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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
RED r. NOTES

So many people in Barre and the coun
try over are now engaged in Red Cros;
work of some sort that they are inter
ested in what everybody else is doing
for the same cause, and busy fingers fly.
/ ing swiftly back and forth on work des-
tined to find its way to the front testify
to the patriotism of the women workers
of the country.
Here in Barre each week one sees
many devoted women busily engaged on
surgical dressings, on making hospital
garments and in supervising these
branches of the work, while in their
homes many, from small children to those
well along in years, spend every spare
moment knitting, weaving in with every
stitch fond thoughts for the absent and
hopes for their comfort
Groups of children, whose first thoughts
heretofore were for play. now, influenced
by the work of their elders. gather and
busily ply the knitting needles, and
many are the eve bandages. wash cloths,
scarfs, etc, which their nimble fingers
have produced. Many of them also are
now fashion.ng afghans from short
lengths of yarn, in fancy coloring, which
will cheer some soldier as he is con.
yalescing in hospital somewhere in
France
After to-days regular meeting at the
Spaulding building, the articles which
have been handed in during the last
month from the Barre branch are to be
placed on exhibition in a store window,
and it win be well worth the time OF
every person in Barre, man, woman or
child, to pause before that window and
think what it means-how many hours
of work, how many loving thoughts. how
many tears, perhaps, have been woven
therein.
Barre Town, also affiliated with the |
Barre branch is doing splendid work.
Groups of women gather each week and |
assist in the work, and from the different |
parts of the town $21l has been turned /
INTO the treasury of the Barre branch |
While the Barre branch furnishes the
material for work, the finished articles
lere are greatly augmented by those
-urned in from the town utilization.
In Graniteyille, Mrs. Alfred Roach has
,harge of the work, and since Nov. ! the
ollowng articles: Eighteen suits of pa
lere: Twenty-Five suits pajamas, > pairs
,ants, IL convalescent gowns, "a surgical
hirts, Is napkins, ~ pairs socks, IL
,airs wristers, sweaters, helmet. Dur
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
The best way to take Of our enormous corn crop
is to eat it.

| ing the month of January seven sewing
meetings have been held, with an aver
age attendance of IL.
Mrs. Robert Mitchell is at the head of
the work in Websterville, The first meet
ing OF the ladies there was held Nov. %
and since then they have turned out the
following articles; Eighteen suits of pa j.
jamas, 10 convalescent gowns, II surgi-
cal shirts, "a napkins, 5 pairs socks, |
sweater. Only few ladies there are
engaged in the work, probably less than
dozen, but there is work for many
more, and Mrs. Mitchell would be glad
to furnish information To any willing to
assist.
Washington and Orange are also ailil-
lated with Barre in the Red Cross work,
and Mrs. Paul Weller is in charge in the
former place. This week the Barre branch
has received from Washington the fol-
lowing articles: Six suits pajamas, q
fracture pillows, 3 pairs wristers, 0
sweaters, ] sleeping cap. Mrs, Weller
also, asks for more workers. if any wish
10 assist in the sewing or knitting. She
is ready with information and material.
There is also commendable activity in
Orange, and, although figures are not at
hand. inasmuch rs work is all the time
coming in from there in small quantities,
enough is being done to show that the
people of the community are anxious to
do their bit Are there others who wish
to help?
The Barre branch fully appreciates the
assistance these villages are giving.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

DR.. Frederick d. Carpenter, the success
sor of Anton II. Appelmann as professor
of German in the University of Vermont,
has arrived in Burlington, ready to take
up his duties. 1t is understood that his
first act will not be to urge the young
lady students of the university to enter
into correspondence with German sailors
who were informed when German ships
were seized by the United States govern
ment last April
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

Those who are fairly well supplied
with the food products in which there
is shortage can do much toward reIiev-
ing the present pressure by refraining
from purchasing those articles for the
timebeing 1t is not only the fair thing
to do for your fellow men, but it is the
patriotic thing to do also Don't buy
till your larder gets near the point of de-
pletion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

