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New Britain herald., 1924-05-14

Foreigners make the best walters. No American can give that subtle im- prcssion that he thinks you Wales incog.
 The two things most commonly con- 1ucivc to virtue are . pure heart and bald head.
 AS general thing 2 solf-made man is q lucky stiff who happened to tnar- ry tho right woman.
 About inc only example Of nnselfish 1attery is the roosters cackle when a hen lays an egg.
 IT bathing beach engagements don't rtick. there is nothing in the theory that it pays to see what you are get ting.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14
Truth to Ills Faith

Sammy Perlmutter had just bought twenty-five cents worth of animal crackers and. as he was about to leave the store. he stopped. thinking seriously.
 C1erk:-"Havs you forgotten some thing, Sammy"
 sammy:-"Yes. 1T you don't mind. would you please remove all the pigs?"
 Edward kilEallon. One half of the movie stars don't know how the other half gets away with it.
 tCopyright. 1s24. Reproduction
 forbiddenD.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14
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Virginia ;,-~"Why did Howard break off his enga cement with Mae"
 Murie:--"He went 10 church with her one Sunday. and tho fertor with which she sang oh, that l had thousand tongues scared him"
 Gertrude ;'cler.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14

THs Fun Shop is a national insti- tuiiSn conducted liE KsE sIiap pefs of tue county. Contributions from readers. rtoFiding they are original. unpublished. and posses sufficient merit. will be paid for at rates vary irE from si.89 to f1B.ge. Write on one side of the paper only and send t0ur contributions to the Fun Shop Editor" rare of the Herald. who will forward them 10 New York. Ensrcepted manuscripts will not be returned.
 The Herald editor v-iIl choose vhst hs considers 10 hs ths three best contributions suhn1tted in this dis fri-t each week land will pay s1.gg sriecs for thsirt use or Saturday e-e- ming. They HiH bs cent fa head quarters sb5 will also stand thsnrs af Icing arteptsd in inc ns- tionsI Fun shop.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14
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New Britain herald., 1924-05-14

The Herald Is on sale daily Tn New York at Holdings News Stand. Times Square; Schultz NeRs Stand. Entrance Grand Central. tcnd Street.
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New Britain herald., 1924-05-14

No country ever yet has begun to 1isintegrate until 1t began to worry about ths servant problem.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14

The only profitable advertising medium in the City. irfuiatinn hooks and pIcss room always open 10 adNartisets
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14

The two things that make ns appre- ciate home are good woman ana visit to some resort.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14
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New Britain herald., 1924-05-14

And vet Heaven is filled with peo- n,e who never were called on to stand by their friends.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14

It's nice 10 have a child to lavish your loving care on, but white shoes serve about as well,
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14
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New Britain herald., 1924-05-14
Facts andFancies
BY ROBERT CULLEN

Death isn't particularly ennobiing' A dead rabbit is mere seal skin
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14
WHY IS TIT At a Dinner Party That

am either very early or very late? am always placed next to the dull est woman at the table?
 When l am on the water wagon, there are oceans of liquor? When my tongue in hanging out, there isn't drop:
 I can never remember that scream ingly funny story I heard only the day before?
 l am never hungry?
 I invariably make a mess of that balancing trick with the plates and forksa
 The leg of the table is sure to be where l want to put my knee? I always lie and say what 8 delight ful time I have had?
 Charles G. Shaw.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14

If he is 90, they call it the spirit Of adventure; if he is 40, they call 1t quest for profit.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14

An aviator. fears are not always eroundless.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-14

