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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-08
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
Tor Busy Reahers-

Buy your peaches for canning this
week at Estes market. 1853
Joe Levin left Sunday for a BUSH
ness trip of week in New York.
Mrs. e. L Nichols returned Sunday
from a two-weeks visit in 1asbrouck
Heights, N. j.
Just received at The New York
store ladies' wrappers, special 1Sc,
worth $1.25. Adv.
Charles II. Bennett of Boston was
n guest of his brother, +. C. Bennett,
over Sunday.
First Selectmen +. M. Crawford has
returned from business trip to
Rhinebeck, ~ Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fl. Kelley have
returned from Mechanicville, where
they were called to attend the tuner
al Of q relative
There will be a regular meeting Of
the Bennington lodge of Ells. Tues
day evening in their rooms in the
IRutchie block, at o'clock
Mrs. William S. Smith and children
Helen aud Stephen, who have been
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs f. II. Fer
guson, returned Sunday to their home
in Flatbush, N. Y.
Miss Ida Livingston, linotype
operator in the office of the Benning.
ton Evening Banner, begins her an
nual vacation today and plans to visit
relatives in Berlin, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs, r. w. Hyde who have
been visiting Mr.. Hyde's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. r. Hyde, returned Sun
day to Pittsfeld, where Mr.. Hyde is
employed in the draughtsmen's Office
OF the General Electric company.
Misses n Georgianna and Clara
, Christie, neioes of Rev. c. +. Pro
vest, pastor of the Sacred Heart
church. returned Saturday from q
twc-months' vacation with their moth
er in St. Charles de Bellchasse. Que
bee.
Miss Mary Purcell, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Purcell of School street, return
| ed Sunday to New York, where she
: is employed as stenographer in the of
fee OF the New York Life Insurance
company
Ebbett Paddock, a brother of Gar
ret Paddock OF this village, died Sat.
! urday at his home in Hoosick Falls
aged 30. The funeral will be helC
from the house Tuesday afternoon a
o'clock. Mr.. Paddock was a farme
and for a number OF years had con
Quoted milk route in Hoosick Falls
isOther than his brother he leaves
number of relatives in Bennington
| aud vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank f. Gage o
Schenectady are spending a weel
with relatives in town. Mr. Gage i
a former resident of Bennington, bu
left here IS years ago. He is now Il
the employ Of the General Electri
company. Although not socialist
Mr.. Gage states that Mayor Lunr
the present mayor of Schenectady
has been the most competent mayo
the town has had i'm many years an
he rather expects to see him re-elec
ed over the fusion candidate at ia
coming election.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-08
SISTERS OF MERCY
RECOMMEND FOR ECZEMA
I COMFORT POWDER

The Sisters OF Mercy of Sacred
Heart Hospital, Manchester, N. H.,
write: I'VE used Comfort Powder
on a lad suffering from Eczema and
intolerable itching. 1t brought quick
relief and sleep" Comfort Powder
is unequalletl for all skin soreness
Of infants or adults.
BE sure you get the genuine with
the signature of L. S. Sykes on box
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-08

Fremont, O., Sept 1.-Two persons
were instantly killed and four Others
seriously injured today when their
automobile was struck BY a nassen-
ger train at a grade crossing east of
THIS city. The dead are Mrs. George
Gleokler. aged - years. aud. hor son
clarence Checker. aged Il years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-08

WE are daily selling Stefsons
Wv to men who want the ad-
vantage of complete assortments
plus the satisfaction of expert service.
! Come in and let us show you our
full line of new Fall Stetsons, and if
you wish we will be glad to help you
select the one block, and color best
suited to your persohality,l
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-08
Lawn Mowers

Ground by Automatic Machine. Fur
niture Repaired, Saws Filed, Shears
and Knives Sharpened. Pattern Max
Ing Speciality. Bicycle Repairing,
New and Secondhand Bicycle fol- Sale
II. S. AlIard & Co. 1873 North 81.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-08

Alexandria. Va. Sept Two per.
sons were almost instantly killed to.
day when the automobile in which
they were riding was hurled more
tina lea feet over an embsnkment by
an electric railway car at Potomac.
Va. near here.
William II, Peck. a merchant of Al.
eNandria. owner OF the automobile.
was crushed and burned beneath the
machine which exploded fJuqwing
The accident and his companion Err.
nest Zell was killed by the fail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-08
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED
Sunday Auto Accidents Add to Death
Harvest

