The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-08
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

The Diamond from the Sky, opera
house today. Adv
Atty. Daniel A. Guitinan is confined
to his home today by illness.
DR.. w. Montmarquet, chiropodist,
will be at the Colonial Thursday
There will be meeting of the car
penters union Thursday evening at
O'Clock.
Robert H. Merrill of Schenectady
spent the first of the week with his
family here.
Harold Redfeld of Springfield, Mass.
is spending few days in town with
friends.
Fred l.. Bottum and r. &. Howard
have left for Boston to attend the au-
tomobile slow.
Guaranteed boots for men, 1895 at
the New York Store. Ask for and
save the checks. ADV
Mrs. Roderick Perry Curtis, Miss
Mary E. Lang and Miss Louise Curtis
are guests at the Putnam house.
Francis Ford and Graces unard in
two part unusual drama, His Males
ty, Dick Turpin'', opera house, today.
ADV.
Mrs Russell Hyde and baby of Pitts
field are the guests for a few days of
Mrs. Hyde's mother, Mrs. E. D. Ben
nett.
Lulu Chaser the original Dolly Var
den" in five-part feature, Loves
Pilgrimage to America" Opera house
tomorrow. ADV.
Mrs. B. w. Mickey of West Main
street, who has been spending the
week with her sister, Mrs. r. A. Sea-
man in Troy, has returned home.
Marguerite Clark attains greatest
triumph of her stage or screen career
in famed dual role of 1.-THE Prince and
the Pauper" Harte Theatre today.
Adv.
John Spargo is expected to return
to Bennington shortly for the summer,
having nearly completed his lecture
work in Columbia and Johns Hopkins
Universities.
Tickets on sale at opera house
Thursday evening at 7 o'clock for Neil
OBrien and his great American Minis
LUIS W appear DIT lulS tuSdLl
day, March 49,
Coming-"Are They Born or Nader"
A gripping masterpiece showing the
development of barefoot boy into a
political gangster, won back by wo-
mans love. Adv.
Mrs Il. C. Bennett entertained the
"Benhiwatha Camp Fire Girls" Mon
day evening. A stocking darning con-
test was the novelty of the evening,
Minerva Holmes winning the prize.
The readiness of the New York
Store for bennington Baby Welfare
Day, tomorrow can readily be noticed
by looking into their right window.
Many practical suggestions to be seen.
Adv. rlrq
Mark Twain's great masterpiece,
'"The Prince and the Pauper," filmed
at last! Famous players presents be-
loved story IS feature, starring Mar
guerite Clark at the Harte theatre to-
day. Adv.
John Toomey and Miss Marie Thiba-
deau were awarded first prize as the
most clever dancers at the Last
Dance of the Season" in Forester's
hall last evening, attended by 125
couples. The prizes were fancy
heck scarf for the lady and just glory
for the gentleman ~
Dainty, magnetic Marguerite Clark,
the idol OF millions of photoplay fans.
is the star Of the screen adaptation OF
Mark Twains fanciful romance, "The
Prince and the Pauper,' the first work
of Americas greatest humorist to be
presented to the motion picture pub
lie, which is the Paramount feature at
traction at the Harte Theatre today.
ADV.
Thursday evening Mrs. James Hunt
er's school in Old Bennington will give
an entertainment to mark the close of
the winter term, songs and recitations
being presented by the pupils to par
ents and friends. The Old Bennington
public is invited and Supt. of Schools
Varney will deliver short talk on ed
ucational work, accompanied with liant
ern slides.
The Knights of Columbus have ap-
pointed the following general commit
tee to attend to the detail of their
tenth annual ball to be given on East
Ell. Monday: Chairman, Richard Hur-
ley, William +. Sears, Joseph j. Cum
ming, D.. r. Murray, John P. Ryan, N.
Z W., Edgerton, j. J. McDermott, John
Campbell, i. H. Sears, John Scarey,
Warren Waite, William Mccarthy, ].
p. Morrissey, David Sears and Hector
Gauthier. William Sears, David Muir
ray and John Searey were appointed
music and hall committee, and John
Ryan, j. j. Cunning and j. j. McDer-
mott, program committee.
Friday evening. March 10, the first
of a series of Domestic Science les
sons will be given at the Y. w. C. fol-
lowed by social hour. The lesson
will be on the making and serving Of
afternoon tea, and sandwiches. One
hardly realizes the large variety of
sandwiches one can make at compare
lively small cost. The lesson is from
too. Dancing and cards from to
1880. These lessons are free to all
club members, the small sum of 1Oc
will be charged for all who are not
members. The sandwiches made in
the class, will be served to all who
come in for the social hour