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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

OF course It's true that we do like
everything nice and clean. But we
put our food in water to make 1t nice
and soft; oh. so delicious it is when
it is soft"
1--WE don't eat anything that isn't
clean, do we, mother?" Eas2
You have all had nice vegetables
and delicacies like them, but soon you
will be big enough to have a few
tempting little animals"
ooh, will we really, mother?" they
asked. How fine and grown-up that
sounded! And how they did love a
lesson on food. 1t was almost as If
children should be given q lesson ON
candy and told that after the lesson
they would be given illustrations-and
the illustrations turned out to be real
candy. For the sraccoon parents gave
their children nice goodies after each
lesson.
Reddy and his family are fond Of
both meat and vegetables, and this is
true of all his relations.
cts so delightful" said Mrs.
Reddy, ''to keep house in a dead tree.
And you never come home cross as
l hear so many animals and people
do. No. Mr. Raccoon, you're always
pleasant gentleman and you help
me with the marketing"
Often Reddy brought home small
squirrels. field mice. birds of different
kinds and eggs and when he did this
Mrs. Reddy was delighted. He had
brought home a fine supply before
Mrs. Reddy gave her lesson to the
children.
SIS the lesson all overw asked the
children.
Yes. said Mrs. Reddy, school is
over for today"
And how the raccoon children
laughed and played! And what a fine
meal they had!
''It will be nice when the summer
comes" said Reddy.
"Why. daddy?" asked the children.
"Ah, then Wen steal corn from the
corn fields. Well go a-visiting where
we can get goodies and summer veg
etables from farmers. They don't ask
us to come, it is true, but we don't
bother about such little trifies as invi-
tations."
They had happy family party. eat
Ing and chatting, and this was the
first one Reddy had been at for a
long time, as before the children had
been too young and Mrs. Reddy had
been afraid he would eat them upJ
Daddy raccoons have been known to
do that. but once the children are a
little bit older the. daddy raccoons
Join their happy fnn.sliesi
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

My cuzzin Artie slepp at my house
last mite, witch wen we went to bed we
made it up to have race getting
dressed in the morning, and this morn
ing wen pop called US we both quick
jumped out of bed and started to race
getting dressed, me being ahed till l
came to my pants, yelling, Hay, wares
my pants2
How do 1 know sed Artie. And he
quick kepp on getting dressed, and /
started to run erround the room look
ing for my pants, saying, G., wares my
pants, gosh, wares my pantss
Ware do You genrelly put them? scd
Artic.
don't know ware genrelly put them
but | genrelly find them rite away,
sed. Wich ! genrelly do, and | kepp on
| hooking, savihe.,G, Aftfes you must thow
ware they are this is a heck of note
Wat do | know about your pants
| I'm no pants minder, sed Artie Him be-
lug all dressed exsept for his other shoe
wieh vile he was putting it on he sed
Wy don't you look under the mattriss
WITCH | did, and wat was under there
but my pants, and | sed, G wiz, that's
a derty trick, going and hiding fel
lows pants that's no fare. that amt
Watts you tawking about, who sed ]
/! put them there9 scd .Artie.
| How did you know ware they was
thena | sed.
dident, | jest thawt they mite be
there, | herd noise last mite and ]
bet it was you wawking in your sleep
and bet you put your pants under
the mattriss, sed Artie
You're crazy, | never wawk in my
| sleep, | sed.
How do you know you don't, if you're
| asleep, sed Artie.
Me not being able to think of eny
good reason wy, and | finished getting
| dressed and we went down and ate brek
fist, me still thinking Artie put then
under there, and thinking so yet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
WHERE SOLDIERS ARE BETTER
Army Officer Explains the Benefits OF
Development of Physiological
Resistance.

