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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14

marine chasers are doing their part in
the heavy naval work that claims their
attention, and doing it well, say the
English and French.
A submarine attacked one of our
most able transport ships. The gun
crews with smile prepared to render
that submersible fit for the bottom of
Davy Jones's locker. At target practice
upon the Atlantic, targets were thrown
over on both port and starboard sides.
! The ship came up between them after
having sailed a great circle. Twenty
shots were fired, 10 hits were made.
This is no dav-dream. 1t was seen by
citizen of Hartford. Ask any sailor
! the shooting ability of the naval gun
! crews.
Our navy was prepared for war; it
is sacred tradition with the navy to
be prepared. Our navy has always lived
up to its tradition. It has done we'll
how well, we on land cannot know
When the full history of the war is
written, the part that our navy has
PLAYED in putting under the submarine
and putting over the troops, will be-
known. 1t will be a glorious page fol
our navy. Traditions are now being
made by the United States navy which
in future years viii be looked back tt
with pride by all patriotic Americans
To the last man, Americans should ap
preeiate and applaud the navy fol
what it is doing in its efficient, unad
vertised way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
The Old Fellows "Bit."

Women have nursed and women have
knit
Since ever the war began;
Each fellow who's fit is doing his bit,
As only a patriot can;
But what is the bit that's officially fit
For a loyal and elderly man?
He may practice economy, stint and save.
And say an occasional prayer,
He may polish his boots and learn to
shave
And barber his scanty hair;
His flesh may be weak, but his heart is
brave
And he longs to be ssoyer there
He may practice economy, stint and save
To lessen the laundry bill.
The cut of his clothes may surely speak
Of an amateur tailor's skill;
But he longs, though he looks like a rare
antique.
To enter the ranks and drill
Oh, it's rough on loyal and elderly guy
To twiddle his elderly thumbs,
To furtively wipe an elderly eye
Of tear that readily comes.
As, heads held high, the boys sweep by
To the sound of the flies and drums.
Montreal Star.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
IF IF BUY LIBERTY BONDS Ns-
The Destroyer's Crew.

There's roll and pitch and heave and
hitch
TO the nautical gait they take.
For they're used to the cant of the decks
aslant
As the white toothed eombers break,
On the plates that thrum like beaten
drum
To the thrill of the turbines might,
As the knife bow leaps through the
yeasty deeps
With the speed of a shell in flight.
Oh, their scorn is quick for the crews
that stick
To the battleships, steady floor.
For they love the lureh of their own
frail perch
At thirty five knots or more.
They don't get much of the drill and
such
That the battleship jackies do,
But sail the seas in their dungrees,
A grimy destroyer's crew.
They needn't climb at their sleeping
time
! To hammock that sways and bumps;
They leap, kerplunk, in a cosy bunk
mat qulyers ana DUCKS ana Jumps.
They hear the sound of the seas that
pound
On the half Inch plates of steel,
And close their eyes to the lullabies
Of the creaking sides and keel.
They're lusty crowd that is vastly
proud
Of the slim black craft they drive,
Of the roaring fiues and the hummins
/ screws
Which make her a thing alive;
They love the lunge of her surgins
plunge,
And the murk of her smoke screen. too
As they sail the seas in their dungrees
A grimy destroyer's crew.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
October % is "Metz Day.

1t would be an imposing and signifi-
cant thing if the 2sth of October, when
it arrives. could be made to mark the
final occupation BY a French and Ameri
can army of the fortified German city
ef Metz Metz figured in the Franco
Prussan war as the site of one of the
most momentous military disasters ever
reccrded-the surrender of Marshal Ba
zaine with 10000 French troops to the
forces of Prussia. The date was October
IS, 1870. The sequel was the loss of the
war by France, the forfeiture of 1or
raine and Alsace, the assumption of a
staggering war indemnity and the crea-
ton of a sense of outrage sufficient to
endure for ages. 1t would be curious
irony of fate if Germany in turn should
be Inundated through Metz, and more
especially if it could be accomplished at
the anniversary Of the disaster OF 1870.
Here's hoping Lowell Courier Citizen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

