The Brattleboro Reformer from Brattleboro, Vermont • 3

THE BRATTLEBORO DAILY REFORMER, TUESDAY, MARCH 1918. r3 LOOK AT A CHILD'S TONUUE WHEN CROSS, FEVERISH AND SICK Take no chances! Move poisons from liver and bowels at once. Mother cnn rest envy after giving alifiinia Syrup of Figs," hoeause in a lYw hums all tlio clogged up waste, Miur til" ami fermenting food gently tnu cut of the dowels, ami you haw a well, playful child again. Children simply a ill not take the time from play to empty their bowels, ami they heroine tightly parked, liver gets fdug-gidi ami stomach itixonleicl. When iri'ii, feveiir-h, restless, see if tonxui' is runted, then give this delirious "fruit laxative." Children love it, ami it en 11 not cans" in jury.

No difference what nits vour little one if full of toll, or a sore throut, diarrhoea, stomach aihe, kid hnath, remember, a gentle "in-ide cleansing" should al-wnvt he the lirst treatment given, full directions for baMes, children of all aiul grownups on each bottle. Mr ware of counterfeit fig syrups. vmir druggist for bottle of California Syrup of Figs," then look carefully and see that it is made by the "California l-'ig Syrup Company." "We make no Mnrilh size. Hand back with contempt any other fig syrup. Advt.

Hotel Lenox BOSTON It is surprising how many men agree that Tha Lenox in every phase of its distinctive service reflects their ideas of what a good Hotel should be. Convenient to the business and shopping sections and theaters. Three minutes from all Back Bay stations. Single Room and Bath, $2.50 to $4 Double Rooms and Oath, $3.50 to (6 L. C.

PRIOR Managing Director Hotel Brunswick, Copley Square, Under Same Management. 'tin villi turret ri'vi BROOKS HOUSE G. E. SHERMAN Manager HELLO GIRLS ARE ON WAY 10 race Twenty-nine at Martha Washington Wear Hat Cords of Signal Corps WILL WORK NEAR THE BATTLE FRONT first Contingent Assembled for Operat ing the Military Telephone Exchanges Ability to Sneak French One of the Requirements. NKW YORK, March The head telephone operator at the Hotel Martha Washington placed her wad of gum carefully on the under side of her chair and leaned over to address the bellirl who stood waiting to tarry up the luggage of a trim young woman in navy blue with a white braird on her left arm.

Other trim girls in blue with brassards were there, to the number of twenty-nine, and on them the Martha Washington operator east an envious eye. 'ln't this just show you," she mut tered in tense tones to the- bellgirl, what mistake it is to throw away opportunities of your youth? Those the am they, that are on I their way to be telephone operators for ien. Fcrshing army it is one of li is own countrywomen answering him. There are Eulalie Andet of Jamaica I'loin, and Jcaimie Bouehet of I ru lum-isi-o, mm Lorueua mipis oi Folia, X. D.f and Sara Fecteau, West Lebanon, X.

and Leontine La-luoreux of Lowell and Koso Langelier of Lynn, and Louise Le Breton of Sau Francisco and Frevot-of New Berkeley, and Minerva Xa-dean of Boston, and Bertha Flaniondon of San Francisco, and Suzanne Fre-vrt of Xew York and Georgette St-haerr of Omaha and Agnes Theriault; of I'resque Isle ami Mario of Grafton, X. 1. if girls with these names didn't speak French-'like a native it would be because they had been stolen from home in their Winifred Uardv comes- from Mon treal and in spite of her English name is as French as when it i-omes to talking that tongue as any of the Marie Ln Blanc is from Montreal too, and so is Alice Ward. The chief operator with the group can boast of no French either about her name- or her homo place, for she is just Grace I. Banker of 1 'assaie, X.

but she's right on the job when it comes to "Qui oui-ing'' over the wire, and the whole New York Telephone company is ready to Lack her to hand out the voice with polite French smile that would de- RUSSIA TO BUM E. BUT NEEDS HELP Guggenheim Says It Was Largely Empire's Corruption That Hastened War IS ENTITLED TO SYMPATHY OF U. S. not the. means by which order will be brought out of choas.

