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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
SMITHS.

It is certain that never before have the spirit of music and the spirit of the rlay been so harmoniously and so faithfully blended as in the production of "A Midsummer Nights Dream" which the Ben Greet Players and the Russian Symphony Orchestra are to give here this evening. and it is Suc- cessful and fitting opening to the cele- bration Of Mendelssohn's centenary which the musical world now begins to enjoy. It must be because of their ap- peal to the soul of all generati0hs that the numbers of this music of Mendeis- sohn's are. the many of them. old and familiar favorites. Those which striGt- ly belong to the Dream music. and those which are interpolated. blend beautifully. and make the music. as 1t should be, almo4 a predominant fea- ture of the production: yet it was but a part of a harmonious and most artistic whole. The production of the text is thoroughly Ben Greetian. There is no shift of scenes. no curtain divi- sions of acts. the whole being as un- broken as true dream of the night. The costumes are true to the time and place. and the decorative drapery adds greatly to the effect. A discerning reading of the lines and good acting make the play fill adequately it's part | in the whole. Mir. Greet's adaptation preserves in strong relief the comedy and fanciful features of the play, while discarding much of the heavier paris The graceful dances by Lou Wall
 Moore fit exquisitely into the spirit of the music and the play. forming a l feature that is almost an improvement
 on the original conception. Mrs. Moore | is assisted greatly in the second dance | by group of young girls and chill
 dren. who, it may be interesting to
 know. come from the Dorothy Dix home for the children of actors. at Bos- 1 ton. Altogether, it is performance
 that whenever given appeals to all
 classes. and fills the largest auditor l iuns.
 With a support vastly superior to
 that of any preceding season. Miss Clara Turner. under the management of Ira W. Jackson, will appear in a repertoire of surpassing excellence, l opening tomorrow afternooa. and con- l tinung the remainder of the week.
 Miss Turner grows better and better
 as time whirls by. Miss Turner con- | scentiously plays her many roles The repertoire for the week will be as fol-
 lows: Tuesday matinee. "A Modern
 Lady Godiva''; evening, "A Girls Best l Friend; Wednesday matinee, ''The
 Artists Model': evening. Why Men ] Tempt Women: Thursday matinee. "A Modern Lady Godiva': evening. 'The EHains- -Annis Tragedy :Friday matinee.
 ''The Hains-Annis Tragedy: evening,
 "Divorcons': Saturday matinee. "Jane
 and Her Teddy Bears: and evening, l ''The Days of '61.''
 ] Next Monday evening. comes the
 Askin- Singer production of "The Time. 1 The Place and The Girl" one of the
 biggest musical successes of the past
 season, acoentuated by the presence of
 a large coraapany of comedians headed l ky A,.f1, md orati inr1c l1Iy pretty bevy of chorus girls. handsome | ly cOStumed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
THE THEATRES
POLES

Bridgeporters will be keenly inter-
 ested in this weeks magnificent bill at
 Polls. not only because it contains
 several headline features famed
 throughout the world, but also because among the artists are two from
 Bridgeport, Miss Florence Hamilton, who presents her sensational comedy drama of the race track as the added feature this week, is a former popu- lar stock star of this city. She also
 owns real estate here and is among the few women taxpayers in this city.
 Miss Hamilton will be supported by J..
 Frank Burke, a we'll known leading
 man, and ars able company in the great racing sketch, :'Queen of the Turf" The other Bridgeporter on this weeks bill is Will H. Fox, pianolo- gist formerly of this city. and very
 well known here. MT. Fox has travel widely, has appeared for seven con- secutive months at the Palace Thea tre in London and over 5000 times in vaudeville houses in Europe and on this side of the water, but by strange freak of fate has never been booked before to play in his native city. MT. Fox will present his international suc- cess "Paddywhiski,'' all this week.
 The great headline attraction this week is "The Quakeress,' presented by John c. Hyams and Leila Mcintyre, just completing a record run in the New York vaudeville houses. Hyams &. Mcintyre have been billed in every New York house as headline attrac- tion and they have always been a great feature of. every bill upon which they have had position. A third feature this week will be the famous Meredith sisters, the girls who made famous. Sisters Meredith have just returned from stringinkly successful European tour and will pre- sent their new creation, Girls of All Nations" The Charles Ahearn Troupe, matchless comedy cyclists and Mills & Harris, the Minstrel Misses will complete the splendid bill which has i ts initial performance at Polls this l afternoon. 4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
NEW NOSE FROM HIMSELF
Skin and Flesh of Forehead Taken to
 Form Nasal AppeDdage.

