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Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-12-31
CHRISTMAS
TREES FOR
YOUNG AND OLD

The Christmas spirit was in the'
air on Christmas eve and Thursday
and the weather was ideal. Wednes-
day night the Girl Scouts sang
Christmas carols around town and
at midnight St. Andrews church held
the Eucharistic service at which a
rich musical program was rendered.
Grace Methodist Assembly Hall was
crowded Christmas eve and the three
trees made very pretty and festive
scene. The little folks carried out
their parts splcndidly. The Christmas
tree services at both the st. Andrews
and Church Of the Messiah were well
attended and greatly enjoyed.
The Christmas tree at the North
church WIGS held Wednesday after
noon where A. +. Lawrence had do
mated Il big tree for the occasion.
Before the tree was lighted P. F.
Hazen, the superintendent, ANNOUNCE
ed Il short and interesting program
which included Il song by the little
tots and the play "Dickie's Christmas
Stocking" In the latter Allan Hunterl
was Santa Claus and the other parts
were taken by Dorothy Baxter, The
odorc Taylor and Anna +. Burke
Before the merry crowd broke up
three cheers were given Mr.. Law
renee for his annual gift of BID
tree.
A fine and successful Christmas ex-
crcise was given at the Advent
Christian church Wednesday even
ing by members of the Sunday school
The recitations by individuals and Z
exercises by classes were all we'll J
rendered The little ones did ex-
ceedingly well. The music and sing
ing deserves special mention, parti-
cularly the assistant choir of girls
and boys as follows: Nathalie Moul-
ton, Lillian Hcyer, Gertrude Grady,
Theodore Chamberlain, Arthur
Wright, Harold Smith Dean. Much
credit is due to those who had the
exercises in charge for the rehears-
ing and preparation. After the ex-
ercises was the distribution of pres
ents from the trees. The last pres
ent announced by the superintendent
was he said, Something small, an 4
envelop with something yellow in it,
which he hoped in spite of is little
bulk might be of some value to the
recipient. 1t was marked for C. H.
Morse, from the people of the ALL
vent Christian church." The pastor,
in coming forward and receiving it,
announced that he foud twenty dol
lar gold piece, for which, both for its
money value, but most of all for its
token of good will, he knew not how
to express thanks.
The Christmas eve exercises of
the City Mission at the Y. M. C. A..
building drew happy crowd of 200
people of all ages and the decora-
tons of the room were never pref.
tier. Between the two trees were fes.
toons and there were also festoons
around the room. Both trees were
laden with useful gifts and all around
the room were eatables, groceries
and the many toys that had been
made by the boys of the manual 4
classes. A short program
by the young folks preceded the dis
tribution of gifts, the entertainment
of music and recitations.
Durig the exercises Frank H. Brooks
addressed the audience and on behalf
If the friends presented Mr.. Marshall
with an easy chair and Mrs. Marshall
with Il berry Sc t.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-12-31
How Criticism HELPS,

Censnrc and criticism never hur1
anybody. If false they can't hurt you
unless you arc wanting I'll manly char
actcr; and if true they show n mar.
his weak points and forewarn him
against failuve and trouble.---Glad.
c!nuc
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-12-31
WARNING
Annual Village Meeting

The inhabitants of the Village of
St. Johnsbury who are legal voters in
said village are hereby notified and
warned to meet in the Town Hall in
said Village on
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER.

Stop a minute and think what It
means to say that Green's August
Flower has been a household remedy
all over the civilized world for more
than half century" No higher praise
is possible and no better remedy can
be found for constipation, intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the depress-
ed feeling that accompanies such dis
orders. 1t is most valuable for in
digestion or nervous dyspepsia and
liver trouble, coming up of food, pal
pttatiOn of heart, and many other
symptoms. A few doses of August
Flower will relieve you. 1t is a gentle
laxative. Ask your druggist Sold in
all civilized countries.-Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27
REBELLION
IN STOMACH
"Pape's Diapepsin" at once
ends Indigestion and
Sour, Acid Stomach

Jumps Of undigested food eau

Jumps of undigested food cause
pain. If your stomach is in a revolt /;
NJ sick, gassy and upset, and what you
n Rst ate has fermented and turned
lbur; head dizzy and aches; belch
Eases and acids and eructate undigest-
Nd food-just take tablet or two of
YADe's Diapepsin to help neutralize
4. Aeidity and in five minutes you wonder
what became of the pain, acidity, in
digestion and distress.
If your stomach doesn't take care Of
your liberal limit without rebellion;
If your food is a damage instead of a
help, remember the quickest, surest,
ssSst harmless stomach antacid is
,Pape's Diapepsin, which costs so little
t& drug stores.-Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

