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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
OPALS NOT UNLUCKY.
Scott Responsible for Their Unfortu-
nate Reputation.

Do you know why opals are eonsid-
cred unlucky? OF course you don't It
is safe venture that none of your ac-
quaintances will be able to tell you.
Opals are no tunlucky-no more I'M
Opals are not unlucky-no more un-
other gem. But the superstition that
they bring misfortune is universal And
not one person in million knows why.
The secret is found in the history Of
the opal says the Tacoma Ledger.
In ancient times and in the middle
ages the opal was one OF the most
highly esteemed of gems II was re-
garded as talisman, and it was sup.
posed to bring good luck and to make
its wearer beloved. In fact, there was
nothing to prove that bad luck ever was
attributed TO the wearing of the opal.
However, in John Ruskin's "Deucalion''
is found the story OF the libel and its
refutation
Sir Walter Scott was the creator Of
the opal myth, In "Anne of Geer-
stein" one Of his novels written in the
early part of the 10th century, he in
PRODUCED an opal which was supposed
to be endowed with magic powers and
which brought disaster and tragedy to
all who came within its influence. The
story of the master romaneer of his
time was widely read and the supersti-
ton that all opals are unlurky was
born. 1t Travelled around the world and
became firmly fixed in the popular
imagination
The Lightning Ridge opal fields in
Australia were discovered little after
Sir Walter set the myth going When
Queen Victoria assembled the throne in
1887 her coronation gifts included some
magnificent opals, sent by her loyal
subjects in the island continent. The
young queen was delighted with the
gorgeous gems. She declared nothing
so beautiful could be unMeky.
But, despite the efforts Of the royal
champion, the myth persists vaguely
throughout the world to-day. when SUI
perstition is supposed to have been con.
signed to the limbo Of forgotten non
sense
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
FATHERS CELEBRATION
Will Be Held in England, Holland and
United States in 1920.

New York, Dec l9.--The Booth an
niversary of the Pilgrim Fathers, ten
tative plans of which have just been
announced here, will include celebra-
tions in England Holland and the
United States and will continue from
May to December, 1920
A four-day program in Leyden, Am
sterdam and Rotterdam, whence the
Pilgrims sailed three centuries ago 10
the American wilderness, where they
might find freedom TO worship God.
will start on Aug. 30, when commit
tees from the United States and Eng
land will be received at the University
of Leyden Addresses commemorative
of the occasion will be delivered by
scholars from the three countries, in
Guiding the rector Of the university
DR.. Rendel Harris Of Manchester, Eng
discount Bryce and famous American
who has not vet been designated.
The next day, Aug. 81, the birthday
Of the queen Of the Netherlands, viii
include, beside Congress in the town
hall, religious memorial service in
the Pieterskirk, in which Rev John
Robinson, who led the separationist
from the Church Of England tine Pill.
grims) to Holland in 1909, was buried
One of the features of the holiday
at Amsterdam on Sept. |, will be a
meeting in the Rijksmuseum, the I'M
yelling OF a memorial window in the
Bagiinekerk and a reception. The next
day there will be an aquatic pageant
in Rotterdam, the visitors travelling II
the morning from Leyden to Delftsha,
ven, If possible. by boat along the way
the Pilgrims went. Then there viii be
trips TO the religious hayens of Rot.
terdam, memorial service in the
church at Delftshaven and al I p. m
the English and American contingents
win depart for Southampton
The celebration in England will start
in May, 1920, with meetings in Scroo.
by, the home of Robinson, Austeriield
Boston and Sheffield. From Aug ( t.
Sept. 20 there viii be ceremonies il
Cambridge, London, Southampton and
other places. eliminating in the sail
ing of the new Maydower which vii
carry the returning American commit
tee and British and Dutch delegation,
who are to participate in the program
on this side of the Atlantic,
Main events of the American eele
bration viii be in Plymouth, Mass,
and Boston, where historical pageant,
win be held, followed by a big reeep
tion in New York, Vice President Mar
shall is honorary chairman of the com
mittee having the local program il
charge The foreign visitors win ther
be taken on tour Of the Unitel
| States, On Nov. "a. 1920, there vii
be universal observance of Thanks
giving day in England, Holland anC
/ the United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
Why Edwards Was overslaughed.