They must learn that debts honestly contracted must bo repaid, for repudiation of obligations cannot be tolerated by the civilized world. "Governments are held together by a recognition of honesty toward each other. The constitutional form of government must be adopted and adhered to. lle-spect and consideration must be shown for all classes. It is apparent, however, that progress toward constitutional government is to be interrupted until the I'ol-aheviki's teaching can be overcome, for the Bolshevik catechism does not seem toi recognize that the object of government is mutual protection and the preservation of projierty.

When this is appreciated, the form of government ti be adopted well raav -receive consideration. The Bol shevik idea seems to be that labor should receive all the "rewards that a government has to offer. Its advocates fail to realize that in such a heresy progress is lxund to cease. "it we followed their precepts we soon would destroy initiative and the world would not move far from farm activity. Labor has been greatly benefited through 0 A MY DOCTORS HO WEEKLY Medical Reserve Corps Is Undergoing a Regular Weeding Out Process right behind me liiK-B in f-iniii-e A ml to think that if 1 had studied French in school as my mother PeiTLvd and ideaded with me to do (vet, madam, I'll till the oltiee it's a foot waimcr vou want? I'll have them send one right up if they've got uch a thin to think, Bessie, that it I'd only studied French I might be going to France this minute instead of sitting here getting numbers and glasses of milk and stationery and things for the guests of a Xew York hotel where nothing ever happens and there's no chance of an air raid or anything exciting." Then she retrieved her gum with a sad head shake, and she ami the desk clerks and the bellgirls and the elderly patron.

i sitting around the lobby followed with wistful eves the little army of blue clad ones as they trooped to the elevators, bringing with them into that decorous place a whiff of true romance. For they were enlisted soldiers in I'ncb' Sam's service, those girls with brassards, even though it is the buz of the telephone that calls them to attention, and they deal with plugs and wires, not guns. TWO'iii y-nlifO strong the1 unit for France in a few day-- twenty-nine girls recruited from all parts of the Fnited States and some from Canada went v-nine girls who are braving ceive rsarah liernnanit into thinking she came from Faree. Supervisor Elisabeth Hunter of Med- ford, Supervisor Minnie Rich ards of Van Buren, Operators Me- hna Adam ot Swansea, Almeria Capistran of Xortii Yakima. Lstclle a ron of Brockton.

Jo sephine Favis of Xew Orleans, Marie L. ord of Worcester, Lsther resnel ot ork, harlotte ttvas or on- kers, Helen Xaismith of Seattle, Frances Faine of Bronxville, Fanny Van Balkon of Xew York aud Mrs. Clara Whitney of Butler. F.I. make up the unir.

Several of them are college girls who paid special attention to languages. One way and another all speak French fluently, and they'll need it, for Fersh-ing's lines1 are connected up with those of the French government and false tenses and mispronunciations won't go. Also hey are chosen of course for their excellence an telephone operators and for their self-command. From the chief operator to the littlest operator all smiled sweetly yes terday when asked what they would do it den. i ershing asked them for the French war office and several lieuten ants got their wires crossed and the Germans dropped a bomb on the switchboard all at one and the same moment.

Thev smiled in a rather s-aivcrior wav ami replied with one voice: "Why, of course, we'd given den. IVrshing his number and we'd untangle the wires with what was left of the switchboard and we'd warn the rest of the front that a German airship was on the rani. age and had blown us up, but we could be depended on to to our post. And all the elderly women sitting around the Martha Washington sighed and looked at the signal corps hat cord on the trim sailor hats of the unit, telephone transmitter embroidered on the luassanU ot the junior operators and the yellow streakf? of lightning on the chief operator's arm, and they sighed: "Well, it is good to be youiig and to b-i-cTrg-America rime "Vf Believes Anarchy Cannot Remain Permanently in Great Dominion Requires Many Great Leaders Possessing Knowledge of World's Affairs. XEW YORK, March 5.

