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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20
Political News

Victor Murdoch, as chairman of the
national Progressive party, goes to
Europe probably to study trench war
fare.-Spuringfield Republican.
Every time campaign hacker tells
how much he spent on candidate
the fear arises that he did not get his
moneys worth-Washington Star
AS all the newspapers are telling
the next session of Congress what to
do, it can't possibly SO wrong7pro-
vided it can digest all the advice
Atlanta Constitution.
The fact that SANKEY'S plurality for
governor of Kentuckyphas dwindled
to about 300 votes does not increase
the joy of the Democrats. 1t looks
ominous there for them next year.
New Haven Register
Democrats of the House will meet
in caucus Saturday, Dec. A, to nomi=
nate their candidate for speaker and
other House officers and to act upon
Chairman Sherley's report on the
budget from the special budget com
mittee. There is no doubt about the
denomination of Champ Clark for
speaker.-St. Joseph News-Press.
Word comes from Lincoln via Mr.
Bryan's brother that the Great Ne
braskan is determined to push prohi-
bition as an issue and that he will
work for the defeat of all Democratic
candidates who do not agree to his
view of that question. In. his own
state next year a prohibition amend
ment will be submitted to the voters
and Mr. Bryan announces himself for
it, and says he will work for It from
now until it is settled. It is a good
guess that unless Nebraska Demo
Gratis are different from those in 9th
or states, he will not make much
Roadway in his own party on this is.
sue.--Utica Press r HF
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20
Country Children Least Healthy

Professor Thomas D. Wood, an
educator who has been investigating
the public schools of the United
States from the standpoint of health,
makes report which at first glance
is surprising. He says that of the
nations 200O0,000 school children,
the 100000 who are attending
the rural schools are less healthy and
are handicapped by more physical de
fects than are the 10000,0 900 who at
tend the city schools. The contrast
is not local or sectional, but prevails
in all parts of the United States.
We have been accustomed to tax
ing at its face value the tradition
the country life is healthier than
city life, and that country children
therefore sturdire than their city
cousins. And yet here we have that
tradition challenged. The boys and
girls in the country have the advan-
tage of fresh air and sunshine, Of
healthful outdoor exercise, and pre-
sumably plenty of fresh and whole
some food They live in an environ
ment naturally less menacing as re-
CARDS contagion and physical perils.
Why then don't they make better
health showing?
The trouble with the country chill
dren is probably the same as the
trouble with their elders. 1t has been
discovered that country people in
general have a higher sickness and
mortality rate than city people And
the cause seems to be simply that
they do not take such good care of
themselves, either as communities or
as families and individuals.
City folks. realizing their handi
caps. try to overcome them. They
meet the dangers of bad air, close
Quarters. neighbcrhood contagious,
& noKe, street dirt, etc, 3y stricter
rlb,lc supervision and personal hy-
giene.. They call the doctor on slight
p7ovocation They look after their
own digestion. their teeth, their
eyes, noses, throats, etc, better than
country people do. And in their
schools, they give more attention to
chtldren's sight, hearing, tonsils, adj
enoids, and other handicaps and inn
pedlments. Thus, in a worse environ
ment, they keep themselves and their
children in better health they have
less serious illness and they live
longer.
It's all a question of effort. If the
rural population were as solicitous
of its health as the city population
is, there wouldn't be any question of
it's superior health.-Rutland News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20
Current Comment.

