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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
LET THE FLAG FLY.
Appeal for Display of Stars and Stripes
Washington's Birthday.

Editor, Barre Daily Times: VIII you
please allow me little space in your
paper that | may call the attention OF
the citizens and especially the boys and
girls of our city to the approaching an
niversary of Washington's birthday,
Tuesday Feb. 22T
The department patriotic instructor of
the Woman's Relief corps, Ellen Con-
ant of Bradford has issued a circular
asking that the day be made a day of a
great flag rally so let MS once moro
display the flag and let the boys
and girls wear them out of respect 20
! this great man, who was born in Virgil
MIA on Feb. %, 1882, OF family which
had come from England about the mid
die of the seventeenth century. His educa-
ton was elementary. He was brought
mp on his fathers plantation. He was
surveyor of the lands of Lord Fairfax.
When he was 20 years of age, he became
heir to the family property OF Mount
Vernon.
In 1853 he was appointed commander
of the northern military district of Vir
GINA He was sent by the governor TO
warn the French away from the new
fOTIh III IeiIISl lNduAds iAt uiHpiaNtG EuCh
clear Judgment in the execution of his
commission that he was appointed in
1855 commander in chief of all the Fir-
ginia forces, with the task of defending
frontier of $50 miles, with $50 men, in
Braddock's campaign. He came rapidly
to the front as an officer OF GOODNESS and
military skill.
At the close of this war, he married
Martha cambridge. In l744. at the Con-
tinental Congress, on motion OF John |
Adams, he was appointed commander-in- |
chief of the armed forces of the colo /
nies. On July of the same year. he 1
took command of the army at Cambridge, I
Mass, and was engaged in series OF 4
which ended only when the 4
object OF the war had been fully attained. 4
He was elected president in 1857, serv- i
ing two terms. He spent the rest OF
his life at Mount Vernon. dying in 1899.
He is known az ~the father Of his eoun
try" His personal appearance was that
Of a perfect gentleman and accomplished
warrior.
II seems most appropriate to make
display Of the flag on his birthday, for
We are told the flag vas made under
his supervision. and nav We all honor
the memory Of our first president by
the flag on Feb. p.
Emma A. Lapoint. press correspondent,
". r. c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
Washing Lace.

The secret of washing lace successfully
is to get most of the dirt and CRIME out
/ of it with as little rubbing as possible.
First shake the lace in the open air and
give it bath in the sunshine. Then,
after summing and airing it. soak it in
lul1ewarm soapsuds. For this suds, dis
solve shavings of CASTLE or other white
soap in boiling water, and to every gal
lon of water add two tablespoons of
borax.
If the piece of lace to be cleaned is
small, says Needlecraft, the easiest way
to clean it is to put it in big fruit jar,
cover it with soapsuds and let it stand
for four or five hours.
While the lace is soaking, shake the
jar from time to time. If it is very
soiled, change the soapy water two or
three times. For larger piece of lace,
a big granite saucepan is the best uten-
sill to use.
When the lace seems clean, rinse it in
three or four changes of clear lukewarm
water Don't rub the lace when it is in
the soapy water and don't wiring it when
it is in the clear water. To get rid of
the water, simply press the lace firmly
between the hands or between two clean
bath towels. When it is moderately free
from water, pin it right side up on an
ironing board.
If it is necessary to stitfen the lace,
dissolve a little gum arabic in water
and add this to the last rinsing water.
In the case of pure white lace. little
bluing should also be added to the water.
Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
Clothes for the Kitchen.

Many women, adept in selecting street,
afternoon or evening clothes, fall short
in the matter of choosing suitable gar
ments for wear in the kitchen. Unless
| laundry work or scrubbng is TO be done,
there is no reason why working clothes
should not be as pretty as other clothes,
says the Ottawa Citizen. This does not
mean as expensive but pretter mate
rails can be bought for the same money.
If women will search the wash goods
counters they will find bewildering ar
ray of pretty prints, ginghams, linens,
crepes, batistes and lawns, all low in
price, and many suitable for house wear.
A pale pink, blue or lavender dress is
much more to be desired than an ugly
dark one. Trimmed with bits of moder-
ate priced lace, it can be made to look
far removed from the wrapper or house
dress of coarse material and fashion. The
same with aprons. Why homely mate
rails, when there are so many light
checks and figured cloths that can be
made into bungalow aprons or iaunty
breakfast or afternoon gowns.
Women should see that their house
dresses and aprons are fresh and good
to look at.
Light -colored kitchen clothing does not
soil any more rapidly than dark. The
only difference is that light clothes show
the dirt more quickly.
Light colored clothes are just as easy
to launder as dark, and they have the
added advantage OF looking prettier aft
er ironing. 1t pays to look fresh, crisp
and clean even when you must be en-
gagged in household duties.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19