Although Russia is directly responsible for the troiiies of the world her salvation lies within the guiding hands of the allies who must help her in her dark hour This is the opinion of William (iupgen heim. trustee of the American Defense soeietv. In a statement isi--uel -Mr. wig- trinheim says that tha- crumbling ot the. lSwdnn F.miiire hastened the efforts of the allies to establish world peace.

Not withstanding, he said, Russia is entitled to the sympathy of America, and to the aid that this country can give her. His statement in part follows: "In the 42 months ot world w.uto war human life lias counted tor naught, lviver streams and fields that once were given to peaceful pursuits have been drenched with blood. Students of political, financial and NUMBER REJECTED IS NOT EXCESSIVE the progress that tne world has made. and to continue to enjoy the benefits of civilization it must learn that only through efficiency, ingenuity and discovery can it be normally benefited. The great trouble with most people is that they do not realize that public improvements are just as much benefit to the poor as to the rich "Alien socialism apparently stands for the seizure and division of other people's proierty; savagery, monkey wrenches in the machinery; in one word, anaithy.

If Russia is to tolerate parties that advocate such measures, it will le a long time before peace and prosperity come to her. The future of Russia, however, is not only in the hands of her own jKple, but lies with the Allies as well. If she stretch out her hand in an honest way asking for aid and guidance, through her troublous times, peace and prosrrity will come to her reasonably FIGHTERS EAGER FOR BOOKS. nbmai incs and i 11 aud OUT boy-) trustv thus because there" need telephone operators who can F.niish and French to transmit army onler; and messages over the wires. And what wouldn't brave any amount of danger for the privilege of being light ia the heart of the biggest j'tid most dramatic, if the mot terrible thing that has happened since the world begun? The Martha Washington tele-piioii'1 giil isn't the t'ltlv on- who i regretting today that she didn't learn rench 'ii sho had the ch There FAVORS DEATH FOR SPIES.

Senator Harding Assails "Soap Box Agitation" in War. BALTIMORE, March n. Senator Warren 0. Harding of Ohio, in a 'speech at a large patriotic meeting here under the direction of the Maryland branch, council of defense, said: "Among us are miserable spies whom Germany would soon dispose of. I honor Germany for it.

The trouble is I that we think too much of ballots and economic affairs must admit that the war was inevitable; inevitable, not because it w-as impossible to avoid, but sun-plv localise that vears of mistakes on the part of national political leaders prepared the way for a world conflict. But it there Inen no world war we would have witnessed frightful civil stiife in many parts of the world. The results of such strife would have lecn serious and disastrous, but not comparable with the havoc that has been wrought by the recent world conflagration. "The nation that is indirectly icspon- -1 i .1 l- 1 snue ir me present, agonies oi me worm is Russia-. The anarchy that now prevails tin ougliout her empiie, is a natural sequence to the incompetent, recklessly extravagant and corrupt government that had prevailed for so many years.

"France had been pouring her gold into Russia in the hope, and belief that, in conjunction with, the tatter's vast resources', then? would emerge a mighty and powerful nation. A proper Russian policy would have encouraged business enterprise in a way that, would have as- mn4 sink an The- crumbling) of this tremendous empire not only hastened the present world war, but also found Russia able to give little assistance in the effort of the to establish pence aim justice tnreugiioui uie wona. Gennanv statesmen were watching with keen interest the commercial and 700,000 Sent to Troops in France and Sailors at Sea, WASHINGTON, March 5. Raymond B. Fosdick, chairman of the war and navy departments' commissions on training camp activities, in a statement commenting on the work of the American Library association war service, answers affirmatively the question whether soldiers and sailors have time to read books.

Working in conjunction with the commissions of which Mr. Fovsdiek is the head, the A. L. A. war service already has Sf-nt books to soldiers und sailors in camps and ranton- Total of Discharges Is 1.050 Out of 23,000 Men Who Were Accepted Gross Incapacity Alleged in Case WMch Resulted in Hestwood's Death.

