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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

WANTED Either man or boy on
farm. r. Hamilton, NJ. y. 27G-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

housework ON farm Address h. c., Re
former Office 2s0-tt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

WANTED-Livep poultry. w. +. Rich
nrdson Co. PSI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

TO RENT-Large furnished room,
we'll heated. - Green st. Tel. 19G-W.
27S-2S3
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25
WANTED.

wANTED-W Waitress at Rice g Res
taurant. 2Ti-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

SAVE TRADE MARKS from Bah
bits 1875 Soap Powder, Babbitt 5
Cleanser, Rabbits Soap. Bring 80 to
Brattleboro China Store for useful
kitchen set, an unbreakable doll, a wa
ter set, six souvenir teaspoons, china
salad bowl 270-295
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25
SPECIAL NOTICES.

SEWING Machine Needles and sup
plies of all makes of machines at J. B.
Duuton :, 43 Flat Street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

TO RENT-Modern fiat. Z. NJ. An
gier. 13-tf
TO RENT-Furnished room at the
Abbott.
TO RENT-Storage room. Mrs. Kit
tredgo IIaskins. 26-tf
TO RENT-Nice, warm front room
o. F. Howe, 4 Canal St. 279-2Sl
TO Tenement. Lillian c.
Newton, IS Thomas St. 257-tf
TO RENT-Tcnemen on ground floor,
with barn. Edgett & Co. 269-tf
TO RENT-Nice G-room tenement on
Birge st. Holden & Martin. 29G-tf
TO RENT-six tenements, at prices
from S. to SIS. Tel. 739-W. 239-tf
TO RENT-Upstairs tenement in
house where | live. J. l.. Barney. 270-tf
TO RENT-Lower tve-room tene-
ment. IS Frost st. Mrs. Z. A. Clark.
2I4-tf
TO RENT-Large furnished room,
we'll heated. - Green st. Tel. 19G-W.
278-2s3
TO RENT-Iurnished room. furnace
heat. bath, electric lights, use of phone
81 Green st. 277-tf
1 TO RENT-Two-tenem house, 20
/ Fiat ST., suitable for dwelling or bust
ness. Inquire at IA Forest st. 26S-tf
4 TO RENT-Rooms for light house
keeping, all furnished. Hot and cold
water and bath. Charles Miner. 232-tf
-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

I PAY HIGHEST cash prices for
rags, rubbers, metals, bottles, papers, all
kinds of sacks. Tel. 37-R. When you
call leave your name, number of street,
and speak plainly. NJ. Gissin, s. Frost
Street. 25S-2S2*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

TO RENT-Lower fve-room tene-
ment. - Frost st. Mrs. Z. A. Clark.
214-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

TO RENT-Upstairs tenement in
house where I live j. l.. Barney. 270-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

TO RENT-Tenement. Lillian G.
Newton, IS Thomas St. 257-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

TO RENT-Tenement on ground floor,
with barn. Edgett & Co. 269-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

TO RENT-Six tenements. at prices
from S. to SIS. Tel. 739-W. 239-t1
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

TO RENTING Groom tenement on
Birge st. Holden & Martin. 29G-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

TO RENT-Nice, warm front room.
o. f. Howe, Canal st. 279-2SI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-25

TO RENT-Modern fiat. Z. N. An
gier. 13-tf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
WHAT PENNSYLVANIA is DOING

W1E PRINT in another column a letter
w from the Pennsylvania Count Ma
tional Defense reminding us that we did
not include it's splendid work in our avow.
eddy incoI plete list of he things which
his State is doing for the war. Other
equally efficient groups Of men al, en-.
gagged in wa" work of one kind or another
who were not mentioned.
We estimated that $50. 900 Pennsylva,
mans are now wearing the uniform Of the
United States. but Representative Robbins
has compiled figures which indicate that
that number was much too small. On
September IL, he says, we had supplied
800, 99S men to the army and navy and
the marine corps and before October IS
we shall contribute 14,497 more. making a
total of 321 ,495 under the old laws. No
one knows how many more will be called
to the service under the law extending the
age limits. But we do know that every
one summoned will respond with a~lacrity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
PRoDIGloUs SEA sAvAGERY AND ITS
- H.' CONQUEST. - -,

