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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

~ q HEN Ida Rubinstein. the famous
81 French dancer and actress withdrew
I herself in a day from all her extrava.
gances and luxuries. donned nurses
gown and started In to take care OF wounded
French soldiers the experienced bouleuardters
sneered cynically. is
The gay Ida will be back among her friyoli
ties within six MONTHS they said
When q few days later it was announced thu.
Mile. Rubinstein had not only declared her in
tention OF devoting every thought and moment
to France as long as the war lasted, but was also
using her own money to establish a hospital In
Which she would be simply an humble nurse. an.
other chorus OF increduity arose
nevertheless. as was reported in this news.
paper at the time, Ida Rubinsten, butterfly of
the Partisan butterflies, whose whims and ex
trayagances had made her known throughout
the civilized world as a symbol or gay, unthink.
ing, luxurious Paris. calmly went on her way
and did Just as she had said she would.
Now, after year of bitter test, in which she
has nursed scores Of soldiers, has done every
humble and frghtful task that war tbrowa 70
the nurses lot and has maintained a costly hos
pital, which has done immense good the attitude
OF Paris toward her Is different as the Ida R,,-
oinstein OF to-day Is from the Ida Rubinstein Of
oefore the war. Her friyolities seem to be gone
forever. in the place of, the butterfly is an ear.
nest. capable. sympathetic and useful woman,
who fs doing great work
The old Ida Rubinstein is dead forever" she
said recently what this new Ida Rublnstein
VIII be after the war / do not know cannot
see-l have not time to think of-any life after
this. All that know is this succession Of
torn. wounded boys OF France brought to me
from the battlefelds. My one desire is to turn
them out from here. as well and as happy and
as whole as possible. Beyond that think OF
nothing. Let the future take care OF ITSELF"
Many reasons have been given to account for
this sudden revolution of character Paris has
at last agreed that the change in Ida Rubinstein
frst began to show itself when she took the part
Of the martyred st. Sebastian in the play of that
name written for her by the Italian poet Dan.
nunzio who was and still is passionately In love
with her.
Into "St Sebastian" D'Annunzio poured all OF
his fiery imagination and wonderful poetry. He
made st. Sebastian convincing In moving
through, night after night. tile scenes which the
poets genius had created. the frivolous woman
herself became convinced. She began to think
as St. Sebastian. "a
Indeed. the parallels between the lives of The
two are curious In themselves. Sebastian was
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16
From This
From This 80.
And This Is, Ida Rubinstein just Before the War
the Gay Idol Of Frivolous Paris, Wasting Her
Time on Lion Cubs and Other Extravaganza,

IS
Over night, like St. Sebastian. she changed.
Mile. Rubnstein is Russian, but she has
lived SO long in France that she is really
Frenchwoman. She herself seems to confirm
this theory of Paris that her "St. Sebastian" has
transformed her.
81 became spiritual through It, and it taught
me the best things of my life; 1t made me look
beyond the things of the flesh to the eternal
things of the spirit wherein lie the calm seas of
existence
~, like all the people OF my race, was full Of
exuberant JOY loved inpetuously, and was
ecstatic with Joy or frozen with sorrow.
:. Then came the change. All. happy change.
when was made to face suffering and the bit
ter physical hardships Then learned to look
within; then learned that had SOUL
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
The Skirt Is Coming Down.

The skirt has surely gone up as high
as it's going to, and now it is coming
down The shoemakers know it and it is
matter of business with them to know,
too. They have taken about two inches
off the tops of the new fall shoes. This
new skirt is not coming way down, how
ever 1t will stop about at the ankles.
The tendency, too, is toward straight and
narrower lines But it will be long
way from the hobble. Women having
been hobbled once are not likely to be
hobbled again. That's where the delights
of freedom come in. BY the way, Cabot
of Paris was among the first of the spon-
sors for this longer skirt.
The pert, flaring and bouffant skirt
will still be worn; but it has lost its
novelty, and that was the best part of
it. Lots of women, however, thought its
youthfulness the best part. They claimed
that you couldn't tell the grandmother
from the granddaughter, when viewed
from behind, by wearing it. But you
see the granddaughter doesn't care about
this. if new style seems more attrac-
tive and the poor grandmother must sub
nit. 1t does seem as though youth and
fashion are always in league. quite for
getting that middle age and old age have
aspirations about being tastefully
clothed-Grace Margaret Gould in the
September Woman's Home Companion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
Old Home Days in New Hampshire Bring
Back Many Wandering Sons.

