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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-19

A correspondent argues that Sena-
tor Lodge is too old to seek return to
the Senate and refers to George
Washington, Thomas p. Reed and
James G. Blaine as examples Of men
who became too old to seek political
office None of these men We're re-
tired by reason of age or disability
and we fail to see any similarity to
the case Of Mr.. Lodge. Besides, the
Gesirability Of old men for counsel Is
wisdom that was obtained from ages
Of experience. 1t was mighty fac
tor in the management of the recent
war. Moreover the assertion that
Lodge is out of touch with the people
on the prohibition issue doesn't make
1t so. On the contrary he is capable
OF being power for the enforcement
AMI consequent respect for that as
we'll as other laws and we know Of no
reason to suppose he would not ex-
ercise that power wisely. While this
is a matter for Massa chusetts to set
tie it also Is one in which every cit
izen Of the country DESTROYS of max
ing use of the best instruments posi-
Bile, Is interested.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-19

Shoreys "Story of the Maine Fiji
tecnth" of the battles in Western
louisiana, in which the regiment
calamity served, as one of the units
of Emory's First Division of the Nine
tcenth Corps, in which also served
the Maine Thirteenth, Twenty ninth
and Thirtieth, and which. it is con-
coded, by its Timely coming, and
heroic conduct" saved the army from
defeat, at Pleasant Grove. Pleasant
Hill and Monets Bluff, on the Red
River, Fifty eight years ago. April OF
this year. We note the Bangor pa
per gives the names of the few sur
vivors resident in Bangor. Just half
a dozen, including the three rcgi-
ments named. Had il broadened the
area. and taken in say the counties
OF Pcnobscot, Piscataquis, Aroostook
and Washington, very likely it might
have swelled the list OF survivors 10
sevcnty-fve or an hundred. In
Brdgton. beside the writer, we re-
call only two Charles i. Dodge of the
Thirtieth. Granville Burnell. Twenty
ninth. In the county, there must be
yet quite a contingent. as the three
Maine regiments had detachments Of
considerable size who survived the
struggle and yet, alas. they arc very
few today!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-19
SlnCofc1N yours,
FREEMAN f. BURR
Another Bird Lover Writes

| l was much interested in Mrs
Jones letter from Pine Rock, South
China. also Mr. Babb's article entitled
Protect the Birds"
l can fully under stand what a
pleasure that little glass box has
been to Mrs. Jones ana her little bird
friends during the winter and early
spring months. / have several feed
ing stations near the house and they
are always well patronized. Our back
porch is well sheltered and we invite
the birds to use it as a dining room
during the winter. On the posts are
many pieces of meat securely nailed.
In front of the window is shelf on
which is placed small containers filled
with fine era lcd corn, seeds and
tiny suet crumbs. There are some
small bird houses made of roofing
paper and nailed up i'll safe places for
them to sleep in during the bad
storms. We have many bird houses
near our buildings. They are nearly
all occupied during nesting season,
and in winter, several are used as
sleeping quarters by the Downy and
Hairy N'oo1peckers. Z white breast
ed Nuthatch took for her home a
house that stands not over 10 feet
from my bedroom wiz dow. | have a
pair of red breasted Nuthatches that
have been here three years. One day
during the first week of last Febru-
airy a flock of Goldfinches called on
me- and lunched on some sunflower
seeds. We have lot of these grow
ing in the back yard every summer
and always leave some of the stalks
standing, as the seeds keep well in
the small heads all winter and are
always ready for the birds whenever
they come. A very useful and simple
feeding station for Juncos, Sparrows
and t'inches can be made by taking a
large sunfioWer head. removing the
seeds and thoroughly drying it. Then
place it on glass Jar. or tin can,
and put out on post, table or any
place where the birds come to feed.
I have been feeding the birds for four
years and studying them at close
range. / find them never-fa ling
source of interest. TIE human char
acteristics they display at times are
really wonderful. | heartily agree
with Mrs. Jones and A-r. James about
the need of new book that gives us
more help in identifying; the females
and immature birds. J wish we might
hear from more bird-'overs and their
experiences with our little brothers
Of the air.
MRS. HARRY w. OSBORNE.
! Crystal Spring Farm, West Jefferson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-19
NO COMPROMISE ON BOOZE

