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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
Funeral Of ssntah rrue

The funeral of Beniah True. who
died few days ago. was held at the
Knowlton home on lower High street.
where he had been boarding for some
time. and burial was in Riverside GEM
etery. The bearers were Sylvanus r.
Knowlton. Fred Knowlton, Jarvis L.
Tyler and John H Gilkey. There was
a great profusion of flowers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
Modern Measura of Poxar

Mamma" queried little Mary Ellen.
Is the pen mightier than the sword?"
OF course it is" replied the wise
mother. "Your pa couldn't sign checks
with 4 swora"-stray Stories
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
Bethlehem LODGE M AZ:

A. II. Special communication
day evening. Sept. q, at ia
sonic Temple. Work in z. 4 4.
All sotourning brethren eordzjis
vited.
ALMON p. SULLIVAN, W
p. Z. FULLER. Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
xEruEBEC COUNTY

Oct 1-Kennebec County Teachers
Assn. meets at Augusta City hall.
Oct. 20-22-Annual state Sunday
school convention. Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
3osE OF SHARON cHlprrs

10. o. /. 8. Stated meeting ~
Wednesday Of each month al ",
Temple. All sojourning member
cordially invited 10 attend.
HAZEL ". WRIGHT. "
ELSIE NJ PINGREE, ST.
sepi7eOdtG -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
MANCHESTER

The Farm Bureau neetin,
TENDER %, will be in the g.
hall and viii begin at 10.26
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
Augusta Lodge Director
AUGUSTA IoDcr M -, ;

VI. Special communication ~.
Sept. %, at 7.30 at Masonic n.
Work in Z. A. degree. All II,
brethren are cordially Invited "
HARVEY y. SMITH. W
BERT 7. STUART csc'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27

Madison High school football team
went to Hallowell Saturday forenoon
Tor the first game of the season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27

died china cup. Yes, the Yellow Dog
Tramp was something of poet For
many years he had roamed the
woods and fields. listening to the
songs of birds until, in some strange
fashion, they had tuned up his old
heart strings. Pretty soon he I'M
rolled a newspaper package, and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 70. M

Regular meeting every Friday ~,
at s O'Clock. All Odd Fellows All
iting brothers invited.
LINWOOD +. ALBEE, ". g
ELLIS E. WALKER secT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27

The Ellsworth youthful clippers are
out on probation, which is probably
the least of the worries Of these
rather too enterprising young people
Portland Express.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
OCCASIONAL REMARKS

The real burdens of society are
persons who thought that good luck
could take the place Of hard work.
Bangor Commercial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
ETNA
Mrs. Elvira Friend

Funeral services for Mrs. Elvlra
Friend were held at her home Tues
day. September q, at o'clock. Rev.
Ashley Smith Of Bangor officiating.
The floral tributes were many and
beautiful, showing the esteem in
which she was held.
Mrs. Friend was born in Etna, May
IA, 1913. the daughter of Joseph and
Margaret (GatchelD Sylvester. In
1867 she was united in marriage to
Stillman H. Friend, whose death &C.
Cured October Z, 1923.
Mrs. Friend was a member Of John
r. Chase Chapter, o. E. S., Of Carmel.
The Happy Hour Library Associa-
ton of Etna.
She leaves to mourn her demise,
one son, Thaxter B., and grand
daughter, a brother and several
nieces and nephews,, besides host
of friends.
Interment was in the family lot at
North Etna.
Among the out of town people to
attend the funeral of Mrs Elvira
Friend were Fred Sylvester of Blue
Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman Sylves-
ter of Augusta, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.
Cole Of Bangor. Albert Sylvester of
Togus, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Sylvester
of Brewer, Mrs. Lue Friend of New
port. Mrs, Cora Dyer of Portsmouth.
n. H., Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Friend
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Friend of
Bangor and Leon Sylvester of Blue
Hill
Mr.. and Mrs. George Haines,
whose marriage occurred September
Is, in Kittery. returned Thursday
from a wedding trip through New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New
York.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. wiggin and ].
W. Friend attended the fair in Madi-
son, Thursday.
DR.. and Mrs. F. c. Hussey are
visiting relatives in town for several
days.
Several people from this town at
tended the fair in Exeter Wednes-
day and Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Green have
returned from a trip through Aroos-
took County
Miss Helen Jones is attending
Newport High school.
Mr.. and Mrs. John White have re-
turned to their home in North Bald
win after visiting relatives in town
for several days
The G. H. Ruggles Camp and Aux
mary Will serve a lunch to the pub
TIC during the auction of general
merchandise at the ]. B. Ham Co.'S
store IN Etna, September 2S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27

MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press II exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
OF al news dispatches credited to It
or not otherwise credited In this pa.
per and also the local news published
herein.
All rights Of republication Of spec
aal dispatches herein are also ~.
served.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27

No notice whatever Win b taken Of
J, unsigned communication.
The Journal cannot 10 held respon.
u sible for the preservation or return
y OF rejected communications.
Address an communications relating
20 subscriptions and advertisements
10 Kennebec Journal Company,
Publisher Augusta, Mama
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
HARRINGTON
Children's Night
Pennington Grange

At the meeting of Pennington
Grange in Drummond hall Saturday
night Children's Night was observed
with very interesting program espe-
cially arranged to please the little
ones, which it certainly did. The COM
m!ttee in charge of the program con-
sisted of Mrs. Persis Luce, Mrs. Della
McCleery. Mrs. Evelyn Luce, Mrs. Bar
bara Robinson. Mrs. Gertrude Luce
and Mrs. Lila York. A very enjoyable
evening was passed. there being a
large attendance.
At the meeting of the Pennington
Rotary Club this week the principal
speaker was a. A. Giles of New Shar-
on, whose subject was highways in
geperal and the proposed road to Can
ada over the Arnold Trail in particu-
lard. Paul kemerer. secretary and
song leader of the Rotary Club of Car
rollton. Ohio. was the principal guest
Of the evening, and he led some of the
shining on this occasion and made a
great hit with the local club. The reg
ular meeting of the club will be omit
ted next week. it being fair week. but
on Friday afternoon there will be a
boys outing under the management of
the club.
The Perham Street Priscillas met
with Mrs. J. c. Morton this week and
was a very enjoyable coca sion, leli-
cious refreshments being a feature.
The attendance. however, was rather
small, number of the members hap
pening to be out of town on that day,
much to the regret of all. The OK
ford County Fair at South Paris was
largely responsible for this. a num-
Der Of Pennington people attending
that excellent fair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
JEPThA ENcAMpMEMr ,

Meetings fourth Tuesday Of
month at 100 o'clock.
GEO. II. WADLEIGH, c. pl
G. S. PEASLEE. Scribe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27

be the only speaker At the Monday
night dinner. and Austin II. Mac.
Cormick Of Bowdoin College. secre-
tary Of the Brunswick Rotary Club Is
to be the speaker with Macmillan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
CANON AUGUSTA. NO

regular meeting every third Ia
at S o'clock Rehearsal OF P. y
gree.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
AUGUSTA LODGE NO. e64, s5l

Regular meetings IN the Elks z,
Winthrop street, the second
fourth Thursdays Of each month
o'clock.
ELMER Z. BRADBURY. El
HARRIS 5. DAY. Sec.
rn00-wed-fh IF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27

of Seth Williams Post No. Il.
Thursday Of each month.
D. w. PETTINGILL, J. v.c
WILLIAM. McDAVID. Adjuta-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
6. a. &. THE REGuLAR MEEi

LINWOOD ALBEE Z,
G. II. WADLEIGH, q.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27

Meeting every Wednesday eyesi.
500. Castle hall, Water stree, I]
after the work tonight.
JOSEPH G. KICKER, c. C
F. c. FLETCHER, Z. Of P AL
mOn-ttI-wed
Evening star., 1926-12-16
Sofia Mosque May Become DANCE Hall,
u. S. Architects Are Amazed to Hear

