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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
NOT ANlISOLATED CASE
Many Similar Cases in Bennington
and Vicinity.

Many Similar Cases in Bennington
and Vicinity.
This Bennington mans story given
here is not an isolated case by any
means; week after week, year after
year, our neighbors are telling SINH
lar good news.
James p. Toomey, South and Elm
St, Bennington, says: Il have never
had any very serious case of kidney
trouble, but for some time I was
bothered by dull pains across my
back. Ny work aggravated the
trouble. | had seen Doan's Kidney
Pills so highly recommended by Ben
nington citizens that sent to Coles
Drug Store and got a box They help
ed me from the start and soon drove
the pains from my back and made me
feel better and stronger"
AFTER A LAPSE OF FIVE
YEARS Mr.. Toomey said: ut is a
pleasure for me to once again endorse
Doan's Kidney Pills. They did me
so much good that kidney trouble
and are now strangers"
Price soc, at all dealers Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy--get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mr.. Toomey has twice publicly recon
mended Foster-Milburn Co, Props,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
Beginning of the improvements.

The first copy was auctioned off To
the Highest Bidder and it brought
$3.50. which Sum was Immediately
placed to the Credit Of the Womans'
Civic Society to. build Public Park
and the balance to be appropriated to
the Research Society and the Home for
INDECENT and Indignant Grass Widows
The uurruh was real sassy in its
Initial Issue. Claude was strong ON
Uplift and Pussy OH Social Shams. lie
said that lsit was Suffering from a
Parcel Of Hasbeens and Mossbacks
with green scums on their Moose
Hides; that it was a Long Primer
Community on Nonpareil Diet; that
1t was Starving Itself to Death wait.
ing for Something to Transpire that
the Richest Man in Town was a Loaf.
er because he didn't Mix it up with
Progress-it would Increase his taxes
and they might Discover that he should
be Paying an Income Tax to preserve
the Nation from Bankruptcy; that
there were too many Churches and too
little Religion: that the town should
Scatter some Paving Material over its
Sand Streets; that the Old Maids had
better be tangoins than Knitting Socks
for War Sufferers; that it needed
more spirit than Guinea Pig and
should have Backbone where its
Wishbone was; that it should take
Rise out of Itself and Get Right and
Stay Right.
Many who welcomed Claude with
the Glad Hand and Loose Pocketbook
began hedging and wanted to Re,
trench on Fellowship and Mazuma.
They said he was Two-faced Walhal.
la with AIisft Conscience, and Graft.
tude was Total Stranger to him.
Claude was. just as popular as La.
Grippe or Tonsilltis.
But he only smiled and replied:
Watch Ny Smoke. l haven't began
to Steam Up.
He Girded Up His Loins and began
Mental Exertion on the Second Issue
of the Hurrah.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
On the Side

The big man with the bevel front
paused near the guess-within-three
pounds -of-your-weight machine, and at
once the crowd closed in 10 see the fun.
The weighmaster looked him over.
front and back; then announced sol
EMMY: You'll weigh 1o7 pounds on
the front side and 107 pounds on the
back side, altogether pa pounds. sit
down in the chair, please"
The pointer flew around 10 90
pounds. The crowd laughed, the weigh
master glowered q bit over the loss of
his dame. and the wife Of the big man
said, with a giggle:
HE missed IL six pounds on the front
side Indianapolis News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27

In the death of Hon Joseph A. De-
Boer Vermont has lost its most bril-
liant citizen. He was brought to this
country from Holland when child
and never had any advantages save
those he worked for and earned by
hard labor. He never had pull, but
rose from his start as a newsboy TO
become at the age of Al the head of
one of the great financial institutions
of the country. His career reads like
romance, but the key to his success
was study, hard work and honest SER
vice. His death at the age of "a is a
great loss to Vermont and to the
whole country.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
POLAND IS DESTITUTE
More Than 100000 Dependent Upon
Soup Kitchen.

