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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23
BAD WEATHER KEEPS
MANY BABIES HOME
Majority Of Defects Are Poor Teeth,
Tonsils and Adenoids Pine Look
ing Youngsters.

Results of the second day of the baby
clinic at the headquarters of the Mu-
tual Aid association were very salts.
factory, small proportion only of the
children having to be referred to the
family physician or dentist.
While the appointment list called for
the examination of 20 children only sc
children were brought in, others being
kept at home on account of the damn
weather. Forty-three of the Sc were
found in normal condition and IL were
referred to their physician or dentist
In the two days of the clinic the ma.
lority of the~21 children found defective
have had enlarged tonsils, adenoids OF
poor teeth. Those in charge of the
examinations say the children seen thus
far have been fine looking lot of
youngsters. Seventy appointments have
been made for today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23
WEST BRATTLEBORO

George Barrett has been housed this
week on account of Illness
Miss Doris Winchester is i'll and nm.
der the care of professional nurse.
William Harris has bought a Ford
touring car of the Roberts Auto com
pany.
Mrs. Silas d. Holbrook is critically
i'll in the Brattleboro Memorial hospi.
tall
Mrs. Frank B. Richardson is housed
by illness and under the care of n
physician.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the First Congregational church will
hold social Friday evening at the
parsonage.
DR.. and Mrs. G. s. Wilkins arrived
yesterday from Chicago and went to
their summer home, which he bought
of James R. LeRay.
Mrs. T. M. Allbee returned Yesterday
from Townshend, where she had been
spending a few days.. She was ac-
companied home by her son, Mark All.
bee. ~ -...e-.s,g
Rev. A. v. Woodwork will return to-
day from Lyndonville, where The has
been attending session of, the state
conferences of Congregational churches
held there this year. ssss
Plans are under way for a rubber so
cial to be given by the Ladies Aid so
eiety of the Baptist church, next Ties
day evening. Harold E. Mofitt will BIZ
the speaker for the evening. A program
of entertainments is being arranged. .Ad
mission will be made by rubbers.
Baptist church, West Brattleboro
Rev. |. M. Compton pastor. Morning
worship at 1870 with sermon by thu
pastor. Sunday school at 11.45. Sun
day evening service at 7.30. Leader
Charles Compton. Subject, Doing Hi
Will. John 15:8-14.' Prayer mcetin,
on Thursday evening instead O.
Wednesday evening at $50 O'Clock il
the chapel. ,-a5x
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23
JACKSONVILLE.

Mrs E. P. Reed visited her sister,
Mrs Ida burlington, in Colrain Tues
day.
{ O.. r. Butterfeld of Athol, Mass, WIS.,
Tited his father, Hon. A. A. Butterfield
last week
Floyd Reed and Frank Hancock were
business visitors in Shelburne Falls
Tuesday. III $685. ne
Miss Graham of New York city i:
visiting few days with Mrs. Car
RE Canedy.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Allen of VIII
mington visited his brother, Wallace
Allen the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Leonard of Somer
set were guests Sunday of Mrs. Leon
ard s sister, Mrs. Levi Langelois.
Miss Florence Reed was here from
Wilmington to visit her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. G.. Reed, over Sunday.
Mrs. E. Roberts and son, Henry, O
Orange, Mass, are spending a few day
with Mr.. Roberts s father, II. M. Rob
erts
w. D. Canedy went to Burlington
ueSudy TO remain rev days. lie I
attending the school of instruction 70
health officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Roberts an
son visited Mrs Roberts s parents, Nj
and Mrs. Hugo Begiebing, in Adams
Mass, Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie Pike, who had been i
the hospital in Albany, N. Y, fe,
weeks, returned home Saturday. Her sor
Leon Parker, accompanied her and re
NAMED over Sunday.
] John Pratt was home on 96-hou
furiough from Camp Devens the first Q
i the week. His friends and neighbor
1gave him a surprise party Tuesday eve
ming at the home of his parents.
Allen Briggs and mother, Mrs. LII
cena Briggs, came in their 'auttoV n
visited her sister, Mrs. Elvira Easto,
last week. 1t was Mrs. Easton s birth
day anniversary on. the 10th and tn
sisters had not been together in
years on that day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23
MORE ROOM IN
FEDERAL BUILDING
Postmaster Authorized to Finish Of
Space Over Court Room to Meet =
Needs of Local Red1cross.

