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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

While other Vermont papers Wedpas-
lay evening We're publishing specials
from Washington to the effect that the
Vermont delegation in congress was
deadlocked over the Vermont collector
ship, the CALIFORNIAN Records Washing
on special despatch announced the Sc
ection of Editor Harry G. Whithill of
Waterbury. Just another instance IF
publishing news while il is news-St
Johnsbury Caledonian.
An excellent piece of news covering.
The same story appeared in the local
edition of Wednesdays Reformer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

public or private, to publish statements
and write letters without signatures of
responsible Representatives. The Klan's
communications, referred to above. in
spite of their apparent frankness. are
anonymous; and most Americans do not
like such anonymity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
70 TIE suRscRIRERs

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enabling the cause of the error TO be PROMPTLY
ara accurately discovered and the proper rem.
edy Immediately applied. It is only BY this
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

As one editor sees it, the eleventh
hour shopper is no more to be pittied
than the woman who has had it all fin
lshed and her packages wrapped since
Dec. l. Perhaps the latter may be miss
ing something, but how much better she
S going to TO feel on Dec &c than her
Eleventh hour sister.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
TOday's Birthdays.

Giacoma Puccini, composer of num-
Der of popular operas, born in Lucca
Italy, Of years ago today.
Edwin L. Meredith, who was secretary
of agriculture in the Wilson cabinet
born at Avoca, Ia, 46 years ago today.
DR.. Henry p. Walcott, the only living
acting president of Harvard university.
born at Salem, Mass, 81 years ago to-
day.
Oscar S. Straus, eminent New York
merchant, diplomatist, cabinet officer,
and philanthropist, born in Georgia. ~
years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

In the days of Oliver Cromwell Christ
mas was an illegal festivity in England
1t was Cromwelrs idea that If was q
superstltious festival. and he forbade il
70 be celebrated. He also ordered ali
molly and mistletoe to be destroyed re-
garalhg them as plants of the Evil One.
as a matter of fact, little notice was
t t Of the order, and most people cele-
DRAFTED Christmas as usual.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

Weather.-PartIy Verse.
Spoarts.-Puds Simkins. Benny Potts
and Leroy Shooster went out ice skating
last Sattiday and tried TO show each
other how TO do different tricks. Pubs
coming home with both neez skinned.
one verse than the other, and Benny
with small bump on the side of his
he'd and a middle size bump in the hack
and full size bump in frunt and Lee
roy with all the damidge, on the outside,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

The classified columns are always in
teresting. Somebody informs us via the
Montpelier Argus that secondhand
child's crib is desired In the Reformer
we see that an all-round married man is
wanted. Tulip says she has never seen
a second hand child, but she knows of
several all-around married men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

Notwithstanding was completely
outclassed by st. Johnsbury in the re
cent cold wave with its report of 80 be-
low zero as against Northfeld's %.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
George May be a Fine Super. But His
Arithmetic is Poor

The report of Agent George A. Leach.
superintendent of the animal shelter.
showed % stray dogs received the past
month. OF this number 30 were placed
in homes. Were killed, and there is a
total of II on hand at the present time.
Seventy-hve stray cats were received. 60
were chloroformed and 10 were placed
in homes.-Brockton Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

In nine cases out of 10, the person
S Mno puts on christmas shopping until
Saturday is a man.-Rutland Herald.
And IN nine cases out of ten, he'd put
it off longer if he could.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

50 there are enough motor vehicles in
thes country to take the entire popula-
ton out riding at the same time. We
mlstrusted it several times last summer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

a big bulldog passed through here Fri
day. lie turned south and went along
taking it easy and Winding his own bust
ness winch is more than you can say of
some people.-Magnolia News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

The. other night" says Rupert. the
taxi driver, Il was taking young man
ana woman TO the station, and right in
the middle of Main street the lady said
Stop / stopped, but the yonne chan
said. Go ahead, she wasn't talking to
YOU -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
The Tax-DOdging Breezes.
lBoston Transcrint.l

Vermont farmers would tax the power
IN the streams of the Green mountains
put the cooling breezes that attract the
summer y visitor will probably continue to
dodge the collector.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

in numerous scientific and other cities
at home and abroad. Dr. Walcott is
considered a high authority on santa
public health.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
A Skim You Love 70 Retoueh.

