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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
MONDAY. FEBRUARY s. 1922.
A HARVEST PROPHECY.

\ prophecy which should be of inter
est TO American farmers is made by Sir
William Henry Beveridge, director of
the London School of Economics and Po-
litical Science. He warns England that
the year 1923 may be destined to repeat
something like the experiences of the
year 1915, the year of the worst and
most general harvest failure known in
European history"
Sir William is no long haired vision
airy. He is a practical scientist. who has
arrived at his conclusions by purely sci
cntiic methods. Tracing back through
centuries the price of wheat in western
and central Europe, he has found that
q cycle Of peak prices has occurred with
remarkable uniformity at intervals of
15.3 years. There has been but one
break in this series of cycles. he says. in
nearly 400 years. He naturally infers
that peak prices regularly follow poor
harvests. The present cycle of 1J.3
years apparently ends about two years
| from now. That would imply a disas-
| trous harvest immediately preceding it,
which is to say, next year. He has no
/ satisfactory explanation of the .phenom-
enon, but suggests that it may possibly
| be due to recurrence of certain solar
conditions.
Americans, like Europeans, may take
it for what they think it is worth. II
any American farmer is convinced that
the greater part of Europe is really tC
have As bad a harvest in 1923 as south
crn Russia had last year, the obviou,
thing is to go ahead and raise all the
lgrain he can this year and next
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
THE THEATRE COUGH
Seems TO be Contagious and Often
Spreads Throughout the Audience.

Cough. and the house coughs with you,
has long been a maxim of the theatre.
1t is contagion in its quickest form.
Actors are now in arms against it, claim
ing that most theatrc-cOughing is mere
habit and could be controlled. What
good the actors protest will do remains
to be seen. but the outlook for Il cough
less theatre is not wholly hopeless. Peo-
pie no longer sneeze like a set piece of
.PaineS fireworks. and they may in time
learn 10 refine the cough.
OF course, coughing has its uses. Dis
Greet employment of it by an adult may
keep a child companion from hearing an
improper line in IIopwood farce. but
this process is wearing. 1t neccSSititates
advance knowledge of dialogue. and n
Iarynx of iron. Best of all methods of
regulating the theatre cough would be by
means of a cough-indicatOr. one attached
to each chair BY a delicate mechanism
on the seiSmograph principlc-the prin-
ciple by which earthquakes are recorded
each cough of any magnitude would be
rung up like carfare. Each patron
would be entitled during an evening to
so many-say. TO- At the eleventh, pa
iron would vanish through trapdoor
i'm the floor to first-aid station in the
basement where throat specialists with
sprays would be in constant attendance.
- 'Tis sweet To hear the watchdog 5
honest bark, wrote Byron. The watch
dogs, yes-Leslie's Weekly
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
ALL GIRLS KNOCK-KNEED?
Sculptor Tells Class That They Are
Designed That Way.

Praise the American girls dimpled
knees as mucn as YOU viii, YOU can I
get away from the fact that they knock
together.
DR.. r. TAFT Mckenzie broke this news
to group of startled students at a lee
tIre on the human figure, delivered be,
fore a small but profoundly Interested
audience in the Fine Arts Building at
Philadelphia recently.
''In musical comedy shows, said Or.
McKenzie, with pitiless logic, girls
never stand with their knees together.
If they did you would see the incest line
of knock knees YOU ever imagined.
Nine-tenths OF the audience attempted
to imagine this while the sculptor con
tinued
.'Some manager with an anatomical
turn of mind found this out long ago and
now the girls stand with their feet
But it seems the girls are not to blame.
All women have been that way for gen
erations, Mr. Mckenzie explained. 1t 5
the way they re designed.
But the lecturer was no more gentle
with his masculine audience. All men.
including college students, have their
Dhysical flaws, compared to the Greek
models, he said Sandow. reputed to
have the hest figure OF his time, was too
long of body. to short OF leg and nat
footed. Outside Of that he was Derf"ct.
lie quoted figures, garnered after TO-
900 college Students both men and wo-
-rlcu had been examined. to prove our
beauties fall below Greek standard.
Modern youth is less muscular, mar
rover of shoulder and longer of torso
than the BOYS and .maidens who wrestled
in the Spartan games he said The girls
chests are fatter their necls not so
fully rounded Their legs. considering
hat even Helen of Troy probably was
krock -kneed. are better-hnt, of course,
hey show to greater advantage just
.SSedertarv life. = he pointed out.
:. doesn L make for full muscular de-
vclopment. 1T d0esn Z take much
strength TO operate n typewriter. =
New York Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
Today's Events

