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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
PAPER ECONOMY.
Americans Wasteful in Comparison
With Europeans.

To attain the desirable end, to win
the war. strict economy in the use of
paper is an important adjunct. Ameri-
cans, in comparison with Europeans,
have been wasteful in the employment
of paper, and 4 large measure of say
ing can be had without notable incon-
yenienee.
It is worth our while to study the
shifts in the southern confederacy dur
ing our Civil war to avoid the waste of
paper Much inconvenience was felt
from the scarcity of paper. Many of
the newspapers were gradually reduced
in size and in the end printed on half
sheets; occasionally one on brown and
another on wall paper; even the white
paper was frequently coarse, and this
! with poor type made the news sheet it
self daily record of the waning ma
| terial fortunes of the confederaey.
The Richmond Examiner said that
the editorials of the journals were writ
ten on Thrown paper, waste paper,
backs of old letters and rejected es-
saws, unpaid bills, bits of foolscap torn
from the copy books of youth and the
lcdgers of business men" An Alaba-
ma editor used a single; when one
editorial was set up he would wipe 1t
out and indite another. Another edi-
tor used in q similar way his schoolboy
slate An advertisement in the Charles.
ton Courier ran that no more orders for
4 NIillcr'S Almanac for 1866 could be filled
unless 30 or 80 reams Of printing pa
per could be purchased
Mrs MacGuire could not get blank
book in which to continue her diary
and was obliged to use wrapping paper
for the vivid account of her daily ex
lperiences. Mrs. Putnam tells that their
family and friendly letters were writ
: ten on paper which they would have
used for wrapping paper before thu
war Envelopes which had been re
ceiyed were frequently turned insid,
out and used for the reply. Curry re
latcs that the tax receipts given 70
the produce on his farm in Alabam;
were written on brown paper and haI
, "a dingy archaic appearance.
NJ During this last summer one mar
! made the experiment of using hal
I sheets of letters. notes and circular
Ton which nothing was printed or writ
/
cut them off instead of throwing the un
used portion into the waste paper has
: l>et and he thoroughly believes that h
i cot on with one half of the memorand
. blanks of an ordinary summer. In tt
4 plies to letters he either used hal
i sheets, writing on both sides or, if
II letter sheet was necessary. he covere
= the whole of it with writing Possibl
q the same economy may be had by stC
nographers who take down letters froi
: dictation.
There is a great waste IN the unne'
- essarv sending and duplication of ri
quests in circulars Such work may b
largely curtailed leaving the place f
circulars and letters connected wit
winning the war, such as requests I
: subscribe to the Liberty loan, to NAL
= donations to the Red Cross, the y. NJ.
A., and other like institutions
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
SPECULATION AS
TO APPOINTMENTS
Gossip at Montpelier About
BacOn's Successor and
Other Jobs
NEW MAN NEEDED FOR
BANK COMMISSIONER
Also Probable That Present State Pur-
chasing Agent Will Not Be Able to
Continue to Hold His Job-Will
Plumley Hold Over?

MONTPELIER, Nov. 23.-The resigna.
ton Of Robert G. Bacon as member
of the public service commission sets in
motion queries about the name OF his sue
ccssor. The presence OF Allen Martin of
Essex junction, a law partner Of Ex-Secre-
tary OF State Guy W. Bailey, in town dur
ing the week aroused speculation about
him as a possible appolntee
As the appointment is made only until
the session of legislature it would seem
probable that Governor Graham would
consult Govcrnor-elcct Clement about the
appointment before one Is made in order
10 name some one that Mr.. Clement
would Ice likely to reappoint and would
really be his choice, unless, of course, the
office is lett untitled No candidate would
care 70 accept It ii he had suspicion he
was persona non grata TO the incoming
administration and would fail to be re
appointed.
There are rumors in the air also about
the position of the tax commissioner and
/ the possibility that, Mr.. Clement will moi
reappoint Charles Plumlcy OF Mortified
| No doubt these rumors started from til,
fact that Mr. Plumley is located in "Maye
/ land" although no one has had the hardi
| hood 10 question the fealty OF Mr. Plumley
to the head OF the Republican ticket even
| if the Democratic nominee was a resident
Of the same burg. Mortified. it must b,
| remembered, gave Mayo a whopping hi;
vote
/ The announcement some time ago o
! Franl, G. Williams that he Will not be
candidate again for bank examiner vii
leave vacancy to fill in that Office
/ Thomas H. Cave, ir., deputy secretary @
state, a bank cashier for many years bc
fore going into the state treasurer's Office
would give other candidates hard tuSsl
for the place. ii merit, experience and al
around general ability were to be reckonet
with. No doubt Mr.. Caves appointment
would be favorably received by the banks
I who would prefer to see the office lille
10y an experienced banker than a poUt
clan.
The selection OF state purchasiu
agent may depend wholly on the course {
future events and what develops durin
the trial Of Mr. lIanley, Mr.. Williams an
Governor Graham. That an indictmer
against any state officer is handicap I,
reappointment, il must be admitted. eve
though the man holding the Office shouI
be able TO show clean slate
Respecting other state officials and hea,
Of departments which come under the 90
ctnor's appointment little is heard at til
time
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
FITCHBURG HIT
BY CONTRACTS LOSS
Nearly All Manufacturing Concerns
Have Gone on Abbreviated Schedules
Men Are Laid Off.

