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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-03
Ca|one| Today! Sick Tomorrow!
 Guarantee Dodsons Liver Tone Don't take nasty, dangerous calonel when bilious
 constipated, headachy. Listen to me!

50 cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone under my personal guarantee that it will clean your sluggish liver better than nasty calomel; 1t won't make you sick and you can eat anything you want without being salivated. Your druggist guarantees that each spoonful will start your liver, clean your bowels and straighten you up by morning or you get your money back. Children gladly take Dodson's Liver Tone because it is pleasant tasting and doesn't gripe or cramp or make them sick.
 I am selling millions of bottles of Dodson's Liver Tone to people who have found that this pleasant, vegetable liv- CT medicine takes the place of dam gerous calomel. Buy one bottle on my sound. reliable guarantee. Ask your druggist about me.--Adv.
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disturb the even disposition of a mere woman" who has lived through Zeppelin raids, airplane attacks and submarine dangers,
 At any rate, till things clear up a bit. I take up my headquarters In this little old city," which, as far as my experience extends. is exceed irgly comfortable in spite of Dr. Gar field and the coal crisis.
 BROCK'S BENEFITS IN LONDON
 I wonder if New York would pre- sent quite the same outward appear ance of restraint and calm were it undergoing the straits under which London is now struggling in her fourth war winter? A letter from my own home has reached me by recent post. As you probably know that careful gentleman, the censor, is very par ticular in his deletion of all items in private letter that suggest news" about the war.
 All letters from England are care- fully censored. Therefore. when I am written to concerning raids upon Lon- don by enemy aircraft, the attacks are called in a simple code, Brooks Benefits" Te the British mind this
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ics,o MT. Bullet said, who give him the exalted rank with the tragedians of all times from Burbage down through Garrick, keen kembe, Forrest, the Booths, and Sir Henry Irving. As one of ohr most noted critics, a literary man of fame and fortune, whose abiding place is New England, where critical Boston and the old Puritan ideas still maintain a firm foundation said recently
 The few of immature judgment with a tendency to assure superiority by sigh ing for the great old days of Booth
 arc destined to become the spiritual fath- CTS of those generation hence. who will sigh for the great old days of Mantellr Again, let me quote the latc Mr William Winter, who was Mr. Man tells senior by about 20 years, and who was a sort of artistic godfather to him, when he told the great actors a short time before his death that audiences of today would laugh at the rant and roar of Forrest and his contemporaries just as the gallery gods who laugh at blood and thunder melodrama have finally al-
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n,ents In question are of slight im- pcrtance and disclose nothing really new. It Is true that well-informed people for a long time past have been aware that secret understandings of tl,is natcrc have existed, and in diplo- matic circles there has been a pretty accura se knowledge of the general out lines Rut It Is one thing to suspect the existence of agreements and quito another to have them set forth In the full detail ci their exact wording. That we have not yet received in America, thanks to the censorship and there Is yet little public realization of the im- portance of the documents the Bolshe- wiki have been publishing. In Eu- rope there Is a better and more com pIete understanding and the returns are already coming in Perhaps the most Important effect will be practi- ca;ly to compel an early restatement of the allies war aims with the open or implied approval of the United States. There has been a great deal of non- sense written and spoken on this sub- iect. but the situation has developed to a point where most intelligent peo- pie agree that some such statement
 is absolutely necessary for unified allied war policy.
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Calomel makes you sick you lose a days work. Calomel is quicksilver and it salivates; calomel injures your liver. and all knocked out, If your bowels are constipated and your head aches or stomach Is sour. just take a spoonful of harmless Dodsons Liver Tone instead of using sickening. salivating calomel. Dodson's Liver Tone Is real liver medicine. You'll know 1t next morning because you will wake up feeling fine. your liver will be working. your head ache and dizziness gone, your stomach will be sweet and bowels regular. You will feel like working. You'll be cheer full: full of vigor and ambition.
 Your druggist or dealer sells you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-03

