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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-30

WANTED--A woman or capable girl TO do
general homework in private family NJ Co.
slant, Lanesboro, VT 265ti0
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-30

WANTED-Girl for general homework no
cooking reply by letter to "A. b." care Of
Times Office. oSat5
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-30

WANTED - Pupil nurses at the Taunton
State Hospital: also attendants. male and fe-
male; for particulars address Or. Arthur V.
Goss. superintendent Of the Taunton State
Hospital. Taunton. Mass l42tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-30
MALE HELP WANTED

WANTED to work in woods also
horse and teamster: j. J. Dashner & Son.
Rowland block, Barre, Vt. lSetf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-30

MATTRESSES WANTED AT ONCE-w F.
Davis, Waterbury Inn. Waterbury, Vt 213tf
PUPIL NURSES wANTED-Young women
to train nurses at the Barre City Hospital:
address apply to Superintendent. Barre City
Hospital. Barre, VT lestfs
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-30

WANTED - Raw fur l am paying high
prices for all good furs. I have an excep-
tionally good outlet red fox. IS TO SIS 'coons.
$3.50 to Sc skunk, 81 to s. mink 81 20 $40 /:
rat, soc TO soc fisher SIS to sac white weasel
soc to $3.50: drop me a card and / will call on
you; Z. II. Slayton. Plainfeld Vt; Peoples
telephone. 3I7tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-30

The o.year.old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Winn of st. Johnsbury was badl,
scalded Jan. 20 when he fell into pal
Of hot water. The mother had filled
the mop pail and while her back was
turned for a moment the child sat down
in the scalding water. His body was ter.
ribly burned, and although he rallied
somewhat for the next few days the out
come is in doubt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-30

James Martin, for 20 years an engi.
neer on the Central Vermont railroad
and for 30 years on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford road, died at Fall
River, Mass, Jan. "a. He was II years
old The funeral and burial were in
Richmond
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-30

WANTED - Experienced woodsmen good
wages address M. Goslant, Lanesboro. VT.
33Stf
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-21
The False Philosophy In the Line
of Mr.. Blossoms Newest Play
That Induced Him to Cast Asid
Owe is. of course. tho greatest moral

r Owe is, OF course. tho greatest moral
force In the world. Lightning Is
one Of the greatest material forces
All for love and the world we'll lost"
So runs the creed OF those who believe that
love Itself justiies everything. Love comes
unbidden. and often unwelcome, 1t IL true
But still In this world the majority of peo-
pie hold that love, precious, delightful.
glorious as 1t may be. Is but one Of many
factors. There are loyalty. consideration.
faith and duty, and as the Prince OF Love
Himself pointed out, sclf-sacrifice. In all
the catalogue of Loves, Greater love hath
no man than this. that man lay down his
life for his friends" said the Saviour
And all this Is apropos of the latest ro-
nance of Robert Edcson, and Of how he
took this philosophy as embodied in his
newest play. Loves Lightning" to him.
self
In his play. Loves Lightning" COM
edy drama. written I'm collaboration with
Ada Patterson, and produced in New York
this Spring. Mr.. Edeson made his hero
Bob Clark. say:
When loves lightning strikes a man It's
all over with him"
And it was distinctly all over with Mr..
A@ucoOIl' 81 ITS the ne lnIO winch ne
had apparently settled down for life was
concerned.
The play OF which Mr.. Edeson was one
parent tells the story OF a marriagc-hating.
mother-seeking bachelor, content with his
life lot. save in the one particular Of his
need OF a mother He is a frank critic OF
younger woman or women who are his con-
temporaries. He Is canddly, honestly
ayerse to marriage. He finds the mother
and adopts her. He Is a happy, we'll moth
cred bachelor, rejoicing in his serene life
when loves lightning shivcrs the mold in
which his selfchosen existence is cast,
That Is precisely what happened to Mr.
Edeson, with the exception that Mr. Eide
son has the benedict rather than the bach.
elor mind. He had had two marriage idyls
The first was with Ellen Burg. an eminent
German actress. somewhat older than him
self. and who bore toward him the love OF
both wife and mother. The first Mrs Eide
son died.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-21

