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The Washington times., 1916-06-08

II r. the plan OF this committee, OF
which ~ w. Burchell. Is secretary, and
George q. Cornwel1. treasurer. To
have as many Of the grocer and mar
ketmen as possible close their places
OF business on the day of the pageant
A meeting of representatives of the
forty-three rine clubs OF the District.
the members of which will form one of
at the Board OF Trade rooms last night
to complete arrangements for the
pageant.
Plans to organize a big military unit
Of former members OF the District Ma
tional Guard. members of the old
Washington Light Infantry, District
Volunteers In tho regular service and
members Of various independent mill
The meeting was held In the National
Guard Armory. under the auspices OF
the Military Service Legion of the Dis
trict. Col r; ID. Simms. president OF the
appointed marshal of this unit, which,
II is declared. will be one of the larg-
est In the parade.
Sons of Confederates to March.
The Sons OF Confederate Veterans
will take prominent part in the
pageant. according to announcement
made by Clarence j. Owens, past COM
and w. Everett Brock
man. adiutant.in-chief and commander
of Washington Camp
Past Chief Owens has
been designated to command the sec
tiop.
Ernest q. Baldwin, OF Roanoke. Va.
the newly elected commander In chief
of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Will come to Washington with his staff
and participate in the parade.
The United Confederate Veterans will
have goodly representation in the
pageant. Camp III of the organization
at its meeting last night decided 70
and invite all other Con-
federate veterans to march with its
section.
/, A wireless message was flashed
through the District last night calling
all wireless operators. professional and
amateur, to a meeting at the Signal
Corps quarters Of the District National
The Washington times., 1916-06-08

after June IS. on which date the tour
nament ends.
The bronze medals to be awarded by
the Fairgrounds department to the win
ners of the team championships also
will be presented after that date.
Interest In the tournament has in
creased steadily. None Of the play
ground Departments activities in recent
years has created more widespoken
comment among the pupils of the public
schools.
Miss Gardner. whose work for the last
six weeks has been devoted almost ex-
clusively to the matches. has received
many congratulations on her successful
MANAGEMENT.
There were no games yesterday be-
cause of wet grounds.
The Washington times., 1916-06-08
BlOw School Girls
Win Times Trophy
Today's Program
In Tennis Tourney

Bloomingdale playground-Third
team Gage VS.. fourth team
Gage; second team Brookland
VS.. first team Gage.
Virginia avenue playground -
First team Lenox VS.. third
team Wallach.
New York avenue playground
Gales VS.. Arthur.
Garfield Park playground-Brent
VS.. Bowen.
The Washington times., 1916-06-08

Guard for the purpose Of forminR a
unit in the parade. F. M. sidnor, OF
700 q street southeast, sent out the
message. 1t Is expected that about go
will march in this unit.
The Florist Club Of Washington will
march 200 strong In the procession, &C
cordinR to a letter received from Harry
Il. Lewis, chairman of the committee
which Is organizing the unit.
The Graduate Nurses Association.
through Estelle L. Wheeler. of tho
board of directors OF the organization,
Two Boys ORGANIZATIONS. Moody's
Rangers and the Knights of the white
Camella. entered units In their parade
through their respective leaders. Joseph
r. Moody and II. X. Van Buren,.
A unit of twenty marchers from the
Children and Needy Women was entered
by Mrs. A. r. Barringer. an official of
the home.
The Order OF Elks will march in the
pageant more than 5 u.s.. strong, accord
bors OF the committee In charge of
organizing the Elks today. Each ELK
will wear a small bow flag In his coat
lapel and will carry a silk nag In his
hand. The unit viii be led by Fred J.
Mersheimer, J. n. Baitz. and w. L.
Evans.
To Organize Travelling Men.
A suggestion has been made to the
committee to organize all commercial
travellers residing in Washington in a
unit n. s. vanderver. a member OF
the Associated Commercial Travellers OF
America, Is the author OF the sugges-
ton. and will be pleased to communi-
cate with any travelling men who would
be Interested in forming q unit. Mr..
vanderver can be reached at the Har-
rington Hotel.
He Ia particularly interested in or
ganization of such a unit, In that in
the recent Chicago parade more than
$500 travelling men. organized at his
suggestion. marched In that citys NAM
moth pageant. MIR. Vanderver says
Washington has a large number OF
travelling men residents and that a re-
suit proportionate to that attained in
Chicago could be reached here.
The Washington times., 1916-06-08
Mass Meeting Tonight.

