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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-20
Augusta Lodge Directory

AUGUSTA LODGE NO. t41. r. 4 A.
NJ Special communication Tuesday
evening. Nov. II, at 7.30 o'clock. Work
in f. c. degree. A cordial invite ton
is extended to all sojourning brethren
D. SAUNDERS PATTERSON, W. Nj.
BERT r. STUART. See.
Bethlehem LODGE, NO. IS, r. 4
A. NJ Special communications Monday.
evening, Nov. oo.--Worli in l.. a. and
+. c. degrees. All sojournins brethren
cordially invited.
PEARLE E. FULLER. Sec
ROSE OF SHARON CHAPTER. NO.
Is, 0. E. S. Stated meeting on the LIST
Wednesday OF each month at Masonic
Temple. All sojourning members are
cordially invited to attend.
ELSIE NJ. PTNGREE. Sec.
ron-wed-fri.tf
Odd Fellows Hall
ASYLUM LODGE. NO. 70. !. o. o. r.
Regular meeting Friday evening at
GEo IS 3 McG EB H.! n. G.
JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENr. NO. g
ant fourth Tuesday. Tuesday. Nov. %:
! Patriarchal degree. Nomination or
JOHN c. HowEs. C. P.
G. S. PEAsLEE Scribe.
CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. m.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
nation of officers. inspection of Canton.
Full dress. Refreshments.
GEORGE H. WADLEIGH. Capt.
A. M. DRUMMOND. Clerk.
+. 8. cAPEN RE6EKAH LODGE,
No. So. |. o. o. F.. meets "a and 4th
"Wednesday We aase eysnins at "so O'CLOCK
Mrs MRS s sApiE +. METcALF. Rec. Sec.
mch26. m-w-f,1yr
G. A. e., THE REGULAR MEETING
of Seth Williams Post No. 10. first
Thursday of each month.
GEO. e. GAY, Commander.
WILLIAM McDAVID. Adjutant.
cALANTHE LODGE. NO. So, X. p.
Meeting every Wednesday night at $50
at Castle hall, Water street. Work In
the rank of Esquire.
PERCY +. 3. KNOX. K. of R. and S.
mon-tu-wed-tf
AUGUSTA LODGE NO. s64. e.P.o.E.
Regular meetings in the Elks' Home;
Winthrop street, the second and
fourth Thursdays OF each month at .
EDWARD P. DUNN. E. R.
W. g. THOMAS. Sec.
jn1.m-w-th.tf
KENNEBEC LODGE, NO. 1853.
Loyal Order of Moose. meets in G. a.
r. hall. Water street, first. and third
Wednesday evening of each month at
s o'clock.
w. w. JACKSON. Sec. Is Pike Sc.
U.o.G.c. MORRILL, CoMMANDERY
No. 326. Regular meetings SECOND and
fourth Tuesday Of every month at 500
o'clock at Golden Cross hall.
M. i. SMITH. N. c.
w. E. CLOUGH, F. K. r.
LOMBARD CAMP, 2751 ROYAL
Neighbors Of America. Meetings sec:
ond and fourth Friday evenings Of
BERTHA M. OVERLOOK. Oracle.
JULIA l.. ROBINSON. Rec.
jn1 .mon-wed-fri.1y
AUGUSTA CAMP NO. 74oo, N. W. A.
Regular meeting second and fourth
Monday of each month at G. A. r.
hall.
J. H. ELLIS. JR.. Consul.
BERT L. NICHOLAS. Clerk.
m-w-f.tf
SETH WILLIAMS NATIONAL RE-
lief Corps, No. Sc. Regular meetings
in Grand Army hall the second and
f + ~ b Wednesday OF each month at
'' MABEL DEARBORN. Pres.
EMMA A. GANNETT. Sec'y.
mch24. mon-wed-fri.1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-20
ESTABLISHED 1925

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Winfield Martin.

