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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-13

The Vermont Lie Underwriters asso-
cation viii hold its annual meeting nd
bauqtet m Rutland "Wednesday o. this
week, according to circular letters sent
out by Secretary ~ C. Nascn of the Yer.
mont Accident Insurance company. The
dinner will be served At the Hotel Bard.
Wei. The speaker will he Earl Manning
of the Prevident Lite and Trast company
1t Is expected that the Vermont state
board oi education SiI meet Oct 81 with
the New Hampshire hoaid al Woodstock
Tor "a general discussion Of politics At.
torney NJ G. Webbcr II Rutland il a
member OF the board. IL which James
Hartness OF Springfield j. chairman, the
other members being L IT, Brooks OF 81
Johusbury, Luther b. j ,hns,m of Ran.
dolph and Rev. A w Hewitt of Plain
field
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-13

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Arizona republican., 1919-08-17
Let men laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.
 Theodore Parker.
We Must Not Expect Too Much

That we may escape disappointment we must not expect too much of the assault upon the high cost of living We must not expect that there will early reduction if at all prewar prices for the present prices have been produced by many among which imitation and the lessened value of the dollar Then there are higher wages. in speaking of this we are avoiding the vicious circle" Higher wages are in themselves partly the result of this in fation, previously, partly the result of politics But they are here and they will remain for long time, factor in prices.
 The only point of attack upon high prices is the profiteer prices disregard of the cost of production and distribution, whose prices are bitant and made so because he is in control of the necessaries of life his control being maintained by boarding and by combinations It is to break that that the government is bending it's endeavor and when that is done commodities will flow more freely.
 Nor should we expect too much of the sale of the government food supply which will shortly avail able for the country. The amount of it is limited When distributed throughout the country there will be only s2 worth of it for every man. and child The price list published indicates that while will be saving in many articles of food, to many others. the prices will be but little lower than are offered in local markets. part of this food is put up in packages which available for family use. For instance we find that cond ensed milk comes in 8 pound tins Other packages similarly bulky and can be used only in institutions. Other articles such as corned beef vegetables dried fruits etc, come in convenient packages and show sharp saving These prices though do not include freight
 The prices though not quite low the ptope were perhaps led to expect since it derstood that government going to sell them at cost. But it must be borne in mind that the ernment has never been good buyer. and, doubt, it paid it's supplies than the ruling wholesale prices at that time. This sale though will here and there. while its lasts.
 The chief thing, though it to get at the of the trouble, the of supply of food and then to follow it the The profiteers who are causing the trouble the big ones, the ones who hitherto been big for the gov ernnent to handle. But they will be handled l. IS up to the administration party if ether reason. If it should fall too far short of the popular expectation that would be the end of it.
 These controllers food have hitherto been pretty well entrenched congress, but in the present o public mind could not, if it desired, them the favor they used to receive must give to the administration full power to deal with powerful profiteers they dealt with before.
 z few examples made of offenders will go long way toward remedying the situation and in opening up channels for the free of the things the people at reasonable, though by before the war prices
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these birds. It might be worked out something like this: Perching on the wire with two feet, one cent an hour: with only one foot, three quarters of a cent per hour: popping on the wires and off again, 2 cents pop, three pops for a niolsless each bird limited to six teen pops a day, with 8 charge of s100 for the sixteenth pop. (The limit is necessary because popping is an awful strain on the wires) Boosting on the poles, 3 cents an hour. ..Sparking.' two bits a spark (the gent to pay the war tax). Couples are warned against getting their wires crossed. Slack wire walking and other stunts strictly pro- hibited in sparkling preserves. Pa irons are requested not to make nuisance of themselves or to be naugh- ty in any respect. etc, etc.
 You can readily see, MT. Editor what wonderful possibilities this project holds forth to the stock buying public We will form company and incorpo- rate, of course, and sell stock to the public at large. do not anticipate any difficulty in incorporating even such a company as this. but if the incorpo- rators should experience any trouble in this respect. 1 am sure I could lead them to a corporation commission that would issue them a stock selling per- nit. They have placed their seal of approval on other stock-selling propo- sitions alongside of which a mild little thing like this would be gilt edged,
 But in the meantime, let your 6o,0o0 readers take off their mourning. We are getting our phone.
 As ever,
 c. G. \.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17
Where The People
 May Have a Hearing
The Line Will Be Busy

