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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-03
BOYS AND GIRLS LIKE
TO VISIT VERMONT
Remarkable Growth OF Camps as
Shown by Report of State Board
OF Heath.

The State Board Of Health has re.
Gently completed an investigation OF
every boys and girls camp in Yer
mont in order to determine the sani-
tary conditions prevailing at these
camps. This work was done by dis
trict and local health officers and prac.
tically every camp they inspected was
found to be in good shape In a few
cases where defects in the sanitary
arrangements did exist suggest 'ons
for improvements were made and
these suggestions have already been
carried out or soon will be It is like
ly that regulations will be drawn up
by the State Board of Health this fall
to which all campers must conform
and in order to determine what these
regulations viii be reports on present
conditions have been fled at the
Office of the Secretary.
The results of this survey are in.
teresting from another standpoint
also, in that they show the Importance
of boys and girls camps in the deyel-
opment OF the STATE. There are forty.
six of these camps in Vermont W IN
a total enrolment Of los, this mum
Der including LA councillors and
helpers, 1868 and l,6SS boys. When
one considers the number of parents
that must visit these boys and girls
during the summer new reason is
given for the increase i'm the Vermont
summer tourist business. Thirty.
seven states, as we'll as Cuba, Spain
and Canada, are represented by mem
bers Of these camps some of whom
come from as far south as Florida and
as far west as California. These boys
and girls who come to the camps gen.
orally between the ages Of eight and
eighteen the younger ones returning
year after year VII in time grow to
think of Vermont as their second
home and always have a soft spot in
their hearts for the Green Mountain
State
Camp statistics by counties are in.
terest.ng. Add son County 4 BENIN.
gton 1; Chitteaden s; Essex, l.;
Franklin, 8; Grand Isle, 4; Orange, l6;
Orleans, .; Rutland 4; and Washing
ton .
The iargst single camp in Vermont
is QuinnabecR a girls camp at Fair
lee with an enrolment Of 275. The
two Aloha camps, Aloha for older
girls and Aloha Hive for younger girls
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-03
SOCIALISTS DFNOUNCE
AMERICAN LEGION
Declare Budding MH.tsri-t Junker
Clique" Represents Neither
Present or Future.

Chicago Sept I'm a statement
commenting on President Hardngs
failure TO act Oh an application for a
pardon for Eugene Debs until after
the peace treaty with Germany is
rat fed. the Socia list national execu-
tive committee declare we decline
to accept the latest reason given for
failure to act 1t is not in accord
with the known facts
Tie statement referred to the re.
lease OF many convicted German spies
some of whom were convicted OF plac
ing bombs on ships sailing for w.
pean ports" and denounces the Ameri
can Legion.
The committee, the statement said,
learns with profound regret and in
dignation that after months OF wait.
ing no definite action has been taken
by President Harding. The United
States has today the unenviable dis
tinction Of being the only country
where the admnistrat on has not
granted full amnesty 10 all its poll
tlcal prisoners. Every German agent
convicted Of overt acts agains; the
government during the war he's been
pardoned. Some were convicted OF
placing bombs on ships sailing for
European ports.
Both the light sentence they re.
ceived and the clemeucy shown these
criminals of the old ruling class of
Germans are significant. Acts which,
it committed by American citizens,
would incur the death penalty for trea-
son. are apparently considered OF
minor Importance when compared
with the frank criticisms uttered by
citizens in war time.
at is known that one militariSt or
ganization the American Legion, born
under mysterious financial auspices,
that has INDUCED in kidnapping of
Socialist speakers; that has fostered a
mob spirit and has inspired ami led
mobs. that has usurped the civil and
police functions of many communi.
ties. that is nursod by chambers Of
commerce and has attempted to ter
rorize those not in accord with its
ignorant and reactionary views, nos in
solently attempted to thwart the eff.
forts of millions to restore this coun.
try to its old status as a nation where
all are free TO speak and to write.
This budding militarst'iunkor
CLIQUE does not represent the present
or the future. It represents the era
of abysmal hatreds which II hopes to
keep alive. If II gains ascendaney in
the councils of the nation 1t would sup
press every civil right with the hovo-
net as the strutting militarist caste
did in the old Germany 1t represents
darkness, not light ignorance not in.
tehgence; stupidity not tolerance;
militarist bureaucracy not enlighten'
ed humanity
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-03
RED CROSS NURSE SCHOOL
Course Of Special Training Created
by Government

