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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
CURRENT COMMENT
Pigs and the Public Health.

In matters concerning their own health
the citizens of municipality show but
little interest. With these words one
might sum up the experience of men
who deal in such affairs, and although
the statement may seem on the face to
be stretched almost to the point Of
breaking, second thought win show that
there is a whole lot of truth in it. A
city will expend much money on its
streets, perfect water system, and do
the countless and one other materialistic
things that are supposed to show how
far advanced the community is in civic
betterment; but the same city, un-
less driven to it by unusual conditions
which prompt unusual action, will allow
acts on the part of individuals which
constitute menace to the public health.
Now it may be that because, to the
man-in-t the street, the direct connection
between two conditions is not evident;
it may be on account of this that he
shows little interest and fails to take
advantage of the advice which the ex-
pert he has hired is giving him.
A case in point is the keeping of pigs
within the city limits. Because people
keep pigs there can be no complaint. It
is just as praiseworthy as keeping chick
ems, although perhaps there are more
who had rather indulge in the latter
pastime. But during certain months OF
the year it does make difference where
the pigs are kept. DR.. Arthur Morton,
the city health officer, has informed the
board of aldermen, which constitutes
the board of health, and whose execu-
tive officer he is, that the keeping OF
pigs within the city limits during the
heated months of the summer is a nuis-
ance and ought not to be tolerated. Pigs
are pigs and are not neat. Their nat
ural habitat is one of the best breed
ing places the fly knows And flies
ought to be swatted, as everyone knows.
Removing the pig pen means the re-
moving of the necessity Of swatting so
many of these pests, which in the sum
mer cause so many needless deaths
Doctor Morton advises that in the hot
season the pigs be kept outside of the
city limits. Isn't this advice worth pay
ing attention to?--St. Adams Messen-
ger,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16

it is for her people to ordain,--Spring
field, Mass, Republican.
The action taken by those men Of
Windsor county is expressive of SEN
timent in all parts of the state of YER
mont, that people do not desire amy per-
son to clasp his hands upon the govern
orship and exclaim, at is mine!" simply
because the person may have an amhi-
ton to attain high office. We have
heard cries Of Let the people rule"
Throw over the bosses" etc, coming
from distressed citizens. Now here is
the opportunity for the people to rule
by voluntarily coming out for a man
who, while distinctly stating that he
should appreciate the honor of being gov
ernor of Vermont, is not seeking the
office for self-aggrandizement but to be
in position to do real service for the
state of Vermont. If the people of
Vermont wish to select their governor,
rather than to have the governor selected
for them, their opportunity is right here
and now; and one of the means to that
end will be to do as those sixty-two citi-
zens of Windsor county did last week.
A few expressions Of sentiment like that
will be very effective toward attaining
the "rule of the people,"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
A Plea for Observance of Memorial Fri
day in the Schools,

Editor Of the Barre Daily Times:
! am going to ask for space in your
paper for a few words to the boys and
girls in the country schools regarding
the exercises on the Friday preceding
Memorial day.
School teachers, men and women, are
doing more toward the formation of
character of our future citizens than all
others. They are doing just the things
the old soldiers most wish them to dc,
inspiring their boys and girls with a
love for 'old glory" and high ideals Of
citizenship. There should be close
relationship between the Grand Army
and the schools. III the Grand Army
saved the country half century ago
it is the children of to-day who must
maintain it half hundred years hence.
In the saving of our union there were
39,073 enlistments from Vermont, many
OF these soldiers coming right from the
schools, thousands of them less than Is
years of age, hundreds of them not yet
l6. All these young boys We're good
soldiers and did brave service
When the war was over and the union
safe, the majority of these boys came
home, yet 1924 of our Vermont boys
who marched away under our flag either
were killed in battle or died of wounds
and disease Thousands of those who
died were bright, keen, jolly fellows,
very much like the high school boys of
to-day, and they were good, true and
brave. Many Of these sleep in unknown
graves, others were brought home and
rest in quiet country cemeteries, near
where they played before they went to
war Those who lived through the dam
ger and hardships of the Civil war are
well known to you. You recognize them
by the little bronze button they wear
on their coats. Many of them are old
and feeble and it is of these / wish
to sneak. Wherever there
is one or more OF these old veterans,
living near your schools, it would be
good plan to look them up and send
special invitations to them to be your
guests of honor on memorial Friday"
If they do not respond readily to your
invitation. do not lay it up against them.
As one Grand Army man says: "Most
of the old veterans are bashful about
going to school. They had rather face
4 battery of cannon than a hundred
bright eyes of pupils and teachers in
school" He suggested capturing them.
That from his own experience he knew
they would rejoice in your patriotic ex
ercises, and in their hearts would bless
you. He said also, ut was the duty OF
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
The Modern College Youth.

