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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-20
sothern.MarIowe ronlaht.

f. II. Sothern and Julia Marlowe
will begin a weeks engagement In
the Garrick theater, Monday evening,
with a magnificent production OF
Romeo and Juliet" probably the
finest ever witnessed on the Ameri-
can stage. The excellent supporting
company OF the stars includes, among
others, Frederick Lewis, Rowland
Blackstone. Thomas Coleman, Sidney
Mather, John Taylor, William Harris,
France Bendtsen. Malcolm Bradley.
Norah Lamison, Lenore Chippendale,
Millicent Mclaughlin and Ina Gold
smith. II should be remembered that
during this week in the Garrick,
owing to the elaborate nature of the
productions. the curtain Will rise
promptly at O'clock, every evening,
and at o'clock at the matinees.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-20
NEW HIGHLAND PARK
CHARTER PROGRESSIVE

The charter commission Of Highland
Park has decided to incorporate the
initiative, referendum and recall In the
proposed new charter for the village.
The commission has also included a
clause whereby the question OF saloons
may be decided by two-thirds vote OF
the electorate. The commission will
hold meetings every night this week
except Thursday, and the new charter
will be prepared and ready for submis.
sion to a vote OF the people by the end
OF this week
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-20
HOMEOPATHS OPEN
SESSION THIS AFTERNOON

Clinics Monday afternoon in Grace
hospital and social meetings in the
Hotel Cadillac In the evening mark the
opening OF the forty-third annual con.
vention of the Homeopathic Medical
Society of Michigan, the sessions to
continue through Wednesday. DR.. w.
G. Patterson Is general chairman Of
the local committees OF arrange
ments.
Prominent physicians from all parts
Of the state will read papers In the
meetings OF the various bureaus con-
nected with the society. Tuesday even.
Ing Prosecutor Hugh Shepherd viii ad.
dress a session at which the topic will
be the social evil. DR.. Walter T. Sum.
ner, Of Chicago. will treat the subject
from the standpoint OF philanthropist
and DIR. James c. Wood, of Cleveland,
will speak from the point Of view Of
the physician. Tuesday evenings
meeting will be held In the Y. M. C. A.
auditorium, and DR.. Mary Thompson
Stevens will preside.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-20

The Sheehan English Opera com.
pany will open an engagement Oh
three weeks, in the Detroit opera
house. Monday evening, presenting
Faust" Joseph Sheehan will sing
Faust; Francis Boyle. Mephisto, and
Gladys Caldwell. Marguerite. Mr..
BOYLE came to Detroit especially TO
sing Mephisto, part in which he is
famous. The second week OF the
Sheehan engagement will offer The
Mikado" for the first half and III
Trovatore" for the latter half begin
Ming Decoration day afternoon.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-20

dance and kick. Three girls dressed
in the polka-dot masquerade costume
tore things loose for about 10 min
utes. They are about as flexible as
rubber bands and their act is full
Of snap.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-20

quartet from a German singing so
ciety. They added great deal TO
the Heidelberg scenes.
"Old Heidelberg" is deliberately
staged, throughout. There is plenty
of life and action, and 1t portrays the
student atmosphere with great sue
cess.
'Old Heidelberg" will be played In
the Lyceum all week, with 'the usual
matinees. 1.-The Man Of the Hour" Is
billed for next week.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-20

LILLIAN Russell says: Avoid kissing
n YOU would have a beautiful mouth
Huh! II men avoided kissing the
girls would take their beautiful
mouths and 60 elsewhere. "-Houston
Post
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-20

Little Tom Tucker sings for his supper,
But it's doubtful whether he'll get it,
His mother washes the old-fashioned way,
Boiling and rubbing the livelong day.
She has no time for cooking on Monday,
And little Tom Tucker goes hungry.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-20

What did Miss Dashington wear
at tho dinner partyT
blue. I dropped my napkin and
was able to look under the table,
Judge.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-20

