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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-11-26
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bumptious young American farmer
went to England to learn his business,
but where he went he pretended that
1t was far easier to teach the farmers
than to learn anything from them.
1--WE got an idea," he said one day
to a grizzled old Northumbrian agri-
culturist "for a new kind of fertilizer
which will be ten thousand times more
effective as any that has ever been
tried. Condensed fertilizer = that's
what it is. Enough for an acre of
ground would go in one of my waist
coat pockets" 81 don't doubt it,
young gentleman" said the veteran
of the soil. "What is more, you'll be
able to put the crop into the other
WaiStcOat pocket"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
FRIDAY, MAY q, 1921.
SKIRTS AND THINGS.

A high school club of boys belonging
TO a church in Chicago took a solemn
pledge the other day to ignore girls who
wear short skirts. These boys will not
walk or talk with maidens who reveal
their limbs" It seems too bad to have
these nice boys vow themselves to lone
illness and celibacy that way, and they
so young and unforeseeing and all For
now that the world knows that maidens
have pedal extremities, and the maidens
and most other people have ceased to be
self-conscious about them, the chances
are that the short skirts are here to stay.
The Vassar Quarterly tells story of
lady principal in the sixties who made
each girl stand on a platform to have her
evening gown scrutitized. The gown
had to touch the floor all around.
Young ladies are not supposed to have
feet" she would say. Who wants to go
back to those disease-spreading and de-
formity- days?
A man writing to a newspaper gives
another view:
There isn't anything to get excited
over. That fine, tapering leg you see in
the ad is only the artists imagination.
We see bow legs, pigeon toes, knock
knees, etc. etc. We see many prominent
collar bones, rough skins, brown elbows,
arms like a sleeps leg.
We males still resort to the camou-
tiage of the tailor in hiding our sway
backs spavins and slabsides. Perhaps
our sisters are a little more frank than
We. Possibly knickerbockers on the part
of the males would make a display about
as mirth provoking as the short skirts
So let us give the lugubrious alarm
ist the hook. There isn't any danger.
Nenuses are as scarce as ApollOs
1t seems rather a sensible way to look
at it. After all, girls are people. Each
has two arms and two legs and a collar
bone. 1t is not their exposure for the
sake of freedom and comfort that is in
decent. 1t is the behavior of the person
possessing these articles. Behavior comes
from the mind and heart. If girls will
make a little more effort at seemliness of
attitude and department, the skirt and
neck discussion viii die a speedy death
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
Weak, Thin Folks
Need Phosphate
Says DR.. KOlle

Dr. Frederic s. Kolle, the New York
auth8r of medical text books whose opin.
ions are greatly valued, writes:
when the nerve tissue begins to lose
its vitality, woman begins 70 lose hel
youth and vivaciouSness. She becomes
irritable. moody and Respondent. II
would be a godsend if more weak, thin
nervous men and women We're aware OF
the efficacy of Ritro- Phosphate.
Thousands of thin. rundown people
whose nervous energy IS nearly exhausted
are turning to Bitro-Phosphate as dis
pensed by the Brattleboro Drug Company
and other leading druggists, because il
helps to re-vitalize the nerves. increase
bodily weight and bring back energy and
mental keenness.
CAUTION: Although Bitro- Phosphate is an
excellent aid in relieving weak, nervous eondi-
tions. its is not advised unless increased
weight is desired.-Adv
RUBBERS. BOOTS, Hot Water Bot
ties, etc, mended. First class work Low
prices We collect and deliver Green
Mountain Achievement Club. Tel. Robert
-f3fliTngS;- ftf~Af 1907 o.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
In the Bays News.

Signor TittOni. who Is coming to
America as the bearer of an autographed
letter from King Victor Emmanuel to
President Harding congratulating Mr..
Harding on his election to the presi-
dency. is perhaps the best-known of all
Italian diplomatists. He was ambassa-
dor in London from 1905 to 1906. and
served in a similar capacity in Paris
from 1910 to 1916. covering the first half
of the World war. He has been twice
minister of foreign affairs and is now
president of the Italian senate. Signor
Tittoni is 81 years old and native of
Rome He entered political life in 1879
and was elected to the chamber of depu-
ties a few years later. Probably the
great diplomatic achievement which has
been credited To Signor Tittoni was the
re-establishment Of friendship between
Italy and France, following several years
of strained relations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
Today's Anniversaries.