We cannot think of any Organiza-
ton Of welfare workers that has had
greater. opportunity to become ac-
quaintcd with the drink evil at first
hand, to watch it's effect upon the
mass, than has the Salvation Army.
This experience includes the days
when pre-war booze possessed what
ever of excellence booze was capable
of possessing, as we'll as these times
when one has to be in a suicidal
mood to risk taking a drink. In the
light Of the experience it has had
the head of that organization re-
fuses to accept the services in rails
ing funds of a banker of international
repute because he also is identified
with the prohibition movement.
Speaking of this Commander Evan
geline Booth declared the ASmy could
not countenancc the attempt to bring
back light wines and beer.
Il will deeply regret the loss of
any friends to this movement. but if
it costs the Salvation Army all it
possesses, or ever hopes to receive
for the poor we will stand firm. We
started with nothing but an idea.
Today we are not afraid to go down
into the dark places and start all
over with only our tamhourines and
fight our way up again to the kind
of support We have been receiving;
but We cannot compromise our prin-
ciples for the sake of financial aid"
This plucky refusal to compromise
principle for the sake Of financial
support is surely in line with the
dauntless spirit in which the Army
was first organized, in the spirit I'M
der which it has wrought a Won
derful work. In that spirit who can
doubt but it will continue to conquer?
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Last Of the Mohicans"
(Thc Public LcdgcrD

(Thc Public Lcdgcr)
Joseph Tumultylate secretary to
President Wilson, has gone to join the
band of one-time White House favor
ties who have fallen under the cold
shadow of Wilsonian displeasurc,
George Harvey, William +. McCombs.
James Smith, Frapklin X. Lane, Col
onel Edward NJ. House, Colonel Hen
~ Wattcrson, yes and Robert Lam
sing. all preceded Tumulty into the
icy shades of the WilsOnian frown-
some by months, others by years.
"All. all are gone, the old familiar
faces Joe Tumulty was the last
OF the NohiCans." He comes at the
end of that long line beginning with
George Harvey. who fell from Will
sonian grace in the long evcr-ago.
Joe Tumulty may not have talked too
much. but he did talk once too often.
He thought, it seems that he was
commissioned to deliver a word of
greeting and a message of good
cheer to the Democrats assembled in
New York a few nights ago to listen
to man named James NJ. Cox, who
had good deal to say about and in
favor of the League of Nations.
Joe Tumulty was mistaken. After
the dinner and oratory, somebody
doubted that he had the genuine and
regal authorization. Woodrow Will
son, from the red brick house at 2340
$ street, \. W., Washington, ID. c.,
has resolved all doubts. Says he, in
that incisive style that can bite like
an icc-chillcd scalpcl:
there need be no doubt
about the matter | did not send any
message whatever to that dinner nor
authorize any one to convey a mes
sage.
SO endcth the Tumulty chapter.
First it was Colonel Harvey, since
transformed from n Wilson Democrat
to n Harding Republican and trans
lated to the Court of st. James Fol-
lowed him Jim Smith of New Jersey,
and dead and gone William +. Nc
Combs, Franklin X. Lane and Colonel
Wattcrson. Bryan passed wrapped
in his tragedan's cloak Of pacifism.
Lansing, then House and comes now
the turn of Tumulty, always the Will
son apostle and apolo2ist.
"All. all are gone, the cid familiar
faces"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-19

was setting. The gifted James G.
Blaine had his day too. We all have
our day and we need to do our best
work for God and humanity.
George Washington after serving
two terms as President of. the U. s.
retired to a more quiet life.. The
states and the nation can afford to
pension old servants but we cannot af-
ford to keep them on the battle fronts
in the thick of the fight in old age.
Up-to-date men must handle the reins
of government.
Lodge is greatly out of touch with
the people on the prohibition question.
They certainly need law enforce
mcnt senator from Massachusetts for
the next six years.
LEVI F. COOK.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-19
JUST FEW YEARS AGO

