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, 1922-02-17
CRAZE FOR

The world war and its aftermath have turned in.
oustry, commerce and finance topsy-turvey," declares
the shoe and Leather Reporter. THE pendulum has
swung from the extreme Of activity and profits to the
opposite pole of depression, indecision and loss. There
are few visible signs of returning prosperity, but the
undereuuents are running in the right direction and
here and there are coming to the surface Establish
ed precedents are of little value today. There prob
ably never was a time in the history of trade when
foresight was at such a premium over hindsight. We
should not only stop looking backward, but try to for
get the past The prejudices and hatreds engendered
by the war are liabilities to be disposed Of as expedi-
tiously rs possible.
The industrial rehabilitation of the world Is held
back by selfshness and lack of vision. Too many
groups of people are seeking short cuts to prosperity
which can only be taken at the expense of the general
public. A mental disease is spreading with virulence
which has for its symptoms the haIfucination that the
citizens of the United States can tax themselves rich.
ing up the difference between what shippers want to
pay and what the railroads must have in order to con-
tinue in operation, soldiers bonus amounting to $685.
100000 annually to be paid without any specific means
suggested for raising the money, loans to farmers
without proper security or interest, and high wages to
be maintained by the addition of government gratui-
ties are some of the demands of paternalism gone mad.
Even manufacturers who are in a position to see
broadly and think clearly are insisting upon protective
tarifs based upon pre-war conditions and not taking
into account the economic situation of the world to-
day.
''The export trade is still g dead letter. Progress is
retarded mainly by the adverse situation abroad, but
to some extent by our own unreason. We are not
ready to treat with the export markets as we do with
the honest, but embarrassed creditors at home. 1t
should be evident to anyone that foreign buyers could
not Immediately resume operations after the war as
though the only obstacle to trading was an embargo
now removed"
, 1922-02-17

That women dress primarily TO
please men is a well established fact.
1t ever has been and ever will be.
When Eve. after. searching through
the Garden OF Eden finally decided
upon a ng leaf for adornment. you
car be sui that some time during
their strplls AdaD- had said that the
fig leaf was a pretty little leaf.
And so 1t is today. Whether it be
the gay Adonis whom she is trying
to land, or the little old hardworktng
husband. always in the Jack of every
woman's head. she bears the image of
some man when choosing n gown.
Many a little gray mouse of a wom-
an goes about in silkcn hose and short
skirts when her shin bones would be
a lot more comfortable in heavy wool
ems. simply because she knows that
fond husband adures transparency.
And there are some OF the fairest who
feel hat they must tone down TO suit
the man of the family. Many a WON
an has felt the call of the bobbcd
head, but has not obeyed the call be-
cause their husband refused to be
seen with her in the decollete head
dress. Where is the woman who does
not feel tina she looks well in short
skirts? Yet there are some who have
felt dowdy these four years in a
length to please a husband who seem
ed otherwise perfectly normal.
The afternoon dress is the one gar
ment that a. woman al choose to
please her very own self. Her one
salvation for self expression lies in
1t. In 1t she can display herself as
she would like to be as there are few
men in these busy days cavorting
around to tea dansants and matt
nees. 1t is a peculiar individuality
which cannot find expression in the
wide variety of afternoon frocks
one has to choose from this season
Perhaps the best type OF afternoon
! gown for general utility is the crepe
gown. Heavy crepes de chine and
crepe Roma r taking the place of
the Canton crepes and georgette
crepes. When combined with lace,
crepe Roma makes an exquisite cos
tune and one that will ut into the
most formal gatherings. Brown lace
combined with a heavy crepe de chine
also makes a successful combination.
Czecho-Slovatdan em~broideries and
gaudy colored bands produce a pleas
ant type. that is extremely becoming
to h dark complicated One
lovely model of this sort is made of
navy blue duvetyn with bands OF red.
blue. green = orange embroidery at
tached threS inches above the long
waist line at the side seams and ex
tending to the hem in a side panel eff
feet The sleeves of this costume are
made in flowing peasant style and
banded in the same embroidered ma
terial from the shoulder seams down
to the sleeve ends Side view of this
gown gives one straight line of en-
broidery from neck line to skirt hem.
For the woman who goes out a
great deal but has small means to use
for the gowning there is the YER love
ly black gown of heavy satin- When
made in simple lines and untrimmed,
, 1922-02-17
CHECKING THE CHECKERS.

