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Evening star., 1913-03-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Choosing.

Have You decided what office you
want?' asked one statesman.
Yes replied the constituent. Il don't
care what the duties are, but 1 want one
Of those offices with a Persian rug on the
floor and plenty of easy chairs scattered
around.
Evening star., 1913-03-05

Orn order 10 avoid delny. on account q
personal absence. letters to THE STAR enouia
not be addressed to any individual connected
With tho office but simply to THE STAR. or to
the Editorial Business Department. ACCORDING
10 tenor OF purpose.
Evening star., 1913-03-05

y President of the United States finds
it his duty To defend the Constitution
Of the United States however much it
may be the privilege of campaign ora
tor 10 criticise il.
Evening star., 1913-03-05
The Eternal Pursuit.

Twas ever so since earth was made
A place for tears or laughter.
The women gave a fine parade;
The men came following after.
Evening star., 1913-03-05
A Trife.
,burgh Dispatch

From the PHtsDurkn Dispdtcu
But, not wholly unexpectedly, Congress
restored the free seed item in the appro-
prist tion bill at the eleventh hour. Prob
ably thought it hardly worth while to
economize n couple of hundred thousand
among SO many millions.
Evening star., 1913-03-05

President Wilson will doubtless edu-
cate Congress to a point where it will be
as. enthusiastic in cheering him as an as
semblage of Princeton graduates.
Evening star., 1913-03-05

The diplomatic changes are expected to
stimulate a demand for publications that
undertake to teach a foreign language
rapidly and without pain.
Evening star., 1913-03-05

Visitors desiring to Washington's
real beauty should endeavor to remain
until after the reviewing stands are
cleared away.
Evening star., 1913-03-05
Haman's Gibbet.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pennsylvania is considering abandoning
hanging for eIectrocution, just at a time
when Haman's gibbet promises to gain
popularity
Evening star., 1913-03-05

Woman suffragists will not pour acid
into the letter boxes. But they are mail
ing some red-hot communications to men,
bers of Congress.
Evening star., 1913-03-05

Col Roosevelt doubtless regards the
recent festivities in Washington as in
volving the most spectacular case of mis-
taken identity on record
Evening star., 1913-03-05

Mr.. Bryan's place in the cabinet rep
resents a step toward solving the ques-
ton, What shall We do with our near
Presidents?"
Evening star., 1913-03-05

IN. Evening Star. with fhr SUNDAY rnornine
,dItfop - delivered hy carriers within the city
at IS cents per month: daily only. IS cents oer
NAV h. sent By mail or telephone Main e440.
Collection is made by carrier At the end OF eacn
month.
Evening star., 1913-03-05

The absence of an inaugural ball as a
competing attraction was something to
be appreciated by the restaurants.
Evening star., 1913-03-05

Tammany was in line on the Avenue,
possibly as compliment and possibly
as a solemn reminder.
Evening star., 1913-03-05

rsysbie In advapre-bv mall postage prepad:
Daily Sunday included. one month. 80 cents
Daily Sunday excepted. one month. 20 cents.
Saturday Star. 81 year: Sunday Star. $-.4o year
Evening star., 1913-03-05

The hoodlLm is fearfully convincing
argument in favor of anything he under
takes to disapprove of.
Evening star., 1913-03-05

William H. Taft wore the same smile
on leaving the White House that he wore
on arriving.
Evening star., 1913-03-05
The Evening Star Newspaper Company.

Business otnce nth ST. ard rennsyfvanta Avenue
New York ONCE: Tribune Building.
Chicago once: First National Bank Building
European Office: Regent st.. London. England.
Evening star., 1913-03-05

Entered as seconc class mall matter at the post
ONCE at Washington. d. Q.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09
CURRENT COMMENT
Rural Districts Substantial.

