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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
Legislature History.
Bennington Banner

The failure of the Vermont lcgiSla-
ture Of 1927 to accomplish much in the
way of progress is to be lamented but it
is not surprising. On the whole it made
little better record than the legislature
of two years ago and its tImIdity in aC-
ton saved il from some blunderS that
seemed to threaten. Looking back over
the sessions of the past ~ years il is
seen that only occasionally has Il Yer
mont legislature risen to its Opportun-
ity-uOtably in 1906 under the leader
ship of Governor Proctor and in 1912
when Governor Fletcher by force and
persistence held the legislature in ses-
sion until it finally found itself and
made the best record of any session in
the memory of the present generation.
1t is not always the legislature with the
highest average of ability that makes
the best records. The legislature of 1908
probably contained the most strong men
of any Vermont legislature in 30 years
but its record Of actual accomplishment
was small. and i'm no way comparable
To 1910 or 1915 when the average of
ability was considerably less. Every
Legislative membership il inclined to re
sent talk about leadership but the good
or bad records made by the legislature
depends almost entirely upon the leader
ship they are willing to accept. This
years legislature contained u rather cX-
ccptional number of fine men but too
often they were overwhelmed by the mar
row vision or lack of courage on the part
of the majority when the larger issues
were pending. \ legislature in which
the small towns make an issue of fight
ing the larger towns has a wrong con-
ccption of the future of Vermont and
this was one of the mistakes of the re
cent session. 1t would be just az IN
fortunate were the larger towns able to
have their way at the expense of the
smaller towns as happens too often in
New York and some of the other states
The future welfare of the state of Yer
mont requires the healthy growth and
natural progress of both the small and
the large towns 1t is only in the vision
of men of small views or men of little
experience that the interests of different
classes of towns seem to conflict. I'm
selfish service for the whole state of
Vermont should be the watchword of a
Vermont legislature.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

less Observation-Disclosures. could have
guessed that a silly iove-theme would be
put in to mar its fine unity? a child
told her school teacher the other day,
Yes. I saw Black Beauty, but mother
was disappointed. She told father she
was so glad there was going to be one
play without any love in. because love is
too old for me, and anyhow, l don't care
much for it. and then we went and sure
enough, they had to stick some love in
at the end"
1t is true there are plays all right for
grown-ups which are unsuitable for chill
dren. But when the unsuitability is de-
libcratcly introduced into stories orig
inaHy all right. what is one to do? If
the movie producers are 80 ready to
censor themselves, won't they change all
that pretty soon:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

The most annoying thing, and the most
curious thing. about the Japanese stand
regarding zap. is that Japan acts as
if she owned the island If all the legal
bubbles set up by the japanese govern
ment were admitted. the fact would re
main that Japan can have no title of
ownership and absolute control. Her ten
urc is established under the Versailles
treaty. and that tenure confcr~ only a
trustccship with responsibility under the
league. The principle is stated in Article
- of the league of nations covenant,
signed by Japan:
To these colonies and territories
which as a consequence of the late war
have ceased to be under the sovereignty
them (tbat is. Germany and which are
inhabited by peoples not yet able To stand
by themselves under the strenuous cOndI-
tiou~ Of the modern world. there should
be applied the principle that the well-bc-
ing and the development OF such peoples
form n sacred trust Of civilization and
that securities for the performance of
this trust should be embodied in the cove
uaut. The best method of giving practi-
cal effect to this principle is that the
tutelagc of such peoples should be en-
trusted to advanced nations who by rca-
son of their resources. their experience
Oh their geographical position can best
undertake. this responsibility, and who
are willing to accept it. and that this tut
rlagc should be exercised by them a. man
datoricS in behalf of the league"
1t is provided that the South Pacific
islands, owing to their sparSencsS of pop
ulation, small size and rcmotcncSS from
the ccntcrs Of civilizations can best be
administered under the laws of the man
datory as integral portions of its terri
tory" but always with the express under
standing that the mandatory government
is trustee, not owner. and always in the
interests of the Indigenous population
Yet we find the japanese government
acting as if islands over which She has
been given a mandate were actually "A
part of Japan. and saying to the United
States that the question of whether zap
station seems to be one which should be
freely settled by the nation which has
charge of the placc-namcly, Japan"
Here, indeed. is an odd conception of
"truStccShip for civilization" Even if
Jarn'S studied Indifference to American
wishes in the matter is overlooked. Amer
leans can hardly overlook the apparent
conviction on the part of Japan that all
the islands entrusted to her keeping are
hers to do with exactly as she plcascs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
MACHINES FOR PERJURERs.