the breast of a young lover is jealousy
Imogene felt sure that her fiance had
dropped the paper on which were the
letters and figures given above, and
these she feared was cipher message
TO rival. She showed them 10 her
mother, who found 1t convenient to
agree with her. Mrs Blair promised
TO decipher the cryptogram and called
In John Stebbins to help her. Whether
or no she believed his fiimsy interpre-
tation to be correct, she certainly pre-
ferred TO consider II so. Taking the
paper back to her daughter she gave
the meaning John had put upon 1t.
Imogene was much affected. She
told her mother that she would charge
her fiance with being In clandestine
correspondence with another girl and
II he did not make a satisfactory ex
PLANTATION she would break her en-.
gagement, Mrs. Blair told her that
Shackelford would doubtless trump uL
an explanation and begged Imogene
TO act without consulting him. After
long struggle, In which the mother
strove to convince the daughter that
Shackelford wanted her only for the
wealth she would inherit, Imogene
was prevailed upon and wrote him
note breaking with him without with.
out giving any reason.
So thin was the evidence on which
this conspiracy was based that Mrs
Blair took advantage of the sea
son, February, to whisk her daughter |
off to Florida and kept her there till
their return they found Shackelford |
engaged to girl whose first name
happened TO be Laura, with fortune
in her own right.
This was conclusive proof to limo
gene that the paper she, had discovered
was a cipher love letter. Partly te
show the recresnt Shackelford that
she did not love him and partly from
the dawn of common sense within her
she accepted John Stebbins.
Some time after their marriage John
INVITED his wife as to her affair with
She produced the cryp
togram. John looked at It curiously
that he had ever seen 1t be
lore.
what is it?' asked his wife
1.-THE combination of a safe lock-"
"Whatr'
"'Turn from zero to g. then right to
}, then left to H."
"Oh, my goodness gracious"
But Imogene lived to be thankful
hat she had turned down dancer fol
practical business man and did not
mind the way in which the scale had
,een turned in favor Of the latter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
LAMBERT CASE HINGES
ON MISSING PHIAL
The Police Get New Letters Which Orpet
Had Written to the
Girl

Waukegan, ILL.,, Feb. l9.-Lake county
officials yesterday had definitely given up
hope of finding the bottle which con-
tanned the poison taken or administered
to Marian Lambert, for whose murder
William II. Orpet, Wisconsin university
junior, is held States Attorney Dady
announced that searchers who had combed
the woods where the girls body was found
had been called off the task.
1--WE have not found the bottle, nor
does there seem any chance of finding
it, Dady said.
Discovery of the missing bottle would
have been the last link in the chain of
evidence woven about Orpet, officials de-
clared.
Baked in this search, the authorities
turned their attention yesterday to an
other method of linking Orpet with the
poison taken by Marian. They secured
new samples of poisons found in the
cellar of the greenhouse on the Cyrus II.
Mccormick estate, where 0rpet's father
was employed and sent these to Chicago
for comparative analss with the poi
sons found in the girls stomach. Analy-
sis viii be completed, and the results
made known at the inquest, to be held
Monday.
At the inquest to be held in little
establishment at Lake For
Est, young 0rpet will not testify. His
viii be there. and most likely
0rpet viii attend. The state plans to
-eveal its entire claim of evidence The |
defense will not expose its contention
Until the trial in one of the northern I'LL |
lois courts, to which a change of venue |
will be taken if 0rpet is indicted. The |
yrand jury meets March 8.
Orpet apparently has resigned himself
o jail life. He has developed one or two
riends among the other prisoners, but
or the most part holds aloof. His moth
r has been to see him several times.
The state is said TO have come into
possession of so additional letters writ
en- by Orpet to Miss Lambert.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
ACT QUICKLY
Delay Has Been Dangerous in
Barre

