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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23
SOCIETY
THINGS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
EPISCOPAL TEA ROOM.

The tea room which opens on Satur-
day next at noon will be called ':the
Sign of the Pine" and under the eff
ficient direction of Miss Rolaie Smith
it promises to be a success. A capable
cook has been secured and dainty and
delicious meals will be served at rea-
sonable prices, filling a long felt need
in Americas. The room will be ap-
propriately decorated and committee
OF ladies from this church will
attend to the comfort of the custom
ers. Tea and sandwiches will be serv-
'eG any time during the afternoon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23
CONDUCTED
by
Mrs. 4, B. Allen
Of'cePhone SO
Res. Phone 466
RED CROSS NEWS

The attendance at the work room Is
growing and the recent allotment
from the government will soon be COM
pleted. The following knitted articles
have been sent in this week:
One sweater each was made by Mrs.
E. A. Hawkins, Mrs w I. Craps, Mrs.
j. T. McC1endon, Mrs. Lester Williams,
Mrs w. r. Walker, Mrs. c. A. Schneid-
err. Mrs. J. C. Mebane, Mrs A. L. Cobb.
Mrs J.. P. Raiford sent three pair
socks and Miss Matte Lee Buchanan
sent one pair
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23
men OF ACTION"
YOUNGER men ARE
NEEDED AT FRONT

WASHINGTON, d. c., April %
Men of action, younger men, are
needed from America to win the
war"
Secretary Newton D. Baker of the
war department, who has just re
turned from a visit to the western
front, expressed this belief to mem
bers of the house military commit
tee here today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23
SALE OF LIBERTY
BONDS.

The Liberty bond drive which will
be inaugurated by the Council of Ma
tional Defense will be participated IN
by the women of all the churches and
every woman's organization in the city.
The leaders of these organizations will
be captains of teams and it is urged
that every woman who is appointed
may do her part in the work. 1t is not
easy nor pleasant but when one re-
members it's object it should be re-
garded as a privilege.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23
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WEATHER FORECAST.

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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-19

tain packages. inns puzzled him, for
his had told him there would
be DO gifts this year and he did not
expect any except what Santa Claus
would bring. Bobby asked his moth
er il what she brought in was intend
ed for Christmas, but she gave him
nc satisfaction, though she took him
In her arms and gave him a bear hug
and a dozen kisses. She seemed as
happy as IL she expected Santa Claus
to bring everything she wanted for
Christmas.
The day before Christmas n mes
senger boy came with a telegram for
Mrs. Sawyer. She tore Off the envel-
ope and read 1t, and looked very hap
by, giving the messenger a half dol
lar. Bobby asked what the telegram
was about. She told him it was about
a Christmas gift she and all the rest
Of the family were to receive, and
when Bobby kept asking again and
again "What is 1t mamma?" she gave
him another bear hug and smothered
him with kisses.
Bobby had a sister, Edith, twelve
years old, and a brother Jim, ten. Both
OF them were too old to sympathize
with Bobby in his faith In Santa Claus
bringing him the gift he had promised
him In his letter. Indeed they didn't
believe Santa Claus really wrote let
tiers to children. Bobby tried his best
to get out of Edith or Jim what made
their mother so happy, but they would
not tell. Indeed they seemed almost
as happy as she. Having failed with.
them Bobby tried Peter the postman.
Peter said he suspected Santa Claus
had something to do with the family
happiness, but he was not sure. So
poor Bobby was obliged to swallow his
curiosity and wait for Christmas morn.
ing.
Bobby went to bed on Christmas eve
determined to resist the sandman and
Keep his eyes open all night, so that
he might get a glimpse Of Santa Claus
and see what his remarkable gift was.
But the sandman soon began to drop
sand in Bobby'S lids, and he was asleep
In ten minutes after his head struck
the pillow.
When Bobby awoke the sun was
quite high in the heavens. He heard
the word Bobby I" shouted in his ears
and at the same time felt himself gent
ly shaken. He did not awaken by de"
grees, but all at once. And there
standing before him and looking down
upon him, smiling, was his papa.
"Why, papa!" he exclaimed, II
thought you were neve going to come
home any more"
Santa Claus told me hat he was
to bring me home to my little boy for
a Christmas gift"
Bobby threw his arms around his ia
Tiers neck and Rugged and Rugged,
and 1t seemed that he would never
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-19

