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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
lGL00 HOME SUITS ESKIMO
stefansson Declares Substitution OF
Concrete Huts Would Bring
Death to the Natives.

The movements TO modernize the
Eskimo by providing him with con
'rete huts in place of his picturesque
snow igloos, as suggested by an off.
cial of the United States bureau Of
fisheries, would be the death Of the
denlzens of the icy North In the opin-
Ion Of Vilhjamur Stefansson, the arc
tic explorer. Not only is the Eskimo
devoted 10 his age-long habtation, as
the South sea islanders are to the.f
traditional garb of flower garlands ard
fresh smiles, but he Is far healthier,
warmer and more comfortable in his
dOmed mansion Of snow blocks than
he could be in any modern house OF
concrete.
The statement that the natives Of
the Pribilof Islands were about to dis
card their snow huts for modern CON
crete huts, finding the gales Of the
Bering sea too strong for the former,
upon which the story of the intended
change of Eskimo habits was based
Mr., Stefansson characterized as too
silly for discussion The explorer, talk
Ing at his headquarters at the National
Geographical society building at New
York said that the Pribilof islanders
had never lived in snow huts, but ID
wooden huts, and that farther north
where the natives do live in snow
houses, it would be next to impossible
90 convert them to any other dwell
/ Ing.
Their igloo serves as a home for
two or three weeks" he said. Then
they build a new one. Because it IS
new II is clean and sanitary. 1t Is as
warm and comfortable as your library
a candle gives as much illumination
ms three electric lights, because of the
intense Wilderness of Tn, snow. The
sn0whouSe will stand under any condi
tons. In all, the igloo Is as comfort
able a home as man could WISH"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Twin tunnels, each
800 feet long, for the use of vehicles
and pedestrians. are being bored
through the range of hills bordering
the southern side of the Monongahela
River valley here, in order that the
thousands of persons who live in the
southern part of Allegheny county and
work in Pittsburgh may more easily
reach the city.
Work on the tunnels, which began
few days ago, will continue for more
than two years, engineers estimate, and
the cost will be $4,600,000.
1t is proposed to have the tunnels
connect with high bridge which Will
span the Monongahela river and bring
the tunnel traffic to the heart of the
business district of Pittsburgh This
will cost S3500,000. Each tube will be
made to accommodate two lines OF
vehicle traffic, and in addition there
will be footpaths.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
Waterspout in the Pacific.

A waterSpout formed Sunday after
noon off the Haiku coast. The surface
of the ocean was agltated until spray
and mist formed into cuplikc smoke
Then iingerlike extension gradually
reached down from the cloud, until
the two connected in midair. For sew
eral minutes the spout must have been
from 10 TO Is feet IN diameter. 1t
Swayed irreguarly back and forth, as
though unable to support its own
weight fully. Also, It was not solid,
but tube of mist and spray, whirling
rapidly. Next TO the water it was like
smoke or dark spray, at the top dark
and less transparent, while most of
the length was CLASSY aud plainly
showed the hollow center. II formed
quite slowly and disappeared the same
way. This scene was much the same
us the dust whirlwinds on the land,
only much higher and made OF water.
--Wolluku Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

The egg-shape.headed young mash
or had begged for the hand and heG.st
Of the wealthy bacon curer's daughter
and had been promptly booted do@n
the steps by the old man,
His daughter who had witnessed
the scene. came fearfully to rcmon-
strate with her father
Papa she sobbed, you should not
have treated him So You can have
no idea how he loves me He Is
willing TO die for me this minute"
"Well," said the old man as he
scratched his head thoughtfully, TIA
sorry ] made mistake. | don't know
that there can be any objection TO
that; / was afraid he wanted to marry
you."-London TitBits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
LITTLE WAR MOTHERS.