Maine is importing pine from Ore
gon. Yet Maine used to be called the
Pine Tree State.-Buffalo Times.
1t now appears that the Greeks
are not only to be feared when bear.
ing gifts, but require sharp watching
when they decline to bear any.-Kan
sas City Times
The king of Greece will be all the
more trustworthy if a British war
ship is kept at the Piraeus within
long range of the Royal Palace in
Athens, Toronto Globe.
The casualty list among British
army officers does mot encourage the
hope that Winston Churchill will
ever come back, politically speaking
Springfield Republican
But Harvard won't be caught nap
ping, even if Princeton was. Har.
ward has remembefed traditionally
its experiences with those hard-luck
Yale Haven Register.
bThe appeal for money with which
to save Whitmaals home" is re
hinder that a poet made the name
famous before our present governor
entered public life4-Rochester Demo.
Graz.
a wife, suing for divorce, declares
her husband scolded her because she
spent fifteen cents for a taHicab. Is
it credible that anyone could really
spend as little as that?-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20
Moderation in EATING.

y fH
3 Few OF us can honestly complain
that we eat too little. On the con
trary. the majority eat too much
and thus invite bad dreams and sud
den death. The old and homely say
ing that we dig our graves with our
teeth, contains a good deal OF truth,
as the family doctor could testify ii
he would In great many families
the good wife wears herself out cook
ing dainties and preparing savory
dishes in a spirit of kindness, when
she is really bringing trouble and
distress upon her loved ones. With
out endorsing the allegation that the
skillet has wrecked more lives than
the whiskey jug, we may safely
affirm that the nearer we get to the
position, OF 'plain living and high
thinking" the healthier and happier
we shall become. Let us therefore
moderate our desires at the table as
we'll as elsewhere.
One way to moderate is to cut off
one. meal daily. That has often been
done, but there are differences as TO
which meal This writer believes
that to leave off breakfast would be
the wisest plan, for the very good
reason that it was tried out satisfac-
torily. If the person is mental
worker, he will find himself able to
catch his thoughts easier than
though he had sent hearty meal to
carry the blood to the stomach and
congest the brain. But there are
many methods Burlington News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20

are fitted with the modern panic
bolts, they being more positive than
the old fashioned knobs, as pressure
at any angle will release the doors
and it is impossible to lock them at
any time on the inside.
In any we'll planned school build
ing believe the Main Corridors
should not be blocked by stairs or
boxed in with vestibules. a g
3 l believe the parents should be ac-
quainted with these facts that a
sense OF security may be realized for
their loved ones who do not desire
any such holocaust TO visit them
ut m Very sincerely yours,
ouu Elmer Smith Bailey.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There is
only one way to cure deafness. and that u
by constitutional remedies Deafness is
caused by an innnmed condition of the mu-
cous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube liz uhamed you rave rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing. and when it i1
entirely closed, Deafness liz the result, and
unless the innemm alton can be taken out
and this tube restored to it's normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which Is nothing but an infarncd condition
OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars. free
T. j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20

The withdrawal of Justice Charles
e. Hughes from the presidential pri
mary ballot in Nebraska shows that
he isn't losing his r., mind and has
nothing to do with the duty of max
ing him the Republican presidential
nominee when its, time comes next
June, 1t would have been blunder
of the first magnitude for him to
have allowed his name on the Ne
braska ballot now. 1
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20
Saturday, November 20, 1915.

Has anyone compiled list of the
deaths resulting from motor traffic
accidents in Vermont the present
year? 1t must foot up large.-Ran-
dolph Herald and News.
Guess it would make the mortality
list among the deer hunters look ex-
ceedingly small.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20
Life Annuities

yield a certain income for life. A
fixed percentage as long as you live.
No loss of interest, no lost time, al
ways on duty 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, 1915-11-20

There are indications that the eX
petition of the allies in the Balkans
will be just about as successful as
was the invasion of Turkey. Mont
pelier Argus.
1t all helps in wearing out the
strength of the waring principals and
sooner or later one of them will
have to give up.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20
Chairman Building Committee,
Bennington, VT.

