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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30
MUSICAL TRAINING.
II Should Have Place In the Educs-
ton of Every Child.

ton of Every Child.
We shall make no real progress in
music in this country, says Bruno
training in the rudiments Of music as
an essential point in the education Of
our children
Too often parents excuse their re-
missness on the ground that their chill
dren show no spontaneous desire to
study music. Because a child shows
no such desire to study reading, writ
ing and arithmetic do we for that rea-
son permit him to neglect totally the
subjects? No normal child desires to
study any subject, and failure on the
part of child to crave a musical edu-
cation should not be permitted to ex-
empt him from such training.
In my opinion the average child
should begin to study music at the age
of eight or nine and for at least two
years devote an hour a day to the exer-
else of it.
After two years the child's prefer
ence and aptitude may safely be con.
suited in regard to further study. But
In any event the two years OF study
have not been wasted, for he has al
ready learned something that will be
of use to him all his life.
Musical training. especially in the
home. should have q place in the edu-
cation of every chil6.-Exchange.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30

Barre and the surrounding towns have
rallied splendidly to the call for recruits
for Company C, lst Vermont infantry,
National Guard, and it is certain that
the company has reached war strength.
Various agencies have assisted Lieut. H.
p. Shaw and his colleagues, notably per-
haps the Barre Board of Trade, which Is
foremost in many of the good works of
the community. Ever since the first
move to recruit Company G in Barre
there has been steady drive for eligible
men, with many persons cooperating in
the work. They found men patriotic
and willing to go to the support of our
country, many of whom, however, could
not meet the somewhat rigid physical re-
quirements of present-day soldiers. New
ertheless, the extended campaign resulted
successfully and well within the time
limit set by the federal government in
which National Guard enlistment should
count in connection with the federal
draft. So to-day we have company No 2
accredited to Barre, the Headquarters
company being the first to be sent out.
We shall watch the careers of these two
organizations with particular interest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30
A Little ait a. Brass.

1T is Just a little bit o. brass" laugh
ed a St Louis girl who keeps house,
but Il is a useful little bit. use IL TO
scrape my dishes before l wash them
and particularly my cooking dishes,
pots and pans and such things. II can
be kept clean so much more easily
than one OF those wire things or any
other arrangement that have had. Ii
is Just 3 plain. smooth. oblong piece OF
brass With a small hole in It, and 1t
has smooth edges too. There is moth
ing to catch OF hold any dirt II does
not cut Ike a knife nor scratch. but re-
moves Just what IL is supposed 10 re-
move and leaves the rest Moreover,
It is not only useful but decorative.
too. hanging here over the sink by the
window. where the sunshine makes Il
look Ike a little square Of gold.--St-
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30

They Don't "Lend" II Because II Is q
Business Transaction.

Why is IL banking houses always
loan" their huge sums of money, new
er by any chance lend" them? Lend"
is the true verb, while loan" was ex-
clusively the noun. How came 1t about
that ito loan has uniformly supplant-
ed ito lendg
The purists make a great fuss about
this. They insist that the stupid and
untaught financial world has folsted
upon the language a substantive verb
when no new verb was needed, when
the ancient and established usage was
fixed In the signification OF Ito lend"
But prior 10 the modern development
OF business enterprise when money
was lent it was bestowed upon the Dor
rover either for temporary use with
out compensation, as a mark of favor
or patronage. or by the professional
money lender who, taking advantage
OF persons In extremities Of need, de
manded usurious interest. This Anglo
Saxon verb today retains its ancient
connotat.on. When II was coined the
productive powers OF money were I'M
known and the wealth Of rich men
was locked up for safety and kept out
OF the channels Of commerce.
Nowadays, by devices Of credit and
rapid INSTRUMENTATION it is kept
constantly working in productive en-
terprises- Immense loans are made. no
longer TO relieve the necessitous and
the improvident. but to stimulate in
a.,-.~v "a - .r.hfa sha Eor~nu war au
well as the losner to reap profit In his
transactions. Money is LOANED" in this
sense. IL is not lent-New York Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30
IRON IN WATER.
The Msrsst Trace OF the Metal VIII
impsrt q Distinct Taint.

