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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-21

In place of the side frill at wrists, one finds plain bands serving similar purposes.
 Chantecler and peasant influence holds good in the summer fashions both in color and line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-21

To deal cards from a pack without danger of misdeals or turning them over is the idea of a machine recently patented by a New York man.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-21
POINTS OF INTEREST.
U. IT. Dillon & Go.

11og Main St. are displaying an ex . sceptionally large assortment of linette linen pongette and pongee dress and ! auto coats at prices Ia less than else where.
 Souvenirs Ire always appreciated. especially by 8Ae stranger who likes to take some Shing home as a remembrance to his friends. but is at a loss to know what to get. Souvenirs with the Seal Of
 Br1dgeport can be had at G. w. Fair child & Sons 997 Main street. who thave 1ust finished a new die and are making them in a variety of articles.
 To deal cards from a. pack without
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-21
E. N. DILLON & co. HOS Main s! Hartford. Conn., cecIe.P
 LEADING MILLINERS
WE ARE DISPLAYING

exceptionally large assortment of Lnette Linen Pon-
 gette and Pongee Dress and Auto Goats
 s275 1inette Auto Goats, 52 inches long .s1es $325 Linette Auto Coats, g inches long ..... 225 S450 Linette Auto Coats 52 inches long 298 $500 Iinette Auto Coats, 52 inches long . 3.9s s7OO Genuine Linen Auto Coats g inches Long . 4es 5000 Bengane Skette Auto Coats g inches long 748 5000 Pongette Auto Coats g inches long ... 7.48 s12-$13 Pongee Silk Auto Coats g inches long . 99s
 u RIk 0Al Q >0
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-21
Attend to the RUPTURE

as soon as you notice discomfort. A cure ts often effected if a properly fitted truss is worn as soon as you mo- flee the trouble. Let us show you hes proven to be the best, the clean eet and best adapted to assist nature in healing the rupture.
 THE CYRUS PHARMACY 1. nnvnuansAxo.. .anA 0sastland St.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
THE PAINTED LADY AND HER EXCUSE.

vowed that as 500 as they struck
land they would make for the first
shop and buy rats and bottled COM
plexions and high heeled shoes and
other necessary etcetera to arouse
mans gallantry.
1t is natural for a woman to like
men to be attentive to her and to have
a good time. If she realiZes-and n
is compelled to realize it-that style
and fashionable dress will bring pleas
ure to her, 1t Is only natural for her to
go in for them.
1t is a self evident fact that the girl
who Is stylishly dressed and whose
couture Is the latest mode has her,
dance caro- full and her engagement
calendar scrubbed all over with dates,
while little plain Jane in a simple
gown and hair innocent of artifice Is.
a wallfower M knows neither auto
rides nor theater parties.
The painted lady should not be
blamed too heavily for her resort to
artifice. Chignons, puffs, extreme pom
padours, all the silly and foolish things
of dress that are condemned, are not
entirely the result of wOman's frivol-
ousne or lack Of common sense. Put
the blame, If these things are to be
blamed, where the blame belongs.
Woman is simply long headed. She
notes which way the wind blows and
when she sees IT coming from a quar-
ter that says, Men like TO take out
women who are dressed right up to the
minute" she HES herself forth to the
wigmakers and complexion makers and
sees that she is arrayed TO suit mans
desires.
The woman who goes about with a
figure Venus de Milo might approve,
but seemingly nobody else does, who
wears common sense shoes, whose
complexion knows not the powder puff,
nor her hair the rat or coronet braid,
as a rule goes about alone. She may
be very good, she usually is, but she
has, as the song says, a mighty dull
time. This may not be as it should
be, but this is a relation of facts.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
THE BEAUTY THAI Is NEAR.