that a group of business men had
made an offer to convert the mosque
into a. dance hall win cause consider
able furry in those architectural cir
cles of the world where the edifice is
admired as representing all that is
noteworthy in Byzantine art.
In 326 AID. Emporer Constantine
dedicated the original structure. Early
| in the sixth century ii was destroyed
/ by fire, but a more imposing Christian n
church was started by Emperor Jus
| tinian. who ruled from 4S3 TO 565. 1t
was filled with a wealth of precious
| and artistic adornments.
| Justinian was so pleased that, gazing
upon the church. he exclaimed, solo
| mon. ] have outdone you'"
| After the Turks conquered the city
maSsacring the Christians, who had
sought the church as Il place of ref
uge. it lost most of it's grandeur
| through neglect and decay, and this
continued until Sultan Abdul Meshid
ordered a general overhauling in 1S49
| The building was converted into a
| mosque in the fifteenth century by
Mohammed II after he had stripped
! it of all it's valuableS.
Evening star., 1926-12-16
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 16.-Just
after the American Institute of Archi-
tects launched q movement for the
restoration of the famous architectural
masterpiece-the Sofia Mosque in Con-
Stantinople---news comes from the
Turkish capital that the beautiful
edifice may be turned into dance
palace.
Hardly a week has gone without
some new 'westerniZing" by Nustapha
Kemal Pasha, President of Turkey,
who overthrow the sultanate. In rapid
succession the feZ has been abolished,
the Moslem ban against statues of hu-
mans has been lifted, the picturesque
dervishes have disappeared Yildiz
Kiosk, home of former Sultans, has
been made into a gambling casino. and
only lately efforts. have been directed
toward bringing about a nation wide
abandonment of the custom of Turk
ish women covering their faces with
wells. One province has forbidden
wells. One town prohibits harem
trousers.
But the report from Constantinople
received by. the Daily Mail of London
Evening star., 1926-12-16
CHRISTIE MYSTERY
D|STURBS PRESS
British Papers Wonder Who
Will Pay Bills Incurred
in Long Search.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 16.-The ques-
tion of who is going to pay the bill for
the extensive search for Agatha
Clarisa Christie, American detective
novelist, who was found in Harrogate
Tuesday, is agitating officials of Sur
rev County. who used hundreds of
men, airplanes and caterpillar trac-
tors in seeking her.
The woman writer, who is the
daughter of the late Frederick Miller
of New York, is now at the country
estate of her sister. near Manchester,
where her husband, Col. Archibald
Christie took her from Harrogate.
1t was an inquisitive servant at the
Harrogate Hotel who discovered that
one of the guests was the much sought
writer.
Col. Christie reiterated yesterday
his wife was unable TO explain her
mysterious disappearance on DeCem-
ber 3, which caused unusual efforts to
find her.
Memory Called HAY.
'fy wife doesn't know how she got
to Harrogate, although she realizes
she took a train" he said. ''She has
"a faint idea now that she is Mrs.
Christie and that | am not her
brother, as she thought first. but her
husband. She doesn't know what
happened"
The story of the disappear france,
which enlivened the British press for
more. than 10 days, is still going as
lively as ever. One of the questions
which the papers are now pressing
is. where Mrs. Christie obtained funds
while at IEarrogate with which 10 buy
new clothing. The Evening News says:
THE question the people of Surrey
are now asking is who will have to
pay for the vast police search for
Mrs. Christie on the Surrey Downs
while she was dancing and singing at
Harrogate.'
The Evening Standard says the
search for Mrs. Christie cost several
thousand pounds and that the bills
will be submitted to the home office,
although they fall upon Surrey
County.
Publicity Stunt Doubted,
From the beginning there have been
hints that the disappearance of Mrs.
Christie was engineered by a press
agent for publicity purposes, but the
police have secuted this theory.
In view of the public concern in
what it terms an amazing turn in
an extra ordinary case, the Westmin-
ster Gazette has obtained the opinion
of two eminent specialists, who, how
ever, are not named. Both expressed
the belief that the case was not one
OF lost memory.
What them" asked the paper, sis
the explanation of the Christie mys-
terry, involving considerable public
money!"
Evening star., 1926-12-16
Publicity Stunt Doubted.
$500, 900 Fire in Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. December
16 Pl.-Fire last night destroyed two
buildings occupied by the REQ Auto
Service and the Pittsburgh Auto
Spring Companies. in East Liberty,
with a loss estimated at $500 900. Ex-
plosions of drums of oil and gasoline
threatened for time, adjoining
buildings, including Motor Square Gar
den. One fireman was overcome by
smoke ssssa gsassszsze il -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-08
THE BUBBLER

