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The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-15

French, and only 10 per cent o. the
people can speak both. The Flemish
influence never crossed the Meuse riv.
er toward the east, and the Wallo0n
influence reached but q short distance
toward the west from thar beautiful
valley. The line Of de,uarcation be-
tween the two peoples Ii rather sharp
" marked.
There Is physical difference be-
tween the Walloons Of eastern Eel.
GUM and the Flemings Of western
Belgium, just as there Is difference
Of tongue and stock. The Wnlloons
are Of stouter build and greater stat
ure. and are dark where the Flcmings
are fair, thus besptna.ng tie com.
mingling Of Spanish blood. On the
other hund the Flenings IRE the more
industrious Of the two peoples and
their women Rre said to be uble to pre-.
pure the best meals out Of lie fswpst
things of almost any race In the world.
Living was cheap In pre-war Bel.
GUM. The people had thoroughly
mastered the art Of intensive farming,
and the land, before the great war
descended upon the country With Its
heel Of Iron, bI0ssomed with the milk
and honey Of plenty. Being contig.
nous to the North sea fishing grounds.
II has always possessed u lIberui sup.
ply Of fish. which is staple article
Of diet with the people.
II living WAS cheap In Belgium II
was no cheaper than conditions called
for, because wages certainly were low.
Many lace-w0rkers, making the ex.
quislte laces that bear the Belgium
mark, worked from the rising to the
setting Of the sun for Ave dollars q
week. 1t Is said that the average wage
Of all The breadwinners Of the country
appropriated only $lG5 year.
The children work after they are
twelve. and all hands In y working
mans family must keep busy In order
that no mouth shall 70 hungry. Even
ut this II requires, even In normal
times, tine utmost frugality to make the
buckle Of income meet the tongue Of
outgo. So must the Belgium house
wife be an excellent manager The
Belgian wage-earnlng classes eat but
little animal food, and most Of that
Is fish.
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-15
All Are Early at Work.

The day begins early for everybody
In Belgium, and particularly with the
wage-earners. More than half Of Bel
GUMS population lives outside the
towns. and they are up at their work
before the gray dawn Is dispersed by
the rising sun, and on clear mornings
the lights Of hundreds Of cottages
may be seen yylng with the stars as
they twinkle forth their message Of
households bestirrlng.
In the towns and cities the people
are downtown almost as early rs their
neighhors across the English Chan
mel are at breakfast. They get their
midday meal around noon. and they
90 home for 1t, since remarkably low
tramwny fares make this possible. So
1t is thnt, instead Of mug Of milk
and sandwich at some quick lunch,
many Belgian burgher shuts up shop
ut IL. goes home to his largest meal
Of the day, eats It leisurely, and re.
turns downtown by o'clock.
The Belgian government has always
felt a keen interest In the welfare OF
the wage-earner and the man Of small
affairs, and has made 1t possible for
them to buy homes on easy terms.
The national savings bank Is empow.
cred to make loans to householders
for buying or building homes, and to
insure their lives, so that In the event
Of death the family will not lose Its
equity In the place, and can use the
insurance to wipe OF the debt.
Taxes were made exceedingly low
on small property owned by those
who tenant It.
The entire western portion Of the
country resembles one vast market
garden. There are no fences marking
the boundaries Of the many small
tracts, but rather little trenches that
separate one farmers place from the
others. Tens Of thousands Of acres
II the toughest kind Of land have
beer converted into splendid trucking
gardens by western Belglans. In 1880
there was wild stretch Of land west
i Of the Scheldt river called the Pays
de Waes. uncultiyated and uninhabl-
ted. Today 1t ID one Of the most fertile
sections Ut this remarkable country,
supporting 500 people to the square
mile. with truck farming y IL prip-
cipal industry.
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-15


