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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
Odd Items Around the
Store

Hamburg FlOuncings,
30 Per Cent OF
Lace Trimmed Scarfs and Squares for
table or bureau,
One-Fourth OF
Infants Knit Goods. 0ne-Third OF
Outing Flannel Night Robes. $500
81. > qualities, white on eoi0rs. Reg
ular md large sizes.
Sale Price S1.9S
s.. 9S-S4.5O quality Sale Price S2.4o
Sf.5O-S1.9S Children's Outing Robes,
Sale Price Csc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
Beacon Bath Robe Blankets

S6.9S Bath Robes =. Sale Price $1.9S
SIPS Bath Robes -. Sale Price S5.9S
SO. 75-S10.0 90 Bath Robes.
Sale Price $6.SS
$3.50 Bath Robes -. Sale Price SS.75
S15.75 Terry Bath Robes.
Sale Price S1O.3S
81. S FlanneIette KiTnonos.
Sale Price S1.SS
$3.50 Children's Beacon Bath Robes. 1
TO 3 years ......... Sale Price 75c
Corduroy and Crepe KimonOs.
Sale Price 0ne-Third OF
Children's Wool Serge
Dresses
S6.9S-S7.5O Dresses, Sale Price S4.9S
S9.9S-Sf2.75 Dresses, Sale Price S7.9S
Children's Coats
Were S12.9S to $500. Ages s to 16.
Sale Price S7.9S to S11.9S
Lot Chiidren's Coats. all lined. Were
up to $1,000. Ages . TO 6 years.
Sale Price S4.9S
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
Indian Head

49c 36-in. indian Head, Sale Price gee
65c film. Indian Head, Sale Price $50
75c shin. Indian Head, Sale Price 45c
49c Endurance Cloth. Sale Price 29c
zoe 44-in. Best Plain VoiIes,
Sale Price 49c
soc Plisses .......... Sale Price soc
use Shifting Madras. Sale Price 39c
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14

itQuUi oHttIs' oIA5u: SVIu N ISL %
Pequ0t Sheets. SIN99, Sale Price S1.S9
use PequOt 36X42 Slips,
Sale Price 45c
S2.79 S1x90 Sheets. heavy quality,
Sale Price S1.49
50 50 S1x99 Sheets. heavy quality.
Sale Price S1.S9
45c 36x43 Pillow Slips. Sale Price 29c
65c 36x45 Hemstitched Slips.
Sale Price 15c
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
Glove Department

COMES IN FOR BIG MARK DOWN
So. 50-S3.9 S MOchas and Heavy SUICIDES,
lined or unIined -. Sale Price SOS
50. OO-S2. so Cape Gloves. COIOrS and
white. 4 great bargain,
Sale Price $1.43
81. 5O-S1.75 Grewens Cloth Fabric
Gloves. Fit just like kids,
Sale Price CSC
75c Jersey Fleeced Gloves,
Sale Price 49c
59c Cashmere Gloves Sale Price 39c
S1.75-S1.9S Wool Gauntlet Gloves.
Sale Price S1.49
$3.50 Misses Wool Gauntlet Gloves,
Sale Price CSC
75c-S9c Boys Knit Gloves.
Sale Price sec
Many Other Special Glove Mark Downs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
Dry Goods and CiOakings

S1.9S Navy Wool Serge, 3G-inch.
Sale Price S1.29
S3.GO Navy Wool Serge, 5O-inCh.
Sale Price S2.49
SS.75 Navy Wool Serge. 5O-inch,
Sale Price S2.75
$3.50 Navy Wool Serge, 54-inch.
Sale Price $40
$3.50 Silk and Wool Poplins. 4O-inch.
Sale Price S1.9S
$500 Sill POpIins, Sale Price S1.25
$3.50 Wool Plaids and Stripes. 54[ineh.
Sale Price $3.50
$3.50 Wool PIaids, 54-inch.
Sale Price 1918
$500 Wool PIaids. 5f-inch.
Sale Price $3.50
SOS Heather Mixtures, 54-inch.
Sale Price S1.9S
SIS All Wool Checks. navy and brown,
Sale Price S1.25
$3.50 Wool ClOaking. brown only,
Sale Price S4.9S
$3.50 Wool CiOaking. brown and navy.
Sale Price 1918
Sc. O Wool CIOaking. brown only.
Sale Price 1918
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
COmfOrtables

