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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
Texas and Ireland.
lRntland News


Believing that the Texas senate was
not fully acquainted with certain his
torical facts when it gave official ex-
preston to its sympathy for Ireland and
its wishes for Irish freedom. II. \. At
kinSOn. writing in the Chicago Tribune
attempts to enighten senatorial Texas.
He says:
The house of representatives in Wash
ingtOn has 436 members, of which Texas
furnishes IS The house of commons in
London has COS members of which Ire
land furnishes 10645tuA-sss e4tttsnf.
THE United States senate has 90
members, of which Texas furnishes two.
The house of lords has 506, of which
Ireland furnishes Is.
1T therefore seems to the writer that
the sympathy should come from Ireland
to Texas and not go from Texas to Ire
The claim of the British that ireland
is a part of the United Kingdom began
about 1850 A. D, when the pope of
Rome made a deed conveying ireland
to Henry II. king of England.
In 1900 the Irish parliament passed
an act uniting the island with England,
Scotland and Wales, and this was con
firmed by the British parliament.
From the time Texas obtained its
independence in 1886 till 1915 it was an
Independent republic. In 1916, the con-
gress of Texas asked to be united with
the United States. and this was made a
law by act of congress in 1916.
This union continued until 1861,
when Texas withdrew therefrom. After
four years of bloody war Texas was per-
suaded to come back into the Union and
Texas is as loyal thereto now as any
portion of it
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
Today Events

Dayton, Ohio. today can celebrate the
l25th anniversary of it's founding.
Today is the twenty-ffth anniversary
OF the death of the poet Eugene Field
The Provincial legislature of Saskatche-
wan has been called to assemble today.
Argument of the intermountain rate
case before the interstate commerce
commission is scheduled to begin in
Washington today
To celebrate the silver anniversary OF
Mime. Blanche Marchesi's debut. the ia
NOUS singer will give a recital in Lon
don today
Ohio Miami Medical college of the Uni
yerslty of Cincinnati is to have Sir Auck-
land Geddes as one of the speakers at it's
centennial anniversary celebration today
Masonic lodges throughout the United
States are to hold special exercises today
IN commemoration of the Masonic birth
day. of George Washington, who was
made Mason in the historic lodge at
Fredericksburg, Va, on Nov. 4, 1852
The $500 900 campaign of the Union
OF Hebrew Congregations for the support
OF educational institutions, the extension
OF synagogues and protection of Jewish
civil rights in America will start TODAY
when flying squadron of 100 prominent
/ Jews will leave New York on a forty.
day tour Of the country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
But Woman Has Her Way.
(BOston Globe

tBOStOn Globe
at wasn't dirty at all and was very
dignified"
That was the impression which mil
lions of women carried away from vot-
ing places yesterday. Some of them
had expected to be obliged to shoulder
their way through crowds of ruttians in
order to reach a ballot booth reeking of
stale tobacco. What they found was
strangely different.
For generations women had been told
that politics was no place for lady"
and it is small wonder that some of
them had come to believe it.
In justice to the men it should be said
that politics has been vastly improved
at least utwardly-during the past
generation. But even So, the women
who voted yesterday feel thai they have
exploded an ancient myth.
The men. too have discovered some
thing. Their wives and sisters proved
that they were able to mark ballot ex-
peditiously, and there was no greater
percentage of foolish questions asked OF
election officials by the women than by
the first voters among the men.
As for the influence of the women on
the election, it is apparent that they
made large pluralities enormously great
er. How much more they did no sta
tistics can show.
Did the women vote as their husbands
told them to? Well, some of them did,
no doubt.
Were there cases where the husband
and wife voted alike and as the wife
preferred? OF course there were thous-
ands of them, but the husband does not
know it.
There is a consciousness today that a
new element has entered political life.
Henceforward we can never know ex-
actly where we are going without con-
Sulting her.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04