In an interview with Surgeon Gen
eral Gorgas for theA American Maya
zine, about the chances your boy has
to come back alive, the author saws.
referring to another army officer for
the moment:
Major Grille said another thing
which every mother and father ought
to learn by heart. He said: The
thing which affects wounded mans
chances more. than almost anything
else is physiological resistance. That
is where the soldier puts it all over
the civilian every time. When a man
goes out from the worries, response
bilities. anxieties. and irrifations OF
civil life TO the peaceful pursuit Of
war
HE stopped and laughed. Then he
went on seriously:
mean that! I've seen these sal
low. pasty young clerks get out and
turn into men! I've seen young chaps
who We're little more than flabby hui
man jells1ish transformed by their life
in the trenches into husky fellows that
were grit clean through. They laughed
at things which would have finished
them completely before they went into
the army. They had developed the
biggest factor in wounded mans
chances-physiological resistance. And
1t was their life as soldiers that gave
them this new possession"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

Fate plays strange acts in this
war time game. Mrs John Corcoran
of Fitzdale, Vermont, lost her only two
sons, Corporal Walter G. Moore and PR
waite Allen R. Moore. members of the
machine gun company of the 103d in
fantrv. saThe Svoung men were killed
in action in France May 10. Fitzdale
is little village in the town of Lunen.
burg, just large enough to support one
small general store.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
Raising Goat. in Honolulu.

The island of Kahoolawe is to be de.
voted to lowering the cost of living-if
production of 10000 goats for market
Ing will do It. The board of agricul.
ture and forestry has authorized Chair
man Arthur III. Rice to confer with the
governor and land commissioner on q
plan to withdraw the island from the
forest reserve and offer it for lease
This has been done and Chairman Rice
has placed In the hands of Deputy At
torney General Smith the duty of
drawing up the necessary papers. Ka-
hoolawe now produces goats and sand
1t is believed that thousands of goats
OF marketable quality can be exported
from the island and chance is to be
given for some enterprising rancher
10 become the goat king Of the terri.
tory-Honolulu Star Bulletin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
Highly Cultured Indians.

1t is mnnit st that In prehistoric
times parts Of Arizona, Utah. Colorado
and New Mexico were inhabited by
tribes of Indians representing a cul.
ture unlike any to be found elsewhere
In North America. Their skill in agri-
culture and expertness as builders Of
elaborate structures of dressed stone
such structures as existed nowhere
else north of Mexico-would alone suf-
fee to set them apart as people who'll
ly distinct.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
New Name for ,Enn.

The head of an East end household
had no sooner arrived at home the
other evening than he was sent forth
with to see what in the world" was
the matter with the furnace. His
derby hat encountered the top of the
door leading into the basement, with
the result that the hat received a good.
sized "stove" In the front.
AS he emerged from the basement
after tussle with the offending heat
ing plant he was met with a shout OF
laughter by the six-year-old heir to the
family fortune.
Gee, mother!" exclaimed the boy
Look! Dads got dimple In his
hat"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
! DADCY'S[y[NjlV()
lA|QY TAl[
REDDY RAccooN's FAMILY.
s. hAN @AuN1pQykR

NOW Reddy Raceoon and his family
lived high up in tree without anv
leaves even in the summer time. He
liked dead tree best. He didn't care
at all about pine trees that STAYED.
handsome and green all the wear
around. He didn't think leaves were
pretty and fresh and green, nor did
he rave about them when they turned
into gorgeous shades of yellow and
golden, orange and flaming red.
You know" he said, I'm not the
only one who feels this way about
trees. My family are the same way.
to be sure, but so are all my rela-
tons. Even our cousins in the zoo
are given tree without leaves-a
| tree that looks like a great pole ex-
cept that it has knotty branches"
It's fine home we have" said
| Mrs. Reddy. eve have a sun parlor.
sleeping room and living room where
we can chat and talk in our own rae
coon language, which is so beautiful. -
I'm glad you're pleased" said
Reddy with a broad smile.
"Have you begun the lessons yet?''
he asked after q moment.
Tn going to begin this very morn
| ing" said Mrs. Reddy.
"What are you going to teach us.
mother?" asked the little raccoons.
I'm going to show you how to eat
your food and how to enjoy it best
| by breaking up bread and other solid
foods into whatever we have to drink.
You will love nice, soft dishes, for all
raccoons always have. And 1 will
tell you a secret. children"
YES" whispered the children. for
they loved hearing a secret In lesson
time. DO tell u.s." they agreed.
I'VE are supposed to be very clean
and neat, and so we are, but we're
not quite as particular as folks think"
THAT'S So" chimed in Reddy. Dear
Mother Reddy how much you dc
know"
Mrs. Reddy looked at him fondly
and then said to the children: "Yoy
see, dears, that because we love te
mix our food in water they think (tht
people / mean) that we are washing
it and that we won't eat dirty food
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
SEEMING Contradiction.

