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Milford chronicle., 1920-03-19
HARRINGTON

The monthly meeting of the w. c.
/ T. u, which was held last Monday af-
ternoon at the home of Mrs Eliza
/ beth Barbour, was largely attended,
and the session was lively. The fact
has been recently forced upon the at
1 tention of the W. C. T. U. Society
| that their work is not completed by
/ the adoption of National Prohibition.
! They are confronted with the necess-
I ity of enforcing the laws, or they will
/ become a farce, and it is necessary
that the same efficiency shall be main
I tanned for the future years, as has
been maintained in the past.
The New Century Club had a de-
! lightful session at the home of Mrs.
Garrett Harrington last week, and it
was entertained for the session this
week at the home of Mrs. John SHIELD
rake, when the Laurel Club were the
guests, it being Reciprosity Day.
Continued bad weather has laid a
severe embargo upon travel, and es-
pecially upon business between the
town of Harrington and the rural dis
tricts. 1t certainly has been pressed
home upon the people that bad roads
do cost them both time and actual
money, and that they are more ex-
pensive than the maintenance of all
weather roads. 1t is to be hoped that
public sentiment will be aroused to
force Kent County to bond and build
real roads, of materials which will
afford passable highways in the kind
of weather that has prevailed this
year.
Mrs. Alfred Raughley, who has been
at a Sanitarium at Battle Creek,
Michigan, is reported to be getting
better.
Mrs. Nan Lewes, wife of DR.. Lewes,
is getting better under the care of a
trained nurse fr~-S PHILADELPHIA.
Senator and Mrs. Charles Murphy
have returned from Cuba, where they
passed a month. Their stay was
shortened because of the special ses- I
sion of the Delaware Legislature, of |
which body he is a member.
Mrs. Abe Cohen has returned from /
the hospital at Salisbury, where she
was undergoing treatment.
Mrs. Kennerly has returned from
Aberdeen, Mo-, where she was with
her daughter during a short illness.
Charles Knox is visiting his par
ents in Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wingate enjoyed Wis
it from their son at Wilmington over
the weekend.
Miss Virginia Harrington was home
from Delaware College for a short
visit this week.
A new son has arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bayard Smith.
The funeral Of ex-Sheriff Riley W.
Melvin, who died at his home at Fell
ton last week, was held on Sunday
last, and interment was made in
Holly Wood cemetery, at Harring-
ton that afternoon. He was well
known all over the county, and liked
by all who knew him.
Miss Edna Wheat is at Rock Hail.
Mo-, attending her mother, who is ill.,
DR.. Florence Marshall was a vic
Tim to illness on Saturday and Sun
lay, but is now able to be on the job
again.
When the roads leading in and out +
Of Harrington are wet, they are aw-
full to travel over, and when they
are dry, they are so hard that they
DO not need fixing to get over them;
but, they are so rough that it is a
punishment to have to drive over
them. How long will it be before
good roads are a certainty?
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-19
MOTHERS COLUMN
Contributed by the Medical Consult
ant of the State Reconstrue-
tion Commission.)
BABY'S FIRST MONTH
PART -FOUR

