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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

was setting on my frunt steps and
| Sid Hunt started to go past. saying,
| Hay Benny. come on GROUND to the store
| with Us. will you?
| don't know. maybe, sure. | sed. And
| started to go erround with him, saying,
| Watts you going for:
Ferniture polish, Sed Sid.
WITCH we got it and started to go back
with it, and there was a autOmobeel
! standing in fTunt of a cigar store jest
standing there with mud all over it as if
it had never bin cleened and never tx
pected. to be, me saying, Hay Sid. heers
swell chance to use some polish and
maybe make some money besides. Lets
quick start to polish up this car and
wen the man comes out and sees it all
polished insted of all muddy he'll be So
glad and Serprized maybe he'll give us
a dollar before he realizes wat he's doing
maybe.
g. that's a peetch of ideer. sed Sid
And me and him quick started to scrape
the mud off of one side of the car and
then we pored. some ferniture polish on
our hankerchiffS and started to polish it.
making our hankerchffs look fearse but
making that side of the automObeel look
CRATE. and jest then the man came out
of the cigar store with one cigar in his
mouth and about 10 more sticking out
of his pockit. the ferSt thing he noticed
being the difference in his aUtOmobeel.
and he jest stood there serpriZed without
saying enything as if he couldent think
of wat to say, and l sed. Hay mister,
do you wunt us to do the other side and
the back for you Jest like this?
WITCH the man took the cigar out of his
mouth. saying. You cOnfOwnded ignOrent
little imps of Satan. jest rode that car
5000 miles and got the protest coat of
mud on it that it ever had. and now look
at the darn thing. my hole trip has bin
wasted, for > pins Id kick you both in the
pants. get out of heer quick before /
change my mind.
WITCH we did, Sid saying. Gosh. that
was a heck of a ideer. And he took the
rest of the ferniture polish home and
dident come out agen all day, proving his
mother must of noticed how mulch was
ent in the bottle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
PREPARATION FOR WINTER.

Better than any month for budget-mak-
ing is September. The children's school
year has begun, with its realization of
what the expenses for clothes and cdu-
cation are to be. Fuel. sometimes for
gotten in allowances arranged after the
winter supply is in, looms large in the
mind. Moreover, with the children back
in school the summers EXTRAS over, there
is a temporary tightening of labor. a
breathing space before the other phases
IF fall work begin to close up the gap.
In December there is always a sense
If hurry. which has hardly begun to sub
side in January. One forgets to make a
gift and-ceIebration allowance, because
next Christmas seems so unutterably far
away, as does the summer vacation.
But in September there are none of
these disadvantages. As the creative
power lapSes a little with the dying year.
the intellectual life is at its real begin
ming. The harvestinz nower of gather
ing IN all the loose ends. the ordering.
arranging, planning powers are at their
best.
This is the time of year when all think
ing beings put their mental homes in or.
der.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
WORTH HUNDRED
TIMES ITS COST
Couldn't Half Do His Work,
But Tanlac Simply Made
Him Over Again,
Says Jenkins

Another well-known Vermont railroad
man gives Tanlac his unqualified endorse
ment. This time it is George T.. Jenkins
of IL Atkinson avenue, Bellows Falls. MIR.
Jenkins has been connected with the B0s-
ton & Maine railroad for SO years.
Il feel as fine as | did 20 years ago."
said Dir. Jenkins, "aEd wouldn't take a
hundred dollars a bottle for the good Tan
lac has done me.
Il was all run down and had been for
some three years and was so weak that
even a short walk would tire me out. 1
couldn't half work and simply felt no-ac-
count all the time. My stomach was out
of order, l had no appetite and didn't eat
anything worth mentioning. l had awful
pains in my stomach and around my
heart. and at times there was a severe
burning in my chest. My nerves kept me
in a strain all the time and | hardly ever
got any sleep. l had stubborn case of
constipation and was troubled with head
aches and dizzy spells a lot.
| But Tanlac has simply made me over
again and it didn't take it long to do it
either. Tanlac is surely a railroad mans
friend and l can't recommend it too
strongly
TanIac is sold in Brattleboro by the
| Brattleboro DruS Co.-Advertisement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER II, 1921
SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT

At the third congress of the Women :
International league for peace and free
dom which met in Vienna in July, prob
lens of education held an important place
in the discussion.
The menace of mis-education received
particular emphasis. Women delegates
from Germany frankly attributed the
Great war to their own former state mo-
nopoly of education with its years of en-
phasis upon militarism and conquest. On
the other hand Austrian delegates were
rejoicing and hopeful because in their
aeoaQtry the schools haEe~just been trans
ferred from ecclesiastical domination to a
Secularized state and city control. Amer
leans at the conference were largely 81
lent On this subject, but greatly inter
ested because of the proposed federal de
partnent of education for this country,
4 speaker from Paris summed up the
whole problem of school control and pub
lie responsibility in the question, IF the
self-governing nations cannot control
their schools, in the interest of the people
and of the future peace of the world.
what is the basis of our hope that we can
control any part of our government"
However wide apart may seem rooms
full of school children and a nations
government, they are really closely re
lated. What the latter will be in the flu
ture depends almost wholly on what the
former is in the present. In this light the
Deficiencies and ineficiencies of our own
school system are seen in their full seri-
BUSINESS. But just as government reforms
cannot be made effective unle<s tterc is
intelligent public will back of them, the
education in our public schools will adj
vance no farther than that same intclli-
gent public will takes them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
Today S Events

Sixth centenary of the death of Dante,
he greatest of Italian poets.
The annual Maine state fair will be
opened at Lewiston today and continued
through the remainder of the week.
Edmonton Alberta, will be the meeting
}lace today of the annual session of the
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metal
iurgy.
Twenty years ago today occurred the
leath of President Mckinley and the
uccession of Theodore Roosevelt to the
presidency.
The governor of Wisconsin today will
near a plea for the pardon of Miss Grace
Lusk, who is serving a 19-year sentence
or the murder of Mrs Roberts. the wife
# a Waukesha physician, in 1917, as the
equel to a love triangle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
In The DAVIS News.

Col Frank r. Mccoy. whose appoint
nent as vice governor of the Philippine
stands has been recommended to the
president by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood.
5 one of the most widely known officers
# the United States army. with previous
experience that especially qualities him
ior the post in the Philippines. He took
IN active part in the suppression of the
nsurrection in the islands soon after
hey were acquired by the United States
and served as aide to Gen. Wood while
he latter was military governor. Col.
Mccoy was aide to President Roosevelt
or several years and was also on the
taft of William ii. Taft when the lat
er was secretary of war. He was born
n Pennsylvania, the son of a noted Civil
var commander. and was graduated from
West Point in 1897
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
No More Gas in
Stomach and Bowels

If you wish to be permanently re-
lieved of gas in the stomach and bow
els. take Baalmann's Gas-Tablets.
Baalmann's Gas-Tablets are prepared
distinctly aud especially for stomach
gas, and particularly for all the bad eff
fects coming from gas pressure. 70
That ebpty, gone and gnawing feeling
at the pit of your stomach will disap-
pear; that anxious and nervous feeling
with heart palpitation will vanish, and
you will once more be able to take-a deep
breath, so often prevented by gas press
ing against your heart and lungs.
Your limbs, arms and fingers won't
feel cold and go to sleep, because Baal-
manR's Gas-Tablets prevent gas interior
ing with the circulation; intense drowsi-
ness and sleepy feeling after dinner will
soon be replaced by a desire for some
form of entertainment. Your diTtended
stomach. will reduce by inches because
gas will not form after using Baalmann's
Gas-Tablets.
Get the genuine in the Yellow Pack
age from any reliable druggist, or the
BrattleborO Drug Co.-Adyertisement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
TOday's Anniversaries.