Us fellows was setting on my frunt
steps, and some red hedded kid with
red swetter on. and his cap pulled away
down and his hands in his pockits, was
leening agenst the TELEGRAPH pole up the
street, Pubs Simkins saying, q, he looks
pritty tuff, don't he?
Yes, but that don't say he RELY is, sed
Ed Wernick, | wouldent be afraid of
enybody Jest because they had a red
swetter on.
Neither would I, sed all the fellows,
and Skinny Martin sed, Hard mussels
count more than wat a red swetter does,
did YOU ever feel mine?
And we all started to leeve each other
feel our mussels, making us feel pritty
leening agenst the TELEGRAPH pole. and
sed. bleeye, | got good mind to wawk
rte past him and insult him.
! Go on. Benny. we dare YOU we dub
| bic dare you. sed all the fellows. and
!, sed, / dident say | was going to do it.
Jest sed | bleeved | had a good mind to
But the fellows kepp on daring me and
bubble daring me jest as if | had sed
would, instead of Jest saying | bleevet
| | had good mind to. and after vii,
| ! sed, All rite, then | will.
And / got up and wawked past tn,
red hedded kid, witch was going to sa,
/, to him, Watts you think you're doing
holding up the TELEGRAPH pole. Being |
pritty good insult, but he looked ever
tuffer wen | got up close, with holes il
his pants and all, SO | jest sed, 1t look
ike rain. don't it?
Look and see, sed the red redded kid
Making me glad | dident say wat
was going to say ferst, and | went bacl
to the fellows and they all sed, Wat di
you say, Benny? Wat did you say!
WITCH | told them, and they sed, Az
wat kind of insults that, that's hec
of insult. and | sed, 1t don't SCUM
like one, but you awt to of herd the in
sulting way | sed it. And started t
bubble dare enybody elts to go up an
insult him verse, witch Ed Werniek wa
Jest going to do wen the red hedded XII
Invent aWay
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MONDAY, OCTOBER IA, 1918.
DON'T FOOL YOURSELF


At the time of writing, an unofficial
reply, which may or may not be identi-
cal with the official version, has been re-
cefved from Germany in answer to the
Presidents note. On its face, at first
reading it appears to open the way for
the President to propose an armistice to
our allies
Considering the drastic nature of some
cf the items in the peace program upon
which the answer is based. the chasm
between them and the detectives of the
kaiser, militarists and junkers it is far
easier to believe that the reply was born
4 If black deceit than that it is sincere.
If sincere, Germany acknowledges her
self beaten in words Of one syllable that
/ all can understand. We wonder what has
Happened in kaiserland in the last fort
night II seems probable, then that the
leading military authorities have de-
cared, with no reservations, that the
armies cannot hold out against the allies.
MI recent news shows on its face that
the strongest enemy defenses achieve
nothing more than short delay in the
onrush Of our soldiers.
If sincere it appears probable, as per-
sistent rumors assert, that the kaiser is
thinking of abdicating his throne. This
would seem to be the highest possible
penalty to pay for failure in the gigantic
scheme Of conquest that inspired the en-.
thusiasm of all Germany. The end is
not yet and the penalty is likely to b,
heavier. When the leader Of pack OF
wolves loses strength and cunning ant
hows il by failure in the kill or il
keeping his unruly companions in sub
lection, they fall upon him and tear hin
TO pieces. Let the kaiser beware! HI
has the cnmity of the aristocrats ant
plutocrats Of his nation for what the,
regard as the crime of failure. TIL
common people, too, after all their sui
ferings, have seen the soap.bubbles o
glowing promise, SO freely blown at tn
start, explode before their eyes and leav
nothing in the way of realization upo
the right side of the account. but
ruinous debt upon the wrong side tina
means harder work and privation fo
endless years to come. Is the Hun les
savage in nature than the wolf?
President Wilson has been instructor
the people Of the central powers in tn
meaning of democracy, and for ever
one hundred thousand who have becom
enlightened. who nov see that the den
: ocratic viewpoint is the9inevitable pr
Q requisite of permanent peace, a nail ha
been driven into the caskets of the d,
rasties of the Hohenzollerns and IL
1 rapsburgs.
The answer may not be sincere.
1 not, do not fool yourself by believir
4 that our President will not detect Il
| deceit and take such further measures
| shall drag the motives of the Hun on
\ fit into the binding light Of day, wheI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
Times Landmarks.

We'll, lets see" says the Matron, I've
ICON married - years and that happened
tn June after | was married
The Mother: That was six months
after Ralph was born and he is five"
And Another: the year after
went to Europe"
And Someone Else. 1T happened the
month after was operated on"
Or Else: Il can tell by the earth
quake"
OF Farm Reckoning: 'The brindle had
those calves and that was, going by
that"
! A Tiny Voice: Mother, it was the
year began school"
And the Oldest Voice of All: Il had
on my brand new grey poplin, | can
reeollect by that-and that was sever
years ago"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
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The American Navy.
Hartford Courant.l

