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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

to go to the gladiolus, the peony
and the rose for a few lessons in
wisdom. 1t would pay them better
than the study they seem to have
given to the lily of the fields, which
is a wild flower, and which, as the
Savior said, neither tolls nor spins.
1t may be clothed in greater glory
than Solomon, as I've no doubt
many modern flappers are. but it
does not breed improved varieties.
Nor do those who get married on a
bet, at the end of jazzy motor-ride,
amid the scents of circulating peck
et-fasks.
Flowers Like Humans
Without preaching a sermon
should like to pass along little of
the information that have acquired
during forty years devoted to the
breeding of gladioli and to efforts to
originate new types. In all that
time there have resulted from my
work only two distinct organizations,
as TO forms or types: one a flower
with a ruffled edged petal and one
a flower with a lacinated or fringed
edged petal. But they have added
beauty to the world and brought
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

ThA Sopkomore students OF Room
.sre,, presented the program for the
reekly assembly Wednesday morn
M Offering a varied program OF in
tsrsst The first number was a play
II staged by Ida Munroe, Reginald
DOR. Lloyd CASTOR. Beatrice Ware
I)oris Foye and John McGrath. The
mhiect under discussion appeared to
, y what should be done to celebrate
the last day of school. The efforts OF
~ students to decide this all impor-
tant question proved most enjoyable.
After this the Misses Laura and Julia
Tonan played a piano duet. Several
selections were sung by a chorus
composed of the Misses Mildred Ber-
~, julia Toman, Lottie Foster and
Doris Colby. Then followed the short
eomedy Tickets Please" with the
following cast, Margaret Nelson.
Doris Foye, Lillian Hewett- and Stel-
h yotoe. George Standish acted as
announcer.
John Daley, chairman of the Pub
lefty Committee of the Student
Council told the students of the en-
tertalnment to be presented Friday
tnight Of this week for the benefit of
the General Fund. and announced
that Thursday afternoon at four
o'clock matinee would be given for
the younger students, as rehearsal
for the major performance. Friday
night.
The Freshman Science class visit
d the filter plant of the Gardiner
Water District Wednesday morning
and we're conducted on a tour of in
spection Of the plant by Superinten-
dent s. D. Soule. :.
At meeting Of the Senior class
held Wednesday afternoon Elizabeth
Canavan. Eliia Weeks, and Gladys
Burns were appointed a committee
70 zee about music for graduation.
Pans were discussed for the annual
senior Skip Day" which is the hol-
may taken by the graduating class
Zach year. Practice for the gradual
non march will be started next We'd
nes1ay. A letter was read from DR..
Herbert c. Libby of Colby College
slnouncing that he would accept the
Msltauon Of the class to deliver the
snn9ai Baccalaureate sermon, the
ouiuay before graduate
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21
BY A. e. kunderd
he takes the biscuit"

m HE takes the biscuit"
) IoI You said a mouth
. leGz! well, let's ankle on"
l don't frequent hotel
lounges or corner stores enough to
have learned whether this is the
slang language up to date or not.
My last thorough acquaintance with
slang was of the ''23 skiddoo" period.
Even that wasn't the inevitable cur
rency of conversation when it. was
familiar back about 1900.
Flappers, james, skirts, dolls, frills
such, l learn, are some Of the
names used to describe the young
ladies of today. Sheiks, cavemen,
parlor Arabs, cake-eaters-these are
names for the young gentlemen.
Breeding is something at which, q
young bond salesman has told me,
1T is to laugh"
Trial marriages, divorces, expert
mental matings, love nests. and the
rest of it sound like quotations from
the censored portions Of what was
permitted to be read in my younger
days. Yet the newspapers tell me
that they are ordinary occurrences
of life in 1925.
Prefers Flowers
am a breeder Of flowers. love
beauty and grace, and l have found
that flowers, except for refinements
of type and color, are pretty much
the same yesterday. today and to-
morrow. l suspect that. right down
underneath, the same thing is true
OF these flappers and sheiks, but it
is harder to credit than is the same
theory about flowers. Confronted
with a choice between flowers and
flappers. or bulbs and bandits, /
hope l may be excused il / retreat
to the flowers and bulbs!
$ There are several similarities be-
tween breeding flowers and breed
ing humans. In the breeding of
flowers it is the unusual and notice
able characteristics Of them that
strike the eye Of the coDpoisseur
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