l77G-New York city was evacuated by
the Americans and occupied by the
British.
IS12-Napoleon I. and the French army
entered Moscow, the ancient cap
ital of Russia.
lS46-Santa Ana entered the city of
Mexico.
IS52-Duke of Wellington. leader of the
British armies in the NapOleonic
wars. died in Kent. England.
Born in Dublin in 1869.
lSSJ-American sloOp Puritant defeated
the British cutter Genesta in first
race for the America cup.
lSSI-The Illinois supreme court af-
tirmed the conviction of the Hay
market anarchists
lS93-Five thousand ounces of gold.
worth $134OOO. missed from the
I. $. mint at Philadelphia. in a
vault not opened for five years.
l901-William Mckinley. twenty-fifth
president of the L. S. died in Buff
falo. from the effects of shots fired
by an assassin. Born at Niles. O..
Jan. %. 1913
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
HAVE UNIFORM Temperatures.
Model School House to BE Constructed
at Preventorium-

MONTPELIER, Sept. 14-TIarold w
Slocum. secretary of the Vermont Tuber-
Culosis association. conferred yesterday
with {. III. Dempsey. commissioner of ed
ucation. on plans for a model school
house to be erected i'm connection with
the Caverly Prevcntorium fer Tubercular
Children at PittSford. The schoolhouse,
which will be designed to house % chill
dren ranging from to II years in age.
will be equipped with practical modern
provisions for light. sanitation and ven
tilatiOn.
1t will be run on about the amount of
money required for a country schOOlhOuse.
Special provision will be made for the
circulation of pure air. which will be kept
Mt a temperature Of not over ~ degrees.
The children. some of whom viii be able
to attend school only one hour a day.
will be warmly dressed to withstand the
Temperatures The extreme climate will
probably prevent outdoor classes during
the winter Mr.. Slocum said.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
Statistics Explained.
lRarre TimeS.l

Census bureau announcement that the
percentage of Nermonters who are ilit-
crate decreased from 81 per cert in 1910
to 3 per cent in 1920 probably does not
mean that remarkable strides in education
have been made but that many of certain
foreign elements have left Vermont either
temporarily or permanently. This deduc-
ton is based on the census bureaus state
mcnt that the foreign born illiterates are
in percentage of nearly three to one when
compared with the natives. 1t is known.
too. that Vermont has lost many people of
foreign birth, most of whom were not nat
uralzed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
BENNINGTON ROAD CONTRACT.
Village TO Pay S21,667 For Construction
of Half a Mile Concrete Road.

BENNINGTON, Sept. 14-The trust
ees of the village of Old Bennington met
Yesterday noon and awarded the contract
for the permanent road, authorized a
week ago at Il village meeting. to the
Fred L. Ley company of Springfield,
Mass. The specifications called for a
reinforced concrete road from the point
on the main highway where the line be-
tween the two villages crosses the track
Of tic Rutland railroad to the opposite
Old Bennington line and at the beginning
point of the so-called Colgate road. The
distance is about half a mile and the com
pletion of the work, which is expected be-
fore cold weather, viii result in perma-
ncnt construction between Bennington
and Troy. \. Y. with the exception of
a short>stretch on West Main street in
this village
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
NeFraoat. Route
{ bennington Banner.