They taught him Greek and chemistry,
the trick of H2O.
And many, many other things that stu
dents ought to know,
But he himself acquired the art--or
would you call it graee?
OF hiding all his pleasure when he drew
needed ace.
They taught him all the languages, to
read them at glance.
The gutturals of the Germans and the
duleet notes of Frances;
But thus the student reasoned: More inn
portant; far than all,
Is understanding English, and the way
to say I'm call"
The faculty immersed him in the seas OF
ancient lore
And taught him endless nothings of TO-
600 years before;
And though he fell goodnaturedly for all
that line of stuff
he burned the midnight oil to learn the
gentle art of bluff.
They taught him all that's teachable,
then sem him on his way,
And now he's worth million, more or
less, the papers say;
And confess to wondering what brought
him his success,
The clever things he learned in school
or after hours-guess
Buffalo News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
TALK OF THE TOWN

Peter Mulch of Washington street re.
turned this morning from business trip
through the southern part of the state.
James Mackay Of Park street and
Ned Lewis of SpauIding street left this
morning on brief fishing trip to Brook
field.
A social dance will be held at South
Barre Friday evening. Admission, 80
cents. All are cordially invited. lee
cream win be on sale at the hall
1t is hoped that the Barre Hospital
Aid society will assist as far as pos
sible in greeting David. the Shepherd
Boy" with packed house Friday even.
ing
+. II. Ranney, travelling freight and
passenger agent for the Great Northern
lines, who has been spending the past
few days in this city on business, re-
turned to his home at Boston last night.
To-day being a feast day in the Roman
Catholic church, special services were
held at St. Monica's this morning at
80 o'clock and again at $3.50 o'clock
Services this evening viii be held at
Z 80 o'clock. The observance commem-
GRATED the Feast of the Ascension, which
occurred forty days after the resurrec-
tion. The pastor, Rev. p. NJ. McKenna,
and the curate, Rev. Father Griffin, had
charge of the services.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
ABoLIsHING THIRD TERM.
Former Senator Blair introduced Bill
in the House.

Washington, May l6.-Representatiye
Mccall of Massachusetts yesterday in
trodueed into the House a petition from
former Senator Henry w. Blair of New
Hampshire, president of the Anti-Third
Term league of Washington. The Pc
tition proposes a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting any person from hold
ing the office of president for more than
two terms, whether consecutive or 9TH
erwise.
simultaneously with the presentation
of the petition TO Congress, Former Sen
ator Blair made public his views.
"We have organized the Anti-Thirl
Term league because we believe the in
tegrity OF our form of government and
the preservation of our free institutions
are seriously threatened by the proposed
candidacy of Mr.. Roosevelt for a third
term" said he.
'sTo be sure, he is the only person
in the country who possibly could be
such a candidate at the present time, for
he is the only one who has had sec
ond term. But our special opposition
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16

i just to show how much the presiden-
tial preference primary means to some
people, it is only necessary to point out
that in California's primary on Tuesday
a large number of votes were lost to
Roosevelt and gained by La Toilette sim
ply because the holders of those votes
were disgruntled by an act of sup
porter of Roosevelt and took the oppor-
tunity to pay that grudge by refusing
to vote for the presidential candidate
favored by that person. In other words,
because certain candidate happens to
be supported by someone whom you do
not like, you refuse to vote for that
candidate, overlooking the qualifications
of the candidate entirely and casting
your preference on the basis of a grudge
against someone else. Fine way to ex-
press preference for president of the
United Statesl But still it is worked
out in more places than California II
we mistake not, it found some Judgment
in Vermont during the election of dele
gates to the Republican state conven-
ton, and it did also in New Hampshire.
1t does everywhere, the more's the pity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
Made Spectacular Flight.

