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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18
MORE STRENGTH FOR
FEEBLE old PEOPLE

If all the old people in Bennington
realized what Vinol will do for them,
we would not be able to get enough on
it to supply the demand. We quote
from a RECEIPT letter received from
Mrs. A. E. Carson of Kingston, N. Y.
She says:-"I am 50 years OF
age, and had been ailing for long
time with indigestion. ! got rundown
was weak, dizzy and could not sleep
at night consulted two doctors
who said l had hardening of the ar
teries and at my age could not ex-
pect to be strong again. My daugh-
ter would give me no peace until
tried Vinol, as it had done so much
for her. | have taken five bottles and
my health and strength have come
back, SO / am able to do all the house
work for my family of four, and | am
recommending Vinol to all my
friends"
The reason Vinol is so beneficial to
old people is because it contains the
very elements needed to replace de-
Ginning strength with renewed yigor,
viz the medicinal elements of fresh
cod livers without oil, peptonate of
iron, beef peptone, and a mild tonic
wine. W. l.. Gokey, Druggist, Ben
nington, vt. ,.... Il
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18
The Primary Again.

If the direct primary can once be
put into operation in Vermont and
conducted according to statute, we
believe it will wake up the people to
a more loyal appreciation of their
right of suffrage --Windsor Journal.
Evidently the contemporary is not
alone in its faith in the direct primary
and it's desire to have Vermont try
what has been successfully tried else
where. The fact that the Legislature
took definite action along this line and
has referred the matter to the people
for final settlement indicates demand
for. a change from the convention to
the primary method.
The Windsor Journal goes on to de-
clare that the caucus system in YER
mont has never expressed the will OF
the people, in many ways. i, If there is
any ground for such contention, then
the cause of the direct primary looms
up fair and large, and il change from
the present system to the direct pri-
mary will as its advocates stoutly
maintain, bring about a deeper appre-
citation of the right of suffrage and the
exercise of that. right to a. greater ex-
tent than under the caucus and con-
vention system--if it will make posi-
BILE more representative expression
of the popular win as To- candidates
and issues--it certainly deserves al
favor at the hands of the people. :
Twenty six states are listed as hay
ing "the most complete system" III
primary elections, and about eighty
per cent of the total population of the
United States is operating under the
direct primary system.
The main argument of the opponents
of the direct primary--that this state,
with it's small population, does not
need more direct expression by the
voters--is fairly slim barrier to put
up in the path of those who are in
clined towards discovering what there
really is in the proposed system. The
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18
BONNEVILLE

There will be dance at Town hall
Saturday evening, Feb. IS.
Hugh Dawson Of Houghtonville
was guest at A. C. SHADES Monday. \
Mrs. Allen Charlton of Williams
vile recently visited her mother, Mrs
Bradford Prouty.
Prayer meeting this week will be
'neld Thursday evening at the home OF
Mrs. Nellie Burbank.
School in the Slade district, taught
by Miss Hattie Fuller of South Lon
donderry, closed Friday.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
Wednesday at the home of Mrs. H.
o. Coleman. Dinner will be served at
noon.
/ W. G. Benson of Townsend was
the guest OF George Burbank from
Saturday until Monday. He drew
home another load of hay.
B. A. Prouty returned home from
the Brattleboro Memorial hospital
Thursday. Mrs. Prouty, who has
been spending several days in Brattle
ooro, returned with him.
About six inches of snow fell Sat
urday and Sunday. Sunday night
vas the coolest night we have had
this winter. % degrees below zero.
The town auditors met at the Nor
gan House Friday to audit the ac-
counts of the town officers prepare
tory to publication in the town re-
port.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18
Got Rid Of My corns
With Magic ''Gets.It'
Simplest Corn Cure in the World-No
Pain, No Fuss. New, Sure Way.

