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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-10
OF
100000 IN LIQUOR
Letters Have. Made No Complaint Police
Say-RepOrted Robbers Bored
Through Steel Door.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 10.-Reports
that the Washington police had been
notified that the house of Joseph Letter of
Chicago and Washington, on his estate in
Virginia, had been robbed of wines and
liquors valued at 100000 lack contirma-
ton at Washington police headquarters.
1t was said there that no complaint of
the robbery had been made and that no
detectives had been assigned to the case.
The sheriff of Fairfax county. Virginia,
who according to the story told. was en-
deavOring to locate the rObber, said he
never heard of the robbery. while the care
taker of Mr.. Letters estate denied that
any robbery had occurred. According to
the story told, the robbery took place on
Oct. >.
The Letter family is not now residing at
the Virginia estate. which is in charge
of a caretaker. This estate is situated
near the Potomac river, several miles from
Washington, and the house is about a mile
from the Dad leading from Washington
to Leesburg, Va.
The account given of the alleged rob
berry had it that the Letter wine cellar is
protected by a steel door said to be three
inches thick. When a recent attempt to
rob the cellar was made. experts employed
by a private detective agency reported. it
was said, that it would require two hours
of drilling with an acetylene torch to get
through the door. The alleged robbery on
Oct. > was accomplished. the story goes.
by boring through the steel door with an
acetyIene torch and the wines and liquors
We're placed on two large motor trucks
seen in the vicinity of the Letter estate on
the day of the robbery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-10
B%RATTLEBORO LOCAL

All members of Sedgwick Relief corp.
are urged by the president to be present
in Grand Army hall this evening immed
lately after the parade. to drill for in
! spection, which is to be held Thursday
evening. Oct. II.
The Congregational runimage sale il
the chapel Friday and saturday, under
the direction of Mrs. N. j.. Larrabee
netted $50. The committee in charge
. plans to hold a one-day sale in December
Particulars will be given later.
The anniversary of Dennis Rebekaf
lodge and older members night will be
observed in the regular Injecting of the
lodge tomorrow evening in Odd Fellows
temple. There will be an entertainment
after the meeting and refreshments will
be served.
Ray j. Rounds. a farmer of Putney
road. and Miss Myrtle f.. Wilson of New
fame were married Saturday afternoon
By Rev. Clark T.. Brownell, D.. D., Mt the
parsonage of the First Baptist church.
They were attende by a brother and sis
ter of Mr.. Rounds.
ley opened at the box Office at s O'Clock
this morning with many in line for seats.
There will be a rehearsal of Happy Valley
tonight Immediately after the parade.
This rehearsal viii be strictly private.
Company | members are requested to re-
port at the armory at $50 tonight to
join the parade. .-.
Community Service for BrattIeboro. of
which Robert l.. Fits is chairman, is be
ing used by superintendent Florence NJ.
Wellman in the schools of district No. -.
Miss Roberta Winans teaching playground
gameS and singing games of various sorts
for the different grades. Cooperation
with the schools and other organizations
is a part of the plan of Community Ser
vice.
Frank Strong. who is employed by the
New England Telephone * Telegraph com
pany, saw Il large partridge settle in the
yard back of his home on Fairview street
Sunday morning at $50. and on running
he attempted to catch the bird. which
seemed to be unable to fly very far. Be
fore the bird could fly high enough to es-
Mr.. Strong got Il grip on one leg and
the bird was captured alive. As far as
it was possible to see the bird had not
been wounded, but was dazed from some
unknown cause.
Arthur l.. Billings. who has conducted
the II0adley apartments of - rooms or
more several years and who recently
of the Arthur Il. Clapp estate the
,o-called Park building. has fitted up II
rooms i'm the north end of the
building in the quarters formerly occu-
pied by the Michelman store. The office
now is located on the ground floor in the
northeast corner of the building. The
name has been changed from Hoadlev
apartments to Hotel Billings. The altera- |
ions make available more than 40 rooms !
or rental purposes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-10
WEST BRATTLEBORO

| James LeRay returned Saturday from
Wilmington, where he had been since
Thursday visiting friends and attending
the fair.
George Robbins returned Saturday
from White River Junction, where he
had been at the State fair during the
week exhibiting automobiles for Manley
Brothers, Inc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Carr and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Underwood spent Sunday in
Colerain, Mass. with Mr.. Underwood's
parents. They reported a furry of snow
on Colerain mountain, which lasted Il few
minutes.
Among those from here who attended
the Wilmington fair were. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry {. SquircS. Mrs. Charles :, Hig-
ley, Mr., and Mrs. Fred Marsh, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Winchester and Mr.. and
Mrs. I. w. Chase.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-10
HARTFORD WRITER \ SUICIDE.
Jumps From Steamer Near Liverpool
and is Drowned.