4 Cleveland Judge impelled by proof,
of prevalent perjury. has resumed the old
practice of making witnesses in court
swear on the Bible instead of merely
raising their right hands. He also make,
them stand up while giving their testi
mony. Both of these practices, he says
impress a witness with the seriousness OF
what he is doing and therefore encourage
truth-tclling.
This is very good as far as it goes. II
there is anything in modern experimental
psychology, however they might be prof
itably supplemented by the truth ma.
chine" devised by professor of Johns
Hopkins university.
The machine is said to have been used
recently. with good effect, on two men
held by agents of the federal department
of justice. 1t registers the most minute
variations of a persons blood pressure,
and thereby. the psychologists explain,
measures emotion and thus exposes any
attempt to deceive The idea is that no
man or woman can tell a lie, especially
on the witness stand. without conscien-
tiOuS quaIms or fear of discovery, and
the interior conflict this develops raises
the blood pressure.
Any machine that is such a "dead
givc'away' ought to prove mighty useful
in communities where the machinery of
justice is breaking down through the I'M
reliability of witnesses.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
DANCING AND THINKING.

The Prince of Monaco has done this
country some service by pointing out a
rcasSuring truth regarding the status of
the national soul. He sees. as others.
do. that in America as elsewhere, there
Is more Observation-Disclosures in evidence,
more dancing and gambling. more friv-
olity and vice of all sorts. But along
with it he observes a striking contrast.
The war. he says, while making the silly
people sillicr. has made the serious
minded persons more serious Along
with the frivolous MASTERS there are
other people laundering after science and
learning more than ever before"
Thus. while the effect of war has been
to shake up more froth in society, it has
also shown more solid contents than
people were formerly aware of. The i'm
Dortant thing. as an American editor re-
marks. is how far the one effect balances
the other. The frivolity has certainly
been more obvious the last year or two,
Many moralizcrs have been almost driven
to think that the results of the war were
altogether bad We are not likely ever
to consider them altogether good, but
good is coming out of the conflict, after
all Even now the solid contents of So
cicty are making themselves felt. The
sober. forward-looking part of the nation
and mankind may yet control things and
prove their control 80 plainly that even
the frivolous will see the drift and re-
Npcct it,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
In the DAVIS News.

Rev. DIR. Henry J. Cody, who is re-
ported to have received an offer Of ap-
p0intmcnt to the Anglican archbishopric
of Melbourne. Australia is a leading To
rontO clergyman of the Church of Eng
land in Canada and a former minister
of education in the Province of Ontario.
He is a native of Ontario, and was edu-
Gated in its schools and at the University
of Toronto, of which institution he has
since become a senate member On all
the important boards of his church in the
dominion he has served with distinction
as well as with many civic organizations
In 1914-15 he was a member of the ON
tariO governments commission on I'M
employment. He was appointed minister
of education i'm 1918 and filled the Office
during the important period of rcc0nstruc-
ton following the World war
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
No Road Debt. Anyway.
(Rutland Herald }

VermontcgS who may be inclined to
kick" about the amount Of permanont
road work planned for this season are
invited to consider the case of New Hamp-
shire. with its much-touted system Of
hard-Surfaced roads and not a dollar to
spend this year for new construction.
That is to say, every dollar which
New Hampshire is able 10 raise goes into
maintaining its roads instead of building
new roads. incidentally. it DEVELOPS that
New Hampshire is spending as much for
maintaining asphalt roads alone a. it
it formerly spent for construction
years ago
Vermont has made some mistakes.
wasted a lot of money, mixed politics with
its gravel permitted bad methods, etc.
but Vermont has no road debt and. out
side of the bad weeks" of spring. has
ordinarily fairly paSsablc good and seine
excellent roads
One way and another. Vermont has
made some road progress. especially
during the past few years. or a. soon
thereafter a. labor and material condi-
ti"u> touched anything Of a reasonable
level
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
Chaperons. Awaken!
lRutlnnd News.l

