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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-26
DADDY'SEQENING
uEAlR TALED
wMARY GRAHAM BO|NNER
SANTA CLAUS TALK.

THE Fairy Queen, said Daddy,
twas Talking to the Fairies one Eve
ming just after Mr.. Sun had gone to
Bed
It's Cold Tonight she said Iet's
go to our Homes in the Deep Trees
and | viii tell you Stories-True Sto.
rieS'
Wonderful, Fairy Queen, shouted
the Fairies. You always Think of
everyone and are so Kind and Good.
What a lovely Fairy Queen you arer
and the Fairies flew about her
Singing Softly to themselves. Wonder
full Fairy Queen
There is someone more wonder
1ul than | am, said the Fairy Queen.
impossible shouted the Fairies.
indeed, it's not Impossible at ALL
said the Fairy Queen Wait until |
tell you
wait until she Tells u.s. said the
Fairies to each other.
They all flew with the Fairies TO
| their Homes in the Trees. For YOU
| know the Fairies have ever and ever
so many Homes.
Crawl inside said the Fairy
| Queen. And back of the Knots and
Hollows of the Trees the little Fairies
! lhade themselves quite comfortable
and the Cold Wind did not Touch
! them.
3" Now about the Wonderful Per-
SON. said the Fairies.
~ The wonderful Person said the
FAIRY Queen, is a Dear Old Man
lie is Jolly and Fat and Happy all
the time. Most of the Year he works
IN his Shop which is miles and miles
ana miles away from everyone and
everywhere. And his Shop is full of
! Toys. The most Marvellous of TOYS.
Should anyone happen to visit
him in the Summer his Shop would be
seen filled with Ships partly made,
Trains of Cars not quite ready, Dolls
with Arms missing, and all such
things. But when this time of the
Year draws near, then, ah then, he is
ready for Play
What is his name, and how does
he play? asked the Fairies. we
should think he would need to Play
after Working all the time and max
ing Toys. Doesn't he get Tired? they
asked.
He is too happy to get Tired, said
the Fairy Queen. He does not know
what it means to be Tired. The Words
he knows best are Christmas, and
Presents, and Stockings, and Fire
places. and Happiness, and Joy, and
Renders, and Jingling Bells, and
Sleds. His name is Santa Claus. and
of all the Wonderful things in this
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-26
Adamson Law a Lemon.
. Hartford, Conn. Courant.

NIaltI ora, OOlN.. t0ul90t.4
There is no doubt that many voters
who are associated with trades union
ism, or whose interests or sympathies
bring them into special and init
mate relations with the cause of the
wage Garner, Were attracted to Presi-
dent Wilson because of the passage of
the Adamson bin by congress under the
President 5 direction, and there is
10 doubt that for this reason many
votes were east for him at the election
last month that he would not other
wise have received. 1t was the opinion
Of organized labor at the time that a
great victory had been won and that
Mr.. Wilson had proven himself to he
the laboring man s benefactor. Now
the leaders of organized labor are com
ing to the conclusion that the Presi-
dent really handed them a lemon.
That is just what Charles L. Hughes
and many other Republican campaign
speakers attempted to show them before
the election. They couldn T or wouldn t
see it then, but they are now coming
to realize that what Mr.. Hughes said
about the law was correct. President
Gompers of the American Federation
OF Labor, and the heads of the four
railroad brOtherhoods will, it is now
said, make an effort to have the Adam
son law, which at first looked so good
TO them, repealed, but it is not likely
that they will meet with success. Dem
ocratic congressman who spent much
time during the campaign praising and
defending the law would find them
selves in pretty predicament before
their constituents if they should turn
.bout now and repeal il.
It Is not only because they object to
the proposed legislation that the Presi-
dent has coupled with the Adamson law
that the labor leaders are now about to
seek the repeal of that law. They fear
the future effect of the law itself.
I They fear it will reduce the power of
fhe brotherhoods in railroad affairs, and
that it will tend to destroy the princi-
pie of collective bargaining. They
know not what the courts will do with
/ the law, even if they find it constitu.
tional, and they foresee that there are
possibilities i'll its Interpretation and
application that may do organized labor
more harm than good
But whatever may be thought Of the
Adam son law now, it certainly proved
good campaign material for the Demo
Gratis. Organized labor could see only
an enemy i'll every man who tried tC
explain that the law was not the unal
Logged good thing that its authors anC
sponsors claimed it to be-
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burlington Free Press. ]

