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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
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Proctor, Bickford, DeBoer. and now
Fits, summoned to the Great Beyond
within few years-truly Death loves
a shining mark LIN Vermont. In many
respects Clarke G. Fits was at the
time of his decease the strongest person
ality in this state. His record of ac-
complishments reads like that of a very
able man extending over twice the pc
riod covered by Mr.. Fits S years
He had an amazing capacity for tasks
Of magnitude. Both at the law and in
/ that never faltered until the goal was
won. Personally, he was a clean
man, of splendid character and high
ideals. He detested hypocrisy and in
sincerity. He could and did hit hard
blows for the right as he saw it-and
his vision was generally clear. He held
! firmly at heart the welfare of his com
munity and state and no man was do
ing more to promote it. In public ser
vice his remarkable talents spoke con
spicuously. 1t was fond hope of his
admirers that the future would call him
to Office for which he was eminentlv fit
ted, though he did not encourage the
idea, being content to work in the ranks
Mentally, Mr.. Fits was a prodigy. He
was the only man we ever knew who
could without hesitation dictate to q
stenographer important Legislative acts
in the framing of which the ordinary
law maker would have to spend weary
ing hours i'll careful preparation. Mr.
Fits was giant at fortysix. Hi,
deccase with SO much promise ahead is
: almost a calamity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

No doubt a room in the town building
could be used to advantage as head
quarters for the Windham county agri-
cultural association, which is coming
to be an almost indispensable adjunct
to the farm life of this section and
is bound to increase in value and use
fulness as its purposes are better under
stood. At present the county agent has
a desk in the town clerk s office, an ar
rangement which is mutually satisfac-
tory, but there is little doubt that the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
Clarke G.. Fits.

bellows Falls Times.)
The death of Brattleboro s foremost
citizen, Clarke c. Fits, is keenly felt
in Bellows Falls where his great ability
and splendid qualities were known and
admired. Brattleboro and the county,
and the state have lost n rare man.
Each generation produces only few of
his type.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery
Of the paper each night, end 1t solicits
the cooperation OF subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given OF
each failure to receive the paper on the
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, 1916-12-29

saying lately. And
they have been
h a in e a G o o d
time.
You know the
COLLINS are jolly
little Creatures
and they have the
very best of Times.
SO many Children
Think that they
are very Terrible.
But not at all
they are as Nice
as can be.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

The Meddler does not mean to in
sinuate that the various town officers
would be more valuable as public ser
wants if they spent more time back of
expensive desks, for he realizes that
much of their work, particularly that of
the selectmen, road commissioner, tax
collector and overseer of the poor, is of
a kind that requires them to be in va
rious places. 1t does seem, however,
as if there would be a distinct advan-
tage to the public in having all of them
have headquarters in the same building
where they might be found at certain
hours on certain days. The natural
place for such Offices is the town build
ing, and it is a fair question whether
the building would not better be de-
voted to such. a purpose than to the
uses of private tenants for whom there
is plenty of room elsewhere.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

Eating, L wouldn't like to have any
one tell me not to Eat too much
BUT said Toody, 'all we want to
do is to tell them not to Eat SO much
as to make them Sick; that they
must Enjoy themselves without Eat
ing too much Candy and Cake. Then
they will not only Enjoy Christmas
Day but they will Enjoy Christmas
Week and lots of Days after For
the Goodies from Christmas Tree
last a long time
"'All right Shouted the COLLINS.
Well be off,
"And so they left their Sleds and
their Coasting TO tell little Boys and
Girls all over the World that too
much Candy would only make them
Sick-and that no one had a good
time who was Sick. But they We're
sure to tell the Children that they
wanted them to Eat enough Candy
just enough-but not too much.
$50 even the COLLINS have to be
Busy around Christmas time"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
Her Riahts.

Dotty (after scolding)-Now, don't
think, daddy, that just because you
married mamma, you have a right to
be rude to all womenl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertislng-Run OF paper,
30 cents an inch for first insertion; 2
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
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, 1916-12-29
The MeddLer
:" the coat f4s you. put Il on"

The announcement that the new fed
eral building will be ready for occupan-
cy in February means that the town
must soon look about for new tenants
for the present postotiiee quarters. just
how much of this room will be rented
to private tenants depends, of course,
on what the town sees fit to do in the
way of providing its officials with of
fees more becoming their dignity and
Importance. While The Meddler realizes
fully that the loss of the postoffice
rental of 81 POO annually will make an
appreciable curtaiiment in the income
from the town house, whiehshasn I been
on self-supporting basis for a number
of years, he IS not wholly convinced
that it would be the best policy for the
town to attempt to make up this loss
by renting the postofice quarters fol
mercantile purposes. Part of the room
/ 1t would seem, might be utilized to bet
ter advantage as a municipal head.
quarters in which the tax-collector, road
commissioner and overseer of the poor
might have offices and the town CLERK
provided with additional and not un
needed room. Even the selectmen might
perhaps be convinced of the advantage
of doing business in more prominenr
and better equipped place than thei
present Office, which is useful at pres
ent chiefly as public" place il
which to post legal notices which it j
hoped the curious public will not see.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

