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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-02
Discipline.


There is considerable force in and not
little grave thought suggested by the
following from the Brattleboro Re
former:
After reading that a boy of five years
had committed suicide because he had
been scolded for getting his feet wet, it
would not surprise us to hear of some i'll
FAINT that had murdered his mother be
cause she washed his ears.
OF course. most of these infant suicides
result from morbid mental and physical
conditions which should have been cor
rCcted or against which precautions
should have been taken. Thomas Hardy
one of the most rcmOrseleSs realistS in
contemporary literature. tells of one ter
rible instance in his book. Jude which
aGcniSts would probably account for un-
der conditions Of morbid hcrcdity and un-
fit environment.
As Hardy describes the parents of the
little monster in Jude it is easy to see
where the morbid mental slant came
from. Neither father nor mother were
normal. Their mating was abnormal.
Their offspring was born under handi-
cap. But what of the physically normal
youth or child who. rather than submit
to discipline elects to run away from
home. defy his parents or take some cN-
trem0 or fatal course like that Indicated
above.
There * a lawlcSs spirit abroad rather
emphasized by the war Boys and girls
have seen their brothers and sisters step
from mediocrity and submission into n
white light of publicity and apparent
freedom They have seen them return
and demand the right So override the
conventions to some extent, take many
liberties by right of their service and
more or less ovcrSct traditions and dis
cipIinc.
Having had rather more than Il stuff
cheney of discipline, CX-ScTvicc men and
women have swung to the other extreme
Neither can the war he charged with al
the responsibility. Some of ii antcdatc,
i the war and lies at the door of parents
tcachers and others in authority. W.
haven't really known what oid-faShionco
discipline was for Il decade or tw0-g
generation. i'm fact
II children don't respect Us. it may not
follow that We are not respectable. We
mav hav" bcCn merely careipSs, too mUc3
immersed i'm our own business aud on
own pleasures. but certainly we have
lost something of that respect that w
in our own day gave our parents with
cut question, and we may not be entire
ly to blame.
There has been a lot of rubbish talkc,
and written about child mentality aH'
/ child management during the past p
wears or more. Teachers have beer
| trained to spare the rod perhaps Evitl
too much emphasis. Children. alwav
ouch shrewder than we give them ctedi
for. have not hesitatcd to take adyantag
thereof. They have played it" on u
ma0v. many times.
Beginning early and with an eyp on
trey single to the child's own welfare
it would not hurt anyone if the bonds o
discipline were ti@htened MP a little. frs
in the home and then in the school Wit
q little less rot" published and preachc
and little more attention paid to CHI
drcr's books. there wouldn't be half til
trouble with children that there is now
"nd perhaps some of these isolated case
like that referred to by the RefOrme
would be corrected or prevented.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-02
Capital Punishment.

That the present wave of crime Is due
to Ienicncy in the enforcement OF law II
the opinion of such an authority as Sec
rptarv Burnstcad of the Massachusetts
Civic Alliance. and he insists that the
law for the punishment of the very SER
iouS crimes is too largely conspicuous
for it,; non-obScrvancc. Take the homl-
eide eases for instance, lie thinks from
the time of the commission of the crime,
the sentimcntalSt begins to think out Il
way of escape for the man who has
robbed another of the joys and priv
ilegeS. of life. and he speaks of the de
luxe prisons servants. prison academies,
and club like facilities conducted in many
penal institutions. He points to Yer
mont as one of the five states that re
stored capital punishment within few
years. Five states have trled the eN-
pertinent of abolishing capital punish
ment and he declares that each of them
has had such unpleasant experiences that
they have restored the law. Then comes
the list. Vermont practically abolished
i'm 1911 and restored capital punishment
i'm 1913. Tennessee abolished in 1919
and restored capital punishment in 1917.
Washington abolished in 1915 and re
stored caDital punishment in 1919. Arr
IONA abolished in 1916 and restored CAPT
tai punishment in 1918. Missouri abol
ishcd i'm 1917 and restored capital pun
iShncnt i'm 1919 Interest in the ahol-
ish;ncnt of capital punishment in Yer
mont has been on the wanc for years
Ii our memory serves us right no bil
was introduced at the last session and
none has yet appeared in the present
legislature The change seven years agc
undoubtedly settled Ncrmont'S policy
after two years trial of the jury recon-
mendatiOn" act.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-02
RESEMBLES NORTHFIELD MAN.
Dead Providence RObber Meets DesCrip-
ton of Harold 4. Smith.