uospital training schools for nurses
were opened Sept. l. for young Wo
men, between q and 80 years at the
Fox Hills. Staten Island, n. w. ana
the Fort McHenry, Baltimore Nd
hospitals of the public Health Service
to Educate prospective nurses Tor the
United States Public Health Service
Nurse Corps. Surgeon General Cum
MINI of the Public lIea tn Service
the head of the new United states
Training School for Nurses has been
receiving applications, in person ana
writing at the Office of Surgeon Cen
eral which Is the headquarters OF the
school. In announcing the estao'
lishment of the new school Surgeon
General summinb stated it would offer
to women desiring to take mp the pro
fession of nursing a course OF study
leading to diploma and an oppor'
tunity in caring for disabled military
pat ents.
The course is to be three years
with months vacation each year
an allowance of $40 dol airs monthly
for the first two years and $50 monthly
for the third year to provide for uni
forms and school expenses. Quarters
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-03
The oldest Science.

Astronomy has the glory Of being
the oldest Of the sciences. 1t was
10y watching tie spangled heavens
that man FIRST got his conception OF an
ordered universe, aud from that the
Idea Of other things governed by law.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-03
Jud Tunklns.

Jud Tunklns says he hopes that all
people will never agree entirely In
their opinions. Something serious
would happen II by accident the world
made the same mistake unanimously.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-03
Is There a noubter Pres.nt1

The easiest thing in the word--con.
tlnclng a pretty widow, whose aged
husband lef' oer a million, 10 believe
that It was all for the best.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-03
BLACKSMITH SHOP

Thomas and William Warren are
now prepared to do horse shooting aud
iobbiug nj the Blacksmith shop on
Franklin Lane formerly run hy tho late
T. Wnhlauist shop will DO open
from Z a m. to y, IN.
WARREN DRos.
Evening star., 1921-10-02
Quite Task Satisfy 1000 Fncy Appetes Uncle Sans Zoo F1oe

on women's hats. They are among the
most beautiful creatures in the colIec-
ton of birds Mr.. Evans also gave the
baboon and a kadiak bear, which. al
though little more than twenty months
old, already tips the scales at more than
300 pounds Mr.. Blackburne expects
the bear to be the biggest in the zoo
when full grown. The largest one ther.t
now weighs little more than 1000
pounds.
A. blue glacier bear is one of the
rarest animals among the bears. He is
the only one of his species in any zoo.
Among recent arrivals at the zoo are
several yellow-footed rock wallabies. a
species of small kangaroo. They are
marked with bright coiors and are not
much larger than dogs.
Mr. Blackburne, the head keeper,
brought the first animals to the zoologi-
cal park thirty years ago. when he
chained two elephants to tree on th..
site Prior to that time the gards had
been located near the Smithsonian H.
s.itution. in the fall OF tn" same year the
first animal mouse was built. CarDen-
ters are now repairing this house and
e:lIargieg soma of th= cages in it. Som
of the lumber used for the work was OBJ
ia incd from chestnut trees felled BY
oTkmen in the park last year. after
the bar, Of the trees had been attacked
by blight.
Alter the eiepRdniS came Il nero OF
buffalo and til" acquisition of animals
has been gradual ever since, until the
collection is without peer III many re-
spects. The natural scenery in the
shape oil rocky caverns provided for III:
bears and artificial streams for the Wa
ter fowls is exceptional. Groundkeepers.
cont inualIy at work, keep the lawns i'm
maculate and reap great quantities OF
grass which is invaluable for feeding to
many of the animals
Evening star., 1921-10-02
IN PERFECT ACCORD
By Frederic BOutet

