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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
CARRY VOICE TO PHoNoGRAPH
Possible Method by Which Talking
Moving Pictures May Be Made
In the Future.

To produce talking moving pictures
It is necessary only to record the
voices of the actors on a monograph
while the scene is being recorded on
the film, an exchange says. The re-
quirement seems simple, but the prob
lem is to record the talk without show
ing the apparatus in the pictures
Several monographs placed in diff
ferent positions on the stage, each
one to record the voices in its neigh
borhood, will give separate records
that must be collected on single rec
ord by transferring, in order to con-
troll the talking by the picture ma
chine when the pictures are shown. 1t
is a difficult matter to time the talk
ing with the pictures with this method.
Orlando E. Kellum of Los Angeles
has invented an apparatus which en-
ables each actor to telephone to the
photograph from any part of the
stage The telephone transmitter is
carried invisibly on the chest of the
actor Two wires pass from the trans
mitter down an arm to his hands. Plac-
ing his hand on a table corner or
holding the back of a chair connects
him to the photograph under the
stage.
An ordinary telephone receiver over
the vibrating disk repeats the voice
to the photograph, which records it.
The two wires from the telephone re-
ceiver pass under the stage. and
branches from them are run up the
legs of chairs, tables, etc, to supply
contact terminals for the actors to
| touch. Contact plates are also pro-
/ vided on the stage floor in the open
| spaces for the actor to engage with
| foot terminals.
The battery is placed in the under
stage circuit. so that all the actor car
ries is light fiat telephone transmit
ter and the lightweight wires. This
system delivers all of the voices tC
one record and keeps time with the &C
| ton shown on the film.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
JOYS OF COUNTRY LIVING
the Poetry of Life Find Their
Rewards There.

IN the Woman's Home Companion
q contributor writes an article on
country life, entitled "Alderbrook
Farm" 1t is full of interesting facts
and practical suggestions. In the
course of the article the author tells
the following story about his father.
and comments on it:
"Iy father, on the old Ohio farm,
used to have a fixed idea that we must
always have green peas and new po-
tatoes for dinner on the Fourth of
July. He always worked toward that
end and rarely missed it. I can well
remember, too, how good those small,
tender, round potatoes used to taste
all cooked together with the peas in
an abundance of cream.
1T is odd how much of the enjoy
ment Of all such things comes from
purely psychological associations
from the memories of youth-how
much of it, in short, is pure magma
tion-simple poetry. Many of the Joys
aginative sort. Indeed, right here lies
the point OF disagreement between
those honest persons who think farm
life all drudgery and those who think
Il all so glorious. The matter-of-fact
man or woman finds everything hard
enough, but the person of imagination,
who can see the poetry of life in sim
pie things. finds large rewards in
country living"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
Ne,.s Iu4rn reeQ.

There are many illustrations; it should
be interesting to all of us
Vermont Summer Resorts.
\ directory of hotels and boarding
house,.
Vermont has no notable books of tray
ell, but occasional chapters may be
found in books descriptive of New Eng
land, and in periodicals. The August
Century has delightful article by
Louise Closer Hale describing her triT
from Bennington to Burlington.
Stowe Notes, Edward Martin Tabor.
y diary of an artist in which he has
recorded his impressions of nature.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
Ancient Wax Seals.

Interesting results obtained by the
government chemist by making
analyses Of old wax impressions on doc
uments in the public record Office are
described by Mr.. Ainsworth Mitchell
in knowledge. The seals examined
dated from the thirteenth to. the
eighteenth century, and differed but
little from modern sealing wax. Most
OF them consisted of mixture of bees
wax and resin. others of pure bees
wax. Two seals, of the dates 1899 and
1923, respectively. were composed OF
wax, the characteristics of which
agreed more nearly with those of East
Indian than Of European beeswax
The wax composing an impression
from the great seal Of 1850 agreed, in
chemical and physical characters,
with pure beeswax Of today. The pig
ment in the red seals was vermilion,
while the green seals contained ver-
digris.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

