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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-27
How to Get Up Fourth of July Party.
These are samples bought from /
CLOSING out sale.

In the July Womsn's Home Compan
ion appears page entitled Entertain
ment' on which several contributors give
suggestions for picnics and parties. One
contributor gives the following sugges
tions to hostesses who wish to entertain
periodically on the Fourth of July.
For table decorations use as center
piece small ship of state, flower
trimmed, ioated on mirror, on
cheesecloth rippled sea, or on a large
shallow tray of water. Thirteen tall
crystal candlesticks bearing candles OF
red, white and blue, alternating, lighted
or not as desired, Stimulating the 'l3 col
onies, may illuminate the table. Pune
white candles, each stick bearing perky
bow of tricolored ribbon, might be used
instead All the eandlesticks could be
Joined either TO the ship by narrow tri
colored ribbons or separate red, white
and blue ones. For daylight party
the candlesticks might bear frecrnokers
instead of candles.
'''As place cards use Liberty bells or
little ships bearing quotations from the
poem The Launching of the Ship which
refers to the Union as giant ship. An
other place card suggestion is to make
use of wee rolls of the Declaration OF
independence tied with tricolored mar
row ribbon and bearing the clause be-
ginning We, the people of the United
States
For favors, small drums containing
patriotic CONNECTIONS, with small drum
sticks made of red, white and blue re-
ception sticks can be used.
"Tiny American flags stuck upright in
individual forts of vanilla or chocolate
ice cream add a patriotic touch TO an
easily prepared dessert"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-27

1t now appears that DR.. Jackson did
not offer the Progressive gubernatorial
nomination to Fleetwood but did have
long private conversation with him.
Barton Monitor.
Since which time the same DIR. Jackson
has had talk with Mr.. Cooper of Ben
nington, from which train of events it is
reasonable to assume that the talk with
Mr.. Fleetwood was not entirely satisfac-
tory to DIR. jackson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-27

When we wish to grind the other
states to powder, we tell EN- that
New York and Vermont produce nearly
all the tale of the United States; which
Is true.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-27
GRANITEvILLE.

Roller skating in the gymnasium every
evening during the week commencing
June 20, except Thursday evening, July
,. Afternoon session on Wednesday for
ladies only, session commencing at and
continuing until 4. Admission, l0c;
skates, l0c. Afternoon session Saturday
for hdies and gents
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-27
ain the Height of Your

prosperity, be prepared for adversely,
but fear it not" An annuity prepares
against financial adversely, thereby en-
abling one to live without fear. Nation.
al Life ms. Co., of VT (Mutual.) S. s,
Ballard, general agent, Lawrence build
ing, Montpelier, vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-27

"Hee need have long spoone, shall
eat with the DEVIL. Haywood.
In other words, be
on your guard in bad
company. The good
company of 6 0 0 d
clothes, of good style
and good quality is
here, $40, SIS, $40.
Not over-styled or UNI
der-styled, but Just
correct up to date
New York style.
Fashionable. but not
extreme. Our Tartan
plaids and stripes are
what young men and
o t h G r men will be
quick to appreciate.
Price $40.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-27
A LIE ABOUT VERMONT AND
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

just what lies back of the story pub
lished in the Bridgeport (Conn.) Daily
Standard, to the effect that all northern
New Hampshire and Vermont is affiict
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-27

A week left in which to prepare for a
safe and sane one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10

