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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
Two eaaufreurs for Trucks.

There should be one licensed chauf--
feur and an assistant to take charge OF
each motor car or truck The assistant
should sit behind and keep a lookout
when the car turns around, goes back
ward, enters or leaves the garage. The
owner of the car will not mind spend
ing a little money in employing an assist
ant chauffeur.
After a person is killed by motor
car wax image of the deceased should
be made and placed in a room and any
chauffeur who causes injuries to others
should be locked up in this room so that
he will see the image and feel sorry. This
may cause him to repent. This has been
introduced in America and has produced
successful results.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

| George Zelinikas won the caddies' tour
nament at the Country club yesterday
morning defeating Victor Manley ) and
l in the final round.
| Mrs l.. l.. Knowlton. who lives in the
home of her son, Frank l.. knowlton of
/ Horton place. is observing her S6th birth
: day anniversary today, receiving q post
card shower, flowers and other remem-
brances.
| Judge Harrie B. Chase will go to Wood
stock this week TO attend conference
called by Chief Judge +. NJ. Butler to
consider the matter of judges assignments
on account of the recent change in person
mel by the appointment of Julius y. Will
cox.
The Junior Achievement club premium
list issued by the Eastern. States Expo
SitiOn contains among its illustrations
picture of the Pioneer Printers club of
Brattleboro at work in the shop of the
Vermont Printing Co. under the leader
ship of Frank L. Sears.
The o. l.. French house at y Willis
! ton street has been sold by Harry G.
Freeman. administrator, to Mr.. and
Mrs Charles +. Guild. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence :. Stockwen moved from there
yesterday to the Redwav house at .
! Grove street. Mr.. and Mrs. Guild have
sold their house on Myrtle street to
I Charles r. Crane
Cards were received here yesterday an
nouncing the marriage Aug. 20 in San
Diego, Cal. Of Lieut.. Ray Clyde Sanders.
L. < n. formerly of Brattleboro. and
Miss Katharine Boone Griffith of San
Diego. Lieut.. Sanders graduated from
the Brattlcboro high school in the class
of 1913. lie now is an assistant paymas
ter of the navy and is stationed at San
Diego.
During the last two days the signs of
the near approach of the great Labor
day celebration have become more and
more evident. Decorations consisting of
American flags and red. white and blue
now adorn more than 20 local business
houses. and the number seems to increase
with every hour. 1t certainly looks as if
Main street will be in its best clothes"
when the celebration begins next Monday.
Frank O. Kreager of the Junior
Achievement Bureau of the Eastern
States Exposition will be in town tOmor-
row to meet the different clubs and leaders
in the Brooks House parlors. Owing to
the fact that this is Chautauqua week the
monthly meeting of Achievement club
leaders which would have ben held Thurs
day evening has been postponed. 1t is
especially desirable. therefore, that as
many leaders as possible confer with Mr.
kreager tomorrow.
The funeral of Mrs Mary \. Shearer.
who died Saturday. was held in the home
at Sc Western avenue at O'Clock yester-
day afternoon. Rev. Edwin F. Wood,
pastor of the First Universalist church,
offcated and Frederic G. Adams sang
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere and O Love
that Wilt Not Let Me Go. The burial
took place in the Wellman lot in the
West Dummerston cemetery. The bear
erS were Leslie and Clarence Wellman.
Louis Quinn and Earl Collins. Mrs
Mary Cutting of northampton, Mass. and
Mrs. Ida Belden of Bernardston. Mass
also several friends from Guilford and
Williamsville attended the funeral.
Affnr Snnt 1 Mrs L NJ EinII Iii
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
The Salt In the Sea.

The saline matter in the ocean Is
sufficient to make a block of salt
measuring 100000 cubic miles. II
spread over the entire surface of the
United States, exclusive Of Alaska, 1t
would form a crust more than a mile
and half deep. One per cent of the
content of salt In the ocean would
cover all the land areas Of the globe
to a depth of 300 fect.-United States
Geological Survey.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
SUICIDE AT NIAGARA.
Man Went Over FaIIs-Leaves Note to
Mrs. Il. III. Repplin of Buffalo.