rs yTHE domain of the prodigious Ger
L"many's Usboat campaign is only over
Swallowed by the herculean methods with
which it Is being gradually nullified. Dis
passionately surveyed, the hopes of a vori
Tirpitz and a Won Cappelle may be seen
to have been by no means the maddest of
a mad nation. Since the war began the
Hun submarines have destroyed more than
81 .000, 600 tons of the worlds commerce.
The total is staggering, far beyond his
toriCal precedent. AS such an accom-
plishment progressed is 1t any wonder that
the directors Of sea savagery believed their
power to be impregnable? The slip in
their calculations was only made when
they refused to reckon upon a marvel sur
passing their own.
The performance Of this wonder
grows apace. What with yard production
and the miracles of anti.U.boat fighting.
civilizations net shipping losses In the war
have now been reduced to something more
than 5000. 900 tons. The total is pared
down each month. Britain's, actual war
losses Of vessels during August were less
than at any time since September, 1916.
The total sinkings. including all the Allied
and neutral nations, were 327,676 gross
tons. The monthly average. counting the
destruction since the conflict started, is
445. 900 tons
The shrinkage in the tables is not yet
sufficient to Justify calling the Sea wolf
menace negligible, but 203 American yards
with 1925 ways are now aiding in com
batting it. Joy over what has been done
and the conviction that in time the tri-
umph will be complete win additional war
ranty in admitting the terrific force of the
blow which we had to meet. To think
otherwise would be to minimize heroic en-
deavors which are increasingly successful.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
THE VOLCANIC BATTLELINE

DUDYARD KIPIING ono, told us that
~ The song of a throbbing engine was
~"ftigidity. rigidity. rigidity!" Foch has
revised that refrain. "Flexibility, fexibility,
6exibility!" is the chant of his tireless
waf machine. His battle lines not only
incessant. Not only the enslaved parts of
Franc but also Bulgaria and Palestine
crack under that pressure Sofas re.
ported cry for an armistice has the ring
OF a despairing authenticity. Rigidity Of
2the war situation was that corrupt
"empire's' only salvation. 1t has vanished
nov.
The full scope of the new Franco
z Annerican drive which he has launched be-
Tween Rheims and Verdun and the sharp
EFitish offensive south of the Sensee
@RfTer, has yet to be seen. but there
- one Immediately obvious purpose
IN 1t that is clear. The unfiagging
marshals foremost intent is to prevent the
front from becoming concealed. When 1t
nattens out in one place he promptly pro-
ceeds to make II curve, twist and wriggle
In another. Flux and fiexibility of line
- q cardinal principle of his strategy.
Cleaning out the Augean stables was a
minor task compared with the problem
Germany now faces of removing the rest
lessness from that squirming line from
Belfort to the sea.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
THE NEW DANGER THAT CONFRONTs

otto II. KAHN is in the unfortunate
" position of a man always suspected of
speaking for special interests. His con-
nection with the banking house of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. has caused him to be regarded
as the spokesman of Wall street. Yet
Mr.. Kahn has frequently put into words
the views of men who have no connection
with Wall street whatsoever.
He has done this most effectively in his
address before the American Bankers AS
ISOLATION in Chicago today, copious ex-
tracts from which are printed in another
column on this page. His warning of the
danger of bureaucratic ~paternalism after
the war is most timely, not because it
comes from him, but because the danger
actually menaces us, There are influential
men in the Cabinet who are committed to
extending government control over indus
try and to making it permanent. They
would take all great semi-public enter
prises from the control of the men under
whom they have been developed and turn
| them over to government oficials. and
they would build up a bureaucratic system
in Washington.
The glory of America in the past has
lain in the freedom of opportunity for
every man to develop himself and his
business to the utmost, confident that he
would enjoy the rewards of his labors.
Under this we have produced the finest
railroad system in the world. We have
developed a telephone system SO well man.
aged hat there is a telephone in the home
of every well-to-do family and in the
homes of millions of families of moderate
1 income. We have strung telegraph wires
across the continent n under the seas
| We have developed the material resources
! Of the country unuQ We prodGs moSs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
LINES OF SCANT RESISTANCE

