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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04
FRESHMEN PARTY
TOMORROW NIGHT
High School Upper Glasses Preparing
tertainment-Student Council
Members Elected

At IL recent meeting of the Student
Activities society it was voted that two
pupils from each class be elected to the
Student Council, which is formed to 4
discuss, with representatives of the fac
ulty. problems of general interest and to
promote cooperation between the stu
dents and teachers. Later. class meet
ings were held at which the following
pupils were elected: Seniors-Florenee
Adams, Perry Maynard; juniors-Eliza
beth Crane. Henry Lawton; sophomores
Helen Woodwork. Philip Wheeler;
Reed, Eugene Moran.
Today picture was taken at Shorey's
studio of the Connecticut valley cham
pionship football team
This morning the members of the
high school greatly enjoyed a fine read
The Glory that Slumbered in the Granite
Rock and the reading by Miss Marion
Welcome of The Finish of Patsy
Barness.
For the benefit of the junior Red Cross,
the Student Activities society will give
dance Dec. 26 in Odd Fellows temple,
music to be furnished by members of
Lyman's orchestra.
At assembly Monday morning cor
dial invitation was extended by the three
upper classes of B. II. S. to the fresh
men to a party to be given for them
Friday evening of this week in Odd Eel
lows temple. The entertainment, which
will begin promptly at 100, has been
written by Helen Miller and produced
| by cast chosen from upper classes to
give every freshman an evening OF fun
1t will be followed by dancing As the
price of admission for upper classmen
| is slightly higher than any other year
rags and tatters will be considered the
most appropriate costume for the party
The copy for the second issue of The
| Dial, in some respects better than tho
first, will be sent to the printers to
morrow.
The interest of the French pupils il
greatly heightened by the collection o.
French books for outside reading, PLACED
in a cabinet in the main room outsid'
of room FIVE As there is wide variet,
of stories, novels and plays, pupils iron
all French classes can find books tina
they can understand and enjoy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04
MINERS LEADERS
SURRENDER IN COURT
Hold in $4,000 Bonds for Appearance
Tuesday-Charged With
Contempt.

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec 4.-Headed by
acting President John L. Lewis, six gem
eral and district officials of the United
Mine Workers of America appeared at
the federal building shortly before noon
today and surrendered to United States
Marshal Storen, who held capiases for
their arrest on information filed yesterday
charging 81 officers of the organization
with contempt of court
Besides acting President Lewis, those
who appeared today are William Green,
secretary treasurer of the International
organization; Ellis Searles, editor Of the
Mine Workers Journal the official pub
lieation OF the union; Percy Tetlow, sta
tistician; Edward Stewart, president OF
district No IL: and William Mitch. sec
rotary of district No. H. The men pro
vided bonds of $4,000 each which were
furnished by surety company.
The hearing will be held at 10 O'Clock
next Tuesday morning
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04
GUILFORD CENTER.

Clifford Akley and daughter, Alice, and
son, Robert, went to Greenfield to eat
thanksgiving dinner with his brother-in-
law. Charles Hanks, and daughter, Miss
Ruth Akley.
4 birthday party was given to Mrs.
Francis Lynde and Mrs Austin Nichols
Saturday in the home of Mrs Nichols.
Dinner was served, Is sitting down to the
table. A social time was enjoyed. \
purse of money was presented the two
women.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04
DON'T WASTE TIME.

It's waste of time to experiment.
with liniments and plasters when you
have a duh, throbbing backache or
sharp, stabbing twinges. Get after the
cause. Help. the kidneys with Doan 5
Kidney Pills. Read this.
o. F. Howe. 4 Canal ST., Brattleboro,
says: "My back troubled me for a long
time and | got so lame from STOPPING
and lifting, l could hardly straighten
up. Sharp pains caught me every time
] stopped and though l tried plasters
and liniments and several remedies for
my back, | got no relief. Finally I
got Deans Kidney Pills from the Brat
tleboro Drug Co. and two boxes did
what the other remedies had failed TO
do. They removed the lameness and
soreness from my back, the baekache
left and my kidneys became regular
| could once again work all day and
didn't feel the affects of it in my
back. -
" En- EIUIlI EARo LA Eh ME-
Howe said: Doan S Kidney Pills are
just as high in my estimation today as
they We're when | first gave them my
recommendation. Every time | have
the least trouble with my back, | use
Doan S Kidney Pills and they always
straighten me up in good shape. =
Adv
60c at all dealers. Foster Milburr
| Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, n. Y..-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04
Choicest of Fresh Meats I.
QUALITY

A high quality of will be maintained at all times
and our way of handling them will bring them
and blocks in tempting shape. You'll find them cut
and displayed for easy and satisfactory choosing.
You are cordially invited to visit the new market
make lot Of friends in Brattleboro and WEI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04
KILL ALL CARRANzA MEN.
Villa to Take Reprisal for Execution
of General Angeles.

