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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
ADOPTS INFLUENCING BILL
House Passes IL $50 TO 1t@-Some. o.
! - - Its PIaYiSinnS.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.-The house
yesterday declared itself in favor of the
federal government exerting it's author
ity IN an effort to stamp out lynehins
pa sSing by a vote of 230 to 1l9 the
Dyer anti-lynching bin,
Seventeen Republicans joined 1O2
Democrats in voting in the opposition
while eight Democrats and one Social
list. London Of New York, voted with
POI Republicans IN favor Of the meas
uTe.
The bill provided life imprisonment or
lesser pcnaltics tor persons who partici,
pate in lynchingS and for state, county
and municipal officisls who fail. through
negligence. to prevent them. The meas
.ure also stipulates that the county with
in which mobs form or kill anyone shall
| forfeit $4,000 to the family of the vic
| tim -. = - - Z = -.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
WARRANT. FOR TOwNLEY.
xon- Partisan League Man Charged with
: Rank Emhrzzlenlcfats

!. FARGO. y. D. Jan. PA warrant
has been issued here for the arrest ofsA:.
C. TowAley. president of the National
Non partisan league, charging him with
OF Sc. 600 from the Scandinavian American
bank Of Fargo.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
DEATHS.

In Brattlebord, Jan &c. Arba s. Hol-
brock. 80,
In East Hartford. Conn. Jan. =, Mrs.
Persis Parker fKellogg) Thomas, 80,
widow of ID. Webster Thomas, formerly
Of RrattleheFa.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-27
MARRIAGES.

In Wilmington. Nov. %, 1921. by 2: Il
tie NJ. Lackey, both of Wilmington
, 1922-11-19

suhtities. that bos I don't smoi-.
l'self. Not that ! got n prelude $
against Il. But I think 1t takes away
rom a woman's charm. Don't you?
No offense Intended. Maybe you
smoke. yourself
Mem vagged her head In a dase.
She would have been Mortified to b.
suspected OF tobacco. and yet sine.
this blatant piece OF ignorant artince
had objections TO 1t. hes inclination
srew pervsrse.
The magazine engaged 80 visitors
attention a moment. and sl~fn studied
Ger as II h were something in a zoo.
There was aggressive impudencs In
the very way she sat-her chin high:
her nostrils sfiare; her head Haunted
now and then t shake away her curis
as a mare losses her name aside: her
shoulders thrown back: her bosom up.
fled; her elbows agog. one hand set
Nith fingers dispread on, an emphatic
alp; legs all over the place, and the
ikirt 50 short thas one knee. barred by
is roilsd-down stocking. was mani
est.
Mem was almost petrined to oh.
erve hat the kneecap was powdered
md rouesd,
Yet she could not help noting also
h L it vas exquisiteiy modelled and
he calves as d~eucately lathed as a
zhippendale spindle. There was re.
nement In all the creatures outlines.
ct hopeless spiritual coarseness. The
onfict Jared on Mem. who had IA.
.en as little thought Of aesthetic mys-
sries as IN pretty girl could. and
I've as long as she had lived.
Abruptly the perfectly modelled
mink shattered Mems calm with the
lrst curse she had ever heard a wo.
man use.
wen. I'm damned Would ia see
What they done to mer'
She whiried herself rouud and
plounced down at Mems side IN y
cyclone of p~erfumery. She pointed to
the open page where there was a pic;
ture that had slapped Mem in tho
face. A young MAJ clad In a ieopard's
pelt and nothing else danced while he
acid aloft like a cane the horizontal
figure OF a girl similarly revealed and
concealed. She was flung backward.
broken at the waist. a mass OF hair
flowing down from her reverted head:
and she was pitifully beautiful. The
name under the picture was Viva
d'Artoise.
"rhat's me, yeva Dartoys-staee.
name, O. course. They used that old
pitcher of me with my first husban',
The nerve OF EN-. I ought to 500 'em
for Islander. It's three years old
Them leopard skins is all out Of style.
, 1922-11-19

answer. THAT dame is the great
Miriam Yore. She's been the grand
slam at the Metropolitan op'ra for
years. And the flossy guy with her
is chat big English author. What's,
hisyname. You know, he wrot-oh.
all them books.
They're bound for M~ovieiand. too.
Everybody's maxim that way. The
comptitlon is somethin' fierce"
Her voice died as the two drifted
down the aisle, pauslng to talk in
snaiches. between dashes for the next
leaning post.
As the train swung the great
Miriam half across Mems e a the
author was saying:
Everybody tells me that Los An.
geles is absolutely"
Then they were gone. reawakenine
in Mem her desire to learn just what
this fabulous city could he absolutely,
The return OF WAS husband re.
, 1922-11-19

