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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-10
The Friendly Snow.

There 4 fricndhness in the snow even
though II costs ~ cents an hour, more or
icss, to it shoycled When the morning
finds The paths blocked and the smoke, ris-
ing iron wood fires. goes straight upward
through falling flakes, when the barn is
warmer Tor the blankets Of white aud the
old homrstoads seem settled more deeply
into the friendly ground, nature has hid
den an her slowed activities. The silence
invites one to look upon the wrcathed
trees and the transformation Of the fields
After the storm. when the united effort
af ncighbolly people is clearing roads g
town, one may wander into the woodlands
and see recorded the myriad events OF tho
little livcy 81 the little peoples. \ trail
at TINY hands" aud feet shows where the
bold woodmousc dared for a moment tho
waiting owl, as hc ran from fenccrail Il
swamp -iass Beside tho apple tree q
icw bt, oi bark show that Inspector
Woodp,ckcr ha- been around ior an early
breakfast of egss. The sumac berries
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-10
Full Speed Ahead.
Manchester Union. J

There is one big American industry
that isn't facing contract cancellations,
plant reorganization, and labor rc-adjust-
ment. Food production must be main
tanned at high levels in this country for
years 10 come, and the farmer has got his
hands full to keep up with the demands
that will be made upon him. Vigorous
food conversation campaigns viii do some
thing towards making what we can raise
go around" enforced food regulations
will add a bit to reserves, and overseas or
ganiaation will help, hut the kew 10 the
whole situation Is big production, and
while government and employers are lay
ing awake nights, evolving schemes for
the rcadjustment of the manufacturing in
dustries, the word TO the food production
industry is Full speed ahead
The next few years are full of promise
for the American farmer. Indeed, It is
difficult TO see anything like a violent
dislocation of the food producing industry
ahead In the course of time, the great
Argentinian, Australian and Russian re-
sources will be poured into the world :
larder again, but this is primarily mat
| ter of tonnage, at least in regard 10 tho
antipodes, and the tonnage problem is
not 10 be solved in day Eventually
too, the stomach of Europe and no small
part OF Asia Will be filed, and its pantry
will be replenished, but that, too. is Z
] long job. And the ending OF it viii not be
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-10
The Frost-Touched Tree.

o, fiery vision! O, frest.touched treei
You speak of the storied past to me,
And fraught with meaning that few
have guessed
You bring me calm in the worlds I'M
rest,
gaze upon you, and as | gaze
You seem to the eye to be all ablazc !;
\ flaming pillar, living fire.,
To awe, to mystify, to inspire!
Q, fiery wonder! O, frost touched tree
You speak of the ancient past to me.
OF prophet dark and people grim
That turned their faces away from
Him.
Like the burning bush that the Semitic
saw f-
When he stood, ulshod. on the Hill OF
FAnd out Of the heart of the Tree OF
80 Flame - -
The Voice of promise and warning
came.
And the prophet trembled las mortal:
must
Who know God holy and man but
| DUST
And felt that the ground wherein he trot
| Was holy, and that he heard his God
ARTHUR G0ODENOUGH,
West Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-10

sudden cutoff, but process Meanwhile
there is big hole to Gil, and big pile of
reserve stocks to be reared on top OF it,
and the job is up to the American farmer,
be he big or little in respect of his opera
tons
And there will be substantial returns
for his effort. 1t isn't comfortable for the
city dwcller to contemplate the continued
high cost of necessities, but here the law
of supply and demand will operate in spite
of us. Even our artificial devices to multi
fy it are tacit recognitiOus OF its universal
lily and It's inexorahlencss The world
pretty much the whole of il, needs food
more food than there is in stock or in
sght-and it must and will pay for IT,
BY the way, there is point here that
ought not to be overlooked. Somehow,
the notion, has got into certain heads that
dispensars. Nothing could be farther
| from. the ifuth With all our idealisIn, We
are giving away no food What is given
at the fuiaher end of the process, is paid
for by somebody, somewhere in the proc
ess. Germany is to have something to
eat, when she needs it, or after the allied
/ countries and the neutrals have been sup.
| piled, but Germany will pay, and she
won't pay in her war time paper
Il But the point is that there viii be a
market for everything the farmer can gel
to market, and this is thing to keep in
mind in our own state in the coming fort
Knight, when the farm bureau men are il
i'the field, preparing for the coming year,
work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-10