In the death OF the Hon. Clarke c.
Fits of Brattlenoro Vermont loses an
other Of its promising men of the young
er generation that it could i'll afford
to spare. One thinks instinctively in
this connection of the death of various
other men of brilliant attachments and
commanding positions whom the Green
Mountain state has been called upon
to mourn in comparatively brief peri
cd of time. Fletcher d. Proctor, David
J. Foster. George II. Bickford and Jo-
seph A. DeBOcr. who passed out in the
order named, would have been picked
by observing citizens OF this state as
individuals rightly expected to shine
later on in high public position, either
at home or in Washington.
Mr.. Fits belonged to a still young
or circle, had admirable qualities of
mind and heart and preeminent ability
in 50 many directions that he would
have adorned almost any position in
Vermont S public service that could
have been named and attained great
popularity, as indicated by the high de-
gree Of general favor already his al
though ne had been for years in private
life
He had one of the most brilliant
minds to be found i'll New England,
and this is all the more noteworthy
when one recalls the extent to which he
was self-edueated. Gifted with a high
order of intellectual strength, posses
sing a remarkably retentive memory,
endowed with almost irresistible per-
suasive powers, both as an advocate
and as q speaker on public issues, he
had won a marked degree of influence
not only in Vermont but also i'll other
states as well. His extensive law prac-
tice reached even to the American me
! tropolis and he was rightly regarded as
one of the most substantial and promiS-
ing of the younger lawyers in New
/ England. Indeed he already stood at the
/ very forefront of the New England
/ bar.
/ In point of achievement and attain
ments Mr.. Fits had lived a longer life
/ than falls to the lot of the vast ma,
/ jority of men. In point of age he was
/ still in the prime vigor of younger
manhood, not yet having reached the
/ fftieth milestone Into his forty-seven
years he had crowded legal success and
business achievement and industrial
! triumphs and financial results which
made his career seem long in spite of
It's brevity in point of time He was
absolutely fearless in advocacy of any
cause he believed to be right. He was
almost invariably on the right side OF
great public questions 1t will be long
! time before Vermont can make gooC
the place of men like Mr.. Fits and the
others named in this connection. o.
Mr.. Fits especially it is true that III
reaped of good seed sown bountifully
and his works do follow him.
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been called OF to mourn the deaths of
an unusual number Of her strong men
in the prime of life and with the prom
Use OF years of valuable service still be
fore them. To the names Of Joseph A.
DeBoer and George II. Bickford must
now be added that Of Clarke {. Fits,
whose death Wednesday caused a shoe K
to his legion of friends and admirers
throughout the state. It is difficult to
realize that the dynamic force of this
man is lost to the state. but the melan-
eholy truth persists. With a zeal that
was characteristic of all his actions.
Mr.. Fits threw himself into affairs OF
state with such effect that even while
young in years he was old in expert
enee and had made himself one of the
most prominent Nermonters of his gen
Grafton. His energy and his vision were
valuable assets of the commonwealth
and his going leaves us UNNECESSARILY
poorer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-26

ton of Audubon Societies in protecting
our wild birds becomes very practical
at this time of year. 1t is just sending
out to every newspaper, postotice, wo-
man 5 club and to every Audubon So
ciety member in New England the fol
lowing appeal:
Please feed the birds.
The deep snow covers their usual
food-insects eggs and larvae and the
seeds of weeds-and they will starve
unless we feed them.
Give them "hayseed, . chaff from the
barn floor, crumbs, scraps of meat,
bones and suet; anything eatable and
they will repay YOU a thousandfold by
their work in the garden and orchard
all the spring.
DO 1t now. Fasten the meat scraps
and suet securely to the trees and see
how eagerly the chickadees and wood
peckerS go to it. Tread the snow hard
and scatter the hayseed and crumbs
there, or put the food on a board or box
and watch the juncos and tree sparrows
fill up. Put out chaff and grain for the
quail and meadowlarks III the pasture
They work for us all summer long, eat
ing insects.
Keep it up while the snow lasts. 1t
Is not only fine philanthropy but a pay
ing investment for each one of us. If
YOU want to know more about feeding
and protecting birds, write to Winthrop
Packard, agent, National Association
of Audubon Societies, sc Newbury
/ street, Boston, Mass.
| This has been the custom of the as
ISOLATION i'll past years and it has every
where met with appreciation and coop,
Grafton. In that time there has been 4
noticeable increase III the number of
song and insectivorous birds in the
country. 1t is only one of a thousand
activities carried on summer and win
ter by the association, for the protec-
ton of birds.
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very Wonderful World, he is quite the
Best of all =
Tell us more about him. asked the
Fairies.
LAS I've told you, he works in his
Toyshop the Year around until Christ
mas Time. Then he Packs Bag after
Bag full of Presents for Children .all
over the World. And then he Calls
his Renders to Him.
"eWith Sleds and Christmas Bells
they Fly over the Cities and the
Roofs of the Towns and Villages. And
where there are Children.S Santa Claus
stops and goes down the Chimney with
a Pacls~en his Back. Then such Work
as there is for him to do. There
are Stockings to be Filled, Often
there are Trees to be Trimmed! And
he has TO remember the Letters he has
had from the hundreds of little Boys
and Girls. If he can Arrange it he
tries to give them what they ask for.
And before he leaves each House on
Christmas Eve he takes a peep at the
faces of the Sleeping Children, and
seeing them so Happy, even in their
Dreams, and knowing of the Joy that
will be ready for thea in the morning,
he whispers his Merry Christmas, and
off he goes.
"'Those are the Thanks that Santa
Claus gets. And they are all he Wants.
For to him the most Marvellous thing
in the World is to make Nice Boys
and Girls Happy and Merry and
Bright
land Christmas, the Time of Cheer,
that is the Time of the Year for Good
old Santa Claus
How splendid he must ber ex-
claimed the Fairies. Tell US how he
dresses, Fairy Queen
He wears Red Suit and a Red
Cap, and his Face is Red, tool He has
Il long White Beard, and Merry,
Twinkling Eyes, and to me he is not
only Santa Claus, but he is Mr.. JOY
the one who hears the Whispers of
little Children"
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Clarke G. Fits.
bennington Banner.

