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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
SEPARATE slAMEsE TWINS
Operation Performed in Paris on
Wednesday

Paris, March .--Madeleine-Suzan-
ne, the French "Siamese twins" were
separated In this city yesterday by a
surgical operation of extreme delica
cy. The operation was performed
with specially constructed instru-
ments by DR.. Gustave lie Filliarte, as
sisted by DR.. Risacher and Or. Vic
tor Delaunay and his wife, who also
is doctor. Numerous other surgeons
were present.
MISUNDERSTANDING were joined to-
gether in the region of the stomach
and it was found that a portion OF the
intestines of Madeleine was within
Suzanne's abdomen. This had to be
detached from the wall of the fibrous
cartilaginous bridge connecting the
two children. A local anaesthetic
was used and the babies cried a little
during the operation, which lasted Is
minutes. Both children appeared to
stand the operation well. but the sur
geons could not give definite opin-
ion as to the ultimate success of their
work.
No such operation had taken place
in France since DIR. Doyen, in 1902, Sc
parated the two Hindu children, Radi-
ca-Roodica, who died of tuberculosis
after the operation. The twins oper-
ated on yesterday we're born Novem-
Der 2S, 1918. At birth they weighed
10 pounds. Both children appeared
perfectly healthy.
The operation on twins so joined,
although always dangerous to life, was
considered justified by French Scien-
fists in view of the tragic deaths of
former pairs. Eng, one of the origin
al Siamese twins, saw his brother,
Cchang, die by his side, and himself
died of horror in delirum a few
hours afterward. Millie-Christine
died in a similar manner and the last
moments of Helene-Judith in the 18th
century are known to have been
marked by awful cries of pain from
one of the twins, the other screaming
with horror as the dead body beside
her gradually Slapped her own life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
CHINESE IuNkS.
Their Shape Due - the Whim OF Some
Ancient kutocrat.

In striking contrast TO the modern
constitution AMI government of China
are its Industrial methods. The leaders
Of the new republic have succeeded in
transforming the land politically. but
the every day life Of the people re-
mains practically unchanged and the
primitive ideals of craftsmanship still
persist.
Chief among the industries which
have langulshed for hundreds of years
under the blighting influence of an ig-
norant. tradition bound autocracy is
that Of shipbuilding Because some
celestial Nero of bygone age decrced
that all ships constructed within the
realm should be replicas Of his majes
tvs shoe. the Chinese mercantile ma
rine became a mere swarm Of enlarge:
sampans of weird shape known as
junks. and junk they surely are.
While the shlpbuilders Of Europe and
America were gradually progressing
from the caraval and the square riggcl
'ndIaman to the clipper ship and later
to the iron ship. and its llneal descend
ant. the modern ocean greyhound. the
Chinese-pioneers in many lines OF
endeavor-continued 30 build their rid
iculous seagoing slippers.
The inferiority Of the Chinese upon
the sea today is directly traceable to
the whim Of an almost forgotten ruler
Of the Flowery Land.-Detroit News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
PRANK OF A BASEBALL.
Funny Stunt That Once Won a Game
For the Wssbinatons.

Following is an interesting story
told by Hugh ). Fullerton in the
American Magazine, in an article de-
scribing freak plays that have won
baseball games:
ION the old Washington grounds.
when Washington was in the National
league, the players left the field by
passing npder the stands. and the en-
trance to the passage was closed by
u cellar door arrangement which
sloped dow to the ground. The doors.
of course. we're Kept closed during
games, but at the top, cut In the
planks of the stand. was a small
square hole to permit the players to
reach through and unlatcb the doors
when they desired to leave the field.
During one game l. saw q ball.
which had been thrown wild TO the
plate in an effort to cut off the tying
run. roll up the doors and disappear
through that hole. The batter circled
the bases and scored the winning run.
The Chicago club. under Arson. was
beaten aud protested the game on the
ground that the opening existed III
violation OF the rules. In the investi.
cation of the complaint an attempt
was made to force ball through the
hole. and. although 1t was pounded
with bat, the ball refused to pass
through the hole until the cover gave
way.
AFTER that almost every team that
came on the grounds tried to put balls
through the hole and failed. How
that thrown ball managed to twist It's
way through the aperture never mas
been explained satisfactorily"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06

