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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-05-20
BRADFORD.

MIS-. L . IL. AQduIo CHNAAO viz NN'NJ
Thursday, in WoodsVille.
Miss Elizabeth Renfrew is con
fined to the house with a sor
throat.
A. w. DeGoosh of Boston i.
spending a few days with Mrs. II
H. DeGoosh.
Fred S. Edwards of Montpeliel
is visiting his parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. W. NJ. Edwards.
Mrs. j. Ralph Pierce and baby o
Fairlee, are visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Noyes.
Miss Blanche Campion, who Il
teaching in Fairlee, spent Sunday
with Miss Effie Moore.
Miss Lottie Marshall OF Wells
River, came this week to do the
homework for Mrs. ]. B. Hay.
Mrs. W. K. Wallace of Wells
River spent the day, Wednesday,
with Mrs. p. S. Chamberlin.
Col. J. G. Stearns was in st,
Johnsbury, last week, to consult
DR.. C. A. Champion about his eyes.
Miss Edith Chamberlin left on
Thursday for Lansing, Mich, where
she will catalogue library in that
city.
Mrs. Charles Vaughan of Thetford
arrived in town Tuesday. Her hus-
band is in charge of the electric
light station.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Craig
spent the first of the week with
their daughter Mrs. H. H. Barrett,
at LittletOn.
H. E. Renfrew and A. F. John
son have been in Windsor this
week, attending tthe Federal court
as juror from Bradford.
L. J. Brown, J. c. Strong and W.
E. Crafts were in Burlington, at
tending the session of the Grand
Bodies l. O. O. F. this week.
Mrs. W. H. Robshaw attended
the Rebekah Assembly of Vermont
as a delegate from Naomi Rebekah
Lodge, at Burlington this week.
DR.. w. E. Locke attended the
Medical Society meeting at Mont
pelier. Wednesday. The doctor
gave a paper at this meeting session.
R. r. Fisher of the American
Vaudeville Bureau of New York
was in town, Wednesday, to see
about placing an attraction for the
Fair.
There will be an adjourned meet
ing of the Post and Corps on Fri
day, May 81, at $50 o'clock. All
members are kindly asked to be
present.
Mrs. G. F. Morris returned with
Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Frost in their
Cadillac to Hanover Wednesday,
and will spend a month with her
niece, Mrs. Frost.
Mrs. E. L. Whitcher left on Tues
day morning for Alton Bay, N. H..
being called there by the illness Of
her brother, Roy Chandler, who has
typhoid pneumonia.
The Comet 'came according to
schedule but a heavy rain all day
interested us more. 1t was a dark,
gloomy day, but whether because of
the rain or the comet, we don't
know.
]. B. w. Prichard, J. NJ. Taylor,
J. B. Hay, E. T. Hethrington, G.
A. Jenkins, D. B. Carleton and Leo
Mcclure of the Center attended the
Salt Banquet at Woodsville Friday
night.
Louis G. Hagan the Montpelier
Journal Contest Manager, was in
town Tuesday, looking after the in
terests of the contest. The Daily
Journal is one of the very best
papers in the state and it ESPECIALLY
to this side as it is our
only east side daily. Having the
associated press service, it brings
the same news of worldwide i'm
portance as the Boston dailies and
gets here at the same time. Instead
Of Boston local news it has the
news of this section.
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FOUR PER CENT.

Der annurn, payable. in January and
July. Deposits and Withdrawals by
nail will receive careful attention and
will be treated as strictly confidential.
THERON NJ. HOWARD, President
WALTER p. SMITH, Vice-Pres.
wM. S. BOYNTON Treas.
