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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-29
ORDERS FOR PINE SEED
LINGS EXCEED SUPPLY

MONTPELIER, March 30
Many orders for pine seedlings are
being received by the State fores-
try department, and it is expected
that the supply of nursery stock
will be largely over subscribed.
Many farmers are among those
who are putting in orders. The
city of Rutland and the state for
eetly department will be the heav
lest planters this year as formerly,
it is expected.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-29

every one of our demands-can
avert the strike now" said Thomas
Kennedy, district president of the
United Mine Workers.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-29
LADIES' CIRCLE

The Ladies' Circle of the Uni
versalist Church will meet with
Mrs. c. Z. Merrill, 1 Cary Place,
on Thursday afternoon, March 80,
at 2.30 o'clock.
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

ally. ''The white man will find out-some-
time; but your children wish you never
know" A few days later the hunter
and his guide became separated. Misled
crossed over a ridge into a different can
yon. and is presently hopelessly lost. lie
fires six shots agreed upon as a signal,
and repeats firing at intervals until, to
his dismay. his ammunition is exhausted
Uneasiness gives place to fear and he
stumbles on in growing panic, even through
the blackness of night, until serious fall
makes him realize his folly. He wakes
The next morning bruised and faint with
hunger. and far above he sees a spot in
the slxy-a buzzard patiently lowering,
grimly waiting. The story of his brave
struggle over unknown ways. through
stubborn tangles. oyer rugged crags. along
yawning ehasms, is all done with an
artistry that makes the suspense a per-
sonal and poignant tragedy. At last, when
human endurance has reached its limit
and the patient buzzard is hanging lower
III ue SKY tne Surviving man nears
rustling in the bushes and suddenly there
pushes out the blunt inquisitive snout Of
the stupid, slow moving, half blind porcu-
pine the only animal in all the wilds that
an unarmed man can take with his hare
hands. And a porcnpine means thirty
pounds of good, rich, life sustaining meat.
Small wonder that countless generations
of red men saved in the eleventh ho,ir
had passed down as a traditional law OF
the forest Never kill a porcupige for
sport"
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opens, at the beginning OF the war. He

opens, at the beginning of the war He
has had masters ticket for ten years.
but is still but a second mate. He yearns
for command, having an entire belief in
himself and faith in his capacity as a
perfect officer belief which rests upon
inadequate foundations. He comes home
from the far East To enlist, but on sec
ond thought decides that his place is still
in the merchant marine. He becomes
engaged to an adoring young English
girl, Ada, in whom he realizes that he has
picked up a bargain" But. partly un-
der her stimulus and partly under his own
steam, he decides that he needs education,
so he takes up a course in self improve
ment under the auspices of the London
Mhemonic School and goes to sea again
on ship which becomes an army trans
port. Thereafter his education proceeds
upon varying lines. par, of ii being pro-
vided by rascally sha& HSd; part
by the submarine att = q ttnroys
the ship. leaving him. 4fYXxt etfv6r, but
still more by the crafty Mr.. Dainopoulos.
a mongrel Greek of Saloniki and most of
ALL. by the beautiful Evanthia, who is a
NoAletli VI type quite ulIISftHt 10 MS
Ada. But his further adventures must
be left to the eager reader to learn for
himself
1t is a mastery series of analyses "It
must be confessed" says the commenting
author, ''that licenses, diplomas are
no guarantee of character and nerve. Nor
does efficiency in a subordinate capacity
imply success in command. Some
men are stormy and intractable nuisances
until they reach the top others de-
liberately avoid rising conscious OF
their, own limitations Others there
are who lack knowledge of them
selves and who have not sufficient intelli-
gence either to carry the burden or to re-
fuse it." Mr.. Spokesly. at least at first,
belongs to this last class. Again, the
temperament of the crook may some
times be innate. but in most cases il is
the result of "a long apprenticeship" Mr.
Spokesly wanted money he wanted a COM
mand, he even wanted romance; but he
did not want to be wicked Furthermore
Mr.. Spokesly was mot qualified to COM
prehend a woman's moods" The quest
for command and for self realization
leads him through a wonderful series of
adventures and also gives Mr. McFee
The New York herald., 1922-10-22
New Fiction
Continued from Page Seventeen.

