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The New York herald., 1921-08-07
of Trains Yields to Demands of Safety and Cost

by great increase in size and
marked the advent of the giant type OF
steamship, the Mauretania and the Lusi-
tania. They quickly took both the east
ward and westward Atlantic records. At
first the Lusitania had shade the better
of the two, but the Mauretania forged
ahead of her and now holds both records
A race Of real giants came next-the
Olympic, the Titanic, sunk on her first voy-
age; the Aquitania, the Imperator, now
the Berengaria of the Cunard Line; the
vaderland, now the Leviathan, and the
Bismarck, to be known as the Majestic.
They ranged in size from $4,000 to $4,000
gross tons, against the 10000 tons OF the
Mauretania, and their horse power ranged
from 10000 to $4,000. They aimed at sus-
tanned speed of about 23 knots, not at
record breaking. AS was the case with
the railroads, the higher speed did not pay.
The other day the newest liner-the Paris
OF the French line-reached New York.
Fast. yes, about 90 knots but purposely
not world beater.
is 1t possible to build faster ships than
the Mauretania?" Mr.. Gibbs was asked He
answered
"Yes, 1t is perfectly possible to-day to
have a ship that will maintain a speed OF
30 knots across the Atlantic so that man
may leave London on Wednesday and
reach New York on Sunday. That is, it Is
mechanically possible; but cost Is another
matter. Cost of construction and opera
tion increases enormously in relation to
speed The Mauretania now pegs along at
% or 23 knots She could go faster, Just
as she used to do but 1t Is more economi-
cal to keep her at the reduced speed.
While we were at war Mr.. Gibbs designed
for the Shipping Board new type OF
steamship. 1000 feet long - that length,
greater than anything now afioat, being
fixed by the limitations of the locks OF the
Panama Canal. The war ended before any
construction was started, and the design
is a Government secret, SO that the archi-
tect cannot talk about IL. But he believes
that such a ship could do better than 80
knots and be operated at profit.
Meanwhile the fastest ships in the world
are the torpedo boat destroyers. They ars
capable OF doing better than 80 knots. Ours
are. anyway.
Typical of one of our fast destroyers Is
the Reid, which made AZ land miles an hour
on her trial trip though she was built in
record time. The fastest that man ever
travelled was in France last spring when
Bernard de Romanet, flying a Spad ma
chine. went over a measured mile at the
rate of 1913 miles an hour-and survived.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
Humiditv the Bane of Man, Is Little Understood

about six inches apart and connected at the
top by a crossbar, to which is fastened
worm gear and connected thereto handle
by which to whirl the instruments. The
bulb Of one thermometer is covered with
piece Of linen. The other is left uncovered.
When an observation" is taken the linen
is thoroughly saturated: the other bulb left
free and dry. The instruments are whirled
at each observation" at as nearly a uniform
rate OF speed as is possible by hand. Any
variation in the rate of speed at which the
instruments are revolved increases or de-
creases the rate of evaporation and causes
the range of readings of the thermometers
to be proportionatey relatively greater or
less Then after the necessary mathe-
matical calculation which is to complete the
work the percentage of humidity is arrived
at which is only approximately correct.
III the method OF obtaining knowledge of
defective at one point IL is reasonable to
believe that 1t is wrong at all points, and It
Is mere guess at the relative proportions
OF heat and moisture.
Although humidity is equally as important
the temperature, the latter has standard
OF measurement; humidity has not.
Humidity has an elastic range-a health
full percentage along the Atlantic or Pacific
coasts would be from so to rs per cent :
any higher continuous percentage would be
beneficial to plant life but enervating to
animal Life. continuous percentage be-
tween 20 and 40 would be too dry for vege-
table but comparatively healthy for animal
life.
In the Central States the range is from
30 to % per cent; in the Southwest Texas.
New Mexico and Arizona from 10 to 45 per
cent. Humidity diminshes with the distance
from the coast. The Rocky Mountain states
are comparatively dry on the eastern slopes.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

