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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
TOWN SHEND.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Hakey are NOV
ing INTO the house above SmpSonvilte re-
Gently vacated by Dom Jennison and fam
ily
Miss Alice Randall returned Monday to
Athol. Mass, after spending several weeks
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs Moses
Randall, during Mr. RandaIl's recovery
from grip. Mrs Randall IS much i'm
proved.
The funeral of Mrs Agnes tJohnstonl
Cheney, who died Sunday. Feb. 4. was
held at the home Of her daughter, Mis-. &
H. Willard, at 10 O'Clock Thursday fore
noon. Rev r. Ii. BoswoIth offciated,
giving short address with appropriate
and comforting words, reading also a ia
vorite hymn Of Mrs. Cheney A profusion
.of flowers covered the cashet. The bear
.cis we've q w Follett, W. w. Hohrool,
Mllhed Wheeler and A. c. franklin The
rasket was placed IN the tomb to await
burial next spring. Among out-of-tovn
guests at the funeral were the only broth
cr, Allen w Johnston of Schenectady. \.
/. son. Frank r. Cheney of Beloit. Wis.
a daughter, Mrs Edwin 5 Ella of Roches-
ter, Wis and cousin, Charles Cheney OF
Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12

geons, ambulanccs and Red Cross nurses
are necessarily working.
.Millions of men without interrupt
tion night and day are fighting and
working with enthusiasm and unshak-
able determination. All are animal
ed by firm confidence in final vic
! tory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
SOUTH VERNON.

A. r. Gary. who for the last u
years has been associated with the Bees
st System as general manager Of the
Besse-Carpenter company IL Spring
field. Mass, has resigned his position
there 10 become the president and gen
eral manager Of the Springfield store of
the Kenney Kennedy company. tho
clothing concern which viii SHORTY
open It's new store in the remodeled
Wilkinson building. The company has
chain of stores throughout the east
and will give complete charge Of its
new Springfield store to Mr. Gary. Mir
Gary is former South Vernon boy
who went from here to Springfield
where he graduated from the eentra
high school in ls9S and then took Z
course in a business school before en-
tering the employ Of the Nedlicott Nor
gan company.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Fort Dummer Colony Of Pilgrim
Fathers will hold business meeting
in the home of the secretary. Mrs. ".
F. Mixer, l07 Western avenue, tomor-
row evening.
Senior Warden +. W. Gibson con
Quoted the morning service at St.
Michael 5 Episcopal church yesterday
and there was no evening service.
Rev. j, Frcdrik Virgin, rector Of the
church, has q severe cold, and he was
unable to conduct the services.
Plumbers trying to thaw out frozen
water pipes in the south Watercure
building on Elliot street set a fire in a
partition on the top floor. A telephone
call at ll.40 clock was made for the
automobile fire truck and the fremen
extinguished the smudge without much
damage.
Katharine, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred b. Jordan, entertained eight
little friends and their mothers Satur-
dav afternoon from 3 to ) o'clock. in
her home on Green street. it being her
fourth birthday anniversary. The little
people enjoyed happy time with
games, after which refreshments were
served.
Fair Play for Handicapped Ameri-
cans was the title of the missionary
service for Lincoln Memorial Sunday
in the Centre Congregational Sunday
school yesterday. All tho classes met
together for the concert exercise. A
pleasing feature Of the service was the
reading Of wireless kilograms from
various American Missionary fields
telling Of their work and their immedi.
ate needs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
Design Work
a SPECIALITY

Our design work pleases others and
it will please you. We have everything
in the floral line to do with. When in
need Of some nice work call on us. We
work for your interest as well as for
our own.
BOND, The Florist,
Phone 231-X Locust Street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12
THE LIGHT

THE LIGHT
of life is often as suddenly extinguished
as he flame of q candle When death
comes TO your home, send for as. We
can relieve YOU Of all responsibility and
take care Of every detail FOR You. As
UNDERTAKINGS
We realize the necessity of quiet, unob-
trusivc service and sympathetic tact.
Funerals arranged and conducted with
proper dignity.
Moran & Rohde
Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Phone S54-w. 81 Main st., Brattleboro
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12

