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largest Summer Resort Journal in New England Published Every Thursday Afternoon From June to September and on the Last Thursday In Each Month from October to May. CROWLEY & LUNT, Editors and Publishers Office, 92 Exchange 8treet, Room 5, Portland TERMS Ona Yaar, $1.00; Summer Season, 50c; Single Copy, 5c ADVERTISING RATES 41.00 per !ncn first week; additional Insertions at reduced rates. Reading Notices, 15c per line. A postal brings our advertising man. AlYertisers desiring ci>auge» must 56 nd In copy cn or before Monday pre ceding day of publication to insure in sertion. Note—Hotels and Roarding Houses in the Bay contracting for four or more laches of space por issue for displayed adv«rtising. have- the privilege of weekly insertion of guests' names under the classification of Register of Tourls**» free of charge. MINIATURE ALMANAC Week of Ju Sun Day Rises Sets 26 4.09 7.25 27 4.09 7.25 28 4.10 7.25 29 4.10 7.25 30 4.10 7.25 ' 1 4.11 7.25 2 ~ 4.11 "7.24 : 26—July 2. Length of High Tide* Day Morn. Even. 15.16 4.10 4.42 15.16 4.57 5.27 15.15 5.48 6.13 15.15 6.40 7.00 15.15 7.32 7.48 15.14 8.25 8.37 15.13 9.17 9.27 Experts tell us how to achieve a ripe old age. when what one wants is to retain one's verdant youth. While adopting those dinky little hats the dear women cling obstinate ly to the old long range hatpins. There is a peculiar fascination In the accoutrements of angling now dis played in certain Bhop windows. Some persons do not like the pleas ant chorus of the frogs, but some per sons have no music in th^ir souls. A German banking house has failed and its chiefs have fled. The exam iner over there has a fierce mustache. A German banker named Puppe has fled, leaving debts of $7,500,000. Sort of going to the dogs, bo to ■peak. For the cure of cancer $2,500 worth of radium was applied. At this rate few people will be able to afford to have one. Have you heard the wail of those who are humiliated because the lux ury of paying an income tax is de n!ed them? Is the wearing of a green hat with a neat liftle bow in the rear an indi cation that the wearer possesses temperament? A Boston chiropodist has been ar reBted for bigamy. PoBBibly he has been throwing himself at the feet of too many women. Then there is that morbid form of self-conceit that leads a man to con sider himself a hoodoo because the home team always loses when he at tends a ball game. Climbing 200 steps after breakfast took superfluous weight from a wom an. It probably would have the same •ffect upon a horse. The fact that some women can be Induced to resent bitterly the charge of being too well dressed shows that feminism is inarching. '• ! And after it has taken us all these long years to learn to spell, why in flict misery through being compelled to learn all over again? One feature of such bets as that which compels a man to puBh a pea nut along the sidewalk for four city blocks, with a sausage, is the proba bility that the winners will also get Jobs helping to run the country. It is reported that a Milwaukee man has Invented a system where he can make milk from timothy hay without the aid of the cow. An improvement over some milk dealers, who have at tempted to make It out of water. A Parisian choinlst has discovered a dye for dresses that changes color hourly. A time saving device for soci ety matrons who heretofore have re made their toilette each hour. Somebody shifted lead into the place of $50,000 worth of British sov ereigns in transit and England Is as much amazed as the boy seeing the rabbit come out of the silk hat OWEN, MOORE & CO 505-507 Congress St. Children's Department, Owen, Moore & Co. Owen, Moore & Co. (Established 1874. Incorporated 1892) Importing Retailers Dry and Fancy Goods Cloaks and Furs Infants' and Children's Wear 505-507 CONGRESS J3T. , - PORTLAND, ME. <•» ■ M u-.Jt 4% \~f. vv. iiw • ■OH! Ufye MERRICONEAG HARPSWELL [ Exceptionally cool, sightly loca tion. Excellent table service. Various diversions of sea and country. ■■Shore Diansn Tourists should avail them selves of this delightful excursion. STEAMER LANDING -45 SECONDS FROM HOTEL Casco Bay and Harpswell Steamers from Portland. TELEGRAPH —TELEPHONE FREDERICK A. PIERCE, Proprietor Often in Europe I have been amused by the air ol complacent superiority and of more or less indulgeni patronage which your aver age American traveler as sumes and maintains. Sucli a traveler neither creditably represents his country while abroad, noi brings back to it the information and benefit wherewith the United States ought to be enriched by every American tourist and pilgrim. As a matter of fact, not only in France—as the proverb goes—but everywhere in Europe, they do certain things better than we do here. Among these superior achievements of Europe, is the important mattei of the government of cities. That is not to be wondered at. Though ours is the oldest constitu tional government on earth, we are (excepting only Australia and Ne\? Zealand) practically the youngest of the nations. We call ourselves a democracy, but actually we are very inexpert in self-government. Indeed, we do not seriously undertake to govern ourselves, whether in city, state or nation. We are too prone to delegate our powers, and thus to give over to parties, machines, bosses and to those temporarily in office, a compara tively irresponsible rulcrship, which fairly places a premium upon the twin public vices of inefficiency and corruption. Contrast this with European conditions. There, even when the demo cratic spirit dominates the situation, the traditions of aristocratic govern ment prevail. "Noblesse Oblige" is the unconscious motto, and the official class are held, both by these traditions and by public opinion, to a type of public administration