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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
LONDON LOSING ITS VOICE
Famous Old Street Cries of the Mo
tropols Are Dying Out One
After Another.

Even in London, most conservative
Of cities, one by one the famous old
street cries are dying out.
In Shakespeares day the streets
were musical with this chanting of
tradesmen, calling their wares, each
to his own particular lifting tune.
The last to be heard in modern Lon
don is that Of the lavender peddlers:
"Sweet lavender, sweet lavender!
wont you buy my sweet lavender?
sixteen branches for penny !"
It's still heard on the side streets,
but its days are numbered. It's easier
TO walk to a drug store and get moth
balls.
Just as the street cries are dying
out. so also are the London flower
girls-famous in song and story-dis
appearing.
Once they were to be seen all over
the city-these girls" whose ages
ranged from sixteen to sixty. Picadil-
ly Circus has been their last strong
hold. But there are signs that they're
being Ousted even from this favored
spot. Men, mostly eX-sOldiers out of
regular Jobs, are now selling flowers
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
West Franklin,

Langdon Smith left Saturday for
Meriden, N. H. He planned to spend
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Fred
Holden, in Boston.
Della Ryder and daughter Alice
have been visiting in Bar Harbor the
past week.
Ethel Clark of Wilton spent a few
days last week with relatives here
Mr.. Clark plans to enter the hospital
in Waterville for an operation this
week. His many friends here hope
for a speedy recovery.
The many friends of Mrs. Helen
Wooster are glad to hear she is com
Portable.
The Daughters of Veterans will
hold their installation Saturday, Jan.
10. They will have dinner at the
hall. Past President Miss Edith But
Ter Will install the officers All men,
bers are asked to be present.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09

Mrs. Austin Conary of Trenton is
at Mrs. Janmes F. Norton's for an
operation. All her friends wish her
a speedy recovery
Philip Smith has gone to Green
vile with his brother Paul and sis
ter, Mrs. Charles Johnson He ex-
poets to find employment there.
School here reopened Monday;
Mrs. Guy Closson, teacher. The,
Morrison school opened Tuesday,
Miss Maxine Webb of Sullivan.
teacher. ALL are sorrF to lose so eff.
ficient a teacher as Miss Hope Nc
Kenney.
Miss Frances L. Closson, who has
employment in Bangor spent the
weekend with her parents, Capt and
Mrs. David F. Closson.
Capt. Shirley Holt of Portsmouth,
N. H., Mrs. Hazel Catlyn of Portland,
who were called home by the seri-
Gus illness of their mother have re-
turned to their homes While Mrs.
Holt is still very poorly, she is much
improved. Miss Pearl Holt of Port.
land will remain with her for the.
present.
Arther M. Jones, who has been
very i'll of kidney trouble, is much
improved
\ Frank Richardson, wife and son
Roy, who have been with Mrs. Rich
ardson's parents during the Christ
mas vacation, have returned to Con-
necticut, where Mr. Richardson is
teaching.
Mrs. Viola Howard is in poor
health.
Bayside Sunday school has been
discontinued for the winter months,
but will be reopened in April.
Jan. Z. c. A C.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
North BROOKLYN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Sherman
have purchased a new car.
Miss Lucia Peabody has moved to
Bluehill for the winter.
Fred l.. Cole, travelling salesman,
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
family here.
Willie Young is driving the mail
on the Sargentville-Bluehi route.
George Giles arrived home Satur-
day from coasting, his vessel having
hauled up in Rockland
Ruth Roberts, who is training at
Portland general hospital, for a
nurse, has been home on ten-days'
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred A. Hamilton,
who for the past six weeks have been
visiting Sterling Freethey and fam
lily in Providence, r. l., and their son
Eugene in Boston, are home. They
visited Charles Parker and family at
Wells en- route home.
Nothing being heard of Harold
Butler for long time, fears were
entertained that he had been lost at
sea. 1t is now learned that he re-
Gently sailed from New York on a
steamship for another trip to
Germany.
Jan. 7. Exemption"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
MEXICO LIKES YANKEE GAMES
People Of Neishborlng Republic are
Becoming More Sportsmanlike
as a Consequence.