Eiuira-7 n. Y. Sept. 7-Eugene j.
Connolly, proprietor CT the cafe al
springs Corners, near Sayre and well
known through this section aud his
TWO daughters, Misses Phoebe and
Caroy, were killed when the auto
bile in which they were driving was
struck by a Lehigh Valley train at
Cayuta about half way between III.
mira and Ithaca early this morning.
Mrs. Connolly was also in the auto
mobile and sustained serious injuries
from which it is feared she will not
recover.
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sosbcd in study. Some too-s-aio..
friends Of Sspoiecn persuaded the
emperor tina, the young prince was
plotting ssainss his i!fs. Al dead Of
night . detachment of two hundred
soldiers. with . general and several
prominent oftlr.rs glusacd the Rhine,
dragged the prince Gf 3m his bed. hur.
rird him nrsi to s,ra.Surs and then 70
the fortress Of vihcrnn"s. near pasts.
They arrived at night after a most
cxhAus'!nx journey. II, threw him.
self down upon his prison. bed and fell
asleep. After midnight his jaiioro
wAkcncd him and Haid tina; h,a trial
was To begin at once. ii~for. arous.
Ing him they had dug his gravel A
inockcry of "a trial took place. There
were M witns SEES. no one To plead his
cause and h. himself scarcely know
Of what ho VA accused. lie vas, OF
courwc. cunicinn-J. a quick voiicy
sired by ths light Of a lantern and the
younR man. the descendant of twenty
kings. was funS face downward int
the hastily dug trench. A. ~. Helena
Napoleon made frequent reference to
his dark blot on his own fame ana
regretted that he had been porruaded
to allow IL. The heart br oxen father.
whose only son had been 80 nc-diessiy
taken from him. WAS recalled to
France when NApolcon's star had sct
and another bourbon sat upon the
,hron. Of France. Every EFFORT was
tnad. to find the body OF tn. young
prince and Civ. II H,ting burial. Tho
grave had not been marked In any
way and was hard TO md. Finally
some one came forward who rcmem-
ber.d seeing men digging at Ger.
tain spot that particular evening. An
excavation was made and tho Nody
was found. Ncvcrent hands laid all
that was left of the loved one with the
res; OF his proud race and the father
gave the beautiful chateau to his lit
tie nephew. tho Duke d'Aumaic. Ho
brough, the child there and taught
him to love tho place. trained him in
ali its history. told him Of the great
victories won In battle by tho princes
Of Conde. of their great social brill
I.ancy and statcsmanship. and bads
him follow In their footsteps. The
child grew up with this intense love
Of Chantiily and devoted the larger
part of his life to caring for tho place
and restoring what had been injured
in the revolution to Its original splsn.
dor. Some treasures had been re-
moved: these he traced, rc-purchassd
and brought back. q
The most famous of all French
race-courscs. after Lonschamps. II at
chantilly. directly in front Of tho great
Condo stables OF which mention has
been made. They are so magnificent
that nearly all ST. - think the
the chateau. II 11ch to IT,
chateau is most lt one crosses
a dra w. bridge over a; and arrives
upon an immense stone terrace. then
draw bridge which leads di.
rectiy into the great court of honor.
in which is the entrance to the cha.
teau itself and also to the beautiful
chapel. Around this court are Gov.
cred galleries with beautiful stone col.
umns and statues 4.
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persons danced. The most magnih-
cent feies were given to entertain the
king who brought with him some sig
hundred members OF his court These
were all lodged and fed and enter.
tAlned.
In that golden age OF Chantiiiy
many amusing talss were told. and
written in the old books. Of happen.
ings at the chateau. Every one knows
about tho head who. during .
dinner given to king. threw him.
self upon his swo6d and died because
the fish wns late in arriving. He WAS
not Willing to survive the shame. II
speaks well Of the versatility Of the
great mobiles that one Of them took
charge Of affairs at once and the king
and guests knew nothing 1t the cAtAs-
trophe. II In even said that the host
himself was kept In Ignorance. An
other story that always appalled, to
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and no talent he does not posses. he
can converse with every man with
wide knowlsdgs and dssp interset up
on that name own special subject:
there are no books he has not read.
no great men he has not known and
sntsrtained." Aoiisrs wrote his piays
In order to perform them thsfs. Bos-
sust. La Brusrs. Dc Boileau. Racine.
Tsnslon and all the other cslsbrities
OF the time wsrs constant visitors.
L. Notre worked twenty years to make
the gardens the wonder Of Europe.
The vast forests were. Interested by
miles and mlles Of absolutely straisht
avenues and paths. rAdiatins from
great circles and extending to other
great circles. all Of which was care
fully planned to simplify the hunts for
which Chahtiily was famous. Thirty
millions Of francs were spent In build
Ing the immense stables In which
were housed their magnificent state
carriages. their three hundred thor
oukhbreds. a small army Of groona
and coAchmen ~ well ~ six packs OF
hunting dogs. There VISA also In these
stables q vast domsd hall in which
bells were given As which thoussnA
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the writer was found In a very old
book with queer old French spelling
hidden away In the BibiiotheQus Ma
tionais. II Is this--takc Il with
grain Of salt II you wili-Among the
wonders Of Chantilly was y very COM
plete, fstenaEcrio. frvm which one day
= large and very savage tiger escaped.
There was a magnificent garden party
in progress and tho lawns were gay
With lovely women. elaborately
dresscd. with powdered t''r and wav-
ing plumes. The tiger bo -nding from
tho shrubbery landed. much to his
surprise. among these fairy forms II
10 said that he WAS 40 impressed by
their beauty that he became a. gentle
a. . lamb and froliced around them
In ecstacy and finally with evident
reluctance to leave such charming So
ciety. sadiy but politsly returned to
bis cage.
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OF Ancient Origin Once
Owned By the Grand
Conde : Luxury Beyond
Belief-Gardens the Won.
der Of Europe Treas.
ures Blot On Napoleon's
Fame.

