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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23

and other articles of wear, as well az
scarfs, strings of beads, watches and
other jewelry. Several piece of china.
ware are also included in this old collec.
ton of dolls accessories. Perhaps some
of the most interesting things are six
pieces of dolls clothes patterns cut from
newspapers, and used in the construction
of certain of the wearing apparel made
over 80 years ago.
There is also set of home made pa
per dolls with changeable clothes. which
compare fayorably with paper dolls OF
recent make, although they are less elab-
crate.
The collection originally belonged to
Miss Ella Slade of Middlebury, VT,
granddaughter of William Slade, govern
or OF Vermont from 1874 46, and for II
years a member OF Congress from that
state, and great granddaughter of Will
liam Slade, a soldier in the Revolution
airy war, who suffered on a British pris-
on ship of infamous memory in New
York harbor, and after the war went as
a pioneer from New Canaan, Conn, to
Cornwall VT.
The dolls were packed away carefully
some 50 years ago, and only recently
found They came to the National mu
scum as gift from Mrs. Burton Thomp-
son Mrs Anna Slade thompson OF New
York and Mrs. c. Hill (Mrs. Katherine
Slade HID of Middleboro, Conn, nieces
of Miss Ella Slsde, the original owner.
= Dorothy Dexter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
The Beauty Seeker.

When the foot sets naturally on the
ground the ball and the heel rest fat,
leaving small arch under the instep.
In fiat foot this arch falls, allowing the
entire foot to rest on the ground, the
spring is gone and the weight is distrib
uted on parts of the foot not designed to
carry it. This will cause considerable
pain even in the back if not cared for.
There are supports which you can get
to wear in your shoes for temporary re
lief which will help to hold the feet prop
erly until you have strengthened them
sufficiently. Exercises will help you
most of all. Stand erect with the toes
turned in. raise the heels and hold for
few seconds, then lower to former posi-
tion repeat a few times. Vary this
with some sitting down exercises. With
one foot fat on the floor hold the other
knee up and bend the toes down till they
touch; raise and lower again; repeat
with the other foot. With the feet
placed about II inches apart. and the
heels firm on the floor, raise the toes to-
ward the ankles, then toward each other
until they touch and finally lower them
into the former position. Place the feet
close together; separate the toes, then
close up, and repeat few times, grad
lally increasing the number as you be-
,ome accustomed to the exercise. All this |
work should be done with the feet bare |
After exercising soak the feet at night |
-or a short time in hot water, dry them |
thoroughly and massage over the instep |
ind under the arch with warm olive oil |
" some good skin food In the morning
,athe again in warm water, then in cold
md repeat the massage. A good general
emedy to apply at any time when the
eet are tired and sore is bath in hot
water which contains little salt. In
Iressing your feet, wear good fitting
hoes with heels neither too high nor too
lat. Then, as a. last direction, walk
Nth your weight well forward on the
alls of your feet, wvere it should be-
Voman's World for March.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23

In Japan If one wishes to build a
house he first proceeds to make GER
tain that the site is respectable" If
it is not he must have the ground puri-
fed. A curious incident of this nature
developed not long ago when a native
decided to build In Tokyo on the
ground formerly occupied by the Ichi-
gaya jail The carpenters would not
begin work until the priest had been
called in and purified the spot. He
brought with him bamboo rods and
shimmei and rice and with weird in
carnations turned north, south. east
and west, uttering his formula four
times and scattering bits Of paper and
rice at each delivery. The spirits OF
Jail inmates long dead thus propltiat-
ed the carpenters went contentedly to
work
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
ARMIES ARE WARY
LIKE WRESTLERS
Facing Each Other on the Western Front
They are striving to Gain a Solid
Footing and Grip on the
Others Neck.

