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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-08
NOVEL IDEA FOR
POPULAR EDUCATION
Municipality to Be Helped
By Big Trust Fund of
Judge Handley Estate
WILL PURCHASE
SITES AND BUILDINGS

A Competent Superintendent to be Civ
en- Entire Administration and Man |
agement - Public Must Bear Portion |
of the Expenses of Education.
NEW YORK, July S.-A novel expert
ment in education has been recommend
ed to the trustees of the estate of Judge
John Handley of Scranton, Pa, who
when he died i'll 1895 left large por-
ton Of his property in trust to be used
for providing schoolhouses in Ninches-
ter, Va, for the education of the poor.
The late Judge Handley' 5 gift and idea
aroused deep interest and when the
twenty year period Of accumulation Of
trust funds had expired the trustees
asked the General Education board,
founded by John D.. Rockefeller, TO
make an educational survey Of the city
of Winchester and its environment and
| to work out a plan for the application
of the Handlev funds for educational
purposes
| The problem was to devise a pro-
4 gIdlillHt Which, MOuit IN Iiit NAENcb StiA't
most effective way OF using the Handley
| trust for public benefit and without re-
| Heving municipality of its duty and
| responsibility. The General Education
board, as it announced yesterday, came
to this conclusions
| CIT has been well and wisely said
/ that one of the best things about pub
| lie education is the doing Of il by the
community itself Wholly TO relieve tle
community of such responsibility would
prove nothing short Of a public calam-
l itv 1t would reflect unfavorable public
II interest in the school, check the presen
healthy growth of self-sacrifico ant
keep Winchester from performing an in
spired service. Private benefactions ar,
best employed when thcy stimulate pub
lie interest and public participation il
social enterprises.
The programme which the Genera
Education board recommended to tn
Handley trustees contemplates:
A provision obligating the trustees t
devote the income of its trust TO cstal
fishing and maintaining in co-operatio
with the board Of education a superic
system Of public schools. This i 10 il
clude the prorurihg Of sites building
and equipment OF both white and GO
ored schools.
. An obligation on the part Of the con
mon council to provide at least $500
year.
! The trustees to make studies Of Il
4 operation of these schools from tin
q 10 time. and the board of education /
II make stated reports.
n The choice Of competent superintei
Il dent Who shall be duly and legally a
thorized to assume the administratiC
/ and management.
N This plan would make for the be
j use Of the Haudley funds and at Il
II same time respect democratic principl
q aud the duties of the city, according
the general board
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-08
Why Hens Cackle.

liens Cackle when they lay for the
same reason that the doing of any
thing which human beings are meant
to do gives them pleasure. 1t is an
instructive action. For the same rea-
son q dog wags his tail when it is
pleased Even humans, when pleased
with themselves, want to sing, or whis-
in some way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-08
The Old Story.

We asked at our house for q menu
that would make for plain living and
clear thinking. and they gave us an
alligator pear salad with pomegranate
seeds and Thousand island dressing
Grand Rapids Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-08

Col. William G. Ball, U. S. A., whose
work in organizing and managing the
bakeries that supplied the daily bread
Of our 100000 men in France has
won him promotion and the Legion of
Honor.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
Preparation.

These twelve-year-old twins are In
the seventh grade of Terre Haute
school. Both have paper routes and
with the proceeds from them buy their
own clothes and Thrift stamps. 1t
takes self-denial often to buy the
stamps, but still they always buy ev-
cry Monday morning.
When the bond sale began recently
their teacher taught them the song;
For your boy and my boy. and all the
boys out there.
Let's get together for the U. S. A. and
do our share.
She noticed that Clinton and Fred
did not sing with enthusiasm and won
dered. But at noon she sesraed the
reason. Clinton brought her crump'
led five.dollar bill. ITS for bond fol-
Fred and me-" he explained. 1T will
keep us humping to pay 1t out. but
we're goin' to do 1t SO we can sing that
bond aong and not feel like slackeri
when we're doing it-lndianapoli'
News.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
HOW PLEASE them
As Girl Bemoaned, Men Are So
Unreasonable!
Act Which Saved the Firm Large Sum
of Money Brought Forth Stern
Condemnation Rather Than
Thankfulness.

