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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-03
WESTFORD.

Owing to tho Illness of Mrs. F. 4, Smith
the meeting of the fortnightly club. which
was to have been held at her home Jan,
p. was given up. Mrs, Smith IS reported
better, George Brown of South Lancas-
ter, Mass, is visiting friends in town
Floyd Grow is able to be out after an ILL
ness of several weeks,-County Agent
Dana was present at the meeting OF the
recently organized Farmers club Friday
evening. It was decided to invite the
women of the town to attend the meetings
in the future.
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ST. GEORGE.

Miss Abbe Wellinger is gaining after
being confined to the house with the
grip.-Mrs. Miranda Wescott Is gaining
s!owly.-Miss Mildred White returned to
Burlington Sunday after passing the
Weekend at her home hcre,-B. F.
Forbes is able to be out,-Mr. and Mrs
William Collette celebrated their 10th
wedding anniversary Tuesday evening
by entertaining several of their friends
During the evening refreshments were
served.-Earl Aver is earring potatoes
at Charlotte this week.
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CORNWALL.

\ son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. John
la Fountain last wcck.--Thc second whist
party was held at the town hall Thursday
night. y largo number of invited guests
we've prcscnt.-Alany families have been
suffering from grip.-Mrs. Carson Fisher
is i'll in bed. Her daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Adams. of Addison is caring for her
Miss Caroline Wilson spent the weekend
in Bristol-Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Foote
visited their son. Charles in Wallngford
last week
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BRIDPORT.

Edison levitt has returned to his home
at Benton Harbor. Mich.-Mr and Mrs,
Harry Bingham have returned to Ashby,
Mass. Among those who are i'll are Mr.,
Hail. Fred ST. John. Charles Barrows,
Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs. Conn, Mrs. j. L.,
Palmer, Mrs. John Sunduand and w.
M. Grandey.-Mrs. Carlton Shubino fell
last week and broke her wrist,-Nlrs, Will
liam Bouchard and children have return
ed to Port Henry, y. Y.
The Sunshine Circle will hold supper
and entertainment at Masonic hall Fri.
day evening.
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WEYERIDGE.

The Social and Improvement society
will give the drama, "Thc Old New
hampshire at the town hall Wednes
day evening, February 90, after which a
supper will he scrVod.-Aliss Stcarns, the
village school teacher. has resigned ON
account of illness. Mis- Turner of Lin
colin has accepted tho school for the re-
InalinlnI. If N
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LINCOLN.

Mrs. L. J. Cove has returned from Bristol.
Charles Lee. who has been IN town
from Ferrisburg, has returned to his
work. Eugene Tucker had three pieces of
emery removed from his right eye Sun
day.--The Industrial meets with Mrs. Ed
son Irish Thursday afternoon, Refresh
ments will be scrved.-Adolphus Enbar
will work for q. H. Purinton this year
and live in his tencment house.
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RTPTON.

John Goodroe has recovered from an at
tack of heart troube.-Mrs. Perry Camp
bell is more comforta ble.-Mrs. II. r. No
BILE. |. l.. Dow and Miss Hale are at the
Mary Fletcher hospital for treatment
Mrs. George Farr and Mrs. y. j. Atwood
are Gaining.--Thc thaw last week seriously
the lumber business.
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CHARLOTTE.

The regular business meeting of the
Ladies' Aid has been postponed until
next week. There was a neighbour
hood prayermecting at the home of
j. J.. Ramsey Wednesday evening"
Lucy and Baldwin Skiff entertained "a
number of their young friends Satur-
day evening. The Farmers Progressive
club will hold meetings at Library hall
beginning Monday afternoon and closing
Friday
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Nh0t Do Y'Ou know About This

5O0-acre farm. 100 acres smooth
meadows; $500 sugar trees, equipped
nicely, has made $500 pounds of sugar;
lots of fruit; large house in good shape,
two miles from large village. This farm
has kept IS cows. can do it again Price
only $500. Bring your Wife and mother
in-law right along and look this over, as
/ am sure you will be pleased with it
A. r. Day. Real Estate Nan. Cambridge
VT
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GRANVILLE.

y son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Tinkham January 30.-S. f.. Riley
mas gone to visit his sister, Anna, and
family in Calais.-llenry Jennett is build
ing a house on the place where Fred
Jennett was recently burned out. -Mary
Childs has been confined with the grip
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EAST CHARLOTTE.

