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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-08
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bile and gave chase. catching Up with
the runaways at the Nose Lewis cor
ner more than mile from the start.
Ing point. One horse had'a hoof cut
by broken glass and the harness was
pretty well shot.--Sidney, Ia, Argus.
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wa LIE in Iowa.

Monday afternoon q pair Of horses
belonging to w j Potter got to feel
ing thor oats and tried out a mile
race iust for the fun of the thing.
When they started Bill got hold of
one line but they turned him couple
OF sonorsaluts, cirelod Sam Hanson's
house and strucn out east at merry
clip The owner got into an automo-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-08

Ether as a Christmas gift or as splen
did addition to your home furnishing, is TIL.
Mahogany Table Lamp. The shade Is q
beauty. with six fringe and inner lining OF
iIidnseent silk Lamp comes complete with
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ser th'j lamp as we'll as many others In
the display.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-08
Sign on a house IN Chicago
l.

Sign on house IN Chicago
"rOR SALE Combination stove
and bed Inquire within"
Ezra. Probably the bed is mere
shake down
Tnln: ~ convenient contraption
II tho bed an ilro could be made at
thc aamc time.
potGuia: 1T only means that the
stove has n he'd OF GOALS
u. q. b.. Make II out of soft coal
for mo-
0. o. O.. "f'd be afraid of the
drastg.'
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To Cure Cold in One Day,Sssca
Take Laxative BROMO QUININE tab
let's. The box bears the signature OF
y. w. Grove. (Be sure you get
BROMO) 30c.-Adyertlsement
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-08

on nail, Mrs. Howard Edwards part
ly cooked her feet, Lorraine Brake
mashed one toe, and Mrs. l.. Evans run
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-08
RECENT GAS ATTACKS.
Reprints and Other Debris From the
Nipt and Clipt Column Of the
Brattleboro Reformer.

What's in name? Nothing, per-
haps. yet tulip volsteads the infor-
maton that Mr.. Raipwater presided
over the Boilers convention at Allan
Ia and that Mr.. oyster Is the name Of
Samuel Gompers's silent secretary.
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This Sounds Sor-er Sannibalistic,
Ezra

Christmas was celebrated at the
MADEIRA county hospital by big chic
ken dinner and all the Christmas
liable fixins. Cranberry sauce,
hince pie and everything else that
goes with n Christmas dinner was on
the'6Ill OF fare. Thirteen men and two
women sat down to the table while
three were served or tray MADEIRA,
Calil. Mercury.
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+ Miss l. Rome is detained at her
home on North Winooskl avenue by
Illness. Burlington item.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-08
The Methodists Are Forced to the
Defensive.

The evil spirits got after bunch of
Methodists 4 while back. They were
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completed Dover District correspon.
deuce in Jewell Republican.
The Washington times., 1922-11-05

gsstion flung at him as he stood
speechlsss, his present wife was
called to the stand and asked II
the child was awarded to her what
course she would follow. Her hus.
band heard her answer. adding
doubt to the doubt already cast on
the child's parentage.
"If Jean is really the daughter
Of my husband. I viii be glad to
take care Of her. Otherwise, I
DO not think that I would be equal
TO the task Of rearing her"
Judge jayne, who was trying the
case. demanded;
"Is there any doubt In your mind
that this is your husbands child7"
Mrs.. Drake. the bride Of q year.
replied slowly. but firmly;
"Thers is. a woman named Mrs.
The Washington times., 1922-11-05

