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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

mat MIS-. DuCh was TIguL. DuC she
did not want to admit it.
Ono said Mrs. Duck, you can't
especially when they are right in what
they say
Anyway said Grandfather Porky,
they may say we are greedy and they
may have named selfish people after
US, but it's more of an honor than was
ever paid you, Mrs. Duck
"'And how so? asked Mrs. Duck
webbing over nearer to Grandfather
Porky.
People are never called ducks
said Grandfather Porky You're not
even selfish ducks. you are simply
ducl-c VI, 7o,,'e o,~,o.-.+ 70 c,,,-thino
NO one coulu De named AFTER you lou
aren't of enough consequence
Indeed quacked Mrs. Duck. That
shows how little you know, Grandfath-
er P0rky. When things are lovely and
when children are kind and nice you
will often hear 1t said, "Oh, isn't she
perfect duck.' Now, what have you
to say to that, pig familyT
sIhe pigs all walked away toward
the mud in the pen. They had remem
bered hearing something about ducks
that was nice, but they didn't want t
! tell Mrs. Duck so.
u think we must be going sait
Grandfather Perky. 'Good-day
'Good-day,' Quacked Mrs. Duck, a!
she grinned. of course they had t.
be going she said TO herself. They
said so many wrong things and the,
know it.
'She wobbled back to the duck ponC
to tell the others all about it, and tn,
pigs went back to the pen.
Brother Bacon had his party il
which all the pigs joined, for the,
thought they needed good meal ant
some comfort after such an extremel,
dlsagreeable talk !"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

factory girl who from early childhood
was possessed of unlimited zeal for
missionary work At the death of her
mother she went as missionary to Cal
abar, West Africa, and lived and worked
there from 1875 until 1915. The sub
stance of the book is drawn chiefly from
her letters which give vivid picture
of primitive life in the African bush,
and also unconsciously reveal her as a
woman "of unique and inspiring per
sonality, and one of the most heroic fig
ures of the age
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

caused by taking over million young
men into the army will cause a care
full consideration of the possibilities
in the utilization of convicts' works on
the highways. There has always been
criticism over the plan of having pris-
oners work in contract shoe shops and
other industrial lines on the ground that
they come in competition with men en-
ployed in the regular factories. Road
Improvement is work to which this
criticism would not apply. The men
would be of genuine service to the state,
and the employment would keep them
in better condition than anything that
could be given to them behind stone
walls.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
DADDS EV[NlN(
EA|RY TALL 0x2
W MARY GRAHAM. BONNER
DUCKS AND PIGS.

Brother Bacon" commenced Dad
dy, who was also grandson of Porky
Pig, decided that he would like TO have
a party.
81 haven't had one in such q long
time he sQuealed 4 think l should
have one. Pigs should be treated well
these days with pig meat so expensive.
"'Now that people have come to see
that we are very wonderful. we GER
tainly should not treat ourselves bad
ly.'
"'Aren't we treating you well?' ask
ed Miss Ham.
"'Not unless you give me a party.
said Brother Bacon. - .-...
"'He is right said Pinky Pig. I'VE
should have party. We should lei
the whole world know that we are
fold of ourselves too
"'They've always known that sale
Mrs. Duck.
"'And pray tell, how have the,
known such thingY asked Grand
father Porky Pig.
because said Mrs. Duck, wh'
had wobbled into the barnyard to hea
the talk, they have always known yol
We're fond of yourselves because the
| have called you pigs
"'That doesn't mean anything sal
| Brother Bacon.
"'Why not? quacked Mrs. Duck.
eve were called pigs long befor
they used the name to mean someon
selfish said Grandfather Porky.
"Maybe So said Mrs. Duck, but
can't remember so far back. AS Ion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
"Good Day" Quacked Mrs. Duck.

