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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
ORGANIZE AT BELLOWS FALLS.
j. j. FentOn Elected President of Mer-
chants Association.

BELLOWS FALLS. Oct. 21.-At a
recent meeting of the local merchants.
the Bellows Falls Merchants association
was formed with these officers: Presi-
dent. J. J. Fenton; secretary, +. $.
Whitcomb; assistant secretary. J. p.
Lawrence; treasurer. ]. c. Hennessey.
Upon the return of President ]. !. Fen
ton. who is on a trip in the West, a
meeting will be called and the bylaws
viii be considered and a program of ac-
tivity outlined. Mr.. Fenton is a mem
Der of the Vermont state board of di-
rcctors
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
Masonic Temple

Today at p. m.-Annual meeting of
Eighth Masonic District open in Masonic
temple. At 4.30, work. 1st section Of NJ.
M degree by Golden Rule lodge, No. 81,
of Putney. At 6.15, supper served by
Bingham chapter, No 30, O. r. S. At
Z 30, reception to grand officers, followed
by section of NJ. NJ. degree by King Solo
mons Temple lodge, No. 10. of Bellows
Falls. Music by the Harvard male quar-
tet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
NORTH HINSDALE, N. H.

The North Hinsdale Cemetery associa-
ton will hold a meeting in the Baptist
church at North Hinsdale Friday eve
ming at o'clock to elect officers for the
ensuing year. All those interested in the
building of the new fence please attend.
The fence is two-thirds built now. Those
who cannot attend the meeting please
send their contributions to j. W.
Thomas, North Hinsdale, r. f. ID.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
WOMAN REFUSES OFFICE.
Mrs. Smile of Montpelier VIII Not
Serve as Justice of the Peace.

MONTPELIER, Oct. 21.-Mrs. Har-
riet Smile has declined the nomination
on the justice of the peace ticket pre-
pared by both Democrats and Repubi-
cans She was the only woman on the
ticket and was credited as Republican.
Mrs. Smile says she was not consulted.
Mrs Smile has been president of the
Montpelier Woman's club and the Fed
Grated Women's Clubs of Vermont and
was looked on as an anti-suffragist.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
Odd Fellows Temple
Rebekah Fair.

Thursday, Oct. 2I-Doors open at 8
o'clock. Admission to hall Is cents. Sale
of fancy articles, aprons and candy; also
grab bag for the children. Supper $50 to
7.30;. menu, Chicken-pie, mashed potato,
rolls, apple sauce, celery; pies-custard
lemon and pumpllin cake and coffee.
Tickets, 60 cents lce-cream ID cents.
Following the supper a play, just a Lit
tie Mistake, will be presented Dancing
from to II. The public IS invited.
All Odd Fellows desiring to join in the
bowling tournament this season are re-
quested to sign up at once at the tenn
pie.
All Odd Fellows who are willing to
enter the pool and billiard tournament
are asked to telephone to Mr.. Reed or
see that their names are on the list not
later than Saturday, Oct. %.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21

The continent of North America pro-
duces today over So per cent of the
worlds output of crude oil The British
empire produces only about 25 per cent
of the world supply, or, if Persia may be
said to be under British influence. about
As of the whole
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
Red Men $ Hall

Thursday. Oct. 21, s p. m.-Speciai
meeting of Pocahontas Council, No. 4, ID.
of Z. All members of the degree team are
requested to be present. \ good attend
ance is desired.
Friday, Oct -. 8 p. m.--Regular meet
ing of Quoneckticut tribe, No. 2, Imp'd
O. X. NJ. Chiefs degree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.
Immense Damage i'm the Borough Dis
trict-Fire Still Burning

LONDON. Oct 21.-Fire which
started late last evening in the Hop Ex-
change in Southwick street in the Bor-
ough district was still burning today.
Some estimates place the loss at 1,000,-
900 pounds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
THE WEATHER.

