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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
Learn to Think on Your Feet.

1t does not matter whether one
wants to be n public speaker or not, a
person should have such complete con
troll of himself, should be so self re-
liant and self poised, that he can get
up in any audience, no matter how
large or formidable, and express his
thoughts clearly and distinctly. In all
ages oratory has been regarded as the
highest expression of human achieve
NETT. Young people. no matter what
they intend to he, whether blacksmith
or farmer. merchant or physician
should make it study. Nothing else
will call ont what is in a man more
quickly and more effectively than the
constant effort TO do his best in speak
ing before an audience. When one un-
dertakes to think on ones feet and
speak eXtemp0raneously before the
public the power and the skill of the
entire man are put to the severest test.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
Some Tiehtwads.

'Tightwad' has crept into colloquial
slang. 1t is even included in the die
tionary, and its meaning is obvious and
well known. The man who can afford
to spend money literally and will not,
though his companions set him the eX-
ample, is sconfully referred to by
that name. In the popular acceptGtion
it is Il synonym for meanness. And
yet his spending is somewhat accord
ing to his temperament; he spends if
the occasion seems to him proper and
suitable. His purse opens If the object
appeals to his tastes and inclinations
unless he hoards merely for the pur
pose of getting ana keeping To be
economical. or at least TO refuse to
spend when others are spending just
to be "a good fellow" is equivalent in
many minds to being tightwad. And
yet many n man has surprised the com
munity in which he lived by great
charity or public gift, of lasting benefit
to others, made possible by what his
neighbors termed his ''closefstedness.
Detroit Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
pa vinci,s "rhc Loot cupner.'

During the last years o. the fifteenth
century Leonardo ia Nin,i executed
for the Duke of Milan his masterpiece
Of painting, The Last SUPPER wall
decoration in the refectory in the mon
astery of Santa Maria dele GraZie.
Milan. Owing chiefly to his use Of
oil colors directly upon the wall, to
neglect and to vandalism, only ruin
Of the grand original remains But,
while for purposes of study it is neces-
sary to refer to the many copies by
Da Vinci's pupils. the best of which
are those by Marco d'Oggiono, in st.
Petersburg and In the Royal academy,
London, and to Raffaello Morghen's
excellent print, the original alone gives
the true though faint idea of the
wonderful lighting and melting color.
The painting was in every respect
epoch making, no less in pictorial
qualities than in the remarkable COM
position.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09

"a balloon is sent up at New York
city on an absolutely calm day. remains
in the air for one hour, drifting in the
moderate currents OF the upper air, and
descends few miles from the place
from which it was sent up. How is it
that the place Of descent is not some
spot adjacent to Chicago IL the theory
OF the earth's revolution Is correct?'
This problem was propounded in a
letter to the Scientific American and
received tins interesting answer:
The simple answer TO your inquiry
is that the air is part of the earth and
rotates with it just as the water does.
If it did not there would be a ire
mendous wind from the east of nearly
1000 miles an hour at the equator and
about $50 miles in our latitude. This
is apparent if You recall the winA
which is felt when going swiftly
through still air on Il car. The air is
held upon the earth by gravity and con
stitutes a part of the revolving globe
in a very real sense.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
Their Upper and Lower Worlds.

Shamanism is name applied to the
religion Of certain peoples among Firms,
Hungarians, Turks, Mongollans and
TunguseS, but chiefly those of north
western Asia. At present Shamanism
is best represented by the practices
Of the Tunguses According to them
there are three spiritual realms
heavenly, earthly and subterrancan
The earthly realm is on the surface OF
the earth; the other two consist OF
stories above and below the earths
surface. The good spirits live above
or on the earth; the evil below it. The
upperworld Of light is composed OF
seventeen such stories, or heavens; the
lower world Of darkness, of seven (or
nine) hells Above live the greatest
lords. khans. gods, good spirits and
blessed ghosts; below, devils. demons,
k0boldS, goblins, gnOmes. swanmaidens
and the damned ed-Philadelphia Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
Pocahontas and Mrs. Wilson.