$3.50 Down Quilt.
Sale Price S1O.9S
81. 50-SS.50 Comforts, mixed wool filling,
Sale Price S4.9S, S5.9S
Sc. 50-S7.5 80 Comforts, satteen covered;
new felted cotton filling,
Sale Price $3.50. $3.50
$3.50 Large Size Comforts, :
Sale Price SOS
SO. rs Beacon Indian Blankets,
Sale Price SOS
$40. 90 Beacon Indian Blankets,
Sale Price SS.9S
$3.50 Beacon Army Blankets,
Sale Price 1913
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
Hand Bags

Lot Plush and Silk Bags up to 81 .9s.
Sale Price S1.49
LOt Real Leather Bags. up to 81. 90.
Sale Price 75c
All Plush and Silk Bags,
~0ne-FOurth Discount
Lot of Neckwear. lace and 0rgandie
Collars and Sets, One-Third Discount
SIS 8 Plush or Suede Tams.
Sale Price csc
Bed Spreads. entire stock.
20 Per Cent Discount
$500 Knit PetticOats,
Sale Price S1.49
$1.25. $50. Sf75 Outing Flannel Pet
~ticoats. long or short. Sale Price Csc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14

AT a RADICAL MARK DOWN
S7.9S All Wool Serge and POplin Skirts.
Small Lot. Navy and blue,
Sale Price S4.9S
Serge. CheViOt and Plaid Skirts. Were
ND to Sf5. 9S $500. Sale Price S7.SS
Plaid and Serge Skirts. Were up TO
$40 =. Sale Price S10.oS
Beautiful $685. 90 Plaid Skirts. Newest
Sale Price SLABS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
Corset Specials

To Close Out Several Discontinued
Numbers
$5.O0-S6.50 La Grecque Cersets.
Sale Price $3.9S
~S4.OO-$i.J0 Warmers C0rsets.
Sale Price SOS
$500 Warmers COrsets. nearly all sizes
to 20 in the lot. Sale Price S1.9S
s. .00-S1.25 Model Brassieres. three
styles, 40. fl, IA, 46.
Sale Price sec
Soc Model Brassieres, sizes %. 81. SO. 80.
10. A, Sale Price sec
$500 Model BraSsieres. nearly all sizes.
Sale Price csc
20 Per Cent Discount on All Corsets
during the sale.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
Blankets

GO IN THE GENERAL SLAUGHTER
BIG STOCK TO CHOOSE FROM
$5.9S WoOlnap Plaid Blankets,
Sale Price 1915
So. IS Best Wool Finish Plaid Blankets,
Sale Price S4.9S
$3.50 Cotton Blankets,
Sale Price S1.75
$2.75 Cotton Blankets,
Sale Price S1.9S
S3.75 64x90 Cotton Blankets.
Sale Price S2.69
$3.50 WOOInap Blankets,
Sale Price $3.9S
$3.50 72XS4 Cotton Blankets.
Sale Price 1925
$3.50 72xS4 Woolnap Blankets,
Sale Price S4.75
SOS Wool Finish blankets,
Sale Price 1913
$3.50 Part Wool Blankets,
Sale Price $3.50
$1,000 Wool Blankets.
Sale Price S6.9S
$1,000 Wool Plaid Blankets.
Sale Price $6.9S
All of Our Better Wool Blankets up to
Sf7.50 ........ 0ne-F0urth Discount
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-14
Economy Sale of Silks

