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Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23
D. A. r, Meetino

The last meeting of the wear OF the
Eleazer Parker Chapter, D. A. r..
was held at the home of the regent,
Mrs. Cora J. Goodwin in Albion.
Wednesday, with nine ladies present:
Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Maude Mudgett
OF Burnham. Mrs. Charles Lawrev
and Miss Vesta Whitten Of Fairfield.
Miss Sadie Richardson, Mrs. Estelle
Richardson and Mrs. Lottie Wakely of
Clinton, Mrs. Eta Pratt and Mrs.
lvanella Palmer Of Hinckley. The
forenoon was passed socially and at
noon delicious dinner was served.
The meeting was called to order
about two o'clock and several mat
ters OF business discussed. The
chapter Is interested in the erection
OF a marker to the memory Of the
Revolutionary ancestors, and COM
mittees were appointed to make ar
rangenients for same. The chapter
expressed itself as interested also in
the efforts that are being put forth
to build suitable fence around the
old cemetery at Finckley near the
residence Of G. w. Hinckley. This
cemetery is the burial place Of at
least one Revol .tionary soldier and
two or more Civil war veterans
Resolutions on the death of beloved
member. Mrs. Nellie Reed Cook, were
read and accepted. The following
officers are to serve the coming year:
Regent, Cora J. Goodwin: vice regent,
Lottie Dodge Wakely: secretary,
Maude MIDGET: treasurer, Estelle
Reed Richardson: registrar, Sadie
Richardson; historian, vesta Whit
ten; chaplain, Mae E. watson
Frank Bishop has returned from
Bowdoinham.
Mrs. A. z. Webb and Mrs. T. l..
Barnes were in Waterville, Monday.
Isaac Kimball, a veteran of the
Civil war. was in Canaan, Tuesday,
to attend Veterans Day exercises.
H. G. Wentworth, w. e. Palmer
and two sons, Norman and Albert,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

Fred Hayden of Portland, a court
reporter for the Maine supreme
court, was in the city Thursday to re-
port a hearing held at the State
House.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

With the members of the Mothers
Chapter of st. Marks. please have
their flowers at the church on Sat
urday afternoon?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

lawn party Will be held on the
grounds Of the South Parish Congre-
Igational church at o'clock Saturday
AFTERNOON.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

Hon. John F. Sprague Of Dover re-
turned to his home yesterday after
noon after few days visit in this
city.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Josephine Poullittc will be held at
1SO this morning at the st. Augustine
church.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

Lombard Camp, Royal Neighbors
of America, will hold meeting in
G.. a. r. hall this evening. All
members are requested to be pres
ont
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23
Artificial Teeth.

l am specializing on Artificial
Tech made by the new scientific
process and called "Correctable I'm
pressions." BY this method. an i'm
Preston is taken with the mouth
IcIosed. (no plaster used). giving all
the muscles employed in eating and
swallowing. q chance to impress
themselves into the edge OF the i'm
preston. so that when the plate is
made from true model of the
knouth 1t remains fixed" and does
not become dislodged by the process
|of mastication and speech. | am es-
|pecially desirous Of meeting all those
kWho have trouble with their plates.
feither upper or lower). and who
Y"ould appreciate the satisfaction of
|havins teeth that would function
properly. as is noE possible. by this
9aew scientific method. Every case
Rranteed. Julian Wilder. Dentist.
rusta Trust Building. Tel. 246.M.
kdr!tf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

throp was in the city awhile Thurs
day on matters of business.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

Charles Towle of Winthrop was a
caller Thursday in Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

Mr. and Mrs. e. f. Stevens Of IIy-
annis, Mass, were visitors Thursday
in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23
SPECIAL

Children's haircuts, 35 cents. Ho-
lei North barber shop. up one fight.
Arthur Caron, proprietor.
~ june23eod6t
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

DR. and Mrs. Ralph Hutchinson
and son, Lewis of Cumberland Mills,
Westbrook, visited in the city Thurs
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

Novelty dance at North Augusta
1rlnge Hall Friday evening, June 16.
Music by Smiths Orchestra,
Fr;
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23
LOCAL NOTICE

fummage sale, Salvation Army
HNal|, $50 Water street, Augusta, Sat.
June "a from 1850 to Z. NJ.
lune2S-24.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

