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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

The supreme test is coming TO Italy.
The ruthless Hun is not coveting the
priceless art treasures in Venice, but
is looking for more material things.
Stretching away to the west beyond
the Aidge lies the great Pc valley,
heart of industrial Italy. If the Aus
TRANS, supported and directed by the
Germans. can reach this part Of the
country it would be like getting posses
sion Of New England and the rest of
the Northeast in this country. There
are the munitions plants, there are the
great industrial centers. Were they to
fall into the hands of the Teutons
Italy would be practically driven out
Of the war, or at least would cease to
be appreciablv self sustaining member
of the grand alliance. In discussing
this subject the Manchester Union
SAYS: 1T has been assumed that the
drive was for the purpose of buttress-
ing Austria s weakened war resolution,
or that 1t was a move III the peace OF
fensive. Both of these things are Incl
dentally true, no doubt, but fundamen.
tally the campaign is aimed at the thing
in Italy that Germany wanted and got
| in Belgium and Northern France-ma
! terial wealth. And it has also been
| said that the danger there was over
that the arrival of the reinforcement
settled everything. Don I believe it
| Germany went into this war for mines
| and shops, and ports and resources
These are the things that lie aheaC
of her armies III Italy, and she won
abandon her pursuit of them so long a
there is chance of getting them. TIL
real struggle for the possession o
Northern Italy has Just begun.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

at the others.
Its a great honor, Greenie," they
said. They knew they must be polite
to Greene, for he was the special
favorite and if he did not like them
they would be sent away. They were
all treated quite fairy by their mis-
tress, but they knew GREENE was the
one she loved best.
They certainly did not want to leave
the tea room for they had such good
times and it was splendid to have peo-
pie feed them sugar
We'll" said GREENE, "the most ex-
citing time in my life was when I saw
them painting Il parrot on the window
They painted my very picture and
then | stood on the bar of my cage
in the window and the people began
TO come in / was II great attraction
I'm regular business parrot help
make money for the mistress. And
another thing, they have parrot
made out of wood hanging over the
front door, as of course l could not
be there. but they want to have some
thing like me In as many places as
possible"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
TROOP TRANSPORTATION.
$500, 900 Soldiers Carried by Railroads
Since August l.

Troop movement figures to date indi-
cate that the railroads of this country
have safely Transported approximately
100000 soldiers to training camps and
embarkation points since Aug. |. Five
hundred thousand Of these men have
made journeys neces,itating overnight
travel and have been moved III tourist
or standard sleepers furnished by the
Pullman company. On one of the long
hauls 5000 men were moved from a
training camp on the western coast to
a point on the eastern coast, a distance
of 300 miles. in little less than a
week. The men travelled in Ii sections,
each section comprising II tourist ears
and two baggage cars.
In order TO ccntralize the furnishin .
of sleeping ears at points most eonven
lent to the government and to utilize
these ears to the best advantage. the
Pullman company changed the super
vision of the supply movement of these
cars from the headquarters of the cou
Tany at Chicago to Washington, where
there was stationed G. w. Henry, a.
sistant to the superintendent of ear
service. Mr.. Henry in hi1 headuuar-
tiers at the offices of the railroad s war
board, has been in daily touch with
the Office of the quartermaSter general
and on receipt of requests from mill
tarv authorities for sleeping car equip
ment has seen that the ears were
rushed at once to the points. As a
result OF this cooperation between the
government, the railroads and the Pull
man company, half a million soldiers
have been spared the diScOmfofts Of
making long train trips in day coaches.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

