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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1921-02-24
DEVIATION

7 CAN'T vouch for this tale. ! would.
L MT If could. If there's any vouch.
Ing to be done sailor must save It for
his own tales, 70 the nautical racon.
teW Truth is an abortion Of scientific
intrigue calculated to put the bug Oh
romance and adventure.
It is true, however, that q compass
needle is Of weak ard vaci!a;lng char
acter. Let so much as q baliy hunk OF
loW-caste A'0n appronch the b!nnaole
bowl and our high-priced guide be-
comes creature of decidedly easy vir-
tue. The needle abandons it's straight
and narrow nOrth-south line and sub.
mits to the magnetic charms Of q baser
metal.
Deviation is the name Of the needles
sin. On a steel vessel each compass
points out of true Though magnets
are arranged about it to compensate
for action of surrounding metal, there
is always small error. This error Is
deviation.
vitality important to skipper Is 1t
to know the amount of error. Also
must he be familiar with what nearby
beams and braces cause most of IT.
For instance one of the Canadian
patrols--so the tale goes-had Il wood
en- cargo boom secured Just forward
Of her bridge. The heel fitting on the
boom was Of steel. So near the steer.
Ing compass was this piece that when
gale swept the forecastle clear, TAX
Ing boom and all. there was some II
degrees change In the compass error.
Perhaps 1t was youth, or maybe op
tImism in the captain that kept him
from worrying. Or It may have been
that he was bound up to Sydney, his
home port. Or 1t may even have been
that he was going TO see bis wife.
Some sailors are that way.
At any rnte he kept on In spite of
rain aud fog and snow and sleet. No
moon, nor sun, nor stars to guide him.
His dead reckoning had to do.
He crawled into a hole In the wall"
which a harbOr Is like In thick wealth
er. And though 1t was late he went
ashore.
Somehow the dock looked unfalnil-
lar The street beyond curved the
wrong way Certainly there was some
thing queer about the lights.
Suddenly he encountered a woman.
It was his wife. But why should she
have her new suit on as he discerned
by the glow of q shop window.
"Nhat are you doing here" she OK
claimed.
Going home, Of course"
She led him into n strange house
and said strange things to strans:
people. His head whirled. He tried
to remember if he had had more than
one glass Of grog at the landing.
Ten minutes he sat In a kind Of
trance. Then someone mentioned St.
Johns. He leaped to his feet. "The
boon-the compass devlati0n!" he
cried cts Newfoundland I've hit"
They thought him crazy, but in fact
1t was his compass that had gone
looney. He had missed Sydney by Just
three hundred miles,
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BATTLE STATIONS
DIV do YOU pick q man?

TT W do you PICK q mans
IL By his face-yes. And figure
sometimes. His actions-mostly. His
thoughts-when you are sure they are
his. But there is one more method.
Great statesmen like Gladstone, and
others like II. Z. have known and used
it. Sure to the mark is: how a man
waits. Not just his patience. Watch
all of him while he's waiting.
The fleet kaves port for ma.leuvers.
Complete war watches are kept on the
Job all the time. Submarines are the
greatest immediate peril. In the
course of few days an actual war
zone is reached; that Is, an area Ia
which the enemy may be lurking. Or
suspicious smoke appears on the hori.
ION.
"Signal general quarters" Is tho
admiral's quick decision.
AYE aye, SIR" from the Dag lieu
tenant. Flags futter for a brief space.
are answered down the column. then
drop to the. signal boards. On every
ship alarms clang. Bugles take up the
emergency call. On each superdread.
naught the whole ships company dies
to battle stations,
Primarily this means that each on.
Ger and man shall roost where the
ships station bill provides for him to
meet the enemy in time Of battle. Cap
tain in coming tower, surgeon in sick
bay, gunner at gun, engineer in engine
room, and so on.
All very pretty for drill. But sup.
rose the enemy actually is near. Or
II turns out that the hostile fleet Is
creeping just behind the horizon.
Then it's all hands stick to their sta.
tons. They must not leave If powder
is out. Nor If the other fellow is close
enough to take pot shot pretty soon.
Nor If destroyers might dart In under
cover of fog or darkness. It's stick to
stations for all hands,
Broudsities are not bad. There -
room enough to sit and to stretch ones
legs; and perhaps, il the division off.
cer Is not too near, to get little shut.
eye In turrets, though, the coa6ne.
msns aaea crews irkseplA .T
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Rooms and Meals.
eood meals 40 cents each.
psanlar Board $4,000 per month,
Mrs. F. F. Morgan,
nm Cleveland st.

