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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
How to Be Rid of
Dangerous Dandruff

The only way to get rid of dandruff
the sure hair deStroyer-is to remove.
the cause. DR.. Sangerbund, the famous
Paris Specialist, discovered that dan
druff and falling hair are caused by
microbe. Then came the discovery of
the value of the genuine Partisan sage
(liquid FORM TO destroy this germ and
promptly prevent the further loss of
hair. Get from your druggist about
four ounces, and rub a small quantity
well into the scalp. Only a few APP
plieations are usually needed to destroy
the germs that cause dandruff; your
scalp will Immediately feel cool and
comfortable, and your hair appear soft.
ht-looking and seem heavier than
il really is. Since Or. Sangerbnnd S
discovery the American people are rea-
lizing that dandruff is as unnecessary
as it is dangerous, and that thev can
be quickly rid of it and save their hair
but a few days use of this inexpensive
and harmless liquid. Be sure You get
the genuine Partisan sage (Giroux -
for this brand will not stain the hair
and is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Wilfred
f. Root can supply you. Adv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
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k,l [A|RY TALE
IN 81 MACY GRAHAM BONNER
BRAVE MOCklNG BIRD.

+ Il have a true story to tell you this
evening, children" said Daddy, "of
hooking bird
MIR. Mitchell Mockilg Bird was his
name and he was pet in large fam
lily Of children. They all loved him and
he could speak a good many words,
and he could sing like ever so many
birds.
in fact Mitchell was very accom-
plished and he knew a great many fine
tricks.
Whenever the children wanted to
give a circus, Mitchell was their best
| performer and he was very proud of
standing on little platform and max
| ing bow and then doing his different
tricks.
HE shrieked with delight when the
children clapped him and he was al
ways extremely happy on circus day!
''He had never been to a real circus,
Of course, but he loved the home circus
days and he used to like to watch the
children act too.
''He would put his head from one
side to the other, as much as to say,
That is q very nice trick And when
It was all over he would call shrilly
and say. 'Goodie, Cooler
mitchell was allowed a great deal
Of freedom. He had been hurt when
he was very small and the children
health, and he had never left them
One of his wings had never grown
quite well and he couldn't fly great
deal, but he wandered about as he
wanted to.
"He had nice, comfortable cage II
the dining room and he always SLEPT
there ut night.
''He never made any noise in thu
morning until the family got up. Fl,
kept absolutely quite until then. An(
yet, after the family were up, he made
great deal of noise for he felt jus
like it in the mornings.
"One night. though, Mitchell begar
to scream. How he did yell! Pierre
ing ycllS went all through the house
And he hurried from one bedroom t.
another. He awOke the mother ant
daddy of the children first and then h
woke up the children.
"'C0mc,' he called Tt was q wor'
he could say, and he kept repeating
over and over again.
"'Come, Come! Gomez And the
all hurried, one after the other, an
: followed the hooking bird downstair,
: what should they see but tin
!, blaze, which every few minute
seemed to grow and splutter and burS
; into q bigger flame.
"'Water! Everyone get water
> shouted the children's daddy, and tn
/ hooking bird kept calling:
3 "Come'
o "They were all thoroughly frfgh
/ ened but they kept their wits abot
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
Little Benny's
Note Book !.
BY LEE PAPE

