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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22
LUCY LOWELL
ON IDEAS OF
HAPPINESS

q UCCEss is only relative.
~ Some measure it by their
bank balance. Others believe
it is best told in terms of con-
tentment.
A few seem to think it is indi-
Gated by the ability to keep out
side the big white light Of pub
Lefty.
And a very few are like Death
Valley Scotty," who founded his
life on his own peculiar ideas Of
what life should be. and carried
it through in a manner to make
the whole world sit up, and gasp,
and came out with little more
than a lot Of colorful memories.
Undoubtedly one should say
Scotty's "lives." for the nature Of
the mans exploits divided his ex-
istence into series OF circles,
each overlapping the other, yet
each complete in itself.
And here let 1t be said that IL
Scotty never had done anything
else for folk-at-large, he has fur
nished them a continuous Arabian
Nights tale that surely must have
frightened many g. dull hour.
Scotty was one with the old
timers who had infinite faith In
the hidden treasures Of that fas-
cinatingly sinister corner of our
country, Death Valley.
So he bought his frying.pan
and his bacon and his burro, and
set out to make his stake within
the bleak wilderness Of tue only
corner Of their State that Califor-
mans forgot to boost.
He made 1t, too---in gold.
His idea Of happiness was to
gather friends about him and
spend. And his spending never
ran along the usual lines of MAX
ing money fly.
OF course, his stake ran out
eventually, but Scotty had en-
joyed 1t, so he didn't repine. In.
stead, he bought another outfit
and went UP to Grizzly Creek, in
the Caribou country, where he
dug a second fortune out of the
ground and repeated his expert
ences. In all, he is said to have
spent three million dollars on his
Arabian night.
Now he is on his way to the
British Columbia gold fields. His
ambition, he says, is to make
another strike there and spend
second three million before he
dies.
It seems rather futile-his
work and life-doesn't It? But I
wonder.
Apparently. 1t has hurt no one.
and has brought him happiness.
And, after all, happiness is the
most desirable thing in all the
world, since it's the crown of
success.
Copyright. 1893, King Features.
Syndicate. Ino.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22
TheAdvertising Censor
By VIM. l.. Banning

your advertising recommendation
within the limit, and oblige?
I'VE want to sell the same ar
ticles to a greater extent than we
did this month last year. After
thinking, write! We will buy all
you can sell and genuine value
In the goods Is back of your ef-
fort"
No. ] wrote: I'VE are repeating
our big sales of a year ago on"
No. 2: During this week only
we are discounting our prices 20
per cent on the identical goods
everyone enjoyed last year"
What three of the others wrote
is not important. Such express
sions as "by arrangement with
overstocked makers, we"
but one to purchaser of
the better than before
the copy"
No. 8 wrote: Before writing
want to see, feel, smell and If
possible hear the goods"
All of the first five advertising
men are satisfied in their else
where respective jobs.
No. got this job and he Is
still finding out. about the meT-
chandise he writes about while
drawing an excellent salary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22

IN HE six applicants for the
job sat in the outer office
awaiting interview with
the chief and expecting to be
called in one at a time to do
their stuff with the job as the
stake.
The inner office door swung
open and the chief with a CHEEKY
come in" babe them all to enter
and be seated.
II wish this business was wide
enough to employ you all-you all
might make It, so.
AT present l do not want to
pick the best man. generally
speaking. If able 1 want to pick
the one that best fits this busi-
ness. Fits means best for the
man and best for the business.
Here are six sheets of paper,
six pencils and thirty minutes.
You all are advertising men or
you would be elsewhere,
1--WE desire to sell our rnerchan.
dise-here are sets of our ad.
vertisements for twelve months
past. Will each of you write
for this house for this season
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