educating their children to a vegetarian di-
ct from which they will fall next spring
Very exclusive in her furs ~ the lady OF
that house, and many mink has learned
that it is muskrat creed to fear strangers
and take their own part. Dead mink
make excellent muskrat children's food
Along the banks, ii the weather is mild,
the skunk leaves tracks that are a bit yell
low, and are never mistaken by the farm
er's boys. He waddles boldly here and
there, becomes immoral when hungry and
| looks at the poultry house, vets his feet
with no fear of influenza, and makes room
upon the path for nothing that lives.
| Back ON the lonely hills there are more
serious people moving. The autograph CT
the lynx crosses lines beaten by rabbit
| feet. The wild bees, on milder days, drop
| down the bodies of their dead to lie upon
| the bier Of snow, though it is too cold for
the swarm to take u flight. There, as
everywhere, the red squirrel visits the
water now and then, his tail brushing the
story of who he is and where he went.
That gray cousin of his will do the same,
but not when the smaller relative is travel
| ing. The woodchuck, too, sometimes rous-
| es himself, if a warm spell comes, and
! finds the brook leaving his name upon
the social register OF the path. Early in
the winter there are fewer signs, but after
the storm clears, when the sunshine falls
through the tops of pines and cedars, the
glory OF the frost is upon the scene and
man responds to the cheerful beauty OF
the season Walking into the assembly
of the trees, the Peace Conference OF
woodworking nations, one feels the clear
hospitality of ancient things-the' finer
influence Of winter-the goodness Of tho
SHOWS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-10

women were busy sewing As they turn
cd to leave, one OF the visitors said: What
vicious looking creatures What are they
in for? They really look capable OF com
hitting almost any crime"
Well slowly replied the governor
you see they have no other home. Thi.
is my private sitting room, and they ar,
my wife and two daughters Pearson
Weekly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-10

Before wandering of in search Of anoth
Ter job, be sure you- are more needed there
than where you are.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-10

Pollv-Mrs. Talk;lot SAYS she bes
lieves only half she hears.
Dolly-Ies, but she hears twice as
much as anybody else.-Judge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-10
Why They Were There.

The governor Of prison was escorting
a party Of lady visitors through the build
ing They entered a room where three
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-10
BIRTHS.

In Westminster, Dec. =, 4 daughter.
Addie Bell, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lane
and granddaughter to Mr.. and Mrs. =. G..
Dawley.
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
Are Avlators BornY

"There was time when 1t was held
that man must be especially born for
aerOnautlc dulles" writes Henry
Woodhouse, vice president Of the
Aerial League Of America, in Every
body's.
Experience had brought out the
fact that the average young, man
can make an excellent aviator. Cap
tain Guynemer, Major Bishop, Cap
tain William Thaw, Captain Ball of
the Lafayette escadrllle, and practical
ly all the famous aviatOrs were not
men who impressed anybody with be-
ing different from other young men.
"Of the thousands Of allied aviators
there are probably not 500 men who
had seen more than few months Of
military service before joining the air
service. Most Of them had never seen
any military service.
I'm planning an organization for
the selection and training Of aviators,
the aircraft board and signal corps OF
the United States have had to prepare
to deal entirely with men who had
never seen military service, as other
countries have DONE"
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
AMUSING PIECE OF 4NERvE"
How Cool Impudenee Of Young British
Naval Officers Relieved Ten.
sion of Situation.

