The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-01
Some Impressions Of
the South

When you leave your happy home IN
the cold, frigid north and start FOR q
point south Of the ~ aud y. line with
iltc fond lca planted in rour bosom
that at last. after - years Of vcaru
mg you have reached that time when
vou arc to spend the winter months
where neither water nor ears doth
freeze nor snow fall down uP to your
.ncrs when that time comes, forget
it,
It is Il myth, nay, more than that:
II il blamed blankoty blank prevari
cation. There is no a,intilla of truth
in the idea; neither Is there IN the
claim taat the southland is sunny and
warm. ..-.-
Down here where an oil stove, a gas
heater aud n CRATE fire, with careful at,
tcuiion aud inccs5ant stocking for hours
on end, OF two different occasions,
have persuaded disguised tbcrmomc.
ter, imported from thc north, TO crawl
mp ~ high 81, g, you find the nativye
rracticinS the fallacy they try to in
culcate in the minds of northcrncrs.
This morning, vending my lcisurcly
way towards q tempting breakfast
with Dyes properly cast down rs be.
comes one Who has lecn chastencd,
there cimc within my limited range Of
vision pair Of bare feet aud te-s.
/ They were reasonably white. NJ
/ glance Travelled upwards to II par at
/ knee length cotton tro1aerS. Still up
\ ward allowed my eyes to rove aud
! discovered macl,inaw and at q slight
/ ly higher altitude It fur cap with the
4 carl2ps turned down TO meet the collar
Of the mackiuaw.
1t would be easy to ulfer from ihl.
that the farther down you 20 lhe
warmer it is. but listen to the next
item
Not Gfty feet behind the barefoot
boy canc Il colorcd "gcmmcn whc
wore Artics ivery old TO loo sureJ. wei
/ ventilated trousers, cotton shirt, N
overall .limrcr aud straw hat. III
was ubistlug
The word lri.1rely has cuep mite
.
So lcjsurclv here TINT some OF Us ar,
irving To iiul out what one day IN tht
wear il is that tho launarics make
! speciality Of lone day work. NJ
first batch Of laundry has been at on
uf these ''quicl, ORDER laundr1es njn
days and am told that I will rcceiv
1t Gin due time, The only safe wa
Us to send one latch Of laundry to on
place; buy q complete new outfit; sea-
n eecond batch to another; buy anotl
or complete outfit aud repeat one
more. l;y this arrangement, now ncai
H. completed, hope to be able TO a.,
ceivc once every two or three weeks
batch Of lauudrr from some one of th
places. Even the Saturday Post
two days hate here.
We have "a swell place for our heae
quarters. There are three floors, Gle,
'riralIv lighted and heated 10y the POI
rIar southern fallaev. aided 10y tw
husky coal stove, which keep one nj.
-rr working at his full speed a,i
from two to three dcludcd uorthrt
white iuen working over time 10 s-ot
and feed. THE electric elevator moN,
With the .prcd popular in this diNri,
bu' II do move.
oar DIVING field is about tile size
Horton Walker. "plaza ~ tbr &C.,
ui Main street. II has. however. oi
great ADVANTAGE. u concrete door. O.,
thl. floor WAS once a guanu storrhoU>
but the fire that destroyed the hull
ing took along the odor as vcll %
the owner Ia waited, 10, these mn,
years. go make some use OF that hos
- oar barrarh.r.' unliho those
( Aver aud Wc-tGcld, were not huilt
rush, OF cut to fit aud then spin
together TAes Aayc THE saving era
u of being we'll ventilated. am to
c. tdat mctimc when tho south was a
re dcrgoiug reconstruction the place
ct our present abode wa hotel. Al y
re rate there are numbers Oil some OF I
81 door mine is Is. toy floor. frort
ir The right hand side going souihcu
In" room was evidently intended I
uumer Use. | took sunday edit
= Of the atlanta journal and tried
| make it stitch In u crack in The dl
l..idla4 ia the next room in the r.
hot - lagos we're insufficient to fill
gay 50 | spent Hickcl Tor another
- ger ard plugged that air space.
IL We lay" u combination to tae j.
II If orr room tliai no on" bnt our9el'
II has brcn able 10 fat1om. with the
suit that when Yc have callers Que
II The other Ut H. i forced to clost.
II dro, 20 conserve what heat We II
have.
Whcuc1cr tho sun sainca, regard
II ut the ,oaditicp Of the mercury.
II iwv;v" outer door, Of the building
II thrown wide Open. This i with