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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-16
NORTHFIELD

a whist party was held Tuesday eve
ming under the auspices OF Abraham
Lincoln Court Of Foresters, and was
very largely attended. The first prize
for highest score was won by George
Parry and the consolation prize by
Earl Warwick. Following q couple
hours of whist dancing was enjoyed.
The Mortified high school basket
ball team goes to Williamstown Fri
day night to meet the Williamstown
team in d return game. Some sixty
pupils from the high school are plan
ming on accompanying the team M en-
loving the first straw ride OF the sea
son.
At the regular meeting of Sorreil-
MAYNARD post, American Legion, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year. Commander, Robert
plastridge; vice commander, i. r.
Britain, adiutant, Harry Brusa; mn
ance officer, George Bardl3k historian
Bertrand Rogers; chapInin, Henry
Rockhill; executive committee, Will
liam Beattie, Timothy Donahue,
George Murray; board of auditors, ].
j. Finnessy, II. M. Howe. Murdoch A.
Campbell. Following the business
meeting a social hour was enjoyed;
refreshments served and smokes.
Modern Health certificates have been
awarded to the pupils Of the five upper
grades Of the Mortified graded school
The pupils Of grade ", Miss Ruth
Staples teacher, had the largest num-
Der of pupils who have kept the
health record for five weeks. After
the vacation a new contest for the
rank of knight win be conducted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred J. Davis have
gone to New Jersey to visit their
daughter, also their daughter, Miss
Goldie Davis, in Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. j.. II. Meagher has returned to
her home in Burlington after spend
inr a few weeks in town with her
mother, Mrs. Hannah Mccarthy, on
Water street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bardis have
returned from a few days visit in
Newport and Keene, N. II.
Major Amory. Y. S. a., stationed at
Forth Ethan Allen, was a recent Wis
itor in town. Major Amory was on a
business trip relative to the organiza
ton Of the U. s. reserve army. He was
the guest of Major II. NJ. Howe while
in town.
George Cruickshank Of Randolph,
formerly of this town and Miss Lena
Annis OF East Braintree were united
in marriage at the Bethany parsonage
in Randolph Saturday, Rev. Fraser
Metzger. performing the ceremony.
Miss Ellen Mead, who has been in
town during the summer, has gone to
Post Mills. TO spend the winter with
her sister. Mrs. Allen.
"A. =. Plastridge has moved his in
snrance Office from the rooms over G.
S. Richmond's store to the rooms on
the same floor which were formerly
the law office OF w. G. White.
Jeremiah Donahue is confined to his
home by blood poisoning In his hand.
His place in Duke \ Harrigan's store
is being taken by William Pervier.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-16
ROCHESTER

Eighty-two couples attended the
Masonic ball Friday evening in Pierce
hall.
Mrs. Bertrand Of Washington, d. G.,
is taking the place of Miss Hathorne,
teacher in the grammar school, who
has resigned and gone to her home in
Warren.
Rev. G. G. Common, the new minister,
who has been called to the Uniyer-
salist church, is expected next week.
Mrs. Anna Topper Of Montpelier is
a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Cush-
man.
Louis Hubbard had a pig which
dressed 432.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Bean, who have
been spending several weeks in Onset.
Mass, have returned home.
Ralph Carey is at home from Rut-
land for a short stay.
Miss Hazel Swinyer was home from
Bethel for the week end.
Mrs. G.. H., Trask and Mrs. Z. Fl.
Edgerton were in Boston for a week
recently
Clinton Stevens has been promoted
to first lieutenant in the field ar
tillery at Camp Knox, Kentucky.
The famous H. G. Allen fat steer,
weighed lS45 pounds and has been
purchased by John Aldrich for the
holiday trade.
Mrs. Julia Pierce, Mrs. Ellen Pierce,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Pierce and three
children have gone to Pinehurst. N. G.,
to spend the winter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-16
WILL NOT REFER
IT TO NATIONS
But Allied Preparations
Commission Will Settle
German Claim.
OF INABILITY TO
PAY in FULL
Decision on That Point
Was Made at Meet
ing To-day.

