The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-10
TALK OF THE TOWN

II Popular concert at popular price. Pres
II byterian church, Wednesday at p. IL
Y Admission, Toe.
II James MeCauley of Burlington arrive
II in the city yesterday ar. is to be EN-
H ployed here during the winter.
H May irwin and her company playinI
h "S3 Washington Square" left the cit,
/ this forenoon for Iaconia, n. II.
All merchants association stores will
be open until 0 o'clock Wednesday even
ing and closed all day Columbus day
H Thursday, Oct. IL.
Alexander A. Milne of Washington
street returned this morning from Bos
ton, where he witnessed two games OF
the worlds series.
DO your shopping early, as we shall be
closed from Wednesday at 5 p. m. until
Saturday at p. m. Little Dry Goods
Store, Cottage street.
VIII the ladies of the Church of the
Good Shepherd please send rummage to
the vestry not later than Tuesday morn
ing, Oct. 10, or tel S4-M9
A. b. Goneo, who has been attending
the worlds series games in Boston while
taking a vacation from his duties in the
city water department returned to Barre
this morning
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wood of Richard
son street, who were married in Mont
| pelier last week, returned last evening
from a trip through Massachusetts, and
Connecticut. Mr.. Wood resumed his du-
ties at Jones Bros plant this morning.
The funeral OF NJ +. Duprey, whose
| Hpat u Of bsz bona II, Sol
saturday, was held in St Monica S church
Monday morning at 9 O'Clock, the parish
priest Rev. p. VI. McKenna, officiating
lnterment was in the Cathol:. cemetery.
Fred f. Duval OF Montpelier pleaded
guilty to an intoxication charge when
arraigned before Magistrate II. w Scott
in city court this morning and a fine OF
SIS and costs was imposed for a subse-
quent offense. Duval chose the Jail sen
tence
A delegation Of young women from the
Hedding Methodist Sunday school went
to Montpelier last evening to assist in a
housewarming for Mrs. Charles g. Stew
art, member OF the class. The party
also gave the class an opportunity to
greet one of its former members. Mrs. Fred
Smith Of Boston, who is passing few
days at the home Of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. l.. Bugbee of Washington street.
Thursday being legal holiday in Yer
mont, Columbus day will be observed by
the pupils in the city schools, who are
given a vacation from Wednesday night
until next Monday because Of the an
nual convention of the Vermont State
r., (.
large majority of Barre's rs teachers will
attend the sessions and many Of them
plan to go to Burlington Thursday morn
ing. The convention will close Saturday. !
Snow that was an unwelcome admixture
of rain and hail fell late last night and !
this morning there was a brief furry in |
the air, with marked drop in tempera I
ture Motorists who cam, over Wash |
ngton heights last night said that the
advance agent of King Winter had the |
fields by the short grass and trainmen /
aboard the Central Vermont flyer from
Williamstown this morning reported /
fields in the hinterlands near white with
snow.
Guests arriving at Hotel Barre last
night and this morning included the fol-
lowing people: Mr. and Mrs. c. F Par
fridge of East Middlebury, Mrs. II. G.
Wright OF White sulphur Springs Mont,
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank c. Partridge OF
Proctor. Mr. and Mrs. j. L. Sawyer of
Lowell, Mass, and Mr. and Mrs. w. +.
Bracket of Rutland and chauffeur, Mr.
md Mrs w. D. Bissonnette, Mr. and Mrs
T.. b. Jones. Thomas B. Garvey OF Bur
ington. D. G.. Lyons of Lancaster, \. H.,
4. C. Gushing, S. Cushing and George +, |
Towne OF Morrisville, G. Z. Slavery of {
Iyde Park. Logan White of Morrisville. <
Ifr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Fletcher, Mr.. and
Yrs. Spaulding and G. Green of Caven |
lish, r. O. Brown of Springfield, G. A. /
2isley and w. D. Risley of West Brook |
icld, Mass, c. W. Pinkham of Columbia d
FALLS Me-, and j. H. Goodwin OF Glens
falls, \. Y. :
MAY Irwin with a seemingly inexhaus- I
IDLE supply of visibility tirklers and
ompany of competents made merry in
he comedy. "33 Washington Square" at |
he opera house last evening. From I
izeable audience that regarded every u
1ove made by one of Americas premier c
unmakers on the stage and followed a
very line in her terse dialogue, May lr
lin received right warming welcome
hen she made her bow as the ingenious b
Matilda" the maid, in the first act.
-aturally the comedy is made for its q
omedienne and those who tarried at No. d
3 Washington square were quick to see b
nat her remarkable propensity for n
dapting native and naive humor to el
ne housemaid Characterization spelled W
lccess for the piece. May Irwin is writ
large symbols over "33 Washington II
1uare" and without her presence a gr
,rce comedy notable for its bizarre sit ca
atoms would lose much of its merit A
lpporting company that possessed more lie
ian the average amount of stage intel W
yence came to Barre with Miss Irwin in
nd several fine bits of acting by Donald III
eek, Joseph Woodburn, Marie Burke aC
I'd Frances Gaunt stood out conspicu al
lsly. There were three distinctive set TO
ngs and the investiture in each act was tr
lmirable in
an
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