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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
In Good ana Mlnter ZINC.

Plain old party. simple fellow,
Who to Wall street might appear
Like n fleecy lamb that really
1t would dearly love TO shear,
Has a shrewdneSs most sublime
In the good old winter time.
Then he comes in guilelcss seeming,
While the breeZes fiercely blow
And your fire for lack of fuel
On the hearth is sinking low,
And he makes his business rhyme
With the good old winter time.
For at ten per cord he sells you
Stuff he dignities as wood
Green of course. but still his conscience
Let's him represent it good;
And his conscience gathers CRIME
In the good old winter time.
Yes: it's beech and birch and maple,
As he said, but mostly beech,
And your fOur-foot measure strangely
Doth the running cord outreach;
But he won't come down dime
In the good OLD winter time.
That it's principally branches
Doesn't cause him any shame
That's the way trees grow, he tells you
And he's not Il mite TO blame,
And not chargeable with crime
In the good old winter time.
And you might as well not grumble,
For he doesn't think il nice,
And he'll take away the wood, sir,
If YOU will not pay the price:
And he's got you in this cline
In the good old winter time.
Georgia White.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
CROSSING GATES TINT HOLD.

4 new style of crossing gate suffi-
GENTLY strong to prevent a speeding We
hitln from crashing through onto the
nacks has just been installed in Chicago.
Officials Of the elevated railways are 50
confident of the success Of these barriers
in accident prevention that more are apt
to be set up as soon as they can be built.
The gates are made of steel cables and
equipped with brakes. weights and
s9riues which are brought into action
bv pressure against them such as would
he created by the impact of a speeding
motor vehicle 1t i said that they would
stop Il motor car or truck driven against
them at any speed. before it could reach
the tracks. Tests made thus far uphold
the assertion Although the gates are
very costly to construct, it is said that
they will Justify their cost in the pro
lection which they will offer at grade
crossings. draw-bridgcs and other danger
points.
The sounder the safety device, the
better. 50 long as the danger point eX-
ISIS. But no barrier, weak or strong.
will make a grade crossing perfectly
safe; nor should the installation of such
devices. no matter how valuable. be al
lowed to interfere with the gradual elm
nation Of the grade crossing wherever
it may be found.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause Take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands OF stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead If
taking tonics, or trying to patch up
poor digestion, they are attaching the
real cause of the ailment- clogged liver
and disordered bowels.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver in a soothing, healing way.
When the liver and bowels are per
forming their natural functions. ave.
goes indigestion and stomach troubles.
Have you bad taste, coated tongue,
poor appetite, a lazy. don't-care feeling,
no ambition or energy, trouble with
undigested foods? Take Olive Tablets
the substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil. You will know them by their
olive color. They do the work without
gripping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime for quick
relief. Eat what you like. 15c and 30c.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
LAZY RESORT TO SLANG.
Desire for Emphasis Causes Figurativ'
Language TO BE Used by the Careless.

French slang is of a higher quality than
English slang, which has been improved
but little since its invention. according to
DR. Clarence Stratton, director of Eng
fish in the Cleveland public schools. The
French slang is more suggestive and more
picturesque: it's clcver-which English
slang often isn't, DR. Stratton said.
Take the case of George Ruth, the
worlds champion home-run hitter, for
instance" the director continued To
cali him Babe and then to translate Babe
into Bambino-there's nothing clever in
that. But the man who first called a left
banded pitcher sOuth-paw had a real
idea Likewise, TO say a pitcher has a
glass arm is clever and descriptive
HAS somebody handed you a lemon:
That's an ancient bit of slang. Like
wise to find yourself in an awful pickle.
Probably both expressions originated be-
cause Of the sour quality Of lemons and
pickles. They are expressive and sug-
geStivc The boy who first called a girl
a peach also had real idea
.'One of two things always happens to
slang. 1t is discarded quickly or it is in
corporated into the language three or
four generations later.
SLANG originates in desire for en-
phasis. Seeking emphasis we resort TO
figurative language. And figurative Ian
guage at its best becomes a figure OF
! speech
/ DIR. Stratt0n said he is not an advocate
of slang. 4 constant use Of it is the re-
sort of the mon or woman too lazy to seek
out the proper words.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09

