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Evening journal., 1918-03-30
Wilmington
Wins {!

Music lovers and amusement
seekers are lucky in HAVING
this opportunity to hear in their
own city, one of the most famous
chOirS in the world.
One night in tour of six months
secured through early booking.
Each concert en- route like an
ovation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
British Humor.

The number of consulting physicians
in England has become so reduced as
Il result of mobilization and overwork
on the part of those not called to ac-
tive duty, owing to age, etc, that in
val!ds and those subject to everyday
maladieS are requested to refrain from
sending for the doctor for "every lit
tie ache and pain" this privilege be
ing permitted only in extreme cases.
1T is desired that the public In
general, in order to simplify medical
services, take the greatest care posi-
bic in order TO prevent carelessly con
tracing diseases that require long, diff.
ticult and expensive courses of treat
ment.
1T will be proof of patriotism on
the part of everyone during the war
to content themselves with the less Sc
rious complaints, such as influenza,
neuralgia, headache and hysteria, these
latter being easily relieved by means
of few CHEEKY words"
The above Is the advice found In an
English newspaper. Americans should
profit by this advice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
FAIR EXCHANGE IN TRENCHES
Wealthy "Poilu" Handed Out Hun
dred-Franc Notes and Poorer Com
rade Furnished Merriment.

Soldiers of the same age, fighting
side by side. a Frenchwoman says in
her Notes on the War" may be Of
very different social classes, but often
become the closest friends.
she tells this story in Illustration of
the fact. \ very merry young soldier
entertained his companions in the
"dugout" most delightfully."- by his ire
prsssible ioviality. One day his spirits
failed. Asked the reason by one of
his mates, lie said: In ordinary life
| am Il clown in Il music hall. It's my
business to make people laugh. But
today | got letter from my wife tell
ing of the illness of our two children.
She can't 20 out to work, and things
look black. That's why | don't joke
today"
a few days later the same inquirer
said, "Comrade, you're merry again.
What's happened?" 'Why. letter
from my Louise says man called and
handed her three hundred-franc notes
from his client. NJ Jean Breton; SC
things are bright again for US. Blu,
who can NJ. Breton be-" The other
man was silent, hut finally spoke
Don't worry, copain. l am Jean Bre.
ton. I'm rich enough TO afford it. Now
sing Us one of your comic songs
please !"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
Brief Against Liquor.

The Law says:-That the liquor traf.
ic has mo inherent right - to exist.
The Courts:-That drink is largely
the cause of crime and pauperism.
arsicians:-That drink is the chief
cause Of disease.
Busia"ss:-That drink produces in
competency and inchcicncy.
The Iome:-That drink DESTROYS hap
piness and prosperity.
The School:-That drink is the great
est enemy of education.
The Church THAT drink is the chief
foe To religion.
Mothcrhood:-Tha drink poisons the
very foundations OF life
Economy:-That drink wastes food
and rubs labor
ConScrvation:-Tha drink is ALWAYS
destructive, never constructive.
Patriotism That drink has dis
qualified large percentage of the
yoang men called to the colors. and. az
General Leonard Wood saws. lis the
soldiers worst enemy. LINTON Club
of Cincinnati
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
For Maine-A Wall OF Wealth.

