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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
CABARET DRAWS
BIG ATTENDANCE
Festival Hall Scene of Beauty and Ami
nation During WOman's Club En-
terfainment Last Evening

Festival hall presented scene of
beauty and animation last evening dur
ing the cabaret given by the Brattieboro
Woman's club The affair was not only
successful from an artistic standpoint
but drew an attendance which must have
made il successful financially as We'll
Certainly, it gave pleasure to all who
went and reflected credit on the Wom-
ans club ways and means committee.
The hall itself was attractivcly deco
rated with yellow and white Streamcrs
feStconed from the central chandelier to
the balcony. which was draped with
yellow and black and Ornamented with
rosCtteS and masks. The stage was
banked with evergreen. and two sides of
the floor were occupied by tables, leay-
ing space for dancing in the center.
An unusually enjoyable entertainment
was furnished by the Venetian Trio.
which included Pietro Mordgelia, ex-
ponent of the piano ACCORDION. Miss
Jane Golding. violiniSt and soprano. and
an accompaniSt Their program was
given between the dances and every num-
ber was enthusiastically received. Ex-
Cellent music fer dancing was furnished
by Shows orchestra of ten pieces. Re
freshments of ice cream, sandwiches and
coffee were served during the evening by
high school girls.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
ALASTRIM.
An Epidemic Disease Which Behaves
Like Smallpox Has Low Mortality.

Public Health Reports for Dee Q
calls attention to the epidemic disease
alastrin. This should be classcd with
and madc subject to the same5 regula-
tionS as smallpox. From a strictly sci
entiiic point of view alastrim may be
possibly a disease distinct from small
poX, but its behavior is similar and in
the opinion of public health men it is.
important to report it and to use against
it the same measures as against small
poN. 1T has been reported from the
Caribbean shores, Canada and England.
1t has been called Kafiir milkpox, Sanaga
smallpox, West Indian modified small
poX, pasudo smallpox, and by Germans,
white pox. These names suggest its
similarity to the familiar disease and the
resemblance is followed up in the facts
that it is very infectious to man; both
sexes all ages are attacked and no rae
ial immunity has been observed. 1t is
not improbable that the Cuban itch
and the philippine Itch. observed after
the war with Spain. and the mild form
Of smallpox prevalent in America are
identical with it. The organism has not
been definitely identified. The precise
classification of alastrim is still under
discussion. There is opinion that it is
merely 4 diluted smallpox that under
proper environment. low vitality and
absence of vaccination may regain its
virulcnce. On the other hand. there are
some who think that there may be an
infectious germ of separate species of
the parent type. At the present moment
i'm the absence of definite knowledge.
with the fact that it behaves much like
smallpox. ii becomes necessary to attack
it on the same lines. The mortality is
low. 50 that little i known of the post
mortcm pathology Much information
in detail with reference to diagnosis and
treatment, is to be found in the issue
of Public Health Reports in question,
these facts having been assembled by
W. {. Ruckcr. surgeon. l. :. Z. II. serv-
ice. chief quarantine officer, Panama
Canal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
AFGHAN WEDDING CUSTOMS.
Bride and Groom Sec Zach Others Face
for First Iine in AIirlor


The ceremony OF the mirror, is, per-
hups, the oldest custom IN connection
with the Afghan wedding. \ mirror IS
plucad before tic bride and : he bride
groom Is asked to sit at the bride : left.
4 shawl Is held over them, and the bride
unveils and looks in the mirror. Hus-
hand and wife see each other : face for
the first time. IT il their FIRST real meet
ing The bride Is shy and does not open
her eyes, and the bridesmaids and others
chat her freely.
An engraved silver bowl is then
brought. with a little shcrbet and Il
plate OF white rice pudding. The bride
groom drinks a ln,Ie of the shcrbet and
offers the bride sip. She closes her lips
tight, but force is applied and spoon
ful put into her mouth; so also with the
rice pudding. 4 shower of roses an
romceS the termination OF this rite.
When The bridegroom attempts TO rise.
lie find. he is held down to the floor: Il
corner Of his coat has been scwed to he
carpet. There is a roar OF laughter. The
offender Is fouud--pruEabIv q Younger
sister of the bride. She refuses to undo
the stitches unless gold coin is given
her. As soon rs this toll is paid. the
BRIDEGROOM calls his attendants to bring
his shoes. hut one of them is missing
Someone declares she knows who has
the shoe. 1t IS returned on payment of
two gold coins. and the bridegroom is
freed from his tOrmentOrS.-lkbal Mi
! Shah. III Asia Magazine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
LINCOLN ADDRESS
TO BARACA GLASS;
Rev. w. Henry Mclean of Greenfield
Speaker Last Evening Following
Banquet and Music.

