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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-11
Personal Maqnetism Developed

THE belief that personal magnet.
ism is a gift of the gods and that M
man may come by it, unless he is
born with it, is erroneous" says H
Arlington Bruce, in Forbes Maya
zine, las may be shown even by q
mere enumeration of the factors
which in combination constitute per-
sonal magnetism.
Foremost among these are self
confidence, enthusiasm, vigor in
thought and action, and, in especial
human sympathy. Study the person
atty of any man you know to be
magnetic, in the sense of attracting
others and exercising a marked influ-
ence over them, and always you will
find him self confident, enthusiastic
vigorous, and sympathetic.
1T Is also through habitually think
ing vigorously, courageously, cheer
fully: through habtually maintain
ing a manfully erect posture at once
expressive of viSor and creative of it.
Such a posture, / may add, is also
expressive and creative of that other
prime ingredient in personal magnet
ism, self confidence.
"Sympathy is of paramount impOr-
lance in the developing of personal
magnetism. The most confident, en-
thusiastic, and vigorous of men will
find his influence over others dimin-
ished in proportion as he is deficient
in human sympathy. This being so,
and sympathy being in itself one of
the most precious of personal assets,
it's acquisition should be sought by
ALL"
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The Baltimore girl who was one Of
the prize beauties at a recent fashion
show has unwittingly opened up a
new field Of income-tax exploitation.
In addition to a check for $500 she
was the recipient of a gown valued
at $1,000 given by a department store.
and the local collector of internal
revenue has notified her to pay an
income tax on the prize money and
the dress as constituting earnings
from beauty capitalized. On her ap-
peal from the assessment the case
was sent to the department at Wash.
ington for an opinion.
There is always more zest to the
revenue collector in discovering O
new source of taxable income than
in fishing in the old streams. But II
the principle is established Of eiassi-
flying prizes won by pretty girls Is
the earnings Of capitalized beauty.
shall we not logically have personal
charm and popularity, athletic skill
and even golf efficiency in winning
amateur cups capitalized for the
same purposes of taxation? Must
the engaged girl declare her diamond
ring as earnings or the street beggar
his receipts New York World.
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Call loans against acceptances Al.
Time loans firm; mixed collateral CO.
,0 DAVIS "a. AZ months IA
New York Produce Market
New Yorl, Sent.

New YORK. Sept. 10.
FLouRmF Firm spring EGd a patents s4o9
ter straights 465G 400: hard winter
straights 575@600.
WHEAT-Spot steady; No. 1 dark
northern spring c track New York
No. , hard winter track New York
domestic III; No. l Manitoba 1877 and
No. , mixed durum do. 112i.
CoRN.Spot steady: No: z yellow
1888: No. 2 mixed do. 1914.
OATS-Spot steady; No. white 81.
PORk-Steady: mess 1900.
LARD-Steady: middle west 1900
CoTToNsEED o1L-steady; prime
spot 11O0G115O; September 1880. De-
cember 1O4S. March 1867, all bid.
BUTTER-Firm; receipts 1915:
creamery higher than extras 4sQ4sa:
cry seconds, IS to 81 score. 41i@45;
packing stock current make No. 2 SO.
EGGS-Receipts 1895; fresh gather
ed extra firsts 3S@41; do. firsts 34@
81: New Jersey hennery whites locally
selected extras 60062; nearby hennery
state nearby and nearby western hen
merry whites firstS to extras 44G 81;
nearby hennery brown extras 400 So.
POTATOES-Dun: New Jersey Cob
blers $50 pounds 275 9Soo; Long Island
Dbl. AIS q $50.
ABBAGES-Weaker: southern Dbl.
N225@25O.
There was an advance Of &c in the
local raw sugar market today. to the
basis of A cents for Cubas cost and
freight. equal to 6.53 for centrifugal.
Duty free sugars were quoted on the
same basis.
The raw sugar futures market was
firmer. rejecting the advance in the
spot market and reports of a better
distribution of refined. Final prices
were five to six points net higher on
active positions. Closing: September
ASS. December 4.b1, March $50. May
$50.
The market for refined sugar was un-
changed as far as prices were concern
ed. with fine granulated ranging from
7.75 to 5000 for fine graduated.
Refined futures nominal
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The decline in bookings of cast
ings reflects the slowing up in all
lines Of business which began in
April. Government observers say
this slowing up is largely a seasonal
reaction and assert that 1t Is not
alarming.
Production and distribution in
nearly all lines still Is greater than in
the past two. years, it is indicated,
even taking into consideration the
slowing up Of the past four or Ave
months.
The Commerce Departments study
of the steel industry covered mills
producing approximately two thirds
of all castings manufactured in the
United States.
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Human Sacrifices Still Made