ency, and she is still able to place
vast masses of men in the fighting
line On the other side, while Russia
has suffered series of severe defeats,
her resources in men are practically
inexhaustible. Russia s weakness has
been in lack of arms and NUM-
tions. In the case Of France, while
that country has suffered heavier
drain than any of the allies, the wal
is felt by her to be battle for ex
istence and every man and woman in
France is stiT ready to fight to the
last cartridge. Britain, the New York
Sun considers, is the strongest of the
allies, and there the determination still
is to see the war through.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
At the Library
Books About Vermont

The following books about Vermont
should be read by all good and loyal
Vermonters Vacation week is good
time to begin.
History.
"The charm of romance surrounds
the. discovery, exploration, and settle
ment of Vermont. The early records of
the state offer an exceptional field for
the study of social groups placed in al
together primitive and almost isolated
conditions; while in political organiza-
ton this commonwealth illustrates the
development of a truly organic unity.
The state was for Il years an indepcnd-
ent republic, prosperous and well adj
ministered.
History of Vermont, E. D. Collins.
History of Eastern Vermont, b. H. Hall.
Vermont: A Study in independence,
Rowland Robinson. american Com
monwealth Ser.)
Vermont for Young Vermonters, NJ. D.
| klmbaIl.
Vermont in the Civil War, G. c. Bene-
diet.
Vermont Historical Society, Proceed
ings.
These pamphlets contain many valua-
BILE papers and addresses on famous Yer
monters and events connected with Yer
mont. They are very interesting and
we'll worth reading.
Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs
Johnson, reprinted from the third
edition, published at Windsor, Vt.
in 1914.
"'These stories of Indian raids are
historical gems, especially when the per
sons taken captive were moved to ehron
icle their experiences in enduring type
The writer's seem to have been actuate(
by a spirit of thankfulness and graft
tude to Almighty God for remarkable
deliverances, their narratives being
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
The "Eourth ARM

Without the aeroplane in its nu-
merous forms, the war would have
been waged on utterly different lines
a. almost everypoint. Either the trench
warfare would have been indefinitely
prolonged, or there would have
beer an ever-recurrent number of sur
prise attacks, with alternate successes
and defeats, and a ceaseless shifting
of the balance Of advantage; and when
so many millions of troops were en-
gagged, over fronts of unprecedented
lengths. heaven alone knows how the
commanders in chief would have con-
trolled their forces or directed their
tactics. In any future war no country
will take the field without regarding
its fourth arm" as its most precious
and Indispensable factor-Charles S.
Preston in Scrbner's Magazine
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

Gus other things which each will dis
cover is SO much pleasanter done in
the open air
when the evening meal is preparing
or early in the day before breakfast
which will be cold and attractive and
save time during the heat of the day
Custards of various kinds and flaw
ors are most wholesome desserts, they
may be combined with any number of
different foods. When one lives en- a
farm where milk cream, eggs and but
ter is in abundance the dessert prob
lem will solve itself. 1t Is the city
dweller who needs to economic on
those foods which are so lavishly
abundant in the country, which makes
her long for a larger income to buy
plenty of cream, eggs and butter.
The various jellies and gelatins are
delicious combined with fruit and
served with whipped cream, but the
average farmer working in the open
enjoys a hearty dessert especially il
the dinner is not abundantly substan.
tial With a hearty dinner even a
hard working man in the open is bet
ter to have light dessert to finish a
heavy meal in hot weather.
Ice cream is nourishing, wholesome
and always liked, so when in doubt
make ice cream.
Sponge Pudding With RoxburS
Sauce. An ordinary sponge cake
served with this pudding is very good
| or the sauce may be served with {
sponge pudding. Beat the white of al
| egg until stiff, and gradually three
fourths of cupful of powdered sugar
| then add the yolk Of an egg, beater
| thick, three-fourths of a cupful O
cream, beaten stiff, few grains o
salt and flayoring to taste.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
GARDENERS LOVE OF SOIL
Every AericuIturlst Worthy the Name
Considers Its Welfare as Identi-
ca! With His Own.

