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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

military hospitals and taught them to
set up the warp and to weave all sorts
of interesting materials on the old
wooden frames.
Weaving proved to be Just as popular
an occupation in our own hospitals as
it had been in those across the seas; in
fact, the men who go in for this kind
of work become SO fascinated with it that
it is difficult to persuade them to leave
it for the required intervals for exercise,
and as for eating and sleeping these
are OF minor Importance compared with
the fascination Of watching an intricate
pattern grow under ones shuttle
IT seemed a pity that thus occupation
was possible only for those who were
able to sill before the wooden frame and
work the treadles with their feet Now.
"1he Little Lady Of the Looms" pos
sesses combination Of qualities that Is
rare among women, for not only Is she
al artist to her finger TIPS and an expert
In all branches Of handicraft but She
has real mechanical genius as we'll SD
sha set about to simplify and adapt the
old loom So that II could be worked en-
ttelS by hand by means of pulleNa and
he sal on table on the patient bed
While this loom filled "a long felt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

great many years. "The Little Lady of
the Looms is Of Danish birth. and she
has taken as The trademark for her looms
the old Runic word "Tawido," which
means executed" or decorated.
All sorts of materials and all sorts Of
patterns are woven on the "Tawido"
looms, from the wide runners for tables
and furniture coverings to the narrow
silk and woollen hatbands which can
be made on the little wooden frame tied
to the bedpost. and from the simple little
herrinRbone pattern to the intricate old
Swedish design that is known as cats
paw and snai's trail and which is onlv
taught in the post graduate courses.
One has only to watch her as she pre-
sides over her big. sunny workshops.
strengthening out q tanglo nstructihg
pupil in the proper way Of tying the
threads over the little wooden frame
preparatory to setting up' a loom.
drawing . difficult pattern on the little
squares Of paper which are 90 guide al
either worker, OF sitting before The great
wooden lnom IF her pfahdmoihhts. skill
fully slipping the wooden shuttle helY een
the threads as she weaYea l6peiv bit ar
tapestry, Ga realize how clever crafts.
woman u ''lhe Little Lady nf the
Looms,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

rooming houses the Consumers League
found that So week was the minimum
price at which clean or respectable fur
nlshed room could be had. For running
water or for gas plate for cooking you
had to choose either accommodations so
dirty that they were uninhabitable, hall
bedrooms over saloons, or skylight rooms
with no windows.
Fifty restaurants in the factory dis
tricts of the city, according to this sur
vey, are divided into three general types
of eating houses. The dairy lunches are
run for the most part by Hungarians,
serve Irregular dinners only, and charge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

concealed, wrapped up, slowed away be
meath long slecvcd undershrt and II
long sleeved lining and Il long sleevpd
woollcn dress.
Living Is high for the shopglrl to-day.
but Is she living high7 She Is not.
Neither Is she living on the fat of lhe
land, but rather on the thin Of it, The
less she wears the more she pays for IT,
AZ the price OF Womone clothes goes M
their weight hnd durability 90 down,
The poor princess in the furry thIe whose
stepmother sends her out In the cruel
winter air to hunt strawberries dressed
IN II slip of tissue paper was, if she had
only known it, more OF fashionable
than Il stepchild
Regard the budget of n $o-a-weck
looking girl of to-day. Nine dollars n
week makes $1GS a year, and how it is
distributed is shown in the accompany
ing table compiled by the Consumers
League Of New York City.
The size of dollar to-day is not what
it was in 1914. Government figures show
that since 1914 the cost Of living in New
York State has increased 62 per cent.
Clothing for women has gone up 1l2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

sausages at 25 cents and Irish stew at
90 cents. In all these places eggs are 90
cents and omelets 80 cents.
x The third type Of restaurant, repre-
sented by the Automat, is slightly bet
ter, but more expensive. All items on
their bills Of fare are IS cents and over.
excepting pie and soup at 0 cents and
potato salad at -
In Chlds' restaurants, where former
ly working girls used to be found in such
numbers, you scarcely see them at all
now, for there all substantial items of
food range from % cents to 40.
IN 1914 the official minimum figure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02
A Silk Buyer Makes a
Wonderful Color Sergeant