The Reformer Is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
5rattieboro, Brattieboro News Co, C..
W Cleaveland, s. !. Purrinton (Estey-
villel. Brooks House Pharmacy. Aliens
Depot Newsstand, Mrs. D. r. Doyle,
South Main street
West BrsttIeboro, J. l. Stockveu
East Dummerston, NJ r. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G.. Williams
Newfane, ~. NJ Batchelder.
Townshend, c. W. Cutler.
West Townsheno, c. II. Grout
jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. III. Tyler.
South Vernon, F.. B. Bufum.
West Chesterfield, NJ. r., Mrs W
Streeter.
Hinsdaie. NJ. H., w. VI. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, Depot Restaurant
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

think that q tea
room and shop
We're named after
me. They do not
cell 1t the Par
rots' Tea Room
but the Parrot
Tea Room Just
one parrot, and
that parrot is my
self"
Greene swung
h i ~ S e | f around
the bar of his
cage and looked
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

troubleuA a cemps and feel like a
different Woman. cannot praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound too highly and I am recommend
ing it to my friends who suffer as did,"
Mrs. GEORGE R. NAYLoR, Box 72,
Marysville, Pa.
Young women VINO are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging-down. sensations,
fainting spells or indigestion should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
Write for free and helpful advice to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (con-
fidentiaD, Lynn, Mass. Only women
open and read such letters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

ea' among themselves
and tried to remember the order in
which they came after the green par
rot and the macaws.
"It's one of the greatest honors I
know of" said GREENE. "The shop
was named after me. They call it
the Parrot Tea Room, and / was the
only parrot in it at first They had
me sitting in my cage in the window
to attract passers-by."
"Why do you call it shop as well
as tea room?" asked Yellow Tail.
How can it be both things?"
"Yes, how can it?' asked Blue
Wings.
''It's tea room. true enough" said
GREENE. 1.-THE people come to this
room to drink tea and eat biscuits
with jam. They eat q great deal and
they talk great deal-I'm not sure
whether they eat more than they talk,
or whether they talk more than they
eat. It's hard to know. You see they
do SO much of both ~
"You do too" said Blue Wings.
ITO be sure" said GREENE, 'but we
all do that. l do think it was a good
thing though to call this place the
Parrot Tea Room, for. we're suitable
birds to have around an afternoon tea
party. We chatter and talk and we
| like to eat. Those are the things they
| do at tea party, you know"
| "Hsw wise you are" said Yellow
Tail. But you have not yet told US
why you call this place shop too.
Half the time you say it's a tea room
and half the time you say it's shop
And the people do the same thing. We
| find that we copy them"
yes" said the other parrots, "we
copy them"
Greene laughed hard at this. 'sPar
rots always copy people," he said
land / copied these people first. Il
was not an idea of my own to cal
this place both a shop and a tes
room. But heard some people calling
it by both names-so l did too.
1T was just my nature, l presume
You know, the nature of a parrot"
All the pdrrolS HoUueu Inelf neauS
They call it shop" said Greene
because they sell cakes and glasses
of jams, and rolls and buns here. PEG
pie buy them and take them home
\ shop is place where they sci
things for folks to take home witt
them-or else to have sent home afte
them"
They take home the tea and tn
cake they eat, don't they?" asked on
of the little parrots. All the other
, laughed.
TO be sure they do" said Greene
But it's different when they eat tn
things"
you mean it's different when the
: eat them here and when they eat then
at home" said the little parrot. "Tha
makes the difference between a tie
, room and shop. And this place i
both. Yes, it's very fine place t
2 be in."
i've always thought 1t one of til
} greatest of honors," said Greene, st
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
TO the SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery OF
cooperation Of subscribers to that end.
Prompt reports should be given Of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
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 IL only
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

Times have changed since the sum
mer Of 1917, The raid of 200 Mexicans
on a Texas ranch, followed by pursuit
by small body of L. $. troopers and
a battle ON the Mexican side OF the
- Mexicans were killed hardly gets a
first page position aS news event.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

The deer killed in the hunting season
III Vermont. nine days, weighed ap-
proximatclv 10000 pounds. Figuring
vcnison at the price of pork this rep
resented over $4,000 in meat products.
If does could have been shot legally
hunters could unquestionablv have Sc
cured food to the value of over
100000 in the brief season of nine
DAYS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
FRIDAY, DECEMBER I, 1917.