Ell PASO, Tex, Dee 4-Orders have
been issued by Francisco Villa for the ex-
ecution of all Carranza officers and men
that are captured by his forces, according
to advices received here yesterday. This
action has been taken as a reprisal for
the recent execution of Villa 5 chief ally,
General Felipe Angeles, it was said.
The FIRST important federal officer to
suffer this fate was Major Leon Castro,
who was operating in the state of Duran
go under orders of Gen Gabriel Gavire,
formerly commander at Juarez. The Villa
officer immediately responsible for the ex-
ecution of Castro was Salvador Quevedo.
Villa is planning a new campaign Ill
Chihuahua and Durango shortly, and ac-
cordingly the federal garrisons in these
two states have been reinforced according
to reports.
Shipments of modern rifles and of ma
chine guns are reaching the rebel forces III
Mexico according to reports After a
band OF insurgents had been routed near
Fochimileo. Puebla. recently, the rebels
left behind small cannon and two ma
chine guns, all three of modern type and
presumably sent from the United states
ii is said General Pillar r. Sanchez, fed
eral commander OF operations in Puebla
has made report OF the matter to tbs
Mexican secretariat of war, according K
the adviees received here.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04
HINSDALE. N. II.

Miss Marcia White spent Thanksgiv-
ing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Frank White of North Hinsdale, leav
ing there Sunday to spend a few day:
with her sister, Mrs. George Upham, il
Athol. Mass
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04
HELPFUL HAIR HINTS
Worthy the Attention of Everyone Who
Would Avoid Dandruff, Itching
Scalp Gray Hairs and Badness.

''What will stop my hair coming out?"
Reply: Partisan Sage Qiquid form IS the
best remedy for hair and scalp troubles;
said to prevent badness, grayness and
dandruff:
Before going to bed, I always rub
little Partisan Sage into my scalp" saws
a woman whose luxurious. soft and fluffy
ing scalp. keeps the hair from falling out
and makes it easy to dress attractively.
Beautiful, soft, glossy, lustrous hair for
those who use Partisan Sage It's mex
pensive and sold by Wilfred f. Root and
good druggists everywhere. with guaran-
tee of satisfaction or money refunded
ADV
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04
SER

No matter how small how great your purchase
YOU find sincere determination to please you here he
aim to have you here expecting something more
than usual and to you that you'll continue
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04
WESTMINSTER.

The date for the annual fair and
chickenpie supper has been set for Dee
-
Mr.. and Mrs. r. X. Harris and chill
dren of Palmer, Mass, were Thanksgiv-
ing guests at Mrs. Carrie Nutting's.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04

ago. 1t has been handling the largest
amount of business in its history Since
the war. The loss is covered by insurance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04

Stockings first came into general use
in the eleventh century Before that time
cloth bandages We're worn about the feet
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-04
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The automobile fire truck was called
by still alarm to % Williams street
about 1890 O'Clock this morning for a
chimney fire. No damage was dane.
The Washington times., 1919-07-11
Oh, Ladies, Ladies!

Listen this The latest fad of the fashionable women
Of Paris and London to have photographs taken in bed
Tsstefuly draped in fashionable nightgowns these
Ladies hold what they call boudoir receptions and the
photographer does the rest.
The people of this world who most to be ptied are
those who find nothing to do Think of being forever
the search for sensation you have never known of
sudgeEng your brains to think up nonsense.
Some bright young man or woman could make for
tune inventing and selling original foohness to those who
have exhausted their resources
No man or woman ever accomplished much for the
world with his or her eyes shut Sleeping genius gets few
results.
The people who making this country pushing it
ahead Of the rest Of the world 60 to bed reasonably early
and get up with the birds.
you Nre young man woman, get plenty of Sleep
but get at the time when nature intended you should
early in the night Don't fvol and froc away the hours
when you should be resting and then rest while you should
be working.
II you want to have your photograph taken wear
somshng besides nghtdress for costume and have some
other kind Of scenery than mussedup lot of bedclothes
The newest fad has nothing useful profitable 70
anybody unless the photographer makes him get up
tarE,
The Washington times., 1919-07-11
Beatrice Fairfax Writes Problems Pitfalls the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