More than 100000 of the popula-
ton of Poland are destitute and en-
tirelv dependent on soup kitchens
where there is issued to each appH-
cant a small loaf of bread and pint
of soup daily, according to w. ri.
Hamilton of the American mercy and
relief committee who reached New
York yesterday on the steamship Rot
terdam. Mr.. Hamilton has been in
Europe for several months looking in
to relief work for his organization.
tie added that he had travelled from
Alexandretta to Warsaw and that in
the entire country evacuated by the
Russians there was hardly habit
able building standing.
q was in Warsaw two weeks ago"
said Mr.. Hamilton. THE tempera-
allure was below zero and | saw on
every day | was there long lines of
old men, women and children, many
of them without adequate clothing,
standing for hours at a time in the
cold waiting their turns at the food
distributing centers. In Warsaw
alone it is estimated that $4,000 PEG:
pie are destitute and unless aid
reaches them soon the majority viii
not be alive when spring againcomes.
Money is not needed for there is
no food or clothing to be purchased.
! am going to urge my committee to
bring every possible pressure to bear
| to induce the British to relax their
| $4,000 tons of supplies to go into Po-
| land each month. ] have assurances
| that the Germans win do what they
can to assist in its distribution While
the German authorities are doing
| what they can to relieve distress
there is no use trying to disguise the
fact that they have not much more
food than they can use themselves.
The soup that is being furnished Is
made mainly from carrots, of which
tHcIc dpptulo W uc an hbuuudhCt III
Germany.
Coupled with the distress occasion
ed by lack of food and proper clothing
there exists to menace to health in
the form Of vermin and filth. The
German military authorities are do
ing their best TO cope with this condi-
ton, but with no bathing facilities II
is hard task. TO prevent a possible
spread of disease no one is allowed
to leave Poland without a health GER
tiflcate which specifically states that
the bearer is free from vermin.
Despite her suffering. Poland is.
politically speaking, enthusiastic in
the hope that the outcome of the war
will see her an Independent nation.
The people seem to have faith that
through Austria they will regain their
independence"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
reform Gets on tho JOB.

He tackled the Social Evils as well
as the Dry Rot of commerclallsm.
The llurrah stirred Society and
Church from Center to Circumference.
Claude was there with the Bells On.
The Dcn1cns got so mad that hex
Nnied him Mayor ana told him TO &c
Is Far rs He Liked.
Claude had them tax Themselves for
Water Under ground aud Brick on
Top; an Electric Light plant paid Cur
cent Rates for Il Franchise. He or.
dcrts' Modern Plumbing for the Fire
Department. aud Red Upholstered Fur
u,turc far the Council Chamber
Everything and Every body Climbed
Aboard The Uplift Wagon
The Palace Hotel divorced its Livery
Stables from its Dining Room ana
changed The Roller Towel every other
day whether il Needed il or not
Claude joined the Mutual Admira
ton Society and got Quoted Everyday
in the Short Talks column.
Harry Floyd wrote an idiom, or
something idiotic about the place.
The Limited from New Yorl; put a
Star after lsit on the Time Card.
Dame Fortune Lamps Claude.
In the meanwhile Claude held Quiet
Sessions with Brick Manufacturers,
Sewer Contractors and other High
Brows, and his Bank Account got so
4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27

It is stated that the city of Sche-
nectady has nearly reached its debt
limit and there are scores OF towns
and cities in the country that are in
similar trouble. II is a crime which
American cities have frequently com.
mitted to saddle the coming genera,
ton with great burden of debt. The
worst load that Bennington has to
bear today is the old railroad debt,
which our predecessors handed down
to us Each generation as it comes
along has great burdens of expense to
meet and the most serious mistake a
community can make is to mortgage
its future to an excessive degree.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
Dame Fortune Lamps Claude.
Recommended for Group.

