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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
ROBIN HOOD HERE JAN. 81.
Ambitious Performance viii Be Given
of de Kovens Famous Opera.

The next attraction at the Auditor
ium viii be the de Koven Opera COM
pany in an ambitious , production of
Robin Hood, on Thursday evening,
Jan. 2l. This is the company organiz-
ed by Reginald de Kovcn. the compos-
er, for the purpose CT restoring the
glories of English light opera, and Civ
ing jaded public more and better
music than is offered in the modern
musical comedy.
The principals We're recruited from
the grand opera houses of Europe and
America, and a revival of Robin Hood
was made at the New Amsterdam
theatre in New York two seasons ago.
where it ran six months TO capacity
houses. was then transferred to the
| knickerbocker theatre for another run
and subsequently toured the country to
| enthusiastic welcome.
1t was Mr.. de koven : intention to
make it a permanent organization. con
sequently most of the original company
have been retained and are making
their third tour of the country. taking
In only the large places. Heading the
present company is Ivy Scott. dramatic
soprano from the Century grand opera,
| New York, who sang Maid Marian all
last season. ana james Stevens of the
Chicago grand opera. who sang Little
John last season. Another valuable
member from last season Is George r.
buckingham, the last Of the original
| Bostonians, who will be seen IN his
favorite role of Friar Tuck. Others in
the company from last season are Phil
Branson and Tillie Salinger, aud the
rest of the cast includes Cora Tracy as
Alan-A-Dale. Harold Blake rs Robin
Hood, Lorcna Carmen as Anabel and
= Sol Solman as Sir Guy.
The production is the same one used
at the New Amsterdam theatre There
is Il special orchestra carried by the
company and the large and handsome
chorus has been picked, not only fol
their voices, but their fitness to weal
1.-THE tights and jenkins of Robin Hood ;:
lmerrie men.
This company comes especially engag
5 ed for Durham Brothers compliments
ry entertainment for their employs
and statesmen at their annual school
but the sale CT seats will be open Il
the public and the Dunhams will pa,
9 for all the tickets they buy, and what
I ever profit accrues viii be turned owe
I to the Associated Charities of Brattle
e bOro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

Men who ride to hounds learn much
more than the technique Of a sport
Observation, a quick eye, judgment and
number OF other qualities are de-
yeloped. From the bridge Of battle
ship | have seen hunting landsman
pick up torpedo boats - night before
the lookout man saw them IT You
can brown your skin nerves vanish.
SUnbeams are good FOR old bones and
young Hot baths and constant shade
multiply emotion and increase f5ds
and faccidity. Yet life in the open
tends TO become for town jewellers an
expensive luxury Tor the few. 4.
Whites Essays
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

The Hotel Vermont is a credit to
Burlington and a valuable aid to various
forms of business in the excellent ac-
commodations which it furnishes to
visitors to the city 1t is not run on
the cheese-paring policy which is char
acteristie of many hostleries. Its man
ayers, NJ. L. Powell and r. T. Collamer,
are showing their enterprise again i'll
inviting all commercial travellers in
Vermont to be their guests at Il ban
quet the evening of Feb. IL The invi-
tation is in recognition of the fact
that tho financial success of the hotel
is largely due to the loyal and enthu-
siastic support of the commercial men
| Many hotel managers would take the
shekels of the travelling men year after
year and never think of giving then
anything more than match or 1
toothpick
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
The Ball. the Danrn.

The word "ball." as applied TO
dancing party, came TO he used in the
first instance from IN ancient "ball
play" given in church 10y the dean and
choir boys OF Naples during the Feast
of Fools ut Easter At subsequent
dancing parties in Naples the dancers
threw 4 ball at one another 10 the
sound of their own singing. They
whirled about in measured time. aud
the sport consisted in loosenipg hands
I'm time TO catch the ball
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
Ianan,s Good Roads.