Union held their mCnthly meeting
on the afternoon Of February at the
residence of Mrs, Narney,--A son. Paul
was born January =. to Mr. and Mrs.
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WEST ADDISON.

The funeral services of Mrs Martha Il.
Cox, widow of the Rev. benjamin Cox
of tho Troy conference. were held at her
Ia tc home. in West Addison, Friday, Jan
uary 2S. Burial was in the East Monkton
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WANTED.

WANTED TO HIRE GOOD DAIRY
FARM for term of years Possession
March l. Eleven years on last farm
No rum. ) q. Tabor, Fairfield, Vt
Tel A-22. 29.Gt,Wlt
DOMESTIC NURSE would take an
aged couple To board and care for
Large. comfortable house. Y. T. ID.
!. Box 20, New Haven, Vt. Sl,W2t
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FOR SALE

ZIMMERMAN. Why scale the wind
swept mountains for timber. coarse
and poor, while choice forests are
standing but n mile or moro from car,
which will cost you less than half the
gum to get from stump to car and
yield superior lumber which will bring
a fancy price? I have lots estimated
to cut from 215 m. to two million feet
which 1 tan sell on n down payment
Of from $1,000 to $1,000 balance at five
per cent Some of these lots are easy
to operate on wheels. w. V. Farr, 81
North Union street, Burlington, Vt
"a wilt.
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are somewhat bctter.--Miss pcasc is in
Cambridgc.-M Mrs Derkcc is ill.-Mrs
Mckenzie is i'll with the srip.-Mrs
BLOOD is III
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SOUTH BURLINGTON.

Mrs. Lucy NJ. Rollins, who has been
Ill with the grip at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. II. T. Tillcy, In Jericho,
is recovering slowly and expects to re-
turn home soon
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NurlinctOu Veterinary HONDital
GASOLINE ENGINE

circular and draE-saw rigs Drew and
Porter Litter Carriers, light and heavy
harnesses, Empire Cream Scparators
and Milking Machines and Lightning
EVaporators,
c. N. STYGLES. Underhill, Vt.
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STANDARD STEAM LAUNDRY

Office l45 Cherry street. II. w. Bull.
lock. proprietor. Fin Shirt. Collar and
Cuff Work Phone 9, Ill or send post
y and driver will call.
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ONE GRIMM FVAPORATOR for sale
with arch and complete equipment for
maple orchard of about 500 trees. First
class condition. Reasonable price
Superintendent, Boy 76, Waterbury, VI.
cd I'm.
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One Cent
a Word

Advertising in this column
one cent a word. each in
sertion. Copy may be
changed every week. Cash
in advance required. No
advertisement taken which
is less than 12 words. two
lines. Special terms to ad-
vertisers using from $50 to
1000 lines within Il con-
secutive months.
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TWELNE-COW FARM for sale in Cam
bridge, good buildings, running water:
bath room, 10 COWS. all tools, lots OF
wood. pleasant location. Price $3IOp.
Joseph Webb, Jcffcrsonyillc, VI.
10 W #
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FARMS FOR SALE

FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM for
sale, 1919 acres, splendid land overlook
ing lake, large variety of small fruits,
Address 566 South Union burlington.
ID W.T..
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-20

new york-lT is all very well IOr
some rich guys like mr.. perkins to
tell wimmen what to do with the
scraps from a meeI & how to cook it
over in 81 different ways so the old
man wont recognize it but you've
gotter have the stuff to start of with
the other day they was haVeing a
Ieckshure over on the east side with
a swell dame tellin the pore peepel
how to beet the high cost Of living
while the rich nuts are makeilg it
higher all the time
she says a lot about saVeing the
scraps & cooking tomorrer what the
family passed up today
she spills a lot Of stuff about egg
less pudding & bread without flower
& that mess
now will tell you, she said, how
you can make splendid soup for
next to nothing, & that made the
wimmen look up, for now, they says
to themselfs, she is talking about
something
LIST you take all the DoneS leIC over
from your sundy dinner, & be sure
you taken all, even the smallest
ones, aud
but she dident get no more outer
her for 1 lady rose rite up & says we
like soup at my house purity well, &
it would help us a lot if we Good
make soup outer sundy's bones, but
will you tell me haw many bones you
can get out Of a peace Of liver
the dame that was speekin said
this lady was too rude & she Good
ent anser such peepel, while another
lady said, my goodness If we Good
afford to buy meet with bones in it .
we woodent have to worry about
soup that cost next to nothing
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-18
CONGREGATIONAL.