PART FOUR
Baby's room should be kept darken
ed for the first few days becaus,
bright light has a very bad effect OF
his eyes. The room should be vel
ventilated, good plan being to lower
/ the windows about six inches from thC
top, thus allowing free circulation o.
air and at the same time avoiding
drafts which are of course very
/ harmful
The temperature of the room should
be from 6S' to 700 F. This should be
kept constant. Very dry air should
be kept moist with a small pan OF
water.
1t is well, if possible, for the room
to have a south or southwest ex-
posure. Awnings for the summer are
very desirable.
It is a very good things for the baby
to be out of doors part of the day
This should be hegun as soon as he is
three weeks to a month old, except
on the very cOldest days. Care should
be taken not to place him in the di-
rect sunlight. He must be out for a
very short time at first probably not
more than 20 minutes in the middle
of the day. This time should be grad
ually heightened until he is. out about
four hours a day, from ten until two.
If your baby appears to have a cold
at birth. 70. hie nccc runs or he snuff
fles a great deal, consult doctor a
once. 1t may be a symptom of very
serious disease.
A healthy baby for the first few
months of his life sleeps at least
twenty out of the twenty-four hours
He requires this much and if he does
not get it his health will be impaired.
Crying during the hours when he
should be asleep indicates either that
he is hungry, or is in pain, or has a
wet diaper, and he should be attended
to at once. The loving mother will
learn to distinguish the various cries
and be able to tell at once just what
is wrong.
Never, NEVER give the baby
soothing syrups to make him sleep.
They all contain some harmful drug,
which in the hands OF the inexperienc-
ed are very dangerous. If your baby
cries a great deal and does not &c
his required sleep, go to see a doctor
about him and do not try giving med
icine without advice.
Another NEVER" is: do not ALLOW
your baby to suck a pacifier-or nj
ple-except when he is feeding. These
not only give rise to much indigestion
in infants, but they are likely to cause
a serious and permanent deformity
of the jaws. Protruding teeth are fire.
quently caused by allowing a baby tO
suck a pacifier or nipple, and once tn
damage is done it is not only very
hard, and sometimes impossible to
have remedied, but it is very expen-
sive.
When asleep the baby should
breathe through his nose, with his
mouth closed. If he does not do this
or if he snOres there probably is some
obstruction in his nose AMI a doctor
should be consulted about it.
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-19
HEBRON
CNear GeOrgetOwn)

The sale o. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Wa i'IPtun. which was held March
10th was we'll attended and every
thing sold at a fairly remuneratory
price
Miss Margaret Short IS visiting with
friends in Claymont, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-19

Just remember when you change
your address to notify the publishers
of The Milford Chronicle, so that 1t
can reach you regularly. The old
address, as well as the new, should be
given.
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-19

Good business is good advertising.
The columns OF The Chronicle make
the best business investment
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-19

If you are sick, no matter what
part of your body is affected, try CHR
opratic Adjustments and get well
Anna K. Gregorius, Chiropractor,
Milford, Delaware. 3-5-3t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
MONDAY: OCTOBER 10, 1920.
CREDIT FOR FARMERS.

The reply of the federal reserve board
to the farmers national council for in
oroscd credit to enable them to hold
their wheat until they can get So a bu-
shell for it shows the farmers do not I'M
derstand credit and banking in this
country. The reserve board says that
between January > and October 1 of
this wear about 800 leading member
banks. representing approximately 10
per cent of member bank resources, have
increased their loans for agricultural, in
dustrial and commercial purposes by an
amount exceeding 81, S00.O00,O0O, and
.hat the y federal resrve banks have
j., .oocod their holdings of agricultural
and commercial paper by more than
S5OOOOO.OOO.
These loans are made upon actual
nropprty of the borrowers, be it wheat,
corn. cotton. manufactured goods or
what not and the borrowers credit is
limited to the actual amount of property
he holds. If he has 1000 bushels of
wheat worth 1925 a bushel, he has 81
$50 worth of property on which he can
secure loan for fixed percentage of
value of the property. If the price Of
wheat has dropped to S2.13 cents a bu-
shell (the closing quotation on the Chi
cago market last Saturday, the amount
of property on which he can borrow is
reduced to 50. 100 1t is evident he can
not borrow as much money on the lower
value of his property. The New York
Times states there has been a loss of
over three billion dollars from market
prices within the past three months, we
assume in agricultural industry and
commerce. The fact the banks of the
country have extended their loans So
100000 while the market value of
the securities for those loans has de-
creased over $3,OOO,OOO,OOO indicates
the banks have been as liberal with
borrowers as they should be.
\ moratorium has been declared in
Cuba where the banks had extended ex-
cess credits to the sugar growers and a
crisis has been precipitated in the Jap
anese silk trade because of excess credit
to silk growers and traders. The grant
ing of excess credit to the American
farmers at this time would possibly
precipitate a similar crisis here.
Neither the government or the banks
can afford to develop such a crisis. The
move their crops from the farm to mar
ket and that is all it is safe for the
banks to do.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
A TIMELY WARMING