There was an unhappy pucker In
the forehead of the girl in the leather
cite coat as she said, Men are GER
tainly the most unreasonable beings!
Marvellous discovery" commented
the one in the brown fur as she con-
veyed the contents of her tray to the
not overly dainty cafeteria table. Il
see / might as well listen, so get IT
off your mind"
"You remember" said the leather
cited one, II told you Saturday about
having so much money to take care
of at the Office at closing time? Well,
Saturday night robbers broke into the
office safe. The night Waterman heard
them, but while he was fiOurishing his
pistol at them and ordering them to
hands up they beat him up and got
away"
"With all that money!" moaned
the now interested Miss Brown Fur.
"Waitl" commanded Leatherette.
"The Waterman called up the mana.
ger of our branch and the police.
Then Mr.. Giles, the manager, sent for
me the first thing Sunday morning. He
asked NE how much money l had
taken In Saturday after banking hours.
told him ltetle over $1,000. He
turned sort of creamy looking. They
were all standing there--policeman,
detectives, the bandaged Waterman
and my boss--looking at that empty
money drawer In the safe as though
they were waiting for 1t to Speak up,
Ike, an 'spress YOURSELF
"Did you want that money now,
Mr.. Gilesr I asked, not approaching
all the gloom Of the situation.
"Want itr he roared. and they all
looked at me with that expression
which says, The poor girl has gone
dippy.'
"Then had to explain that ] bad
locked the safe Saturday night before
I had taken care of the money In the
till. was In a hurry cause Clyde
was waiting to meet me at closing
time and so / just slipped all that
money into an envelope and stuck II
in the filing cabinet
$50 there on Sunday morning l tool
the money out of the envelope ant
handed it over to Mr.. Giles. He count
ed II and they all Toasted their eyes
on It as father gazes upon a long
lost son."
Haven't you omitted the point al
to mans nreasonableness"
mo. / am just coming to that" re
sponded Leatherette. "This morning
Mr.. Giles called me into his office ant
told me that If could not be NOR
careful with the firms money h
would feel obliged to discharge me.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
F0BLNC
ROADS
ROAD WORK AWAITED PEACE
Small Amount Money Expended Be.
cause Of Desire to Conserve Labor
Money and Transportation.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture,)
Although $14,550,000 was available
for expenditure on the post roads from
the federal aid road act, only $425,-
445 was paid from federal funds in the
highway construction season of 1918
on all projects. The reason for this,
according to the annual report OF the
secretary of agriculture, was the
steps taken to conserve money, labor,
transportation and materials In high.
way work during the war, and at the
same time to facilitate really essential
highway projects.
In connection with the federal aid
road work, letter was addressed to
each state highway department ask
Ing that a program Of federal aid con-
struction be submitted at the earliest
possible date, In which would be In
cluded only those projects which the
state highway departments considered
yltally necessary to the transportation
facilities of the country.
At the request of the capital issues
committee, engineers Of the depart
ment were made available for inspect
Ing and reporting upon proposed high
way and Irrigation and drainage bond
issues. Inspections were made OF 1sl
separate projects, involving total bond
issues Of $36,912,396. An arrange
ment was made with the fuel admin
istration whereby highways Of special
Importance should receive enough BIZ
luminous material to provide for ,ade'
quate maintenance. and. where neces'
sary, to permit construction and recon
struction. From May ID, 1918, when
the cooperation became actively effec
tive, until the close of the fiscal year
2.235 applications, calling for 10000,
600 gallons of bltuminous material
were received from states, counties ant
municipalities. OF this amount ap
prevail was given and permits were Is
sued for 100000 gallons.
In order to coordinate the activities
of various government agencies, so fal
as they relate to highways; better t.
conserve materials, transportation
money and labor; to eliminate delay
and uncertainties, and to provide posi-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
Early Trench Journals.

