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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-22
ON ELBOWS
0HE GLOBE TROTTER wa

countree," after many wander
- ings that took her into the far
corners Of the earth. among strange
peoples. stranger customs. and the
strangest manners that the world af-
fords. After the usual travelogue had
been recited. some one asked what
struck the G. T. as newest and strang.
est in her own homo town. that same
being New York.
With spirit and with emphasis the
G. T. replied: "Elbows, and elbows,
and still more elbows!! Everywhere
I so find elbows sticking out. When
went away few years ago not a
woman of our acquaintance would
even think of standing. like a Billings.
gate fishwife. with hands on hips and
arms akimbo. Now. whenever and
wherever she stands she cannot seem
to hold herself up without sticking
out her elbows-I suppose to balance
herself.
And the way those same sharp
pointed elbows dig into the man or
woman who Is so unlucky as to have
to pass her way is--well 1t is nothing
short Of public nuisance To me, 1t
seems the quintessence OF ill-breeding.
Why, 1t Is only little while ago that
any woman who stood in such attitude
was not supposed to be we'll man.
nered. or to know what good form
meant. One felt that II an acquaint.
ance did so--we do not expect our
friends to offend In such respect
some sort of apology was necessary,
some explanation to gloss over the
lapse. the public lapse. from good
manners.
"Oh. ! know you will say: Other
times, other Manners but. Just the
same. let those addicted. to the nah.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-22

ton can hardly believe 1t pos
sible that Nine. Bernhardt-
" the great Sarah, the divine
Sarah, the queen of tragedy and classic
drama-held high vogue throughout
Europe as q Coincidence. And yet
it is in just that meter and milieu
that this scribe recalls one of her
most fetching representations. that of
Cyprienne In Sardou's comedy Of "Di.
vorcons."
Now this scribe lays no claim to be
considered or consulted as the Oldest
inhabitant; far from it. But the deep
impression made by Bernhard in this
role comes back whenever furs are
under discussion. The gay Cyprienne
has . meeting with her adorer. 1t is
winter. and the pretty little lady Is
bundled UP in furs. How beautiful
you are in your furs!" breathes the
adorer. "You are more beautiful in
your furs than In any other costume
you wear!" To which the gay and
frivolous Cyprienne replies: 'Ill tell
you a secret. Every woman is! and
does! They are the most becoming
things we have; and we all know IT,"
And the tickle mind Of tickle woman
has not changed one iota from that
day to this!
Fashions In The Tropics.
Not for a minute do we believe that
1t Is this fondness for furs as fas-
chatting accessory. universally becom-
ing. that led to their adoption for
summer time wear. as was the frivo
lous fad recently. Like so many other
fashions. that one came to us from
France. But there 1t really started
in those winter colonies along the
Cote d'Azur-the Coast Of Azure Skies
tho French Riviera. where the sun
shines hotly for few hours a day in
full sight Of the snowclad mountains:
but once the meridian is past, a cold
wind blows off the snowcaps, and
makes furs not only charming &C.
cessory to the outdoor toilette. but
stern necessity as we'll.
Thence the fashionables at our own
American Rivieras along the Florida
and California Coasts borrowed the
fashion with tropical clothes and a
tropical climate; and with the spring
drift northward for the tropical
clothes the furs came too However.
at the best summer resorts on both
the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts-to
say nothing of the inland places
sensible women never followed the
fad. In truth, 1t was one more &C.
knowledged in the brooch than in the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-22

to wear silken frocks or indeed, any
but the simplest and most inexpensive
or crosses, mats and wraps, until she
Is ready to be presented, to make her
debut in society as full grown. full
Hedged young lady. Until that delect.
able time shall arrive, all the powers
mat be are In "A conspiracy to make
ana TO Keep her as simple and as
gIrlish as possible.
Inc fashionable boarding schools,
those where the cost of an eight.
months year for q single girl would
provide more than one family with a
co'i,'or'aple living for twice that
period are rigid in their rules re.
sarulhg both clothes and hairdress.
nv The more EXCLUSIVE the school
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-22

tied up with? Let a shipping of pink
Vi green string fail into tub Of white
cio'hes on washdays and distressing
o'o'ches and streaks of pink or green
appear on ali the white clothes put to
So'N' save bits of colored string as
packages come into the house and
"heh you have a faded frock or blouse
10 lannder. soak one of your bits Of
''''ns' III an approximate color. in
cold water until you have dye that
matches the article to be washed. and
rinse the article in the solution. A
piece of the wet string might ruin the
blouse but the diluted color will
ireshen 1t no wonderfully.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-22

