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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-17
Deaths and Funerals.
Mrs. Sarah B. Turrill. wife nf

Mrs. Sarah B. Turrill, wife of Jas C. Turrill, died at her home, 2131
 Main street, yesterday, after a very painful. illness of 10 weeks from a complication of diseases and general debility, being confined to her bed most of the time, but retaining her mind, clear to the last She leaves a husband. one great grand child, Harold H. Mather, a son, Frederick WtIdman, three sisters. Mrs. Mary Welles, New Britain, Ct, Mrs. Joanna Whitney, this. city. Funeral services from her residence, 2131 Main street, Miller officiating. Interment in fam fly plot Mountain Grove cemetery. Mrs: Turri11 was a member of Fidel- ity lodge. No. 6. T.. O. O. r.
 Thomas McKeon, one of the best known residents of the South End, died last evening. at his home, after was gardener by occupation, hay ing been employed by the late George Mallory for over 30 years, and for the the past past eight d years by IT David a,id daughter, Mrs. James Sullivan, of 289 Gregory street, with whom he made hi his home He was member of the Heart church.
 Funeral services over the remains of Clarinda Woodruff. widow of John Bent Dench were held this afternoon at 2:3O o'clock, from her late resi- dence, 469 Noble avenue, Rev. B. H. Kenyon of St. Pauls church officiat- ing. Burial was in Lakeview cene tery.
 The funeral of Matthew Connor was held yesterday morning from his O clock and thence to St. Augustine's church where Rev. Patrick J. Mo Cormick sang a high mass of re- Cuiem. Miss Eliza beth Stanton sang '+Dominie,'' Mrs. F.J. Kelley rendered "Pie Jesu" and as the body was be- ing borne out of the church, the quartet rendered, Come Unto Me- The bearers were Thomas Brady, Patrick Otis, John Moran, Edward Bennett, John Mcclure and David Donovan. Interment was in St. MichaePs cemetery.
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Broch's DeIicacies.
LOW CoLONIsT RATES

west to California, Washington, Oregon, Montana, etc. Write O. w
 Jordan, N. E. P. A., Erie R. R., 196 Washington St., Boston. SIS b*
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School Board say if the Board -of Health would make a full report they believed that the percentage would be less than one-half of one per cent.
 At Prospect school. where several cases were found. four cases in a sin gle room for instance, it was learned that all four of the boys belonged to the boys branch of the Y. M. c. A, and had been playing basketball there with some other youngsters who were shedding scarlet fever scales.
 At the office of the State Board Of Health it was said today that Bridge port had reported 131 cases in F'ebru- var, 1O2 cases in January, and 75 cases in December.
 In 19OS-9 there were but cases in December. IS cases in January and cases in February
 Although the reports show that the number of cases was tenfOld greater than a year ago, it was not until Feb ruary that 1t was deemed necessary to make inspection, and not then until the Board of Education had pro vided the money. About $3, 900 was spent by the Health Board in hiring doctors. The Board of Education spent about another thousand. Mem bers of the Board of Education believe the inspections should have begun iT7 December when there were 75 cases instead of in February when ther were 131 cases
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-17
ENGLAND LAUDS
 COL. ROOSEVELT
HIS UNsTINTF.D PRAISE OF BRIT
 BULL MAD WITH DELIGHT.
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press) London, March 1.-England is sing ing the praises of Theodore Roosevelt today as never before a result of his speeches at Khartoum yesterday in which he praised without stint British rule in Egypt and pleaded with the young natives to carry on the work so well begun.
 In his brief visit to Khartounl, Eng Hsh1nen are ready to admit, Colonel Roosevelt has done Egypt more good than governments have: done in years. That his speeches will have a power fu1 effect in quieting the unrest of a large part of the native population is the firm belief of Englishmen gener- ally.
 It is conceded that no one else could have made the plea so effectively Roosevelt. Similar words coming from an EnglishInan could not possibly have had the same influence owing to the charge of self-interest that could have been made against the speaker,
 One effect of the speeches will be to intensity tlie enthusiasm when Roose- welt comes to England. Always held in the highest esteem, Englishmen are now acclaining Rooseyelt's the
 worlds foremost citizen.''
 One of today's papers expresses the wish that Roosevelt might find it con venient to go to India, to do little work for En gland there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-17
Ought to Have Known Him.

