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sent to the "Quinze- Vingts" lost every
vestige of hope when they learned
where they were.
The first man among them who found
himself there refused to credit the
fact. He wandered about, a heart
rending spectacle, muttering, NO. no.
il is not so, / cannot be blind" And
when the sound of footsteps apprised
being he would call out, Tell me, is it
so that I am blind? Am I really in the
'QuinzeVingts'? Tell mel" The mere
fact of being an inmate of the place
struck terror to his soul.
Obviously, If the French authorities
were going to resurrect their blind
charges from the depths of despair the
hospital of the Three Hundred" could
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LAoE-NAKING
In THE. GARDENS AFTER IHE
DNS Work IN THE SHOPS

not continue as a factor in the work.
Moreover. as the war progressed and
it's victims grew more numerous, the
ancient institution became overcrowd-
ed.
In February the government took ac-
ton. An expansive old building with
spreading gardens on the outskirts of
Paris was leased. Early in March
workmen took possession of it and rap
idly set about the task of Transforming
it into a convalescent home for the
blind soldiers of France. BY April
most of the alterations were complet-
ed, the building was Sparsely fur
nshed and a staff of functionaries and
nurses were assigned to the new prof.
ect Then the blind were brought and
duly installed.
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times. though I did not go as far as
Russia with him. I remained in Paris.
where / entered school. When we re-
turned to the United States I attended
a seminary here in Washington. Then
we went to Spain and lived In Madrid
for two years. Upon our return home
I entered Smith College. I made my
debut in Washington, and in 1890, two
years before father became Secretary
of State, I married.
X
'Since then I have interested myself
particularly in my husbands work. We
have no children. and I believe that
husbands profession may be a close
bond of sympathy in such a case"
1t will be a familiar sight in the early
mornings Of the summer to see Mrs.
Lansing drive her husband to his office.
She runs her own electric runabout, and
is usually accompanied on her morning
jaunts by her only pet, a little white
Cuban poodle.
Besides being an automobilist, for the
Lansings have a large car in addition
to the electric. Mrs. Lansing plays golf.
She admits that she is outrivaled by
her husband. who, it is said. is a very
successful golfer.
Sne Is disO b OSVOteo OF peQeStrIdHlSIis
and makes it a point to get out for a
walk each day for an hour or more.
This exercise. she claims. Is q most
successful remedy for those inclined to
embonpoint.
OF hobbies Mrs. Lansing claims but
one She is a pronounced anti-suffra-
gist, and willingly lets 1t be known
that she takes firm stand on this side
of the question.
She is not a clubwoman, but she is a
member of the governing board of the
Young woman's Christian Association.
and is active in charitable work in the
Church of the Covenant. where she and
Mr.. Lansing attend. for. like a number
of President Wilson's other advisers.
they are members Of the Presbyterian
faith.
Mrs. Lansing dsvotes her study time
to foreign languages. She is a linguist
Of ability, speaking French and Span
ish huently. She reads in these lam
suases to a great extent, and has had
enviable conversational practice owing
to her residence in Paris and Madrid.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lansing have Travelled
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Just the Same.

~ ASOLINE rates have been cut in
VI the middle west to 8 cents a
gallon. Apropos of this cut. an inde-
pendent dealer of indianapolis said:
1.-The independents will have to go
under If the new cut rate persists. It's
a below cost rate, though the trust
claims it's a rate created by slack de-
mand. The trust would have US believe
that in making this absurd rate it was
as businesslike and logical as the sum-
mer girl.
Think of all the luxuries a million
aire husband like me could give you.
said a. septuagenarian millionaire to a
summer girl on a white beach. and he
took her hand in the moonlight.
But the summer girl, drawing her
hand away, responded:
"a millionaire father would do Just
as well. Marry mother. won't you;
that's q DEAR"
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REDCRoSs NUBSE
sPEADMG To- M SOLDHRs s.

