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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21
Keeping Up Morale
Capt. Swift Describes
Co. FPS Conditions

The recent publicity and discussion
concerning the limitation OF the
Maine National Guard to strength
less than that prescribed by the War
Department and provided for by Con-
gress, has brought forth some inquiry
as to just how it effects the future OF
the units maintained in Augusta.
This question, the Journal asked OF
Capt. Raymond w. Swift of Com
pany F.
Capt. Swift las all along been an
enthusiastic supporter of the Ma
tional Guard. His war experience
convinced him of the need Of prop
erly trained militia. The valuable
work that he has done in behalf OF
the loca, organization. Company f, OF
which he is now in command. is ap-
preciated. by all Augusta people.
"As a member Of the National
Guard" he replied, sit would be I'M
becoming of me to comment on the
Limitation question as far as the
military policy of the State is con-
cerned, but in SO far as it affects
Company +, do feel that it is prop
CT for me to clear up any misunder-
standing which may have arisen.
"a number of young men who have
been considering enlistment in the
National Guard have asked whether
Company + would continue in its
work as it has in the past, and also
if there is room for any new men in
the outfit. Such questions from men
who come to us for enlistment have
led mo to believe that similar doubts
in the minds of others might keep
them from even applying for enlist
ment.
'In order that every man who
wishes to serve in the infantry may
know that there is still excellent op-
rortunity for service and training, 4
wish to state that there have been no
measures taken to discontinue or re-
duce the strength Of units already
organized, and that Company z has
still the same use and need for sin
cere hard working young men such
as have characterized it's personnel
since organization. There is now
room for thirty-five more men, the
sary to fill the company to maximum
peace strength.
"The policy of the Company is to
maintain strength somewhere be-
tween the minimum and the maxi
mum, keeping a close watch at all
times on the quality Of material alb
sorbed. The physical requirements.
while far from prohibitive, demand
that a man shall be sound, healthy
and clean. A strict adherence to
these qualifications has made it pos
sible to assemble such a personnel as
carried off the honors in competition
at Camp Devens last summer.
Company + wants recruits" con-
tinued Capt. Swift. ut does not re-
quire developed men. but it does want
men of sound minds and bodies who
are sincere in their intentions to
work and be developed along military
lines. The 'rawest recruit is most
welcome if he wants to learn to
soldier and has a desire to serve his
country.
1.-THE morale Of Company F is ex-
cellent. The boys are deeply inter-
ested in their work and feel that the
future welfare Of Company F is as
sured. They have confidence that
the public in general appreciate. what
they are doing and would not do
away with something which they are
so ardently supporting"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21
Funeral Of Andrew Dove

The funeral services of Andrew
Dove We're held Tuesday from his
late residence. Rev. Champlin spoke
words of comfort to the bereayed
family. Mr.. DOVE leaves a widow
and seven children. two OF whom
are married. Mrs. Lindley Cookson
ant Harry Dove. The others are,
Miss Rosa Dove, a Castine gradu-
ate and popular teacher, and four
younger children at home. The FAM
lily have the sympathy of all in their
bereaven ent.
T.. J. Crosby and family left Mon
day for Augusta. where they will
reside for the present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21
BRIGHTON

Mrs. Raymond Haskell of Scion is In
town owing to the serious illness Of
Mrs. l.. J. Haskell.
Charles HunnewelI went to Bingham
Saturday. returning Monday with 10
more of the S. D. Warren Company's
horses.
Tom Farrin and Murray Decker If
Skowhegan were in town Monday
Mrs. Charles Lombard passed the
weekend with relatives in Harmony.
On Friday afternoon. Dec. %. the
teacher and pupils of the village school
Will give short entertainment after
which Christmas tree VIII be enjoyed
by the children.
3. NJ Brazier made a business trim to
harmony Monday. He was accompan-
Ied by Mrs Lydia Hilton and Mrs.
Frank Bryant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21
Maine Farm Bureaus
Gained 1000 Members

Orono, Me, Dec. pa gain Of
about 1000 members in the farm bu-
reaUs of the State and of go in the
at the Winter conference of the coun-
ty agents, home demonstration agents
and field workers of the extension
service Of the University of Maine
College of Agriculture which opened
here Tuesday.
York county leads in farm bureau
members, which has gained 531 this
year, 4 good third.
Dean Leon S. Merrill gave a talk
en- marketing and Miss Rosalind NJ.
Jewett led discussing in the woman's
divisions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21
Gamblers Found Guilty

