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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village and
Advertisements.

| AoVerbseWents.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Il. A. Booth motored
to Troy Sunday.
Fresh roasted peanuts and pop
ping corn at Petras Mkt.
Grant Bronson of South SALISBURY
was in town Saturday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Haynes OF
Burgess road motored to Troy Sun
day.
Mrs. Charles Monroe OF South
SALISBURY was in town shopping Sat
urday.
Popular priced dolls in large as.
sortment. See them at the New
York store.
Mrs. john Wilmington has employ
ment at the q. l.. Nichols store for
the holiday season.
Wanted--Nice chestnut logs. Adj
dress II. T. Cushman Mfg. Co,
North Bennington. VI.
J John N. Leonard has moved from
2l7 Silver street to the home OF Pat
rick Carney on Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stevens and
Mrs. Frank Stevens of hoosick Falls
were in Bennington Sunday.
I Mr.. and Mrs. John Elwell have re.
turned from Berlin. N. Y, where they
1ave been spending week.
i Special while they last, fresh pea,
nut butter kisses at CSC per pound,
petra's Mkt. 424 Main street
The W. X. G. will hold card par.
" and dance Wednesday evening,
December IA In Cullinan's hall.
Found: A small fountain pen.
Owner may Gave same by applying at
the Banner office and paying charges
for this ad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving ]. Captain and
daughter, Mlnna, were weekend
guests at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Captain
The Women's Hebrew auxiliary Of
Bennington held successful pack
age party Sunday evening In Union
hall. A number from North Adams
attended.
Betty Compson In q pictorial melo.
drama OF irresistible c.iarm In For
Those We Love, and a Century Com
edy The 3rd Classmate." Harte the
atre today.
Betty Compson In For Those We
Love, a human story OF girl who
fights and faces disgrace for the
happiness Of those she loved. Harte
theatre today.
Edward A. Booth, town clerk, who
some two weeks ago was taken Ill
while in Albany. has completely re-
covered and has resumed his duties
at the Office on Main street
Department president of the w. II.
c., Mrs. Carrie Dean OF Castleton
and Mrs. Ruth Smith, senior vice
president. made their annual official
visit to the Soldiers home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Hall and Mr..
and Mrs. Phillip r. II. Pierson motor
ed to Schuyleryi'le Sunday carrying
William Rainey Bennett who had an
engagement to speak there Sunday
evening.
Rev. William Rainey Bennett, who
lectured Friday evening at the Chau-
tauqua left Sunday for Schuyler
vile where no was scheduled 10
speak before a union meeting Sunday
evening.
Betty Compson. as tie devoted
daughter. is endowed WITH q power to
translate correctly human emotions
on the making the audience
live every dramatic scene In For
Those We Love-. Harte Theatre
today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-05
EDUCATION Not Complete.

A man was lnmentIng his wife's ex-
travagance--but more in sadness than
in anger. "Her parents we're thrifty
folk" he explained, land they failed
to teach her proper business principles.
She was taught only 10 save her money
never how 10 spend Il ln.elIlgently.y
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-05
Aareed.

1.-THE difficulties OF your language
are very great" remarked the cul-
tured foreigner
~ get you," replied the slangy Amer
can. Every day some bird springs
a new word on you that you never
heard before"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-05

Mrs. Brown When was girl we
used to have proposing parties. ! don't
suppose you ever hear Of such thing
now.
Miss Brlght--Why-er-yes. l had a
proposing party call on me only the
other evening. How do you like my
ringi
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-05

Ang-khak. or red rice, used in China
for ooloring food products, owes It's
color 10 a species Of mold which Is
cultivated with the rice by special
treatment. The red rice is reduced to
u fine. sof., red powder before used.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-05
A Gentle Hint.

