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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
In the Days News.

If the veterans of the World war re-
ceive the expected bonus from Uncle
SANS treasury they will owe a debt of
gratitude to Porter j.. McCumber, United
States senator from North Dakota, who
has been in charge of the bonus measure
and fought hard for its passage by the
senate. Senator McCumber is one of the
veteran members of the upper house, hav-
ing first donned the toga in 1899. a ma
tive of Illinois, the senator, after pub
lie school education, found his way to the
law school of the University of Michigan,
and was graduated in 1880, Then he set
tied in the Dakotas to practice law. en-
tered politics, was elected to the terri
torial house of representatives, and later
served as attorney general of North Da-
kota During his long career in the sen
ate Mr.. McCumber has come to be looked
upon. in a way, as spokesman for the
rural voter of the upper Mississippi valley,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE.

1t was as hot as the dooce this aftir-
noon. and / was going erround the house
in my underware for the sake of the ex-
ter ventilation, and | went down in the
parler to see if | left my book down
there. and jest then wat rang but the
door bell, me thinking, Heck, whose
Wich jest then I herd ma say. Come
rite in the parler, Mrs. Hews? Mrs.
Hews being a big fat lady with more
than one chin, me thinking, Holey
smOakS. and me in my underware. And
l quick pulled the piano cover off OF the
piano and raped 1t Ground me. and ma
and Mrs. Hewes came in. Mrs. Hews
saving. How do you do, Benny. wat on
erth are you doing. playing Indian?
Yes. nam. sed. Being a good ideer,
and ma sed. Benny, the new piano cover,
wat are you thinking of:
Indians, | sed, and ma sed, Take il oft
Yes. man. I sed. And started to
wawk out. and ma sed, Benny, did l
lest tell you to do something's
Well gosh. G.. ma. you wouldent wnnt
me to take it off in heer, would you:
wy not. the piano is in heer, izzept it:
sed ma.
Yes nam. / sed. and ma sed And be-
sides. sints wen have Indians worn piano
covers?
Chiefs mite. | sed. Wich they mite,
and ma sed. Well, do you intend to take
it off or don't you?
Well jimminy crickets, ma. if You
knew all / didn't have on under 1t You
mite be proud to have me keep it on,
sed.
o. sed ma. and Mrs. HewS Sed. Well
for pity sake. how embarrassing. hee hee
hee hee And / quick went out in the
hall and took the piano cover off and
threw it back in the parler and ran up
stairs 3 steps at time light lightning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

This story, as told by toy sales
man ION" his chief, a big doll manu-
facturer. is going the rounds in New
York: A customer of long and good
standing wired in to the firm: Cancel
all outstanding orders for dolls imme-
diately," whereupon the manufactures
wired back: Cant cancel immedi-
ately. You viii have to wait your
turn.'-Dress and Waist News.
Scientists place the dog first for intel
lgence among animals.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
No LuxurieS on Tick.
CNIontnelipr Argus. J

A husbands responsibility for his wife's
debts ends with purchase of household ne
cessities Supreme Court Justice Dixie
ruled last week in Brooklyn. In directing
a department store to return S14,5oO in
mortgages to a husband who assigned
them to satisfy his wife's debts, Justice
Dixie held that the husband did not have
to pay for luxuries. He defined house
hold necessities as goods that ordinarily
would be necessary in view of the station
in life of the husband and wife.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
MIR. RATS ONE LIFE

MFR. RAT was cornered and he
1V1 knew if he tried to use force
with big Mr.. Tom Cat he would come
to grief, so he used his wits, thinking
to gain time and by SO doing he might
save his life.
Before you take me-" said Mr.. Rat,
81 should like TO know, Mr.. Tom, If
ii is true that you have nine lives.
81 have often heard this, but have
never believed it, and should like to
know before die from your own lips
the truth of this matter"
"It is quite true" replied Tom. 81
have six lives left. Once 1 was thrown
into pond and came home. Another
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
The Beard IN DRAINS