UNI of the drama. | hope that Little
Lost Sister opens the eyes OF those
who have either heedlessly or wan
tonly ignored the vice situation.
- realize that there is much gener-
alization in the suggestions ] am offer
ing for the remedying OF evil in the
big cities. but the problem is a deep
one and no human being can dictate
sovereign remedy for all the Ills OF
society. have tried 10 suggest the
directions in which I believe there Is
room for immediate and radical i'm
prov ement. Everybody knows that
We should abolish the grating police
man. the grating politician. the dis
reputable hotel. and the low dance
hail. but these are all part and parcel
OF the system.
III We Go The work That plainly
awaits Us We shall have taken a long
step toward saving those thousands
Of girls who are every year recruited
into the army CT the little lost sister.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
BEST STUDENTS DON'T WORRY
johnson Declares Women's Colleges
Contribute to Race Degeneracy

Washington, Mar. 9-That women's
colleges contribute toward the degen-
eracy of the race is the startling con-
! clusion reached by Prof. Roswell
Johnson of the University of Pitts
burgh" in an article on Marriage
Selection in the official organ OF the
American Generic Association issued
here today. David Fairchild of the
! federal bureau of plant industry, is
I president of the association, whose
official publication, the journal of
| Heredity." aims to publish the most
authoritative discussions of eugenic
problems.
Prof. Johnson points out that in the
present state of society a large mum
Der of men and women remain unmar
ried, and continue nothing to the next
generation. 1t makes a vital differ.
ence TO the race whether these cell
| bates are naturally inferior, or wheth-
err they are superior persons whose
contributions would greatly benefit
the race. As a result OF statistical
studies, he is convinced that most of
them are of the very class whose off
spring would be of the most value in
building up the nations racial stock,
and he thinks this feature OF race sui
eide may to large degree be blamed
to the educational system.
In large part, his figures indicate,
the women's colleges actually discour
age girls from marrying. But even If
the graduates do marry. they do so
about five years later than girls who
do not go TO college. In Massachu-
sets, 30 per cent of the women in the
state as a whole are already married
at the age when the women in colleg-
es are just graduating. "To postpone
marriage" Prof. Johnson further says
seriously reduces the likelihood of
marriage" conclusion which he sup
ports by showing that 80 per cent of
all the women in the United States
marry before the age of 40, but thai
among the college women, who repre-
sent in many ways the best element,
from n eugenic standpoint, only half
that many have married at the same
age.
AS a result of Investigations at Wei
lesly, he finds that the marriage and
birth rate of the most brilliant stu
dents, who have been elected mem
bers of the honor society Phi Beto
Kappa, is lowest of all. In secondary
schools. on the other hand, the girls
with the highest scholarship records
are soonest married. He interprets
this contradiction to mean that intel
lect in woman is naturally attractive
to man. but that the girls who special
ize 20 an extreme, in their college ca
reers. either neglected their social op
portunities or look on motherhood as
an inferior occupation.
Pending the time when all womens
colleges are given up in favor of code
ucation. as he is convinced they must
be. the writer thinks their anti-eugen-
ic influence could be mitigated by sub
shutting men for women in the facul-
ties OF these institutions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
HINDU JUSTICE.
The Case of the Cat That Carried the
Fire to the Cotton.

The Case of the Cat That Carried the
Fire to the Cotton.
Four Hindus. partners In business.
bought some cotton bales. That the
rats might not destroy the cotton they
purchased cat They agreed that
each OF the four should own a par
tlcular leg of the cat and each adorn.
ed with beads and other ornaments
the leg thus apportoned to him. The
cat by an accident, injured one of its
legs. The owner or that member
wound around II rag soaked In oil.
The cat. going too near the hearth
set this rag on fire and. being in great
pain, rushed In among the cotton bales.
where she was accustomed to hunt
rats. The cotton thereby took tire and
was burnt up
The three other partners brought
suit to recover the value OF the cotton
against the fourth partner who owned
this particular leg OF the cat The
native judge examined the case, and
this was his decision:
THE leg that had the oiled rag on II
was hurt. The cat could not use that
leg. In fact. 1t held up that leg and
ran with the other three legs. The
three unhurt legs therefore carried the
fire TO the cotton and are alone cul-
pable. The injured leg is not TO be
blamed. The three partners who own
ed the three legs with which the cat
ran TO the cotton will pay one-qnarter
OF the value of the bales 10 the partner
who was the proprietor OF the injured
ieg."-London Telegraph.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
k.enina the Hands Smooth.