QUEENSTOW4N. Ire, Oct. 1O.-Soou
after the steamer Baltic left Liverpool
Saturday, one Of the passengers, whose
name was given a Edward Porrit and
who was described as n journalist, OF
Hartford. Conn. while ConveTsiug with
friends on the second cabin promenade,
rushed to the rail and succeeded. despite
the efforts of the others. in going over
board.
4 boat was lowered and buoys and
flares were brown into the sea. but
there was no sign of the mans body.
Friends of Mr.. POrrit say that recently
he had been suffering from mental strain
and was going to the United States to re-
C%upcrate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-10

Bright stars. when low down near the
sea horizon, sometimes puzzle even the
most experienced sailors as to whether or
not they are ships lights Reference to
this fact has occasionally been made in
connection with collisions between vessels
in the open ocean.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-10

The amount of rain falling upon tn,
earth'S surface is calculated to be ~equiva
lent to a layer of water of the uniform
depth for the whole globe Of about Bob
inches.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-10

New Unit to Be Three Story Fire Proof
Structure-WH Accommodate 90 Pa
tients-One Floor Given Over to Ma
ternity Work.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
LITTLE BENNIE'S
NOTEBOOK
IL Lee Pape-

Ma made doughnutts for pop to-
oay on account of doughnutts being his
favorite things next 10 hamberg stakes,
making as Of them. me watching her
take them out of the pan and saying.
G.. ma. is doughnutts. that's ixackly
duzzln and a half. aid you realize that
vile you was making them. ma?
! don't see enything 50 remarkable
about that, ! wish they were all one
shade instead Of being some lite and
some dark. not that the cutler affects
the taist eny but its matter Of pride
with me. sed ma.
And she went up in her room and
about hours Afterwards ] went up
and she was sewing on the sewing
machine. me saying. Hello ma, watts
you think, ma. the doughnutts are all
one shade now.
Wat In the werid are you tawlung
atuout. how can they be? SD ma, and /
sd. They ar,. ma, they're all lite brown,
h that the shade you wunted. ma?
Benny Potts. don't you stand there
snd tell me YOU changed the cutler of
those doughnutts in some awhll way?
sed ma, and ! sed No man, l tell you
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
You Get Real Money for This 7

villagers talking about a certain Mr.
Sowders, and more i'm hope than ex-
pectafion / horned in on the CONVERSE
ton, and sure enough it's the same
Sowders that dogged me down at camp
so that ] scarcely had a moment to
stretch myself on my bunk during drill
hours the whole time / was in his
company.
Ifound out where he lived and hustled
around there and found a prune
faced female who turned out to be his
wife. If the spirit OF revenge hadn't
been so strong within me I'd have had
pity and laid off right there, for one
look at Mrs. Sowders told me that he
was going to be punished enough for
the rest of his days. But revenge is
sweet. so after getting in 100 per cent
strong by asking her if she was actu-
ally related to Mary Pickford as well as
resembling her facially. / opened up my
sample case of Daisy Canned Soups and
offered her two dozen cans below the
cost of manufacture. / knew that
would get her. You can sell an ex-bar-
keep load of water jugs il you offered
them TO him below the cost of manu-
facture."
Anyway the two dozen cans are in
Sowders' kitchen and he'll drink every
can or die, being the next closest propo-
sition TO a mustard plaster, and while
don't actually hope he dies. at least 1
feel assured that the easiest he gets off
viii constitute a good juicy revenge
My regards TO the baby and send me
photograph of his tooth as quickly as
the mails will permit Affectionately.
Joe.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
THE SENDS ME- ROSES.
Chapter AZ.

