Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-12-16

hold food sale in the chapel Saturday
afternoon from to o'clock.
Rev. Il. S Harrison Of West Brattlc-
boro will conduct the chapel service In
the Retreat sunday afternoon at o'clock.
Because an inventory of stock is being
taken at the 5. A. Smith plant, that shop
closed this week and will remain closed
until Jan. >.
Grades three to nine, inclusive, will
have an hour Of Christmas songs in the
high school room Wednesday afternoon,
Dec. p, at 100. All parents ana friends
Of the school are invited.
Frozen pipes have kept the plumbers
busy since the cold wave began, most of
them reporting that an unusually large
number of freezes" in all parts of the
town have necessitatod much overtime
work
The Salvation Army is arranging to
have a Christmas tree Monday night,
December 20, for some Of the poor chill
dren of Brattleboro. Any friends wishing
to donate toys that are In good condi-
ton or candy are asked to notify Cap
tain Perrett Of Elm street at once.
Miss T. e. Sessions spoke about the
work being done at the Eurn Hattin
home i'm the meeting of the Woman's
auxiliary of the Y NJ G. A.. which was
held in the rest room Tuesday after
noon and told of the need of such an
institution in the state. Mrs. William III.
Bond rendered vocal selections accom-
panied on the piano by Mr. Bond. The
devotional exercises were under the lead
ership of Miss Kate Wheeler of West
Brattleboro.
An innovation in Geographic service
has been announced by the Western
Union Telegraph company, called the
special ocean mail service" The New
York office will receive kilograms from
any part of the country destined for
European addresses and forward them
in a sealed specially addressed envelope
on the first outgoing steamer The same
plan will Ice followed in san Francisco,
Seattle and Vancouver for trans Pacific
mails BY using the night letter and
other telepraphic service a week required
in carrying letter across the continent
may be saved
Al W. Martins revival of Uncle
Toms Cabin" was presented twice in
the Auditorium Wednesday before fair
sized audiences. The production of this
time honored play was the best that has
been seen here in recent years and the
audiences were well pleased The scenery
was specially good and the acting was
far ahead of that usually seen in an
Uncle Toms Cabin" performance. Baby
| Ruth in the part Of little Eva, Marie
Clark as TopSy. ana Tom Davis as Uncle
Tom were the stars in the play, but the
parts of Lawyer Marks Simon LeGree.
Eliza Harris ana the rest were carried
out i'm a pleasing way and the two blood
hounds caused the children 20 stare In
admiration.
Charles II. Oakes launched an odd
type of ice boat ON the river Monday
afternoon, but the craft refused 20 travel
1t is triangular In shape, about - feet
long ana has three runners the front one
hung on a pivot for steering. \ four
horse power gasoline engine furnishes the
motive power and from this a belt is at
tached To "A wheel in the rear. about two
feet in diameter. and upon this tire
with sharp teeth is designed to cut into
the ice and propel the boat When the
boat was launched Monday afternoon it
would run a few feet after being vigor
! ously pushed by some Of its crew, but
after the momentum was lost 1t would
| stop. Mr. Cakes will make further i'm
provements upon the craft and will try il
| out again
Isaac d. Bailey, W. f. Elethorpe, James
A. Hoadley. John T. Wright and r. +.
| Stockwell OF Vernon attended the annual
meeting of Mt. Sinai timple. Mobiles Of
the Mystic Shrine, in Montpelier Friday
night The temple voted an appropria-
| ton OF 1925 to be used in buying a past
! potentate's jewel for Mr.. Bailey, who has
been the illustrious potentate Of the order
| during the past year T. w. Fletcher OF
/ Brdport is the newly elected potentate.
! c. H. Gibson OF Bellows Falls Is chief
| rabban, George l. Whitney OF Bellows
! Fails assistant director and w. f. Ele-
| thorpe outer guard for the coming year.
| Seventeen noVices crossed the hot sands.
! including r. Il. Smith and \. G. Smith.
! who are employed at the power station In
! Vernon.
Alias Jimmy Valentine" the play
/ which comes to the Auditorium tonight
| has had phenomenal run Of two years
| I'm WallaCk's theatre New York. and II
| is said to be an exceptionally interest
. ing drama. Jimmy is not a crook in the
| play. His bank lootinE days are sup
| posed to have elapsed by the time We
first meet him in Sing Sing prison. II,
has met "the" girl. fallen for the de-
| cent girl game as one of his pals eN-
| presses it. and his one ambition is &c
/ keep clear of the police, and to live al
| honest life. This is not an easy thing
| for Jimmy. The police still have some
thing on him" for crimes committed In
| the past and it is only by outwittinp
! them completely as to his Identity that
| Jimmy manages to keep out Of their
clutches. 1t would spoil the point to
| reveal the way in which he eNtriCatcs
! himself from the difficulties which fol-
] low Nlltu ne Is lbIttb 10 REVEAL MS 'b'll-
| tity i'm the presence of the girl he loves
Mrs. Helen NJ. Childs Clary. "a, died in
| the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Elbridge
| s. Adsit i'm Burlington early saturday
| evening Of heart disease, after a long and
painful illness. She was the daughter of
! Mai Adna B., and Hannah Lamb Childs,
ana was born in Wilmington, Aug. 5, 1896.
! She attended the public schools Of VIII
! mngton, and later acquired in various
cities marked musical accomplishments.
| She was married to John r. Clary of
| Deerfeld, Mass Sept. 8, 1856. and they
| lived several years on the well-known
! Cary farm at the Bars midway between
! Deerfed street and South Deerheld,
| afterward removing to Wilmington, where
! Mr.. Clary died Sept, 5, 1861. She was
! the mother of two children, George Louis
! Clary who died in BTattleboro March g.,
! 1895, and Mrs f.. S. Adst of Burlington,
! with whom she had lived several years.
! She also leaves two sisters Mrs Kittredge
| Haskins of Brattleboro and Mrs. Sarah NJ.
Kidder of Springfield, and three brothers,
william II. Chlds of Burlington, Rolln
! S. Childs and Maj. F. w. Childs of Brat
| teboro. The funeral was held in Burling-
! ton Monday and the body was taken to
! Wilmington Tuesday, where additional
| services were conducted by Rev. Flint NJ.
| Bissell of the Universalst church We'd
nesday morning, the burial being in Will
mington. Mrs. Clary was a sister of Mrs.
| Edwin Thayer, who died In Springfield,
! Mass last month