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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| How many societies do you belong
to that you get very little, If anything
out of, and yet hesitate to drop out of?
In youth you Joined. Life was
different then, your interests were diff
ferent. But now the years have given
you new and better interests, or, at
least, so they seem to you. and you
discover the old organization in real
ity a thing of the past with you
Shall you stay in Or drop out?
1t is personal problem, Of course
and every one must decide his own
for himself; but, If you have come to
yourself" las Seneca said long ago and
| Woodrow Wilson 1000 years later
you will quietly begin to drop the un'
| necessary clubs out of your life.
| Such a step will benefit not only
you, but also the club. Inactive mem
| bers are only suffered in any club be
| cause of the dues. Never be fooled
upon that point. Any man in any
orga niZation who does not take the
trouble to use the privileges is not a
good club member.
| Yet every one who has had any
| connection with the management of
clubs, of whatsoever character, knows
| that the inactive members are never
| weeded out, although they ought to
| be. A small club of active, enthusi
astic members is a better club tina n
the spraWly, Overgrown one, boastinR
a long membership list, OF which 90
| per cent never come around.
1t would seem only common sense
| for a we'll established OrganiZa ton
perhaps there is a sound fina ncial rea
son for the beginning club to act other
wiseo to offer two sorts Of member
ships one, the active. and two. the
| associate.
Thus a man who wanted to remain
connected with the organization: but
who knew he would not either desire
or be able to avail himself of all the
privileges constantly, might retain hi,
! membership. out of sentiment. at a
cost which would be wholesomely les,
than that paid by those who got more
There is an economic waste in such
! futile memberships that might well be
taken into consideration by large or
| ga MIA tons that are seriously at
tempting to inculcate the virtues OF
thrift in employees.
| Saving at the spigOt, wasting at the
bunghole, has never been a popular
| sport. even in rich. extravagant
America. That wisest man of his age
Benjamin Franklin. did his work well
No matter how thoughtless man /,
In spending, usually he has some
shame in throwing money away.
| 1t may be argued, of course, thai
money spent in dues for a club out o
which one gets practically nothing is
not money entirely wasted. This we
may grant, without altering the gen
f., eral proposition that it might he bet
ter spent in other ways.
| The implications. rather than the
mere money. are what count. 1t take,
moral courage, il takes clear thinking
| to lop off excess baggage. whether ir
the form OF clubs or a too fat stom
ach.
1t Is much easier to just allow mat
ters to drift along. to keep on pa wins
| $l5 A game for golf. year after year
| II YOU have the heart of the true
| golfer, no doubt a game is worth tina
! much. Maybe tennis Is worth $75t
a game. Perhaps a banquet is cheaI
at SPA a plate.
| so is your old man" as the ir
reyerent youth OF today say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23

no national issues which divide di-
rectly the two ma jor political parties.
Democrats and Republica MS alike are
carrying the standard of prohibition
modification or repeal in q number
OF the States. Farm relief is dividing
the progressive and the regular Re
publicans in several Of the States.
The huge expenditures Of money
in the Pennsylvania Republican pri-
maries. revealed by the Senate in
vestigation during the last two weeks.
have provided sensation that may
become an issue. certainly If the DEM
ocrats have their way. They are
being used also to break down. If
possible. the primary system which
has been adopted in nearly all of
the States, and to bridge a return
to the old convention plan of nomi-
mating candidates for Governor and
Senator. The Republican organiza.
ton in New Jersey, which met in
convention yesterday. had this issue
before it. One faction. led by State
Chairman Edward c. Stokes and Sen
ator Edge, favors return to the
convention plan. while National Com
mitteeman Hamilton F. kean and
former Senator F'relinghuysen headed
faction which desires the retention
Of the primary system. The conven-
ton adjourned, for A week to threah
this matter out later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
The Glorious Fourth.

