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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-11

Foresters yesterday at Peaks Pines
under the supervision of A. NJ. Downs.
1t was attended by about three hun
bred members and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. f. Durham and
son Edwin and Mrs. Fred Russell and
Mrs Clinton Russell spent Sunday in
Glens Falls
Miss Rose Warren, who left for
Nottingham last week where she will
teach school at the opening of the fall
term, has returned and will remain
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. vii
liam Warren for another week
The schools in Nottingham will not
open until the 18th on account of the
paralysis epidemic.
Miss Ethel f. Lewis has accepted q
position with the S. E. Bentley Opt
cal company and will take charge o.
the tense grinding of their Office il
Springfield, Mass. Miss Lewis has
many friends in Bennington where
she has been employed nearly fouI
years while learning her trade o
mechanical Cptician in the Office o
her brother Dewitt L. Lewis. Mis-
Lewis will live with her parents at 81
Andrew street, Springfield, Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-11

S.i.-I -.-in i".er - = MIS- C. 3T.l-
Ing grew ont of the following circum.
stances;
The BOY thought he would tie fish
ing line to the saEder'S lee and with a
hook properly baited turn the bird out
into the water Tho bait was a frog.
The gauder went into the mill pond,
where he swan around for half an
hGur, turning "Gip1aps" and diving for
food. Suddenly lie felt "A pull at his
leg and looked as surprised as the
lone fisherman" when he caught a
whale.
The gander Thought there was some
thing the matter, aud he looked to as
certain the cause The pickerel on the
hook gave several jerks, whereupon
the gander decided he wanted to go
home.
He nj once started for the shore, but
the pickerel on the hook wanted to 60
the other way. The gander seemed
frightened at first. Then he evidenced
signs of anger and tried TO fly to shore
but the pickerel pulled him back.
After half an hour Of the hardest
work he had ever done the gander
came ashore, dragging n six pound
pickercl up the bank.
The boy took of the pickerel and
baited the hook with another frog. He
tried TO induce the gandcr to 90 in for
another swim, but no amount of per-
suaslon could get the bird 10 do SO He
simply would not be driven in. For
many weeks the gander would not 60
into the water. lie would proceed
with the rest of the flock to the waters
edge, but there he would stop. lie
would seem to be arguing with them
with reference to the danger they were
courting.-Los Angeles Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-11
Co Do We All,

SO Do VIC AT.
"For the sake OF peace ! often keep
still even when know am right"
Same here. I'm married too.'-De-
troit Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-11
NORTH BENNINGTON

Ms. Parker Cole is recovering from
her recent illness.
Mrs. Willis Spafford of Troy visited
Mrs. II. |. Spafford Saturday.
NJ H. Dean. who has been quite i'll
for several weeks, is somewhat i'm
proved.
Edward Worthington and family of
upper Troy were guests of relatives in
town Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mattison of
Riverside entertained guests from
Greenwich Saturday.
Mrs. c. e. Galusha and Miss Maud
Galusha Of Bennington called on
friends in this place Sunday.
Miss Ruth LOOMS is at home from
her school in Dalton, Mass. the infan.
tile paralysis having broken out in that
place
Mrs. W. r. Mattison and children
have closed their bungalow at Lake
SALISBURY and returned to their home
here.
d. d. Tompkins of Bennington and
v l.. Tompkins of Watervlet n. y,
were guests of their father, VIM. d.
Tompkins Sunday.
Rev |. w. Hayford is having his an
nual vacation. and during his absence
there will be no preaching service at
the Methodist church.
NJ. o,d NJ, 4, ID NNoIr;,u v.bo
have been motoring through Vermont,
Maine and New Hampshire, for a few
weeks, have returned home.
Mrs. F. |. Surdam, Miss Amy Sur
dam and Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Phillips
and son Webb mCtored to Brattleboro
Sunday and called on Mrs. Phillips
sister, Miss May Stakeholder.
Ralph II. White and family haze re-
turned and opened their residence on
Bank street after spending some time
at Major II ID. Fillmores in Benning
ton and at Camp Loafmore in Wood
| forG.
The September meeting of the Wo
mans Christian Temperance Union
will be held Wednesday afternoon al
o'clock at the home of Mrs \. S
Payne The leader Tor the afternoon
will be Mrs. W. r. White.
There Is a special treat in store
for the Ladies' Missionary societies OF
North Bennington this week. The
Baptist society have secured Miss
Luman, who is a missionary in Jaro
Philippine Islands, to speak to then
on Friday at 2.S0 p. m, In the Baptist
church. The societies of the Congre
gational and Methordist churches vii
be entertained at that time. and a cor
dial invitation is extended as well, tC
every lady interested in the work.
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proper way TO aim a rifle:

