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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10
FRIDAY, MAY 10. 1918.
TREATED SQUARE


u" oihcer IN the National army who
mas an eye for the human side Of mil
nary me noticed a rocky who had eo,no
10 camp with a sullen and hopeless OK
preston, who moved about rs if ~.
WAYS expecting 70 be jumped ON for
something. Gradually that man hogan
L" cheer mp, 10 look the rest Of tbo
me" '! straight in the. eye and. 10 90 about
nus work with the energy and swipg
"i man who likes his work and his
fellow workers.
One day he asked permission to de.
Not" some of his own spare time 70 do.
ing odd jobs for the officers. Ones.
fl"ned, he replied that he had never IN
an ms life been treated square until 5o
came 70 the cantonment. He had been
cuifed about at home as child He
""a grown up with fear and resent
ment in his heart, looking for trouble
and abuse and always finding it. Tban
he had been drafted.
In the army he had been treated like
every otler man. He had been given
work to do like everyone else. But he
mad also received fair treatment like
everyone else. It has made a man Of
hlm, and he was trying to show his
appreciation in the most direct wav
mat occurred TO him-by giving his
leisure to the officers who had been de.
cent to him.
That this man S ease is not unique
points ~ one big difference between
an autocratic militarism and an army
raised to defend democracy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10
A Hero EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men in America
Fighting Service.

Capturing runaway bomb on the deck
OF ship during terrific gale, United
states navy man heroically held on to
several hundred pounds of high explosive
until 1t was gotten to safety. This man
of iron nerve is John Mackenzie of the
naval reserve, who is serving as a chief
boatswan 5 mate on the t. :. S. Remits,
a converted yacht now on patrol service
m European waters For this extraordi-
nary heroism Mackenzie has been award
cd a medal OF honor and given a gratuity
Of SlO0. In the midst OF a storm a depth
charge, such as have proved so disastrous
to German submarines, broke loose and
went rolling about the decks. Realizing
the danger Mackenzie shouted out: "I'll
get her, and flung himself upon the
charging cylinder. Three times he was
thrown from the bomb. The fourth time
he got it and hcaving the charge upright
sat on it and held it down. Here he re-
NAMED until the lines were placed around
the bomb Had the charge exploded it
would have blown the ship to pieces.
Mackenzie is native of Massachusetts
and his mother, Mrs. Mackenzie, resides
at South Hadley Falls, Mass. After sarv-
ing four years in the regular navy ne re-
turned to service in the feet naval re-
serve.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

erous and wicked, great tears fell
down on their soft. warm fur.
THE next morning when the Lion
Babies woke up there was no mother
LioneSs. They couldn't imagine what
had happened. They saw the big Man
always around their cage, feeding
them, talking to them in soft. kind
tones. but their lovely warm, soft, fur
ry mother. Where was she?
The day went on and still she didn't
come. Oh. such miserable little Lion
Babies as they were, The Keeper did
all he could for them-but he couldn't
feed them anything to take away that
queer feeling they had. For it wasn't
hunger-it was loneliness And the
Lion Babies found that no food filled
that place,
But the next morning when the
Keeper came to look at the Lion Ba-
bies, there outside the cage was the
big, woody sheep dog She was licking
the paws of the Lion Babies and they
were once again giving their low
growls
when the dog saw the Keeper she
jumped up and down as though to say
Let ME care for the Lion Babies
The Keeper saw that the Lion pa.
hies were quite gentle with the dog
and he seemed to know that they
wanted to be together-so he let the
dog in the cage
Day after day the dog stayed with
the Lion babies, except when she came
out now and again for run. And the
dog brought up the little lions-and
when they We're big enough for the
circus they always had the dog with
them"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE

Nix ParElnS came to see my sister
1laddls attr supplr last mite, LAYING his
cane on the hall rack and putting a box
ot candy on top Of the piano, being a
box with red ribbin Ground il and look
ing as if 1T awt to be some speshil kind
with all that rbbin, and | looked at it
2 vile and then | sed Cess wat | herd
some lady say about You and GIaddis, Mr.
Parkins
Well, well, that commences intristing-
Iy sed Mr., Parkins, but | am very poor
sesscr and | proberly coodent CESS if
gessed all mite, and besides there are at
iecst 5000 things that some lady Good of
sed, so it wood take an extcr good gesser
enyway In fackt, it seems to me there's
ony one good way out Of it, and that's
good old fashioned bribery. Now beers
thin but perfectly good dime, perhaps
1t will save me hours of nerve racking
gessing
And he gave me dime and | put it
IN my pocket, saying, She sed YOU and
Gladdis serteny make nice looking cou-
pie
Fine, cheep at half the bride, and beers
another one to thank you in advance for
telling your sister wen she comes down
And he gave me another dime and | put
1t IN my pocket with the ferst one say
ing, Ony that's not all of it.
., is there more to It, well, the more
mcrrier, let us hope, sed Mr. Parkins,
and | Sod, The rest of it is. she sed she
dident see how Gladdis coodsever stand
that little mushtash
., sed Mr.. Parkins, on md thawts per
maps We had better let the status quo
continue to quo jest the way it is. in other
verbs consider your dooties ended for the
eevning
Q, well, scd, | CESS it don't make muteh
dlherents, because | told Gladdis at brek-
fest this morning enyhow.
Mich ] did
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