~tE WOMAN WHO KNOWS
That she wants stopped at the
velvet counter in one of the
- large stores the other day. and
asked to see the sample book. The
clerk. young man and seemingly a
recent arrival on these shores. from
the Emerald Isle. or thereabouts an.
uounced that there was none.
"Then let me see some sage green
velvet" asked the Woman.
Box after box was lifted down from
the shelves. and every shade and tint
Of green velvet displayed-always save
and except sage green. In vain did
the Woman explain that II was
grayish green. a sort Of silvery green.
that she wanted. Emerald green. Nile
green, apple green. hunters green,
bottle green, olive green, sea green.
bronze green. moss green. grass green.
myrtle green. Empire green, peacock
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-22

hair and coiling 1t either in coronet
or In the oldtime Cadogan style is
abandoned.
II the forehead be broad and low.
the front hair is plainly and simply
brush ID back to he C. ught on the
crown Of head with some one OF an
other Of the new slide fasteners: Will
the back hair Is left 70 hang free
The smallest tendency OF the hair 70
curl should be encouraged; for every
artist knows full we'll what q soften.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-22

wife pose just study themselves in
full length mirror. see themselves as
others see them. and they will agree
with me that even the sweetest and
most refined girl or woman looks pos
lively tough" In such attitude; and
they will remember that their grand
mothers used to say that consideration
for the comfort of others Is the in
variable and inevitable hall mark and
sign manual Of the gentlewoman.
"And in the Billingsgate pose It is
difficult, II not impossible. to pass for
a gentlewoman."
COLORING FADED FROCKS WITH
STRING.
nID YOU EVER know anything
II to run" worse than the color in
ordinary strine such as packages are
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE

Philadslphia. March H-BUrTER-Demand was
fair and the marfet ruled firm under Light offerings
We quote: Western solid packed creamery. fancy
specials. -; extra. HaE2; extra frsts, 10; hrsts
sas; seconds. Saa; nearby fancy. ~; average
uzaS DAG; nrsts. 8a0; seconds, &aa; special
br.nds of prints jobhing at Ea5o
BGGs-Receipts were well cleaned up and the
cases. nearby extras SO per dozen; frsts, 6B per
standard case; current receipts SO per case; West
em extras. 81 Per dozen; extra hrsts, 63 per case
nrts. $40; fancy selected fresh eggs jobbing y
kA per dozen.
LIVE POULTRY-FoEb ss to quality PAS;
stacy rooste9s. lsa2o; old roosters, FaH; spring
chickens soft-meated. 2Ia25: ducks. as to size and
quality, 2a24; pigeons. old. per pair. 2sa3o; do,
young. per pair. naB
DRESSED POULTRY-Fresh killed. dry-packeu-
Fowls. Z to box. d5-picked. fancy selected, 24H !:
POUNDS apiece, &c; do, pounds apiece. da22:
In barrels, fancy. drJ-picked. ~ pounds and over
apiece, .; smaller Szes, l9a2 Old roosters. dry
picked. 10. Roasting chickens Western, dry picked
tn boxes. weighing salo pounds pr pair 2a8; do,
do, pounds. do, 0a2i: do, do, In barrels 8 to
10 pounds per pair. 3; do, do, In barrels 2
pounds per pair. Ha22 Broiling chickens. Western,
in boxes. weighing 3a4 pounds per pair 2aA
Chickens. weighing 5as pounds per pair. 2a2i; do.
do, other nearby, weighing l5a2 pounds spiecs.
0aS2 nnkeys. pr pound-Fany, nearby, 32p;
TO-. Western. 2a3; fair to good. 5s3l; old toms
Da0: common. Aad. Ducks, nearby, 2aB: do.
Western. 2A2L Geese. nearby, leaZf; do, western
lsa0 SQUADS, per dozsn-White, weighing to u
pounds loaAIs; do, do, aalo pounda aIaA25:
DO. do. . pounds aus3B; do. do. pounds.
isa1is; IA. do. sasss poanda 1ns1z; An1,
lns24; Enan saA No. I niJm
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
STOCKS CLOSE WEAK
IN new YORK LIST
Strong Early in Session. But Declines
Come IN Afternoon.