Rural districts in Vermont have gone
| through panic and have weathered it
and have come out of it with more OF
a smile than do brokers in New York
and Boston when a money panic oc.
ours.
The past six months in lumber ard
agricultural districts has not been
equalled for years. The lumbermen have
less than half stock. farmers scarcely
have been able to secure their own wood
pile and, to cap the climax, failure in
the maple sugar crop. Lumbermen and
farmers may not have quite SO much
money, but they are far from broke,
and so far, especially in this section.
there have been no failures and so far
as we are able to see none will oc-
cur.
Let such reverses happen in a city
or in manufacturing communities and
a cry of panic would have telling eff
feet over the entire country.
Lumbermen, engaged in selling wood
and those who make maple sugar would
not be termed on Wall street as great
capitalists but they are substantial and
can take care of business reverses far
better than the Wall street broker This
has been proven during the past few
months Record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09
GREAT CHANGE
AT CITY HALL
CONTINUED from first page.)

flee equipment. opens from the corridor
proper, while at its rear is smaller
office that may be used as a consulting
room for committee purposes. Speeia
attention has been given to the method
of lighting the office and with reference
to both the artificial and the natural
/ light shed within the efforts of the su.
pervisor have been eminently success.
! full
| Along the corridor to the west are
the quarters of the tax collector and
the overseer of the poor. 1t was for
merly the home of the water depart
ment, but several changes have been
made. The grill work partition has
been pushed away from the door for
distance of several feet, thereby pro-
viding a large waiting room for the pub
lie. The front room is to be furnished
with large settles. The desks of the
constable and overseer are back of the
grill work. The latter's office hours are
from 8 to IL a. IN. Tuesdays and Fri
days.
The apartment once occupied by the
tax collector and the assessors is now
devoted entirely to the use of the latter.
II has also shared in the general removal
ton of the first floor. The city court
room has been improved to the extent
that row of coat hooks have been
nailed over the jury box. Much of the
courts furniture for preserving records
has been moved from the vault in the
assessors office to the court room.
For the past few days, the city clerks
office has looked like an evacuation
scene, but the removal of the business
eauipage TO the council chambers was
only temporary. Painters and calcimm
ers have finished their work and by to-
morrow the office head and his assist
ant will be back in quarters newly
dressed and groomed for the wear OF
another decade, at least
Down in the police station. the work
of improvement is also noticeable. An
tiquated steps leading from a never
used door at the side of the station have
been abolished and the door has been
fitted with a window in the upper pam
ell. The front entrance to the station
has been improved in like manner and
the two new panes combine materially
to increase the lighting facilities Of the
police headquarters.
III iC-paNiHE a uteiIe lNI a. uHth
light as possible. the man who planned
the changes included a system Of wall
in the new corridor which hav,
been inserted in the walls Of the com
missioners' Office and the water office.
A food of light il thus thrown INTO
quarters where ordinarily light could
never have found an unobstructed en-
trance.
A multitude Of minor alterations al /
over the first floor include many that I
will contribute much 20 the convenience
81 city hall attaches. Others improve I
the appearance Of the building; others Z
still. involve improvements distinctive 4
IN character. For example. the antiquat-
"a cuspidor and waste paper repository 4
iesignated BY some in the old DAYS 81 1
he postoffice regime a. a @spitbox.H has 4
Deen relegated to the basement below.
steam radiators. where radiators were
obviously unnecessary, have also been |
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09
F. H. Rogers & Co.
I74 North Main Street, Barre. Vermont

body with which the president is to
be associated intimately during the next
! four wears, to break down some Of the
barriers which prevent candid co-opera-
ton. Therefore, President Wilson'S act,
while very unusual in the United States,
is reasonable; and we need fear no
weakening of our republic form of gov
eminent in favor of monarchical form.
The general opinion in the country is
perhaps well summed up in the follow
ing from the New York Globe of yes
terday:
whatever the number of Americans
who yesterday agreed with Senator Wi.
liams, that number is smaller today.
The picture he painted is not in the
of the facts. He foresaw undemocratic
pomp and ceremony in imitation OF Eu-
ropean monarchy. What happened was
this A quiet looking American citizen,
almost unaccompanied, went without
fuss or frippery from the White House
to the capitol. After he had read his
message aloud he went back, as quiet
" as he came, to the White House.
"The truth is that il does not mat
ter today whether president reads his
messages himself, like Washington or
Adams, or has clerk read them, Ike
all the other presidents from Jefferson
to Taft. The change is a pleasant oc
casion for little history, such as Mr..
Lodge so agreeably administered to the
Senate. 1t is not an occasion for eitl
er joy or gloom"
Therefore, let Congress and the presi-
dent go about their allotted work just
as if the latter had sent his message
over by freight and the members had
come and gone from the assembly room
while the clerk was droning through the
reading.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09
65 UNAccEPTED STREETS.
The Number Including Some Where
Buildings Are Contemplated.