IRISH air while the porter makes NJ
my drawing.room. or I won't sleep.
AS I was saying. I think you're
quite wrong ab1ut the moving pic
lures. OF course. most OF those that
have been done are abominable. but
that's because they were done for
the wrong people by the wrong people.
Have you seen me as Hypatis's
There was a pictured Poetry, passion.
s~plendor. drama In that scene where
the Christian fanatics drove the won
derfui Hypatia to the altar and strip
ped her naked and tore her to pieces
1t was tremendous. you know,
reailyi There was something there
that only the Gamer could give. You
didn't see me in that that
She vas A genuine 'Have-you-seen-
mo'-just what the French call a
mas tu-vuF:'
40. I must confess. I 60 so sell
dom. In England ! saw mainly the
cowboy pictures. I met some OF the
men Of tho ioi Ranch when they we're
on tho other side"
Mem noted that he said 'rahaeh."
II must be glorious TO say IL nat
uraIy.
He went on: Il love h cowboy
things-nursery instincts sun survfv-
ing, I fansy. But the biz spectaelea
such az you speak OF. they leave me
cold. They have all the faults OF
grand opera and no music. I can
stand the silent drama. but not the
silent opera"
But what right have you TO eriti-
clze II you haven't scen2''
'oh. but my d'yah Miriam. II they
had been worth seeing. I'd have been
drawn to them"
Rot. my dear! utter damned rot.
and you know II. You are the typo
of literary buzzard who is never
drawn to anything except what IS
dead or In done In a lead style accord
ing TO dead rules. You livo In n time
when a new art Is being created be-
fore you eyes. and instead of leap
into it you are afraid. you hang back.
n child afraid OF the pecan. You
put in n toe and run shricldng; you
go back. N u little wave rushes IN
to the seat Of YOU little pantics. AMI
chills you; you feel tho sand giving
way. and scream for nursle to come
drag you out.
why don't you plunge in and learn
to swim; face the breakers; If you
can't rise o er them. dive under them.
What are you afraid Oft II the NOV
ing-pioture people are as stupid as
you think they are. how easily they
can &c conquered by as great a mlnd
as you think you are
The author squlrmed. "oh, I say,
dear Miriam, aren't you laying Il
on a bit strong7 Aren't I on the train,
going out TO study your ocean7' l
want to swim. l am going to ~.
Really
Continued Next sunday.)
, 1922-11-19

leased her to her own thoughts Tot
the rest of the evening. Viva intro
dueed h partner OF her fate and
her dances. and hurried ava TO tbs
women's room TO Sorsh up for IN,
eats
Her husband said a few smiabl,
nothings TO Mem. but she was afraid
10 look 1t him. lie Cyril tnee Juiiusl
was ordinary enough IN speech and
appearance. but Mem could only see
him as b panther-pelted satyr who
took the public absolutely into his
confidence and swung his half,
stripped wife aloft for all tho world
to see.
After dinner Mem found her way
TO the observation car and sat on the
platform awhile. watching the dark
world OF her past fleeing backward
to the horizon and vanishing thence
into the stars.
But her interests were no lonser
backward. She wanted to look ahead.
She rose from the contemplation OF
night n re-entered the car.
Noting hat the writing desk was
net in use. she was reminded OF her
task. She sat down and began =.
letter home. Her heart. a with
the days excursions. melted again
toward her mother and father. She
wrote them a prattle OF childish en-.
thusiasm about the journey. She did
not mention Viva or the others. She
was afraid they would frighten her
parents as much as they had fright
ened her. and not so ~agreeably.
She had finished her letter a..d
was sealing it when she suddenly re-
membered Doctor Bretherlck's pre-
%scriptiUn. She was to take a lover
on the first day! The very name OF
the Pigment OF Brethcrick's mania
mad been crowded out of her mind
by these curious. unbelievable people
who actually moved and breathed.
After a little cropping. she recalled
Woodbury.. then woodhousc. then
NNNANhAts 1ht- Nupk up inc painful
composition OF a postscript with all
the agony Of an author trying to. re.
call and to originate at the same
time.
She had mentioned nobody tina she
had met. Now she must describe the
important man hat she would never
meet. He was an imaginary. and
therefore a quite perfect, character.
She finally wrote:
oh, I forsotl Who do you suppose
/ ran into on the train? You'd never
gueEs In a million years. You know
when I went to Carthage to take care
of Aunt Mabel7 Wei, do you re.
member me telling you about the
awfully nice man I met at church?
Mr.. Woodville was his name. Re
member? Well. would you believe IL,
he is on this traIni Isn't IT n email
world! He has been most kind and
polite. l met him I'm church. as you
remember. md somehow I feel much
, 1922-11-19

