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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

tomobiles have begun cutting corners
again.
What do warnings from the secretary
of state amount to when the local author
tiles neglect to see that such orders are
enforced? Take the matter of 1921
number plates for automobiles, for ex-
ample. The Meddler has it on good au-
thority that the local police officers were
instructed several days ago to get after
drivers who We're running cars with
old number plates attached, but thus far
they seem to be immune even from
friendly warning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
BrattIebOrO Banks.
BARRE Times.)

That BrattlebOro is a rich small town
is proven by the bank statistics of the
town. The six banking institutions of
that town carried total deposits of nearly
thirteen and one-half millions of dollars
IN January l, 1921. Those figures show
why Brattleboro, with a comparatively
small population, is able to go over the
top" so easily when it comes to the
matter of drives for this, that and the
other thing. The deposits increased
approximately a million dollars during
The past year. BrattlebOro is to be con-
gratulated
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
TO TIE SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation OF
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t 10 only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

acumen, and has induced interest in
civic as we'll as in legal and financial
problems. As lawyer he has served
clients that have had anti-sociai aims
and consequences, and at the same time
as man and citizen he has often cham
pioned movements looking to The pub
lie welfare. In his technical knowledge
of finance. law and the inner workings
.of big corporations he has few peers.
and consequently he is well qualified 10
handle the important eases in which be
has now been retained.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
In the DAYS News,

Samuel Untermeyer, who is to be
chief counsel in the prosecution of the
men indicted for alleged extortion and
other violations of the law in conuec-
ton with the building combination
in New York, is of a Virginian
Jewish family. who grew up in
New York city. was educated at
the College of the City of New York
and at Columbia university, and set
tied down to practice law in the metrop-
oils. choice that has brought him
wealth and a national reputation for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
The Costs of Distribution.
(Rutland Herald. J

The modern distributing system is one
f the miracles of the age and yet isn't
the housewife over-taxing it a little when
she asks the grocer to send up a loaf
# bread, a pint of milk or a couple of
hops? Has such a thOughtless person
any right to complain if grocery prices
seem high? The fellow who carries
home his stuff has to pay his share of
he cost of distributing the groceries of
he lazy hOuse-keeper.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

\ Widows and Widower's club has
been organized in Columbus, O., with
the object of bringing together lonely
widows and widowers with view to
matrimony. Remarriage of any of the
members eliminates them from the club
We see where there will have to be
steady recruiting or soon the club mem
bership will not constitute a quorum.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
Today's BIRTHDAYS

DR. Charles A. Richmond, chancellor
of Union college, born in New York city
50 years ago today.
Sir Gordon Hewart, attorney general
of Great Britain, born at Bury. Eng
land, II years ago today.
DIR. Lotus Dean Coffman. president of
the University of Minnesota. born at
Salem, Ind, as years ago today
Maurice +. Mclaughlin. former
worlds lawn tennis champion. born at
Carson City. New, 81 years ago today
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
The Meddier
''If the coat fits you, put it on

The Meddler is not sufficiently ac-
quainted with the details of the Con-
necticut river bridge contract TO know
how much of a chance the selectmen
have of compelling its prompt fulfill
ment, but if they are not in a position
to bring the contractors to terms the
fault would appear to rest on the
towns advisers, especially Town Agent
Carpenter and the bridge engineer whom
the town has employed. Regardless Of
excuses that may be advanced. the fact
remains that comparatively little bridge
building or steel fabrication has been
going on within the past several months
and there probably hasn't been an hour
within that period when anything but
indisposition held up the Brattleboro-
Hinsdale job. Unless developments
come soon the first anniversary of the
old bridges destruction will find the
town in decidedly muddled situation
so far as a new bridge is concerned.
For not only is the contract up in the
air, but the question of liability seems
no nearer a settlement than it was the
day after the bridge went out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
Member Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
dispatches 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, 1921-01-07

If you have been urged to sell your
Liberty bonds paste this from the Keene
Sentinel in your hat: Liberty bonds
may be low, but they are still the stead
lest and safest securities on the market
and nobody ever loses on them except
the man who sells them"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

Probably the extreme limit in absent
mindedness has been reached when a wo-
man kills a man, tucks the body under
a bed and 'fOrgets'' all about it until
she is sweeping out the room several days
later. Such a thoughtless person win
do something terrible if the habit isn't
checked.-Rutland Herald.
Not quite the extreme limit as long
as she remembered to sweep under the
bed. So many forget to do that.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

1t has been calculated that an oyster
i've inches long consumes one-twelfth of
cubic inch of solid food daily, and to OBJ
tam it must filter eight or nine gallons
of sea-water
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

Probably those II 900 clerks at Wash
ington who are to be dropped from the
governments clerical forces won't get
much consolation from the fact that their
discharge is going to save Uncle Sam
the tidy sum of $11, 100000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
The Pessimistic Stay-at-hOmes.

