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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
EAST ARLINGTON

Mrs. Ida Andrew, who had a serious
sun stroke last week, is improving
rapidly
Hector Ward. Cyrus Secoy,l Harry
Grout and Francis LeBatt We're home
over Sunday from the Burlington
training school for mechanics.
Doctor and Mrs. S. X. Gray we're in
Hoosick Falls Monday.
Miss Clara Stone OF Bennington,
who has been spending few weeks
with her aunt Mrs. George Jepson
OF this place, returned home Friday.
Miss Edith Youngs, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. H. S. Shuttle
ton, has returned home to Pawlet. )
Cards have been received announc-
ing the marriage of Paul Shunleton
formerly of this place. to Miss Mar.
jorie Sawin OF Gardner, Mass, Au-
gust 3. The bride and groom expect
To- spend a few days OF their wedding
trip in this place.
Vernon Fields was home from Camp
Devens over Sunday.
Realization OF what war means is
being brought home to us this week,
John Walsh, with one arm gone, Is
visiting in town. Raymond Dickin-
son and Robert Davis, former rest
dents reported seriously wounded
and William c. Smith killed in action.
We know Arlington is well represent.
ed at the front and We will undoubi.
odly hear OF more casualties among
our friends and dear ones. This
should increase our determination tot
do our part in the many ways that is
open TO us. one very essential thing
to do is to remember our Red Cross
pledges. We don't want our boys TOD
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
ARLINGTON

Miss Lillian MacAuley has returned
from a two weeks visit with her sis.
ter at Crestwood, N. Y,
Misses Mildred aud Jennie Buck of
Cobleskill. N. Y. are visiting at the
home Of their grandfather, Lemuel A.
Buck
Miss Therese Goodermote has re.
turned TO her home in North Benning-
tor
Miss Meta Mills, who has been Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. e. C. Wood
worth the past two weeks, has return
ed to Albany, N. Y.
David Haley and family have moved
to Bellows Falls, VT, where he has
employment.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. LaBatt and chill.
dren, Orlando and Jane, left Tuesday
fora two weeks vacation at Boston,
Mass. =
The Misses Chase, who have been
spending their vacation at the Burdett
house, returned to New York Mon.
da.
Mrs. f. c. Woodwork is spending
the week in Troy, N. Y, as the guest
Of Miss Edith Morrow.
Miss Emma Benedict, who has been
spending her vacation In town, has re
turned to her work in Ithaca, N. Y.
Harry Grout, Edward Hayes. Fran
els LaBatt. and Cyrus Secoy of Me
chanics School at U. V. NJ. Burlington
were weekend guests at their home.
here.
! Mrs. May Lathrop is. visiting hel
son, Eli in Schenectady n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. J. Conroy, Mrs
Thomas Hayes and Miss Ellen Como!
motored TO Camp Devens, Aver Mass
on Sunday to visit Edward Conroy.
The Neighborhood club will hold III
monthly meeting at the home of Mrs
] Clarence Gllchrist on Friday evening
August 3, at eight O'Clock. Interest
, ing letters from Mrs. Dorothy C
Fisher and Miss Mary Watkins will
be read Everyone is cordially invit
ed to attend whether member of tn,
club or not
Mrs. Emily Buck has returned from
two weeks visit with relatives a
Minister'S Island. New Brunswick
Canada
An appeal from Washington hal
been received at the Library for mor'
books for the men overseas, AL
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
Ath.nIan Military Training.

The Athenians had a mode OF uni
versal military training more like that
OF modern Europe than were most or
the other military training schemes OF
the ancient world. Every Athenian
youth was compelled to do two years
of garrison duty at Piraeus. the Port
Of Athens. ,F
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
Chinese Women Soldiers.

China had women soldiers long be
fore they were known In Russia. Dur.
Ing the Tae Ping rebellion, 1850, wom-
en- as we'll as men served In the ranks
In Marking, In 1853. an army Of 500.'
600 women was recruited. They were
divided into brlgades Of 1900 each
and were commanded by women Of
hcers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

wrsns Valuable in III. Garden. y

The examination OF SO stpmachs Of
house wrens showed that 0S per cent
OF their contents was composed Of In
sects or their allies, and only per
cent Of vegetable mnttcr, made up Of
bits OF grass and other vegetation evil
IDENTITY taken in catching the Insects.
+. AS the,wren often raises In n season
IL to 10 young, all OF which become
mature enough 70 forage for them
selves very soon after they are nble TO
leave the nest, Il is evident that a nnlr
OF these lively little birds are very do
slrable tenants in garden or, orchard
Peoples Home Journal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
custom Rorrowed FROM Nature.