Sweet little lips of the tiniest child
kiss and caress you each day. Many
the youngster who often has smiled
halted, and then walked away.
Tired from their playing, and run
ming about. always they think Of
you first. Cooling the water, that
slowly seeps out-quenching the lit
tie ones thirst.
People of age may be passing your
way, worn by the hours in the sun.
How can you wonder how greatly
you pay? Think of the good you
have done. Hands, all atremble, will
coax you to sprout. Then, when
your contents are freed. cooling the
draught that comes bubbling out
giving the drink that they need.
Bubble, yea, bubble--then bubble
some more. Flow ever gently. and
kind. Now we all know what you re
standing there fortnight where the
tired folk can find. Nothing on earth
is as tempting to all as water that
bubbles on through. Sip me, you
thirsty" it seems is your call. We
drink-and the drink is to you.
Isn't it funny how an old coat will
usually fit a scarecrow to a T.?
-
A woman isn't necessarily a bust
ness woman just because she's in
terested in everybOdy's business.
Some people are bent on taking
exercises because that's one of the
most popular ways Of taking them.
The heiress and her lover fair,
Sat talking, by the hearth.
Said he, 81 love you"--and he did,
For all that SHE was worth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-08
Looking at N. V. A. Personalities

Fred Stone, president OF the
National Vaudeville Artists. In
corporated and one Of the best be-
loved stars in the world of musical
comedy. He was born and raised
in vaudeville. and finds time amid
his legitimate successes TO be
president of the n. V. A. and 10
take an active interest in all Of it's
enterprises.
E. F. Albee. president Of the
Keith-Albee vaudeville circuit, to
whom belongs the distinction OF
having conceived and established
the National Vaudeville Artists,
Incorporated, the greatest the
atr1cal organization OF its kind in
the world. He Is also among the
principal donors Of the clubs four
million dollar home on Forty Sixth
s., just west Of Broadway. New
York City.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-08
H HSFT IN INDIANK.' TH 1s1T5o1P

badge of honor. Wear long skirts
and win a badge is the plea.
Maybe in Chicago there will be
a concerted rush on the part of
high school girls to earn badges.
But we doubt it. And we know by
casual observation that few such
badges would be distributed in In
dianapolis.
No doubt those who devised the
scheme Of rewarding girls, who
measure UP to their specifications
of maidenly modesty, mean we'll.
The scantiness of attire now af-
fected by maids and matrons is
the subject of much distressed
comment. Something must be
done about it. declare the critics,
or the foundations Of society viii
crumble to dust.
II is doubtful, however, if short
skirts and silk stockings really are
responsible for the unreasonable
weather, the mad dog scare, the
shooting of Mussolini. the failure
of the League of Nations. boot
Logging or any of the other ills
that now affiict society.
Clothing never had much to do
with public morals or the rise and
fall Of civilizations.
Why try to bride the high school
girls to lengthen their skirts?
Most high school girls have able
bodied parents. And most OF us
are content to leave it up to the
parents to prescribe the length of
skirt their daughters shall wear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-08

Harry Lang'don. comedian. who ar
rived in New York recently with the
completed print of his feature length
comedy, Tramp, Tramp. Tramp"
has some interesting ideas on the
psychology of the laugh.
In an interview he said:
TN the first place the laugh is
the reflection Of ones own frallies-
Of everyq ones weakness. We think
that we are laughing at the screen
character. but it seems to me that
we are laughing at ourselves. All
children at heart, we know subcon-
sciously that when we laugh at a
poor boob, the victim of circum-
stances, we put ourselves in the po-
sition of the poor boob.
ITO be successful IN winning
laughs one must be sincere. I can't
fool my audience and say. L am
funny and I'm going TO make you
laugh at me- I must feel my part.
must be wretched, and conse-
quently ludicrous. Above all things,
I must be a supreme optimist, suffer
ing dumbly any harsh fate that may
come my way. My optimism must
be so all-embracing, though pitiful,
that nothing can ever rock It. When
do part in film 1 must really
suffer.
Moreover, I like TO have the au-
dience in on what 1 am not in on.
Things must be spontaneous dur
ing the making Of comedy. write
my own comedies and, so far as pos
sible, the scenario is complete, but
so per cent Of the laughs are, never.
theless, built on the set"
Mr.. Langdon, by the way, uses
five "gag" men. and much of the
fun consequently is engineered by
them during the making Of the film.
Stressing the idea that all persons
are In some degree children at heart
and unknowingty comedians, he
said:
Suppose you were to interview
bank president in his office. You
find him austere, dignified. unap-
proachable. He apparently is a cold
individual with little of heart and no
sense of humor. Yet on Sunday you
run over to Coney Island and find
him throwing baseballs at the dolls.
riding the roller coaster, eating hot
dogs and generally having the time
Of his life. He's nothing but a big
kid. AS a matter Of fact, we are all
nothing but big kids only some
either don't realize it or else refuse
to admit it. The comedian simply
capitalizes that side of human ma
ture."
In period of two years Mr.. Lang
don made twenty-six two and three
reel comedies for Mack Sennett. All
this time First National had its eye
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-08
Cam You Trust Men,?