"You are pronounced type Of
blond"
II hope you like bonds"
II do, but science says they are
disappearing"
Better speak up then, II you want
one"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-05

,s-e-'s'-e-s--s''$'s-s
The Story OF
Our States
By JONATHAN BRACE
XLV.---OKLAHOMA
6? : :; !; 8 !. ]. !: ] !
ENCay7IgENG,IEA for rapid
%M2HAyN first term of
sW1f President
Benjamin Harrison that Okla
homa was opened up. Good farm
land available under the Home
stead Act was difficult to find
50 the Quilted States bought from
the indians, who had been segre.
gated in Indian territory, large
tract of some 10000 square miles
that had been used largely by
the Indians as pasture for their
cattle and horses. This was
called Oklahoma, word mean
ing ''hne country" and was ar
ranged to be ready FOR sale TO
homesteaders Of l. O'Clock noon
Of April. 20. 1889. Troops were
placed on guard TO .'eyent any
settlers entering before that time
for more than 100000 boomers"
as they were called, came from
all over the country TO obtain
farms or places for business. On
the stroke Of the hour, bugles
sounded and the mad rush by
men, women and children to To-
cate claims began. The govern.
ment had arranged land officers
nj many places ut which claims
could be fled for the farms or
city lots, and all that day these
were besieged by fighting mobs
TO register their selections. Be-
fore nlghtfall hundreds Of farms
were staked out and Oklahoma
City and Guthrie were we'll on
their way to become cities.
Thus was developed this re-
gion which came into the pos
session of the United States as
part of the Louisiana Purchase
in 1908 and which was set aside
for so many years as Indian
country. Previous to the forma-
ton of Oklahoma territory, con-
grcSs had forbidden white set
tiers in this part Of the country,
and this edict was enforced by
federal troops. AS the demand
for more land was felt and as the
Indians decreased in numbers
Indian territory was added to
Oklahoma territory, and in 19uI
1t was admitted to the Union as
the State Of Oklahoma, adding
another star TO our flag. which
for eleven years Lad contained
forty-five. The state has -four
ishcd to such an extent that it
has ten presidential electors,
which is more than double that
of many of the older states Of
larger size.
t@ by Mcclure Newspaper syndIcate.)
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-05
FRE>ARS
The Big Christmas Store Enters Upon the Christmas
Season With Stocks Complete and Variety AT Its Best
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Ladies BLACK UMBRELLAS and
handles mounted Tafeta and all silk Prices,
$780, $500, upwards
Full handles
and woods silver baEalre trimmed Prices,
COMFY SLIPPERS FOR XMAS GIFTsFoR MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN
SLIPPERS
SLIPPERS $3.50
collars
SLIPPERS
and $500
CAVALIER STYLES fancIy trimmed $500 pair
FOR WOMENFme HANDKERCHIEFS dainty $3.50 and 49,
In
Initial HANDKERCHEFS-fne $O0 $500 box
HANDKERCHEFS oneh while
they
SPORT HOSE
Wmens high SPORT English ribbed the wanted
coorsRown black Oxford, hair S275
Women ribbed silk SPORT HOSE heather mixtures soft and pabe
ST. pair
BASEMENT
$3.50
WALKING DOLLS with hair $1,000
All sizes JOINTED DOLLS with stockings
$500 each
FREARS Troy, NY
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-05-05
EXECUTIVE IN ANNUAL
MESSAGE OUTLINES
1921 POLICIES
REVIEWS PAST YEAR

INTERESTING CUM EMIT IS
READ TO COMMISSIONERS AT
LAST NIGHTS NETTING - MES.
SAGE COVERS WIDE FIELD OF
TOPICS.
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Continued on page 3, col. ID
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-05-05
THE WEATHE r.

Fair tonight and Fri
I day; not much change 10
temperature,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-05-05

OTTAWA FREE TRADER
Established 1910
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-05-05

to dlsarmament, Fepafa-
tons, the trial Of War
criminals and other mat
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-05-05

OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1880
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-27
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MEND OF THE CRISIS.

