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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
Colonel Houses Good Fortune.

We congratulate Colonel T. NJ. House
on the fact that he has attained the age
of so, and consequently is not liable TO
classification under the law signed by
the governor on Monday by the terms of
which all men between Is and so must
be "habitually and regularly engaged in
some lawful, useful and recognized pro
fession, business, occupation. trade or
employment until the termination of the
war"
Colonel House is one Of large number
of American citizens possessed of com.
potency who have retired from business,
and, living on their accumulated prop
erty, devote their time TO the pursuit of
pleasure. Colonel Houses disposition is
to indulge in politics, which he does, we
are informed, with unusual skill and un.
questioned assiduity; and his status at
present is, and for some time has been,
that of an unpaid, unofficial adviser of
the president of the United States.
However respectable his labors NAV
be, they cannot be regarded as consti-
tuting recognized profession, business,
occupation, trade or employment" OBJ
viously, were Colonel House under the
age of so it would be necessary for him,
to avoid prosecution under the new law
to abandon the life he now leads and
establish himself in some occupation
whose practitioners comply with the Ian
guage of the statute The circumstance
that his birth occurred in the year 1853
alone relieves him of this obligation, and
his freedom therefrom must be matter
OF sincere envy to every contemplative
student of human affairs who is not so
happily situated.-New York Sun
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
New Food Administrator.

For food administrator in Vermont F
II. Brooks of St. Johnsbury succeeds
James Hartness, called into the service
Of the government at Washington.
The new official has had experience
both in business affairs and in service to
the state and from him the state has
only to expect a continuation OF the
faithful service already rendered.
He was long president OF the Fair
banks company of st, Johnsbury, sery
ing until few months ago, a member
OF the commission appointed by Gov.
Fletcher to investigate the educational
system in Vermont and at present a
member of the state board Of education.
The government has expressed its ap-
probation that Vermont is one of the
best organized states under the national
food administration. The good work will
be continued under the new appointee.-
Burlington News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
The Atavistic Maid.

Listen, sweetheart, to my plea
Cut this highly cultured game.
All this fine gentility
Grows 20 be exceeding tame.
What / want is low brow love,
Heavy, knock down, eayeman stuff,
I'm no cooling turtle dove
Treat me rough, kid; treat me rough
Can the soft and weepy sigh,
Chop the meek and humble pose;
I'm no cut glass rattle prize,
I'm no fragile little rose.
Grab me with python grip,
If struggle, call the bluff
Want my loveY Then take the tip,
Treat me rough, kid; treat me rough
don't want my hand caressed
With a nice respectful peek
Yank me wildly to your chest,
If fight you, break my neck!
Please don't be gentle dub
Splitting la de dab -ish CUFF
Woo and win me with club.
Treat me rough, kid; treat me rough
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
WULI4MSTOWN

Herbert j. Colby, native of the tow
and now living in Titusville, Pa, is bacl
again for a few days and is staying will
his old neighbors, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. r
Beneyides.
Mrs. Harry NJ. Lasell was in Barr,
yesterday and called on her sister, Mrs
Owen of South Barre, now recovering
from an operation performed last weel
at the City hospital.
| Mr.. and Mrs. 0rrin kimball of Der
lin were in town last Sunday and theii
daughter, Miss Addie kimball, who hac
been spending the week end with Miss
Nellie Tillotson, returned to her home
with them.
Miss Edna Waldo is teaching in Chel
sea this week as substitute for Miss
Ruth Bruce, who is at home for few
days, as is also Miss Rena, student at
Goddard
Miss Anna Arlington of Montpelier
who has been at work for Mrs. George
T. Colby. was called to her home last
Tuesday by news of the serious illness
with rheumatic fever of her brother
Harry Arlington.
d. d. Royce, former citizen and res
ident on south hill and later owner of a
place in the town of Barre, where he was
engaged in truck farming, has lately
been the guest of A. H. Norris, former
neighbor on south hill.
All those who are to sing in the choir
on Memorial Sunday will please meet
for rehearsal in the psrlors of the Con-
gregational church next Saturday even
ing at o'clock.
G. r. Hebert of West Berlin has bought
the farm known as the Colby farm, of
G. Leslie Putnam, who came here from
Chelmsford, Mass, two years ago last
fall.
J. Lindsay Winchester, who is one Of
the Washington county men lately called
from Waterbury, is home for few DAYS
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S.
Winchester.
Ronald Irons and Raymond Grearson
of this town Joined a party Of Barre
boys who were going to the Vail agri-
cultural school at Lyndonville for brief
course in farming, and will later be en-
ployed on farms for the summer.
Miss Rachel Bruce and brother. Robert.
who have been for some months in
Springfield, Mass, are at home on a visit
10 their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. +.
Bruce.
Word IS received Of the serious illness
at her home in Mortified Of Mrs. Alfred
r. House, formerly Miss Hattie Blanch-
ard Of this village.
AIr. and Mrs H. D. Phillips Of Barton
and Nr. and Mrs. Maxwell Of Barre
called on Mrs. Annie Z. Randall Last
The following merchants are going to
contribute seven per cent Of cash sales
Saturday, Nav 5, for the benefit Of the
Red Cross war fund-C. NJ. Seaver a Co.
W. N. Williams. q. ?. McAilister Co, =. I
A. Downs Buy al the grain, feed, gro
ssriss and dry goods YOU can saturday.
Nay 3, and paw cash for them Four
hundred dollars has been raised already
0ward the towns quota Of $3.50.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
Snapshots After the Storm.

