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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
Child Welfare Conference
Wants One For Every
1000 Inhabitants
INSTRUCT MOTHERS IN
REARING CHILDREN
Health Centers'' to Be Established to
Supervise Care of Children-Nurses
Should Teach Essentials of Health
In All Public Schools

WASHINGTON, May l4-Resolutions
adopted by the Child Welfare conference
held last week by the children's bureau
of the department of labor, made public
yesterday, 90 so far as to advocate having
public health nurses in the ratio of one
to every 1900 people of che United States.
This project was among the minimum
standards" for the health, education and
work" of American children, acted upon
favorably by the conference. If put into
effect, it would call for approximately
$1,000 public health nurses in continental
United States to give advice to mothers
in their homes, radiating from health
centeTs' which. would be established to
supervise infants and older children.
The conference recommends l6 as the
lowest age at which children can so &c
work during the school term. Nine
months schooling, either full or part
time, each year is proposed for children
between seven and IS years. A child Of
| Is years would not be permitted to WORT
unless he had completed the eighth grade
and education beyond this age would bt
provided in continuation schools
| 1t is asserted that schools should be
provided with nurses to teach the chill
dren the essentials Of health" and ply
| sicians to make regular examinations. So
called sex instruction is advocated for ado
lescents, whether in school or not, whc
should be given opportunity for complete
| physical examination from time to time.
with advice from physicians. Emphasi
is placed upon the assumed need of men
tai hygiene for children believed to b,
subnormal.
The working day for minors is placed
at a maximum OF eight hours, and 70
children between IS and IS, less than tn
adults working day. Night work anC
employment in hazardous occupations ar
opposed for minors, whose compensation
the conference concluded, should cove
! the necessary cost of proper living Al
employment agency for children is recon
mended, to issue certificates only upol
/ proof of meeting prescribed requirement
as to age. education and physical fitness
/ Regional conferences in nine cities al
to be held for further consideration Q
these proposals, The appointment Q
state child-welfare committees to carr
out the program for enlarged medical col
troll over children of school age and pre-
school age would be reduced in commune
ton with federal action
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
HINSDALE, N. H.
Mrs. Rhoda Lyman.

Mrs. Rhoda (Bridge) Lyman, Sc, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Moves Barrett, on the Chesterfield
road Wednesday morning, May I. at
s O'Clock. Mrs. Lyman sustained q
slight shock some time ago, but was
not seriously i'll until about wo weeks
before her death.
She spent the greater part of her life
in Mortified, Mass, coming here %
years ago to make her home with her
daughter, who had given her the best
of care. She was born in Keene. " II
Aug 90, 1882, and married Edwin Ly
man of that place in 1854. Mr. Lyman
died in 1892. Three children were borr
to them, two of whom survive They
are Mrs. Noyes Barrett of this towr
and Henry Lyman of Keene She alst
leaves one sister, Mrs. Walter New
comb of Keene. and one brother, Or,
Bridge of Sullivan, \. H., also fou
grandchildren.
The funeral was held at the homo O
| her daughter Friday afternoon at
clock Rev. J. H. Sargent offciatcd
Miss Elizabeth Bruce and Mrs. Madg
Deone sang Beautiful Isle of Some
where and. Sometime We II Understand
The body was taken 10 Mortified
Mass, for burial. services and singin,
taking place at the grave.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

this week, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mrs. Ellis Dennison of Springfield,
Mass, was recent guest of Mrs. NJ. D.
White.
Frank Tillinghast has returned from
Providence, R. l., after two weeks
spent there.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. Gallup Of Brattle-
boro were guests Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. J. Deone.
William Langdon of Greenfield
Mass, spent the weekend at Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Spaulding's.
The missionary society will meet al
the home of Mrs. w, B. Thayer Thurs
day afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Julius Martin of Springfield, Vt; re
Gently spent few days at the homo Of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams.
Miss Ethel NJ. Bell held a music re
cital for her pupils at her home Friday
Eafternoon at :, o clock. Refreshments
were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Robertson
land Mrs. William Gould went to Bos
ton Thursday by automobile and re
turned home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Moore and daugh
ter, Ellen Moore, of Bancroft, Mass
were guests Sunday of Mrs. Anna Til
den and Miss Winnie Tilden.
The B. p. club met at the home o
| Mrs. Harold S.. Garfield recently, yer,
pleasant time being enjoyed. The hour
were from . to 5 clock. Rcfreshment
were served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
LONDONDERRY.

