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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-09

ing general Encouragement. He now
asks the removal of his brother as exec
utor and that he be surcharged $685.
600, 200 for the alleged loss sustained by
the estate. While the litigation has
been pending George Gould has been
examined before trial concerning his
accounts, and points out that he will
ingly consented TO an examination be-
fore trial, in which he explained his
acts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-09
SOUTH NEWFANE.

Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gallagher and
Mrs. L. MaeCreadie, of Springfield,
Mass, who moved their household
goods here last week are living on the
Hubert Brown place.
The annual meeting of the South
Newfane cemetery association viii be
held at the vestry next Monday even
ing. This is an important meeting and
all interested should be present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-09
WEST HALIFAX.

Sec. r. W. Telford will preach in the
Baptist church Sundays for an indef-
mite time.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

for the item of lunch in The budget of a
working girl was i cents. To-day this
would only allow her q cup Of coffee and
a roll For lunch which would carry
her through long days work at least
30 cents must NOW he allowed There
IN lplp As there we're in $40 budget In
1914
i'ut The girl who hhA to hold bepI, on
food, the grl who has to live IN han
bedroom without stove, the girl who
puts nickel IN slot and draws real
piece Of pie when she feels luXurIous Ia
the same pr who wears silk stockings,
pink undergArmcnts and chiffon waists.
Why2 Because they are cheap and be-
cause they are in style. Says Miss Emily
Hutchinson, Of Barnard College: off
teen years ago a tailored suit and white
gloves was dress up for reception, but
that IL no longer true to-day Extremes
Of dress have come in partly as II result
Of fashionable drcssmakcrs The Amcri-
can manufacturer was quick to invent
ways "HV iltHIlo VI llllluLlnE L1em.
Cheap, just -as-good, ilimsy garments are
made fashioned after the habits of the
rich.' To-day stenographer goes to
work dressed in an imitation Shcrrys-
for-lunch costume. 1t is diaphanous be-
cause that is the fashion, and every self
respecting woman follows the fashion.
There is certain psychological reason
for this. A woman feels "out of it, if
she is not in style. That clothes make the
woman is even truer than that clothes
make the man. If the present styles go
on to their logical conclusion, there is no
doubt that it will become "clothes break
the Woman.'
Crepe de chine has usurpcd the place
of fianncls; flimsy is the wear of the day
everything is peek-a-boo, and by its nat
ure is likely to tear, rip and disappear
under the strain Of everyday wear
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02
BY ELENE. FOSTER

IT'S JUST between meals, but we
4 always have ham and eggs, sand
wiches, pie and--isn't that the
cutest design on your shouder Looks
like college fraternity pin, doesn't it?
Oh, is it? It's too bad that they won't
let you have one on the other shoulder,
too, it would sort of balance up so much
better, but ! suppose it's against the
rules Of the War Department. Pm the
most loyal person in the world, but |
Ail say that | think they try to make
the boys dress just as unbecomingly as
they possibly can, and, of course, it's
nothing in the world but jealousy On
& their part, because they didn't really
have any part in the war themselves ex-
eept to sit up in Washington and read
the soldiers letters and cut out every
ut Of news in them. Loo6 at the over
seas caps, for instance; aren't they per-
'1ect scream? They remind me of the
paper hats that we used to make when
We we're kddics. I'll bet if you folded
them just once more they'd come out a
pair Of pants.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02
The Multimillionaire
And the Lady's Maid

Why. fellow told me only yesterday
he was such sweet boy, too, with
the most interesting history-he Just
told me everything about himself. He
said his father was a multimllionaire
and he fell in love with his mothers
maid, and his father turned him right
out in the cold without nickel to his
back, and just then war was declared
and he felt it his duty to go and fight
instead of marrying the girl, and the
day after he came back he met his
father right on Fifth Avenue and he
just cut him dead. You couldn't blame
him after the way he had been treated.
His father called to him--you see. he
had one of those pinwheel things on his
shoulder like yours, and his father knew
that he must have done something
pretty heroic to get it-but he Just
would not make up with him. and don /
blame him, and what do you think, the
girl married the chauffeur while he was
in France. Sad, isn't it?
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

