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Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
c:ti40 LAaN2 IN ENGLAND
The Children There Regin at Twelve
 Years as Half Timers.

Children are taken into the mills s half-t,mers at F years of age, provided they have made BOO atten dances at schoCi in any five years. This class was diminishing one up to a couple of years ago, the tendency of the times to keep young people at school until 13 being assisted by the disinclination of employers to have the trouble of seeing that they attend school for the half time they are not employed HaIf-timers are increas- ing in numbers and. owing to the shortage of youthful labor, employers who formerly refused to employ them are now anxious to obtain them. Full time employment begins at 14 years of age, or at 13 if certain standard of education has been reached. which is generally put at passing standard VI of the elementary school
 Girl full timers are employed in the card rooms and ring spinning rooms of the Lancashire cotton mills. In the card room she begins as back ten der" at about los Cd a week Gf a half timer half the full rate is paid), her duties being chiefly to assist in ''doffing." that is taking off the full bobbins of cotton and replacing them with empty ones, fetching and carry ing bobbins. sweeping up and clean ing. In the course of her work she learns the delicate art of piecing to- gether strands of cotton which be- come broken during their passage through the machinery. Young fin gers usually acquire wonderful skill in this art Children of older growth who attempt to learn it are often sad bunglers From los Sd week the girl advances by steady steps to double the figure. and the highest paid women get from 25s to 26s a week. There are many at r and IS years of age earning the highest wages.
 1 Tn the ring spinning rooms, where 7 II e shortage of labor is most pro- tnounced, a girl begins as a 'doffer. 1 The rates of pay vary from about los 1 to 12s a week, and even more than this at some mills, fo rfull- timers and l half the rate for half timers. AS the girl acquires the art if piecing the broken threads, so her advancement proceeds. She becomes a ring spin ner, attending to as many spindles
 as sheh as capacity for, her pa
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02

house as one of the brightest and most successful that has ever been staged there The fact that the lady champion bag puncher of the world appears upon the stage and makes the bags obey her slightest wish is one of the big attrac- tions of the evening. There are three other act- and pictures that make taC show go in great style.
 The Empress
 T have neg CT enJOVel g performance of light ope.a more in all my lie" so q an ardent thaa.er fan last night asJec coming plt of inc Empress theater, where he had noen r. tening to tho rem dition of H. NJ. : Pinafole, by the Dos ton Ideal Opera company T am truly sorry that the Burgesses and their fel- low players are going to leave the city. do not for the life of me see why the house isn't packed to the doors every night The performances are all great and I am certainly going to attend both tonight and tomorrow night and enjoy the performances to my very ut most"
 This is not only the opinion of one fan but of many. The attendance last night demonstrated that Many lovers of good music who have attended be- fore during the week went last night. and doubtless will again tonight.
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
A GROGLESS NAVY

Cap'n John Barleycorn we've gone and kicked ashore. (Yeo. my hearties ho! for the Navy Secretairy,) Not bottle left behind the First Luffs door. GIey! but the boats goin' sailin' or SaharyD
 We've been hit below the belt By the wallop worst. Seemed our corpers ought to me Win inc fire at first. Bet old Daniels 7evn~ f~'t
 une good sailors thirst, tEey' Is this a ship or a turned old diary?) ~oli..n' of tEe mainbrace in the cabin is crime,
 he'd q yardD Prison for the slass Q gin and prison for the line, G{ard-a-port is easy but a lack of port is har5l
 enlisted for rover
 Up and town the main. Though, it beat cattle-drover G0 dloughty pain Hey! I wish those half-seas-over Just would come @sat''' tCyoaky is the chanty of salt dried hardD Thirstin' in the fohsle ant the bridge a-saspin too t&ne aloft the miiH-can, Water hotts co highD Gibhors on the officers from W. c. T |. C0o~,s aro virus pockets, so you stow ro flask o' Ivel
 ~--- C' orr tipple's when Frvan ccmos ohoard. How tho bottles open then
 While 3 toast is roared! I'ev, you sufferin sons O men, Sec the grape-juice poured! CShipnate. stow the chanty, for my threats bone-dryD John o'r-ccfe. in New York World
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02

commander of the fort, and while she dances for him, the lieutenant copies the plans but clumsily knocks over loaded revolver which ex- Dlodes, and thereby the commander IS warned. The spies make their escape in an auto, but the com mander telephones the border patrol to get them as they cross the border. As the flying auto reaches the from tier. it is met with a hail of lead. Both occupants are mortally wound ed, but deliver the required plans before expiring. "A Mexican's Grati- tude," the Edison single reel. is q bear eat story with an average of a thrill 9 minute
 Chocolate Dynamite" is rare combination of comedy and drama well up to the usual Biograph stan Gard.
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
ADJUSTMENTS
The Lon