A mass meeting of all wholesale and
retail merchants and market employees
has been callad for tonight at the
rooms OF the Chamber of Commerce
n. II. Shea, wholesale grocer. who is
chairman of the committee in charge
0f this unit, issued the call last night.
The Washington times., 1916-06-08

Our recent sale Of Fancy Strawberries
was big success. We sold moro than
ever before. and desire to express our thanks
to the public for their appreciation OF our
sale We have therefore arranged for an
Weekend at prices to SUIT every purse
Do not fail TO look over our line.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15
Dry Territory,
(Hartford, Conn, Courant.)

NIIdFlIoTu, tolln., COufant.
The late Neal Dow of Maine. who
practically started the prohibition
movement in the United States. would
undoubtedly find qualification in study
ing the map of the United States as it
is now. The old gentleman. though
more or less misguided during his life
time, would find without the use of ex-
ira strong glasses that most of the
country is now prohibition territory
though how dry it happens to be de
ponds entirely on how strictly the laws
are enforced
Maine led off the procession and up
to November the other dry states
were Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas. Colo
RADIO, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa. Kansas.
Mississippi North Carolina, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Car
DINA, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington
and West Virginia. This was quite a
respectable array, but after the smoke
of Tuesday s battle had cleared away
the following states were added to the
list; Michigan, Montana, Nebraska,
South Dakota.
This makes total of twenty-three
states Of the Union that are prohibition
states, ana IL is quite an impressive
statement when it is considered that
half of the states have now declared
themselves, by the votes of the people
opposed to the sale of LIQUOR within
their territory The result in Nebras.
ka is said to have been largely the work
of William Jennings BRYAN. who has
not recovered from being defeated in
his aspirations to attend the last demo
cratic convention He blamed the
saloon men for his defeat: and what
was more natural than evening up mat
ters with them?
California and Missouri turned down
the prohibition program, though it
looked quite possible that the latter
state, with its great breweries. would
have a chance to turn them into con
densed milk factories as they did in
Colorado.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

ANT noles wnIlp MS IC;- reacneu ouI
over several others!
And how are the Children anG
Grandchildren? asked Mrs Ant.
"'0h, they're splendid, thank you;
said Daddy Long-Legs. They're grow.
ing so fine and long he added proud.
ly. Why you'd be surprised, Mrs. Ant
TO see the long legs on some of those
Children. 1t won't be long before many
lof them will be called Daddy Long.
Legs, too
That is indeed fine said Mrs. Ant
And how do you think my Children
are looking, pray tell
As good and busy and industrious
as ever?
What does Industrious meanY' sale
Nancy.
Il know" said Nick.
"What?" asked Nancy.
1T means" said Nick slowly, atha.
an industrious Animal or Boy or Cir
is one who is busy and works hard
and doesn't waste time. Is that right
Daddy?"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

by lake, the most beautiful sheet of wa
ter in New England. Willoughby is now
receiving attention, but probably not
one person in 100 who goes to this
beauty spot ever hears of Balance
Rock, a marvellous freak of nature,
with a solid rock weighing hundreds
of tons supported by such a small
foundation that person can walk or
crawl under almost the entire forma
tion. Balance Rock is less than a mile
from the lake shore.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