Gen. Edwards, who commanded the
New England division of the national
guardsmen, is the last man to feel the
effect of not being in high favor Gen.
Buck is another Gen Edwards is a
senior brigadier general in the regular
army of the United States He was
Gen Lawtons chief Of staff in Lawton's
Philippine campaign. He was for sew
eral years head of the bureau Of in.
sular affairs. He was the commanding
general at Panama when the isthmus
was fortified He served 40 years in
the army Three generals, Herman,
Hartford and Diekman. all five or six
years the junior of Edwards, have been
nominated as permanent major gen
erals over Gen Edwards.
An ex.ofiicer who was in France gives
this synopsis of why Edwards was not
promoted:
Gen. Edwards was not favored by
the powers that were in the army in
France for three reasons, and he is be-
ing passed over to-day for the same
reasons: % He insisted on command.
ing his own division, and not being a
mere rubber stamp in the hands of his
| chief of staff For the same reason on
the very eve of the armistice, on the
same order, Gen. b. b. Buck was re-
leved of command Of his division (2)
Edwards division was all in the fight
ing, accomplished the same results, cap
tured the same or more territory than
the few other divisions of the same
| length of service, with far less loss of
life to the enlisted personnel, owing to
the paternal care he exercised over the
men. He was a thorough believer in
| the French idea of conserving the man
power of the army, and agreed with
them thoroughly in their protest
against the reckless waste of human
! life so prevalent in some American di-
visions. The results he daily accom-
| plished, with the comparatively small
| losses entailed on his men was a re-
Election on the more eomplacent gen
erals who ostensibly commanded di-
visions really commanded by some gen
eral staff lieutenant colonel CO.. He
stubbornly refused to remove National
Guard colonies who had led their men
IT, all the fighting, who were thorough
ly competent, even if at the approach.
ing close of hostilities the scandalous
scene was presented of recent West
Point graduates not in command of a
regiment.
If he had allowed his chief Of staff
to really command his division, if he
had needlessly sacrificed the lives and
limbs of 5000 more young American
men; if he had ruthlessly removed tried
and true National Guard colonies to
make place for regulars out of Job
he might have returned covered with
decorations.
There were two classes of men who
did not last as generals in France
those men who fell below certain
standard Of ability; those who ROSE
above it. Gen. Edwards in every re-
spect rose above the accepted stand
ard
When the army of the United State.
is recognized it must be reorganizet
according to the French and not accord
ing to the Prussian Memphi,
Commercial Appeal,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
Tablet or Liquid. Sold Everywhere.

able for rib chops, thin loin chaps, or
small pieces cut from rare cooked meat.
Thick chops would hardly be cooked
through by this process.
Ballotin of Lamb Bone shoulder
of lamb, leaving the end for handle.
Sew it up with needle, tie it firmly
and boil for 5 minutes, take out and
cool, then lard it. Put a slice of bacon
in saucepan with tablespoon minced
onion and ] of carrot, brown the lamb
with these for minutes, add a pint of
white broth and cook for | hour. The
sauce should reduce one-half Thicker
slightly and pour it over | pint boiled
green peas and place the shoulder Of
lamb upon them.
Soup pounds meat from the neck,
quarts cold water, carrots, tur-
nips, stalk celery, . tablespoons salt,
few sprigs parsley, ! medium sized on
ion, q cloves, ! sprig thyme, | sprig
marjoram. Wipe the meat carefully,
cut into small pieces, and cover with
the water. Bring very slowly 10 the
boiling point and skim. Add the vege-
tables cut into small pieces and other
seasoning, and cook slowly for 3 hours
Strain, cool and remove fat. Serve
either clear, with rice, or with vege-
tables finely chopped.
Scrambled Lamb--Take cupfuls OF
cold lamb chopped fine, 3 tablespoons
of hot water and piece of butter size
of an egg; place on stove, and when
hot break in 3 eggs and constantly stir
until the eggs begin to stiffen. Salt
and pepper TO taste, ana serve hot
Scalloped Lamb Place layer of bread
crumbs over bottom of earthen baking
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
Connecticut Company De-
clines to Continue
Responsibility
KENTUCKY LIQUOR
MEN GET NEW JOLT
Claim Made That No Valu-
alton Can Be Made as the
Liquor Cannot Be Sold

Louisville, Ky, Dec l9,-Still with
out a plan so far as learned, to dispose
proftably of 35,000,00O gallons of liquor
before Jan. Is when it must be out of
the country, Kentucky distillers to-day
heard a pronouncement by the Con-
necticut Mutual Insurance company
branch office here, that liability for
whiskey could not further be provided
by the company.
This action was taken by the com
pany, it was announced because of the
fact that no valuation can be placed on
liquor now that it cannot be sold. While
no other insurance company has taken
similar action, whiskey men were said
to forecast further announcements OF
this kind shortly, which, it was said
would endanger safety of their stocks
from fire or other damage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
They Were All There.