COLICITUDE for the welfare of enlisted
~ men has prompted the proposal, ex-
ecvtion Of which is still in allegiance, of
aapther city dry" zone, within a circle
whose center is the First Regiment Armory.
II Broad and Callowhir streets. Without
tnpugning the excellent motive of this
suggestion. 1t may be questioned whether
imaginary lines, which may be crossed
without interference, have ever been pro-
IAuctive of intense respect.
The Hunting Of the Shark" puts the
sease this way:
What's the use of Mercators,
North Poles and equators.
Tropic zones and meridian lines.
Thus the Bellman would cry
And his crew would reply,
They are merely conventional signs.
An arid ring around the armory predi.
eafes moisture on the hither side of the
circumference It's an easy walk from
ZCAuowhiIl street to Chestnut street. and
Athe fear Of tripping over an invisible line
y just as ~groundless as that of being tan.
o1ed up in the Tropic of Capricorn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
AN ILL.INFORMED MuGWuMp

TxENRY FORD has told the Michigan
49, Democrats that If elected to the Sen
he will hold himself entirely free to
0ort such measures as m them.
u to his own judgment and will be
by no party obligations.
(; |tom another man, equipped with knowl.
0e and experience, such a declaration
lp(G1d b splendid. 1t is really what every
9@53llgeEt Senator maxi to himself, il
70 his constituents. But when Henry
51r1 says that he will fol. ow his W
rmont one is forcibly reminded OF his
peace ship venture, and wonders
MO- the Michigan voters are anxious
represented in Washington by such
N1>lnformed innocent.
Ford had promised to follow the
a the President, Michigan would have
what to expect. The mugwumps
last century were men who knew
1ng about politics and political is
fknd when they asserted their indie
they knew what they were going
for But nobody. perhaps not
nary himself. knows what Mr..
aie on the great questions
n6oata must answer in the next
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
THE READERS VIEWPOINT
Work Of the Pennsylvania Council of Ma.
'tional Defense


'tional Defense
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger.
Sir-I read with much interest your edi-
torial of Monday, September 20. under the
heading "Pennsylvania's War Activities
Private George f Clements will hereafter
have a lot of ammunition to shoot when he
engages in an argument over the question
of what our State Is doing in this war.
1t surprises me, however, to note that you
omit entirely any mention of what the largest
single agency in pr promoting war activities has
been doing. I refer. of course. to the Penn
sylvania Council Of National Defense. ! can
not be accused of self-seeking when ] call
attention to the Council of National Defense,
since ] have been here too brief a time to
have contributed anything to its big work.
But ] do know that in every one of the
sixty-seven counties of Pennsylvania the
Council of Defense, backed by a strong organ
ization in each one OF these counties. is aid
ing powerfully in all the war work that
is going on-for example, while the food de-
partment Is under Federal control, the Coun-
Gil of Defense aids 1t in many ways. The
same is true of the labor bureau.
When recently the United States Govern
ment asked Pennsylvania to send 10. 900 boys
to college to take military training, the
forty colleges Of Pennsylvania asked the
Council of Defense to promote their cam
paign. which it has done so successfully that
the colleges were swamped with applicants.
More recently the Government of the United
States has delegated to the Pennsylvania
Council Of Defense the question of all building
operations in the State. -
At the presen. moment the Liberty Loan
is the big thing on the carpet. and the Council
of Defense is pushing that with it's 5000
speakers. hundreds of singers and vast guam
titles of literature throughout the State.
The United States Government not long
ago asked the various Sta ties 20 promote plans
for the general Amerlcanization of their peo-
pie, and the Pennsylvania Council of Ma
tional Defense was requested to take up that
work, which it is doing in a big way. I mem
ton these few of the councils many activities
because | am sure that you could not inten-
tionally have overlooked. in your excellent
editorial, the labors of the Council of Defense.
HERMAN l.. COLLINS, Director,
Department of Publicity and Education.
Philadelphia, September %.
(Of course, We are glad to include the
Pennsylvania Council Of National Defense in
well as several other organized efforts which
were not mentioned in Mondays editorial.
Indeed the article did not pretend to be ex-
haustive, because 1t would have required
three times the space TO do full justicesto the
remarkable and multiplied activities OF the
people OF this State. 1t was intended to do
Just what it has done in his instance-direc
attention to the subject and start our readers
discussing hoo much or hoto little they and
their neighbors and their associates In all
walks are doing to win the war.-Editor.)
- Hr. " # HH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
EyENING PUBLIC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