In year or two the United States
will spend more money than the entire
cost of our government from its incep-
tion up to the time that we declared
that a state Of war existed against
Germany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

Buying a war savings certificate is
practical lesson in thrift for the chill
drcn. They can save their pennies in
buying stamps until they have enough
to exchange for certificate costing
a trihe over - which will be redeem
able in five years at 50. It is an easy
way to save, a profitable investment.
and means by which aid can be given
to the government in carrying OH the
war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

We hope the Vermont sugar makers
in their meeting in Burlington dis
eussed plans for producing the biggest
possible crop next spring. They nave
chance to make money for themselves
and to add materially to the food sup
ply of the country in a direction where
shortage exists
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

place in the United States are prob
ably the big things of the war so far
as we are oncerned-immenselv more
important than any mere fcats of arms
by our allies or ourselves.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

Northfeld is preparing to capitalize
it's reputation as the Medicine Hat Of
the East by staging winter carnival
Of sports Mortified has an ideal loca-
ton for such an event, and cold weather
is assured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

The first woman to enlist in the navy
as an electrician has joined the colors.
She is Miss Abby Putnam Morrison of
Chicago and she is now an "electri-
clan, first class. She is a member of
the wireless class for women, of which
Mrs. Herbert Sumner Owen is the
founder and director.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run Of paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; % cents
an inch for each subsequent Insertion.
Limited space on first page at double
rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
line first insertion with so per cent dis
count 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, 1917-12-07
WARDSBORO.

The discount on taxes will expire
Tuesday, Dee l.
The A. I. club will meet in the town
hall Wednesday afternoon. Dee. 70.
Supper will be served from ) to
o clock. All are cordially invited.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

would nave TO stay
in bed several days
every m o n tn. I
tried all kinds of
remedies and was
treated by doctors.
but my trouble con-
tinued until one day
| read about Lydia
E. Pinkham' s Y ege-
table Compound and
what it had done for
others. / tried it
and now | am never
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
Nav Be So.

Mistress-I should like to know
what business that policeman has in
my kitchen every night In the week :?
Pretty Servant-Please, mum, I
think he suspects me Of neglectin' me
work or someth.n'.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

Among the l,50o applications re
ccived at the war department for az
pointment as watchmen or guards at
the building now in course of con
struction in Washington, was a .patri-
otic woman from Tennessee, WHO de.
scribed herself, cas- strong, healthy,
tactful, discreet, fair Judgment, unusl,-
ally quick to think, and without a
nerve. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
GUILFORD CENTER.

Mrs. Darwin Carpenter of Springfield,
Mass. who has been spending two
weeks with her daughter, Mrs L. d.
Franklin, returned to her home this
week Monday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
Member OF the Associated Press.

The Associated Press IL exclusively
entitled TO the use for publication OF all
news dispatches credited TO II and not
otherwise credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

NdllSA VA SSA1lSs
II came next"
said the blue and
Y ell low nacaw.
who was called
Yellow Tail.
"And I came.
third" said the
blue and red ma
cav who was
called Blue Wings.
The other par
+ o t S ch a t t e d
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

One very definite something to which
every family ought to pledge itself is
the conquest of its inclination to hoard.
The habit of putting something by
for rainy day has come down TO
us through generations of New England
ancestors and even now is commendable
under certain conditions There is a
wide difference. however, between
thrift and ayarice The man who makes
MS present supply of fuel last longer
than usual il doing exactly what the
government wants him to do but the
man who buys twice as much as he
needs for the coming winter for fear
that prices will be higher or the supply
less next year is doing exactly the
opposite. And what is true OF fuel is
true of food. The difference between
the man who holds back his crop Of
potatoes in the hope that prices will 90
higher and the women who overloads
her sugar bucket at the expense of her
neighbor $ coffee-cup is only in de
gree; both are boarding and therefore
hindering the government instead OF
helping il.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
DADDYSEV[N[l(
ARY TALL az
PARROT TEA ROOM.
y MARY GpAHAMBQNNER

81 was the first parrot to come here"
said the green parrot who was always
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
THOSE AWFUL
CRAMPS
Suggestions that may save
Much Suffering