New York.-It is a long cry from
Henry III to Cromwell. but fashion
jumps that length in seven-leagued
boots and regards 1t as Il trifle. Fash
lon, indees' asserts a fashion critic,
places the two periods Of the worlds
history together without apology. She
takes a bit from one and a slice from
the other, and calls Ii a frock.
History has been ransacked for three
years for inspiration, strange To re-
cord. when one realizes that a few
decades from now fashion will proba-
bly, start in to register the impress
sions of these days, and throughout
all the ages to come, IL there are such
things as fashions for women, those
who build them will go to this era OF
world-war as an aid to jaded brains.
Possibly Napoleon was sufficiently an
egotist to fOresee that the period he
created in the worlds progress would
last the fashion designers at least an
hundred years, as II has done, but he
might have been startled at the fact
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-19
Wrote His Letter.

give 1t to anybody but Bobby, saying
that Santa Claus required him to give
=sny letters marked from Kris Krin-
gle" to the child to whom 1t was adj
dressed and to no one else. Bobby
opened 1t and read:
Dear Bobby:
II have received your letter and will
bring you the finest Christmas present
you ever received in your life.
SANTA CLAUS"
Bob Of course was delighted, with
this, and he noticed that from the
time of its, receipt everything about
the house seemed to take on a certain
<heeriness. Bobby laid In wait for Pc
ter when he cane again and asked him
"A lot of questions as to how and where
Santa Claus gave him the letter. Pc
ter said that he was not permitted to
tell children anything about Santa
Clans. They must hang ND their stock
sngs and wait for him to ill them.
: This was three days before Christ
mas. Bobby who was very watchful
detected his mother smuggling in GER
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-19
Styles Go Back
To Early Dates

ian, Is the sleeveless blouse, or short
tunic that u shops sell as casually
as they once did the American shirt
waist. These. also, were battlemented
at the hem, while ours are not. but
they also showed the full sleeves Of
the shirt beneath. In those days the
man chose the undershirt in broad
yellow and red-barred stripes.
As we wear this other coal the bat
tlemented one with long slice res. fas-
tened at the neck, but not below. the
effect is good. Ii provides n variant
from the accepted styles Of jackets. Ii
is beltless, which is n fashion the
French designers are striving hard To
establish. The slim lines OF this coal
keep the widths from awkwardness
and the small armholes aid the clean
cut look.
Sinuous Hips Of the Orient.
1t may be a happy fact n that
gives cause for rejoicing that design
ers have no objection to "bunching"
the countries when ii comes Ia fash
ions. To put the oriental hip drapery
alongside the coat of Cromwell and
the chemise of Adele Of Lauvain ts
legitimate business.
AIS well that. once looked well.
might be their motto and they go on
making Il sartorial Tower of Babel, for
IL a costume could speak, this Is what
would happen in any representative
gathering. The Orient is always too
seductive, too easy OF imitation, to
escape constant usage; there may
have been periods in social history
when il would not have been pessi-
bic to persuade well-piBced women to
appear In the clothes Of the Temple
girls and those of the Bazaars. but we
don't happen to belong to one of them.
We have stopped at some things in
the last six years, but we have gone
far, very far.
Sedateness has entered into costum-
cry during the last two years. but now
we may see a return to license in cos
tumery that may make pre-war fash
ions appear anemic. Let us hope that
JOY won't be too unconfned.
If there is "A pleasing sedateness
with freedom from occurrences and
drabness. then we will see good cos
tunes. Already there Is a gracious
way of employing orientalisin which
cannot be objected to by conserva-
tives. even In the hip drapery whose
swathings are the Sign and symbol OF
the Eastern dancers.
There Is q tendency to combine col
ored satin with black thread lace in
The oriental frocks, which takes away
the suggestion of the East except In
the swirl of fabric that goes about the
hips.
The Square Figure.
These are minor changes, however
important they may be to the mass OF
women who have no intention OF
swinging their clothes into every pro-
cesslon that passes, In comparison to
the subtle transformation going on in
the contour of the figure. 1t Is get
ting square. If 1t succeeds there liz
another blue ribbon Of victory to the
house Of Callot who moves along a
mysterious way toward changing tina
fashion of the civilized world.
When Cabot sent to this country
those primitive garments without belt.
or curve, cut straight from two pieces
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-19