The threat of a general tie-up of
British industry has disappeared The
coal miners strike is in a fair way
toward settlement.
Let no one mistakenly attribute the
passing of this appalling crisis to the
clever maneuvering of English polit-
ical leaders, says the ,Wollman Review.
or the threat to suppress by force of
arms an uprising of groups or classes.
1t was the assertion of the inherent
common sense of >the people them,
selves, In the face of such a catas-
trophe as confronted English civiliza-
ton, it is the sober. judgment of the
multitude, working intuitIvely, that
averts disaster, and not the guidance
OF leaders or the threats of opponents
To students of history. this crisi:
in some respects represents the ex-
treme backward swing OF the pendu-
lum in the attempt at group agitation
and class warfare. 1t has been goins
on in England for a hundred years
and last week probably saw It's eli
max. Labor, in spite of the fncitation
of reckless spirits, drew back on the
verge of the abyss. It refused to taka
the leap 1t was then or never. Now
it is never.
In some respects. the Review points
out. this failure to consolidate essen
tial manual laboring groups against
combined society may be ranked as
one of the great decisive battles of the
worid-more important in fact for this
economic well being of the world thar
the defeat of the Spanish Armada OF
weilington's- victory at Waterloo. I
shouA mean the subsistence of ex-
treme and impossible demands by or.
ganized labor, and a return to meth
DDS whereby production out of the
task itself will be the measure of tbs
workers rewards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-27

jewellers" as Mark Twain dubbed
the old-time Washingtonians. believe
themselves the superiors-from the
rarefied atmosphere in which they
breathe. To them the First Lady of
the Land is such in a 'Pickwickian"
sense only and while they admit her
right of precedence officially, privately
they fail to observe it.
The cave dwellers'' have their resi-
dence, as a rule, in old Georgetown
and their attitude toward the new
Washington is best expressed in a
movement once inaugurated to have
Washington termed East Georgetown.
1t is to the select circles of the old
residents that the majority Of the
socially ambitious in the capital look
longiEgly. 1t is the hardest to break
into and hence the most desirable
Here, again, the question of prece-
dence enters, the more confusing in
that it is based on tradition and his
tory rather than diplomatic or Of
fetal standing.
- Outside of official classes, prece-
dence becomes an esoteric science in
deed just why Mrs. So-and-So takes
precedence over Mrs. Somebody else is
difficult to states But she does, and
woe betide the unlucky hostess who
fails to accord her her admitted priyi-
Ieges.
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questioned affably. Ordinarily she
would not have seen him at all, but
now she was privileged because she
was a member of the working class
Its all right" he returned. Third
floor-trimming department. We ele-
vator men have our ups and downs
of course
He brought his vehicle to a stop and
smiled at Jane while most of the girls
left the lift. At the next floor she
got off and found her way to the gem
eral managers office. She had little
trouble in getting opposition because
the rush season was on, and she was
taken to the trimming department and
set to work at once.
1t was a hard week for Jane be-
cause she was not used to such con-
timing activities. and. furthermore.
was not exceptionally dexterous with
needle. She made a few aequaint-
anees among the girls. and went TO
lunch with one of them. and in a So
eial way enjoyed herself She real
lied, however, that it was-the novelty
OF the venture that held her to the
task, and she Knew she would not be
there under other circumstances. Ger
tainly the wages were no inducement.
The main feature of interest to Jane
was her ASSOCIATION with the elevator
man. He was the mosb Intelligent
man she had ever met.uJane decided.
except her father. He could discuss
any subject, from politics TO pyramids.
and had cheerful philosophy of his
own. of which She now and then
caught 8, glimpse. during their
snatches OF conversation while going
up or coming down.
Hes the most fascinating man I
| ever knew, Jane told herself more
than once. eff he wasn't lust an ele-
vator man I'd fall in love with him.
ne knows more than all the men In
our set put together He must be a
college Professor who abandoned his
| position for more lucrative lob
AT the end of four days Jane would
nave brought her researches to[an
end II it had not been for this eieva :
powerful influence over her, fight il
as she would. Jane always had be-
iieved In love at first sight, and she
was almost obliged to confess that she
mad lost her heart. Impossible as it
was, she was in love with this young
| his ups and downs.
On Thursday night Jane resigned.
principally because she wished to get
away from~the influence of the eleva-
tor man.
they dropped toward the first floor.
| $50 am l." he smiled.
The elevator stopped and he opened
the door. She stepped out, but he
/ Some day." he said, "rd ike to
call and see you. want you to think
it over first, tho, and if you finally
think it. would be all right call me on
the phone at 7S2-Richard."
\ She stopped outside to write the
number on a calling card, altho she
felt certain she never could make use
of 1t.
4 Jane was reading the article by Roy
Harris with new interest, now that
she had made voyage into the work
, ing world, and on Saturday night she
eagerly opened the paper. On the
usual page was the article, and this
. time the heading was:
THE Ups and Downs of an Elevator
| Man.
She read only a few words. then
went to her pocketbook and fished out
a card. Making her way to the tele-
Z phone she asked for: r.
: "7S2-Riehard, please"
} Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
: Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-27
Dorothy Dix Talks
The Girl of Today and Yesterday--2.
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

