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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-25

superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton T.. l.. Keller is urging a general
effort throughout the schools of the
state in training the pupils along the
line of self-preservation. Statistics
furnished by the railroads of the coun-
try show an appalling number of ac-
cidents. The greater per cent of ac-
cidents on railroads is TO trespassers
people making n public highway of
the tracks, employees hurrying to work
children taking "a short cut to school
Industrial centers and school locations
near railroads are practically death
centers. The work will be systematic
cally carried on. BY means of pic
lures, stories, moving pictures where
possible, and in various other ways,
children will be trained to be alert
They will be warned against injurious
practices along railways, running in
front of street cars and automobiles,
touching live wires and the innumer-
able other things that each day cause
fatalities among children.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-25

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Nothing punished
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information
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a gleamo Of me on the
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$ sheep.
absorbing information in
The Investigation purely a Congressional
vocingo n aionwide
the kitchen
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the
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OF
advancement books recreation
friends outside the her home
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wish they often patient and accomplishing than they
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If not better her condition by giving her duties little thought
and attention?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-25
BLACK SILK
STOVE POLISH

on your parlor stove, kitchen stove or gas stove.
Get can from your hardware or stove dealer.
IL YOU do not find il better than any other stove
polish you have cueY used 6efoye, your dealer is
authorized to refund your money But we feel
sure YOU will agree with the thousands of other
up-to-date women who are now using Black
silk Stove Polish and who say II is the best
stOye polish eVey made.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-09

phase of the situation. And then he
addressed them again
IF Man dies or you get him
first, it counts you five" he an.
nounced.
Snow again was falling m the night
and the three remaining wolves lifted
their voices in a thin, long-drawn,
hungry howl of assent to the fairness
Of this scheme Of things.
Now the man had food in plenty
Of its kind But the unchanging diet
of unsalted fried wolf flesh had be-
come repeIant. He no. longer cared
to eat He chopped loose the floor.
ing of his boat, the cabin sides, the
upper part OF the centerbOard well,
the centefboard itself, and the aft
most decking He had many pelts,
but his body generated little warmth,
and once a day he fed his FIRE freely
to drive the temperature up a few
degrees nearer zero.
The swollen knee joint had ceased
to pain him At first he was troubled
by this fact and then he did not care.
Could he have seen his haggard, bony
face, with its skin tfght-drawn from
point to point, he would not have
known it for his own.
He had grown very weak. The hot
spark Of Life within him was turning
at last to gray ash. He felt no re-
morse. Had he, Gene Lefargue, not
played the game like a man to the
end?
The north had made of his mighty
effort a great jest. The man raised
himself feebly on one arm. q Taught"
he tried to cry defantly, but the
words were just a hoarse croaking.
Cropping for the chalk, the man raised
his hand and uncertainty reached to-
ward the score-board Opposite the
word Wolves he marked the figure 5,
He fell back among his pelts and
blankets with face turned toward
the sheet-irOn stove. It still was warm !
FTSt5a tho last o1,oT.rroz oF f,yo1 LII, ]
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-09