sfANlfNA NNs " ann 81 my
THE way to shoot is, first. put big
ivory front sight in place of the black
one used for target shooting.
Most real objects one shoots at are
more or less dark, and the black front
sight is difficult to see on the object;
the white one shows up at once.
Next, have your hind sight put OH
the rifle at the distance from your eye
that you can read print best.
when shooting do not try TO focus
black bullseye. black front sight
and black hind sight and half dozen
other things alternately while you hold
on TO your rifle like grim death.
Look at the object you want TO hit.
If it is moving judge how much allow.
ance In front you must make bring up
your rifle TO your shoulder, swinging
II with the movement Of the object you
want to hit. and press the trigger as
the butt touches your shoulder.
"'rhe bullet will 20 where you want
it to without your noticing the sights
at all.
"lf You want TO be n good rifle shot
ut game, or MS n soldier, join the near
est clay pigeon shooting club. and when
you can break 30 per cent of the clays
you can rest perfectly confident that
you can hit n man every shot you fire
II being charged by an enemy IL you
have rifle in your hands instead of a
shotgun.
IF you practice In n coal hole rifle
gallery at stationary black bullSeyc
with black front sight and see three
front sights and blurred back sight
you are not learning TO shoot, but
merely running your eyesight."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-11
FlSHED WITH A GANDER.
And Now tho Poor Fowl Shows Die.
tinot Aversion to Water.

A gandcr was 40 UPSET by expert.
ments made upon aud through him by
n miscellaneous boy that FOR long time
he would not 20 into the water.
The gandcrs determination TO ab.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-11
"eREEN EYED MONSTER"
Robert MantelI In Thrilling Drama
at Harte Theatre.

Jealousy serves as the basis of the
William Fox production, Green.
Monster" starring Robert b. Mantell,
foremost of tragic actors, with Gene.
We've Hamper at the Harte Theatre
today. The scenario for the produc.
ton was written by Nixola Daniels,
author Of Destruction" and other
Fox drains, and it may be said that
none other than a woman could have
given so comprehensive an expose of
the soul-wracking tortures of one
cursed with jealousy
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Accuracy.

"IIas the line been busy?' asked the
man with Il nickel poised between his
thumb and forcluger
mo" answered the precise operator.
"rhe limo wasn't busy. but | was
Washington Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-11

70 tho Tax Payers Of the Village

TO tho Tax Payers OF the Village
Bennington:
A Rate Bill has been placed in my
hands for collection as follows:
so cents on the dollar for the Village
Tax, 20 cents on the dollar for the
Highway Tax on the Grand List OF
1915.
hereby demand payment Of said
taxes and notify you that will at.
tend at the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from 8 o'clock a. m until
o'clock p. m.
There will be discount OF 4 per
cent on Village tax If paid within so
days.
c. H. Dewey, Treasurer
Bennington. VT. July Is. 1916.
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SHOOTING WITH A RIFLE.
Tho Proper Way TO Aim IL One Aspires
TO Good Workmanship.

Walter Wlnans, the famous Ameri.
can sharnshooter, who lives In Eng.
land, writes TO the Scientific American
the followlu- directions us to tho
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-11
New Justice of
Supreme Court

Judge John Hessin Clarke Of Cleve-
land, who succeeded Charles E. Hughes
aS associate justice of the United
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-11

To the Tax Payers of the Bennington
Graded School District:

Graded School District:
A Rate Bill has been placed in my
hands for collection as follows:
95 cents on the dollar on the Grand
List of 1916.
/ hereby demand payment OF said
taxes, and notify you that | will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from o'clock a. IN. until
4 o'clock p. m.
There will be discount OF per
cent on above tax If paid within 80
days.
c. H. Dewey, Treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July Is, 1916.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-11

