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as she read aloud to herself from her

as she read aloud to herself from her
Book of Hours.
Then she opened my door again.
Through the tiny crack saw part of
her head.
Monsieur" she said to me, keeping
her eyes upon the book, and retaining
the same changcless tone of one read
ing aloud, ''you see that you are safe,
for the present. No one in the palace,
save one of my maids, is aware that
know YOU or have reason to take the
slightest interest in YOU. Your entrance
20 my apartments was made so naturally
and openly that il left no impression on
those who saw YOU come in. have since
sent every one of those persons on some
errand, so that all who might happen
TO remember your coming here will sup
pose that YOU left during their absence.
IL was well that brought you here; had
| merely told YOU to leave the palace,
| Immediately. YOU would not have known
exactly how matters stood, and YOU
would have been arrested at your lodg-
ings, or on your way to your place OF
duty. BY this time. orders have gone to
the city gates to prevent your leaving
Paris Before noon, not only the body
guard. the Provost of the palace, and
| the French and Scotch Guards will be
on the lookout for you, but also the
gendarmes of the Provost of Paris. That
| is why we must be careful, and why
stealth must be used in conveying you
out Of Paris"
| They make very important person-
age of me- said, in low tone.
Hush When YOU speak initiate my
! tone. exactly. and be silent the instant
cough. Too many people are not to be
trusted. That YOU may understand me
YOU must know precisely how matters
stand. This morning my mother went TO
see the King in his chamber before he
had risen. They discussed matter
which required my presence. and | was
sent for. After we had finished our
/ family council. nv mother and | re-
manned for few words, III private. with
each other While We werr talking
NJ. de Quelus came in and spoke for a
while 10 the King | heard the King re-
plv. Certainly, as he preserved you TO
me. nv friend De Quclus was about
to leave the Kings chamber, when the
Duke of Guise was announced. DeQuelus
waited. out of curiosity, ] suppose. Nj.
de Guise was admitted. He Immediately
| told the Hing that one of his gentlemen,
NJ de Noyard. had been killed by the
Sieur dc la Tournoire, one of the French
Guards. became interested, for re-
membered vour name as that of the
gen leman who. according to my maid
had stopped the spy from whom ] had
had SO much to feat | recalled. also.
that YOU had the esteem Of my brothers
faithful Busy d'Amboise. d My mother
immediately expressed the greatest
horror At DE Noyard's death, with the
greatest sympathy for NJ. de Guisei and
she urged the King TO make an example
of you
TO be continued)
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Even cufsory examination ~ the
animal kingdom win show that, while
the female 81 the species may b. more
deadly than the male, The male r. ~
long odds the more brilliant IN coior-
ing and. IN the case ~ birds, the nofs
aIlnrlng ~ voice. Compared ~ the
peacock. the peaben 81 = dull draD
creatures the female nightingale u az
most yoiceless, the female glOWwoffn
efits no bright beams 70 attract ~
mate and the voice ~ the hen - used
cnIy u announce the laying d another
egg Or g. acOid rs young. The rooster,
on the other hand. IS equipped with a
singing voice which while Il may
not exactly compare with that ~ tne
nightingale or the lark. Is designed for
the sarne purpose. the charming ~ the
fcruale ~ fts species.
Moreover. the rooster IS the proud
oas s8. 4 bright feathers Wnicn
make him attractive in The eyes ~ the
/ hen. Like the majority of males ne
Is not backward IN Haunting his natur-
al attributes before the hen which ne
hopes win choose him 70 be her mate.
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AN EVENING CARD PATTY.

