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Evening star., 1923-03-14

false hopes. and drug our rebellions
under the cRmoufiage of Optimism
and faith
righteousness triumphs," "every
cloud has a silver lining" Honesty
is the best policy"-and thousand
other soothing sayings-how they
cheer and beguile us. and how they
gum up all Intelligent analysis Of
life as-it-is-and-ought- to-be. 1t
would indeed be blissfui world il
these things were true. but they are
not true and they won't be true until
we stop believing platitudes and be-
gin fighting for the right.
Honesty ought to be the best policy,
but in this present business world it's
a very dangerous policy. That's an
ugly fact, but it's more wholesome
to tel children that ugly fact and to
make them desire to reform such 4
despicable state of affairs than it is
to dope them with false concepts and
abandon them to Inevitable disaster
righteousness ought to triumph, but
1t doesn't. Cowar1tce, greed and stu
pldity triumph in its place. The right
get elected because We who care for
Righteousness sit back and expect
God to come down and stuff the bal
lot box for US to Offset the other
chaps activities.
Every cloud ought to have a silver
lining, but the lining is usually of
corroded zinc--because we allow it
to be and prefer sentimental talk to
action!
The right kind OF optimism is a
good thing, but optimism without
common sense and hustling Is q fab
by nuisance. The people who peddle
it-and literature IS full of them)
ought to be soused In molasses until
they recant. Wen never make this
world a clean. happy. healthy place
to live in until we stop talking de-
lightful drivel and begin to fight for
truth.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Bobby Coon Makes a Mistake
Regret will follow In the wake
or every serious mistake.
Roy,yxx, rr~ov,


Bobby Coon had been asleep a long
time. In his comfortable bed in
snug hollow tree he had known moth.
ing of the winter storms and the bit
ter cold. But now Bobby had awak-
ened. You see there had been many
warm days. and Mistress Spring
would soon arrive. Bobby would
bled to himself and did his best to
go to sleep again. But somehow he
couldn't go to sleep.
After a while he decided to have
a look outside. He climbed up to his
doorway and there he sat for q long
time trying to make up his mind
whether to go out and hunt for some
thing to eat or go back to his bed
and try to sleep again. His stomach
settled the question. His stomach was
empty. You see nothing had been put
in 1t for many weeks.
Il may as well look around q little"
grumbled Bobby. Il might find some-
thing to eat" Thinking of this made
him grow hungrier and hungrier. SO
rather slowly, for he was somewhat
stiff. Bobby Coon climbed down the
tree and started out rather aimless-
ly. There was still some snow in
patches here and thre through the
Green Forest. Bobby scowled at it.
Now that he was awake he wanted
warm weather which would bring out
the frogs and other sleepers.
Bobby didn't go far. You see he
hadn't used his legs for SO long
that they soon grew tired. He didn't
find anything to eat and finally climb
ed back and went to bed again. The
next day he wandered a little further
with the same result. Every day
after that Bobby was out prowlinG
around in search of something to eat.
The nights still being cold, he re-
manned at home then. When real
warm weather came he would do his
sleeping during the day and hunt
by night, but now 1t was much more
comfortable to do his hunting in the
daytime.
Now when Bobby Coon had gone to
sleep at tho beginning of winter he
had been fat, very fat, indeed. 1t was
| d good thing that he was fat, for now
| he needed it Being unable to find
| any food. his body absorbed that fat
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Victor Hugo and Adele Foucher.

Two friends married; both were
overjoyed and happy in their good
fortune One said: "You have a
daughter and shall have u som;
when they grow up they will marry"
!. The two friends were Maj. Hugo
and Registrar Foucher, and the pact
so strangely and so unthinkingly sug-
gested by Maj. Hugo was carried out
by fate and circumstance to the let
ter. Victor Hugo was the son and
Adele Foucher the daughter. They
loved each other truly and well. mar
ried and lived happily.
1t is as strange a story as any that
Victor Hugo could have fashioned for
one of his novels or plays, and it is
remarkable how great love the
girl, who had been predestined for
him by his father, inspired in him.
Both children grew up together and
Hugo gives a lovely picture of their
childhood days and their first love
bIossoming timidly out:
Our mothers used to tell US to run
out and play together. We used to
take walks instead. We were told to
play, but we preferred to talk 4. /.
Before long the time came when
she was leaning on my arm and
was pIOuo anu cAPcTicuCCu 5olnc uO~
emotions. We walked slowly: we
spoke softly. She dropped her hand
kerchief. picked 1t up. Our hands
touched each others and trenbled.
She began to talk about the little
birds. about the crimson aftergloW
the sunset left behind tho trees, about
her schoolmates. her frocks. her rib
bons. We talked innocently OF COM
monpIace things, yet we both blushed.
for our little girl had grown a
maiden"
The following is one Of the love
letters Hugo wrote his sweetheart, a
beautiful young girl with cherry lips,
when he was lost in the transports
of love at eighteen:
"a few words from my beloved
have again changed my state Of mind.
Yes, you can do everything with me;
and tomorrow. were / even dead, the
sweet tones of your voice, the tender
pressure of your lips, would call me
back to life again. How differently
! shall feel tonight as 1 go to sleep
from what I did last eveningi Yes
terday. Adele, all confidence in the
future had abandoned me; / no longer
believed that you loved me; yesterday
the hour OF my death would have
been welcome to me. And yet I said
to myself, II it Ia quite true that she
does not love me and nothing In me
has deserved her love. that love With.
out which thaSo 10 no charm lefk, II
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Love Letters That Made History
BY JOSEPH KAYE.

