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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-30
EMILY ANN WEIMAN With Louis Mann at Jackson Theatre Tomorrow Night
FASHIONS AND PADS

Straight lines are still the rule for gowns.
 Never was the topcoat more worn than to-day.
 Sweaters this year are longer than ever before.
 Many of the gayest parasols have jet black handles.
 Fringe now appears on great many articles of dress
 New silk stockings have heels and toes of lisle thread.
 Hats made in fine ba4iste are enjoy ing a remarkable vogue.
 Silver jewelry is the craze on the other side of the water.
 There is a persistent rumor that the old-time pannier will soon be with us again.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-30
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nomenons is visible throughout the en- tire world, for he sees only the small bit that revolves about his little shop on the Bowery. So it is evident that iously and socially. He learns noth- ing new, and he forgets nothing old. The play is one of the intimate type that we see too rarely on the stage. It tells story that is readily under stood and one need not have the an- alytic faculties sharpened to the keen est point to appreciate sAThe Man Who Stood Still" MT. Wm. A. Brady staged the play and he has selected for MT. Mann's company such tried actors and actresses as Mathilde Cot trelly, Louis Hendricks, Emily Ann Wellman and Lillian Sinnott and oth- CTS of equal prominence.
 THE CIAANSMAN.''
 That intensely interesting drama of the Reconstruction period, stThe Clans man., will play a brief engagement at Jackson's next Saturday matinee and evening. Viewed as a stage product simply, ssThe CIansman" is one of the most powerful dramas ever put on the American boards. Such scenes as the High Court of the Ku Klux klan and the parting of the lovers, Ben and Elsie, would alone be sufh- cient to make the fortune of any play The power of the play as a play i. proven by the enthusiasm with whicl it is received both North and South Popular support, not critical opinion is what makes and mars plays, and tn tremendous business done by 4sThe Clansman'' in every section of tho country shows the peoples verdict Seats are now on sale.
 
 THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST. .s"'rsSr r ,, On Thursday evening, Oct. z, Davit Belasco's play, s1The Girl of the Gold en West" comes. This beautiful Be- lasco story of the early days of Cali fornia, which had a remarkable run of two years at the Belasco Theatre. New York, will be given here with the same attention to detail that char acterized it's performances in the me- tropolis. The sale of seats opens Mon- day morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-30
c -kA <a E- sS 1x- k A. Bears the 71hs Kind You Haya AINays Bough isnasa'' as IgNTE ENzZx
England Acts in
 South American Case
Special from United Press )

London, Sept. 30..The Foreign Off, at Peru to make complete report of the alleged atrocities committed by the Peruvian-Amazon Company against it's employees in the Putumaso river district of South America.
 The interference of the Foreign Off, flee is warranted by the fact that the Peruvian Amazon Company. engaged in rubber manufacture, is working Earbadoes negroes who are British subjects as well as Huitotos Indians. This, it is believed, will avoid inter national complications.
 Discussion of the subject was had at last nights parliamentary session at which charges made by W. B. Harden burg, an American engineer who vis- tied the Putumaso d6striet, against the English company, were presented
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-30

David Price Of 22s Wade street, had a narrow escape yesterday when he drove onto the tracks of the Berkshire division at Il a. m. with a load of ashes. The horse was injured so bad ly that it was killed and the wagon was badly shattered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-30

Dr. and Mrs Healy accompanied by MT James F. Hea1y of Derby are att tending the Hudson Fulton celebra- tions ir New York City.
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over they had changed their tune and
were as meek and mild as you please
In fact. their legal representative told the
members OF Congress a story to Illustrate
their change OF heart.
Down SOUTH said he, ian old darky
was up before Judge and jury for
chicken stealing. The evidence was con-
elusive, il seemed to the prosecuting at
torney, and he anticipated no trouble in
convicting the prisoner. But the prisoner.
at the proper time. climbed rheumatical.y
to his feet and demanded = change OF
venue.
"Yas. suh,'' he said. IT wants q change
OF vee-new and Use got to have 1t.
gotta right to it and ! wants IT,"
The judge was somewhat puzzled.
Uncle" said he. don't you think you
can get justice in this ceurt?''