In 'Facing the Hindenburg Line"
by Burris A. Jenkins, may be found
number Of incidents In which naval
men prove their coolness and heroism.
Nobody knows all the stories of cool
ness and heroism among the naval
men, says the author. We shall not
learn them till the war is over, but
here 10 one that perhaps the censors
will allow to 60 by. 1t was told by a
medical officer who was aboard the
Franconia when she was sunk acting
as q transport,
I'VE had five or six naval officers
aboard. They were sitting in the
smoking rOom-remember the smoking
lounge In the old Franconiaf 1t was
very long, as long as this dining room
and twice as. broad. They had just
ordered whisky sodas. Suddenly there
was an explosion and the steel floor
Of the smoking room just buckled up
and burst apart In the middle of the
ship. One Of those officers called the
steward and said:
L ask you TO witness, steward, thac
we have paid for these whisky sodas
and have not had time to drink them.'
"Then the rascals went below, got
on their lifebelts, came back again,
asked the steward for big sheet of
foolscap, wrote out long, we, the
Undersigned setting forth that they
had ordered six whisky sodas, for
which they had paid nine shillings,
with slxpence tip, and had not been
allowed to drink them. Thereupon they
entered claim against the British
government for the nine shillings and
sixpence, with accrued interest from
date. Then they walked In body up
to the bridge and handed 1t to the skip
per. The old man told me afterward
he never was so grateful to anybody
as to these cool young devils for the
steadylng and bucklng up influence Of
their impudence."
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
lust A DUB, But.
He Had at Least One Good Deed
to His Credit.
And ST. Peter Recognized His Fltnesa
20 Enter Into Everlasting Joy
While Others Less Worthy
Were Sent Below,

AS standards are on this earth he
had not amounted to much.
He had lived, laughed. loved, slnned
and died In the common way of all.
He had made few friends, and few
enemies, but he had come and passed
Is one of the many. His had been
common toll and he had done 1t in
the ordinary way.
And so when his soul at last stood
before the Great White Gate there
was no stir among the saints to re-
ceive It.
"What have you to say for your
self?" said st. Peter, sternly, but not
unklndly.
Nothing" replied the soul, timidly.
"NOthlng" exclaimed st. Peter.
"Dld you never get your name in the
papers?"
"Never. 1 was never considered
very clever down there"
"Oh. Didn't make fine speeches
then?"
mo. / couldn't talk on my feet"
II see. Didn't go to church very
often either, did your"
mo. 1 was often very tired and
on Sundays l slept late In the morn
lngs and played with the kiddies the
rest of the day"
"You died in your bed, while thou
sands of your fellowmen died on the
battlefield, fighting for their coun-
try?"
"Yes. When the war came I was
beyond the age Of enlistment"
"Well, can't you think of one thing
that you did that might recommend
you for admission here?"
"I'm afraid not. All my life was
Just dub"
"Just dub, eh?"
"Yes. Never did shine at anything.
Just plodder, trying hard all the
time to get somewhere, but never
actually arriving. And yet"
"Yet what"
"If you will permit me to shy It,
during the great war down there I
didn't force committee to spend two
or three hours trying to convince me
that ought to buy Liberty bonds. l
couldn't fight; couldn't be general or
u captain; didn't know enough to fill
government job, but I did know 1t
Ngas every mans duty to back his
country to the limit, and bought all
the Liberty bonds could, without an
argument"
"Fine," said st. Peter enthuslastical-
ly, "come right on in. Did you notice
a crowd of fine-looking, housekeeping
souls going down as you came up?"
Eyes"
"Well that was a bunch Of loud
talking rich spirits who delayed the
end of the war a year because they
wouldn't buy Liberty bonds until they
we're convinced that their purchases
were absolutely necessary. They're
going to get taste of trench life un-
der Old Satan in the financial slack
er's department"
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
Tho Ex.czarIna.

l rub my eyes when ! read that the
czarina is deeply scheming, intri-
guante who had ambiguous relations
with Rasputln and aimed at the sue
cess of Germany ever the country she
had adopted by marriage as her own.
1t is only necessary to cast my men,
ory back to the time when / was just
entering womanhood and Princess
Alexandra Alix was girl some ten
years my junior Certainly l knew
the shy, reserved simple child well
enough to realize that she had not
the mental development for any form
of intrigue. Residence at Bucking-
ham palace under the keen critical
eye of an august grandmother, an
eye that nothing could possibly es-
cape, did not make for striking indl-
viduality, nor did the quiet simple
ity Of the German home, and the prin-
cess grew up beneath the double bur
den of surveillance and etiquette
sharing the quiet intellectual life Of
an adored mother. Yet she had GER
tain measure Of high spirits, loved
tennis and dancing, and having tuned
her life to play It's small part in the
great household orchestra, seemed
happy enough.-The Boolman.
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
rommIes Surprise italy.