FlTCiBl re-, Mass. Nov. 23.-Though
Fitchburg manufacturers were uncertain
early in the week a. to the probable effect
of cancellations on local industries, de
yclopmcnts have come fast in the past
day or two, and present indications are
that the local situation will be much
more serious than was originally antici-
pated.
II is daily becoming more easy for the
| local employer OF labor TO look into the
| future and anticipate the extremes to
which he viii probably be put to keep
his business running and give his regular
employes a square deal during the recon
struction period of the next few months.
For the first time since the United
States entered the war, the "No help
wanted" sign is now prominently dis
played in the employment departments
lof practically all local shops and fac
tories.
Men are being laid of or discharged
in increasing numbers at several of the
Ipants. and further reductions in the
working force CT many of the larger
lplants, especially in the machine indus
try. arc inevitable.
The situation is rapidly developing
conditions which indicate that large
proportion of those who have been at
tracted To Fitchburg by war Jobs during
the last two years may now be obliged
To return to their former Jobs. if they
can get them. and Fitchburg manufac
turers are going to find it exceedingly
difficult to provide steady employment
for their regular working force will
them before the war. and who desire t,
stay with them, now that the war is over
1t is now estimated by those entirel,
conycrsant with the situation that tota
cancellation Of war contracts in Fitch
burg already amount to over S2.000,00(
with. probabilities that further cancella
tons during the next few weeks will in
crease the total amount to the vicinit
of S3.OOO000.
Between 80 and POO machinists an
other employees of the local metal trad
industries have already been laid off, an
this number il to be materially increase
in short time
Overtime work is thing OF the pas
as far as Fitchburg is concerned. an
there are now few. if any, local indu
tries which are planning upon a workir
schedule OF more than five and a ha
DAYS a week. In many instances, mo-
abbreviated schedules are already in ope
alton.
One large industry is adopting sche,
lule OF three days per week and othe
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
PRIVATE sEcoY AS K P.
East Arlington Young Mar in Service
Does Penance.

East Arlington Young Man in Service
Does Penance.
Private Cyrus 4. Sccoy of East Ar
lngton, a member of the 35lst Bn, sta
toned al Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa,
was inspired while on duty as kitchen
police and wrote the following lines to
a friend in East Arlington, Vt:
Sitting here in the kitchen peeling
bucket of spuds,
Wearing dirty apron TO cover my
Khaki buds.
4 hundred thousand in the bank, So
ciety man, that 5 me,
Just because | was late for roll call
they gave me q weeks X. +.
Sitting here in the kitchen with slop
all over my knees,
Picking stones and splinters out of a
barrel of beans,
Ny thoughts have gone wandering
to what | used TO be
Before | missed street ear and they
gave me week 5 X. T.
4 week policing the kitchen, watching
the hard tack Drowned,
Me, who used TO order q bunch of hus-
kies around.
| wonder what the bunch would say if
they could see me now
Guarding a thousand pie plates ready
for evening chow
Two weeks ago in Tobyhanna l held
a sweet giTl 5 hand,
Telling her I was going to fight for
my native land.
| She leaned her head on my shoulder
and said she d be proud of me
She'd be proud all right if she saw me
now doing weeks x. p.
/ think Of the nights I squandered do
ing the society stunt,
Gee, what lobster | was, What 9
| hopeless, hair Drained runt
| Oh | was there with girls, boys; they
called me a ladies man,
What would they say if theyEsaw nj
now serubbing a greasy pana
Dumping the slush in the hog pan
t scrubbing the kitchen floor
Swabbing a slimp mush pan until m
mitts are sore,
Mixing. the hash for supper, chuckin;
the lee in the tea.
Private Cyrus Seeoy, society man
that me.
, But when this war is over and m.
+ duty has been done,
. Then l Il return to mother and alway
be her SON.. asg5.. $50
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
DUMMERSTON.