Slavery and human sacrifices still
exist in some of the mountain dis
tricts of northern Burma, according
to the annual report of the British
commissioner of the northeastern
frontier.
1t is in the territory knownsas the
Maya Hills that the sacrifices take
place. The redemption of slaves in
tended for sacrifice has only resulted
in a fantastic price being charged for
the victim. and the money saved for a
bigger and more expensive sacrifice
later on.
BY a recent government investiga-
ton, it was discovered that the num-
Der of human sacrifices in the Maya
Hills is never less than from six to
10 year. Sometimes, when funds
are plentiful, the number in a year
amounts to 20 or 80.
The most common victims are In
dian children, both boys and girls,
kidnapped from Assam, although any
kind of available slaves may be in
cluded in the slaughter. One Indian
girl. who already had been ear
marked for sacrifice by the Nagas,
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Woman and Electricity

How much electricity has done in
replacing servants and saving the
amount of work once cone by the
housewife is seen in some recent
figures stating that in American
homes there are now being used
more than 100000 electrical house
hold appliances.
The amount Of time saved for the
housewife by use of these inventions
cannot be estimated, but it is assert
ed that the percentage of domestic
Relpers is now less than half what it
was before electricity was harnessed
for the home.
Seven million electric irons are
used in America. Nearly 1900, 900
vacuum cleaners do the labor of a
broom and dustpan. Three million
electric washers do in a few hours
what, a decade ago, required an en-
tire days back bending labor over
a tub and washboard.
One hundred thousand owners of
electric dish washers keep their
hands out of soapy water now. and
more than four times that number
do their sewing on machines run by
motors. There are more than 100,-
600 electric ironers in use in homes.
Popular Mechanics.
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all Of the trade is with continental
United States.

all of the trade is with continental,
United States. |
= All of these island territories
show enormous increases in their
trade since they came under the
American flag. In the case of
Porto Rico her total imports i'll
1900 were a little over $500 900.
in 1921 68,O00,0o0 while her exl
ports in 1900 were 100000 and in
1921 SoOO000. In the case OF
Hawaii the total imports of 1908,
the earliest year for which exact
figures are available. were $780,
coo and in 1921 $73O00,O0O. While
her exports grew from $4,000 600
in 1908 to 100000 in 1921. In;
the case of the Philippine Islands
the imports in 1908, the easiiese
year for which figures are avail-l
able, were $33.O00,000 and In 1911
$115, 900. 900. while the exports kfey!
from $23O00.000 In 1908 to $8SO00,J
900 in 1921. The imports and ex-
ports OF each OF these islands hi
1919 and 1920 were even iarResI
than In 1921 but represent abnor.l
NAL years due to the extremeiyl
high price Of their chief product
sugar.
What do these areas undes thel
American flag supply 40 and what
do they take in exchange? portoI
Rico sends Us chiefly sugar, tropll
cal fruits and tobacco; Hawaii
sugar. pineapples and eoiEee:I
the Philippines sugar, manlla(
hemp, tobacco, eoconuts, eoeoauH
oil; Alaska canned salmon, furs.
copper, and gold. In exehanea
they take everything, toodstulks
of all sorts, especially bread and
meat, manufactures Of aii kinds e,
pecially cottons, manufactures Of
iron and steel, and household ssS
Quirements.
Our trade With the. noa-esasleu]
Gus territory In 1928, $s03 %
was greater than that With the
whole world IN any year pFiss 70
16Sl -----A e.
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The Liahter Side of Eskimo Life

I discovered one night that the
rising heat from our oil stove had
melted a hole through the reof Of
our snow house. Pointing to the
hole 1 inquired "Kanok atinga?"
One of the girls promptly replied
"Oop-sha sui nee-eye." I jotted It
down Immediately in my note book
kept for that purpose, spelling II
Theoretically, followed by the word
'hole." A few days later hap
pened to tear the knee of my bear
skin pants on the corner of an iron
strapped biscuit box. Embodying
my newly learned word in the
sentence I, requested Too-cum-ah,
one of the two girls. to get her needle
and thread and sew up the hole in
my pants She burst out lauahing
as did the other girl. Finally, but
only after repeated inquiry a. to
the cause of their merriment, one
ventured to reply: you asked roe
to take my needle and thread and
sew up the snow hole in the roof of
your pants.-Donald Macmillan In
the Worlds Work for August.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-11

