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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
German Women in the War.

Books could be written. and no doubt
will be written, about the part that
the women are playing in this war.
| do not refer so much to the thousands
who are noblv devoting their lives to
nursing the wounded in the hospitals
and at the fronts. Their praises are
constantly being sung, and cannot be
sung enough. | am thinking chiefly
Of those who quietly and modestly are
taking the places of the men in at
tending to some detail of the compile,
machinery that keeps their country
going. | saw only very little of what
the German women are doing, but I
saw il in way most naturally to inn
press itself upon the visitor S notice.
When travelling from Berlin to Ham
burg, woman sold me my ticket, an
other weighed and checked my bag
cage, another stood at the entrance to
the platform and punched my ticket
before | boarded the train. On arriv-
ing at my destination a woman cab
driver drove me to my hotel In Ham
burg more than in Berlin | noticed their
activities. On the electric tramways
women are both motormen' and con
ductors. 1t was a pleasure to see them
dressed in the trim uniform of their
'alling attending to their duties with
business like alacrity.
In the electric suburban train service
between Hamburg and the outlying dis
'riets women do everything. They are
stationmasters, engineers,s conductors
Their high-pitched voices ring through
the station with military crispness
when the trains arrive and leave. Al
If this, of course, is only one branch
If their activities. l am told that they
have taken the place of men in almost
every field of employment, and that il
the workshop, the factory, the post
office, the telegraph Office, women have
released former operators to military
| dutics.-Carl l.. Schurz in Leslie s.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15

With the nation admittedly facing a
grave crisis in its foreign relations, it
would seem that the four great rail
road brotherhoods are not living up to
their principles of loyalty in seeking
again to force the issue of an eight
hour day and increased wages. Last
September the brotherhoods coerced
President Wilson and congress into en-
acting the Adamson law-for it was
coercion and nothing less. This law
is now before the highest legal tri-
bunal in the land for Judgment as to
its constitutionality but the brother
hoods decline to await the decision
and threaten general strike at time
when such action might easily imperil
the national safety The situation can
not fail of alternating much sympathy
that has heretofore been s-ronglv with
the railroad men in their controversy
with their employers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
: Hailing the Doctor in Vermont.

Daniel l. Cady in the Burlington Free
Press.)
It wan t so very long ago
We d hail old Doctor Batter,
And ask him who it was twas sick
And what might be the matter;
Today we d have to write a note
And send it on a platter
1t ain t nobody IS business now
Who 5 sick or what S the matter.
We all could tell the Doctors nag
BY her peculiar patter
And so we i hail him after dark
And he d slow up and chatter;
He used to say he liked to stop,
II made old Fam keep fatter-
But now nobody knows who's sick,
Or if so, what 5 the matter.
To hail the doctor 5 ear today
The strongest nerves would shatter;
We'd rather stand it as we are
Than be a whole lot fatter
, And il we ever got him stopped
There d be q ''word regatta
For tain t nobody S business now
Who S sick or what 5 the matter.
We handle sick folks now as though
We d trapped dangerous satyr;
| The phones get busy, then you hear
An awful bang and clatter;
A closed and guarded van bowls up,
The neighbors scoot and scatter,
! And off it honks before you know
| Who 5 sick or what s the matter.
| The nurses thick as spatter;
! Their great professional reserve
| 1t S foolishneSs to batter;
| Their business is to mind the cease
And keep the doctor S data
They amt a-peddling who is sick
| Or telling what S the matter.
There ain t much neighboring nova
days
There ain t much friendly chatter
There ain no Watchers now I
What ought to be the matter;
The nurse and internes bear sway,
And gone is Doctor Batter
! 1t ain t nobody's business now
Who S sick or what s the matter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15