'Yas. sub. judge, youh honah, the
prisoner replied. II kin git justice all
right. but l amt lookin' for Justice lse
lookiu' fob mercy"
That would appear to be a pretty frank
statements Of the facts. and from the de
PENDANTS side, at that. As result or
the hearing, the 'gentleman's agreement
entered into by the representatives OF the
bonding companies has been knocked into
a cooked hat, and II Is pretty near Ger
tain that the old rates will prevail, there
by saving Uncle Sam and his employees
q good many thousands OF dollars.
Incidentally, II is quite probable that
as a result of the attempted heid-up'
init was attempted arbitrarily, without
reference to statistics or the labors OF
actuar.es. Uncle Sam may 80 into the
bonding business on his own hook. there
by saving himself at least million .
year In premium payments.
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ing at .. Walked to my hotel, rather
unpretentious structure. Found my room
quite comfortable and pleasant. Don I
think the weather here is so oppresSively
hot as I had been led TO suppose. Ny
windows are fortified with mosquito net
ting.
January 2.-Washed up and hustled out,
looking for Information. Found it was
somewhat warmer than yesterday. De
day, so as to be in good shape for to-
morrow. Made several aequaintances in
the bar.
January s.-Head doesn't feel very good
today Mentioned fact to my landlord.
He brought me a long. thin glass full
of a pale golden liquid, with a darker
full on top Landlord called it rum
slam Pretty soon I felt better. Had
another Started out after facts, but
heat was terrible. Landlord said 1t was
the hottest day in ten years. Think he
was too conservative. Had 4 rum slam.
Dined Slammed some more.
January 4.--Felt very badly this morn
ing. Think / am going 10 be sick. Had
a rum slam. Breakfasted. Slammed
a gain and felt better. Started to go out.
but met former assistant superintendent
of isthmian bureau of public comfort.
PLAYED billiards and had slams. Got some
corking good information and enough ma
terial for several roasts. Slammed. Dined.
Slammed.
January 5-Fet very badly. Musn't
overwork or I'll DE sick. Landlord told
me so. Slammed. Breakfasted. Had
another rum slam. Rested up in after
noon Dined. Slammed all evening.
January 6-Feel about the same. CHI
mate doesn't agree with me. Slammed
twice Went out investigating and met
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q former employe of the old Panama
canal Company Got material for halt
a dozen scandals and had several high
balls and a cocktail Dined, slammed and
retired late.
January FELT worse this morning.
Had several and took ride on the Pan
anna railroad. 1T was very hot. You can
a man digging in CuIebra cut and got
out TO interview him. Much disappointed
He was digging for bait. Returned
slamming en- route. Went to bed pretty
late.
January s.-Feel frightful this morning.
Remember seeing mosquito in my room
yesterday. Maybe it was carrying sam
piles of yellow fever. Think I'm going to
die. Told the landlord and he brought me
something. Think 1t did me good. Took
some more. Had a call from man who
ploye of the French Canal Company. Got
some good stuff. Slammed.
January 9.-Felt fierce this morning
This climate will kill me yet My head
ached terribly. was very nervous and my
thirst extreme. Landlord advised me not
to drink water. Took rum slam in
stead. Didn't do me much good. Took
three more. Felt lot better. Received
a letter from man in Colon who was
discharged the other day. He SAYS it
was spite work. Gave me some mighty
good stuff I'm going on fine Mighty
hard work. though. Slammed. Friends
visited me- Switched to highballs. More
friends came in. Switched back to
slams.
January 10.--Felt much worse
January 11.-Never felt so badly. Was
frightfully thirsty. Thought / heard
somebody calling my name. This wealth
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The Pilgrim.

9 ENATOR BEVERIDGE in one of his
- many eloquent Independence day adj
dresses compared the critics of Amer
lea to an admirer Of the poet Whit
tier
These critics. he said. fall to bring
the necessary sympathy and knowledge
over with them. and hence they are un-
satisfactory-like the Whittier pilgrim.
Pilgrims used TO visit Whittier con-
tinually. a typical one came from
Missouri. Though told that Whittier
had d headache, he forced his way into
the poets study, where he declared that
he adored all Whittiers works, which
he knew almost by heart. He asked
Whittier 10 write his name several hum
dred times on large sheet of foolscap,
so that he could cut out and distribute
the autographs among Ills Missouri
friends. In fact, it WAS all the poet
could do to keep he enthusiastic Mis-
sourian from clipping all the buttons
from his coat as souvenirs.
