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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
AGED MAN WOULD SEE WORLD
Turkish Methuselsh, at 1916, Refuses
TO Consider Himself as Too Old
to Travel.

A modern Methuselah, reputed to be
the Oldest man on earth, has started
oft to see the world before he gets
TOO old to travel" Fora Mehmed,
one hundred and forty-six years old,
Of Constantinople has arrived in Paris.
Fora, who has been working pretty
consistently for 140 years, is In eX-
cellent health and boasts Of being
able to carry a 200-pound weight.
Fora produces Identification pa
pers to prove he was born in 1775,
and he refers to his closest competi-
tor for longevity honors, Il Sioux In
dian in the United States, aged one
hundred and thirty-seyen years, as
"a mere boy" Fora has n son ninety
five years old, and he has SO many
descendants that he long ago lost
count.
The aged Turk is a skeptlc on the
subject Of matrimony. Having tried
the experience four times, he says
he speaks with u certain amount Of
authority,
"Women," said Fora, shaking his
head bitterly, women, they may seem
us sweet rs the rosy dawn, but, verify,
they are more often like thorns, hidden
only by q rosy exterior"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
MANY ADULTS TOY WRECKERS
Fathers, Mothers, and Uncles, All Too
Fond OF Trifing With the Chill
dren's Playthlngs.

Fathers and uncles have always
made 1t II practice TO play with little
Willie's mechanical toys at Christmas
time until they were broken, frequently
permitting Willie to look on merely,
While a group Of adults manipulated
the toys all Christmas day.
But what happened to little Willie
was as nothing to the wrongs prac-
ticed by mothers who have purchased
walking dolls for their little girls.
A little girl whose family had been
making entirely unsuccessful efforts
to conceal the ante uletide presence
IN the home Of a walking doll came
out with the whole history Of the case
one evening.
Are you going to show her the
walking dollT she asked wistfully,
indicating a dinner guest ms the her
IN question.
Father and mother looked at each
other aghast. Theoretically the little
Shi hd9 HN' SuPP"'Nh l" h'"" 'h''N
vas a walking doll In the house until
Santa Claus introduced them. Tact
fully they ignored the question.
Bedtime, dear" suggested mother
sweetly.
But the little girl had reached the
end Of her endurance. Desperately she
turned to the guest:
"They play with 1t every night after
/ go to bed she walled.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
"Whlle You Wait"

Repairs while you walt" may be
explained In more ways than one. ac-
cording to a Jacksonville business
man, who had discovered a meaning
he had not thought of at first. He
took a pair Of shoes to a shop that
advertised something different in re-
pairing" and promised the job willie
you watt The business mar said he
did not wish to walt but would call
later. 1t was not until the third visit
that he got the shoes. He was In
clined to become sarcastic but checked
himself, looked thoughtfully at the
sign and remarked to himself, as the
light broke well, l waited In
dlunapolis News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
AS COMET SWINGS ITS TAIL
Speed Records Of Celestial Bodies Are
All Broken When They Turn
Around the Sun.

One of the most remarkable things
about comets is the presence Of a
tail. Not that all have them. Many
possess such a%ppendages, and some
make marvellous displays, However,
the tail appears to be a transient af-
fair somehow due to the comets
proximity to the sun. A periodic comet
which displays a magnificent tail at
n apparition may show little or moth
ing Of this character upon another oc-
casion.
As a typical comet swings swiftly
round the sun, the tail seems to swing
around as well. Always it stretches
from the comet I'm a direction away
from the sun. AS the tail may be
many millions OF miles in length, an
explanation is needed to the
question as to how II is possible in
a few days to swing the tail through
an arc Of $50 degrees, Some comets
are extraordinarily rapid movers as
they round the sun. Thus, the periodic
comet of 1S43 reached, in its swing
round, the wonderful velocity Of 300
miles per second. However, 1t is more
particularly the rapid angular swing
Of the tail that needs explanation. If
the tail is precisely the same ohioci
throughout, a 72-hour swing of II hun
dred million miles Of tail through two
right angles would mean that the
terminal particles covered an arc con-
slderably over 10000 900 miles long
at the rate of some 600 miles per sec
ond,-Sclentihc American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
LIoyd oeorae,s Jokes o. Himself.