Reform falls into disrepute," says the Philadelphia
Ledger, when the reformers seem to adopt the atti-
tude of the mother in the antique anecdote who says
to the nursemaid, GO and see what baby is doing and
tell it not to-
Things that need to be prohibited are sufficiently
numerous without sending out searching parties with
X-ray apparatus in quest of more.
"a cripple in Massachusetts was arrested, convicted
and fined for playing a game of checkers on Sunday
out of doors in a public park II he had played the
game indoors, he would have gone scot free. Suppose
he had played. it while sitting in the doorway.
"The Massachusetts State Checker association
sought to have the ban lifted on the game to the ex.
tent OF permitting it in the open between 2 and 6 in
the afternoon on Sundays. The house of representa-
tives has placed its stern veto on the incendiary pro-
posal. The blue law stands. If you are poor and live
in n small house on a narrow street, you must stay in
on Sunday with your favorite pastime. Carry your
chessboard to the park and you may contaminate pub
lie morals.
"such superprudery and hyperhypocrisy is calcu-
lated to disgust average law-abiding morality. To
multiply oppressive restriction and enforce a repeal
able law long after there has ceased to be any sense
or use in it does not tend to stabilize that government
by the consent of the governed which makes for pub
lie decency and civic morality. One might almost as
reasonably insist that the grass shall not grow and the
song birds remain mute in Boston Common or along
the Concord road as so ridiculously to misconstrue in
those regions the human privilege for which the
fathers bled and fell"
, 1922-02-17
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT.

Uncle Joe Cannon has announced his intention of
retiring from congress at the end OF his present term,
March 4. 1923. He has served in all twenty-three
terms or fortysix years His service is not contin-
uous, however, for he was absent from the hfty-sec-
end and sixtythird congresses, having gone to defeat
in 1890 when the Democrats captured the lower mousse
in the midst Of the Harrison presidency. It was n pre-
lude to the Democratic presidential victory OF 1892.
And again in 1912 following the Roosevelt assault
upon the Cannon speakership and the Democratic VIC
tory over a divided Republican party.
So in forty-six years Mr.. Cannon has suffered Two
defeats, neither of which are chargeable to dissatis-
faction with his services to his constituents but rather
to a psychological condition that occurs at times among
voters when the strongest and most popular go down
to defeat along with the others who have outworn their
public welcome.
Mr.. Cannon has been a figure in public life for more
than a half century. He really comes to us from an
older and altogether different generation. In the ad-
vancing years he was quick to discern and cast out the
worthless and retain the good. By nature conserva-
ton, he has adhered to tested and well-established
principles and no man living today is better qualified
to say what the doctrine of the Republican party Is,
what its history is and what its ambitions should be.
He has been a member Of it from its founding. its con-
slant supporter throughout its cventful and history
making career, and its defender in season and out of
season, in good report and evil report.
The country, regardless of party, will regret the re-
tirement of Joseph G. Cannon to private life. While
his age is eighty six, he is vigorous and sound in health
and in political principles. He will live and deserves
to live for many years to come.
His constituents in the Eighteenth Illinois district
should decline to consent to his retirement, rather
should the people of that district return him to con-
cress as the unanimous choice, without opposition and
with a record majority. We have never had but the
one of his exact type in public life. We will not likely
have another. Let us keep him as long as we can and
let us keep him in congress. He belongs to the ma
ton, not to the Eighteenth Illinois district and that
district should have sufficient pride in an institution
like Joseph G.. Cannon to see the entire propriety OF
the suggestion made. The valiant old fighter will
never wear out for there is high class material in him
but if he ~retires. there will be the great danger of
rusting out
, 1922-02-17
Do Women Dress to Please Men?

a chain of colored beads. n girdie or a
chiffon sash changes 1t into nn e
tireiy different costume. The long
shoulder be made 20 that sleeves
OF different colors can be basted in
at VIII and when left off entirely the
short sleeved effect is obtained.
Whether or not M pretends to
mind mems opinions. these fashion
ideas hold women's interest
Lace is constantly appearing In new
forms. Wool laces on black makes a
pretty contrast A wide stripe OF
ecru wool lace running from the cen.
ter neck line to the hem Is tremen-
dously effective.
Wooden beads combined with pat
ent leather applique or colored en-
broideries Is a new trimming.
, 1922-02-17
A SABBATH ENTERTAINMENT.

