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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-13

BUTTER
/ If its Butter you want
; we have it. Seven different
: kinds to choose from. Let
. us know what you want and
! we will try and please you.
] 20 pound tubs, per lb. 34c
] Tub Butter, cut, per ID. 35c
| Dairy Butter, print, lb. 35c
Fresh Butter, per Id. 38c
! Best Creamery Butter, per
! pound 38c
Peanut Butter, per Jar l5c
| Peanut Butter, in bulk, per
pound l5c
And don't forget that we
are selling lots Of that
Oleomargarine
Swift's Premium, per
pound Csc
Jersey Prints, per lb. Zoe
Better try a pound if you
have not already.
Extra nice lot of Chick
ems for Saturday, also Spring
Lambs, native pig Pork and
Beef Sausage, three pounds
for 25c.
Better have some Beef
Liver for Sunday breakfast.
SATURDAY ONLY = Beef
Tongues, per pound, l5c.
Visit our Fish Depart
ment. Some good values.
Oysters (solid meats per
quart 45ci
Cape Cod Cranberries, 3,
quarts Z5c,
Strong Cheese (4years old
per pound Soc
Large Apples "a bargain
peck Z5c!
Good things to cat at thel
place where there is always
something doing.
SMITH & CUMMINGS
-. -. -. -. - 80 -
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

An alleged confession of King Solomon's
s~even-hundredth wife. translated by Helen
Rowland, jabs a bunch Of hatpins into
ancient notions of the domestic order and
suggests modern Improvements. Listen:
Now, in Tyre there dwelt a woman, my
daughter, and her husband was perfectly
devoted.
And 1 said unto her, marveling: This
thing is real Lowell"
And she replied. saying: "Nay, 1t Is real
fear! For many a man Is a good husband
because he dareth not be otherwise.
Beloved, matrimony is like unto a drive
and I took the whip hand at the start.
Yea, marriage is a thing in which but one
holdeth the reins-and l grabbed them at
the altar. l quelled him with mine eagle
eye, and returned him bluff for bluff.
Verify, l a made him to believe that
I am Ht'-even Bet beyed!'
And 1 questioned her. saying: Where
dost thou get the wherewithal for thy
Paris gowns?"
And she made answer: when there is
none other, 1 take the rent money. For /
have caused him to think that what 1 want
l must nave. And he worketh overtime
that my desire may be fulfilled; for
thoughts are things-and my thoughts are
expensive things. And he knoweth not
that he hath been hypnotized.
'Lo. every man taketh a woman at her
own price; and she that is satisfied with
what is left over from the household ex-
pense and will forego her tooth powder
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
The Lucky stone for 1909.

The prophet zadkiel has just assured us
that the amethyst is to be the lucky
stone for the year 1909, this conjecture
being based on an oriental superstition
that two mines in the figures Of a year sig
Nifty an access Of great prosperity in all
manner of things. Particularly in love and
friendship is luck to prevail for the wear
ers of the amethyst, since that gem is said
to denote sincerity, just as the opal is sup
posed to bring unkind happenings upon its
owner.
The meaning of the word amethyst is
mot drunk" and, according to the Greeks,
1t was a charm against the evils of intoxi-
cation, a point whiohS in 1909, will cause
1t to be of more interest than ever, since
the new president, Mr.. Taft. has turned
down his glass" 1t is not an expensive
stone, and the purple-violet hues of anne
thyst gems are commonly known. The
color is due to peroxide of iron, and the
gem "a found in India, in Ceylon, in Brazil
and In vast masses under the waters of
Lake Superior.
is worn by the superstitious during each
month. The garnet, for example, is worn
in January and signifies Consistency, The
amethyst is worn in February; the blood
stone, siRnifying Courage. In March. The
sapphire denotes Repentance, and is worn
in April. Winning love is betokened by
the Emerald, in May. In June wear agate
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