FURNISHED to The kennebec journal
through the courtesy Of ]. A. Carnage
& Co. OF Augusta and Waterville).
Washington, Sept. 10-Bookings Of
steel castings dropped off to 52.o66
net tons during July. the lowest vol
ume in thirteen months. according to
a study of the steel industry Just
completed by the U. S. Department
Of Commerce.
July business showed a decline of
twenty seven per cent compared with
the business of July 1922 and a de-
crease of more than sixty per cent
in comparison with the business Of
March 1928. The last month named
represents the peak for the last
twelve months with sales Of 143,564
net tons of castings.
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ground, and attempts were made ID
find suits which would bring out
the good points in each boy.
During this experiment it was
found that color played an import
ant part in deciding whether a
special style suited boy. :;
1t was found the blonde young.
ster might look well in a suit OF
one color while the same style in
another color would not express the
boys personality.
With this knowledge it has been
possible to turn out suits adapted
to special types of boys. This
blonde, the brunette and even the
freckled.faced, red-headed young.
ster can now find the suit that will
make him stand out as individual.
With this theory it is easy to sec
that no two boys pictured above
would "fit" the same style Of
apparel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-11

concerns in the country that pro-
duces apparel for boys, t,:e Kaynee
Co. of Cleveland, o.
In the past, words such as "style"
and individuality" have been
thought of as being wholly femi-
nine, but designers now claim the
Great American Boy is fast de-
priving these words Of any such
distinction.
Some time ago in an effort to
standardize the size of their blouse
this Cleveland company had the
physical director of the Cleveland
public schools measure 1900 boys
between 6 and 16. He found that
in one size there was a variation of
Z inches in waist measure, and that
other sizes varied even more. AS
the sizes varied. so did The charac-
teristics of the boy.
Different types of boys were
brought in from a nearby play
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Sugar, tobacco, coffee, fruits and
manila They take our farm and
factory products in exchange.
Alaska sends fish, furs, copper
and gold and takes food and
manufactures.

Trade of the United States with
Its non-contiguous territory in the
fiscal year 1928 exceeded half
billion dollars against little more
than a quarter of a billion in 1913
and less than a hundred million
dollars in 1908.
By the term "non-contiguous
territory" is of course meant
Alaska, Porto Rico, the Hawaiian
Islands, the Philippine Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, and the
Virgin Islands. Our trade with
this entire non-contiguous terri
tory has aggregated in the last
decade nearly $5,000.WO,0OO, hav-
ing grown from $30O0,O00 in
1908 to $26o,0O0,OOO in 1918 and
i5O300O,OQ0 in 1928. Of course dur
ing the war with its high prices
trade with the non-contiguous ter
lritory showed considerably
larger total than in 1923, while the
high price of sugar and other
tropical products in the years
Immediately following the war
brought the total for the entire
group above the $600O00,000 line
in the years 1920 and 1921, while
in 1922 it was only approximately
$4000OO.000 as against $sO3,OOO,OO0
in 1923.
Taking up the details, the inn
ports from the entire group in
Icluding Alaska were in 1923 $780,
100000 and the exports to them
$201 100000, and in the entire
decade ending with 1923 the total
imports from the non-contiguous
ksEEitery was 2,zss ooQQ Q and the
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our ISLANDS AND WHAT THEY SEND US

