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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
Lights on Vehicles.

(Hartford, Conn, Courant)
Vermont newspapers are suggest
ing that the coming session of the
Legislature of their state should en-
act law requiring lights on all
vehicles used at night. Nobody knows
at this time what the Vermont peo-
pie think of it, and their opinion is
a good deal more important than the
enactment of the law for, if they are
opposed to it, the law is altogether
worthless as a statute and is only eff
fective insofar as it has public senti-
ment back of it.
After a number of years of agita-
tion Connecticut secured a law requir-
ing lights on all vehicles, that being
at a time when automobiles were less
numerous than at present. Motor We
hicleS were obliged to carry lights then
as were bicycles, these being apparent
ly a great deal more numerous than at
present. When the new law became eff
tcctive some attempt was made to en-
force it in the cities but in the coun-
try, where lights on vehicles seemed
especially necessary, the law was ig-
n0red as a rule, rural jewellers pre-
ferring to trust providence rather
than to buy lanterns. 1t was reasoned
that the lights carried by the automo-
bilists were sufficiently brilliant so that
the horse drawn vehicles could afford
to 90 without lanterns, as they did.
Even now the law is not regarded
by all users of the highways, al
though there has been an Improvement
simply because a regard for their own
safety has brought many drivers to the
point of carrying lanterns. Regardless
of the law it is surprising that any
driver should use an unlighted vehicle
at night. Those who disregard the
law run the risk of paying a far great
er penalty than it would impose and if
the Vermont folks are impressed by
this fact it will be well for their leg
islature to enact lantern law
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Stores Placed in Arsenal.

Major George f. Carpenter, chief
Of ordnance and property officer of
the state arsenal at Montpelier, has
completed the transfer of three car
loads of property belonging to the First
Vermont regiment from the cars to the
state arsenal. For several days Broad
way truck owned by the government
has been running back and forth be
tween the station and the arsenal con
veying the goods. On one trip Thurs
day the truck was loaded with three
tons The regiment comes back with
property in some lines for a regiment
at war strength, especially tentin2.
When the regiment left for Texas it
had tents enough for / 600 men, addi-
tional tenting was issued at the Dor
der so that the regiment comes home
with tenting for 800 men ana the
material that goes with the tents. The
regiment took away 10000 rounds of
ammunition and brings back 100000
rounds. The increase consequently fills
the arsenal greater than ever.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
D4DDY,S EVENING
HIRY H[L g WARY
&C. '|yI @ s g: !! I :!
HARRIET'S MONKEY.

"a little Girl" said Daddy, twas
sitting on the Front Porch of her
Home one day when a Hurdy Gurdy
came along. An old Man was wheel
ing the Hurdy Gurdy and on top of it
sat Monkey with Red Jacket and
Red Cap. His Jacket had Brass But
tons on it, and on either side were two
little Pockets which jingled with Pen
MES.
1.-THE little Girl, whose name was
Harriet, had been reading a Book. But
when she saw the Man and the
Monkey, she put the Book down in
her lap.
"'Shall I play you fine Tune?
asked the Man, and then in a Ian
guage Harriet did not understand, he
said something to the Monkey. The
Monkey nodded his Head, and walked
up the steps of the Porch. His Master
held him by long Chain-but he
could go ever and ever so far on it.
when the Monkey reached the top
of the Steps he stood before Harriet
Then he took off his little Red Cap
and made low bow. Harriet laughed
and clapped her Hands. And he did
the same thing over again.
want to see him do tricks? asked
the Man.
"'Oh, yes, shouted Harriet delight
eddy.
'FThen the Man said something else
to the Monkey in the same queer Ian
guage. And the Monkey began to turn
Somersaults. Such fine ones too, He
was like Circus Performer, thought
Harriet, who loved the Circus above
all things.
Trick after Trick the Monkey did
while Harriet sat all by herself and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
IS -and Sealln3 WaX OF cabba8es- Id \
THE WING MA CHINE
Howard LRdnn

The sewing machine is a useful
household implement which prevents
woman from becoming an idle doll of
fashion, One of the first things a Young
husband does after an alright mar
riage ceremony is to make a present
of a six-drawer sewing machine to his
wife, so that she may have something
to occupy her mind and feet and not
want to sit up after nine clock.
Before the sewing machine was in
vented women had to do all of their
sewing by hand, and were thus able
to keep their feet in a pliable and
good-natured condition. Some WON
en- became very expert with the needle
and could make pair of father IS dis
carded trousers fit a nine year old boy
while waiting for batch of bread to
rise to its knees. From this lowlv be-
ginning originated the sewing circle,
which has become a community cen
ter of missionary effort and vocal en-
thusiasm If it were not for the sewing
circle thousands of benighted heather
in India, China and Japan would be
obliged to wear the rude cactus skirt
and frail palm leaf chemise, which
would be a greater hardship than hav-
ing to commit to memory the four
teenth chapter of the Book of He
zekiah.
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
SATURDAY, OCTOBER p, 1916.
FRICTION BETWEEN STATE LAWS