With view to providing additional
room for local Red Cross needs Post
master NJ. j. Moran has received au-
thorization from the postofiice depart
ment to make changes in the attic space
over the court room in the federal
building on Main street. Sealed pro
posals for doing the work will soon be
invited, the date of opening them hav.
ing been set for June II.
The plan is to finish off. the vacant
space in the attic over the court room
thereby providing room approximate
ly 80 by 40 feet which will be avail
able for Red Cross purposes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23
Competition Will Be Keen at
the Valley EAR Grounds
~ Saturday Afternoon
SOME REcoRDsNrLL .
PROBABLY-BE BROKEN
Brattleboro, Rutland. Keene, Windsor
and st. Johnsbury Are Among the
Teams Which Will Try to Lift the
Championship Cup.

SudhPlOnoulP Sup.
Brattleboro, Rutland, Keene, Windsor
and st. Johnsbury will be the contest
ants in the annual interscolastic ath.
letic meet at the Valley fair ground
Saturday afternoon. There will be
great interest in the point scoring by
teams and in the work of individuals
The handsome cup for the winning team
is on exhibition in the window of
Thompson's jewefry store. There will
be medals and ribbons for the individ
ual point scorers and special prize
for the individual who makes the great
est number of points. T, gurt 81
| Rutland always has we'll balanced
aggregation of athletes and this year is
no exception. Last year the contest
centered between Brattleboro md Rnt
land, and these two teams are likely to
have another "battle royal Saturday
Be1lrose of Rutland ought to estab
lish new records in both jumps. In the
interclass meet at Rutland he covered
% feet inches in the broad jump and
feet 9A inches in clearing the bar
At the Yale interscholastic meet he won
third in the broad jump with leap of
81 feet inches, but failed to get a
| place in the high jump. This was I'M
doubtedly due to the fact that both
events were run off at the same time
and after making a trial in the distance
jumping he was obliged to compete in
the high jump.
Rutland has a wonderful distance
runner in Sullivan, who was a close
second at New Haven Saturday in the
mile run, covered under 4.40 Davis
of Brattleboro is improving rapidly and
will surprise many people with his fine
form and ability to come fast the last
$50 yards.
Rutland has good sprinter in Han
| ley, and Bellrose can go fast in both
the 100 and 220-yard sprints and in the
hurdles.
Windsor is reported to have a youth
who can cover the 100 yards in 10 see
onds. Last year Moran of Brattlebore
set new record in this race in 10 Is
seconds, Moran will be ready to try
conclusions with the Windsor wonder
in both the 100 and the 220 sprints. Ir
the past two years Moran has rompeC
over both high and low hurdles a win
ner, and judging from his fine showing
at New Haven Saturday he ought. t.
repeat in these races.
Keene won the championship here
two years ago and is known to be espe
cially strong in the weight events. st
Johnsbury is an unknown quantity, bu
a big team is coming from that town.
Last year a good crowd helped t,
make the meet interesting and this yea
the townspeople ought to turn out il
even greater number. The boys re
ceive little enough encouragement TO
the grilling work they must do all sea
son in order to represent the school wit
credit in the meets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23
Eskimo FiddIer..-

Although the drum is the native mu-
steal instrument of the Eskimo, he has
learned to make a rude. imitation Of
the fiddle. This Eskimo eddie may be
described as the combination of box
with hole in the top, three strings,
bridc" tailpiece and short bow
with a strip of whalebone for hair.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American league.

American League Games Today.
Cleveland Mt Boston.
Chicago at New York. ..
Detroit at Philadelphia.
81. Louis at Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23

Stolen base. Columbus. Struck out, by
Burke 8, by Nichols. 4. Bases on balls,
OIL Burke 2, off Nichols |. Umpire Har-
wood.
'Battcd for Switzer in 9th
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23
The "Particuiar" Man.