Strongheart Garage as in former Summers
Instead Of two trips to town he took many
The Rialto, which had faded in his con-
seriousness, again became q vivid spot.
Bohemia. which he had forsaken, again
claimed him.
ut Is better for one who acts and writes
to sec life instead OF remember It." he
said. He visited the Dutch Oven and the
Village Inn and Pollys In Greenwich VII
lage. He was dipping again into the once
abjured stream Of metropolitan life.
One day there came the inevitable fac
ing of facts.
The husband and wife faced each other
both earnest, both pale, eye to eye soul to
soul.
You are right" he said "I won't play
the part OF a coward liar. I wish 10
were not SO. but l love her."
So by shaft Of loves lightning was the
carefully prepared mold of his life broken.
AS unexpected, as unwelcome, as the IN.
trusion upon Bob Clarks bachelorhood was
the visitation to Bob" Edeson, for there
was Mrs Bob. And there was Roberta.
1t was fair-haired little Mrs. Bob who
solved the unhappy problem. She 1t WAS
who cut the Gordian knot.
No one can guide the unruly heart, rea.
soned Mrs. Bob" The stroke from ths
cloud was unlimited. No one wanted Il
to come. No one welcomed 1t. But It had
come. swift. terrible. annihilattng home
and the united future Of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
and Roberta.
III you are sure you love her. there is
but one thing to do" she said, with mis-
leading calm. 81 would not want you by
my side while your thoughts and heart
were with her"
From the stage nightly Norman Hackett
tty,cY ~. al, ~.
and Miss Patterson had written, the line
which Mr. Edeson wrote:
When loves lightning strikes a man, It's
all over with him" And Bob Clarke will.
ingly yielded his bachelorhood.
Bob" Edeson yielded Strongheart
played. the boat house and the surf from
the Sound. the garage and the calm ambi-
ton or years-he gave up his map Of the
future. the self-created mold of his life.
Early retirement from the stage no
longer beckons him. He Is back in the
thick OF dramatic things He and his bride
are established in q smart duplex in the
structure built by wealthy artists, the
Hotel DIES Artistes
Sometimes he calls on six.yearod Ro.
berta at Strongheart House. But Sag Har-
Dor has lost its squire. The old country
life that was to be the goal OF his moderate :
ambitions. knows him no more In so far
as that phase Of his existence fs concerned.
he is dead.
Mrs. Bob. admiring him as greatly as
ever. still his devoted friend, lives at
strongheart House, which he has given
her; manages Strongheart Garage, which s
Is also his gift.
The simple, sincere life Of the country
appeals to me. shall spend the rest OF my +
life here" she says.
That phase OF Bob" Blossoms existence
Is over. AS he prophetically wrote: When
loves lightning strikes man. It's all over
with him." ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-21

The player Of heroes mourned her sin
cercly for two years. Then he became the
happy mate Of the former Mrs. Charles
Mackay. Mrs. Mackay was one of the
bellies OF Boston. Through her father.
Lynn Boyd Porter, who wrote fiction thrill
ers under the nom de plume Albert Ross.
she was wealthy On divorcing Actor
Mackay she resumed her maiden name
George Porter.
The couple built one of the most beaut-
full homes on the north shore OF Long
Island The great, square, hospitable house
in gray they named Strongheart House. II
Is habit OF actors to name their estates
in grateful memory OF their chief success.
Mr.. Edeson had many successes, but be-
sides his lovable creation of the Little
Minister he is most famous for his char
acter Of the young Indian chieftain, Strong
heart
There could be no question of Robert
Blossoms happiness at Strongheart House,
which is one OF Long Islands show places.
On It's broad verandas and in its spacious
rooms he entertained old friends and new
He built a carpenter shop at the rear of
the house where he might indulge his fancy
for the saw and square. There were ken
nels. boat house. diving pier. He had
OF every man. woman, child and canine in
Sag Harbor.
Fie was the great man OF the hamlet He
loved it as it loved him When he made
speeches at Old Home Week, or when he
turned local orator on the Fourth of July
he used to say. In every town visit al
ways register, Robert Edeson, Sag Har.
bor.'
1T is a great little town. intend to
spend the rest Of my life here. Here are
my friends. We will grow old together
The folk OF Sag Harbor believed it and
cheered. Bob" Edeson believed it and
smiled. The sky was blue
But he reckoned without loves light.
ming. a cloud no larger than the hem OF
a girls skirt appeared upon that sky. 1t
grew. 1t overspread. From 1t flashed
forked lightning. From it fell a thunder.
bolt. 1t was loves lightning, before which
few men stand untouched and unsecured
1t shattered the mold in which the actor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-21

