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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24
NORTH BepNiNeTo ON

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All are cordially invited to the
services at the Baptist church. Morn
ing worship at 1890 Sermon by
the pastor on the theme. IAN I'm
speakable Gige-Un speakable Craft
tude" Special thank offering for
the Armenians and Syrian5 Even
ing service at I. Subject OF sermon,
Three Crosses: Z Choose!n Sunday
school follows the morning service;
Christian Endeayor precedes the eve
ming service. This church unites
with the Congregational church OF
the village in the annual union
Thanksgiving service. This will oc-
cur at 10 o'clock Thursday morning
in the congregational church; the
preacher, Rev. F. NJ. Derwacter on
the theme Thanksgiving in Ira,
vail
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24
Man troubled Tor Two Years.

Men and women should not suffer
from backacne, rheumatic pains, stiff
joints and swollen, sore muscles,
Wien relief can he easily had, James
McCrery, Berrien Center, Mich, says
he Was troubled with kidney and
BLADDER trouble for two years; would
have TO get up several times during
Tie night and had pains across his
kidneys. He used several kinds OF
medicine without relief, but Foley
Kidney Pills cured him Many such
letters, come every day from all parts
OF the country Sold Everywhere.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24
nssdty psmsndsa n subaEfbss.

\ I'll
? 'Bcduty is d necessary factor in the
development of suburban property
says Ii. A. Jones, a Detroit real estate
man. City people who move out *
those communities which nre sure to
surround Detroit as the city develops,
will expect city conveniences and rapid
transit to their employment. but they
will also expect something of country
pleasures.
Therefore no suburban property
unless laid ont With the idea OF beau
ty in mind, is likely to become fully
built up. People will not have their
homes squeezed into 30-foot lots, with
no parks, trees or LANDSCAPE beauty,
when they Fave gone away frcin the
heart of the city just to get such sur.
roundings."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24
BATS ScoURGE TO INSECTS
Why Most Species Of the Swiftly Fly
ing Creatures Are Beneficial.

Bats are often regarded with as
much horror as snakes. The wheeling
and rapid flight of the little creatures
in the twilight, their dusky FORMS.
shroud-like wings and fiery eyes, SEEM
ing to league them with the supernat-
ural; but they are generally not only
harmless, but useful. They are q
scourge to insects of every kind, from
the mosquito upward. The big bats
of the Indian peninsula are considered
table Injuries by the natives.
y bat measuring two feet from tip to
tip must be formidable looking crea-
ture to encounter. This is said TO be
the size of the frult-eating bats of the
Amazon, 10 which the name of YAM
.Dire" IS often given; hnt even these
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24

he practiced. If rainfallis excessive,
drainage must be had by blasting to
free soil or digging deep holes and nnls-
Ing sand, wood ashes. lime or decaying
vegetable matter with the soil before
replacing il in the holes. Physical
condition ofssofls is of far greater mo-
rhent than the chemical properties,
therefore deep holes, Dug or blasted.
together with deep preparatory cult
vation is essential to success.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24