".And all the time'--so Whittier
would end the anecdote, pathetically-
all the time he called me Whitaker
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stranger. I'm order to escape the ravaSes
OF this insufferabIe heat I have tempo
rarily forsaken my abode in yonder hos
telry to commune with nature from the
vantage ground of this friendly plug.
Captain Herrill, at your service. gentle
men. / can procure you beds and shelter
for your magnificent vehicle. or, If you
care to speed on into the waiting night,
will direct you"
rused, after recovering from the jolt or
this line OF one-in- the morning CONVERSE
ton.
Capt. Herriil coughed deprecatinsly.
while" said he. my acquaintance
with the pumps Of this hamlet is not eX-
tsnsive, I think you will find one on
yonder corner. Let US hitherto
So We hithertood without more delay
But" suggested Capt. Herrill. mildly.
when We had arrived, IL would suggest
that as the water is strange to You it
would be we'll to"
Just what we were going to suggest.
captain We chorused. And how will
you take yours?"
Straight, subj" replied the captain.
with charming brevity.
These formalities over with. we proceed
ed to inquire about the roads.
Go straight down this street. said
the captain. then turn to your left, and
when you come to the first crossing turn
I'VE can never find it in the dark,
walled our pilot.
Then" said Capt. Herrili, 81 Will go
with you and show the way. have never
ridden in an automobile and / think IL
about time to begin"
Whereupon he jumped into the over
hanging mechanician's seat, apparently
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MISSISSIPPI HAS THE LATEST DOG

bring vehicle down to the ground floor.
The stable hand had started the elevator
for the ground floor before he noticed
Loafer lying there at the bottom with his
elevator was due to light. The stable
hand was q new man In town and so he
wasn't very well acquainted with Loafer's
peculiarities. He thought sure Loafer
would pick himself up and move out OF
the way If hollered at.
Hey, yo' fool dawg. git out'n de way!
he called out to Loafer. but Loafer never
batted an eye nor moved paw, and the
elevator was reaching the bottom right
fast.
Lock a-heah. dawg, doan' yo' all heah
me" yelled the black stable hand at the
top of his lungs, at the same time
snatching currycomb from his belt and
chucking it at Loafer. The currycomb
caught Loafer right on the back of the
neck. but he never moved. Then the
stable hand grabbed frantically at the
rope to stop the elevator. but 1t was too
late. The elevator hit the bottom with
the place where 1t was soldered on.
Loafer glanced up with an expression OF
placid inquiry. while the stable hand
raised the elevator few inches and
picked up the severed tail.
"'Now look whut yo' ais gone an
done, yo' loonacy dawg." groaned. the
perturbed stable hand. waving the cut of
tail in front of Loafer. Loafer, without
moving his body at all. but only turning
his head, glanced around in An entirely
impersonal way at the stump or relic
Of his tail. yawned and then rolled back
TO his original position and went to sleep
some more.
..Loafer goes TO sleep wherever he likes
In Meridian but he likes the middle OF
the sidewalks pretty well. and when he
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called. bogus. imitation, never was cure
wouldn't and couldn't cure the rlnsWorl
on a bees knee It couldn't cure hard
boiled egg 1t couldn't cure anything.
We'll, then. what"
Because my wife's making me take II.
blast it ALL" he cut in. answering my
question before I'd finished asking II.
Here I'm clubbing around here feeling
like waterlogged lumber schooner IN a
gale O. wind. so full of this Internal water
have you tasted this water yet!
II hadn't, and said So
"All right. You go get moutnfui or II,
and then sit down and weep over that
three or four hundred mile sleeping car
trip you've taken to get mere Say, u 9e
know what this water tastes IKE!
7 didn't. and ] said SO.
well. it tastes like three days after
Korean wedding; it tastes like comb
that was deceased last Tuesday week; it
tastes like an ola podrida of invalid eggs
and the eff.uvia of burning fertilizer
works; 1t tastes like an incinerating gutta
percha factory. Wait till you taste 1t,
Naturally / inquired of him what the
taste Of the water had to do with it's eff
cacy as a cure.
