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Ellsworth American., 1922-11-08
Southwest HarbOr.

Mr. and Mrs Levi Bennett of Ellis
worth Falls came Saturday to spend
a week or two with their grandson,
Winfred JOY. Henry Gray and wife
called for them on their way home
from Bangor.
Mrs. Roland Lunt has returned
home from Millinocket, where she
was called by the serious illness of
her daughter, Mrs. Helen Lynch,
who is now slowly recovering. Mr..
and Mrs. Chester Clement, with their
children, will spend the winter with
Captain and Mrs Lunt. Mr.. Clement
is employed by Contractor R. M.
Norwood.
Arlene, four-year-o daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Gott of ELS
worth, recently visited her aunt,
Mrs. Henry Gray.
Mrs. Walter Stanley, who has been
shut-in for several years, enter
tanned about twenty-eight members
of Rowena Rebekah lodge, at her
home Monday evening. Although a
member of this lodge, she is but
seldom able to attend the meetings.
Plans were discussed for the activi-
ties of the lodge, the dollar drive for
funds for the equipment, furnish
ings of lodge room, and to arrange
for the annual winter sale. A very
pleasant and profitable evening was
spent.
The funeral services of two valued
citizens were held here on two sue
cessive days of last week. Seth w.
Lurvey, who died October 27, leaves
to mourn, his loss wife, who has
been an invalid for several years, and
a son Samuel. The burial was at
Mountain Height, Monday, Oct. 80.
Mr. Lurvey was a genial man, with
ever a CHEEKY word and pleasant
joke. His friends will sadly miss his
kindly greeting. He was seventy
four years of age, honest and up
right in all his business relations,
and a devoted husband. He was a
kind father and esteemed neighbor.
The funeral Of Alton Billings, who
died October 2S, was held on the fol-
lowing Tuesday He had a critical
operation for appendicitis, and
though he had suffered several
weeks from the resulting illness, he
rallied and was brought to his home
here. A second relapse proved fatal,
and he passed away in the prime Of
life. He had much to live for, a
happy home, devoted wife, and
children. BY his genial ways he won
the respect and esteem of his towns
people. Deep sympathy is felt for
the sorrowing ones, his wife, who is
bereft of her strong protector, and
two sons, Maurice and Ronald, the
elder recently entering the U. of NJ,
and daughter Edna.
Nov. 6. Spray"
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East Sullivan.

Donald Estabrook, who is teaching
in Topsfield, spent weekend at
home recently.
Ralph Hanna left Saturday to take
a years course in the Auburn COM
mercial school.
Mrs. Ardena Merchant is visiting
Mrs Huntington, in North Brooks
Vile.
The truck-loads of Christmas
trees hauled to Tunk station, to be
shipped by Judson Gordon, are fore
runners of the fast approaching holi-
days.
Carlyle Bragdon of Bar Harbor,
son of Henry j. BragdOn, formerly of
this place, came with the G. H. Rich
ardsons for the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Hill and Mr..
and Mrs. C. H. Richardson were din
ner guests of the Fred V. Joys in
Winter Harbor, Sunday. Miss Le-
titia Joy, who returned with them,
is on her way to Southwest Harbor,
for visit
E. w. Doyle of the Portland
Rendering Co. spent Sunday at
home.
Milton Johnson has moved his
family from Tunk Pond to his home
in Ashville. Mr.. Johnson and his
son Dean have been employed by Os-
car Havey since early spring.
1t is good news to the friends Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Wilbur (Ruth
NAllen) that they are on their way
home from Constantinople with
their infant child, who was born in
Turkey.
The parent-teachers' association
will meet at the Grange hall the Sec
ond Tuesday in November.
Nov. g. H.
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Swans Island.

