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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-12
W0LGAST SOON TO QUIT.

Lightweight Champions Glass
Arm viii Force His Retirement.
Some fighters give out physically;
others have to retire because the
pounding of their fists against oppo-
nents' bodies and heads cripples them.
Ad Wolgast probably will announce
his retirement shortly, and if he does
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-12
GUY NICKALLS TO RETURN.
More Than 200 Students Enroll as Can
didates For Yale Crew.

Guy Nickalls, the English oarsman.
will again take charge Of coaching the
Yale university crews. More than 200
students have presented themselves rs
candidates for positions in the varsity
and freshman boats. Practice on the
machines are now held daily in the
gymnasium.
Weather conditions permitting. it is
expected that the men viii he on the
water in the latter part OF March.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-12
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

T. G. Barker. Who had been q guest
Of Harold Chase two weeks. returned
90 his home in Fvveburg, Me-. vester-
day Mr.. Barker recently completed n
course in electrical engineering It Han
over, y. II.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-12

More Public Tennis Courto For Gotham
New York city viii lay out sixty adj
ditional lawn tennis courts in public
parks throughout the city that will he
free to the public
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-12

Daniels We're named as the committee to
prepare bylaws and to report at the meet
ing. Adjournment then followed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-12

Photo by American Press Association.
LARRY LAJoIE, VETERAN WHO ATTEMPTS
TO FILL COLLINS SHOES AT SECOND.
TO demand enormous pay. should want
to quit the sport. But stranger things
have happened.
With Lajoie in Collins place and the
rest of the wonderful infeld intact
there was hope for the Athletics to cut
a figure in the race again. Iaioie.
while not as agile as Collins, is pretty
sure to fill his shoes in an offensive
way so that Collins would not have
been badly missed. But there is no
one who can take Bakers place. This
wonderful batter is not easily replaced.
In fact, it is questionable whether the
game has ever had player whose hit
ting has been as sensational as that of
the Athletics third baseman.
The weakening Of the Mackmen by
reason Of the loss OF Collins and Ba-
ker, not to speak Of the dropping of
Bender and Plank, ought to leave the
American league race solely between
Boston and Washington. The Athletics
have been torn to pieces and can no
longer be figured as a dangerous foe.
Judged from the tone Of Connie
Mack's announcement of the retire
ment Of Baker from the game. he does
not have much hope of inducing his
star player to change his mind.
The deal which Jimmy Callahan was
handed by Comiskey does not seem
fair. Callahan managed the Chicago
White Sox for several seasons when
the material was lacking to give him
chance TO bring the team we'll UP In
the race. There were no Eddie Col
linses on the roster. In fact, all dur
ing the Callahan regime the material
on hand, barring a fair pitching staff.
was somewhat mediocre.
1t is generally recognized that the
acquisition Of Eddie Collins will make
the White Sox pennant. contenders
There have been many instances where
the addition Of a single player has
made world Of difference in the arts
tic achievements of ball team. Col
Inns may prove this but Rowland, tho
new manager, will get the credit. an(
he is having a better team handed hin
than has held forth on the White Soy
grounds for several years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-12

South Carolina last year produced
minerals valued at $l,464, $50.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-12

ADVERTISE YOUR WANTS
IN THE DAILY REFoRMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-12

Sugar output of British Guiana, fcr
1913, was valued at $5,432, SIC.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
Nuremberg Soldiers
 Delight Dutch Kids