When yoI look at his picture and ssur
eyes
Are di:nmed and mighty wet.
And 1t seems az though your trembling
sands
Could reach and touch him yet:
VIXEN yoI family call and he answers not
Your suppicapne prayer.
Remember his last thought was You:
krow-for ! was there.
When tie day Is done and the hearth-nre
CLOVIS,
And you slowly knit and knit;
And your furtiye eyes from the embers
rise
To where he used to sit:
And you feel he never can slip up
And kiss you unaware.
Remember his last word was You:
know-for ! was there
When your dear brave heart Is breaking -
And life is reft of joy
And only the spark OF memory
The face OF boy-YOUR boy:
May the good God hover over you,
And touch your silyered hair.
And tell you what I've tried TO tell:
lie knows-for He was there.
Erwin Clarkson Garrett, Trench
Ballads and other Verses"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

Sister Maude yawned. She had beer
up later than usual the previous eve
ming and the evidence of her WEAKNESS
could not be suppressed
do you remember" continued Ethel,
what the conductor said?"
YES" answered the father; still
without-looking up from his paper.
ale said" asserted Ethel, that II
you didn't want to pay for me you'd
have to take me in your lap and let
someone else have my seat"
Sister Maude reused herself enough
to look puzzled and anxious.
remember" said the father. what
of it?"
"Oh, nothing much" replied Ethel.
"Only l think Maude and that young
man who's going to be my new brother
were playing tram when L"
"Ethel" broke in Maude sharply.
and trying to ride for one fare y
asserted Ethel triumphantly by way Of
conclusion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
Pup Delays Tube Train;
Theater Patrons Storm

New York. - Theater-going
passengers on an express bound
uptown in the Seventh avenue
subway, fumed and fretted while
the train ran Mt quarter-specd
with frequent jerky stops. AS
the hour for curtains 10 rise on
matinees came perilously near,
sef-constituted committee
called on fine motorman for an
explanation. He was peering
anxiously out of his cab window
at a bewildered br0wn-and-white
terrier running between the
rails.
1.-THE pup can't run any fast
err" the motorman explained,
"and / amt going to run over
him. That stands II we don't
get to Times square till night"
At Times square the terrier
still was ahead of the train but
going at n greatly reduced pace.
~ hope he'll fall out when he
sees daylight at One Hundred
and Twenty-eighth street"
sighed the motorman.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
Old system SIN survIvee.

The origin of the term bill" is Of
course well known. 1t is derived from
the French word ibllle," piece Of
wood. In olden days the process Of
rendering accounts was by means Of
cutting notches in stick, the stick
being split through the notches, and
one half being given to the debtor.
This system, known as the tally"
system, still is in existence in some Of
the English hopyards.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

II you are in need of decorations and
find but one lone short-stemmed rose
Oh your BUSH do not despair. PICK
the flower with as long stem as pos
sihlc. Then either tie or wire the
short-Stemmed blossom 10 d longer
stem of another flower; in this way
there is no waste on account of lack
of sem If you have no other flowers
whose stems you can use, try bit or
tie branch OF the plant, or in lien OF
better avail Yourself of the hollow
stem OF an artificial rose
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
BRITISH ARMY GROWING FAST
POO Recruits Daily-scarIet Coats and
Bearskin BUSHES Replace
Khaki Uniforms.

London. Recruits are Joining the
British army at the rate of 200 per
day and many of the men whose
neriod Of service was about to expire
have re-enlisted
The crack guards regiments have
blOssomed out again in their prewar
scarlet coats and bearskin BUSHES In
stead of khaki
According to the Morning Post, the
regular army is to have its prewar
establishment increased by about 100,-
900 men, with the ultimate object OF
getting another 100000 men voluntar
lly to undertake liability for general
service when the army reserve ls
aeede1, - .-...-.-..
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

Reports from London are to the ef
feet that mems hats in bright yellow,
pink, white and other delicate shades
are becoming popular and we look
back only short time ago and re-
member how we used to roast The
dark-grcen hat which now appears to
be the acme Of conservatism.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

The garnet is the birthstone for Jan
uary. Consequently 1t is the luck
stone for all born in that month. Ac-
cordiug TO old authorities che garnet
exercises calming influence and
takes away anger and discord. It rs
likewise sovereign remedy for hemor-
rhages and protects the traveller from
all dangers when travelling. When the
figure of a run is engraved upon Il
garnet It will protect and preserve
the health OF the wearer and cure him
of all disease g."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

The announcement that 100000
men are At for military duty in the
United States, coupled with recol.
lection OF how our men fought in
the war, will probably have as much
tendency to discourage future wars
us any other Influence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
Beliefs Concerning Friday.