In the September American Magazine,
Winston Churchill, the novelist, writes
about New Hampshire. He says
when, two generations or more ago,
New Hampshire, with her sister states Of
New England, cast her bread upon the
waters she did not look for any reward,
One who travels by motor to-day
through the hills of the state cannot
fail to remark the white homesteads be-
side the roadways. homesteads that once
sheltered under their generous roofs
broods of dozen or more. With what
prodigalty she sent them forth to build
up the West, to die on the battlehelds
of the Civil war Many of them lie In
the wilderness, and at Gettysburg and
Antietam Thus she denied herself while
her sons helped to preserve the republic,
to make its fortune and TO forge its des-
tiny To-day the sons of New England
are coming back TO occupy the old home
steads, to build new ones, to gain in
rest and health and inspiration and
beauty what the old state has to give,
to take part in her town meetings and
Old Home days; and the products OF
the West, many of them born of New
England inventiyeness, are flowing back
to New England along the highways OF
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
Brotherhoods Put Out State
ment to Justify
Il d Demands
FREIGHT LOADS
ARE LARGER
Labor Cost Cut Heavily in
Last Is Years, They
Assert

Washington, Sept. IA statement
prepared by Big Four brotherhood
leaders to demonstrate the justice OF
their claim that reduced labor cost on
the railways iustifies their demand for
an increase in wages, says;
During the period of 1900 to 1918 the
average freight train load increased ~
per cent As result the railroads were
enabled TO move an increase OF l04 per
cent in freight traffic with an advance
of only 20 per cent in freight train
miles.
THE increased productivity OF trans
portation employees has been attended by
decrease in costs TO the railroad COM
panies in terms of wage payments for
each unit of traffic handled. Each 1000
tons handled by representative western
railroad in 1918 cost the companies in
wages to engineers and firemen 33l cents
less than in 1890.
Taking all the railroads of the United
States as one system. the total labor cost
of operation per 900 ton miles decreased
from S29s in 1895 to S240 in 1914. The
decrease in cost to the railroads for the
different classes of employees for each
900 tons hauled one mile was, during
the same period, as follows;
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
Women Ministers.

The concern expressed in a sermon at
Grace church, New York, last Sunday by
the Right Reverend the Bishop of Ten
nessee, lest women, grown active in bus
mess and politics" should some time ac-
tuallv intrude upon the Christian min
istry, will amuse the people of several
Christian denominations in this country
and in England who have already become
accustomed to the activities of women
in the pulpit.
1t is possible. of course, that Bishop
Gailor, in his thought, limits the term
"Christian ministry" to the Church of
England and the Protestant church of
the United States-in which case he may
be justified in assuming that there are
no women ministers" However, the
ordinary thought on the subject IS not
so exclusive; and whether OF not any
ordination, outside Bishop Gailor's church
is to be regarded as valid, many women
have certainly been solemnly ordained
to the ministry. The Unitarian church
leads in this respect. 1t has at present
twenty ordained ministers VINO are wom-
en-. and the greater number of them are
in active charge of parishes. Rev. Anton
uette Brown Blackwell was ordained as
long ago as the year 1858, so that the
woman minister is no new thing. In the
[ 'niversalist denomination there are also
several women ministers. The Congre-
gational tTrinitsrisn church has at
least six women ministers, and they are
found in other evangelical denominations.
Concerning the activity of these ordained
women. in their various spheres OF use
fulness. there can be no doubt. They
are earnest preachers, and in every in
stance. we believe, where they have par
shes, they are creditd with an energetic
and successful performance OF their Psro-
-hisl duties
Those who have been accustomed 70
he ministrstion OF women in the pulpit
are otter aware OF the special sense OF
devotion that they inspire in their con
duet Of the services, and do not wonder
that in the ancient church the number
II women saints and other holy women
ran very close 20 the account Of men
who had attained TO similar honors Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
BRITISH LOST IN
AUGUST 127,945
War Office Totals Casualties for All the
Professionalism Surrender South
of Martinpuich.