Philadelphia, Jan. 1S-Disfguredl by the absence of nose and hampered in obtaining work by that misfortune, Arthur Mover, an ironworker of No. 1883 Vine street, has undergone an op- eration in the Samaritan Hospital and two weeks hence he will be discharged with flesh and-b blood nose, e,made from material his own body supplied. The operation was performed by pr. Wayne Bobcock. Mover was under ether for ninety minutes yesterday when the operation was being per- formed.
 pr. Babcock laid back to either side of the face the skin covering the spot where the old nose had been and pull ed down the small remaining portion of the old nasal bone to form a bridge for the new one. Two incisions were
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
Busy people who

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
LEAK IN GAS PLANT
 CAUSES EXPLOSION
Ihayer Attempted to Find it and Was
 Killed Wife Dying From Shock.
Special from United Press.l

Especial from United Press.)
 Onset, Mass, Jan. 18.-Martin V. Thayer, 72, is dead here to-day and his aged wife is dying from shock as the result of an attempt to find the leak in a private gas plant with a lighted lantern. The explosion did much damage to surrounding prop erty and was so plainly felt for miles that residents of the vicinity thought the trenor was caused by a quake shock.
 , Mrs. Thayer, who has been an in valid for some time, was badly shaken up The explosion brought many peo- pie to the scene and after the blaze was extinguished a search was insti- tuted for Thayer. His mangled form was found near the home of his son, nearly 80 feet away Every shred of clothing was torn from his body
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
F. H. DILLON & co.
CONCERT NEXT SUNDAY
Excellent Music to be Rendered for Bene.
 fit of Earthquake Sufferers.

One of the features of the concert to be given at Polls theatre Sunday evening, January 24th, under the di- rection of Maestro Sulli for the bene- My Light, Dudley Buck, by Mrs. w. B. Hulse, alto, and MT. l. Austin Mac Cornell, baritone Both are talented artists and the composition is Sone which is particularly adapted to their voices. Both singers are members of the choir of the Washington Park M. E.. church. MT. Herbert Bottomley and MT. Bruce Conger, cellist, will as- sist in the rendition of the concert. The program will include twelve num- bers made Up of compositions from Verdi, Handel, Mascheroni, Massenet, Thomas, Caldara, Tosti, Schubert, Cowles and Roberts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
SMIIH,MURRAY&CO. CONTINUATION OF THE SEMI-ANNUAI,
 CLEARANCE SALE ~ AN EXTRAORDINARY BARGAIN IN Fine Scotch Wool FlannelS

Tout a Nanua sstOcko will sell $ a to select rom.
  skirts 1 and60 You will a of value in a off 8 yard. a3 2ooo yards soor ale
  Sc. rice Ic a yard. 3s-nch Paes 50 light Sc
 
 
 
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
TWO NEW DANCING GLASSES

at Quilty's, Smiths theatre building, this week. Tomorrow night a class for beginners will be organized at S:30 in which all of the popular dances will be taught in a course of 12 lessons. Thursday evening a private class for begin nets will be organized, teaching all of the popular dances in 12 lessons. Fifty cents will be charged in the first lessonV in either class, and further terms made known upon the evening of organizing. If you cannot dance the popular figures this will give you an Opportunity of learning under 8 competent instructor of many years experience Call at the Academy and complete arrangements
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
NORTHWEST BURIED IN SNOW Trains Stalled in Saskatchewan and Al.
 berta iiomesteads Hidden.

