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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1921.
WHAT D. YOU MEAN, NORMAL?
Not hard times coming,
lust soft fines pninr"

Not hard times coming,
Just soft times going"
This phrase has been used most effect
lively for some months past by a big ma
tional advertiser, and it fits. 1t would
be hard to find another eight-word COM
bination which serves better to describe
the Industrial, commercial and financial
phenomena which the nation has been
witnessing.
We may be loath to admit it, but the
United States has had a rather easy time
of it in the past half-dozen years. OF
course. there have been sacrifices, and
tremendous ones, sacrifices which can
not but command a worlds respect. But
for the most part. Americans worked no
harder than they had worked in the dec
ade before, and they were very much
better paid for it. Few, however, will ar
que now that we gained by it perma-
.nently, either as wOrkmen or as nation.
Things have changed. Comparatively
few incomes show much of a net gain be-
yond the normal that comes with increaS-
ing years and skill. Work is not so
plentiful as it might be in many Sec
tions. and the stimulus of the need for
work is resulting, as always, in better
work all around. The attitude of the
nation is more sober than it was-and
no prohibition joke is intended, either,
Many people are asking, on every pos
sible occasion. when times will be nor
NAL again." Their plaintive queries de-
serve but one reply. What do you
mean, normalY'
If normal conditions mean such condi-
tons as obtained in this country from
l191j to 1920, there should be day OF
national fasting and prayer that they
will never return. Conditions are really
nearer normal now, for undeI normal
conditions men must work honestly and
well for what they get and do their own
saving for their own futures. 1T is as
it should be-
No man who is worth a continental
ever expects to get quite all that he is
worth. If he gets anything like it, and
he is wise, he knows he has one foot on
the toboggan.
soft times are going,'-have gone, in
fact Why not admit it, and stop re
GREETING it?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need of
feeling ashamed of your freckles, as
Othine-double strengths guaranteed to
remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of Othine-double
strength-from any druggist and apply
little of it night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst
freckles have begun to disappear, while
the lighter ones have vanished entirely.
1t is seldom that more than an ounce is
needed to completely clear the skin and
gain a beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
Othine as this is sold under guarantee of
money back if it fails to remove freckles.
Advertisement
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
In The DAVIS News.

General T. Coleman du POnt, the new
United States senator from Delaware, is
brother of former Senator Henry A.
du Pont of that state, both being descend
ants of the French economist and states
man Pierre Samuel du PoHt de NemOurs,
who settled in Delaware in the early
DAYS of the nation and established there
the great powder works which bears the
family name. T. Coleman du Pont is
% years old and a native of Louisville
Unlike many other members of the fam
lily, he was not born wealthy, and started
out in life to win his own fortune. That
he was successful in this endeavor is evil
denced by the fact that today he Is one
of Americas foremost capitalists, with
large interests in various industries, rail
roads. mines, hotels. and insurance com
panies. He is a graduate 'of Massachu
sets Institute of Technology and has
given many large sums to his alma mater
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
MRS. THOMPSON
MUCH ALARMED
st. Adams Woman Grew
Weaker and Thinner
Every Day Like
Different Person
Now

Il just can't begin to tell all Tanlac
did for me-" said Mrs. w. L. Thompson,
16 Lake street, st. Adams, Vt.
There has been such big change IN
me that when my friends meet me now
they are simply amazed and want to know
what / have been doing. Months of suf-
fering from indigestion and nervousness
had left me almost a wreck. Everything
/ ate seemed to sour on my stomach and
often l would bloat up so after a meal l
could hardly get my breath. My back
hurt me a good deal, too, and l also had
awful dizzy spells. | didn't get much
sleep at night on account of being so ner-
vous and when morning came l felt all
weak and worn out. To add to my mis-
cry, | had a bad case of catarrh which
had chung to me for years, and as l was
growing weaker and thinner every day
! was very much alarmed about my con-
ditiOn.
Il feel like a different person now since
taking Tanlac, for it has benefited me in
every way. l eat better and sleep better
than l have in many years and never felt
better i'll my life. Even the catarrh has
left me and, in fact, l am in perfect
health. Tanlac has done more for me
than | ever expected any medicine to do
and 1 recommend it from the bottom of
my heart
Tanlac is sold in BrattleborO by the
Brattleboro Drug Co.-Advertisement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
CI.nrHEs OF BOTH sEXEs.

