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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-10
LOCAL AcricE

Gen. Poor Auxiliary will serve a
baked bean supper from to r. NJ.
SATURDAY.. Dec. 10 in / o. o. +. hall
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hysom Of Sulli-
van are guests OF Mr.. Hysom's BROTH
err. D. L. Hyscm. at his home, IS BAN
gor street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-10
AUGUSTA LOCALS

bIr, and Mrs. p. H. Mackinnon OF
Ellsworth are making their home in
augusta this winter. Mr.. MacKinnon
being employed at Cony High school
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
A FeU Facts FaUOring a
Minimum Wage
By BILL PRICE.

The letter below from a man who has three
honorable discharges from the military service of the
United States-the Spanish American war; the Philippines
and home serceand is respectfully referred to the few
Senators who standing in the of the passage of the
JOHNSON-NOLAN 50 per day minimum wage laws
We guards employed under Col c. RIDLEY, superin-
tendsnt Of public buildings and grounds There about 500
uniformed doing guard duty public build
ngs under the officer named We are special policemen wearing
cost Of not less than s7 per We work Sundays and holt
day bill law would get $50 per month. #
soldiers,
triotc feelings
reliable would
Washington
that Of Carolina.
Georgia, others
willing to vote for the minimum bil7 st
The communication represents the situation of just
class of Government workers who being paid wages
scandaously low by great Government There thou
sands of others in and out of Washington arng just
badly.
LIVING WAGE should always be the policy Of
Congress and the Government Is So day living wage in
these times for with wives and families o other
dependents single men event
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
,HUMAN !!
William A. Du Puy'

william Howard Taft, former President, late
ly delivered a series of lectures at Cornell Uni
versty where he and DIR. Jacob Gould Schurman
head Of that great school. saw much OF each
other.
1t was on the occasion Of Mr. Taft's first day
there that he had interesting experience
with the chimes of Cornell, an institution OF
which both students and teachers have grown
inordinately fond.
These chimes were given the school by Jeanie
McGraw Fisise and were accepted with the con-
dition that they be played twice day. 1t was
feared that they would fall into disuse. On the
contrary, they are very popular and are played
for fifteen minutes three times day.
Dr. Schurman was showing Mr.. Taft about
the grounds and the bells were playing. The
former President turned to the schoolman and
expressed himself most Enthusiastically on the
quality of the bells. The music drowned what
he was saying and the doctor asked that 1t be
repeated. Mr.. Taft made an even more comph-
mentary speech on the beauty or the pells ana
the flood Of melody they poured forth.
Still DR.. Schurman begged pardon he mao
not heard. Mr.. Taft said third time that the
music of the chimes was very beautiful.
Course those bells" said the doctor. i can
hear a word you say"
Representative Ambrose Kennedy of Rhode
Island is one of the few members OF congress
who is thorough master Of French. This came
about because Of the fact that. despite his birth
in the United states, ne iNeu lor "1Aioe' VI
the years of his youth in Canada
when Mr. Kennedy got into politics he went
very fast, being elected to the RHODE lslana
Legislature to the speakership of the house and
to the Congress OF the United states all In two
years
There are a good many French speaking peo-
ple in Rhode Island. In fact Aram j. Pothier,
for six years governor Of Rhode Island. was OF
French extraction
Mr. Ksnnedy used to be a colonel on the staff
of Governor Pothier and was often called upon
to wear a uniform with much gold braid on 1t
and attend formal functions, many Of them
among the governors French friends
One such was a recital given by French ar
fist Neither the hostess nor the artist knew
that Colonel Kennedy, respondent in military
full dress understood French. Circumstances so
shaped themselves that he, as the foil OF the
artist was called to the stage where he sat,
very i'll at east, while she acclaimed tragically
in French part in which he was the lover who
had grown cold The climax Of her reading
came when she bade him, impassionately, to
leave her IL he did not love her.
Thereupon, to her surprise, the colonel arose
and botcd.
Copyright. 1921. by Public Ledger Coz
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
HOW WASHINGTON WOMEN DRESS
TOO MUCH CONTROVERSY.

