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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31
TOday's BIRTHDAYS.

His Holiness Pope Plus XI., born in
the town of Desio, Italy, Go years ago
today.
Hon. George p. Graham. minister of
militia and defence in the dominion cab
met. born at Eganville, Ont.
Prince Henry William, third son of
their British majesties, born y years
ago today.
Gypsy Smith, celebrated evangelist,
now appearing in America, born in Eng
land, 60 years ago today.
Claude A.. Swanson, senior United
States senator from Virginia, born in
Pittsylyania count Va, 60 years ago
today
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31
The MeddIer
eff the coat fits you, put it on"

Although naturally disappointed that
bids for Brattleboro's memorial armory
overran available funds to such an ex-
tent as to make awarding of the con-
tract impossible on present specified.
tions, the local board of trustees has a
right to feel pleased with several fea-
lures in connection with yesterdays
opening. In the first place, it speaks
well for the plans and specifications
that five of the six firms t. bid on the
general construction contract should
have figured within approximately So
500 of each other. Secondly-and this
may be said without reflection on any
of the firms that submitted proposals.
there is satisfaction in the fact that the
low bidder on each contract is a firm
of excellent reputation, with whom
town and state officials can feel free
to get together in the frankeSt sort of
a way for the purpose of curtailing
costs. 1t goes without saying that the
specifications must be cut considerably
something like $4,000, in fact-to
bring the building within the available
funds, but this will not be as difficult
as might appear if both state and town
are willing to forego some of their
wishes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

The pastor of the Buffalo church adj
vocates allowing young people to do
their counting at church gatherings IN
der supervision, to counteract the at
fractions of dance halls. 1t is hard to
imagine counting under supervision ever
becoming very popular. 1t would GER
tainly require a very tactful person to
make a successful counting supervisor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

his term to become first assistant at
torney general of Texas. Later he was
promoted to assistant attorney general.
which position he continued to fill until
his election to the 57th congress. During
his 20 years of service in the house Mr.
Henry rose to be one of tho most promi-
nent and influential members on the
Democratic side
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

Prohibition enforcement officers are
evidently adding to their equipment in
York news headline, which reads:
Must disclose source of supplies; peo-
pie who acquire too much liquor to be
pumped by agents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

The st. Adams Messenger suggests
having Return-the- Borrowed Book
week \ good idea, and after that IS
over let's have one for returning Dor
rowed umbrellas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

The state forestry department reports
it is receiving numerous orders this
spring for pine seedlings. many of them
from farmers. We are awakening
slowly but surely to reforestratiOn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

in o
pills
distilled from buds stovewood and lilies such and
of
boil make pills of chalk
bottled ink, something
melancholy We
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

Fermented maple sap was responsible
for a case of intoxication at Rutland
this week. 1t appears to have worked"
well as the imbiber took a nap on the
street railway tracks soon afterward.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

The Windham County Fish and Game
club has adopted a novel and efficacious
members and inducing new members to
join the organization. 1t has equipped
the local town clerk with receipts and
arranged with him to put the club prop.
OsitiOn before every person who applies
for a fishing or hunting license Thus
far the scheme seems to be working ex-
cellently. In most eases all that is
necessary for the town clerk to do is to
explain to the applicant for a license
that the dues paid for membership in
the club make possible greater activity
in fish and game conservation here
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

New Hampshire will observe April
II as Bird Day. We generally observe
it on the last. Thursday of November.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31
One Year Ago Today.

Facing coal strike, the British gov
eminent proclaimed a state of emerg-
ency.
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer
asked $7,50O,OO0 fund to make country
dry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

Beware of the innocent looking peck
etbook on the sidewalk tomorrow. It's
apt to have a string to it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

If the battleship New Hampshire is
to be scrapped, the state Of New Hamp-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

Member of The Associated Press.
The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-31

Copyright by George Matthew Adams
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-21
lspecial Correspondence. ]

Kewanee, Dec. 2l.--Chief Justice
Floyd e. Thompson Of Rock Island
delivered stirring address at a
Joint meeting of the Rotary ana
Kiwanis Clubs here last night. He
urged Illinois citizens TO pay more
attention to politics and sharply at
lacked the various agencies and
elements undertaking to shake the
foundation OF our government. He
was given an enthusiastic demon
strati0n. - t~
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-21

Lighting fixtures. stand and floor
lamps. 20 per cent on. II. e. Gel
hart & Co., opposite postoffice.--
--(Advertisement.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-21

Al he Nsws-AlI N Tins-rns
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-21