sawdust, parafin and sawdust, wood
pulp and cement, excelsior and as.
nnalt, tar with .sawdust or oakum
wooden BLOCKS, bricks, stones and q
great variety of materials have been
used for both Cling and covering md
all are good il the work is, well done
The disinfectants used are copper sui
plate, corrosive saSlim9tc, foImalin
bordeaux, carbolinenn or creosote
(these are best), coal thr and even
kerosene. No matter Witch is used, thu
cavity should receive more than on
treatment before being filled or other
wise closed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of tho Town and viIIae. Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Miss Beulah Bates gave a knitting
party Friday afternoon at her home
on Silver street.
At the Old First Congregational
church on Sunday the Rey. C. f. Hill
Crathern will preach. Service at IL
o'clock.
Ezra Gaudette, who lives on the
Woodford road, has purchased new
Ford touring car of the Ralph F.
Niles agency.
A special Thanksgiving Service
with appropriate sermon by the pas
or will be held in the First Church,
Old Bennington on Thanksgiving day
at II o'clock or
All members of the Y. W. c. who
plan to hike to the Houghton camp
Sunday will meet at the club rooms
between IL and 1890. Each one
bring something for lunch.
Mary Leake, four year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Richards Kellogg,
died November %. Interment will be
died November %. Interment will be
MI. anu Mis-. iACllOSt1 VIC DlllilHtl ltS-
idents and have many friends here
who extend their sympathy
Just what Is the work of fhe Public
Welfare Association is sometimes
asked A complete report of the
work of last year is now ready The
records at all previous years have
been surpassed and every citizen viii
read with interest the account of the
work for which the VILLAGE has such
q growing reputation.
There. was jury trial at the office
of Holden & Healy Friday AFTERNOON
in q suit brought by the ,Boylan Pro
duce company of Troy against b.
Cantor, North street MERCHANT, to
collect claim for eight crates OF Der
iies. The Bennington merchant had
refused payment on the ground that
the fruit was not received in good
condition. The trial consumed most
OF the afternoon and the jury decided
in favor of Cantor Holden & Healy
appeared for the produce company
and Collins NJ Graves for Cantor.
Justice II. b. Hutchins presided. The
jury was composed OF II. N. Williams,
William E. Hawks. George Chandler,
j. Oliver Burt, Charles Adams and
Ward l.. Lyons.
There was session of the juvenile
court Friday afternoon and evening
| with Probate Judge II. fCs Bennett
presiding in the absence Of Munich
pal Judge, d. A. Guiltinaq and W. II,
Jeffrey, secretary of thel state board
off charities and probation in attend
ance. a large number of cases OF de-.
pendent children and truahts were
taken up. On one instarices child
was committed to the industrial
school at vergennes. There were in
stances in which the papeIts OF chill
dren had separated and ih which arf
rangements were made / Whereby
fathers should contribute to the .sups
: port. of .tbe----dape.adants. sIn these
V.,eases, lshs sssisitaaae st,ssAGss Susie
va ssI sf 81 y see that the
contributions We're -tXBtended for the
B cAre Of clothing Of the children, Other.
Gases, were merely those OF truaney.,
! The session ,qtft the court opened in.
Y afternoon idagpRd3 son nEitinnped into The
.cyeninS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24
Special Conditions.

In planting out street and highway
trees, the fundamental principle gov
erning the work should be as in all the
broad field of agriculture, the crea-
ton of conditions suitable to the par
tieular plants to be used. If proper
conditions Ito not exist, they must be
made. II rainfall is insufficient, irrl-
CATION sufficient to overcome the natu-
gal deficiency Of water supply mus
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24
WIN Not Visit "Meat fiouses."

In Tokyo, says Good Health, GER.
2ain class Of Japanese are adopting
the practice Of eating meat, as they
have acquired the habit of using to-
hacco and drinking whisky, through
their desire to initiate the westerners.
Some huye an idea that by flesh-eat-
ing they may be able to increase the!r
size and yigor.
= g noticeable, however, that the
Japanese women rerusc 10 eat meas
ana VIII not visit the restaurants
where meat is served, which are known
as "meat houses The Japanese WON.
en- regard it improper TO visit such
places.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24
Mnnnx.nettlna in Emeruenoles

Another difference in an emergency
is that the poor man wonders how he
is going to earn the money and the
fnnncier wonders where he's going TO
bNrrow it.-Gnlyeston News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24
a Broad Jumper.

The jumping hare of South Africn,
about the size of an ordinary rabbit
but with more powerful hind legs, can
jump 20 or 80 feet Mt bound ana can
go up hill faster than down.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24
Trees Alona Fences.

Trees along the fences add beauty
to the surroundings. They attract use
fal birds and often serve them as a
rclreat from storms sud birds Of prey.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-24

were -e'XBjtended for the.
cAre Of clothing Of the children Other
Gases were merely those OF truaney.,
The session ~, tn, court opened in
IA afternoon, and continued into the
evening.
Evening star., 1917-03-06
The Boy Scouts.