nature and his thorough knowledge of
he leading subjects that concern the
country. As he is destined to become
our President next 4th of March, few
records about him from men who ought
% know whereof they speak will be
timely:
Senator Dillingham;, in a letter to
iriend says:
For more than year past I have
been in the habit of saying in answer to
The inquiry, who in my judgment would
make the best president, that l would
prefer Harding, though l did not then
expect he could be nominated" .
When he came to the senate five years
ago he brought into it an unusually
strong and well balanced personality
he did not speak often, but when he did
speak, everybody listened because of his
,andor, frankness, strong and sane judg-
ment and his never failing courtesy to
those with whom he differed. In cour-
age he was never lacking and on occa-
;ions l have heard him condemn the ac-
ton of those who failed to do team work
IS no one else seemed to dare to do, and
vet he did it in such a way that he lost
nothing by his boldness."
One strong point is his ability to unite
lifferent factions of his party
Senator Page writes:
when anybody tells you that Harding
S unpopular in Ohio refer him to the
sact that he received more than 100000
majority for the senate
IF anybody tells you that Harding is
a weak man, refer him to the way in
which he has carried himself in his cam
paign.
If the question is asked as to the esti-
nation in which Harding is held by his
brother senator's, you can speak with
very strong assurances because 1 don't
hink there is a single exception on either
side of the senate to the belief that Hard
ng is a levelheaded, able, honest, cOur-
lgeous, fearless man. He has been on
the committee of which I am chairman.
committee on naval affairs, and / have
worked with him. / have watched his
course with a good deal of interest and
# the persons named for our nominees
he has been my first choice always con-
litioning that statement upon the fact
hat he was strong in the west. Re
is strong there"
Senator Moses of New Hampshire says
If him:
Senator Harding is one of the stand
ing figures in the senate and has been
from the moment of his entrance into
that body. His words in debate com
mand respect, his judgment is unerring.
his attitude never equivOcal, and his char
acter always robust"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1920.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY EXPLAINED

Tn answer to the charges of eXtrava
gance. the war department has issued q
public statement claiming that it saved
the taxpayers $4675. 81, 8S1.15 by the
sale of war supplies and in the settle
aent of claims on account of the war
In order that the public may arrive at 9
proper understanding of war eXpendi
lures. the war department states that II
making its purchases of war materials.
it ayas. contemplating a field force OF p
600. 900 men and was acting on the sup
position that the war might last for {
period of five years from the time the
United States entered it. The taXpay
ers have made due allowance for al
these things, in full comprehension that
in the prosecution of the war there must
necessarily be a very considerable vast
age. The question is whether the vast
age should have run into the billions that
it actually amounted to.
In order to arrive at a proper under
standing of war expenditures it is nee
essary to go back to the year 1915, two
years and half before the United States
entered it. when the administration wa
being urged by Republican senator's and
members of the House, by the late Theo,
dore Roosevelt. by the late Major Au
gustus T. Gardner, then member of con
gress from Massachusetts, and by Ma
ior General Leonard Wood to make prep
arations for war with imperial Germany
which had already given the United
States a casus beli by the sinking O.
the Lustania.
All these urgings had no effect on the
Democratic administration. It's secre
tary of state declared that citizens OF
the United States had no business to sal
on the LTAa-late Major Gard
ncr was Denounced as IN alarmist fol
his speeches on. the floor of the house
Major General Wood was put on the
black books of the administration for
his prOmptings to the war department t.
prepare for war. The late Theodore
Roosevelt was held up to scorn for con
slant urgings to put the military and
naval forces of the United States on .
more secure footing. Two years went by
without preparation. a The President
kept us out of war, which far-seeing pa
triots knew to be inevitable. The dec
laration of war caught the United States
wholly unprepared, with the result that
preparation had to be hurried and expen.
ditures were made, which would have
been avoided if the Democratic admins
tration had been otherwise minded, an
ticipating that which took place later
and which the majority of the American
people felt was bound to come.
All that Secretary of War Baker may
say about saving money by the sale of
war materials cannot obscure the fact.
established by unimpeachable evidence.
that millions were wasted in expendi-
lures for the production of material
which was not produced. for guns, air
planes, and munitions of war which
We're never delivered
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

IF your skin is INSTRUMENTATION
pallid tongue coated-appetite poor
you have a bad taste in your mouth
lazy, no-goo1 feeling-you should
take Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Give Tablets sub
stitute for calomel-were prepared by
DR.. Edwards after IL years of study.
DrEdwards' OliveT abletsareap purely
vegetablecompoundm mixed witholiveoii.
You will know them by their olive color.
Tohave a clear, pink skin, bright eyes,
no pinples, feeling of buoyancy like
childhood days your must get at the cause.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets act on
the liver and bowels like calomel-yet
have no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con-
stipation. Take one or two nightly and
note the pleasing results. Millions of
boxes are sold annually at 15c and Soc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
The Antiseptic Baby.

We can sterilize his bottle, we can boil
his little mug;
We can bake his flannel bandages and
disinfect the rug
That envelopes him when he partakes Of
medicated air,
But there's one impossibility that leaves
us in despair
And a not unjustihable alarm, you'll most
To wit: We fear 'twould never do to
sterilize the COW.
Thus, although we strive to conquer every
septic circumstance,
Yet we greatly fear CHASTITY allmentary
nischance:
For albeit we bake and boil his things, and
scrub and soak and souse-
As, if in his anatomy forever cleaning
house
The recklessness with which he sucks his
vagrant tiny thumb
Imperils much his precious antlseptlc lit
tie tum.
We are careful of his house, we are
thoughtful of his toys;
We are mindful of his sorrow, and judicial
of his joys: >,
We are prayerfully considerate of needful
discipline
Of my little Mothers Handbook and the
preceuts writ therein
And we strive TO render sterile all designed
for mouth or tum
But one fTightful danger menaces-we can
not boil his thumb.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

