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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29

the West This competition is now
ended and Vermont is coming forward
with great strides to her old place OF
q leader among the farming states
3. That the great inventive faculty
which came up the river with her first
settlers from Connecticut and which
circumstances compelled 70 lie dor
mant Is Tow being developed with her
own capital.
the deposits in Vermont's savings in
stitutions have doubled in the last
eleven years; that evidence Of wealth
lie 10 be found in the fact hat Ver-
mont 10 nearly 81 lhs top of The lat
q states III ne ngInesr of motor oars
owned per capita; that her great
granite and marble industries are
growing every day; that she is con.
tinuing 10 contribute men wise in
counsel and an extraordinary proper.
ton of the distinguished men of the
United States to the upbuildlng ard
prosperity of innumerable communi
ties throughout the country; thai
more and more of her youth will stay
at home as her Industrial opportunl
ties increase.
We are glad that Mr. Evarts hal
breathed this spirit of uplift int
words for the advancement OF Yer
mont His wide experience enable
him to speak as a man of the grea
world OF affairs as well as of the stat
he makes his real home, and we ssel
come his hearty cooperation in tn
movement for the development of tn
states natural resources, the creates
Of all Of which are Yermont's son
and daughters Burlington Ere
!, Press
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29
VERMONT SCHOOL CONFERENCE
viii Be Conducted at U. v. M, Bur
Ilneton. March and 8.

The annual conference of the
schools of Vermont with the State
University will be held March z and
s. For the opening address, DR..
Stephen Leacock, professor OF eco
Monies at McGill University. a writer
Of note and one OF the most brilliant
and popular lecturers in Canada, has
been secured. The program follows:
Thursday. March Z. p. m, AID.
dress, Prof Stephen Leacock. McGill
University.
Friday. March s $3.50 p. M, Sub.
ject. Methods of Historical lnstruc.
tons" Prof, J. A. James, Northwest
ern University; History in Second
airy Schools Prln. Isaac Thomas,
Rutland History in the Elementary
Schools" B. ]. Sinclair, Plattsburg;
Symposium George S. Wright, st.
Adams; Harriet NJ. Ide Highgate:
Homer e. Hunt. Fairfax: Fannie r.
Waterman, Bakersfield; Fred w.
Reimherr, Waterbury.
200 p. m. Subject. "The Goal OF
History Teaching" Prof. S. f. Emer.
oNhf ohi'tlcAls VI NtiilbHtf oupNs -
F. Palmer, ST. Johnsbury. General
discussion, Led by Prin F. c. Ham,
Randolph.
500 p m. Schoolmasters' Ban.
euet.
Prof. James was the chairman Of
the committee OF eight which has re.
Gently published through Charles
Scribner's Sons. THE Study OF His.
tory in the Elementary Schools" The
booklet has had an extraordinary re.
ceptlon, The conception OF hlstori.
cal study; suitable methods Of pre-.
sentation; and the subject matter ap.
propriate to the different grades, are
so carefully thought out and so per
suasively presented as to constitute
the report almost epochal for eiemen.
tary historical study.
The Goal OF History Teaching" has
been chosen as the subject for the
afternoon, with the aim of bringing
out the appropriate place OF history
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29
Vocational Education.

The praise which has been given to
the bill introduced by Senator Page,
Of Vermont, with a view to instruct
ing the growing generation In voca-
tlonal studies, should be sufficient war
rant and suggestion to Congress to
give more than ordinary attention TO
the measure.
Senator Pages bill attacks a univer-
sal problem from the right angle. For
many years Congress has been trying
to improve mankind after IL has be
come "sot in its ways" 1t has been
trying to instill a high standard Of
business ethics by putting trust laws
on the statute books. apparently re.
fusing to admit that laws will not cure
the weakness of ignorance or habit.
II has been trying to develop industry
and improve the condition OF men
when they are past the period during
which character and habits are
formed.
The measure introduced by Sena.
tor Page gets to the root OF every evil
that faces the public today. II pro.
yldes. in brief. for encouraging In.
structon In agriculture. the trades
and industries. and home economics;
for maintaining instruction In these
vocational subjects In State normal
schools. for maintaining extension de-
partments in State colleges OF agricul'
ture and mechanic arts, and for an
appropriation by the government for
cooperation with the States to all
those ends.
For the government TO enter the
field OF education may be decried as
an invatlon OF States rights, but the
fact that the States must do theii
share before they receive national aid
seems to dispose Of this objection. Al
ready the government Is doing consld
cradle educational work and there Il
no reason why II should not extenc
It's activities much further.
| II there Is one important work tha
the government can do II Is along tn,
lines OF education. Cooperation be
tween the government and the States
In the encouragement Of yocationa
studies would lead to greater unifor
nifty In education. The kind OF stud
les suggested would lead TO hlghe
sense Of business honor in the future
and would equip the coming genera
tons for real service In the world
Instead OF young men and young wo
men trying to end themselves and n
themselves into the system after gra,
uatlou, they would be directed from
the beginning toward the activity 70
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29