S2.s8 Georgette Crepes. 36-inch,
Sale Price $3.50
SOS Taffetas, 36-inch.
Sale Price $3.50
So. 9S MesSalineS, 36-inch.
SaIe Price $3.50
$3.50 Wash Satins, white and pink,
Sale Price $40
Sale Price S1.75
49, Best Crepe de Chimes. 40-inch.
Sale Price $3.50
$3.50 Skinner Satins.
Sale Price $3.50
S4.9S Skinner Dress Silks and Taffetas.
Sale Price $2.75
$50 Wash Satins 800. Sale Price Csc
81. IS 4O-inch CharmeuSc. black and col
Ors .............. Sale Price $3.50
sa.25 Acc. and ModeIle Silks.
Sale Price roc
1925 Figured Kimono Silks.
Sale Price Csc
S1.75 Natural POngee Silk.
Sale Price S1.25
Lot of So % Plaid and Stripe Silks.
Sale Price SLIGO
Sale Price S1.9s
$3.50 Dress Satins. 36-incI. black or
col0rs .......... Sale Price $3.50
So. rs Black Peau de Sole, 36-inch,
Sale Price $3.50
So rs Black Taffeta, 36-incI
Sale Price S2.43
$3.50 Black Peau de Cygne. 36-inch.
Sale Price $50
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02
TONY sARG's MARIoNETrEs
 DRAW CROWDED HOUSE

Tony Sarg and his mar ionettes made an attraction that left not seat of over TOO vacant Friday night at the Com raunity house on Church street for the second in the series of entertainments under the auspices of the Womans Guild of the United Congregational church.
 The little puppets gave marvelously lifelike presentation of Washington Irv- ing's Rip Van Wrinkle. Every character in the well known story uss there and P was often difficult to believe that they were not alive, so perfectly was the timing of the action of the little figures and the speaking of the invisible actors who gave them tongue arranged. Rips dog parked. wsgEed his tail. happed his ears and jumped around in the dog fashion. Mrs. Rips pig was a veritahle pig. Rip was the likeable old eood-for- nothing of the story and Mrs. Rip was the keen-tongued berater of her easy. going husband.
 Complete scenic effects. carried out with true art, added to the illusion of re- ality and the great merit of the produc- ton, which was entnusiastically applaud ed at every scene.
 Tony sarg himself was given a burst of applause when he made one appear. ance on the stage, a veritable giant among the pygmy folk of his creation that had given the audience delightful evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02
Australia is Wet

Observation has proved that. with few exceptions, the heaviest rains are along the Pacific coast. to the north of 30. degrees south latitude. the falls being regulated by the difference in elevation of the shores and the chains of mountains on which the rain winds blow from the northern border of New outh Wales to Thursday Island. On the northwest coast of West Austral- ia the prevailing winds blow from the interior of the continent and the result is the liEhtest coastal rain. in the commonwealth. Westerly winds are responsible for the reliable. if light rains. enjoyed in season by the whole of Tasmania, the southwest of West Australia, the southeast of South Australia and the major portions of Victoria.
 The wettest part of Australia is be- tween Port Douglas and Cardwell on the northeast coast of Queensland, where at three stations the average rainfall is 1ls to 155 inches. At Goond the maximum fall was 2l153 inches in 1894 and on four occas sions the 200 mark has been passed. notably in 1910, when 204 inches were re- corded.
 The dryest known part of the con tinent is the Lake Eyre district-the only part Of Australia below sea level. | Here the annual average is but five ' inches. and the fall is rarely above | ten inches in the course of year. For
 some time it was held that the dryesi ! part of the country was the inland | district of West Australia. but ob-
 seryations. over a period Of ten years
 show that the average is from ten tc
 twelve inches.-Sydney Australia | Times,
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02
ROGUE AUXILIARY WHIST
 AND DANCE AT BUCKINGHAM