I had been greatly impressed with
what American sports are doing for
young Mexico. American sports are
common all over the republic now
basketball, baseball, volley ball, hand
ball, tennis and all the typical Ameri-
can sports.
Even the president has handball
court up at Chapultepec for his eight
een-year-old boy to play on. 1 asked
him if he did not feel that these Ameri-
can sports were going to teach his PEG
pie how to play the game"
In Mexico the minute man Is de-
feated for office or the minute that
brother defeats him in debate or wins
a girl from him, that Mexican wants
to kill his opponent or start revolu
ton. They have not learned to be
what we Americans call good sports
American games are teaching them
this spirit, says William l Stidger In
the outlook.
After had explained what I mean!
he admitted that my implications and
deductions We're true and that he had
manifested his confidence In the Y. M.
G. A., which introduced these sports
into Mexico, by giving that American
institution government gift of $4,000
pesos.
"What are your personal sports?"
asked him.
"Billiards and poker" he said, with
a SMILE
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
lDcdhan1,

A daughter Barbara Elizabeth,
was born to Mr.. and Mrs, Elmer J..
Gray, Dec. 81,
Bernard Black, who has been in
the general hospital in Bangor for a
surgical operation, is home and
making rapid recovery,
= pleasant affair Wednesday eve
ming was a surprise party to Miss
Hazel Cowing by members Of the
ladies sewing circle and other
friends The chief event of the eve
ming was the presentation to Miss
Cowing, by Mrs Marcia Blood, presi-
dent, of handsome hand bag and a
sum of money in recognition of her
faithful services for a number of
years as church organist. Coffee and
cake were served. The evening was
most pleasantly spent with music and
songs.
Jan Z. B.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
JONSON ON MlSSPENT LIVES
Many Modern Writers Would Like to
Phrase the Thought So
Happily.

"What a deal of cold business doth
n man misspend the better part of life
In in scattering compliments, tender
Ing visits, gathering and venting news,
following feasts and plays, making a
little winter love in a dark corner"
This sentence from Ben Jonson's
"Dlscoveries" contains a general re
Election which every man who has
reached the age of thirty-fve and has
lived in civilized society at any time
during the last five hundred years has
frequently made to himself.
But the precise and personal shade
which Jonson gives it by the last nine
words of his sentence belong to himself
and to his time; the color with which
they paint a commonplace is not that
of Milton or Dryden, of Congreve or
Swift, Pope or Johnson, Wordsworth or
Shelley, Tennyson or Browning hut 1t
is very near che shade of feeling which
many a writer. today attempts, much
less successfully to translate into SEN
tences.-The Nation and the Atheneum
Of London.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09

A certain painter is confined in an
asylum TO persons who visit him he
says:
Look at this; it is my latest mas
terpiece."
They look, and see nothing but an
expanse of bare canvas. They ask:
what does that representa-"
"That2 Why, that represents the
passage of the Israelites through the
Red sea"
beg pardon but where is the seaY
1T has been driven back"
And where are the lsraelites"
They have crossed over"
And the Egyptians"
"Win be here directly. That's the
sort Of painting l like-simple and I'M
Dretentious. Art Record.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
Man-killinq Horse.

What is said to be the strangest
manslaughter case ever tried in the
criminal courts of the United States
is scheduled to be heard in Middle
bury, Vt, in the near future. Will
liam Hallock. q farmer is to face n
jury on the charge of being RESPONSE
BILE for the death of A. W. Woodcock,
an eighty-year-old neighbor. The de
PENDANT is the owner of a stallion,
which broke away and entered the
yard of Woodcock attacking and kill
ing him before any one could come to
his aid The state will contend that
Hallock was directly responsible in
that he was negligent in not keeping a
vicious animal properly restrained.
The horse was permitted the freedom
of its own barnyard, it is said, but
broke from the yard, trotted down the
highway and entered the open gate of
Woodcock's place. 1t first attacked
Floyd Woodcock and was beaten off
with a pitchfork 1t then approached
the old man, striking him down with
its hoofs, causing injuries which re
suited in his death.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
Llvelv Old Tortoise Wins Race.

