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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-17

sions. 81 can't tell lie, Pa; you know
can't tell lie. ] did cut 1t with my
Ratchet" he reports the little George
as saying.
Run to my arms. you dearest boy,
cried his father in transports, run
to my arms. Glad am [, George, that
YOU killed my tree; for you have paid
me for it a thousandfold. Such an
act of heroism in my son is worth
more than a thousand trees, though
blossonned with silver and their fruit
of purcst gold"
Toward the close o. tho trying
campaign" U776) says Weems in an
other place, at is n fact that Wash
ington had not 1000 men, and even
these were so destitute OF necessaries
that nothing but their love and ven
Grafton for him kept them together.
And with this handful he had to OPP
pose victorious army of nearly forty
thousand veterans"
Perhaps when this becomes genor
ally known our hero will be called the
Won 1Iindcnburg of America.
1t is interesting TO remember a
this period of the worlds history thai
Washington believed in preparedness
an time of peace prepare for war,
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LITTLE FABLES OF THE
BUSINESS WORLD

cording to his own Abb, SO someons|
else must have!
And the Boss proposed to Discover
the Culprit!
He turned on Bill. But that hon.
bre said he'd take what was Coming
to him but he'd be Darned and
Double Darned If he'd Squeal on any
body else.
Whereupon the Boss Spluttered and
Fumed and Wheeled about and made
straight for Our Hero's desk. Which
shows that the Boss was Tactful
Cuss.
DO you know who basely Deceived
my Time Clock in this fashion," hs
beloved?
Yes, sir" answered Our Hero-for
he Couldn't tell a Lie.
His name! Who was he! His
name!"
ia rather not"
The Boss all but Torpedoed him.
self. But Our Hero shook his head.
So the Boss named his clerks One
by One. And at each name Our Hero
shook his head-for he Couldn't tell
Lie.
Then the Boss came TO Jimmy's
name. Our Hero kept silent. In
stantly the Boss put the question.
point blank. was 1t Jimmy Brown"
TIT was" said Our Hero sadly
for he Couldn't tell Lie!
And. worst Of all. in his own Two
by-Four little Soul he thought he'd
done Right! Surely he'd tried to Con-
ceal the Information desired: and. be-
side. he'd given it Unwillingly. But
-well--he just Couldn't tell Lie.
So, Jimmy Got his and so did Bill.
o. II. still has his Coming to him
someday!
Moral:--If G. Washington had seen
some one else Chop down that Cherry
Tree you Just Bet he wouldn't have
Squealed on him-lie or no lie!
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First IN Hemso

was his slogan, and he was advocating
u navy, military academy and a
mandatory of arms when he died.
1t is sad to have to relate that the
Father OF His Country does not seem
a favorite here with the average small
boy, but that may be because he has
ever been represented in school his
tories as good deal OF a prig and
as virtuous beyond credence All Of
his human qualities have been sternly
suppressed by Parson Weems in favor
of his many angelic ones. And yet
that George Washington was abund
antly human there is plenty of evil
dence. Affectionate to his relatives,
kindly to his friends and to the sol
diers who adored him, his contem-
poraries had both love and respect
for him.
Altogether he is a Father OF whom
any country might be proud TO the
point of bursting, and that son of the
soil who can Join in the toast of Feb.
ruary twenty second without a thrill
/ must be new Benedict Arnold in dis.
guse.
To G. Washington, first in peace
first in war, first in the hearts of his
countrymen.
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qucntly better paid than girls who
are stenographcrs or saleswomen, or
who occupy other positions to fit them
for which they have taken long and
sometimes expensive training. Now no
one bcgrudgos 4 servant the sum paid
her. The laborcr is worthy of his
hire, the hours of a domestic are long
and she should be properly compen-
stated for her work, but on the other
hand she should know how to do the
tasks which she undertakes to do.
Tho women OF Montclair are do
tcrmined that this shall be the case in
that city in the future; that when they
pay an upstairs maid So she shall he
worth that; that when they pay n
cook six or seven dollars she shall be
worth that. The teachers of Domcs-
tic Science of the place are to give
the limitations and TO issue the
certificates, and the latter are to be
shown by their holders when they ap-
ply for places
Indeed it will save both mistresses
and maids time and trouble when the
Montclair system becomes general all
over this higglcdy-piggledy country of
ours, and one part of the servant Qucs-
ton at least will probably have been
/ solved.
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Here's a SureCure
For Plumpness
" EFT all OF those ladies who have
found dancing of no ANIL in