Generally Fair Tonight and Tomorrow
Cooler Friday.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21.-The
weather forecast: Generally fair to-
night and Friday. Somewhat cooler Fri
day and in northern Vermont tonight
Moderate to fresh southwest to west
winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21

Claude Il. Burton. a London Journal
ist of prominence, claims to have pub
Iished more verses than any other man
living For twenty years he has writ
ten an average of one poem a day, or
a total of 6.360 poems.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
First Baptist Church

Thursday, 3 p. m.---Meeting &c Wom-
ans Society with Mrs A. T. Simonds, IL
Western avenue.
Friday, 4 p. m.-Junior Endeavor So
ciety; 730 p. n.-Regular church
prayer meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
SHOE FACTORY CLOSES.
Several Hundred Employees Will BE Idle
Nine DAYS

NASHUA, n. H., Oct 21.-The shoe
factory of the w. III. McElwain Co.
here, employing several hundred persons,
was closed today. 1t was announced
that the shutdown would last nine days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
Cenue Congregational Church

Friday, Oct -, 7.30 p. m.-Church
night Topic for discussion, The Church
as an Aid to the Growth of the Soul.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21
J0HNs0Ns SOUL SOLD.
Homer Cummings Says 1t Has Gone TO
Senator Harding.

DENVER. Colo, Oct. 21.-IIomer S.
Cummings last night told the Jane JEFF
ferSon club. a woman's organization,
that Senator Hiram johnson had sold
his soul" to support Senator Harding.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21

Mrs. Helen Gardener, recently ap
pointed civil service commissioner by
President Wilson, had the distinction of
being the only woman on the program OF
the recent annual convention of the Ma
tinonal Association of Postmasters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-21

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The Washington times., 1920-09-05
PLAY TENNIS NOW BY
ELECTRIC LIGHTS

For years tennis has been one OF
the most popular out-of-door sports
in California. The natural attrac-
tons OF the game itself and a elm
ate that permits it's enjoyment on an
average of $50 days "A year has been
the cause of this popularity. or late.
ways and means have been sought to
increase the capacity OF the now over
crowded courts.
Some FIVE years ago. George Bill
ings. of Mill Valley, installed the first
overhead electric lighting OF tennis
courts In California at the famous
Mill Valley shell court This install
lation was decided success and en-
abled many a tired business man to
enjoy his favorite sport during the
cool evenings.
Other courts in California have
been similarly lighted with success.
but the real tryout has come with
the standard overhead installation on
two OF the public courts in Golden
Gate Park. san Francisco. 1t is the
intention to give this installation a
thorough tryout and If night tennis
playing becomes popular with the
public, the other eighteen asphalt
courts in the Golden Gate Park group
will be similarly lighted.
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
BREAKING WATER POWER
RECORDS IN CALIFORNIA

At the Wise power plant in Cali
fornia is the latest single discharge
water turbine in the world. being
about 20, 900 horsepower. To get some
idea OF the power of such a machine
imagine string of horses, six
abreast and six miles long; that
would be the equivalent OF horse
power vested in that one unit. How
ever this record will soon be broken.
There is to he installed in the Kern
river by the California Edison Com
pany new plant with a unit of
$4,000 horsepower. Later on this
record will be broken for the Great
Western Power Company at its new
Caribou plant, where 30,000-unit
will be installed.
California has developed in hydro
electric energy per capita six times
more than the rest of the United
States. Miracles have been wrought
in pumping water into the vast arid
lands, where barrenncss formerly
reigned supreme. Fertile fields OF
barley and prolific orchards flourish
on land previously inhabited by Jack
rabbits.
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
ELECTRICITY IDEAL
FOR COOKING EGGS
Mixtures Never Should Be Heat
ed Beyond Moderate Tempera-
ture, to Preserve Quality.

The law OF cooking all egg mix
lures is slow cooking at a moderate
temperature. II we try to hurry the
process the result will be a loss in
quantity. a loss in digestibility and u
loss in attractive appearance.
When the white OF egg is heated to
134 degrees. fine threads appear In it;
it becomes semi-solid and is easily d.
gested. II heated to l60 degrees. IL is
a tender white Jelly. easily digested.
II heated TO boiling point-2l2 de-
Erees-it becomes a tough jelly and
is less easily digested. III fried to 500
degrees, IL becomes hard, horny and
very indigestible.
Every one knows how scrambled
eggs are usually prepared. A lump
of butter is dropped into a pan, and
when 1t is sizxling hot, two eggs
slightly beaten up with little liquid
are turned into the pan; they are then
stirred round and round very rapidly
and dished up. Is II any wonder that
the eggs have raw, underdone tasteY
They should be cooked slowly at a
moderate temperature. With an cleo
trio grill the temperature can be regu-
lated. as there are three degrees or
heat possible. and the grill should be
put on low heat. Do not stir the eggs
round and round but move the spoon
or fork back and forth in parallel
lines.
Scrambled eggs are easily prepared
in the shallow pan of electric grill;
for each egg allow one tablespoon or
liquid. which may be water, milk,
cream or soup stock. When creamy,
turn onto hot buttered toast and
serve.
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
NEW USES FOUND
FOR FL00D-L|GHT
Social Fads and Artistic Tastes
Bring Latest Innova-
ton to Front.