Winnipeg. Jan. 18.--A blinding snow, driven across the prairies and through the woods by a raging wind of forty one miles an hour. enveloped western Canada yesterday. It was the widest blizzard the country has experienced in recent years. Train service is practi- caIly at a standstill.
 { Passengers and freight trains are tunnelling their way out through dense snowdrifts in Saskatchewan and AL berta. while in Manitoba all the short lines are tied up and snow ploughs are being driven with double power.
 Coast express trains have been buried
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18

for almost eighteen hours in snow drifts near Swift Current. Saskatche- wan, and the snow was blown back on the right of way faster than the auxili- ary crews court cart it off, choking progress entirely.
 Hundreds of homesteaders were buried in their huts and were forced to tunnel theirs way to the stock sheds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18

r made in the skin on the forehead just above the point where the nose should be- The cuts extended almost to the edge of the hair. When pulled down over the artifjciallye formed bridge what had been skin and flesh of the forehead presented a surface that will quickly adhere and grow to the new bridge formation.
 Of Movers first nose all that re- mained was the cartilage just above To this the skin that was striped down from the forehead was stitched and the skin flaps at either side of the nasal passages were drawn together and sewed down the centre. ending that phase of the operation. Tiny rub Der tubes were inserted at either side of the cartilage, extending upward through the nasal passage ito the point from which the air reaches the bron- chial tubes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18

Veterans, has been here working suc- cessfully for a bill providing that members of his organization may be armed with United States army rifles that have been discarded The bill has been reported from the committee on military affairs by Senator Bulke- ley. A similar measure was cordially endorsed a year ago by General Cro- zier, chief of ordinance and the then secretary of war w. H. Taft.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
PeptirOn Pills s|sss: ssE|ss!:s sss ss

strengthen the stomach, aid diRestion. and pro chocolate coated acceptable to the stomach and easily assimilated. and ths best medicine for and children. and all sufsrers from the effects of the strenuous life of today. Prize 5Qo. or $l. Of
 If Mada by Ba~d IAss Goe>
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
Ask for ocRourke's un,on tobacco.
IRISH HISTORICAL

Washington, Jan. 18.-Connecticut people figured here during the annual meeting of the American Historical Association yesterday. Ex-Governor Thomas M Waller was a member of the reception committee. Patrick Garvan of Hartford and General Phelps Montgomery of New Haven were elected members of the executive council. Dennis H. Tierney of Water bury was chosen state vice president for Connecticut.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
RIFLES FOR VETERANS
 OF SPANISH WAR

Washington, Jan. 18.-General Char les W. Newton of Hartford, command ter in chief of the United Spanish War
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18

Many little lives have been saved by Folcy's Honey and Tar. for coughs, colds. croup and whooping cough It is the only safe remedy for infants and childr@n as it contains no opiates or other narcotic drugs. and children like Foley's Honey and Tar. Careful moth CTS keep a bottle in the house. Refuse substitutes. F. B. Brill. local agent.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18
The COURTLAND SCHOOL

43f Washington Ave. A few vacan- cies after Jan. 1, to be filled in the order of application to the secretaFy. No extra charge for papiIs entsred now for the second half year. T30ff~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-18

PALOL. the palatable castor oil on @ale at all stores -sistG
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-18