Well have a celebration,
Down to Pohick on. the -Crick.
Wen put in observation
Some fire works. mighty slick.
We've lost our bitter feelin'
Bout the rough old days gone bv
And our joy We'll be revealin'
AS we journey through July. .
Wen journey through the roses
An the honeysuckle sweet.
While the mockin' bird dfscloses
Melody that's all complete.
Wen ask for no Grafton
To revive an ancient kick.
When We hold our celebration
Down to Pohick- on-the- Crick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23
Extraordinary Advantage


George Washington Is still a vivid
figure in American patriotism"
Yes, answered Senator Sorghum,
with shade of envy in his tone: but
George has had tremendous advan-
tage. None of us statesmen have ever
enjoyed his facilities for using the
two-cent postage stamp as an advertis-
ing medium"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23

Taking the exkaiser's property
away from him was evidently recog-
nized ny German citizens as a danger
Gus experiment which might set a dis
peror could not protect his holdings
what chance would the little fellows
have in case the mood for confiscation
should attain bolshevistic momentum?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23

The veteran newspaper headliner
who used to refer to Europe as an
armed camp" and point to war
cloud on the horizon mo bigger than
mans hand" set a pattern which
posterity at the copy desk is still com
PEELED to initiate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23

Certain phases OF Broadway public
ity open up a question as to whether
discussion of the theater ought to be
left with the dramatic critics or turned
over to the police reporters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23
Scale of Prices


The high cost of living
Has caused us misgiving.
We hoped that the trouble would
cease.
With patience persistent
I sing OF days distant
When votes were 81 apiece.
An egg brings no pleasure;
A pork chops a treasure.
AS all things their prices increase.
To wish I'm presuming
For times unassuming
When votes were 81 apiece.
Jud Tunkins says every time the
bakers raise the price of bread he has
less respect for that sentimental motto.
Say it with tours
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23

The term 'plutocracy" should be re-
ferred to Einstein as study in rela
tivity. In the eyes of a man who
Is broke, the possessor of a five.dollar
bill Is a plutocrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23

Ar investigation is valuable in the
salient facts; and pernicious in the
degree that It seeks merely to crafty
Idle curiosity or a spiteful resentment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23

From the Detroit News.
Anita Locs. the novelist. wrote her
first movie scenario when she was
IL years old. which. scenarios con
sidered, seems rather late in life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23

The German people possibly do not
love the Kaiser more, but ANYTHING
that savors of communism less.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23
FOOt4ear.

ANY bootleggers out your way?"
No" answered Uncle Bill Bottletop.
They've got so prosperous that they
all wear patent leather Shoes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23

Twin Is liable to be a little cheap
err" said Uncle Eben, 'if the time
comes when a synan kin git as much
applause fob hcein' corn Al he kin foh
playin' de ukelsle." ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23

What did you say to the judge"
II said Good morning."
HE couldn't take offense at that"
He did. 1 sounded SO genial and
familiar that he took it for granted J
was an old offender"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23

Take it by and large. the issues
which are to be fought out in the
coming congressional and sena torial
primaries and elections will be profi
bition and farm relief. and, in a lesser
measure, the World Court The Demo
Gratis are striving to make the tariff
a paramount issue. hut so far have
met with no marked success along
this line. The contests are localized
to great extent within the various
States, and as .et there seem to he
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
LOCAL AFFAIRS
Continued from page -