London, Sept. lit was officially an.
nounced Yesterday that the British cas-
ualtes, killed wounded and missing on
all the fighting fronts in the month OF
August totalled All officers and 1924
men.
The war office statement in regard to
fighting in France follows;
in the operations south of Martin
puich (Sommel reported last night two
officers and l24 soldiers of other ranks
surrendered. They belonged to Bava-
rian regiment and their willingness to
surrender instead of returning to their
lines is interesting.
1--WE discharged gas over a broad front
near Arras, and also near Armentieres,
with good results.
The enemy shelled Bethune last night,
which led to heavy retaliation from our
guns"
Paris, Sept. German troops pene-
trated the French trenches in Parroy
forest in Lorraine Wednesday night, but
were Immediately elected by a counter
attack, says yesterdays announcement
of the war Office.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
BASEBALL BRIEFS.

Harry Bay. former big Lacquer and
later manager of the Mason City team
in the Central association, recently en-
tered on his new duties as pilot OF the
Rock Island team, succeeding Pete Lis
ter.
Markle. the Giant recruit who showed
such promise in the early spring and
slumped later in the season, being sent
to Toronto OF the international league,
won a game from Heating, the old Yam
kee pitcher in Wednesdays game, win
ming by score of 3 to 0.
Johnson, the old Newport, y. H., pitch.
err that Connie Mack picked out OF the
bush this summer. is showing some good
baseball ability, as he won from the
strong White Sox team Tuesday by a
score of . to 2.
Nearly all the ball players in the
American league would rather see either
Boston or Brooklyn grab the pennant in
the National league. II Philadelphia
wins there will not be as large crowds,
for the Phillies grounds are under sized.
In case of a strike on the railroads,
Pres Lannin will take his team on the
road by automobiles.
Jimmy Walsh, who has been playing a
strong game for Connie Mack of late.
will come to the Red Sox team in ex
change for Catcher Haley, who has been
playing for the Philadelphia team dur
ing the past month The trade for
Walsh comes as a surprise in only one
way and that is, why should Mack trade
man that he knows very little about
Haley went to the Athletics about a
month ago from the Buffalo Bisons, and
was under an optional agreement by the
Boston team. Connie appeared to like
the working of the youngster so well
that he told Carrgan that he would
trade Walsh for him. Walsh probably
will warm the bench for the Boston team,
as it is hardly likely that he can crowd
any one of the Red Sox trio out Of their
regular berths, but nevertheless he is
valuable man to hit in the pinches and
will be of much value to the Boston
team in their big drive in September.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
This Dog Beats Back a Mob.

In the September American Magazine
writer tells how Prince Otto. a sturdy
dog, stampeded a mob The writer says
"The dog needed no second bidding. In
stantly his great. powerful body shot
across the intervening space as if pro-
PEELED BY giant springs, his fearsome
fancs barred and the snsrl Of battle in
his throat. The mob fell back before his
fierce onslaught. the more eowardly fight
ing to escape. The brawny leader went
down at the first rush. his cheek torn
open BY Otto's fangs. Tony Rsmpetto
drew his deadly knife. but Otto seized
him BY the shoulder and shook him as a
terrier shakes a rat Again and again
the fearless dog charged. They dared not
fire in the confusion, and they were pow
erless against this unIesshed fury"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
HAD THE GAME
AND LOST IT
Barre Had to Be Content
with 2 to 2 Tie with
Montpelier
=, -: =. =.
=: 80 -:
MELANSON.MEAKENED
LAsT::0F.fHE GAME
nss.-
Gallagher Was Given Poor
Support. by:His Team
Mstes::.::
- =. :. :'.::. :.
y