Japan is peculiarly well off in respect
Of good highways. The Tokaido. which
runs from kioto to Tokyo, is over 800
miles in length. and, as the writer can
testify, is admirably constructed. There
is also the Nakasendo, which is even
longer and passes through some Of
the finest scenery in the world. The
reason of Japan's excellence in the
matter of roads is that in the old days
not so very long ago-the daimios' or
territorial mobiles, had to journey TO
Tokyo once a year in order to pay their
respects to the sovereign. They trav-
eled by road. with great retinues. and
if the highways were not in perfect
condition feudal justice was melted
out to the delinquents.-London Chron-
iClc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

Gov. Blease of South Carolina, who
paroled 1900 prisoners, some of them
convicted murderers, aud then made
the pardons of the whole bunch abso-
lutte, has now disbanded the entire Ma
tional Guard of the state, owing to a
clash with the federal army and navy
departments, which wished to have an
accounting for 100000 worth of equip
ment provided by the government. It
is fortunate for other states that
Blease is in a class by himself as gov
ernor. 1t is doubtful whether any
other state in the Union would tolerate
Blease.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
A PASTORAL PLAYHOUSE.
Wonderful Open Air Thester In the
Heart of the Alps


What is probably the most perfect
pastoral theater in Europe is situated
IN the heart of the Alps-at Interlak-
en-, IN Switzerland. This unique play
house is open to all the winds that
blow, and its roof is formed-in the
most favorable circumstances the
blue canopy of the sky. 1t is not al
ways thus, however. and it has not in
frequently happened that the hue OF
the canopy has been less inviting and
that players and spectators alike have
experienced the interlude of a heavy
downpour which was not in the pro
gram.
The open air theater at Interlaken is
used for performances of Schiller's
great drama, William TELL for
which it is by nature admirably adapt
ed. The stage is q rising meadow
framed on three sides by dense woods
of beech and pine, with a '.backclotl'
of grim, gray rock towering toward
the sky beyond. Away TO the right
stretches a huge semicircle of noun
tain peaks, 5000 and 10000 feet high,
and behind the spectator tower the
great peaks Of the Bernese Overland
/ tie Jungfrau, Monch and Eiger. with
1 their burden Of eternal SHOWS.
Nature in accommodating mood has
provided the entrances and exits of
! this unique theater-passages in the
woods through which gallop with
laundering of boots ON hard ground
( the mail clad troopers of the tyrauni-
cal governor. The cattle, goats and
sheep which appear in the first scene
the return Of the locks aud herds
from the Alpine pastures - approach
down the steep path in the woods on
the right and are heard long before
they are visible, the tinkling and clap--
ing Of their bells mingling harmoni-
ously with the long drawn notes or
the huge wooden Alpine horn. seven
feet in length. and forming an appro-
PIRATE overture. - Wide World Mage
zine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

Whether or not Ex-Governor Fetch
or drew the teeth of the opposition
to his judicial appointments by his ex
PLANTATION of the situation in his retir
ing message, he certainly made public
facts enough to justify beyond doubt
the action he took. There is no ques-
ton that Mr.. Fletcher was advised by
the supreme court of Vermont that it
was his duty to make supreme court
appointments and. make them for the
constitutional term of two years. If
any doubt on this matter. still exists
Intentionally. As to the wisdom of this
advice it was not for Mr.. Fletcher to
take exception. AS executive he had
taken advice on constitutional ques-
tion from the highest judicial body in
the state, and his clear duty was to
follow it. The chances are. that the
very people who are now condemning
him so violently for taking this course
would have been equally enraged if
he had done otherwise, for in consider
| ing this controversy it should be re-
membered that during the last part of
his term Mr.. Fletcher was up against
a combination of office holders and of
| fee seekers who sought to discredit
him at every opportunity, even carry
ing the grudge so far as to organize q
movement to choke off any favorable
| demonstration that his retiring message
might inspire. In making this state
ment The Reformer is not attempting
to defend the ex-governor s course OF
all public matters, for it disagree.
with him on a good many things. No
do we claim that the advice on whiel
Mr.. Fletcher acted in making his ju
dieial appointments is infalhble. Gu
only contentious are that he did wha
he should have done in the circum
stances and that no fair-minded person
can say he did not.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

