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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-02
TO ADVERTISERS.
TO SuRSCR RIDERS.

1t is the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery OF
cooperation Of subscribers to that end.
Prompt reports should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission, in person,
by telephone or postal card, thus enabl-
ing the cause of the error TO be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can
secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-02

Secretary Daniels may forbid the sing
ing Of IT'S along Way TO Tipperary' by
naval apprentices, but the song viii en-
dure, at least until after the war has
closed, in theatres, clubs and gatherings of
individuals Blood is thicker than water
and the sympathy of the great majority of
the American people will continue to be
with the Anglo-SaXons, despite any forced
attempt to preserve neutrality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-02

If the Oklahoma "Jm-Crow" Car law
can produce such mixup in the United
States Supreme court, what may be ex-
pccted of the grandfather clause" laws OF
most of the Southern states which are up
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-02
Hors Du Combat.

Put on Your helmet an your rel
shirt, Silas. There 5 a big fire down the
road piece
Silas-'' Shuclzs! / cant 90. Ny
shirt 5 in the washtub an the old wo
man s out in the garden film my he'll
met with mess of beans. Birming
ton Age Herald
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-02
From Far Away.

The Wears Wife Gnquirine after
black >heep)-And how is Your son
doing since he went to New York?
Hodge (whose son has written to
him from the famous New York
prison)-'E : gone on to China. APP
parcntlv. mum. Z writes to me from
Sing Sing.-London sketch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-02
Back to the Woods.

Willis-Is your church going to send
missionaries TO the Far East to teach
the heather the Christian religion?
Gillis-No, we We got to wait till the
heather get back from this war that
the European nations have called
them to-Puck.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-02

during 1913 totalled 100000 dollars
i'm value. or double that of 10 wears ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-02

l can t deny that Rose is fair.
She is winning witch;
But she wears 50 much purchased hair
You can Z tell which is switch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-02

elected for his second term at the head
OF the city government in Holvoke.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-02
Che 8rattlebora 8eformer

Entered in the pOstoffice at Brattle
borO, as second class matter.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

hair derived from some member OF
an earlier generation.
On the other hand, if two red
headed people marry, all OF their
children will inevitably have red
hair. There are no exceptions to this
rule.
If a dark-haired person marrles
light-haired person, the children are
usually dark. This is because the
dark complexion (which means sim
ply more pigment in skin. hair and
eyes). is what experts in this line Oh
research call dominant trait
A dominant trait is Characters
tic that has a marked tendency TO
persist through inheritance. The
famous "Hapsburg lip" is such
trait; the stuart eyelid" was an
other. Red hair in the well-known
BiddIe family, of Philadelphia, af-
fords a familiar example. 1t is not
TO be supposed that the Biddle men
have picked out red-headed women
to marry, but no matter who their
wives were, they have passed on
On the other hand, says DIR. Daven-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

organizations; and it follows nat
uraily that as rule they marry one
another. In the last ten years there
were nearly 1,500 such marriages.
The offspring are in most cases born
totally deaf.
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell, the
inventor of the telephone (whose
own wife is a deaf-mute), says that
before very long there will be a
recognized deaf-mute race In the
United States His opinion is that
eventually to protect society at
large against this dreadful affliction
laws will have to be passed forbid
ding marriages between deaf and
hearing persons.
The same sort of thing happens in
institutions established for the care
of paupers, alcoholics, dope fiends"
and sufferers from nervous com
plants.
So-called hereditary" diseases,
mitted direct from parent to off
spring. What is handed down is a
constitutional inability to resist at
tack by the malady, whatever ii may
be--in other words, 'low relative
immunity" as the doctors call ii. II
there are repeated intermatings Of
persons thus afflicted, the result is
"biotype."
Tendency 70 pauperism is a dis
ease. 1t is propagate1 In some fami
lies as recognizahly as Is a tendency
to tuberculosis in others, appearing
in generation after generation. The
pauper "biotype" has become widely
established In the United States.
Among the most curious OF in,
herlted physical defects is cc!or
blindness. Il is far more common
Copyright, 1914.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
The Conventional Serving
of a Dinner
By Mrs. Frank Learned,
Author of "The Etiquette of New York To-day"