The month of October, 1922, was
the coolest October PASSPORT and
vicinity has ever experienced since
that of 1907, which had a mean tenn
pcraturc of As degrees as compared
with a mean of 46 degrees for the
month just closed. according to the
report of John ]. Murphy in charge
of the meteorological bureau there.
The mean for October 1921, was 40
degrees. and the normal mean for
October is 4S degrees. The first
half of the month was warm and
mild and the temperature was gen.
orally considerable above normal. but
colder weather was the rule in the
last half and the temperature excess
was soon turned into deficit. The
lowest temperature, % degrees on
the 10th, while 2.dcsrce5 warmer than
the absolute lowest for the month,
was the lowest ever reached so early
in the month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-20

In 1876 the town of Madawaska
was called upon TO elect a represen-
tative to the legislature. Joseph D.
Cyr, q farmer Of Van Buren,. was the
choice of the voters. Although he
was not an educated man, Mr.. Cyr
was a practical business man and
knew the needs of his fellow men
of the St. John Valley from their
government. He wore his modest
suit Of homespun to the capital and
seat among his colleagues when he
was not able to understand or speak
their language. His immediate sue
cessors to the legislature were
Francis Thibodeau, Paul Cyr. Joseph
Nadeau and Firnin Cyr. The val
liant fight made by Paul Cyr against
the land owners who refused to open
up their land to settlers will always
be remembered. About this time
Joseph Tibbitts realized the project
Of establishing 4 steamship line on
the st. John river between Grand
Falls and the st. Francis river. Two
steamships were soon after launched,
the Madawaska and the Drake. Their
first trips caused much CONSERVATION
among the savages, who believed
they were agencies of the Evil One
and abandoning their homes. they
fed to the interior. These boats were
kept running for several summers,
but as they were not a paying pro-
DOSitiOn thew were TRANSPORTED be-
low the Grand Falls, where they
we're hauled out of the river and
abandoned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-20

JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT, NO. 8
ant. fourth Tuesday. Tuesday. Nov. 2S.
Patriarchal degree. Nomination of
officers.
JOHN c. HOWES. c. P.
G. S. PEASLEE. Scribe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-20

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. M.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at o'clock. Tuesday. Nov. 81, nomi-
nation of officers. inspection of Canton.
Full dress. Refreshments.
GEORGE II. WADLElGH, Capt.
A. M. DRUMMOND. Clerk.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

and consequently she is in great demand. She
is small, wiry Irishwoman, who was once
very pretty. She is married to gentleman
whose chief amusements in life are synthetic
whisky and the beating of Della. They tive in
two basement rooms, rent free, by reason Of
the janitorial duties which Mr.. MCGEE is sup
posed to perform. Every day, after washing,
ironing and cleaning, Della returns home, gives
her husband her money and begins to sweep
and mop, polish and shine. Many mornings
she comes into the Office with both eyes dis
colored and great purple bruises over her
body because of the playfulness OF her life
partner. Della does not complain. She is very
humble, very meek, very timid. She sniss a
bit in self pity, but she could do different II
she wanted to- For Della is an heiress in her
own right, as we all know.
And the how-come Of that is this: For sew,
eral years before the war the McGees had
roomer, nice, quiet young man with good
job on the cars. He saw the life that poor,
meek little Della endured, and whether his
heart was torn with pity for her or whether
her pathetic faded sweetness stirred deeper
affection, who cal. tell? At any rate, when he
went off to war he took out ten thousand doll
lars life insurance in her name, and was
promptly killed. In due time Washington sent
Della notice Of the facts of the case, and She
hugged them jealously to her breast. She did
not know what to do. Her husband would
surely think that there had been something
between them, when the poor dear had hardly
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by George ;. chappeIl

slipping and falling under the forefeet Of
pair of fiery bays attached to the regal chaise
of millionaire. But he is up and OFF again.
In a second Mark had disappeared and was
lost in the city maelstrom.'
What spirited picture it is! What mar
velous individual initiative it conjures upl
And how drab would be the inevitable sequel
to-day which would read:
"At the corner of Eighth Street and Broad
day Mark unfortunately ran into a traffic cop
who was functioning perfectly. In attempt
ing an east-and-west crossing at time when
movements in this direction were temporarily
suspended the youth broke Regulation No. 492,
Paragraph 8, and ended his career in the
Center Street precinct station. The message
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

