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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-04
MRS. THOMAS DELuDE
Had Been a Resident OF Bennington for
35 Years

Had Been Resident Of Bennington for
35. Years
Mrs. Thomas Delude died this morn
ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Edward Bergeron on County street
The deceased was native OF Can
ada but had been a resident Of Ben
nihgton for 35 years, During her resi-
dence here she had made .arge mum,
her OF friends who will learn of her
death with sincere regret.
Mrs. .Delude is survived by two
daughters Mrs. Edward Bergeron and
Mrs. p. ], Kelly and four sons, Henry
Napoleon, Honorie and Thomas, also
Id grandchildren and three great grand
children
Funeral services will be held from
the>> Sacred Heart church Monday
morning at o'clock and interment will
be at Park Lawn cemetery
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-04
LIMIT ON "HARD sTUFFS
Kramer Says Physician Should Know
Pat ent's Wine Needs.

Washington, Feb. 4,-The amount
OF hard liquor man may require Is
definitely fixed by the statute, Com
missioner Kramer announced today
but the only limit to the amount Of
wine a patient may need is the sound
and honest Judgment Of his physi
q an. The depth of the sick mans
purse might have some bearing on the
case, the commissioner added.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-04
WILL ATTACK SOCIALISM
Prot. Howard Doughty to Address
Forum Sunday Niuht.

Forum Sunday Night.
The speaker in next Sunday Even.
ing's Forum VII be Prof. William
Howard Doughty, jr, of Williams
College His subject will be Some
Socialistic Fallacles."
Prof Doughty has frankly written
the Forum Management that he is op-
posed to Socialism, and Z is under.
stood that his treatment of his sub
tect will he unequivocally from that
point of view
Prof Doughty is very highly spok-
en- Of hv students who have taken
his courses in Government. He is
keen minded and able, and always In.
terestng, His address will especial.
ly invite questioning. and the after
discussion is likely to be valuable
part OF the program.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-04
RUTH LOSES FILM CASE

Home Run King Cannot Restrain
Moves from Showing Pictures.
Albany n, ", Feb. S.--Babe Ruth,
home run hitter Of the New York
American league club. will not be
able TO restrain film corporation
from showing 'pictures of him in ac-
tion. The court of appeals Tuesday
denied an apnl cation made by coun
sci for Ruth for leave &c appeal from
dec sion Of the appellate division,
VIII ch held that the exhibition OF
these films did not infict any person
al injury or damages upon Ruth.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-04
FAVOR INVESTIGATION

Washington. Feb. 3-Reso'utions
bv Senator Johnson Of California
nroposing Investigation Of Amer can
activities in Siberia, Hayti and Santo
Domingo we're reported faycrably
Yesterday by the senate foreign re.
lat ons committee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-04
WEATHER FORECAST

Late tonight and Saturday some-
what warmer tonight
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-04
LEGION TEAM DEFEATED
FIVE FROM HO0SlCK FALLS
Fast, Clean Basket Ball Game Thurs.
day Even ng at the v NJ. c. A.
Gymnasium.

In one Of the cleanest and fastest
games seen in Bennington for a long
time, the Amer can Leg on quintet,
Thursday evening. defeated the Hoo
sick Falls five, IL to IA at the Y NJ.
@ A. gymnasium. This was the open
ing game in the Leg!on's schedule
and the crowd was certainly satisfied
that the Legion boys w,ll bear watch
ms.
lie game started off tn a rush.
For the FIRST minutes the ball was
under the legion's basket most OF the
tine although the forwards were too
we protected to shoot Ryan, the
Hoosick Falls p'ucly lite forward
got a bad fall but came back by Gag
ing 8 ringers For the Legion. Le-
vim got 2 and Denley J. A foul for
each side left the score 7 to at the
close of the first half.
The Legion profted by previous er'
rors and got away early N the second
ha,f. Almost before they could
real re what had happened, Denley
Gagged 5 and Ssott From then on
It was easy and when the game end
ed. the Legion machine was running
as smooth as an o d output
The lineup was:
Legion Beauty SleeperS
n ,evin. n IT,, Millett
DenIav ri RI. Ryan
scott . G., Wolf
G., Graney
1eonard le lg., Burns
Russ. re. rg, Hamilton
Sullivan for BusS
Buss for Leonard
Denley was the principal pont get
ter VI tn s baskets aud | foul to his
credit Levin and Scott came next
with each.
For Hcosick Falls, Ryan tota'ed s.
ue p,aved a hard, fast, clean game
Lonergan refereed to the entire
satisfaction of both teams There IS
a nile OF cred due him for the quail
ty of the game.
II ia hard to pick favortes between
the 1egion's guards. Leonard excel
led on passive defense, Buss covered
the most floor and Sullivan kept his
opnonent scoreless Throughout Not
much choice.
Mfret played a nice game. lie has
been here before
Tine had to be called out for wind
once. Roth teams were soft
The Legion team will play the
Southern Athletic club of Proctor
here February 18th. This team has
defeated Rutland once and have play
ed together 2 years. Can they beat
the Legion
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-04