To dream you have a long beard
denotes long life. If black. you will
have great troubles. If red, shame
and disgrace win follow you. If white,
cunning and success in your undertake
ings. To pull or shave the beard be-
tokens loss sand disappointment. If a
young lady dreams she has a beard,
she will marry well. To dream you
are beardless is sign of riches. To
wash the beard is an omen of sadness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
SPRAY POTATOES NOW
Season for Beetles and Blights Is Here
Materials Cheaper


The season for potato, beetles and
blights is here. says DIR. b. +. Lutman.
professor of plant pathology at the Uni-
versity of Vermont and State Agricul-
tural College The first brood of beetles
has Matched out and in a few weeks
blight is possible. The leaves of the
plant should be completely covered ut
this first spraying as these early leaves
lie near the ground and are very sub
iect TO the first attacks of the blight,
Later sprayings should be made at inter
walls of two weeks to protect the new
growth and to replace the spray mixture
washed off by the rain. The foliage must
be kept covered at all times and as late
in the season as any of IL is still green.
Good spraying may be done with a
knapSack sprayer or barrel -outht on
small areas, but for five Or~more acres n
traction sprayer that will develop a high
pressure and cover four to six rows at n
time is more economical.
Nothing equals the standard home
made Bordeaux mixture for potato
blight. Make a solution of FIVE pounds
of copper sulphate in 10 gallons of wa
fer: do likewise with the lime; add 80
gallons of water to the copper sulphate
solution: then add the lime solution.
Never mix the lime and copper sulphate
solutions in concentrated form. One half
pound Ito q pound) of Paris green or
two pounds of dry arsenate of lead
should be added to XIII the Colorado bee
tie and other eating insects.
Spraying costs less this year than it
has for long time. Copper sulphate is
worth S6l10c a pound wholesale 12M15c
retail and unSiaked lime about 2M3c a
pound. One hundred to $50 gallons of
spray mixture will cover an acre so the
materials should not cost over $500 or
Sc. 90 for one application per acre or SO
TO S13 per acre for the season, This is
cheap protection for a crop worth 500
to $500.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
Beauty Chats
By EDNA KENT FORBES
THE BEST EXERCISE

IF ONE has a few moments a day
Il to devote TO exercises for increas-
ing ones beauty, the very best that
can be selected is the trunk raising
movement. OF course. every woman
should take at least ID minutes every
morning for general exercise, and the
daily bath, but most women are re-
luctant TO spend even so little a pc
Rod on self development.
The trunk raising, however, can be
performed in a kimono or nightrobe,
before the clothing and cOrsets are
put on. Lie fiat on the floor, with
the feet supported under some heavy
object, and, placing the hands on the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., L. w.
cleveland, s. L. Purinton lEsteyville)'
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand Gilbert J. Pollica, @ South Main ST.
Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwells
East Dummerston, NJ. E. Brown
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
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Mortified, Mass, Thompson Bros.
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Hinsdale, N. H., w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
WEDNESDAY. -JULY 13, 1921.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
Today's Events

Many World war veterans are expected
in Milwaukee today to attend the second
annual reunion and convention of the So
ciety of the Third Division.
One hundredth anniversary of the birth
of Gen. Nathan b. Forrest, the Conteder-
ate commander whom General sherman
declared to be the most remarkable man
fine Civil war produced on either side.
Definite recommendations for legislation
to help relieve the housing shortage VIII
be made by Senator Calder of New York
today in an address, before the convention
of the national association of real estate
boards in Chicago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

was Mr.. Prouty's loyalty and love for his
native state. Notwithstanding that his
work called him away from Vermont and
kept him away for the greater part of
the year, he had maintained a home in
his native place on the shore of Lake
Memphremagog and it was his delight to
return to that home each summer to enjoy
the pleasures of revisiting old scenes and
seeing old friends. Mr.. Prouty was still
Vermonter- although his call to service
had been from afar. So, while elated over
the success of Mr.. PrOuty in national af-
fairs, Vermont people felt particular
pleasure in the fact that Mr. Prouty was
still one of them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

time l tumbled off the limb of a tree
and fell into a hogshead of water and
was rescued, and once some bad boys
stoned me and left me for dead, but
/ came back and here l am"
'Well, well, l shall have to believe
you, Mr.. Tom," said Mr.. Rat, "but
how l should love to really see you
die and come to life! That would be
most interesting.
Suppose now you should jump into
that meal box with the cover open,
and 1t should close and smother you,
do you think you would come to lifeT'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
She Meant Well.

