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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
AN EDUCATED EYE.
It's Owner Able to Draft Plans With
out a Scale

One of the major advantages of the
modern system of manual training is
the education OF the hand to conform
to the functions of the eye. Now
Charlie NJ. Horton, writing on 1.-The
Value of the Eye in Designing, in the
American Machinist, makes suggestions
which should be of interest to instruc-
tors Of the young.
striking incident is cited in which
a designer of machinery had so cdu-
Gated the eve in the matter Of accurate
measurements that he was able to plan
intricate engines without resorting to
the scale. While this expert gueSser
admitted that the faculty was in part
gift, ne insisted that it could be cul-
tlvated to high degree. In this case
the possessor of the valuable asset
claimed that it was easy for him with
out using the scale to establish the
thickness Of cylinder walls, size of
ports, diameter Of shaft, diameter of
fly wheel, and other dimensions, from
what he remembered i'll the shop and
from the work Of those around him.
Useful as this gift, or requirement
| may be, it is probable that there will
still be more or less use for instruments
Of precision in machine shop designing
rooms. But education of the eye, along
the lines suggested, could not fail OF
being useful to both designers and max
ers of machinery, even when accuracy
is determined in thousandths of an inch
Rochester Democrat and Choronicle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
DADCN'S[y[N|NG|
[A|RY TALE
sUET CLUB.
@ MACY G0AHAN BONNER

'Iast winter" said Daddy, So little
girl named Cary put some suet in a
tree to see if many of the birds would
not want to stay around as long as
they knew they would be fed.
''She did this quite early in the fall
that is when the cold days came along.
She kept adding more suet when she
found it was being eaten quickly and
when the snow covered it up, she
brushed the snow off.
"Suet, you know, is fat, and birds
are very fond of it. All winter long
many of The birds stayed. They all
flocked around the lilac bush which
had the suet placed between two
branches.
"Of course, Cary will do exactly the
same thing this year, but the other
day / heard of another child who had
thought it would be great kindness
TO the birds TO let them feel they would
never be without food. And the birds
certainly reward anyone, for they give
so much pleasure.
This was the conversation that went
on near the home of the little CIR
whose name was Margaret.
"'Are you going south this winter?
asked Mrs. Blue Jay.
81 don't believe / am said Mr.. Nut
hatch. One Of my cousins told M
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
The Cost Of War.
North Adams Herald

(North Adams Herald.
II is the commonplace TO repeat that
this is the most costly Of all wars.
and that the United States is breaking
all records of expenditures. But few
of us realize how enormous the outlay
really is. Perhaps nobody does. No
body can imagine q billion dollars. No
brain is capable Of forming any def
mite idea Of the sums appropriated by
congress, or OF the quantities of goods
those sums will buy.
But we can come little nearer I'M
ders1anding through comparison. A
prominent financier observes that the
sol ,000,000.00 appropriated by con
gress in the last session is only 5000,
100000 less than the total expenditures
of the United States government from
the year 1871 down to Jan. l, 1917.
That $2l 900 100000 it should be re
membered, doesn t all represent actual
expenditure. Several billions are
loaned to our allies, which viii be re
paid. But il is evident that those loans
plus the $4,000, 100000 mentioned. vii
be more than equalled by new appro
priations before the present session i
ended
1t is plain, therefore, that we arr
going to spend on this war, during thu
| first two years, several billion dollar
more han we have spent on all our pre-
viouS wars and on all governmental
purposes of all kinds, from the estab
lishment of our republic l27 years ago
down to our declaration of war agains
| Germany
And we don't begrudge the none
either. II will he worth it. if We wi
what we have set out to win.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
DeciSion for "Open Shop
Springfield Republican,