was in the air, but he did not know.
The stove remained in place. He
pressed harder. It fell to its side, and
the glowing embeFs scattered out. His
eyes opened at the sound, and he
smiled with them, though his lips re-
NAMED set. Feebly he thrust toward
the nearest ember agsplinter of wood
and watched its ignition with ap-
proval. Then, more feebly, he showed
toward the flame a board fragment
and saw the flame curl up about it
The flames spread along the cabin
walls. The space within became
smoke-flled. The fire rose upward
and ate its way through the roofing.
The man lay very still, as with the
placid languor Of utter droWsiness.
To his dimmed consciousness -sensa-
tons came but haltingly and gently,
as to the ear might come faint, half
needed sound waves Of distant Sab
bath bells across a lonely country
side, sun-Warmed and towering.
It was as though, like thing
aloof, his soul departing, hesitant,
stood off a space to watch the dis
carded meats cremation
(TAE ENb)s
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of a certain class OF young girls, for
tunately limited in number. These girls
are the advocates of the 'debutante
SLOUGH" "A gait beside which the old
fashioned Grecian bend was "A goddess
like pose.
The debutante SLOUGH is not only
silly" exclaim the Misses IIoyt. but
vulgar as we'll. The young men who go
about with the sort of girl who affects
this extreme fashion are nice, we'll bee
haved young chaps and are perfectly
conventional in their manners. We
have never had to criticise one Of them.
hut it has been oar painful duty several
times to call the attention Of the
mothers to the girls ways-naturally
the mothers did not like it. but We have
the courage of our convictions.
cut the debutante SLOUGH out and
there will be nothing left to complain of.
80 far the greatest advantage that
has come out Of the new dancing Is that
it has brought men and women together
again and ii the interest increases we
would not be bit surprised II men ac-
tually got to the point Of sending violets
and bonbons to women again, the way
they used to do. Possibly they will even
call. There is no knowing what may
happen" and the interviewed, who have
been caught in cosey corner OF the
Marie Antoinette oak room, laugh to-
gether at the thought.
Both auction and its forerunner,
bridge, undoubtedly separated the
sexes, as did golf. Women don't play
golf as strenuously as men and In time
the men preferred the game with their
own sex and women were left out to
seek their own amusement Then men
do not like to play for small stakes
the woman's economical way Of APP
preaching games of amusement--and so
they went to their club and the women
had their own auction parties. Mar
riage seemed to go out and even get
ting engaged wasn't done any more. OF
course the feminist movement hasn't
really brought the sexes together to
anys alarming extent.
I'm regard to the Anglo-Saxon not
being able to dance these dances. of
course the American man and woman
can dance them because they can do
with them just what they have done
with everything else. that Is, take what
ever Is good for themselves, adapt. edit,
arrange and imprint the resultant prod
uct with their own stamp.
1.-THE American man Is never so in
dlvidual as he Is in his dancing. A
man who has lived In Paris and has
not been in America for fifteen years
remarked this winter on the indlvid-
uality that was shown on certain
ballroom floor, where no two couples
were dancing the same dance and yet
all in perfect rhythm. To dance we'll
man must learn the steps, partcu.
larly the one step-four steps forward
and four back. four slides, eight steps
around and the grapevine. When ne
has mastered his steps ten chances to
one he makes his own combinations.
THE out and out business man IL the
dance habitue at present." say the
Misses Hoyt, land Is likely to continue SO.
He dropped out for a long time. leaving
the laurels Of the waxed floor to the
regular dancing man and to the lsdies
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
Official "Rubberneck" Conductor OH
Isthmus Target of Many Queer Cues
tons Concerning the Great Project

fellow put It. I've got a week to rest
up In on the ship
And I find less difference between
the people who come on the hurry up
excursions and those who come to spend
a week than had expected. The hurry
up people spend ten hours on the 18TH
mus. glance hurriedly at the dam, locks
and canal. buy a Panama hat. rush into
the cathedral. regret the seven mile in
terval that keeps them from seeing old
Panama, eat lunch at the Tivoli and go
away satisfied. Those who spend a
week take things more leisurely and
get more definite impressions. Yet I
doubt II they get more accurate ideas.
"They do, however, have time to
crowd In a few personal experiences.
And II Is these tourists that the guides
have an opportunity to observe. some
times to know. They are generally COM
Portable men and women Of so years or
more, few spinsters, and an occasional
girl OF near 90 years. Men between 25
and 45 are few. I suppose they are too
busy to take three weeks for Panama;
or IL they are not they probably prefer
spending those weeks nearer to cabaret
land.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
Expected Number of Travellers During
Coming Dry Months Estimated at
10000 Less Than Last Year

