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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-19
RED CROSS NOTES

Although some towns in Washington
county and in other parts of the state
have given up Red Cross work during
the summer months, Barre and the other
communities connected with the Barre
branch feel rather proud Of the fact that
they have not stopped the relief work on
which they have been engaged since the
war made it necessary
During July and August the work
room at headquarters is to be closed ex
eept on days later designated for re-.
ceiving completed articles, but in the
city and adjoining villages the women
are still working at their ho1ces.
The response to the call for volunteers
in Barre to make layettes, so much need
ed across the seas, was much more ready
than had been expected and 35 have
have been ordered, the making having
been guaranteed between now and Sep
TENDER l.
Washington county as a whole "fell
down" on the work, but if each branch
had been as ready and willing as Barre.
its report might have been equal to those
Of Lamoille county, which ordered 1856.
Chittenden, which ordered 200 and Gale
donia 100.
The following editorial from the last
New England Division Bulletin explains
the need for continued work by all the
Red Cross branches of the country: "The
inclination to let up is strong when the
temperature is running over 90-and the
work is volunteer But we should be
mindful Of this, that while we are com
planning Of the heat and seeking cool
spots and cooling drinks, hundreds are
dying of typhus in conditions SO squalid
we can hardly comprehend them, thous
ands are homeless or living in the cellars
of what were once their homes. women
and children are forced to wear filthy
rags that we would throw into the waste
bag or burn; mothers are giving birth to
babies without medical attention and
without even the most essential arti.
Giles of ayette. The Red Cross is
fighting typhus; our workers are risking
their lives to clean up the infested sec.
tions You cannot 20 over there and
take part in this work. but you can be
saving your coins for the fund to be
raised the coming fall to continue the
work. You cannot provide homes for the
homeless, but you can use your needle to
help make garments to cover their naked
ness. And you can provide layette for
at least one baby and add that much
to its chances for life. When it comes
right down to sheer humanity, hot
weather really does not furnish a very
adequate excuse for dropping oil Red
Cross work, compared with the unutter-
able suffering that thousands of human
beings are undergoing to-day"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-19
The Home-Like
Porch

The things that go to make the porch attractive.
One Of the first requisites towards comfort as
we'll as proprety, is the Porch Shade.
The Vudor Porch Shades fill this requirement as
well as anything we know of. Shown, as they are,
in number of colors and color combinations,
they will harmonic with any color scheme you
wish to carry out. Then, too the patent ventilat-
ing feature Of the Vudor Shade allows free circu-
ation of the air, at the same time shutting out
the hot rays of the sun.
Chairs, Rockers, Settles, etc.
Grass Rugs withstand the weather and are mex
pensive, yet they add so much to the neatness of
the porch.
Sweetheart Swings for the lawn or piazza.
Couch Hammocks and String Hammocks add
much to the comfort and attractiveness of the
porch, and the line is so extensive you will have
no trouble in finding just what you want at the
price you wish to pay.
A TEA WAGON for your light lunches and teas,
and your porch is complete.
Let us help you make your porch comfortable.
B. w. Hooker & Go.
Undertakers - The Best Ambulance Service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05

when-speaking in Fanueil Hall at
Boston in 1892, at a mass meeting
called to condemn the murderers of
Lovejoy. the abolitionist-he scorned
the unirnportance of the Boston tea
party where mere money was con-
cerned. and. pointing to the portraits
Of Otis on the walls. he cried: Tina
CINE his indignant eloqaence had the
King dared to put gag upon his
lipsi'
And continuing. he threw another
thunderbolt: LAS much greater is
thought than money. so is the canse
in which Love5oy died greater than
a mere question OF tAxesi"
Wendell Phillips has brains, heart
vision. He used to say that you had
TO get an audience mad first IN order
to make 1t think. His kindness,
courage and wisdom steadied a nation
thru one Of its greatest crises and he
lived to see itagrow great out of its
tragedy and travail.
Wendell Phillips was radical-but
wisely sane. He was a patriot every
inch. He hated sham and snobbery.
He was gentle and his dignity and
fineness of soul still throb 'thruout
the widespread veins Of endless good. %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05