A rush of communications on the
subject of the dress of Washington
mothers, as it affects their daugh-
tiers, warns of impending controversy,
and there is no place for that in II
and S.
E. NJ. OSULLIVAN started 1t By
caustic comments on Washington
mothers wearing dresses as short as
their daughters and as failing to use
motherly influences to prevent daugh-
tiers dressing in a manner to prevent
comment Then "A MOTHER" answeded
him and now they're Off we let
'em.
Three War Risk Girls" and other
contribs rush to the rescue of O'SUL-
LIVAN. approving his position, while
some of the mothers take up the
cudgel against him. A.
The question of whether mothers
run the streets and neglect hus-
bands and children, permitting their
daughters to go anywhere at nights
without proper knowledge of their
whereabouts, is too big a one to let
loose in these columns.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

what the forefathers had in mind
when they established the District,
Judge Almon does not believe they
intended the total Acknowledgement
of such large body of Americans
as are found in Washington and its
suburbs. Had it been intended that
the District of Columbia should eyer
be admitted to Statehood or quasi
Statehood with two Senators, Rep
resentative and vote in the cleo
toral college, the men who founded
this government would surely have
made some early provision for that
step, he believes
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
Once-Overs
PLUNGE IN.
nv 4. 4. MUNDY.

Copyright 1921. Internau onai Feature Service Inc
How often are you frightened by what may
be termed mental shsdows?"
You contemplate some undertaking which
would prove a winner II your plans carried out
but YOU fear to tackle the proposition because you
All your mind with possibilities of failure.
Nothing was ever done without certain elemen
of danger uncertainty-either mental or
physical or financial.
Look back at your opportunities and see how
much better you might have been IL you had fol-
lowed the inclinations you have had.
The older you get the harder IL Is for you to
break away from habit and branch out inde-
pendently. Are you going to let this feeling
gain In strength TIL you have no power to move
intlatively7
There never was n better time than now to
carry on along the line for which you have been
almost lifetime preparing yourself.
You are better able physically to stand the
strain now than you will be later. Are you
waiting to be thrown into the water, where you
must sink or swim. with no preparation for
the jump7
No time better than the present, so make the
plunge.
II your education and knowledge " right.
shat v 70 hinder your
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
.xswERs TO PROBLEMS.

with one accord the maths bugs
answer MUSICIANS" cafe problem
by saying that the man had ss.Io
when he entered Cafe No. ], $LSo
when he entered No. Q. and 70 when
he entered No. 3. ~
Answers are from T. i. RED III. H.
ROssELI. CHARLES MCGEE, JACK
AYE. w. d. PAYNE, I. G., MARY
CARY. COMMON SENSE, COLEMAN
q. DUCKETT, "CoL HEzALfRE'
BERNARD ZARIN, and others.
To the clock problem, What Time
Is it?"-a case OF two clocks strik-
inp Mt the same hour, one slower
than the other-H. Il. ROSSELb and
w. ID. PAYNE say 1t was o'clock.
To the problem of DREW, the
answers vary. DREW himself gave
the figures 2253s23, divided by IL,
bringing 1881, which, multiplied
nv ia. eaualed the original number.
VIRGINIA BROWN and NOT A
cAKIE' both give these ngures.
II. y. ROSSELL and JULES BACK
ENHEIMER give 204.s93 as the d.
visor. 22bss23 as the dividend and IL
as the duotient.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

resentatlve, Con-
gre SIS m a n Ed
ward B. Almon
of Alabama says
the election Of
municipal Of
fcers, as pro-
posed by the Ma
tional p r g s s
Committee for
d. G. Suffrage
appeals to him.
While there is
much talk of
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
RUDE BAREFACTs QUERIES

RUDE BAhEFACI"S QUERIES.
Q. Do you think the color of a per-
sons eyes affects matrimonial happt-
nessf MY eyes are blue and my
stpeetie's black. o. BLISS.
A. Go to it-your eyes will soon
be as black as'your sweetie's.
Q. When 0irI becomes engaged, Is
1t correct to soy she's on her last ldpf
INA SQUEEZE.
A. Absolutely no-singularly. there
are many other laps. BY the way.
have you ever tried ours?
@. What Is a reformer, onytroyf
B. LOU LAW.
a. Just a simp VINO wonders why
there is only one perfect person in
the world.
Q. should a girl kiss tellow .ohen
he asks herf N. o. KNOW.
A. Who was fool enough to stop
and ask?
Q. Some folks say that the Lord
pulled bone phen he made tOomdn out
:" " N. O. BRAINS.
A. Yea, verily--it sure is.
O. Do you think 1t Is fashionable
for girls to ,cedr pool hosef
- DO PEEP.
A. This Is rather a ticklish ques-
ton, but we'd say the girls who wear
'em are always right up to scratch:
"OHIO."
This Gabriel DAnnunzio
Is a fighting son-of- a gunzio
He made the Hun runzio
And Fiume was wonzio,
Then he fell in love once more,
This Gabriel DAnnunzio.
EDWARD J. IRVINE.
Courtship being the LIGHT OF love,
it follows that Marriage is the GAS
hill F. w. Y.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
No matter how tough the
steak you can always stick your
fork in the gravy. SALOME.
BIBLE READINGS.