Bennington, VT.
! am sending yon under separate
coyer.a copy of the Boston American
of October 29th, 1915. regarding the
Peabody, Massachusetts holocaust
'where twenty one children lost their
lives.
am also sending a little sketch of
the first floor plan showing how and
.wheresthe pupils met their doom,
AS you are probably aware, / have
been called a crank on this Fire prob
lem in schools and am writing at this
similar occurance would be impos-
sible in your new high school build
ing designed by your humble servant
All the pupils lost their lives you
will notice in the Front Vestibule in
Dictated by the red pencil.
The building at Peabody was not
an unusual type practically the same
as the one at Collinwood, Ohio, where
one hundred and seventy-two chill
dren and two teachers lost their
lives.
These are striking examples of the
terrible results that follow where
pupils of the second floor do not have
separate and independent exits
1t is Just as necessary for the first
floor pupils to have separate and in
dependent exits. 't 1h
Where they both have separate and
independent exits the panic factor is
reduced to practically nil, as it is the
few seconds delay that puts terror in
the children's hearts and then your
control ceases, H
You will remember in your building
the first floor pupils have five indie
pendent exits and the second floor
pupils two independent exits.
The second floor pupils have free
and uninterrupted use Of the stairs,
that there are no vestibules to trap
at the bottom and in addition the
walls diverge toward the doors that
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20

The early reports from the deer
hunters Indicate that many more deer
will be killed than during any prev
ious season since the shooting of does
was permitted in 1909, This large
slaughter will disturb those who
love deer for its beauty and grace
and with whom sentiment is strong,
but both hunters and,fnefe aanirets
should realize that in order to pre-
serve deer in Vermont. the numbers
must be kept down to point where
they viii not prove nuisance. Dur
ing the legislative session of 1908 the
editor of The Banner was roundly
abused TOR holding this view but the
experience of the past few years has
amply justified the position he then
took
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20

Automobile owners and drivers
will view with alarm the conviction
of j. p. Rabidou Of Mortified on a
charge of manslaughter for running
over and killing Ned French near
Montpelier few months ago The
case was hard fought in Washington
county court but the jury found Rab-
idou guilty 1t should be warning
to all who sit at the wheel OF mo.
tor car. There are altogether too
many automobile accidents and care
less driving and love of speed are re-
sponsible for most of them. A few
convictions and prison terms will
prove a salutary lesson. Nr,ttt,at.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-20
HIGH SCHOOL is SAFE
From Danger of Fre-PerfectIy Con-
structed Vestibules.