Judge Nathan L. Miller, Republican
candidate for governor of New York,
says:
'The state of New York is just now
in the same position as millions of pri-
vate citizens. 1t has been living beyond
it's means. It has been assuming OBJ
legations, with the best of intentions,
which it is at its wits end to meet. To
the credit of the administration, let me
say that most of these obligations are
for perfectly legitimate purposes. But
it isn't good business and it isn't good
sense to buy everything that, in itself,
is morally legitimate.
''The chief weakness of our state gov
eminent at present is an orgy of spend
ing when we did not have the money to
spend. There has been no one at the
helm with courage enough to cut down
these appropriations until we could find
ways and means to get the money. Like
millions of otherwise good citizens, the
state has been spending money first and
then casting about for means to get it,
1t would be well if every member of
the next legislature Of Vermont would
paste this statement of Judge Miller in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
Tariff Considerations.
st. AIhans NIessengnr-


In his present campaign talks Senator
Dillingham; is devoting considerable of his
time to a consideration of Democratic
tariff theories and their effect on Yer
mont. He points out that the Demo
Gratis believe in a tariff for revenue only
and that the Underwood measure as it
worked before the war should convince
ing could be more hostile to their eco
monte interests than Il continuation of
Democratic rule.
1t is to be recalled that under the OPP
Grafton of the Underwood bill, which
admitted foreign goods and agricultural
products practically free of duty, the
country had entered on an economic de-
cline; factories were closing, bread lines
were forming and farmers were in de-
Spalr. Then along came the war which
substituted for Democratic free trade
what was in effect a very high tariff
wall. for foreign goods no longer sought
the American market in competition with
our own manufactured commodities.
But the war is over and European
countries will strive to their utmost to
win American dollars. Their WOrkmen
will work longer hours than Americans
and at smaller wage and consequently
their goods will cost less than ours. And
if they are entered free the foreigners
can undersell Americans and this coun-
Il
business straightforward then good bye
to profitable and steady employment.
Bringing this general situation down
to the specific as it will effect agricul-
tural Vermont, Senator Dillingham;
shows how the Democratic tariff puts
Canadian farm and dairy products on
the free list and shows how Canadian
farmers are willing to undersell the
American. The Canadians of Quebec
want the rich New England markets
for their dairy and other agricultural
products and are looking forward to a
real invasion.
This invasion will be possible under
Democratic rule. In fact, it will be en-
couraged. And the Vermont farmer,
who supports the American government
if this is demanded. will be shunted into
a secondary place by his own govern
ment. This isn't fine spun theory. 1t
is plain fact. The American farmer and
the American workingman should view
with alarm any prospect of a continue
ton of Democratic rule in peace times
when their unsound economic theories
can operate unchecked. The vote for
the Republican ticket is a vote for self
protection.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18

two years ago, and Ex-IIieut.-GOv. Hale
X. Darling of Chelsea. Why Mr.. Dana,
having served as speaker once, should be
unwilling to let go of the gavel now is
not plain, but the chances are that he
will not be allowed to retain permanent
possession of it. Mr.. Darling has long
been prominent in the affairs of the state
and, as heutenant-g governor, was presid-
ing officer of the senate, so that he does
not need the speakership to add to his
laurels. The present nominee for leuten-
ant-governor, A. S. Foote of Cornwall, is
from the same county (AddisOn) as Mr..
Dana, which is an additional reason for
selecting the speaker from another part
of the state. Mr.. Billings is a graduate
of Harvard college, was a member of the
house in the sessions of 1910 and 1912,
chief-Of-staff to Gov. G. ]. Bell 1904
1906, member of the commission on the
conservation of resources for two years
and also of the board of education. When
President Charles Plumley of Norwich
university was speaker of the house. Mr.
Billings was several times called to the
chair and therefore is not without expe-
rience in the duties of a presiding officer
AS the st. Adams Messenger very truly
remarks, the speaker of the house exerts
a good deal of influence on legislation be
cause he has the power of appointing
committees and can name those members
who will be favorable to plan of progress
or, if he sees fit, can select those who will
be constantly opposing any change, even
for the better. 1t is understood that Mr.
Billings Is in sympathy with Mr.. Hart
nesss scheme of industrial development
for Vermont and consequently, as speaker
could lend valuable aid to the coming
governor in the practical working out OF
his idea.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE,

