Kennebec Journal du lieu suivant : Augusta, Maine • 6

SIX DAILY ypNNFpp JOURNAD- AUGUSTA MAINE FRIDAY bECEMBERv lMi LIGHT'AND AIRY nothing for NASAL TRAGEDY Publishers succeed In disagreeing there's the common Solon to do but take a chance or turn tail and run homeward Our sym-pathy goes out to him In his predicament but he accepted the Job and took his full pay for two years after completing his first term' It's up to him not to walk out on us Kennebec Journal Co Principal owner jOuj Gannett tuita Entered at the Au Poet Office as Second Class mall matter of confidence "'JiSibeen thinking how jolly-if we two got married Any object Ions replied the 'young lady at 1 once 1 "HmP he replied might have mown nave thought -of that Spirted into the night while ahe poor with a coW in her -wondered why he left when she had accepted him Pearson Weekly say" said the young man full I 0 bill The Beauty1 of Maine (Boston Post) Maine took-the -lead among the New England States some time ago in thematter of beautification -The residents there are proud and Justly so of the great nature beauty of their domain The rugadtl hills and mountains the vast cathedral-like forests the myriad islets off the coast and the grand vista of the eternal sea are dear to their hearts The increased funds for a further extension of this work The citizens of Maine are far-seeing in their preservation of beauty Other States could well emulate their programme Have the bootleggers sold you any of the which they claim to have brought in from Massachusetts and they with a large stock of the bootleg variety on their hands? If so it might be well to have the examined No notice whatever oe taken of unsigned communications liif Journal canno( ue held responsible (or 1 the preservation or relbrn ol rejected communications Address all communfcations relating to subserlptiona -and advertisement to Kennebec Journal Company Publishers Augusta Maine LEGISLATIVE 'SONG Hush little sales tax you cry be a stamp tax Bye and bye "Small Portia: nd Express Member the Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the tor republlcatlocf o( all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein AU rights ol reppbllcatlon ol special dispatches herein are also reserved A T-T-TES-T-T-IM-MONIAL The theatrical custom of smiling congratulatory letters and wire to artists starting In on 1 radio commercial programs was responsible for the following letter: i -D-D-D-Dear -Repiemb-b-ber my v-v-v-vaude-vllle p-p-partner B-B-Billy Lorraine wno used t-t-to st-st-st-stut-ter? W-W-W-WeU p-p-p-please -p-pardon this let-t-ter as X-I-X ve trowed his t-t-typewriter I -v Friday December 15 1933 Superfluity In -Expenditure It would seem that one economy available in the public service might he discontinuance of the practice when problems press for solution of appointing a commission to take It over until such tlihe as it may be partially forgotten Reminder of this may be found in the report of a commission in Massachusetts to the effect that corrupt politicians aid crime that It direct threat to the peace and security of the commonwealth exists to a menacing pxtent lii that good State The man in the street could have told as much long ago but nobody asked him and he did nothing about it Probably nothing serious will be done about the matter now that the cdmmlsslon has but the commission will draw its pay Inquiring Mood stry" may not be all that BIT VERSE -Labor Protection Illustrated (New York SunV The struggle between Great Britain and Japan for supremacy In cotton textile export markets is fast coming to a head Exasperated by the spectacle of Japanese leadership at the expense of Manchester spokesmen in Parliament for British cotton Interests have i openly charged the Japanese with trickery in their efforts to hold the lead they now admittedly have in the last analysis the fundamentals of the problem lie deeper than relative efficiency of methods and organization and 'possible advantages to be gained by purchase of raw cotton in the lowest markets the core of the matter ta relative wage scales in Great Britain and Japan or in othrr words relative standards of living In terms of current exchange cotton workers in Japan- arc paid slightly more than 83 a week British textile workers receive more than three times that amount No- matter how successful the Brit tah may be in modernizing plant and equipment or in gaining ad vantages over Japan in the raw cotton field the standards of living in the two countries present clearly defined obstacles to change There ta little likelihood that there will be any radical raising or- the wage scales of the Japanese workers while there seems equally little chance that there will be downward revision of British wages to meet the competition of the Japanese LIFE GOES ON Mourn not for the wreckage but as the moon fades In the quick dawn break -from the rutna i i Tvr Ufa goes on Taata then the morning air However bitter and however cruel Receive In nakedness those darts of light