Rome 5 catacombs are $50 miles in
extent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-12

The women Of St Michael's Episco-
pal church will hold supper and sale
OF home made candy, aprons and fan
ev articles at Odd Fellows hall Thurs
day, Feb. -. The supper menu will
consist Of veal eroquettes, escauoped
potatoes, peas, rolls, beet relish, Jelly,
whipped cream cake, custard, lemon and
chocolate pies. Price 50c children 25c.
Doors open at 5; supper ut 6.-Adv.
294- 296
Tonight-Regular meeting of Wan
tastiquet lodge, No. ;. Work. first d.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08
Germans Take No Needless Risks.

The thoroughness Of German preparations for
war is shown by the reports now coming out Of
the condition Of informed ships While the man
aging director of the great Hamburg American
line expresses his utmost confidence in the in
tegrity Of the United States, it is apparent that
the heads that guide the course of German arms
felt that safety could be found in making as
surance doubly sure Fittings and machinery OF
vessels laid up in American harbors have there
fore been SO damaged that months will be re-
CURED to make them serviccabie. The strategy OF
this may be found in the fact that an informed
ship is Of no service to the empire while it may
be seized by an enemy By way Of precaution, ii
is rendered useless for the time; in the end il
will be cheaper to repair It than to replace il
entire The far-sighted Germans take no need
less risks even while relying implicitly on the
friendship and honor Of the United States.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08

Omaha, Feb. 4.-To the Editor of
The Bee: The scintillant philosopher
Of The Bee gives out good mental food
for readers who wish to Groh in wis
dom from day to day; but he recently
set out a dish that contained nothing
but calories. A person can't live on
calories, as he represents. Even
Billy Sunday or Cyclone Davis can't
do that.
Says Mr.. Groh: food Is to the hu-
man body just what coal is to a
boiler" Many other writer's have pre-
scented the same one-sided and mis-
leading view. It would be right to say
that certain elements Of food are to
the human body just what fuel is 10 a
furnace. That Is as far as the anal
ogy goes. The sole purpose OF fur
mace is to produce heat. The calori-
meter, I suppose, ia as honest and
faithful as hen that lays eggs to
a door knob; but probably it would
recommend crude petroleum as the
most economical food, because it gives
the most calories for the price.
Having endured more than three
score years of this worlds buffeting
in search for truth, have lost some
of my great esteem for those exalted
Some of the most ruinous errors have
had their origin and sustenance in So
called scientific reasoning or deduc-
ton. There are two kinds Of science:
One is science and the other is not
science.
The famous Edison, il his words
were correctly quoted, said that per-
son is like an engine, and should be
well stocked just before doing strenu-
GUS work; although, according to re-
liable accounts, he has done some of
his best thinking when his stomach
had been empty for many hours, and
every intelligent athlete or person en-
gagged in close mental work knows
that it is not advisable to take up
the hardest tasks when the stomach
is full. Would any wise pugiist or
wrestler eat a full meal just before
beginning struggle for victory? Dr.
gestion is the process that prepares
food for absorption and assimilation.
1t consumes energy, and generates
little or none Probably in many cases
persons greatly enfeebled by disease
have been killed by food prescribed
by physicians when the patients had
not the power to digest the food. In
such a case the food sets up noxious
chemical action, the vital power Is 100
feeble to overcome it, and it snufts
out the Pickering fame of life, when
anxious friends expect the food to re-
vive the patient.
The gentleman now have the hon.
| or to abuse also said: Don't eat eel
| cry, cucumbers or lettuce for nutri-
| ton" This raises the question, what
| is nutriment? The human body con-
tains tissues of many kinds, ranging
| from the juices through many degrees
Of compactness to the f1inty enamel Of
the teeth. Are all these structures
simply aggregations of calories? As
used by psychologists and dieticians
the word nutriment covers all ele-
ments of the passive kind used in the
| production Of energy and also some
but not all, of those used in tissue
building, but excludes some or all OF
the elements that become active agents
in the metabolism of the body, and ali
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08
The Dollar In War