~ ET all OF those ladies who havo|
found dancing of no avail in|
- reducing that too, TOO solid flesh,
and skating of no avail for the sa m 81
purpose, begin now to skip the rope.I
Skipping the rope, it is said. Will
make the most obstinate waist small
Will take all of the resistance out oil
hips and cause those disgraceful ap-
pendaees to fall away like ice crea III
before sunday school picnicer.
It's being done in New York where
oil of the new ideas come from. on
the roof % one of Gotham's mammoth
buildings there meets daily n class in
rope skipping. with an instructor and
physician in attendance. The in
structor shows how tho thing is done ;
the physician sees that it is not over
done.
And they say that enough flesh is
dropped on that roof to feed whole
menagerie of hungry lions, if it could
be materialized. Surely hero is an
easy road to that blissful end which
erstwhile led along such a rocky
course as going without breakfast, and
giving up most of the other good
things of life.
But watch now the prices of rope
| increase.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-17
He Couldn't Tell a Lie

~HERE was once certain Young
A Man who just Couldn't Tell
Leland was Proud of it.
- Eventually, though. he was kind
of Ashamed that he Couldn't; and
thereby. of course, hangs a Tale.
Now this Hero of ours was an Unc-
tious Hombre. and rather Stuck On
his Goodness. He wasn't a Regular
Teller at all. And he certainly did
Hate himself when it came to Right
eousness and what he termed Good
ness.
Now far, far be 1t from us to de-
fend the Liar. Or Lie. 1t may be
an ever-Present Help in the time Of
Trouble; but it is also an Abomina-
ton in the Sight Of Man and his Daily
Labors. Nor would we attempt to
Justify even the White Lie-some Of
them turn out Awful Black after all.
But-stick a pin here-there are
a case in point:
Our Hero was the hero OF II. Like
George Washington. he simpl y
couldn't Tell Lie. He worked in an
Office where they had a Time Clock.
Punch. brothers, punch--punch with
care" That was the Dope around
that ONCE. And the Boss saw to the
Punching. Needless to state he was
very Popular.
Now. it happened that ono of the
other Slaves was a careless sort OF
Guy. He also had Pal. with tho
same Point of View. For example, II
Bill wanted an extra fifteen minutes
at luncheon and the Signs were favor
able that the Boss was engaged be-
hind the door marked Private and not
Apt to stroll through the Big Room
for a while. Bill would get Jimmy to
punch his Slip in the Clock for him
at the same time he Punched his
own.
! So, when evening came and the
Boss cast his Eagle Eye on the Time
Cards he'd sec that Billy had returned
from lunch On Time. Next day, per-
haps. Bill would do the punching for
Jimmy. 1t was Wrong. of course. all
wrong but, all the same-well. read
little farther:
One day Bill and Jimmy pulled this
Favorite stunt. The Boss. however.
happened to Take Turn through the
room; and he saw that Billy was
Missing. StraightWay no let out
Roar.
Where was Bill? He bawled that
out Few Dozen times and several
OF the Fellows were almost Tempted
10 say alright, they'd be the goat. so
where was Bill?
But just then Bill came in and
Saved the Boss from a stroke Of APP
oplexy. Bill got white under the ellis
swallowed Hard and came across with
n Nifty Alibi. Though the Boss didn't
really want to, he couldn't Find any
Flaws so he had to Accept it.
But bright and early the Next
Morning he came In Raging like a
Bull. Who did 1t? Who had Mon
keyed with the Time-Clock and Bits
slip? Who had dared to do It? Bill
couldn't have Punched it himself. ac-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-17