What division did you say? The
9TH Well, that is funny! You must
nave been camping right beside my sis
ters brother-in-law in France, for he
N the 10Th. You must know him, big,
blond chap and a perfectly awful KID
der, though will say his letters are the
post interesting things that you ever
read IN all your life. All Full Of real in
Aae Information, you see, he's been
svfully close Ia pofshng from the
nrsa, and esh fead between the lines
Ms' pershing has relied great deal on
us judgment. IIs rank7 oh, YOU menn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

Take the question Of shoes Even
shoes are getting thinner We pay So FOR
shoes that are thin soled and high
heeled In the old days pair Of shoes
for 81 would last longer. They would
last till you got so sick Of them veu
threw them out To-day Working eil
papa ss or 80 far shoes while her
mother paid "a on 81 She hha 10 pay
twice "a much for rephrinr rs her
moihol had TO, and abe hns to have her
shoes repaired twice as often Most
working girls use three or four pairs Of
shoes year, With many of them 1t Is "A
constant question whether it Is cheaper
to pay carfare and save your shoes or
save your carfare and have your shoes
repaired.
Take the question Of stockings. Stock
ings used to be good, old thick mcrino
things that were made Of wool and IRON.
and lasted many moons. Then the cotton
stocking came into being. and to-day
everything is silk or ncar-silk 1t is ir-
ritatng to buy cheap silk stockings that
ravel and disappear while you're on your
way to work, leaving nothing but an IT.
reparable hole.
II used to get Isle and cotton stock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

NIGH up in an office building on
~ lower Fifth Avenue is the
Il n studio of "The Little Lady of
the Looms 1t is a great big
room, flooded with sunlight and filled
with wooden looms = big looms, little
looms and middle sized looms, some of
foreign make and some of home manu-
facture; some that stand on the floor
and are operated with treadles some
that may he placed upon table and
worked with the hands alone, and one
quite extraordinary little one, the baby
Of them all, which may be held by cord
fastened around ones waist, or, if one
happens to be a wounded soldier lying
in {, hospital ward, it may he tied to
ones bedpost
It is fifteen years since "The Little
Lady of the Looms came to this country
from Sweden. bringing among her other
belongings two large wooden hand looms
and the quaint old wooden stand which
her Danish grandmother had Used for
winding yarn IN the old home across the
sens
There wsH very little interest Ia hand
Weaving Ia this country fifteen years ago
ana "the Little Lady of the Looms"
whose real name, may az we'll tell you,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02
Oh, Sal! When the Bullets
Hit the Hot Fat

But you must be hungry-ham and
eggs sandwiches, doughnuts; oh, that
reminds me, Bill is just perfectly crazy
about the Salvation Army. He says
they were just wonderful over there
He says he's seen them frying dough
nuts in the trenches when the bullets
were dropping into the frying pans by
the dozens. He says they made most
terrific racket when they hit the hot
fat. You can imagine that they
would, Of course. But, he says, those
Salvation Army girls never batted an
eye; they just fished the bullets out of
the fat and threw them over into No
Mans Land and went on with their
frying.
can't imagine, though, how they
could fry enough in those small pans to
feed our millions and millions of troops,
and. Just between you and me, don't
believe that they ever did. III bet that
If the truth ever came out you'd find
that they just fried them for pershinr
and hs staff and bought rcady-made
ones for the common soldiers from the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

very best | can do, and I simply can't
keep them mendcd."
Consider the nightgown as it used to
be, buttoned up TO the neck, with long
warm sleeves 1t was monument of
durability. Then contemplate the lingerie
Of to-day Well--it's not lasting object
Gone is the serviceable garment. Van
ished are the flannels, the chest protec-
tors; obsolete is The pettcoat; lie dernier
cri is next to nothing at all
Has any one suggested as a panacea
for the high cost of living return to the
ancient regime Of the durable garment,
a renascencc of clothes for covering
Purposes?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

they used to be. Women didn't eat 90
cent Hungarian goulash at a dairy lunch
in $500 pink chiffon waist twenty-five
winters ago.
To-day there is no common sense
standard in dress for women workers. In
stead, minimum attire is the rule, and
the 100000 breadwinners, female of
the species, now boarding in New York
observe it. In fact, it's observed all the
way round.
Consider any young girl who at this
moment in the subway is inserting her
elbow into your ribs, and then consider
her grandmother. Her grandmothers
elbows weren't so sharp They we're
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02
=. Heard at the Canteen-A M0nol09

