The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-08
Greatest Celebration in the
History of Springfield,
Mass, Society
CONGRESSMAN GREENE
THE GUEST OF HONOR
Three Barrels of Hot Maple Syrup
Poured over Wagon Loads of Snow
Hale K. Darling Touched Upon
Problems State Is Facing.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April S.-A
thousand Green Mountaineers, with
their friends, last night jollifed, ate
maple sugar, and danced in the munich
pal Auditorium, where the greatest eel
cbrotion in the history of the Spring
field Sons and Daughters of Vermont
took place. 1t was the Goth annual
gathering. The festivities attracted n
galaxy of Vermont greats and near
greats from all over this section of the
land, and from their native hills. The
sugar-eat in the basement of the build
ing followed the informal reception at
$. Three barrels Of hot maple syrup
was poured sweetly over wagon-loads
Of snow imported for the occasion, and
orators eNtolled the virtues of the i'm
mensc little state of Ethan Allen. At
terward the floor of the Auditorium
was filed with swirling couples dancing
to the tunes of Nutting's orchestra.
DR.. ErdiX T. Smith, president of the
local society, presided at the dinner
and introduced the speakers. George
H. Graham, former president and one
of the organizers, told briefly the his
tory of the Springfield society, begin
ming back in 1894. when 400 men and
women were listed and bauqueted with
maple sugar and doughnuts.
State Senator Hale X. Darling of
Chelsea, VT, followed with humorous
tribute to the real Nermonter. whom, he
said. conld be detected by his pronun-
citation Of Athens with a long Ga
aud &C 'rinth' with characteristic
Green Mountain hrevity. He said the
people Of the old state have the real
missionary spirit and are obeying the
command of the Lord, who adjurcd all
81, In lion hon
70 this spirit he attributed Vermont s
failure to increase numerically. He
touched upon the great problems OF
education, prohibition and polite:
which the state is facing, and said hC
was confident they would he sOlveC
with the independence and wisdom
characteristic of the state.
DR. w. n. Bryant of Ludlow, VT,
sturdy speaker. brought the most cor
dial greetings Of "the brothers and sis
ters Of the grand old state in pleasan
words.
Mr. Greene on Modern Training of Chill
For Congressman Frank l.. Green
was reserved the final and longest pc
ri0d of speaking. He filed it enter
tnininglv and closed with cuttin
attack, full of epigrams, upon the moo
crn training of the child. He said w
have altogether the wrong idea Of sue
cess; q sort of success spelled only wit
n capital s marked with two cross line
Too long have we told our boys an
girls that if they 90 to college an
align their lives by the teachings {
books they win become capitalists {
railroad presidents. The old saw abol
there always being room at the top
worn out. The result Of this poor pra
tise is. we are making too many rouT
pegs for the square holes of the worl
We fail to hold up as an ideal the ms
who can make himself fit the niche f
which he was intended, and live in
according TO the best ideas of Americ'
citizenship. Success does not lay off
the horizon, but at home.
And while boys are being trained
'starve to death respectfully in viii
shirts the girls are learning few
the sweet old-fashioned housewife
traits which enable a woman to sa
more with a teaspoon than her husba
can bring in with a bushel bask
Susie is being trained to marry t
round peg in the square hole. And
peg is about - years old with 45 We;
of bachelorhood behind him before
is able TO marry at all. He couldl
support Susie sooner. The new id
for American girls should be one
efficient womanhood, where Susie
loved because she is not only the spi
of home but is the home. That is
greatest success any girl can achieve