tco,vr,rbt 1914 by The Mcclure Newspaper s;ndcateo
Evening star., 1924-10-05

haired girls" and the "short-hAirsd
girls" in the near future.
State Councillor Gertrude Veitch and
stan will inaugurate the annual Fall
series Of ofsicial visitations October
16, when Star SpanEled Banner Coun-
Gil. No. I, at Capitol Heights, Md,
will be hostess. State Secretary G. H..
Miller announces for he executive
board that there will oe q question
box installed to be continued through
the series. and members are invited
to bring their problems in writing to
the secretary, but only questions Of
law and procedure will be answered.
One-third of the membership of
Liberty Council greeted Councillor
Emily Hughes last Wednesday when
she called the meeting to order.
There will be A short session of the
lodge next Wednesday, followed by
a card party for the benefit OF the
Bell Home for Children. The public
is invited. Past Councillor Anna Hill
and Recording Secretary Charles
Miller will represent the council at
the National Council convention Tues
day at Cincinnati. Ohio.
Virginia Dare Council, No. %, met
Wednesday night with Associate
Councillor Sarah Peden in the chair.
The bylaws committee read the draft
or the new by !AUS and ScNefai SUE
geSted changes adopted. The COM
mittee on dance arrangements made
it's report to Mrs. Mary Rowxee,
chairman, and also the 500 card party
committee outlined its plans.
Triumph Council, No. &, initiated
two candidates for Barbara F'rietchie.
No. 81. Tuesday night. The first Of
the series Of socials will be held Or-
tobcr :, with Amelia Budesheim, Ida
Cmhau and Dessic Caufnan in
Progressive. No. ., will hold its
regular business session tomorrow
night at Society Temple, Fifth and
G streets northwest.
Past National Councillor Mrs. EliZ-
abeth Sevell. president of the Golden
Rod Club. will chaperone six mem
bcrs Of the club who are representa-
tiveS to the national session. Mrs. Ida
Yost and Mrs. Mabel Hall. who are
also members Of the club. and Junior
Past state Councillor Mrs Mary p
James to the national session in Gin
cinnati. Ohio.
Maynower Council. No. II, met
Thursday at Society Temple. with
Councillor Mrs. Augusta Thurston pre-
siding. Past State Councillor Mrs
Anna Hill. was received as $. e. dep
uty for the ensuing year. State
Councillor Mrs. M. Gertrude Neitch
made an unofficial visit and gave an
interesting talk.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
WOMAN'S BENEFIT ASSOCIA.
TON.

The reviews Of the Woman's Bene-
fit Association are arranging for a
rally TO be held in the Odd Fellows
Temple November ;. Miss Frances D.
Partridge. supreme record keeper
will he the guest OF honor and Mrs
Eta NJ. King. deputy supreme com
mandcr, is also expected to attend.
The follow officers Will assist IL
the ceremonies Of the class presenta-
lion: Commander Mrs. Della Edmunds
lieutenant commander. Miss Jenny
Waddy; past commander. Mrs. Steils
ToWner: chaplain. Mrs. Henrietta
Wardr.-; record keeper. Mrs. Martha
Dean; finance keeper, Mrs. Ada Byrne; !;
lady at arms Mrs. Elizabeth Moslcy;
sergeant. Mrs. Rhodda Ireland; SEN
tinel. Mrs. Hattie Taylor. Mrs. Jessie
h Eager, deputy supreme command
er. who has charge of the work in
Washington, has gone to Newark,
y. J., for d similar meeting at that
place
Evening star., 1924-10-05

genious chauffeur and friend OF tho
family" can educe from a single
household in the way Of farcical situ-
atoms and the Strengthening out Of
these to the continued tranquility Of
the whole family. That the author
insists on romance wherein the
tramp wins the heart of the eldest
daughter OF the house is a mistake.
or so it seems. For the girl is a
wooden contrivance: that is, she is
solid wood compared with the suave
fexibility OF the delightful Wade
Rawlings. Just a delightful fellow,
he iS-but. of course, readers must
have love story, so charming man
is permitted TO go wrong for the rest
Of his life.
VIRGINIA'S WILD OATS. BY f. L.
Baily. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Company.
Another fairy story, built upon the
imaginary super-qualities Of a young
woman. Just shade Off from the
glad" books. this one. However, It's
saving grace is that it is clearly a
FARGO with Virginia in the role OF
eleventh hour salvation to men rang
ing from prime ministers to man mil
liners. each entoilcd in some situation
OF hopeless confusion from which
this amazing girl Virginia is alone
able to rescue them. Beautiful? No
end. Clever" Surprisingly. SO, aside
from tho difficulties of her friends,
she herself is always in difficulty
over some lover or other Indeed
Firginia's chief means of delivering
the others is to become engaged her
self to the obstrcperouS person with
whom she is dealing in the interests
of another. So she passes from, en-
GaEcmcnt to engagement all the
time too lovely and too innocent to
be wholly interesting. However, mat
ters Strai iEhten out and toward the
end of the farcical to-do one sees
coming reward for the lover who
has borne with patience enough to
make one wonder about his mental
ity the GoinEs on Of Virginia in her
agricultural experiment of sowing
wild oats. When VIC leave Virginia
she is frontcd upon settling down.
Indifferent to her adventure in
farming.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
WOoDMEN OF THE WORLD.

