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THE BURLfNuTUJV FREE PRESS AND TIMES: THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1918? E. E. CLARKSON CO. 'If it was not possible to get a Buteerick's Pattern some rmnnlo PoniHn'f. mo their TONIGHTS THE NIGHT OF BIG MINSTREL SHOW IN AID OF RED CROSS own dresses or waist and many other garments and you say how is that? The answer is, ineir mumeis anu even Kxaiiuiuwiers naa always used thern in preference to anv and it was peneuuy iiaumai mi, ntcv tuu, wnu were zo ioiiow should use Butterick s.

Your Government Asks You to Wear Low Shoes In order to conserve the leather needed by our boys "over there," who are fighting for you. Up-to-the-Minufe Styles In all the best leathers, made on the newest lasts by manufacturers known the world over for the quality of their footwear. Just received another invoice of 54 inch Women's Low Shoes i Men's Low Shoes Wool Jersey Cloths 3.98 4.25 $3.50 Up Up Colors White This is get busy week. Everything bought here this week counts double in the conservation campaign. room dancing specialty by Miss Caro KIngrsland and C.

E. Robinson. COL. H. MIMMS.

PROTEAN ARTIST. A character study reminiscent of the old London Music Halls. A clever travesty on Woman's Suffrage, entitled "The Night Before Election for Mayor of Burlington in the Year 2000 A. Scene: Office of Mayoralty Candidate. Place: Burlington, Vt.

Time: 2000 A. D. CAST. Evelyn Templeton, Lady Lawyer, Candidate for Major Tom Weaver Honorah Riley, Political Boss, Roy Lamson Clarence Riley, the Boss Charming Son, G. X.

Carow Reginald Remington, the Wronged Man, Leo T. Ryan A character delineation by Miss Caro Kingsland. Have vou ever bought an arti lanchard Co. Lewis cle at a store and then discovered that yuor neighbor or your friend had bought the same article at the same store for a lower price, by Successor to Mosley Bigelow. 88 Church St.

chaffering and bargaining? Isn't it annoying? And doesn't it make you feel that you cannot place- confidence in a store that has two prices one for "easy" customers and the other for "hard ones? Tou run no risk of anything of The Red Cross minstrel show, which the Ethan Allen club, St. John the Baptist society. Knights of Columbus, United Commercial Travelers and B. P. O.

Elks will present to-night, Friday and Saturday night for the benefit of the Red Cross is now ready for presentation. The final rehearsal was held last night, but it was only necessary to round out a few corners and to give the final instructions both to the singers and the orchestra particularly as regards the costuming. The seat sale has been big, but there are still some good seats left, a report to the contrary notwithstanding. Again the public is informed that every ticket sold now is a full dollar for the Red Cross, and it is hoped every last remaining seat in the house will be taken. No similar affair lias ever been so well supported or has been so popular with the public In the history of the city as this one, and the members of the various organizations have worked hard.

Individually and collectively, to make the engagement a success, and they should meet with the individual support of our entire citizenship for their good work. Xo organization is deserving of the support which the Red Cross is. Everyone knows the character of their activities, and it will be very gratifying not only to the organizations themselves, but to our government, and should be gratifying to our entire community to have every available space in The Strong theatre filled. The program follows In full: The Ethan Allen club. St.

John the Baptist society. Knights of Columbus, United Commercial Travelers and B. P. O. Elks.

Present. "HURRAH BOYS" A novelty "MIXSTREL SHOW" For the Benefit of the RED CROSS, Strong Theatre, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 0-10-11, 1918. (Direction of Miller ffe Draper, 1476 Broadway, Xew York City.) PROGRAM. CITY NEWS that sort at this store. Our goods are all marked in plain figures and This is the same best quality that we know retails for 4.50 to $5.00 a yard in New York and Boston.

"Trade at home" and buy from us, thus saving- money and help keep the "home fires is worthy of you. A suit of this nice material, a separate skirt or even a sleeveless jacket are very smart and mighty comfortable too. We carry all of the wanted fashionable shades. 5 yards for a suit, 2y2 yards for a skirt, l1 for the sleeveless jacket. Please note that these are the very best quality.

everyone gets the earn eprice. A child can buy here assafely and as satisfactorily as its parents. We maintain the very highest standard of quality throughout our stocks. We do not handle any mer Hobart J. Shanley Go.