Organized labor is disappointed in
the adverse supreme court decision III
the case of certain West Virginia coal
operators against the united mine
workers, but there is nothing in the
decision questioning the right Of wage
carriers TO organize. The main point
involved is evidently the restriction
of methods of solicitation for new mem
bers in ''open shops where the non
union men are under contract with the
employers not to JOIN a union. It is
an old case going back to the time
of John Mitchell s presidency OF the
united mine workers. Organized la
Dor, however, has made remarkable adj
vances since then. The secretary-treas-
urer of the united mine workers i'll the
days when this suit was begun III the
courts is now the secretary of labor
in the president g cabinet, and an in
teresting annual report by him is pub
lished this morning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
Gave Them Suet and Bread Crumbs

that a child in his neighborhood gave
them Suet and bread crumbs all last
winter so he is here again
care you going to move TO his
neighborhood?' asked Mrs Blue Jay.
No. / am going to stay here be
cause there is child nearby doing just
the same thing. Do you see the suet
in yonder treeE
az do said Mrs. Blue Jay. why.
I believe l will not 90 south this win
Ter. will stay up here. There are 50
many birds that go south that it would
he nice for the people in these regions
IL few stayed around All the time.
May l join your suet clubE
"Delighted to have YOU said Mr.
Nuthatch. And / think the name
you've given the tree with the suet is
fine. Suet club sounds splendidly
What do you think Mr. Blue Jay and
The little ones will Say?'
81 think they'll love staying said
Mrs. Blue JAY. You can hardly call
the children little now, though
That's So said Mr.. Nuthatch. It's
the same with our little ones. We for
get that they're really quite grown up
THE Blue Jay children flew along
at just this moment. Dear me, how
they have grown said Mr.. Nuthatch.
in just the same fashion as q grown-up
Will say TO a child. The Blue Jay
children We're much annoyed. but of
course they couldn't say anything be.
Hot ~
did wish, though. that older birds
would not tell them in such conde-
scending tones.
Pretty soon the Nuthatch children
came along and Mrs Blue Jay told
them how they had grown just as Mr.
Nuthatch had told the Blue Jays
THE Nuthatch little ones and the
Blue Jays went off to play and to talk
of how they had both been told they
had grown,
Pretty soon a voice was heard not
far off singing, 'Chicll-a-dee, Chicl-a-
dee, Chiclz-a-dee.' and Mrs. Blue JAY
called out:
"'Come to the Club. Join the Suet
Club
wi = 1iiithStCe ana Npf 13illlN nGW
over to the lilac bush and when they
heard about the club they said they
would be delighted TO join And, on
that cold day, many birds gathered
around the bush where the Suet had
been put.
They had special meals of bread
crumbs but they loved the suet best
of all. And that is til second club |
have heard of this winter, but I'm sure
there are many more"
Cant we start One?" asked the chill
dren. WED like to see more birds
this winter"
Indeed you may said Daddy 81
am So glad you want to, for it will
mean pleasure for YOU and the birds
SO Nick and Nancy put suet in Il tree
and watched the birds come. and any
one else who will do that, viii find how
many birds will gather around.
When the snow comes brush 1t of
the suet so the birds can still get al
it, as in the snowy weather it is very
hard. you know, for the little feath
cred people.
And the more suet clubs there are
the happier it viii be for the birds OF
Birdland who stay ~ North TO give
pleasure to so many children anC
grOwn-ups.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
begin preparing its swan song now. It's
DAYS are numbered.