ME in life, IS that any season why +
should die? Is it for my own per-
sonal happiness that exist? Oh, no;
my whole existence is devoted to her,
shall be hers in spite OF herself, and
by what right have I aspired to win
her love? Am I more than an angel
or deity3 I love her. IL is true-I-
even I! I am ready for her sake to
sacrifice everything with joy-even
the hope that she may love me
- Such were my thoughts Of
yesterday. Adele, my much be-
Then it Is true that you love me,
Adele! Tell me, may I put faith in
that most ravishing idea? Does it
not strike you that might become
mad with joy II could pass my whole
life at your feet, sure Of making you
happy. as should be myself. sure of
being adored by you even as I adore
you? Oh, your letter has given me
back peace; your words this evening
have filled me with happiness. Re-
ceive my thanks a thousand times;
Adele, my beloved angel, 1 should like
to kneel before you as 7 would before
a divinity. How happy you have
made me! Adieu. adieu. 1 shall have
happy night dreams of you"
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-03-14
BEAUTY CHATS
By Edna
Kent Forbes.

initiate them, we know that we are
going to fau-and sometimes we
don't even care.
/ know all this sounds like heresy
on my part, for have recently been
preaching the virtues Of hair nets,
shoemakers TO keep ones shoes in
good condition and the virtues of
sewing on hooks and eyea OF course,
want every ono to be neat and
methodicaL. because muSSiness and
carelessness are never becoming.
Only ! would not want to have my
readers sacrifice everything to neat.
ness and method. An element of i'm.
aginatton must enter everything, from
planning ones career to doing ones
hair.
Day--It is quite possible that you
have not attained your full height at
seventeen years Of age. In your gym
work at school take all the exercises
that will elongate the spinal column
and be particular to stand correctly,
so you will have full credit for every
inch of your height.
V. 1.-THE exercises fors developing
the throat are those from rolling the
head around over the shoulders, first
to the right and then to the left; also
drop the head forward as far as pos
sible and then throw 1t backward, In
zach OF those exercises DO sure TO hold
for an instant whom tho exercise is
completed and then tense all the
nauSclos. Maseage Into tho. tissues
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Evening star., 1923-03-14
BEDTIME STORIES 3, =. 1ss:s::. Ds:::::

which he had stored under his skin.
and SO he kept up his strength. But
each day he grew thinner and thin
ner, and the timer he grew the hun
grier he grew. The hungrier he grew
the further he roamed in search OF
something to eat.
Now. 1t happened one day that he
CHANGED to roam over to that part
of the Green Forest where Blacky
the Crow and Mrs. Blacky had had
their nest the spring before. Bobby
knew all about that nest, 80 when
he reached the tree in which 1t was
he didn't give 1t a thought. He prob
ably wouldn't have given 1t a thought
had he not heard queer noise up in
that tree. Bobby stopped and looked
up. He could see the nest, but of
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Much Ado About Screen Stories.

