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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Why Milk Is Good for Shoes.

Boots and shoes, like their wearers,
get tired and need a tonic Leather
subjected to sudden atmospheric
changes wears out rapidly. During
winter the leather and stitching of a
good pair of boots could support a
weight of about 1000 pounds to the
inch, without i'll effects. In hot, dusty,
summer weather, however, the pores
of the leather and the stitching, being
parched and dry, the f1int-like par
ticles of dust eat their way into the
leather, cutting it in all directions.
One of the best methods of preserving
footwear in dry weather is the use
of fresh milk. AS the milk is rich in
natural grease, the pores and inter
stices of the leather are fed and
nursed back to normal life. BY in
creasing the pliancy of the leather,
dust will not penetrate. Instead, it is
kept on the outside, where it can be
easily wiped off.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
You've Got to Hit the Halibut.

The halibut feeds on the bottom Of
the sea and when he Is hooked he al
lows himself to be drawn toward the
top without very much Of a protest.
The struggle commences the instant
his nose energies from the water and
the possibility of fight is anticipated
by hard blow on the head. This blow
must be sure ami hard for if there is
any compassion for the fish he Is as
good as gone, for any opportunity to
struggle means its escape.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Estate of Sarah E. Waite
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the Dis,
trct of Lamoille, Commissioners, to receive
examine. and adjust the claims and demands
of all persons against the estate OF Sarah E.
Waite. late of Hyde Fark, in said District
deceased, and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet
for tie purposes aforesaid at the office of the
County Clerk in the town OF Hyde Park, IN
said District, on the
End day of January and End day of June
next from 10 O'Clock m. until 4 o clock p. m.
on each of sad days and that six months
from the End day of Deer, A. ID. 1920, is the
time limited by said Court for said creditors
to present thei claims to us for examination
and all vance.
Dated at Hyde Park, this 10Th day of De-
cember, A. u. 1921. =. b. WAITE,
X. w. HULBURD,
13 Commissioners.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Peace on Earth
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! Fl lilo LOOK back upon the past
| HIlz&sZSII year, and see how little we
! 4SA49 H have striven, and to what
| HGDEMg small purpose and how
! HLNAIlN often we have been COW
| ardly and hung back, or
| temerariOus and rushed unWisely in
and how every day and all day long
| we have transgressed the law of kind
| ness; it may seem paradox, but in
| the bitterness of these discoveries a
| certain consolation resides.
Life is not designed to minister to
mans vanity. He goes upon his
long business most of the time wi h
hanging head, and all the time Ike
a child. Full of rewards and pleas
ure as 1t is-So that to see the day
break or the moon rise, or to meet
friend, or to hear dinner call when
he is hungry, fill him with surprising
joys---thiS world is yet for him no
abiding city. Friendships fall through,
health fails, WEAKNESS assails him !;
year after year he must thumb the
hardly varying record of his own
weakness and folly.
1t is friendly process of detach-
! ment. When the time comes that he
should go, there need be few Illusions
left about himself. Here lies one who
meant well, tried little, failed much;
surely that may be his epitaph, of
which he need not be ashamed. Nor
will he complain at the summons,
which calls defeated soldier from the
held; defeated, ay, if he were Paul or
Marcus Aurelius but If there is still
one inch of fight in his old spirit, I'M
dishonored. Give him a march with
his old bones; there, out of the glorious
sun-colored earth, out of the day and
the dust, and the ecstacy-there goes
another Faithful Failure.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Why Girls Are Indignant.

At one of the finishing schools that
line the banks of the Hudson the dean
was suspicious of the number of broth.
prs and cousins calling on some of
her attractive charges. The families
seemed entirely too large.
And do you know what she lldY'
Indignantly explained one of the girls
"She wrote home and asked for the
names ana approximate ages Of all our
men relatives. So the old buT works
no longer and mere friends cant get
past the old chaperonage rules .,She
keers n register for each.Df the Stu
dents. New York sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Getting Action,

A doctor received a note asking him
to go at once to a case of smallpox,
but to his surprise, on arriving at tho
patients bedside he found that It
was merely case of rheumatism.
"But this is very plainly not small
pox," he said.
"Well, DOCTOR" replied the man, as
he shuffied one foot over the other, ito
tell you the truth, we knew it was
rheumatism, but nobody in the house
could spell the word, and we thought
smallpox would DO Just as we'll until
you came, and probably bring you
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Value of Community Play.