The Msrsst Trace OF tho Metal viii
impsrt q Distinct Taint.
What would you consider one Of the
most powerful agents with which to
flavor waterf Would It be iron?
A half part per million Of iron In wa
ter is detachable by taste, and more
than four or FIVE parts make water
unpalatable. In some mineral springs
iron is the constituent which imparts
a medicinal value to the water, but
ordinarily II is undesirable.
More than rs parts per million In
water used for laundering makes a
stain on clothes. Iron must be remov-
ed from water from which ice is made
or a cloudy discolored product viii re-
suit. An iron content OF over two or
three parts per million in water used
In the manufacture of paper will stain
the paper.
Iron is harmful in water used for
steaming, for 1t is in equilibrium with
acids which inside the boiler become
ASSOCIATED. with the result that the
free acids corrode the boiler plates,
but the amount OF iron carried In solu-
ton by most waters is so small that
the damage II does to steam boilers
generally amounts to little. The re-
moval of iron from water is sometimes
easy and sometimes very difficult
Geological Survey Bulletin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30
SIX SIDED SNOW CRYSTALS.
That Is Natures Law, but Why IL 10
So Science Cannot Explain.

90 oClc0Ct SAnHOt GNPtdlHs
Snow crystals obey an immutable
law of six. They are six sided jewels
Or six pointed stars. They never an
swer to the law Of four or FIVE. Snow
Is crystallized water, and water always
erystallizes In six sided forms Why?
No one ever will know. There is no
more apparent reason for the sixness
OF crystallized water than there is for
the monoclinic prisms of sugar crys-
tails. Water and sugar and the COM
pick minerals which make the. granite
rock all follow laws which are utter
iy Interchangeable, but which are, as far
as we can see, without any special rea-
son, 1t is as profitable to speculate
why the chlorophyll of vegetation is
green and why the blood of animals is
red.
The whiteness of the snow Is under
standable. 1t is due TO the fusion of
prismic colors scintillating from the
countless surfaces of minute crystals.
Human science comprehends this. 1t
also comprehends the fact that snow
is a poor conductor of heat and thus
prevents terrestrial radiation and keeps
the earth and the things in the earth
snug and warm under the white blan-
ket which is softer and finer than
lambs wool or eiderdown. Science
knows why snow is white and why 1t
is benefcent, but it cannot explain the
law of six.
1t is well that snow cannot be al
together explained. 1t is one Of the
earths most beautiful mysteries. 1t
would lose something in beauty were
1t to lose all its mystery. -Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30
EFFICIENCY IN TRANSPORTING
TROOPS.

A great deal has been said and written
during the past day or two about the
success of the transportation of Ameri-
can troops to European shores, and the
commentator. 1t seems to be deserved.
Sec. Baker is developing Of course, the
head of the war department did not have
all the details of the plan to map out; it
would have been impossible for him or
anyone else to perform that work. Sec.
Baker had the support of some very eff
cient men in his own Office and in the
general staff, and the close cooperation
between them all made it possible to
send many thousands of soldiers, fully
equipped, without loss or serious mishap
Working with the war department was
the navy department, which was called
upon to furnish conveys for the trans
port ships. Together, they performed
notable achievement, for it is no light
task to send a large army 5000 miles
across the ocean without the loss of a
single vessel to the submarines which
were lurking off the shores of the British
isles and France. In view of the eompar-
alive inexperienee of the United States
officials in such work, the accomplish
ment of the task takes on more and more
significance and lends encouragement to
the hope that the United States end of
the war is going to be conducted with
fine discrimination. Every ship that is
cent across the ocean with soldiers should
be guarded with great fidelity. Canada
has had remarkable success in despatch
ing troops to Europe through three years
of the war. Possibly the United States
can duplicate that work. Certainly we
have made good start in the transpor-
tation of the initial contingents of rife
bearing men.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30
CURRENT COMMENT
Battlefield Insurance.