Oflcers OF the l03d Regiment Staff
and the battalion STATS will meet
tomorrow evening for their regular
monthly conference. Col. James Free
land will preside.
. Sovereign Adrian Ensor Of Elm
Camp is TO be Joseph in the dramatic
brothers scene on Elm Camps degree
team. Several new members of the
camp have applied for positions in
the initiation work. The uniform
rank company is to be reorganiZed,
with a special squad for degree work
The first Of the seasons Ave hun
dred games took place last Monday
evening at Northeast Masonic Tenn
pie. Sovereign John c. Mcconnell,
chairman Of the entertainment COM
mittee for the Boosters Club, was in
Evening star., 1924-10-05

ment. Past Councillor Mrs Marion
Petit was escorted by the drill
team and color bearers into the coun-
Gil room and was introduced as a
member Of tho State Council benev
olent committee. She was received
and congratulated by the councillor,
Mrs. Ollie Montgomery. In behalf of
the council Mrs. Petit was present
ed with beaded handbag by Junior
Past Councillor Mrs. Elizabeth Shep-
herd. An exhibition drill. was given
by the mixed drill team, in command
Of Capt John NJ. Futrell. Past State
Councillor Mrs Margaret Hartman of
Mayf1ower Council. No. II, presented
her credentials as deputy State coun-
cilor She was presented with how-
ers In appreciation OF her untirins
services as chairman of the good OF
the order committee, Miss Nellie
r. Teeple was presented with a
bouquet A supper followed the
meeting.
Mizpah Council, No. 3. gave re-
ception, followed by banquet, in
honor Of the new State councillor,
Mrs. NJ. Gertrude Veitch. Tuesday
evening. Past State Councillor Mrs.
purse in behalf Of the council.
Mizpah has now had the honor of
having been the home council of five
State councillors. one national coun-
cilor and is also at present the home
council of the judge of the nationa
judiciary and of the national treas
urer.
The Twentieth Century Club met
at the home OF Mrs. l.. Milstead Sep
tember -. at Cherrydale. Va. Mrs.
Mary Ferguson acting as preSidin <
officer. supper was served, followed
by a social. The next meeting will
Grubbs.
The national session will convene
at the Hotel Gibson, Cincinnati. Ohio,
October and 8. A large deleSatio on
from the District of Columbia is ex-
pected to attend.
Loyalty Council, No. ~, it to hold
a beauty contest between the long
Evening star., 1924-10-05

seer. Russell A. Holt; Lady Rebecca,
Mrs. ID. +. Hensley; Lady Rowena,
Miss Cordelia Collins: guard. Thomas
]. Reidy; watchman. A. J. Foehl. Mr..
and Mrs Charles l. Holmes have
transferred to this homestead from
Minot, y. ID. Lady Rowena is pre-
pairing an entertainment for October
e5 in celebration of children's month
and arranging "weiner" roast to be
held somewhere in Virginia about
October 15. The installation of Off
GERS will take place October II, the
district manager, Charles i. Bratton,
acting as installing officer and Archer
u. G. Hodges, chief yeornen. The aud
iting committee. Archers. Mason and
Hodges, will report at that meeting.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Students Type to Music.

In the more up to- date business col
IL Ges where typcwriting is taught An
experiment is being carried ON TO
ascertain the value Of music when
the student is learning to type. A
phnnograph is set to play a lively
march when the typinS lessons begin
and as the lesson proceeds the music.
is specded up. thus far with telling
effects in relieving the ronotony 10
the student and increasing the speed
OF the writer
Evening star., 1924-10-05
F. o. EAGLES.

Washington Acric, No. 12J, is max
ing prepa ration for the reception and
entertainment of Grand Worthy
President Otto T.. he I.usc, who is to
visit the Capital November l6, at
which time large class of candi-
dates will be presented for initiation
The several captains OF the special
membership committc" report prog
ress in their campaign and already
nearly 100 have been enrolled. James
r. Ryan has resigned the treasurer
ship Of the organiza ton and last
week Michael ID. Crowley was unanl-
mouslN elccled in bis Stcad
Evening star., 1924-10-05

The largest warehouse in the
United states has just been completed
in Cincinnati II stretches over two
blocks. is 61f feet long ana l75 feet
wide. has seven floors and contains
over 100000 cubic feet of floor space
1t has ESQ concrete pillars and cost
$500, 900
Evening star., 1924-10-05
JR. O. u. A. M.

Capitol Council. No. o. Councillor
r. X. Cooper. presiding. held it's rcgu-
iar session last Monday. one candi
date was initiated and two applica-
tions' for membership were received.
The degree work will be conferred
tomorrow night. 4 committee was APP
pointed to revise the bylaws of the
council.
The J. Morgan Read Council. Mount
Rainier, Md. will give a box party
October 10, a pm. at star Han.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICAN
YEOMEN.

