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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-25

rouse: Mrs. Pinkham's measure
cans Tor an appropriation of s24. 600
e E Maine building at the Eastern
Gates exposition at Springfield
Mass. According to the act present
t t% ~ !. mrs: Pinkham the appropria-
~ oaon ~, Is contingent upon the industries
~ ~ me raising q similar amount
ing. e pioposeo puild-
The bill was referred to tho newly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-25
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confscating the coal and without
Involving the credit of the State it is
desirable to do, so.
I should not want to establish a
precedent in Selling private property
unless it is absolutely necessary. 1t
will require twcnty-four hours more
in order to determine whether or not
tho plans we have formulated can
be carried out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-25
Mrs. Pinkham Presents
Her First Bill in House

Mrs. Dora B. Pinkham OF Fort
kent. the sole women member of the
State LEGISLATURE Wednesday morn
ing 1ntrodAced her first bill into fhe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-25

Attest: l.. Ernest Thonia
Secretary OF n
Evening star., 1923-09-11
Unexpected Appearance of Tunic
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE

the new clothes offered by the French
designers look. upon the revival of the
tunic idea as especially significant
as significant as the persistent short-
ening of street frocks and suits and
the carrying forward of the idea of
beltlessness and semi i-beltlessness.
The extreme example of the tunic
idea was Hallee'S minaret tunic-
interesting because 1t strikes a note
entirely different from the close.
straight frock that persists and the
bouffant second empire silhouette
that has been struggling for its place
in the sun of fashion.
From the fur dealers point of view
a tunic, however, is simply a very
convenient place to put fur, and many
or the coat frocks shown for autumn
have wide landings or fur on tunic
midway between knees and ankles.
and In some cases another fur band
times the fur-edged tunic shows a
disposition to circularness and in
some cases ii is drawn up slightly to
one side.
You may regard the tunic idea as
proof that the Russian influence on
French clothes is still potent. and
as shown in many Of the gowns for
street wear there is a suggestion OF
the country that was once ruled by
czarS. A very long tunic shown on
some evening gowns leaves one to
wonder whether 1t really is tuntc at
all or whether the better way to de-
scribe the arrangement would not be
to say that the underslip extended
somewhat below the hem of the frock.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-11

next door. They face all our little
weaknesses and temptations. And
quite often they haven't any amazing
amount of talent. Then how have
they managed to land?
They have landed because. by vio-
lent determination, they stopped drift
ing, grabbed the next job which lay
waiting to be done, and 30 prepared
which was finally to make them
famous.
Fame isn't attained by getting hold
of the big opportunity. 1t is attained
primarily by getting hold of yourself.
Within every normal person lie the
elements which make for success,
waiting control and coordination, and
without every normal person waits
opportunity, not once, but many, many
times. The folks who triumph
through opportunity aren't, as rule,
supremely talented. You're quite
1t too, IL I'd hadda chance" You
could have done It, pal, but you didn't
give yourself the chance. They did.
They arrived at success because
they took aim at success. They got
hold of themselves. They, stopped
analyzing, rebelling and
and started doing the next
thing. They couldn't do the big thing
they wanted to do, so they did the
small things that were waiting to
be done. They took small jobs, won
small honors, ayailed themselves of
every smallest opportunity. They did
this not because such things were
highly valuable in themselves, but
because only by such training could
they rid themselves of the fuzzy con-
fusion which idleness breeds. So. in
time, they came to know themselves.
They marshaled all their forces and
when the big chance arrived they
were able to hold 1t down.
There's always some next thing" to
be done. Arranging your letter files,
bureau drawers, going to the
dentist, writing home-prosaic jobs,
but they'll hold you steady while the
universe shakes and other folks go to
pieces. And when your opportunity
arrives. you won't get in your own
way and trip yourself by your own
and blunderings.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-11
Your Home and
You
The Midday siesta.
sY HELEN KENDALL.