TTHB art of refined living is
studied very carefully in these
days. In every household the
importance of having a well-seryed
table is of recognized value every day
as well as for the more perfect exer.
else of hospitality. When hospitality
assumes a more OF less ceremoniouS
character il is necessary to bave ex-
perienced service and skilled cook,
but it is always well tG understand
the principles of service, the rules for
which do not differ materially,
whether for a family dinner or when
guests are present.
For q more or less formal or special
occasion there may be canapeS of cav
lar to begin the dinner For an in
formal dinner some persons prefer to
begin with grape fruit daintily cut
up, sweetened and chilled, and served
in glasses. Either caviare or grape
fruit may be served, but not both.
Other courses are soup, fish, an en-
tree, roast with two vegetables.
salad and dessert.
Assuming that the table has been
correctly arranged, there is at each
place a plate and on it a plainly
folded napkin having within it a roll
Each person removes the napkin and
roll when taking a seat.
AT small dinners. where soup is the
FIRST course, an empty dinner plate is
always at each place and the soup
plate Is put down on It, The rule is
understood in serving that no person
should be left without plate except
at the time of the clearing Of the
table before dessert, and that a fresh
plate is always slipped in place as
the plate which has been used is with
drawn. When this rule is followed
Systematically every day II supplies
matters very much. as well as having
its value in Keeping the harmony and
nice appearance of the table.
The soup is served from the pantry
and brought in one plate at a time
and put before each person. About
half a ladlefu Of soup for each per
son is correct TO serve There are
good reasons for this.
When the soup plates are removed
the under plates are left. Celery
olives. salted nuts may then De
passed. These are convenient between
courses when delays occur.
The service for the fish course or
for the entree demands that a warm
plate be placed az each place The
plate which has been used for celery
or olives is taken away.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

The roast follows the entree ana
is carved in the kitchen or pantry.
The portions are arranged neatly on
the platter A large silver fork and
spoon should be ON the platter and
the portions so well arranged that
each person can take piece easily
when the platter is passed by the SER
want.
Not more than two vegetables are
offered with roast Potatoes In
some easily served fashion and a
green vegetable are sufficient.
Vegetables are in large dishes OF
silver or china. One dish is passed
at time. Each person helps him
self from the dish. taking the veg
etables on the plate with the meat.
1t is not good form to have little sep
arate dishes for vegetables beside
ones plate.
Servants should pass dishes to the
left of each person, holding the dish
low down and on the palm of the
hand having folded napkin between
the hand and the dish and taking
care to offer the dish conveniently
near, so that a person is not in dan
ger Of dropping something on the
tablecloth between the chasm of plat
ter and plate.
In passing dishes the servants
should begin by serving the lady az
the right Of the host and then the
lady at the left of the host, going on
then in the regular order in which
persons are seated The host is last
to be served
When two or more servants are
serving dinner one is expected to
lead in the service and the other or
Others to assist.
With the salad course cheese and
heated crackers may be offered.
The table is cleared before dessert
of all extra silver Crumbs are re-
moved by brushing them with a
folded napkin into a fresh plate. Des-
sert plates and necessary dessert sill.
YER are then placed.
When the dessert course is finished
ginger bowls on small plates are
brought, having a dolly under each
finger bowl. The dessert plates are
withdrawn as these are placed. The
finger bowls and doilies are removed
by each person and the plates are
used for fruit and bonbons which are
passed
The old custom of having many
wines at dinner is out of fashion and
favor. One is sufficient.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
The Hairy Anus of Japan Are Curious Result of the Inter
marriage of Similar Types in Small Community.

their red hair to their offspring gen.
Grafton after generation.
When brown eyes marry blue eyes,
expect brown eyes in the children.
Marry dark brown hair to blond
hair and the hair of the children will
almost surely be dark brown. In
other words, dark hair and eyes
win, when opposed through mating
to light hair and eyes. And this is
exactly the reason why the blond
type within the last generation has
almost disappeared from the Eastern
United States.
II you would find blends in this
country in any numbers, you must
go to those parts Of the West where
the light+haired Germans and Scan
dinavians have settled But it is an
absolute certainty that, as these peo-
pie mix in marriage with dark
haired Americans, their complexion
will rapidly alter; for nearly all OF
the children viii have dark hair and
eyes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

than is generally imagined. Out of
every 100 men in the United States
two cannot distinguish red from
green! No wonder. then, THAI the
railroads nowadays refuse to hire an
engineer or signalman without pre-
liminary examination in color vision.
But the oldest feature of color
blindness Is that women are almost
never afflicted with it. Not more
than one woman in 100000 is color
blind.
Nevertheless, the daughter of
color-blihd man may transmit the
defect to her male child. Herself re
ceiving 1t as an inheritance from her
father, she carries II hidden, but does
not develop It.
This Is one Of the curiosities of
heredlty. Two back-haired par
ents las often observed among the
Irish) may have one or more red
headed children. II Is because, says
DR.. Davenport, one or both Of them
carries hidden an inheritance OF red
d.. trtt.t., r1a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