Paris, Dec. l6 (By the Associated
Press).-The allied PREPARATIONS COM
mission, meeting to-day to consider
the German notice Of inability to pay
the next two installments in full and
requesting extension of time, virtually
agreed at this mornings session that
the commission itself should take DEF
mite action on the request instead OF
referring the question to the allied
governments.
1t was announced this noon that the
commission would meet again at 4 P.
m.
DR.. Mayer. the German ambassador,
delivered to Premier BRAND personally
to-day a copy of the German repara-
tions note. The German embassy an
nounced that DIR. Mayors visit was
limited to this GRAND and that there
was no truth in the report that he had
presented a formal demand for delay
in the payments or for a moratorium.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-16
EAST B%RAINTREE

The first entertainment Of the lee
turc course was given Friday evening
bv the Norwich university clubs. The
boys put on a very pleasing program.
ach number was heartily encored. The
cadets were accompanied here by Profs.
Woodbury. and Peach of the university.
Mrs. Julia Perham and Miss Annie
Howard are in Rutland this week, go
ing as delegates to the state grange.
The Home Economic club win meet
with Mrs. r. G. Mann Thursday aft
ernoon and the ladies' aid viii meet
with her in the evening.
Mrs. Ella Wills has returned from a
months visit with relatives in kenne-
bunk, Me.
Rodney Flint is in poor health and
unable to be outdoors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-16
TOPSHAM
Business Lively in Town-0ne Firm
Has Big Contract.

The Rvegate Paper Mill company
has leased of Ernest Pierson a part Of
his field. where it will set a rossing
mill in the early spring. The Groton
Manufacturing company has made a
contract to furnish about 1900 cords
Of pulp. 1t has several gangs Of men
on different lots, and expects to I'm
plov more soon. This makes business
quite lively in Topsham, which is
rather unusual at these times.
Willard Sabin Of Newbury is
working for G. A.. Stoddard on his
lumber Job.
Ms. Fred Smith is quite i'll at this
writing.
Jay Hood and Leonard Smith are
cutting lumber for J. B. Smith.
George Wright has been doing ma
son work for c. d. Macdonald and G..
w. Merritt.
The friends Of Leon Mason are
sorry to hear that he has pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith and fam
lily were visitors at the home Of >. u
Stevens Of Newbury Sunday.
Ruth, the little daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. J.. Stevens. Is on the sick list.
Mrs. VIII McKinlay and children
spent the week end at the home Of
Fred Smith.
The dance at the hall last Friday
evening was rather poorly attended,
but a good time was reported by those
present.
The many friends of Mrs. Esther
Dickerman are sorry to learn that she
is failing.
Tom Smith ID working for Ernest
Smith of Corinth, who IS confined to
the house with rheumatism.
Misses Cora and Gladys Smith spent
the week end at the home of their
father, Frank Smith.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-01-12

his voyage as a stowaway-might takes
its place along with the adventures
which made Aeneas famous. The
flight of three naval officers for a
thousand miles in a balloon, their
landing in a bleak wilderness in
Canada compares with the voyages of
, ancient mariners to the Pillars of
Hercules. What incident of the past
is richer in romantic possibilities than
the capture and holding of Fiume by
the Italian poet2
These are only instances at random.
They merely illustrate the contention
that this is prominently the age of
action. Though, as Burke pathetical-
ly declared, the age of chivalry is
gone, fairer. richer. fuller and wilder
age had dawned. Its dramatic per-
sonnae includes a vastly larger per-
centage of the race. Everybody, in
fact, plays or may be called to play
stellar role. In Homer's day. only
the gods on high Olympus could naW-
gate the air. Now, the field of aerial
adventure is open to all. The fine
things are no longer only for the great.
In the age of chivalry Ivanhoe could
wear his coat of mail and ride Con a
borrowed horse) in the tournament,
because he had the look of the gentle
man born. But Wanda and Gurth
were doomed to wear their iron col
lars proclaming their hopeless serv-
itude.
To day. the contests are open
to all corners. A piano player be-
comes ruler of nation. A resident of
New York's East side is made
master of Russia. A tailor mounts to
the throne of the Hohenzollems. while
a car is murdered in exile and kaiser
saws wood.
We are so stated with wonders
that events which, in earlier days would
have made a whole age memorable,
are barely given front page notoriety.
Discoveries and inventions which seem
to set at naught the laws of nature.
excite no special comment. But, if
there is a craving for the large exile
ment, none who compares this with
former times can doubt for a moment
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-01-12
EDITORIALS
THE GOLDEN AGE

