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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY -, 1919.
BoLsHEvIsM ENCOURAGED.

All that has come out of President
Wilson's proposal for a meeting of the
representatives of the fractional gov
efnments of Russia with the represent
atives of the allies is the acceptance
of the proposal by the Bolshevik gov
eminent of Russia. Lenine and Trot
sky see. in the proposal a chance TO i'm
prove their standing. All other govern
ments of Russia have spurned the invi-
tation to attend this conference, hold
ing that to do so would be to, condone
the crimes which have been committed
/ in the name of the Bolshevik govern
ment, The allies, however largely in
fiueneed, no doubt, by The eounsels- of
| President Wilson, have agreed to send
representatives 10 meet the representa-
tves of the Bolshevik government And
| yet we wonder at the increase Of Boil
| sheviSm. The American society which
was recently organized under the name
and of which Jane Adams of Chicago
and Scott Nearing and others of like
prominence are charter members, will be
Epleased at this encouragement of Rus
sian Bolshevism. The character of the
society is sufficiently determined by the
declaration that was made at the time
Of - organization to the effect that il
is a self-evident truth chat the Boil
shcvik government of Russia is a good
government in every sense of the word
This is the society 5 Truth about
Russia :
If it were the truth, the allies would
be highly honored in having the cppor
tunity to .nine and Trotzky
face to ia, negotiate with tn,
kind of government they had set up
But this is not the truth according t.
other authorities. All the frst-hant
information at the state department
as well as that in foreign capitals, il
that he record of lawlessness, chaos
and ruin in Russia is indeseribable Tn,
latest reports from Russia show tn,
utter collapse of the government own
: crship idea. Lenine is on record a
favoring suppression of the press be
sides the confscation of property anC
the rights of individuals which ar
guaranteed by the institutions of al
representative forms of government.
is ore of the articles of his politica
1 creed that marriage shall be abolished
making all women the property of til
1 state subjected to 4 slavery that woul,
4 be worse than death.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
New Hampshire Education Bill.
Springfield Republican.


The commission headed by Frank s.
Streeter of Concord and of which Pres
ldent Hopkins of Dartmouth and JUS
tee John f. Young of the supreme
court are members, which was appoint
ed by Gov. Bartlett of New Hamp-
shire TO prepare draft of q bill to re-
organize and extend the state 5 edu-
cational system has made its report
The bill presented is an excellent doe.
ument, disclosing incidentally that
New Hampshire has been behind some
progressive states in attention TO its
school problem but also disclosing /;
keen appreciation of present day
needs and possibilities.
The bill provides for n state board
of education; commissioner of edu-
of whom shall be qualified 10 assist in
he development of agriculture and vo
cational branches and one to assist in
abolishing illiteracy and promoting the
Americanization of immigrants; state
wide school supervision; standard Gle
| mcntary schools in the. unorganizeG
parts of the state; provision for educa
| tional opportunity for non English
speaking youth and adults; a minimum
| of 81 weeks attendance in standard
schools. The proposed law involve:
an estimated increase in annual out
lay Of $2G6,700, an addition of a it'll,
less than half Il mill 10 the tax rate.
| Especially interesting is the bin I
provision for the education of immi
grants. 1t has teeth in it. Every per
son between the ages of Is and .
years who cannot read and speak Eng
lish understandingly is required TO at
tend an evening or special day school
if such exists in the district where tn
person resides or is employed; and cv
cry district in which there are five o
more persons eligible to attend is re
lquired to maintain such a school. Tn
maintenance requirement also include
districts where there are 10 person
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Time Fiddiinq.

There is n lot OF time ffddled away
by good people who have the best of
Intentions. We will venture to assert,
along this line, that more time is fid-
died away by folks who peck at Ian
guages than in any other manner. Al
most everybody is seized at some stage
in his life with desire to add an
other tongue to his own, but it usual
ly results in nothing more than time
wasted.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Today's Anniversaries.

1s09-Abraham Lincoln. 10th Presi-
dent of the United States. born
near Hodgensville, Ky. Died in
Washington, d. c., April Is,
1865.
ls45-Trial of Daniel O'Connell and
his associates in Dublin, ended
i'll conviction.
l850-The original manuscript of
: Washington s farewell address
was sold at auction in Phladel.
phia for $1,000.
lSS6-German East Africa company
chartered
1S94-Emile Henry, an anarchist
threw bomb, into ) cafe in
Paris, killing two persons and in.
juring many.
189J-Chinesc defeated at Wei -hai-wei
by Japanese after force BON
bardment
Marquis of Duiferin and Ava
former governor general of Can
ada fiied. Born June 81. 1926.
l9l3-Germans forced Russians to re
tire in Lotzcn district.
l9i6-French forced to give ground al
Navarin in Champagne
l9l7-China threatened TO sever dip
lomatic relationss with German,
it the new submarine policy
were pursued.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE

Me and Pubs Simkins and Leroy Shoes
5er was up i'll my setting room playing
otto and argewing, espeshilly argewing,
md pop was setting there reeding the pa
Der. and all of suddin he sed, Shucks,
haw, I'm all out of segars. Benny, take
his quarter and see how quick you can
bring me back King Harry segars.
WITCH ! jumped up TO do, Pubs saying,
10 you wunt me and Leroy 10 go with
you, Benny? and pop sed, Benny proberly
loes, but / don't. In union there is
.trength, but no speed. Haven't you gone
yet, Benny?
Yes sir, | sed And | quick went, run
ling all the way there and starting to
-un all the way back till all of a suddin
saw a man riding horseback, the ony
RUBBED being that the horse wouldent
70 the way the man wunted HIM to 60,
md the man wouldent leeve the horse
70 the way the horse wunted to go, me
standing there watching, saying, Watts the
nattir, mister, is he stubborn?
Gittup, gittup, sed the man. Meenlne
the horse WITCH the horse dident, keep
ng on trying to tern GROUND and go thu
)ther way, me standing there watching
| ill Pubs Simkins ran GROUND the corner
saying, Hay, Benny, your father sent me
.fter. you, he wunts those segars fearse
10, c., look Meening the man on th'
orse and we both stood there looking
Pubs asking the man if he, wunted him Z
l stand in frunt of the horse and hold on
| \ apple, the man not ansering and Pud
not having eny apple enyhow, and ate
| a vile Leroy Shooster ran Ground Tn
i corner to see wat was the matter Will
me and Pubs and the segars and tn
hole 8 of us stood there looking till al
of a suddin who came Ground but pop
me saying, Look at the horse, pop, h
wunts to 60 one way and the man wunt
| to go the other way.
Did / send you after a man on hors
or did send you after segars? sed pop.
Yes sir, / sed Meening segars. And
gave them to him and he went home b.
himself and us other 3 kepp on standin
there looking.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
GIRLS! DRAW A MOIST
CLOTH THROUGH HAIR,
DOUBLE IT'S BEAUTY
Try thisl Hair gets thick, glossy,
wavy and beautiful
at once.

Immediate 2-Yes! Certain p that s
the joy of it. Your hair becomes light,
wavy, fluffy, abundant and appears as
soft, lustreus and beautiful as young
girls after Danderine hair cleanse.
Just try this--meisten a cloth with a
| little Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt or excessive oil,
and III just a few moments you have
doubled the beauty of yoar hair. A
delightful surprise awaits those whose
hair has been neglected or is seraggy,
faded, dry, brittle or thin. Besides
Identifying the hair, Danderinc dis
solves every particle Of dan.lruff /;
cleanses, purifes and invigorates the
scalp, forever stopping itching and
falling hair, but what will please YOU
most will be after a few weeks use,
when you see new iiair-tine and dawnv
at first-yes-but really new hair crow
ing all over the scalp. IL you care for
pretty, soft hair, and lots of K, surely
get small bottle of Knewlton Dam
derine from any drug store or toilet
counter for a few eents.--Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Their Eyes FIN With Tears.

meeting you're going TO have with Mr.
Beefsteak. Think. of that and cheer
up"
Il do" said the onion. but still
can't forget the insult"
Would it make you feel any better
TO talk 1t over with me?" asked the
carrot. Sometimes that does help--to
talk the thing over which is making
us unhappy"
Il think 1t would help" said the
onion.
Then tell me what the insult was"
said the carrot.
Some one was going to help the
cook get the dinner-some one who
knew little about cooking but less
about how to fix vegetables. and this
person said she would peel the onions
''She began to peel me first rs
though ] were a potato and then she
kept on peeling until the cook sudden
~ noticed what she was doing and
said:
stop peeling that poor onion. It's
all good to eat, and we will just cut il
up In smaller pieces for frying
Imagine" said the onion. ito hear
of anyone SO ignorant about onions.
That was said beforeyou were brought
out Mr.. Carrot. was insulted. TO
think of not being understood better
than that. Oh. it's sad. il is insult
ing, not 10 be understood"
Cheer up, say again" said the
carrot sit is not an insult when IA
creature is ignorant. You should just
feel sorry for ignorance, and feel
proud and happy that you were saved
in time so you could do your part
when the great meeting takes place
between you and Mr.. Beefsteak to-
night at the big dinner"
That's So" said the onion. II VIII
cheer up. IL has made me feel better
10 talk TO you. don't feel insulted
say more"
ADVERTISE IN THE REF0RMER.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Frolonging the Legislature.
{ Rutland News.