Sailors who have returned from Eng
fish and French ports are authority for
the statement that Americas participa-
tion in the work of bottling up the Ger
man fleet, and doing patrol and destroy
er duty in foreign waters, is much great
er than we in the United States com
monty understand Fully fifty per cent
of the force involved in guarding the
approaches to the North sea is Ameri-
can. United States destroyers convoy
our merchant ships and transports into
French and English ports. Our big ships
are splendidly handled, ready and
anxious for any eventuality. Our oil
burning destroyers are many of then
the most potent, swiftest, most alert
craft of their kind in the world Oul
great dreadnaughts as well as our sub
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14

once-they come again and again and
again.
s'For circus is circus and there
never worry about people not coming
because they've all seen the circus be-
fore.
People will always come to q circus
as long as there are grownups and chill
dren, and as long as there is a circus
to come to-
And as Babe looked around the cur
tain and saw the people going in
crowds to their seats he nodded his
trunk and said:
"You're right, old boy, you're right"
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You would not try to purchase shells
in competition with the government.
The governments need for paper, how
ever, has increased tremendously. A re-
cent order of the war department called
for one million extra envelopes The
great demands for paper have resulted in
the placing of the newspapers on a ra-
tioning system-and paper is absolutely
essential to them. Will the public. upon
which no restrictions are imposed, do
its part by also conserving paper?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14

will be children
later on and they
will want to see
the circus. But /
have my doubts
about anyone COM
ing today"
"Ah Babe said
Matty, "you are a
very W $ e ele-
plant and your
memory and your
tricks make you
very fine and Won
derful. but one
thing you don't
know which / do
and that is that
folks don't come
To 600 a circus
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bling the cause Of the error to be promptly
aid accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher secure the de
/ sired service
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Paid in Advance

The War Industries Board, in its efforts
to conserve the paper supply, has ruled that
newspapers must stop all subscriptions
IMMEDIATELY UPON EXPIRATION.
This means that subscribers must keep
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former regularly. Notice Of expiration Of
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not neglect 1t and then blame the publisher
for what is your own fault.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14

as thing that can live only in the
dark. it will perish
The type of democracy affirmed in the
answer to be an adequate expression of
the will of the German people is not
what we would call democracy. Two
courses are open; to reject it as sham
democracy or to accept it, provided q
way can be devised that will throw safe
guards about it and strengthen it suffi-
GENTLY to make it serve its purpose in
the present crisis. In this direction we
will watch the next steps with interest.
Again, don't fool yourself, for the allied
armies are not wasting second and the
evidence of sincerity must be very con
vincing to make Foch and other military
leaders of our own and allied countries
feel that an armistice can properly be
granted when the cost in the way OF
lost military advantage might be &
great The President will not act with
out appraisng such opinion at its full
weight.
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biggest efepnanL
belonging to the
circus. She al
ways led the pro-
cession and also
she led the way
fro m t h e b i g
t ira i n S of C a r S
down to the circus
grounds.
How often she
had been in the
circ US perform
ances and some
times she would
think to herself :
81 don't believe
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14

RovH UCH DeiIeVc
anyone will come
TO see our performance today"
She would sometimes say this aloud,
swinging her trunk as she spoke, and
Matty, another elephant, would say:
"What makes you think that?"
"Well," said Babe, i've been in the
circus business for years and years
and years. We are the members of q
very big, three-ringed circus, and we
travel to big cities as well as to small
towns"
Tin the cities Babe led the way
through streets down to the circus
building. She also would lead the way
from one small place to another If the
distance was not SO very great.)
"What has all of that got to do with
your speech about thinking there. won't
be many coming to the circus today?"
"Just this" said Babe at seems to
me that every single man, woman and
child in the whole world he's seen my
tricks. They have seen us all put our
front feet upon each other and stand
over the keeper who would lie on the
ground. We would do it just so, and
would never step on the keeper. Oh
no, we could never make such mis-
take And the people would hold their
breath and say: How does that man
dare do that? Just suppose that an
elephant should step on him.
'But we wouldn't step on our nice,
kind keeper. Oh no! Oh no."
| And Matty swung her trunk high up
in the air and said, "Oh no! Oh no."
"Well," continued Babe. 81 don't see
why folks all over the world aren't
/ through seeing the circus. We have
| done our tricks for years and years,
beautiful ladies have ridden bareback
on white horses. bears have ridden BIZ
] cycles or skated on roller skates,
clowns have cracked jokes and laughed
/ and gone around with painted faces.
eGirls and men have swung way up
in the air on trapeZes, ladies have
| walked along narrow ropes, carrying
parasols. Men have swung by their
i hair, ladies by their teeth.
"Some folks have sung, others have
! worn snakes, some have ridden in
chariots. Yes, all sorts of tricks have
i been performed and as long as I can
remember. elephants have always been
a part Of the circus. | have always
4 led the parade of this circus and have
always known the way from town to
town. from station TO circus ground"
"They say elephants are famous for
their memories" said Matty, land you
/, certainly live up TO that saying for you
have a wonderful memory, all right"
Its just as easy to remember things
, as to forget them," said Babe mod
estly.
every one doesn't feel that way
about it." said Matty. Most creatures
find it easier to forget"
But really" continued Babe, 81
: don't believe anyone will come to the
circus today. We've performed for
: such crowds that we must have per-
formed for every living person. And
think perhaps We'll find that no one
will come for time because every one
: has seen us so many years.
,"We'll have TO begin again in n few
: years, for those who are babies now
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
Your Whole Heart.