trsyed. Nevertheless, the actors of the day had to be able to read magnifi- gently and the successful dramatist was the one that furnished them with magnificent lines. Until within the recollection of many of us now living, it was the lines and not the panto- mime and the electrically flooded scenery that held chief rank in the. actors art. There has been a quick change, the stage flying to the oppo- site extreme from the old Greek stage. where elocution was everything. To- day elocution is al a low ebb. and It may be that a coming generation, ed- ucated to regard the moving picture as an important branch of the stage art, will be unable to appreciate if at all. For that reason, Mir. Mantell endeayors to introduce as much real ism into Shakespeare as possible, to keep pace with current demands on stage art. But there is a limit which cannot be passed. as some modern players of Shakespeare have found to their cost. Shakespeare's big
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most driven it from the stage. Also, Prof, IT, II. Hay of Girard college. Phil adelphia co-worker with the late Horace Howard Furness on the Variorium Shakespeare, expressed the opinion not long ago that MT. Mantell Is superior in every respect to Forrest, and a much more versatile actor than Booth, conn pletely eclipsing Booth in such great parts as Lear and Othello, though fall- ing short of Booths Hamlet. perhaps tho finest ever seen on the stage. Rob- inson Locke, the veteran critic, whose memory also extends back into the gold en age of Booth and Forrest, considers MT. Mantel's Shylock the finest he ever saw, and enthusiastically announces his opinion It is through such critics as these that Mir. Mantell's place as Header of our stage assigned him by William Winter, is maintained
 Getting away from the serious side of MT. Mantell's character" MT. Bullet said 'let me tell you that he is the most companionable, the most appreci- ative and the most versatile of men. He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-03
"Carry On" Is Slogan of
 the Women Of EngLand
Minimum Food Dscomfors If People Will Change Their
 Habits of Diet-Value of Daylight Discussed
By LAD MARY

New York. January s1.-(SpecialD
 When I made my adventurous trip from Liverpool in zigzag, submarine lodging course to an Atlantic port a couple of months ago it was my in- tention to wander. more or less fancy.
 free, from New York to San Fran cisco. But often plans are made only in order to be destroyed. And it seemed to mo that when transport difficulties and coal shortages became the burden of the nations song, In the public press. that 1t was just as we'll to stay, right here" rather than venture out into the unknown where blocked railways and uncertainties of travel would bewilder the brain and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-03
Skeleton of the War Closet

Henry Farranc Griffin, in Leslie's.
 The Bolsheviki have let some rather cm m5ar:assing skeletons out of the dip- lomatic closet. They have been pub fishing in Fetrograd a series of secret agreements between England. France. Italy and ths old regime in Russia. Nothing beyond very brief summa ries of these agreements have so far pene- trated the veil of the censorship, but enough :s known to make 1t easy to understand why the entente allies have heretofore sidestepped specific and detailed statement of their war aims. It has been argued that the agree .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-03
Singing of Telegraph Wires

The singing of telegraph wires IS sometimes regarded as a weather prog
 hostile, though opinions differ as 10 the kind of weather it foretells. There has been much discussion as to the
 cause of this sound. Probably It IS simply the Aeolian harp effect, and It's occurrence depends chiefly upon the direction of the wind In relation to the direction in which the wires run. va riations in the pitch of the sound de- pends upon changes in the tension or the wires with varying temperature.
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man Ills, while Germany alone has hug 1. Ina Inf Qht in ed

man ills, while Germany alone has hug ged her valuable information. obtained patents In other countries and accumu- lated wealth by trading on the misfor- tunes of mankind. It Is necessary only to contrast the conduct of Pasteur and Ehrlich. Teutonic selfishness put the cost of remedy for the terrible scourga of venereal diseases beyond the reach of the poor. The profits on that pat ent went to factory in which 1t is claimed the first poison gas shell was manufactured. It is because of these facts that the philosophcally inclined discern poetic justice in the decision of the United States government to release German scientific secrets to American manufacturers. The present activities of the federal trade commission under the trading with the enemy act mean that. while German factories that once pro- dueed remedies for the most of mans maladies are now turning out agencies for the destruction of human life, Amer ican factories are working day and night on formulas that were once German SC. crets in a determined campaign to cap. ture North and South American marlSets over which Germany had exclusive com troi. The folly of Berlin in provoking war with the western world has put an end at least to the most revoltng ex. ample of German greed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-03
CASCARETS SELL TWENTY MILLION BOXES PER YEAR Best, safest cathartic for liver and bowels, and people
 know it They're fine! Don't stay bill ious, sick, headachy or
 constipated