Paris, Feb. 23.-The second winter
campaign along the Franco Belgian front
has thus far differed little from the first
excepting in the greater efficiency that
experience has given to tactics between
| the trenches. The two armies at close
quarters are, as last year, like two wrest-
/ lers gathering their forces, each seeking
a solid foothold and on the lookout for
the chance to grip the other by the
neck. Most of the activity between the
ARTILLERY positions is with flying machines
overhead or with the sappers and miners
Underground; in the trenches themselves
it is largely matter of vigilance, mud
and water, with frequent variation in
repairs of defense works after heavy
bombardment. The mud is a more Sc
rious problem than at the same season
last year on account of heavy rains.
Ditching has been done on large scale
all along the front, excepting in the
dunes of Flanders where the trenches are
mostly above ground-eomposed of mil
lions OF sacks of sand; the water there
is too near the surface to make drainage
possible. Elsewhere drainage has been.
effective in dry weather, but the rain
toys with the genius of the engineer and
turns the bitches into canals.
The men are we'll armed against cold
with sheep skin coats, mutflers, sweaters,
boots and are quite comfortable in the
Vosges, where the water runs off readi-
". In the plains of the Woevre, though,
where an entire brigade worked four
days to execute a plan of drainage adj
mirably conceived and theoretically per
feet that was found insufficient during
the first storm, there is no protection pos
sible against mud and water
The bottoms of trenches are covered
with fagots, but in vain; they disappear
in the mud after the storm. A week of
rain causes as much damage'as violent
according to an officer who
has seen nearly every sector of the front
this winter.
In certain parts of Woevre, Artois and |
Flanders the ground all around the lines, !
Delabored by shells of all ealibres, Gov /
cred with excavations that rain has
into miniature lakes, resem-
,les marsh of interminable length and |
/ mile or so wide; the communicating
trenches themselves, sometimes several
niles long, are like cess-pools. The men
obliged to tramp through them to get
% the front line are tired out when they
Irrive. One relief detachment was a
whole night making the four miles from
heir quarters to the trenches; during
he passage a number of them left
heir shoes in the heavy, sticky mud.
lien often prefer TO risk the enemy's
hels and make their way to their post
N the surface, but even this route is
better in many places on ac-
cunt of the pitfalls dug by artillery fire.
t is over such ground that the soldiers
must plod with backs bent under loads
f materials required 10 maintain the
availability of the first line; no other
ieans of transportation is possible. ,
"The reach their posts as rule ready i,
D drop from exhaustion an officer tells !
he Associated Press, but the smoking /.
ata as the trench slang has named the =
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
Not a Bite of
Breakfast Until
You Drink Water
Says a glass of hot water a2d
phosphate prevents Illness
and keeps US fit.

lust as coal, when it burns. leaves be-
! hind certain amount of incombustibe
material in the form of ashes, so the food
and drink taken day after day leaves in
the alimentary canal certain amount of
indigestiblc material, which if not com
pletely eliminated from the system each
day. becomes food for the millions of
bacteria which infest the bowels. From
this mass of leftover waste. toxins and
ptomainelike poisons are formed and
sucked into the blood.
Men and women who can't get feeling
right must begin to take inside baths
Before eating breakfast each morning,
drink a glass of real hot water with
tcaspOonful of limestone phosphate in it
to wash out of the thirty feet of bowels
the previous DAYS accumulation Of poi
sons and toxins and to keep the entire
alimeutary canal clean. pure and fresh.
Those who are subject to sick head
ache, colds. biliousness constipation, oth-
ers who wake up with bad taste. foul
breath. backache. rheumatic stiffness. or
have \ sour. gassy stomach after meals
are urged to get a quarter pound Of lime
stone phosphate from the drug store and
begin practicing internal sanitation. This
will cost very little. but i sufficient TO
make anyone an enthusiast on the sub
iect
Remember. inside bathing is more inn
portant than outside bathing. because
the skin pores Do not absorb impurities
into the blood causing poor health while
the bowel pores Do. just as soap and hot
water elcauscs. sWectens and freshens the
.kin. - hot water aud limestone phos-
1bate at ~ the stomach. liver. kidneys
ana hav-als -AHN
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
Carnegie Tells Best Ways to Dispose of
Surplus Wealth.