Coughs, colds, Group. hoarseness,
infamed throat, bronchial troubles or
sore chest are relieved by Foley's
Honey and Tar which opens stopped
air passages, soothes and heals in
famed surfaces, and restores normal
breathing. w. c Allen, Boseley, Mo-,
says; 81 have raised family of
four children and used Foley's Honey
and Tar with all of them. find it
the best cough and Group medicine |
srer used, fused 1t for eight or ter
years and can recommend It for
Group Sold Everywhere.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
tho diseased portion of the ear. There 10
only one way TO cure deafness, and that 10
by constitutional remedies Deafness 10
caused By an innamed condition OF the niu-
couD lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is iniiamed you have rumbline
sound or imperfect hearing. and when IL ~
Unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored TO its normal coudi-
ton. hearing Will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out OF ten caused by Catarrn,
which is nothing but en- indamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for any
Gaze of Deafness (caused by cntarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
r. ]. CHENEY G. CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 7Bc.
Take Halrs Family Pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
100000
Paid on Dec 15 1915 TO 1900 Members Of Our Xmas Club
You viii Need Money
For Christmas
HERE is
AN EASY WAY TO GETH
A SURE WAY TO HAVE 1T
join Our Christmas Club Which Starts Dec: q. 1915
9 sss week; s s ; g, = ;s g. and for 50
mail yoa pay % sss ehass% a sSs7 IS " week and on and
You rof Payments Youw ito Do So
For sa.s G @ with az. end with 8
akspymntw lIbs5cY omay dol. memC Class - ~ ~
Should You Prefer Pay YouC Do So
you a s s sB sas 90 each week 50 week" and two weeks before Christmas
mas 1o sies ss. week weeks and two weeks before Christ
mas I M @ % sloooo e week Tor " weeks and two week" before Chris"
Payments Mast Be Made Eosyy Week My Be dn Advance
ysa vssss SNOW M e 1 aaas s ss them
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME JOIN H4fm 9q
The Christmas Club Monday Dssm5er ~ 1917: and
CHRISTMAS aa.s5
Bennington County National Bank :
BENNINGTON, VT
and oN.ned two autono.

and owned two automo.
decorated Ieweled Tenders They led
the Delicatessen Circles, and rank
ed above the First Families who
dated their ancestry back to the
Freeze of 1895, or those who Got Their
start selling catfish to Salmon can.
lerieS fg .H
lie was director in Every Watered
Corporation in Isit, and His Name was
the Trademark of Commercial Probity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
Many Of our Annui tants

buy additional annuities and bring in
their friends. This shows that an
nuity service is appreciated. Send
for information. giving date of birth.
National Life lns. Co., of Vt. (Mutu-
all. Earle S. Kinsley, General
Agent, Mead Building, Rutland, VI.
Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
Help Your Llver--lt PAYS

When your Liver gets torpid ard
your stomach acts queer, take DR..
Kings new Life Pills and you will
find yourself feeling better. They
purify the blood, give you freedom
from constipation, biliousness, dizzi.
ness and Indigestion. You feel fine
Just like you want to feel. Clear the
complexion too. 25c. at druggists.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
AS a SinaIe word

to the point is better than a speech,
so is a life insurance policy better
than the most eloquent eulogy that
may be delivered. Take policy be-
fore it is too late. National Life ms.
Co, of VT. (Mutual) Earle S. Kin
sley, General Agent, Mead Building.
Rutland VT Adv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
KIND WORDS.

Kind words do not cost much.
They never blister the tongue or
lips. We never heard of any men
tai trouble arising from this quarter.
Though they do not cost much, yet
they accomplish much. They make
other people good natured. They
also produce their own image on
mems souls, and what beautiful
image 1t is!-Pascal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-27
FRANK =. HOWE. Editor and Pu,
Monday, December 27, 1915.

Bennington had the best Christmas
business in its history. Two weeks
of Christmas trade do not insure Il
years success, but this town never
approached a new year with an out
look more promising.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
MANUAL SWIMMERS
WIN FROM ERASMUS
Take First Place in Four Races
and Tie for First in
Fancy Dive.

The sv mining team Of Manual Train.
ing won from Erasmus Han Yesterday az
the Fourth avenue baths. Brooklyn. by
a score OF J, to 10. The Seventh ave-
nue. s~choolboys won four OF the six first
positions and tied for first IN one of the
two Others.
DE F'rouzo OF Manual swan well In
the go, carrying the Manual colors home
first in handy fashion in 3 minutes and
. seconds. He also wac second In the
plunge. the only event that WAS won
outright by Erasmus. Horgan's plunge ~
IS feet being four feet ahead OF De
t'rorzo's best effort. The tie for first
place was In the fancy dive. Gardner OF
Manual and Mcisterl of Erasmus eash
scoring 30 points. The summaries
$50 Yard Relay-won by Manual Train
ms. with Seut.r, towen, D"minet tyd Me
Manus Erasmus Hal. with Robin Diet
rich, philbiuS and Horsau. second. Time.
! minute % Is seconds.
Dive for Form-Garducr Of Msuuai aud
Meis;crl ~ Erasmus tied for trst with -
Plunge for bistanre-Wou hy Morgan,
Erasmus Hail. IS feet. De Erouxo, Mtnua.
50 feet. second Young, Erasmus, - feet,
third
40 Yard swim Won by McManu- Man
ual Training pcmiuct Manual Training
Time. % Ia seconds.
loo Yard Swim-Wou 10y CHuter. Mauuh.
Training. cowen, Manual Training, second
Philibus Erasmus Hal, third. TiInc. :
minute = seconds
Manual Training W"o.f. Erasmus Hal,
second: Lundstron, Manual Training,
third. Time. Z minutes . seconds
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
SCRATCH MAN COMES THROUGH
Phillips Wins From Back MARK in
Games Of 6Oth Regiment.