4 hot cAizansy. which resulted
Evening star., 1922-02-05

asked about the man who had shaken
his fist. HE is no one,' declared my
father. He thinks Pontecoulant was
q greater mathematician than Da-
moiseau. He is an ignoramus.' But
gradually learned that this gentle-
man owned people and institutions
body and soul. Ny father had occu-
pied the chair Of mathematics at one
Of these institutions, and they had
quarreled. So bitter had become their
argument that my parent had been
compelled to resign"
The man arose.
THE name selected for you is
Sirius. Because 1t Is the brightest
star and very near: also because
Sirius is the dog star. Come. Sirius.
tomorrow we shall finish the tennis
court"
The following morning truck
with two grocery boxes stopped in
the road. Push them in the room
downstairs" directed John.
During dinner Bessie watched the
man. She was silent as long as it
was possible for Bessie to be silent,
then burst forth in a breathless whis-
per, Read this" She hourished q
newspaper. "'Grocery robbed at
Bethel I saw you come down the
hill last night at eight minutes of
10. It's only seven miles to Bethel.
With those legs Of yours. And saw
that truck slip up to your house this
morning and unload two grocery
boxes"
"They were boxes Of books
Boxes Of books!" the maid echoed
caustically.
"Sirius." said the man on his hill
top that night. "One night when my
Evening star., 1922-02-05

to space, and yet no less than fifty
million miles In length, an object manx
hundred times rarer than the atmos-
phere Of tae earth. Centuries had
passed since it had crept across the orbit
Of Neptune at the snails pace OF few
hundred yards minute: but now 1t was
hurtling toward our sun with ever
increasing velocity that would exceed at
its maximum more than million miles
an hour. John Temple was taking into
account facts that marked the birth
Of Mithridates, ne was Weighing the
planets at the end Of pencil, he was
computing the orbit, the velocity, the
perihelion passage Of a comet
IN q mid-July night he said to his
dog, "Sirius. we own tkese acres
to the center Of the earth, and all the
way to the farthest star. A very fine
piece of property, indeed! was look
ing for a place within my means
where I might work undisturbed. l
wrote Mr.. Marsdon to forward my
books and papers. But the following
day I Cancelled the request, for one
of the worlds favorite pastimes had
intervened. and was destined to
view the greatest drama In the
worlds history from the top Of q wa
ter cart My duty was to care for two
horses and bring water to TIE Kitchen
whether water was to be had or not.
On a day in october I went to look
for our diminished mess line. That
night the coffee reached all that was
left of our men; but on the return
trip my two faithful animals together
Evening star., 1922-02-05

And with Homeric skill has writ
An epic Of the skies :.
Attention Right ascension!
I'll say that he Is clever
He's the only man who ever
singsd his whiskers 'gainst the sun.
Attention Right ascension!
He's the only man who ever. =
ION the veranda Of the deans house
my assistant, Mr.. Marsdon, was con-
versing in the shadows with q young
lady. They, too, were laughing.
Dean Thomas was standing by the
mantle Of his library. Near him,
sunken in a chair. was an old man
with chin on his breast and eyes
cleaning beneath overhanging gray
brows. Prof. Temple said the dean
to me, you were recommended for
the chair Of astronomy a year ago by
q former member OF the board of
trustees-Mr. Waters Of the New York
library. May I ask how intimately
Mr.. Waters was acquainted with your
"'Not at all intimately l replied.
When I was twenty, however, Mr..
Waters had noticed was reading on
subjects with which he was CONVEX
SAINT. He later made an arrangement
whereby I was allowed to work one
night q week in the Columbia OBJ
servatory and this resulted in my
first position as an instructor. and
thereafter as an assistant professor
Of Mathematics
"'May ask your age?" inquired the
dean.
II told him: "Twenty-six.'
1--WE thought you were much older
Evening star., 1922-02-05

this door, But still she held Ito my
arm. Don't be afraid We're safe
Then she laughed, I like pie aAd
ate it-every bit-the raistn pie you
sent me'''
The man and the dog picked their
way down the rocky hillside.
It had been decreed long since that
the progeny Of the princess should
take many. blue ribbons at the bench
shows Of the future.
A limousine from wideacre Ken
nels turned into the driveway and
shortly disappeared with Princess
Blue Mouse on the back seat.
John Temple took his friend to the
hilltop. Sirius, my friend. your
princess will return. In the mean
time I can tell you a story in tune
with your own sad heart.
"The Pleiades were in the sky that
night: but the Pleiades were cold and
distant. The night was December
the twenty -first-the longest night of
that year.
"You have told me, SIR I ad-
dressed my father, that the principal
stars Of the Pleiades form q dipper;
is it possible that they form ques-
tion mark in the skyr After q long
moment, he assented. An interro-
cation point. Clearly, my son,
seven Of the stars form a question
mark in the sky. Perhaps they are
asking what you are going to do with
the life that is yours The ghost Of
a twinkle came into his faded eyes.
"'What then, sir. is the greatest
thing to do?'
Evening star., 1922-02-05