Pop was smoaking his pipe in the
setting room and the pipe kepp going
out all the time and every time IL went
out pop sed Dam to himself and Ma
sed, Now Willyum. that's the 4th time
you sed Dam, is that nice?
dident meen the kind of a Dam
you meen, nent the kind OF q Dam
you put in rivers to keep the wattir
strate, sed pop.
No you dident. either, and don't
say it eny more, sed ma
Not anether Dam, sed pop. Being
another one rite then. and in a minnit
his pipe went out agen, and pop sed.
Consarn it to smithereens, blast 1t and
bite it.
Well, that's better, Suppose, but not
mulch. sed ma.
And pop puffed about 4 more puffs
and his pipe went out agen. ana pop
sed, MaledicktionB and oaths, ever
lasting cusses and cusses and cusses
and cusses.
II there's eny way to get GROUND q
thing yollI get GROUND II, sed ma
Witch pop hadent hardly lit the
pipe wen II went out agen, and pop
sed. Holey dimlty, ding bust It to
blazes.
For mersey sakes. wy don't you stop
smoaking the old thing altogether
sed ma.
Meening the pipe. ana pop lit it
agen and II went out agen, and pop
sed Volcanic erupshins and diabolickAl
Explosions. blank IL, bubble blank 1t,
triple blank II and blank IT,
My goodniss, you better say Dam.
sed ma.
wich the next time his pipe went
out pop did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
Hg JANE PHELPS

He came in promptly. with a roll
OF music under his arm. I put Roses
picture where It would be the first
thing he saw. But to my disappoint-
ment. he said nothing about it After
we had tried two or three new pieces
I said:
Don't you admire that picture? /
think Rose very lovely"
She is very. pretty, butt prefer
a different type" he looked at me so
meaningiy that flushed ridiculous
ly, and fumbled the music so that
several sheets fell on the floor.
''She will visit Ipe this summer. ]
do want her to have nice time. We
have been just like sisters ever since
we were babies
you may be sure I shall do all in
my power to help you entertain her. -
Rose In talking of some concert he
had attended where the music was
exceptionally fine.
ITS because he's engaged to Miss
Stewart" said to myself, hardly able
to hide my disappointment that he
had not enthused over Rose. 1 did
so want her to live next to me.
wanted dreadfully to ask him If
it were true that he was engaged,
but I saw no opportunity until just
before he left. Then he referred to
Rose.
BE sure ana call upon me TO ne1p
you when your friend arrives"
Indeed I will. but perhaps-Miss
Stewart won't-like you to. Rose is
very pretty" 1 knew I had said an
awkward thing, awkward for both OF
us, yet waited eagerly for his answer
What has Miss Stewart got to do
with it? All, seeI" He did not wait
for an answer you have heard that
silly rumor, too. Really. poor Dagmar
will have to hurry her wedding OF
she will be married to me in spite
of herself"
A rush of Joy swept over me. ]
| thought it was gladness because OF
Rose
Then she isn't"
Going to be married? Yes, she is,'
he interrupted, but not to me, un-
less people in Hendon make her marry
me in self-defense. Dagmar has
been engaged to an out-of-town mar
for q year. He, as well as she, is a
friend of mine. He looks to me that
Dagmar has an occasional escort and
1 in trying to show her a little attention
1t seems I have started something"
So, there was a chance for Rose
after all. 1 must have looked awfullS
relieved, because he said with a queer
look in his eyes:
al am flattered that you are
pleased" and before I could really
give a thought to what he had meant
he was gone. ,.--.
! Tomorrow An unexpected lunch
party)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05
WENDELL PHILLIPS.