The Baptist church at Atlantic is
filled every evening with people from
all three villages, who attend the in
teresting meetings of the singing
evangelists, Rev. Mr.. Taylor and
daughter Ruth of Brunswick Sun
day noon several new converts will
be baptized at Boones Beach.
Work on the garages of Stock
bridge & Smith, and of Sherman
Joyce is progressing rapidly.
Mrs. Hannah Stanley of Minturn
has been visiting friends in Old
Harbor.
Miss Spiers, the Red Cross nurse,
has gone to Cranberry Isles.
A special town meeting will be
held November Z, to choose select
man and overseer of the poor, to fill
the vacancy caused by Oscar Bridges,
who is moving to Connecticut.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Fishermen's protective associa-
tion has been postponed to the 9Th,
at it's regular meeting place. All
fishermen are urged to attend as mat
ters of interest to the lobster fisher
men will be discussed.
Traders from the farming COM
munities on the mainland have been
visiting the island, affording
chance to stock up with vegetables
for the winter.
The Eureka, Capt. Grindle, from
Sargentville, has been in the harbor
several days.
George Lehner and Charles Fer
CURSOR of Deer Isle will give an en-
tertainment tonight at Red Mems
hall. There will be featured, a per-
forming pony and trained dogs, In
addition to several reels of motion
pictures.
C. nj. Richardson and Frank
Wheeler of Rockland have been in
town on business.
Y Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Edwards OF
Rockland, and their son, Edwin
Richard, jr., have been recent guests
at the Stanley house at Old Harbor.
Despite the recent snowstorm ana
several freeze-ups, when ice made an
inch in thickness. A. G. Smith re-
Gently found four-leaf clover with
clover-blossoms with all their sum-
mer freshness. Dandelions, too, are
yet in blossom
A 4O-light Western Electric
power and light plant is being in
stalled in Atlantic for A. c. Smith
and for the store and residence OF
Clarence Smith by F: c. Page OF
Bangor.
Nov 3 u.
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North Sullivan.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Bragdon of
East Sullivan and Carlyle Bragdon
of Bar Harbor were Sunday guests
at j. B. Havey's.
Alex Petrie and Rodney Ashe left
Saturday for Hallowell, where they
have employment.
Mrs. S. J. Gordon has returned
from Franklin, after visit of sew
eral weeks with her sister, Mrs. An
ME Blaisdell
Mrs. Annie Wentworth spent Sat
urday in Ellsworth.
Sherman Libby has gone to Ellis
worth Falls, where he has employ
ment.
Y Mr.. and Mrs. Galen Havey and
two children, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.
Abel and son Stuart, and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. Carpenter spent the
weekend at Molasses pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Carpenter and
son Paul of Boston are visiting rela,
tives here.
Ellsworth American., 1922-11-08
East Orland.

Mrs. Margaret Leach of Ellsworth
is visiting her cousin, Mrs. T. F..
Mason.
Karl Tarr and family have moved
from the village to the home of Ros-
coe Dorr, where they will spend the
winter
Mrs. Warren Dunbar, who was
called to Rockland by the illness of
her brother, returned home Satur-
day.
Mrs. E. L. Marks, Mrs. G. H. Snow
Mrs. Margaret Leach and Mrs. T. F..
Mason were in North Castine Tues
day, the guests of their aunt, Mrs
Clara Dunbar.
Sylvia Coombs has recovered from
her recent illness.
Mr.. Blake of Bangor has pur-
chased building lot at Toddy pond
of w. L. Wentworth.
E. L. Marks has fine flock of 200
April-hatched pullets. He is already
getting hundred eggs a day.
Ellsworth American., 1922-11-08
Prospect HarbOr.

