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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
Good News.

Many of the nervous, pale and de-.
bilitated are being helped to recover
health and strength. This is good
news.
They are taking Peptiron, which
combines iron in the most agreeable,
effective and up.to.date form, over
coming all the Objectionable features
Of older and other preparations Of
iron. II comes in chocolate-coated
pills-does not iniure the teeth, does
not leave an inky or metallic flavor
in the mouth, and does not cause
constipation
Peptiron is a thoroughly scientific
preparation, the ultimate result of
careful study and research by one OF
the most successful o. pharmaceuti
cal chemists It is rea', not a make
believe, iron tonic, especially bene
fetal in cases of pale thin blood
weak umstrung nerves, mental ant
physical exhaustion, makes the
young moro vigorous and the old lesi
feeble Peptiron is sold by all drug
glstR
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
REV. c. F. Il. cRArHERN CALLED
Must Report on 9th Prepared TO Sail
For France.


For France.
Rev. c. f. Hill Crathern. pastor Of
the Old First church in Old Benning
ton. received a telegram Friday in
structing him TO report in New York
on the 27th prepared to SAIL for
France
Mr.. Crathern has had his name on
the voluntary overseas service list for
Y. NJ. c. A. workers for a number of
months waiting for a call to Mesopo.
tamia Recently he was notified OF
his transfer from the Mesopotamia
field to France.
When Mr. Crathern signed up for
overseas service there was a great de-
mand for workers who could be EN-
ployed for at least year, the signing
of the armistice, however may have
some effect on the length of the time
required for Y. NJ. c. A. workers
abroad and Mr. Crathern may return
TO Bennington in less than II months
No definite plans have been made
by the trustees OF the Old First
church for services during Mr. Crath
ern's absence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
NORTH BENNINGTON

Morning worship at II o'clock SUN
day at the Congregational church.
Theme. "Epidemics.' Sunday school
at noon, evening service omitted.
Baptist church. Frederick NJ Der
wacter, pastor Morning worship at
1880 with sermon on the theme:
THE Angels Song" Sunday school
at 1l.45 and B. Y. p. T. meeting at 6.
The latter will be led by Group Nv.
Evening preaching service at Z Ser.
mon: Childhood and the Gospel"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
LOST IN CLOSE GAME
Bennington High School Basketball
Team Defeated in Rutland.

Bennington High School Basketball
Team Defeated in Rutland.
The Bennington high school basket
ball team was defeated Is to IA by the
Rutland high school quintette at Rut-
land Friday evening. 1t was an excep
tionally close contest and at one stage
Of the second half Bennington was in
the lead The Rutland Herald in its
account of the game says. The visi
tors had 4 fine team and got in some
exceptionally clever password, and
their star basket shooter was Shaw
who secured two baskets from the
floor. The feature basket of the eve
ming was made by Burt who played
center for Bennington"
The teams lined <p as follows:
Rutland, Lane. Brock c: Heath, RI;
Brock, Manfreda, rf Ryan, re-; Bro
hel, lg. Bennington. Burt, c; Shaw.
RI; Mcclure, II; Ryan, lg; and Clark
rs.
Summary-Baskets from floor, Rut.
land, Heath, 2, Brock, 3; Bennington.
Burt, 2; Shaw 3; Mcclure, 1 from
free tries, Heath, 4; Manfreda. l:
Shaw, 4. Referee, Hulihan, Catholic
university Timer, Kingsley. Scorer.
Murphy Attendance, 400. Score
nrst half, Rutland, Z, Bennington, 4;
end of game, Is to IA,
Full line of holiday goods at right
prices at Wards drug store. ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
COURT TAKES RECESS

Case Of Cecilia de Nottbeok VS.. Rena
3. Chapman TO Be Continued Monday
County court this forenoon took a
recess until o'clock Monday after
noon when the ejectment case Of
Cecilia de Nottbeck VS.. Rena B.
Chapman will be continued. w. r..
Sheldon and ]. X. Batchelder appear
for The plaintiff and Holden 4 Healy
for the defendant
This is the last jury trial Of the
present term The jurors. excepting
the - serving on the case have been
excusd.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
HoosIcK GRANGE HAS 300
Elects Officers for Coming Year al
Annual Meetinu,