The constitution of the United States
provides that "full faith and credit
shall be given in each state to the pub
lie acts, records and judicial proceed
ings of every other state but it does
not and could not make it incumbent
on any state to give force within its
borders to judicial DEGREES which null
lily its own laws, when those laws are
Il part of the exercise of powers which
the state has never committed to the
federal government.
That is the reason why the supreme
court of Massachusetts,, according to
the Boston Transcript, refuses to give
faith and credit to a Georgia di-
vorce which, if validated here by per
mission to the divorced party to re
marry, would potentially destroy the
marital rights of every woman in the
state. A similar course has been fol
lowed by the courts of New York and
other states, with regard to Nevada
absentee divorces which have been OBJ
party from whom the divorce was OBJ
tanned and in violation Of rights which
inhere in the state of the defendant s
residence. And this is not only right
and just, but it is law; for the very
clause of the constitution which makes
it incumbent upon the states to give
faith and credit TO the judicial pro-
ceedings of every other state provides
that congress may by general laws pre-
scribe the manner i'll which proceedings
shall be proved, and the effect thereof
implying the need of federal authority
for the effect of the provisions; and
congress has no power, without a con
stitutional amendment, to enact divorce
legislation which shall govern the leg
isiation of the respective states. The
| fact that Georgia or any other state
may, without hearing one party, pro
nounce an unjust divorce, ignoring the
| simplest and most universally asserted
| rights of a wife or husband, and there
by set the divorced person free to con
tract a new marriage i'll any one OF
more than half the states of the coun
try, is surely an argument either fol
a constitutional amendment on the
subject or else for an agreed assimila
ton Of the legislation of the states.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

In Manchester, n. H., a number of
citizens cared enough about preserving
a row of elm trees to 90 before the
mayor and council and tell them so. 1t
turned out that the city officials had
no intention Of destroying the elms
in question, as their project for widen
ing the street in front of the library
involved only setting the eurbing back
six feet of the eight it had to go to
strike the trees. The significant fact is
that these Manchester residents, Off
Gals and plain people alike, realize the
beauty and the value of trees and the
long time it takes to grow the stately
clms that lend magnifcence and
grandeur to the streets of many of the
New England towns and cities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
What the Automobiles Pay.
Rutland News.)

The automobiles of Vermont paid
into the treasury the past year the
immense sum of $4,000, all of which
goes into the highway department In
asmuch as the number of automobiles
thus far in 1916 has mounted to d.,
$50, an increase of 1900 over last year,
il is doubtless safe to predict that the
aggregate fees the coming year, will be
substantially . per cent larger than
last year, bringing the receipts up to
approximately 1880 or more. The
licenses for automobiles are high in
Vermont, but none too high CONSIDER
ing the fact that machines are not sub
ject to local taxation as personal prop
erty and the further fact that the
money is used for improving the roads
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
Winter Business for Hotels.



Another Vermont community through
its hotels is making a bid for winter
tourist business. 1t is Brandon on the
west side of the state, always favor
lite stopping place in the summer
months and no doubt as full of posi-
bilitics for winter vacations as Wood
stock, which already has proven that
people will come to Vermont at any sea
son of the year. The hotel at Brandon
has published handsome little
brochure, i'll which are set forth the
charms of winter life i'll Vermont when
the advantages of a comfortable hotel
are always available. The brochure is
very attractive indeed and it should
prove valuable in causing great
many people to come to Vermont for
their winter vacations. The industry of
conducting winter resorts is still in the
trial stage in Vermont; yet success
Of it here and there lends encourage
ment to the belief that there is a con
siderable opportunity for extending
business thereby.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
He look Off His Can.
TT''ce"r.