b,. III. ne ketormer Is on sale every evening
'y me following news dealers:
w SIiItleporo, Brattleboro News Co. q
w; cleveland. S. l. Purinton GEsitaT. ~.
THle). Brooks House Pharmarv hiIeI, 9
G5 o,,th newsstand. Mrs. d. +. DoyIe
west srattIeboro, ]. L. Stockweu
6f as. Ou.nmerston, NJ z. Brown.
Newfane, n. NJ Batchelder
iownshend. c. w Cutler
west Townshend. C H Grout
Jamaica, r. J Daggett
south Londonderry u II r,
south Vernon, f. r BufTun
ivan. nne.d Mass, Thompson Bros
Streeter W. IT, Mrs. W.
Slnsdale, N. H., w II LYMAN
SSseeiows Falls, Depot Restaurant
WINDSOR w., Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10
"a DADN'SEy[N|NQ'
k,l fairy TAl[
Z( 81 hAQY GRaAIHAN BONNER
THE LION BABIES.

81 have true circus story to tell
you this evening" said Daddy.
The children always loved to hear
anything about circus, and too, they
thought 1T was nice to hear a really
true story.
Though most of my stories" said
Daddy, ARE founded on fact. That is
they are just about true, even if I
change them around little"
what is this one to be about?"
asked Nick.
THE elephants?" asked Nancy.
NO" said Daddy. this story is not
to be about the elephants. It's to be
strange sort of story, because it Is
to he about mother dog who looked
after some lion babies"
"A mother dog looked after nons?'
shouted the children.
Yes" said Daddy. land you remem-
Der | said it was true.
"One time in the circus n mother
Lfoness grew very, very sick.
am afraid she will not live said
the Keeper.
But whatever will happen to her
dear little Lion BabiesT asked another
man.
I'm sure I don't know said the
Keeper. we will Just have to do the
best we can. I have watched her with
them good deal and perhaps can
look after them"
"'She is so fond of them said the
other man. What pity 1t is she can't
live
The IionesS seemed to know she
could not live. Over and over again
she kissed her little Lion Babies with
her tongue. And when she opened her
mouth, her great. cruel teeth could be
seen-but the little babies didn't know
their mother had teeth-so gentle was
she with them.
And the Lion Babies nestled close
TO their mother, and by the little. soft
growls they made, they We're trying
to say, How we love you mother.
Your fur Is so warm. so soft. You
are so good to MS, mother How we
love your
And rhon the Lioness held them
closer. And with one of her paws
which could have crushed and killed
n creature il she had so wished. she
fondlod and petted her babies
Slowly as she talked to them in her
low, growing way, she began to see
| ahead. Her eyes gaZed far out of the
bars Of her cage.
What will happen to my babies
when / am not here to look after
them? she was thinking. Her eyes
stared and stared into space-beyond
, the people who passed by every little
while TO watch the beautiful mother
IioneSS and the little Lions
And she began to think so hard
that she almost forgot her babies. She
was searching with her eyes way, way
out into an unknown world, and won
derlng, wondering all the time what
would happen to her lovely brood.
The Lion babies nestled closer.
Mother was letting the cold in! And
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

when Germany declares that she is
treating American as she treats all
other war prisoners every wcll-informcd
person in the United States knows ex-
actly what she means. and desires all
the more the speedy coming of the dav
when every brave captive in her
clutches shall be rescued. But there
will be no retaliation. German pris.
oners in the United States will be
treated humancly. The Christian Sci.
ence Monitor points out that on the
other hand it does not speak well for
the common sense, to say nothing of
the sclf-rcspect, of those in charge of
German prisoners at Fort Mcpherson,
Ga, that they are, according to pre-
sentiments to the grand jury, ''treated
rs guests Of the nation In this con
neetion a protest has been entered
against the manner in which certain
German submarine prisoners were re-
Gently received in camp, when their
compatriots were allowed to welcome
them as victors,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10
The MeddIey
y me coat hts yon. PIT Il on''