Americans haven't got around to the
point of view Of the ancient Scandl-
navIans, who called "Frigi deag" the
day Of the Goddess Frigga, or FreyJa,
tile luckiest day of tue week but they
are getting more like the Moslems,
whose conviction that the sixth day Of
the week is pretty average day, after
all, Is expressed in their belief that It
was ON Frlday that Adam was created,
entered paradise, was expelled, repent.
ed aud died. and that on Friday VIII
come the day of resurrection. We. Y
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

Anyway, even when you think that
vanity and love Of pleasure have
crushed the maternal instinct out of n
woman and caused her affections to
swirl around wct-nosed poodle, she
will nevertheless look tenderly and
Sorrowfully at some clean little tot
with smile on It's face. You can read
the at might have been" on hqy coun.
ienGnce.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
Steel OH Derrick Used In the New
Fields on Trinidad Island to Pre-.
vent Destruction BY Voracious White
Ants.

sects of similar disposition are an
even greater menace SO voracious Is
the appetite Of these pests for pine.
The usual derrick material, that the
oil men have been forced TO build all
their derricls of steel. The great nd.
vantage OF this construction in point
of durability, however is encouraging
its use even where edibiity is not a
sactor-popular Mechanics Magazine
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

Nevertheless and notwithstanding,
those hungry Europeans ultimately
must 90 to work or starve. And that
Is exactly what some of the tr!ting
good-for-nothing loafers in the Uni;eu
States must do, The mo work no eat
law IS Of divine origin and it ought to
be enforced.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
Work Hard and Avoid Worry

1t is not work that kills men; It Is
worry. Work is healthful you can
hardly put more on a man than he
can bear. Worry is rust upon the
blade. II is not the revolution that
destroys the machinery, but the flic.
ton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
MotorsleIah for Arctic Realons.

An old Alaskane "musher' has de-
vised motorsleigh which, fully load.
ed. can travel over an arctic trail at a
speed OF % miles an hour, regardless
Of drifts. gullies, logs or windfalls.
The sled is 20 feet long and three feet
wide, 1t skins over the snow like n
hydroplane over water
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

The city of SIP, kane is shown by
the census records to have decreased
in population in the past ten years
This is probably another case Of
statistics not being entirely above
rep. oach Ten years ago Spokane
was booming and wanted to get into
he hundred thousand" class and,
like many western cities, was accus-
ed cf counting some people twice and
few of them three times. 1t has
taken Spokane ten years % catch up
with its dream of ten years ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

When trade is resumed with Russia
it VII have to be in the fo.m OF bar
Ter, swapping machinery for hides
and tal'ow, automobiles for fax, cot
ton Goth for lumber. The reas n
for this IS that Russia has no cur
rency system or credit Russ IN
money is no worth cent on a dolla
at home and is absolutely worthless
elsewhere. Russian credit .3 gone
because she has failed to pay her
honest debts or the interest on them.
In consequence of his s.tuat-n, re-
Stunning trade with Russia means to
start entirely new. just as the people
traded thousands of years ago before
money and cedits came inc com
'mercial' use.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

Los Angeles has n police band Of %
l,sv. which weighs 3ls tons, the light.
est member tipping the scales ut over
300 pounds. In the long run such men
are worth more us musicians than as
,hlef-Catchers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
MEMBER oF AssoCIATEp pREss.
SATURDAY, MAY s, 1920,

Tomorrow is Saliva ion Army Sun
day and the coming week is fixed for
a drive l-r the benefit of the Saliva
ION Army. The Salvation Army is
the organization that looks after
dere icts and unfoltunates the world
over and ought TO be helped by a
generous donation the coming week
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
UTILIZING Waste.

A new industry just introduced at
Milan, Italy, consists Of the manufac-
ture from waste leather cuttings OF
boxes for collars, cuffs and cigarettes,
and carpets. furniture coverings and
wall paper
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
First Missionaries to IsInnds.