NIAGARA FALLS. Aug 30.-A man
described as weighing 40 pounds, wearing
white shirt. dark suit and partly bald
is said to have gone over the Luna Falls
at ; O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
After Justin X. Oryis of Chicago saw
the body pass over the brink. pocketbook
was found on Luna island bridge in
which was an envelope bearing the in
scription: Deliver this 10 Mrs f. IL.
Repplin, 1121 Elmwood avenue. Buffalo. ."
The envelope contained a note which
the officials will deliver as requested.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30

Laurel leaves in olden times were be-
lieved to communicate the spirit of poe
try. Hence the custom of crowning the
poets and of putting laurel leaves under
ones pillow to acquire inspiration.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30

a chauffeur should wear a brass
badge on his breast The badge should
be three inches in diameter and should
have his name and the number OF ms IL,
cense in English and Chinese inscribed
thereon. The badge should be issued by
the municipal council at a few taels each.
Then a man not licensed will not dare
drive a cars-&S-~
All motor trucks should have rails or
iron. chains around the cars to insure
safety and in ease of collision cargo Will
be prevented from falling and injuring
pedestrians Cargo should not be piled
too high to prevent danger when passing
over bridges ~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30

After Sept. l Mrs. 3. NJ. Field will
have her shampoo and manicure parlOrs
at Room 16, Crosby Blk. 1J0-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
Big Badge for Chauffeur.

brigade. doctors and police motor cars
should be exempted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
Problems for Preachers
From the Chicago Herald and Exam

From the Chicago Herald and Exam iner.
 Some, months ago the inter-church
 world movement published report which alleged serious defects in the economic relations of the United States Stee! company and It's work men. The movement was not maintained; but supplement to the
 report returns to the attack and urges the desirability of striking changes in the steel companys l methods.
 Here We have an old and bitter | controyers-- On the main questions the attitude of this newspaper is well known, What we would com ment on at this time Is the policy of ministers in using their calling for
 the presentation of economic and po- litical questions in general. The right of ministers to do so is | not, so far as we know, challenged
 by anybody. The question is wholly
 one of church policy.
 If Christianity is only system Of ethics, @ philosophy of morality. then the business of ministers is to investigate social problems and re- port on what they find; and their training should be in economics, so- ciology and social ethics. Because without both theoretical and practi- ;,;p and the amateur who assumes to give expert advice Is dangerous. But If Christianity is chiefly spir- itual. the case alters altogether. Then a spiritual business-to establish those to whom he speaks as minister in the faith and knowledge of God.r It is higher service; 1t may be a to which he has declared his devo- ton and in which he presumably is | trained.
 As citizen he has one service to perform. As minister he has another And when in the pulpit to which he has been called as a minister. he speaks as citizen, as an economist, as moralist only, the effect is con fusing and. We think, irritating.
 There are Christians who believe
 in a 10 or perhaps even 12-hour day. The chances are they know more
 about dancing or working days than 1 the minister does
 Such things may be an integral
 part of their concerns; they are only incidental to the minister's concern And when from the pulpit the minis | ter denounces or upholds one side
 of the controversy or the other they
 are annoyed just as they would be
 annoyed if they retained aNawyer
 and he devoted his time to explaining
 the physical benefits of golf.
 The matter of doctrine or faith has
 little to do with the case. But the
 matter of filling the pews and keep
 Ing them filled has great deal Isff
 do with it. s5,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
MARRIAGE IN ANDAMAN ISLES From the London Mail.

