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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
LENT INSPIRATION TO ARTIST
How Clint In Eye OF Model Led Paint
err to Alter the Spirit of His
MASTERPIECES.

THE Spirit of Seventy-six" fa-
nous drum and fife trio-camc from
the brush and genius of Archibald NJ.
Willard.
The artist emerged from overalls and
Wellington. o., wagon shop. A pic
ture called "Pluck No. l." displayed
In Cleveland art Dealers window, at
tracted the attention of the discrimi-
mating and paved the why to kind OF
partnership with James III. Ryder,
through whose suggestion the Seven
ty-six" picture was begun. .
In its early stages this painting
was called yankee Doodle and 1t
was first planned along serio-comtc
lines. ''But one day." declares Mr..
Willard, 81 caught CLINT in the eye
of the old man who posed for the cen.
ter figure, and In flash 1t revealed 1t.
self to me what all this stood for, and
l could 20 no further, The real pic
ture pushed everything else aside and
went ahead and painted ITSELF
The old man whose flashing eyes
inspired this change of conception was
the artists father, Rev. Daniel Willard
a man OF revolutionary stock.
Thus curiously 1t was only by thu
merest switch of an inherited senti
ment that this symbol was prevented
from becoming a fanciful burlesque t.
live only for the brief day of Its ere
ation.- Everybody Magazine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
HOW ABOUT WAISTCOATS?
Doubt That the Tailors Are Wise in
Proposing Its Discard.

1t is only when the tailor gets into
convention and passes resolutions for
the supposed regulation of the manner
of mems garb that he becomes funny,
if not pernicious. One of his exhibitions
of that sort of tendency was his recent
proposal, under the name of the National
Association of Retail Clothers, to abolish
the waisteoat-for the purpose of saving
cloth, he says.
The waistcoat has its foes, abundantly
in evidence. Should we mention first
those who exploit it in rainbow colors,
such as Joseph never suffered-under the
guise of its friends? 1t has those who
abjure it, alike in winter and summer,
as useless garment. And just now it
has those who maintain that we can't
afford the cloth, and that it were better
to keep the coat and trousers at the ex-
pense of the waistcoat than to lose all
three. All of these are foes of the waist
coat, because they do not appreciate its
proper use.
| The use or non-use of the waistcoat
necessarily involves one other clothing
| accessory, not invariably mentioned
There are those who mistakenly assume
that a man may discard the waistcoat
and retain the suspender, but it does
not appear that they are justified in
their opinion. The orthodox upholder OF
the neither garments. when the waist
coat is removed, is belt. Now belt
is well for limited use, but there il
pretty good medical testimony that il
is not well for constant use. That is to
say, while a man might wear belt fol
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
DADDY OF ALL FISH STORIES
Here 10 One That VIII Make Any
Disciple Of lzaak Walton Look
to His Laurcis.


A reader has asked US to retell the
story Of the sIxty-fyc pound catfish,
which appeared Original In the column
some SIX or. seven years ago. We have
always considered II the best Gsh story
we kntw. We trust the community
viii permit US to repeat It.
As we used to tell It. the story ran
something like this: We were fishing
for bass under the old mill dam In this
river. south of Grigsby City. Some
thing took the bait and lunged away
with It despite nt1r efforts to bold It.
We surmised. correctly. that # was
good-sized catfish or drum. and began
working It backward and forward
across the stream In the deep water
under the dam. Eventually we headed
the levfathan down stream and finally
stranded II in the shallow ripple be-
low. It. could get neither forward nor
back, and With the help Of half a dozen
other fishermen, who were watching
the contest, we landed II. Il proved
TO be monster cat OF the yellow or
mississippi variety, and weighed sixty
FIVE pounds on the scales uptown
New York Tribune
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
opprobrious Eplthets.

A correspondent informs us that q
woman defendant in Brittany police
court has been fined 80 francs for CALI
ing another woman "an old tank" The
ofTense presumably lay in the unusual.
as In the case of the fishwife whom
O'Connell silenced by calling ''paral-
lelopiped." Psychology has never yet
solved the problem why compare
lively innocuous phrase may cause
more offense than the vilest abuse.
For instance. ''mort aux vaches" does
not strike the Englishman as SO very
terrible, yet, to tell French gendarme
of your desire for an increase In the
mortality rate among cows is q surer
why of asking for trouble than to Sian.
der the Pope in Home Rule stro~g.
hold.-I.ondon Globe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
MARLBORO.