Ma was crowshaying and thinking and
pop was smoaking with a injoyable tx
pressin, and aftir vile he sed, | saw
Henry Bowers down town today and wat
do you Suppose he told me
Eth heb, sed ma keeping on crowshay-
ing and thinking.
l say, l met Kenny Bowers down town
and he certeny handed me a serprize, sed
pop.
Eth heb, sed ma like sumbody thinking
of sumthing elts, and all of suddin pop
sed loud as enything Mother. / sware
that boys foot is attached to his leg.
Wat. watts that, Benny, have you bin
herting yourself agen? sad ma quick look
ing at me, and pop sed, Ha ha ha ha,
had to get your attenshun somehow, ha,
ha, that boys foot is attached to his leg,
ha ha ha. ~
Very funny, don't think, wy don't you
scare persin to deth and be done with
it? sed ma
WV watts the matter, mother, wy
shoodent the boys-ha ha ha--be at
tached to his-ha ha ha ha? sed pop.
Now Willyum, for pity sake know wen
to stop, a ioaks ioak and brevity is the
sole of wit. sed ma.
/ think I've herd that before someware,
but | bleeve your rite, sed pop. And he
LATED about 5 more times without saying
wat he was laffing at and then he started
to reed the spoarting page and ma kepp
on crowshaying and thinking, and aftir a
vile | had good ideer saying loud as
enything. Ma, ma, / wiggled my little FIN
ger.
WITCH ma quick gave a jump. saying,
Wat, my goodniss, wy don't you be care
fill? WITCH me and pop started to latf
like enything and ma quick reetched over
and picked up my ruler and gave me a
fearse crack on the nuckles with it say
ing. There, I wiggled the ruler.
Aw G., ma, gosh. heck, / sed
Saga another wsTd and.-youll get
worse crack, sed ma.
WITCH / proberly wood of, so l dident
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
In the Days News.

Nine Blanche Marchesi. in whose
honor a concert is to be given in London
today to mark the silver anniversary of
her debut as professional singer, comes
Of a family whose name has long been
famous in the world of music Her
mother, Nine, Mathilde de Castrone Mar
chest, who died in 1913 at the age of
eighty seven. was the most successful
teacher of singing that the world has
ever known. And her father, who was
an Italian nobleman, was a famous singer
more than half a century ago. OF course
the daughter was born and reared IN an
atmosphere of music, and her mother be.
was only hsping child. Nine. Blanche
Marchesi made her first public appear
ance in Berlin in 1895. She is exclusively
a singer Of songs, and her art has been
praised as singularly refined, sympathetic
and winning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
But What "For Short7"

Zulus have a custom of naming a
child from some event that occurred at
the time when the child was born. Not
long ago child at Natal was brought
to the registry on day when a strike
had interrupted traffic on the railroad.
He was given the name "Umhlabelung-
Observation-Disclosures" meaning, when
the white men stopped the train"
What do you suppose they ever called
this boy "for shortT
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
THE PREsIDENT-ELECT.

Senator Harding was justified in say
ing to newspaper men last Saturday that
he had at least made a clean and fair
campaign. His speeches have been free
from abuse of its opposing candidates
and he has uniformly spoken of the
President respectfully and courteously,
while differing radically from him upon
leading questions of governmental prin-
ciples and policy.
As its campaign progressed and the
people became better acquainted with the
senator they apparently We're drawn to
him-as they We're to McKinley-by his
attractive personality, his genial, kindly
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
GREAT FOR ECZEMA
And OLD SORES
I Guarantee My Ointment, Says Peterson
Every Box of It.

family" says Peterson, of Buffalo, Il want
You to get large 35-cent box Of Peterson 5
Ointment today.
Remember, I stand back of every box.
Every druggist guarantees TO refund the pur
chase price if Peterson's Ointment doesn't dc
all I claim.
sores, salt rheum, ulcers, sore nipples broken
breasts, itching skin, skin diseases, blind,
bleeding and itching piles as well as for chat
ing, burns, scalds, cuts, bruises and sunburn."
81 had 80 running sores on my leg for II
years, was in three different hospitals. Ampu-
tation was advised. Skin grating was tried.
I was cured by using Peterson's Ointment"
Mrs F. E. Root, 287 Michigan street, Buffalo,
n. Y. Mail orders filled by Peterson Ointment
Co. Inc, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
BACK BAD TODAY?