"R. CARD. MERRY DEL VAL,
Secretary"
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
MAY 2, 1921
Humanizing the Eye for
an Eye" Teaching
By BILL PRICE.

Nevada is humanizing the Biblical injunction-"an
eye for eye and tooth for tooth still scrupulously
followed in many of the nations of the world civilization
which has made advances in 1000 to 5000 years
clings to an idea almost old manhat the shedding
of human blood shall be penalized in the manner
by the state.
Nevada makes the first shift to painless deaths for
murderer They be placed in alright room and
deadly gas will remove them without the horrifying
struggles that accompany death the gaows in the
electric chair This represents at least advance in the
humanzaon Of orures inflicted in the OF the law.
In the District of Coumbia-the Capital of the worlds
greatest and most ghened naonthe life of murderer
taken by the ropehs neck broken his agonies
longed through sranguaon The local law requires that
witnesses shall be present to observe the enghtening
spectacle. majestic, benecent law, undoubtedly in
tended deterrent does the thing in taking the
murderers life that themuerer did in premeditaton
or more likely, mental incompetency
Several bills have made Roadway in Congress pro
vdng death by electricity here substitute for hang
ing There is little to choose between them The Nevada
pan if capital punishment is be abolished in Wash
ington, appears more humane than any other
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
HUMA \
William Anterior Du Puy-
By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY.

A friend Of Will Hays, Postmaster General
came to him much disturbed, and protested with
him. saying that he was now a mighty Govern
ment official and that he should give over his
informal ways He said that. as matter OF
fact, his correct name was not WIFI Hays, but
William H. HAYS" and that it would be more
dignified to sign II.
This unassuming gentleman accepted the sug-
gestion with an open mind as is his way, de-
liberated II. He reached for pad and lead
pencil and wrote out the name in full as sug-
gested, "Wiliam II. Hays" studied IL critically.
Then he slowly tore the slip of paper into frag-
rhents let them slip from his fingers into the
waste basket looked over at his friend with that
crinkly smile OF his, and shook his head.
Henry Prather Fletcher. who is nrst assistant
to Mr.. Hughes at the State Department, and who
has held diplomatic posts all over the world be-
gan his eventual life among the nnumerable
railroad tracks that a peculiar geographic loca-
ton has caused to pass through the town OF
Greencastle. Pa, just four miles above the Mason
and Dixon line
The elder Fletcher. who was county treasurer
and superintendent of Sunday school, to the lat
ter of which positions he seems to have been
chosen for life as he still holds It, seems to have
been inspired to send sens and daughters forth
on all these railroads. for he was the head of
family SO numerous that the neighbors have for
gotten how many there were.
But this son. Henry, who has become a great
diplomat, now owns a handsome home in Green
castle, which is surrounded BIZ a large English
garden, and is known Rosemont He drive
to 1t in three hours from the State Department
in Washington.
MAJ Gen. William l.. sibert, having built the
Gatun locks and dam at Panama. having organ
lied and presided over the chemical warfare SER
vice during the war, and having reached the
age Of retirement much loved by his associates.
Hast spring went down to his ample acres
Bowling Green Ky, there to live out his life
country gentleman.
But the habit of projecting around still
with him and he started drilling outfit to work
find out IL there was not oil beneath his blue
grass. He found 1t in pleasingly paying quanti-
ties the hrst try. Since he was the sire of eight
children he started seven more wells and
word comes that each of them has brought In oil.
So from her boundless resources has a nation
seen fit to reward one who gave his whole life
to her service
Copyright. 1871 by Public Ledger Coz
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
A Desert Ice Pack.
BY X. G. B.