Whole battallons Of Thomas At
kinses, now that the long-expected
snowfall has buried the Austro-Ger-
mans in deep Alpine drifts, have been
paying visits to the Milan opera house
and receiving immense ovatlons. By
way Of acknowledgment Tommy gave
the laurel-crowned "Tlpperary," and
created a sensation, as well he might,
In that sacred mecca Of italian opera.
Flowers were showered upon him In
most embarrassing fashion. The rea-
son Of this delicate attention may be
the kits, at which the people gaze In
undlsgulsed amazement. One veteran
peasant exclaimed: "Fancy, women as
well as men go to war In that country,
and yet they look as though they would
make mincemeat of the Germans" Lit
tie wonder that some Of these killed
"ladies" received not only flowers, but
equally embarrassing klsses.-Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
Safest Place.

We were calling at home In East
Cleveland, not more than hundred
yards from where the Nickel Plate
tracks cross Superior. As we rang the
bell we noticed something that gave
us shudder Of apprehension, and
when our hostess answered the door
we gave vent to our feelings at once.
"Mrs. Emdash," we said, "do you
know where your children are play
ing7"
NO." she gasped, paling little with
alarm. "Where are theyT
"Up there on the railroad tracks !"
we told her.
She looked relieved.
"Oh," she said, II was afraid they
we're playing in the street. l am so
afraid of the automobiles. Won't you
come in-I'Il call Mr.. Emdash."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
Easy solution Of Difficulty.

A pompous old gentleman upon
reaching his home one evening found
the street blockaded and heap Of
earth piled against his doorstep. OBJ
serving workman welding his shovel
In nearby ditch, he accosted pass
ing policeman and complained that the
laborer was trespasslng upon private
property.
"What do yez mean by throwing
dirt on tn gintleman's steps?" demand
ed the officer.
~rhere's no other place t. throw 1t"
replied the workman indifferently.
swell, thin, in that case, yez had
better dig another hole an throw 1t In
there"
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
ENSIGN KRYLENKO

"Who is Ensign Krylenko?" Is the
title of recent article in the Russ
koye Siovo about the present bolshe-
wiki commander in chief of the Rus
sian armies. According to the Russ
kOye SlovO, Kryienko first became
known during the Russian revolution
of 1905. At that time he assumed the
name Of Comrade Abram, which led
many to believe that he was Jew.
"Krylenko, now middle-aged
man." the article says, 'is a native of
Little Russia. Early In life he de-
voted himself to the interests of the
people, on account of which he was
many time prosecuted by the police
and gendarmerle. He Joined the party
Of Lenine and became one Of the most
enthusiastic champions Of extreme
radical socialism. He is popular main
ly among the city proletariat; the
peasantry and the intelligents' are
foreign, If not hostile, to him.
"Krylenko is brave and fearless.
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
WARNS AGAINST FAMINE

Lord Rhondda, food controller of
Great Britain, referring to the intend
ed rationing of the British people, says
for the remainder of the war he in
tends to play socialist, but directly the
war is over he will go back to indi-
vidualism.
"People with property may find
themselves without property" he said.
"The state may have to turn farmer
and butcher a few months later, and
things will be better, but there will be
a testing time, and the test will be ap-
piled to the stomach of the English
man-applled sharply"
Lord Rhondda spoke of the real
difficulty which the rationers never
seem to consider, the difficulty of get
ting things wherewith to ration 40
100000 people there and the not In
considerable millions who represent
the allies. The food wanted by man.
kind does not exist. The word short
age" Is not strong enough for the sit
uation. Lord Rhondda could make al
o~.lkxx le -, <.ok I1l1
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
TINT Poison Through Skin.