exports thereto $1,o2l, 100000. This
fact that the imports from Our
non-contiguous territory always
exceed the exports thereto, is pri-
marty due, according to the Trade
Record of The National City Bank
of New York, to the fact that all
Of the islands lying as they do in
the tropics are large producers of
the class of material which we
must import especially sugar, cof-
fee, manila, tropical fruits, vege-
table oils, and tobacco of a quality
differing from that produced in our
temperate zone climate. They in
turn take largely from US chiefly
in foods and manufactures but as
their population is limited, total
ing but about 100000 against our
own population of 100000 it is
quite natural that our purchases
from them should be larger than
theirs from US. That they do buy
very largely from the United
States, however, is evidenced by
the fact that Porto Rico takes
normally over o0% of its total i'm
ports from the United States,
Hawaii about $3.50 and the Philip
pine Islands about 63%. Porto
Rico still draws a limited quantity
of merchandise from Spain with
whose products the Spanish ele-
ment of the population Is still
acquainted, while in the case Of
the Hawaiian ISLANDS the large
Japanese element of the popula-
ton brings the percentage which
it takes from the United States to
a point somewhat lower than In
earlier years, and in the Philip
pine Islands a very considerable
percentage Of the imports come
from the nearby countries, Japan,
China and the great trade centers
OF Hong Kong and Singapore.
OF their total exports Porto
Rico sends about oQ% direct to
the United States, Hawaii $3.50,
and the Philippines about 80%.
In the case Of Alaska practically
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after a visit in the home of her son,
Max Wagner at Webster, Mass.
Miss Iva Willis who has passed
the summer at her home in Harmo-
nv with her mother, Mrs. E. L. Will
lis. was in town Saturday on her way
to Bridgeport, Conn. where she will
teach this year.
Miss Eta Merrithew left Satur-
day for a visit in Belfast and Lin
colnville Center.
Mrs. Helen D. Sanford and
daughter Ruth of Somerville, Mass.
who have been guests of Mr.. San
ford's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Byron
Sanford of Hartland avenue, return
ed to their home Saturday.
Harry Parker and Josiah Steward
of Bangor were business callers in
town Monday.
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Long has it been an accepted
theory that the face of the Amer
lean boy reflects his personality, his
character and his disposition-that
"a certain face matches a certain
character.
Comes now the announcement
that the wearing apparel of the boy
should match his face, his COM
.plexion and his personality and
that the better this match the be-
ter the boy, the more happy and
the more satisfied.
A certain style and color of
blouse or waist is just the thing for
one type of boy while a different
plan must be followed with boy
of another type, is the decision
reached after lengthy research by
designers for one of the biggest
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Boston Produce Market

Boston, Sept. 1U.
BEEF-Choice whole cattle 1920.
BUTTER-Extras 46@46a: firsts AZ
@45. .e
~CoRN-No. 2 yellow 1o9@11o.
EGGS-Nearby hennery brown ex.
tras 6O@61; white and mixed extras 81
65S: western extras 44@46.
sacks. Special short 75OQ775: standard
HAY-No. 2 timothy 2s@2s:
LAMB-Genuine spring 24Q2S.
OATS-Forty pounds 56@57:
PORK-Medium backs 25Q2s.
21O@215; sweets 375 q 400.
SUGAR-American Sugar Rehnery
quotes IT'S cents in 100 barrel lots less
2 per cent. for cash.
VEAL-10@24.
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of London to such an extent that it
threatens to supercede the lorgnette
and horn trimmed spectacles. The
feminine monocle is trimmed with thin
shell, white gold or platinum
One optician said women who need
glasses prefer the monocle for 'its
becoming effect"
In order that the effect may be be-
coming. and not that of a face
screwed up to keep the glass from
falling out, the feminine monocles are
made to fit with faultless precision.
Thus wrinkles are avoided. The
monocles when at ease are suspended
on black silk cords or bands of ribbon
in rainbow hues.
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RICHMOND

CORNER-Miss Leola Colby of
Gardiner was the guest of Miss Ra-
chel Witham Friday. Miss Vesta
Dorr of Litchfield visited with them
in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Witham and
sons and Mr.. and Mrs. E. Z. Sylves-
ter returned Sunday from a weeks
trip to northern Maine.
Mrs. John Grant who has been on
the sick list is improving.
Mrs. Evelyn Meisner and Children
who has been visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Edgecomb re-
turned to her home in Waltham
Saturday. She was accompanied by
her sister Miss Edith Edgecomb.
who will attend High School there.
Mrs. Raymond Whitney, who has
been passing the summer with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Dear
born, returned to her home in
Brockton, Mass. Thursday. She
was accompanied by her mother
who will remain for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Allard moved
into the village Saturday for the
winter.
Mrs. Pearl Smith of Sullivan. Me.
arrived Saturday and will teach the
school in this district. Extensive
repairs have been made on the
school house during vacation.
Mrs. Julia Hutchins and son of
Gardiner and Mrs. L. c. Starbird of
Bowdoin were the guests of Mrs.
Weber, Friday.
Mrs. John Hartford visited Mrs.
Ernest Merserve at Gardiner Hos
pital Sunday.
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New York Money Market