Speaking recently at the marketing
conference in connection with the Ma
tional dairy show, George +. Haskell Of
the food administration, said that the
estimated yearly output of milk in the
United States was S0,0O0O00, 600
pounds, Of which 80 per cent is made
into butter. and the balance used III
cheese, ice cream, condensed milk, milk
powder, and other products and also
consumed as raw milk. a larger pro
duetion of butter is necessary, and in
crease must come from sections where
dairy farming has still to be developed.
There are two general systems of but
ter making, the local or small cream
cry which is in close touch with the
milk producers and the large central
creamery which handles q bigger out
put. Increase should be looked for
the small creameries and more of them
should be consolidated to get the adj
vantage OF large scale production and
purchases of coal and supplies on an
economical basis. Lack of cooperation
! is the greatest drawback of the cream
cry business. Mr.. Haskell also gave
it as his opinion that butter is not like
ly to average under 10 cents a pound
! for some years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
QUICK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
Get Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since Dr.. Edwards produced Olive Tablets,
the substitute for caIcmeL
Dr.. Edwards, practicing physician for
II years and caloniel's old-tirne enemy,
discovered the formula for Olive Tablets
while treating patients for chronic con-
stipation and torpid iivers.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain caio,nel, but healing. soothing
vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the sfkeynote'' of these
little sugar-coated, olive-colored tablets.
They cause the bowels and liver to act
normally. They never force them to
unnatural action.
Il you have clark brown mouth" now
and then a bad breath - a dull, tired
feeling-sick headache-torpid liver and
are constipated, you'll find quick, sure and
only pleasant results from one or two Lit.
tie Or. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every night
| just to keep right. Try them. Ioc and
25c per box. All druggists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
Dozen Stars for One Man.
New Haven Register.l


Is the time coming when the limit viii
have to be placed on the number of serv-
Ice stars which one individual may repres-
ent. Already a man in the service who
hasn't at least three stars and flags in vari-
Gus places is considered way down in the
list OF honors, Today were the service
,tars in the flags counted. and did each
represent one man, this country would
nave about 10 million men in its service
Let an instance of how the present plan
works out be taken:
A man enlists. \ service flag with one
star goes out in front OF his home \ sec
ond star is added to the flag i'll the win
dow where he Is employed say branch
OF IA large establishment doing a nation
wide business. lie Is a member of two
or three clubs-his total is five now His
school and his high school add others L
ne Is Yale man. another goes on the bi.
Yale flag Already the man is repre-
5etned in eight flags, although lie is but
4 single individual
But even then he has not his quota
An employee of great corporation, hi
enlistment is reported to the main offie,
n this state Another star goes into tn,
white field OF the great banner which
lies IN front Of the state headquarters
! fhe state headquarters sends his nam,
/ On to the main office in New York
another star. The main office flag ha
| over a thousand stars on it. The Chicag,
etiice thinks it ought to uphold its com
lany's prestige, and puts ont a duplicate
| 80 does Boston, San Francisco, Ney
| Orleans. Atlanta. By this time each man
| company and making good progress
| toward becoming regiment. Soon some
ne will begin to wonder if the plan Q
The service and its stars needs ''regula
| ion "
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
By LEE PAPE
The Gladiator.

The Gladiator.
A Play
Scene. \ arena.
The Lions. Rrrrrrrrl
The audients. Hcrrav, Herray.
Roman sitizen. Hcrray'
His wife. Herray, Who is that man
with the Shield and the sword and
everything?
Roman sitizen. That's the gladiator
His wife. Who,
Roman sitizen. The man with the
shield and the sword and everything
His wife Yes. but who?
Roman sitizen. Are You kidding me
or watching the performance
His wife. Well dident YOU say he
was glad he ate her? Who is he GLAD
he ate2 Hee hee.
Roman sitizen. Awfll Herrav! Her
ray,
The audient2. Herray'
The Lions. Rrrrrr,
Roman sitizens wife. Herrav, Is h,
reely}
Roman sitizen. Is he RELY wat?
His wife. Glad he ate her? He
hce. Herray
Roman sitizen. Hay, this is got t,
stop. Herray,
| The audients Herray,
Roman sitizens wife / wonder W,
| he is,
Roman sitizen. Is wat?
His wife. Glad he ate her. Hee nee
/ Herrav.
Roman siti1en. I'm going home
: (Which he does.)
His wife. Herrav
Audients. Herrav,
The Lions. Rrrrr,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
Germany Hard Up.
(Fitchburg Sentinel.