The grading system was borrowed
from Nature. Civilized and savage
rocked their babies. The American In
dian woman swung her papoose to the
bending boughs of the trees and lazily
let the wind do the rocking. The In
dian mother had seen the cradle nest
Of the oriole or perhaps the prehensile
nest OF the red.eyed vireo. 1t was an
easy suggestion, and the mothers living
next to Nature took qrIck advantage.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
MANY Qualities Needed.

Patience. kindness, generosity, hui
mllity, courtesy, unselfshness, good
temper, gullelessness, sincerity-these
nake up the supreme gift, the stature
Of the perfect man. You VIII observe
that all are In relation TO life, in rela-
ton to the known today and the near
tomorrow. and not the unknown etern-
ity.--Montreal Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
pnns In Warfare.

Some OF the most beautiful as well
as some Of the most tragic stories OF
war have for hero the shaggy, faith.
full, accomplishing figure Of dog.
Like men, they die at their posts, SO
that there is constant call for more
soldier dogs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

No honest work can degrade u.s.
only the way in which we perform II
can do that. The humblest task, we'll
and painstakingly accomplished, is hon
orable. The highest undertaking, care
lessly and poorly pushed through, Is
a disgrace TO its doer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
Barley Ions Known 10 Man

Barley was originally wild grass
OF western Asia. 1t is believed to be
the most ancient cultivated vegetable
food of mankind. Three varieties of
the grain have been found In the pre-
historic lake dwellings of Switzerland,
dating buck to the Stone Age.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
Count Your pulae.

A newborn baby's pulse should beat
from 1870 to 140 times per minute; a
year-old chlld's 1l5 to 1879; four.
teen-year-old's so to 90; an adults
from 40 TO rs, and an aged persons
from 90 to 75.-Woman's World.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

more tnan oUU women applied Tor
the nurses training camp ut vassar
college.
The demand of the New York Musi-
clans union for higher wages has been
rejected.
A Belgian machine for digging canals
viii eat Its way through the ground at
a rate Of 100 yards an hour.
Mobile inf1rmaries. operated by wom-
en-, are to be established behind the
United States lines in France.
New Zealand Is going extensively
into the erection OF concrete roads, be-
cause the cost Of upkeep is so low.
The Herts tEngland) war agricul-
tural committee has started O library
Of fiction for girls working on the
farms.
The National Federation Of Foundry
Unions has been recently established
In England, with a membership of 50.-
900.
A pure white mineral wool is being
manufactured at Yarraville. a suburb
Of Melbourne, from basalt rock or blue
stone"
Women may serve in the naval re-
serve as telephone switchboard opera
tors, nurses and "yeowomen" or cleri-
cal workers.
The scrap and waste of the marble
quarrles Mt Rutland VT, is now mnde
up into Quickllme, hydrated lime and
agricultural lime.
II has been noticed that the ash tree
Is very injurious to vegetation under
Its shode, while scarcely any plant will
grow under yew. ....
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

have been able TO
deduce from this
column that we
are spending the
summer on a
farm. They are
nearly right.
We are living
on u country
place which we
consider the ideal
farm for the city
man. III Is off the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

Time can never heal womans grief
If 1, comes in the form of a wrinkie.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

Nature is the only artist capable Of
producing perfect picture of health.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
FROM THE PENCILS POINT


Troubles are like babies; they grow
larger by nursing. s,....,..
A girl never truly loves man II she
admits he has faults.
A boys first pair of trousers always
fit II the pockets are large enough.
Time can never heal woman's grief
If |, comes in the form OF a wrinkie.
Nature Is the only artist capable OF
producing a perfect picture OF health.
The girl In the case knows mans
in love long before he tumbles TO the
fact
Do man a favor and he win con-
slider you under everlasting obligation
to him.
Marriage isn't lottery. When d
man draws blank In lottery thnts
the end of It.
Only the judge at prize baby show
knows how to sympathizs with a
baseball umpire.
The fool takes things as they come,
but the wise guy let's good many Of
them pass on.
When nah tells woman q Joke
he usually has TO follow 1t up with
an explanation.
There is always trying moment for
a woman when her dress comes home
from the modiste.
It's all well enough to believe in
Fate. providing you act according TO
your best judgment.
BY adding together the total assets
OF Insurance companies us printed In
their folders man can form some
idea OF the money there Is In the
world.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

A boys first pair of trousers always
fit II the pockets are large enough.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
FARM JUST TO HIS LIKING
Newspaper Man Is Spending the Sum-
mer In What He Considers Ideal
Spot for the Purpose.