angles to his chest and weaves all sorts
, of attractive belts and hatbands and
bags for the girl "back home
These belt looms are already in use in
several of our military hospitals and it
is only question of procuring laborers
to manufacture them in greater numbers
before the others will be supplied with
them.
1t is needless to say that the big,
sunny room is a very busy place these
days, for what with the classes for the
reconstruction aids and for the blind. be-
sides numerous private pupils, Miss de
Neergaard has very little spare time on
her hands The worl, which she has
done, and is still doing. among the blind
has been her special delight and she
points to these afflicted ones as her most
satisfactory pupils Their infinite care
and patience and their absolute follow
ing Of her instructions are very graft
tying As matter Of fact. Miss de
Neergsatds only assistant at the pres
ent time Ia n woman who has hnen blind
from childhood, but who. Under her care
ful direction. has become not only ali
expert Wuihet but an ahla instructor
IN tha gentle art Of weaving AS we'll,
Although she lived IN Sweden for
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02
The Little Lady Of the Looms

is Miss Elna de Neergaard) found it
difficult TO secure pupils in this line of
handicraft, and so she pushed the old
wooden looms into the furthermost cor
ner of the big room and turned her
attention to basketweaving and metal
work, both of which, by the bye, she
taught at Teachers College
And then there came a day when some
one made the discovery that the wounded
men in the hospitals overseas were far
happier and got we'll much more Quickly
II they became Interested in some form
of work, and among other handicraft
revlvals came that OF weaving on the
old wooden frames which are to be found
In the cottages of the peasants of almost
every country Of Europe. Weaving be
came the favorte occupation of the
wounded and disabled soldiers. especially
those who had become blinded in battle.
and who by the way, became real ex-
pefts IN the art
When the idea was broethed Of intro
dueihg hand weaving into our mill
tafv hospitals "1he Little Lady or The
Looms" came into her own. She formed
essses among The girls whe were study
Ing ta become reconstruction aids and
experts in oecupalIonal thefapy in the
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

military hospitals and taught them to
set up the warp and to weave all sorts
of interesting materials on the old
wooden frames.
Weaving proved to be Just as popular
an occupation in our own hospitals as
it had been in those across the seas; in
fact, the men who go in for this kind
of work become SO fascinated with it that
it is difficult to persuade them to leave
it for the required intervals for exercise,
and as for eating and sleeping these
are OF minor Importance compared with
the fascination Of watching an intricate
pattern grow under ones shuttle
IT seemed a pity that thus occupation
was possible only for those who were
able to sill before the wooden frame and
work the treadles with their feet Now.
"1he Little Lady Of the Looms" pos
sesses combination Of qualities that Is
rare among women, for not only Is she
al artist to her finger TIPS and an expert
In all branches Of handicraft but She
has real mechanical genius as we'll SD
sha set about to simplify and adapt the
old loom So that II could be worked en-
ttelS by hand hv means of pulleNa and
he sal on table on the patient bed
While this loom filled "a long felt
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02
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great many years. "The Little Lady of
the Looms is Of Danish birth. and she
has taken as The trademark for her looms
the old Runic word "Tawido," which
means executed" or decorated.
All sorts of materials and all sorts Of
patterns are woven on the "Tawido"
looms, from the wide runners for tables
and furniture coverings to the narrow
silk and woollen hatbands which can
be made on the little wooden frame tied
to the bedpost. and from the simple little
herrinRbone pattern to the intricate old
Swedish design that is known as "cnt'a
paw and snai's trail and which is onlv
taught in the post graduate courses.
One has only to watch her as she pre-
sides over her big. sunny workshops.
strengthening out q tanglo nstructihg
pupil in the proper way Of tying the
threads over the little wooden frame
preparatory to setting up' a loom.
drawing . difficult pattern on the little
squares Of paper which are 90 guide al
either worker, OF sitting before The great
wooden lnom nf her pfahdmoihhts. skill
iullf slipping the wooden shuttle helY Yeen
the threads as she weaYea l6peiv bit af
tapestry, Ga realize how clever crafts.
woman u ''lhe Little Lady nf the
Looms,
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

rooming houses the Consumers League
found that So week was the minimum
price at which clean or respectable fur
nlshed room could be had. For running
water or for gas plate for cooking you
had to choose either accommodations so
dirty that they were uninhabitable, hall
bedrooms over saloons, or skylight rooms
with no windows.
Fifty restaurants in the factory dis
tricts of the city, according to this sur
vey, are divided into three general types
of eating houses. The dairy lunches are
run for the most part by Hungarians,
serve Irregular dinners only, and charge
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