HENRY SMITH makes another In
teresting collection Of curious things
mentioned in the Bible:
IS v. goth chap. Exodus-Visibie
thunder.
"curing a boil with figs"
% ", 10th chap, LIST Kings-Price
of a horse and chariot.
18th ". 21st chap. I'd Kings-How
a man wipes a dish.
IS ", 18th Psalm-Man did eat
angels food.
sth w.. 22d chap, Deut.-ln re-
lation women's wearing apparel
No one can register the scent
of liiy-of-the-valley under
cut glass stopper, nor register
humming bird filching sweets from
honeysuckle, on cinema screen.
Thank God, some things can't be
canned. JOE CoNhLiN'
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
No Place in the Rising Sun
For Vanderbilt Oligarchy

lar vote, so it provided for the cleo
ton of Senators by legislatures or
for their appointment.
These restrictions upon democratic
government the people have removed
in the case of the President by
evasion, and in the case of the Sen
ate by amendment of the Constitu-
ton.
The next thing. the people will
do will be to ordain the election of
all judges and to provide for the
recall of every single public servant
from the President down.
If Mr.. Vanderlip and his friends
cannot see the progress of this
thought among the people, they
should take their mental eyes to
an oculist.
In America, as everywhere else in
the whole wide world, the movement
of the mass mind is wholly toward
the limitation of the power of the
Few and the extension of the power
to the Many.
1t is an irresistible movement
sovereign in it's sense of power, i'm
posing in its mighty forward march,
majestic in it's purposes, confident,
kingly and ordained to victory and
dominion.
The political idols before which
mankind had so long bowed in sub
mission and awe were shaken by
the tempests of the great war and
finally overthrown by their own
feeble and obsessed high priests in
these amazing rites celebrated in
ignorance, cunning, malice, treach-
cry and boundless vanity, before the
affairs erected to Peace in the ancient
Hall of Versailles.
Henceforth, the mighty march of
human events will steadily go for
ward toward the ideals of democ-
racy.
The faces of the children of men
are forevermore turned toward the
sunlight of liberty.
In sense which the butchers of
mankind never dreamed of in their
canting and humbugging appeals to
the people while the war endured,
the world is going to be safe for
democracy.
The peoples of the world ARE
going to enjoy the right of self
government.
The first faint flush of the morn
ing of that bright day even now
tinges the sky.
Not long, now, will the hand
maiden of the Lord linger-she that
men call Liberty.
She will soon come, bringing to
them from the red fields of war the
harvest of peace and justice and
righteousness, even as a reaper that
bringeth home her sheaves with re-
Nicings.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
JUST OFF THE ICE.

A Washington woman IL said to
have five lovers, all named Sam
uel. Her photograph album must
be a book Of Sans.
A young woman who married a
a one-legged man told her friend
ii didn't take much to make her
husband hopping mad.
The first impulse of the young
married man, on being presented
with his first baby, is to give 1t
a weigh.
A Boston pun: Fogg says his
sister talks culture until he falls
asleep. A sort of Ann esthetic.
II. ID. BILLINGS.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
Tree Found In q Mine.

Discovery has been made In the Holman iron
mine near Teconite, Mimi, not far from the
source OF the Mississippi river of the trunk and
branches of prehistoric tree In an excellent
state of preservation with the cones upon II
The tree Is not petrified a. Ne wood is per-
fectly sound
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
Votes For Washington

While utterly opposed to the So
called national representation plan
for the District of Columbia, pro-
viding for two Senators and Rep
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
HEART GREETINGS.

A simple nod--a courtly bow
A sweep or touch of hand
Are greetings we daily give
when passing through the land.
They cost but little, yet how much
They may he made to tell.
As thus we say, Good byel" Good day!~
Good Friend, l with you we'll"
FROZEN FACE.
The TILLICUM CLUB has
been organized and contemplates
building a club house up the river.
You'll hear from us later.
f. L. S.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