T. E. Davis has opened his new meat
market.
Lewis Austin has moved into George
Shattuck s tenement
Martin Kingsburv of Fitchburg is
visiting at +. A. Wilder's.
Mrs. Ella Clark has moved into the
house With Mrs. Addie Allen.
Mrs. Flora Chalmers of Boston Wis
tied last week at l.. d. Garfeld's
Mrs. Lillian Shorey of Brattleboro
visited her mother the first of the week.
Boynton Brothers, DR.. Calvin and A.
B. White were in Townshcnd Wedncs-
day.
Richard Cory of Brattleboro visited
his brother-in-law, Roy Rounds, over
Sunday.
| David Carver is putting on new pi-
azza. His brother from Asbury Park
y. j., is with him.
Mrs Maria Dove is homo from
! Northampton. Her daughter, Mrs La
core, came with her.
Malcolm Barney was here last week
goods and automobile.
Capt. f. W. Gibson of Brattlcboro
visited his mother last week. He was
accompanied by David Cooley
Mrs. A. B. Waite returned Saturday
from Brookline, Mass, where she haC
been visiting friends four weeks.
Mrs. Fred Laselle and son, Maurice
are going Friday to Boston TO visit
relatives. They will go from there tc
Greeley, Cal, to visit her mother. They
expect to be away several weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

] got better right away and was soon a
new woman and could work hard, and |
can recommend these remedies to other
young mothers who are weak and ailing
as | was. Mrs. ORA o. BOWERS, 621
S. Hosmer Street, Lansing, Mich.
Women who are in Mrs. Bowers con-
dition should not continue to suffer from
weakness and pain-but profit from her
experience and give this famous root
and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, trial.
For suggestions in regard to your
condition write Lydia E. Pinkham Med
icine Co., Lynn, Mass. Theresultof their
40 years experience is at your service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
TOWNSHEND.
Exceeds Quota by $2,7oo.

Not only has Townshend in the drive
for the Victory loan exceeded her quota
of $lo.950, but she has exceeded the quota
which would have been hers had the gov
eminent called for loan of $4,000 600, 900
as at first expected The last card Satur-
day evening brought the amount of sub
scriptions to Sl3,650, of which Sl,95O
came from West Townshend. The num-
Der of cards signed was Ill, or 30 more
than the 81 necessary to secure the honor
flag.
Much credit is due to the workers who
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
WILL NOT TAKE ALLIED FOOD.
Russian Bolshevild Refuse to Stop
Fighting to Get Something to Eat

PARIS, May IA ASSOCIATED Press A
wireless received here addressed to DR..
Fridtiof Nansen, head of the commission
to feed Russia, from Tchitcherin, Bolshe
vik foreign minister and relayed by the
foreign office at Berlin, announces that
the Bolsheviki refuses to cease hostilities
as a condition Of the provisioning of Rus
STA by neutrals.
Tchitcherin says he received DIR. Nan
sens communication, dated April II, OF
May (. He thanks Manson for his inter
est in the conditions in Russia, but de
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

clares that continuation of hostilities is
necessary for political reasons and that
it would be poor policy to stop them
The Soviet government, he adds, is will
ing to support movement to feed Rus
STA SO long as it has no political charac-
ter, but will not be duped",
He then goes on to denounce Admiral
kolchak and Gen. Denikine, and con.
cludes by declaring that it will be impos
sble to give up fighting, as enemies are
attacking on all sides
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

so enthusiastically helped the chairman.
OF these the one who obtained the largest
amount in subscriptions was Mrs. Clyde
Adams, who will receive, as her reward,
a German infantry helmet, one of those
which had been stored at Coblenz so that
the German army might have them to
wear when they made their triumphant
entry into the city of Paris, but which
fell instead into the hands of the Yam
KEGS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