T A0tu tH0 l<OHQ0I RAAii
 Those of you who talk cynically of the lottery of marriage should pom der awhile on the pleasant little cus- toms of the Andarman Isles, that de- iightfui littie colony where "lfers"
 from British India are sent. Ger tainly. by comparison. a war wedding over here is a thousand three
 odds-on chance. Look on this story:
 Every Saturday morning. in those
 delightful Andamans. all women who wish to be married--and you can bet your life there are always many candidates for matrimony--are heav- fly yelled and paraded round a
 square.
 Then prisoners, qualified by good conduct for the privilege of getting married, stand looking on. judging
 as best they can of the merits of the candidates.
 But when once you've made your choice the thing's done! The veil Is removed and in the words of the ans clent song. You've got to have 1t whether you like it, or not" Always, providing, of course. that the lady is equally willing For to her is accorded the option of two re- fusals. though the third time she ! ! got to accept
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
SMALL TOWN sTUFF~

From tho Montgomery Adyertiser.
 A crowd loves fire or 2 fight. Yesterday afternoon right in the midst of an interesting situation in the Giants-Yankee baseball game. re- turns from which very large crowd was receiving at the Advertiser matSS inee, an automobile down the street caught on fire. It was small blaze, not at all spectacular. Yet possibly a third of the matinee /crowd ran pell- nell to the scene of the fire. most of them beating the fire engines there. If it were known in advance that two prominent Montgomery citizens were going to settle an old grudge with their fists on Court square at a given hour we haven't the slightest doubt that the show would draw quite as great il crowd as joint debate at the same place between J.4Pierpont Morgan and William Jens s Bryan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
---~---------------- - OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD
he Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
 At Baltimore. in 1912, when Mir. Un- derwood was balloted upon for Presi- dent, he was his party's floor leader in the House of Representatives, and a newly "arrived" national quantity Since then he has given his name to a tariff law. been promoted to the Senate, and had attained so much prominence that when President Harding turned to the democracy for representative to sit in the arma- ment conference his eye, lighted on the commanding figure of the senior senator from Alabama.
 win this growth count in 1924 when the democracy begins prepara- lions for its national convention of that year? MT. Underwood was not mentioned in 1918, for the reason that Mir. Wilson tben had the stage wholly to himself But why should he not be mentioned for the next con vention? Men of less consequence are uHutI diStAsSipi AA CoHhtNNiOt with the presidency.
 MT Underwood is nearing his six tieth year--a youngish man in ap- pearance. and probably in strength and feeling, Certainly, an energetic man. As the phrase goes, there are no frills about him. He Is solid serious minded politician, who has specialized in economies and related subjects. He has reached his position through none of the arts of tho stumr or the caucus. Rhetoric, fine work, story telling. buttonholing, back-slap' ping are not in his line.
 The democracy has not gone soutf for a presidential candidate since thu Civil war. The reason, in part ha, been that southern men of presiden' tial size have had Confederate rec ord attached to their names. This il not true of MT. Underwood. He wal born while that war was in progress and hence came to maturity and hat his ideas fixed at a time when fner north and south were devising mean' for Strengthening to the utmost thu newly cemented sections of the coun' ! try
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
Farmers and Laborey , Buy Automobiles '

TARMERS and wage earners are l the largest purchasers of a popular-priced automobile. Of a total of 6,500 cars sold in one month farmers bought 1,774, compared with 509 purchased by merchants. Miners were the third largest buy CTS of the machine and laborers were sixth out of 21 classes.
 Salesmen and trainmen were fourth and fifth in the list, followed by managers and clerks, foremen and superintendents Bankers and brokers were last, with the pur- chase of 84 of the 6,500 cars sold. The price of the car may explain the small number purchased by bankers, but that farmers bought more than merchants is certainly proof that the farmers have money. It is also worthy of special notice that miners bought almost as many cars as merchants.
 The Wall Street Journal, which re- ports this news item, goes on to say that analysis of the purchase gives encouragement as to the buying power of the country It is also encouraging to realize that so much of this buying power is in the hands of the many instead of the few
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
From the Montrea, Star.

