Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-23
PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY. JANUARY %, 1903.

Mrs. Gertrude Boyden Scripture, 81.
a former resident died Jan. 5. in Stat.
ford Springs. Conn.
Lyman II. Howe's Moving Pictures,
which will be exhibited at the Audi
| forum Thursday Feb. 5, are the best
that experience and money can secure.
The socabe of the Pilgrim Fathers
was very successful and pleasant af.
| fair There was a good attendance,
and the vocal and instrumental music
was highly enjoyed by all.
The Rhe Lorraine company will
| open a weeks engagement at the Au-
ditorium beginning Monday, Feb. 8.
This is a company entirely new to
Brattleboro, but one which has a rep
utation for doing excellent dramatic
work.
The funeral of Janette b. Holton
was held at o'clock Sunday. Rev.
George B. Lawson of the First Bap-
fist church officiating. The funeral
was private. The body was placed
in the tomb in Prospect Hill cemetery.
The burial will be in jamaica The
bearers were relatives.
Capt. and Mrs. r. d. Weld entertain.
ed a few friends at their home on
Canal street Friday evening, the oc.
casion being the Goth anniversary of
their marriage. Cards were played
and refreshments were served To
kens OF esteem and reminders of the
occasion were left by the guests.
The young ladies who have been
playing basket ball in the Retreat
gymnasium this winter gave "a ger
man Saturday evening and invited a
number of young men. The gym
nasium was decorated with Japanese
lanterns Besides dancing progress
i've whist was played and refresh.
ments We're served. Miss Edith Stol-
te acted as chaperone.
The Congregational club will hold its
next meeting. the first in the new Sc
ries, next Tuesday evening in the
Brooks House. 1t will be a ladies'
night meeting and will begin at s
O'Clock. The Harvard male quartet
of Boston will give concert, assisted
by their reader, Miss Ada May Coates
Following the concert a buffet lunch
will be served in the parlors.
The Scientific American of last
week contained large illustration
showing Walter c. Baker in his cleo.
trio road wagon. Mr.. Baker is
son of the late George W. Baker of
Brattleboro and has many friends
here. He is now engaged in the
manufacture of automobiles in Cleye-
land, Ohio. The racing machine
which he perfected has almost unlim-
tied speed and has been run at rate
higher than 80 miles an hour In his
regular road machine Mr.. Baker COW
cred a mile in l.i2 on the Detroit
track last October and later the same
day made "A record of II minutes and
IS seconds for 10 miles. The improve
ments in his machine over the we'll
known type of runabOut are the mount
ing of the motor longitudially on the
running gear and the employment of
a direct bevel gear drive thus dis
pensing with a chain and its attend
ant troubles.
Mrs. Katherine l.. Stevenson of
Boston. president of the Massachu-
sets Womans Christian Temperance
Union, gave an address at union
meeting in the Baptist vestry Sunday
evening, before a large audience, on
the subject of Prohibition VS.. License.
Her text was Psalms "a, 20: Shall
the throne of iniquity have fellowship
with thee. which worketh mischief
by a law She classified the ar
guments in favor of license under five
heads and answered them with great
effectiveness. II was not a rauting
or emotional address, but was based
on facts as they exist with reference
more particularly to the conditions
found in license communities. one
of the strong points of the address
was IN reference to the statement of
Carroll d. Wright, the expert stats
tician, concerning the financial and
commercial aspect of the liquor ques-
ton. Mr. Wright says that for every
dollar received from saloons by the
state of Massachusetts, for liquor IL
censes the state eXpends over $40 in
taking care of the results of the sa.
loon. such as pauperism, insanity, etc.
An attempt has been made to show
that Mr. Wright did not mean what
he said. but Mrs. Stevenson affirmed
that he meant exactly that and moth
ing else. The address was full of
telling points. solo was given by
Miss Lenna Thomas before Mrs. Ste
venson began.