To stop falling hair at once and rid
the scalp of every particle of dandruffr
get a small bottle of delightful Dan
ierine" at any drug or toilet counter
,or a few cents, pour little in your
land and rub it into the scalp. After
several applications the hair usually
stops coming out and you can't find any
landruff. Your hair will grow strong,
hick and long and appear soft, glossy
md twice as beautiful and abundant.
Fry it ADV.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

CalOmel salivates! If you feel bill
iOus, headachy, constipated. If your
skin is sallow your breath bad, your
stomach sour just go to any druggist
and get for a few cents a bottle of
DOdson's Liver Tone, which is a harm
less vegetable substitute for danger
Gus CalOmel. Take a spoonful and if
II doesn't start your liver and straight
en- you up better and quicker than
TASTY Calomel and without making
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

you sick, you just go back and ga
your money.
If you take Calomel today you'n be
sick and nauseated tomorrow; besides,
it may salivate you, while if you TAXA
Dodson's Liver Tone you will wake III
feeling great, with hearty appetitas
full of ambition and ready for WORK
or play. 1t is harmless, pleasant and
safe to give to children.-Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27
KEEP 1T HANDY

Ii .ou paid specialist $500 for a
prescription, you would not get any
thing that would give quicker relief
for Group, Catarrh, Colds, or Sore
Throat, than vACHER BALM, which
only tests soc in jars, or tubes.
kMc1M.Afor Samples and Agents
FO~-'''1re of limitations. H. w.
,&S Orleans, La.--Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

Accept california" Syrup of Figs
only-lOok for the name California on
the package. then you are sure your
child is having the best and most HARM
less laxative or physic for the little
stomach, liver and bowels. Children
love its delicious fruity taste. Full
directions for childs dose on each bot
tie. Give 1t without fear.
Motherl You must say California"
--kdv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

The sum of your results depends on
whether your calculations have been
based on facts or Imagination.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

Publicity is good for doubt, sus-
Iicion, crOokedness, and hOnesUy-in
hort, it is a good thing all around.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

A chronic kicker is a nuisance. but
IN occasional kick helps some.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

Constipation generally indicates disordercd
tomach, liver and bowels. Wright's Indian
Vegetable Pills restore regularity without
ripping. Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

Many good man blacks shoes and
Spany a bad one blacks character.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

The more a man knows about love
the less experience he has had.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

To have the right theory pf happi-
ness will not do much for you unless
you practice II.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

Memphis-On the recommendation
of DR.. ]. L. Andrews of the board of
health slides warning against the dan
gers of diphtheria and other conta-
gious diseases will be shown in the
local moving picture theatres.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

Chattanooga-The city of Chatta-
nooga is facing possibility of having
the 100000 issue of memorial audito-
rum bonds declared invalid because
of the manner of calling the election
at which this issue was authorized
by vote of the people.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

, Nashville.-The supreme court will
meet at the state capitol Dec. l, when
the Hamilton county docket will be
taken up.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

Memphis-The Memphis cotton ex-
change demands Senator John K.
Shields resignation. A telegram was
sent to Senator Shields condemning
his conduct in regard to the peace
treaty as unwise, unsound and unpa-
triotic. He is requested to make room
in the United States senate for a SEN
ator who will more truly represent the
sentiment of all the citizens of Ten
neSSee.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

Nashville.-The governments advis-
DRY committee here recommended to
United States District Attorney Lee
Douglas that butchers doing business
in the city market house, a city institu-
ton, where the rent is nominal and
other expenses small, be required to
reduce their prices to the public Is
per cent or be prosecuted for profit
eering.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-11-27

State Auditor S. =. Anderson has
submitted to Gov. Roberts a report OF
the audit of the West Tennessee Nor
NAL school.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
ScouiHe on Lincoln