densed and precipitated in one form or
another.
Ii not infrequently happens that the
humidity stands at 80 per cent. and no rain
or snow falls. That is the time of physical
suffering particularly in the summer wnen
the temperature is also high.
1t often happens that rain or snow fails
when there Is 60 or 20 per cent. Of humidity.
This shows that II is not necessary for the
humidity to invariably reach 100 per cent
before precipitation occurs.
Humidity naturally causes more physical
discomfort in summer than in winter, be-
cause the capacity OF the atmosphere Tor
holding moisture is greater in the warmer
months. IT Is then that moisture Is evap-
Grated more rapidly and held In suspension
longer due to the increasing heat OF the day,
but unless the evaporation keeps pace with
the increasing heat there will be proper
tionate decrease of humidity. For instance,
IL there Is n temperature OF 20 degrees and a
relative humidity Of 20 per cent. and the
temperature rises as the day advances the
humidity win show corresponding fall ex-
cept there are times when both increase. IL
Is on such occasions. when the sun has gone
down and radiation Of heat from the earth
has practically ceased and the temperature
begins 10 fall, decreasing the atmospheric
capacity for absorption to a point where II
cannot hold all the moisture it had absorbed
storms take place.
SO even after condensation of excess mois-
turc. the temperature having fallen. there
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
Author of "The Weather and How to
Forecast It,"
BY E. B. FARMER" DUNN,

II there is anything that causes a man 70
feel that he is justified in getting rid Of
4 an overload OF un- -ChrisuaniilSe thought
il * to be compelled to swelter, ooze and drip
under high humidity. Mother nature has
been working overtime lately and those OF
us not possessed OF a large vocabulary Of
cuss words have been deprived OF such APP
parent relief and have taken our humid bath
philosophically.
Humidity, one OF the important elements
OF our atmosphere has never been fully
understood. not alone by the layman but by
the meteorologist and scientist. We know
that there is more or less invisible aqueous
vapor In the atmosphere at all times. We
also know that evaporation goes on AZ all
times and under all conditions: otherwise,
at some periods there would not be enough
moisture in the air to sustain vegetable
and animal life. We also know that there Is
a relationship between moisture In sus-
pension and the temperature and that they
are relative. That Is the reason FOR the term
relative humidity.
Humidity. therefore. In it's relative sense Is
governed by temperature The atmosphere
is like a sponge and has capacity for 100 per
cent of moisture. or complete saturation
When that point is reached we are not sur
rounded by water as some people have been
led to believe but that Is all the moisture
that the atmosphere Is capable Of holding.
As evaporation continues some OF that
moisture in suspension IL Immediately con-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
DIALECTS MANY AND VARIED
Genesis OF the Travelling American
May Be Pretty Well Recognized
by His Speech.

survey just completed shows that
33 languages are in daily use in New
York, not including three or four kinds
of English. There is highbrow Eng
lish, lowbrow English and the R-less
variety. besides the strange, inexplica-
BILE cockney kind, which gives all "er''
sounds the sound of "oi." We say in
applicable, for we have never seen ex-
planned Why in certain New York YER
nacular third is "thoid," bird is bold"
and curse is "coise."
Sometime, somewhere, that enuncia-
ton must have begun-whether on the
Bowery or in Harlem or even in Broad
way, nobody seems to know. Was it in
existence In 1860? The New York lit
erature of that era does not seem to so
indicate. The converse of the boot
blacks and Juvenile street sweepers of
the mild and innocuous fiction of those
days reveal almost a Sunday school
diction. The "coise" has swept over
Manhattan since then. 1t came with
the melting pot and may be part of it,
for all we know.
The United States is large enough to
contain q number of dialects and al
ready it does contain them, so that
ones genesis is pretty well distin-
guished by his speech. We know New
England by its 'Ioffing" laugh and they
know us by our 'larfing" one. ASK"
in some parts of the South is as fiat
tened out almost as the "a" in bake"
while still remaining "osk" In Massa-
chusetts.
Our pluribus unum language is
truly that kind, and likely to become
more pluribus as the country grows
older.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
Younq Author Falls Down.