Truancy has been reduced to a minimum
in the schools of Los Angeles by means
of the telephone. As soon as a childs alb
sence is noted his parents are called up
and asked the reason.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
TO The PUBLIC
At LARGE:

Something more than five years
ago I assumed the management of
the Brooks House (HoteD. / have
tried to care for its patrons to the
best of my ability. I thank the
public for their support i'll the past.
At this time when other parties are
interested in the property it is time
to consider present conditions and
prospects for future business.
As everyone knows of the large
advance in provisions and supplies,
amounting to approximately 33 Is
per cent, cannot continue to serve
the public at the old rate and have
decided to advance my prices 20 per
cent. On and after Jan. /, 1917, UNI
I'll further notice, my prices will be
based on a $500 per day rate.
Regretting that conditions made
this change necessary and believing
the public realize tho justice of the
advance and having just made
Contract TO continue as manager of
the Hotel for 1917, ask Tor the sup
port Of the public, which I shall try
to serve as faithfully as in the past.
b.. GEO. { SHERMAN,
Manager
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HAPPINESS Is TODAY S

problem, aud twenty years hence YOU
and your family can be happy in the
memories Of today. There S a way. Ask
us how. 9th year. National Life ms,
Co., Of VI. (Mutual) ALBERT C.
LAIRD, Special Agent, Crosby Block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

Men who speak before-they think
have occasion to make many apologies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
n4DDY,S EVENING
MR1 ALE - WARY
&C. |y| So a e.: I :?
COLLINS WORK.

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho,'" commenced
Daddy, SIS what the COLLINS have been
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29

G. Il $ pin 6 for
Breath, as he had
aid everything
without taking a
good long Breath
to help him.
"A nd W h a t
must we do?'
asked the COLLINS.
d" we must go
and Warn the
Children not to
Eat too much
'' IT h e Y won't
like us them said
the COLLINS.
" No said one
little Goblin, who
MAS ynrNr fond of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-29
SCARCITY OF HELP.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Illustrations BY w. +. HILL

tween Edgar's shoulder-blades. fou
are slouching badly. noticed 1t as you
walked down the street this morning.
"Do all the boys wear sott-collared
shirts like that?" asks Mother. Per
sonally, think that they look very un-
tidy. They are all right for tennis ana
things like that, but | wish you'd put
on a starched collar when you are In the
house. You never see Elmer Quiggly
wearing collar like that. He always
looks neat"
For heavens sake, Eddie, says Sis
fer. take off that tie You certainly do
get the most terrific-lOoking things to
put around your neck. 1t looks like
Masonic apron. Let me go with you
when you buy your next batch
By this time Edgar has his back
against the wall and is breathing hard
What do these folks know of what Is
being done?
If it is not family heckling it may be
that even more insidious trial, the third
degree. This is usually inflicted by
semi-reatives and neighbors. The form
ulp are something like this:
"Well, how do you like your school?
II suppose you have plenty of time
for pranks, eh?'
what a good time you boys must
have 1t isn't SO much what you get
out of books that will help you in after
life. | have found, but the friendships
made in college. Meeting so many boys
from all parts of the country-why, it's
a liberal education in itself
What was the matter with the foot
ball team this season.
Lets see, how many more years
have you? What, only one more. Well.
well, and | can remember you when you
were that high, and used to come over
to my house wearing a little green dress.
with big mother-of- pearl buttons. You
certainly were a cute little boy, and
used to call our cook 'Sna-sna. And
here YOU are. almost senior.
ooh, are you 1918? | wonder if you
know fellow Observation-Disclosures
Spencer Mellish | met him at the beach
last summer | am pretty sure that ne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
Br ROBERT G.. BENCliLEl

There is banging OF the front door
and Edgar has arrived. y round OF
kisses. an exchange of health reports
and Edgar is bounding upstairs.
Dinner in half an hour says
Mother
Sorry" shouts Edgar from the
bath-tub. but I've got to go out to the
Whortleberrys' to a dinner dance. Got
the bid last week. Say, have ! got any
dress-studs at home here? Mine are IN
my trunk
Fathers studs are requisitloned and
the family cluster at Edgar's door to
slide in a few conversational phrases
while he is getting the best of his dress
shirt.
How have you been?" (Three
guesses as to who it is that asks this.)
ooh, all right. Say, have | got any
pumps at home? Mine are in the trunk.
Where are those old ones | had last
summer"
Don't you want me to tie your tie
for you?" 1.-TWO guesses as to who IT Is
that asks this.)
NO, thanks. Can | get my laundry
done by tomorrow night? I've got to go
out to the Clamps at Short Neck for
over the weekend to bobsleddlng
party, and when get back from there
Mrs. Dibble is giving a dinner and thea
ire party"
Don't YOU want to eat little dinner
here before you go to the Whortle-
berrys?" Zone guess as to who it is
that asks this.)
But Edgar has bounded down the
stairs and left the Family to comfort
each other with such observations as
"He looks tired" 81 think that he has
filed out a little" or 81 wonder if he's
studying too hard"
You might stay in the coat-closet for
the entire two weeks and not hear much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