T1e on
 The Plays the Thing" the big two-reel Domino feature of the pro gram for today is one of the strong est and best acted film stories ever shown ir the popular home of Mutu- al Movies. Pat Flanasans Fam ily,' the Reliance offering. is hu- man interest story that appeals to all. and the Beauty film. sally Elopenent." makes d comedy closer that is hard to beat, featuring Mar guerite Fischer in a good vehicle
 TomorroW's one day program will show "Yellow Flame" Broncho; The Higher Law" a Majestic num- Der, is a detective story pure and simple; "A Thief Catcher Key stone Komedy, is one of those fool ishly funny comedy spasms for which this company is noted the world over.
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
HNlNHLFPS KEEP 4 CARD
 MEX CF GUlLiBLE RICH

The rect man. however has 70 yrrna' o'. .n leins a mark for the unsc.uDuiots or ;he deslgnng. His ich b"otsr ercr>whcta falls for the 9me t'iina and ir very much the
 r ~v He may succumb at
 ma b.; 'a :s mer' IT, '- to tum- elie-' 'r r1 .i,"s hfs regular visits , Ne. T.ik. He seems to ielve his lwor of discrimination and his .enee of vo!Ge behind
 This leads US to a favorite but ijtle tara!de1 game which consists
 t2fGirs tEe out-of-toWn rich when hoY age in the big metropolis By me cn.oaa slbterranean process to'vgiapEy the presence of these p"E be omes ilsta ntly known to the
 rdo af brs!ness aad othe" shalpels. etole t'e v.s!tor hts he'd tune to
 n~ n2 lis }at h.s tclephore begins Q rms inviting h.m 10 meetings or '' ts to ger. ra,e h.n from his
 sl
 Now tho "1aa4ng thjng about this 'o~tormance is tAat the habits and lobb.es of many of these n.illionaires ,re known to the men who work them. They get the information by reading newspaper and magazine ar ticles. from discharged employees and by personal investigation.
 Access to the rich is gained by various subterfuges one of the quickest and easiest ways is to inn persnnate d newspaper man or member of some fake committee Once in the presence of wealth the grafters work is over. for. as l have already intimated, the foresight of the shrewdest seems to forsake them when they get to New York. The strongest appeal is to their vanity It pleases them to be regarded as rich or as patrons of some move ment
 group of sharpers had this game down to such a fine point that they had a card catalogue of many of the rich men who came to New York regularly. These visitors were known as taps" and could always be counted on for some kind of tri- bute
 On each card was written the mans name, his home address. where he stayed in New York But most diverting of all was the brief expla- nation of the particular weakness for which he would fall. Cards read as follows:
 Interested in welfare schemes
 Will contribute to any kind of
 fund for social betterment.
 Plides himself on his knowl-
 edge of art. Will buy any kind
 of picture if you flatter him into
 believing he knows all about it.
 Strong on uplift. Will con-
 tribute to sociological schemes of
 all kinds
 Immensely vain and easy to
 land for flattering stuff Likes
 to have histories of his family
 written Easiest lead is to talk
 genealogy.
 And so it went all up and down the list. It was the biography of chain of human frailty and weak ress that netted the promoters a for tune in a few years. They were able to retire
 Their method of procedure was easy. Knowing just the weakness or hobby or enthusiasm of a man, they approached him on that subject. They easily invented welfare funds and created sociological movements. The easiest was the biography project, for many of the victims did not shy at
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02

SniIkn's Widow" and Pathe's Week ly complete the bill which is altogeth- CT an exceptional one.
 The Lamara theater is the most con- fortable place in town to spend Satur- day afternoon. Remember one of the big features for Sunday is "Dollie of the Dailies,r with Mary Fuller in the star part.
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02

embrace Yellowstone. Glacier Park, the Yosemite Valley. and the Grand Can yon could not be duplicated in Euro pean countries, and l have only men toned a few of the best known of our National recreation places. Let us not alone provide for our material needs. but al the same time avail ourselves of natures manifold treasures
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
The Avenue T,eatre