There be those who want to abolish
the office of attorney general in YER
mont as too expensive and not produe-
tive of commensurate results. Then,
on the other hand, there are others who
not only would retain the official but
also give him an assistant ut n COM
Portable salary All of which shows
at what different angles our lawmakers
View public questions. 1t is no wonder
that he term of legislature is pro-
longcd.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Conventions Opening Today.

Chicago-National association of
Paint Jobbers.
Des Moines-Iowa Retail Hardware
Dealers association.
Pittshurgh-Retail Lumber Dealers ;
association of Pennsylvania.
Fargo-NoFth Dakota Retail Hard
ware Dealers association.
Administrations Sash. Door and
Milfwork Manufacturers association.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

Sor of the American stage, born in
London, 81 years ago today.
Sir William Patrick Byrne, a mem
Der of His Majesty s Privy council for
ireland, born so years ago today.
Alice Roosevelt Longwortl, wife of
he Ohio congressman and daughter of
he late Theodore Roosevelt. born 81
years ago today.
Clarence II. Rowland, former mana
ger of the Chicago American league
baseball club, born at Plattsville. Wis.
10 years ago today
Sir Herbert Holt president of tho
loyal bank of Canada ands one. of tn,
financial leaders oftthc Dominion, borr
in County Kildare Ireland, GO wears
ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
A Step Backward.
BARRE Times.

Tho adjustment Of the Office of state
purchasing agent in Vermont would be
a sep backward The plan may not
have worked out to the best advantage
IN every particular during the brief
time in which it has been tried but it
IS Ger ain that the plan has inherent
qualities which commend it very much
The system should not he discarded
until such time as it has been given a
trial under the best conditions possible.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Life Of a File.

Efficiency experts have been study
ing files and find that the life of one
of these tools. on the average. is 25.-
600 strokes. To employ file for more
than its normal period of usefulness,
1t is claimed. more than doubles the
cost of the werk.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

A step in the right direction has been
made in the deportation of 81 members
of the Industrial Workers of the World
who had taken part in fomenting
strikes in the West. II is said this is
but forerunner of general roundup.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
DADCYyEQlVDN..
ARI TALL Ell
THE ONIONS INSULT.
~ MARY 0AHAN BONNER

81 have been insulted," said the
onion
oh. cheer up.r said the carrot.
Il can't cheer up" said the onion. 81
feel ike CRYING
Well" said the carrot. 81 never
hear'i OF an onion crying, but l have
heard of people WHO were cutting up
onions CRYING. | have heard of that
often."
why do they cryT" asked the onion.
Have they been insultea? don't see
why they should cry when cutting me
up, or when they were cutting up any
members of my family. I'm sure we've
never insulted them. Won't you eN-
plain. Mr.. Carrot:"
Il will indeed" said Mr. Carrot, "but
come TO think of it, perhaps | won't"
'Oh, why won't yout" asked the
onion. please tell me-
I'm afraid / might insult you. am
afraid of you now that you tell me you
have been insulted. / feel That you
must be full of silly pride in order To
be insulted. / can't believe that you
are a sensible vegetable any more
Why. am almost afraid that you may
think the ground is too good nursery
for you and that you feel you shouldn't
| be eaten, but that you should be put
| In A glass case with the best silver
All no. / don't feel anything like
/ that, said the onion. 81 like 10 be a
| vegetable. I'm proud of being vege-
| table. | love TO have the ground for
my nursery. / can't think of any nicer
] one. All, | had fine time playing
with my little sisters and brothers ia
The onion bed in the garden
Now am old, too old TO be cut up
and eaten with salt But am going
to be useful for frying And I'm going
TO meet Mr.. Be efsteak for the first
time in my life. The cook said they
!. were ICING to have fried onions and
beefsteak for dinner tonight, though
perhaps she SAID beefsteak and
onions"
The carrot smiled. 1t knew that the
onion was trying to have more pride
than ever now that it had been insult
ed. II felt sorry for itself and so it
praised itself up.
), please tell me why people CRY when
they cut us up? Have we ever done
them any harm?'' asked the onion.
No." said the carrot. '.you have
never done them any harm. And they
do not cry tears of sadness or of sor.
row or of worry or of anger
!, what in the world do they cry
for?" asked the onion.
Because you make their eyes al
with tears. They can't help il when
they cut you up, but they aren't sad il
; the least"
oh" said t1ie onion. III they don 4
cry tears of sorrow it doesn't matter
at all. I'm glad none OF US have ever
, hurt their feelings and / am glad none
Fl of us have evef insulted them, for Il
t is dreadful, quite dreadful. TO be in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t 10 the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher secure the de.
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

Prince Henry, brother of the former
kaiser, says that events since November
distinctly. show that return to a mon
archy is the first condition to Germany
becoming strong and healthy agan,
and, he concludes. the old song,
Deutschland uber allies will then be-
come true. That old song "the Watch
on the Rhine, will have to be rewrit-
ten first.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Glory Enough for All.
lWaterbury Reeord.