concealed, wrapped up, slowed away be
meath long g-slecvcd undershrt and II
long sleeved lining and Il long sleevpd
woollcn dress.
Living Is high for the shopglrl to-day.
but Is she living high7 She Is not.
Neither Is she living on the fat of lhe
land, but rather on the thn Of it, The
less she wears the more she pays for IT,
AZ the price OF Womone clothes goes un
their weight hnd durability 90 down,
The poor princess in the furry thIe whose
stepmother sends her out In the cruel
winter air to hunt strawberries dressed
IN II slip of tissue paper was, if she had
only known it, more OF fashionable
than Il stepchild
Regard the budget of n $o-a-weck
looking girl of to-day. Nine dollars n
week makes $1GS a year, and how it is
distributed is shown in the accompany
ing table compiled by the Consumers
League Of New York City.
The size of dollar to-day is not what
it was in 1914. Government figures show
that since 1914 the cost Of living in New
York State has increased 62 per cent.
Clothing for women has gone up 1l2
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

sausages at 25 cents and Irish stew at
90 cents. In all these places eggs are 90
cents and omelets 80 cents.
x The third type Of restaurant, repre-
sented by the Automat, is slightly bet
ter, but more expensive. All items on
their bills Of fare are IS cents and over.
excepting pie and soup at 0 cents and
potato salad at 15
In Chlds' restaurants, where former
ly working girls used to be found in such
numbers, you scarcely see them at all
now, for there all substantial items of
food range from % cents to 40.
IN 1914 the official minimum figure
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02
A Silk Buyer Makes a
Wonderful Color Sergeant

What division did you say? The
9TH Well, that is funny! You must
nave been camping right beside my sis
ters brother-in-law in France, for he
N the 10Th. You must know him, big,
blond chap and a perfectly awful KID
der, though will say his letters are the
post interesting things that you ever
read IN all your life. All Full of real in
Aae Information, you see, he's been
svfully close Ia pofshng from the
nrsa, and esh fead between the lines
Ms' pershing has relied great deal on
"'s judgment. IIs rank7 oh, YOU menn
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

Take the question Of shoes Even
shoes are getting thinner We pay So f5r
shoes that are thin soled and high
heeled In the old days pair Of shoes
for 81 would last longer. They would
last till you got so sick Of them veu
threw them out To-day Working eil
ra~A ss or 80 far shoes while her
mother paid "a on 81 She hha 10 pay
twice "a much for rephrinr H= her
moihol had TO, and abe hns to have her
shoes repaired twice as often Most
working girls use three or four pairs Of
shoes year, With many of them 1t Is "A
constant question whether it Is cheaper
to pay carfare and save your shoes or
save your carfare and have your shoes
repaired.
Take the question Of stockings. Stock
ings used to be good, old thick mcrino
things that were made Of wool and IRON.
and lasted many moons. Then the cotton
stocking came into being. and to-day
everything is silk or ncar-silk 1t is ir-
ritatng to buy cheap silk stockings that
ravel and disappear while you're on your
way to work, leaving nothing but an ir-
reparable hole.
II used to get Isle and cotton stock
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02
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KtGH up in an office building on
~ lower Fifth Avenue is the
Il n studio of "The Little Lady of
the Looms 1t is a great big
room, flooded with sunlight and filled
with wooden looms = big looms, little
looms and middle sized looms, some of
foreign make and some of home manu-
facture; some that stand on the floor
and are operated with treadles some
that may he placed upon table and
worked with the hands alone, and one
quite extraordinary little one, the baby
Of them all, which may be held by cord
fastened around ones waist, or, if one
happens to be a wounded soldier lying
in {, hospital ward, it may he tied to
ones bedpost
It is fifteen years since "The Little
Lady of the Looms came to this country
from Sweden. bringing among her other
belongings two large wooden hand looms
and the quaint old wooden stand which
her Danish grandmother had Used for
winding yarn IN the old home across the
sens
There wsH very little interest Ia hand
Weaving Ia this country fifteen years ago
ana "the Little Lady of the Looms"
whose real name, may az we'll tell you,
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02
Oh, Sal! When the Bullets
Hit the Hot Fat

