The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-28
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.


+, Stowe his Hamilton lot on Ames
hill.
J. f. Hall will collect the funds for
sprinlIing Main street prior to the
time when the village assumed that re
sponsibility.
Rev. Clarence L. Quinn of Whitehall
\. Y, win be the officiating clergyman
at the services in St Michael 5 Episco-
pal church Sunday.
The first load Of corn received at the
Snowflake canning factory this season
was delivered there between l. arG !
O clock today by the Crystal Springs
lee company.
| \ train of empty coaches and pallor
cars Went north this morning in prepar-
alton for the expected rush of summer
/ visitors from the resorts of the north
/ back to the cities.
. The ladies aid society of the Swed-
/ ISL Congregational church viii meet at
/ the church this evening at o'clock
and viii be entertained by Miss Signe
johnson and Miss lngeborg Anderson.
Floyd Johnson has taken the agency
for the Little Six automobile, made by
/ the Republic Motor company. Mr..
johnson returned from Boston this
week with a car, which he has for
demonstration.
! Grand Guide Bagley of Bellows Falls
attended the regular meeting of the
! \. f. o. p. last evening in Red Men S
! hall. At the close of the meeting ice
cream and waters were served by the
deputy grand warden, Mrs w. f. Mix
CT.
John Kilderry who is ut the Mel
rose hospital with fractured skull,
| broken jaw and dislocated shoulder as
| the result Of being thrown from n
team Monday morning mt the corner of
/ Fiat and Main streets, has improved
very much but is vet on the dangerous
| list Of the institution.
Stewart Stcarns, son of Mr.. and
! Mrs. Walter 5. Stearns, stepped on
/ piece of rusty wire in Milestone
/ brook in West Brattleboro Sunday,
/ Driving the wire half an inch into his
/ foot. lie hiss been unlet the doctor $
I,afc since and is making a good re
|covery.
}. f. Mann had Il large crowd at
his special Thursday morning mark
down sale OF wash dresses this morn
ing. which was advertised in The Re
former 1t was necessary to lock the
doors at one time in order to wait on
customers before others were allowed
to come in.
Miss Allcrtou and brother, Walter
| Allerton, of Mount Vernon, \. Y, who
had been guests ut G. II. Converse 5 on
High street. returned to their home to-
90 tomorrow. Mrs. Herson, who was
10
home in Somersworth, n. II.
John J. Fitzgerald, member of the
IBrattleboro Drug company, is critically
ill in the Memorial hospital. He has
had hemorrhages of the stomach, due
to an ulcer. Yesterday and through the
might his condition was alarming, but
be is somewhat better today. Mr.. Fit
gerald formerly was in the ". f. Root
pharmacy.
Miss Julia Simonds entertained 10
of her little girl friends Mt her hime
on Western avenue yesterday afternoon
in honor Of her 10th birthday auniyer-
sarv, from 3 to o clock. Supper was
served in the dining room, the table
being trimmed with suubonnet babies.
The ccnterpiece was u basket of sweet
peas, around which were sunbouuct
babies, and the favors were small bats
kets of candy. The place cards also
were sunbonnet babies. The little hos
tess received number of very pretty
gifts.
One of the Chicago society papers re-
Gently published the following: William
Schuster S name is never a headIiner
ron an opera bill. and yet,-what would
the company, whether the great, com
tpletc performance ut the Auditorium,
or the little excerpts given at RaVina
what would either company do with
out him? For he is not merely one of
the principals in the east, but stage
manager rs well. His biz, rOand, gen
uiuc bass-haritonp voice; his knowledge
OF every role in the opera; his keen eye
fer defects in stage business, whether
e star or super, are InValuael". HIS
steady voice is a comfort in these DAYS
al au-prevaIling trcmolo, and, some
how. his very presence On the stage
Ieives one confidence that ''aIl : well.
As the General said when he saw 40
Rarity in the ranks: - Nh We re there
Moriarity? Then let the battle 20 on.
Nothing quite the equal in size and
. importance in the musical comedy field
has ever been seen here to compare
with John c. Fisher s production OF
The Pink Lady, with many of the New
York and London company, which is
to appear at the Auditorium Saturday
evening. This big hit in the popular
field OF entertainment is in three acts
Its book and lyrics were written by G
NJ. :. Mcclellan, author of The Bell,
of New York and Leah klcschna
while the score is the work of Ivan
CaryIl of the Gaiety theater, London
G who has half a dozen great hits to hi
:, credit In none of these, however, ha
r he registered the popular success tina
: he has with The Pink Lady. 1t is
t delightfully."- clean cut and charmin,
l. performance made brilliant by the mos
pleasing music that has been turnet
out for work Of this kind in years
The large company included Olga d
Baugh, Georgia Harvey, William II