NEWPORT. r. l. Feb. 2.-Thc de
scription that III. y. Belcher. a sailor.
mate. Harold \. Smith Of Northfeld
VT. who has been missing since Mon
day, was said by authorities to tally
with that of the unidentified man shot
at Providence Monday after he had at
tempted to hold up Orrie y. Lane. a col
lcctOr for the Great Atlantic X Pacific
Tea 60.
BeIehcr told the police that Smiths
revolver and blackjack were missing from
the room. Such implements were founo
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-02
KING ALBERT VISITS MADRID.
Spanish Capital Welcomes Belgian Sow
erpiguS

MADRID. Feb. 2.-Thc king and
queen of the Belgians received an en-
thusiastic welcome in Madrid yesterday.
Troops lined the route from the railway
station. where King Alfonso and Queen
Victoria and the high officials of the gov.
ernment met the visitors to the royal
palace The visiting rulers We're loudly
acclaimed
The newspapers without exception in
their editorials yesterday devoted consid-
cradle space to the heroism shown by Al
bert and Elizabeth during the World
war The public had only slight oppor-
tunity to observe the Belgian king and
queen on their way 10 the palace owing
to the great array of troops in the
streets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-02
TAP s DIE co. ELECTS.
Frederick ii. Payne Again Heads Green
field Concern

GREENFIELD, Mass. Feb. 2-The
Greenfield Tap & Die corporation held
its annual meeting yesterday. The di-
rcctors elected were: James Deane. Ed
ward Blake, jr.. Frederick ii. payhe
and Joseph w. Stevens: treasurer. Frank
\. Ycaw: clerk. Charles \. Stoddard
The directors organized with Frederick
II. Payne as president.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-02

n the mans pockets. The description Of
Smith contained on naval discharge pa.
pers found in the room also agreed
with that of the dead man, the police
said.
Smith. according to Belcher. was
former employee of the tea company. He
was %
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-02
BOSTON CATS IN HARD LUCK.
Animal Rescue League Cared for 1900
- of Them in 1920.

BOSTON. Feb. 2-Roston cats bed a
lIsrl time in 1920, More than $4,000
Of tIcm. down on their lncl. received
the kindly ministrafions of the Animal
ReSc'tn league last wear, Mrs. Hunting
ton Smith, president of the league, re-
ported at its annual mefgiass esarf~
Unfortunate feli1Rs wefe@ TO- times
more numerous thaH dogs in similar cir
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-02
TEAM STANDING.
Sporting Note.

Twelve matches in the Odd Fellows
bowling tournament are scheduled to be
played during February as follows: >
+ and G: II. \ and F: II. 4 and u
is, { and T. :; ~ i and F: 10. c and G
%, a and E; -. and G ; 26, f and 3.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-02

cumstances The total number of dumb
refugees cared for during the year was
Is, 2S9. -Four hundred pets are now
buried in the animal cemetery at Ded-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-02

Juicy reindeer steaks. fresh from
Alaska. are selling in San Francisco for
81 cents a pound.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-02

The Boozer's Fisncee.
From an English Story-ln her lux
uriant black tresses nestled large, red
nose.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-29
PAN AMERICAN
MEET OF WOMEN
Great Gathering to Be Held
In Baltimore April
20-29, 1922
SEEK FRIENDSHIP
OF ALL WOMEN