safer not being aione. I'm sure you'll
be glad. He's very religious. but
awfully nice-I mean. 50. OF COURSE,
awful,y nice. Good night again you
darlinss
Being told tha they r~eoollected
Mr.. woodsple, her parents ~obugingly
remembered him. Mrs. Sheldon had
been warned OF this fiction md COLA
bcrnted in It. Doctor steddon was
one OF those who believe almost any.
thing they read. especially when they
hope for It's truth. And there was
nothing he hoped for so much as that
his hild should meet a good man
and love him n be loved by him.
That Is the parental idcsl. and Mem
could have sent him no other mes
sag that could have so oomforted
him. He awaited the second INSTALL
ment OF her romance with all the i'm
patience Of a country man watching
for the ~Stagecoach that brought along
Charles Dickens serials pieeemeal.
He knew nothing OF the wiles Of
story makers and did not suspect the
trap his child was laying for hira.
Hsr name should have been sapphira
ru,,-p,
me had Hhlshed her letter
and sealed It, Mem paused. wondering
.of L. ~
-.csn.t - - 9Ae
aoinr ava, I'M, Snoa m@at
But she dared nor nee the evil that
would certainy come II the ,ru,h
were were Old
As an. an,
-snve,on,. .sS,ns ~" nv
,rs. ,ne NV NJ -
M ~. oa-..rnsa eo'
out to the PLATFORM. n was FOL.
lowed by the famous unknown np.
,hor 1hey We're pctn talking as be
.orc. and the motion OF the car threw
tnem ;hia way n that without
, 1922-11-19

the very laws OF social gravity were
reversed. She was getting an alto.
gether twisted idea of it all. Her
guide was as trustworthy as a Peru.
Wan Indian trying to describe the
heroic wonders Of the lost city OF
Machu Picchu. Mems knowledge of
Italy was gained from a banana and
fruit Deddler in calverly. Her intro.
duction to NOVA was like that Of one
who enters stamboul by railroad
through the back yards OF Constants
nople What she heard gave her no
curiosity to sec more, and an assur-
.ance that her lear old father had
made a good guess at Los Angeles.
CHAPTER TX.
Viva vas stu talking whom the
waiter came through again with his
proclamation: Fir scaII fr dinner
m dine cav! Fir scall fr din dine
caw!' Hf--l
, 1922-11-19

Continued from Last Sunday
b felt uneasy before she turn9l
her head and almost bumped nose.
with the woman who spoke. At thi.
close range her resemblance 10 a dol
was astounding; tue eyes were vasi
and CLASSY. h NOSE, a pug. the mouth
fun aad thick with paint. the facs
smeared white and red. the hair kinkS
yellow. as II It were made OF hobby.
horses ais
The voice OF imitation vcive. repeat
ed: what I was sayin' was; few'v9
finished tn that magazine. Jmind +
borried it ~ you: ! amt sor that
nummba yet"
Mem hardly knew how to answer
that face and that dialect. She hand
ed the magazine up over n baei. ol
the seat with a smile of shy gen-ros
ity.
The animated doll remained lean
ing across the sent She must b.
kneeling on the other side. As she
SKINNED the magazine rapidly tbs
was she ran her eyes up eaeh 'age
reminded Mem somehow. OF a cat lick
sag one OF its raws.
As the girl SKINNED picture ana
text. she talked without looking a;
Mem:
You're on the va yto sanslus. !
s'pose,"
ITO where?'
'Lussanglus-chief suburb OF Holly,
wood. Nearly everybody in this strain
is bound fur sanslus."
Just where is that?"
MY Gawd! Is there anybody on
earth who don't know that Dump Or
maybe you call it Loss Anjuieez. No
two people pernounee 1t alike"
oh. I beg your pardon. I didn't
catch the name at first. No. I'm
only going as far as Tucson ,
t'Tooson. eh. You're not on the
screen. I guess
Moo. no. I'm not
TITS the li~fe,-leastways it was. So
many amaehoors bein' drawed into q
now. though. It amt WIN 1t was,
It's the money gets EN- all Who 900
Ns'pose is on this stnln7"
vi cant imagine"
The strange creature disappeared
and came round 10 st down opposite
Mem.
] mind II I set in with you
awhile You're alone. amt you? Or
is your husban' up smokin.' the way
mine always is? As I says to Cyril
only h yother day, If you'd IA gave
as much attention to your rart as you
have to your tubbacca. you'd have
John D. workin' for you" I say
Better to smoke hero than HEREAFTER
he say He's awful speedy with the
, 1922-11-19
BY RUPERT HUGHES

