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Evening star., 1925-09-13
Poe Wanted u. S. Job

now God bless you-for nobler fell
low never lived.
And this is for Thomas. My dear
friend: Forgive me my petulance and
don't believe think all | said. Be
lieve me, | am very grateful to you
for your many attentions and forbear-
ances, and the time will never come
when l shall forget either them or
you. Remember me most kindly to
DR.. Lacey, also to the Don, whose
mustachios I do admire. after all, and
who has about the finest figure | ever
beheld-also to DIR. Frailey. Please
express my regret to Mr.. Fuller for
making such fool of myself in his
house, and say to him Gf you think it
necessary teiat I should not have got
half SO drunk on his excellent port
wine but for the rummy coffee with
which / was forced to wash it down.
l would be glad, too, If you would
take an, opportunity of saying to Mr..
Rob. Tyler that if he can look over
matters and get me the inspectorship
/ will join the Washingtonians forth
with. / am as serious as judge
and much more SO than many. /
think it would be a feather in Mr..
Tyler's cap to save from the perils of
mint julep and port wines" young
man of whom all the world thinks so
well and who thinks so remarkably
well of himself
And now, my dear friends. good
bye, and, believe me, Most TRULY
yours, EDGAR A. POE
This was practically the end of the
Washington story for Edgar Allan
Poe. He was not appointed to Gov
ernment service, either in Washing
ton or Philadelphia, but was destined
to struggle on, lighting poverty and
starvation until death itself was to
bring the fame and peace which, Iiv-
ing, he WIS denied.
Evening star., 1925-09-13
Continued from Second Page)

Continued from Second Page.)
of the excuse to stay at home, so that
by Tomorrow l shall be really as well
as ever.
"Virginia's health is about the same.
but her distress of mind has been even
more than / had anticipated. She de
sires her kindest remembrances to
both of you, as also does Mrs. c.
Clarke, it appears. wrote to Dow,
who must have received the letter
this morning. Please reinclose the
letter to me here, SO that may know
how to guide myself-and. Thomas,
do write Immediately, as proposed. IT
possible inclose a line from Robert
Tyler, but ] fear, under the circum-
stances, it is not so. ! blame no one
but myself.
"The letter which / looked for and
which / wished returned is not on it's
way-reason, no money forthcoming
Lowell had not yet sent it.. He is ill
in New York of ophthalmia. Immeai-
ately upon Lsreceipt of it, or before, ~
will forward the money you were both
so kind as to lend-which is to Dow
and s1s to Thomas. What con-
founded business / have got myself
into. tempting to write letter to
two people at once!
"However-this for Dow. My dear
fellow: Thank you a thousand times
for your kindness and great forbear-
ance, and don't say word about the
cloak turned inside out, or other pee
cadilloes Of that nature. Also express
to your wife my deep regret for the
vexation / must have occasioned her
Send me also, If you can, the letter
to Blythe. Call also at the barbers
shop just above Fuller's and pay for
me q levy which l believe / owe And
Evening star., 1925-09-13

OMORROW," announces the
misses. I'VE are going on a
picnic
i Leaving me out" l re-
turns. who's we?"
You can't have a picnic" says the
wife, without hardboiled eggs, so
we've got to take you along. Besides
us there'll be the McBrides and the
Browns and"
with their brats?" / cuts in.
Yes mods Kate. Ten of us al
together. We're going in the Browns
car to Lake Gummish.''
Tell me all about it when you get
back, II ever" / barks. I'm dealing
myself out"
Don't you like picnics?" asks the
frau.
Hell" says 7. II don't even like
the way the words spelt."
You mean the way you spell It.
comes back the misses, sarca site. ''or
the dictionary's idea?''
1T makes no difference" l assures
her. They amt no way to spell 1t
into a good time"
What, may 7 ask without no in
terest," comes back Kate. ARE your
objections?"
I'm the first place I tells her, II
can't work myself into a hysteria of
joy over the idea of sardining myself
with 10 other folks. including a kit Of
kids, in car that's just about able
to hold people uncomfortably, for
a 20.mile drive over the kind of road
that makes a detour through a swamp
look like a boulevard. That's No. L.
Go on" urges the wife. I'm not
listening
I'm the second place" I continues,
II sike my food without"
Without WHAT" asks Kate.
. without ants, sand and cinders."
I returns. Furthermore, l got no
yen to hunt lost children and find
lot of poison ivy"
What do you mean lost children"
puzzles the misses. Who's going to
lose emp
"I suppose" says I, you don't re.
member that picnic we went on last
with the Skiff1es. where we spent all
afternoon and part of a night beating
the woods for that sQuealer of theirs"
That don't happen all the time"
snaps the frau. II suppose you'd quit
going to ball games if some bleacher
bum should ever get hit by foul
ball?"
NT ALSO wants to remind YOU" 1
goes on, that at the same pic
mic with the Skiff1es one of the kids
got toothache, that it rained cats
and dogs the minute the grub was
laid out. that old man Skiffie sprained
an ankle trying to show how young
he was by climbing a tree, and that
you got bit by a bug on the nose and
carried a comedy beak around for a
week or so. / guess you don't remem-
Der those things
II only remember nice things says
Kate naughty. You're the sort of
total loss that could spend three
months in Europe and not recall any
thing of the trip excepting that you
once got a tough steak in Paris"
Evening star., 1925-09-13
Why 1t Is Difficult
TOSWirn the Channel