What has saved Lloyd George is his
sense of humor. He knows how to
laugh at himself. His fayorite story
now a chestnut-was of the man who
saved a drowning person in the
Thames and explained, "Yes-I
jumped in after him-got him by the
neck-turned him over and found he
wasn't Lloyd George-and then /
pulled him out" His next favorite Is
OF the old Welsh farmer who walked
many miles in Crlccieth, where LLOYD
George lives. I'm going TO have u
look at David said this admirer.
"Dayld's now a great man" "Why
yes, he gets $1,000 a year, answered
his friend. The farmer looked
thoughtfully and replied-"lts not the
$1,000 a year that matters. our Da-
vid lives near the plle."-P. w. Wilson
In Worlds Work.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
BENNINGTON
News Of the Town and Village anc
Advertisements.

Advertisements.
Live and boiled lobster at the
C.leckerline. F."
May McAvoy, the wonder g'rl in a
Virginia Courtship,' and THE Love
Egg" an Educational comedy. Harte
theatre today. "
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Pratt an.
nounce the engagement Of their old
est daughter, Mildred Clarissa to
Milton Irving Ross of Bennington.
About 65 pairs Of women's felt
81 ppers $3.50 value, 3 days sale
81 cents a par, Friday, Saturday and
Monday. Hart's Shoe Store. q 3Ot2
Dexter Gleason of Union street who
underwent an operat on at the Troy
city hospital a few weeks ago, has
made a complete recovery and re.
turned Saturday.
Reports as to the CONDITION of Guy
b. Johson today are most encouraging.
He underwent a serious operation on
Monday evening at the Post Graduate
hospital, New York.
No Woman Knows" grips and
tugs at the heart strings aud is pre-.
serted in such a way as to be n OF
t. most interesting and entertain
ing photoplays of the season. Opera
house Friday and Saturday.
Nh. and MrsI Alfred Caron and
family who were burned out in the fire
at the F%onteneau plumbing shop and
who have been since then with Mrs.
Caron's mother, have taken a four
broom suite on South Branch street.
Order your fish tonight at the
C%heckerline and you will get 1t deliv
cred early on Friday.
Mrs. Lyman Armstrong ana Mics
Ruth Bodine called on Mrs. Arthur
Merchant today at the North Adams
hospital. Mrs. Merchant underwent an
operation for appendix. tbs a short time
ago, and is doing as well as can be
expected.
A. L. Butler and r. e. Cheney of
Burl 'ngton, j.. II. Mase and f. II. Els
worth Of Rutland, H. r w. Chute of
Swanton, N. Y, Mrs. J. H. Fay OF
North Wi.liston, and Mr.. and Mrs. c.
w. Cunts CT New York are among to-
days guests at the Putnam hause.
Mrs, Ishmael Waite gave a dinner
party Wednesday afternoon in observ-
ance of the birthday anniversary of
her mother. Mrs. Eugene Shea. A
large number of friends and relatives
were among the guests. Dinner was
served at 3 o'clock and the ladies'
enjoyed a social time and appropriate
muse.
The Ancient Order of United Work
man gave a supper in their rooms
Tuesday night which was enjoyed by
about 80 people. After the supper,
music and a good time was enjoyed
by al. Much credit is due the com
mittee in charge. Mrs. John Corey,
Mrs. Richard Ottman, Miss Theresa
Mulqueen and Sareph Scott.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
w .T9
the 80
FUNNY A&S
Mel ]E4
FAST

ITS all his fault" said the fair de-
PENDANT in a divorce suit. "He show
cred luxuries on Inc and taught me
how TO spend money"
Have you anything to say to thatY'
asked the court.
Nothing, your honor" replied the
plaintiff, %mounfully, except that She
was an apt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Age
Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
Catarrh Can BE Cured

Catarrh Is q local disease greatly inlu-
enced by constitutional conditions. il
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces OF
the System. HALLS CATAR r II
MEDICINE destroys the foundation OF
the disease, gives the patient strength by
improving the general health and assists
nature in doing Its work.
All Druggists. Circulars free,
+. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
In the Spar Of l.ifa.