The Oriental may he inscrutable. but
ne is no more puzzling than the aver
age American. We admit that We are
nard. keen, practical.-the adjectives
saat every casual European applies to
ns.-and yet any book store window or
railway newsstand will show that we
prefer sentimental magazines and
books. Why should hard race-if we
are hard-read soft books Henry S.
Candy, in the Atlantic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

Inc Reformer Is on sale every evening
oy the following news dealers:
srattleboro, Brattlebpro News Co, c..
'yille), Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens
Depot Newsstand, Mrs. D. II. Doyle
West 6rattIeboro, ]. L. StockweT.
5sst Cummerston, M. F. Brown.
quincy, NJ. G. Williams
Newane, N. NJ. Batchelder.
Iownshend, c. w. Cutler.
west Townshend, c. RI. Grout.
Jamaica, r. j. Daggett
South Londonderry, r. n. Tvler.
South Vernon. E B. BufYum.
Northheld, Mass, Thompson Bros.
Streeter. '' MS '"
Hlnsdale, ~. H., w. H. Lyman.
Bellows Fals, Depot Restaurant
windsor, VT. Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

pealed to the people of the nation to
make Memorial day this year a day of
humiliation, abstinence and prayer, it
will not be fitting to turn it into a time
of hilarity and indulgence. Our country
and the countries of our allies are now
fighting for liberty to degree far be-
yond anything that our ancestors
dreamed of in the time of the Revolu-
ton. Memorial day deserves to be OBJ
served this year in very reverent
spirit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

The observance of the oath birthday
anniversary of Levi F. Morton, who is
in good health and remarkably vigorous
for an old man, calls to mind an inter
esting chapter of what might have been
in his career. Thirty-eight years ago
Mr.. Morton refused the Republican
nomination for the vice presidency on
the ticket with Garfield A few moments
later he repented his act and went back
the New York state leader, to accept
the honor, only to find that Chester A.
Arthur had been chosen Both men
were Vermonters by birth, Arthur be-
ing a native of Fairfield in Franklin
county and Morton first seeing the light
of day in Shoreham in Addison county.
If Mr. Morton had accepted the nomina-
ton he would have been president of
the United States nearly four years.
Eight years later he was nominated FOR
the vice presidency and elected. He was
refused denomination on the ground
that he was too old There is a good
deal of irony in this statement now in
view of the fact that Harrison and
nearly every one of the Republican
leaders of 1S92-all younger men than
Morton-are dead while the homage
marian lives in good health to mourn his
departed colleagues.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
Seven EcIinses.

A romance of old wars might make
much Of year that recorded seven
eclipses solar and lunar. Eclipses
counted for much in the dim years
when fighting was mems most impor-
tant business. Yet no one who lived
In those days would have known that
there We're seven eclipses. so perhaps
the heavenly portents would have ex-
erted less than their due influence on
human superstition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

Strange, isn't it, this difference in
conditions in different parts of the
world' With people starving in Rus
STA and other countries Argentina is
burning corn for fuel, just as the Kan
sas farmers burned it in the early
ninetics. Midwinter is approaching in
Argentina, and there are no ships to
carry coal to that country, and very
few to carry the best crop of corn ever
grown there to the world markets. Our
shipyards, beginning with the next
month, will be turning out finished ships
of major size every day and we hope
some of them will find their way to Ar.
gentina.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
Deer Becomes Dome stieated.