1t. Col. Casper Cole and Mrs.
Cole of Bangor are spending a few
days with the j. w. Coles and other
relatives.
Miss Anna Paul of Corea is at
Capt. G. w. Colwell's for while.
Master Allison Workman cele-
brated his fourth birthday and his
first party the first of November.
Several little playmates were
present. Ice-cream and cake were
served for refreshments.
Miss Leitha Temple chose Hal
lowe'en for her school entertainment
and social to raise funds to buy a
Victrola for the schoolroom. The
hall decorations were simple but
suggestive of the occasion. The
stage was lighted only by Jack-o'-
lanterns, and mystery and supersti-
tion breathed from every nook and
corner when the ghosts walked and
the witches, on their brooms, sailed
through the openings. After the ex-
ercises the children bobbed for ap-
pies and played games. Homemade
candy and ice-cream were on sale.
Proceeds, SIS.
Capt and Mrs. G.. w. Colwell and
Miss Edna, with the L. p. Coles as
their guests, motored to Bangor Fri
day.
The Dorcas society was enter
tanned by Miss Vida Cleaves, Tues
day, and had an enjoyable after
noon.
Mrs. Frank Shaw has returned
from Hancock, where she has been
visiting her daughter. Mrs. Lydia
Colwell.
Nov e. G..
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Amherst.

MI. and Mrs. Charles Soper and
were in town Thursday.
Mrs. U. w. Dickey was business
visitor in Bangor this week.
The Halloween social and enter
tainment by the pupils of Mckinley
school was we'll attended. Over SIT
was obtained, with which to pur-
chase needed articles for the school.
Mary Reynolds, who is teaching
the Pershing school, spent the week
end at her home in Northeast Har-
Dor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Crosby are en-
ployed at Patterson's camps at Great
Pond.
A Christmas meeting of the Farm
Bureau will be held at Mary Ken
nistOn's Wednesday,, November Is.
The object of this meeting is to ex-
change ideas and suggestions for
Christmas gifts.
At the Farm Bureau committee
meeting held recently, the following
plans for the coming year were
made: Two lime demonstrations,
two top dressing grass land demon
strations, two improved potato seed
plots, accredited herd work, poultry
accounts, two spraying demonstra-
tions, two pruning demonstrations,
one killing and picking demonstra-
tion, one caponizing demonstration.
For the ladies' division, the follow
ing program was made: Millinery,
dress finishes, removal of stains, six
petticoat drafts, bread demonstra-
ton, corrective constipation diet, two
household accounts, two fireless
cookers, two dishwashing demon
strations. At present membership
drive is in progress, with the follow
ing in charge: Chairman, Harry G.
Silsby; solicitors, Ernest Richard
ardson, George Orcutt. To date, the
membership has reached thirty-five.
Nov g. e.
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fremont,

The harvest supper held at the
community building last Wednes-
day evening by the ladies' aid So
ciety, was success. About thirty
dollars was cleared. The money will
be used for church expenses.
Miss Georgia Rea, who Is teaching
at Pretty Marsh, spent the weekend
at home.
The Sunday school reopened last
Sunday and elected the following Of
ficers: Superintendent, Ralph
Wooster; assistant superintendent,
Helen F. Wooster; secretary, Ruth
Hanscom; treasurer, Ruth G. Kit
tredge; young peoples class teacher,
Rev. o. L. Olsen; class number two,
Mrs. Harry Latty, and class number
three, Mrs. Clifton Rich.
The library committee is busy this
week moving the books to the new
building which will be opened to the
public Saturday afternoon
Ellsworth American., 1922-11-08
PenobscOt.

