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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
THE COLOR LINE
CAUSE OF ROW
Negroes Barred from Sunday School
Convention Parade, and Zulu Could
MT Find a Hotel In Washing

Washington, May o. Dicussion was
hot Yesterday in the worlds sixth sun
day school convention over the criticisms
which some Of the British delegates
publicly heaped upon the Washington
committee - the cbprohss sunday for
barring tile negro delegates Of the Dis
triot Of Columbus from the mammoth
parade last Friday
With two exceptions the criticiziug
sermons were made By white men, and
in addition to the English speakers two
American delegates. w n Hartshorn
.of Boston and Louis Stroller of Ply
mouth church. Brooklyn denounced the
drawing Of the color line
The Rev John II DHhe, q Zulu dele
gate, got UP az oHe of The meetings and
declared that he had been admitted 70
hotels in London and New York, bot
not SO IN Washington
The whole incident has stirred up
varied feelings aud il IS not improbable
that the question may Be carried into
the convention
The days work began with eight
simultaneous conferences in which teach
ers assembled IN divisions and discussed
the special branches of work they fol.
low and then reassembed in Convene
tion hall later, where the results and
Of the conferences were
presented to the convention and dis.
cussed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24

There vet remain % be eNcapated from
Culebra cut 81 .l2SS45 cubic yards. and
the work is advancing at the rate Of
100000 cubic yards a month"; that be-
ing the average monthly excavation since
May ] 1909 The work Of dredging Il
practically confined to Che Atlantic and
Pacific entrances 0f the canal
The construction Of the dam across
the Chagres river at GatUn was continued
during the year m three sections the
dry and hydraulic fll 81 the eastern halt
Of the dams The lining of the spillway
with concrete; and the dry iill 81 the
western section. Two parallel ridges Of
rock and earth stretch across the valley
from bin 70 hill and between these
ridges the hydraulic fll Is being made
TIL tie east half 81 the dam tie hydraulic
9Th il a So feet above SEA level which
II within ~ feet of the final height n
the western secti0n the hydraulic gift
has Just been begun. Of lie total 81
approximately l0000000 cubic yards Of
this I'll to be made 30000Q0 cubic yards
have 50 far been placed in the eastern
section
AN the Old channels Of the river arc
closed hy the dam, and the water Is
flowing through tie spilwsy Low water
ID Gatn lake 3 at 70 feet above sea
level which is ten feet higher than tie
original surface 81 the river at 6atun.
lge FIRST concrete WAS laid I'll Catun
locks with The permanent handling and
mixing plant on August "A, 1909 Dur
ing tie first four months Of its operation
the plant underwent number Of changes
uggesied BY The working conditions.
and by January 4 1910 It had reached
an efficiency not anticipated before July
Of this year. An indication of the way
in which the plant gradually found itself
is given By the amount of concrete laid
each month since the work was begun.
the working day being from 3 to III
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24

having been suddenly called away
would not lecture that day A male
student, reading the notice, remarked
Good can practice pitching all
day III bet he's got On to headless
Jupiter and gone to buy it for the mu.
scum" a girl student followed and
with her sexs keener intuition. said
HIN! Gone after Luella Greenfield
/ knew she'd get him"
Il have come" said the professor
to his assistant, TO learn II It Is abb
solutely essential that you should give
up your work for 50 long a period
$50 my physician advises me-that
is, II am % ID sedentary work And
you know how Interested I am in fol.
lowing au intellectual life It was you
who directed me-.
Him Unfortunate very unfortu.
nate Tor me. 1t viii be impossible for
me to continue my present work with.
out your assistance.
There's Miss Pringle who was grad
uated last june She's very bright
She would love the work"
II shall give Il mp
ooh, professor. don't talk that way
II viii give you aFeat reputation"
II can't 20 on with IT."
"Not with an able assistantT
"NO."
'why notg
Unless I see you at your accustom-
ed place have no heart In It, aud
literary work done without heart IS
worthless
Luella turned away, but said nothing
Perhaps, the professor went on, red
denlng. eif I knew when went home
at night that you woHld-be there
/ mean as my wife-it might make a
difference
There was a prolonged silence, st the
end Of which Luella said.
"rhat would mean an abandonment
OF an intellectual career for me-"
The professor hung bis head Ike
boy who had been caught robbing the
sugar bowl
"You remember what you said TO me
a few months ago as to the preference
for an intellectual lifeY
He remembered very well that u was
better than emendng ehildren's clothes
and washing their dirty faces" but
still be said nothing
Suddenly she threw her arms about
his neck.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24