News comes from the dancing masters
that the "toddlc." closeup" Skinny.
camel walk" Jazz" and other frcakish
and ungraceful dance vOgucS are passing.
with prospects of n return TO so-callcd
STANDARD" steps.
This merely suggests the enquiry
What have dancing masters to do with
the dancing of the populace:
The excuse for most of these waddlng.
wiggling, shivering, poSturing- clutchlng,
face-tO-face. sweaty and degraded dances
is that they express the cXuberancc 81
youth. SO do the hult. the can-can, the
"dansc du ventre" and the snake dances
of the orient. Some of them are tolerated
for their art or racial meaning; jazz per
SiSts because no one has the nerve to stop
it.
When Mrs. Austin talked to the WO-
mans club last week about chaperOning
public dances, she said that all she had
to do when dancing couples attempted the
visible improperly was to give them Il
quiet signal or call them aside or in eX-
tremc cases to say, Stand away from
your partner
1t is a fact that police chapcroned pub
lie dances are the most orderly and decent
dances in the world. Must we have a pO-
lice matrOn or uniformed officer to pre-
vent young people from visibly embracing
each other in public or executing move
mentS that come from the dive. the brOthel
or the unlicensed dance hall?
The worst exhibitions of dancing i'm
propriety in the country are when our So
called nice young people get together
for a private" dance and the chaperons
either fall asleep or shut their eyes to i'm
prOpriety.
We can send a policeman to the public
dance. but what good viii that do when
our un-chaperOned. or half-chaperOned. or
Sleep-chapPrOned. young folks can get up
a dance of their own and Outshine street
women. professional exploiters of the OBJ
scene and rcd-light cadets in their demon
STATIONS?
As we said before: What have the
dancing masters to do about it?
There is no particular moral crisis
impending: young folks outlive most of
their nonsense. We merely express the
fervent wish that our girls would not seek
to initiate the ladies of the chorus and the
movie lot" to say nothing of worse. We
have also other aspirations for our boys
than a more or less accurate imitation of
Lounge lizards
The phase viii pass, but let us chap
erCns stay awake while it's passing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
4 Mess Vermont Avoided.
st. Adams Messenger. =

The New Hampshire legislature. yio3d-
ing to farmer pressure. declared eastern
standard time the legal time in the Gran
ito state and ordered the railroads not t.
change their train schedules. As Mas a
chusettS is on daylight saving and as the
Massachusetts roads (Which operate
through New HAMPSHIRE are forced to
alter their schedules to conform with the
advanced hour. the New Hampshire
Grange is on the war path because train
schedules have been advanced in that
state. IN all probability the objection viii
amount to nothing Railroads have a
right to operate their trains at neceSsarv
hours. This fact was recognized at Mont
pelier where the farmer element showed
its sense by not going to the extreme that
was reached at Concord. When a state
legislature, seeks to interfere with inter
state traffic it is on the wrong road. The
whole matter of standard time legislation
in Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont
was at bottom merely an attempt to force
Massachusetts to give up daylight savin4
The attempt at Legislative blackmaiI failed
and that is the end of it. no matter bow
~trenuou>ly they may kick down in the
Granite state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

tend to shave him, Artie saying, Keep
some of that lather out of my mouth,
barber.
Yes sir. I'm keeping some out, I scd.
And | keep on pretending to shave him,
using my ruler for a razer, saying, If l
cut YOU. sir, jest yell and Ill stop, sir.
Wich jest then pop woke up and
stretched himself, saying. To shave or
not to shave, that is still the question.
And he jumped up and saw me and Ar
tie, saying. Well for Poets sake. look
at my shaving brush. look at my shaving
soap. look at my chair. look at the floor.
Mcening on account of lather being
spaShed all over everything. and jest
then ma came in. saving. Wen for mercy
SakcS look at my eileen tablocloth. Meen-
ing on account of the same reason. and
,ArtIe had to 90 rite home, being a cintch
for him. and I had to stay i'm the rest
OF the day and go to bed erly. net being
sutch u cintch for me-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
Today S Events
Today is the feast of st. Mark.

To-Day IS the feast Of st. Mark.
Britain will observe today as Anzac
day. the anniversary of the landing at
Gallipoli.
Seventy-five years ago today hostilities
in the Mexican war We're begun with the
capture of a small body of United States
troops by the Mexicans
Flags will fly in London today in honor
of the oath birthday of Princess Mary.
only daughter and third child of King
George and Queen Mary.
An Own Iour-Own-Homc exposition
will be opened in st. Louis today as part
of campaign to stimulate the building
industry and solve the housing problems
Several thousand chemists are expected
in Rochester today for the opening OF
the annual convention of the American
Chemical society, the largest scientific
body in the world
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

The thirty-third birthday of the cleo
trio street car comes on May 4. On
that day, in 1888. a double track line
provided with thirty cars built by Frank
J. Sprague, still a resident of New York,
was opened in Richmond, Va, but for
fifty years prior to that date scores of
inventors, beginning with a Vermont
man. Thomas Davenport. a blacksmith of
Brandon. had been working toward the
goal which Sprague finally achieved. In
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
TodaY's Birthdays.