1194-Cornelius Vanderbilt, the founder
of the Vanderbilt fortune. born on
Staten Island. y. Y Died in New
York city, Jan. i, 1877
1S1S-Amelia ]. BlOomer. dress reform
e.. born at Homer y. Y Died al
Council Bluffs. Ia, Dec. 80, 1894
1S21-Samuel Wetherill. who was the
first to .produce metallic zinc com
mercially in America. born in
Philadelphia. Died at Oxford
Md. June -. 1890.
1S6EJoshua X. Giddings, an Ohio con
gresham conspicuous as an anti
slavery leader, died in Montreal
Born at Athens. Pa. Oct. q, 1895
1S71-The French government troops
took Pere La Chaise from the
Communists.
1SS7-British house of commons passed
the Irish crimes bill.
1S95-French steamship Don Pedro
wrecked off Spanish coast with a
loss of 81 lives.
1S96-Joshua covering. of Baltimore,
was nominated as the candidate
of the Prohibition party for pres
ident.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
IT'S JUST GREAT
| TO FEEL So FINE
That's What Mrs. Hysette
Says When Telling How
Tanlac Restored
Health

Since TanlaC has helped me so much
feel II my duty 70 suffering humanity
TO tell about my experience so that others
may know what to do for their troubles.
said Mrs. Paul Hysette. 146 Kinsley ST.
Nashua. \. rs Mrs. Hysette has been
Il resident of Nashua for many years
and Is beloved by a large circle of friends
At the time | began taking Tanlac [
had been suffering for about two years
and was almost a complete nervous and
physical wreck. ! had no appetite at all
and no matter what | ate / just suffered
from indigestion vail the time / got aw-
fully sick, bl0ated until / could hardly
get my breath, and was 50 weak the least
little exertion would leave me completely
exhausted. / suffered dreadfully from
constipation, headaches and dizzy spells
and was so nervous | would shake and
tremble all over and could scarcely sleep
any Often Twas SO nervous. discour-
aged and blue over my condition that I
just couldn't keep from crying
II read about Tanlac in the Montreal
paper. and | certainly am glad | learned
about this grand medicine. Ny stomach
IS in such good condition | never have a
bit of Indigestion, and my appetite is
simply wonderful. I've gained a lot of
strength, sleep well. and never suffer
from nervousness like | used to It's GER
taInly great to Seel as fine as / do now,
and | give all the credit to Tanlac."
Tanlac is sold in Brattleboro by the
Brattleboro Drug Co.-Ady
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
Today S Events

Twenty fifth anniversary of the st.
Louis cyclone, in which several hundred
lives were lost and much property de-
stroyed
The Prince of Wales is to ofiiciatc to-
day at the formal opening of the new
theatre of the ROYAL Academy of Dram
attic Arts, in London.
Rear Admiral Herbert @. Dunn today
gives up the command of the First Naval
district, preliminary to going on the re-
tired list next Sunday.
The silver jubilee of the American
Cotton Manufacturers association is TO
be celebrated at n two-day convention to
begin today III Philadelphia.
The debating team of the University
of Wisconsin has journeyed 10 Tucson to
engage in n debate there this evening
with the University of Arizona.
Yale alumni from all over the South
and from other sections as well are eX.
pect9d in Washington today for a large
meeting of the Associated Southern Yale
Clubs.
The spring meeting of the American
Iron and Steel Institute, to be held today
at the Hotel Commodore, New York city
is to be featured with an address by
Judge Ebert +. Gary, chairman of the
United States Steel corporation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
PRESIDENTS MEMORIAL
DAY PROCLAMATION