When corns make you almost die
with your boots on" when you've
soaked them and picked them and
sliced them, when corn-swelling
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18

A good many farmers are going from
the rain belt" where the annual pre-
cipitation is thirty inches or more an
nually, to sections beyond the one
hundredth meridian, fittingly called the
agricultural dead line" where the
rainfall Is but from ten to twenty
Inches year. For such homeseekers
II is of the utmost Importance to have
all open mind and to not cling too
tenaciously to methods of handling the
soil which have given good results In
the sections from which they have
come. 1t would be well to write to
the department of agriculture, Wash
ington, for a few of the bulletins on
dry farming adapted to the section In
which one has settled or plans to set
tie. More than this. it would be wise
to subscribe for farm journal which
takes up the farming methods best
adapted to such dry sections. Lastly,
1t would be we'll to get into commune
cation with the agricultural college Of
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18
SOUTH sHAFTs6uRY

Mrs. F. e. Dean is confined to the
house with the grip.
Mrs. Edward Collins, who has been
very Ill, is better at this writing.
Miss Abbie Dickinson called on
former neighbors in the village on
Monday.
Fred A. Stickles is travelling in the
interest of his uncles Cole Stickles,
business.
Mrs. F. S. Locke, who has been the
guest of relatives left for her home in
Springfield on Saturday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18

the state and secure such bulletins as
may be available. Having the litera-
ture referred to will not bring success
to those who are shiftless, stupid or
lazy, but they will be of immense help
to those who are wideawake and eucr-
getic and who are interested In doing
things In the best way and getting lar
gest returns for the least expenditure
Of effort IA 52
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18

Journal pertinently suggests that the
safest form of government is one
where the rank and file are not too far
removed from the governing classes
where the possibility of debauching
the electorate is removed to the lowest
possible point."-Ludlow Tribune.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18

or porcelain grinders II is too late in
the game to discourse Tor the benefit
OF such unfortunates on the wisdom Of
having the teeth looked after at least
once year from childhood up. How
eyer folks who have been through the
TRIAL referred to, as well as those who
have direct knowledge of such trials,
should use their best efforts to see. that
the teeth Of their children and others
that they may be interested in are Civ
en- .seasonable attention. 1t is a good
deal, cheaper in the long run and would
save a heap of irritation and indiges.
ton
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18

When fellow (man or woman) has
been through the ordeal Of having all
the remaining molars In his head yanll-
ed out to make room for mouthful
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18


Vegetable Compound to all mothers and
daughters and you can publish this let
ter. Mrs. A. ESTRADA, 1923 N. Galvez
Street, New Orleans, La.
Philadelphia, Pa" My daughter was
feeling tired and all run down with no
apparent cause. She had taken Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound be-
fore and knew its value so she again
purchased it and she was able to keep
to work, her eyes became bright and
natural, and her system was built up
completely. We generally keep the
Vegetable Compound in the house for
tits to be relied on. Mrs. E. j. PuRDY,
5131 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Women Have Been Telling Women
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Vegetable Compound has restored their
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Try it If you are troubled with any
ailment peculiar to women.
Write for advice to Lydia Il.
Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18

salves, and tapes. bandages. and
plasters that make corns pop-eyed
faster, Just hold your heart moment
and figure this: Put two drops
of "Gets-It'' on the corn. 1t dries
at once. You can put your shoe
corn is doomed. 1t makes the corn
come off clear and clean. It's the new.
easy way. Nothing to stick or press
on the corn, You can wear. smaiisr
pain, no trouble. Accept no substitutes.
"Gets-It" is sold by druggists every
where, 25c bottle, or sent direct py
Z. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago, H.
Sold in Bennington and recommend
ed as the worlds best corn remedy
by w. L. Gokay
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18
MOTHERS WHO
have DAUGHTERS
Read How to Care for Their Health.
New Orleans, La" cannot praise
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know my daughter
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more than a year
S h e had suffered
agonies from irreg-
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dizziness, and no ap-
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l ,ydia f. Pinkham'a
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-05
aSAss NOTICE,

BIZ \. Is hereby given that
trespassin-. on
in Madison
N ssi prohibited, and all par
~ ''passing will be prose
J. T. MCCLELLAN.
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VS. AND M MT IN THE