let go. Mamma, and Edith and Jim
came In and SO great was the excite.
ment that Bobby forgot to look for
what was in his stocking.
That was certainly the happies;
Christmas the Sawyer family eve
spent or eve would spend. Bobby
was too young to have it all explained
to him, but when he is older his mother
intends to tell him that his father was
on a vessel that vas torpedOed and
sunk. Mr.. Sawyer was reported miss.
ing, but he was picked up out Of the
water by an American cruiser and In
time managed to get home. After word
came that he was saved the letter was
written to Bobby by his sister as from.
Santa Claus, and afterwards a tele.
gram came saying that his father
would be home on Christmas morning.
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down the front, a battlemented hem,
and wide linen collars and cuffs.
that, In q tremendous time like this,
which makes his mighty battles puny
events, we should go on playing varia-
| tons on the theme of clothes which he
ventures in other lands than his own.
None of the designers have gotten
very far away from the Napoleonic
era, and their apology is that inspira-
ton was drawn from every source dur
ing the reign of this one man, and that
II would be difficult to find something
which had been omitted. Very true.
We Turn to England.
There was once a time, in the be-
ginning of the Consulate. when fash
lon in Paris was turned toward the
ancient enemy across the channel and
borrowed ideas for dress. This was
done In a spirit Of perversity by GER
tain sections of society but the Paris
designers now turn there In a differ
ent spirit-One Of intense gratitude
and friendliness. and instead Of look
ing among present fashions for inspira-
ton, knowing full well by practical
evidence that they are Partisan. she
has gone back to British history.
Later she may remember Mesopotamia
and Palestine, and linking them to
Allenby and Marshall, swirl back to
Holy Land costumery.
At the moment she Is interested I'm
eras Of which she has thought little
n cared less. II seems a strange
thing that the temperamental design
ers Of Paris, on whom the world de-
ponds for the movement OF the season
in clothes. should revive the fashions
Of Cromwell. Curious juxtaposition OF
ideas. None has ever arisen In French
history who could be likened to this
Puritan, and we may find the reason
for this singular recrudescence in the
pleasant fact that Cromwell was sand
wiched between two Charleses whose
~frivOlity Is historically foreign TO Paris.
The Cromwellian inspiration Is new I;
the revival OF those fashions which
were adopted before the word had
any Significance when Henry / was
king Of England. In looking over n
book of old cOstumery the similarity
shown between the frocks of then and
and Is startling. And this Is all the fur
Their we have gone In dress, is the ex-
clamatiOn that mi first.
Those were severe fashions when
Cromwell interrupted the pleasure-lov.
ing Stuarts. Some one has said that
when Charles III came TO the throne
England with a sigh of relief laid
aside her hair shirt 4 show that she
wore a silk one beneath.
just recently there has appeared sew
eral sorts with battlemented hens,
a strange sign Of those times. and a
double row of buttons on each side of
a long straight front opening. The
wide linen collar and cuffs are added,
and one sees that IL Is a new fashion.
Not so new. but equally Cromwell
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Corsets of f~esh-colored SIR brocads
and yelled by black lace are finished
at the bottom with a runie of wide
edglng.
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Gown Of sweet-gum coIored veIours
showing the square contour for
which fashion 10 headed. The back
Of the skirt is plated, the front
plain. Under the square bodice
there 10 a sash Of Indian-red crepe
Of cloth, or so 1t appeared, and sewed
up at each side, women simply uttered
an emphatic negative and passed them
by. Ever that little group Of extrem-
lists which can be depended on to try
out everything once. at least, were too
doubtful of the experiment to put
money In 1t. And yet here II Is creep
ing In among all the best gowns from.
important houses and promised as the
ruling contour for spring.
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Syndicate)
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-19

things for Christ
mas 1 want" said
Bobby Sawyer.
IN a IN m a says
that because papa
won't v e come
home any more
we can't have any
Christmas gift. ]
don't see why, be-
cause papa was
lost at sea, Santa
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-03
BURLINGTON man ORDAINED
Raymond NJ. Fitzpatrick. Son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles H. Fitzpatrick
Enters II. G. Priesthood.