With the score tied . to ? at the end
of the tenth inning Umpire Nieora called
Yesterdays game between Barre |. A. G.
and Montpelier at Berlin street ON ac-
count of darkness. The Italians put the
game on the ice in the tifth'and sixth in
nings. only to let a chance slip TO give
Gallagher his trimmings in the two fol-
lowing frames, when jeff Melanson weak
ened long enough to allow foair OF the
seven hits which were made off his deliv-
cry, resulting in two runs.
II was one of the best games that the
Italians have played this season, as there
were fielding features in nearly every IN
ming. Briekly in left made putout that
hinged on the big league style when he
made a CATCH running from left center
to the fence on the Berlin street side and
capturing a fly off Bartlett's bat in the
tenth inning, after darkness made it al
most impossible to see the ball. Brick
ley's phenomenal catch was not the only
grandstand play by any means. Melanson
stabbed a hot liner off Doyle's bat in the
first inning spearing it at his shoe tops.
Barre PLAYED rings around Montpelier
in the field, making but one slip and this
one by Lavoie as Bottiggi slid into third
base in the seventh inning, while Mont
pelier slipped seven times, Doyle making
three bad errors, one OF them rolling
easily through his legs, and the other two
wild throws to the initial station. Bot
tiggi's error was an ineXcusable one, as
he dropped the ball after long run TO
the left field foul line.
Rip Gallagher, Montpelier's old reliable,
was on the firing line again and with
proper support he would have won his
game, as he was pitching air-tight bail,
allowing but six scattered hits and strik-
ing out IL of the Barre cannonaders.
Gallagher was a little wild at times, al
though his passes to Comolli and Brick
lev were intentional, he giving Joe
pass with Stuart on second in the first
inning and taking no chances with the
hard hitting Brickley in the ninth inning
with a man on second base Melanson
pitched good ball throughout the game,
having ten strikeouts to his credit and
passing one man.
Barre's first run came in the fifth in
ming, when Granai hit one that Doyle
tried to firt with and got stung to the
extent of an error, as the ball rolled safe
ly through his legs. Granai went to sec
ond on a passed ball by Phillips, stole
third and ran home on Stuart's single
to center. A long three base blow by To-
mast in the sixth inning was the starting
Of another run, the ball sailing past Bart
lett into the stone heap in center field.
Tomasi tailed number two when Bresna
han let throw 90 past him into left
field. Montpelier's runs were made in
the next two innings. The first one was
the result of triple by c. Bartlett and
a single by Bottiggi The second counter
was made in the eighth inning on a hit
by ]. Bartlett. sacrifice by Doyle, a
wild pitch and single by Bresnahan.
The score is as follows
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
Family and Religion-The Subjects
Everyone Will Talk About.

In the September American Magazine
writer who tells how he found God
says;
"After "a years of pretty strenuous
business life | have come to the conclu-
sion that there are two subjects on which
the average man will always talk-his
own family and religion. Preachers who
complain that men are not interested in
religion either don't know how to talk
to them, or they haven't ridden much in
the smoking compartment of Pullmsns,
have heard, in those little smoke-filied
dungeons, discussions of whether there is
God. and what there is in life that is
really worth a mans working for, dis
cussions that would do credit to theo-
logical seminary
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
MOVEMENT OF MAILS
RESTS WITH WORKERS
Won't Attempt to Force Them, Says
Postmaster General
Burleson.

Washington, Sept. lit rests entirely
with the railroad workers to say wheth
er or not the mails shall move, Post
master General Burleson said yesterday
IF the employees say they will move
the mail trains" he said, eve will make
the railroads carry the mails.
IF any train moves it will carry
mail. If no train moves we will make
no effort to force movement of the mails
If the men won't move the mails, they
won't-and that's all there is to it. We
can't force them, except as military
necessity"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
FAY STILL AT LARGE
AFTER PRISON ESCAPE
The Bomb Plotter Has Not Been Found
BY the Author
,+;as

Atlanta, Sept. Police have beer
watching all roads and railroads and
have searched the country surrounding
the federal prison, but have found nc
trace of Lieutenant Robert Fay or viii
liam knobloch, who walked out of the
peuitentiary Tuesday disguised as paint
eTs.
Fay was sentenced to eight years. i'm
prisonment for plotting to plant bombs
in merchant vessels owned BY the allies,
and knobloeh was serving a similar term
for using the mails to defraud Both
were convicted in New York.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01

"The reduction in costs on individual
railroads has in many instances been
much greater. The revenue gains made
BY "a representative western railroads
because OF increased labor and operating
efficiency during the period ls9O-lolS
were sufficient to offset all added costs
of operation, whether arising from wages
or other items of operating expense, and
still leave net gain in operating rev.
enue of 81 cents for each train mile OPP
Grated.
Transportation employees have had to
work harder through longer hours; have
had their responsibilities increased; have
produced more have cost the railroads
less and should have further participa
ton in the fruits OF their labor in shorter
hours or increased compensation"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
Tips of the Game.