Fine business The preachers and the theatrical pro-
moters in New York are debating the purity of their
own and other outfits of religions and worldly char
acter. It seems so far to be a case of criticism and
mudthrowing. The church people are tearing the
movie and stage stars to ribbons and the theatrical
folks are calling attention to the particulars of every
preacher who slipped from the straight and narrow
path and every church member who fell from grace
for years back The amount dug up by both sides to
the controversy is appalling and the air is filed with
scandal.
What benefit can result from foriing over such So
cial barnyard refuse no one pretends to explain. Doc
ter Straton of the Calvary Baptist church dumped the
first load of garbage and William A Brady lost nc
time in delivering the next load
1t all occurred in the house Of the Lord where or
other and more orderly occasions Christian charity /,
eItoned. Brother Anderson of the Anti-Saloon league
refereed the riot and Christians and sinners elbowet
each other and had a lovely time.
The time was Sabbath afternoon and the presence
Of city police was required to quel what assumed ths
proportions of a near riot
A Madison Square Garden prizefght audience new
er provided more kissing, cat calls, stamping Of feet
than did this debate upon the relative purity of churcl
and theater. Scandal and Islander were never more
freely banded about in a public gathering. Intoler
ance and abuse were never more in evidence in any
contest between people representing the church ant
the world.
If it was %elevating and accomplished any good pur
pose, the rough features could be overlooked; but the
whole performance did nothing but rake out of ole
, 1922-02-17

smelly closets a lot Of forgotten skeletons aad heap
them up in the middle of a house more properly de-
voted to other and better purposes It stirred up q
lot Of bad blood and laid before the younger genera
ton a lot of nasty wickedness without any conpen.at-
ing lesson TO be drawn therefrom-
Converts to more holy things are not made with
batue-axes- Crystal palaces are unsafe places 10
dwell in times of stone-throwing contests. The world
is pretty well informed Of its own wickedness without
rehashing specific instances of lapses from righteous
ness. Example in good conduct and patient, gentle
Leading away from immortality are still more effective
and dignihed weapons than hurting missiles at scarlet
people inside or outside the church.
, 1922-02-17
WHAT HAPPENED THE cRADLEY

Down in the Virginia house of delegates, where the
late Patrick Henry once arose in his place and told a
world, all too short of the article, how srdently he de-
sired liberty, and in case it could not be supplied death
could be substituted, they have a different brood of
legislators these days. No more do the bold patriots
stand forth and declare their principles. No more do
the rafters reverbrate with impassioned oratory. The
old lions have passed. Their roar would startle the
present timid members out of their skins.
With what disgust the shades of G.. Washington, T.
Jefferson, John Randolph-not to mention the shades
Of other and more fiery Virginians, must look down
from the parapet of Heaven upon the poor rabbits who
sit in the old house Of delegates and pretend to up
hold the dignity of the Old Dominion and at tho same
time are frightened at a lobby, and would seek to pro-
tcct themselves by the adoption of such a resolution
as has been introduced in these words and language
to-wit:
Resolved, by thu house of delegates that the clerk
Of the house be and he is hereby authorized and di-
rected to take the measurement Of and furnish to each
member of the house a luxurious set of artificial whis-
kers, appropriately and b~ecomingly designed for the
purposes of disguise, to facilitate ingress and egress
to and from the house without recognition by the vari-
Gus Hobbies.
Resolved further, that the cost Of such parapher-
MALTA be paid by such lobbies."
the boys of the earlier Virginia period cultivated no
whiskers for DISBURSEMENT, nor substituted any false
ones for camoufage purposes. They all wore their
faces barefooted and were not ashamed to show them
in any company. Many of them became presidents.
Somebody has evidently chopped up the Virginia presi-
Dental cradle for hndling wood. s.
, 1922-02-17
Motherhood

Playing alone by the oceans edge.
Eager and ~unafraid.
You are the child / used to be.
Playing the games I played
Now I have only a towards heart.
Finding you all tee coar.
Learning at last that love shah teach
The fearless how TO fear.
You r SO little against the sky,
Laughing and undismayed-
OH little son by the oceans edge.
1 am afraid. afraid
-MEDORA G. ADDISON.
, 1922-02-17
TIME TO BEGIN LOOPING.