intention Of this sort. The only differ
encc is that he has adopted for his
dominant the note OF yellow. 4 cur
tain OF yellow satin of the most start
ling effect fils the background Of the
canvas. Here ~ his theme ~propounded'
II Is now a question Of developing II.
and varying II without destroying the
harmony. and never has colorist
chosen a more difficult problem.
"Salome has just finished her sa-
lacious dance and according to the adj
vice OF Herodias. her mother. she
claims for reward the head OF st. John
Baptist. Salome Is alone in
the picture. She Is seated on one Of
those inlaid stools or which In the
Orient dishes are placed. The artist
has given her a physiognomy OF a
strange character which does not re-
semble the Hebraic type and still less
the Grecian regularity. In Spain they
would describe her In one word in
saying she is muy gitana, which means
endowed with n bizarre ans savage
grace and a fascination diabolically ir-
resistible. even with a touch OF ugli-
ness: for correct beauty Is not neces.
sary to these charmers. A forest Of
coal black hair in rebellious disorder.
all crumpled up. frames her visage and
Nils In heavy locks on her shoulders.
This black note. violently thrown into
the middle Of the canvas supports and
dominates the whole gamut OF yel!ows.
and the artist leads up to II daringly
by black ebony earrings.
"In this abundant hair there il m
thing wild. barbarous. bestial, that
contrasts with the delicate and almost
infanti!e features. colored under their
amber pallor with a faint pinkish glow.
The mouth has the vague smile. some.
what out OF breath. OF the dancer after
her excrtion. The eyes. cruelty and
TRANQUILITY v%oluptuous. look out and
seem TO await the sign OF consent. Sa-
.ome holds on her knees n great plat
ter Of repousse copper. on which Is a
kandjar. "A great knife with ivory
handle and a scabbard OF red velvet
with bands OF silver. This platter in
which the head will fall Is for her like
the tambourire OF the mountebank
after the performance. and the Or!en-
, tai indifference to human life has
never been better painted than in this
girl whose hand plays with the handle
Of the landJar while the other rests
on her hip.
"The costume OF SalOme does not
belong to any epoch. to any country;
1t Is pure fantasy, and such az might
be arranged by the caprice of a dan
Ger who Wishes to please and turn the
head of her public. A tunic Of Naples
,,aiin,., e.. <aotn,al NJ tIn rtrlt ,lA,,Ilo,
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many OF the hazards that nature had
put in the way of cross-Chanrel nav!-
cation. Some of Ensland's military
advisers In h past. men then en-
joying exalted positions. suffered from
the same misRivings. but neither Lord
Roberts nor Kitchener was Of these.
Nevertheless when the Channel tunnel
project was revived In 1907 and again
six years later the British Govern
ment opposed the resumption OF work
on the score principally that such a
route might prove II source vi national
danger. The bitter lesson OF expert
encc. emphasized by two years Of war
and some appalling sacrifices. has
wrought a change in public sentiment.
and regret Is likely to prove the great
est stimulus in Fastening the building
Of the long deferred Channel tunnel.
Despite the fact that stratcgists the
world over have long recognized tn"
advantages of rail communication in
time OF war. and Notwithstanding the
object lesson Germany vas giving to
those that cared to see. in her care
fully worked out network of steel high
ways at home. England persisted in
her blindness, Those in authority
would not look further than tn the i'm
mediate boundaries of the British Isles,
and this in the face of a perNistently
growing conviction that sooner or later
British troops would have 10 fight on
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Of giving them that fu.ness OF care
and attention needed.
IL has beer aa!d that substantially
tho 'uu,valoa. % an army corps
40. ooo mnn--1re employed ny the
British In France N the unloading and
carriage of stores from water ter
mina,s 20 military bases. Again. at
home al shipments are packed. in or
der To cross the Channel. with as much
care and labor as II they were des-
tined for n voyage OF thousands OF
mics. Ana alter deiivery at the dock
they must be handled and slowed toll
somely in holds OF vessels. II il not
unlikely that another 10000. or there
about, are thus engaged in the British
Isles. \ Channel tunnel would have
done away with the employment of at
least half ~ this combined force OF
10000 men and would have made II
possible for the Government to save no
end Of precious hours and TO have had
jus; that many more troops at the
front without paying a dollar more for
the service. Indeed, an army corps at
the front costs annually somewhere be-
tween $4,000 900 and $50. 900, 900. and