cost of their humanity. Thus the Arch
deacons wife, hating him for years.
silently and unsuspected. breaks out upon
him at his fall with fury that is close
TO insanity. But for the most part the
character study is of the subtlest and most
impressive. One would like to linger upon
the drunken artist, Davray, who loves the
Cathedral for itself and defies the Arch
deacon; upon Ronder, the comfortable
bachelor priest with his little poisonous
gioatlng ways; upon Joan, Brandon's
daughter, and dozen of others Through
out the spirit of the clergy is purely cere-
monlal they are a heartless. cold. futile
remnant, but you also feel the coming of
a warmer spirit as at least a possibility.
Both in detail and in its grandose con
ception the book is impressive.
GEORGE WOOD
The New York herald., 1922-10-22
THE MADONNA OF THE CURB.

THE MADONNA OF THE CURB BY Anna
Balmer Myers George W. Jacobs a CO.
T little Sarah Burkhart's father had
not scandalized his strict Mennonite
family by marrying a professional
dancing girl, and been promptly disowned
for doing So sfrah herself would not have
grown up in a notorious city slum with
the ironic name of Red Rose Court. And
If Sarah's mother had not died premature
ly, to be soon replaced by a drunken,
evil tempered stepmother, her father might
never have taken up the dangerous bust
ness of counterfeiting which eventually
Continued on Page Taoenty-one
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COMMAND. By William McFee Double
day, Page & Co.
GEORGE WOOD.

COMMAND. By William McFee. Double
day. Page & Co.
"HlS is craft of greater tonnage
than any hitherto launched by Mr..
McFee and ii, should make an
even greater splash. though the literary
pool is badly crowded at the moment with
new leviathans 1t is book that stands
out even in a season that has already
brought forth a dozen or so of extraor-
dinary novels. 1t has ali the qualities
that marked Mr.. McFee's "Casuals of the
Sea and his earlier work, plus something
OF Its own. Here he is more the fully pro-
fessed novelist than i'm the other books:
the making of this is less an avocation.
1t shows him not merely more fully grown
up as an artist (for, like Athena, he was
born full panoplied) but more completely
engrossed in the business of writing
nevertheless, he has not lost his air of
detachment: he is still the grimly amused
critical but sympathetic observer of life
appraising it with Scotch caution and de-
liberation and, above all. with an immense
understanding.
Inc seafaring hero-or, rather. central
igure-of this, Mr. Spokesly, is yerging
toward early middle age when the story
The New York herald., 1922-10-22
THE<HEART OF LITTLE SHIKARA AND
OTHER STORIES. BY Edison Marshall.
Boston. Little, Brown & Company

M HEN Ernest Thompson setOn' a
Wv quarter century ago, taught the
world that there was such a
thing as a realistic animal story, not
based upon the traditional Esop formula,
he set a ney high water mark in fiction
which a whole younger school of animal
story tellers has ever since been striving
to attain, With Mr.. Seton himself the
new vein soon ran out; his later stories
lacked the pure gold of those first magic
wild Animals | Have Known" And
Cow. almost twenty-five years later, il. is
an unforeseen pleasure suddenly to renew
that old but unforgotten thrill in just a few
of these stories by Edison Marshall, who
writes with that same unique blend of in
tuitive understanding and first hand
knowledge of the wild.
The volume takes it's name from the
opening story. which is pretty widely
known. having been adiudged the best
short story of 1921 by the o. Henry Memo
rial Award Committee. 1t is not, how
ever. for that reason, the best story in
the book Indeed, it is quite likely that
half dozen readers might honestly pick
out separate favorite from the ten chap
ters that make up its contents. A good
many viii single out ''The Elephant Re
members" that almost uncanny study of
the psychology of a jungle king that has
not forgotten that he was born in cap
tivity. and that just one native Hindu
was once kind to him. But to the pres
ent reviewer there is something peculi-
arly haunting in the story with the bizarre
title Never XIII Porcupine" GER
tain sportsman from the East, practically
a tenderfoot in the great Northwest
is out for a weeks hunting with an In
dian guide. and one day chances upon
a porcupine. Up goes his gun, when the
Indian stretches a brown arm and inter-
venes. ''Never kill porcupine-for sport" !"
he says simply. But when questioned
he viii not explain: he only says cryptic
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