Me and pop and ma was up i'll the
setting room aftir suppir ye>tiddav, pop
smoaking and ma tanning herself and
me feeling the mussels III my arms to
see if eng was there, and ma scd to pop,
Willyum, | don't see wy Won don't bring
home more tobacco kewpons. all | need
is POO more to get the loveliest Terkish
rug.
And You wunt me to smoak myself
to deth to make Terkish holiday sed
pop.
Serteny not, sed ma, but | don't see
wy you cant Tern to take advantage of
bargenS | passed a segar store down
town today and big sine in the win
dow sed, . eXter kewpons given free
today with each box of DandyIion Sc
CARS. Now, Willyum, W. don't you buy
a few boxes of Dandylion segars for a
change!
For the same reason l don't drink a
few glasses of arsnick for 4 change, sed
pop.
Have you ever tried them? sed ma.
! never even heard of them, sed pop,
but the very name of Dandylion tells me
all ! wunt to know If | met man
named Snitzerbang | wood distrust him
instinktively, and its the same way with
/ segar by the name of Dandylion.
/ Wat consents, sed ma. | Suppose il
| the truth were RELY known, all segars
are alike anyway, except for the names
Well, there's no law agenst sipposing
sed pop.
Enyhow, sed ma, l went and bawt
you a box Of them.
Wat, sed pop, a hole, compleet, fnl
rroberly exter mcclure box of segar:
with a name like Dandrlion?
Now don't be silly, sed ma.
| don't intend to, sed pop, thinl, thu
janitor of our office bilding has berth
day or sumthing tomorro, his name i
Plusgins, so he awt to injoy box o
Dandylion segars.
Q well, I've got the kewpons, sed ma
And she kepp on tanning herself, an'
pop kepp on smoaking and saying
Dandylon, to himself, and ] keep on
feeling my musSels.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
AlSaca and Lorraine

Alsace and Lorraine are being MIXED
dry by Germans while they have the
opportunity to do so. Condition of civil
population, despite the fact that Alsace
and Lorraine still rank as German PROV
inces, is little better than that of in
habitants of invaded Belgium All met
ais were long ago taken By the Germans,
including church and school bells, or
gan pipes, door knobs and cooking uten-
sis. Famous bells of the Strassburg
Cathedral are among the latest things
requisitioned. Restrictions have reached
a point where the farmers are no long
er allowed to milk their own cows or
collect eggs laid by their own hens.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
CHAUTAUQUAS.

After two years of guaranteeing a
Chautauqua the people of Clarcmont,
y. H., are debating whether or not they
wish to assume further risk for the
sake of having the entertainments an
other season. At least, that is the sit
nation rs it appears from an editorial on
the subject in the Eagle of that town.
Il j. admitted that the entertainments
have been good, some OF them above the
average, and that they have furnished
enjoyment to large number of PEG.
pie, but the Eagle warns folks against
getting the idea that there is any char
ity on the part of the corporation which
produces the shows. On this subject
| it continues:
When a group Of guarantors agreed
1 to sell $3.50 worth Of tickets or 90 into
their pockets to the extent Of ten dol.
i lars each to make up any deficiency, the
! Chautauqua company had no further
cause for financial worry. If they
hadn { figured a profit at that price,
| they were lacking in business saeacity
4 and astutencss-and we have seen no
other signs pointing that way. Under
stand, the townspcoplc have received
! the equivalent of their money. But all
this talk we have heard from dav ia
! day in the brown tent about the phi
lanthroPy of the enterprise is boSh. The
! Chautauqua buys its talent at wholesale
N prices in an off season. and reduces its
risks and its delivery costs to mini
mum. As 4 result, it makes money
good. clean money, that nobody be
/ grudgcs the company. Only it ism 4
philanthropy. The only philanthropist.
are the guarantors.
The foregoing summary of the sit
uation as far as the Chautauquas' claims
TO philanthropy are concerned is M
doubt applicable to this and other town
that have had experience with them dur
ing the past two years. That the enter
tainments have furnished enjoyment t,
a great many folks is acknowledged
also that there is an educational featur
which is not inconsiderable. But tn
claim that the enterprises are purel
philanthropic is hardly borne out b
facts. Whether or not the people o
Brattlcboro decide to assume the f
nancial risk necessary to ensure a Chau
tauqua course another year they Shout
look on the proposition as Just wha
il is, and get no erroneous ideas as t
TO the amount of philanthropy to h
found in the motives of those benin
the organizations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14