Professor Erskine was a very old
young man. lie was thirty-two and
looked ten or fifteen years older.
what can you expect" said one Of
the young women students, referring
to his antique appearance, "of a man
whose sole diet is Greek ro0tsY
Luella Greenfield led her class from
start to finish and took every prize she
competed fer She was a great favor
lite with Professor Erskine, who the
day after her graduation said to her.
Your career must not be that Of wo-
men who are tied down to the care Of
children Choose rather e devote
yourself TO intellectual pursuits. can
give you dne opportunity for be-
ginning am writing a history Of
the barbarian kings who changed the
influence Of Rome IN European civili-
zarion during the fourth and 9th cen
turtles. l need an assistant to aid me
IN my researches. win you join me?"
"And give up all thoughts Of home
life with dear little children 70 COM
fort me when / am old?a
"You will be interested IN your work,
far nobler duty than mending chill
dren's clothes and washing their dirty
faces"
Luella, whether or no she was con
vineed, was at last induced to accept
the professors invitation She diyed
into books on the Goths, while the pro
fessor bored into the past Of the Huns.
He found her extremely useful. IN
deed. he soon learned that it would
have been next to impossible to get
on without her. She worked 50 hard
that at the end Of few months she
needed a rest and went away from
him. Professor Ersklne was not sur
prised that be found his work very diff
ficult without her, but be was sur.
prised that during her absence he had
no heart In his work Genseric, Aiaric.
Attila, all the barbarian kings. ceased
suddenly to interest him. The libra.
ries in which he delved had become
musty m his study there were Luel-
las chair and desk, but without Luela
the room was unbearahle Instead Of
working he went out and walked back
and forth on the campus.
There's old Erskine." said a coed
on her way to lecture stalking back
and forth as if moonstruck. He's
been doing that ever since Luella
Greenfield went away / wonder II
he's dreaming Of the barbarian kings
Or OF her.
"He persuaded her" said another,
ITO devote her life to wormy books.
lie certainly wouldn't permit himself
to think about her except as means
to dig up the past OF the people be
writes about"
One day a letter came to the profes-
sor from bis assistant stating that he
must get some one to take her place.
In order 10 it herself physically for
the plans he had laid down for her ID
an intellectual field she needed q year
OF out Of door life.
The professors heart fell like . ba
rometer before sudden storm. The
Goths, the Visigoths, the Huns. were
forgotten in the depth Of his despair
at being condemned to work without
Luella. AS to having any one else sit
ting at her desk, the thought was I'M
bearable.
The next morning the college bulle.
tin announced that Professor Erskine,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
Plan of Democrats In House
OF Representatives
i'm CASE OF wHITEWASH
0vertures Made to Insurgent Leaders
Much Depends on the Report on
Hearing Made BY Madi-
son,