| In an article in the March Woman
Home Companion Andrew Carnegie says:
"The merest tyro in giving knows that
great wisdom is here called for, as one
OF the really serious obstacles to the inn
provement of the race is the vast amount
Of indiscriminate charity, OF every
thousand dollars spent in so-called phi
lanthropy, it is probable that half of it
is unwisely invested In fact, this mon
ey is often given so as to produce tho
very evils which it is hoped to cure.
"The main consideration in bestowing
charity should be to help those who will
help themselves; to provide part of the
means by which those who desire to i'm
prove may do SO: to give those who wish
to get up the aid by which they may
ascend; to assist, but rarely or never,
to do all. We cannot assist a man to
climb a ladder unless he does some of
the climbing himself.
Neither the individual nor the race is
improved by almsgiving. In fact. those
really worthy of help never do-except
in case of accident or sudden change
require assistance. One of the first REQ
uisites for good use of wealth by the
millionaire is to take care that the pur-
poses for which he bestows it shall not
have pauperizing tendency upon its re-
cipients. but that his trust shall be adj
minstered so as to stimulate the best
and most aspiring part of the community
TO further effort for their own improve
nent"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
"They Don't Know" Says
Youth, Hearing
Verdict
PROSECUTION
is JUBILANT
Case Is Now Complete, "
States Attorney
Asserts

Lake Forest, ILL.,, Feb. 23.-William II
Orpet, the University of Wisconsin stu
dent charged with killing Marian Lam,
bert, found dead in Helms woods, near
her home, two weeks ago, has been taken
to the Lake county Jail at Waukegan
The coroner's jury, after Mondays in
quest recommended that he be held for
the grand jury. The girl, the verdict
Fsaid, came to her death through cyanide
of potassium poisoning and the circum-
stances warranted the detention OF Or
| pet.
The young man received the verdict
calmly with the remark that "They
didn't know" He did not testify at the
inquest. His father, +. H. 0rpet, man
ager of the Cyrus II. Mccormick estate,
and the girls father, Frank Lambert,
were witnesses. When they met they
shook hands and during the hearing they
cohversed in friendly manner.
No attempt was made in the verdict
to state how the poison was administered
to the Lambert girl. nor did it directly
charge Orpet with killing her. After de-
liberation of half an hour the verdict
was given to Coroner Taylor.
States Attorney Dady announced that
his case was complete against the young
man, saying that the circumstantial evil
dence against him was convincing.
81 have no comment" young 0rpet
said yesterday, except to say that am
innocent and will establish my innocence
in time"
"We expected the coroner's jury to
hold our client" James II. Wilkerson of
Orpet's counsel said. ut means nothing.
The state will never convict 0rpet on the
evidence uncovered. There are many
things to explain, but they will be ex
planned in time"
Orpet, il was announced yesterday, |
viii plead not guilty, waive examination |
and await grand jury action when he is
1rraigned Monday for preliminary hear
ing before a magistrate at Lake Forest
Counsel for 0rpet said yesterday that |
considerable evidence brought out at the
inquest strengthened their case. They I
declared that proof that Marian had re-
moved one glove, her right hand being
bare when her body was found, indicat
ID she had removed the glove for the
purpose OF taking poison in crystalline
orm. A chemists examination indicat
d the cyanide she had taken might have
been either in liquid or powder form.
The grand jury viii take up Orpet's
ase March 6.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
Dolls of so Years Ago.

