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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-23
HENKEL-HILL WEDDING.
Telephone Official, Formerly Of Brat
tleboro, Takes Bride.

Walter Frank Henkci of Science.
tady, n. Y, assistant traffic chief of
the New York Telephone Co., and Il
former Brattleboro resident, and Miss
Minnie Hill, daughter of Moses A.
Hill of Cambridge, n. Y, were married
Wednesday, June II, at O'Clock in
the home of the bride s sister, Mrs.
Lewis Beadie, in Cambridge in the
presence of about IS guests.
The house was beautifully decorated
for the occasion and the ceremony was
performed under an arch of green and
white Miss Marguerite Hill, a sister
of the bride, and Miss Bertha Hanna,
carried ends of daisy chains to form
an aisle, the other ends being held by
Frank Hill and Everett Ashworth.
Miss Iizaide Hill, niece of the bride,
was the flower girl and Master Fred
Hill, a nephew of the bride, was ring
bearer. Miss Edythe Hill, sister OF
the bride, was bridesmaid and the
bridegroom s attendant was Clifford j.
Terriault of Schenectady, n. Y. Harold
Scales of Troy, n. Y, was at the piano.
The bride wore a gown of white
Georgette crepe and a veil, fastened
with orange blossoms She carried
white roses and lilies-of -the-valley. She
was given in marriage by her father
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
G.. w. Baldinger.
Mrs. Henkel's going away dress was
of blue silk with hat to match. Mr.
and Mrs. Nenkel are enjoying a wed
ding trip to Old Point Comfort, Va.
and other coast cities and before going
to Schenectady, where they are to he
at home after Aug. l. They will visit
relatives in Brattleboro. Among the
many valuable and beautiful presents
received was an electric lamp, the gift
of the employees of the telephone com
pany in Schenectady. Among the
guests at the wedding were Mrs. Annie
II. Ward and Miss Grazia Henkel of
Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-23
sToNE-RoGERs WEDDING.
Ceremony by Rev. Thomas w. Owens
in Home of Brides Parents - Will
Live on Clark Avenue.

The wedding of Donald Malcolm
Stone, son of Mrs. Kate Colby of War
ner (Nt.) and Miss Minnie Belle Rog
crs took place Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock in the home of the bride IS
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Perey w. Rog-
ers of Clark avenue. Rev. Thomas w.
Ovens, pastor of the Methodist church,
ofliciated, using double ring service.
Thew were attended by a brother ana
sister of the bride, William Rogers
and Miss Martha Rogers. The bridal
party entered the living room to the
strains of Mendelssohn s wedding
march. The room was trimmed with
pink and white, and pink and white
carnations and ferns were used pro
fusely. The bride was gowned in
white net with veil caught with Il
wreath of orange blossoms. She car
ried shower bouquet of roses and
ferns. The bridesmaid gown was
white with pink girdle and she carried
pink carnations.
A reception was held after the cere
mony. Refreshments of ice-cream and
cake were served. Mr.. and Mrs. Stone
left by automobile for Putney, where
they boarded a train for Bradford.
They also will visit other places before
their return. They will be away a
week and will begin housekeeping Oh
Clark avenue on their return.
Mrs. Stone moved to Brattleboro
three years ago with her parents from
STAFFORD, this state. She graduated
from the Brattleboro high school in
the class of 1915 and since that time
has been employed in the Holstein-
Friesian office. Mr.. Stone is employed
by the Vermont Last Block company.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-23
Alumni Have Parade.