1t will be an awful shock to the per-
sistent critics of Vermont roads and
the Vermont road policy of the past to
learn that the clever booze runners re
Gently caught in northern Vermont de-
clared that they operated through Yer
mont because Vermont has the best
roads of any of the border states. Pro
hbition Director Collins NJ. Graves
asked several operators of hootch cars
why they came through Vermont in
stead of New York or New Hampshire
and in each case they gave the roads as
their reason. New Hampshire main
roads and cross lines are alike bad
New York has few main thorough
fares that are good but if compelled to
leave them the rum runners often find
themselves cornered in ruts and sand
Vermont roads both main and minor
are all paSsable and larrnly excellent
One driver told Mr.. Graves that he
could get all the way through Vermont
at from 30 to 90 miles per hour while
in the other states he could not average
nearly so fast.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
sss y WEEK FOR MILK DRIVERS
UniOn Men In Boston Accept Wage Cut
Of S2-WiH Not Strike

BOSTON. Sept IA compromise of
fcred by the milk dealers of Boston yes
terday avcrted the strike of union milk
wagon drivers which was scheduled to
start today. The dealers agreed to a
wage reduction of s. week instead of
81, which the drivers had refused to ac-
cept.
The men We're receiving $40 by the old
contract. The dealers first announced
a 81 reduction which was later reduced
to So
The union men will consider the lat
est proposition at meeting Thursday
night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

It 10 the aim of the management to aeexre
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 10 be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. II 10 only by this
method that the publisher can oeexre the de-
sired se-vice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
VermOnt's Herd Record Interests Boston.
Boston Globe.)

Out of the 14,032.074 quarts of milk
shipped to Boston by rail during the
month of June, Vermont supplied 5.242.0S1
quarts. Boston therefore is interested in
the statement that Vermont is said to
stand third in accredited herds, which
means in the number of herds pronounced
free of bovine tuberculosis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

Everybody has heard of flying feet, but
it took a German to give literal demon
stration by inventing an airplane, the
wings of which are operated by the feet
of the flyer. Details as to how high and
how fast he can go are lacking, but what
vistas are opened to the Imagination.
Mother may flap along from shop to shop
on bargain days and father fly bithely
to and from his work. Flocks of girls and
boys will futter overhead while the mere
pedestrian runs to cover. Bicycles and
fivvers will have had their day when the
family take to aeropedaling.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
TCdaX'S Rirfhdavs-

Mrs. Charles Z. Hughes. wife of the
secrctary of state in the Harding cabinet,
BORN d years ago today.
Charles Dana Gibson. celebrated artist.
illustrator and author. born at Roxbury.
Mass, II years ago today.
Alice Stone Blackwell. noted writer
and suffrage leader, born at East Orange.
\. j.. CT years ago today.
Austin b. Garretson. former president
Of the Order of Railway Conductors.
born at Winterset, Iowa Go years ago
today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
BrattleborO, Brattleboro News Co., c. W.
Cleveland, s. L. Puriuton (Esteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert J. Pollica, z7 South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. stoekweII.
East Dummerston, NJ. z. Brown.
putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Eewfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
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Jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, z. 81. Tyler
South Vernon, E. B. Buffum.
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Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
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TO ADVERTISERS,

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 cents
an inch for first insertion, 30 cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents q line
first insertion with so per cent ditcount for
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copy. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash With
order.
Reading NOtiees-Twenty cents per line Erst
insertion with so per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published at foot OF iosal
Itcms,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
Don't They Think of the Cutest and
Most ApprOpriate Things?

\ Don't-Be-Dirty shower and Hard
Times party was recently given for a
bride. when everything that could be
thought of in the way of cleansers was
given the bride-to- be.-Toronto Star
Miss Agnes Bright was given a shower
Mt the home of her friend Miss Clarice
Devon Tuesday evening. The gifts were
wheeled to the bride to-be in a decor
ated baby arriagey-GreeBville News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

Little grains of powder,
Little drops of paint,
Make n freckled fapper
Look like what she amt.
Little beams of mOonshine,
Little hugs and kisses.
Have made many a maiden,
Write her name with Mrs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

two to three cents has met with such
vigorous protest from all parts of the
country that the idea will be dropped If
the price of gasoline could only be fixed
as easily.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
Can You Qualify?