AFTER long extended and some-
WhaF heated discussion over the evil
dshce presented by both sides in the
t.ial of the nine Lewiston men for
samoiing at an adjourned session Of
me Lewiston police court Monday
afternoon, Clerk S. ]. Kelly handed
down wholesale verdict of guilty.
Nicholas Cancels. the owner of the
house where Capt. O'Connell and Of
hcers Coiwell and Sheffield broke in
upon the game, was found pn;ltv ~
permitting gambling and fined $50
ana costs. The others, Arthur
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21

skating rink by the boys of the NJ.
II. S. The rink will be located on
the level plot back of the new high
school building.
Wednesday morning was the cold
est of tlfe winter in Madison. The
thermometer registered from % to
50 degrees below zero in various
parts Of the village.
The following men have been
drawn to serve as traverse jurors of
the S. J. court: Fred Hayden, A. c.
Walton, Reuben HealG, and Ernest
Wilson.
Milton Phillips
Milton Phillips, who has been crit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21

Mark N. Kimball, transfer clerk in
the railway mail service. has received
instructions from his chief clerk al
Portland to board Train No. 102
working down to Yarmouth and re-
turning on Train No. rs, to assist
the regular railway mail clerks dur
ing the Christmas rush.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21

The first Of the new four-door Frank
lin sedans has just arrived in Augusta
and has become the property of Charles
F. F1ynt. The car. a truly handsome
one. is finished in beige gray and has
caused no little favorable comment
from the people who have seen It.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21

ically i'll for the past few weeks. died
at his residence on Pleasant street.
late Tuesday evening. Mr.. Phillips
was a native of Norridgewock and
was &C years old. He leaves a wi
dow and one daughter, Mrs. Gladys
Clark, Of Vergennes, VT.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21
AUGUSTA LOCALS

DR.. Frederick c. Thayer Of Water
willie, was a business caller, Wednes-
day in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21
Iemporary p. o. Clerks

Temporary clerks at the Augusta
Post Office. employed on account OF
the holiday work are Ray D. Gilbert,
John A. Boland, Herbert L. Howe,
George L. Wyer, James B. Caswell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21

Miss Anna Hendee. a student at
Lasell Seminary. has arrived in the
city. to pass the Christmas holidays
with her parents. " 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21

Edward b. Merrill Of Skowhegan,
former Somerset County Attorney.
was In the city, Wednesday. on busi-
ness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21
. MADISON
Mrs. Florence J. Carter

Mrs. Florence J. Carter died Mon
day afternoon at her home on Pre-
BILE avenue. Arson side, after brief
illness. Mrs. Carter was a native of
Springfield. and was 81 years and s
months old. She is survived by her
husband. The remains were taken
to Cherryfield Tuesday on the noon
train for funeral and intermeN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21

Work has been commenced pre-
paratory to making an open air
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-21
LOCAL NOTICE


That famous homemade minceneat
and our plum buildings are needed to
make the Christmas dinner. complete.
Weber & Hewett. Tel. 126.
deco1d1t
Orders taken for chicken 40c Id,
fowl S5c lb. Don Campbell, Patter-
son. Tel. 672-Y. Order by Tel. s to
9 p. NJ. only. dec21d3t
Lottie s Stafford commences her
annual Christmas sale Dec. I and
continues until the Esd. Ia.
dec4d1st
Oak lumber for SALE I inch to
inch. Also dimension hemloek.
Lumber sawed to order. Harry G.
Wing r. r. d. 81 Winthrop.
Dec19d3t
Dance tonight Manchester Grange
hall. Burns Orchestra.
dec14thurs3t
Social Dance at Fireman's hall
Ha:lowell every saturday evening.
Good music. dec7. tn fri- sattf
The Republican., 1922-01-19

against Ine wall was japanese IAN,
autographed many times over with the
gay personnel of the Titanic stores an
nual picnic.
Miss Worte dropped her dark cape
from her shoulders, hung it with her
hat on a door peg and sat heavily on
the edge of the bed.
God my feet"
"Soak en-
Miss Barnet peeled off her shirt
waist. Her bosom, strong and fiat as a
boys, rose white from her cheaply
dainty under-bodice; at her shoulders
the flesh began to deepen, and her
arms were round and full of curves.
Here, Dee Dee, I'm so nervous
when I hurry. You sew in this ruche;
you got time before the supper-bell.
See, right along the edge like that"
Miss Worte aimed for the eye of the
needle, moistening the end of the
thread with her tongue and her flut-
tering fingers close to her eyes.
God II just amt got the eyes no
The Republican., 1922-01-19