They are very courageous words that Mr.. Carl
Laemmle, moving picture producer, utters from Chi
cago when he says:
"One hundred million American dollars invested in
moving pictures are endangered by the acts Of a dozen
or So wastrels. Ninety-nine per cent of the film per
sonnet is clean and sound. We do not intend to allow
the infnitesimal minority to wreck the business. No
producer wishes to employ people like that. They will
be Topped off like rotten branches"
Get the ak old top and get busy. There never was
a better chance nor a more opportune time to accu-
mulate a big heap of rotten branches. Trim up Holly
wood and let's see what it would look ike
, 1922-02-17
ACCIDENT VICTIM BURIED.

CHEYENNE. wyo., Feb. 1.-THE
funeral Of Louis e. Roe. who was kin.
ed in an automobile accident at Den
yer Monday. was held here Thursday
afternoon, interment being beside the
body OF Roe's wife in Lakeview ceme-
terry.
, 1922-02-17

Bischof, the Chicago s~wind1er, came from Holly
wood. California, two years ago. He must have
brought the jazz stuff along with him.
, 1922-02-17

Jeweiry and watch repairing by ex.
pert workmen. All work guaranteed
Casper Jeweiry Mfg. Co.. O.-S Bldg.
a-bltt
, 1922-02-17

Justice, to really count and give the object lesson
intended, must be not only certain but swift.
, 1922-02-17

II people forget how to walk Henry Ford is to blame
He builds one every minute.
, 1922-02-17

What is SO rare as a day in June-a windless day 1
Casper at this season.
, 1922-02-17

Boston and Chicago can now argue the matter to a
final conclusion-which produced the dizziest fnancier.
, 1922-02-17

Sister Asquith desires to know who Jane Addams
is. Has anybody got the who's who on Jane handy?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-20
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

On account of the condition of the
skating Kinks following the thaw there
will be no skating until tomorrow.
Mrs. Sanford a Smith entertained %
of the employees of the Holstein- E'riesian
association in her home on High street
last evening. Refreshments were served.
The Brattleboro high school outing club
will take a ski and snowshoe hike to
Camp Comfort and the surrounding hills
Saturday afternoon. Any person in high
school is urged to 60. The party will
start from the school building at =
O'Clock There will be an opportunity for
ski jumping.
The Associated Charities are conduct
ing a sale of secondhand garments for
men, women and children today at the
room back of the board of trade room in
the town hall building. The sale will
continue all day tomorrow and tOmor-
row evening. The purpose of holding
the sale is to get garments into clrcu-
lation. Whatever is received, however,
will be used for relief work.
In reference to the entertainment given
last evening for the pupils of the
Austine Institution it should be stated
that the picture was not only selected
and given under the direction of Mrs.
Harrington, but that u substantial part of
the cost of producing it was borne by her.
expended for Il treat for the children. and
through the courtesy and generosity of
Mrs. Harrington they were able to have
moving picture.
\ surprise party in honor of the birth
day anniversaries of Miss Ruth L.
Howe, Miss Ruth Baldwin and Master
Bertram Baldwin was held last evening
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. 3. c. Bald
win of Oak Grove avenue. where about
- young people. principally from the
Sunday school classes taught by Miss
Howe and Miss Baldwin. gathered to
spend the evening. Miss Howe, whose
anniversary was Tuesday, was pre-
scented a white ivory jewel case by her
class and Miss Baldwin whose ami
vercary was Wednesday. was presented
Il silver pin by the pupils in her class.
Master Bertram was the recipient of a
wrist watch. His anniversary was yes
terday. Refreshments were served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-20
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Cedric Emerson went today to Boston
to consult an eye specialist.
Miss Hattie Mather of Vine street is
seriously i'll with intestinal grip.
Mrs. Frederick Holbrook went this
morning to Boston for a few days stay
Miss Pearl G.. Gibson left today for
Cambridge, Mass. to visit in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest G.. Young.
Mr.. and Mrs c. A Burbank went this
morning to New York to remain week
or two.
w. Gilbert of Spring street has begun
work this week for the Crystal Springs
Ice company.
Miss Celia Bianchi of Barre is spending
a week in town with friends on South
Main street.
Mrs 0. F. Benson and Mrs w. c,
Mitchell are spending the day in Spring
field Mass.
Miss Mary Prouty. who fell Sunday
while skiing and fractured the left arm
is out again.
William B. Cabot of Boston is a guest
here of his sister, Miss Mary r. Cabot
Of Terrace street.
Fred johnson, who is employed by the
Twin State Gas & Electric company, is
confined to his home by illness.
Mrs c. G. Whittemore of Newton,
Mass. is expected tonight to visit her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Colt
of Frost street.
Miss Lillina Clark of Mortified. Mass.
is spending the day here with her par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert J. Clark of
West Brattleboro.
G. r. CrowelI. who has been in the
Memorial hospital 10 days for medical
treatment. is doing well and is up and
around the hospital.
IL. &c
South Main street have been called to
ChicOpee, Mass, by the death of Mrs.
BillingS's father, William Berry.
Miss Margaret Brown, waitress at
Streeter's restaurant, who has been Sc
riously i'll in her home on Elliot street
with pneumonia, is a little improved.
Miss Anna Anderson, who has posi-
ton in the Office of the Twin State Gas
< Electric company, is at her home OH
West street on account of the illness of
her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick u. Dickinson.
who had been spending several months at
their summer home here, have returned to
New York. F..
Miss Bessie Cain and Master John
Shaw will go to Bennington tomorrow
to spend the weekend as guests of Mrs
Dora Hopkinson.
Miss Dorothy Pratt, who had been i'll
with tOnsilitis, returned this morning to
birmingham. Mass, where she is a stu
dent in the Framingham normal school.
Mrs. Smith, who had been visiting
here several weeks with her daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Brown of Crosby block
returned wednesday to her home in
Canterbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland 3. Rounds left
this morning for Ashby, Mass, where
they will make their home Their daugh-
ter, Dorothy, is staying for the present
with her grandmother, Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Susie Wilder of Dummerston, who
had been in the Memorial hospital three
weeks for medical treatment, went
Wednesday@to Athol, Mass, to visit her
sisters, Mrs. Emma Persons and Mrs.
Hattie Livermore. $780,. ....
Mr.. and Mrs Albert w. Rockwell of
this town. and Mr.1and Mrs Fred Hill
dreth of Bellows Falls will leave next
month for twO-months' stay in Flor
ida. making Orlando their headquarters.
They will travel through Florida and
will stop en- route in Washington and
other places.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-20
Curtains at Wholesale