The Randolph Herald and News tells
this good one on Hugh Jones:
State Fuel Administrator II. !. NJ.
Jones. stopping at his usual place to buy
his afternoon cigar the other day. was
surprised when informed that it couldn't
be sold TO him. Then he recalled that il
was Monday and he had Just been send
ing out store-closing orders
We warrant you that Mr., Jones appre-
ciated the joke just as much as anyone
did
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

The fine physical quality of the Wash
ington county men now being examined
under the selective draft law is one of
the outstanding features of the admins
tration of the law at the present time.
The percentage of those qualified is con
siderably greater than during the pre-
vious examinations
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

Ii is remarkable that more soldiers and
sailors in the United States service are
not taking ont the government insurance
under the attractive rates offered, name
~. - cents month per $1,000 for a per
son p years If age and 20 cents a month
per thousand for a person 81 yesrs Of
sge. with rates for the intervening ages
fixed accordingly 4 particularly attrac-
tie feature # the insurance system IS
that an insured soldier who becomes per
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

Each mail brings the name of some
Barre boy who has enlisted in the war
whose name was not included in the list
published by The Times on Jan. rs. The
list is lengthening in such manner as
to make Barre people proud of the record
of the boys of the city and town. The
revised list will be published again soon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

1t will be a'lasting disgrace upon Rus
STA if any element in that stricken land
is permitted to do anything TO interfere
with the rights and liberties of the
American ambassador to Petrograd. Rus
STA has been guilty of enough shorteom-
ings to participate in any injury or in
dignity to David r. Francis
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

How many pounds of coal have you
saved from the ash heap in your own
cellar this winter? It's fair question
to ask in these days of conservation of
products and prevention of waste.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

Suspicion that things are getting to a
really serious stage in Germany is
aroused by the announcement that Won
Hindenburg threatens to resign. When
the kaiser plays that card it is his last
trump.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

1t is to be hoped that President Wilson
will not make another verbal lombard
ment of Prussian autocraey at this time.
He has said enough to prove his case,
Anything more would arouse too much
suspicion on the part OF the German
people.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

The last weekly ship loss by the Brit
ish was not so discouraging as it has
been during the past year; but even so
the loss was probably not made up by
the combined shipbuilding activity of all
the entente nations, including the United
States
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
"what Is Wrong in This Pieture7"

Last Monday morning Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Worthen received an invitation
from his brother-in- law, Warren W.
Bailey jr.. TO attend social gathering
al his home. take tea and spend the even
ing. Raymond spent most Of the day
dolling up. taking a bath and doing a
few other odd Jobs which he had intended
to put of till spring -Newbury
item
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

Wilkins-Why do you think their
marriage will turn out to be happy
one?
Bilkins-Because their parents were
so angry about it that they refuse to
visit them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

February generally sees the resump-
tion of hard fighting on the western war
front. Therefore, the readers of the
newspapers may expect to get some
startling information within short
time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

manently disabled in service will receive
$3.50 a month as hong as he lives, pro.
vided he has taken out the maximum in.
surance of $4,000 The extreme liberal.
ity of the governments offer is too good
to be allowed TO pass unacccpted on Feb.
II,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
Showing How Our Best People While
Away the Long Summer Afternoons.

During the past year we have been
TO lot of trouble in keeping people from
picking over the dump. We have been
told that supposedly good, respectable
citizens We're found engaged in this re.
search work, Annual report of the al
dermanic health committee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

Yes, she is quite brave enough to
go up in a balloon
But there is no danger in that"
What, No danger in going up in
q balloon?"
No; all the danger lies in coming
down"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
An the p ~ Ave- S. S. for S.

Trcn Gadipee Is about ready to open
his manicure parlor, but is DELAYED in
getting started because he hasn't been
able IL secure q satisfactory 'pctticoat
assistant. The BOYS have made numcr
o1.s suggestions but TrefI doesn't appear
AZ all enthusiastic about any ~ them
Lyndon ten
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
Mean,

Lord de Busted-I--aw-aw-- an
idea.
Miss Caustique-Impossible.
Lord de Busted-Fact, All my own
idea. too. you know.
Miss Caustique-Oh! that's different.
You'll find that it's not really an idea
after all.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
Taneied.