''Goodby. dear, we part forever"
All the color left her face,
But he found il on his shoulder
When he reached his boarding place.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

In looking around for the 100 neediest
cases, Petunia found family today who
hadn't drop of gasoline for their sedan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
One Year Ago Today

President Harding committed the SEN
fences of Eugene Y. Debs and 90 otbar
wartime offenders.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
Any Place to Keep the wild oatsg

A BARN FOR RENT-Suitable for
nigh school students or horse or team.
:. 800 ). Poplar street-Illinois Palla-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
On the InstaIIment Plan.
Merry Christmas MarvI

Dick Chapman has had the rest of his
halr eut.-Heber Springs Headlight.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
A Breezv item
Amt il the Trnth9

Miss Februillah Blow is visiting rela-
tlyes in Barre.-Burlington Free Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23
NOT WORTH WHILE.

It's
and alym and
nohngs worth crashing rantng and
whoop until you're dizzy, it's sinful gather
round
little
perish unless of
trouble
Oh why
nohngs
VIII
mixture of sigh
anything like while TIE signing mans
rabbit and habit
briny spatters though nothing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

Mary has little calf
=, And her stocking is so small.
shes borrowed one of sisters
For Christmas use-that's all.
%. o. O.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-23

Copyright By George Matthew Adam.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

Guard faction Of his party, with entire con-
sistency, cried out against the extension. The
President did not quarrel. Quietly he put pres
sure where it would count. In the House of
Representatives the President found mossback
opposition. He ignored it and went to the
Senators. In conference he won. 1t was
typical Harding victory-a subterranean com
promise, made no one knows just how or when,
but made from the White House, by the White
House and more or less for the White House.
The selfish interest of the Administration in
the elastic clause of the new tariff bill is that
it affords quick and effective relief to the Pres
dent and to the party when the country begins
to protest against unjust tariff duties. The
Fordney- M Cumber bill is full of Injustice
The rates unnecessarily hgh-perhaps out
rageously high-on wool, sugar, cutlery and
chinaware. These high rates were secured by
trading The congressman from wool growing
states supported the Congressman from the
sugar-making states and the cutlery manufac-
turing states and the pottery states and they
gave a lot Of special privilege to the agricul-
tural bloc, and the bloc gathered up the citrus
growing Congressman AMI they all stood to-
gether and made the majority that passed the
tariff bill. But because each robber knew that
his fellow Congressman were robbers, each
robber was easily convinced that the President
should have the power to take tle loot off the
other fellow. Hence the ma jority for the elias
tic tariff provision Of the bill. Every thief has
conscience about the other mans depreda-
tions. Upon that principle President Harding
won his fight on the most important tariff re-
form the country has ever seen.
1t is now up to President Harding to face
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Queries and 4A7s.uers
AUCTION BRIDGE

euestion-The dealer bidding no-trump,
third hand takes him out with two snades
holding five to the king queen, SINGLETON
diamond, three to the jack in hearts and four
10 10 the Jack in clubs. He made three spades
ne aealer says the hand is strong enough to
let the no-trumper stand-G. C. A.
Answer-Apart from the advisabi1;+,, oe II
ways taking out no-trumper with five cards
OF either major suit, the presence of the SINGLE
Ton and the absence of any re-entry card sup-
gest that the take-out is sound.
Questlon-The third hand overcalls The sec-
ona hands bid of two hearts with two dia-
AZ n1ohos' at once correcting himself and saying:
mean two spades" A bets the correction
must be made to three diamonds, and Quotes
law o2-a, 1920 version. B insists that as LONG
as he makes better bid he can make i
what he likes.--H. B. l..
Answer-under law 32-a A is correct; but
one must always be careful to read the whole
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

The country and 10 defend the tariff. Cougv.m
may we'll wash iss hands-and trey are dirty
enough-of the whole miserable mess. II ii.
tariff needs more defense than the Presider.
can give it he can amend IT, Bat one Of tie
things we may well be sure: No President who
has the power to change tariff gong down
to defeat because Of its schedules. Instead Of
making a Winona speech, President Harding
can issue proclamation No. I and wipe out in
iquities which may not be wisely defended.
And if he fails to wipe out the iuiquities the
country can elect q President who will wipe
them out. The respon ibility is plain. We
have made real step forward toward repre-
sentative government, though we have taken
the step with the lead Of vicious tariff bill
in our shoes. 1t is a step well worth taking
even if we have to pay bad price for it
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
The Foolish Strike