w d. Perkins-"A darn pretty way
TO treat a fellow who has just arrived in
town"
Uncle Abner Avery-'1 was in the Civ
il war four years and saw nothing like
it,"
Mrs. Edison Currier-"I gathered my
children about me and was resigned"
Chas. Hartwell-"I was rendered
speeches." you can judge that this
was some Storm
Mrs. James Cookman-"Just think Of
it, and had just got my house cleaned"
Warren w. Bailey, jr.-"Sez !, SEE T.,
when | saw that big black cloud coming,
my past life went before me like an open
book. plumpted right down on my
knees" Conundrum to be solved later:
Which frightened Mr.. Bailey the most,
the record or the cloud?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
Rogers
w alk-Over Boot
Shop
AMUSEMENT NOTES
Seats for "Flo-Flo" Will Go on Sale To
night.

Seats for "Flo-Flo" Will Go on Sale To
night.
| Tonight seats will be put on SALE
at the Red Cross drug store for Flo
Flo" John Cort's musical comedy sue,
cess, which comes here on Monday, May
~. "Flo-Flo" il now at the Cort the.
atre, New York, where it has been at
tracing theatregoers for some months
past.
Since its opening night, "FloFlo" has
been one of the greatest musical hits of
the present season. IL is John Cort S
war bride" comedy, or so it is known
along Broadway. IL is credited with
sparkling lines, catchy lyrics, a perfect
81" chorus and the most striking array
of fashions ever seen on a New York
stage
The plot concerns Angelina Stokes,
who loves a boy from Oshkosh, but is
being forced into marriage with fake
count by her worldly mother. True love
finds troublesome course in this story
as elsewhere, and the happy ending is
deferred until the wiles of Flo-Flo, beau
tifu model OF the bride shop wher An
gelina orders her trousseau, have been
overcome The ideal denouement ia
FASTENED by the activities of Pinky and
Aloysius, two youths of nimble feet, and
by Mosher and Simpson, proprietors of
the bride shop.
Included in the cast of "Flo-Flo' are
Louise Kelley, Hal Shelley, Harry First,
Bert Gardner, Blanche Bellaire, Mildred
Beverly, Anna Sands, Joseph Holland,
Innis Brothers, C. Heckinger, Lou Leath-
ers, and the Perfect Thirtysix chorus.
adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
Even the Kentucky Mountains Dew.

people generally are more than ready
to denounce whiskey, but the man or
woman who will refuse a bottle of old
Kentucky bourbon on which the dust Of
years has settled, and on which the
spiders have spun their webs, and within
which there is bottled up sunshine, as
mellow as moonlight and as fragrant as
the ripe fruit say that the man or
woman who will refuse such a bottle
has not been discovered, and the chance
for discovery of an individual so I'M
usual becomes more and more remote.
| have always felt that this prohibition
movement was very foolish. IT. Nj. Gil
more. president National Model License
league.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