would be happiest with, the kind
you would yourself choose to have
her marry. How is this going to
be brought about?
Normal girls like to be frivo-
lous at times. I'm not preaching
against occasional frivolity. Mere
ly against frivolity as an occupa-
ton, as a career, as a road to mat
rimOny.
As To Early Marriages.
suppose if you're a mother with
the matchmaking impulse strong
ly developed, you can't eradicate
it, whatever theories you may
adopt But l should like to suggest
to you that you give your girl
fair chance And she hasn't had a
fair chance until she has become an
educated, useful woman, with a
personality that will attract
worthwhile men. Don't imagine
it's a triumph to marry her OF"
at eighteen. She'll have a lot more
youth II she marries at twenty-five.
She'll have a lot more chance to
grow up in a leisurely fashion and
to educate herself in whatever way
she wishes.
Personally, think a girl
shouldn't marry until she has ac-
quired some trade or occupation or
profession. Even a girl who be-
comes trained nurse in order to
get married, II there are such girls,
learns a good deal meanwhile and
has far more dignity and signif-
canoe as woman than the girl
who has idly lived at home and
gone to dances in the evening.
So here, in my view, is where the
modern parents responsibility
comes in. Not in buying elabo-
rate clothes for your daughter and
persistently inviting well-to-do
young men to dinner. But in en-
couraging your daughter to do
something, to amount to some
thing. See that she grows I'D to
be a woman with real interests,
the kind of woman who will be
happy whether she marries or not.
That's really a far better service
to her than becoming a marriage
bureau in her behalf. And if she
does become the right kind of
woman, the chances are very
greatly increased of her meeting
the desirable type of man, and Of
marrying him. So, in a sense, it's
her own affair, and, in a sense, it's
yours.
Do all that you can to help her
to educate and develop herself.
Then realize that your part is
played and stand aside while sha
exercises her own fraa chOiS~ A
The Washington times., 1919-07-11

NF course you hope that your
daughter will marry. Every
unselfish mother wishes her
own girl to have as wide and full
life as possible, to become some
day . Appy wife and an ecstatic
mother.
But which kind of parent are
you?-the kind that feels it is her
responsibility to marry OF" her
daughter, to provide her with an
agreeable background, to see that
she meets eligible young men, to
stay conscientiously on the ma
ternal job until the wedding bells
have actually rung?-or the kind
that feels that marriage and the
selection Of a husband are a girls
own affair, and that-with the ex-
ception Of shooting the rest of the
, family off the front porch or out
of the parlor when Dorothy has
caller-her own part is purely that
of passive if rather fluttery spec
tator?
Is it a duty" indeed the most
important of all maternal duties,
to marry or that charming
young eighteen-year-old? Or is
any effort of this sort an odious
and almost vulgar interference
which a girl OF delicacy and high
spirit might properly resent?
II finding a husband for your
daughter really is a duty, we have
to admit that it's a duty that's less
and less observed. With every
year that passes. girls and women
take their own lives, careers, ro-
nance and all, more thoroughly
INTO their own hands. Is this a
thing 10 be lamented?
Arranged" Marriages.
OF course American parents
have never arranged" marriages,
in what seems to US the cold
blooded European way. The
American mother has never gone
any further than inviting marri-
ageable young men to the house
and then artlessly looking the
other way as though she had no
understanding of what she had
done or of what might result
from it
And today, it is only in 80
ciety" that the business of provid-
ing a girl with opportunities for
marriage is done with any thor
oughness. So that sometimes you
hear harsh criticism Of parents
who have allowed the good old
system to decay. And at other
times you hear quiet comments to
the effect that the marrying-off
system never worked with any
The Washington times., 1919-07-11
Uniform Street Car Fares
Public Utilities Commission Not Likely Permit Collection 7CsnI
Fare By One Company and Cents By Another.
By BILL PRICE.