Illinois, which is a big state in com
parison with Vermont, has carried out
very effectively a program similar to
that which Gov. Graham is trying to
give Vermont by abolishing a lot of
commissions and establishing the bust
ness of the state on an efficient basis
At a saving of 800 "jobs" and of
100000 in annual expense, about 1870
commissions, bureaus and other state
agencies have been merged into nine
major departments. At the head of
each is to be man of large calibre
and power, who, i'll addition to having
administrative charge OF the workings
in his department will with his col
leagues. sit as a cabinet for the gov
ernor. In its government Illinois is
now spending money at the rate of
more than $4,000, 900 a year. In seven
years the expenditure has more than
doubled. Much of it is upon the
pork basis. The factor of duplica
tion, overlapping and waste is enor.
nous. Under the new plan there is to
be scientific budget and chance
either TO reduce the total outlay or Ia
secure for it greatly increased eff
cheney.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15

Our neighboring town Of Greenfield,
Mass, has curious problem arising
from its continuous growth. There are
5000 voters in the town and the town
hall, where the general business of the
annual town meeting Is conducted is
crowded when 400 persons are present.
The only suggestion for a change is to
the effect TINT the voting booths be in.
stalled IN quarters separate from the
hall where the general business is con-
Quoted.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
SAYS HOT WATER
WASHES POISONS
FROM THE LIVER
Everyone should drink hot water
with phosphate in it,
before breakfast.

To feel as fine as the proverbial fid
die, we must keep the liver washed
clean, almost every morning, to pre-
vent It's sponge-hke pores from clog
ging with indigestible material, sour
bile and poisonous toxins, says noted
physician.
If you get headaches, it IS your liver.
If you catch cold easily, it IS your liver
If you wake up with a bad taste, fur
fed tongue, nasty breath or stom-
ach becomes rancid, it IS your liver
Sallow skin, muddy complexion, watery
eyes, all denote liver uncleanliness.
| Your liver is the most important, also
the most abused and neglected organ
of the body. Few know its function or
how to release the dammed-up body
waste, bile and toxins. Most folks re-
sort TO violent calomel, which is q
dangerous, salvating chemical which
can only be used occasionally because
| it accumulates in the tissues. also at
tacks the bones.
/ Every man and woman, sick or
well, should drink each morning before
| breakfast, glass of hot water with a
| teaspoonful Of limestone phosphate III
| it, TO wash from the liver and bowels
the previous days indigestible materi-
| al the poisous sour bile ard toxins;
thus cleansing, sweetening and freshen-
ing the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach.
Limestone phosphate does not re
strict the diet like calomel. because it
can not saliyate, for it IS harmless and
you can eat anything afterwards. 1t
is inexpensive and almost tasteIess, and
my pharmacist will sell YOU o
uarter pound, which is sufficient for a
demonstration of how hot water and
limestone phosphate cleans, stimulates
and freshens the liver, keeping you
feeling fit day in and day out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
HOW GERMAN SPIES WORK.
a Rotterdam Gentleman Shows Sys-
TEN Practised in Holland.