Tropical mldscs Of sorts live less
than a day-seQuoias have felt their
sap quicken with the warmth or three
thousand springs, Somewhere between
these extremes, we open our eyes, look
1bout us for II time, and close them
again. Modern political geography and
shift Of government give us Methusa'
istic feelings but q glance at rocks
)r stars sends Us shuddering. among
he other notes, which gllstcn for a
noment in the sunlight and then van
sh.-WullnLn Beebe In the Atlantic
Ionthly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
The ~lnducement.

81 will run again If there is an over
whelming demand"
IL think ! can get a petition signed
by our four or FIVE onlcc-seekers, Sen
atOr.'
IAN right. 1t won't take much to
Overwhelm me."-Louisville Courier.
Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
SOUTH SALISBURY

Take the Bus for Bennington Mon.
days and Wednesday at 1905 and
4:25, Saturdays at 2:05, $40 and
1906. Return trips from Benning.
ton Mondays and Wednesdays al
1855; Saturdays at 500 and 1925. 3
30t2
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
No Use for Him..

Panied Customer believe You
keep''a good cutter on the premises?
Tailor-Yes, sir; certainly, sir. One
Df the best.
Panied Customer-Well, you might
put him on to cut down this bill you
sent me last week.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
Future Sale Assured.

A small boy looked longingly into
a store window where a shining new
bicycle was displayed. shyly he en-
tered and, approaching the proprietor,
snid If your Keep that bicycle till
I'm growed up to be a big man I'll buy
It Of YOU"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
TAX SALE.

The farm known as the Hawley
Green farm, now occupied by Charles
l. Peacock, located In SALISBURY Hol-
low will he sold for taxes Feb. 20 at
p. m at Town Clerks office, SO. shafts
bury, vi Said farm Is bounded as fol-
lows: on the north by lands formerly
owned by oscar Russell, on the west
by lands owned by Frank Fuller and
the boundary line between Vermont
and New York.
II. M. DEAN.
Collector Of Taxes
South SALISBURY, Vt, January IA, 1922.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
C. w. WRIGHT. Nj. u.

GLASSES PROPERLY FITTED
Ocullst ana Aurist TO North Adams
hospital Recently In charge OF eye,
ear, nose aud throat services at Post
Hospital. Eastern Department Head
quarters
Tel. a72 N. powlIn Block, No. Adams.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
Instructive.

HAS this photoplay you are talking
about any educational valueY
Have you ever seen a roulette
wheel in operotlonT
NO"
1T will educate you 10 that extent
Birmingham Age. Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
Maoaulay Locked up to siotor.

W"NdUIay NVVNuu Up 70 0TsNVT.
Macaulay read all his articles 10 his
lister before sending them to the pub
Usher and placed great reliance on her
Judgment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR SALE-One steel Ann Harbor
power hay press one FordsOn tractor
in good condition Inquire II p Love,
30tl2'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09

FOR SALE-Farm Of 80 acres, run
ming water TN house, barn and pasture
stanchious for 16 cows silo and other
o~utbuildinRs, heater in house. good
road. neal good market. Price right.
Geo. S Maerwarth. Hoosick Falls, \
y f. f. ID No 3 S0t25'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
Auction Sale

Wednesday, February Is,
at II o'clock, large quantity
of farming tools; pair of
horses; quantity Of hay, etc.
AT the Cornell farm on the
flats, John Huntington,
Auctioneer. Paul c. Cornell,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09
Trim Motto.

The Barber %(eloquently. and razor
alof0-Why, sir, the barber shop IS
f
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09

FOR SALE-Farm owned by Tent &
King. one mile from North Benning-
ton. 3 miles from Bennington. 50 acres
Buildings adequate. Inquire OF Walter
King North Bennington or Seth Tent,
on the place. Tel 17i-J 3Ot24'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09

THAT'S THE QUESTION
She: Anything that Is worth win
ming Is worth working for.
He; Yes, but the question lie, will
your father loosen up, or will | have
to keep on working for you after I've
won you?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-09

The Vletim-Is the land Of the fee
and the home Of the shave WaysIde
Tales.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
TARIFF MAY AGAIN
GO TO CONFERENCE
Report on Bill Subjected to
Point of Order in Senate
to Decide Monday.