Duty and today are ours, results ana
futurlty belong to God.-liorace Gree
ley.
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and naturally has had his hands fun
since the outbreak OF hostilitlos-moHt
people who follow those things carefully
win tell you that the United Press has
furnished the bert service" cut OF
London. He says that although he did
not 60 to the war. the war came TO
him in a great measure.
Mr.. Keen was for nearly twenty years
one OF the big men OF the newspaper
fraternity In Washington. and both he
and his wife have hosts OF friends
In town. He was for some years
head OF the u. p. bureau here. and
later, Just before he went to London,
headed the entire organization OF the
association. For the rest. he served as
war correspondent during the Spanish
American war. and is member Of the
Gridiron Club.
Lieut.. Jimmie" James has he'd a re-
prieve. 1t will be another six months
before he win sail for the Philippines TO
Join his regiment. Or. more properly, I
should say his friends have had the
reprieve. for they are delighted that he
Is to stay on at Fort Myer for the
present He Is recovering from an III
ness. and IL not yet considered strong
enough to brave the tropical climate.
Kent Roberts is another of the popu-
lar young men In town who has been
III. He was operated upon for appendi-
citis two or three weeks ago. and 10
just able to be out. He viii 10 home
he comes from Prince George county
for a week or 20, and will also visit on
South river before going back to work.
The Warrington colony at Newport
promises to be larger this summer tram
for several seasons. The Russian and
Spanish embassies, according to pres
emit plans. will be established there
again this year. Mrs. Richard Town.
send IL planning TO lease a place; Mrs.
Draper will occupy the same cottage
she had last season; the Woodbury.
Blairs have already taken n flying trip
or two to the North to see to the
putting In order OF the villa they have
purchased. and then, OF course. the
Ferry Belmonts will be at Belcourt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Belmont's purchase OF
this splendid estate from Mrs. Oliver
Tn. p. Belmont created quite a SEN
sation in Newport. where. amateur
testers have been wont to maintain.
no real estate has changed hands since
summer before the summer before last:
| when the Casino. stronghold OF fashion,
bought the adjoining strip OF property
in Bellevue avenue In order to keep
| anybody eise-that Ia 20 say. anybody
but the right sort OF peopie"-rrom
getting 1t. and included the land IN Its
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white lapels and faclngs to his evening
clothes-oh. II was vastly becoming
and Lyman Pratt looked very distin-
guished with powdered hair.
But Elizabeth Wiley made Just about
the auaintest picture of all. garbed as a
boy, with black velvet trousers cut full
over the hips and very tight at the
ankles. a white silk blouse and a white
vic, bobbed In a childish fashion. which
proved most becoming to her pretty
face.
Some names? Well. in addition to the
Woodbury. Blairs, the McClintooks. and
Others on the various committees. Mrs.
Charles ]. Bell was there. Mrs. Bonnaf-
fon. Mrs. LeTour. and Julia Wood. Also
saw Frances Hoar. Adelaide Heath.
Ruth Hitchcock and Alice oGorman.
Caroline Ogden Jones. who Is lust COM
ing out of mourning for her aunt: Hell
ena Elliott. Jean Hinckle. Caroline
Nash. Eve,ina Gleaves. Edith Blair.
Lillian Hendrick. Katherine Nc
Ciintock, the de Sibours. Oliver Har-
riman, Commander Jewell. Richard
Chew. Bob Patterson. Lowndes Laven-
der. Julian Bishop. Ballard Moore. BeV-
erly Sinclair. and scores OF interesting
people.
I scarcely remember a prettier scene
than the gay ballroom. with Its splendid
contrast of black and white. as we
looked down from the supper tables In
| the balcony. The lights were shaded
with yellow. which gave lust the neces-
sary softening touch. and the black and
white hangings. prim orange trees and
great baskets of oranRe blossoms formed
a most effective BACKGROUND. Lots Of
people dlned at the Chevy Chase Club
before going on to the ball. their gay
! costumes striking a vivid note at ar
otherwise staid FUNCTION
Next evening the Playhouse was en-
tirely transformed for the Brazilian
Ambassador and Nine. da Gama'i
dance, which brought TO gether one oi
the most distinguished gatherings oil
| the season. Mrs. Montaigu lie Mon
taRne, Of New York. a quest at the eni'
bassy, was among the dancers. likewise
Mrs. Richard Townsend. Mr.. and Mrs
| Horace Westc0tt, the Chilean Antbas'
sador and Nine. Suarez-Mujlca. tho
Counselor OF the Argentine Embassy
and Nine. Quintana, the Argentine
Military Attache and Nine. Reybaud
with the two attractive Raybaud girls
Mr.. and Mrs A. Garrison M ;Clintock
and Catherine McClintock, AIejor arc
Mrs. Ewing. of the Argentine embassy
Alberto de Ipan"ma Morie-s. first Bra
allan secretary, and the Vsrious othel
attaches OF the embassy. diplomats. the
cream Of ofticialdom and representative
PRESIDENT society TO the rambler OF abou
200 1t was a really wcn'ierful party
and Nine. da CAM. IA Usual, looke'
like q girl Instead o. grandmother.
The Playhouse was verltable fairy
land. Some people contend that tn
ballroom WINS even lovel,er on the even
ing OF Mrs. Armstead Davis dance
when a myriad colorcd lights twinkle,
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Photo by Buck.