n NE Of the most interesting Of all
the Preach ehassAwx, both for
IL beauty sad for its historical
" associations. y Chantiliy. not
faF from Paris. The history Of Chan
etlly goes back to the arst csnluriss Of
the Chrisstan ssa- A Roman. named
Cansiiliua, fostiasd and oecuplsd the
sane little rocky Island which today
supports the chateau. u was sur.
rounded By marshes aad was dimcult
Of access which added greatly to IL
safety. TAoes same marsnss were
later transformed By the ssnlus Of
L. Notrs. mose masvsllous OF land.
isoaps eardsasss. into the picturesque
canals and tiny lakes We see today.
F, Prom the ninth to the fourtssnih
esatuFy Chantilly belonged to the
family Of Boutiiiisr. lords Of 8snlis. II
then passsA to Pierre d'Orssmoni.
who rebuiit Il, making II = splendid
fortrseI. His foundations are still in
tsot and were ussd for the prsssas
'ehatsas. The last OF the d'orssmont
family, . daughter. married . Baron
q Nontmorsncy. and her grandson
WAo the vsey celebrated Anne -
AontmoPsncy. Constable Of France.
Aftsr his day came the royal princes
|of Bourbon Conde. owing to the mar.
siAss Of . daughter OF the house OF
Aeotusoreaav with that family. The
ooa OF that marriage was the famous
hero Of many battles. the br!lllsnt
oeaAsamAA. the exquisite and faseinat.
Sag man Of the world. known through
tie '.nsth and besaAsh Of Europe a.
thA QraaA Conds. Even the king.
Iouaa XIV. vss Jealous Of his tame
|aaA 6pleadeuf aad magnihcsncs.
Many millioas s( dollars were spent
|by hisn In making Chantiiiy the nose
Ibsaaaaful sseAsS IN ell France. He en-.
Issrtainsd thsss NEST OF the kinss aad
lQuosns Of Europe. ali the great WRIT
leea. the princes of the church. famous
IbaAutsaa, svafyoas that was known
iAad celebrated Madame Dc Ssvtsns
wrote In her lsefssa. '~Tas life At chan
.tiliy u the AoR brilliant and intel
ilsetual that can Nossibiy be imagined.
'tAe magni0osnos ~ the dinners. sup
psrs aDd balls, has never bssn
eeualisd. Hundreds sf fountains play
continuously. day and night. throwing
pssfuxsd spray upon the air. already
lrsgrant with the scent Of many how-
ses. Time passes like an enchanted
dream and ali the world y at ne feet
Of our Great Conds." Again she
Vrltee In those famous lsttses Of hers.
.s'ous hero 10 glorious in all ways. The
whole Of Europe praisss his vaior in
vas ~ - s4AislsS tsses y - sAasn
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| Armor. tapestries. medals and tro-
yhiea Of every kind.
In the gardens are several beautiful
little chap-is or temples dedicated TO
Diana, to the goddess Of love. and 9th
eru. on the Island OF Love-" near
the temple Of Venus. lunch WAS Oft
en- served In the days when Louis XIV
was gucat.
Chantiiiy belongs to tho French ns.
ton now and Is open a. u museum.
The Duke d'Aumnlc. the last owner Of
the chateau. was the fourth son OF
King Louis Philippe and uncle to the
present bourbon heiIs the duke OF Or
leans. Ho had two brilliant SOM.
whom he had carefully educated and
trained to be worthy Of their great
iase, but both OF these young men
died and 40 tho duke gave his home to
France for the good Of the public. He
left II in tbs care of tho Institute as
being u body not easily moved BY any
political changes. He turned over to
them also the forests and farm lands
and all the many buildings that COM
prise the vast estate. lie did this
while ne lived In order to see his plans
put into execution before his death.
Provision is made for students and
artists to work there at will. and spe-
cial rooms are set apart for them
where they may examine or copy
paintings. books or other works Of art.
Tho duke d'Aumaie's ownership Of
the place was due to the sud tragedy
Of the duke Of Enghicn's death. the
only son of tho last prince OF conde.
This young man. whose pur no.
bic character a. we'll As I. cry
and brilliant qualities. had ,n-.arcd
him to all France. was with many
others cxiled during the First Emptrs.
He was at the time . 4uest In the
Duchy of Baden. on neutral soil and
was leading the simplest Of lives, ab-
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ADVICE FOR TENNIS PLAYERS