In all the very hot countries, the
entire population takes "siesta" in
the middle of the day. 1t is a scheme
which the busy housewife may very
well adopt, especially during the late
summer day. when every effort seems
to be a burden. To keep going all
day long often means an impatient,
touchy mother by dinner time, but
a quiet siesta. spent in complete re-
Taxation in lounging chair or ham,
mock, even If one doesn't sleep. means
passes her by.
During our vacation days we all
idle more or less, for we are relieved
OF the housework while at a hotel
or summer resort and have long hours
to sit on the beach or swing beneath
the apple trees. When we come
back we shouldn't plunge at once
to carry the vacation across into the
following few weeks until We feel like
tackling full days work again.
feel so lazy and guilty If l lie
around readiRg when there is so much
to be DONE" protests the conscientious
housewife. But resting isn't laziness.
and the complete relaxation which
you get when lying down, or reclin-
ing, reading not too seriously, and
perhaps doing, is very different from
resting by sitting upright doing
filet crochet or some other handwork.
On some days the hottest hour
comes around O'clock in the after
noon, and IL this is so, save your
siesta until then. But ordinarily a
good time 60 take IL is Immediately
after luncheon. before Interruptions
occur and while the WEAKNESS from
the mornings work still holds on.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
By n. A. EMMONs.

4" Most beautiful of forest trees-the
lady of the woodsi'"
AS this birch is largely planted in
this country, it is familiar to all of
US. There are several horticultural
varieties-the cut-leaved, cut-leaved
weeping, purple-leaved, downy-leaved
and the nettle-leaved birch. IT is a
comparatively small tree, reaching a
height of forty to nifty feet. The
leaves are wedge shaped, sharp
pointed, two to three inches long,
dark green above. paler beneath,
doubly toothed. Some varieties have
deeply cut leaves and another variety
has its leaves covered with a white
down.
The peasants of northern Europe
use the white birch for fuel and char
coal; the Russians use II for wooden
spoons, shoes and furniture; the inner
bark is ground and mixed with meal
for bread; the suckers are bound into
birch brooms; tannin, a yellow dye,
and an oil are extracted from the
bark.
The tree illustrated is the cut
leaved weeping birch. II is in the Sol
diers' Home, on the shore of the upper
pond.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALL.

near him. Then there are the girls
who have taken mail order courses
in How to act in the movies" and,
believing that they have mastered the
art from some ten little leaflets, set
forth in the delusion that they can
out-Pola Pola at her own game.
The third kind is the girl who has
always been good" in amateur the
atricals at home and has been told
by well intentioned friends that moth
ing stands between her and being a
second Mary Pickford but the trip to
Hollywood. On the whole, this sort
of girl has the best chance, for the
simple reason that her amateur ex-
perience has probably given her a
certain amount of seiH-possession and
self-conf1dence which her less expert
enced sisters may not have.
incidentally, they told me that Of all
the silly reasons for believing that
you can make good" in the movies
the fact that you resemble Mary
Pickford or Andree Lafayette or any
other special type Is probably the
worst. the point being that new types
are always more In demand and more
important than mere resemblances.
1t is the girl, they said, with de-
termination, who is apt to make good
In Hollywood. just as she would be
apt to make good in any branch she
might undertake from trained nurs-
ing to- ballet dancing. And as a
matter or I0cS, IL is the girl with de-
termination who generally does go
to Hollywood, for IL she didn't have
determination she wouldn't get that
far.
Girls are practically safe in Holly
wood was another conclusion drawn.
If they don't make good in the movies
they ceases of absorption" by
which it is meant that IL they have
been stenographers in theirN home
towns they will eventually become
stenographers in Hollywood. Or, IL
they drift about the studios unem-
ployed too long, the Young Women's
Christian Association will get them
and they will be painfessly absorbed
again into their home towns.
OF course, there are girls every
where who will be indiscreet in their
manners, and 1t is not improbable that
such girls may meet with some in
civiIity in Hollywood. But any girl
who goes to work and win will meet
with just as much courtesy and re-
spect as she would find in any we'll
conducted business anywhere.
The kind of girl that goes to Holly
wood has determination. good sense
and good taste-if she goes to win
tAll rights reservedl
Evening star., 1923-09-11
NV Neighbor Saws:

Directly ink has been split
take a sponge and mop up as
much of 1t as possible. Have
two bowls containing clear,
cold water beside you, the one
to squeeze the inky sponge
Into, the other to dip it into
when cleaned. Continue soak
ing the soiled spot with clean
water until as much ink as pos
sible is removed. If the stain
alic acid or salts of 5orrel, or
even a weak solution of am
monia to 1t. You Will find that
these prompt remedies will
prevent a very nasty stain.
To cream butter easily you
should heat the bowl 1t is
creamed in by pouring hot
water in it and pouring out
again. But 1t must not be hot
enough to melt the butter.
An apple kept in the cakebox
will keep moderately rich
cake moist for a great length
of time IL the apple is renewed
when withered.
Petroleum ointment stains can
be removed from clothes by
washing with turpentine. Don't
boil clothes until stain has been
removed.
If you wish to keep your oven
hot for cooking don't draw off
any hot water, as that sends q
rush Of cold water TO replace IL
AMI coois off the oven.
Evening star., 1923-09-11