Enjoy life! Keep clean inside with Cascarets Take one or two at night and enjoy the incest. gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced. Wake up feeling grand. Your head will be clear, your tongue clean. breath right, stomach sweet and your liver and 30 feet of bowels active. Get a box at any drug store and straIghten up. Stop the headaches. bilious spells, bad colds and bad days-Bri~bten up, Cheer up. Clean up! Mothers SNcrld give a whole Cascaret to children when cross. bilious. feverish or If tongue Is coated--they are harmless--never gripa CT sicken.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-03
A PATRIOTIC PAGEANT

I have just had card of invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Thompson for Thursday evening. next. They are lending their beautiful house. 135 East Nineteenth street, to the well known English author and art critic. MT. Lewis Hind, for his lecture on "rhe Second Mile to Be Trodden by the Builders of the New World After the War" I hear that Mir Hind Is busy preparing a great pa- triotic pageant to be held during the cofnins spring in Madison Square Garden. when all the fashionable and famous ladies of New York will interpret char acters in the history of the world from the time or Adam and Eve to the pres ent day.
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fact that they were outnumbered 25 to by their fair hostesses, managed to display both appetite and enjoyment in the good things placed before them.
 MT. Grant Mitchell only showed un- easiness when called upon by madame president for speech. He said he couldn't speak, but all the same man. aged to tell several very good stories during which he confessed to being a bachelor. but laid proud claim to the fact that he was "a prolific uncle'-a sta tement that reused much merriment among us women. He told the tale of a little niece who wept bitterly when she was not allowed to sit beside him at the dinner table one day. When questioned by her mother as to the reason for such grief at an apparently insignificant sor- row, she said, between her sobs. that she flowed sitting by uncle because he crunches so beautifully!
 MT. Grant Mitchell trusted that mad anne president and his other fair neigh
 bor, Mrs Reardon, had felt equal sat- isfaction during the progress of the meal
 that they had all been enjoying. TURNING BACK THE CLOCK MT Marcus Marks was, however, in less frivolous mood when he arose to speak. for he had a big national need to urge in the adoption by the govern ment and the country of the daylight saving bill that had been introduced with such great success into nearly all Euro pean countries and that in England. as I can vouch for, has proved & real help to workers of all kinds during the last three years. As MT. Marks explained 1t only means turning back the hands of the clocks throughout the land one hour, and thus gaining an extra hour of morning light and an extra hour or evening sunshine. I know it's economic and practical value in England, and am sure that here in America people would find it's adoption of real service during these days when the conservation of coal. of artificial light. of time and of life itself means so much to the nation at large.
 It was very interesting to mo to hear this subject being discussed, for with us in England 1t has become a natural part of the years happenings. On night appointed by government early in April. every clock In the country Is turned back an hour. and we thus automatically lose one hour of sleep. for in the morn ing we actually rise an hour earlier. al- thought the face of our clocks show no change. But we gain longer day and these times we need all the minutes and hours that we can steal from old Father Time in which to do the work that lies before us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-03

Grandmother kept her hair beauti- fully darkened. glossy and attractive with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Whenever her hair took on that dull. faded or streaked appearance, this sim pie mixture was applied with wonder ful effect. By asking at any drug store for ''Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur tie of this old-time recipe. improved by the addition of other ingredients all ready to use, at very little cost This simple mixture. can be depended upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-03
Thwarting German Greed