To say the fitting thing in acknowl-
edgment of a favor is something of a
tax on the conversational powers Of
most people; when the recipient is I'M
familiar with the conventional phrases
used or gets confused in using them,
comical situations occur, as in this in
stance repated in Harper's Magazine.
Two sisters of a deceased cook called
to acknowledge the flowers sent
by the family. 1--WE came to thank
you for those beautiful flowers that
you sent for sister," said the elder
woman; and then, with a little slut
ter. she added. land we hope soon to
be able to return the fayor."-From
the Outlook.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
June in Vermont.
(Rutland Herald.)

June was an exceptional month for
weather. With a maximum temperature
of 90 degrees (official) and a minimum of
30 degrees (near freezing) there was a
temperature range that gives some idea of
what our climate really can do. As for
the drought, now happily broken, the total
of 1.32 inches of rainfall tells the story.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

hips, raise the body to a sitting pos
ture, with the trunk bent well for
ward. Lie down again slowly, and
rise once more, and repeat this sew
eral times. Inhale as you go down,
exhale as you rise.
This exercise gives the desired
slender classic lines, to the shins,
groins and stomach. Authorities say
that if every young woman did this
exercise a dozen times a day, pro-
tracted and painful childbirth would
be done away with-except in cases
where the organs are contracted.
Some give the exercise without sup
port to the feet, the best authori-
ties agree that this way the results
are very slight. With the feet sup
ported the pull comes on the abdom-,
inal muscles, reducing all extra flesh
there and adding strength.
The body must be raised steadily
and slowly, jerky motions will not do
any good.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
T0daY's Anniversaries.

/ 7S3-Gen. Arthur St Clair became. gOvs
= ernor of the Northwest Territory.
1S21-Junius Brutus Booth made his
first American appearance, at
Richmond, Va.
1S37-Oueen Victoria first took up her
residence in Buckingham Palace.
1S46-Fire destroyed 300 houses in the
town of Nantucket, Mass
1S55-Ohio's first Republican state con-
vention met at Columbus.
1S63-Beginning of the draft riots in New
York city.
1S71-Bankrupt peers We're prohibited
from sitting and voting in the Brit
ish house of lords.
1S74-Attempt on the life of Prince Bis
narck by Kullmann.
1S96-Porfirio Diaz was reelected prcsi
dent of Mexico without opposition
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
Today's Birthdays.

Carl f. NIiliken. former governor of
Maine. born at Pittsfield, Me, H years
ago today.
DIR. George Leslie Onwake, president of
Ursinus college. born at Greencastle, Pa,
30 years ago today.
Mary f. Woolley, president of Mount
Holyoke college, born at South NOrwalk,
Conn. IS years ago today.
Sidney Webb, emient English economist
and writer on social and industrial prob
lens. born in London, 60 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
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TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
The Candid Hostess.

do make yourself at home. la
dies" said the futtering bride when
a group of friends called to congrat-
ulate her on her marriage. I'm at
home now and want you all to be-
American Legion Weekly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
Let the League Do 1t.
(St. Albans Messenger J

Now comes Prof Charles Kirschoff.
who predicts that owing to the influence
of certain stars, which will be felt with
an effect as powerful as that which the
moon exerts on the tides, there is going to
be a harvest of twins and tripletS during
the next six years. This matter, it seems,
should be taken up at once with the
league of nations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
AN ACTORS MARRIAGE RULES.