up at the Tivoli. attended to q few little
matters and then hotfooted 1t to the
Hotel Central. In the cool patio | sat
down and soon a glass OF beer was smil-
ing at me. a man 1 knew came in and
We lost our troubles in discussing IA,
relative merits of home brcwed and i'm
ported beer. Suddenly a third voice
broke in:
"'You say the imported beer is
doped?'
Il knew that voice, and turning
slightly spoke into the trumpet: Yes,
it's doped: won't you take some?
MY wife admits that | am naturally
mean, but / will not. At least 1t was
MOI meanncss that made me act 50 badly
in the case of the man with the UNI
brela. He was a small man who wore
large eyeglasses and carried "a very large
umbrella. / think he was deaf, or
slightly So because he always sat very
close to me when l was explaining thu
scenery as the car went from objectilc
point to objective.
when we passed anything that I did
not explain he would poke mo gently
with the handle Of the umbrella ana
say: Mr.. Guide, what is that there 81
whatever 1t happened 10 be. After tw"
days Of this ! had a black spot on IN!
left leg where he had pokcd M, am
both the spot and I were becoming sor"
ION the third day as we were about
to cross the locks at Gatun on the foot
bridge l could see that he was a triil,
nervous. lie was right alongside me, 50
| said: Let me carry your umbrella for
YOU and YOU take hold of both rails" He
did 50. We walked across. / taking my
station at the end Of the procession
When we were almost to the other side
accidentally lost my grip on the UNI
brella and it fell through one OF the
manholes Of gate clear down into the
dark pit. OF course I was apologize
and offered to have the gate taken apart
in order to return the umbrella. But h.
piled the Goals upon my head by beinr
very uninterested. Next day he appeared
with new umbrella. and the blue spot
ON my left leg increased In size
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

People who appear to think they are
doing the canal administration and its
employees a great favor by condescend-
ing to look at the various sights are the
most interesting psychological type.
They are not interested especially, are
usually disappointed and sometimes
quite dlsapprove. Just recently had
a trying experience with one Of these,
and woman too, which is unusual.
she believed in a sea level canal.
She regarded the lake with disfavor.
and positively refused to look at the
locks.
"lt Is very good, but sea level
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

shoulder and added: you'll see. You
wont have any kick. Just you stay and
run things the way you have been.
You'll see.'
The next day before the manager came
on duty Wilgers sealed all Of the morn.
ing's receipts except $25. in a big en-
velope, leaving in sight n memorandum:
Loose change" The manager had con-
scented to stay. When Wilgers examined
drawer A again he found the loose
change" reduced by s.. From that time
on Wilgers sealed most Of his money,
but he never neglected to leave some
"loose change" He explained his action
at an outing OF a singing society Of
which he was an officer as follows:
You see. the manager was bound
to steal anyway. And he was q good
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

manager-no better. would not raise
his salary because, while l knew he
ought to get more money. I also knew
he would steal even after his wages
were Increased. And you know. I didn't
blame him for taking some lie was
worth more money. He knew my trade
to a dot, and everybody liked him.
$50 ! left enough loose change for
him to think he could take some and
1t wouldn't be missed. Didn't he think
discovered the daily loss? Well, it's hard
to say--and then you know he didn't
care. He could have got more money
elsewhere; but I think he felt better
taking a few dollars. Felt smarter. you
know. So I made it easier for him.
HE has his own place now. Wonder
II his manager steals"
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and the manager used drawer b from
then on. Wilgers began to miss money
from his locked drawer 4 shortly after
his manager had asked for an increase
in salary and had been refused. The
amounts were small at the start. They
increased until Wilgers decided he would
leave no money in the drawer.
The next day his manager gave him
notice that he intended to quit. He gave
no reason except he was not getting
enough money-which was significant,
Wilgers thought. The proprietor took
his manager one side and they had a
beer together. y
stay with me and everything will be
fixed up" said W!lgers. After another
beer he put his hand on his managers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
NHE tourist crop in Panama won't
be q good one this year."
The official guide of the 18TH

