Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-04

Over $50 members of the Mems and
| Women's Auxiliary of the Method st
Episcopal church gathered in the YES
try last evening where delightful
supper and evenings program was ten
dered to the ladies' auxiliary by the
| male organization. The party marched
| in to the tables laden with most
i delicious menu consisting of grape
| fruit cocktail, cold meats, mashed po-
F; - o. ice cream, cake and coffee, to the
| music of a siX-piece orchestra which
played under the direction of Leigh
Nichols. Before the banquet Jeff
Smith, famous all over the State of
! Maine as the only Jeff of the y. NJ.
c. A. conferences and gatherings, was
present and kept the crowd in good
humor with his witty jokes and good
| fellowship. The banquet was real
| feast and the members showed their
| appreciation by. doing ample justice to
it. The committee on this affair should
| be highly commended on the fine work
and program which they arranged. The
| committee was as follows: j. Merri-
| field, l.. r. Wood, Amos Winters. w.
Ii. lockwood and II. 7. Bonsall. After
| the repast the orchestra played several
| delightful selections which were loud
ly applauded.
The main feature Of the evening was
an address by Rev. John Arters of
Portland on Americas Place in the
Sum-" Mr.. Arters said in part:
when I was called upon to give an
address I was not told the whole facts.
because it was not mentioned to me
! that there were to be any ladies pres
cnt; but l am glad to say that with
! my subject for the evening l think it
very appropriate that they should be
( here. This morning l saw the first
women ever elected to the Legislature
! of the State of Maine stand up in that
, chamber among the scores of the lead
| in; men of the State in whom we place
our trust to build and establish our
| laws which given every citizen an
! equal right. 1 saw this woman take
! her OATH so 1 think that my subject
should be discussed before the joint
sex. When 1 first came to WatcrVllle
| back in 1913 (Mr. Artcrs is former
pastor of the Methodist ckurch) the
mems uXiliary or organization was IN
| it's infancy, but now 1 see that it has
grown to a large membership and l
wish to congratulate you upon 1t. L
recently met man who asked me II
| could tell him of a single mems or
ganiZation in the State that was bear
of at least two. He replied, What are
they? and I answered 'Watervillc and
WeStbrook.' Now to get at the real
subject, Americas Place in he SUM- l
do not know how anybody can escape
seeing the perilous condition of Ameri-
ca today, with the world as whole un-
settled. l am very much afraid that
in having the power and chance to be
the Good Samaritan We will, instead,
play the part of the priest or Levitc.
The whole world is lying on table,
shattered to bits (which can be recon-
structed. But why dons someone do it?
Those best fitted or able to do it arc
the ones who arc leaving it alone, and
my fear is that unless America awakes
TO the national opportunity that is open
to her the tumble will still continue.
1t has been said that the condition of
the world is like an athletic team-say,
for instance. baseball club. with each
and every player playing an individual
game ana with no teamwork and with
the absence of an umpire, which makes
it a suicidal proposition. 1t is Ameri-
cas- place to act as the umpire, but l
fear that it will waith until too late.
We have Great Britain, said the
speaker, taxed almost to the break
ing point and the worst of it is that
Great Britain is drunk. I have re-
Gently seen in Great Britain pub
LEGATION an article written by q prime
minister speaking on temperance.
and saying that the. people across
the water. meanngi the United