Community play is being promoted
by local governments because il has
been demonstrated to be a practical
business proposition. City officials ac-
cept as an axiom the statement that
the leisure hours of the city must be
either an asset or liability. The PEG
pie of this county have about bill
lion hours day to pass outside of
work and sleep. Inrthis leisure time
most Of the crime. vice and delinquency
occur
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
HOW
WOMEN JUDGE CHARACTER
OF THE MEN THEY MEET.

WOMEN JUDGE CHARACTER
OF THE MEN THEY MEET.
1t seems that most women can
stand anything better than the
unshorn look Of the unshaven
man. 1t is esthetic pain. For
only chosen few is there added
physical discomfort-as for the
little girl who used to vince
when her grandfather rubbed his
prickly cheek against hers-or
for the long-suffering wife of the
tonsOrial tease.
A man doesn't need to be re-
minded that it's an important
factor in his looks. Rubbing
tentative hand over his chin
after supper previous to evening
festivities, he queries, "Think l
ought to shave fore | go to-
night?" And friend wife in
variably replies: You'd look
better if you did"
And, as a matter of fact, men
are pretty responsive on the
point, from the time when a
boy fOndly and vainly explores
his complexion with a razor till
he takes an elderly daily inter-
est in sprucing up his beard.
Would that he We're as sensi-
tive On the subject of haircuts.
Many women feel strongly on
this subject, and even go so far
as to let a man stand or fall by
the length of his locks. One
girl was. heard to declare en-
phatically that she would never
marry a man who didn't keep
his hair cut short in the neck.
A fastidious woman, however,
judges mans character by his
hands-clean hands.
Now, man need be no Beau
Brummell to come up to these
standardS-of grooming rather
than beauty, for which many
women care little in a man. II
do like a homely man." you'll
hear plenty of girls declare;
and others in fact insist on it
in husband. "Pd hate to
marry too handsome hus-
band" they say, hes likely to
be spoiled because he gets fiat
tered so much"
Neither do women want
man to be sissy about his APP
pearance. But women, the
world over, admire a man who
is well grOomed.
DO men prize that admira-
tiOn and therefore live up to it,
Or would they indeed be just
as we'll shaver and shOrn in a
Crusoe island world?-Rhoda
Vale in the Designer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
HOW
SLANG PHRASES FINALLY

SLANG PHRASES FINALLY
ARE ADDED TO LANGUAGE.
Nobody seems to know where
the term oliver" (meanlng "a
cheap, tilppant little carr orig
mated, any more than there is
discoverable orlginv-at least
by casual inqulry-of the source
Of the word "jltney." A jitney
seems originally to have been
the name of a nickel or five-cent
piece. Thence, presumably in
reference to the fare, it has be-
come transferred and IL now APP
piled to the miscellaneous We
hicles, from small motorcars to
charabauncs, which ply for hire
in a number of American cities
in competition with established
street car lines-a competition
which has become so severe in
some western towns that the
street car companies are threat
ening to abandon their services.
But the American fecundity
and ingenuity in coming new
and not seldom atrocious-wOrds
goes on with the same buoyancy
as characterizes all American
industry. We win, In courtesy,
pass by President Harding's
"normaIcy"; but | have stayed
in hotels which informed me
that, besides a regular physl-
elan, there was both an "osteO-
path" ana "chiropractor" on
the premises. You will hardly
find an optician, who is not also
an "optometrist." Perhaps the
most fashionable branch of
American dentistry just now Is
"orthodonita," which is prac-
ticpd by "OrthOdontists."
Gentlemen who deal in land
and house property who have
heretofore been known, rather .
clumsily, as real estate agents,
now call themselves apparently
without Shame) realtors" In
certain cities there is a strong
movement among the under
takers to have themselves rec
ognized as "morticianS." Added
to the "Dago" (Which, though
having only recently become
popular in England, has at least
half a century of current use
to sanction it in the United
States) and the more recent
"Wop"-though you may see it
spelled "Wap"-has now arisen
the "Hunyak," a comprehensive
chronological term for, roughly,
all European peoples who are
not called Dagoes, Scandina-
vians (mOre commonly "Sven.
skies") or British.-From an
American Edition of the London
Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Bio Sisters Command

Margaret, though scarcely older,
was almost constantly at the side OF
her brother, William, ready to impart
her knowledge of this great world for
his special benefit. When mother left
Tor downtown shopping and gave baby
The usual bye-bye, he seemed much
amazed at all the excitement until
Margaret came to the rescue with
'Wag your hand, William"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Ingenious and Economical.

