Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-01

The Brattleboro Branch of the Wom
ans Alliance will meet in the home of
Mrs j. D. Barrows Friday evening, Dec.
s, at 7.SO. A full attendance Is desired
Rev. F. A. Wells pastor of the Meth
odist church, will conduct the o'clock
Sunday afternoon services in the Home
for the Aged and Disabled during De-
cember.
well-attended social was given by
Protective Grange Monday evening for
members and their families. Cards and
dancing were enjoyed and refreshments
were served.
st. Michaes court, C. o. F., held a
card party and dance in Red Mems hail
Tuesday evening. About IS persons we're
present. The music was furnished by
Wales and Dugan
After the regular services in the Meth
odist church Sunday morning a meeting
of the Sunday school board was held and
It was decided to hold the annual Christ
mas entertainment Christmas evening
This night was chosen 1t is expected
union cantata will be held the Sunday
before Christmas in the Baptist or Con-
gregational church.
Chief Of Police Wilson received this
week a request to be on the lookout for
Ardel SERVER, 16, a New London girl |
who left home Sept. %. She Is five feet |
three inches in height and weighs 1870 |
pounds. The case is unusual as the girl |
associated with good companions and had |
plenty of money. 1t is thought she has |
secured work in some factory.
Cards have been received announcing |
the marriage of Edwin Clement Hall of |
Camden, n. j., and Margaret Eletha, |
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs William Vogt, |
jr., Tuesday, Nov. IA. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall |
will live in Camden. Mr.. Hall formerly |
was employed in the Estey organ plant |
bar n nd " Niplipiet aud dor of the |
Estey orchestra. He is now connected |
with the Philadelphia office of the COM
pany
Alcide Marion and Irah d. Spaulding
held a waltzing party in Grange hall
Wednesday evening which was attended
by 120 couples. Leitslnger's four-piece
orchestra furnished music for dancing
from to II O'Clock. Mr. Marion and
Mr. Spauldng will hold another party
| in about two weeks. Both young men
are interested in aviation and the pro-
ceeds of these dancing parties will be
used to defray the cost of a course in an
| aviation school for one of them.
Judge W. r. Daley was in Bellows
Falls Saturday and Monday as attorney
for George d. Chressanthis of that
town charged with selling goods under
weight. No evidence was offered by the
! defense and an appeal was taken to the
county court. The evidence of the state
was to the effect that the dealer was
selling candy in boxes that did not con-
| tain full weight. 1t is undertood that
the defense will offer evidence in the
county court to the effect that the goods
were sold by package and not by
weight.
Sweatshops, pure foods protection of
women workers,-these are some phases
of the subject, women in industry"
which will be presented in a stereopticon
lecture by Mrs. Florence Kelley, general
secretary of the National Consumers
| league, at the Congregational church
Sunday evening at $50 o'clock. Probably
no one woman in the country has had a
greater influence in bringing about better
conditions for working women than Mrs.
| Kelley. She is a forceful and interesting
speaker and it is hoped that many will
avail themselves of this opportunity TO
hear her. All are welcome.
a first class banquet will be served to
the members of the Brattleboro board of
trade in the Brooks House next Wednes-
| day evening at 1.30 o'clock. This will be
the first opportunity of the business men
of the town as body to be guests of the
hotel under the management of George
| Z. Sherman. Hon. Lewis A. Waterman
| of Providence, a speaker of note, will be
the guest of the board and will speak
along the line of the towns industrial
development and in regard to how the
crease in population, 1t is hoped that
this will be a thoroughly enjoyable get
together occasion. At O'Clock meet
ing of the board will take place in the
| hotel parlors to act upon a proposed
amendment to the constitution to do
away with the entrance fee for those
joining the organization, making the
yearly dues the only expense of member
ship.
There was fun in every line of Bar
tholomae's play, over Night pre-
scented in the Auditorium Monday night,
and it was enjoyed by one of the largest
audiences of the present theatrical sea-
son. 1t created one big, long laugh, so
fast did the amusing complications fol-
low each other, and a feeling of salts
faction with the performance took pos
session of everybody. On the wedding
day of two couples the commanding
suffragette wife of an eliminate husband
gets left on shore with the husband of
the other girl while the boat steams
away with the other couple, who are
without money. childish and ineXperi-
enced. The eXigences of the situation
make it advisable for each couple tenn
porarily to represent themselves as
husband and wife, and the ignorance of
the other characters as to the real facts
leads to many laughabe situations I'M
til matters are Strengthened out next
morning. Some rarely good acting was
| done by Forrest a, Young as Richard
Kettle but the work of every member
of the cast was excellent and the love-
making between third couple which
ran through the piece added to the in
terest of the play.
Edgar W. Staples. "a, and Mrs. Rose
Creamore %, were arrested Saturday
afternoon by Deputy Sheriff C. l. Knapp
and appeared before Clerk c. s. Chase
of the municipal court charged with a
statutory offence. Mr.. Chase continued
the case until evening. as Judge W. r.
Daley was out of town. AS the charge
against them did not come under the
jurisdiction of the municipal court they
were bound over in the sum of $500 each
to appear at the next term of the
county court. They then asked that the
case be disposed of in the municipal
court and an information was lodged
against them. They both pleaded guilty.
Staples was fined 800 and costs of $685.
and sentenced to not more than two and
one-half years nor less than two years
at hard labor at Windsor Mrs Crea-
more was sentenced to not more than
two and one-half years nor less than two
years at hard labor at Windsor Upon
the payment of costs the sentences were
suspended and they were placed on pro-
baton for the terms of their prison sens
fences The warrant for their arrest
| was issued by States Attorney +. Il.