Pop was smoaking with his feet up
and was setting on the floor looking at
the advertisements in the paper to keen
my mind off my homework, and [ saw
one saying, Be Craftsman. Earn Good
Money With Little Werk
Me thlnking, G, l wonder wat a drafts
man Is? l bet its man that goes err
round putting windows uD and down for
mllllonairs SO they will get enuff air
without getting in too big of a draft.
Sounding like a good easy Job without
needing mulch study or Experience, and
n started to practice on pop, wawking er
round the room and opening all the win.
dows about inches and then / wawked
GROUND agen and opened them about
more inches and then put them all
down agen about inches on account OF
the air starting to come in too fast, wicE
jest then pop gave a fearse sneeze, say
ing, Confound it, | jest got rid of one
cold and heer | am sneezing agen.
Me thinking, Holey smoaks, craftsman
to the rescue.
And l quick started to 90 GROUND put
ting all the windows down agen, and DOT
sneezed 4 more sneezes without stopping
saying, Wat in the name of ventilation
are you doink with those windows?
Sir? I'm putting them down, / sed, anc
pop sed, Putting them down, well who
and wy and wen were they put up?
Sir? | put them up to practice beinl
a craftsman and earn good money will
little werk, I sed.
You're the ony one in the werld know
wat you're tawking about, shut those win
dOws, sed pop.
G., pop, that's wat I'm doing, I sed
Which l was and pop kepp on sneezing
and sed, young man, you'll rue this day
Well G, pop, gosh, wat Is craftsman
Shut up, sed pop.
Wich' I did, and pop kemp on sneezing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18

and mothers are able to pay for course
In private school.
Mr.. COlburn stated that during the
last year or so, no student from either
burlington or Rutland high school has
been able to get into colleges which re-
qulre College Entrance Board examina-
lions, without conditions. He quoted fig
ures to show that about so per cent of
those who take the College Entrance
Board examinations fail to pass them.
1t was stated, also. that one of the
readers of these College Entrance Board
examination papers had made the state
ment that the marks of the various read
ers often varied by 40 per cent, and that
In one case, where a number Of different
readers went over the same set of papers.
the lowest mark given was 10 and the
highest was 70, while there were many
in between.
1t is unfortunate that we should
submit our boys and girls to an absolute
lottery" said Mr.. Colburn.
Mr.. Colburns statements aroused a
storm OF bitter comment against the
methods of the College Entrance Board
and other members of the Headmasters'
c!ub reported somewhat similar expe-
riences."
/ As at present conducted it is folly and
waste of money and time for high school
pupils In Vermont to fool with these ex-
Z amlnatlons. That being the case. the out
come, IS. that parents who have money
enough to send their children to private
schools have a chance of getting them
into the so-calledl larger colleges which
require college entrance examinations
conducted by the board. This makes
! these colleges institutions for the wealthy.
The student of moderate means need not
apply. He can go to the so-called smaller
colleges which accept graduation from an
accredited high school as good enough
/ preparation. We should be thankful that
there are plenty of this kind of colleges
and If present tactics continue they will
not long be ranked as minor institutions.
! A 40 per cent variation among readers
OF examination papers shows what gam
BILE the whole process is. If the anxious
pupil who has tried hard to pass and
whose teachers have tried hard to assist
him gets 81 per cent he is by and is her
aided as a superior student and is admit
ted to association with the scholastic elite
If he is marked 50 he has failed and sub
Jected to more or less ignominy, and yet
those who hold his fate in their hands
vary IN their markings by 40 per cent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
More Pay for Student Nurses.
keene Senti'