steel than any other nation. And we have
dom the same thing in scores Of industries.
The greatest Industrial and social calam-
ity that could happen would be the per-
manent introduction Of the inefficient
methods Of the Postoffice Department into
the management of all the ,itcrprises that
can be described as semi-public.
America must remain the land of oppor-
tunity when the war ends. II > abuses
which will inevitably appear in the old
system of individualism are silgi =
comparison wit. the evils that will follow
the destruction of all incentives to indi-
vidual initiatiye by the absorption OF. bust,
ness by government bureaus ~ T..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
PRUNES AND PRISMS
Ballade of Drowsiness

Ballade Of Drowsiness
7 HEARD a young efficiency expert
Remark, "A man should never sleep
by day"
When I heard this l felt a trifle hurt:
A nap does help to pass the time away!
Upon the filing case my head I lay,
Massage my soul with slumber long
and deep
must have been compact of drowsy clay,
For nothing rests M. quite as much as
s,s steep. - ~. = c.. .'%. a~
THE boss has sometimes made a COM
..ment, curt, -. !. ,i%.., -
And says he will abbreviate my pay,
ThenI.hsye triedyto make a valiant squirt
And keep the dear old Lethargy at bay.
No use! my. mindsis heavy as q dray,
.T.revers, need to- count a row of sheep.
Upon. MY, ;fitortoe,p:. desk hit the hay,
For nothing rests me quite as much rs
sleep.
STENoGRAPHERs have waited, all
alert,
IL near WHAT grave ulSIdIioH l. HliSht
say
Then suddenly my form becomes inert
And I collapse Ito their intense dis
may).
Though I have drunk black coffee by the
tray,
My vital tide won't rise above the
neap.
Upon my spine my head begins to sway
For nothing rests me quite as much al
sleep.
Envoy
No PILLOW, I with confidence assert
Can beat three phone books piled
up in a heap.
Siestas should be public and overt,
For nothing rests me quite as much as
sleep.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
The Gun in the Drawer

] am The Gun in the Drawer.
l am the Defaulter's back door, the Hero's
loud moment little Willie's accident, the
lock on the Ingenue's honor, the Play
wrights stupid solution, the Directors
easy way out, the sure cure for over
footage.
I was IN the first Motion Picture, and now
I am liable to appear anywhere,
I am the goldarndest excuse, for real drama
on the screen III.
but they need me In France.
and II some one will only send me across
may get a Hun or two
and then the sore world may forget that
.e4sI ever was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

JItE1HEE times WITHIN tWenty-1ouT hOUTs,
- In addresses and interviews here,
Charles M. Schwab used the word damn"
fused 1t quite frankly for the tang and
meaning it gave his sentence.
The word has an appeal of its own. 1t
has music and force. One can hardly talk
o. the Kaiser without Selling on it. Vide
Brtggs. There are in legitimate English
terms adequate for any shade of meaning.
for any degree of force. But they aren't
pr0fane. And it is for the suggestion of
prcfanity that the average speaker aches
when he has to discuss the Yum. Ncthi, G
less will do.
Are we to be forced into a state of mind
that will make profanity popular at teas
and in the best families?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
Sympathy Appreciated

Nothing arouses feminine sympathy so
quickly e. a man attempting to do house
cleaning. We made a feeble attempt to
put our desk in order this morning, and
the good news ran rapidly among all the
ladies in the office. Some of them even
came in, to watch us.
After a short. sharp skirmish we retired
to previously prepared positions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