WANTED-Lady. alone. wishes the
assistance of kind gentleman, who is in
position to keep up a nice home. no
drinker or gambler. must be truthful
and honest; like a quiet home life
Bennington Banner.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
And Still Going.
lRarre Times

The presence of 1857 automobiles on
the Rutland fair grounds on a single day
of the annual fair last week tells the story
where railroad receipts have gone during
the last few years
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

So the runners of Canadian booze have
been routing through Vermont because
our roads are so much better than those
of New York or New Hampshire. Has
the Burlington Clipper heard of this?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
CLIPPINGS .
With Now a Comment and Then
Only a Caption.
September Is.

ArtbtNhAbNA ~
Take me off tenderly,
Lift me with care.
SuHburned and dirty,
But still full of wear.
Lay me away
To sleep till next spring
Then I'll be Scrapped as
As an old-fashioned thing.
Selected last May
Because of my class,
My day is now over,
Alack and alas,
Dame Fashion DEGREES
And man must obey.
Take me off tenderly
And lay me away.
A. Strawha
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

Miss Marion f. Rowe of Salem. Mass.
who has been field director of the Ameri-
can Red Cross in Vermont for the last
two years. sailed Saturday from New
York for Red Gross work Somewhere in
Central Europe" She will be assigned
nv the European. hcatlquartcrs of the
Red Cross in Paris TO duty at one of the
many child health stations now being
established through Central Europe To-
cal Red Cross officials announce. Miss
Rowe will be much missed in Vermont
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
Uncle Eb Gets Reckless.

As a prominent citizen came to town
Monday morning he saw Uncle Eb. Da-
Wis sitting on the front porch changing
his socks. OF course, he inquired what
had happened to give cause for this
unusual act, and Mr.. Davis explained
that he was going to Springfield. We
make special mention of this because
this first is time Mr.. Davis has been
away from Miller in ten years.-Au-
rora Advertiser.
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The Need of the Auto World

Huntington Free Press.I
What the auto world most needs now
even more than a noiseless honk is a ma
chine that will not only be hOrselcss but
also hOgless.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

Marconi says the signals from Mars
come in the shape of 'V". Perhaps
they are trying to communicate with Mr..
Volstead.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
VERMONT NEWS.

On Sunday afternoon or early evening
thieves broke into the building housing
the maple syrup and sugar exhibit at the
Rutland fair grounds and stole a guam
tity of candies and other valuable maple
products
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
Ore Yer Ago Today.

Connecticut ratified the federal suf
rage amendment.
Democratic and Republican regula
tickets successful in the New York pri
narieS
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lfember Of rbe Associated Press,

The Associated Press Ia exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to il and not otherwise
credited in this paper and Also the local news
published herein.
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No Annqtte KeIIerman Stunts Here.

Sign in a Hot Springs dance hall :
IF you want to dance. do so but please
remember this is not seashore. and
we are not giving swimming lessons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

Ezra Il see the American Glue Co,
had Il picnic at Salem this week.
Tulip: Yes. about so employees stuck
around at a shore dinner"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

\ Spitzenberg apple tree on the Robert
Garner farm. south of the village of Ben
niugton has produced a total crop of two
apples and two blossoms and all four UNI
til recently were on the tree al the same
time The two lonely apples are on one
side of the tree and the blossoms came
into existence on the other
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
1t Ought to Have Been a Complete

Mr.. and Mrs. Drinkwater and Mr..
Happy and sister of Hillside, have re-
turned from a family reunion at larry
town. y. Y. -Springdale item.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

The secretary of labor has been offered
Union. They may be able to show how
the unemployed can get along without a
lob
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

Wild rice planted by the fish and game
department in 1920 is showing in abund-
ance this year 1t was planted with the
idea Of providing feed for ducks and other
wild fowl. The experiment has proven
80 successful that more rice will be
planted this year in other places through
out the state where ducks abound
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14

Look over your roll of S 10 bills. \
so note Is sand To- Pee .n cir
culation in New ENGLAND