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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

our very back door and deprived Of
hopeful school teachers who are al
ways getting married III the middle
ot the winter term. As Il result OF
this condition the Mexican peon grows
mp in ignorance, squalor and breech
oloot, without knowing whether Bacon
wrote Shakespeare or vice versa. What
Mexico needs more than ANYTHING else
is Il few regiments Of fearless. we'll
muscled school ma ans armed w it'll
the First reader and bed Stat
Al this writing ii looks as If the
Mexican muddle would not b..
Strengthened out until large majority
OF the native poems have been invited
to 4 hospitable grave. 1t Is practical
lv impossible TO appeal to tn finer
instincts OF sag jawcd Mexical peon
who drinks out Of the soup bowl and
cals custard pie with q knife. 1t Will
Dc a painful and expensive task to re.
iino the Mexican paon to the point
where he viii prefer to remain at home
ard die Of old age, but all insecticides
have THEN drawbacks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10
Slam on Mother.

Phoebe was bored. IN all the six long
years of her life she had never spent
such q miserable day. Circumstances
at last grew too strong for her, and
she cried. She was one of those who
DO not often cry, but who, when they
do, make no secret Of it. In short
Phoebe nearly lifted the nursery cell
ing off
Upstairs came Phoebe 5 mother. al
ready dressed in her smartest clothes
ready to have tea with friend.
Why, what s the matter, Phoebe?
she asked
Phoebe, standing hopelcssly iii the
middle Of the nursery, only howled the
louder, and refused to see anything
cheerful about life
Just look, Phoebe, at that ugly
little face in the looking glass;
Phoebe Immediately became interest
ed. and stopped crying.
Which one, mamma 2" she asked
Pearson s Weekly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10
The Mexican MIDDLE

The Mexican muddle is an illus
ratlon OF what happens to a nation
when it tries to get along without the
red SchoOlhousn and the bath tub.
The trouble with Mexico is that it
lacks refinement. education, table
manners and CASTLE soap. People who
have Travelled in Mexico tell us that
very little soap is imported into Mexi-
60, rs the average Mexican is not IA
miliar with its use and i, slow to
adopt new-tangled ideas. 1t is said
that the first bar Of soap ever brought
into Mexico was introduced by the
late President Diaz, who after one ap-
Phcation fell OFF thirty pounds in
weight and issued royal edict max
ing il penitantiary oHan>e to use
anything but a crash towel during the
spring bathing season.
Another cause of the Mexican mud
die is the shortage OF school ma ans.
It is difficult for rs in this enlightened
country, 50 literally sprinkled with
plump, pugnacious school ma ans. to
conceive Of vast republic lying II
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10
Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the
coming of the Lord;
He is trampling ont the vintage where
the grapes Of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightnings
of his terrible, swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
| have seen Him in the watch fires of
a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the
evening deWs and damps;
| can read His righteous sentence by
the dim and flaring lamps.
His day is marching on.
have read a fiery gospel W i in rows
of Furnished steel;
. AS We deal with my con omnerS, 50
with YOU my grace shall deal;
Let the Hero born of womai, crush the
serpent with his heel
Since God is marching On.
He has sounded forth the umpet that
shall never call retreat;
H is sitting out the hearts Of men be
fore His Judgment seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer him
BE jubilant. my feet,
Our God is marching on.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ wa
borne across the sea,
With glory in His bosom that trans
figures you and me;
As He died to make men holy, let u
die to make men free,
While God is marching on.
Julia Ward Howe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10
Member Of the Associated Press.

The ReforIne- Is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co,
c. w. Cleaveland. d. r. Cutler & Co
CEsteyvillel, Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
West 6rattleboro, j. l.. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, NJ. +, Brown.
Putney, NJ. g. Williams.
Newtane, y. NJ. Batcheider.
Townshend. G. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, G. II. Grout.
Jamaica, r. j. DaggetC
South Londonderry, K. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, T.. =. Bufrum.
West Chesterfield, N. r., Mrs. W.
Streeter.
Hinsdale, N. H., w II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant,
Windsor. W.. Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

Cuba has certainly shown her graft
tudc to the United States by quickly
following her guardian ihto the war.
Times have changed wonderfully since
the days of 1898. spain has never
seemed to harhor ynmity against this
country. which drove her out Of the
Western hemisphere. Spain has now
como forward promptly to take in
charge American affairs in Austria
Hungary where our diplomatic and
consular representatives. have been
given their passports.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

He had flown too
far away. He saw
a round glass
house, and beat
his wings q against
| II G paneS o +
glass.
IAN old man
was inside look
ing after his flow
ers, for the glass
house was Il con-
servatory of flow
ers and plants.
The old man was
t o n d | i n z the
plants and dig
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

ly into new fields when occasion re-
quired such action. He gave % the
Monroe doctrine by his Interpretation
of it a new lease or life at o time
when it was dry rotting. The state
department at Washington has had
three great heads with a comparatively
few years in Mr. Olnev, John HAY and
Elihu Root.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