= The birches are poor lumber trees
and are short-lived trees, yet they
surely have their virtues-virtues prin-
cipaily to the eye, to which they pre-
sent an airy grace and charm that
is a delight and a delicate rest. 1t
is much mentioned tree in English
literature.
Clarence Weed says of 1t, "Sugges-
tfons of the impression which this
tree has made upon the masters of
English literature must have often
come to every one familiar with their
writings. The feminine grace and
beauty of the trunk branches and
leaves must always appeal to an in
telIigent observer, and IL is not
strange that II IS the most popular
of all ornamental trees, even in
America, where we have so many
beautiful native kinds. The white
bark of the slender trunk, the grace
full branches with their long tips
floating at the discretion of the winds,
the long petioled, shining leaves with
decorative blades, the interesting
flowers and the slender fruit cones
all these combine to justify the apos-
trophe OF Coleridge:
Evening star., 1923-09-11
To Keep Eyeglasses Bright.

Tt is always. annoying when eye
glasses become dimmed with moisture.
This may happen when the wearer
passes from one place to another
where there is a difference in tenn
perature; also when working in a
kitchen full of steam. To prevent
this the glasses should be- gently
rubbed with a mixture of glycerine
and methylatcd spirits. Put about a
teaspoonful of glycerin into a small
bottle and add f1ve' times the amount
OF spirits. Shake UP from time to
time and rub a little on both sides
of the glasses. The good effect will
last for few days.
The same preparation also will pre-
vent mirrors and windows from be-
coming blurred when sudden changes
of temperature take place. For this
uses of course, a large quantity OF
the mixture will be needed but the
proportion of the ingredients should
be the same. = -.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
Telling Jokes.

Children love to tell jokes. Their
sense of humor is very crude and it
takes very little to make them laugh,
which is asvery good thing when you
, consider it, Children haven't as
much laughter in their lives as they
ought to have. In spite of all the
poets say about the. joys of child
hood, children have lots of trouble.
The poets have the lovely gift of
covering pain with beauty. We are
grateful, but we understand, too.
So one must have a bit of patience
with the chi1dren'ss jokes and en-
courage them to tell them after din
ner as they eat a. leisurely dessert.
says Esther, Listen. made up a
good one If you plant buttons in
the garden and go back the next year
what will you find?
Nothing" says practical Bill.
Hooks and eyes" says Molly.
Nope" says Esther. Give up?'
yes
"Buttonholes. Ha, hag' chortles the
Joker.
crosses the state road today what will
What will he get? 2on1 the state
"TlI. help you soma. 1t will be on
hissneck." N
SThats silly. He'll get an auto
mobile on his neck and he won't be a
bee" gigg1es Esther.
Nope" says Bill solemnly. Hell
get nectar"
Everybody laughs and Molls says,
'sAFy turn. Answer me this: If a
thing with two wheels is q bicycle
what do you call the thing with one
wheeIT'
4 "Mono-never heard OF thing with
ore wheel"
give up? Bet you can't guess.
wheelbarrow!" squeeis Molly clapping
briIlancy.
u have one" says grandpa gravely.
Evening star., 1923-09-11

Happy Jack Squirrel.
Happy Jack Squirrel was not in the
least worried Rs he lodged this way
and that way around the trunk of the
big beech tree in the Green Forest to
keep out of the claws OF Redtail the
Hawk. To Happy Jack 1t was a sort
of game. II was an exciting game.
and Happy Jack likes excitement once
in a while, just as everybody else
does. In that small gray head of his
he had no doubt. He was positive
that Redtail could not catch him, and
that the danger was not as great as
it looked to Mrs. Happy Jack, who
was watching from their summer
home in that very tree.
Not for second did Happy Jack
take his bright eyes from Redtail
the Hawk. In this way he was ready
for every move that Redtail made
But watching Redtail so closely gave
him no chance to do anything else.
So it was that he did not see Mrs.
tops. She had heard Redtairs scream
of anger and had come TO see what
1t was all about. As she drew near
she saw Redtail swoop. and at the
same time her sharp eyes caught a
glimpse of Happy Jack Squirrel as he
lodged around the trunk of the tree.
Mrs. Redtail few around to that
side of the tree unseen by Happy Jack.
But if she was unseen by Happy Jack,
she was not so fortunate in regard
to Mrs. Happy Jack. The latter saw
her just as she made ready to swoop
down at Happy Jack, and barked a
warning.
+bat - IL risast 70 baad q WaSrato .s d9o
first and find out what 1t is all about
later. So he promptly lodged around
the tree, and he did It just in time.
Mrs. Redtail barely missed him as it
was. But Redtail was where he could
watch that side of the tree, and
hardly was Happy Jack around there
Evening star., 1923-09-11