Mrs. Lucy Higley is with Mrs. ST.
mon Adams few days.
II. C. Warnock spent the weekend
as useual with his family at the Pop
lars.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Haddock of Bel
chertown, Mass, were guests of Mrs.
G. L. Worden part of last week.
Dir. McGrath and family of New
York are spending two-weeks vaca-
ton at the home of E. P. Adams.
Mrs. l.. B. Patton, who went to Hart
ford early last week, returned to hel
summer home here Tuesday of this
week
H. L. Learnard was in Springfield
over the weekend and Mrs. Learnard
who had been there with friends two
weeks, returned with him.
Rev. H. H. Shaw is attending tn,
convocation of ministers in Middlebury
this week, Mrs. Shaw is with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Prouty, in Brattleboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Worden an'
their daughters, who spent two week
with Mrs. G. L. Stanley, returned t
their home in New York Saturday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
KISSED BY HIS NURSE.
Yankee Officer Appreciates Salute That
Came with His War Cross.

An indianapolis officer. writing from a
hospital in France, tells how French
officer pinned war cross on his pa
jamas, and how, without any warning
one of the nurses hurried to his bed
side and planted "a nice rosy kiss on
the ugly mug of yours truly" There is
no reason to believe that this is love
affair. Doubtless it was a proxy kiss
it represented the feminine members of
his family.
Fiction nurses have been of one kind
In the illustrations they were strangely
beautiful. Always their hands were cool
and their uniforms fresh. Some young
millionaire had been picked up and car
ried to the hospital where the nurse
, fought for his life grim death stalking
| just behind the door. His identity was
not known, but he was man, wide of
shoulder and small of girth. He had a
| fat back and his close cropped hair was
| inclined to be curly. By and by he be-
came rational. The first thing he real
lied was the cooling touch of the nurse
hand on his feverish brow. But why
continue? He always married her, and
they lived happily ever after.
Much has been heard about the splen-
did service of American nurses in France.
They have worked in dangerous territory
and under conditions that would appall
the average man. They have had the
courage to do what they went over there
to do and they have made grateful
country their perpetual debtor. There
was so much discipline and SO much need
for haste about their work that romance
has not had much chance. Military Ell
quette does not provide that kiss shall
be given with each hot water bottle. Yet
there is nothing so soothing sometimes
and nothing better calculated to take a
patients mind away from his aches and
pains. Perhaps the future will bring
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10

Amarillo, Tex, has more female thar
male voters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10

that rust from Sir Edward Goschen at
Berlin and pledged himself that the inter-
ests of Great Britain should receive from
him that attention which he would give
to the interests of the United States. Sir
Edward Goschen and Great Britain were
satisfied to place their affairs in the
hands of Ambassador Gerard. And the
shade of George Washington must have
smiled.
The transfer of papers is shown with
due ceremony and dignity in My Four
Years in Germany, the film play founded
upon the book of his experiences by Am
bassador Gerard.
The events leading to this transfer of
responsibility are clearly shown in the
picture. On the night of July 20, lola
Sir Edward Goschen called on Won Beth
mann Hollweg and the famous interview
took place regarding England and her
neutrality. The most striking part is
the proposal by Hollweg that England
would stand by while the Wrench colo
MES were taken and France beaten, sc
| long as French territory was not taken.
THAT would be disgrace from which
| England would never recover" sale
| Goschen.
Again Hollweg tried his art, endeavor
ing to make Sir Edward agree that Eng
land will not interfere if the neutralit,
of Belgium is violated. Goschen refuses
and both men know that the break i
near. On August 4, the day that tn
kaiser made his famous address to tn
reichstag, Sir Edward Goschen tell
Gerard that he will ask for his passports
He receives that from Won Jagow am
turns his embassy over to Gerard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
CAPACITY CROWDS
SEE GERARD FILM
Tremendous Success Scored at Audi.
torium by Picture Play Founded
on Ambassador Book