What has become OF the dlrtr
That's the first question you ask when
you rinse out the clothes after they've been
soaped with Fels-Naptha and soaked In
cool or lukewarm water.
The clothes are white and clean.
The dirt's gone.
What became of iti
Here's the answer.
Fels-Naptha Soap acts on dirt like
water does sugar; dissolves it; separates it
into tiny particles that are carried away by
the rinsing water.
Fels-Naptha Soap takes the place of
boiling.
Makes the clothes whittier and cleaner
without it.
Dirt doesn't need to be rubbed out
when it's dissolved.
Do you wonder that women who use
Fels- Naptha Soap in Winter or Summer
are able to do their washing in one-half the
time with one-fourth the work required by
the old wayf
When you try it yourself, follow direc-
lions printed ON the red and green wrapper.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
RUTLAND r. R. LITIGATION
Minority Stockholders Still Fighting
Against Transfer

New York, May 23.-At the hearing
today in the supreme couIt on the
motion in behalf of minority stock
holders of the Rutland Railroad com
pany for an Injunction restraining the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad from taking over control OF
the Rutland from the New York Cen.
trail, Attorney Edward ID. Robbins de.
clared that the New Haven wanted
the majority stock of the Rutland
only because the Rutland was nee.
essary link for the New Haven to
get into Canada from Boston. II was
a protective move by the New Haven
the attorney said, because OF the fact
that the Grand Trunk and the Cana.
dian Pacific roads were planning to
make Boston a terminus for their
transcontinental lines.
Samuel Untermyer appearing as at.
torney for the minority stockholders
contended that the New Haven want
ed the Rutland in order to keep the
Grand Trunk or the Canadian Pacific
from acquiring 1t, which would give
these two roads an entry into Bos-
ton. The Boston & Maine, Mr.. Inter
myer contended. controlled all other
railroad approaches to Boston, except
the Rutland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
A Swarm of Flies

1t sometimes takes a pocket-full OF
bugs and things to get big trout in.
terested in what you are trying to
do. but what a thrill of satisfaction
travels up your spine when you fin.
ally strike on the kind of grub
Mr.. Fish has an affinity for.
That is the reason why successful
fishermen carry a good variety OF
Trout Flies in their book.
That is the reason we have 231
different named patterns and sizes of
English, Scotch and American flies;
enough kinds to satisfy the most fas-
tidlous taste Of every fisherman and
supply every fussy fish in the brook
with a regular course dinner.
Remember this: Our flies are tied
to our order. They are true to name.
They are good quality They look
alive. They are silk flies tied to
good quality gut and hollow point
hooks, and they sell for the popular
price OF 80 cents per dozen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
RETIREMENT FUND
Plans on Foot to Start a Teachers
Retirement Fund In Vermont

Plans on Foot to Start a Teachers
Retirement Fund In Vermont
Sixteen pennies are one foot Al
though the women teachers OF the
state do not advocate this rule In
their classes, their present aim out
side the schoolroom is to convince
the public that the measurement is
correct To this end. miles and miles
of strips of paper. each foot long.
and each capable OF holding sixteen
bright. shining coppers, have been
prepared. the result to form nucleus
or working basis for retirement
fund from the income OF which teach.
ers who have served the state in
their high.minded calling for "a
term of years not less than twenty
hye," may receive modest stipend
for the balance of their days.
We talk for Vermonters. We say,
keep the boys and girls at home. Why
not keep the teachers in Vermont
along with the boys and girls? WI
better inducement than retirement
fund, raised through public subscrip-
ton, il not appropriated by legisla.
tive enactment, placing the education.
al system OF the state upon a bust.
ness basis and assuring the faithful
servant of the rising generation some.
thing of an Adequate compensation
for her toll when her term OF teach.
ing strength shall be over?
Through the Retirement Fund asso-
citation the teachers form body ca.
pable of receiving funds. The penny
strip scheme is but one means to the
end in view. The sixteen pennies
that I'LL one strip are scarcely more
than the price Of cigar and a penny
newspaper or OF a few ice cream so
das. The teachers have set this pro
blem to the Vermont public:
If there are sixteen pennies to. a
foot and every foot is a step nearer
the Better Vermont. are you interest
ed enough to contribute and, II so
how many strips will you take?" The
answer is not to be found In the bach
of the book It rests with the publ,
to work II out for itself.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
"FAYVlLLE E"
A Famous Old Mill Site Now Out of
Use

