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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-05-02
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-05-02

women Of the kingdom have the right
to- vote In school management. but
they are not satisfied with this and
demand full political equality before
the law. They have betitioned Queen
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
Laugh at Your Burden.

Most Of us are bending under the
burden OF some great load. 1t may be
care, 1t may be disappointment, 1t may
be injustice. IL may he physical pain
or spiritual Encouragement, but It is
heavy. Often it seems heavier than
we can bear, and we cry out and pro-
test. These burdens are very real. but
really they are not half us big and
heavy as we make them, declares a
writer in the Universalist Leader. We
have had them upon our shoulders, en-
tirely out of our sight. so long that
they have been magnified by imagina-
ton or WEAKNESS or impotence until
they seem unbearable. Now, then,
whatever your burden may be. how.
ever long you have been carrying it
and however proud you may have be-
come of your self imposed martyrdom.
Just take your burden down and look
at it honestly, and you will be surpris-
ed how it has dwindled away while
you have been magnifying 1t in your
mind. Look at II frankly and fearless
ly and In nine cases out of ten will
your tears be turned to laughter and
your signing into song.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
BOY TEAsED INTO SUICIDE
Youthful Inventor Was Unable &c
Stand His Schoolmates' Chaff.


Baltimore, Feb 16.-With tears
streaming down his cheeks, Howard
Gorty, II years old. stood at the
side of the dead body of his play
mate, Thomas Schuppner, this morn
ing, and wished that other school
mates of the dead boy had not
leased and chaffeds him as they had.
Schuppner, who was IL years old,
hanged himself with a window sash
cord in the cellar of his home. His
father found him suspended from
rafter. The boy is believed to have
killed himself because of the chatting
he received.
Thomas was always serious and
talked about inventions, said Gorty
He would get angry when the boys
leased him, and he would fight them.
Last week at school he was trying to
explain something to boy, and be-
fore he had finished they were fight
ing. He was reprimanded by his
teacher, and this seemed to hurt him
very much. don't know why he
liked me unless it was because
would listen to him. He showed me
HON to make several new kites and
boats"
A notebook. which he left showed
that he had recently made several
designs with specifications for build
ing a submarine boat, using technical
terms unknown to most boys of his
how to make several new kites and
treating on electrical machinery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Asws of the Town and Village Told Briefly
Tor Busy Readers


Francis Connolly of North street is
ill.,
Mrs. Bridget Rogers of North ST.,
is visiting in North Adams today.
Orrin B. Bowen left this noon for
Wheeling w. Va, on business trip.
Miss Ruth Eddy, who has been Wis
iting in town, returned today to her
home in Troy.
Mrs. Eva Wright and son Charles
of West Main street, have returned
from visit in New York and Troy.
The members of the Young Wo-
mans club are requested to meet in
their rooms this evening at o'clock
sharp for English and cooking.
The business meeting of Miriam
Rebekah Lodge will be called prompt
ly at p. m. this evening as social
will take place after the meeting.
The Philathea's of the First Bap-
fist church are requested to meet at
the Parsonage this evening at o.
clock. Business meeting, so plan to
be present
Mr.. and Mrs. F. s. Morrison and
daughter, Mary, left Saturday for
Bellows Falls, where they remained
over Sunday, going from there to Sax
tons River, for few days.
The condition of Anna Kelly,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs NJ. Kelly
of Adams street, which has been SER
ious since an operation in a Troy
hospital, is very much improved.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
Bow Legged Men.

Do not revlle the bow legged man,
for he plays an important part in the
world. 1t is estimated that 40 per cent
of mankind are bow legged. so nu-
merically this class is entitled to great
respect. Bow legs invariably accom-
pany n robust physique. We find them
one of the conspicuous features Of
athletes. Comedians are almost al
ways bow legged or the bow legged
geniuses to which humanity points
with pride the most illustrlous exam
Piles are Caesar, Horace. Napoleon.
Wellington, Schopenhauer and Cavour,
the celebrated Italian statesman.-Lon-
don Answers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
L,OR SALE Farm of I7e aeres, and the besl