One hundred years ago two men
were sent from Torrngton. Conn, to
be the first missionaries to the Hawaii.
an islands, then known as the Sand
witch islands. The event was com
memorated at Torrington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
City pwellers Flat Footed.

Defects of vision and fiat feet were
Found more among city jewellers than
those IN the country ~ army nhySi-
clans examining those entering the
service during the war.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

Naturally quite un~
suspicious.
Papa" said
Ethel, do you re-
member the trip
we made to grand
mas last week p
yes" replied
the father. absent
mindedly.
"In the tramp
persisted Ethel.
"Yes,"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
ANTS DESTROY OIL DERRlCKS
Workers in Trinidad Field Compelled
&c Use Steel to Foil preda-
tory Insects.

Fire and storm have destroyed many
an oil derrick of the traditional wood
construction. but I'm the new oil fields
on Trinidad Willie ants and other in
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
Only REQUIRES viii Power.

Any man can learn to do anything
that any other man has done II he will
apply himself To .he doing OF it,
Charles NJ. Schwab.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
LOCAL sKEPTIclSM.
"Are the Tllburys unusual
noopIngn

peoplef
"1n what respect2'
"Do they hold any records?"
"Well, Gussie Tillbury claims
to he the only girl in town who
was ever proposed to by u Rus
sian grand duke, but the Incl
dent is said to have occurred ut
Monte Carlo before the war, and
nobody around here believes It,"
Birmingham Age-Herald,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08

Whereto serveth learning, II under
standing be not joyned to it7--Mon.
taigne.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
Her Choice.

A Florence girl says she had rather
wear Il COW bell than be bothered with
u chapeI Ohio ton Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
JUNK DEALER
A. RUSKIN

pay the highest cash prices for
rags, ruhhers, iron, bags. papers and
Junk Of all kinds.
Call at Ro.tum's Store Tel. a. I
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
SAW MILL
GRIST MILL
CIDER MILL
SAW MILL

Three acres land. a good S-room
! house barn, saw-mill, shingle mill,
cider mill, grist mill, feed storehouse,
wood-shed. horse-shed etc.
er-power, IS h. p. water wheel
cement dam, new penstock, log saw
with top saw and 32-ft. carriage; slab
/ saw, bench saw. lath mill. single
saw, band saw, 24-ipch planners, 3-side
planer and hatcher, boring machine,
J turning lathe power grindstone,
emery GUNNER slab car and railroad,
sawdust conveyer etc.
| A modern 24-inch Attrition feed grin
I der corn and cob cracker. grain ele-
vators bins selves, etc.
Five ton wagon scale, 1-2 ton floor
! scale.
| Apple frater big power presses,
! cider pump, power washing machine.
The betting, shaftng ,pulleys alone
are worth more than $4,000.
This property is in the midst of
| live, prosperous farming community.
/ IA mile TO postofiice, stores. churches,
Burlington. VT. All in good repair and
in good running order, and doing good
business every day.
] have run this business successful
I ~ for 26 years but am forced to sell on
account Of failing health. Price only
/ $4,000 and could not be replaced for
/ twice that amount.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
@ The --~
Scrap Book
TELLS ONE ON BIG SISTER
Little Ethel Imparts information Be.
fore Maude "Gets Wise" to
What's Going on.

Little Ethel was prattling in her
aimless way and Sister Maude was
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
10000 Tons Coal Daily M.

Alberta coal mines have dolly on5-
put Of more than 10000 tons. N.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-05-08
NOT |CE!!