A young author sends me the manu-
script of a story. He claims he has. a
new idea. His new idea" is this: A
young man and woman are married in
the usual way. and, during their hon
eymoOn, love each other with great
devotion.
But In year the young man finds
he has tired of his wife, from seeing
her so much; from too close -associ-
alton. He supposes, of course, that
she has not tired Of him; such a pos
sibility does not enter his mind. How
ever, he resolves to be q square man
and confess to his wife just how he
feels. She also talks frankly, and IT
develops that the wife is as tired of
the husband as the husband is of the
wife.
1 am compelled to report to the
young author that this is no develop
ment of a new fact in life.-E. w.
Howes Monthly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
JAMAICA.

John Barney and family of Rutland
were at 4 w. Buffers the first of the
week
Mrs Baura Noodburn OF Springfield.
LNt.) is guest of her sister, Mrs.
Henry Hamilton
Leon Bemis has been appointed sec
tion boss in place of William Warren,
who died recently.
George Harrington is carrying the
mail for Erie Sargent until someone is
appointed by the government.
Dir. and Mrs. Booker have recently
taken a trip to Montreal, Canada, stop
ping in Canada They arc at their sum
meT home here now.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Goodell and
son, and daughter of Philadelphia came
Tuesday night to visit their cousin,
Mrs. 4. ". Butler, a week.
Mrs. H. Q. Emerson met with an nc.
cidcnt this week While sitting in the
hammock it broke, letting her fall and
strike on her head. For some time it
was thought to be serious but she is
more comfortable
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
TOMBS THAT ARE INDIVIDUAL
Resting Places of Chinese Rulers So
Constructed as to Reveal Char
acter of Occupants.

At the Tung Ling. or Eastern Tombs
of the Manchus, nature has worked
hand in hand with man to produce a
harmonious whole, writes Roy Chap
man Andrews in Asia Magazine. Most
of the trees about the tombs have
been planted, but they have been so
clevcrly chosen and placed that they
look as If they had grown just where.
I'm natures scheme of things, they
ought to be. There is nothing glar-
ingly artificial in the appearance of
the park.
Although the tombs are alike in gen
eral plan, they are at the same time
as individual as were the emperors
themselves. Each is a subtle express
sion Of the character of the one who
sleeps beneath the yellow roof. The
tomb of Ch'ien-Lung. the artist emper-
or. lies not far away from that of
the empress dowager. Stately, beau
tiful in its simplicity. It is an indica-
ton of his life and deeds. In striking
contrast is the palace built by the en-
press, for her eternal dwelling. Ex-
travagantly decorated, vaingloriOusly
declaring to the world the millions
spent upon IT. 1t represents admirably
the personality of the iron-willed ruler
who in life held her place by force
and intrigue and lavish expenditure
and who was determined to be
known, even in death as the greatest
of the great. But a hundred years
from now when Chien-Lung's mausOle-
UNI, like the painting Of an old mas
ter, has been made even more beauti-
full by the touch of age, that of the
empress will be worn and furnished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
TO CONTINUE BONUS FIGHT.
American Legion Not Impressed With
- Shortage Of Funds.

INDIANAPOLIS. July 1.-THE
American Legion will fight on for adjusted
compensation without change in the pro-
visions of it's present program following
the message of President Harding to the
senate urging delayed action, John q.
Emery, Legion national commander, said
in a statement issued from national head
quarters here late yesterday afternoon
The sudden alarm which apparently
has swept over government officials lest
through adjusted compensation the
United States treasury be so depleted as
to mean national calamity will cause no
recession of our activity to bring about
such measure of civil establishment and
material readiustment as we believe to be
for the best interest of the country itself"
Mr. Emery declared.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
CHEAPER BABY CARRIAGES
Manufacturers Secretary Says Prices
Will Be LOwered-New Device.