L'OR SALE Farm of l78 acres. and the best
farm "n the market TO dAy, located miles
west OF BenningtO n.large Brick House that has
been painted aud papeTed throughout. Barn
hat will tie up IS head, good hay barns,
grainery, horse barn and hog house, land all
evel as hone floor and in hls h state of Guilt
yatiun. farm cut this year 80 tous of hay, WOOD
enough for home use, farm will keep 30 head
stock ana four horses, only 20 minutes from
milk cars, If you are looking for IA farm that
will produce don't give this the 40 by. Owner
wants just what the farm cost him as lac has
another farm Ia New York state and can't
look alter both. Price 5000 s $500 down.
Nash g. Hutchins. s6tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
Warning for Town Meeting A. D. 1918
Town Of Arlington

The legal voters of the Town of Ar
lington, in the County of Bennington
and State OF Vermont, are hereby no
titled and warned to meet at the
Town hall in said Arlington, on Tues
day the Attn day of March A. D.. 1913
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the
following purposes:
|. To vote on the question Shall
license be granted for the sale of in
toxicating liquors in this town."
IL. To vote on the question Shall
licenses of the fifth class be granted
in this town."
ILL., ITO see if the freemen will
vote to accept or reject the proposed
articles of amendment TO the consti'
tuition of Vermont"
". To hear the report of the
Town officers.
V. To see whether the town will
vote to have one or two road commits
sioners and further TO see whether
the town will vote to elect one or two
road commissioners by ballot or to in
struct the selectmen to appoint one
or two road commissioners.
W. u tltNA the uGNtSSdlH OiliCti ,
provided by law and to choose Grand
and Petit Jurors.
VII. To see if the town will vote
to raise a sum of money in addition
to the amount now required by law to
take advantage of the State Aid Law
as to highways, and II so, how much.
VIII. To vote tax on the Grand
List of the town for the support of
the poor for the payment of the town
bond, for paying interest on the town
bonds and orders, for keeping in re-
pair highways and bridges, for operat.
ing the public schools, for meeting ex
listing liabilities and to pay all the ne.
cessary expenses of the town for the
ensuing year and also to provide Tor
the payment of the State School and
State Highway taxes.
IX. To fix a time when the tax
bills shall be delivered TO the Treas
urer.
X. To see what action, IL any, the
town will take in regard TO building a
new school h~n1i~- centrally located
or in regard to making additions tC
the present buildings.
Xl. To see il the town will vote tC
purchase a stone crusher together
with an engine or power TO operate
same and IL so how much money will
the town appropriate for this purpos,
XII. To see If the town will vot,
to have medical inspection of tn,
schools of the town.
XIII. To see what sum. il any. tn,
town will vote for the proper obser
vance OF Memorial Day.
XIV. To see If the town will vot,
the sum of fifty-three dollars and ~
ty-three cents for county agricultural
extension work.
Nv. To transact any other bust
ness found proper when met.
Dated at Arlington in the County oi
Bennington and State of Vermont
this 18th day Of February A. ID. 1913
r. G. Benedict,
II. l.. Hurd.
+. p. Webb.
Selectmen Of Arlington. Vt
The East Arlington Village Improve
ment Association recommend that the
road to the cemetery be made pass
able to both villages. At present Il
is a menace to the living. Also see
that this road is freed from the dump
ing
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
ror saLe
FnR SALE

The Paige "S6" Automobile. The best buy
OF the year. This car h IS the Gray & Davis
electric starting aud lighting system. silent
chain driven motor gears, us Inch wheel base,
84x4 inca tires left side drive. center control.
aluminium crank and transmission cise, 5x5
motor multiple die cork insert clutch, Is inch
steering wheel gasoline tank under cowl dash.
The equipment Is unusual, ventllaiing wind
shield Quilt into body silk mohar top ttan
lined) TOP boot and curtains, Stewart revolving
dial sDeedometor, 10 inch upholstering. IL inch
electric head light, electric side and tail light.
Bosch ma neto, s Gemount able rims. robe and
foot rails, extra tire iron Gn r-ar.) license
bro lketS, horn. pump, Jack and tools. All trim.
min rs heavy nickel plated. and the cost is only
| SiNi We expect our demOhstrai or about
March LIST. A. G. Parker Il Son, Pownal, VT.
Agents Tor s ,uChshire Bennington Co. y9tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
FOR sALE-A farm Of about 40 acre. will