The Dental offices in town will be
closed Thursday afternoons until
further notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-29

table of assorted Waists to be sold for $6.98, Monday only, consisting of crepe dc chine and georgette. For quick sale Monday only we are going to close out table of Voiles and Organ dies for $1.98
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-29
Throughh the Khyber Pass

From "Off the Map in Afghanistan, by
 A. c. Jewett, in Asia" magazine.
 A kafila struggling along-a strange ways an interesting picture. Frequently bands of Afghan gypsfes, their women unveiled and dressed in clothes of a patchwork quilt style, generally very ragged, make up part of the variegated procession. They may have camel or two but they use yaboos donkeys and even cows for pack animals. A refrac- tory COW with a sudden determination to return to India will often create quite a disturbance Once saw young camel wheel and start back. It heaved and bucked till is pack shifted nd swung under It's belly Then it vent mad, start ing on a wild gallop back through the Pass, pumping into other camels and creating an uproar. After camel is loaded, the cooking pots ard pans are festooned about him. and the chickens there are always chickens-are tied on by the legs at various points of camel anat- omy Sometimes as many as eight lambs too young to walk will be tied on the back of a camel, where they lie quiet and contented, all tangled together Often 2 man will trudge along behind mother donkey with her offspring, too young to
 K. The old donkey, of course, is carrying a load of supplies The pack of yoboo Or camel is often topped by youngster -unconcerned on his precarious throne all but naked in the broiiing sun. hls head shaved except for little wisp that impishly sticks up from the crown of his head Sometimes young children are put in wicker panniers and slung each side of a donkey. The children of the kafila seldom cry unless they have bad spill and are really hurt. have seen dead men bound to a charpai (string bed stead). loaded crosswise and balanced on a donkey's back. being taken to the home village for burial. Death comes. but the kafi1a goes on.
 This is just local Freight. The through trains. the long strings of ig Hephara camels with their tawny boards and hairy legs are loaded with packs that go 10 Rabul and even beyond to Tokhara and Russian Turkestan. Hundreds of them are loaded with tea and cotton gcofs from India, or matches made in swe- den"-perhaps twenty cameis loaded with matches alone. There will he others loaded with kerosene marked standard on Company. made in Y g. A." Former ly there were many bales and boxes marked Made in Germany and Austris h11s os late these hax. been substftusss by Made in Japan-s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-29
ID MAKE ANOTHER
 TRY AT ANTARCTIC
British Survey Expedition Is Getting Ready to Take
 Up Its Work

London, February 1o-By Recipro- cal News Service The British ex- petition now being fitted out for sur vey of the Antarctic regions serves to recall the great Shackleton adventures of 1914-1s15-1916.
 Sir Ernest Shackletons expedition was a failure. But 1t was Q failure more glorious than many successes. Luck was tmplacably against the adventure, and only incredible heroism saved it from complete disaster. This briefly is its story, as it is being told in lectures by Sir Ernest in London.
 On August i, 1914, after a year spent in preparation, Shackleton sailed to Cowes, where the king was to inspect the expedition prior to it's departure, On August 1, the war clouds that had so rapidly gathered on the horizon burst over Europe. Shackleton at once offered to cancel the whole expedition. The British Admiralty refused to ac- cept the sacrifice so that on August B., the Endurance" which carried the expedition. set forth from England for South Georgia, via sBuenos Ayres. The expeditions principal object was to cross the Antartic Continent from the Weddell sea to the Ross sea, a journey of i,So0 miles of which the first half was cross unexplored country. Auxllary parties were to be dispatched east and west from Weddel1 sea, while at the Ross sea base another party was to push on to the Beardmore glacier, there to wait the trans-continental party which was to consist of Shackle- ton, i've other men and one hundred dogs.
 On December 5. 1914. the Endurance isft South Georgia, entering the Ice two days later. During many weeks sine slipped forward where the caprfc- fous ice made openings. and forced her way through the young ice". In mid de January, however. she was com pIetely stopped by heavy pack ice which closed in upon her, and so there was nothing to do but to wait and hope for the best. Huts were built on the ice and for months ship and camp drifted slow 1y to the northwest. The strain of mill lionsof tons of ice began to tighten their grip on the Endurance; shegroan- cd and timbers bent and iron stanch- ions buckled, until under one final annihflating squeeze, the gallant ship which had resisted so nobly, was crum- pied into matchwood. "She had been thrown to and fro like shuttlecock." writes Shackyeton in South, the newly pu ub1ished history of the expedition, Her every sides opened and closed again as she actually bent and curved