Payne, in this city, said to me that
this babe had been taken from n
hospital by my husbands previous
wife, now dead, and palmed Off on
my husband as her own ana his
own.
BIRTH PLOT CHARGED.
Mrs. Payne said that she knew
this TO be true, because she had
gone to the hospital herself and
obtained the infant for my hus'
bands wife"
Then to cap the climax Of the
disclosures, the Judge called
Myron whinny, the son Of the sec
ond Mrs Drake by q former mar
rlage, to the stand, and the young
man corroborated what the woman
had testified 10. when he saidi
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My mother told me that Jean
was born out Of the family. She
said that Mr.. Drake was eager
for an heir and she had to pro-
vide one. At first mother said
that the child was really hers, but
later she pledged me to secrecy
and told me about getting the
baby from a maternity hospital.
you see. mother was eleven
years older than she admitted to
her husband. He thought that she
was forty-seven when she was
really fifty-eight."
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN SOUGHT.
Judge Jayne issued subpoena
for Mrs. Nettie Payne. the woman
who was said to have obtained the
child from the hospital. but Mrs.
Payne could not be found by the
subpoena servers. The judge as
serted that II she did not appear
soon he would direct that a blood
test be made Of the child and Mr..
Drake to ascertain whether there
Is any relation.
Mr.. Drake was indignant at the
statements made by his present
wife and the other witnesses, and
asserted that regardless Of all that
had been spread on the record he
was convinced that he was Jeans
father, and that his former wife
was the babes true mother.
Further, he announced that he
would continue to fight for the
possession Of the child until the
highest court Of jurisdiction had
passed on the question.
SCANDAL STIRRED.
The bitterness of the contest
over the child has stirred deep
the stagnant waters Of social
scandal In the community. For
In an attempt to snow tnat the
Reids are not fit guardians for the
babe, testimony has been offered
limiting that they are not married,
but that Mrs. Reid, who asserts
herself to be Mr.. Reds wife, Is
really his neioe. To this Mrs.
Reid retorted:
That 10 ridiculous. for have
heen narried fourteen years. We
took Bonnie Jean after Mrs.
brakes death at the request Of
Mr.. Drake. Al that time we
thought 1t strange that Mrs.
brakes people did not wish TO
take her. but then we learned that
she was not the child Of the
brakes at ell, but q founding.
II was very much surprised. a.
Il had never heard anything about
u. believing that the ohild belong
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pcsssssion Of the baby, whom
he said was his only child.
But Mrs. Reid, retaiiating In
court. asserted that Jean was not
the child Of either Mr.. or Mrs.
Drake. but in reality was q
nameiess infant, and the woman
exclaimed:
Mrs. Mabel Drake. your sec
ond wife. obtained this child
from . maternity hospital and
deceived you into believing that
Jean was your babe and hers.
when the truth 10 that shs did
not even know either Of the
parents Of the infant"
NEW MOTHER" IN DOUBT.
While the smssed man was try.
ias b osmprshsnA the vioisnt sus-
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Cd 70 the brakes. ! had thought
Il unusual that 30 old a couple mad
a baby. Drake Is now fifty-ons.
His wife was fifty-eight when
she died. I then Learned that the
baby had been given by Mrs.
Payne to Mrs. Drake. that her
rsistivss knew Of It. that Drake
for q long time was deceived. but
that finally was told that the child
was not his.
"It is not likely that Mrs. Payne
has told that the child was born
in her home, an unlicensed ma
ternity home; that the baby was
born without the care Of a doctor.
that she never filed a birth certifi-
cate, that she told the young moth
er her baby had died. and that she
gave the child to the brakes.
Later the baby's mother discov.
cred It was alive. and forced Mrs.
Payne to tell her where It was.
The man who had deceived her was
willing to marry her and wanted
her baby.
"She went to brakes home, and
he himself told her that her baby
was dead!
"In face of All these facts he has
the nerve 10 saw the child is his
and that ] should not have her be-
cause ! am not a married woman.
IT have shown him records OF
my marriage. but he never be-
lieved me, saying always was too
young a woman to be Mr.. Reds
WIFE"
With tears In her eyes. Mrs. Reid
acknowledged that she would be
willing to give Bonnie Jean to
Drake II he were her father, al.
though she has grown to love the
baby during the two years she has
cared for her.
1T would give the baby up will
ingly to her father or mother. But
Drake has no claim on her except
that he paid out money for her up
keep. He is an old. childish man.
with q third wife. who is not anx-
Gus or willing to raise Bonnie Jean.
am only hoping that the law will
let her stay with US"
The Washington times., 1922-11-05