March o. Demonstra tions of unfitness among the doctors en rolled in the medical corps in the army camps has resulted in more than fifty dis charges a week. While many cases of unfitness hav been disclosed by actual practice in the lield, medical officers here do not consider that the average is too high. Early in the war a call for doctors and surgeons to join the army went out broadcast and was responded to by the medical profes sion in a very gratifying manner. It was to be expected army officers that many young physicians who had not succeeded well either lrom meineiency or other causes would trv to take advantage of this opiortunity, and it- was only by actual practice that their unfitness could be disclosed.

The shocking case of Private Hestwood, which has resulted in th court-martialing of a major and a first lieutenant in the coi-p-s, is a case in point gross incapacity, it is alleged, Imported from France because the equal of these fine, light, beautiful gloves for women cannot be found in this country. These gloves can be washed in soap and water, and they will come out soft and pliable. See the various styles at this store. These are truly gloves of quality. Huntress-Adams Co.

it IS officers who had It too httle of bulwarks of liberty. In i nik na-i uie cnance. looooaooo ne crack telephone eirl in never mind where, but she m.iu wilh tho nnJ torch- That giinsiniig ner recta wnn rage oecaus-; IaC)1 is cainst thp wall We must vtic spent vears mastering iterman on fm. firit spen They who would have fruit trees grow Should select stock of one they know. See an Expert Nurseryman A G.

A. It. Rookie as well; Lives on Central St. Ask for G. D.

Odell. Central Vermont Ry. account of doethe and Kultur generally, and the other day she was otfeicd the chance to go to France because she's such a good telephone girl, mid s-he can't because she doesn't know-French. However, most of the twenty-nine who are eoine in this unit attached to the Tinted States signal corps didn't merely study French in school some of them are born of French parents and chatted in that language when they were babes. Some of them have traveled abroad and have lived in Faris.

and a good sprinkling of them come from parts of Canada where one deans as much French as Knglish. There is Cunningham of West-mount, (Quebec she's one of the supervisors to whom Pershing and his aids will request in stern times to be referred if ever a h'-llo "iris fails in her dutv. And there is Supervisor Fence Moss-el'in of San Francisco: her father was French, and she has spent part of her life in Faris, so if (on. Fetain or the president of the French republic should drop into an American army post and ik Kenee for a number he will think "A lot of men in this country have said this is a capitalistic war. That is a lie.

Capital was making 10 times more before the war than it is making now. We are taxing capital. What are we doing for labor? "No government founded upon 'soapbox philosophy over endured. We don't want the government of chaotic Russia tried in the Fnited States. Sometimes 1.

.1 i 1 i iniiiK mm soup-iiox agitation is endangering this war." Corrected to January 20, 1918. Green's August Flower Has been used for all ailmenta that are caused by a disordered stomach and inactive liver, such as sick headache, constipation, sour stomach, nervous indigestion, fermentation of food, palpitation of the heart caused by gases in the stomach. August Flower is a gentle laxative, regulates digestion both in stoma: and intestine, cleans and sweetens' the stomach and alimentary canal, stimulate the liver to errete the bile and impurities from the blood. Sold bv Wilfred F. Hoot.

industrial development of other nations. It is known unlveisnlly that her ambitions were eanyin her to Fugd.id. In anticipating the development of weakness in other countries, tiernutny was making tremendous preparations tor the very war she finally forced. Hut she foolishly imagined that her strength was such that world continent would come easily and quickly. The present- day Armageddon is a lvsuk of her unwarranted and act inn.

(lermany's future will be determined by the Allies' on tprms that are Kased upon right and justhsp. "The statesmen of England and the United States now realize the mistake of Kelf-eomplace-ney while capital and labor wax fat: that democracy means, what Lincoln' claimed for it 'a government of the ifople, by the people and for the people. ''As to Russia the people of the civilized wot Id must extend her the keen sympathy to which she is entitled. If with her chaos continues for a time, we must be patient. The Russian Empire covers a tremendous territory and is composed of vigorous sturdy people who have only be-uii to taste the fruits of victory over uu autocracy whose iron heel had been on tluir breasts tor so many years.