Today is thrill day" at the Ave- nue On the Altar of Patriotism
 is a Pathe tvo-reel feature, which graphically portrays the hazards of spV The young lieutenant is de- tailed to secure the plans of the en- emys fort and enlists the aid of a beautiful countrywoman. famous dancer The dancer captivates the
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
The Lamara

"The Girl and the Curtain" a two reel feature from the Essanay studios with Francis X. Eastman in the lead ing part. and Beverly Bane as the hero inc of the story will be the attraction at the Lamara theater today. Bush man is conceded to be one of the finest physical specimens in the moving pie ture world An Edison comedy. MT
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02

being written up." When the card catalogue indicated an art lover" the sharpers immediately got into league with an interruptions dealer who worked off spurious stuff and they divided the profits.-Colliers Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
ACCOUNTED FOR

r.1 s,nt-.s rA'atives put on ar'- lq'f ~ourirg for him?" - s'upr1n tfe- were only half -crry ho TT g 1e9Gt
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
The Savoy

Another large crowd witnessed the performance of "The Raw Recruit at the Savoy theater last night. enjoy ing the frollicking gambols of the big chorus. The songs were catchy, the chorus good. and the costumes splen- did. The story of the play deals with the endeavors of several to join an army. the chief officer of which ap pears to be a Dutchman with poor knowledge of his duties and an i'm perfect understanding of the Ian guage. Ray Duncan gets away with this part in good shape, while Mazie Hoffman puts over number with the girlies, as does also Jean Clarke.
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
The Coliseum

The present weeks bill at the Coli scum will go down in history of the
Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
Ladies' Suits
Lingerie Dresses

beautiful line oe lingerie dresses in exclusive designs ia coors. They Beautifully trimmed. big bargains $15O and $S00on sale. SATURDAY ONLY
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-12
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON. VT MAY T.. 1914


After seven years OF bitter war
fare. one OF the most prominent cas-
er involving organized labo-
in this country. that Of
Samuel Gompers. John Mitchell
and Frank Morrison. for con
tempt OF court. has been disposed Of
by the highest tribunal The supreme
court 2. Washington Monday sc;
aside the sentences against the three
men on the ground that the prosecu-
ton was barred By the statute o. linz
itations. the proceedings having been
started more than three yeas after
the alleged offence. Few laymen are
so presnmptious as 10 consider them
selves competent 10 pass upon the de
cislon Of the highest court OF the land
but at the same time not few ordl-
nary mortals are probably wondering
why Il is that a problem OF such p-o-
portions has been given so much con-
sideraticn only to discover in the end
that there was nothing in II. Some
how il strikes the simple layman that
courts other than the highest tribu-
nal OF the land should have been com
petent TO rule that the case against
the labor leaders had been outlawed
before Il was really begun
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-12
Tariff Results

Reliable figures show tina. England
sent MS Si.90o.0o0 worth OF woolens
during the nrrt three months OF 1914
as compared with s75O.0o0 worth To-
the same period a year ago. The
value OF worsteds sent in during the
same period was over S3.25oO00. as
compared with S700,O0O for a like per
Tod last year. The gain in English
fabrics sent into this country was
owe $50 per cent. due entirely TO low
cring the tariff bars. and rather than
benehtlng the consumer, il is just
the reverse. according TO Fibre and
Fabric. as sharp traders taking ad-
vantage OF the unexplained craze
for imported" goods. have marked
up prices even higher than was the
case on similar fabrics before the
tariff went into effect.
II makes no difference what may
happen as the result OF the tariff.
whether or not the mills work out
the problem has no bearing. The
law was practically and economically
unwise and it wns framed. passed
and signed all with full knowledge
OF its harmful ercc.s. Il was a ease
Of foreign manufacturer against
America and the foreigne' won by
the votes OF the men who make laws
supposed to be for the safeguarding
OF American industry and its mil
lions OF workers.
The blow has not fallen on the tex
tile mills alone, as recently large
nEglish firm sent over some ready-;O-
wear suits TO be sold IN ough their
agents here at $3.50 apiece Already
5000 20 10000 OF these suits have
been sold to the country trade. and
way back in Bingtown at this time
there is probably big sign in the
window OF the general store telling
about these fashionable English
Suits and the price is about $40
B;3ttleboro Phoenix.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-12
Why Not Be Fair and Quote 1t AIl'