all know that. All of them pass their
training time trying to get acquainted
with the tides. Near as the French
coast is to the English. the tides
properly so called, often mark az
hours difference on the two shores
And . makes great difference
whether the tide the swimmer meets
at the end, when he is getting tired.
pushes him forward to success or
keeps him from advancing or sweeps
him aside and back.
Worse still are the shifty currents
which know no law here, where the
gigantic Atlantic Ocean rushes UP into
the North Sea and back again. 4
French swimmer who has tried with
out letting the world know, as he did
not wish to risk his other champion
ships. says:
You have simply got to look on
the channel as an immense toboggan
And for the swimmer It is a toboggan
all the time. / am sure that is the
secret. You have got to find out how
to glide up the wave slopes, which are
often moyi< forward much more
quickly than yourself.
''Then you must go quickly and
gain on your first tide. Suppose, II ]
were swimming over. I should be In
sight of Dover after I had been swim
ming three hours-that would be close
TO the buor-I should then certainly
get across. That is tie critical time.
for 1t is then that my tide would be
running toward the English coast
That is what is very often forgotten
when trials are made to swim across
the channel. And you rlust also re
member to find out the difference of
the tide on the other coast from that
on the side you start from, for who
ever swirns across has to do It to-
bogganing."
Be this as 1t may, only five men, Of
whom two were Americans, did find
out the secret before this year Now
we shall see what the women can do.
IS s. n
Evening star., 1925-09-13
"Why Picnic?'' Asks Higgins the Day Before;
"You Can Put Ants in Your Food at Home

There's no use talking to you,
sneers. Kate. IF I was to re-
mind you of the berries and fruit We
got you'd come back with the re
mark that you've picked better stuff
off the garbage heap down by the
railroad tracks. If they amt nothing
good about picnics. why do you
imagine millions of people go out on
them every Sunday"
IF they amt no good in drinking.
counters, why do you imagine
millions of people get all sloshed UP
over Sunday. The fact that a lot Of
people do a thing don't make II good
does it9"
Il don't judge that way" says Kate
IF I want to know whether a thing
is fine I merely find out whether
you're doing it. If you are, it's no
good"
Getting married to you, for ex
ample" / suggests malicious.
Were talking about picnics." the
wife reminds me, ''and when you
mention our marriage you're getting
about as far from picnic as is pos
sible.'
You're shouting. gal" I comes
back. and that's one of the reasons
| don't want to go to picnics.
"How's that" demands Kate.
I'm stuck on being married U
you. / explains, and 1 wouldn't go
to nothing that would take me too
far away from the idea
IF you got any other objections.
says the frau, write em out on Form
s, and We'll laugh over 'em at break
fast tomorrow. I've got to go nov
and bake a couple of cakes for the
picnic"
That all you going TO take along.
| asks.
That mods the misses. and the
later end of misspent life that goes
for a husband"
You think I'm going?" l yelps
Not a chance in a million"
We had a pretty good time at the
picnic, at that.
Evening star., 1925-09-13