Mrs. Ant noticed a great black Crea-
ture with long legs, some little dis
lance away from the Hill.
Look, Ants = she shouted. And the
Ants Scampered this way and that to
get good look at the black Creature
with the long black legs.
Whatever can it beg asked Miss
Gray Ant.
oh said Mrs. Black Ant, maybe
it's MIR. Spider
No. said the one who called her.
self plain Mrs. Ant, I don't think it's
a Spider
Whatever do you think it is?'
asked Miss Gray Ant again.
While all the Ants We're looking.
the black Creature with the long legs
kept coming straight toward the Hill.
Oh shouted Mrs. Ant. Il see who
it is
Who? they all shouted.
ITS our dear old Friend, Daddy
LongLegs!'
Goodier they all cried.
Come right up to the BANQUET.
called Mrs. Ant.
Just where 1 was coming said
Daddy Long-Legs.
Children said Mrs. Ant, go and
help Daddy Long-Legs up the HILL
They hurried off, but Daddy Long
Legs laughed when they met him and
tried to make chain to pull him up
the Hill by.
Dear me- he said, with long legs
such as l have, it's scarcely more than
two or three steps and Tn up AS
he said this, 10 and behold, what should
be right on top of the Hill but Daddy
Long-Legs himself.
How do you do, everybody he
said, as he stepped over the groups of
Ants standing all around. For, of
course, he did not want to step on
any of his Ant Friends who had lei
MN come to the Banquet.
You're having a Party, I see,' he
said.
Yes said Mrs. Ant. sand we're
very glad indeed you've come. What
VIII you have to eatT And Mrs. Ant
DuStled about getting things for ole
Daddy Long-Legs.. He sat between two
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

\ recent visit to the Profile in the
White mountains brought to the writer
realization of the Importance of the
action which has preserved that unpar-
alleled piece of inspirational scenery.
Edward A. Tuck of Concord, n. H.,
who has also been through the Fran
COMA notch recently, in writing to the
Manchester Union, urges that model
of the Flume Rock, which fell NAM
years ago, be placed in the original
position occupied by that famous rock.
He is sure the skill and money for the
restoration could be found, and he
urges that the state should be the Gus
todian of both of these marvellous seen
lc attractions. Mr.. Tuck also urges that
a bronze tablet for the satisfaction of
lnquiring tourists be provided. All of
his suggestions are worthy of adoption.
Here IN Vermont there are dozen
marvels Of nature which thousands of
people would visit annually if a little
effort was made to bring them to pub
nc attention. In Westmore is Willough.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15
Z II E. ID OR MITOR
y Howard Liam

The dormitorv is large building in
which the college girl secures the maxi
mum amount of sleep and the minimum
amount of food
The object of the dormitory is to
provide quiet, doeile retreat for col
lege girls who have been losing sleep
at home in rectangular chunks This is
almost always due to the nocturnal dep
relations of the male butterfly with
lavender necktie who does not have
to pay the electric light bill. When a
depressed father has endured this for
some time, he places his daughter in a
dormitory where the lights are
switched off at 9 p. m and are at once
succeeded by the throbbing, rhythmic
slumber of 200 co-eds.
The dormitory is splendid place in
which to train the appetite down to a
flne, tapering point and prevent it from
engroSsing the attention of the student.
Dormitories are run on the principle
that nothing interferes with ripe
scholarship more than an appetite
which is always breaking ont in some
Protected by The da
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

WHAT are you E,,..,LIo,,
carrying little
BlacBie Ant for? asked Mrs. Ant.
lie was SO tired he could not cliras
/ up the Hill again, said his Brother.
! Well then let him rest here. ant
III give him sandwich. I'll also give
you one for being so good as to carry
, him up
! When Blackie Ant was sleeping
soundly, for he was very tired ard haG
been playing hard, and when his Broth
er had gone off to join the others
Mrs. Ant said: Isn't it nice to see the
Children help each Cther?
Yes said Daddy Long-Legs. Ants
are very nice little Creatures, ara ]
think | would like to tell them all some
Stories.'
oh, wonderful said Mrs. Ant
and she called all the Ants, saying
daddy Long-Legs will tell us Stories,
so the Banquet ended with some
of Daddy Long-Leg's fine Stories.'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