The absence of new Vermont names
from the casualty lists from Europe
probably means that the units contain
ing the Vermonters have been having a
well-earned rest following hard engage
ments. Five days out of the trenches
follow five days in, thus giving the sol
diers a chance to regain their strength
and to quiet their tense nerves. The con-
tinued arrivals of American contingents
at the front line also tend to tighten the
work for the time being, until one side
or the other launches out in great Of
fensive.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

The German airplane which brought
down Major Raoul Lufbery is now re.
ported to have been of the new armored
tank variety, against which the bullets
of Lufbery's machine gun made little or
no impression. If air machines of that
type have been put into successful opera
ton by the Germans it is time for Amer
lean ingenuity to get to work devising
some means of meeting the peril of the
air.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
SAFED THE SAGE
Being a Parable of the Husbandnan and
the II G of L

Being Parable of the Husbandman and
the H. c. of L.
Now the word of Keturah came TO me
saying, HE thee to the shop of the Gro
Ger, and buy thou me Pound of Butter
and certain Other Things whereof ! have
written down List.
So | went TO the shop OF the Grocer.
And there entered an Husbandman with
Money in his Pocket and more in the
Bank. And he spake to the Grocer, and
he boosted. and he said, Behold have
sold my Wheat at the Government Price,
and Believe Me, it was Some Price. Yea,
and ] got Eighty Three for My Oats, and
One Twenty Seven for My Corn. And
he was Very Proud Of what he supposed
he had done.
And he spake to the Grocer, and said,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
CURRENT COMMENT
Glad to See vermonters Prosperous.

Official figures show an increase in the
number OF motor cars registered in YER
mont from 0,5i0 last year TO l4,7l4 this
year. The registration period covered is
from June | TO April 80, inclusive, SO
that the increase cannot be due entirely
to the high price of maple products. 1t
is great pleasure 60 see Vermont SO
prosperous. Boston Globe
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

In case Austria consents to send Aus
trian troops to the western front it is
still very far from probable that the
central powers will win the war-and
Austria will be wearing herself out to
the point of absolute exhaustion Mean
while the element of unrest in the civil
ian population of that already troubled
country will make a new menace to au-
tocracy there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

The locating Of two st. Johnsbury sol
diers, who were reported missing in &C.
tion," in German prison camp lends
hope to the belief that all the others of
the missing in action" men will be like
wise located in due season and that they
will return to their homes when hostil.
tiles shall have ceased and the exchange
they must be forced to undergo some
privations and perhaps to feel the pangs
of hunger to a certain extent, but it is
good to know that they are still alive,
for where there is life there is hope
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

Not all of our city-life reporters GOV.
cred the last big storm with the thor
oughness which marked the movements
of the Newbury correspondent as he ven.
tured afed in the wake of that fearful
rain and wind Here is part of the
symposium which he built out of tabloid
interviews:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

II lightning entering electric light
wires in buildings can rip off the insuIa-
tion and cause fires by the naked wire
coming in contact with infammable ma.
terial, perhaps it would be good idea
TO inspect wiring once in while. That
is the theory which is advanced for the
rather serious fire in one of the univer-
sity of Vermont buildings recently. In
case insulation can be ripped off in this
way it might be days, months or years
before the exposed wire would come in
contact with material of the sort to kim
die fire. An inspection in the interim
might, therefore, forfend some serious
loss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

Medical experts give warning that po-
liomyelitis is likely to return to Vermont
this summer. That is one summer visit
or we would like to close the door on and
keep il closed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

II any Vermont community wants a
live wire" to present the war situation
we should advise it to secure the services
of Mrs. Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale,
a woman with a message and capacity
TO express that message.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

thousand tons of crushed rock are
needed at once TO repair the roads in
Burlington. Would that some of Barre's
waste granite might find its way TO that
city! Barre would be pleased to get rid
of il.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
WAY GERMANs BONE HOSPITALS

The captured captain Of German air
machine, which had been bombing Brit
ish hospitals in the rear of the front line,
replied, when asked why he had done it,
that the British should not have built
their hospitals so near the railroad sta
tions. It is the same spirit which replied
to the protests because Belgium had been
trampled under foot, that Belgium ought
not to have been there at all and, ii she
had not been there when the German
march against Paris was started, she
would no, have been trampled upon. ],
Is the same spirit which is replying to
the world protest against German az
erosion. that the other nations ough; to
Sc, Of the earth ard make room for
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

Imagine, if you can, deluge of death
dealing bombs falling on Boston or New
York on two consecutive nights, and you
will get some impression of the expe-
rience which the people of London and
Paris have TO go through with very often
during the war. Then think how slight
ly we have yet felt the horror of this
war.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
Ny PRAYER.

used overseas,l
While Captain of my soul, lead on;
| follow thee, come dark or dawn.
Only vouchsafe three things, ] cravei
When terror stalks, help me be brave!
Where righteous ones can scarce endure
The siren call, help me be pure
When VOWS grow dim, and men dare do
What once they scorned, help me be true !
Christ Church Messenger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
The Sweet Sorrow of Parting.