Mai. Gen. Samuel S. Summer, L. S.
\, retired, is 50 years old today.
Winnipeg's winter carnival, for which
elaborate preparations have been made,
will be inaugurated today.
The annual ball for the Southern Re-
lief society, one of the brilliant social
fixtures of the winter in Washington, ID.
c., takes place tonight
Representatives, of the various char
tered veterans organizations in Canada
have been called to meet III Winnipeg
today to discuss a proposal for amalga-
nation.
The trial of Mrs Madeleine Ober-
chain. charged with completely in the
murder of J. Bolton Kennedy last Au-
gust, is scheduled to begin in Los An
geles today.
Governor Stephens has designated this
as California Honey week, to call pub
lie attention to the fact that California
produces one-seventh of all the honey
produced in the United States.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
MRS. ROBERTS
HAD HARD FIGHT
FOR HER LIFE
Was Confined to Bed and
Living on White of Egg
and Orange Juice
Gains q Pounds on Tanlac
and Health Completely
Restored, She Declares In
Remarkable Statement

when l began taking TanIac l was
confined To my bed and was being led
on a little orange juice and white of an
egg. and all who knew me had given up
hope of me being well again, said Mrs
Nellie Roberts, 30 Edward St, St Al
bans Vt:
MY condition was the result Of long
continued stomach trouble. My health
Kent failing seeadily and finally / gave
up altogether. went to bed and at the
time | began taking Tanlac my condition
was 80 critical l had to Have a trained
nurse to wait on me.
Il had been taking Tanlac only a short
time when | was 50 improved that the
nurse began 10 feed me more substantial
food and it wasn't long before ! was eat
ing anything | wanted. | soon was able
10 get out of bed. regained my strength
and gained twcnty-one pounds IN
weight"
laniuc is sold in Brattleboro by the
Brattleboro Drug Co, Albert Schroeder,
Londonderry, Vt. NJ. G. Williams, Put
ney, Vt, d. N. Dale. East Dover. Vt,
and George c. Smith, BrattlebOro, Vt
Advertisement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
TREE REPAIR.

The Massachusetts Agricultural col
lege has issued a leailet on the subject of
Repairing Storm-Damaged Trees 1t was
prepared primarily as a guide to Boston
citizens who have considerable repair
work to do on trees damaged by severe
storm in November. The Ieaflct. or sim
liar works. would be of general helpful
ness anywhere to persons to whom re
forestation and forest conservation have
become live subjects.
Trees" says the author, ARE patient
creatures. The only rapid thing you can
do to a tree is to butcher it. Even de-
cay works slowly in trees"
1t is this fact which makes it possible
to care for and preserve even badly in
jured trees. 1t also makes such work
somehow more appealing and spurs on
the human being to give the hurt, tree
another chance.
Some of the phases of the subject dis
cussed in the pamphlet are the nature
of tree decay, the principles of repair
removing branches, sterilizing sears
watcr-proofng the scars, boiling and
guying, cavity work. heading in. shaping
up the unsymmetrical crowns, and Sc
on. Even one tree is worth caring for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