Mrs. Eta Brown of Camden Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. H. E. Perkins,
the past week.
The students of Clark high school
held Halloween social at Town
hall, Monday evening During the
evening a pleasing farce was pre-
sented. The hall was attractively
decorated with orange and black
Homemade candy was on sale dur
ing the evening.
spent several days here, the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Hutchins.
Mr.. and Mrs Ray Wardwell of
Harborside spent the weekend with
Mrs. Wardwells mother, Mrs.
Grover.
George Grindle and family have
moved into the Archer Bridges house
for the winter
Mrs. Theo G. Perkins and children
have gone to Roxbury, Mass, to
make their home. Mr.. Perkins has
been in business there for several
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hutchins have
gone to Castine, where Mr.. Hutchins
is employed on the golf links. They
are occupying the Howard Lowell
bungalow at Wadsworth Cove.
Miss Muriel Hatch, who has been
the guest of Mrs. G. Lester Hale the
past week, has returned to her home
in Dark Harbor.
The store property formerly owned
by the late B. H. Leach, and recently
by William Steele of Castine, has
been sold to Bert Hendrickson of
Bluehill. The building is being thor
oughly repaired, and Mr.. Hendrick-
son and family will occupy the tene-
ment upstairs, and open a store and
barber shop below.
Ernest Snowman has returned to
his home in Somerville, Mass, after
visiting his mother, Mrs. Phebe
Snowman.
The many friends of Carroll
Wardwell will be interested to learn
that he is in the Tapley hospital in
Belfast, where he underwent an
operation for appendicitis, Friday
morning. All hope for his speedy re-
covery.
Edwin Leach of Dark Harbor Wis
tied his mother, Mrs. Ruth Leach,
few days last week.
The many friends of Mrs. Flora B.
Littlefield will be pleased to know
that she was able to go to the home
of her brother, Norman Grindle, in
Castine, Saturday. Mrs. Littlef1eld
has been confined to the house for
the past three months with a severe
attack of rheumatic fever. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Flora Leach of
Monmouth, who is caring for her.
Mrs. Everard Leach has returned
from Surry, where she visited her
brother, Alliston Milliken.
The services at the Methodist
church Sunday were especially in
teresting. The speaker was Rev. Mr.
Barbor, an Armenian, who is stu
dent at the Bangor Theological semi
nary.
The Francis Indian orchestra will
hold a dance at Town hall Thursday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Leach and
son Russell are home from Gardiner,
where they have been living for the
past year.
Miss Ethel Leach, who has a
position with Rines Co., Bangor, Is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Norris Leach. Earle Honey of Ban
gor is her guest.
Ellsworth American., 1922-11-08
LIaInOine.

LHmOIucs
Capt. Chas. Hodgkins and wife left
Friday for their winter home in
Stuart, Florida.
Rev. G. Mayo and wife of Bangor
were in town Saturday. Mr.. Mayo
is somewhat improved, but still un-
able to resume his work.
Nov. s. L.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

Take the time to examine
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

The literary editor of the London
Sphere somehow has reached the
conclusion that "The Cruise of the
Kawa" is not authentic. He even
insinuates that the photographs Of
Traprock's adventures in the Fill
bert Isles were made in a moving
picture studio. He writes: "The
book is so obviously a fake, and
even the illustrations seem to me to
be a strain after funniness, which
does not come of. Such photo
graphs could, / imagine, be pro-
duced in any film factory"
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

THE MOON OUT OF REACH. BY
Margaret Pedler. George III. Doran
Company. .
"HE highly temperamental hero
inc, Nan. of this novel is in
imminent danger of being
married all through the book, and
when she is not being dragged
toward the altar she is being tempted
to elope, without ceremony. Natu-
rally it keeps her in a state of
mind" and one can't help being sorry
for her, although, of course. you
know she is going to bring down the
particular moon she really wants
safely enough in the end First
there was the fashionable artist, with
whom Nan rather fancied she was in
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

mate Of the Jane Gladys and the
Captain.
These worthies take turns, more
or less, at holding the center of the
stage in the series of comic ex-
ploits, which commence between the
crew of the Jane Gladys and an
other vessel, and run happy course,
afloat and ashore. up to "The End
of a Perfect Day." which included
the impounding of a whole case Of
Purple Seal tobacco.
Mr.. Howard's mariners, ancient
and youthful, are less extravagantly
pictured than those whom Mr..
Jacobs had made famous and, TO
some extent, are therefore the more
plausibly real. The comic situations
are all good. sometimes with even
a touch of novelty. None of them
are at all impossible, though they
are often boisterous. The book is
farce comedy of a very good grade,
skilful in construction and felicitous
in its stage setting. There is enough
connective tissue to make it pos
sible TO read the book as a continu-
Gus whole and enough variety in the
Incident to keep it from being cloy-
ing, even if taken down at a single
sitting.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