Certain of our readers have so far
developed the detective instinct ns TO
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

The girl In the case knows mans
in love long before he tumbles TO the
fact
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

A girl never truly loves a man II she
admits he has faults.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

Troubles are like babies; they grow
larger by nursing a,..
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08
SCRAPS

More than COO women applied for
the nurses training camp ut vassar
college.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

There is always a trying moment for
woman when her dress comes home
from the modlste.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

The demand of the New York MusI-
clans union for higher wages has been
rejected.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

It's all well enough to believe II
fate. providing you act according Il
your best judgment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

BY adding together the total assets
OF insurance companies us printed In
their folders man can form some
idea OF the money there Is In the
world.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

Do man favor and he win con-
slider you under everlasting obligations
to him.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

When nah tells woman O Joke
he usually has TO follow 1t up with
an explanation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-08

The fool takes things as they come
but the wise guy let's a good many Of
them pass on.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-02-23
CAN'T BEAT NELSON,

The Presidents counsel to Mime
sofa Democrats to join with the Re-
publicans in re-electing Senator Knute
Nelson is a virtue born of necessity
The Senator had expressed a desire
to retire to private life. No Democrat
stands ghost of show to succeed
him. If he runs again and is elected
by both parties, the Democrats have
lost nothing. A real display of non.
craftsmanship by Democrats would be
to abstain from contests in States
which are normally Republican, but
where there now happen to be Demo.
cratic Senators by reason Of the di
vided Republican strength in 1912
which enabled Democrats to slip into
office. When Mr.. Wilson counsels the
Democrats Of his own State of New
Jersey to make no contest for Senator
next time, he will have given convinc.
ing evidence of his real desire for non.
partisanship in the elections during
the war.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-02-23
Must Judge A Group by its Best.
(From the Christian Register, Boston
Magsl


Mass.)
NO one can be said to know any
class Of people who has not been In
intimate and sympathetic relation with
the best as we'll as the worst OF the
class. We compare many persons
who live in the South, and think they
know the colored race, with others
who have had no such contact, but
who have come into intimate and SYM
pathetic relations with large numbers
OF that race whom their South ern
friends have never known; and of the
two sets OF people we should say that
the second knew the colored people
better than the first. They know aspi.
ratlons among them that the others
90 not know, or, knowing, do not
enter into and appreciate; they know
capabilities by direct contact with the
best Of the race which others are obi
vious of; they know qualities which
only respect and sympathy can bring
out; they know possibilities to which
others by their very acquaintance are
blinded. If those who know the COL
ored race through the mass and by
observation merely could know what
Individual possibilities are demon
strated in growing numbers of the
elect, and would be courageously can
did with themselves, they would re-
wise their judgments and possibly sof-
ten their prejudices. At any rate,
they ought to credit to those on whom
they charge ignorance OF the colored
race the values that come from know.
ing how many Of that race are the
equal Of any members Of the dominant
race in the highest abilities and in the
clearest aims No estimate Is worth
much which does not take people at
their best.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-02-23
HIGHER PENSIONS,

Representative Charles E. Fuller OF
Illinois has prepared a bill that viii
bring happiness to all surviving vet
Grams of the Civil War. It provides
that every person who served ninety
days or more in the military or naval
service shall receive a pension of $50
per month if receiving less than that
sum at the present time Another
measure introduced by Mr.. Fuller pro-
poses to increase the pension OF
Army nurses to $25 per month. Both
bills have been referred to the Com.
mittee on Invalid Pensions, of which
Mr.. Fuller is leading member, and
he intends to use his best efforts to get
them favorably reported at as early a
date as possible.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-02-23
The Color Line in the Catholic Church.

The Color Line in the Catholic Church.
(From the Southwestern Christian Ad-
vocate. New Orleans, La.)
There are two hundred thousand
colored Catholics in the United States
according to Walter F. McEntire, a.
prominent Catholic, who in telling Of
the orders and societies of men and
women working among color people in
the United States, among other things.
says in the Tidings, of Los Angeles:
"The Church knows no color-line in
the House of God, and any man who.
tries to lay one down is not a true
Catholic"
This is good reading but it is not
true to fact. There are only two COL
ored priests in the entire Catholic:
colored constituency of America, and:
the Catholic Church is the only reli-
gious body in America that forces on
it's constituency a white ministry.
Moreover, the color issue is drawn as
completely in the Catholic Church as
elsewhere. There was time when
the Catholic churches welcomed col
ored people to the affairs but not now.
In st. Joseph Church, New Orleans, a
few seats in the rear are marked re-
served for colored. !;
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-02-23
THE ONLY SOLUTION.