II is possible to have smooth hands
even II one is a nousekee?er aud dish
washer. Obtain from the druggist B
cents worth of tragacanth. which IL
enough tor years use. Dissolve a
spoonful of this in three times as much
water Let stand In a covered teacnp
for twelve hours. Then oil the cup
With water. and you may apply the
thin Jelly which is made freely to your
hands after each washing. few
drops OF your favorite perfume and 9
little glycerin added to the jelly i'm
prove the iotion.-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
HANDSOME wlr.ow' IN JAIL
Housekeeper Ad' Sent Through Mail,
Led 10 Her Arrest

New Haven. March 4.-For advertis
ing herself as "a handsome widow. -
desiring a place as housekeeper and
obtaining money for transportation or
other expenses. Mrs. Addie Jewell.
alias Alice Richards, alias Gertrude
Morgan. OF New York City. was today
given a Jail sentence OF six months
by Judge Edwin Thomas. of the Unit
ed States District Court Mrs. Jewell
pleaded guilty. She said that she
was nervous wreck and requested
judicial clemency.
District Attorney Scott said that
she had been using the mails fraudu-
lently fo- ten years and that postOf-
fee inspectors had gathered the evil
dence On which she was arrested.
She admitted having been arrested in
Boston on the same charge. but said
that she was discharged. She Is
about sixty years old.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
Drama Of Underworld at Opera House
Monday Evening

Beaming with heartless throbs,
wholesome pathos and lingering hui
NOR, Little Lost Sister," a stirring
play dramatized from the book which
Virginia Brooks made almost as IA
nous as herself. should be seen by
every man. woman and child in the
country.
Little Lost Sister" viii appear at
the Bennington Opera House on Mon
day. Mar. 3.
Virginia Brooks has sought to tell
in a beautiful story the workings Of a
great system which ruins the young
generation. In discussing the play
the other day she said. Il have
sought to teach a moral lesson. I be
lieve there is 10 better way 70 reach
the populace than through the medi-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
The Sources Of Eame.

He-I always had great ambition
10 become known rs a man or letters
She-Aud never gratiued IL? He-Oh
year. But ! didn't know how famous
I was until my productions were read
out at breach OF promise case trial.
Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
ARLINGTON

Lydia B. Elwell, wife of Peter A.
Elwell, died at her home in East Ar
lington, March 6, at Las a. m. She
was aged 70 years, 2 months and 6
days. The funeral will be held from
the residence on Sunday at 11.30 a. m.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
Not Vary Well.

Apoihecary quitting his head out OF
the window as the night bell rings at
3 =. m.l-weilg Ringer-No. not we'll
confound you. I'm sickl-SL Louis
Globe Democrat
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
Mrono piannosia

Bings-Did you see where some critic
says that women have not got the OBJ
iective faculty; Banes-Huhi Id like
that critic 20 start any question with
my Baltimore American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
Modern Announcement.

wnnted-A governcSs who Il = CONC
sienorrarher. 10 take down the clever
sayings OF oni chud--tiiesende Bat
ter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06

Blohbs- Here comes Easymark. the
human hanaua- Slobbs-Why do ron
can him thatf Rlobbs-He's so easily
skinned Philadelphia Record
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06

To the Ladies OF Bennington and
Vicinity
I am ready TO make Ladies' and
Gentlemen's Garments for Spring and
Summer. Also alterations. cleaning
and pressing at reasonable prices.
NATHAN LEVIN
$50 North ST. Tel. 29f-W
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06

opIro0 tn good men = but knOwi
edge N the making. Milton
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06

We should believe only In deeds.
Words 60 for nothing ererywhere.-
RojaA
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
SUSSEX