With the Thermometer registering at noon $50
degrees Fahrenheit a party of professional men
made ice near an oasis in the Sahara Desert and
saved the life OF comrade who suffered from
malignant fever. At o'clock in the evening the
men shoveled down through the hot sand to
cooler stratum and formed a pit about eighteen
inches deep. On the level bottom of the depres-
sion they placed blanket that measured about
five by eight feet. Then, drawing the supply
OF camel fodder, they covered the Nlanket with
chopped straw. From the oasis they drew water
and covered the blanket to depth of half an
inch. As the night advanced the temperature
FELL and at midnight frost crystals, formed on
the floating straw. At o'clock the straw was
embedded in a sheet of ice.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
Why Many Are Inefficient,
Restless, Unhappy, Fearful

lpenter and the tinsmith who turn
out workmanlike jobs are the excep-
ton.
Books are cheapiy printed and
bound. Linen is inferior, silks are
sleazier. Lead pencils break more
easily. And ink is poorer.
The old-fashioned craftsman, who
took pride in his handiwork, seems
to have disappeared.
The huge giant Organization has
swallowed up one of the chiefest Of
human joys, Pride. in Good Work.
The shoemaker who once turned
out a pair Of shoes, creating them
as lovingly as ever father begat sons,
is gone; he has been swept away
by the huge factory that turns out
hundred thousand pairs Of shoes a
day.
The men who built the Cathedral
at Amiens and carved the whole
Bible story all over the arms of the
choir stalls and filled the facade
with swarming images are no rela-
tions of the pioneers who built the
United States or the workers who
put up the office, buildings on Man
haitian Island or mills and factories
that made America supreme indus
trially.
The world needs a number Of
things. 1t needs justice. 1t needs re-
form. 1t needs intelligence. 1t needs
morality
But not the least thing it needs,
and one thing from the lack and de-
cline Of which it suffers, is
Craftsmanship.
Which means Joy in Work.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
Stars and Stripes

All the modern miracles are performed
by Saint Industry.
In our hours Of patience, character makes
it's quickest growth.
They condemn most whose trials in life
have been the least.
He who spends the present to mourn the
past buys himself a poor future.
A small hazard, seen through the magni-
flying glass Of fear, looks like a mountain Of
danger.
Greed Is a foster mother who nourishes
herself to feed all her little vices.
In carving a career sharp wits are more
serviceabe than a sharp tongue.
He who loses no opportunity to do good
will find no opportunity to do. evil.
The man who crawls before those above
him usually tramples on those below him.
Many a man thinks he Is painting his
enemy In true colors, when he is merely
throwing mud at him.
A debtor pays with sleepless nights, but
gets no credit for it -----
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
Eight Helpful
Habits
r. ABIT is momentum.
Fl Your automobile can

III Your automobile can run
- mile on the level on the same
amount of gasoline it takes to make
a hard start.
An express train is less expensive
to operate than a local because stop
ping and starting take so much time
and fuel.
The hard work of this world is
starting things. Once started, it is
easy to keep them going.
The person who has formed no
helpful habits is wasting energy be-
cause he is continually beginning.
Every habit is tremendous labor
saving device.
Here is a list of helpful habits
Granville Kleiser suggests. We
have altered them a bit.
1. The habit of Punctuality. Make
lit a point to be at every engagement
a little before the time. Set your
watch five minutes fast. The only
way to get there soon enough is to
start soon enough. Don't dawdle.
Allow for unavoidable delays of
transportation.
2. The habit of Honesty. Just get
into the way of telling the truth, no
more, no less.
3. The habit of Loyalty. Reject
any temptations to speak disparag'
ingly Of anything or anybody to
whom you owe allegiance; reject it
as an unclean thing.
4. The habit of Sincerity. This
means definite attitude of stunning
pretense, affectation, posing, and
making an impression, as opposed
to self-expression.
5. The habit of Courtesy. To be
courteous once does no good. Unless
you are courteous all the time, you d
as we'll not try at all.
6. The habit Of Cheerfulness. For
pessimism is a pose, and gloom is
usually simply a bal habit. =,
7. The habit of Thrift. For habit
is about all there is to thrift. Put
Va certain part of all you get into the
bank and live on the rest. Put the
first part in the bank, not the last.
s. The habit of Prayer. For prayer
is not going to mean much to life
unless it is like daily bread. Pray.
ing occasionally is about like eat.
ing once a week.
Pin this in your hat until it il
absorbed into your head.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
Gambling in India.