goods had not arrived. The fremen
were called out again early Monday
morning for a chimney fire at
Howard Hooper's house on Oak
street.
John Suminsby, a native of Ellis
worth, but for more than forty years
a resident of Bar Harbor, died March
5. aged seventy-three years. Mr..
Suminsby was in the shoe business
for several years, later entering pub
lie service He had served the town
as selectman, and for the past few
years as assessor. He had also served
as postmaster at Bar Harbor, and
was a deputy sheriff under Sheriff
Whitcomb. He leaves a widow and
four children, Miss Inez NJ. Suninsby
of Bar Harbor, Howell K, of North
east Harbor, Carroll B., of Detroit,
Mich, John E., of Crannell, Cal. He
also leaves a sister, Mrs. Ernest
Curtis of Maiden, Mass
Laura, wife of Charles F.. Cook,
died at her home in Worcester,
Mass, Thursday, March 4. Mrs. Cook
was born in Ellsworth, May 2, 1870,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Farrell. Shortly after her marriage
TO Mr.. Cook in 1890, they moved to
Massachusetts, which had since been
her home She leaves, besides her
husband. two daughters, Mrs. c. o.
Martindale and Mrs. Ralph Field.
and three sons, Bernard, Roland and
Kenneth. all of Worcester, also her
parents and sister, Mrs. l.. II. Hlg-
gins of this city and brother, G. S.
Farrell of South Boston. Funeral
services were held at the home
Saturday afternoon The burial was
in Hope cemetery. Worcester.
William S. Doyle, formerly of
Ellsworth, died on February 23 at
his home in Lancaster, Calf, at the
age of siNty-nine years. Mr.. Doyle
was a native of Castine, but for some
years had made his home in Ellis
worth. He was a son of Isaac Doyle,
who for several years operated a
stave mill on Union river at what
became known as Doyle's bridge,
afterward flowed out by the building
of the power dam. His wife, VINO
survives him, was Florence Haynes
of Trenton, a daughter OF the late
Edwin Haynes He leaves also four
children. and eleven grandchildren,
one brother Frank Doyle OF Bar
Harbor and a sister, Mrs. Hattie
Hutchins of Whittier. Calf. Mr..
DOYLE left Ellsworth in 1888, first
going to Los Angeles, Cal, and few
years later to the Antelope valley, IN
which he was one of the pioneers.
He was for many years in the cattle
business but later entered public
service as a night officer at Lancas-
ter, and county constable ne
Ledger-Gazette of Lancaster SPEAKS
very highly of him as a citizen ana
public servant.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
Synthetic Ice Appears

Synthetic ice is made in New York
and has been shown in Boston as one
of the ultra modern novelties, an indi-
cation of what the future may bring
into the American hone IT is carbon
dioXide solicited. chemically it is only
coo. used a. gas in the soda fountain
and taken in your cooling drink on a
hot day. 1t Is heralded as the solu
ton Of all questions pertaining to ar
tificial refrigeration. lasts much longer
than ice, leaves no moisture when
gone small piece in cylindrical
carton will give a North pole tempera-
ture to the ice box for ten hours. be-
ing 142 degrees colder than real ice.
and q piece dropped into a glass Of
water will make 1t boil. throw off
steam while, in fact. the dry ice is be-
ing coated with real ice IT freezes
from the disturbed water-Ohio State
Journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
Powerful Battieship

Can you imagine nine tons of death
dealing metal hurled for nearly twenty
miles in a single broadside? Such an
almost unbelievable blast of huge pro
iectileS will occur whenever Brtain's
magnificent new 35,000-ton battleship
Nelson lets loose her big guns For,
saws Popular Science Monthly, the Mel
son. newly launched, will have the
most powerful armament of any battle
ship in the World-nine l6-inch guns,
each firing a proiectile weighing more
than ton In addition there will be
a secondary armament Of .6-inch guns.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
MariaVille.

Marian Durham, who has been
away. several months for surgical
and medical treatment, is now at
home. greatly improved in health.
Grace Goodwin and children spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Brewer
Myrtle Carter, who underwent an
operation for appendicitis at the Hur-
lev hospital, Ellsworth, is gaining
rapidly.
Atwood Edgecomb and wife, who
have spent the winter here, will move
to their home in Otis in few days.
Susie Frost and granddaughter,
Irene Nickerson, spent Sunday IN
Otis with Walter Edgecomb and fam
lily.
Dana Heath, who has been en-
ployed at Amherst with his team
came home Saturday.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. wal
ter Edgecomb Otis, can be seen some
wild geraniums picked from tne
forest two weeks ago, and now IN 1uil
bloom. 1t is a rare sight at TINS
time of year.
Mathel Dority visited recently at
the home of Irene Nickerson.
Mrs. Margaret Jellison was called
home by the death of her sister
Maria Jordan of Ellsworth. Mrs,
Jellison has spent the winter Win
her daughter in Portland.
March Is. r
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
BIuehill.