You fans ought to have something
to say about all this screen story talk
going about. I wish you'd let me
know what you think of it. l
mean the moot matter of buying well
known books at fabulous prices and
then changing the books. sometimes
including the titles of the books, SO
radically that there is simply no rec
ognizing them after production.
Every one differs. Most of tho re-
viewers and critics and pen people
of the screen say that it is the flnality
of folly to spend all that money
merely for the desecration, or GER
tainly the semi-total loss of the thing
bought For instance. take the case
of Sir James Barrie'S THE Admirable
Crichton." If you happened to have
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Straw Hats Are i'm Vivid COlOrs
NY ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

have achieved in dyes and leave its
acceptance or refusal to the intelli-
gence of those who buy and sell.
If a milliner offers you mustard
hat, gaze not upon its shape, reckon
not with it's cost, desire not its dec
grafton. Your task is to put the
color against the eyes. the cheeks.
the chin. Sec If 1t overcasts the
countenance with sicklE pallor.
See if it makes your head look like
an animated quarantine flag. If you
are even suspicious that you look
your worst in the hat, avoid it. There
is no such extravagancs as buying
something that leaves fretful froWn
on the brow
It's not easy to be sure of a hat or
than to be constantly perturbed by
it. But if a mustard yellow hat car
ries out your particular colortng to
a successful finish, buy 1t with eag-
erness and wear it with any frock
that will tolerate it. Mustard yellow
in straw is better than in faille or
taffeta 1t can be softened with
black. which gives a distinctive touch,
but daring women who know them-
selves put a wreath of shaded MORN
ing glories around the wide crown.
Some women have the audaclty 10
add a stiff bow of apple green taffeta
to the mauve and purple flowers.
The sketch shows the simplest OF
these mustard yellow straw mats,
with fitting brim wide enough TO
be a sunshade and mass of coarse
black agrettes grouped i'll front and
trailing off at the back. This hat Is
worn with a white crepe de ch'ne
frock, over the shoulders of which is
thrown d black scarf.
These coarse aigrettes, by the way,
are strongly decorative. and for that
quality they are chosen. They are
suitable companions for coarse straw
and from present indications it ap-
pears that Americans will go back 70
large hats of vari-colored straw with
cotton printed frocks when the
weather is warm enough to pear
both. The straw hat is worn with a
cloth or silk frock. 1t comes in with
the early spring whether or not the
cold remains.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Eggs With Ham on Spinach.

Season two cupfuls of chopped.
cooked spinach. either canned or
fresh, with one-half q teaspoonful CT
salt. one-fourth teaspconful of pen
per and one tablespoonful of butter.
Hard cook three eggs. Spread one
half of the spinach in a buttered glass
baking dish, then add a layer of
minced ham, about one cupf1ll, next
the hard-cooked eggs chopped fine, a
layer of the white sauce and last the
remainder of the spinach. Sprinkle
one-fourth cupful of grated cheese
over the top and place the dish In q
hot oven until q rich brown,
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Adhesive for Glass or Tin.

Labels on tin or glass frequently
come off when they have been applied
cellent adhesive for this purpose NAV
be prepared by mixing one part Of
we'll powered gum arabic with an
equal quantity of starch, four parts
Of sugar. and a small quantity Of
ingredients have dissolved. If the
adhesive seems to be too thick, it
may be made thin by adding more
water. Cut the labels from strong
paper. and then write on the neces.
sary words. Brush the adhesive on
rather sparingly. as 1t is more eff.
fective when applied thinly.
Evening star., 1923-03-14

vidual and national progress, an in
-fuence which is so common that 1t
claims us all as victims and so in
sldious in its workings that it is ac-
tually held to be respectable and in
Spirational. ] refer to the deadly
pIatitude.
BY this ] mean all that class of
Rcicky-sweet sayings which blind us
10 actual conditions. excite US with
Evening star., 1923-03-14

Mustard is not one Of the colors
chat the milliner should handle with
out wisdom and forethought. Yet it
Is fashionable. Therefore, it will be
offered to women who should run
from 1t and worn by those who should
pray TO escape it.
Mustard yellow gowns. jackets,
sweater blouSes, sport sandals and
separate skirts came in from some
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Listen,WorId!2
lLU57RaTeD Dy e15te johnson

One hears much of tho deadly pro-
perties of morphine and cocaine, Of
the way in which they stupefy the
senses and paraiyze endeavor. They
are indeed q hideous course. but
there is another influence abroad
which is q greater menace to indi-
Evening star., 1923-03-14
|O&
'CAsCARETS' TO CLEAN BOWELS
When Sick, Bilious, Headachy, Constipated for
Sour Stomach Gases, Bad Breath, Colds

Clean your bowels-,hen feel fine!
When you feel sick, dizzy, upset, bill.
ious, when your head is dull or aching,
or your stomach is sour or gassy. just
take one or two Cascarets.
As soon as the bowels begin acting
and bowel poison and bowel gases are
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Lavender Milan Makes Spring
Picture Hat.

