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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
PLANTS GUARDED BY NATURE
As "lnfants," the saplInes Are by No
Means Defenseless Against In
Jury From Fire.

Young lons-leaf plants protect them
selves against forest fires In n most
Interesting and remarkable way. For
four or five years the stems of the
infant trees attain height Of only
as muny inches above the soil, Dur
Ing this time their bark Is extraOrdl-
narily thick, and that alone gives some
protection. But in addition the long
needles spring up above the stem, and
then bend over on all sides in a green
cascade which falls to the ground in
a circle about the seeding,
This green barrier can, with diff
Guilty, be made to burn, while the
shade that 1t casts prevents lnhamma-
bic grass from growing near the pro-
tected stem.
1t Is thought that 1t is owing to
this peculiar system of self-protec-
ton which the pine seedlings have
developed that the growth Of the ever
green oaks In Florida has been re-
strlcted in regions where fires have
ragged, while pure pine forests have
taken their place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
GENlUSES IN POOR AB0DES
Many Of the Worlds Great Men
Have Been Born In or Lived or
Died in Squalld Atties.

A good many great men have lived
ln attics and some have died there.
Attics, says the dictionary, are "places
where lumber IS stored" and the
world has used them to store u good
deal Of It's lumber in at one time or
another. Its preachers and painters
and poets, Its deep.browed men who
find out things, its flre.eyed men, who
Will tell truths that no one wants TO
hear-these are the lumber that the
world hides away in It's attics Haydn
grew up in an attic, Chatterton starved
In one. Addison and Goldsmith wrote
In garretS.
Faraday and De Quincy knew
them well. Doctor Johnson camped
cheerfully in them, sleeping soundly
upon their trundle beds like the sturdy
old soldier of fortune that he was,
Injured to iardships aud careless Of
himself. Dickens passed his youth
among them, Morland his old age.
llans Andersen, the fairy king,
dreamed his sweet fancies beneath
their sloping roofs. Poor, wayward-
hearted Collins leaned his head upon
their crazy tables Benjamin Frank.
lin Savage, young Bloomfield, Bobby
Burns. Hogarth, Watts--the roll is
endless. Ever since the habitations
OF man were reared two stories high
has the garret been the nursery Of
genius.-Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
1000 Of LEGION
IN CONVENTION
HELD AT RUTLAND
Third Annual Gathering Open
ed Last Night
GOV. HARTNESS PRESENT
Congressman Porter Dale Said
to BE the Legions Best
Friend in Congress

Rutland. Sept G-T1e third annual
convention Of the American Legion, de
partment Of Vermont. was opened this
evening by John +. Sullivan. State
commander, 1000 Legion men attend.
ing. The first part of the program
consisted Of singing Of THE Star
Spangled Banner by Mrs. Cornie
Glynn Conklin. Then by acclamation
Major II. Nelson Jackson, who was in
the audience. was melted to the plat
form. The entire assembly stood mp
when he went up there.
This was followed by a prayer by
Father Mahon of Farlee. An address
of welcome was given by Mayor Jas.
c. Dunn Of Rutland whiC1 was replied
10 by Commander Sullivan George
IL. Moarney commander of the Rutland
Post OF the Legion, then welcomed the
leeionaries to the Marble City and i'm.
pressed upon each and every one OF
them to make themselves at home.
committee composed of Judge
Leonard f. Wing Of Rutland Or. James
w Courtney OF Burlington and Chief
OF Police Burt S. Hyland OF Rutland
escorted His Exceellency Governor
James Hartness. ExGoy. Perciyai w.
Clement. Congressman Porter II. Dale.
Adit Gen Herbert T. Johnson Major
Amory Of the Bird Cavalry, Fort Ethan
Allen. and Iemenl Boles, national ad-
iutant of the Legion, to the platform.
Gov Hartness was the trst speak
er of the evening. Adjutant Boles Oh
indianapolis followed Congressman
Da e was ae principal speaker of the
eyeninG.
Porter II. Da'e is the man who has
done more for the disabled service
man than any other man on earth ;
said Mr.. Sullivan in Introducing MI
Dale. Mr.. Dale was given tremen'
dous ovation and the hall rang WIN
applause.
There was no other organ 2auoh III
the world. said Congressman paie'
which has done 50 persistent and ell
fectiye work for their members as the
,egion He got tNis from personal
observation. as he has been very close
to the Legion in its fight for the dis
abled service man.
Mr. Dale lauded the efforts OF Com
mander Sullivan. Robert W. McCueh
of Vergennes, H. Nelson OF Turing.
ton. ATen Fletcher Of Montpelier, ana
others who have fought successfully
for the men. In conclusion, he paid
tribute TO Gen Clarence r, Edwards
the former commander of the 26th
Division. A. e T., who will be here to-
morrow, and said OF all tie great Of
6cers in the war the men loved Gen
Edwards the best. lie expressed a de-
sire to aid the service men in any way
possible and thanked them for the
opportunity to speak before them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Americans Have prst,lest Feet.