Complaints concerning the condition oil
small streets, which have been entered
at recent meetings of the city council are
considered at some length in report
which the aldermanic street committee
submits after careful investigations in
several specific ases 1t develops that
there are good many streets in Barre
that have not been accepted as such by
the city, although the residents thereon
when purchasing lots and erecting homes
have been strong in the belief that the
city would provide the proper highways.
In refusing to comply with requests
for road Improvement from numerous
sections Of the city, the committee
stands upon firm ground for it has been
repeatedly held that the city is not vest
ed with any legal right to improve
private property.
Without tabulating streets that are
as yet only laid out and not populated
there are as many as siXty-five streets
within the city limits that have not been
accepted by the city. The number in
cludes few streets where lots have been
sold and owners contemplate the cree
tion of homes. Responsibility for a con-
dition of affairs which eompels taxpayers
to be without the highway privileges ac-
corded TO others rests in no small meas
IRE with property purchasers, in the
opinion set down in the report. for. in
the belief of the committee. "citiZens, be-
fore buying lots, should ascertain if such
lots are on public streets" II, after
learning that they are located on private
streets, the property is purchased, the
committee holds that the responsibility
can rest in one place only, the property
owner
Discrimination in the matter of ex-
pending street money cannot be charged
in instances OF this kind. contends the
which goes on to cite another
cause for many OF the complaints that
are continually coming TO the surface.
I'VE find that there have been several
syndicates, companies. or individuals.
who have purchased tracts of land. sub
divided the same and sold the lots. with
out attempting TO put the streets on
such plots and to such grades aud lines
a. the city council would accept; but
they have laid out streets in such a wav
that they are very expensive 10 main
tain. and after clearing up a. much a.
possible on the deal thev have lost all 4
interest in the matter. and in some cases /
have left the city.
Others have set apart a suitable I
width for the street areas. worked them .
10 suitable grades or paid the city large /
sums for 50 doing and have then decided !
he streets 10 the city, 50 that they viii
.lways he maintained BY the city
Compliments II the kind described
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

That new pink granite discovered il
Cohasset, Mass, ought not to make
Quincy green by any means, for now
GRANTEES are constantly being discovered
and touted to the skies as being as
good as the best. If Cohasset's deposit
has no more depth than the usual run
of these new GRANTEES it will soon ex-
haust itself. But, one the other hand,
if it is found to be deposit of suffi-
cient quantity to warrant operating it
will be welcomed to the list of available
GRANTEES OF the eastern sections of the
country, welcomed because it would be
impossible to keep it out anymore than
it is possible to bar improved machin-
cry in production.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

and Others living on private streets have
been advised to look TO the owners for
repairs. Says the report, in conclusion;
'We therefore recommend that COM
plaihants and Others living on private
streets look to the owners for repairs,
or, il they wish the city to keep the
streets in repair, that they get the owner
to deed such streets to the city, after
putting them into acceptable shape and
grade; or. if they fail in this, that they
petition the street commissioners to lay
out the streets as public streets, placing
themselves ready to pay assessments for
working them to satisfactory grade"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

spirited away The list Of these smaller
evidences of a change might be consid-
erably augmented, but the thing OF man
Importance is the fact that Barre's city
building has undergone changes of more
than passing magnitude and through
those alterations its chief municipal
structure has been adapted to the grow
ing needs OF city departments that are
constantly enlarging their spheres OF
usefulness. To the substantial character
of its exterior construction has been
added larger adequacy on the inside.
The house has been put in order.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09
Sidelights on Mr.. MORAN.