active business manager OF a local that
weathered a strike of national Importance
Is a woman and a slender attractive young
woman at that. For such is Miss Hilda f..
Svenscn, secretary-treasurer OF local No.
Is, Commercial Photographers Union OF
America. numbering close to 200 men and
women employed in New York.
The fact that Miss Svenson was chosen
for this position. says Human Life. was
more than AT ordinary tribute, because
most of her fellow members are men, and
this is the first time in the history Of the
union that a local consisting Of a majority
Of men has elected a woman to such an
office. In this. moreover. the election was
unanimous. And the reason for It was that
when the great strike Of t~elegrsphers was
called last year. Miss svenson not only
walked OUT with the best, but through
the weary months OF waiting did picket
duty in front of the Postal Telegraph
building. She was fighting, too, for the
cause Of the woman worker everywhere
because one Of the demands OF the strik-
ers was that the Western Union and the
Postal pay equal wages to men and wo-
men instead Of the present rate of S2035
as the maximum for men and SASS per
week for women.
From all parts of the country Miss Sven
sons sister workers have sent her mes
sages of congratulation on her election
which they regard as a recognition Of her
efforts. She is a member of the executive
committee of the Woman's Trade Union
council and in that capacity distinguished
herself even during the stress of the teleg-
raphers' strike by successfully settling a
strike Of shirt waist makers. Her militant
attitude on labor questions backed up by
her executive ability marked her for the
BLACK list according to her friends.
Hence It is not as a novice that Miss
Svenson has been elevated TO her present
position. She looks after virtually all the
business of the local. which involves the
handling Of about $4,000 a year. Her office
In the great Singer building is one Of the
busiest labor union centers in New York.
And one feature of Miss Svenson's work
there brings into play her womanly tact
and diplomacy for she keeps track of the
membership cards and thus is frequently
called upon to find employment for
members
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Check Your Fat

Hold II where IL is, or take off some
You can do either without disturbing your
meals or your ease or your digestive or
gans. You can do II without physical risk,
mental effort or danger Of a wrinkle.
Sounds wen, but these are words only"
you say. True. but there is a nation full
Of indorsers OF these words, so your pro-
test, while natural. ls feeble. Prove Il.
Write to the Marmola Company, Detroit,
Mich" inelosing IS cents, or, better stu,
take That amount over to your druggist and
get one Of the extra large cases OF Mar.
mola Prescription Tablets. You will find
Il generously filled. Take one after meals
and at bedtime, aud within thirty days you
should be losing a pound OF fat a day.
without disturbance, as we said, OF either
your meals habits or organs. Fact II.
these statements are not TO be denied, for
the tablets are an exact duplicate OF the
famous fat-Teducing Marmola Prescription:
OEe-half ounce Marmola, n ounce Fluid
Extract CascaTa Aromatic and 81 ounces
Peppermint Water, which any druggist
will tell you 10 the Worlds FatT medal
winner In It's claSA
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
slavery.

slavery.
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman has said
"A married woman is a slave. not a wife,
so many times says the New York Trib-
une, that we begin to suspect she takes
1t quite seriously. The women do not seem
TO mind, however; they keep entering into
slavery just as IL Mrs. Gilman had never
warned them about It, and continue to feel
sorry for all of their sex who fail to be-
come slaves.
Perhaps II is because rhotoricians like
Mrs. Gilman have worn the edges off the
word slave Who is not called a SLAYER
The ~suffragists and suffragettes agree on
nothing but that all women without the
ballot, including even Mrs. Gliman's higher
married. are slaves. The socialists pro-
claim from every street corner that all
mankind except the rich capitalists are
slaves. The moralists say that the rich
capitalists are slaves, slaves Of wealth.
The critics declare that the preachers and
moralists are slaves, slaves of creeds.'
"who is not the slave Of some convention
which he values more than his own soul,
the slave of some habi which Is an In
tellectual labor saving device essential to
his peace and comfort, the slave OF some
institution, some custom, some belief or
some idea? Almost everybody in comfort
able circumstance is a slave Of some kind
or has been called one by some slave Of the
hortatory temperament. You cannot use a
word like this and expect 1t to retain the
~poignancy Of its original Specification.
Slave will soon come to mean any one too
comfortably circumstance to be aroused by
tho clamorous voice of agitation, and
slavery will be synonymous with plethoric
lethargy. Anybody might be willing to ex-
change his slavery for the slavery of Mr..
Andrew Carnegie or Mr.. John d. Rookie
Teller, but to exchange the comforts Of
slavery for the arduous aggregation Of free
dom-hardlY!'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Her Overpowerins Joy.