\ large number OF spectators watched
the track and field competition at he
Sixty-ninih Regiment Armory last nigh.
The athletes showed some good competi
ton and there was "A keen fight for the
point honors,
Johu q. Phillips Of Company l.. who
started from scratch in the one and a
half mile run, had to hgN, his way 20 tho
last yard to win, William Finley Of
Company NJ, with a forty yard allow
ancc, was second. Phillips Was Also a
contender for honors IA the oue-hllf mile
run. hui could not do better than second
place behind Tom Mc,;u're. IN" winner
In the sixty yard dash George kic!S
from scratch, won by inches from TON
Heffernan, who reversed the tables IN
the 400 yard ruu Robert Quirk won
the running high jump with n lean of
feet . inches and finished third In iho
! twelve pound shotput, which went To J,
Burke,
4 match 40 Yard race between Eddie
lIusscy and Frank SafarowlV, both of the
, Millrose Athletic Association. was Won
BY Hussey In IS a-5 seconds,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
N WINS AGAIN.
MAJ 81 cd Marvel Beats iIc~onpna In
WrrstIinx Tournament.

The masked marvel, h has been the
sensation Of the international wrestling
tournament. continued his successful
career at the Manhattan Opera House
last night. Early in the evening
Hevonpaa OF Finland tunbled piaz, the
Mexican, over I'm , minutes. and later
the victor was pittcd against the mNs-
teriou one. Hevonpaa put up a better
battle han many others who have met
the unknown, but after 10 minutes and
10 seconds he succumhed To the superior
skill OF the masked a
The other TWO bouts staged resulted
In draws. Gardiui Of Italy and cutler
Of America were So evenly matched that
no fan resulted. Then "a the finishing
bout /bySzku was matched against
Stranger Lewis. For an hour and forty
five minutes they bundled each other
around and on the tick of midnight the
match was declared "A draw, \ treat Is
promised tomorrow night, when In,
masked marvel Is scheduled to NEE,
Zurich.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12

purpose Of bringing the good as well as the bad to the surface. The
facts ar told dispassohately and in an interesting way.
Mr.. Metzger has had to deal with eligibility matters from all sides
and is eminently fitted to handle the case of the college athlete. He
is a graduate Of Phillips Andover Academy and the University of Penn
sylvania. a former track athlete, college football captain and coach Of
the last intercollegiate championship eleven Pennsylvania boasts of. the
1908 team. Mr.. Metzger also managed the Pennsylvania crew and this
past year was coach of the West Virginia University eleven, which won
the championship of that State.
The articles will cover all the principal institutions in the New
England district, New York State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan
and the South. Numerous incidents concerning individual cases will
be told, and-the moral Of it all.
Mr.. Metzgers next article, in which he will give specific instances
will appear next Sunday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12