1t was strangely potent influence
which j. Pierpont Morgan exercised in
| politics in the United States. He was
always in the background. But as a
presidential campaign neared a close his
masterful hand usually did something
to bring about the result which he de-
sired. Not liking Roosevelt, he still
favored his election in 1904, SAYING that
the country was best governed BY Re-
publican administrations. His relations
with Mr.. Cleveland had been cordial.
One of his pets" in a public life was
George b. Cortelyou. whom Mr.. Morgan
had hoped to see made president.
While the inheritance tax levy will
soon disclose the ostensible wealth of
Mr.. Morgan, so much Of his recent pos.
sessions have been devoted to artistic
and other treasures, designed for more
or less public purposes, that no per-
sonal tabulation begins to represent the
full measure of his accumulations. At
the time he turned the bonds Of the
steel corporation over to Mr.. Carnegie.
he did so saying: And this makes you
the richest man in the world Many
people believe that since that time Mr..
Morgan's sccumulations have gone on
with such rapidity a. to make him a
close rival Of Rockefeller in this dis.
tinction.
Mr.. Morgan personiied the big bus
mess" idea of our recent decades. He
has believed in combination, rather than
in competition. His theory has been
that Of modern America. He has had
all the critics which that theory has in
yitei The final estimate Of his service
to orr civilization must rest on the
worlds ultimate appraisal Of the ideal
with which be was thus identified. Just
az present his fellow countrymen stand
impressed With the huge scale Of his
operations and the extraordinary con-
struetive capacity with which they were
guided.-B Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09
Novel Prescription.

DR.. Baillie was famous Scotch physi-
clan of the old school patient and gen
tie as rule, but with great practice
that sometimes made him little testy
with persons who consumed too much
of his time with trihing complaints. At
one time, after listening to long story
of her ailments from woman, who was
so little i'll that she intended to go to
the opera that night, the doctor left the
room with sigh of relief. He had just
got down the stairs when he was called
back. Doctor" feebly asked the suf-
ferer. may |, on my return tonight, eat
few oysters Z" Yes, madam" roared
the doctor, "shells and all!"-Chieago
Daily News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

June 81 will be big date in the sum
mer's history of the town of Sharon, FOL
the Mormons are coming to celebrate
the anniversary of the death of Joe
Smith at the hands of the mob in Garth.
age, Mo-; and for once the little town
will get national recognition-that is.
provided there are no bigger features at
that time for the newspapers to spread
out in countless lines.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

The alarm over the fact that Presi-
dent Wilson preferred to read his own
speech to Congress seems TO be needless.
The act does not smack of the speech
from the throne" as Senators Lodge and
Williams insinuate, but it indicates a
desire to get into human touch with a
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09
Spooning Parlor.

He's that new place just opened on
your street tailor's shop or public
spooning parlory
Shea spooning parlor. What do
you mean?
He-Why, | noticed sign in the win
dow; "Hand Pressing Done Here. -
Buffalo Commercial.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

An Oklahoma mine which was adver.
tised to yield 5000 to the ton has been
found to test exactly two cents to the
ton. 1t was correctly advertised as
"mine" because none of the proceeds
was yours. Nevertheless, investors will
continue to try out unknown and I'M
seasoned investments. Vermont's re-
Gently enacted blue sky" law is intend
ed to protect gullible investors from
such schemes as this.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

The failure of woman suffrage in
Michigan on Monday has not been fol-
lowed by arson, destruction of the mail
blowing up castles, running golf courses.
destroying grandstands, smashing store
windows, resisting the police, etc, so far
as we have heard. Perhaps the women
of Michigan who want the ballot are
of different stamp than their English
cousins. Everything seems to indicate
that at least. For which let us be
thankful.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09
Italiani.