Many complain that their life is all
gray days, that there is little beauty or
pleasure In it, that it Is just one hard
grind from morning until night year IN
and out. The complaint goes up every
where, from housewives treading their
monotonous round from COOK stove to
dishpan; from workers who go from home
to store or factory and back again; even
from the butterfly whose endless social
engagements become q wear iness alike to
flesh and spirit.
But isn't this complaint a matter of
viewpoint rather than Of actual fact?
Two office girls were walking home one
night after a bad snowstorm which left
the city streets as only city streets can
be after a snowstorm. One grumbled and
growled the whole way about the mud
and slush. The other was looking up to
a patch OF blue sky and a glorious sunset
in the west. II is a question of choice.
One can look at mud or one can look at
stars. IL one can remedy the mud by see
ing 1t. then see 4. But If no good can
be done, then why not face the other
way?
There is beauty all about us to bright
en- our lives. and 1t does brighten life. II
we let IL work it's will with our spirit,
Alice Freeman Palmer, that wonderful
woman who was college president at 20
tells Of a little child Of the slums OF
Boston to whom she had given that ia.
nous recipe for happiness: See some,
thing beautiful every day The chile
fervently followed the advice and eacf
day walked the streets until she found
something to her childish eyes beautiful
and then returned TO her miserable homt
happy because OF 1t. But one day she
had to mind the baby and so could not
go out. She was mourning over missing
| her CLEAN of happiness, when suddenl,
a ray OF sunshine struck the baby's hair
/ And there was my beauty. she sais
ecstatically, when telling Mrs. Palmer
at was all gold in the sunlight and soft
| and curly. / never knew IL was SO beau
tifuI.''
Every one has beauty just as near. The
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
HOW SHE KEPT HER SONS AT HOME.

much, just enough to make her sons
friends know they are welcome"
Wise woman. She had struck the
right keynote as to how to keep the
boys at home. A pleasant home where
they could have all the fun they want
ed, a jolly mother whom they were
proud to introduce and whom the other
boys liked, n who entered into all
their interests and helped them have a
good time, hat was loafing on the
street corners in comparison to this?
And one could read between the lines
as she talked and see that she had also
pointed out in a common sense way
that which would appeal to their judg-
ment, the worthlessness of certain So
called pleasures. And in the bargain.
she had given them something better.
Even a child has more judgment and
sense that he is often credited with
and 1t pays to appeal TO ii. She had
evidently trained them from childhood
to love the genuine. to be good esti-
majors of values. They would not be
found at the stage entrances OF the
aters, parties to JOY rides, ~escorting
questionable women to questionable
restaurants. They are able to Judge
these things for what they were worth
and they knew by actual experience
something better.
She hadn't been lured away herself
by shams. She had kept her perspect-
i've right. She had carefully studied
out what was worth while and with
out ostentation or parade had held to
it. And she taught her sons the same
lesson and made 1t practicable, not
merely theoretical. by giving them the
real things of joy and satisfaction.
1t seems a simple way to solve the
problem so many mothers worry over
of how to keep the boys at home, and
1t Is so worth while when one considers
how much 1t means that a boys feet
shall be set on right paths.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20

She wasn't a bit stylish, nor was she
particularly pretty, though her pink
cheeks, blue eyes and CHEEKY express
sion mad her pleasant to look upon.
She fell to talking one day of her fam
lily and she gave a little glimpse of a
simple, sensible home life that was de-
lightful and incidentally showed that
she had solved the problem Of how to
keep the boys at home.
81 have -four sons" she said, land
1t isn't only because they are my boys
that l think they are so good. But when
/ loow about and see what other boys
are doing n then look at my own l
know / have cause to be thankful. /
see boys loafing on the street corners
at night, or going to p~oolrooms, or
spending evening after evening at vul-
gar shows. They come to our home
and try to get our boys to go with
them. But they'd rather stay at home.
For one thing l have always tried to
make home the ~pleasantest place they
know and always let them nave a good
time in 1t. Just the other night Jim
had some of his friends around at the
house. They had a good time up in
the sitting-room and then about 10
o'clock I gave them some lemonade and
cake. / made the cake myself, too.
Boys like home made cake. They
all said to me they had had
such a good time. Do you know / think
boys like TO see the mothers around.
II think some mothers make a great
mistake" she went on, when they just
keep in the kitchen and go about in
wrappers and never fix up. L tell you
q boy don't like to introduce a mother
like that When a mother has grow
ing sons 1 think she ought to keep as
young looking as possible and know
what is going on and make the home
attractive. She needn't be around too
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20