Il don't like your heart &C.
in, said the doctor applying his
,sthoscope. Yon bad some trou-
il With angina pectoris, havn't
rll''
pyou're partly right doc," an
asfsd the young man sheepish'
hi only that amt her name"
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FOrdSOn
TRADE MARX
ANNOUNCEMENT,

Mr. Edsel Ford President the Ford Motor Company,
gives out the following statement;
the been reduced from $4,000
TO SbzoOO, effective immediately
"Th change throuoh louar
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cohnectoh
where iron Is poured directly
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hSue WITHOUT III any way anecng standard quality
1--WE are particularly pleased being bring big
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u mention industrial and
eutteo
eht It's value hauling
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Ihere power on the farm
the greatest made
Only ~ money saving results,
sanoarQ
PROVED value III making
9ueny our desire to the kVRuoON
"4AERE Is no CHANGE IN THE PRESENT kVtu CAR AND
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now WIN 1"ck bottom reached on
P VI ELMER Inc Car lrucR Tractor question:
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mum production
OF
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ASK or the book 1.-The tordson
Lev us demonstrate the value
factory lumber or power
you nave 90 ana let Us nave your Fordou.
motor Sales Service Co., Franklinton, La.
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Eggs For Sale,

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Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09
PAYSON SMITH
WILL BE SPEAKER

At Mid-Winter Meeting Of
Maine Federation Of Wo-
mems Clubs Jan. ~ in Au-
gusta-Committee to Revise
Bylaws to Report.
The mid-winter meeting Of the
Maine Federation OF Women's Clubs
viii be held on Friday. Jan "a. at
the State House, In this city and
promises to be Of unusual interest.
It VIII be tho 1rst meeting to be pre-
sided over by the new president, Mrs.
John II. Huddilston Of Orono and DR..
Payson Smith, commissioner OF edu-
cation for Massachusetts, and former
ly State Superintendent Of public
schools for Maine. ana one Of the
most distinguished education leaders
in New England, will be the chief
speaker. His subject will be "SoIne
Current ProblemSsln Public Edu-
cation"
Important business will come be-
fore this meeting AZ the preliminary
report Of the committee on the by
laws will be submitted at that time.
Miss Louise H. Coburn OF Skowhegan
Is chairman OF the committee. other
members being Mrs. George F French
Of Portland. an expert in parliament
ary law and Miss Anna L. Dingley Of
Lewiston.
Practically all the committee
chairmen have now been named and
these chairmen hope to complete
for announcement at the January
meeting. The chairmen Of the COLI
mittees are: Endorsement, Mrs. Guy
Nutter. Corinna: club extension. Mrs.
J. Frank Rich of Rockland: en-
dorsements and recommendations,
Mrs. Eva I. Mason, Foxcroft: histori-
an, Mrs. Sarah A. Abbott. Casco: art,
Mrs. Grace T. Knudson. Castine:
music. Mrs. Mary Smart, Dexter:
Americanization. Mrs, Packard,
Cumberland Mills: civics. Mrs. En-
ma B. Howe, Rumford; home eco
nomics, Dean. Packard, Springvale:
public health, Miss Rachel Metcalf,
Lewiston: Indian welfare. Mrs. E. c.
CARL. Augusta: auditor. Mrs. Addie
G. Mcleod. Oldtown: publicity. Miss
Anna L. Dingley, Lewiston.
At the Brunswick melting Of Sep
tember, 1920. it was voted to go back
to the old order of things, with the
one big meeting a year in the fall
and q mid-winter. a one day meeting.
After this vote was passed and sew
eral amendments to the bylaws were
made, a motion was made by Mrs. A.
A. Kendall Of Portland that the by
laws be further amended. If found
necessary. SO that they should be in
complete accord with the vote for the
change OF the plan for meetings.
This motion was carried. The pres
ent revision of tho bylaws is to ac-
complish this purpose and to make
such further changes as seem ad-
visable.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09
ADA WARD
THRILLS ALL