Say, don't pull that word cure on me
again." he said. beginning to look vi
L
one pivot swing for luck. anyhow. Why,
say. you poor. deluded sap-conk, when [
came here, couple weeks ago.. l felt like
4 four-time winner tbatd just nailed
another blue ribbon. l didn't need any
cure. All / needed was chance to sit
down and twiddle my thumbs and listen
to the robins and the bob whites and the
other brides chirping in the trees. But
my wife made me take this thing that
they call a cure. Now 1 feel like rushing
down into the village and beating de-
crepit old men with fence pickets. Don't
talk cure to me. I've taken it, and am
still taking it,
This was disqueting VARY. In fact
it was depressing. l wondered if [ could
snag out lower berth on the evening
train If 1 were to decide to go right
away from this water cure. l was doing
this piece of wondering when / butted
into another man I'd known in the cities.
Taking this cure thing here?" l
asked this one. expecting him to begin
to uncoil and to clinch the passenger
agents view of the water cure.
You bet l am. shipmate.' he aston
ished me by exuding In big. hearty
tone. as he handed me a clip on the back
that sounded like an outcurve smacking
into catcher's glove. That's what l
am, And, say, look me over. that's all.
Just look me over. Say, l never felt SO
much like jumping over the planet Nep-
tune in all my life. Greatest proposition
that was ever pulled since the days of
the Inca civilization. this water-cure
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as il II was the most usual thing in the
world for him 10 take a thirty mile ride
in the middle of the night with a party
OF bandits he had never seen before, and
waved his hand to the pilot to start. The
captain not only showed us the way, but
discoursed pleasantly every one OF the
thirty miles on the historic spots to right
and left as we sped along In the moon
light Reaching Winchester. the captain
US for a most enjoyable ride, assured us
he was glad to have been OF service,
waved aside our protestatons of graft
tude and bowed himself OF into the dark
ness.
Some class to that performance. What?
THE surety companies that got to-
] gether some six months or SO ago
and decided to hold up government clerks
for three and four times the rates they
formerly paid for bonds to insure the
United states against loss have come
down oft their perch. Representative Jim
Tawney and other members OF the ex
of1cio appropriations committee OF the
House, who have been going around call
ing the bonding people pirates" and
other terms Of endearment, turned the
trick. Last week representatives OF
twelve OF The eighteen or twenty COM
panies doing business in this country
appeared before Mr.. Tawney and his col
leagues, prepared to show that they had
been doing business at loss and that
the new rate would just keep them out OF
the poorhouse. Before the hearing was
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goes to sleep in the middle of the side
walk. why, the Meridian folks wouldn't
dream Of doing anything else but walk
around him. Some Of the Meridian side
walks In the residence section are not
very wide, and when Loafer engages in
crosswise slumber on such sidewalk
he effectually blocks the way for pedes-
TRANS. But Meridian folks don't mind
this. When they see Loafer stretched
across the sidewalk pounding his ear, as
they say. they just step from the walk
out into the road, In order to pass by
without disturbing the dog. Nobody steps
over him, because in Mississippi it's con-
sidered the worst kind of bad luck to
step over sleeping dog.
!;
Usually. however. Loafer prefers to
sleep right smack-dab in the middle of
the street, and preferably in the middle
of the trolley track, than on the sidewalk
Now. If you're ever riding In a Meridian
trolley car and the car comes to such a
sudden stop that you're pitched forward
in your seat and all hands of the passen
gers are heaped up in a squirming bunch
In the front OF the car. you may know
that the motorman has discovered Loafer
sleeping in the middle OF the trolley
track. Everybody In Meridian under
stands all about that. and SO no fuss is
made.
"'Must be Loafer,' they say as they dis
entangle themselves from one another,
and they resume their seats and say no
more about 1t.
"'Yep, it's Loafer,' the motorman says.
sticking his grinning face in through the
front door of the car, and then the motor
man steps off the car. lifts Loafer from
the track and gently deposits him In the
road alongside the track and the cars
iourney is resumed. while Loafer goes
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arrange matters SO that you could have
all of your meals served in the hotel
apartment. which would relieve you OF
the grinding task of going down to the
dining room in the elevator. l could FIX
it with the chambermaid of the floor so 8
she could drop in when it grew dark Of
evenings and switch on the electric lights,
that you wouldn't knock off reading
your novel for the purpose of walking
across the room to switch the lights
yourself. want to make you comforta Bile,
you know. That's about the only ambition
I've got left-make you just as bedlnged
comfortable as you can be made. House
keeping is one prolonged penance for you.