A hand-operated tram running on a
rail suspended from the cornice of a
building is a device used for window
cleaning Of buildings Of large window
area. This device. which also can be
used for nanting, replaces more ex-
pensive scaff0lding.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
TWO ORIGINAL BIRD BATHS
One Is Made Entirely of Logs, the
Other on Straightforward
Pedestal

The photograph shows two original
ideas in bird-bath construction that
can. be adapted where it would not be
possible to build a cement bath.
At the left is shown a bird bath
made entirely from logs, heavy cross
other for the top, and a few feet of a
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28

IlAQESJHQ)lN day has even more mDor-
IId&HASNH lance than Christmas. High
lIETEEAH land ladies form process
NLAANI sions and go from house to
house singing and receiv!
ing food and gifts. From Scotland
also comes the curious superstition
that it is unlncky to take anything
out of the hou5e on New Years day
before one has brought something in:
hence members of the family may be
seen carrying a piece of coal or any
small object into the house. to prevent
misfortune during the new year.
A quaint New Year custom in Her
fOrdshire, England, is to weave black
thorn into a crown, SINCE it slightly
over a fire and stand around it repeat
ing the words, "Old Cider" The
crown is then hung up for luck during
the year.
The wasSai bowl or loving cup.
filled with spiced ale. was in use in
New Year celebrations in Old World
countries, and children would go
about the streets caroling.
In England December - was the
New Years day until the time of will
liam the Cnlqueror. His coronation
occurred January /, hence the year
was ordered to begin on that day.
England, however, gradually fell into
unison with the rest of Christendom.
and began the year the 25th of March.
The Gregoriap calendar restored Jan
uary I as the gateway, of the year but
Il was not until 1852 that England
adopted this date.
The custom of exchanging New Year
presents still holds in France and the
l.atin countries.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
The Passing Years

0TlzIl1 YEARS whose cup of life
NG/yg}EIN DER brimmed
NESTEEHN With joys that could not
BkAX,AkN be contained;
szsSgg o years whose light of joy
was drained;
Though on our lives are craven deep
The records of your Aeeting stay,
When we with you did laugh or weep,
You took no thought of us away.
0 years to come, in silent file,
Out of the future nearing fast,
You soon will pass us by and, while
We greet you, mingle with the
Though on your front the sunbe ms
play;
With garlands gay your brows be
twined;
We know, when you have passed
our way,
What deep regrets you'll leave be-
hind.
And yet we welcome in it's turn
Each new year whate'er gifts il
brings
For ever in our hearts doth burn
A spark Of hope for better things;
Ever unquenched to live and glow
Till fade the stars from out the
sky;
In that great day when we shall know
That all our years have passed us
by.
Walter Lewis Patteson in the Illinois
State Register.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28

The day Of harsh physics is gone. Pee
pie want mild. easy laxatives. Doans
Regulets have satisfied thousands. 30c
at all drug stores advertisement.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Quaint
New Year Customs

n SCOTLAND New Years
day has even more impor-
lance than Christmas. High
land ladies form process
siOns and go from house to
nOuSe singing and rpcpiy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28

0 LOOK back upon the past
year, and see how little we
have striven, and to what
small purpose, and how
often we have been cow
ardly and hung back, or
Evening star., 1921-11-23
ALLAN DAVIS ELECTED
+ CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL
Chosen +: to Head Reorganized
Teachers Association-Ballou
Opens Meeting.

Allan Davis. principal Of Business
High School, was elected chairman
of the newly reorgan1zed Teachers
Council at q meeting Of delegates to
the body last night in the board Of
education chambers in the Franklin
School. Harry English of thei board
of examiners was chosen vice chair
man and Miss Grace Janney, repre-
senting the kindergarten teachers,
secretary. Miss C. P. Dulin, repre-
senting intermediate teaching prin-
cipals, divisions 1 to 9, and G. Smith
Wormley, representing normal school
teachers for divisions 10 to 13, were
elected to serve with the officers on
an executive committee.
In opening the council meeting,
Superintendent of Schools Ballou
acting as temporary chairman, indi-
Gated that the council should be
subservient to the school board and
act as an advisory body to school au-
thorities. He outlined the status OF
the teachers relation to pending re-
classification Legislation. A formal
statement Of the councils stand on
the proposed rehabilitation 1egis.
lation will be framed in the near fu.
ture at q conference Of the mem
bers Of the council and the board OF
education.
It was decided that tho council
would meet on the second Tuesday
in October. January. March and May
Evening star., 1921-11-23
DC. BONDED DEBT
CUT TO %,9l5,79)
Treasury Department Shows
Reductions, Due Partly to
Sinking Fund.