TN HE praise Of a fool 10 CEN
sure in disguise.
III habits gather by unseen de.
grees.
AS brooks make rivers, rivers
run to seas.
Absence of occupation Is not
necessarily rest.
One man may teach another
to speak, but none can teach an
other to hold his peace.
Many undo themselves by de-
lays-they think to do that here
after which they never live to do.
Spurn not at seeming error,
but dig it's surface for the
truth. And beware of seeming
truths that grow on the roots Of
error.
True merit, like the pearl in.
side the oyster. is content to re-
main quiet until it finds an open
ing.
It is a foolish sheep that makes
the wolf her confessor.
Though matrimonyl may have
some pains, celibacy has few
pleasures.
Purity and simplicity are the
two wings with which man scars
above the earth and all tenn
porary nature.
The moderation Of the weak il
mediocrity.
Waste is not grandeur.
Nothing is so useless as a gen.
eral maxim.
Enthusiasm is the genius Of
sincerity, and truth accomplishes
no victories without 1t.
Solitude sometimes is the best
society.
Light sorrows speak, great ones
are dumb.
Copyright, 1929. by Newspaper
Feature Service. INc)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22
HIGHER COAL PRICES
IF MINE WAGES
ARE RAISED
By HERBERT KAUFMAN

1HE coal conference indefinitely adjourns Operators
after offering continue existing scales through 1926
flatly refuse to pay. two-dollaraday increase
manded by mine workers
Should the companies change their mind warned
that $700OO000 will be added to f. o. b. prices.
Househoders in New England Eastern and midwest
States will be assessed practically every penny Of this
staggering sum-pEs intermediate profits The average
family fuel bill will be boosted at least $10 Labor
and clerks will be chiefly taxed
If President Lewis wins out expect higher rents and
sitter costs Of living all down the line.
One raise another the final purchaser OF all prod
ucts essentials and conveniences, pays the fiddler.
A Passing Winter Of Discontent.
FARMERS are happily spared this probable inflcion;
IT country stoves burn wood and kerosene.
Secretary Wallace, however, figures that their ont
lays for taxes freight and indspnsabes aren't Less than
so per cent above pre-war levels.
Agriculture winter Of discomfort but fundamental
conditions mending.
Government encouragement of cooperative organizations
better credit facilities cheaper money together with Federal
Future Trading and Warehouse Acts combining to
slver-Iine rural clouds
The Administration will not recommend emergency wheat
relief measures.
julius Barnes former president Of the Hoover grain
board also declares against such course. Too much
paternaIism defeats its object
Diversification Of crops is the preventive OF
unbalanced markets
Whoever pins his faith speciality CANDLES with uni
versal yields and can't escape periodic squeezes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22

" HERE is no saint or martyr
who has been more glor-
- iously eulogized than the
lovely and noble st. Cecilia.
Many singing societies com
posed of women bear st. Cecelia's
name and many great painters
have pictured her as she sits at
the harpsichord. For Cecilia was
a musician, and is regarded as the
patron saint Of music.
To us are familiar the reproduc-
tons Of two famous paintings of
this fair saint. The originals are
two of the greatest pointings OF
all time. One is by Raphael, and
graces the Academia at Bologna.
The other is by the great Dutch
painter. Rubens. and hangs in the
Old Museum at Berlin.
Cecilia was born in the second
century after Christ. In that day
1t was a crime to be a Christian,
and many who embraced this
new religion paid with their lives
for their relief.
Very few of the nobility en-
braced this radical teaching. It
was the masses who crowded the
secret meetings. But there was
one noble lady who was convert
ed and Joined the Christian
Church. 1t was Cecilia. the
daughter of one of the proudest
houses of Rome.
1t Is the story of her beautiful
life which the old English poet,
Chaucer, recites in his Canter-
bury Tales. It is entitled. "The
Second Nuns Tale"
Cecilia was a very young girl
when she dedicated her life to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22
Sect Doom, MOn!'

r ONDON 49, There IL q new
cry in the House off Com.
- mons. Before the advent OF
the Scottish labor members any.
body making a breach OF the
rules was greeted with the cry,
"Order, order" But the Scottish
members are not so polite. The
breaker Of etiquette Is now
greeted with the epithet, Sect
doon'--and the offending men,
Dor rarely fails to.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22
Once-Overs
Copyright 1923 BY international Feature Inc)
MANY BLESSINGS.