The recent agitation over the safe
ty of Bennington children in case of
fire has brought the following self
explanatory letter from Elmer S.
Bailey of the firm of Cooper & Bailey.
architects, who designed the new
high school,
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stood or balanced at one side OF the room,
while the teacher, clad in near Grecian robes
that were very chaste and opaque version OF
Isadora. stood in front OF them. waving her
arms gently about and recting in duloet-oh'
such lting-tones what seemed TO listen like
lyric poetry all about the wind and the trees
and the flowers and the SUN and much about
the gladness Of the spring and OF the clouds
and sweetly smiling breezes. piano played
soft music and it was ve,y, very precious
Then every once in a while she would stop
and whisper to the class sweetly and with
smile of angelic surprise: Look down at the
lush green grass about your feet and come!
or words to that effect. Then the fat lady and
the thin girl and the stout gentleman would
all look at the brown lnoleum with an ecslshc
expression, raise their arms with gesture OF
reproach and trip forward with a confidence
that gave me pause-must one hrst be
startled faun before ore can become Castle?
l looked at Mrs. Principal inquiringly, and
she smiled at me with an amused twinkle in
her eye
"'You see she said, we make our pupils
work here l saw All these people are ex-
perienced dancers and most OF them are teach
ers of long standing q felt sure Of that.
They, all of them, give lessons between their
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very white fsnnels and the latest of sport
shoes. lie hurried to the side of Mrs. Prn-
over the room and there was a rustic as of
preening and pluming. An important colloquy
of few minutes was held. then a nod was
given and the patient pianis, struck chord.
Vernon tremendously placed himself in front
OF the first timid maiden and bowed with heels
clicking together She Uttered and looked coy
and they danced. Ah The expression of that
maiden's face! Would you see completed, sat
ished rapture? Would you behold wish-fulhl-
ment beyond all dreams2 Then look upon the
face of one Of Vernon's dancing pupils as she
dances with her teacher. Well spent it seems
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heyed here and there by fine old piece of
mahogany and chintzes, and garden flowers
everywhere throughout the house, becomes a
charm in itself to city eyes, weared by
clutter Of things. Screened-in porches sur
round the house QUILTED with steamer chairs
and rugs and Gloucester hammocks, adapted
ior out-of-door sleeping and those seeking an
INDECENT fresh air cure. Here tea is often
served. Indeed, TO see gracious Miss Mckay
behnd her old silver tea service, an heirloom
in her family, is to catch the keynote of her
personality, which pervades the place.
Horses for riding and driving are to be had
at nominal rates, and the region is noted for
its picturesque walks and mountain climbs
Club rates include feature known as "a long
weekend special Friday evening dinner to
end including Mondays breakfasD, and the
short weekend" special These, board and
room inclusive, range from S. to $3.50, and
are extremely popular throughout the entire
year. Weekly rates run from So to SIS
In winter skating, coasting and other winter
sports replace bathing and boating, and open
ires add their seasonal charm. Whenever one
goes, however, one is sure to realize the
value Of an oft repeated out-of-town weekend,
and what mental stimulus frequently taken
it may provel
The board of directors and officers Of the
club (througn whose generosity the clubhouse
was made possible) include Mrs. Helen Hart.
ley Jenkins, Miss Anna c. Maxwell, head OF
the Presbyterian Hospital Miss Mary Ma
gown Brown, Miss Nancy P. Elliott ard Mrs
Louis A. Ripley.
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fecty willing to have big faults bat no little
mean or tricky ones.
My friends knock at me with the sledss
hammer fndiscreton, but I have told y'u
frankly what one atom thinks OF the small
road she has travelled and don't as@
any one to emulate It. My creed tells me
shall never fail so long as l am sincere. Inei''
fore am I blunt and brutal and 'S
consequent condemnation
And when I leaned back. myself worn ou'
by her vividness, she m.srterpreted it, anl
this:
I'm sorry. ! have told you no insld'oa'
love story something young girls can senu'
mentalize about-that will never be- CAM
give up my sway Of thousands ior one
Certainly this is not reading Tor young
girls; sne carried the mood along, then spH'
itedly. but it ought 20 be; It is sane talk
And then back ito marriage. marriage
which Farrar believes the weaker ialls' ma
or woman, and therefore IT'S not ialr' e'D"
way.
"There'H be one less unhappy n'afraS.
Geraldine Farrar keeps out of IT, she sH'''~
But marriage. donesJicity. children, none
all these are words without the central ni0u'-
love Surely you viii not shl; hat 0u' V
your life"
No. no. no. Without that one can't w
And. another thing. love never tades, 0u' ~
object Of it is displaced it IS 0e'S.''
OF that that one hears of faithlessness, 4I0s'V.
my armor has been sincerity OF pulpO's
pluck in life. Ny test is how me, my ianu.1
and nv moral failures are much more D,''
than the obvious matcra. ones. VIZ
matters! Oh"-she stretched chose round W..
der arms wide. something snapped ~eafiP' :.
family, yet VIGOROUSLY in her rich VOICE =
then suddenly her fingers tapped at ae' w.
head. 4
Let me but have my teeth IN my oraA
III take care OF the rest" =,
And that rung through the air all ne .
she led me out Of the lnen-a~athed ~ -.
with IT'S gay scarlet quilted pen on the 'as
while the minor current flowed on vi" ~
Of scryantess elevators apd lovely p-'rl
nights as she opened the grille and '1.,
out My teeth in my brain and III t'Se -
of the rest" Then Geraldine tarr@ 'o'I -.
to the guests who had waited at her 'sON
hours while she searched out her eager
bellious soul II front 0! me.
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apolis'-great pride registered on all faces
and we are teachers Of big dancing school
there. OF course, we've been teaching the
Castle dances for years. Mrs Principals
bland smile took on an inquiring lift. Oh,
yes, we teach all his steps With a radiant
shipper the explanation came. We have his
book, you know. But we would like to get
the very latest ideas from him as we are going
through town
"I-honest to goodness-didn't dare glance
at Mrs. Principal at that but l followed her
very meekly as she led the indianapolis ladies
and myself to the ballroom class which she
herself taught l sat my weary hot bones
down in the corner and prayed that l would be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-29

