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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
CHURCH MERGERS.

An executive of a big UNCONVENTIONAL
union maintains that one of tn most
serious obstacles to church progress is
too many small churches and too few
large, centrally located churches"
He speaks particularly of the situa-
ton in large communities. In his own
city his denomination is represented by
2S churches. He is satisfied that if that
number were cut to 20, the result would
be a stronger influence exerted by the
united churches and the reaching of
more people than is possible at present.
Larger churches he says, ''mean
attractive buildings with social, recrea-
tional and educational equipment, ade-
quately manned by staff of workers
and substantially financed"
He speaks of a feature of such merg-
ers seldom thought of-the effect on the
foreign-born among whom the church
work is to be extended. Foreigners. he
suggests. are familiar with the dignity
and stateliness of European churches, :"
and expect something of the same sort
here. But it is seldom possible without
large congregations.
There is a strong tendency in recent
years to merge rural churches, even
those of different denominations. This
process becomes easier with the break
ing down of UNCONVENTIONAL differences
and with the examples set in business
and education. If city banks and coun-
try schools can merge, argue the relig
ious efficiency advocates, why not
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
churches. too? Particularly as the cen
trail idea of religion is human unity.

Word comes from Berlin that German
Christmas toys will be more expensive
than ever before. Prices cannot be
forecast with accuracy, but it is pre-
dicted that an increase of $50 per cent
in the cost of many articles may be ex-
pected. America has advanced so rap
idly in the making of satisfactory toys
that the conditions governing the for
eign supply affect us less than formerly.
Then. too. German toys are not so pop
ular as they were before the war, and
if the Teuton prices soar too high, the
dealers will find their stuff neglected
lust as it was rejected in war times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

The Reformer is on sale every evening Ly
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., C. w
Cleaveland, S. L. Purinton (Esteyville)
Brooks House Pharmacy. Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert J. Pollica, 27 South Main ST.
(Fort Dummer district.
West Bratt1eboro, J. L. StockweIl.
East Dummerston, NJ. E Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. BatcheIder.
West Townshend, c. Fl. Grout.
Jamaica, R. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. Fl Tyler.
South Vernon. E. B. Buffum.
Hinsdale, N. H, w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

powdering their faces and wearing
gowns of shot silk. -
Dear Clippings Editor -
How can l get an article in your pa
per?
RITA
Ans: Sally T. to whom we have re-
ferred your question, sends the follow
ing directions: Take a Brattleboro Re
former open it and lay it on the floor
Smooth out the creases with the hand.
Having selected the article place it in
the center of the paper and carefully
turn the edges over. folding so as to
make a neat package. Now. with n
strong cord take a turn about the par
eel lengthwise. then one crosswise Knot
securely with a square knot and the task
is completed. These directions, of
course, would not apply to large articles
like baby carriages. lawn mowers or
vacuum cleaners, as The Reformer is
not large enough"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

Pop was reeding the paper last mite
and ma was introducing Embroidery,
and pop sed. Lissen TO tins, heers wat
L cali u sensible editorial, hssen TO tins.
And he started TO reed 1t out Iouu,
saying, There is a lot OF agitation Jest
at present conserving the government
wasting the peoples money. As mat
ter of tack, economy like charity begins
at home, and it Is high elme that the
house wives OF tins CRATE nation
paused to consider weather or not they
are wasting their husbands money. TN
til the home is on a fern financial basis
it is useless to prate OF economical gov
ernments, and until
Wich ma kepp on Introducing inn
broidery and pop sed, don't believe
you're paying the slightest attention,
heer | am rceding my he'd off and YOU
haven't herd a werd
| have SO, certeny | have, ma sed.
We'll then tell me wat I've bin tawK-
ing about, watts the genrel ideer of wat
I've red you so far! pop sed, and ma scd,
The genrel ideer WV the genTel ldeer
is that the government awt to stop
spending SO mulch money and give some
of it to people to spend in their homes.
Yee gods that's so mulch like it that
it couldent posserbly be enY more diff
rent, pop sed The genrel ideer was,
if | may have your valuable attention
for a moment. the genrel ideer was that
YOU wimmin awt to economic more in
your household Expenses because that's
more vital to the nation than the gov.
eminent econonlizing.
IZzent that the same thing? ma sed.
1t most certenY is not, pop sed.
WV izzcnt it? ma sed.
Yee gods | wish | was a woman so
could stop thinking for a vile. pop sed
And he got behind his newspaper and
stayed there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
Popular Superstitions.