DIR. c. B. Davenport's Dia-
gram Showing How Boat Build
ing Has Become Hereditary in
a Well-Known American Fam
lily. In the First Row No. l
Was a Boat Builder; in the
Second Row No. 5 Was
Yacht Builder, No. 6 Was In
sane, and No. 8 Eccentric; in
the Third Row Nos. 8, IL and
II Were Yacht Builders, Nos.
10 and II Musicians; in the
Fourth Row No. Is Musi-
clan, No. 2 Has Mechanical
Skill, Nos. 5, II, IL, IS, IA and
Is Are Yacht Builders, and in
the Fifth Row No. 3, a Girl,
Began Designing Boats at the
Age of Fourteen. The Square
Signs Represent Men and the
Round Ones Women. Where
the Sign Only Is Used the Per-
son Shows No Special Apti-
tudes
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

port, when two blond persons are
mated all their children must have
light hair and blue eyes.
A curiosity of heredity is the attic
ton of the 'bleeders Even a
small cut is a serious matter to a
person who suffers from this strange
trouble. The wound does not tend
to stanch itself. as happens with
ordinary folks, and, unless a styptic
or other special means is used to
stop the hemorrhage, the victim is
liable to bleed to death.
Women never suffer from this
affiiction. There is no such thing
as a woman "bleeder." But Gas in
the case of color blindness)
woman may inherit the trouble from
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

her father, herself carry it hidden,
and bequeath it to her son
Dr. Davenport calls attention to
the fact that in some Of the more
remote parts of the world varieties
of mankind have been developed
sufficiently distinct to be termed
"biotypes." One of these is that OF
the Ainu-the aborigines of Japan,
now found only on Yezo. the north
ernmost island of that archipelago.
The adults of this race, including
the women, are almost entirely GOV.
cred with thick, long hair. Other
such "biotypes" are the giant Pata-
gonians, the Veddahs of Ceylon, the
aboriginal blacks of Australia and
the Eskimo of the Arctic.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

same line, is'a brother of the elder
Hiram Maxim.
Here we see strong evidence that
peculiar kind of mechanical ability
is hereditary in this family, If the
daughter of Edison had been mar
ried to the heir of the Maxim family
we might have had a new strain of
transcendent mechanical, electrical
and inventive ability.
From what Dr.. Davenport has OBJ
served in the case of these families,
and from his laboratory experiments,
it now appears certain that we can
breed races of men of special abil-
tiles. We could, for instance, breed
families who would make ideal Presi-
dents, others who would produce per-
feet singers, others who would make
invincible generals, and so forth.
, Unfortunately, modern civilization
is developing number of biotypes
which are the reverse Of desirable.
For instance, there are the feeble
minded people The Public Health
Service states that there are now in
this country about 10000, feeble
minded persons. 1t Is mischief
that is causing much alarm. Defec-
tive mentality is one of the most
heritable of traits, and the feeble
minded have Il tendency to inter
marry, for the simple reason that
they are not wanted as mates by
normal individuals.
There is no instance on record
where a child born to two feeble
minded parents has been otherwise
than feeble-minded Given a few
such marriages, and the result is
feeble-minded "biotype."
Such unfortunates have a tendency
TO flock together. In the woodlands
OF New Jersey there Is a whole pop
ulation of them, numbering several
hundreds. They are called Pine
Rats" and most of them are like
little children mentally.
Similar is the deaf-mute "biotype,'
which Is being created in a deliberate
and systematic way. Deafmute chill
dren attend schools That are exclu-
siyoly for deaf-mutes. they are segre-
gated In institutions Of their own; IN
later life they have their own Social
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

MISS ECnel
Barrymore,
Who Was
Born an
Actress,
Having
Inherited the
Faculty from
Four Genera
tons of Actors.
She is a Result
of Similar
Factors of
Heredity,
Working in
n Different
Direction to
Those That
Produced
Hairy Anus
and Australian
Bushmen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-19
Where One Nav oia to China.

Freeland. Pa. is exactly what It's
name indicates-free land@ 1t is land
which when purchased becomes the
absolute property of the buyer. and his
title is not subject to mining royalties.
ground rent or any other reservation.
In this respect it differs very much
from the land surrounding the town on
all sides and owned by the coal mining
corporations, which land when pur-
ehasable at oil is restricted to the sur
face rights only In 1868 August Do
mop. foreseeing the need Of a town site
that would be free from the control OF
the mining corporations. bought sew
eral hundred acres OF land. He laid
out the town. and In selling the lots he
emphasized the fact that it was free
land" and the owners rights extended
as deeply into the ear't as he might
care to prosecute Ry common consent
the towns first maine was Freehold.
but this was ordered changed by the
postoffice department to avoid confu-
sion with the older town of Freehold.
N. J. In Difference to local sentiment
the name Freeland was substituted. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-19
TO TEACH ASSESSING
State. Tax Commission Will Conduct
Schools in Eghty-Six Coun-
lies I'M Minnesota.

