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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04

cred to witness the respective arrivals
OF the two companies, who were due
to travel by the same train.
"Well, the train steamed in amid the
great but subdued excitement Of the
waiting crowd, and as mentioning a
certain famous and, he it added. very
stately and particularly pompous actor
manager) descended from his saloon,
where he had been travelling in great
state, u coquettish lady reporter step
ped briskly up to him with pencil and
notebook ready in her hand, looked at
him pertly and said she, with the
pointed and affected accent of Upper
footing. 4 beg your pardon, sir, but
may ask, are you 1.-THE Darling of the
Gods" or THE Worst Woman In Lon,
DOM "-London Tit Bits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04

BOYS FARM CLUBS.

+ The fact that his boy can beat !
: him at his own game is eating I
: away the fathers conservatism, !
I destroying his aloofness, making I
J. him receptive TO progressive !
+ ideas and is more convincing Of !
+ the worth Of scientific agricul- 4
+ ture than all the eloquent tones ::
+ of orators. !
+ The farm of the boys father is I
+ his laboratory, and there is the I
+ place for the development Of ag- ::
+ ricultural education. I
: In the process of education all I
!. teaching seems to be drifting to- 4
+ ward the intoxicating Of knowl- 1
+ edge from books only. This is !
+ taking one thing after another ::
:. from home and placing it into I
: the school. The creation of boys I
: clubs establishes a relation of ac- 1
: quaintanceship between the chill :;
: dren and the parents through :,
!; mutual interest and readjusts the :,
{: things which the school should :,
!: teach and those which the home I
should tcach.-Charles A. Wag- =.
> ner. !
=. q. 4. =, a. - =. 4. . .. Z. q. q. = q. :,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04

stormy weather to keep out wind and
snow. At other times it is always
open.
A house Of this style, which meas
ares II by 10 feet, will house from
thirty to thirty-five hens comfortably
with good results. AT present during
very blustery weather 20 per cent of
my hens are laying. Their grain food
consists of corn. wheat and buckwheat.
When confined they are supplied with
green stuff to eat, such as cabbage,
beets, etc
| always keep plenty of scratching
material on the floor, in which they are
fed three times day, thus keeping
them constantly at work They also
have fresh water three times a day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04
TRYING TO PLACE HIM.
But He Didn't Seem Qualified to Poss
For Either Role.

But He Didn't Seem Qualified to Poss
For Either Role.
In "A Rambler'S Recollections" Mr..
Alfred Capper relates a delightful
story once told him by Sir Herbert
Tree.
You remember" said Sir Herbert,
my Japanese play some years ago?
Well, when took 1t of His Majesty's
l sent it on tour.
Now it happened that a certain
town was billed very profusely with
this play and with the announcements
of another play equally, if not, indeed,
even more popular than my own. And
both were announced as appearing on
the same day at the two chief theaters
In the town.
ION the Sunday before the produc-
ton, the day on which the provincial
companies always travel from town to
town, there was quite crowd gath
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
" Estate of HENRY STAFFORD.

The undersigned having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
OF Bennington. COMMISSIONERS, to receive
examine, and adjust the claims and
demands OF oil persons against the estate Of
Henry Stafford, late of Benning on, In srid
District, deceased, and all claims exhibited.
In offset thereto, hereby give notice that
the will meet for the purpose aforeeai !. at
turt 'ro.s St TO 10 the r wn ~ Dennt gton
in Aaid District, on the Z, h dav of sept ne, 1t,
from O'Clock NJ. until o'clock p. VI. on
said day, and that ak months from the 1t
day OF March, A. o 1915. Is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for exam alton and allowance.
Dated at Bennington, Vt, this 9TH day Of
Mar h. A. D. 1916
J. no wAJBRIDGE,
J. o. BURT
Commissioners,
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mr.. W emf. And.Gui.Ii
Here's Mr.. 'Geis.lP
The Kew Plan Corn Cure That's az
Sure as the Rising Sun.

"Glad to meat you'll" says the razor
60 the corn. "Pll bleed for you'll" says
the corn to the razor. Razors and
corns love each other. Corns love to
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04

Tommaso Salvlli was one of those
men who take grim satisfaction in
waking preparations for their own in
torment. lie assisted In vanishing his
pwn coffin, magnificent walnut one,
destined to be inclosed In solid block
Of marble, with the curt inscription,
"Tommaso Salvini, Nineteenth Cen.
fury Actor" In the same way his
countryman. D'Annunzio, has con-
structed his own tomb.-London Stand.
ard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04
Flowers In susines, sections.