Rammentate che Saba to prossimo Il
Aprile la data fssata per las Gran
fiesta la Balla Pro 0spedale. Tutto ia
prevedere che questa fiesta sara ii sue
cesso della Stagione la Colonia voora
approfittare dell occasione per fare una
dimostra zione in favore dell Ospedale,
I institutions put necessaria della cit
ia. Tutti al Socialist hall, Sabate Sera.
Signore gratis.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

A majority of the women of Massa-
chusetts are said to be opposed to the
new hatpin law. Presumably the rea-
son is because they can't see the point
as it jabs into the eyes of others.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

Ice is reported in the ship lane"
across the Atlantic. Just one year ago
tomorrow the Titanic struck the ice.
Let there be no speeding through the
lane.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

A jury has said that taking liquor
from a house and leaving a coin on a
shelf constitutes sale. 1t may be well
to bear this Interpretation in mind.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

The "Boston-l0l5' movement having
fallen fiat, they are now trying to have
Boston "arrive" in 1880 or 1850. Why
not make it an even century,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

The New. Hampshire legislature is on
its fifteenth week. There are thirty
seven weeks left to make years rec
ord sitting,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

1t is rather careless TO leave ladders
around the yard at the Vermont state
prison; the prisoners might take a no
ton to use them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

Once more Old Winter is overstayiug
his welcome.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

"Solons Digcsting Tariff, ;" says head.
line. May they never have the tummy-
ache.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1913.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09

We Clean, Press and Repair Clothing
FUR COATS TO RENT
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-21
SHRINKING FABRICS.
How to Successfully Accomplish This
DisagreeabIe Task.

How to Successfully Accomplish This
DisagreeabIe Task.
To save a great deal Of time and
worry shrink all materials before max
ing them up. Then there will be NO
hens to let down, sleeves to lengthen.
belts to widen, due to the shrinking of
the material after the garment is made.
When shrinking muslins and ging-
hams, place them IN a pan, and cover
with clear warm water to which has
been added a little salt. The salt pre-
vents the colors from running. Allow
the material to stand for half an hour;
then wiring it as dry as possible and
hang on the line. When half dry press
with hot iron.
If you desire to shrink wooden fab
RIGS wet sheet and spread it over a
table Place one thickness of the goods
lengthwise of the sheet and, beginning
at one end. roll sheet and material to-
gether. Lay aside the roll until morn
ing.
Then unroll the goods and press with
q hot iron. If it Is difficult to deter
mine the right side of the material
mark it with thread at one corner
before shrinking. Shrinking never in
lures the material, and it will always
appear fresh and bright after pressing.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-21

much Of this that will come through
the ordeal quite safely. The best plan,
II the lace is not too soiled. is to dry
clean it. Do not use naphtha or any
spirit, for though this is very good, 1t
has tendency to weaken the already
frail threads. Instead, procure three
ounces Of powdered magnesia. Place
in a warm oven until very dry. leave
the oven door open) Lay a clean white
cloth on a table or fat surface, and.
spreading the lace fatty on this. sprin-
kle thickly with the dry powder. Fold
the lace. taking care that the magne-
STA has reaohed every part. Lay a
sheet Of white paper over and then
fold the cloth up over all. Place IN
der weight or between two mat
tresses and leave for FIVE days. Then
unfold and shake out the powder. The
dirt will come away with 1t.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-21
your food carefully.

your food carefully.
Third.-Take a hot bath every day
and a steam bath once or twice week
II the heart is strong enough to bear It.
Fourth.-Early to bed and early to
rise.
Fifth.-Sleep in very dark and very
quiet room. with windows open. Let
the minimum Of sleeping hours be six
or six and one-half hours. In case of
woman eight and one-half hours is ad-
visable.
Sixth.-Take one day Of absolute rest
each week in which you must refrain
from even reading or writing.
Seventh. Try to avoid any outbur>ts
Of passion and strong mental stimula-
tons DO not tax your brain at the
occurrence Of inevitable incidents or of
coming events. Do not say unpleasant
things nor listen. If possible to avoid it,
to disagreeable things.
Eighth married! Widows and
widoweIs should be married with the
least possible delay.
Ninth.--Be moderate in the consump-
ton Of even tea and coffee. not to say
tobacco and alcoholic beverages.
Tenth.-Avoid places that are too