Where men are most needed now is
i'm the navy. The boys Of Keenc have
responded nobly to this call for service
i'm the first arm of defense Fourteen
lads from our neighboring city left to-
day for Portsmouth, where they expect
to pass their examinations for enlist
mcut i'm the navy. All but two are
members of the senior class Of the
high school.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

The town clerk Of Rockingham
below, Falls is entirely within his
province in issuing marriage licenses
TO Grctua Grecners. The Dunham law
did not become eff ctive on passage.
Runaway couples may have the nuptial
knot tied quickly up 10 May !, when
the law requiring five days notice Of
intention TO marry by outsiders will
Gc,omp operative.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

The effort to raise second companies
of infantry IN Brattleboro and st.
bloomsbury is commendahle, but what
about other towns, like Bennington, for
instance, where no companies have gone
into the serVicc2
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

The colleges are taking the war sit
uation seriously b. calling off their
sporting programs for the entire spring
and summer seasons. Just what the
object aimed At is not clearly disclosed
unless the young men 90 into military
training.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II Is the aim OF the management 70
secure efficient service in the delivery
OF 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-
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, 1917-04-10

Capt. b. :. Hyland s promotion to
be lieutenant colonel comes after "a
years OF service in the Vermont Ma
tioual Guard lie has earned his pc
.ition by faithfulncss, and win make
an excellent officer next to the com
waudcr of the regiment
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

been given that
name by a little
boy named Me-
Lean, because has
wings We're partly
gray and looked
very much like
the clouds. OF
c urS e Cloudy
Wings had a very
fine little yellow
feathered body.
He was very
tame, and Mclean
11cal tp LOT linn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

The late Richard Olney was sturdy
figure, both in professional and public
life His view ct events was based
On certain broad and deep principles.
lie Was not bound down by the small
bonds of precedent, as is usually the
case with lawyers, but struck out bold
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

ging around them to make them grow
when he heard the sounds of the little
wings. When he saw the poor little
wet bird he opened the door and took
him in. Cloudy Wings sat in his warn.
hands while the old man smoothed
ana dried the little wet feathers.
You belong to the little boy down
the road he said to himself I've
seen You III the window. | always
could tell you by your gray wings So
back in the old mans pocket Cloudy
Wings went to his Master, and never
again did he leave his home. He had
freedom enough there. He was not
kept in cage all day. and he never
shivered in the rain again.
The friend who takes you at youl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10

We wonder whether the German
army and navy officers still use that
toast in vogue for years-The Day
meaning The day when tn carefully
prepared plan, for wal would he put
.slu execution. t..s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10
The Modern Way.

(Obeisances to R. L. s.
A senator should say what s true,
And speak when he is spoken to;
i.ut when . pacitist he smites
He S perfectly within his RIGHTS,
Hartford Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10
DYS[Y[N[N(
ARY TALL 6k1
i" AfADN CDAUAM RONNED
CANARY CLOUDY WINGS.
~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER

Cloudy Wings was the name of a
pet canary" said Daddy. He had
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-10
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient sdvertising-Run Of paper
so cents an inch for first insertion; 2
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
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, 1917-04-10

The friend who takes YOU at voul
heart-value doesn't worry, about
your facial appearance.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-10

fairs that you haven't time to appre-
ciate the lovely things of life. Why,
my dear man. no instructor in the
world could give your wife's voice that
wonderful quality. Technique yes.
but that other, that which appeals,
never! Get her to sing for you often.
1t will do you both good" And she
impulsively drew me to her and kissed
me first on one cheek. then on the 9TH
er, in her pretty foreign fashion.
Aren't you glad you got home in time
to meet her? Don't you think she is
charming?" / asked Robert almost
before the door had closed after them.
"She seems very impulsive! I sup
pose that's the artistic temperament"
"Oh but, Robert. you should have
heard her sing. 1t was wonderful! /
envy people who can do things with the
talents they possess"
She's a public singer, is she not?"
he asked
Eyes, and 1t doesn't interfere one bit
with her home life, either. Mrs. Garlic
ton says her husband just adores her.
and that she has two of the dearest
children whom she cares for perfect
lyw
We'll, 1t may be all right, but I
think a married woman's place is at
home. OF course there are exceptional
cases, where the husbands illness or
incapacity makes it imperative But
so long as man is able to care for
the family the wife should be willing
to remain in the home and make it
pleasant for him instead of gallivant-
ing about the country"
Your ideas are awfully old-fashion-
ed Robert. There are hosts of lovely
intelligent women who are good wives
and mothers, yet who are earning large
salaries without it interfering with
either"
That's just it! It's the money. I
can't understand why women are not
contented to live as their husbands
income warrants"
That's where you make a mistake,
Robert" l replied. ut is not always
the money. 1t is the doing of some
thing to fill up ones life, the loneli-
ness We women are doomed to know
when we are married to men whose
business takes and keeps them from
home"
Caring for home and children should
keep most women busy if they did it
properly"
Their hands, yes. But not their
minds. / believe. Robert, that the indie
pendent woman is happier in every way
than the one whose whole thought is
man who only sees it before breakfast
and at bedtime"
"Shucks!" Robert snorted, and then
started to put out the lights, so end
ing our conversation.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-10