There is a very long list OF these
early trench journals, the majority OF
which have been collected by Mr..
Charles de la Ronciere, who has de-
posted them at the Bibllotheque Ma
tional in Paris for the benefit Of the
future historians Of the war. They In
clude lie Petit Echo du Eighteenth
Regiment, dinfanterle territoriale,
which was very artistically edited by
Corporal Huhuet and autographed In
many colors; L'Echo des Tranchees,
the editor of which was the famous
short story writer, Paul Reboux, and
which contained articles and poems BY
such writer's as Poincare and Rostand,
Theodore Botrel and Henri de Reg
nier; and the Echo du Ravin, the or
gan of the Firty-first chasseurs, which
boosted of a private wire connecting
the office with abroad--the barbed
wire reaching right up to the trenches
OF the Boches.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
CLOTHES CLOSETS
THAT SAVE SPACE
New Telescope Type Of Ward
robe Solves Big Problem.
MORE ROOM AT LESS COST
Device ls Used In Plans for Modern
FIve-Room Bungalow, Designed
to Stand on Narrow
Lot.
BY w. A. RADFoRD.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is. without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,. and only enclose
three-cent stamp for reply.
In these times of high prices, every
square foot of the modern house has
to be put to its best use. and If any
scheme can be devised for making one
square foot do the work of two, the
home builder is the gamer. We are
all keen for holding down building
costs as much as possible, yet home
builders won't stand for any cutting
down or doing without on home con-
veniences. Better and more compact
building is what Is wanted.
This is a challenge that has stirred
the creative ingenuity of manufacture
ers Of building appliances. They have
tackled the problem with gnsto, and
In many instances have devised some
really worthwhile improvements.
Consider, for example, wardrobes or
clothes closets. We all know how
fussy the women folks are about hay
ing lots Of clothes closet space. 1t
seems there can never be quite enough
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
One Of rwaIn,s Heroes.

One of Mark Twain's famous bad
men" wasn't bad at all, according to
those who we're well acquainted with
the character. In the book ''Tom Saw
yer" 'Injun Joe" is half-breed rene
gade who murdered Doc Robinson.
while helping to rob a grave to get
A body for the dissecting table.
But the old people of Hannibal de-
clared "Injun Joe" was kind-hearted
negro who had been a slave, and that
ne had never done real mean thing
IN his life except to aid and abet Mark
Twain and his pals when they played
hockey from school and went to the
river. says an exchange. Then "lnjun
Joe" would row the boat for them ana
take them TO some good "tshing
holes" But bad he was not.
When someone told him Sam Glenn
ems had "put you in book" and
showed him the ferocious picture Ia
beled '1njun joe" the real character
.'erinned from ear to ear" and was
proud of IL.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
WEARY OF ROUTINE
Eternal Protest Against Same
ness of Things.
Act Of Man Who Died Rather Than
Submit to the Wearisome Common
placeness of Life Causes inter-
estlna Comment.

A newspaper item reports the sui
eide of man who declared that ne
was tired of eyerlastingly lacing MS
shoes and then unlacing them again.
Petty enough the act appears In the
grast Of the days news, but the report
Of It (be 1t fact or fiction) fingers In
the mind till against larger pack
ground Of time 1t begins to take on
significance, even to find a place be-
side immortal acts of legend and IA
miliar attitudes of art. . Here was
man who found the master knot of his
fate in his shoe lacings. Was he a
fool or a hero? Alexander has fame
for an act which as a symbol might
have much the same significance,
resolute blow of the sword through
the Gordian knot, which dlsposes OF
the difficulty without solving the prob
lem. For himself the suicide had dis
missed routine with suave gesture
and with superb finallty, but he leaves
mankind In the attitude Of LAGOON,
agonizingly entangled in shoe lacings,
the serpent routine, huge, insensate,
unrelaxlng. In its grip man writhes
forever, hopeless of escape. To this
group the suicide waves jaunty fare
well-"The best of luck to YOU" he
says. "rm out of 1t, anyway"
Whatever our scorn for him, we
must admit that he voices unmistak-
ably the eternal human protest against
routine; that 1t Is really only In the
suavity of his gesture and the supreme
finality of the rejection that he goes
beyond the rest of US. The feeling
that commanded his act is nearly the
most universal of human impulses.
We all rebel bitterly In the days when
heaven lies about US, and the later
shades Of the prison house are nothing
more than the creeping paralysis OF
hopeless submission. Only those OF us
who have trodden the mill so long
that we are almost irreclaimably sub
dued to what we work In prefer, n
such times as these when we have the
choice, counters and ledgers t6
trenches and barbed wire. The lac
who with whoop of joy filings behind
him his columns of figures or vaults
the counter in his eagerness to rusl
into poison gas and machlne-gun fire
though his gesture is one of Drawer!
rather than suavity, is that Of Alal
Brock, rather than of Beau Brummel
makes his rejection of routine no Mhi
less final than does the hero Of tn
newspaper item. And he is not tn
one in a million who makes the Ma
tional army.-Robert p. Utter In Han
)er's Magazine.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
Remarkable Gypsy Funeral.