when Redtail swooped at him.
1t was then that Happy Jack
realized that this was no longer a
game to be played for fun. It had
become a game of lire and death. 1t
had been no trick at all to keep the
trunk of that tree between himself
and Redtail. But now, with Redtail
watching one side and Mrs. Redtail
watching the other. Happy Jack was
in a tight place. To dodge one was
to offer the other a chance. How
Happy Jack did wish he hadn't been
SO foolish as to show himself to Red
tail that morning.
It was a lucky thing for Happy
Jack that that beech tree had many
branches. They were in the way of
the two great birds who were trying
so hard to catch him. But even at
that he had need of all his quickness
to escape those dreadful claws Time
and again he barely escaped. He was
beginning to get tired He knew that
the more tired he became the slower
would be his movements.
Happy Jack was badly worried. Yes,
sir, Happy Jack was O. badly worried
Gray Squirrel. He hadn't thought OF
having to dodge two He was in one
of the tightest places he ever had
been in all his life.
Copyright. 1928, by T. W. Buygess.l
Evening star., 1923-09-11

They name you after your father
Wen you're too young to have eny say,
And IL your fathers name was a bum
one, ~
You haff to take ii out on your own
child some day.
Some people are unsattisfed with
their own name
Because some other name sounds bet
ter to them,
But jest the same 1T comes in handy
Wen you wunt to address a letter to
them.
Clarents is a heck of name
And Persey is a cerse,
Harold is also pritty fearse
But Clawd is even verse.
No matter how good of name you
Sutch as Eddie or Joe or Minnie,
It's USELESS If you get a nick name
Sutch as Beany or Freckles or Skinny.
Dick and Harry are both good names,
Though not for gerls, of corse,
But they also give horses both those
names,
Proving its ony luck you amt horse.
Evening star., 1923-09-11


There was one thing that Billy
Cut-out just hated to do. and that
was to wash his face. Every morn
ing his mother said to him before
he started to school, 'tBilly. did you
wash your face nice and cleanT'
Finally, after many days of saying
the same thing. his mother grew
tired.
One morning at the breakfast table
Billy asked his father If he would
buy him a new foot ball suit--a real
one with a headguard and padded
knees, such as real players wear. Mr.
Cut-out thought a minute, then he
said, Let's see if you can remember
to wash your face every morning for
week without having to be re-
minded If you can, then Wen. see
about the suit
So the next day Billy could hardly
wait to get out of bed to scrub his
face till it shone pink and clean as
you see 1t here. Then he brushed
his yellow hair and went proudly
down to breakfast.
Cut Billy. out and mount him. on light.
weight cardboard.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1923-09-11

Answer me this: why won't Bill
keep wood on the fireT'
They looked from one to the other
No light came. He was too lazy, of
course, but that couldn't be the an
swer.
"Give up? Cause he's afraid the
dogs would bite him.
"Ha, ha," laughs everybody, Bill
the ioudest.
Now, their silly riddles may annoy
you, but If you stop to think how
much good the searching for the joke
and the telling of 1t and the laugh
ing at 1t and the good fellowship
of II bring to them you'll be able to
stand 1t once in a while. You'll even
find. yourself laughing.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-11

jostled about by encouragement and
the fussy confusion of meaningless
daily chores. If only you could shake
yourself free from them and do some
thing worth while!
Want a tip? meet good many
successes in my job. men and women
who have landed by virtue OF their
own brains and pluck. They don't
look like successes. They look just
like you and me and the folks next
door. AS a matter of fact, they are
lust like you and me and the folks
Evening star., 1923-09-11
To Clear a Waste Pipe.