Delay Has Been Dangerous in
Barre
Do the right thing at the right
time.
Act quickly in time of danger.
In time of kidney danger
Doan's Kidney Pills are most eff
fective.
Plenty of Barre evidence of
their worth.
C. A. Churchill, So Merchant
street, Barre, says: Zone box
of Doan's Kidney Pills benefited
me so greatly that continued
until all symptoms of kidney
complaint had disappeared. On
several occasions since ] have
taken this medicine with good
/ have often advised a
trial to friends and acquaint-
ances whom | have heard COM
of hackache."
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr.. Church
I'll had. Foster Milburn Co, Props, Buff
falo, y. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
A Cryptogram
BY F. A. Mitchell

IL is said that "alls fair in love and
war" Whether or not the adage is
true, this story is an illustration of It.
1mogene Blair, a comely lassie OF
eighteen and the idol of her parents,
must needs be debating whether she
should accept Frank Shackelford as
a husband. The only reason why she
hesitated was because Frank was
worthless except for one purpose-that
was to lead cotillions. When Imogene
saw him marshaling the dancers, his
breast covered with favors and look
ing for all the world like much dec
GRATED generalissimo, she admired him
immensely, and when he stood in the
middle of the ballroom and gave his
orders by clapping his hands she
thought him god.
Iniogene, Notwithstanding her par
ents' serious objections, accepted Mr..
Shackelford, and there was before her
the honor of being the wife Of prom
inent society man and cotillion leader
Her father, hard headed man, who
had made a fortune by practical at
tention to business, was much disgrun-
tied by his daughters choice. His
chief clerk, John Stebbins, had been
attentive to Imogene, and Mr.. Blair
had hoped she would marry him. John
was Mr.. Blair's financial man and as
steady as church. But 1t was not to
be expected that a man who did not
even dance could compete with terp-
sichorean captain-general with his
breast plastered over with decorations.
John knew that he was the favorite
of the parents of the girl he loved, but
disdained to avail himself of this adj
vantage. One day Mrs. Blair came to
him after her daughters engagement |
and showed him piece Of paper on !
which was written 90 l.. 6. r. 8. l..
IT." and asked him his opinion as to |
what it all meant John suspected what
1t was, but he was considerable of
wag, a great favorite with the lady
who showed it to him, and, withal,
quite apt at invention. After studying
it awhile he said:
II think it's love message. The
UTSb TWO ltllcIS, ". LIZ pkoDdbly o'ahu
for o, Laura. l. is the ninth letter in
the alphabet. So we have o, Laura, /.
The meaning of the next letter, R.,
we must fill In after we have finished.
u. is the twenty-first letter of the al
phabet, or you. The whole may
read, o, Laura, - you Quite
likely the letter r. is the initial letter
for the word love in some other Ian
guage than English
"Just what / thought" said Mrs.
Blair, and without stopping to give the
young man a chance to confess that
he was chatting her she whisked out
of the room.
Now, when Shackelford had visited
Imogene one evening he had taken a
bunch of letters from his pocket in or ,
der to read one of them to her and a
bit of paper had slipped from among
them and fallen on the floor, slanting
as it fell, so that 1t lay under the sofa
On which the couple were sitting. A
maid had picked it up the next morn
ing and handed it to the young lady.
The most easily excited emotion In =
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
WEBSTERVILLE
Notice.

The members of Wuchosen tribe, No.
10, l. o. r. NJ, and of Winona council,
No. s, d. of p, and invited guests are
earnestly requested to attend the annual
Washington's birthday celebration, to be
held at opera house hall, East Barre,
Tuesday evening, Feb. %. Price of tick
cts. 50 per couple, to members of the
tribe only. Tickets may be procured
from members Of the committee at any
time before the evening of the 22d, and
win be on sale at the hall the evening of
the 22d. Several big chiefs are expected
to be present. Heap big time. Heap
much welcome.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
Anything Possible These Days.