she won't cut an inch after the bell.
Amt that luck for you? Amt that
luck?'
Her lips drew to a pOut.
"Lemme get it for you, Miss Sadie.
l know a girl up in the ribbons"
mo, no, Mr.. Meltzer. Il got to
charge it to Dee Dee and, anyways, she
gets mad like anything if 1 keep her
waiting. I gotta 60. Night, Mr..
Meltzerl 'Night!"
She was off through the maze Of the
emptying store in the very act of pin
ming on her little hat with its jaunty
imitation fur pompon, and he breathed
in as she passed, as if Of the perfume
of her personality.
At the ribbon counter on the main
floor the last Of a streamlet of out
going women detached herself from
the file as Miss Barnet ascended the
staircase
Hurry up, Sadie"
dee Dee! How'd you girls up here
get on your duds so soon? l thought
maybe if I'd hurry upstairs you-you'd
find time to cut me a two-yard piece
of three-inch red satin for my hat, Dee
Dee-tomorrow being Sunday. Two
yards, Dee Dee, and that'll make two
sixty-nlne | owe you. Aw, Dee Dee, 1t
won't take minute, tomorrow Sunday
and all Aw, Dee Dee!"
Miss Barnet slid ingratiating fingers
into the curve of the older womans
arm her voice was smooth as salve.
"Aw, Dee Dee, who ever heard of
wearing fur on hat in April? l gotta
stick red bow on my last summers
sailor, Dee Dee"
Miss Edith Worte stiffened so that
the muscles sprang out In the crook of
her arm and the cords in her long,
yellowing neck Years had dried on
her face, leaving ravages, and through
her high-power spectacles her pale
eyes might have been staring through
film and straining to see.
please, Dee Dee!"
Miss Barnet held backward, q little
singsong note of appeal running
through her voice.
Miss Worte jerked forward toward
the open door. April dusk, the color
Of cold dish-water, showed through it.
Dusk in the city comes sadly, crowd
ing into narrow streets and rlddled
with an immediate Quick-shot of cleo
trio bulbs.
| "Ain't you got no sense a-tall? Amt
you got no sense In that curly head Of
yourn but ruinatlon notionsW
"Aw, Dee Dee"
They were in the flood tide which
bursts through the dam at six o'clock
like a human torrent flooding the
streets, then spreading, thinning, and
finally seeping into homes, hall bed
rooms and Harlem flats.
Miss Edith Worte turned her sparse
face toward the downtown tide and
against the light wind that tasted Of
rain, and tapped her skirts around her
thin legs.
watch out, Dee Deel Step down;
] there's curb"
The Republican., 1922-01-19

uvu mrru yvu. It's rUus you care
if l go blind on the spot"
Dee Deer
God! if I didn't have nothing to
worry me but red ribbons! 1 told the
doctor today, while he was putting the
drops in my eyes, that if he'd let me go
blind IL"
81 forgot, Dee Dee, today was your
eye-doctor day He's always scarin
you up. Just don't pay no attention.
l forgot it was your day"
"Sure you forgot. But you won't for
get if l wake up alone in the dark
some day"
Dee Dee"
you won't forget then. You won't
forget to nag me even then for duds
to go automobiling with fly men that
can't bring you no good"
'Dee Dee, l amt been but one night
this week. l been saving up all my
nights for-for tonight"
'Tonight Say, if l can't keep you
from going to the devil on skates if"
IT'S only the second time this week,
Dee Dee, and II promised. He'll have
the limousine top off tonight-and
feel, it's just like summer. a girls
gotta have little something once in
a while"
"What do 1 gotta have? What do
gotta have but slave and workT
The Republican., 1922-01-19
CHAPTER II.