Annual Convention of League of Women
Voters to BE Held at Same Time-TO !
Discuss National Problems of Special
Interest to Ladies.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Nov. 29.-l
Plans are maturing rapidly at the ma
tional headquarters of the National
League of Women voters for the first
Pan-American Conference of Women ever
held and which promises to be the largest
gathering Of women ever brought to-
gether in the United States, according to
bulletin issued by the Indiana League
of Women voters here.
This alI-American conference viii be
held in Baltimore April 20 to 20 in con-
nection with the national convention or
congress of the League of Women voters
which organization is responsible for orig
mating the Pan-AmeTican meeting.
Invitations were sent to the govern
ment of South and Central American
countries to send delegates to a Pan
American conference and while the invi-
tations were not officially extended from
the government of the United States they
were forwarded by the state department
and thus bore the approval of the govern
ment. according to Mrs \. II. Beardsley,
president of the Indiana League of Wo-
men voters.
The main purpose of the conference is
to bring the women of this country into
more friendly relations with the women of
other countries of South America, Central
America. Mexico and Canada" said Mrs.
Beardsley. Delegates will be appointed
by each of the governments and by the
chief women's organizations of each couu-
try to discuss national problems in which
women have particular interest-educa-
ton. ehild-we!faTe and labor conditions.
In making the plans for the confer
ence the National League of Women vOt-
ers has had the cooperation of Secretary
of State Hughes; Secretary of Com
MERGE Hoover and DR.. L. S. Rowe. di-
rector general of the Pan-American union.
Governor Albert c. Richie of Maryland
and Mayor Henry BrOenning of Balti-
more have invited the league to hold the
national convention and Pan-American
conference in Baltimore and the invita-
tions have been accepted.
The delegates TO the Pan-American
conference will be extended all privileges
of the floor except a vote. international
FriendlneSs is the general subject upon
which all will speak and which will be
the keynote of the gathering"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-29
RUSSIANS HAVE
FAITH IN IKON
SIurs of BOlshevists Do Not Turn Them
From ReIigiOn-KOsher Food
Needed

MOSCOW. Nov % (Associated Press
- Religion is opium for the people is
the slogan which the Soviet government
caused to be placed on a permanent stone
tablet in the wall of the Moscow City
hall facing the Iberian chapel
This little chapel stands at the en-
trance to the Red Square. and contains
the ikon which is more sacred to Russian
churchmen than any other in the entire
domain of the former ear. Consequently
it is greatly frequented by i'll persons end
supplicants who have suffered all sorts
of misfortune and reverses.
The stream of worshippers at the holy
shrine continues in spite of the slurring
sign which BolsheviSt officials have
erected. And the disregard of the faith
full for the official sheer recorded on the
tablet is clearly indicative of the failure
Of the Communist regime to lessen the re-
gard for religion throughout Russia.
Communists are expelled from the
party in large numbers for having their
children baptized. or for being married in
a church or showing religious tendencies.
At least these are the reasons given OH
cially in many cities where the cleansing
Of the party is taking place.
In response to inquiries as to whether
abandonment of religion had made it I'M
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-29

In East Boston, Mass, at % Lamson
Street, contented family of three children
and the mother live, daily thanking in
silence the kind neighbor who,helped them
when they were sick. Mrs INeIIieiWoodfords
is the woman and she writes: Having
heard about your medicine from my neigh
bors and druggist, wondered if your
DIR. True's Elixir, the Family Laxa-
tive and Worm ExpelIer-wasn't what
] needed. / am hard-working woman,
working SIX hours every day for the Penn
Realty Trust Company In Boston. In do
ing this work use lot of strength. Be
sides this looking after my house and the
care of my three children wore me out.
/ guess my nerves got out of kilt first. /
worried lot, and seemed to get tired easy.
lost my appetite. / was overtaken with
dizzy spells, my eyes got blurred, and / soon
found had to stay home from work. /
didn't do any housework, but the rest didn't
help.
/ always had one special doctor for my
self and the children, but he was out of town
when / was sick. took medicine, but
nothing did any good. Ny bowels were out
of order. Ny breath bad, and was shaky
all over. Worst OF all the terrible headaches
came. 1t seemed / had suffered years be
fore your DR.. True's Elixir was brought in
to me by q neighbor.
After short time / began to cheer up
and be myself again. My bowels were soon
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-29
BOSTON WOMAN AND
CHILDREN GRATEFUL
TO MAINE DOCTOR

