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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

visit to England the birds were reused
from their siumDer and began a most
singular and insistent clamor. This
sudden outcry of scared birds was
heard in places so far away from the
Zeppelin's line of travel that the hui
man ear would not catch the sound
of the big engines at all. And now
and then in that firing line where they
sing and play so fearlessly they pay
the penalty of their daring. They
don't get hit by shrapnel, but they
come within the area of violent air
vibration caused by a bursting shell
and this kills them. No wonder when
the conclusion can throw grown
man off his legs and out Of his wits!
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

ness, how much is going on, You
wish you had dozen pair of eyes. so
you wouldn't miss n single thing, You
MUNICH your peanuts and look this
way and that and the other; and pres
entity Pa says to Ma--oh yes, Ma won't
too-"Land's sakcs. Ma. he'll twist
his head off if he doesn't stop that"
Ma laughs and says "Oh, Pa, look
at that man with those ice cream
concs-let's have some of them"
The performance goes on, one
thrilling act after another. And you
get happier and happier all the time
and you laugh yourself sick at the
clowns and yell and throw peanuts at
them whenever they pass in front
of you.
Presently, maybe, you espy a dainty
little miss right in the ring in front
OF YOU She has gorgeous golden hair,
ana shes wearing n wonderful short.
PINK skirt that looks like--well, like
the foam at the top OF a glass of
strawberry ice cream soda. She has
diamond buckles on her trim little
shoes and she balances herself won
dcrfully-on one foot, mind you
on top of a big ball painted red and
decorated with gilt stars and half
moons.
She twists and turns and dances
and kisses her hand at the audience
no, by George, not at the audience
but at you. Shucks, guess you can
tell when persons looking straight
at you, can't you. OF course you can,
Then as the performance goes on
TO its close and the side shows open
up you--but what's the use of tryina
to describe it! 1t can't be done!
So don't let's even try to- Just let's
say again, THE circus is here! Hur-
ray, HurraVn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

tato IS lifted on his fork, you ask in
your best company" voice, "Pa, won't
YOU have some more of these pota-
toes?" lie looks at YOU in surprise
and tbon crime For no too has
been how and ronombors circus
tinlc
"\Vor Ma f." bo cove nc 1o ruebos
back tho nloto nm which ,v,e I,ie bic,
slice Of lemon mic "I darosov This
Young rascal doesn't caro- much ahout
seeing the circus this afternoon p"
Ma smiles and looks Mt Won low
irglv. And YOU inst grin and got rod
clear IN TO the ton of vour cars
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

XEA OF long ago you were told about
poor little Hans and the troubles
he was having in school with
4 the English language. Well,
every day his perplexltes seemed to
increase, and the German youth
wished himself back in his own coun-
try many time. in spite of the
troublesome times they were having
over there.
Here is an instance of the other
days troubles. His teacher called on
him and said:
Now Hans, spell ONE for me-"
"O-N-E spells ONE"
very good. Now spell WON
DER" said Teacher.
"O-N- Ed Err, WONDER"
Wrong" said Teacher, and she
told him the correct way. Then she
said Spell Two.
1.-TWO, TWO" was Hans answer.
Correct. The next word is DO"
"D-W-O spells DO"
Teacher laughed spell LAUGH"
Hans spells "L-A-U-G- H-LAUGH,"
proudly.
Then Teacher asks him CALF"
II ans promptly, "CA-UGH-
CALF"
Wrong again" Spell ENOUGH
Hans, "E-N-O-U- GIL - ENOUGH"
Right, and now be careful and
spell STUFF"
Hans answered, triumphantly,
"S-T-OU-G spells STUFF"
You are hopeless" said the teach
er. go home and study from the
book"
That night Hans had a funny
dream. The 26 letters of the alpha
bet rose in rebellion and jumped
around his bed. They scolded him
for not giving them more serious
thought, and they argued with the
poor little German until his head
ached.
They all talked together and they
talked in a streak. and one letter
more precocious than the rest q think
it was the X beat him most unmer-
| cifully. AS the boy lay exhausted in
his bed. he dreamt the door opened
and in came the teacher. Hans cried
out his heart on her sympathetic
breast, and begged her to have just
q little more patience with him.
Teacher then ordered the alphabet
to arrange themselves in straight
line, and then she led Hans up to
them
This" she said. ''is your new mas
ter" Hans bowed. and Teacher con-
| tinued: II want you to serve him
we'll. Treat him kindly and do your
best. Remember he comes from far
across the ocean and everything is new
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