II war comes with Germany, how will the
two countries stand financially? The United
States occupies vastly better position than Ger
many in every particular. First OF all the people
OF the United States, outside of ten-million-
dollar bond issue, have scarcely dollar invested
anywhere IN the four belligerent nations fighting
under the Hohcnzollern flag. On the contrary,
both Germany and Austria have very large sums
invested in America. Before the war began,
Germany alone had billion dollars planted in
various enterprises in our country Part Of that
has certainly been quidated, but the German
investment in our railroad securities is still hun
dreds Of millions.
War usually stops the payment of dividends
and interest between combatant nations Were
German people would suffer materially, whereas
Americans would suffer but little. In the matter
Of debts and ability to finance war, the United
States stands upon an eminence high above every
other country on earth. Our national wealth |:
more than double that OF Germany, while oui
national debt is now not one-tenth as great a.
that Of Germany. The United States could raise
billions OF dollars at much lower rate of interes
that Germany has been forced to pay for ever,
dollar of its upward Of ten billions raised sinct
the outbreak Of war.
The United States can make more clothing
blankets, shoes, guns and automobiles than Ger
many. II can supply vastly greater quantities o
horses, mules. sugar, wheat -four and coffee fo
the use OF armies We have two-thirds Of III,
worlds cotton and Germany raises none. OBJ
viousiy the United States has all the resource
to wage swift and successful war, provided the,
could be quickly and ably modified.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08

of the minerals used in making tbs
sues; and yet those who use the word
in this way would say a person is moi
well nourished who has not in his body
suitable amount of sulphur, phos.
phorus. fluorine. chlorine, iodine, sill
con. sodium. potassium, calcium, mag
nesium, lithium or iron. All these
they say, and perhaps some mangan
csc. copper and lead, are used in max
ing tissues
Heat is but one of many agents
through which the vital power carries
on the production, transportation and
exchanges of the internal world Ii
is good for person to have sufficient
intelligence and mental breadth Il
realize that he has little world with
in himself. This conception gives dig
nifty, breeds noble aspirations and
promotes soundness and efficiency,
False science cannot reduce him to a
mere mechanism. But it is good to
understand the true analogies between
the internal and external forces and
structures. BERIAH F. COCHRAN,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08
Nebraska Press Comment

Seottsbluff Star-Herald: Senator Spirk has in
troduced a bill in the state senate, tending to-
ward the reorganization OF the State Board Of
Health and curtailing the powers of the board
Of secretaries. Judging from the amount Of
grief this bunch Of secretaries have caused them
selves and the general public, this curtailing
operation should have been performed several
years ago
Beatrice Sun: Ii is now apparent that print
paper, one of the raw materials of newspapers,
has been altogether too cheap. Doubling the
price has tended to bring about some economies,
but paper is still sinfufly wasted In the large
cities, particularly the wasteful manner in which
paper is thrown about is noticeable, even after all
the economies which high prices have imposed
For instance, as you enter the passenger station
at Omaha you want to buy paper. The boy
will not sell you one paper. You must take three
Of them. The price, cents, is so small that you
take all three, although you would as willingly
pay the nickel for the one paper you want. II
no other factor than high prices will check the
extravaganza in the use of this commodity
prices will have to advance several more points
before wastcfulness is cut to the minimum.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08
Restoring the Relief Work.