during the two years thai have gone
since the outbreak ~ the war. in this
direction alone. the lack Of a channel
tunnel has meant "A wasteful eNpcndi-
ture Of something like slO0. 0o0. 900.
All tbs Is being brought home to the
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possible to obtain in this way alone
a sufficient volume OF traffic TO net an
annual dividend Of . per cent. There.
fore. the Channel Tunnel venture,
from a financial and economic view.
point, IL spectacular only, paradoxical
as Il may seem. because its twenty.
four mile run will lie nut of sigh, and
nearly 400 feet beneath tho ,reacher.
Gus waters OF that crowded highway
Of shipping. There IS no submarine
tunnel hat in any wise approaches in
length the Channel project. although
there Is n mountain tunnel n triAs
owe half as long-thc Simplon Tunnsl
through the Alps.
1t is a matter of common knowledge
that exploratory shafts were driver
from the English and the "I'rerNs
shores respectively back in 1852 al
1883 before the British Governmen,
called n halt To the project. l. nns
then that the English military ai,,sers
suffered a ver attack Of "cN,l !ee.'
and put a stop to the work that hal
been sanctioned only aztec long an!
windy. exchanges Of diplomat cort'
spondencc. The shaft extending from
the west side OF Shakespeare CT.
reached a total distance If 900 yard,
and was bored through a wide stratum
of gray chalk. A. Sangattr, uu tie
French side. a similar gallery pS
Continued on Ninth Pdpc)
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tho Continent for the very puypos" OF
holding Germany at arms length. But
when WA came there was only water
transport available for the British eN-
peditionary army. and since then time
has been wasted. lahors multiplied.
and much money spent without COM
mensuratc return. simply because
ships annot be speeded like trains.
vessels must yield IL stress Of weather,
and the conditions of water TRANSPORT
are distinct from those Of rail car
iiasc.
ships can go only from port To port.
and at either terminal must receive OF
discharge cargoes afrcsh. duplicating
in this fashion transshipiment from
train to dock and from wharf to craft.
and vice versa. Imagine what II would
have meant in the heartbreaking pc
Rod of the months past If relieving
soldiers aud supplies and munitions
could have been rushed without halt
right from the points OF loading 10 the
centres Of distribution back Of the bat
tie lines. More than once the British
failed to hold gains dearly bought be-
cause a steady stream Of munitions
could not Ice maintained across ;hc gap
OF III. Channel Again. injured men
have either been sacrificed or subj
j,cted to untold distress because they
could not hc rapidly moved To tho rear
and dire fly Ia home hospitals capable
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visualized the advantages OF a Cham
mel tunnel. and answered every Objec-
ton, in an engineering way at least.
not only BY convincing exploration but
by consummate art in the technical
anticipation Of every structural re-
quirement. John Bull had his endur-
ing doubts. Admitting that the project
was entirely practicable. there still re-
manned teal Of the ~Frenchman's 10y
atty. The islander asked himself:
what is to prevent my emotional
neighbor from playing me false at
some unsupported moment? How can
I keep him from turning such a tun-
mel into an unobstructed route for an
invading army"
Just fancy John Bull DOMINIC his
nightcap and blowing out his candle
confident Of a nights undisturbed
rest. only to be awakened rudely about
dawn BY the bang Of alien runs and
the hurrying feet Of a So%nquering
horde. Curiously. II has never &C.
CURED to the British public that the
French might nationally have enter
tanned reciprocal doubts. Was not
"Perfdious Albion" a colloquia1ism In
France for generations back" And
yet the French thought better OF the
British. and felt sure that the people
Of England must appreciate the mu-
tual advantages Of an underwater
trade route that would eliminate SO
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use the tunnel route to and from the
Continent at the very start annually
instead Of making the trip by water,
as they must now. Three years ago.
Us the eight water routes then in SER
vice, more than 100000 passengers
arrived and departed in the traffic be-
tween England. Holland and Belgium.
Until interrupted by the war there
was a steady increase in this move
ment. and to-day. IL the world were at
peace. the volume Of traffic would
probably De close to 2,OOV. OVO persons.
NJ. Albert Sartiaux. who has so per-
sistently and eloquently advocated the
building OF the Channel tunnel. has
figured that such a rail route would
draw to II 80 per cent. Os the passen-
gers now crossing via Calais and Bou-