Lenten services will be held in First
Congregational Church, Tenth and G
streets, on Wednesday mornings at IL
o'clock until Holy Week, during which
daily services will be conducted in the
afternoons at 4:45 by Rev. Clarence A.
Vincent, ID. D., pastor of Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church.
For the Wednesday morning services
the general subject is Christian Ideals"
and the dates, special subjects, and
speakers are as follows:
March %, For Work." Rev. Lewis z.
Purdum; March 90, For Things Hard
to Bear" Miss Mabel Nelson Thurston
April 8. For Character" Rev. John Brit
ton Clark, d. D. April Il, How to
Attain Them" William Knowles Cooper.
Topics for consideration before the
Mems Bible Study Glass of Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church for the ensu-
Ing four Sunday mornings have been an
nounced, and viii be a review of the
church In America, its beginnings, and
more important facts OF it's development;
survey Of the denominations con-
nected with branches of the church
across the Atlantic and those distinctly
American outgrowths of some specific
phases OF American life. and will be fol-
lowed by special study of Congrega-
tionalism, what 1t stands for in doctrine
and church organization. and what it is
doing. The officers of the class are: w.
T. White. president; Rev. Edwin NJ.
Bliss. D. D., vice president and leader:
II. B. Jones. secretary; w. II. Mitchell.
treasurer: C. A. Ford, librarian.
The subject, Our Indians" was pre-
sented at the March meeting OF the
Womans Missionary Society OF the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church.
Mrs. ]. G. milford presided. Mrs. Cate
Sells. wife of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, delivered an address, in which
reference was made to the effort being
developed by the commissioner to auh
the Indians the duty Of self-prcservation
and to render them self-supporting
through industrial training and economic
measures. Especial emphasis was given
the Importance OF a recent ruling OF the
commissioner, which prohibits the sale OF
alcoholic liquors on all Indian reserva-
lions. Kate. a Teton Indian maiden, was
imDersonated by Mrs. Roy F. Carly, and
told the story of her life. The imperson-
alton was so true to natural conditions
as to elicit the highest commentator
The program was in charge of Mrs. J.
A. Truesdell and Mrs. W. A. EclIels
Miss Mary T. Lord, a former missionary
among the Sioux, was present at the
meeting and offered prayer
Two scenes from the life OF William
carey, the cobbler missionary to India,
and one from the life of Odoniran Jud-
son. the missionary to Burmah and Siam
we're presented by the members Of the
Around the World Club, boys and girls
missionary organization of the Mount
Pleasant COngTe gational Church, at their
last meeting. Carey and his wife were
impersOnated by Raymond Burrows and
Mary Webster. and Judson and his wife
by Frank Davis and Louisa Whelpley
The entertainment was prepared by Mrs.
w. A. ECkels.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-18
EPISCOPAL.

The nationwide preaching mission of
the Protestant Episcopal church, which
Is responsible for the meetings now in
progress in fifteen centrally located
churches in Washington, has served to
bring large congregations into these
churches during each evening of the
present week.
IN Eighteenth street, opened, on Thurs
day and will continue through Sunday.
March 26, with SERMONS daily except
Saturday, by Rt. Rev. John A. Richard
son. d. D., lord bishop of Fredericton,
Canada, who last year conducted very
successful services in the Cathedral OF
st. John the Devine, New York City.
Tomorrow at 1Ol5 childrens service
will be held.
At St Johns. Lafayette square, the
mission conducted by Rev. leighton
d. D., closed last night.
At the Lcnten mission OF St. Mark
Church, on Capitol Hill Dean Vernon is
preaching to large congregations every
night, and the interest and enthusiasm
Is steadily increasing. The first after
meeting" was held last night, and many
waited for this meeting when the mis-
sloner talked with the people more init
box is proving a valuable feature of this
mission.
On Sunday night at o'clock, the mis-
sion service will be attended by delega-
tons from Masonic bodies, labor unions.
and other fraternal organizations. This
has been set apart as mems night at St
Marks, and a great crowd is expected.
Rev. Robert Johnston. D. D., rector of
the Church OF the Savior, Philadelphia, is
conducting the mission at the Church of
the Epiphany on G street. where preac CHI
ing services are to be held tomorrow at
II a. m. and s p. m, and for men only
at 4:30 p. m. On the following days of
next week except Saturday DIR. Johnston
will preach at noon and at p. m.
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett is conducting
meetings for women in the Willard room
at Epiphany Church at 4:50 each after
noon except Saturday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-18
METHODIST CONFERENCE
OPENS HERE MARCH 70
President Wilson and Billy Sunday
Will Address Sessions-Program
to Last Week or Longer.