You are very small" said a dis
appointed lecture committee man on
being introduced to Ada Ward. This
was before her lecture. "You are
very great" said the same committee
man This was after her lecture.
He was right in both cases. Ada
Ward, who Is to give her lecture en-
tertainment next Tuesday evening,
Dec. IL. at City Hall, is indeed small
physically, 80 small that one is
amazed at her achievements an a pub
lie speaker. She is barely five feet in
height very slender in physique, very
pale and fragile. in fact curiously dis
appointing on first appearances.
After speaking for five minutes, all
these apparent disabilities are for
gotten as the little woman takes
possession Of her audience. Her
magnetic personality grips them at
once. Her voice, low and sweet is
yet thrilling and compelling-every
word is clear, every phrase beautiful.
Her mastery. OF the English language
is phenomenal. Her dark eyes ami
mate her whole being. her passion for
her work infects her listeners, who
merge their own personality into hers
and are carried away spellbound.
Eloquent and fiery. she is yet full Of
fun. Unexpected sallies OF humour
sparkle out, interviewer with the
thread Of discourse. her merry pic
lures both verbal and pictorial con-
stitute a delightfvl change. illuminat-
ing and explaining her subtle allu-
sionS.
"The stage has lost a great actress
in Ada Ward" was the verdict from
one Of her listeners to the lecture
"You Americans" "The pulpit has
lost great preacher" was a minis
ter's comment on the same lecture.
Ada Ward has had tempting offers
to enter politics in her own England.
requests from various organizations
have been made that she become their
publicity agent and accredited mouth
piece, but she has found her niche in
the platform world and her human
interest and outlook on the worlds
work and affairs. her own many sided
experiences in peace and war. her
travels in two hemispheres have
singu!arly fitted her for a position she
holds with much grace and charm.
She has spoken in palace and in
cottage, has thrilled great audiences
OF men and women, has captivated
small groups OF tiny children. prisons.
warehouses;. hospitals have been
iightened with her bright personality,
while every denomination OF church
life has recognized her power and in
fluence.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

Deputy Supreme Companion Lillian
II. He6Iernan' Of this city was in
Portland wednesday evening to in
stituto Casco Circle. No. 1885. IN
auxiliaxy 70 Court Falmouth. Fores-
ters Of America. The exercises were
held In Hibernian hall and Mrs.
Hel4ernan installed the onlcerA as
sisted By Mrs. Lucy Fowler. chief
companion Of Pine Cone Circle Of Au-
gusta. Mr.. Heffernan was presented
with . bouquet Of roses just previous
to her giving the obligation to the
members. Grand Chief Ranger Of
Maine, Fred B. Worthing Of Augusta,
Rad the chaxter..
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

The rear Of the Federal building
was the scene. Wednesday afternoon
OF revolver practice on the part of
some members Of the Augusta Post
ONCE force. An envelope was the
target and the distance Of shooting
was three feet. At that mark the
men came within very close range
OF the envelope. which gave forth
every evidence. that II they had occa-
sion to shoot at a large object, a pos
sible law breaker. that they would
be pretty certain to hit him. c. W.
Poor, money order clerk. and George
e. Fletcher Of the custodian force
engaged in the target practice, Wed.
nesday. This is in; accordance with
tho requirements put forth by POST
master General Hays.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

"A party Of neighbors and friends
passed . most enjoyable evening,
Wednesday. at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellis Nutting on Grove street,
about 20 being present. A general
good time marked the evening and
the hostess served refreshments.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

Rev. A. Francis Walch. pastor Of
the Winthrop street Univerealist
church and Thomas Bodge were in
Portland. Thursday. where they Of
hciated, at the funeral Of the late
Frank Pond. The late Mr.. Pond was
q member Of Bethlehem Lodge, I. o.
o. r., this city. =
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

George e. Fletcher inaugurated
the winter fishing among the post
Ifflce employees. by journeying to
Three Cornered pond. Wednesday.
and trying his luck. One pickerel
was his share.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

Charles W. Dufresne Of Portland,
division commercial superintendent,
y. T. Herbert, district manager Of
Bangor and c. F. Storey. district
manager Of Lewiston. all Of the New
England Tel. & Tel. Co.. were In the
city this week, calling at the Au-
susta once Of the company.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

George Oulton Of Skowhegan was
in the city Thursday. calling on
business friends.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

Miss Josephine Salloway, who has
this week accepted a position at the
Gannett publishing house, will live
with DIR. Mary Coughlin on State
street.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

Edward r. Langley. manager OF the
Lewiston district Of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company. was in the
city. ThurSday. for the day.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

Mrs. Burton Hodgkins Of this city
has been In Woolwich this week, be-
ing called there by the illness Of her
mother, Mrs. Eben Davis.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

Mrs. z. B. Hysom Of West Sullivan
has arrived in the city and will pass
the winter here. Her. husband has
employment in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09

Miss Anne Adamson returned
Thursday from short stay in Port
land, where she visited friends and
relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-09
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Harry knight Of Winnegance has
been passing few days In this city
Oh business.
The herald., 1921-11-03
Superstitions in Wales.