The efficient protection given them
by the state game commission and the
United States forest service in their
efforts to preserve the deer, elk. ante
lope and mountain sheep that roam
the Colorado forests has resulted in
large herds. 1t Is no unusual sight in
the towns bordering the Uncompahgre
national forest to see many of these
wild animals grazing In the village
streets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

The Burlington Free Press, in noting
President Wilson's suggestion that
America join in celebrating May "a the
anniversary of ItaIy's entrance into
the war, says: "Where would England
and France be today but for Italy and
the United States?' That is one way
TO look at the situation Another is
to ask the questions: "Where would
Italy and the United States be today
but for the heroic sacrifices which Eng
land and France have made in the
war2D
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

The enormous mass of mail matter
that is going to France is hereafter
to be handled "over there under the
direction of the adjutant general. In
other words the army will handle its
own mail matter This ought to help
unravel the terrible length of piled m
letters and papers on every dock in
France.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
Wind ALWAYS Supreme.

The wind Is the servant of man, but
not always the willing servant The
sailor must bend his sails to the will
OF the wind. The wind is one Of ma
lures forces which will work, but
never In harness. We have the sooth-
Ing breeze and the terrifying tempest.
the one differs from the other only in
force. The music OF both to the un-
afraid ear Is the same.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II Is the. aim of the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery of
the paper each night and If solicits tho
cooperation of subscribers to that end.
Prompt reports should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission. In person
~ telephone or postal card, thus enabIine
the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied 1t is only
secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

Bert J.. Taylor. who, as cub report
or in the Reformer Office, started ON
his remarkable career. ''savs some
thing in his entertaining column in
the Chicago Tribune when he states that
George Creel's bureau at Washington
should have been named the "Bureau
of Public Inflammation. =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

"A man named Lewis is running for
the Republican nomination for governor
OF New York avowedly opposed to the
extension of woman suffrage. We can
see his finish. Possibly his Performance ,rn Il &c
is in the way of test ease to see if
New York women really like their new
responsibility.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

1t has been unfortunate for years that
Memorial day has been observed chiefly
as a holiday given up to sports. In view
of the fact that the President has ap-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
WEDNESDAY, MAY %. 1918

Brattleboro, Montpelier and Lyndon
went over the top on the Red Cross sub
seriptions the first day of the campaign.
War chests is the answer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
Member Of the Associated Press.

Inc Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for publica tion of ali
news dispatches credited to it and not
otherwise credited in this paner and aiso
the local news published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
TO ADVERTISERS.

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cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents a
line first insertion with so per cent dis
count for each subsequent insertion
without change OF copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line.
first insertion with so per cent discount
Tor each subsequent insertion without
change of copy
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22

Entered in the postoffice at Brattleboro
as second class matter
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-21
Modern Mona Lisa
Found by Painter

The Sphinx stil1 refuses to solve
its own riddle-but maybe we are
about to get the answer to the nys-
terry Of Mona Idsa's world famous.
inscrutAble smile!
Tho modern Mona Lisa has been
discovered in Pittsburg, Pa-and her
name Is Riley!
When Leonardo da vinci, world
master Of art, painted the portrait of
beautiful Mona Lisa, a young Italian
matron. he started an endless guess
ing contest-the burden Of which was
=. .ow what does she mean by tffSt
smile!''
Many men found the pictured smile
beautiful, alluring. mysterious, fasci-
mating beyond words. Some women
also found it mysterious-others think
it simply ''catty'' expression. A few
husbands think they have seen some
thing rather like It on friend wife"
In an unpleasant mood-but te gem
eral consensus Of opinion is. that Mona
Lisa's famous smile is that of a lady
who knews lot more than she is
going to tell!
ing the face and disposition of Mrs
Louise Weller Riley of Pittsburg who
is declared by artists to be the double
Of Mona Lisa-we may find out what
kind OF a smile really means!
The modern Mona Lisa was dis
covered by a French portrait painter,
Pierre de Chambois. He specializes
in portraits Of women and has spent
a life time IN = search for such elu-
sive expressions as Mona Lisa's. De
Chambofs declares that the eyes and
mouth OF Mrs Riley are startling In
their likeness to the famous Mona
and has persuaded the lady to sit for a
portrait
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-21
TEACHERS TO GET
PAY IN HOLIDAYS
FOR FIRST TIM e