wendell Phillips" once wrote Car
los Martyr. was a citizen of the
Twentieth century send down to us as
a sample OF the Nineteenth"
Again Cid this entertaining writer
state. in his biography OF wendell
Phillips: Would anyone know his
country. would he catch fire from con-
tact with enc of the purest, one OF the
bravest Of men. let him study and
emulate the character and career of
Wendell Phillips"
Born in the midst of ease and
touched by aristocracy from every
rnain-path. given every opportunity of
wealth and education. yet did this man
dedicate his matchless talents to the
alienation OF injustice in the world
and to the furtherance OF ideas for the
building of a nation.
''Disunfoni" he cried, when united
nation meant a divided humanity.
wendell Phillips was the expression
of a divine appeal that flashes thru
every epoch of history when honest
evolution has been stunned by selfish
ness and has to be awakened by revo-
lutioni
He was scarcely more than OF age
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY K MoULroN

His Vocational 'rFInisn."
She sat at the tiIler. and he at the oars.
And he looked IN her virginia. eyes
And wished he might float to some far.
away shores
With her into Paradise.
(And he heaved a couple of sighs.)
And so he asked her to be his wife
But in this wise he put II, you see:
"Ah, will you not promise to float thru
Like this-together with me?"
("Whst chestnutty speech ~ thought
she'd
But she answered, "oh, yes.-thru life nk,
this,
We viii paddle and drift and floatr-
Which shows that she was a wise little
He was doing the work. your note
(But she was steering the boat0
Why is It a woman's who expects a
telephone call from d man. fixes hei
hair before the-mirror, or before she
answers the phone, when the bel
rings?-Dixie Wales.
Love laughs at Locksniths. What:
When the Rev. Miller and his bride
returned to the parsonage from theil
wedding trip late Thursday night they
found the lock on the parsonage could
not be forced. BY getting Charlie
Thomas awake and Mrs Thomas, they
arranged for accommodations with
them.-MercyvilIe (Iowa) Banner.
For all-around knowledge, nobody
has got anything on a telegraph oper.
ator in a town OF 1900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
What Kind OF n MIN Makes the
Best Husband ?-2.

Best Husband?-Z.
Don't marry a superior man. Every
woman is glad TO sit at her husband
feet for a limited space of time, ana
burn reasonable amount Of incense
before him. but Patient Gri7elda left
few female. descendants. and most OF
us have a pretty conceit of our own
opinions and like to express them now
and then. The days of Sir Oracle are
gone out of fashion. and the hen, as
well as the cock. wants a share in ruiz
ing the roost.
Don't marry a famous man. be-
cause he belongs to the world and not
to his wife. The most that the wife
OF famous man can hope for Is for
an infinitesmal portion of his heart. q
fraction Of his time, and a slight de-
gree of his interest His wife is mere-
ly among those also present" in his
vile. She is not the whole thing, and
to read of the exploits OF your husband,
and hear the public applaud him Is a
poor substitute for having his devo-
ton, his tenderness. his very thought
for yourself
Don't marry a man Of too delicate
sensibilities. for IL you do. you will
spend the balance of your life trying
to sidestep them. and you will never
succeed in doing so. When YOU ask
him for money you will jar him with
your materialism. In times Of house
hold stress when the cook leaves and
the beds are unmade. ana the dishes
aren't washed. the sordidness OF do
mesticity will CRATE upon his nerves
and disillusion him, and he will flee
to an affinity who has nothing to do
but manicure her nails and wear pink
Inegligees.
Don't marry doctor unless YOU
have searched your system and find
that you have not a faint of the green
eyed monster about you. and that you
can think with pleasureof your hus-
band holding the hands and gurgling
sympathetic speeches to languorous
ladies who make a profession of in
validism.
Neither pick out clergyman for a
husband il you have any inclination
to Jealousy. for the clergyman, like
the doctor prospers by pleasing
women. and while a preacher is saw
ing the souls OF the good looking
woemn in his congregation, his wife
is mighty apt to have hers torn into
shreds by suspicion.
Don't marry a lawyer. unless you
are devoid of curiosity, and can stand
his having secrets that he won't tell
you. Don't marry a Wall Street man,
unless you are a dead game sport who
can lose without whining, nor a mer-
chant unless you take a heart interest
in his grocery or drygoods trade
In picking out a husband. select tiist
a plain, every day fellow who thinks
you are an angel. and that he's in luck
to have won you.
Copyright. 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05