Hoosick Falls, Dec 19-At the an.
nual meeting OF Hoosick grange the
following officers were elected for the
coming year: Master. Forrest lie
Barron; overseer, Orrin S. Wright;
lecturer. Mrs. Archie Rudd steward,
Archie Rudd; chaplain, Isaac Bowie;
treasurer. Jacob A. Graves; secretary,
Marvin b. Downing: gatekeeper, War
rem Filkins; Ceres. Mrs George lie
Boron. Pomona, Mrs. D. S. Wright;
Flora, Mrs. Frank Hewitt; assistant
stewards, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mar
shall.
The gratifying report was made
by the secretary that the member
ship OF Hoosick grange is now more
than 800.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
8 YEARS AND 90 DOLLARS
Remarkable Savings Record OF Little
Julia Crichton.

The following co" 'f a letter sent
to Hon. Fred A. Rowland, state direc-
tor Of the sale of war savings stamps
tells record that will be difficult TO
surpass
F. A. Rowland,
Vermont ST. Director
w S. S.
In reply to your letter for our rec
ord Of War Saving Stamps, will say
that already have ninety dollars
$500 worth and will have purchased
the remainder of my quota before Dec.
lst as pledged.
Although only eight years old am
very glad that | can do this bit TO help
win the war.
Very sincerely
Julia II. Crichton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
TAKE OVER MILLION
TONS GERMAN SHIPPING
Hoover viii Employ Il in Revctua-
ing Devastated France, Serbia. Bel
uium and Rumania.

Paris, Friday, Dec 20-Herbert
Hoover will soon come into possession
of a million tons of German shipping
which will be employed in revictualing
devastated France. Serbia, Belgium
and Rumania. The ships were wrung
from the Germans by the armistice
commissioners without pledging that
Germany would be supplied 1t is be-
lieved the Germans can subsist on
food stored for army use and boarded
by peasants
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
A WlLLIAMsToWN HERO
Private Charles Gagnier Gets Oistin-
guished Service Cross.

Williamstown, Dec 21-Private
Charles Gagnier has been awarded the
distinguished service cross for extra
ordinary heroism in action by Gen.
Pershing, at the recommendation of
the president The soldiers mother,
Mrs. Emma Gagnier, lives at Williams
town Station The citation Of the
commander-in-chief follows:
Private Charles Gagnier, Co. c,
l05th infantry. For extraordinary
heroism in action near Ronssoy,
France, September 80. 1918. Private
Gagnier exhibited exceptional bravery
in voluntarily leaving shelter going
forward under heavy she'll and ma
chine gun fire and bringing back to
our lines several wounded comrades.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
How He Ended kidney TroubIe

81 had severe attack or kidney
trouble and for three weeks could not
get out Of doors and scarcely out of
bed" writes c. L. Brewer, Village
Springs, Ala could not bend over
at all without the most excruciating
pains | purchased a bottle Of Foley
Kidney pills. Was relieved after first
few doses and continued their use un.
til completely cured. / consider
Foley Kidney pills the best kidney
remedy in the world. No recurrence
of my trouble
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Baptist Church 10 Have Special
Music Program.

Baptist Church 10 Have Special
Music Program.
There will be special Christmas
services tomorrow in the First Bap-
tist church, w. G. Towart, pastor.
Church school will meet at 945 a. M,
morning worship at IL u. m.
Organ Prelude.
Invocation and Lords Prayer
Carol "Oh, that Glad'ning Story"
j, c. Macy
Responsive Reading, Selection 3S.
Dedication and Salute to the new
Christmas Flag.
Hymn, 9S
Lesson.
Anthem, Angels, from the Realms OF
Glory" f. f. Bullard
Prayer
Offering.
Hymn, Sc
Sermon. Christ is King
Anthem, "Hark, Hark, with Harps OF
Gold" Geo. W. Marston
Benediction.
At the evening service held at 7SC
the choir will render the Cantata
"Thc Shepherd King" by ]. Lincoln
Hall. In this musical program the
choir will be assisted by Mrs. Eldred
Mrs. James Martin and Howard Estes
Miss Bessie Kinnie. organist; Frank
Hurley, director The U'ening offer
Ing will be given to the Armenian
Fund for needy children, Everyone
| Ia invited to hnve nart in this
worthy cause.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21

Man or woman, a fixed income as true
as you live as long as you live The
annuity idea is wonderful in its use
fulness. immediate, or by system
of payments deferred to commence at
n later period In life. National Life
lns. Co, of VI (Mutuall Earle S.
Kinsley General Agent, Mead Build.
ing, Rutland, W. ADV.
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AUSTRIA WANTS HELP
Asks for French, British and Ameri-
can Troops.