Every real gardener and true coun.
tryman loves the soil; the smell of il
when turned over in the sun. the feel
of it under foot, its welfare is his own;
he loves to patch up the thin places.
blast out rocks, deepen and enrich it.
The soil is our priceless heritage from
geologic time; it is the insoluble resi-.
due from the crumbling of the rock;
on its maintenance depends the pros.
perity of the race of man.
And how we have misused and neg
lected our soil, The earth has been
plowed down the hill against the
fences where 1t is allowed to grow
brush, leaving the hillside and ridges
bare; it has been washed away and let
choke up the rivers and harbors with
the finest and latest of it's substance;
it has been burned over and its fer
tility wasted in many other ways.
My father John Burroughs), like
the true countryman that he is, al
ways loved. indeed almost worshiped,
the soil. He has had more real fun
and satisfaction in late years in i'm
proving pieces of land than in any
thing else. Last summer he found
huge delight in clearing up a stony,
broken pasture. blowing out the rocks
and building a fence with them, level.
ing off the ground and getting it
| ready for the plOw, saying:
Fifty years and more ago my ia
/ Their wanted to clear this field and
make a meadow of it; now | am able
| to do it-what q fine. deep soil it
/ hast"
He would pick up handful and
rub it between his fingers or thrust
the crowbar down into it to show the
depth Not to clear away any more
forest, but to build up and improve
some of the land already cleared, that
is truly an occupation worthy of any
| manl-John Burroughs in the Crafts
man.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
Not TO Be Sneezed At.

Victims of hay and rose fever were
rejoicing over the receipt by Cleveland
physicians of a vaccine that is said
to provide immunity from annual at
tacks. Physicians say the new dis
covery is boon for victims.
The serum administered to patients
is gathered from common grasses.
weeds and Towering plants. Ten to
fifteen injections of the serum given
during the four to six weeks preceding
the hay-fever season are necessary
to ward off the attack.
81 have had splendid success with
the hay-fever vaccine DR.. e. Frank
Romig said. "Other physicians who
are using it are well pleased with the
results they have had, am told"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

The governor and council of New
Hampshire have just issued warrants
for the distribution of license money
and a total of $27G, O64.S5 will be re
turned to various towns which legal
lied the sale of liquor Cheshire
county viii receive only $1,404.l0, and
Of this sum Walpole viii get $675.5e
and Chesterfield $350.97 These two
towns were in the license column pre-
vious to this year, when both voted
no. Alstead is now the only license
town in Cheshire county. In Vermont
all license fees go into the state treas
ury, robbing some advocates Of the sa
looms of the argument that license
money helps pay the taxes. In New
Hampshire the distribution is on
different plan, but the towns do no
get back a heavy payment to offse
the burden which the open saloon en-
tails.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
Worried over Buckets Loss.

There is a story going the rounds
about one of the slighter accidents
of the fleets. The other day the COM
mander of a destroyer. rolling heav-
lily in gale, and with her engines dis
abled, tried to lessen the strain by
ladling out oil. The seaman engaged
in this work was washed overheard,
and washed back again by returning
wave. He picked himself up, saluted
his officer, and said:
Very sorry, sir; lost the bucket"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

The Montgomery Advertiser takes a
fall out of Postmaster General Burle-
son, who declared the deficit in his de-
partment to be due to the war. The
postal receipts decreased during the
year 100000, but the expense of han
ding the business was $9,OoO,000 larg-
er than in the previous year, leaving Il
deficit of $G,50o,ooo. Briefly stated
the deficiency was caused by in
efficiency.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