The Commercial club of Davenport,
Ia, has encouraged its members to
beautify the downtown section OF the
city by installing window boxes with
flowers in the stores and Office build.
lngs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04
Tuesday, April 4, 1916.
EDITOR II. /. HlNDLEY

puDllShed me nalI page picture Vi
Howard L. Hindley, editor of the Rut-
land Herald, and recently elected
president Of the Vermont Press associ-
alton. The magazine also prints
sketch of Editor Hindley as follows:
III. l.. Hindley, editor of the Rut-
land Herald, who has just been chosen
for a second time to head the Vermont
Press Association, is a widely expert
enced newspaper man. His career
has been varied-almost as varied in
scene as that of the old-time tramp
printer-and interesting. This is his
second tenure as editor of the Rutland
Herald, also He served in that cap
acity from 1903 to 1910. His first
election to the presidency of the Yer.
mont Press Association occurred In
1909.
Born in Frome, Ont, July %, 1870,
Mr.. Hindley crossed the line into the
United States in his boyhood and at
tended the Barre Collegiate Institute.
Then he learned telegraphy on the
Central Vermont Railway, and for
twelve years was telegrapher and
train dispatcher Thereafter he enter
ed journalism, and from 1901 to 1908
was editor of the Vergennes Enter
prise; and for the next two years, of
the Ludlow Tribune.
on 1906 he conducted publicity
campaign for Percival W. Clement, in.
PRODUCING the use OF display advertis-
ing in politics. In 1906 also he be-
came editor and manager OF the Mont
pelier Journal, which position he oc-
cupied until 1908, when he went to the
Rutland Herald. Two years later he
crossed the continent to Spokane and
became dramatic and political editor
Of the Spokesman-Review, in which
work he continued for four years, ex-
cepting eighteen months spent in
Olympia, Wash, as secretary of the
Industrial Insurance Commission. In
1914 he returned to the East and to
his former position with the Rutland
Herald.
"Mr Hindley married Mary Ella
Caldwell, of st. Adams, VT. in 1892.
They have two daughters and one son.
Mr.. Hindley is much interested in
amateur theatricals and in photo
graphy, and he writes sketches and
produces amateur entertainments for
amusement He is active In State
politics, and is the author of THE
Gentleman from Hayville." legisla-
tive satire. Recently he helped con.
duct local-option campaign, in WI
the local-option principle. advocated
by his newspaper, was endorsed by a
majority of more than $4,000 votes"
Any one circulating presidential pc.
titions in your vicinity? There won't
be any primary May 16 unless there
are some candidates, and two of the
bestmentioned refuse to permit the
use Of their names. How about it,
Rutland Herald.
II no one files the name of a presi-
dental candidate the prophets of evil
can be trusted to think up some new
drawback to the primary law. The
situation this year Is peculiar with the
| men whom the voters want refusing
to be candidates while hardly anybody
wants the candidates who are seeking
the nomination. The only danger
seems to be that somebody will file
the name Of some one of these unde-
sirable candidates in the hope that he
may win by default.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04

Success doesn't happen 1t is or
eanized. pre'empted, captured by con-
secrnted common SENSE Willard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04
Every Day 10 What You Make 1t.

Every day that is born into the
world comes like burst Of music and
rings itself all the day through, and
thou shalt make of it dance, a dirge
or life march as thou wilt.--Carlyle.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-22
National ChiIdren'S Bureau and
Federation of Women'S
Clubs Back Idea