To meet a funeral procession is sign
Of death.
1t is considered a bad omen when a
rich relative dies and forgets to name
you in his viii.
1t is unlucky to dream you are going
to jail and have it come true
If you are sitting in chair facing
toward the north or east and hear a
baby cry. it is sign of a marriage.
1t Is considered unlucky for a young
man in white flannel trousers to sit down
IN a raspberry pie at a Baptist picnic
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of pap&r. 50
cents an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an
inch for each subsequent insertion. Limited
space first page at special rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents line
first insertion with 50 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy. Minimum charge % cents. Cash with
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line
first insertion with 50 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy. Reading notices published at foot
of local items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
10 THE SUBSCRIBERS

1t is the aim of the management to assure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the operation 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
enabling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
Can Stay at Home.
(Springfeld Reporter.


The BrattleborO Reformer notes that
there were sent to a state hospital for
the feebleminded last year 139 single
men and not one married man. The lat
ter are more fortunate than their single
brethren in having someone at home
capable of looking after them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
CLIPPINGS
With Now Il Comment and Thea
Only y Caption.

Headline: Woman Has Hysteric:
Over a Mouse.
If Eve had been as 'fraid of snakes
rs women are of mice,
We'd not have had to pull up stakes
And move from Paradise.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

An unusual golf competition was
scheduled at a Cleveland. O., country
club yesterday. 1t was a tournament
for golfers who had made "hole in one
and is said to have been the only tourna-
ment of its kind ever held in the coun-
try. Brattleboro, while not represented,
has a player who would have been eligi-
BILE
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

The primaries did not stir up any
great amount of enthusiasm in either
Vermont or New Hampshire. Six New
Hampshire towns held no primary cleo
tions on account of the citizens lack of
interest
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
4 Profitable Visit.

Faburn Redmond returned this morn
ing from Severy, Kansas, where he
spent a week visiting his fiancee. She
made him a present of new red neck
tie and some clean sOcks.-Altoona,
Ark, Tribune.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
Fayetteville Submerged in Art.

The Fayetteville School of Fine and
Applied Arts is the name given to a
new art school to be opened here within
Il week by Il. c. Aumick. Mr.. Aumick
has been engaged in commercial art for
some time, having had charge of the
painting of signs on the trash boxes re
Gently placed on the sidewalks on the
square in big towns and in Sauer.-
Fayetteville, Ark, Democrat.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

The 7j-year fair attendance of Melvin
Walker of Whiting, Vt, beats only by
a narrow margin that of Mrs. Clara
Hastings, %, of Gill, Mass, who has
attended every Greenfield fair since the
first one 73 years ago
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
TOday's Anniversaries.


1S16-William C. ATaeready made his
first appearance in London, act
ing at Covent Garden in The
Distressed Mother.
1S22-Corirth was taken by the Turks
from the Greeks.
1S4T-The house in which Shakespeare
was born was sold at auction.
1S59-David G. Broderick. United
States senator from California,
mortally wounded in a duel with
Judge Terry
1S62-Beginning of the battle of An
tietam. or Sharpsburg,s Md, be
tween the Federals under McClel-
Ian and the Confederates under
Lee.
1S75-The system of fast trains for the
delivery of the mails went into
operation throughout the United
States.
1S91-The great tunnel under the st.
Clair river between the United
States and Canada was opened.
1S92-Thomas II. Watts, attorney gen
eral Of the Confederate states and
governor of Alabama, died at
Montgomery, Ala. Born Jan. ).
1919.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
May Not BE Much of a Curiosity,

Sheriff e. L. Cooper. Deputy Bob
llail and Deputy George johnson cap
tured the biggest still that has ever been
brought to Wynne. L is estimated to
be 200 gallon plant. The officers des-
troyed three 90 gallon barrels of whis-
key and IL barrels of mash, and brought
about two bushels of ground and whole
rye to town with the still The still
was turned over to the secretary of the
Gross county fair to be placed on ex-
Gazette
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

One newspaper tells us to do our coal
shopping early, while another suggests
that we put one of those Don't open
until Christmas" stickers on the furnace.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
y Valuable Man at the Finish,
W. II. SAVERS

FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Lady Assistant All Phones
Agent Mutual Life Insurance Company
Cranberry. Pa.
Copy of Il letter-head.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

Up to date the Republicans seem to
be holding the fort in Landgrove and
Peru. Not a single Democratic vote was
cast in either town Tuesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
One Year Ago Today.

League OF Nations assembly at Cen
eva adjourned.
Centennial of Mexican independence
celebrated in Mexico City.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

The radiometer is so delicate an in
strument that it will measure the
amount of heat given off by a human
body al 200 feet distance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
How Many Scandal Power?