What country possesses women with
the largest feety This question arose
from an inspection Of women's feet
in Bond street during the busiest hour
OF the morning. Women of many ma
tionaitles passed, displaying under
standings that varied considerably
in shape and size.
Dutch aud German women have
the biggest feet IN the world" said
Robert W0rtley court chlropodist.
British women have the longest
feet, but they are narrow; japanese
women have the smallest feet Of all.
and Americans the most beautiful.
-""s they are well cared for from
beca~
youth.
After the American foot award
the beauty honor TO the French wom-
an, whose foot is triumph of grace,
while dancing has given special at.
traction to the Spanish feminine
foot "-Iosdon Daily Express.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
1ha, Word aHoen.tal.D

One OF tie features Of an ancient
Roman home were the "hoSpitalla,'
or apartments set aside for strangers,
or "hoSpeS." Hence, In its original
meaning the word hospital was ap-
piled TO places where strangers were
received and kindly entertained, The
commonly restricted use Of the term
to designate places where sick strang-
ers were received was an after de-
velopment.
The word came to us directly from
the French, who got 1t from The Ro-
mans II Is derived, Of course, from
the same root as "hospitable," The
name "Hospitaler" was borne with
pride by several seml-relIglous and
seml-military orders, like the Knights
of st. JOHN or the Knights of Malta,
who made 1t a business to relieve the
poor, the strangers and the sick.
1t IS Worth noting that the first
hospital for diseased men and ami
mails was established by the Buddhists
in HlnduStan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Watch Would Be Useless.

Not long ago a number OF masons
left Scotland to settle ia this coun-
try. one OF them wrote to his wife
shortly after his arrival and Instruct
ed her to sell their household property
aud to take passage out TO him.
The good wife had neighbor who
came TO help her with the packing.
In the midst OF 1t they fell upon
Thomas watch. The nelghbor exam
ined 1t closely and then said:
ITS Il grand watch, Catherine,
Ye'lI he takln 1t wi ye?"
"Na, ma" was the reply. "It wad
be o nae use cot there, for Thomas
tells me In his letter that there is
some 'oors o. difference between the
time here and In California, so l need
ma be takln' useless things"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
COULD NOT RELY ON SUNDIAl
Garden Clocks" We're Always More
CT an Ornament Than Kept for
Any Practical Uee.

The sundlal became popular gar
den ornament In the sunny parts Of
Europe in the Fifteenth century,
There were older time recorders.
There were hourgusses, candles
that marked the tine by their burn
Ing. Lamps that Indicated the hours
by the amount OF oil consumed, and
the water clock, which was the most
reliable Of all these time recording
devices When the sundluls came into
vogue they were bought ny rich men
who could well AFFORD 10 have clock,
the cost Of which was less than the
cost of un ornamental sundial. The
peasant who could not afford clock
did not need sundlal, because lie
could tell time, or nearly tell the
time by looking at the sun, or by the
slant OF his own shadow.
The south of Europe fashion Of the
sundlal spread to England with the
fashion of the formal or Italian gar
den, and when English, Irish and
Scotch gentry He'd to the colonies. or
simply emlgrafed TO the colonies. they
took with them the Idea that gar
den was not II garden without sun
dial, any more than II could be
a garden without box hedge hor'
der of jOnquils, some arbor vitae trees.
Il gravel walk and rustic bench.
In the older settlement portions OF
Maryland and Virginia and including
the District of Columbia II Is not un'
usual to find these sundlals or the
stump" or base on which the dial
rested. In the gardens Of old homes.
Yet 1t Is IA fulr assumption that on
every place where there was II sun
iial a clock run 10y wheels and
weights licked away in the manor
house. or In the mansion house, and
that every land owner who could af-
ford To have sundlal in his garden
carried gold watch or silver watch
In the fob pocket OF his small
clothes"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
huch Attendance Won't Hypoce Regularity