Of water which they poured over the
flame.
after little while it was out. But
the whole of the couch in the dining
room had been spoiled both by flames
and water.
"'Oh, if that had SPREAD shivered
the children's mother. All around are
things which would have caught afire.
And I was sleeping so soundly.'
"'We were sleeping soundly, too,
said the children.
81 never even smelt smoke said
their daddy.
'The hooking bird looked all tired
out. His eyes blinked as if he could
hardly keep awake, and it was just
then that everyone of them noticed
him.
Mitchell, you have saved the house
and our lives. That fire would have
spread and goodness only knows wha
would have happened said thei1
daddy. What fine, brave bird vol
are
"And the children stroked Mitchell
and said:
"'Fine, brave bird. Daddy says so
too! Our lovely Mitchell Mockin'
Bird
Mitchell was almost asleep. TIL
fire was out. He had finished his work
He was ready to rest now. He dfdn'
care about praise. But he was happ
| that they all loved him so. And hoy
| he cared for them. He had saved theT
| and they knew it. He was very happy
| And in his own bird way he ha
| thought all this out.
| "But to the great surprise of ther
| all, Mitchell said a word they ha
| never known he could say. but it wa
| just the right one, Safe, all safe sal
| Mitchell. as he went to sleep"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
UNDER SIX FLAGS.
Texas in Her Career Has Had Some Elk
citing Experiences

Six flags have flown over Texas, in
Gliding the banners of three foreign
powers, France, Spain and Mexico
First came the French flag, which was
carried down the Mississippi River to
the Gulf of Mexico by the intrepid La
Sale. Following this was the Spanish
emblem, first thrown to the breeze I'M
der the direction of the Franciscan
priests. Then came in succession the
Mexican flag and the Lone star en-
blem of the republic of Texas.
The Stars and Stripes followed the
Lone Star, but was supplanted for a
time by the stars and bars of the Con-
federacy.
In the struggle for ascendancy among
these various groups it is needless to
say that much blood has been spilled
and countless tragedies have taken
their places on the pages of history.
The history of the republic of Texas
is one of the most unique examples OF
national sovereignty that the world has
ever seen.
\ province Of 10000 people won in
dependence from a nation of severa
millions. But these 10000 were gen
| orally men of sturdy Anglo American
stock.
\ few years later these same fear
| less and independent Texans volunta
rily gave up their sovereignty to be
come one of the galaxy of stars unde,
| the banner of the United States.-Chi
| cago Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14

II is to he hoped that something def
mite in the way of relief will come from
the conference between President Wilson
aud the New England coal committee
which is scheduled to take place in
Washington tomorrow. The situation
is said 20 have become exceedingly Sc
rious, due to lack of transportation ia
cilitics and other causes, and plans for
relief cannot be started too soon. MANY
Of the large industrial plants in this
section already are severely hampered
by reason of the soft coal shortage and
as cold weather approaches the situa-
tion is bound to affect business in gen
eral. Here in Brattleboro real estate
owners are not a little disturbed over
the uncertain prospect of securing an
adequate winter coal supply
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
Freezing Does Not Kill Them

times in the space of 4 month always
came back to life, but at each new
freezing operation it was found thai
ts.eir movements and reactions to me
chanical eXcitation became slower
Ore point brought out was that thu
resistance to cold shown by caterpil
lar, only holds good for the white
season and is not observed for othe
seasons of the year; under the sam,
treatment during the spring all speci
mems succumbed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
Member OF the Associated Press.