Have you secured your ticket for
st. Johns Day III Waterville, Satur-
day? Everyone's going. june23d1t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05
Stronger Competition
Makes Honor Greater

Had that schoolgirl OF former year.
been pitted against such player al
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, could she haV'
carried off the highest award? 1t Is ex'
tremely doubtful. even ip the face Of th'
unquestioned excellence Of performance
which she displays today. 4
All the more honor, then, to Helss
Wills. who took the first set from thu
great Norwegian at Longwood, and suc'
cumbed at Forest Hills only after 3
brilliantly fought contest which brought
those In the stands to their feet asal'
and again.
Never in the history Of tennis has 3
girl of her years faced and conquered
such an array Of talent; never In th'
memory of the old timers has a womai
player put up such a splendid battl
against the long odds Of superior ex'
perience and strength.
And many there are who are pron'
to agree with the dictum Of the grizzled
veteran. which. after all, is the simpleS
explanation of 1t all:
The girls genius"
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Here's Real Wonder Girl!
Really Likes Her School

"AIl this time / was at school," shL
continued, "and that reminds me, I'll
be two weeks late for school when / 60
back"
You'll hate that, of course?" was
the ironic comment.
"Oh, but ! will. really" she pro-
tested. "because I'll have to make up
every little bit of work I've missed. I'd
much rather do it in the usual way, it s
much easier. You see. l have math and
English and chemistry and lots Of things
which l must learn IN order to get into
the University, and it's no excuse on
college entrance exam to say that you We
been in the East playing tennis. ] have
one more year at school, and then III be
a lowly freshman. '"s wonder what
it's likc?'
She paused, and II was clear that her
mind was busted with those mysterious
terrors Of the first year Of college with
which rumOr assails the boarding school
senior.
II don't care, though" she said i'm
pulsively, "I'll go through with 1t. and
I'll probably have lots Of fun. III play
a lot Of tennis, and I'm going to spe-
ctslise in art, % that III Be happy. I'm
suss. D
"whsn ! Ct II eeisss I'm really
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Likes Eastern Courts
Better Than Those in West

1--WE do not have tart courts In the
West, either. At home we play on
asphalt courts, which are not nearly so
hard as you'd Imagine, although harder
than turf or clay. We also have ce :
ment courts, but don't like them they
are too hard on eyes and feet.
"What we need out home to develop
tennis is more big events, some Of the
larger tournaments. But, of course, We
are too far away for that. California IL
wonderful, but, Of course, most Of the
people do live In the East.
"In spite Of that, We do have some
good tennis players, as I think any one
will admit
There was no argument to that and
she continued:
"Mr. Johnston, who is from the
Coast she gave this item of informa =
tion with naive gravity, "is the most
wonderful player In the world, think
have watched him many times, and
every time 7 am surprised at what q
wonderful game he plays. I think he Is
only beaten sometimes by greater speed -,
but nobody can play az we'll as hs."
Into the treacherous quicksa nds Of
comparisons. which she branded a.
odious. she refused to venture. In such
matters shs prsssrvsd I golden silence.
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Secluded Life Preceded
March TOtcdrd VictOrY