il, meaning the huge tent under which
the performance will be given. Per-
haps one of them lets you help pull
on the canvas or, maybe. hand him
u peg.
Now and then, If you look sharply,
you catch glimpse OF one of the ami
mails feeding in his wagon, or of the
elephants all herded together at one
end of the lot eating their morning
meal.
Then comes the time when they
form for the morning parade through
the town. What a noise and din
there is, with the animals roaring, tho
men believing out orders and the
wagons creaking as they wheel into
line.
You are torn between two desires
whether to tramp into town along
with the head of the procession, or
whether to watch the whole parade
pass by and then run ahead as fast
as you can and reach the first band
wagon before it gets to Main street.
AS the parade turns into Main
street, you march proudly along by
the wagon with the biggest and loud
est band playing on top of IT. And
you just can't help but feel that every
body is looking at you and knows
| that you, too are in the parade.
Then, just before you come to Her
house, maybe, you drop back until
you are directly opposite the wagon
(sides open) which carries the big
lion; and you walk real close to him.
pretending to be utterly Indifferent to
the danger OF a paw suddenly
stretched out between the bars and
well--tearing your arm out or your
head off. Brave? You bet you are!
And as you pass Her house you glance
| out of the corner of your eye to see
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

77ElIl1 little food a fox had been
w. SO nearly starved that he
was thin.
He smelled within an ancient oak
Provisions left by hunter folk.
The opening they had nearly closed
To make quite sure as they supposed.
Against intrudcrs such as he.
This cupboard of hollow tree.
/ he odorous treasure to secure
He squeezed him through the aperture.
And said, Twill be my wisest plan.
To put within me all can.
Whate'e r is left I'll gather then.
And carry safely to my den."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01
mHEsE are circus days--Iiurray!

W. circus? Indeed no!
First of all, you see the big, brightly
colorcd posters. There's a huge one
on the side of the blacksmiths shop'
and it is so gorgeous that you simply
can't take it all in at one glance
you have to look at it in secuons'
why, It's almost as good as seeing the
circus itself,
There's the big ring, with couple
OF clowns falling over each other in
their awkward, funny fashion. Then
there's the Ring Master, in his black
silk evening clothes and nigh nat;
and he's cracking his long whip as Il
beautiful milk-white horse Frances
around with beautiful maiden bal
ancing herself on his broad back and
jumping through paper hoops, one
after another, with never n thought
Of the nasty fall she'd have should
her dainty foot slip.
overhead, trapeze artists are flying
through the air as though they had
wings, serenely Indifferent to the dizzy
height at which they are performing.
And in one corner are the acrobats,
doing "nip-hops' over the backs of
seven elephants standing in n row.
Then, of course, there are the ami
mals-ferce lions, sleek, treacherous
looking tigers, long-necked giraffes,
clumsy, numbering hippopotami, state
'lv zebras, agile, chattering monkies
.and-goodness me--one never could
name them all!
The great day dawns at last. You
are up with the sun and out at the
big lot on the outskirts of the town
where, already, the men are beginning
to put up the "big-top," as they call
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

- D1d you ever make a daisy
" chain? No! Then | will tell
you how to make the kind of chain
the May Queen wore when she sat
on her flowery throne.
Gather only the daisies with long
stems, and make a loop in the stem
about an inch from the flower. Put
the head Of another daisy through
1t, and then tighten the loop so as
to hold the daisy You can make this
chain as long as you want. and you
can wear 1t either around your head,
neck or waist.
Did you know that Daisy means
Days Eye?" The daisy opens with
tho rising of the sun and shuts up,
or goes to sleep when the sun sets
hence its name.
One day little Lucy Smith had to
stay in bed because she had a spring
cold. The poor child did not know
how to make the time pass and she
fretted herself into n headache.
Mother wondered what she could give
the child to do. when suddenly she
saw the vase of daisies on the little
table beside the bed.
Come dear I'll show You how to
make a family of Daisy Children"
said Mother, seating herself beside
Lucy.
She took a daisy out of the vase
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

and strange TO him"
1--WE WILL" cried the &c letters in
such a loud chorus that Hans woke up
with Il start. However, he remem-
bered his dream. and he and his &c
servants got along much better after
that
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

if she is witnessing this astounding
display of bravery!
When Pa comes home for dinner at
noon you're right there to open the
door for him and to see that his glass
is filled with fresh, cold water just
pumped from the well. You sit in
your place ut the table as though the
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~ ~ ~

different to the noise of firing there
is much evidence that they are keenly
sensitive to the impact of air-waves.
When the Zcppelins paid their first
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01
THE SUN.