For a variety of reasons, more thar
ordinary interest attaches to the con
ference of life insurance company pres
idents, called by Secretary McAdoo fol
next Monday in Washington, to consid
er plans for insuring the lives of Amer
lean soldiers and sailors during the war
1t is an altogether audacious PROPOSE
ton, without precedent among the gov.
ernments of the earth. From the nor
NAL insurance point of view, the life OF
soldier on the field or that of a sailor
on board a warship, in time OF war, Is
what would be termed in insurance par
lance "a poor risk" Many of our sol
ders and sailors will survive the war
many will not. To estimate the chances
and base system of rates on the estl-
mate--this, apparently, is the task
which the secretary of the treasury sets
for the conference.
But neither the audacity of the prop
osition nor the fact that no organized
effort of the kind has ever been made
by any government is a matter of Sc.
rious concern. The United States is
accustomed to establish, rather than to
follow, presidents. Audacity is an
American trait. Boldness and judi
cous independence of precedent have
helped nightly to make ours the great
country that it is. 1t is a safe asump-
tion that the life insurance men at Mon
days conference will consider the ques-
ton entirely on its merits--patriotic
economic and otherwise not at all
on the absence of precedent.
The problem resolves itself, therefore,
into combination of patriotic endeav
or and close business reckoning. On the
score OF patriotic desire there will be
little difficulty. The rest of the prob
lem is technical and consists of po-
tential arrangement whereby the com
panies may issue life insurance to our
armed forces in the field or at sea, with
out ieopardizing the deposits of exist
ing policy holders. To the lay mind
the idea presents wellnigh insurmounta-
bic difficulties; to a conference OF life
insurance experts the solution of the
problem may prove comparatively sim
pie. "Why should not America take
the lead in this noble and humane ac
tion?" asks Secretary McAdoo. 1t is
Tor Mondays conference 10 answer that
she should and will, or to prove the plan
mpracticable.
Meanwhile, it is no disparagement of
the proposition to comfort our soldiers
and sailors with the consciousness that
their death in battle would leave their
loved ones financially provided for, to
suggest that supplemental. plan
they could be assured of rea
sonable care for the comfort of those
same loved ones during the actual war
service of the insured would not be
lmiss. This, of course, would be a
subject not for the life insurance com
oanies, but for the government itself,
% consider 1t need not interfere with
my plans of Mondays conference
Manchester Union.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30
THE RUSSIAN MESSAGE To
AMERICA

One reason why Bakhmeteiff Of the
Russian mission aroused more enthusi-
ssm in Congress than Joffre Of the
French mission was not because Ameri
cans love Russians more. but because
Bskhmetied can speak English huently
and an appeal direct always goes better
than a wsrmed-over presentation through
an interpreter But il must be admitted
also that the message which Bakhme-
tieff brought had the latent possibilities
for touching Of the enthusiasm Of Amer
Jeans in an unusual manner In brief.
the message was that Russia is not going
70 lie down on the job in other words.
that Russia is going to throw her vast
resources again with the entente allies 10
the end that Germany and her allies may
b harassed on the eastern war fronts TO
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30

In view of the complaint of the Barre
& Montpelier Traction & Power company.
it might be well for the Tenney company
to allow the bondholders to take over the
trolley system, as it is said they may do.
The Tenney company admits that it has
not made success of operating the
road; possibly the bondholders could i'm
prove upon the operation. At any rate
the city of Barre granted franchise to
the company when conditions as to the
field of operation were not nearly as fla
yorable as they are at the present time,
and the franchise was accepted by the
operating company. Since those days the
successive operating companies have
stretched the franchise to the last degree
of its elasticity and are now seeking
more latitude for reducing the service
and, possibly, increasing the fare, the
latter being possibility if the company
is permitted to take every grievance to
the state public service commission. We
should say that it would be better for
the city of Barre to stick to the franchise
it granted the company.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30
ks.p the Weeds Down.

Attack the weeds as soon as they
appear in the garden. Ii is less work
to keep a garden clean from the be-
ginning than It is after the weeds have
made a good start Weeds are gross
feeders and rob the garden plants Of
food and moisture they require
Dandellons, plsntain and dock can
best be removed from the lawn by cut
ding them OF below the crown. Fin
up the holes with earth. Cut the
weeds every two weeks and all viii
soon disappear.-New York Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30
foundation Of Happy Marriage.