more of Edgar than this. His parents
don't. They catch him as he is going
I'D and down stairs and while he is put
ting the studs into his shirt, and are
thankful for that. They really get into
closer touch with him while he is at col
lege. for he writes them weekly let
ter then.
Nerve-racking as this sort of life is to
the youth who is supposed to be resting
during his vacation, it might be even
more wearing if he were to stay within
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

the Family precincts. Once in while
one of the parties for which he has been
signed up falls through, and he is forced
to spend the evening at home. At first
it is somewhat embarrassing to be
thrown in with strangers for meal like
that. but, as the evening wears on, the
ice is broken and things assume more
easy swing. The Family begins to make
remarks.
you must stand up straighter, my
boy" says Father, placing his hand be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

is in your class ~
well, no, maybe 1t ~ *IN
!. !. !. !. !. !. !: j.
was 1908" .a.A \ -
After an hour or /E1MAll IN
two Of this Edgar ExTEyAl I
is willing to go back SSvfF1l3
to college and take fs M /
an extra course in EnIfajEE sB
Black S m thing, M%s 'HSIY /
Chipping and Fill sMW'' I'm
ing, given during "For He,v.,,.
'.'0 O"' 80 Sake, Take on
ton, rather than -,
run the risk of get
ting caught again. And, whichever
way you look at it, whether he spends
his time getting into and out Of
his evening clothes. or goes crazy an.
swering questions and defending his
mode of dress. it all adds up to the same
in the end-fatigue and depletion and
what the doctor would call "a general
rundown nervous condition"
The younger you are the more frayed
you get. Little Wilbur comes home
from school, where he has been put to
bed at $3.50 every night with the rest
of the fifth form boys, and has had to
brush his hair in the presence Of the
head-master's wife. and dives into what
might be called veritable maelstrom of
activity. From a diet of cereal and
fruit-whips, he is turned loose in the
buffers pantry among the maraschino
cherries and given a free rein at the
various chiloren's parties, where indi-
vidual pound-cake Santas and branded
walnuts are followed by an afternoon at
Treasure Island" with the result that
he comes home and insists on tipping
every one in the family the black spot
and breaks the cheval glass when he
is denied going to the siX-day bicycle
race at 2 in the morning.
Little girls do practically the same,
and, if they are over fourteen. go back
to school with the added burden Of an
affair de cour contracted during the re-
cess. In general, ii takes about a month
or two Of good, hard schooling and ever
study to put the child back on its feet
after the Christmas rest at home.
Which leads us to the conclusion that
our educational system is all wrong. 1t
is obvious that the child should be kept
at home for eight months out of the
year and sent to school for vacations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

A e.: :::. : s:::: a: :.: ::. cd
..xo, NJ, c,,,d This is the only
Up Straight. My 0id''0c '''"' '''0 '".'
Boy i'orS VI inc '''''0''
and colleges have to
soak the floors of the recitation halls
with oil TO catch the dust Of the next
semester and while this is being done
there is nothing to do with the students
but send them home for a week or two.
Thus it happens that the term "holi-
DAYS" is applied to that period of the
year when everybody else is working
lust twice as hard and twice as long
during the week to make up for that
precious day which must be lost to the
Sales Campaign or the Record Output
on Christmas Day.
For those who are home from school
and college it is called. in the catalogues
Of their institutions. a recess or va
cation and the general impression Is
allowed to get abroad among the par
ents that il is to be a period of rest and
recuperation. Arthur and Alice have
been working so hard at school or col
lege that two weeks of good quiet home
life and home cooking will put them
right on their feet again, ready to pitch
into that chemistry course in which,
owing to an incompetent instructor,
they did not do very well last term.
That the theory of rest during vaca-
tons is fallacious can be proved by ND
ing in the coat closet of the home OF
any college or school youth home for
Christmas recess. Admission to the coat
closet may be forced by making yourself
out to be a government official con
rected with compulsory military service
or an inspector Of gas meters. Once
hidden among the overshoes, you will
overhear the following little earnest
drama, entitled Home for the Holi-
days"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

As a pretty trib-
ate to that element
of our population
which is under
twenty-five years of
age. these are called
the Holidays"
This is the only
chance that the ian
itors Of the schools
and colleges have to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-10
(United Press Leased wire.)

