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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
The Arrny's
Poets
WOODROW Will SON
From "The Stars and Sfripes'

fPTeSenCeG 20 JHe fOTeSaUe11t as q Chf'1SC-
mas greeting By an American soldier.)
~ EHOLD the man from out the Westl
He comes like a cheerful guiding
ID light;
The friend alike of high and low,
This dauntless champion of the right.
In him you see noble type
Of statesmen taught in freemen's school,
Where mind to mind and heart to heart
The people think, and speak, and rule.
Again the West sends to the East,
AS oft the child to mother turns,
prophet bearing healing truth,
Who ancient form and fancy spurns.
At last he comes to speak plain truth,
Fix peace forever firm on high;
To help US clear away the dross,
To bring sweet reasons counsels nigh
At last the peoples cry is heard;
Imperial thrones fall hour by hour;
And now the men who worked and fought
Are those who hold the rens of power.
Who tread unseen life's toilsome way
Are those who braved both fire and steel
At every front of bloody fray
But bark! The world attends his words,
So free from PASSIONS burning sting;
So clear, so full of pregnant thought,
Like chimes of mercy. Hear them ring:
"America unselish came
To stay the reckless war lords hand;
To aid the right, to punish wrong;
Encourage freedom in each land.
owe ask loot of land or gold,
No spoils wrung hard from labor's brow;
Let history teach her lessons hard,
Let's build our children's future now.
eve simply ask the right to speak
For men who bore long years of strife;
For widows and for orphans made,
Who drink the dregs of sorrows life.
"They have no pen, nor tongue OF flame;
Though dumb, their heart beats move
our heart.
We sense the thoughts that fill their minds;
We claim the right to voice their part.
"Since millions died for freedoms life,
How precious must that freedom be!
What price in blood the race has paid
To savee the boon of liberty!
Lets lay the soldiers sabre down,
Let's form world court, strong and fair,
Where all the nations shall complain,
And safely ask for judgment there.
"Henceforth the world should live in peace
Employ its power to strengthen life
No more should envy point the way
To selfish ends and runous strife.
eve must build, where the fathers quit,
stately mansion for the world.
From now henceforth let right rule might,
The flags of war be henceforth furled"
j. j. Mes, Captain, Infantry
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

Who was it helped to win the war?
"John Doe Ono brains) Buck Private"
Who, needing not the laurel pile
That scheming other men beguile.
Stands modestly aside the while?
John Doe Goods kind), Buck Private"
ALLAN R. THOMSON,
Sgt. Hq. Detch., 81st Div.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

A Thing of Won
der and a Joy
Forever

counts a lot. 1t
explains, in part at least, why
h Sammy has made himself so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

With courage scaled the bloody top?
Who was it made the Hun swine stop?
John Doe Ono stripes, Buck Private"
Who, underneath his training tan
Is, every single inch, man?
And, best of all, American?
John Doe, just plain Buck Private"
Who saw his job and did it we'll?
Who smiles SO bland-yet fights like hell
Who rang again the Freedom bell?
Twas only "Doe-Buck Private"
Who was it lunged and struck and tore
His bayonet deep into Hun gore?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

AS chased the small-time squareheads
to Berlin!
Well have grand reunion Of the boys who
gave a hand
When gallant France was bleeding on the
rack
Well tell about our Poilu pal, the gamest
in the land,
And how made old Jerry show his
back
And maybe on that happy night when we
have called the roll
Well miss some old time faces in the
line
But in our hearts we'll keep a place for
those who paid the toll,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

Whose memory gave US strength to reach
the Rhine.
HOWARD A. HERTY, CPL Inf.
BUCK PRIVATE
WHO was it, picked from civil life
w And plunged in deadly, frenzied strife
Against DEVILS dreadful might?
Just plain "John Doe--Buck Private"
Who jumped the counter for the trench,
And left fair shores for all the stencil
And mud, and death, and bloody drench?
Your simple, plain "Buck Private"
Who, when his nerves were on the hop.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
And Where
Was You
In France;

MT WAS the year 1923. in quiet lrl
n New England village. The D. A. R.
n and the Sons of Veterans and r.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

Lctt~-Mlss Why jusr
can t stop saving tlnfolI
- war or no war
though what use j, will
be put to Miss Wizlv
hasn F, figured ou,
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
After the War
Stuff
By W. {. HILL

Left-Will some one please tell Mrs. T oeh whether
several pounds of carefully boarded prune pits should
be sent to the Red Cross or to the Belgian Recon
structon Committed Mrs oehil, who has been
carefully saving them since last August has for
gotten just what the government wanted them for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
The Highways.
[ Burlington News.