- HAT at u party given for a child
on the twcnty-second of las.
"a February the table was deco
~ rated with broad bands of red,
white and blue ribbons placed together
20 give the effect OF a flag. Gilt stars
were scattered over these. The shades
of the candlesticks were ornamented
with pictures OF Washington. while
the centcrpiocc on this occasion was
hourishing Jerusalem cherry in a
pot. tho latter hid by crepe paper in
rcd. white and blue stripes. Beside
each plate lay a tiny silkcn flag.
The menu on this occa sion, since
it was intended for children, was ex
ceedingly simplc--thin sandwiches Of
bread and butter and bread and jam;
sponge cakes, and best of all, ices
moulded into forms suggestive of the
day. Moulded into figures of the Fa E
Their of his Country, himself, for in
stance, each of which bore in its arms
u small tree; moulded into baskets of
cherries: into axes: into logs. Also
the big. big cake which vas the piece
de resistance of tho feast. was orna-
mcnted all about the edge of its white
icing with maraschino cherries. AL
together, it was n very nice party,
and with certain alterations would do
for children of any age.
THE YOUNG HOUSEk EIPF r
says that it is at this season of the
year that appetites become capricious
and their owners captious, and they
both demand n change of diet, de-
mand which causes the housekeeper
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-17

TF G.. Washington were alive today
III he would be 1873 years and some
N months old and doubtless q worry
"a surprised gentleman. lie who
fought in time when soldiers wcro
ordered to reserve their fire until they
saw the whites of the enemy's eyes,
would probably dospiso that sort OF
warfare which finds warriors lurking
in y trench waiting to be killed by n
shell fired from q gun seven miles dis
tant.
G. Waahington's baptism OF fire was
had at close range.
In their ragged rCSlmCntals
stood the old Continentals
Yielding not.
When tho grcnadiers were lungtng
And like hail fell tho plunging
Cannon shot.
Tho great war in Europe has been
dreadful enough. There has been ter
rble slaughter; blood has run like
water; casualty has piled upon cas-
ualty But there has been also somo
attempt at compensation. There has
been the Red Cross, the field hospital,
the motor ambulance, the Skillful sur
Scons the anaesthctics; Willie Relief
Societies in every civilized neutral
country have sent supplies and more
supplies for the wounded ana the i'll.
Eut G.. WashinEton's soldiers LETT
the prints OF their feet in blood on
the snow in many of their long winter
marches and no one outside that band
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~ movement which IL Is 10 be
hoped viii spread all over the count
Try. 1t is ono to examine all appli-
cants for servants positions, grade
them according TO their capability,
and to place upon the certificates is
sued them the amount of wages they
are justified in asking.
Here, if other towns follow tho OK
ample of MontClair, is a possible So
luton of the most troublous of all
problems. The girl who decides to
80 into domestic service in this coun-
try does so usually as "A last resort,
because she has not the ambition or
the intelligence to fit herself for any
thing else. This is a sad statement
but a true one.
1t does not occur to the rank ana
file of these young women that 1t re-
uurcs training even to sweep IL room
properly; that there is Il right and a
wrong way to dust chairs and tables;
that making beds is an important
matter and not TO be undertaken
lightly, and that cooking is really a
fine art.
Time was when the average servant
was hopelessly underpaid, but that
lime is not now. Wages have Como up
BY leaps and bounds, until consider
,ng the fact that they have no living
expenses to dcfray, maids arc fire.
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was the wiser. They were half-clad'
they were half-nourishc they were
fighting n world power, this handful
of provincials, and they won. II
looks as il G. Washington must have
been u man of some genius.
If any doubts this genius let him
read "Thc Life of George Washing
ton With Glorious Anecdotes equally
Honorable to Himself and Exemplary
to Ills Young Countrymcn," by N. l..
Wcems, formerly pastor of Mount
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to search her cook books in great per-
pleXity for new dishes which VIII
tempt. In these pre-spring days sal
ads are particularly appetizing and
the housekeeper will find she can make
delicious variations with chicken jelly.
For this Jelly boil fowl as for chicken
stock. Let the stock cool and take
off the grease. Add to quart OF
stock three fourths of a box Of gela-
tine which has been soaked for one
hour in half cup of cold water.
Stir until the gelatine Is dissolved.
Line individual moulds with tips Of
asparagus and pour in tho jelly. Serve
them cold and set, with celery may
onnaisc.
Or chop hard boiled eggs fine. and
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the same material. The leather was
of light brown color
Low-heeled shoes are in great de-
mand once more. And this reaction
to tho sensible is accredited to the
skating craze.
Domestic voiles--and there are
many varieties Of these, some showing
stripes OF cotton vclvet-will I'M
doubtedly be very popular next sum-
mer and so the home dressmaker who
wishes to begin her summer sewing
now, need have no hesitancy in in
dulging her taste for this material.
Corduroy, it Is said, will again be
popular for skirts. as will cotton vel
vets. Linens. it is predicted. will be
scarce, as also will be pique. But
there are many ribbed cotton mate
rails to be had which are attrac tive
and which will be smart for separate
skirts.
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to packing eggs In the cartons.

