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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

Albany. 1t may surprise some readers
to be told that Broadway is the long
est modern street of the world, although
it was surpassed in length by two old
streets of Roman construction-Th
Appian Way, from Rome to Brundisi-
um $3.50 miles) and Waiting Street in
England, from Dover via London to
Chester and York. Only traces of these
streets now remain; but Broadway is
still in its first youth, Turing the out
slider as well as the seasoned Manhat-
tanite by its life and gayety
The Old Testament in the Light of To-
day, W. F. Babe
The first volume in a series of two,
covering the entire history of the peo-
pie of Israel. The basis of this study
of the Old Testament was series of
lectures delivered at the Berkeley
Summer school of Religion under the
title 1.-The Idea of God in the Old
Testament - Volume / traces the idea
of God and the moral development of
the Hebrews, using the modern historic
cal method, from the earliest begin
nings, and closes with Ezekiel and the
Babylonian Exile, The author makes
a special study of the Decalogue and
calls attention to the fact that it pro-
hibits neither polygamy nor slavery
although both were practiced among
| the Hebrews, using the modern histori-
commandments were supposed to have
been promulgated; it is difficult to ae
count for the omission of two com
mandments whose moral effect would
have been greater than that of most OF
the prohibitions of the Decalogue.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

It is by no means surprising that
Germany should have extended its an
ti-British propaganda to Ireland. But
that it should have been able to find
or create a sentiment there that would
lead to revolutionary action at the
present crisis in the. affairs of the en-
pire, is almost inconceivable. What
ever abuses Ireland has suffered at the
hands of England, the time is sadly in
opportune for playing false to the
British empire whose more remote Sec
tions have so heroically stood by the
mother country in these hours of strug
gle. 1t is not Ireland as a whole or in
large part that is thus disloyal, but
merely a faction which has unthink
ingly sought to aid Germany and its
own fancied interests by striking g
blow at England in an untimely hour
There is exhibited hopeless confusion
of internal issues with issues of wider
import.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

The one-man top is something that
is thrown in with an automobile in
order to stimulate the sale of Bibles and
court plaster. After new. complacent
owner of an automobile has put
up one of these tops alone, in hard
rainstorm, his feelings will be greatly
relieved by applying a few passages of
choice Old Testament rhetoric and pre-
serving his knuckles in liquid court
plaster.
The one-man top has sold more au-
tomobiles in this country than the
promise to extract ~ miles per gallon
of gasolene. AS a result, during the
touring season our roads are Uttered
with husbands and fathers who are try
ing to put the top up without using a
rope and tackle, failing miserably in
the attempt and being obliged to listen
to the loud, sonorous cackIe of passers-
by who had theirs put up by the entire
garage force. 1t shows how far re
moved from civilization We are when
such a sight as this can provoke levity
in the breast of an ungodly neighbor.
After the one-man top has been eX-
posed to the rain and sun for few
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

rich salad dressings are not appTopri-
ate for either fruit or meat or fish
salads.
The materials to be used for salad
should be free from water Carefully
dry all lettuce and fruit after washing
for oil will not mix with water. French
dressing is the general fayorite for
crisp vegetable salads as it is quickly
prepared. A vinegar that has been
used on picked beets, or cucumbers
should always be saved to use in salad
dressings. When making the boiled
variety the spiced vinegar makes an
unusual flavor which is well liked.
If a color scheme is to be carried
out little vegetable coIoring may be
added to the dressing. A pretty COM
bination is chopped beets with dress
ing colored light pink Garnish the
salad with white leaves of lettuce.
A salad may not only fill an orna-
mental place on the table, but it is
also recognized as having a distinct
food value as well as a pleasure to
the eye.
seasoning in it except salt may be
kept on hand for use, than by the
addition of a spoonful or two of the
dressing to a half cupful of whipped
| cream one has a delicious salad dress
ing, adding such seasOnings as seem
appropriate to the salad served.
Salmon SaIad.-Carefully fake with
L
cupful of finely shredded celery and
| the same of cabbage; add one large
sour pickle, finely chopped and a salad
| dressing which has been seasoned
with mustard, catchup and red pepper
| Raisin Salad.-To a half cupful OF
/ cut raisins, add a cupful of freshly
! grated cocoanut, and two cupfuIs OF
! apple finely diced. Mix with j may.
onnaise mixed with whipped cream and
/ serve on lettuce.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
SATURDAY, APRIL %, 1916.
EXPENDITURE BY TOWNS.