A subject for new fable from
Aesop comes from Bickton, Devon.
Visitors on holiday in the district,
hearing a DGrmoor farmer boast of
tine speed of his tortoise, aged ninety,
obtained another tortoise, aged sixty,
frorn a London firm and threw out
challenge for a race. This took place
IN an orchard in the presence of al
most all the inhabitants of the vii
la-e. A shotgun was used to give the
starting signal, 1t being arranged that
the winner should be the tortoise
THAT Travelled the greatest distance in
ten minutes. The Dartmoor tortoise
made off Immediately at breakneck
speed, His opponent had brief look
around, and then drew in his head be-
meath his shell refusing to bulge.
When the time limit had expired the
Dartmoor tortoise had covered sew
enty yards and the visitor WAS still at
the starting point.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09

Aunt Jimmy, a Carolina Negress. was
a great advocate of the rod as help
in collaborating. AS a result of an un-
merciful beating which she gave her
youngest and "orneriest," she was
brought into court one day by out
ragged neighbors.
The judge, after giving her severe
lecture, asked if she had anything to
say.
Jest one thing, Jedge.' she replied.
"a wants to AK you question. Was
you ever the parent of perfectly
wuthless cullud chile?'-Everybody' s
Magazine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
FOLLOWING Orders.

He was on sentry duty for the first
time. An officer approached.
"Halt Who goes there?" he shouted.
"Onicer of the day" And the officer
continued on his rounds.
But he hadn't gone far when the
sentry shouted again; Halt! Who
goes there?"
The officer halted and looked back
furiously.
"What's the idea" he snarled, -'halt-
ing me twice like this? What's the
idea?"
Never you mind about the idea"
said the sentry. My orders is to call
Halt three times and then shoot -
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09

Alma Wescott and Wilbur Gray
are i'll.
The Cove grammar school closes
Friday. A successful term has been
taught by Miss Alma Perkins.
Ina ingalls, of Brooksville is room
ing at Mrs. Wescott's and attending
high school.
Mrs. Norman Hatch is visiting her
father, Edwin Sanborn.
No services were held at the Bap-
fist church Sunday on account of the
storm i
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
TIPS FOR TAXPAYERS.
INCOME TAX IN NUTSHELL

INCOME TAX IN NUTSHELL
WHO? Single persons who had net in
come of 81 900 or more or gross in
come of 50, 000 or more, and married
couples who had net income of $4,000
or more or gross income of $1,000 or
more must file returns.
WHEN? The filing period is from
January / to March Is, 1924.
WHERE? Collector of internal reve-
nue. for the district in which the
person lives or has his principal place
Of business.
HOW? Instructions on Form 1O4OA
and Form 1910; also the law and
regulations.
WHAT? Four per cent. normal tax on
the first $4,000 of net income in eX-
cess Of the personal exemption ana
credits for dependents. Eight per
cent. normal tax on balance of net
income surtax from per cent to
so per cent. on net incomes over
$4,000 for the year 1928,
No. 2.
Every single person whose net IN
come for the year 1928 was 900 or
more or whose gross income was
$4,000 or more, and every married
couple diving together) whose net
income was 81, 200 or more or whose
gross income was So, 900 or more,
must file an income-taX return.
Broadly speaking, gross income is
all income received by the taxpayer
during the year from salary or
wages, business, trade, profession or
vocation, dealing in property, inter
est, rent or dividends, or from the
transaction of any business carried
on for profit. Net income is gross
income, less certain specified de-
auctions for business expenses, bad
debts, taxes, etc.
The exemptions are 1000 for sin
gle persons, $500 for married cou-
pies diving together) whose net in
come for 1928 was $4,000 or less,
and $4,000 for married couples
whose net income was in excess of
$1,000. An additional credit of $500
is allowed for each person (other
than husband or wife, dependent
upon the taxpayer for chief support
if such person is under eighteen years
of age or incapable of self-support
because physically or mentally de-
fective.
The normal tax is / per cent, on
the first $4,000 of net income in eX-
cess OF the exemptions and credits
and per cent. on the remaining net
income.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
The Boss First.