The present outstanding bonded debt
Of the District Of Columbia is only
$4.s15.75o and Frank White, treasurer
Of the United States. holds in trust
for the fund United States obligations
totaling $3.747.50o. the Treasury De-
partment announced today. in its an
nual report on the sinking fund and
funded debt Of the District of CO.
lumbia.
The funded debt Of the District has
been decreased by operation Of the
sinking fund and otherwise and BY
the increase in the issue Of 3.65bonds
to the amount Of $17.1so.soo since
July !. 1873. On that date it was
$22.106.650, leaving the present debt
$4,s16,750. Fifteen million dollars in
3.65 bonds have been issued and $1o.-
0S4.250 have been retired. leaving the
total outstanding tho same as the
present debt. :.
The entire amount available for the
sinking fund for the District 8.65 PEI
cent loan during the fiscal year 1891
was $991.512.57. Expenditures and In.
Evening star., 1921-11-23
HOME WRECKED BY FIRE.
Residence Of Leonard Wilson
Hyattsville, Damaged $4,000.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
EVANSVILLE. November 23.-The
residence Of Leonard Wilson, on
Spencer street. was wrecked by fire
about o'clock this morning. The
blaze was discovered by one Of the
boys, Leonard. jr.. and originated. II
is believed, in the attic. When dis
covered It had gained considerable
headway. but owing to the quick re-
sponse Of the local fire department
assisted by the Mount Rainier CON-
pany. the fire was confined to the Sec
ond story. All Of the personal effects
in the first story were taken out by
neighbors.
The loss. estimated at about $4,000
is partially covered by insurance Mr.
Wilson, the owner. is in Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1921-11-23
RUSH DANTE UNWILLING.

Tentativei arrangements have been
made for the unveiling Of the Dante
memorial statue. in Meridian Hill
Park on December 1. by the Fine
Arts. Commission. it was announced
last night.
1t is understood that President
Harding will be able to attend the ex-
ercises on that date. The final word
is awaited from The Dante commits
sion; in New York. which is to present
the memorial.
An endeavor to hold the exercises
At q date before the departure of Gen.
Dias Of italy 10 the cause for hasten.
ing the plans. A temporary pedestal
Fine Arts Commission will At q later
date select a permanent base for 1t.
Evening star., 1921-11-23
THR0NGS AT NEW STORE
Opening Of National Furniture
Co.'s Building Is Celebrated.

Monday and Tuesday were gala days
for the National Furniture Company,
which opened its new and up-to-date
store at 7th and H streets northwest.
The store was crowded with patrons.
and friends Of the concern sent their
best wishes ana floral contributions. in
cluding floral decorations by Westcott's s
Floral and Nursery Company.
In arranging the new business house
the National Furniture Company had in
mind the advantage Of plenty Of floor
space, handsome display windows. ten
in number, and each capable Of dis
playing large, full suite of furniture.
The store is q credit to Washington,
Evening star., 1921-11-23
HELD IN $4,000 BOND.

Thomas Andrews. charged on two
counts Of housebreaking. was held on
two bonds of $4,000 each in police
court yesterday, when he was given
preliminary hearing before Judge
Mcmahon. It was testified that the
defendant had stolen various articles
upon his entry into the premises Of
Albert N. Connor, 1142 Connecticut
avenue, and the premises Of Jacob
Zarin, l146 Lingers court.
Evening star., 1921-11-23

Lots O. folks are jest like Dan
Cupid -allus startin' somethin'
an then losin' interest.
Bootlegger Ike Lark suffered
nervous collapse t'day, after
two years. strenuous work, an
DR.. Mopps has advised him t
lay, out a couple O. fines till he
gifts his strength back.
Copyright National Newspaper serviee.)
Evening star., 1921-11-23

and also proves that 7th street Is COM
ing into its own as a retail business
center.
"Progressiveness and usefulness to
the home making and home loving peo-
pie Of Washington" is the motto Of the
new furniture house.
Evening star., 1921-11-23