reached the bridges which led TO Manhattan
Island and into the very corner Of the whirl-
pool 1 felt comparatively secure actually
got quite skittish and playful and skipped
anead or several large juggernauts full Of
solvent-looking people.
And then I suddenly found myself on q
bridge, with trolley car Just back and .
siow-movlng ash cart ahead. AS far as /
could see stretched vista of various vehicles
Below my feet river tug belched and blew.
was in very inferno of traffic.
Events thereafter were a mad mixture If
signals, sernaphores, whistles, uplifted batons,
arrows pointing down one-way streets, no.
parking ssgns, rhantasmagoria of menacins
monsters. Some way or other got into Cen
trai Fark and enjoyed brief respite of green
spaces and comparatively open road. My only
error was IN taking one wrong turn, which led
mo to the lions cages. into which felt that
couio cneerfully creep for peace and rest
South Of Fifty-ninth Street cans he
supreme test-Fifth Avenue wss deter
mined to attempt it. could not yeturn home
ana say that had avoided it. Both Lizzie ana
were steanaing at every pore. The flashing
lights from the signal towers mean nothing e
me. My only safety lay in doing just what
every one else did. Crawling along in cloud
of vapor, I managed to reach Forty-secona.
otreet. The car ahead Of me, which nad
been slavishly initiating, darted ahead just e
whistle rang out I followed, and was sua-
denly confronted by towering igure with up
raised arm. Instinctively jammed On tns
brake-and stalled,
Yes there was, stalled at the dead censer
OF Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street. sas
focal center Of the traffic world. had 40 sel.-
starter. sat there helpless as the huge ol'
ficer numbered toward me. With one hand g
felt in his pocket for summons blank. u nas
mind flashed the picture of myself IN dask
prison, my weeping wife feeding me throusu
the bars. In the mean time the traffic Of sae
world waited. The officer reached my side ana
glared at me for moment. Then his gsnoe
took in my wae car and her excited ccndatsoa
A sparkle Of humanity glearled IN his eye, .,
pressed in q memorable remark:
''Wat in he'll ar're ye ioin' on Fif' Assacos
G'war, git outer here.n
leaped to the crank, twirled Il and ss|ss
gladdened BY an answering roar. Ten ni'uusss
latar Lizzie WAS safely tucked Ii . Sa1asssS
ssDid you have any trouble?' asked nv W.
when I churned into oar drive that eysnla.3
ssTroubss?r laughed gayly. Mot y ssss
why should II"
But my advice to others making thels a1s
entry into our great snetrcpolis q g M
licensed pilot. B
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

even said "Good day" so shy he'd bean
she claimed the money the neighbors misit
talk, too. 1t was also more than lkslv ts,t
her husband would drink 1t all up anvhou .ss
in year or two they'd be right back w..
they were. And, although Delia's welLwish.,.
were many and many hands were streteh.d
out to help her get the money which wsa IL
just due, Della refused. And so she wast.s
her way along, repeating dolefully after ea.h
beating, "Well (sniff), don't have |, stand
1t. I could do different If wantel ta..
And so the parade goes on. The phoaa
rings, and frantic lady reports the absence
OF her best satin sports skirt, last seen vasm
Hanna was busting the bedroom The cflee
door opens to admit Mignon, who wishes /,
complain about the meals that Mrs. Feiubars
had the nerve to give her. A petition, signed
or marked by all the day workers, Is mn
sented; S4.20, they declare, is not enough for
an eight-hour day. The rate should be changed
to S4.80. The Housewives League Of Ridse-
wood has also sent petition to the effect tat
S4.2o for day workers is robbery and that tAs
rate should be made $3.50 at once.
Perhaps, after all, the whole situation csn
be summed up in the statement made by th
plaintive lady from Flatbush, who called up 70
say that her day worker was walking cut
on her.
"Vot does she want from me?" she inquired
pathetically; "I'm not unreasonable. vun day
she washes, vun day she cleans. She's no mora
human than ami"
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w;'h pictures by William IIqgarIh >Jr.

strlctive ordinances which govern us to-day
upon the overwhelming use Of motor vehicles
to which we have succumbed. Getting run over
ny lady's landau was all very we'll; it held
endless possibilities Of romance But a large
double-decked bus or a truck laden with gas
ranges is an entirely different matter. An
initiating speed and destructive weight are
all against the pedestrian. The ni1nble- footed
chamois is in the discard
Along with thousands of others. I am an
automobile addict in modest way The be-
ginning was easy. Living in the suburbs. it
was child's play TO tool my little tin car about
our shaded streets; beating my horn at pr ,per
intervals, and executing hairpin turns about
telegraph poles with the abandon of film
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

comedy. With my first trip to the city came
a rude awakening. Into each motorridden
nome must come this tremendous adventure
OF the first penetration into the mazes of the
metropolis. I imagine my case to be typical.
1t was preceded by much dispute. verpino IN
bitterness.
i believe | will drive into town to-day" I.
announced one blithe May morning.
My wife looked at me in horror.
"You mean you mean" she +oo,,
long draft of coffee to steady her ne. yes.
Yes, mean it," replied coldly, nv face
pale with determination. III have raft of
books and parcels to bring out, and can do II
so easily with the car"
"But what am to dot" Was the wa;ing
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
@ THOSE WORK-A-DAY BLUES ~ -
By ORIANA T. MacIL LVEEN