The Boy Scouts did yeoman service
yesterday. They helped to keep the
lines at the ropes throughout the pass
ing Of the parade. For while they
were bit outshown by the New York
militiamen who lined the Avenue, but
they were at all times strictly on the
job. They rescued hats, which were
blown off by the score. They performed
sundry services for the people along
the lines, and when women tainted, as
they often did in the pressure of the
crowd, they summoned ambulances and
in some cases rendered first aid ef-
fectively. They did their work prompt
ly, eagerly and well, and it is due to
them to tender them the thanks of the
city and its visitors for their demon.
stration that Boy Scout is good citi.
zen in the making. These little fellows
who spent such a wearying, chilling day
along the lines should today feel proud
of the part they played in making Presi-
dent Wilson's second inaugural SO sue
cessful.
Evening star., 1917-03-06
that they were the principles Of liber-
afed mankind0

that they were the principles Of liber-
ated mankind"
"The principles in which we have
been Bred" and that still prevail, are
strictly continental. The fathers, Wash
ington at their head, so defined them.
In various forms and phrases we have
been adjured to attend to our own bust
ness; to make America strong-the
strongest power in the western hemi-
sphere-and keep it SO. We have acted.
and succeeded, on that advice. We are
the most potent governmental influence
on this continent, and as such the gov
ernmental leader in this hemisphere.
Mr.. Wilson would have us enter a
larger equation-a world equation. As
he sees matters, our duties are larger
now. Our growth and the growth of
the world have wrought so great a
change we are answerabie to it, and
must obey the call. The North Ameri-
can provincial is provincial no longer.
If this advice is taken, some readjust-
ments, reaching to the fundamentals.
will have to be made. 1t is work which
only the largest ability and long ex-
perience can perform satisfactorily. VIII
it be undertaken7
Evening star., 1917-03-06
Change the Date.

While the skies cleared and the sun
shone during most Of the time the in
auguration parade was in motion, the
day was bleak and disagreeable. The
wind was high and the air was chill,
and thousands suffered from the cold.
The wind prevented good marching. 1t
whipped the flags and pressed the ban
ners until their bearers were forced at
times to yield and furl their emblems.
1t swept the sand that had been spread
on the pavement as a precaution
against accidents until the air was filed
with binding grit. 1t was altogether a
decidedly unpleasant day, the only re-
deening feature of which was that no
snow or rain fell.
Now the thought of changing the date
is again in the minds Of people. AS
suredly, it should be changed, and at
once. There should be no waiting until
the eve of the next Inauguration before
starting the movement that, in the best
of circumstances, is likely to consume
four years, in Congress and before the
state legislatures.
Once upon a time Washington organ
lied countrywide movement to effect
a change of date. 1t secured the CO.
operation Of the governors and almost
got action in the House. 1t could do no
more then and it may be questioned
whether it alone could do more now.
There must be a national demand for
a change of date. 1t should be started
by the President of the United States
himself, and there is no more favorable
opportunity than at present President
Wilson is entering upon his second and
last term. 1t is inconceivable that the
American tradition against third term
is to be set aside now He could with
perfect propriety, without any sugges-
tion Of interest in the lengthening of
his present term, institute the proceed
ings for change of date, by addressing
Congress on the subject, putting the
case as one Of national need. With his
initiative and support this movement
would almost surely succeed.
Evening star., 1917-03-06
An Immediate Extra Session.

The Senate filibusterers have received
severe and general condemnation for
preventing the last Congress from giving
to the President full powers of armed
neutrality to protect American rights.
The President says that this act or
failure to act renders the government
helpless and contemplate.
If, in fact, our government is now in
. vital respect "helpless and contempti-
ble," or even only temporarily helpless
and not yet contemplate, every Amer
lean instinct and patriotic impulse is
to get out of this state of impotency as
quickly as possible.
Failure of the last Congress to legis-
late put US in this condition. Legisla-
tion by the new Congress, which came
into being March 4, is essential to get us
out of it.
the new Congress to put the nation at
once in the status of armed neutrality
and to relieve the government of the
imputation of contemplate impotencya
Why should not the President wish to
get into close and speedy touch with
the new Congress, the coordinate and
war-declaring branch of the national
government The new Congress should
be here now to perform its constitutional
function and to hold up the Presidents
hands in preparedness for war, just as,
if God wills, in war itself.
The faults or failures of the dead
Congress should not be transferred to
the living Congress.
A 6libuster in the closing hours of
the last Congress defeated vital legisla-
tion in the Senate, because of a conges-
tion of proposed legislation in the short
session of Congress, for which every
body was somewhat to blame, includ-
ing President Wilson himself. This fact
does not warrant an imputation that a
similar filibuster could succeed or would
be attempted at the opening session of
the Senate of the new Congress.
The calling together of the new Con-
gress for vital and urgent legislation in
pursuance of its constitutional function
should not be delayed as long as possible
as if its patriotism and wisdom were
distrusted, and its presence on guard at
Washington were an evil.
This Congress is fresh from the peo-
pie, representing in the legislative
branch the opinions and wishes of the
nation, just as completely as the re-
election of Mr.. Wilson recorded a like
verdict in respect to the executive
branch.
The new executive and legislative
branches of the national government
should work together in mutual con-
fdence, each in its own sphere, both
inspired, as we know they are, by the
fine, strong spirit of patriotic Ameri-
canism.
Evening star., 1917-03-06
Good Order.