Editor of The Banner: Ten miles
north from Bennington in the town
of Glastonbury and little off from
the road that runs along the base of
the Green Mountains and nestled in
a beautiful valley lies the once fam
GUS lumber village of Fayville, nam
ed for Benjamin Fay, son of Samuel
Fay and grandson of Stephen Fay of
Catamount Tavern fame. Fayville
was settled or laid out in an ideal
spot for such a business-the basin
like valley comprising something like
one hundred acres with heavy wood.
ed mountain sides rising in all direc.
tons and rushing down through the
valley, leaping over rocks and lodges
and now rising in the air with leaps
and bounds, making hundreds of
roaming basins beneath which the
speckled beauties dwell in countless
numbers, flowing downward and on.
ward the mighty stream we will call
the power behind the throne.
1t needed but a glance from Ben
Fay's practical business eye to see
that here was small fortune and
that the stream could be harnessed
and be made to convert the millions
of feet of immense timber into cash
and as a result a mill was built
houses were erected, a store house
school house, stables, etc, followed
one after another, until something
like 40 or so families made up the
village of Fayville which is still re
membered by many of the older in
habitants.
! Several impressive facts are drawn
I from this picture and one is to .thinl
that such lumber could be delivered
in Bennington for eight and ten dol
lars a thousand lone third of today'l
price, and that this magnificent wat
er power is now going to waste. bu
as Gen. Mccullough owns probabl,
5000 acres of heavy timbered land, al
within reach of this old mill site. /
would not be surprising to see Fay
vile put on some of its former activ
tiles and although the east road lead
ing into Bennington may again b,
dotted with valuable loads of lumber
yet II is reasonably certain that tn,
present generation will never Sc,
those heavy OK teams that could draw
two and three thousand feet OF lum
Der to a load. both team and drive
proud of their achievements. as the,
were delivering some of the fines
lumber Bennington has ever seen, al
from Ben Fay's mill in Fayville.
A Fisherman.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
POWNAL CENTER

Mr. and Mrs. c. S. Estes Of Ben
nlngton we're in town recently.
Miss Lucy Lille of East Pownal
was in North Adams Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry B. Gardner Of
Bennington were in town recently.
Benjamin Amidon, another member
of the school board, also attended the
conference
Fred c. Brown accompanied by En-
DRY s. Harris of Bennington spent
Wednesday in Arlington.
Mrs. Fanny Towsley and Miss Mil
dred Towsley of North Adams spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Towsley.
Mr. and Mrs. John Slavery and
daughter of North Pownal were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon Tows
ley Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur G. Parker and Mrs
Ellen burlington of Pownal enjoyed
an automobile ride to North Adams
Wednesday.
Work on the new ball ground al
the farm of Herbert Morgan has
been begun. The grand stand Is
nearing completion.
c. b. Patterson delivered an ad
dress on School Houses and Schoo
Grounds at the conference of schoo
directors of Bennington county helt
at the town hall in Arlington Wednes
day
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
Chinese Maxims

The minds of women are of quick
silver. and their hearts of wax.
The most curious women willingly
cast down their eyes to be looked at.
The tongues of women increase by
all that they take from their feet
The finest roads do not go far
When men are together, they listen
TO one another, but women and girls
look at one another.
The most timid girl has courage
enough to talk scandal.
One may be decorous without being
chaste; but one cannot be chaste with
out being decorous
My books speak TO my mind, my
friends TO my heart; all the rest to
my ears.
The wise man does not speak of all
he does; but he does nothing that
cannot be spoken Of
Attention to small things is the
economy of virtue.
Man may bend TO virtue, but virtue
cannot bend TO man.
Virtue does not give talents. but it
supplies their place. Talents Meth,
er give virtue nor supply the place
OF Il.
He who finds pain in virtue, and
pleasure in vice, is a movie both in
the one and the other.
One may do without mankind, but
one has need OF a friend.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of che Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers


Frank McDermott of Pittsield vas
at his home here over Sunday.
Albert w, Moore went yesterday to
New York on short business "trip
st. Agnes Guild of ST. Peters
church will meet Tuesday evening At
7:45 at Inc parish house and all Iuem-
bers are expected to be present.
Branch No. 4 of st. Marys Guild
will meet at the Parish house tIo,a
3 to o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. john Mo- IN who is % entertain,
invites the ladies OF the other bran
ches to be present
Sunday afternoon a delegation of
George A. Custer w. r. L. No ac-
companied George A Custer Post by
trolley to the Hinsdillville cemetery
for the purpose of decorating the
graves OF dead comrades. The adj
dress was delivered by the Rev. Mr.
Mitchell Of Tie Hinsdillyille church
There will be a regular meeting OF
Walloomsac lodge N. +. O. P. Tues
street. The grand and supreme war
dens have Offered splendid i:,duce-
ments to their members 10 induce
them to renewed activities There
has been more or less apathy in the
lodges, since the change in rates. In
order to stimulate new interes. these
inducements have been offered. After
the regular meeting there wiz be a
social for members only. You are
earnestly requested TO be present. If
you are member you will hear : me-
thing OF interest that concerns you.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
Shoe Repairing

People In Bennington and vicinity
know that |, the widow OF the late
@. HimovltE OF 10A Gage street, keep
the store for repairing shoes and try
TO make living for my children, to
avoid charity. ask all mothers and
fathers to sympathize with me and
TO give me work. have very good
workman. as shoemaker. of New
York, who is reauy to give all kinds
OF the best work In shoe repairing.
aud the best goods will be furnished.
A free shine will be given with
every pair OF shoes repaired. The
work Is done by hand. not by mach.
inery. so you shouldn't be afraid that
II will tear like that done by machln.
cry.
Mrs. Y. Himovitz
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
Road Notes.

SALISBURY road surveyed on Mon
day at Bennington line towards Har-
wood hill.
Pownal road towards Bennington
re-surveyed on Tuesday and location
accepted by the selectmen.
Rapid progress being made on Ben.
nington state aid road, the metal cul.
vert now in, replacing tile pipe near
Benjamin place.
Woodford state aid road surveyed.
accepted and work in active progress
with Fred Bowles in charge.
Pownal likely to be first town to
complete one section-the one near
the New York line being completed.
except for one culvert.
Woodford is to build at once two
split log drags. Arthur Dewey dona.
ted the logs for the purpose.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
AFRICA'S GREAT DESERT.
Sahara Is Not All Barren and Has Two
Distinct Populations.

Sahara Is Not All Barren and Has Two
Distinct Populations.
The Sahara. that vast expanse OF
country lying to the south of Algeria,
is commonly called the desert by
Europeans. The name Sahara in no.
wise. however. means desert" 1t is
simply the Arab appellation OF this ex-
tensive tract, mainly composed of
great plains. which are even we'll pop
ulated in certain districts. 1t Is quite
a mistake to imagine that all is barren
and sterile, for there are TO be found
large date palm plantations as we'll as
numerous fiocks OF sheep and great
numbers OF camels which man. must
tend and care for.
The Sahara contains two distinct
populations-the one sedentary, the
other nomad. The former live in the
towns and villages, cultivating the soil
and tending the date palms. The lat
ter are shepherds, roaming from place
to place in search OF pasture for their
cattle. How few are there in the
home land who have any idea Of the
Sahara or OF the Arab tribes who live
there Travellers TO these regions are
comparatively rare, but all are amply
repaid for a visit.
Life among the moving tents OF the
nomads is deeply interesting In its
primitive simplicity. The country 1t.
self has a grandeur and beauty which
Ia quite unique. Its rolling dunes,
painted with orange and crimson and
gold against violet and purple shad-
ows at sunrise and sunset; its green
GASES, its wild sandstorms, its lovely
mirages, once seen are never TO be for.
gotten. While the solemn silence
strikes the soul with awe, one almost
realizes why the Arabs call all this
the garden OF Allah christian Her
aid.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27