Nothing ever diminishes the ardor or
enthusiasm of the Brattleboro high
school alumni and the rain Wednesday
which continued until evening failed to
prevent a big turnout for the 10th an
nual reunion of the Alumni association,
which was the closing feature of com
mencement week. The rain ceased in
time to permit the outdoor parade
which was an iridescent dream. About
800 persons were in line, and the great
variety of colors and costumes made
the parade spectacular feature. n
touch of patriotism was added to the
spirit of loyalty to the high school by
the presence of Company |, Vermont
National Guard, Capt E. w. Gibson
commanding, who kindly accepted the
invitation of the chief marshal Maj.
+. w. Childs, to honor the association
by acting as escorts during the parade,
on the eve of the company s departure
for the state camp ground. The com
pany and the graduates were cheered
and applauded by hundreds of persons
throughout the line of march.
Noisy? They were a pack of wild In
dams. With yells, horns, flies, drums,
kazoos and various other means of put
ting sound waves in motion the various
classes kept up an almost continu-
Gus demonstration, the class of 1896
with its drum corps having a little ad-
vantage over the rest.
The graduates, former classmates,
husbands and wives began gathering
at the high school building soon after
Z clock. The rooms where they should
congregatc were designated by placards
bearing the class numerals. Other
placards about the grounds indicated
whore they should assemble after ar
ranging their costumes and little
after s clock the marshals gave the
word to start.
The First Regiment band led the
march, Company I following, and then
came the graduating class. Back of
them were the oldest classes, the class
of 1915 coming last They started off
with a blaze of red fire and marched
double file, with the street railroad
track between down main street,
around the traffic post at the junction
of Main and Elliot streets, counter
marching to the Auditorium, where
those in line and some invited guests
We're entertained by the Mozart ladies
quartet of Boston.
There was pandemonium in the town
hall corridor while the eXuberant crowd |
was passing through, and while they
were being seated and during the in
tervals between the program numbers
they kept up the din. The quartet con-
sisted of Mrs. Clara Wild Jackson and |
Miss Mabel Banks Wilson, sopranos, |
and Mrs. Bertha Putney Dudley and |
Mrs. Mabel Florence Tenney, central |
tos. They gave miscellaneous mum
bers for the first part and n musical
sketch entitled Aunt Bridget from
Paris, in costume, for the second part,
singing in good harmony and reveal.
ing voices of excellent quality. Their
singing was enjoyed and they were ac-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-23
PROGRAM FOR cHAUTAUoUA.
Mrs. Grigg, Representative of Chau-
tauqua Association Meets Guaran-
tors in Brooks House.

A few of the guarantors of the
Chautauqua met in the Brooks House
pariors Friday afternoon with Mrs.
r. NJ. Grigg of the Swarthmore Chau-
tauqua association.
Mrs, Grigg outlined the program
for the coming Chautauqua, which,
she said, is especially fine 1t includes
the Folk Song Quintet, who give four
series of songs in costume, including
Russian, Irish, Bohemian and Ameri-
can concert music Ross Creme, artist
and clay modeler; Colenclis's band
with Miss Bentley as the soloist; Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Such, Mr.. Such being
an artist on the violin; DR.. A. E.
Turner, who lectures on Community
Problems; Monteville Flowers, whose
lecture is on the Rebuilding of the
Temple, dealing with the japanese
problem; the Granville Hines compa-
ny, a musical program; the play, The
Man From Home; The Blind Singers
in a concert program; DIR. Newell d..
Hills in a lecture; the musical come
dy, The Chimes of Normandy, and
probably DR.. Green, who lectured here
last year and whose return has been
asked by the guarantors and the com
mittee in charge.
This year the junior Chautauqua is
promised to be more interesting than
it was last year. An interesting little
play called Uncle Sans Experiment
is being staged. This has to do with
corn and potatoes and there are games
and songs that 90 with it, making it
especially interesting for the children
participating.
There was some discussion over the
question of having a parade the opea-
ing day and it was finally decided
that determined effort would be
made to have a large turnout this
year
The advance advertising will be
here within few days and active
work in all departments will be start
ed at once. The guarantors, with 500
tickets pledged before the Chautauqua
closed last year, are confident that
this years entertainment will be even
more successful than last year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-23
F0RTY-F|VE STUDENTS GRADUATE
Commencement Exercises of BrattlebOrO High School
Milo B. Hllegas, Who to Become State Commissioner
of Education, Gives Address-5OO Alumni Meet

Fortv-fve students of the Brattle.
boro high school, members of the grad
uating class, have been presented di-
Of commencement week have been held
closing with an enthusiastic reunion of
the Alumni association with an attend
ance of about 800 persons. The vari
GUS features, beginning Saturday with
class day, were carried out in a way to
reflect credit upon the students, faculty
and all who have had to do with them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-23
Graduation Exercises.