~t"Ai the montreal Star.
 "A FEW days ago there sailed A\ from the port of New York . q regiment of soldiers. bound on a journey as romantic and as thrill ing as any in that glorious cataloe that chivalry and thirst of adventure have inspired in men of courage since time immemoriai
 It Is not surprising, then, for the war of Spain against the Riff tribes men and they sailed in answer to the call that sets hot blood coursine through the veins and the pulses throbbing "whene'er the blast of war sounds in the ears"
 Ask one of this adventurous com- pany what bond with old Spain draws him across the waste of ocean and he would likely stare in dumb amazement.
 What, then, has spurred these men to high endeavor in this latest cru sade? Not the lure of gold-men of. the stamp of Porthos and d'ArtaEnan leave 1t to their stay-at-home com rades to gather the golden moss.
 Did the zeal of a great faith urge them to action? The stones of the aisles of great cathedrals are not worn with the feet of such restless wanderers.
 Was it love unrequitted that sent them hotfoot to distant ciimes? The still waters of deep passion are not stirred by the pebbles tossed idly In sunny dalliance
 These men are going where the fighting Is, because they were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12

EAOhA thC 4NtW Iofk lIlbuHSs
 @ ONINGSBY DAWSON, himself Il both a soldier and novelist of distinction, speaks of the book Three Soldiers,'~ which has come from the pen of John Dos Pas sos, as either a base libel on the enlisted man>of the American armies or a hideous truth.
 No escape seems possible from one or the other of these conclusions. The three soldiers. not presented as ex- ceptional but as typical, are described as slackers. sneaks and deserters, un- clean creatures of unspeakable moral rottenness. One killed a wounded American officer who fell into his power; another. with his manhood sapped by dissipation, literally fell apart from disease. and the third. after running away. IS carried off for Imprisonment for life. All three submit to the motiveless abuse of brutal officers, with no protest ex- cept ineffective winnings against all discipline.
 In a word, Three Soldiers Is of the Now It Can Be Told" school of fiction. It pretends t0ssbe realistic, seeks to do in English what Barbussc in Under Fire" did in French. But the realism is thin and the charac- tcrs portrayed are dehumanized. Realism Is not athe objective of the author, but propaganda. And what sort of propaganda? The sort Is sui | fcientiy disclosed by the fact that nowhere Is 1t suggested that Amer ican soldiers were fighting for many--nowhere is line drawn be- tween the conduct on one side and the other. He leaves out of view as unworthy of any consideration the
 contention that while, the Germans had the Alternative of peace or war I the allies had only the alternatives of resistance or submission. When war writer keeps still. absolutely 1 Stlli, concerning tuo HASa'sS VI
 contention, it is not difficult to dis- cover what he Is driving at.
 Time was when realism was asso-
 ciated with truth-teHing. It IS now
 alas! too much associated with the contHary. It's method. which in itseii
 has great merit. is stolen to screen I the mendacity of the haif-truths By
 selecting some incidents and avoid ing notice of others wholly non realistic picture is painted. The old romanticism seems eminently true when compared with the romsnttcisu I of the Marxite or the syndicalist
 The conventions and suppressions ot the old school were many. but fewer than the conventions and supprss- sions of the so-caiied new school. h 1 all literature there never has been Inc slevish aarcticr to formula
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
An Achievement
 Based on Initiative

7HHE South Twentieth street pay
 J ing improvement has been completed and that thoroughfare, which was being more and more avoided by vehicles, is regaining its normal traffic. This benefits every merchant, every oil station and every garage along that route.
 The Junior Chamber of Commerce is tc be commended. for bringing about this result. It should be an object lesson to other organizations. The crisis came when the ordinary cut-szo-dried pe.soss would not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
Au4ElIlMlAautll
HUDBY MUST PAY BOARD

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 Husbands who have acquired the habit of letting their wives work and giving them half of what they earn may find cause for uneasiness In a recent decision of the Brooklyn supreme court. A wife who sup ported herself and three children for l5 years. with but little help from her husband, was awarded B verdict of sto,475 for the family board bill.
 According to the pleadings in this particular case it seems the hus- band was inclined to take things easy and let his family shift for itself. In 15 years he contributed s250 to the family fund. The wife finally tired of the one-sided arrangement and sued her husband for the board bill covering period of 7S0 weeks, The court says tho husband must pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Better Ncgro School.