The press of Vermont, almost WITHOUT
exception, have seemed to favor good road
legislation. We believe that the great
mass Of the people have come to seatze
that Nermont's greatest liability is her
poor highways and that ifsthe matter were
put to popular vote any sane proposition
looking toward a betterment of our high
ways would receive clear majority.
What we need is to keep the subject
Very much alive and send to Montpelier
s'or the next session of the legislature only
men who favor highway Improvement.
Hostile action on highway legislation is
simply bar to hundreds of thousands OF
dollars Which would find their way into
the state We're the highways such as to
tempt the tourist
If the Legislature is going to show the
tame economy in other matters which ii
has shown in highway legislation it is
going to be pretty costly investment
and the shorter the session the better off
we shall be-
The most costly thing on earth is the
wrong kind of economy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
A Moment With the Poets.
Springfield Reporter

lopIlHglIelu Reporter.
s No kind OF an entertainment is so at
traetive in a country village as one by
home talent, so called.s No matter what
it is, a school exhibition or musical
sometimes deliberately spelled witha final
cit never fails to draw full house
where a company of travelling artists
would not be able to call together a
bakers DOZEN
As for talent, it is amazing what a lot
of it can be found in the smallest hamlet
Almost everyone you meet has a talent
of some Kind or other, which they are,
very properly not hiding in napkin
One has 4 gift of singing. another of
playing an instrument, another of dane
ing, another of writing poetry, and the
last-named gifted individual is the most
astounding artist of them all.
The village rhymesters have heard that
poets are born, not made; consequently
they are apt to have no more idea of the
rules of prosody governing the construe
ton of a poem than they have of the
first principles of airplane production.
They trust to inspiration alone and,
working themselves into a fine poetic
fenzy, sit down to WOO the muse. Line
after line they dash off. no two lines hay
ing anything in common III the way of
feet and mighty little in the way of
thought, and in white heat of burning
genius continue to multiply the stanzas
until the pencil point luckily breaks or
the end of the foolscap is reached.
The rhyme is sometimes queer like
wallet and pullet. for instancel and the
rhythm wonderful, while the reason is so
delightfully."- obscure as to require the
services of private detective from a
Browning club to discover it No two
lines are ever the same length, and an
effort to read the poem causes one to
sympathize with the venerable choirmas-
ter who inadvertently started in to sing
a short metre hymn to long metre tune
and found himself hanging for dear life
to the last word of each line through the
superfuous measures of the air.
The facile village versifers shine on
golden wedding occasions and octogc-
marian birthday anniversaries by reading
IAN original pome,'' which the admiring
people, in whose honor it has been com
posed insist on having published in the
paper, and are both panied and DUN.
I founded at the reluctance with which the
/ literary gem is accepted.
! But it is in obituary poetry that tht
writer's of verse reach their highest flight.
of fancy and put forth their most valiant
efforts. That they are not always happ,
in the manner of expressing their senti
ments is doubtless owing to the mourn
lfulness of their theme, a painful subiec
NATURALLY demanding eXcruciatin;
rhymes. Still their intentions are gooC
$50 much better than their poetry-it i
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
AERIAL GUIDE BOARDS.
Some Odd Additions to Landscape Sug
gested for Guidance of Airplanes.