The Hague, Netherlands. Sept H. Disquieting runors have reached Dutch children to the effect that the famous toy-naking town of sNurem- berg in Ba1 aria may use the metal which it has been putting into millions of little tin soldiers for more real pur- poses of war: However true the re- port may be there is as yet no serious Edecimation in the ranks of the armies of the nursery floor From toy deal- CTS reports, in fact the tin-soldier armies are increasing faster than any others in Europe.
 Although before the war Dutch children were satisfied with an indis- crifninate~ pf1a1anx of red coats, Ger man Hussars, and Cossac cks, the nur- sery now must be equipped uniformly with unbroken lines of soldiers. with the child $ favorite always predo1ni- mating in strength of men and guns. If there is any class in Holland that has entirely ignored the neutrality stand, it is the children, who. in the toy shops exhibit their preferences The toy. dealer has more than ever become a diplomat
 In Rotterdam it is very noticea bIe that the toy shops generally displays German soldiers, while in Amsterdam it is the French and British which are shown. In the matter of naval toys chi1drne also have marked prefer ences, with Rotterdam windows dis playing the German colors on Dread noughts and torpedo boats, while Am sterdafn windows cater to the sentf-
 nent there by giving the Franco British allies the better show
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
SEA CAPTAIN, 75
 YEARS YOUNG, IS
 IN LOCAL HARB0R
Captain J. H. Smith of the Mattie Newman is Active
 As Youngster.

Captain J. H. Smith. now master of the schooner Matte Newman which is at present in these waters, is a seaman of 61 years experience, hail and hearty and afraid of nothing but talking in the presence of a, woman. For 4S years he has worn his title of captain for the Smith & Terry Co. of New York, and his only recipe for attaining As young an age as 25 years is work He claims to be only happy when working and asserts that many of his friends who have retired from the sea have within few months of taking up a life of leisure gone their last voyage with that most famous of all sailors, Cha ron pilot of the river Styx-
 Captain Smith is the hero of 19 hurricanes, the 18th being added to the list on last Christmas morning. On the 22nd of December, the Charles Nobel Simmons, a three masted schooner, 750 tonnage, net, with Capt Smith in command, left Charleston, S C., for New York, with cargo of yell low pine timber. The weather was favorable and the schooner was pro- ceeding northward at a good speed when about 2 o'clock on Christmas morning a storm was seen rapidly a,p- preaching About 20 minutes later there was a terrific shock and the for ward house and the four sailors in it were swept into the sea- The ship had been struck by a. Gulf stream .'cornber,'' which had taken the for ward house without otherwise dam aging her Where the foreward house stood the engines and boilers were left erect. As for the four lost sailors, the captain terBely ex- presses it
 T guess. the sharks got them, all right. We never saw them again" !"
 The five survivors on the schooner drifted for a week in the vapor which aboInds at the Gulf stream and is caused by the cold water of the ocean and the hot water of the streem conn ing in contact with each other. This was so dense that Captain Smith ayers one could not see a close reefed sail a. few feet away One week after they had been hit by the combers they drffted into Savannah harbor onsiderabIy south Of where they had from which they were headed at the time of the storm
 Captain Smith also relates anotheF experience which occurred in 1911 when he was master of the schooner EdWinda, a three master of 3S9 ton mage They were struck by a hurr1- cane off Cape Hatteras and the schooner was driven ashore on the South yCarolinan coast. The captain and crew Iashed themselves to the rigging to prevent being washed away. When grounded, by theSfallr- ricane she was drawing. Is feet of water and when the storm subsided there was but. IS inches.
 Captain Smith expects to be in this port where he is well known for the coming week or more.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
WAR NEARLY ENDS 1DUELS IN AUSTRIA,
 STATISTICS SHOW
Does in Six Months What Police Couldn't Accom-
 plish in 20 Years.

Budapest, Hungary, Sept 13.-In suppression of the duelling mania in Hungary the war has accomplished more in six months than the law had been able to do in 20 years. Up to year ago it seemed that nothing could be done to stop duelling. Notwith- standing all legal prohibitions such an important parsonage as the Min ister President, Count Stephen Tisza, continued fighting duels, having had a dozen to his credit, six of them dur ing his term of office, and openly de- fving all the penalties threatened by law.
 In the first six months of the war, the change was so marked that fewer duels were fought during that period than had ordinarily taken place in a single week before. Since last spring not a single case of duelling has been reported, in contrast with the fact that during one week in July, 1914. 54 duels were recorded in Budapest alone.
 How public opinion has changed on this question of duellfng is shown in a document recently published in the Hungarian papers. A provincial law yer made some disparaging remarks wounded officer, who resented his con- duct in very sharp language. The lawyer sent challenge but the sec onds met and drew, up a docum ent setting forth that an officer ready to sacrifice his life for his country. was not obliged to give the so-ca1led "sat- fsfaction' and that in the present war the life of every soldier, and of every civilian. was too precious to be risked in duelling.
 The Anti-Duelling league which has long existed in Hungary, expresses the hope that this evil has been overcome, not only for war times but also in ineacA -......
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape

Us fellos was setting avn my frunt steps this aftirnoon argewing about Weath1r or not you can catch a berd by putting salt avn its tale. Jenny Wilson saying that he tryed awi moarning wun rnoarning and waisted a hole bag of salt without catching eny.
 That's bekause nun of it went avn, I sed, if eny had of went avn tfare tales they woodent of bin abel to fly.
 Wy not. sed Puds simkins.
 Bekause they woodent. I sed.t And we kepp avn argewfng about it.. sum saying you coodent, and pritty soon pop calm hoam and started to walk up the frunt steps. sayingI Maybe if sum of the populayshin of these steps wood move to wun side I mite be abel to get into the house.
 Say pop, can berds fly if you put salt avn thare tales, I sed.
 Not if it's put avn correcktly. sed pop.
 See, wat did I tell you, sed to the fel1os.
 How do you do it correcktly, MT Potts, sed Sid Hunt.
 We'll sad pop, it's quite a, compiler cated process, ferst you get a hat box and a peece of string and sneek up behind the berd making a noise like werm, and wen the berd shuts it's eyes and pertends to be asleep so as to take the supposed werm> by ser prize you run up and put the hat box rite ovir it and punish a. hole in the top and reetch in and tie it's Iitte1 legs with the peece of string. Then you run hoam and get the salt shakir and come back and sprinkeI salt avn it's tale and you will find the herd will be unabil to fly.
 And pop went in the house and shut the doar, and Sid Hunt sed, G wizz, I gess it coodent.
 I gess it coodent, sed Puds Sim kinS.
 I gess it coodent we awl sed.
 Wien, gess it coodent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13

ham s Vegetable Compound. After talk ing the third bottle of the Compound I was able to do my houscwork and today am strong and healthy again. will answer letters if anyone wishes to know about my case. Mrs. JOSEPH AsELIN, 606 Fourth Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.
 
 Lydia E. Pinkham's g Vegetable Com pound, made from native roots and. herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful drugs, and today holds the record of being the most successful remedy we know for woman's s ills. If you need such medicine why don t you try it?
 If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pin11Eaam's Vegeta- ble Compound will help you,write to Lydia E E.Pinkham MedicineC Go. (confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for ad- vice. Your letter will be opeaed, read and answered by a womans and held in strict confidence
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
OF ARRAS I UMBLES
 TO ONLY 2,5OO

Paris. Sept, 1.-The comparison made between some of the towns de- stroyed by war and the ruins of Pom peiis is not applicab ble to Arras. Here there is no uniformity nor logic in the destruction In the midst of groups. of demolished edifices, houses are found nearly dntact- In some cases the de- Yastation began at the top, in others at the bottom, depending upon the point of explosion of the projectsP.
 The population of Arras. which was 26, 900 before the war, dropped to 4,o003 at Christmas, after two and half months of bombardment, and was only 5000 at Easter. In June there were still 2,500 people there, but $50 needy .laging and about 500 citizens whose presence was not useful have been s2nt away since. The 1000 persons remain ing have been able fto justify their presence by some utility to the town. They are obliged to stick to the eel lars; they sleep, eat and work there: what business goes on is transac cted the cellarss,3 This sign, which has its counterpart in many places, is seen posted on the doorpost of one build ing.
 The use of shells emitting suffocat- ing gas when they explode cornplicates cellar existence, by requiring the stop page of the windows with sacks of moistened sand. yet the spirits of the last thousand are undaunted; their greatest fear seems to be that the au- thoritiesN will take. them away forcf- bly,.
 German aircraft are regularly cir cling over the town and their appear anec is generally a prelude to bonn bardment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
LAURA JEAN LIBBYs DAILY TALKS OR HEART TOPICS
 Copyrighted. 1918. z1O<zue Newspaper synd,cas4.
Copyrighted. 1918. 1EcCaUo rGevzpaper Syndicate