John Graves writes us that he 10
getting along just fine at the hospital
but that the days are long In bed and
to tell the boys to write. Send let
tiers In care Of the Greeley Hospital.
Miss Floye Alien arrived here from
Denver tho first Of the week and also
Miss Glennie came from Greeley.
They are preparing to get their fur
niture packed and ready to leave on
their trip for California.
Mrs. Chas. Keisel has been very
seriously Ill the past week. Her
friends wish her a speedy recovery.
John Hunter was taken to the
Sterling hospital Sunday evening In
order to have better facilities to take
care OF him. The fracture Of his leg
was so near to the ankle that It u
a nest difiicult proposition. Fsarl
were etertained that he might loose
the foot; but a careful examination
at the hospital convinced the sur
gcons that the injured limb was get
ting along very well and in time will
heal, but It will lase longer than u.s.
ual.
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-15

Mrs. q. F. Tighe and Junior e. F.
left Saturday for Omaha to visit her
parents for a few weeks. while they
are away the little girls will visit
their grandmother, Tighe In the coun-
try,
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-15

Several sheriffs and deputies were
cavorting around Raymer yesterday.
looking for q Nebraska desperate,
beloved to be In the breaks along
the Pawnee.
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-15

Misses Marjorie and Marcella
KNAPP are spending i couple II
weeks with their aunt Mrs. Jay Mil
Ter.
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-15
Pratt's Buttermilk baby chick food
20 cents per pound
Raymer Hardware Co.

Mr.. and Mrs. Graham enjoyed q
visit with Mrs. Graham's sister and
family from near Sterling Sunday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
Today's Events

The first Arbor day celebration in the
United States was held in Nebraska 30
years ago today.
Some important decisions are looked
for from the supreme court of United
States when that body today
after a recess of two weeks.
Cordell Hull. chairman of the Ma
tiOnal Democratic committee. Is sehed-
uled to deliver the grafton at a Jefferson
day banquet in Salt Lake City tonight.
\ fishing schooner building TO enter
the international fisherman s race next
summer will be launched today at Bos-
ton. She will be christened Henry Ford,
The trial of Francis Y. Willy. under
an indictment charging him with the
murder of Earl Fitch, cashier of the
Merchants National Bank of Galena, ILL.,
is set for today.
The general assembly of Colorado is
to meet in special session this week to
pass legislation providing for flood pro-
lection for Pueblo, and for the construc-
tion of q railroad tunnel through James
Peak.
To further the upbuilding
and development of the great Northwest.
the Northern Pacific railroad today will
put into effect a 30 per cent reduction
in carload freight rates on household
and farm goods from the East to North
Dakota and Montana.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
A CHILD'S
GRATITUDE

Catherine McClusky is a dear little
ten-year-old living In New London, Conn.
From the hardships of winter weather and
the confinement of the schooEroom she
had become very much rundown. She
was weak, nervous, lost her appetite and
was restless at night. Her mother gave
her Sanaft, the Sensible Tonic, and was
delighted with the result. But Catherine
WIS determined to speak for herself, so
she wrote the following letter to the
makers of Sanait.
Dear Mr.. Sanalt Man: Mother wrote
you a letter about Sanalt, but now | am
writing for myself to tell you how fine
Sanalt is making me feel. You know |
was pretty sick when mother first gave me
Sanalt, but now I'm all right and getting
fat. My chum is a year older than me
she is eleven. / was no bigger than her =
little while ago, but now | an an inch
taller and weigh ~sixty-eight pounds Will
my friend weighs only sixty. But nov
her mother is giving her Sanalt, too, 50 we
are going to have a SanaIt race to see
which will be biggest and latest. When
we are playing dolls we pretend to give
them Sanalt, and then we pretend it
makes them awful hungry, like it does US"
Sanalt, the Sensible Tonic, is absolutely
safe for either children or grown folks.
1t is q great health builder for those who
are weak, c~onstipated, rheumatic or whose
blood is in bad condition.
All enterprlSing druggists sell Sanalt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
The Fig Leaf.