Brown is always getting things
twisted"
We'll. / should say so; he told me
the other day that whenever you see
white girl you are bound to see a
red-headed horse.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

cards, Some of it is here already But
what pity that it can't come with the
deafening, god-awful humping crash
that Socialists of the flowing black neck
tie school used to preach about out under
the trees in City park.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

Mr.. Swift-That's q stunning new
fall hat Mrs. Tanks ia wearing.
Mr.. Smith-Im glad you like it. You
see. | feel sense of ownership in it.
Mr.. Swift-Eh How's thatr
Mr.. Smith-Why. my wife lost SIS
at bridge at the Tanks the other after
noon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

Washington, ID. c., knows what TO ex-
pect if ever the. Germans find way to
send airplanes over the capital.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

If there are aeroplanes sailing round
over Vermont o nights, it must be ex-
tremely frosty voyaging these days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

II looks like test of German spirit,
whether completely cowed down by au'
tocracy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

When you ask your grocer for $3.50
he does not need dictionary to know
what you mean.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

Washington would like to live back in
these hills and walk several miles to the
store to get food, sugar and -four, etc,
only to be told to come next day, closed
by government orders. The rural com.
munities burn wood all day and night
whether opened or closed, or freeze
everything and everybody in the house.
East Haven item.
A red apple from teacher for the fifth
grader who first spikes the atrocious err
ror in the following from a super Lit
erary Digest adv.
5000 teachers declare that it makes
the pupil better thinker, speaker, writ
ter. NJ $.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
MABEL SYRUP'S COLYUM
ITO have lisely and not "A stolid
countenRnce Truth OF Intercourse.

"The time has come To conquer OF sub
init, For us there is but one>choice We
have made it, President Wilson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

Apparently. Hamburg stakes its all on
the big strike.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
How to Save so Cents in 10 Minutes

How to Save so Cents in 10 Minutes.
This war is surely awful,
So we must llsbe brave,
We can bring it to finish
If we save, save, SAVE
Each housewife tries TO manage
To save just all she can.
But when she pays her grocery bill
1t rather spoils her plan.
Have you tried to save on butter
When it is so very high.
BY merely mixing milk with it.?
You can do it if you try.
Don't think you need to have a churn,
For that is only talk.
Just buy five-cent Dover"
And that will do the work
I'm sure there is no better way
Our money can be spent
Than to mix some milk and butter
And save just fifty cents.
So women, pay attention
TO this conservation plan.
And use the little Dover
To help to save our land.
Contributor
Easing back into prose, the author of
the foregoing lines adds that one pound
Of butter and one pint of milk, with the
use of the Dover or eggbeater, will
make two pounds of butter.
SHALL WE CAN Meat After Being
Frozen Headline.
Even death is more complex than il
Ised TO be.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

Looking ahead, we can see no ice short
age in the summer of 1918.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication Of all news ds-
spstches credited to II or not otherwise cred
TIED in this paper. and also the local news
published therein.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
Only His Masters Voice Was Missing

DIR. Carriers dog, every time il goes by
the enlarged picture of the doctor that
is displayed in Hosford's studio show
case, stops and looks at the picture a
minute and then lays down, apparently
making up its mind to wait for the doc
tor to come out and 90 home. \ dog
often shows remarkable intelligence
Lyndonville item.
Little question for to-day: What are
Won doing TO help conserve the l57 .000.-
600 gallons of whiskey which the gov
eminent SAYS is all there Is left in the
country
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01
The Same Goes for the X. of c. War
Fund.

Fortunately | discovered an upper
room in soldiers home, where there
was generally quiet, and an empty chair
| shall always be grateful to that home"
for the many hours which | whied away
with book and pipe. But most OF
us spent great deal of our leisure, bored
and impecunious, ION the streets; and
if fellow ran up against bit of skirt
he was generally right in the mood to
follow it wherever it might lead The
moral of>this is, double your subscription
to the Y. NJ c. A., church huts, soldiers
clubs, or whatever organization you fan
cyl You will be helping to combat vice
in the only sensible way,-From "A Stu
dent in Arms"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

When anything coming Colyum- wards
even remotely relates to the inevitable
dissolution of the kaiser we are interest
ed. If it be poetry, we are seized with
fit of self abnegation. Our verse calipers
refuse to function and metre means moth
ing, PRO patria!" Listen:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-01