Inc. A Way to Speed Up Your Business Brighten up your store and increase your sales with the use of SIGNS AND SHOW CARDS chandise that we cannot honestly recommend. Yet our prices are fair, The Ligue des Patriots Franco-American will meet Friday instead of" Thursday this week. Mr. and Mrs.

II. L. Shover are parents of a son, Donald Harris, born at the Mary Fletcher hospital Monday morning. The rummage sale to be conducted by the ladies of St. Paul's Church on Saturday and Monday will be held at the former Perkins store on Main street.

A farewell party was ffiven In the Hibernian parlors Tuesday evening- to and evry customer gets the same low Intermission Eight ACT II. THE RED CROSS MINSTREL SHOW. Overture, Medley By the company "Sailing Away on the Henry Clay," Clint Draper "Honey If Tou Only Knew," Fred P. Mitchell "Prohibition Blues" Don Lunt "Sons of America" Harry Gallup "Maggie Dooley" Tom Weaver "Somewhere in France," Frederick M. Bell "The Wild, Wild Leo T.

Ryan "A Simple Melody" Elmer Killary Assisted by the Red Cross Quartet. "Down South Everybody's Happy," James O. Beckwith Grand Patriotic Finale. price. Shop at this fair and square store where ONE-PRICE is not merely a matter of talk but a matter of fact! And send for samples of any thing you have in mind providing you can not come, but please be Miss Laura Carroll, who leaves Saturday weights, hundred Bristol 5 $4.45 per specific.

E. K. Clarkjion No. 2 $2.45 to sheets. for Hartford, where she will reside.

Miss Carroll was presented with luncheon set by her friends. In spite of the exodus of a good part of Burlington's population to foreign battle fields the city is not in immediate danger of depopulation. This fact is proven by the fact that last week one And the JERSEY SILK that is absolutely the best in the United States is the celebrated La Jerz, which is a woven jersey and not a knit one, thus it will hang in the make-up as perfectly as any woven silk. Colors in stock are turquoise, tan, new rose, white, black, we expect several others very soon. local dealer sold three twin baby car-j riages.

According to the dealer such a Rogers Thompson's (RiTJ ceSSStA fesh demand has never before occurred during his many years in business. Miss Esther Bralnerd was given a. surprise party by about 25 friends, members of the Christian Endeavor society of the First Church, last evening in the parish house. The party was a eom- 1 Rnrnrftst fr i r- A e- Atlantic Blank 4 thicknesses, $2.85 to $5.70 per hundred sheets. Railroad Blank 16 different shades, $7.50 per hundred sheets.

Melton Mounts 12 different shades, $6.75 per hundred sheets. Society Pasted i 1 White only, $5.40 to $9.00 per hundred sheets. Superfine Index Bristol 4 shades and 4 weights, $3.00 to $6.00 per hundred sheets. All in size 22Vx28V. Every, yard is perfect in weave and color, because it's the genuine.

THE SONGS OF OUR WARS. (Solo Parts by Percy Cooley and William J. Cota.) "Yankee Doodle" First sung by the British in derision of our Minute Men on account of their uncouth appearance, but afterwards used as the war song of the Y'ankees. "Maryland, My Maryland" One of the prettiest and most popular of the southern war songs. "The Girl I Left Behind Me" Most popular of all the marching war songs of 1860-64 among the northern soldiers.

"A Hot Time" The song of the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars. "Dixie" The stirring song of the Sunny South, now taken to the hearts of all loyal Americans, typifying the unification of our country under one flag the Stars and Stripes. "Over There" Up to the present time the one song of the American troops in the present war, played by the regimental bands. Assisted by Stanley Wilson. Frank Broadbent, Dorothy W.

Palmer, Bessie E. Warren, George W. Grandy, Zene Ellis and a detachment of soldiers from the Post nnfl the Kini i i 1 i' jijri tin I served and at its conclusion a purse of I gold was presented Miss Brainerd. The Introducing Tom W. Gurney as interlocutor.

COMEDIANS. James O. Beckwith C. Durrell Simonds Leo T. Ryan Tom Weaver Don Lunt H.

K. Leatherman F. C. DeMarco H. A.

Durfee Harry Bacon Clint Draper. BALLADISTS. Frederick M. Bell Elmer Killary Fred P. Mitchell Harry Gallup Percy Cooley.

and The Red Cross Quartette, William J. Cota Frederick M. Bell, George E. Little Elmer Killary. CHIRPIXG CONTINGENCY'.

Miss I. M. Young, Mrs. F. L.

Pine, Mis. J. E. Traill, B. W.