Editor Arizona Republican:
 Knowing full well that thousands of your readers are being weighted down with grief over the news that I am not to be granted telephone service, hasten to their relief with assurance io the contrary. MT. McVey, the genial and diplomatic local manager for the phone company, has just advised me over one of his own phones. too-that he will have his engineer accompany me 70 the ranch and there stake out the proposed phone line, which am to build myself. I am to be on the pay roll and expense account of the com pany up to and including the amount of s35. Any mileage" over that amount will have to be paid by the subscriber"
 The Hon. Amos Betts, chairman 0. the Ariz. Corp. Cornish, will cheerfully explain to any interested reader all about that s35 liability of the com pany, providing the reader doesn't die of old age while Betts hunts up that rule
 The cost Of the new work will prob a0ly be little over $35. Right hero I wish to reassure your 60,000 appre- hensive readers and urge them not to NOlly dDOut lHOSe COSlS III eAC6SS O1 S35. I have scheme that will make the newly constructed line itself bring in this excess cost, and, further, bring in handsome revenue
 You have observed that little birds ever and anon during their happy hours seek rest upon telephone wires and poles. It is my plan to make these birds pay a toll for using our new phone line for such purposes. We will | form company, and we will have a regular schedule of prices to charge the birds for their various antics on l the line. You probably have observed also, that different species of birds have different habits, and our scned- ule of prices must be built up to ac- commodate these habits For instance, the warbler family is very nervous. l Hitting here and there and not resting long in one place. The woodpecker seldom hits the wires. confining his ef- 1 forts to the poles. The owl will sit for long periods of time atop a pole, while the meadow lark will swing on a wire and sing his heart away
 Thus it is that we must have a schedule of prices to accommodate
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17
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Mary Stirs Me to JeaIousy-JeaIousy
 Spurs Me to Action
 How does Bob happen to be wan dering around Central Park with Katherine Miller?'
 I turned on Mary abruptly, perceiv- ing for the first time that she had kept me talking just to help me con- trol my feelings until my husband and Miss Miller should disappear in the restaurant
 Mary merely. shook her head, but what she said had in way, direct bearing on my question:
 He IS magnificent! I don't wonder you're so crazy about him. Why, Jane my dear, he is the superb, detached. calm kind of husband who always makes a wife jealousl"
 My eyes followed Bob down the wistaria draped pergola in front of the pavilion.
 'I-Tm not jeal-jealousi Tin only brok-broken-h -heartedi" sobbedi" !" Mary shrugged her shoulders, even while she linked her arm in mine.
 You're not quite jealous enough, you mean. When you are-youll act felt almost like hugging Mary. In
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17
mother and told her about the meet

mother and told her about the meet ing in the park
 Dear childl I suppose it was in evitable that you two should pass like strangers" she sighed. Bob has been in town my dear as long as we have. He was brought here for special ob- servation. I have visited him every day.,
 I said to myself 50 that is why l have been free to give my time to Marys diving lessons. And I might have visited Bob tool" My tears welled over and spotted mothers new georgette crepe. But mother didn't mind. She was crying, also.
 Bob looks so badly she said. We are all discouraged. We thought wed better not let you know-for a while.
 Can't we have him-just as he is'- down at the shore with us, mother dear ?'' I exclaimed eagerly
 sAs soon as his discharge papers arrive-and his father says that VII be in few days-we can have him anywhere-my child"
 Mother paused as she saiy any where 1 wondered if the wore seemed ominous to her-as it did tt me.
 (To Be Continued)
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

Q. Is it a part of a mail carriers duty to call at a house for mail when he has nothing to deliver there? E. E. W.
 A. mail carrier is not obliged to call at house to receive mail unless he has something to deliver there.
 c. Is there a way to keep cider sweet for drinking purposes H. $. B.
 A. When the cider has reached the flavor required, add one to two tum blers of grated horseadish to each barrel.
 Q. What is the New Orleans claim of the origin of the term Dixie landg" s. R.
 A. Before the civil war the old Cit izens Bank of New Orleans, having the power to issue paper money, pro- vided quantities of bills, mostly of ten dollar denomination, having the French word Dix" on their backs. This money being popular, according to this theory, Louisiana was referred to as the land of the ''Dixies. Even tually the term broadened to include all of the southern states.
 0. Is there anything that will pro- mote a growth of hair on an old scar2
 A. This probably may be acom- pIished by applying vaseline on the scar every night.
 0. What emblems are allowed OF the tombstones of the soldiers who are buried in Arlington National Gene tery? J. I. N.
 A. If the regular military tomb stone is provided by the government there must be only the name in full, the unit in which the soldier served, and such military information. How ever, a great many of the tombstones erected at Arlington are provided by the soldiers families and are as ornate as they desire. There are no restric- tion as to what emblems can be placed on these private tombstones.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17
Texas pemoerats