The Barre branch fully appreciates tn
assistance these villages are giving.
The herald., 1918-07-25
Liy 1rIHEE lLlENuLILIZQfZHl17
WARNS OF GERMAN CUNNING

Isaac F. MarcossOn, journalist,
financial expert, historian of big bust
ness" war writer, is very busy helping
stamp out the plague of German prop
uganda. He has learned through per-
sonal investigation how German propa-
ganda has been and is being put over"
In Europe, and he issues a warning
against the similar insidiouS methods
that are being employed in this coun-
try. His campaign at the present mo-
ment is taking the form of speech
making.
Some of his most interesting pres.
ent disclosures relate to German eff
forts in Spain. In speech delivered
in New York last week he declared:
"Wherever there is a water right
for sale in Spain today a German is
the first one to bid for it. With factory
sites it is the same. If you could lift
the roofs from many warehouses in
Spain today you'd find them full of
resources which the kaiser has mobi-
The herald., 1918-07-25
Toy Dog Answers Call.

A toy dog which. at the word OF
command. will rush from its kennel
Is one Of the ingenious products OF
those whose business II is to please
the children. A mlcrophone is placed
inside the kennel. A sharp noise
causes 1t to vibrate and come In con-
tact with a piece of metal. This
closes an electrical circuit. equipped
with a small battery and connected
with an electromagnetic. The pull of
the latter on its armature releases the
catch Of the spring and out pops the
toy animal.
The herald., 1918-07-25
PAYS TRIBUTE To AMERICAN LABOR

America has disappointed me
happily, jOyOusly disappointed me.
Before left Australia l heard, Of
course, the usual stories about the half
hearted way in which America was en-
tering the war. heard that many Of
her people were 1ukewarm,' that there
was large pacifist element and that
American labor, iIoculated with the
L w. w. virus, was paralyzing industry
by strikes-strikes- Since my
arrival / have travelled through 81
states, talked with labor groups every
where, addressed mass meetings of the
organized and unorganized, and attend
ed conferences of workers and employ
ers who never conferred with each
other before, and want to say that I
have never seen more uniform loyalty,
determination and enthusiasm for the
war than / have found among the
working people Of the United States"
This was the observation of Hon.
Crawford Vaughn, ex-premier of South
The herald., 1918-07-25
Oh, Ooctorl

A distinguished surgeon was mo-
nentarlly dazed recently while max.
ng his rounds through a hospital by o
wounded soldier who inquired queru-
,ously: Say, doctor, when one doc
tor doctors another doctor. does the
doctor doing the doctortnG doctor the
other doctor like the doctor wants to he
ioctored or does the doctor. doing the
doctoring doctor the other doctor like
the doctor doing the doctoring
wants to doctor him T'-Safety Bull.
letin.
The herald., 1918-07-25
CHOSEN TO LOOT THE UKRAINE

Now that Germany has made peace
with the Ukraine, the most productive
and useful section of the Russian en-
pire, she turns her hungry eyes upon
the Ukrainian food larders and asks
but two questions: "How much have
you got| and How soon can we get
it," Already some of the most eff
cient economists of kaiserdom have
been directed to find the answers
quickly. Chief among them is DIR.
Clemens Delbruck, ex-miniSter of the
Interior
Delbruck's will be the task of To-
eating the precious wheat quarries in
the great black earth region, of garner
ing the stores, of hauling them by right
or might out of Russia into Germany.
1t is his assignment to make of the
Ukraine a vast reservoir of supplies
from which great and endless streams
of food can be kept flowing over the
borders of the central powers. In
short, as commander of Germany'S
The herald., 1918-07-25
liE WAS GLAD.

An aching tooth is not the best
friend III the world, and this fact was
demonstrated by a country justice of
the peace when, suffering with the
trouble, he was called upon to unite a
rural couple in marriage.
The Justices irritability was not les
sened any when the prospective hus-
band informed him that he would not
be expected in this case to kiss the
bride.
THANK yOu,' snapped the justice.
Under those circumstances l shall
charge you only One-half the usual
fee."
The herald., 1918-07-25
Perfectly Reasonable.