" OR so years they have been try
L. ing ito swim across the
English Channel from Dover
i to Calais, or vice versa. a dis
tance of a little more than 20
miles in a straight line. ] do not
say as the crow flies, for neither bird
nor airplane nor steamer crosses
straight with all the currents and
tides and eddies flowing forward and
heavens and in the waters.
After the fend of August winds and
waves cut up too irregularly for a
good try. In so years only five SWIM
mers, all men, have succeeded. In
1875 the English Capt. Webb swan
across from the Dover side to the
French shore by Calais, and 1t was
in the month of April, when there
are violent currents mixed with the
regular tides. He had. studied them
all and failed with all-until he sue
ceeded. He took 81 hours and As
minutes to do it. For 36 years every
body that tried failed, and then, in
1911, the Paris -Englishman, Burgess,
swan across from Deal to Cape Girls
Nez--in % hours and 40 minutes.
Two years ago the American Harry
Sullivan swan over Webbs course
from Dover to Calais successfully,
Out he look - nOurS ana % minutes.
That same year, 1928, as If it had
particular luck, two others swan
across-and both of them in unex-
pectedly quick time. The Italian
Tiraboschi did it in IS hours and %
minutes, and another American, 10th,
in 16 hours and 54 minutes.
What is there hard about it? And
why does 1t demand SO much time?
Gertrude Ederle, in the United States
seas, when she was only 10, swan u
miles in Z hours and IL minutes.
Hurrah! But the wicked Old World
English Channel has shown her a
trick or two.
All the swimmers who have tried
agree in one thing-just when they
are getting there, or think they are,
some unexpected current seiZes on
them violently. Sometimes 1t throws
them out of their course several miles.
when every mile counts; or 1t plays
with them. round and round, so that
they get no .forrader" when every
minute tells on their strength re-
serves. The result is that the swim
mer gets his mileage all out of order
without knowing It.. He has swum
much more than "a miles across the
channel, his strength is spent, and he
has not crossed.
Those who live on the channel and
by the channel try to comfort the de-
feated swimmers by telling them. "Oh.
you had the tides against YOU" They
Evening star., 1925-09-13

trimmings. 1t was the work OF mad
men. In the gray, somber setting of
the Quarter it screamed insanely.
"Imbecile." moaned Peret THAT
imbecile Livaudais got his paints
mixed"
Hours later Madeleine found her
artist sitting forlornly on a bench in
the square. The sun was beating down
upon his bare head He did not feel
it. He did not hear her approach. He
did not look up.
II have come to thank you. my dear
Pascal
He started then and turned upon her
a tragic face
Evening star., 1925-09-13

The artist was unable to say any
thing. His mouth hung open. She
took this for modesty.
That person." she went on. That
person who wished TO make a teashop
out of my parents bakery. she comes
down this morning to see the place
1t was very enjoyable. She gives one
look and becomes very angry T
would not have this If you give Ii to
me- she cries at the rental agent"
Madeleine clapped her hands. And
there has been a crowd on the corner
all morning, and papa has done moro
business than in months"
Evening star., 1925-09-13

And not drinking" finishes the
frau. IAN event. Didn't you and Hank
Skiff1e have a good time fishing that
day."
"Yeh.' says !. but I could have
done just as good down by the docks.
with one exception
Whats that" takes UP the misses,
eagerly.
at the docks l tells her, II might
have caught a fish"
Evening star., 1925-09-13
Testing the Soil.

A MMONIUM nitrate performs an
extremely useful function in fer
tilizing certain crops, especially
grasses. as it enables them to take the
best advantage of any phosphorus
compounds present in the soil. When,
however, the soil is a sandy one, am.
monium nitrate is not the best fer
tilizer to use. The plants split 1t up
into ammonia and nitric acid, and in
a sandy soil they absorb more am
monia than nitric acid. This free acid
being left in the soil. accumulates, with
the result that the soil is quickly psn
dered acid.
Evening star., 1925-09-13

Don't" he muttered. II have come
here to kill myself"
She dismissed this as one of his
jokes.
My father is waiting for you"
II do not doubt it."
Let us go"
Il prefer TO die by my own hand.
thanks"
right now
Peret suffered
Madeleine continued 1T was won
derful idea to have the building paint
ed that way"
Evening star., 1925-09-13

