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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15
The MeddLer
~ the coat fts you. put Il on"

The Meddler notes with approval that
at least one local retail grocer is at
tempting through advertising to assist
has customers in acquiring a better I'M
Outstanding of the rules Of the national
1000 administration with regard to
wheat substitutes. The average house
wife Is disposed to conform to Mr.. Hoo
yer requests, but in view of the nu-
mefouS rulings that have been made it
IS not surprising that there should be
considerable misunderstanding as to
Just what is wanted In the opinion
OF The Meddler. it is clearly within
the province of the local dealer in food
stunts to inform himself fully regarding
All requirements of the food administra
ton, not only that he may be able 10
conduct his business in spirit of sin
cere cooperation but that he NAV be in
a position to explain to his customers
exactly what the government wants
them to do. 1t IS perfectly natural that
the housewife should look to her grocer
tor an Interpretation of the food admin
lStratlon s rules and if she finds him ig,
nofant OF them or apathetic she cannot
be blamed for feeling either that there
must be something the matter with the
rules or something the matter with the
grocer. In either ease harm is likely
TO result.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15

ey sometimes
come out on very warm day-but not
until the really cold winter rs past.
Ihey may come out on a warmer
day, but back they go again as soon
as another cold snap comes. And. Of
course, as You know. they eat great.
huge meals in the autumn and live on
their own fat through the winter
sleeping and doing nothing else at all.
OF course, they do not go to sleep
In the zoo, because they are fed reg
ularly there, and are not allowed TO
get a great many meals all in one, as
they do when they are free.
The polar bear mother goes away
and hides for a little while in January
when her cubs are born, for she wants
TO be sure that no harm will come 10
them. But often when they are only
ten days old she Will take them ont
and they will 60 swimming in the lev
waters where they live.
Il have heard said mother brown
bear, that sometimes bears have t,yo
cubs and sometimes they have been
known TO have six. But I ike my
three better than any other number.
And they are far more beautiful.
THE little precious woolly bears
How | love them -
And the bears nestled close to their
mother, and she doZed off into peace
full sleep again.
Il am so glad" she whispered to
herself. when she was half-sleeping
| and half-waking a little later on. 'that
| had such a good meal of berries
That will make me feel well and
strong when I get up to look after the
cubs after | am through sleeping"
And again she looked at the little
bears and smiled with happiness.
All the little bears are born in jan
uary. It's their very own month Of
the year. And mother bears think jan
uary is quite the most wonderful
month of the year. It means such per-
feet things-sleep, warmth and above
all. beautiful little cub babies.
The daddy bears are never around.
Mother bears are afraid the daddies
might not care for them and might
f'NA1 AAANAA'' <Nily way the IubtlitiS 20
off to have their winter nap by them
selves, and every January they are
sure to have delightful waking mo-
ments when they can love and fondle
their babies, and urge them to draw
closer to their lovely uncovered moth
erS
'They call this the month Of Janu-
ary." said mother brown bear, .'but |
think it is badly named month. |
would call it joyful month or some
thing like that" And once more she
looked at her beautiful brown cubs.
and again closed her eyes and Kicked
her paws as she went to sleep.
The little brown cub bears took no
interest in anything beyond their moth
er and themselves. They liked being
warm, and that was about all they
cared for. And their mother attended
to that, as she did to their food and
all their comforts.
And little did they think. as they
dreamed and slept, of the days ahead
l. 4
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15
GREEN CUT BONE AND MEAT A.,
LOWER PRICES

During the month Of February ponl.
trymen can secure Fresh Cut Bone an,
Meat at considerably lower prices THAI.
heretofore. II you will send $3.50 to
:. :. rage, Hyde Park, VT, he will
snip, freight prepaid to your railroad
station 80 pound barrel of this yerv
desirable Poultry Food. The goods
when shipped will be strictly fresh and
thoroughly frozen send in your order
carly as the supply j. limited.-Adv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15

were good berries and also tad berries
And they didn't for a moment mag
Inc that they would learn to be rough
and fight. They didn't guess for q sec
ond that they would have to protect
themselves, and that there were Great
ures who didn't care for bears and
would try to kill them.
Neither did they imagine that they
would have to fight for their lives and
become dangerous and wild.
No. they knew of nothing in the
great world. They DID not even know
OF The cave in which they were living.
Tor 1t would be five weeks until their
eyes would he opened and they could
see. But how happy mother bear was
mat the month was January and the
cubs We're safe, so safe,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15