4ock are far better friends if they keep apart, meeting but seldom. It is praise worthy for a young man to yearn to healp financially the loved ones under the home roof, but it would be better for him to hand his wife a few dol lars now and then to give to his folks than to try to aid them by paying board for his wife and self to them. Discomfort would no doubt ensue, trouble begin to brew but it would be too late to bring back the dove of peace A man should not wed until he can install his bride mistress of her own home, be it ever so humble. An engagement ring need not necessarily be diamond. A betrothed girl should be anxious that. her lover should not expend more for it than he can afford. Diamonds can be purchased later on. when he is well up on the ladder of success in business.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
DOMESTIC HELPS AND
 AIDS TO HOUSEWIVES,
Soldiers Take Places. of Social Lights At
 Trouvflle Resorts

Trouville, France, Sept. 1.-The horse show, horse races and other social attractions which have brought the elite of society here at this season every year are lacking, but the famous resort is still lively with a. throng on the broadwalk that is made up largely of convalescent sol diers and their nurses. Some of the biggest hotels are hospitals, some of the elegant villas also, but there are enough children to prevent the beach from being submerged in gloom.C z
 The sands of Trouvi1le are also the scene of Interesting military opera tions. All along the beach from Deauvil1e to Trouvi1le there is an al- most uninterrupted series of trenches built by the contingents of 1880 to 1885, now in their fifth to tenth year, who are working under the direction of conva1escent soldiers. Ba,thers are obliged to give the counter-sigu in order to pass, and then, they are dis tinctly informed d. BitT IS af1 theflf5 own risk and peril for there are laby- rinths everywhere in initiation of those at the front. If a. high west wind fills the trenches with sea water, recalling the winter campaign along the Yser, it heightens the joy of the five to ten year old 'tpoilus'' who jump into them in their bathing suits and make more noise than ever
 
 Coney Islands Mardi Gras begins
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
Great Spanish Loan
 Being Raised Slowly

Madrid, Sept. 1.-The indications are that the subscriptions to the 15O,- o0o,O0O peseta loan, which failed to float, though slow are coming along satisfactorily. Lust week $1,7O9,9S0 worth of these treasury bonds were subscribed, making a total subscrip- tion so far of $9,9o2.444. leaving $1s,- scribed.
 The Spanish public seems to prefer the, bonds in the amount of $1O0 though 9 great many subscriptions for the $1,0OO bonds have also been recorded.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
AS YOU MAKE YOUR BED
 so MUST YOU LIE IN IT

Dear Miss Libbey:-
 I am p years of age, have kept steady company with a nice young man my age) for about five months. He is much more settled than many others older than he that I went with before. As he proposed marriage to me the other evening and can't come to any conclusion will be ever grate- fu1 for your kind advice. Of course, like all others, he said he loves me and would do all in his power for me, which, no doubt, he does think some thing Of me, asking me to be a lire partner. didn't fully consent; asked for time to think. I like him very much, indeed, but do not love him heart and soul like I think I ought to. If married do you think the girl should consent to live with his people, he thinking it would help them and would have to help around home? always think two or three rooms of our own would be better for our hap piness. Am right? He does rAot
 make a large salary. but enough to live without his people. Ought he to want to help them along after his mar iriage and can't very well afford to do so2 Should an engagement ring be a diamond?
 Marriage, the world over, would be far happier if the average sweetheart gave nlatrinony the same careful con sideration that you are giving it. Mar. riage without love is a mistake. Such union may bring certain degree of peace or contentnaent regarding the future, but happiness I.<r3 in quite a different direction. Wedlock with love on one side only wears itself out. all too soon with the weight of it's own
 heavy and bitter regrets. It leaves
 the door ajar for one or the other to wander away, seeking affection else where, unless the head is stronger than the heart. After marriage it is wisest and best for a young couple to live by r themselves, though they can afford but
 ! room or two It is heaven on earth Q have but, one face opposite you at our table and one only who loves yot early listening and taking heed of | all you say or do. Relatives by we'd
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
TRUE LOVE DOES NOT,
 CONSIDER AGE
Dear Miss Libbey:-