Whereas this nation has been
conceived in prayer and devotion
by men and women who were
moved under God to found a nation
where principles of right should
form the lasting corner stone and
whereas these principles, purchased
at the price of great sacrifice, have
been fostered by a worthy posterity:
and whereas the great war has
lately laid its costly demands upon
our lands; now, therefore, /, War
rem G.. Harding. President of the
United States. do hereby proclaim
Monday, the Both day of May, ~
day already freighted with sacred
and stimulated memories. a day of
public memorial. | invite my fell
low citizens fittingly To pay homage
on this day to a noble dead who
sleep in homeland. beneath the sea.
or on foreign fields that we who
survive might enjoy the blessings
of peace and happiness and To the
end that liberty and justice, with
out which no nation can exist, shall
live forever.
In witness whereof, l have here
unto set my hand aud caused the
seal of the United States to be af-
fixed. Done in . the District of
Columbia, this Sd day of May. in the
year Of Our Lord 1921, and the in
dependence Of the United States
the 145th~
WARREN G. HARDING.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
, Lacking Reasonable Preeaution.

The press dispatches tell of an automo-
bile from Brattleboro being Crowded off
the road at point near South Randolph,
with the result that the car was forced
down a bank, where it overturned, while
the crowding automobile kept on its
course with its occupants either oblivious
to or wantonly needless of the predica-
ment of the occupants of the dislodged car.
There isn't a place on the highway be-
tween Barre and White River Junction
which is so narrow as to necessitate an
automobile being forced off the road and
down bank, providing both drivers exer-
cised reasonable care and showed decent
consideration for the rights of others.
There are few short turns, to be sure
but even on those turns the highway is
wide enough to permit two vehicles to
pass without trouble under reasonable
conditions of operation. 1t must be pre-
sumed, therefore. that the driver of one
of the cars at least was not using reasons
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
Maybe 1t Belongs to You.
(Rutland News.)

About $3O.O00,000 in bank deposits.
the owners of which cannot be found, are
dormant in American National banks
Now and then. some heir gets wind
of one of these forgotten bank accounts
and the accumulated. interest is so stag
geringly large in some eases that it jolts
many people into habits of thrift.
Rutland bankers say that forgotten
deposits in local banks total substan-
tial sum.
Back of this money is more romance.
mystery, intrigue and crime than all the
movie scenario writer's in Kingdom Come
could think up in a year.
Plenty of people are absent-minded.
but their lapse of memory seldom extends
to hard earned simoleons sailed in the
bank. Sudden death, miserliness or Grim
ina. fight often are back of forgotten
bank deposits.
Whenever one of your near relatives
dies, make it a point to find out every
bank where he carried o deposit. Go to
that bank and learn whether there's a
balance. You might find a windfall.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
PUGILIsT AND LINGUIsT.

Proficiency in foreign languages might
easily be the last thing looked for in a
prize fighter, but Jack Dempsey is re-
ported to be taking French lessons along
with his bodily training for the bout with
Carpenter.
Inasmuch as the time is short before
the fight occurs, ordinarily there would
be little hope Of Dempsey's mastery of
the ''parlyvoo" and ''tootsweet" which
other American fighters learned through
army service in France But Mr.. Demp-
sey is not getting his French by the old,
slow, academic method, with copious
doses of grammar. His linguistic study
is as practical and to the point as his
athletic training. He is to have as a
daily participant in his activities a
Frenchman with whom he will talk
French as he learns it, by ear, phrase
by phrase.
This is the way children learn to talk
in any language. 1t is the way in which
many eminent hnguists gained their first
mastery of an alien tongue. Whatever
Carpenter calls Dempsey in the ring, the
latter viii be able to understand, whether
he likes it or not; and Dempsey will be
able to talk back
1t is an edifying object lesson by which
our diplomats and statesmen would do
well to profit. Few of them, bound
abroad upon affairs of state. have taken
equal pains to master the language with
which they will have to deal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
What's to BE Done?
= bennington Banner. J

Farmers pay less attention to their pas
lures than to any other acreage on their
farms, vet where would a dairyman be
without plenty of pasture Rutland
News.
One Of the reasons why Vermont has
gone backward as q dairyng state has
been the deterioration of Vermont pas
lures Most of the pastures in this state
are too steep, rough or stony t. pillow
and the only way TO keep weeds and brush
out of pasture is to use il for sheep for
a season every three or four years as both
sheep and cows cannot be kept on the
same range. Sheep raising is no longer
profitable in Vermont and dairying suffers
because of the fact s4h3k
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE.