watched. She laughed and the old
Man smiled when she seemed to be so
happy.
"My Monkey, he very fine, ehT
asked the Man.
"And Harriet, laughing for all she
was worth at some very funny Trick
the Monkey had just performed, said !:
Yes, very fine Monkey
Then the old Man played n Tune
on his Hurdy Gurdy and the Monkey
danced. He took off his cap and Har-
riet took out all the Pennies in her
Purse-she had had seven-and gave
them to the Monkey.
Into one Pocket he put four PEN
MES and into the other three Then
he took off his Cap for more. But
Harriet said: I have no more Pen
MES The Monkey did not seem to
understand at first-but when Har-
riet shook her head and showed him
her empty Purse, he leaned his head
on one side and pretended he was GO
ing to cry. He took out a Handkerchief
from his Pocket and he put it to his
Eyes as if to wipe the Tears away.
But soon, when the old Man played
another Tune, the Monkey began to
dance around and seemed quite as
happy as before.
and the old Man played yet again.
But by this time the Monkey was
tired, so what do you think he did,"
WHAT" exclaimed the children.
'He saw that opposite where Har-
riet was sitting, there was a Rocking
Chair-just like Harriet's. He gave
a jump and up he got into the Chair.
Then twisting his Tai, around him, he
began to rock and rock, back and
forth, and how he did seem to en-
JOY it!
Gas they We're sitting there opposite
each other-Harriet and the Monkey
along came Harriet's Mother She
was surprised to see Harriet's Guest,
and the Monkey got right out of the
Chair and made low bow. He be-
gan to do his Tricks again, and he
took the Pennies Harriet's Mother
gave him. He also wept when she
didn't give him any more!
"'How'd you like to own a fine
Monkey like that? asked the old Man.
"'Oh Mother. could ~ asked Har-
riet.
I "'Well, he is cunning little fell
low agreed her Mother, but what will
Daddy say?
"'Oh, Daddy would think he was
great fun said Harriet quickly, for
she saw that her Mother was really
thinking of letting her keep the
Monkey.
els he nice, quiet Monkey?' asked
her Mother.
"'Show how quiet you are said the
old Man. And the Monkey lay down
as If he were sound asleep.
Il think We'll keep him. said Har-
riet's Mother, and Harriet bounded up
and down with joy. The Monkey
copied her and jumped up and down
too, for he had taken great liking
to Harriet-and he made q polite bow
to his former Master, as he handed
him some Money from Harriet's
Mother" ~a.M. 49,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

One of the noblest tributes to man s
generosity is the fact that it was he
who invented the sewing machine, thus
enabling one reSolute woman with mus
cular feet to do more work than six
by the old method Yet man seldom
gets any credit for this act, which has
filled our homes with the happy hum
of industry and made woman a sharer
in life s joys and sorrows. What is
more interesting than to look inside an
American home at 1880 p. m. and OBJ
serve the husband taking a well-earned
rest on the sofa, while his wife PLAYS
feverishly upon the pedals of a sew
ing machine which was bought second
hand just prior to the battle of Bull
Run? Yet we have people who win
look at such picture as this and still
decry marriagei
The sewing machine has been
greatly improved in recent years by
taking off the foot pedal and attach
ing an electric motor This ushered
in the dawn of freedom for woman and
enabled her feet to be used for other
purposes. The sewing machine motor
does not consume any more current
than a power saw, and if one were
placed in every home our wives and
mothers would have more time to thinl,
up some new kind of dessert.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Rcformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brdttleboro, Brattleboro News Co,
Park Drug Store, c. w. Cleaveland u.
r. Cutler & Co. (Esteyville), Brooks
House Pharmacy.
West 5rattleboro, ]. L. Stockwel.
East Dummerstou, NJ +. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams
Newfane, N NJ. Batchelder.
ToWnshend, G.. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
Jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, T.. =. Bufum.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. w
StrCeter.
FiinsdaIe, N. H., w. H. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Bertolino & BertolIno, +. c. Winnewisser
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

Marooncd in the Forest. A. H. Verrill.
4 modern Robinson Crusoe story in
which the hero accidentally thrown in
to the river and with his guide lost
fights his way back to civilization and
home after spending the winter in
northern forest. His struggles to build
shaeks, make weapons and traps will
be interesting reading for boys and
girls who love life in the open.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

The Bennington man who is har-
vesting $4,000 worth of cabbages from
- acres of land is demonstrating that
specialized and intensive farming in
Vermont pays. This man came back to
the old farm from Skaneateles, N. Y,
the center of the cabbage growing bus
mess. He was convinced that better
cabbages could be grown in Vermont
than in New York state, and he has
demonstrated the truth of his convic-
tons by getting single crop repre-
senting a greater value than the en-
tire III acre farm which he bought
two years ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
Good Public Policy.
springfield Republican. J

Vermont S state forester desires to
buy tract of cut-over land on Camel 5
Hump adjoining the state forest re-
serve, and will do so if the governor
approves. This purchase would make
the state holdings on that peak $500
acres. 1t is the forester's purpose to
make every state forest tract an OBJ
lect lesson i'll practical forestry, and
by so much also help to conserve Yer
mont S water supply. Every New Eng
land state should be setting apart state
forest tracts to serve these ends. Mas
sachusetts has made beginning, and
the next step ought to be the acquire
ment of Mt. Holyoke. No investment
OF the people s money will yield larger
returns in the future than this policy
OF preserving forests for the enjoy
ment and advantage of all.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

The Parent Teacher association in
Rutland needs to be born again. The
attendance at the meeting Thursday
afternoon was too small to transact
regular business, and the Herald in its
news columns makes the explanation
that unfavorable weather and the
murder trial in county court kept many
away The educational value of a
murder trial was of course to be pre-
ferred to any work that would help
the schools and the children.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
Shades of the Wilderness, Joseph Alt

Shades of the Wilderness, Joseph Alt
sheler.
The seventh book in Altsheler s Civil
War series. Harry Kenton is the boy
hero and as an aide to General Robert
Lee has many thrilling adventures.
The story is from the southern stand
point and General Lee is the great ro-
mantle leader of the Confederacy as
the Southerner sees him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
Farmers!