Tomorrow viii be observed in the
Congregational church as Home Mis-
sions Sunday. The subject of the
sermon viii be The Task of the church
in the United States. In the evening
at 80 clock the Christian Endeavor
society will have Thanksgiving
service in the church with special music
by Miss Ruth and Miss Helen Fisher
and Miss Edith Duttou will lead the
meeting On Dee. l Thanksgiving
service Of the church will be held at
80 o clock in the evening with
special music and a sermon by the
pastor Further announcement of this
meeting will be made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23

ings papers concerning the army demo-
bilization plans appeared in The Reform
er and other afternoon papers of the pre-
yious day. The terms of the armistiee
which brought to an end the world war
were printed in The Reformer of last
Monday afternoon in substantially the
form they appeared in the morning
papers OF the day after. Likewise the
terms of atmfstice Which put Austria
Hungary ont of the fighting appeared IN
the afternoon papers first. In view OF the
way the big news was broken, IS it any
wonder that the afternoon papers are
making use of the slogan: Why wait till
tomorrow for the news?'
What Is d1ier than a lecture on history
these DAYS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
WEST. BRATTLEBORO

Mrs. II. II. Barber is improving slowly
and is now able to sit up a little
Mrs. Harold Akley Of Vernon il stay
ing for the present at the AlcNcigh farm.
William Adams is gaining from an
operation performed on his lcg in the
Melrosc hospital.
Mrs. George Fisher has returned to her
home in Dummer~ton, after having Wis
tied here with Mrs Walter VI. Robbins.
The committee in charge OF the supper
to be- given by the Woman's Association
of the Congregational church Wednesday.
Dee II, met Thursday afternoon with
Mrs, +. A. Knight To make plans.
Mr. and Mrs. c. Whitney Prouty will
20 next week 10 Gulford 10 the Muller
farm, Of which they will have the care
during the absence OF Mr.. Muller in New
York
Mrs Hannah Prcntiss and daughter
Mrs. Hattie Jones. of Wiudham have
come TO visit i'm the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles 4. Prcntiss until after
Thauksgi
Miss Dorothca Perry ot Oak Grove ave
nue.. who underwent an operation in the
Mclrusc hospital this week, !, as com
Portable as could be expected 4 >pecia
nurse j. attending her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar 6 Convey have re
cciycd letters this week from their son
Clarence Convey. ia which he writes tha
he has landed in England. lie furthe
states that they had an extremely rougl
voyage across and everybody ON ship
board was sick. He saws that the Eng
li,h money is pulling them greatly. IL
i. IN the October automatic Replacement
draft in the heavy tank service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
TOWNSHEND.

J. S. Ford, who was in Newport
News, Va, assisting IN the drive for
funds for the United War Work, re
ports some of the ways in which money
cigarette which was sold for $50; a
sailor gave ring made Of piece of
money, which was sold for $40; a
soldier gave a copper coin from the
battlefield, which sold for So. A total
of $500 was raised that night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
Juvenile Wonders.

America has produced! three won
derful boy taleulators. . Marvellous
Griffith, as he was called, could raise
a number to the sixth power in II see
onds. Truman Stafford at the age of
10 could multiply one row of Is figures
by another of IS in minute or less.
The third was William James Sidis
who at IA went to Harvard and as
founded all of his instructors by his
profound grasp of mathematical prin.
ciples.-Boys Life.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
She was An Wrong.

The small boy was the first TO an
svcr the telephone The person ON the
other end Of the wire was a friend Of
his mother aud the following CONVEX.
satiou cnsucd:
Is this Mrs Blank 5 residence
"No, mu'um, il IS Mr. Blank 5 little
hoy. ''--Eyctyb
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
Smaller Collars For Thin Necks.

The following advertisement appears in
a copy of Berlin newspaper taken from
a captured German: Many persons
whose necks have become thinner by rea-
son of privations caused by the war. may
remedy this inconvenience by changing
their collars at the rate of p pfennings
for each collar exchanged
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
The Day After.
burlington News.