BERLIN, via wireless to Say
Vile, l.. l., Oct. 10.-Rumanian
reinforcements, rushed up in an
effort to block the Austro-German
drive through Transylvania, were
halted and defeated southes st of
Marienburg, said an Austrian Of
ficial statement received here to-
day.
b The recapture OF Kronstadt,
principal city of Pennsylvania,
was preceded by violent street
fighting, the Vienna statement
revealed.
= The Rumanians everywhere are
In retreat.
The army of General Won AIRS
encountered only local resistance
in entering the Harneiter and
Goergeny mountains.
Capture OF a Rumanian island
in the Danube near Slstov was eff
fected by an Austrian flotilla, as
sisted by German and Austrian
detachments. Three officers, 1856
men and six cannon were cap
tured.
The Austrian war office an
nounced the repulse of all Rus.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-10
UNITED Pres. Leased wire)

OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 10. = A
statewide search for a gypsy band
encamped here a short time ago
was instituted today, following
osy the finding of the body of Ru-
dolph Masquedo, six years old, in
San Leandro bay.
The boy was last seen alive
Saturday afternoon riding in a
buggy with a dark skinned man
and Immediately after the gypsy
camp was unsuccessfully searched
1t is not known whether the lad
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-10
CHILD'S TONGUE
BECOMES COATED
IF CONST|PATED
When cross, feverish and
sick give California
Syrup of Figs. -

Children love this fruit laxa-
tive" and nothing else cleanses
the tender stomach, liver and
bowels SO nicely.
A child simply will not stop
playing to empty the bowels, and
the result is, they become tight
ly clogged with waste. liver gets
sluggish, stomach sours, then
your little one becomes cross.
half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath Is
bad, system full of cold, has sore
throat. stomach-ache or diar-
rhoea. Listen, Mother! See IL
tongue is coated, then give a tea
spoonful of California Syrup of
Figs, and in few hours all the
constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the
system, and you have we'll,
playful child again.
Millions of mothers give Cali
fornia Syrup OF Figs" because il
is perfectly harmless; children
love 1t. and Il never fails TO act
on the stomach, liver and bowels.
Ask your druggist for a So
cent bottle of California Syrup
OF Figs" which has full direc-
lions for babies. children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Beware of
counterfeits sold here. Get the
genuine, made by California
Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-10
CHILD IS
HUNG BY
A STRAP
limited Pres. Leased Wire,

nued Press Leased Wfre.D
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Stran-
gled to death with the strap she
used to carry her school books,
11-year-old Bella Bricker was
found in the basement of tene-
ment building at 1874 Monroe
street today.
The little girl had been miss
ing since she started for school
yesterday morning. She evident
ly was attacked on her way to
school.
Her clothing was badly torn
and her face bruised and covered
with blood.
Morris Silverstein, the janitor,
who discovered the body, said he
was in the cellar at 10 o'clock
last night and saw nothing I'M
usual.
Detectives believe the girl was
assaulted and killed at some 9th
er place and her body dragged to
the tenement building last night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-10
Believe BOY MURDERED

that day the Nomads disappeared.
was murdered or drowned acci-
dentally but the murder theory is
generally accepted.
The boys mother, in a precar-
ious condition from worry over
the disappearance, has not been
told Of his tragic end.
His father, Panfilo MasQuedo,
knows no motive for murder nm
less gypsies, Selling the boy for
ransom. decided to do away with
him when they found Masquedo is
not wealthy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-10
MANY JEWS WILL
SETTLE IN u. S

Thousands of Jewish immi-
grants will settle in America dur
ing the next five years, as the re-
suit of the war. according to Rev.
DR.. r. Kornblith, of New York,
district secretary of the Hebrew
Sheltering and Immigrant Aid So
ciety, who will speak Tuesday
evening at O'Clock in Temple
Beth Israel, South 10th and I
streets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-10
WHAT WOULD YOU
DO, MR.. HUGHES?

CHICAGO, Oct. 1O.-C. E.
Hughes was invited today by
Thomas j. Walsh, manager of
western democratic headquarters,
to speak on the situation caused
by the recent activity of German
submarines. This will give Mr..
Hughes a chance to say what he
would do If he we're president to-
day." says Walsh, instead OF
waiting until after President Will
son has done something, and then
lcriticising it."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-10
GAS BURNS
TWO BOYS

Gas leaking from a large main
into a city sewer blew off the
sewer cap and severely burned
two small boys, Charles Dickin-
son, age 10, 5406 Asotin, and
Elmo Huff, age 8, 1912 So. 54th
street, when the lads built a small
bonfire over the opening. Parents
are threatening to sue the city
for damages.