The first gun to be fired in New
Hampshire next gubernatorial cam
paign is the formal announcement of
the candidacy of Hon. Albert yelling
ton Noone of Peterborough for the
Democratic nomination. The Honorable
Albert is known among newspaper par
agraphers as "H Noone," but it is
yet too early TO assert that he has
struck twelve politically.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
True Humility.
(Rutland News. J

Arthur Plat Howard, editor of the Yer
mont Advance, the progressive weekly
(note the two esq published at Burling-
ton, the man who modestly asseverates
that he has hobnobbed with kings, slapped
the shoulder of the kaiser, punched the
ribs of the car, and made the creator
move over, is to be one of the speakers at
the midsummer outing of the Vermont
Press association to be held in Barton on
August ) and g. Notice to that effect
was received by Gus" at s o'clock this
morning and at s :01 precisely eve
started for Barton-on our hands and
lsnees-hoping for an audience"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

Dispatches about the meeting of
municipal judges to agree on rules and
practice under the new municipal court
act give the impression that the law
was left in an uncompleted state when
the Legislature adjourned. Doubtless
this is true, but the chances are that
members of the legal fraternity were
responsible.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

Boston s rainfall record for July was
S.23 inches up to noon Tuesday, nearly
three inches more than any month since
the establishment of the government
weather office in 1871. According to
private records, however, there was a
fall of 1888 inches in July, 1868, which
would have been a trying month for
baseball schedule makers had there
! been any in those days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
Facts That Are Not Facts.
(Randolph Herald and News

(Randolph Herald and News.)
Among the interesting facts" contained
in a recent article in The Advance contrib
uted by a correspondent who conceals his
identity by signing "a Lover OF
Justice" is what amounts to a statement
that the state board Of education, content
ing itself with holding four annual
meetings during the year, is letting the
commissioner of education run things to
suit himself These four meetings at stat
ed times are required under the law 9th
err meetings may be held on CALL and have
been and will be held frequently. The
state board is giving its earnest attention
to its great task and Is not delegating any
Of its proper duties to anyone. So far as
it knows the commissioner has not act
ed in any matter that properly concerns
the state board except with the full
knowledge and approval of the board.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

President Gilpin of the Vermont
Press association says concerning the
midsummer outing at Barton: ''We
shall try to mix some really worth
while things with plenty of fun.
Mixing things of this description is an
art, but they certainly go well in hot
weather.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
TO SUISSE RIRERs.

1t Is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
of the paper each night, and it solicits
the cooperation Of subscribers to that
end Prompt reports should be given of
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, In per-
son. by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling 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 pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

the time to serve simple
desserts or fresh fruit
and use the extra time
in enjoying an hours
rest under the trees or
on a shady vine-covered
porch. Much of the work
of the housewife may be
prepared here, vegetables
and fruits picked over,
mending done and Yari.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
Member of the Associated Press.
SATURDAY, JULY 81, 1915.

We are willing to give st. Adams
credit for having the leading hens in
the Storrs, Conn, egg-laying competi-
ton, but they must have passed
through Brattlcboro en- route to the
scene of their triumph.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

The st. Johnsbury Republican thinks
it will be safe for Frederick G. Fleet
wood of Morrisville to represent Yer
mont at the meeting of the American
Bar association in Salt Lake City as
long as the other two delegates, J. G.
Sargent of Ludlow and c. c. Fits of
Brattleboro, are married men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

The New York Sun, which has
shown knowledge in war matters
equalled by few journals, does not
look for an early end of the war Ger
many, it says, shows no signs of ex-
haustion. Her harvest is good, her
factories are at the maximum efici-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
Do You Blame hiin2