The utter mprobabilty that the Public Utilities Com
mission will authorize the collection Of 7cent fares by
one street company and cents by another is prac
cay forecast by past decisions of the commission and the
attitude has consistently shown in this muddled problem
still confronting the whole city.
Any such plan will be strongly opposed by civic organi-
zatons for other than that is discriminatory
and would doubtless be overturned by the courts.
Those portions of Washington that would be penalzed
by 7cent fare have committed oenses emitting them
bear burdens distinct from other portions Of the city The
of all this not in anything done by the people
The facts well understood.
But if 7cent fares wholly discriminatory
against part of the people of Washington there is grave
doubt whether they would increase the of the
company needing money badly The public so dis
eliminated against would find ways to manifest its disap
prevail Experience in other cities has shown that as fares
advanced the public took to walking. In this city
thousands would go to the company charging cents.
The purpose here not to oppose granting Of
sufficient to enable proper operation of the lines of the W.
R. and and payment of reasonable returns upon fair
valuations of property but unfortunately that company
seems to do the wrong thing at nearly every turn.
The Public Utilities Commission cannot afford to DENY
increase of if convinced that these additional
necessary to the public good in providing
suitable service. The public looks to the commission to
ascertain the facts and act accordingly increase Of fares
deserved then refuse to grant the request let the
results be what they will
No good citizen wants to see egtimatey operated
utility business go to the wall if fairly entitled to aid
Capital honestly invested SHOULD receive commensurate
returns
If there must be an increase then make It general all
over Washington cents four tickets for 25 cents and
if the Commission does that there should be distinct
understanding that neither railway company is to the
peoples money for orgy Of dividends It be used
well for beterment of service roadbed and equipment
There is need for extension Of lines relief from conges
ton, and cars. Thousands of stEapAanges have
visions that some day they may get seats
The road having surplus from increased fare can use
That money for extension and relief
It will do no harm to again say th&t The only solution
of this daily irritation Is for Congress to step IN and
authorize commission of its creation 10 take charge of all
lines and operate them plan or By the
municipality.
The Washington times., 1919-07-11
What's Doing; Where; When

Dsnce-Birney School. Anacostia. D. C..
p. m.
Excursion-Royal Arcanum councils and
Pennsylvania State Society. Chesapeake
Beach.
Address-Rear Admiral Earle. before
the Business women's Council at the
Church Of the Covenant, 1880 tonight.
Concert-U. 8. Soldiers Home Band
Soldiers Home. at p. m.
Tomorrow.
Picnic-Michigan State Society. at
Marshall Hall Boat leaves Seventh street
wharf at 2:3O p. IN.
Picnic-Maine Association. Soldiers
Home grounds. near Twin Lakes from {
D. m. until dark.
EXcursion-Ohio State Society, to Mar
shall Hall: boat leaves wharf al 2:3O p m.
Outing and picnic-AlisSouri State So
ciety. Great Falls. Va. Special cars leav,
Georgetown at $3.50 and p. m.
Outing-Civil War Veterans Of Burn
side Post, No. s, C.. 4. r.. Great Falls. Va
Cars leave Georgetown at p. m.
The Washington times., 1919-07-11
TODAY'S TOPIC
MARRYING OFF, YOUR DAUGHTER.

precision anyway and that quite
as many girls marry nowadays on
their own initiative as ever tamely
accepted husbands of their
parents choosing.
Not long ago, in a magazine
article on this subject, the writer
gave an entertaining instance Of
a well-to-do American widower
who had begun to take very seri-
ously the future of his two baby
girls. He believed they should
marry. And be believed that as
they had no mother it devolved
upon him to bring about this de-
sirable end, and to set the neces-
sary machinery in motion as early
as he could.
But he had a totally new theory
of how this should be done. No
"eoming-out parties" no debu-
tante frivolities, no dligent, day
after day ensnaring of guarded,
Indifferent youths, when these
little girls should grow up"
On the contrary, this father had
determined that they should both
become trained nurses. And this
was his argument:
Where To Find Husbands.
The kind of young men they
ought to marry, earnest, energetic,
successful young men, don't go to
teas and balls. They're too busy.
In fact they're so busy that they
overwork. And so, after a while,
The Washington times., 1919-07-11