MANY BLESSINGS.
Why moody2
Why allow yourself to change constantly from grave
to gay-from joy to sadness9
You find yourself and subject spells where
II seems that the world has wrong and particularly
your case, misfortune pursue
Shake yourself loose from these thoughts.
Each time indulge such thoughts it becomes harder
to get rid of them. wv
Count bessingsyou have many as the next one
II you would spend little time in counting them
The weather may be depressing, there may scores of
others in line ahead of get time to plav
your favorte game, little tot has to be amused and
all these things interfere with your plans
Do know that blessings often apped up in du
and uninteresting exteriors
Make it game to find the blessing cut out the
"bues." ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22
From, LnngLey Field to BeteLgeUse.

TOR will any be especially surprised TO near 1nsS
nj the mailcsrryng relay race from to ocean IL
D. finished in twenty-six hours.
Even though ishap postpones the Feat
service foregone conclusion Long De-
fore France is out of Germany San Francisco and Man
haitian will be a sun-trip apart
Twentyone army bombing planes are demonstraung now
quickly defensive aerial fleet cover 0Oo miles OF coast
Speed is one thing, lumber another .,.
w. cood snourh avators and the best Machines but
how long would American squadrons last OF several
possible enemies launched available forces against the
United States? -, ~,
Leuenan Macready holder Of the world altitude rec
ord with an expert photographer to snapshot the
solar eclipse next month height OF 2O,OOO feet.
Gbaracteristc affairs and dongs of sphere which,
;rhah;tants ~ Beelgeuse faint pin point Of light
through super-teescopes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22
""The Moving Finger Writes

A CCIDENTS and violence pile up heavy score. Six
"A American tourists killed and eleven injured when
> sightseeing bus plunges from the road in the
Maritime Alps.
caught in the storms raging the China SEAS ana
hundreds of lives are lost
Edward De Mesqua Of the youngest volunteers Tor
European SERVICE and already managing partner OF two
newspapers the age Of twenty three dies with the pilot
in an aeropane smashup Pride in his brief should
assuage parental grief.
BY contrast contemplate the stricken relations OF the
West Hammond expoceman who sets forth to shoot down
every officer in the town. hunted like wild beast by
posse of fellow citizens and slain at bay In pra1e
hide-out
City folks who thrilled to read Of train holdups and
bandit battles will find little to excite them in the news that
twelve Oklahoma desperadoe stop express near Okesa
and make off with twenty pouches of registered mall
The Wild East witnesses spectacular raids every
day. James, the Daltons and the Apache Kid nao
nothing on dapper, silkstockinged gunner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22
Labor Takes the Lions Shdre.

THE Pennsylvania system sticks operating cost sheets
in the window. It will undoubtedly interest you 20
know that Of each dollar passed through the cor
SO cents; II cents was expended rails, locomotives
bridges ballast etc., about ~ cents went for fuel taxes
took Az cents; damage suits losses and depreciation 20
cents and interest funded debts, IA cents.
Brotherhoos think their members entitled to bigger
slice Of receipts How do you feel about itf
Magnus johnson shows that he has something besides
voice in his head Commenting on South Dakotas 66cent
gasoline cut interviewers that the move
drastic Scent reduction would have accomplished
intended purposes left independent filter
shape maintain competition.
Minnesota might have gone farther and Jared worse IN
choosing a Senator.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-22
Dollars Are What Dollars Do.

r zR WALLACE asks the railroads to lower long haul
N charges and reminds at large Of the dit
ference between dollar at the ranch and on the
merchants counter.
It will take lot Of nkering before such discrepancy
disappears The whole world machine must have It's bolts
and nuts frightened gears adjusted and motors repaired
in the meanwhile
Secretary Mellon SO ntimates. good back where
he is needed.
personal investigation Of Europes tangles and wrangs
forfes his belief that should neither interfere yonder
yet consider the refndng Of additional foreign loans
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-25
Ku KluX Khan
Meeting to Be Held
Near Waterville