A. M. Moor is in Auburndale, Fla,
on a short visit.
The Bluehill Pioneers won a hotly-
contested game from the A. Z. team
Saturday, by the score of "A TO "a.
The Pioneers have been strengthened
during the past week by the addltloh
of three new players.
The academy team closed the pas
ketball season Friday evening, losing
to Ellsworth high, 5 to q. ms is
the first game that the academy team
has lost on the home floor for two
wears. Although many games nave
been cancelled on account OF weather
conditions, the team has had a sue
cessful season, under the able coach-
ing of Principal Kelley. They nave
won six out of eight games played,
and scored 1919 points, to their OPP
ponents' 1876. Only two members
will be lost to the squad by gradua-
tion. The girls team has won three
and lost two games.
The graded schools closed Friday
for a vacation Of one week. The fol-
lowing pupils of the village primary
school have been perfect IN at
tendance throughout the school year:
Grade /, Rodney Eaton, Franklin
Wescott:, grade 2, Kathryn Carson
Clifford Eaton, Marjorie Gray, ron
aid Pert. Della Treworgy; grade s.
Randall Eaton, Ruth Saunders. Ron
aid Pert, Randall and Clifford Eaton
have not missed day since they en-
tered school. three years ago Al the
grammar school, those perfect in at
tendance during the winter term are:
Ethel Avery, Herbert Grindle, Will
liam Hinckley, Emery Nevells, Euple
Owens, Gerald Robertson and Gift
ford Slower. The honor roll is:
Seventh grade, Ethel Avery, 95; Will
liam Hinckley 80. Eighth grade,
Robert Hinckley, 81; Evelyn Will
liams, "a; Dorothy Candage, SO;
Euple Owens, 81; Roy Snow, 81;
Emery Nevells, 80.
March Is. D
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17

The condition Of Mrs. Ernest
Varney is somewhat improved.
Ralph Friend and wife left Satur-
day for Sargentyille to work in the
clam factory
The large new motor boat Lewis
Candage is building for Islesford
parties, is all planked.
Kate Giles, who recently under
went a double operation at BIuehlll
hospital, is doing well.
William Hale has been in Sargent
Vile the past week, getting the fac
tory in readiness to receive clans
next Tuesday. =,
Kenneth Dow, who was taken i'll
of grip a week ago, while at Brook
lin attending high school, was able
no be moved home yesterday.
John w. Allen has returned home
from Boothbay, where he had been
looking after the building of the
motor yacht he is to sail the coming
summer.
March Is. AenopnoH'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
Luxurious Air TraDel

To be used in cross-channel service
between France and England, single
$50 horsepower engined airplane, to
seat IA passengers, has been built in
a British aircraft factory. 1t has a
large. roomy cabin with wicker arm
chairs for the passengers, who will
have a constant supply of fresh air by
means of special ventilation. Emer-
gency exits are provided in the room
should it be necessary for passengers
to emerge in case of landing on the
sea. in which case the wheels, axle
and undercarriage struts can be
dropped by means of a lever in the
pilots cockpit. The body Of the ma
chine is watertight and buoyant and
would float for several hours.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
Says Mongolions Were
Red Mems Ancestors

That the American Indians had an
ancestry common with the Monaghan
tribes of Siberia and crossed to Alaska
over the Bering sea are conclusions of
John p Harrington of the Smithson-
ian institution.
Mr.. Harrington arrived at this be-
lief after extensive research on the
Pacific coast. He fixes the discovery
Of America by the Indian at more than
10000 years ago. Explaining his be
lief that the Indians went directly to
Alaska across the Boring sea, instead
of over the chain Of Aleutian islands
at time when the islands may have
been an iSthmus connecting the two
continents, he says:
From a long strip of Siberian coast
the Alaskan shore is in plain sight
across Boring strait, which at one
point is only so miles in width. The
two small Diomede islands also help
to break the passage This strip of
water at times is frozen over and
could have been crossed either on the
ice or in boats which We're made by
the Indians even at the earliest times"
Mr.. Harrington discounts the theory
advanced by some anthropologists that
the Indians migrated from the Polyne-
sian islands,
prom my studies OF the Indian
races of the Pacific coast | believe that
the Indians, after crossing from 81
IBERIA, gradually spread from Alaska
down the Pacific coast and thence
over all North and South America
This is based on the sngularty of
physical characteristics, the wide
spread occurrence of customs and
myths and an exhaustive study of the
languages.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
ELLSWORTH FALLS.