If the legislators in Montpelier don't
pass a lot of fool laws a lot of left at
homes are going to be greatly disap-
nointed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

Glad item Five pay days in Jan.
uary.-Fitchburg Sentinel.
How are those who are not working
going to Pollyanna?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
One Year Ago Today.

British raided Sim Fem headquarters
and offices OF the Irish parliament
in Dublin. but only one arrest was made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

The first cannon to be cast in one
piece was made by an English ironmaster
in 1913.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

They say Mr.. Caruso's pleurisy is
costing him $1,000 a day, but that is
only a mere song for Caruso.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

On the latter question The Meddler
is perfectly frank TO say he considers
the town in no position to bear the ex-
pense of the long legal fight that would
be necessary to get a decision. Officials
of the Connecticut River Power Co,
he has been told on excellent authority,
have secured from an eminent author
ity on Vermont law an opinion to the
effect that the company could not be
made to assume liability for the loss Of
the Brattleboro-Hinsdale bridge, and on
the strength of that opinion are willing
to rest. OF course no individual legal
opinion is infallible but do the already
overburdened taxpayers of Brattleboro
want to bear the cost of a battle to dis
pute it? The Meddler thinks the Sc
lectmen should find out what sort of
settlement the power company is will
ing to make and then ask the voters to
determine whether the town shall com
promise or scrap.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

If Brattleboro is ripe for sports
revival next season, as not few local
people believe, consideration might be
given the proposition of joining the Bay
State racing circuit. This organization
has conducted successful trotting meet
ings on a number of Massachusetts, and
Connecticut half-mile tracks for several
seasons. and it's stewards are anxious
to include Brattleboro in their 192l
schedule. Steps toward joining this
association We're taken year ago by
local horsemen but the project fell
through. There is no doubt, however
that it could be put through this year
if sufficient local backing were available,
although such backing would have to
be secured before next Tuesday, when
the annual meeting of the circuit takes
place in Worcester, Mass. So far as
he Valley Fair association is concerned,
it would be willing to allow the use of
it's track and grounds free.
As New Years day in 1922 comes on
Sunday it is possible there will be no
talk of observing it as a legal holiday,
but whatever is decided should be given
publicity enough so that there can be
no donbt as to what the town is doing.
This year stores and banks and most Of
fees kept open but no united effort was
made to appraise the public of the fact,
with the result that large proportion
of people who ordinarily do their trad
ing on Saturday failed to come down
town. The Meddler does not pretend
to say whether or not observance of the
day should be made. but he thinks every
business man will agree with him that
some definite decision should be made
beforehand and then properly advertised.
&
With tine traffic posts put into win
ter quarters, like circus elephants, au-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper. 50 cents
an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates
Space rates on application. .
Classified advertisements-Five cents line
first insertion with so per cent discount tor
each subsequent insertion without change OF
copy Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
order. =.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line hrst
insertion with 50 per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published at foot of local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07
THE HARTNEss MESSAGE.

FRIDAY. JANUARY I, 1921.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-07

With tine traffic posts put into win
.er quarters, like circus elephants, au-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-03
GIVE new IMPETUS
TO PROPOSED BRIDGE
ON SOUTH G STREET

Re-opening of the South G street
bridge project was discussed at the
meeting of the South Side Improve
ment association Tuesday night. ].
Henry Bode, Simon Beck and William
Haberkern, the bridge committee,
were instructed to appear before the
county commissioners for the purpose
of encouEa ging the speedy considera-
ton of building the proposed bridge.
One mmber of the association said
that $1S5,000 had been appropriated
for the building of the bridge, but that
the money had been used in building
the Main street bridge. At present,
one wishing to cross the Whitewater
or south to the old Test bridge
Cash Beai Present.
Cash Beal, former citizen of Rich
mond, and the one after whom Beall-
view was named, was present at the
meeting. He has lived in New York
during the past eight or 10 years. Mr.
Beal was at one time secretary of the
association, and an active worker. He
was especially gratified to learn that
since his residence here, the associa-
/ ton has reduced it's Indebtedness on
the Beallview grounds from $4,000 to
| $500.
Failure of the street car company to
pave the street on South Eighth street
| below H, On each side of it's tracks for
| about Is inches, was discussed. 1t is
a matter which has been before the
| board of works several times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-03
"The Love Pendulum
BY MARION RU6INcAM