Landlord with a determination all
his Own)-''In one word, when are you
going to pay your arrearS?" Hard-up
Author with an mistaken cOolnesS)-
Il will satisfy your demands as soon as
| receive the money which the pub
Usher will pay me if he accepts the
novel | am going to send him as soon
as the work is finished, which I'm
about to commence when | have Iuund
suitable subject and the necessary
inspiration"
The herald., 1918-07-25
No Comparison,

81 was at party the other day,
where l heard an old seaman tell a
thrilling story of his experiences in
lodging a man-eating shark"
''Humph! That's nothing to my ex-
periences in lodging a man-hunting
shopping wife"
The herald., 1918-07-25
Very Good Reason.

Another reason why man would
rather be man and have men friends
than be woman and have woman
friends Is because he knowns that none
Of his friends is going to borrow his
hair to go to the theater or q party.
The herald., 1918-07-25
True Friends BEYOND Price.

The most blessed reality in human
life is a friend who understands and
can companion your heart. Don't al
low yourself to wear your spirit out
alone with anxiety or grief. 1.-THE
friends thou hast, and their adoption
tried. grapple them to thy soul with
hoops Of steel" A true friend will
save your soul alive.
The herald., 1918-07-25
Word From Bre'r Williams.

Oars land huff ter feed de worl,
but don't miss de feet dat it needs
coaxin'. After you git in a good wOrkin'
humor. you got ter make de land feel
good. Hits de only way ter have
happy time all 'roun'.
The herald., 1918-07-25

for II labor member
America the real story of Australians position in the
splendid
And nowhere
ment-
The herald., 1918-07-25
Must Be Ones Own Work

The clinching of good purposes with
right actions is what makes the man.
This higher heredity does not come
from ones father or mother, but is the
work of the man on himself.-David
Starr Jordan.
The herald., 1918-07-25
Hearts and Flowers.

They were close together. His lips,
after while, seemed sticky.
"Dear," he said gently. you use a
lip stick. Why paint the lily?"
Honey" she answered sweetly, 81
don't. just rouge the two lips."-Yale
Record.
The herald., 1918-07-25
Good Time to Be NAUGHTY.

Benjamin was naughty and his
mother said that II he was naughty
again he would have to 60 to bed.
Turning to his little brother. he said.
"Next time am naughty hope 1t will
be in the night time. then won't care
II l have to 60 to bed"
The herald., 1918-07-25
So Picture Won't Fall.

When hanging pictures always hang
them with the face to the wall at first,
then turn theT> without unlocking the
wire. This leaves the wire twisted up
at the hook, and when hung this way
the Earring Of the house will have no
effect on them.
The herald., 1918-07-25
An AIibi.

"This scenario writer works for
firm that foods the market with
wretched photoplays. Yet he denies
that he is a hack"
'What does he call himSclf?'
"A literary adviser"
swell, he may get away with that
on the ground that his advice is never
taken"
The herald., 1918-07-25
Not Even a SYMPTOM

non was restless while with her
- making call. The woman on
l1...at ney were calling suggested that
-, a 30 out in the yard and look
- cat She returned directly,
nted, and said petulantly, Il
any symptoms of q cat out
The herald., 1918-07-25
Proper Treatment of Friends.

When our friends are present we
ought TO treat them well; and when
they are absent, to speak of them well.
The herald., 1918-07-25
Shorteat TreA

snortest tree In the world ID
= Hreenland birch. Its height is less
mree inches, yet II covers q
OF from two to three feet.
The herald., 1918-07-25

H Inc Huns
mobilize Them The to be
business will
In August 1911 She
That after the war She stamp her goods
will
Mr. MarcssOn whose
wide public of
he
fuedgd
wasC edit
The herald., 1918-07-25
Good to Remember.

1t is well to have visions of n better
life than that of every day, hut it is
the life of every day from which ele-
ments of better life must come
Maeterlinck.
The herald., 1918-07-25
Uncle Eben.

81 can't help takin' notice." said Un-
Gle Eben, "dat dis daylight savin' ain
preventin' lot o. people fun squan-
derin' time jes' de same as dey used
to-