A bewitching young woman who resides
In Kansas City and has friends In Chicago
wrote to one Of them, a young matron.
recently concerning a great Joy that had
come irto her life, reports the Record
Herald.
my Dear Grace" the fair young writer
said. Il know you will be greatly inter
ested in this happiness which has come to
me. You always were kind enough to be
deeply interested in my joys and disap-
pointments. No, MI. Waddington has not
proposed. 1 should not be gushing TO you
about it II he had. He has plenty OF
money and a good family and all that,
but to tell you the truth I don't like him.
I suppose Il would require a good deal OF
moral courage on my part to refuse him
II he asked me to marry him, but 1 think
/ should be able to rise TO the occasion.
Really. / am very happy, and I should not
be happy at all IL I we're engaged to Cad
walader waddington. The world seems to
have a new glory-to possess beauties that
I have never dreamed of in the past. I
suppose you are dying to know what 1t
Is that has brought me so much happiness
and wondering why I don't come to the
point at once. shall do so-only I wish
i COulO De IneTe 10 leH YOU III peThOH anu
permit you to see. There are some things
that It is so hard to write about. I can
fancy you sitting there with my letter in
your hand as you try to guess who It can
be. After I have assured you that 1t Is
not Mr.. waddington you are probably con-
WINGED that It must be Harry Belden, but
you are wrong. He asked me in the fall,
II you care to know. and I told him that
I would always think kindly of him and
all that sort Of thing, and I meant Il, too.
He is a dear-only not Just the kind of a
dear that 1 could be happy with. And I
haven't seen Tom Admission for months, IL
you are thinking Of him. But all this is
silly. In truth I'm so happy that I fear
I'm disposed to be foolish. Have patience,
dear. You would be foolish II you were in
my place. The truth is I have a peach Of
a corset that I can almost sit down In"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

piece OF lapis lazuli pordered by thickly
set beads or heads of steel.
II one we're to attempt description OF the
buckles offered for use on belts the task
would prove a hopeless one. for the va
riety Is endless and the level OF beauty
high. Among the simpler buckles which
are distinctly chic are round or wal shapes
OF somewhat delicate character. in gold or
silver, deeply etched and without other
ornament. These. when sterling, are by no
means cheap, but they have an air of dis
tinction without RIGHTEOUSNESS and are
seasons.
Another buckle considered very smart is
a perfectly plain Furnished oval OF silver,
brass or gold, very moderate in size and
shaped to the waist curve so that It will
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
A Matrimonial MIxun.

BewildeTing relationships among members
of two East Finley, Pa, township families
have resulted from the marriages OF a
father and his two sons and a widow and
her two daughters. The three ceremonies
were celebrated within the last two months.
Henry Dillinger, an aged farmer, whose
second wife died nearly a year ago, en-
gagged Mrs. Maria Richmond as his house
keeper. 1t was agreed that two daughters
OF Mrs. Richmond. Lucy, aged 16, and
Jennie, aged 10, should live in the Dllllnger
home with the father and his two sons,
Charles and David.
After a time the aged farmer married
Lucy Richmond, and the two families con-
tinued to occupy the same house. A few
weeks after the first marriage Mrs. Rich
mond became the wife of David Dillinger,
the older son. Jennie Richmon and
Charles Dillinger next were stricken with
the matrimonial fever and we-e married
last week. The three families now live
in the East Finley township home OF the
elder Dillinger, all, apparently, happy and
contented.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

beauty and It Is possible among
them to find something matching almost
amy Of the modish colors. Shades of rose.
medium blues and the fashionable greens
are conspicuous among the seasons
leather belts and are not only represented
In the plain belts, but in fanciful designs
as well.
Some particularly smart effects of the
more elaborate type are perhaps five
inches wide and ave embroidery in very
fine soutaehe %ornamenting the leather, the
braid and leather being of one color. The
large square or oval buckle is covered
with the leather and braided, but mere
touches of gold thread appear in the en-
broidery designs of the buckle, and the
prongs OF the buckle are gold.
This belt, in a soft dull blue, is exceed
ingly attractive. and in the olive green's
ana smoky grays is also very successful.
Combinations of fine braid and leather
interviewer, are made In one tone coloring
and In black with color. the leather and
braid being woven in and out to form,
squares. or the braid being run through
Sits In the leather and passing lengthwise
on the belt.
Much Is done with braid, chiefly Of the
soutaehe kind, through the province OF the
belt, and many of the effects obtained are
far more attractive in fact than in the
description. One especially good model is
a rather wide belt OF closely braided or
interviewer gold and silver soutache. with
a finish Of black patent leather at each end
and little straps OF the patent leather fast
ening through small gold buckles,
Black patent leather also trims many
belts Of colored leather and a narrow belt
which has been quite popular is I'm alter
mating squares OF black patent leather and
duh finish colored leather-blue, rose.
green, gray. brown or white. The same
model in black patent leather and black
dun finish leather is much liked for gen
eral wear.
] Black leather with a single band OF patent
leather running around the middle OF the
belt and passing through brass-bound eye
lets makes a good looking belt, and col
ored leather, wide, soft, crushable and
studded with graceful design with tiny cut
steel beads Is finished with beautiful buck
les OF cut steel or OF leather beaded in
! steel.
In the steel studded models elastic web
bling Is more generally used than leather
and among these elastic models are some
which bring -extravagantly high prices.
One such belt was Of suede leather In a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