Social fads and artistic tastes are
alike responsible for the most recent
innovation in electric lighting. 1t is
an extended use OF nood-lighting
which has for a number OF years been
used effectively on public occasions.
Wealthy people are finding uses fol
the fiood-light which will make this
style OF illumination more frequent
than would otherwise be the case.
Big society weddings in New York.
Washington, Philadelphia and Boston
are adopting the food-light with en-
thusiasm Night weddings in the ul-
ira shionable set In any OF these
cities are scenes for fiood-lighting ef-
fects.
The society folk are also using
small huod-lighting projectors 10
keen watch over their automobiles
The protector Is usually mounted on
the porch and trained on the automo-
bile as the latter stands at the curp'
allowing a close and easy watch TO be
kept on the machine and discouras
ing auto thieves successfully
The illumination of the handsome
stained glass windows OF churches
has become a new field for the use OF
the food-light. The windows are de-
clared to appear under favorable
treatment in this manner and to have
a spiritual value.
Since the spectacular illumination
of Bartholdi's Statue OF Liberty. In
New York Harbor. by 26O G-E flood
light projectors, and the still more
conspicuous flood lighting OF the Cap
itol at Washington during the inaug
uration ceremonies of 1917. by 81 G-E
flood light projectors, the adoption oil
flood-lighting has been rapid
Today there are three score OF uses
for the flood-light protector. the
most spectacular among them are the
illumination OF carnivals. parades,
parks pageants, outdoor theatricals
athletic grounds, monuments, race
tracks, rifle ranges. skating ponds
and rinks, theater fronts. toboggan
slides. hockey rinks, historic build
ings. clock towers, flags, fountains.
and exposition grounds.
Discoveries in the research labora-
tories of the General Electric Com
pany produced the style of Mazda in
candescent lamp which has made pos
sible the flood-lighting projectors.
Until it was known that tungsten
metal could be drawn into fine wire,
incandescent lamps were still in an
imperfect stage. Today tungsten
wires so fine that they measure but
four ten-thousandths of an inch
about one-sixth the diameter of the
average human hair-are drawn cut.
expressly for flood-lighting projec-
tors and for illuminated signs.
Another discovery, that OF the nj
trogen or gas-filled lamp. advanced
the incandescent bulb still further,
and today all the high wattage lamps
used in flood-lighting project ors. are
of this type.
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
NEW WIRELESS RATE
1000 WORDSAM MIN.
Plans Made to Build Giant Re-
ceiying Station With In
credible Capacity.