German experimenters are trying
to increase plant growth By the use
and furnaces fed to the soil - .
Gazf5liaeE xhroNSi1 pnkf0rAts4 Dlp4aA
Evening star., 1923-03-14

cleared away. you will feel like a new
person.
Casearets never sicken or cramp you.
Also splendid for constipated children
10 cents a box. also - and so cent
sizes. Any drugstore.
Evening star., 1923-03-14

Ii YOU are stout then it would be
wise indeed to select this style, No.
1926, from which to cut your new
frock. tor It has lines that tend to
take away that unwanted appearance
of feshiness. Patterns cut in sises
4:. Al, 4s. so and SO inches bust Insas-
ure. Only four yards forty.four-inch
material IS required to mako the
dress in the forty-six-inch size.
Silk crepes. wool crepe, serge or
any of the popular twills are suitable
materials to use. a braid trimming
as shown In the sketch successfully
carries out the much-desired long
limo effect You have choice of
either long, dart-fitted. flowing or
shorter length sleeves In this pattern.
Price OF pattern Is cents. in post.
aRe stamps only. Orders should be
addressed tH The Washington Star
pattern bureau. 22 East 18th street,
New York city. Please write name
and address, clearly.
Evening star., 1923-03-14

After dinner in Argentina many
housekeepers serve instead OF coffee
q basin Of soup, which strangers find
some dihiculty in swallowing.
Evening star., 1923-03-14

course he couldn't See into it. Again
he heard that noise. A Merry Little
Breeze brought to his keen nose the
smell of fresh meat. and Queerly
enough that smell seemed to come
from up above him.
Now, by this time. Bobby Coon was
20 hungry that he could think of
nothing but food. He had a feeling
that there was something to eat up in
that tree. eff there is I'll have it,"
muttered Bobby Coon. And without
even looking around he started to
climb that tree. That was where he
made a mistake, u very great mis-
take, as he was shortly to find out.
Copyright. 1929 by T. W. Burgess,
Evening star., 1923-03-14

read the book and then saw the pic
ture, would you have known them for
one and the same germ-thought? =?
For 10, the picture emerged from the
mothering movies as Male and F'e-
male" with the succulent Swanson
in the leading feminine role. 1 am no
Judge. i profess no critical faculty.
My opinion has not been asked, but L
Evening star., 1923-03-14

STRAW HAT THE COLOR OF
MUSTARD DECORATED WITH
COARSE BLACK AlGRETTES. THE
WIDE BRTM DIS SLIGHTLY
DOWNW ARD AND THE AIGRET-
TES FALL OVER THE BACK
where beyond the horizon when the
sun moved higher in the heavens.
CoIorists take no reckoning of the
public They offer whatever they
Evening star., 1923-03-14

have made Alic. a little dress
which she calls her rose dress" The
top was cut from the ordinary kimono
slip pattern and the skirt is u straight
length. The skirt IS of white crepe
and the waist is a lovely rose. The
yoke and sleeves are esingle-crocheted
In rose thread. The waist is finished
with 4 beading made of rose thread
filled with narrow black velvet rib
bon. Little roses with green leaves
were cut out and appIiqued on the
dress in front to give the finishing
touch to this fowerlike dress for a
little girl.
fCopyrpht Ian1l
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01
SUPREME COURT
kimball VS.. Thompson Case
Continued from Tuesday

The testimony in the case of Gus
tave A. kimball of Pittsfield. vs.
Frank o. Thompson, Fred S. BurrilI
and Fred Thompson of Palmyra, was
continued throughout the day Tues
day and completed Wednesday
morning when court convened at 8
a. NJ, instead of at the usual hour,
$50. The plaintiff called Mr.. kimball
for a few questions and John II. Trio
Key of PittSfield. for a short testi-
mony concerning the stock which
were cared for for u time by Mr..
Trickey. The defense recalled a Mr.
Smith to answer a few questions con-
corning some potatoes. which closed
the case. as it is to be referred to the
decision of the law court.
The case in brief is as follows:
Mr.. Kimball. who is a deputy sheriff,
attached certain livestock, Chevrolet
auto and certain accessories, 2GOO
bushel potatoes and some hay or
grain, at the farm formerly occupied
by Albert L., Ralph l.. Smith and
Ella r. Smith. The defense, Thomp-
son and ct ais, claimed a right in
the same and by a writ in plevin
took the same in November and re-
turned the same in the spring. KIM
ball is sueing for depreciation in
value from the time he attached
them until they were returned in
April. The amount sued for was
$4,000. twice the actual value.
This case was started before the
first traverse jury, but when it was
decided to refer it to the law court
the jury was excused. The attorneys
We're Harry r. Coolidge of Pitts
field, for Kimball, and Lyman L.
Walton of Skowhegan for Thompson
ct ais.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01
Seventh Day Adyentists
RepOrt Pres. Me. Conference