The Refc-sIIer 10 on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co,
G. w. Cleaveland, d. X. Cutler & Co
tEsteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
West Brattieboro, j. L. StocBwsll
East Oummerston, NJ. r. Brown.
Putney. NJ. G.. Williams.
Newfane, n. M. Batchelder.
Townshend c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
Jam alca, II. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, 4. II. Tyler
South Vernon, T.. B. Bufrum.
west Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. w
Streeter.
HInsdaie, NJ. H., w. II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Windsor. VT. Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
FOOD ENOUGH IN BRITAIN.
English Actor Says U-Boats Cannot Shut
Off Supplies.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Ian Forbes
Robertson, an English actor, who ar
rived at an Atlantic port yesterday, dis
cussed the British food situation.
''There is plenty of food in Great
ports to the contrary, and from what I
saw of the crops during a tour of Eng
land and Wales this summer there will
be an abundant harvest. The subma-
rines are not preventing the supply of
foodstuffs from reaching England.
saw a convoy Of twenty five ships en-
tering a British port just before l left.
They were protected by a tlotilla of de-
stroyers and patrol boats
j. B. Clarkson of the firm of Hope
Gibbons, Sons & J. B. Clarkson. Lin
tied, of New Zealand, who also arrived
yesterday, after visit in England, said
that there was not the slightest danger
Of starvation in that country.
HOf course he said. England
wants supplies from overseas, but il
the event that she is for some reason
not able to Get them it is certain that
She will be able to support herself, de
spite the continued submarine menace.
Mr.. Clarkson said that there were il
England now $4,000 more acres of pc
tatoes than ever before.
Furthermore, he said, "'the wa
has done one very great thing for Eng
land. 1t has effected a fairer distribu
ton Of wealth. The poor are earnin!
| wages that they never dreamed of be
fore. The problem of the high cost 0
| living is rapidly being solved. If tn
war should end within a REASONABLE
time social conditions in England vii
be infinitely better than before th
war. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
German Intrigue.

}. I. Flynn, former paid press repre-
sentative of German embassy, at a meet
ing Of New York Z" Minute Men Fri
dag said: eff you knew half of what
went on, as we on inside knew it, YOU
would he ashamed that America did not
enter the war two years earlier than she
did. An office in lower Wall Street was
headquarters where dynamiters were
paid off. At the Hamburg American
line Offices DIR. Albert worked ont his
wonderful spy system and directed
blowing up of munition factories At
No. l23 Broadway was a German public
ity bureau, whore all seditious and
reasonable papers We're financed At
Cedarhurst a staff of 81 clerks was at
tached to the fountainhead of the svs-
TEN. Eight months before the Next
can and japanese plots were discovered
Germans left this country and set &c
work in Mexico. Baron Won Schoen
commercial attache to German embassy
here, went to Mexico last November
AS soon as he got there we could notice
the effect of his work. There were OF
strikes at Tampico and an effort on the
part of the Mexican government te
| stop expectation of oil to the ITniteC
States. Strike also affected shipment,
to the allies, as their navies depend fol
most of their oil supply upon Tampico.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II Is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
- the paper each night, and 1t 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-
SOD, 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, 1917-08-14
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run Of paper.
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d ,uble rates.
Space rates on application.
CLASSIFIED advertisements Five cents
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discount for each subsequent Insertion
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change OF copy.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14

ing the war. Moderation in the use of
this allimportant fuel is all that is re-
quested at present but government reg
ulation is likely in ease the request is
not needed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14

The warning issued yesterday by the
head Of the federal bureau of mines in
regard to the excessive use OF gasoline
for pleasure motoring should point out
TO hundreds Of thousands of car owners
throughout the country one way in
which they may help their country dur
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
Faith in Safety Pins.

"There is but one thing in this world
that we can put our faith and reliance
in with confidence, children" said the
Sunday school teacher. "WhO can tell
what it is?" safety pins" promptly
answered a little girl.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14
That
Lovely
Loaf

"'Thc workingman of this country is
paying morc today for his loaf than the
English or French workingman. This is
due 70 evil practices, food price manipu-
lation and speculation DR.. Charles
X. Van Hisc, President Of the Universe
~ Of WISCONSIN.
"The bread that every ono has to eat
Is almost black and is composed Of bran
rye, malt, corn and other ingredients
which are welded into a solid mass that
is sold to the public at six cents a
pound and would destroy the digestion
Of an ostrich. When left Liverpool the
focal hospitals were full of patients suf
fering from eating war bread Ar
thur g. IIelmsley, English engineer, ar
rived in New York July Is, en- rout,
to Shanghai, quoted in New Yorl
Times.
L. CROSBY & co.
NEW ENGLAND AGENTS
FOR WHITE SATIN FLOUR
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-14

TUESDAY, AUGUST II, 1917.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-12
ORANGE COUNTY FARMERS
ASSOCIATION NOTES.
Notes for Week Ending June 9.