Some night when the moon comes
| up from the eastern horizon clear
and full there is going to be a gath
ering of people somewhere not many
miles from the city of Waterville.
No one knows where that place is
going to be except the members of
the Ku klux Khan of Maine. ION
| the full of the moon the Khan is go
| ing to hold a State convention" de-
| clareS a Waterville member of the
| Khan, who it is said is King Kleagle
of this district.
+; According to the information first
given out by this same klansman
! this meeting will be next Sunday
night for he said the meeting would
be held within a month and the only
full moon within the month is to-
morrow night. The next full moon
after that is in September about a
| month away. He would not say that
| it would be next Sunday night or
any other particular night but he did
say that it would be held on the full
| of the moon.
Here is the story told by that
member of the Khan.
From 5000 to $4,000 Klansmen
will come to Waterville on the day
set for the State convention. Inc
march on the city will start about 8
A. NJ, some will walk. some will
come horseback and many will come
| by auto. Most of them will come by
day and few by night.
The meeting will be purely for the
| transaction OF business matters, TO
wind up the season of 16 weeks.
Zach member of the organization
will bring two days rationS.
All over Maine preparations have
been going on for the past six weeks.
| drill
| fecting themselves in the secret work
of the organization, especially the
initiatory work. Everything has
been leading up to the convention:
! Already there is the biggest class or
candidates waiting for the DlSgeSt
event of the kind ever held IN New
England.
At this meeting there will be no
parade. The place chosen Tor the
| convention is a huge natural ampl-
| theater. In the center is big field
facing east and west. inc k,aits
| from the different cities in the State
will be arranged as follows: North
! slope, Waterville; northwest, ROCK
land: west, Augusta; southwest,
! Portland; southeast, Lewiston ana
Auburn; east, Bangor; northeast
Brunswick. The smaller organiza-
lions will be grouped around the
stiles.
The meeting will start sometime in
| the evening. There will be huge
initiation under fiery cross that VIII
burn from darkness until dawn. Ait
err the initiation there wilt be great
banquet. During the ceremonies the
huge American flag recently pur-
chased by the Maine Khan will be dis
played at all times. After the pan
! auet there will be some simple eXer-
cises and a drill.
They will all return to their tents
and sleep for two hours, to be
aroused by a bugle call at A. M.
Thev will break camp and at 2.3O
A. NJ. will leave for all parts of the
State. .,
will be no trace left to show that
there has been a great meeting ex.
cept the liz ,-ints of thousands OF
feet that are impossible to erase.
All refuse will be buried. The camp
fires will be burie dand all evidence
destroyed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-25
| Over 5000 in Prizes
Offered for Swine
at Waterville Fair

The biggest swine show ever
staged by the Central Maine fair will
feature the livestock of the fair at
Waterville, August 27-31.
Fair officials are sure there will be
a record breaking swine show. The
show will he bigger not only because
liberal premiums are being offered
but because unusual emphasis is be-
ing given to the show as a market t
place for the sale of surplus stock to
visiting farmer.
The premiums offered for swine
total $G79.99. Winners will receive
ribbons in addition to the cash pre-
miums. This generous prize list has
been approved by the fair to encour-
age the breeding of more pure bred
hogs, raise the standard of grade
herds, and make this one of the lead
ing hog centers in the county.
Fair visitors will have a rare
chance to compare the leading
breeds of swine, look over the herds
entered by local breeders, and watch
the Judging. The breeds for which
prize money has been set aside in
clude Chesters, Jersey Reds. Poland
Chinas. Mule Foots. Durocs and
Yorkshires.
Although entries for the show do
not close until August %. Superin-
tcndent DR.. p. r. Baird is getting
everything in readiness. Premium
lists and entry blanks are being
mailed to hundreds OF prospective
exhibitors. Every available pen is
being put into shape. No effort will
be spared to make the show sue
cess,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-25