There can never be too many books
about Abraham Lincoln, and just at This
time when humanity faces the severest
problems in history II is to be hoped
that as many men and women as possible
VIII go back TO the ever fresh and vital
izing lessons OF that great life for re-
newed inspiration.
Samuel Scoville, Jr.. n well-known law
yer of Philadelphia, has written a little
BOOK of seventy-three pages, which al
Lincoln to speak largely for himself,
and Is worth reading over md over, word
by word. 1t is n compact little volume,
no larger than n notebook, and many a
man in our army and navy would surely
be grateful for this refreshing and splen-
did little echo of the noblest life ever
lived on American soil. The ideals we
are lighting for are the ideals of Lincoln.
Those who are perpleNed and troubled
by the dreadful tragedies humanity has
suffered in the past few years will find
strength n good courage in reviewing
Lincoln's career. This book Is ammuni-
ton for the good victory just as surely
as guns and ~bayonets and shells. Mr..
Scovillo has done the work of n good
citizen in compiling It, and those who
1t will keep II on their closet book
shelf, and also will want copies to send
to their kin in arms.
ABRAHAM LlNCoLN: HIS STORY. BY
Samuel S~covillc, Jr. Philadelphia: Ameri-
can sunday School Union. SOC.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
History of Discovery

"a Short History of Discovery from
the Earliest Times to the Founding of
Colonies on the American Continent
Is the very formidable title to a book
FOR boys and girls by a well-known sa-
want. DR.. Hendrix Willem Van Loon. of
Cornell University. From the porten-
tous title and the learned degrees OF the
author it might be supposed this would
be pretty dull reading for the young.
sters. But to think so would be TO make
a great mistake. Professor Van Loon
has pictured" all the incidents of cx-
ploration which he tells in brief, enter
tanning form with q matchstick for a
brush and a few wells of colored ink
for paint. And some of the drawings
are really artistic, and all are interest
ing either from their quaintness. their
action or some other quality. There is
a richness of illustrations-a full-page
picture in colors facing every page of
text.
a SHORT HISTORY OF DISCOVERY. By
Hendrik Willem Van Loon. philadelphia
David Mckay. 81. 80.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
Var HumOr

'Artemas," that worthy and venerable
sage. whose wise writings about the war
caused such a furore In England that
ms ilrst book ran through 105 editions,
now has brought forth his second book
IN the same biblical style and manner in
winch he first poked ~Eood-natured fun
at the behavior Of the English in the
war. In this supplementary volume the
anonymous scribe touches upon zeppelin
raids. the Crown Prince, the coming
of the Americans, the strange confu-
sions resulting from dark nights in the
city of Lon" and divers other matters
of war times. And il is all done in such
splendid good taste and with such genu-
Inc regard for what constitutes the
comical that it is safe to say the early
popularity of this ARENAS will prove
to be consistent.
1t may be that this self-same popu-
.arity of ARENAS" prompted Frank
Burne Black to make use Of a similar
method of treatment in his CHRONICLES
OF kan-Ik the kute." III fact, the
parallel of these two books Is so striking
That were II not for a variance in sub
ject matter and n more refined and deli
cate humor on the part Of ARENAS"
one might believe them to have come
from the same pen. Mr.. Blacks book
is meant for a tribute TO the part PLAYED
by he Canadians and Americans III the
war.
ARTEMAS. The Second Book. ANONYMOUS.
New York: George H., Doran Company.
THE CHRONICLE or KAN-IK. THE
KITE. by Frank Burne BlacE. New
YORK: q. J.. Putnam's Sons. 81. .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
TELLS OF A DREAM
That CAME TRUE
Skeptics May Find Convictions
Shaken after Reading ".
Jensen's Grddiua


Do dreams come true or do they not?
Skeptics on this subject may find their
opinion weakened after reading "Gra-
diva, the Dream Girl" by w. Jensen.
Tho bero p- Sorhcr us,old ,ale.
tho raador through n wondsrfniiv
~whi,,sioa, oxnarianon - so,rch "a
trnve soor,ns ronIiy,,io, of his no.
narl,ah,o a., tbo scena ~ ub,c, lie
in pomno,; anI on ,ho ,,,,, - ,bo
prea. orunt,on 30 vo.ryi,. In 20 In
H. ,,ts.t $50
hIes dons, a,,opo va r,tr ~ nrnan,
t;ir, annaora 80 80, r-onroauo,ion -,
a ni.na - 49,, 49, Itonoh, ha1 nro,i-
ousl,, diSoo"au,s ~ 90 an,io,n Nv g.,
Rowe 80 -. - e. ,t,.ta an To-
nrossion -, III, ,hn, 10 va a nias,nr
Coo "a nm 'nu. N1 q . ~ nI.
room. So realistic "a this vision that
Lo a. ,u,,oraa ~haou ~. a. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
americas DAUGHTER