the man in control of the craft. Sud
denly the machine tipped and started
nose first at a. sharp angle for the
earth. The banker lost his breath and
chung desperately to the seat. It
seemed that he was going to be dashed
to pieces but abruptly The plane right
ed itself and shot upward at about the
same angle. Then it turned far on
one side and seemed about to tip COM
pletely over, but recovered its equi-
librium and tipped to the other side.
Before Mr.. Seymour could realize
what had occurred, the machine took
another nose dive, this time dropping
so far that it almost scraped the top
Of a tree. Then up. far up, it scared
again and-heavensi it turned COM
pletely over sideways and began roll
ing over and over. This lasted for, it
seemed, an hour, altho it was actually
only fifteen seconds. Hardly had the
craft got in horizontal position when
IT took another dive, but instead of
heading for the earth, the nose turned
clear under. the engine was shut off
and the plane, upside down, began
falling rapidly. The passenger could
have sworn that the machine had
dropped fifty miles, but it was only a
thousand feet, when it struggled once
more to an upright position and began
ooping-the-loop.
Enough" groaned Mr.. Seymour
thru the speaking tube. Get me to
the ground in safety and you can have
anything I own"
The next day Mr.. Seymour did not
get to the office until mid-afternoon.
He found Weldon Miller awaiting him.
The banker glared at him and in
quired brusquely as to his errand.
i've got the ten thousand" said the
young man, holding out a bank book.
one from the Second National. Fur
thermore, I have your consent to
marry Ruth"
Mr.. Seymour stood at his desk and
glared at Weldon.
Where do you get that stuff" he
said in voice that was almost a roar
What do you mean, ten thousand :?
What do you mean, consent?"
Weldon helped himself to a seat.
II won the ten thousand in a bet, &"
he said. "Mr. HOLSTER, of the Second
National, loaned me an equal amount
and put it up for me. And while we
were doing stunts in the sky you told
me could have anything you owned
if put you safely back on the ground.
You see. I'm an air mail carrier"
The banker dropped into his chair,
flabbergasted.
you win" he said weakly.
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
pepper. Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05

There is much unconscious profit
teering. We are inclined to take it
for granted that we are entitled to in
creased wages. rents, or profits when
ever conditions permit Of increase, and
regardless of whether or not the serv-
ice rendered be Increased or reduced.
This is especially true II everybody else
in the same business or occupation u
realizing increased returns. Men do
not readily recognize an increase in
their own income as a case OF prof.
teering It is perhaps justifiable TO
maintain that increased money income
for given amount of service does not
constitute profiteeriPg, unless the new
money income be sufficient to pur-
chase more goods at the new price lev
els. But It should be clear that in
creased purchasing power derived
from reduced service is the very es-
sence of profiteering. and is possible
on no other basis than the deprivation
of others. A general improvement of
real incomes is possible, on no other
basis than increased production or i'm
proved distribution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05
VOICE FROM mexico.

on August 2s another American
was slain by Mexicans. This week two
American army aviators were fired
upon by Mexicans and one OF them
was badly wounded.
Whenever our government has felt
called upon to make diplomatic repre-
sensations to the Carranza government
regarding one of this class of oft re-
peated outrages, the reply is in sub
stance that Mexico is doing the best
she can, that there are numerous diff
flculties in the way OF promptly bring
ing offenders to justice, that every
thing is going well and that II that
country be let alone and the United
states will but be patient a little long
er everything will come out all right.
In marked contrast to these state
ments by the Mexican government is
an editorial appearing July 20 in a
newspaper published in Mexico City.
II follows, in part:
The prolonged civil war in-.which
our people have been sunk now more
than eight years. the deep divisions
existing between all Mexicang. the lack
OF hope for a political and social re-
generation. the physical eand moral
bankruptcy of the nation. the total dis
Appearance OF the cult of heroes, the
lack Of an eminently religious spirit
the slight confidence or lack OF con-
ndence in public servants. the absence
OF Justice. the almost complete lack OF
respect for private property. and the
lack OF vested interests, unfortunately
has brought about the result that nc
less than eighty per cent OF the inhab-
itants of the republic look at interven-
ton with indifference.
Perhaps upon reading this some
chauvtnists will call us unpatriotic
but this Is the truth supported By
practical proof When society had moi
yet come to the moral WEAKNESS which
it feels today. and to the corruption
that is now defiling us. the Americana
retained IN their power the port OF
Vera Cruz, oYerrah the whole state oil
chihuahua in a warlike way---in the
face of the indifference OF the Mexican
nation.
But there is something graver still
which must be stated with all civic
valor: Ninety per cent OF our edu-
Gated class which has come to the
conclusion that there 10 no salvation
! for Mexico except thru foreign influ.
ence. would look at intervention, SAD
to say. almost with pleasure. OuI
I present moral state is far from that Of
heroic Belgium or OF patriotic France
which gave the blood OF their intellec.
tuals toNsave national sovereignty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05