It was on the DIST o. March, old
style, in 1917, that Pocahontas, love
llest and most celebrated of all Indian
women, died in England, on the eve OF
her projected return to her native land.
The climate OF England did not agree
with Pocahontas, and she was already
in state OF decline when she proceed
ed to Gravesend with her husband,
John Rolfe, and her infant son, Thomas,
purposing to take passage on n ship
bound for America. She had no sooner
reached Grayesend than she was strick-
en- down with smallpox, to which she
soon succumbed.
Thomas Rolfe, the son of Pocahon-
tas, had daughter named Jane, who,
in 1915, married Robert Boiling, Il
young Englishman who had settled in
Virginia. Jane had one son, and he i'll
turn was the parent Of one son and five
daughters. This sons great-great-
grandson was William Holcomb Boil
ing. the father of Mrs. Woodrow Will
son.--New York World.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
ESTATE OF HIRAM n. ALLEN

CTATE OF VERMONT, The Honorable
- Distri, t of Remington, ss. Probate Court
for the District afore aid:
To the heir and all persons interested in the
estate of Hiram n. Allen late of Bennington
In said District deceased. GREETlNG:
WHEREAS, application hath been msde TO
this Court in wiring, by the Executor
praying for license ana authoritr to sell por-
tion real estate of fad deces sed tor the payment
of debts and charges of administration, setting
forth therein toe amount Of debts due fr IN
sud deceased. the charges of admiuistTati n
and the amount of Der ,Snal estate AM the
situation of the resi- estate
WHEREU pom, the said c 'urt app inted and
assigned the Is day OF Ju G 1917, at the Pro-
cate Ofhce In penoington, in said District, to
hear and decide upon said O plication and
pettion, a. d ordered public no ice tnereOf be
,nven TO all persons INT re ted Tn rein. ~ pub
lishlug said order. ogether with the time and
pace OF heariog, three weeks sucCe sively in
The Bennington Evening BanDer. a newspaper
which c1rcuiates in the neie hborhood OF those
perons interested IN said estate, al which
puhhcatiors shall be previous 10 the day as
gned for hearing
THEREFORE. you are hereby notified to ap-
pear be ore said Court. at the time and p ace
assigned. then and the p in said Court tn rake
your objections TO the granting OF such lie ense
Hyou see cause.
Given under my hard at Bennington In said
District, this sth day OF May 1917.
AMY Il. HARBOUR. Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09

AMATEURS DO WELL
"The Trouble at Brewster's" Given
Tuesday Evening

The comedy entitled The Trouble
at Brewster's", which was given by
the Sunday school class of the Sec
ond Congregational church instructed
by Mrs. Philip T. II. Pierson, in the
Congregational chapel Tuesday eve
ming. met with much favorable COM
ment. Preceding the play itseifl
there was musical program, which
consisted of a piano duet by Misses
Cecile Annis and Frances Barber vo-
cal selections by Miss Vera Suter, and
a vocal duet by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Parker, accompanied by Mrs. George
w. Keeseman.
The play was pretty little affair in
which each of the actors took her part
most creditably. Miss Helen Thomas
as Dorothy. Miss Harriet Wishart as
Alice and Miss Eleanor Hutton as
Kathleen. were the principals in the
praise which Misses Alicia Armstrong,
Beatrice Bixby, Cecile Annis and Lois
Estes all took their roles in fine anna
teur style. Miss Dorothy Carver, who
was the sole coach, deserves much
credit. After the play a social time
was spent by the players and the
large audience present.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
FOUR MILLIONS OF
FING[RL|NGS TO
BE RAISED
If Local Hatchery is Developed to
Full Possibility
COMMISSIONER ltAVENs HERE
Met With Bennington sportsmen Last
Night and Talked of Conditions in
This Section.