About the limit of nerve that ever came under my observation said an ex-prosecutor. happened a few days ago when a man walked into my office and solicited a small loan. That he was drunk and had been for several days was evident at a glance. Dirty, blear eyed. unshaved and with hands that shook like those of a professional roman candle shooter, he saIuted me with easy familiarity, calling me by my first name. His face was vaguely familiar to me. but 1 could not recall where I had seen him. He asked for quarter. compromised with dime. He took it with profuse thanks.
 Let's see.' I called to him as he turned to go. T can't quite place you. Who are you?'
 ''He wheeled and looked at me with an expression of pained surprise. What! Don't know me. Why, good Lord, John, You put me in jail three times for wife beatingv "-Kansas City Star.
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HOW MANY CASES
 OF SCARLET FEVER?
Board of Health Described As Unduy Secretive About Result of School Inspection Returns Relating to School Children Have Been Made to Board of Educa tion-Figures Furnished by State Board of Health

The educators of the city complain because the Health Board is secretive about the number of eases of scarlet fever in the city. and especially be- cause it has kept to itself the facts relating to the number of eases that were found among children going to school
 Members of the Board of Education believe that too much responsibility for the epidemic has been laid at the door of the schools.
 How many cases of scarlet fever act ualIy came from the schools?
 This is what teachers and members of the School Board would like to know, but the answer has not been forthcoming.
 When the physicians of the Health Board visited the schools they sent home many children as suspects. but few it appears had scarlet fever or other conta agious diseases.
 At the office of the Board of Health this morning nothing could be learned of the actual number of cases of scar let fever reported during the epidemic No one connected with the board has seemed to get the exact number of cases. Reporters have asked day af- ter day for the figures without getting them.
 FrCm approximate estimates given by the health officer and other officials during the examination of the schools, IL dppedISo ctS Ii1OdSA NIlCIO OtO 1S' eral hundred people stricken in the city, and that the schools were disease breeders.
 Although the public is entitled to know the number of cases that act ually existed. it seemed impossible to learn from anyone how many really had scarlet fever.
 The doctors making the investigation said f'We sent so many suspects home. They may not have it and you had better not say it's scarlet fever until we find out.''
 pr. Charles w. Deane, superinten- dent of schools, said this morning: t'The Board of Education has never received a complete report from the Health Board on the Inspection He thought the Board of Education ought to know how many cases of fever act
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. William F. Hummer of Pop lar street @ @ntertained 5ai1 last evening ill affair being a linen shower. The din- ing room was very pretty in green and white. Miss Garter, who is soon to become the bride of MT. John Wolfe of North Bridgeport, received many beautiful pieces of linen. Among those present were Mrs. W. Wolfe, Miss Emma Wolfe, Mrs Phil lip Bell of New Jersey, Mrs Steven son of New Haven. Mrs. Boyn, Mrs. BarnuIn, Mrs. Speir, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs Davis, Mrs. Green1ng, Miss Pol ly Greening. Mrs. F. Mills, Mrs. H. Speiser. Miss Atkins, Miss Burgess, Mrs. Geo. Carter and mother and many others.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-17
LOCkJAW FEARED
 IN SULLIVAN'S CASE

Los Angeles, Cal, March 17.-Bil1y Sullivan, the veteran catcher of the Chicago Americans, is undergoing treatment to prevent 1ockjaw. Sul1i- van stepped on a rusty nail last Sat urday in Chutes Park and was stricken with blood poisoning. An operation Tuesday overcame this, but there still is dangeE of tetanus de- veloping.
 Friends of Sullivan who became alarmed at his condition teIegraphed to his wife to come. at once and she IS on the way here. The players doc tors say they hope to have him in condition to don a uniform in ten days or two weeks
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-17
MISS ARCHIBALD WOULD
 EXTEND WORK OF Y.W.C.A.

Mrs. Wilbur A. Smith, president of the Y. W c. A. of this city, enter home l1a on State < Street, in honor of Miss Archibald, industrial secretary of the National Board, Y. w c. A. Miss the association is doing for young women. Her mission in Bridgeport is to obtain funds sufficient to employ a secretary whose duty it shall be to reach young women employed in the factories who have not time to come to the association rooms. Some grati- flying pledges have already been re- oaiuQd
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-17
Some Measures.