falls asleep. and tho first thing be
hears in the mornln' Is me taIkin'.
Sometimes he says Are you taIkiu'
again or yet
But Mem was an Unsuitable audi
enee. Her Information was a sahara
and no amount Of rain could be too
much.
An afternoon Viva chartered. givins
Mem a liberal education in one OF the
countless phases OF moving picture
life. a foreign world. another planet
where everything was unlike any
thing she had ever imagined. where
, 1922-11-19

There was a scurry among ths
Passengers n Mem was eager to
go. but Viva coud not break off the
story she was telling. Suddenly she
stopped. stared. SEIZED Mems arm.
and whispered. pipe what's comin'.'
Mem piped a dramatic woman Of
singularly noble face and figure and
somewhat grandiose carriage. Fol.
lowing her was an elegant gentle.
man OF a certain exnucism. a bit
.peevish over the bad manners the
train displayed in tossing him to and
fro.
"Joo know who that is7' Viva
whispered, and did not stay FOR an
, 1922-11-19
lE"-A Great Novel of Hollywood Life

They lone that to me just to save
maxim a moo cEt. Gawd, I hope
cyrl don't see IT. He's 50 eeusatuv.
IN show you n OF my latest
And whne Mems soul wa josEiea
as 81 the rain had left the rails 10 run
along the ties. the girl had left her
! and returned. carrying a sh=af o;
photographs. which she displayed
with a frankness h shattered
Mems calm.
In some OF them she was as fragile
and poetical as II she had capored off
tho side Of a Greek vase by Oouris
himself. In other her beauty was
petuiant NJ ~depreoatory. shy and in
expressihly pure. Again she was an
acrobat reckless Of consequences.
There were pictures OF her husband
and herself. her husband looking As
much Ike a young Greek god as pos.
sibie. holding her in the air as high as
possible. And each permitted the
other to be seen in public like that!
Mem was 80 shaken that she could
find nothing 1t all TO say. She re
gained speech only when Mademoi-
solie d'Artolse brought out some
scenes taken on the steps of her home
"A charming little Spanish bungalow.
with her husband moving the lawn
and her ancient mother smiling from
the porch. In all these pictures
Mademolseiis Viva held a baby. an
adorable chubby thing that restored
Mem to civilization as she understood
it.
The mother explained: T hadda
leave him for a dash t o N-Yorix. I and
husband hadda play a coupla dan.
GERS at a swell reccphon-for tho
movies, O. course. And they hadda
shoot US on Fifth Avenyah 10 get
local color"
''They shot you for local oolorl
whore7"
ION Fifth Avenyeh. We been shot
all over the place. We used to be in
'awdvui. but we drifted into doIn'
%spcctaculars for the movies In the big
productions. It's tho life Hadn't
o sver thought OF takin' a shy
at it,"
Mem shook her head. Mademoiselie
Viva smiled. Come on in: the wa
ters fine. with your face and figger.
there's nothin' to IT,
Mem shuddered. Her figure was
her own for only a lite while longer.
The Eden of the movies was not for
her.
Viva was willing to gossip as long
as nyone was willing to listen. She
admitted this herself with the frank
helplessness Of n Earruious soul.
"cyri's always sayin' I never stop.
I'm what he hears talkin' when he.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-30
South End Taken
 Over By Company
Will Be Developed Into One oi
 Finest Shore Colonies