Germany, with all its boosted efficien-
y has not yet achieved the difficult
lsk OF lifting by its own bootstraps In
financial way it has been making a her
ulean effort, but has nearly exhausted it
alf in the struggle The government has
alsed, It Is estimated, about los billion
alarks III forced leans from the German
naople. In addition to this, there is a
eat amount of credit currency in circula-
ION in the form OF treasury bills and
otes Of the Reichsbank The situation is
Ich that neutral countries are demand
NJ cash before delivery OF goods. They
s.use to be palmed off with the German
mark. That is the kind of money that
.aes not talk with them. The cash must
BE- in the form Of gold. The Germans
em to have a big supply of guns and
munitions. Their marks have gone
ITO that sort Of commodity, which is
iickly used up. They shot $1,000 marks
their equivalent in value, into the
trenches occupied by American soldiers
thin II few hours Such rockies,
travagance carries its own penalties
Tn. imperial German government ha.
bout reached the point whre it can
either beg nor borrow The only thing
1T for ut to do is to steal, and it vii
Ut be deferred from going about it by
ny conscientious scruples. 1t is alread,
ipping the churches of Italy of all
aeir copper.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12

North Adams has been going ahead
the past year without open saloons.
The Improvements which have beer
made on Union and State streets are
particularly noticeable John Drys
dale, in ringing letter to the North
Adams Herald, asks the voters of the
city to read and re-read Mayor Whita-
ker's statement of the financial affair
OF the municipality until they are con
WINGED that "North Adams does not
need the blood money of the licensed
saloon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12

The Reformer is on sale every evening
b. the following news dealers.
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co, c.
W. Cleaveland : l. Purinton (EStey-
villel. Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens
Depot Newsstand, Mrs. u. r. Doyle
South Main street.
West Brattleboro, L. Stockwell
East Dummerston. NJ +. Brown.
Putney NJ. c. Williams.
Newfane, y. NJ. Batcheher.
Townshend, G. W. cutler
West Townshend, c. II Grout.
jamaica, Il J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, r II. Tyler.
South Vernon, + u. Bufum.
Northfield. Mass, Thompson Bros
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. "
Sttppter.
Hinsdale. NJ. H., W. II Lyman.
Bellows Falls, Depot Restaurant.
Windsor VT. Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
10 rAE SUBSCRIBERS

IT is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper eacn night, and il solicits the
cooperation Of subscribers TO that end.
Prompt reports should be given of each
failure 10 receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission, in person,
bv 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
bv this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1917

The government savings stamps,
given to the children as Christmas pres
ents, might be helpful in starting the
Youngsters in thrift methods.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
Member Of the Associated press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication of all
news dispatches credited to il and not
otherwise credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
Double Your
Dat Value

The superintendent of a
large Boston livery stable
stated that he usually feeds
IA lbs. Of Raw Oats which
when flaky equals 28 lbs. In
other words, by taking the
Raw Dat the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
No Advance.

Neighbour understand that your
son got his B. A and his M. A.
Father-Yes, but it is still his Z. A.
that supports him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12

TRY THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS
IN THE DAILY REFORMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12

Absence makes the heart grow fond
r. The wise young man goes home
early.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
SabotISm.

"Sabotism" is of French origin and
comes from the word "sabot," which
means wooden shoe. These shoes are
worn by the French peasantry, are
made of one piece of wood, scooped
out to fit the foot, and are very heavy,
Such shoes are worn by peasants of
various European nations. At times
Of riot and disorder the French peas
ant used this heavy piece of wood as
q weapon, also as missile with which
to destroy. The word sabotage" grew
naturally out Of this means of offense
and disorder and soon got q footing
with French Socialists and labor men,
Concerning the word, Frenchman
writes: "If you are q mechanic, 1t is
very easy for you with penny's worth
of powder, or even with sand, to score
lines on the rollers, to cause loss of
time, or even costly repairs. A tailor
can easily ruin q garment or piece
of stuff q salesman with some stains
will easily make it necessary to sell a
piece of goods at a low price. As the
employer is an enemy, it is no more
disloyal for the workman to entrap
him into an ambuscade than to fight
him face to face"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26