which have become known all over
the world for their size, beauty and
varieties, were not produced by a
hit-or-miss mating of kinds that had
nothing to contribute to each other
Inferior varieties were not crossed
with superior ones in moments Of
casual abandon, because they seem
ed to make temporary pleasant
impression on each other. Study
and thought were given to the sub
ject, the conditions under which
they had to live were known, the
influences that enabled them to
serve their own beneficent purpose
in the world were provided. The
mating of flowers is the wedding of
kings and queens. Only those suited
for each other are used for handing
on types to posterity.
Turn from thu flowers again to
the world Of human beings. How
much less sense is shown as a rule!
What lack of proportion is ex-
hibited by the marriages that are
made and unmade in space of time
that once was only long enough
properly to begin a courtship. Are
human beings married because they
have mutual characteristics that it
would be useful and desirable to
pass on to the next generation? OF
course in many cases they are, but
in the great majority-in the cases
of those who are causing this post
war decade to be known as an age
of jazz and joy what is it that deter
mines matters?
Marry in Haste
It is, suspect, mutual love for
dancing, or motoring, or a mutual
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

distaste for convention or tradition
that brings many q young couple
into the justly named bonds of mat
rimony." They come together as
rebels, and being rebels they are
soon parted. The adjoining flower
bed is more attractive than the one
in which they happen to be, and in
many cases 1t is no wonder. Mar
ried in haste on whim or for super
fetal reasons each one of the sober
ed pair recognizes too late-or too
early as the case may be-that his
proper mate Is someone else. Ma
ture, when given a chance to ex-
press itself without interference, is
the best instructor in eugenics.
Couples whose qualities are alike
and will mutually strengthen each
other, are usually attracted to each
other under normal conditions
though not in the excitement of the
dance-foor, in the byways that lead
to blind pigs, or under the glamor
that is cast by the ownership of a
speedy motor-car Cor stalled one).
The Sunlight of Wisdom
would sum up the observations
of an elderly man with a paraphrase
Of the, Biblical Injunction: Consider
not only the lilies Of the field, but
the improved varieties of rose, ap-
pie, peony or gladiolus that have
been produced by civilized wisdom
and the patience ~ nature. AS
flowers need the sunlight OF Gods
outdoors. the youth of the human
species needs the sunlight Of wis /
dom and the slow. quiet nourish-
ment Of Nature in her normal
moods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21
Mriners' Dancing
Party Is Given

another of those popular Shriners'
sancing parties was given last eve
n1s q the club hall. The hall was
Wy tastily decorated with Shrine
snolems. Mansions eight piece or
ss ss.la furnished the very best of
muslc and the crowd was just large
avusn % make dancing a real pleas
81 Following are the committees
'9o were in charge:
r1ecutive-W. r. Frost, chairman;
p.. = Mansur, D. B. Dewar, C. H.
, avSsrts' W. H. Slosberg, r. r. Lit
a.,sld, A. w. Drake, VIM Warrell.
ursnefai-Fred N. Boston, Frank
T., way, Il. A. Marston, E. F. Hodg-
NY; :; D. Soule, f. L. Russell, DR..
~ " !. Pierce. DR. w, N. Price, Leo
T Sanalsn, w. Robinson. Freeman
s r00a' Frank Woodbury., E. L. Good
~ =. r Walker, D. II. Herrin,
~. Cummings. n. II. Trafton,
rs,pn Stone. Homer Miller. Jesse
r NV. Z. ". Ellis, Leroy Hussey.
pIaslc--R. r. Littlefeld, chairman:
n...,1, tray. E. S. Lincoln, Irving
Spsssh F.. N. Boston.
M. ifesnments-Sam Soule, chair
~ Earl Hodgkins, Chas. Roberts,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21
!. ....ket Birthday Party for Miss
Merrill

u,ss Phyllis Merrill was hostess TO
Us y bar little friends at a Maybas-
y :, rarty given Tuesday afternoon
keI u home on Washington Avenue
q ~ nenor Of her 10th birthday. The
n ns ss ,;tt,e Miss received several
p IsYs1y gifts and two birthday cakes tss
' ~ afternoon was most pleasantly
in s.sa in playing games, and a gen
passe God time enjoyed. Refresh
era 1T ice cream and cake were
menu amid clever decorations OF
es.,.rd white
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

w. II. Slosberg, Pearl Black, Leo
Standish, Ralph Stone.
Checking and Admission-L. NJ.
Hartman. Eugene Russell, Charles
Walker, ID. ii. Herrin.
Floor Director, Frank Woodbury.:
Aids. II. r. Mansur. Fred Boston,
d. b. Dewar, Q. w. Sprague, VIM. J.
Warrell, w. j. Nivison, II. A. Mars
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21
Bates SECONDS
TRIM EDDIES IN
BUSY BATFEST
Especial to Kennebec Journal)