nau CaSl lne REMAINDER or MS lie. Skill
full potter that he was. his life lay in atoms
Of crumbling clay before him. No one
who saw the startling demolition was more
surprised than Robert Edeson
He had felt as secure as Bob Clark, the
hero Of his play, shows himself in this
dialogue in the first act Of Loves Light
ming:
Clark shall sit in solitude and moral
lie on life and woman. shall remove my
collar, smoke my pipe and have my eve
ming paper all to myself You blithering
Idiots Will shave, put soft powder on your
chins and spend your evening lying to
women.
Perce-Something you've never done,
suppose?
Clarke-Something I've always done.
Lowel-Then why have you never mar
ried?
Clarke-When wanted a wife couldn't
afford one. When could afford a wife
didn't want one.
Langston-Why don't you get a wife?
You'll have 10. or wake up one OF these
days grabbed old bach, all stomach and
no hair, unlovely and unloved. an argyll
mcntative figure in the corner OF club
nuisance to the servants and bore to the
members.
Clarke-And If should marry l would
spend my days, as other married men do,
flirting with stenographers. talking house
hold economies at home in the evening Go
to bed when | am wide-awake, and get up
when | am dead for sleep and rush to the
office as the only relief from the monotony
of the matrimonial yoke. Nope. May the
good Lord preserve my hair, my figure and
my single blessedness. Amen.
Lowel-And SO we must leave you to
the yellow peril of jaundiced life and
Japanese servants.
Clarke-Better jaundice than marital In
digestion I'll be the comic relief for all
your household. and you'll all be fighting
for me TO come and spend the weekend
and tell you what's going on in the world
you closed your doors on-that is, If YOU
don't sneak back. Men are all of one
mold. tell you don't want some one to
have to care for and protect--to make Il
clothes horse of. to parade around and
show my possession.
There we will leave Bob Clarke secure
In his determination to lead a bachelor ex-
istence. serene, nndisturbed and wholly
satisfying, and return to Bob Edeson
Yes" he would say to guests at Strong
heart House, my lines have fallen in
pleasant places. love Sag IIarbor as
James ~. Herne, who named a play after It,
loved 1t. With my home. my wife, my
friends, what can a man want? Two
things-a baby and an income that will
permit him to retire and enjoy the home"
Ono Of those good things came. There's
~ baby, Roberta. named after her father.
She has attained the ago OF seven. Like.
wise proud position In Il kindergarten,
and pony cart With this wish embodied
before his eyes Mr.. lGdeson had one wish
left. IL shall retire early from the stage :"
he said. III leave 1t to the other fellows.
Through my investments and my writing
shall soon be able to leave the stage"
Sag lIarbor was delighted by this prom
se OF It's leading citizen. His opening Of
1 garage in the village yet more deeply
rooted him among them. He was no mere
rich Summer resident, but one Of the local
business men. Publicly and privately the
town OF the Sound rejoiced.
Docs Fate resent the cocksureness O.
V RrI Irrht
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-30

Away back in the dusty past
some forty years ago when we
kids, especially me. used to take
our little pan and paddle and
gather the beautifully i'll smell
ling striped bugs that perched
upon the potatoe vines. we used
to see sometimes a weary wan
derer driving along the road
clad in a linen buster and chin
whiskers.
We in our childish ignorance
used to think such gentry were
methodist elders or confidence
men but, later found they were
saving close, calculating far
mers Of the better sort who
were wise enough to protect
their clothing from dust and
dirt.
There is nothing that will
ruin a suit as quickly as road
dirt. 1t grinds the fabric to
quick destruction in appearance.
At $3.50 we have a buster
that is dirt proof. fast color
washes well and wears long. Is
full in the skirt with big COM
Portable armholes and wide in
sleeve at the elbows. In fact as
free of defects and as full of
virtuous promises as a political
platform but unlike a political
platform it functions later.
And back of it (the dusterl
we stand with a guarantee OF
perfect satisfaction or your
money back.
,CHAS. G. COLE
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-30
men PLAYING at ElCwanok at present
who can DO better is quite limited.
MORE HAIR! GIRLS
How 20 make Il so Fascinating and
Delightfully."- Lustrous that II will
add to your Beauty.

