The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-23
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The Women s Relief corps will ho.d
a drill in G. A. r. hall tonight at $50, |
TO which all members and cGicers are
requested to bc pleseit.
The Austine Institution will have al
tea and sale of baskets and fancywork
made by the pupils Wednesday after
noon, Oct. 81, from 3 to o'clock
Rev Robert w. Savage Of Charles
town. \. r., will preach in the Unitari-
an church tomorrow morning at 1890
in exchange with Rev. E. Q. s, Osgood.
Miss Catherine O'Hagan of Elliot
street fell yesterday morning on the
steps of her home and sustained Sc
we're scalp wound. DR.. Harry P.
Greene dressed the injury.
The body of Private Martin F. Joyce
viii be sent from Brownsville, Tex,
where he was killed Thursday in a
slzirmish with Mexican bandits, to his
homo at Westminster. Private Joyce
vas taken from an institution and lived
with Leslie G. Converse of Westmins-
ter until IS years old, and Mr. Con-
verse directed that the body be sent to
him.
Several times recently three foxes,
evidently animals that had been caught
and tanned when young, have visited
the yard of the Estey organ plant,
showing no fear of men. One of the men
caught one of them yesterday while
the animals enjoying a sunbath on top
of pile of lumber in the yard. 1t is
thought that the foxes have escaped
from some one in that locality or pur-
posely were released.
Brattleboro lodge, n Z. o. P, will
hold public card party and social
next Monday evening in G. A. r. hall
at 3 clock. Progressive fve-hundred
viii be played and prizes viii be given.
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Refreshments will be served. The lodge
will hold q regular meeting at 100 in
q. A. R. hall. All members are asked to
be on hand promptly so that the meet
ing will close in time for the social at
| s.
Here are some interesting facts
about The Birth of a Nation, the motion
picture spectacle that will be shown in
the Auditorium three afternoons anu
evenings, beginning Monday afternoon:
The reels show 5000 scenes, $4,000 per
sons, 5000 horses. The biggest battle
of the Civil war is re-enaeted. Ford s
| theatre, Washington, was reproduced
| wild Klux rides cost $4,000
Women s dresses used 10000 yards Of
| cloth and the Ku-Klux costumes $4,000
/ yards. There are miles of trenches and
| thousands of fighters.
| Clara Kimban Young, one of the top
/ notch artists and a great favorite in the
| film world, is a candidate fer the honor
! of leading the grand march at the third
4 I1n 20 Io1
! Boston Arena, New England s largest
auditorium, Wednesday night, Dec. /.
4 This honor. which is much sought after,
4 is always decided by vote, and so great
is Miss Young's popularity that hes
friends are sanguine that she will Sc
cure the coveted position. Miss Young
often has been on the screen in Brattle-
boro, and she will appear again to-
morrow night at Island park, when she
will take the leading part in the Shu-
bert feature, Hearts in Exile.
Graustark was not shown at the
Princess theater yesterday for the rea-
son that the films, which were in the
northern part of the state, were ship
ped to Boston instead of to Brattle-
borO. When the mistake was discov-
cred yesterday afternoon an automo-
bile was hired and an attempt made
! to get the films here in time for the
: evening performance, the Boston com
pany telephoning that they would be
here by 80. At 9 p. m, however, q
message was received that the auto.
! mobile had gone astray and broken
down. The theater management sub
stltuted good program of two hours
duration and offered to refund the ad
: mission of anv who so desired MANY
took advantage of this privilege, but
fully half of the audience was salts
fed with the entertainment The thea
ter management will turn over to tht
, Daughters circle of the Universalis
, church the money it would have re
ceived had the original picture beer
shown. Graustark will be seen here
at later date.