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These excerpts from the ritual OF this
secret society will explain poor Loraine's
sickness: Now prepare FOR the final
mysteries Of Alpha Alpha Let the can
didate's back be barred. Let the noble
insignia Of our sorority be branded upon
her body as deeply as on her soul Sis
ters. prepare the branding irons" The
ritual provides:
The candidate kneels and sisters bare
her back 20 the waist The branding
process shall be as follows. The guards
shall hold the candidate securely by the
arms and place their hands over her
mouth, as though 20 prevent outcry. The
candidate shall be warned that any out
cry viii Justify her exclusion from the
sorority. The Alpha OF Sisterhood shall
place piece OF raw meat near her nos
trils. The Alpha Of Secrecy shall plunge
a red-hOt poker into the meat and allow
the smoke % enter the candidates nos
trils just as piece OF ice IS drawn up
and down the spine. When the candidate
shall have passed this ordeal. the further
branding with drippings from a burning
candle shall be performed upon her
shoulder After this the candidate shall
arise from her kneeling posture. She is
brought before the altar OF the president,
who shall say in solemn tone: Candidate,
repeat after me the motto OF our soror-
ity. as indicated by the mystic symbols,
Alpha, Alpha
The president must then repeat the
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MASTERPIECES IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

felt in all other projects that originated
or were in progress during his admins
tration which make for the intellectual
and aesthetic development and for the
uplift Of mankind
1t was impossible TO display the collec-
ton Immediately upon its reception, but
as soon as the new building for the Ma
tional Museum was completed the neces-
sary space was set apart for it's use. and
II was hung in a gallery as well adapted
for II and as well lighted and ventilated
as any gallery ever planned. In the
meantime collectors all over the country
became interested in the choice little col
lection Mrs Johnston had bequeathed 70
the nation and several OF them were in
spired TO add to IT,
Curator Is Appointed.
The seed for the gallery had been sown
unnoticed. terminated unperceived. and
IL suddenly burst into fun flower. the
care OF which tested the resources Of the
Smithsonian Institution. which had no
specific fund FOR this purpose. to the ut
most. A curator OF the collection. Will
lam H. Holmes. was Immediately APP
pointed and jury Of artists to decide
upon the objects that might be offered.
This committee is composed Of Fred
erick Crowninshield. Edwin H. BIash-
field. Herbert Adams. Francis D. MiHet.
and William II. Holmes, names that in
sure that the collection made in this gen
Grafton will not need TO be weeded out by
the generation that follows H.
There are few women who stand out
boldly against the background OF Wash
ington life. Abigail Adams. Dolly Madi-
son, and Harriet Lane are the names
that most readily occur 70 one who runs
back from the present overs the last cen
fury and TO the establishment OF the gov
eminent in It's District James Rucb
anan was bachelor at the time he was
President, and he remained one 10 the
end Of his days, His love story. which
was as pretty as it was sad. IS not for
this paper Suffice It that he adopted his
sisters child. Harriet Lane, 10 preside
over his heart and home.
We meet this charming woman first as
'fun-loving. warm-hearted romp" al
MT. Buchanan's home In Lancaster
There he encountered her once upon
day in the leading street Of the town
pushing wheelbarrow fun Of wood, her
cheeks flushed her hat at an angle and
her hair blowing about her face. Stop
ping to inquire the cause for this queer
prank he was informed that Miss Har-
riet was on her way 70 old Aunt Tabitba
10 take her load Of wood because it
was so cold. All other considerations
were lost sight Other own social stand
inE' her own discomfort It was cold.
Aunt Tabitha needed wood, and since no
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the mother, perhaps. Of the first British
Minister to this country. that George
Hammond who had such an unhappy
time Of IL in the new republic. where he
married. nevertheless, one OF the repub-
Hes daughters. Peggy Allen. But the
writer does not speak with authority: Il
IS only an interesting surmise
Lady Essex ns Juliet.
The Thomas Lawrence Of the Johnston
collection is the portrait Of Lady Essex
as Juliet and was painted at that period
when it was the fashion for English
ladies TO pose in the character Of some
mythical or historical person or some
heroine Of fiction. The plump Lady Es-
sex Is not ones idea Of juliet Her por-
trait is a masterpiece none the less.
though one wishes that Mrs. Johnston
had CHANGED upon one OF Lawrence's
bluf country squires. with a jolly red
face that matched his hunting jacket
for Lawrence excelled in painting such
characters.
There are number Of Lawrence's por-
traits in various collections in the United
states and II Is 10 be hoped that a pub
ic-spirited possessor Of some OF these
will be inspired 10 enrich the National
Gallery by gifts Of other examples from
the brush OF that master who succeeded
Reynolds as painter 10 the King and our
Benjamin West as president Of the Royal
Academy that will give a better idea OF
his style and the types he painted.
The portrait OF Mrs. Arlington spells
Hoppner In every line and brings 70 mind
his other interesting ladies and his quaint.
big-eyed little girls in their big bonnets.
long pantalettes. and straight little
frocks- The portrait OF Miss Murray. by
Sir William Beechey. is equally charac-
teristic OF the hand that painted II. In
a word, the English portraits that Mrs
Johnston assembled are a delight. and 80
wei! hung. so admirably lighted. that no
point or quality in them Is lost.