The Raraca class of the First Bap-
tist Bible school celebrated its 23d an
niyersary last evening with a banquet
and an address on Abraham Lincoln
which was especially appropriate, being
so close to Iinc0lnS birthday. Feb. u.
\ musical program, vocal and instrumen-
tai, was furnished Immediately succeed
ing the banquet by MesSrs. MacMann.
Barre and Doubleday and the Baraca
orchestra. which has come to be q fix
ture at all social features of all the
Baptist church life. Elbridge l.. knOwl-
ton. the class president. was in charge
and gave an address Of welcome, sue
cecdcd by DR. Brownell, the pastor. and
Mr. Hawlcy, the long g-timc teacher of the
class.
Rev. W. Henry Mclean of Greenfield,
the invited orator of the occasion. then
delivered wonderfully timely. illumin-
ating and inspiring address on the topic.
Through the Windows of Lincoln,s Soul.
The address. while punctuated with rich
anecdotes of this wonderful man. was
concerned throughout with the max
ing" of the man from the parents with
the squalid, typical frontier environment,
Hp through the b0yhood and young man
hood. The speaker stressed very much
the character of the mother of Lincoln.
Nancy Hanks Lincoln. and her Chris
tian hope and life and her constant
Christian influence during Abraham's
earliest years. lie also gave great credit
to the stepnothcr who came into the
home when the boy was II years of age
and was n constant sympathiZer and in
spiration TO him. ''He graduated from
the college of hard knocks and bore no
other diploma.
The speaker touched upon the loves
of Lincoln, for Ann Rutledge who died
before they could be married. and later
for Mary Todd, her antithesis in almost
every way. and insisted that woman
made very largely the wonderful char
acter which he was throughout his life.
The address was very different from
the usual and itself carried out the
topic by giving new views through the
windows of his soul.
Mr.. McLean's manner was inspiring
and attractive. and his address. eloquent
throughout, was listened to very atten-
lively. He deserved most thoroughly the
thanks and appreciation which were
voted him st the close.
There were 20 or more present at the
banquet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
COLOR AND TEMPERAMENT.
Interesting Experiments Tried Out in
One of New YOrk's Big Churches

Color i'm It's effects on temperament
has always evoked interest among think
ers, and from time immemorial there
have been "color auras' attributed to
people, each personality possessing its
individual aura. 1t is only recently,
however, that churches have given
thought to the delicate psychological
play of color effects on the emotions.
Recent services held i'm one Of New
York : big churches were cmbellished by
a novel application of color. through the
electric lighting of the house. to the
emotions of the audience Those effects
were based on the knowledge that the
ritual and the music making up the
service can be enhanced, made more inn.
pressIve, more appealing, under the in
tCrpretation of certain distinctive colors.
Therefore four large circular lanterns
were placed where their rays would fall
IN varying graduatiOns of color over the
house as the electricity was switched
on and off. Red, green, blue and amber
were the primary colors used. but num-
erous shades and tints were produced
by manipulation.
harmony were taken up BY the Illumin-
ating Engineering society, and this
synchrOniZing of color and music
appears to be a further develop
ment OF the same thought An
other instances in which religious worship
| is fuTthered in its dissemination bv elec-
tricitv is that Of the Calvary Church of
| Pittsburgh, Pa, which recently sent
| broadcast the musical program rendered
i at its services by radio, which carried the
music over a section of several hundred
miles away from the city. Forty-i five
boy voices made up the choir rendering
In IN * a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
OFFICIAL PROBE
IN TAYLOR MURDER
Mabel NOrmand's Letters
Turned Over to District
Attorney
STRONG FRIENDSHIP,
NO LOVE, SHE SAYS
Search for Letters Because She Feared
Some Phrases Might BE Misunderstood
Officials Claim Blank Wall Is
Thrown IN TO Them.