,vestments on account Of this fund for
the same year totaled $989,S89.65,
leaving q balance on hand as of July
I, 1921. Of $1,623.02.
The District Commissioners have
submitted to the Treasurer estimates
required on account OF the District
for the fiscal year 1928, totaling
.$b0o,soo.
Evening star., 1921-11-23
Sc to 81
YemAfter
Year

We enjoy an IN
Ueasin1 patronage.
We credit this to
our deternIinGtion to
Keep our tcork above
tha "oYdind1y.P
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-26
MEETING OF BL|NO
PEOPLE TUESDAY

There arc something like forty blind
folks in Pueblo who do not know each
other for the most part and who have
never held meeting to discuss their
Welfare and get acquainted. In order
to bring these worthy people together
a meeting has been called at the Cen
trail block. rooms 12t and 122, and on
Tusday afternoon, September nth to
which all the unsighted folks as we'll
as the welfare workers are invited TO
attend.
The gathering wiIl-be addressed by
Mrs Lutte Wilcox of Denver. he>sccre-
tary of the State Blind Benefit com
mission and ono of the directors in the
United Workers for the Blind of Colo
RADIO. This organization Is a really
great institution with mebership of
II arly 400, and presided over by Lutte
Wilcox, for thirty-five years editor ot
tho Field and Farm, but now retired TO
devote his entire attention without
rccompense for tho bsttsrment of the
conditions surrounding his unfortunate
brethren. lt~Nas he who promulgated
and initiated the Law for the relief OF
tho blind which is now in such sue
ccssful operation all over the state
with something like $50 blind citizens
getting the cash benefits.
Mrs. Wilcox is, the most ardent
worker in the state for the sightess
inhabitants and her coming 10 Puenlo
will he hailed with delight by those
who have reason to know of her un
faltering labors in their behalf and
there should be a good attendance st
thu meeting on Tuesday, tho arrange
mcnts for which have been perfected by
I. A. Gray, secretary OF tho Chcmbcr
OF Commerce.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-26
SECOND DICKENS TRIAL
BEGINS At GREELEY

Greeley. Colo. Sept. c5.--Takins OF
evidence in the case of Rienzi Dick
ems on trial hero for the second time
in connection with the death of his
father W. II. Dickens. ionEmont
banker, on November 80. 1915, began
in the district court here yesterday.
-Four OF tho states forty-four Wit
noses were called to the stand today.
Special Investigator y. o., Smith,
Charles Youngmsn OF Denver and John
tndIcS and w. J. White. physicians.
testified. .
Doctor Andrew and White testified
as 10 the nature OF the wound which
caused tho death OF tho bankers. The
bullet. they declared struck Dickens
In tho back between the eighth d-id
ninth ribs cm~ging In front near the
collar bone
Youngmnn. employc OF Denver
hardware stor. testified that Ricnzi
Dickens purchased riff. equipped
with Maxim -ilencer and a box cf
cartridges similar to the one which
killed his father.
The purchase was made Nov. :, 1917.
according to tho testimony.
Investigator Smith testified that in
an interview with tho defendant soon
after the shooting Hacnxi denied that
he had owned 4 rifle OF the cai,t' r
named or that he had purchased n
rifle in Denver Smith said he later
admitted buying the rife. saying b.
Intended to give II to a friend as q
Christmas present.
The testimony OF Smith Is expected
TO last two or thrcc days.
In hts. opening statement attornei
CLYDE Dawson. dcf-n~s council. ch-l n.
lcngod tho state TO bring forth .
rcasonsbi- motive for Rcinzi Dickens
killing his father.
N Ia "a .@Lg4
ply removed u source Of many ScncrouH
hcncfaction-. he asserted. The Dc.
fondnnt did not rccoiv. one penny
from his fathers estate"
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-26
DoDee BRuIneRs
Aoro0 CARS
PET STOCK EXHIBITS
GREATER THAN EVER

than --er. One breeder from Colorado
Springs has entered sts cavieN reprc-
scntins every known breed but ono.
Superintendent Carlton OF tho Tet
stock division declared last night tina,
tho exhibit, thLs year arc OF higher
clafes than ever before. Some breeds
never before exhibited here arc en-
tered. Thcnc are black and tan bun
nics and an excellent showing OF
American blue rabbits. Tuesday niEht
will be hold the first meeting OF the
Colorado State Rabbit Brcrdorr a-so-
citation. Tho mcci.bs will bc held in
tho new building and banquet will
be served. Election OF officers for the
coming year will 10 on tho business
program.