ThWartIng German Greed Thomas r. Logan, in Leslie's.
 It is startling fact that American. English, French and other investigators have published broadcast the methods by which they obtained remedies for hu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-03

Local Color OfYicer-Are you Brown? New Recruit-No. not yet. sir. I've only been down here week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-03

A well-known downtown druggist says everybody uses Wyetha Sage and Sulphur Compound now because 1t darkens so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell 1t has been applied it's so easy to. use, too. You simply draw 1t through your hair, taking one strand at time. By morning the gray hair disappears; after another application or two. it Is restored to its natural color and looks glossy, soft and beautiful. This preparation is a delightful toilet requisite It is not intended for the cure. mitigation or prevention of disease
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-04
BROOKFIELD

The primary school was closed from
Wednesday till Monday. Miss Prince
spent the Thanksgiving vacation with
relatives in Randolph.
Several from town attended the Sails.
bury ball in Randolph, Thanksgiving day
evening
Mrs c. Z. Beard is contemplating clos
ing her house and going to New York
City to spend the winter so she will be
near her daughters, who have employ
ment there.
The regular meeting of Brool1feld
grange Friday evening.
f. A. Glysson and family OF Barre
spent Thanksgiving day with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Glysson, at the
Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. p C. Iarose entertained
Thanksgiving day their son, Walter La.
rose, and family of Randolph
| Miss Gertrude Chase had a vacation
from her school work at Goddard sem
mary, Barre, from Wednesday till Mon
day, to stay with her mother, Mrs. NJ. E.
Chase, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. F. o. Ralph spent
Thanksgiving day in Barre with their
son, Neal Ralph, and family.
T. Calligan and A. G. Dutton spent
Thanksgiving day with DR., and Mrs
f. j. Locke.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Sargent went to
Royalton Wednesday and stayed till Sat
urday with their daughter, Mrs. c. R.
Blake, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Mills of Ryegate
were guests Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. B. Perham, Thursday.
Mrs. A. B. Whittier was in Mortified
the first of the week on business.
The ladies Of the Second church and
Of the home missionary society win hold
a joint social and sale of useful and
fancy articles and also an entertainment
by the school pupils at the church par
Tors Wednesday evening, Dec H. Sup
per will be served from ) o'clock till 0
P. nj. Everybody come
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-04
WATTS RIVER .

Word has been received from Capt.
Munsell, who states that his injury was
not serious. The piece of shrapnel en-
tered the left side of his throat, passed
through until it rested on the right hand
side, missing all the arteries and nerves
and he is at present able to be up and
dressed although he is yet unable to eat
any heavy food. He is located at base
hospital No. 8, near Bordeaux.
Word has been received that Roy
Boemig has been slightly wounded Roy
is another Wells River boy who has seen
much service and we are all glad that
his wound is not serious
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Bailey were the
guests of Mrs. A. S. Rogers of South
Newbury over the holidays.
Mr.. Fletcher came last Wednesday
night for a short visit at the home of
Alex Cochran.
Mrs Lillian Warren spent Thanksgiv-
ing with her brother, Dr. Kicker, at St.
Johnsbury.
Efforts are being made to have the
morning Boston train that leaves at 8
a. m. put back on. We all hope that
these efforts will not be in vain.
Mrs. John Lamere was called to
Tewksbury, Mass, by the death Of her
brother the latter part of last week.
Hale's tavern annex served Thanksgiv-
ing dinner to about twenty out of town
guests which did not include the regular
boarders or transients.
Herbert and Miss Pape visited friends
in town last week.
Mrs. Andrew Aitkin, Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Teller and Miss Berry left on
Saturday for California, where they will
spend the winter.
Robert Brock and Fred Brock and
family spent few days last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morrill, of Newport
Word has at last been received from
Pvt Fred Vincent, who is stationed in
southern France. 1t vas over four
months before word was received.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter johnson visited
friends in town last Friday and Satur-
day,
A large number from here attended
the Peter Mcqueen lecture given in the
opera house, Woodsville, Monday even
ing Proceeds for the Red Cross.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-04