Arthur Blaisdell, who was called
here during the illness of Mrs Helen
Fox. has returned to his home in
Peterboro, N. H.
Mrs. Eva FitzMorris returned
Wednesday from business trip to
Boston.
I Ralph Fernald of Lincoln spent
few days recently with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Fernald.
Miss Verlne Tracy of West Jones'
port, who has been here during the
winter, returned home Saturday, ac-
companied by Mrs. Leamon Danico
and children.
Arthur Grindle is employed in
Belfast.
Mrs Mary Ellis returned Saturday,
and reports a delightful trip in the
Mediterranean and visiting foreign
countries. She was accompanied
home by Helen Loweree, who has
been visiting her sisters and brother
in New York during Mrs. Ellis alb
sence.
While stepping from a sled on
which he was riding Monday, Parker
E. Clough fell, breaking one ankle.
Friends hope for a speedy recovery.
Friday evening, March 10, at the
Union Congregations vestry, a
paper bag social will be held, un-
der the auspices of the Hastings Sun
day school class. An admission of
10 cents will be charged, and refresh
ments sold at and 10 cents bag.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
Region Rich in Mineral

Rich veins Of radium, gold and other
rare metals have, been discovered in
the Ekimchansky region of the Amur
province. Siberia. A telephone line
has already been constructed CO.
operatives organized and general signs
of life are present in this formerly des-
olate region New deposits of phos-
pilates we've recently found in four
teen different localities of the govern
ment of NoroneSch The total area
of these localities covers about 40
square miles and the deposits are esti-
mated at 12J,OOO tons
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17

L when the number fatal accidents
Safety Council
children
United
generally conceded
third 2S45
female
certain such
practically onetird of the 1892
injured under
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17

Miss Beulah Ashmore, who has
been visiting at Sullivan is home.
j. Sherman Douglas was in Bos-
ton a few days last week.
Charles King is hauling hay
across the bay from Bloomfield
Smiths shore to his shore on the
island.
Friends here of Miss Anna Holden,
who fell and broke her leg in Wash
ington, D. c., a few weeks ago, are
glad to know she is rapidly recover
ing.
Friends of Mrs Charlotte Smith
Albrecht, of Lindhurst, N. j., only
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward L..
Smith of Bar Harbor, are panied to
learn of her death of pneumonia.
March 15 N.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
West RrOOkIin.

There was supper and social at
the chapel Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Mabel Chatto, who has been
visiting in Rockland, is home.
Herman Chatto, who has been en-
ployed at Landing, N. j., has arrived
home.
Welland Grindle has moved to
Brooklin, in the upstairs apartment
of George Eaton's house.
Mrs. Emma Carter is away for
a visit in Brookln and South Blue
hill.
Ear. Carter has moved his garage
to Sedgwick, where he has purchased
a place.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
Nothing Overlooked

John n. WHY'S, of automobile fame,
said on his return from Europe:
european hotel-keepers aren't ex-
tortionate, but they-well, remind me
of story.
"An hotel keeper called on a doctor
one day and said:
"'Doc, how much gas does the
average gas suicide inhaler
81 don't know, said the doctor.
Several hundred feet, suppose. Why
do you ask
""rhere was a gas suicide in my
place last night said the hotel-keeper,
and | want to charge his gas up to his
executors
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
Neu Camphor Substitute

Hexeton, said to have all the prop
critics of camphor, with two or three
times its strength, is a new German
synthetic product. 1t is described as
a clear, stable and sterile liquid. of a
characteristic odor and bitter taste,
and is expected to prove incidentally
valuable. The assertion is made that
it can be manufactured at mere
fraction of the cost of natural cam
phor