his title. He is color sergeant to tho
American EXpedtionary Forces. Funny,
isn't it, the way men fall into their own
grooves in this war Take Bill, for ex-
ample; he was buyer for wholesale silk
house before he enlisted and, Of course,
he knows colors like book. He's very
far-sighted, too, so he was just the man
that they needed to stand on top Of the
trenches and tell the general when the
German flag came in sight, for it must
have been awfully hard for them to tell
the French from the German flag in the
distance, so Bill had a pretty important
rcspOnsibilitv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02
The 1OO-Franc WristIets
And Grandmother's Card

But what did l start to tell you? Oh.
it was ham and eggs, wasn't it? Or was
it doughnuts? Yes, l remember Well
you must be starving if you haven't
eaten since morning. Oh, | know now
it was the Y. NJ. c. A. The Young Mems
Commercial Association. this chap calls
it, Well, he told me that his pal was
sick and needed wristlets, don't know
just what was the matter with him. but
the doctor ordered wristlets immediately.
and this dear. sweet hoy-bond. he Is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

80 cents for eggs and coffee, ) for pie
and 10 for soup, which may he ordered
cXtrp.
In fifteen Of The 'ehort order restau-
rants no items are listed for less than 90
cents, except soup and pie Most Of the
feod items are rombinai ions, For in
stance, Hungarian eouash at 20 cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

per cent food is 60 per cent more than
it used to be. fuel and light % per cent.
and incdentals G2 per cent
Shoes are So q pair to the $3.50 week
munitions worker. nnd likewise to the
eerl, who Is getting ~ week behind
Il counter
In Its survey Of 100 cheap furnished
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

wards who were not able to sit upright
in bed, but who could be propped up at
a slight angle by pillows, and for these
The Little Lady of the Looms had a
real Inspiration. She designed what she
calls "the belt loom,' little wooden
frame threaded like any other loom,
which can be attached to the bedpost.
The invalid holds the warp at right
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02
"7hings Are Not
Whdf They We're
In Ny Day.
ny DEEMS WELLER

u$lll coat Of living Is going up, ia
the standard of living going up
with II for women wage earneya9
Standards are certainly not at all what
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

inps three and four pairs for 81" said
one old fashioned young person who wah
canning her own living, bat had not yet
reached The aill stocking stage,
'bnt now ba cents aud 90 cents is the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

with the cutest smile Offered to walk
to the nearest y. NJ &. A.. which was
twcnty-sevcn and half kilometros
iwhatcvcr &hey are) away and get him
some.
1t was blowing regular blizzard and
showing something awful but he vou,d
do anything for friend that's tha
kind he is G'm going to take him "a tho
Hippodrome to-nighD, so he started out.
and, do you know, the Y. N. c. A. had
just one pair Of wristlets left. and he
took them without stopping to think
whether they would be becoming or NOT
and he paid, I can't remember how
many hundred francs for them and h.
started back for his headquarters %
camp or billet. or whatever he called i.
and 1t took him hours and hours n
plough through the drifts; it was mitch
dark by this time, and, do you know. af-
ter all this, when his friend opened the
package out dropped a card and on it It
said' viii the soldier who receives
these wristlets write to the address be-
low and, would you believe it, it was
Rls own grandmother's name?"
Now I've really forgotten whether
you decided on ham and eggs or a sand
wlch. That's just like YOU bows to saw
that you are not particular. This war
mas certainly been the greatest thing in
1he world for You al. 1t has Just made
men of you, and III bet you'll be ml,ch
easier 10 please and much handler
around the house than you ever were
pefore you were NJ. P.'s and knew what
houscworh meant.
;, now it was ham and eggs. wasn't it9
10 YOU know. get so interested in
,,0, you boys talk that if it wasn't
That my heart is absolutely IN M, ,.n,t
! d Just stand here and listen to YOU ali
day. YOU "''
nam and eggs and coffee for one. and
40 hurry. Mary. for this Young man
haSn ss'l n thing to eat since morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

want, it still was not practical for Ill
cases, for there were many woul,l-be
weavers in those long, white hospital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

hear from some of the boys that eat
here are just simply unbelievable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

eggs? If you're real hungry-you poor
thing; not since morning? Then I'll
see that you get an extra big order
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

