Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-24
Maine Gossip
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Georgia White. in Springfield (vt.) Re-
porter.
If we could see ourselves as others see
And yet preserve our self-respect
and pride.
While letting healthful sense of hu-
From. hurt and wild desire to run
II we could bear to hear the neigh.
bors talking
The way they do when we are not
And smile and still serenely keep on
walking
AS though we were not straight fol
prison bound;
If we could for moment be permitted
To know how Oft each one of US of.
And learn of crimes we've probably
committed.
According to the gossip of oul
: --. friends:
If we could realize how few about us
To SANDER turn an unbelieving ear
And are not ready with the rest to
Nor pause to doubt the very wors.
- . they hear;
If unresentful of the degradation.
With patience and with confidence
We wait the all sufficient vind:cation
We know is sure to come in Gods
good time; ., .u,
To do our enemies what good VIC
can,
And in our turn refrain from evil
speaking,
We're not the ordinary kind of man.
A subscriber writes:-"Appletor
boasts Of two smart old ladies. each
one over go One gets up before
O'Clock each morning and builds the
fire and does the work for two board
ers; the other works on worsted and
takes in washings. Beat this if you
can. 49,
Headlines in late issue OF the Bos-
ton Post ITO Thresh Out Milk Cues
tion," Commission Believes Present
Prices Too High" are interesting to
Houlton people paying 20 cents per
quart for milk in view of the fact that
Boston people are only paying II l.
cents per quart and the Massachusetts
Commission on the Necessaries of Life
thinks that is too high.-Aroostook
Daily News.
The Introduction of a registered
school nurse in the public school in
Houlton this month marks step up
ward in community betterment. Miss
Nan Clack, the new nurse, was born
at Clear Lake. Iowa. She attended
Grinnell college. Grinnell. Iowa, and
was graduated from Park Hospital
Training School at Mason City. Iowa.
in 1913. She did private work for six
months and was superintendent of a
local hospital at Clear Lake, Iowa, for
one year. She was engaged in Infant
welfare work for the Cerro Gordo Co.,
Iowa, for one year and six months and
then went to Camp Pike, Little Rock.
Ark, in the fall of 1917, where she was
assistant to the head nurse until she
left the service in July, 1919 She did
school nursing in the fall of 1919 and
then went to Columbia University at
Christmas time where she took special
work in Public Health nursing coming
into Aroostook county the first of Sep
TENDER, 1920. Her first work in Aroos-
took under the auspices of Southern
Aroostook chapter was at Sherman
where she taught home hygiene in the
schools Of that town. From Sherman,
Miss Clack went to Oakfield, then
Smyrna and Monticello. arriving in
Houlton the 5th of January. In each
MI xxyhp ho hoC o. oryr Oh,
has done great good. A month how
ever is not enough time in which to
accomplish all that she would like to
do. but it gives foundation.
Mary Garden. the temperamental,
who few days ago was appointed d.
rector Of the Chicago Opera Company
the only woman ever to hold the po-
sition-has taken Earle Marshall, an
Auburn boy, under her protecting
wing. She has given him the title
role in "Otello" and announces that
she is going to make him America s
greatest tenor. or something to that
effect.
Here is real news via the musical
columns.
Earle Marshall-now known az
Charles Marshall-has been on the
stage for years. trying to fight his way
along the hard and thankless road that
leads to, operate success Some ac-
count of his career appeared in Mon
days Journal. He recently sang lead
ing parts in travelling opera troupe
and finally secured n hearing with the
Chicago Opera, where he appears to
have been successful in secondary
Journal.
Farmers are looking forward with in
terest to the case which will be tried
at the February term of court which
conyencs in Caribou concerning fertili-
xer containing 4 large percent of BORN
which was sold BY fertilizer companies
two years ago. Many Of the farmers
who used It claimed int Il caused the
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