Both Vermont representatives. voted
against the proposed constitutional
amendment giving nationwide suffrage
to women. Representative Greene had
u precedent for such action in his vote
against an amendment providing ma
tional prohibition, his belief being that
the proposition involved an unwarrant-
ed interference with state rights. Mr..
Plumley is for prohibition and against
woma IS suffrage, as he voted yes on
the first question and no on the Sec
ond
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
Silly.
New York World.D

(NeW DIRK World
How can you be so silly?' roared Mr.
Roosevelt when a facetious Boston pho
tographer at the South Station in Boston
asked him to pose for picture with Mr..
Taft.
The Stiffness was not so much in the
photographer request as IN a situation
in which the only two living ex-Presidents
of the United States refuse to speak to
each other either i'll public or in private.
What could be sillier than that?
Saturday Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft
We're passengers on the train that left
New York at ] O'Clock for Boston. They
rode in different cars, and each took great
pains to be ignorant of the others pres
enee. When they left the tram they care
fully avoided earh other, and behaved for
all the world like two foolish schoolgirls
who had qqarrelled, each taking her doll
| and dishes and going home
OF the great feuds in American politics,
none had fewer elements of dignity than
| the quarrel between Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Taft. The differences between Jeffer-
son and Hamilton had their origin in
lirreconcilable principles of government.
| Those between Hamilton and Burr had
their origin In iIreconcilable political prac.
tlces jackson could no more have helped
hating Clay than he could have helped hat
ing John Marshall and Nick Biddle Sum
ners quarrel with Grant was the clash OF
men who had nothing in common in then
attitude toward public questions
The Roosevelt-Taft row is cheap and vul
gar, and is a reproach to American poll
ties. The responsibility of ending it plain
ly rests upon Mr.. Taft, who has a matur,
mind and Is a gentleman
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
Are Violating the Law.
montpelier Argus. J

Secretary of State Guy w. Bailey
has notified the authorities of various
Vermont towns and cities that it is alb
solutely necessary that automobiles
must have their 1915 number plates
attached to the machines which they
operate in order to conform with the
law IT has been claimed. that automo-
biles have been operated in some see
tions of the state under last year s
numbers and when attention was called
to the. condition of affairs in Brattle-
boro, The Reformer stated that it was
because the 1915 number plates had
not been sent out. This, however, would
not be a sufficient excuse for violating
the law 49, u.s.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
TWO POINTS OF VIEW.
Who Had the Happier Lot, the Lady or
the Laborer7

Ine LaDorer!
A Fashionable Woman. coming from
the Opera in the rosy nest Of a Limou-
sine, passed a group of Laborers at
midnight. Machines. like terrible AMI
mails. were burrowing into the Earth.
Steam was kissing as If from the
mouths of a million SerpentS Rocks
few in every direction. Torchlights
famed. There was the thunder Of La
Dor. The Night Shift was i'm fun swing
And the Woman. glancing from tho
window at 4 certain Workman. FOR an
instant thought:
How ! wish / had that brawny La
borer's strength and Joy Of Life. How
] envy him his Power, his physical per-
lection. the wonder Of his Manhood.
his freedom from the Shacklcs that
bind me. He is his OVID master. while
/ am a slave-the slave OF a Man
despise"'
At that moment the Laborer paused
long enough by the deep Chasm where
his Engine rocked TO glance into the
Motor as it sped by him. And he
thought:
"Oh. TO be like her, To know Leisure
and Wealth and Rest! To be free from
Drudgery and Toll, to come and 90 as
/ pleased, To throw of the chains OF
Debt and Worry and have the days
and nights stretch ahead OF me Ike Il
Field of Flowers
But in another instant the Motor was
gone. The TorchlightS fiared brighter
than ever. And each had forgotten the
other. - Charles Hanson Townc, in
Judge
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; 25
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
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 a 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, 1915-01-13
A Decreasing Market.