The Girl of Today and Yesterday.
I'll admit, also, that the little
painted-up baby dolls that we see all
about us don't look as if they were fit
for anything but toys, to be dressed
up and played with, but very few
women are as big fools as they appear
to be- and hardly any girl is as big a
goose as she looks. Girls know that
men are more attracted by sparlor
ornaments than they are by kitchen
utensils, and SO they roll their eyes
at them and pretend to be helpless,
and ignorant, and they giggle, and
chatter, and ask idiotic questions, be-
cause that makes a man feel that he
is SO wise, and strong, and supeEior;
while all the time little fluffy-ruffles
knows her way about ten times as
much as he does. and is laughing in
her sleeve at Nhow easily She is work
ing him.
Tho modern girl is far more prac-
teal than the girls of my generation
were. Most of them. even among rich
people, are taught some way of maxi
ing a living. In my day man who
had a family of daughters was an OBJ
ject of public commiseration, beca use
he would have to work himself to
death to support them. Nowadays he
is an object of congratulation, because
the girls get, to work just as quickly
as boys would, and bring more money
home to help support the family than
the boys would.
Even the girl who doesn't have to
work is a better financier than her
mother was at her age. In my gem
Grafton girls never had the handling
of any money. Mother did all that,
and she bought things on charge &C
counts. Now most girls have their
allowances, and the way they hustle
around and hunt Up bargains is a
little bobbed- haired brats can beat me
shopping right now You see. things
are expensive, and they have to-sprea d
their dollars farther than we did in
my day.
'And they know more about cook
ing and sewing too, because that Is
| taught in the schools and you don I
i-often find a girl now who isn't a fair
cook and doesn't know. how to trim
her own hats. Also they are taught
| in the domestic science courses how
to budget their incomes, and how to
buy their food supplies
IF you will recall our early mar
ried life. you will remember what out
+ ageous butchers bills I used to run
up.tho meat was cheap then, and how
! often you would come home to find
me in tears over burnt roasts and
soggy pies and watery potatoes. For
nobody thought it worth while then to
teach girls any of the things they
would most need to know when they
got married. No girl, unless she was
extremely poor, expected. to have to
do her own housework those days In
these days, no girl who isn't rich ex-
poets to nave a cook, so she learns
| before marriage how to do 1t.
"Oh. the modern girl is all right.
Don't worry about her. She's the
| eternal feminine in its latest mani
festation She'll make her husband
a good wife. and twenty years from
now he'll be wondering why his son
! hasn't the chance to marry some
mice. modest, sensibly- dressed girl as
| he had"
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JUST FOLKS
GRhss ANp cHILpnEN.
BY EDGAR Al GUEST


