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THE BARRE DAILY TIMES, BARRE, VT., MONDAY, ; DE(KMUJK 12, 1921. .CHPISTMAS SUGGESTIONS iwimn nifin in iiirnntfi ni iiiihimhm m m i H- 1 -arT1 Windsor Chairs. Wicker Chairs Can you think of anything more suitable, as a Gift for Mother or Father, than one of these beautiful Windsor Chairs; or a comfortable Wicker Rocker? Smoker Stands Sawing Cabinets Any man, that Smokes', would be pleased with a Smoker Stand ; and any lady, a Sewing Cabinet. Table Lamps - Boudoir Lamps A beautiful Gift for the home; a Table Lamp. For Sister or Sweetheart, a present that is always a re minder, a Boudoir Lamp. Office Desks ' Ladies' Desks Does he need a business Desk for home work; or does she want a beautiful Mahogany Desk to take care of her writing materials ? We have them both. Floor Lamps, Baskets, Telephdne Stands Candle Sticks Book Ends China Closets Buffets Dining Tables Toys Toys B.W.Hooker&Co. UNDERTAKERS BEST UP-TO-DATE MOTOR AMBULANCE EEBVICI City rates a harac-driran ambulance dlstanca call at raaaaaaMa term. Taitphan IT-W. i Always the First to Give the Public What It Waatt TALK OF THE TOWN fair, Howland " x t r i r eit Clippers Arc Sure of a Warm Welcome on Christ- : , mas Morning How do you suppose the youngsters would like to find the perky ears of Peter Rabbit Slippers or the cuffs of Puss-in-Boots Slip- . pers on which funny animals are printed in colors peeking out of their stockings on Christ- mas morning? You don't have to suppose; you know they would have them on and be romping about before you could say "Jack Robinson." Mother would like Felt Slippers too, just as much as the children, nice warm ones to slip on first thing in the morning. They come in several attractive styles, ribbon trimmed and with pom-poms. Give the boys a pair of Northland Skiis, ' $1.50 to $8.00. Rogers' Walk-Over Boot Shop MOTHER! r0mX I'm Hungry i When tne kiddies come in from school hungry, j our Bread, with jam, just hits the spot They want j our bread because it states so good. 2 16-oz. Raspberry, Strawberry, Jineapple Jam. .40c cn i t rrnvmiv Everybody wants to save money and it's worth while to save it on Soap. Bell's Laundry Soap, 7 cakes for .23c Export Borax Soap, 7 cakes for ; 25c Lenox Soap, 6 cakes for 25c Flotilla Bath Soap, 4 cakes . . 25c ! Polar White Toilet Soap, 6 cakes for 25c ! Beach Soap Products, SGc package for 25c The package contains 1 White Naphtha Soap, 1 j World Powder, 1 Soap Flakes, 1 World Soaps. j The W. D. Smith Company, Inc. Ye oldo riymouth nan, ucc. in. adv. Be sure to see little Miss Oanton dance at the Maccabees fair. adv Miss Grace Newman of Albany, N. Y., was a week-end visitor in Barre. Willys Venable has returned to the city for a short stay during the holi days. Discriminating smokers prefer a Sculptor cigar. Manufactured by Wes ley. Hoffman. Tel. 007-W. ack. E. 0. Brown of Forsyth place lias taken up work in the office of the E. C. Glysscm Co. stonoshed on Mill street. Dr. L. If. Crabtree left Barre for New York Citv Saturday night on a business trip. lie will return to Barre Wednesday. Hear the Hopkins family at the Elks' charity concert and dance, How land, hall, Tuesday eveninir, Deo. 13. Carroll's orchestra. adv. Frank Turner of 150 South Main street has returned to his home from Hartford, Conn., after .passing a cou ple of weeks with his daughter.. E. A. Drown, the well-known drug gist, has a special proposition for any one who is suffering with rheumatism. Ask about the Rheurna plan. adv. Mrs, Amelia Masl of 67 South Main street, who has been at the Barre hos pital for treatment, has been taken back to her home and is reported on the gain. Ladies' night, the first of' the winter season, will be held at the Vincitia club Friday night. A mitiical program ia being arranged. Dancing will fol low a luncheon and Carroll's orchestra will play. Hoar the beautiful Christmas story in song bv the Montpelier seminary chorus of 40 voices. Carols of merrie England, mediaeval Germany, Bohemia and France will be sung in great num bers. Adults, 2")c; children, I3e. To night, 7:30. Iledding Methodist church, adv. . Ice on the brooks and rivers about town has by manv successive freeees become thick enough to bear a person, and last nicht the river above the Trow and Holden shops, for many veers' the favorite skating rink of Barre youth, was crowded with skat ers. Considerable complaint is being made bv autoists of broken class in the eutters of many of the back and side streets. The streets leading from North Main to Summer are pointed out par ticularlv. Bottles are toea