But you must be hungry-ham and
eggs sandwiches, doughnuts; oh, that
reminds me, Bill is just perfectly crazy
about the Salvation Army. He says
they were just wonderful over there
He says he's seen them frying dough
nuts in the trenches when the bullets
were dropping into the frying pans by
the dozens. He says they made most
terrific racket when they hit the hot
fat. You can imagine that they
would, Of course. But, he says, those
Salvation Army girls never batted an
eye; they just fished the bullets out of
the fat and threw them over into No
Mans Land and went on with their
frying.
can't imagine, though, how they
could fry enough in those small pans to
feed our millions and millions of troops,
and. Just between you and me, don't
believe that they ever did. III bet that
If the truth ever came out you'd find
that they just fried them for pershinr
and hs staff and bought rcady-made
ones for the common soldiers from the
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

very best | can do, and I simply can't
keep them mendcd."
Consider the nightgown as it used to
be, buttoned up TO the neck, with long
warm sleeves 1t was monument of
durability. Then contemplate the lingerie
Of to-day Well--it's not lasting object
Gone is the serviceable garment. Van
ished are the flannels, the chest protec-
tors; obsolete is The pettcoat; lie dernier
cri is next to nothing at all
Has any one suggested as a panacea
for the high cost of living return to the
ancient regime Of the durable garment,
a renascencc of clothes for covering
Purposes?
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

they used to be. Women didn't eat 90
cent Hungarian goulash at a dairy lunch
in $500 pink chiffon waist twenty-five
winters ago.
To-day there is no common sense
standard in dress for women workers. In
stead, minimum attire is the rule, and
the 100000 breadwinners, female of
the species, now boarding in New York
observe it. In fact, it's observed all the
way round.
Consider any young girl who at this
moment in the subway is inserting her
elbow into your ribs, and then consider
her grandmother. Her grandmothers
elbows weren't so sharp They we're
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02
=. Heard at the Canteen-A M0nol09

his title. He is color sergeant to tho
American EXpedtionary Forces. Funny,
isn't it, the way men fall into their own
grooves in this war Take Bill, for ex-
ample; he was buyer for wholesale silk
house before he enlisted and, Of course,
he knows colors like book. He's very
far-sighted, too, so he was just the man
that they needed to stand on top Of the
trenches and tell the general when the
German flag came in sight, for it must
have been awfully hard for them to tell
the French from the German flag in the
distance, so Bill had a pretty important
rcspOnsibilitv
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02
The 1OO-Franc WristIets
And Grandmother's Card

But what did l start to tell you? Oh.
it was ham and eggs, wasn't it? Or was
it doughnuts? Yes, l remember Well
you must be starving if you haven't
eaten since morning. Oh, | know now
it was the Y. NJ. c. A. The Young Mems
Commercial Association. this chap calls
it, Well, he told me that his pal was
sick and needed wristlets, don't know
just what was the matter with him. but
the doctor ordered wristlets immediately.
and this dear. sweet hoy-bond. he Is.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

80 cents for eggs and coffee, ) for pie
and 10 for soup, which may he ordered
cXtrp.
In fifteen Of The 'ehort order restau-
rants no items are listed for less than 90
cents, except soup and pie Most Of the
feod items are rombinai ions, For in
stance, Hungarian eouash at 20 cents.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

per cent food is 65 per cent more than
it used to be. fuel and light % per cent.
and incdentals G2 per cent
Shoes are So q pair to the $3.50 week
munitions worker. nnd likewise to the
eerl, who Is getting ~ week behind
Il counter
In Its survey Of 100 cheap furnished
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

wards who were not able to sit upright
in bed, but who could be propped up at
a slight angle by pillows, and for these
The Little Lady of the Looms had a
real Inspiration. She designed what she
calls "the belt loom,' little wooden
frame threaded like any other loom,
which can be attached to the bedpost.
The invalid holds the warp at right
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02
"7hings Are Not
Whdf They We're
In Ny Day.
ny DEEMS WELLER

u$lll coat Of living Is going up, ia
the standard of living going up
with II for women wage earneya9
Standards are certainly not at nll what
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02
Flims,''s The Only
Neur-And II
Doesn 4 " ear

inps three and four pairs for 81" said
one old fashioned young person who wah
canning hor own living, bat had not yet
reached The aill stocking stage,
'bnt now ba cents aud 90 cents is the
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

bakeries in some Of the little towns on
the firing line
Let me see, did you say ham and
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

