The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-29
TALK or THE TOWN

of Mr.. and Mrs. George b. Holmes OF
Trow hill.
Don't fail to come to the opera house
on April and hear the noted Boston
tenor, Robert Bryden.--adv.
Miss Brooks and Miss Archibald of the
high school faculty have gone to Boston
TO spend the Easter vacation.
Miss Catherine Reaveley arrived from
Boston last evening TO spend few days
with Miss Eva Smith of Seminary street
and other friends
We sharpen every make of safety raz-
or blade. Double-edge blades 35c doz-
en- single-edge blades 25c dozen.
browns Drug Store.
Exchange Of tickets for Louis Ross
concert in opera house April will take
place at browns Drug Store Wednesday,
April 2, at 8 a. m,-ady.
Oscar Martinson left on the noon train
to-day for Boston to resume his studies
at the Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology as civil engineer.
Harry S. Morse teacher of mathemat-
les at Spaulding, left yesterday after
noon for his home in Brandon, where he
will be joined by his wife.
AiAhS olNIbtA 1bhAh HteA bCh Ideb ilEllb
for Boston and before her return home
she expects to visit friends in Spring
field. Mass, and Nashua, n. H.
Miss Lillian Corti is having a week Of
vacation from her duties as teacher at
Cutler Corner, school having been sus,
pended for the Easter vacation.
Miss Doris Reaside of Summer street
left Friday for johnson, where she will
| spend her Easter vacation with her
grandmother, Mrs W. II. Hayford
Miss Marguerite Currier and Miss Free
da Ladd came home from Smith college
this morning for the Easter vacation.
Miss Rose Tomasi and Miss Vivian Mar
rion will come this afternoon.
Jones Brothers Co will resume work
Monday morning. Owing to the condi-
tion Of the cutting plant due to high
water 1t will be impossible to start any
cutters until Wednesday morning adv
The two concluding sermons of Rev.
Edgar Grassland as pastor Of the Pres
byterian church viii be delivered to-
morrow In the morning the topic will
be, "The All Sufficient Grace" and in
the evening, Keeping the Faith Mon
day evening a reception will be given
the pastor and his wife in the church
vestry. A social time viii be held and
| it is expected that several of the min.
listers in the city will be present. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Attention, everybody Have you
looked up and turned in at the war chest
room all the old clothing you can find
that viii help out the refugees whom the
Red Cross is trying to assist These
| refugees have been for several years in
rags. or with practically no clothes at
/ all. In many countries now, even if
clothing could be manufactured and paid
for, material is totally lacking The
need is great to a degree that few at
home can possibly realize. Every gar
ment furnished viii cover body which
\ otherwise would lack proper clothing,
and each garment furnished will actually
prevent suffering The weeks drive ends
next Monday night. Give il rousing
finish by a large contribution on that
| day. A comparatively small amount has
been brought in thus far.
The daylight saving system viii 20
into effect in Barre tomorrow morning
! just as in the whole country, barring a
few towns which are going to plug along
on time of their own. The churches will
Z be the first to recognize the change Of
time by having their services at the
usual time by the set-ahead clocks but
actually an hour earlier in the day the
( clocks having been set an hour ahead at
2 o'clock The other events of the day
tomorrow viii be in conformity with
the new time and, beginning on Monday
morning, the granite manufacturing
| plants, the stores, the offices and, in
fact. all the activities Of Barre will be
operating on the daylight saving scheme
1t should be borne in mind, too that the
railroads change their time also to-mor,
row morning and that the arrival and
departure of trains will be according to
the new schedule. The schedule remains
in force until Sunday, Oct. 20.
Thursday afternoon Miss Emma El.
lott, from johnson State Normal school
entertained members and friends Of the
Barre Woman's club in the lobby OF
Hotel Barre, in the first of a series OF
musical afternoons The program con.
sisted of q most comprehensive and in
teresting talk, with the folk songs OF
different races as its subject interpreted
with illustrations sung by Miss Elliott
some with and some without aceonpani.
ment. Among these were a negro folk
song, arranged by the negro composer
Burleigh, entitled Deep River" severa
beautiful Scotch airs, two Of which were
Bonnie Charlie" and the original yer.
sion of John Anderson, Ny joe" from
which Burns borrowed the name for his
poem; the always pleasing song by Cad
man, 81 Hear a Lovers Flute" and o
most inspiring and little known French
air, lie Chant DIES Girondius," which
Miss Elliott thinks superior to the Mar.
seillaise.' There were also sombre Rus
sian, happy Polish and complicated Swis:
songs In closing Miss Elliott expressed
the hope that in America a melting pot
or merging of the different races, might
be made by means Of their folk songs
There was an interested and apprecia
tive gathering to hear Miss Elliott, whC
charmed with the knowledge of her sub
iect and her delightful rendering Of the
songs. She was most ably assisted al
the piano by Mrs. Dean Fl. Perry Much
credit is due Mrs J, Ward Carver, of The
music committee, for the success Of the
afternoon