into tne gutters after their contents have been consumed (never before) and gradu ally covered with snow. A wagon wheel soon crushes tnem ana eveniuany comes Mr. Motorist and parks his car in the gutter, but soon find it is rest ing in an ocean of broken glass. Montpelier Jodie of Elks, No. Oii, will hold a charity concert and dance in Howland hall, Barre, Tuesday v nine. Dec. 13. Carroll's orchewta. Fro ceeds for the poor in Barre and Mont pelier A mas eve. Dancing, $i; con cert, 2.)C. Program as follows: The Hopkins family with the latest songs and hits. "Sallv, Wont You tome Back," "Love Me," Tucky Home," 'Biminl Bay" and Tl-o-San." The Hopkins family consist of seven mem ber playing several instruments. (Con cert also includes Charles Gibbons, Dr. Meagher and Signor Cappio). Prof. L Koy, dancing master from Burlington, and ht assistant will enteiUin u and also assist the public, in the latest step. adv. ) j Barre automobiles are becoming un bearably and dangerously Independent Twice -within three data have auto mobile been seen to start away with out even waiting for their driver. Sat urday night a machine was parked in a driveway off Summer street. The driv er left the engine running while he went into the house on a business call and imagine his surprise when he came out to find the machine had disap peared. A woman in a nearby house pointed it out to him, 200 yards away on the other side of Summer street. Without any apparent reason the ma chine had suddenly started to back out of tha driveway and had crossed Sum mer street, stopping only at the bid ding of a telephone post. It was only moving slowly and therrfore was not damatffd. The driver could not explain tlie Jiitic Then this morning a chauf feur on North Main street spun over his engine and then turned to speak to a man who- hsd called him from a nearby store. The machine very cour teously waited until the driver was out of the way and then lyly tarted to neak away. The driver turned and caught tho miscreant. The only moral in these two instances would seem to. be that the emergency brake on an j automobile was put on to be used and not for a decoration. TALK OF THE TOWN TALK Of THE TOWN I When you think of .smoking, think or a ocuiptor. adv, Donald Yett of Burlington was a business visitor in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. William J. IIakins of Burlington were week-end visitors in Barre. John Tenier and brother, Alfred, of Lebanon, N. H., were week-end vis itors in the city. George McLeilan of Elm street haa left for Orange Center, where he has found employment. . i You will surely want to -hear Mrs. Will Holden and George Stewart at the Maccabees fair.--adv. Mrs. Will Holden and George Stew art will sing a duet at ye olde Plym- uui lair uec, io, aav. Regular meeting of Ruth chapter, No. 33, O. E. 8., Wednesday evening, Dec. 14, at 7:30 o'clock. Table runners, pillow cases, boudoir I ln purchasing your t caps, other fancy articles. Mrs. Mc-' d011' frSet tlie hoppita Leod, 107 Seminary street. adv. be found at the followii Christmas gifts, all kinds aprons and faneywork, home-cooked food and can dy will be on sale, Maccabee fair. ad. Attend the Elk charity concert and dance, Howland hall, Barre, Tuesday evening, Dec. 13. Carroll's, orchestra. Proceeds for the poor. adv. Ask your dealer for "St. A. Spe cials," mild fragrant cigars. Quality uniformly excellent. Union made by Raymond Guyette, mfr., St. Albans, Vt. adv. ; Miss Mary Stuart of Toronto, Can ada, is visiting friends in this city. Mis Stuart was formerly of Barre, but left with her mother and 'Sisters this summer for Toronto to live. ' Attorney A. G. Fav is moving from tha offices of the late R. A. Hoar in the Howland block to the, offices in the same building vacated by Judge E. L, Scott, who, in turn, is moving to the quarters of Attorney Fay and who will occupy them in conjunction with the J. K. Pirie estate. Attorney Fay'a of fices are Nos, 21 and 22 and are just back of his former location. Furio Abiatti, who played at guard on the 1021 Spauldiug football team, haa been chosen captain of the lt22 eleven by the lettermcn. Abiatti is one of the crack members of the football fraternity at the achooKand played a steady, even game this year. Letters were awarded to 13 players and Man ager Scavers of the team. Erlckson and Eager were the substitutes to re ceive the coveted "S." BETHEL Dr. Leroy A. Havey of Bridgeport, Conn., came yesterday to visit hia parents, Mr, and Mrs. Austin Havey. Miss Bernice Rogers waa married in Northampton, Mas, Nov. 27 to Clar ence Barrett, who is known by several