There was an attendance of over a hundred at the whist held Friday evening at Buckingham Memorial by Irving Bogue Auxiliary tn Fletcher Post, No. 4, American Legion. The whist which was the first held by the auxiliary was highly successful.
 Play lasted from SIS until about 1o.so o'clock when the prize winners were an- nounced as follows: Green counters. Mrs. J. T. King. first; P. H. Wilson. second |: George Kramer consolation. Yellow counters-A. E. Fleming, first: Mrs. Ste phen Walsh. second. Mrs Walsh and MT. Fleming were tied, Mir Fleming taking ir-t prizs on the cut
 Following the whist dancing was en- joyed. Miss Cecile Stevens presiding at the pianos punch and cookies were serv- ed. Mrs. George Frazier was chairman Of the general committee which com prised Mrs. Mildred weeden. Mrs. Clar- | ence Auburn, Mrs Abell and Miss Hazel I Fletcher.
 The scorers were Mrs. Clarence Am burn, Mrs: Howard Benjamin, Miss Mary shannon, Mrs. Rusc"ll and Mrs. John Bowman. The p' /l was prepared by Mrs. Mildred Wel.en and Mrs. B. c. Pullen. Mir. PuIlen was in charge of the ticket table
 The committee will make a report on the whist at the regular meeting of the auxiliary which will be held Monday eve. ming in the Legion rooms at the Stead 1 block.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY

The Monday Auction club met this week with Mrs. Franklin S. Wilcox. Mrs. Frank Lester of Slaterville, R. L, is the guest of Mir and Mrs. Frederic H. Cranston.
 Mrs. Allen Cleworth and Mrs w Rus sell Baird entertained informally Friday afternoon.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles C. Elwell, IT,, of New Haven have been guests of Mir. and Mrs. Albert H. Chase.
 Mir. and Mrs. Leonard o. Smith have returned to their home. Oldelms, after passing the season in Florida.
 Miss Margaret Sayles. student at Mary Lyon school. Swarthmore, Pa, is at home for ten days vacation.
 Miss Eloise Smith, a student at Bald- win school. Bryn Mawr. is spending the Easter vacation at her. home, Oldelms.
 Mir and Mrs. William T. Crandall have returned. after spending the weekend in New Haven as guests of MT. and Mrs Arthur Gates.
 Thomas c. Brown, a member of the faculty at Dartmouth, has been spending the vacation at the home of his parents Rev and Mrs. J. Eldred Brown.
 Following the concert at Slater Hall Wednesday evening, Professor and Mrs Frank L. Farrell entertained a few musi- cal friends to meet Josef Lhevinne, tht Russian pianist
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02
Scholars

What is scholarship? So far as the physical appearance of the scholar is in question. any college student can answer at once. The traditional schol- ar resembles an ordinary man suffer ing with acute dyspepsia; his com plexion is sallow. and his cheeks are sunken: his eyes have the unseeing look of one whose thoughts are direct ed inwards; and if he is blessed with shortsightedness and cold in the nose no undergraduate would hesitate tn call him learned. The general public is equally tolerant of his idiosyncrac- cies. Hemay pass his life gathering unrelated and unimportant facts. child ishly delighted with mere acquisition. provided only that he exhibits no sense of humor and is free from com mon sense. What such a being writes, the man in the street admiringly con- fesses is beyond hin1-and he goes 10 the movies. He would easily rather acknowledge ignorance of any subject than pay the penalty of having 10 read the books. So the scholar" is both honored and ignored by his own gen. eration.-John NJ. Berder in The L4t- erary Review.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02
ACKNowLFDGE GIFTS TO
 ROC KNooK CHILDREN's HOME