pros,den, Ir,unre of Brown tnlver-
SIT, writes rs follows on the same sun
jeci ,,,. in
dors.d the proposal To ehV"r!nhei' a.,
Rrowu by allowing summer hai' ! unu
this because after long nVes''t'..ou
I had become convinced that or 'Wo
evils the American college ihur' '"ooa
The least and that no eVn 'ouIu PoHa,
lIv IN. greater than the evasion ana
d~.rentior that had becom" allnost UNI,
yersnl I'm our colleges. Vt the emu Oh
these Years am compelied 'o. e"!
ina, We have not discovered eNd re
Suits. while we certainly nave "aue
real rain in candor, in Loyalty 10 fn-
forceablc rules, in maniiness oil aus
tudo and temper.
The important fact s''huS ''e'' '"''
VIC have problems.
TUE sun did not make these prop-
Ions hut IL desires to shed light on
them for those Interested, athletes pres
ont or prospective and TO the parents
of the latter, who have neither 'he
limo nor the ways 10 dix INTO the hear'
Of the matter, These latter want IN
| hi, ssed information, as fun q knowledge
| NJ the facts AS can be placed before
,hem free Of the faint of undertaking
| and s~eusutionalisnl, told win the m
,cres, and good of college sport Dact
a HA NlAAA 49,
Of the quest, These article WIN dea'
nu,v with facts. not hearsav. In SOM
| cases the names of the boys ana mel
concerned ms we'll as those of The col
Ie,es cannot be given. The reason II
obvious, Violated condolences are no
. nurpose Of these articles, nor is i
sou.h, 10 harm the individual or th'
College. The truth deals only viii
Facts rumors have little to do wiz
the truth, though they roam at WI
hr,uyh the whole cycle Of college
sport. ,,h,o,o,
They do a great good when properly
| directed and superintended. hav'
nr,ed as substitute, player, captain
manager and coach OF intercollegiate
teams and for fifteen years nave IN ol'
way or another been closely connected
with college sport, Quite naturally ell
gtblity matters have been forced upo'
me. have had a wide range OF ex
nerience In them. though ! have beei
so fortunate as never to have been II
a posl,ion to aid in deciding such cases
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
College Athletes and The Problem of professionalism;
What IT Is Told by Expert Who Seeks The Solution
DIGGING INTO SYSTEM BEHIND
LECORE AND BRICKLEY CASES

HE SUN has dug into the in
teresting problem behind
the Legore and Brickley
cases, the problem behind summer
baseball, the problem behind the
eligibility problem. The digging
has extended also into the inner
workings Of the whole system of
athletic proselyting in preparatory
understanding that will inter-
est every parent Of every athletic
boy about to 60 to college.
This digging has been done by
Sol Metzger, known TO, years as .
writer on college athletics. As will
be seen from the first ct q series
Of articles Mr.. Metzger Is writing,
the digging has been done with the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12

The situation to-day Is a remarkable
one in that we have more laws than ever
governing and limiting college athletics
and perhaps more problems, Ia this fact
due 10 "A moral weakness m the part OF
college athletes? Is il due to laxity ON
the part Of those In control? IL the trou-
bile sclhshness with the colleges. In see
Ing only the good In their own. the bad In
their opponents" or Is II n frank con-
fession by every one concerned hat they
do not believe there Is sound reason back
of the laws? In short are the rules and
laws governing college sport Of n kind
that the college men do not believe in?
Should all these laws BE- abolished as so
much red tape As each question Is
answered in hoth the Affirmative and
negative by college men 1t is quite plain
that in college athletics We have a big
problem to solve.
All LAWS are broken, whether they be
city, state, national or collegiate. Ncces-
~arily this does not mean that they ar"
not good laws. And It rs 10 be remem-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
FNRDHAM PREP. WILL BE BUSY.
Basketball schedule Provides for
tWcnty Games.

IT, t'uidNam Prep basket bail sched-
~" announced yesterday consists or
'~eu', games, eight OF which viii ne
pk'el ou tine nome court. The schedule
Do 'u',r 49, Nevicr high a, Fordhaan f,
BrrYkIyu Prep at Fordham; 81. -.
~ pep Of Fordham,
.f, Xavier High At Xavier; g.
..|'r N.lr''- At Fordham. T.. De
Y linton ~ linton u. Yonkers HIN
a .'F.rH % Eyandar rhilds High ~
'fi. AIM -. Nrph Academy at Fordham,
. ftuultuu Institute at Hamilton
t'.. cary o.. HtckensaCk High AZ Ford
,.H iopukeu High a. Fordham; ?,
Woo |rfruu lIgh At Mount vernon; II,
"'"'N Dr. Prep ~ BROOKLYN; 10, Mount
'."t-..' Academy al pSsiulng 20. Pouen-
He~r-a lI|Eu 40 p~oughkcepsie, 20, Eastern
us' tf Eastern District. 20, Cathedral
N.EEr'- ~ Cathedral.
N''.p Htckenssck high az HaCken-
o. X iDbOken High At Hoboken,