Here is another angle to the question
of women's clothes. \ New York cloth
ing salesman, whose vocation qualities
him to know exactly what women wear
says that talk about women keeping COO
in hot weather through sheer willpoweI
is Anonsense-that their comfortable as
pect, compared with mems, is due not to
psychology but to clothes.
what they're thinking" says this
realist, 'makes no difference. It's what
they put on, or rather what they leave
off, that makes 'em cool.
Put one of these high, stiff mems col
lars on the most trapped woman in Amer
lea. and she'd lose her July morale in &c
seconds, and she wouldn't recover till
you'd uncovered her neck and chest.
''Then there's the matter of arms
When women wear sleeves at all, they're
little dabs of lace around their shoulders
We wrap our arms up, and finish with
a nice, stiff band round the bottom where
our wrist arteries will be swaddled and
the blood warmed as it flows through.
AS for legs and ankles, one filmy
layer of silk for them and a elose-fitting
length of something at least partly
wooden for us
The womans costume. he says, weighs
only n few ounces. The mans weighs
several pounds. Wherefore his conclu,
sion that perhaps women show more
5adgmenkaAan men do"
They certainly do, this time of the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
GRATITUDE TO HAITI.

American opinion of the Haitians has
been pretty rough lately, as a result of
the disorder in their island which Amer
the apparently unwarranted charges the
natives have brought against the Ameri-
cans. 1t is WELL as the American with
drawal approaches, to remember that
Haiti is entitled by her record to a con-
siderable amount of respect and gratitude
on the part of the United States.
How many Americans know that Haiti
helped this country gain its independ-
ence? Not one in 1000. 1t is not in the
school histories, and if it is in the big
histories it goes unnoticed. 4 thorough
going student of history calls attention to
the fact, which is sustained by unassail-
able evidence. that during the ReYolu-
tionary war Haiti raised a volunteer reg
iment of 500 Negro troops, and that this
regiment rendered effective service under
WashingtOn'S command. Among other
engagements. the Haitians fought at the
battle of Savannah. and according to a
French record they are credited with hav-
ing saved the Revolutionary army on
that occasion by covering the retreat of
the French and American forces.
1t is never safe to be contemptuous of
any nation, big or little. without a thor
.ough knowledge of history; and the well
informed student is seldom contemptu-
Gus. because he finds things that COM
mand respect in the record of nearly
every race.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
Hot Weather Consultations.
burlington Free Press.


There is nothing like taking things
philosOphically in heated term like the
present. If you are inclined to fume,
think how much fumier you would feel if
You were compelled to stay in hot Wash
lngton with the congressman all summer.
1t would be bad enough to lOll in the
national capital in any hot summer but
congressman. in addition to the reproaches
of constituents for sins of both omission
and commission, are now forced to feel
the punctures of the presidential OK goad
prodding them to particular pastimes like
the passing of the tariff and tax relief
measures.
Most of us have been inclined to pity
Adam and Eve, but prOtracted altiudi-
Mostly of the mercury reminds us that
even the Garden of Eden before the fig
leaf era had its compensations.
We should learn from the sartorial
extremes to which the female of the
species has already led or driven the race
that we may later look back with longing
to some of the present discomfOrts which
viii seem small in comparison with those
OF subsequent periods Probably Adam
and Eve came to-4a time of protracted
drought and heat when even a fig-leaf
seemed unnecessarily large and burden
some. shF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dcalers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., c. w.
cleveland, S. L. Purinton (Esteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert ]. Pollica, 297 South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwellu
East DummerstoR, NJ. E. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler
South Vernon, E. b. Buffum.
Mortified, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. h, Mrs. w. Streeter.
Hinslale, N. H, w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15

ficult problem to solve, but he feels safe
in saying that they would not be going
contrary to public opinion in spending al
most any sum to get the work properly
handled. Surely, sufficient fundsy'
which was the amount voted for the pur-
pose, ought to be enough.
If there are any reports of du1 bust
ness in Brattleboro they certainly do not
come from the folks who are operating
the ferry from the island to this side of
the river. As nearly as The Meddler can
judge from occasional glances out of his
office window the ferry is in almost con-
tinuous operation, and there are notice
ablX more shoppers from the New Hamp-
shire side of the river on the streets than
before this new line of interstate COM
munication was opened. SO far as the
ferry itself and its immediate approaches
are concerned they leave nothing to be
desired, but automobile tourists who have
used it have been heard to express won
der that town with BrattIeboros rep
utation allows a mudhole like the depot
yard to exist year after year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
Tndav,s Anniversaries

17S5-The reading of foreign newspapers
was prohibited in Constantinople.
1S0S-AIurat was placed upon the throne
of Naples by Bonaparte. under the
title of King Joachim Napoleon.
1S46-Louis Bonaparte. king of Holland,
died. Born Sept. ,. IT'S.
49-Re-establishment of the pope's au-
thOrity proclaimed at Rome
1S52-EIeanor Parke GUSTS Lewis.
adopted daughter of George Wash
ington, died at Audley. Va. Born
at Abingdon. Va. in 1873.
1S11-Prince Jerome Napoleon was ex-
PEELED from France.
1SS3-CharleS II. StrattOn (Tom
Thumb. famous midget. died at
NIiddleboro. Mass. Born in 1888.
1SS5-The Niagara Falls reservation was
formally opened to the public.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE.