Paris, Dec. 21 Zurich newspapers
today printed Vienna despatch car
rying the report that the Austrian
government in order 10 avoid fresh
disturbances" had asked the Allies 10
occupy the Hungarian capitol.
The sending of French British and
American troops was requested
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
COME ERENCE At
VERSAILLES HAS
BEEN POSTPONED
Preliminary Exchanges Have
Also Been Deferred
WILSON EXPLAINS TRIP
Responsibilities Presented by Termn-
alton Of War Must Be Shared
Among Nations.

Paris, Dec. 2l The preliminary
peace conference at Versailles has
been postponed until the beginning Of
February, says the Echo de Paris.
The preliminary exchanges, which
were to begin in Paris today, have al
SO been deferred
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
SWISS COMING TO U. S.
Three Manufacturers TO Construct Big
Dive Plant.

Three Manufacturers TO Construct Big
Dye Plant.
Basle, Switzerland, Dec. 19.--
America accomplished wonders in the
dye industry when German dyes were
cut off But the Swiss are going to
show America how to make real
dyes.
This city has the biggest dye indus
try in the world outside of Germany.
The three largest manufacturers here
have formed a combination to go to
America in January to establish a
huge plant. taking with them rich and
secret formulas.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
EXTEND RELIEF TO EUROPE
Pressing Problem Which Needs
Speedy Settlement.


Speedy Settlement
Paris. Dec. 21-Plans for extending
relief to famished Europe, which
President Wilson regards as the most
pressing question needing settlement.
are rapidly maturing in such a way as
to get full cooperation by the Allies.
The President some time ago indicat-
ed in speech that something should
be done promptly for relieving the
liberated and neutral regions which
suffered so severely from the war
He has now supplemented this by
making 1t known TO the Allies that he
regards the relief masures as of ex-
treme importance both for the strick-
en- populations and also as a mans of
holding back the wave OF discomfort
and resentment sweeping westward in
the train Of the Bolshevist movement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
FORMER EMPEROR RECOVERED
Ear Affection Apparently Is Greatly
AlIeviated.

Amerongen, Holland, Friday, Dec
2O-Former Emperor William, who
has been III. was able to walk about
the castle grounds today, taking ad-
vantage of the fine weather. He had
been confined to his bed since Sunday.
He appears TO have recovered from
his chin, and the ear affection appar.
emily is greatly alleyiated
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont rain tonight and Sunday.
Warmer tonight in south portion
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
KING VICTOR LEAVES PARIS
viii Visit italian Troops ir
Belulun1.

Paris Dec. 21.-King Victor of Italy
left Paris last midnight to visit Italian
troops in Belgium. and Paris DOTTED
her holiday attire President Wilson
today had few interruptions in study
ing preliminarily various plans which
have been proposed for carrying out
the Wilson program,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
LOOK UP THRIFT STAMPS

They Should Be Exchanged for w. S.
S. Before January I.
All outstanding thrift samps should
be exchanged for War Saving Stamps
before January, lst 1919.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
LODGE FOR PosTPoNEMENT
Would Consider League Of Nations
After Peace Conference.

Washington, Dec 20.-Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, addressing
the senate, advocated the postpone
ment of the formation of a League OF
Nations until after the peace confer
ence. lie said the question should be
considered separately and later.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
WILL NOT PAY DIVIDEND
KrUpp Company Paid Ten Per Cent
Last Year.

Berlin. Friday. Dec. 2O-The Krupp
company, gun and munitions manu-
facturers, decided today not TO pay a
dividend this year II paid twelve
per cent in each OF the first two war
years and ten per cent. last year.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21
BRITISH STEAMER ARRIVES

New York. Dec. 2l.-Bringing over
two thousand American soldiers, the
British steamer Baltic arrived today
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-21

Full line of holiday goods at right
prices at Wards drug store. Adv.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-05-24
Benefit Of Art Education.

