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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-10-21
RELIGIOUS CENSUS TAKEN AT
STATE PRISON

More than one-half of the pris-
oners confined in the Kentucky State
ReformatOry are Baptists, accord
ing to a recent religious census made
at the institution by the State Board
of Charities and Corrections. At the
time the census vas made there
were 1,127 prisoners on the reform
atory roll and 592 gave their relig-
ion as Baptist. Seventy-eight pro-
fessed no religion at all and thirteen
had no choice in the matter.
The remaining 434 prisoners are
divided as to religion as follows:
Episcopalian, 5; Hebrews, 2; Lu-
therans, 5; Protestants, 10; Re-
formers, 1; Presbyterians, %;
Christian, lis; Methodist, III;
holiness, -; Missionaries, Congre.
gationalist, Mormons, one each
Catholics, 70.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-10-21
COUNTY TAXES READY

Deputy Sheriff James Gibson has
completed work on the tax books for
the year 1921, and has made out
all the tax bills for the county.
These are now in the Office of Sher-
iff w. G. McClintock ready for the
taxpayers. Mr.. Gibson worked day
and night for several weeks making
up the tax lists, completing the rec
ords and making out tax receipts,
and made complete and satisfac-
tory job of it. Several hundred
taxpayers have already paid a visit
to the Sheriff's Office, and paid their
taxes, amounting to thousands of
dollars. The penalty takes effect
November 1. Better be in time and
save trouble and expense.
More than 81 per cent of Austria
las population is from British
stock
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-10-21

The secret Of keeping yCunc IS 70 tee.
young-to do this you must watch your
liver and bowels-thera'S no reed Ci
having Saliow complexion-dark rings
under your -pimples-a bilious
look In your face-dull eyes with no
sparkle. Your doctor will tell you ninety
per cent of all sickness comes from
inactive bowels and liver.
DIR. Edwards, well-known physician
in Ohio, perfected a vegetable COM
pound mixed with olive oil to act on the
liver and bowels, which he gave to his
patients tor years. .
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets, the SUBJ
Stitute for calomel, are gentle in their
action yet always effective. They bring
about that natural buoyancy which all
should enjoy by toning up the liver and
clearing the system of impurities.
DR. Edwards 'OlveT Tablets are known
by their olive color. 15c and 30c.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-10-21

Booze to Stay Down." says a
headline. But haven't you seen the
time when it wouldn't?
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-10-21

In Bruma the children learn how
to smoke before they learn how to
walk
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
LOWER FREIGHT RATES

On May IS there is to be n joint con-
ference held in Washington of railway
executives, the interstate commerce com
mission and the country's biggest pro-
dueors and shippers. The conference was
arranged with the presidents help. by
building Materials The latter insist that
men representing the manufacturers of
it is chiefly freight rates that are hold
ing up construction everywhere An eff
fort will be made to persuade the commits
sion to sanction a reduction of rates on
the principal materials used i'm building
All the evidence points TO the desira-
bility of a reduction not only in the rates
referred to but in many others. The
high rates have proved to be revenue
dcstroyers instead of revenue-builders
Chairman Clark of the interstate COM
merce comission admitted recently that
railroad rates were at their peak, and
any effort to increase rates will result
in less revenue rather than more" He
and his associates will probably acknowl-
edge. in due course OF time, that the eff
Tort d last year which 6SsabEhed Abe
present rates has already had that dis
astrous result.
Secretary Of Commerce Iboyer has de-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
Today S Events

One hundred years ago today Napoleon
was buried in Devils Punch Bowl, st.
Helena
Seventy-five years ago today the Ameri-
cans defeated the MIexicans in the battle
of Resaca de la Palma.
The crown prince of Japan is scheduled
to begin his official visit to England rs
the guest of the British nation today.
The launching of the United States
scout cruiser Cincinnati. which was 10
have taken place at Tacoma today. has
been postponed to May %.
Problems confronting the automobile in
dustry are 10 be threshed out at Il big
conference of motor car manufacturers
and dealers to begin today in Detroit.
\ long list of celebrated singers are to
be heard at the Metropolitan opera house
i'm New York tonight at a benefit per-
Torrance for Andreas DIPPED, the famous
tenor.
Catholic pilgrims from all over Europe
are expected at Bruges. Belgium. today
to witness a procession of the relic of the
Holy Blood church custom dating back
for centuries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
MONDAY. MAY Q. 1921.
THE SECRET OF JAZZ.