1ScI. i WI S 50 weak
! could not get up.
/ suffered such pains
in my back | could
not work or hardly
take care of my
baby. One of my
neighbors r e c ON
mended Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound. |
took it and used
Lydia E. Pinkham s
Gopatirya Wacb apJ
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

The Rev W. W. Davidson, D. D. OF
Burlington, secretary and superintendent
of the Vermont Baptist State convention,
and Henry Bond of Brattleboro, Of the
board of finance, will attend The Nerth-
crn Baptist convention 1T Denver Col,
this week. In addition to DIR. Dawson
and Mr.. Bond, there will be six delegates
from Vermont to the convention, They
include: The Rev James s. Dfalec of
Rutland, the Rev. Clark T. Brownell Of
Brattleboro, the Rev pr. NJ. Derwacter
Of North Bennington, the Rev G. II Frye
of Mount Holly, the Rev. w G. Towart
of bennington and Miss Ada \ Brigham
| Of Bennington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
Mrs. Martha Policy is i'll.

Mrs. Martha Policy is i'll.
{ Frank NJ. Fuller has bought new
Buick-Six touring car.
W. S. Kimball of Boston visited al
his home here recently.
Robert Rubeor of Greenfield spent
the week end at his home here
Superintendent Of Schools G.. o
Smith has bought a Ford touring car.
Miss Eva Robertson was visitor the
las. of the week in Springfield, Mass
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Emerson of Green
field Mass, were Sunday guests II
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Sargent will at
tend The state conference at Kcent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

Adjt. Gen H, T. johnson OF Montpelier,
who has returned from st. Louis, Mo,
where he attended conference relative
to the reorganization Of the national
guard, was assured that Vermont would
participate in the fund 20 be made avail
able for reorganization purposes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

The American house at Riehford has
been sold by j, f. Kelley to H. G. Com.
ings Repairs are in progress, and as
soon as, possible the hotel which has
been closed during the winter months,
viii Be open to the public.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
VERMONT NEWS.

The Tauber, Upton company OF New
York city, manufacturers of shirts, with
branch in Waterbury, is considering
opening factory in Mofrisyille which
would employ 80 women.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
STRENGTH FOR
YOUNG MOTHERS
How Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound Restores
Health and Strength.

Lansing, Mich" After the birth Of
my child was not able to stand on my
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

The will of the late Harvey Hersey,
former mayor of Barre. which was present
ed in probate court in Montpelier Tues
day, bequeathes to Mrs Clara A Temple
ton and his nephews and nieces 10 cents
each, to Goddard seminary $500 and to
the Tufts college corporation $4,000 per-
sonal and real estate, $4,000 of which is
to be known. as the Harvey Hersey 81
Gloss memorial fund" and the income to
be used for lectures on various subjects
at Tufts college. Mr. Hersey was a
graduate of the first class sent out from
Tufts college, class Of 1857, ana he was
for some years a Universalist preacher,
later engaging in real estate and politics
Mrs. Nina Atwood, %, was sentenced
to not less than five nor more than six
months in the house of correction in Rut-
land Tuesday in Winooski city court,
for petit larceny The woman admitted
stealing pocketbooks but said she didn t
do it for herself but for her family Her
statement was corroborated by her APP
pearance as she had only rags and worn
out shoes for her apparel 1t appeared
from the story told in court that she
was married when only IA years of age
and was the mother OF six children Her
husband, Of whom she appeared to be
in fear, had not worked for the past year
and she had been the principal means OF
his support as well as that of her chill
dren. She admitted under cross examina
ton that Atwood came home drunk quite
often and tore things up
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

W. r. MOVES, M. D., Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat, to II, 80 to S. Wednesday and Sat
urday evenings Other hours and Sundays by
appointment. Appointments for glasses fittings
made hv wall on .nhone. American Bldg
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