building and grounds Of the ccnvales-
cent home a new wartime society,
calling itself The Friend of the Blind
Soldier" as organized under the lead
ership of NJ Rene Valley-Rarot, vice
president of the famous Pasteur Insti-
tute. This society offered it's services
to the government and requested the
privilege of undertaking to insure the
Individual welfare of each blind SOL
dier in the proposed convalescent
home.
The society hoped to revive the
him in one of the several professions
open to the blind for which he SEEM
ed best fitted: to start him in business
or secure for him situation, and to
keep a benevolent eye on him all
through his life. removing as far as
possible every obstacle in his way, and
smoothing out his path at every rough
turning.
The society's startling offer was glad
ly embraced by the government, and on
the same day that the blind soldiers
took possession of their new quarters
ed its mission of teaching them the
art of being blind"
NJ. Paul Emard. secretary general Of
the society, whom the minister of the
interior placed in charge OF the con-
valescent home, has already wrought a
miracle for his blind dependents. not by
scriptural laying on of hands," but
by more modern methods that have to
do with psychology and science. In
far-away Rumania there Is a commu-
nifty of the blind which is significa ntly
named THE Lighted Hearth" Paul
Emard. backed by the French govern
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Of action the individual, the varying
human factor, finds scant considera-
ton.
So. in dealing with the hundreds of
blind soldiers struggling into Paris one
by one from the bullet-sept trenches,
tho overburdened ministries of war and
the interior gathered all into the same
inelastic category and extended to all
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Thus far the government had made
yeoman progress. 1t had provided
for the primary contingencies of hous-
ing, feeding. clothing and nursing sew
eral hundred blind convalescents. But
governments, especially bureaucratic
governments like that of France, are
perforce impersonal. They work by
precedent and rote. and In their scheme
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Both the Wife and Daughter Secretary of State.

quite thoroughly over the United States.
They have been twice to the coast. and
are we'll known in New York state.
where they have lived for a few sea
sons.
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0Aasr, CHAIRS HOME Tor BLIND So1oS


the Same strong but impersonal help
ing hand. Under this regime the blind
soldier stood in no immediate danger
of death by either starvation or ex-
posure, but his chances of ever be-
coming a contented and useful member
of the community were very remote.
It so happened. however, that about
the time the government leased the
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Daughter
John President anson 1892
Woman Well She eDves
Her Snare Imeto theS Of Foreign Languages
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F1o be both wife of a Secretary
of State and daughter of a Sec
retary of State is a singular
q distinction, ard 1t may be claim
ed by but one American woman Mrs.
Robert Lansing. the wife of President
Wilson's newly appointed adviser.
Looking back to 1892, we see John
Watson Foster occupying the position
of Secretary of State in Benjamin Har-
rison's cabinet and his daughter Flea
nor, the young bride of Robert Lansing,
residing with him at his Washington
home.
In 1915 this same Robert Lansing.
the unknown lawyer of twenty-three
diplomatic position in the land, and his
wife steps into her place as hostess
supreme of the cabinet. bringing with
her an almost specialized training for
her new position in Washington life.
Mrs Lansing. being so fathered and
SO husbanded." is therefore by no means
stranger to Washington society. Her
position in the official family will be
sraced with unusual prestige. In fact,
she will enjoy a breath Of acquaint-
ance and familiarity not even exceeded
by that of her husband.
The first lady OF the cabinet has not
only had rare social experiences. but
she has also been so closely associated
with the set which she is now expect
ed to lead that one might we'll believe
destiny has given special attention to
her guidance.
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Her experience with diplomatic and
state circles dates from her childhood.
At the age of seven she accompanied
her father on his first diplomatic mis-
sion to Mexico. She resided in the
Mexican capital for seven years. and
from that time to the present she has
breathed the atmosphere of officialdom
in more than one capital Of the world.
The wife of the new Secretary Of
State is a very charming woman, both
as to personality and appearance. She
is well poised. cordial and gracious
She has very attractive manner and
is tall and distinguished. with an alert
smiling countenance and a crowning
glory of patrician. steel gray hair. Her
voice is soft and low. and she talks
briefly and to the point.
Her home-a stately English base
ment, red brick house-in the midst OF
the embassy settlement in the National
Capitals not only very beautiful but
well adapted for entertaining. It's
drawing rooms are spacious. and it's
large dining room. leading from a hne-
ly fitted library. overlooks a garden at
Evening star., 1915-07-25

The institution. which In colloquial
usage is called Les Quinze- -Vingts."
has been associated in the minds of the
entire French nation during the six
centuries since its foundation with all
the real and imagined terrors of blind
ness. The Frenchman has learned TO
look upon the inmate of the "Quinze-
Vingts' as a lost soul, pitiful crea-
ture- possessed OF nothing but melan-
enolia and a stomach. II follows then
that the unfortunate soldiers who, dur
ing the hrst months OF the war, were
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-10-13
Prisoners and Spies.