Good Whistler Collection.
The Freer collection, which, while II
has already been conveyed 10 and accept
ed by the National Gallery, will remain
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in Mr.. Freer's custody until his death.
includes the great Whistler collection,
the largest and richest Of any single as
sembly Of that artists works.
A fact gratifying 10 chronicle. for
where should the best collection OF
Whistler be found save in the country
that gave him birth? And 1t is especially
fitting that they should be housed here
in Washington. where, after he failed in
becoming a soldier at West Point. he
sought an asylum. In this collection are
many old friends. pictures painted in his
youth, before he came into his great
fame; pictures painted az the zenith Of
his power and some that mark the mel
lowness OF MS closing days
We find there La Princess du Paws de
ia Porcelaine," with It's delicate rose and
silver tints. and the famous arrange
ment In black and white. "Jeune Femme
dite rAmericalne." with which all lovers
OF the master are familiar and many
others that Will live eternally in the
memory OF all those who have seen them
of all those. at least. who have seen
them with understanding eyes One IS
tempted 10 linger and revel over the COM
pelling loveIiness there brought together
but no pen could do them justice. no pen
convey their message.
1t is pleasant TO remember. however
that one day they VIII be hung at the
Capital in a new and beautiful gallery
for which Mr.. Freer has already provid-
ed. and # is we'll that he has announced
In life the plan set down in his Will that
he may wear MS laurel wreath and re-
ceive the acclaim 20 which he IS so Just
" entitled. for great, truly great, is the
man who seeks TO refine and 10 mold the
taste OF The people an helps the nation
70 a noble standard in art
Collection of Tryon.
A large collection Of Tryons is another
feature OF Mr.. Freer's princely gift and
Dewing and Thayer are also well repre-
sented by collections containing many
masterpieces. for Mr.. Freer Is constantly
wedding among his pictures. replacing
the canvases he has BY better examples
OF the masters they represent whenever
he comes across such.
In the same gallery with these moderns
are several hundred examples OF Japa-
.nese and Chinese paintings. representing
the period from the tenth 10 the nine
teenth century, which include works by
Ririomin, Sesshu. Season.. Motonobu. Tan
yu. Koyetsu, Statsu. Korin. KEENAN,.
Hoitsu. and Okio, for II has been Mr..
Freers aim. as he sets forth in the OK
PLANTATION which prefaced the offer OF his
collection 20 the Smithsonian Institution.
Ito unite modern work with masterpieces
OF certain periods Of high civilization
harmonious in spiritual and physical sug-
gestion, having power TO broaden ses-
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with limitations OF the barnyard fowls
Simultaneously with the outburst various
members Of the faculty leaped from their
beds and started for the scene Of their
disturbance. They were IN a hurry and
aid not stop 10 hunt slippers. Down the
dlmly lighted hall they raced 10 catch the
rioters in the act. The rioters. expect
Ing just such rush, previously had laid
a liberal coating OF fly paper on the floor.
and while the teachers were foundering
about the girls finished the serenade and
retired. The day after this occurrence
they were furnished copies OF President
Tafts Inaugural speech and informed
that all privileges would be suspended
until the address had been memorized.
Are college girls successful IN politics?
should say so. One OF them was nomi-
mated for State Office by the Indiana So
cialists in their convention recently. Miss
Janet Fenimore, OF Anderson a senior
al Earlham College. appears on the ticket
as candidate for superintendent OF public
instruction
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One Of the greatest surprises the people
OF Washington were ever treated to was
sprung upon them at the opening OF the
National Gallery, which took place few
weeks ago. Occasional newspaper arti-
cles referring 10 the Harriet Lane John
ston and other requests made 70 the
gallery in no wise prepared them for the
wonderful exhibit they were invited to
view. for they had become accustomed TO
regard the government as a strictly utlli-
tartan concern. with an entirely Philis-
tine attitude toward things artistic; and
they had abundant ground for their be-
lief In the crude and ugly pictures impe-
cunious artists. through their friends in
Congress. had succeeded in folsting upon
defenseless people. and IN the mon
strous monuments that dishgure our pub
lie square and parks.
Lop-sided horses bearing deformed SOL
diers-toy soldiers that might have been
modelled after the famous tin soldier that
Hans Christian Anderson immortalized,
only that battered hero had more express
sion than the wooden affairs that guard
the statue OF Gen. Sherman. for instance.
al the south OF the Treasury Department
had given the public little reason 20 be-
lieve that Congress would ever be in
duced to appropriate money for art that
would educate the public taste and in
struct the people.