armor. Then she languidly takes up the task
that she was hired to perform. Ruin follows
in her path. If she has been hired to wash
and iron, you may be sure that she has brought
few of her own garments to slip into the
tub with the madam's, and 1t is even more
likely that she will spend good part Of the
time allotted to ironing in smoothing out
her own clothes, II she Is not carefully
watched. And if she IS carefully watched,
and reasonable amount Of labor expected,
she is quite likely to leave your clothes in the
tub or on the floor or wherever they happen
to land, and leave you flat And the next
day in solemn conclave at the agency she will
swear that you are slave driver and shrew
and will refuse to be sent out to you again.
Her malicious description will discourage her
none-too-eager companions and it is doubtful
whether you will ever be able to secure the
services If another woman from that agency.
United they stand.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

- UR1NG the recent cross-country tour
with number Of gentlemen who are
49, in the writing line it was my good
fortune to be lavishly entertained by
various boards Of trade in several Of our large
Western and mid-Western cities. One Of the
pleasantest features Of our fleeting visits was
almost always an automobile ride about the
particular city in which we happened to be.
We We're shown the sights. The new Elks
Club, the latest Office building or hotel, the city
stadium All the milestones Of progress were
pointed out to as as we lolled back on our
cushions with the airs of royalty. After navi-
eating the business sections we were whirled
through the park into the residential district
to inspect the handsome homes, the country
club and the prize view
Delightful as was the fresh country air
after the banquet Of the evening before think
1T was the city itself which I enioyed most.
Something in the tumultuous come-and-po Of
the public thoroughfares awakened in me a
sense of familiarity My feeling was that
had done it all before, not here in Omaha or
Seattle or Portland, but elsewhere in some
dreamlke past And then, puzzling over this
4
i's familiarity sprang from the traffic itself
and the way 1t was handled, or, rather the
way 1T wasn't. And further realized that we
IN New York had been slowly and unconscious
~ invaded by system of traffic regulation
which has come perilously near to crushing out
the last spark or individual freedom left to
nan-namely, the choice of how and when he
shall walk or drive about in the open air.
What reused the sleeping memories OF
youthful days during my Western pilgrimage
was the happy -go-lucky, care-free way in
which pedestrians automobiles and trolley
cars all picked out q certain corner and made
for it simultaneously. The result was q ter
rlfic but exciting tangle Conductors bawled
at chauffeurs, while men and women sifted
through the mesh as best they might. Thus
1t used to be in my younger days in New York
Crossing the street then was an adventure,
reat of great agility, sometimes an acrobatic
performance Nowadays it is more Of grave,
civic duty, a gesture Of obedience to the
odiously necessary law. remember vaguely
passages which thrilled me in the literature Of
the period, passages descriptive Of phases in
the life of Mark the Match Boy who was
then winning his wey to sFame and Fortune"
Mark has just received an important message
from the rich Mr.. Barker, who is destined
later to guide the youth to great riches The
message must be delivered at the Astor House
within ten minutes. Did Mark hesitate? Mol
ON he darted, threading his way through the
dense tras6c, as nisable footed as q chanois.
4oo9tng Under the pole Of great drsy. now
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response. with all my errands and market
ing and'--,
What did you do before you had the carr"
This is cruel and unanswerable question.
| suppose every husband in the world ba.
used it.
You Will smash Lizzie all to pieces"
Is there anything more maddening than
"omans soilcltude over car that is being
taken from her? 1t never enters her head to
worry about the possibility Of her husbands
smashing himself to pieces.
Nonsense" I said. 81 can drive perfectly.
can back and everything"
We debated this point for some time, nun,er-
GUS instances being cited to prove my utter in
capacity. The field Of the argument broad
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15