SuperstitiOns of the country folk OF
Wales are discussed in the quarterly
report of DR.. Arthur Hughes, medical
health officer OF the county Of Car
marthenshire. Despite the fact that
fortune telling and witchcraft are pro-
hibited under the English law, large
numbers of Welsh peasants bring
their ailing children to the witch doc
tors rather than to medical practition-
ers. One fetish that appeals to these
superstitious people Is that a witch
doctor can cure a child Of backward
ness by means Of making slight in
cislon in the cartilage Of the child's
ear. The operation must be performed
during the waxing Of the moon and the
art is handed down from generation to
generation, the doctor" usually being
a woman. If a cure does not result
the operation is repeated until the
child is cured. It is said that many
women practice this art and that the
people pay large sums to have dull
children so treated.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The herald., 1921-11-03
INDIANS IN THE WORLD WAR
Ten Thousand FuIIbIooded Redskins
Lie With American Dead In
France.

How many people In this country
were aware before they read a recent
cable from London that 10000 full
FLOODED Indians lie with the American
dead In France7 Honor of a con-
spicuous sort has been done to almost
every class and group and race that
contributed in any way to the allied
victory before the world was reminded
Of the singular part played In the
war by those Americans who may
properly be called 100 per cent. The
United States and all its people owe
q debt to DR.. Joseph X. Dixon. II
this city, and to the founder Of the
Wanamaker historical expeditions for
the part they played in bringing rec
ognition formally to the American
Indian. Haig, Foch and Pershing
found these tribesmen deserving of a
place with the noblest soldiers Of all
time, They were cool, dispassionate
lighters. invariably brave and mar
veious as marksmen. Most of them
were volunteers. The Indian In France
may yet live In a great American epic
He never knew complete freedom, yet
he went out to fight for 1t until he
died.-Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
The herald., 1921-11-03
GAP JOHNSON CHANGES MIND
Native Of Rumpus Ridge, Ark, Decides
Not to Take a Second Help
mate After Dream.

"I was feeling sorter puny yesterday
and went to bed in the daytime, ana
drempt that l was about to marry
again." confessed Gap Johnson of Rum
pus Ridge, Ark. 81 thought right well
Of the Idly. too, till after mess OF
the dogs had come in a-yelling with
several more after 'em, and all tore
under the bed and went roaring round
and round. Then most of my fourteen
children boolged In, cusslng and hght-
ing among themselves over which gang
of dogs had the right Of 1t, and most
ly rolled under the bed with the dogs,
where all hands purseeded to pound
and bite and howl In seven different
languages.
"The bed broke down and depopu'
lated me among the dogs and children,
and they all took a whet at me. About
that time wife mixed in the anecdote
with q broom handle, and began to
club every which-a-way. She got me
q time or two In the process, ana
som'rs along the line l woke up. Az
ter I had waded out and the dust set
tied, l began to think the matter over.
And It peared like l wasn't nigh as
keen to marry again as I'd lowed
I was."-Kansas City STIR.
The herald., 1921-11-03
Put the Umpire In a Cage.

Safety first, the oft-repeated warn
ing, was very religiously needed by
the umpire at a recent benefit ball
game on the Pacific coast. He ap-
peared, Popular Mechanics relates, at
the park with a large wire contriv-
ance that looked like an exaggerated
bird cage. When the game started
he took his stand inside the cage.
On top Of the cage were mounted sem.
aphores, lettered very plainly with
the usual umpire's verdicts, ball."
strike" "out," etc, and his decis-
ions were announced by raising the
necessary semaphore. Thus, he was
not only safe from unintentional foul
balls and the intentional pop bottles
Of irate fans who differed from his
Judgment but he also saved himself
from much expenditure Of lung
power.
The herald., 1921-11-03
IT'S NO EASY TASK TO BE THE
ONLY WOMAN IN THE CAST.