Marysville, Pa.-"For twelve years
I suffered with terrible cramps. j
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
The MeddIer
If The coat fiji yos. put Il on"

President Wilson 8 mastery definition
of this countrv's war aims should serve
to set at rest the minds of those who
have been entertaining false hopes re-
garding the duration of the conflict.
II is to be continued, we are told,
with every power and resource we
possess. whether of men or money or
Of materials until the German people
say to us through properly accredited
representatives that they are ready
for a settlement based upon Justice
and reparation of the wrongs their rul-
ers have done. Such conclusion is
the only one desired by any loyal cit
izen of this nation, but its attainment
will require a greater measure of sac
rifice than has yet been put upon any
of us-iust how great nobody knows OF
can even estimate. We might as well
! realize this fact now, and at the same
time resolve to help attain the desired
end by complying promptly and cheer
fully with every request the govern
mont makes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07
WheatleSS
Mullins

~ cups Crosby's Bolted
Corn Meal
/ cup Crosby's Rye Flour
8 cup Rolled Oats
2 teaspoonfuls Soda Slight
ly rounded)
l teaspoonful Salt
! cup Molasses
IA cups Sour Milk
! Egg, l tablespoonful
Melted Shortening
Mix dry ingredients. Add
molasses, egg and shorten
ing, bake in a quick oven
about 80 minutes.
E. Crosby & Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

In spite of everything that has been
said and done to emphasize the vital
Importance of universal cooperation in
this mighty war waging job there are
people in Brattleboro, as well as in
every other town, who still look upon
the situation as one in which they have
no personal sponsibility, or rather,
who fail to sense their own obligations.
Tiiey believe in food conservation and
fuel conservation and war relief work
as general propositions-eco nomies
which other folks ought to practice
but they haven I vet got it through
their heads that the letting George-do-
il idea has no place in the present
scheme OF things. They still eat as
much wheat as their habit governed
appetites demand, burn as much fuel
as they always have, and go to after
noon card parties instead of working
for the Red Cross. And the sad feature
of it all is that they do not seem t6
consider these extravagances as repre-
hensible. The war i Just as far away
! from them as the actual battlefronts
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-07

How to bring the war home to these
folks, who are not Intentionally dis
loyal and would sincerely resent such
charge, IS problem that may well
demand the attention of those who
have been quicker to appreciate the
situation and on that account are get
ting their habits of life more nearly
upon the wartime basis There ought
to be way of impressine upon every
man. woman and child the fact that
there is a very definite something wnich
he or she can do to help make the pres
cnt conflict the last that shall even
take place on earth.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-02-21
arlgen paa SanOjorOeu.
Vritterne ger 6remgang paa
Sisrisilooen.
Iaa be andre Sronter ringe 5or
anoring.

Sra Bnris meIoes unoer 10.
5ebr., at 9lmerifanere, iom er an
fonmen oertil fra Berlin, Tiger, at
nplten alle Weno 9anoet al
Wtiliteraloer er bIepen eritattet al
Utpno, Der er enten fpiiif uIfiffe.
De til UtilitGrtieneite eller unoer
elIer oper glloers9renIen. Oifici.
ellie Gal angioer TpIflanos osoe H.
Den 9rieens 9e9pnoeIIe til liot ooer
100000 Wiano, o9 ifslee fonier-
OotiOe Ooerilog igttes 1allet
til 100000 a 100000 Here. Gegnes
Ianreoe, iom life mere fan retlrnerc
til 5ronten, meO, iaa oberIti9er Sol.
let 100000 Wprfet life Iaa Iiot
De iamme slmerifanere tiger, at Del
Ipnes at prre General BON 9uo-
oenoorii, @eneralfpartermeIteren
Ioer er Tniflnnos milit9re Sopeo.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-02-21