- The official guide of the 18TH
milan Canal Commission, WILL
lam NJ. Baxter, Jr., began his disserta.
, ton on tourists In this way as he sat
on the rubberneck car at Gatun one
day recently. His assistant had just
taken two tourists over to look at the
locks.
That's a sample Of it," continued Mr..
Baxter, only two people this morning,
and this time year ago there would
have been twenty. Can't pay expenses
on less than ten. The steamship COM
panies had counted on whale of BUSH
ness. arranged thirty-eight special
cruises In addition to regular trips, and
all but twelve of these have been called
on. Instead Of 10000 tourists we'll be
lucky II 10000 come here during the
dry months.
THE reason Is simple. People say,
We'll let's walt another year and sail
through the canal They make mis-
take. because next year every vestige
Of the interesting village life Of the
canal construction days will be gone. and
this Is as well worth seeing as the canal
itself. But the tourists don't under
stand that. They are looking for large
Impressions, not for details.
by the way, tourists are generally
misunderstood. There seems to be an
impression that every shipload is a
ChautauQua circle let loose for a few
minutes and fairly athirst for informa-
ton. No such thing.
I'm the first place there is no race or
class Of tourists. These people come
from all races and every conceivable
social and economic class. Likewise
at nrtv Of r1I
II received word tomorrow that the
Lhasa Llama was to be my special
charge for the day should not be sur
prised, and only slightly interested.
Each person has a special individuality.
and to generalize would surely do some
one an injustice. overdo a few. underdo
the many. Yet they have this in COM
mon: they have little time and want
to fill every minute Of it. AS one old
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

.HE Misses Frances and Grace
Hoyt are we'll known on the con-
l. cert stage and as society enter.
tanners. In one season they APP
peared PA times with Sousa and in Lon
don and New York their clientele EN-
braces royalty and kings of finance.
They are impersonators, discusses sing
ers and all around gayety mongers. .
Recently they have added the neces-
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haps two books. about the canal on his
way to the Isthmus. Books on Panama
are probably no more inaccurate than
books on Tibet; but there are more Of
them. And the inaccuracies are the
most interesting points; therefore these
lodge more firmly in the head Of the
average reader. Now somewhere in his
book the man who asks me the question
about the masonry dam has read Of the
sea level project. 1t Is impossible to
explain to him his error without hurt
ing his pride, yet II is necessary to exc
plain. He tries his best to convince me
that Ihave overlooked a dam some where,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

n Jews that the post office at Nor
N ris Plains, N. j., has been robbed
again comes SO frequently that
1t causes comparatively little stir In the
town. Twelve times in about the same
number of months Uncle Sans stamp
dispensary has been looted.
The odd part Of it has been that D.
NJ. Merchant, the postmaster, has never
got excited or irritated over 1t. He tries
to be patient with the burglars. He
leaves the safe unlocked and the COM
bination is pasted on the door, so that
in case careless employee locks the
door, there will be no need Of blowing
the safe open. Every day the postmaster
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

Cning of the arteries. To this It is an
swcred that In spite Of themselves tn
doctors have to admit that the dancln-
craze Is taking fees out of their pockets.
We know OF physician who dang'cd
those aforesaid horrors in front of a on
time clients face and then sad: I
must admit ] never saw you look So
well or your eyes shine so bright"
In conclusion the Misses Hoyt pre-
dict that the dance craze Is going to
last long time.
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sary accomplishment of the moment and
at their afternoon thes dansants. held at
the Marie Antoinette. they not only ex-
hibit all the latest steps. the tango.
maxine. hesitation. &c. but they teach
the unwieldy. aid the unwary and bring
together seventy years and seventeen.
Though they had slight feeling Of
resentment in the beginning. having
been brought up in sight Of the myriad
church spires of New England and in
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hcrited certain Pur!tanic slant NOR
ally. they confess that that resentment
has long since evaporated and the mod
ern dances have at the moment no more
strenuous advocate than they. Their
mother, Mrs. Russell Hoyt, who chap
erons the young people at the dances, Is
equally placated
They may hesitate in the popular
waltz. but they do not in the statement
that all the sentiment against the new
dances may be traced to the tendencies
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Naturally the only answer to that
was the old recipe Of perseverance. and
he is following II admirably.
Another stated that he hated music
and was stone deaf from childhood. lie
thought this handicap. which 1t is not
Very good dancers are frequently afflicted
with both ailments So long as one can
keep the beat, that l. the essential thing"
The dangers pointed out by the med
ical profession are next referred to: the
lack of cardiac reserve" and the hard
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

Just what there is about the new steps
that interests him 1t Is difficult to tell
possibly the vibration of energy
"One man of this kind confessed the
other day that he was perfectly furious
that he could not make his feet behave
and do as he wanted them to. Il have
got my mind trained pretty WELL he
said. and my hands but these miserable
feet of mine go one way when I tell
them To go the other. What am I going
to do with them
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
Hotel Washington, Colon.