4 few suggestions for tennis play
crs have been found useful throug',
experience. says Roy Little In Aug
ust Outing. Voiley deep when you
are at the net. unless you are tryinl
To win the point ON that particular
shot. In general. when playing n
short voIiey. chop the ball 80 that
the bound will be slight. and when
playing back. drive with the utmost
top. ~ that the ball will break with
n sharp drop. The greater the break
the better.
u Is most important. In playing
doubles. to gel the fra, scrvic. In.
bccauxc that is y step toward puttinE
the back court men ON the defensive.
Even In these days when the old
fashioned slow second service has
been abandoned by NEST good aud
MI great players. II Is only human
for = nnn To play his second hall \
litil. more cOnsirvatircly than hi.
ss6Hs. us uo0 much beitft bF Nufs
of his first service. For the more
daring the first scrvisc il AMI the
i",s often II goes In. the more likely
the second hall IL to liz slower From
u smashing first service that ro-- In
only occasionally thct. is bouad To he
n reaction In playing the second bail.
Cnc Of the faults Of the Ia,xpcr-
fenced doubles player which Il mos;
pei isistcnt il standing SIN. This Is
one of the necessities In doubles ,ha,
In often overloaded. Hut no partner
can du Justice tn his team unless he
moves after every shot to the center
II the anRlr of the return. In other
words. both men must constantly
chanxia their ,,o.iiion. movia4 hack
aud forth. toward one side @. tho
other. according To where they have
sent tho hail. n the net man has
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POWER co. vs.. C0KEDALE

One Of the best baseball games oi
the season Is looked for tomorrow af-
,.rnOOn when the Power Co. team
crosses bats with the cokcdaic team
IN tho county league. The game will
tie called at /: o'clock at Central Par.
The Power company team has been
siren n2thcned since It's defeat by So
pris last Sunday aud som. new face,
will be seen In the lineup. Their.
will bs most convenient ear seryie,
To the park.
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IL steadily. receistag calls for men
who can combine with good scholar,
ship general knowledge .; athict-
les and. physical education. n. nd.
ded duties in athletics command
from $500 to $500 additional salary.
Harvard today does not qualify men
to fili such places. except through
study In tae summer school OF Ply
steal Education. What is needed "a
n course OF lectures and Instructions
which would give teachers practice
In the fundamentals Of football. bnsc
hall and all other sports and teach
them the relative value Of all sports
for growing boyr. Instruction.
should also be given In training me-
thods. in diet. aat In general athletic
organization ssa administration"
The tide Of sport Invasion has
again turned toward thee shores.
Several English and French profcS-
sional golfers Will be seen In action
NJ the United States open champion
ships scheduled for Rrooi,linc. Masf..
September 1918. The woMan's ma.
tional championship. to b. played at
Wilmington. Delaware. October ~.
Is. IL also expected to attract seN.
crai Of Engiandx' hest women xoi'-
ers. including possibly the title hol.
ed The open Eolfing contingent.
consistinE OF Edawrd Ray. Hatr.'
vartion. Wiifid REID. Arnaud AiaAsy.
and Louis Teller. are already prac.
ticing for their contests asninst Am
crica's beet professionals AID semo
stirring golf Ia expected when the
foreign experts tee off at Broos'inc.
German yachtm~n with their s0n-
der boats Will start the autumn IN
ternaiionsl contests NJ Marbi.hcad
early Ia September. Tie mall rae
Ing craft are now beinR tried out
NJ the srcnc oithe coming races. and.
judging from the reports of the car
~ trials. the contests for the trophy
should prove Interesting TO the am
stcur sailors NJ the soifinK VIII be
TO the devoae~ of the ancient anf
honorable game. AZ Camp Perry the
expert riflemcn Of dozen nations
will Hlso be niptchinE their skin ~
marksmen during the orcnins days
Of September. all Of which Will nf-
fod fixing climax to . year which
hns proved unusually pro1uc,ir. of
inetuationai siotink comptittons.
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APPLYING EARLY