The Haagsche Courant of Jan. Is
publishes long article revealing one
of the features Of the German espion-
age system as practised in Holland.
One day advertisements appeared in a
Rotterdam paper offering the prospect
of profits to representatives of foreign
houses or people engaged in foreign
trade
A person designated by the Courant
as "a Rotterdam gentleman answered
the advertisement and after the ex-
change of several letters he met Ger
tain person called in the story +,
From +. the Rotterdam gentleman
quickly discovered that there was no
question of foreign trade, but that the
advertisement had been placed with
the purpose of discovering persons who
might be inclined TO carry out espion-
age in France and England.
The Rotterdam gentleman was not
for reasons well known TO the Dutch
Secret Service, inclined to accede to
E. proposition, but for these very
same reasons il was his duty to appear
to aceede to it. = The Courant proceeds:
He therefore Informed l.. that he
himself was not accustomed to travel,
but that he knew some one who pos
sessed great talent for spying and he
brought forward one of the kecneSt
| agents Of the secret service, whom he
/ introduced to +. as some one else. This
man 5 name is Lucas; he was formerly
/ the head of the detective bureau at
the Hague
/ THE three met in q cafe at Rotter-
! dam, where f. proposed to Lucas, be-
| licving him TO be member of ship
j ping firm with an agency in England
to undertake espionage abroad to the
| detriment of the allies. Lucas then nat
urally asked Z. questions, and was told
that f. was not an authority, but that
he was acting for 4 German military
authority who was residing in the Ger
man port of Beck, near Nymegen; that
this German was named Schaller, and
that he was staying at the Hotel Muss
i chauberg.
. 1t was then agreed that Lucas and
+. should visit Schaller at Beck. This
was dangerous work for Lucas, for il
he were known in Beck he might be AZ
rested himself as a spy. Nevertheless
confident in his disguise, he said he
would go.
when the day of departure arrived
f. told Lucas that he could not accom-
pany him to Beck, but he gave him a
paper indicating how he should act in
order to cross the frontier without diff
feulty. But Lucas said it would be much
better if Schaller were to come To
Rotterdam and arrange matters. Schal-
Ter, however, declined to come. When
Lucas was convinced that it was nc
use waiting longer and considered that
the moment had come to throw off his
disguise, he arrested E. and took him
to the police station at Rotterdam
i There 4 number of important
papers were found on z. having to dc
with espionage. He was Intercepted
and then placed in the house of deten
| ton, and then taken out and interro
gated further.
: Meanwhile, Lucas says that he vii
/ make Schaller come from Beck. even i
| he has to kidnap him. but this the
= minister of justice will not permi
: Lucas to undertake. E. is being inter
rogated very searchingly, one nigh
isay most persuasively-alth NJ
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
Old Horse Saw Many Battles.

The head of one of the most famous
horses in history hangs mounted on
shield i'll the headquarters of George G.
Meade Post in Philadelphia 1t is that
OF Old Badly, General Meade S mount
in the operations of the armies of the
Potomac and Virginia The horse was
raised in the West, and was brought
East by Colonel f. D. Baker of Oregon,
who was killed at Balls Bluff on Oct.
u, 1861. General Meade bought him
in Washington for $3.50.
The horse was wounded in the nose
by piece of she'll at the battle of Bull
Run on July 81, 1861, but was not put
out of service. He served at Drancs-
vile, Meehaniesvillc, Gaines Mills and
Groverton, and was wounded again in
the second battle of Bull Run, on Aug.
80, 1852. when he was shot through
hind leg.
Two weeks later he was ridden at the
battle of South Mountain, and on Sept.
u he was shot through the neck at the
battle of Antietam and was abandoned,
apparently dying. He was afterward
found by General Meade servant
browsing on the battlefield He recov-
cred sufficiently to serve General Meade
in the October and November cam
paign to Falmouth In 1868 he was at
Charlottesville during the first three
days of May and at Gettysburg on
July /, , and 3. He was shot through
the ribs on July ? He was in three
other engagements that year, and in
1854 he was in the Wilderness cam
paign at Spottsylvania, Mort Anna
Creek, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and
several other places where there was
hard fghting
At the end of the war he was taken
to General Meade s country place near
Philadelphia, where he remained sew.
eral years. He was led in the great
parade in Philadelphia on Dee. 16, 1879
/ In honor of General Grant 5 tour of the
world. He was later given to John J
| Davis Of JenkintoWn, who cared fol
him until it became necessary to xii
| him because ne became too feeble tC
| stand. This was on Dec. 16, 1882. HI
/ survived his famous master about ter
years.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
DADDYS EVZNLN(
AR TALL az
AFTERNOON BALL.
~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER

eve must give a snow-time ball."
said the Queen of the Fairies.
Eyes" said Fairy Princess Joy, "let's
give one this very afternoon"
Can we have ball in the after
noon?" asked Princess Twilight Bell
ut is my favorite time of the day,
of course, but still I thought a bail
should be given at night"
Perhaps it should" said Fairy Prin-
cess Joy. COR perhaps that is the
usual time for a ball. But l don't
believe it makes the least little scrap
of difference if we have ball when
we want one"
Il don't suppose it does" said the
Fairy Princess Twilight Bell. "And
l am ever so glad you are to have it
at just the time / love best"
The Fairy Queen smiled and waved
her wand. Let the ball commence ~
From far and near the Fairies, Elves,
Brownies and Gnomes all came hurry
ing.
The ball, The ball! The after
neon ball - they shouted.
Soon the dancing commenced. Mr.
Sun shone through tho heavy snow.
covered trees which gliStened like dia,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
tIopyrIght)
GOING TIL E. p A c E