It is a bit unfortunate that Mrs
Forbes Robertson Hale. who spoke 50
entertainingly Tuesday evening. should
have been advertised simply as a speak
er on food, for while there is No moro
important topic in connection with the
war good many men seem to. think
of it solely as one for feminine coneia-
Grafton. Mrs. Hale did come here 10
q representative Of the United States
food administration mot the British
government as was generally under
stood but her address was much more
than technical discussion of the food
question. Actually it was about the
most finished, most forceful and most
appealing of all the patriotic addresses
that Brattleboro people have been given
an opportunity to hear during the past
six months. In addition to impressing
upon her hearers the vital necessity Of
conserving every possible ounce of
wheat, meat, sugar and fats for the
benefit of our allies at present so bad
ly in need of these essentials to life,
Mrs. Hale demonstrated by quotations
from absolutely authentic documents
that Germany had made plans to in
wade the United States after winning
a victory in Europe Her arraienment
of German frightfulness rs a mill
tary weapon carefully devised and bra
zenly executed was a marvelously we'll
executed bit of rhetoric in addition to
being an Illuminating commentary on
the nature of the thing we are fight
ing to destroy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10
GoRGAS AGAINST MEDICAL SECTs
Admission 20 Army Medical Corps Dis
pproved-Would Lower Standard.

WASHINGTON, May 1O-Legisla-
ton pending in congress which has for
its purpose the admission to the army
medical corps of members of special
medical sccts was disappovcd yesterday
by Surgeon General Gorgas in mem
orandum sent to Secretary Baker.
Such action, the surgeon general said
would be regarded "and justly so, rs
lowering the standards, educational and
professional, of our medical corps and
would have detrimental effect upon
efforts to secure physicians for the
corps. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

The public debt of the United States
is now around $4,000, 100000, but more
than half of this amount, the treasury
department explains, has been loaned
to the allies and will be repaid us.
Still, we are young in the war and the
debt will grow to respectable proper
lions, compared with the debts of the
European nations, if we give it time.
The treasury department 5 statement
of the debts of the European countries
engaged in the war is: Great Britain,
$27 ,636,o00,00o, France, $50 .227 ,000,-
oo0; Italy, $676,oOO,o00; Germany,
$25, 40S 100000; Austria, $13,314,0o0-
600; Hungary, $5,704 100000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

Propuetors of summer resorts are al
ready making their plans for business
and many people are beginning to think
about vacations. Our guess is that the
so-eallcd fashionable resorts, where
money IS thrown right and left by the
visitors, viii be hard hit, and that the
less expensive places which aim to pro
vide their guests with wholesome reere-
alton will get the business. Indica
tons at this time show that the de
mand for summer cottages where the
occupants will provide their own
food and entertainment will be in great
demand.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

a whirlpool bath is the novel treatment
applied at a hospital in Manchester, Eng,
for cases of rheumatism, heart disease.
shell shock and debility following typhoid
and dysentery The tank large enough for
+ men, contains four feet of water and is
provided with seats on which the bathers
are immersed to their necks The tempera-
ture Is kept at SO degrees Fahrenheit, lust
below that OF the body The room is quiet
and dimly lighted and after an hour in
the bath the men 60 to rest rooms.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10
TO ADVERTISERS
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS

IL Is the. aim Of the management -
e. iure eiiclent service in the delivery of
GI,3-opetation Of subscribers to thai end
lL3upt reports should be given Of ooh
ii ng 10 receive the paper on the morn
~. ci or,pmihs the omission in person.
-, '',epnohe or postal card, thus enahlino
one cause of the error to be nrornntiS
ana ana accurately discovered and the nr6pay
Fb, r., thlH, Immediately applied II IS only
secure the desired service. Can
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

All local business men. whether or
not manufacturers likely to he direct
ly affected, should he interested in the
proposition to put trade educational
course in the local high school curricu-
lum, The idea Of giving pupils Who 50
elect chance to spend alternate weeks
in school and in some local manufactur-
ing plant is one that has been working
for some years to great advantage in
Springfield, Vt, Fitehburg, Mass, and
other wideawakc communities. Its
adoption here should not only be of
benefit to pupils and manufacturers
alike but should be of value to the en-.
tire community by reason Of what ii
may do toward showing the coming
generation the opportunities for profit
able employment that exist in their
home town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

People who claim that tragedies, fires
and other disasters run in ''threes -
will point TO murder eases in Vermont
in the past few weeks, as proof of
their contention. The state had been
free from a capital crime eight months
Barton, followed in short time by
murders in Middlesex and West Paw
let. The quota having been filed let
Us hope that no more taking of human
life by violence Will be reported in
many months.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

In view of the German lease of the
Rumanian oil wells for 80 years as 4
condition of peace, what should we ex-
pect Germany to demand of the United
States il she found herself in a condi-
tion to demand anything? Would it be
our annual cereal crop, the output of
our coal mines, or the product of our
copper mines2 Instead of answering
ttesr ~urestfons we must make them
useless We must put Germany where
she cannot demand anything of us
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10
Advertised Letters.