THEE CITY OF FIRE. BY Grace Liv
ingstol Hill. Philadelphia: j. B
Lippincott Company.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

servants, had his favorite dog put TO
death. and sought a home in an
environment where she was not
known. Timmy, presumably having
no knowledge of all this. claims to
see the widow always accompanied
by a tall, middle aged, soldierly figure
and a sedate wire haired terrier.
And when Enid eonfesses to an un-
controllable aversion TO dogs Jimmy
finds a satisfactory explanation in
the fact that the fear and hostility
shown by all dogs at her approach
is due to their fear of this phantom
dog stalking beside her. Perhaps
this is too bald a. way of stating the
case. For the most part the autho-
leaves you free to decide for yourself
whether the boy has second sight or
whether he delights impishly in in
venting perturbiTg fictions.
Al all events r nmy is the Deus
eT Machina who aves the situation.
banishes the designing widow and
guides the course of true love into
safe channels. All of which wouli
be quite enjoyable were it not for
that element of spiritualism which
seems so wholly preposterous to any
reader not imbued with the same
sort of abnormality.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
HAPPY RASCALS. BY r. Morton
Howard. E. p. Dutton & Co.

HAPPY RASCALS. BY r. Morton
Howard. E. p. Dutton & Co.
TT is always a pleasure to well
come the advent Of a new
humorist. Mr.. Howard should
find no difficulty in reaching an
American audience with an Offering
so attractive as the ten stories of
this collection. The title Is well
chosen, although in most cases the
rascals come out of their adventur-
Gus experiments somewhat the worse
for wear. But they are an engaging
crew of trouble makers, happy in
their intentions and very efficient,
though the actual results are not
always those intended. They are
sailors of the w. w. Jacobs breed,
but there is nothing of the imita-
tive or conventional about them.
Each is a definite human being, old
Samuel Clark, who claims the privi-
lege due to his years of pushing the
kidnapped temperance lecturer into
the water, and his younger asso-
ciates, not forgetting the lovelorn
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
New Fiction
Continued from Preceding. Page.

basement kitchen of the Fifty-fourth
street lodging house (fat Julia who
was once the slim Giuletta of Romeo
all unbelievable, but you believe in
it only the more.
Something ought to be said Of Mr.
Marechal Wimple, otherwise Wee
ME" Wimpie, conductor of the chill
dren's page and fabricator of bed
time stories for the paper-a seven
teen year slave to that Juvenile
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lovable, Alto
getEer human in his whimsicality,
his romance and his final heroism-
In fact, if we must choose among
these delectable folk, Wimple is the
best done of the lot. 1t is a charac-
ter study that suggests that if Mr..
Gabriel chooses to follow that line
he may be capable of writing a
novel of first rate Importance.
The slightly moralized conclusion
of the fable is. perhaps, a little too
obvious> Jimmy and her lover. of
course, realize, after the sonnets
have been found, and lost again,
that they knew the message already:
And had they really read them,
these old celebrations of love
long dust, what should they have
learned which was not now their
secret? What was there written
in the book of any man which
they had not already known, al
ready read, recited, to remember
until life should end? Beyond
life, too, perhaps. =.
Yet the conclusion is not over
stressed, and it was, perhaps, nee
essary to state it clearly. The book
is one that beyond question marks
the coming of a new American now
elist who may go far. for it shows
an unusual mastery of technic, .of
difficult construction, as well as the
fineness of insight and the poetic
gift, which Mr.. Gabriers earlier
work has shown to large and SYM
pathetic audience.
GEORGE WOOD.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