The latest thing in the makeup OF
a cake-eater Is two large buttons on
the outside OF the bottom OF tho
trousers, much like MexicanS
trousers. KEEN kUTTER.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
FRANK VANDERBILT has
come down to the footlights
AvA with the newest monoIopue on

public affairs.
Mr.. Vanderlip asks but little for
his friends and associates, the in
ternational bankers. All he asks is
that we abolish the treaty-making
powers of the President and the
Senate and give these powers to an
oligarchy. That's all!
Mr.. Vanderiip proposes to call
this oigarchy the Super-Senate.
~ He thinks there should be thirty
of these oigarchs-fifteen of whom
shall stay at home to conduct for
eign affairs and fifteen of whom
shall reside abroad, to find out how
foreign affairs should be conducted.
ce That's all Mr.. Vanderlip asks us
to do for his friends, the interna-
tional bankers-just a few little
things like that!
Heaven knows nobody ever
dreamed Of calling the international
bankers shrinking violets. Nobody
ever dreamed of accusing them of
modesty. But this time they have
outdone even their usual cheekiness.
1t certainly does take a triple
plated impudence to propose to us
Americans that we shall surrender
the care and the conduct of our
fortunes and our lives into the hands
of an International Bankers Soviet,
numbering thirty members-ffteen
sitting on their thrones at home
and fifteen making royal progresses
abroad.
The cheek of the thing is enough
to make even a Wilson stare and
gasp.
The farthest Woodrow ventured
in this line was to attempt to ignore
and override the lawful co-authority
of the Senate. He never dreamed of
suggesting that the powers of the
Executive and the Senate both be
superseded. And all the world
knows what the American people did
to Mr.. Wilson and his notions about
our Government.
We have word to say to the, In
ternational Bankers, and Mr.. Frank
Vanderlip can carry it to his friends,
if he likes.
There are some changes in our
Constitutional Free Government that
can be made and ought to be made.
But those changes do not point in
the direction Of more power in the
hands of the Financial Oligarchy
which already exists and which has
usurped and exercised the tremen-
dous power of war or peace, of life
or death, over the governments and
the peoples of the world during the
past dreadful and destroying ye'>s.
The Constitutional changes to-
ward which the public mind of
America turns are changes that will
insure LESS oligarchical rule and
MORE popular rule that will bit and
bride the insolence and greed of
the Money Kings and will loosen
the cinches and remove the saddles
these freebooters have put on the
backs of their packhorses-the
people.
When public Impotence with the
exploitation of these predatory in
terests and with the protection they
find in the courts and in the proc
cesses of legislation and admins
tration has ripened into universal
demand for radical changes in our
forms and methods of government,
those changes will all be limitations
Of the powers and privileges of the
classes and extension of the rights
and liberties of the masses.
The American people do not want
nor would they submit to the rule
of another Thirty Tyrants.
. Tho oply e,rouo fonH Tho Ar,or, oov,
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
An Extinct Monster.

nearly complete SHELTON Of a gigantic extinct
monster, recently discovered in the plestocene
beds of Tasmania, has been presented to Tas-
mania Museum The discovery show.
rhinoceros-like animal, with . skull built for
warfare.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
INGRATITUDE.

eliza, cum in dis heah house.
Yo' let dat white trash lick all
de lasses OFF yo' bread an den
call yo' Niger. Come in. tells
yer!" SAYS WHICH.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

II your home-brew refuses to
foam, add a little borax soap,
thus insuring foam and more
bore. A touch OF I've soap viii
put the lye In what you tell your
friends about how fine II Is.
DOC RAFORD.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
Tree and Flower Names,

The peony was named after Paeon, . 0rek ply
sician, the gentian after Gentus, King OF Illyria
the fuchsia after the botanist Fuchs: the lobelia
after Lobel, and the dahlia after Dahl who was
n pupil of Linnaeus.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
What Costermonger Means.

A costermonger il an English term for one
who sells in any public place at fixed stall
articles of food or merchandise. The word
originally costard-monger-thst IL, a seller OF
apples
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
The Times publishes vital sta
tistics under the . heading,
Births. Marriages. Deaths" A
side-kick Of mine who used to run
a paper put them under
"YELLS. BELLS. KNELLS."
COTTON G. DOYLE.

It's hard to preach an idealism,
such as the brotherhood Of man, to
the fellow with an empty stomach.
PHILIP EBERT.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered U. 8. Patent o
BY K. C. B.

DEAR X. C. B-I will have to dispute with
you your claim as Champion Hiccupper, al
though l might concede to you the honor Of
being Champion of the East. Until yesterday
l had hiccupped for forty-four hours. Then a
friend of mine called and asked me to take a
ride with him in his Ford. hesitated, as l
always do, when invited to ride in Ford.
Finally, however, as had about decided I was
due to hiccup my life away and had nothing
to lose, / accepted and went with him. After
a few miles ride in the Ford my hiccups dis
appeared, never to return.
Should you suffer another attack. I would
suggest this remedy. C. CHARLES,
Agent S. p. Ry.,
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
MAKING WORDS.