The attending surgeon said that
he had told the mother the child
was female at birth. and added
that Mrs. Rich had longed 80 for
a boy. and had been so hysterical
at the time that she must have
misunderstood him, and ne cited
many instances to prove this to
be probable.
Then the mayor said to the 40
cused husband and wife:
Take the child to your hearts
and your home. for the child is
yours. Remove all doubt from
your minds as to its parentage
for there is no longer any doubt.
Love the child and God bless
you"
Letting the husband and wife
alone for a minute. the mayor di.
rected that an affidavit be orawn
and signed by the officials Of the
sanitarium and the hospital and
all others concerned that the child
was the true daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rich. Then the couple 40.
cepted Dorothy as their own and
took her home, where Mrs. Rich
said, smiling bravely:
"Of course, I'm happy and I'm
fully satisfied now that this child
is mine-although 1t is q girl"
So she said and her husband
nodded, but there was that In >her
voice that left a suggestion of un-
certainty. She had yearned for q
boy. She had born a boy, she
thought, and the nurse had told
her It was a boy-and through
the years the thought of the boy
they afterward told her she did
not bear will come to her-and
II the questionings arise In her
mind anew. there will be no
answer. The courts have spoken.
A STRANGER CASE.
And while this case was thus
working to q solution at least
temporary. q three-cornered con-
test was raging In Detroit over
Bonnie Jean, Drake. the three
year-old daughter of--but II 10
not yet clear whose daughter
the child is and the question may
never be answered.
Jean Drake has been IN the
custody Of Mr.. and Mrs. william
Reid. to whom the infant was given
In care by Mrs. Mabel Drake,
second wife Of Charles r. Drake,
q wealthy businessman. After
the death Of his second wife,
Mr.. Drake married for the third
time and brought habeas corpus
proceedings 10 acquire physical
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Flannbeau
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CONTINUED from Page 81
monuments Of Mickiewicz OF the
earlier day, including the one In
the public square in Warsaw. And
in wilma. where Flambeau later
stopped for a day. he found the
longest street In town named
Utica Adama Mickiewicz.
An interesting and important
difference between the art OF Po-
land and that Of America, as pointed
out to Flambeau by q Polish dip
lomat In Washington. 10 that in
America we try to begin our arts
with the topmost class and work
downward. while in Poland art
is 10 inherent in the national char
acter that its theme begins with
the peasants and grows upward
through every strata OF society.
This IL q nations greatest
strength, and 1t II gratifying that
in America today there are sdgns
everywhere that our people as
whole are keen for art expression,
that a simple and original sense
of beauty is awakening and that
ugliness will be banished.
Perhaps the bungalow" house
10 the best indication. for no Am
erican family Is too poor now to
have it's little country bungalow
and garden, often with great orig
inality of style. The beauty of
woman's dress in America is an.
other national feature, and the
revival Of hand weaving and spin
ming with us suggests a new art
impulse.
But a. q whole we have not
in America known the keen pas
sion for natural art expression
which pervades the Polish nation.
The exposition from Cracow
will be in charge Of Monsieur
Janczyk, in collaboration with
Professor Jarocki Of the Cracow
Art Academy, and others there will
win cooperate. Plans for this
event were discussed In q famous
artist haunt Of Cracow, the bo-
hemian restaurant of Karl Hmurski,
at No. IS Utica Flojanska, the
"Cukiwunir Lwowska-"
It was here that Flambeau first
tasted "Schnapps" and some 9TH
err nectar OF n rare vintage re-
ported to be the best In Poland.
Monsieur Hmurski. the proprietor,
spent several years in America.
and speaks our tongue well, 80 he
acted an interpreter for Flam-
beau, all the time adding notes of
gay humor to the conversation.
Ham and eggs" he cri' ',
Come back q little later. and We
will have some real American
ham and eggs. And you must
meet my wife. She speaks Eng.
lish."
But perfect experiences are a.
ways too brief, and early the next
morning. waking to the busie O."
Flambeau was once more on q
new jaunt, into the heart OF Po-
land, to Warsaw. the capital Of
Free Poland today. where he was
destined to make many new
friends, see tragic reminders Of
the struggle and triumph Of a
new nation. arrange for q grand
art exposition. and at the same
time. finally. to endure the most
serious experience Of his entire
journey. the mysterious loss Of
his passport and letter Of credit
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&YOW, after tempestuous weeks of existence
~ Dorothy Helen Rich, the changeling child Of New
- Jersey, has a legal home and recognized mother
and bids fair to grow up useful well ornamental
member Of society.
1t took the Mayor of Jersey City, the
the judges of the Criminal Courts, and of other
public officials to win home and mother for the babe
but that was because they did not understand.
They called Dorothy the baby that nobody wanted but
that untrue They missed the point stake entirely
the solemn, earnest officials because they seeking
TO settle troublesome question by sheer force of the law
set down in the statute books
Mrs. Edward Rich, who has at last accepted the child
- her fighting hepessly against the pressure of
prosecution, in response to the dictates of her heart
She lost the unequal contest Probably right that
she should lose. Nnetynine chances out of hundred
Dorothy Helen is her own bab-but there that hundredh
chance that may remain faint shadow the child
long Dorothy lives shadow that will stir her mother
to wonderment to questioning to doubt times shadow
that cast tremendous influence the life of the girl
md hor
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other week, when the babe would
be strong and healthy she would
be sent to the charity authorities
for maintenance as a public charge
and that an action would follow
to bring criminal proceedings
against the Richs for abandonment.
To which Mr.. Rich, who was as
indignant as his wife over the sit
uation. responded:
That's just what we want, for
then we will demand that the hos.
pital authorities produce the child
born to Mrs. Rich. The nurse who
attended Mrs. Rich-we will find
her and obtain her testimony. It
10 the right baby that we want, not
this child that they are attempting
to foist on us. and through the
courts we will obtain our child or
an explanation that will satisfy
u.s."
THE MOTHER WAIVERS.
So spoke the husband. but the
wife wavered. and In his absence
went daily to the hospital to nurse
the little one. But she would not
take 1t home. Finally the war
rants were sworn out for the ar
rest Of the couple on the abandon
ment charge. Postmaster George
Murray called Mr.. and Mrs. Rich to
him and told them the grave con-
sequences that might follow their
refusal to accept the infant. They
listened in silence.
Suddenly the poormaster lifted
the tiny child from the arms Of
the nurse nearby and extended
her to Mrs. Rich, saying:
''Will you take her?"
Mrs. Rich paled and there was
-. an involuntary movement Of her
arms toward her infant, but she
shook her head and said hoarsely:
mo. I can't take her-I can't
take her unless she belongs to me.
This isn't my baby. This Is q
girl. I don't know who she be-
longs to"
The words died away in a moan
and the woman swayed suddenly
as though to faint. Sobs shook
her. Mr.. Rich supported her with
an arm around her shoulders, and
when the child was offered to him,
he steadfastiy refused.
THE MAYOR INTERVIEWS.
This was the status of the case
when the couple were brought to
court charged with abandonment.
But before the trial proceeded
Mayor Frank Hague, Of Jersey
City, begged all concerned to con.
slider seriously before they per-
mitted the stain Of legal doubt to
be placed on the brow Of the child,
and he explained:
Remember, please, that have
no interest In this case other than
the welfare Of this child and her
parents. But 10 II fair to the baby
to taint It with the biackness of
the cripinal courts7
Il want to say to Mr.. and Mrs.
Rich that every dollar In Jersey
City and every resource the mum.
cipal government possesses will
DO used IL necessary to get their
baby back to them-if this is not
their child"
THE NURSE APPEARS.
Without the formaiity Of a trial,
then, the mayor reported that he
had seen Margaret Mitchell, the
first nurse. who was present, and
that she had admitted making an
error originally In the chart Of
the child's birth. She had mark.
Cd MALE" she said. and subse-
ausntiy changed Il 10 ''Fsmais."
The Washington times., 1922-11-05