The Meddlcr confesses ignorance con.
cern.ag the details Of the regulations
which nave been made to govern the
sale OF wheat products, but if he were
IN the grocery business he would con
lder 1t his immediate duty, for selfish
reasons If no other. to acquire com
prehenslve understanding of them and
to give the public the benefit of that
understanding. 1t would simply be
service of the kind that PLAYS such
an important part in modern merchan
dlSlng-a feature, by the way, which
customers have come to expect and are
generally willing to pay for. On patri-
oflc grounds, of course, it behooves ev-
crybody to facilitate the observance
of the food administration rules. and
nothing will 50 help observance as a
widespread understanding of them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15

There is no doubt that the burden of
living up to the food administration re
qulrements falls most heavily upon the
housewife, for she is confronted with
the task OF satisfying the stomachs of
her men folks - with a radically al
tered bill Of fare. She must find =
variety of uses for the substitute tnure
winch she Is required to buy with every
pound OF wheat flour or else she will
Soon ana her pantry shelves loaded
with an accumulation of the former
She must plan for two wheatless DAYS
meatIeSs and : porkless day ever
week IN addition to a wheatless and
'neatleS2 meal every day, and make her
plans far enough ahead so that the
lelt-oVers from one day will not inter
iere win the requirements Of the next.
Needless to say, all this requires intcil-
gent hgurlng, but that such figuring is
being done is indicated by the frequent
interchange Of receipts and wrinkles
OF winch The Meddler gets indirect in
formation With view to giving all
local housewives the advantage of the
culinary knowledge that is thus being
acquired 1t might not be bad plan
lof me women of Brattleboro to organ
lze a bureau through which tested
"heatless and meatless recipes could be
given general circulation The columns
OF The Reformer are open to the period
lcal publication of such receipts provid-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15

ed someone is ready to take charge of
their collection and preparation.
AS has been the ease SO many times
before Brattleboro is being watched by
other towns in Vermont In this in
stance they are interested in the effort
that is being made here to put through
the War Chest idea. Both Burlington
and Montpelier are planning 20 follow
Brattleboro s lead in this war-relief f.
nanclng plan, and it is safe to say that
the example we set will have its effect
throughout the state. Thus is the op-
portunity which the War Chest plan
furnishes made more than local in scope.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15
Influence of Garfeldisn

Sergeant-A LOT of those Shoes oro
700 small fer our men, general. Shall
We order new ones?
Gc.neral-Gertainly not, Cut down the
Soldlofs feet.-Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15
TO ADVERTISERS.
TO TIE 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 he given OF each
failure 70 receive the paper on the morn
iHE ioIloWin% 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
remedy Immediately applied 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can
secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15

in the great world
of ad We ure s.
They didn't know
that later on they
would have to
hunt and get their
own food. They
didn't know the
| e S s on $ til e V
would have to
learn Of the right
kind Of food To
eat and the wrong
k i II d W hich
would OF $ on
them. They had
no idea that there
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15
In a Hurry All Over.

"Oh, mamma exclaimed LITTLE mar
s-e, who had narrowly escaped being
run over by an automo5iie, Il feel so
nervous"
What do you mean by nervous
dearF' asked her mother.
Why exclaimed Margie. 'ft's Just
Ike being in a hurry all oyer."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15

cav eli. thank heaven the warm
weather Is approaching, anyway.
'trump-Huh. Coal bin trouble over
refrigerator trouble begins.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15

Asleep or awake, says an ex-
chahge, the whale blow hole works
IN such perfect manner that not 4
drop OF water ever gets down into its
lungs What a pity whales don I
drink soup,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15
No Sale,

Aeent-Thls vacuum bottle will keen
anything hot or cold for 70 hours.
Mr.. Tipples-Don want it. If |
have anything worth drinking | don t
want to keep it - hours.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15

no" L iONe II. l.
sleep and ! have
wondrouS dreams,
and my little cubs
are born in this
season.
THE poor little
dears, their eyes
will not open for
five weeks, but
they are safe with
me in this cave.
L h e Alaskan,
black. brown or
russian bears
sleep in the win
tertime in caves
or in rocky dens.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15
An chronological Pyrist.