This AFTERNOON ma was in her room i'm
broidering Embroidery. and / stood there
looking at her, and after a vile | sed, q
that looks all rite. ma, watts it going to be
wen its done?
Wat do you wunt. you dident come in
heer to find out wat j was Introducing
sed ma.
have money for the movies this AFTERNOON
Don't you ever think of enything but
the movies? sed ma.
Not saying / couldent, and pritty soon
| sed, Well can /, ma?
Go out and play. it will do you mulch
more good, Sed ma. Still not saying
couldent. and sed, Well gosh. G, ma,
don't wunt to be did eny good. And
kemp on standing there looking at her i'm
bordering, thinking. G. | know wat, Ill
tell her a CRATE compliment and then
the next time l ask her she'll say yes.
And | sed, G ma, you certeny are looking
as though you was feeling CRATE lately.
Thank you, sed ma, and / sed, / aint
the ony one thinks so, either, / got trade
last for you. ma.
Yes? Rely? Wat is it? sed ma. and |
sed. You know those > ladies was heer
yeStiddy, well Wen you went to anser the
fone the one with the blue dress sed to
the one with the red hat, My, Pawleen is
certeny getting stout, iZZent she?
wy, the ignorant eat. I'll never speel;
to her agen, she must be blind. | never
herd of sutch a thing in my life. wy
everybodys bin saying how slender I've
bin looking heer lately, jest wait till
get hold of her, Ill tell her a thing or :,
sed ma mad as enything. Me thinking.
Gosh. that must Of bin heck of a com
pliment.
Wich it must of and wen / asked her
agen about money ~for the movies she
sed No, so sudden there wasent eny doubt
about it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
w. X. NoYEs PRESIDENT.
BrattIebor0 Doctor Heads Vermont
Homeopathic Medical Society.

MONTPELIER. May 27.-The list
annual meeting Of the Vermont Homeo-
pathic medical society was held yesterday
i'm the parlors of the Pavilion. y large
number. over 80 per cent of the member
ship, attended. The meeting was called t0
order at 100 p. m. The reports of the
officers and committees were read and &c
cepted. The next annual meeting viii be
held i'm Rutland,
The following officers were elected foI
the coming year:
President, W. r. Noyes. NJ d. of Brat
tleboro; vice president, George q. Kelley
NJ. D., of Woodstock; secretary, Frank II
Everett. NJ. D.. of Rutland; treasurer
F. Il. Steele, NJ. D., of Montpelier The
following delegates were elected TO attend
the meeting in Washington. ID. C.. from
June - 10 ~ Of the American Institution
of Homeopathy f. +. Steele, NJ. D.
of Montpelier. c. \. Gale, NJ. d., of Rut-
land. and f. l.. Wyman, NJ. D., of Man
chester Center.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
BrattIeborO, Brattleboro News Co., c. w.
CIeaveland s. L. Purinton (Esteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert J. Poilica. 297 South Main St.
Fort Drummer district.
West BrattleborO, J. L. StockweIIa
East Dummerston, NJ. E. Brown
Putney, III. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. M. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. III. GroHt.
South Londonderry, F. Fl. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. B. Bufum.
Eorthfeld, Mass Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, ". h, Mrs. w. Streeter.
HinsdaIe, N. h, w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mast, {. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27

girl and thinks a year is none too short
time for them to spend in getting
little first-hand knowledge of Mother Ma
ture and her methods. The professors
idea is a good one. though he may find
it a difficult one to carry out. But we
doubt if there are many boys or girls
whose early years or a part of them
were spent on a farm, who regret it or
would wish to part with the knowledge
gained from life in the country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
TOtlay'S Birthdays.