Impossible"
"But / saw it."
Impossible ridiculous"
81 tell you it did,"
"And / say it didn't, because it couldn't
do it."
II was there and witnessed it,"
do you mean to tell me that he was
killed by bolt from a clear sky? Do
you expect me to believe such yarn?"
he shouted
That's just what I'm telling you. A
workman on twenty story building
dropped the bolt. "-Kansas City Jour
nal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
LONDON BYSTANDER
FINED FOR "UNPAT-
RIOTIC" CARTOON
Drawing Depicted British Soldier
Lying intoxicated Beneath
Tree.

London, Feb. l9-The proprietors OF
the W ekly journal, Bystander, yester-
day were fined $500, the former editor,
Vivian Carter, $3.50, and Lieutenant Ber-
nard cartoonist, $3.50, for publishing a
cartoon depicting British soldier lying
intoxicated beneath a tree and clasping
bottle Of rum Beneath the cartoon
were the words Reported missing"
The charge was brought under the de-
tense of the realm act on the ground
that publication of the cartoon was
preiudicial to discipline and recruiting.
An appeal was entered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
Lots of Will!

Fumes--I'm going to quit smoking.
Tombs- You haven't the viii power.
Fumes-The devil | haven't! Why, |
have quit four times already this month.
Stanford Chaparral.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19

and hurt 50 that l was al
most crazy. and I could not
sleep, and had to walk the
floor at night. My hair all
fell out and I was almost
bald. | was In the house for
two weeks.
The trouble lasted about
eight weeks and I lad many
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
How Animals Sleep.

The magazine, "0ur Dumb Animals, .
gives an interesting article on the way
in which certain animals obtain their
rest, as follows:
Elephants sleep standing up. When in
herd certain number will always
stand watch while the others sleep, for
the big, powerful beasts are timid and
cautious at night and win not 90 to
sleep unguarded.
Bats sleep head downwards, hanging
by their hind claws.
Birds, with few exceptions, sleep with
their heads turned taiIward over the
back and the beak thrust beneath the
wing.
Storks, gulls and other long legged
birds sleep standing on one leg.
Ducks sleep on open water. To avoid
drifting ashore, they keep padding with
one foot, thus making them move in
circle.
Foxes and wolves sleep curled up,
their noses and the soles of their feet
close together and blanketed by their
bushy tails.
Lions, tigers and cat animals stretch
themselves out fiat upon the side. Their
muscles twitch and throb. indicating that |
they are light and restless sleepers.
Owls, in addition to their eyelids, have /
screens that they draw sideways across !
heir eyes to shut out the light, for they |
ileep in the daytime.
Silk folded and put away is apt to be |
ound creased and cut on the fold when /
AIKEN out later. Always roll silk rather
oosely on a cardboard cylinder or roll |
# newspapers and it will remain in good
Blue tissue paper or blue cam
'ric should be put around white silk or
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
Topics of the
Home and
Household.

For fixing on small pieces of wooc
Clipped off furniture, use the white of al
egg.
To render pie crust faky, try adding
half spoonful of vinegar to the cold
water when mixing.
When cooking sour fruit, add pinch OF
carbonate of soda to the juice, and it
viii require less sugar.
After fowl of any kind is cleaned, the
inside should be rubbed thoroughly with
piece of lemon before the dressing is
put in.
When ivory handled knives look yell
low, rub them with fine sandpaper or
emery it will take off the spots and re-
store the wilderness.
Equal parts of rosewater and glycer-
inc, with few drops of tineture of ben
zoin added, will make a mixture that
will prevent the hands from chapping
even in the coolest weather.
When embrodering long eyelets, darn
along the stamped line in the usual way,
cut. and when working the eyelet hold a
strand of the embroidery cotton along
the cut edge in the same manner as but
tonholes are worked over a silk cord.
The amateur embroiderer will find that
her completed eyelets viii be much firm
er if done in this way When embroid-
aring handkerchief linen or fine Persian
lawn, embroidery rings often do more
larm than they are of use, as they are
lpt to tear or draw the material out of
,hape though the embroiderer is often
It loss how to do satisfactory work
without them. This obstacle may be
overcome by basting the material upon
ordinary table oilcloth. This will hold
he material as smooth and make the
work. as easy as if it were stretched |
yer rings, without any harmful results. |
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19

satin when laying it away, to keep ID
from yellowing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
ALMOST BALD WITH
ECZEMA ON HEAD
Started with Bllstery PimpIes.
Itched so Badly and Hurt so
Was Almost Crazy.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

Il had eczema which started with blis-
terry pimples along the edge Of my hair and
went an over my head. IL itched 50 badly
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19

treatments. but they did not do me any
good Then got a cake % Cuticura Soap
and one box o. Cuticura Ointment. and IN a
few days / saw little fine hairs coming.
Now I am entirely healed and have no
r5aartr. Of any kind CsiEned) A. Premiere.
Pisntxv4Ue. Conn. July -, 1915.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-03-03
CLEARWATER LAKE.