Reverend +. NJ. Head, President Of
the Maine Conference of Seventh
day Adventists. has issued the fol-
lowing report Of last years work of
his denomination:
The denomination has mission
aries operating in 10S countries
preaching and publishing the Gospel
in 179 languages and dialects. The
membership in North America is
now annually giving to missionary
purposes. s42,92 per capita-a total
grand total of vi. a95.1S9 since
1914. The denomination has a
membership of 19S,0SS and connect
cd with the movement arc c0l insti-
tutions representing the medical.
educational and publishing depart
mcnts-a total investment of $40
399,461 40 with an aggregate annual
income of over $23.00seoO0 Do
"Thc 4G publishing houses arc now
annually selling over $500. 100000
worth of christian literature. There
are 3.507 separate publications
total of S4S,039, 399G1 worth of
christian literature has come from
these publishing houses since the
movement began in 1863"
"The Seventh day Adventists have
TAB buildings in connection with
their educational centcrs, with an on
rollment of all grades of 42.S33
students. At the present time there
arc IA medical institutions and sani-
tariums employing is physicians
and PAPA employees. Many of these
hospitals operate nurses training
schools in North America, Europe,
Africa. India, China, South America,
and Australia"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01
LEGAL AFFAIRS

The committee on Legal Affairs VII
give public hearing in its rooms I
the State House in Augusta.
THURSDAY. Feb. list, at : P. N
on the following.
An Act to amend Section Al Of Chap
ter 211 OF the Public Laws Of 1911
relating to motor vehicles used 10
public hire.
An Act to incorporate the Gram
Temple, Pythian Sisters Of Maine.
An Act to amend Chapter -ssa .
the First. Tenth and Twenty.ninti
Regiments Association.
An Act to legaliZe acknowledges
taken, oaths administered, and mar
riages solemnized by Fred A Torrey
|. , An Act to recognize the incorpon'
ton OF the Bath City hospital and =
confirm the validity thereof and OF u,
doings.
An Ac. to add to the purposes fsf
which the Charles NJ. Hay Co., cor
poration, was organized.
An Act relating to pensioning mem
bers of the Police Department Of ns
City of Brewer.
TUESDAY. February s, at sP j.
on the following:
An Act to amend Section 70 OF Cn.p.
ter 81 of the Revised Statutes; rea.l"
to corporate records and stock nss
An Act to amend Section 3 Of Chat
ter 40 of the Revised Statutes, reAlnt
to unauthorized advertisements Is GET
titled public accountants.
An Act to amend Chapter zlo: ~
waite and Special Laws of 1911, re,s.,.,
to incorporation of Parsonsfeld, he'A'
Falls Village Corporation.
BURLElGH MARTIN. Sc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01
|Sk0WHEcAN LOCAL NEWS
Somerset County Headquarters Phones, . *. 81;
Coming Events

The Priscilla Rebekah Lodge will
hold a food sale in the store of
Eugene Tarbox on Water street,
Saturday afternoon. The committee
in charge of the sale is composed of
Mrs. Lillian Smith. Mrs. Lila French
and Mrs. Susie Simpson.
The regular meeting Of the Ladies
Working League Of the Federated
church will be held at the church
parlors on Monday afternoon. This
is the first meeting since the cleo
ton Of officers for the ensuing year
and a good attendance is desired.
Mrs. Flora McPheters. the secre-
tary of the Past Chiefs Accociation
OF Bloomfield Temple, will entertain
the ladies Of the association for it's
February meeting, at her home on
Tuesday evening. Feb. IA. at a $50
supper. Each lady is requested to
attend in a costume to represent a
book. A brief business session will
be held after the supper, which will
be followed by social evening.
At the regular meeting of the
Skowhegan Lodge, X. of p, No. 81.
the Esquire Rank will be conferred.
This Thursday evening there will
be union prayer service of the
Centenary Methodist church and the
Federated church will be held at
75O in the vestry Of the Methodist
church.
The regular meeting of the Russell
Relief Corps will be held Friday af-
ternoon at 2.3O in G. A. r. hall. An
entertaining and helpful program
will be given after the business ses-
sion.
The Canaan Farm Bureau plan
ming meeting will be held Friday
afternoon.
An all-day planning meeting of
the Cornville Farm Bureau will be
held Saturday.