Our idea of being particular is when
man straightens his necktie out
when he goes to the telephone to talk
with q woman.-Portland Press,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23

I Worth While Quotation.
From the vast solitudes Of city
streets the army Of the Lonely Folk
10 drawn"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23

Wingo.
Pittsburg, 6 IL 1
Philadelphia, Co"i 8 20 3
Jacobs, Harmon, Cooper and Schmidt;
0eschger and Adams.
Chicago. 9 D o
Brooklyn. 't' I D o
Hendrix and 0'Farrell; Cheney and
Kruger.
st. Louis New York game postponed,
rain,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23

4 Kitchen range and parlor stove at al
most give-away prices if purchased at
once. Bed springs, sewing machine
cheap. Salesroom Elliot, cor Elm Sts.-
fAdv..A-ass ~ IS asNs - ess.91 10
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-23
American League.
National League.

fillngim and Henry Schneider and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03

President Wilson's annual message
to congress, delivered yesterday, is
chiefly remarkable for what he did
not say. 1t is far from being charac-
teristic of his previous utterances be-
fore that body. 1t contains little to
commend it to public interest. The
president sets forth plainly the mo-
tives which impel him to attend the
peace conference. Doubtless they will
prove satisfactory to his supporters
and will be regarded as insufficient
by his opponents. One of the sur
prises of the presidents message is
his announcement that he has no pro-
gram, or opinion even on the subject
OF government ownership of railroads.
He places the entire responsibility for
their future status upon congress. This
is unlike the president to whom we
have become accustomed. The presi-
dent again gives his unqualified ap-
proval to woman suffrage. regardless
of the fact that the Woman's party
held the Democrats responsible for
failure of the Susan B. Anthony
amendment to obtain the requisite
number of votes. On the whole it was
as inoffensive a message as may be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03

There are two kinds of men, says
the Orange Judd Farmer, who run
for public office-maybe more. One
kind asks to be elected in order that
he may perform certain stunts which
he promises to perform if elected. He
will guarantee to vote this way or
that on some question that folks are
wrought up about and his promises
sometimes sound good. The other sort
is the fellow who has real brains and
judgment, who promises very little ex-
cept to do his best every day and
serve his country. He will not go to
congress on a promise to pull wires
and obtain any special legislation to
benefit farmers. laborers or any other
special class of people. He is just an
honest man with brains to conceive
and courage to act-that's all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03

he and Scotty were allowed to come
home on sick leave. And ScDtty heed
ed no second invitation to spend his
leave with Ben. There were two very
happy couples indeed that made d
foursome in the walks and drives about
the village.
Corporal Scott tried to convince
Matte that 1t would now be In order
for them to eldpe, for he was ready to
wind up the romance in true Lochin-
var style. Whose romance is this. I'd
like to know" growled Ben Bon
ME and I did enough e1oping for all
of US, and we've earned the right to
stand up with you right regular"
And so 1t was that Meddlesome>Mat-
tie ceased being meddlesome at the
same instant that she ceased being the
village spin" and became the wife OF
Corporal Scott.
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure News
paper Sypdicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
Should a Married Woman Work Out