In the bureau Of war risk insurance
the files Of our fighting forces indicate
that many prominent men were repre-.
scented BY namesakes. OF George
Washington there were 1913, General
Washington 6, Robert +. Lee" 10
John Quincy Adams" II, Abraham
Lincoln only 8. General Grant, Gen
eral Wellington, General Pickett, Gen.
eral Jackson and even Napoleon Bona.
parte were all there, although their
rank in the world war was that OF
private,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
URGE INVESTIGATION
OF MEXICAN MIDDLE
Non-P Partisan Commission of Americans
and Mexicans Is Likely to Be
Urged Tonight.

New York Dec. disappointment Of
non-partisan commission of Amer
leans and MeXicans to investigate the
causes of the present friction between
the two nations will be urged by speak
ers at a mass meeting tonight in Car
negie hall The call for the meeting
was issued by a citizens committee
consisting OF educators churchmen,
men and women prominent in civic
movements and newspaper and maya
zine writers John f. Moors OF Boston
will be one Of the speakers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
FINLAND is CONTENT
TO HOLD BORDERS
Cannot Be Counted on for Aggressive
Action Against Bolshevism, Says
H. M. Bonner, Just Re-
HN. turned to United
tT7r Ctatas

New York, Dec. TO- Finland need
not be counted upon for aggressive ac-
lion against bolshevism, according to
H. Montague Bonner, an American
who has just returned from two
months visit to the new republic in
the north
Mr. Bonner, who is president of the
Finland Constitutional League OF
America, said that the chance to en-
list the active cooperation Of the Fin
nish army in the campaign against
Petrograd was lost this summer, when
Admiral Kolchak, General Nudenitch
and other anti-bolshevist Russian lead
ers neglected to give timely recognition
to the independence of Finland and the
allied governments refused to give as.
surance of financial support, without
which Finland could not venture to en-
ter upon war with the soviet govern
ment.
At that time, he said, the morale Of
the bolshevist army was low and the
capture of Petrograd by the combined
Russian, Esthonian and Finnish armies
would have been easy. Now, with the
collapse of the Yudenitch campaign,
Finland must confine herself to hold
ing her frontier and protecting east
arn Karelia. which She had been in
yited by the inhabitants to occupy.
Fear of bolshevism in Finland itself,
he said, had entirely disappeared even
moderate Socialists having assured the
existing coalition government of their
support in case of revival Of the
red insurrectionary movement which
was suppressed with so much Difficult
ty year ago. Fear has disappeared,
too, Of a repetition this year of the
faminine under which Finland has suf-
fered so severely during the war, be.
cause the harvest has been exception
ally good. Food is abundant in Hell
singfors and throughout the country
and supplies promise to last through
until the next harvest without resort
to bark bread" and other famine sub
stitutes Of which the Finnish popula-
ton has such unhappy fecollections,
Business conditions are good except
for the extreme. depreciation of the
Finnish mark and the lack of shipping
Z TO carry Finnish exports. Large guam
titles of timber, wood pulp and paper
are awaiting export in exchange for
required imports, of which the most
pressing are machinery, agricultural
implements, etc A good market is Of
fered for American goods Of this char
acter
Another handicap under which Fin.
nish industry suffers is the high cost
of labor, Mr. Bonner declared. The
workmen now work only about seven
hours daily, the o'clock closing hour
having been made practically universal
in all lines OF industry and business,
while wages had greatly increased as
against preswar times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
A Distinguished Family.

The Rodriguez family from Porto
Rico, according to the files of the bu-
reau of war risk insurance, sent S94
men into the American forces and
among this number, which was almost
large enough for a battalion, there
were but seven first names, as follows:
Domingo, Francisco, Jose, Juan, Ro-
mon, Tomas and Antonio. The serial
number of each man was in the 100000
nlnss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
MUST REPORT DISEASES.
Health Officer Burr Sends Out Notices
to Parents and Teachers.