Curtains at Wholesale
That Is What You Find Among
These Lots.
$3.50 Curtains, white and ecru,
Sale Price csc
$5.9S Curtains, white and ecru.
Sale Price $3.SS
s6.9s Curtains, ecru, in two styles.
Sale Price $4.65
$3.50 Curtains, white and ecru,
Sale Price $500
75c Scrim, in blue or brown,
Sale Price zee yard
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-20
\ FULL LINE OF SIZES
IN THESE BARGAIN LOTS OF

\ FULL LINE OF SIZES
IN THESE BARGAIN LOTS OF
Hosiery
Women's Fleeced Black Hose. I'm
perfects" of the 29c quality,
Sale Price Only 1215 G
Women's Semi-F Fashioned, Extra
Heavy, Black Cotton Hose,
Sale Price 25 G
WOmen's Full Fashioned Silk Stock
igns, the ''irregularS" of our best
$500 quality. Made by one of the
best known manufacturers. In
black, brown and navy.
Women's S1.5O Brown and Green
Heather Wool Hose,
Sale Price S1.19
ChiIdren's 25c Black Stockings,
At TIC, : pairs for soc
Children's Soc Ribbed Stockings, in
black and brown, Sale Price 25c
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-20
Warm Winter Blankets
Sharply Reduced

$3.0S Wool Finish Blankets,
Sale Price So. As
SI9S and $3.50 Part Wool and Wool
Finish Blankets, Sale Price $3.50
So .9S and SS.9S Wool Blankets,
Sale Price $4.95
$I9S Beacon Bath Robe Blankets.
with cords included,
Sale Price 1895
$3.50 Pure Wool Oregon Indian
Blankets, Sale Price $5.95
All Other Blankets and ComfOrta-
bles in the store, during this
month ut
10 Per Cent Less Than Marked
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-20
STRICKEN AT GREENFIELD.
r. A. Kingsley. Well Known Conductor,
Suffers Shock of PARALYSIS

GREENFIELD, Mass. Jan. 20
Fred A. Kingsley of Waltham, well
known conductor on the Fitchburg divi-
sion of the Il. & NJ. sustained paraly-
tic shock in his room at the Mansion
House early yesterday morning. He was
called to take his train leaving at 6, but
failed to appear.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-20

Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Rockwell of
this town. and Mr.zand Mrs. Fred Hill
dreth of Bellows Falls will leave next
month for a twO-months' stay in Flor
ida making Orlando their headquarters.
They will travel through Florida and
will stop en- route in Washington and
other places.