It is remarkable that with the side
walks crowded as they were yesterday
so few accidents occurred. The ambu-
lances were kept busy, to be sure, but
they were mostly for the rescue of faint
ing persons. In some places the con-
gestion was dangerous, but good police
work in every instance relieved the
pressure in time to prevent disaster. The
crowd was in good humor throughout
the day, which greatly helped in the
preservation of order and the minimiz-
ing of mishaps. A spirit Of obedience
to regulations prevailed and the police.
men executed their orders with discre.
tion and tact It is remarkable record
that is borne on the books of the sta
ton houses and hospitals today in view
of the tremendous concentration Of peo-
pie within q comparatively narrow
space.
Washington crowds are almost invari-
ably well behaved. There is no mob
spirit here. Four years ago at the time
Evening star., 1917-03-06
Two Striking Paragraphs.

This is striking paragraph from the
inaugural address:
There are many things still to do at
home, 10 clarity our own politics and
give new vitality to the industrial
processes of our own life, and we shall
do them as time and opportunity serve; !;
but we realize that the greatest things
that remain to be done must be done
with the whole world for stage and in
cooperation with the wide and univer-
sal forces of mankind, and we are max
ing our spirits ready for those things"
Many things done in the past four
years will have to be undone. Some
were calculated for conditions that have
passed away. The return of peace will
not restore the world as it existed in
midsummer 1914. Hence, so far as do
mestic affairs are concerned, we face a
task comprehending both the undoing
of things done and the doing of new
things. Our part in new world condi-
tions will require that we take careful
note Of our tariff problem, our currency
problem, and our merchant marine prob.
lem. All three demand attention in the
light of the changes the war has made
and is still making.
This is a still more striking para
graph from the address:
ave are provincial no longer. The
tragical events of the thirty months of
vital turmoil through which we have
just passed have made us citizens Of the
world. There can be no turning back
Our own fortunes as a nation are in.
,.volved, whether we would have 1t SO
or not. And yet we are not the less
3 americans on that account. We shall
g.; more American if we but remain
80 -1 the principles in which we have
- 'red They are not the principles
= "nsc or of a single continent
,", SHOWN and boasted all along
Evening star., 1917-03-06

Of the suffrage parade that was so
shamefully interfered with and mis-
treated by the crowds the fault lay pri-
marily in the lack Of precautions
against the choking Of the street and
with the rowdyism Of visitors to the
city. Yesterday none Of this spirit was
in evidence. Nobody tried to do what
was plainly prohibitive against the in
terest Of public order and safety. The
result was that there were very few
arrests. The closing of the saloons un-
doubtedly helped greatly in the main
tenance of good order on Inauguration
day. Had the liquor dispensaries been
open yesterday the task of the police
would doubtless have been more serious.
In the matter of crowd handling
Washington has distinct advantages
over most other cities in the breadth of
the streets and sidewalks and the regu-
larity of the thoroughfares. Crowds can
be kept in orderly motion here with less
effort than in cities in which the lines
of congestion are narrowly restricted.
In few cities is it possible for the peo-
pie to stand six or eight deep at the
curb ropes to witness parade while a
stream of persons equally wide is in
motion behind them. Yesterday some
confusion was caused here and there by
the failure of these moving people to
keep in current lines, but whenever this
occurred the police soon effectively
checked the congestion before it passed
the danger point.
Evening star., 1917-03-06
The Capitol at NIGHT.