You don't know whom you can trust these days,
do you?
Every fellow out for himself willing to cut
der you for his own personal gain.
Well let's get out of here. Go somewhere where
you can trust your fellow man. But it's bad night
to go out. Dark, stormy and windy.
What's that big line overhead? Oh, merely
high tension wire with enough electricity kill
hundreds of persons. But you didn't think thing
of walking under it. You knew that the lineman had
made it safe.
Now we'll get in a taxi and ride to the station.
Got to hurry if we're to catch the train This fell
low certainly knows how 70 drive. Takes steady
hand to keep out of a crash. but we'll not worry
about that
Bump, Big hole in the street. Terrific strain
on the springs and the car. But nothing breaks.
men at forge and lathe had done their work well.
The others who fastened the nuts and bolts when
the car was assembled did their work. We trust
our lives to them whenever we ride in fast
Well here we are at the station We crawl into
berths and go peacefully to sleep. The train
pows on through the dark and storm. One
at the throttle holds the lives of hundreds in his
hand Water streams against the glass through
which he peers out at the right of way One signal
missed and destruction awaits But we sleep on.
Yet other man. a nonentity in the cosmc
scheme has seen to it that all signal lights are burn
mig.
And other obscure toiers who have repaired the
track that day have gagged it fastened it in it's
proper place Our lives have been held in their
grimy hands
And so it goes. Every day we trust our lives
to our fellow men, men in farof places, men whom
we see, who in the routine of their bread
winning their brothers keepers.
Oh, yes, there some you can trust!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-08
Example of Tolerance

The Near East, cradle of religions, and breed
ing ground for racial and religious hatreds has
just furnished an example Of tolerance from which
the western world might we'll profit.
Jews, Christians and Moslems by the thousands
thronged Jerusalem at Easter tide, the cables tell
us, all bent the glorifcation and worship of God
They came from Jaffa and the Jordan valley, and
across the plains of Sharon, by train or auto on
animals, and afoot. They mingled together in peace
and each worshped in his own way, without him
drance
The Christians gathered about the place of the
crucifxon and other spots hallowed by the Saviour
Mosems prayed where Mohammed had raised his
voice to Cod The Jews wept beside the walls Of
their ancient temple. Jews Greeks, Turks Arabs
Europeans, Americans, brushed elbows throughout
the holy week. The climax came on Easter Sunday
when thousands of visitors in the city TANNED the
Via Doorosa and in the sepuchre held lighted can
dies and cried, Christ is risenl"
The angels must have smiled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-08

Henry A. Chesterfield. who has
been secretary OF the National
Vaudeville Artists, Incorporated
since it's inception May 1. 1915.
His tireless efforts have been an
important factor in building the
\. Y. a. from an inconspicuous
organization Of seven members u
a powerful and benehcent club OF
between eighteen and twenty
thousand members.
These three men combined their
energies and ideas in planning the
Tenth Anniversary Jubilee week
Of the National Vaudeville Artists
incorporated, being held this week
in vaudeville houses throughout
the country. to raise funds for the
n. V. A. Sick ard Benefit Fund,
which distributed over half
million dollars In relief work
among the needy OF the profession
last year.