The motto of tho girls in "America's
Daughter IS See and know America
first Rena l.. Halsey takes her group
OF live, likable girls on a trip to the
many interesting historical places along
the New England coast. The haunt is
one of rare pleasure and stirring activ-
ity and also of sound information, since
a well-liked teacher acts as chaperone
and cicerone for the girls. who are pu-
plls at a school in Brooklyn organized
in a club named Daughters of Amer
lea" One of the girls. whose parentage
Is unknown, Is called Americas Daugh-
ter on account Of that fact and her fer
vent love of country. The historical pill
grimage clears up the mystery that has
enrironed her, n hence there is a plot
of absorbing interest as we'll as an itin-
erary to the story which girls of twelve
to sixteen Will enjoy reading.
AMERICAS DAUGHTER. by Rena l., Hal
sey. Boston: Lothrop Lee and Shepard
COMPANY. S1.3J.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
MUSCULAR
CHRISTIANITY
IL Is ErempHfed by the Hero
OF H. O. Cody's Latest
NOUel

ii. o. Cody tells of the difficulties of
n young clergyman who finds It hard
to conform his actions and speech 10 the
narrow limits prescribed by the Church.
lie derives more satisfaction from his
work around the waterfront and in the
SUM districts than in attending pink
teas. Conventionalities are irksome to
MN, and so, perforce, he sewers his con-
nection with fashionable St. Margaret's
and accepts a call to Rixton and a con-
~gregation of Woodworking, old-fashloned
farmers. The parish has time and again
given trouble to its parson. Douglas
stanton determines to get at the bottom
or the difficulties before he takes up his
duties. He seeks to know his people,
not merely officially, but in a genuine.
sympathetic, living way.
cad in workaday clothes as John
Handyman he obtains a position as a
farm hand on a k Juke's farm, having
hrst beaten Jake In a wrestling match.
Wnlch feat cements a strong friendship
between the two. Many and devious are
the events which crowd the days fol-
lowing. 81 Stubbles and his son Ben.
the village autocrats and real sources of
tne troubles, and n blind musician and
MS two daughters. whom John had be-
III IuS tuTdCy uaNS, play a
most important part in this story. And
mosr absorbing of all his experiences he
gets close into the lives of the Bentons.
Joe Benton is n humble shoemaker, with
a heart OF sterling quality, deep-rooted
religious beliefs, beloved by all, the ex-
ample OF the parish. Jean. his daugh.
ter. goes to the city to better herself
nut returns to her home a half-crazy
person. Pitiable indeed is her plight.
and here John shows his real ministry
and keeps alive in the hearts Of these
people the faith in God which trouble
and adversely had almost crushed. He
1t is who traces the undoing of Jean to
Ben Siddons, which cad to clearing up
tho church difficulties. by the complete
crushing OF the domineering sway of the
Siddons crowd. who had been rid
ing over people ~roughshod for years.
Events follow others in quick success
sion. Tragedy and strategy play hide
and seek with each other. Then the war
breaks out n Douglas Stanton spurs
his flock on to fight for their country
and himself enlists as their chaplain. The
book is full of high ideals and unusual
incidents graphically related.
II UNKNowN WRESTLER. by II. o
SodyD. New York: Geo, H. Doran & Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
About Guns

OF course. you would expect a book
on the historical development of the
hrearin to be largely a scientific treatise
and hardly appropriate for the enter
tainment of a growing boy, yet 1t must
be conceded that this selfsame subject
has been stripped Of its cumbersome
trappings by Thomas Heron Mckee, who
for years has made a study of the gun.
1t makes an interesting story. this gun
narrative, with such a powerful appeal
to the masculine mind that a glimpse
into the pages makes you feel you
want to read 1t through. And this APP
plies to men as well as boys. for the
grown-ups cannot deny in later years
their boyhood interest In the mysteries
of the hrearm. BY n liberal use of
anecdotes the author has emphasized
the most important periods in the
growth of the gun. and he has sensibly
adapted the technical parts to satisfy
the boys demand to know how the
weapon works.
THE GUN look. BY Thomas Heron Me.
Kce. New York: Henry Holt & Go. 81. 60.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
Story of Lafayette