New York. Sept. 10.
Foreign exchanges irregular, .,..
Great Britain. demand 4.5Ss. cables
ASA, so-day bills on banks 4.51s;.-,
France. demand 5.67a. cables 5S7s.
Italy. demand 441a. cables 81 &c
Belgium. demand 1864. cables 466.
Germany. demand .ooooo2a, cables
.COO002s. .,o 90 On
Norway, demand 1914.
Sweden, demand 1854.
Denmark, demand 1914.
Switzerland, demand 1896.
Spain, demand 1914.
Greece, demand 1876.
Poland, demand, .O004.
Czecho- Slovakia. demand 2.99.
Jugo-S lavia. demand LOS.
Austria. demand .0014.
Rumania. demand .453:
Argentina, demand 32.S7.
Brazil, demand 1912.
Montreal. .s73. 49,,
Call money firm: high 5. low ~. rul-
ing rate a. closing bid A.. offered at S.
last loan AZ.
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Hioh Flower Price Due Coal Shorta

High Flower Price Due Coal Shortage
They are blaming something else
on the coal shortage, already stagger-
ing under as heavy a load as the
war" was few years ago.
1.-The reason flowers are so high
now" declared a local florist, "is that
the hothouses where SO many of the
so-callede Spring flowers like jonquils
are grown are heated by coal, and
with coal prices so high the hot
houses naturally have to get in
creased prices for the flowers they
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FINANCIAL NEWS
. YORK MARKET
(. :, .he Days Dealings In All
~. Leading Stocks

,..,, sept. 1o.-Stock prices
i9i .s.ir upward movement in
peo , . session. The rally,
eusssnsive, was attributed to
so1 ss.vorable forcing news, in
sss. .nnrts that Germany was
n ]" cease passive resistance
~ shr and that Italy and
y nr ready to accept the
.ss'Mnosals of the council Of
sadors. .,owsa the mos,
a strength, buying being
su, pnbr news and the fact that
% s M exceeded those of
ss.r months this year -, except &c !
nan buying was one half
ds s.nai August demand. Utah
usIN rs and Anaconda. Ken
s,a American Smelling. l to
S anu of the Butte and Su-
t.,;dend was not announced
a CIV the market closed. the
ave- saming a net low of S-S and
r'slained as due to a desire III T. to o
ne the cash resources OF the
ah ...oment of the new govern
ssaasing was generally regard
nnIlish factor because the
. so'ooO,oo0, was less than
| I'd and involves no change chan ,su IN
~ rate. government long term
1s., IS not now expected until
s sstn Of the monthly tonnage
| ,fssnt Of the U. S. Steel Corpora.
.snrine a reduction of 496,lo0
untitled orders. was about
MI Street expected. U. S.
N . %s fractionally higher, but
\. '~ ~ the Independents lost
H., studebaker, American
III, Ind most of the other indus
lssSers closed fractionally
Some experimental short
IN, INK place in the Oil shares
,.t of the active issues offered
,ssis.ance, Cosden being par
Nh active and closing nearly a
H.. confused movements took
u ,mong the specialties. Wool
|. md and Kresge, advanced s "a
yI,.S respectively. Jones Broth
8 ~, opened 8 points higher. can
nearly all its gain and then
!, inward again, closing at So
Smpon. dropped points;
X: showed mixed changes.
Kan Railway being the most
losing 3-S higher at "a IS.
IN money opened at 4 ga per
fn,t advanced to 5 before the
81 Time money was somewhat
" ,ctlye with 5 IL per cent the
!, rate. Commercial paper rates
unchanged.
Errth of the Continental Allied
k,rses was the feature of the
Ia exchange market. Franch
n advanced 10 points to 567
HI Italian lire advanced S IL
In 10 AL IL cents and Belgian
advanced 10 points to 4.65 1-2c.
IA trachmas moved up II points
III; cents. Demand sterling was
hi at s453 rs.
MT Of the activity in today's re-
Ev dull, though firm trading in
}, conferred in the foreign group.
Milan is moved up nearly 2 points
,ie time and closed a point higher
Ne day. Czecho- Slovakian SIS also
I'D a point and the French issues,
2rally, we're somewhat higher.
Rive United States government
we're practically unchanged at
lti@e after narrow fluctuations
hs the day.
ls market for railroad mortgages
extremely narrow. most of the
bgcs being confined to fractions.
bon and Manhattan income IS
L 5nced 1-S and Chicago. Burling-
: and Quincy refunding 5s moved
point.
ssiI Of 2 points by Cerro de
Copper SIS was the only out
y ping change among industrial
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sell to us florists. And we in turn
must pass it on to the public.
And then another thing that adds
to the cost of flowers is that SO many
people must have all the same flower
at once. When jonquils first come
into the market every one wants
jonquils and nothing else. Later it's
lilies. And so it goes."-New York
Sun