Methodist clergymen from the Dis
trict, Maryland, Virginia, and West
Virginia, will gather here on March IS
for the Baltimore conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, North.
President Wilson will address the
conference on March 81.
A reception to the delegates will be
given on March IS. The formal ses-
sions of the conference will begin
March 90. Some special branch Of the
church work will feature each ses-
sion. The present program is for one
week, but IL necessary It will be ex-
tended until the work is concluded.
The uniting OF the Northern and
Southern branches of the church and
the enlargement of the pension fund
for retired Clergymen and widows of
clergymen, will be the two most i'm
portant questions to come up for dis
cussion.
New ministers will be ordained on
Sunday, April ?. with Bishop Grams
ton presiding. Billy Sunday will be
the principal attraction on Monday,
April 3. He will come over from Bal
timore especially to address the 800
clergymen who are expected to attend
the conference.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-18
UNITARIAN.

Rev. DR.. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, minister
Of All Souls Church, has returned from
a missionary trip IN New England, and
Will occupy his pulpit tomorrow morn
ing
Maj. s. w. Saxton is to address the
Liberal Religious Union tomorrow even
ing at o'clock, his subject being Per
sonal "Reminiscences of Brook Farm"
About fifty members of the Unitarian
Club will leave Washington next Tuesday
evening to hold a laymen's service in the
First Unitarian Church in Baltimore.
Among those going will be Maj. s. w.
Saxton, who. as a young boy, was a MEM
Der of Brook Farm" and associated with
Emerson, Charles A. Dana, sAlcott, and
others. In the party will also be Hon.
E. T. Williams, superintendent of All
Souls Sunday school
Grosvenor Dave, president of the Uni
tartan Club, in a statement relative to
the trip, said:
What we are going over for is to ex-
press in sincerity, the simple, rational
attitude which We maintain in things
of the spirit. 1t is not our intention to
say to others how they should believe
and act; but We are convinced that the
simplicity of our belief should be brought
more actively under public notice, SO as
to offer mental and spiritual refuge to
those who cannot say creeds and who can
not feel so positively sure as to the me-
chanics Of salvation or the mechanics of
the universe, as is often the case with
revivalists,''
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WITH THE WASHINGTON CHURCH,

pleted. The evening meetings will be
given over to popular sermons and ad-
dresses.
Bishop E. W. Mouzon, who recently re-
turned to this country from Brazil, will
preside over the sessions of the confer
ence. Rev. d. L. Blakemore. nasfor of
st. Paul Church, this city, who "a con-
ference missionary secretary, will present
reports relating to both the foreign and
home missionary work.
Ministerial and lay delegates from
Washington churches will attend all the
business sessions of the conference and
other members Of local churches will go
as visitors
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-18
PRESBYTERIAN.

Hon. Stanton ]. Peele. former chief
justice of the Court of Claims, will
speak tomorrow night at o'clock. at
the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Thir-
teenth and Fairmont streets. The
morning service will be conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Joseph Kelly.
Preparatory to the evangellstic
services that are to begin the first of
April, under the direction of Rev.
Robert B. Miller. a series OF commun-
ity prayer meetings in the neighbor-
hood of the church are to be held
on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Fridays.
The Fourth Presbyterian C. E. So
ciety is to play the part of host on
Friday evening, March "a. to all OF the
young people of Mount Pleasant. A
splendid program has been arranged to
take care of the entertainment.
The second of a series of special
evening sermons during Lent will be
given tomorrow by Rev. DR.. John Brit
tan Clark. pastor of the First Presby
terrain Church, John Marshall place. Dr.
CIark's course will consider six Typi-
cal Temptations" His subject fer
Sunday will be The Temptation of
Saul"
At the Gunton Temple Memorial
Presbyterian Church, Fourteenth and
r street northwest, the pastor, Rev.
DR.. c. Everest Granger. will preach to-
morrow at IL a. m. and 5 p. m. His
morning topic is THE Home Welcome"
the last in the series on the prodigal
son. At the evening service DIR. Gran
ger will preach on THE Elder Broth
er." The hour of the evening service
has been changed to 5 o'clock. Pre-
paratory service was held in the chap
ell, last night at o'clock with Rev
DIR. George S. Duncan as preacher. The
annual congregational meeting has
been postponed till March so, at s
o'clock in the chapel.
William T. Ellis. writer and news
paper man, who has been prominently
identified with the laymens mission
airy movement, will speak at the Cen
trail Presbyterian Church tomorrow
evening. Mr.. Ellis has found time
among the many duties OF a news
paper man and magazine contributor
to give attention to the study OF for
eign missions. He made a very eX-
tensive trip in the interest OF mis-
sious, travelling around the world visit
ing practically every foreign country
in which missionary work has been
established. During these visits Mr..
Ellis wrote largely for the press and
his articles were syndicated, appearing
in many periodicals in this country.
Mr.. Ellis is a keen observer, an at
tractive and fOrCeful speaker and a
charming writer. He comes with first
hand information and impressions re-
garding the work of missions and
his address will be full OF interest
and instruction. He will speak on
THE New Spirit of the World" The
meeting will be the annual praise
service of the Laura Pitzer Missionary
Society. The public is cordially in
yited.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-18
NATIONAL PRESIDENT
WILL VISIT S. 5. UNION
Baraca and PhiIathea Class Members
to Hear DR.. Hudson Next
Week.

