemps.
was between Dottie MARI. 1.-The Pride
of Glenview," and Young LeClaire,
1.-The Fighting Bellhop." Dottie
placed the Bellhop on the canvas for
the count just minute and thirty
seconds after the gong. This MARI
lad is a conner and with proper hand
ling should be heard Of mighty favor
ably next season.
Next came Fighting Dick Hyland
Of Augusta and Abel Roy of Water
willie in a six that had action galore:
In the first round. Hyland knocked
Roy to the canvas but he was up
again on the jump. The fifth session
opened with the boys toe to toe.
swapping them, Hyland drove Abel
to his corner this round with some
stiff rights and lefts to the head. The
sixth and final round was active all
the way with some flashy exchanges.
The bout was Hyland's who started
his career in the arena last evening.
Eddie Polo of Winslow and Joe
LaRoche of Lewiston, the semi-final
met in a gentle. six. Neither was bit
rough and both were perfect gentle
men every stanza. From the angle of
points the bout would go to Polo.
Each acted as though he was Of a
quiet, gentle nature.
Then came the first six Of the main
go. Oh, sister some mixup. This
Krouse boy certainly packs a whale
of wollop and that Drew lad is one
of the toughest, gamest specimens
that has ever hoped over the ropes
of Capital City ring. Any fan who
was not satisfied with this mill,
should never attend another. better
join knitting society or indulge in
someo ther rough sport.
From the time the bell tapped at
the start of the first round until
the close of the last six, the men were
on their toes and working. it was a
real thriller all the way and at its
close. the fans stood and cheered
both men. If either man appears in
this city again. they are assured of
a real house full of friends. In the
first six, the fourth round, Krouse had
Drew on the canvas for the count of
five when the bell rang. The next
round, Drew was plainly groggy and
during the next he wore worried ex-
preston.
The last six was hummer. at the
sound of the gong at the start of
each round, the boys would bounce
into the center of the ring and swap
'em. Krouse had the better of the
exchange the major portion Of the
time as his landed when they count
ed and he could lay them over from
all angles. 1t was the Milwaukee
boys fight and he earned it.
Harry Sears was third man inside
of the hemps and handles things with
pep" and snap.