Now is the time. says Schwab. to trade
ships" Was Germany anticipating him
when she sought to swap seven Of her in
termed boats for the scores of Spanish YES
sells which she has sunk?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

War veterans returning to Phila delphia
and landed in the chaos OF Logan Square
are said to pinch themselves in order to dis
pei the impression that they are back in
No Mans Land.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

Won Hertling, as Mr..
Lies and liars Schwab said yester-
day, lied and knew he
was lying. And he knew, too, that the rest
of the world knew he knew. Plainly, there
fore, Won Hertling is to be. pitied. The
trouble with him is merely that he just
couldn't tell the truth even if he wanted to.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
E . Charter
Member

Mayor Smith. it would
He's . Charter seem to us, is a hum
Member bic candidate for tho
You = Can't Get = By
With-lt-Club recently organized under stun
ming auspices by a well-known gentleman
with a withered arm and a more or less
permanent residence at Potsdam.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

Champagne is undoubtedly going up in
price and the Hun is finding it more costly
than any one else who ever tried to ac-
uuire II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

Yesterdays new move
with Daily toward the stronghold
Acts Thrown In of Metz was begun
two weeks after its
predecessor. Pershing's gallant crusaders
seem to be giving the war a fortknightly
aspect.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

The Department of Agriculture declares
hat Chicago is sending way its bad eggs.
rSot all of them, however. while Mayor
Thompson remains in the Windy City.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

An aviation news note from the battle
4ront Informs us that ~. s. editors are In
ths air" Not nearly so high up. however.
~ their German foe craftsmen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
What Do You KnoW?

I. What " the flag Of Serbian
Z. What Is the difference between bIannuaI and
semlannual?
3. What IL the meaning Of Isiame
. "hS Vas ths Ersdsyessor Of Poincars IS
s. What country Is ruled by q Negus?
8. What Ia the helm Of % shin:
9. WHO was Jack Cade?
was q motive OF Pennsyiyania: " war
TO- VIII . sS!S " ~ afsk years Of Europe than
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

The loan campaign stn1narizeda for
Hunland; Billions. u be. spent. but not one
cent for tribute " ''''"%
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

Germany is Ill with many diseases, but
so far as the personnel of the motionlsss
flee, at Kiei is concerned s~eastckness u GER
tainIy, not one of them -~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

As a nerve stiller the virtues of arrest
'eAze for the Mayor seem to be winning a
1est Increasing favor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
True French
Courtesy

The news that the
True French Germans await Foch's
Courtesy pleasure was printed
just a few hours be-
fore the announcement OF the latest Cham
payne offensive. They didn't have to walt
long.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

OF all sad words with which we're
skinned. that saddest are these: 1T might
have been binned."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

Schwab predicrs an ocean liner from
Hog Island every other day. OF course. the
launchless days will be the odd ones.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27

How doth the little busy poet
Improve each shining stick.
Trimming the daily paper so it
May crackle to his wick.
And rendering a ghoulish gleat
When aught he finds to snick.
Anything from grisettes to gristle
Is grist unto his mill;
His lowering shears cavort and whistle,
Stammers and snorts his will,
Headline or footnote ripe for missile
Just so he scents the kill.
Topics must be up to the second
That's a sine qua non;
Sui when this point is duly reckoned
His task is but begun
For how to choose when one is beckoned
BY nothing UNDERGONE!
Too mortal timely: that's the trouble
Oh for a chestnut blight!
Fresh bulletins are mostly bubble
Which crun.bles at a bite;
A sharp pens wasted where a stubIl
Corral all one can write.
But come, the editor is raging.
That columns short an inch: {,
So forrad with the camoufiaging
And art for mart's sake clinch:
One cannot be forever pacing
An idea in a pinch!
STANLEY KIDDER WILSON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-27
All tho Difference
In the World

4 dairy and food in
All tho Difference vestigator C charge
In the World that some popular res
taurants serve milk
mixed with water at ten cents a glass. Obvi-
ously the dairy and food gentlemen do little
lunching out. Otherwise they would have
hit nearer the truth with the assertion that
some popular restaurants sell water mixed
with milk at ten cents n glass.