Early Ia March Horace F. Graha n,
state auditor of accounts, sent out to
each town, city, village and incorporat-
ed school district for a copy of its
report for the last fiscal year Reports
or statements were received from all
but two towns and almost all of the
villages and incorporated districts.
From these reports the auditors office
has complied the following statistics,
which may be OF interest to the peo-
pie of the state.
This tabulation shows that the sew
eral towns, cities and incorporated
school districts expended for educa-
| tional purposes, including the amount
received from the state, during the
last business year, $2,163, 1889; that
the several towns, cities and villages
expended for highways, not state high
ways, $757.l54.25, but in this amount
is included the distribution from the
state treasury Of the automobile main
tenance fund; that the several towns
cities and villages expended upon per
manent or state highways, including
the amount received from the state
$4SS, 991.36; that the several towns
and cities expended for the support
of the poor, $25S, 4o6.35; that the sew
eral towns, cities, villages and incor
porated school districts expended fol
all other purposes except those hereto
fore enumerated, $2,673 ,581.88.
The lowest tax rate in any town o.
city for 1916 is sixty cents, and tn,
highest tax rate in any town or city
is $3.50.
The tabulation further shows tina
the total bonded and net floating in
debtedness of the several municipal
ties as of February /, 1916 was sc, 403,
/ 556.4I.
The total grand list of the state 70
1915, the latest available at this time
is $2,514 ,49O.7S.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
THE ON E Wan TOP
BY Howard LRdnn
-and Sealln3 WaX or cabbe8es- q Ii

weeks, it begins to shrink at the rate
of four knots day, after which it is
taken down on the instalment plan and
laid to rest in a near rubber envelope.
Anyone who is not blind in both eyes
and totally paralyzed from his hips up
ward can do this in an hour and half,
without taking off nearly all of his
clothes. 1t is a very simple operation,
a good deal like remodeling barn into
a bungalow.
The one-man top can be put up with
the utmost ease by holding a house par
ty and enlisting the services of the male
guests who have taken course in civil
engineering. 1t can also be done at
the garage by four stout mechanics who
are familiar with the house moving
trade. Every once in a while, however,
some supplemented automobile pur-
chaser will tackle the job single-handed,
and shortly afterward will retire to
the bath room glittering with perspira-
ton, on a still hunt for the arnica bot
tie.
The one-man top would be more high
ly thought of if it could be put up
without plumber s license.
rs Newspaper service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
Adequate Defense.
(BrOckton Times.)

Spurred by public danger, the Unit
ed States senate has put through an
army reorganization bill that should
ultimately give the nation an adequate
military defense on land. If accepted
by the house, the measure viii pro-
vide a regular army of about 100000
men, a federal volunteer army of 260,-
600 and a federalized national guard
with a probable strength of $50, 900
This first line of 100000 will be sup
plemented by an organization for the
training of American youth that
should be able to put 400,0 to 500,
600 men promptly in the ranks of the
nation s army of defense. For the
first time in the history of the coun-
try, we may have under this arrange
ment, the means of meeting a warlike
emergency without the confusion, need
lessly wasteful in lives and treasure
which has attended the beginning of
every real war in which the United
States has been engaged. A regular
army of 100000 means just one sol
der to every 400 civilians, which shows
how far removed is the faintest dan
ger of ;nilitarism Yet the plan, ex-
cellent as it may be, is still on paper
and its development is a matter of
years, not months. Counting in militia
and regulars, we now have far less
than 100000 combatants available.
But there is some qualification in the
fact we are making start, albeit a
tardy one.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
At the Library
New Books
New Books

Character and Temperament, J. Jast-
row.
A study of the psychological
sources of human quality" in which
the two great moulding forces: that
of native endowment and that of ae-
quired capacity in adaptation to cir
cumstanees is considered. In a large
measure all personal, all social, all po-
litical, all educational, all business, all
moral and religious problems are psy-
Geological: this volume supplies n ba-
sis for the Interpretation of this
range of interests, and shows how to
adapt the mental equipment to the
complex conditions of modern life.
The Divine Comedy, by Dante Ali
ghieri, translated by Henry John
son.
The purpose of Prof. johnson in
making this metrical translation of
the Divine Comedy was to render the
poem into modern English, line for
line. The measure of his success may
be shown by quoting the famous lines
of the poem:
Halfway upon the journey of our
life
| reused to find myself within a
forest
In darkness, for the straight way
! had been lost.
And oh! how painful telling what
it was,
This forest wild and rough, hard
| to pass through,
The very thought of which renews
my fear!
So bitter is it, death is scarcely
more;
But yet, to treat of the good that
found there,
1 speak of other things that Their,
| saw
The Life of Clara Barton, Percy H
Eppler.
The absorbing story of the life and
work of the founder of the American
National Red Cross. Miss Barton s un
published war-diaries and letters, to
gether with her conversations; and
the observations of eye-witnesses arr
the principal original sources upo1
which this biography is based. AT this
time when half of the world is al
armed camp and a battlefield, W,
share in her condemnation of war
Men have worshipped war, till i
has cost million times more than TIL,
whole earth is worth, poured out tn,
best blood, and crushed the fairies
forms the good God has ever created
Deck it as you viii, war is--Hell. =
The Greatest Street IN the World
Stephen Jenkyns.
! The fascinating story of Broadway
old and new, from Bowling Green t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
A HUNDRED YEARS IN COTTON

The annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Cotton Manu-
facturers that has just closed at Bos
ton calls to mind the mighty strides
this great industry has made in the
century of its existence. A hundred
years ago America grew but little
cotton and its equipment for turning
the raw cotton into the finished prod
uct was in its primitive stages. Now a
century later the cotton manufacturers
can look back on an epoch of mighty
achievement. Where we grew but a
fraction of the world s cotton, now
our annual product is six-tenths of the
total. India yields two-tenths, and
Egypt one-tenth. Our annual cotton
crop today is almost 100000 bales
of nearly 500 pounds each So much
for the growing of cotton. In the man
ufacture of cotton goods no country
in the world has made such strides.
England is our only rival The Ameri-
can inventor has quickened the speed
VI ouI machinery ana cOtbOn system
and efficiency out of crude methods
Where 60 years ago the spindles made
5000 turns a minute, in these days the
revolutions have been doubled 1t il
all the cooperative effort from tht
cotton fields to the furnished good.
that has explained the marvelou.
spread of mills at Lowell, Fall River
Lawrence and the regeneration of tn,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

1t is good news for the state and
for Middlebury college to know that
the valuable historical collection of
Vermont books and pamphlets gather
ed through a long term of years by
the late Horace w. Bailey have been
bought for the college. The Bailey Ii
brary will thus remain intact and will
be available TO all persons wishing to
make a study of Vermont subjects. 1t
would have been almost a calamity to
have had this collection broken up, OF
bought by interests outside the state
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
The Preferential Humbug.
burlington News. }

.
Secretary of State Guy w. Bailey
announces that the only written as
sent Of a candidate for the presidency
of the United States received by him
was from President Woodrow Wilson
to be printed ON the ballots to be
used At the Vermont preferential pri-
maries May 16
This shows what a humbug this
preferential ballot is. Practically none
of the Vermont voters take the slight
est interest in it, and it is not to be
expected that more than small frae-
ion of them viii vote. And the news
papers are now, on the brink of the
election, discussing what it is all about,
and disputing somewhat violently as
to what it means. What is preferen-
tial ballot and why?
If the voters won t rally in full at
the polls in the ease Of a hotly con
tested election, when the candidates
and their friends make a direct per
sonal canvass and otherwise use every
effort to entice the bashful voter
from his lair, what chance of getting
out a vote that is really representative
of the entire electorate in a preferen-
tial election or for that matter in a
direct primary?
Theoretically, the primary is just
what we need, in this great free coun-
try of ours, but politics is practical
not theoretical. An election system
that makes no personal appeal what
ever to the mass of the voters will
never he success in practice.
People don t rally round the flag
to any great extent for a barren
ideality, and they viii not do so until
human nature is radically changed
and that won t be just at present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

ing their names on the ballot, because
the office should seek the man, IS both
and astonishing. In effect it
compels a man to be candidate
whether he is willing to be or not. 1t
is possible that this ruling might not
hold if the question were taken to the
supreme court of the United States
for test of its constitutionality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
ZHeESrFEGKTEN
2aHS1ABENET

For life is the mirror of king and
slave,
'Tis just what you are and do;
Then give to the world the best you
have,
And the best will come back to you.
Madeline Bridges,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
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for each subsequent insertion without
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
TO SUBSC RIDERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
of the paper each night, and it solicits
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
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, 1916-04-29
Member of the Associated press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co.
Park Drug store, c. w. Cleaveland, d
r. Cutler K Co. (Esteyviue).
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Windsor, VI, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
NsAA4s hl4,1 welt.
A Strange Ruling.
ESprineheld TnionN