Nucleus for National Gallery.
And the Congress OF our day is not re-
sponsible for our National Gallery. An
art collection was contemplated in the
'40's OF the last century, when Congress
passed an act establishing the Smithson-
ian Institution. This fact, however. Mrs.
Johnston was unaware OF at the time she
made her will. which provided that her
small but choice collection should remain
IN the custody Of the Corcoran Gallery OF
Art until such time as a national gallery
should be established. Should this insti-
tuition refuse the guardianship Of the
collection, her executors were instructed
10 sell It for the benefit Of the other heirs
The Corcoran trustees did refuse to re-
ceive the collection: whereupon the
Smithsonian Institution claimed IT under
It's act Of Incorporation. and its claim
was confirmed by the Supreme Court in
deciding the friendly suit instituted by
the Harriet Lane Home in Baltimore.
There were many questions involved
and many conflicting interests 10 be con-
sidered before the final disposition Of the
Johnston beQuest and saving II from the
hammer and securing It to the nation
President Roosevelrs sympathetic and
compelling interest was felt. as II was
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thetic culture ana the grace to elevate
the human mind"
In March, 1907 William T. Evans. OF
Montclair. y. J.. presented the gallery
with thirty-six pictures from his persona.
collection. which collection has now
grown. through Mr. Evans generosity.
to 100 canvases by American artists and
is already classified and hung in the halls
allotted 10 it in the new National Mu-
scum. Included in il are four excellent
Wyants, the beautiful study Of Spring"
The FIume." 'Housatonic Valley" and
Autumn At Arkville,' and three fine In
nesses. the Georgia Pines. Shutdown
and Niagara" which in themselves
should be enough 70 inspire all art lovers
20 burn incense before the portrait Of Mr..
Evans. which. cleverly painted by Al
phonse Jongers, hangs in the collection.
American art Is we'll represented IN the
pictures Mr.. Evans has brought together.
but no collection OF American artists
could be considered complete which lack
cd examples OF the work Of Charles Rein
hart. who was. perhaps. the strongest
craftsman OF his day. and Of Sergeant.
the most brilliant portrait painter Of
modern times
Beside these three collections. the Ma
tional Gallery contains the original col
lection OF the Smithsonian Institution
the Grant collection. the Lewis collection
OF Washington relics, gifts 10 the inst.
tuition made BY John Watts de Peyster.
and a number Of portraits and other art
objects from various sources.
Mr.. and Mrs Larz Anderson presented
70 the gallery the beautiful decorative
panel OF Diana on the Tides" BIZ John
Elliott, which hangs temporarily on its
south wall but later on win decorate an
elevated panel in one OF the great halls
Of the museum. A wondrous study in
color, which in Hghtness and transpar-
ency calls 10 mind that master decorator.
Puvio de Chauvennes.
The historical paintings by Edward No.
ran. which are loaned by Mr.. Sutro. OF
New York, are interesting both as paint
ings and as Illustrating the national his
tory, and should. and probably viii. be-
come the property Of the gallery. for
there is no way in which a young per-
sons interest is so quickly awakened in
history as by pictures depicting stirring
events. Then. too. they teach posterity.
and one gets a better idea Of an epoch
by turning over picture books containing
Illustrations OF that period and by walk
ing through galleries Of portraits Of an
cient potentates and their acts than by
reading tones Of history. facts which
should induce Congress 10 acquire H.
Would we have the same clear idea OF
the gay and debonair Charles and his
encourage without Sir Peter LeIy's po--
trayal Of that giddy monarch and his
giddy court?
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CLOTHING FOR CHILDREN.
What Il Best for Health-PrOtectio1
for the Chest and Legs.

what L. Best for HeHIth-Protection
for the Chest and Legs.
From the Youths Companion.
The juggernaut Of fashion never seems
so cruel as when it Is the helpless
children who are thrown beneath the
wheels. II adults choose to make this
disposition Of themselves we'll and good
their sacrifice IS al least voluntary and
open eyed-5ut let the children be pro-
tected until the day Of personal choice
has dawned
II the personal choice OF babies and
children could be consulted on the sub
ject Of clothing they would be found
unanimously sane in their demand for
comfortable fit adequate warmth and
suitability to the pursuits OF extreme
youth. and IL given the ballot they would
move 10 the polls as one united body and
vote down the mothers who sacrificed to
style" or to ''cuteness" or TO the hard
ening process or 10 any other bothersome
theory.