Vermont II would seem. from the
latest pronouncement of that staunch
and ever-ready champion OF the pub
lie service corporations. Tho St Al
bans Messenger, has been grossly
unjust in its treatment OF those cor
rorations. Here is its opening asser-
ton in an editorial under the cap
uoa Capital in Vermont" in its issue
Of Saturday evening last.
'Nermonts attitude toward cor
po.ations has been the theme OF al
most mending discussion. and the
end is not yet. nor VIII II come until
this state has assumed more rea-
sonable stand and is willing to per
nit public utility companies to earn
a decent livins and thus assure them
n prosperous future. It is shor =
sighted policy. indeed. that dictates
the taking OF 4 club to these enter
prises. and these who proceed 20 beat
the life out of them a-e better
friends TO themselves than they are
to the people whom they affec. to
serve in such an unselfish way"
1t may fairly be asked in what way
the state has used club on these
corporations. An the state has done
have been bearing his heavy burden
pay heir just proportion of the cost
OF maintaining the government The
fact thst for q long period they we e
permitted to escape this obligation
Is in no way proof that they should al
ways be allowed to continue that eva
sion Fundamentally. tax burdens are
10 be equally distributed. If the COZ
porations. as has been found to be
the fact, were not bearing their fair
share that condition was one that i'm
posed an injustice on the othe, tax
PAYERS OF the state Il was this obvi
Gus injustice that prompted the effort
to require the Operations TO NEE.
their reasonable tax obligations. In
tits oflor there was neither eju-
dice nor bias; simply desi-e to Sc
cure plain simple Justice.
It is a fact that has not escaped
notice that the average taxpayer
who has been bearing his heavy bur-
den makes no protest against his
treatment by the state in the matter
or taxes: all the objection and antas-
onism come from the big corporal
ions Why? Probably because in the
past the corporations were particular
ly favored through the potent politi-
cal Influence they we're able to exer-
else They were coddled at the ex-
pense of the people; now that they
find the coddling is ended and that
they muSt meet their Just obligations
squarely they SET up the cry they are
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-12
SHAMROCK IS NOT PRETTY
Sir Thomas Lipton's Ns~ Yacht has
God Head"

London. May IA futurist de-
sign" is Yachting Worlds description
90 shamrock ~. sir Thomas Lip
tons challenger for the Americas
Cup. The new boat is no beauty.
SAYS the World. Hcr greatest beam
Is forward OF the mast. which gives
her a very exaggerated cod head.
and the bluiness deiracts from her
looks. The square box stern Is an
other violation OF the modern canons
OF yacht designing. The creates.
overhang is forward. and a midship
section shows she Is ye-y square on
the bIlge and nat on the floor. The
lead keel i nat al the bottom.
Continuing. the Yachting World
saws tina, the challenger's greatest
beam is "A feet and her draught with
out the centreboard IA and with the
centerboard down q feet. The mast
Is 10 feet high. and the "Marconi
topmast" gives an additional 80 feet.
In coneludlngg It's article on the
new boat the Yachting World says:
II the latest challenger Is not a
Aye. Il will not be because power
has been sacrificed for fine rounded
sections
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-12
$4,000 VOICES
And Many Are the Voices Of Ben
nington People

And Many Are the Voices Of Ben
nington People
Thirty thousand voices.-What a
grand chorus. And that's the mum
Der Of American men and women
who are publicly praising Doan's Kid
ney Pills for relief from baclnchc.
kidney and bladder ills. They say It
to friends. They tell it in the home
papers. Bennington people are in this
chorus. Here's Bennington case:
Mrs. Alice OHare. III Gage ST.
Bennington, VT, says: About five
years ago my kidneys became disor-
dered and | suffered constantly from
pain in my back knowing OF other
people who had been cured by Doan
Kidney Pilis OF similar troubles.
procured a supply at Coles Drug
Store and began using them. They
helped me at once and few boxes
rid me OF the trouble. You may con
tinue to publish my former endorse
ment of Deans Kidney Pills. as I
feel that all kidney sufferers should
know OF this good kidney remedy"
For sale by all dealers Price 30
cents. Foster. Milburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents TO, the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's sand
take no other.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-12
The Mind Expands
AS HenIth Returns
Quick Improvement is No.,eahl
Wien Proper Aid 20 Nutrition
q, Given