Whether in kindness or in anger thrown Tread humbly bn the sacred breast of earth And grasp revered touch Oh no more gold and crystal in high rooms' rain-washed rock and tender fugitive water Under the old sky worshipped with new eyes For life goes on: Aldington in Yale Review- Instead of forcing Sunday on the theatres for the sake of a little revenue the Legislature might better put a tax on every employer and employe that demands or sells seven work In a week except Vin time of emergency HERE AND THERE IN MAINE Heretofore all cold waves have had an ending so cheer up and do not forget the Christmas how only a few daya away SO-AND-SO A Thomas ton lady has a right to be called a radio fan from the fact that she has logged more than 440 stations Utopia derived- from Greek words meaning nowhere Toward that mythical place we are making Childs IlMi Capt Frank Foster of Sodth Thomaston has been following the sea for 40 years Although he is 87 ypars old now he has 'made and sold 23 flat bottom boats in the past two years "The great statesman ta never slave to a preconceived system Andre Maurota society I Myra) Vclts a charier member at of the United Baptist chuhct the drganikation I IlfiMtiiiAi In Tut hbmc WdntwoSth Beveracr a -'student "Europe ta not healthy It ta like a boil that will not come to a head -Willem Van Loon Winged victory tor the Auburn' candidate' who hauled no voters to the polls and simply told them he would do his best Evidently they decided after knowing him pretty well that his best would be serviceable to the city V- 't-cu N- Ds A minor earthquake may or may not have hit Winslow-in the early hours of Wednesday morning but rumblings which certain -of the people felt at 8 o'clock have led many to believe that residents of Benton and Clinton avenues felt Just that A Wife's Testimony It iv necessary says a recent opinion of the -Supreme Court of the United States that the legal rules of the past must "yield to the experience of a succeeding generation whenever that experience has dearly demonstrated the fallacy or unwtadbm of the old It is by such slow changes that the common law is kept alive and effective in spite of the characteristic tism of all legal custom and the regard of lawyers for precedents and tradition! This statement ta part of an opinion which ends in this country itne centuries-old legal rule that a wife may not testify at the- trial of her husband In many courts the rule-has been broken though recognized in principle The Supreme decision confirms the verdict of common sense It points out that the ancient rule' which disqualified a wife as witness may be safelv discarded leaving to Judge and jury the decision as ta how much prejudice may affect the' testimony of a wife against or on behalf of her husband The case which resulted in this opinion was that of a man found guilty in two trials of consoiracy to violate the Federal Prohibition Law Twice his wife was refused permission to testify In his favor Yet it ta apparent that her testimony might be Important to a Just verdict The Supreme Court says she has a right in common law to take the witness stand an important opinion because it proves that the common law ta not an inflexible code Of past practice but may be adapted and accommodated to new conditions as is found necessary a tie tf in Orono will arrive in tou'u today pass the tchrii tnias recess with hta parenif Mr uul Jrs Meric Beirrage of Hisrlif Mrerl- 1 Thte Silver Tea whieli ta have beer iuld this afternoon it the ionic qf Mrs Merla Bates under he aitapires ot -the Aid of tljie MClnod 1st church has been postponed indefinitely Mis Harold York entertained an auction ridge party' Wednesday evening her home on Summer street Tlue guests were: Mrs Bessie toWcl Mrs Celia Fossrtt Mrs Crete lell dr Dora Hall Mrs Moi-lie arshi 11 Mrs Hilda Norton and Mrs Nelli Hamblcton Two tables were In lay The first prize was awaided to Mrs Hall anti the -eon- sola i ion i rizc went to Mrs Mar-- I SJ5 shall Painty refreshments were Jf servi I decided to hold ao -morn metings until after Christmas The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs Hall the exact date to i announced later Tlie Su iday school of the' Methodist Epii opal church will held their annial Christmas tree mdr' Wednesday afternoon at th of Mrs Fedelia Foss In I he I absence of the president Mr Alice Wing the vice president rs 'Lll-lah Rockwell presided Thi nieet ing oprned with a devotional vice' The routine business tfas tarried out- The subject for ihcf afternoon was and paper relating to Missionary work In hat country were read by Miss Louise Benson Mrs Rockwell and Mrs Fanm Other members pr iserlt St the meeting were Mrs Lull Wrth-crcll Mrs Sarah Moshr Mrs Carolyn Wood Mra Pultaif Mrs Carolyn Eamen Mrs Ella Pcinny Mrs Birdinla Narramorc a id Mrs Lucy Decker Kemp The astosscs Mrs Foss Mrs Narramcrc land Mrs Penney served refit shiqcnts of assorted cake rookies apd cocoa The place and date of next meeting will be announced later The