The report of the Internal Revenue
Commissioner for the year ending June
80, 1914, recently made public, shows a
decrease in the production of distilled
liquor of 10000 600 gallons, and de-
crease in so-callcd consumption of t.
100000. Despite the decreased produc-
ton of distillerics and the fact that
there are 127 fewer of them than in
1913. there is an over-supply of
whiskey in the bonded warehouses.
Something somewhere seems to be pro
hibiting,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
saIti.stIake In the World.

This is Lake Urumia, in Persia. sit
uated more than 1000 feet above the
level of the sea. 1t contains 30 per
cent Of salt as against So per cent in
the Dead sea. The lake is eighty-four
miles long and twenty-four miles
broad. and its northern coasts are in
crusted with border of salt glitter
ing white in the sun. No living thing
can survive in it except a species OF
very small jellyfish.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
tCopyrightl

should be paid enough to cover their
actual expenses in attendance at the
session but not enough to give them
any considerable cash profit for per-
forming a public duty. IN the opinion
of The Banner the fiat sum payment
should not be less than 1850 nor more
than $400.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

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
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, 1915-01-13
Keep the Dam UP.
Barre Times.

Not one of the first 2S bills introduc-
ed in the Legislature came from a
Windham county representative This
is tribute TO their appreciation of the
folly of too much egislation.-Brattle-
boro Reformer.
If YOU can keep the. dam up and in
shape for the remainder of the session
You will have accomplished great and
good work, brother. Herewith we ten
der our moral support 10 you.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
Power OF the Albatress.

The albatross. the largest webiootcd
bird, measuring sometimes seventeen
feet from tip To tip Of wing and weigh
ing up to twenty pounds. frequently
accompanies ocean steamers from th"
Cape to Melbourne. = distance of J.J"O
miles, without being seen to rest % the
WAY
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
Please Copy in Washington.
(Holyoke Transcript

(Holyoke Transcript
The opening sentence of the inaugu-
raj address of Gov. Gates of Vermont
was: ''Our constitution provides for
"a government of three departments
legislative, executive and judicial -
with functions separate and distinct. -
VIII the Congressional Record and 9th
er Washington papers please copy?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
E,tl,sr.a ultimasun.

Il think two can live as cheapy as
one. sir"
you can't edge into my family on
that theory. young man. I'm willing t.
keep on supporting my daughter. but
you'll have to pay board. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
Corrected.

Mother-Percy. | told you you could
not go playing in the vacant lot. and
l now observe that you have. Percy
My dear mother, you used the wrong
verb. You should have told me that |
must not go there, not that could
not
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
Legislative Salaries.
bennington banner

1t is highly proper for the legisla-
ture to limit the salary of its members
to "a fixed sum, but it would not be wise
or well for the state to make the sum
SO small as to create a feeling of re
sentiment and dissatisfaction among the
and senators. Very few
of them are men of wealth and they
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
Curious OVERSIGHT.

what do you think Magda-shall |
deliver my address cn The ideal VIE
lust a. - written q
ttCerta lnlv not tcu nlust r4u rte q
I cant see that IT ftz rs - al Neg.
gendorfer Batter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

Chicago is the most wasteful city in
the United States in dealing with ref
use, according to an investigation
which shows that the relative number
of pounds per cubic yard thrown away
which might be salvaged is Az, as
compared with. PIP for Boston and I43
for New York. According to these
figures, toe, Boston is more wasteful
than it ought to be.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
The Raven.

The ancients credited the raven with
unusual longevity. but modern investi-
CATION shows that it is not warranted
The bird rarely lives more than seven
ty years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
DEAFNESS and Rumblina.