WASHINGTON. Sept.16-(By A.
P)-The conference report on tre
tariff bill was called up today "a the
senate and Immediately was sub
jected 10 a point of order by Sen.
simmons OF North Carolina. dem
ocratic leader in the tariff fight. Al
ter more than an hours discus
sion. Sen. Cummins, republican.
Iowa. president pro TEN. annou.ced
that he wished 70 take me question
under Amusement and the senate re-
cesssd until Monday.
Sen simmons contention was
tina, the conferess had exceeded
their authority by proposing auth
GRITTY for the president 10 declal e
American valuation as the basis FOR
assessing ad valOrcm duties on any
item in the bill when the senate by
direct action had limited such auth
GRITTY 20 the specific items in the two
paragraphs dealing with duties on
coal TAR. dyes, and other products
should the point OF order be sus-
tanned the tariff again woulud be
thrown into conference should d,
not be sustained b. was expected
that he final legislative action on
the measure would comc late Non
day OF Tuesday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
COURT FINDS ALLAN
GUILTY OF TREASON
Faces l0-Year Sentence for
Part in West Virginia Mine
War-to Appeal.

CHARLESTOWN. ". Va. Sept.
1s.-CBy A. P)-Gunty OF treason
was the verdict returned late today
BY the jury in the case Of Walter
Allen who vas indicted in connec-
ton with the march OF armed min
ers from Kanawha 20 Logan county
in the southern West Virginia coal
fields late last summer. The YER
dict carried a recommendation OF
10 years in the state penlteutiary
for the defendant
The verdict was returned after the
jury deliberated IS minutes. II was
received by Judge J. " Woods Of
the circuit court.
Counsel for the defense moved
fer a new trial. u Judge Woods
refuses 20 grant the motion Il was
said the case will be taken 10 the
supreme court OF appeals
Judge Woods IN his charge ruled
that a verdict OF guilty could be
returned II the jury were convinced
that Allen participated IN the marcn-
II was not necessary FOR the state
10 prove that Allen engineered the
armed expedition or that he did any
shooting, the court held
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
HART THREATENS TO
LICK" WIFE'S LAWYER

Los ANGELES. Cal. Sept. 16.-
(By 4. P)-Bnl Hart fguratively
shook his fists at his wife's attorn-
eys today.
IN a mood such as he has not as
sumed since the days OF his widest
scenes before the camera, Hart as
sailed the methods by which he
was being attacked in the prelimin
airy announcements OF Mrs. Hart :
impending divorce.
IF Milton Cohen, cher attorney
makes allegations that ! committed
physical violence against her said
Hart, I'll lick him 50 that you
won't recognize him"
Hart charged that an attempt was
being made 10 ruin him financially
in order 10 make his wife a picture
star He said he would not night
divorce.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
NEW YORK CENTRAL
AND SHOPMEN BREAK
0 F F NEGOTIATIONS
Fail to Reach Settlement on
Baltimore Agreement
Say Seniority Issue.

NEW YORK. Sept. 16-(By A.
DEMONSTRATIONS between officials
Of the New York Central railway
representatives of striking shopmen
on the lines operated by that sys-
tenn were broken off today without
a settlement and it was announced
that no further conferences would
be held
The New York Central lines is
sued a statement saying they had
been willing to fulfill the memo
randum of agreement reached at
Baltimore. but that representatives
of the shop crafts attempted to in
terject questions not mentioned in
the text and clearly outside the
agreement, insisting that these mat
ters be included"
To this the railroad management
could not agree. the statement said.
1t was understood that seniority
was the issue on which the confer
ence broke up.
Representative of the New York
Central system federation Of shop
crafts workers, following the con-
ference. issued a statement claiming
the differences arose over the in
depreciation Of the Baltimore memo
randum. The committee said that
they had offered TO have Mr.. Jewell
come and go over the agreement
with the employers spokesman, but
that the latter insisted the employees
sign today on the company's inter
probation Of the pact.
The workers representatives said
they could not sign the agreement
without jeopard!zing the interest OF
the employees.
The employees representatives said
they had asked Mr.. Jewell 10 get
the members OF the Baltimore con,
ferences together and try 10
straighten out the differences.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
AdageConcerning
Secrets" Proved
Partially Untrue
Girl Secretary to Bulgarian
L egatiO n at Washington
Keeps 'em in Family