Washington is now presenting at
night one of the most beautiful sights
within the range of human vision, in
the illumination of the Capitol by power
full electric lights. Nothing can equal
the spectacle of the white edifce float
ing. as it were, above the city, the in
comparable dome of perfect proper
tions shining in its purity against the
sky, ethereal, yet tangible, token of
the stability of the government. 1t is
sight that will never be forgotten by
those who are fortunate enough to wit
ness it. The alabaster-like pile shines
in the night so clearly. so purely, that
it inspires the highest feeling of patri-
otism. Nowhere else in the world can
such vision be offered to view. and
Washington is proud to possess the op-
portunity of presenting it.
Evening star., 1917-03-06
A Statue of Funston.

In statuary hall at Washington one
Of the two places allotted to the state
Of Kansas for the perpetuation of the
memory Of her most celebrated sons is
filled by a statue Of John J. Ingalls,
it with a statue Of the gallant American n
soldier who has just died. Maj. Gen
Frederick Funston? 1t would be an
honor we'll deserved by this adventur-
causes like the men who laid the foun-
dations Of that prosperous common
wealth.
Evening star., 1917-03-06

The world will hope that Sir Gilbert
Parker's expectations Of peace by mid
summer will prove the novelist able to
prophesy fact as we'll as to invent fc-
tion.
Evening star., 1917-03-06

The extra session of Congress is not
apparently regarded by a coordinate
branch of government as what the thea
ter managers term an extra added at
traction"
Evening star., 1917-03-06

1t is reported that DR.. WI Tingfang
has retired from public life on account
Of deafness. And the doctor was so
much interested in hearing all about
everything!
Evening star., 1917-03-06

Emphatic references to the will of the
majority to which Congress has recently
listened were calculated to cause Uncle
Joe Cannon to sit up and take notice. .
Evening star., 1917-03-06

1t may be assumed that some of the
stilted court formalities' were dis
pensed with when the kaiser told DR..
Zimmerman what he thought of some
of his diplomacy
Evening star., 1917-03-06

A technicality is capable of producing
interesting logical effects; as illustrated
by the fact that the United States is
bound to regard as Gin amity" nation
with whom We are not on speaking
terms
Evening star., 1917-03-06

The direct election of United States
senator's by the people has not changed
the custom of making the Senate an OBJ
Evening star., 1917-03-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Social Apprehension,

care you in favor of woman suffragee"
eyes," replied Mr.. Meekton. "But 1
think that there should be an under
standing that when the ladies 60 to the
polls they won't criticise one another's
appearance"
Evening star., 1917-03-06

Occasionally statesman who assumes
to be pleasing his community asserts
himself as rather bad advertisement
for the home folks.
Evening star., 1917-03-06

The old-timers measured off PAGES and
leveled their dueling pistols for less than
the epithet Benedict Arnold" now so
fr>ely hurled.
Evening star., 1917-03-06
Obstruction,

Obstruction.
In every wind that blows
Stands some obstructing tree;
In every tide that flows
Some drifting log you'll see.
The tree makes murmuring strong
And seeks the wind to stay.
The log leaves ripples long
The tide flows on its way.
'Gainst every purpose high
Opposing forces stand,
Till Time shall sweep them by
With an unwavering hand.
Even a peoples will
Is haltingly defed,
Yet moves, unconquered still,
Even as wind and tide.
Evening star., 1917-03-06

1t will not be possible to fix enough
Of the Mexican responsibility on Ger
man influence to provide an alibi for
Carranza.
Evening star., 1917-03-06

Nobody quarreled with the weather
man for being mistaken in his inaugura-
tion prediction.
Evening star., 1917-03-06

China is in accord with Japan in not
desiring a German alliance. Asia is
gradually getting together.
Evening star., 1917-03-06

Before international law is restored
and reconstructed it is proposed to re-
wise the Senate rules.
Evening star., 1917-03-06
A Suspicion.

Gladstone used to chop tree down
before breakfast"
Maybe" replied the self-indulgent
person. "But I suspect he was one of
those people who. most mornings, don't
want any breakfast"
Evening star., 1917-03-06

"Helpless and contemptible,"
The phrase out -Roosevelts Roosevelt
Evening star., 1917-03-06
One Variety.

"Father," said the small boy, whats
q pacifst"
"a pacifist, my son, is friend who
good-naturedly encourages your enemy
to think he can whip you with one
hand"
Evening star., 1917-03-06
No Inaugural Ball

No Inaugural Ball.
The dancing played but little part
With those content to meet,
And celebrate with head and heart
Instead of with the feet.