of their alteration that Simone was
nonplused
Her husband continued to talk t.,
her in the same affectionate manner
until they went upstairs.
Will You tell nae what happened"
Simone began. when they were alone.
and why YOU feigned much ten
derness? Was il to make sport OF
me-
MY dear Simone. we mustn't have
any more disputes here"
In the first place. VIC don't have
any disputes Simone protested. II
make some very just observations and
you take them in bad part"
We'll. don't max. any more. Re-
strain yourself. You must Don't
ask me why
Naturally, she insisted on knowing
why.
Il didn't want to tell you But
since you force me to do so, Paul Ver-
maud is here
My first husband" exclaimed ST.
none.
three days. He has a room in
this hotel, on our floor He passed US
| the other day when you were talking
to the chambermaid. He recognized
US. am sure. i hoped that he would
be tactful enough to change his hotel
He hasn't done so. And we, you un-
derstand. can't afford to have the ap-
pearance of running away from him.
| This evening he entered the tearoom.
Your back was to the door, so you
didn't see him. He took a seat on the
other side of the curtain of green
plants. He could hear us. That is
why. You understand that we can't
let him think that we are not happy
These scenes which you make, my
dear-I forget them. although they
are sometimes trying. But suppose
he should hear them! You see. he
would believe. He would have
at odds, disunited, unhappy house
hold. l don't want that to happen"
He stopped. finding it somewhat
difficult to explain clearly what he
| thought. Simone had listened to him
! in silence. At first she was astonished.
Then She burst into a laugh.
MY poor friend. was that why you
acted so downstairs? How foolist,
you are? It's just the other way. II
l make sceneS-as you call them-it
is because l love you. Yes. because
love you-because l am sensitive.
because everything that you do af-
| stand, don't you? He knows that very
| well, you may be sure. He knows
from experience. Yes (she blushed
and seemed a little flustered), when
after three years didn't make scenes
any more it was because / had be-
come Indifferent. And then We were
divorced"
Evening star., 1921-10-02

score of years spent in an open cage
in the park, has adopted government
hours. After all signs of food have
disappeared he repairs to his house in
the rear of the cage, carefully draws
a sliding wooden door shut and sleeps
off his dissipation. Later he reap
pears. but. SO his keepers say, he slips
off to bed about o'clock after seeing
that his door is well closed. snow
leopard, one of the most beautiful of
the cat family, in the cage next to
him, entertains his keeper when feed
ing time arrives by whirling around
and around with his tail in his mouth.
puppy style.
Alligators. several scores of which
ERE kept at the zoo, quickly awaken
from their languid movements and
long maps when a keeper opens the
cage about their pool whistles and
offers them small fish on the end of
A pole. The big fellows gulp down
a half dozen or more of the fish. while
the dozens of smaller ones in sep
arate pool quarrel and fuss over their
bait for an hour or SO.
Many Of the splend;d specimens at the
ZOO have been presented or loaned by
animal lovers, and among them are
some given by Presidents.
In the midst of some fourteen pounds
of meat scraps in the big eagle cage
was seen giant Alaskan eagle, pre-
sentod to the zoo by former Secretary
of War Alger. He is king of the cage
and bullies even the Alaskan eagle pre-
sented to the zoo By President Harding.
Among tho generous contributors to
the zoo collection is found the name of
Victor J. Evans. a Washington patent
attorney and lover of animals and birds.
To him the zoo is indebted for pair
of birds Of paradise the plumage of
which is rarely ever seen here, except
Evening star., 1921-10-02

bone in the center for him to 'gnaw on
to his cat-heart's content,
X \ y .ss-r
NINE: SIBERIAN TIGER; first of the
AZ zoo tigers to show interest in
.aslitterf of cubs, gnaws at her meat.
with a watchful eye on the four little
fellows whose. loud meowss are con-
tinually coming from board shelter
in the corner of the cage erected to
protect the nervous mother from the
curious sightseers. The bully of the
litter soon crawls over the board
penning them in. the corner and wad-
dies across the cage. His plump
stomach says on the foor., however,
and, stalled. he calls for his mother.
Mrs. Tiger drops her bone; picks up
the. youngster BY. the. head and car
ries him back to- the. little brothers
and sisters. TIE mother returnse.to
Evening star., 1921-10-02