abundant opportunity to give picture of
that fragment of the war which was
staged in the near East with full irorfc
efficiency. It is unqualifedly a big book.
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ting sleeves. cuffs of cunning device
knitted in one piece with the sleeve !:
the belt swung low into the fashion.
able hip line effect.
The last word in the all-silk knitted
coat is color for the top with solid
white below the waist line. The Illus.
tration to the right tells the story
The original model for this sketch
happened to be in the delectable new
shade Of amberglow for the top, with
pure white for the lower portion. How.
ever, many enhancing combinations
are available, remembering that white
is used always with the solid color
Notice the exquisite hand-wrought
braid up the fronts and about the
neck line. This is French inspira-
tion. The stitch with welt rib for the
top is varied in the white portion with
a handsome block weave.
The other tuxedo model Is one OF
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26
Buttons Long in Use

John j. Jones, waiter in the din
ing cars of the Pennsylvania railroad.
asked the other day for Il new set of
brass buttons to use with his white
duck coat. When he turned in his
old buttons in exchange it was no.
ticed that they We're not only un-
usually bright, but also that much
polishing and use had almost worn
off the lettering and that the front
of each button was actually Worn
through in one or more places. Asked
he replied: About twenty-nine
years" They had been issued to him
in 1892 by Maj. J. F. Trout, then su-
perintendent of dining cars and res
taurantS.-New York World
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Kelly, "the facts should be known to
the public. l do not want to take
snap judgment, and l am going to
wait and see what explanation is made
If l am not satisfied then, l shall
introduce resolution asking for an
investigation"
Mr.. Dodge was with the shipping
board during the war and for n time
was controller for the Great Lakes
district. He has not resigned his pres.
ent position as a special auditor, and
said today he did not intend to do so
When the attack made upon the
board was called to the attention of
Chairman Lasker, he said the facts
would show that the actions of the
present administration of the shipping
board in the settlement of claims were
not properly subject to audit.
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u. S. Shipping Board Is Attacked Again

rONGRESSIONAI. investigation of
~ the procedure followed by the
United States shipping board in the
settlement of claims growing out of
wartime building contracts is de-
manded by Stiles e. Dodge of Cleve-
land, a special auditor of the board,
who has been making study of con-
ditlons in some of the Pacific coast
shipyards.
MIR. Dodge said he had discussed
the matter with several senators and
representatives and was going to
fight to get all the facts placed before
the public. One contention he makes
Is that he can show that overpay-
ments made and contemplated on the
Pacific coast involved from SS,OOO,OOO
to $lOOOO,000. He says he is prepared
to go before n congressional com
mittee and present his case.
An investigation of the circum-
stances surrounding the release by the
shipping board on April 10 of L. NJ.
Stevens, acting general controller, is
sought by Mr.. Dodge. Mr.. Stevens is
from Pittsburgh, and Representative
NJ. Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania has
written to President Harding for In
formation concerning the removal of
Stevens.
''If the conditions which Mr.. Dodge
describes exist" said Representative
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26
WNATIONALW
GpIIAL AfFAIQS
New Rural Credit System for Farmers?

ready been established by federal leg.
islation.
That additional rural credits facili-
ties are needed was urged in the re-
port of the joint commission of agri-
cultural inquiry. headed by Represen-
tative Anderson Of Minnesota. The
bill introduced by him in the house
and by Senator LenrOot of Wisconsin
in the senate, however. providing for
credits of this nature through the
federal land banks is meeting criti-
cism. Objection is made to confusing
this new type of agricultural credit
with the long term loans on land
which are provided by the federal
land banks. A strong movement ap-
pears to be developing for the estab-
lishment of an entirely independent
system.
Schemes for the creation of new
system are contained in bill recent
ly Introduced in the senate by Sem
atOr Simmons of North Carolina and
also in another bill just perfected
which was presented in the senate
by Senator Norbeck of South Dakota
and in the house by Representative
King of Illinois.
called the National Agricultural Cred.
its corporation, with life of fifty
years
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26
Harding Favors Reclamation Projects