The graduation exercises were held
Tuesday night in the Auditorium and
were attended by an audience that, as
usual filled the theater. Interest, as
always, was directed towards the an
nouncement of the Austine prize win.
ners and the honor pupils of the sever.
al classes, while this year there was
added interest in the fact that Milo b.
Hillegas, who has been chosen commits.
sioner of education of Vermont. was
the speaker of the evening. Mr.. lille
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-23
SAFEGUARD YOUR CHILD

If your child is pale, dull, at times
flushed, irritable and fretful you should
attend to this condition at once as the
chances are your little one is suffering
from worms Kickapoo Worm Killer
is what you should get. This we'll
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ing. Only 25c at all druggists.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-23

Mr.. Osgood said he felt sure that the
elements of personality enumerated by
Mr.. Hillegas were possessed by the
members of the class and expressed
the hope that they might be woven to-
gether in a way to produce lives of
power and influence.
The class song, written by George
Bernard Chase, which was the same
as the class poem of class day, was
sung by the graduates, Rev. Mr.. Tom
kinson pronounced the benediction
and the exercises closed with n march,
Ambassador, by Bagley, played by the
orchestra.
The Glass Roll.
The class roll is as follows, those
marked with a star receiving a GER
tificate of exact work done, equivalent
to at least three years work in high
school:
Latin-Science course-Leon Mitchell
Adams, Lincoln Dame Adams, Ger
trude Mary Austin, Raymond Dowley
Bishop, George Bernard Chase, Flor
ence Edna Coombs, Sylvia McCunc
Crosby, Joseph Gray Estey, Stella Ce-
ella Gustafson, Sanford Corkins
Plumb, Kenneth Owen Smith. Ruth
Elizabeth Weatherhead Alvin Dake
Wright.
General course-Claude William Am.
idon, Mary Davis, Laura May Derby,
! Raymond Tarbell Fifeld, Dorothy Lit
tie GRAHAM, Merrill Halliday Hamil.
ton, Evelyn Harris, Waldo Merritt
Howard, Kathleen Gencvieve Long
Ella Mildred Porter Kathryn Sher.
man, Mabel Warren, Herbert Elroy
Winchester
Commercial course-Ruth Evelyn Al
exander, Thomas Alphonsus Austin, jr.
Eva Minnie Clark, Leola Arethusa
Clark Edwin Thomas Doyie, Carl War
ner Jillson, Ruth Marjorie Hale, La
noble Clark Langworthy, Hazen Eve
lyn Loomis, Mary Helena Lynch
Amy Josephine Mather, Mary Eliza
| beth Moran, Amy Rosina Nelson
Edith Mary Nolin, Anah Beatrice
Plumb Clayton Frederick Randall
| Harold Alexander Shea, Edith Emma
| Thurber, Hazel Dorothea Wentworth.
| The class motto is Truth Is the
Highest Thing that Man May Keep.
The class flower is the feur-de-lis and
the class colors purple and white. The
program cover was designed by Miss
Evelyn Harris. The officers are: Pres
ident, Sanford c. Plumb; vice presi-
dent, Sylvia NJ. Crosby; secretary,
George b. Chase; treasurer, Joseph G.
Estey; assistant treasurer, Lamoille c.
Langworthy. These officers also are
the executive committee. One member
of the class, Kenneth o. Smith, is q
member of Company |, V. n. c., just
ordered to mobilize.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-20

The Red Shirt of Italy.

The red shirt, destined to become so
famous a symbol throughout Europe,
was not at first adopted by Garibaldi
for any fantastic or spectacular rea-
son. The English Admiral Ingram
says that the red shirt had its origin
IN stern necessity and that its adoption
was caused by the need Of clothing as
economically as possible the legion
that Garibaldi had raised for the lib
Grafton of Italy. An offer was made
by tradesman TO supply a reduced
price large stock of red wooden
shirts. This offer was eagerly closed
on. Before many years had passed the
red shirt became the symbol not mere
ly of the legion, but of the new spirit
working for the liberation OF Italy,
Atlanta Constitution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-20
GERMAN EFFICIENCY.