officers of the Bapti Circle and the officers of the -u lit will meet at the Baptist parsonagq tonight at 7J0 o'clock -Miss Elizabeth Williams a I student at the Farmington St ite (Normal school will arrive in town today to pas sthe Christmas vacation Carl Nowack chief clerk and special disbursing agent of the Acadia National Park for the past few yean and who has been in the National Park Service for ten years has been appointed to an lm-i portent post in the CWA-as special disbursing agent under the new administration Advocating the Lottery BUI The Kennebec Journal: In regards to the Lottery Bill that-was before the committee on appropriations apd financial affairs yesterday at the State House I observed that it Was strongly opposed by members of the clergy' Their stronghold was the moral part while mine is the condition that our State is in at the present time in debt and in very deep We have to overlook a lot of things in life and why not overlook the moral side at present and lift this State out of the hole and put it on easy street by legalizing the lottery? By accident met an old friend of mine at the State House last Friday afternoon He was up here nn business concerning-the Lottery Bill New York Dec 14 Thoughts while strolling: What became of the Tiller girls? Montague Glass and his radio manager Saul Flaum After making everybody give up their gold America busts out ha ha buying it' Sammy Feldman who often bought orchid corsages for entire choruses That is-before the unbooming i One word description of Lois klllameyish Eddie Dowling and Steve Hanna gan bear -a resemblance Circle ville Os Ted Lewis He (picked up those mannerisms as boy watching minstrel drum majors That awful booking agent who suggests a penguin Could that be Hoover laughing? Lyda laugh ta like a pony's whinny The whom-ish A who remembers Victor Moore and Emma Littlefield's skit: your act dr back to the Lindy guys gathering on the curb around 4 pi Peggy Joyce is beginning to )bok fearfully weary Gene Markf ever coming to town? Rarely see Sailing Baruch around any more The flood of beribboned pug dogs (Confirming the French it changes the more it is the same Wonder if others too are getting fed up with this constant Elsa Maxwell ballyhoo? Beautiful Maxine Elliott -One of my favorite Nathan Butjkan George snow-wbitel- thatch Another resemblance Ted Healy and Pat O'Brien Yeung lovers always meet as though the world had been born that minute And we oldsters lately as though It was just to go up in smoke! A Coi Mgnn tale He had just concluded a tirade against a Justly famous Kentucky a real one The (latter's nephew entered Why dent its name implies but doubtless affords some improvement Panless among a self-goterning people obviously is preferable to a bloody revolution provided he people know what all about Otherf Wise the bloody part may come later with Jess likelihood of She right prevailing Hence when revolution jis being talked about it is well to know if possible what it is all about That being who ask questions should not be snubbed called silly or eyen anathematized by the name of We like to tiling the common folks in this country do possess powers of observation and can comprehend somewhat of logic They are rightfully Concerned indeed should be more eoncerned than they are so long as Is ah Insistent topic Senator Johnion! tells us that we only have choice betv een Hell and Roosevelt but he doesn't convince' us that having taken Roosevelt into our confidence he being President is un er no obligation to take us into his confldei ce The daily hews tells us that Professor is really a socialist bent on securing a peaceful revolution to his doctrines altho iglt the news is not above suspicion of beir flavored with rumor The news also report Mr Peek recently resigned after disagreement! with some of Professor Tugwell's policies taking occasion ta declare as though that: were an issue in a public address' hat the property right of he individual must be protected: Also there seems to be a jquite prevalent impression that 'Prof TugWeli although he may not expect to have! all his plans immediately adopted does bi lieye in the ultimate elimination of private property And Although many of us yet retain confidence that the President is sec king to winnow from those policies whatev he may think to be of immediate gooq and reject the rest it is but commendable curiosity on our part to inquire about re selection being made As to that ai left to our imaginings we see that the resident has in several instances shown a toward what is le the doctrines of the profit is not the only objector iDr Sprague Professors lves Messrs Dean Acheson ites to mention a few arc tside while those regarded in of the Administration as pertains to dealing with agriculture the railroads and ihej monetary situation are understood tojbeiln sympathy with Prof policies This is not evidence that the President gone over horse and foot to the 1 ut it naturally raises an inquiry Those acquainted with President