EOR SALE-A farm Of about 10 acres with
good set of buildings, situated about one
mile from Bennington village and VIII hin two
minutes walk of the trolley liDe. T le build
ngs on the place are in exec lent condition
The properly is well adapted for general farm
ing. Il poultry farm, Al summ'r residence or
for summer no uder1. There is nearly new
Let of poultry buildings on he pla, o sufh-
cient pacity for thousand fowls In case
sale immt date possession can he given. II
not sold 10y April st the prop rty will be
rented. For full particulars in regard to the
property Apply to I har es N Powers, savings
Bank Bull ing, Bennington. Vt. 2tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
COR sALE-Farm of Fps acres. located tv

COR sALE-Farm of Fps acres, located two
miles from Puwnal station. Good 10 room
house In fine condition, large barn with base
nent, la good repair. wagon houses, her
mouse 76 feet long, aud other buildings. Keep,
10 cows and team. Young apple orchard OF II
trees There is wood and timber tJ more thar
pay for all on this farm. Never failing pur
running spring water piped into house and
Darn. The selling price has been reduced from
1900 to $500 owing to the illness OF one Of
the family. and for the purpose of immediate
iaie Nash 4 Hutchins. 68tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
WhArA Did Thnv PM It2

Yeast-When they do housecleaning
at home l have the greatest trouble in
finding anything. Crimsonbeak- Ne
too They cleaned house at my place
the other day, and when get home,
do you know, / couldn't find the key
hole for the longest time.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

FOR SALE-Fruit trees of every variety
l. applies. pears cherries, plums, currants,
grapes and strawnerries. Roses, clematis and
all other Ornamental shubbtry delivered at
proper time aud fully guaranteed. Gail or by
ca d on Chas Ainswor n, Park st. Extensi m,
Bennington. 7t2
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

-Mame said the idea Of her mother
bringing home a new husband made
her tired.
! suppose that r. why she would
not 20 q step frrther. "-Baltinm e
American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
Eves of the Chameleon

The chameleons eyes are situated In
bony sockets projecting from the head.
BY this curious continuance the pecul.
far little animal can see in any direc.
lion without the slightest motion save
Of the eye.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

k'OR sALE-A very desirable home with 10
acres good land, brick house of rooms In
rood repair, barn, corn house. hog house and
zen house, good variety fruit, located i-3 of
nile from North bennington X. X. station.
Price slSOO. Nash X Hutchins. 6Stf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
The Difference.

"Who is the more contented-a man
with million dollars or n man with
nix daughters?"
'The man with six daughters. The
man with the million wants more"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

The arrows Of sarcasm are barbed
with contempt. 1t is the sheer In the
satire or ridlcue that gals and wounds
w GLADDEN.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

LNOR SALEA modern house with slated
roof. has parlOr sitting room, DIM Y room,
he'd room. pantry and Kitchen on first door
and large shed in rear, bed rooms, toilet, bath
and avratory on second tinor. Lot has front
age of s, feet and Is 3D feet deep. There Il a
hne gal den, nice lawn and shade, consideraOlc
fruit This property is In excellent 10 alton,
minutes walk from mills ard trolley. Every
hing about the place is up In shape. Price
500 Nash & hutchina 92f
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

TO RENT-Iwo or three furnished room
ST, am heated, Zoe ltght housekeeping.
The Alien. ST.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

II OSr-February 10th, q small black purse
~ containing a sun OF money let ween Coo
pers' viii and Pixies Gro, sing, or on the l0.sl
North Bennington car. Finder pl, sse return
IN Blythe J. kics hone liza, and receive
reward. 6t0'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

News has been received of the i'll
ness of Samuel Brown of Old Ben
nington, who with Mrs. Brown, is
passing the winter at st. Augustine,
Fin
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

Mrs. William E. Hawks, who has
been i'll at her home on North street
for two weeks, is improved today
Miss Frances Ernst is caring for Mrs
Hawks
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

The ladies of the W. r. c. will
serve a meat, bean and salad supper.
in their rooms in the G. A. r. hall,
Thursday evening. Tickets 20 cents.
Adv. 9t3
All members of local union No. 493
I. l. .. p, are neceby notified and re
queSted to attend a meeting to he
he'd Tuesday evening, Feb. IS, at s
o'clock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
LOST