We was eating suppir yestidday and ma
kepp on looking at pop funny and pop
kepp on looking as if he wished he knew
wat she was looking at him funny for. and
after a vile ma sed, Well Willyum, you
appeer to of forgotten wat day this is
Not at all, on the contrary, sed pop.
this is Wensday and we were going to
do something speshil today. we were GO
ing to take in a show, waSent that it?
1t was not, sed ma, and pop Sed We
were going to call on your sister, waseut
that it? and ma sed Certeny not, we
were not going to do enything, as a mat
ter of fack we alreddy did something, to
make long story short we got married
and this is the eleventh anniversary of
the day.
o. that.fI meen. O. that. sed pop, 1
remembered. wy certeny l remembered,
if dident remember watts that packidge
doing out on the hall rack?
Wat packidge? sed ma, o Willyum,
you did remember and you brawt me a
present and you've jest bin pretending all
along, you certeny are a case. Willyum.
. must run out and see il immeeditly.
And she quick got up and went out in
the hall and called back, Willyum, there's
no packidge out heer, there's not a thing
out heer.
The doose you say, then it's bin stolen.
| thawt | herd the frunt door open a
little vile ago, did you heer enything? sed
pop.
| did not. and I'm not the ony one that
dident, scd ma. Meening pop dident
either, and he sed, wy Pawleen. how
can you say sutch a thing, | wish you
had seen the lovely wat you call it in
that packidge.
The lovely wat? sed ma, and pop sed.
The lovely string of perls. but of corse III
get you another string jest like it because
1t was my fault for leeving the packidge
on the hall rack. Ill bring it home to-
MORO.
Wy Willyum, | think you're perfeckly
wonderful, RELY bleeve there was pack
idge there after all. sed ma. And we kenn
on eating suppir, everybody looking as if
they was still injoying it except pop.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
How to Make a Good
Hair Tonic

A whole pint of delightful hair tonic,
delicately perfumed. can be made at a
cost of only - cents Simply buy 81
cents worth of SeptoIac (full strength
and dissolve it in a pint of water. Sep
tolac is a specially prepared compound
that promotes hair growth, kills dandruff
and keeps the hair land scalp in n
healthy condition. You can get it from
the Brattleboro Drug Co, or by mail
direct from the manufacturers, Arrow
Chemical Company. 81 Union Square,
New YOrk.-AdvertiSem
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
Today Events

Festival of st. Henry of Bavaria, pa
iron saint of Bavaria.
The Roman Catholic diocese of Tren-
ton, \. j., is forty years old today.
Today is st. Swithin's day and if il
rains. there will be 40 days of rain, ac-
cording to the old adage.
The annual convention of the Illinois
state chamber of commerce viii meet al
Rockford today for two-day session.
From all parts of the United States
women who have made a success IL bust
ness will begin to gather in Cleveland to
day to attend the convention Of the Ma
tional Federation of Business and Pro
fessional Women's clubs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
TOfIay'S Rirthdays.

Ferdinand w. Peck, capitalist. and the
oldest native resident of Chicago, born in
Chicago, % years ago today.
Rt. Rev. William \. Leonard, Episco
pal bishop of Cleveland. born at South
port, CT, 73 years ago today.
Nine. Schumann-Heink, celebrated OPP
cratic and concert singer. born near
Prague, Bohemia. % years ago today.
Bishop Leo Haid, abbot of the cele-
brated Benedictine abbey at Belmont, y
c., born at Latrobe, Pa, ~ years ago
today.
Niscount Northcliffe. newspaper pub
Usher and influential figure in British
public affairs, born near Dublin. 56 years
ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS,

It is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the Iapel
each night, and it solicits the cooperation o.
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, il
Iperson, 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 is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15

year, whatever the truth may be in cold
weather. And it is the same old fact that
fair-minded men have been forced to ad-
NIT for many years. The only difference
is that this summer the women are even
more sensible than usual, compared with
the men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
TO ADVERTISERS.