Four millions of brook trout can be
raised to the lingering stage at the
local station if the plant is developed
to its full capacity is the opinion of
Commissioner Linus Leavens after
visiting the station yesterday and
comforting with County Warden Ed
ward S. Higgins and other local fisher
men.
Mr.. Leavens authorized the build
ing at once of another 100-foot race
way in order to spread out the young
trout so they can grow and there is
room and water for six more of these
raceways on the property.
Now at the station there are about
100000 young brook trout, $4,000 lake
trout and 25,000 land-locked salmon.
The water from the Bushnell spring
here proved so good that the eggs
Matched the first OF February while
there are some hatcheries where eggs
did not hatch until the first of April.
Because of this early Matching the
young fish here are well advanced and
are believed to be through the most
delicate stages. They will be ready
for planting in July and the percent
age of loss has been exceedingly
small.
In the evening Commissioner Leav-
ems met local sportsmen at the studio
of W. T. White. He said it was a
pleasure to find so much interest here
and promised to cooperate with the
fishermen and hunters of this county
in every way possible to improve the
fishing and hunting
Mr.. Leavens is now making his
first tour around the state and says
that it is already apparent to him
that where there is local club and
live interest in stocking and obeying
the law there is a steady improve
ment in the fishing while in sections
where violations are unheeded the
fishing gets poorer year by year.
With the income from the licenses
the department now has more money
to work with than before and it will
be possible to raise several millions
of lingering annually, as fast as
proper rearing stations can be put in
commission. These fingerlings will
be put into the streams and lakes and
preference will be given to those Sec
tions where the laws are obeyed and
q real effort made to conserve and
improve the fishing.
An effort Will be made to improve
the warden service by employing few
er and better wardens, though in this
respect the commissioner will follow
the plan that has been used in this
county under Warden Higgins.
Mr.. Leavens also wants an effort
made. in this county, to close small
head streams and tributaries where
the trout are always small. This will
make them feeders for the larger
streams and will reinforce the stock
Ing as has been proved by expert
ment.
The commissioner promised few
andlocked salmon for Lake Hancock
and for Big pond in Woodford as an
experiment to see if they be made to
thrive in these waters. The commits
sioner left this morning for Rutland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
NO STRIKE AT HALE PLANT
Rumors of Trouble at East Arlington
Industry Groundless. .

The Hale Manufacturing company
at East Arlington resumed operations
this morning after a brief suspension
for the purpose to taking an inventory
and making change of system. The
rumors of a strike at the factory are
without any foundation. During the
past year the company officials have
been considerably annoyed by persist
ent rumors of strikes. They are un-
able to account for the stories in
view of the fact that there has been,
according to the management, no
trouble whatever with the employees.
Recently the company has received
from the United States government
orders for cot frames and tent poles
that will keep the plant running to
capacity for year without any other
business.
The latest rumor regarding trouble
at the factory was probably
due to the fact that the company sus-
pended operations at this time. 1t
is unusual for the company to take an
inventory in the spring
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
Worryinu HAPPINESS.

The bishop of Manchester, speaking
at a meeting at Church House, West
was to have a sufficient multitude Of
worries.
The man who had only one worry,
a blind that would not be pulled up
straieht by the servant or "A coal scut-
tie the bottom of which was always
coming out. found his way to the
lunatic asylum, but the man who had
no time to dwell upon his worries lie
cause he had to go from one to an
other and back again and round and
round like Il squirrel in II cage could
be a perfectly happy man.-London
Mail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
WHEATF|GURESAR ARE
FAVORABLE TO
BIG HARVEST
Face a Heavy Shortage Unless Con-
sumption is Curtailed
RESERVE STOCK NOW VERY LOW
viii Have to Furnish at Least Five
Hundred Million Bushels TO
Allies.