The Rock Nook CLiIdren's Home grate- fully acknowledges gifts from the follow in gpersons: Mrs William Allen. Mrs. Wallace S. Allis. Mrs. Willis Austin, Cas- par Bailey, Mrs. Gurdon Bailey, Mrs. William Blackstone. Miss Janet Black stone, Mrs. F. A. Byrnes. Mrs. J. D. Hall. Mrs. William Hough, Mrs Mary c. Lucas s. Miss Mary Osgood. Mrs. BsI hmin Pal mer, Mrs Frank Pullen, Iohn Sherman. Mrs. L. O. Smith, MT. Sml,h of Franklin, Mrs. Frank Wilson, MrH. Frank L. Wood ard and The Community Workers.
 Efficient Business Methods.
 Efficient business methods demand that all correspondence be correctly address ed. This ap. / also to orr social corres- pondence. business men do not guess at the 4 ress of a patron. A bad guess might mean loss of business. Nei- ther will the careful hostess guess at the addresses of her prospective house guests and friends.
 Few. mighty few, letters of any kind are incorrectly addressed when the praop- CT address is available.
 Good business practice nowadays de. mands that we be as sure of the tele- phone number we want as we are of the address we place on letter.
 It takes but littIe time to assure our. selves that we know the telephone mum. Der we want. To do so means a saving oi time to ourselves. to busy telephone oper. ators and tU the person who otherwise might be unnecessarily called. Moreover calling the wrong person disturbs tn, smooth conduct of the service, ruffles you temper and the temper of the persor wrongly called.
 The practice of taking telephone mum bers from old billheads, letterheads or business cards is dangerous to your peac of mind. This is especially so in large communities where telephone numbe changes may necessarily be made at in tervals to improve the service, or upon subscribers change from party to [ single line.
 Tho right way to obtain the right tele phone numbers of those you wish to cal is to consult the current telephone direc tory. This should be done as surely an, as conscientiously as you look up an ad dress. It is an obligation you eve you | friends and yourself.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02
Cut Force at Groton Iron Works.

According to report of the New London Ship and Engine company and of the Electric Boat corporation, in a retrench- ment process. of both concerns, between 250 and 300 have been laid off for an in- definite period since week ago last Mon- day. A majority of the above number were laid off Wednesday and Thursday, and more were laid off Friday. It is said by former employees that the reduction will reach the point where less than 100 men will be employed a tthe two plants.
 Information About Comstock Wanted.
 Mayor E. Frank Morgan of New Lon don has received a letter fror- L. O. Mordt, Arcadia, Fla, asking for informa- ton regarding William c. and Charles Comstock, believed to have formerly lived in or, near New London and who were believed to have been in charge of hotel somewhere in New London county. From the tone of the letter it is believed by the mayor that an inheritance awaits the brothers. It is considered possible that some of the older people in the county can recall the brothers, if they ever lived I'here, and can send word to MT. Mordt to that effect
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02
School Life in France

Some outstanding marks of differ ence between the French and the Eng fish, or, for that matter. the Ameri- can schoolboy, are evident at once, though in noticing them we taEe due account that we are seeing the school through a temperament. Athletics, outdoor sports of all kinds Nare the main interest of French youth at present; but. following M. Chadourne, in the clerical schools, the games are rather languid affairs, and one Of the dreariest forms of taking exercise ever invented is still maintained long walks in patches of two or three dozen, under the eye of a priest In the French school, boys seem to be taken at their face value; there seems to be little or no snobbery. such as disfigures many English schools, nd is dwelt on by Thackery and others. Chadourne says the boys detest the uniform they are obliged 10 wear: but many boys at expensive schools whose parents cannot afford to dress them well. are wounded because of their clothes, whereas the uniform puts them on the same level.-Nincente O'Sull- van in The Literary Review.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02
OPINION ON NEAR-BEER GIVEN
 To cOUET CONMISsIoNERS