II vas only one hundred and forty
seven years aEo-a comparatively
short period Of time a the world MIS-
tory-that body Of self-respecting
citizens were drawn up in line on
the village green n Lexington. Mass.
There we're between ~ and so of them
under command OF Captain John Par
ker. They were militiamen and bore
arms. They did not attempt to in
terfere with the advancing British
troops but were under orders to stand
their ground. They wished to insist
on what they believed to be their
hight 10 stand there Under arms.
Knowing the British as they did it
must have required steady nerves to
remain there calmly and refuse to
move when the officer commanding the
British ordered them to lay down
their arms and dispose Vet they did
not finch and four were killed and
nine we're wounded when the British
Aired Whether the British really
meant 70 have war it was begun right
There.
Surely the inspiration Of the indie
nondcnce and couras, displayed by
those farmers" isn't all dissipated
in a hundred and forty-seve years!
1t Will be, however, if occasionally,
orce year at least, we do not turn
our thoughts back to that day and to
what II signihed. Consider'for few
moments the indom.table spirit which
must have been in the breasts of
those men 10 stand their ground in
the face OF troops OF the greatest
power among the nations of the earth.
Consider what the people underwent
before they might establish that gov
eminent and exalt that sentiment
which finds expression in words like
these: 81 pledge alleg anca to my Flag
and to the Republic for which 1t
stands; one Nation inCivisible, with
liberty and justice To- all"
To-day. the 147th anniversary. is
as good an occasion as any to
think over some OF these things.
We can find few spare moments be-
tween the ball games. the painting
Of the screens, the playing Of that
game OF golf, the catching of that
prize fish for which We have been
yearnIng now for many a day. Some
where, somehow, take few moments
for thinking over what those old fell
country had TO undergo, and the grit
they displayed in doing so.
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MAINE CENTRAL nAIlHVn.
Eastern STANDARD Time
TRAINS lrAvg Augusta ros

Bangor. tl.2t a IN. Si.toa m. .,a.
100 a m 1888 a. m. 70 IS .. N i3.i2es'
B. & A. Pts. n 2ia m. ~. % am. " a,
Bar Harbor ~ 81 q m. 10 a. m a.
Bath. 10 lisa m. 70. 3sa. m. 20 5gs =, "A n
E2sp n: .lo.4s p. m.
Belfast b 90 =. m. t933 ., m. Va sspn {,
Bostous3 liam. t6 i5a IN. 'a3sa N IA :.
a, m tS.30p. IN. 1884 o. m. si0tsp .. m s
Calais t23sa. m 1913 a. m
Dover. Fo,croft BjO0s m tlSsp. m
Gardiner. 70 liza. m. "a i5a m. 49,.
te5e a. IN. 1850 o. m. % % p. m, tSlsn.
f.25 D. m. sl0.4s r. m -
Haiioweil. 10 iSa. m to.3s a. m, IaN.
t3.30p m 1894 .. IN. tS.lSp m. iT.2Sn.
40 ~ o m -
Harmony B5OOa. ~. '25sp m. 81,
Lewiston. i6.l5a IN. ~ "a a. m koy.
tS3op m. sl0tsp m
New York rs BOP m. " - = m.
Portland. 80 IL am 10 ija. m. 10 IS a m ua
am. 70 jcp.m ~ 3ip.m. u rs p m 30 ia,
Skowhegsn rs Goa m .aSSA m, ANA
So. Gardiner, t6.iss IN "a. rs a. m. 40 S9ss
1880 D. m. ~ u p IN. ISIS D NJ. i7.Sp.~
40 ~ q IN -
81 John II 2is m.
Watervilie tl.?i a m .EitGa m. t2aa,
$500 M, sv.ol a m. - - y m, iIi2pr
u iOp IN 'Dailv except Nondsy
"Daiiy. tDsiiy except Sunday. iSund.y o,v
II Except Sunday and Monday.
DC. DOUGLASS, MI. HARRIS.
<'l022 V.P. & Gsn Mgr. csul Passenger An
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YOUNG AMERICA HAS BEATEN HIM TO 1T.

to carefully cut the stems Of these
flowers with an old pair of scissors
without uprooting the vines, or the
Mayfower will soon become extinct.
It grows best under pine trees in
fight sandy soil, or in rocky sections.
Among the White Mountains and in
the northern parts of Maine, it does
not appear before May. 1t is also
called the ground laurel or the trail
ing arbutus. Wherever we may find
| it, 1t seems to say,
pink, small, and runctual,
Aromatic, low"
! Our New England Quaker poet,
Whittier, also refers to it when he
says:
yet, God be praised" the Pilgrim
said,
Who saw the blossoms peer
Above the brown leaves, dry and dead
| Behold our Mayf1ower here
{ GOD wills IL mere our rest Sldll be,
| Our years of wandering DER,
For us the Mayf1ower of the sea
! Shall spread her sails no more.
$50 live the fathers in their sons,
| Their stately faith be ours,
! And ours the love that overruns
/ It's rock strength with flowers.
"But warmer suns erclong shall bring
| To life the frozen sod:
And, through dead leaves Of hope
! shall spring
! Afresh the flowers ce God"
Among the distinctly American
flowers such as the goldenrod and the
columbine which appear, each in its
season, none is more beautiful than
this ground laurel which cannot be
raised in any dollhouse. Let us teach
! the younger generation in Maine &c
preserve the Mayfower.
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Bobbed Hair
(Chicago Tribune.)