In the death of Clarke G.. Fits of
Brattleboro, Vermont is again called
upon to mourn the loss of one of her
foremost citizens. Coming so soon after
the passing of George II. Bickford and
Joseph A. DeBoer it seems almost as
though the Great Destroyer were rob-
bling Vermont of its brightest and best.
1t is impossible III a brief article to
do justice to Clarke Fits Vermont
has never had a citizen more loyal,
more patriotic or more devoted. One
of the greatest corporation lawyers of
the country he was one Of the few who
absolutely refused to act in behalf of
corporation without making sure first
that the interests of the state and its
people were safeguarded.
When the Somerset dam was under
construction people living III the valley
below began to fear that perhaps their
lives and property were endangered and
appealed to Mr.. Fits who was the at
tOrney for the company building the
dam. Mr.. Fits Immediately asked the
governor to secure the best engineering
talent in the country and investigate
the project and agreed if they pro-
nounced the dam unsafe to himself
get out an injunction to stop the con
struction.
Clarke Fits was country boy who
secured his education and start in life
! by hard work and earnest effort. He
never had a pull and always won his
| way by sheer force of ability and mer-
! it. His death at the age of 46 is a
severe blow to the whole state Of Yer
| mont.
Particularly will Brattleboro mourn.
for his was the energy that has brought
| Brattleboro forward by leaps and
/ bounds. Sometimes in his dynamic
force he stirred up a slight feeling OF
resentment in his home town, but il
will not linger there. Whenever there
was work TO be done in behalf of Brat
tleboro or TO promote a Brattleboro in
terest Clarke Fits for 20 years has ear
rfed the heavy end. He would worl
night and day for Brattleboro and of
ten has.
His early death is without doubt due
to overwork for he had no bad habits
The Vermont state flag at the capito
should be hung at half mast fer Yer
mont has lost son whose place canno
be filed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-26

Seven hours before the country heard
of the note sending, certain persons in
Wall street had information. When the
note was published and was followed
by the extraordinary explanations of
Secretary Lansing, stocks fell in Wall
street as they have not done in many
years and thousands suffered enormous
losses. \ few individuals on the in
side, on the other hand, made millions.
When Secretary Lansing followed up
his first statement with another, three
hours later, explaining the explanation,
stocks took a bound upward and other
people were caught. The really big
games are not played with cards.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-26
L Fl f. UPPER Der TIL

The upper berth is small, cosy bed
room which viii hold everything the oc-
cupant has except his feet, elbows and
clothes.
The inventor of the sieeping-car had
a bright, thoughtful intellect, and he
arranged it SO that man who had slept
III an upper berth once would sit up in
the chair car on the next trip, with
both shoes spread carelessly by his side.
This IS why we see, so many vacant,
neglected upper berths, filed with moth
ing but wearing apparel and cinders.
The upper berth is situated lust under
the roof of the car, where the heat from
the steam pipes can collect III one spot
and battle the sleeper in warm, gilt
tering coat of perspiration. After a
traveller has ridden across the state of
Texas in an upper berth, on a parboiled
August night, he will be inclined to
look into the life beyond and change
his mode of living. Some of the most
Protected by The Ada
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(Middlebury Register

In the death of Clarke c. Fits OF
Brattleboro, Vermont has lost one of
her ablest and most useful citizens As
a lawyer he ranked as one of the best
in the state, as a political force he had
few equals and gave promise Of com
handing leadership, as promoter of
industry he performed service second
to none in recent years, and as a man
he was respected and admired by all.
Not since the death of Fletcher d,
Proctor, has Vermont lost man she
could less afford to spare.
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(St. Johnsburv Ca1edonian. J