A FOOLISH. ill-timed strike is drawing to
q rather sad end. The defeat Of the shop.
men is as unmistakable as the victory Of the
miners was. The shopmen were badly led
They sailed out to a defeat that was fore
doomed. First of all, the public was against
the strikers from the start. The strike Leaders
could not clarity the issue. Next, the suppig
Of labor available for the railroads made l.
possible to keep the repairs upon the eng.nss
and cars within n reasonable distance q
decent condition In addition TO that, the shop
men could not dramatze their strike as Tie
trainmen could or the miners did Trains kegt
running. Freight and passengers reached their
destination. And, finally. the big brotherhood,
who might have helped the shopmen could nos
do so without violating contracts, because TIE
strike did not effectively cripple the roads.
All this might have been foreseen An ous.
cry at the injustice Of the rail boards ruling
might have righted the wrongs Of the shopmen
Certainly it would have been better than tho
strike. For the public now is paying the bills
for the strike and it has no feeling about
these injustces. Even the outrageous inyunc-
tion asked for by the Attorney General lid not
A4SSk tIS Inauguration NHlCn &oukd nave EfeeltQ
1t if the shopmen had not been unloading ths
burden of the strike SO obviously upon tbs
innocent bystanders
The strike must go The innocent Oystsndsr
IS tired of it. He will prefer peace 70 usr
under the tortures and terrors Of the strH
And without public sympathy the strike vi
avail labor little. The weapon is duh Cap
tai no longer fears it. Labor leaders mEE
join the public in finding some other way thsf
the strike to secure justice.
The Railroad Labor Board is FAR from per
feetion. 1t has done some bad things in tbs
strike and has been caught at them. Bgs re-
lance upon even the board as 1t now is cor
Stituted is safer than TO rely upon the striks.
From now on, when the railroads defy the
board, they will bring down obloqay upOn
themselves. And the stricter observance labor
makes to the boards orders hereafter the Haors
difficult it will be for capital to defy the bosge
That is not everything TO be desired. But
is something-a lot more than the shopmsn
got out Of their strike.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
"The Unspeakable Turk"

WE HAVE gone until forty days of the
election without an issue between the two
parties. The only difference between the
parties In this election is that the outs, who
want to get in, are making faces at the ins.
"ho want to stay In, and are making mouths
at the outs And now comes the Turk with
his atrocities and gives both sides chance to
yell bloody murder without in the slightest
way affecting the situation or helping the
American people. The Turk has always been
the savior of despairing Christian statesmen.
He affords very present help in trouble. And
to-day when the two parties in American poll
tics are gasping for breath, each guilty of the
crimes it lays upon the other, the Turk may
give our statesmen something to talk about
that will take the voters minds from the awful
truth.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

THE word "obey" will soon be out Of 'as
marriage service. 1t is an obsolete werd
No wife obeys because the marriage serFits
binds her. The kind of a woman who wca'a
obey because of the word in the marriags
service would obey without it, and by tns
blessed spiritual affinity that makes like atfrs9
like the husband who would demand obediencs
gets another fool who would obey him and shs
two would beget other fools to keep the foor
killer from losing his job. The marriage thas
IS an autoeracy is rapidly disappearing from
the world. And the word "obey' dropped oas
of the marriage service indicates that the
world is becoming safer and safer for democ-
racy.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
The Eternal Newberry

WHAT an awful wallop the Republicans of
Michigan took upon the back Of Truman
Newberry when they nominated Senator Town
send, who defended Newberry, and gave Town
send one-third of their votes and thirds
to the man who was denouncing Newberry!
Yet the face-savers are proclaiming Michigan
as q Newberry victoryl 1t is victory to
those who don't know the truth about it, Not
to know and not to care make it easy to be
standpatter in this life, whether in politics,
business or religion. Those who do know and
who do care have rather hard time keeping
their business, their politics or their religion
straight To know about things and to care
about things makes it difficult for a man to
get away with things-unless he can giggle
out of it and let it go at that
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
BY r. F. FOSTER

but that is the way they bid them now. B
knew that the dealer was in the habit of call
ing them light and bid two hearts with a good
deal of confidence. and A passed Y bid
three clubs
Now we get the position that is SO often
mlsmanaged. That rs no-trumper is a bit
light is only an assumption. That it has been
dr1ven into minor suit is certainty. With
no certainty Of game himself unless his part
ner has something out of the ordinary, B
should pass.
1hen one of three things must happen The
club bid will be left in, to struggle for ve-odd,
The dealer will take it out Or A will help the
hearts,
Taking the first possibility. If Y and can
make f1ve-odd in clubs there is very little hone
Tor the contract, to say nothing of the game, if
Is goes to three hearts. He is either wasting
his breath bidding or exposing himself to
heavy penalties. Taking the next case. that
the dealer will take out the clubs. There is
no chance for anything but spades to win a
game, while B holds three sure diamond tricks.
1aking the third case, if A helps the hearts.
that is better than BIS going on himself.
AT different tables various things happened.
AT one table z went to three spades and was
set one trick. At another it was left at three
clubs' and they made it. At the table in y Ii
b went on to three hearts without waitin r.
MS partner, went to four clubs.
This contract would have been set if II had
not been for BIS re-bid encouraging A to 90
TO four hearts, which Y doubled, although he
mad only one little heart in his hand. His
partner had an alleged no-trumper and it was
free double.
Inc result, as usual, was disaster. Two
rounds OF clubs started things, and then ,ed
up to the weak diamonds. led trunn and
put on the ace and led another trump. There
was no stopping Y and z from maxine two
spades later, as neither A nor B could pet anv
oascards to separate their trumps.
AT one of the tables at which spades wera
'rumps got his contract through AS had
pay On winning the first heart z led it right
oack and ruffed dummy. Dummy led king and
ahother trump, putting on the ace. Then ba
ssareed the clubs, the third round of which A
'fumped and pulled one Of rs trumps.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Other Rights

