The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
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There ATE two sides 20 every question
The state railroad commissioners recog
I niyc ihi. aIihnrism IN discussing the ques'
ton al clean toilet rooms m passenger
stations. and in view oi the conditions
which have existed az the local station Il
nigh, h. worth while 10 call attention 10
the attitude OF these officials, Outside
OF it, duty 10 do all in IT, power 20 ~.
sure the safety Of the travelling public,
said the commissioners recently, "a rail
road owes that public no higher duty
than cleUlincss. Passengers a. much
pay for. aud have right TO demand, neat
and pre-entablc passenger stations
1 equipped with neat, prcsentable and we'll
| kept toile, rooms a. safe and convenient
/ transportation: and a railroad violates IFS
i duty aud practices false economy II u
| ignores that fact" That l. good. sound
! common sense well put, but the other side
/ Is equally sound and equally true, a. wit.
ness an extract from the recent biennial
report OF the railroad commissioners: 1T
/ j. but lust to the railroads TO remark that
some Of the travelling public, and Others
who resort to these stations, are eNaspcr.
atingly careless. and frequently show an
utter disregard of not only neatness but
even Of the rights Of private property, for
toilet.room walls are frequently dishgurcd
and mutilated by pencil and knife, and
in some cases the fixtures are viciously
DESTROYED or crippled. The travelling pub
lie and local authorities should join with
US and the railroads IN securing a re
form of these evils, and states attorneys
and other prosecuting officers are ne.
IL. a.allK sIata .ata.N
that perpetrators of such malicious mis-.
chief may be punished"
Several people who attended the lecture
by John kendrick Bangs Wednesday eve
ming were impressed by the remarkable |
resemblance OF the humorist and DIR. Geo. |
+. Barber. Both are the posscssofs OF |
domes utterly devoid OF vegetation, but |
the similarity does not end there. There
is something about the figure and features
of the two that is very much alike. Tins
striking resemblance formed the basis OF
an amusing incident Wednesday evening.
Dr. Barber II seems occupied a seat oil
honor in the box with the speaker prev.
ious to the lecture One woman who sat
a short distance from The Meddler was
heard to remark to her friend as follows:
That must be Dr. Barbers brother sit
| wonder whether he is older or younger
{ than the doctor. 1t would be hard to tell
by the color of their hair wouldn't it,"
g \ on mean hairs don't your the friend
replied. II think they must have at least
two or three apiece"
1t may not be out of place to call the
attention of local theatre patrons TO the
fact that there will be an opportunity to
see two unusually good attractions in the
auditorium next week. Furthermore, these
attractions will precede long period of
dramatic drouth as far as this town is
Manager Fox being authority
or the statement that practically nothing
If moment in the theatrical line is booked
or the rest of the year. A Knight for a
musical show which has been very sue
,essful in Boston during the past summer,
md the company which is coming here
With one or two exceptions, is identical
With that which appeared in the fremont
heatre. The company which will present
The Thief Thursday evening is a real Froh-
Thief Thursday evening is a real Froh-
nan organization, and that is a pretty
,ood guarantee when we stop to consider
he quality of the, Frohman companies
hat have visited this town in past sea.
ons. The people in Keene, where the
ompany appeared last week, were en-
husiastic over the performance judging
" the reports in the newspapers of that
ity.
"Well, how could you improve this
said local man to his friend
he other day-one of the beautiful, brac-
lg autumn days which so many of us
ave been enjoying during the past fort
light.
I'm just one way" replied the friend,
and that is by making it rainy
There is a state law, as a few of us
now, that prohibits the use of profane
lnguage Wouldn't it be well to give
ne governor the right to suspend this
,atute for two weeks along with the
of the open deer season? A
It of hunters who have made all arrange
tents and secured the necessary supplies
" a trip into the woods next week will
E saved from SCATTERING the anti-cursing
atute in no other way.
A typhoon occurred on the japanese
,ast last week Thursday DESTROYING sew