people here. The bride ia a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. C, Rogers and lived here until the family moved to Northampton, a few yeara ago. She ia a graduate of Whitcomb high school and waa prominent in social circles when here. The high school basketball team waa defeated in ita first game of the sea eon Friday evening. The game was at White River Junction and the score was Hartford high school school 30, high school girls' defeated H. H. S. Whitcomb high school 15. At the same time and place the Wbitcanib, irirlB team U to 3. loach Miner be-1 lievea both teams will make a good rec cord thia season. . The Community club, organ iz'etl fd promote amusement of good quality at low prices, gave its first movie ex- j hi bit ion at the Bascora theatre Satur-! day evening. The house was packed , with apparently well-pleased patron. ' Mr. F. O. Brown, with her daughter. I Muriel, ia visiting her mother at Dewey'a Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Willi C. Whittakef, and their daughter, Glenna, are vot ing at the home of Ralph C. Marsh In Wakefield, Mass. Mrs. John Hinkley suffered a para lytic shock Saturday, one side being affected,, and was taken to the sana torium, where- she wa more comfort able yesterday. Mrs. Mary Root's case of grip haa developed pneumonia and . she was taken to Dr. Greene" sanatorium yesterday for treatment. Miss Geneva Jebb is learning the telephone business at tne local ex change. Misa Hazel Davenport has returned home from Biookfleld, where she worked three week. ledv has been confined to her bed for several , davs by a hard cold. ! Dr. L. II. Crabtree will not be in bis offieo Monday, Tuesday and Wednos- day of this week. adv. ; The greatest event of the season will , be y olde Plymouth fair, given by the Maccabees Dec- 15. adv. ' j A colonfal pageant will be given by the students of Spaulding school at ye olde Plymouth fair Dec. 15. adv. . Regular meeting of Bright Star Re-; bekah lodge Tuesday evening at 7 : 30. j Initiation. Nomination of officers. Sup- per served at 0 o'clock. . ' The "Little Workers" girls of the ! M. E. church met with their teacher,) Mrs. Henry Holt, 133 Washington; street, Saturday afternoon and had a very enjoyable time. In purchasing your Christmas gifts ! ai cook uqok to ing stores: Mrs. I Shepard Co., K. Maerea, Tilden Shoe! store and Miss Gall's Specialty Shop. A new private fire alarm box has ! been installed in front o( the office of Cook, Watkins & Co. The cost of the, Installation of the box wan cared for by Cook, Watkins A Co.. the Barre Gas Co., and several other firms in the vi- clnity. The box is numbered 131 and the' fire department urges all eallmen to take notice of this addition to the list of boxes. Other new boxes recently ! installed and to which the attention of eallmen is alw directed are box 112 atj the Presbrey-Leland company and dox 121 at Goddard seminary. The inauguration of moving pictures In church services in Barre, which was held at the Universalist church last night was a splendid wuccess. Over 250 people crowded into the church. The pastor, Rev. Frank O. Hokcrk, gave an enlightening talk on "The Church and the Motion Picture,", and he quoted several eminent divines on the subject of the combination of the two. Miss Betty Brown sang, "The Ninety and Nine," and R. L. Davison presided over the meeting. Word haa been received in Barre that Norman Gordon of thia city wae awarded his varsity letter as a mem ber of the Dartmouth collego football team. Gordon was one of the 27 out of a large squad who received the letter. A freshman letter was awarded to Winston Brown, also of Barre, who starred on the '25 eleven this year. Both young men are very popular here and their work with the Green teams this season 'has been followed with keen and widespread interest. "Dress Up for Chrisf mas' This Week at Adams Company Gift shopping, of course every day more and more shoppers come to Adams Company where the "Great Bright Way" to Christmas runs the whole length of the store but this is a week during which we shall devote particular attention to ew values in women's and misses wearing apparel. " Special Purchase Just 50 of These Women's Velour Dresses at $19.75 Less Than Original Wholesale Cost! A manufacturer, the maker, of our finest Dresses, now working on Spring models, had just fifty Dress es left. To clean out his Winter stock he accepted our offer. You may share the benefits. The styles we have previously had in our better dress section for much more money. Colors are Brown, Taupe, Navy and Black; sizes 34 to 46. You'll