Massachusetts, men will have to make
considerable noise II they get into Maine
within the next half dozen years with
any fair chance to make use of any Maine
white COAL in this commonwealth The
most liberal man IN the hydro-electric
llmelight down in Maine is Hon Percival
Z. Baxter of Portland, and he is SO liberal
that he insists that the laws should be
made tighter to keep every volt of electric
current in Maine. His liberality consists
IN moving every possible way to force the
development of waterpowers in Maine To
make electricity. He wants a special ses-
SION Of legislature to lift the cloud which
defeats his idea of what he calls State
development of the waterpowers The
cloud Is that the state constitution saws
Name snail never owe more than $500 900.
For state development of waterpower it
would be necessary to borrow a lot more
than that. Several years will be required
TO make the shift, even if the special ses.
sion Is called. which is not promising now
as an outlook
Baxter wants state development to make
sure that all the electricity will be used in
Maine. That is fine so far as il goes.
| lie should also insist that all the potatoes
| raised there must be eaten in Maine
ihen Massachusetts people who buy
Maine potatoes now by thousands of car
! loads could take a mouthful of meat at
home and go down in Maine to get the
| next mouthful of potato. The system
could be improved by getting the Chicago
meat providers TO agree not to sell any to
go outside of Illinois. Then we could eat
a bit OF meal at Chicago, slip over to
Maine for little mashed potato, hurry
around home and snatch a bite of bread.
and so on until fair meal could be eaten
IN about two weeks, if we hurried the
trains some
That liz no more absurd than fussing
to keep all the electric force in Maine,
Other states sell us coal and do not even
insist that we haul our ashes back 10
them The first process is to get into
Maine and hberalize the people. Start
with Mr.. Baxter. for he has been fighting
the corporations of that state some years
and knows lot about waterpowers. Tell
nm that If Maine will loosen IN in a pri-
Vate enterprise for a few years it can sell
enough electricity from its waterfalls in
small proportion of development To nav
Tor the development of the balance by the
state without forcing the constitutional
restriction of $500, 900 debt
II Massachusetts capital should get hold
OF all the waterpower it wanted for bust
ness here and develop it for electric Dur.
poses. and hang to it forever, there would
still be enough water in Maine 10 make
all the electricity for state with ten
tunes the population Maine now has
Meanwhile Massachusetts, would be paving
Maine many millions of dollars a wear
Baxter says horsepower of water force
Is industrialy the same as thirteen tons
OF coal If In use a year. Then Maine has
1900 100000 tons OF COAL that II can
use or sell to others perpetually forever
and then some. Why fuss about - ner
cent OF that being sold outside the state.
1t Is time for Massachusetts men to wake
up.-Worcester Telegram.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
WAR MESSAGE OF INTENSITY.
Continued from Page i

ID years of age and every woman nm
der 80 and removed them into the in
terror of Germany and nobody knows
where they are although everybody
knows what has become of them A
large number Of the older women Of
sufficient strength were put at hard
labor behind the German lines. The men
captured also were put to hard work
The old men and women and the little
children were driven from their homes
INTO the open country; every tree was
cut down; bombs were placed under
every building and everything was
blown up; little ones were coaxed by
what appeared to be fountain pens but
with the slightest pressure their little
heads were blows off
The third German army order which
has TO be passed upon by the kaiser be
fore 1t can become a law, in this war
Is frightfulnesS In their view it is
not only necessary but it is right 1t
IS military advantage TO them In the
event of the evasion Of any of the rules
of occupancy in a conquered province
| friehtfulneSs is intended to be put into
execution by all ranks against the civil
/ population, regardless of sex. The
speaker told this in contrast to the
I British army order which is to keep
away from wine and spirits and abso-
| lutelv to respect all women with the
honor of the army and the British en-
| pire.
In closing Mrs Hale spoke of the
work that we can do which Is abso
! lutelv essential to the second line of
! defense The allies will hold until our
armies can get over. We should not
think that we have done all we can
when we have bought Liberty bonds
and savings stamps. The war could be
fought without those. Soldiers can fight
without the Knights OF Columbus
camps, without the Y NJ. c. A. huts,
/ without the Red Cross, without the
books and magazines, without socks
and sweaters, but they cannot fight
without food Millions Of bushels Of
wheat are spelling in Australia because
OF the lack of ships to transport it to
the allies; corn cannot be sent. it i;
so bulky and corn meal mildeWs easily
in dampness. The answer to the call
i of those nations for wheat is that
America must send the wheat, the meat
the sugar and the fats which are neces-
Fary to carry on this war. America
must save wheat for the allies Amer
lea must eat less of these foods which
are essential to the armies if the world
IS to be made safe through this war.
everybody worthy to be called an
American and who is alive to the sit
uatlon will use no wheat until the next
harvest
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
WEST HALIFAX.