Bill isn't very strong for the Y. M
c. A. He calls it the You Must Come
Across society And the stories that
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-04-04
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

w. Il. Bliss of Burlington was in
town Thursday
Dressy women's boots, oXfords and
pumps. military and Louis heels.
Havana brown. tan, grey and black at
astonishingly low prices. NJ. Shimli-
ntzky. 10 North ST. Adv
Mrs. Lawrence l.. Gokay and daugh
ter Isabelle have recovered from
colds which have kept them in doors
for a number OF days. Isabelle was
able to attend school Thursday.
William S. Hart. whole-souled and
generous, will show you the folly of
selhshness in Selfish Yates" Para
mount Aircraft picture and a Pathe
News at Harte Theatre today Adv.
Harry sHopkiuson, recently dis
charged from service and who has
been visiting in Allston Mass is
spending the week end with his
neither. Mrs Dora Hopkinson. lie
will return to Boston to take part in
the military review OF the Zbth DlNl'
sior.
Mrs. Bridget Mahar of Mill street
severely sprained a wrist Thursday
by fall. Mrs, Marhar suddenly turn
ing to speak with one in another
room found her little granddaughter
Isabelle Moran, near her feet and in
striving to avoid the little one she
fell, landing on her wrist.
Lieut.. John A. Mitchell returned
Thursday to Montpelier after a sever
al days visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. 4. w Williams Lieut. Mitchell
was recently discharged from service
and will leave later in the month for
Worcester, Mass. where he viii be
employed as a Hudson salesman by
the Hendley-Nimball company
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-04-04
INFLUENZA LEAVES
THE BLOOD THIN

An attack Of influenza leaves the
blood thin and the nerves weak.
Until the blood is built up there can
he no complete recovery of strength
and health. In fact the thin blood
often results in a lack of nutrition of
the nerves that produces form ofner-
yous trouble called by medical writer's
post grippal neurasthenia, or neu-
Tasthenia following an attack of the
grip. Such acondition is described by
Mrs. Henry II. Miller, of No. l2l Eli
colt street, Brattleboro, Vt, who saws:
II had a severe attack of the grip
asst January and it left me with nv
blood SO weak that l had no strength
nt all. would be confined to bed for
n week at q time and more often for
day or two. / was very'neryous, had
terrible headaches and finally suffered
from rheumatism in my lower limbs
Several years ago had been bene-
fitted by DR.. Williams Pink Pills and
decided to take them again. After
j had taken two boxes of the pills I
commenced 10 feel better and could
see that. they were helping me. / con-
tinued their use and now feel better
than have in a long time. / have
recommended DR.. Williams Pink Pills
TO many of my friends and will con-
tinue TO do SO for 1 am grateful for
what the pills have done for me-"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills build up
The blood and strengthen the nerves.
They are justly regarded as peculiarly
adapted to building up the health after
Il siege of the grip.
Or. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
ail druggists, price so cents per box /;
six boxes $3.50, or viii be sont by
mail, postpaid, on receipt Of price, BY
the Or. Williams Medicine Co., Schen-
ectady, N. Y. Write today for free
copy ofour blood book.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-09
Stop Planting Explosives

"Bolsheviki Bidding for American
Recognition" says newspaper head
line. That being the case, they should
put flea in the ear of their brethren
in the United States that recognition
cannot come so long as the American
Bolsheviki plant explosives at the
front doors of men prominent in the
life of the nation. 1t is ridiculous
to suppose that the United States
will openly cooperate with the Grim
inals who are doing their feeble best
to disorganize the social order and
overthrow the government in the
United States. Therefore, if there is
any close communion between the
Russian Bolsheviki and the American
Bolsheviki, the first stepatoward rec
ognition of the Russian Bolsheviki
government will be for the American
Bols heviki to settle down into reason
ably peaceful habits of life.-Barre
Daily Times.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-09
Sift 1t to the Bottom