| To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In the much boasted expenditure | for the erection of new and enlarged | city school buildings by the powers that be we see no mention of erecting enlarging or improving buildings for the negro schools My information, gained from reports of attendance in- dicates that the present negro schools erected years ago. are inade- quate and much dilapidated and crowded beyond capacity.
 This condition may reflect the pd- litical acumen of the official author ities, as the negro is nonenity, un- der our system in politics, only few of them permitted to vote;N but quite number of them are tax payers and help carry the burden of the public schools.
 Just at this time I notice that or ganization is being effected, by good and prominent white men and women in this and other southern states to bring about better understanding and more amicable relations between the two races. IL would seem to all reasonable minds that justice In the administration of law and in the dis tribution of public funds would prove powerful factor in bringing about tbe much desired amicable relations between whites aAd blacks.
 Antipathy to the negro, as race is unreasonable and without the sem blance of justice. The negro is with us and as a labor factor the race constitutes one of the most valuable assets of the south. He ought to be encouraged in his ambitions to gain foothold by the requirement of property and education.
 As to taxation, every man Is q tax payer if ho lives and labors in & community whether or not he holds title deeds to land. As an occupant he bears his part of the burden of the tax.
 Not social equality, but legal equal ity, is the proposition for considera- tion; and as a white tax payer of this city, 1t would please me much to see the incoming administration consider we'll the needs of the-negro schools in the distribution of funds levied for the educational advance ment of the city. Respectfully,
 FRANK V. EVANS.
 Birmingham, October II, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
Income and Outgo
 In the Same Hands

0 ENATOR CUMMINS, chairman 0 of the interstate commerce committee of the Senate, is of the opinion that the railway executives, when they meet in Chicago this week, will ask for some change in the transportation act looking to concentration of the rate making and wage making powers in. the same hands.
 Speaking of his recent confer ence with the railroad executives, he said he did not gather that the "car- riers favored complete abolishment of the labor board, but believed the same federal authority which au- thorizes railroad rates, or returns, should also have the power to estab- fish wages. This would require amendment by Congress of the transportation act"
 The carriers will not find them- selves alone in this position in case it is assumed. The connection be- tween freight and passenger rates, which represent the money earned by carriers, and wages, which repre- sent the outgo, is so close that they are bound to be considered together in the long run. The question is whether this consideration might not be quickened and arrived at more smoothly through action of one body clothed with the dual authority rather than by two bodies, one hand ling income and the other expendi. lures.
 In other lines of business the same books which record incomes recort expenditures. It does not appear reasonable that the railroad busi ness should be made an exception.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12

our troops been withdrawn at a crisis during the World war, nor have the results of our failure to ratify the treaty of Versailles been as disastrous as would have been our withdrawal from the war, there is no getting around the fact that the League of Nations remains an issue that America will have to decide upon sooner or later.
 The league is either going to dis integrate or it is going to become a fixed quantity in world affairs. In the latter contingency, which seems the more probable one now, how can America afford to remain outside Certain promises have been made, which may or may not have any value, that America Is not going to hold aloof from the other nations and follow a policy dictated by self interest. If these pledges are car ried out, the Harding administration will either have to go into the League of Nations or form some other organization. Only one of these societies can be of any prac- tical use to the world. Which is it to be, the old league or new league?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
For the Common Good.


 T think it fine to do with their prize money in the way that the win ners of the community fair awards at the State Fair are doing" said II. l.. Brown, agricultural Jagent. "The Cullman community exhibit won the first prize of $2O0. With the pro- ceeds the members will improve To- cal school grounds.
 The Corner community won secohd prize of $175. These people will use their money helping the building of vocational and agricultural school. The Snow Rogers community, win ners of the third prize of $15o, will give that money for an addition to the school building.
 This is following out the commu- nity idea from beginning to end, first having Q community fair at home, then moving it to the State Fair in competition for the prizes and then devoting the prize money to commu- rity ends, completing the community good cycle"