tCnlcaSO 1f1Dune.)
School authorities in various parts
of these States are for prohibition of
bobbed hair. 1t would be interesting
to know the grounds of objection.
That would throw some light on what
we call education.
Is the objection m6ralistc or based
on standard of taste or department?
If it is moraliStic, what is the moral
consequence of bobbing the hair?.
Does it enclose any part of the anat-
omy that ought to be concealed?
Docs it incite evil thoughts or pas
sion? If the objection is from the
viewpoint of department and cutting
the hair leads to giddiness of con-
duct, the Supreme Court ought to be
barred from the barber. AS for taste,
what is the authority of school
boards in this wide field. Our OBJ
servation of school trustees, by and
large, has not impressed us with their
fitness to make esthctic statutes.
In the absence Of a statement from
these official protestants, it is our
guess that the objection to bobbed
hair is moralstic. Young ladies who
bob their hair undoubtedly do it with
due regard for the duty of the sex
to make themselves as easy to look
at as possible, and their Judgment
may be relied upon in most cases
! But to be fair is to be tempting, and
this our alarmed moralists must re-
siSt on behalf of that weak masculine
| for whom more and more bcneficent
! laws arc being contrivcd. 1t is not
! therefore that bobbed hair is an of
| tense against taste, but that it is a
! new device of Eve to entanCle the
! young mans fancy and distract his
| thoughts from grave instruction.
But the prohibition of bobbed hair
1 is a mere beginning. We look for
ward to other regulations in the field
OF protective colOration, etc. For OK
ample, rcd hair, which is the adorn-
ment of all hcroincs in contempora- :
~ romance, should hc prohibited
| For the stronger sex. the school
, boards seem to have no fears, vet it
! might be advisable to make assur-
ance doubly sure by checking license
in cuffed trousers, striped socks and
neckwear Of infiammatory tendency
If the world is to be made safe for
| orr hoys, let us not forget the perils
besetting the fiappcr.
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A leaflet used by a manufacturing
concern celebrated for its cotton mill
machinery contains information too
little appreciated by many Regard
ing certain standard loom for cot
ton mills 1t states that there are
S7o,9S9 of these distributed in the
United States and Canada. OF these
eo2,S7o are in the Southern states,
/ lee,1O4 in New England. Middle and
Western states. This is an eye
opener for one who may have sup
posed that competition with cotton
manufacturing in the South is a fig
ment OF the Imagination or a pretext
for reducing wages. In South Caro-
lima alone there are e5,S01 of these
looms, while Massachusetts has but
71,45s.
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Apprehensive as to Age?

East Winthrop. Nc. April 1S, 1922.
Editor kennebec Journal
4 l noticed your article in this morn
ing's editorial column regarding SEN
ator Lodge for reelection.
! was interested in it, not simply be-
cause l have brother VINO happens
to be a candidate for that high Office
but from personal acquaintance with
Mr. Lodge many years ago.
While Mr.. Lodge has been an. out
standing figure in the nation for some
years back yet We must remember that
Mr. Lodge is today an old man and the
Senate election is for another six
years. Thomas r. Reed had his day, a
great man yet he was set aside BY
the Mckinley administration. l re-
member of presenting resolutions in a
Boston convention in 1896 for Mckin-
ley when massachusetts, was for Reed.
They were voted down but Reeds sun
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All Played Out At
Quitting Time?
You Need
TAN LAC
The Worlds Greatest Tonic
Editors Letter Box
Encourage by Attending