spent my life in boarding schools
abroad. another that l was supposed
to be studying for the opera!
Aunt Harriet has gotten excited
and talked, or else they have been
listening to some of the rumors that
ran around the village about you when
you first came" Win chuckled, as he
read. Some one in the sanatariunl
heard you singing scales in your room
one day and decided you had such a
good voice you must be an opera
singer. | know who let out all this
wild gossip, the little editor of the
weekly paper in Wellsville."
l said nothing.
Its peach of picture of you, .
Win went on, looking at the snapshot
| Good of the car, too. Wasn't l mod
est? Sat on the other side-I don't
| get in at all"
@You might have been the whole
picture as far as l am concerned"
answered icily. Win tossed the pa
pers into the back of the car.
Funny child." he said. "Aren't
you glad I'm proud of your"
I "Of course" l answered.
do you love me?" he demanded
so anxiously l laughed and forgot my
momentary i'll humor After all, Wiz
was child-his pleasure at all thi:
was the pleasure of a small boy with :
new plaything.
We put the car at the one publ;
garage on Mountain street, and Win
carrying our bags, joined me where
| waited in the shadows on the corner
We walked back through small street:
and turned finally into our part, /;
block from my little white house.
II never knew, when l rented it
that l was to be married and live
there" l said as we walked along
Isn't it lovely, Win-just you and
in that dear little place? Do yo,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-03
THE AUNT.
Chapter %

1t was dark when we drove into
Wellsville. l was glad of that. For
on the way we had planned to slip ii,
quietly, put the car up at the public
garage, and walk home to my little
house.
Then next morning Win would go
to his office as usual, and as usual
would go out In the garden-and when
Wellsville knew we We're home, it
would find us already established, and
there could be no welcome party, nor
any fuss nor excitement.
We planned and laughed over 1t as
we drove back, we even fingered at 2
road house for dinner, so as to be sure
it would be late when we got in, and
the people along "our street" already
in bed.
Only one thing troubled me- I had
forgotten the annoyance of the man
with the camera-until dinner. In the
late afternoon we stopped at small
town to buy gasoline, and Win began
buying the city papers. Though II
seemed only a short time since We
had left the city, still there had beer
opportunity for that picture to get
into print and story written of tho
elopement and the editions sent out
on the fast trains. These were in tbs
railroad station across from where We
were buying gas.
Look herei" Win cried laughing
and spread the papers out for me.
/ looked at the headlines, small
enough perhaps, but looming large il
my eyes, because my name was II
them.
New York Debutante Elopes," one
said. 'Heiress to Millions Marie;
Village Youth" anothep paper put it
And so it went. One paper had {
picture of me-one l had posed TO,
months and months before, when Aun
Harriet still had the idea of maxim;
a social butterfly out of me.
The stories, which Win read to m;
while took the wheel and drove. wer,
the strangest mixture of fact and fiC
ton. l was an heiress to millions bu
preferred the quiet life to the city
gaiety, one said; another that I hat
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-03
SAYS EAST FAVORED
AND WEST CURTAILED
BY RESERVE BOARD

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Policies OF
the federal reserve board during the
past IS months or more were attack
ed before a Joint congressional com
mission by John Shelton Williams, ex-
controller of the currency, who charg-
ed that the board had displayed undue
favoritism in lending to New York
banking groups, while southern and
western borrowers were unduly cur
tailed. There was abundant ground
for complaints OF discrimination oy
farmers generally" he added.
The congressional commission was
appointed to inquire into the agrlcui-
tural situation and summoned Mr.. VIII
liams in connection with its investlga-
ton into credit facilities for formers
Many of Mr.. Williams's assertions
were challenged in cross-examinat1on
by Representative Ogden Mills, Re
publican, New York, a commission
member, who was armed with vol
umes of statistics, The clashes re
quired commission ruling time and
| again.
Reserve Board Head Present
| Governor Harding, af the reserve
board, and several other of its Officials
| were present
Mr.. Williams's statement was IL.
complete after 4 six-hour session. IL
December, 1919, Mr. Williams said, onf
New York state banking institution
which he described as known foi
speculative activities" borrowed Sloo,
10000 through the New York fedora
reserve bank No law was broken
he said, but several other New Yort
! banks, ''in hard and in good times,
were allowed to hold out large
amounts of reserve loans, while west
ern and southern borrowers were De
ing pressed to reduce loans. Mr.. WI
liams read memoranda and letters IN
terchanged between himself and Gov
ernor Harding over the situation, Q
which he complained.
The board, adopting the policy o
forcing up interest rates, he said, wa
indirectly responsible for 80 per cen
interest charges prevailing on the New
York money markets, and this dram
ed off funds from the farming sec
tons
Mills Challenges Statements.
Mr. Mills met him at this stage Wit
ia series of statistics, tending to shoy
that Richmond, Minneapolis, Dallas
Atlanta, Kansas City and st. Loui
banks were borrowing much create
sums proportionately than the Ne7
York institutions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-03