McDonough, Georgia Devine, Bertha Taylor, Sabra Gould. Francis Smith, Constance Parker, Marie McMahon, Julia Morgan. Mildred La-moureux, Catherine Harrington, Ardelle Towne. Mabel Southwick, Estaleen Beck, with, Paulita Delany, Howard Todd. E.

gPR tul BRIDE or mm remainder of the evening was spent in a social time. The party was given in view of Miss Brainerd's approaching wedding. The annual meeting of the Woman's Union of the Baptist Church was held In the church vestry last evening. The report of the treasurer showed that $1,873.93 had been raised during the last Lay in a stock now. The price is steadily advancing.

year. The officers elected were: Presi-i dent, Mrs. W. A. Davison; first vlce-i president, Mrs.

A. B. Simonds; second vice-president, Mrs. C. G.

Crane; third vice-president. Miss Leonora Col asonic Temple J'5'" Corps. You cannot blame us for being specially solicitous of the coming young lady bride. It may not be the "June Bride" for it may be May or July, but to all young ladies and their people we address ourselves with reference to the correct materials for such an occasion. Bridal satins and silks in various qualities from $1.75 yard to $5.00 a yard.

'Phone 96. No. 5 Church St. and "WE WON'T COME BACK TILL IT'S OVER OVER THERE" "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER." The audience is requested to remain in their seats until the closing number of the finale. Little W.

J. Cota, Floyd L. North, Charles H. Jones, N. J.

St. Pierre, C. K. Patrick, J. H.

Mimms, Dion Beckwith. E. O. Gravel, A. J.

Gravel, A. A. Rousseau, D. O. Smith, A.

L. Lavery, L. A. White, G. N.

Caron, Armond J. Chaperon, J. E. Traill, Roy E. Lamson.

G. Frederick Jones. Augmented orchestra under the leadership of Arthur Brown. Harry Miller Director. Wellington piano used on stage gratuitously loaned by Bailey's Music rooms.

lins; secretary. Miss Adella Orton; treasurer, Mrs. Etta Fuller. The annual meeting of the Fanny Allen Hospital Graduate Xurses' association was held at the hospital at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance and the following officers were elected: President, Mrs.

A. L. Meunier; vice-president, Georgianna AT OUR FOUNTAIN Tou are assured pure fruit syrups, fresh fruits and the highest grade of ice cream. Sanitary cups always. urcfc Young's Pharmacy Erno; secretary, Mary Murrin; treasurer.

Sister Collins. A committee was appointed, Mrs. Rawlor chairman, to find out the needs of the Fanny Allen hospital nurses abroad and to send neces For the Going Away Dress Not of less importance we have the right fabrics in the HAT. correct colors, priced at a real saving to you, from the fact we bought ours last year for this, and the difference is from 33 to 50 per cent. All of the accessories are shown in the department on the 1st floor.

One is as essential as the other and both are necessary. TO OUR FRIENDS: We extend our thanks to the patrons of this minstrel and to the business men of this city whose liberal support made the advertising a splendid success, also to all who have taken part and done their To the Sherman Band and the olOth Cavalry Band for their services- to the soldiers of the Fort, and the Signal Corps for their assistance, and to the Burlington Traction company. We have tried hard to please vou. and in turn, will appreciate your efforts in telling your friends that the Red Orr. Minstrel of Mis is the biggest, brightest and best minstrel show ever given here.

thank you. THE RED CROSS BENEFIT COMMITTEE. For all occasions. Mrs. S.

E. Browne HURRAH BOYS. ACT I. Scene in Ethan Allen club, rehearsing for the Red Cross minstrel show. Incidental to this act Floyd L.

North will sing "Hail! Hail! the Gang's All G. M. Carow will sing "Lilly of the H. K. Leatherman will sing "The Strutter's George E.

Little, assisted by Mrs. J. E. Traill as the "Xurse." will sing "I Don't Want to Get Well," and Miss I. M.

Y'oung will sing "When the Boys Come Home" and "The Long Trail." Parts are taken by members of the company "Ad. Lib." This act also introduced a clever ball i3 Church Street. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF STOPS PAIN For Rheumatic Uuscular or Neuralgic Pain Pour a quantity of Radway's Ready Relief in ths hollow of your band and rub over the part of the body affected. The rabbins: distributes the fluid, opens the pores of the skin, starts the circulation of the blood and soothes the patient. sary supplies, also to present a service iiag to the hospital.