"It's different with you Dee Dee.
You're older even than my mama was,
and didn't you say when you and her
was girls together there wasn't live
lier two sisters? Now, didn't you, Dee
Dee?"
I'm respectable way, yes. But
there wasn't the olly-mouthed, bald
headed divorced man alive, with little
rat eyes and ugly lips, who could have
took me or your mama out auto-rld-
ing before or after dark"
"Awv'
"Yes, 'aw'! You keep running
around with the kind of men that don't
look at girl unless she's served up
with rum-sauce and see where 1t lands
you. Just keep running if you want
to, but my money don't buy you no
red ribbons to help to drive you to the
devill !"
"The way you keep fusslng at me,
when l don't even go to dances like the
other girls I-sometimes just wish
| was dead. It's the limit. Even Max
Meltzer gimme the laugh today"
YOU'D never hear me say watch the
clock if you keep company with boy
like Max Meltzer A straight, clean boy
with honest intentions by a girl look
in right out of his face. You let a
boy like Max Meltzer begin to keep
steady with you and see what l say.
You don't see no yellow streak in his
face; he's as white as the goods he
sells"
81 know. l know. You think now
because he's going to be made buyer
for the white goods in September he's
the whole show. Gee Nowadays that
The Republican., 1922-01-19

bottle Of glue. / asked you why you
was like rubber band"
"Aw, 1 give it up, Miss Sadie"
"Cause you're so stretchy. see?
Cause you're so stretchy you'll yawn
your arm off if you don't watch it."
Across the specially priced mill-ends
she flashed the full line of her teeth,
and with an intensity his features Ill
concealed he noted how sweet her
throat as it arched.
Its the spring fever gets inside of
me and makes me so stretchy, Miss
Sadie It's a good thing trade is slow
down here in the basement today, be-
cause It's the same with me every
year; the Saturday before spring-open-
ing week / just get to feeling like all
outdoors"
"Wait till you see me with a new
red-satin bow stuck on my last sum-
mer's shape. Dee Dee's got to lend me
the price for two yards Of tfree-inch
The Republican., 1922-01-19

amt so mucny mucn Tor q fellow to
be-"
"No, l think that the kind of fellows
that fresh Mamie Grant gets you ac-
quainted with are muchy much. I'm
strong for the old rat-eyed sports like
Jerry Beck, that amt got a honest
thought in his head. bet he gives you
the creeps, too, only you're the kind of
girl, God help you, that's SO crazy
for luxury you could forget the devil
had horns if he hid 'em under a auto
mobile cap"
Sure l am. l amt seen nothing but
shaving and drudging and pinching all
my life while other girls are Strutting
the Avenue in their furs, and sleeping
mornings as long as they want under
eider-down quilts. Sure, when a man
like Jerry Beck comes along with a
carriage-check instead of a subway
ticket l can thaw up to him like a
water-ice, and l amt ashamed of it,
neither"
Miss Worte withdrew her arm
sharply and plunged ahead, her lips
wry and on the verge of trembling.
when a girl gets twenty, like you,
it amt none of my putin no more.
Only l hope to God your mother up
there is witness that if ever a woman
slaved to keep a girl straight and done
her duty by her it was me. That man
amt got no good intentions by"
"Oh, amt. you-ain't you a mean
thinking thing, amt you? What kind
of a girl do you think l am? If he
didn't have the right intentions by me
do you think"
"Oh, l guess he'll marry you if he
can't get you no other way. A di-
vorced old guy like him, with a couple
of kids and his mean little eyes knows
he's got to pay up if he wants young
girl like you. Oh, I-Ouch-oh-oh 7"
dee Dee, take my arm. That was
only an ash-can you bumped into. Go
on, take my arm, Dee Dee. Here we
They turned in and up and through
foggy length of long hallway. At
the last and third landing an empty
coal-scuttle stood just outside a door
as If nosing for entrance.
"Watch out, Dee Dee, the scuttle.
Lemme go in first. Gee it's cold in
doors and warm out, amt it? Walt
till light up. Therew
"Lemme alone. l can see"
You, with your feet on your library
fender, stupetied with contentment and
your soles scOrching, your heart is not
black; 1t is only fat. How can 1t know
the lean formality of the furnished
! room? Chambermaids know it when
they knock thrice and only the faint
and nauseous fumes of escaping gas
answer them through the plugged key
hole. Coroners know it.
Sadie Barnet and Edith Worte knew
it, too, and put out hand here and
there to allay it. A comforting spread
Of gay chintz covered the sag In their
white iron bed a photograph or two
stuck upright between the dresser mir
ror and its frame, and tackled full flare
The Republican., 1922-01-19

CHAPTER l.