 Herbert Spencer scorned the metric system because it rests solely on the fact that man has but ten fingers. However, mile is but a t'mille pas sum-" or a thousand paces. The length of the foot was used for dis tances long before it was fixed at twelve inches. A ''furlong'' is only 8 furrowlong. The breadth of the hand became the standard because the cas- fest way of measuring the height of the horse. The length of the arm gave the length of the ''ell,' and from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger was the ''cubit.'' By stretching out both arms as if on cross man invent ed the measure of the 'fathom." Cloth measure still decrees that two and one-half inches make a "nail," and this is the width of four fingers held together and measured across the nails. The apothecary's dram origi- nally signif1ed '-on1y as much raw spir- it as can be held in the mouth.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-17
Editorial PEeasantries.

Two editors quarreled, and one re- ferred to the others early career in his paper.
 ''As for our contemporary he wrote, "what can we expect from a man who was five years ago hawking from door to door with a donkey, and an i'll con- dftioned beast at that?''
 His rival did not deny it, but in his next issue appeared the folIowing:
 Our contemporary says that five years ago we were hawking from door to door with a donkey, and an ill con- ditioned beast at that He is quite right. We were so occupied. But we are surprised to find the donkey has such a good memory
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-17
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. L. Licht and daughter of Murfreesboro, Tenn, and Miss Bea- trice Flemin of Ward Seminary, Nashville, Tenn, are visiting Mrs. B. Blumberg of Myrtle avenue
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-17
Won by a Nose.

Bernard Shaw" said a dramatic critic. always does the original thing I went to see Caesar and Cleopatra with him once, and as we stood in the lisle-the house was crowded-a stran- ger behind us persisted in poking his head right over Shaw'S shoulder.
 Shaw then did the original thing. Taking out his handkerchief. he wiped the mans nose. batting and twisting it pretty vigorously.
 '"The man. with an ugly oath, jerked back his head.
 "'Oh. beg your pardon,' said Shaw. T thought if was mine, you know "- Washington Star.
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WANT ADS. GENT A WORD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-17

spring millinery opening which was such g. tremendous success yesterday and today will be continued tonor- row and Saturday.
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the farce are "Another One of Those
Things" 'Frenchy, With an Allspice
CAST and Seeing Is Believing
Marc Klaw, of the Klaw & Erlanger
syndicate, who has finished campaign
in Louisiana against divorce legislation
is now turning the attention TO New
England where laws have been enacted
IN Massachusetts prohibiting children
of tender years from appearing in
theatrical productions. Mr. Klaw has
appointed Judge Brackett of Boston
his aid de-camp and intends to see if
he can t have the law repealed.
Wilson Miner, who leaped into fame
~ single bound by marrying Mrs.
Yerkes, is collaborating with Paul
Armstrong. author of "Alias Jimmy
Valentine" 3" on a new play to be called
g The Deep Purple" Mrs Yerkes'
former husband is the co-author of
The Only Law a production which
failed to make millionairos of the play
wrights who constructed it,
The Flying Martins, known over all
the vaudeville circuits as tho most dar-
ing trapeZe performers who ever risked
their nccks, have already been booked
for long engagement in the west next
season. \ number of offers were made
by foreign managers but the Martins
elected to stay in America
The latest addition to the New Thea
ter Stock company is Henry Kolker,
who was leading man for Margaret
Ang lin during her Australian tour,
So far this season, Mr.. Kolker has been
appearing with Madame Nazimova in
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from all around. There are three four
manual consoles from which the whole
Instrument can be operated and the ar
rangement Is such that the entire in
strument can be operated from any con-
sole From the ballroom. the main or
gan is used and the Orangcrie organ
forms a resourceful echo organ In con-
junction with It. On the other hand in
the Orangerie, the Orangerie organ is
the main organ and the whole or any
part OF the ballroom organ can be used
for echo effects, And this is not all. BY
the movement of one multiple switch
breaking some 700 separate electrical cir
cults. the organ is Immediately divided
Into two absolutely separate Instruments
which can be used simultaneously for diff
ferent purposes. The pipes, varying from
thirty~two feet TO n fraction of an inch
in length. are all placed on and receive
their supply OF pressure from universal
air chests. One hundred and thirty-nlne
cables containing from thirty-two to 100
wires each are used. 1913 electro mag
nets are necessary, 1l9 miles OF insulated
wire. The organ is blown by two slow
speed multiple fan blowers, with direct
motors OF twenty horsepower
and tive-horsepower capacity, giving air
at the various pressures required, The
current for action is supplied by dupli-
cate motor generators.
The season gave incontestable demon
stration OF the fact that something OF
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Elks Give Annual Show This Week