Dear Miss I4ibbey:-
 I am sure your advice is very much appreciated and beg of you to please give your opinion in the fo1l owing mat: am 37 years of age and in love with a young lady of 21 She loves of loving each other until we met. It was love at first sight. Neither she nor I can love another. I would like to marry her, but her parents objeet on account of the difference in our age. Nothing can be said about my character and only those who have known me from childhood know my age; others think I am only about 25. Both have had love affairs, or rather what we thought was love, but now we both realize what true love really is. Please advise at your earliest con venience, for which I thank you very much.
 The happiest marriages are said to be those where the husband is the elder by at least half dozen years or so. If a man is in every way wor- thy, a, few years added to this should not bar him from hoping to win the object of his affections Neither man nor woman can count upon holding year. If. love depended upon thfs their hold upon the affections of the one beloved might be shaken from it's foundation any day It's a man or woman's personality the attraction of the one for the other, which binds the hearts together. independent Of good or ordinary appearance. If the girl loves you do your best to con vince her parents to give their con sent to your marriage. Patience and constant urging are sure to win out in the end.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13

The number of girls who mistake courtesy for mans devotion to them te a matter-as- wonder. Among numer- 'ous young women who have made this
 mistake, which they can hardly for get, one young girl who signs her com munication .tHopeless'' writes as. fol- lows: An older sister and I had oc-l 'casion to come to a certain establish ment several different times. I be- came acquainted there with a. gentle good service. Besides, he was very kind and attentive to me each time we went there.
 First we attributed his interested ness to his politeness. Judging from his deneanor, the third or fourth call we had made we both began to ex- change opinions that he certainly had reeper motives; was impressed and supposed it rested with me to favor or reject his encouragement. I did not know whether I should show the won der that was uppernost in my mind regarding his intentions, but was per tsuaded to let him make the advances, believing, as he saw me often, he would do.
 9tsGraduallys he grew more distant. It was plain to be seen by him that did not understand what he had in- tended to convey by certain looks which he bestowed upon me. That was the truth. I did not, because we were perfect strangers. Consequently when received peculiar look and how. I subjected him to a glance of inquiry in return. This was the re- suit until the termination of our visit one afternoon. He was pleasant to 8 gentleman without noticing us. Sud- denly he looked around, saw me he was about to leave the room I smiled as he laced us. He-turned with a pez culiar frown on his countenance and without even the ghost of pIeasantness in return went away.
 - WI neither ]. had given offense to have caused him to behave so I did not know. It made me unhappy. I had learned to love this man. He was con stantly in my mind. This is worrying me; ruining my health. conf1ded in my friends ere this should continue longer. Have been urged to write to you for advice, please"
 I must confess that this has been a gFievous mistake. It shows what little control some young girls are in the habit of exercising over their irnagina- died sentiments to be so like the this tledown, the sport for every passing breeze, little rocking in what soil they may take root. In kindness and pity the unfortunate mistake you made should be a warning to you. As pat ron. he was polite to you.s He showed plainly you had no encourag cement. to fall in love with him. Never take 1t for granted that a man is in love with you until he tells it plainly. unnis- takably, by asking you to be his wife. Courtesy is not a proof of mems devo- ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
MISS LIBBEYs REPLIES
 TO YOUR LETTERS

Miss Libbey's answers to your letters. Correct name and address must be given to in- sure attention. Initials print ed. Write short letters on one side of page only. Use ink. Personal letters cannot be an- sWePed. Address Miss Laura Jean Libbey, No 916 President Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13

my sides which the
 doctors said " ere caused by infanma- ton. I suffered a great deal every month and grew very thin. I was under the doctors 8 care for two long years without any benefit. Finally after repeated sug- gestions to try it we got Lydia E. Pink
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
BURNING MATTRESS
 SEARS CHILD'S LIMBS

While playing about 8 mattress. which caught fire yesterday morning. Carmela Pettito, a child, of fl Lex ington avenue, was burned about her legs and back.