Tie North Hardyston Cemetery
Association has reelected Caleb
Farber and James c. Stephens trus-
tees for three years. The board of
trustees organized as follows: Presi-
dent, II. S. Potter; yice-president
Caleb Farber; secretary, Robert D.
Smith; treasurer, John II. Sutton.
The receipts for the year We're
81, 327.15: expenditures, s716.19.
Former Freebooter Edward N
Wyker, of Hampton Township. is
building an addition to his barn. 1t
will be 32x100 feet. Last Thursday
he had barn frolic. His neighbors
and friends turned out in force, and
before nighttime had the frame in
position.
The recount for sheriff of Sussex
county will begin November % at the
courthouse.
Mrs. William T. Freer. of Chicago,
IS visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs.
William r. Bales, at Augusta.
Robert Adams, of Augusta, is re-
ported to be very much improved,
and soon will he able to get around
again.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Church at Branchvilfe are preparing
for a Christmas sale, to be held De-
cember 8.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
Says Backache is sign you
have been eating to much
meat.

When you wake up with backaehe
and dull misery in the kidney region
1t generally means You have been eat
ing too much meat, says well-knoWn
authority. Meat forms uric acid,
which overworks the kidneys in their
effort to filter it from the blood, and
they become sort of paralyzed ana
loggy. When your kidneys get slug
gish and clog you must relieve them,
like YOU relieve your bowels, remov-
ing all the body's urinous waste, else
you have backache, sick headache,
dizzy spells; your stomach sours,
tongue is coated. and when the
weather is bad you have rheumatic
twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of
sediment. channels often get sore,
water scalds and you are obliged to
seek relief two or three times during
the night.
Either consult a good, reliable ply
siclan at once or get from your phar-
macist about four ounces of Jad salts;
take a tablespoonful in q glass of
water before breakfast for a few days
and you kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys. also to neutralize
acids in the urine so it no longer irri-
tates, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is life saver for regular
meat eaters. II is inexpensive. can
not injure and makes delightful,
effervescent lithia- water drink.-Ad-
vertisement.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
OLD SUMMIT MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
A. S. Colyer Hangs Himself in
Cellar and His Son Finds
His Body.
speeial TO tl,e Evening Star

special to tie Evening star.
SUMMIT. Nov. 19.-Brooding over
recent severe attacks of heart trouble,
Archibald $. Colyer hanged himself
in the cellar of his home at 4s Rus
sell place East summit, this morn
ing.
AR. Colyer went TO The cellar
shortly before Z o'clock TO get some
kindling wood. Half an hour later
his son, Archibald, found his body
hanging from d beam. The son cut
the rope and summoned City Physi-
clan Bramley, but his efforts were not
necessary.
Mr.. Colyer was ffty-one years old.
He had been employed as an agent
here for the Singer Sewing Machine
Company and had an office in High
land avenue According to his son,
he had no financial trouble and ap-
peared in good spirits when he arose
this morning. He had suffered from
heart disease, which, his son says,
worried him greatly and which he
believes led him to end his life.
Mr.. Colyer had lived here thirty
seven years. He was a member OF
the Junior Order of United American
Mechanics and an exempt fireman,
having been a charter member of
Hose Company No ?. Besides his
widow he is survived by his son,
Archibald, and a daughter, Mrs. Her
bert L. Barrett, of Russell place.
County Physician Wescott was no.
tilted.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
NEWTON