Capt. Herbert W Taylor, who is
commander of the ambulance section
of the 101st sanitary train, has received
a personal letter from Mai.-Gen. Clar-
ence r. Edwards of the Goth division.
in which he gives this Vermont officer
special praise for his work. When the
history is all written the work of NOT
only the officers but the privates will
share in considerable glory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

To get an American husband seems
to be the ideal of over 50 per cent of
the Partisan young women. says n press
dispatch If these ideals should be
behind?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

The Russian alphabet, which has Sc
characters, is puzzler to the American
soldiers there. Russian names suggest
that they would need few extra each
of S. X and !.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

The reformers have discovered an
other fertile field. The New York
Federation Of women 5 clubs Is 10 in
stitute reform Of women s dress cs-
peeially the seanty evening gown.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
New Botanical Specimen.

Hazel tagged four). seeing gentle
man with large chrysanthemum in his
button hole passing by, exclaimed. "Oh.
mamma, look what large Christmas
anthem that mans got.''
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

The approach of national prohibition
has led 10 legislation recently in regard
to prohibiting the use of the intoxicat-
ing Peyote bean by Indians. This is
evidently brand of firewater" not
introduced by the white man.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

'sBritain's demand that the guilty
be ado TO suffer for plunging the
world into the horrible carnage of the
last four and half years viii meet
with popular approval ON this side of
the Atlantic, says contemporary.
Strange TO say it ism t meeting with
any sort Of approval in Germany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

This is the day Of reformers. Ae-
cordhg TO the views of writer to the
Boston Herald a reformer IS idea of hap
piness IS perpetual attention to every
body's business but his own.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

Marshal Foeh says the Germans are
beginning TO forget they are beaten
From the French point of view The
menace of renewed conflict is not past
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Member Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled TO the use for publication of ali news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Great Britain refused to recognize
the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty
French made successful air raid on
railroad stations behind German lines
Opening of eighth session of the
longest British parliament of modern
times
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

Uncle Sam is offering n position TO
every young man who feels the call
of the sea. The United States navy
needs 100000 men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

If the woman suffrage amendment,
which was beaten in the United States
senate Monday had been carried, no
doubt The militant picketers of the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Vice of the Virtuous.

The popularity Of ill-temper is that
1t is the vice of the yirtuous. II is
often the one blot on an otherwise
noble character.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

White House would have taken the
credit of putting it through unto them
selves.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

oh" said tie onion. ri r-fIey don't
cry tears of sorrow it doesn't matter
at all. I'm glad none OF US have ever
hurt their feelings and am glad none
of US have evet insulted them. for IL
is dreadful. quite dreadful. TO be. in.
suited"
Poor onion said The carrot. You
really must cheer up, Think of The
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

This is the week of the Dartmouth
winter sports. Winter sports without
snow must have some drawbacks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Today's Birthdays.

William Eaversham, a celebrated ae,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

ADVERTISE IN THE REFoRMER.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-08
NIGH BIZ "pUSsrS" COUSIN
Though clvet Cat Makes it's Home In
the Open, and Is Larger Than
House Pet.
Ever meet a bassarIsk :

Ever meet a bassariskf
No. not basillsk; that is some
thing different. A bassarisk Is a
eacomistle.
But the animal is better known as
the "civet cat"-thOugh why so called
nobody knows, inasmuch as it Is not
clyet and not cat
1t is strange little creature, re-
lated to the raccoon, with very long
hushy tail rlnged In black and white.
Sometimes 1t Is called ring tailed
cat and sometimes "cat squirrel
the latter designation bestowed on &C.
count OF its squirrel-like habit OF
climbing trees and nesting In hollow
branches.
Like cat, II catches rats, inice
and small birds. 1t is about t6 inches
long, not counting the tail, which meas
ures another 16 inches. In color 1t
is brownish gray. 1t is a night prowl.
er. like cat. and often makes Its
home in outbulldlngs and deserted
rancl, houses.
The civet cat ranges from Mexico
and Texas to California and as far
north as southern Oregon. Occasion.
ally 1t is kept In captivity. making an
attractive and interesting pet.