We got new setting room clock yes
tidday, being a big round one that plays
a tune every ID minnits SO everybody
can tell its Is minHits later, and ma
dident say cnythiHg to Dop about it
he would be serprzed and after suppir
he started TO reed the spoaTtiug page in
the setting room and the clock played a
tune, pop saying. Hello. wat the dOoceZ
Nich Jest then ma caIre in with her hat
on waiting for Mrs. llcwS to come and
90 to the movies with her saying, IZzent
that bewtitin. Willyumz / got that this
morning with uY tobacco keWDons.
aren't you glad YOU saved them for me?
Its unite a clock, scd p0p. And he
clock played another tune, pop saying,
Hello. the darn things out Of order all
reddv.
It is not. ecrtenv its not. its supposed
| to do that every - nlInnits. that's %ot
! YOU call the chimes. scd ma. and nop said.
| DO vcu meen to say | half to lissen to
i them every 10 miHnt Is! and ma sed, Ger
| tenv. they're bewtifil.
| They're all rite, ony wen you've herd
| them cnce YOU don't feel like heering
indefinitely. sci non how am I going to
/ keen NV mind on wat I'm reediug2
| Now Willyum don't be abserd. they're
| the chimes. SCd ma.
! Wei | don't need crv chimes ringing
| over me, I'm not sick or ervthing, sed
/ pop, and ma sod. Now WillvHrl. that's
| a nerfeek1v hewtfilE clock ard they're
J PERFECTLY bewfihH chimes and lis Ger
| teny disappointing to hove Won carry ~
/ about them after | stood in that dredhll
mob , hours to lave my kewpons re-
| deemed
| I'm not saving cUvtline. vat AZ, 7
saying. the clocks all rito sod non. And
he got W. and started To look ut it close.
saying Hello. heers a little gimmck TO
make the chimes stoo ringing, O that's
= fue ideer. that's swell. its a CRATE
clock
Now Willyum don't Won dare fa~,po~
) with that clock. don't YOU tnutch ii
! you'll have Il ont Of ordNr. sod ma. AL
nop Sod Who's tOutehing IL. I'm no.
/ toutching IT, And he started To rod
+ agen and Mrs. Hews came and ma won't
I out and the chimes rang . more times
/ and then pop got M and termed them
/ e ard kepp on reCdnC with a happy
| -,-I,r 5s.ion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09

China, after ALL is getting a good deal
out of tho Washington conference-more
than the Chinese or any body else might
have expected. Japan makes good on
her repeated pledges to withdraw from
Shantung. and the conditions established
seem reasonably fair to China. Britain
gives up her leasehold of Wei-Hai- Wei,
and France may retire from Kwang-
chow The open door" is 10 be main
aimed and kept wider open than ever
hefere-a fact of primary interest to
the nations outside. but also a sort of
Insurance against China being gobbled
up by any single power or coalition of
powers. Foreign postofices are to be
withdrawn Jan /. 1923. Foreign radio
stations established on Chinese territory
without Chinese consent are to be sur
rendered Foreign troops in China with
out treaty sanction are to be withdrawn.
There is 10 be foreign cooperation, of
a nature not wholly selfish. in develop
ing the country. and publicity for for
eign commitments affecting Chinese in
tercsts. Other concessions of minor
nature mostly follow the same policy.
| Here, for the first time. is a consider
able recognition Of Chinese rights on the
part Of other powers, instead of the Or
binary cold-blooded arrangement TO
plant themselves more firmly in China
for exploitation purposes. This is a
neral victory as important IS that OF
THE naval limitation plan. 1t is also
sound policy with respect to future
world peace.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09

The extent Of dcilation of farm prod
ucts in Vermont is indicated in the re
report prepared by W. II. Crockett of
the publicity department. That report
shows the production of corn, oats,
spring wheat. barley. buckwheat and po-
tatoes in Vermont in 1921 was $4,000
bushels greater in 1921 than in 1920,
hut the farm value of these crops was
So 10000 less. In other words, Yer
mont farmers received $2.91O000 less
for growing 11.347 900 bushels of crops
in 1921 than they did for growing 10
753. 900 bushels in 1920 Undoubtedly
they hope they have attained normally
in crcp production.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09

period. "Overstuffed davenports and
their satellites" says the writer, will
go down in history as the farthest ad-
vance of the elcphantine or rhinocerean
period of home art. Their beauty L.
akin to that of an abdominal bay window
and the four-ton truck tire" However,
the editor cannot deny that our present
day overstuffing is more comfortable for
the tired business man than the old
time haircloth sofa which in cold
weather reminded the sitter thereon of
an lev sidewalk. Even if the mastodonic
proportions of our modern furniture do
crowd a little the motto of the house
wife now is and probably viii be for
some time to come: -e," What is home
without a davenport?'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
In the Days News.