Had Germany thought that Belgium
would resist her and that England
would side with Belgium, and that
italy would viohate the Triple Alliance
OF Austria, Germany and Italy. and
that the United States would even
tually side with the enemies OF Ger
many. there would have been no war
The intention OF the League OF Ma
lions is to give the world assurances
on matters OF that sort. It's intention
Is to let nations like Germany know
IN advance what to expect. in case
they start anything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

O.. How many men were registered in
the draft rs =, 80 T roo ooo ,,., n...a-o,
in the draft out Of a male population Of
81, 100000 This shows that less than half
the males were of fighting age. of those
fight. So the fighting strength of the
United States was shown TO be about
If the Germans had quit in the spring
rather than fall?-L. V. w
A. November was probably the most in
convenient month in the year for the war
was the readjustment of labor and indus
try. In November winter was just coming
prises might nor be started because of the
frozen ground. Such undertakings as good
read work were not possible; 1t was the
idle period on the farms. There is more
suffering from unemployment in the win
ter than in the summer.
Q. At what time OF the year is the earth
nearest the SUMO. II.
A The earth is nearest the sun late in
December and early in January. This
nearness to the sun has little or no effect
on temperature. 1t is the directness with
which the rays Of the sun strike the earth
in the summer that makes it hot.
Q. Where does Morocco leather como
A Morocco leather, formerly an article
of export from the Barbary coast, is now
Prepared in the United States from goat
O.. From what cailings are congressman
chiefly recruits 2--T. II. c.
A. A study Of the last congress shows
that sixty per cent Of the members were
lawyers. ten per cent business men, eight
per cent journalists. five per cent educa-
tors. five per cent bankers, three per cent
real estate operators, and nine per cent
miscellaneous.
Q. What is the origin Of the part the
rabbit plays in the observation of Easter
w. J. II
A. Norsemen are credited with first cele-
bratlng the festival of the divinity as
Faster. "Ostava" was the word they used
1t means the season OF reproduction The
rabbit and the egg were used as examples
OF the possibility of prolific reproduction.
Q. Who is George z. Roberts 1T. +. c.
A. George f. Roberts is statistician for
the National City bank of New York. He
was at one time director OF the mint. for
the treasury department. Before that be
was publisher Of a newspaper In Iowa. He
is an extensive writer on financial prob
lens and has a reputation for making them
clear to the men on the street.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka state
Journal Information Bureau. Frederick J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. c. Give
full name and address and enclose two cent
stamp for return postage. BE brief. All
replies are sent direct to the inquirer)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05

on the Brown whose boat had gone
down.
II am sorry to hear Of your great
loss she said.
"Oh. it amt much matter" was
the philosophical reply; She WASH
up to much"
Indeed" said the surprised lady.
yes" continued Brown, she was
rickety old LE.ng. I offered her to
my mate, but he wouldn't have her.
I've had my eye on another for some
time"
And then the outraged lady fled.
MY uncle left me only $1,000.
Wonder IL I could break his will ?"
Sure thingl He must have been
crazy to leave you anything.
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