Official wheat crop estimates an
nounced at Washington yesterday
show that with the world facing a
bread shortage the United States, un-
less it cuts its present consumption,
probably will produce only enough
wheat this year to supply its own
population. The forecast. compiled
by the department of agriculture on
conditions May t. put this country's
winter wheat yield at 10000, 600
bushels, the smallest in 13 years.
Reserve stocks this year are said
to be lower than at any previous time
at this season. The visible supply is
put now at 3O.OO00O0 bushels. with
a somewhat larger invisible stock.
The lowest visible stocks ever report
ed in the United States were 5000
000 on July 1, two years ago. When
harvesting of the new crop begins in
July of this year it is estimated that
the reserve will be even lower than
that.
The allies wheat requirements for
the coming year are put at 5OO,OOO.-
900 bushels as minimum. The
United States will be asked to supply
more than half that amount. Wheat
crops in other parts of the world are
poor The Argentine crop failed and
home consumption will require the
entire yield. Canada's production is
confined chiefly TO a string crop OF
normally about 200,000,0OO bushels,
much of which is available for ex-
port -
In statement accompanying its
report yesterday. the agriculture de-
partment declared that although the
winter crop condition is the poorest
on record. crop conditions otherwise
are favorable The extent of plowing
and planting done May /, the state
ment said, was above the average.
The department is making every
effort TO educate the American people
to greater use of corn meal for
bread. Corn is Americas big crop
but except in the South it never has |
supplanted wheat for bread. Depart |
ment officials believe America must
turn to corn to release wheat for
abroad if the allies are TO |
be fed and Germany is to be defeated. |
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
He. WHITE CO.W|LL
BUILD LARGE
MILL ANNEX
Work on the Concrete Foundation
Has Been Started
STRUCTURE TO Be 60 BY 100
Building Will Be Used Specially For
the Manufacture Of The Popular
kiddie kars.

Work has been begun on the new
building of the H. c. White company
in North Bennington. The structure,
which is to be of. brick, will be 90
by 100 feet and will consist of three
stories with a basement The founda-
tion, which will be made of concrete,
viii be begun soon. as preparations
for its construction are almost com
pleted.
The contractors for the building are
the Kingsbury construction company
OF Glens Falls, who were in charge of
the addition to the r Il Waist COM
pany's mandatory in this village
The engineer is Henry p. Jones. 1t is
expected that the work will be finish
ed in about eight weeks.
The building will be devoted ex-
clusiyely to the making of Kiddie
Kars and it is expected that the en-
larged quarters will enable the II. C.
White company to double their busi-
ness in the toys. From descriptions
and specifications, it is evident that
the plant viii be the finest wood work
ing establishment in the state. The
Kiddie Kar. invented by c. w. White,
superintendent of the II. c. White
Company has become one of the most
popular as well as most practical toys
on the market today.
The H. c. White company which be-
gan business a number of years ago
in modest quarters as manufacturers
of stereopticans, have built up a big
business in remarkably short time.
They have increased their original
business to such an extent that they
are now recognized as authentic pro-
ducers of views of not only this
country but also practically all the
countries of Europe. Their latest de-
parture, the Kiddie Kar, has met with
and marvellous success.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
BRITISH C|RLlt
bOULLEC0URT ON
THREE SIDES
Important Point in Hindenhurg Line
Must Soon Fall
MAY COMPEL GERMAN RETREAT
Experts Convinced kaiser's Troops
Will Be Unable to Hold Present
Positions.

London, May 9.-Bullecourt which
lies in the original Hindenburg line
south of the Arras-C Cabral road, is sur
rounded on three sides by Gen. Haig's
troops and the announcement of its
capture is expected at any minute.
The British have penetrated the
line running from Oppy to Quarant
and military experts are of the
opinion that German positions will
soon become untenable.
The operations about Bullecourt are
considered of more importance than
in the vicinity of Fresnoy on the
arras front which was captured by the
Germans yesterday Here the British
lost trenches which were later re-
gained and still later lost to the Ger
mans who brought up two fresh
divisions to attack the position.
The Berlin statement said that the
Germans took 2000 prisoners when
they stormed Fresnoy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
BILLION FOR SHIPS
Great Merchant Fleet to Overcome
U-Boat Menace