MR.. ATTORNEY GENERAL DAUGH'
ERTY is exercised because certain striss
breakers have their right to work prescribed.
Inc right to work is a sacred right. If it taxes
the whole armed force of the nation to prs-
serve that right it should be used. But an
other element enters. No man has a rghf @
work in ignorance of what his fellow n'eh
think Of him working as a strike breaker
The free communication of honest opinion y
as important as the right to work -
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Cartoons by

come a part of the Executives duty. If the
people do not like their tariff rates they must
60 not to their Congressman, who is power
less because he has to roll logs for other Con-
gressmen to get anything done; the people
must go with their clamor against tariff in
iquities to the front door of the White House
Here is one law the President can pass by q
scratch of his pen Thus, by custom we have
amended our Constitution over night
This elastic tariff feature of the new bill
is worth all obvious injustices of the bill. The
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

With set-up club suit in dummy, A should
have led the only suit that there was any hope
for, the diamonds. Another heart allowed
to trump and get diamond discard on the
fifth club.
This IS the solution Of Problem No. 124 in
which there were no trumps, z to lead and w
to win five tricks
Il opens with the ace Of clubs, following with
small one discards the heart. mnst
lead heart, it does not matter which one. az
Will refuse to win it. z discards a shade
The next heart gives Y another spade discard
BIS best discard is club on the first heart
lead but when it comes to discarding aoain
he is in trouble The club sets up club fo,.
Il, who is now in the lead. The spade makes
the nine good and the diamond would mako
all Y's good.
1t should be noticed that if Y discards any,
thing but heart on the second trick. will,
lead the four Of hearts, and Y cannot he al
lowed to hold the trick with the five or tbo
problem cannot be solved.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

FE%HERE Is one bid at auction which NAV
have either of two objects. Attention
u was called to it in passing in the arti-
Gle published on July 80. Several let
ters have come to hand asking if there was
any rule governing the case.
The situation is this: The dealer bids M
trump and the fourth player bids suit. Is
this simply an ask for lead, or is it an at
tempt to get the contract? How is the partner
TO know whether to assist or not if the dealer
does not go on with his no-trumper?
There is a third object in these fourth-hand
BIDS which many persons overlook This is the
hope of driving the dealer or his partner into
a minor suit, in which game is much more diff
iicult than it would be at no trumps. When
the suit called by the fourth hand is major
suit this outcome is very common.
Having got the dealer where he wants him.
nothing is so annoying to the fourth hand as
to have his partner step in and spill the beans
by assisting the bid made by fourth hand
when there Is no hope Of going game on it.
The reverse of this is sometimes the devel-
opnent 1t Is the fourth hand himself that
goes on with his suit, even after he has pot
the dealer and his partner into a contract in
winch game is practically impossible. IF the
OBJECT is to push them up trick more. it must
be remembered that this push NAV also react
on ehe partner, who will assist rebid hand
"nen ne would not have assisted an ask.
Ahe decision as to whether to 90 on or NOT
should be left to the partner. That is tho ssfo
ptan' below is deal that went the rounds
Vi fourteen tables IN duplicate game, which
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

Federal government is centralized just tha;
much more in the President. Even though
President Harding was Of that wing of tho
Republican party which was crying vocifer-
ously against Roosevelt and Wilson for exalt-
ing the Presidency he has forced the legal
enlargement: of Presidential powers beyond
anything that Roosevelt or Wilson enjoyed, by
common consent President Harding has not
been noisy in his demand for this extended
power. He asked for the power to fix tariff
rates in his message last December. The Old
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

for industrial organization. When the aver
age man in Ford's personality talks of large
things he speaks like fool. When the genius
in him speaks Of things in his realm Henry
Ford is wise. Always he seems to be unselfish.
And perhaps his unselfshness is the trait in
him that appeals to the people. They do like
him, and they trust him further than his in
teligence justiies their trust. Which raises a
question: Is honesty so rare in America that
people are willing to follow freak to get it?