First catering exclusively to those Of one
particular profession, it has recently opened
its doors to all professional women and ex
tends the privileges OF a first visit without in
PRODUCTION. Once their names are put up for
membership and fayorably passed upon, how
ever, each member is eligible for an unlimited
rumber Of visits-as frequently with personal
guests as she so desires. Indeed, one has only
20 glance over the long list Of members and
compare it with the entries in the guest book
to realize how often repeated are each mem
ber's visits and how firmly intrenched in their
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favor is the club under Miss McKay's skilful
management
The fine old Colonial clubhouse, which sets
we'll back IN its four acres of grounds, while
within FIVE minutes walk to ferry and depot,
{ mmands panorama-like view of the Hud-
son and the town of Nyack, just below it. The
grounds include extensive flower and kitchen
gardens and croquet, as well as model clay
tennis court recently laid out under expert
supervision. Within the house corridors and
rooms alike are large, airy and spacious, while
the very simplicity of their furnishings, re-
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With the Dancing Master from Pimktovvn and
the Lady Teachers from Indianapolis s
She Makes the Pilgrimage TO tine 80
One and Only Vernon V@r- N
NON of the Magic Feet and M
Blooming Nose. AM

allowed moments rest. Rest Perish the
thought Here was the class, all dolled up as
though they were about to hop across the
street for tea--some quick change artists they
must be, too-and in less than five minutes the
whole room was swaying like softly revolv'
ing windmill Headed by Mrs. Principal
with arms outstretched they came, elbows pro-
iecting and faces red but earnest. Honestly
think they swayed back and forth. back and
forth. in the same position for fifteen minutes
while and the Indianapolis ladies looked on
and smiled encouragngly.
Then. suddenly. Mrs. Principal clapped her
hands. the tension relaxed in faces and feet,
hush went over the French gray salon. each
soulful follower of the dance dropped into
chair and took on an expectant, not to say awe
struck, air. I wondered and waited, and 10! the
door opened and Vernon. the one and only,
appeared, looking as though he had Just
stepped off the yacht, with blooming nose and
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VI " AVE you if you professional
/" woman, when brain-fagged and
4 Il weary, ever felt the need OF a rest
full and inexpensive weekend which
visit and hotel alike failed to satisfy?
For visits, delightful though they are, with
their social demands of keeping up TO the
mark mentally as well as sartorially, do not
always fill the bill as rest cure Yet her
only other alternate, hotel or boarding house.
with all their irksome dressing and noise, too
often sends her home depleted in strength and
sleep as well as in purse.
Camps for her young working girl sisters
are legion, but rare is the more experienced
Professional woman, whether of the success
tul or unsuccessful type, to whom strenuous
camp life has an appeal. Moreover, accus-
toned to the cramped walls OF her rooms or
lat, and rushed existence therein rather is
she apt to find her pleasure in the mere rest
fu' spaces and service of well ordered coun-
try house.
So how would you, feeling just now sadly
battered by the heat, like to slip away to
country club which fulfls all these requisites,
where, wholly unhampered you may blissfully
enjoy yourself freed from the worry and
bother of clothes and undue eXpense'
Then throw some things into bag and be-
take yourself to Nyack! For such place is
the Haven Country Club, with Miss Mckay
as hostess and you as paying guest member.
indeed, it was to fill just such need that the
club was formed.
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VI VI AVE you, if you are a professional
- woman, when brain-fagged and
Z weary ever felt the need OF a rest
full and inexpensive weekend which