was wawking home from skool to-
day and | came to tuf looking Kids
having a fearse argewment about which
one could WHSLE thr0o their fingers the
loudest, one saving. Aw go on, can
WHSLE twice as loud as you, you sound
like a def and dunn fish alongside of me.
jest because you say 50 that don't
prove nuthing. holey smoakS If | could
ent WHSLE eny louder than wat you can
I'll dry up and blow away. sed the md
kid. and the ferst kid sed o all rite, all
rite we'll III Jest bet YOU a cent and
we'll leeve this heer kid hold the stakes
and be the judge. Meening me, and
the 2nd kid sed, Put up or shut mp. And
they both took cent out of their pants
pockit and handed it to me without me
saving weather | wunted to be the stake
holder or not the ferst kid saying. Now,
kid il YOU wunt to heer WHSLE like you
never herd before, lissen to this.
And he nut fingers half WAYS in his
mouth and blew a fearse loud wissle
sounding like the werld was coming to
a end. and the 2nd kid put fingers all
the ways in his mouth and blew wis
sic sounding like the werid had alreddy
came 10 end. Ne thinking, G, he gets
the . cents.
N-ich Jest wen I was going TO say so
the ferst kid sed Well, / CESS that proves
| can WHSLE louder than you and if this
kid SAYS different III smeer him one across
the face. Ne thinking. IT, maybe ms
was the loudest after all And was
Jest going To say so and the 2nd kid
sed. If this lid amt got sents enuf to
saw I wisseled the lopdest IIltpoke him
suts.l, q crack in the Jaw he'll wake IN
in the hospittal end the fnrst kid sed
D. is that so. well if / hit him he'll
wnI.e' IN in hoenitals.
Me thinking. Heck, good mite. And
/ sed, 1t was a tie. that's wat it was.
beers vOur sents back. And | ave them
their sents back and they wunted TO have
the contest all over agen but | sed. No.
| half to go somewares, / half to go, I'm
going now.
Nich did.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
Roads Like Stockings.
lGroton Times.

ROADS are always a topic of interest
in this section and so. when an old road
man like Stoddard Bates of Vermont,
former head of the Green Mountain state
department and now member of the
three-man commission, gives out some
ideas on roads, everyone listens.
Mr. Bates declares that a gravel road
is like the old woman's wooden stocking
exhibited at a country fair, which won a
prize on the claim that it had been in
constant use since 1857. When the old
lady was asked by the judges why it was
in so good a state of preservation after
such constant service she said she knit
new feet every year and new tops every
two years.
That's the gravel road all over. Per
haps it won't need a new top every two
years, but pretty often. And when one
gets only the bottom. without any sem
blance of tOp-such as one section of q
main road hereabouts-it makes the driver
of motor or horse wish for something
else again -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

According to the Keene Sentinel new
variety of road hog has developed over IN
that section Motor drivers, in order TO
facilitate the operation of their cars
without chains where it is slippery,
carry or obtain sand or gravel which is
sprinkled freely on the road bed, cover
ing one OF, both sides as the driver con-
siders necessary for his individual ease.
Then when a teamster with a sled load
comes along. his team cannot pun much
more than the empty vehicle over the
sanded road.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
In the DAYS News.

Jazz comes from the African jungle
and is one of the crying wrongs of the
present day" says the Rev. Percy Stick
ney Grant of New York, who is one of
the mosts widely known clergymen of
the Protestant Episcopal church in the
United States. For upwards of a quar-
ter of a century DIR. Grant has filed
the pulpit of the Church of the Ascen-
ton in the metropolis. 4 native of Bos-
ton. he received his II. \. degree at Har-
ward in 1888 and then entered the Epis-
copal Theological seminary, from which
he was graduated in 1856 The same
year he became a deacon in the EpiSco-
pal church and a year later was regu-
larry ordained. Before being called 10
New York in 1898 he had been rector
of churches in Fall River and other New
England cities. DIR. Grant has written
a number of books on Socialism and
other subject and has been noted for his
liberal views on current questions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
Today,s Anniversaries.

16S2-The explorers ia Sale and Tonti
arrived at the mouth of the Hi
nois river.
11S5-EliZabeth Patterson, the Mary
land belle who became the wife
of Jerome Bonaparte, born in
Baltimore. Died there April 4.
1879
1T9S-The Bank of England subscribed
a million dollars TO assist the
government to repel tile threat
ened invasion by the French.
1S0i-Joseph priestly. celebrated divine,
chemist and natural philosophers,
died in Northumberland. Pa.
Born in England March 13, 1888.
1869 Nearly 300 lives lost in the wreck
of the British warship Orpheus on
the coast of New Zealand.
1SS6-The Edinburgh Courant, the old
est newspaper in Scotland, ap-
peared for the last time.
1S97-The British government took over
all the trunk telephone lines in
the United Kingdom
191G-FOrty-five labor leaders were in
dicted at Indianapolis on charges
of conspiracy in dynamite out
RACES.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
With st. Johnsbury Decorum.