Washington, May Democratic
members Of the House are planning -
bring impeachment proceedings against
Secretary Ballinger il that official de-
clines % resign after the investigating
committee submits its report @ Com
gress, Or III tile event that President
Taft fails to remove him While not
entirely confident Chat this program can
be carried out, The Democrats are willing
to Try il and already are masking over
lures to insurgent Republicans Do Support
them,
There seems to be little probability
that the investigating committee VII
make rs report at ths session Of Com
gress. During The progress Of the in.
yesti2ation Of the interior department, it
seemed probable that there would be-
three reports one drawn up bv the Re.
puhlIeans members, with the exception
of Representative Madison 81 Kansas a
Democratic report and an independent
report 81 Alf Madison. Tire general ex-
sectation Is that the majority report will
eXonerate Secretary Bailmgeg 70 this
view ii is regarded as certain that Air.
Madison viii not assent. Ii this report
eensnres the rtary Of the interior l5
Is believed that Representatives James of
Kentucky and Graham Of Illinois, the
two Democrats ON the committee. will
sign it. In chat event, Representative
Madison. James and Graham win lead
Gle fight IN the House against the ma
iorit5 report to be presented by Repre-
sentatives Mccall 0imsted and Dandy
It is decided on excellent authority
that the resignation Of Secretary Balm.
ger win be called for in the speeches 10
be delivered by Representatives Madi-
son, Graham and James. Ii, after "A
reasonable length Of time the secretary
81 the interior fails 20 comply With
this request, resolution viii Be intro
dueed calling upon Tie president e ais.
miss him II the president fails To
take action in accordance with the terms
Of Tie resolution, even If that resolution
fails to pass the House. the coalition
between the Democrats and insurgent Res
publicans viii endeavor to institute i'm
parchment proceedings
Under the constitution, the House acts
as prosecutor in impeachment proceedings
and the Senate as Judge With tie ae.
tion 50 fat away no one is willing 10
hazard a guess as to what the outcome
will bel but ID Is certain that Congress
win stil have the Pinch0t Ballnuer af-
Fair 81 ia hands after The inse lighting
committee submits rs report
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
A VARIED CAREER.
Has Been That Of Missouri's Black
smith Candidate.

st. Joseph, Mo-. May "a John +.
Breckenridge. the blacksmith, who an
nounces himself j candidate for United
states senator from Missouri, and whose
petition with the required number Of
names has been fled with the secretary
|of state at jefferson City, in his early
days followed the trail' as a cowboy.
He runs horse shoeing establishment
tat the stock yards IN South ST. 10.
seph
While with wild west shows as a
rope ana cattle thrower, AIr. Brecken-
ridge visited Europe and every part of
yn United States IN Brussels 10
years ago, he saved the lives Of five
persons ia hotel fire and aaain at
Jacksonville, Fla, seven years ago, he
rescued two persons from suifocation by
smoke As farrier in Jerseyville, Ill.,,
six years ago, he made strong race
fol Congress as a Socialist Labor can
didate Mr. Breckenridge says he will
make strenuous campaign for United
States senator visiting every county in
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
Magazine REVIEW
'sHIRTwAIsTs THEN AND NOW
Fascination Of the Paris Shop, and How
They Have Risen il Price.

They Have Risen in Price.
Ten years ago, at any rate, the most
elaborate waists to be bought in Paris,
in the rue dc le Paix cost forty dollars.
I bought for thirty dollars waists that
We're SO ultra elaborate as to be con-
spicuous upon any but special occasions,
and got AZ the same time a number Of
waists at eight dollars apiece shat were
good enough for any occasion, and with
q linen skirt in the summer were more
than ordinarily smart
Last year the most elaborate waists
81 the rue da IA Pav cost as high
'as 500 to Sl25 waists that were then
no more remarkable for their elabora-
tion than were the forty-dollar waists
ten years ago. Yet-and note this par
ticularly may to-day in Paris buy
the identical waists that were for sale
ten years ago. al the identical prices;
bat with the change in fashion mas come
Ia spending change in the use to
which the same garment Is put. The
eiQht.doar waist for instance could
BE worn verv wei to-day but scarcely
without d supplementary laee-trimmed
collar and rutlle OF iabot Ten years
ago it was worn plain, exactly as it
was bought The thirty or fortydollar
waists Of that same period would be
very pretty to-day. but one would wear
them where the eightdollars waists
were worn before ia order to be dressed
at about the same degree Of smart
ness.
It Is Illuminating to compare these
elaborate waists of Ten years ago with
blouse now used III the same way
a certain forty-doIlar one ten years
ago for instance, had a plastrun Of very
fine English embroidery on the front,
real Nalenciennes lace collar. and in
sertions Of Yaleueienes in the yoke and
ID the long cuffs Of the sleeve. But
the sleeves above the elbow, and the
back Of the waist, were perfectly plain,
except for few tHeks. Ia the last
modern blouse / happened to see the
entire waist front, back, sleeves-had
tile Naloncennes lace set id, making it
lace and linen material And then
tile whole waist was almost covered
with great masses Of embroidery as
fine as that used for monoQrams An
other blouse was not made Of linen at
all but Of net lace foundation upon
which was appliqued a lot of embroidery
on null and old Italian lace Very
beautiful, very costly, and so perish
able that it would tear like burnt pa.
per Both Of these waists were to be
worn under q cloth coat, regarded as
shrtwaists, treated as shirtwaists, but
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
On 4 CHARGE OF MURDER.
First Similar Case Recorded in Middle
sex County In Sixteen Years.