Received by draft board
Dear United States Army: My hus,
band asst me to write you Recommend
that he support his family He cannot
read, so don't tell him. JUS take him
He amt no good to me He amt done
nothin' but drink lemmen essence and
play fiddle since | married him, eight
wears ago. and gotta feed seven kids OF
hisn Maybe you can get him to carry
a gun. He's good on squirrels ami eatin'
Take him and wecum. ! need the grub
and his bed for the kids, Don't tell him
this, but take him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

Peace has been patched up in Wash.
ington. and the United States govern.
ment lines remain unbroken for the big
fight across the water II is good sense,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

Major Raoul Lufbery's successor as the
king pin of the American ayiators is
right there and will appear in due season.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
Small Town Stuff .

Miss Jennie Taylor is down with the
German measles
Mr. Pat Carlson has been exposed TO
the German measles. -Newbury item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

Give me Package of Oatmeal, and be
hold here Is the Dime.
And the Grocer said, The oatmea
which was once Dime Is now Fifteen
Cents.
And the Husbandman said, II is an
Outrage, ! win not pay il. Give me a
Breakfast Food made OF Wheat.
And the Grocer said, That will cost
thee more.
And he said, Let me have Corn Flakes
And the Grocer said, That also Is Fiji
teen Centers.
And the Husbandman said, The Gro
GERS are Robbers, and the Millers are
Thugs; and they are in Conspiracy Ia
Rob the Poor Farmer, whose industry
feedeth them all.
And he was wroth and he departed.
And he considered not the price at
which he had sold his Wheat and his
Corn and his oats.-The Congregational.
list.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
MABEL sYRUP's CoLYUM
ITO have a lisely and not a stolid
eountenAnee. Truth OF Intercourse.

"rhe time has come TO conquer or sub
init. For MS there Is but one choice. w,
have made it."--President Wilson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

Holland is always getting in Dutch
with Germany
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

The greatest American drama just
now-"When we are 81. ]"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press & exclusively entitled 10
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited 60 II or not otherwise credited In TIL.
paper. and also the local news puoh~hea
therein.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

United States soil is getting to be
pretty poor planting for German plots.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
ONE OF A KIND
GRAY THRESHERS

have been built since 1870. They are still at
the head 1t Is Vermont grain separator
built for Vermont farmers. Nearby means
quick service on repairs. Order now and get
June delivery on fall terms. No money in
vested until you need the machine 70 use. How
is that for protection We want your order
early, 10 come with first shipment
Come and see
MARSH FALLEN co.
New England Phone lsO--orsnge Co Phone
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23
Imagine 1t?

What lovely moonlight night"
Said the Germans to each other
lets send an airplane up to Barre
And bomb baby and its mother"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

II there is vacancy in the w. S. S,
club on Mount Olympus, we should like
10 enter a reservation for an East Mont
peler woman who is sojourning in Clcye'
land Just nowi TO wit, Nellie Thrift
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

While we are fareweIling the 90 Barre
BOYS who are to register at Camp Deyens
Saturday night, let's not forget Claude
Druge, the Barre tailor, who dropped his
iron and hied him to France amid wars
alarms in the late summer of 1914 The
best we can wish for Claude is berth in
the Blue Devils. Has anyone heard from
him!
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

For the Funniest Things" symposium,
d. NJ. submits the following lines. Ber-
ton Braley is the self.confessed perpe'
traitor
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

Mrs J. NJ. Barney has five eve sheep
and seven eve lambs. Beat that p
Meriden item
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-23

Moral. Fill the war chest. NJ
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-06-27

Tn marginit din Homestead
invatat de unul maj slab ca ell din
Cleveland. crede ca aceea ce sd
scrie de alti scriitori vestiti 81 sa
traduce in rOmlneste, trebue sd
fie< dupa gustul femeilor.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-06-27
INF0RMATIUNI
Ludendorf alearga la Viena.