Negotiations were concluded this | important realty transactions record ed locally in some time. By this transaction South End, famous for years as a summer resort and beauty spot, passes from the ownership of Theresa E. kautz to the South End Development Company, incorpor ated
 Approximately 34 acres of valuable
 shore property figure in this big transaction which opens the way to important and extensive development plans to be put into operation at once by the South End company. It is the intention of the company to make South End the most beautiful residential section along the Connec ticut shore. This section has long been known as one of the beauty spots touched by the waters of Long Island Sound, and it's development into an ideal location for summer colony is comparatively simple mat ter.
 Engineers are now surveying the tract for the purpose of laying out lots and streets, and on the comple- tiOn of these plans work of develcf- ment will be started inme mediately. The members of the South End Cor poration are Richard (. Miller, Jacob Frolich, Oralnd Pellecci, Oliver C. Edwards and Newton J. Winchell.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-30
WOULD HAVE U. 5.
 WORK COAL MINES

Washington, June 3o.-A resolu ton authorizing and directing the President to take over and operate coal mines for period of one year, or as long thereafter as in his discre- tion may be necessary for the public good, has been introduced by Repre- sentative Burke, Republican, Penn sylvania, long identified with organ ized labor.
 The Burke resolution set forth as a basis for such saction, 'the serious condition existing in the coal in dustry due to the fact that operators have refused to continue the miners wage schedule" and had failed to negotiate with miners with view to adjusting differences.
 The President would be directed to negotiate with the miners commit tee for "a mutually satisfactory wage and working agreement and during the period of government control, coal would be sold the public at actual cost plus a reasonable return to mine owners.
 House leaders said there was no likelihood of action on the resolution at this time.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-30
"ENDOWING" COLLEGES.

Baltimore, June 3o-John Hopkins University received $7,75o,658 in gifts" during the past year. The "endowment" fund of Princeton Uni versity, Princeton, N. J., amounts to $0,I8z,6o4.
 These gift and endowments usually consist of railroad and industrial SC curities. It is understood that many antl-labor employers make the gifts in' the belief that the "educatoin" i'm parted by the university departments dealing with economic and labor policeis will be influenced by the fact that much of the university in come is dependent upon big dividends
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-30
HUNDREDS ATTEND
 OSTROUT FUNERAL

Between 700 and 500 people were present in East Hartford this week for ,the funeral services of William R. Ostrout, conductor. on the Gen. tral New England road, who was accidentally killed in Winsted several days ago. The funeral was at the home. of his mother, Mrs. William Ostrout, on Holland street, East Hartford, with later services at St. John's church, with Rev. J. w. Lord officiating.
 So large was the gathering in hon or of the popular railroad man that the east side of Main street in East Hartford was closed for the gather ing of military and fraternal organ izations which took part in the funer- al. A special train from Millerton, N. Y, brought a deelgation of 100 N. Y, brought a delegation of 100 the way to East Hartford, in addition to members of the Masonic lodge at Millerton.
 So large was the gathering of friends and lodge associates that only a part of those present were able to enter the church and the majority ac- companied the body to the Central cemetery, where burial services were SuperV1SeO Dy the 1. O. U. r. EQWaTQ P Jones of Winsted was the under taker in charge,
 The honorary bearers were: N. Curtiss, representing the conductors Daniel Green, representing the rail way trainmen; William C. Atkins oi the Winsted-V. F. w. Post; George West, Masonic representative; Hen ry Merriman, I. o. O. F., and J. My ron Stocker, representing the Elks.
 The active bearers were Winsted ex-service men: John T. Hall, Pat rick Kelley, John Sullivan, jr., Carl Warehouse, Albert Munson, Stephen Putsinger
 The guard of honor carrying the flag was composed of E. T. BemonF R. Larson and F. Hoffman of East Hartford. The firing squad members were: H. A. Kinghorn, w. M. Munier, R. J. Dixon, w. Stacker, H. R. Hay den, R. Chapin and F. J. Dougal. The buglers were Joseph Bidwell of East Hartford and Dominick Russo of Winsted. There were floral offerings from I3 railway and fraternal socie- ties and over 70 individual floral offerings.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-30
Leased R. R. Shops Tied Up by Strike

Buffalo, June 3o-The East Buff falo. shops of the New York Central Railroad are tied up because of a strike of 800 employees. The shops are leased to business man of this city. The strikers declare that work ing conditions are bad, and that wages range as low as $o a week. A demand is made that the shops be re- turned to the railroad, that the work CTS may come under conditions ap- proved by the Railroad Labor Board Other demands include the abolition of piece work and the payment of wage rates paid in car shops main tained by railroads. The piece work system was established when the railroad leased it's shops.