Roosevelt find it difipcult to vision him as a convert to bolshetism and those who venture to remark anything of the sort are greeted with more or less derision However it doesn't mean that- onS has necessarily adopted such ajj hooted conclusion if he notes certain manifestations that are intriguing to say the leg st It has been stated that when the bangs were closed last spring Dr Tugwcll urged that they be kept closed indefinitely Lob i3 Fischer Moscow correspondent of Tl'jje Nation in the last issue of that publication calls attention to advice to Kcrefeisky quoting him: speak of regulation tf economic life while evading the question nationalizing of banks means either to exhi lit utter Ignorance or to deceive the plan people by fine words and htgh-soundlnf promises with the premeditated intentlo i of not fulfilling those Mr FI cher also tells us that Lenin wanted comp ilsory organization of industrialists tha he condemned inflation or fixing the pr le of grain and declares: cannot- be rc seated too often that Lenin conceived of tjhls program of state economic control within the framework of capitalist society xxx Kerensky follow advice but when the latter took over the administration of Russia and applied his judgment without asking questions of answering then we have seen what we have All (if which doesn't mean that Roosevelt is a Lenin but should explain to him why evidently so many of his supporters as well as opponents arc in a questioning mood a tale from Quoddy Bay which the reader may believe or may not: seems to be a well established fact that several centuries ago before Paasamaquoddy Bay boasted any white settlers the Islands of the Bay were used extensively for the storing or burying of plunder procured by pirates from ships on the high seas As would be expected descriptive charts of places holding- this buried treasure were passed from one family to another until finally some of them fell into the hands of the early English settlers of Campobello island A certain family which settled at wnat ta now known as Snug Cove Campobello possessed one of these charts it is said and for many years none of the men of this family ever engaged in manual labor of any kind but they were seemingly well to do and were respected ana esteemed in the community and the name la honored even unto this day and generation Every member of this family possessed an abundance of gold and silver coins it is said that was to be put up to the statea-He nad recently been to men here EJ social no: Thursday evening Dec: with her parents Dr and J1S 130 As Man to Man "By William Feather Nevada where they operate a State lottery and are at the present time operating successfully This gentleman has-been-operating and promoting in this game for the last 20 years He stated that the lottery in Nevada has been placed in the hands of reliable bonded promoter that knows the business from a to As I have already stated that it is paying the State a neat little income Now here is the outcome that would be if this State passed this bill It would first put at least 2-000 men to work in this State It would boost the finances of the State to the tune of 8150000 at the least Not only that but would circulate money people that never took a chance before would gladly pay for a ticket that would make quite a fsw independents for life every month They would give their money freely for lottery BUt try and get it by putting on more-tax and see what a squawk you would get f-v- The figures that are above are at a minimum The men (or agents) that would be picked to sell the tickets would sell on a commission 21-iff the church vestry A program of recilat on and musical number! will -be cairied out Mrs Angie Cottle has burn appointed chairman of the Icomrjiittec in charge and the will lie assisted by the teachers of the ISundiiy school I- Postmaster D-P Macartney an nounces tjo the patrons of the local fv post oifide the following arrange- Ia 4 mcijts which have been -made lor the Iprombt handling of the Christ maq mailfi The advantage of mailing Christmas parcels early is again brought tp the attention of the public and in order to avoid the cor--gesllon of-late mailing the post of- flee will be open on Sunday Dec ft from 3 te 6 ni and all mail lo depositedf in the office on that day willl be dispatched the same eveninf -Dunmr tjpe work of Dec 13 post oificjft -will be own in the evening as iehg as business warrants In order to insure delivery dt cels in gjikxt condition they shouw be Isccuroiy packed and wrapp tied( with 'stout cord and should on one side only Vam-mauler should be either lnaur-r registered' Christmas grectinf lnfly be -sent anywhere in tar efLatcs for '1 1-2 cents in un-J envelopes Sealed cards local delivery arc 2 cents per ounr and sealrd cards tor other than local dellwry are subjert to 3c pp ounce Tfhere will be no service in any posr and Moi wq office 011 Sunday lc Si ini onday Dee 23 except spedai 5 mom Passing The Buck (Portland Press-Herald) The Republican