Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-23
MAINE GOSSIP
onr,sAmas on Main street

Christmas on &4A10 ot1ees
who said twas dull on Main street.
Prosy and bitter and stale. ~.
Dregs and strife for the wine me- o. i'ie'
why, there are friends on Main street,
Man and woman and child,
Neighbors dear, With hearts Of cheer,
Better than gold up-piled!
who said twas mean on Main street,
Ugly and faded and brown.
No color and light to tease the sight,
And make one in love with the town?
Why, there are trees on Main street,
Elm, and maple, and beech,
Branches high, which tease the sky,
Giving the soul up-reach!
Who said twas dead on Main street.
Lonely and empty and cold.
Bleak and drear as the dying year.
AS thin as a tale twice told?
Why. Christmas comes to Main street,
Tree and candle and gift.
Carols cheer. at midnight clear.
In the clouds a silver riftI
No. tits not dull on Main street.
Mean, or lonely, or dead,
Warmth Is here, and sympathy dear,
To lift the heart and head.
Why, mem'ries walk on Main street,
Sweet and pure and white,
Angel friends, the good God sends,
Robing its homes with light!
Howard J. Chidley, in Boston Herald.
Ethel Leginska, wizard of the plano
and probably the greatest woman
orchestra conductor in the world, is
to appear in Portland for a concert
Friday evening, March 25, at City
Hail. With her will come her new
orchestral creation, the Boston Phil
harmonic Orchestra.
Whether women should pay poll
tax was the principal topic for dis
cussion at the weekly meeting Of
West Bath grange Monday night.
That 1t was an interesting topic was
proved by the fact that many of the
60 persons present talked upon the
subject. No one opposed their pay
ment and all were agreed that even
tually women will be obliged to pay
q tax but whether of the same
amount as the men none dared to
predict.
The will of Mrs. Georgianna Keep,
widow of George C. Keep Of Brook
lyn, N. Y, filed In the Cumberland
county probate court this week, con-
tanned a bequest Of $4,000 to the
Central Maine General Hospital at
Lewiston. The Keeps became inter-
ested in the Lewiston institution
while they were at the Mansion
House, Poland Spring, where they
| lived for Is years. Later they moved
to Portland. Mr.. Keep for many
| years was engaged in business In
New York City.
Mrs. Robert w. Mcclure, = gradu-
ate Of Bates college. was one Of a
party Of missionaries. who were
robbed recently to Chinese bandits.
while returning to their station, from
their vacation. They were travelling by
/ boats up the Flu river. when they
were held up by 90 soldiers, who took
from the travellers over $500 in gold
watches, a chain. and four gold rings.
The officer in charge of the soldiers
told the missionaries to go on their
way. but the soldiers themselves paid
no attention to the orders.
lied fire department. The arrival Of
the new ladder truck last week COM
Melted the list. To be sure there are
eEo old steam engines which in their
day were among the best in Maine
but they are only kept for emergency
use and when drawn to fire, horses
will be used. There are also three
hand engines In town which the
veteran firemen use for sporting
purposes only and one cannot imagine
a motorized nd-tub, although when
the boys take them to other cities
for muster purposes they are con-
veyed on trucks engaged for that
purpose.-Bath Times.
An unusual condition in the incom-
ing legislature has been discovered.
Where sometimes there have been 80
,, or 40 lawyers in the two houses, there
are this year only 10, and one of
them is practically certain to be
elected speaker of the house. The two
legal ommittees-Judiciary and Legal
Affairs-need 90 lawyers to fill their
membership, to say nothing of the ad-
| visibility OF having them on other
committees, and not over Is will be
available. However, 1t won't be the
first time that men who were not law
years have served on-one OF the legal
committees. There are men now liv-
ing who have done 1t. And possibly
the legal committees, if they have a
layman or two on them. won't be quite
so touchy.-The oxford Democrat.
Examination Of the records OF the
Paris Public Library Association re-
veals the fact that only a small num-
Der of people appear on those records
have Nf he Not Inn, va
Is nothing in the records to show that
the present officers of the association
are members. Under the conditions 1t
! was deemed best that the process of
the law should be invoked to secure an
organization that will stand the legal
test. This is especially desirable as
the association will soon be in posses
sion of real estate and other property
worth we'll toward $4,000. Therefore
q meeting has been called, according
to the notice in our advertising col
umns, to be held Tuesday evening,
Dec. %. at 7.30 p. NJ, to effect the or
ganization.
Stanley Bickle, a member Of the
! freshman class at Cleveland Law
School and son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Bickle of Bath, has just been
elected president of his class. thus
bringing distinction to his home town
and honor to his family for he is the
only member of the class of $50
whose home Is outside the state of
Ohio. and naturally a great majority
of it's members are residents of
Cleveland Young Bickle was gradu-
ated last June from Morse High in
Bath. He is a brother of Samuel
Bickle of Dayton, whose wife was a
| great niece of Chester A. Arthur,
former president Of the United