~ HE. sun makes all the cherries
red,
u And makes the oak trees tall.
And ripens berries by the shed
And grapes along the wall.
The sun makes wrens and robins sing
And makes the kitties play,
And stretch and roll like anything
And keeps them glad all day.
And I'll take off my stockings so
My legs can have some fun.
And roll up both my sleeves and Cd
A wading in the sun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

DELETIONS.
I. Delete a letter from n machine
producing motion and find a waste
land.
2. Delete letter from a precious
stone and leave to sound loudly.
8. Delete letter from a nourish-
ing food and leave to stuff.
4. Delete letter from a small
branch and leave active.
FLORAL MIX UP.
L-e-i-o-s-t-V, y-p-p-p-o, s-o-p-e-i-r-
MR., n-y-s-p-a. a-y-s-d-i. n-m-u-i-g-r-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

Preacher were present, and you are
careful to hold your knife and fork
just so and not TO wipe your mouth
on the back of your hand.
You watch Pas plate and, just be-
fore the last mouthful of mashed po-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

the BIRDS on the lighting line
y p b in France. The robins perch
on the edge of the trenches and peer
down as if they were generals on in
spection; they are tempted into tho
very trenches themselves to have a
share Of the rations. Game and
perched on my bayonet, the little beg
gar did," as one of the soldiers said,
when | put it up out of the trench,
just the same as Il Christmas card"
Sometimes in the course of a heavy
cannonading, the sky-larks, high in
the sky through which the shells are
hurting. go singing as if they were
trying to drown with their song the
noise of the bombardment.
Mere noise has very little terror for
birds as English people know who
watch a thrush on her nest by the side
of railway cutting, while an express
goes by at the rate of sixty miles an
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01
SHELL-FIRE AND THE BIRDS.

NAM ANY people have been Won
III "a dering over the behavior of
n Y the birds on the fighting line
q q b in France. The robins perch
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

ca, i-t-l-p-u. p-r-et-o-o- e-i-h-l.
ANSWERS.
DELETIONS: !, MotOr-moor; 2,
PedrEpedl; 3, Credm-crdm; 4, Spray
Spry.
Floral Mr-up: Violets, poppy, prin,-
rose, pdnsy, daisy, 0eraniun', tulip,
heliOtrope.
BASEBALL PUZZLE.
One in center Of picture betUeen
tWo boys, one at the right Of picture
behind boy, and one betWeen feet of
bon in center
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01
Hans Troubles
&& ~

Ia OF long ago you were told about
poor little Hans and the troubles
he was having in school with
4 the English language. Well,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01
Out in the fields

- OON e viii be time to run out
into the fields and pick daisies.
~ Did you ever make daisy
chain? MOI Then | will tell
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01

She took a daisy out of the vase
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-18

there is all end of government regula-
ton, and then there must be govern.
ment ownership.
we stand now before Inc PEOPLE de-
claring our belief that the work Of cor
rection repression and punishment has
gone far enough. and that the people
must pass deliberately on the question.
We stand on the proposition that the
character Of the men in general in
charge Of these instrlmentalities of
commerce is such that they are entl-
tied 10 trust and confidence because
they realize the sanCtity OF their tidl'
ciary capacity"
Mr.. Thorn SAID the railroads would
enter the coming investigation in the
belief that they would be fairly treat
ed by the country, knowing they could
not expect special favOrS. and that
they would get nowhere if they at
tempted to ask them and realizing thai
if what they ask does not come up Ia
the public's rOd-stiCk. their requests
will be rejected
One Of the most serious problems
before the railroads, he declared, is
the question of credit He said there
is so little desire TO invest in the CAPT
tai stock of carriers that they have
been forced TO borrow their money in
the last few years on mortgages or
other liens that make fixed charges
and that the danger point i'll this sort
of financing has been reached.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-18
NEWS BRIEFS

Eddie Walker was released from
the Ohio county Jail Yesterday. having
completed a sentence for violating the
Yost law.
L. ". Selvey's Sons. local con.
tractors, are repaintnS. pApering and
making repairs to the hall and ante.
room of the Ohio Valley Trades and
Labor Assembly hall.
Wheeling plumbers have already
had several calls to repair water pipes
in which water was frozen.
--"Speaking Of the II. {. L." said a
Wheelingite the other day, "a few
years ago one could get pound of
iimberger for - cents. Can't set even
a. smell al that price now.
A number OF stOgie makers who
are out of work as Il result of the
partial tie-up Of the S1ogie industry
here, have found employment in the
steel mills.
Ella Sabatino Camardese -- pro,
nouncc ii if YOU can made apniiCa-
ton in the local United States district
office Yesterday for naturalization. He,
Ella Saba1ino Camardpse. was born in
Italy and came 10 this country in 1917.
He is a labOrCr and lives AT 90 Nc.
ro1l0ch street.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-18
Striking StogiemakerS
Establish Headquarters
In Trades and Labor Assembly Hail.
Benefits Will Be Paid Strikers
Who Report Daily.