Going the pace is q pastime INDUCED
in by young men who are trying to see
who can spend the most money with
out finding out where i came from or
how much more is left.
About the worst thing that can hap
pen to boy is to fall up to his ears
into a wad of money that somebody
else earned When we look about us
and see the men who are putting in
sixteen hours day in order to lay up
money for son who has to have the
collar buttons put into his shirt by a
hired man, we are inclined to doubt
the wisdom of the plan of creation.
Some of our colleges furnish bright
and shining examples of the young
sprout who can t spend his income with
out playing poker with total strangers
and who throws away enough moneg
on wire wheeled speed cars to feed q
thousand children of the tenement dis
triet for a solid year.
The habit of going the pace is due
to surplus of easy money and a short
age of character. 1t is hard to keel
the character IN good working order
Protected nv The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15

Hats off TO Gov. Edge of New Jer-
scy, who plans with his Boys Day set
for March %, to inaugurate move
mcnt that will draw fathers and sons
into closer union. On the one hand
business cares and Gxity Of miad
which afiiict a man with the advance
Of years, aud on the other, youthful in
tercsts, too often conspre to tug faith
or and son in opposite directions, with
the result that neither understands the
other at all. This lack Of association
is harmful TO both. From the boy il
takes away the one best qualified to
be lis guide; from the man the en-
,thusiasms and fresh viewpoints that
would help TO keep him from bccom-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15

The New York legislature has again
voted to give the people of the Empire
state a chance to vote on equal suf
fringe, both the pros and ants voting
on the measure, the former on the
ground that the defeat last year cannot
be duplicated, and that even defeat
by a smaller margin would be vie
tory, aud the latter with the hope that
the measure will be 50 badly defeated
that it will not be revived for a gen
Grafton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15

when everything is wide open to the
boy with roll and loose lower lip.
The hard headed millionaire who put
his son at work III overalls, for day
wages, never had to Bail him out of
the police court or send him to some
home for inebriates before he was
thirty years old. The cabaret and the
all-night dance hall are not verv en-
ticing to a boy who has to earn his
own board and clothes and stand up to
his work ten hours a day with other
men.
The cure for going the pace is pov-
erty and hard work. with plenty Of
both. There are lots Of worse things
than being poor, and one of them is
to have so much money that it is a
serious problem whether to play pool
or get measured for some more silk
shirts. The curse of riches is not on
the man who makes them. but on some
SQUAD headed beneficiary who burns a
path up and down each side of the red
light district and staggers home to a
broken hearted mother morally impov-
erished and mental. bankrupt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15

Perhaps Germany wants the United
states. China and other countries to
come into the war. 1t would be easier
to sue FOR peace on the ground that
it was impossible to fight the whole
world. Germany has vast interests in
China which she is pretty likely to
lose forever, and in the greatest coun-
Try Of the Orient are immense mines
of valuable metals which are easily
accessible through Japan in making
munitions for Russia and other coun.
tries of the eatcnte.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
Member OF the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
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O. w. Cleavelaud, ID. r. Cutler & Co
tEsteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy
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Strepter
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Bellows Falls. VT, Depot Restaurant,
Windsor. VT. Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15

The improved financial conditions Of
the railroad world is indicated by the
announcement that the Rutland rail
read has declared n two per cent divi-
dend on the preferred stock after nine
years of no dividends at all. The New
York Central and the New Haven to.
gethcr own more than half the pre-.
ferrcd stock of the road
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
Dancing Commenced.