When your hair becomes faded DRY
streaked and scraggly. when 1t falls
out badly and new hair cannot grow,
the roots must be yitalized and prop.
orly nourlshed, To do this quickly.
safely and at little expense, there Is
nothing 80 effective as Partisan Sage
OiQuid form which you can get at
W. IT, Gokay's or any druggists.
It's guaranteed to abolish dandrufi,
stop scalp itch and falling hair, and
promote new growth or money re
funded, It's in great demand by dis.
eliminating women because It makes
the hair so soft, fluffy lustrous, easy
to arrange atlractiycly and appear
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A massage with Partisan Sage is a
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it use Partisan Sage Don't delay
begin tonlght-a little attention now
lnsures beautiful hair for years ia
come.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-30
Bed Cross pous.

A letter from a young Harvard man
In the American ambulance service in
France. which is quoted In the New
York Sun, gives an interesting glimpse
OF the wonderful cleyerness of'the war
dogs.
Last evening, he writes, a couple
OF fellows came around to see us.
bringing with them two Of the famous
Red Cross dogs. We were anxious 10
see them work, so l ran and hid in
some bushes.
Lying down, I placed my cap under
me SO that the dog could not find It.
They sent one Of the dogs out to find
me. He finally discovered me; and
as he was unable to find my cap, ,he
put his nose In my pocket and pulled
out my handkerchief, which he took
hack. A few minutes later he led his
owner to the place where i lay.
They told me that this dog saved
$50 lives in one day during the bat.
tie of the Marine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-30
CHAs. G. COLE
ESTATE OFJULIA Il. PEAK
CT TIE ON VIVID 4nNTut

District of Bennington IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for
the District of Bennington.
To all persons interested in the es-
tate of Julia T. Peak late of Pownal
in said District deceased.
GREETING:
At Probate Court, holden at Ben
nington within and for said District
on the 18th day of July, 1918 an in
strument purporting to be the last
VIII and Testament of Julia IL. Peak
late of Pownal in said District. de-
ceased, was presented to the Court
aforesaid, for Probate
And Is is ordered by said Court that
the Sth day OF Aug. 1918, at the Probate
Office is said Bennington, be assigned
for proving said instrument; and that
notice thereof be~given to all persons
concerned. by publishing this order
three weeks successfully in the Ben
nington Evening Banner newspaper
circulating In that vicinity, In said
district, previous to the time appoint
ed.
THEREFORE,. you are hereby noti-
ed TO appear before said Court, at the
time and place aforesaid and con-
test the probate Of said Will. II you
have cause.
Given under my hand at Bennington
in said District, this 18th day of July
1918
Amy II. Harbour,
Registrar
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-30
niatrfct ~ Ranninpton Sc

District OF Bennington SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for
the District of Bennington.
To all persons interested In the es-
tate of Mary u Galusha late Of Shafts
bury in said District deceased.
GREETING:
AT Probate Court. holden at BEN
nington within and for said District
on the 18th day of July 1918 an in
strument purporting TO be the last
win and Testament of Mary +.
Galusha late of Salisbury In said
District. deceased was presented to
the Court aforesaid, for Probate.
And IL is ordered by said Court
that the Sth day of August 1918, at the
Probate Onlce In said Bennington, be
assigned for proving said Instrument:
and that notice thereof be given to all
persons concerned, by publishing this
order three weeks successfully In the
Bennington Evening Banner. news
paper circulating In that vicinity. in
said District, previous to the time APP
pointed.
THEREFORE,, you are hereby noti-
fed to appear before said Court ut the
time and place aforesaid. and contest
the probate of said will, IL you have
cause.
Given under my hand at Bennington
IN said District this 18th day Of July
t9lS
Amy II. Harbour.
Register
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.
Fun for all at Bennington's carni.
val tonight Adv.
Mrs. p B. Jennings is spending a
few days in New York.
Edward Grennan OF Troy visited
relatives in town Sunday.
Carl Chase is fishing the streams in
Woodford today.
Miss Velma Elwell is visiting
friends in North Adams for a few
days
Miss Ruth Rockwood, who has been
i'll is improved and able to be out
again.
Charles Cohen of New York is Wis
iting his sister, Mrs. Max Feinberg of
South street.
Morris Levin of River street has
returned from several days stay in
Burlington.
Charles C. Gavin of Schenectady is
he guest OF his sisters the Misses
Gavin Of Pleasant street.
Miss Elizabeth Walsh of North Ben
nington has accepted position as
clerk in the Gokay Drug store.
Charles A. Kennon, who has been
laid up the past ten days with rheu-
matism, is able to be out some today.
Mrs Anna McCue left Sunday for
Boston. Mrs. McCue will visit for
the next two weeks at Nantasket
Beach and Marblehead, Mass.
Miss Beulah Whitley has resigned
as stenographer with the General
Electric Works in Pittstield and is at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Whitley.
Wallace Venable. principal of the
Wakesfield high school, is with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Ven
able of Grove street While awaiting
a call to service. Prin. VenabIe in
listed in the U. S. army several weeks
age.
Serg. Louis S. White returned to
Portsmouth, N. H.. today. Serg.
White is a member of the coast artil-
lery and has been spending a five
days furlough at his home in North
Bennington and with relatives in
town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-30
MERELY QUESTION OF TIME
Men Knew Mule Would Do Its Part
II Blacksmith Would Keep
On Doing His.