Sho hOA AO6oA PoAOASo.
One of tho gifts that Providence
fAiled to bestow with maternity II
the instinct by which . mother
would be able to recognize her
own child at sight. It is a power
that most mothers finally believe
they possess and that belief 10 an
illusion sentimentally cherished
until q test comes and then In.
variably 1t fails.
Mrs. Edward Rich gave birth
10 . baby In the Bergen Sanitar-
ium in New Jersey on August IL.
and for weeks during her con-
valescence Mrs. Rich believed that
tho child was a boy. She had
wanted a boy and the doctors and
nurses. she said. told her 1t was q
boy. Her husband. Edward Rich.
Q prosperous business man, also
believed he had become the father
Of q boy. The medical chart at
first showed the word Male" be-
side the infants record.
Mr.. Rich sent out cards an
nouncing the safe arrival Of ED
ward. 1r." into the world. He re-
ceived the customary congratula.
tons, purchased toys and cloth.
ing trimmed with blue ribbons
and generally conducted himself
after the inexplicable fashion of a
father the first time a son 10 born
10 him.
FROM BOY TO GIRL.
Everybody apparently was salts
fled that the little newcomer was
. boy. Then at the end Of a week
there was q change Of nurses,
and the new nurse announced that
the infant was a girl. The amazed
mother found this to be true, and
Indignantly spurned the infant,
asserting that the hospital authori.
des had changed her child, by
mistake or substitution. or care
lessness, for there were many
newborn babies in the sanitarium
at the time.
The infant weighed only three
pounds and half at birth, and be-
cause Of its delicate condition had
been placed in the Mothers Insti.
tute In an incubator Immediately
after It was born for special treat
ment.
Mrs. Rich lsft the sanitarium re-.
fusins to accept or acknowledge
NE child. She consulted Charles
simpson. . prominent attorney,
VINO suggested that the grand fury
esnduct IN Investigation to deter
mine whether deliberate fraud had
been attempted or q mistake had
been made. For Mrs. Rich pro-
tested tsarfilly:
II was assured on the day my
baby was born that It was q boy.
Every day they told me 20, untii
On the sixth or seventh day there
was . change Of nurses, and she
save me q sirl baby. They had
taken away my darling boy and
put another woman's child in his
place"
THE COURTS ACT.
FORTHWITH all the legal machin-
cry OF the high courts Of the SOW.
sreign State of New Jersey went
into operation to ascertain the
facts In the case. while the five
pound baby, two weeks old, cooed
and gurgled and cried and thrived
In the Mothers Institute Incubator.
Judge sweaxey soiemniy charged
the grand Jury to make a thorough
inquiry TO ascertain Just why there
was any doubt about the Identity
Of Mrs. Rich's newborn babe.
The sanitarium authorities acted
5ust as promptly In the defense of
the institution. They issued an
ultimatum that at the end Of an
The Washington times., 1922-11-05
NEW JERSEY PARENTS AT LAST RECOGNIZE AS THEIR OWN
THE WEE "SOLOMON CHILD THAT WASN'T A BO
BABY DOROTHY RICH,
10 WEEKS OLD, NOW
HAS A LEGAL HOME.