Thick eyebrows are a sign OF
strong character, but badly shaped
eyebrows are not sign of anything
but certain carelessness of personal
appearance. You should keep your
eyebrows we'll shaped. But do not
take my advice too seriously and have
your eyebrows clipped or profession
ally shaped A great many beauty
parlors make a speciality of shaping
the eyebrows and charge soc or 75c
or even a dollar. 1t always seems to
me a great waste Of money because
all they do is to shave the eyebrows
and put a little white stuff over the
shaved parts. In a few days all the
shaved off hairs will be coming
through as little dark stubs, and the
eyebrows will be much worse than
they were before.
If you must have your eyebrows
shaped" you can learn to do it at
home and save that money, but I think
you would be very foolish to expert
ment with it at all. 1t is much easier
to pull out all the unwanted hairs with
pair of tweezers, and then to touch
the places with peroxide for several
days or several weeks, and when they
do come back they will be light and
invisible if you have faithfully used
the peroxide.
When they grow long enough to
show you can pull them out again.
do not think it has been proved, but it
has been stated on rather good author
ity, that if you persistently pull these
| hairs they will disappear. The reason
they come back usually is that new
hair is forming in the follicle from
which the old one was pulled.
Another way to train the eyebrows
is to rub them at night with mucilage,
shaping as the mucilage dries.
! R. W.-Bay rum is mildly astringent
and it is also cleansing to the skin.
! Mary T.-Send stamped address
sed envelope for the hair tonic formu-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-03

think | can send Parker back to the
sanatarium and do the work myself"
You cannot" Win said decidedly.
But l know how to take care of
you. and it would be such fun."
Maybe, but / don't want my wife
doing ugly work If Parker goes we
get a maid"
l was silent, little disappointed,
yet pleased that he wanted to take
care of me so well / would have
adored doing all my own work and
looking after Win entirely by myself
But | decided there would be plenty
of other ways, even If / was not al
lowed to do all the cooking and sweep
ing!
We'll slip in, and no one will know
Fancy how surprised Ella will be
when she sees me out on the lawr
tomorrow-just as casual as though
hadn't married the incest man in the
world" / whispered, as we turned
into our street.
And mother probably has sent you
angry aunt home-or else fed he
angel cake to soothe her." Win an
swered
~ I1OucnL ldltl NC 6GsC ILIi'
whistle. We passed under some tree;
and at the corner we could see on
house-my little white painted hous'
with the tiny front porch and TIL
group of wicker chairs and the coucl
hammock under the trees. The clea
moonlight should have been on II
bringing it out q silver white mas
against the dark of the trees-instead
every window blazed with light.
"a welcome party! They know W
are coming home!" ! said aghast.
"Your aunt" Win said. "Probabl
| has been there all this time and gel
| ting madden every minute"
well, it has to be faced"
And feeling very much like 4 scol6
ed and frightened child, | followe
Win and the suitcases up the path t
| the front door
We rang the bell-of our own house
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-03
100000 WORKERS
CROWD into LOWER
WALL Street DAILY
tBy Associated Pressl

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Investigating
committees recently found that the
number of workers who daily flock
into the financial district of lower
Manhattan exceed 100000 If they
were assembled in an open field OF
area there would hardly be room fer
any of the sleepy clerks to stretch
their arms and yawn
There is less than one square mile
in the tip of the island below Cham
bers street, or only little more than
three square feet of ground space for
each person working in the district
But skyscrapers have so multiplied
the accommodation nature furnished
the first settlers that instead of hav
ing less elbow room than an imprison
ed criminal, everybody can chew gun
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-03
.FUNk'S LAKE LEASED
BY RANDOLPH LODGE

Members Of the Knights of Pythias
of Randolph county have leased
Funk's Lake for an entire day, Aug
10, and plan to entertain hundreds oil
members of the order there at that
time, according to information made
public Wednesday.
The First Degree team of Green
vile, o., will give a demonstration
drill at night as one of the features
of the program. The Spartanburg X
of p. ball team will play combina
ton team made up of players from
Union City and Winchester. Music
will be furnished.
The Randolph county branch of the
order has over 1000 members.