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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

James OConnell. whose name is linked
in speculation with the post of secretary
Of labor in the next cabinet. is one of
the best known leaders of organized la
Dor in America As president of the
international Machinists for many years
and also one of the vice presidents of
the American federation of labor he has
been identified with almost every move
ment having TO dog with the welfare OF
the working classes during the past 80
years. Mr.. O'Connell is a native of
Pennsylvania and received his education
in the public schools of Oil City. At 16
he became a machinist apprentice and
six years later a full-fedged journeyman.
During the II years he was actively en-
gagged in his trade he held responsible
positions with various railroad compan-
les. lie joined the International Associ-
alton of Machinists in 1891 and was
elected president of the organization the
next year. In 1912 he was appointed
by President Taft a member of the com
mission on industrial relations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Ask No Special Privileges.
(St. Adams Messenger


The Vermont branch of the American
Legion has given many instances that it
possesses Il level head 80 that the express
sion of Legionaires that they did not de-
sire the passage of legislation which would
exempt veterans of the World war from
the payment of poll taxes comes as no sur
prise.
A bill providing such exemption was in
troduced in the legislature at Montpelier.
was approved in committee and was on its
way to passage when its progress was
halted by members of the legion who ex-
pressed themselves in opposition.
The motive behind the bill was a proper
one, to be sure, but it is wen that it does
not become law. The great majority of
veterans are opposed to being created into
a privileged class. They have no desire to
escape the ordinary cares and duties of
citizenship. On the other hand. they have
shown that the duties of citizenship make
an intimate appeal to them. Respect for
the American Legion increases by these
demonstrations of sound headednesS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Kill the Seventh Proposal of Amendment


If, as Melvin G.. Morse, secretary of
the commission to prepare proposed
amendments to the Vermont constitu-
lion, declares, the chief reason for pro-
posal number Z. to change the state
elections back to September from the
uniform time in November. is to get the
state of Vermont into the limelight as
barometer of the nation, there should
be short work in disposing of that pro-
posed amendment. 1t would be very
eyanescent glory indeed for Vermont to
go to the expense of holding double
elections in presidential years just for
the sake of putting few figures before
the people of the country. especially
when those figures do not amount to any
thing from standpoint of prophecy.
Vermont being sure enough" state
for a party that has always been in the
saddle ever since the party was formed.
We are bidding for "A cheap nutoriety
when we propose to get before the pub
lie gaze in this way. Better would it be
to do something worth while in order
to get talked about. if there is any virtue
in being talked about. 1T is to be hoped.
therefore, that proposal number seven
will be voted down strongly when it
comes to the test.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

when business needed it most, and that
too. lowered the bond prices.
Along this line it is worth noting the
remark of financier, that if only 6 pei
cent of the wages paid to American
workmen last year had been saved ant
invested, the present period of unemploy.
ment and industrial depression would
have beer prevented.
Bonds are rising now because money
is more plentiful and inasmuch as bonds
are 4 bargain, the demand for them is
strengthening. 1t would have been far
better though. if the additional supply
of investment money had come from saw
ings instead of coming, as it does, from
business stagnation and the lack of i'm
mediate industrial use for it.
That per cent which would have pre-
vented the depression would have meant
$4,000, 100000. If the Thrift Week in
junction to save 10 per cent this year
is needed. it will mean a saving of 50,
000,000,000 by wage-earners alone. Thai
would be a powerful defense against
hard times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Today S Events

Birthday of the Boy Scout movement.
The annual Kansas Livestock exposi-
ton will be opened at Wichita today and
continued through the remainder of the
week.
The Chicago Opera company's engage
ment of six weeks in New York city is
to be inaugurated tonight with a per-
Torrance of Bellini's Norma
Centenary of the death of Elizabeth
Ann Seton, foundress of the Sisters of
Charity in America. and whom it is
now prepared TO canoniZe as a saint.
The question of the right of the Prov
ince Of Ontario to prevent race track
gambling is on the docket for argument
today in the court of appeals at Toronto
As part of the annual farm products
show to be held at Harrisburg, Pa, 10
different state agricultural organizations
will hold their conventions there this
week
John J McGraw, manager and part
owner of the New York National league
baseball club, is to be placed on trial
in New York today for alleged violation
of the Volstead act.
The Third National Marine exhibition
will be opened today in the Grand Cen
trail palace. New York city, under the
auspices of the National Marine league
of the United States.
Legal proceedings to unseat Mayor d.
NJ. Duggan of Edmonton, Alta, for al
legged bribery in connection with the re-
cent municipal election, are to be heard
in court at Edmonton today.
The anthracite coal operators have
announced that they will give their re-
ply to the request of the miners for re
adjustment of inequalities in the wage
scale i'll Philadelphia today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
THE POINT IN PROHIBITION.