Geo. Stamper is spending the week
at Crandon.
Mts. Fl. P. Hansen spent few
home Tuesday
Mrs. G.. Olmstead is visiting at Ea-
gle River this week
Herman Korth returned to his
work at Everette's resort.
Art Tyler, Gilbert Olmstead and
Peter Peterson returned from their
winters work at Laona Jet. We'd
nesday.
Henry Hansen who has been work
ing for Harry StearnS for the past
nine months is at home for i few
weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Thomas and child
rem and Warren Bigford returned
Tuesday from Wheeler's camp where
they had been working through the
winter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-03-03
CONOVER.

Eric Thorsell returned Tuesday
from a trip to Iron River.
Florence NoItwen and Emil
Johnson spent Sunday at home.
Marian Fuller spent Saturday
with her parents at Eagle River.
Grange program and dance at
the Pioneer lake school saturday
March 4.
Church services were held at
the Reed school Sunday. Fe brua-
ry ~, Lutheran League, in the
evrning. Refreshments served
by Ellen and Arthur. Nortwen.
=
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-03-03

The work in sewing was intro
dnced at Winchester three years ago,
mooney having been raised by enter
tainments and private contributions
to obtain materials amounting to
forty-one dollars iS4l.0O) At the same
| tame recipes were given out at school
10y the teacher which were tried at
home by the children. Samples OF
their work were brought to school
for criticism, and the children were
1given the proper credits. In this
way Winchester secured it's first
state aid of4one hundred dollars.
The following year this one hum
dred dollars was used for manual
training equipment and sewing ma
terials. The manual training bench
costing fourteen dollars and seventy
Ave cents lS14.75) and the first set of
tools thirteen dollars $1,000 The
balance was spent for lumber, stain,
etc. This year they purchased a two
burner oil stove for ten dollars (Sl0. 0O)
and cabinet for eleven dollars
(sl1.00) Thus far for this year Feb.
lst) the cooking materials have not
exceeded four dollars $500
Sewing and cooking are taught al
ternate weeks. The work is made as
practical as possible. The girls have
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-03-03

hi TED Kelley went to Ironw@o6 on
business Monday
Nl,rs- Wester cca2ae up from Easl lie
River Monday to visit friends.
Miss Hissen returned to Amigo
Thursday, after spending few days
with 'k1rs. Pat Kelley.
Tim Maher spemt Thursday with
his brother William at Donaldson.
Mrs. A. J. Moore and neice, Miss
Evelyn Miller came up from Amigo
Saturday.
Mrs. J. D. Wantwood returned
from Antigo Saturday where she Wis
tied Mrs C. A. Apker.
The casd party given by the Cath
Ole ladies, at the school hall, Satur-
day night was largely attended. All
reported q good time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-03-03
Domestic Science and Manual Traini1!
in Villas County.
Success at Winchester and Wineya..
WINCHESTER DATA
WINCHESTER DATA:

made aprons. underwear,
plain and fancy, bags, dust
dish cloths, etc. At present u
grade girls are making their 8
ting dresses. An the work is
by hand. The dresses are plan
neatly made. Besides giving
girls the actual practice II
ates the celebrates dress lqeS'0
uiencement.
For the boys the program
ranged so that each boy Wolh'
hour per week at the Dencu
of this work is done during Sps'
ments and Friday afternoons
voted entirely to manual tfaiDlD'
BOYS have made, birdhouSes'
boxes, window screen lIaiD1
ladders etc. Last year sCl!-
boys were offered five Ooll'1
their ladders.
Vinegar carries out Tie
course with equally good EeSul.1
If results like these can DC "
in a two room state graded ScDI
seems we certainly should col
tate putting the courses III
like Eagle River.
A. J. AUSTIN
County superintendsI
Dora STEINKE
Supervising Teach