- 2,u,sta Ga writes: | note
". -. an inquiry that you say nj
IN % ala should be scattered between
tha -osvs afrer the crop has been cultivated
and select time when there Is nI S.r us 81.
e. he hin for several days. l nave ~
70 " zen under the impression that the
time TO apply soda is Just after ram; ;h !
a., ,oing 20 apply some TO my crops IN Ine
near future and would like 10 AhO" '"s
hes. time 20 apply IL.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-10
CHAPTER LII.

a LII this time l had kept up my
~ music to certain extent, al
- though at times | wondered why.
But | had always loved to play and my
practice whiled away many hours. Now
l was glad that l had not allowed my
self to get rusty. Harper Carleton and
his wife were both musical, and through
them / had met others of their set who
seemed to think me-or my music
quite an acquisition.
1T commenced this way: One even
ing when Robert was out Mr.. and Mrs.
Carleton called, bringing a friend with
them-a singer whom / had heard but
never met She sang a cycle of songs
for us and then insisted that 1 play. I
did so, and she asked me if 1 did not
sing.
"A little" l replied.
"Oh, do sing for me-" she begged in
her pretty impetuous way. 81 do get so
tired of hearing my own voice. 1t is
a great treat to be listener once in a
WHILE.
Eyes, do sing, Mrs. Drayton." Har-
per Carleton urged. You have kept
your talents under a bushel long enough.
Just think, Lenore, Mrs. Drayton has
lived here nearly three years and We
have only just found out what an ex-
qusite musician she is" The singer
name was Lenore Dorian.
She was a charming woman There
was something almost hypnotic about
her Yet she was intensely feminine
and appealing. She was married
woman with two children, but she had
some other interest in life besides her
husband and home. This problem had
of late appealed to me. 1 had begun 10
feel the influence of the feminist move
ment to a certain degree. / know that
had Robert been with me more L should
never have thought of anything outside
of my home. But l was alone so much
that / had begun to have an intense
longing for something to fill the gap in
my life
sat down and to hide my embarrass-
ment sang a simple cradle song. The
words were very simple, but Lenore
Dorian wiped her eyes several times be-
fore l finished. Then 1 sang something
more ambitious, yet we'll within the
range of my voice.
Il had no idea you sang so WELL" Mrs.
Carleton said when l had finished.
Your husband must be awfully proud
of you"
He thinks it helps me pass the time
when he is away" l answered, then was
sorry | had spoken so impuls!vely when
saw the look Harper Carleton flashed
at me.
"You sing charmingly, Mrs Drayton,"
Lenore Dorian exclaimed. The public
lost a great deal of pleasure when you
elected to remain in your home And
you play divinely-better than many
public pianists."
/ flushed with pleasure.
1T is nice to have people so appre-
ciative." 1 replied.
We played a game of bridge after this,
and just as they were leaving Robert
came in, He met them cordially, and
they fingered a few moments longer
at his request.
You should be very proud of your
wife. Mr.. Drayton," the singer told him.
She is very talented
Yes; she always had good instruc-
tors. l believe" Robert replied in
rather a pedanttc way, at which Mrs
Dorian burst into a peal of laughter
"Oh, you men!' she exclaimed, You
are so wrapped around in business af-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-10
CHAPTER LII.

TIME day of the wedding came. 1t
was lovely winters day, and If
- Happy is the bride the sun
shines on" means anything. Holland
Lansing should have been gloriously
happy
1t was a quiet wedding. Neither Tod
nor Holland had aay Immediately rela-
tives Myrtle gave a small reception
afterward. Then the newly married pair
took the night train for San Francisco
after which they were to go direct to
South America.
Tod looked radiantly happy. and
thought acted a bit silly. Myrtle laugh
ed when I said so and replied:
81 hadn't noticed it. Margaret! I
guess you are a bit peeved that he
has fCrsworn his Fealty to you"
Nonsense / retorted, yet | believe
was a trif1e annoyed at his desertion.
The day before the wedding Robert
had turned over an accounting of Hol-
lands estate. necessitating a long con-
ference with both she and Tod. Robert
said nothing, but I mistrusted he had
felt a little proud of his stewardship,
and a bit regretful that 1t was over.
81 don't see how you can think of
buying that lot right after losing her
business" I said TO him.
"I1l manage It," he replied
I had looked at the lot. and was de-
lighted with It: that is, If we were to
remain in C1earville. It was fairly
large lot about 15Ox20o feet, with splen-
did old trees on it, But ! knew such
lots were expensive, even In Clearville,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-10