Every healthy boy, at some time
in his life, regrets that he could not
have lived in the early days of
romance when the air was redolent
with the spirit of adventure.
Vain and foolish regrets. We arc
living in the golden age now. In
adventure. risk. excitement, romantic
achievement, the conquest of diff
hculties, the triumph of skill. courage
and audacity, no previous century in
the worlds history. has been so rich
as the last ten years.
All that was ever fancied-all the
wonders of mythology all the wild
chronicles of the age of chivalry-
have been exceeded by the actual
events of the last decade.
The world war surpassed all pre-
vious wars. Many of its incidents
contain materials for columns of exit
ing, history. What record of the past is
more romantic that the rise of the long
suppressed Polish empirep What
master of fiction ever dreamed of any
thing so wild and improbable as the
Bolshevik government of Russia3
These are romances on a mammoth
scale. Troy was only a single city,
and the armies of which Homer sang
were small aggregations. A modern
machine gun squad would have disper-
sed the entire force of Menelaus. A
half dozen explosive shells would
have made the Trojan city "one with"
the Argonne plains. How puny do
the exploits of those valiant Greeks APP
pear when compared with the battles
which ragged over the ensanguined
plains around Verdun!
But the chronicles OF the world war
do not exhaust the romantic material
of the present day Pick up copy
of almost any daily paper, and you
can read in it stories rivalling the
widest flights of oriental fancy.
Clothed in the garb of poetry, the
coming of Lord Mayor O'Callaghan
of Cork, to this land of the free
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-01-12
INTIMATE D|SCOURSES.
(By George Bingham, Writer of Ma
'tional Fame, Who is Wintering
in Lakeland)

l am going to interview myself.
1t will be lot less trouble than both
ering someone else. In interviewing
myself | am also eliminating a lot of
red tape, and one thing all of MS
must do this year is to conserve, even
while We converse. First, l get my at
tention and then l ask:
when did you arrive in our fair
city,
about four weeks ago" I an
swered, a bit nervously.
What is your occupations" l next
queried.
Really, I have mono. All my life
have been around newspapers, and
I fooled around them so much | wait
ed until it was too late for me to get
out and learn any honorable trade.
But you have worked some in your
life, l take it," l contended and I
was forced to admit that of course
some time or another l had been COM
PEELED to momentarily. but that l new
er let it interfere with any other
plans.
Now, it would lie interesting if
you will recall the hardest work you
ever did?
Let me see" l said, scratching my
head. oh. yes; it was the time I
tried to read Ben Hur."
Did you finally accomplish the
task?"
No. the camels they poked along
81 by the time l reached the shade
tree in the desert. 1 was completely
tagged out.
well, now, how do your tastes
run? What do you like? And, lis
ten. you must make it snappy, as the
column is nearly full and you haven t
said thing?'
What do you mean | like? To eat?
oh, | like everything in the world ex-
cept cabbages and tripe. In litera-
ture, next to my own writings, | most
admire Arnold Bennett, Maxim Gorky
Tolstoi, John Fox. Jr., and the Amer
lean Magazine-and l look through
the Police Gazette whenever l go to
get my hair cut. Other things I like
are Norwegian actresses, eggs over.
smoked sausage, the Philosophy of
Epictetus, the white lights. flute
music, bobbed hair, cheese sand
witches with D near-beer, nice
women open-face watches and open
face persons.
81 must be going now, as all the
unimportant stuff for tomorrow's pa
per must be on the hook this after
noon. Thanks for the interview"
"You are welcome" / said, Il am
always glad to assist you In fact I
don't know of anybody in the world
I'd rather see do we'll than you. !"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-01-12

The country does not need any
more laws until the good ones are en-
forced and the bad ones repealed
Tampa Tribune. That is sound
philosophy. but you can never get the
Aedgeling lawmaker to see it that way.
He measures the success of legis-
lative session by the number of pages
in the Acts of the Assembly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-01-12
CLEAN YAUR SILVER WITH
Electric mo RUB" Silver Plate

Makes Tarnish Vanish
Sterling Silver or Plated Ware
so cents and one dollar pgks. for sale
LAKELAND JEWELRY CO.,
21S East Pine st. Phone 557
Alb
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-01-12

that now. of all times IS the best
possible time to live.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-01-12

JEWELRY CASH OR TERMS--Clocks,
silverware, cut glass and china.
Open an account with us today.
Just say charge it please. Terms
to suit. Lakeland Jewelry Co., us
East Pine st. Alta
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-01-12