Although the natives of India do not operate
the stock market, they have adopted a unique
form of gambling for which the cotton market
reports are responsible. Every day five quota
lions are cabled announcing the cotton situa-
tion. The natives look upon them direct
Invitation to them to establish a simple but none
the less absorbing form Of gambling. The gam
bling is said to consist simply of guessing what
the five figures will amount to. and tho man get
ting nearest to the right amount takes the
stakeA
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
FATE.

I've often heard OF men disgruntled
and men discouraged too. I've heard
about the poor ones whose children
had the hu. But worst of all. II seems
to me is the sad mechanics talk about
how yesterday he rode and now he has
to walk: and there's his income tax.
that must be paid. he's sure: oh how
they do impose upon the down-trodden
few There are some of us who'll
never have enough TO quit work when
we please, while others seem to have II
all and live. in peaceful ease. So
shake the dice and roll them as you
choose, for there will be a mighty few
who win and an awful lot who lose.
THERMO.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
G,WAN HOME.

To Jack she said: I'm. almost dead"
And added, you're = tartar.
I'm tired, you know, won't you please GOT
You sure are no sELF-sTARTER."
Jacks face got red, to her he said:
THAT last remark did smart me.
], too am bored but like a Ford
1t takes a CRANK to start me"
IMUH JAY.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
SLANG EXPRESSIONS,

The judge--Go hang.
The dentist--You have a nerve.
The lover--I Nike your cheek.
The dyer-Fade away.
EAMON D.
HE sweetheart smiled upon his suit
Twas that no was arrayed for;
His tailor didn't smile a dern bit,
Because It wasn't paid for.
SHORTY
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

GONE, But NOT FORGOTTEN.
Gone are the days when the dollar had
some cents:
Gone are the days of low price and cheap
Gone are the days when poor folks had
some show
On all sides voices are calling. Dough.
More Dough-" +. q. II.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
GOLDIE's NOTATIONs.

The best thing about. divorce
is that 1t keeps people IN circu-
lation.
looks. but a man isn't old until
he stops looking.
Tho female OF tho species N
deadly on the "kalc."
GOLDIL
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
THE BANK BOOK TELLS.

Are you sure 1T was year ago we
became engaged, dear?"
Eyes, l looked It up in my check
book this morning" CHEVY.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02