love. He loves her. but he loves his
art and financial success more and
deliberately jilts her to marry hor-
ridly rich widow. Next comes Peter,
the .mous novelist, and here their
love is the Real Thing (needing cap
itd fetters), but unfortunately Peter
is already equipped with a wife, who
is a "she- deviP' and also out of the
way in India, but none the less an
obstacle, as Peter is very, very noble
and honorable, and so is Nan.
So she gets herself engaged to the
rugged Roger, a country squire with
a fat bank account and broad acres"
and a liberal allowance of "virility."
But Roger, alas. like the famous
Matthew Wycombe Coo of the "Bab
Ballads" is "a man of nearly forty
two" though he has no other resem-
blance to the gentle Coo, being, in
deed, a very rough and stern and
passionate gentleman. Peter and the
artist, however, hang around, and
there is also the youthful Sandy, for
the necessary comic relief as an
extra lover. Anybody can see that
Nan is in for trouble, as she is in
honor bound to Roger, is still some
what fascinated by the artist AMI
really loves Peter.
The gentlemen take turns in
harassing her. There is a good deal
of kissing. "She was powerless in
the yiselike grip of his arms, and the
next moment he was kissing her,
eyes and mouth and pulsing throat,
with terrible, burning kisses that
seemed to scar their way through
her whole body" That was Roger;
but the others do pretty well, too.
To get away from Roger she runs
off with the artist, but is rescued
from him by Peter and Sandy just in
time, and eventually Peters unneces-
sary wife is removed, Roger expert
ences change of heart and let's her
off, and all is well.
1t is a highly sentimental affair;
much like the stories, once very
popular, by "The Duchess" but su-
perior. in that this tale is written in
very good English, and even has
some glimmers of humor Moreover,
we are in really good society all the
time; the Mdies and gentlemen are
naturally well hammered and wear
their clothes and their ideas without
affectation. Nan even has a useful
uncle who is lord and who is done
very well indeed Mrs. Pedler's mar
rative is smooth, her manner pleas
ant, and despite rs complete con-
ventionality the story has some real
interest and its incidents are well
put together.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
THE SIN OF MONSIEUR PETITION.
By Richard Conneil George H.
Doran Company.

Mr. coNNELL is a happy
M fdrceur. Some of the dozen
As stories in this collection are
very good. and the average is fair to
middlin' Of the standardized Ameri-
can magazine humorous short story.
They vary considerably among them
selves as to carefulness of finish and
also as to felicity of plot. Some are
just a bit overfamiliar, like the case
of the man who attained an appear
ance of culture" by memorizing the
articles in the A volume of the en-
cyclop9dia, only to be eclipsed by
his more ambitious rival who swal-
lowed the IBIS to Cal" volume also.
Some of the others we have also met
before. But they are cleverly put
together and there is genuine laugh
ter in all. The title story, of the
conscientious second class French
Ships steward, has originality, and
is the best of the lot. 1t is a pleasant
volume to dip in-o for one or two
stories at a time, bat one should not
try to swallow it a: gulp.
The ghost of o. Henry broods over
it all, with a rather sardonic grin.
though one can imagine his intelli-
gent Shade a little annoyed, as well
as amused, at the things he has done
to the American short story. Por-
ter at his infrequent best was an
indisputable genius, and that is pre-
cisely why his best remains quite
inimitable. But it is only too easy
to learn the mechanics of his usual
method and turn out acceptably
readable near o. Henry magazine
stories. The effect has been pain
fully deadening. 1t makes one hun
ger for the appearance of another
Stockton or, even better, new III.
c. Bunner, who might inspire the Sc
lective editorial mind to finer ideals.
Mr.. Connell could do very much bet
ter work than this, one feels sure,
II his paymasters would let him, for
his insight and understanding of
human beings are real and his hu-
NOR is sound, but the method is
shackling.