Should q Married Woman Work Out
side Of the Homc?-2.
Every good wife desires above all
else to help her husband, but she
doesn't see why she can't help him in
the way that is easiest and most agree
able to herself Why shouldn't she do
her own work in her own way, and
with the money she makes hire some
domestic woman to run her home for
her. 1t would make for comfort and
efficiency all around.
Certainly the additional advantages
the mother would be able to give the
children in environment. food, clothes
and education by reason of her earn
ings being added to the family ex-
chequer would far more than offset
any disadvantage that there might
possibly be in her not being perpetu-
| ally with her children.
| But the chief reason for women con-
! tinuing after marriage in whatever &C.
! cupation they were following before
| marriage is to be found in the fact
| that it makes marriage possible be-
/ tween men and women at the mating
! time of life-at the time when they
can best adjust themselves to each
| other, and to the matrimonial yoke,
| and when they can give the best chill
dren to the world.
| Under present economic conditions
| the average poor young man cannot
| support family in decent comfort by
his own unaided efforts. If he mar
ries a girl who adds nothing to the
family budget except expense he drags
her down to abject poverty. If he
waits until he is earning enough to
| safely make the matrimonial venture
he is middle aged, he has grown self
ish and doesn't want to marry. The
fire of his young love is gone.
That is why there are fewer and
fewer. ma rriages every year, and why
the old maid crop grows bigger and
bigger. Men simply can't afford the
could marry and would like to marry.
if they could get wives who would be
assets instead of liabilities. If every
wife had her own pay envelope, earned
by her own hands, instead of badger
ing her husband out of his senses for
the contents of hist would not only
make matrimony possible but would
/ make it popular.
1t would make marriage a partner
ship in which husband and wife con-
tributed to the prosperity of the firm,
and shared in the upkeep OF the home.
It would give women their coveted
boon of financial independence, and
the husband would find the wife who
had been out in the world all day see
ing and doing interesting things far
more entertaining companion, ana a
more cheerful one than is the woman
who has moped in the house all day,
and gotten dull and stupid doing a
monotonous round of household tasks.
OF course, when a man Is rich and
chooses to indulge himselfein the lux
ury of keeping his wife sitting on a
silk cushion and sewing up a seam and
feeding on strawberries and cream,
that's another story. But it's differ
ent story for the poor man. and he
need feel no shame, only pride in a
wife who can be a helpmeet with max
ing money instead Of scrimping and
saving it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03

Presently a clock outside in the hall
began to strike in low. deep tones the
midnight hour.
"Oh. say, Miss Green" said the
late slayer, brightly, rs that an eight
day clock?
Miss Green smiled coldly at him.
WELL" she said, sitting another
yawn, why don't you stay "a little
longer and find out?"
Returning home one afternoon.
little Richards mother found him
apparently in great pain. Careful
questioning failed to disclose the
cause of the lads suffering. Pre-
vious experience told the mother that
Richard probably was in need of that
oil SO unpopular with children, and
she proceeded to administer a gener-
Gus portion despite the crying resist
ance of Richard. A few minutes later
the boy appeared. apparently in great
glee.
1--WE got joke on mother-i've
got q joke on mother" he cried.
Members of the family were curious
OF course.
"Mother thought was sick and
gave me oil, but had the tootha che, -
he explained between laughs.
Richa rd's earlier reticence was due
to dread OF the dentists chair. :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03
President wilson is being aske,

3 President Wilson is being asked to
help free Ireland. He has been rend-
ering assistance in freeing Poland and
no sooner was the job finished than
the Poles began to murder the Jews.
1t might be well to find out what the
Irish plan to do with their freedom
should they get it. The fact is that
England is ready to give the Irish
anything they want If the inhabitants
of the Emerald Isle will but agree
among themselves regarding their de-
sires. What they appear to crave more
than anything else is freedom to fight
among themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03

The war has been over less than a
month, but the government already
has resumed its building program, as
Is witnessed by the following an
nouncement: Sealed proposals will be
received at the supervising architects
office. treasury department. Washing
for the construction of the postoffice
and court house at Paris Tex AS
might have been confidently expected
the south is first to be benefited by
the resumptiGD of construction work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03

President Wilson's selection of
peace commission is a reminder of
the old days of political conventions,
when the chairman of the resolutions
committee selected the remaining
members. The platform which he
carried in his pocket always was
adopted by the committee. There is
not truly big man on the American
delegation to the peace conference.
unless the president himself be ex-
cepted. But harmony in that body is
assured from the start
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03

time in reaching out after the world
trade which is awaiting us. The
United States shipping board has def
nitely allocated- 100000 tons of
shipping to the South American trade.
to be effected as soon as Withdrawals
from their present trade can be made.
The ships will operate on regular
schedules with but two ports of call
for each line-one in the United
States and the other in South Ameri-
can port. This will mean an express
service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03
Germany still expresses fear of