Peter johnson, of Dover, is the
guest of George Contas, on Mill
street.
County Clerk Harvey S. Hopkins
has gone to Trenton to represent Ivy
Lodge No. 221, of Newton, at the an
nual session of the grand lodge Of
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Read have
closed their summer home and will
return to Brooklyn, where they Will
spend the winter months
Mrs. Samuel Miller, of Mill street,
entertained on Wednesday Mr.. and
Mrs. George Divers and Mrs. Mary
Vail, of Jersey City.
On account of the Indictment wealth
er on Sunday last, the members OF
Harmony Lodge No. 8, F. & A. NJ,
did not attend divine service at the
NJ. y. church. They have arranged
to attend in a body on Sunday eve
ming, November 20, when the pastor
will preach a special sermon to them.
The Newton Choral Society, under
the direction of Mrs. Silberg, of
Dover, is meeting every Monday eve
ming for rehearsals, and, from re-
ports, is making good progress. The
society now numbers forty.
The Sussex County Society for Pre-
vention to Cruelty to Animals is just
entering on a vigorous campaign and
it's officers are cunning for the chap
who drives his horses to town and
leaves them uncovered In the streets.
Also the man who drives his team
under a hotel shed and leaves 1t
there for the day with neither food
or water. Two arrests have already
been made and smart fines imposed.
A rummage sale is being held in
the O'Leary building today and will
be continued tomorrow, under the
auspices of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church
Special Thanksgiving services will
be held in the First Methodist
! Episcopal Church next Sunday The
] pastor will preach in the morning on
'"rhe Growing of the Year" and in
! the evening on "Songs in the Night"
| At the evening service the choir will
render special music, under the d.
rection of the chorister Miss Frances
/ Broda.
The services at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday evening will be
a musical one. The choir will be as
sisted by Mrs Rae M. Silberg, of
Dover. a soloist. Mrs. silberg will
also sing the solo, Fear Not, Ye,
o Israel" at the morning service.
A special program has been arranged
for the evening.
Former Judge Henry Huston has
received and accepted an invitation
to speak at the meeting of the Sus-
sex Society in New York city, Feb
ruary next.
Efforts are being made by tho
Woman's Suffrage Association for q
lecture by DR.. Stephen s. Wise, Of
New York city.
DIR. e. e. b. Beatty, medical in
spector of the Newton public school,
gave a practical address to the
teachers on Monday afternoon. His
subject was Contagious Diseases"
Herbert Puder, Of Paterson, is
visiting at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Kice, on Mill
street.
The annual union Thanksgiving
service will be held at the Presbyte.
rian church on Thanksgiving morn
ing at 10:S0 o'clock. Rev. John r.
Humphreys, Of the Baptist church,
will preach the sermon,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19

.RATHBUN DIFFERS
ON ROAD CHANGE
Urges Mayor and Council Not
to Decrease Width of New
Boulevard.
Special to the Evening Star.

MADISON, Nov. 19.-That all is not
vet we'll as regards the widening of
Kings road in connection with the
proposed railroad changes here be-
came known yesterday, when it was
learned that there is some sentiment
against the changing of the original
plan to make the boulevard sixty
feet wide and decreasing the width
of the proposed street to tffty-ffve
feet
Borough Attorney Charles A. Rath-
bun, who is also senator, acting as a
citizen and taxpayer, dispatched a
letter to Mayor Benyew ID. Phil
hover and a copy of same to Albion
L. Page, chairman of the road COM
mittee, protesting against making
the change. He stated that mas
much as the agreement with the
property owners along that street
called for enough land to make a
sixty-foot street he did not see why
the borough should surrender five
feet of what is rightfully its own.
He thought that because Kings road
above Green Village road will be only
fifty-five feet that this is no reason
for decreasing the proposed width OF
the street from Green Village road
10 Green avenue, as the road around
the new Sl1llpll VIII ly1 a. oA4ANS ASOs
road.
As far as he could see in reference
TO a sixty-foot road interfering, he
said. it would only cause more to be
cut off Waverly alleys, which are the
property of Miller brothers. This he
did not think sufficient cause for re-
linquishing five feet OF land.
1t is pointed out on the other hand
by those who favor the reduction in
width that the borough is not losing
any of the land paid for inasmuch as
their proposition in two cases is to
move houses back. and this would
have to be done whether the land
wanted is five feet or ten feet. They
say that the $4,000 being paid for the
Pickett building is for the razing OF
the building and the reduction in in
come to Edward and Frederick Mil
Ter. No compensation is asked for the
land i'll front of the house occupied
by Robert Sampson. 1t is also stated
that no compensation for the incon
venience they are put to is being
asked by the present occupants OF
the buildings along that street.
There was some difficulty in adj
justing this matter, but it was
thought to have been settled at d
conference held in the council cham
Der last week, when Borough En-
gineer A. ]. Jones, Division Engineer
George Hand. of the Lackawanna
railroad: Mayor B. D. Philhower, F.
T. Bulwer, W. II. Duckham and
others met and discussed the situa-
ton. It was agreed then that the
width of this street should be re-
duced Whether the recent differ
ence of opinion in regard to this mat
ter will change the decision to be
made by the Common Council at a
meeting to be held Monday night re-
mains to be seen.