VIII Hays says he plans to make the
movies shining light in civilization
News item.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

Secretary Hoover wants the coal
trade reorganized. The public is with
him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

Yes. Tulip. it is quite permissible for
potatoes to come to the table in thei
smoking jackets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

The old-line politician knows that the
man who bolts his party is a nut.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
Member of The Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
tiled to the use for publication of all news
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
They Flew the Coop.

A stray swarm of bees passed over
Joe Fletcher's place. lighting on tree.
His neighbor, Lou Neff. hived them for
him. but they refused to work in an
abandoned hen coop and left for parts
unknown.-Black Oak item.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

Helen Was just Raging at the Editor.
\ DEXTER COUPLE
MARRIED WEDNESDAY
Edgar J. Higgins and Miss Helen l..
Nelson Married in st. AIMS Church
Many Dexter People Attended Circus.
Bangor Daily Commercial.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16


time he looked at me he eaved bitter merchant
store that eyes behed and strangers when they glanced threw
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

When two road hogs meet the specta-
tors have little enjoyment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
TOday's Birthdays.


Selden T. Spencer, United States SEN
ator from Missouri born at Erie, Pa,
60 years ago today.
Hamland Garland. celebrated novelist
and dramatic author, born at West
Salem, Wis, G2 years ago today.
Clarence It. Mueller outfelder of the
st. Louis National league baseball team,
born in st. Louis % years ago today.
Rt. Hon. Andrew Bonar Law. noted
British statesman and political leader,
horn in New Brunswick CT years ago
today.
Edmund Pennington. once a day la
borer. now president of the 800 Line"
railroad. born at La Sale. H.. az years
ago today.
The use of the word teller" as APP
piled to a bank cashier. is of interesting
origin. In the early days. when banks
were still more or less a curiosity, women
used frequently to drop in and ask clerks
unnecessary questions. The officials.
feeling that their duty was to attend to
bank matters rather than TO the inquisi
tive inquiries of the fair sex, got into
the habit of passing the visitor on to a
neighbor, remarking as they did SO,
You tell her, I'm busy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
Today Events

Festival of ST. Ludmilla, patron saint
of Bohemia.
Celebration of Mexico's national indie
pendence day.
Sixtieth anniversary of the begin
ming of the battle of Antietam.
Centenary of the birth of Charles
Croker, eminent Pacific coast financier.
The annual Illinois state fair will be
opened at Springfield today and contin-
ued to Sept. 26.
Twenty-ninth anniversary of the
opening of the Cherokee Strip and the
birth of Enid, Okla.
4 delegation from the United States
will attend the conference of the Inter
national Union of Socialist Parties,
opening today at Carlsbad.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
In the Days News.

Rev. DIR. Alexander Mann. who has
been unanimously reelected president of
the house of deputies of the Protestant
Episcopal church. has filled that position
since 1913. y native of Geneva, y. Y,
and the son of clergyman. Dr. Mann
was graduated from Hobart college in
1881 with an a. B. degree A few
years later he was given the B. D. de-
gree by the General Theological semi
nary of New York. He began his pas
toral work in 1885 as assistant at st.
James's church, Buffalo In 1886 he was
ordained priest and became assistant in
Grace church. Orange. \. J. In 1890
he became rector of that church and also
archdeacon of the diocese of Newark.
In 190J he was called to Trinity church
in Boston. and has served there as rec
tor the past II years. despite appeals to
become missionary bishop of the state
of Washington. suffragan bishop of New
Jersey and bishop of western New York.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
\ Little Yarn.

Mary had a little cat
1t swallowed a ball of yarn;
And when the little kittens came
They all had sweaters on.
Borrowed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
AIR TRAINS.

SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1922.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
Dave Improves Coed Chance to Ad

Dave Improves a Good Chance TO Adj
Vertise.
MRS. WEISBRAD
Requests the Honor of Your Presence
at the Marriage of Her Daughter
FANNIE
to
MIR. DAVID KOSTOFF
on Sunday. April I'd, 1922
> Z. NJ. Sharp
at the Home of
Rabbi Levinthall
716 Pine Street
Philadelphia, Pa.
DAVE KOSTOFF
High Grade Meats
21SS Ridge Ave. Phila., Pa
From a postal card invitation to a
wedding.
4 lot of tho rirIs still cline TO tbo Of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16

a lot of the girls still cling to the eff |
feet militaiTe by banging their hair, |
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-07
"OBSCENITY" IN LITERATURE