that he will receive upon his return
TO America And in this I have asked
that he substitute for the present
dedication line to my fathers men,
ory. There are no words. my friend.
that should rather have spoken Of
me than the four that were true Of
him: The dedication will read:
To the Memory Of
= r Robert Temple
Eminent Mathematician and Cncom-
l.. h|a promising Scholar"
when Evalyn returned. John helped
her out Of the car and loaded him
Evening star., 1922-02-05

stable or some one VIM soon be
here. ."
Evalyn came down the steps. Tho
constable isn't going to search his
house." She moved out the front
door. HAL. you may como with me-
But I'll do the talking" =
Evalyn and DR.. Marsdon ascended
the rickety steps.
John" called the girl. sJohn!S
There was no answer. Marsdon pus
his shoulder to the door.
Where do those steps lead?" asked
Marsdon.
only to an old kitchen"
Evening star., 1922-02-05

youth upon a hoary planet! The
recipe" he mused. "the recipe for this
eternal youth of the world-how sim
pie it is! Only two ingredients. Love
and death. keep the world eternally
young. And this has something
to do with Immortality"
Abruptly he asked IL he might see
the ornament in the girls hair. His
hand was trembling when he handed
the Pleiades back to Evalyn.
Evalyn pointed to the star cluster
above the roof Of Rockhouse. IAN
astronomer once told me it was a per-
feet representation" she faltered.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

with the car were wholly demolished,
and it was thought at first that this
was also the case with me. But after
blur OF a year and q half Of white
| bandages, weights and iodoform, my
| repair was complete-save only for
the weakened condition you smiled
upon q month ago when I tried to lift
tho bag Of salt.
Il went to the college and there
found that Mr.. Marsdon WAS abroad
for special study. I called upon Dean
Thomas and was greeted as one from
the grave. Word had been received
that had been killed in France. A
gold star bad been affixed to the col.
lege service flag. However the dean
a chapel was being erected in MEM
ory Of the old gentleman who had
propounded the question concerning
Damoiseau and Pontecoulant.
1.-THE dean had handed me a VOL
ume. and was pointing out that Prot.
Marsdon had dedicated it to my men,
ory. looked at the chaptera The
book that was to have been my mag
mum opus had been published. And
tie name that it bore as its author
was Prof. Henry Marsdon ."
There were week end parties at
Rockhouse the last two weeks in
July and q house party the second
| week in August. Catherine Farrell, q
vivacious little artist, was easily per-
suaded to stay over
"Your farmer man." laughed Cathe-
rine. She picked up portfolio con-
tanning sketches 1.-THE second ono.
did it this afternoon from the gar
| den WALL
Evalyn examined the sketch in the
| moonlight. Catherine slipped q glance
at her hostess. "As matter Of fact.
Evalyn, you're half in love with this
farmer person"
Evalyn laughed. 1--WE been in love
| only twice in my life"
tell me-" insisted Catherine.
"A boy on q street. corner in New
York. A boy with a brass telescope
| who said he was going to write his
name among the stars" said Evalyn.
did he do it? And who was the
| other?"
"He did," said Evalyn. "And the
other was the same boy thirteen years
later"
! "Evalyn! When, how and where diq
he write his name among the stsrsF
I'm France two years ago." SAID
Evalyn soberly-"A gold star IN q COL
legiate service flag"
During the latter part of August
Evalyn spent week in tho city, ano
John Temple spent three indescrib-
able afternoons learning to cradle
under the tutelage. Of Ulpius Tucker
| Upon his hilltop he confided In
Sirius: '.Bessie told me the other day
that the purpose Of her mistress IN
the city was to purchase wedding
clothes. And that night it occurred
to me that my labor Of the past years
has well served two OF the three
purposes that prompted It First, III
scientific value has not been lessenec
because the book bears another name
than my own. In the second place.
could not have connected 1t more
closely with the young lady who IN.
spired my labor than by having II
bear her husbands name. But the
third purpose of the book has moi
been fulfilled, and in order to rectifs
this and also to keep the unfortunate
Incident from embittering DR.. Mars
Annsn flfA. I havA xvraftan him 4 lettA1
Evening star., 1922-02-05