LONDON, Sept. 16-This intro
duces the newest feminine phenom-
enon-a woman diplomat
Yes, a diplomat And the modern
definition of diplomat" is "one who
knows how to keep a secret"
Miss Nadejda stancion knows how
She proved it during the last II
years as secretary to her father as
Bulgarian secretary or minister at
Bucharest. Vienna. Petrograd. Paris
and Rome, and lately as minister to
London.
This 27-year-old girl is going TO
America. She has just been appoint
ed first secretary of the Bulgarian
legation at Washington
Maybe these words of hers explain
the why of it
Il am proud that a woman has
been chosen for this Washington
post. because in Bulgaria there is
very close cooperation between men
and women; a man is not ashamed
to help the woman do the house
work and a woman helps the man
IN his business and political career. +"
Miss Stancioff is a tall. good look
Ing. graceful girl with dark eyes and
pale face. She speaks English flu
emily. Besides her native Bulgarian,
she also speaks German, French,
Italian and Russian.
America and Great Britain have
women in Congress and Parliament"
she said. so why not a woman in
the diplomatic corps?'
Il love the work, the service to
my country. And what advancement
1 have gained 1 owe 10 my training
with my father and friendship with
the Bulgarian premier"
Miss Stancion ma served as secre-
tary 10 the premier and was his in
terpreter during the third assembly
OF the League of Nations at Geneva.
Being with my father IN d!plo-
matte work has been a good thing -
she said, because we have kept dip
lOmatic secrets in the family. I feel
like a veteran now, and I am looking
forward eagerly to my work in
Washington.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
MAN CONVICTED OF
BEATING WARD Is
RELEASED ON BOND
Matthew JanOwski Free Pend
ing Appeal - HOsinskis
May Adopt Boy.

ley st., proprietor of a milk dairy
on Olive St, who was arrested late
Friday afternoon on a charge OF
assault and battery on his 15-year-
old adopted son, Joseph JanOwski,
and was fined $50 and costs and
sentenced to serve six months SEN
tence I'm the county Jail by City
Judge Chester DUCOmb. was re-
leased from the county jail Satur-
day. after furnishing an appeal bond
of $500.
Attorneys Frank Gilmer ana 2. J
Houlihan, after an unsuccessful at
tempt Friday night 10 effect a re-
lease for Janowski. appeared before
Judge DuCOmb this morning and
entered an appeal for their client.
Although JanOwski admitted his
guilt when tried in the city court.
he has since decided 10 fight the case
in a higher court, believing that the
sentence imposed upon him was un-
justified.
Several prominent local attorneys
are said to have offered their serv-
ices gratis TO defend the child A
local attorney, figuring prominently
in the Tiernan-Poulin case, is said
10 have been in the court room
when Janowski was tried but refused
to take the case when he saw the
condition OF the boy. Janowsh Is
then said TO have declined the
services Of a lawyer, preferring 10
lC,-.-f---,--5 - - 80
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

Name of Dempsey
Evidently Has No
Terror For Scion
Rep. Oliver Causes Hubbub in
House by Shaping" Cham
piOn's Namesake.

WASHINGTON, Sept Icy A.
P)-With his open palm Rep. oliver
democrat, Alabama. gave Rep.
Dempsey, republican, New York. a
slap on the cheek in the house late
today, during the hubbub which usu-
ally attends the calling of the roll.
and then as ne was attemp ting TO
land a second time, members rushed
between them.
After the house adjourned. Mr..
Oliver and Mr.. Dempsey shook hands
and the New York representative said
the Alabama member had apol0gized
and they We're again the best of
friends"
AS explanations came later the
house found that the encounter was
due TO a misunderstanding Rep.
Dempsey. chairman Of the rivers and
harbors committee in charge of the
rivers and harbors bill. was trying
TO reduce the time fixed for debate
on the democratic side discussing
the question with Mr.. oliver when
suddenly the Alabama mans left
palm shot forward and caught the
New Yorker on the cheek.
After the sergeant at arms and
other members had quieted things.
Rep. Oliver explained that he wanted
more than The five minutes Rep.
Dempsey had allotted him IN the de-
bate on the item in the rivers and
harbors bill relating TO the depth Of
the East River in New York. mas
much as he had presented a prefer
entail motion to concur with a SEN
ate amendment which would reduce
the appropriation for that particular
project.