Surely Senator Lodge cannot ex-
pect to maintain the position that he
is under no obligation to disclose to
the Senate the name of the man who
showed him a copy of the peace
treaty, and that to do so "would be
a gross breach of good faith"
The plea of confidential relation
ship is wholly untenable. Senator
Lodge and Senator Borah have made
public use of the information that
they profess to have obtained, and
Senator Lodge publicly declared that
he was offered copy of the treaty
to take to Washington. Senator
Hitchcock stated the case clearly and
concisely when he said that "these
senators declare in effect that the
President withholds the treaty from
the Senate and insinuate that he per-
mits copies to go to business interests
which conveys to the public mind
the impression that a secret COM
bination exists between the American
peace delegation and certain financial
interests by which the latter are Civ
en- advance information-a monstrous
charge"
Even if the full text of the treaty
should be made public at once, either
by Senator Borah or by the state de-
partment, the obligations of the Sen
ate would not be changed. a The
treaty cannot be in possession Of any
individual in New York unless there
has been a gross breach of confidence
somewhere, and such breaches of
confidence cannot be disregarded. AS
the situation stands, neither the
French chamber of deputies, the
British House of Commons nor the
United States Senate has a copy of
the treaty, and it was specifically
agreed in Paris that the full text of
the treaty was not to be made pub
lie until the German ENJOYS had
signed it. Thus, if Senator Lodge and
Senator Borah have not misled the
country, certain private interests in
New York have been able to get for
their own purposes an official docu-
ment withheld from the three great !,
parliamentary bodies of the world
New York World.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-09
June Weddings

Judging from the number of gold
en- anniversaries that are being OBJ
served these days June was "the'
month of weddings as long as 81
years ago. And why not? People
marry at all ages, but weddings are
largely for the young folks who are
just stepping over the threshold into
the most sacred sanctuary of life, the
close communion of two souls upon
which the collective foundation of So
ciety is built. And such being the
case, why not have our weddings dur
ing the most gladstone, beautiful pc
Rod of the entire year when nature
is doing her best to brighten our daily
paths and to hide all that is ugly and
Observation-Disclosures Banner.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-09
HOW BARRE WAS NAMED
(By Daniel L. Cady)
See Thompson's vermont" Part III,
page 8

l wonder if you've ever heard
How Barre got it's name,
But if I swear in telling you
Pm not the one to blame;
For this is quite an ancient tale,
And when the state was young
The folks, they wore but little jade
And spoke with freer tongue.
The town at first was Wildersburgh
But when the settlers came
In good-sized Jumps, they soon desir'
ed
To pick a prettier name;
And SO they met at Calvin Smiths
To see about the change,
And chose word of loftier pitch
And more romantic range.
One said that "Paris" filled the mouth
Another said it seemed
That "Newburn" was the kind OF
name
Der which he'd droiled and dream
ed;
But Cap'n Thomson said, "Get cut;
From Holden's hills l came;
I favor Holden first and last,
A Massachusetts, name"
Then up spoke Mr.. Sherman, there.
And said, 81, too, proclaim
I'd like to see this meeting choose
A good old Bay state name;
l hail from Barre, that's a word
To bring your town success;
Twill make us famous, I'm convinced
And wealthy more or less"
"Get out" cried Thomson, eco to
grass;
That amt no kind of name;"
And so the couple jawed and jawed
Until their jaws were lame;
The crowd was getting pretty tired
And soon commenced to shout,
"You fellers with such loads of lip,
Why don't you fight it out?"
Whereat they grinned and quickly
greed
Acrost a pole to fight,
But if one knocked the other down,
Then any rules was right;
So off they went to Calvin's barn
To organize the game,
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-09

carding room OF the Dewey wooden
mills at Quechee had his hand taken
off by one of the carding machines
Thursday. He was taken to the
Mary Hitchcock hospital at Hanover
where he is making good recovery.
The dedication of The new dormi-
tory at the Vermont state school o.
of agriculture at Randolph Center
will take place Friday, June 20. The
speakers will include Governor Per-
cival w. Clement, Milo B. Hillegas,
state commissioner of education; Or
lando l.. Martin, master of the Yer
mont State Grange; Luther B. John
son, chairman of the building commit
tee, and H. H. Colley, president of the
alumni association. The Rev. Frazer
Metzger will give me invocation.