Sir Anthony Hope. who today cutters
upon his Goth year. has long ranked
among the most brilliant and successful
Englishmen of letters. Ills real name is
Anthony Hope Hawkins. Anthony
Hope" being his pcn-name. After COM
pleting his studies at Oxford the future
novelist took up law and for some years
engaged in the practice of that profess
sion. But almost al the very first he
had a longing TO enter the profession of
literature. Tn this ambition he was not,
however. Immediately successful Far
from it, lie had written and published
many stories before The Prisoner of
Zenda brought him fame. This novel he
published in 1894 and its success was 50
marked and instantaneous that the au-
thor Immediately gave up his legal nrae-
tice to devote himself wholly to liter
ature Since that time Sir Anthony has
written many successful novels and has
also attained fame as a dramatiSt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
Today S Events

Festival of st. Apollonia, the patron
eSS against toOthache. .
Twentieth anniversary of the great
fire which laid a large part OF Paterson
y. j., in ruins.
Student teams of Whitman college and
the University of Washington are to
meet for their annual debate this even
ing.
Hundreds of lovers of winter sports
are expected at Hanover. y. H.. today
for the opening of the annual mid-winter
carnival ut Dartmouth college, s.-t
The President and Mrs Harding have
issued invitations fog n reception at the
White House this evening in compliment
TO the members Of both houses of con-
greSs.
The meeting of the foreign ministers
Of France. Great Britain and Italy to
discuss Near Eastern questions has been
tentatively fixed for Paris today.
\ delegation of women Will wait upon
the prime minister of Quebec today to
plead for legislation giving them the
right to vote in the provincial elections.
At Port Huron tonight Senator
Charles l.. Townshend of Michigan is TO
begin a speeeh-making campaign for re-
nomination and reelection to the United
States senate.
With a speech before the Ohio Anti
Saloon league convention at Columbus
today Judge Florence Il. Allen of Cleve-
land is expected TO launch her candi-
dacy for n place on the Ohio supreme
bench.
The first annual convention of the
Bankers Association for Foreign Trade.
meeting in Cleveland today. will give its
attention to plans by which inland
banks with foreign departments can
work together to facilitate foreign trade.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09

House furnishing like many other
things i always in the midst of some
period or other. Does your memory
take you back to the black haircloth and
whatnot era, the cottage organ and the
marble topped center table? Was your
early life spent with fowery carpets,
green rep or red plush parlor suites with
three tides to every chair? It matters
not how beautiful the interior decora-
tons of our home may seem, sooner or
later-if we would be keeping up with
Lizzie" must be replaced by 9th
ers. At present we are in what a Kan
sas newspaper terms the "overstuffed'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09

The Rcfomer is on sale every evening BY
the following news dealers:
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cleveland. s. L. Purinton (EsteyvilleJ
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand. Gilbert !. Poltica. 297 South Main ST
(Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwen.
East Dummerston, NJ. (. Brown.
Putney, NJ. &. Williams.
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West Townshend, {. III. Grout.
Jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
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Greenfield, Mass, c \. Hays.
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY ., 1922.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
Today's Anniversaries.

176S-William King, first governor Of
Maine. born ar Searboro. Me.
Died at Bath. Me. june Il, 1852,
1SO1-Bonapartc dictated the Peace of
Lunevilc. by which France made
great gains at the expense of Aus
tl.ia and Germany.
IS22-.Iamcs Parton. one of the most
successful of American bingraph-
crs. born at Canterbury. England.
Died nj Newburyport, Mass, Oct.
II. 1891.
1S31-Rey Charles Il. StnrrS was in
auguratcd first president of West
crn Reserve college.
1S70-United States signal bureau es-
tablished by act of congress.
1S12-The Royal Geographical society
sent an expedition to Africa to
find Livingstone.
1STJ-pope Plus IN. again appeared at
st. Peters after an absence of
four years.
192O-The treaty giving Spitzbergen TO
Norway was signed at Paris
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09

\ representative of the knights of
Labor. speaking before n Massachusetts
legislative committee this week, declared
that the movie managers were all right :;
It was the patrons who needed regulat-
ing. Perhaps he is right. Especially
are we inclined TO think he knows where
of he speaks when he suggested that
laws should be passed providing for the
''muzzlng" of people who insist upon
reading all the screen captions aloud.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
Bates fol. Senator
burlington Free Press.