The Katydid s grammatical.
You can depend upon it,
You never hear a Katydid
Remark that "katv done #
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15
Member Of the Assoclated press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication OF all
news dispatches credited to it and not
otherwise credited I'm this paper and also
the local news published herein
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15
DADDY SEV[NDN(
ARY TALL az
~ MARY GpAHAM BONNER
JANUARY BEARS.
~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER

This is the best time of the year."
whispered mother brown bear. "Ah,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15

The stag and the tiger do not stroll
together o. VII
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-15
Eae 8rattlcboru 8sfoy.nss

Entered in the postoffice at Brattleboro
as second class matter.
The sun., 1918-03-15
MANY RAIDS MADE
BY ALLIED FLIERS
Tons of Bombs Dropped on
Germans.

LONDON. March l4,--ld.al weather has
brought about greatly increased activity
in the air on all the battle fronts in the
west \ British special report tonight
says naval aircraft Oh Monday night
dropped three tons Of bombs on the
Bruges docks. in Flanders On Tuesday
many bombs were dropped on st. Pierre
Capelle over the trenches two air
planes and Il balloon which was adrift
were brought down.
ON the same day there was a hot fight
between two British and five German
seaplanes over the North Sea. in which
one German machine was destroyed and
another brought down.
French aViators accounted for fifteen
German airplanes on Tuesday. OF watch
twelve were destroyed and thee others
damaged badly, falling within the Ger
man lines.
Berlin reports thai seventeen Entente
airplancs and three balloons were
brought down yeste. day. and that three
of the machines in the squadron that at
tackled Freibu.g were hrOugh: to earth
A DELAYED French report Of March 10
says that on Satuida, two German ait
planes We're b. ought down and ten Others
fell within their own lines Five Ger
.nan machines were brought down March
6 and 3 Fourteen tons of proiect!les
We're dropped on stations. cantonments
and aviation grounds within the German
zone.
The sun., 1918-03-15
WAR CAPTIVES
RISK AIR BOMBS
Britain in Retaliation Will
Move Prisoners to Areas
Being Raided.
SIX DEAD AT HARTLEPOOL
Attack on North Sea Town
Was Made by a Single
Zeppelin.
SIX DEAD AT HARTLEPOOL

LONDON. March 14.--Cerman prison.
ers OF war are to he distributed over
areas which the cnemy's aircraft are
subjecting to attack in their raids. ac-
cording to the Evening Ne,rs to-day.
This says tho newspaper. 'is being
have learned that prisoners of their ma
ttonalities In German hands already have
been so placed in all towns which the
German Government considers likely to
be attacked"
A statement on last nights air raid
was issued to-day as follows:
Only one airsh!p crossed the coast
last night 1t dropped four bombs on
1lartlepool. The raider. which was
operating at a great altitude. only re-
mained over land a few minutes. and
the remainder Of it's bombs appear to
have fallen into the sea.
Six dwelling houses were demolished
and about thirty damaged. The latest
police reports state that the following
casualties occurred:
Killed. one man, one woman, three
children: injured. three men. one
woman. Ave children.
Last nights air raid was the second
made In two days over England by
Zeppelins, which previously had not
been employed in these attacks for sew
eral months. In neither case. however.
was an attempt made to reach the Lon
don district. where sGerman diriglbles
met with disaster on previous expedi-
tions. In Tuesday nights raid Hull was
bombed Hartlepool. attacked last night.
Is a North Sea port OF some $1,000 in
habitants, In northern England
The sun., 1918-03-15
AMERICAN HURT IN RAID
Sergeant In QuarterMastep's De
partment injured in Paris.

PARIS. March ll.--A sergeant In the
Qua RI errnster's Department of the
American army. who WAS acting as a
chauffeur FOR the department in Paris.
was injured slightly in Monday nights
raid
In a certain hospital In the Paris dis
trict six persons wege killed and seven
injured by bombs dropped by the Ger
man airmen. Two policemen were killed
and three injured. The Military Medal
was awarded to one OF the wounded
policemen.
The newspa pers are permitted to pub
lish no details Of the raid. except those
reported in the officin! statements. II
being considered by the authorities to
be desirable to keep the enemy in ig-
norance as to the results OF his at
tacks.
Some =. 600 collars have been approved
as shelters which would be safe even
II the houses above them should be
DESTROYED In some instances passa ges
are being dug from one cellar to an
other to guard against dangers which
might arise from broken gas or water
mines. These shelters hold an average
cf 100 persons each and more places
of refuge are being sought.
The sun., 1918-03-15
SUMS FOR NAVY YARDS.
Waterfront and Power Plant On
New York List.