New Orleans cotton exchange. is en- Fdeavoring to establish a public cotton warehouse in New Orleans as a part of the broad scheme for financing the crop. The Thompson warehouse is to be operated by a state board and is to be quasi-state institution. In it cot ton can be stored and held for the farmer at minimum cost until it reaches such a price as he is willing to sell at. The dock commission already enjoys the authority to issue bonds, and by an act of the Louisiana legisla- ture it's bond issue can be increased to whatever amount from S6,000,000 to $20 100000 may be needed to erect the proposed warehouse. On certificates issued by the warehouse the banks will agree to advance from 75 to so per cent of the value of the cotton.
 New Orleans desires to become the cotton center of the country, and 1t is supporting the Thompson warehouse plan for that purpose. The position and strength of New Orleans point it out as the best center in the south for great warehouse. The opposition to the plan comes from other southern cities, and not from the cotton grower. The farmers as a rule see nothing but good from a great central warehouse in New Orleans.
 If the Thompson plan becomes work able it will come about through the CO., operation of the county warehouses which are springing up in all parts of the cotton belt. At present these coun- ty warehouses are not acting in uni son. No bond exists among them. Each acts independently, and as a whole the county warehouses lack eff ciency The county warehouses may, however, be induced to act together, and if all the county warehouses can be induced to cooperate with a central warehouse in New Orleans, an i'm portant step toward financing the crop will have been taken.
 The Thompson scheme is develop ment It Is a state scheme backed by large interests. It will have to con tend, perhaps, with some of the rail roads and with some of the cities in the south, but if it succeeds 1t will cer- tainly change in important respects present methods of marketing and han ding the cotton crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-18
Pray, walk softly, do not heat your
 blood. -Pericles iV: 1.
Crete, Greece and Turkey

Greece has referred Turkey to the four protecting powers of Crete, and the four powers-England France, It. ally and Russia-are hurrying warships to Crete, while they are endeavoring to prevent actual hostilites between Turkey and Greece.
 There are two troubles in the way. One Is the Cretans themselves. They are loyal to Greece, and no power in the world can make them loyal to Fur key. The other trouble is the silent position of Germany and Austria-HuD, gary behind the Young Turks.
 But after all the four protecting powers will doubtless be able to haul down the Greek flag that still flies over the chief fortress of the island, and then the Cretans will nominally be Turks when in fact they are Greeks and no one can change them particle.
 Nothing is ever settled until 1t is set tied right. This maxim of human wis dom applies to Crete. It Is Grecian, and to Greece 1t will some time be an- nexed; and if the four powers would act wisely they would transfer it at once instead of continuing the masque- rading of recent years. It is, however, better perhaps to keep up the pretense while longer, simply because Greece is no match for Turkey in war, and Turkey Is ready to fight to keep Crete nominally part of the Turkish en- pire. It Is a part in name only.
 Nearly all of Carnegie's get-rich- quick young men have secured di- vorces. The old ironmaster really es- tablished school for scandal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-18

Clary, in addition to managing the Shelf field trolley service, is in charge of the public utilities operated in connected with the car system.
 Sheffield is very prosperous said Mir McClary. "The Sheffield Iron Pipe and Foundry company. after being idle for some time, has resumed operations and the Sheffield mills. long idle, are being repaired and modernized and will soon be running Sheffield now has pretty big payrolls, for in addition to the blast fur naces and the other plants mentioned a number of smaller industries are in opera ton.
 Our car line has F miles of track and as the Tri-cities have a population of about 10000 our business is quite brisk. We are in a good agricultural section and all in all Sheffield has wonderful fu- ture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-18
No Capital .ln 0ur'n

If Senator Wilson of Oneonta per sists in setting up the state capital in this city he should bring in bill appro- prating a good round sum for a site and building, for the people of this city will not pay toward the unsought enterprise a penny except in taxes and by compulsion. Birmingham's ambition lies away from politics and toward in- dustries, and its money will go to sat isfy its ambition.
 There may have been a time when this city desired to become the capital of the state, but that time is ancient history now, and the senator from One onta cannot recall that back number in these days of reviving prosperity when every available furnace Is going into blast.
 Instead of passing Senator Wilson's eccentric and uncalled-for bill, the leg islature can add to the glory of the state by keeping Jefferson county in tact and providing for city in Jones valley that will fill every Alabamian with pride when the census figures of next year are published. Senator Will son does not keep in touch with public sentiment in Jefferson county when he tries to push on this city state capl- tai To be the capital of Jefferson county, intact and complete, is glory enough, especially if all that goes to make up Greater Birmingham Is brought together to be consolidated into one progressive and promising Al abama city. Take it from the Age Herald that this is Birmingham's ambi- tion. The senator from Oneonta should get better acquainted with his next door neighbors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-18
RADlCALISM IN ALABAMA.
From the Houston Post,