Lieut.. Col. W. L. Sibert, Gadsden citizen, was responsible for more difficult engineering feats than any other of the corps sent to Panama. It was he who had charge of the con- struction of Gatun dam. Colonel Harding, a younger man than Sibert, was a major of engineers in Pan- anna and made fine record there. The fact that he is now to be re- warded with such responsible of flee as that of chief engineers is something of which his friends may we'll be proud, and when he succeeds to the civil governorship of the zone he will have achieved large national fame.
 Tuscaloosa "boys" as a rule may be depended upon to give good ac- count of themselves. At any rate, in the army Gorgas, Sibert and Harding by merit alone have won great lau- relS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 After being buttonholed for half hour by a gabby guy you sort of get the i'm pression that lockjaw isn't such a terrible affliction.
 The old-fashioned man who useC to pump hydrant water on his face after a homemade shave now has a son who couldn't face the world until he received a 35 cent massage after the barber gave him the once over.
 When father happens to remember to wind the alarm clock before he goes to bed he knows that the family would be in an awful fix if it wasn't for his thoughtfulness.
 The women didn't have time to vote in the old days before homemade bread was supplied by the grocery stores.
 Some men never have any luck because they spend all their time arguing that luck is against them.
 Woman is strange creature She would rather have a 15-cent husband than remain single and have $15,OOO OO0, ,OO( worth of freedom.
 A good hustler will make better hus. band than good dancer, but you couidn't get princess to believe it.
 Some husbands are such mean cnsses that they refuse to quarrel with theil wives because it costs them too much to make up.
 There is a whole lot of competition ir some families as to who shall be .hs black sheep.
 Somehow or other when you see a mar who wears derby hat with a sweater you know that when he opens his moutf he will say Where is them things atl'' What has become of the old-fashionee man who wore knit galluses and blue yarn socks with white toes7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
Steady Improvement in Business

provement in business conditions in the east" said J. $. Danforth, d partner in a mercantile concern of Philadelphia "In my city there is now an air of real brisk pcss that was absent few weeks ago. In a general way conditions seem normal again.
 T was in New York few days ago and was glad to note the activity prevailing In business circles as compared with the inertia that I found there early in Oc- toher. The theatres in that city are hav- ing large audiences and the cafes seemed to be as busy as usual, and those are al ways good signs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
Alabam mians With Panama Fame

According to rumor in Washing ton, Lieut.. Col. Chester Harding of the United States army, who is soon to become chief engineer of the Pan anna canal, will in time be ap- pointed governor of the canal zone, the position now held by Colonel Goe- thals. He is an Alabamian and was appointed to the military academy at West Point from Tuscaloosa in the eighties. He is brother of w. P. G. Harding of Birmingham, and is at present the engineer commissioner of the District of Columbia, having been appointed to that office by President Wilson,
 Alabama has been prominently rep resented in the canal zone. It was Dr. w. C. Gorgas of Tuscaloosa, now surgeon general of the United States army, who made the construction of V11S Sohdi pooSiDiS Dy IiduoAoIIilliS . land of mosquitoes and yellow fe- 6over into habitable zone with few = mosquitoes than found in the aver age American city, and as healthy asany section of this country. For that great work Dr. Gorgas has been es- s.eeiallv honored not only bv this gov arnment but the British government e well. At the request of England he visited South Africa for the pur- pose of inspecting health conditions md making recommendations for sanitary improvement. After that mission the University of Oxford conferred upon him it's highest de- gree, that of D. c. |.
 Next to Colonel Goethals himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
To Help the Belgians

The appeal of the governor o1 Ala bama to the people of the state to help the stricken Belgians will, it IS be- lieved. meet with hearty response. The governor has appointed a commit tee of prominent men to take charge of the relief work in this state, headed bv James Bowron of Birmingham, and thev may be counted on to devote themselves energetically to this worthy cause.
 Alabama is not suffering as much from "hard times" as the calamity howlers would have us believe. If we could quit thinking about the cotton situation for awhile, and the conse- ouent lull in business, and instead of wasting so much pity on ourselves, consider the plight of humanity across the Atlantic, the change would be highly beneficial. Nothing makes peo- ple forget their own troubles so quick ly as trying to help others, and there never was in the history of the world a cause more worthy than that of the Belgians, forced into a war they did not desire and driven from their homes hy invading armies only after des- perate resistance that has made them immortal.
 This is no time to be sending money to the heather, when the Christian na- tions are at each others throats. The heather is laughing in his sleeve at the spectacle presented in Europe for bis delectation. The governor appeals particularly to the churches for aid. Most churches have well organized methods for raising money for for eign missions and other causes. If they will concentrate their energies for only a short while on raising money and collecting food and cloth ing for the Belgians, they will be do- ing work of great practical benefit.
 There can be no doubt of the suffer- ing that is already common among the Belgians. Their condition is daily growing worse. Great-hearted Ameri- ca must come to their relief. No other nation is better able to do so. Ala bama will not lag behind in this char itable undertaking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10