Each day IA il went bv brought me a
litGle happiness but there was plenty
III anguish and sorrow, too. At times my
soui would be torn with injustice. The
terrible demons OF imagination and Jeal-
o,~y were hard things 10 stifc.
One day Leonard would be all kindness
and the next night he would not get home
until some small hour of the morning.
Al t,mcs il WAS all | could do to hold back
u,e terrible passions which had racked
my ~onl AT first When my heart WAS
thrown into these wild fits of hopelessncss,
| would get o.t something OF Leonard
that needed mcnding and the touch OF his
ncarno~ would calm and steady me.
4 did los of thinking about Mrs.
IAArwood during those days. As my love
for Leonard became sIrer and steadier,
NV hatred for her became more venomous
aud overpowerlng. Sometimes II took
shcar force on my part TO keep from dong
amethlng terrible.
knew that she was dangerous woman
and true to that type, clever and artfui
a. the last degree. She WAS using every
means in her sordid power TO interest and
fAsenate Leonard Knowing Leonard, l
could sce exactly how she could get around
him | had dyne il myself, but not with
such skill M Mrs. DarTood was capable
OF, or IN such directions.
There ,s worldly sportivennss favored
~ath a few degrees OF faxed innocence,
that proves alhlring TO all men ut some
time or other Then, too, men IKE
dashlnglv dn,Ssed woman, and 1t Is sur
wising how many fine men are bit near
sighted when IL comes 90 drawing the line
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
THE SANDMAN STORY
Protected by George Matthew Adams.
By Abbie Phillips Walker

hind the tree jumped short but stout little
man with big basket in his hands.
''Ho, son, are YOU looking for a lost
basketY' he asked s'Maybe this is
it?' And he placed the one he held on the
ground at lvan's feet. Ivan examined
1T closely. This one was of fine red wire
and in it were glittering leaves of gold
and tiny diamonds forming a line down
the stem.
is that the one you lost, lad?" asked
the gnome.<
''Oh, nor laughed Ivan as he kept on
his search In the bushes. '1Our basket
was of rushes, and there was nothing in it
but bit of dry bread and some paper"
well, if that is true, it ought TO be easy
to find, said the gnome. Il will help you.
So the gnome set the beautiful basket
of golden leaves on snowy stump and
helped Ivan peer under all the bushes.
1t grew very cold and dark. The wind
whistled and the snow fell thick and fast.
Better take this basket" said the
gnome. Maybe you are mistaken and
this is the one he left.
I'VE are too poor to own the basket,
much less those beautiful golden leaves, 7"
he replied, 80 it is not ours
''Ha, here it is at lastp' said the gnome,
l
a pile of snow. Now take it and run
home"
Ivan seized the basket eagerly, and,
after thanking his friend of the woods
warmly, was about to set off in run
home.
Look behind the tree and take home
what you see" said the gnome.
Ivan looked, and there on bush
/ hung q big, warm fur coat. He slipped
INTO it quickly.
'And here is the basket as present to
youi uncle, continued the gnome, placing
the beautiful one of golden leaves ia
Ivan's hand Give it to the chopper
with the regards of the King of the
Gnomes / was by you all afternoon and
heard him refuse to harm our tree."
When Ivan reached home he found a
warm fire, but little to eat, for times were
hard with the family then. But when he
showed the basket and IFS golden leaves
whose stems flashed with diamonds, they
danced with JOY, for within the basket its
golden treasure lay-a vast fortune for the
honest lad and the kind-hearted wood
chopper.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
WHY?
why is a Cake Used .t weddingsf.
Copyright 1870. by
Wheeler Syndicate. Inc

Long before the introduction of the
ago, the counterpart of what n now
known as the wedding cake" or brides
cake" was an established institution.
although, like most customs that date
hack to the early days, IT must be ad-
mitted that the precise origin of the
bread ceremony at primitive weddings
is shrouded In mystery.
Among ancient writer's on the sub
iect, Qufntus Curtis is probably the
most definite and reliable, for he quotes
the laws of Romulus. based upon those
of the Etruseans and the other races
whose advent preceded the foundation
of Rome. In those days. Il appears to
have been customary for the families Of
the young couple" to enter into certain
pre-nuptial agreements for the future
provision of their son and daughter
much as showers are given TO the
bride at the present time. These agree
nents were ratified al the marriage
festival, and accompanied by a lavish
outpouring of corn. oil and other kinds
of food. a ceremony which practically
constituted the wedding itself.
Instead OF adopting this elaborate
process of joining husband and wife,
Romuius devised a simpler method
known as confarreatio, whereby the
contracting parties simply ate loaf
of barley bread together and solemnized
their union ar once. This easy way of
plunging into natrimony remained in
force for many yenrs among the
Romans. but gradually, with the spread
Of more effete civitiza ton. the loaf OF
barley bread was transformed into a
cake of a more delicate texture and
finally into the elaboratefy-ic struc-
ture which is now a part Of every cere-
rnonious wedding.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
A LITERARY CLUB POR
BUSY WOMEN