On a slope a white sprinkling OF
wood anemones lay ahead like patch
Of linen bleaching in the sun. From
a valley a lark cut a swift diagonal
song. A stream slipped its ice and
took up its murmur where it had left
off. A truant squelched his toes in
the warm mud and let 1t Ooze over and
between them.
A mole stirred in its hole, and be-
cause spring will find way, even down
In the bargain basement of the Titanic
store, which is far below the level of
the mole, Sadie Barnet, who had never
seen wood anemone and never shifted
Of thaw or the wet wild smell of vio-
lets, felt the blood rise In her veins like
sap, and across the aisle behind the
white-goods counter Max Meltzer
writhed in his woolens, and Sadie
Barnet, presiding over a bin of spe-
cially priced mill-ends in mid-aisle be-
tween the white goods and the muslin
underwear, leaned toward him, and
her smile was as vivid as her lips.
"Say, Max, guess why think you're
like a rubber band"
Classic Delphi was never more ready
with ambiguous retort.
Behind a stack of Joy-Of- -the-Loom
bed-sheets, Max Meltzer groped for
oracular dlvination, and his heart
beats tluttered in his voice.
Like a rubber band?"
"Yeh."
Give up"
cav, give a guess"
"Well, I don't know, Miss Sadie, un-
less-unlesS it's because I'm stuck on
you"
Do not, ascetic reader, gag at the
unsocratic plane. True, Max Meltzer
had neither the brain nor the leisure of
a sophist, a capacity for lenses or an
appreciation of Kant. He had never
built a bridge led a Bible class, or at
tempted the first inch of the tive-foot
bookshelf. But on a twO-fgure salary
he subscribed an annual donation to
skin-and-Cancer hospital, wore non-re-
versble collars, and maintained a
smile that turned upward like the cor
ners of a cycle moon. Remember, then,
.ascetic reader, that a rich man once
kicked leper; Kant's own heart, that
it might turn the worlds heart out
ward, burst of pain; and in the gran
ite canon of Wall Street, one smile in
every three-scOre and ten turns up
ward.
Sadie Barnet met Max Meltzer's
cycle-mOon smile with the blazing eyes
Of scorn, and her lips, quivering to a
smile, met in a straight line that al
most ironed out the curves.
Cause you're stuck on me! Huhw
Max Meltzer leaned across a counter
display of fringed breakfast napkins.
"Ain't that a good reason, Miss Sadie?
It's a true one"
You're one swell little guesser, you
are not. You couldn't get inside a
riddle with a can-opener. Cause you're
stuck on me, Gee!"
"Well, l am"
"I didn't ask you Why you was like
The Republican., 1922-01-19

The members of the Mems Bible
Glass of st. Paul's M. E. Sunday
school of Oakland, will hold sicial
meeting in the Civic Club rooms this
evening, at which all members are
expected to be present.
The Republican., 1922-01-19
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The Republican., 1922-01-19

more. 1 can't see, Sadie; can't find
the needle"
Sadie Barnet paused in the act Of
brushing out the cloud of her dark
hair, and with a strong young gesture
ran the thread through the needle,
knOtting its end with quirk of thumb
and fnrefinuor
Continued Next Week.
The New York herald., 1922-11-01
Atherstone scores.

Atrerstone. a good looking Hurricane
bred colt, carried !he colors OF John
Sanford to a clever victory in the
opener. a six furlong juvenile event.
Atherstone. like several of the other
contestants. Is a Futurity candidate. II
was his second appearance under silks.
Butwell sent him to quick lead and he
dominated the situation throughout.
winning under hand urging.
Rock Bottom. whose performances was
marked Improvement over any shown
at Empire City. was second. Ten Min
utes lasted just long enough to save
the third honors from the Quincy
Stables Pettifogger, who was among the
laggards at the start and kept in close
quarters for the greater part OF the
running. He finished resolutely and
was galloped out an additional quarter
in preparation for Saturdays event.
Pastoral Swain. Comic Song and Ten
Buttons accounted for the other races.
Betty Beall and Blossom Time two
OF II. II. Bradley's Futurity candidates,
worked a clever mile in company during
the training period in / ~ AS. Martin
gale. the J. S. Cosden Futurity hope,
went the distance In I ~ 2-5. and while
Sweetheart. the Browneil Coombs filly.
which has been shipped here from the
West TO capture the big prize. was driven
out the mile in 1:4f.
Trainer ~. j. Thompson. OF tho Idle
Hour string, who was stricken with
paralysis on Monday is resting easily
at hfs local quarters following a serum
Injection. The horses will be trained
by his assistant, ). Brownlee. and sad.
died by II. w. Iioag ED Souls trainer.