In discussions of the alleged failure
of prohibition there is one very import
ant fact often ignored. 1t will be grant
ed that a great deal of liquor is being
drunk still, some of it the leftover sup
ply withdrawn from bond and some of il
new stuff of amateur manufacture. But
it should not be overlooked that nearly
always it is the old, habitual drinkers
who are consuming the stuff
The bonded whiskey is not being of
fered to new and unappreciative drink
crs. 1t is considered too precious. The
homemade stuff is handled almost as ex-
clusively. The former abstainers. and
more particularly the young people. are
ignored. This is likewise true of the
new manufacturing activity. 1t is not
the boys and girls who are operating
home stills and brewing outfits.
The new generation now has a far bet
ter chance than any previous genera
ton to grow up without a taste of al
cohOl. 1t is not thrust upon the young
as it used to be, and it will be thrust
upon them less and less as the old stock
disappears and the new stock is kept
down by more complete enforcement of
the law.
This is the process, show but sure, by
which real sobriety will come about. The
nation will be truly sober and prohibit
ton will be an established fact when
the percentage of citizens who ever tasted
strong drink is a small minority, and
the big majority do not know how the
stuff looks, tastes or SMELLS, and accord
ingly have no more appetite for it than
they have for opium or hashish.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

Pop was smoaking and thinking and |
was looking at the different names of the
diffrent books in the bookcase. and sed,
Wat does autobiography meen, pop?
Wen people are hard up for something
to do they rite the story of their life and
everything that ever happened TO them
since they were born, and that their auto
boggriffy, sed pop.
g pop, I'm going to rite mine, | sed.
Go to 1t, you mite as we'll get 1t out of
your sistem vile you're young, sed pop.
Yes sir, | sed. WITCH | started to do,
and after a vile | sed, Its done, pop, do
you wunt to heer it?
I'm neutral, sed pop. Meening he would
liSsen if | red it. WITCH | did, being the
following as follows:
Wen i was baby | was born in the
same hous | kepp on living in. Wen i
was a week old | cOuldent wawk or tawk.
Wen | was munth old | couldent either
and wen / was 3 munths old | couldent
and wen | was g munths old / couldent.
and this kepp up till | was yeer old. and
even wen | was a yeer old | started to go
on , yeers and this kepp up for a hole
yeer until | had another berthday and
then | started to go on yeers and this
kepp up another hole yeer and then / had
another berthday and then | was going
on 4 yeers still in the same house, and this
kepp up for another yeer-
Hay, hay. aid, sucker, assistance sed
pop how long is this berthday stuff going
to keep on.
Ony till I'm jest like in reel life, / sed,
and pop sed, Well then | don't need to heer
eny more to know you're a natural born
jest about as intristing as most peoples
autobogggifes.
Proberly being why he dident wunt to
heer the rest
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co, c. w.
cleveland, s. L. Purinton (Eateyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert J. Polhca, 81 South Main St
(Fort Drummer distIctD.
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwell.
East Dummersron, NJ. e Brown.
Putney, Nj. q. Williams.
Newfa1e, n NJ. Batchelder.
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South Londonerry, f. n. Tyler.
South Vernon, Z. B. BufFum.
Northheld, Mass, Thompson Bros
West Chesterfield, N. r., Mira. w. Strsetsr.
Hinsdale, ". H, w. II. Lyman
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass. c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
IL Isn't Justice.
81. Albans Messenger.(


The hard part about Vermont's losing
a congressman is that she doesn't deserve
the penalty even if her population does
not grow by leaps and bounds. 1t is to
be granted that the house cannot go on
increasing in size every 10 years. There
must be limit somewhere. But why
penalize a state where all voters are en-
couraged to exercise their suffrage? Why
not cut down the representation of the
southern states where representation Is
based on the census count but where a
large part of the electorate is diSfran-
chised. This refers of course. to the
Negro vote. If the south isn't going to
let the Negroes vote. she ought not TO be
apportioned congressman on the basis of
black population. There is no justice in
it whatsoever.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
lRenningtoh Banner. J

The presidential primary in Vermont
which it is proposed to do away, with Is
not so tremendously important either way,
but its opponents make the error of cast
ing up the issue not quite correctly. Inc
world has been full of talk about democ-
racv which is still a long way in the flu
ture but is not to be wholly despised. IT
the state of Vermont or any other state
or nation is to approach genuine popular
it is important that the peo-
pie themselves be made as familiar as pos
sible with the affairs of government. The
primary serves to educate the rank and
file as to public affairs as no other one
thing. Without the primary, the appeal
must be made to the many, with all the
discussion which leads to understanding of
governmental affairs and candidates. As
an educator of the people the primary is
worth all it costs, even though it IS far
from perfect and never wholly satisfac-
tory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Tcday'S BIRTHDAYS.

