The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-26
FAIRFIELD

A Civil Suit-The Firsmen's Ball-Cur l rent Events Club Spiritual Wav
 Art = Industrial Schools - I'm
 Country Club.
 Yesterday Mrs. William B. Glove
 went to New Haven to attend meet
 ing of the Pure Food committee. ane
 to listen to lecture by Miss Leckey
 on the subject.
 A civil suit which was to have beer
 tried at the Town hall yesterday wa. continued until next Monday. MT
 Justice Elwood was present, and At
 torney Bacon Wakeman was to have
 appeared for the plaintiff, and Attor. ney Lees of Bridgeport for the defend ant. The action has been brought by
 a Philadelphia house which deals in
 nursery stock. for the collection of a
 bill.
 It was stated in town yesterday on 1 what appeared to be good authority ! that MT. NOonan has already taken charge of the new business in which
 he has embarked. and that checks for
 the amount given for the good will l have been passed.
 1 Big valentine signs now adorn the 1 shop windows. bespeaking an early
 spring and the near approach of the l saints day.
 Mrs. Beach is now engaged in teach I ing in one of the rooms in the Pickett
 building. It is understood that she
 takes for the present the position vacated by Miss Keogh.
 The young folks of the town are looking forward with considerable in- terest to the f1remens ball which is to 1 be given on Thursday evening at Per rvs hail. It is believed that this town ! has an excellent set of firemen, that the apparatus is in good order. and that the chief is man of great energy and has the full confidence of all who know him. The dance should be large I ly attended.
 Owing to the fact that when the addition to the Aluminium foundry is | finished. quite. a number of skilled
 Workmen will be taken on, who live in
 Bridgeport, the report is that an at tempt will be made to come to some
 arrangement with the trolley company for a five cent trip ticket from Bridge port to Southport. As matters now are the ticket or fare will carry one only as far as St. Thomas church, and church.
 For the sake of variety the ladies of
 the Unquowa club decided to give up the study of Germany for the present.
 and listen to some lectures on Current
 Events by Mrs. Mitchell of Westport
 She came to town yesterday and gave
 an hours talk on a number of topics. She began by calling attention to the great number of valuable books which are now coming from the press treat ing of America and her possessions and interests in various parts of the world. Also to books on psychical research. She said it seemed as if a great wave CToirif11oI I<ron loo ,i,,nr over the country, and that a vast change is impending in the thoughts and beliefs of mankind. Much was said of the Emmanuel movement in Boston. or the healing of disease by suggestion and sympathy. Reference was made to. Dr. Cabot of the Massa- chusetts General Hospital and the conclusion he has come to from close study of the new method of treating all diseases except organic. according to the Emmanuel method. He says many people need change and he tells them to get new job; get 8 new set of teeth: stop working:-that doctors with drugs cannot help them. Said Mrs. Mitchell. "A wave of spiritual thought is passing over the world" Most diseases of the poor are social the resultof mal-nutrition. insanitary conditions: the lack of society: poor food: too hard work; and no sympathy. 1 TOVoTIy IS d result Ol SOCldl neg GCC. Crimes affect the whole body polite. It will not do for the we'll fixed in this world to say that crime and poverty do not affect or hurt them-every in- dividual suffers according to his or her environment. At this Massachusetts hospital. in the social service depart ment. change in methods of living and thought is insisted upon. The domestic problem is studied and an attempt made to discover what is needed, whether 1t be a pair of shoes or a friend. What many persons need the most is a friend and human sympathy. The social department co-operates with the charity organizations. and in knowing the true conditions eliminates the unworthy.
 Mrs. Mitchell spoke of meeting of the Press Club in New York which is to be held next Saturday when Dr. Hamilton will speak upon his new patients. She exclaimed: "We are having wonderful conferences all over the land. One of these is the recent Child Labor Congress in Chicago, 1 about which no less than 2.0OO clergy men preached last Sunday. She said l that an effort is being made to have a Childrens Bureau established at l by the government. This ] led to mention of some of the inn | portant bills pending in Congress and one for the admission of art objects ' free was much commended by the | speaker. It is almost of no use to limit | the free importation of the fine arts to l for very few purchase l pictures. She would have all these l things come in free for the sake of the 1 influence exerted upon all allied arts, | such as the manufacture of textiles, | and all goods where patterns are used, 1 and refined expression of taste and 1 feeling is wanted. Art affects all | kinds of interests, and it is a short | sighted policy to tax it.
 Another topic for discussion was the work of a National League for the establishment of industrial schools in the states-each state to furnish its own buildings but Congress to provide the money for educating teachers for the promotion of skilled abor. The old apprentice system is lone with. she said. and there is q crying need of trade schools for boys Ind girls. There should also be more agricultural colleges. Colonization on 1,n 0f |