Rupert S. Holland possesses the happy
faculty of clothing the facts of history
in the interesting garb of fiction. He
has written several books similar to his
latest one. Lafayette, We Come"
which is the tale of how the youthful
Lafayette helped America in its trials
for democracy. The title is taken from
the words of General Pershing, uttered
while placing a wreath upon the tomb of
Layafette in France. Not only does this
book tell of the life Of Lafayette in
this country, but Mr.. Holland has
brought in the doings OF the Marquis
in France and the part his wife played
in his affairs. The final chapters are
devoted to the entrance of the United
States army into France and the Won
derful part We played in bringing
about the termination Of hostilities. AS
a timely gift for boys whose taste is for
the historical and inspirational there
could he no better selection than this
book.
LAFAYETTE. WE COME! BY Rupert s.
Holland. Philadelphia: George w. Jacobs
& Co. S1.25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
NORTH AND SOUTH
IN CONTRAST
4 New Yorker and a Texan
Rush Up Against Each Other
in Hendryr's NeW NoueL

Tho Gid ola tbopa of tbe Influence ~
'o Va ~ ~ 100
acter or man Is treated III n new ana
interesting manner in James Il. Hen
au,x,. l,u ~ .r.. r....n =, 1.
n story of tho cattle countrv-tbot land
which more tL,, INV o,hor mr., ~
America 10 cbaroctnrietic of tho Now
World opergv ord ,iri,i,v II 10 This
rough yigor ond ,ovo 90 action ,vbicb
have made tho c,ttio country n IA vori,o
set,inv for Tho motion nic,,,re ana hos
boe, or,tou,ar, , ,anrtor u.ith ,hn ,,ng0
Iieh noonio "a r,bnm 4, % , noyo,,y
Trhn soro o,oii,,, ,u,ornratoa a. ,,.
erarv sor,n na,os ..1,ba Tovan" a.,
onnc,linr storr g. ~ 49, % moa,on.n
~ a, orUo na.,ih,a H., - t. =
familiar wi,r tbis ragior r,,y ond os
tboy g. &C., A. H., H. III tn.ar
prets onIv ono s,do ~ tho no that I,
abows ,ha fosoi,a,,o, % .,s r-o,nhnoss
,yitbou, gi,i,o ~ ar,ai,
and s~orGidnoss 90 ~ noon,o "a ,ha,r
mannor ~ My;,a
Tn o,bor -, a.. ro,u,.t, a..
hool, ,,t,,, ho a., -, It,
student or histor,, oIatn,s ~, ,ho North
Anerican Irdton 90 an,Jon uro, ,rontea
in tho fertile ira,inotion - Coonor
", H. - n'
he apncal of Coonor.s indian
So n 10 This etnry ~, mos,orr ufe nc
seen through tho oves of tbn romont,c,st
grips the marInafionNnr and holds tbo ot'
t%ention.
Nor ia II r,ore,,, n;o,uroso. roroa-
ness which annoois Co.. ,hora % = &c
nite and s,riting ,han,o ,,htoh ali, 90
main in tho mind Iorg o,tor ,bo dotaus
of the Moi ana cbaroc,ors oro rorgnt.
ten. Tho lido, 90 tbot ,ho ,.ir,li,y 20 n
man cannot be measured by outward
amman rancos but ,h,t ora,rnenanan,e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
4 Woman on Women

When a woman sits down and makes
Il serious attempt to interpret her sex
she deserves respectful consideration.
This in a way is what Florence Left
wich Ravenel has done in a series of
penetrating and discriminating essays
on women and the French tradition. The
women she discusses are not all French.
for she includes George Eliot, an English
woman: Sonia K~ovalevsky, a Russian.
and some others of other races in her
gallery. Her philosophy is summed up
in the opening essay on The Eternal
Feminine" in which she puts forth her
doubts about the wisdom and the value
of much that modern is attempt
ing to do although she Is in sympathy
with her aspirations. Thu emphasis.
which in a succeeding essay she lays
on the unhappiness and disappointment
of Sonia Kovalevsky. who achieved
great distinction for her scholarship, but
of a broken heart because of her
inherent longing to live a life of the af-
fections. indicates Mrs. Itavenel's firm
conviction that a woman ceases to be
a woman at her peril. The book de-
serves the serious study Of all the
modern feminists.
WOMEN AND THE FRENCH TRADITION.
by Florence LcftwiCh Ravenel. New York:
The Macmillan COmapny. $50.