From time to time the waste pipes
OF most basins become ciogged. This
Is generally cauSed by an accumula
tion of soap or grease and other
refuse at. the bend of the pipe and
this can nearly always be removed
In the following way, Take all water
out from the basin, then press some
washing, soda down the upper part
of the pipe. Then pour down a ket-
tleful of boiling water. Sometimes a
second application, OF hot water may
be needed, but usually the soda So
luton quickly melts the soap or
grease that causes the block.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
New Use for a Tea Cart.

One mother says:
My old tea cart took on new
lease of life when moved it into
the bathroom to use as table for
the baby's bath accessories. The top
makes a good stand for soap, boric
acid solution, powder, pins and fresh
clothing, while the lower shelf is
used for discarded clothing. 1t is
easy to wheel into the nursey If
need IL there, and saves many steps
each day.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-11
The Extra" Life of HOLLYWOOD.

There is much talk here and there
of the kind of girl that goes to Holly
wood in quest of film fame; of what
happens to her when she gets there,
and this and that.
/ was talking the other day to the
two men, respectively, yclept Cohn
and Brandt, who recently made MARY
of the Movies" Apart from this
achievement Messrs. Brandt and Cohn
have had their fingers In divers con-
tests of one sort or another and have
seen more, perhaps, of the extra" life
of Hollywood than any other two men
in the industry.
Whom I asked them what kind of
girls they thought were the most
likely to leave home and mother for
tho movies they said there were three
quite distinct varieties apart from the
girls who have been stage-struck
from the cradle and will be stage
Evening star., 1923-09-11
Listen, ,WorId!2 -
~ Csc Roh7so0

You'd like to be successful, wouldn't
Sou, pal? You hate to drift aimiessly
the way you're doing, getting
howheres don't you? You've big
dreams a-plenty. You're certain that
you could make good If some ore gave
you an opportunity, But no one
seems to give you that opportunity,
The other fellow gets-it4 but you
; don't. And in the meantime you're
Evening star., 1923-09-11
To Remove Dents From Furniture.

Wet the dent with warm water.
fold a piece of brown paper into five
or six folds, soak II in water. then
place 1t on the dent in the furniture.
Apply a hot iron to the paper until
it becomes dry. If the dent still
shows, soak the paper again and iron.
BY keeping the dent wet and apply
ing heat the dent Is raised to the
surface of the wood.
Evening star., 1923-09-11
The New Berets.

Paris sponsors berets like this, of
soutache braid in the new Bordeaux
red, or deep green or black. New
York adopts them tout, de suite, and
makes them of embroidered velvet or
satin as we'll And 1t is rumored that
Just a little later in the season they
will be stunning made of fur
Evening star., 1923-09-11

When fashion wants to curry favor
with the fat woman she tosses tunics
Into prominence. The knowing dress
maker makes the most of the tunic
idea in making gowns to please the
Evening star., 1923-09-11

The possibility Of making smoke
less fuel by the low-temperature car
bonization of coal in vertical retorts
is being investigated by the British
governmentfresearch station at Green
Rieh.
Evening star., 1923-09-11

That's very comfortable, too! It's
the very type Of undergarment you'll
need for general wear. And easy
to make" hardly describes it's sim
plicity. for even an amateur could
finish 1t in a. couple of hours.
Pattern No. 1857 cuts in sizes 36.
30 and "A inches bust measure. For
the 36-inch size, 2K yards of 36 or
40-inch material with ~ yards of
edging.
Price of pattern---15 cents, in post
age stamps only. Orders should be
addressed to The Washington Star
Pattern Bureau. - East 18th street,
New York city. Please write name
and address clearly.
Evening star., 1923-09-11

struck at the grave. These three, in
consecutive order. are hrst. the girls
who have a crush" on some one par.
tfcular star. They go to Hollywood
in the somewhat filmsy nope of meet
ing their idol, or, at any rate, of being
Evening star., 1923-09-11
OLO y 11v1L O1 O1411IC ". Burgess
Happy lack Is in a Tight
Place.

The tighter the place you find you are in,
The more need OF coolness IN order TO win.
Happy Jack Squirrel
Evening star., 1923-09-11
COLONIAL HOTEL

On boardwalk; running water in every room.
P+5vata baths. Rocket. Ownership msnageneat
BUENA VISTA SPRINGS, pa.