with the cutest smile Offered to walk
to the nearest y. NJ &. A.. which was
twcnty-sevcn and half kilometros
iwhatcvcr &hey are) away and get him
some.
1t was blowing regular blizzard and
showing something awful but he vou,d
do anything for friend that's tha
kind he is G'm going to take him "a tho
Hippodrome to-nighD, so he started out.
and, do you know, the Y. N. c. A. had
just one pair Of wristlets left. and he
took them without stopping to think
whether they would be becoming or NOT
and he paid, I can't remember how
many hundred francs for them and h.
started back for his headquarters %
camp or billet. or whatever he called i.
and 1t took him hours and hours n
plough through the drifts; it was mitch
dark by this time, and, do you know. af-
ter all this, when his friend opened the
package out dropped a card and on it It
said' viii the soldier who receives
these wristlets write to the address be-
low and, would you believe it, it was
Rls own grandmother's name?"
Now I've really forgotten whether
you decided on ham and eggs or a sand
wlch. That's just like YOU bows to saw
that you are not particular. This war
mas certainly been the greatest thing in
1he world for You al. 1t has Just made
men of you, and III bet you'll be ml,ch
easier 10 please and much handler
around the house than you ever were
pefore you were NJ. P.'s and knew what
houscworh meant.
;, now it was ham and eggs. wasn't it9
10 YOU know. get so interested in
n,ear'hE ,,0, you boys talk that if it wasn't
That my heart is absolutely IN n,, ,.n,t
! d Just stand here and listen to YOU ali
day. YOU "''
nam and eggs and coffee for one. and
40 hurry. Mary. for this Young man
haSn ss'l n thing to eat since morning.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

want, it still was not practical for Ill
cases, for there were many woul,l-be
weavers in those long, white hospital
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

hear from some of the boys that eat
here are just simply unbelievable
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

eggs? If you're real hungry-you poor
thing; not since morning? Then I'll
see that you get an extra big order
New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

Bill isn't very strong for the Y. M
c. A. He calls it the You Must Come
Across society And the stories that
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-20
DULUTH.
GRAIN.

GRAIN. &
Duluth. Minn.,s March 2o.-ElevatoMxE
receipts domestic grain: Wheat ST.
600 bushels, last year 5000: flax 6s'
200 bushels, last year $500. \;
Shipments: Wheat $4,000 bushel
last year 10000. III
Duluth car, inspectipn:,Wheat Nom
l and 2 northern q: other spring E'
total wheat 8, year g q; flax 5, YER
ago /: total all 10. year ago Is; q
track II. }L Ri
Bulls again had an inning in, til
flaxseed market today. After SONY
hesitancy at the start good bidding
appeared and with light offerings
prices advanced sharply to new high
marks onXthis movement. May closed
s 1-2 up; July 3Sl-2 up and Octobex
15c up. \
Strength in rye was q feature. MILE
ers were in the market for It and with
limited offerings its figure was markSH
ed up easily. Spot y closed 4 "a up
and May 4 Ia up. Oats closed 1c up.
Barley closed unchanged for spot.
wheat No. 1 Northern track 2.21
1-2; arrive in April 240; No. 2 do
track and arrive 2.19 1-2; No. 3 Do
track 2.15 10. s&E
Linseed on, track 3.s3 Ia; arrivs
3.s1 ia; May 3.7e l-2 asked; july
1856 %1-2 asked; October $40 bid.
Oats on<track, 81 3-6@6St 3-8. N
Rye on track and arrive lisa Ia;
May 1857 asked " Hi
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-20
PRELIMINARY
TITLE It'll GAMES
OPEN FRIDAY
Final Games For State Title
Scheduled For
Saturday.

The preliminary games for the state
basketball championship will be
played Friday evening on the untver-
sity court. The four high school
teams representing their respective
districts will put up a battle royal for
the title. Drawing for the Friday
games has not been held yet. The
final game will be played Saturday
evening.
!. Valley City, present holders Of state
honors, have a strong team and bid
strong for victory.
Petersburg players are backed by
strong supporters who are confident
hat this quint will go undefeated to
the head of the state.
Rumors to the effect that Donny-
brook has been disqualified for play
by reason of ineligible players in the
district game seem ~unfounded. No
information regarding this has
been received by athletic officials here.
Donnybrook will place n of the
strongest quints in the state on the
floor Friday.
Mandan has q speedy, we'll balanced
team and was easily the fastest team
in the district. On the basis OF COM
parative scores the Mandan aggrega-
ton ranks with any other team out
for the state title.