Lewiston, Me-, May 20.-Bates Col
tie from Edward Little High here to-
day lilo. Screaming singles in a row
by Kanaly and Palmer brought across
the winning run. The Eddies, who had
won six straight up to today, overcame
five-run lead to go ahead 81 in the
sixth, but Galley couldn't hold the lead
and the Yannigans hoped into the
lead 1919 in the eighth. The ,Eddies
tied it UP 10 all in the ninth. There
was total of 81 hits made in the slug
fest. The score:
U-nLVARD TJTTI t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21
,...,.;on to Mr.. and Mrs. Gerr'sh
nsssp Tonight

s,norintendent L. W. Gerrish and
- oup carrish will be guests of honor
= W ! reception to be given this eve,
At & o'clock in the High school
a.us under the auspices Of
parent Teacher Association. AS
~ ~ and Mrs. Gerrish are to leave
nardiner and go to South Portland.
shsre Mr.. Gerrish is TO be superin-
. s.sIS Of schools, this affair is to be
= The nature of farewell party.
II, the friends. in the city of the
s a. la, couple are invited to DC
present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21
WEST GARDINER

Mr.. and Mrs. John Berquist of
WATERFOWL, Mass, passed the week
end with her sister Mrs. c. A. Lom-
bard and their mother. Mrs. Bu-
quist will remain over Memorial Day
during Mrs. Lombard's visit in Bos-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

scored.
sBatted for Leach in 18th.
r. L. Fl. 90 2 3 4 0 1 0 0 0-1O
Bates ends. ~ 2 0030 Ill
Two-basa hits, Mckinley 2, Wing.
Three-base hits, Marsten, Thomas.
Home run White. Bases on balls, OH
Chick ], off Galley ]. Struck out, by
Bowen 4, by Chick IL. by Galley 6, by
Wing a. Wild pitch, Chick. Double
play, Simpson to Thomas to Juneau.
Passed ball, Thomas. Hit by pitched
Gall, by Chick, Galley; by Bowen, Man
ming. Winning pitcher, Chick. Los
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

Meeting in Paris for the first time
since their historic battle in Jersey
NCity, Jack Dempsey and Georges
Carpenter are the best of friends.
In a Paris ring last night where
Dempsey refereed. he was greeted
warmly by Carpenter, who later
took Mr.. and Mrs. Dempsey to din
ner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21
FROM ONE GENERATION TO KNOTHER~33VINlS

hunderd one Of the best foscer in the
ord HIS york Nth olao Goshen Indiana near ere his
Joreeears settled nearly hundred years ago
Nny P'dce n on par Dsth Luther Burbank
rorkers Mr. Kuderd from observation Of ors than FORTH
years has concluded ta fappe subject much
the natural laus. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21
SPORT BRIEFS
(By the Associated Press,

tBy the Associated Press) \
Paavo Nurmi is getting daily prac-
tice at the Yankee Stadium for his
half mile race with Alan Helffrich
next Tuesday. Helffrich is the fav-
orite with track followers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

clared. 1t is confidently expected by
the directors that earnings for 1925
will exceed IS per share.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

ing pitcher. Galley. Umpire, John Car
rigan. Time, $50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

\, md Mrs. Leon c. Blaisdell
MI sns;ness visitors in Portland
Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

.,,uard +. Richardson of Bowman
h.la who recently broke his hip is
street. to he in q critical condition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

~. Inspector for the big stutz
Ine u.as in the city Wednesday
runt ne big machine was taken up
ana ~ Mills bridge for a tryout.
g NM ;Snsnector pronounced it to be in
in condition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21
Wall Street Briefs