Beatrice TIarraden. celebrated Eng
fish novelist, born at Hampstead, Eng
land. 81 years ago today.
Mrs. Edith Wharton. author of nu
merauS popular novels. born in New
York city, 80 years ago today.
Charles II. NiehauS. one OF the best
known of American sculptors, born al
Cincinnati, &c years ago today.
Moses p Kinkaid. representative in
congress of the Sixth Nebraska district
born in AIonongahela county, w. Va.
81 years ago today.
Senator Marcus 4. Smith of Arizona
recently appointed member of the in
ternational Joint commission. born near
Cynthiana. Ky, 90 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
LastNight' Screams
What They Mean
DID YOU DREAM OF YOUR RELA-
TONS?

NOSTRADAMUS, Albertus Magnus.
y Mother Shipton and wise gypsies
seem to agree that it is a good omen
to meet ones uncle in a dream and
portends happy marriage or a good
substantial legacy, or both. But meet.
ing your aunt in Dreamand is not sc
prOpitiouS, for it signifies that you will
shortly be called down for something
of which you are not guilty. In meet
ing relatives i'm dreams the signs seem
to be considered to hold whether
those seen be alive or dead. If you
dream of seeing the dead alive ii is
an especially good omen. To dream
of ones mother. after not having seen
her for long time, indicates that you
viii make friends again with some of
your relatives with whom you have
had a falling out There is a common
impression that, ones mother being
dead. it portends some misfortune to
see her in a dream. Not so say the
authorities; it is a propitious omen.
and to dream of speaking with her.
indicates that you will soon receive
some good news. But if one hears his
mother calling out to him in a dream
it is an indication that he should mend
his ways and pay stricter attention to
his business; perhaps engage in some
new venture. If one dreams that he
IS making his home with his mother it
indicates security in fortune. To sum
up, TO see relatives, alive or dead, in
fairly good health in your dream is
most favorable prognostieation.
ICnnx-rirhf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Have You Tried BarkOny?

We believe You will make no mistake
in trying bottle of BARKONY if your
health Is poor.
This is the fourth and last verse of
Mr.. Guests poem ON Faith:
Keep your faith in working trim,
Let not rust decay it.
Let no future dark and dim.
Cause You to msay it.
Let no dOubtiugS born of care
Come to make you lose it.
Keep your faith in good repair
And when in trouble. use it.
Undoubtedly the hardest thing in this
world is To satisfy the entire public and
we do not pretend to. 1t may be i'm
probable and undoubtedly is. vet we do
not believe it impossible. How many
times has the So-called impossible thing
been accomplished?
BARkONY has made many people
happy and they are satisfied with its
results. Are Won?
Or haven't you given it a chance as
yet?
In December a gentleman in a small
town in the state of Maine ordered a
bottle of BARkONY which he used and
claimed perfect results at which time he
ordered bottle for Il friend of his whose
health was in a very poor condition. and
the results have been that nearly thirty
bottles, of BARkONY have been mailed
INTO that small town in the state OF
Maine with no complaints as yet Why
Sold and guaranteed by c. f. Thomas
W. f. Root x Son. Brooks House phar-
macy. BrattIebOro Drug c.. or the Park
Drug store, or sent postpaid upon re
Ceipt of one dollar
Vermont Blood Purifier Co
BRATTLEROR VT
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
ABARET."

D ROUGHT into prominence
- of late years because of the
large number of hotels and res
taurants which have advertised
dancing cabarets" or "jazz
cabarets' or have used the term
as indicative of place where
one can secure food and amuse-
ment at the same time, cab
aret' has come to be regarded
as new addition to the Eng
lish language-a word which.
from its form and pronuncia-
ton. is evidently French.
As matter of fact the term
was originally of Gallo origin,
but it is by no means modern,
having been widely used in Eng
land during the Sixteenth cen
fury as synonym for tavern
There was nothing musical
about the cabarets of this period
and the only amusement they
afforded was that which the
travellers furnished. While the
word was used by Bramhall in
one of his works published in
1855, it passed out of the Ian
guage soon after that and did
not return again until about the
middle of the Eighteenth CEN
fury. At this time. however, its
stay was short and its popular
ity limited Not until the dane
ing craze struck the world a few
years ago was it resurrected in
its present sense.
1t has changed its meaning so
much of late that, if a hotel adj
vertised a cabaret" and did not
provide at least an orchestra. it
would he accused of fraud
while as a matter of several
centuries of custom it would be
entirely within its rights.
(Copyright)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
TO ADVERTISERS.