Last week / wrote about giving a
picnic. To-day / am going 20 take
up the question Of. giving a little eyen-
ing party In the home. And am
going to reiterate my advice Of last
week. Summertime Is piaytifne. Give
4 party Of some sort now and then,
lust 10 keep you young and normal
md happy. II needn't say healthy,
for If one is happy one is generally
healthy.
Az everybody does not play auc-
tlon bridge. / am going to give the
following directions for another, ana
simpler. card game.
How to Play SNAP. There are
four persons to a table. an ordi-
nary pack Of playing cards Il dealt
round. Each OF the four players
Keeps his cards face down In a pile
and turns up one at q time. When
two cards OF the same denomination
are turned up at the same time two
aces, two kings. etc.), the players
who turned up these identical cards
must each cry snap; whoever says
ii first takes both the cardss II three
or even all four, turn up cards OF
the same denomination at once, all
must call out SNAP" and the. one
who called 1t first win gather in all
the similar cards turned up. IL it is
hard 10 decide who said IL first. then
the similar cards are allowed 70 pass
l'untaken-being put on the heap be-
side the original pack. If anyone
cries snap" at the wrong time. his
cards are placed in the centre Of the
table and whenever card turns np
corresponding TO this forfeited card
anyone at the table may win IL By
being the first 10 say "snap-pooi
+ When each players original pack is
exhausted he begins turning up the
second pile he has been making by
/ putting in a pile all the cards he
turned up that were not similar tc
any other players. OF course all
must turn up their cards in unison
The game ends when one player has
all the cards.
Suitable refreshments are:
crystallized Ginger.
Cream Cheese Olive Sandwiches.
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WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
WOMEN? DOROTHY DIX ANSWERS
This Writer Nhing the Matter Whole ang Men

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ously cultivated. Take the love Of
dress, for example.
When a man gets really eloquent
about the weaknesses OF women. he
begins upon her passion for clothes
He descants upon the kind of gum
drop brain a human being must have
who can find the chief interest i'm life
in dress. and to whom the change of
the cut of a sleeve is of more impor-
tance than the rise and fall of a dyn-
asty when he discourses about the
folly of wearing high heeied shoes. and
flirting with pneumonia with gossamer
stockings, and low-necked gowns. and
so on. in winter, and winds up with a
diatribe on a creature with an inn
mortal soul wasting her time spend
ing hours having a permanent wave
put in locks nature made straight and
/ painting artificial beauty on a coun-
snance the good fairy skipped when
/ ne was handing out beauty.
All very fine. and true as gospel.
| Yet who taught woman the case valIle
| of good looks? Man. Who impressed
1 il on woman that peachiness would
/ get a woman farther than brains, or
1 education. or all OF the standard vir-
tues? Man. Did any girl baby ever
| look around in her cradle and see
/ frumpy Miss Highbrow. who could
write NJ. A. B. A. Phi. ID. after her
name, but couldn't comb her hair or
/ powder her shiny nose, making the
/ big match of the season? Did little
1 Lulu ever observe the man chasing
after the frumpy. but estimable ladies
/ who run the missionary society and
wore fiat heeled shoes and chokers
Of the devil?
| / trow not. What little Lulu saw
/ was that men swaTmed around the
/ goodiookers like bees around a honey
pot, and that they liked To be seen
! out with a woman whose clothes
made everybody turn around and rub
Der. Therefore il was impressed
/ upon little Lulus infant mind that
/ beauty was a, woman's one best bet
and that good clothes run il a close
/ second. and that a drug store COM
/ plexion was better than no complexion
at all, and so she grew up with the
/ the idea that il she wanted 10 please
men. she must cultivate her good looks
and learn how To dress.
And as long as men put this absurd
value on woman's appearance they
have their nerve to criticise women's
| extravaganza and mode of dress.
When a man prefers to be seen out
with a plainly gowned woman attireo
economically and hygienically. to one
who is a walking fashion plate, he is
| entitled TO speak upon the subject
of woman's clothes. Not before.
Men also eritieise women for not
/ being frank, and outspoken. and for
| telling white lies. They even go sc
| far as TO say that women have only a
rudimentary sense of honor.
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Perhaps. Hut If il Is trlle the sin
lies at mans door instead of his sis
ters. Don't forget that up to this
generation. women have been prac-
tically serfs 10 man--so far as individ-
ual freedom went and double dealing
and lies are ever the characteristics
of the slave. AS long az you must
wheedle everything you have out of
some one above you you must steep
your tongue in batteries and false
hoods.
And what man, even yet. will stand
for the naked truth from his wife,
or who doesn't want her TO cajole the
things out Of him that he knows be-
long to her as her right
And il women. as a rule. have small
minds interested in little things, If
they like to gossip. and deal in person
alities. il is because men have forced
them to live in a narrow way. 50 that
they had no chance to broaden out
These are some of the things that
are the matter with women, brother.
Women are as men have made them.
and when men want different women,
bigger. wiser. women, they will get
them. For women are the most adapt
able creatures on earth, and the most
anxious 10 please
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GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
Small Frosted cup-Cakcs
feed Russian Chocolate.
BY Laura A. Kirkman