April is, 1922.
Editor kennebec Journal,
Dear Sir:
May I call your attention, and that
| Of the people Of Augusta and sur
rounding towns, to the fact that on
| Sunday evening next the Augusta
| symphony Orchestra will close its
second season by presenting in the
| form of a public rehearsal, an inter-
esting and artistic program upon
which the work of the orchestra has
been concentrated during the past
two months.
1t has been my good fortune to
obtain a somewhat intimate insight
into the aims and ambitions OF this
organization, and of its leader, Mr..
Ernest r. Hill; and it will not, per-
haps, be construed as presumption
on my part, II l take it upon myself
to urge the people of this section of
Maine, and particularly those who
| have not yet heard the orchestra, TO
make a special effort to be present
at City Hall on Sunday evening, in
order that the players may have the
cncoura cement of large and ap-
prcciative audience.
The Augusta Symphony Orchestra
IS an educational institution of very
real value to the city. Mr.. Hill and
! his associates have worked hard and
long, with no thought of personal
I advantage and at a good deal of per-
| sonal sacrifice, to give us an oppor-
tunity, right here at home, of hear
| ing the best music, carefully and
conscicntiously interpreted. Those
| who have heard the programs al
ready given Will, | am sure, testify
With me that they have succeeded
far beyond anything that they, or
We, have had any reason to expect.
| do not wish to imply that the per-
Torrance of the orchestra is beyond
criticism; that nothing is left to be
desired in smoothness of execution
or beauty of rendition. For this to
be true, even approximately, it
would be necessary that each
| member should be. a skilled and
highly trained musician. In COM
munity no larger than ours, it is
hardly to be expected that such mu
! sicians can be found in large enough
number to form more than a nucleus
in an orchestra of this size. So much
more to the credit, then, of the lead
or and of the players, that they have
succeeded in rendering, sympathetic
cally and to a marked degree of eX-
cellence, some of the finest and most
difficult works of the great compo-
sers.
Come to the public rehearsal, those
of you who have not heard the Or
Chestra, and are not yet aware of
the truly remarkable work it has
done, and is doing. Come prepared
for a full and enjoyable evening, not
of entertainment merely, but of true
inspiration. You will not be disap-
pointed; and YOU will take away with
You the conviction that the orchestra
should receive full and generous pub
lie support, to the end that it may be
a permanent institution in the COM
munity.
Sincerely yours,
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Maine Gossip
Patriots-The Men Of '7s

In seventeen hundred seventy-six,
A band Of patriots brave
Stood side by side with courage rare
To freedoms banner wave.
They were our grandsires staunch and
brave,
On independence bent
And power to conquer, we'll they knew
Would, to them, from heaven be sent.
They feared not all the power of kings,
They knew their cause was Just
And if their manhood they would hold,
They knew, they conquer must.
For should they fail King Georges
wrath
At them would sure be hurled.
They then declared. mo king they'd
serve"
And Freedoms banner there un-
furled.
They took UP arms, and victory won,
Fly struggle hard and long.
And with Washington to lead them
Were given power to right the
wrong.
When they were free. no kingly
Could tell them-"Bow thy knee:
They as true men then. builded
This republic of the free.
And may it's banner always wave,
AS symbol men may sec.
OF the power that always goes
With justice, right and liberty.
May We, their sons and daughters true,
Appreciate it's worth
And in our heart of hearts allow
OF love for them there is no dearth.
May we revere and mark the spot
Whore thNir remains la
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Civil War Veteran CONTINGENT
(Bridgton News.)

WI ibE 'cII -NHa -
The rapidly disappearing civil war
veteran contingent. evidently refresh
es the memory Of the few surviving
participants in the great war Of the
carly sixties as to the thrilling Incl
dents of that memorable struggle, all
American, and the war histories that
have lain upon the shelves for years,
are being taken down, re-read, and
extracts finding their way into the
newspapers and magazines. For in
stance: the Bangor Daily News of
April 5th comes to MS with a full
page and half of the entire two
chapters of the Write-up in Major
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THE MOTHER or MEDICINE

Isis, the Queen and afterwards W
Goddess. was called the Mother :"
Medicine" In ancient Egypt. oeh'u.
ries before Christ, women Ve'
skilled In medicine They knew wv
great value of medicinal plants
Hippocratcs, the Father ot Meu.
cine" many centuries later kHfs
less OF the merit Of vegetable drus,
than did the women OF sne'1
times.
LYDIA r. Pinkham. nearly nv
years ago. gave 60 women her We
stable Compound. now known even
where as Lydia T.. rinkhams We
etable Compound. This II a No"
ans medicine for wOman's ai"'
prepared from medicinal plah"
Adv.
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On the 5th day Of this month Mrs.
William Fraser of Vrusardis passed
her S5th birthday. At noon a picnic
dinner was served to her many
friends ana relatives and at an early
hour the guests took leave of Mrs.
Fraser. all hoping to again greet her
on her next birthday. Mrs. Fraser
is lady of pleasing personality, a
life long resident of her home town,
and a friend and we'll wisher to all
mankind.
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Logical Procedure

A number OF young women in
Washington official society once took
fencing lessons from a professional
instructor
Now, mademoisclle," said the
teacher to one girl with whom he had
been struggling to impart the first
principles of fencing. "how would
you use your foil IL your opponent
feinted?"
After due reflection the girl replied:
II think I'd just tickle her with the
point of 1t to ser whether she. was
taking. Orleans Times Plea
yune.