Paul K. Whitaker of the Signal Corps gave three-minute speeches at the Majestic and Orpheum theatres last evening telling about the Signal Corps dance to be given Friday evening for the benefit of the baseball team. Mr. Whitaker told about the athletics which have Just been introduced at the Signal Corps and said the men hoped that the people of Burlington would show a lively interest in them. He concluded by Inviting all of the people to attend the dance and thus show their Interest in the baseball team which will play an interesting schedule at Centennial Field this sea- I son.

About couples attended the dance of the Patriotic League given at the Xew Sherwood Hotel last evening. Manager Steele gave the league the use of the main dining hall and parlors for the dance and also furnished the orchestra, which played from 8:30 to 12. The committee in charge of the dance was Miss Genevieve Lessor, Miss Zorinne Daigle, Miss Ella Somerville, Miss Cora Montgomery and-Miss Millicent Scott. Much of the success of the dance was due to their untiring work. The hall was decorated with the flags of the allies.

After the bills of the dance have been paid the committee believes that there will be about $60 to present to the Oak Ledge camp. BRIDPORT Mrs. Bruce Allard is- carina for he-sister, Mrs. Arthur Jabot. C.

J. Barbour is able to be about the house after being ill for five weeks with pneumonia. Miss Anna Waldron returned to her home in Addison Monday. F. W.

Fletcher is able to be out again. Mrs. Frank Allard passed Friday and Saturday with her daughter, Mrs. Jabot, who is ill. Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Briggs were week-end visitors in Shoreham. News has been received that Willie Vanderhoof is Regrets Are Hard To Digest Are they not? When the thermometer registered officially 83 and in some places 85 Tuesday how many thousand ladies in and out of Burlington said "here I am caught again, hot weather here and I haven't done one single thing about getting my material for a summer dress or waist." Thank Heaven it's not to late, but will you continue to "put it off" or will you make the best of your opportunity now Our Great Wash Goods Stock has been at your disposal for three months. We've talked it. We've advertised it and we have displayed them so much that we hesitate some days to broach the subject again.

Now we have the weather man with us, and if he can get you started. He's a better man than we are to some of you. adway's 25o 50c eady 11 eSiaf STOWE. High Alumni to le Banquet Money for War Savings Stamp A change in the usual program of the annual Stowe High School Alumni association reunion will be made this year, when the banquet will be omitted and the price plate will be invested in war savings stamps or Liberty bonds. The initiation of new members, election of officers, general business and awarding of prizes to students who have made greatest improvement during the course will be carried out as usual.

C. L. McMahon has sold for Frank X. Morse his farm on the Barrows road to Rufus H. Talbott and Halsey L.

Call of Moscow, possession to be given immediately Mr. Morse will move to Waterbury, where he has recently purchased the farm of his father, W. A. Morse. The moving picture entertainment given at Hotel hall for the benefit of the Red Cross Tuesday evening netted about $12.

Mrs. Angus Douglass, who is stopping with friends in Moretown, passed last week in Stowe. Mr. Douglass, who has employment in a barber shop In Burlington, joined Mrs. Douglass for over Sunday.

The condition 70 veers AT ALL, Druggists II tried and true TAKEN INTERNALLY (minted In water) TOH THE RELIEF of stomach and bowel pains, nervous chills, indigestion, faiot-neis, diarrhoea, cramps in bovrels, RADWAY 20S Centre New York GRANVILLE. Elwin Shirley has finished work for ths American Realty company and returned home. N. D. Rice of Roxbury was an over Sunday guest of D.

X. Rice and family. Mr. and Mrs. II.

H. Hubbard and Mr. Hubbard's mother, Mrs. H. c.

Hubbard, are visiting in Binghamton, X. this week. Dan Dragon has moved his family into part of Royal Smith's house. George Caswell has moved back to Hancock. George Caswell has soid his farm, known as the Goodyear farm, to E.

P. Bostwick. Mrs. Mabel Lawrence has gone to Ludlow to keep house for her brother, George Wilson. Charles 36 inch "Manilla Cloth" Palm Beach Cloth 50c aists of George S.

Marshall, who has been 1 umraer Lawrence was at home over Sundav The best quality made bv any mill. from Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. H.

E. Ford visited, in Randolph and East Randolph Saturday and Sunday. are inferior qualities that are Al Lowest Prices nriced less, but in the lon run are dearer. Is a plain solid colored mercerized sport wash material that is to the wash goods what the Shantung silk is to the silks. For outdoor wear, the best of any make we know of and exclusively shown by us.