GBy the international News serVice.)
New York. March H.-After a session
of irregularity, stocks closed weak to-
day for no apparent reason other than
the fact that railroad managers were
in sessions and were expected to issue
a statement proclaiming their deter
minatiOn to make no concessions to the
men at the conference tomorrow.
Stocks were strong early in the day
on general belief that strike would be
averted. In the late afternoon. how
ever, 1t was reported that the labor lead
ers were determined to have a strike
unless concessions were made and 1t was
also learned on apparently good authority
that President Wilson had decided tc
let matters take their course.
Conservation ruled the day In WAL
Street and price fluctuations were trivial.
Professionals, who alone have been trad
ing recently. were unable to make
choice between war and a strike. They
talked Of the danger of selling on the
strength of a strike, but they recognized
the fact that a railroad strike now could
be begun under extraordinary circum-
stances such as might overthrow pre-
cedentS
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
CHICAGO GRAIN,

Chicago March H.-Conditions that have sur
rounded the grain markets during several months
rast when the congesed conditions the railroads
prevented any movement Of consequence either in
"r out Of the market were believed to be as bad as
could BE-. The railroad strike which seems prob
able at this writing, however, would completely
throttle the grain trade we'll the hog products
trade.
There were no sales d cash wheat. corn OF oats
on the Board Of Trade today receivers and ship
pes knew that it would be impossible to move any
dead freight under present conditions. Some of the
southwestern roads centering at ST. Louis notified
milleTs and grain men there that no dead freight
would be received after R-s'clock tonight
While the corn market was somewhat higher early
IN the day, IL was unable to withstand the sharp
Price losses in wheat, the result being declines Of
lhalS cents for the day. Liquidation was moder-
ate. but at no time was it persistent.
Oats were IAalS cents lower and under condder-
able selling pressure all day. The May future was
the weaker.
Liverpool declined more than shillings in May
land
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
In the World of Finance and Trade
CITY change TRADING
CONTINUES RESTRICTED
Slight Gains Noted Capital Traction
Over 88-Ray Portland Up.

Trading again was restricted at yester-
days session of the Washington Stock
Exchange. An Improvement, over the
volume Of trading of the preceding days
Of the week, however, was noted. Capt.
tai Traction sold at So is and So Ia
Railway common changed hands at n
for seven shares. The bid on railway pre-
ferred was so 1-2. with so 3-4 asked. Ten
share lots Of Union Trust sold at 125;
Chapin-Sacks stock changed hands at
l65; and IMergenthaler was transferred at
163 SIS. Capital Traction IS were sold at
104 3-S. fractional decline. Railway As
brought so SIS for a full bond and 81 for
a 500 bond.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
Car shop. Place Big Order,

Car shops and locomotive builders are
vigorously contending with other domes-
tic consumers for large tonnages of steel
bars. plates. and shapes. Recent orders
for cars call for $1,000 tons of steel. and
one contract for 1900 tons has Zen
placed with a Pittsburgh mill for 1913
shipment.
Locomotive builders are negotiating for
10000 tons Of various kinds of steel The
American Car & Foundry Company has
taken an order for l 80 tank cars for the
Union Tank Line, and the required steel,
1900 tons. has been ordered from Pitts
burgh mill.
The Michigan Central has placed a con-
tract for 1000 tons OF standard sections
with the Carnegie Steel Company and
Pere Marquette has ordered 10000 tons
from the Illinois Steel Company.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15

an; NJ hard vintsr. G 4 b. an No 4
nao-oui. acAssi; No naniiaba. zigE. n
po1ss tsos sscs fusssa srs,uds,. naiais lad
winter and ana-sn.
CoRN-wesksr: dsnaud is modrI.tr. Ma -
io~. LAE e l. l.. % arrive; No. yellow. llisE.
70 arrive; No. , mixed. c. 4 =. LIZ. Epores
took nothins-
oATs-unse4tlcd: fair iaquiry. No. 2 vhih..
sssSk; standard 7asasi: No. vhiis. Ssafsz: No. &
Whit, Tzss7s: nnE sded. raSsa EEpo-tsH took
lolOD buthgls seceltc.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
Ray Portland Jump. Dollar.