Trinitrotoluene poisoning is q new
disease in America, but one that has
attracted much attention since our fac
tories began making munitions In large
quantities. There is some dispute how
the INT poisons, but the Medical Rec
ord says the weight Of evidence is in
favor Of its absorption through the
skin, though inbaI'ag the fumes may
be responsible 70 some extent
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
lly 1r[HHl lLIIENl[lILI(fIzI1l
ONLY BROADER OF REGULARS

Edwin B. Babbitt has the unique
distinction of being the only brigadier
general In the regular army.
All the senior brigadier generals OF
the old army are now serving as major
generals in the National army, and the
officers holding the commands of briga-
dier generals In the regular army are
acting under temporary commissions.
General Babbitt will be assigned
to the command Of brigade of artil-
lery in the regular army, which Is
about the highest command that the
secretary of war can bestow upon him
until he receives the second star that
indicates the major generals rank.
The promotion of General Babbitf
shows the appreciation of his record
as senior aid to the chief of ordnance,
Il position which has placed upon him
the responsibility of administering the
division of ordnance equipment and
supply, of supervising the increase Of
the bureau from peace basis to Its
H. Nga
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
Iananesa rIner Huntera.

TadasaburO Yamamoto, one Of Ja-
pans most wealthy men, who has i'm
mense shipping interests, returned re-
Gently from a tiger hunt in the K0-
rean mountains. Mr.. Yamamoto had
with Him 200 friends and professional
sportsmen who are experts with the
rifle. They left Tokyo on November
Is and established headquarters at
Gensang, small port on the northern
coast of the Sea of Japan. The ex-
perienced sportsmen were distributed
among the amateurs In the party, so
that everybody was given an oppor-
tunity to bag what game was encoun-
tered.
Mr.. Yamamoto and his party re-
turned recently from the hunt after
several successful weeks In the
Korean mountains and has been feast
ing his friends on tiger steaks and
other dishes from the game brought
home.-New York Herald.
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
OFFICIAL CHANTIE MAN

Stanton II. King of Boston has
the only war job Of its kind.
He is official chantie man for the
American merchant marine.
His work will be to revive chantie
singing among merchant sailors who
will join the country's new cargo
ships through the United States ship
ping board recruiting service, ma
tional headquarters Of which are at
Boston.
While chantie singing has declined
on oil seas, owing to the change in
recent years from sailing vessels to
steamers-there not being much op-
portunity to ''heave and haul" on board
a steamer-its revival is considered
important for two reasons.
Mr.. King is an old salt and learned
chantie singing In its home, on deep
water vessels. He began going to sea
38 years ago, from the Barbados, In
the merchant service. For six years
he served chiefly on deep-water Yam
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
Tho Irish nLona Car"

There was a time-and 1t was only
as long ago as the last century, too
when the Irish Travelled about their
country on odd little cars. They were
called "long cars" and they were not
very different, really from the "out'
side cars" which are stiil commonly
used in Ireland. But the outside car
carries no more than two persons on
seats, while the long car carried some.
times as many as sixteen passengers
in all. The luggage was piled up In
the middle
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
Goat MIX lie Valuable.

Mix from the goat has probably
been used for food purposes ever since
the advent Of the first "Mrs. Gotee,"
and the chances are that it will until
time is no more. In Europe the milk
goat is one Of the most popular of do
nestle animals, and more and more
its popularity is growing in this cOun-
try. What thoroughbreds we have are
kept on feather mattresses, almost,
and fed the best and choicest that
the market affords. We are just be-
ginning to see what the "baa baa" can
really do and what 1t is actually
worth.
Meade County news., 1918-03-07
Color for somber Froeks.

Color is introduced into dark cos
tunes In many ways. Strings of spe-
eial beads are designed to accompany
the gown, beads which repeat the
bright shade which is used to touch
THE same sober creation in strategic
places. Callot made frock of heavy
black silk jersey, straight as a nuns
robe, and confined at the waist by a
belt Of Spanish leather stamped with
Ia small pattern in gilt.
Hints of bright Yale blue broad
leloth accentuated the blackness oddly.
Meade County news., 1918-03-07

There were pockets lined with 1t, and
narrow band of 1t was set under the
edge of the hem. A long string Of
bright blue beads went round the neck
and hung below the waist in front.
There was fur on the frock, too, a
choker collar of 1t, right up to the ears.
Meade County news., 1918-03-07

A unique collar on suit coat fea-
lures narrow shawl forming revers
in front. slipping through cuts in a
sailor collar on either shoulder, and
then on top Of it to form an over col
Lar.
Meade County news., 1918-03-07

He the typical
Dooyvsky sad 1t
him.
HE the uprising
leaders of Sweabog
Meade County news., 1918-03-07


there Alliance Having
Moody school of 1893
alongside barroom