A prisoner of war. according to The
Hague regulations. in attempting to es
cape does not commit crime 1t is
his duty to escape if favorable op-
portunity presents itself.
1t is equally the duty of his captor
to prevent his escape, and he is justi-
fed in resorting to any means not
punitive in character best to secure
that end. A prisoner of war may be
killed in attempting to escape. If re-
captured his confinement may be made
more rigorous than before.
For being a spy the punishment is
death. To be proved spy, however,
a person must be caught seeking clan
destinely, in disguise or ON false pre-
lenses to obtain information in the
zone of operations of the belligerent,
with the intention of communicating it
to the hostile party.
No distinction is drawn technically
on account of sex, and women spies
caught in the act have been put to
death.-New York Times.
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Wonder of Mechanism.

Half century ago there was not a
watch in existence capable of meeting
the requirements of the American rail-
way time service today. Railway time
inspection has set the limit of varia-
ton from true time for its employees
watches at 80 seconds week. This
means that the balance wheel shall not
vary in its motion to the extent of one
vibration out of every 10000. Taking
into consideration the various causes
of disturbance to which a railway en-
gineer's watch is subjected, the jolts
and jars, the changes Of temperature
ind the magnetic influence incidental
to the proximity of large masses Of
iron and steel, this performance is
truly remarkable. That it is possible
to secure such accuracy in such tiny
piece of mechanism subjected to those
influences is little short of
and justifies the claim that
the watch of today is the most Won
derful piece of mechanism that the in
genuity of man has ever produced
Scientific American.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-10-13
Criticism.

Many an unpleasant thing needs to
be done in a pleasant way. Teachers
and parents and people In business
life who are responsible for the work
of others must from time to time speak
In criticism or point out how an inn
provement can be made in the way of
doing things. Such word of criticism
or correction or of suggested improve
ment can have the effect of being Ell
Their a shove down or a lift up. The
word can be spoken with a disarming
smile of reinsurance or hard and dis
couraging look of condemnation. And
the heartening, lifting, smiling word
of admonition or suggestion brings a
hundred per cent better response than
the other sort. 1t gets the very results
that we are after, while the word that
antagonizes Is liable to defeat the
whole thing.
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STOWE

The District meeting of the o. E. S.
will be held at Hardwick Oct. Is.
Mrs. F. T. Downer of Hardwick was a
guest the past week of her sister, Mrs.
M. c. Lovejoy.
Mrs. Mary Shubert went last week to
Haverhill, N. a., where she has employ
ment for the winter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. L. Cheney, who have
passed few days in Stowe, left Friday
for their home Ia Duluth, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morrillo Wood of Norris
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry W. Smith, last week
Wednesday.
Mrs. K. c. Robinson and Mrs. c. r.
Chaffee of Morrisville visited at Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. e. Chaffee's at the lower village
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin R. Washburn, who
have passed few days in Stowe, went
on Thursday to Waterbury on their way
to their home in Salem. Mass.
DR.. and Mrs. II. w. Barrows, Miss
Clara Barrows, and Mr.. and Mrs. T. A.
Douglass, went by automobile to Bur-
lington last Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Smith, President of the H.
II. Smith W. r. c., Mrs. Lucy Scribner,
Mrs. N. r. Moody and Mrs. Jackson Sar-
gent attended the District W. R. C. meet
ing at Greensboro last week Wednesday.
District Inspector Mrs. Elizabeth
Wheeler will be present at the mid
month meeting of the Ii. II. Smith Corps
Oct. IA. A large attendance is popped
for. Dinner will be served, to which all
are asked to contribute.
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Modern Sea Fighting.