At meeting of Capitol Home
stead, No. 500. September 81 in odd
Fellows Temple the following. Off
GERS were elected: Foreman, Guy II.
TippenS; muster of ceremonies, Dan
iel Il. HeEsIey, correspondent, Mrs.
Myrtle Adams: master of accounts,
Henry A. Wild; chaplain, Miss Edith
Van Ness. The foreman elect ap
pointed the following officers: Over
Evening star., 1924-10-05

charge. good crowd attended.
The barbecue at Oak Camps Hall
Thursday night brought out some of
the veterans Of woodcraft in this ter
ritory. One feature was a rally for
the building fund, and several large
subscriptions to stock OF the Wood
men or the World temple were Sc
cured
Evening star., 1924-10-05
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS @
AMERICA.

minstrel show and vaudcVli'" VIII
be given October 81 and 2S at the
City Club for the benefit of Archbishop
Curey's scholarship fund. Dancing
will follow the performance both eve
nings. Miss Fannie Wathen is IN
charge OF the minstrel troup" and +. l.,
Oehmann is the musical director. The
east includes Misscs I.eona Anthony.
Winfred Auman. Agnes Auth, E,Si"
Bennett. Bcrna rdine Brennan. Cath
,rine Collins. Beatrice CosGrove Emma
Curran, Alice Cush, Marion Dickson,
Augusta Diegelman. Lillian Dixon. Alice
Duffy, Lucille Duffy. Ellen Fitzgerald,
Molly Fitzgerald Lula Fitzpatrick.
Catherine FIavin, Rita Fogerty. Ger
trude Gauges. Margaret Gauges. Helen
Griffin. Mary Harrison, Cecilia Heenan.
Iona Huck, Catherine Jeffries. Etclka
kearney, Helen kesh, Marie Nc
carhy, Helen Mcmahon. NJ. Miller.
Clarissa Mullikin. Helen Murray, Dor
othy Nesline. Helen O'Donoghue, Mary
Q Donoghue, Hiltrude Phillips, Sarah
Policy. Anna Rosinski. Mary Riley.
Katherine Rupert. Frances shea
Grace Sprucebank, Dorothy Stewart.
Lucy Stoneman. Kathryn Stretch. Agnes
Sullivan. Margaret Tucker. Stella
Turek. Anna Nucinovich. Grace Wells.
Ruth West. Pearl Ieigen and Mrs. Jan"
O'Lone. Miss Anna r. SWEET is chair
nan of the committee III charge Of ar
"angements
Tine annual rumma2e sale VIII hr
he'd October -. 2S and %. 4 meeting
pf the charmen in charge of the yar1-
,us booths for the bazaar to b" held
n December WAS held Friday evening
At the home of Miss Gertrude Cotter.
Court District of Columbia. No. 2l2,
will meet Tuesday. pm. in the
Raleigh Hotel. Out-of-town members
invited TO attend
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF
LIBERTY.
The regular weekly meeting of
Evening star., 1924-10-05

ManiCuriSts and haird-eSaers in
New York City have started a move
ment to organize "A labor union.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
SMOOTH PERFORMANCE

A program of constant me-
chanical refinement involv-
ing the body, engine, clutch,
brakes and other units of
Dodge Brothers Motor Car,
has resulted in an unusual
srnoothness of performance.
You have only to ride in the
car to instantly appreciate
the decided freedom from
vibration.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

day at Naval Lodge Hall, at the con-
clusion of which five hundred card
party was held Next Tuesday being
initiation night all members Of the de-
gree team are urged to be present.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
VASA ORDER OF AMERICA.

Washington Lodge. No 4i2, meets
at the Moose Home next Thursday.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
FRATERNITlES.

Continued from Twelfth Page.)
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-06-19
DR.. FELLOWS

DR. William e. Fellows, homeo-
pathic physician. practjsed in Show
hogan many years, and later became a
resident of Bapgor.
He was born in Athens, October %,
1923. Became resident of Skowhe-
gan, August 1876. Attended Somer-
set Academy two years and the Eaton
Preparatory School at Norridgewock
for similar period. Graduate of
Hahnemann Medical School of Phil
adelphia. His hospital practise in
cluded the hospital of the institution
just mentioned During the winter
of 1873 he was occupied at ST. Bath
olemew's Hospital. London. Was a
member of American Institute of
Homeopathy, Maine Medical Associa-
ton, Penobscot County Medical AS
ISOLATION, Maine Homeopathic Medical
Society, American Medical Association.
Married, May 10, 1876. Miss Angie
Sawyer of Norridgewock.
During the summer of 1876 practi-
ced medicine in Scion moving to Skow-
hogan in the carly fall. Was asso-
ciated with Dr. T. L. Bradford until
March 1877 when DR.. Bradford moved
to Philadelphia where he practiced
until his death which occurred about
1920 DR.. Fellows practiced medicine
in Skowhegan from 1875 to 1890. NOV
ing to Bangor on the first day of
, February of that year.
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DIR. GOODWIN