She talks composedly. but with the
naivrtc Of her age. She has lived a
secluded life for the most part. capped
only recently with n whirlwind excur-
sion upon fields MS new. in the course
Of which she has done much and seen a
great deal in n very short time.
Small wonder. then. that her speech,
reluctant in the presence Of strangers.
soft and low pitched and musical. is
studded with the names Of famous men
and famous places. mentioned without
ostentation In terms of unstudied
familiarity.
In it appear again and again such
words as Tilaen. Johnston, Forrest
Hills, Longwood. Mallory. O'Hars
Wood. Patterson, Lenglcn. ct al. but
always with tho correct prefix disdained
by fond and familiar public. as though
she made the conscious concession OF
youth to age.
1t is always "Mr, Johnston" "NIrs.
Mallory mile. Lenglen.' She speaks
with respect of these great ones as
wcll-brcd girl speaks of her elders.
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uh'p"II"d atmosphere Of youth rod
checked. erect, slender. ready to smile,
eager 10 please.
She has unusual eyes. of a clearness
ANA briiIiHncy that command the n-.
'"ntion N once. Her whole personality
: N them and in the delicate brows
'"f arch upward and sweep in clean
r'Ilv"s to tho temples. They nre
friendly eyes, intelligent and sympn-
thctir.
Bu' when Shc plave there is subtle
Change. Beneath rho low white srn
visor which she wears on lie court her
eyes take on an extremely intent. con.
"enIratrd quality. There IS that IN
t1rm reminiscent Of m old time scout.
p""r!ng from beneath his palm rs he
sights far across the plain the maraui-
ing bands of Indians.
There is nothing hard or hostile in
that look; only tho narrowing Of the
attention to the business on hand, the
focusing Of the powers OF BODY and
brain for the combat.
And when in aCti0n she betrays the
same concentrated viGor in her attack.
rn--lob--rcturn--t the not
"a swift exchange at point blank
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beat him. How long did it take? Well.
l think it was about half a year.
Then I started to play with other
people at our tennis club. You see. one
Of the largest tennis clubs on the Coast
is in Berkeley, so there were plenty to
play with. I always tried 10 play with
somebody better than !, or at least some
one whom could hardly beat. was
trying hard to learn the game, and I
thought that the one way to do It was to
see how the good ones did It,"
Further questioning ELECTED the fact,
which she had not intended to mention,
that within a year she stood on equal
terms with most of the men Of the club
and far outshone virtually all Of the
women.
II don't know why II is but the
women haven't much interest in the
game out Vest she remarked, paren- :
thetically. Perhaps it's because It's
an all year-round sport there; dom t
know. At any rate. Western girls dom t
take a tenth of the interest In tennis
that Eastern women do. Here in the
East there are 20 many good women
tennis players that It is confusing tn
, remember them all. There is great
deal more tennis played here, anyway,
for that matter.
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ELEM WzLL& NEV METEOR OF TENNIS WORLD
USES PSYCHOLOGY TO lid HER CLIMB 10 FAN

times, and her footwork is phenom.
enally good.
She plays an aggressive game, carry.
ing the battle to the other side, and
trying always to scoro on every shot.
At times she appears suddenly at the
net, having worked her way thsrs a
smoothly that she 10 on the spot end
In command Of the situation before Il
is we'll realized that she has deserted
the baseline.
Once there she cannot BE- forced away
by lobbing, for she will run back and
take the shoe on the overhead, still
moving backward. and II It BE- n.
turned, there she is again, on her toes
at the net, ready as before. II al
gives the impression Of a well tempered
steel spring, which flies back to III
former position as soon as the pressure
is removed.
Everything she does in action Il
graceful. There Is no trace Of that
awkwapdness which mars tho games Of
70 many, even Of the best women
players. There is an indefinable polish
about her strokes. a little air, IL you
will, Of savoir faire, which remindt
one Of Norris williams or Johnston,
That she has been able to acquire thii
finished style in the space Of three
years is the thing that makes the critics
gasp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05
Psychological Side
of Victory Important

These things-these deeds Of
which a grown woman might well
be proud-have received well-mcr-
tied acclaim.
But few know Of the intellectual
and psychological background, the
high mental reserve, which forms
the base and the foundation of her
athletic accomplishments.
For it is no crude physical knack
which has made this clear-eyed girl
one of the best tennis players in the
world in the very morning of her
life. Her ability is, rather, the fruit
of an exceptionally keen faculty for
observation, an indomitable will and
an innate sense Of the esthetic,
whether in the graceful swing Of a
racquet or the nicely blended shad-
ings of pastel.
When one learns that the second
great interest Of her life is art, it
becomes easier to understand why
and how this untutored tennis tyro
has been able to acquire a finish
and positive assurance in her game
that astonishes the, critics.
Good tennis, It is admitted. is
founded upon n mastery Of form, and
form in strokinS the bail depends. in
n Nd Of
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that will be actually productive Of dis
-ease--as for example giving way II
hts of anger, which breed poisons u
the system or to spells of needless worry
which are one Of the causes Of diabetes
VET this important and delicate ma
- chine-which is You, and upon
which depends your service to yourself
and to the world-goes without any IN
spection whatever!
The commander OF a military COM
pany, in peace or war, holds minuu
daily inspection of his men and then
arms and ammunition and equipment
The captain of ship goes daily oyei
his vessel from the stokehold and engim
room to the pilot house and navigatlni
bridge to find out just what shape 1t
In.
A ND the owner of mind which nv
a expects to bring him to happiness
needs to do the same thing.
Looking over your mental equipmtl,
every morning. finding out just how ia
1t is failing, and why. noting bad haplu
and getting ready to get rid of thelhl
will keep You alert and on your toe1
Fifteen minutes day will do 1t. an;
do 1t well. II you put It of a year, !"
month or . week, there will be
much work Of rsnovating to do that
will prove an almost hspslsss task.
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Uncommon Sense Daily Inspection
BY JOHN BLAKE