Edith was light hearted and merry
over everything. Nothing appeared
to her scriousiy. So ON. day h.f
mother decided to invite u very ser
inus yonny parson to dinner. and h.
was placed next to the Iixht-h-af; II
siri. Everything went well until ,h-
asked him:
You speak Of everybody havipg n
rniasion. What iS yours?''
To raw. young men
My mInsion." said the pnrson. "'H
''Good.'' 'sp!icd the Kiri: ''rm
clad To meet you. ! wish you'd save
one for me-
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During the French revolution Chan
ti,iy suffered as did all the homes Of
the French nobility. II was used both
- . hospital and ~ . prison and the
vast stables served as barracks for the
soldiers. The late owner. the Duke
d'Aumsie. devoted his entire life 10 the
restoration OF the chateau, and In ad-
ding to the already prlc.iess coliec-
tions. Among the paintinEs every one
In . gem. The world famous names
are all there. and in the library are
the -aieat of first editions, not only
Of tho European languages but of the
Greek and Roman classics. most won
derful illuminated manuscripts are
there and most beautiful examples Of
the bobkbinder's art. One may study
the history not only of France. but of
Europe and Of tho beautiful chateau
itself among these drawings. palnt.
inSs. Gronsss, miniatures ssts Of
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WEEKLY. SPORT
news

New York. August lG-Baaing his
prediction on the assumption that
the Giants and Athletics will be the
contenders. Frank Chance forecasts
II remarkable struggle for worlds
championship honors this autumn.
The leaders Of the two leagues
appear to be every evenly matched
said Chance. In discussin9 the teams.
and ! look for very close. excit.
inK series. In my opinion the win
ming club will be tho one that bets
the arly breaks" In . play. You
can't eliminate the breaks in base-
ball. aud In series OF important and
A. short AZ the worlds championship ip
II has always proved . very promi.
nent factor. In all the series In
which ! have taken part II has al
ways been present. Sometimes the
'breaks' came our way and then
again II helped the other fellows.
but never knew the time when II
didn't play . leading part.
For that very rcsson ] have ai.
ways held that seven game series
between two clubs Of the calIhre Of
the National aud American league
pennant winners was not a. decisive
a II should be. Fully fifteen games
would be necessary. to my mind. to
decide positively which was the bet.
ter club. Unfortunately. however.
such . long drawn out series would
fail 10 hold interest. Coming ut the
end q . .ssvsa nenihs' sesaon eighty
per ceet a. The fans OF tho two cit
les Weald lose intcreat In the play
before the completion OF the play.
II has boon suExcsted that playing
several Of the sames In cities other
than those directly intcrcstcd might
solve this problem. ! have NO doubt
that Pittsbursh: Chicato and Wash
inkton would turn out biE crowds
for one game each. oven though the
Athleaies and 0ianta wers the con-
sendtng teams. it's . difficult prob
lem 10 please both player and spscta-
tor. but ! believe that eventually .
more satisfactasy method viii be
evolved for deciding the worlds
championship"
should the New Yosk aad Phila-
delphia clubs win their respective
league pennats. the world.s sesies Of
1919 will be- In the nature OF q rub
her," A. presant each has . worlds
chanptoaship title von' u the *
pcnse Of the other. The Giants
quickly nipped the championship a.
piraticna of the Athletics In their
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ANCIENT ROMAN rHEArER

NrarIy TJ.UUU people could b" nr.
rommoda'.d In the ancient Roman
thcater AT Dorchester. ENGLAND. II
was carefully designed to prevent tn"
patrons having the sun In their eyes.
There were In fact good yicwE from
every s~nt In the house" The thea
ter at Dorchester WAS usrd compare.
lively recently for n public spcciaci"
and In 1905 more than 10000 spec.
'ators sathcred there Ia witncas the
burning alive of y woman who had
poisoned her husband.
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Two girls were taking = walk on
tho country road. and after having
walked = loak distance they bssau
10 fec, the effects Of the ionR way
aad the hot sun. when one Of the
girls said. Heavens. am almasi
starved"
Never mind" said the other. -
am nearly baked
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vOlieyed deep into the right-hand
corner both players move across tn
the right. The risht-hand player
thereby protects the shot down his
side line and the left-hand player
protects the crosscourt shot down the
central diagonal OF the court.