There seems to have been a phys
clan by the name of DR.. Thomas A.
Goodwin who practiced here sometime
in the 1S60's. Said to have been a
homeopathic physician and as some
what eccentric. Was well along
in years when he came to Show
hogan. He was perhaps a bach
elor, at any rate unmarried during
his stay here. He had no
residence but boarded with various
Skowhegan families.
His Office was at one time at the
corner of Madison avenue and Water
streets. Directly opposite or nearly
opposite at the end of the north chan
mel bridge was the Skowhegan bank
of which William PhilbrIck was at
that time cashier One night DR.
Goodwin heard an explosion in the
bank and of course promptly notified
the officers. On investigation 1t was
found that the safe had been blown,
but DR.. Goodwin's prompt action brot
help and the burglars retired without
causing the bank any further loss.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-06-19

Insane Hospital, 1876 During the
rebellion he was assistant surgeon
21st Maine Infantry. Mustered out
August 25, 1853 Also member of
the Examining Board of Pensions;
member of the School Committee for
ten years; Trustee of Bloomfield
Academy.
Member of Centenary Methodist
Episcopal Church and of Russell
Post G. a. r. His children were;
Frank Burton Cushing, born 1859;
died 1883; Helen Maria Cushing, born
1861, married 1886; DR.. Fred f. Var
ney. North Chelmsford. Mass; Mary
Belle Gushing, born 1885. married Irv-
ing o. Palmer, Newtonville. Mass. /;
Harry Howard Gushing. born 1875.
Graduate of Howard Dental School.
Residence, Pennington. Mass, mar
ried Jennie Howard of Boston, Mass.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-06-19
ROLAND T. PATTEN
DIR W. S. STINCHFIELD

DR.. Walter Scott Stinchfeld was
born in Skowhegan, April 3. 1873, the
son of Calvin and Mary Abbey Nor
rill' Stinchfield He attended the
Skowhegan schools and was grad
uate of the Skowhegan high school,
Studied medicine at Bowdoin College
1894 Received the degree of NJ.
d. at Believer Medical College 1896.
Attended New York Post Graduate
College in 1918 Practised medicine
in Toledo. Ohio. for two years COM
ing to Skowhegan in 1898. He was
associated with the late DR.. john r..
Wadsworth in the Somerset Hospital
for number of years. Served as
president of Somerset County Medical
Association. Was elected member OF
the Skowhegan School board in March,
1900. His daughter, Miss Lyle Stinch-
field, was born in the same year. 1t
was DR. Stinchfeld's privilege to
serve from the year of her birth and
through the years in which she passed
the grades of the public school system
and to present diploma to his daugh-
ter at the time of her graduation in
1918, he then being chairman of the
Skowhegan School Board.
DR.. Stinchfeld's wife was Miss Mary
Elizabeth Clough of Skowhegan to
whom he was married, June IA 1898.
The family home from 1900-1911 was
in the Dr. W. T. Merrill house on
North avenue. In later years he
built handsome residence which
became his home and office on the
Oliver Walker estate. Court street
next to the Somerset County Court
House.
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DIR. G. A. WILBUR ,

DR. Greenleaf Augustus Wilbur was
born in Sidney Maine, October 4.
1920. Attended the Augusta high
school and graduated from Colby Col
lego. in 1916, with the A. B. degree
and from Bowdoin Medical College In
1S49. His NJ d. degree was from
Jefferson Medical college in 1850. Dur
ing his student years he taught one
or more terms as principal of the
academy at Kennebnnkport in 1916.
He was surgeon of the 18th Maine Vol
unteers in 1862 and of the provost
marsball's Office in the Third Maine
District 1863-5. Was United States
examining surgeon, 1S77S0. He was
an honorary member of the Eye and
Ear Infirmary of Portland Super
intendent of schools in Skowhegan for
many years and trustee of Bloomfield
Academy of the Skowhegan ~Rublic
Library. H
He first located in Norridgewock
where he practised for one year. The
remaining years of his life were spent
in Skowhegan where he died July 10,
1898. His wife was Miss Frances
Elizabeth Moore of Warren, Mass. Two
children were born, daughter who
became Mrs. Moses Parker, the other,
a son Dir. Charles H., who was for
many years u dentist in Skowhegan.