{. r. Aldrich, NJ. d. Hours: 1890 to 80
May work specially.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19

cost of production and more than
ever il has made the theatrical call
ing the most hazardous in the
world. And yet in rare instances
only has the public been asked to
pay more for entertainment than in
the past.
Star casts are Of "a necessity
Injuries. The American public has
never stinted itself on Injuries and
now we see the necessities Of life
being cut, but the luxuries being
untouched. / believe it was Rus
kin who said that the world must
yet come to a point where = it
could live on the Injuries and dis
pense with the necessities. / do
not consider the theater a luxury
1t is true it has not yet obtained
that state in this country where it
is a necessity as is the newspaper
and the school--a state ii must and
will reach-but entertainment Of
some form is necessary and the
theater remains the most popular
form of entertainment. The theater
suffers at various times from hnan-
cial depression. but this is always
a passing condition. As long as the
theater offers par value it will not
be neglected
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19
Inside Work in POStoffiCe
to Be Shown in Local Movies

An educational film, showing the
inside work of the postoffice de-
partment, will be shown in various
Omaha theaters during the coming
week, under the auspices of the Ma
tional Federation Of Postofice en-
ployes.
The initial showing Of the films
will be made Monday at / p. m. at
the Chamber of Commerce. c. ].
Magill of the money order depart
ment of the local postofice will adj
dress the business men and explain
to them the work of the various de-
partments of the mail service. Mon
day afternoon and evening the film.
will be shown in the Sun theater.
Tuesday in the Muse theater and
Wednesday in the Princess. The
films were taken in Minneapolis
From Omaha they will be taken d.
rect to Chicago
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19
Stories Walter Kelly Doesn t
Tell On the Stage

i don know jes' who all took a slam
at me, but whut | know is dis. In
dat store at dat time they wus erbout
thuty-fve men, an whut | do know
is that / was walloped at leas' thuty-
FIVE times. 70 honor, jes' use 70
own judgment,
Kelly is also collecting some
new trench stories. He tells his
latest one as follows:
"A certain Lancashire battalion on
the Cambria front was trudging
back from the trenches after being
relieved in the small hours of the
morning. Suddenly they were order
ed to halt and dig a support trench
right where they were. The battai-
ion obeyed Immediately, of course,
without murmur, but after a mo-
ment there came a voice from the
darkness: In six days t Lord made
'eaven an earth, and then ON +
sevent, Lancashire's COON and dug
it all opp again
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19
Carmel Learned a Little
About Her Own Hair
Carmel Myers has a new bead Of

Carmel Myers mas a new pead OF
hairl
Or new hair on her head orr
Well, whatever it is-the news
paper reporter who first BROKE it to
the world wasn't very accurate in
his account-it has its own and
peculiar charm in Miss Myers new
Universal feature. "The Wild Girl"
which Paul Powell is directing.
AS Minnie Lee, Miss Myers is
first a semi-savage on an island dis
covered by Sir Walter Raleigh, but
never touched by white man since
that knight geographically "lost"
his isle until a preacher, a circus
"prospector" and a detective re
discovered" it. Then comes the
transmorgrification of Minnie. as
Byrne, the. preacher, has re-christen-
ed her. She becomes more or less
a civilized lady"
But, POUNDS l-Carmel, too, made
a discovery.
She found that hair, frizzled, con-
tracombed and subject to every
known device to make her headdress
a huge, savage-suggesting bush,
would not return to its normal state
She was doomed to proceed through
the picture, tanned in all but her
hair which raises itself skyward in
a million electric kinks.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19
Luxury in the Theatre
By WILLIAM FAVERSHAM.

thing in the way Of luxury, and
this led me to my production of
Lord and Lady Algy." The eX-
pense of getting together this cast
would have stunned me five years
ago. My friends advised me
against ESPECIALLY at this time
when war economies are the chief
topic Of discussion, but / felt that
the public will always respond to
the brilliant, the unusual and the
luxurious things. and certainly my
cast is something of a luxury. The
salary list alone of Lord and Lady
Algy" would pay that Of three av-
erage companies. For this reason
il was necessary to limit our New
York run and play only the chief
cities in the country.
The time has passed in the Ameri-
can theater when a makeshift COM
pany with a visiting star can pack
the house. Today as much atten-
ton and care must be paid to the
slipper worn by an extra lady as to
the details of the principals cos
tunes. This means that produc-
lions can no longer be thrown to-
gether from a storehouse, but that
every play put on must represent
the outlay Of thousands of dollars
before the curtain rises. The spirit
is essentially American. 1t works
both good and evil in the theater
II narrows down the number of
productions that can be made in a
season, but II has also done away
with careless, slipshod, unprepared
productions. Il has increased the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19
xYYALTER c. KELLY, "The
wv Virginia Judge" coming to