Jazz funeral music and three mourn
ers signalized the funeral procession
of n gypsy at Adelaide, Australia, re-
Gently. In front Of a photographers
the cortege halted while the body was
snapped In its coffin. Then the march
was resumed with a crowd supple
menting the three fearful ones. The
nigh cost Of wines prevented the
sprinkllng Of champagne and wines
into the grave. but perfume was sub
sfituted to conform, as nearly as pos
slble. with the gypsy custom. Fingers
of the body were literally covered
With diamond rings. aud. several hun
dred dollars in coins and bills was
tossed into the CONN
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
Geological Survey a war.Map Printer.

The contribution to the war of the
map engraving and printing plant OF
the United States geological survey,
department of the interior, has not
been limited to the reproduction OF
the surveys executed by the Topographic
ic engineers, but has included the re-
printing of photographic and British
admiralty charts in large numbers for
the navy department and of various
military maps of French and Belgian
areas for the war department. Motor
truck route maps and airplane route
maps have also been complied and
printed for the use Of the army, as
well as special charts and maps for
use at instruction camps. An inter-
esting use of this specially equipped
printing plant has been the regular is
sue of camoudage charts for the navy.
The regular geologic map work has
given place during the period Of the
war to these exigency calls for color
printing for military purposes.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
INDULGE IN JOYOUS 4MxUp"
People Of Villages Of the Ukraine Hold
Peculiar Celebration on Resur-
reetion Sunday.

The Ukraine is the richest and
most thickly settled district Of Rus
Ella. Travellers win remember 1t as
q plain of never-endlng wheat fields,
land of silent. friendly peasants, OF
colorful dress and curious folk Gus
toms. Large cities are few, but there
is a village every few miles.
The people Of the villages, and even
the more enlightened folk Of the cit
les, have retained some traditional OBJ
servances peculiar to the land. One
of the most curious Of these was part
of the celebration of the Greek church
holiday, Resurrection Sunday. This
date was up to few years ago the
occasion for municipal free-for-all
fight IN many Ukralnlan cities.
The people of the city were divided
into two camps Sometimes the city
was divided into halves; more OFTEN
the division was made into the true
urban jewellers on the one hand, and
the suburbanites on the other. All the
able-bodled men, and still more en-
Enthusiastically, all the small boys
poured into the streets for battle. No
weapons of any kind were used; even
sticks and clubs were barred. Fists
we're employed freely, however, ana
any man could get literally all the
Eight he wanted.
The combat sometimes ragged all
day. Any time some combatant mao
"enough," he needed only to Indicate
as much. and the crowd was bound 10
part and let him through. He was
then barred from further participation
The battle sometimes ended with one
party or the other driven from the
field. but usually the decision was
draw and nothing but collection Of
bruised knuckles and sore heads re
manned to show for 1t.
The origin Of this custom has giver
rise to considerable speculation. 1t L
probably due to the fact that the Uk
rainians were for centuries fighting
people. In the middle ages they wer'
continually involved in petty warfar'
with the Cossacks and the Tartars
When the "balance Of power" peac
descended upon Europe, they seem Z
have turned instinctively to warllk
sports to keep alive the fighting splri
among the people. In view of recen
developments, the recourse would hard
ly appear to have been a succesS-
Chicago Daily News.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
ouIcksiIyer In Arizona.