monds. In some places it looked as
though gems Of different colors We're
sparkling. But that was the work of
the Shadows WHO were being helped
by Mr.. Sun.
You see" said Mr. Sun-and be-
fore he could continue what he was
saying all the Fairies, Elves, Brownies,
GnomeS, had shrieked out, '.Of course,
we see. You make US see, You're
see. But no one can look right at you.
You're entirely too bright for that"
Il know you can see," said Mr. Sum-
Il wanted to 30 on with a whole SEN
tence-which Boys and Girls would
say / presume" 90 .Aist
yes" agreed the Fairies, Boys and
Girls who go to school would certainly
talk about a sentence, Well. go on
ana let's hear the rest of yours
Il was going to say" said Mr.. Sun,
that l wanted you especially to see
that the afternoon was a very fine
time for q ball. It's quite the best
time, and TO prove it to you I'll give Il
fine ballet dance between my Rays and
the Shadows"
Gorgeous" shouted the little Crea-
lures, of the Woods
And then the Shadows danced with
the Suns Rays. In and out of the trees
they danced, while the snow sparkled
and looked rs if it We're dancing too
AS the Shadows were dancing with
the Suns Rays the sound of music was
heard.
And then came a song from many
little silyery voices. This was what
the Fairies. Elves, Brownies and
Gnomes heard:
Let US sing as we go,
It's the Sun and the Snow,
As you can see at a glance,
That is making us dance"
'What are those voices?" asked The
Fairies.
Those" said the Fairy Queen, ARE
| the nlake-believe voices Of the Shad-
Ows. No one can hear them but the
/ Fairies and the little People Fof the
Woods. They're singing especially for
our ball"
/ And they sang more:
ITS this time of day,
| When we are so gay,
Ask Twilight-Ben,
It's her time as WELL
The Fairy Princess, Twilight-Bell,
laughed her wonGrous musical, silvery
laugh and said:
''Ah, this is my time of the day,
when there are shadows and wonder-
full colors.'
AS she was speaking, the Sun began
TO grow very bright. I'm going tc
bed now" he said; but on my way to
bed | shall give an Illustrated lecture
, as an ending to the BALL
| Whatever do you mean?" the!
asked
Il shall talk to YOU" he said, "anC
all the time l shall change the colors
about ne. The Sky will be red, pink
blue, ard there shall be purple clouds
too. OH it viii be what the Grown
Ups will call marvellous sunset bu
you'll know it's an illustrated lecture
with different colors instead of differ
ent pictures
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15

force is used-in the hope that he may
reveal the names of certain Of his as
case the minister of justice would be
unable to restrain Lucas. The papers
found on Z. at the police station
showed s'challer to be very important
person, q general or something. Prob
ably that is the reason why His Elk
cellencv would not permit Lucas to
bring him from Beck
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15

Training in Brattleboro counts. Al
bert H. Hunt, manager of the Good
now, Pearson Huat store in Brattle-
horo several years, before he was
called to n larger field, has been elect
cd president 81 the Merchants associa-
ton in Nashua, y. II. lie will bc a
live wire in the position.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
TO SUISSE RIDERS.

II IS the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
~ the paper each night, and Ii solicits
the cooperation Of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should he given Of
each failure 10 receive the paper on the
morning following the omission. In per-
son. by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause Of the error 70 be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied.
IL Il only bv this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
THURpsAY. MARCH 10, 1917.

Ruthless submarine war,ar has de-
veloped into mere wantonness and
cusscdness when a Norwegian relief
ship carrying 1900 tons of Argentine
corn to the suffering people of Belgi-
UNI is sulk without warning, as in the
case Of the StorStad.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15

ing q mere gray man in an office. The
one is vital to the other, for each rep
resents world apart Youth needs a
stabilizer: age revivifier.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
TO ADVERTISERS.

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cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton Limited space on first page at
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Space rates on application
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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.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-15
Never Tell Evil.

Never tell evil eff a man if you do
not know it for a certainty, and if you
know it for q certainty, then ask your
self: "Why should l tell it?"-Layer-
ter.