try, begin walking the runs In their
cages in their anxious wait for meal
time Two male lions run up and down
their open-air cx ge, making vicious ef-
forts to get to a Bengal tiger. which
usually suns itself in a corner Of the
den. At last the tiger leaps to his feet
and dives into the mimic battle by
springing at his foes, and comes up
short against the heavy wire along the
bars which separate the two cages. A
whee barrow of fresh horsemeat in the
lion house. where they are let in for
feeding. Is the cause. The meat is
awaiting the arrival of the clock at
1870, when the slides are raised and
the animals rush into the inside cages
to be fed.
Partitions are put between those
who are paired in the cages, so that
the stronger wifi not devour all the
food while the weaker goes hungry.
A keeper rolls the whee1barrow along
the outside of the cages and pokes
twelve to fifteen pound chunks of red
horsemeat on the end of an iron rod
under the bars of each cage. The meat
is at once pounced on by the great
cats. After it is eaten there. is a big
Evening star., 1921-10-02

them down.. feathers. feet, hoofs and
all. The snakes are not poisonous
The big ones. are captured by ma
tives, who rush upon them after they
have consumed a big meal, when they
become languid during the course of
Digestion.
r An interesting. family which sub
sfsts on few mice each four or five
weeks is that of q pair Of copperhead
snakes with sthirty-three snakelinEs.
They are attracting mich attention In
the lion house,, where they occupy q
glass cage. s=,:,t
: * + X
THE epicurean Of the immense ami
= NAL family is the great cfimpan-
zee. for six years Of his existence in
the zoo constant center Of attraction
to the thousands of visitors. This big
fellow. who stands nearly Ave feet
tall: ib treated occasionally to q rice
pudding baked especially to satisfy
his sweet tooth. - -. - r.
b An. senlprmous baboon. during his
Evening star., 1921-10-02

selection of food for the ami
mails as is taken at a hotel. Back
of the big bird house. protected by
gates labeled NO Admittance." Mr.
Rlackburne led The Star representa-,
tive to a complete kitchen operated
for the feeding of the animals. There
is big ice box for the meat. while
machinery is provided for cutting
bread. vegetables and meat into the
proper size for feeding to the animals
and birds. Many of the animals re-
qulre bone in their diet. They are
unable to crack the big bones in the
chunks Of horsef1esh, SO power
bone-cutter is provided. Bread is also
ground up and mixed with seed and
meat IL great quantities for the scores
of varieties of birds in the bird house.
Many of the birds of the soft-billed
variety must have special food. Among
the bird delicacies which they receive
are soft-boiled eggs
x X X K
THE lower floor of the feedhouse is
used for the baking of a special
brown bread for the bears and some
Evening star., 1921-10-02

to- begin weaning her babes, and
hopes for raising four. husky Itgers
at the zoo are high. -.
Despite the popular impression that
monkeys subststs on peanuts and
bananas. wide range of foods Is
found ON the menu tor them. It In
cludes. in addition to fruits. raw. and
cooked Vegetables, cooked rice: .evap-
Grated milk with raw eggs. ;sunfiower
seed and wheat. Cooked onions ARE
regarded az q delicacy by Mr. Monk;
while. sunfiower seed and wheat mere.
lE furnish him diversion. When the
cat animals sweres being fed beef, the
monkeys often accepted boiled beet,
but they absolutely refuse to be
tempted by horsemeat stew. There
are about seventy-f1ve' monkeys In
the monkey house. ranging from
small Bengals to drills and balloons
= A great sealion; WING tdfsports In
q private pool just below the bear
cages. is, under scrutinys Just now.
HIS weight slightly reduced during
the summer months, and thirfY-fve
pounds OF fish. eagerly deyoured daily
Evening star., 1921-10-02