She requires, not one, but many truly great leaders, possessing a knowledge of the. world's affaii-s men who will wisely stretch ut their' hands to the allied nations for help in biuhbnt; up a stable government. Whether this can be done by preserving the empire, or whether the needs of the country will be such as to require a setting up of several govern-mints, is something that only the future can determine. inn tne isoisnevnu must, come to a re.diati.,n that bombs and gatling Kuns, turned on tiieir own flesh and blood, are iiientf in trance and on the sea-. is operating its own libraries in camps.

Iioiiors of books have only tuin them over the the nearest public library, and the A. L. A. sees) that they are placed in the hands of oMiers and Feople have so long dissociated the fighting man fi-om his brother who pleasure in sheltered adventure between the covers of hooks," says Mr. i Fosdick.

"that it comes rather as a new conception to realize the unmistakable which reading matter, contrib- ut's to the comfort aud content of the and sailor. "Fining the summer of lftlt I was traveling through New Mexico, where our troops were then stationed. The need for something anything to rend had become po acute that at every stop tne train was fioarued by throngs ot soMiers wlio went ui and down the aisles begging the passengers for magazines and ooks. Again, immediately after our entrance into the war, when there were no books on transports br--i aiis- of the limit on equipment the men could carry, one of our transports was held up two weeks off the coast of Eniope. The hunger of the men for reading matter was keen, and no relief possible.

"These conditions are now being done away with through the activity of the American Library association, i The men read every kind of writing, from scientific books to ioke raiers." where was demonstrated bv passed the usual tests. The total strength of the medical reserve corps is 13,087 men. There are in addition 76S in the medical corps of the regular army, 1,207 in the medical corps of the National Guard and 32 in the National army, a total of 15,004. Since the declaration of war 2G.S0O doc tors have applied for commissions. Of these about 4.fMX) were rejected and about many being still tin assigned.

Tho discharges numler l.u.TO. During- the tirst six months ol tne war only 22S medical ollicers were dischargisl for all causes. Hut on November 1 the surgeon-general sent a letter to command ing otlicers of medical units calling atten 210,623 in January, 191s Seventeen cities shipped feeder sheep out in January, 1017, and 117,00 in January, 1918. Feeder hog shipments at seventeen cities for January, 1017, were 27,1331 and for 1918, 38,080. Total shipments of livestock and the numlier of animals slaughtered locally are shown in the yards i-epoit for the first time and will be included in future monthly reports.

Total shipments from stock vaids in 48 cities during January. 191S, showed increases in the case of cattle and deceases in the case of hogs and sheep. The total shipments for January of each vear were: Cattle, 1918. 1017, hogs, 1918, 1,238,673: 1917, sheep. 1018, 505.O39: 1017, 358074.

Figures on the number of animals delivered for slaughter from stock yards at 40 different cities show- th; the same total number of tt practyahy cattle were killed in January, 191M, as compared with January, 1917. Appioximately less hogs and 210,000 less sheep received at stock vards were slaughtered in 1018 than in 1017. HOT DRINKS IN TRENCHES. Red Cross to Serve American Troops from Rolling Canteens. NEW YORK.

March 5. The war' tion to the war department's provision council of the American Red Cross has for the examination of reseive ollieeis as received- a cable message from to "cajacity, qualifications, conduct and Major James II. Ferkins, its commission- eflicieney." or to France, announcing that there will Since then the weeding out has gone be established behind all units of on apace, there having been 822 discharges American troops in the front lines a in fewer than four months. The rate of special service of rolling canteens serv- diivhaiiie, was incjcad by a letter mg hot drinks. sent by the siu-geon-general on l)ecemler 14 to department and division suigeons ami commanding otiiceis of hospitals outlining action to weed out incompetents by psychological examination for mental capacity; by transfer of those found unsatisfactory in their present woik to other duties: by futher instruction for those neding it, aud by elimination from the seivice of wim bv reason of physical or mental incapacity, viciousness or laziness cannot be made comjx'tent otlicers." The memlers discharged are classified as follows: Physical disability, 411; inaptitude for the service.