party ta on trial at Augusta It has control of the Legislature and should be able to do almost anything that it desires -The reports' coming from Augusta indicate that it intends to do little or nothing Instead of coming to a decision on some of the Yitai questions now confronting the State the Legislature propones to refer some of the bills which have been introduced to special commit tees and then adjourn In this way it expects to dodge responsibility and leave it to the Governor and the Executive Council to find ways and means to get the State out of the difficult and even dangerous position which it Is in Governor Brann called the Legislature into special session ta get something done When the people learned that he had called a special session of the Legislature they approved his action Naturally they expected that the Legislature would at once proceed to- find some way to fill the empty State treasury Erovide the means to keep the talc departments and Its institutions in operation and give the Governor and his Council something to work with so that advantage might be taken of the facilities now afforded by the 'Federal government to meet the unemployment situation and furnish some jobs for -idle and needy men Williams The Libby Hill school ith Miss Marion Sheffield teacher vlll pave a Christmas tree and proa 'am this evening at 730 -Ti public is cordially invited to attei id A rehearsal -of the' klnc erggrten department of All Souls niversal-ist Sunday school ill be leldK this afternoon in Murray vestr at the close of the afternoon se sion of school 1 1 The regular meeting of he Oak land Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will be held this ev in Murray vestry I The Social Circl of All Souls Universaltat church ict Wednesday afternoon i Murra vestry There-was a large attenda: icej The meeting was called to ordc by the president Mrs Bertha Ad imsl and the routine business transa tedi The various committees in char te of the recent sale handed in their reports which were very gratifying proving the sale to have been a dec idea success both socially and fl lanrially A nominating committee onslsting of Mrs Alice Mower Mn Fhnnie Morrisette and Mrs Clari piivcr was appointed to bring In a slate of officers at the annual meeting to be held 1 the first Wedi csdpiy in January After the busin meeting the time was taken up witjfi in- dividual sewing and a serial lifter noon enjoyed i Funeral services for iss Myra Wells will be held from home on Alpine street tills after loon at 2 Mr Moore first rea( cr of the Christian Science cliurc i of Watervlllp will' conduct the services Burial will be in ie family lot In the Middle cemetery Miss Beatrice Pooler of Oakland is employed at store in old Sherry's where the Town Topics publisher was seated alone In a far corner Spying him the nephew cried: prospect pleases but only Mann is A revue high spot revealed the interior of the Union League with fuddy-duddies sitting about with ear trumpets and white beards to the watat querulously discussing the times The club is the last stronghold Tories and rc belle rs yet at the -staid the mo6t patrician They are die-hards will adorn history's -the Union League America does not who venerate the of those who leap every change THE function of art which some of us are slow to comprehend was admirably stated in a short Item that appeared in the Cornell Alumni News Rym Berry graduate manager of athletics confessed that a football game reported by a good announcer was better than the game itself as observed by the ordinary spectator at the field The announcer like any great writer or painter-secs a spectacle in its-full glory and color He emphasizes what contributes to the drama of the occasion and omits the nopessentlals 1 That is the aim of every first-class writer or artist: it ta why a good painting may be better than a sight- of the subject or model and why the characters in a good novel are more interesting than the people we meet in our dally life Next time you look at a picture and exclaim' "I never saw a woman who looked like that just remember that you never saw a great sporting event -in quite the way in which it described by a skilled radio announcer An auditor can give you a page of figures that reveals what happened to a corporation during the year but in the Making of those figures and in keeping them black there were heartaches and thrills that would have made good copy for a writer like Henry An annual statement written by Henry -would be art but an annual statement written by the auditor 4miid not be art Copyright by Public Ledger basis The ticket would be placed in stores of all kinds and in this State your sales would be around windows aZe seen 200000 But do not overlook this item Only about 10 of the sales would be in Maine Your ticket would be everywhere In good reliable hands then instead of the money going out of the State it would comq home to do (plenty of good The last Irish Sweepstake this rountry invested close to 