HOuolulus Baby Week. part OF tie
nationwide movement for infant and
child welfare, begins next Monday IL
viii be notable prcgramsof lectures
aad exhibits, statistics, charts maps.
feeding and cleaning methods, housing
conditions and many other subjects
related to Babylon, and the first ex,
hibition Of It's kind ever held in Ho
nolulu. -. ~.
This campaign fer Baby Week Is
part OF a national movement for tho
enIightenment OF parents and public
officials as 10 the physical needs and
economic Importance Of baby welfare
I'm the community The movement II
fostered by the Children's Bureau at
Washington, directed by Miss julia
G. Lathrop. and has been forwarded
by many Child Welfare leagues in ey-
cry section OF the country The cir
culars pertaining TO the campaign this
year came too late for Honolulu tC
hold its "Baby Week" at the same
time as mainland cities, and we there
fore have the benefit of the expert
ences and methods and results of mum
erous campaigns of similar nature
In the large cities of the mainland.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker, presi,
dent of the General Federation of Wo.
mems clubs. originated~the idea of a
nationwide observance of Baby Week,
and il devolved upon Miss Lathrop.
chief of the Children's Bureau, TO help
nationalize the idea.
Miss Lathrop in her letter to Secre,
tary Vim. b. Wilson of the Depart.
ment OF Labor, outlining the idea,
wrote:
"The observance of Baby Week is
an expedient for securing attention to
facts about the needs OF babies which
are well known by scientific authori.
ties and which If popularized will
greatly reduce the loss OF infant life
throughout the country. Health au
thorities unite in saying that what is
now needed is public interest to put
into operation methods for infant wei
fare which are we'll ascertained and
tested
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-22
FREE CAR SERVICE
BABY WEEK FEATURE

For the benefit of parents and chill
dren who will attend the Baby Week
features at Palama Settlement, the
Star-Bnlietin republishes the schedule
of special street-car service. Manager
Ballentyne has informed the Baby
Week committee th9t any PARENTS
bringing their babies TO Palaaua Set
Element in any ,oS tho cars on6he fol
lowing schedule may ride free:
Monday, April "a, Emma street,
leaving Emma street terminal, at / 20
O'Clock in the afternoon.
Tuesday, April rs, Kamehameha "
road, 100 o'clock.
Wednesday. April 26, Puunui, 1:20
O'Clock.
Thursday. April p, Kakaako, lis
o'clock.
Friday. April 2s. Kaimuki, 1856
o'clock
Saturday. April 20. Waikiki. 1886
o'clock.
This schedule, Manager Ballentyne
explains, viii bring the cars to Pa
lama Settlement at 1880 o'clock. At
4:30 O'Clock on each of the above days
a car will be at the settlement for the
purpose of carrying the passengers
back to their home
No arrangements have been made
yet for a special car from Manoa, but
If a demand for a special car from
that district develops, such necessary
arrangement will be made, bringing
the mothers and babies from that
neighborhood on Friday afternoon.
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LETTERS BEGIN TO come INPRIzE .
CONTEST FOR PRACTICAL POINTERS

hand 10 the mothers of the present,
Tie babies of the present and future,
and the citizens of the future, that all
this Baby Week campaign is being
undertaken
So the Star Bulletin hopes that the
mothers will send in many sugges-
lions. II does not matter Ii they are
short Two sentences. brief and to
the point, might win a prize, though
of course the suggestion must be def
mite, practical and thorough. Whe-
Their the suggestion is along general
1iacs of. child welfare or explanatory
of some specific phase of care. it will
receive the serious consideration Of
the able judges who have consented to
serve.
The judges are Miss Janet NJ De-
war. superintendent of the Children's
Hospital; Miss Emily v. Warinner.
managing editor of The Friend, and
Mrs. Philip l.. Weaver.
Address your suggestions to the
Star-Bulletin about as follows:
Baby Week Practical Suggestion Con-
test,
Honolulu Star. Bulletin,
Honolulu
Announcement will be made later as
to the close Of the contest We hope
letters will come heaping in from now
ION.
The Star.Bulletin will also present
the first baby born in Baby Week with
$40 in gold
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-22