Ogdensburg. N. Y. Dec. 30.-The or
dination Of Raymond NJ. Fitzpatrick of
Burlington. VT, to the Roman Catholic
priesthood took place at st. Mary's
Cathedral in this city at 1880 a. m.
to-day. The Rt. Rev. Joseph H. Con-
roy, v. G., auxiliary bishop of Ogdnes-
burg, said the ordination mass and con-
ferred holy order upon the young man.
The bishop was assisted by the Rev.
D. ]. O'Sullivan of st. Adams, VT, I'M
Gle of the new priest, and the cathedral
clergy. The sermon was delivered by
the Rev. Father O'Sullivan. Among the
large number who witnessed the SOL
emn and impressive ceremony were Mr.
and Mrs Charles H. Fitzpatrick Of Bur-
lington, parents of the new priest. At
the close of the mass, Father Pitz1-
patrick gave his first blessing to the
people.
Father Fitzpatrick studied philosophy
at st. Michaers College. winooski. VT,
and subsequently attended the Sulpician
Grand Seminary In Montreal, where he
completed his preparation for ordina-
ton. He returns to Burlington to-
morrow and will celebrate his
first mass in that city New
Years day. Father Fitzpatrick will
be assigned to the diocese of Ogdens-
burg. but the parish has not yet been
selected. During the past week the
young man received the sub -deaconate
and the deaconate in st. Mary's Cathe-
dral these ceremonies preceding ordi.
nation to the priesthood. Bishop Con.
roy officiated at each.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-03
RAILROAD man HURT
J. O. Smith, c. v. Night Yard Master.
Hit by Train-Left Foot Am.
putated.

st. Adams, Dec. 30.-J. o. Smith Of
Upper Weldon street, night yard mas
ter of the Central Vermont Railway
company, was seriously injured early
this morning when hit by a train while
in the discharge OF his duties. His
left foot was crushed and the leg
broken lust above the ankle and the
ankle badly crushed. 1t was necessary
to amputate the left foot, but II is
hoped the other may be saved.
Just how the accident occurred is
not known, but in some way Mr.. Smith
stepped In front of the in coming ex-
press No. G due here at Has p. m. but
which was an hour and SO minutes late
The accident occurred Just opposite the
engine house The man was thrown to
the west and clear of the main line.
II ia thought the train ran over his left
foot There was no actual eye wit
ness of the accident and the trainmen
did not know until the train stopped
that any one had been hit.
DIR. Alan Davidson, railway surgeon,
was summoned. Mr.. Smith was taken
IN the st. Adams hospital by ambulance.
He was conscious and directed the men
Who went to his assistance how to han
S,o him His condition Is favorable
He has a wife and three children, two
sons and a daughter. He has been in
.ha snnIoy of the railroad for Ii years,
and in his present position about seven
years.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-03
FIRE DESTROYS
HOTEL BARDWELL
Guests Driven into Atmosphere
26 below Zero-Loss
$125,00O.

Rutland, Dec. 30.--The main part Of the
Hotel Bardwell was destroyed BY IRE this
morning, the loss being estimated at 312s,.
OOO The blaze was discovered at $50 q.
m and the thirty guests Of the house
were hastily summoned from their bods.
forced to pack UP their belongings in
hurry and rushed into the street whore
they encountered q temperature Of 26 De.
gree2 below zero.
The fire started from on overheatsd
furnace 'luc and quickly srreud to the
ioof and then followed purtitlous all over
the building. The low temperature made
the work of the firemcn Ineffective as hosa
froze and burst within few feet Of the
iiames. Tho suffering Of The men was in.
tense even with repeated cups of hot cof-
fee and dry tuter clothing being furniahcd
by local merchants.
The flames were confined to the I'VE.
story brick hotel which adjoins the
Masonic Tompls and the Baxter Ma.
tional bank. The walls are still stand.
ing tonight under tons of ice, but the
entire interior except tho north wing
| IS In ruins. Most of the furnishings went
up In flames. Ladders and other APP
paratus are frozen fast against the walls
| under heavy Ice and It will be some days
before they can be recovered. None Of
the guests was injured, but Edward
Blanchard. fireman, fractured a hip
when floor gave way under him and
he fell two stories. He was taken to the
hospital in a serious condition,
| The Bardwell was built in 1851 by Otis
Bardwell. 1t has had many owners
since. Two years ago the Rutland Hotel
company took 1t over and spent $4,000
In undermining 1t. Among those inter-
ested In the company are John N. Wood
I'm Of Rutland. John J. Flynn of Burling-
ton and ]. c. Flynn of Dorset. The
property was we'll insured,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-03

IN the center OF your beautiful city IL a
tablet, commemorative to the signing of
declaration Of Independence. Up in my
home county is a tablet viii IN marks the
spot where the first blood of the American
Revolution was shed in defense Of that
declaration. To-day North Carolina and
Vermont stand united to uphold the prin-
cples here proclaimed. for a government
Of the people and in opposition to autoc-
racy. Let us vie with each other In striv-
Ing for a full realization of triumphant
victory for Justice. and the teachings of
the Nazarene. We of the North will en-
deavor to bear our full share of the bur-
den and sacrifice and we know the people
Of this great State will bear theirs.
] hope you will pardon the space for
this letter. We would be untrue to our
| selves II we failed to defend our State,
and unworthy the confidence of the folks
| at home.
ERNEST w. GIBSON.
Camp Greene. Dec. Is.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-03
Or. {. /. MARTIN DIES
Prominent Middlebury Physician Sue
cumbs after Operation-Consultin
Surgeon at Hospitals.