st. Paal, Feb. Local assessors
throughout the state must conform
strictly to the new law classifying
property for taxation purposes or the
districts will be reassessed by the
state tax commission. Compliance
with the act in every respect will be
assisted upoa by the commission in an
effort. to have assessments equal in
every section Of the state.
This announcement was made yes
terday by James G. Arrnson, of the
commission. before leaving on a tour
through various counties in which he
and the other members of the commits
sion, Samaei G. Lord and o. N. Hall,
viii conduct schools of. obstruction for
assessors. The werk will keep the
commission asembers busy until the
first of May
The old Law required all property to
he assessed at, its full value. How
ever, Che practice was for assessors
to ignore this provision and make the
valuation sascertain proportion of the
actual worth 8 Of THE property to be
taxed, this proportion varying great
~. IN different localities.
Under the new system the per-
centage of the true value to be assess
ed is deterznin, d by law. MING prop
erty is to be assessed so per cent;
b 'usehold goods and furniture, 25 per
cent; agricultural products, merchant
Use and unplatted real estate, 3S Ia
per cent, and bank stock and other
personal property of that nature, 40
per cent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-19
Out at Service.

A young housekeeper. ii her cook Is
stupid. her nurse idle. her maid more
given to Irritation than to household
duties, signs for the model servants of
the good old times. But did 1.-The good
old times" ever exist historically, or
do they only live in dreams and bal
lads?
Charles Dickens tells Of the appall-
ing stupidity of London kitchens. Sir
Walter Scott mentions genius who.
fearing that all his masters bees would
desert the hive, plastered the openings
and suffOcated all the inmates. Sam
uel Brock has grewsome accounts of
burglars, highwaymen. pirates ana
murderers among the conyicts sent
over from England before the Revolu-
tion. Daniel D4foe's pictures of ex-
travagance, carelessness. rascality and
all that is undesirable among servants
is a classic. Jonathan Swift's 'sDirec-
lions to Servants seems TO forestall
every story of negligence. or wastefui-
ness, or dirtiness the present genera
ton has heard.-Living Church.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-19
Home School


Wednesday, February IL; The State
Board of Control held their quarterly
meeting at the School today. They
expressed much pleasure and salts
faction with existing conditions.
The Choir girls and those who are
taking music lessons, gave recital
in the Chapel for the entertainment OF
the entire School.
Thursday, February II; There were
celebrations in the various cottages IN
honor of Lincoln's birthday.
Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Albee enter
tanned at dance in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrington, Mrs. Cutter and Miss
Stevens.
Friday, February ID; Insurance
Commissioner Preus of st. Paul, DR.
Shoemaker, president of the st
Cloud Normal, and A. M. Wallace OF
Sank Centre visited the School and
were entertained at supper by Mrs
Morse.
Saturday, February ID; Valentines
Day-The making of Valentines and
parties were given in honor of the oc-
casion in the different cottages.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-19
The Top Hat.

Although the beginning of the "cylin-
der OF civilization as 1t has been
called, can be traced back to the Eliza
bethan era, 1t is only about seventy
or eighty years ago that the top hat
of the present day reached its final
shape Since then it has altered slight-
" in the dimensions of the crown and
the curl Of the brim, but the hat itself
has remained essentially unchanged.
The top hat seems to have had its be-
ginning in the habit Of gallants in the
Elizabethan period of cock sg up one
side Of their broad brimmad high
crowned felt or beaver hats and secur.
ing them with jewel The French
court later developed this into cooking
up three sides Of the hat and fastening
one with loop of ribbon. From this
fashion came the cockade,. now used
only by grooms and footmen. The silk
hat of today was born ia France and
supplanted the now nearly extinct
beaver hat of practically the same
shape. though considerably larger
London Standard.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-19
LOST MAN In HOSPITAL
Frank Younger of Albany is Found Ill
in a Hospital in the City
of Winnipeg.

II Albany, Feb. 16.-Frank Younger of
this village, who has been lost for sew
eral months, after he left last fall to
work in the harvest fields in North
Dakota, has been located by his bro
tier, John Younger. The lost brother
was found after a telegram was re-
ceived in this village saying that
Frank was i'll in a hospital in Winni-
peg.
According to the telegram Frank
Younger has been i'll in the hospital
for several weeks. After Frank ex-
pressed a desire to go to Albany, to
the hospital authorities, a telegram
was sent to John of Albany asking
him to come to Winnipeg to get his
brother and bring him home. John
Younger is now in Winnipeg arrang-
ing to bring Frank home with him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-19

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