Ray Portland jumped a dollar yester-
day on excited buying by wire houses. 1t
Is expected that 1t will go on the Bos-
ton Curb. this week. perhaps today.
Insiders have taken back subscribers
stock at big profit to the latter, ac-
cording to w. w. Easterday & Co., and
subscribers who have sold have in MANY
cases turned again to the buying side at
great advances. The rise from 5S cents
week ago Monday to nearly/s3 now ts
the sensation of the Curb, but the tin is
that the run will be to $ or more.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
COTTON MARKETS.

New Yorv March h-NerTousness over tne
international situation caused selling Of cotton to
JJy and the market weaker. General business
remained quiet It 7as believed that the Census
Bureaus report on the consumption Of cotton last
month"; which will be made public AZ 10 a. m.
tomorrow would be bearish
News Of the sinking Of the American steamer
Algonquin Offset favorable Liverpool cables ana
at the start the tone barely steady, July de-
cInins points. With other months point lower
tn l point higher.
The carly decline carried the old crop about Il
points and new crop months to points net lower.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15

.As..., On. % i.pry. n.s: ...ssy h.u..v b-v-s.
DaA
cHEEsE-nm; recsipts s.ia bore; STATE he'd
speisls HLa25k; do. average fancJ. 3<az.
LIVE PoULTRY-Fim: fowls. zs2i; no chick-
ens or turkeys quoted.
DREssED-Dul and wesk; chickens. lsa0: fovls.
r'sszsh; turkeys lsz3L
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
New York.
Ne- Orleans
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. March lL-Mcney On call at the stock
exchange opened at "a per cent; high. ~ per cent;
closed, per cent. Most Of the days loans were
made at "a per cent.
Time money was easy in tone There was q
fair business Rates: n to 3z per cent for
sixty and ninety days: to ~ per cent for four.
five and six months; industrial loans, TO Per
cent higher.
Mercantile paper came into tho market with
some freedom. The demand only fair. Rates:
4 to ~ jer cent for the best names
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
Taken on Local Exchange List.

Stock of the Potomac Fire Insurance
Company yesterday was eliminated from
the trading list of the Washington Stock
Exchange by action of the governors.
There have been no transactions in the
shares OF the company for many months,
and the company is regarded as practical
ly close corporation with little floating
stock. George W. White is president.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.
Furnished By w. q. Hibbs q Go.
AAIEa

SALES.
500 at R.
Oapitai Traction. at syf. at S1k.
Wsshington Railway and Electric CON-, TO Y.
Flion Trust, 10 at E5
Lhapin-sacks Company, 10 at l6S
Merssuthaler. 10 at lssx
After call:
Capital Tfae5on Sc. s.00 at losS
washington Railway and Electric pfd-. Z at 0&.
at s0E. at s0z.
CAPITAL Traction. 10 At o.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
American Sugar Earnings.

The American Sugar Refining Company
earned equal to 11.4s per cent on $45,-
100000 of common stock after preferred
dividend requirements, compared with
391 per cent in 1915, according to ad-
vices from Wall Street.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
Rock Island Earnings Down

Rock Island gross earnings in Febru-
ary suffered a slight relapse compared
with last year. following an increase of
more than s1.1SO.Ooo in January. The Feb
ruary gross is said to have been S.
4S9,475, a decrease of s46,6SS
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
BOSTON STOCK MARKET,

Boston, March 1.-THE market was quiet and
with little feature except q rise OF 81 points in
Massachusetts Gas on the declaration Of q fourth
monthly dividend q munition company stock
which II ownsc ~ per cent. four payments asgre-
eating Z6 per cont
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
LEW YORK PRODUCE

New YORK. March A-BUTTER-Stesdy: reoe.pts
s.l1 tubs; creamery higher than e1tras Ilhs<2;
creamery extras C@ scor0. so1saE; frsts S7lsao;
seconds ba5.
EGGS-Firm; receipts. 4lT csses; fresh gath-
cred extra hrsts d; hrstA NHazI1; nearby heunery
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET.

