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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
Compulsory Military Training.
Bennington Banner.)

The resolution introduced in the Yer
mont Legislature to investigate the ad-
of introducing compulsory
military and physical training in the
secondary schools of Vermont looks like
an odd and out-of-plaee relic of war
days which the nations of the world, as
if with one accord, are trying TO
forget and to make impossible of repe-
tition. To introduce compulsory mill
tary training in the secondary schools
of Vermont would be for us in this
state to presuppose that peace is an i'm
possibility and that league of ma
tiOns is but a myth, for one purpose of
such a system would be to inculeate the
first rudiments of the military life in
every boy in the state of Vermont
(presuming, of course, that secondary
schools means high schools, academies
and seminaries). A system of prelimi-
nary military training is planned to
build a groundwork of warlike people
n people trained in the instruments of
war if not a people imbued with the
belligerent spirit itself To make il
obligatory for every boy entering high
school to become subjective to a eours,
of military training would be to teaef
him that peace is subservient to war al
ways and that war runs through the
current of American life That teach
ing would perhaps be unconscious bu
| it would nevertheless stick in his mint
and develop. There is an undouhtet
physical advantage in a military train
ing but the same results could be OBJ
tanned by means of physical exercise
4 tyhi 10 I Of In
schools and colleges take their owl
course in the matter of adopting tn
military training idea, but let no
force it upon every boy in Vermont a
soon as he comes to secondary schoo
age. There is really no place for com
pulscry training in Vermont school life
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
Todays' Events

Harriet Prescott Spofford, one of the
foremost of American women writers, en-
tiers upon her S5th year today
After-the-war educational problems will
be discussed by the West Tennessee
Teachers association, meeting in annual
convention today at Memphis.
An elaborate celebration of the Ala
hama Statehood centennial is to be the
feature event of the annual meeting of
the American Electro-Chemical society,
which is to begin its sessions today in
New York city
The one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Rabbi Isaac NJ Wise, the found
er of the liberal movement IN Judaism
and the father of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations, is to be observed
today with memorial exercises at his
grave in Cincinnati.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Con
ception in Albany, n Y, is to be the
scene of notable ceremonies today, when
Ri. Rev Edmund F. Gibbons will be-
formally installed as Catholic bishop OF
the Buffalo diocese. Bishop Thomas I
Hickey of Rochester, will celebrate ponti
fcal high mass and Ri. Rev. Joseph j
Conroy, auxiliary bishop of Ogdensburg
will preach the sermon
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
In the Days News. \

The distinction of being the oldest
American woman writer of prominence be-
longs to Harriet Prescott Spofford, who
enters upon her S5th year today. When
she was in her teens, she began to write,
and she says she hopes to write for a
long time yet. One of the reasons that
Mrs. Spofford has kept her eagerness for
work is that she is interested in every
thing-in the European situation, in poll
ties and in suffrage She has been an adj
vocate of suffrage for nearly 20 years,
since the first day she heard Lucy Stone
speak for it. Mrs Spofford was born at
Calais, Me-, but while yet a child her
parents removed TO Newburyport, Mass,
where, or at Boston, she has since re-
sided. Her literary work includes some
excellent poetry as well as many refresh
ing prose stories.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
How to Be Rid of
Dangerous Dandruff

If you have dandruff you must get
rid of it quick-it's positively danger
GUS and will surely ruin your hair if
you don t.
Dandruffy heads mean faded, brittle,
gray, scraggly hair that will not grow
then You are bald and nothing can help
you.
The only sure way to abolish dandrufT
for good is to destroy the germ that
causes it. To do this quickly, surely,
and safely and at little expense, there
is nothing so effective as Partisan sage,
which you can get from Wilfred F.
Root and good druggists everywhere. II
is guaranteed to Danish dandruff, stop
itching scalp and falling hair, and pro-
mote new growth, or the cost. small
as it is, will be refunded.
Partisan sage is scientific prepare
ton that supplies all hair needs-an
antiseptic liquid, neither sticky nor
greasy, easy to apply, and delicately
perfumed.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
Today's Anniversaries.

l799-John Pendleton~ King, senator and
railroad builder of Georgia, born at
Glasgow, Ky. Died at Summerville,
Ga, March 10, 1885,
1S0l-Execution of the mutineers of the
Bounty" at Portsmouth, Eng.
1822-Edward Everett Hale. author of A
Man Without Country, born in
Boston. Died there, June 10, 1909.
lS3S-Leon Gambetta, the most powerful
factor in the history of the third
French Republic, born at Cahors,
France Died Dee. 81, 1882.
lS94-Gov. Tillman proclaimed martial
law in South Carolina for the en-
forcement of the liquor dispensary
law
ls0l-The Spanish cabinet approved of a
treaty of friendship with the United
States.
l9l5-Freneh began vigorous attack on
the Germans in the Woevre region
19l6-French counter attacks regained
part of Vaux village.
l9lT-British house of commons cheered
the name of President Wilson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
DADDY',5 EVENING
ufAlRY TALE e
lyfARY GRAIIAn BONNER
90 Hs AUTHOR
SECOND COUSINS.

''Now you know" said Porky Pig.
that we want to keep it very quiet
It's so much more select when it is
quiet"
What does select mean:" asked
Pinky Pig.
81 don't wonder the child doesn't
know" said Mrs Pink Pig. 1T is hard
ly word used much in the pig pen"
IF we bring a new word into the
pen, so much the better" said Grand
father Perky Pig. "Of course it isn't
as nice as bringing in new bite of
food"
1T depends who is bringing in the
new bite of food, or who gets it," said
Miss Ham. ITO be sure we will al
ways be more willing to share new
word rather than an extra bite Of food"
"You haven't told me what select
means, Grandfather" said Pinky Pig.
"That's so, you haven't told the
child" said Mrs. Pink Pig.
II will tell YOU" squealed Porky.
1.-The word select means select"
"Well of all the wonderful things"
said Pinky Pig.
Patience, young pig, / haven't fin
ished," said Porky. 81 began by giving
the meaning of the word as truly and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1919.
THE RETURN OF MANHOOD.

b. C. Forbes, editor of Forbes Maya
zine, says: "To me it has always been
more interesting TO know what man
is than what he has, and l am con-
stantly finding that the people are more
and more seeking the truth about figI
men than about the size of their money
bags. More attention is bound to be
paid, hereafter, to satisfy it. -
If Mr.. Forbes correctly expresses the
sentiment of the public on this impor-
tant matter it is very encouraging For
years the public has been sizing a man
by his pocket hook and the amount of
display he could make and this prac-
tice has allowed many small, mean men
to rise to considerable prominence
They have discredited the real Amcri-
can in the eyes of the outside world
If Americans have begun to turn to
the real character of person as the
measure of his desirability as a citi-
zen it will lead to the development of
bigger and better Americans The re-
lection of the dollar measure indicates
that this measure of standard is unsat-
isfactory and that the public desires
more accurate test. This desire is q
response to the demand for higher man
hood.
The demand cannot be ignored and
there must be the substitution of man
illness for wealth in the development OF
desirable citizenship. 1t will be well
for America to have the. measurement
of man test of his real character
and the test no longer subject TO pur
chase by money.
ON fares the land, to Fastening i'll {
prey
Where wealth accumulates and men dc
cay"
The return of the manhood test 70
individuals will protect this eountr.
from many of "the fastening ills' i
has suffered in the past fifty years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
Field Peas for Hogs
Equal to Corn and
Six Weeks Earlier

On account of the high price of
clover, many people will look for a sub
stitute as soil improver.
CANADA FIELD PEAS, at one
seventh the cost of clover, are one of
the best known ligumes that take Nj
trogen from the air and deposit it in the
soil and can either be used for hay or
turned under for green manure. The
Canadian Field Pea does not thrive in
extremely hot weather, but if sown
harly will produce good and bountiful
crop wherever the conditions are also
favorable for the growing of oats.
Field Pies, either sown alone or with
oats, have long been recognized as one
of the best feeding and fattening for
age crops for young stock and hogs, to
carry them during the midsummer and
droughty period of July and August.
When sown alone they should be han
died the same as any small grain crop
and drilled at the rate of two and one
half bushels per acre. When mixed
with oats onehalf the quantity, name
", one and one-quarter bushels per acre
10 the same quantity of oats is suf
fcient. The time of sowing corresponds
with that of oat seeding. AS peas arc
naturally hardy and not endangered by
late frosts, the earlier the crop can be-
gotten into the ground the better
Early seeding brings the crop into
maturity and ready for feeding before
the hot days of July and August a pet
crop, if sown as soon in spring as thu
ground is ready to pow, may be ready
for feeding as early as the Goth to 25tl
of June. Usually however, it is avail
able the first half of July.
Samples and PRICES furnished on ap
plicatiOn Can offer in any quantity.
small order will receive just as carefu
attention as a larger one Would b.
2 pleased to be favored with your in
quiries, which viii meet with courteOu
aud prompt consideration.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
Legislative Trading.
Est. Adams Messenger.

The Brattleboro Reformer has an idea
which it admits is almost impossible
of proof, that the apple grading bill
was killed and the barge terminal bill
was passed as result of a trade. 1t is
not impossible, not even unlikely. Trad
ing is no new venture in our legislature.
1t is a common practice, as things go.
A man goes to Montpelier with pet
measure and will move heaven and
earth to get it written into the statute
books. Everything else pales into in
significance, and he goes about trading
this way and that with all and sundry
in order to get support for his favorite
scheme. Sometimes the man believes
that what he has in mind is for the
best interests of the state; sometimes it
is personal measure which ought not
to be forced upon the state. But trad
ing is q very effective way of getting
support. 9 You scratch my back and III
scratch yours. mats the philosophy
of it. 1t has resulted in more harm than
good and trading legislator must have
a plant mind if he ever keeps his oath
of Office in mind.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
Today's Birthdays.

George T. Osgood, noted musician and
composer, born at Chelsea, Mass, IS years
ago today.
Margaret Anglin. widely celebrated as
an actress, born at Ottawa, Ont, 43 years
ago today.
Bud Fisher, celebrated cartoonist and
comic artist, born in San Francisco, 81
years ago today.
John Burroughs, most famous of Ameri-
can naturalists, born at Roxbury, n T.,
50 years ago today
Andrew J. Peters, former assistant sec
rotary of the treasury, now mayor OF
Boston, born at Jamaica Plain, Mass, A.
years ago today
Walter Guion, who served out the
Broussard term as United States senator
from Louisiana, born in Lafourche Parish,
La, 20 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
PREPARING FOR DEATH.
Sunset Club a Unique Institution.
Meets i'll Mortuary Chapel.

Fancy yourself sitting in a well appoint
ed mortuary chapel. Let your magma
ton junction little bit more, for you
are now eating ice cream and drinking
punch, all of which you have received
from the hands of pail bearers with bou-
tonnieres in their lapele. quartet Isl
singing hymns and sacred songs. And
while the quartet sings and the cheerful
pail bearers pass around with their offer
ings the undertaken who, we'll say, has
a contract to bury you, makes little
speech on the material side of death, just
to offset the spiritual side of death which
minister has Just touched upon. 1es,
fancy that procedure, if you will.
But take it from the New York World,
many things can happen, and the facts
set down in the foregoing paragraph are
SO, to wit and here goes
One hundred and fifty women, the
youngest so and the oldest more than
! so, cheerfully discussed death and why
one should not be afraid of it, but should
| welcome it when it comes, at a meeting
OF tho Sunset club, to which they belong.
! Also they ate ice cream and cake and
| had drop of harmless punch, all of
which they received from the hands of
| four pail bearers with boutonnieres in
their lapels, while listening to hymns and
sacred songs by a quartet
| The fact that the function was held in
a mortuary-at least in the Campbell Flu.
neral church establishment at Goth street
and Broadway, New York city, and the
fact also that the Sunset club members
We're all dressed i'll black did not make
it particularly lugubrious.
/ Mrs. c. A. II. Rugge, founder OF the
organization, explained TO reporter fol-
the World that it is made up of womer
who banded themselves primarily to pre-
pare for their own funerals. Wheneve
a member passes away she is buried 10
nominal sum. A woman must be g
to join. All classes of women belong
from an old woman who peddles paper
on a street corner to another, said to b
worth million, who lives on Riversid
, Drive,
But we have another purpose" Mrs
Rugge explained I'VE are trying to max
the last hours of life as bright and cheer
| full as possible for each other by removin
the dread of death and finally getting {
e a point where we welcome it with ope
: arms. We do all we can to make eac
: other happy and comfortable
: There is Junior Sunset club, Mr..
!, Rugge said, to which anyone between 81
V and go may belong, and the object of thi
+; is to make life pleasant for older folk, $
c that the juniors themselves will find lii
: beautiful when they become old-Nel
r York World
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
JAPAN AND KOREA.
Now Land Of Peace Marching With
Civilization

The recent death of the former. en-
perol OF Korea calls renewed attention
to the peaceful condition of that eoun-
try since it has become part of the
empire of Japan. The life of the de-
ceased prince is virtually the history
of the gradual decay and ultimate ex-
tinction of the old kingdom of Korea,
says the Herald of Asia. The country
under his reign rarely enjoyed peace;
his reign was the most turbulent in the
history of that country. Actually, Ko-
rea never enjoyed independence; for
many centuries it was under the suzer--
eighty of China. Exceedingly domi-
neering was China's sway. The court at
Seoul was a hotbed of intrigue; the
ruler was neither strong enough to act
independently nor sufficiently wise to
stand aloof from feuds. His advisers
were weak men and rarely counseled
1 him correctly. He was q helpless der
elict in political whirlpool. Blood was
shed in his palace and he suspected poi
son in his food. Not day was without
personal anxiety. So great was his fear
of unknown danger that he dared not
sleep during darkness, SO that he rested
/ in daytime only and held court at night.
/ This habit chung to him after his depo-
sition. Physically and morally, Korea
was dying and would soon have become
a land of desolation had not Japan not
stepped forward for her rescue 10
years ago.
For years prior to annexation, con
tinues the Herald of Asia, Japan had
striven to keep Korea on her feet by
lending knowledge, talent and money in
most liberal manner. All efforts proved
futile as the Korean government had
neither willingness nor capacity to fol
low Japan s guidance. Korea simply
could not help herself, and Japan, in or
der to save the Korean masses, as well
as to insure lasting peace in the Far
East, finally took the bold step OF
making the peninsula part of the EN-
pire. That this act was wise and good
for both Korea and Japan, and, conse
quently, made for the peace of the Fan
; East, needs no argument. Present con
ditions in Korea bear testimony to Tho
wisdom of the japanese statesmen whc
carried out that far-sighted policy. Ko
rea is enjoying peace and prosperity
such as her people never knew before
coming under the sheltering wing Of
Japan. This is conceded by oil foreign
l observers.-Burhngto Free Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
By LEE PAPE

Ne and Pubs Simkins was wawking
along jest wawking along, and we came to
middle size house with little kid stand
ing in big window eating all size clock
Its out of a box, and me and Pads
stopped and started to watch him, me
saying, / bet he thinks he's CRATE, if he
was half as CRATE as he thinks he is, he
wouldent be able to stand up strate.
Wich the kid jest kepp on taking ehock-
Its out of the bag and eating them, Pubs
saying, | Suppose he thinks we're iellus,
well, that's ony wat he thinks, wy,
wouldent take one of his old ehoeklits
if he came out heer on his neez with one
and begged me all his mite
Me neither, l sed, l wouldent take one
if he said please 1000 times and then gave
me doller and Is sents for eating it.
WITCH Jest then a lady came up in back
of the kid and pointed at me and Pubs
and sed sumthing, and then she opened
the window, saying, Won't you boys have
a piece of candy my little boy will be
very glad to offer you some, wont you,
Clarents?
WITCH the kid .sed, Yes mann, sounding
as if he was thinking, No nam, and
leened out the window and reetched the
box. of candy down, and me and Puds
looked at each other, me saying, Do you
think it would be impohte if we didcnt
and Pubs saying, Kind of
And both of us each did, taking pritty
big ones so the lady wouldent think We
was jest taking them out of politness
Proving YOU never know wat you'll dc
till the time comes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03

Boston is confronted with the prob
lem of accommodating the crowds
which expect to be present in that city
during the week of the Goth division
parade, and it is said that already the
hotel clerks are acquiring "what-are-
we-to-do' expression. If one intends
to be one of the many present at that
time, it behooves him to make arrange
ments early or he may find himself
threading the mazes of Boston wearing
that same expression.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
mo Rude Remarks, Young Fig"

as really and as actually as could
You did that, all right" said Broth
er Bacon.
pray continue" said Miss Ham.
in the second place the word Sc
lect means choice, or especially nice.
At a select party everyone is left out
who isn't very superior"
''Well," said Miss Ham, that word
is rather silly, consider. For, who in
the pen, or under the sun, or the moon
for that matter, is able to decide the
select ones and the ones not select?"
Sometimes" said Perky Pig. that
word can be overdone. People who
are really only snobbish think they can
call themselves select. Oh well, let
them, 1 say. They miss lot of fun
by not meeting lots of nice people,
''Where did you get so many ideas?"
asked Brother Bacon
From listening and paying atten-
tion." squealed Perky, proudly
''Well. Grandfather. are you a snob?
Or why are we having a select party:.
asked Brother Bacon.
''Ah no, l am thankful to say that
we aren't snobs," said Posky "But it's
just as well for US TO be quiet and
select. You see when one gives q
party one doesn't want to have too
many at it."
isn't that rather n new idea for a
party?" asked Miss Ham.
Yes" said Porby, sit is. Parties are
usually supposed to be sociable with
plenty of people and plenty of fun and
plenty of food"
Then why are you having a select
party?' asked Brother Bacon.
Because" said Porky Pig, Il want
to keep it quiet. and l don't want to
ask too many other pigs. If did there
wouldn't be enough food for u.s.
That's why | want it to be select,
so you see l am not snob"
''Not snob,' said Sammy Sausage.
merely 4 pig"
No rude remarks, young pig" said
Grandfather Porky. Tomorrow you
know is my birthday. And / thought
it would be nice to have a party. OF
course parties are usually jollier when
there are lots at them-but was think
i ing of the food"
/ TT would be awful for me not to
/ have enough to eat on my own birth
day. So / decided would merely have
my own family at the birthday celebra-
ton and that l wouldn't ask anyone
outside the family. That always keeps
things quiet.
Il even decided | wouldn't ask the
& second cousins from the next pen.
had TO think some time before | could
make up my mind whether to have
them or not. One must be careful not
to grow too friendly with second cous-
ms. They might think they were al
most in the family and could use our
/ handkerchiefs which we haven't got,
or our food which we have got, as a
4 rule"
/ s.But the second cousins might bring
/ presents of food" said the other pigs.
and as soon as that was suggested. the
] second cousins were asked tothe birth
! day party,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
Going the Limit.

Uncle Sam Hodge came down from the
kentucky mountains with his yearly pro-
duee to market. His team of oxen was
somewhat weary with two-days' pull.
But when Sam reached the city limits,
he was confronted with the sign: speed
limit, fifteen miles an hour"
He pulled his whiskers moment in 81
lent meditation, and then drawled out to
his oxen, well, / know darn well we'll
never make it, but well do our doggone
best. Every body's Magazine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it soicts the cooperation of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
on the morning following the omission in
person, by telephone postal card thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03

On the editorial page of the Aurora,
Mo, Advertiser of last Friday, the cit
liens of that town are solemnly admon-
ished not to forget to turn their watch
es and clocks back an hour Saturday
night If they needed this we'll meant
advice, they may have by this time
possibly, awakened to the fact that
they are two hours behind the times
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-03
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Large German army landed in Finland.
Carl Muck, former leader of Boston
Symphony orchestra, ordered interned as
enemy alien.
War council at Washington announced
all available shipping would be used to
rush troops to France