First Similar Case Recorded in Middle
sex County In Sixteen Years.
Cambridge, Mass, May 24-For the
first time in II years in 1liddlesex coun.
ty a woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Richmond
of Cambridge, was placed on trial for
her lite yesterday in the Middlesex coun-
ty superior court
The indictment charges Mrs. Richmond
with the murder, on July 70, 1909, Of
Steward McIavisn, boarder. who was
found with his head crushed in a little
back bedroom in Hotel Florence. IN Cam
bridge, conducted by Mrs. Richmond
The police stated at the time that
Mrs. Richmond, who is an unusually
large and strong woman, became IN
volved in a quarrel with McTavish after
both had been drinking, shot him and
then beat IN his head.
Concord. N H., May 4Mrs. Eliza
beth Richmond, who was placed 81 trial
for her life on charge Of murder III
Cambridge. Mass, yesterday morning.
was for several years a resident Of this
city and VIII be remembered By many
under her maiden name Of Elizabeth
Byrne
Ia 1896. she was arrested on a charge
Of attempting to do bodily harm and
in default Of bail was committed to the
county Jail
While there, her strange actions led
to her being transferred to the New
las II ~
On her discharge from that institn
ton she was released and went to
Cambridge where she married and was
not heard Of again until 1909, when the
murder Of Stewart MeTavish at her
boarding house in Cambridge, broughtl
her into prominence
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
10 Nerd corssta.

Lay linen tape under the places that
noed the most strengthening ID mend
ing q corset and with care this tape
can be stitched on the sewing machine.
The right side Of the corset over this
patch can then be overcast to give #
finish and strength Then lay embroid.
cry edging Of double edge pattern over
the mended place on the right side and
carefully stitch it on. The embroidery
must not be too fine, but firm enough
70 give strength. The same idea may
be carried ont in mending many other
things and truly make q virtue Of ne
eesslEY.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
HusRANp VS. MISSING


Lynn, Mass, May "a, When Mrs.
Jonathan Eldridge started to leave the
train in Boston yesterday, she found
that her husband, who had boarded the
train with her at Lynn and had sat in
directly behind his wife, was missing.
After search through The train and
station had proved unsuccessful She
called the Lynn railroad station Oh the
telephone and found that her husband
Dad been picked up on the track a little
distance from the station, with both
legs amputated. lie was taken to the
Lynn hospital, where he is not expected
to live.
Eldridge, a former department store
owner Of this city and lately in bus
mess on Summer street, Boston. had
been acting queerly, but it is not known
whether he jumped or fell from the
train. He IS 50 years old
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
PROGRESS OF WORK
IN DIGGING CANAL
Waterway May Be Opened to the Com
merce Of the World in l914-The
Excavation Record.

