St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-07-24
PRESS COMMENT

PRESS COMMENT
The New Hotel Movement in YER
mont
Vermont has always had the seen
cry necessary for great summer re-
sort and she bids fair in the near
future to have all the hotels neces-
sary for the accommodation of our
tourists. The example set by Bur
lington is becoming contagious and
we expect in the near future that
both Montpelier and Rutland will
succeed in realizing the plans which
have been started in those respec-
tive communities.
The st. Johnsbury Caledonian an
nounces that the project to pro-
is making gratifying progress. The
St. Johnsbury Hotel company, which
has just filed its Incorporation pap
ers with Secretary of State Guy w.
Bailey, has started out with a cap
italization Of 100000, and an or
ganization will be perfected in the
near future. 1t is stated that the
necessary proportion of stock has
already been provided by DIR. w.
J. Aldrich and H. w. Randall to
whose efforts is very largely due the
success of the undertaking thus far.
The new hostelry is to be built on
the academy property just south
of the court house, and it is hoped
that the exterior can be carried to
a point so that the work upon the
interior can be carried on during
the coming winter and the whole
completed in time for the tourist
season the coming year. We con-
graduate ST. Johnsbury upon the
prospect of securing a hotel worthy
of the town and also upon its pos
session of men public-spirited enough
to do things for the town without
depending wholly upon outside cap
ital and enterprise.-T Burlington
Free Press.
The FollOw-Up Letter
'Baby is very ILL.," were the first
words the drummer man read in his
letter from home. The hands that
frightened. on the bit of paper tremb-
led as he hurriedly finished the brief
note. 1.-The doctor thought she had
measles at first, but now he's afraid
it's scarlet fever. / don't wish to
alarm you unnecessarily, but thought
you ought to be prepared to know
whatever may come. Don't come
home unless 1 telegraph you. Per-
haps you'd better burn this up i'm
mediately and wash your hands
with disinfectant. Will write later. I"
The man stood as one stupefied.
This was his only child. He was
three hundred miles from home on a
business trip, which had to be made
if he were to keep his job. OF
course, if his little girl needed him
but the mother had said she
would keep him informed and send
telegram if-Oh, he couldn't bear
to think of it. But he must stay
where he was and do his duty. That
night his lonely supper went I'M
tasted.
The next day, after long hours of
tramping full of rebuffs and turn
downs, with the solace of only one
small order, the man hurried out of
his way to the general delivery win
dow at the postoffice. Moth
ing for Waters" called the postmis-
tress, cheerfully, little realizing
what that nothing" meant to the
anxious face before her. The next
night it was the same Where was
that follow-up letter? The baby
couldn't be better, or his wife would
write and relieve his mind. She
must be worse-perhaps the mother
couldn't leave her even a minute,
but she could tell Nora to drop a pos
tai Perhaps the child had died and
he hadn't heard. The thought was
too much. The man sent a night let
ter home. In return came the reply:
Gust measles. Baby better. No
danger. Letter. Mamma"
And that man had worried himself
sick for three, days so that his COM
missions fell off terribly, because his
wife had neglected 10 send him a fol-
low-up letter. With her own mind
relieved, she selfshly forgot all else;
though she did not forget to scare
her husband to death when she was
perturbed herself. She was on the
ground. She knew the best and the
worst. Anxiety is terrible anywhere.
But how far more difficult to bear
when coupled with the uncertainty
of distance. That woman was guilty
of criminal negligence of her hus-
bands peace of mind. But only
those who are separated from their
sick child can understand. Which
all means, if you must ring in the
alarm on a faraway heart, send an
immediate follow-up letter, and
keep sending them until the danger
is removed. This is one form of
humanity within the reach of all
County Democrat
The Cost Of Living
Every family desires to spend a
little more than it's income. No
matter whether the income is 81
or 500 day, there are always un-
satisfied wants. Sacrifices have to |
be made and sacrifices are unpleas- |
ant. If any candidate had a bona |
fide plan for fixing things so that |
everybody would have money to |
buy whatever he wanted, that states
man would sweep the country.
This subject was mentioned in /
both the republican and democratic /
platforms. The former in effect /
promises that it will do anything it |
inds feasible to relieve the consum-
or, but proposes no definite action.
The democratic platform charges
hat the protective tariff and the
.rusts are to blame and promises to