through hanging garlands OF Southern
moss. bat everybody agreed that never
had the Railways. the supper rooms.
the ensemble. In fact, been 30 deN,ht-
fully decorated. The wee soft colored
lights were used agcin. quantities Of
them, rari-colored circles peeping out
from wreathed medallions on the walls.
and great branches OF white lilac, with
hundreds OF Gaffodiis. which turned the
pretty ballroom into spring garden
=
IL has reached my ear that the Dion
kerrs have purchased Temple Gwatn-
mey's tine place in Fauquier county,
near Fauquier White Sulphur Springs.
ana arc to set up housekeeping there.
Dion. you know married pretty little
Dorothy Mosher-she was Dorothy
OHara before she became Dorothy
kerr-and ever since they have Deen
making their home with his mother,
Mrs. James Kerr, at Kildare, her place
at warrenton. Both Dion and his wife
have a taste for country life and are
at home with the hard-riding group
or sportsmen, English and American.
who roregather in that part OF Vir-
ginia. Dion Is an excellent horseman.
but he has had so many nasty spills
that should think his wife would hate
to see him In the saddle.
-.'.- -
Mrs. william Corcoran Eustis Is re-
Gently In receipt OF a letter from Pres
ton Lockwood. in, charge OF the Ameri-
can Ambulance Corps In France. tell
ing OF the purchase OF an ambulance
with the proceeds or the famous his.
torical pageant given at the Eustis
place. Oatlands, last spring. The cal
IL to replace the Dartmouth College
ambulance. which was destroyed by q
shell I'M the vosges campaign early n
the fail.
I'm sure you remember reading abou
the pageant. when the lovely gardens
of Oatlands were thrown open to tn,
public. ana important personages o.
American history, from Pocahonta,
and Priscilla. the Puritan maiden, u
the heroes or the Spanish war. mingled
with the guests. The French ambassa
dor and Nine. Jusserand were tnere-
they were members of the weekend
house party which Mr.. and Mrs. Eusti
entertained-and ever so many people
] from Washington. II was all very ga!
and very interesting. A part OF IN,
proceeds vent to a neighborins hos
pital and the rest was sent to France
! =
The annie Lee Memorial Home OF tn
| Aged is In Alexandria--wher else shout,
a memorial to Robert e. Lees mothe
be but in the town. that was her home
but It Is philanthropy which ap
peals to many Was' 'ngtonians, and /
is in Washington that bridge and 60
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own spacious grounds. At any rate,t
the. purchase viii remove the tragic
look OF desertion from one OF the most
conspicuous Of Newporrs< splendid
homes.
Moreover, the event IL momentous
from another point OF view. The Bel
monts had very successful season a.
Newport last year. and. with this spien-
did new setting. Il IL safe to predict .
social campaign OF some importance.
Mrs. Belmont n a gracious hostess
and who knows but that she may De
destined for social dominancs.
Beicourt IL the house which was mace
famous years ago by publicity experts
when the late o. ii. p. Belmont built
II In connection with his stable. Ills
nearest neighbors were his horses. What
was then q stable win probably ne
made into n garage. Just about the
only use that Mrs. Belmont ever made
Of the place after her husbands death
was 20 turn II over last summer for an
exhibition by the Newport Garden AS
ISOLATION and Horticultural Society.
Mrs. Louis Perrine. OF Trenton. and
her debutante daughter. Rachael. are
coming t0washington next month for
several weeks. Indeed. they visit here
II IL Mrs. Perr1ne's old home. and she
has innumerabie friends-a almost every
year. This time they win 20 FIRST 10
Annapolis, for one Of the hops. then to
Baltimore, where Rachael viii attend
the Monday german on March G. will
liam Bowie Clark will be her partner on
that famous occasion. understand.
After that will come washington and a
round of festivities here.
-
Every morning for several weeks
residents OF Cleveland Park have be,
treated to the sight Of a smart lit
electric carefully parked under q grea
FIR tree on vacant lot In wisconsii
avenue. So close does the car nestIe &c
the bole OF the tree and 30 evidently IL
II there Just 70 be IN out OF the rain.
that the Find the owner has become
a popular game In that neck o. woods.
And the other day We discovered to our
intense amusement that some mad waG.
or perhaps the owner OF the lot, had put
up sign In the top OF the tree Garage
Space for Rent" s
When I heard several days ago that a
farm on the Ridge road belonging 10
the Daniel b. Clarke estate had been
sold,. thought Immediately OF pictur-
esque "V alley View Farm" where the
Alexander Porter Morses live. Mrs.
Morse wa, Ellen Clarke, you know. But
II proved 20 DO that portion OF the
estate which had belonged to Mrs.
Continued on Page Ninetssn.)
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Each man on the committee wore a
broad black and white checked band
across his chest "all same like" ribbon
OF an order, and George Oakley Totten.
jr,. entered into the spirit of the game
and achieved = touch OF originality by
adding black buttons and checkerboard-
ing his shirt front with squares of
black court plaster. Marcus Jordan had
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t" Speaking OF Newspaper people. reminds
me that Ed Keen is back in this ccun-
try for six weeks or so and II IN wash-
ington for a few days. Object. 20 alter
his perspective" He founded the United
Press Bureau In London four and half
years ago. has been there ever since.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-03-16
CATCHING VILLA
DIFFICULT JOB
Campaign May Last for More Than
Year According to Predictions.