VOUR physician will tell you that
l. you ought to be "overhauled" at
least once year.
That means submitting to a physical
examination which will reveal whether
your heart and lungs and digestive ap-
paratus are attending properly to their
very important business.
Your dentist asks you to come to him
every six months that he may find out
If your teeth, which guard the gateway
Of your digestive tract, are in condition
for duty.
IL the Doctors inspection discloses
anything wrong inside you, he has an
opportunity to correct it before it be.
comes serious.
Your dentist can check raid by mi
crobes on tooth and put 1t in shane
to work for you for many years longer.
THAT leaves your mind, for which
l. your organs and your teeth are
merely helper, the only part of your
cosmos which has not regular inspec.
ton.
1t may be gathering the cobwebs of
prejudice and wrong IDEAS.
1t may be cultivating habits Of
thought, which, II uncorrected, by and
b.. viii make It utterly useless.
II may be even functioning in q way
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That, however, Is quite in keeping with
her general demeanor, which Is that Of
the lady in all ways, for which she has
70 bless her mother, who accompanies
her, and her father, whose medical
duties keep him at homo.
Mrs. Wills, by the way, is the mother
Of her daughter to any eye. She has
the same erect carriage, the same bright
and interested expression, the same
level gray eyes. She speaks, as does
her daughter. In low tones. full Of
cadences and surprising little inhec-
tons She Is taller, but her step Is
/ the light, vigorous step Of her daughter.
| Like her daughter. too, she is a person
OF unusually quick perception, with a
knack Of seeing great deal IN one
sweeping. all-inclusive glance.
"Only one thing mother has not been
able to teach me at all, and that Is to
sew" says Helen sm!l!ngly.
II never would learn to sew, because
simply cant stand It; It gets me
nervous to sit still and Just move the
ends of my fingers and think Of nothing
much.
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Watches Older Players
And improves OUn Game

II always watch good players
closely she says. 'and try to make
up my mind what their best points
are. When ] have decided, | remember
these things I've seen and go off and
practice them until | can do them.
"That is the best way of learning
anything"
Sixteen years old This Is more the
philosophy of thirty.
But it must be realized that Helen
Wills, schoolgirl, is the possessor OF a
character far in advance of her age.
Few girls of her years have learned to
east about them the calm eve of ap-
prsisal, to prompt themselves to
emulate the virtues and talents OF
others, to force themselves TO the stern
task Of turning this appraisal to per-
aeaal account by weary hours OF prac-
And ~ for all that. abe retains the
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about getting out Of It. have another
year at school vet, you know"
Even in this. her avocation, this re-
markable young lady has reduced every
thing to an orderly relationship in her
own mind.
with these two things--tennis and
art--to take up my time. I am reilly
occupied Ideally" she says, because,
you see. can do one out of doors and
one indoors, so that when the sun shines
| have something I love to do, and
when it rains / still have something
in reserve"
Since she has been East the idea has
entered her mind of becoming a student
ut the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts in Philadelphia, prospect
upon which she looks with favor. How
ever, five years must yet elapse before
her scholastic activities come TO an end.
and much can happen in five years.
There are those who predict freely that
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nor would she say anything dcrogatory
to any player. holding to the theory
that If one cannot speak we'll Of another
it IS better to hold peace. Truly, here
Is wisdom!
She had unst!nted praise, however.
for Mile. Lcnglen.
'She Is very, very good player,
she said earnestly. IL think the best
woman player | have seen. She is very
fast, handles her racquet beautifully and
fights hard. She Is very graceful too
like to watch her play. She plays 80
very hard and uses so much energy |
wonder sometimes whether she does not
waste some of It, but she knows tennis,
and that Is her style of game"
Further than this she would not say,
putting away with n fluttcr OF her small
brown hands suggestion that she dis
course further on the interesting sub
ject of recent international women $
matches.
But to finish what I was saying"
she pursued. II made it n rule to play
at least twice n week, and practice all
the time, whether playing or not.
mean, you can practice in your mind,
even when you re not on n court.
But the great thing is never to COM
promise on shot never to run around
back hand Aot and take 1t on your
forehand, just because you're afraid you
might make mess Of It.. Never 10
avoid an overland, and let it bounce
instead of taking it In the air; never
to make weak shot because you re
afraid to try hard one.
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philadelphia Tournament
Is Her Real Goal N0D