and culinary purposes in bottles and
jars. The same experience has be-
fallen some OF my neighbors 1t can
be readily imagined with what dis.
gust and indignation we witnessed on
those same days peop.e using the vii
lage water for sprnkllng lawns and
streets. In some cases, am informed
the hose has been left playing upon
lawns cont nuously, day and night,
for as much as three and four days
ut stretch
It would not have been very diff.
cult 1t seems to me, for the village
authorities to have had systematic
inspection of the village made and
to nave put stop to such heartless
and criminal abuses which happen to
be faVorably located as regards the
water pressure, such abuses could be
found. .ncredable as it may seem,
there are places where faucets have
been continually open, with water
continuously flowing from them. day
and night, for many months past. On
VI an inflnitesimal percentage of this
water is used for any purpose what.
ever the rest running to waste. /
have no hesitat on in saying that in
every such instance drastic action
should be taken, the outside faucets
officially sealed or removed, and the
service OF such persons limited to the
simple necessities Of the household.
Some effective measures will have
to be taken to increase the water ser.
vice of Old Bennington IN the mean
time it is the simple duty of the vii.
lage authorities to take temporary
measures to. meet the extraordinary
conditions prevailing.
(Signed) John Spargo
Old Bennington, Vermont.
September g. 1921.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Made Vel In Institution.

The women of Persla--like the
Mohammedan women of every other
country-go about their duties when
called into the streets with wells
which hide their faces from the eyes
OF paSSerSby. Tradition tells us that
one day when Mohammed was with
his favorite wife, Ayesha, who was
unveiled, as all woman then were, II
stranger happened to see her lovely
face, became enamored OF her, aud
offered To buy her at the price Of one
camel. 1t is said this SO angered
Mohummed that the prophet decreed
that women, thereafter, should wear
wells to hide their faces from the
gaze of other men.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Whistle Governs val Street.

"Ah, they go by the whistle here,
too" observed the factory hand from
upstate visiting In Wall street
Yes" said his city cousin that's
the truth. suppose the majority, or
ut least large proportion, Of the
boys in Wall Street were born in the
country, and lived in some country
town before hitting the trail to the
big city. In the country town every
body goes by the factory whistle. one
doesn't see many clocks in Wall
street or any factories with whistles
TO guide the boys during lunch hour,
but there's building being torn down.
And every wrecking crew Is assisted
by dummy steam engine Well, you
see the wreckers lay off work at noon
for lunch and so do a majority of the
Wall Streeters. Therefore when the
dummy engine blows its whistle TO
call the wrecklng crew back to labor,
the Wall Streeter returns to his office"
New York Sun
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07

Bricks thut float are made from an
earth found in Denmark, which Is i'm.
pregnated with the fosSlIized remains
OF diatoms. very minute form Of
life. Brought to Colchester, Eng, the
earth Is baked into bricks, which are
said to be freproof and soundproof.
Another novelty Is the FIewen cav
lty brick, 1900 Of which take the
place OF 10000 ordinary bricks. The
hollow spaces in these bricks are
linked In every direction. thus pro-
yldng constant circulation OF air
through the walls OF the house.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Wild Elephants Against Horsemen.

In Burmah wild elephants are pit
ted against horSemen and elephant rid
ers, and often rout their trained rela-
tlyeS by the reckless fury of their at
tacks. The "cornac" has TO stick to
his seat, while his hutt quirts and
careens around like an exploding loco.
motive or encounters his adversary
with the force Of Catapult. Fight
Ing elephants guard their trunks by
doubling them up like a cinehed fist,
while using their heads like battering
rams or they stand shoulder 10 shoul-
der, after the manner of the fighting
boarS, and after prelude of side
long pushes, suddenly hew away Ot
each other with their tuskS. During
the process of the duel the huttI seenls
to forget or iguore his rider, but II he
has received fatal wound the
cornacs have to Jump of and ruh for
their lives, experience having shown
that wounded elephants generally ex
plre Id u paroxysm of rage.-DetroIt
News
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
rennln In Ancient DAYS.