A small but very complete collection
of dolls and dolls clothes and furniture
used between 1855 and 1854 is in the old
er building Of the United States National
museum. The dolls are in good condi-
tion and their belongings are still fresh
looking. Their clothes look a bit old
fashioned now, but they were stylish in
their time, and made with great care.
Even the assiduous curators and stu
dents Of historical dresses cannot find a
detail missing in these miniature repro
auctions of the then prevalent mode, al
though all of them are home made.
Two of the dolls have china heads, and
home made bodies Of cloth One is
dressed in blue brocade silk; the other in
brown calico. striped in white. and fig
ured in purple and green. No garment
is missing and according to the times
they are amply provided with under
skirts and underwear stockings and
booties. Then. as now, white stockings
seem 10 have been popular. The one
dressed in silk wears neckpiece and
muf 81 white cloth 70 represent ermine.
and also = bracelet and finger ring.
Besides the dresses thus displayed.
these two dolls have garments 81 an de-
-criptions both for summer and winter
wear. a. wei a. many household uten
.ils and pieces - furniture. including 4
complete bed. with feather tick and PHI
lows. sheets pillow slips. etc. There
Ire seven dresses arranged on forms 90
properly show them Oh. sud some coats.
waists. aprons bounets. bouts. stockings 3
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
1, an Anoien. Korean Coffin.

Workmen engaged in repairing the
ruins Of the old Shiragi dynasty tombs
in Korea, while employed in a nine
story tower. discovered stone coffin
about two square feet in the third
story of the tower. In the coffin were
jeweled ornament. a gold bell, sill
yer bell, some old coins, gold vase,
stone gourd, some comma shaped
jewels and several other rare articles.
all relics of ancient times, dating back
800 years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23

and she had gone out to get some eggs
for her to eat The officer referred
the matter TO his commander, who
moved by Maria's story ordered that
a woman be employed to search her
and If nothing was found on her to let
her go on, The search was thorough,
the cart being also carefully looked
over. OF course nothing was found.
Then Maria gave away all the eggs
she did not need for her mother and
went on, having been given q pass
which would enable her to go as far
as she liked.
She soon met with a party of Bull
garians engaged in placing obstruc-
tons on the road They stopped her.
but when she showed her pass they
were willing to let her go on. But,
being short of rations, they confiscated
her eggs. This frightened her.
Some Of them are not fresh" she
said II don't think you will care TO
eat such"
With that the officer in command
took up the eggs one after the other
and held them to the sunlight to look
through them. When he came to the
egg with the message, before raising
it to the light he held it in his hand
a moment to judge its weight.
This one is bad, | know" he said.
ut doesn't weigh the same as the
others
Maria's heart stood still.
The officer held the egg up to the
sun. and, since no light passed through
it, he put 1t in the basket, saying:
my dear, IL you meet with a Ser
Wan you are quite welcome to give him
that egg. 1t is not good enough for I
Bulgarian. but it Is too good for
Servian."
A way was made through the OBJ
for Marias cart, and she
drove away amid the laughter Of the
men at their officers joke
That was the last stop Maria made. |
The next men she met were some Ser
sian cavalry. She gave the egg to their
telling him that it con-
tanned message. He escorted her to |
his general, who took the paper from
he eggshell and read 1t with intense
interest. 1t named the location and /
he date at which the British and the
Seryians would form a junction. and,
since this suited the Servisns, Maria
lad only to carry back an oral mes
sage stating the fact.
Strange to say, she had more diff
,ulty in getting back than in going
tut. She was once detained overnight
Ind twice was searched. When she
inally reached the British outposts she
vas taken to the general, who gave
Ter a kiss and the hundred gold pieces
her. s
The exploit was very much to the
redit of the messenger, but 1t availed y
othing in the end, for not long after
yard the allies retreated to Saloniki
Nevertheless though what the girl !
i'd was of no avail in the end she !,
vas very proud Of 1t.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
Good Enough
For a Serviian
By ETHEL HOLMES