canal would be better and would have
cost less in the end she repeated.
II was sorry we had no sea level
canals to show her that day. but there
was no use trying to tell her that It was
not my fault. She disapproved OF me
about as much as Of the locks, until I
actually felt that perhaps had made
a mistake In going ahead with the lock
canal.
"'Where Is the masonry dam for the
purpose Of diverting the Chagres River
from the canal" is q question often
asked.
THE tourist has read O book, or per.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-03
BROOKFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. V. n. Wardner visited
relatives in Barre City Sunday.
| j. w. Parmenter went to Concord, n
| H., Monday to spend several weeks with
his brother, George Parmenter, and fam
! lily.
Mr. and Mrs. "A. E. Sargent went to
Woedsville, n H., Thursday to spend
several weeks at the homes of their chill
dren and families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Holt visited last
week at the home of his brother, F. l..
| Holt, and wife, and Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l..
Wells.
y. A. Clark has been in very poor
health, suffering with bronchitis. At
this writing he is a little better.
Miss Leona Wardner, who has spent
several months in Boston, arrived home
Monday. Little Miss Marion Snow of
Boston accompanied her, and is to spend
the summer at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
I V. n. Wardner.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wortheim and four
children of Richmond came Saturday to
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. R. Rumney They are to leave their
children with her parents while they Wis
it Mr.. Wortheim's parents in Germany.
Mr.. and Mrs Wortheim returned to Rich
mond Monday and expect to start their
Journey Saturday, June 6.
Memorial day exercises passed very
pleasantly. The address by Rev. Fraser
Metzger, the music and all the exercises
were fine. and enjoyed by all present.
Among those present from out of town
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Baker of
Mortified. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Russ,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fayette Greene, Mrs. House
and Mr. Fowler of Bethel. Messrs. w. w.
Sprague and c. L. Lazelle of Randolph
j. b. Panton visited his brother,
George Panton, and family, in Randolph,
several days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Forts Allis OF Haverhill,
Mass. came Friday and stayed till Tues
day with his cousin, w. S. Alls, and
wife, at their cottage on Bear hill.
Miss Ruby Boynton of Boston came
sister Mrs. W. b. Colt.
Mrs. f. X. Jones and Miss Marjorie
Panton were the guests Saturday Of
their uncle, L. B. Panton, at the home
of Mrs. A. l.. Follansbee.
Mrs. V. NJ. Wardner went to Bethel
Monday, where she is to assist at the
Bethel inn for a few weeks.
The pre- Memorial exercises at the vii
lage school, which were held with the
primary school in the lower room, were
very good. r. w. Walbridge, who was
detailed from the G. A. X. post to speak
before the school, gave an excellent talk
also c. c. Hood. The pupils, who We're
all young, did exceedingly well in their
Mrs Wells and daughter of Massa-
chusetts came Tuesday to spend few
days with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. F. J.
Locke.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-03
RANDOLPH

Mrs. A. j. Kimball, who has been the
guest Of Mrs George Dukette for sew.
eral days, returned on Tuesday to her
home III Burlington.
Mr. and Mrs. 5. s. Whitcomb left on
Monday for Nashua, n. H., and before
their return they viii 20 to Lewiston
Me-, to visit Mrs. Whitcomb's sister,
Mrs. Lorena Thatcher, who formerly
lived in town.
Mrs George Allen and Mrs. Allen Bat
ties, her sister left on Tuesday morn
ing for Barre, where they expected to
meet Mr.. Allen, who had been at st.
Johnsburv after a new car, and return
with him by auto to Randolph.
Frank Horner and Francis Taylor of
Cambridge, Mass, are being entertained
this week by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ket-
chnm
A very high wind prevailed on sun
day night, which resulted in many trees
being broken down. During the evening,
a large limb OF the maple near the
house of Mrs Mary Strong, was broken
down, and it fell directly across Main
street, but with the help OF two men it
was soon cleared away, Others in diff
ferent parts of the town were also
broken down.