Henry VII was special deyotce Of
tennis, and had court built for him.
self at Windsor whilst Henry VIII Il
was who built the famous court at
Hampton court, where It may be seen
to this day Tennis was indeed ever
game of kings and princes. Kings
of England and kings Of France We'd
with one another In their devotion to
II, whilst the courts Of both countries
followed the royal lead The faithful
Pepys is peculiarly fuithIul IN his ref
erenees TO tennis.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
WORDS OF GERMANlC ORIGIN
Many OF Todays Most Common Elk.
presslono Can Easily Be TrNeed
to the Angles"

Perhaps the saddest of English
words-the word which brings up more
thoughts Of grief and fear than any
other words death" This word
did not come to us from the classic
lands OF Greece and Rome. 1t was
one of the words Of the Germanic peo-
pies and has been English ever since
English was. The Angles, who came
TO Britain from what Is now south
eastern Schles wig, called the land that
they invaded and helped to conquer
"Angleland' and from that word
England" "Anglische" or a word
something like 1t, came to be Eng
lIsh." These Angles, and all the other
Germanlc peoples, had this word
death" long before the English Ian
guage was spoken, and In the earliest
English we find the word spelled
"deth" and sometimes "deeth" and no
doubt from the spelling "deeth" we
arrived at spelling death"
Skull" was another word Of our
Germanic forebears and 1t meant
cup, bowl, or drinking vessel, and from
the shape of mans head, as 1t APP
pared long after death, the relic came
to be called skull" because It's form
suggested a Skull a "skole," or u
"skal," or drinking vessel. We often
read Of northern barbarlans who
drank out Of skulls" but 1t does not
necessarily follow that they drank out
OF the skulls Of the dead men, but
merely from their household skulls"
"skols," or "skals," which were their
bowls or cups Of wood or stone
Kansas City Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Romans o!sapproyed Of DANCING.

OF all the amusements that we in-
dLige In nowadays, perhaps dancing
IS the oldest. Dancing seems to be one
of mans primitive instincts. The
Greeks We're, perhaps, the greatest
dancers there have ever been. Some
of them held that the destiny of ma.
tionS depended on the rigorous atten-
tion given to dancing. The Spartans
made dancing necessary as gym
nastic exercise; but the Romans dis.
approved Of ii. mo one dances sober
unless he chances TO be mad" said one
Of them. And they all considered 1t
was dIsgraceful for free citizen to
dance, unless it We're at a religious
festival. The early Christians prac.
tlced choral dances, although st. An.
gustlne is said to have objected. He
certainly said: at is better to dig
than dance"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
TWO ONE ACT PLAYS
by Amateur Talent at Yellow Barn
Friday Night.

On Friday evening, Sept. 9Th, there
wi be produced at the Yellow Barn,
two one act plays and dramatic read
ing. The plays promise to be as well
il not better produced than those OF
last year, which were so enthusias.
tlcally received. Special scenery has
been painted and the stage remodeled.
The tickets. which have been on
sale for the last few days are going
very rapidly, but few are still to
be had at Gokays Drug store.
The following Is the program for the
evening:
THE Medicine Show by Stuart
Walker. Pro ogue spoken by DR..
Ray.-BoOth. Cast
Luter ..,. Luther Il. Graves
Gi2 ,,,.,......,.,.,R Richards Kellogg
DR.. Steyn VandeMer
Leonard Outhwaite
Scene South bank Of the Ohio
River near the village of Rock Springs.
Time; Anytime within the last fifty
years.
Miss Sally r. Davis will read the
one act play Kitty Give by f.
Frankfort Moore.
'The Angel Intrudes,' by Floyd
Dell. Cast
"A Policeman. ...... S. H. Blackmer
Annabele Katharine Cultivate
The Angel ........ Luther X. Graves
jimmy tendleton Leonard Outhwnte
Scene l.. 10 p NJ. before Jimmy
Pendleton's Studio, Washington
Square, New York. Scene H.: 10
p. m around the fire in Pendleton's
stud o. Time: A night in early
'sprng 1927
Muse by the Old Bennington Or
chestra. Scenery painted by Miss in.
hette Shields Tickets. so cents and
one dollar
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Dead Man Appointed to Office.