burlington Free Press.)
\ heated controversy has been con-
Quoted by various newspapers relative
20 the possible election of Road Commits
sioner :. Il. Bates TO the next senate.
The wide knowledge of state affairs
gained by Mr.. Bates would enable hnn
TO perform splendid service for the state,
and we hone to be able TO welcome his
election to the upper branch of the legis-
Iaturc from Orleans county, rs cham
pion of economy and efficiency in state
DEPARTMENTS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 cents
an inch Tor first insertion, 30 cents an inch Tor
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
capy Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
order
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line first
insertion with 50 per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published at loot OF local
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09

icine and | am now Z new Womah-I
have had three children and they are all
lydia +. Pinlsham babies. ! have rec,
of1rnanded your medicine to several
friends and they speak highly Of 1t. You
are certainly doing good work IN tins :,
world. Mrs. ADRITH ToMSHECK, IO53'
Wabash Ave, Chicago, Illinois. .
There is nothing very strange about
the doctor directing Mrs. Tomsheck, to
take Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. There are many physicians
VINO dorecommend it and highly apprecl-
ate its value.
Women who are nervous, run down,
and suffering from womens ailments
should give this well-known root ana
herb medicine a trial. Mrs. Tomsheck,
experience should guide you towards
health
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS

II is the aim Of the management to assure
efficient service in the delivery OF the paper
each night, and it soiicits 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, ii
person, by telephone postal card, thus en-
abing the cause OF the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t Is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de
sized service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
We Could Show Them.
BARRE Times

Senator Dillingham; proposes to make
the people of Washington, d. c., remove
the snow from sidewalks and streets,
having as an object lesson the conditions
following the recent heavy SnowstoI1n
when snow was allowed to remain
heaped up on many a sidewalk in the
national capital a week after it had
fallen He has introduced bill in con-
gress, fixing a penalty of $50 for failure
to live up TO the requirements of the
proposed law. What Washington needs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09

An automobile with runners attached
for travelling snowy roads would appear
to be n practical thing if it can always
work as wei as the one at st. Johnsbury,
in which its owner recently drove a doc
tor answering a professional call from
that town to Concard, Vt, a distance of
about 10 miles, in 20 minutes, scaling
several six-foot drifts in this speed sled
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
Don't Be Bald
How TO Make Hair Grow Strong, Thick
and IuStrGus.

II your hair is thinning out. don't wait
another day. but go to Roots Pharmacy
and get a bottle Of Partisan sage, the
truly efficient hair grower.
Don't say: It's the same old story
I've heard it BEFORE" but try a bottle
at their risk. They guarantee Partisan
sage to stop falling hair and stimulate
new growth, Danish all dandriff and
almost instantly stop scalp itch, or
money back.
Partisan sage contains just the ela-
ments needed to properly invigorate the
hair roots It's prime favorite with
discriminating women because it makes
the hair so soft and lustrous, and appear
twice aS abundant
Partisan sage is inexpensive and cas-
lily obtainable at all drug stores.-Adver,
tiSement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
Takes Some Nerve.
IRarre Times.l

Ski jumpers in the amateur events
held at Brattleboro recently, attained a
speed of ii mile a minute just before the
take-of and one of them launched out
into space for period of two and two
thirds seconds and for distance of 100
feet--a record for eastern United
States. Not all the deeds of nerve and
courage are recorded in war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
ToSlay's BIRTHDAYS.

Amy Lowell. noted as author and
poet born at Brookline, Mass, As years
ago today.
George AIDE, noted humoriSt and play
wright. born at Kentland, Ind, 90 years
ago today.
George II Moses. United States sena-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09

Vice President Coolidge is suffering
from a broken toe. the result of striding
too vigorously against a piece Of furni-
ture in his apartment Saturday night.
He will have the silent sympathy OF
thousands Of his fellow countrymcn and
lot of them will wonder if he made
any remarks
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09

tor from New Hampshire, born at Lubec,
Me. 53 years ago today.
Mrs Patrick Campbell, a celebrated
actress of the English stage, born in
London - years ago today.
Joseph j. Mansfield. representative in
congress of the ninth Texas district, born
at Mnxne W. Va. 81 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
Flowers as National Emblems.

In Greece, where flowers have al
ways held q position OF Importance,
the viuiet has been designated the ma
tiOnal emblem. Italy has chosen the
white lily, Spain the poEnegranate,
France the ffeur- de-is and Switzer-
land the rare edeIweiss
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
POOR SPORT

pursuing friends who
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