as | have known the barnyard you
have always been called by the family
name of pig. And as long as | can
remember all selfish, greedy people
We're called pigs
eve got the name first said Miss
Ham, squealing angrily.
"'That's true said Mrs. Duck. Now
I begin to see.'
Good said Miss Ham GROSSLY, 1t
is about time you began to see.'
But maybe it wouldn't please you
If | told you how l understood it all
SO clearly now
"'You may tell us anything you
please said Miss Ham.
"'Of course said Mrs. Duck, your
family must have been given the name
of pig in the first place many years
ago.
"'Of course squealed the pigs. TT.
an old name good old name, and We
have never changed it.
"'But what I want to explain sale
Mrs. Duck, is that you must have
been given the name first in order fol
selfish people to be called by you
name too
eft doesn't follow at ALL sait
Grandfather Porky.
"'Oh yes, it does quacked Mrs
Duck. How could selfish people hav
ever been called pigs If your family o
pigs had not been greedyY
"'We can't stop folks from talking
said Miss Ham, who quite plainly saw
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
By LEE PAPE
The Park Ave, News.

Weather. Less bathing for plezzure.
Spoarts. The invisibles baseball game
TEEN beet the Park Wonders last Satid-
dav AFTERNOON, the Invisibles getting 30
runs and Skinny Martins CRATE pitching
holding the Park Wonders down to ony
% runs. After the game the Park Won-
ders offered Skinny Martin ) sents a
week to pitch for them next season,
which he refused, saying he amt red
dy to 90 into Professional baseball yet.
Have your picture drawed by a reg
ular artist who is going to take lessins
in art skool. Ony , sents, and you don't
have to take it if You don't reckernize
who its Supposed to be. See Lew Davis.
Advertisement.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People, Miss Maud Jonson is going to
start to take singing lessins, wich every.
body who has herd her try to sing thinks
they awt to do her good.
Big Explosion. Pubs Simkinses chew
ing gum made fearse noise vile he
was trying to blow bubble with it in
skoo last Thersday, and he had to stay
after skool and rite, 1t is not polite to
chew gum in public, 800 times.
Pome by skinny Martin.
Sutch Is Life
The boy had finished his 2nd peece OF
pie
And careflly scraped his plate.
And wished he Good have about . peece,
| more
Insted of being thankful for wat he
had alreddy ate. I
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

The federal reserve board has just
put the screws on the expectation of
gold. 1t may be exported in the settle
ment of trade balances, but otherwise
there is nothing doing. The United
States has the largest stock of gold in
its vaults of any nation of the world and
although it seems to be resting there in
idleness it is in reality doing very
active work. 1t is the heart of the bust
ness of the nation, pumping life blood
into the circulation of the currency.
It stands behind every dollar which
passes from one hand to another in the
exchanges going on in the marts of the
world The United States is doing q
big business, the biggest of any country
in the world, and can no more afford tC
part with its gold to satisfy needless
| desires than it can afford to part will
grain to feed its enemies. In its con
! servation the people will not need t
subject themselves to disagreeable ssel
denials. Gold cannot be eaten, and i
a coin happens to get into the pocket, i
is soon out again for something whicl
is an object more greatly to be desired
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
APPROPRIATIONS FOR WAR.