The ruling of the supreme court OF
Oregon that Charles Evans Hughes s
name must 90 on the presidential pri-
mary ballot in that state, on the
ground that persons for whom the
voters may express preference have
no right to be consulted as to PRINT
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

carefully put 10.
gether, will make
an otherwise COM
mon salad an ar
It's tic creation.
Lemon juice is
preferred to vim
egar when using
fruit and heavy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

Cardboard oyster buckets are I'M
safe. man in Atlanta, Ga, was
severely bitten on the knuekle, lately,
by an oyster which had gnawed its
way through the top of the bucket.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

This is a good season to compare the
state roads with the ordinary unim-
proved roads. On the principle that
what is worth doing at all is worth do
ing well, it may be said that any place
on the map worth going to, is worth
having an open and convenient access
at all seasons of the year. Let US by
all means have all the good roads we
can possibly afford-and there is
strong ground for questioning whether
we can afford to have any other kind
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

If it is true that Senator Weeks has
over 200 delegates already elected to
the Chicago convention who are for
his nomination for the presidency, as
is claimed by his friends in Boston,
then he has a very remarkable start
for the nomination. 1t will be remen-
bered that he made a mastery fight
for election as United States senator
against Mccall and that his activity
end organization Won.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

Many say some men. are egotistical
for declaring that they do not want to
be president. We call that the finest
kind of optimism.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

Queen bees do not sting, but a fell
low does not usually have the oppor
tunity of selecting his bee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
ENoryday
WiSdOrnH M8
..V DIV #eso@ ~ ~,

An ostrich in the home will gladden.
the household with his song and keep
mother in plumes for her hat.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

1t is quite possible to do some things
equally as well two different ways. As
an example: The farmer and the real
estate man both make their living out
of the same dirt, but in two different
ways.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
SALAD MAKING.

The making of salad is an art
Often the simplest combinations, il
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

s a real joke on the barber when
he doesn t get wise that the man in.
the chair is deaf.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

old whaling city of New Bedford. The
South, too, has felt the same impetus.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

The first bathroom sponge was do
mestieated In 1913.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

A Glove is not much of an improve.
ment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29

Protected by The Adams Newspaper servicel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-29
C.. E. ALLEN

Offers rooms with hot and cold water
for S1.OO per day: which includes free
use of public shower baths. Nothing to
equal this In New England Rooms with
private bath for $3.50 per day: suites
of two rooms and bath for $3.50 per day
Dining room and cafe first-class Euro
pean plan.
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF.
TEMPERANCE HOUSE.
Send for Booklet.
STORER r. CRAFTS, Gen. Mgr.
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Entered in the postofTice at Brattle
Doro, as second class matter.
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serve on lettuce
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-05-03
TWO DAYS YET TO
GET FREE TICKETS

You still have two days to get free
tickets from the Independent to AL. G.
Barnes big circus. Secure subscrib-
er for three months at our special re-
duced price and it will entitle you to
general admission ticket. A six
months subscription will entitle you
to a reserved seat ticket and a yearly
subscription will entitle you to two
reserved seat tickets. And remember
that these tickets are in addition to
the prizes heretofore offered.
An amazing and extraordinary in
teresting feature on the program of
the Barnes Wild Animal Circus is the
troupe of seals and sea-lions. These
animals are the proteges of Capt. Al
bert Stonewall, who for many years
has been engaged in the capture and
training of water animals and reptiles.
Tom, Dick and Harry are the stars
of the troupe and have been under the
tutelage of the Captain for nine years.
Sea lions take the same rank in the
ocean that the African lion does in
the jungles. They are kings OF all
water life, being able TO outswim and
Outright any other denizen of the
briny deep.
Though cumbersome in appearance,
the seal and sea-lion are active and
deXterous out of water TO n remark
able degree. For instance, these ami
mails are equilibrists. jugglers, musi-
clans, ball players, and bareback rid
ers. Juggling billiard balls on the
tips of their noses is done with the
greatest ease. Throwing the balls one
TO another and catching them on their
noses is 4 part of their work. Doing
| this same thing while on the backs OF
salloping ponies, has given them the
prominence of being the best trained
seals and sea lions known. Harry is
a comedian and leads a groupe of fans
who vigorously applaud every clever
stunt done by their companions.
SiXty-five original, instructive, amaz
| ing and thrilling acts are offered by
| the great Barnes show, program Civ.
en- entirely by a troupe of 1000 edu
Gated animals. Nearly every species
is represented, fully one-half the mum
Der being ferocious wild animals.
The hour for the glittering parade is
10:30. Doors open at 1 and P. NJ
Performances are given at and
Pm.