3 million of the against the new windows ate seen profiles in) town but uany pages Passing one wonders If need more men traditions instead so eagerly) for The Cole from their French -2 delivery! tend patrons are again OT I ed tt-o tAlte advantage of the facia- Vi ties offered them -for early nteUW-The ppbllc scliools will close till Blit evidently this ta not the Leg- intention Lacking cour-jdoltars (Maine gave her share which ageous leadership Its intention I wasl plenty) Let alone that one race here are 3 and 4 sweepstakes run by the Army and Navy of Can- seems to be to admit that it cannot do anything and go home the Gove leaving the Governor and his Watervillc during the hoi dayk -The Fidelity class of tqe united Porters rounding in chateau for the annual visit add panache to what Maury Paul hails as the social -intelligentsia Porter with still another London musical show hit to his string takes -the- business -of living hi bounds and with unwinking brightness from Paris to London and New York' and back again He seems! to believe that nothing really matters and diverts from his art much energy in gadding about iKHl -CMS ads' each year: there are weekly tickets dally special tickets and pool Now all this money does not stay in Maine nor do they see It again The Government does aftsrnoon for tim Chnstmas vie lion reopening -'Jan 1 In rsen thn grade rooms there will ta Christnns tree and program pupils the eighth grade Miss tijfeabeth Hills teacher hold their party in the Home kct nomirs room of Williams WP sclipoh ni ere will be a ChrUUmte boq whi re gifts will be exchante Tlif tea -her of the high school arrange 1 for a short Christmas program be given this afternoon thej gj'Z mnslunu Tlie program jnu begin a )out 3 Ihe Hior at ry will be read Tlwre beTothir- Christmas selections site Christmas carols will be mins llllomiHS IHIUiB VC -it Baptist church will meet this Friday afternoonl at the hojT of Mrs Charles Thompson The members of Sarah Sampson Tent Daughters of Union Veterans are asked to meet this afternoon at the home of the president Mrs Elsie Laflin to attend iin a body the funeral services of Miss not get any income or Inheritance tax fror rom them if -it were legal then composers accomplish so Yet few much watching a perk for nursemaids to exist as hardly Ings! grown-ups and their pink-cheeked cherubs from the sidelines along Central Park Mall An untroubled slice of life It's rcaso table be- 1-' OTHERS ARE SAYING 1 Repo from grade eight JK public abhoota for 1 he -last six aw fascinating to gaze upon such tiny4 withon ThLr12fr2rtlBi5S Without wICkbfttAr' Th? -nprt to pedestals codes anti codes including the code of ethics Portland Express Instinctive people -giving way to motives Implanted before birth How much much more than those of us who they show at age when they seem lnstlnetivi MAnlfi ffivinff vov ta there would be a tidy sum each month collecting on both In regards to the remark that Rev Smith made about- being tempted to take his children out of school if the school was to draw on the fund which would be furnished by the lottery: Now I- honestly know that there are many institutions that would be only too glad to draw on most any fund that was set aside by the Stale Including the lottery He also stated that the tickets that are In the State at present would continue openly and nothing could be done about- Jt Nothing would have tq be done about it for when the people see and know that the drawing was legal it would automatically freeze tpem out At the present time the State of Mainland is awaiting-the outcome of this bill In Maine Why? Because if it does not rasa here ft will pass xtta virtue for a man to seek to look as pleasing to other peoplp as possible 8t Louis Globe jciDOcrtti change the Yankee Stadii im to the Babe Ruth Stadium is an example Hundreds yowled that th stadium was built purposely Witt a short right field fence so that the Babe could pile up a dubious lome run record Next they -will pe saying Lindy merely lost control Of his plane and landed in Pari ranking period with Miss Ellsatai Hijls (achcr cads as follows: A Muriel Carre 11 and Bs Doro-thy Co Gerald Goodman Kriilstcm Arlene Kennison a Leech 1 nd Robert Lothrop Tlie vgular meeting and annum Cliyliitn ias party of Dorcas fiesrj born Chapter A will bchd Saturday afternoon at the home a Mra Jnmcs Stevens Tlie piwJJfT generafs Christmas message will read Members' wUI respond to Well the feather of the past few days ought make the ice safe for skaters Executive Council little -better off than was the case before the special session convened The people of Maine will not be satisfied with anv such decision They expect the Republicans in the Legislature to assume their responsibility and do something worthwhile They expect it to extend the power which was given the Governor and Council at the last session so that appropriations can be transferred suspended or changed as the condition of the States finances demand They expect it to find some way to