A man who had several times sought
The help of his minister to secure en-
oloyment was lounglng near rail-
way station as the pastor was hurry
'ng to catch train.
Excuse me, SIR" said the unem-
ployed in a trembling voice.
$50 you are out Of work again." said
he minister severely. 1T seems to
ne you get tired of new employer
cry quickly"
Don't misrepresent me, SIR plead
ed the man. ut can never be truth
July said that get tired first."-Phil-
adelphia Bulletin.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
A Novel Fruit.

Satsuma, variety of orange, is to
be introduced to the New York pub
lie 1t is not entirely novel, but has
never been marketed under its own
ize in this variety is now under way
in certain districts of southern Ala
bama, and arrangements have been
made to handle II comparatively in
New York under the name of sat
Suma.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
Vacations.

"Yeah, my wife and l have decided
that for our vacations she will stay at
home and I'll go to the seashore.'
"Shucks You call that a vacation?"
Sure it is. She won't have to get
up mornings and cook my breakfast
and | won't have to get up and eat it !!
Amt that Observation-Disclosures
Times Dispatch.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
That VAGUE Feeling.

Mrs. Add you ever have the feel
ing that you had met a person before
and perhaps had an unpleasant expert
ence in the dim past?
Mrs. B.-Yes, sometimes have that
feeling when hiring a coOk.--Boston
Transcript.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
ANALOGOUS.

II asked my tive-year-old youngster,"
writes p. W., "if he could tell me why
the little hand of watch goes faster
than the big one" His reply was, Il
guess it's for the same reason l have
to run when go walking with you,
isn't it, daddy?"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09

Knibbs-Why did yonr wife join
the secret service?
Knobbs-She figured 1t was the
proper place to hear so many secrets.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09

John Pert died at his home here
Jan. 4, of heart failure He was
seventy-eight years of age He leaves
one sister and several nieces and
nephews. Funeral services were
held Sunday. Interment was at
Sedgwick cemetery.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-09
A Combination.

Jelly Bean-Every morning at IL
o'clock l eat my blunch-by that
mean l eat Il meal which Is my break
fast and my lunch in one.
Evening star., 1924-01-29
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.,
Noted Physician and Aushor.

ence of worms in the great majority
of cases.
So you see what an injustice Is
done the child from every point of
view when you jump to the conclu-
sion that a feverjsh digestive dis
turbance, perhaps associated with a
furred tongue, heavy or sweetish
breath. white lines down the flushed
cheeks. bright eyes twItching or
worms" and proceed to ply the un-
happy child with real or spurious
worm medicine"
No one is competent to form an
opinion whether an ailing child is
infested with worms, save the doctor
worm. remedies. the vermifuges. are
i little risky to trifie with and
should be administered only under the
direction of the physician. Pois-
oning has occurred in many instances
when incompetent persons have
-eonvulsions. blindness, even death.
Children become infested with these
parasites, not from eating too much
candy, sugar or sweets. but by in
gesting the eggs of the worms, which
reach their mouths by various routes.
Two doctors have examined my
throat and both say I must have my
tonSllS removed. Is 1t a good and
successful way to have them burned
out with X-ray instead Of going
through the operation? (H. G. ND
Answer-X-ray treatment is ef-
fecttve in many cases OF simple en-
largement OF the tonsils. as in chill
dren, but unsuccessful in the treat
ment Of infected or suppurating ton
sils. x-ray does not burn the ton
sils out. but induces slow shrinkage
through atrophy Of the soft. lymphoid
tissue OF the tonsils. It has little ef-
feet on the hard inflammatory scar
tissue .of infected or diseased ton
sils.
Is the continuous use Of raw bran
or unground flaxseed dangerous or in
furious, II one finds relief from such
articles for chronic constipation?
Agar Is touted as harmless and ef-
flcient, but its very high cost makes
it prohfbitive. &C. G. F.)
Answer-Either or both would be
(Copyrightl
Evening star., 1924-01-29
Buying Seconds"