A favorfte theme of the artist-the
sea battle-is spoiled forever. Mod.
ern vessels fight at from ten to seven
teen miles, if they fight at all. and
thrilling pictures such as Jones, Perry,
Farragut, Nelson and Dewey have in
spired probably will not be painted
again.
Marine warfare has become very
largely matter of hide and seek any
way. So far has the gunmaker out
stripped the armor plate builder that
were equally matched vessels TO en-
gage, a few seconds firing would re-
duee millions of dollars worth of ships
to scrap iron shambles.
And when the skulking menace of
the submarine Is considered we can
understand how completely the tradi-
tons of sea fighting have been upset
Detroit News.
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Tail Waggine the Dog

| The following from the Boston Herald
of Sept 30 is chockfull of solid truth and
will undoubtedly be read with interest
by our readers:-
In an address before the Home Market
Club last night, Senator Sherman of IL
lipois brought out with extraordinary
vigor and picturesqueness the contrast
| between the contributions of North and
South 10 the support of the national gov
ernment. and their inversely disparate
degrees of control. He named thirteen
invariably Democratic States, and thir-
teen Staes which are usually Republi-
can, ike our own, or at least debatable.
He showed that the first group cast fewer
| than 2 600 900 votes, and he second group
heaily S,000,000; that the first group
had fewer than 100000 wage earners,
and the second group nearly 5000, 600.
| On corporation and income taxes the
thir cen Democratic States furnish less
than $1,000 900. or almost the same
amount that Massachusetts alone pays.
New York contributes six times as much
as the entire Democratic group, PeDnsyl-
vana nearly twice AS much. The north
ern group, as whole, pays thirteen times
as much as the southern group.
The southern States have been sending
years This gives them the power which
seniority carries, and it accordingly re-
suits that nearly all the committees of
House and Senate are manned by men
FROM thirteen States which contribute
this small part of the revenues of the
nation. He declared that the Democratic
party Itself came into power by a minor
ity of over a million votes, and this mi
norty in turn is so ruled by a sectional
minority that one-fourth the population,
casting one-eighth the votes, has become
the lawgiver of the entire land.
While we realize that there is much
that is brncombe in these sectional con-
ttasts, and many anomalies that may be
readily explained away, it remains true
that it is exceedingly undesirable in any
political group, local or national, TO have
one set of people furnish the money
which another votes away. This is one
of the serious phases of Democratic as
cendapcV
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-10-13
CLOSURE IN CONGRESS-.
The Rule of "the Previous Question"
In the Lower House.

! "Cloture" is our word closure"
! Gallicized. So far as its use in par
!iamentary bodies is concerned,
! Webster defines CLOSURE as fol-
lows: "a method Of putting an end
to debate and securing an immedi-
ate vote upon a measure before a
legislative body. 1t is, similar in
effect to the previous question"
In the house 1.-The previous ques-
tion," our name for cloture or clos
ure, has been in use almost from
the beginning and is of high privi-
lege-only two other motions-"To
adjourn" and ''To lay on the table"
ranking it. With the large house
membership we could not go very
far without it. Mr.. Speaker Reed
once truthfully said, "All the rules
of the house are intended to aid in
the transaction of business, not to
retard it. Most assuredly "the
previous question"-that is, Shall
the main question now be put IT,
tends to expedite the transaction of
business. When Speaker Mullen
berg called the first house to order
he presided over fifty-six members
Rhode Island and North Carolina
not then being in the Union.
With so few members there was
no necessity for ''the previous ques-
tion." In the earlier day there was
time sufficient for the handful of
members to talk to their hearts
content. The house is now COM
posed of 435 members, two terri
torial delegates, two commissioners
from the Philippines and one from
Porto Rico. 1t is patent that every
member cannot speak ad libitum.
When We conclude that there has
been quantum sufficit of debate,
some member, usually the member
having the bill in charge, moves the
previous question. If that motion
prevails the bill is Immediately vot-
ed on. If the motion for the previ-
Gus question is defeated the control
of the bill swings to the leader of
the opposition to the bill.
"The previous question" is not in
order in the committee of the whole
or in the committee of the whole
house on the state of the Union.-l
Champ Clark in North American
Review.
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Rebekah District Meeting