The great Jazz secret has been revealed.
1t is found in the story of the "origi-
nal Jazz band" as told by a New York
correspondent.
There We're five Young fellows in New
Orleans who had picked up rough work
ing knowledge of the piano, cornet, from.
bone and drum. each for himself. They
played entirely by ear. Not one of them
had ever studied music or taken even
aural lessons Their method was for
each member Of the band to hear a piece
played by somebody and then produce his
own version of it. They played without
rehear~alS. each a~ he pleased and were
glad to get dollar and half apiece for
playing at dances. Two of them were
electricians, one was painter and the
other two were office boys \ Chicago
man. hearing them play at a boxing
match, and interested in their strange
music. took them to the Windy City.
where they made a hit. The name Jazz
was picked up therc-thcy had never
heard it before. The reason they played
Jazz was that they didn't know how to
play ANYTHING else That was the hum
BE beginning Of greatness. They gradu-
ated. i'm good time, to New York. and
made triumphaI tour to London. and
they ar" now rolling in wealth.
All this is Eliminating to those who
have tried to understand the explanation
of jazz given by professional musicians
Says the leader:
We nearly wrecked our band when We
tried to enlarge il by adding three or four
musicians. We found that musicians
who played BY mote ruined our music.
When a vacancy occurred we had to find
a piano player who couldn't read music
And that is the beauty Of our band. If
w" played music as it is written, we
would be like any other band. We carry
the tune in our heads. and each one of
us PLAYS the melody as he thinks best
and adds such variations as he chooses
It, all matter of rythm and variation.
Not to mention noise and shock.
So nobody who knows anything about
music is qualified to play jazz. Many
suffering auditor has long suspected this.
and is glad to have veriication. 1t helps
i'm putting jazz in the artistic category
whore it belongs. And if jazz is good for
music. why not for drama? Next thing.
we may have companies playing Shake
,Deare in the same way-every actor sup
plying his own words and rythm. without
any relation to the rest or any regard for
the authors lines. And maybe the pub
lie will go crazy about that too.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
TOday's Anniversaries.

1502-Columbus sailed from Cadiz on his
fourth and last voyage to the new
world.
l 1S3-Fort at Detroit besicged by the In
dianS under Pontiac
1S01-TousSaint founded an independent
republic in San Domingo.
1S21-The old Southwark theater i'm
Philadelphia. built in 1866. was
destroyed by fire.
1S46-CoIOnel Fremont, i'm Oregon. re
= ceived orders to watch the Mexican
and British relations in California.
1SJ6-Rescue of the victims Of the Blue
Rock mine disaster i'm Muskingun
county. Ohio, after they had been
Pntombed for two weeks
lS11-Cirand Duke George. czarowitz of
Russia. born. Died suddenly i'm the
Caucasus. JuIy 10. 1Sg9
l>12-Lucy Stone presided at the ami
verSary exercises of the American
Woman Suffrage association in
Z New York city.
l?OG-Medicine Hat and Lcthbridgc. Al
=. berta. were Incorporated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
BEAUTY BY SUBTRACTION.

The Chicago Art Institute has an ex-
tension department which sends lectur-
ers to carry its message to other cities.
One of these is Ross Crane, who has been
giving lectures on interior decoration, IL
Illustrated by a portable room which he
furnishes and refurnishes to show the
principles Of beauty in rooms. Another
is Miss Evelyn Hansen. who does for
dress what Mr.. Crane does for homes.
She has a heavy model and a slim one.
on which She illustrates fundamental
principles of dress.
In both cases the effect desired is usu-
ally secured by subtraction. Mr.. Crane
takes a messy. uncomfortable. restless
room, and by simply removing part of the
furniture and re-arranging what is left,
he secures an apartment quiet and pleas
ant. Miss Hansen takes a hideously-
gowned lady. and removing bows, beads.
hitchings-up. catchngs-down. or what
ever women call what they do 10 fuss up
dresses. she finds underneath a we'll
dressed model She takes an elaborate
frock off her slim figure. puts on "a smart
Bingham house dress with neat white
shoes and hose and before your eyes the
wax lady ceases to be homely and be-
comes Sood-looking.
1t goes back to what Walt Whitman
called the mania of owning things or
to what clever woman writer called
The Couldn't Resist Mistake" Because
she has the mania of owning things, the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09