Rev Marshall A Hudson. d. D, presi-
dent OF the World Wide Baraca and
PhiIs thea Union, will be in Washington on
Thursday, March e. and will address
the Baraca and Philathez classes OF
Washington in the evening at s O'Clock
in Centennial Baptist Church. Seventh
and Eye streets northeast His subject
will be Soul Winning" DR.. Hudson's
stay in Washington will be limited and
he will have time to deliver only the one
address. IT is expected that members OF
Bsraca and Philathea classes and in-
terested persons OF similar classes and
organizations OF the Sunday schools viii
be present
Melvin Z. Lederer, president Of the
Washington Barsca and Philathes Union.
is in charge OF the arrangements for
the meetings. assisted by the executive
committee OF the Union.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-18
BAPTIST.

A humorous lecture on the subject
THE Making of a Woman" will be
given by DIR. II. n. Wharton. of Bal
timore, on Wednesday evening. March
%. at s o'clock. in Fifth Baptist
Church, Six and One-haIf and E
streets, southwest. DIR. warton is
known as an orator and popular lee
turer. and is to give on this occasion
one of his best lectures. No charge
for admission will be made, but an
offering will be taken for the benefit
of the mortgage fund of the Randle
Highlands Baptist Church.
At the Metropolitan Baptist Church,
Sixth and A streets northeast, to-
morrow evening. the pastor. Rev. John
Compton Ball, will preach on Hit
ting the Trail" being the first in a
series of Right Way" sermons. In
the morning his theme will be The
Pearl of Parallels" At this service
Mrs. Gilbert A Clark will sing The Peni-
tent" by Van dc Water
On Friday evening March "a. the an
nual BANQUET of the Mems Bible Glass
will be held. Addresses will be de-
livered by Representative Walter L.
Hensley, and others. A Billy" Sunday
excursion has been arranged for We'd
nesday March %, and reservations for
300 have been made at the Baltimore
tabernacle for the afternoon service.
At the annual meeting OF Imman-
uel Baptist Bible School, held We'd
nesday evening, the following officers
were reelected for the ensuing year:
superintendent, George W. Pope;
associate superintendent, L. L. Beazley;
secretary, I. ]. Roberts; treasurer, J. P.
Greene; librarian, Miss Ruth Dawson.
The secretary reported an enroll
ment of us. with an average atten-
dance of 3S4. The school expended
DUNG the year $76l56, of which
amount sos was for missions and be-
nevolences, and the balance, S65S.56,
for supplies and miscellaneous pur-
poses.
Rev. Howard I. Stewart, pastor of
the Second Baptist Church, Fourth
street and Virginia avenue southeast,
has been in New Jersey this week
holding Evangelistic meetings. He
Will preach in the Second Church to-
morrow at IL a. M, on the topic THE
Peerless Christ" followed by commun-
ion and reception of new members. At
7:45 he will give the fifth New Testa-
ment tragedy, entitled THE Tragedy
of an Arrested Horseman" A num-
Der Of women will be baptized.
Rev. John Z. Briggs, pastor of Fifth
Baptism Church will preach tomorrow
morning on MANS Impulse to Shirk
Duty" after which the chorus choir
will render Mendelsohn Bartholdy's
masterpiece. Hear My Prayer" At
night the pastor will preach on 1.-THE