A Colorado man. recently sentenced
to prison for stealing $500 from a
mining company at Cripple Creek,
Colo, is said to be the same who
first filed on properties there which
have since yieIGld SS0.000,009 to those
VIII. obtainc1 ultimate possession.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

characterized throughout by good old
Puritanic piety.'
Sketches of Historic Bennington, J. V.
d. Merrill.
Hoosac Valley; its legends and its his
tory, G. G. Niles.
A finely illustrated book, giving the
early history of this region. The part
especially interesting to Vermonters, is
the history and description of south
western Vermont
Danvis Folks, Rowland Robinson.
Rural life in Vermont many years
ago.
Danvis Pioneers, Rowland Robinson.
Stories of the early settlers in Yer
mont.
The Green Mountain Boys, d. p Thomp-
son.
Romance of the early settlement of
Vermont, using the hero tales of Yer
mont and incidents of the quarrel be-
tween Vermont and New York; is rich
in local color
The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter,
d. /. Thompson
Tells the story of the western cam
paigns of George Roger Clarke which
resulted in separation Of the Lake
regions from Canada Bennington and
Windham counties "fgure' in the
story.
Hester of the Grants, Theodore Peck
A romance of Old Bennington during
Revolutionary times, using the battle
of Bennington as one of the incidents
in tho story.
lIillsboro People, Dorothy Garfield Fish
| er.
Village life and customs in Yer
mont village of today.
Out of Bondage, Rowland Robinson.
Sam Lowell s Camp, Rowland Robinson
Uncle Lisha s Outing, Rowland Robin
son.
Uncle Lisha s Shop, Rowland Robinson.
Stories of the villagers living -
northern Vermont, full of rural gossip
and raey of the soil.
Wood Carver of 'Lympus, Mary F. Wal
lef
Life in a small Vermont village at
the present time.
Poetry.
Poems, Julia r. Dorr.
Last Poems, Julia r. Dorr.
Poems, John G. SAKE.
Poets and Poetry of Vermont, NJ. Hem
enway, editor.
Vermont, w. p Stafford.
Miscellaneous.
Justin Morgan, Founder of His Race.
E. w. Durham.
History of the Morgan horse
Orations and Essays of Edward ].
Phelps, J. G.. Mccullough, editor.
, Speeches, W. T. Stafford.
Addresses delivered on various occa.
sions, many are on historical subjects.
oil are worth reading not only for their
historical value but also for their htera
, " quality.
The Old Meeting House and FRS:
: Church in Rockingham, Vt, L. s
Hayes.
An interesting account of the old
meeting house; has charming illustra
tons.
Bog-trotting for Orchids, G. c. Niles.
> Tramps through the swamps of the
+ 1Ioosac valley, ''veritable orchid gar
dcns,' in search of orchids; include.
). much information about other plant,
found on the way
The Vermont Bureau of Publicity
publishes the following pamphlets which
may be had for the asking:
Industrial Vermont.
This book is designed to give in
formation concerning the various phase
: of Vermont s Industrial life and indus
: trial opportunities, and concerning tht
j water resources and the opportunitic
they afford. Information is given con
!. corning general conditions and manu-
! featuring enterprises in each town an(
city of the commonwealth Prom tn,
IForeword.
q Vermont Farms
r. Gives the agricultural resources an,
/, opportunities of Vermont
:. Vermont, the Land of the Green Mount
4 aims.
/ The arrangement is by counties.
e short history of each town is given an
g brief account of noted Vermonters
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Ru OF paper
so cents an inch for first insertion; %
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
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double rates
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
a line first insertion with so per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with so per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
SOME JULY DESSERTS.

During the hot weather when work
seems harder and play so inviting, is
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31
HKKIlHl
f6ABINEG

Stranger, if thou hast learned truth
which needs
No school of long experience that the
world
Is full Of guilt and misery, and hast
cares
To tire thee of it, enter this wild
wood
And view the haunts of nature.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

Massachusetts, has six living ex-govern-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

China yearly exports 5000 leopard
skins.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-31

The following books about Vermont
should be read by all good and loyal
Eermonters. Vacation week is a good
time to begin.