Arnold Bennett, celebrated novelist
and dramatic author, born in England
81 years ago today.
Harry T. Cory. the engineer who closed
the Salton Sea. born at Lafayette, Ind
81 years ago today.
John Kendrick Bangs, celebrated au-
thor and humorist, born at Yonkers, y
Y. 30 years ago today.
Dustin Farnum. popular actor and
paotoplay star, born at Hampton Beach,
y. IL, Ii years ago today.
Henry w. Taft, New York lawyer and
brother of former President William H.
Taft. born in Cincinnati, 81 years ago
today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27

The Brattleboro Reformer states the
new curfew ordinance in that burg
starts off we'll" 1t always does work
well for time.-Montpelier Argus.
The Argus is doubtless speaking from
Montpelier's experience with the curfew
which some residents of that city
say does not amount to anything now.
If it started off well for time why
should it not so continue if enforced as
it was in the beginning? No law amounts
to anything if it is neither observed or
enforced.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
Porter Ill. Dale.
bennington Banner.

bennington Banner.l
a rumor emanating from Montpelier
says that Porter III. Dale member of the
lower house of congress from the second
Vermont district. is slated by the admin
istration at Washington for an ambassa-
dorial position Just in what part of the
world the alleged portfolio viii land Con
gresham Dale the rumor sayeth not. but
we say, wherever it may be, the second
district statesman will measure up to the
job.
Here's hoping the rumor is founded up
on political foundation as solid as the
granite of Vermont hills.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27

\ seven-year-old youngster in Peacham
went out where his father was ploughing
the other day and picking up some white
grubs, dropped a line in a nearby brook
and landed a trout which measured Il
inches and weighed a pound and quar-
ter. 1t is safe to say that dad was as
pleased and proud of the catch as the
young fisherman himself.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27

\ resolution proposing that October
u, the anniversary of Columbus's dis
covery of America, be made a national
legal holiday has been introduced in con-
gress by a representative from New York
state. He doubtless feels that the aw-
full monotony of continuous labor from
Labor day to Thanksgiving should be
broken for the entire country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
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
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission. in
person, by telephone postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. Il 10 only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired scrvicc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
No Pay, No Fish.
(NIorrisville Messenger.

Fish and game wardens are worrying
about women who fish without license.
Why worry? Every woman is intelligent
enough to know that she must take out a
license to fish the same as man. If a
woman is fishing without q license, to
save 10 cents, she is entitled to no more
respect than man so found fishing. En-
force the law
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
RunlOr.
Barre Times.)

Inasmuch as Ambassador George Har-
vey was not accredited to Vermont, it
is not out of the question that Congress-
man Porter II. Dale may receive that
ambassador appointment which rumor
has connected him with for the past week
or more. 1t would scarcely be expected
that Vermont would get two ambassador
ships from the same president.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27

The AIasons of Newport have voted to
buy the Aaron III. circuit house on Sec
ond street for a new home or temple. The
house was the home of the late Col 10
pha NJ AIansur, aud was built by him at
a cost of SO 200, at time when lumber
was SO a thousand. 1t contains Is
rooms. and very large barn. 1t is the
intention to build an addition in the
rear to connect with the barn which will
be used for a hall
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27

Such great progress is being made in
the land of science that somebody may
yet discover why collar button invari-
ably rolls under the bed when it is
dropped.-Burlington News.
You are fortunate if the invariably
rolls under the bed. Ours has a way of
heading under the bureau-a low-down
thing you can't crawl under.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27

Elmer Shumway of West Newbury
will probably lose the sight of one eye as
the result of an accident. In firing a
rife. the recoil threw the hammer back
and the shell came out with great force
and struck him squarely in one eye At
the hospital in Woodsyille, little hope
was given him that the eyesight could be
saved
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
One Year .igo To-day.

Several killed i'm a raid on police bar
racks at kiimalloch, Ireland.
Peace resolution of house of represent
atives vetoed by President Wilson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27

In a recent address DR.. Woods Hutch
inson declared that the women of Amer
lea should be congratulated for winning
the battle of the short skirt" 4 good
many young women will be surprised to
hear there has been any battle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27

4 Boston university professor believes
that some farm experience should be the
part Of the education Of every boy and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-27
VERMONT NEWS.

II. ]. Stevens of Stowe found four
cows and two calves with broken necks.
where they were hung when the flooring
night.