I osT Thursday Febru ~ n First National
~ bank Book and cancelled checAs. Return
TO Box 565, bennington, VI. st3'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
WANTED

kNANTED-By large manufacturing con
w Germ. :Ouutry uUys IRON Is To % yeas
DOL wages. ste ,dy empl 'yuirnt no previous
exper,rnce required. 4. q. Box Xl514, Spring
Il ID. Mass. St3
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

WANTED-Se wers on fancy woo!ens'
w Steauy work ana go, d pay. PUnlUsuC
Wooden Mfg. Co., Pittsned. Mass. lU0t2i'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

The Elks and Tigc.s will howl Il
mach game on The Y c. a. alleys
tonight at 745. Tuesday evening the
Fir6tes and AthleI"5 will bowl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

TO REkT-TwO h u es 20 rent. one on south
Il ana one On silver street. Good repair
sui all nOiern improvements Inquire Melissa
4. Mason. VA south Street. 7tl2.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

NNIEINIIIFII OF II III IWIl ' 7.
The East Arlington Village Improve
ment Association recommend that the
road to the cemetery be made pass
able to both villages. At present Il
is a menace to the living. Also see
that this road is freed from the dump
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09

are these ma sSive blocks of creamy-Stone
apartment houses, fronting on the park
across the way?
Is ii Paris? No. it's the suburbs
y word will explain the mystery.
:: x
The wall does not become the circling
park. 1t is not wide enough. Also, note
YOU, they could not lay hands, by right
of eminent domain, on the lands of the
military zone merely to sell them out in
building lots. however loaded with servi-
tudes.
And there you are. The city buys the
walls and moat from the state Bordered
by a circling boulevard, which it will
build, the city sells most of this land to
building spectators, all right
Then the city claims The military zone
for public purpOses-the park the emera Id
girdle. 1t condemns the entire real
estate of the zone. just as it condemns
land to run a street through. paying such
valuations to the "Zoners'' as {. land Jury
will assess. They calculate to get il for
81 the square Sard-which makes S3O0p-
600 for the zone
To keep the land jiry's estimates low
to protect the circling park forever and
to give Plus value to any property which
the rather badly treated spectators of
the zone may have remaining on its outer
edge, the servitude non aedifcandi is to
be maintained perpetually against the
zone. even after it becomes the park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09

of the wheel-are crowded with workers
Strolling out for air and space.
Thousands of poor, tender mothers bring
their babies of afternoons. Quitting the
last houses, they cross the street and
climb the dirt hill Easy climb and dirty.
Goats browse on the folk-wOrn paths of
clay. kaolin, mud. Sardine cans. broken
bottles, crumpled papers litter the rising
ground. BY the fiat top is green weeds.
1t is country.
Grass. dirt. weeds, Delight OF poor
Parisians. Their country is some POO
feet wide and extends on, on. far. like an
interminable race track, curving. broken
only by the nearest city gate
The children roll and squeal with pleas
IRE. Only on the "fortifs'' dare they
make a noise. They soil their clothes.
FauSh. very much so. Rich folks serv-
ants promenade the dogs and cats here.
Heavens, Claude, keep Bathilde off the
edge,
The edge, terror of mothers
All, beware the brink: Adventurous
children crawl to it on their little stom-
achs, and stick their heads over They
flop into the dry moat. Precipice of fifty
feet incased in masonry. all. cruel, In
certain places it is eighty feet deep.
Down there in the dry moat squad of
apprentice drummers from the nearby
barracks made a diabolic racket Half
a mile on a squad of apprentice buglers
send brass walls to heaven. Sweet and
far. All, sweet and low! Sleep, my little
one. sleep. my pretty one. To mamma
and the baby they are horns Of elfand
Tara ta-Rrrrrrr-u The poor are not
nervous. If Alcide would only not play
near the brink.
X x
What smell. Mamma holds her nose
The wind has shifted. Squatters in tho
military zone are making glue. When the
rich build park here it will be stopped.
Alcide, keep away from that man. Note,
the drunkard did not come drunk He
came. a brave fellow, with three others
and perhaps their wives They had a
basket. sausage. ham, cheese, white wine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09