Stage folk are frequently accused of
frivolity with regard to marriage, yet
Frederick Warde and his wife, both
stage favorites for many year, have
just celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary. At the celebration Mr.. Warde
gave the secret for a happier married
life for stage folk 1t sounds like a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

The worst thing about a summer ses-
sion is that it subjects congress to all of
the hot-weather cussing. But congress
should bear up, rejecting on what relief
it gives the public.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

d Don't laugh at the war department for
asking an alleged Stacker to prove that
he's dead. Many mans a dead one, and
won't admit it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

The mysterious death of four cows on
a st. JOhnsbury golf course naturally
raises the question whether they met
their fate at the 10th hole.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
One Year Ago Today.

In Buenos Aires snow fell for the sec
ond time in 30 years.
British organized labor demanded the
recall of troops in Ireland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
despatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

Why expect public men from so dry a
country as this to speak soberly when
they get to England?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

The difficulty about the Irish question
IS that there are three sides to it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

Separate accommodation is now pro-
vided in the audiences for men and women
in motion-pieture theaters in Madrid.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
A MOTHERS CAMP.

WEDNESDAY. JULY Is, 1921.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
Line Forms at the RIaht.

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Evening star., 1921-02-20
KN|CKS HAVE STAR FIVE
Will Play Aloysius Basketers
Tuesday Night and Potomac
Council February %.

knickerbocker Clubs newly organ
lied basket ball team will invade Com
zaga gymnasium Tuesday night to
clash with the Aloysius Clubs big
tion sends into the fray team select
ed from the list of stars it claims to
have corralled. the churchmen are in
for a lively tilt. Martin, former Hill
top player; Formosa, who played on
the Georgetown foot ball team last
basketer, and Jack Sullivan, another
gridiron celebrity, are among the men
in the knicks' squad.
Potomac Council quint, undefeated
champion Of the Knights of Columbus
League, also will be tackled by the
uled for February %. and will be de-
cided in the Coliseum court
Walter Reed Hospital basket ball
teams scored three victories last week.
The Reconstruction Aids took the
measure of the Rockville High School
girls in 6 to 2 battle; the Student
Nurses outplayed the Navy Yard girls
in % to Is match, and the mems
quint nosed out the Boiling Field
Aviators. 81 to 20. The Student Nurses
would like to play girls team Friday
night and are anxious to schedule
ager David Adamson, 1918 Dogwood
street, Takoma Park, d. c., or tele.
phone Columbia 446.
Maccabee Athletic Club will end its
basket ball season with the following
games: February %. Alexandria Ath-
letic Club at Eastern High gym
nasum; 25, Clinton Athletic Club at
Surrattsville. Md: %, Linwo-th Ath-'
letic Club at Linworth gymnasium;
March 2. U. S. College Of Veterinarians
at Eastern High gymnasium; 5. Engi-
neers at Washington barracks: s,
Kendall School at Kendall Green; II,
Navy Yard at Naval Reserve Armory;
Is, Navy Yard at Eastern High gym
naSium.
Herdic Athletic Club, with a Is to
victory over the Duluths to his credit.
wants further action with 95-pound
teams.
Warwick Midgets pointed the way to
the Dodges in a 16 to 10 game. Sappey
starred for the winners.
Eastern Juniors vanquisifed the
Yankee Juniors, 46 to 25. Locke. as
sisted by the good floor play of Moore
and Voegler made fourteen field goals.
Company A, National Guard, was an
easy proposition for the Railroad Ad-
ministration basketers in 52-to-14
game. The contest was decided in the
armory court at 5th and l. streets.
stanton Athletic Club triumphed in
two basket ball games. defeating the
Tiger Athletic Club. 81 to IL, and De-
troit Athletic Club. 10 to S.
Evening star., 1921-02-20
TOSSERS ON FINAL LAP
District Colleges End Season This
Week With Twelve Games, Only
One of Them Here.