I,ast week group "a frr women wrote
To ask me TO help them plan a literary
club which could be- run on simple lines
without dues, officers, r red tape. ! make
the following sugQestions, which ] hope
her busy mother-bousekecpcrs VIII read
and perhaps put into practise. For iittie
study Of this sort makes all the difference
between a mentaily-progressnve iife and
q non-progressive one. Too few of lis
take time to get away from our daily
problems and duties And we would be 70
much happier If we did
/ believe that q membership 0f SIX
would be better than ono of four. Becansc
I suggest that If there are To be no mem
berahip dues, each member could afford
to expend about "a cents month IN order
to buy one book month; SIX tfrnes ~
comes TO little over s2and great
many excellent books can be bought for
that amount. OF course the books 70 be
read could be taken from a public library
by the various members In turn, but this
would take 40 much time and trouble.
BY buying one book month, the club
could let each member keep IL for frye
days, If the meetings are 70 be held
monthly.
In this way, the books which aIl have
read m the past month VIII be dlscnssen
at each meeting, and new book decided
uporl-to bury for all to read during
the coming month.
Each member could bring clippings Of
book reviews to each meeting, and
these will be read aloud to help the club
in deciding which book TO buy next. l
suggest that at the opening Of es>h
meeting the members take turns ex-
pressing their opinions about the book
that all have Just read. When all have
done this, the book should be placed upon
a table and the members viii proceed TO
draw lots for it. In this ray, the various
members will automatically acquire a
library Of modern literature.
| say modern" literature because
I assume that the clubs chief purpose
viii be to read and discuss the best of
the new books that come out. think
most Of us feel the need Of closer ac-
quaintance with our present day authors.
We all know how fback nunber" and
out-of-date we feel when we are among
people who are discussing some new book
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
Y/T STORY OF MARRIED
Il u Z LIFE OF TO-DAY.
By KATHERINE MOORE
between a sportily lresscd woman and the
By KATHERINE MOORE.

between s,ortily dressed woman and the
type known in polite society ~ last.
Every woman with an average amount OF
intelligence knows this and it is the force
that often pulls many of them down hill;
remember how Mrs Darwod had
bamboozled Thierry's father. He was .
big man in every sense of the word. Ihis
thought gave me little more comfort.
Ii was not Just the wcaklings that sue
cumbed to such woman. II was the
men with big minds and soulsl The great
danger, after all, lay in the fact that all
men were more or less gullible. III men
were as easily taken in in a business deal
as they can be by the average woman,
there would be lot more bankruptcies,
| thought AS it is, the smash-ups draw
the biggest averages in the divorce courts.
As WAS in the midst OF such thoughts,
Emma came in the room with a long box
In her hands.
Someone Just left this package for
YOU. Mrs. Allen," she said, hesitatlng q
minute at the door with the stamp OF
feminine curiosity written plainly across
her good natured face. / knew the box
contained flowers, but my mind could
not connect them with q possible sender.
As pushed back the tissue paper
there lay dozen of the most beautiful
red roses They permeated the AR
with vigor and passion. Inside of a small
white envelope / found card. On it was
Mr.. Thierry Brunswick, with a pen stroke
crossing through all but the THE.
Red roses-how suited they were to
THE, / thought. But how would | ex-
plain them to Leonard? Only my heart
could understand the reason for their
blood red message.
Tomorrow Learn to Keep Silent.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26

An ad in Every Evening costing 30c
sold an automobile worth 100 dollars
what more could you exDect.-Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26

often have their dances on summer nights
under its branches, so we will not disturb
IL. like the little folk Of the forest.
Olaf and Ivan had gone quite way
home that evening when Olaf suddenly
remembered that he had left his lunch
basket back in the woods.
Il will get IL for YOU, uncle, sand Ivan,
''vou keep on home and | Will run last
- Ivan sped back down the snowy
road into the deepening dusk of the
huge forest When he reached the big fir
tree he saw no signs Of the basket. In
vain he searched about in the snow. Then
he heard a merry laugh and out from be-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
LETTERS OF TESSiE AND JOE

Dear Tessie:
l had great stroke of luck today
You know l often spoke 10 you Of
Captain Sowders the hard boiled. so
called commander OF our company
when got as far as camp and no fur
ther during the great war. And you
know / hated him worse than two doses
of poison, both fatal Well down at
camp / used to spend my sleeping hours
praying I'd get chance to get even
with that bird some day. In fact
spent my working hours the same way.
Anything's better than working when
you're in the army.
Well today I heard some INNOCENT
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
VANS TREASURE.