When Earth was young, and Eve, to
Through Eden strolled, she noticed there
\ verdent tree; its leaf, though small,
1t could be turned and used on either
side;
'Twould lauqder well, for skillfully
twas dyed:
And so she plucked and wore it in her
pride.
Eyes eldest girl. a spoiled, ~Il-mannered
child,
Inherited, and rudeIy smiled
At fInery so out of date and queer,
She set in cores, looped I'm a ribbon here,
And added there some artificial flowers.
The climate changed; outside of Eden 5
The winds blew cold, and fell the dreary
showers.
Woman the Tenth asthmatic gasps did
heave,
crept to her cave and exc produced a
Or a pair of sleeves. to be precise:
Not raglan vet, but very warm and nice.
The Thousandth One sewed buttons
down the front:
Her daughter next, with fine, sarcastic
grunt.
The challegne took to Beat this novel
stunt.
She sponged and pressed and interlined
that coat,
Doubled its breast and named it redin-
gotei
The Mllionth made the hustle and the
Then pantalets with frills-some task
The fig leaf thus expanded still and
grew,
Acquired tucks and puffs aud wrinkles
new,
While Temps fugited and flew.
Then came the Billionth, lazy. fat.
Sans shame. sans shape. contented with
her cat.
Beside the FIRE to watch the curling
smoke.
The heirloom she did haste into a yoke,
Whence it hung full. quite loose and
uneonfned-
The Mother Hubhard's first appearance.
Ungirt, ungirdled and unlined.
The Earth crows old; the needle 5 day
is done:
The thimble's vanquished, and the
shears nave won.
Remove the back Rip out the flowing
sleeyel
Two ribbon straps and one scant ruffle
leave!
Destructive. awful victory!
Oh, Woman of the Dimpled Knee,
The fig leaf : fate rests all with thee,
Pontotoc Shelby. in New York Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
MONDAY. APRIL 10. 1929.
TRAFFIC RIGHTS.

Says a citizen who drives a car, and
who has never had any trouble with the
police:
IF automobiIists drove as carelessly
as pedestrians walk. and with as little
regard for other peoples rights, the jails
would be full of them.''
Where is the moving mass of pedes-
%trians, he wants to know. that makes a
proper stream of traffic along the side
walk? The law requires that they. like
the vehicles in the street. should keep to
the right. Yet there are always focks
of pedestrians walking on the wrong side
of the walk, stopping to talk right in
the middle of the walk, weaving in and
out regardless of law or common. sense,
and otherwise obstructing foot-trafic.
In 50 doing, the pedestrians only in
~terfere with each other. In crossing
the street, this citizen insists, they in
terfere with vehicle traffic in a way that
they would consider intolerable if auto
mobile drivers performed the same
FRANKS. They cut across anywhere in
tie block, instead of at the crossings
provided. They disregard traffic signals
in a way that a motorist seldom dares
to do. They compel the motorist to look
out for their lives. instead of doing their
own share of looking out. They nearly
scare drivers to death by darting ahead
of cars Unexpectedly, and often. by get
ting in the way when they nave no bust
ness there, they deprive automobiles of
their turn at the crossing aud slow down
the whole stream of vehicle traffic.
This IS a side of the everlasting feud
that is not often heard. There is I'M
doubtedly something in it. Pedestrians
will never succeed in winning adequate
recognition of their own rights until
they are more regardful of the other
fellows.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
In the DAYS News.

Countess Georgiana Markievicz. who
is on her way to America to lecture in
behalf of an Irish republic, has been the
leading female figure of the Sim Fein
movement. She was the first woman to
be elected to the British house of com
mons. though she never took her seat.
The countess. who came by her title
through marriage to Count Carimir
Markiewicz. a Polish artist and play
wright. first came prominently before
the public at the time of the Easter re-
bellion in Dublin. when she commanded
one of the rebel parties. For the part
she took on that occasion she was sent
enced to death. hut the sentence was
afterward comuted to one of penal servi.
tude for life. She was subsequently,
%pardoned. however, and released by the
government. She was arrested in Nav,
1913. released early in 1919, again ar
rested in S~eptember, 1920, and remained
informed in Mountioy Prison. Dublin, un-
til July of last year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
The Granite Strike.
(St. Adams NTessenger.)

