The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-12-15
PRESIDENT eRAY's ADDRESS
CONTINUED from Pare One

| ltoniihuea from FaRr ohel
other day. I thought II would be an
| interesting experience for them to fly
from London to Paris and. on looking
| the matter up. found that there is Il
daily service in both directions. tax
| ing only two honrs and quarter Al
ready the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
are nothing more than meats that sep
arate us from the Old World on the
one hand aud the Far East on the
other. Modern methods of communi-
cation place upon our breakfast tables
what has happened the day before all
over the world The wireless and the
cable easily heat tie sun to H. If /
may be allowed the eolleqHalism.
/ NEW SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
Not less remarkable are the revela-
tions which modern science and phil
osophy are bringing TO Us every day.
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lessor VINO S9es.Ss'''y ale"suieo M r,.N
ulafhetet 9' 'pe I"ites' 1Aeu seai, ~, ~
telseuse, ioHsei 'l'H II ON heie " s IN
sun, ana hlakea liits Pl@het On VIZ. w.
we i've shi I'M up iiito al ailiiiiPo, e''iis
speeh VI s''' aoS' a3ii" 'i,e sis'a' ,,,,a
Tue uh'feieV' NJ" tt 10 'iV &C. 'l,,'.i,,ass
puts 'he eoCi'lhe"' jug oae % H.,
by discofe, lhs Vo9 ''' . a. ,elt.i5
means oi lht suppI meat u nc
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or 3ooo aesree5 ho'eei ',''i 'i.9 ID
breaks up ihoieeuies lheo ''o,i,2 ai,i f;.a
atoms INTO eiec'tohs w =. ~,
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AS one eililps uo" II - =, ~ -,
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SAW INV Iie''oii ~ =
NEW AMERICA
We have a new America II is
! different America from that OF our Ia
/ theirs and grandfathers. Whom the
! Civil War was fought the great mi
grafton from Europe had hardly be
gun. Except in the larger centers oil
population the old English ana Scotch
! still predominated We were still the
/ land of Yankee Doodle. But the
! Boys in Blue have given way TO the
/ Boys in Khaki. and while the latter
still speak English, mere glance at
the rosters in our public squares of
the veterans of the Great Var dis
closes new variety of patronymcs-
family names with combinations OF
letters that look strange to the eve
and sound stranger to the ear-the
hoarse Rutturals OF the North Euro
peans. the liquid names Of llallah.
Rumanian and Spanlard that Almost
sing themselves, the queer looking
SKI and witch with which SO many
name of Slavic origin end. or the
axis" of the Cretan. or the commonef
son" that predominates among the
children of Scandinavia. These men
fought for our county side by side with
the sons of those whose ancestors
reached. our shore before the iteVola-
ton.
Pick up telephone book or city
| directory and skim over from page To
page and YOU will get ocular proof oil
the changes that hive gone on silent
| ly in the years since the ClVll war.
Most of them have come in through
! the great gateway ut hlllS lslanu.
| They tugged away at huge foreign
! looking yalises and odd-shaped bun
dies, they wore queer shoes and
queerer clothes; they ate queer-tast-
! ing food; they smelled OF garlic anu
of the uncomfortable odorS OF the
Ghetto. But what has taken place.
/ Sooner or later they have gotten INTO
the city directory Many Of them crowd
their way into the telephone BOOKS.
Their children, not few OF them'
| force their way into the blue BOOKS
alongside of the aristocraey codhsh
| and otherwise, and some even break
| into who's Who The shaWlS the
| women Wore when they left the steam
er are soon discarded for the brilliant
| hued hats and bonncts OF the mlillhef'
in due time, they learn not 10 keep
coal and wood in the bath-tuh-that
| natural inheritance from the th"aSh-
ed Ages that existed in Europe from
! the decline of the Roman baths uhtli
relatively modern times. Before very
! long they are reasonably famiIiari2ea