Ivan worked for woodchopper; ana
n rut wood IN forest in winter IN Russia
h hard. cold work. But Ivan did his part
rnanfullv. for the woodman and his wiie
were both kind to the orphan. Yet they
were very poor
f cine day in aravine in which grew
vrry tall trees, Ivan noticed a beautiful
xr tree.
II This would make nice timber, Uncle
Olaf said Ivan Let us cut II, Tor we
could sell il at a fine price at the castle.
No" said the chopper quickly. That
10 great timber, but | know the gnomes
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26

how / did ii, ma, ] went back to look
at them agen and / happened to notice
as dark as enything and remembered
wat you sed about wishing they was all
one shade, so ] ate the fearse brown
ones so the rest would be more alike,
and then l happened TO notice mutch
lighter than they awt to be by rites, so
/ ate those 3, and then ] happened TO
Never mind the rest OF the detales,
how meny are left, tell me immeeditly
sed ma.
Nam? s, l sed, G. you awt to see them
ma, they're all SO mutch alike you awt to
have a gessing contest TO tell them
apart, aint you glad, ma?
You wait till your father comes home,
sed ma.
Wich / did to my sorro
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
birthday Of Epworth Ladies' Aid

The Ladies' Aid Society of Epworth
M. E. Church will celebrate its birth
day anniversary this evening with A
party. in the lecture room Of the church.
A pleasing program has been arranged
by the president. Refreshments will
be served.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
an tnoulrie- nfdrea-..f y Me vIrk-

when a bunch - women re< 10
gefber. why Do they an taIk ~ 0rerT-
$50 they1i he able n get tnrru~n
and get home some time.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-26
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
BY Laura A. Kirkr,an

which ~ fpsvc not read. it seeDs - min
teihge6t for IN II, be Ivfng ia l0nDaDcf ~
what the greatest minds ~ oar onn dx
and age are producing IL putt M ST a dis
1iyantage.
The club might ho called, Tho Nc~
Fiction Club" but this need not mean
that the work Of vsns new pet, pday.
wright or eesay,st cannot he bought and
studied, II desired, ~ well a. the b<rt
noyeIs of the day. The club wiil ~ formed
for the pIrpose Of keeplng abreast n nc
times i1 literature, M matter what loo
of writing II studied. Books on interior
decoration, china, pottery, World pro''sefn~
lin fact, On any subject ln vhich fne
members arr Interested, could b. incilfied
among the fiction selections, and ia hrs
way the members would find tscfoaslyfe
with many new interests.
The meetings viii b. held at a different
members home es>h month, ~ Vsaf each
member viii be hf~tesr rB turn. II should
he definitely decided tbAt only the afnplfst
refreshmenx will hc served, Il ecnrlfray
is to be consideration fazd u alwsvv s a
consideration Once or twice A year a
club dinner might BE- held, 70 ~4llch ne
husbands could be invited ard a. ~firh
literary gaKnes might Dc played.
Tomorrow Hints from Readers.
An inquiries addressed 10 Nies KIRK
man fr care OF the HR@fficicnt House
keeping@ department VIII t1 answered
in these columns in their turn. This
requires considerable time. howfver
owing to the great number received.
50 IL a personal or quicker reply q
desired. stamped and seIf-affressef
envelope must be enclosed with fne
oryfegt bon.- The Editor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-06-09

President Wilson, instead-of
going to the trouble of MAX
ing a peace treaty and losing
his health in an attempt; to
get the Senate to ratify II.
did not merely resort to this
Simple expedient of peace BY
executive proclamation. For
that matter one wonders
doubtless why Washington,
Madison, Taylor, Mckinley
and all our other war Presl;-
|dents5did not do the same
thing.
They doubtless had no
"best minds" to- advise them
and besides'knew something
about'the Constitution Of. the
United States.