Theoretically the granite industry in
the Montpelier-Barr district is now al
most completely based on the American,
or open-shop, plan. Practically, 1T Is on
a union-strike basis. In most sheds quiet
rules. There is no activity.
1t is not strange that the owners are
willing to try out the American plan. 1t
can hardly operate to worse advantage
than has resulted from the tight union
ization of the industry. Vermont has be-
come so accustomed to strikes in the gran
lite belt that it hardly pay any attention
to them at all. They are looked upon
almost as natural visitations.
And in the main the sympathy is with
the operators, for of all workers in Yer
mont those employed in the granite in
dustry have been considered as being
most fortunate so far as wage scales are
concerned. If any other class has been
getting more it has been kept a profound
secret.
The experiment will be watched with
interest. The open shop is the natural
reaction when ar industry has been over
organized and unioniZed. 1t is the old
rule of the pendulum. When it swings
far to one side, on its return it swings
whether the employers have the courage
of their convictions whether they are
deadly in earnest in their determination
TO manage their own business in such a
way that 1T can pay a reasonable wage to
both labor and capital.
The main interest that Vermont has
in the situation is to see the industry re,
vive and get back on it's feet. 1t is an
important industry in our state II con.
| tinued idleness hurts to the quick. II
the American plan is the way out, then
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
Aprii's Order.

Said little Madam April
To the mighty Weather Man:
''I'd like to have you send me
As promptly as you can
\ billion yards of bluest sky,
A box of gentle showers
(And please omit the Winter frost
That bites the little flowers);
II want a lot of sunshine
! can sprinkle all around,
1t makes the people happy
And fixes up the ground.
Where | shall start a million seeds
The garden kind, you know
And Summertime will bring them up
The way they ought to go.
lee 80
''I've thirty April children
That III pay YOU with this year,
They re not exactly perfect.
But much admired. | hear.
Although they re temperamental, they
Are pleasing, as a rule,
And out of thirty children there
Is only one a-Fool.'
Nan Terrell Reed in New York Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10

Me and Pubs Simkins and Leroy
ShoOster went errOund after Skinny
Martin this aftirnoon. and he was stand
ing in his parler windo looking sad, and
us fellows started to veil to him to
come out and he opened the windo quick
saying, Shh don't make so mulch noise,
Will you. / amt allowed out because my
report was too bad.
And he shut the windo and then quick
opened 1t agen. saying. Maybe II you
ring the frunt bell and my father tells
you wy | cant go out and you tell him
Your reports was as bad as mine, maybe
he III leeVe me go out.
And he shut the windo agen and we
rang the doorbell and Mr.. Martin came
20 the door. being long and skinnie and
showing who Skinny takes after, say
ing, Well, l Suppose you'd like to know
if Allowishes can come out2
Being Skinnies other name, and l sed
Yes sir, can he? and Mr.. Martin sed,
Not till he brings home a better report.
And he started to shut the door agen
and Pubs sed. Well G. Mr.. Martin my
report was mulch verse than wat his
was.
You don't say so? sed Mr.. Martin, and
Pubs sed. Yes sir. twice as bad. and [
sed, Gosh, Mr.. Martin, Skinnys report
was a good n compared to mine.
Rely? sed Mr. Martin and | sed;
Yes sir. and LEROY Sheoster sed, And
G WIZ. Mr.. Martin. compared to mine
Sklnnys report was one of the best in
the hole class.
You don't tell me, sed Mr.. Martin. and
Leroy sed, Yes sir. and maybee in the
hole skool. and Mr.. Martin sed, Well
then all I've got to say is, Allowishes
must of got that way from associating
with you boys, and the less he sees of
you the better.
And he slammed the door with a slam
md US fellows went GROUND after Sid
Hunt leeving Skinny still standing sad
n the parler windo.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
Todax,s Anniversaries.

1S0G-Gen Leonidas Polk. Episcopal
bishop and famous Confederate
commander. born at Raleigh, y.
G. Died on the battlefield of
Pine Mountain. June IA. 1864.
1S22-Gen. John Gibson, soldier and
territorial governor of Indiana,
died at Pittsburgh. Born at Lam
caster. Pa, Nav %. 1740.
lS24-A post stage carving L. s.. mail
was established between Nincen-
mes and louisville.
lS29-Gen. William Booth. founder of
the Salvation Army, born at Not
tingham. Died in London, Aug.
20, 1912.
lS47-Joseph Pulitzer, famous New York
newspaper publisher, born in
Ruda- Pesth. Died Oct. %. 1911.
lS48-The first boat. the General
Frve.' passed through the Illi-
rois- Michigan canal.
lS72-The first Japanese fair. under the
direction of the government, was
Oneped in Kioto.
l903-William II. Milburn, the blind
chanlain of the u. s.. senate. died
at Santa Barbara. Born in Phila-
dalphia. Sept. 26. 1929.
19l9-The nrovince of Quebec voted dry
by 65.757 to 1850.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
MORE MONEY THAN SENSE.