Germany still expresses fear of the
Bolsheviki. No juster fate could be
visited upon that country than a reign
of Bolshevism for a year or two I'M
less other years were added to the
period. She should have a taste of
what she brought upon Russia; be-
sides she richly deserves it on her
own account. If she were left to the
undisturbed rule OF her Lenines and
her Trotzkys she would get some
measure of what is Justly her due.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03

elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: President. W. w. Harveg; wee
president Miss Eliza Nagel secretary, Nj. s
Mary Straughn; treasurer, Eli G. Foster.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. H. Crosby will leave soon
for the south to remain during the winter.
Mrs. Z X. Hudson Wilt entertain TIE
Occidental club this week.
The Whist club met yesterday with MS
Harold Chase.
The I. o. T. club Will meet Thursday
with Miss Lula Cope.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
Journal of Peleg Pollctt.
By ROY X. MOULTON

Arose betines this morning and re-
paired to a fashionable inn~to break
my fast.
/. There on the table I noted two
strange objects of small dimensions.
/ questioned the varlet as to what they
might be, for never in my life had I
seen their like before.
"They lare the rolls he said to me.
So I took one and tried to force it
open, with no result. Then did I try
nut-cracker, with no better. 1 do
believer nobody has ever succeeded
in breaking that roll. 1 asked the var
LELAND he said 1t was SO. Many had
tried and failed. 1t was the most
adamantine substance ever I saw.
So placed the roll in the pocket of
my surtout and did fetch it home with
me, where I shall, with a steel drill,
bore a hole in it large enough for the
Insertion of a handle. and shall then
have a very suitable hammer for all
purposes of my household.
Omar to the Kaiser.
A swinging cable underneath the bow,
jug OF cyanide, a hand grenade and Thou,
Before me in the Wilderness. All
The Wilderness were Paradise enow.
A man was arrested for using in
decent language in one Of our street
cars the other day, but the judge re-
leased him on suspended sentence
when he proved that he was talking
about the kaiser at the time.
A Wall street man of our acquaint-
ance has a unique plan to rid himself
OF time-wasting callers. He is old
fashioned and has no secretary"
He has a bell on his office door
and when it rings he gets up and puts
on his hat and gloves and picks up his
cane. If the visitor proves to be some
one he doesn't want to see. he says
$50 sorry. 1 am just going out"
If the caller is one whom he wishes
to visit with, he says. $50. fortunate,
I have just come in
And still people say there is nc
diplomacy in Wall street.
To Q Piece Of Limburger.
Quoth q foolish Teutonical princelet,
Just already once watch me eyince yet
III lie so ZAP Ra or G "a sSs hes,.
Aisne't that rough on verdunt yocns
Quincelet? :
H. BELDEN.
Dear old Charlie Butterfield, for q
long time manager of the Elks' club
in New York. and known to several
! million people. has written US from
Milford. Mich, to the effect that he
is farming out there. and has just
tuTcSAcu three thUuSdHQ fDu1LelS VI
potatoes. Potatoes" he says, will
| win the war" and we believe it. II
they would take the kind Of potatoes
we have been getting lately and SHOOT
they out of the cannon over there
they would put q crimp in autocrac.
| in record time. a"t~
1--WE have committed no atrocities
says Prince Max, land besides we hav.
| given orders that they shall be stopped
at once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03
GLOBE SIGHTS
fFrom the Atchison Globe

Say something nice to your kin be-
fore they die.
Nearly every penny a married man
pays out is war tax.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. if the
war didn't get you, the h. C. of l.
must.
You can kill a man by killing his
spirit and ambition, and it's murder Of
the first degree.
An Atchison young man wears such
a red necktie that occasionally q re-
port is startsa that he has cut his
Don't prepare yourself for pleasant
journeys. but steel yourself for dis
agreeable situations. for there will al
ways be d lot Of them.