Newport News ana Standard
st. Johnsbury is in the midst of winter
sports with a fine toboggan slide and a
municipal skating rink A news item
states that after considerable discussion"
it was decided to open the rink on Sun
days. What, may we ask, was the dis
SuSSion abOut?-Brattlebor Reformer.
To those who are acquainted with st.
Johnsbury it goes without saying that if
there is any skating in that rink on Sun
day it will be done with the utmost dec
Drum. Nothing will be seen here 10 stir
up the criticism of the most serious
minded. We do not understand why there
should be any considerable discussion
over so self-evident a fact.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

The Reformer 10 on sale svery evening by
the following news dealerH:
Brattleboro, Brauleboro News Co., c. w.
cleveland, s. l. Purinton (Esteyviils)
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand. Gilbert J. Pollica, 81 South Main St
CFort Drummer district.
West Brattieboro, ]. L. StockwslI,
East Dummerston, NJ. r. Brown
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, ". M. Batchelder.
West Townsnend, c. H. Grout,
Jamaica, z. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. Fl. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. B. Buffum.
Hinsdale, N. H., w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News ca
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. HsyG.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
OFFICER USED BAD LANGUAGE.
Correspondent Objects to Treatment Of
Stranger at Ski Jump.

Stranger at Ski Jump.
Editor of The Reformer =
A very noticeable incident took place
on the ski jump grounds Saturday aft
ernoon. \ tall gentleman wearing
long brown coat and derby hat was
seen entering the grounds and standing
near the ropes for long time before
anybody else went near him.
People began to crowd around him anl
even get chairs and sit directly in back
of him and throw remarks and Jumps of
snow at him to make him move.
Finally our lion-bearted officer of the
law stepped up to this man and grabbed
him by the shoulder, saying: BY c.,
don't think you can stand there in front
of everybody else SO that they can't see.
After the officer had gone some of the
respected citizens of Brattleboro asked
this man if he was a man of the town
and he said he did not belong To the
state even but he had paid his dollar to
see the skiing and he did not see where
anybody could oblige him to move as
long as there was no space reserved for
chairs
These people told the man that as cit
liens of the town they wished to apollo
gize for the officers conduct as he had
acted beyond his rights in n place where
there were no reserved sections.
He at least could have used different
language and the Inundated would have
felt more at ease, also the ladies who
were sitting and etand'n" naqr
AN EYE WITNESS.
Feb. 6. 1920.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
TO TIE SUBSCRIBERS.

It il the aim Of the management to assure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and il solicits the cooperation Of
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-
abling the cause of the error TO be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem.
edy Immediately applied. 1t 10 only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
Tod,y's Birthdays.

Duke of Orleans. the Bourbon pre-
tender to the throne of France. born %
years ago today.
GEORGE T. Gould. noted capitalist and
railroad magnate, born in New York
city. IS years ago today.
Max Flack. outfelder of the Chicago
National league baseball team. born at
East ST. Louis, H., 81 years ago today.
DIR. Andrew C. Crommelin, one of the
greatest living authorities on comets and
their ways, born in ireland, 81 years
ago today.
Sherman f. Burroughs. representative
in congress. of the First New Hampshire
district, born at Dunbarton, n. H., o.
years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
TO ADVERTISERS.

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for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
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Space rates on application.
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first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change OF
copy. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
order.
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subsequent insertion without change Of copy,
Reading notices ara published at foot OF loSA
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

The good old days had their Difficult
ties as the following paragraph from an
old genealogical record shows; AT a
meetinge of We selectmen 18th of June,
1867. in obedience a law of We hounered
Jenorall Corte, thay made ehOise of teen
men to inspectc thar nabbours, to pre-
vente as much as may be privet tipling
and Drunkenness; whose names as fol-
loweth Apparently this work was not
done in those days by a paid officer, but
by worthy townsmen who were probably
quite as severe as their ethical descend
ants of today There seems to have been
some improvement, however, since 1867.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

Private tipping ana drunkenness have
not yet departed from the United States.
but the neighbOrhoods in which il would
be necessary to appoint ten men to in
spect the lives and homes of their fellow
citizens are really few.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