When the British troops were max.
Ing their way from Saloniki, Greece, to
assist the Servians In repelling the Bull
garians the commander of the English
advance was desirious of communicate
Ing with the Seryians nearest to him
In order to arrange for junction be-
tween the two forces Entering a
PEASANTS hut, he found a Greek fami-
~, the Oldest daughter being a pretty
girl of sixteen.
Would you like to earn theseT' the
general asked of the girl, showing her
handful Of gold pieces.
Her eyes sparkled, and she admitted
that she would.
well, then, take q basket of eggs
and go northward ostensibly to sell
them to such soldiers as you meet.
One of the eggs will contain mes
sage. Give it to the first Servian Off
GER you meet"
Suppose" asked the girls mother,
"this egg containing the message falls
into the hands of a Bulgarian
"In that case" replied the general,
cit would go very hard with your
daughter. But" he added, IF she
manages well l think she will get 1t
through without any difficulty"
The woman looked at the gold, then
at her daughter. The latter looked at
the gold and told the general that she
would undertake the mission. The gen
eral called for a basket of eggs and,
taking one, Clipped small hole In the
shell, let out the contents, rolled bit
of tissue paper on which the message
had been written into a wlsp the size
of match, put it through the hole in !
the shell, filed the remaining space |
with sand, then sealed the hole with a
bit of white plaster.
The girl was expected to go some |
distance; therefore a horse and cart |
on the place were requisitioned to take |
her. As she drove away the general |
bid her godspeed, and II she got the |
message through and returned safely |
she should have a hundred gold pieces |
Possibly she might be intrusted with
a return message. but IL had been ar
ranged by the one in the egg that it
should be oral.
Maria, the girl. drove along road
leading northwestward till she came
TO a picket guard of Bulgarians sta
toned to prevent any communication
between the French and English and
the Serbians. Maria showed them her
eggs, and when they seemed disposed
TO turn her back she gave each of
the men couple of them. They were
very hungry; therefore the bribe was
sufficient
she next came to quite large force
of Bulgarians, and the officer in charge
refused to let her pass. She made up
a sad story about her mother being i'll
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
ov.r~orkina the sup.r.,i,Ion.

Henry, said the superstitious host
ess to her husband, you simply must
find another guest"
What's the trouble nOwy' he asked
There are thirty Of US TO sit down"
Il know, but there were forty three
invited and exactly thirteen didn't
come. Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
pedaina.

IF I had my way" said the positive
woman. I'D make every unmarried
man pay q special tax"
What would be the user reioined
Miss Cayenne. Any man who can
successfully dodge matrimony would
surely succeed in lodging bis taxes.
Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
WHY WOMEN
WRITE LETTERS
To Lydia E. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co..

Women who are well often ask care
the letters which the Lydia +. Pinkham
Medicine Co. are continually publishing,
genuine?" "Are they truthful 2"
"Why do women write such letters?"
In answer we say that never have we
published a fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have we published
an untruthful letter, or one without the
full and written consent Of the woman
who wrote it.
The reason that thousands of women
from all parts of the country write such
grateful letters to the Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E. Pink
ham s Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
1t has relieved women from some of
the worst forms of female ills, from dis
placements, Inflammation, liberation,
irregularities, nervousness, weakness,
stomach troubles and from the blues.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
It is impossible for any woman who


is w ell and who
has never suffered
to realize how these
poor, suffering wo-
men feel when re-
stored to h e h;
their keen desire to
help other women
who are suffering as
they did.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
For Cold Feet.

For those who suffer with cold feet
there is nothing that will prove a great
err comfort than the sandbag. says the
Irish World. Make a stout bag of heavy
muslin. or one of the three and half
pound sugar, or flour bags will answer.
Put a drawstring about two inches from
one end Fill this with package of
bird sand. to be had for five cents at any
druggists. Make a second bag little
larger than the first of flannel or some
soft wooden material. Do not put a
draw string in this. but have one end lap
over well and fasten with snappers. Put
the smaller bag in this and leave on the
radiator, where it viii keep warm and
be ready for use at bedtime. If steam
is not the mode of heating, empty the
sand into tin pan and place for few
seconds over the gas flame or on top of
the stove, stirring it constantly. In a
few moments much shorter time than it
would take to boil water-the sand will
be thoroughly heated. Pour into the bag
through a funnel, draw up tightly and
wind string around neck of the bag so il
will not come unfastened, place the bag
in the flannel cover, and the foot warmer
will remain hot for long time, there
viii be no dread of wet bed from
leaky hotwater bag. and it will prove a
most welcome comfort to the aged or
those with poor circulation. Sandbags
are particularly good for neuralgia of
the face, as they retain the heat for
ong time and may be made as small and i
light az desired