New York, May 49, Brigadier Cen
eral James H. Allen, chief of the sig
nal corps of the United States army,
made spectacular flight in hydro
aeropIane yesterday afternoon down the
lower bay, past Governors island and
around the statue of liberty. The craft
was guided by Aviator Charles C. Will
mer. 1t dipped into the water from a
great height, rose again and dropped
once more, finally landing near the shore.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
Fayors 54-Hour Law.

Augusta. Me-, May l6.-In closing SEES
sions yesterday, the state council, United
Textile Workers, voted to urge the pass
age of 81 hours and weavers particulars
bills by the next legislature, and elected
the following officers: President, Ed
mand Turmenne, Lewiston; first vice.
president, j. p. johnson, Brunswick;
second vice-president, Lawrence f. Dali
ey, lewiston; secretary and treasurer,
Dollar Livernois, Brunswick.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16

/ TO die in the street, alone and unrecog-
inized, is the lot of common man fire.
i,uently; but it is strange fate for a
king who has had every attention
through life, who has had every per
sonal want gratified and who has had
friends and servants at his beck and call.
Therefore, the death of King Frederick
of Denmark in the street at Hamburg,
Germany, late Tuesday night, his body
to be taken to public hospital, is al
most mockery of the king business.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
IGNORING THE ROCKET SIGNAL OF
DISTRESS.

In the British inquiry into the Titanic
disaster, it developed that officers of the
steamship Californian saw rockets, the
signals of distress, being sent up from
vessel on the night that the Titanic
went down; and yet their vessel did not
60 to the assistance of the unknown
ship. 1t was developed in the American
inquiry that the Titanic sent up rockets
lin a frenzied effort to attract attention
OF other steamships which might be in
the vicinity. Putting the two pieces of
evidence together and having the evil
dence, further, that the Californian is
known to have been in the neighborhood
of the scene of the terrible disaster, we
have rather conclusive proof that it was
the Titanic's signals which the Cali
fornian saw that night. But whether or
not it was the Titanic with its thou.
sands of souls aboard, which was sig
mailing for assistance, why did not the
Californian make strenuous effort 70
reach the place where the rockets were
being sent into the air? DO rockets
mean anything at sea Or are they
sent up in rapid succession at the hour
OF one o'clock in the morning just for
the amusement of casual passengers who
may desire to see fireworks at sea? No
matter what boat was shooting the
rockets, it was the moral duty of the
Californian to make all efforts to ex-
tend suecor. But it fell miserably short
of that duty, and some sixteen hundred
persons went down.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
The Labor Meeting Tonight.

Editor Times: Every citizen, be he
manufacturer or workingman, should at
tend the mass meeting held under the
auspices of the Central LabSr union Of
Barre and vicinity in the city park to-
night. General Organizer Potts is a
splendid speaker and coming from the
seat of the labor trouble in Burlington.
Is in position to fully explain why the
union and non.union men employed in
the lumber yards OF that city are out
for living wage and a shorter work
day. In case of rain, the meeting will
be held in the carpenters hall, Nichols
block, 1880 o'clock. Other speakers will
address the meeting.
Alex. Ironside.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
THAT DE BOER ENDORSEMENT IN
WINDSOR COUNTY.