Mrs. L. n. Snow 30 wiatcr st.
Bangor. Me. was troubled fCf many
years with kidney and bladder all
ments, aud had a tain in hAt back,
with dlzty spals, Dnd other painful
symptoms She saw Foley Kidney
pills advertised and took them and
splendid results followed. She
says. II have now taken three bot
ties Of Foley Kidney Pills AMI today
am perfectly cured OF kidney and
bladder iroutlc.".-Cole's Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
Premature Jubilaney,

willy-I found mother the other day
crying over your book OF poems.
His Sisters Fiance (dellghted)-0h,
is that so? ASIDE All, what gloryl
What fame awaits mel For man TO
bring tears to the eyes Of such u flint
hearted woman as that Is certainly a
great achievement (To Willy She was
really weeping. Willy?
willy-Yes; she said 1t nearly broke
her heart to think that a daughter of
hers was going to marry an idiot who
could write such rot as that.-London
Tit Bits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
Thu Alert Wife.

1--WE had n terrible day at the Office,
and I'm mad clear through" announc-
ed the husband. coming home.
Now would he good time 20 beat
the rugs" replied the wlfe.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-18
PROFITS IN IOWA ONIONS.


In the current issue of Farm and Fire
side. a contributor tells how intensive
farming is being more and more practised
IN Iowa. where land already threatens to
ley. township, in Scott county. is an inter-
esting example. Following IS an extract:
1.-THE pioneer in the embarrassing In
dustry at Pleasant Valley. was H. schuet-
From 1875 to 1894 he devoted from Ia TO-
10 acres to onions every year and kept an
accurate Ss account ,.ef;,a1 Of the results obtained.
succeeded him: and he has also kept q
The ls-year record Of h father
management was 35 bushel per acre. and
the average price received. q cents. The
figures Of the SON. kept from 1895 up to
last years the average yield has been ia
bushels. and the average price, IS cents
The cost OF production for the same period
smSSn!e d p to spo of . sc a. an t acre a yea:
reason of his shccess IA embarrassing MI.
schuetter has not only been privileged to
turn down an offer Of 5000 an acre for
many of the farmers Of his vicinity have
emulated with great proft to themseIves
Best scientific methods are being used
perfectly clean, as the onion smothers
easily. BY using the same soil for the
crop year after year the Ind has become
with little difficulty. Once each summser
the farmers hood their fields with 4 .Snr.
maldehyde solution to prevent hlieht
= Every sst . ssasG ny : ea sma ard pUr,iG sor Ct f. the land
OF his own seed, on this nart ~ HSs
field he plants the. best bulbs seiect1d
from fr1 ae the S5op Of q the fae b ssason ,d before fore c.rs.
Of the chief reasons for the size and qua.
ity Of the Pleassnt Valley onions.
Wien narvsst.time comes, Al OF the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-18
JOHNS FRIENDS WERE LOYAL
Young Bride Got EARLY Proof Of the
Way Men Will Stick by One
Another.


The bridegroom of three months
babe his wife adieu one morning and
started on q business trip to a town %
miles distant. The journey was to be
made by automobile and he promised
to return In time for seven O'Clock din
ner as usual.
But no husband appeared when din.
ner was served and the anxious wife
watched the hands OF the clock as
they journeyed on and announc "a
that the hour was midnight. and still
the husband failed to appear. The
frantic wife sent kilograms to six
friends Of the groom living in the town
where he might have gone. asking II
he Nas spending the night with them.
Az dawn appeared farm wagon drove
up containing q farmer and the miss
ing. husband and furnishing motor
power for q broken down automobile
that trailed behind. Almost simulta.
ne0usly came . messenger boy with an
answer to q Of tho kilograms, fol-
lowed 1t intervals BY ave others. and
ell Of the kilograms said:
yes. John 10 spending the night
With me-"
IN loyalty what surpasses many
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-18
sprInes tn Their Brains.

Two Frenchmen. in visiting an art
gallery. stopped to admire a painting
by an American. The artist happened
to be in the gallery and in broken
English one of the Freedmen asked:
"How did monsieur ever catch such =
wonderful %picture?"
oh" replied the artist. with a far
away look. that painting was an on
spring of my BRAIN"
The other Frenchman was greatly
interested and asked his friend what
that American had said.
II a hardly explain" whispered
the first Frenchman excitedly; Tho
said re picture was one spring OF Of
his brain. Fees eet any wonder Eat 70
Americans act queerly when they
have springs on their brains"