District Health Officer c. H. Burr of
the fifth district Including Barre has
sent out the following notices TO school
teachers and parents of the district:
To School Teachers.
Under a regulation Of the state board
of health, school teachers are required
to report, on blanks furnished by the
district health officer, all cases of con-
tagious diseases occurring. among their
pupils which may come to their notice,
or in families from which their pupils
come The law provides penalty of
from $40 to 500 for faillfre to comply
with this regulation.
Enclosed you will find the necessary
blanks, together with envelopes which
require no postagey for making such re-
ports.
am also sending by this mail some
circulars which ! wish you would hand
out to your pupils in such way that
one copy viii go to each family
Thanking you for your cooperation.
Clarence II. Burr NJ. d.,
District Health Officer.
Approved: NJ B. Hillegas,
Commissioner of Education.
To Parents.
Your attention is called to the law
regarding the reporting Of contagious
diseases to the district health officer.
The law provides that where no ply
stefan is in attendance, the head of the
family in which a contagious or infec
tious disease appears must report the
facts at once to the health officer, and
provides a fine of from $40 to $50 for
failure to do so.
1t is the duty of the health officer to
see that this law is enforced and your
cooperation is earnestly requested to
the end that contagious diseases in this
district may be eliminated or sup
pressed.
Remember that there are more deaths
in Vermont every year from measles,
than from diphtheria and scarlet fever
combined. and the same statement
holds true as to whooping cough.
Clarence H. Burr, NJ. d.,
District Health Officer.
Montpelier, Vt.
Approved: NJ B. Hillegas,
Commissioner Of Education.
Note Parents must not allow their
children to attend school when said
I children are afflicted with lice or any
other yermin or any contagious disease
of any description When families are
in quarantine for measles, whooping
cough, humps or chickenpox, they
must not allow their children who have
not had the disease to attend school
during the period of quarantine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
Topics of the
Home and
Household.

Cranberries and sweet apples cooked
together make delicious sauce. Add
little lemon or orange juice if you
wish to-. Modern Priscilla.
=
Rolled Oats MufIins-l cup rolled
oats soaked over night in | cup sour
milk. In the morning add | teaspoon
soda, little salt, large spoon mo-
lasses, the same of butter, hcaping
cup flour and | egg beaten light Bake
III hot gem pans about 20 minutes.
If sugar ever becomes plentiful
enough again to plan its use ahead, the
following suggestion, clipped from a
magazine, would be of considerable val
ne if followed out: In the winter. as
fast az jar Of fruit is used, wash and
dry 1t thoroughly and then fill it with
sugar, screw on the top and put it
away. When summer comes, the Jars
and sugar are all ready to use and all
that is necessary is to purchase the
fruit. The cost of the sugar is not
noticed so much if bought little at a
time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19

dish and over this alternate layers Of
cold roast lamb cut in thin slices, to-
gether with ripe tomatoes peeled and
sliced; season each layer with salt, pep
per and bits of butter. Top layer
should be of tomatoes, spread over with
bread crumbs. Bake p of an hour and
serve at once. Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
Approved: NJ. B. HilIegas,
80 I. W. WIS FOUND GUILTY.
Kansas City Jury Renders Verdict Of
Violation of Espionage Act.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec ia yer
diet Of guilty on all four counts in the
Indictment was returned by the jury
yesterday afternoon in the cases of g
members of the Industrial Workers Of
the World, on trial in the federal court
in Kansas City, Kan, on charges of VIC
lating the espionage act.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
An Economical Mother

of you don't behave better I'll send
you to bed without any supper"
You're always trying to save on the
grocery bills, ma. Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
Language Was Made

to express thought" Insurance has
grown to express comfort and ease and
to prevent poverty. National Life ms.
Co. tMutuall S. S Ballard, general
agent, Rialto block, Montpelier, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19

little 1o' "''"' 'N""
people PERNA results did" experience like
that of Mrs. Fricke inspiration sick and suffering
have catarrh whether be Of the throat stomach
bowels other PERU-NA is the remedy. 1t
it is not PERUNA has tried PERUNA has
been thousands
colds Influenza recovery
there is nothing better.
PEUNA will improve the appetite digestion purify the blood
sooth irrated Innings eradicate
from the will the
health strength the living Do what Mrs Mary
Ficke and thousands have PERUNA You will be
glad, happy, thankful.
ALL IInnd Exnrr rhare
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19
Will Not be One Day Without
= :: -RlD-NA
This Lady TELLS Fer FRIENDS