WASHINGTON. March l4.--Among ap-
preparations for navy yard improve
ments in the naval appropriation bill
are the following:
At New York. waterfront improve
ments, s650.000: central power plant.
100000.
At Philadelphia, to complete dry docks,
S2.0O0.0 900: power plant. 100000 other
improvements. 100000.
AT Mare Island maintenance of dilies
and dredging. 100000; power plant.
500 900 and structural shop. 100000
At San Diego. marine station and de-
velopment OF Marine Corps base, ST.
500, 900.
At Puget Sound. 100000.
The sun., 1918-03-15
WILSON SUMMONS NATIONS
BOYS OVER is TO THE FARM
Calls on All Not Permanently Employed to Enlist for
Food as Patriotic Duty to Help
70. Win the War.

WASHINGTON, March 1l.--President
wilson to-day called on all American
Doys of l6 years Of age and over not per-
manently employed to enroll in the
United states Boys Working Reserve.
Tho letter follows:
The Department Of Labor has set
aside the week beginning March IS as
National Enrolment Week for tho
United States Boys Working Reserve.
The purpose Of this national enroll
ment week Is to call the attention of
the young men OF the nation to tho
Importance Of increasing the food sup
ply by working on the farms and TO
urge them to enroll In the reserve.
The sun., 1918-03-15

I sincerely hope that the young men
OF the country Of 16 years Of age
and over not now permanently em-
ployed. and especially the boys In our
high schools. will enter heartily into
this work and Join the Boys Working
Reserve In order that they may have
the privilege, for such I believe II to
be, Of spending their spare time in n
productive enterprise which will GER
tainly aid the nation to win the war
by increasing tho means Of providing
for the forces at the front and for the
maintenance of those whose services
are so much needed at home.
WOODROW WILSON.
The sun., 1918-03-15

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March l4.---How-
ard Holiday Of Denver. Col. flying
cadet at Kelly Field. was killed wednes-
day afternoon at 4 80 o'clock when his
airplane fell 1000 feet He was return
ing from a cross-country flight. His
mother Is Mrs. Howard A. Holiday Of
Denver.
The sun., 1918-03-15
CHILDREN MURDERED.
German Raiders Also shot Down
Women In Paria.

WAsHISGroN. March li,-According
TO official advces received at the State
Department today from the American
Embassy in Paris. one of the German
airplanes which raided the French cap-
tai this week swouped down close to
the ground.
Then II emp,ied a machine gun into
groups of non-combatants, including
women and children.
The sun., 1918-03-15

CoPENItAGEN. March 1.-THE Norwe-
gian Foreign ONCE reports the sinking
Of the Norwegian steamship Skrymer Of
l,475 tons gross. One Of the Grew was
killed by the explosion. The steamship
Estreila Of 757 tons gross also has
been sunk. Her crew was saved.
The sun., 1918-03-15
MISS CLEVELAND MARRIED.
Former Presidents Daughter Weds
En9liRh OMlcer.

LONDON. March 15.-Esther Cleve-
land. daughter of the late Grover Cleve-
land. President of the United States.
was married Thursday in Westminster
Abbey to Capt, w. $. 3D. BosanIuet.
ID. s. o.. Of the Coldstream Guards and
son of Sir Albert Bosanquet, according
to the Daily Graphic.
The sun., 1918-03-15
Five known Enemy Dead.

Tn. men went in $50 yards on oO
yard front, None of the Americans was
killed and none is missing. 1t is certain
that five Germans were killed in the
fighting
Artillery fire Of a lively character IL
continuing IN the sector east of Lune-
VILE. SO far as Is known the Germans
have not rcoccupied their fist and
second lines there.
Both the Luneville serto and that Of
Toul have been much occupied with
snipsrs to-day, as we'll as last night
In the former sector one sniper was
detected in a tree after period In
which he had done fairly effective work
One of the American sharpshooters
craWled cautiously to vantage point in
No Mans Land and opened up on him.
The second shot hit the German. whose
body dropped to the enemy vine. where
II hung for the rest OF the day.
Northwes, OF Toul rifle fire and
gr-nadeI dislOdged a German from a
snpers post in shell hole and also
silenced the enemy in a machine gun
empla cement on ,he front lines who had
been annoying our men with bursts Of
fire, The American machine guns. by
n cross fire, again drove out the Ger.
mans from a number OF listening posts
The sun., 1918-03-15