CHICAGO, July 14.-Amcrican babies
are athletic from birth and they are go
ing to have baby carriages that will make
them more robust and strong. In addi-
ton, the price of bassinette go-carts and
creepers is going to be lower from now
on.
This information comes from w. s.
Ferris of Elkhart secretary of the Ma
tiOnal Baby Vehicle Manufacturers As
sOciation.
Baby may now be lulled to sleep while
in automobile by use of basket swung
from a rail inside the machine Such
sleeping devices are now manufactured
in large quantities, according to O. w.
Selbert. president of the association. As
the birth rate. he says is very high in his
home town, Gardner, Mass. his factory
has big field for its latest developments
in baby carriages.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
From Frying to Flying.

Aviation is occupying n great deal
of attention In Canada these days. 1t
Is highly probable that the helium gas
rising out of the ground in Alberta
and other parts of western Canada
and used in parts of the country for
family cooking will one day be carry
ing English llghter-than-air flying ma
chimes. says Motor Life. 1t has been
reported that there is enough Of this
gus to supply the entire British en-
pIre for many years. 1t lacks only
10 per cent of the weieht-supporting
ability of the highly infiammable n.y.
drogen and is equally satisfactory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
TOWNSHEND.

Miss Mabel Bascomb of Boston is u
guest of her classmate, Miss Eunice
Heath
Harold Sherman of East Dover has
been a recent guest of his sister, Mrs.
Lauren Pike.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lonergan and
child and Mr.. and Mrs, Mendel and
mother, all of New York city, are max
Ing two weeks stay at the home of
Mrs. Bessie Bellinger.
by agreement the three stores in the
village will be closed Tuesday after
Moons through the months of July and
August. The post-office will be closed
on the same afternoon from to p. IN.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Space of New
York city were guests Tuesday and
Wednesday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. f.. :. Wheeler. Mr.. and Mrs
Space are on a walking trip. They win
go from here by way of Peru to Man
chester and Bennington, returning home
by tho Hudson river.
The first degree was conferred on two
and the second degree on four candi
dates at the regular meet of West
River Grange Tuesday evening Re
freshmcnts of lemonade and waters
were served by the July birthday mem
bers. At the next meeting, July -,
the third and fourth degrees will be
conferred and a harvest supper will be
served.
4 farmer of Mills county. Iowa, claims
to have killed 739 rats in little more than
month.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
MARRIAGES.

In Brattleboro. July Il. by Justice Carl
s. Hopkins, Jacob Schick of New York
and Miss Flossie Belle Leavitt of Brat
tleboro.
In Portland, Me-, July II. by Rev.
Martin A. Clary. James A. Dunlevy. for
merly of Brattlcboro, and Miss Josephine
NJ. Cragin of Portland, Me-
In Leomlnster. Mass. July /. by Rev
w. T. Meyer, Certes L. Farnum and
Miss Winifred Booth, both of Leominster
In South Londonderry, July IL. by
Rev Edward Emo, John Capen and Mrs
Mary Louise Hartwell, both of London
derry
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
TO REDUCE DINER PRICES
Meals. ON Trains Will Be Cheaper Says
Dempsey.

CHICAGO. July 14-Dining car prices
have Joined the procession toward a low
er scale. said 7. A. Dempsey, president of
the American Association of Dining Car
superintendent, at their meeting here
yesterday.
There has been a reduction of -
per cent since the war said Mr.. Demp-
sey, and as food prices decrease at the
grocery there will be additional cuts on
the trains"
The convention discussed yesterday
methods of increasing efficiency in dim
ing service and equipment Eighty sup
erintendentS from railroads in all parts
of the country were present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
DUMMERSTON.

Henry Jose of Boston is working for
Leslie Bills.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gould of MarI-
boro, n. H., and Arthur Wallace and
family of keene were at Leslie BLISS
Sunday
Miss Bernice Walker and Miss Eve
lyn Miller went to Green Mountain
camp in West Dummerston Monday for
a two weeks stay.
Mr. and Mrs. John Niles, Thomas and
Joseph Calvin. James Curtin and
Joseph Kent of Putney motored to
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
Sweets Losing Popularity in France.