rather sharply to deep short field. The
shortstop had to sprint several feet to
his right in order to stop the ball.
Then he had to recover his balance
and set himself for long, hard throw.
All this took time and although the ball
went straight and true into the first
b:seman's NIT, it took q large frac-
ton of a second to travel across that
intervening space. The batter made
quick getaway from the plate. Half
the success Of beating a throw is in
getting a good start. He was reason
ably fast man and he ran well. But
he knew when he hit the ball that
he had no time to spare. He was GU
rious to see if the shortstop field
ed the ball clean and just what were
his chances Of beating out the throw
This curiosity led him to cast one look
out across the diamond to where the
shortstop was trying to field the ball.
and although he did not cease running,
in that one look, he Involuntary
slackened his speed. How much time
did he lose? Probably at least two
fifths Of a second, and that robbed
him Of a hit and perhaps robbed his
teammates Of the victory.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26

Just where and how far the design
ers of women's clothes are going In
their striviugs for something new, no
one knows, but they are on their way.
To prove it, here is new cOat-dress
which we can easily forgive for keep
ing us guessing as to whether 1t is a
dress or not, because it is SO pretty
and so full of style. There is provo
cation for quarrel as to whether it is
rightly called a dress or not, but its
designers have so named 1t and we
will take their word for it.
1t is made Of one Of the new weaves
In silk In q heavy crepe effect and
hangs straight from shoulder to hem.
There is no definition of the waist
line, but lest It's lines depart from
their straight and narrow way, belt
of the material holds them so that
they cannot flow outward. The belt
crosses at the front and fastens to the
body Of the dress at each side. All
the way down the front pearl buttons
attend strictly to the business of max
ing the straightness of the frock
emphatic.
Everything mas real pockets this
spring, and this dress is provided with
one at each side in the style Of coat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
FEW SHORT BASEBALL GAMES
Pastimes of Nine Full Innings Played
In Less Ths, an Hour Are Scarce
Some Instances.

Nine-inning pastimes pulled OF IN
less than an hour are rather rare, but
not quite so scarce as hens molars'
The first game of this kind was pulled
off In Dayton, O., SO years ago, when
DAYTON and Ironton hustled through q
regulation contest in Al minutes. mat
was considered a very remarkable per-
Torrance, and would be yet, for that
matter, although the game is must fast
er now than it was in 1884.
In the early days of baseball-the
era Of big scores-it was by no means
unusual for a pastime to drag out
through three or four hours. Inc
classic of that kind was staged at
Carrollton, KY, in 1868, when a game
commenced at ten in the morning was
called on account of darkness in the
late evening, with only seven innings
played!
San Francisco and Oakland equaled
the Dayton record for brevity in 1893.
In 1899 an American professional club
touring Japan defeated college nine
in Tokyo in 40 minutes. The profess
sional record was set up in Atlanta just
six years ago, Mobile defeating the
home club to 1, in 80 minutes. Chap
pelle was in the box for the
victors, and Griffin twirled for Atlanta.
Mobile got six hits and Atlanta five.
The score was tied in the ninth IN
ming, when Mobile got over the win
ming run.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26

in shapes. They prove how much we
owe to artists who transform the
simplest and humblest headwear by
interpretations of their own into hats
Of irresistible charm.
At the right the summary and flow,
cry hat Is made Of fine black hair
braid, set over cap made also Of Il
narrow black braid. The top crown
is covered with tiny forget-me-nots IN
several colors and the brim edge Is
softened by little black silk balls, set
close together about it. Narrow black
velvet ribbon in two long ends have
no particular reason for Joining forces
with the hat, except that the designer
chose to put them where they are.
At the left fascinating coolie shape
is made of silk in deep orange color
and black, set on q turban of black
satin. Silk cords and twin tasSels, orig
inal and splendid products of China,
find themselves very much at home az
a decoration for this model. About
the edge small orange-cOlored sticks
make q finish that is unique.
The little turban Is Of black lisere
and against its shiny surface Chinese
characters in apple green are applied
by means of black stitches. Each