Small Frosted cup-Cakcs.
iced Russian Chocolate.
The iced Russian chocolate called
for IN this menu WIN prove most
popular with those who have never
tasted IL before. II Is new drink,
a combination of cocoa and coffee.
Prepare the coeoa by heating
quart of milk to the boiling point
then adding 70 Il = cup u cocoa
powder mixed 70 q PASTE With q little
cold water; let boil Tor 5 minutes
and set aside 10 cool. Nov make
The coffee by adding ~ cups Of
coffee to cups of cold water. bring
Ing to q boil. letting boil for 20 min
utes, then cooling. Combine these
fwO mixtures IN equal poftil ns "a
cup Of coffee 10 cup Of cocoaD end
place the drink in the refrigerator 70
become chilled Serve IN tan glasses
with cracked ice and pass coDfection-
trs sugar. This drink may also be
served hot. FOR those who are
easily kept awake al night BY drink-
ing coffee. il is best 10 make this
drink by using two cups ~ the rnade
cocoa to one cup Of the made coffee
in this way, the coffee eleH1ent IL
very slight and the drink Is really
no more than coffee favored cocoa
Even children may drink II IL made
in this way.
The cream eheese-oifve sarewiche'
arc made by chopping finely ] -bottle
Of stuffed olives and mixing this
with 2 packages Of cfeam cheese
add just enough soft butter to make
good PASTE. then spread on crust
less slices Of white bread. cat int
/ fingers lmaklng two rather wide
I fingers from fuil-sized T.Iece d
/ bread.
/ TomoTroyy good tomato dishes
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Two little drops of dew resting on
n rosebush one morning trembled with
delight as the rays Of Mr.. sun came
shimmering through the garden tree
tops.
"Ah. we shall soon be beautiful.
said one: all the colors Of the lovely
rainbow will soon be ours. Come, let
u creep out from under this leaf
where the sun can fan upon us"
Balt the other little dewdrop tremb-
ling said: Sister, I'm afraid the
sun will burn US. for its rays will
GROW warm and though for a while
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We shall be beautiful j am sure We
shall soon be destroyed.
Let us stay under this leaf and
help the rosebush to grow. ] shall
Try to find the heart of the rose and
nestle close. / am sure | shall live
longer there, even if i am not as
beautiful as the rays of the sun
would make me-.
"oh, fie. my sisters. why are you so
siiIy7" said the other dewdrop. I'D
rather be beautiful for little while
than let the rose hold me close 10
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LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pspe-

pop was smoaking and thinking
and ma was imbroidering Embroidery
and / was wishing i was a crate NOV
ing picture acter. and ! sed. Hay pop.
hsy ma. watts this imitation OF?
And / started TO wawk all erround
the room picking up every hing and
nutting il down agen with hardly eny
IMPRESSION on my face and saying, Let
noe see. let me see, let me see
II looks TO me like imitation q
a can opener looking for soft can,
ser pop.
No sir. it's a imitation of ma hunt
ing for something and forgetting was
shes hunting for. ] sed.
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All Inquiries addressed to Miss Kirk
nan IN care OK the "Eaicient House
keeping" department win be dnsO cred
In these columns in their turn. This
requires considerable time, however
owing 70 the great number received.
SO II a personal or quicker reply is
desired, a stamped and seif-addressec
envelope must be enclosed with the
question The Editor.
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BumStead's WOrmSyruD

ITO children an angel of mercy.s Where
directions are followed. IT NEVER FAILS
Despite scarcity and enormous cost OF
sANToSIS, It contains fan dose. Stood
>trty years test. Sold everywhere or by
mall. SOC a bottle.
Est. O A. Voorhees,. ". D.. phiIadelphia
FOR sale by N. b. Danrorth. Druggist
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THE SANDMAN STORY
TWO LITTLE DEwDRoPS.
BY AbbIe Phillips Wake

Copyright syndicate
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The five-in-one-M Mop Co. has moved
to zoo West Sixth street. second floor
room No. =. y. Tebo.-Adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-06-10
Prize Speaking Tomorrow Night