Teachers OF Eseambia county Will
receive pay for the Christmas holi-
days for the first time in the history
OF the schools of this county. At a
meeting of the chool board last night
warrants We're made out for the
teachers of the county. inclusive OF
the five school days Of next week.
This is the second pay day for
teachers since the opening of school
in November. The teachers Of Es-
Gambia county were not paid for DC,
tober, the attorney for the school
board, Judge Frances B. Carter, 1av-
ing given it as his opinion that it
would be illegal to pay the teachers
for any term for which they had not
rendered service
Pupils of the schools Of county and
city were dismissed yesterday until
after the Christmas holidays, which
will extend until December 30th.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-21
lave A RENDEZVOUS WITH
DEATH.

bsve a rendezvous with Death
,. come disputed barricade,
Trben Spring comes back with rustl-
ing shade
- annie blossoms fill the air
save A rendezvous with Death
omen Spring brings back blue days
and fair.
:. NAV be he shall take my hand
nj lead me into his dark land
Ird close my eyes and quench my
breath
', NAV be 1 shall pass him still.
nave a rendezvous with Death
m some Scared slope of battered
hill,
vssn Spring comes round again this
Ind the first meadow flowers appear.
e,d knows 'twere better to be deep
showed in silk and scented down,
where love throbs out in blissfu1 sleep
pnlse nigh to pulse, and breath to
breath,
u.sre hushed awqakenings are dear
IN, rye a rendezvous with Death
A. midnight in some flaming town,
when Spring trips north again this
year,
md to my pledged word am true,
shall not fail that rendezvous.
Alan Seeger.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-21

The tickets were received at the
door by Mr.. Ed o. Swaine, and Mr..
Sidney Levy acted as floor manager
assisted by Misses, Elizabeth Adams
and race Hamilton, executive and re-
creational secretary, respectively, OF
the Patriotic League
Miss Sadie Ginsberg. secretary OF
the Pensacola chapter OF the American
Red Cross, had charge Of the checking
assisted by Mrs F. S. Mellen and 9TH
ers. All tips IN the checking room
went to the fund for the relief OF Bel
GUM and French war orphans.
Chaperones for the evening were
Mrs. F. S. Mellen. Mrs. C. w. Lamar,
Mrs. H. L. Covington, Miss Margaret
Ray, Miss Della Burns, Miss Annie
Langley, Mrs. Ellis Knowles, Mrs. Gus
Eitzen, Mrs. John fl. Bullock, Miss
Matte Whiting, Mrs. Henry Jeude-
vine, Mrs. Stephen Lee, Mrs. E. r. Ma
lone, Mrs. j. II. Pace. Mrs. e. E. Max
. well, Mrs. ]. Durham, Mrs. Earle
Thompson, Mrs. James H. Muldon
Mrs. ]. A. Merritt. Mrs w. b Fer
ris, Mrs. c. S. Bonacker, Mrs. H. S.
Simpson, Mrs. C. Thiesen and Mrs.
Frank Taylor.
On the splendid success of the dance
the following members Of Company
ID" are to be heartily congratulated
Miss jamie knowles, leader; Misses
Alberta Pourtales, Mollie Sanchez
Amelia Schad, Sybil Moore, Helen
White, Helen Dankert, Genevieve
ODonovan, Adrienne Sanchez, Chloe
Duncan. Roberta Lawrence, Edna and
velma Willard and Ruth Mckenzie.