Several hundred stogiemakers Will
walk out Of the shops Of The manu-
faclurers who have not signed the
agreement for an increase in wages
today. It was learned at the Trades
and Labor Assembly hall yesterday
Several Of The smaller manufacturers
have signed The agreement, however
and they will continue 10 work.
Headquarters have been established
al the Trades and Labor Assembly
hall for The striking stogi"makcrs. nc,
cording TO plaCards which were posted
last night. The strikers are supposed
10 report 10 the headquarters every
day, by so doing they will receive
benefits, al the end of the week.
Should the strikers secure employ
menl al any other shop or factory
that would not come under Inc li1rlS,
diction Of the union. benefits would
stop and for any violation the strikers
are liable to fine.
While a number of The departments
of The Marsh factories are IDLE, me
remaining departments will finish 'he
material on hand today. it vas learned
last night. The Pollack Factory mas
been idle for the past week. The Ms!-
Ter factory has not as yet signed the
agreement There was 10 hay" been a
meeting of The srOgiemakerS last nlSHt
but for some reason which was hot
announced. If was called Off.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-18
CORRECTIONAL LAWS
CONTINUED from First Page.)

speeches which brought the railroad
eight hour law squarely before the
council. Representative AdamSOn, the
author OF the law. declared he believed
It constitutional but thought congress
would enact supplementary lcgisla-
ton before the congressional inYcsti-
eating committee reports 10 make i'm
possible another situation such rs con
fronted the nation when the brother
hoods threatened TO strike. Mr.. Adam
son said he was opposed to govern
ment ownership Of railroad and to the
Establishment or curtailment of the
state railroad commissions by putting
all rate making power in the hands Of
the interstate commerce commission.
President Charles Il. Van IIiSr. of
the University OF Wisconsin, said the
country had no assurance thai two
wears from now. when a Congress is
10 be elected. nr four years distant
when President is 10 be- elected. the
brOtherhOOdS will moi again come to
Congress with demand for lime and
4 half for overtime, and threaten a
strike if the demands are not met.
In a general discussion which fol
lowed the speeches, Harry A. Wheeler.
OF Chicago, a former president of the
chamber. said the chamber should not
discuss things that We're pasr--thp Adj
amson law-bul look to The future and
determine what business could do 10
insure the adequate transportation IA
cilities it needs.
Discussed History Of Roads.
Mr.. Thorn discussed the history of
American railroads and their regula-
ton. adding:
THE impression to-day is that the
men who manage the railroads can
only BIZ kept in the ranks and in step
BY the pick Of the bayOnci. Has the
time come for change in tn" ronCep-
ton Of the American propl" on that
subject? If il has not come. if there
is M possibility of managers Of tho
railroads being entitled 10 III" trust i'm
posed on them by the people, then
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-18
DEATH SUMMONS
HARRY CLAYTON
MANAGER OF PHILIP cAREY co.
AND PROMINENT CITIZEN,
DIES LAST hight
Was Stricken Suddenly Ill November
With Bright'I Disease ana
Sank RAPIDLY.
lIarry Clayton. mnMagNv az i'll" WI