Middlebury. Dec. 30.-Dr. Edward H.
Martin. a prominent physician Of this
county. and high in the Masonry of the
State. died Friday night at the Mary
Fletcher hospital in Burlington. The
funeral will be held at two o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at the Congrega-
tional Church. the Rev. Henry c. New
ell, pastor Of the church, assisted by
the Rev. G. M. Moody of the Methodist
Church Officiating.
Dr. Martin underwent an operation
at the hospital about 10 days ago. and
was supposed to be doing we'll. so that
his death came as a great surprise.
He was Sc years of age.
He was the son Of the Rev. Carlos
and MARY Allen) Martin, and was born
in Foochow. China. February 2. ell.
His Father came from Jericho and his
mother was of Milton. Ho Is survived
by his wife, who was Ida N. Hickey OF
Salisbury. whom he married October IL.
1882. and three daughters. Mrs. Lucius
Buttolph, Marjorie and Mildred Martin
of this village; and three sons. Edward
H. Martin of San Francisco, Cal. Carl
8. Martin of Twin Falls. Idaho, and
Harold H. Martin Of seattle. Wash.
DR.. Martin was a graduate OF the
Montpelier Seminary, class Of rs; Am
herst College, '82. U. v. M. medical
school. "a. Flo commenced the prac-
tice OF medicine In Salisbury in 'S5
and lived thore until he moved to Mid.
dlebury In 1899. where ne had since
practiced.
He was q member OF the Masonic body
and was master Of Union Lodge In 1889
and 1900 high priest of Potter Chapter.
1897, 1898 and 1889. He was T. 1. M. Of Mid
dlebury Council. 1906 and 1906 and he wan
eminent commander Of Mount Calvary
Commandery. 1909, 1908 and 1904; grand
high priest Of the Grand Royal Arch Chap
ter of Vermont. 1909. Ho was secretary
at the time Of his death Of the Vermont
Medical association. For 10 or II years
DR.. Martin had been consulting surgeon
at the two most important hospitals In the
State Of Vermont, the Fanny Allen hospi-
tai at Winooskl and the Mary Fletcher
hospital, In Burlington. and for the past %
years he had been called In consultation
with eminent physicians and surgeons to
many place In the State and beyond its
borders. He was one of the surgeons
Of the Rutland railroad. He was also q
member Of the prudential board of the
school directors of this village. which Of
fee he has held for a number Of years
He has also been on the board Of village
trustees and at one time was the village
road commissioner. which offico he held
for several terms. The remains were
brought to his homo In this village Satur-
day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-03
BLUE OVERALLS FOR
WELLESLEY GIRLS
Students Are to Conduct \ War Farn
Next Summer.

Next Summer.
Wellesley. Mass, Dec. 30.-Blue over
alls and cerise suspenders bid fair 10 be
the vogue at Wellesley College this sum.
mer for Mile. Wellesley Is to turn farmer.
Arrangements are now being completed
for a war farm. to be an a!l-cnllege and
an only college enterprise In every phase
of supervision. labor, and, perhaps, sven
Of finance. The aim Is solely to produce
food and to afford the girls opportunity
Of war service, not to make money for
ind! vduals or for tho college.
Tho planting In the spring and the late
gathering and disposing Of the crops in
the fall will be done BY volunteers who
will give unpaid two consecutive hours
r week. Then from June Is to September
Is the work will ba carried on by three
successive squads Of from IL to 20 girls,
who will remain q? entire month In Wei.
lesley. They viii. work eight hours q
day. at 20 cents All hour. with Saturday
afternoons of on ray. Board will he sup.
piled at cost and 1t IL hoped that q college
dormitory will DO given free for room.
Privates. non-commissioned and foremcn
are each TO have SQUAD Of their own.
\ committee composed Of tho Misses Glib.
bons, Davis and Stone. DIR. Snow and
Professor Ferguson are going to place
the project before the college trustees
fer approval.