In the woman's Home Companion a
writer says
1T was Jane Welsh Carlyle who
wrote these words after thirty years of
married life:
"T married for ambition. Carlyle
has exceeded all that my widest hopes
ever imagined, and am miserable
Science has taught us a great many
interesting things about race progress
and eugenics. but the fundamental
principle Of eugenics seems to have
discovered itself very early in the his
tory of the race Healthy children are
usually those who are born of happy
marriages"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30

Take it from this locality-the least
you say to Governor Graham about the
man you would like to have succeed Sec
rotary of State Bailey, the better your
favorite candidates chances are of win
ming Waterbury Record.
You don't talk from sad experience,
do you, Harryf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30

And along came Greece Hoch der
Kaiser won't have foot to stand on
now.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30

The Vermont Red Cross soldier relief
fund is no Mercury footed thing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-30

On you trip you'll see some
clothing stores fitted up
with all the expense of a
bank, others with the finish
of a jewelry store-but our
shop is simply a plain, COM
mon sense place to buy sat-
isfactory clothing for men
and boys at a fair price.
You do not pay for expen-
sive decorations - simply
for what you get - GOOD
CLOTHES!
To-day our homespun suits
at SIS or blue serge suits at
$40 may interest you; or
did you say browns, grays
or fancy mixtures?
Everything here.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21
WHITING
TO PLAY 1T
{. CHICAGO
tsy z. HARMON

WHITING. IND Dec. There u
r. a hot time in East Chicago tonight.
Tho Whiting high school tossers viii
travel to East Chicago tonight to battle
With the Last Chicago high school fivc
ia what promises to be one of the iivel-
est TITS Of the on-coming basketball
season.
The two teams are evenly matched
this season. both teams having two sea-
sened veterans and the balance Of the
teams are made up Of green material.
THO meetmg Of the two teams IS
bound to bring about the renewance of
The old feud which has long existed be-
tween Tile two schools.
The Whiting nye has practiced hard
and faithfully during the past week
and Capt Naef predicts a win for his
.warriors but not until hard and
desperate battle has been waged.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21
kILBANE WON'T FIGHT FOR
PROFIT UNTIL WAR ENDS

CLEVELAND, o. Dec. 21-Johnny
Kilbane featherweight champion. viii
lay his ring laurels on the shelf until
the end Of the war. The Clevelander
declares that he viii pay no attention
10 challenges directed Ait him.
II have decided not. Is % any boxing
for profit until peace is declared" he
explained. THE country will have hrst
cali on MY services. IF I discover am
through as a topnotcher when the war
is over 7 shall Quit the game without
waiting Is have my head knocked on
from Kilbane's statement it appears
that tie half a dozen featherweI gats
Who have been ciamoring tor match
with him VIII have Is be content until
johnny comes marching home Kilbane
is ia good condition rs he weighs oniy
1865 pounds lie declares that tie
work as boxing instructor at Camp
sherman, Chillicothe @. was made e
order for him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21
FIGHT DECISIONS

Decisions Of fight representatives
Thursday were
at Milwaukee-Kid Graves beat Charlie
Neary 1o).
At hiladelphia-Benny Leonard beat
Fred Kelley; Pete Herman beat
Gussie Lewis; Mike O'Dowd beat
Joe welsh; Joe Jeannette beat
George Christian; Johnny Tillman
beat Billy Ralph; Battling Leonard
beat Battling Murray; frankie Con-
way beat Joe Menael; Red Dolan
beat Paul Doyle; Little Bear beat
Young Buck Fleming. (An six
rounds.l
At Cleveland-Cal Delaney and Toughy
Ramser fought a draw tIo).
at Oakland, CaI.-Eddie Campt and Lee
johnson stoUued by refesee ono con-
testl (2).
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21
ALL STAR BOUTS
For RED CROSS?

NEW YORK. Dec. 21-It isn't too
late yet for some other pugilistic cham
pion to get IN on the wave Of populari-
ty that seems headed toward Jess VIII
lard. il wouldn't be AT ali our of align
ment if Mike Gibbons or Benny Leo
nard were 70 announce ne would meet
any one as a seIni-windup affair TO the
bigger heavyweight title match-and
donate his services free
III the case of Gibbons il would re-
quire his willingness To meet Mike
Q'Dowd. the ST. Paul youth who dump
ca Al Mccoy or the pedestal IL would
add to tho attractions of the card il
Leonard would meet joe yelling or
Johnny Dundee
Either 81 these bouts would add tre-
mendously to the drawing power of tho
event and would add thousands Of dol
lars % the Red cross fund.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21
81 =. {. HAlETLroN.
United Press stan Corresponds