German efficiency is being shown in
various ways Because a Prussian
dealer in canned goods sold to the
army mixture labeled herring salad
which contained no herring but only
vegetables, he was sentenced to nine
months Imprisonment, a fine of $24O
and loss OF civic rights for three wears.
A leather dealer of Nuremberg has
been condemned to spend five months
in jail, pay fine of $3.50 and give I'm
his business because he supplied boots
TO the number of $4,000 pairs to the
Bavarian troops made largely of A
preparation Of cardboard. One is COM
PEELED to admire this effort to protect
the army from fraud, but there is no
reason why such efforts should not he
put forth in times of peace as well as
IN war, not only in Germany, but in all
other countries.
Here, for example, is the case of the
poultry trade of New York. Dealers
have been in the habit of stufing the
crops OF live fowls with an assortment
OF sand, gravel and other substances
winch have added millions of pounds
10 their weight in the aggregate and
have caused consumers to paw hun
dreds of thousands of dollars for moth
ing. The New York World injuries:
Does the diet of sand, gravel ce-
ment, etc, with which dealers load"
poultry for market. harm the fowl for
food uses? That is a question Com
missioner Dillon has set out to deter
mine IN view of the great extent of the
rascaliy practices, and he has selected
SIX chickens 10 experiment on. Ger
talnly chicken health squad will he
novel development in pure-food tests
In the circumstances it seems to
be needed. Reinforced concrete has its
uses in building construction, and no
doubt chickens fortified with sand and
cement have advantages not possessed
by others not so treated. But obviously
THESE are not dietetic advantages
apart from any question of cruelty to
chlckens, the public will prefer to
ieaFe concrete construction to the
builder and not 10 the butcher. II is
not persuaded that the human system
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-20
Where Silence Was Deadly.

Rome is said to have once been
saved by the cackling of geese, but
silence cost the people of Amyklae. an
ancient Grecian city, their liberty. The
report that an enemy was approaching
mad been spread so often creating con-
sternatlon among the inhabitants. and
as OFTEN proved false, that the authori-
ties finally passed law forbidding any
one to speak of such a thing. All went
well for time, but there came day
when an enemy did appear, hostile
spartan army. But the citizens of
Amyklae were law abiding. They
talked OF the weather, of the crops. of
the approaching track meet, but never
word did they speak about the an
preaching army Everybody obeved
the law, and nobody told the authori-
ties of the impending danger. Thus
the city fell an easy victim TO the in
vaders through the faithful obedience
of its citizens to the law,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-20
TRAINING IMMIGRANTS.

Americanization is a live issue in
many states. New York appreciates
~ significance and has ALREADY taken
steps on a state basis tC Asrerl arize
the alien. In 1910 there were 5Y7 900
foreign-bOrn whites unable TO SPEAK
English in that commonwealth, and
$4,000 who could not ,ead or write
IT any language.
The New York state department of
education has begun the first state
wide campaign 10 abolish these dis
abilities. It's program covered the fol-
lowing procedure: A careful survey OF
the immigrant education situation;
establishment Of training courses to
prepare teachers for the instruction
If foreigners; adoption of standards
Of efficiency in public evening school
Ork for adult immigrants; Coopera-
ton with state and federal agencies;
and publication of state bulletins.
As preliminary. personal investi-
cations and intensive study of Ger
tain communities disclosed dark
spots" Of illiteracy and light spots"
in the large industrial centers where
efforts were under way to teach the
foreigner English and give him some
contact with American standards and
ideals
A teachers training institute for
the preparation of teachers Of for
einers was organized at Albany in
the fall Of 1915 1t was so success
ful that it was decided to continue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-20
The Daily Story
Two sisters-By Ethel Holmes.