err. Mrs. George A. johnson. Mrs.
George D. Hegarty, Mrs. Fred w.
Merrill and Mrs. Sadie Robiaille.
When Mayor Leon O. Tebbetts de-
c:ded that Waterville was badly in
need of new Junior high school he
decided that the best was none too
good. AS the result of the mayors
decision work was started over a
year ago. In the month of June.
1922, the first ground was broken
for the new building. When the
corner stone was laid appropriate
exercises We're held in which Mayor
Tebbetts and superintendent of
Schools Patten We're the chief parti-
CipantS.
The work went forward slowly at
first from the viewpoint of the lay
men. for the construction of Il foun-
datiOn for such a massive structure
took time. AS was the original plan
the building is of brick, with cast
stone trimmings, two stories high
with a sub basement which is only
three feet under ground, therefore
leaving adequate light for the base
ment rooms. The dimensions of the
buildings are 1879 feet on the front
with the main part of the building
70 feet deep.
The building has a seating capa-
city for $40 pupils and if necessity
demands, five extra seats can be
placed in each of the 10 unit rooms.
Also the library and several other
rooms can be used for class rooms
if necessary.
Sometime before the building is
opened for school purposes Mayor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-25

Tebbetts is planning to have an
opening day when the public can
inspect their property.
one can approach the building
from any of the seven entrances, all
or which open out so that there can
be no possibility of tanning in case
OF fire. The doors open with a simple
bar arrangement that presses down
instead of the conventional knob.
This is useful in keeping the soiled
hands of the youngsters from the
white paint. The outside of each
door is perfectly smooth excepting
the main entrance and the south en-
trance. This means that there is no
possibility of anyone breaking into
the building as there is no keyhole
or chance for one to pry the door
open.
When one comes down Pleasant
street he is at once impressed with
the architectural beauty of the
structure. Cement sidewalks lead
away from the building and around
it. a broad sidewalk leads up to
the magnificent main entrance with
broad white doors. Over the top Of
the main entrance is the inscription
in gold letters: For God. For Coun-
try. For Home" Mayor Tebbetts
stated that this inscription was not
original with him but was suggested
by the inscription of the memorial
building at Yale University. which
reads: For God, For Country, For
Yale" BY the substitution of the
family name of Home" Mayor Teb-
belts felt that much had been added
to the meaning of the inscription.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-25
Change Price of
Admission to Fair
on Governors Day

Owing TO many complaints re-
ceivcd by the Board of Directors of
the Central Maine Fair. from the
farming community in and around
Waterville, the price of admission
which has been advertised as one
dollar on Thursday, Governors Day,
has been reduced to seventy five
cents for each and every day of the
fair. This action is taken by the
directors as they realize that the
bulk of the attendance at the fair
comes from farmers whose past year
may not have been as prosperous as
some Others. and they do not want
the best exhibition ever given by the
fair to be missed by anyone in the
State of Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-25
Three Fast Games
at WaterYille Fair

Waterville. Me, Aug. 24.-Baseball
fans of this section will not he
disappointed with the games at the
Central Maine fair this year. Every
game scheduled is going to be fast
one unless something unexpected
happens. Ralph Gilmore, secretary
of the fair has selected the follow
ing teams to battle each other:
Wednesday. Aug. 20, Dexter will
play the Hollingsworth and Whitney
team.
Thursday the winner of this battle
will contend with the North Nassal
boro team.
Friday the II. and w. batsman will
play the fast Oakland team.
According to all fans of Waterville
the games scheduled make up one
of the best ball cards ever put on at
the fair.
Prize money amounting to $500
will be given by the fair manage
ment to insure plenty of competition
and with this incentive besides the
fact that there is a tooth and nail
rivalry between all of the teams there
ought to be some fast ball.