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Space rates application.
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first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change OF
copy. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line first
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published at foot of local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15

i. l.. McCrillis, brakeman on the Cen
tral Vermont railway, was killed Wednes-
day at Essex junction when caught be-
tween two cars he was coupling 10 ono
can account for the accident. The engi-
neer states that after waiting for the sig
nal to move on, and not receiving it, he
Surmlsed something was wrong and left
his engine to Investigate, when he discov
cred the accident
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
DIR. LeOnhardt Saws

'the cause of Piles is internal; that's why
salves do not give lasting relief-why
cutting fails" Hem Roid, a harmless
tablet that works while you Sleep" re-
moves the cause. Money back if it fails.
The BrattleboTo Drug Co.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15

Morris Hillquit, American Socialist
leader, has gone abroad to study the So
cialist movement there. Nothing else to
do. since the American Socialist move
ment quit moving
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press fs 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, 1921-07-15
One Year Ago To-day.

General postoffice in Dublin raided by
a band of armed men.
Farmer-Labor party convention in
Chicago nominated national ticket.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15

The new governor of Alaska is named
Bone. Seems as if he ought to be an
ambassador.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15

The truth about the dyestufs lobby
will all come out in the wash-like some
of the dyestuffs themselves.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15

Among every 1000 bachelors there are
IS criminals. while among married men
the ratio is only Is per 1000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15

The imperial stage seems to be set for
the Dominion of Ireland"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
AvOidable Auto Accidents.
lBenningt0n Ranner.l }

Statistics of automobile accidents are
better kept than they used to be and show
many interesting things The most fatal
tiles are due to automobiles getting in the
way of trains. These accidents are not
so many in number but fewer of those
involved escape. In number of accidents
collisions rank first and collisions are at
least four-ifths due to driving on the
wrong side of the road, particularly around
curves. Caution on curves ought TO be
one of the first things for a driver to
learn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15
The MeddLer
"If the coat fits you. put 1t on"

There seems little reason to doubt that
DIR. A. |. Miller will receive reelection
as member of the prudential committee
at the annual meeting of the incorporated
school district next Tuesday evening. His
service on the board has been not only
faithful but more than ordinarily valu-
able. The Meddler believes But with
out regard to the possibility of a con-
test, the meeting deserves a large attend
ance. When one stops to think that the
school districts annual budget is now
close to 5000 it isn't difficult to under
stand why its dOings should have the en-
dorsement of a representative number of
taxpayers.
The Meddler agrees with the attitude
of the committee toward tuition pupils,
which is that they should be encouraged
to attend the Incorporated district schools
but should expect to pay tuition fees
commensurate with the actual cost of
their education. 1t is safe to assume
that the district will vote the tuition in
creases which the committee advises. 1t
is not impossible that next Tuesday 5
meeting win hear some discussion of the
temporary building project for which the
committee secured authorization at the
recent special meeting. While the mat
ter has been settled so far as the commit
tee is concerned it is evident from the
talk one hears that the idea of a temper
larry structure alongside the high school
building has by no means the unanimous
endorsement of the district voters, and it
wouldn't be surprising if somebody should
decide to relieve his feelings on the sub
iect without hope of accomplishing any
thing further.
As The Meddler remembers it, the last
annual village meeting directed the COM
missiOners to make contract for the dis
posal of garbage and authorized 'suf-
fcient funds for that purpose. Such
a contract has been made. it is assumed.
and garbage is being disposed of after a
fashion. but it cannot be admitted that
the present method is wholly satisfactory.
On at least two occasions lately The Med
dler has had ocular and olfactory evil
dence of an open garbage wagon travel
ing through the streets. One of the wag-
ons even lacked sides to keep the unsav-
DRY mess it carried from falling off the
other was boarded high enough to keep
the swill from sight but by no means
high enough to keep it from smell. The
Meddler hesitates TO find fault with the
commissioners on this parhapp dismissal
matter because he realizes that it is a diff
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15

Hands across the sea are better than
fists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-15

The present population of Brazil is
One-fourth that of the United States.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-11-02
MARKS CENTER OF THE EARTH
Lofty Monument In Delhi, India
Erected After a Meteorite Fell
Near the Spot.

The idea that the earth Is not Ad
disk, but a globe. does not seem Il
have "caught on" in India, for the!
still talk about certain place belni
the "center Of the world"
In Delhi stands a lofty monument
that goes by name Of Kutub Minor
structure towering high above TIL
temple Of which 1t is a part.
The appearance OF this curiou
piece Of architecture Is that Of
number Of tiers Of columns, seemingly
tied together In bundles. At big ID
tervals there are balconies.
The Kutub Minor is Of special Inter
est and note in the world over whlu
the religion Of the teacher Buddm
holds sway. Here, long ago, tradition
has it meteor1te fell, sent by tn
ruling powers In the mystic world %
yond this life to mark the exact center
Of the world.
In commemoration Of this mraco
lous event the Kutub Minor was erecp
ed on the spot, that mankind mig"
never forget it.-London Answers