New York, May 20.-(AP)-Present
earnings of the Sinclair Consolidated
Oil Corporation are running at an an
nual rate of s30,000,000 and probably
will increase, Harry F. Sinclair, chair
man of the board, told stockholders at
the annual meeting today. For the first
time, he said, 100 per cent. of the COM
pany's facilities and capital were
working, whereas there had been times
when from $5O,000,000 to $4,000, 900
had been engaged in constructing new
facilities. Gasoline sales in the first
four months of 1925 increased 65 per
cent. over year ago, with April show
ing a gain of 81 per cent.
Directors of the National Public
Service Corporation, recently organized
as a holding company for the Jersey
Central Power &; Light Company, the
Tidewater Power Company, the Flori-
da Power Corporation and other pub
lie utility enterprises, today inaugur-
ated dividends on the class A stock at
the annual rate of S1.60 share by de-
claring quarterly payment.
Good business is reported by the Da-
vison Chemical Company, which is OPP
Grating at 100 per cent of capacity,
with it's output of acid phosphate and
sulphuric acid for the rest of the year
disposed Of.
Surplus of the Wheeling & Lake
Erie for the first four months this year
Appropriated S579,500 compared with
$475,655- in the corresponding period
Of 1924.
Gross earnings of the Cities Service
Company for the IL months ended
April 80 increased to $17,766,490 from
$16,105 1904 the year before. Net ap-
plicable to the common stock was $1O,-
O4S,996, equal to 1887 share.
Stockholders of the f. w. Woolworth
Company on May 1 had increased to
1859 from 304S a year ago, when the
stock was 500 par. The directors
were reelected.
William L. Nolan of Bonner, Brooks
& Company today was elected direc-
tor of the American Rayon Products
CORPORATION. The directors meet for
dividend action in June, at which time
it is said that an annual dividend rate
of at least Sc per share will be de-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

Ireland and tennis etiquette both
have been jolted in a Davis cup pre-
liminary by Count Ludwig Salm-
Hoogstraten at Vienna. The estrang-
ed husband of Millicent Rogers of
New York interrupted his match to
order the president of the Austrian
Chamber of Commerce off the court.
The Count then pulled out a hard
five-set match, eliminating Ireland
from the cup series.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

Il. will be a regular meeting OF
TUE comrades Club this even
tne = the Parish House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

I'D Mrs. Harold Purdy of
NJ. Main street are receiving con-
fou .m,ations on the birth of a-seven
half pound daughter born
ana Nav 10. The young lady
fussu sn named Phyllis May.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

u. NJ g. Folsom of this city gave
sarsss before the Massachusetts
- suJ fyniversalistt Sunday School
stass at Salem, Mass, Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

Blaming a change in drinking wa
tier for illness among coast oars
men on two previous eastern eXcur-
sions, University of Waskington's
crew is taking precautions this year.
Several hundred gallons of Seattle
aqua bura will be brought to Pough-
keepsie.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

Chicago, May 20-(AP)-Home-run
hitting in the major leagues to date
is equally divided, according to fig
ures compiled today, each organi-
Zation having 122 circuit blows. The
ST. Louis Browns of the American
League are out in front with % four
ply blows, while the Philadelphia
Nationals are trailing with 20. Cab
by Hartnett, peppery catcher of the
Cubs, is the individual home run
Ciouter with II.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

Stockholders Of the f. w. Woolworth
Company on May 1 had increased to
1859 from 304S a year ago, when the
stock was 500 par. The directors
were reelected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21
GARDINER

rvdia Knox left Wednesday
MI ,,sit with trends in Unity.
Evening star., 1925-02-11
"CAP - Chesapeake and Potomac
TelephCne &C. l4&S.S Meterkl.

to p.m.-Dinner concert by the
Black and White Orchestra. under the
direction of Happy. Walker, pre-
sented by the Black-and- White Taxi
and Sightseeing Co. Program as
follows: Orchestra, The Only One
"A Little Bit of This" Charley. My
Boy''s harp solo, MELODY of Love"
Charles Randall; orchestra, MY
Beautiful Mexican Rose" Somebody
Loves Me-; solo, Gray Says Ever
EFT S: Hardell; orchestra, Albany
Bound" Lovers Waltz" Pretty Lit
tie Blue-eyed Sallie": violin solo,
Meditation" from That's" John
Slaughter Especial requesD; orches-
ira, La Rosita, "An My Own; solo,
Alone in Loves Garden" Everett S.
Harde1l; orchestra. Hits from Yes
terday," banjo solo (selected), "All
Alone; harp solos, Mighty LAX a
Rose" and The Old Oaken Bucket"
Charles Randall: orchestra, Song of
the Volga Boatmen"; solo, "A Dream,
Everett 5. HardelI; orchestra, Where $
My Sweetie Hiding Me. and My
Boy Friend"
to 7:10 p.m-Henry c. Gauss will
read original poems.
1:10 to 1850 p.m.-Dr. Edward A.
Goldman of the Biological Survey, in
a talk on big Game Preservation, -
one of series of scientific talks ar
ranged by DIR. w. E. Tisdale, under
the auspices of the National Research
Council and Science Service.
7:30 to IL p.m.-Proceedings and
entertainment features incidental to the
dinner OF The Evening Star Club,
direct from the willard Hotel. The
dinner will include, as program fea-
lures, music by the Meyer Goldman
Orchestra and entertainment by we'll
known amateur and professional
artists. No set speeches will be made.
Evening star., 1925-02-11
INDICATES
WAVE BAND VALUE
Decreased Signal Strength
Shown on $3.50 Meters
and Increase on 10000.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