Harry Clayton. mrmaC"c o. til" hec!-
inr ur;iurh 81: t." i'hI'ip carey itn"ilnS
cnmpauy. and "H" 81 tie most h:"nlln"n'
business Iuru 81 Mti"rlinE. ul"i IN MS
HON" in Hlr Mar hi1",. Pleasant alley
last ni@ht at N:Ir - lock, Following an
illness since November :. when h" was
stricken SuGtjrnly with Hrt"htS dlScaS".
and la!rr with = parhiyt!C stroke. Ill"
had been Il resilient at thlS city Tor tn"
ltS; ii Years. coming 10 Wheeling 10 .lc-
,.rit IL" position rs manager az IN"
Carey company.
Mr.. Clayton VA born November ~.
,NI2. in ohio. ami wuIld have been %
years old this munir. IL" WAS educated
III Ohio and whil" Il yt"nG man went 10
canada, where il" r'.!uHi!!''d fer several
years Upon his r.lUrn To this country
he engaged III business in Grafton and
later in F'airmOni. coming To TINS Glty NJ
I9Du. MIR. Clayton WAS member nt
Welcome lodge. y. g. |. w. Wheeling
counril nf the United comm" rrial Travel
erS and an aCtiV,'. mrmn"r 81 ouTth
Street Methodist Episcopal church.
Surviving besides his wife are Two
daughters and ON" son: Mrs. II: N.
Shuwaltcr, Of l.ewisburg. Pa: Mrs.
iIarry ". Meyer and Paul Clayton, I";n
uI thu Wheeling district.
Funeral services win be held III the
family home Monda! afternoon at 30
o'clock with The R"v. I'r. Clarence =.
Alien OF the Fourth street church. off,
eating. lnIcrmcnt will DO private in
, Greenwood cemetery.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-18
Mrs. McCabe, of LittIeton.

LITTLETON, Nov. l6.-Mrs. jamie
(Cumberidge) McCabe. young bride
iuf John f. McCabe, OF Crellin, Md.
died in that town Nov. 6. following q
brief illness OF typhoid pneumonia.
Mrs. McCabe was the daughter Of
Thomas and Maggie Cumberlidge, OF
this place. and was II years, II
months and II days old. She was
born Nov. %. 1898. and was married
To Mr.. MCCabe Aug. II. 1916. less than
three month ago.
Mrs McCabe was a popular young
lady Of this town and was widely
known and highly esteemed. Her
passing came as a shock TO her many
friends and relatives In this commun-
ity. She was a member Of Littlcton
Lodge No. Is Degree OF Honor. She
leaves three sisters and four brothers ::
Mrs. Lassie II. Garrison. Misses Alma
and Lena and Nellie Cumberlidge. all
Of Lttleton: George F.. Raymond.
Roy and Dale Cumbprlidge, also OF
this town
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-18
Gee Funeral Yesterday.

The funeral OF Charles Edwin Gee
prominent local business man who died
Wednesday in Il Columbus. q. hospital.
was held Yesterday afternoon. Impress
Slve services were conducted ut o'clock
IL the family home, No. 513 South
Front street. by tho Rev. DR. Claude
Porter Terry. pastor of the First Pres
hyt"rian church. Interment was in
Greenwood cemetery. The funeral was
very largely attended and tho floral
tributes were many and beautiful.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-18
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Notice to Creditors.

IN ;hc Creditors II Andrew White decreased; 49,.
You arc hereby notified that at III" TrI"''. I" .'.'
,,:.,. I.ro,,,d l have appointed Monday. Decin
her 4 1916 ut ton O'Clock i. NJ. and hiF Office.
Sch.orlbach building. Wheeling. on o'"uEF' w.
Virginia az the tine and place for RECEIVING ~ v"
49, I,s .>,nt.. Al which tine and place roI are &c
Guired 10 attend. ,.
Giyrn under my hand commissioner OF a"tLu'',s
nf the county court Of nEId County. West Virginia.
This a7th dag Of October. 1916.
'''' WILLIAM +. KRrFP.
&C o,da commits s!Gnct.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-18
TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES

CUMBERLAND. Md. Nov. l1-De1-
uty State Game Warden Jacob &. Tur-
ner has sent out a call for men %
fight fires on the mountains around
his city. There is Il serious fire Oh
Wills Mountain. The county tuberCu-
losls sanitarium was in danger for a
time today but it is believed the dan
ger has now been removed by back
firing. Many men are being hired at
the expense Of the state TO fight the
fires sweeping over the mountains.
Much timber has already been de
strOred
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-18
Mrs. M. L. MoHarty.

S9cI.aI Dlsp.:ch 10 tN0 IMieIsrnce-.
.WE.LLSRURG, W. Va. Nov. l7.--NIrs.
NJ l.. Moriarty aged CT. highly respoC-
ted lady died this afternoon at o'clock
Following 4 brief illness. The deceased
was born ut MartinShurg and later
moved to Point Pleasant and thence 10
this place nine years ago. She il sur
vivrd by her husband and the following
children: John Morlarity of Burton:
Thomas OF Columbus: Katherine at
home and sister Lucille OF Wheeling
The funeral arrangements are incOm-
plctc.