ny's Office one day.4she said to him:
Johnny. years ago,you and started
In this business, | having every adj.
vantage Of you. Now you are at the
head of It and I'm out Of the race. Il
it because am a woman and4you men
won't give us a ch3nceH
'Tn this particular case" was the re-
ply, sit is because when | came In hese
at once became absorbed IN my work
When / wasn't at work I was nniser-
able. | was four years younger than
you and had four years advantage. I
never had to be away from business. I,
was so eager for work that did some
Of your work and some o. every one
else In the business. In this way
learned IT, When some one was need.
ed for a purpose | was the best eausn-
ped for it. Perhaps you thought you
failed you could marry. felt that I'll
failed I couldn't marry. When / did
marry / realized that the responsibilities
of a family was on me; II / didn't sue.
coed the wife and the kid would starve.
If you could have been absorbed az I
was and stood the racket o. training
as I did perhaps you might have got
where I am today. But you couldn't be
absorbed, and you couldn't stand the
physical requirements"
Thank yo2 very much" said Mar.
garet, and she went away TO procure
her rousseau. When her first child
came she remarked:
81 should have been at this bust
ness instead Of the other eight years
ago"
Meanwhile her sister Belle had mar.
ried a successful business man. There
was friction at first because she
thought her husband did not tell her
enough about his affairs, but several
children enga ged her attention, so that
when he talked to her about his bust
ness she was glad when he had fin
ished
But one day he brought a man home
to dinner, with whom he told his wife
that he was intending to enter into a
large business deal.
"If you d." said his wife, "you'n be
swindled."
what makes you think thaty' ask
ed her husband, surprised.
There's somthing about his nose
don't like"
The husband laughed.
Six months passed. One day her hus-
band said to his wife:
do you remember. dear, a man
brought home to dinner, whose nose
was not to your taste, and on that &C.
count you pronounced him a rascalT
81 do"
well, your remark was the feather
that turned the scale. l did not make
the deal He has swindled every one
who trusted him and decamped."
THAT was to be expected"
ION account Of his nose, I suppose"
Johnny has cut another TOOTH" was
he irrelevant reply.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-20
PREPAREDNESS PARADES.

Milwaukee Leader: New York has
set the pace for preparedness parades.
1t held the first sound money and pros
perity parade in 1896. In 1902 Milwau-
kee followed with a full dinner pail
parade, which was reviewed by Mark
Hanna.
There ought to be preparedness pa
rades in every town in the country. If
the nation is to be prepared every cit
izen should be well clothed, well fed
and we'll housed. We know of no surer
way to put the American citizen in
fighting trim than to give him a home
to defend and the muscle and vitality
to defend it. Pay him well, give him
reasonable hours of labor and he'll do
the rest.
The biggest preparedness parades
will be held Labor day. The best mot
to for national defense will be found
at the head of the procession: Eight
hours work, eight hours sleep, eight
hours recreation"
Henry Ford did 10000 times more
for the defense of the nation when he
fixed the minimum wage of S. day
in his factories than he could have
done if he had invented 42-centimetre
OlfO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-20

Margaret and Belle Whitcomb were
sisters, and when they reached mar
riagcable age the matter Of career
was discussed between them.
Il believe" said Margaret, "in the
entire equality Of woman with man"
Il believe" said Belle, that wo-
man who marries should be her hus-
bands partner In every respect"
Il am going into business" said
Margaret, land shall show the world
that a woman can run q big business
as well as man"
If you can secure the management
of a business" her sister supplied.
Margaret was twenty years old when
she secured a position as typewriter
and sten0grapher, q sort OF secretary
to friend Of her fathers who man.
aged a large manufacturing business.
She thus started with every advantage
Johnny Hartwell, an Office boy, fifteen
years old. started in at the same time
as she One day he said to her:
Miss Whitcomb, I'd like to make a
deal with you. Teach me stenography,
and whenever you have to be absent
for time III do your work for you"
Margaret agreed. She taught Johnny
stenography, and he remained at the
Office after business hours, practicing
typewriting on her machine. He kept
his word. and when she was unable to
do her work he did it for her. AS for
Johnny, he was never absent from
business. What he did for Margaret he
did for any one else in the office; he
helped them all and learned something
of the duties Of each.
When Johnny was nineteen years old
some one was needed to go somewhere
to straighten out something. Margaret
not very well at the time. Johnny was
tough as a nut and was sent. He had
learned so much about the business
that he found it very easy to undo the
snarl. He succeeded so well that be
was thereafter used to go about IN
doing snarls and accomplishing OBJ
jects. Pretty soon it was generally IN.
derstood that when the head Of the
concern stepped out Johnny would
step into his place.
Meanwhile Margaret was gaining
nothing in a business way. Unfortu-
nately for her success, a certain man
wanted her to marry him. Whenever
she was discouraged in carrying out
her agreement with herself she felt
like yielding and marrying her sutton.
Johnny married, and when little girl
came to him he remarked:
by crackey, now I've got to hump
it, sure enough, to put stuffing into the
kid"
And he worked twice as hard as ever
before.
Margaret within eight years occupied
| four different positions. But, not being
any nearer a business manager than
before, she retired. Going into John