Backache is usually kidney ache
and makes you dull, nervous and tired.
Use Doan s Kidney Pills for weak kid
neys-the remedy recommended by
your friends and neighbors. Ask your
neighbor!
o. F. Howe, blacksmith and carriage
maker, Elm St, Brattleboro, says:
81 have used Doan's Kidney Pills
and can recommend them to anyone.
They did me more good than any rem,
edy ever used. Ny back troubled me
for long time and l used to get lame
from STOPPING and lifting. I could
hardly straighten up. Sharp pains
would catch me every time I stopped.
used plasters and remedies and sew
eral liniments but got no relief until
l used Doan's Kidney Pills. I used
two boxes and they did what all other
remedies had failed to accomplish. They
removed the lameness and soreness
from my back, the backaches ceased
and nay kidneys became regular in ae-
ton" Statement given September %,
1909
On June s, 1920, Mr.. Howe added:
81 still have a high opinion of Doan's
Kidney Pills and use them occasion
ally with excellent results. I an glad
to renew my former statement
zoe, at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 cents
an inch for first insertion, 80 cents inch
for each subsequent insertion Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates application.
Classified advertiscments-Fivs cents q line
first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change OF
copy. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash witt
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line first
insertion with so per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy
Reading notices are published at foot Of Local
itarna
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
How It Sounded to Him.

At big railway station four-year-
old youngster wonderingly watched the
man step out on the balcony and call
the stations Of the outgoing train
through a nIegaphone. When the an
nouncer finished and resumed his seat
the youngster pulled at his mothers
hand. "Oh. mamma he said, TASK
the man 10 sing another sOngw
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
TOdly's Birthdays.

Eden Phill?otts, popular English novel
ist, born at Mount Aboo. India, So years
ago today
Sir F. r. Benson. celebrated actor.
manager of Shakesperian plays, born in
England, g. years ago today.
Dr. Robert Ernest vinson, president
of the University of Texas. born in Fair
field county, s. c., A years ago today.
Thomas s. Butler, representative in
congress of the Seventh Pennsylvania
district. born in Chester county. Pa, Is
years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
TO TIE SUBSCRIBERS.

It IL ths aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the pape,
each night, and it solicits the cooperation o.
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, If
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abIing the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied, It Is only by this
method that tina publisher can secure the de
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
T0day's Anniversaries.

l77l-James Montgomery, celebrated re-
ligOus noet, born in AYRSHIRE. Scot
land. Died at Sheffield England,
April 80. 1854.
l809-4First Canadian steamer ran from
Montreal to Quebec
IS2l-Charles XIII. of Sweden was pro-
claimed king at Christiania.
lS45-Eleazer Blackman, the last survivor
of the Wyoming massacres, died at
Hanover, Pa.
1S67-George Francis Train concluded a
Kansas.
lS70-French government ordered the
bomilization of all able-bodied men
between 20 and 30 years of age.
lS73-Laura Keene. celebrated actress and
manager, died at Montclair, y. J.
Born in London in 1920.
lS89-Many families in Terence Bay,
Nova Scotia, reported starving
through failure of the fisheries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04

Following on the heels of the designa-
ton of apple Week" the bean growers,
having a large crop to dispose of, sug-
gest that the country have a Bean
Week" We begin to wonder how
much of this sort of thing the public
will stand for. Perhaps they can put
it over in Boston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04

The International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union is raising S5O0,OOO with
which to establish factories and shops for
the manufacture and sale of women's
wearing apparel The sponsors for the
movement anticipate that the enterprise
will bring down the cost of women's cloth
ing and afford an opportunity toyworkers,
to take part in the management of their
industry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
The Vermont Trademark.
barre Times. }

1t is a good suggestion by the New
port Express and Standard that all pro-
ducts of Vermont farms shipped to the
market be labeled with the made IN
Vermont" mark. A little boosting or
this sort will go a long way toward help
ing Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04

Who ever hears of the town of Mash
pee on Cape Cod except in the early
election returns every four years? 1t
seems to be to the Cape what Somerset
is to Windham county.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
EARLY Mesmerism-

BraIdism is an old name for hypno-
tism. derived from James Braid, who
invented this species of mesmerism In
1913.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04
Rheuma for Rheumatism

Rheuma has relieved the agonizing
pains Of thousands of sufferers who
thought nothing would give relief. 1t
shaulds do as mucbSSfQKs NQnrvit seldom
fails w. F.. Root Wit supply you on the
no-cure, no-pay plan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04

Debs predicts a Socialist victory in
1924. The view he gets from his suite
at the Atlanta penitentiary is so re
stricted that he isn't looking quite far
enough ahead.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-04

Thirty girls employed in a syrup fac
tory New Orleans quit work when the
management declared they should wear
bloomer costumes for the sake of safety
and economy. Ninety others of the girl
employees decided in favor of boomers and
their jobs.