The democratic party of Texas will have to be much more numerously subdvided than is proposed by the organization of the Bailey and the Ferguson parties addition to the party from which they aside, before the republicans will have much of a chance of ascendancy in the Lone Star state. How ever sharp division of the may be there will be one if than faction superior to solidified republican party in numbers. Unless there should be sudden and decided change in Texas the republican party could hardly become even balance pf power
 In recent interview, former Senator Bailey at tributed part the ills of the democratic party of
 exas to it's greatness which had become unweldness nd among the reforms he suggested re-dis- trictng plan which would give the republicans greater representation the legislature and in the other offices That he believed would bring the pcrats more closely together
 It is generally believed that the Bailey party will be strong one. The former senator is the greatest Texan that the last half century has produced and svanderings who are opposed to his views with ref frence prohibition and woman suffrage, yet feel pride in him that they entertain for other Texan It is the opinn Of broad minded Texans that the shake up there was inevitable it will be bene- ficial to Some democrats think it will put the party into better shape; that it will it from disintegration. If there were only two schools of democratic thought the other might survive but there are many schools of thought To confine them within the same party would ultimately produce explosion
 As it was put by one eminent Texan: "A political party is supposed to be composed of men who think sake the subject of government, to be an organ
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17

ization promote the objects of it's members When for any reason partys membership becomes hetero- geneous to any considerable extent. it becomes i'm possible for the party to serve the country we'll It would be fortunate if we had many parties we have political beliefs Long ago Governor Hubbard and other prominent Texans declared that it would be wholesome if the democratic party state had formidable opposition assertion has been widely repeated for many years but heretofore many of those who have done the repeating have been willing to participate in forming the opposition X The present situation in Texas has perhaps been precpitated by President Wilson Almost from the dime he became president there been greater dis satisfaction in Texas than anywhere else with his Mexican policy. His interference in the democratic congressional primaries year ago. though nominally against who said had opposed his policies. but generally interpreted be in of friends of his favorites without reference to war policies an gered majority of Texas democrats. who in senti- ment withdrew froA what regarded the ad- mnistration wing of the party
 The way was paved in Texas for the return of former Senator Bailey to leadership by the move ment time ago for the organization of the Peoples Democratic party. It founded of course dissatisfaction not perhaps with a party machine with local party control with things in general The members of congress either bound to the national administration acquiescent. There other available form of expression of dis satisfaction.
 It is hardly probable that all the members of the Peoples Democratic party could endorse all the policies of Mir. Bailey that they would accept his leadership His membership will be made up of those who opposed to prohibition suffrage Ca majority of Texans have opposed both,) and the League of Nations. and, perhaps by many who though favoring these things would yield them return to the old order
 There others who though still administration democrats would be attracted to the former senator
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17
DOLLY.

that sentence she had taught me a lesson. I had been too patient. It was time for me to shape events my self, even if an emotion as hateful as jealousy were required to animate me.
 Hitherto I had let the specialists and the family have their own way about Bob's cure-and they had failed! had taken 1t for granted that my own notions about him were silly, feminine, childish. And yet, in my own heart, never once did I doubt that alone could make Bob well. If I could win Bob's attention to myself, I could release his brains from it's burden ana his heart from it's pain.
 Mary! I'm jealous enough, at least, to suit even you,' I said. T think 1 started to show you New York, didn't I? Well, it will take about twenty days to do it. I gues you'll have to do the other nineteen days alone!"
 But-but-you're not forgetting about the string of pearls, are you, Jane?"
 I'm forgetting everything for a while except that cannot go straight to Bob.'
 Instead went straight to Bob's
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17
~ Lively Beach, Friday

Lively Beach, Friday Dear Joan:
 A sleepless night-after that hectic episode with John de Caller. Through the long, dark hours went over and over it. hearing his passionate words, feeling the grip of his hand on mine, thrilling despite myself, and loathing myself for it.
 At one moment some demon inside me urged me to heed him, no matter what he asked. Next I was biting my pillow with shame at his effrontery. Paris-Ve -Venice-London-- Vienna = the magic names, and his magic descrip- tions of them kept dancing through my mind. mocking me with charm and filling me with fear. Of him and of myself.
 T ust not see him again." I kept repeating yet all the time longing to see him and feeling that it would all come right as soon as I talked with him about it again. A fantastic idea, Joan, expecting help from the very man who plots to destroy mel I recall the time my father died and I felt I couldn't bear my misery. I kept thinking, "Father'll help me bear it; when I tell him, he'll know how to comfort me" It was the same bewildered feeling.
 As soon as the sun was well up I dressed and went down on the lonely beach. It was relief to see some clam m-diggers and a frisky dog in the distance and 1 walked toward them, just to to be near something solid and commonplace. They were old men and looked up with friendly Good morn ing, Miss" that tempted me to unload my burden upon their astonished shoulders.
 l walked till I was tired out, then turned back toward the hotel. Pres ently saw the lone figure of man. He turned directly and walked to- ward me The young man with the tragic eyes, whom de Gallier and had met coming into the hotel last night
 You are Miss Dorothy variek?" he asked, coming close and speaking with nervous eagerness.. I bowed
 T realize he went on, falling into step beside me in the sand, q have no right to speak to you-that you can refuse to listen, and even complain to the management. But, oh, I beg you to hear me-"
 Please go on."
 It IS aoout-last night. I couldn't help seeing you and-and De Gallier, the violnist. coming up from the rocks in the moonlight I knew what he must be saying. I saw his face-and yours. Besides, you see. I know him.
 Come to the point, if you will' said I with ebbing self possession.
 He probably spoke of love. of travel, of art and the beauty and poetry of the Old World. Forgive me- but did he speak of marriage-did' he proffer
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17
The WarfieId Plan

The Warfield plan for the control of the railroads will be popular than the Plum foolish plan which had chance at all. The Warfeld plan looks to returns to the stockholders of minimum of per This plan is offered in the interest of the holders of railroad securities How the fixed for the stockholders is to be secured makes little difference.
 Among the suggestions offered some months ago one that the roads which had been wrecked by government agement should be put upon their feet and kept running by a government subsidy. Since then have had proposition revenue shall be derived from fares which shall be adjusted higher with reference the dividend be paid It would really make little difference which plan should be adopted. The people would have to pay in the end. About the amount of money would be taken from them. only by different opera tions
 It is proposed by the Warfield or by any other plan to lessen the expense of the roads by essening the wages of employees. We might, on the contrary under this plan expect to see the wages increased It would be all the to the stockholders. and 1t would be easier to agree to the demands the ployes from time to time than quarrel with them.
 Six per cent is not an unreasonable return on an honest investment, but the stocks of the roads do represent true valuation of the roads They do not represent the amount which very large majority of the stockholders actually paid for the stocks Yet it is proposed to mulct the public for returns on fictitious investments.
 And also hear in connection with the War field plan what we have been hearing ever since the government began the regulation of the roads-that the stocks not many had supposed, in the hands of capitalists but the property of the poor the sole of sustenance of many thousands of American citizens
 Even if that were true the public should not be expected to support these poverty stricken sockhod any than it should be expected to throw gold coins into the hat of the street beggar the The public should not be called upon pay for any service more than it is worth
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17

marriage?p 1 do not mean to be cruel although it is more of another woman 1 am thinking than of you-a good and noble woman who loves him with all her soul-''
 But if he does not love herr. I in- terrupted, exasperated at his interfer- ence. Surely a man can choose? And surely 1 myself am able to manage my own affairs without help from some one who pleads the cause of another woman
 "Ah. but e-Mademoiselle- Miss Varick. she is his wIfe-a mill lion times too good for him but never theless loving him, as women will. You-you do not look to me. Miss Var ick. like a girl who would knowingly shatter the last poor hopes of an un- happy wife,
 I don't what else he said, dear Like a mad woman I ran, leaving him there staring. But my nerves had crumpled. I should have shrieked in mysteries if I had not fled.
 No more now, dear. but as soon as I get over the raging headache that tortures me.
 DOLLY.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17
WHEN IT RAINS WHILE YOU'RE AurolNe

It never looks like rain when you start automobile trip-you'd start if it did In fact you against taking chances of a downpour while tour that manys the nice trip you've fore gone because the weather looked as though it might cloud up and weep all the face of the land
 Generally you about ten miles from town and out of sight of any human habitation when with out the slightest warning the sky becomes overcast and lets bunch of rain that would have made Noah feel perfectly at home in your Ark. The top and the rain curtains get contrary, of course and you are drenched to the skin while trying to put them up. The folks make sarcastic remarks which do not materially add either your good humor your comfort. By the time your boat is really water tight it has become full of rain that baing opera tions really ought to be started at
 Naturally the rain makes the roads something fierce Your car slips and slides and skds from side to side like seagoing hack on the last night of the recent wet spell in a large city.
 Just about this time Friend Wife lets out shrek so shrill and frenzied indicative of murder at least.
 Aw-what's the matterg" you question in deep perturbation.
 "oh something awfuls happened"
 What is it-what is. it?" you insist, while thoughts of having lost the baby in the mud some miles back through your mind
 "AH the upstairs windows wide open and just the rain is pouring ni' your wife gasps.
 All of which proves to be perfectly true when you arrive home. And which gives rise to this weighty question: Were any upstairs windows ever found to be closed when the family away from home during rain storm"
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17

The remaining problems of the peace conference hinge the fact that Russia will back and must be kept in good humor.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17

When Heine gets into the markets he will doubt of the indemnity.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17

Dr. Otto Bauer says that Austria is doomed to thirty years of economic slavery. Perhaps 1t will break her of that little habit of sending utmatums.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-17

We still insist that one should not buy an ex unstable.