Many persons are expressing more or
less wonder at the huge sums of money
needed to carry on the war, and this is
doubtless largely due to the fact that
the average man is not apt to think how
much is necessary especially when an
army is fighting on foreign soil 5000
miles away from America. Here is
what some of these appropriations mean:
I In sending our armies to, France, we are
! trying to put just as little burden upon
the French people as possible. This
means that every pound of food, every
gun, every she'll every cartridge, will, if
possible, be sent cover there +" from our
American supply depots.
Somewhere in France at the port of
entry designated for the American army,
this country will have to build big
piers to accommodate our ships. 1t will
have to erect tremendous warehouses in
which the goods unloaded from the ships
will be stored From this port up to
part Of the trenches American troops
are ultimately to occupy, the United
States engineer regiments will build a
network of railways to carry supplies
] and men back and forth. We can af
ford to cripple the efficiency of the
! French armies by using French rail
roads Those must be left clear for the
1 French needs. 1t will be the same thing
with automobile roads. We viii built
our own. At various points we viii
I have supply depots near the firing line
We viii have big base hospitals Their,
: will be vast machine shops in which t,
: repair railroad engines, artillery Of al
kinds, auto trucks Of every description
armored ears, hospital ambulances, air
plane motors. An army of men will
be working behind the lines, and the
will have to be housed. They will b
the men who will handle the supple
and who will work in those immense re
pair shops. American industrial cities
created solely for the duration of tn
war, will spring up at various points i
a France. And the bigger part we pla
+ in finally smashing the Germans, the va
ter will be the American railroad
roads, shops and warehouses. Thes
things are as vital to the war as the me
in khaki themselves Without all thes
preparations behind the lines, the arm
could not exist for three weeks.
This big building program has alread
= been started. Regiments of America
army engineers are busy behind IL
lines at present. Once all is secure al
in ship-shape order in the rear. on
food and supplies and other necess
rics can be sent forward in a stea,
stream, the men in olive drab will
ready to step into the trenches and ia
up the battle for democracy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
Not a Rich Mans War.
New York WORLDLY

OF every ten rich men, nine will be
made poorer by the war. All will be
much more heavily taxed for years to
come.
Rich men S sons will fight the war in
even larger proportion than poor men s
sons They have volunteered in thou
sands, and if drafted cannot claim ex-
emption because of dependents.
The stock argument of pro-German ag-
itators that this is erich man s war;
asks us to believe that rich men have
wlltuiiy brought on a war that they
may rob them of their sons, along with
thousands of other gallant Americans,
and that will in any event take heavy
toll of their wealth.
Any one who believes so foolish a
lie as. that is strangely stupid or per-
versely disloyal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
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1t Is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
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Prompt reports should be given OF each
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ing following the omission, In person,
by telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause Of the error to be promptly and
accurately discovered and the proper
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co,
c. w Cleaveland, d. r. Cutler e. Co.
tFsteyville). Brooks House Pharmacy.
Aliens Depot Newsstand
West BrattIeboro, j. L. Stockwell.
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jamaica, r. j. Daggett
South Londonderry. F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, Z. B. Buffum.
West Chesterfield, N. H.. Mrs. W
Streeter.
Alnsdale. N. H.. w II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VI, Depot Restaurant
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
Live Lives of Regret.
Bennington Banner.)

The trial of Private Warm for kill
ing little Jennie Hemingway has come
to an end but the hundreds of thou
sands of parents who let their girls
''walk out with men they know moth
ing of will probably never be brought
to trial.-Rutland Herald.
1t is barely possible too, that if the
horrible story is told around the state
that it may teach some of the girls them
selves that it ism t wise to put them
selves in the power of men, of whom
they know little or nothing. There are
scores of murders of girls in the United
States every year under similar circum-
stances and scores of others live lives
of regret for their own imprudence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

Other states might well follow to adj
vantage the example of Missouri, which
will use 500 convicts in building per-
manent highway to connect the state
university at Columbia with the state
capital at Jefferson City. Contract la
Dor has been abolished in the prisons in
Missouri, and the use of the men under
sentences on highways is regarded as
a solution of the problem of keeping
them employed. The experiment will
probably be widely extended, as Mis-
souri, has 1900 men in various pena
institutions. The shortage Of labor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
RUTLAND WAR CONVENTION
What 1t Was and What Its Influence Will Be
on VermOnters = A Duty Revealed