\ flush of Indignation is the first emo
ton most of US have when we read of
wholesale swindles. But second thought
usually brings the reflection that most
swindles are due to the greed of the
swindled. When the widow is feeced
out of the insurance money which should
nave kept herself and her children from
want, the Indignation is more or less
righteous and lasting. But even in that
case, had the widow consulted and fol-
lowed the advice of a reputable banker
before investing her all in blue sky stuff,
it probably would not have happened.
When, however, patrons of pleasure
resorts are parted from large sums be-
cause they were too fazy-minded or too
greedy for quick returns to make proper
investigation, the rest of us with our
little savings bank accounts, u dimin-
ishing rome payments, our sound en-
dowment insurance, our Liberty bonds,
and our few shares of good industrial
stock sailed down, may be permitted to
smile.
That is, we may smile as long as we
stick to our little old sound investments
and do not listen to the lure of the willy
salesman who is going to give US profits
at a wildly high percentage.
Perhaps the people who have been
kswindled in the South this winter can
afford it. If they couldn't, why did they
bite? The man who bites on bait like
! that when his family might suffer if the
thing goes wrong is too foolish to waste
much pity on.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
Vermont Gets Advertised by Radio.
Est. Adams Messenger

Vermont got a little advertising Tues
day night of last week by radio broad
casting. The Schenectady, n. Y, station
put on a speech by the president of the
American Society of Mechanical Engi-
neers. This distinguished scientist
traced the influence of the engineer upon
world progress and declared that the engi-
neer was entering the new field of public
service, where there was no doubt he
could be of great service to his fellow
men. Then he instanced the fact that a
predecessor of his as president of the So
ciety, James Hartness has been elected
governor of Vermont, and that Herbert
Hoover was giving excellent satisfaction
as a member of the cabinet. 1t was only
natural that Vermonters, listening in
Tuesday evening, were gratified at the
mention of their state and governor in
such a complimentary way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10

The Refomer is on sale every evening By
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co, c. w
cleveland, S. L. Purinton (EsteyviIie)
Brooks House Pharmacy. Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert J. Pollica, S7 South Main St
Fort Drummer district.
West Bratt1eboro, J. L. StockweIl,
East Dummerston, M. E. Brown,
Putney, N. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
Jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. B. Bufum.
Hinsdale, N. H, w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
Mastndon Tnsls Fine Ivory.

When the cargo of a ship was I'M
loaded recently at Portland, Ore, re
ports the Scientific American, it was
discovered that a certain portion. which
was supposed to consist of walrHS tusks,
proved to be the ivory tusks of the mas
todon. Crafty Siberian natives had sub
stituted these for the waIruS ivory
which was ordered. The cheaters, how
ever. cheated themselves. for in spite of
it's great age the substitute was well
preserved, and the large size of the
fuets consequently made them more val
uahln
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10

\ local man in Rutland last week
listened in on a radio service and en-
joyed a solo given by a pleasing and
somewhat familiar soprano voice. At
the end of the song he found he had been
listening to Miss Esther Dale, formerly
of Townshend, VT, and we'll known in
Brattleboro, who was singing at a con
cert in Newark. n. J.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10

The dress and appearance of the
young woman comes in for a good deal
of criticism these days, but the young
man does not escape the observant eye
of Abe Martin, who says, The little
dobber mustache makes a Teller look like
he wuz goin' L blow a match out or kiss
a cow"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10

According to things seen at the recent
fashion show at Atlantic city it is quite
the new and proper thing for wearers
Of silk hosiery to have their full names
embroidered on them in the place of
clocks. We suppose those having nom
de plumes will wear them on their hats.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-10
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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-
abllng the cause of the error TO be promptly
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edy. Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.