His name was with the roll of honor for
bravery last summer.
BY his death a pail Of sadness and
gloom was cast over the community.
Hadley leaves three brothers, Archie, of
South Randolph, Harland of Massachu-
sets, foster brother, Andrew of South
Randolph, and two sisters, Mrs. Fred
Blanchard of Danvers, Mass, and Mrs.
William Doherty of 435 Broad street,
East Weymouth, Mass, also foster
mother and invalid father, who priced
him dearly and will miss his loving
presence and hearty welcome With
them his many friends hold dear the
sweet memories of pure life and mourn
his loss with them.
The following is the letter from Sergt
Harland MacPhetres, which notified the
family of the death Of Hadley:
"Oct. 26.-As you know by this time,
God has seen fit TO call our Hadley home
to Him. 1t is an awfully hard task
for me to write all the letters that |
must, but ] know that it is my duty
and | am trying hard to do it,
IdultN llNtu MS llit pure anu CleHN,
did his duty wherever he was and we
must not let his parting depress us too
much, because even though we can see
him no more, we know that he lives in a
home on high far better than any on
earth. God has taken him and we must
try and guide our lives so that we can
20 to him when the time comes. He was
wonderful soldier and, as the colonel
said to me yesterday, One of the very
best that the army ever could have
"He died beside his gun on the morn
ing of Oct. 81 and passed out instantly,
not suffering a bit. This is an awful
blow to us all, Dad, but we must all
keep cheerful and strive harder to win
in this fight. Please try and look at the
broader side of it. Take care of your.
self and please, for my sake, try to re-.
gain your physical condition / want
to find you strong and well when | re-
turn. Won't you try am pretty well
physically. and am at the horse liue in
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-04
Resignation Has Been Ac-
copied by President
Wilson
HE PLANS TO RESUME
WILLIAMS PRESIDENCY
Fuel Administration Will
Continue to Operate Dur
ing the Winter

Washington, d. c.. Dec 4--The resig-
nation of DIR. Harry A. Garfield as fed
eral fuel administrator has been accept
ed by President Wilson, but no an
nouneement has been made as to its eff
fectiye date. Nor has there been any
indication that successor will be
named. 1t is understood that DR.. Gar
field plans to take up again his duties
as president of Williams college after
the Christmas holidays and that his res
ignation was sent. to the White House
so that the president might act on it be-
fore leaving to-day for Europe.
The fuel administration will continue
to operate at least until the end Of the
present winter and it viii continue con
troll of the anthracite coal supply.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-04
W/hAt Is NuNated T0nS
Physician Explains Says Public Ought To Know What
They Are Taking-Practical Advice What To Do
To Build Up Your Strength, Power and Endurance
r. and Increase the Red Blood Corpuscles.

The fact that Nuxated Iron Is today being
used By over three million people annually
and that so many physicians are prescribing
It as a tonic, strength and blood builder in
weak, nervous, rundown conditions. has led
to an investigation of its merits by desig-
mated physicians and others whose reports
should be of great Importance TO the public
generally. Among these Is the statement
made by DIR. James Francis Sullivan, former
ly physician of Bellevue Hospital Outdoor
Dept.). New York and Westminster County
Hospital. who says: When one patient after
another began asking my opinion of Nuxated
Iron, resolved to go thoroughly into the
subject and find out for myself whether or
not il possessed the real value claimed by
Its manufacturers and attested to by 30 many
prominent people. This is exactly what
believe every honest, conscientious physician
should do before prescribing or lending his
endorsement to any product whatsoever. IL
an article is worthless we practitioners ought
70 be the first to know Of IL and If il is eff
cacous we are in duty bound to recommend
it for the welfare of our patients. A study
of the composition of the Nuxated Iron for
n1ua so impressed me with the therapeutic
efficacy of the product that Immediately
tested it in number of obstinate cases. So
quickly did it increase the strength, energy
and endurance Of the patients to whom it
was administered that became firmly con-
WINGED of it's remarkable value as tonic
and blood builder. have since taken 1t my