The present exceptional demand for
quicksilver In the manufacture Of full
inmate gives the domestic deposits OF
this metal particular interest De
posts recently discovered in the south
ern part Of the Phoenix mountains
ten miles northeast Of Phoenix. Arts.
ara described In q short paper pre-
pared By +. @. sehrader. published b
the United States geological SURVEY.
The deposits are easy Of access. and.
being near the rich agricultural region
Of salt River valley. arg otherwise r.
vorably situated for mining. They are
being exploited on SIX o. mors proper
ties or groups Of clalms. vhi<h lie u
A belt. about three nales vide.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
A Lone Wait.

This story is well known in the
camps, but somehow the soldiers have
managed to keep 1t to themselves. On
a certain part Of the British line-so
the story runs-information was leak
ing out, and a special reward was Of
fered for the capture Of the spy. The
soldiers took up the hunt keenly, and
one night while member Of a patrol
was out in No Mans land he entered
a shell-shattered ruin and discovered
a wrinkIed old man whose clothing
was all rags and tatters. SCOT you at
lastl" said the soldier. "Come out
of II, you old Brighter; you're the man
that's been spying on us for Jerry, are
your" The old man vigorously pro-
tested that he was a patriotic French
man. 1--WE been here since 1S7O.F he
said. "and haven't been relieved yet"
Manchester Guardian.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
War Activities Of GEOLOGICAL survey.

war RCuNltieS Oi 0CS'OSNe' 49,
The special training of the geological
survey engineers made them available
for effective war service both overseas
and In this country. The large amount
of technical data collected through the
years by the geological survey was
found to possess a value not antici-
pated, and the official machinery or
ganized for scientific investigation OF
the subjects within the geological sur
yey's province was also utilized In the
more intensive inquiries required as
each industrial or military need arose.
The increase in the geological surveys
representation in the army from 6l
men at the beginning Of the fiscal year
1918 to 800 at the end of the year (462
on November II, 1919 necessarily In
yolved serious reduction In the man
power available for other contributions
to war work. Yet 1t is believed that
both in variety Of scope and In vol
ume of results the war activities I'M
der direction Of the geological survey
department of the interior, were more
important during the closing months
of the year than ever before.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
-lndustrIous YOUTH"

An Industrious youngster has been
busy ut Palo Alto. Cal, during the
past season with war garden. II Is
about 10 feet square. On that patch
Of ground he planted variety Of gar
den truck. cared for II al summer long
and did the selling. BE realized scne-
thing like 500. which be invested In
Liberty bonds and War Savings
stamps. Besides this he stored away
In the cellar a fair quantity Of squash
ana ether vegetables Cor winter use.
The youngster Is Rev. Z. J. Gillespie
retired. elghty-three years old.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17

Zines shore change" philosophers
~ said Gap johnson Of Rumpus Ridge.
-Just luther day. as It were. nobody
thought anything 10 pertickler II fel-
Ter took a demijohn to church under
the back seat OF his wagon. and after
the sermon had grown sorter tiresome
winked q few Of his friends outside
10 help MIN lap II up and fool around
and swap horses and mebby hght .
little In 4 general way. But now. by
Krit. II he even smells of patent medi-
cine on week day he's got to producs
the omenick and pint out the place
whnr II says he's got the deadly dis
ease that he claims 70 have taken the
medicine for.--Kansas City Star.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17

tive assista,,"a In carrying on vitality
effective highway work, the secretary
requested each of the government de
partments and administrations inter-
ested to name a representative to serve
on council to deal with highway prof.
ects during the period Of the war. AS
a result, the United States highways
council, consisting of representative
from the department Of agriculture,
the war department, the railroad 40.
ministration, the war industries board
and the fuel administration was
formed In June. During the trst fou.
months of its existence the council
passed upon about 5000 ai'plica-
tons, involving nearly 100000 bar
rels of cement, 3,25o000 tons Of stone,
100000 tons of gravel. 1,207, 600 tons
of sand. over 100000 brick. and
nearly 100000 pounds Of steel. and
lao 100000 gallons Of bituminous ma
| terials.