which they are best qualified There
would not be so much fumbling and
cropping. The progress of future gen.
eratlons would be surer and more
sane.
The present Congress cannot en-
ploy it's time better than In the on
slderation of Senator Pages bill. 1t
strikes in a certain, sensible manner
at all the evils Congress is seeking
blindly to correct The whole prob
lem is one of education, and not OF
laws. 1t is not possible to legislate
morality or intelligence into mankind
but Senator Pages measure presents
the one chance for a law that will
come near to the accomplishment Of
that end.-Washington Post
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29
VERMONT SUMMER SCHOOL
Prominent Educators viii Be Mem
bers Of Faculty

The faculty for the summer school
at the state university has been an
nounced Among those from out OF
the state who will give courses are
President S. c. Mitchell, of the state
University of South Carolina; DR..
Harlan Updegraff. chief of The dlvis-
ion OF school administration of the
United States Bureau of Education
Professor Walter Ballou Jacobs, aead
of the department OF education OF
Brown University; DR.. Rosalie Slaugh.
ter Morton, of New York, chairman
Of the public health education com
mittee of the American medical asso
citation; DR.. Robert T. Kerlin, author
and specialist in literature for the
elementary schools. DR.. Fannie r
Robinson, head OF the Robinson
school for girls in Boston, formerly
president OF Oxford college; Miss
Resale Ogle, of the Baltimore Train
ing School for Teachers, and Miss
Olive Human, who is already known
in Vermont from her previous work II
public school drawing. Those Of the
regular faculty who will offer courses
are Professors Bassett, Burns, Elmer
son, Fulton, Helyar, Messenger. NV
rick, Ogle, Thomas, G. H. Perkins, II
F. Perkins.
The music department has beer
greatly strengthened by the addition
OF Madame Florence milford, tue yo
cal teacher and opera singer from
New York Madame Milford has ap
peared as solo singer in the prInci
pal cities OF Europe and America, amt
has sung leading roles in grand opera
under Dammusch and Mullenhaur
Mrs. Larsen, Mrs. Burritt and Miss
Nash Of Burlington will give lnstruc
ton in violin, plano and pipe organ.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29

From twelve to twenty inches OF
snow fell in northern and eastern Yer
mont Tuesday, while in Bennington
the fall was hardly more than snow
squar, yet with only an inch or so OF
snow on an ice foundation Bennington
has much better sleighing than usual
In fact, Bennington has had more
sleighing this winter than for several
wears, though there has been hardly
more than two or three inches Of
snow at any time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29

in the school curriculum its value for
purposes OF culture and for life.
1t is hoped teachers of both the
elementary and secondary schools
will take part in the discussions and
that the profit from the inquiries and
answers will form valuable part Of
the conference.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29
Try to Think Some odd rhIno

you wish to accomplish when you die,
or better yet. before you die. Then
come here and see II by the use OF
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the thing at reduced outlay. free from
care of detail and in every way satls.
factory. National Life Insurance
Company OF Vermont. (Mutual.)
Earle S. Kinsley, General Agent,
Mead Building. Rutland. VI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON, VT, FEB. 20. 1912

Cold old February expires today
with It's one extra day that gives 1t
more fame than any other month
1t is the only month in the family
that is ever able to add cubit to its
stature
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29
CONVENTION POSTPONED
Senator Bacon Thinks the Democrats
Should Wait

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Au-
gustus o. Bacon of Georgia, one of
the Democratic leaders in the senate,
today declared in favor of postponing
the Democratic convention in Balti-
more which has been called for June
rs until a later date, because as now
arranged it would be held only a week
after the Republican convention in
Chicago.
The entrance of Mr. Roosevelt to
the contest for the Republican nomi
nation to the presidency" said Sena
tor Bacon, has so complicated things
that think the Democratic nationa
committee should take steps to post
pone the time for holding the Demo
cratic convention.
THE Republican convention is call
ed for June Is and the Democratic
convention June 25, just week later
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-29
Roosevelt and Victory
Roosevelt and victory.
Taft and defeat.