The death of Clarke C. Fits takes
from Vermont one of its most lovai
and progressive citizens. He was
stricken in the prime of life and at a
time when there was promise of much
more usefulness to the state. His
early death has robbed him of honors
that should have come to him and the
state of strong man. To the names
of Fletcher D. Proctor, George H.
Bedford, Joseph A. DeBoer must be
added that of Clarke c. Fits, of men
who have been removed in. the height
of their success and when they We're
were most needed by their state Each
left vacancy in the ranks of large
Vermonters it will be hard to fill.
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religious men We have ever known,
were those who had this experience and
turned over a new leaf.
1t isa very simple matter to get into
an upper berth, requiring 10 more ex-
ertion than it takes to climb into the
top deck of a windmill. The company
provides a neat ladder with infirm legs,
and it is an inspiring sight to see a
short, stout male passenger hosting
himself upward and emitting a pain
ful grunt at every hoist. The ladder is
then taken away and lost, so that i'll
the morning the occupant has to slide
out backwards and plunge a pair of agi
tated feet into the lower berth. This
is very annoying to people who have
bought a lower berth for the use OF
their own feet
Perhaps the best thing to be said
about the upper berth is that it costs
less than the lower berth and is worth
it.
rs Newspaper Service7
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80
Col. Roosevelt's Conclusion.
Providence. r /. JonrnalA


Colonel Roosevelt s succinct analvsis
of the presidential verdict appears in a
current magazine. He does not hang
the blame on Chairman Wilcox He
does not charge up the Republican de
feat to any such isolated incident as
the conspicuous failure of Mr.. Hughes
to shake hands with Hiram Johnson.
In politics no less than in liOn-hunt-
ing the colonel is ever your true sports
man: We who supported Mr.. Hughes,
he says, will always be glad that we
supported him We now, for the
sake of the nation, earnestly hope Mr..
Wilson will meet with every success in
the task ahead of him. Spoken like a
good loser
Far more in sorrow than in anger
Mr.. Roosevelt bewails the recent deci-
sion of his fellow-citizens to put moral
well-being above material considera-
tions. And still he has no fear that
our present tendency toward ''the Chi
nese level' of patriotism will persist.
Under some severe shock the nation
will show the great qualities of men
and women of the Revolution and the
Civil war
In short the Colonel places the re-
sponslbility for the reelection of Pres
ldent Wilson squarely and fairly where
IT belongs Because he had kept us out
OF war Because we were prosperous.
For these two reasons the safe and we'll
fed American people voted against a
change that might on any account dis.
turb their fat content.
Thoughtful Americans will mostly not
quarrel with the melancholy wisdom of
the Oyster Bay Judgment Mr.. Roose-
welt is not a sorehead, yet he has cor
rectly and courageously stated the
truth.-Providence Journal.
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Christmas is over. The hearts Of thou
sands were touched by the sweet senti-
ment of the day. The greatest lesson of
the most wonderful festival of the
Christian IS calendar would he 20 carry
the Christmas spirit with us in all of
the days Of the coming new year. What
a fire, wonderful world we could make
if we would all of us strive to make
every dag of the year like Christmas
dav.
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Cheer up. The days are growing
longer-the daylight period. Let us all
the new year high of heart
and resomte of faith, determined to
make it the best year in which we
have ever lived
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-26

statistics show that there has been
a decrease per capita in the consump-
tion of meat in this country in the last
few years. The doctors have long as
serted that people would be healthier
if they would eat less meat, but it is
probable that prices have had more to
do with bringing abstention than the
theories of the medical men.
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enabling the cause Of the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied.
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Usher can secure the desired service.
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Nherc the soil is suitable the United
States government will reforest lighthouse
reservations with view to having timber
available for spar buoys
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Feed the Birds.

Concord, n H., Monitor.)
The work of the National Associa-
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Right Is Better.

A minority in the right is better
than a majority in the wrong.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER %, 1916.
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est. Adams Messenger.)
1t seems that Vermont, of late. has
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-01
JUST ESCAPED.

A. w. Prehn came rear having a
serious if not fatal accident last
Wednesday afternoon. He was talk
ing with friend on Third street
near the Hotel Bells, and in front of
the walk was a team with a large
load of wood. Mr.. Prehn was in a
hurry to meet an engagement and
started of on quick pace and in pass
ing the load he bumped into a passing
street car. He was knocked down
and pushed along by the fender and
managed, by good head work, to roll
out Of the WY of danger Mr.. Prehn
was not injured, more than to receive
a bad shaking up. His many friends
congratulate him on escaping serious
injury.