mating stripes of gold and color run length
wise on the belt. but occasionally ono finds
the bands woven in more fanclful designs
or entirely In metallic colorings.
Satin girdles Of one kind and another
have rivaled the belts this winter. and,
while 1t is well TO have such girdles made
TO order and adapted carefully to the figure
OF the wearer, IL is possible to buy very
good girdles ready made and either in the
shape OF a plain scarf with fringed ends
or in a draped girdle with scarf ends
weighted by tassels, balls or fringe.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Leave. from Fashion,s Notebook.

Canoes mounted in filigree gold make
popular armlet. So does Chinese Jade set
IN silver or gold, and its rival stone, the
chrysophrase.
Some pretty new back combs for blond
hair have teeth of very light yellow horn
or amber and carved tors of a darker
shade OF the same material.
The girl who must have several white
wash waists during the season will find
the new white cotton madras a good
choice, II saves laundry bills, for It does
not need ironing.
More and more bewildering grow the
ways and means of arranging the scarfs.
but of them all the sash effects are most
alluring, especially as they give a sugges-
ton OF youthfulness.
The new harness collars of white fox
are exceedingly pretty and constantly worn
by smart women over evening wraps.
They run to a point in front, and are
crossed with heads and tails at the back.
The satin finish cloths, particularly broad
cloth or p~runella or Venetian, which have
taken on added luster, are utilized for
tailored suits, and very largely for after
cachemire de sole. cachemire crepe. silk
wolfe. chiffon cloth, ottoman silk. grosgrain,
miroir, repp and innumerable tissues,
chiffons, mousselines and tulles in various
states and stages Of elaboration are used
for more formal gowning.
Never has there been more natural look
ing made flowers, or a greater variety Of
them. In addition to the ever present rose
and chrysanthemum are violets, orchids,
carnations, maidenhair fern and many other
kinds. They are fresh and almost dewey
in appearance, and u would take an expert
to discover that they were not real, in some
cases. Perhaps the most successful and
novel of these limitations are the carna-
tiOns and orchids. the coloring OF which
is eXquisitely copied.
When gold cloth was introduced into
fashion for fToCks some years ago II was
found harsh and unbecOming. So II fell
out Of favor. This season the .weaveTs
have learned how to turn out Wondrous
cloth of gold that is as supple and grace
full as gauze. II can readily be worn for
The ultra smart thing is TO own such a
gown cut on straight lines in medieval
fashion. for this is what the new empire
Is rapidly becoming.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Winning sutton weI.he..

Because Anna Dugan OF Denver, aged IS,
made use OF an ancient plan TO determine
which Of three suitors should become her
husband, Andrew Yotsow. upon whom her
choice fell, refuses to take her, and Annie,
through her father. has resorted to law.
For some time YOtsow has been paying
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Al thc -Cro.nronda-

why do you object to Mrs, Brown for
postmistress?"
Il object TO her cause l know she'd
delay the distribution of tn mails"
"How 500"
you know jest as well as | DO tn
she'd have to read every postcard that
came into tn office-an' she's always
Dealer
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

for Health; in July the cornelisn for Con-
tentmcnt. II you should wed in August
wear a sardonyx for luck. It never fails.
they say. II you fear that your mind Is
giving way. wear a chrysolite in Septem-
Der. Beware of the opal in October. but
wear a topaz and win good friends in
November. II you desire prosperity, sport
a turquoise in December.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Elaborate Belts of Many Kinds