HARTFORD. Conn, February IL
Ihe eclipse committee OF the Amer
iean Radio Relay League yesterday
completed its hnal analysis of the re-
ports turned in by $50 amateur observ-
ers relative to the effect of the eclipse
on short waves ranging from 40 to 200
meters. The investigation was made
In conjunction with the fading tests
ON broadcast waves arranged by the
Scientific American. Fifty of the re-
ports were sufficiently accurate to he
used as basis for study.
These show very plainly that on
75S0-meter band there was de-
crease in signal strength, beginning
with or during totality, while on the
l50-200smeter band there was an in
crease in signal strength during
totalty. This leads to the possi-
btlity, according to the committee.
that the 150-200-meter band is best
fer night work, while the other band
would probably prove more efficient
In daylight.
The observers were by no means
unanimous In their reports. and the
conclusions are drawn on the work
of the majority. Some Of the OBJ
servers on the shorter wave band
reported an increase in receiving
strength Immediately after totality,
others placed five minutes after
totality as the time Of return to
normal conditions. The majority on
the same band reported considerable
fading. One exception was in the
case of a Canadian amateur trans
mitter. which three observers de-
clared showed an increase during
totality.
There was a prominent lack of any
unusual phenomena, although many
observers reported that at the time Of
totality there was sudden static, fry
ing noises, mush or cracking sounds
ali of which may have been due to
the increased line voltage or power
leaks. Several stated that a trans
mitting station faded out entirely and
that one or more faded in on the same
wave length.
There were only two reports of re-
ception of the 40-meter band, the
transmitter heard in both cases be-
ing ICKP. All of these observations,
the committee pointed out, are miti-
gated by certain offsetting factors.
including temperature and barometric
differences.
Evening star., 1925-02-11
STAR CLUB Dinner
T0FEATURE WCAP
Entertainment and Surprise
Stunts on Air Four and
Half Hours Tonight.

Tke proce edings and entertainment
features of the dinner of The Eve
nIng Star Club in the Willard Hotel
tonight will be broadcast by WCAP
as the chief feature of its siN-hour
program. The Star Club proceedings.
which will consist of galaxy or
music, entertainment and surprise
features, will be on the air for four
and ne-half hours.
The dinner will be attended by
President Coolidge, members of his
cabinet and prominent Government
officials, as well as members of The
Star Club and their invited guests.
The entertainment will begin prompt
ly at 1880 o'clock.
Roxie to Take Part.
S. L. Rothafel, better known as
"Ruxie," and two members of his
gang" from the Capitol Theater in
New York, Gladys Rice and Wee
Willie" Robyn. and some of WASH
ington's best known entertainers will
take part in the prog ram, as wen as
some of the prominent guests, who
will be subjected to humorous jibes
II will be a speechless program, for
talks are absolutely taboo at Star
Club dinner.
Some of the entertainers, in addi-
ton to Roxie and two of This
gang, are george oCOnnOr ana Matt
Horne, Miss Richie Mclean, contralto;
Mrs. Mary Sherier Bowie, soprano; !;
Airs. Flora Brylawski. who will sing
some novel songs: Jack Bowie. Fred
East. Ruby Gerard, violinist; Agnes
.Whelan, Everett S. Harden. tenor;
Meyer Goldman's Orchestra, and a
jazz band, known as ''Noyes' Noisy
Noisemakers."
WCAP will open its program at 6
o'clock with the third of the series
of dinner concerts by Happy" Walk
er and his Black and White Taxi Com
pany Orchestra. Everett Hardell and
Charles Randall will sing during brief
intermissions in the orchestra's con-
cert.
The dinner concert will end at z
O'Clock, and will be followed by the
recitation of poems by Henry c.
Gayss and a talk by DR.. Edward A.
Goldman of the biological survey on
Big Game Preservation"