Elks of Salt Lako will give their an
nual show at the Salt Lake theater
next Thursday and Friday nights,
March 24-25. 1t promises to be the
most elaborate production ever at
tempted by the local lodge and tho nd.
entee that the big playhouse will be
filled to capacity.
Tho majority of road shows that ap'
pear in this city-and this includes the
best ones that come west-advertise
casts ranging from fifty to seventy five
persons. Even the most ambitious
press agent go no stronger than seventy
five. In the Elks' show, known as
''The Big Noise" no less than 135
persons will take part. The performers
have been selected from the ranks Of
Salt Lakes most popular and able
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one finished the grammar school, and the
other ten left school at an early age to
go to work. All OF them are fond OF
coyly admitted that she never read nov
els, although she was fond OF Dickens.
In speaking OF their ambitions they all
professed desire TO become prina donna
caused Ben Teal, who is staging the pro-
duction. and who for thIrty-two years
has been identified with musical produce
tions, to express surprise on the utter
ance OF this declaration. Eight are mar
ried and all the rest are willing TO be II
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"The Passion Flower.'' He will i'm
personate Leontes in ga Winters
Tale" to be revived On the 2Sth
Lew Dockstader, always up to the
minute in minstrelsy, has skit run
ming now called the "Possum Aero
Club.'' An admirer Of Mr.. Dockstader
who possesses an inventive genius con-
structed an aeroplane for the use Of the
minstrel man but he has not yet used
it.
It is learned from unquestioned au-
thority that Charles Frohman will bring
'Chantecler to America for produc-
ton despite the assertion of critics
that it would be impossible TO produce
the Rostand play IN English.
Porter Emerson Browne, author OF
I" A Fool There Was" in his latest
play, WASTE" has again dared.
Waste" concerns race suicide and
Mr.. Browne handled his topic in man
ner not too fraught with delicacy.
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NEW VOLUMES An
TO Publ

The following torty-fd
be added to the public
morning, March q. 1914.
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Financing an Enternris~
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(reference); Frick. Succ~'
How u Is Won, Greely'
lar Discoveries: He1',
Idylls and Songs; Hae:.
Beauty; Macdonald, d.
den. Peace, Power and
Variations OF Early 1I
New Netherlands; Spr7-.
Accounts, Vries. IN
Lougheed, Vehicles of A.
German Books-Anzer
feck. Sterusteinhof; Aue|
Edelweiss; Baumbach,
Era hlungen gen una
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SaaTs, Nevellen ans 04
Wilbrandt. Herman IfIns
Children's Books
Drake. Indian History
Dunton, School ChiidfeD
Flnnemore. His First Ter-
toric Boys: Mackay, I'D,
and other plays; Paritm1
Proctor, Half Hours VIII
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Nicholas, Stories of thu
Schupp. William of Orar'
the World; Wade. Our II
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IN THEATER AND
CONCERT HALL EAST

CONTINUED from preceding page.)
in April It is doubtful if it will be
seen outside of New York After pur-
chasing the American rights Mr.. Ryley
gave it to Paul Potter to be American
lied. The cast is being rehearsed now
and some OF the names suggested for
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20