Los ANGELES. Feb. 9-The central
lied investigation at the district attor-
ney's Office of the murder Of William Des-
mond Taylor began today After the al
legged discovery and turning over to that
official last evening of the missing letters
written to the director by Mabel Nor
mand, William G. Doran. chief deputy
to the district attorney, was placed in
charge of the inquiry into the Taylor
case today
Although verification from Mr. Doran
was not Gbtainablc the Los Angeles
Times published today a statement that
the Norlnaud letters with several tele-
grams were in the hands of Mr.. Doran.
Miss Normand. who once searched the
been quoted as saying her only desire to
regain possession of the letters was
founded on a fear that some of the
phrases in them would be misunderstood,
She said she felt a strong friendship for
the director, but there had been no Seri-
Gus love affair between them.
Another handkerchief bearing the in
itials M. NJ. NJ" is said TO have been
found by Henry Peavey, Taylor's Negro
houseman.
Officers reported last night that they
had made only slight progress. The
blank wall which. they said, unidentified
influences appeared to have thrown up
between them and the true facts, re-
manned unpicrced, though the police de-
partment and the office Of the sheriff were
attempting to make separate breaches
through it into new fields of inquiry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
FORMER POSTMASTER
OF SPRINGFIELD
Edward r. Chaplin Dies in Daughter 5
Home i'm West BrattlebOr0 - Well
Known In Banking Circles.

Edward Pliny Chaplin, s., formerly
postmaster of Springfield. Mass and well
known as banker there, died at go
last night at the home of his
daughter. Mrs Fred c. Wright. in
West Brattleboro Irom the infirmities of
advanced age He was confined to his
bed only 10 days.
AIr Chaplin was a direct descendant of
Samuel Chaplin, whose statue as the per
sonifcation of the Puritan by Saint
Gaudens adorns the Springfield library
grounds. His ancestors were among the
early Puritan settlers of Massachusetts,
coming to this country about 1853.
Mr.. Chaplin was born at Chicopee,
Mass, Oct. Z, 1889. Il son of the late
Pliny and Emily (Blackman) Chaplin.
lie began his business life when he was
IL years old as forwarding clerk in the
Western railroad office in Springfield
When the Civil war broke out he was ap-
States armory there and held that place
for nine years. He then went into the
hardware business with his br0ther-in-
law, Charles y. Kibbe, under the firm
name of Chaplin x kibbe. He also was
president of the Hampden Paint and
Chemical company.
Mr.. Chaplin was appointed postmaster
of Springfield in 1888 by President Ar
thur and served two years. He then ac-
ccpted q place on the state board Of saw
ings bank commissioners. was afterward
appointed its chairman and served until
1891. when he succeeded the late Charles
Marsh as president of the pynchOn Ma
tional bank in Springfield, remaining with
the bank until its dissolution. Mr. Chaplin
was for some years a member of the
finance committee of the Springfield In
stitution for Savings and he presided at
the meeting of citizens who formed the
Springfield Board of Trade
As a member of the city government he
served two years as an alderman. coun-
Gilman and member of the board of public
works, and would have received the nomi-
nation for mayor if he had permitted his
friends to slate his name.
He was a member and past master of
Roswell Lee lodge of Masons. Morning
Star chapter. and other Masonic bodies
leading up to She c0nSiStOry. He was a
director and one of the organizers of the
Massachusetts Masonic Mutual Life As
surance association. He was a past grand
master of Massachusetts and Rhode Is
land knights Templar, and president of
the Masonic hall organization which
erected the present Masonic building in
ing Springfield Mr.. Chaplin lived in
Drummond, Mont., where he was engaged
in the banking business.
Mr.. Chaplin married Miss Edna kibbe,
daughter of DR. &. y Kibbe of Spring
field, i'm June, 1866 She died i'm 1912
and since then Mr. Chaplin had lived in
the home Of his daughter The family
came to Brattleboro about nine years ago.
Besides his daughter. Mrs. Wright he
leaves 4 son, Horace X Chaplin. and a
daughter, Mrs. +. O, Smith both of
Springfield
The funeral arrangements have not been
completed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
JAPAN SUPERSTITIONS.
Get Rid of Troublesome Visitors by
Turning Broom Upside Down.