II is not so very long ago since Jim
the village telegraph operator, learn
ed 10 take twenty words a minute"
This stamped Jim as an expert In
his day and soon he was In the Hoyts
Corners station OF the valley railroad
at a salary Of $05 a month. That WAS
Jim's future. From the village opera.
tor he went to the big station and
from there to the trainmaster's of
nee Many OF our noted railroad
presidents rose from Jim's humble
station and many OF us have at one
time or another toyed with the keys
and wondered what kind OF ears Jim
had TO make sense out OF the strange
clicks which came in over the wire.
Then came the dawn OF the wire
less age only a few years back. Re
member the sensation when somebody
announced that wires were not need
ed TO record the dots. dashes. and
silences? Then on came Marconi and
Carly and number of others and
soon we had transatlantic communl-
cation by wireless. History repeated
itself for the Jims OF another genera
tion began all over to do what Jim
did as a boy. They bought toy radio
outfits and rugged up wireless appa-
ratus on roofs and quickly we were
again "a nation of operators. The war
interrupted all this amateurish de-
light and all hands turned In TO use
wireless as practical means or
communication. 1t was greatly i'm
proved and much was learned from
fields of foreign development
Now comes the super achievement!
Wireless wave words at the rate OF
1000 per minute. Try to talk a
thousand words a minute; see IL you
come nearer to fifty than you do to
one hundred. No human being can
receive messages at the rate OF a
thousand words per minute. They
had added some five, ten or fifteen
to Jims record of twenty-five, but
that is the limit of human capacity.
In great plain on Long Island,
near New York. they are going to
build a plant on a plot ten miles
square. When completed the work
will cost ten million dollars. 1t will
be possible to signal around the world
from this plant. 1t will be five times
as powerful as the famous station at
Nauen or the French station at Bor-
deaux. The General Electric Com
pany of Schenectady which designed
much OF the apparatus is also credited
with the receiving instrument which
makes possible the record OF 1000
words a minute.
The instrument is partly a photo
graphic apparatus. lightweight
mirror flutters in electro magnetic
tune with the minute electric i'm
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
MACHINE ON FARM
MAKESLIFE EASY
Saves Time Of Worker and Cuts
Cost Of Producing
His Output.

The substitution OF machinery for
hand and animal labor has resulted
In many notable reductions In both
time and cost OF producing ana
handling the output OF the farm. For
Instance. the time required TO pro
duce a bushel OF wheat from the
shock has been reduced from an aver
age of 3 hours and 3 minutes to D
minutes and rs seconds.
In one OF the yearbooks OF the De-
psrtment OF Agriculture, II is stated
that IL formerly required II hours
OF manual labor to cut and cure a ton
OF hay, whereas the same Work Is
today accomplished with the aid or
machinery in l hour and 80 minutes,
the labor cost being reduced from NJ
cents to u cents per ton. The use OF
farm machinery has reduced the cost
OF farm products and increased the
output. A very special help TO the
farmer today is the utility electric
motor especially designed for general
work on the farm such as operating
churns. cream separators, grindstones
and other machines.
Levi II. Brubaker, OF Lancaster. Pa.
hnds such motor very helpful on
his farm
AT our barn" said Mr.. Brubaker,
1--WE use ffteen- n-hoursepower slip
ring motor, which IL capable OF start
ing above thirty-horsepowe load.
This is a special advantage when
any of our machines become choked.
The motor Is equipped with a circuit
breaker and is mounted on little
truck so that IL can be moved from
the feed room To any part or the
barn and anywhere around the barn,
We have used II as FAR as 400 feet
from the barn. This motor grinds
feed. shells corn. breaks the cobs.
cuts hay and bales il, hlls the silo,
runs cement mixer. saws wood, pumps
water. runs the hoist for unloading
hay and operates the sheaf elevator
for unloading wheat. Ny wife has a
one-sixth horsepower In the cellar for
running her washing Other import
ant aids to her household tasks are
an electric iron, an electric cleaner
and an electric hot plate.
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
OMELETS TASTY WHEN
PREPARED ON GRILL

There are two kinds OF omelets,
foamy omelets in which whites
and yolks are beaten separately and
French omelets in which they are
beaten together. The proportions are
the same in both kinds; for each egg
allow one tablespoon of liquid either
water, milk or for an orange omelet,
orange juice. one eighth teaspoon o.
salt and half teaspoon of butter.
Water makes more tender omeiet
and one that will stand up longer
than does milk or cream.
To make the foamy omelet, beat the
yokes and whites separately and fold
the yolk into the white. Have the
pan of electric grill warm, not hot.
Spread the mixture evenly over the
buttered pan. After cooking on top
of the grill in the shallow pan until
the under side of ON alst is golden
brown, dry it for few moments
beneath the coils, then fold on hot
platter; Garnish with sprigs OF pars-
ley or if it Is an orange omelet, With
thin slices of orange.
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
PEPCO DISSATISFIED
WITH RATE INCREASE

S. r. Bowen, vice president of the
Potomac Electric Power Company.
yesterday expressed regret at the
action OF the Public Utilities Com
mission in allowing only one-halt OF
a cent increase in the charge for cleo
trio current to householders.
1--WE believe we are entitled to more
than 81 cents per kilowatt hour"
said Mr.. Bowen. "Of course. the In
crease granted will help the company
to degree, but we feel that the evi-
dence presented to the commission
justified greater increase"
These new rates cannot become ef-
fective on september Ib, as provided
by the order. unless the District Su-
preme Court either mobiles or abol-
ishes the existing injunction which
restrains the commission from max
ing any rate changes.
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
TELLS HOW To COOK
OMELETTES ON GRILL