A pointer for the people of Vermont is
afforded in the meeting of 62 men repre-
senting all sections OF Windsor county
at Chester, Monday evening, sho organ.
lied the Windsor County Progressive Re-
publican league and voted unanimously
to indorse Joseph A. DeBoer of Mont
pelier as a candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor, That is the
way TO do it, If the services of so fit
man as Mr. DeBoeF are 60 be secure
for the state. He is ready to serve, but
not to set about rounding up the state
after the fashion long in vogue. Such
q departure is overdue in Vermont, and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16

every true Grand Army man TO accept
this invitation from YOU" The presence
of these men who have given the best
part of their lives, their time and them
selves to their country will do much to
encourage you in your respect for Me-
mortal day.
One word more; do not fail to let
"old glory" float over your schoolhouse
on every suitable day in the whole school
year.
Now, my dear children, If the editor
allows this to be printed, l hope l may
hear from some of you that you have
made capture"
Yours in the interest of "our flag
Mrs. Fl. E. Batchelder,
Department Patriotic Instructor, La
dies of the Grand Army.
Burlington, May IA, 1912.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
Clean Monday.

Clean Monday is peculiarly Gre
clan institution. 1t is the day that ush-
ers In the great Lenten fast at Athens,
and the people go holiday making to
eat Lenten fare on the hills around the
city. while the shepherds and country
people dance the ancient Greek dances
in the old temples. This practice Is
termed cutting the nose Of Lent"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
Earnino a SPANKING.

Hosts Youngest-Don't your shoes
feel very uncomfortable when you
walk, Mrs. Nuryche? Mrs. Nuryche--
Dear me. what an extraordinary ques-
toni why do you oak. child7 Hosts
Youngest-Oh. only COS pa said the
other day since you'd come into your
money you'd got far too big for your
boots.-London Telegraph.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16

Senator Penrose has been twice UNI
borsed in ten days, the first time when
defeated as Republican boss in Pennsyl-
vania, and the second time when thrown
during an early morning ride yesterday.
In the second case, as in the first, he
was merely Jared.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
Frank E. Langley, Publisher.
5000

Norwich university furnishes a fine
field for rigorous smallpox quarantine,
if the cadets have learned to obey COM
.nands.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16

Taft is picking up the odds and ends
of delegations, while Roosevelt is snap
ping up some of the unbroken assort-
ments. All of which makes Ohio's result
very interesting.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
ORANGE.

Clara Katherine, the two weeks old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Peake,
died yesterday morning of heart trou-
Bile. The funeral will be at their home
Friday afternoon at / O'Clock
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR


Editor Barre Times.
Dear Sir: Would you oblige me by
answering the following question? BY
so doing you viii settle our argument
Did the Titanic call at Cherbourg, and
pick up passengers after leaving South
amptonf Please answer through your
columns.
/ am, yours faithfully,
Graham Hamilton.
Waterbury VT, May Is, 1912.
The Titanic called at Cherbourg,
France, and picked up passengers for
New York
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16

is not to him as man, or on account
of principles which he may represent,
but to the third term itself"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-16

We Clean, Press and Repair Clothing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-14

light is reflected upon the ceiling and
a soft subdUed glow is thrown down
into the entire auditorium. These
lights are dimmed during the pictures
upon the screen but furnish enough
light so that every seat and every per-
son is plainly seen Ten drop lights on
the side wall contribute their part to
the Illumination.
The balcony should prove a pOpu-
lar place as the rows there are on rises
each II inches higher than the
one in front Unless woman's hat
is very large, she need not take It
off. The ladies rest room is on the
left hand side of the balcony. It is
provided with toilets. lavatoFies and
easy chairs. The company's office is
on the right hand side of the balcony
The operating room is entirely apart
from the auditorium and is fully pro
tected against fire with sheet iron, as
hestos, mineral wool wire lath and
plaster. There is also running water
in it and the walls extend two feet
above the roof. The machines are
the latest improved ones on the mar
ket and not only throw a. clear, steady
picture but are equipped with every
possible safeguard.
The Hope-JOnes unit orchestra has
not arrived in time for the opening
as the installation of the special hui
man voice pipes delayed its shipment
It is expected any time within the
next week or 10 days.
The Wigwam Will open at noon Sun
day and will run continuously until II
OclOck.-adVertiSe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-14
ADJUSTMENTS.
WIGWAN OPENS TONIGHT.