A half-hearted way of doing things
means that you are only half living,
aud the poorest half at that. Put your
whole heart into what you do, if you
want all the good that belongs to you.
Girls Companion.
90
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- BUY IIBERTY BONDS Ms-

lie belonged to that FIVE per cent slice
of the Army that doesn't smoke. His unit
was stationed In a wood, and as he had
all the Yankees skill with a pocket
knife, he whitfield himself a pipe in his
spare time. Now he smokes. Ii the
chance of war had stationed him in a
marble quarry, he would probably have
turned into sculptor Stars and Stripes
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The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled TO the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited TO il and not otherwis Sc
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein
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ParadoXical.

Saw funny thing in court today"
What was that?"
"A deaf and dumb man made a mo-
ton for a new trial. Florida Times
Union.
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CADCY S[ygNNl
lA|RY TALL
CIRCUS ELEPHANTS.
81 hAM @AAA!!0IR|!QIly!ER

81 am the leader of the great pa
rade,' said Babe. Now Babe was the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14

Shell out, New England!
Seal the fruits of early
victory!
No sum too small; no sum
too big!
Fight for right against
the war-mad Hun!
Make your money work
for the peace of the world!
Our boys arrived in time
but more are needed to
crush Prussian Militar-
| ism!
Buy Fighting Fourth Lib
erty bonds, and prove that
Right is Might!
Buy today at any bank,
cash or instalment.
Buy to keep!
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Space rates application.
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Position 10 per cent extra.
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&C eUY LIBER BONDS e

The man who darted from the curb
toward President Wilson as he was lead
ing the Liberty parade in New York city
Saturday afternoon and gave the secret
service men nervous moment turned
out to be no more dangerous a person
than an over-enthusiastic printer who
was anxious to shake the hand of the
chief executive. The loaded revolver that
was found in the street nearby was
dropped from the pocket of one of the
detectives. The whole incident proved
trivial yet it serves to emphasize the
risks the President continually faces.
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BUY LIBERTy BONDS 81

One section of the new war revenue
measure now before congress provides
that if it is found that man has given
away or disposed Of any property, ex
cept for a fair consideration. at any time
within three years previous to his death,
the value Of such property must be in
cluded in the estate for taxation. This
leads the Boston News Bureau to point
out the following Hypothetical case: Sup
pose that widower worth Sl0000000.
with five grown children. marries again
Wishing to forestall any family quar-
rels, he gives his five children million
dollars apiece outright, at the same time
making a will leaving all his property to
the step mother. who is named as exec
utor. When he dies, not quite three
years later. because of unsuccessful bust
ness ventures he has only 81 100000 left.
This law saws the $5,000000 given to
the children three years before must be
added to this in valuing the estate for
taxation. The estate tax on S6,000,000
is $l.3l3000 The widow as executor is
required by the law as it stands. to pay
this tax out of the 81 900 that her
husband actually left behind.
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rs tNafs 1tF assasi-ilsa - 80 - = =
ss.ExBs E .: 8: 8: -: =.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-15
SEEK ONLY TO PLEASE EYE
Japanese Dinner. Entertainments Far
From Satisfying the Requirements
OF the Inner Man.

In the matter Of eating It Is agreed
that the japanese cuisine Is not of
the richest in nutritive culture. 1t Is
not inexpensive; Japanese dinners are
elaborate In preparation, artistic In
presentation, but for satisfying the In
ner man are far inferior to European
or even Chinese cooking. The chief
characteristic Of purely Japanese din
ner is to please the eye, not the palate
or stomach. II is a national Joke that
one must eat a meal before going to
or after returning from q japanese
dinner.
Oh. how much labor and expense are
lavished on q gochlso ENTERTAINMENT
to make 1t nice to look at That Is all
sheer waste and luxury and Is to be
condemned. Providence has kindly
put in the power Of every Japanese to
live in the most economical manner. so
the Japanese dinner Is 4 ~blaxphemeus
abuse Of providential benefcence. 1t
Is an nnachronistIc relic Of fcudalisn,
reminiscent OF the morbid tastes Of the
idle. luxurious overlordsl A monstrOns
fact II that these customs are not 20
Ing out Of fasiLon--ExchanSa.