Peret struggled manfully to his feet
He swallowed hard
How did you ever think of haYinc
1t painted that way?" demanded the
girl through the haze surrounding
him. only an artist could haYe
thought of it
The artist squared his shoulders.
1T is nothing" he said in a voice
which 1t may be hoped did not sound
too strained. ut is nothing" He
squared his shoulders more defnitely-
"A mere nothing. 1 will see the
owner of that building directly and
arrange for him to reduce those rents.
also
downright 1921
Evening star., 1925-09-13
BY SAM HELLMAN.

i" OMORROW," announces the
misses. I'VE are going on a
picnic"
i Leaving me out l re-
turns, who's we?"
Evening star., 1925-09-13
PARIS, September !

p" OR so years they have been try
l. ing ito swim across the
English Channel from Dover
i to Calais, or vice versa. a dis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-25
COLONIAL THEATRE
Gene Stratton Porter's Greatest Novel,
"The Keeper Of the Bees;" Rex, the
wild Horse, in "Black Cyclone; :"
Pathe Review and Fables

Nothing in rec1t years has so held
the attention and intrigued the mag
ination as the screen version of THE
Keeper of the Bees" Gene Stratton-
Porter's famous novel which appeared
in McCalPs Magazine recently and
which reaches the silver sheet by way
of the skilful direction Of Leo Nee
han, son-in-law of the noted novelist.
THE Keeper of the Bees" is now show
ing at the Colonial theatre, and in
addition to other high spots of inter-
est it contains in the cast, Mrs. Por-
ter's granddaughter, Gene Stratton
Monroe, who was the original of the
Little Scout" character. Colorful
with the backgrounds of the wide Pa
cific and the wind-born trees Of the
West Coast cliffs; warm with q hui
man sentiment that only Mrs. Por-
ter could portray, and telling big,
throbbing story of a war hero's fight
against sickness and disease, the lat
est f. B. o. production OF Mrs. Por-
ter's works leaves a lasting impress
sion of fineneSs. 1t Is thorough en-
tertainment throughout, and an ex-
cellent cast supports the Little
Scout"
Brown as berry! A nose that tits
up to heaven like pansy seeking the
able, The perfect hoyden! That, in
brief, is Gene Stratton Monroe. grand
daughter of the famous Gene STRAIT
comforter and by way of being one of
the beroines of THE Keeper of the
Bees" which is now playing at the
Colonial theatre. Little Miss Monroe,
who is just ] 1 years old, is the young
ster who inspired the late novelist to
write what is generally acclaimed her
greatest work. THE Keeper of the
Bees" appeared serially in McCall's
Magazine, where it was read by sew
eral times the two million subscrib-
ers to that magazine. And anyone
who wants to know just how the Lit
tie Scout" looks in real life can find
out by watching Miss Monroe. A
splendid cast has been directed with
fineness and distinction by James Leo
Meehan, son-in-law of the noted writ
err, and his wife, Jeanette Porter
Meehan, assisted him in retaining all
the color and flavor of the original
story.
Rex, the wild horse. appears in a
remarkable storys entitled BLACK Cy-
clone" 1t is a story Of love, devo-
ton, valor, amazing in it's reality. The
picture is something absolutely new
to the screen and when played at the
Capital theatre in New York several
weeks ago, it took New York City by
storm Pathe Review and Fables COM
plete today's program.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-25
TAXI DRIVER
NOT GUILTY ON
LIQUOR CHARGE