William Marconi. the perfector of wire
less tclegraphy. born at Bologna, Italy
Il years ago today.
Princess Mary. only daughter of theil
AIajeStieS of Great Britain and ireland
born ~ years ago today.
Robert W. De Forest. president of the
Metropolitan Art Museum. born in New
York city. 13 years ago today.
Rt. Rev. Hugh Latimer Burleson. Eps
copal bishop of South Dakota. born at
Mortified, Mimi, % years ago today.
John +. Stevens. famous engineer. one
Of the builders of the Panaman canal
born at West Gardiner, Me. s. years age
TODAY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

The Burlington Free Press * not only
playing good politics but shows good sense
in suggesting the idea that the Rutland
county fair and the state fair could and
should be combined. This will be brought
about. if the powers that be in Rutland
and Burlington will unite on the same
proposition, OF course it would be-
rather nice to have the fellows at Brat
tlcboro agreeable to the idca.-Watcr-
bury Record
So far As Brattlcboro is concerncd-iu-
deed, the whole nj Windham county.
for that mattor-thcrc would probably
be little opposition to combining the state
fair with the Rutland association and
making Rutland the state fair city. Its
advantages over White River Junction.
so far as railway facilities. hotel accom-
modations, etc. are concerned are obyi-
Gus, and so long as the Valley Fair asSo-
citation is in its present excellent coudi-
ton there is no likelihood that south
eastern Vermont interests will suffer for
lack Of 4 good fair in this corner of the
state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t 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
he 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
cdy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
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cleveland, s. /. Purinton (Esteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert ]. Polica, 297 South Main St.
Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, NJ. E. Brown,
Putney, NJ. C.. Williams.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

Shoc-shininG is the latest occupation
Ito be taken up by women. The students
lat Mount Holyoke college have started
a shoe shining establishment and it is
said that judging by the financial returns
and the prestige that has been acquircd
there is every reason to expect that shoe
shining parlors run by the fair sex may
become an established institution within
a short time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

Viewpoints most exclusive circles has pro
NOTED herself from the society columns of
the news to the moving picture stage
After the movies, what?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

Now if all the cigar and cigarette
smokers would be as careful as the Off
Gals of a railroad down in PENNSYLVANIA
are. They announce that in an effort
to avert forest fires caused by sparks
from locomotives no trains will be run
over that road during dry weather.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
Member Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
cTcdted I tbi 70 and sso the roca ms
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
One Year Ago To-day.

Prince of Wales welcomed in New Yea
land.
Palestine and AIesoptamia put under
British mandate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

New Hampshire still clings to Fast
day and has set aside April % for its
observance this year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

a municipal nudge of Columbus. O..
says, If we brought in all the people
who arc making brew in their homes
we'd have one-fourth of the people in
jail Better make it onc-third. judge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

Hang on to YOUR corkscrcw-thcrc's
still use for it. \ Baltimore man re-
Gently defended himself from burglar
with one.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
TO ADVERTISERS.

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! first insertion with so per cent discount for
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/ copy Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
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subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published at foot of local
/ items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
Thank You

My eyes feel a hundred per cent better
since you fitted me with glasses. The eye
strain and the headaches are gone and
can think, work, eat and sleep in COM
fort. In fact, feel like a new man. My
wife says 1 have got a new start in life
since you gave me this eye relief.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

The common variety of garden snail
has Il. l75deeth in 1876 rows of l05 each.
Another variety has u 600 in 40 rows.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

Mrs. Lydig Hoyt of New York and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
WHAT ARE MANDATES FOR?

MONDAY. APRIL -. 1921.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25
SCHOOL DAYS

Go On. Harry. 8'"H~ Ji.t d t.sts!
Vent dunk much honest. crs.s ~
h..st an bots r,1 de 81 t'k. ras.s0
a sup! Gosk. I'm c.pshiO Ike the
dieksas! A1kf a~ek-R- >ao.f-
Go or. you know me.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-25

And l started to per
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-08-22
vocEs DE LA CALLE

Barceloneta, agosto IL.
Ell MUNDO, San Juan.
Siempre he sido enthusiastic jugador
de pelota y he notado mucho que ape
mas Sc habla de ella en- este pueblo.
Yo creo que Barceloneta debe de en-
terarse del entusiasmo que va tomando
el baseball" en- toda la isla. No hay
pueblo donde no Sc juegue ell referido
deporte. Asi es que no hay motive que
Barce1oneta, ysiendo uno de los pri-
meros pueblos en- organizarse ell chase
ball'', 10 divide en- los dias de mas en-
tusiasmo.
Pero yo no dudo de que las autorida
des el pueblo en- general por medic
de los presentes lineas tomen partici-
pacion en- este asunto Sc interesen por
dotar a Barceloneta de una buena liga,
para bien de los nifios del p1blico.
SANCHEZ.