tAOHlitlutQ tEOi1it dt3C 81 I'D
fully urging the possible blessing OF
an adopted child upon those who have
not yet made up their minds. The
writer lets her explain her work FUR
Their in her own words:
Il do not take in children left at
the door. nor find homes for found
lings Just now, | only take one baby
at a time, and it is kept until It is
in healthy condition and cheerful, and
then, but not until. then. is the child
permitted to be placed on probation.
This is necessary. because you know
persons. especially those families
where there never had been any child
rem. would lose courage if they sud-
denly had a sickly. peevish. fretful
infant on their hands. No, the little
ones go to them Just as bright and
cheerful and we'll as ii is possible for
a good baby to be:
1--WE place them with families for
year on probation: then they must
either adopt the infant or return It.
Or. Chaplin told me that in his expert
ence he only had one baby returned,
and that was by woman who said
she was jealous of the child, because
her husband seemed to care more for
il than he did for her: but she came
back the same day and took the child
home"
One whole floor of the Judson resi-
dence is given up to the work OF
.baby-training," including, both day
and night, nursery, and, as auxiliary,
there is a roof-garden above where
the lucky transients may sleep out OF
doors on sunny days. Speaking of
her work in general, Mrs. Judson re.
marks to the interviewer:
II think it should be recognized
that society women are becoming
more efficient, And you would be
surprised to learn how much common
sense they have about babies. and
they give, as q rule, better care to
these children than does the average
mother. / believe 1t is easier to train
) child who is not ones own, because
II has not your temperament and you
arc not prejudiced so much in its
favor as to cloud your treatment of it.
..The training of a little child-the
,,oldinp of its characters the one
hest way to impress ones personality
an the world. To do this makes ones
work neyer-ending. for as long as the
world stands he or sne who under
takes such task has sent an influ-
ence for good down the ages which
shall never end. He SHAH have had
> hand in the building OF tne nation
and of the world.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-22

They're coming in-the letters in
the Star Bulletins prize contest, for
the best practical suggestion from a
Honolulu mother regarding the proper
education of a child.
This paper is offering first prize
of SIS and a second prize of S. for
these suggestions. but the offer of a
money prize is very largely te7dra~'
attention to the contest and impress
il on the public mind We know that
Honolulu mothers will gladly make
for the benefit of other mothers sug.
gestions along these lines. regardless
of any monetary consideration. And
after all, it is to extend the helping
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While this is the first year in which
l nationwide Week for Babies" pro-
paganda has been waged by the Chill
lren's Bureau. there have been Baby
Weeks in large cities in the two pre-
vious years, Chicago having the cred
il of inaugurating the first Baby Week
i'm April, 1914.
Every morning, afternoon and
evening. there will be. pictures
charts. lectures and demonstrations
given at Palama Settlement which
las been chosen as baby headquarters
for the week, as the most central and
hest-eduipped location for the work.
; 4 number OF ladies will be present
all during the day and evening to ex-
plain the many exhibits arranged in
booths: physicians. dentists and
nurses will conduct individual exam.
nations of babies entered in the con-
lest from 1 to 5 each afternoon
Boy Scouts will be present in num-
bers to assist wherever possible; and
every means taken to carry out the
idea Of Better Babies, Better Citi-
Zens'
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-22

Elias Miers. the Villa lieutenant
shot through the head in the raid on
Columbus, March 8, died at Deming,
N. NJ
The New York branch of the Ma
tional Bank of Cuba received from Ha.
vana s1,O00.000 in French and Spanish
gold and American silver.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-22
B@ytWtyk April 24-3O|
HONOL[E[J TAKES PART NNAIION-
WIDE MOVEMENT ON Child WELFARE
PROGRAM FOR FIRST
DAY OF BABY WEEK

The program for Monday, opening
day Of Baby Week. is as follows:
i:2o o. n1.-cars leave Emma street
for Palama Settlement.
4:3o o. n.-csrIs leave Palar1a Set
Element for Emma street.
1 to 5 p. m.-Esamination OF Ba-
bies.
10 S: 80 o. m.-Exhibits.
2 to 2:3o p. m-Demonstration:
Infant Feeding" by Mrs. v. Genoves.
2:3o TO $3.50 p. m-Lecture and
conference, conducted by Or. Ii, in
Chinese.
3 to g. 80 .. nl-Translations OF lee
ures in Settlement House.
4 10 $3.50 .. m. - Demonstration:
Bathing the Baby" by Mrs. Genoves.
4 o. m-"Prenatal Care" lecture
W Or. Hodeins.
7 to 9 o. n.-Exhibits.
7:15 to 1880 p. ms-Music in charge
& Mr.. French of Punahou School.
1880 to s:f5-Lecture in English,
Ind slides under the direction OF the
anti-Tuberculosis Bureau.
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MAKING CHIL0ESS
HOMES HAPPIER NOW

fcontinued from Page %
Evening star., 1916-08-11
cONFEREES AGREE TO
NAVY YARD EXTENSION
Million Dollars Provided for Bush
Work There in Naval Appro-
priation Bill.