Citizens Of Milford, Conn, forward
ed petition to Governor Lake for
the appointment of live" man as
harbOr master for the district. The
governor recently reappoInted Alonzo
Burns as harbor master Burns has
been dead year and his name ap.
peared on the list through an over.
sLght.-Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
REV. W. Il. WAsHeuRN
Former Pastor OF Methodist Church
Died Yesterday,

Rev DR. William II. Washburn, who
was pastor OF the Bennington Metho-
dist church about 20 years ago, died
yesterday at Ballston Spa. N. Y,
where he had lived since 1912 when
he retired from active service. He
was born at Waterloo. N. Y, in 1892
graduated from Wesleyan and from
the Boston University school OF Theo.
logy and had been in the ministry sine
1866. A second wife, formerly Geor.
Gianna Craw, and two sons, Rev. Rob-
ert Washburn of Williamstown and
Ernest Washburn of Troy, survive.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
The Muse Of DANCING.

The Muse Terpslchore was the
lnventreSs ana patroness Of the art
of dancing as accessory to the sing
Ing or recitation OF lyrical poetry.
She is generally represented with the
tyre and plectrum, crowned with dow.
ers and In mlrthnl attitude.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Ev. 1seth This chIld,s snsoialtu

A nine-mOnth-old boy ut Plaster
Rock, N, b., hus cut two eye teeth
and has not another tooth In his
head, The child is reported to be
perfectly healthy and normal in every
vther way.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Real Valua Of L. ala.

Ideals are like stars; you Will not
Succeed In touching them with your
hands, but, like the seafarIng man on
the desert of water, you choose them
as your guides, and, tofowing them,
you reach your destiny.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Africa Has Hsi, world.s eo,a

Africa has one-half the worlds gold,
n!ne-tenths Of its diamonds, over half
of the rubber, Ave times MS much iron
as North America ana supplies more
copper than Europe and America COM
blned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Iearnlnn "RN hieatt.n

This expression comes down to US
from the day when the henrt was
thought to be the seat of the emotions
The desire To commit anything to
memory was thought to be prompted
by the heart
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
Handicapped.

"Ah wolldna say MncTavish Gamma
learn the game" said Sandy cautious
ly TO his golf partner but what with
helng both religious and tongue tied
II will be deencult, aye, yerru deeh.
cult"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
BAND CONCERT TONIGHT
Program to Be Rendered from Put
nam House Veranda.

nam House Veranda.
The following program will be rem
dered by the band, from Putnam
House veranda at o'clock tonight:
March-Garde des Corps Chambers
Mazurka Russe-La C2arine Came
Overture -Hesperia Losey
Fox Trot-Frankie Snyder
Fantasia-n Days of Old Robinson
Hafauera-MeXicau Kisses Roberts
Fox Trot-HGwalian Skies Erdman
Waltz Health Wealth and Happiness
Witmark
March American Red Cross PAMELA
The star Spangled Banner
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07

Dublin. Sept Con the eve of a
meeting OF the British Cabinet at In
yerness to take action on the irish
problem Eamonn de Valera. tie Irish
republican leader. today quite unex-
pectedly issued a statement to the
press In which after re'terating Ire
lands earnest desire for peace could
never be founded on make believe.
let us lay aside the camouflage
end put away the hyprocrisy." said
Mr.. De Valera. III England Is issu.
ing an u,timatum, let it be an ultima.
tum."
War. not peace would be the out
come OF the imposition of England's
proposals by force, according TO Mr..
de Valera, who went on to assert that
England had no basis in right for a
,.ingle demand she was making on Ire.
land, and would not dare to make such
demands upon "A Power even nearly
as strong as herself
II was announced earlier In the
day by the Sim Fegn learder that
llere vas nothing to communicate
Then suddenly came call and Il
typewriter statement was given cut
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Thursday Cooler
In north tonight
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE--Maxwen 1918 Touring
car good order. all good tires. one
extra; demountable wheels Cheap
for cash. Would trade for Ford light
truck. Geo. Il. Eldred, r. f d. > Hoo
sick Falls, n. Y. Phone 92i-F-3 1t6s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-07

y WANTED--Competen farm hand.
must be a good mixer Apply to d Il.
Moore, End tel 1896. ltf