Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-03-22
THINKING.

If Won think you are beaten you are;
If YOU think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win but you think you
can't,
It's almost cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose. you've lost;
For all over the world we find
Success begins with a fellows will;
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think you're outclassed, you
are;
You've got to think high to rise
You've got to be sure of yourself be-
You can ever win a prize.
Lies battle doesn't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can!
Belfast, Route 8, March 4.
MY Dear Aunt Madge:
This is my third attempt to write
the Mutual Benefit column, and have
had faint heart so threw it in the
waste basket. l have been reader
OF Inc EllSWOTlll american III many
years. and quite often see the names
of people l once knew. When was a
child going to school in Franklin
we the pupils 1 mean) used to sing
THE Ship That Never Returned |
never forgot the tune, but had forgot
ten part of the words. l never saw
the music, and never heard it sung,
only at school. l remember the titles
of many songs we used to sing:
Long, Long Ago" My Mothers
Bible" The Vacant Chair That was
song of the Civil war of 1861 65. l
have the words and music of many.
If this is not thrown in the waste
basket l will tell you who l am, and
write any song | can for you, or will
tell you free, where you can get many
of the old songs-songs for all enter
tainments.
l shall await anxiously to see if l
am welcome. .
Sincerely,
"Faintheart."
81 "
Perhaps the poem will help you
keep up your courage so that you
will write again to the column; we
hope so.
Dear Aunt Madge and NJ. b. Sisters.
What a winter we have had. and are
you all glad that spring seems to be
in the air? This house is a little more
than like spring" just now at p. m.
No, don't scold please. l know l have
not written for a long time; had
nothing to write about but l certainly
enjoyed all that the others have con-
tril cd tp a nd toll ~
Aunt Fannys letters. Yes, Aunt
Fanny, / remember the hoop skirts,
the first ones made from round reed or
rattan as they called it, then came the
fiat reed that was great improve
ment on the round Oh, yes, | remem-
Der them, as | have held the reed for
my sister while she spliced some of the
hoop that was broken. My but that
was hoop skirt-must have been a
yard in diameter and | don't know
how much in circumference. They
Were certainly immense.
Then came the skeleton" That
was a hoop too, but on a smaller
scale-quite genteel But those
fashions We're not any worse than the
styles are now-no, they were an i'm
provement on some that are worn now
the hobble skirt, for one instance
They were made so that girls could
not climb fences, to get in the
orchards to steal apples--of course
mean eat apples.
Now comes the short skirt. They
are all right to a certain eXtent-short
enough to clear the ankle and very
easy for walking through the mud of
a spring day-but when you come to
the latest short skirt and rolled stock
ings, and painted knees-ugh! 1t
makes me tired! Aunt Fanny, l should
like to shake hands with you. l en-
joy your letters very much. and hope
sometime in the near future to know
you better.
Irish Molly"
Welcome back to the column,
Irish Molly, Was it telepathy that
caused you to write us just at that
time? For it comedies with my men
ton of you in the column that week.
Amt MADGE