There are many popular. as distin-
gulshed from religious. supCrstitiOns IN
Japan. These originally spraug from
mostly moral precepts and are quite
harmless. They prevail more widely
among people IN the rural and mountain
districts than among city dwellrrs and
among the older classes than among the
Younger and educated groups. Some of
these suDerstitious are:
At q marriage ceremony a dress OF
purple color is taboo. lest the mutual
love Of the bride and groom be soon lost.
Is purple j. Il color most liable to fade.
If while a person is very i'll cup of
medicine is upset BY accident it is sure
sign of his recovery: he needs medicine
no longer.
Fire is the spirit Of the god Koiin.
IT is supposed to have a purifying effect
and must be respected. To step on fire
wrath Of the god aud hence a calamity.
The bore is not unknown in Japan. and
the japanese are Destered with visitors
who sit their welcome ont and drive
their hosts into Il frenzy of eagerness to
get rid of them. The Japanese recipe
of getting rid of them is as follows: Go
to the Kitchen. turn the broom upside
down. put Il towel over it and fan ii
Justify. The tedious visitors will soon
depart.
Japanese babies and children are not
allowed TO look into mirrors, for if the
do. when they grow uD and marry they
viii have twins.
When measles. chicken pox or whOop
! ing cough prevails in a neighborhood anc
! parents do not wish to have their child
, rrn become infected they put q notice OF
| the front door stating that their chill
/ dren are abscnt.-Aew York Herald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
SUSPICION SHIP
WAS SET ON FIRE
Survivors of Northern Pa
cific Not Sure Blaze
Was Accidental
CAPTAIN WARNS
MEN TO KEEP QUIET
Attorney for Sun Ship Building Co. Gets
No Sworn Statements From Them -
Suspicion Grounded on Activities on
Board Shin at Brooklyn.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, Feb. q
Survivors of former transport Northern
Pacific, which was burned at sea yester-
day with a probable loss of four lives,
are not convinced that the burning of the
ship was totally accidental.
This belief was expressed by survivors
because of activities on board the ship
at Brooklyn.
An attorney for the Sun Ship Building
Go. was here today for the purpose of
obtaining sworn statements from the
crew. The men had been warned to say
nothing.
Captain Lusti is said to have warned
his men that the shipping board orders
prohibit their telling anything of the
accident. When he was asked concern
ing reports that the ship might have been
fixed" before she left her berth he said
he must decline to answer any and ali
questions
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
LINE OF STEEL
ON IRISH BORDER
Estimated 5000 Men Are
Guarding kidnapping
Territory Today
HIGH TENSION FELT
AT ALL POINTS
Strangers Subjected to Closest Scrutiny
Estimated 200 Men Are CaptiVes -
Major Miles of South Donegal Is Re
Ieased-RetuFns Home.

BELFAST. Feb. 9. (Assoeiated Pressl
Ulster 5 frontier was virtually line
of steel today following the raids yes
terday in which many fugitiyes were
kidnapped. From Portadown, County
Armagh to Bellcek on the Fcrmanagh-
Donegal border forces of ''specials -
were on guard as well as heavy contin-
gents of the regular constabulary. 1t
was estimated 5000 men were engaged
in policing the line.
The forces began to move toward the
border yesterday. High tension prevails
at all points. Strangers travelling through
the six counties are subject to the closest
scrutiny and i'll some cases are halted
and interrogated.
Colonel Wickham commanding the
Ulster specials, has received communi-
cation from Dublin castle stating that
the provisional government is sending
special officers to investigate the kid
naping The number of men held cap
tive is placed at 300 by the Northern
Wing, Unionist newspaper.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
PROGRESS IN WIRELESS.
Looking Ahead Twenty Years to Great
Possibilities

Possibilities.
1t cannot be either than a tremendous
satisfaction to MaTconi to have lived to-
witness the universal use of his discovery
of how to hurl message through air
across oceans to ships and over continents
to cities, thousands Of miles apart. What.
hardly 20 years ago, was almost a mir
acle, to be performed only by experts and
scientists. has now become 50 easily done
and understood. that some G0.O00 anna
teurs, chiefly boys in their teens" with
antennae raised from barn OF ridgcpole.
daily and nightly pick up messages from
points thousands of miles distant or lis
ten to lectures. concerts, and grand opera
delivered far from their homes While it
ct seems long way off, is il unlikely that
before another 70 years shall have passed
Yve may be provided with Instruments
which anyone can conveniently carry in
his pocket and 50 converse with home or
office while walking from Cne to the other? !?
The electrical department of the city of
Chicago has announced completion of
plans for the installation of wireless tele-
phones which will enable headquarters to
communicate with police rifle sQuadS, DO
lice and fire boxes, and police and fire
engine stations within a radius of 30
miles.
In telephoniug over metallic circuits the
| important departure Just now is the be-
| ginning of the end of the career of that
efficient and much abused persona ge-thC
| telephone girl The start is already made
and as soon as the enormous task can be
accomplished. telephone exchanges. even
the largest, viii require but few attend
ants, aud these meckanicians.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
HUGHES GOING TO BERMUDA.
VIII Take His First Vacation Since lie
Entered Cabinet.