Mr. and Mrs. Z. $. Cooke were guests
over Sunday Of their son, H. G. Cooke, in
Greenfield
Mr.. and Mrs Olney Crosier and family
of Shelbune Falls visited Mrs. Crosier $
father, Judge Worden, Sunday.
Miss Mildred Whitmore, who has been
sick several weeks with typhoid fever, is
improving. She is able to sit up little
each day.
Mr. BiXby, who owns the lumber at the
steam mill, has begun to draw it off with
tractor power. Clarence Clark is running
Che tractor truck for Nh Bixby.
The body OF Mrs Elias Stone who dice
in the home of her daughter. Mrs. c. F
Clark, in Greenfield last December. was
brought to Halifax May and buried in
the Niles cemetery by the side of her hus
band, the late Elias Stone.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08

much did we make is always the first
and I'VE had a good time, is second.
Many little pile has been made by ran
sacklng the larder of Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
Brown and Mrs. Green and taking the
loot over to the church parlors to be dis
posed of at less than COS" prices. The
community spirit in rural districts must,
OF course, be fostered. 1t is essential.
But it can't be attained without the
slaughter of viands? If it is impossible
to relieve the monotony of country life
without getting together for the purpose
OF devouring boiled ham and potato salad
as the king OF the cannibal isles would
gulp down plump missionary. why
there's something wrong with the
monotony-relief safety valve.
We can't think it is any more necessary
to overload your stomach in order to
have a social time, than prohibition
ist deems a bottle of rum necessary
factor in a reunion of old classmates.
There are amusements other than eat
ing much more appropriate for a wartime
program Swanton Courier
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
DEAD SHOTS IN CONGRESS-
Two Marksmen Who Would Shine in
Any Company Are Natives Of
Arkansas and Arizona.

If all the members and officers of the
house and senate We're drafted for
service on the firing lines in France,
there would be two veterans who
would prove themselves to be the
equal OF most marksmen of France or
England or any other country. The
Washington Post says there are very
few good shots in either house of con-
gress, 1t is said, and no member OF
either body can compare with Jerry
South of Arkansas, chief clerk of the
house of representatives, as a rifle
shot. Mr.. South was known in Arkan-
sas as the best shot in that part of
the country in his younger days, and
he is still there with the eye. The
other man under the dome is Senator
Mark Smith of Arizona.
1t is very difficult thing to put five
shots in 4 silver dollar at a hundred
yards, yet Jerry South has done it a
dozen times. Senator Smith has tried,
he said, five thousand times, perhaps,
TO do the same thing. but the best he
has ever done was to plant four shots.
Always one would 90 outside or cling
to the outer edge of the dollar He at
tributed his failure to imperfection of
powder or shell, or the within of the
wind. The senator said he had even
tried placing Il rifle in a wise and see
ing that nothing mofed the gun, but
invariably one shot would fail of its
mark. The old Mills rifie-a muzZle
loader-which was used in the early
days of the war and afterward by
many hunters, was the best rifle ever
invented, according to Senator Smith.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
Direct From the Farm,

Nor will the world be quite as good
as it ought to be as long as the fresh.
faced and ingenuous-appearing country
women drive into town early in the
morning and stock up on cOld-storage
eggs and chickens at the places at
which such things are purchased be
fore starting out on their rounds and
selling their produce direct from
farm to consumer; and we have some
evidence that this is Il more or less
common practice now.-Ohio State
Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08

Columbus of Townshend spent Sunday at
Bert Browns.
Miss Mildred Lowe of Wardsboro is
staying with her sister. Mrs George Os
good, for a while
Fifteen men from this town responded
to the call to help fight fire in Town
shend last Saturday morning
Henry Bush shot another deer on his
fathers land last week r. II. Yelling
ton also shot one on his clover
The Farmers club will meet in the
chapel Tuesday evening, May IA. Subject
Shall we increase production this year
If so, why:
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wilson and daugh
ter, Rosclcne. aud Mr. and Mrs. Irving
French motored to Hartford Conn, last
Sunday to visit relatives
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
once AGAIN, THE EATS
Courier Man Sees No Need of Royal
George Church Supper.

The Swanton Courier criticizes church
suppers as an Unnecessary waste of food
and states that they are not profitable
The object of these socials is not SO much
to make money as to bring people to
gethet IN a community spirit. The church
social is about the only amusement that
many country places have and they do q
lot of good in relieving the monotony Of
country HE The movies i'll the villages
could much better be dispensed with thar
the church socials in the country districts
burlington Clipper.
A paragraph OF Opaque statements
How long since the object of church sup
pcrs has not been to make money
What's the first word on the lips o
every church member, as the good ladies
pick up the last pile Of dirty dishes afte
"a busy night Of pot wrestling? How
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
LONDONDERRY.