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an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
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Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents line
first insertion with so per cent discount for
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order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line first
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published at foot of local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

diers were not seeking to dodge their fair
share of supporting the state government
Hence the willingness of the sponsors for
their tax-free bills to be rejected;
There is a spirit shown thereby. that
calls for statewide appreciation.
The bows who did the work in France
are not only refusing to be considered as
professional war veterans but they have
served direct and final notice on the .peo-
pIe of Vermont that they can stand on
their own feet and carry their own share
of the common burden.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
TodaY's Anniversaries.

1S3S-Samuel F. 3. Morse first publicly
exhibited and demonstrated his
electric telegraph at New York
university.
1861 Cleveland. Norwalk and Toledo
railroad opened TO traffic.
1SG1-Schleswig HolStein formally in
carporated with Prussia.
1S71-General Einoy became governor
and commander of Paris.
1SS3-Friederich Won Flotow. celebrated
German composer. died. Born
April -. 1872.
1S9--Queen Liluokalani abdicated the
throne Of Hawaii.
1903-Treaty providing for mixed com
mission to settle Alaskan bound
airy signed at Washington.
1906-prince and Princess of Wales Wis
tied Madras
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Veterans Take Strong Stand.
(Rutland HeraId.)

The position taken by Messrs McCul
Tough of Fayston and Chase Of Bennng-
ton, when their bills for exempting vet
Grams of the World war. from taxation
came before the house for rejection, was
creditable and perfectly fair.
The measures were introduced with the
best intentions in the world, but evidently
the officers and members of the American
Legion, who opposed the bills, were well
advised when they said that Vermont sol
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II 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. 1t 10 only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

The chairman of the state anti-suffrage
association appeared before the legisla-
tive committee on constitutional amend
ments Wednesday and sang that old and
favorite ballad of the ants: women
do not want to vote" How does she
get that way?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Taucht by Experience.

DR.. Samuel johnson, the man who
first said. Hell Is paved with good in
tentions." was man who endured The
seyerest poverty, and was always put
off by those whom he asked for sup
port. only to be told after he became
famous that they had intended to help
him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

y guest at one of the Rutland hotels
last week is said to have deliberately
and calmly buttered the printed menu
and consumed it. This particular case
of eating everything on the menu may
be explained by the fact that he had just
arrived from Montreal where he had
probably had an appetizer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Look Out for Another Thaw.
(Rarre Times !

The cold weather did one good turn,
it formed an ice bridge across the Con-
necticut river so that traffic between
Brattleboro and Hinsdale. y. H.. can
once more be resumed. there having been
no bridge since the temporary structure
was carried out by high water some
weeks ago. 1t may be necessary how
ever. to organize life-saving squad to
patrol the highway"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Not Encuah.

Mrs. Flatbush-I see a ten-hour bill
for domestic servants is now before
the California legislature.
Mrs. Bensonhurst-It won't work.
Mrs. Flatbush-Why not?
Mrs. Bensonhurst-How are they 60
ing TO make cook stay for ten hours.
-YonI-arS StataSman
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

The crime wave has its occasional
bright spots. A thief who broke into
restaurant in Pittsfeld, Mass, the other
night left note of thanks behind him
for the pies and money he had stolen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

Down at Nashville, Tenn, the girls
Ire said to be monograming their knees.
An opportunity for a new industry I'M
less the girls insist upon doing it them
selves.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

Misery is said to love company. That
Alabama mule which broke its leg kick
ing o man in the head might condole and
compare notes with the Democratic dom
key that was in the smash of November
T.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and alao the local news
published herein
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

Don't be too sure that spring is near
even though they are making maple
sugar in South Londonderry and the
seed catalogues are out
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

The news that Owen Johnson, the nov
elist, is married for the fourth time at
the age of AZ may explain where he
fond some of the material for his
stories.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
Sure of One.

Boston Transcript
But they can't cut Nermont's senators
below two, and there is C.. Coolidge late
OF Plymouth, to outweigh any dozen con-
gressmen!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24
One Year Ago Today,

Communist party of America held by
Secretary of Labor Wilson to be q rev
dictionary party"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

The merchant tailors in convention say
that men are going to wear their trous-
ers longer. There are some who won't
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-24

>e able to do that and appear in public
mother season.