WASHINGTON. Feb 0.-Sccretary
Hughes, after putting the finishing
touches on the report of the American
delegation to the international confer
cnce, intends to go to Bermuda on Il va
cation.
1t win be the first time the secretary
Of state has been absent from Washing
ton. except for one day, since entering
the cabinet. The reason he is going to
Bermuda is that one of his daughters is
there for the winter 1t is as much to
see her as it is to get away from the
state department grind that he is taking
the hrief lcaNe of absence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
OF
SCOUT MOVEMENT
Celebrated by Mass Meet
ing in Baptist
Chapel y
TALKS GIVEN BY
THREE SPEAKERS
Scout Council Named for Recognizing
Activities in BrattlebOrO-Stunts Per-
formed and Other Features of Pro-
gram Enjoyed.


gram Enjoyed
About 90 Boy and Girl Scouts with al
most an equal number of interested older
people attended the celebration of the
18th anniversary of the founding of the
Boy Scout movement which was held in
the First Baptist church last evening
At S o'clock the meeting was called
to order by Scout Master c. ". Bishop
of West Brattleboro, who turned the
meeting over to Carl s. Hopkins, acting
chairman. The meeting was formally
opened by a prayer offered by Rev a V.
Woodworth of West Brattleborg. and
this was followed by a very interesting
talk by Rev. L. z. Wood on the History
and Aims of the Boy Scout Movement.
Mr.. Wood traced the growth of the Boy
Scouts of America from the English
Scouts up to the present time In the
Il years in which this movement has
been alive in the United States over p
100000 boys have taken the Scout oath.
The speaker gave as the aims of the
Scout movement the direction of the
boys youthful energy in right channels,
and the making of honorable citizens
from fine clean Boy Scouts.
Following Mr.. Woods talk the West
Rrattleboro Girl Scouts gave a song, and
Scout Master Bishop led the boys in re-
committing themselves to the Scout
oath and the Scout laws.
This ceremony was followed by dem
onstrati0n Of some Scout games. which
included 10th century jousting and a
blowing the-feathcr contest
After the games DIR. g. q. Wheeler
demonstrated artificial respiration as
necessary in the resuscitation work of
drowned person. Some of the Scouts
also gave demonstrations of this kind,
aided by Dr. Wheeler.
Rev Herbert T. Woodin next spoke on
Looking Forward. emphasizing the Scout
motto, BE Prepared. as meaning prep8ra-
tion for all the big opportunities of life.
Mr.. Noodin then enumerated some in
stances in which things learned in tfre
Boy Scout activities came into practical
use in later life.
IN closing the program. Rev. Henry
Mclean of Greenfield spoke to the boys
on playing clean. Mr.. Mclean took the
life of Abraham Lincoln rs an example
and showed the boys how Lincoln would
have qualified as q good scout.
Before adjournment, the nominating
committee proposed the following men as
the local troops Scout Council: &. l..
Durham. Fred H. Harris, Henry +. Ship
man. +. V. Morse. +. @. Adams, G. S.
Hopkins. Wiibert Renfrew, John Mckay,
Deidrich sto!te, f. vi Gibson; Ernest
Gustafson. Walter A. Gilbert, DR.. c. q.
Wheeler. Robert Fisher, DIR. w. II.
Ncyes, Ernest r. Cayerly, C L. Stick
ney and Il. J. Taylor
An organization meeting of this cOun-
! Gil viii be held in the Office of Town
Clerk c. :. Hopkins Tuesday, Feb. II,
at $50 p. IN.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-09
SEVEN STUDENTS
AWARDED SILVER B
Special Assembly Wednesday in Brat
tleborO High Seho0l-II0nOr Earned
by Special Proficiency.

Seven high school students were
awarded the silver II Wednesday in a
special assembly If the Brattleboro high
school. having earned at least 10 points
toward a + by special proficiency in
their school activities. The activities
which count towards this award include
athletics. work for the school paper schol-
arship. school Offices and dramaticS.
The students who received this honor
award with the number of points earned
are as follows: Marion Laughton. I'D
IG; Eugene Moran. -, II; Helen Wood
worth. 80. T.: William Morcton. 30,
111a Ruth Reed. -. II; Edwin Lind
sey. %. 10ia; Mary Butterfield. 30. 10.
The next award of honor rs viii come
in June. when scholarship for the present
year will be counted. For this years
awards three years Of high school'work
was counted. rrr.