affect or properly interest other people,
are matters Of privacy, not to be men
toned, and certainly the actor has no
exclusive title to information concern
ing them. that he may hold or release
at his pleasure. Equally of course. no
true newspaper would snoOp around to
make public things concerning individ-
uals likely To iniure them or prejudice
them unless the interests of the public
fairly demanded such nformation. The
best definition of news is original in
formation concerning persons, things
and events about which the readers
should know, given as quickly as pos
siblp This demands discriminating
Judgment on the part of the purvcyor,
lie cannot publish idle tattlc. IN harm
full scandal. and call it news. ON the
other hand. every individual is fair
game for him-if he hunts fair. No
body can claim special protection. or a
closed season 1t is not often that a
person with this peculiar twist OF mind
appears. Generally. thank goodness. the
relations are properly observed. In an
experience of over thirty years the
writer has encountered but very few
persons who tried TO put clamp on
the use of their names in the newspaper.
ON the theory that they were wholly
within their rights
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
In the DAYS News.

Andreas DIPPED. who is to be given a
grand testimonial benefit tonight at the
Metropolitan opera house in New York
city. was for many years favorite tenor
pany. Born in Cassel. Germany. in 1866.
he began his career as clerk i'm a banking
house in his native place but al the age
of q he gave up his position to devote
himself to music. After studying under
celebrated masters i'm Berlin. Vienna and
Milan. he made his operate debut at
Bremen as the steerSman i'm The Flying
Dutchman. Within Il few years he had
established, n high reputation in Europe
and in 1890 was engaged by the Metro
politan company in New York. For %
years he remained with that organization.
with the exception Of five-year period
spent with the Imperial Court Opera i'm
Vienna. During his long professional
career Herr Dippel is said to have sung
nearly $50 operate roles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09

Men have been making all sorts of ad-
vanceS upon the world, ever since it was
made. but it is left for a woman to be
first to walk around tor rather, two
women. Early in May Miss Emma Cur
tiss and Miss Myrtle King set forth from
Baltimore. Md, bound on a walking trip
around the globe. They will walk to
San Francisco. ship there for the Orient.
cross Asia and Europe afoot and so home.
across the Atlantic. They figure six
years for the trip, planning to enter Bal
timOre again on April 30. 1927. If they
run out of funds en- route they win find
temporary jobs to finance themselves.
As both are college graduates with all
sorts of degrees, the jobs should be forth
coming. Every woman who undertakes
such an adventure and carries it even
partly to a completion not only broad
ems her own life UNNECESSARILY but broad
ems the life of all women. She shows the
world as a fair and decent acc wherein
any woman may adventure safely if she
is decent and self-reliant. She shows
life as full of possibilities and opportun-
tiles for the woman courageous enough
to grasp them.
Such people are not just pioneers of
the materials; they are pioneers of the
spirit, lifting the soul from the common
clod, to a clearer air and broader view
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