AND business trips and
low rates to Orlando, Haines City,
Kissimmee, Florence Villa, Winter
Haven, Barlow, Mulberry, Tampa,
Clearwater, Safety Harbor, St.
Petersburg, Pass-a-Grill and Miami.
new 7-passenger, 8-cylinder Odds.
Careful drivers. Phone 800 Red, 1913
Black or driver for Elks Hotel,
Main and Kentucky. 4193
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-05
TO
SUCCESS

The News huge $500 Siesmanhp Club Campaign andsubs
eddy the largest thing
section of the and territory
they ambitious they % h and enough 1d
at least of
with little red blood he NOW Dc TIC
entire list By the first Of
votes that tree with noae
tore March Il This
ward the winning Of the
tries will 10000 and .bore h~ r-xu
schedule of
first period, March 2, 1927
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30

charmed audiences at The Metropol-
itan Grand Opera House, New York
City, is undelined for the feature posi-
ton opening Thursday for the last half.
The following is an excerpt from The
Chicago Herald-Examiner prior to her
appearance at the Palace Theatre. that
city last April.
The coming of Mile. Viva Ethelia,
the grand opera prima donna, from the
Metropolitan opera house of New
York, is heralded as q feature that is
seldom seen i'll a vaudeville theatre.
She is a singer of rare personal charm,
has Il voice in which she sings the
highest note ever regi5tered
The supporting acts scheduled are
The kashner Sisters who have an
offering termed Entertainers De
Luxe, and who have recently been alp
pearing OH Broadway in musical pro
auctions: Tom Mills, Comedy CycliSt'
and Williams and Howard. two pep
by" boys of the Nut specie" who know
how to sing and mako their audiences
laugh These two boys are craftsman
of the guild who present under the
caption of "A Sure Cure for the
blues" an Offering consisting of cross
fire comedy talk and sorg parOdies
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30
DN NEXT WEEK AT THE ~
The ATR ES
MU RRAY.

S MURRAY.
= Alice Calhoun, the Vitagraph star
s4who will appear at the Murray theatre
,3Monday in The Charming Deceiver."
sis always resourceful in an emergency.
=. While filming final scenes for this
n reduction near a small Long Island
80 own, the fan belt of her motor car
/. knapped without warning. She was re-
~ urning home after a difficult after
.tnoon's work and was bringing several
sfof the players and technical men with
sg1er Miss Calhoun did not get ex-
e.cfted and did not appear worried. Her
rowing eyes caught the glimpse Of a
z, grocery store in the distance. 1t was
one Of the old crossroads country
stores where anything from a yeast
cake TO horse blanket might be rur-
chased.
=. THE star skipped down the road to
the grocery store and soon returned
with several yards Of clothes line In
"a few moments she had improvised
fan belt that served until the machine
sewas brought before her garage in New
tsIork City.
= MURRErTE.
=. If you have been so unfortunate as
! rot to have seen Dynamite Allen" the
Glatest William Fox production starring
i he inimitable George Walsh, which
y: has enjoyed a most successful run at
Il be Murrette Theatre, last opportun-
.Jty will be afforded you today. The
run closes Saturday.
8! MURRAY VAUDEVILLE.
j SLIDER and North, in their comedy
,skit "Bashfoolery," are underlined as
one of the features Of the new bill 1t
t1Tlle Murray for the first half of next
week Also on the bill are Wasteeka
4 j nd Understudy, a trainer with Seal
tsNvith Almost Human intelligence;
! Carletta and Lewis in "A Comedy Di-
81 ersion'; and Ina Kuhn, a charming
ItEirl with Il beautiful voice and an ar
siay of exquisite gowns which she
Wt hanges to the delight of her aud
s.oences The new Vitagraph star Alice
: Calhoun is booked for the screen in
Ter new feature The Charming De-
~ eiver."
- Mile. Viva Ethelia who lately
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30
CHILDREN HAIL ADVENT
OF CIRCUS NEXT WEEK