run out slN-story apartment houses to
meet them. And Paris would strange.
They do these things better in France.
When it came to pulling off the job the
emerald girdle haunted the dreams even
of grim grafters. And another picture
slipped into their troubled slumbers. Chill
dren Of the poor asked
Where is our playground of dirt and
weedS?"
So, all is changed. The final vote of
the municipal council, by O. to 8, adopts
the conclusions of the report OH the
Dausset proposition and ratifieS the con-
tract Of the city with the state.
The wall disappears. But in its place
is seen a park unique in all the world.
1t is the emerald girdle-twenty-tWo miles
Of park, gardens. flower beds, lawns,
Fairgrounds. clumps of woods, fountains,
ponds. swimming pools, punch and judys,
bicycle alleys, Open-ar orcheStraS and
shady bOulevards, in a majestic circle all
round Paris.
Not round the outside of Paris
No, rather round inner-outer Paris-in-
side swelling Paris burst beyond her
girdle.
Really, it is to mistake ones right
hand for the left What are these man
sions, villas, bungalows IN gardens? WI at
these dream cottages of workingmen. be-
Meath the shade of plum trees? Where
doth the working girl play croquet?
Is it suburbs? No. it's Paris. And what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09

precisely. such temporary constructions
which its owners may risk have always
been liable. in case of war. to be blown
up without notice to clear the ground. 1t
is the military zone beyond the wall.
All this. when it was made in 1910. was
gigantic. Old Paris had been girt by
other walls inside. Some vestiges re-
main. But this was the new wall-the
modern.
II served nothing. The first time Paris
was attacked. in 1870. the Germans bonn
barded from a distance. The few ele-
them.
Nowadays the whole region of Paris is
a fortified camp For fifteen miles and
more beyond invisible batteries on
heights cross their fire and cover all the
space between each other and beyond
with such blasting long range that no
enemy could get near enough TO bombar I'd
Paris. Such is the theory.
New artillery made the wall useless
Useless? Ever since the rage for build
ing stopped over the capital this wall
alone has held encrOaching suburbs at a
distance. 1t has interposed an outer
inner girdle of free light and air and
greenSward.
II SdNeO LiOlil
Which brings in the babies and the
drUnkardS.
Poor folks have no time of evenings to
take the tram for the park.
Observe the Paris "fortifs.''
The vast dirt mound circling the city
rises gently from the street inside it.
Think of swelling pneumatic tire. Be-
hind 1t is the wheel-the crowded streets.
Poor folks troop out to the edge, at every
point for twenty-five miles round. On
Sundays il is an uncOunted multitude.
They picnic on the dirt and weeds and
call it grass. OF evenings, the streets
leading to the edge of PariS-thc spokes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09

They were never useful mean the
rampartS.
Paris is a walled city for a few months
Vet.
Vast dirt wall. like continuous mound,
il holds Paris like a corset. twenty-five
miles round. II has ninetyfOur bastions
and siXty-six gates. The dirt mound. 800
feet thick, slants up from the inside. has
- fat top. but falls a sheer declivity out
side into the deep dry moat. The outside
.dgc is cssed in heavy masonry.
The mOat Is 1:r0 feet widr and the land
hcNond il, FOR an average 80 feet, though
r-iVdtc property. may not be built up; or.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09

This sill reimburse the ''zoners in part
for tl.si:' Immense ''loss''-i. e., loss OF
profits which they had no right to hope.
The city pays s20,0e0.G00 for the wall.
The Fity pays siO.0G0,0G0 for the zone.
The city pays $20OOO.0o0 in work of
parknGking. boulevard laying, tree plant
ing. destruction of the wall. etc. 1t may
cost l.ss and the zone more. The total
estimate. with interest. salaries and in
cidentals, runs to SSIOO0.O00. Against 1t,
the city sells s64 100000 worth of build
ing lots from the wall and moat. So the
deficit seems to be S2O.Ot0O00.
lis Il dear?'' inquire the city fathers.
"Why. to complete the Boulevard Hauss-
mann merely to condemn and cut
through 100 feet OF street in central
Paris real estates costing &Opo,Oo0
Shall .fe hesitate TO pay s5OOO.GD for
twenty two miles of emerald girdle, 40
feet wide?
/ sho7Ild like to own one Of those bun
ea!ow.; Of the rich. where il shall border
on the Sirdle-
But 4 is tenderer ideal-rone can
stop its-these dream cottages for work
ingnelf Entire ares of the girdle. north,
south EAST. will be sold only subject TO
peculiar servitudes. They must be built,
the cottages. and according to specifica-
tons. On this condition will We sell you
other lots to build up for the rich.
Each cottage must have individual