There will be some odd additions to the
landscape, until one gets used to them,
when aerial traffic establishes routes for
airmen. The report of the civil aerial
transport commission, in England, sug-
gests some of them. All main routes, it
says, should be marked. at ive-mile inter-
yals, by strip of chalk, or white stone,
200 feet long and l6 feet wide, the sue
cession of these stones serving as bound
AIRY for the aerial route. In addition it
is suggested that an alphabetical letter,
fifteen feet long. and a number large
enough to be equally visible from high up
in the air, shall be placed at intervals
to distinguish the route. At night the
letters and numbers could be electrically
illuminated Although the age of aerial
traffic is still somewhat in the future, il
might save a deal of trouble if laws were
made at the start to prevent future ad
vertisers from turning our planet into an
illuminated billboard. Christian Science
Monitor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
TO FIGHT PROHIBITION.
Hotel and Restaurant Interests t
Make Big Protest.

NEW YORK, Feb. l5.--Hotel and res
taurant interests met at thexzffffffimfwy
taurant interests OF New York met at
the Hotel Commodore yesterday to con-
slider plans ior combating absolute pro-
hibition. II was announced that mass
meetings of protest would be held in
every city, town and hamlet in the coun-
try" that speakers would be sent broad
cast TO big and little dinners, and that
cards, pamphlets and other literature
would be distributed by the wagon load.
II also was announced that thousands of
dollars had been pledged to defray the ex-
penses OF the campaign.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
Asbestos Possibilities.
Barton Monitor.l

The incorporation of a $1,5O0.00o as
bestos company in Vermont brings new
hope that the deposits of this wonder
full mineral in Lowell will be developed.
There are no other deposits of ashes
tos worthy of consideration in Vermont
and any move of an asbestos company
must point to this corner of Vermont.
Some people are skeptieal of asbestos
companies because thus far every at
tempt to open the Lowell mines has
proved failure. But there is de-
post of this much used mineral in the
region of Eden which will some day be-
come the center of great mining activi-
ties.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
OVERSEAS HEROES ARE ANGRY.
Cropping Their Hair to Get Rid of
Coolies Too Severe. They Say.

There are at jefferson barracks 35 sol
diers who were wounded in France and
who were brought here for rehabilitation
Veterans of Belleau Wood, Chateau hi-
cry, Scissors, the Argonne and the Cham
payne are among them.
When visitor saw them the other day
he found nesst of them reticent about their
exploits, but eager to tell about what they
considered ''mistreatment' at jefferson
barracks. This consisted of having their
clothes sterilized, their hair cropped, and
their overseas caps and puttees taken
away.
This here colonel amt never seen any
A. Z. F. soldiers before declared an ex-
eeedingly sore youth from Oklahoma.
Any man that's been in France knows a
cootie never goes above a mans collar.
Amt no more sense to cuttin' our hair
off for coolies than there would be jim
wearin a gas mask ON your elbow. They
don't go there
Look at this, demanded another, bar
ing shaven head Think I'd go home
with dome like that Not me; I've
been in France IS months, but I'd stay
away another year before Id go home
like a convict. My folks won't see me
until my hair grows out.
I'VE were disnfected after we were
wounded; then again at Camp Merritt,
when we landed, and this makes the third
time. It's getting damned tiresome. We
had new uniforms, and looked decent, but
look at us now
The uniforms, having been run through
the sterilizer. looked very much as il
they had been slept on for some time.
4" Them amt soldiers; they're buns
that's what they'll say when they see us
coming home said another. I've seen
some trouble since | went to this war,
but this is the rawest thing 1 ever saw
pulled
Such was the chorus, and it was with
much difficulty that the thoroughly dis.
gusted heroes We're induced to change the
subject from BARRIERS to battle.
Col Hunter, commandment of the bar.
racks, said army doctors there had recon-
mended the sterihzing Of the men and
their clothing, including the cutting OF
their hair. The overseas caps and put
tees were taken away ON an order from
the war department. but will be returned
the order having been revoked, he said
st. Louis Post Dispatch
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
His Best Compliment.

We'll, Kate, said the parson, accord
ing to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, did
you like my sermon this morning.
Twas a grand sermon intirely, sorr,
said Kate, dropping a courtesy
And what part did you like best
asked the pastor, who was a bit waggish.
Il don't reminder, yer reverence. but
mt war all good
Now, Kate, if Won can't remember
it, how do you know it was good?"
"Ill tell yez. See them clothes on the
line2''
Yes, Kate. And fine lot Of work
you have, this morning
Isn't ahl that stuff betther fr the
washin':"
.'of course it is
Aha. An yet not a bit av tn soar
sticks to it. That's the way it IS, sorr
My soul is betther an cleaner fr vi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
MILLER CASE WITH JURY.
Continued from Page ~

Mr.. Miller's long experience with opera
lions and hospital treatment, and the
impairment of his earning capacity lie
said it was only fair to estimate that
his earning capacity had been reduced 80
per cent and he, thought the full amount
of damages claimed, $4,000, would not
be excessive.
After a conference between the court
and the attorneys Judge Butler said that
there had been some talk of taking q
recess until next week, but that it had
been agreed to snbmitsthe case this after
noon, and he announced recess until
40 O'Clock. &
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
MRS. ROOSEVELT IN FRANCE.
Representative Of Government Bids Her
Welcome

HAVRE, Feb. 15.-Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt arrived here Yesterday on the
French steamship La Lorraine. She was
met by Lieut. Verdier of the staff of
Andre Tardieu, French high commission
or to the United States, who placed at
her disposal on behalf of the French
government all civil and military faeil-
tiles for visiting the grave of her son,
Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt.
After visiting the grave, Mrs. Roose-
welt viii go TO Italy to visit her sisteE
Miss, Emily Carow. 4
Mrs. Roosevelt was quite tired after
stormy voyage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15

really pity they cannot find plain,
prosaie, sensible method of expression.
Obituary poems seem to be more pecu-
liar to rural districts, where perhaps they
are best understood and appreciated; for
the inhabitants of those districts, i'll spite
of such beautiful tributes" appear to
stand in no greater fear of death than
other people.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
EAST DUMMERSTON.

sJames johnson is working for Q. F..
Bennett.
Mrs. NJ f. Brown is visiting at W. T..
Davis's in West Chesterfield.
Several friends and nei9hbors, of Mrs.
l.. c. Halliday spent pleasant afternoon
aud evening with her Thursday, Feb. l3,
in honor of her birthday anniversary A
chicken pie dinner was served and games
were played in the evening There were
some out-of.town guests present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
peep Stuff.

London Answers tells the story of n
musical student who, one night at
Queens Hall, slithered un to couple
of long-haired professors in the hope
of hearing some learned conversation.
"Ten cents each" one Of the profess
sors was observing, "and not even
new-laid ~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
Personal.

Mrs. /. F. Davis returned last night
from week s visit in Stratford, Conn
Captain Ernest W. Gibson will come
tonight from Camp Devens, Aver, Mass,
TO spend Sunday at his home in town.
Captain Gibson returned recently from
overseas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
ToDAY's CASUALTIES.
Official Figures Released for Pub
lication This Afternoon.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-To-
day casualty releases contain $50
names, l40 in the morning section
and 10 in the afternoon section.
All the casualties in this after
noon s list are classified as wounded
severely.
There are no Vermont names in to-
day s casualties.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
AGAINST GERMAN LANGUAGE.
Wisconsin Society Would Not Have it
Revived in Theatre.

MILWAUKEE, Fb. l5.-Resolutions
protesting against a proposed revival oil
theatrical performances in German by al
stock company Of local theatre has been
adopted by the board of managers of the
Wisconsin society, Sons of the American
Revolution.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
APPROVES PRICE FIXING.
Secretary Redfield Gets Gable from
President to That Effect.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Approval
of the proposals to establish the gov
eminent price adjustment board to
stabilize conditions during the post
war period was cabled by President
Wilson to Secretary Redfeld.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
BIRTHS

In Brattleboro, Feb. II, son. Edward
Norman, to Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Ne
Mann, grandson to Mr.. and Mrs. MeMann
of Roslindale, Mass, and Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Phelps of West Guilferd and great
grandson to Mrs. A. NJ. Huling and Mrs.
a. p. Blanchard of West Guilford
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
EXCHANGE WITH MEXICO.
Professors and Students from Washing
ton University Have That Privilege.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5.-Arrangc-
ments for an interchange of professors and
students between the University of Wash
ington and the National university OF
Mexico, were announced today by the
Mexican embassy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
What a Great Man Wrote.