Mayor OF Jersey City, District Attorney,
Judges and Many Other 0ficials Combine
Into One Solomon" and Tiny Girl Wins
Mother by Persuasion n-ParentS FIRMLY BE-
lieved Error Was Made by Nurse I'm Hospital.
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Without the formaiity of a trial,
then, the mayor reported that he
had seen Margaret Mitchell. the
first nurse. who was present, and
that she had admitted making an
error originally in the chart Of
the child's birth. She had mark.
I'd "Msie," she said. and subse-
ausntiy changed Il 10 "rsmais.-
The Princeton union., 1922-08-24
NOTICE TO SERVICE MEN.
It is Not Yet Too Late to Apply for
Cnmnons atiOn

There are a great many former ser
vice men who believe that the time
limit has expired in which to make ap-
plication for compensation for service
incurred disabilities. In a statement
issued last week from the headquar-
ters, district 10, U. S. Veterans Bu-
reau, Minneapolis, this is shown to be
not true, and they are endeavoring to
clear all such doubts in the minds of
possible applicants. While August 9,
1922, was the last date to apply for
a Certificate Of Injury, application for
compensation may be made up to give
years from date of discharge." The
Certificate of Injury is for the pur-
pose of allowing the men to apply for
compensation at any time after this
five year period, if his disability should
begin to affect him in any apprecia-
bye degree. However, if five years
have not elapsed since discharge and
an ex-service man has a disability
now, which, however, may later de-
The Princeton union., 1922-08-24
FEATURES AT STATE FAIR.
Record Breaking Crowds Anticipated;
Big Educational Program.

Record Breaking Crowds Anticipated ;
Big Educational Program.
Such unusual interest is being
shown in the Minnesota State Fair,
Sept. 2 to 9, that every attendance
record ever established by the worlds
greatest exposition is expected to be
broken. Good crops, a wonderful
hard-surfaced highway system, an un-
precedented round trip railroad rate of
fare and a third for fair week, and
crowded departments of every side,
will make new record for attendance
possible, in the opinion of fair Of
ficials.
The combined exhibit of all the
state departments, showing visitors
how the states taxes are spent, will
be an extraordinary feature of the
educational program This exhibit is
to occupy more than 10000 square
feet of space in an entire building on
Machinery hill.
The very cream Of all the livestock
Of America will be at the fair. The
great cattle barn, known as the big
gest structure of it's kind in the world,
will be crowded to overflowing with
beef and dairy cattle. A gigantic ma
chinery show, twice as large as the
next biggest machinery show of 1922
in the world, will be only one of a
host of big educational features.