fighting in Europe! was briefly that
transportation facilities either by the
Trans Siberian railroad or by sea make
this impossible.
France was represented at the meet
ing by NJ. Edouard de Billy. deputy
high commissioner to the United States.
His speech was brief, given in excel
lent English; and while it may not have
aroused so much enthusiasm as some
of the others, the cheers that every
reference TO France brought out during
the entire meeting were indication of a
keen appreciation of the part his coun-
try has taken in saving the world.
For England appeared little domi-
ME by the name of George Adam, who
cleft the Christian ministry whose
work is saving souls from hell to join
the ministry Of munitions whose work
is blowing the Germans where they be-
long Diminutive in stature, he was
certainly whirlwind orator-somethin
like a Ford ear equipped with a Pack
ard motor. At one moment his audience
was on the verge of tears, the next in
a gale of laughter, yet, through all his
discourse, ran current of intense ear
nestness. Absolutely merciless in his
contempt for Prussianism, he scaled the
! heights Of oratory in his tribute to all
of Great Britain S allies before modest
t lily telling of the wonderful things his
lcountry has done and is still doing
) BY way Of cautioning this country
against over-confdence and at the same
o time emphasizing his own country s
/ war task Mr.. Adam stated that the
t amount Of munitions this country had
/ contributed to the allied cause had at nc
e time amounted to more than eight pei
e cent of the total-a statement, by the
! way, which caused some traces of sheep
ishness on many faces.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
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change of copy
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

These official announcements of the
Liberty motor make almost as convincing
reading as some of the advertisements
of motor ears for sale.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
Advertised Letters.

Men-Roy L. Ames, John Batter, Karl
Brigham, L. C. Burzee, NJ. Leary, Rich
ard D. Merrill, Geo. Tenney, J. A. Wick
ers.
Women = Mrs. Walter Green, Miss
Alice Hall, Mrs. George L. Howe, Mrs.
j. +. o Council, Mrs. j. F. Thomas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
At the Library
New Books
American World Policies, Walter f

American World Policies, Walter f.
Weyl
4 thoughtful study of Imperialism as
a policy of all great nations, and in
which the author shows most convince
ingly that economic necessity is the
cause of Imperialism. He also holds
that the "isolation and the non -impe-
ialistic policy of the United States have
been possible because of its economic
independence. His cure for Imperial
ism is economic internationalism. NJ.
Weyl SAYS in his closing paragraph
- Either it (the United States) can
| cling hopelessly to the last vestiges of
its policy of isolation or can launch out
into imperialistic ventures, or finally it
can promote, as no other nation, policy
of internationalism, which will bind to-
gether the nations in a union of mutual
interest, and will hasten the peaceful
progress of the economic and political
indignation of the world. -
Economic Development of Europe, F.
A. Ogg
A complete summary of the more i'm
portant economic changes and achieve
ments in Europe, restricting the coun-
tries studied to Great Britain and Ire
land, France and Germany. Small space
is given to the developments of the six
teenth and eighteenth centuries, and
: some phases of economic history of a
finance, etc, are omitted. The subject
4 is developed under these heads-Antece-
; dents of the nineteenth century: Agri
culture, industry and trade since 1915:
Population and labor: Socialism and
social insurance. The Independent
says: "The book might almost serve
as complete history of Europe from
the early eighteenth century to the out
> break of the Great War. -
Life at the United States Naval Acad
envy, Ralph Earle.
Those who wish to know more of tn
difficult task of the United States Ma
> val Academy at Annapolis to turn on
{ in four years not only educated gentle
Il men bat also international lawyers, kee
g observers, navigatorS, artillerists, Ell
, gineers, and allround men and specia
lists will find full information in thi
y volume by the Head of the Departmen
II of Ordnance and Gunnery in the AcaC
le envy He gives a historical sketch {
III the Academy, tells about the studio
g drills, cruises, athletics, and other a
q Invites in the school life of the student
y and describes the spirit that pervad,
DC the Institution. The appendices giN
&c the course of study with the text bool
used, and the regulations governing a
mission.
d. The Principles of Natural Taxation,
eli B. Fillebrown.
err ''Shows the origin and progress
tie plans for the payment of all public e
tie penses from economic rent Subtitle
la A compendium of singletax discussi
in including only those writer's who ha
Ter been pioneers and specialists in IL
as field of thought, from Adam Smith a.
ng John Stuart Mill to Henry George, Re
vii Edward McGlynn and Thomas Sherms
lis Mary Scissor of Calabar, w. L. Ii
nal ingstone.
oor The remarkable story of Scot
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