ing of bear. bread. Piled on a. rack
nearby were several hundred pounds
of bread. enough for two days feeding.
still warm from the oven. Two great
ranges similar to those used in hotel
kitchers provided three big ovens for
the bak ing. Mr.. Rlackhurne gave the
ingredients of the loaf: -
Bran and white -four in equal por-
tions; salt and yeast, Try it il you
want to sharpen your teeth. The bears
seen to thrive on 1t. for the. collections
at the Washington Zoo is ,unexcelled.
In the rear of the bfrdhouse is pre-
pared the mixtures Of ground bread.
seed. meat scraps and bone. which are
fed to the many birds. sSundower seed
is the staple food in this house. but
many of the soft-billed birds cannot
with safety he trusted with grain and
must have lighter food.
Rats and mice furnish food for
SO many of the animals that obta lining
enough of them is a problem. Once the
zoo paid bounties for sparrows, rats
continually at trapping and kill
ing the rodents to. furnish food for
the snakes, alligators and owls.
The average cost of feeding the ami
mails is about s2,7eO monthly, based
on recent figures. 4 months pur-
chases OF animal rations. taken at
random from the reports of a year.
gives some idea of the amount of food
consumed and the methods used in
obtaining it. The report follows:
Aorsefiesh. 10000 pounds: fish, $500
pounds: pigeons. three dozen: beets.
1000 pounds: carrots, 1000 pounds;
sweet potatoes. 1900 pounds: white
onions, 200 pounds: apples. 700
pounds; bananas. 900 pounds; oranges,
four dozen; timothy hay. ten tons:
wheat straw. one ton: bran. l.so0
pounds: corn. shelled. 1000. pounds:
corn: cracked. l.s00 pounds; oats,
whole, 1000 pounds; oats, rolled. 5000
pounds: wheat, 900 pounds; alfalfa
meal. 10 pounds: wheat -four. IA bar
rcls; stale bread, 1900 pounds: eggs,
30 dozen (hens in zoo grounds furnish
some eggs); sugar. 80 pounds: rice,
$50 pounds: salt. table. 100 pounds:
salt rock, $50 pounds; evaporated
milk. 80 dozen, cans; yeast, eight
pounds; sunhower seed. 800 pounds;
canary seed, 35 pounds: hemp seed,
45 pounds: millet. 40 pounds; rape.
pounds: mockingbird food, 40
pounds; wild seed, 10 pounds.
\ \
THE horse flesh. introduced during
the war when beef was both
scarce and high. has been fed ever
since. At first some of the cat ami
mails refused to- eat it. but all ac-
cepted it after a week or so. The
meat is supplied by a dealer@who con-
tracts for the job. A govef4m eit vet
Urinary surgeon inspects it and
stamps 1t "U. S. approved" just like
the meat consumed by human beings.
before it is given to. the animals.
All the horseflesh is fresh and no
tainted meat is fed even to the ami
mails which in their native state con-
sumo carrion.
A garden, kept up by ground keep
ers at the Zoo, furnishes some of the
great quantity Of vegetables required.
This year the garden provided pota-
toes, carrots. beets. cabbage, onions,
Evening star., 1921-10-02

has failed to produce flesh as rapidly
as had been expected. The kind of
fish being fed to HIM will probably
be varied.
Another rare appetite is that of
100-pound python, who spends most
of her time in a pool of water. She
consumes some fourteen chickens a
year The live chicken is placed in
the glass cage after the lion house
has been closed to visitors. If hun
cry. the great snake crushes the fowl
to death quicker than the keepers
could kill it. If the fowl receives
no. attention from the python. it is
taken out. The newest arrital e&-,
pected at the zoo is what is said 10
be the largest python ever kept in
geological garden. The monster. al
ready in New York. where it was re-
cefved by an animal dealer from
India. weighs nearly geo pounds and
is twenty-five feet long. A special
cage with full sized bath tub in
stalled in one end has been built for
him. His diet will probably consist
of young pigs and ducks. Pythons
quickly crush their game to death
by wrapping about them and Gulp
Evening star., 1921-10-02

her. bone. but few minutes later
the kitten is stalled in another part
Of the cage. and sending out his feline
S. o. S. This time the mother bears
him back to safety, returns for her
bone and carries that intof the midst
of the litter.
The tiger kittens will soon be treat
ed to solid food. Mr.. Blackburne now
considers the chances for them to
survive as excellent and already has
made plans to give them a bone to
gnaw within a couple of weeks. or as
soon as their teeth begin to develop.
Their first meal other than milk. will
be pigeon SQUAD ground into small
bits. SO that there will be no danger
of the little fellows choking. The
cubs are the pride of the zoo just
now. Other litters of tiger kittens
have been born. but Invariably the
mother tiger has refused to have any
thing to do with them. In one or
more instances big collie dogs were
resorted to, as mothers. but the cubs
did not survive long. In the present
instance the mother is about ready