Miss Cleveland was born in the White
House at Washington In October 1898,
during the second administration of her
father. Her mother, Mrs Thomas ].
Preston of Princeton, y. j., formally
announced the engagement Of her
daughter to Capt. Bosanquet last De-
cember.
Miss Cleveland went abroad In June
OF last year to engage in war relief
work. and was assigned as a nurse to
St Dunstan's Home for Blinded Sol
diers, London. She first met Capt Bos-
anquet three years ago In Switzerland.
and Miss Cleveland made her debut In
society in New York about four years
ago.
william sydney Bence Bosanquet was
born In 1893. His father has been
Common serjeant Of London since 1900
The sun., 1918-03-15
ITALY'S NEW LOAN A SUCCESS.
subscriptions May Reach Billion
and a Quarter Dollars.

ROME, March lathe NTH national
war loan closed yesterday. The sub
scriptions in Italy reached $1,000. .000.-
900, with results in some cities not yet
reported. Subscriptions from Italians
abroad also are not included. When
these reports are received It Ii ex-
pected that the total will be $l.250.-
900. 900.
The sun., 1918-03-15
Delayed In Hollands Interest.

The delay in not putting the pro-
grsmme into effect before has not been
due to Interpretation of international
law. but desire to meet the wishes OF
Holland. which admittedly has been In
most precarious position. That the
peril to Holland will not be removed by
the seizure o. her ships by the A,,'es IS
conceded. but the necessities of having
The sun., 1918-03-15

LoNpoN, March 14.--According to Of
ficial italian statistics, as forwarded in
All Exchange Telegraph despatch from
Rome. Italy's war expenses to January
81 amounted to ss,G12.2O0. 900. Nearly
81, 200. .000.0 was expended for the
army and the rest for the navy.
The sun., 1918-03-15
Trouble Bellttled.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. ". VA.
The Greenbrier. European plan. Wonderful
curative waters. N. once. The Plasa--ASv.
The sun., 1918-03-15
Palais Royal Party
for the Fund To-day

TIP on Broadway, at Forty
eighth street, the Palais
Royal is giving a tea dance for
THE SUN Tobacco Fund from
3 to 6 o'clock this afternoon. A
superlative programme has been
arranged. The admission charge
(including teal is only 81, and
half the receipts come to the
fund. While the night entertain
ment is on there will be sales of
attractive souvenirs and many
donated articles--all to the ad-
vantage of the fellows Over
There. Read about these things
on page B..
"For five weeks my men and |
lived on nothing but sardines and
muddy water" writes a soldier in
France to Brother Dennis of the
teaching staff of Manhattan Col
lege. ''If it were not for ciga-
rettes. reading matter and the
writing of letters we would have
gone insane"
WARMING! THE SUN To-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
ton or publication. 1t employs
no agents or solicitors.
The sun., 1918-03-15
TRAIN BURIED BY LANDSLIDE
PennsyIvRnin Express Wreck Near
Harrisburg KILLS several.

HARRIssrrG, Pa. ,Friday). March II.
A PENNSYLVANIA Railroad express train
for Cincinnati indianapolis and Chi
cago, westbound from New York. was
wrecked east of Elizabethtown. near
here. early to-day. 1t is reported to have
been buried under landslide.
A rclief train with nurses and physi-
clans will start from Harrisburg for the
scene as soon as it can he made up.
Many persons were injured and probably
several killed.
The sun., 1918-03-15

The train wrecked by a landslide was
No. ~, the Cleveland, Cincinnati and
Chicago Express. which left the Pennsyl-
yauia station at s 80 o'clock last night
and was due at Harrisburg at 30 A. NJ.
to-day
The sun., 1918-03-15
FAMED SIXTY.NINTH
WINS HONOR ABROAD
French General Praises II and
Rainbow Division.

, Special Despatch 10 TRs SrN
WAsHlNGroN. March lt.--Not only Il
New York's gallant Sixty-ninth fghtins