enjoy an inspection of these Dresses, they are so well chosen, so "different" and you'll be sur prised, too, at this very attractive price. Toy Town It's a veritable fairyland of joy for the youngsters. A miniature amusement re sort Merry - go - rounds, Ferri3 Wheels, Dancers, etc. A wonderful display of Electrical Trains ; a com plete Doll Village, with Real Houses j Trolleys passing along the streets, a Hump-' ty Dumpty Circus; lots of Funny Animals that laugh and blink their eyes. The place where wise grown ups come to solve "knotty" problems about good little children and such, solu tions ! Many of them are sure to help you. ADAMS COMPANY Barre, Vt. Syndicate of Successful Stores WEBSTERVILLE Engineers, notice! Regular meeting f will be held in Gilberts hall Monday,! Dec. 12, at 7 p' m. Important busi ness. .. ' .. , .a--: Till 1--a.-iTa i i. mail 1 T" i iaaa i An isiiaa'ii n n n " ' ' " BRIGHT, HAPPY HOMES ALL OVER Have , Beautiful Right bera in town we ar selling tha prettieat and moat pwetical, low-priced floor coverings on tha market You will be especially pleaaed with tha unusual beauty of the Congoleum Art-Rug patterns. This ia a new Ln altogether in ad dition to tha regular deaigna. All Over The House All. Congoleum Rugs are beautiful both in deaign and coloring. They are wonderfully practical, being washable, waterproof and sanitary. They never gather dirt under them, because they lia flat with oat tack ing. Even romping child can not "kick up" the edges. A. W. Badger & Co. Appropriate Gifts fbR Everybody Carl of Thanks. We w ish to thank all those who as sisted us in our recent bereavement. Mrs. Norman MaeAuley and family. Special convocation of Gran ite chauter. No. 26. B. A. M, It,i,..v IW 1.1. at 7 D. m. Work, J. A. degree. Refresh- mcnte. i'er order fc. lu v. lit BerT council, No. 401, K. of C! All mem ber who possibly can participate in Marshal Foch celebration to be held in Brattleboro on Tnesdsy morning, Dec, 13, will take the 11:21 m. trsin Dee. 12 at Barre. Round trip, 3. I'er order John B. Keller , K. lAffilllMM aoikte Home .1 Special communication of Granite Wire, No. 3j, F. k A. M.. Monday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p. m. Work. M. M. de (rrre. IVr order W. M. Re fre'nments will be served and we will be addressed by a speaker firm out of town on severs! features of the government under which we live. A large attendance ia desired. Notice. A rejru'ar business meet-! V? Injf f Iroquois tribe, No. ,f 1. will be held in Clan I j'Pc 1)1 hall. Bolster block, Tues-i day. Dee. 13, at 7 p. m ' prompt. Businew, nomina-1 tin of chief. As the tribe are to hare) as their rueta that evening the Sioui ; tribe. No. 23, of Montpelier and TVu- j chowa tribe, Nv Kat Barre, It is! to be hoped that every member whoj po.b!y ran will be prf nt. torn and. veniM ill be erved. Ter rder Aayiis McDonald, clan f of records. Do you know the joy that a woman feels in having her home immaculate? For Christmas give her the joy of a homewhere rugs and carpets will be clean and attractive. It can be done if you give her a EUREKA ELECTRIC VACUUM "Gets the dirt not the carpet" . $5.00 down With a full set of attachments free is our special Christmas offer. An ideal gift for tne woman who loves a clean home. THIS OFFER EXPIRES DECEMBER 24. PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW Telephone Montpelier 321 or Barre 21 6-R t Montpelier & Barre Light & Power Co. Fountain Pens Sheaffer, Waterman, Moore's Conklin and $2.50 to $20.00 Stationery Highland Linen and Crane's ; Linen Lawn Paper, in Fancy Boxas." Kodaks We have a complete line from $6.50 to $65.00 Chocolates Toss, also Page' & Shaw, in Fancy Christmas boxes, 1 to 5 !b. boxes. Cigars All the popular brands at our Cigar counter in 25 and 50 boxes, - $1.75 to $7.50 Toilet Goods Everything that the lady could de sire in Soaps, Perfumes and Toilet Water. SHOP EARLY and With Us Drown s Drug Store 48 North Main Street CLEANER Monday Special Presto Hand Soap, large can, best quality, regular price, 2 for 25c, special to-day, 3 cans for 25c Good Values Pure Cocoa, bulk, per lb 10c 5 packages of Currants, cash and carry $1.00 ; 3 cans of Loganberries, cash and carry . . . . . .$1.00 3 cans of Red Raspberries, cash and carry. . . .$1.00 ! 2 pkgs. Raspberry Pie Fruit, cash and carry . .25c k 3 None-Such Mincemeat, cash and carry 50c 4 cans of Blueberries, cash and carry $1.00 ' 5 pkgs. Full-weight Seedd Raisins, cash and car ry, for ...$1.00 HEAVY COTTON FLOUR SACKS We have a limited number of one-half bbl. Cotton Plour Sacks, each. 10c; 3 for 25c THE F. D. LADD CO.