Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-21
Chittenden County.
WINOOSKI.

The St. Patrick's day entertainment in
Corporation hall under the auspices Of st.
Stephens Church received large patron
age Friday evening. the hall being filled to
standing room. Miss Anna S. WEIGH, who
directed the play, Eye Village Skewl Of
Long Ago." deserves much credit for the
manner in which this part Of the enter
tainment was done. 1t created much
laughter and showed much wit. The scarf
dance. taken part in by eight young la
dies trained by the Misses Barrett and
O'Neil. was another very good number.
The whole evening abounded in patriot
ism. but the last three numbers. under
the direction of Miss Frances Turner.
were winners. The song. ut Takes an
Irish Melody to Make the English March,"
was excellent. The boys dressed In khaki
were in the ante room in the rear Of the
hall and marched to their places on the
stage following the flag, everyone In the
audience standing during the march. The
song was sung by the chancel choir and
the boys were heard to good advantage.
Miss Margaret Saunders in her song.
1--WE Are Going to Follow the Boys Over
There" with chorus by the girls in
nurses uniform. also was we'll received.
THE Star. Spangled Banner" by the cho-
rus closed the evenings entertainment.
Besides the above numbers there was
violin solo by Miss Regina Raymond
with accompaniment by Miss Con.
stane O'Connor. which was good
Miss Evelyn Rowland was accompanist
for the song by Irene Metevier and
Clinton Conlin with his recitation. Jean
Desprez," a patriotic son of France, was
well rendered. William O'Brien. with his
song. "Give Me a Little Bit More Than
Riley" made a hit and there was a violin
solo by Miss Corinne Devino, with accom-
paniment by Enola Devino. which re-
ceived deserved applause. st. Patrick's
day this year falling on Sunday, the en-
tertainment. which is an annual event
with st. Stephens Church, was held Fri.
day evening instead. 1t was celebrated for
many years with a banquet, which was
the annual reunion of the congregation.
but last year and this the entertainment
took its place.
Lack Of credit extension. scarcity of
labor. increased cost Of the latter and war
methods Of doing business together with
cash competition and income tax makes It
necessary for the grocers to 60 into q cash
business. Louis Doria, H. B. Carpenter
and the Blais store have for several
months done strictly cash business and
Thursday w. e. MaoBride, one Of the
leading grocers, announced his intention
OF doing strictly cash business beginning
April ID. Mr.. MacBride stated that It
was hard to get a good bookkeeper that
help In the store of. the good sort was also
scarce. and these are two of the many rea-
sons for his new departure In business.
He will also do without delivery. as this
10 now an expensive part of the business.
he claims 1t costs him about $50 per week
Tor this, service Of men and teams and
that to keep this up It takes business
OF approximately $4,000 per year. to meet
this one item. II any Of his patrons re-
quires a delivery he will give II to them
or see to 1t that they are accommodated.
but there will be an extra charge Of ave
cents FOR delivery Of goods up to 90 pounds
and over this amount the charge will be
10 cents. The wholesalers OF the staple
articles to-day sell strictly for cash and
they urge cash business among the
retailers Mr.. MacBride stated that
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