Strauss new comic opera will be called
Rose Cavaliero." There will be two YER
sions. one suiting a large and tho other
small stage, The composer is said TO
have considered the complaints of sing
ers in Germany that hitherto he has
composed no roles suitable for bassos and
new opera will. therefore. be sung by
basso profundo. The leading ladys role
is DESCRIBED as reminding the heaTer
work will be produced at the royal op-
era, Dresden, where ''Elektra' was first
produced, but the date is not yet fixed.
There are eighty -eight chorus girls in
Henry B. Harris initial musical produc-
tlon, "A Skylark." F." which has its premier
at the Columbia theatre Washington, on
chorus girls, thlrty-two are foreign born;
the remaining ffty-slx hail from twenty
one different states and two territories.
| Their ages range from II TO 20, 60 per
cent OF them being under 23 years OF age.
Their average height Is 3 feet 81 inches,
the smallest girl being feet II Inches.
and the tallest S feet 81 inches Their av-
erage weight is i2s pounds. The smallest
girl being the llghtcst. tips the beam at
nlnety-one. the tallest weighing las, and
the heaviest girl l62. Twenty-six have
eyes, and the remainder have brown eyes.
Six are natural blonds, fifteen are peroX-
ldes eight are Titan blondes. twenty-five
have brown tresses, and the balance have
black hair. OF the eighty-ei girls
OF English parentage. was born In Hong
Kong. China. Thirty-seven are sopranos.
eight are mezzos. twenty eight are con-
traltos. and fifteen are mezzo contraltos.
The average size shoes they wear Is a
No. 4. One girl confesses to wearing a
6A on an IA last. and one girl wears Il
No. 13-child's size. The smallest hand
Is covered by Il No glove. and the big
gest by 81 The average size is G. Sew
enteen Of the girls have had dramatic ex-
perience Twelve OF them have never been
on the stage before, and all but five have
had vocal instruction, One girl is a grad
uate OF Nassar. TWO OF Smiths. and one
of Radcliffe. Sixteen have attended girls
colleges but did not graduate. Twenty
seven are high school graduates. thirty
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All orchestral instruments are repre-
sented in the great organ that has just
been installed In the Hotel Astor, New
York City. The organ is In four dis
tipct divisions, the main organ occupy
ing two spacious rooms on the east and
west sides OF the ballroom; and the
Orangerie organise called because 1t Is
the west gallery OF the Orangerie-ls
also divided. All parts of the instrument
decoration of the walls and ceiling, the
tone coming a mysterious surprise
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Mary Garden has captlvated Philadel-
phIa. She sang the Charpentier opera.
Louise" there the past week. and the
audience went wild over her work. IL
was In the tide role OF Louise that Miss
Garden first attracted the attention OF
the Partisan public, and her artistic In
terprctation of the part VIII always be
closely associated with her fame. Paris,
as the people OF that mercurial city know
IT, Is shown most intimately in this story
of the wlllful sewing girl, who finds the
joys of Montmartre more auurlng thah
the routine OF respectable domesticity
Since the first production of the opera In
Paris In 1900 II has been one OF the most
popular Of musical dramas there, ana es-
pecially appealing to the PaTlsians Is the
scene at Montmatre, which is the setting
for the third act There the JOY OF living
mians and OF the grlsettes, and in the
HammersteIn production this Is made one
OF the most attractive features OF the
work. Paris by night is seen In pan
Drama OF buildings and OF the Seine. with
feeble lights appearing as the evening
grows older and then Il ballet, headed by
the clever dancer: Mile. Galimbert, gives
a further touch Of picturesqueness. Miss
Garden was In her most convincing mood,
and she seemed TO be Louise In every
word and action. one marvels at the in-
finite variety there IS In Miss Garden S
art. so distinctly different is each OF her
creations from any other In her extensive
repertoire, BY her acting alone she would
be stamped as an artistic OF the first rank,
but she knows. too, how to give express
sion TO her singing, and thus she Is
doubly a star.
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MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

Miss Mary Olive Gray will give a con-
cert In the First Congregational church
Monday evening. April l. She VIII be as
sisted by Mrs. Emily II. silver. vocalist
Mrs. John Reed. reader, and MISS Mar
guerito Duyal.
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amateurs. But this does not mean thntI
there will be anything especially anna
teurish about the production.
Ruins & Love, who has charge Of
the show, is An old theatrical man and
knows the game behind the scenes bet
ter than many professional stage di--
rectors. Love has staged shows through
out tho United States and in Salt Lake
three years ago put on production
that was one Of the best amateur ef-
forts ever seen here. Love is a master
| in his line and he has labored faith
fully for seven weeks past with his big
chorus and ballet and those who have
seen the rehearsals predict that the per
formance will be in the nature of
revelation to local theater goers.
''The Big Noise" is combination
| Of musical nonsense, vaudeville and
lburlesque. The costumes are new, the
musical numbers are fresh from Broad
way and the piece is replete with local
Ihits.
Below is list of those who Will take
part in the performances: