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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

To the salesman. II shall want some
special records made and I'll see you
later
Its bold scheme" soliloduized
Warren. and proceeded straight back
to the toy store. He sought out the
salesman. Now, as I understand IL.
he said. "a regular baby monograph
device inside the doll makes it say
all those cute things, when you op-
crate button2"
That's it." acceded the clerk.
And l can have a special record
made:"
surely. We can attend to that
for you"
Warren met Nellie on the street the
day before Christmas, and she men
toned the fact that she had been very
| much disappointed as to the Christmas
tree they had received, it being strag-
| gly and understood.
Why" spoke Warren eagerly, 81
| saw the finest layout of trees down al
| Chester only yesterday, Miss Deere
haven't thing to do the rest OF
the day. Won't you deputize me tc
help give the little ones good time?'
Warren arrived at the Deere homo
with the tree and various packages
| He helped Nellie trim the tree. He
operated the talking doll to even the
wondcrnent OF Mr.. and Mrs. Deere
who at ten o'clock indulgently re
tired
Warren began to act nervous. FL.
had placed new record special,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24
The Uplift.

A senator, apropos Of the huge guam
tity Of army meat which 1t was pro-
posed should be sold to the packers
for less than half the price paid them
by the government. said:
"Why sell this meat to the packers
Would it not be better to sell it TO
consumers direct and thus aid in re-
ducing the cost of iivingf'
The senator added bitterly:
1.-THE high cost of living! We heard
lot about the uplift movement e
be expected as the result of the war
but we didn't expect the uplift t. be
concentrated on prices"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

tell YOU. and can't say it. Won't you
please listen to what my little friend
here, the doll, will say for me, and
then mayhc-maybe you'll say some
thing, too
Dear Nellie, / love you. know
that you are Il star high above me-
and the best man in the world nm.
worthy of you; but | can give you
every luxury and add the greatest one
Of all-love. Say it's not altogether
hopeless"
Nelly blushed peony red. Then she
smiled slightly. almost quizzically.
She moved four steps. They brought
her directly under the mistletoe War
rem arose TO his feet.
"Oh, Nellie!' he cried, "you-you
didn't get under that mistletoe on pur-
pose?"
.She hung her head embarrassed, yet
inviting. He stole to her, brave as
lion. He circled her waist with
his arm. She snuggled closer; he
pressed his lips to hers.
"Oh, merry Christmas to all the
| world" he jubilated expansivejy, and
In the accents, there was the cheer OF
Unhappy, happy man.
;tzsssE 1-@Ese
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

by his side, his
finger on the but
ton. Nellie was
looping a string
made to order in
side the doll. He
set it on a chair
of holly near the
folding doors. She
looked Mt him
strangely as he
said:
Miss Deere
Nellie, l Ia V Q
something to say
TO you-tllat is
xpS--S0nlpthinr IN
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24
TAIL-ENDERS BEAT LEADERS.
Masonic Team D Takes Three from
Team F.

The tail-enders won from the ring
leaders on the Masonic bowling alleys
last evening, when team d took three
points of the match, leaving the remain
ing point for the consolation of team +
The total pinfall was ,2e6 to 1910
Dubie of the winners rolled 100 for the
highest mark of the evening, but Tracy
Of the same team rolled the highest three
string total of 269. Following are the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

body knows you re
in love with Nell
lie, and the way
she favors your
company shows
how she regards
you."
"0h, do you
think so. positive
ly?'' gasped War
rem. His face was
a vast map OF
longing hope. You
don't know how
how happy you
make me. just put
the doll aside"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

naming three paints in the match on the
Odd Fellows bowling alleys last eve
hing from team B, which was made
up principally of substitutes. The
highest single string, "a, was rolled by
Williams OF team +. He also rolled the
highest three string total. 263. The total
pinfall was ,l8j to 1875. Following are
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

Miss Bertha E. Wcisbrod. in charge OF
the after-care work in poliomyelitis cases
for the Vermont State Board OF Health,
will spend Christmas day in Proctor where
she will assist in making a real Christmas
for the ''kiddieS'' in the poliomvelitis
ward at the Proctor hospital These
little ones were recently operated upon
to relieve conditions brought about by
poliomyeltis and they will have to remain
at the hospital along into January. Ar
, rangements are being made % give the
children Christmas tree and real pres
cnts, so that they may know what Christ
mas really means and they may have what
/ othe, children have
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

Henry Soulia and Howard Shappy, of
Burlington. have begun sentences of not
less than three nor more than six months
in state prison for stealing the carcases
of two-deer in Richmond Soulia and
Shappy went hunting and ran across Louis
Vienna and hunting party which had
been successful While the others were
sleeping, Soulia and Shappy took two deer
from barn and brought them to Bur
! lington
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

Lyman Frary of lIiddlebury has been
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Edward Hig-
gins on warrant charging him with for.
gerry and lodged in the Addison county
jail TO await hearing. Frary was elected
from a moving picture house in Bristol
several nights ago by Sheriff George S
Farr and for revenge Frary forged check
on the officer for SO.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

Owing to the difference in exchange
the St. Johnsbury banks have announced
T that beginning December "a all Canadian
silver will be accepted at discount OF
10 per cent, The local banks have moi
| taken Canadian bills for several years. and
! this decision means that all Canadian cur
rency will be Withdrawn from local circu.
, lation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

For the first time in the history Of Yer
mont an industrial fellowship has been
awarded the University of Vermont, it
being one of four institutions in the entire
country selected by the soil Improvement
committee of the National Fertilizer Asso-
citation. It provides $500 annually for
three years in support Of research work
at the Vermont experiment station. Lewis
| II. Flint has been selected by the Univer-
sitv Council as the first holder OF the
/ fellowship
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

Wells had just finished dinner and was
leaving the dining room when he. was
stricken. He was about 65 years of age
and is survived by wife and son.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


wonder it did all these things, for,
when Warren Brill asked the price,
the salesman replied:
"Seventy-fve dollars, sir"
'Whew!" aspirated Roy Burton who
had accompanied Brill on his Christ
mas shopping tour.
'I'll take it." said the latter.
why, you've gone clear daffy." re-
monstrated Burton. you've got no
little ones at home"
'N-no, that's So" replied Warren in
his diffident. hesitating way. but, you
see" and he grew flustered-"Miss
Deere"
En- Nellie Deere? Surely you're
not thinking OF giving that grown up
beauty doll?"
oh dear no!' answered Brill.
and he fluttered like a frightened
schoelboy. Il wouldn't dare TO offer
her gift l was thinking OF present
ing the doll to her little niece, Dor
othy. | hope Miss Deere won't resent
my taking such liberty. or course
we're quite friendly
Friendly = interrupted Burton
r'That's putting it mildly. Why, every
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

South of the equator. Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro. and Sydney are the
three largest cities in point of popu
lation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24
VERMONT NEWS.

Roby Jones a furrier of Bennington
Falls was badly burned one day last
week while trying to extinguish fire in his
storchouse. He saved some Of the furs
but his loss will equal 5000
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

Ray Buck was fatally injured while in
Cavendish woodlot after a load OF fuel
1t is supposed that he was kicked by a
horse as his head was badly bruised, and
he never regained consciousness. He wa:
81 years old.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24
SPORTING
BARELY MISSES SWEEP.

Team Lost Second String to Team B
by One Pin.
Losing the second string to their OPP
ponents by one pin team won the re-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

The National Engineering corporation
OF Boston has been awarded the contract
for building the big dam at Mendon. One
hundred men will be put onto the job
which viii be commenced at once and
rushed through the winter The pond
formed by the dam win have a capacity
of 100000 cubic feet of water.
Frank Wells Of White River junction
for yeasf'ssan engiaeofy on the Boston ane
Maine railroad, drorpad dead at Ii,
Junction IIoasa @sll ll9saia.s AIaaaass-.s.I &;
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

$50 1914 3S3--l,l36
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

$50 42l 4O7-l,2lO
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-24

Totals,
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-23

day, or every two days, an enameled
pail, Of five or ten gallon size is a good
garbage container. A five gallon size
is easily handled and makes cleaning
1t easy. There should be close fitting
cover for every such container. The
pail should be rinsed out and dried
after each emptying OF garbage.
Never mix waste paper, tin cans and
food refuse In the garbage pail. Paper
and cans belong in their own refuse
box with ashes and other dry. bulky
waste.
Never put liquids into the garbage
pail. Drain all waste and let the liquids
run down the waste pipe in the
kitchen sink. For greasy LIQUIDS, let
them stand for while in vessel con-
tanning a teaspoonful OF washing pow
der. Later stir up the liquid and it
may be poured down the sink without
clogging the pipes.
Left over beverages such as coffee
tea, milk, or lemonade should be d.
luted and poured down the sink,--never
added to the garbage.
The garbage pail should be kept
closely covered from flies, insects, or
proving dogs and cats, at all times.
1t should also be kept out-of- doors
and not left standing about the kitchen.
Once week scald the pail out
thoroughly with a solution OF hot soda
water.
If it is set out of doors. do not set
the pail directly on the ground where
wooden platform or framework to per-
NIT circulation of air under the pail.
Three or four upright pieces set around
the platform will hold the pail firmly
in place and prevent its being over
turned and its contents scattered.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-23

present except by chemical analysis
of the contents of the stomach or
some other organ.
There have recently been reported
at the barracks of the provost guard
in New York City twelve examples of
suspected wood alcohol poisoning.
The twelve men in question-all SOL
diers-were picked up on the streets
in a stupor. When the victims were
examined at the barracks following
their recovery, each of them insisted
that he had a couple of drinks"
which had such an uncommonly pow
ertul effect that they could remember
nothing more until they woke up in
the guardhouse.
Wherever soldiers have been ar
rested with LIQUOR in their possession,
the liquor has been turned over to the
health department for investigation,
while in some instances soldiers have
been sent out to buy liquor with a
view to catching the violators Of the
law.
The death OF Fred ]. McSherry, a
cook is cited as typical case. At 3
o'clock one morning he met police
man. to whom he appeared to be in
good health. McSherry remarked that
he was on his way to bed. He was
found dead in bed partly undressed a
few hours later. A chemical examina-
ton of the stomach contents disclosed
the presence of grain alcohol and what
tho chemist termed "a large amount OF
wood alcohol" A month before his
death the victim had been discharged
from the army.
The problem is one of the hardest
there is TO control. because alcohol is
used in so many trades and arts and
its legitimate sale for these purposes
IL common. You should know that It
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-23
Litt1eDefltlEas
NotQ.DooK

Yestidday AFTERNOON I was throwing
a tennis ball up agenst Skinny Martins
house and catching 1t agen, trying to
see how neer ! could come to the win
dow without axuilly hitting II, and my
dow and made long kreck In II ths
shape of lightning, proving 1t proberly
wasent exter good glass, and Mrs.
Martin opened the window and stuck
her he'd out. saying / would han to
pay for a new pane and she would
send Mr.. Martin GROUND to my house
wen he came home.
And aftir suppir / was setting on the
frunt steps and Mr.. Martin came up,
being SKINNER than Skinny on ac-
count of having more to be skinny with,
and he sed, Tell your father I wish to
see him.
Yes sir, sed. And I slow went up
in the setting room ware pop was. and
l stood there a vile watching him
smoaking and thinking. and pop sed.
Well. do you think you'll know me ii
you see me agen2
Did you ever see Skinny Martins
father, pop? ! sed.
l bleeve l have. a long gentleman
izzent he? sed pop.
Skinny as enything, sed, and pop
sed. All yes. that's the Expression was
trying to think of, skinny as enything.
And he kepp on smoaking and think
ing and / kepp on watching him, and
pritty soon | sed, Do you wunt to see
him now. pop?
do not. and II anybody asks me wat
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-23
LIFELONG HEALTH REWARDS
GIRL PLAYGROUND EXPERTS

| San Francisco, Cal.-Because educa-
tors of the United States started in at
the wrong end in training the child. a
new field is opening to the woman
worker. The recent war demonstrated
physical education should be primary to
mental.
Eight states are now legislating for
I compulsory physical education; other
/ states are sure to follow. The field is
| growing wider and wider, with women
| already covering rs per cent of it.
| American children need physical educa-
| ton, but there are comparatively few
| physical educators.
Attention of women seeking vocations
is directed to this field of opportunity
| by Miss Sigme Haglethorne, head of
| the physical educational department of
San Francisco schools. After fourteen
years of experience she understands
this new vocation for women as few
understand 1t and she forecasts a rush
of healthy, virile American girls to the
task of helping build up the human
race. She believes mental progress, as
a whole, depends on physical progress.
Strong. healthy girls with sense
of rhythm and mentally adapted to
strenuous activity should take up physi-
cal education as a life work." says Miss
Haglethorne. IF this sort of a girl
has administrative ability she can make
success of this work, improve her
own condition. physically and financial
ly, at the same time working under the
inspiration that she is helping to re-
construct the human race.
"A girl cannot go into this work If
she has any organic defects; also she
must be well provided with physical
courage. 1t is no job for the little
petted, pampered. over protected girl
subject to Mysteries. The work is
wholesome, healthy and inspired with
the pure Joy of living.
1T takes four years in some states,
five in others. to become physical edu-
Gator. There must be two years of
academic work at the university and
two or three years specialization. The
average salary paid is from $1,000 to
$4,000.
During the last three years there
has been a big shortage in this calling;
partly because many girls do not realize
the opportunities and partly because
many think it necessary to be an ath-
lete to be a successful educator.
IF American girls studying to be
teachers of the three RS only realized
that some of our American children
are old at IA through lack of proper
physical education. would it not inspire
them to take up a work that would
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-23

to 60 to lunch with her employer II
she knows that his wife doesn't want
him to take herr"
One writes:
when meet my employer IN the
street ut noon, or any time, he looks
the other way and doesn't speak.
What ought to do7"
One writes:
"If a man swears In the presence
OF his stenographer. what should she
do about it?"
And the last one wants to know
what a girl should think II her
employer speaks of the way she
dresses and tries to get her to wear a
different kind Of clothes?"
What has happened to all the good.
sensible. practical girls / know who
do stenographing for a living? Are
they all married and keeping house,
and mending socks and things? Or
are they all across the sea Red
Crossing, and what not?
Proper attitude? How can there he
any question about that when a girl
goes downtown to earn living, she
becomes to all intents and purposes a
man-during business hours.
She isn't Mary Smith or "cute
little Annie Rooney at all. Not from
0 to 5. She Is Mr.. So and Sos ste
nographer. and II is her business to for
fairs and to think of her work. what
ever that happens to be. That's the
way her employer pays his office rent
he thinks about his work and his busi-
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-23
Within Reach Of Any Woman Who Really Wants Them
FOR SUMMER SUPPERS
(BY BIDDY BYEO


Something different" to have for
iunoh,-is the plea OF the summertime
housekeeper, worried by her inability
10 interest hot weather appetites. Here
are three. new. cooling and attractive
desserts.
Coffee rapIoea Pudding.
Strain two cupfuls OF hot. clear cof-
fee and add TO II one-half cupful OF
minute tapioca. Cook half an hour
and when the tapioca is tender add one.
half cupful OF sugar, and mold and chill
IN glass cups. Serve with whipped
cream.
Honey ivory Cream.
Mix two cupfuls OF sweet milk with
one cupful OF cream and warm them
together with one-haIf cupfui OF
strained honey. Soak one and one half
taolespoonfuls OF granulated gelatin in
two tablespoonfuls OF cold milk for a
rev minutes and when softened add TO
the heated milk and honey. Flavor with
one-half teaspoonful OF bitter almond
extract. Stir the mixture until the GEL
attn is well dissolved. then set aside
fen. Peel and cut fine one cupful of
ripe peaches. mix with the pudding
mixture. and pour into rinsed molds TO
chill and harden. Serve with cream
and peach slices.
Apricot sponge.
Soften one tablespoonful OF granu-
lated gelatin In one-fourth cupfu of
cold water. Heat one cupful OF canned
or ripe apricots rubbed to a pulp and
little Juice. and add the gelatin. Let
dissolve. then add one-fourth cupful
of sugar. Remove from the fire and
stir. and when II begins TO become
firm, stir in the gtiffly beaten whites
of two eggs. Serve In glass cups with
whipped cream and fresh sponge cake.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-23
Secrets of Health and Happiness
What Science Has to Say
About Wood Alcohol Dangers