1 used to want lovely lawnis4 level patch
of green, q "a
Fer have marveled many tirues at those
that L-have seen.
And in my early dreams or youth the
home that / should keep
Possessed a lawn Of beauty rare, velvet
carpet deep,
But / have changed my mind since then
for then | didn't know
That where the feet of children run the
grass can never grow.
Now I might own a. lovely lawn, but /
should have to say
To all the little ones about, Go somewhere
else to play!'
And l should have to stretch a wire-about
my garden space
And make the home where g1adAess reigns,
a most forbidding place,
By stopping all the merfiment which now
is ours to know.
In time, beyond the slightest doubt, the
tender grass would grow
But oh. I want the ehildFen near, and so
1 never say
When they are rompipg round the home,
go somewhere else to, play -
And tho my lawn seems poorly kept, and
many a spot is bare,
Ia rather. see, than growing grass, the
youngsters happy there.
I've put aside the dream had In that far
long-ago--
I'D rather have a playground than a place
for grass to grow.
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A Guest.)
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK.
BYLElE PAPE =

Ma was looking at the joaks In the
paper and not laffing and pop Yves
smoaking and I was thinking about
doing my lessins. and ma sed, Good
ness me but I'm tired. I've bin on the
go all day long, it seems to me er-
round this house as soon as one thing
gets done something elts pops up and
that's the way it goes all day.
If you had to put in day down at
the office you'd thank your lucky
stars you've got sutch an easy job, sed
pop.
Hee hee don't make me laff, sed ma
laffing, and I sed, G., ma, that reminds
me, there's a button coming Off my
coat, it's ony hanging on now. by good
luck, will you sew it back before 1t
comes all the ways off, ma? 4
There. that an Example for you.
sed ma. Jest as l was sure was throo
for the day heers button to be sewed
a little trifle like that, watts that
amount to? sed pop, and ma sed, Well,
if it's sutch trifle wy don't you do it
for him? and pop sed. I will. Benny,
go get me a needle and a spool OF
thred.
wich / went and did, and pop broak
off a peeee of TIRED about 2s yards
long and started to make fearse faces
and try to thred the needle. wtch the
more he tried the more he dident hit
the hole with the thred, me saying
Watts the matter pop, cant you do 1t ?
Certeny I can do it. are you blind
sed pop. And he kepp on trying and
making fearser faces, and sed, Gosh
pop. you're still ,nissing it
wont miss something elts in a min
nit, sed pop Meening part of me, and
he kepp on trying and not doing it
and after a vile he threw the needle
and TIRED Down on the table saying
Confownd il, how CAM thred this con-
fownded thing with that eonfownded
boy standing there making his con
fownded remarks?
Hee hee don't make me laff. sed ma
laffins and she picked up the needle
and threaded it with one shot and
sewed my button on. me asking hei
about 10 times if she was finished
yet
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Observation-Disclosures

o. Please tell me how scientists meas
ure the depth of the &C. 70. 7.
A. The photographic office OF the navy
department Says that the depth Of the
ocean is measured by a long. thin wire.
which is wound on drum 50 that when
wound mp it is IKE the thread ep p spesl
end Of the wire which is lowered The
Ieaden weight pulls the wire off the spool
until 1t hits the bottom There IL an ar
rangsment on the sRools which shows the
length of the wire which has been taken
off the spool and thus indicates the entire
length of wire which has descended. In
this way the depth of the ocean at that
point is aseeFfaineA
worker in an office haye7-R- s. P
A The Public Health Service says that
20 square feet are required for each office
worker
Q. Have al the Catholic Pepss been
a. There have been several Popes who
fAave not been Italians It is officially
stated that Adrian the ", 1854, was Eng
Ifsil. Gregory iii, wiie resigned In 73l-S4i,
was horn In Syria I: BrGae Of CsrthHria WINS
German. aEas5 Dope Gregory XII who
reSigned In 996, was born in France.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-27

Protectionists continue to talk about
the difference between the American
and the European standard of living.
But in most European countries thAre
is no standard of living. The people
are thankful to live any way they can
and when the means of living fail
them we are called upon to provide
them with food and clothing. which
we do. It would be much better>all
around to give them aechance to MAKE
their own living by affording them n
market for what they have to sell.