logne; 80 per cen OF the passengers
ordinarily going by way OF Havre and
Oetend: 20 per cent. Of those accus-
toned to use the Dieppe route: so per
cent. Of the voyagers via the Hook OF
Holland. and probably 20 per cent. OF
the passengers that would otherwise
use the Flushing boats. In this direc-
ton alone the venture would attract a
profitable trafic. but this would only
be a relatively minor source OF rev.
cnue.
Experts are satisfied that az n
freight charge not in excess of : cent
and a half per ton-mile II would lie
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HE sinking Of the Sussex
brought directly home to
/ America how incompletely
Great Britain dominates the waters
between England and France. Hun
dreds Of lives and a vast amount OF
property in shipping have been sacri-
feed In the same area by German
submarines, and simply because no
other route exists between the nearby
Continent and the British Isles.
Now the Admiralty and the military
authorities, not to mention the nation
At large. wish fervently that some
other means Of travel to the Continent
lay at their disposal. Thanks to the
titanic blow OF the worlds greatest
war. John Bull sees light and realizes
how utterly near sighted his inherited
i~nsularity has made him In the past.
Therefore "a Channel tunnel Is in a
fair way TO become an accomplished
fact in the next few years. Then Eng
land and France will be linked by a
more lasting bond than that OF senti-
ment or diplomatic ententes. A great
system Of subaqucous trafic arteries
will unite them in a common COM
mercial interest.
1t has taken the concrete to arouse
the practical Britisher. Not SO his
fertile minded neighbor the French
man. who more than a century back
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artist in the Hermitage Gallery N
Petrograd. and in Arundal Caste.
Tho same sitter. engraved hy I, ds
Jode, appears as n OF TIE mos
aristocratic figures in the l'oro'
graphic. Van Dyck's close connection
with the family is thus established,
and the attr.but!on of tho Fo:i
Museum portrait to him - frr,hs'
strengthened.
The history OF the painting, y"
Edgell says, is obscure. II cam" III"
prominence when IL became a part @
the famous Rudolphe Kann collec,ion
in Paris. After the dispersal - TIA,
collection 1t passed into the hands OF
a dealer, and was later bought by tbs
Fogg Museum. In the English trans.
lat.on Of DIR. BODIES catalogue ~ ''
Kann collection. published in l9o,, So
stated that the Triest portrait vas
formerly In the collection Of the Ia.
Lord Carlisle, but this is not trie. y
was bought by Mr.. kann from a
dealer in Paris. and before that -
history Is yet TO he traced. In '''
volume on Van Dyck in the "klaSS.kr
der Kunst" series. 1909. the pa:nt'rs
IL reproduced. but placed IN the coI'''
ton Of the late j. l.. Morgan q New
York. This. too, is a mistake.
DR.. Edgell compares the Tex
Museum work vita other portraits
made by Van Dyck at about The sans
time. The famous portrait ~ coz
nelius van der (ieest In the National
Gallery. while differing from thu Tres
portrait in composition. shows S'rik'ns
analogies to it in technique. S'VeTd
portraits OF the artist by h,ms".: as'
come into this period. and are 'loi' %
the Fogg Museum work IN style Per.
haps closest Of all are the portraits '
NJ. and Nine. Witte. in tho 'uil"'i.'
OF NJ. Arnold de Iret Roose lc 'i'es'
berg. in Antwerp. Precisely The >An'
means are used to convey til" 'fe'S
The dress Is the same, the pose s.'nia'
and the composition almost Il Yea
The Antwerp painting ~ but ",.gA''
more compact, and the coat II arms
moved to the right hand corner
eAmerica, says DR.. Edgell IN '"h''u'
sion. may thus ono more consgd'la'
itself on having acquired permanently
and in a public museum "A fine "o'"
Of a great artist. The date u We
Harvard portrait makes it a specially
happy acquisition,
Other articles in the August hummer
OF Art in America are PAINTINGS p'
I'll Greco in America" part on'' ol
August l.. Mayer. "A Tapestry from
Cartoon by Bernard Van orlcy' !"
Stella Rubinstein. "a Nedmon'e"
lmitator OF jacques Darct' 10y iraH'
levitt Mather. Jr,. Ceramic AMER
cana Of the Eighteenth Century pa
three) by II, r. II. fIalscy. "loTi'atV ..
Richard Mentor Johnson paine, !"
John Neaglc" by Charles Henry h'"
and "Doorways. Gateways and S'a''
UaSs OF Quaint Old Charleston "
Alice r. Huger Smith.
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nv, 80 a.e."a'u 'na' "e iau
s,h,an, u.a"a." p,e.ufe vi 'nc
49, ' now IN
~. ~ s"o"S wha' ne m,sht
90. 49, WIN ne .ohsiuereo az
S.es ~" ne possl',n.s q, putting II
S.'". ,onn nap.'st IN .he cop
- "".v' MS oa'or'e ho'os IN
u e"""ees were NOT
A., NV "ao.,e as we see no
sent 10 mo es'on OF 1917
~ 40 'ue'ess "aS o'eF"ne'm'ns.
"
me Fosg Art Museum OF Harvard
University has bought the portrait OF
NICOLAS Iriest n this months issue