The Merrill Prize Speaking Contest
will be held in Mead Memorial Chap
el at eight o'clock Saturday evening
June II. The Merrill Prizes were
established in 1882 by Rev Thomas A
Merrill, D D., for many years the
distinguished pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church in Middlebury DR..
Merrill was valedictorian OF the fa-
nous class at Dartmouth OF which
Daniel Webster was member. The
prizes in the Merrill Contest have been
increased in value this year, so that
they are now $50 1885, $25, $40 A new
feature of the contest this year will be
the original speeches. The contestants
are being coached by Prof. Wilfred E..
Dawson, of the Department of Eng
lish. The judges will be a college
professor and a clergyman. Professor
Charles B. Wright will preside
Musical numbers by students OF
Professor Hathaway and Professor
Larsen will add variety to the program
Admission is free and the public is
cordially invited.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-06-10
To the Editor of The Register,
Dear Sir:

To the Editor of The Register.
Dear Sir;
There is every reason why those
women who have shared in the prl-
vilege and the pleasure of looking into
the conditions of our graded schools
are bound to share also the response
bility of reporting directly to the pub
lie the results Of their observation,
First and foremost, a real tribute of
praise is due to our graded school
teachers. In the face of tremendous
obstacles they are doing, for the most
part, work of which we may all well
be proud.
Before some of these obstacles we
citizens OF Middlebury must hang our
heads in shame. Sixteen years ago,
when l had some intimate knowledge
of conditions in the graded school
building, the ventilating system was
SO inadequate that the windows had
to be left open nearly all the time, win
ter and summer, to keep the air from
being actually foul Not one thing has
been done from that time to this to
improve those conditions.
In 1905 when the graded school re-
opened for use after the fire, the sani-
tary condition was good When | Wis
tied this school house few months
ago, one needed to take only a step
inside the main entrance to the build
ing to know conclusively that the sani-
tary conditions in the basement were
unspeakable. Further investigation
proved that true To be sure, when
this matter of poor sanitation was once
brought to the attention of the school
board by the chairman of the womans
committee, assurance was given that
some remedy would be found We
trust it has been Who is directly re-
sponsibIe for the existence of cohdi-
tions like these?
If the chairman of our school board
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-06-10
ANOTHER LETTER ON THE SCHOOLS MRS MELLEN
DISCUSSES THE VENTILATION AND SANITATION

had visited the graded school building
as often as any one of the members OF
the woman's committee has done this
past year. he could not honestly make
the statement that our schools are
Second to none in the State"
Now what is it we want for our
children? On that question l am sure
we will find ourselves not so far apart.
We all want our children to be better
fitted than we are, mentally morally
and physically, to meet the opportuni-
ties that will come to them to con-
tribute to the happiness and welfare
of the world
Perhaps the greatest stride forward
that civilization has taken in the past
generation has been made possible by
the acceptance of the fact that good
physical condition is absolutely essen
tial to the highest mental and moral
development. Our first attention then
must be fixed on pure air and clean
surroundings for our teachers and chill
dren, if we are going to keep up in the
march.
Now are we going to "re-elect the
old board? That is evidently the is
sue we must soon meet 1t is certainly
no time to keep this or that man on
the school board just because he claims
to be your particular friend or mine.
That should have nothing to do with
the question. Is he the best man we
have for the place? Has he proved
himself so2 How many years must we
wait for this proof2
Let us think this matter out honest
ly, each one for himself. There are on
our school board at the present time
men who are earnest and efficient. Let
us find out which ones they are. Let
us find out which ones are working the
hardest to be reelected, and then let
us be sure to find out for what reason
they want this office
MARY w H. MELLEN
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-06-10
GIRL DRIVES SELF
TO SUDDEN DEATH