We heard recently of a man who would
not buy an afternoon paper because all
the news was printed in the morning
paper the day after.
We doubt if such man would buy a
daily newspaper anyway. He would be
satisfied To wait for his weekly pubhca'
ton to find out what is going on outside
his immediate environment.
The Brattleboro Reformer points to a
few of the great stories of recent weeks
which have appeared first in the after
noon papers.
What it says may be taken as true OF
afternoon papers in general. The edi'
toral follows:
The feature story of yesterday morn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
Statement of Gross Food Margins

administration storesm
of the credit
in of practice
be
be dealt with unfair
ntage be ealenh on
ing The retailer may have the benefit
retailer railroad
he may include any hauling charge if fractional
delivered lIowed andf the is fraction
margin may of
minimum to make
for those whose cost of doing price CENTS
pkgs, " quantities
bbl $l35 $3.50
Wheat Flour, broken mill pkgs, b. l15e
Rye Flour original mill pkgs IS to 22fa
Flour broken mill pkgy ID 11ac
Flour MILL kg per
Corn Meal bulk per h. 11hc
Meal, original mill pkg IS to 2fe
pkgsy
Evapoated Milk IS to ego
Meaan
Rolled original mill
Beans white or eoiofed $50
canned Corn Cor Peas and Tomatoes standard grades s0S
Canned Salmon, chums pink and red 25 to 300
3oe
Peaches % SOC
Lard Substitutes bulk Der b 49, . ........:.. ) to &c
Lard Substitutes, Is to ego
pieces
I 1ns hR1 whole WHOLE pS per Ii per D. TO
n-uoting shrink
packages retailers sells produce
II mill retailer
nal mil packages and sells in smaller quantities -
r been fixed in accordance with the following list
Eggs whether mott per
Bntter ocomargine Nutmaane. per
Cheese Chddar Twins Flats, Daisies Long Horns and
RI ]. vANDERvEER. IocalA Administrator
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Several from Brattleboro went to
Guilford last evening to attend the
chicken pie supper held at the
parsonage in that town.
Manager Cleo Staples of the Feds bowl
ing team has been notified by the Green
field managef that the Greenfield team
will be here next Tuesday night to play
the Feds on Laundry's alleys.
At the First Baptist Church Sunday
evening Rev. Clark T. Brownell will
preach the fourth sermon in the series
on Christianity and the war. His sub
iect will be The War. and Christian
Faith. rs
The Christian Endeavor society of
the First Baptist church will give
social next Tuesday evening at
clock. The admission price will be
two vegetables An the young people
and friends of the church are invited.
The room in the federal building for
the inspection of soldiers packages for
shipment overseas viii be open tonight
| from to O'Clock. Next week the room
will be open from I to on Monday
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday eve
nings.
The funeral of Charles S. Elliott was
held yesterday afternoon at o clock
in his home on Western avenue Rev
Clark T. Brownell, pastor of the First
Baptist church, ofiiciated. The burial
took place in the family lot in Prospect
| Hill cemetery. The bearers were W
f. Mixer, Walter N. Robbins, David
| Weld and Orrin d. FAIR.
Mrs. Mary Hopkins of Barton cam,
here yesterday afternoon to examine tho
suitcase and travelling bag found OF
Wantastiquet mountain several week.
ago and which since have been in thu
police station unclaimed. Mrs. Hopkins
said she lost suitcase and travelling
bag near White River Junction SOM
time ago. but the ones here proved no
to be hers, and the police have no cleV
as 10 their ownership.
News was received here last evenin,
BY Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore j Turne
of the death yesterday of their sOn-in
law, Frank Hapgood, after a week
illness with influenza followed b.
pneumonia. The funeral will be hel.
in Boston tomorrow afternoon at
clock and the burial will take plae
there Mr.. Hapgood married Miss Sara
Ann Turner of Brattleboro, VIII
survives. He also leaves one sister
Mrs Ida Harris of Reading. Mass, an
an uncle, A. L. Thurber of BrattleborC
DouehnutS pes cakes nuts cOnfe1
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
Grief Not Unbeatable.

Doesn't autumn with its falling leaves
and chilly winds make You sad:"
Not very. Ny husbands in the fuel
business, Boston Transcript
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
Narrowing.