This. aftiI1oon i was wau king home
ana l saw my sister Gladtis wawking
IN trunt of me with box looking like
box Of candy, me thinking. G.
And / quick hurried up and cawt up
to her. saving. Hello Gladdis. YOU did
ent Know was i'll back of you. did
No. and I'm not especially ixcited now
that. I've found it out. sed Gladdis.
NOT sounding very Encouraging and
sed. Wen. Ill wawk the rest of the
way with YOU enyway so you'll have
COmpinHy.
Tbe piczzure will be ali yours. sed
tladdis. Her still being mad at me
for waking her up at o clock this
morning by playing handban on the
outside Of her door.
And we kepp on wawking and after
a Vile / sed, Q. Won got a packidge.
P No. sed Gladdis
was going TO say if it was hevvv Id
carry II for YOU, ! sed, and GIaddis sed.
How can a little box with 3 cakes of
soap IN II be hevyy. wv don't you use
little judgement:
Soap nuthing, like fun its soap. leeve
me smell. | sed.
Heer, smell, sed Gladdis. And she
pushed it agenst my nose so hard it
felt like puntch i'm the nose. and /
quick slnelt and it was soap all rite.
pushing IN the nose. You don't need to
think you're everybody.
And | ran 6 circles GROUND her to
make her mad and then decided not
to go home yet after all and went
Ground to Pubs Simkinses
Proving politeniss IS libel to have a
bubble meening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
Without Consent.


''N OIL are not to mention me i'm your
paper IN any way without my consent. -
Is the admonition occasionally given to
the editor or reporter of newspaper.
generally by some super-sensitive per
son who has been mentioned without
said consent, and perhaps not exactly
as he would have framed the reference.
once IN while person appears to be
heYe that he has sole proprietor,hip of
his personality, to the extent. even, of
regulating and restricting what shall or
shall not be said of him in the public
prints. He assumes the moral and
would go with such propr1etorship if it
existed, which it does not A newspa-
per man who disregards such orders
clearly given falls under the ban of
such person : generally permanent dis
pleasure and disapprovaG as having
done something that he. had no right to
do. Of course the person is mistaken
No person : acts, insofar as they touch,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
Labor Troubles at Bellows Falls.

%
Bellows Falls is having labor troubles
because the international Paper com
Pany has asked it, employees to accept
30 per cent cut in wages ctfeatiVe
May I and certain changes in hours and
regulations which the men consider Il
blow at their unions. For one thing
the c0mpanS wants nine hour dav and
refuses extra rates OF pay for overtime
work. 1t also sstipulatcs that union
jurisdiction shall apply only to men
regularly employed at manual labor in
side the walls of the mill buildings.
The lapcrmaker finds little to comfort
him for the cut i'm his wages and the
lengthening OF his working day when
he considers what he still has to pay
for the necessities of life Rents have
advanced i'm Bellows Fails and are likely
To 90 higher on account OF the acute
housing conditions: board and room
have risen from - i'm 1914 to Sll in
coal. which was SS25 in 1914. is now
Sl2 % and restaurants more Stove
Sl6.25. aud druggists prescriptions have
Increased ID per cent Ice has also adj
vanced to 60 cents hundred. Cloth
ing. ladies dress goods. bakers goods
and groceries have shrunk a little. Tn
til food stutfs come down more than
they have vet i'm Springfield. no one
can expect board to he cheaper but
houses are liable To stand vacant unless
rents drop TO reasonable figure La
hor naturally reSeutS a cut in wages
without d corresponding cut i'm the cost
of living expenses. and there are indica
tions of ticklish period of readmst
ment until the lower price of labor
naturally lowers the cost of production,
which il cannot do all in Il moment.
Goods produced when labor was at its
highest are now in stock and on the
market and its Going TO take a it'll
time for the products of lower wage
scale Ia make their appearance. There
is nothing for il but to let patience
have its perfect work
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09

clared that rates in many cases are far
too high. and have disorganized many
branches OF transportation. Transcon-
tincntul rail transportation has suffered
severe blow because. as result of
the high railroad freight charges. the
bulk of the traffic between the two coasts
is now being carried by water, through
the Panama Canal Many citizens will
not regard that as necessarily a miSfor-
tune, but it shows how far the present
freight rates have come from accomplish
ing their profcssed purpose.
The railroads arc not expected to op-
pose a judicious lowering of rates, and
if they are permitted to lower wages
there may be a general rate reduction.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09