new spot and demanding some high
priced delcacy like rhubarb pie or
brick ice-cream. The average dormitorv
menu is carefully planned so that no
student will leave the table with an
oppressive sense of fulness or much of
anything else. and this no doubt ex-
plains why the college girl carries off
the honors in competition with the
beefv male graduate.
The dormitorv is presided over by
a klnd-hearted matron who is not ar
preciated by the members of her flock
until they have been out of college for
several years and are trying to bring
up few daughters of their own. The
matron is obliged to be severe, but at
times she becomes extremely near
sighted and allows few dents to be
put in the rules and regulations. 1t
must be hard to be matron with good
eyesight and stern sense of duty.
The dormitory is not infested nv
young men except at stated hours. and
as this is always between meals no
harm is done.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

What has become of the coffee
boy?" This question has been asked
by employment agencies with alarm
ing results. The agencies find that the
so-ealled office boy has become NUM-
tion worker and that the market for
office boys has gone up 100 per cent
in price and supply. War prosperity
and war prices have hit the Office boy
and he has decamped for the improved
field of labor. One employment agency
in Boston has been advertising for
. 200 office boys to meet the demand
"t their clients but without results.
The Office boys have gone. An investi
cation showed that office boys who
were getting from s. to So a week were
now working in munition factories get
ting as high as SIS a week for their
labors. The office boy who sticks to his
job and is not led away from work
where he is learning something will be
the winner in the end. Many of those
led away by temporary gain will find
their occupations gone one of these
days, and that the days when they
should have been in training have been
lost.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

Not every section of this country is
booming. a private letter from one of
the Puget Sound cities in Washington,
which was enjoying great prosperity a
few years ago, states that there are
900 vacant houses there, the lumber
and shingle mills having been closed
ON account. of~the Canadian competi-
ton under the present tariff. The writer
states that at the first opportunity to
sell his real estate there at half what
it cost him, he will return to Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

Quite right"
said Daddy. "Well,
to continue, the
Ants were all hur-
rying around wait
ing on the Guests
and Mrs. Ant was
proud that Daddy
Lcng-Legs had no.
ticed it.
"And then soon,
enc little Ant car
ried another small
Ter one on his
back.
:" What are you
n - -. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15
Member of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
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(Esteyville), Crooks House Pharmacy.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

she lived.
She was hav-
ing a very fine
Banquet with all
sorts of goodies to
eat, and she had
invited all the
Ants from every
Ant Hill far and
near to come to
this Party.
All the Ants
w e re crawling
around and talk
ing to each other
W IN en- Sl1fI6ppIV
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II 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
II is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1916.

We have not heard a word from our
old friend George Harvey since the
election result was announced. His
slogan Nobody wants Hughes but the
people has been buried and the Hon
CRADLE George 5 reputation as a politi
cal prophet has been shot full of holes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15
WE GROW BY DOING.

not by thin king what we might do, or
by dreaming of noble motives. Life in
suranee is proposition demanding de
termination, action and present health.
National Life ms Co., of Vt. (Mutual)
9th year.-ALBERT C. LAIRD, spe
cial Agent, Crosby Block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

1t is time for all good Americans to
pledge their unquestioned fealty to
President Wilson He is not only win.
ner in the electoral college, but he is
a president by popular vote, leading
the Republican nominee by over 4O0,,
oo0 The next four years will be par
lous times for the President He will
bear the greatest responsibility of any
man in the eountry-greater than any
president has faced since the days of
Lincoln. 1t will strengthen his deter
limitations and convictions to know that
he has a united country back of him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15
WESTMINSTER.

The next meeting Of the Womans Mis-
sionary society will be held with Miss Ida
Wright this week Friday afternoon
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15
Something Learned.