delicious pinkish violet which was exactly
tourmaline color.
This leather was finely studded in steel.
The buckle was OF cut steel, but set with
cabochon tourmalines. Another belt in
blue OF lapis lazuli tone had borders Of
steel studding and the buckle was a single
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

fit snugly. On this plain surface a mono
gram is engraved and the belt should be
a narrow. plain band of ribbed webbing or
elastic.
Very effective, too, and another example
Of that deceitful simplicity which costs
more than much that is deliberately osten-
tatious are the buckles of enamel on gold
or silver-large ovals or circles formed by
half-inch or inch bands of the enamel in
pale blue, rich red, green, etc, with narrow
bordering lines of the gold or silver.
Nouveau art buckles in many beautiful
designs, set with semi-precious stones, are
numerous, coral, topaz, chrysoprase, mala-
chite, jade, clouded amber and a host OF
other stones beautiful in c~oloring being
used for the purpose, and clever limitations
OF these stones being used for buckles less
expensive but almost as effective.
Coral is particularly charming in com
bination with dull silver or steel and gray
leather, and there are, too, some unusual
n most artistic schemes worked out in
topaz, dull silver and gray leather.
Handsome buckle of rhinestone on paste,
sometimes very ornate of design and some
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Longboat Forbidden to we'd.

There is a hitch in the preparations for
Tom Longboat's wedding. which was TO
have taken place amid spectacular fea-
lures IN Massey hall, Toronto. December
q, before 5000 people. II was discovered
that the Indian Splinter is still a heather
that is, he has never accepted Chris
tianity.
80 arrangements were made to lead
him into the Christian religion through
Anglican portals chosen by Canon GREGG
gan OF Deseronto, the church to which
Longboat's Indian ~flancee, Lauretta Mara
Gle, belongs. But Archbishop Sweatman
takes the ground that Longboat has given
no evidence OF conversion to Christianity,
and therefore is still a heather. His grace
has forbidden the clergy from marrying
Longboat at Massey hall or any other
place.
The predicament Is unpleasant for Long
boat and his flancee, for at Sreaent no
minister seems willing under the circum-
stances TO undertake the job,
Longboat and his manager. Flanagan.
were hustling about Toronto looking for a
parson, for Flanagan said:
Tom must be married."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Use OF FrInge.

There Is a wide return to the use Of
fringe OF all widths on indoor gowns. In
other days II was used on street frocks.
but 1t is 20 be hoped, for the sake OF con-
venience and comfort that this fashion
will never return
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
Too Much for Flesh and Blood.

after giving the matter careful study,
we are fully convinced that the ten-hou
day for women in our manufacturing estab-
lishments, under the present system Of
high speed and the large number OF ma
chimes to be tended, is more than the flesh
and blood can stand" writes Thomas J..
Lyons. commissioner of industrial and
labor statistics of Maine, in his annual re-
port. "A long workday Is unnecessary, be-
cause of the well proven fact that the
ten-hour day, with present conditions OF
machinery and speed, produces more goods
than the thirteen-hour day of sixty years
ago; and It is just as clearly proven that
the ten-hour day of the present time is
vastly more detrimental to health than the
thirteen-hour day of former times"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

one day at school small Lola was calico
upon to explain the difference between eli
mate and weather.
Climate" answered the little miss, "s
what we have with us all the time, but
weather only lasts a few days"
Helen's mother passed her the cake, and
when the little one vent to reach across
the plate for the largest piece her mamma
said: Always take the piece nearest to
you, dear"
wen. then, turn the plate around" was
the answer.
Mamma" said little Elsie. do men over
go to heaven?"
why, of course. my dear. What makes
you ask?"
Because I never seen any pictures OF
angels with whiskers."
We'll" said the mother thoughtfully.
some men do go to heaven, but they get
there by a close shave"
Master Walter, aged s. had eaten the soft
portions OF his toast at breakfast and piled
the crusts on his plate. when 1 was a
little boy remarked his father, II always
ate the crusts of my toast"
Ibid you like them?" asked the little fell
low, cheerfully.
Yes replied the parent.
you may have these replied Master
Walter, pushing his plate across the table.
The Delineator.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

\ spite of the vogue of the short
waistllne and gtrdle, the belt
has flourished nightly this
season and has taken on al
most unprecedented variety.
Possibly this Is the result Of
struggle against adverse