New YORK March ll.--wHEAT-bower; Light de-
mand. No. ned. a@; No. Northern G. o. b.,
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Bank Of Commerce and
Savings,

At Washington. in the District of Co
fumbia, At the close Of business
March 5, 1917.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
DIRECTORS:

George Howard
william D. Hoover
Reginald S. Huidekopef
Thomas r. Jones
Victor Kaufman
The Washington herald., 1917-03-15
Furnished By n. L. Carpenter L Co

Liverpool
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-11

land, Kennebec. oxford, Hancock and
Washington. The work in the other
counties is supported Comparatively
by the State and the L. s. Department
OF Agriculture. To assist the County
Agents in their work. to serve as am
munition carriers for the men on the
firing line. a corps of specialists COM
Tosed of a poultryman. dairyman. a
farm management demonstration, three
boys and girls club workers, and sew
eral home economics workers is main
tanned
The county agent is really the go-be-
tween for the college and Experiment
STATION and the farmer. He. brings
into the county, in addition to wide
practical experience in farming, the
pest OF theory and adapts it to local
conditions. He does not center his
work around lectures and written
matter but demonstrates with the as
sistance of various farmers. the best
known practices in grown crops and
livestock, for example, a potato dem-
ohstrator is located in some commun-
itE the county agent and the dem
cnstrator talk over plans each con-
trlbutlng to them and then the land is
prepared. seed treated. crop cared for.
and marketed with the advice of the
county agent. In return for the scrv-
/ ice rendered by the county agent at
MS visits every two weeks, the dem
constructors keep an accurate account
OF all receipts and expenditures and
| at tire end of the year balances the
account to determine. not how much
the Yield was. hut how the profit was.
Among the Other activities IF the
county agent are. boys and girls
asrfcultural clubs, extension schools,
comparative demonstrations. advice
by mail. and in fact, the county agent
assists in anything which is for the
betterment of agriculture.
during the past year the ten cuun-
~ agents who We're in their several
counties carried 952 demonstrations of
various kinds; conducted extension
schools with an attendance Of thous-
ands; organized more than $50 boys
and girls clubs with approximately
1890 members: organized four COW
test associations. four cattle breeders
associations, three egg marketing
circles, and two fruit growers associ-
atoms: conducted a poultry campaign
in which approximately 100 poultry
houses We're constructed or remodeled;
gave assistance in constructing 13
home made silos: and assisted farm
ers in scores of other lines of work
This varied lire of work brought
trained men who had information Of
value or knew where to get it in touch
with hundreds and hundreds of farm
ers throughout the State.
/ Mr.. Dcering has promised within q.
few days to give a review Of the ex
tension work which has been done in
Kennebec county since 1914.
Mr. Doering is very enthusiastic
about the prospects OF the Farm Blu
reau whichs is proposed for Kennebec
county. He states that It will null
tiply his ability many times and en-
atle him to work with many more
farmCrs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-11
GIRL AT KENNEBUNK
ADMITS MURDER OF
HER INFANT CHILD

Kennebunk. Sept. 10.-Lulu Wyatt,
twenty one years old. of Haverhill.
Mass, was arraigned in Police Court
here, charged with the murder of her
baby.
The girl made a pathetic appeal for
mercy. Tearfully she related her story
tc police officials. The father Of the
child disappeared. she said. and after
ward she came to Kennebunk to find
employment in a Summer hotel. Be-
cause she was compelled to earn her
own living she feared the responsible
ity Of the child, she added.
The body OF the little one was found
on Gooch Beach by party Of bathers.
The police made a hurried investiga
ton, resulting in the arrest of the
young woman in the servants quar-
tiers at the Forest Hills hotel At first
the girl insisted that she hid the body
in her room for two days, but later
admitted that she had carried it to
the beach late Tuesday night
1t is not considered probable that the
girl will be tried on a charge of first
degree murder. The police are expect
ed to substitute charge of man
slaughter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-11

Rev. Willard Curtis. pastor Of the First
Congregational church, in the presence
or the relatives and a few friends.
The bride was becomingly gowned in
white crepe de chene and georgette and
carried brides roses. Following tho
ceremony reception was held. Miss
Mildrith McKown presided over the
punch bowl and cakes and ices were
served by Misses Beth and Virginia
Brown and Addie Pierce. The bride is
graduate of Boothbay Harbor High
School and of Gorham Normal and has
been a very successful teacher in Au-
gusta and Maiden, Mass. for the past
three years. The groom is also a grad
uate Of our High School and of the
University of Maine. where he was =
member Of the Delta Tau Delta frater-
nifty. He Is a civil engineer and snent
SIX years In the u. s. Reclamation Ser.
vice In Montana. For the past wear ba
mas been In the engineering department
At the municipal building IN sprinsfe,3
Mass where the couple will reside. max
Hs their home at 81 Leyfred Terrac.
After spending few DAYS in the Whit.
Mountains they will return for q short
visit with their rents.-Boothbav Pa
lister.