The annual district meeting of the
Rebekah lodges in this district will be
held at Hyde Park, Wednesday evening,
Nov. Sd. The following program has
been prepared under the direction of Mrs.
Ellen r Noyes, the district deputy presi-
DENT
Meeting called to order at 500 p. m.
Opening Ceremony, Charity Lodge, No. So
Mrs. Lizzie X. Fairbanks, N.G.
Introduction of Assembly and Grand
Lodge Officers.
Address of Welcome,
Mrs. Lizzie r. Fairbanks.
Response, Mrs. Stella z. Bailey,
Past President Rebekah Assembly
disqualification of the Degree, Fairview
Lodge, No. 65,
Mrs. Mary A. ODER, N. G.
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How Editors Get Rich

A great many persons have wondered
how editors all get rich so quickly with
such small effort. One of them who has
grown rich has at last told the secret of
it. He outlines it as follows:
Nursery firm will send US a 25-cent
rosebud for only S. worth of advertising
"For running six inch advertisement
for one year we can get gross of pills.
"About one dozen firms are wanting to
give us shares of gold mines for advertise
ing
"For $40 worth of advertising and $25
cash we can own bicycle. The wheel
sells at just S1z.
IA fellow out West wants us to run a
lot of advertising for him for nothing,
and if it brings him results he may be-
come customer.
"For running SIP worth of locals we
can get two tickets admitting US to cir
Gus in the city and pay our fare on the
railroad.
"Gun firm wants us to run $40 worth
of advertising and then send $40 in ex.
change for shotgun. Such gun would
retail at about 6"-Exchange.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-10-13

Glenwood Ranges the productof New Engands largest
and best known foundry They designed by makers of
lifelong experience. They weigh put together
better and burn less fuel than most The castings
wonderfully smooth and easy to keep Clean
They handsome, convenient and mechanically right-no
modern feature lacking Smooth cast Colonial design plain
E. E. Badger, Hyde Par
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disqualification of the Use of he Ballot,
Welcome Lodge, No. "a,
Mrs. Lena G. Fay, n G..
Report of the last District Meeting.
Mrs Alice L., Col, P. D. D P.
Report of Lodges.
disqualification Of Unwritten Work,
Mrs. Angie Endress,
Pres. Rebekah State Assembly
Remarks by Grand Officers and Visitors.
Closing Ceremony, Chair Lodge, No. SO
Banquet.
There are three lodges in the distr CT,
to wit: Welcome of East Hard wick, Fair.
view of Hardwick and Charity of Hyde
Park.
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Thrice-a.Week Edition
OF THE
New YORK WORLD
Practically Daily at the Price Of a
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world gives 30 mach at so low a price.

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LULLABY
Day is stealing down the west,
Tender, drowsy sounds are

Day is stealing down the west,
Tender, drowsy sounds are
heard.
Closer now each downy bird
Creeps meath mother wings to
rest.
In the fading sky afar.
Kindled by some angel band
Twinkling comes tiny star
Baby's guide to Sleepy Land.
Cooler. darker grows the air.
Eerie shadows haunt the room,
In the garden. through the
gloom.
'Wildering bats and owlets fare.
But the lambs and brides seem
Happy now at hcme 10 keep,
And darling little dream
Smiles at baby In his sleep.
Florence Earle Coates.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-10-13

nsh compact structure big roomy ovens easy working
CRATES and countless other features
Owing to their sturdy construction and fine workmanship
they stand hard do better work and much
err than the ordinary kind. ~
They certainly do Make Cooking and Baking Easy''
Get one and make housekeeping drudgeless
Riddle Bros, johnson
II
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Butter GRAVY.

One tablespoonful of butter, one
heaping tablespoonful of -four, shake
or two of pepper. little salt. Work but
ter into flour and gradually stir in hot
water until mixture is correct thick.
ness
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-10-13
Chateaubriand Steak.

Wipe a nice tenderloin steak with a
damp cloth, put on buttered broiler
and broil over a fire until done, but
not dried. Transfer to hot platter,
butter thickly and cover with broiled
mushrooms, laid close together.