Immediately provide revenue so that all the State's departments and Institutions 'may earry -on during the remainder or the year They expect it to take such action as may be necessary to meet the conditions which have now arisen or may arise from the repeal of the 18tn Amendment "Passing the to a lot of special committees will in no ways prove satisfactory The Republican party will be held responsible for a failure to do any or all of these things' As the people look upon this situation they think that this is not the time on the part of anyone to maneuver for any political -advantage They wifi nearly all agree that it ta unfortunate and regrettable that the Constitution stands in the way of paying he legislators enough to enable them- to defray their expenses while they are attending the special session but as they see it the men who were willing enough to assume the responsibility of becoming representatives or senators a year ago should now determine to stay at Augusta until they have really accomplished something worthwhile Instead of quitting when When smith next shakes hands with will he salute i him as Potato" or Ixj well Courier-Citizen roll cal with quotation appropri to the season There will be PPf5 The most common phrase In the language today to be "erstwhile professor of Boston Transcript Tallulah Bankhead convalescing from a series of operations at her hotel is a bright spot in the Taf ter-theatre ennui Instead of! or it is now: "Let's pop iin on And amid silken pillows the fabulous lady languidly keeps them in stitches 1 on the Smithsonian Institute origins Christmas story -j join in singing Chn It has been requests ipter send a box to-CP mem be -s will mgs ci rota that chapter in Maryland They have also a' bill similar to the one that has been In same "Senator who is introducing the State Lottery Bill as last resort to raise money needed badly by this State The people are going to gamble re (tardies legal or Illicit just the same as they sold and drank liquor during the biggest flop that we nad In this Country So why not get in on the ground floor and get out of the nit that we have been living In and legalize lottery and race i track betting And in 2 yean time be sitting on top of "Do with a nice comfortable sum in the State Treasury for what ever emergency might arise Now this Information that I have written comes from a gentleman that knows what he Is talking about He has given this Informa'lon to me willingly (that I would place it before the public so as to let them know what in the lottery LT ilncoynfort- We have drifted so far away from local self-government In New Hampshire that the only officlalof ccmsequence left is the tax collector Traveling schools go up -ond down the 8tate telling assessors how to but the tax collector heeds no 1 in struction His Job is one with Exeter News- operation In New Hampshire Legal ized betting at races There ta a bill that ta being Introduced In the same line by Senator Roble of Cumberland County who is the Shouldn't Walk Out on Us i One shouldn't expect the impossible of the Legislature One should not be bitterly critical of apparent iriabilityto find anything further that is practically: taxable unless one iasj himself discovered it Yet the proposal to go home leaving the financial coi dition to additional stretching i ol the flexil ility expedient and the possi- bilities of revenue leaves so much to be desired i4t one may fervently wish the Legislature i light have a revenue revelation i Or in abser ce of that adopt some sort of a tax which issure-to be unpopular Most taxes are rhen renowned economists only portun ty Farnv and members sw asged lo brinir donation or box su Ii as games mittens books suitable for boys about years odd Tlie hostesses will ta Stevenl and Mrs Angle Hcrso Payment of dues will also be rrcen ediat tails time The Harry Decker Post cion will hold their annus Lj ftV4M n4i wiM Nobody could be more able at formal dinners Iris my luck usually to be seated next to someone with a chip -on the shoUldeii MV conversatlons at best are gimdy and a struggle Last evening to break a long and ghastly alienee I turned to a dowager on my rigM with this carefully couched bril nancy: "We have been having rather nice Hi 71-2 minutes the new German Reichstag to its feet four times voted while the going gets a bit rough and en deavorlng to shirk their responsibilities by 'massing' the buck No gentlemen the people of Maine will hold you responsible if you do not perform your duty and lake some definite action which will be of material help to the State at this critical Juncture ChrtatiiM trefrand parijMhis eJ standing at salute listened to a 2 1-2-mlnute ac- lhe shouted "Hell Hitler! and adjourned This gives Mussolini's wcord to shoot at---Bo8tou she gamef ning ish the Legion home There be a bjrano game with cliickcns 7 The jmblip will be cordisw (y prizes And right' started to argue! (Copyright 1933 McNaiight dicatc Incl Sway Syn- CHARLES A WAITS (fo 2 Augusta Me wcjlcoiied.