in order and noticed that the dizzy spells
had left me. think DR.. True's Elixir
wonderful. am working every day nov. grt-
ting stronger and picking up my appetite.
i feel full of gratitude t0Gaza Dr.. .S-Vs .
Elixir.
The children sometimes eat things 9hi-h
don't agree with them, uhe1 an MA
around to see, and then tianEEs and constr
patton follow. just get out my bottle -
DR.. True's Elixir-the family Lsx9ti~<-
and find no trouble in getting them to A.ke
some.
1t is easy to take. Their bowels az so1El
all right. 1t may interest you to Knssx tha'
recently my youngest child WIS terribly,
sick and it was serious case. We oil Eavei
DR.. True's Elixir to thank for relieving her
of stomach worms. When I gave 1t :. \
Louise it acted ike magic, and 6zed her op
only after two doses.
Signs of worms are: Constipation. swol-
len upper lip, deranged stomach, offensive
breath. and occasional pains. pale face of
leaden tint, eyes heavy and dull, twitchirg
eyelids, short dry coughs, grinding of the
teeth, little red points sticking out on the
tongue, starting during sleep, slow fever.
If your children show any Of these SYM
toms, start giving DIR. True's Elixir, the
Family Laxative and Worm Expelier,
1t has done wonders for children and
grownups since 1851. internationally known.
Get the Family Size Of DR.. True's Elixir,
the Family Laxative and Worn. Expei~z.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-29
order might be entered under certain

order might be entered under certain
circumstances.
said the Judge, - did remark to a re-
porter that an order directing such an
operation might be entered if an inyes-
tigation disclosed conditions that would
make it necessary and if the consent of
the party concerned could be obtained,
but as to forcing Mrs. Cassidente to sub
nit to such an Operation-that was far
thest from my mind .--.
Discussing the case after it had been
given wide publicity. Judge Graham
said:
LAS to the Justice of advisability of
such an operation L do not care to COM
ment Certainly there is no law that
would permit such a ruling.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-29

necessary for the American Relief admin
istration to send kosher food to Russia,
a prominent member of the Communist
party who is attached to the foreign office
said food which Orthodox Jews can eat
should be sent from America by all means
as the political changes had not caused
them to abandon their religion to any
considerable extent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-29
DENIAL BY JUDGE GRAHAM.

Has Not Ordered Mrs. Cassidente To I'm
dergO Operation.
DENVER, Col, Nov. 29.-Judge ROYAL
r. Graham of Georgetown yesterday de
MED he had recommended in court an OPP
Grafton for Mrs. Clyde Cassidente of
Denver, that would make it impossible
for her to bear any more children, de-
elaring he only told a reporter such an
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-29
EXpEcTs A BONUs LAW.
Senator Watson Thinks 1t Cannot BE
Stopped.

WASHINGTON. Nov. %. - Senator
Watson, Republican, of Indiana dis
eussed with President Harding last night
matters which may be included in the
formal message to congress next week
upon which the President is now work
ing.
As his personal opinion, Senator Wat
son expressed the belief upon leaving
that ''nothing in the world Z could pre-
vent enactment during the regular ses-
sion of a bonus bill TOR former service
men. One new source of revenue had be-
come available for the measure, he said,
through the announced intention of the
British government to begin annual pay
ments of approximately S200.000000 on
the war debt to the United States.
In the West Indies a lemon bath is al
most a daily luxury. Three or four
lines or lemons are sliced into the water
and allowed to lie for half an hour in
order that the juice may be extracted.
\ remarkable sense of freshness is given
to the skin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-29
IRISH WOMEN BARRIsTERs.
Two Admitted to Practice in Ireland
OnIy-F'frst i'm United Kingdom.

DUBLIN, Nov. 29.-Miss F. c. Kyle
and Miss A. X. 5. Deverell, Irish wom-
en- barristers. the first in the United
Kingdom have Just been called to the
Irish Bar by Lord Chief Justice Molony.
They are free to practice at once, but
their work Is restricted to Ireland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-29

Nearly all the cereals contain a pros
portion of fat, oatmeal ranking highest.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-08-31
WAVES OF GIGANTIC HEIGHT
Thousands Of Tons Of Water Not In
frequently Poured Upon Decks
Of Ocean Vessels.