We h ave arranged
with the Crop Improve
ment Committees head
quarters in Chicago to
mail 100 copies Of 1.-THE
County Agent" to 100
farmers in Brattleboro
and vicinity.
Now, this is a valu-
able periodical of scien-
tific information; in
fact, it's probably the
only farm paper along
these lines. We propose
to furnish the first 100
farmers who apply a
copy Of this paper free
for one year. We are
not trying to place any
gold bricks or green
goods, so drop us a line
or telephone.
{. Crosby 6 Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

Uncle Abner s Legacy, A. II. Verrill.
Uncle Abner willed Ridgelea farm
to Tom and Kathryn ManvilIe with the
mysterious proviso that secret packet
of papers be delivered to them one
year after they have assumed posses
sion of the farm. They leave their pc
sitions in the city and by hard work
and cousin Ralph s advice achieve
wonderful things on the old farm.
When the mysterious packet of papers
is delivered to them they receive the
surprise of their life.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

The president of the National Model
License league-whatever that isis
authority for the statement that the
worst showing for drunkenness in any
city in the United States is in Bangor
Maine, where in single year the
average of arrests to population was
one to eight. The showing comes from
the Maine brand Of prohibition coupled
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
Star Chamber Administration.
est. Johnsbury Caledonian.)

Richard H. Dana, president of the
National Civil Service Reform Ileague.
has been refused the opportunity to
inspect the records of the federal civil
service commission at Washington be-
cause it is feared it might prove en-
barrassing to the administration. That.
as we understand it, is just the reason
the public has never been allowed TO
learn how many American citizens
have been murdered and outraged in
Mexico.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
10 SUBSCRIBERS.

Il Is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery
of the paper each night, and it solcits
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
tho proper remedy Immediately applied.
II Is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

Men of Orange, living or dead, who
fought for the Stars and Stripes in
four wars, are to be honored by their
townsmen, etc.-Nermont news item.
We venture the assertion that there
are no men in Orange, living or dead,
who fought for the Stars and Stripes
in four wars.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
Patty's Romance, Carolyn Wells.

Fatty Komance, Carolyn Wells.
Patty takes motor trip through
New England; her friends, Phil and
Little Billie, happen along at various
times She has a mysterious adventure
on the eve of her birthday, but all ends
happily. Patty's romance is summed
up III her letter to her mother in which
she says: "This place is beautiful be-
yond words. There's heavenly bunch
of young people and I've romance to
burn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

Lolita Embury's Career, Ella w. Peat
tie.
The story of a girl who was thought
to be a great musical genius; but who
discovers that her genius is only a
gift for fine every day living. She
makes a place for herself in the simple
life of the country village in which she
lives.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
To Clean Hair Brushes

To clean hair brushes take a cupful
of cornmeal and fill the brush, rubbing
gently with the hand. AS it absorbs
the grease and dirt shake it out and
use fresh meal till the brush is
cleaned thoroughly. This is better
than ammonia, as there is no water
to injuTe or loosen the back OF the
brush.
shsN zno51ua hs1eVoo
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

with the Bangor brand of booze. We
have never heard anyone deny the
statement that saloons are thicker in
Bangor than in any city under license
in New England.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
At the Library
More Stories for Boys and Girls.

Left Tackle Thayer, Ralph H. Barbour.
The story of how Master Clinton
Boyd Thayer of Cedar Run, Virginia,
entered Brimfeld academy to fit for
Princeton university and what befell
him there both as good student and
an athlete.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

Bridges built of timber, and particularly
those of the Howe truss type, have shown
remarkable longevity, especially where
they are covered in from the weather.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

Although there is in Barcelona, Spain,
supply of electricity available for charging
electric trucks and passenger automobiles,
such vehicles are not to be seen there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

10 remove troublesome spots from
garment, try the yolk of an egg before
washing. This is effective and not at
all injurious to perishable colors.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21
TO ADVERTISERS,

Transient advertising-Run of paper,
% cents an inch for first insertion; 2
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
tion. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
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, 1916-10-21
The Rock of Chickamauga, Joseph Alt
sheler.

The sixth in the Civil war series,
Dick Mason the northern hero sees
service at the siege of Vicksburg and
in the battle of Chickamauga. He car
ries out many dangerous and important
missions. General Thomas is the hero
of the story which is written from the
northern point of view.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-21

Mrs. Amy d. Winship, IS, is a college
student in California.