A low state OF the general health
is now the accepted cause Of back
uarduess in children. SO in the case
OF a backward child il is best 20 look
towards building up its health. II
will usually be found that the main
trouble is in the food. in lack OF as
similation and digestion. Hench care
should be taken IN the kind OF food
given 10 the child. This with plenty
OF al and exercise. should bring
about a change for the better.
Watch the condition OF the bowels.
20 noto we;her the waste is being
passed OIL OF not. or whether Il is be
ing passed too freely. II either con-
dition prevails give a small dose OF
that gentlest OF all laxative-tonics.
Dr. Caldwoll's Syrup Pepsin. Thous-
ands OF mothers viii testify 10 the
wonders il has wrought in the lives
OF lhei- own children. and for that
reason legions OF families like those
OF Mrs. Daisy McBroom. HilisbOro.
Ind. are never without il in the
house She is the mosher OF Lucille
and has been nursing D.. Caldwell's sy
rup Pepsin for Lucille since she was
two. Mrs. McBroom says II saved
Luoilos life. Il is the standard fam
fly medicine in the McBroom home.
II is pleasant 20 the taste and so
perfectly safe that II is given to in
fants, and yet is equally effective for
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-12
Child Cross? Eeverlsh2 SICK

A cross, peevish, listless child with
coated tongue, pale, doesn't sleep;
eats sometimes very little. thea n
gain ravenously; stomach sour;
breath fedid; pains in stomach, with
diarrhea; grinds teeth while asleep,
and starts up with terror-all suggest
q worm killer-something that ex-
pels worms. and almost every child
has them. Kickapoo Worm Killer is
needed Get a box today. Start at
once. You won't have to coax, as
Kickapoo Worm Killer is a candy
CONNECTION. Expels the worms, the
cause of your child's trouble. 25c.,
at your druggists.
How can the average man
begin to save? We have the best
answer. BY starting an endowment
policy. National Life ms. Co, OF W.
(Mutual) Earle s. Kinsley, General
Agent, Mead Building, Rutland, Vt.
ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-12
TWO BIG PAPERS SOLD
Inter Ocean and Herald Of Chicago
Charge Hands

Chicago. May At a receivers
sale held in Federal Judge Carpen-
ter's court late this afternoon George
Wheeler Human. formerly publisher
OF The Inter-Ocean and the holder Of
a majority of the newspapers $780,
600 bonds. bought in the paper for
$4,000 lie Immediately resoid i TO
James Kelley, for years General
Manager OF Tho Chicago Tribune.
Immediately prio; to the sale Of
The lntor-Ocean a bondholders' com
mittee of The Chicago Record-ler-
aid, in which Victor T. Lawson Of
The Chicago Daily News long had
held controlling interest. amount
ing to more than 100000. entered
into a contract with Mr.. Kelley TO
sell The Record-Herald 20 him. The
consideration was not disclosed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-12
Cost of Ice
Reduced

Even if it isn't so hot as it will be during
dog days now is the time to buy refrigerator
During house cleaning and when getting ready
for the summer look your old ice box
and If you need new one pick it out and have
it installed.
An old refrigerator or one to small for the
family needs costs more in one summer in
waste than the price Of new one.
The price of ice you know is than
it used To be but do you know that the new
up-to-date refrigeratorS so made that they
don't anywhere near as much ice as the
old kind The way to lower the price of ice
is TO buy one of our new refrigerators.
If we dont happen to have just the kind or
size you want there will be time to order it
and have it here in season. while if you wait
until sunstroke weather comes along you may
have TO take up with any old thing.
We sell furniture. stoves, oil stoves, and
all the things that make horne different from
stall. Prices are low anywhere.
We have few odd chairs tables and sec
cond hand articles that we want clean out
to make ready for new goods, and so are al
most giving them away.
If you don't see what you want ask for it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-12

Ing ccrnS. Thousands who have puttcred
with old corns for years, have gotten rid
Of them right OF, with n few drops OF
'GETS-Irn applied as quick as you can
spell your name. Corns Just love to he
cut picked, flied. iyouced and pulled. Quit
it. You've tried cotton rings that cause
shooting corn pains, greasy salvcs that
sprend over the toe and make IL raw and
tape That sticks to the stocking now try
"GETS-lT.n IL has mono of the draw
hicks Of the old style corn cures, eases
pain and never fails on any corn or calluS.
"GETS-IT" is sold by all druggists, sc n
bottle. or sent direct, by L. Lawrence e
TO-, Chicago.