From the Houston Post.
 They are going some in Alabama. The Fuller bill prohibits newspapers from carrying advertising of mail order liquor houses doing business in other states. Thus it happens that the very freedom of the press Is aimed at by those who are engineering the reform movement in that state. Nobody contends that the mail order houses are not legitimate and mo- body denies the Alabama citizen has a right to purchase from them for his own use, and yet an Alabama newspaper is prohibited from handling business of this character.
 What iS the result of this? Newspapers published in Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, Jacksonville and New Orleans circulate freely in Alabama and the state has no power to prevent their circulation or to establish a censorship over their advertising. The mail order houses will, therefore, continue to ad- vertise their wares in Alabama and tho people of Alabama who desire to patron- ize these mail order houses can not be prevented from doing so. But the Ala bama newspapers are debarred from hand ling what is legitimate advertising, all because of an extreme effort to create a condition that experience proves can never be created.
 We are not discussing the ethics of publishing liquor advertising in dry ter- ritory, but merely the right of a pub fisher to handle legitimate business. The Advertiser of Montgomery pointed out the other day that mall order advertis- ing of that character had grown up as a result of prohibition. So long as regu- lation under license prevailed, this class of business was small. Now it is heavy and the mail order business is going to continue In Alabama in spite of the Fuller law and whether the Alabama newspapers publish advertising of that character or not.
 It remains to be seen if laws so strin- gent as the Fuller measure can accom- plish much in the direction of temper ance. Such stringent measures have been tried before without much suc- cess. Imposing excessive penalties for infractions of the law usually result In creating contempt for the law among large class of people, and juries soon become convinced that 1t is not wise to infiict penalties too severe, the nature of the offense and degree of crime consid- cred.
 For instance. sending a petty violator of liquor law to the pententiary for a small offense is not going to look well sometimes when contrasted with the ac- ton of Jury turning a murderer loose on some technicality or other. There are communities in many of the states where 1t Is safer for a man to kill his neighbo' than it Is to sell him a gill of whisky Such incongruities are not lost upon the people, and the radf, als of Alabama wDl find that out some day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-18
Financing the Cotton CroD

The Cotton Journal outlines the pol icy the south should adopt in order to enable 1t to handle crop that is worth around $500, 100000 annually. It says:
 T. We must establish ample ware housing facilities at principal ports and in the various districts, bonded by the government and managed on business principles, with each bale warehoused sampled and marked to correspond with bale, and said sample exhibited in the main or parent warehouse, ena- bling purchaser for foreign or domes- tic mills to buy spot cotton by sample and without penetrating the cotton belt.
 "2. We must establish great cotton bank and trust company, capitalized and managed in the sole interest of the cotton crop. The details to be worked out by our best and most ex- perlenceQ DdnkeTS. lHe StOck III SuCn an institution would be considered gilt edge by the cotton world in all coun tries.
 "3. We must create money center in the south and thus bring from for eign lands the gold obtained in ex change for lint cotton to the south di rect, enabling its distribution through out the cotton growing states. This is all within the pale of possibility, only needing the cooperation of our south ern bankers to make Dixie the richest country on earth
 W. B. Thompson. president of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-18
DIPLOMACY.

The wisest man ever saw Possessed a wife inclined to jaw And when she started in to talk He didn't make protest, or balk, But sat and hummed a little tune And smiled smile, and very soon His better half was so nonplussed, She dropped her hands, no longer fussed And glared at him, grown speeches.
 quite,
 Though trying to talk with all her might. In truth, she was so hopping mad Because of that cool way he had That she her wrath could not express And simply foundered in distress And spluttered till she had to quit, Although he hadn't budged bit When one is welded 10 a shrew The safest thing that he can do Though quite a mental strain, no doubt Is just to tire her fury out And never, never answer back, For when he does, alas, alack, He's lost. In truth, so long as he Tries to explain, ''AlT; hal" thinks she, 'I'll show him that a woman's tongue Can beat all clappers ever swungr' And she'll sail in and talk until She's humbled him and worked her will While if he had stood calmly by She would have soon begun to cry And when her tears began to pour He would have known the worst was
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