Italian army had invented what the world
 now knows as caterpillar wheels These
 were placed on the heavier pieces of field
 artillery belonging to the Italian army in
 order that the gun might be moved over swampy land. The Germans accordingly | adopted the Italian plan and made cater
 pillar fleet" that could be attached to the wheels of carriages made to transport the big siege guns In addition many com plete caterpillar wheels were made. The
 feet" however, were different from those of the Italian caterpillar wheel, in that
 they were constructed of fibrous com position. re-enforced with strips of steel. From that time on the siege guns could be dragged by horses or traction engines over any but the most marshy land Tn
 Europe
 The feet are so light that a mounted artilleryman may carry two of them slung to his saddle without inconvenience. The 16-inch gun as it Is now employed by the Germans is usually fired at an ele-
 vi.tion of from 15 to s5 degrees, the pro- iectile sharing curved course through
 the air to its target. Projectiles fired from these guns are of two different weights. One variety, the most highly explosive, weighs 20o0 pounds, while the other, which contains more steel and less explosive, weighs 26o0 pounds. These projectiles, too,
 are made at Krupps. The government
 rays s970 for each one delivered Elaboratey equipped with range finders, pointers. sights and number of other de- vices to aic the gunners, the siege gun | can hurl proJectile accurately at tar set F miles away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
The Next Presidential Campaign

Since the republicans made larger gains and boiled a larger total vote last week than it was thought they would be able to do, they are natur- ally beginning to plan for vigor- ous presidential campaign in 1916.
 The democrats came out as well in the congressional elections as they could reasonably expect in an "off year" The democratic majority in the Sixty-fourth Congress will be quite large enough for efficient party work.
 Humanly speaking, the democrats have fine chance for victory again two years hence. Old politicians can remember when the democratic and republican parties were about evenly matched in the matter of statesman ship. In the three or three and a half decades following the civil war there were statesmen and leaders of com manding influence on the republican side. Likewise there were great states men and leaders on the democratic side. Today there are several dem ocrats in public life who measure up to the high standard of former years, but there is a dearth of statesman ship in the republican party.
 Never, perhaps, in the history of the party has republican presidential timber been so scarce. As a congress- man, Uncle Joe Cannon was able to "come back" and, but for his ad- vanced age, he would make a live ly candidate for President. When the time comes, however, the republic ans will probably put up a very re- spectable ticket. But if the democrats continue in harmony they should be able to retain power in Washington for many years to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
LOndOn's Evening of Oratory

In London surviving institution of the distant past is Lord Mayors day, features of which are a public parade and the installation of the newly elected executive in the fore noon and grand banquet in Guild hall at night.
 By an unwritten law the Lord Mayor serves only one term, and his term extends over only 12 months. The pageant or "show" is, therefore, an annual event. And remarkable thing about the banquet is the serious character of the speeches. Although the Lord Mayor exercises authority over only about 10000 souls-the pop ulation of the city within the old boundary has dwindled in recent years to those figures-the prime minister makes a speech at the ban quet which is supposed to shadow forth important policies of the Brit ish government.
 Yesterdays pageant lacked much of the color which gave brilliance and distinction to former Lord Mayors days; but the Guildhall affair was of exceptional interest. The attend ance of high officers of state was larger than usual and the speeches were more carefully prepared. War was the one theme; and a note of con- fidence in the ultimate triumph of the allies was dominant.
 Ex-Premier Arthur J. Balfour made a patriotic speech, Lord Kitchener made an impressive speech-grave and militant as usual-and Premier Asquith delivered himself of an ad- dress that will be reckoned historic.
 The name of the new Lord Mayor is Johnson-Charles Johnson. Un- til a few weeks ago he was plain Alderman Johnson, but now he is Sir Charles. The Lord May or must of necessity be rich, for the cost of maintaining the dignity of the mayora1ty. outruns the salary about five for one. The Guildhal] banquet alone costs something like f500O-$25, ,000. But the English still set great store by state functions where the mighty of the realm in- dulge in speech making; and last nights function must have caused the host to swell with pride; so what boots the cost?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
MANNAHATTA