With capacity audiences the Audito-
rum opened for the fall season yester
day afternoon and last evening with the
marvellous war picture, My Four Years
in Germany, founded on the book written
by Ambassador James w. Gerard on his
return to this country from Berlin. The
facts and incidents which led up to the
great world war and into which the Unit
ed States was finally drawn were con-
vincng beyond shadow of doubt as
the pictures were thrown upon the screen.
Wettenberg prison, which was visited by
Ambassador Gerard, German army head
quarters at Charleyille, the progress OF
mobilization of the various armies to-
gether with many other phases of the
situation were brought before the audi
ence.
| Loud applause rang through the house
at frequent intervals as the pictures were
thrown upon the screen and the enthu
siasm with which the film was received
was Indicative of the feeling permeating
the American people and of the thoughts
in the American minds, thoughts of
I. win the war;
/ Many persons from nearby towns
I came here to sec the film and many more
will take advantage of the opportunity
this afternoon and evening and tomorrow
afternoon and evening. which will be the
last time the picture will be shown here.
The theory has been advanced by many
that the Kaiser and his counsellors are
/ crazy. There is much 10 strengthen this
belief, independent of what is generally
known about some of them.
4 Ambassador Gerard, in his book and
now in the motion picture adaptation OF
that story, gives us an insight into Tho
peeuliaritics of several members of the
high council and he has not spared Ad
miral Won Tirpitz. who planned and car
Tied into effect the submarine outrages
which, more than any other one thing
dragged the United States into the awfu
maelstrom of the worlds war.
Exclamation of the remains of the lat,
George III of England will doubtless
show that the irascible monarch has prob
ably turned in his grave. A little Sher
lock Holmes work would probably deter
mine the date of the disturbance And i
is more than likely that the date woul'
coincide with that upon which the ambas
L sador of Great Britain. duly accredite,
to the court of the Hohenzollerns, handle,
| his papers and public affairs over to Am
bassador James w. Gerard, Representing
the American republic, which was forces
into existence by George III.
~ Times change and men change wit
| them. Some sentiment of this sort mus
! have filled the heart of Ambassado
J Gerard when in August, 1914, he receive
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
TO REDUCE COST
OF GASOLINE
Garfield Likely to Fix Price
of Petrol Before
Long
AWAITS COMPLETION
OF INVESTIGATION
Senate, Curious over Reason for Auto
Ban, Asks for Data Concerning Sup
plies of Gasoline in This Country
Fuel Head Refuses to Discuss Matter

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-Fuel Adj
ministrator Garfield announced yester-
day that he expects soon to fix a price
for gasoline for domestic consumers
as well as the government and the
allies at lower figure than the pres
ent market price. He is awaiting
further reports on the situation be-
fore taking definite action. No init
nation was made as to what the fixed
price will be.
DIR. Garfield s announcement dis
closed that for some time consideration
had been given the problem of bring
ing the price of gasoline to lower
| level. Several reports already have
been made to Mark /. Requa, director
of the oil division of the fuel admins
tration. and it was intimated that upon
completion of the investigation now be
| ing conducted immediate action would
| be taken.
| The disclosure of DR.. Garfield s pur
4 pose came during an informal talk witt
newspaper correspondents in which th'
stocks of gasoline in the country and
the stated shortage east of the Missis
sippi river, which caused the adminstra
tion to request that no passenger au
tomoblies be operated on Sundays il
that section, were discussed.
DR.. Garfield would not discuss re
ports that this request was based OF
information furnished this administra
tion by the oil industry for the allege,
purpose of maintaining the presen
price of gasoline in the face of re
ported large supply in the country.
The senate yesterday displayed ii
interest in the autoless Sunday reques
by adopting a resolution offered b
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,, ash
ing the administration for informatio
as to the country's production, cor
sumption and expectation, with sepal
ate figures on the amount used by pa
senger cars.
Senator Lodge explained later this
the resolution was offered to get at til
reason for the "gasless Sunday ord'
of the fuel administration. But back {
il there is a desire to ascertain whetl
or reports are founded that there
ample gasoline reserve supply in IL
d country and that there is purpo'
later to put it upon the market at Il
4 highest price that can be fixed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
DIRECTION FOR
SALT VEGETABLES
Simple Process for Which Only Equip
ment Needed is water-Tight Kegs
Some Receipts.