1t looks as though Professor Albert
Levitt. whose bride, Elsie Hill, insists
upon keeping her own name, would con
tinue to figure merely as Elsie HITS
husband, as she has announced that she
will run for congress from the fourth
congressional district of Connecticut on
the Farmer Labor ticket
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

Polar explorations used to be the PIN
nacle of romance" says the Fitchburg
Sentinel. Soon mechanical inventions
will finish eliminating the romance and
make the trip about as thrilling as going
into the cellar" The Sentinel chooses
a poor comparison. There are many
thrilling trips to the cellar made these
DAYS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

and japan is to visit Canada and the
United States moves us to wonder whether
the war hero will pass through Brattle-
boro as did Field NInrshal Foch, or
whether he will look in on burlington in
visiting the splendid region discovered by
his cOuntryman, Samuel de Champlain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
True Poetry.

1t is easy enough 10 write po"r's,
| conld do it myself if | would,
But If rosy dawn
nidn 1t rhyme with more. =
Certain poets might have TO saw wood.
II is pothinp at all to make verses,
could knock of lot at a pinch.
But If I" home sweet home
D'dn't rhvme with morn,
Many bards wouldn t have such cineh
r'rqin~ war sorqs VIII stir I'm nation
Which is doubtless what war songs are
for
Tf "Ronon'bar the Naire'
Hadn t rhvmod with 'S.air.
+. Tisr t likely we d been in that war.
z IS si~,nlv treat 70 make love, songs.
'9"ll Of ardor and feryo- and soul.
-'ut IL 'fteeth of nearl
Didr Il r'lyme with ''~irl -
Bards of passion would be in hole
Tbora < a knack about turnipe on lyrics,
Which IS probably born IN the blood.
pt't If 'fhopne i, tho wildwood
n;dn I rhv,~o with aehildhood =
tany poets last names would be mud.
OTTO, aathorrs slow true insn.rot;an,
THOUGH with mapv i . ONLY bluff,
T}nt If t'shot and sheH''
Nidn y rhyme With SsheIl =
Poet laureates 'slots would be tough.
!. i easy 10 sii here ip comfo~t
Evritinr doarorel o"t of NY head.
BIT If al this stuff
Didn L rhyme with tfen"noh
those who r~cd it all through would
',o,, d~rl
Quincy Kilby. in Boston Herald.
When an income tax collector called
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
Quite True.
INnrfhfied News. !

Some people can't find any time to at
tend the meeting of the community organ
izations. as it takes all their spare hours
T. find fault With their neighborS and
their home town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
Who Can Answer?
(Rutland IIerald.)

The body of Il COW moose found in
Nottingham raises the interesting ques-
ton of where this locally exceedingly rare
species of deer came from. Are there
moose in Vermont or in adjacent states:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

The government of Arkansas should
have selected for no tobacco day" a date
nearer the New Year when everybody is
bristling with good resolutions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
Copyright by George Matthew Adams
VERMONT NEWS.

Charles .Jennison of Peacham believes
he holds a pretty good record in trapping
for in nine days after the opening of the
season he had captured II foxes, 13|
Skunks and one coon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06
THE HOTHEADS


We labor the daily grind each his wonted fashion; and some
mild
chair
make the language zze They gb like both and
delegate will the kill
No him he
he
a witt a in moste
mann
useless wing
line, and harmonys prevailing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

Spring is in the ofing. An Orwell, VT,
man saw, or thought he saw, flock of
six wild ducks flying north last week,
and live and wriggling caterpillar was
found in Jaffrey, \. H, on ground hog
day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

Mrs. Mary Griffith of East Dorset. who
is spending the winter with her daughter
in Rutland. took her dog with her when
she made the change of residence, but
lately the canine came up missing. Then
word came from East Dorset that the dog
had arrived home. having made the 28-
mile trip on foot.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-06

Mrs Grace Kelley of Barre was taken
to City hospital at about l O'Clock Satur-
day morning, suffering from bichlorid
of mercury poisoning. According to the
early reports. the poison was self-admin-
istered 1t is said Mrs. Kelley's condi-
ton is not considered serious.