II was the fastest played game on the
local grounds this season, lasting only an
hour and 80 minutes TO play 10 innings.
Brickley's catch in the 10th inning
was a beauty. he running into the fence
to gather in the sky-seraper.
Gallagher ended the game with three
strikeouts in the last frame
Credit must be given Nicora on his
close decisions at the plate.
A Montpelier fan remarked that he
would give a dollar to see a hard hitting
Montpelier player, on hearing that term
used as one OF the Capital city players
came to bat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
3 ZAPATA GENERALS
KILLED IN BATTLE
Hundreds of Followers Were Slain and
Machine Guns Were
Lost.

Galveston, Tex, Sept. IA large force
of Zapatistas was defeated by Carranza
troops under Gen. Cesareo Castro at
Acatlan Wednesday, says cable mes
sage to the Mexican consulate here.
Several hundred Zapatistas were killed,
including Gen. Rodofo Rodriguez, Man
uel Le2ema and Manuel Aguilsr. Six
machine guns and quantity of war
material were captured.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
COTTON RISES SHARPLY.
December Contracts Advances About
$3.50 a Bale on Unfavorable
Crop Report.

New York. Sept. 1.-The government
crop report indicating a condition of
81 , per cent. or the lowest on record for
August p. and lint crop of II 10000
bales. was followed by violent advance
in the cotton market here yesterday. De
ccmber contracts sold up to 1910, or
about $3.50 bale above the closing
price yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
PACKERS RAISE
MEAT PRICES
Supplies in Washington for Several Days
Jump 4 to Cents
Pound.

Washington, Sept. Food prices in
the central market OF the capital reflect
ed the effects of the threatened railway
strike.
Although the embargoes generally do
not affect foodstuffs which can be deliv-
cred before the strike is called, retailers
declare that the distributing agencies
of the great meat packing houses HAD
advanced prices four and Eve cents a
pound on meats which had been in their
hands since last Monday. Other food
commodities felt the effects of the situa
ton.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
NEW HAVEN r. r.
SHOPMEN ASK A
WAGE INCREASE
5000 Demand Four Cents an Hour More
Want Immediate
Answer.

New Haven, Conn. Sept. 1.-The shop
hands of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad yesterday demanded
an increase in wages of four cents an
hour.
Five thousand men are involved, most
of them employed in the shops here and
at Readville, Mass.
A committee was sent to the railroad
headquarters with the demands, and a
request for an immediate settlement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
FEWER EPIDEMIC CASES.
New York Reports Only 90 Victims, with
q Deaths. Were Discovered

New York, sept. Fewer new eases
OF infantile paralysis in every borough Of
the city yesterday lent a brighter aspect
The number Of sufferers discovered by
physicians during the p hours ending Fl
10 a. m was ~, 10 fewer thar shown in
Wednesdays report. There were -
deaths. q drop Of !.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
HAVE YOU A
SWEETHEART,

son or brother in camp or upon the Mexi-
can border! If 30, mail him package OF
Aliens Foot Ease. the antiseptie powder
TO be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled
into the footbath. II takes the friction
from the shoe and will be of the greatest
benefit in that arid. hot climate. where the
sIkali dust plays havoc with the feet.
What remembrance could BE- 50 accept
ables Ask your dealer to-day for a &c
box Of Aliens Foot Ease, and for g
stamp he viii mail it for you--Adv-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
HOGS HIGHEST SINCE 1865.
Railroad Embargo Causes Jump in Prices
at Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. Hogs jumped 10
cents to the highest level since 1865 on
the Chicago livestock exchange yester-
day when choice animals were quoted at
SlI.40 hundred pounds. The railroad
embargo on livestock was responsible for
the gain.
Cattle were up unevenly with the top
price at Sll.35 for beeves. Sheep sold
strong at prices from 10 to 10 cents
higher.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-01
"H0W IS YOUR LIVER 2"

No question is more important. As
your liver is. so are you. Take Hoods
Pills,-best for n sick, torpid, miser-
able liver. blliousness, constipation.
bad taste In the mouth. etc. Sugar
coated. easily swallowed. Do not gripe.
Price CSC. OF all druggists or promptly
BY mall OF c. l. Hood Co.. Lowell. Mass.