Jacob A.. Riist the great man of Il
few years ago, once said that some de-
feats are merely installments of vic
tory. Look upon defeats In this way
and take fresh courage TO begin again.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
HEAD OF GERMAN ASSEMBLY.
Fehrenbaeh, Centrist, Elected Presi-
dent of New Body.

LONDON, Feb. l5.--Constantine Fehr
enbach, Centrist, former president of the
German reichstag, has been elected presi-
dent of the German national assembly,
according to Reuter- despatch from
RaHln
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
NORTH HINSDALE, N. H.

Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Strouse gave
valentine party last evening for Their
daughter, Lorraine, entertaining II Of her
friends from Brattleboro and North Hins
dale. The evening was spent pleasantly
in dancing. music and games. An elabor
ate lunch was served, and with jokes and
rcpartoos, was enjoyed by all. As the
guests departed they expressed the wish
that the future would hold many more
18th Of Februarys for Miss Lorraine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15

sermon, though not a word o what We
said stays by me"
And that, the minister told us, was the
best compliment he ever got.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
MARRIAGES.

In Brattleboro, Feb -. by Rev. d. f.
Trout, Ray ii. Lvermore of Greenfield,
Mass, and Miss Helen Elizabeth Morris
of Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15
Masonic Temple

Tuesday, Feb. lS-Regular meeting OF
Bingham chapter followed by an enter
tain in the hands OF the star points
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15

Some mems lives are open books-blank
books
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-15

Heaven sends rs good meat but the
Devil sends US cooks.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-23

The funeral was held at the Chapel
i'll Twin Falls. Idaho, Sunday after
noon. January 5, after which the
body was laid to rest beside his sis
ter, Grace Bradley, in the Twin Falls
cemetery.
At the request of his wife the pail
bearers were as follows Arthur,
Hubert and Elmer Requa, w. c. Nc
Ginnis, Robert Thomas and Mr..
Scott, neighbor
His passing away was a great
shock to us as he was looking so
well and seemingly in perfect health.
Those left to mourn are wife and lit
tie daughters, father, mother, grand
father. four brothers and four sis
tiers. Although gone he's not forgot
zen. All who knew him will regret
20 learn OF his untmely death, and
with lis extend their heartfelt SYM
pathy to the bereaved ones, but time
alone can heal the broken hearts.
A Friend.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-23
Obituary..

Mr.. George Latham and family
were again sorrow stricken by the
death angel claiming another mem
Der of their family.
Harry S. Latham was born Aug. l,
1890. at Manitou, ILL.,, and died Jan.
I, 1919, near Kimberly. Idaho. at the
age of 2S years, 5 months and 8 days.
IL years ago he moved with his
parents to Butler, Mo.
He was married to Miss Grace N.
Gerkin, at the home of her parents
near Peru, Mo-, Oct. 18. 1911.
To this union two children were
born, Edna Mae, aged E years and
Hazel, Marie, aged 8 years.
On Thursday, Dec. z6, Harry came
down with the FLU" which was fol-
lowed by pneumonia. On Friday his
wife took the FLU" and in few days
his children took it also. AS sooE
as his parents heard he was sick they
hasteRed to his home. Caring for
him till the end came, doing all tina.
earthly hands could do. They still
remained caring for the family till
all were able to be removed from
the home so r..
Soon after their marriage they
the Gerkin home, where
they lived happily together. In the
and moved to Idaho where they, like
many others were well pleased with
the country and climate and were
looking forward to the time when
they would be located in 4 home Of
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-23
1st Door West American Clio. House

hope these few lines will find YOU
and everybody the same. We are in
II village in the province of Luxem-
burg and tomorrow | am going to
visit the city of Luxembourg. | have
seen most of Europe now and it is
not as good as the u. S. by long
ways. | have had the rheumatism
for month, but not serious and /
hope it gets no worse. We were two
davs in Belgium and the towns are
much better here than in France. 1t
is cloudy, damp weather here now
and | don't think it will be very long
until we will be home. will close
for this time, hoping to hear from
YOU soon.
Your loving son,
Cook Roy L. Dawson,
I6Sth nifty
Earl Allen and wife were visitors
at R. Dawsons Sunday.
r. !. Dawson and Ike Howard are
cho~":rg wood now days.
n. NJ. n.