Roosevelt and victory
Taft and defeat.
That is the choice that confronts
the Republican party in the state and
nation today-a choice more momen-
tous. farther-reaching in its influence
upon the destinies of the republic.
than any that any party has faced
since the black days Of the civil war
The virile, patriotic declaration of
Colonel Roosevelt's placing himself at
his party's call has drawn the issue
sharply. Evasion and indecislon are
at an end. The Republican party
must make its cholce--and now
Cleveland Leader
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
Americans in Grand Opera

The extent of the American singers success in the field of present day opera may be partly appreciated by an exami- nation of the names of the principals e0
 rolled in the three great companies of the United States, companies that sometimes demand more and give less to American singers thon those of Europe. New Yorks Metropolitan company, unquestonably the first in the world, has 61 principals. Of this number eight who signed to ap- pear in first roles and 10 to assume parts of secondary importance are Americans.
 These singers are Olive Fremstad Ger aldine Farrar, Marie Rappold, Bernice de Pasquali. Alma Gluck. Rita Fornia and Anna Case, sopranos. Louise Homer, Florence Wickham, Mariska Aldrich, Hen retta Wakefield and Lillia Smelling, con- traltos; Riccardo Martin and Lambert Murphy. tenors; William Hinshaw, bari tone, and Putnam Griswod, Herbert Witherspoon and Basil Ruysdale,. bassos.
 The Philadelphia-Chicago company. far younger than the Metropolitan, with which it is affiliated, has shown a greater willingness to open the door to the Amer ican singer, who is fully as well repre- sented numerically Mary Garden, Jane Osborn Hannah, Carolina White. Marie Cavan, Minnie Saltzman-S Stevens. Agnes Berry, Charlotte Guernsey and Rachel Frease- Green, sopranos Eleanor de Cis< neros and Bessie Ingram, contraltos; Eli son Van Hoose and George Hamlin. ten ors: Clarence Whitehill and Frank Preisch. baritones, and Henri Scott, bas- so. answer ''here" when the stage man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
Novelties in Timepieces

Father Time Is no longer to pass disre- garded even by the most careless of pleasure seekers. for the dial is every where to be found. Every woman is wearing a watch, not on the left breast of her blouse, as formerly. but on her bracelet of slender gold wire or twisted silver in the back of her jewei-set locket or brooch, behind the vanity case which hangs from her chatelaine and In the handle top of her umbrella.
 The large clock is no longer tolerated in the. drawing room or the morning room, but Father Time is in these apart ments just the same, since small watches are set into the photograph frames of sterling silver of oval shape and set on ball feet; of round shape and easel type; of the Marie Antoinette order in French gilt, and of ivory finished while celluloid on First Empire lines.
 On the dressing table of the mondaine one is apt to find Time in the shape of a clevr little contrivance of silver gilt fl- igre. By touching a spring underneath this toy clock. all four sides let down the top falls fiat and on the inner side ot each section. is attached a fancy case for pins. tiny puff for powder smell ing bottle and a miniature mirror.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
DOLLY -ETTES. One Good Drink Deserves

stincts. These qualifications, naturally,
 greatly restrict the production; but it is difficult to put in words the impalpable charm of these works for the truly appre- ciative. In several of his easel paintings, as in the "Between Two Fires" pur- chased from the Royal academy of 1892
 by the Ghantrey fund, in the admirable Piping Times of Peace" in that most cheerful and ingenious satire on cer- tain period of United States history,
 'The Expansionist," MT. Millet has done speculation be permissible the question may be raised if certain types and things are not unadaptable in both the intimate and the grandiose, as the red North American Indian. The big -breechedsI sIIol- lander of our early colonial days is good material for both the painter and the his- torian, but the aborine-through his in- evitable imitations-can probably remain outside the real temple of art. do other savages and the beasts of the field horses excepted.
 The human temperament not being amenable to rules, we are, of course, not entitled to much surprise at discovering mellow and restful pictures in the bag gage of a painter who has exhibited so very many other qualities in the course a long and sirgularly active and varied career-war correspondent, commission general, manager, vice president, director, secretary special newspaper artist, me- dalist, Jury snan and painter. both by land and by sea ~f many and diverse moods From "The Field of Art" in Scribner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
YUCATAN RATTLEsNAKE ART
Prominent in Clothing, Architecture,
 Food and Homes of People