Frank Davis is in Ncwfane this week
" J.. Wright has gone to Athol, Mass,
with potatoes
Mis-, Helen Taylor began the primary
school Nlohday
A. g. White was in Towushcnd last
week Wednesday
Nls Nina Wymau was in Rutland
several days last week
A.r and Mrs john Thompson have re.
turned from Massachusetts
Miss Mildred Strong was home from
Springfield an Of last week.
Mr. aud Mrs +. r.. Holt OF Ludlow arc
an THEN farm here for a tcw days,
carl Buttncr is having a display sale of
merchandise lasting an this week.
Carrie Carver has begun work in the
telephone office ~ the south village.
John Walker is caring lor Alanlo Clay
tam OF Weston. Who has bad shock.
George Walker of Salt Lake City. Utah,
is visiting bis mother aud brother here.
Eey c. g. Merrill Of ST. Johusbmy
spoke iu thr congregational church sun.
day evening
Miss Beatrice Nymau is through work
IN the telephone office at the south village
and is II home.
Mr. Fcusletmachcr has moved ON 10 his
1m aud Fred Hall has moved ON to the
Flank Howe place which he recently pun.
chased
y. j. Stone WIS IA Rutland last week
10 attend the convention ut the Providcnt
Life and Tulat-Co. of Philadelphia. Nh
Stone has had iuc business So far thi.
year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
They Sure Would.

. Homer Y. VIM was talking before
the indianapolis Advertisers club
about craftsmanship, recently, and COM
mented on the fact that salespeople
were too often unnatural.
"Even the merchant himself is often
unnatural, the speaker said ''He
does not act in his store as he does a.
home"
and if some of them did" comment
ed one of the women members of the
club, they'd drive their last custome,
away"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
CAMBRIDGEPORT.
Mrs. Charles Walker.

Mrs. Charles Walker ~, died Tuesday,
April ~, after few days illness with
pneumonia. She was tie only child Of
the late George and Louisa Avres of
Grafton. aud nearly all her life was
spent in that town on farm few miles
from this village. She was q member of
the congregational church and was much
interested in all Christian work. espc-
cially that al missionary and temperance
work. The funeral was held Friday aft
ernoon iu the church here, Rev G.. +.
Chaplin of SaXton~ River officiating 4
protu-iou at flowers showed the esteem
~ which she was held She leaves be-
sides her husband son. George. in whose
home She had lived q few years, and a
grandson Clarence
Those from ont of town who attended
thciuueral were Mr. and Mrs. w. l.. L..
Walker Mr.. aud Mrs otis Wilson. Mrs.
Norman Davis AND John Davis Of Grafton.
Dr. aud Mrs. John Blodgett. Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Buttor- OF Bellows Falls. Mrs. T..
N. Richardson Miss Bertha and Miss
Anna Richardson of SaNtons River. Err
nest Blodgett aud family Of Charlestown.
n. H., and Mr.. aud Mrs. Albert Marshall
al Bartou-yille. The burial took place in
the tambridgeport cemetery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
VERNON.

There will be a Liberty bond dance
2hd potato supper in Grange hall to-
morrow, Thursday, evening. Lyman s
orchestra Of llnsdale will furnish the
music. The supper is served in oh
servation of potato week. The proceeds
OF both the dance and supper will 90
towards paying for the Grange Liberty
hnnd
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
The Girl of 1918.

The up-to-date girl has club We
randa gown, club bridge gown, q
sports suit, Il dance frock, some ball
gowns, and a few other toys. Yet at
nineteen she falls gloriousy in love
with shipping clerk and is profound
" convinced that two can live on less
than one real charlottesville Cour-
ier-Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
WILMINGTON.

The Red Cross will hold their annual
meeting for the election of officers Tues
day evening, May l4th at the town hall.
\ good attendance is desired as there
viii be a business meeting after the
election of officers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08

Seventy-two fromers of GrinneD. Ia
recently sold a carload of hogs to one OF
the largest packers at the top price q,
sis 90 a hundred pounds The amour. re-
ceived was 1853, which they turned owe.
to the Red Cross The same men month
ago anctoned off rooster for $1,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
BROOKLINE.