In the hotels of France the traveller
will often encounter sweet omelettes
as desserts. In the main the omelottc
itself is the same as that made in
electric grill and served on the break
fast table, the sweetness being due to
added ingredients or to stuffing. To
make them light. the whites OF eggs
are beaten separately, and dozen or
so of butter dice scattered through
the beaten eggs.
Omelette aux apricots-Wash aev-
eral times in lukewarm water about
one pint OF dried apricots. Let them
soak for several hours so that they
may swell. Cook for a few minutes
not allowing them to lose their form
Dry them and stun your omelet with
them, then powds with fine sugar.
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
EQUIP Your Home With Electrical Comforts

pulses coming from the big steel tow
ers out la the held. The oscillations
vary just as Jim used to vary his dots
and dashes. The mirror then re-
fleets beam OF light on moving.
sensitized tape. The tape goes
through a developing fluid and then
Just as on a stock brokers' tape you
read on the message. There Is word
In dots and dsshes on every inch OF
the tape. The receiving operator can
read this message at the rate OF nfty
TO one hundred words a minute.
The great value OF this new in
vention is that IL will allow great
numter OF messages to be sent dur
ing the day when atmospheric con-
ditiOns are best suited for wireless.
This Is between 4 and 10 O'clock In
the morning. A new electric marvel
has been added TO the category OF
wonder achievements!
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
EASE AND SPEED IN
ELECTRIC CLEANER
Use by Housewife Means Better
Homes-Blg Stride From
CaveW0man's Broom"

While her mate was hunting the
msstodon or stalking some prehistoric
wild beast to it's lair the prehistoric
woman with a bundle OF twigs care
lesly bruised out the piled-up debris
from the cave home. leaving plenty
OF dirt behind. That was prehistoric
cleaning.
Later generations took greater
care with the home cleaning until In
grandmother's day carpets were swept
ahd rugs shaken and beaten In an
honest effort to clean house. Such
house-cleaning days were a vast i'm
provement over the bunch OF twigs In
the hands Of the cave woman. but In
spits OF the toll of later days grand
mothers house was never really az
clean as she imag ned II was. All
the sweeping merely gathered up sur
face dirt. while beating stirred up
the dust and disseminated IL into the
surrounding atmosphere. Sweeping
done the old way was the hardett
kind OF work. busting was doing the
work twice
Consider cleaning the new way with
the modern eletcric cleaner. You can
push II around with one hand and
still not be tired. II is simple 10
operate. merely connecting "A cord TO
any convenient outlet and turning on
electric current. Electric cleaners
"~e sr"h uD-to-date, efficient cleaners
that cleaning day has been reduced
4, I,auIng nour almost.
The electric cleaner il the funda-
mental household help in the modern
household. II is the housewives first
lieutenant TO the war on di"s A truly
industrious cleaner Is not satisfied
with merely cleaning carpets and
rugs. 1t comes with special attach
ments for cleaning upholstery por-
there's, mattresses, holdings. 1t will
aearte pillows and bedding. II will
do high dusting. so IL is no longer
necessary TO mount step-ladder to
dust moldings and little ledges on
which the dust gathers thickly.
Digging out corners is now done
by pressing an electric button while
applying a long-handled suction tool
to the offending spot so that one no
longer stoops to conquer dirt. Clean
ing with "A powerful air suction gets
all that deeply imbedded dirt that
brooms and brushes would not bulge.
and away il goes into the bag. Such
ease and speed in cleaning make for
cleaner. better homes everywhere.
CONSULT FLOWER HEADQCARTERs
Before the wedding GUIDES l2l4 F.
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
PROTEST OPEN TOP RULING.

Protest has been made to the In
terstate Commerce Commission
against the order OF the commission
prohibiting the use of open top coal
cars by wagon mines without tippling
loading devices.
owners OF the wagon mines In
western Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio
and Kentucky appeared before the
commission and asked for a modin-
cation OF the order.