MONTPELIER, Sept. 10.-Where
there is big family to be fed through
the winter and a rush of summer work,
the surplus of vegetables might well be
sailed down. The process is exceeding.
" simple and the only equipment need
cd is good watcrtght kegs. While
sailed vegetables may not equal fresh
in quality, they help materially to build
up he food reserve and, when they are
well cooked and seasoned, the flavor
thopgb different from that of fresh
Ncociablcp. is cooa. Vegetables put up
ps dir. ctcd viii keep their erispness and
llor
Directions.
Gather vegetables when in the best
condition and pack while they are crisp
and tender. Cover top with grape
leaves, chard or horse radish.
Weight with clean stone resting on
nm inverted plate. Do not allow molds
20 form, and keep vegetables covered
with brine.
When all bubbling has ceased about {
week after packing, cover the surface
Of the brine with cottousccd oil or melt
cd paraflin Store in cool place anC
examine once or twice n week for ;
month.
For the brine allow one and two
thirds cups of salt to one gallon wa
ter. This is n 10 per cent salt solution
For salt-ond.vincgar solution ALLOW
thrcc.fourths cup vinegar to one gallo
of above solution.
Peppers.
Select medium large, plump, gree
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
search,ioht from Batteries.

From the pocket flashlamp operated
by two or three dry cells of minute
size the battery searchlight has been
steadily improved until today remark
able results are obtained. A battery
searchlight has been introduced with
q range Of 1000 feet up to half d mile,
operated on six volts. Equipped with
a 7l1-inch adjustable focus, single-sheii
reflector, on a recent photometer test
one of these searchlights gave $4,000
candlepower. The combination OF a
n!trogen-filled tungsten lamp and a
correctly designed reflector has worked
wonders for the battery operated
searchlisht.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10

part of the year and not suffer, he
better not wear it all the year.
One prominent purpose of clothing is
to keep the body warm. The waistcoat
viii help to that end, during the part
of the year when warmth is required,
and for the rest of the time it may be
discarded. But as to these things the
able minded man will consult his own
Judgment, not his tailor.-Hartford
Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10

forth the story from France that some
of the nurses have been decorated for
distinguished services because they knew
when it was proper to kiss a patient and
when it was needful to give him dose
of ne.-Indianapolis News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Troop No. 3 of the Boy Scouts will
meet tomorrow night in the parish house
Everyone is requested to be present.
Superintendent and teachers of Wind
ham county met in Bellows Falls Satur
day for an all-day conference with DR.
T. f. Hayes of Burlington on physica
training in the public schools. Thirt,
teachers from Brattleboro attended.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-10

peppers. Remove stem and enough of
the tops to remove seeds. Follow di-
rections above, using the salt-and-vine-
gar solution. When taken from the
brine, peppers should be firm, crisp, of
good color, and spicy to astringent in
taste.
Green Tomatoes.
Sailed green tomatoes may be made
into tomato stew, stuffed tomatoes,
Dreaded tomatoes, salad and pic or con
verted into mincemeat and chutney.
Choose well-developed green tomatoes
and pack in salt solution. Green toma-
toes packed in salt-andvinegar solu-
tion arc good for salads and relishes.
When taken from the brine the green
tomatoes will be slightly discolored but
firm and of good quality. Soak in cold
water for two hours before using.
Ripe Tomatoes.
Select medium sizes ripe tomatoes
| free from cracks or bruises and pack
in brine solution. Follow directions
and your tomatoes will be firm and OF
| good color when removed from either
| the brine or the salt -and-vinegar solu
tion.
Ripe tomatoes preserved in the sal
solution generally require soaking fol
two hours before being used. Aftel
this soaking the skin slips off easily
and the tomatoes can be used as though
fresh. For soups or scalloped or cas-
serole dishes, soaking for one hour i
usually sufficient, for the excess sal
seasons the other ingredients
Ripe tomatoes preserved in the salt
and-vinegar solution require soaking TO
only about 80 minutes. When used il
combination with fresh vegetables the.
need not be soaked at all. The skin
slip off easily, and the flesh is firm. Tn
color and the flavor of the tomatoes ar
practically no different from those o
fresh tomatoes.
Amarillo, Tex, has more female tina
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22
COMMERCIAL CLUB
GOING TO ASCERTAIN
DESIRES OF FUTURE