days when the kids used to
collect empty whiskey bottles
and sell them for q cent apiece
SIKH.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02

- ~~~~F -
The fact is. that the only way
human beings are helped in the long
run is by helping themselves.
Democracy is a great thing,
worthy of all Mazzini prophesied Of
it, and of all the learned historian
James Bryce writes about it; also Of
all that Fourth of July orators pro-
claim for it; but people can come
to grief, oppression can flourish and
business can go to the bow-wows,
even under democracy when misled.
Socialism may be theoretically all
that its advocates declare; it may be
on paper an ideal system under
which states can function and labor
be efficient.
But it has been tried many times
in many places as far back as Sparta
in Greece two thousand years ago
although the word Socialist" was
not invented until eighty years ago
and recently. in Milwaukee and
Schenectady, N. Y, mi. "a. m
1t has always ended in a smash
up quite as fatal as monarchy. or
autocracy, both of which fail when
ever the men at the top fail.
Democracy, on the contrary, is
everywhere spreading and growing,
'overthrowing kings and autocrats,
as in Russia and Central Europe, or
so multiplying the power of kings, as
in England, that monarch is only
a fgurehead. r,-.
Democracy survives in spite of its
frequent failures, for the reason that
the cure of the ills of democracy is
always more democracy, whereas the
remedy f9r the failures of socialism,
monarchy or autocracy is never
found in more socialism or more
autocracy.
Labor unions have done much to
improve working conditions. There
can be no doubt that the masses are
better off, organized to gain and de-
fend their rights, than they were
in the days when all organization
was confined to the upper class that
herded them.
But like all things human, labor
unions are subject to diseases, and
one of, the, most serious of these is
the protection, Of the Stacker. r,,ssu
The union should not only see to
it that the humblest worker has his
rights, but also"it should remember
that one of the first rights of an
honest worker is to be protected
from the harm which the shiftless
and unfit worker by his side may do
him and the business from which all
derive their pay,
The war has caused a worldwide
distemper. 1t brought sudden riches
W illdly, DuJ CIVIL LuOuS AOooCS Ill Ilt
past year to many more. Cases of
extreme poverty, lack Of the actual
necessities of life, are now fewer
than ever before, at least in our
fortunate country. But the number
of people having comfortable in
comes a few years ago who now find
it impossible to get good service OF
to pay their bills has greatly in
creased.
Nobody is now happy or carefree
Everybody is nervous, exasperated
irritated, more or less unreasonable
dominated by some vague but ever.
present fear. Probably there is less
happiness or contentment in the
world in 1921 than at any time since
the Napoleonic wars, more than 6
century ago.
The only panacea for the worlds
ills is work, production and patience
The Washington times., 1921-05-02

am a new nut and wish to be
screwed on to the bolt of Heard and
Seen. +. u. II.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
those PROFOUND THEORIES.
H. AND 3. sTARTLEs WORLD

H. AND 3. sTARTLEs WORLl
That consequently of Elastic
ity'' theory of DIR. H. BREW
MOONSHEIN'S plumbs the depth
OF profundity, but in spite Of
being SO deep, it's probably over
Prof. EINSTEIN'S upper story.
1t is to be hoped the learned
Doctor will continue to honor our
column with his transcendental
theories. FRED J. SCWAB.
Dear Bill:
Your column has startled the
world with the theories PROFOUND
ed within the last few days. and
there is no telling bow far the
discoveries will go before your con-
tribs get through with them. Our
DR.. MOONSHEIN is entitled to
the crocheted one-piece bathing
suit. DIR. ONE LUNG.
Dear Bill:
I'm just waiting to see who
dares dispute the accuracy OF my
theories. AS to DR.. BEASTLY
LATE, j scorn him. don't mind
telling you that while testing the
theory Of elasticity" in the Dis
till Laboratories, 1t was found
that whereas some rats could get
along without parts of their
brains, some people could get
along without the entire head.
which had become petrified from
want of use. ] hesitate to refer
directly to DIR. Late.
DIR. H. BREW, INCONSISTENT.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
FAMOUS.

FNMVVN.
Famous whoppers-
MY, you don't look that DID,
Words of famous men. now being
used extensively in Washington
what can / do for your
Famous words of women-'Did you
pay the gas bill?" b. I. e.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
ONE SURE BET.

When a man goes rounn
lookin' for trouble he amt got
ter wait till he sits home to look
in Their ,dickshunery fer It.
JULES BACKENHEIMER
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
MIR. B. Baer
CURB Coolies.

Spring brings out
leaves. college neckties.
high heels. low foreheads.
Einstein theories. rubber
heels and other Jumps in
hash of existence. Twilight
on towns main stem Is
about same In every burg
in country.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
HOVSE-CLEANINC.

House-cleaning seasons here,
And the wife Is full of cheer.
But poor old dad begins to weep.
Things all torn up, no place to eat
RAZZ
The Washington times., 1921-05-02

After supper IL wiped
OF chin. pop .nominates
himself for porch campaign
in porous hammock. Nom
goes to movies. Sister
hangs on porch waiting for
pop to sneeze himself out
OF hammock. Town Beau
Bummels dash out of
Pressing and Ironing Clubs
with creases in their trous-
ers sharp enough to saw
lumber. Take UP strategic
location on corner curb
and give optical encourage
ment to all ladies who can
ter by.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02

II you wish to catch a cake
eater, get on corner and make
q noise like a skirt.
UNCLE DUDLEY.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
WILL THIS SCARE emf

WILL THIS SCARE 'EMF
One hand was all he used to steer,
Tho other arm Rugged Myrtle.
They felt a skid and, oh dear.
The doggoned car turned turtle.
EVELYN LOEFFLER.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02

The brewers big horses can't
run over anybody any more now,
but the bootlegger's shiny new
limousine can. and does. BUD.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
Gs11EARl, 5E;ElffSa


The sanity faces that I linn
Inside my studio are sweet.
But not by half 10 charming ~
The limbs face upon the strset:
+. J. eCHWAB.
The Washington times., 1921-05-02
CHEERFULNEss.

The cheerful, rays Of sunshine make
mirthful spring!
Twined with teweled links OF love IN
charming way:
Thus 1t Is with lifes affairs In most any
thing,
happy day.
Rosy CLEANS of Nature inspire each and
with Joy and peaceful echoes, though
the changeful years,
Golden waves of magic tides, as they rise
and fall,
Lend hopeful spirit to earthly tasks
and fears.
Dream Of q bright tomorrow Dreams arc
food for thought
That appease the hunger OF hollow dis
content;
The world Is full of sladness waiting to be
sought.
And cheerful thoughts, Ike sprinetme.
lead to merriment. ..