Henry Wilson has new Dodge car.
Mrs. Lucy FIosIey has BEEN spending a
few days IN Brattlcboro
Mr. and Mrs. james Perkins and Elaine
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08

George Martin has moved from Spring
field to his home here.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Charles Warner enter
tanned last week friends from Connect
cut.
John Bratton and family of Town
shcnd visited Mrs Brattou's parent, the
first of the week
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
BIRTHS.

In Saxtons River CDR Bowen 81
May 6, daughter to Mr.. and Mrs
Oren |. Smith of Cambrdgeport.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
DEATHS.

In Brattleboro, May Z, Mrs. Susan l..
Whitaker, -, widow of Charles Smith
Whitaker.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08

Eat Is fuel for fighters. Bacon is
badly needed in the allied armies and
navies. The allied needs in pork prod
ucts are 150,000.000 pounds monthly,
three times as much as before the war.
Anotherwaste eiiminator on the North
Dakota Is the potato peeler, shown in
the lower photo. Nothing is lost ex,
cept the actual potato skin.
There Is sufficient quantity of DO
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
SzhCmoR AIou nx6A7HEsMe

.CkiES In the Ameri-
can navy are classed
as the best fed body
of men In the world.
In the ships galleys
every effort Is made to
eliminate waste.
In the upper photo
one of the cooks on the
North Dakota is oper-
ating a meat slicer that
cuts bacon with the
least possible WaStaCe
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08

Great Britain has 100 miles Of coast
line to defend.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08

ADVERTISE IN THE REFORMER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-16
Illinois Women Meet at Rockford.

Illinois Federation of WOmen's
clubs will be represented this week
in Rockford by the meeting OF the
board of directors and officers, today
and Thursday, many of those to at
tend being at the meeting Of the
Council of National Defense in Chi
cago and going to Rockford direct
from there. Mrs. 7. b. Davis of Rock
Island and Mrs A. S. Edwards of Mo-
line are expected to attend the meet
ing.
This morning there was a board
meeting followed by luncheon at the
high school cafeteria and meeting
at the public library in the afternoon.
Wednesday evening there will be
reception at the Soldiers club rooms,
sponsored by the state federation and
the women are asked to invite any
friends they have at the camp to at
tend the informal social affair. There
will be musical program provided
by the men from Camp Grant.
Thursday morning there will be a
board meeting and that afternoon
there will be visit to Camp Grant
Miss Jessie Spafford, president of the
federation, was anxious to have the
meeting in Rockford that the women
might inspect the new Soldiers club
supported by the federation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-16
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
Says Backache is Sign You Have
Been Eating Too Much
Meat.

When you wake up with backache
ard dull misery in the kidney region
it generally means you have been eat
ing too much meat, says well-known
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
overworks the kidneys in their effort
to filter it from the blood and they
become sort OF paralyzed and loggy.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them, like YOU
relieve your bowels; removing all the
body's urinous waste, else you have
backache, sick headache, dizzy spells;
your stomach sours, tongue is coated,
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy. full of sediment, channels
often get sore, water scalds and you
are obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night.
Either consult a good, reliable ply
sician at once or get from your phar-
macist about four ounces Of Jad
Salts; take q tablespoonful in q glass
OF water before breakfast for a few
days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid Of grapes and lemon Juice,
combined with lithia. and has been
used for generations TO clean and
stimulate sluggish kidneys. also to
neutralize acids in the urine SO IL
no longer irritates, thus ending bad
der weakness.
Jad Salts Is life saver for reg
ular meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive.
cannot in1ure and makes q delightful.
eneryescent lithtar wstsr drink-AdyJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-16
Octa Hang Club Entertained.

Last evening the members Of the
Octa Kang club were pleasantly enter
tanned by Miss Mabel Arnell in her
home, 1904 Seventh avenue. The girls
decided to take up Red Cross work at
their meetings hereafter Delicious re-
freshments were served in the course
of the evening and pleasant social
time was enjoyed. The next hostess
will be Miss Barbara Kempe, who will
entertain in her home, 1892 Eighth ave-
nue.. Tuesday evening, Feb. 5.