The Commercial club is taking the
precaution of making survey, with
look at the future of the commit
nifty and to that end is sending out
a. questionnaire to the high school
students of Bemidji, as follows:
The Bemidji Comm ercial club has
been established as a strong CEN
trail organization to advance the COM
munity interests Of Bemidji. Event
ually, you will have large share in
the responsibilities of business and
citizenship in this city. By answer
ing the questions below, you can CO.
operate now in bringing to the at
tention Of our organization what the
city can do that would, in your judg-
ment, help you in the development
of character and in preparation for
your life work.
What business profession or trade
do you hope to pursue as life
Work..
Do you expect to remain In Be-
midi after leaving high school? If
not, why nOt?.
What, in your opinion, is the thing
Of most importance that the Com
mercial club should undertake,
FIRST to assist you in preparing for
your life work.. ...........
What do you think the CONNER
cial club should undertake first for
the improvement Of .Bemidji?. ....
The student is requested to fill out
the blank in answer to the questions,
giving what grade he is in.
MAKE w.s.s. PLEDGES
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22
CANDIDATES BEGIN TO
. T.. FILE NOMINATIONS

County politics are beginning to
warm up and the entries for the race
for the various offices are commenor
ing to file.
Up to noon today, there was only
one entry filed for the office of reg
lister of deeds, George Rhea OF the
Northern National bank making out
the necessary papers as candidate.
J. L. George, county auditor, has
filed for reelection and it looks as
if Mr.. George would have no oppo-
sition as successor to himself.
Andrew Johnson, sheriff of Bel
trami county, has also filed as his
own successor and it is believed he
will be alone in the race, also.
Earl Gile, county treasurer, is an
other who has filled out the proper
blanks to become q candidate. to sue
ceed himself, and Fred W. Rhoda,
clerk of the court, will also be in the
race for his position, having filed
his nomination. =.
There are several more with as
pirations who will file and the cam
paign promises to be interesting.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22
LAW GOVERNS RIGHT
OF WAY FOR TRAFFIC

It has been customary in Bemidji
to give the right Of way to automo-
biles that run up and down the av-
enues. OF late there have been a
number Of collisions, fortunately re-
sulting in no personal injuries. Cars
have, however. been badly damaged.
The majority Of these accidents have
occurred through misunderstand-
ing of the driving rules.
Whatever the rule may be in Be-
midi, the law gives the car hold
ing to the right of the street or av-
enue the right of way. If car
comes from a cross street and turns
sharply to the right down any av-
enue and another car drives down
the avenue on straight line, meet
ing the car turning from the cross
street, the straight driving car must
turn to the left or stop to permit
the car from the cross street to make
the turn. This, according to we'll
known attorneys, is the law and a
decision will be rendered accord
ingly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22

On short. notice, Major John Dixon
Yosss~ head of the recruiting in Min
nesora, viii arrive in Bemidji tomor-
row afternoon at 1915 o'clock, ac-
companied by Corporal Welcome, one
of the so Americans detailed from
the battle lines by General Pershing
to speak in America during the big
Liberty Loan campaign and Red
Cross drive.
The returned soldiers were sent
specially to bring the message di-
rectly to the people of the United
States, being divided into teams and
assigned to various states. Corporal
Welcome is one of the team delegated
to Minnesota and has been speaking
in the larger cities. He is chaper-
oned by Major Yost and has spoken
in Duluth, now making, the larger
cities in the northern part Of the
state.
Every one of the returned Sam
mics is a service man and q veteran
of the trenches. Every one has been
wounded and decorated for valor.
Corporal Welcome was in the trench
es six months when he "got his and
will speak as fighter in the line
facing the enemy at close quarters.
A. A. harrington Of Duluth, of the
American sPublicity bureau, will al
so be WITH Major Yost and Corporal
Welcome. Z
A big mass meeting at which Cor
poral Welcome will speak will be
held, the place to be selected later.
Watch the Pioneer for time and
place.