New York. March i6.-The orders
issued TO General Funston that villa
be taken. dead or alive" will be ex'
tremely difficult 10 carry out. accord
ing to the opinions expressed by mill
tary men In this city. including sew
eral officers who have just returned
from duty ON the border. While none
OF them expressed doubt that the
Mexican bandit would be returned a
prisoner. yet they said the nature Of
the country he was In. and the expert
ence OF the army In. expeditions Of
similar nature. made Il probable that
the hunt for villa would last year
or more.
"Canebrake and cactus. Yaqui In
dams and rattlcsnakes." was the gen
eral opinion about those parts OF So
nora and Chihuahua in which the
search must be prosecuted. II was
declared that Il Villa did as others
had done before him--disbanded
his troops and with a mere handful
Of trusted followers took to the noun
tain trails in those rceions-he would
not be caught until one of his own
people gave him up.
From their experiences in the cam
paIgn in the Philippines. and the dit
ficulties our troops had in catching
Aguinaldo. II was intimated by several
officers. although no one would say
50 outright. that the best chance Of
capturing villa was to occupy the
Mexican towns and administer justice
In them ourselves TN villa was turn
ed an, dead or alive"
Foreign troops in friendly ma
ton. when they are on warlike mis-
sion. are In an extremely delicate and
uncertain portion" said an old in
fantry officer. especially when thel'
commander is expected to avoid In
volving this nation in war. Cn on'
occasion. whca our troops went dow
TO Mexico to catch ore Of the Apach'
bandits. the commander. Captain
Crawford was shot by regular Neyi
can troops as he wgs bringing the In
dams back to this country. The OF.
Ger was standing up at the time, try
ing 10 show the Mexican commando
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-03-16

feta. In all shades and styles; gold
and silver laces In narrow and flow.
ing widths; all over gold and all over
silver designs silk marquisette. In
new shades. all over radium laces,
gold. white and ecru; chiffons, plain.
stripes and lowered; striped tub
silks and crepe de chimes, and all
new shades in solid crepes; chiffon
taffetas. plain and stripes.
II you have not already visited the
Edge Dry Goods company's showing,
do not fail to do so late this afternoon
or tomorrow. as Il is well worth the
seeing from an artistic standpoint, as
well as the knowledge of what may be
CLEANED from fashions latest crea.
tons.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-03-16
THREE SCHOOLS GET HELP.
kurten. Reliance and wellborn Get
$500 Each From state.

Three OF Brazos County rural
school have received an appropriation
of $500 each from the million dollar
fund appropriated by the last lesisla
ture for rural schools. and the Sl.Soo
is now in the bank in Bryan. These
schools are Kurten. Reliance and
Wellborn.
County Superintendent Williams
will visit these schools in few days
and see II they have complied with
the law. and II so the money will he
turned over to them to be used I'M
der the direction OF the county super
intendent and the board OF trustees
OF the said schools. The money can
be used for buildings or extension OF
term.