154; to join other bianehes of serviee. S'iG; domestic difficulties, 50; resignation, 88; licked by communities, hospitals, schools, 32; total 1.050. This," savs Major Ferkins. -is th development of the front line canteens through which the Red Cross has during the last six months served more than 1.000,000 poilus with hot drinks, and above all else it means a friendly boost right up in or near the trenches at the critical or tired hour. Today the Red Cross has 15 rolling canteens behind the lines.

From these are sent forward daily, often in the small hours of the night. 50 or more largo receptacles containing hot drinks. These are served free to men going on or coming off. duty. "Work is often done under heavy shell fire, and requires men of great bravery and sympathy.

Eugene Hale, brother of Senator Hale of Maine, finishing six months without vacation with lMessmakers a "lav. in italv receive 00 cent HELPFUL JIAIR HINTS Worthy the Attention of Everyone Who Would Avoid Dandruff, Itching Scalp, Gray Hairs and Baldness. 'What will stop my hair coming out?" Reply: Parisian Sage is the ltest remedy for hair and scalp trouble; said to prevent baldness, grayness and dandruff. During the same period there have been thousands 0f troops and gained promotions ot Medical Reserve Rroat commendation from French en- Otheers including some othcers promoted oralg wl)0 tH0 character of his more than once. work FOOD ANIMALS CONSERVED.

"Ik'fore going to bed, I always rub a little Parisian Sane into my scalp." says a woman whose luxurious, soft and fluffy hair is greatly admired. This stops itching scalp, keeps the. hair from falling out and makes it easy to dress attractively. Iteautiful, soft, glossy, healthy hair for those who use Parisian Sage. It's ines pensive and sold by Wilfred F.

Root and good druggists everywhere, with guarantee of satisfaction or money refunded. Fewer Hogs and Sbaap Going to Market Than Last Year. WASHINGTON, a. Fifty-nine markets show a decrease in total hogs and sheep and an inci-ease in total cattle received lor January, 1018, as compared with January, 1017, according to the monthly stock yards lejwit just issued by the department of agriculture. The total receipts for January, 1018, and Janu ary, respectively were: tattle.

and 1.651,745; hogs 4,205,519 and sheep, 1.270,983 and 1,540,. 215. The increase in cattle was very slight, less than 40,000 showing that the large movement of cattle to markets particularly noticeable during the latter part of 1017. has temporarily subsided. For the first time since last August when the bureau of markets started issuing stock yards reports, shipments of "eeder cattle and sheep show a decrease compared with last year.

Thiity-four cities lepotted feeder cattle shipments sent out at 255,082 in January, 1017 and only The few that ffc dorvt jdt need LSy A sugar -K-l P05TM5TIES Corn SweetI And Ready To Eat HANK AND PETE PETE FELT THE SAME WAY ABOUT IT AS. SHE DID By KEN KLING Trains Leave Erattleboro. f.2." a. m. Kxcept Sunday.

For Xew London. 0.20 n. m. Except Sunday. For New York via Springfield.

0.0." a. in. Kxcept Sunday. For South Londonderry. 4 ..10 p.

m. Kxcept Sunday. For Keene, New London and New York via the Norwich Line steamer. i. COO p.m.

Kxcept Sunday. Local for South Londonderry. CARL F. CAIN MERCHANT TAILOR Covered Buttons Made Altering, Repairing, Pressing 1.13 Main Street. at -hc stat.cm Mewse pkjv Vcu vjRe I AN'rT masamw sit Het( IF rr ptAsei voo Husband I CAMSlTHEAN'MAV VCO I'LL POT Lp PLJX'Ve VOU yQyi Z.

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