right under the floor of the brooder
house. Why do you--'
"Ruthvin Townbred! No wonder!
For heavens sakes! Listen, Ruthvin,
those eggs you found in tho nests
were nest-eggs; I've been leaving
there to--well--to encourage the hens
to lay. It's an ld-fashioned idea, i
know, but | can't get away from It,.
And--and those others, why they
must be eggs which the hens have
stolen off and laid-they do that
sometimes, you know. They're prob
ably weeks old! ! thought John had
boarded up the flooring SO they
couldn't get under It! No wonder' No
wonder."
Copyright. 1916, by Edward Riddle
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A Lesson From George
By Ed1ard Riddle j

T is a far cry, TO say nothing of
being SO elastic a thing as a
stretch of the imagination. from
y eggs to the o2nd of February, in
,luding George Washington. And
yet Mr.. Townbred found such a cry
quite audible and, as n matter OF fact,
lid not have to stretch his magma
hon at all. But this is somewhat
ahead of the story.
For quite a few weeks now he had
occn watching the successful outcome
Of little scheme he had put into op-
Grafton. OF course it was money
making one---else why should he have
strutted around in a lordly endenvor
TO keep UP with his own chest? And
how else could nc have justified tina:
II told you sol" look?
The scheme itself was quite simpl
nothing moro nor less than to sup
ply limited number of friends in
the city with eggs guaranteed to be
not over forty-eight hours old. And
Mr.. Townbred had It all worked out
TO n FRAGILE.
Their hens were averaging five
dozen eggs day. weren't they? And
city people would give almost any
price to be absolutely certain that
their breakfast eggs were right out
of the nest, wouldn't they? And fifty
cents per dozen wasn't too high q
price, was It?
Well. then-it is Mr.. Townbrcd
talking--if he carried in four and
onc-half dozen eggs every day to his
business friends who were just crazy
20 get them, that would mean s2.2t
day. or about fifteen dollars a week
slxty-five dollars month--wouIdn'
It? 1t would! Wherefor. leave it tc
him to annex that easy money! He
would show Mrs. Townbred, cxcellon
agriculturist though she was, tia
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lElS y sSl

tho striped material.
Another suit has a blue and white
striped faille skirt with a white blouse
OF glorif1ed MILDLY Sort buttoned at
front and back through blue button
holes.
A yellow Jersey novelty sweater has
a deep sailor collar and cuffs of black
velvet.
A black and white striped silk coat
has deep band Of black serge at
tho bottom. Tho narrow belt, cuffs
and unusually wide sailor collar are
also of the black serge.
One white serge coat seen In a
smart shop had deep band Of leather
at the bottom and patch pockets Of
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ception of q rush order. For a while
he was tempted to buy eggs from
nearby farmers; but he soon discov-
cred that they already. at this sea-
son of the year, had market for all
they could get. So he was compelled
10 abandon that plan.
a few afternoons ago Mr.. Townbred
returned from the chickc n- house with
over a dozen more eggs than usual.
And he fastened to break the glad
tidings to Mrs. Townbred. She was
most pleased to know that several Of
the hens which had apparently been
on strike for while had taken
to laying again; and she was quite en-
thusiastic about selling an additional
dozen eggs each day.
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JSEKEEPER
SAYS 3