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 .sIt makes me sick to. think that so near us in the wonderful country of Yu- catan there is going to waste the price less treasures of an ancient civilization that we have in America examples of the wonderful literature, architecture and sculpture of the cultivated art of people of exquisite taste. and that in our Car negie museum we have not vestige of It." were the concluding words of lec- ture on "The Ancient Architecture Of Yucatan,r given by Prof. Henry Horn bostel before the Academy of Science and Art at Carnegie institute.
 stereoptican views from pictures taken by the lecturer and Lloyd Warren while on trip through sYucatan over two years ago were shown, revealing figures carved in low relief on stone. These are not the work of a savage people," said MT. Hornbostel ''the ancient Yucatan resem- bled Persians and they were bearded. The copper colored races of America from Alaska to Cape Horn do not have whiskers."
 We are just as much asleep in regard to trade with Yucatan in MT. Hornbos- ters opinion, who stated that each year the 1nnaDltantS or uCdlltdH lhht slOV,- GOO, 600 from the United States and spend every cent of 1t in Europe. except for few dollars for wind mills. the only thing they buy In this country. This vast fortune is made by the sale of sesal grass, of which all of our hammocks are made, as well as our twine and numerous other things.
 Tn Merida, a city of 50.o00 inha bitants. where everybody is rich, the most beau- tiful and charping city imaginable. with its beautiful houses filled with costly fur nishings; where the women wear richer garments and finer jewelry than have ever seen; where there is magnificent country club. and the best hotels. every- thing in the town is imported from Eu- rope. Not a single thing is bought in the United States.
 The rattlesnake is the predominating feature in the architecture. the art and ornamentation of the ancient Yucatans. Prom the familiar use of the rattlesnake as head dress. as an emblem and even as a food. shown by the relics of the country. 1t seems to have been a useful household commodity and a friend of the people, said the lecturer. Tt is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
Shooed Turkey Trot" Girl

Patterson (N. J) Correspondent Ne1
 Police Sergeant Ryan, In charge of tlj details of police at the charity ball 4 the Fifth Regiment armory. the principa social event of the season, early Tuea day morning walked out on the ballroo1 floor, while hundreds were dancing a twd step, and ordered a pretty young womal in 8 lavender gown and her companion Il leave the room. They were dancing wnd he believed to be the turkey trot.' Poiid Chief Bimson has put the ban on tf| "trot"
 When Ryan first observed the coupl he called Maj. Leavitt Griggs. son Of foI mer United States Attorney General Joh| W. Gribbs, who was floor manager. '.Thd turkey trot' don't go here, and she vii have to cut 1t out" the sergeant said d Major Griggs. The major replied thd d the dancing of the young woman was nd objectionable and he would not interfere.
 What You won't stop the 'turke| trot? Then l will" said Ryan, an| he walked to the center of the floor an| gave the order for the couple to leavd The young woman and her escort retired
 Major Griggs denounced Ryan and dd clared that he had exceeded his authoritJ The major then communicated with Polic NoPtah ldyioi anu the lalter suHlHlone| Ryan to the telephone. What the caH tain said to Ryan Is not known, but th couple were permitted to return to th floor. Ryan watched the girl with the law ender dress do the Boston dip and th ..buDny hug" and at times she put in few steps of the turkey trot," but sh wa snot further interferred with.
 The matter caused a stir and an in vestigation may be ordered. The ball wal held under the auspices of Fifth regj ment, this being necessary to obtain th use of the armory. The young woma] who did the .trot" is said to be th daughter of wealthy contractor of Lit tie Falls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
Just Hints

In marketing. if you carry your own basket. it is we'll to bear in mind the relative weight of the various articles you intend buying housewife who bought a dozen oranges as her first purchase learned the lesson before she had bought of recitified spidits. two drams of essential list. Her arms were stiff for a week.
 Lavender water is easily manufactured at home at small cost. Take half a pint of recitfied spirits two drams of essential oil of lavender. and five drops of altar of rose Shake well together till properly mixed; keep it in a well corked bottle.
 old stair carpet should not be wasted for it will make good pads to go under the new stair covering. First shake the carpet and then cut away the bad parts; divide the remainder into short lengths. double them, and tack them at the edge os each step. where the thread comes, be- fore laying the new carpet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
Cure of Child Blind From
 Birth

From the European Edition of the Her
 aid.
 Mir Moreau of -Etienne has per- formed an operation for double congenital cataract on a child of s years, who per ceiyed the sensation of light, but not of colored light.
 During the days immediately succeed ing the operation the child. literally af- frighted by the flood of new sensations, made no attempt to interpret them. It was necessary to make him the object of a long and difficult training, which re- quired months and lavish patience to render complete.
 The first visual differentiation was that of light from dark and the contours of different objects familiar to him by touch. The knowledge of shape was difficult to acquire and progress was made only when the sensations of color were dis tinguished.
 At present the child. both of whose eyes were operated upon. enjoys perfect sight and has been able to learn to read. Dr, Moreau is of opinion that if Le had not undertaken this difficult training the patient would still be practically blind and would not have been able to use his eyes.