By Walt Whitman. I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city, Whereupon To! upsprang the aboriginal name. Now I see what there is in a name. a word, liquid, sane. unruly, musical self-sufficient, see that the wore of my city is that word from of old, Because I see that word nestled in nests of waterbays, superb. Rich, hemm d thick all around with sail- ships and steamships. an island six. teen miles long, soldid- founded. Numberless crowded streets, high growths of iron. slender, strong, light, splen- didly uprising toward clear skies. Tides swift and ample, well-loved by me toward sundown. The flowing sea-currents, the little is- lands, larger adjoining islands, the heights, the villas. The countless masts, the white shore steamers, the lighters, the ferry boats, the black sea steamers we'll model'd, The downtown streets, the jobbers' houses of business, the houses of business of ship merchants and money-brok- CTS, the river-streets, Immigrants arriving. fifteen or twenty thousand in week, The carts hauling goods, the manly race of drivers of horses, the brown-faced sailors, The summer air, the bright sun shining. and the sailing clouds aloft, The winter snows, the sleigh-bells, the broken ice in the river, passing along up or down with the fiood-tide or ebb-tide, The mechanics of the city, the masters. we'll formd. beautiful faced looking you straight in the eye. Trottoirs throngd, vehicles, Broadway, the women, the shops and shows, A million people-manners free and su- perb-open voices-hospitality most courageous and friendly young men,
 City or hurried and sparkling waters! city of spires and masts. City nested in bays! my city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
A Gratifying Fact

Not the least gratifying fact about the meeting of the American Iron and Steel institute was the unstinted praise which tho visitors accorded Birmingham for it's hospitality said a member of the Cham Ter of Commerce.
 Tt is safe to say that no organization in this country Is made up of such rep resentative business men as the Iron and Steel institute and all with whom I talked spoke enthusiastically of the manner in which the visitors had been cared for That meeting will be remembered as the most successful of its kind ever held here It was pleasing indeed to hear a number of steel men say they hoped the institute would meet here again within the next two or three years.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
THE FALL OF. ANTWERP

From Germany on the Defensive" by
 Frank H. Simonds, in the American Re-
 view of Reviews for November.
 TN all military history of the future the
 capture of Antwerp must necessarily - be landmark. Here, briefly, terri. bly, the superiority of the gun over the fort, of the mechanic over the engineer. was demonstrated. Aside from Paris, there was no city so strongly fortified as Antwerp. Unlike Paris. it's position on the neutralized Scheldt and near the Dutch frontier prevented complete invest ment. Along it's southern front, ten miles distant, the Nethe flowed through deep marshes, forming a natural noat. strengthened by forts once held impreg- nable
 Before these forts, in trenches long ago prepared, stood the whole Belgian field army. presently reinforced by British ma rines. All that the art of the engineer. all that the courage of brave men fighting with their backs to the wall could con tribute to making a fortess impregnab ble, were to be found in the ancient Flemish city.
 Yet before the German artillery Ant werp's defenses crumbled with incredibl, :, rapdity. What the 42,centimetre gun had accomplished at Liege, at Namur at Mau- beuge, but hitherto behind veil, it now did in the full sight of the whole world. In less than a week those forts which had been pronounced impregnable were heaps of dust and ashes and German  field trenches, driving the Belgians before them. By October the Krupp shells were falling about the noble tower of the Ant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
STOCK THEMES.