auad service that illustrates habitually the twiD public virtues of integrity and efficiency. They are used to government in Europe. They are old at the busi ness. We, on the other hand, are not merely young at it, but we are too busy, each of us, with our own individual business to be deeply concerned for what ought to be everybody's business. I believe unalterably in political democracy, both in the right and in the ability of people to govern themselves. But it needs only half an eye to see (even without instituting a comparison between European and , American municipalities) that we \i Americans still have everything to - s00mT%' /? leara regarding the efficient and hon- f / . O v w*f est organization of life in our cities. (jjl European Municipalities Are Best Governed By Rabbi Chade* Fleischer. Bottom Mao. The boy who is emploj'ed in an American grocery store should never com plain about his pay. The United States consul at Prague, Austria, has looked into the matter of waged for grocery bo3rs, and in an interesting report to his government says: "A boy who desires to follow the business must serve an apprentice ship of three years, during which service he usually pays his employer from $20 to $30 per annum. In a few instances an apprenticeship of but two years is served. In such cases the employer usually demands about $60 per annum from the apprentice, who in return for his services and said payment is furnished with plain board and lodging. "While serving his apprenticeship a boy is compelled to attend an advanced business school at least twice a week and on Sundays study an additional language, either German or Bohemian, according to his nation ality, as both German and Bohemian are essential here in business estab lishments. In case the apprentice is not industrious and falls behind in his studies he must attend the business school an additional half year. Before being taken as an apprentice he must have a certificate from a gram mar school showing he attended the school at least three years. "After apprenticeship has been served wages are paid which vary somewhat according to the grade of the grocery where the apprentice is employed, the average being about $4 to $7.30 a month, including plain room and boarding; without the latter, about $10 to $14.25 a month. Wages advance according to a salesman's merit; a capable and experienced one can earn $20 to $25 a month with board and lodging when employed in a first-class grocery. "Girls are not usually employed as grocers' apprentices, but some times to arrange salads, cold meats, cheese, etc., for customers. When a man desires to open a grocery in his own name he must present an appren tice's certificate from the business men's association to the highest govern ment official in the district. He must also prove that he has served five years, including his apprenticeship and service as a grocer's assistant." (Jj I American Grocery Boys Receive Good Wages By William J. Herndon, New York (jj Keep Lost Children From Patrol Wagons • By G. P. BROWN, Bocton, Maw. Governor Foss of Massa chusetts says thnt lost chil dren should not be conveyed to the station houses in Bos ton and other cities in his native state in the police pa trol wagons. Last year 2,069 lost children weTe restored to their parents in Boston alone. Out of this number 536 children were conveyed to police stations in patrol wagons. I think that Governor Foss is correct when he states that no prisoner under seventeen years of age should be carried in a vehicle which is occu pied at the same time by prisoners above that age. I think that when a child is iost the first act should be to restore il ♦o its parents or guardians, and I agree with the governor that a police man should either take the child on foot or in a trolley car to the nearest station. I recently had to look into the matter and found that the Boston police in 1912 had to do with 2,243 delinquent or wayward children. Of theac, 1,409 were beforo the courts on summonses. There were 939 who were actually arrested. A bill was recently passed in Massachusetti to allow the police to carry lost children in the patrol wagons, but it haa been vetoed by Governor Foss. CHEBEAGUE BOWLING - DANCING Baseball, Shooting Tennis Chebeague Bowling Alleys Open from June 28. Six newly fitted regulation alleys; perfect in every de tail of lighting and adjustment Assembly Hall First dance of the season, Friday evening, July 4. First class music. Finest and cosiest dancing surface in Casco Bay. HENRY W. CALDWELL, Proprietor EASTERN LANDING - CHEBEAGUE <V>nJ ANNOUNCEMENT " iiill 0>XTBt" GREAT CHEBEAGUE'S LEADING HOTEL WILL RE MAIN OPEN THROUGH SEPTEMBER, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MONTHS AT THE ISLAND. ILLUS TRATED BOOKLET AND SPECIAL RATES UPON AP PLICATION TO C. W. HAMILTON, Prop. : : : : JJ Season of 1913, June to Oct. Summit House Chebeague Island oh vjjj tuts eaai eua mil, wuere cOOi ulr ib a.1 wa.ya Stirring, Over looking the ocean and the restful Island scenery or held and wood. No bet ter spot for complete rest and recreation. Table and service first-class. Accommodates, with cottage, 75 guests. Rates reasonable. MRS. CLINTON M.r!HAMILTON, Proprietor. Annual Sale OF Every year at this time we offer to our customers a large variety of summer dresses much under price. This year we have been most fortunate in securing several hundred summer dresses of all kinds at reductions which enable us to offer them at from 25 to 50% LESS THAN REGULAR PRICES 1.50 Dresses . . . 3.50 and 3.98 Dresses 6.50 and 7.50 Dresses 12.50 to 16.50 Dresses 18.50 and 20.00 Dresses 22.50 to 30.00 Dresses 1.00 2.98 5.00 10.00 12.50 14.50 Voiles Ginghams Cordeline Ratine Linens Challies Eponge Crepes Novelties Dress Department. 2nd Floor Eastman Bros. & Bancroft