Recently at the Church of England
Congress at Southampton. Sir Sidney
Olivier, who was governor Of Jamaica
from 1907 to the end Of 1912, put for
ward the claim that no solution of the
American color question was possible
except by resolute disclaimer OF the
color line and the race differention
theory.
Sir Sidney Olivier certainly knows
what he is talking about. In the
Island of Jamaica, where he was gov
ernor for five years, there are about
100000 colored people and only 10000
whites and yet there is absolutely no
friction between the races. Jamaica
is a British colony and the govern
ment is just. Colored men enjoy ev-
cry civil and political right which
white men have and there is no color
line.
Among other things. Sir Sidney said:
my study and comparison of con-
d1tions in the United States and the
West Indies" he said, has brought
me to that conclusion. American and
colonial politicians and public men
are not Exeter Hall abolitionists nor
evangelical Christian missionaries. I
do not expect them to adopt the meth.
DDS OF missionaries, nor do l sympa,
thize with all their programmes. But
1t cannot be ignored t.st it happened
that the faiths of the mos who laid
the foundations for the peaceful de-.
velopment of the mixed community in
Jamaica were democratic and human.
itarian and, above all, uncompromis.
ingly Christian.
Were race differentiation held to It
must increase civil discord. When the
balance of numbers is as it is in the
South In America it must tend to
foster obscure preparations for civil
war and rebellion. If statesmen and
citizens face in the contrary direction
l do not say that they will attain i'm
mediately civil peace, but am conf
dent that they will be travelling the
only road toward it.
Il do not suggest that race does not
greatly affect facilities for combine
ton between humans in healthy
national life, but race difference is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-02-23
FOOD CONSERVATION.

Lest we forget! We are at War,
and it is not a mere outing like the
Spanish-American War-but a serious
war in which the little things that
each person is asked to do will prove
of as special Importance as the larger
ones. You are asked to make the
small sacrifices, so that the larger
sacrifices will not be necessary.
If one-half of all the colored families
in the United States would use one
teaspoonful of sugar less in their tea
and coffee one day each week, this
little sacrifice would result in the saw
ing of 100000 pounds of sugar a year.
Sugar is a necessity in this war. If
one-half of our families would use one
pound of -four less each week, it
would save 100000 bushels of wheat.
which could be sent to help feed our
soldiers and those who are fighting bv
our side in this war.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-02-23
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

The following appeal is appearing
in the daily press:
To the Editor:
May be permitted to appeal in this
personal way to your readers for a
war need very pressing and very de.
serving of patriotic attention, and yet
easily overlooked. The newly-organ-
lied Circle for Negro War Relief is
trying to provide for enlisted and
drafted men the same comfort and
cheer that numerous societies are Civ.
ing the white troops; also to care for
the many cases of distress in Negro
families where the wage Garner is
serving the country.
One-tenth Of our troops are colored
men. Surely movement to organize
them and work toward a great com.
mon end will make the Negroes bet
ter citizens Gust as all other war work
is making better citizens) and will
have results reaching far beyond the
present crisis.
The Circle for Negro War Relief is
approved by, and is working with the
National Red Cross. 1t aims to do a
needed work that might have to be
left partially undone in the present
enormous demands on our national
Red Cross.
Our Office donated by friend) is
at 489 Fifth avenue, New York. We
need funds at once. Every penny will
go to actual relief work.. Our colored
troops have been brave, loyal fighters
from the days of the Civil war to San
Juan hill. Whatever ones view OF
race problems, there can be no two
opinions of helping thousands of col.
Ored men and women to be more eff.
cient soldiers and citizens and so help
win the war.
EMILE BIGELOW HAPGOOD.
1t is possible that the American
Red Cross has become so UNAMERI.
CAN that it has drawn the color line
and made the formation of separate
organization for colored soldiers nee.
essary?
What does the RED CROSS stand
for?
Thousands of colored Americans
are members of the National Red
Cross having donated their dollars
during the drive for membership last
year. They asked no questions about
the way the money was to be used but
supposed it was for the benefit of
ALL AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
A strange condition seems to have
arisen.
What does it mean?
Let us have light.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-02-23
INCREASED PENSIONS PROPOSED


Substantial increases in existing
rates Of tension for disablement of the
limbs from injuries received in line
of duty, are contained in a. bill intro.
duced by Representative George P.
barrow of Pennsylvania, which will
come up for action by the House at
the next session of congress. Mr. Oar.
rows proposed rates run from SOS for
the loss of total disability of one hand
or one foot, to $3.50 for the loss or to.
tai disability of both arms and both
legs. They amount roughly to an in
crease OF about so per cent in the
existing rates for similar cases. The
bill is made to apply to persons al.
ready on the pension rolls, and to all
who may be granted a pension here.
after, but Mr.. barrow specifically pro.
vides that the measure shall not op-
crate to reduce any pension hereto.
fore granted. The passage of this
measure will be heartily approved of
by the people.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-02-23

That, necessity is the mother of in
vention, is being demonstrated daily
during the war. The people are doing
things they did not even dream of
doing four years ago and doing with.
out many things they deemed actu.
ally necessary to their existence. They
are learning conservation, thrift and
Hooverizing and when the war shall
have ended, a contamination to be de.
voutly wished for, they will know
more than ever before how to make
both ends meet. This war has been
u.s. and will be-, great educator.