If girls enough to meet the tremendous
need. and girls of the right sort are to be
interested in nursing as a profession, bet
ter pay while learning will have to be
offered by most training schools and hos
pitfalls.
1t is true the student nurse is getting
her professional education, but it is also
true that from the beginning of the course
she does much work for which the insti-
tuition receives payment or is covered by
endowment. In any case the work, all of
it, is hard, grilling, much of 1T distinctly
unpleasant and nerve-wracking.
Many girls willing to face these hard
ships and possessed of a fine natural
aptitude for nursing turn to employments
more Immediately lucrative or requiring
shorter preparation because they cannot
afford the financial stringencics which &C
company the nurses training.
Here is a matter for public expenditure
and private contribution. No one
serves the community as do its skilled
and faithful nurses. The good Of the
students and of the public demands that
preparation for this service be set upon
the plane which it deserves.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
College Entrance Board.
bellows Falls Times

The College Entrance Examination
Board got good drubbing at the state
teachers convention in Burlington last
week. 1t was stated that for a year or
two not a high school graduate in Bur
lingtOn or Rutland had passed the exam
ination for college entrance conducted by
this board, and no doubt the same is true
of most of the other places in Vermont.
Principal J. E. Colburn of Burlington
started in. Here is a report of what he
said:
HE told of certain instances where
graduates of Burlington high school, who
had graduated high in their classes and
were considered excellent students, had
taken the examinations of the college en-
trance board, and failed in all of them.
In one case, where a girl had failed in
every examination, re-reading of the
papers was secured and the girl was
passed in half of the examinations. Mr..
Colburn said that the marking must,
necessarily, have been so per cent wrong
in the first place, or 80 per cent wrong in
the second place.
''Mr. Colburn called attention to eases
in which the pupil had failed to pass the
examinations, the board had refused to
make known the subjects in which the
pupils failed, thus leaving the pupil en-
tirely in the dark as to how to proceed for
another trial.
''In speaking of one case, where a grad
uate of a public high school in the state
had finally gotten by the College Entrance
Board and into college, with conditions,
this pupil found that in the dormitory
where she was placed only a small per-
centage of the students were from public
schools. Mr.. Colburn further stated that,
in order to find out what schools were do
ing acceptable work for entrance to col
lege which require the College Entrance
Board examinations, interrogations had
been sent out, and it had been ascertained
that only few public schools are on this
list.
1T would seem from these facts that
there is discrimination among many of
our colleges against the public school.
Our colleges cease to be democratic insti-
buttons. They become institutions which
are open only to children whose fathers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18

Commenting upon Brite and Fair, the
latest book of Judge Henry Shute, au-
thor of the Real Diary of a Real Boy,
the Rutland Herald says that while it
is one of the best boy books ever writ
ten it is perhaps better for the perusal
of the grown-up boy, which is true.
For the youngster who had not thought
of quite everything in the line of a
scrape would find many suggestions in
Brite and Fair which might lead to con-
situations with the Iaternal parent in
woodshed-or garage it would probably
be in these modern times. The adven-
lures of Plupy, Beany and others are
true to life and many are doubtless
based upon facts. As no one boy could
have ever had time to take part in so
many events as are recorded of Plupy
Shute, however, we get the impression
| that the author while recounting things
he really did do, added many he wished
| he had done. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-18
A Mystery.

My father used to rout me out
At half past three o'clock,
And on the jump I'd thaw the pump,
And water all the stock.
I'd curry-comb the old bay mare
And shake her fodder down,
And then I'd rouse and milk the COVE
And drive the milk TO town.
And though ] know that rural life
With rare and subtle charm
Is always fraught, I sometimes thought
l did not Ike the farm.
When following the useful plough
Or getting in the hay;
Or thrashing oats or killing shoats
When fell rainy day; 81.
Or digging up the hillside lot
To paint the garden crops;
Or weaving lambs whose loving dams
The butcher bought for chops;
Or climbing up a tree to ply
A rusty pruning knife,
I don't know why, but sometimes I
Grew sick of country life.
I know lot of farmers sons
Who somehow seemed to think
That teachinr cows the way to brows,
And schooling them to drink
And working sixteen hours day
For seven days a week,
Is not the sort of rural snort
A lusty youth should seek.
They seldom answer to the call
That sounds for harvest hands,
Ard why they sneer at his career
No farmer understands.
james !. Montague.