1t was. indeed, remarkable gather
ing-in some respects the most remark
able ever held within the state. And
there can be little doubt that its in
fiuence will find expression in deeper
understanding ON the part of Vermont
men and women of the seriousness. the
necessity and the Importance of the
part they are called upon to play in the
gigantic struggle to "make the world
safe for democracy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
Member Of the Associates press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
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news credited to 1t and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local
news published herein
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

Let it not be understood from the
foregoing paragraphs, however, that the
foreign visitors contributed more than
their share Of the program The United
States was ably represented by such
men as James NJ. Beck of New York
formerly assistant attorney general,
whose exquisitelv finished address on
| the responsibilities of America was the
oratorical masterpiece of the gathering:
| Representative julius Kahn of Cali
| fornia, himself German Born rbsit no
e.; hvphen-the man, in fact. more respon-
sible than any other for the passage of
the selective CONSUMPTION bill; Profes-
sor Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard
university, literally overlooking with
convincing answers to questions that
! doubters or aliens might ask as to Amer
ica's reasons for entering the war: Pro
fessor Robert McElrOy of Princeton,
whose brief in support of the contention
that Germany had intended from the
first to make war on this country left
nothing to be said on the other side,
and who caused the greatest demonstra-
ton of the day by saying that La Fol
lette could best serve the United States
by resigning the high office he had dis
graced not to mention several others.
AS chairman of the Thursday eve
ming session Governor Graham revealed
ability as q presiding officer, which
, awakened pride in the heart of every
| Vermonter present, making his greatest
) hit perhaps when in introducing the
! French commissioner he said that the
/ nation which had madepossible victory
| on the Marine would soon have Amer
: lea s help in securing victory on the
{ Rhine. James iIartness of Springfield,
t chairman of the state committee of
public safety, and President Frederick
Il. Rabbit of the Greater Vermont as
1 ISOLATION, presided at the other ses-
t sions with dignity and fnesse; Mayor
r Brislin of Rutland did the honors of
host beeomingly, while the city itself
/ arose to the occasion in a manner that
;, earned the gratitude and respect of ev-
n cry visitor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29


In popular interest the representatives
of our allies no doubt stood first. and
among them perhaps the Italian visitors
were the most conspicuous, not only
because they We're the only visitors in
uniform, but on account of the special
celebration provided in their honor by
fellow countrymen in the vicinity of
Rutland. Incidentally let it be said that
the hospitality of the state was extend
ed to the italian visitors through Col
L. d. Taylor of Brattleboro, who fulfilled
the duties Of host III a way that must
have added to the state S reputation for
cordial treatment of its guests.
Brig. Gen. Emilio Guglielmotti, mill
tary attache Of the Italian embassy.
made a striking figure as he appeared in
service uniform at the session Thurs
day evening. His face is reminiscent of
Biblical pictures-refned in feature and
given an added touch of dignity nv
IA square-cut beard. Capt. Lamberto
Nannutelli, naval attache of the en-
bassy, much younger man and more of
the type of Italian we are accustomed to
see in this country, had the appearance
OF a practical fighting man, happy and
good-natured but none the less deter
mlned. His brief speech, the first he
had ever made in English. was ex.
tremely interesting as the effort of a
soldier to explain with becoming mod
esty some of the difficulties of his call
ing. Gen. Gugiieln.otti also made :
brief address in English, and both adj
dressed large assemblage of their fel
low countrymen il their native tongue
Hardly leas in popular interest thar
the Italians was the appearance of DR.
Iyenaga, who, while he insisted that h,
spoke only in an unofficial capacitv
nevertheless gave presentation O.
Japan s part in the war which showed
the most intimate knowledge of tina
country S history, aims, resources an,
viewpoint. DR.. Iyenaaa was eloquent il
+ his command of English and was givel
an ovation both afternoon and evening
His answer to the frequently askes
question: Why are not japanese troop