A PPROVAL of President Harding
for the McNary bill providing for
creation of Il S35O,OOO,O0O revolving
fund to be used for development of
Western and Southern reclamation
and drainage projects, was given to
n congressional delegation who called
ut the White House.
Members Of the delegation, which
was headed by Senator McNary of
Oregon and Representative Smith of
Idaho said the President expressed
deep interest in the legislation which
Is pending in both the senate and the
house. Mr.. Harding indicated, dele
CATION members said, that he would
confer with party leaders on the mat
ter.
The President was told that there
was strong support for passage of
the measure at this session of con-
sress and that enactment of the bill
would result In the reclamation of
hillions Of acres of land and provide
homes for thousands Of people.
A memorandum submitted by the
delegation showed that under the rec
Iamation act Of 1902 approximately
100000 acres Of desert lands had
been reclaimed. more than 10000 fam
R3Rs had been established on farm
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26

MISS MARY WINSOR of Phlla-
A'A delphia, member of the National
Council of the woman's party, is draft
Ing 1922 Woman's charter of rights"
The rights which American women
have not yet won, and are now de-
manding will be listed in this charter,
based on the charter of rights adopted
by the first women's rights conven-
tion ever held in America, at Seneca
Falls, N. Y, in 1S4S.
The charter of rights for Twentieth
century women will resemble the 1S4S
document to a large extent according
to Miss Winsor, since, of all the rights
claimed by those earlier women, only
one-the right of suffrage-has been
completely secured. Some of the
resolutions in the 1S4S charter which
may find place In the new woman's
Magma Charta are:
Resolved, that all laws which pre-
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26

Try It. now feel fine and can do INV
housework without any trouble at all
You can use this letter for the sake of
others if you wish. Mrs. WELDON G.
HATFIELD, R. R. 3, Sabina, Ohio.
Housewives make a great mistake in
allowing themselves to become so weak
and nervous that it is well-nigh impos-
sible for them to attend to their neces-
sary household duties.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound should be taken when you first
notice such symptoms as nervousness,
backache, weakness and irreg1larity. It
will help you and prevent more serious
trouble. Give it fair trial 1t surely
helped Mrs. Hatfield, justas ithas many,
many other women.
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26

W WASHINGTON.-P Hard
w ing's recommendation to con-
sress Of legislation providing farmers
with credit facilities as favorable as
those enjoyed by commerce and in
dustry may lead to the establishment
OF rural credits system entirely in
dependent of either the federal re-
serve system or the federal land
banks.
new chain of banks, which would
be linked up with central corpora
tion at Washington, to take the place
of the War Finance corporation, is
proposed. The system would be de-
signed to furnish credits on agricul-
tural products and live stock over
periods ranging from six months to
three years, which are not provided
through the agencies which have al
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26
"A 1922 Woman's Charter of Rights

vent woman from occupying such a
station In society as her conscience
shall dictate. or which places her in
position inferior to that of man, are
contrary to the great precept of ma.
ture and therefore of no force or
authority.
"Resolved, that the women of this
country ought to be enlightened in re-
gard to the laws under which they
live, that they may no longer publish
their degradation by declaring them.
selves satisfied with their present posi-
ton nor their ignorance by asserting
that they have all the rights they
want.
Resolved, that the same amount of
virtue, delicacy and refinement of be-
havior that is required of women in the
social state should also be required of
man, and the same transgressions
should be visited with equal severity
on both man and woman.
"Resolved, that the equality of hui
man rights results necessarily from
the fact of the identity of the race in
capabilities and responsibilities.
"Resolved, that the speedy success
of our cause depends upon the Jealous
and untiring efforts of both men and
women for the securing to woman an
equal participation with men in the
various trades, professions and com.
merce."
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26

he utility suit is the mainstay of
wardrobe, and must be made of
hble goods. 1t achieves distinction.
by differing in the style from
pr suits, but by expert workman
and faultless tailoring. When
eessfully made 1t is masterpiece
the art of dress, and 1t is economy
buy good suit, even If one must
e in other directions, In order to
so.
fhis spring has been unusually gen.
hs In the variety and attractiveness
Hts new "tailleurs." bringing two
three piece suits, in old and new
|Orites among fabrics. and making
4rmlng departure in colors. In the
[ee-piece suits, cape or coat ac-
bpanies a dress, usually with bod
of crepe in color contrasting
th the skirt and coat.
Covert cloth is with us again in all
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26