A glimpse at the development of
trade in European countries, in which
industrial art has played such an I'M
portant role, is full Of suggestion to us.
When Germany discovered at the Paris
exposition In 1873 how crude and in
artistic her exhibits were, her greatest
artists, laying aside their easels and
canvases, began designing textiles, wall
paper, furniture and advertisements.
The results of these activities we wit
messed in the German Applied Arts
exhibition held in all our large cities a
few years ago. By NEAR of intensive
art education in Prussia the trade
routes of the world were changed in
favor of Germany. Trade in toys was
diverted from Switzerland, in printing
materials from England, and in dress
trimmings from France. In France and
England in a similar way trade has
been developed through attention to
art education.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-05-24
NO LONGER sHACKLE WOMEN
Styles Undoubtedly VIII Be Adhered
To, but Discomfort Is Not Likely
to Be Endured Again.

AS for the styles, this is the age of
woman, and she surely will not stop
in mid-career, nor will she 60 back
to all sorts of Limitation, declares a
fashion authority. Never again will
she. endure tight c~orsets, in order to
achieve a small waist; nor will she
make herself uncomfortable with high
collars.
Some people. of course, like them
and can wear them with ease, but the
woman whom they do not suit will
serenely decline to make herself a
martyr to them.
So, when it is said that narrow
skirts, for instance, are to be worn
that does not mean that they will be
so scanty that they are not practical,
that cannot walk in them, but rath-
er that they are not to possess any
superf1uous fullness around the bot
tom. The silhouette of the season is
long and slender.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-05-24
Recalling Early KIondIke.

Just twenty years ago at this time,
Joaquin Miller, being a true prospec-
tor, miner, and all around adventurer,
as well as a poet of nature, Joined
thousands Of others on the long trail
to the Klondike, and wrote back that,
although his party was supposed to be
one of the first to start, on its arrival
5000 claims had already been record
ed. 1t has always been a mystery how
news of the discovery of gold In the re-
hottest regions is carried broadcast
over the face of the earth. Where
Joaquin Miller expected to find the
quiet of his own Sierras, he found pop
ulous towns and camps, and was SO
disappointed by the discovery and that
he at once took the long trail back.
The great majority of those whom he
left behind returned more leisurely, but
they are nearly all back now.-Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-05-24

mers class as belonging to the "bumpy'
style. Below, at the right, a poke bon
net covered with crepe georgette, is
faced with yedda braid. 1t has a long
sash of ribbon that wanders over the
crown and through slashes in the brim.
The ends loiter along their way, which
leads them half the length of the fig
ure. A cluster of cherries and leaves
are Joined to the shape with chenille
stitches hat are disposed to divide at
tention with them.
The s~atin-covered shape at the left is
the simplest Of the three models. Elk
cept for folds on the side-crown the
satin is put on plain. But there is
method in this madness, the hat Is
merely a foil for a large ornament of
cut crystals-mock amethysts-set in
metal and elaborated with beads.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-05-24

Millinery shops are radiant with joy
Gus Easter hats all proclaimfng that
styles have taken a new tack and are
sailing in the direction of bright trim
mings and plenty of them. Flowers are
sprouting all over some shapes, others
are fully covered with foliage. Ribbons
are nothing If not abundant, made up
into all kinds of fanciful and beauti-
full garnitures and applied in novel
ways. Ornaments, after a long, par
tial eclipse, have emerged and are
given a conspicuous place of honor In
the millinery armament.
This return to favor of millinery
trimmings comes as a surprise, for
hats have been so meagerly ornament
ed for two seasons, that we were about
to pronounce the obsequies over those
lovely furbelows-the flowers and
feathers and ribbons and laces and ev-
erything-that seemed to have lam
guished to the point of death. There
is no telling what will come to pass
over night in the world of millinery,
for here they are again, ready to form
a joyous Easter parade proclaiming
the eternal feminine.
The three hats pictured are typical
styles. At the center is a wide-brim-
med model of leghorn braid with its
crown covered with crepe. Having
gone this far last year the crown
would consider nothing more expect
ed of it. But now 1t is first dotted
all over with beads and then its auda-
city in the new style adds as many
tight roses of folded silk as it can car
ry without ~concealing the beads. Rose
foliage lies In a fiat wreath about the
brim. 1t is one of the hats that trim
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-05-24
Wooden Mountings for Handbags.

thing in handbags. The whole frame
of the bag is made of wood finished in
a dull, unvarnished brown, and the
bags mounted in these frames are
made of silk or velvet. Many interest
ing shapes are achieved by means of
carving the wood.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-05-24
Color Harmony.