when he spoke 1t was solemn1y.
Write your name among the stars,
my son.
"A man with a fur coat to his ears.
dropped a coin in the cup and my
father commenced his dissertation on
the moon.
"The cup rang with another coin
and still another. My father's voice
had become thin and hollow. His
hand trembled as he adjusted the
telescope. There Is money in the
cup for your tea suggested. He
counted the money, and told mo to
go to the restaurant. gulped a
sandwich and hurried back. He
stepped down into the street, then
turned and said in . low, tremulous
voice: Write your name among tho
stars. my son-among the stars
Il waited, but he did not return.
An ambulance raced down Twenty
third street and stopped in front of
our little restaurant. leaped to the
back step. But police officer push
ed me aside. Then q newsboy said
in my ear Who is the old mAnr And
I answered. He is my father. and ran
sobbing up the snow-covered street
when I reached the corner the
ambulance was q block away. But
some ono had paused at our telescope.
And 80 it was necessary for me to
wipe my eyes. clear my throat and
recite my fathers dissertation on the
moon: You are looking At the worlds
great satellite. The crater In the
center Of the telescope is Copsrnfcus.
To your left are the Apennines. .
You see, my friend, had come into
my Inheritance strange and vast
inheritance: A shining brass tele-
scope and the whole hrmament-to
look at"
CEvERAL days later John Temple
~ said to his dog:
Sirius, you seem happier tonight
and suspect It IL because Of tho re-
turn Of the Princess Blue Mouse.
Happier and wiser. That IL what love
does for one-not always happier. but
sometimes wiser. And how do I know
SO much about lover Ah,\ my friend,
you shall see!
TN my twenty-sixth year-and that
was three years ago-I occupied the
chair Of astronomy at = college.
"Up until that time, Sirius. had
labored diligently preparing an ex-
haustive work on cometary astron-
omy, This book was nearing COM
pletion whom an inexplicable accident
happened in the college observatory.
"Whils making photographs Of sun
spots, the dark glass connected with
the telescope became displaced and
was apprised that my beard was ON
fire.
several days later I was sum.
moned by the dean. The month was
June; the hour. early in the evening
Of what was called. undergraduate
nisht.' With my chin in cause ban-
daess and my mind occupied with my
book on comets, sent excuses and
continued to work.
"A second. message from Dean
Thomas was more peremptory: One Of
the trustees Of thescollege desired to
see me.
"When 1 was nearing the deans
house q burst Of laughter came from,
the campus. A temporary rostrum
had been erected and upon this one
of the class bards was singtnG,.
".He's bagged his twenty astefoi1s,
Thl. ..aarod super-wiss.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

May also inquire as to your uni
versity?'
"1 have no universitS.'
"'What is your schoolingr
"'UntiI I was thirteen was tu-
tored by my father. After that
worked in Libraries.
I'm q mild voice the elderly man
commenced: Suppose. then. I put one
question in order to decide whether
or not you are qualified to teach the
higher branches Of mathematics?'
II told the gentleman would try
to answer his question.
Then he asked. Who in your
opinion. Professor Temple. was the
greater mathematician - Damoisea,,
or Pontecoulant?'
'T:len I recognised my fathers
enemy. / told him I had answered
his question In front Of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel when I was thirteen years Of age.
I left the room.
''On the veranda paused. I heard
Dean Thomas call Mr.. Marsdon; then
q woman's voice came to mo
"Are you tho man who singed his
whisizers against the sun?' looked
down-and was casing upon. the
Pleiades caught in q woman's hair.
''She asked: Did you ever again
deny that the Pleiades could be seen
In June7''
".No,' I said, but was sorry not
to show them to you that autumn.
"My father took mo abroad that
summer and we did not return until
in December
"The Pleiades are visible in Dec
csmber,' suggested.
4 4 + X
&c sX1JE were in New York only a
" night or two, and on ono Of
those nigf,ts I escaped from the hotel
long after my father had gone to sleep
And I found . shining brass telescope
pointing At the sky she said. And
I looked through the telescope. and
taers were the Pleiades A mai,
stopped at tho telescope I said
'sYou must drop q nickel in the cup. ''
He dropped in a coin. Then saw q
boy running up the middle Of the street
He was crying and the boy was you
".I can't remember Of ever crying
II must have been q dream
"A strange thing then took place,
she went on. The boy choked back
his >sobs and came up to tho man. The
telescope was trained upon the Pleiades
but the boy began to explain the moon
''You are now looking at the earth's
greatest satellite The man
laughed. yet the boy continued te
explain. After the man had left came
up to the telescope. But the boy wa
gazing into the sky and saying over and
over to himself: II shall write my name
among the stars!" Was It dream?
sac asked @ l.s,-..
":No, I answered. '.rhat was the
nikht my father died. But have moi
written my naunA among the stazA'
But you will.' tho Pleiade said
quietly. Z know you viii"
Tier voice made mo feei that moth
ing WAS beyond my reach. But. Sirius
that was three years ago.
Il packed my magnum opus. the labo'
Of . decade. in An Incredibly small til
boz and left this box with my book
until I could ind a place to continu.
my work. :"
Durins the July nights that followed
the smokey lamp burned long In tha
Annex. tho man was computing q
inyisib,s spsck--A tiny thing comraret