District colleges end their 1920-21
basket ball campaign this week. and of
the twelve contests listed only one is
10 be decided on local floor. George
Washington are to take brief trips.
while Gallaudet will complete it's tour
Tuesday. The match between Villanova
and Catholic University at Brookland
SATURDAY is all offered followers of the
A nearby engagement that will in
terest District folk is on the weeks
program, however. When Army and
Navy clash in the court at Annapolis
SATURDAY afternoon each of the service
representatives will have hosts of
Washington supporters at hand. Both
teams have done well this season, and
their meeting should result in a great
championship battle. Joe Deering.
former District basket ball official, will
referee.
Georgetown ends it's season with a
trip to western Pennsylvania. The Hill
toppers open against Pittsburgh Tues
Gay night, go to Beaver Falls Wednes-
day to play Geneva, then have a match
with Grove City Thursday, and wind up
with Carnegie Tech Friday. The Blue
and Gray will leave Washington with a
clean slate for the season, but they will
be fortunate to escape defeat on foreign
floors
Three games are ahead for George
Catholic University. The Hatchetites
encounter Navy at Annapolis Tuesday,
Roanoke at Salem Wednesday and Vir-
ginia polytechnic Institute at Blacks
burg Thursday. The Brooklanders go to
Richmond tomorrow to play Virginia
Military Institute, and meet Loyoia in
Baltimore Friday. They close the sea
son. at Brookland the following day
against Villanova
Gallaudet's quint has two more en-
gagements on it's northern trip. The
New York Silents are to be their op-
ponents tomorrow night in New York,
then the Kendall Greeners will cross to
Brooklyn Tuesday for clash with st.
Johns College.
Evening star., 1921-02-20
GU|LLEMOT BEATEN
BY THREE YANKEES
Ray, Higgins and Romig Out
run Frenchman in 5000
Meter Special Event.
M ,ADIsON SQUARE GARDEN,
W NEW YORK, February, d.
4 -Ioie Raw of the Illinois

IN n
W NEW YORK, February, ID.
4 .-Joie Ray of the Illinois
A. c., Chicago, Americas best mid
dle-distance runner, won the inter
national 3,000-meter special race at
the Guaranty Clubs indoor games IN
Madison Square Garden tonight.
This was the special event in which
the Olympic 5.00O-meter winner,
Corp. Josef Guillemot, came from
France to compete.
For half the distance Guillemot was
in second place, about twenty yards
behind Ray. who led practically from
start to finish. Walter Higgins or Co
lumbia passed the French soldier at
the beginning Of the tenth lap, which
was a little more than half the dis
tance of the race. John J. Romlg OF
Penn State College forged ahead of
the Frenchman at the beginning or
the fourteenth lap. and from that to
the finish the order was Ray. Higgins,
Romig and Guillemot.
Ray won handily by fifty yards:
Higgins, in second place, was a hai1
lap ahead of Romig and fully three
quarters in front of Guillemot.
The time was 8.41 1-5. The indoor
world record for this distance is s.35.
made by George v. Bonhag Of New
York in Brooklyn. December Is, 1911.
Other leading events resulted as fol-
lows:
1.oO0yard run-won by Tom Campbell. Yale;
Harold Cutbill. Boston A.. A.. second: Sid Les
lie. unattached. New York. third. Time, 216.
Medley sprint special: three events 60. 10
and so yards-Won by Loren Murchison Hi
nois A c.; Ed Farrell, Brooklyn College, sec
ond; Bernie .wefers. jr.. New York A. C.:
third. Murchison won at 90 and 10 yards and
ran a dead heat with Farrell in the so. The
times were 0.O6 3-5. O.07 Is (equaling world $
record) and 0Oo 80.
Intercollegiate medley relay. $50. 90. 440
yards one mile-Won by Yale tSweetz. T. Cox,
T. Campbell and H. Hilles); Harvard tGour-
din. Chutt. Wharton and O'ConnelD. second:
Columbia tGraeb Burtt, MarzOlf and LOwen-
kopf). third. Time. Isl A.. ar .-
The Frenchman's showing was a
disappointment to the spectators. He
was handicapped somewhat by an in
jury to his right foot. suffered in
training early in the week. 1t was
also his fast appearance on a board
floor track. --. -..
Intercity mile relay-won by Philadelphia
team Jack, Trout, Irwin and Rogers): Boston,
second; New York. third. Time. 3.32 As.