Even in stormy weather the average
height of waves in mid-ecean does not
AS rule exceed 30 or 40 feet. Some
times, however, enc enormous wave
makes its appearance amidst the rest.
Why this should happen no one can
say. All we know Is that a mighty
mass of water rushes suddenly toward
a ship at the appalling speed of over
100 miles an hour.
If the ship can meet such wave
with her bows she will ride over it,.
though thousands of tons of water
may sweep over her decks. But If
the wave Is following her and PUSHES
at her from the stern. she may fail
to rise. Many good ship has gone
10 her doom I'm this way,
These vast mountains of water rise
sometimes to a height of more than
hundred feet-as high as the spire
of u church They have been known
10 extingulsh the masthead lights of
sailing ships.
Sometimes ON perfectly calm day
there will he sudden troubling of the
surface of the sea, and without the
slightest warning a wave 100 feet
high will appear.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-08-31
HAS MANY CLAIMS TO FAME
island of Jersey Has Been Called .
fundamentally Is an
Interesting Place.

The island of Jersey is famed for
many things, remarks the Under the
Clock" columnist of the London
Daily News. :. lilies. golfers, won
ders," potatoes and cabbages ten feet
high. TO mention only few of Its most
obvious specialities. But its chief
claim to fame is that it Is the residu-
airy legatee of the old Norman duchy,
therefore the inheritor (and presum
ably the proprietary of the British
empire. Jerseymen undoubtedly fought
ia Williams victorious army, at Hast
ings, and to this day the island has
n constitution and laws which have
been little altered since the reign OF
King John, and which, on occasions.
have even dared To defy the thunderS
of the privy council.
The inhabitants are most intense
Iy loyal people, and the two greatest
blows that can be offered TO theli
pride are, first, to confuse their island
with Guernsey, and second, TO call
them French Fancy the JOY of the
Jersey contingent which was welcomed
into Fermoy with the strains of the
Marseillalse. Jersey has never been
conquered; England has; the deduc-
ton is obvious.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-08-31
WHEN DICKENS ATE 'PossUM
English Author and Washington Irving
pIned With Webster in the
National Capital.

81 have. sir. just purchased N the
market famous opossum'-so wrote
Webster TO Irving and the latter's
guest. Dickens, In March, 1Si2--"and
j have sent II home 20 Monica. my
cock, who will stuff IL with ehestnuts
and bake It with sweet potatoes In
true Virginia style. II will be, sir.
dish fit for the gods. Come, with your
friend. and partake."
Dickens and Irving did partake in
Webster's house, on Connecticut ave-
nue.. Washington, and Dickens did not
relish the 'possum as much as ne
relishedN Webster's company. In a
papcr on litesary aspects of the CAPT
Gai I'm the Catholic World Margaret b.
Downing recalls another British Wis
itor,s introduction to new dainty IN
Washington. Thackeray. in 1851. ate
his first ice cream with Irving at the
home of Hamilton Fish. on II street.
Not many people realize that Irving
lived for nearly five years In Wash
ington. OF course, every one knows
that George Bancroft long lived there,
and that Whitman and Burroughs
were I'm the civil service during the
same Civil war years. Probably most
people know also that Mrs. Stowe
resided in Washington while Uncle
Toms Cabin" was appearing in the
National Era. Charles Warren Stod-
dard. the author of the South Sea
Idylls." also lived i'm Washington for
time. But no city really has title
to an author until he not only lives
In 1t. but writes about it. The author
of this paper omits all mention of
Henry Adams and the most notable
novel of Washington life, "Democ-
racy."-New York Evening Post.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-08-31

incident was cited by c. 5. Ross.
secretary OF the Idaho Farm Blu
reau Federation. Now. Mr. Ross
says, 40 acres OF land which for
merly produced 10000 pounds OF
wheat for shipment sends out g.
900 pounds of butter. The re-
turns TO the farmers may be
about the same, but the railroad
which serves that district notices
the difference in its freight re-
ceipts.
This is the meaning OF agricul-
tural retrenchment, and its losses
must be shared by the country
banker. the dealer in agricultural
machinery. in clothing. furniture,
in all the comforts and necessi-
ties of life which a prosperous
farming population buys freely
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission will doubtless be inn
pressed by such a showing.