Additional land for the Washington
navy yard. as proposed in a Senate
amendment to the naval appropfia-
tion bill. will be provided for by law.
The House conferees have accepted
the Senate proposition, and have SO
reported to the House, along with a
statement on other agreements reached
on the naval appropriation bill today.
Another agreement between the two
houses provides for an additional quar-
ter of million dollars for rush work
at the Washington yard during tine
present fiscal year.
The sum of s331,0 900 will be appro-
priated for new lands for the Wash
agreement with the Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Washington railroad for
the construction of new tracks and
new connections which will facilitate
the shipment of naval guns, ammuni-
tio1 and other materials.
The agreement between the two houses
provides that the land now held by Lewis
E. Smoot in the neighborhood OF the
navy yard is to be turned over to the
On the other hand certain
wharf privileges are to be granted Mr..
Smoot on other property.
The conferees provided 81 500. 900 for an
experimental laboratory for naval pur-
poses, but struck out the Senate amend
tory should be erected in Washington.
The Senate amendments increasing the
number of officers and men were agreed
Evening star., 1916-08-11
TURKEY REFUSES AID
FOR STARVING SYRIANS
Will Not Grant Request Of United
States That Neutral Committee
Undertake Relief'Work.

Turkey has refused to grant the re-
quest of the United States that a neu-
tral committee be permitted to UNDER
take relief work in Syria. where thou
sands Of native Christians are reported
to be starving.
Charge Miller at Constantinople. in a
cablegram received at the State Depart
ment today. said the Turkish govern
ment had informed him relief operations
in Syria were considered unnecessary,
because crops there were better than
anywhere else in the empire. He added
that although he was told the decision
was final he had not dropped the sub
ject. but would continue to press for
favorable action.
July. s the department instructed
Charge Miller to call attention to the fact
that there had ben no action in this
matter, and to say to the Turkish for
eign office that continued failure to heed
the request would put a severe strain on
the relations between the United States
and Turkey.
Evening star., 1916-08-11
COLBY SUPPORTS PRESIDENT.
Man Who Nominated Roosevelt
Scores Republican "Old Guard"

NEW YORK, August 11.-Bainbridge
Colby, who nominated Theodore Roose-
welt for the presidency at the progress
sive national convention in Chicago.
last night declared himself in favor
of the reelection of President Wilson.
In a letter to Vance Mccormick, chair
man of the democratic national COM
mittee, Mr.. Colby accepted an invita-
tfon to act on a progressive committee
which is to have a cooperative rela-
ton with the democratic campaign
committee.
Mr.. Colby asserted that the opposi-
ton to the Presidents reelection
proceeds from an unregenerate re-
pnblicanism," of which Charles E.
Hnghes is "decoy and retriever" II
Mr. Hughes were elected. Mr.. Colby
added, ''the old guard" would rope
him and tie him, as they did when he
was governor in Albany, reducing him
to plaintivea futility."
Evening star., 1916-08-11
ROOSEVELT TO GO ON STUMP.
Will Make First Speech for Justice
Hughes August 81.

NEW YORK, August 11.-Col. Roose-
welt will make his first campaign
speech in behalf of the candidacy of
Justice Hughes in Lewiston, Me-, on
August 81. This was announced after
a conference between John McGrath,
Col. Roosevelts secretary, and Frank
j. Ham, republican state chairman of
Maine.
Col. Roosevelt's speech will deal only
with national issues 1t was announced,
with the promise that it will be one of
the strongest arguments|in the fight
being waged between republicans and
democrats for victory in Maine. Other
men of note will participate in the
Maine campaign are Gov. Frank b
Willis of Ohio. Senators William f.
Rorah, Henry Cabot Lodge and Law
renee Y Sherman and Representative
Nicholas Longworth.
Evening star., 1916-08-11
TURNED DOWN SECOND TIME.
Commissioners Disapprove Bill Au-
thorizing Purchase Of r. R. Station.

For the second time this year the Dis
trict Commissioners today reported un-
favorably on a bill giving the Wash
ington and Old Dominion Railway
Company authority to purchase land
for terminal facilities in the vicinity
of 36th and VI streets northwest.
With the exception of the area to be
occupied. the bill. the Commissioners
point out. is identical with II. r. 1856,
Sixty fourth Congress. first session. on
which they made an unfavorable report
March %, this year.
If enacted, the measure, they say.
would give the company blanket au-
thority to occupy streets and avenues
and territory with its tracks and
structures in an area of eight blocks in
Georgetown. They say they regard the
granting of such broad authority as
inimical to the public interest.