Miss Emma Baker daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles NJ Baker of Wey.
bridge, was killed almost instantly
Tuesday forenoon when the car which
she was driving got beyond her control
near North Petersburgh, N. Y, and
overturned Her skull was fractured,
permitting her but two or three
breaths of life after she had been re-
moved to a dwelling near the scene Of
the accident. Her brother Harold who
was with her was not seriously hurt.
The body was brought to her home in
Weybridge Wednesday evening and
the funeral was held there yesterday
afternoon.
Miss Baker had gone to New York
City Friday evening to purchase a
used Overland roadster from Hans
Nicholson, a friend who had spent the
previous Sunday at her home and had
promised the car to her at a partcu.
larly attractive figure Harold, her
brother, accompanied her to New York
to advise her regarding the proposed
purchase and to drive it back if they
bought it.
Brother and sister started with rhe
car from New York Monday morning.
They remained with relatives Monday
night in Cornwall Ion Hudson and re-.
sumed their journey Tuesday morning.
When they left Troy Miss Baker 10.
sisted strongly that she be permitted
to drive. Harold cautioned her against
persistence in her tesire to get at the
wheel on account of the dangers of the
heavy traffic. She had operated a car
but little and her brother feared her
ineXperIence would bring them both to
grief and refused to resign the wheel to
her She continued her entreatie3,
however, and even threatened to re-
turn to Middlebury by train if he
would not grant her wish. Then to
avoid further unpleasantness, Harold
let her drive. Miss Baker had driven
a few miles on Monday, but her ex.
perience was very little. She had been
learning to drive at every opportunity
at home but was still novice
1t was in an attempt to slow down,
abont Is miles out of Troy, to meet a
car approaching ahead that Miss Ba-
ker lost control of her machine Her
brother said that as she prepared to
apply the break she fatally accelera-
ted the speed, either through mistak-
ing the pedal gasoline feed for the
break Or else by catching in her sleeve
cuff the hand throttle on the wheel. He
tried to apply the emergency break
but to no avail Miss Baker then evi.
IDENTIFY became nervous and edged off
into the ditch To avoid this danger
she twisted the wheel al 4 very sharp
angle to regain the road AS she did
SO, the lett rear wheel broke, causing
the car to turn turtle in the center Of
the highway
Harold easily extricated himself but
his sister was pinned beneath the ma
chine He pulled her from under with.
out great difficulty however, as her
limbs were protrudiug The driver Of
the car that had just passed who was
a doctor, had noticed her difficulty and
returned to the scene of the accident
The two men moved the unconscious
girl to a house a few rods away, where
Continued on page five
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-06-10
Children's Day Sunday

The annual commemoration Of Chill
drens Day will be made in the Con-
gregational church Sunday next, The
program includes baptism, sacred mu-
sic recitations and exercises by the
members of the Cradle Roll, the pre-.
sentation Of Bibles to the seven year
old boys and girls and a sermon by the
pastor. Rev. H. c. Newell
The graduates from the Cradle Roll
are Philip E. Cook, Esther Crane, AL
berta L. Hayes, Catriona Macdonald
and Gail M. Ufford. The graduates
from the primary department are Hell
en- Easton, Phelps SWEET, Jr., Frank
Moore, Reta Smith, Theron Wolcott,
Richard Hubbard, Allen Flagg and Paul
Ashley. The graduates from the Jun-
ior department are Evelyn Ashley,
Mary Crane, Beatrice Hubbard, Ralph
Ryder and Florence Seeley.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-06-10
To the Voters OF
School District No. 4.

u llIc NOlClS VI
School District No. T.
In view of what has been written
relative to the termination of practice
teachers in our High School, it is no
more than fair to state the facts, so
that each may form a correct judg-
ment.
1t had been conceded for years by
every member OF the committee, that
the system as a whole, was a failure
and formed the weakest part of our
school Your committee being anxious
to furnish the highest grade OF educa-
ton. decided that said system should
be discontinued, regardless of the in
creased expense such a course would
entail And at formal meeting held
on the twelfth day of April 1920, at
which the following were present: Dr.
E. D. Collins. John E. Weeks, John H.
Fletcher and the members of the Pru-
Dental Committee, with Dr. Collins
presiding, we then took the position
that it was no longer advisable to con-
tlnue said system, and that the district
would stand for it no longer. After
discussing said matter for over an
hour. we then proceeded to elect regu
lar teachers. During said discussion,
something was said by member OF
the Addison County Grammar School
Corporation relative to the local col
lege, which elected the retort from a
member of the Prudential Committee,
to the effect that Middlebury College
was secondary in said discussion; that
it was the interest of School District
No we were looking after and not