my great concern now Is gettint
through the junior championships n
Philadelphia, she says. I'm goina
to play my very best, and Just as hard
as I know how. After all, that va,
the real reason came East, and all
these tournaments Nv. been in 20 Mi
have been rather in preparation foI
that.
"I'm going into the doubles, too. Will
Helen Hooker, who IL certainly one oi
the best girl players I ever saw.
Were going to play some exhibition
matches. also. l don't know just wht
will play, but ] think it will be Mr.
Tilden or Mr.. Johnston, or somebody
like that. This will be new expert.
ence for me mean playing for the fun
Of II. with not much depending on
whether we win.
"Ill like that, know. I never get
nervous when play, but I do feel thu
strain afterward, especially In the biz
matches.
after I had played Mrs. Mallory Al
Forest Hills, and we had stopped and
sat duwn. I suddenly felt as tired ai
though I had played all morning. That
ism like me. because am used to play.
ing long periods at time. and It doesn v
tire me bit, because I am prettI
st:cng. II
''It was just the nervous strain"
1t is hardly to be wondered that Z
sixteen year -old girl should feel somt
strain after battling the redoubtabh
Molla in the finals of the national won.
en- s championship after playing through
an entire tournament against the Aowei
of Americas women players, and aftei
defeating all she met, including May
Sutton Bundy!
1t was the latter. by the way. WHIT
came East eighteen years ago, at thu
same age-sixteen years--and won thu
championship; but 1t must be remem.
bered that conditions then were fai
different. Since those days the quality
of the competition has increased so fai
that there are fifty capable player
striving for the crown now where ont
Appealed before.
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Looks Younger on Court
Than Her Sixteen Years

On the courts she wears MILDLY
blouse and tie. and Il short skirt, with
her face half hidden by the visor, her
smoothly parted hair cleaning in the
sun. Thus attlred she looks great
deal more youthful than in her other
habiiments, and this impression con-
tributes, no doubt, to the amazement
with which spectators watch her play.
For it Is amazing, the spectacle Of
this slight girl playing with all the
finish and power of man, and n very
good man at that. 1t is a mans game
that she plays, learned at the hands
of men, stamped with the power and
speed of a man.
She holds her racquet easily but
firmly in her hand. and she moves it
as part Of herself. 1t leaps out on
the volley as naturally and smoothly as
one would put out his hnnd to catch
ball. 1t meets the speeding sphere
clcanly and dccisively, with unfailing
accuracy. There is small round SPOT
in the center of it. visible when the
sun shines upon it at certain angle
indisputable evidence of good eye.
She moves about the court smoothly,
without those sudden bursts of agonized
speed which come of being caught out
OF position. She thinks as she goes,
anticipating her opponents shots, NOV.
ing ahead of the ball to the place
where it will fall.
And when she drives she puts her
shoulder into"it, as man docs. shift.
ing her weight from the rear foot to
the front as she swings, sending the
ball across with plenty of pace and
top. She has her feet under her at ali