Washington, May S.-Congress will
be asked to appropriate S1.0O0,000,000
for the building of the great American
merchant feet which is TO overcome
the submarine menace. Estimates OF
the Shipping Board are that 5000 000
TO 100000 tons of steel and wooden
vessels viii be constructed by the
Government during the next two
years.
The program. evolved by the Ship
ping Board contemplates the diver
sion to Government uses OF the pro-
ducts OF every steel mill IN the coun-
try, cancellation of existing contracts
between those mills and private con
sumers, and where necessary payment
of damages by the Government 10 the
parties whose contracts are cancelled
The only manufacturers of steel to be
exempted from the program will be
those needed otherwise for the ma
tional defense.
Bills for introduction in Congress
have been prepared and the Admins
tration hopes to get them under way
so promptly that the first of the ship
building operations may be in motion
within two weeks
Cooperation of the labor organiza-
tlons has already been pledged it is
understood. and there will be no legs-
lation. unless the present program is
changed, looking to the drafting of the
labor necessary to carry out The
plans
The only other exception to the gen
eral cancellations of private contracts
with steel mills will be those of rail
roads. Steel mills it is contemplated,
will be permitted TO supply them with
the minimum amount OF steel products
with which the railroads can get
along
1t may be unnecessary for the Gov
ernment actually to take over the
shipping yards of the country. and
they probably will be operated by
their present owners under strict
government supervision.
The program contemplates the use.
to the maximum of every resource
within the United States speedily to
design and build the largest number
of ships possible Should the num-
Der of vessels thus turned out be
to meet the German sub
marine menace, ship building facili-
ties will be increased
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
NOT SUPPLYING U-BOAT
Denial BY Owners of Suspected
Steamer ManitoWoc.

New York, May 9.-Assertion that
none of the ships of the American
Transatlantic company had at any
time supplied German submarines
was made yesterday by the companys
president, Richard G. Wagner The
story told by members of the crew of
the steamship Manitowoc at Porto
Rico he characterized as pure fiction
told probably because the crew was
disgrounted" IF the government is
investigating our ships now we do not
know it" Mr.. Wagner said, 1--WE have
nothing to conceal"
when the Manitowoc left New
York for Buenos Aires she carried a
general cargo, including cotton goods,
automobile parts and so on, and car
ried only enough coal for steaming
purposes. She put in at Norfolk to
take On more coal.
"Our company is on the British
trade blacklist. The British control
the South American coal supply and
as our ship would have been unable
to get fuel at Buenos Aires it was
necessary to replenish at st. Thomas
with Sufllclent coal 10 enaDle ner 10
make the round trip back to that
port.
Il deny absolutely that any cargo
has been carried on any of our ships
at any time that did not appear on
the manifests, and | deny that any
of our ships has at any time fur.
nished supplies to German subma
rine. The captain of the Manitowoc
is a Dane, who has taken out his
first papers, and has no love for the
Germans. Our company was black
listed because Of my name, Wagner.
The story of the Manitowoc's crew is
pure fiction. The captain had trouble
with the crew which, disgruntled,
probably sought to make further
trouble for him for that reason
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09

Village Improvement Society
Notice is hereby given that in ac-
cordance with Article 8 of the By
Laws of the Bennington Village I'm
proyement society, a cooperation or
ganized under act of the legislature of
Vermont, approved October 20, 1888.
the annual business meeting OF the
society win be held at the residence
of Mrs f. w Bradford in the vii
lage of bennington Wednesday, May
10th, 1917 at four p. m, to transact
the following business:
/ To elect officers for tie ensuing
year.
To transact any other business
which may properly come before the
society.
Minerva l.. Bradford, Pres,
Helena l.. Norton, Sec.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
BIG STEEL SUBSCRIPTION
Corporation viii Take S25,ooo,ooo Of
Liberty Loan.

New York, May 9.-The United
States steel corporation will subscribe
$25,OO0,0O0 to the Liberty loan, the
largest single subscription yet an
nounced. Officials of the corporation
at New York in making known it's in
tention to subscribe for this amount,
intimated it probably would be in
creased by an aggregate of sub
scriptions from the employees of the
corporation. This S25,00O,O 900 is in
addition to the S5,O00,OOO already sub
scribed for the governments recent
issue of emergency certificates.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-09
The Gaucherie of Soldiers.

Soldiers when marching at night
through open country invariably gravi-
tate toward the left, not to the right.
This is the experience of an old sol
der, who thinks the tendency Is due
70 two causes: First as the rifle Is
carried in the right hand it naturally
follows that the weapon arm must be
kept free, and in case Of pressure
when In close formation, the instinc-
tive rule is to put up the left elbow
and say, Ease Off to the left Sec
ond. the soldier always steps OF with
his left foot. and, although it may be
hard to prove, there is always slight
deviation to the left. even when n
battalion is marching in daylight to-
ward a fixed point or any otller point
of support.-IOndon Chronicle.