will poison If inhaled; the fact that a
man has died from the stuff need not
necessarily mean that he has been
drinking 1t. There is also always the
possibility that someone has taken
wood alcohol by mistake for ordinary
alcohol.
Fatality from wood alcohol poisoning
is very great. OF 100 cases of poisoning
examined 800 victims died. ninety be-
came totally blind, while eighty-five
had their vision impaired. Six others
became blind temporarily and only
thirty-one cases were specifically re-
ported as completely recovered. Since
poisoning which does not result in
death is not reportable, no statistics
are available in New York City, show
ing the whole number of poisoning
cases.
The ordinances of only few states
provide that ut is unlawful to use wood
alcohol in any article of food, beverage,
medicinal or toilet preparation intended
for external or internal human USE"
ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUESTIONS
F. 4. II. Q-What can use to bleach
my skin?
2-Is cocoa butter good for a bony
neck?
A-This is an admirable preparation
for bleaching and cannot inJure the
most delicate skin:
Glycerine, one ounce.
Rosewater, one ounce.
Carbolic acid, ten drops.
Tincture of benzoin, ten drops.
"A little cocoa butter massaged
into the neck may help fill out the hol-
low places.
X. G. p. Q--What can l put in milk
to take the taste away?
A-Mix little fiavoring with the milk,
vanilla. for instance.
DR.. Hirshberg will answer questions
for readers of this paper on medicinal,
hygenic and sanitation subjects that
are of general interest He cannot al
ways undertake to prescribe or offer
advice for individual cases. Where the
subject is not of general interest let
ters will be answered personally. If a
and addressed envelop Is in
closed. Address all inquiries to DR.. L.
K. Hirshberg, in care OF this office.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-23
Winifred Black Writes About
the Business World of Girls

ness. or he wouldn't have an Office
very long.
She should have no conscious atti-
personality has nothing to do with the
case. What the employer wants Ia not
personality. but ability.
What II the conductor should stop
work to worry about the proper attl-
tude to the people who ride on his
cars?
Don't think so much about yourself.
little girl, or so much about your boss,
either Think about your work, and
you won't find much TO bother you.
is It proper to go to LUNCH" etc7
Put yourself in the wife's place, and
you won't have to ask II.
What II the man Is cross II you
don't go? Well then, let him be cross.
You'll have to hunt for another place
soon anyhow. II he keeps up this sort
OF thing, so you might Just as we'll
begin right now.
About the street meeting? why don't
you look the other way first? Possibly
your employer is a diffident. self -con-
scious person who doesn't know quite
him the trouble Of deciding. OF course,
II he did know, he would speak and
bow pleasantly, though, II you meet
him dozen times day in the office
and out OF IL, you shouldn't expect a
low obeisance and n formal speech OF
welcome every time.
Swear does her Well, what des-
perate affair is that OF yours? It's very
bad manners on his part. OF course.
But maybe he doesn't know any bet
ter. II were you, shouldn't hear
him--at all.
Some men. roughly brought up, get
the habit OF swearing. They don't
mean thing by 1t. Make allowances
for him. Just as you would excuse him
for eating with a knife, or for any
other breach OF good manners, and
don't say a word about II. even to your
self--unless II gets so bad you can't
stand IT, In that case. don't stand
Business 10 Business.
Your dress interests him, does II?
Maybe you don't dress correctly, and
he wants to tell you OF the fact. Per-
haps he has heard people criticise you
and is human enough to want to help
you out by a little practical advice.
Listen politely. have your own opinion
OF what he says--and keep that opin-
ion strictly to yourself. Business Is
business you know. Business is Busi-
ness