they break down, and fall i'll. So
the girl their convalescent eyes
first fall on, the girl their conva-
lescent hearts first throb for,
isn't the chiffon-clad debutante,
but the sturdy young creature in
low heels and a white muslin cap
who spends her whole time in ex-
pertly doing the most delightful
things for their comfort. They
promptly succumb, of course, and
marry their nurses as soon as they
are able to stagger to the marriage
license bureau, and the willy pa
rents, in the background, heave
deep signs of triumph and relief.
1t isn't necessary to take this
father with entire seriousness. 1t
isn't necessary to protest against
the possible unfaimess Of shifting
a man when he's down. Because,
however you take it, this little
story contains a very sensible
point.
The whole scheme that society"
has devised for marrying off" its
young girls is based on the belief
that young men like to see girls
being as energetically frivolous
as possible, and to be frivolous
themselves. But the truth is that
there are always men who are oc-
cupied with real things, and who
don't allow themselves to be drawn
into the game. And usually this
is the kind of man your daughter
The Washington times., 1919-07-11

Today.
AddreEs-By Senator Miles PoindeXter,
Officers Club OF Washington, Dupont
Circle, $50 p. m
Meeting-Women's Home and Foreign
Missionary Society OF the A. n. K. Zion
Church. Lomax Chapel. Arlington. Va.
Dance-WashinEton Camp. NJ o d er n
Woodmen OF America. Camp Hall, Old
Masonic Temple. 1880 p. m.
Social Neutrality-suspicious. N. 2. Church,
John Marshall place and c street north
west.
Danee-KAights Of Columbus Club, sos
2 street northwest. 1880 p. m.
Dance-CalVert Club. Il Dupont Circle.
1880 p. m.
Dance-Park View School. Newton and
warder streets northwest. s p. m.
Dance-NationaI American Womens
Suffrage Association, 1925 Rhode Island
avenue northwest, . .. m.
Dance-Grover C1evelsnd School, Eighth
and streets northwsst p. m.
The Washington times., 1919-07-11
The After-Wedding Cigarette
People Do Curious Things After They,Get Married.

We many pictures in the papers of British officer
and his bride each smoking cigarette Immediately follow
ing the marriage ceremony This is interesting
mentay the change in the status of brides since the
carly days Of man.
Our forefather went wife hunting with club. The
bridegroom seized the lady of his choice by the hair beat
her she resisted threw at her family and carried
her OF to his lair.
Many parts of modern marriage ceremonies are relics
Of this pagan past
The "bsst man" Of today was formerly the stanch
friend of the bridegroom who helped him carry off the lady
+ The wedding ring is the fettsr by which the woman
was bound Old Shoes thrown at happy departing couple
used to be missiles hurled by angry parents Outspped
rivals
The honeymoon, in former days. was period of time
during which the Captr hid his prize from her nsmen and
her other prospective husbands until their wrath had cooled
The history of the marriage ceremony fails to reveal
any ancestor for the aterweddng cigarette On
the contrary:
In Croatia the husband, immediately after the cere-
mouy until quite recently boxed the brides ears Just to
show her who boss
In Russia the girls father struck her with new whip
and then turned the weapon to the bridegroom.
The Hungarian husband kicked the bride to make her
feel her subsection Nowadays men usually wait while
before they begin this.
After Saxon wedding the brides father gave
of the girls shoes to the young bridegroom who then
tapped the young lady the head with it. The husband
was then bound by oath to beStow his wife (and his
apprentces) moderate castgation''
An old Welsh law provides that three blows with stick
any part of the wes person except the head fail
allowance the stick to be longer than the mans arm ano
not thicker than his middle finger wife, by the way
might be repudated at any time proof of her being
deformed silly passionate barren luxurious rude habtu
ally drunk guttonous, very garrulous, quarresome OF
abusive.
The Babyonans and Assyrians had system of obtain
ing brides which might work well today, especially in Rus
ss where Bolshevsm makes the property of the
state
These ancients assembled all the manageable girls
twice year before the temple and sold them The hand
some girls, then now, brought high prices
The paid for the attractive girls were given
to those who were less charming Thus each girl got
husband. Beautiful girls got rich husbands.
Poor men, unable to buy handsome girls received a
dowy the homeer the girl the bigger the bonus that
vent with her.
It would be interesting to try this out at our Sylvan
Thester.