The conversation at a social session
turned to the thoughtless regard that
some people have for their fellow men,
when the following story was related
by Representative Charles P. Caldwell
Of New York:
Recently delegate from the rear
of the township appeared at the viii
lage blacksmith shop leading a mule
that didn't seem to be taking a very
optimistic view Of life, and asked to
have the animal shod.
whats the matter with the shoes
he's got on?" demanded the black
smith. cautiously examining the
mules feet. II shod him only yester-
day afternoon, and they look all right
to me-" ,A
"Never mind how they look, Jim"
returned the owner Of the mule. "Jes'
you so ahead and shoe him ag'ln. Ne
an Jake Hawkins viii pay the bllly
Jake Hawkins" responded the
blacksmith, wonderlngly. "What has
Jake got to do with til"
"a whole lot" was the startling re-
jolnder Of the owner. "We're bettin'
on how many times you can shoe that
mule before going through the roof of
the blacksmith shop and out among
the airshlps. "-Philadelphla Evening
Telegraph.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-30
ESTATE or MARION l.. pIcKANns


District OF Bennington S.
The Honorable Probate Court for
the District aforesaid:
To all persons Interested In the es-
tate Of Marion l.. piokands late %
New York, deceased, GREETING:
WHEREAS, said Court has assigned
the Sth day of August next for exam
ming and allowing the account OF the
Executors OF the estate o fsald de-
ceased and for a decree of the residue
OF said estate 10 the lawful claimants
OF the same, and ordered that public
notice thereof be given TO all persons
interested In said estate by publishing
tits order three weeks succesSively
previous to the day assigned, in the
Bennington Evening banner Il news
paper. published at Bennington IN said
District
THlsREFORE. you are hereby noti-
field to appear at the Probate Office in
Bennington In said District on the day
assigned. then aud there To contest the
allowance OF said account VI YOU see
cause aud to establish your right az
heirs. leguteos ana lawful claimants
10 said residue.
Given under my hand, this 10th day
~ July, 1918.
Amy II. Harbour.
Hani4fnr
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-30
How Could She TellG

One of the girl ushers in Flatbush
theater had problem offered her the
other evening. She was showing two
women TO their seats.
'Is the show this evening NJ for
church women to sect" asked one OF
the plllaresses Of a Flatbush congrega-
ton.
I'll don't know" responded the
girl. Then she frightened. "Yon sec"
she said. ~ don't have time to go to
church"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-30
EKWANOK GOLF FOR
RED CROSS BENEFIT
players Of National Reputation Ar.
rive at Manchester and Excellent
Contest Is Assured.

Mancheetor w.. July 3O.--Miss
AleNa sHrlhs, Miss Elaine Rosen.
thai. Bobby Jones and Perry Adair
who. played an exhibition golf match
at Brae Burn last Saturday arrived
here this morning and tomorrow af.
tonoon win play at EhNanok Coun-
try Club for The benefit OF the Ameri.
can Red Cross The reputation Of
these four golfers 90 such that an in
teresting match is assured and ad.
vance subscriptions already warrant
q substantial sum being raised for
the Red Cross. Tho match will be
played at two o'clock in the after
noon Wednesday At Brae Burn
Miss Rosentha"s individual score
was olghty.lour and the number OF
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-30
Vi
The Trouble.

"Ma," roarcd Mr.. Jagsby. whereof
the demnltlon bow.wows is my hat7
/ can't keep n thing about this house.
It's n shame the way things disappear
without any apparent reason. ! would
Just like TO know where that hat Is"
$50 would l." replied Mrs. Jagsby,
coldly. you didn't have It ON when
you came home last Notwithstanding
ham Age-Herald, 1AAn