France has lost its sweet tooth. Re-
cent official statistics show that, be-
cause sugar was unobtainable during
the war. children born between 1914
and 1910 have been educated by their
parents not to require sugar In their
drinks and food.
As result the consumption of sugar
In France has fallen to one-eighth the
pre-war mark.
France has become such an unprofit-
able market for fine chocolates that
nearly all the big manufacturers are
sending nine-tenths of their output to
the United States and South America.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
FALLS AT BERKELEY.
Report Says Pilot and Three Passengers
Are Killed

OAKLAND, Cal, July 14-An air.
plane from the Jacuzzi Bros airplane
factory in Berkeley fell at Modesto, kill
ing the pilot and three passengers today,
according to word received by the Oak
land Tribune
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
CATCH POLICEMAN STEALING.
Old Member of Boston Force Immediate
~ Suspended

BOSTON, July IL - Wilbur F. Har-
by other officers today after detectives
reported having discovered him in uni
form in a South End clothing loft. Sev-
eral shots were exchanged before Har-
lis was captured. Police Commissioner
Curtis Immediately ordered him suspend
ed from the force, of which he had been
a member 20 years
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
CAT SHOOTER KILLS WIFE.
Methuen Man Will BE Charged With
ManSlaughtcT

METHUEN, Mass, July 14.-Mrs.
Placido Galvagno, wounded by her hus-
band yesterday when she said he was
shooting at a cat, died today. Calvagno,
who is awaiting a hearing on a charge of
assault with a dangerous weapon, will
now be charged with manslaughter, au-
thorities said
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
DROPS TO NEW Low POINT
Western Union Breaks Four Points
Mexican Petroleum Drops

NEW YORK, July IA four
point break in Western Union Telegraph
TO the low price of the year was the fea-
ture of the stock market today. Mexican
petroleum after an early rise reacted.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
Undoubtedly.

How did he get rich7" 81 haven't
exact information concerning him, but
I'll venture the statement that he prob
ably made most of his money by mind
ing his own business"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
Transnresaors Alihi

The way of the transgressor, as
general rule. is to blame it on a wom-
another the one who drove" him
to it, or the one who 'lured' him on it.
-Pearson's Weekly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
ALMOST BURIED IN FLOWERS.
Great Demonstration as Carpenter
Boards Steamer for France.

NEW YORK, July 14.-Almost buried
under flowers, Georges. Carpenter smiled
a goodbye today and sailed for home on
the steamship Savoie. 4 have been
treated wonderfully by the American peo-
pie Georges said, but to describe my
appreciation is impossible" The length
of his visit home is uncertain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
BAND CONCERT PROGRAM
To Be Given on Common Tomorrow
Night Mt 3 O'clock

The BrattIeboro Military band will
give the following program on the com
mon tomorrow night at s o'clock:
March, The Baltimore American, Burton
Overture. Aladdin. Robinson
Cornet solo. The Three Star Polka.
+. e. Bagley
Sewal Morse
March. Triumph of the Country, Weiss
Fox trot, (a) Broadway Rose
Selection. The Greenwich Follies of 1920,
Sloane
March. Men of Bronze, Losey
Star SpangIed Banner
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
WHY Circulate Evil Ta,esq

Never tell evil of a man if you do
not know it for a certainty, and If
you know 1t for a certainty then ask
yourself. 'Why should l tell tip
Layater.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
BIRTHS.

In South Vernon. July ,, a son to Mr..
and Mrs. Benz. Gorham.
In Springfield. Mass, July s. a daugh-
ter to Mr.. and Mrs. Lennox Bigelow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14
could Fin a Chair All Rioht.

Dull looking and extremely fat boy
approaches office ager-"Excuse
me. mister. did you advertise for
quick. bright boy to run errands for
you?"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14

Concord, n H., Saturday where they
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Kent until Monday
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-14

4 farmer of Mills county. Iowa. claims
to have killed 739 rats in little more than
q month.