Tonight at 6 o'clock the Wigwam viii
open its doors to the public. The beau
tifu1 new house is the most uptodate
one in the entire southwest. It was
erected at a cost of nearly s35. 600.
The program will be a good one of
selected licensed reels, the Licensed
service being the best and highest
priced service obtainable.
The lobby VIII undoubtedly surprise
those who see II for the first time to-
night. It's walls are lined with mag
n11lcent pieces of selected onyx, i'm
ported from the quarries of Mexico. One
hundred lights have been placed behind
the SLABS to make the onyx glow The
box office is made of heavy ONYX and
viii be enclosed with art glass. The
head in tile mosaic.
The floor Of the entire auditorium
IS composed Of four inches Of con-
crete and two inches of cement which
insure against any possible chance Of
IRE ana add to its sanitation. The
walls are so feet high and there
are nine windows in them to provide
air. There is also a patent heating
and ventilating plant which draws in
fresh air from outdoors with an
SO-lnch fan, warns IT and forces
In the ceiling eight big registers ad-
nit the bad air as it arises to a pas
sage way between the roof and the
ceiling and it is carried off through
are few photOplay houses or even
big theaters as well equipped with
Fenttlating systems as the Wigwam
Ihe chairs are anchored into the
cement with strong bolts. They are
bau beamng, upholstered seats and
range IN size from Is inches (the usual
slze) to 20 inches for neshy people
They are noiseless and are placed go
inches apart so that there is plenty Of
room between rows. The aisles are
wide and the side ones lead directly
to exits. Each Of these exits is seven
feet wide and opens on the back alley
Inere is also an emergency exit to the
side alley.
The lighting is something new in
EI Paso- Six 22-inch bowls of brass
are hung close to the ceiling. These
nave four A-ray reflectors. each of
which contains a 4O-watt lamp. The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-14

gether. In the eiderdoWn place row
after row of black and white pins,
and safety pins in assorted sizes
When completed, roll and close with
silk loop and small pearl button.
For His Royal Highness, the
baby, there are the cutest armlets
in either pink or blue. Narrow hat
elastic is edged on both sides with
q double row of silk in a simple shell
stitch. Little pompons Of ribbon
trim the armlets.
OF a fine embroidered handker-
chief baby can have a Dutch bonnet.
Turn one side back about one-third,
shape to the head with tiny plaits,
and on each side place ribbon
rosettes.
Baby always enjoys a horse rein.
Give him a strong durable one Of
pink and white wash betting, with
shoulder straps. Jingling bells
across the front will add to the
chiId's pleasure.
A square of white net edged with
beading and lace makes a nice car
riage veil.
Bootees can be made of pique or
flannel, bound in pink, and laced up
the front with silk cord.
These suggestions may assist you
in your holiday preparations. At
all events, if your presents have
been sown with thoughts of friend
illness and love they are sure to be
received in the same spirit as they
are given. The heart of the giveI
always makes the gift trebly dear
and precious.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-14

Iis made of coarse weave linen. EN-
broider the monogram on the flap
in some bright color. You viii re-
quire one-half yard of material
eighteen inches wide. Fold togeth-
ct, leaving the lower folded piece
as long again as the upper. Divide
into spaces about an inch and a half
wide. Catch stitch between. For
travelling, the longer piece can be
used as a flap. Silk cord is utilized
so that it can be hung on the wall.
Another masculine convenience is
pair of laundry bags Of khaki or
brown holland linen. one bag for
use while the other is at the laun-
dry. Run a hoop through the top
and complete with a twO-inch head
ing. Embroider the name in full
in small letters on each bag.
Don't you think grandmother
would be pleased with boxes neatly
covered in cretonne, a box for her
writing materials, one for trinkets.
another for handkerchiefs and a
fourth for her comb and brush?
An apron is an acceptable gift.
A favorite apron for the dear old
lady is of white dimity with Law
ender flowers. Turn back about six
inches so as to form a pocket, and
divide the pocket into three sections.
Seallop the apron in lavender silk
and have the ties of lavender rib
bon.
A practical pin case is Of a piece
of eiderdown Is inches long and 8
inches in width, faced with ribbon.
Cross OF feather stitch the two to-