Father-Bobby, what did you learI
at school today.
Bobby-Not to tease Tommy Hard
nut.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15
DDDY'S EVENING
TALE s.
ANTS NEW GUEST.
b. MARY GRAHAM BONNER

Mrs. Ant" said Daddy. twas giving
a Banquet on top of the Ant Hill where
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15
TO ADVERTISERS.

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double rates.
Space rates on application.
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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, 1916-11-15

Protected by The Adams Newspaper Servico7
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-04
To Try Election Case To-day.

Christiansburg, Va, Feb. Six
county officers of Montgomery County
will be called on at Christiansburg to
face indictments tomorrow. charging
them with violating the State election
laws. The indictments were returned
by a grand jury early in December
and involve different charges, some
that names of persons who did not
pay theif poll tax properly were certi-
fed to the treasurer and some that
the Barksdale election law against ex-
changing anything of value for vote
had been violated.
The men indicted are; c. W. Sur
face. treasurer: f. M. Weddle, COM
missioner of the revenue-elect. w. ii.
Altizer, ]. r. Rogers, Henry c. Akers
and Bittle Price, deputies Of Treasurer
Surface.
1t is understood that an effort viii
be made to quash the indictments
on points OF law and many persons
profess TO believe that none OF the
ca ses ever will re tried before jury
Others are of the opinion that some
of the defendants will be tried.
The cases in many respects are SINH
lar to those recently handled in Mont
gomery County Judge Moffett Will
hear the cases. Hairless 4 Calhoun,
OF Christiansburg. and r. l.. Jordan,
OF Radford, will defend the indicted
men: Judge r. G. Jackson, of Roam
oke, will assist II. c. Tyler, OF Rad
ford who was appointed to conduct
the cases at request OF r. /, Roop, the
Commemorative Attorney.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-04
PLACES BAN on WET
HAND BAGGAGE
Flow Of Liquor Into West Virginia
Coal Fields L. Checked BY Pro-
hibition Commissioner Blue.

Roanoke, Va, Feb. 3.--January 81,
the Circuit Court of Fayette County.
w. Va, at relation Of Fred o. Blue,
State Commissioners of Prohibition,
granted an injunction that paralyzed
what fast was growing to be q heavy
liquor traffic from Roanoke to the
West Virginia coal fields. As re-
suit, about two automobile truck
loads of liquor. taken to the virginian
station for transport as hand baggage,
was loaded on automobile trucks and
carted back to town, either to be re-
turned to the dealers from which 1t
was purchased IL they would take It.,
or to be carried into the coal fields
over the Norfolk and Western.
For a few hours CONSERVATION
reigned around the Virginian station.
The injunction. which dema nds THAT
booze being handled as hand bag
gage be removed from interstate
trains at the first station inside West
Virginia, was granted Monday The
Vtrginian was notified OF II by wire;
and when the wet goods began to ar
rive in suitcases, handbags and pack
ages. Tuesday morning. each man who
had supply was notified. according
to the injunction. that he would have
to unload with his liquor at the first
station across the West Virginia line.
or 1t would be taken In charge and
turned over to the agent at such sta
ton. None elected to take the chance
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-04
To Clean a Raincoat.

A raincoat may be kept looking like
new even in muddy weather. To
clean 1t. first dip 1t in cold water
which has been softened by bcrax.
then lay 1t out fiat and smooth upon
the kitchen table. and with scrub
bling brush and good laundry soap
give 1t hard scrubbing. When the
dirt is removed. dip it In clean water
and rinse 1t several times. then with
out wringing hang the coat in the air
to drip and dry. Hot water. of course.
must never be used on a raincoat.
To clean a cloth coat, dip tooth
brush into weak ammonia and water.
Brush over the spots with clear water
and press until almost dry, laying a
thin piece of black cloth over 1t. and
stop pressing while the place In, still
a little damp. so that 1t will not be
shiny. Clean soiled collars outdoors
with henzine. and let the coat hang
until we'll dried. II button-holes are
frayed. pick them out and work them
over with coarse stlk.