Don't you think her voice ought t
be cultivated"
NO, think it should be harvested. !
Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
Cheerful Greeting.

She-Why, Lieutenant. are you back?
I've been looking anxiously for you every
day in the casualty Iist,~-Boston Tran
seripts
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23

Doughnuts, pies, cakes nuts, confec-
tionery and other good things for your
Thanksgiving dinner as well as flowers.
will be found at the food sale in the
Congregational chapel from 10 a. m. to
p m Tuesday Orders should be tele
phoned to Mrs. G. c. Fits, Mrs G. l..
Durham, or Mrs Ebert Simons. Adv 227
Evening star., 1918-08-12
1856 CASUALTIES
IN LATEST LIST
Why Proportion of Deaths
Compared With Wounded
Is Large Explained.

!, cssualtiss IN tho Army and Marine
Corps overseas made public yesterday
aggregated 1885,. brinsing; the total
since last Monday to 5.z21. and the
total since American troops landed In
France to 2o.417. Most of the casual
ties for the week represented losses In
the fighting on the Marne-Aisne front.
In the 20.417 casualtfNA total
deaths. including 2s1 lost at Aea. men
killed in action. dead of wounds.
disease. accidents and other causes
numbered 2,7ss-soldiers. e.ss3: ma
rines S33. The wounded aggregated
11.oss-soldiers, s.27s: marines. 1926.
and the missing. including prisoners.
1.52s-soldiers. 1893: marines, 81.
While the proportion Of the deaths
for the week as compared with the
wounded was large. attention was
called to the fact that the casualties
being reported now by Gen. Pershfn &
represent an accumulation as the re-
suit of the fighting which began July
Is, and it is not to be assumed as
the ratio of killed and wounded.
Many Of the wounded were taken to
French and British hospitals, and the
task Of collecting their names was q
difficult one The problem Of eecur-
ing the names of the killed and miss
ing was said to be much simpler, and
this is taken here to account for the
large number OF killed and
missing reported in the first lists.
Evening star., 1918-08-12

Interest in the Picardy battle now
centers upon the German efforts to
stabilize the front along the line from
Albert south to ChAulnes and to check
the French efforts to envelop the
enemy's positions at -Lassigny.
There s,hss been an enemy enort
which has met with q measure of sue
ces. to hold the northern flank of the
line firmly, while the allies have
nushed eastward in the. direction of
peronne and Ham. On the southern
end of the front the Germans have
heen unable SO far to do more than
,,ov, down the progress of the French.
Important French Advance.
Tn this sector an important advance
ts reported in the fact that the French
have reached Antoval on the crest Sa pr
Sermans' drive early in June the fall
of AnfoyaI proved fatal to French
homes to hold the valley Of the Oise
&c yell as the forest of Carlepont on
the east hank. If Antoval is firmly
beid by the French the German lines
along the Disc, 1t seems, are in danger,
and If the ce63 French Commune fron teprisorW 9 corr.
heId along the eastern bank OF the
rver may be forced
Reports would appear to indicate
that the line where the present neavy
erh+in0 is going on is not the one
mon which the Germans have decided
to stand definitely on the defensive.
On the contrary. the present hight ap-
nears to have reached the stage pre-
Evening star., 1918-08-12

sented three weeks ago when the Ger
mans made a stand along the OurcQ
river and the heights of Fere-eE-Tar-
denois. This stand. il developed. was
for the purpose of permitting the
enemy to get his artillery out of dan
ger and remove stores from the
threatened region as far as possible
Savage Fighting Expected.
The coming day or two probably
will be marked by savage fighting,
especially on the south, where the
Continued progress of the French
would weaken the whole German posi-
tion. If il does not turn the flank OF
the Noyon-Nesle line. which. ii ap-
pears. may be the first defensive front
upon which the enemy may elect to
stand
a generally straight line from the
Somme southwark to TiIloloy. where it
begins to curve eastward until it reaches
the Disc. The high ground on the
north is proving difficult of capture by
the allies. while to the south heavy
forces of German reserves are reported
coming into the fight
Paris reports unofficially that 10000
prisoners have been taken since Thurs
day morning. This brings the total
number OF Germans captured in Mar
$1,000. The number of guns so far taken
by the allies in the two offensives totals
almost 1000
It was reported last night that
Australian and Canadian troops had
captured Chaulnes, the important
railway town, but this morning it was
stated the report was premature.