Specialists have discovered that any
one who is partially deaf can hear best
when riding in n train. The rumbling
of the heavy wheels on the track
causes the drum of the ear TO vibrate
and in this way excites the capacity TO
hear.-Exchange
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Foundry to Cost $4,000.


Ex-Governor John ~ Mead has
awarded to the Berlin Construction
company the contract to build for the
Howe Scale company of Rutland new
modern foundry building to take the
place of the old wooden structure
burned in December with loss of
$4,000. Work will be commenced at
once to be finished in 90 days. The
material to be used is brick and ce-
ment and the structure will be one
story high, the old cupolas still being
available for use. The foundry is to
cover ground space III by 26S feet.
The building will be equipped with a
travelling crane of 10 tons capacity on
2SS feet of track and will have a troll
ley system so feet long, each carrier
having capacity of 1000 pounds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

George LaMouptain, 81, died in the
Rutland hospital Monday from effects
of injuries sustained the previous Tues
day, when he was struck by a train
while shoveling snow on the railroad
track in order that the teams of the
NJ a ming Manufacturing company
might pass more easily. He was ma
tive of Quebec, moved with his family
to Rutland 10 years ago and the past
two seasons had been employed as q
gardner by f. f. Keyes. He leaves a
wife, three daughters and two sons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
Our Natural Bridges.

There are ten bridges formed by ma
ture in the United States. Their for
nation is caused by the current OF
streams running through rocks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
She Knew.

Sunday School Teacher-Can YOU
tell me who dwelt in the Garden 81
Eden2 Little May-Yes, ma-am; the
A dam3es Exchange
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

isn't essentially German unless Ger
many has a monopoly of all the com.
mon sense in the world.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
Member of the Associated Press.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1915.

\ bill is before the Vermont legislature
to compel each horse-drawn vehicle to
carry light at night. 1t deserves to live.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

No man except a blockhe2d ever
wrote except for mcnsy-Johnsen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

British Columbia S annual fish catch
is valued at $50 100000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

Woman, thy vows are traced in sand
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13

Entered in the postoff1ce at Brattle
boro, as second class matter.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-05-20
The Story Beautiful, "
a Chautauqua Mas.
terpiece
ms Classic Makes Appeal 10 the
senses of Sight and Hearing.

The Story Beautiful" is classic
from the standpoint of art, oratory ana
musical attachments, and yet, because
u its strong appeal to all classes who
WIZ near and see 1t, this number on
tne coming assembly deserves to be
called a popular entertainment.
= Because of its uniaueness II ia diff.
cult 10 give in few words an ade-
! quate conception Of 1t.
one of the most brilliant. powerful
and dramatic speakers. Father Patrick
>. MacCorry Of St Mary's cathedral.
wichita, Kan, has woven a thrilling
lecture about series of unusual views
and reproductions of famous paintings.
Many of the paintings shown are by
the muster painters of the world and
are hidden far from the eyes of the
curious How Father MacCorry Sc
cured them is not part of this story.
but it may be said that there are few
who could secure permission to copy
them, and1Is eloring of the slides is
wonderfuhy Teit-done. They nre as
beautiful as the originals and far above
any slides commonly shown.
While the pictures are being shown
Father MacCorry gives his lecture.
No orator has a more musical tone or
more dramatic information, and while
he speaks single ray of light reveals
bis features against a black velvet
curtain, the speaker as well as the
picture being shown. which is an ex-
elusive feature with this lecturer. At |
times nothing can be heard but the |
gentle music of the piano, and this
may be followed with the rich tones of |
that great baritone, Fl. Ruthven Mac
Donald Of Toronto, who presents Sc
lections from oratorios and other classic
music while the audience remains I'M
der the spell of this remarkable set
ting
Four people are required to present
this admirably combined lecture, re-
cital and showing of famous pictures,
and those who attend will leave with
the sensation that they have visited
some great cathedral, having been
thoroughly satisfied in long cherish
ID desire.