Have you ever set a luncheon table
with a lavender linen cloth, plain blue
china dishes and yellow tulips? Tryjtl
The result will please you more than
the dead white so often used.
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CHAPTER XVII.
Landed in Germany.

They had q coolie crew on the Var
rowdale and when thev routed them
on deck the coolies beSsn to pray, and
though it is nothing to laugh at 1 could
not help but chuckle RI the way some
of them went about tslking to their
various gods. They Were beginning to
smell danger and were pretty nervous.
Every one of the coolies had q cane
and a pair of Palm Beach trousers.
The Huns were loading them in the
| lifeboats to be taken back to the
Moewe with their sea bags and one of
them got too nervous and was slow
about getting into the ltfeboat, so the
| Germans shot him without saying q
word.
Then the Germans called out the
names of those who had volunteered to
go stocking and this included me. We
were drilled down the fiddley into the
fire room. The fiddley is a shaft that
runs from the main deck of q ship to
the engine room. 1 looked around
bit and saw a German standing not
very far from the fiddley, so 1 asked
him if we would be given shoes. He
said no. Then 1 asked him If we had
to fire in our fare feet and he said
yes-that we did not need shoes. Then
he went into the engine room.
I looked at the narrow passage he
went through and at the narrow pas
sage Of the f1ddley to the main deck
and / talked to my feet like used to
at Dixmude. said: "Feet, do your
duty" They did it and 1 few up the
fiddley. 1 never wanted to see that
stoke hole again.
I sneaked up to where the rest OF
the fellows were and the guards
drilled us into No. hold. There was
nothing but ammunition in it. They
battened the matches down on us,
which made the hold waterproof. And
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as that made it practically alright the
only air the $50 Of US got. was through
the ventilators That hold was GER
tainly foul.
They next day Some of the men had
got cigarettes somewhere. In few
minutes they as well as the rest had
lit up and were putting away in great
style. / divided cigarette with am
other fellow. Remember, we were sit
ting and standing on ammunition all
this time. 1t shows how much we
cared whether school kept or not.
The Germans saw the smoke COM
ing out Of the ventilators and they
were crazy with fright. A gang of
them laid below and rousted US out
with whips.
They lined US up on deck and read
us the riot act.
They drilled us down into the coal
bunkers. 1t was simply terrible there.
Coal dust to breathe and eat and Gssp
on.
TO B1 0oNTnUEn.a
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ten rarts and when they began to place
tins of bareback on the RATS, tin to
each, we imagined they were going to
heave US over the side and let us go
on the RATS. But instead they began
telling US we would land In the States
and then they rousted us between
decks again.
We had only been there short time
when some of the German officers came
down and asked If any of the men
would volunteer to go firing on the
Y6rrOwdale and we almost mobhed
them to take us. They began putting
down the names of the men who were
to go and I talked them into putting
mine down too. Then I felt about
five hundred pounds lighter.
Five O'Clock came and hy that time
1 had forgotten to do 6nv worrying.
We received our usual cations and
most of us who had volunteered fig
ured that we would receive clothes
and shoes. In the morning an officer
came down below and read out the
names of those who were to go and /
felt even lighter when he called mine.
We were each given a life belt and
mustered on deck.
The sea was pretty nasty and some
of the men had narrow escapes from
falling between the Moewe and the
lifeboats when the swells rocked us.
One man fell from the ladder and
broke his neck on the gunwale of the
lifeboat. They took over boat after
boat to the Yarrowdale until finally
we were all there. Then they mus
tered us on deck and warned us not to
start anything, because they had a
time bomb in the engine room and two
on the bridge. Meantime they had
brought over several boatloads of hard
tack and we threw it into No. 8 hold.
This was to be our food for some time.