merits of cotonseed meal, peanut meal
and velvet bean meal when fed in as
ISOLATION with hay and silage to dairy
cows. The cottonseed meal used in this
test was per cent ammonia grade and
cost s35 per ton. the peanut meal $35
a ton. and the velvet bean meal S25
ton. The hay cost sl4 and the silage
$500 ton. When the milk was sold
at soc a gallon the profit from group
I. receiving SO ponds of silage, pounds
OF sorghum and peavine hay and S
pounds of cottonseed meal. was sls1.59:
with group 3, which received 36 pounds
of silage, pounds of hay and pounds
of velvet beans. S165.23: and with group
3. which received SO pounds of silage.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-10

pounds of hay and IS pounds of pea
nut meal, S172.21. The profit on butter
at 35c a pound for the three groups in
the order named was 1886. $34.5S and
s2394 These figures, of course, seem
TO indicate that cottonseed meal must
still be regarded as the primary con-
centrate for the production of milk and
butter Velvet bean meal, however,
may prove a very valuable food, more
so for butter than for milk production.
The peanut meal also made excellent
showing and must be regarded as a con-
centrate of high value. 1t is rich in
protein and. therefore, adds another
valuable and desirable food stuff to the
list of concentrates available for the
maintenance of farm animals on a rela-
lively cheap and economical basis in
the south. The peanut meal, because Of
its condition and effect on various class
es of animals should, therefore, be COM
mended favorably to the attention of
purchasers of food stuffs, not only in the
south. but in other sections where the
production of protein is not so well de-
veloped as in the south
S:.ks<
W. +. NJ. Tennille. Ga. writes:
would ike formula for feeding cotton
seed meal % laying hens
We think you will md a mash con-
sisting of IL parts Of cotonseed meal,
80 parts of cornmeal, 20 parts of oats,
and 10 parts OF wheat bran very salts
factory to use with laying hens. A
mash of this character, when fed in OPP
position to beef scrap and other even
more expensive and difficult materials to
obtain, proves not onl~ very economical
but thoroughly satisfactory Cotton
seed meal. as you know. is by product
of our chief crop and such proportion
of II as we can utilize to stimulate egg
production can, therefore, be used with
economy and advantage by the people
of Georgia and the south generally.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-10
ByCarolyn
BeeCher
ONE WOMAN'S
STORY

would ask him to tell me of his life
away from me, TO talk to me of his
affairs. Perhaps if l knew more OF MS
interests. | should be less unhappy over
his absences from home would nave
more faith in him.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-10
Tremendous Slaughter IN
Da1ry CoWs Is Too Greet

south is better fitted to make safer
profits. from cattle growing than any
line of industry we can indulge in. pro-
vided we will improve our cattle and
lake better care of them. However,
The native scrubs of south Georgia and
Florida have certainly proven profitable
20 their owners, and the easy money
that they have made from them should
be an object lesson to the more intel.
ligent cattle breeders of the country.
The sooner our people will spare the
COW and look upon her as one of the
family and as a dependence that can
be relied upon when many other things
fail that much quicker will be learn to
appreciate the real value of our cat
tie industry.
Yours very truly,
EaC344o
~
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-10
SUCCESSFUL FARIalH9

department furnish information
addressed DR. Andrew NJ Soule president State Ag
cultural College, Athens
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-04

THE telephone is one OF the great
est conveniences Of modern life
and both a time maker and a
money saver. but like every good
thing. Il IS liable to abuse. like the
man with rope who said: This is a
good rope I will hang myself with
it, and a good many families are
hanging themselves with the teIe-
phone.
The wire is kept everlastlngIy busy.
ordering very little things, conse-
quent up our hand-to-mouth living.
Grocers must make a dozen trips a
day 10 some houses.
In the olden time the house keeuer
anead and ordered at least for a few
Gays use, but now in the modern
rush We have no time to think what
we need beyond immediate use. and
with the convenience OF the telephone.
which costs money at both ends. we
1usl keep things going
II the modern housewife would
place her orders in such a way and
at such times that those who serve
her could plan one or two deliveries
a day, the average storekeeper could
cut in half his delivery expense. as
well as the time needed and money
expended on the person who must be
constantly at the phone.
Delivery Cost Exceeds 10 Percent.
Delivery adds ten 10 Is percent TO
the cost Of operating small stores.