/ The government crop report for June
gives us some interesting figures on
which to base some planning for our next
! winters feeding In Vermont wheat
acreage has been increased so as to give
a forecasted yield of $40 per cent of last
| year or $4,000 bushels in the state The
United States total figures, however
show an increase of only per cent over
last year, which would indicate higl
prices for wheat products another year
Wheat feeds are now lower in market
than before for several months. How
about getting together for that co opera
tive carload order? Oats in Vermont
show an increase of 81 per cent and of
the country as a whole of 10 per cent.
Hay, however, promises but rs per cent
of last years crop in Vermont and "a
per cent in the country. 1t would look
as though it would be wise policy to
hold on to our surplus hay.
A survey of acreage of potatoes in
Randolph shows that nearly two and a
half times as large an acreage has been
planted as last year. Probably no other
town shows quite so large an increase but
throughout the county there has been an
increased acreage. To secure the best re-
turns for our labor, seed and fertilizer
requires that these potatoes are carefully
cared for during the season. Spraying
for blight with Bordeaux mixture is one
of the ways OF increasing the efficiency.
For field of size of acre or more and in
many cases on smaller fields the home
mixed Bordeaux is probably the best
Copper sulphate or blue vitrol is going
to be high in price, with some scarcity.
Now is the time to plan and il you have
not already ordered your supply, the
quicker the better. Farmers clubs have
already been sent notices Of places where
it is securable and Others will be if YOU
write for it. 1t requires about four or
five pounds for so gallons of water or
enough for one acre one spray. Four
sprays are necessary, starting early in
July, through August and in early Sep
TENDER. Full directions for making and
using will be sent on application to the
county agent.
To secure the | 900 members for the
association we need the active
support of at least one-hslf the farmers
of the county. Is it too much to ask of
any farmer in Orange county that he do
his bit towards the support of the only
in the county which has
man in the field to whom you can turn
for information regarding the best meth
DDS for handling crops and dairy as found
from the experiences of the best farmers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-12
The Uses of the Liberty Loan.

To the American citizen who gives
some consideration to features of his in
vestments other than the mere money
return from them, the uses to which the
money raised by the sale of the Liberty
Loan bonds is to be devoted will prove a
patriotic inducement to purchase such
bonds. A certain dignity attaches to
money invested in high and noble cause.
The Liberty Loan is made by the Unit
ed States government to purchase arms
and equipment for American soldiers and
sailors, food and supplies for the Amer
lean army and navy. The money is to
be spent in America for those Americans
who are fighting Americas battles on
land and sea.
Part of the money raised by the sale of
Liberty Loan bonds is to be loaned to our
allies; this too is to be expended in
America, 1t is TO be spent for food and
supplies for the armies of our allies fight
ing on our side on the various war fronts
in Europe. 1t is Americas first contribu-
ton towards doing her part in the war
we are engaged in.
1t is billions for defense in the world
wide war autocracy is waging against de-
mocracy, but not one cent for tribute.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-12
Immigrant Makes s1o7, 600 in Year.

Darwin P. Kingsley, president of the
New York Life Insurance company, tells
in the July American Magazine of won
derful man. He says:
"'Do you know that the biggest in
come made by New York Life man in
1916 was earned by an agent who came
from German Poland to America in the
Storage of an ocean liner-who arrived
here friendless, penniIess. and without
a working knowledge of the English
language.
Last year this man made Slo7 900
in commission alone, an amount S32, 900
greater than the salary of the president
of the United States. When you con-
slider that many life insurance agents
make less than 81 900 a year, you will
see what this immigrants achievement
signifies.
"'Yet there is nothing surprising TO
me in this. Almost every man has I'M
dreamed of possibilities. If something
hits him in the right spot, if his ambi-
tons and energies are unloosed, he will
quickly discover these possibilities. 9th.
erwise he may pass through life in an
easy nut, never tapping the great re-
serves within him"