One of the most regrettable results of the
break with Germany Is the suspension of humani-
tartan work carried on by the United States In
the war zone. Since the beginning of the war it
has been the privilege of this country to repre-
sent the belligercnts on either side, and to look
after the prisoners held by each, whether of war
or merely interned aliens. This work has cntaled
a vast amount Of work, but it has been carefully
and punctualiy performed, and in such way as to
receive commentator from the governments con-
cerned OF course, so far as the United States
is concerned, it can now no longer act in this ca
pacity, and until the nations at war can make
other arrangements the important service must
cease.
Steps are being taken to transfer the control
of relief work for the Belgian and French CT
villains to Spain, owing to the fact that the United
States must give over its active participation in
suspension of transport service threatens to be
the occasion OF much suffering in the parts Of
France and Belgium occupied by the Germans
Spain is carrying on negotiations with the i'm
perial government at Berlin, asking that permis-
sion be given to continue the relief to the unfor-
tunate dependents. Should this be given, the
United States will assist Spain to the utmost de.
gree
Unrestricted passage for relief ships should
be required of all beiligerents as no exgency Of
war can be admitted to prevent free travel of neu.
trail agents bent on errands Of mercy only.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08
State Forestry Makes Headway.

Debate in the legislature over a bill to per-
NIT the establishment of communal forests or
groves shows the growth Of an idea Opposition
to the measure in question was directed along
the line that its operation would withdraw fer
tile land from cultivation to create public parks.
The unitarian spirit Of the farmer does not quite
comprehend the devotion of arabic tracts to such
uses, OF course, there are two sides to this ques-
ton, and each can bring forward much argument
in support of its position. What is of particular
interest is that the legislature is at last waking
up to consideration of the opportunity the state
has in the afforestraton Of the waste lands now
idle, In time Nebraska may have the advantage
Of tree planting scale worth while. 1t is not
necessary just now to provide expensive machin-
cry, nor is it too early to make real start on
the work. All preliminary experimentation has
been done, the possibility oi success has been
demonstrated by the federal government and it
is now up to the state to do something for it.
self.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08
Perfect Health is Yours
If the Blood Is Kept Pure

its torturing pains; Catarrh, often
forerunner of dread consumption;
Scrofula, Eczema, letter, Erysipelas
and other dishguring skin diseases;
Malaria, which makes the strongest
men helpless, and many other dis
eases are the direct result of impure
blood.
You can easily avoid all of these
diseases, and rid the system of them,
by the use of S. S. S., the wonderful
blood remedy that has been in con-
slant use for more than fifty years.
S. S. S. cleanses the blood thoroughly
and routs every vestige of impurity.
1t is sold by druggists everywhere.
For valuable literature and medical
advice absolutely free, write today to
the Medical Dept, Swift Specific
Company, 80 Swift Laboratory, At
lanta, Ga.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08
Spacious Plea Against Municipal Control

The bill to take from Omaha (and other Ne
braska cities, tool the power Of control and
regulation of its public utilities is being urgently
pressed in way that indicates something back
of it more than mere sentiment This same
measure, when up before the last legislature, was
beaten because undisgusedy a corporation
measure and its defeat was admitted jolt to
the corporation emssaries and lobbyists.
Yet, in an appeal for support Of the present
BILL one of its promoters has the brashness to
declare that "the men who are opposing this bill
and what it stands for are the men who are in
charge of publicly owned utilities. The taxpay-
ers of the city, who want their business man.
aged along business principles, are not opposing
this measure and will never oppose it when they
understand it."
The mind of the taxpayer may be peculiar and
the attorney here quoted pose as good mind
reader but when the taxpayer Of Omaha realizes
that an effort is under way to make him go to
Lincoln with every grievance he may have against
any of the public utilities serving him here and
present it to State Railway commission, COM
posed for the most part Of men who never before
lived in place that boosted street car system
or gas plant, we doubt whether he will regard
it as a boon, even though he may not always be
wholly satisfied with the way the municipal au-
thorties handle the problem.
With the situation in the smaller cities and
towns, whose public service troubles are confined
to telephones and electric lighting, we are not so
familiar. The telephone service is already sub
ject to the railway commission and, perhaps
properly so, being as much statewide as local
but that does not apply equally to the others.
While no one blames the public service COR
poration for preferring to be relieved of local
control, no sound reason has been advanced why
their patrons and the public generally should &C,
quiesce.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08
Where the Blame Belongs.