Among the many fallacies on the sub
jet Of proper clothing 10 which small
children are victimized perhaps the worst
as well as the hardest 10 understand is
that which says that II only the chest
Is well protected the rest Of the body
may be ruthlessly exposed to the ele-
ments. This theory It Is which accounts
for the small, thick barreled bodies one
meets In winter, from which emerge a
pair Of bare, blue notified legs. The
upper part Of the body IS clad apparently
in fold after fold Of clothing with over
all perhaps either a heavy sweater or
fur coat The legs are bare with the
exception Of short. thin sock.
II is only fair 10 admit that the
mothers who send their children out in
winter dressed In this manner are a
rapidly lessening number. but those who
still cling TO the fashion are surely not
aware that since children have a larger
skin surface in proportion to their body
weight than have adults they are more
susceptible 10 chills and not less.
They also make the curious mistake of
reasoning that because BRONCHITIS attacks
the chest II only invades the system
~N'oA- NAAo S4AcSls anu 4AtllCt NlltY only
protect that one spot and leave all other
avenues open to attack. BY this course
they prove their ignorance Of the fact
that a chill 10 any part Of the body may
give rise to bronchitis, and also OF the
other very important fact that in chill
dren chill may have many bad conse-
quences besides a so-called cold" or
respiratory trouble
The sudden digestive disturbances Of
children should properly be often traced
back to a chilling of the surface OF the |
body rather than TO an error in diet. !
Properly clad children will digest better |
as well as have fewer colds than the |
unfortunate bare legged ones.
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Government Not So Prone to Utilitarianism as
Generally Beieved-Nucleus for Great Col
lection in Paintings Already in Posses
sion or Among Those Loaned

better or quicker means offered. she put
the wood on the wheelbarrow and herself
trundled It 10 the poor old darby.
Endeared to Victoria.
So she was throughout her life. quick
to help. with an absolute lack Of consid-
Grafton for herself When she carried
the wood 10 Aunt Tabitha the personality
of little Miss Lane was sunk IN the great
object little Miss Lane had in hand. II
was this quality that endeared her 10
Queen Victoria. this and her loneliness
Of figure and face. for she was a wonder
ful blond beauty. and in her dainty
youthfulness a striking contrast 10 the
dignihed old gentleman by whose side
she stood in the American Legation at
the Court OF St. James and in the White
House at Washington TO greet all those
who assembled 10 do his high Office
honor.
Shortly after the retirement of her
Henry Elliott Johnston. OF Baltimore.
and from that time until her death In
Washington IN 1908 she lived quiet, dig
nlfed life. flied with sad experiences and
sad memories. for both her husband and
her children died many years before her;
and she was left quite alone in her old
age. save for those friends which her
wonderful qualities Of mind and charac-
ter drew about her Her happiest sea-
sons during the long solitude that fol-
lowed the loss of those dearest 70 her
were the trips she made 20 Europe. when
she diverted herself by making the col
lection Of which the government is the
possessor.
At the present moment the chief things
Of interest in the Harriet Lane Johnston
collection are those portraits and other
souvenirs that recall the dead King OF
England and his mother. Victoria: the oil
painting by Thomas Pritchard Rossiter Of
President Buchanan, and the Prince OF
Wales with the Presidents Cabinet. the
princes suite and other guests at the
tomb of George Washington. the portrait
% the prince, by Sir John Watson Cor
don. which the prince presented 10 Mr.
Buchanan after his return home from
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COLLEGE GIRLS OF TODAY
American Young Women Not Behind Their Foreign Sisters
in Franks and PastimeS

Mawr. Vassar, Smith, Radcliffe and
other women's colleges has bound herself
70 forswear the marriage vow until she
has won over 10 the woman suffrage
cause 800 bona fde men voters. according
TO latest reports from the front. To
make easier the task, values are placed
on the heads OF the captives that will en-
able the suitors 10 win their brides in a
Few masterful battles. The signature Of
United States Senator will count FOR
2oO' a Representative will have the value
Of 100 former Senator 30. a State sena-
tor or legislator 50. and other influential
citizens are rated in proportion. Isn't
that too cute for anything?
Just a few lines on how they do things
up in staid Connecticut. where young
Lorraine Clark IS seriously III from the
hazing stunts she was put through by
the members Of the Alpha Alpha Sorority.