Says Catherine Hayden in The
Storm"
Being the only woman in the
cast of a play has advantages which
would appeal to many actresses in
tent upon occupying as mean the
maximum of the calcium as an author
and a generous producer will permit,
but is also has its disadvantages
In 1.-The Storm" coming to the
Tulane Theatre next week Kath-
rine Hayden is the only woman in
the cast For two hours each night
and two matinees a week, this young
actress is taking the attention of the
audiences by her splendid work as
"Manette Packard, the little French
Canadian girl, and to her way of
thinking, the experience is anything
but a sinecure.
Being the only woman in the cast
is unusually hard on an actress"
says Miss Hadyen, especially hard
because she is forced to undergo the
close scrutiny of the audience-the
feminine part particularly! all dur
ing the performance. No one is as
close an analyst of the faults of short
comings-be the physical of his
tronic-of an actress as woman. And
when a woman, or the biggest
majority of women in an audience
have an entire evening to study and
pick flaws in one lone member of
her sex-well, its a lucky girl who
gets away unscathed
However, Katharine Hayden has
won genuine success for her work
in the Storm. Her emotion is true
and unstudied. She plays with
quietness and sincerity. Her role in
The Storm is what would in the
parlance of the stage be called an
emotional role. and yet she studiously
avoids emoting in the accepted
sense of the word.
81 try not to strive for an effect
simply for the sake of the effect,
says Katharine. Frances Belgrave
has coined a word which makes my
The herald., 1921-11-03
-DE CENSoS, SHE EES CRAZE"
Jean Baptlste Tells the World Why
the Population Of Quebec Seems
lmmobiic.

The old habitant Of Quebec. who
will be depressingly amazed to dis
cover that the census man gives that
province a bare 2,345,67S of popu-
lation, will trot out his decennial eI-
PLANTATION In extenuatiOn:
"Sacre nom de bleu," Jean Baptiste
will splitter, "de censos man he come
to me on de farm and he say: Jean
Baptiste, how many ILL boy and III
girl you got dis tam by your An
wen 1 say, taken ma tam, SOS not
forget:
"Dere's Jeanne-Marie-Ros
Angelique - Sophie - Josette - dats
de III girl
"And dere's POlemique-Telesph
-Hippolyte Belzemire - Horsemi-
das-Alphonse-dat's de Ill boy.
Dat maudit censos man, he write
down lax great beeg fool:
"Jean Baptlste: One girl: Jeanne
Marie Rosine Angelique Sophie JOS
cite. One boy: Polemique. Tele-
sphore HippOlyte Belzemire Horsemi-
das AlphOnSe.
$50 dere you see how 1t come Cana
daw got so few population! Me wit
six liz boy and six Ill girI-and he
put down only one Of each kim Sacre
nom de bleu If dar is not a dame
eensult for a brave habitant. Why,
de fu'st tam Victorine-dat's me
femme-is tell me go queek for de
docteur, we'en l come ba'k from fetch
heem. she got two leetle boy and one
leetle girl for Jean Baptiste. And az
ter dat We nevaire get less an tweens
at de one tam. And de censos man
he write down: One boy, one girl I"
Vancouver World.
The herald., 1921-11-03
REGULATION OF TEMPERATURE
According to Opinion Of Experts
Proper Mark for the Home Is
About 60 Degrees.

Heating experts tell us that churches
should be kept warmer than lecture
rooms. Whether this implies that the
lecture room audience Is more apt 10
forget any discomfort due to tenn
nerature than a church congregation
they decline TO say.
According to the scientists versed IN
the subject 65 degrees Is the proper
temperature for a church, while that
of n lecture hall should be between W
and 81 degrees.
Public buildings, the experts agree
should have a temperature between 6S
and 70 degrees, while schools should
be kept uniformly at 20 degrees.
The proper temperature for the
home Is about 6S degrees, with bath
rooms at between 20 and So degrees.
Entrance halls and vestibules SHOULD
be kept at a temperature between "a
and 60 degrees; gymnasiums 60 ana
natatoriums 6S degrees.
These are the temperatures Tor
bosnItals: general rooms, y to 70 de-
grees; sick rooms, 70; operating
rooms, 20 to 90
Experts apparently do not believe In
making prisons attractive in colo
weather. as they recommend temper
allure for them between so and ga de-
prees. Factories and shops should be
kept at a temperature of 65 degrees;
boiler shops and foundries, 90 to %;
machine shops, 60 to 65; paint shops
80.
The herald., 1921-11-03
New Mileage Record.

"You say he is good prohibition
enforcement officerT
"Tll say he Is"
"What especially are his qualifica.
tiOns?"
"Well, he has gotten as high as
twenty gallons Of moonshine TO the
mile out Of flivver."-Florida Times
Union.