All the world loves a bargain. and
so when the sign, Seconds, Greatly
Reduced" Is erected over a counter
Of desirable merchandise the aisles
Of that department are Immediately
crowded to capacity with bargain
hunting shoppers.
BY "seconds" is meant any kind of
merchandise. from hardware to linens.
in which some slight naw in the
the goods imperfect, so that. they are
not f1t for sale at the regular price
They arc shipped by the manufac-
turer to the retailer for sale at q
chaser buys them with the full
knowledge that they are imperfect
and at her own risk.
Always the guaranteed merchandise
has the advantage from the shop
per's point Of view. as 1t removes
to the safety OF her investment They
are safer for the inexperienced or
uniformed shopper, or the woman
who fears to trust her own judgment.
However. as seconds" always can be
purchased at. a considerable reduc-
tion. they may prove a real bargain
to the woman who knows values; but
since they are never guaranteed by
the manufacturer, the shopper her
self must know how to recognize
she Is buying.
Often II is possible to find real
bargains In slightly imperfect kitchen
utensils: but then again. seconds"
may be so uneven in the bottom that
the vessel does not sit squarely; or
In enameled ware there may be ex-
posed portions of the under-met tai.
which consequently shortens the life
Of the pan. The very word "imper-
feet" suggests a pitfall. and the shop
per who seriously sets forth on a
Evening star., 1924-01-29
No, No, Nora: No. No.

rs there" asks a clergyman. such
a condition as worms in children?
Mrs. Ben Told Is everlastingly talking
about II In connection with my young
son. I have enjoyed your disserta-
tions about colds Although an abb
solutely unframed layman from the
medical standpoint, my observation
seems to agree with your teachings.
One often finds half-clothed children
escape colds while we'll wrapped chill
dren are always ailing. But
1 had a friend who was loading hay
last winter. It was very cold. about
zero. He got very warm. took off his
coat, then his hat, later his vest
Presently q neishbor came along and
stopped to talk with him. My friend
stopped and talked without resuming
his clothing. Five days later he died
of pneumonia
''if / sit with my head in draft
get 4 headache. Am / to understand
coryza. or whatever it is. are lurking
around and that the sudden chill
causes them to develop? I know this
IS going to sound like the babblings
of donkey to you. But you must re-
member we who have been brought
job to throw off our childhoods be-
liefs, even though science points out
their error"
The answer to the question about
children having worms is-surest
thing. Approximately one in every
our children harbors worms In the
intestine. AS a general rule these
common parasites cause no appreci-
able disturbance Of health. 1t Is very
unfair to an ailing child, to say the
least, to deny the child proper medi-
cal attention while you amuse your
self and the neighbors with the worm
myth. At the same time 1t Is quite
rue that now and then these worms
casually they are Lumbricoid worms,
similar to common garden worms but
somewhat paler) do set up some dis
happens to harbor them, but the sure
symptoms" which Mrs. Ben Told de-
lights to observe in q sick or sickly
child are not indicative Of the pres
Evening star., 1924-01-29
When We Go Shopping
BY MRS. HARLAND II. ALLEN.

needs be alert.
One of the most familiar places to
look for the seconds" sign is over
pairs Of stockings are being con-
stantly disposed of at a reduction Of
one third to one-half the full price
under the sign Slightly Imperfect"
With proper Judgment in the selec-
ton. these stockings may serve the
same purpose as the perfect ones. and
at gratifying saving in price. The
tmperfection may be only a tiny knot
In the weave In an inconspicuous
n imperceptibIe M M run" which. saushs es.
with a needle and thread before
wearing, may be changed to a condi-
tion as good as new. In buying sec
onds" in hose. run the hand care
minutely from the knee to the toe
for the imperfection; II 1t is merely
a clouded texture in the sheer weave.
which does not portend an early
run" it may prove profitable buy.
Seconds" in white wool blankets
spots off the machinery in the mills.
These would naturally be rejected by
the woman who is paying full price
to get a beautiful, snowy white blan-
ly by the shopper who is looking for
just such advantages. Such blankets
are every bit as good as the perfect
stock, and the spots cannot be said to
mar the appearance, for often they
are so tiny that you can hardly find
them after the salesman explains
that they are in the blanket and you
begin searching for them.
When yard goods or knitwear are
taken from the loom they are care
fully inspected for defects such as
weak places, tears, etc. These may
be mended, and sent through as sec
onds." to constitute a bargain and
a real find.