LEoNA Nee. has found SIS words
from the letters In washington
Times" She likes the mental eSer-
else
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
1T ALL BECAME CLEAR.

was writing a contrib for II and s
as the guy walked into my office. He
saw what was doing. II read in the
World Almanac" he said, that the
d. c. has more insane people, per pop
uIation. than any city in the Union.
I SEE THE CAUSE OF 1T NOw!'
JULES BACKENHEIMER.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
TO THE GIRLS.

Lord bless you girls,
We men won't scold--
IL matters not,
How low they're rolled;
For shspe1y calves.
And dimpled knees.
Are welcome sights
To all we hes.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
Mr.. B. Baer
vAssAR sENIORITAs.

The sophomorines and
senioritas OF Mrs. Vassar's
college are going to put
the hampers on the silk
worm. After this, the gals
will wear nothing but bur-
lap, like potatoes. They
have also placed the Stop
Stop on short skirts and
waistless waists.
The collegette is sent to
school to graduate from
college and she graduates
from her clothes instead.
They dress as IL history,
mathematics, botany. Span
ish and elocution were all
swimming lessons. Most Of
'em could make Cleobara
and Thedapatra look like
members of the Campfire
Girls. Their hair Is plaster
ed down over their ears,
showing that they didn't
go to college to hear any
thing. Now Lena from
Vassar will cut out the ear
mum couture. The long
skirts on the ears -will be
worn short and ears will
get the fresh air and sun
shine. Also the balmy
breeze and cleansing rain.
Brushing the hair back
from the hearing waffles
will naturally leave the
brain exposed to lessons.
But with the advantage of
healthful air and sunshine,
next seasons crop of Vas
sar ears should be the
biggest in the world.
No more short skirts at
vassar. The girls will wear
dresses like granny wore
In 1861. But the girls
won't throw their short
dresses away. They will
let out the hens a couple
of inches and wear 'em for
wrist warmers.
This rash of intelligence
among college girls may
be merely the symptoms of
serious thinking. 1t is not
likely that the attack will
ever reach it's crisis. But
now that the gals have de-
cided to wear something
in college, don't forget that
there will be a lot of
strikebreakers who will
still insist on dressing as
IL they were home for the
holidays.
A good-iooking gal doesn't
have to study IL the col
% lege has a professor who
keeps his spectacles poll
ished.
The junior vamps get one
hundred plus six extras.
The skull coptains q large
cavity for the brain, but
there IL more science In a
dlmple.
Well, three cheers and a
tlgress for old Vassar.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

Coming home from Sunday
school, AL said he had learned, q
new song, bringing in the
CHEESE" DUMPS.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31
A WORD SQUARE.

THE FADE-AwAY GANG" per
ARTHUR WILSON, secretary, con-
trihntna this word square:
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

MY DEAR Charles.
IN THE first place.
1 H1ccUPPEp.
FOR 81 hours;
WHICH is 20 hours.
LONGER THAN you.
AND DURING that
time.
THERE WERE times.
WHEN / was hiccing.
TEN TO the minute.
AND I understand.
THAT A hiccup con-
test.
is MUCH the. same.
AS A six-day race.
AND ALL contestants.
IS MUCH the same.
AS A six-dsy race.
AND ALL contestants.
ARE GIVEN points.
FOR BURSTS Of
speed.
AND YOU say moth
ing.
ABOUT THE speed.
OF YOUR hiccupping.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

Del Monte Jet, Cal.
AND MORE than that.
YOU CHOOSE a rem
edy.
THAT A real hiccup-
per.
WOULDN'T DEIGN to
AND ANYWAY.
IKNEw about it.
AND THE day l
stopped.
l SAID to my doctor.
HOW WOULD it do.
ITO RIDE in a Ford.
land SHAKE 'em
out"
AND THE doctor said.
I'D ONLY try that.
"AS A last resort"
AND TiEkE' you are.
AND I'M the cham
pion.
AND SOME time in
March.
I'll SHAKE your
hand.
AT DEL Monte juno
ton.
| THANK you.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

Don't you think the city au-
thorities should plant some ng
trees in Dupont circle and call
IL the Garden OF Eden?
w. d. PAYNE.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

The junior vamps get one
hundred plus six extras.
The skull coptains q large
cavity for the brain, but
there IL more science In a
dlmple.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

Well, three cheers and a
tlgress for old vassar.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

A good-looking gal doesn't
have to study II the coll
lege has a professor who
keeps his spectacles poll
ished.
The Washington times., 1921-01-31

Courtship being the LIGHT Of love,
1t follows that Marriage is the GAS
hill F. w. z.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-13

but little faith. I gave IA
II q trial. To my amaze
ment q light fuzE soon A
appeared II developed "a
day BY day. into a =
healthy growth. and
ere long my hair was As prol.i
IN my youthful days"
My head at the top
back was absolutely bald.