Sra Berlin mel0es unoer f6.
i5ebr. (pr. Sraaolss til Sopoille),
at oen tpife aronprins trooper
ooer en- 5ront al ca. 112 Util /
Champagne er rDffet omtrent 70
Qiil irem og bar ta9et 858 Uton0,
oeribIan0t 2l Ofiicerer, til 6ange.
]feite Sag meloes ira 9on0on,
at brittle &ropper ouer 11a MiIs
5ront bar in0tnget tDife Stillin.
ger og er trGngt 1000 Daros frem
npr til getit4Wiraamont Roro6lt
ior @ronocoirt paa 9lncre 6ronten
/ 5ranfrig. O9iao anoet Steos bar
De taget en- betD0eli9 tpif Stillin9
oper omfrin9 1000 g)arOs. - s
UfeIopotanlien bar 9ritterne bun.
oct betboelig ira Sprferne og to-
get 1896 W2ono til 6nnge, ser.
iblonOt SO Oificerer.
st Sort al @gnen omfrina 9ilt-
el-2(marn paa 9igris 5looen, boor
@eneral 8omniben0 ne6 en- Iterre
britiif Stprfe eiter en- Ipnaere Gios
9eleiring bleo tbunaet til at ooer.
gioe fig oen %. 9tpril 1916, bi.
Ter at ben tprfiife Scr MI er
omringet Ser, iaa 9laoet er be6 at
oenoe iig. Oct er ca. $50 Ofil ira
BEN periiife 9ugt oa 100 Q1iG ira
9dloa0.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-02-21

Sfibe moo nIooIi5t 9lngreb al I'm
oeroanosbaa0e.
9lmba5iaoer @eraro mootoges
@an6ags Al Brgiioent 9oiucare
glpiee 4alaoiet / 9oris. San be-
isgte 9eputeret-aanmeret % mso-
te Rremier 9riano o9 an0re nota.
bic Wipno 9aris San enifeoe uoi-
ficieIt at oiie 4rniioenten i'm 9lg.
telie, isr ban iorloo 9pen.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-02-21

tegne Jig for 9iorag til oct npe
Soretogeuoe.
8orner SantmenIlut1ing. 5ar.
merne / 2. 8afota tiener paa at
llaa Jig ianlmen, naar De Ifal l9lge
oeres Yro0nfter. 8lanen er prebet
/ 2aprenee @ountp, boor &artof-
ielODrferne log Jig iammen, og De
lfol poo ben Wfaaoe babe tlent
$2500 mere, emo oe ellers oiloe
babe faaet Ser bleo fra 2eao ienot
til 0iarfeoet UNDER SberopiDn al
GountDagenten 80 Sernbaneoogne
&urtoiler til &onnliSiionsbuIe /
Onabo, og Der bleo betalt 80 Gents
mere pr. 100 Hnno for Dem, emo
Der oiloe o9re betalt, om De bar
blibet iolgt 2eo6.
5orbuoslob / Snoiana. Snoiana.
polls, ,5no., 49, 5ebr. Den 8rigbt-
ife 6or6uoslob, iom / oisle Gage
er unoertegnet af @un. @ooorid,
ger Snoiona bone orp" ira 2.
April 1918.
2ooen inocboloer mango 9eiten-
mclier, iom life er alminoelig feno-
te al oe itore Ynbliflmn. Gen al
ben9 9eitenmelier for6p0er 6ors
ienoelie til Staten al ole Slags
9looe og 9ublifotioner, iom inoe-
boloer glnnoncer ON beruienoe
0riffe. llnoer oenne 9eltemnelie
fonmer glbiier ira 8per iom @bica-
90, 9ouisoille, Cincinnati og SEEM
9ort, iamt 0la9aiiner, 8anfletter,
liOsifriiter og anore Bublifationer,
iom enten trDffes Snoima eller
ienoeS ino Staten
9}aar 2onen er traa0t araft, bar
De, iom euifer at ifoffe Jig beruien-
DC 8riffe, life onoen Miaaoe at
ifoffe fig Dem pao, eno enten at til
pirfe Dem ielb til eget 5orbrug, el.
Ter at bore Dem ino Staten lelp,
ligeleoes fun til eget 6orbrllg.