Men-William Brewster. Ivan stan
hope
Women-Mrs. Emma Cozzens, Miss
Lura Goodell, Mrs. Julia McKeever.
Mrs. H. c. Prouty
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10
Member Of the Associates. o.

o., tfne associated Press Is exclusively
ravsied 1 TO the use for publication Of ali
ntberuisaa paIcnes credited to 1t and not
lne local news published herein. '''9o
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

Granite contains nearly all food
necessary for many plants. Therefore
freshly ground granite Is good fer
tilizer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

With speakers of such talent as Mrs.
Hale supplemcnting the efforts Of the
newspapers throughout the country IT
would seem as if the immense Job Of
educating the public on the food ques-
ton was in a fair way to be accom-
plished. That much in this line already
has been done is evidenced by the cnor-
nous savings that have been effected.
but in this as in many other movements
of like nature the trouble is likely to
Turk in the popular attitude Of letting
George do it. It viii do no harm t.
say here again what has been said 50
many times; namely, that nobody can
consider himself q loyal citizen who Is
not living up to the rules Of the food
administration in letter and in spirit,
and ignorance of them is no excuse.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

A bankboo showing deposits of
$4,000 was found among the effects
Of a workman who died suddenly in
Newark, y. j., roomng house
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

Surely nobody who attended village
meeting could complain Of II a. being
"a long MINDED affair. Just = imainri1
from the time il was called to order
all Of the 10 articles On the warrant had
been disposed of ana adjournment
taken. There was no dissenting vote on
the questions of approrriating $500 for
a series Of band concerts or retaining
the services of a day police officer.
The only thing that aroused even the
ghost of an argument was the matter
of the ax-rate, which was finally set
at IL cents instead Of 40 cents as rec
commended by the commissioners. There
should be no complaint on that score,
however, for the present board Of viii
lage officers may be depended upon to
apply on the village debt every penny
.of income which they do not need for
necessary expense.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10
"Gorn.Less Day"
ter Feet, Every Day
Use "Gets-It," the Great Corn Dis
eovery! Makes Corns Peel Right Off!

Look at the illustration below.
See the two fingers peelinG off a
corn as though it were a banana
peel. And the man is smiling while
he's doing it, All done painleSsly,
joyfully. The moment "Gets-It''
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10

sGets-it." the Only Genuine. Thorough Corn.
Feeier Ever Discovered. Demand "Gesslt.''
touches 4 corn or calius the growth
IS doomed. It takes but two sec
onds to apply "Gets-It." The corn
pain is eased at once. You can sit
at your desk or walk about. dance,
think. love and work with absolute
ease. You can apply "Gets-It'' con-
Venlentiy almost anywhere where
you can take your shoe and stock
ing or for a moment or two Sets
tt dries at once; then put your shoe
and stocking on again. There's no
further excuse for suffering from
corrS and corn-pains
"Gets-It,' the guaranteed, money!
back corn-remover, the only sure way.
costs but trifle at any drug store.
Mfd by z. Lawrence eco, Chicago, Ill.
Sold in Brattleboro and recommends
as the world S best corn remedy b
Brattleboro Drug Co., c. F. Thomas
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-10
Chr 8rsttlcbnro Reformer

Entered In the postofflce at Brattleboro
as second class matter
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
ARIZONA POTATOES
 OF BEST QUALITY

PHOENIX, Dec. 31.-Last spring the Arizona Council of Defense, to fur ther the food supply of the nation, worked with energy to help Tn the planting of potatoes in northern Arl- zona, assisting in securing seed po- tatoes at a cost that even ran up to 6 cents a pound. The crop in Coconino county has been gathered-5OO car loads, where therd were but 50 car loads before. The quality is super latiye. Flagstaff potatoes have flavor, thin skins, solid meat, no blemlshes- in short, have "class." Without knock ing the Golden State in any way, the California spuds now being received are distinctly inferior and, though sold at a slightly lower price, really are not as economical in the household. The Arizona product has a shorter railroad journey and goes almost direct from the grower to the consumer. It has been raised mainly by people who had a patriotic, rather than financial ob- feet in ten times enlarging their coun- tvs food supply while they paid high wages to do it.
 Now the Arizona consumers have chance to do the proper thing, and at little added expense. Buy Flagstaff potatoes. They can be had at your grocery at an advance that should not be over 50 cents a hundred over the cost of the inferior coast offerings. To be exact, the shipments now being made from Flagstaff in carload lots net the farmers a bit more than S2 hundred and the potatoes should re- tail less than S3. California potatoes have been selling around $2.75, but may be had for little less. The Ari- zona quality will more than make up for the difference in price. Better buy now, for prices undoubtedly will mount before spring, though hardly to the fancy figures known late last win ter when potatoes ranked with the valuableJ that are kept in safes.