Cleopatra was not as beautiful as she is said to have been," remarked the icon- oclastic man.
 There you goi' exclaimed the old- fashioned orator. trying to upset other peoples cherished beliefs Maybe Nero didn't fiddle while Rome was burning?' T don't believe he did,
 T refuse to have anything further to dc with you. sir. The beauty of cleopa- tra and the perfidy of Nero have served me as an illustration in hundreds of speeches. Where would be if either one of these so-called delusions were swept from the minds of the common people?"
 QUICK CHANGES.
 'It used to be so that if anything im- portant happened in Mexico we could al- ways dig up picture of Diaz and run it on the front page." said the managing ed- itor.
 That's so" agreed the telegraph ed- itor.
 But nowadays a President of Mexico doesn't stay on the job long enough to have his picture taken''
 A FLING AT HIS GIRTH.
 "Confound that young whippersnapper's insolencer' exclaimed MT. Portly.
 What's wrong?"
 ''When told him he couldn't get around me he said that if he should get around me it would be long walk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
BABY PLAYS WITH LEOPARD

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 Miss Dorothy Webb years old, plays every day with Snookums, a baby leop- ard, and the pair have the finest time imaginable with Ringing Bros circus They are inseparable companions, but it was not always so, for it was a long timo before Dorothys father. who has charge of the commissary department with the circus, sanctioned this odd fellowship
 When the show was nearing the end of its winter stay in Baraboo little Dor othy had as a playmate a roly-poly sort o1 a puppy, which strayed away from the camp and was lost
 Nothing would satisfy the girl but the leopard cub, so it was arranged to have Dorothy spend several hours each day at the cage until the leopardess made no objection to the baby carrying the cub about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10

werp cathedral. The city and the suburbs were breaking out in flames. The end was in sight.
 The next day the field army of Belgium, commanded by it's still undaunted King, crossed the Scheldt on pontoons, moved vest along the Dutch frontier, accompa- n!ed by the British contingent, made good its escape to join the allied armies, still moving up from the south, but all too late. Meanwhile, by every ship, train, road, thousands of refugees fleeing from the shells that were falling in Antwerp, flowed out to Holland, to England, tv France. A new migration of a people had begun.
 The end came on October g, when the city surrendered, the remaining Belgian forces escaping to Holland and there lay ing down the arms they had wielded So valiantly. Not city,. but a nation, had fallen. For England only less than for Belgium, the fall of Antwerp had been a terrible blow. The pistol pointed at the heart of England" as Napoleon had de- soribed the city, was now in the hands of William II.
 With the fall of Antwerp and that of Ostend which promptly followed on Oc- tober 15, British public opinion at last recognized that a new Napoleonic, war, with the same issues and many of tho same circumstances, was before them From Ostend British observers already foretold the launching of German subma- rines and German zeppelins. A new Na- poleon had reached the channel Once more it was for the British people to watch the skies, for that new engine which had added so much to the terror of war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
BOWIE As EDUCATOR

BOWIE AS EDUCATOR
 From the Anniston Star.
 The Birmingham board of education will have acted wisely in electiug Sydney J. Bowie president of the board and chief executive of the city's school system to succeed the late pr. John l.. Parker. and the honor thus conferred on Mir. Bowie will be a source of pleasure t6 his many friends in Anniston.
 MT. Bowie is a man of much personal popularity. He achieved success as an attorney in Anniston and did construc- tive work for the Fourth district when we sent him to Congress. Since he re- moved to Birmingham he has won a larger success. and in the late years has not ceased to devote his time and at- tention to public welfare.
 Mir. Bowie has been for several years one of tho foremost writers in Alabama an educational topics. His newspaper articles have attracted widespread at- tention, and he has probably done moro than any other one man in the state to build up . sentiment looking to local taxa ton for educational purposes. He will now have the opportunity of executing some of his theoretical plans. and the Star believes there is not . man in Bir- mingham better qualified to fill the place made vacant by the tragic death of Dp. Parker.