st. Adams Messenger


Some years ago. responding to union
pressure, the PENNSYLVANIA legislature
passed what is known as the full
crew bills compelling railroads to
place Il certain number of men on the
trains they operated. The bill has Just
been repealed. The action marks the
breaking away from the control which
labor has been exercising to the dctri-
ment of the public. An attempt to pass
full crew legislation at the recent Sos
sion of the Vermont legislature failed.
The Nermonters saw through the game.
They were aided. of course. byF the pub
LEFTY given 10 the various ways labor
has imposed upon the management
through the so-ealled national agree
ments The full crew laws have been
in reality laws to give employment TO
unnecessary men. and. thereby, to
tighten the work of necessary men. But
the public is of the mind that full
days work should be given for Il DAYS
nay. and the two men for one job idea
has lost its appeal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09

the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co. c. w.
Cleaveland, S. L. Purinton (Esteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert ]. Pollica. 81 South Main St.
(Fort Dununer district.
West BrattIeBero, 7. L. StockweT,
East Dummerston, NJ. E. Brown.
Putney, N. G. Williams.
Eewfaue, n. VI. BatcheId-r.
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. r. BufFum.
Mortified, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield. N. H, Mrs. w. Streeter.
Hinsdale, N. H, w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co,
Greenfield, Mass, c. a. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
Worth Needing at Any. Time.
Barre Times.l

Governor Hardness 5 advice to plant
Il tree, or. trees, on Arbor day fAIav o.
Is old hut always worth needing SIP
posing one tree was planted for every
man, woman and child in Vermont. that
would make an excellent start aud if
Il large pile OF money. taken in coniunc-
ton with the Wholesale planting Of
trees which Is being undertaken by more
and more people of the state. The
state forestry department asserts that
the reforestaton movement reached I'M
expected proportions during the spring
of 1921. giving cause for considerable en-
couragcmcnt to those who have realized
that Vermont was rapidly being
stripped OF her trees.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
TO TIE SUBSCRIBERS.

It 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 or postal card. thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
Ady Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
TOday's Birthdays.

Former Empress Zita of Austria. born
in the Italian province of Lucca, % years
ago today.
Sir James NJ Barrie. famous Scottish
novelist and playwright. born 81 years
ago today
i William r. Vance. professor of law in
the Yale University Law school. born ar
Middletown. Ky, u years ago today.
Edward Weston of New York. ccIc-
brated electrical engineer and inventor.
born in England, Il years ago today.
John W. Gilmore, professor of astron-
omy at the University of California. born
III White county, Arkansas, 10 years ago
today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09

On the subject of delinquent children.
st. Albanss new city manager declares
that he thinks "A little more old-fash-
Toned New England home training would
be more effective and much moro ccouom-
zeal than an enlarged police force" But
there are so many parents nowadays who
do not seem to know what "old-fa>hioned
New England home training is.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
\ Slight Burden.


Hold the state fair. at Rutland, gen
tlcmeH. The press is practically a unit
in its favor. Brattleboro moves to
make it unanimously orrisville Mes
senqer. The contemporary omits the
trifing detail of saddlinq upon a going
conccrn-thc Rutland Fair association
the slight burden of taking oycr Il
derelict i'm establishing new base for
the state fair
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-RSn of paper. so cents
inch for first insertion, 80 cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents . line
first insertion with 50 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy. Minimum charge % cents. lash with
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line first
insertion with so per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy
Reading notices published at foot of local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09
Practice Makes Perfect
lWaterhury RecOrd !

In New Hampshire YOU have to throw
EN- back If the speckled beauties do not
sssAs1rs s!is Isl isa gsls.Ij
per day. The ten pound limit would
only affect one nerson in Vermont
Hon. Frank E. Howe of Bennington.
The boys say he can catch fish with
both hands
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09

a group of English fiuanciers are said
to have offered Charlie Chaplin the stag
gering sum of $4,000 a week. which is
at the rate of more than million wear,
for his signature 10 a theatrical con-
tract for twelve months. The taste Of
the movie going world is a curious thing
when it makes Chaplin comedies worth
such Il price.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09

VIII the Brattleboro police officials be
in the same state over the new curfew
law as those in Chicago who wish to
know how they are going to tell whether
a girl is is or 90 when they all wear
the same length skirts?