1t coops you up. On the maids after
noon off sometimes you are obliged to
remain in for fully half an hour to take
the marketing off the dumb waiter when
it comes. Well send the furniture and the
rest of the junk to the auction room
and take what they'll give us for it. l
ought to get between $40 and $50 for 1t,
I imagine. 1t cost me. 1 figure, to fW-
nish this apartment. including the little
odds and ends that I've bought and taken
pride in from time to time-well, it has
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er gets on my nerves. Maybe it Is the
Chagres fever. Landlord advised slim
ulant. Took it. Couldn't east breakfast.
Slammed instead. Played billiards for
hichballs. Went to bed late.
January 12.-Think l am going to be
very i'll. My head aches and | jump at
sudden noises Killed mosquito just in
here yesterday looking for a job. He gave
me some hot inside information on canal
conditions. Had several,
January 1S.-Am getting worse My
eyes are affected Thought I saw a ia
rantula on my bed this morning. It
wasn't. Rum slams are beginning to pail
on me- Switched
January 14.-All in.
January 15-Leave on noon boat. Feel
awful.
HERE'S TO Capt Herril!. late OF the
cavalry branch of the Confederate
army. More power to his arm and may
his shadow never grow less.
-Four OF us on an automobile trip down
the Shenandoah valley scooted about
o'clock OF a fine star-it morning into
sleepy Charles Town. We didn't know
the road and our thermos bottle was emp
~. Consequently, we were looking for
directions and pump. Also 1t was
scandalously and unbelevably hot
Just as we were debating which one OF
the roads TO get lost on a figure, up to
that time couchant and unobserved upon
a iireplug heaved itself upright and
came our way, bowling profoundly and
courteously lifting It's hat.
Good mawnin'. gentlemen" said the
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all of that cumbersome stuff back on the
bureau again. Haven't I suffered in spirit
because l felt myself unable to afford the
hiring of special bureau cover replacer
to save You all that crushing toll?
Now, taking all of these things into
consideration, as l say, I've doped it out
that the only thing for us to do is to
quit this foolish attempt to keep house
and move-say, on the first OF August
coming-to one of the apartment hotels.
"Y'see. could get couple Of rooms.
maby with a bath, too, for about what l
earn. and il found that 1t would take
more than I earn for a couple OF family
hotel rooms of the sort I have in mind.
why. l could work nights, y'know. and
try and earn a little more. I'd see to
ii that we selected a hotel right close
to the shopping district and the moving
picture shows and on, so that you
could practically fall or roll into the
stores and the moving picture shows
without any exertion whatever. By
standing In with the head waiter could
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through that hole to go to sleep when he
got tired Of sleeping in the sunlight In
the middle OF the sidewalk or street
Well, they got carpenter to stick IA
board in the place of the missing one,
thus boarding up the hole. and Loafer
was done. He was missed. of course.
when he didn't show up that day. and
tho livery stable man organized scouting
parties to find Loafer. But Loafer seemed
to be gone for sure. Nobody thought
of him being boarded up under the porch
until he'd been missing for four days,
when one Of the livery stable mans
household servants remembered having
seen Loafer stink through that porch
hole occasionally and 1T was recalled that
the hole had been boarded up just four
days before. So they tore the new board
off the hole. and there was Loafer still
sound asleep, about ten feet under the
porch. When they called to him he
just blinked and rolled over on the other
side. So they got nice. fresh lamb
chop and tried to entice him out with
that-pushed the chop with stick TO
within about three feet of Loafers nose.
Now. you'd naturally suppose, gentle
men, that nice, fresh lamb chop would
look pretty good to a dog that had been
boarded up under porch for four Gays.
but would Loafer get up on his legs So
to pick that lamb chop up? Blamed
If he would. They had to push the chop
all the way over TO him with the stick.
and then he picked 1t up and ate II
coolly enough, still lying down. But
they couldn't entice him from under the
porch. He didn't care for the exertion
Of getting up on his feet. So they had
TO tear a hole In the porch flooring and
get Loafer out that way.
West Virginia may be good state
and all like that, gentlemen, but she
hasn't got the weariest dog-dont YOU
ever believe anything like Hathaway"