Sound principles of literary censorship laid down
by City Magistrate Oberwager of New York in his decision
on a celebrated
The Society for the Suppression of Vice had brought
suit suppress edition of the Satyrcon of Petronius
Abter work written in the days of ancient Rome on
the ground that obscene" book The magistrate,
after reading the book carefully declares that he does not
find it in violation of the criminal statutes.
1T can scarcely be sad, he argues, that the egisa-
ture intended by of the statute invoked to destroy
literature anathematze all historical and
morals different from to close the treasure
house of the past.
"If one is condemn simply because of the existence
of isolated passages of obsceny then to condemn
to of oberaon and oblivion Shakespeare, Chaucer
Voaire Rousseau Boccaccio, Balzac, Fauber de Mau-
passant Zola, Poe and the Bible
The Satyricon he finds, is "a keen satire the vul
garty of wealth. its vanity and its grossness writ
ten by who interested in the intellectual pur-
suits as in the vices and folies of his time 1t
intended be obscene, but to and crtcise
But quite aside from its original purpose, the mags-
trate that this work other work of the
distant past be Judged by modern standards 1t
valuable as history giving light the civilization of
vanished age And the fact that such works survive
proyes their value If the work in question had been
ly piece "obscenity it would have vanished long
1t has literary merit we'll as historical worth
Here standards by which to judge good many
of the books and authors that regarded with
pious horror by wemeaning censors They may
prove useful in judging contemporary literature
Truth and strength far too often mistaken for ndecen
cy in these days.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-07

such a fine red dress!' Every time
Uncle Wiggily saw the dress on Dot
tie he pretended it was the bright sun
set. and that it hurt his eyes. And
no matter how often Uncle Wiggily saw
bottle s red dress, he made the same
ioke. Dottie rather liked it.
ssBut now we shall go adventuring!
said the bunny. eve II hop over the
fields and through the woods, and see
what happens. ;" ,.
The bunny gentleman and the little
pirl lamb were climbing up hill
when. all of "a sudden, there was a
ripping, tearing sound, and Dottie
cried:
ssOh, Uncle Wiggily! The old Bushiy
Bear is tearing my new red dress ~
his claws!' ia.
Uncle wiggily turned quickly, bnt
saw no Bear. :,
.'Don't be frightened, Dottie!' SAID
the bunny. "What tore your dress was
bushy brier, not the Bushy Bear
of course, the brier bush has thorns
which are like the claws on bear
But a bush can I hurt you.
seOh, but ii hurt my drcss!' bleated
Dottie. "Look; IL s torn!'
And surely enough, there were rents
and slashes in Dottie new red dress
sOh, what shall ] do9f sobbed ths
little girl lamb. my mother told me
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-07
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE WIGGILY AND DoTTlE'S
DRESS
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate
(Bv HOWARD R. GARIS)

Dottie Fluff tail, the little girl lamb
had new DRESS. 1t was bright red III
color, and as pretty gown as you
would meet with if you hoped around
all of one day and part of the next.
At least this is what Uncle Wiggily
said when he saw Dottie' s new red
dress, and the bunny gentleman ought
to know, if any one did.
Dottie was very proud of her red
dress-not too proud, you know, but
just proud enough and not a bit more.
''Be careful not to tear your new red
dress, Dottie!" bleated Mrs. Flufftail
to her little lamb, as Dottie strolled
over the meadow one day.
sEI1l be careful" promised Dottie
~ IN only going over to see Uncle Wig
gily Longears. Maybe he'll take me
adventuring with him.
Uncle Wiggily was just starting out
from his hollow stump bungalow as
Dottie reached it.
"My goodness ! didn' know il
was sunset so soon!' cried the bunny
gentleman, shading his face with his
paw. "My, what bright red sunset!
1t makes my eyes blink"
"That red isn't the suset-it s my
new dress!' laughed Dottie.
'Oh, so it is! chuckied Uncle Wig
gily. "My, it's prettier than ever
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-07
Ton, Sims Says

The king of Greece got his foot in it
and slipped.
Dancing is fine exercise. 1t is often
done with dumb-bells
The easier girl is to look upon the
harder a man looks
Nice thing about the World Series is
neither team will wind up lower than
second place.
flapper tells US one good yearn de-
serves another.
Mud baths are being used to make
people beautiful, but you don t see any
prettier politicians.
Carpenter wants return bouts with
Sikh and Dempsey. That man may be
out but never down.
In few days you, can say to the ice
man "Them days is went" q
Atlantic City woman wants divorce
because hubby hit her with an axe.
Women are SO touchy.
Hallowe EN- is coming pretty quick.
Better be making friends with the
ueighbor's children.
Moths don T realize what things cost.
The man who names Pullman ears
names towns in Asia Minor.