Omitted Press STAFF Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec. 2t-Recreative
athletics in Camp DIX. at Wrightstown.
n J.. have been pushed 10 an almost
perfect state Of organization through Eff
forts OF Walt &. Johnson. tho divisional
athlsic director. and financial help
from regimental officers. Officers in
this camp. apparentl~. are Just az en-
thusiastic over athletics as are the men
and are boosting with all their power.
Two men have been given control Of
athletics under the direction Of Johnson.
and it has been made their business to
see that every soldier I'm camp is given
short period or recreation in some
sport every day.
Football gripped the camp from the
start Of the season one Of the strong
est service teams in the east was found
cd al Camp Dix, and. besides regimental
contests. the division team was sent
gainst teams from nearby camps. with
no detriment 10 the colors Of Camp Dix.
A tremendous rivalry between regiment
Al teams developed, SO much that as high
as 1900 men were looking on at var
ious times The Fosdick committee
helped stand much of the expense for
equipping the football teams. but offic-
ers throughout the camp contributed lib
orally. Clark Griffith has made arrange
mentss TO outfit the camp with baseball
pharaphernalia.
jeff Smith, middlew eight Of note, IS
boxing Instructor in this camp and has
also arranged his schedule and course
If instruction that it is possible for an
entire battalion 70 take lessons in a
single day
rho idea Of athletics at Camp Dix Is
to provide relaxation from the business
OF preparing for war. and. in the words
Of Director Johnson, TO foster an esprit
De corps" that VIII prove douhly valu-
able when the men arc called upon -
cross the ocean and meet the enemy OF
civilization.
4 BASEBALL league probably viii be Or
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21
ILLINI AND
MILLIKIN SPLIT

DECATUR. ILL. Dec. 2l-Universi-
II Of Illinois varsity ana seconds split
even in pair &c basketball games with
Millikin university last night. Tho
lllni frSt squad beat 1fillikn 81 to re-.
The battle between the rival seconds
went 10 AIhkin after a fast second halt.
1f to 19
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21
Downey and Griffiths
Sign for Akron Bout

The Bryan Dow1sy Griaiths
match scheduled for Akron, O.. on New
Years afternoon has been closed. The
boys signed articles IN Chicago yester-
day and viii do 145 pounds AT 10 o'clock
IN the morning. Following this clash
VIII como Joe Eagan in Milwaukee and
then Ted Lewis again in Davton
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21

ring career rs 2 tlNiiidN, di lGtat t1l
tile present. We expect his famous solar
plexus viii cause more or less Worry 81
tile Frtzes
Chicago girls b. d. team wants a
game. We refer them g the Whiting
Owls.
Albert Ducase. who a number Of years
age. was one of the best known riders
On the American turf. is dead.
They're singing the swan song fer
baseball iii Philadelphia
They say nowadays the Jack
before the other fellow gets il. No one
knows that better than Sir Connie
Mack
see that Eva Tanguay had tire trou-
BILE" and secured ? divorce from Johnny
Ford She said she didn't like hivVer-
ing any more.
The movies are missing ali kinds Of
thrillers in Cary.
Now that horses are bringing $4,000
we expect to hear Of some big trades
among the six day bike mongers.
No sugar in egg-nogs in Springfield.
III. Gouy. this country is getting aw-
fully good
See by the papers that lights VII
have to be doused On Thursday and
sunday nights We'll. Me always kne"
that sunday was hghtless night but
with an the men gone we cant figure
ou+ x{hv they're doubling up-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21
Kingsley to Lead MINI.

1fTNNEAPOLTs. 1ITNN-. Dec Il
Norman Kingsley. Spring Valley. Mimi.
fuIlback on this years eleven. was
elected captain Of the 1918 University
Of Minnesota football team
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21

Manicure Sets in leather eases make
splendid gifts for ladies or gentlemen.
Some exceptional values ut Nelson's
Drug StoRa I2-20-1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21
Whiting juniors.


we have over a thousand pounds of
Johnstons and Samoset delicious
Candies. il half pound boxes up you
can send nothing more acceptable to
your Soldier Boy. We viii wrap fer
mailing or presentation anything
bought in our store. free &c charge Oh
request. at Nelson's Drug store 1919
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-21

gantzed in the spring. Basketball, voI-
leyball, and al other winter sports are
now in progress.