Washington, D. O, May "a Tile siyta
year 81 the stupendous work 81 building
a canal across the isthinus of ranams
TO connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
ended on May 8, an in thaJ time So
much has beeu accomplished that the
costly waterway may be opened to tae
commerce Of the @o-ld ia 1914 The
otfcial estimate places il year later
in order that there may be no misealeula-
ton
The progress Of the work may be seen
in the important fatures Of the canal
These are the cut through Culebra. the
locks al Gahn, Miraaorcs and Pedro
Miguel the building Of the aatun dam
and the creation Of Gatnn lake.
The excavation record by years since
May, 1904, Is as folowss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
LOOKS DARK FOR BALIlNGER.
Democrats Ready to Agree to Adverse
Report Of Insnrgent Members.


Washington, May a. with the evil
denee III The investigation Of the Bal
lineer Pineh0t controversy all in, atten-
tion Is now directed to tile nature 0f
tile reports which win come from the
special committee III this connection,
there Is q prospect that the four Demo
Gratis on the committee viii agree to tbe
report Of Representative Madison, one
Of tile insurgents
In case the Madison finding is such
the Democrats can agree to itand It
probably will be if it censures Ballineer 4
a situation Of much Importance viii Be
brought about, Such a report would
stand a good chance of adoption BIZ the
House. Once adopted Ballinger would
Be placed III difficult situation Hc
might resign and Thus end the complies
tons It Is predicted that IN case the
House adopt report adverse to him. his
opponents viii wait q reasonable time for
him to quit the cabinet, and then under.
take to start impeachment proceedings
It is quite generally felt here that
Baliinger viii quit the cabinet as soon
as he can do SO without the appearance
Of having been driven out.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
DRAPER LEFT ss.sss. 4a7.
VIII Of Hopedale Man Filed--Most Of
Estate Is Personal Property.

Hopedale, Mass, May "a. An estate
of s6.35s .4s7 was left by the late Cen
eral William Franklin Draper Of Hope
dale, who died at Washington last Feb
ruary. The inventory Of the estate was
filed in the probate court at Worcester
by the executors under the will. Oliver
III Lane, the secretary of the deceased,
and Attorney W + Richardson Of Ma
liant The inventory shows personal
property Of the value Of S6,334.0S1 and
real estate worth $24,400.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
BRYCE ASKS RECALL.
Close Friends say He Has Been Affected
BY Death Of King.

Washington. May "a Cable adviees
from London say Ambassador Bryce has
written to the foreign Office. asking
to be relieved from further duty as
ambassador at Washington as soon as
possible
Mr. Bryce according to close friends,
has been affected BY The death Of King
Edward and feels unequal to the strain
Of bis dutiea.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24

were quite without shirtwaist's utili-
~. One hundred and fifty dollars marks
the most exaggerated price for blouses.
but this means no more in relative elab-
Grafton than did forty-dollar waist ten
or fifteen years ago.--Emily Post, b
the June Everybody's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
Total ..,........., l05,sssN

OF the total remaining, the amount to
be taken out 81 dredges Is 1922 052
cubic yards and the amount by steam
shoves Is So ,S27.6l7 cubic yards
OF The lS05l .27s cubic yards excayated
in the central division. i48ssA27 cubic
yards were taken from the Cnlebra cnt.
The record Of excavation in the cut since
Nav. 1909 follows:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-24
The New eirdlss

The new girdes are decidedly deep
ID front-in fact. some of them run
quite up to the cheinisette of the waist
and form the principal trimming Of the
bodice. IN others the belt. though de.
cidedly deeper IN front than at the
sides and back. is not exaggerated as
the bib or pinafore girdle 1t is a very
easy matter to make one Of those new
girdles and mount It on an old bodice.
The effect is really quite surprising,
for the wide belt is So decidedly q
thing Of the moment that II brings ar
out OF date waist up to time Ia a DC,
Iightful manner You can make tina
girdle Of any depth or shape that yon
like, and it need not necessarily match
the waist IN material though It Should
IN color. Satin MORE and any of the
corded silks make smart girdles. and
they are most Inexpensive way Of
rem0deliRg an old waist