Omaha, Feb. 6.-To the Editor OF
The Bee: Permit me sufficient space
to briefly answer the letter in your
most valued paper captioned why
Girls Go Wrong" and signed by an
expert on the subject, "A Travelling
Man" If anyone is fitted to give eX-
pert testimony on these most mo
mentous subjects it is a travelling man.
l know, because 1 have been there
and can speak first hand.
/ find the same fault with this
writer's conclusions as I do with all
men who think themselves the master
and peer of woman. These people
have learned nothing from life expe-
rience nor observation.
Ninety-f1ve per cent of all crime,
immortality and their attending evils
have an economic basis and the in
designations Of our various cities and
states prove it. especially so that of
Illinois l should not cast a slur
at my own mother, wife and daugh-
ter, nor would I blemish the fair
name of the most perfect human
creature, to say that any woman would
prefer to sell her virtue for money
just because she was lazy or just
preferred that kind Of life. say,
no. it is not so, and throw it back
into the teeth OF that most ignorant
or lying travelling man, whose profess
sion is responsible for large per
cent Of our girls gone wrong.
know, do not deny, 1 have eyes to
see and ears to hear and I do not
care to exempt myself for the part
1 have played in this damnable game.
The remedies proposed are worse
than useless, and he knows It, have
a remedy that backs them all off the
board:
First-Grant to woman her eco
monte, social and political freedom.
Second+One standard of morals.
Third - Industrial ocracy,
wherein the producers Of the wealth
Of the world get that wealth and
thereby permitting every man an op-
portunfty Of marrying and supporting
family as 1t should be supported.
Do not blame the woman, stand up
and plead guilty. as man should, that
he Is to blame, and he alone.
JESSE T. BRILLIANT.
1882 South Twenty-frst street.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08
05e BeesdA
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Why Stand for 1t?

Omaha, Feb. ITO the Editor OF
The Bee: What's the matter with
Omaha? Where is the proverbial
bravery and resourcefulness of the
men of the west? Tut tut and again
POUNDS!
Five and six "hoidups'' an evening
What a record, Here was one last
night under the very shadow of our
bong tong" Blackstone and l under
stard the victim was detective, from
whom they took revolver, cartridges
and star. Again POUNDS and CAD
cooks!
Why stand for? II our police force
is not numerous enough to cope with
the evil, what's the matter with our
"citizenry forces?" Pretty crowd we
are to talk about the possibilities OF
having to meet trained foreign foe II
we allow a handful of badly brought
up brats anxious for a little easy
money to swagger about and relieve
us at will of our valuables, our wits
and our self-respect.
Elsewhere the men of the cities
themselves have taken things into
their own hands for a while or CO.
operated with the police. Twice in
my life have a formed part of such
special or emergency auxiliary police
and the work was effective, speedy
and lasting in its effects, though, /
admit, wee bit drastic. And gladly
will form part of ten or 100 or 200
able-bodied chaps who'll volunteer to
spend a couple of hours night two
or three times a week on patrol duty.
OF course there would be accidents,
some perhaps serious, and many funny
ones; but even If a reputable citizen
or two should be mistaken for some
thing else and trotted off to a station
to establish his identity, it would be
better far than supinely submitting
to the sort of thing that seems in full
swing now in this city of opportuni-
ties-and of "hold-ups," and of coal
SCOT SAME OLD PRO BONO.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-08

Almost Every Human Ailment Is
Directly Traceable to Impurities in
the Blood.
You cannot overestiinate the i'm
portance of keeping the blood free Of
impurities. When you realize that
the heart is constantly pumping this
vital fluid to all parts of the body you
can easily see that any impurity in the
blood will cause serious complica-
tons.
Any slight disorder or impurity
that creeps into the blood is a source
of danger, for every vital organ of the
body depends upon the blood supply
to properly perform its functions.
Many painful and dangerous dis.
eases are the direct result of a bad
condition of the blood. Among the
most serious are Rheumatism, with