The county commissioners of Connecti- cut have received legal opinion that may cause a revolution in the handling anc sale of near beer" and similar beve- rages under the laws of the state of Con necticut without regard to the VolstAao act.
 This opinion is to the effect that under the statutes of Connecticut as at present constituted, every person engaged in sell ing 'snear beer or fermented cider o1 similar beverags, without regard to the amount of alcohol, is required to have regular liquor license issued by the county commissioners. Every person en- .,aged in the manufacture of such bev- crages is equally uQder the Jurisdiction of the commissioners. And all persons now engaged in manufacturing or vend- ing these beverages are violating the law and are amenahle to arrest and severe penalties, says Re Bridgeport Post
 A liquor license irday costs s750 per annum and there are now no licenses In existence. Should this new ruling hold good and be enforced. all applications for licenses will come before the county com missioners as new business, and there will be no renewals The commissioners will thus have 1t in their jurisdiction to decide what place is proper for the sale of near beer and what place unsuitable what person is suitable and what person not, and all the laws will be enforceable as, before through regular liquor prose cutors in towns and cities.
 This matter kas come up through the discovery that the Connecticut statutes regulating the sale of "spirituous and in. toxicating liquors," including beers and ales, do not define such liquors alone by the alcoholic content. but by the procesl by which they are made. Thus no dis tinction is made between near beer and real beer. but under Connection; law. Deer manufactured from hops ana malt or from hops and barley" is de fined as within the scope of the lcens' laws and excise regulation, regardless
 of alcoholic content. Near beer.r whici | contains only one-half of one per cent i of alcohol or less. is thus a subject fo licensing and regulation as much as full | fedged four per cent beer ever war. Furthermore, under the limitation 0
 licenses in Connecticut law. there can h | but one place selling such beer or near
 bear to every 500 of population.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02
wHooPING COUGH AND
 MEASLES IN NJ


 Four cases of whooping cought and one of measles were reported from Norwich last week according to the weekly nor b.ditys report issued by the state depart ment of health. Diseases reported from towns in eastern Connecticut during the week follow: :
 Diphtheria-Jewett City, 1 Somers, 2; Rockville 2; Thompson, ?.
 Scarlet fever-New London, 3; Water ford, 1; Woodstock l.
 Measles-New London 2; Norwich, 1 {; Coventry. 1 ; Mansfield, 1.
 Whooping cough-Groton. 2; Norwich, 4; New London, l; Holland, B.
 With regard to sickness in childhood the report says:
 Childhood, and particularly the pre- school years of the child. is the period wherein most children wage their fight against communicable diseases. It is un- fortunate that so many lose this fight from certain diseases as whoopins cough measles and diphtheria before they reach the age of five years.
 By the method of disease reporting by physicians and health officers started in 1918, the state department of health has been able to prepare certain statistics for 1920, to ascertain the ages wherein sickness occurs and the fatality rates for the age groups. For instance. 3S.e per cent. of all diphtheria cases are ir children in the o-4 year age group, but 6l per cent. of all deaths are in thi, age group.
 In measles the results are more strik ing, for in 1920 54.7 per cent. of all the cases occurred in children less thar years old.
 Whooping cough shows the same az, incidence of diseases as measles. On the other hand. scarlet fever seemi to prevail to the greatest extent dur ing the first few years of school life. 42 i per cent. of all the cases reported bein, ] in the 5-9 year group.
 The highest fatslit yrates of most O these diseases are in the O-4 year az group and indicate that many lives cal be saved if children can be prevente from having diseases during the earl 1 years of life.
 As an example. over 90 per cent 0 deaths from measles and whoopin cough cases in Connecticut are unfor tunately in the O-4 year age group.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-02
BAR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE
 TO PREPARE MEMORIAL

Attorneys Allyn L. Brown, Roderick Douglass, Nelson J. Ayling of Norwitt and John C. Geary and Frank L. Mcclure of New London, have been appointed by William H. Shields, president of the NeN London County Bar, committee to pre- pare and present memorial resolutions on the death of Joseph T. Tanning for many years prominent and successful lawyer in New London county. The resolutions when drafted are to be brought before the county bar and the superior court at an early date for the joint action of the court and bar
 Memorial resolutions upon the late Franklin T. Brown of this city. coroner of the county for many years. and upon William B. Colt of New London will be presented at the same time as those upon Attorney Tanning are brought before the bar associa tion-