3 beautiful tan shades. Tweeds have
nade sensational success In spring
|me colorings-heather mixtures in
tue. lavender. green, tan, and In
lack and white mixtures. Tricotine and
Piret twill. In navy blue, still outdo
peir rivals In popularity. Navy trico-
me makes the suit at the left of the
Ho pictured. Its trim. straight lines
Re representative. and 1t acquires dis
motion by means of handsome en-
|roidery in self color, on the coat. An
lther suit which may be taken us a
Flterion of good style for tweeds and
lomespuns appears at the right. 1t is
martly simple, responds to the call
pr long coats and adds to the cheerful
less Of springtlme by its lovely shade
z blue.
One ID known by the sweater one
9eafA Their. are aristocrats In sweat
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26

ers just as In people. True, once
upon a time sweaters were, well. just
sweaters. That. however, was before
genius In the knitting industry had
vision, before 1t dreamed dreams,
which are no longer dreams but glori.
fed realities In the form of exclusive
Knitted mt types which express con.
summate art and not mere manu-.
facture.
The connoisseur In knitted outer.
wear looks for certain Distinguishing
qualities in the sweater de luxe. II
must be full fashioned with tailor -flt.
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26
KNITTED ovrERwEAa GROWS MORE IMPORTANT

the new zephyr-weight Shetland wool
knitted coats. attaining almost cobweb
delicacy in it3 lacy openwcrk stitch.
These semi-transparent effects are the
newest Idea In sweaters. The master
touch is impaired In fitted cuff fas-
tened with crystal buttons to match
the shade Of the coat.
Happy the possessor Of either Of
these adorable garments, be It pure
silk of the new lightweight Shetland
wool, and twice blessed Is she who can
afford them both, for fashion DEGREES
that the sweater be tuned 70 the cos
tune ensemble.
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26

10 taste directs (and fashion
5proves) that women go about
iinary affairs of life, outside
ZONES, in tailored clothes-the
clothes that their wearers need
We on their minds ut I'll, after
fe once put on. 1t happens that
the least ostentatious of wom-
Belongings require the greatest
b of care and work on the part
lr designers and makers. and are
ID to as much consideration on
lrt of every woman who aspires
ss correctly.
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26

LEES ana HreRulaf1-
ty. ! was weak and
nervous and could
hardly stand on my
feet long enough to
cook a meal. I was
this way for about Q
year and had tried
several medicines
and had a physician,
but to no avail. My
sister as taking
your medicine and
finally induced me to
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26
The Route to Heaven.

Show me the man who would go to
heaven alone, and will show you one
who will never be admitted there
Felthnm.
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BE Satisfied.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and
leave others to talk Of you as they
please.-Pythagoras.
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gets them laughed at he considers his
visit a success.
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Important to Mothers
Mo Place To Stay

No Place to Stay.
Uittle Helen breaks in on her
newly engaged sister and her beau.)
Big Sister-Why, Helen, haven't
told you to stay in the kitchen with
Jessie till mamma comes home?
Helen-Yes. l know: but JeSsie's
sweetheart just now came. too.
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26
pampne,s Of Error.

There Is nothing SO true that the
dampness of error has not warped 1t.
-Tupper.
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MRS. HATFIELD
SABINA, OHIO
In Pitiable Conditionwheu she Began
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Sabina, Ohio.-'1 took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for weak
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SlnndaySchool
' Lesson '

(By REV. p. =. FITZWATER. ID. D..
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
Copyright. 1922. Western Newspaper Union.
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land and the national wealth had
been Increased approximately $780,.
100000 and foodstuffs valued at S15O,.
100000 raised each year on these vari.
GUS projects in IA stntes-all at an ex.
penditure by the government of ap-
proximately $50, O,0OO,OOO from the fund
created from the sale of public lands
and from land fees of various kinds.
President Harding was said by his
visitors to favor passage of the legis-
lation during the present session. The
most difficulty, 1t was said. was ex-
pected in the house, and the Presi-
dent promised to confer with men,
bers of the house Republican steer
Ing committee and urge them to press
the bill at this session.
The Dolores star., 1922-05-26
LESSON FOR JUNE 4
JEHOlAkiM TRIES TO DESTROY
GODS WORD

LESSON TEXT-Jeremiah &c.
GOLDEN TEXT-The Word of our God
shall stand forever.-Isa 4O:S.
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Isa. 55:s-1l.
Matt. 5:17-l9.
PRIMARY TOPIC-The Burning of a
Good Book.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Jehoiakim Burns the
Prophets Book.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
"A King Who Scorned Gods Word.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
How to Meet the Forces Antagonistic
to Gods Word.