Stir into the Jelly before 1t has hard
ened. Serve this on lettuce with may
onnaise. Olives may be added to tho
Jelly also. or mushrooms.
THE YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER
says that too much gelatino is used
by the average cook in all of tho
dishes in which it is used at all. She
says that all measur ements of it should
be level; that is, when a tablespoonful
is called for it means a level table
spoonful. not heaped one. She says
that selatine dishes should be not
of the consistency of gutta- pcrcha but
deliciously soft and easily dissolved
instead.
Another salad which she recon-
mends for this season consists o.
cooked spinach. chopped very fine.
moulded in small cups and when cold
turned out upon lettuce leaves, gar
nished with hard boiled eggs and beet
dice and served with French dress
ing.
She advises the use of tara Son wins
egar for the dressing as 1t gives a dis
tinctive and very agreeable flavor.
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sometimes it took a city man, chap
with business training, to make real
money out of the farm"
Mrs. Townbrcd was perfectly agree
able. But was he certain he wouldn't
mind carrying in the eggs each morn
ing and delivering them to his bust
ness friends?
or course he wouldn't mind It!
Why. all of them worked in office
buildings within a radius of six
squares from the cliff-dwclling in
which he had his office. And it would
be no trouble at all to pack the eggs
in small pasteboard cartons, tuck
them under his arm, put them on the
floor under his seat while riding in:
and then during lunch hour or later
in the day make II round of his GUS
TONER'S offices. sure not! 1t was Just
about the softcst thing that had come
his way for long while,
So, Mr.. Townbrcd had done oven
as he had threatened. And the whole
! scheme was progressing merrily. lie
had found no difficulty whatever In
obtaining customers. He had lots of
friends and all OF them seemed to like
eggs.
Wherefor. for several weeks now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Townbred had devoted
portion of each evening to packing
eggs in the cartons. And during the
process tho dining room table was
piled high with platters of eggs and
! stacks of cartons. In all of which
Mr.. Townbred fairly revelled.
| Orders came in by squads and COM
panies and regiments, it seemed. One
| friend told another, and in a few days
Mr.. Townbred was compelled to re-
ject them and explain that while his
hens were nice, obliging, lady-like
birds, he had not been able so far to
induce them to increase their output.
This condition CALLED him exceed
ingly. A hen. somehow. has no con-
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bred returned from the city, his face
looked as long as your nose would if
you added two inches to it, and he
was as cross rs bear. Straightway,
of course, Mrs. Townbred knew that
something had gone wrong.
But 1t was not until after dinner
that he vouchsafed 10 explain. Then.
with wry smile. he extracted four
letters and, without comment, handed
them to her.
She opened one and read:
Dear Townbrcd:--
! sec you're regular couutryman at last:
but ] wish to assure you that none Of my an.
cestors ever sold any gold bricks to trusting
gents from the tall grass. SO J don't think 7
really deserve the two bad egss l found in the
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parte. Napoleon, it seems, met some
young Americans and Immediately
asked: How fares your countryman,
the great Washington 2"
The Americans responded that he
was well when they left America.
"Ah. gentlemen" rcioined Napoleon,
washington can never be Otherwise
than we'll The measure OF his fame
is full. Posterity will talk of him
with reverence as tho founder OF a
great empire whom my name snail DC
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tempted TO think that our First President must
have owned the hens that laid the six you
sent. How about that fortyeght hour guar
sntee? Is it longer in the country than in
town-or does it just seen, 500 The drinks are
on you, old fellow-and | wish the egec were,
too! Yours as ever, BOB.
Mrs. Townbred was all but speech
less. The fourth letter lay in her lap
unread. She was hinking-thinking
"Ruthvin,' she exclaimed pres
emily. They must havc--yes-yes
that's it!--they must have been from
that extra dozen eggs YOU found!
Where did you find them?"
"Why, in the nests, of course" he
answered placidly. "And-and
found about eight of them in box
in one corner of the chicken house,