Colors, green, Copenhagen blue, navy, tan, greys, gun metal, pongee shade, white, black. Fast in color, soft in finish. For We can show you every lashionable color, such as Cooenhaeren. new rosp. tan.

crrev. 7 7 LJ 7 'lavender, ngnt Diue, pink, reseda green, CARLOTTE William Melrose of Hartford. is at his summer home here. Mrs. Ethel Atwood and daughter of Middlebury are visiting relatives in town.

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Norris of Lincoln are moving into Floyd Foote's tenement at East Charlotte. Holland blue, navy, pongee, white, black. All last colors.

suit, dress and separate skirt. Promenade Plain Colored Voiles inch 39c ELKAY'S STRAAV HAT CLEAXKR Old straw hats made to look like new. We also have Elkay's straw hat dye colors old and new straw hats, leather, wood, etc. Any one can use it. At O'SulIivan's store, that saves you from 10 to 50 per cent.

on drugs and prescriptions, 30 Church street. fadv.) Full range of street and evening colors. Black and white. This is the round thread voile ill with sciatica for several weeks, is somewhat more comfortable, but he is still confined to his bed. The remains of Miss Bertha Shepard, who died Tuesday at a hospital in Burlington after an operation for appendicitis, were brought here Wednesday and the funeral will be held at the Congregational Church at two o'clock this afternoon.

Miss Shepard, who was about IS years of age, was the oldest child of Leon and Bessie Hoisington Shepard and passed her life in Stowe, with the exception of the last year, during which Mr. and Mrs. Shepard and family have lived in Waterbury. Besides her parents, she leaves seven younger brothers and sisters. She attended the Stowe high school and graded schools and was a member of the Congregational Sunday school while a resident of Stowe.

News was received Tuesday of the death of William Henry Harrison Moultori at the home of his son, Fred W. Moulton. in Osage. Iowa, after a long period of failing health. Mr.

Moulton was about 78 years of age. He passed the greater part of his life in Stowe and vicinity. He married Miss Helen Beadsley in Malone, N. in 1862. They remained in Malone about 18 years and then returned to Stowe, where Mr.

Moulton carried on a successful harness business for many years. In November, 131L on account of Mr. Moulton's failing health, they went to reside with their son and family, in Minneapolis, and accompanied them to Osage last fall. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in Minneapolis in March, 1912. Besides his wife and eon, Mr.

Moulton leaves one granddaughter. While a resident of Stowe Mr. that won muss and hangs in the making, superior to all others, bast in color. Just opening an entire new line of summer waists in both cotton and silks, neat and pretty in tailored and trimmed effects. To-day you cannot buy the fabric alone, to say nothing of the trimmings and making at the price we are asking for these waists.

Better come in and see these wonderful values. WHITE VOILE WAISTS, dainty fabrics, a11 sizes $2.98 TUB SILK WAISTS in CO QQ CQ Kfl white and stripes $ZiU0 $JiUU GEORGETTE BLOUSES, colors, white, flesh, maize and JQ QQ to OK rose gOiUU 40iZU CREPE DE CHINE BLOUSES, in white and colors $3,98 $4,98 79c 1.39 "Part Silk Foulards Beautihi! English Voiles NAPOLEON ONCE SAID "A Footsore ArmyIs An Army Half Defeated." Men in Training Camps, in Cantonments, in the Army and Navy suffer from blisters and sore spots on their feet. Every "Comfort Kit" should contain one or more boxes of Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder to shake into the shoes. It freshens the tired, aching, smarting feet and heals blisters and sore spots. The Plattsburgh Camp Manual advises men in training to make daily use of Foot-Ease.

Sold everywhere, 25c. They are handsome and the percentage of silk with the fine cotton that is mercerized before woven tends for sturdiness and good looks. I tell you what. In these days of high cost a woman can buy a dress length from one of these. Get a Butterick's pattern and get up a pretty dress at small expenditure of money.

Extra wide, 44 inch, 2 lines, superb. White grounds with colored stripes. In the $1.25 number you will see one of the most exquisite fabrics even quite impossible to describe. To all that want such we ask you to see them. oronA 1 Louis "4 Pine Co.

Moulton was a prominent member of the Tbe perooau writrns machine. See the new improvad agent. B. SBEKKAITi 104 CHUSCB ST Congregational Church and he was a patst master of "Mystic Lodge, Xo. 55.

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