Little doggies and big elephants,
cute ponies and beautiful white ring
horses. petite girl riders In spangles
and pink silk and "Poodles" Hanne.
ford. grotesque In volurninous evening
clothes, dancing. snmersaulting. tumb-
ling, sprawiing on the back. the neck,
the tail and underneath the barrel OF
his racing stallion. The Sells Floto cir
Gus seeks always moro contrasts, more
variety. That Ia why It's management
this year has secured the Hennefords
from the New York Hippodrosne; the
Codonas. from Puhillones Spanish cir
Gus; the Nelson's, the Ottaw2gas jap
anese, the Hamido Madr Arabs and
scores Of other features.
will come to Richmond Saturday. May
a, and they viii be seen In three rings
and ON two stages OF the Sells F1oto
! big topv 49, - ~.
The performances open this year
with q spectacular extravaganza OF be-
wildering beauty. '.the Birth OF the
Rainbow" In which 1000 people and
400 animals appear In costly garb and
ttrsppings. The groupings and effects
In this kaleidoscope spectacle are as
unusual as they are beautiful. Scores
of ballet girls take part. Sells-Floto
has spared no effort to present pretty
girls Their" costumes for this pag
cant were all made by a great New
York modiste, and. although this is an
old statement in regard to big musical
shows, it is a new fact with the cir
Gus. And that again, Is just another
contrast sought and obtained by this
circus.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30
Milton Plans Program
for Americanization Day

MILTON. Ind, April 30.-A town
ship Ame1canization Day meeting
will be held in the Grange hall here
Sunday. The program will open at
$50 o'clock. Music will be furnished
by the Milton band. Rev. Trowbridge
will address the audience.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30

gion. Sunday morning at 1880 o'clock
at the /. o. o. F. hall.
The Legion will have charge Of the
program and there will be several
musical treats, besides ON address by
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30

tional soldiers home. He was . mem
Der of the Hath Indiana volunteer in
fantry from May. 1862. to the close OF
the war.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30

that is conceded to be the cleverest,
fastest and most mirth provoking line
Of chatter ever presented on a vaude-
Vile stage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30
SATURDAY,.

Washington - What's worth
While?"
Murray-AIice Joyce in Cousin
Kate: Vaudeville.
Murrette-George Walsh in "Dyna-
mite Allen"
Palace-Louis Bennison in SPEEDY
. Meade"
SUNDAY.
hington-Thomas Meighan in
THE Frontier of the Stars"
MurTay-Alice Joyce in Cousin
Kate; Vaudeville.
Murrette-Katherin Mcdonald in
Trust Your Wife"
Palace-William S. Hart in "The
Tiger Man"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30
CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES

DANVILI4E, Ind, April 30.-Wil-
liam Canning, 50 years old, formerly
of Beech Grove, a veteran of the Civil
war. Is dead at the hospital of the ma
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30
JITNEY BUS INJURIES BOY

JTTNEY BUS INJURIES BOY
ANDERSON, Ind. April 30.-Emery
Childers, years old, son of Floyd
Childers was hurt severely Friday
when he jumped in front of a jitney
bus and was hurled 20 feet. A deep
cash was cut in his head and he was
sbrufsed.- He will recover. physicians
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30
Hagerstown Legion Plans
Sunday Morning PROGRAM

Americanization Day will be OBJ
served by the local post American LIE,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30

| Rev. G. w. Chadwick. pastor of tho
NJ e. church.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30

Canvasback ducks get all their food
by diving.
Deming graphic., 1921-08-16
AMENDMENT. NO. 4

The Graphic calls special attentiou
TO the proposed Amendment No. 4 IN
the state constitution to be voted upon
nc the next election. September 20.
The vote on this amendment will show
whether or not the people are really
grateful to the veterans of the world
war and INSTRUMENTATION will In,
nr more substantial than the conven-
uonnl band music and cheers which. 10
Tar, has been the only reward accorded
the veterans Of New Mexico. Prac-
ticnlly every other state has done some
thing to correct the financial disabilities
OF the veterans due to displacement
by reason Of service.
The state commander of the Ameri.
can Legion has seht out a sDecial
communication to members and friends
on the subject which will be found
elsewhere In this issue. Ii is worth
reading and its suggestions should he
acted upon.
That there is quiet propaganda be-
ing carried fon against the amendment
Is the opinion OF the state commander.
This Is very likely not at all sMrpris-
ing, considering the side-stepping Of
the legislature aud the Often-repeated
dictum of certain financial interests
that the original Legislature enact
ment was unconstitutional. The act
was never attacked In the courts and
II was through the activity OF the
American Legion that It was finally
submitted to the voters Of the state.