Mrs. Mary Fricke, GOT Bornman ST., Belleville,
H., is just of the many thousands of ladies
throughout the country who, after agony of
years, have at last found health, strength and
vigor in PE-RU-NA.
Her own words tell of her suffering and recovery
better than we do it, II suffered with my
stomach, had awful cramps and headaches SO 1
often could not lay pillow. Saw your book
tried PE-RU-NA and got good results from the
first bottle. To be sure of "a cure l took twelve
bottles have recommended PE-RU-NA to my
friends and all we'll pleased with results. I
will not be one day without PE-RU-NA Have not
had doctor since l started with PE-RU-NA which
was about fifteen years ago. | am sixty-three
years old, hale, hearty and we'll Can do as much
work my daughters. l feel strong and healthy
and weigh two hundred pounds. Before, /
Meiahed little hundred hone lnts of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-19

District Health Officer C. H. Burr of
the fifth district Including Barre has
sent out the following notices to school
teachers and parents Of the district:
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-18
IDAHO FALLS.

Idaho Falls. April 1s.-The school
children of Bonneville county are
given a special invitation to attend
the government war trophy train that
is to be In Idaho Falls this afternoon
from $3.50 to 1880 p. M Miss Stella
Rogers has arranged with the school
authorities to close school at noon
throughout the county in order that
the children may have an opportunity
to view the exhibit.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby the Victor Furniture COM
pany of Rigby and the Ulrich F'urni-
ture company Of this city have con-
solidated with sapital stock of $780,
600. They will operate stores in Du-
bois, Kirie, Rigby, Newdale and Idaho
Falls.
A dance will be given at the Odeon
hall by the War Veterans association
next Monday evening, the opening day
of the Liberty Loan campaign. 1t
will be a welcome home affair to the
returned service men.
The Glee club of the Utah Agricul-
tural college at Logan Is billed to ap-
pear in Idaho Falls Saturday evening
The club is making a tour Of Utah and
southern Idaho towns.
V. j. Riley, former city engineer for
Idaho Falls. has been employed by the
Osgood Land & Livestock company to
make survey of the 1900 acres on
the west side, just north of town. 1t
sthe purpose of the recently reor-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-18

Build up for the Spring
Attack! Put the body in
condition for an invasion
Of the germs of grip, pneu-
monia or Spring fever"
At this time of the year
most people suffer from a
con dition often called
Spring Fever. They feel
tired, worn out, before the
day is half thru. They may
have frequent headaches
and sometimes "pimply"
or pale skin and white lips.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-18
VICTORY LOAN FUNDS
FOR MONDAY WILL BE
CREDIT TO WOMEN

Monday, the opening day of the Vic
tory Loan campaign, is Women's Day.
Throughout the nation the women of
the country who have bent their en-
orgies and given their time to maxi
ing other loan campaigns success,
nope to see a large subscription rolled
up, as it is to be placed to their credit
and will bespeak the appreciation of
their work in former as well as in
this campaign.
The official records in other cam
paigns do not show the sales of bonds
made by women of the country, but
the Victory Loan campaign will give
them that recognition.
In the interests of a big Monday
subscription Mrs. B. S. Hoke, chair
man of the Woman's Victory Loan
committee of Ada county, is visiting
the county sectors today comforting
with the captains as to their plans
and offering cooperation if it is
needed.
Designated places are to be open
in every sector, where volunteer sub
scriptions may be made. Mrs. Howe
is especially anxious to have a large
subscription made on the opening day
to show the patriotism and interest
of the citizens of Ada county.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-18
wHITEHEAD's DRUG STORE,

ganized company to complete the irri-
cation project commenced there sew
eral years ago.
The last of a lot of about 10000
steers, fed throughout the valley dur
ing the winter, has been shipped
These cattle were sent into the valley
by the Hanson Commission company
of Butte, to local feeders through the
efforts of the Utah Idaho Sugar COM
pany They We're fed on beet top
silage, pulp, hay and grain. The cat
tie showed an average gain of 175 to
200 pounds. The feeders We're paid