A4f4 LIN - 49, ~
wv Virginia Judge" coming to-
' the Orpheum, than whom
there is no more versatile raconteur
Of negro and other dialect stories,
paid a visit recently to the Harlem
police court in New York and one
case in particular attracted his at
tention.
a darby came before the bar of
Justice in the role of complainant,
tells Kelly. "His head was neatly
bound in gauzy whiteness of first
aid. and but for brace of dark and
indignant eyes, which flashed from
the front OF the medical bundle and
a pair of large and dark ears pro-
truding, he would have resembled
carefully moulded, bullet-shaped
SNOWFALL.
Through slit in the sanitary
headgear the chocolate drop ex-
planned that he had been assaulted
while at work in a certain Harlem
cafe. At the time, he asserted, he
was engaged i'll scolding the boss
about his small wages, ridiculing
the class of persons who came to
the cafe, and Dragging of his own
superiority over everybody in gen
eral
well, who hit your asked the
magistrate.
Z WE'LL said the black boy,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19


Funny things happen on the stage,
and the audience doesn't always
know the cause. Miss Madame
Traverse, appearing in The Danger
Lone," at the Muse, Wednesday and
Thursday tells an interesting story
of the days when she was Leading
woman in her fathers company,
travelling in the middle west.
They were putting on a play at
summer resort, and an old barn had
been converted INTO a theatre. Up
in the rafters hornets and wasps had
made their homes, and when the
house was crowded and the stage
lights turned on, the insects were
angry at being disturbed.
At one of the most dramatic
points in the story Miss Traverse's
father, who was playing the lead,
was bending over her and reciting
some terrific lines as she crouched
low in stage fear. She turned upon
him in fine dramatic bravado. and
was raising her hand to tell him
You shall not kill me-" or Devil,
do your worst," when wasp lighted
upon her hand and stung her. The
audience was hanging on every word
Miss Traverse promptly forgot her
lines in her pain and in her endeav-
or to shake off the wasp struck her
father a smashing blow on the chin.
which knocked him fiat on the stage.
The audience applauded vigorously
nearly shook down the rafters.
The father changed his lines to fit
the action, and the curtain dropped
on an audience still vigorously ap-
plauding.
What did yea hit me for, Mad
ialnel" asked the father.
Why, Daddy a wasp stung me
IN the hand the girl replied.
Well, that bit OF business took So
well | think we will have to do il
every night. But next time please
don't hit so hard"
Many big dramatic punches" are
due to accidents.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19

In THE Accused Town" Dor
othy Dalton has as members OF her
cast Tully Marshall, Thomas Hold
ing, Joseph Swickhart.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19

"The Sorority Girls" featuring
Cal Dean and Marie Fey headline
the new show starting today at the
Empress theater. Jessie and Dollie
Millar will offer an artistic music,
dancing and singing act, featuring
a native New Zealand dance. Miss,
Jessie Millar will be remembered as
the lady eornetist and also excels
at the piano and piano and accordian.
Johnson and Baker, lightning flashes
of vaudeville, keep an audience in
roars of laughter. Glenn and en-
kins, "The Street Manicurists," have
a singing and dancing act The head
line attraction for the last half of
the week will be Daisy Dugas and
Variety Four dainty coincidence
and quartet Of good looking young
men, who sing and dance in ap-
proved style. The Four Portia Sis
tiers have one 1of the most striking
and distinctive offerings of this sea-
son.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-19

Paris" was the first and was followed
by Violet Mersereau in THE Ma
ture Girl" THE Craving" with
Francis Ford, is the third in line and
then comes Harry Carey's new west
ern, "Roped," from the story, "a
Matrimonial Cleanup" by Eugene B.
Lewis. Carmel Meyers in "Who
Will Marry Me" will be released
also. Thurston Hall is playing OPP
posite Miss Meyers. The screen
version of "Home James" under the
title, "The Games Up" will star
Ruth Clifford and it is expected that
Dorothy Phillips "The Heart Of
Humanity" will also be issued.