Surely with the en-
actment Of our multi.
farious laws much of
the romance of life
has passed away.
/ myself witnessed a
charming incident un-
der the old regime.
With an extremely
absent-minded friend,
| was about to cross
Fifth Avenue when our
progress was barred by
an old-fashioned vic
toria, In wSseh sat two
starchy and arissscratic
ladies. The carrsgSe
came to a halt just in
front Of us. I naturally
stopped in my tracks.
-
Not so my friend. who,
mounting the step and
skiilfully avoiding the
occupants feet, con-
tinued on his way, ne
moving his hat as he
did so and fnurmuring
with unconscious po-
liteness, II beg your
pardon" ] have never
forgotten the comment
OF the elder Of the
two ladies. "Well, I
declareW she gasped,
and then, turning to
her companion, "but I
must say he was very
polite about it,.
/ think we must
hlanae most Of the re-
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tilcQ.
"You have to have a
iriver's license to drive
in New York City"
I denied this hotly.
"Only il you live
there"
"But where will YOU
put the carr"
I had thought Of
parking it round the
corner from my Office
on the theory that
Fords are like UNI
brellas; if you find
yours gone you take
the next one--but I
hastily Abandoned this
idea.
In . garage, oa
course. There's a fine
on Q in Forty-first
Street, y
Thus ! fought, tax
ing one position after
another by sheer OBJ
sti1lacy. which event
tually won. A cold
kiss. a rueful wave OF
adieu, and + chugged
out Of the drive and
headed for the me
s.ropolis.
will not 90 into
my periences In de-
tail. I eannot. Thev
are 2 vague blur. i
was too tense and ter
ritied 70 taks any 40
tual count Of what 1
experienced. UnEil II
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tie further up the social scale, still it is vsyY
little, indeed The Southern negro treats her
Northern employer with the easy familiarity
of an equal The West Indian, however, treats
her employer as an inferior. West Indians,
they will tell you, are British subjects and
don't have to take sass from anybody. Day
workers may differ as to color and religion,
but it's one creed for all: Get as much az you
can for as little as you can give"
The agency doors open at o'clock, ana
there is always crowd awaiting adn,ttance.
The employer telephones an order for day
worker the day before she is needed. and the
women are sent out promptly after o'clock.
Therefore the day workers day begins at the
time she reaches her employers home-the-
oretically about 8 o'clock. After the day
worker arrives she must be given break
fast, for how can you expect woman to work
on empty stummick? The reason they do
not eat breakfast before coming to work is
easily explained. They can bully the employer
into feeding them. Part Of the creed states
work the madam for breakfast" So they do.
Following leisurely breakfast, the day
worker changes unhurriedly into her working
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

"HE Office of the placement secretary
in domestic employment agency is
A the stage across which comedy,
tragedy, farce and melodrama follow
each other in never-ending succession. The
secretary who deals with white as we'll as
with colored help has particularly rich field
Of drama spread out before her, and if she
has common sense enough not to believe a
word they say and self-control enough to keep
her from committing murder she can enjoy
her work thoroughly.
The women's department Of the domestic
employment agency Is jammed each weekday
morning with "day workers"-women seeking
daily employment as cleaners or washer
women--West Indians, Southern colored, q few
white women of various nationalities. And
a more belligerent lot it would be difficult to
find.
Between the day workers themselves the
color line is not very sharply drawn. It's
live and let live among them. And they unite
firmly against the capitalistic beast, the en-
ployer. The white women convey the impress
sion that although the employer may be lit
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Illustrations BY ETHEL pLUMMER

o'clock will see her grumbling exit. Your
nerves will be hanging in tatters, and the
household machinery will be totally disrupted.
Then there is the game Of seek and hide.
Matilda and Martha are two Of the best at
this game, and although the finger Of suspi-
cion has pointed in their direction many
times they have always managed to evade jus
tice Matilda and Martha are West Indians,
two Of the craftiest Of the crew. They are
the bitterest Of enemies, but because both are
leaders the rest draw little apart and due
to the solitude Of superiority they are forced
to be much together. Matilda has religion
In fact, most Of the ladies Of color who fire.
quent the agency have either religion or spir-
itualism, but Matilda has religion more vio-
lently than the rest In addition to the usual
little straw handbag containing her working
Clothes Matilda always brings her Bible to
read while she waits. It is the tiniest book
imaginable, scarcely discernible In the great
black hands that hold It, She settles down
on chair near the desk, elevates her feet
comfortably on the little straw bag and holds
the Bible down under the swelling expanse
OF her ample bosom. Her chin is drawn in.
and on her face Is an expression of much dig
nifty and learning. Her lips move as she reads
and her companions regard her in silence and
in awe.
One day she was called to the desk for an
assignment and she left the Bible on the seat
or the chair that she had just vacated When
she returned it had disappeared Slow fury
distorted her face as she gazed down at the
sea OF rolling eyes and flashing teeth. Inno-
cence cleaned from every eye The silence
was intense. Only over there fat Martha shook
with uncomfortable mirth.