Ludendorf alearga Ia Viena.
= Generalul Won Ludendorf, su-
pranumit ..creerul armatei ger
mane", Sc grabeste sd ajunga
mai repede la Viena unde este
TRIMS de Kaiser intro misiune
speciala. Berlinul este tarc in
grijat de situatia in care sc af IA
Austria. Stirea trimisa de la
Amsterdam prin agentia Ex-
change Telegraph.
Preot aresta+ nentru frauda.
- Preotul Paul B. Urban. fOst
paroch la o biserica din Cannon
sburg, Pa. fost arestat pc
cind colecta bani peutru nn mo-
nument AL soldatilor francezi
caznti in lrpta. Sa qovedit ca
..venerabilul parinte Nsnfletesc''
aduna banii pentru buzunarul
preaStlntlel sale.
Pagube cauza+e de vremea
rece. - Racrala de Simbata 81
Dumincca a cauzat mari pagube
cnlturilor din cIteva Gomitate
ale Statelor Ohio 81 Michigan.
An fost vatamati cartofil, patld-
gclele, porumbul 81 fasplca.
Ce zice Kuehlmann. Won
kuehlmann. ministrnl de exter-
ne al Germaniei, a dcclarat in
Reichstag ca Gernania nh sc lea
ga face vre-o, fagaduiala cu
priyire la Belgia. !.
Presedintele Wilson va vorbi
strainilor. ~ De la Washington
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-06-27

Presedintele Wilson, Gu ocazia
xilei de 4 lulie, va vorbi Ia Mt.
Vernon. Sa Asteapta ca vorbirea
Elui sd fie una din cele mai mo-
numentale, ca W reflecta inten-
tia aliatilor Desi subiectnl pcg
.care-l va desvolta presedintele
nu Sc site exact. Sc crede insa
'ca Va vorbi hi despre nationplis
t&tile silbjugate din AustrCU Un.
garia indemnindu de A scntus
"a odatS jaRlll A care 80 TINT
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-06-27

Esi dupa aceea a incercat sa se4
sinucida 81 ca in aceiaSi forma.
Ea Sc afla acum in sphalnl din
Salem, in conditiuni grave. Pos
litia spune ca dupa cele aflate,
femeia tot ducea grijea barbatu-
lui care de la un timp Isl da
toti banii la jocul de Cart.
Un Hun in Paris. ~ Ieri fost
arestat in Paris un soldat ger
man imbracat in uniforma fran
ceza. "A marturisit ca dezertase
din armata germana in timpui
ofensivei trecute.
Marinari amendati. Dol ma
rianriI all fost amendati Gu cite
500 de dolari fiecare pentru ca
ascunsesera cauciuc intr'un vas
care pornise spre Rotterdam.
Turcia a dat chix Gu imprumu-
tul. Nereusirea imprumutului
de razboi. al Turciei cauzat
neliniste in Berlin 81 neincrede-
re in Turcia. Din suma propusa
de 32,OOO,0OO de dolari nh s'au
putut subscrie deceit 12,0O0.OOO.
Scufundarea unui subenarin.
- Pasagerii sositi i'm America pc
um vapor francez spun ca I'M
submnarin german "a fost scu-
fundat de tunarii unui distruga-
tor American.
Hunii Sc pregatesc de pace. =
Oficiantii de la Washington au
aiuns la convingerea ca Gernm-
MIA Sc pregateste de strasnica
miscar de pace. in paguba Ru-
siei. Ca sa poata obtine pacea,
Sc crede cd Germanii vor sa ce-
deze iBelgia, parte din nOrdnl
Frantei 81 ceva din teritorul ce-
rut de Ttalieni. ca dupa aceea sa
li-se dea lOr ]ibertatea de a 50
intinde in Russia.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-06-27

Sc anunta Cd III ziua les 4 1ulie
presedintele Wilson W tine un
discurs la Monllt Vernon, Va,
inaintea unor delegati ai ceta-
tenilor de origina straind. vor
Fl reprezentate douazeci ii sapte
de natiuni. Sc crede CD pc tri-
buna va apare s. John Mccor-
max 81 poate 81 alti oratori re-
numiti.