Rather than being a trivial case
I consider and believe the court con.
siders this case most important" de-
clared County Attorney Frank E.
Southland In summing up the testi-
mony of the States witnesses in the
case against John P. Curtin, pro-
prietor of the North Taxi Service,
arraigned on charge of knowing
ly transporting intoxicating liquor
without a Federal permit, in Au-
gusta municipal court. Tuesday
morning.
Continuing the county attorney
said in substances: The time has
come when the citizens of Augusta
demand that some step shall be
taken to assure that operators OF
public cars and taxi-cabs cannot
take passengers up onto Sand Hill
or to any other. section OF the city
for the purpose of purchasing in
toxicating liquor, and then whlsk
them back to a downtown hotel,
or to a camp or their residence, with
impunity, and without being brought
before the court to answer to the
law"
Mr.. Curtin was found pot guilty OF
the charge against him and was re-
leased. The warrant in the case
was signed by George Lydeck of the
Prohibition Enforcement Division of
the u. S. Department of Internal
Revenue. The respondent was rep
resented in municipal court by At
torney Burleigh Martin, while the
case for the state was prosecuted by
County Attorney Southland.
The case was unique and most in
teresting in that it concerned the
responsibility of public car drivers
in accepting as fares, persons seek
ing to purchase intoxicating liquor,
and continuing to accept them as
passengers when they had intoxt-
cants in their possession.
In the particular case In which
Mr.. Curtin was the respondent, the
testimony was to the effect that +.
Z. DUDE, who unknown to the taxi
driver was collecting evidence on the
local liquor traffic. and Frank La
Forge on Monday night employed
Curtin to take them to Sand Hill.
where LaForge purchased quart
of alcohol with money given him
by DUDE. The two men had Mr..
Curtin wait for them while the
transaction was made and then re-
turned with him to the rear of the
Hotel North on Commercial street.
where the car was held up and
searched by Federal enforcement Of
ficers and the driver and LaForge
were taken into custody.
The moot question which both the
county attorney and the respondents
counsel attempted to bring out In
their examination of the witnesses
was whether or not Mr.. Curtin was
aware of the fact that the quantity
of alcohol was I'm his machine. The
defense was a complete denial OF
the allegations in the warrant and
the testimony of the States wit
nesses, and Attorney Martin made
a most eloquent plea in his address
to the court at the conclusion OF
the testimony.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-25

elouno on which. under the motion
we are warranted In interfering with
the verdict. Win
When the pleadings, and ALI test,.
niohy and exhibits are made a mart of
the bill of exceptions, ana It is stinn.
.ateo tnat they are to control any
statements thereof in said bill. the
Jaw court cannot be expected to cor
aeo. statements in bill of exceptions
~ ,ni mas been allowed by the pre-
record. They must be deemed r. he
true. and considered as stated with
out reference to the pleadings. exhib-
its, and testimony, except as quoted
In the bill.
Inc iact that the testimony OF a
witness expressed his opinion or in
ference does not necessarily render 1t
Objectionable. He may thus summar-
lie many facts within his own knowl-
edge without specifying them. 1t is
MS manner of stating them. Such
testimony is admitted from necessity.
When portion of an answer of a
witness is objected to, and upon mo-
ton the presiding Justice refuses to
order it stricken from the record. ex-
ceptfon to such refusal will not be
sustained when II appears that the
portion Of the answer objected to is
immaterial, and, If irresponsible, is not
prejudicial.
An expert surgeon, who had exam
incd the plaintiff at a time subsequent
to the injury for the purpose of giving
an opinion as to plaintiffs injuries,
may give the history of the case as
he learned it from the plaintiff, such
statements of the plaintiff, being a
narrative Of past events, are not adj
MISSILE as evidence of the facts stat
ed: but are admissible as part of the
basis for the opinion. The reason for
an experts opinion may be given upon
his examination In chief That the
jury was properly instructed as to the
competency of the statements of the
plaintiff to the witness and the pur-
pose for which they are admissible
must be assumed, nothing appearing
to the contrary.
Exceptions to the admission of a
question put to an expert witness on
cross-examination and his answer
thereto objected to as immaterial. will
not be sustained whom it appears that,
although the subject matter of the
inquiry was immaterial, the answer
was harmless.
Motion and exceptions overruied.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-25
Thanksgiving vesper Service
At All Souls Unitarian Church

The annual Thanksgiving service
will be held at 4.30, the afternoon OF
Thanksgiving Day, at All SOUS
church (Unitarian). For severn
Years il has been the custom for the
Protestant churches of Augusta to
unite in this service, and more ana
more people have shown their desire
for 1t as time has gone on. Tne ser
mon has been preached by the differ
ent ministers In turn, and this year
the preacher will be Rev. Carl N.
Garland, the newly appointed pastor
of the Green Street Methodist
church.
The vesper hour is one which Is
more convenient to many people
than q morning service would be;
and Furthermore 4.30 is a delightful
hour for any service of quiet medi-
tation and Thanksgiving. All people
are most cordially invited to partici-
pate in this service. No collection
will be received.