Jerome K. Jerome's Painted Lady IN
his popular play, The Passing of the
Third Floor Back" depicts a type that
the world has had with it in n form
or another ever since Eve captured
Adams fancy in Eden. She may not
be always palpably painted, but she Is
RATED" or pOmpadoured, or in some
way, dresses in extreme or eXtraVa-
CANT style, inartistic and artificial, and
obviously so. AS she goes about among
us, year in n out, the eternal ques-
ton is asked: why does h do it?'
She surely is not beautiful when h
is so artificial. She surely deceives
no one.
A little incident that is typical of
what happens the world around tells
why she does it and why womankind
will continue to do it while she wins
the prize she does for so doing. On
a steamer southwark bound was II
Of these painted ladies'" Her COM
pleXiOn clearly came out of q bottle
each morning. Her hair was from
the hairdressers'. She was gowned in
so far as to stick a c%arnation in her
hair for breakfast. She was pleasant,
kindly, Jolly. One would have thought
with her attractive manners she would
not have needed these false externals
to make friends. But she knew better.
She liked TO have a good time. not in
any harmful way, but she enjoyed the
attentions of men. She liked to have
them fetch and carry her u & and
cushions, to talk to her at meal time
and to walk the deck with her. And
so she wove her little web to catch
them. And the very incest men on
board Wed with each other in paying
her attention. She was surrounded
with them always. They actually
scrambled for an opportunity to walk
with her or to have a little tete-a-tete.
all the plainly CARRIED women, with
their hair minus puffs and pompa-
dours, and with the weather beaten
and freckled compilations nature had
given them. looked on obviously and
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
CHAPTER XII.
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE FLAIR
BY MILL.

~ 4 II Lain
BY MILL.
Kathleen very naturally regarded the
lawyer in the light of a disinterested
friend. There was no reason why she
should not do so: and If there had
been any act needed to kindle a kindly
feeling for the distant legal adviser it
was this last act Of his, for no sooner
as he told her, had he discovered by
the merest accident a clew to the hid
den word, than he had rushed off post
haste TO put her in possession of his
information. He had naturally advised
immediate action, M when she de-
INJURED at the lateness of the hour at
which to begin a hunt for the book, he
had limited vaguely at difficulties which
would beset her IL she delayed. She
wanted to let Angel know, and Jimmy.
but this the lawyer would not near of,
and she accounted for the insistence of
his objection by the c-autiousness OF
the legal mind.
Then the excitement of the midnight
adventure appealed to her-the swift
run In the motor through the wild
night, and the wonderful possibilities
of the search at the end of the ride.
So she went, and her appetite for
adventure was all but satisfied by a
narrowly averted collision with anoth-
er a speeding in the opposite direc-
ton. She did not gee the OCCUPANT.
of the other car but she hoped they
had had as great a fright as she.
AS a matter of fact, neither of the
two men had given a second thought
to their danger; ones mind was en-
tirely and completely filed with her
image, and the other was brooding on
telephones.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
From the Century.

IIUTI tIt OGIIluTy.
Germany can assemble an army Of
over 1000, 600 soldiers, ready. literally
speaking. to the last button, at any
point along her borders. in less than
a week. Not drilling, courage, pa
triotism, intelligence, and military
spirit alone give the German army the
formidable strength it possesses, but
also the painstaking labor hat shirks
no effort, and recognizes the value Of
the smallest detail. And in this work
the general stan. the war department.
and, In fact, every officer, is engaged
year after year, restlessly trying to
improve what appears perfect, always
on the lookout for the chance Of saw
ing half an hour of the time required
for the mobilization of the army, and
always following the maxim of the
great Moltke: only by striving for
the impossible may we attain the pos
sihle."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20

Yes, these are genuine diamonds,
al right" said the owner Of a laun-.
dry as he drew a pair Of heavy links
from a gentleman's shirt. often hap
pen? Why, look here!" and ne drew
open a small box and displayed a
dozen inks and collar buttons. These
came in this week. Some are valu-
able, some are not, but a dishonest
dealer could really make a small for
tune in a years time. We don't find
much jewelry in wOmen's apparel.
They are not as fOrgetful as men in
this reSDeCt"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20

salesperson has under her fingers rich
silks, flmy laces, dainty embroideries, ex-
qu.site understandings she would need
to travel the world around to see. A mod
ern department store is a world in minia-
ture. The jewelry, the art wares. the
dress goods, each have a tale to tell of
beauty. of marvellous and intricate max
ing, perhaps of the life of the country
from which they come. An open mind
IN 2 store can rean q harvest ~ interest
from the goOss alone, to say nothing of
the entertainment that comes from con-
tact with the human nature there.
The same is true of almost any work.
for labor reaches out through many ave-
nues now to all parts of the world, ave-
nues through which the mind and mag
~ination of the worker may follow and
CLEAN beauty and delight.
A woman because of her health is con-
demned to spend her lift far from home
and friends and her days are days of
gloom and dependency in consequence
But she is in a and of ~enchantment, of
marvellous blue skies and blue waters, of
beautiful flowers and majestic palm
trees. This beauty would offer some con-
ISOLATION If she would but see 1t. II is
all about her but she shuts her eyes to
1t and thinks only Of that which is be-
yond her reach.
Robert Louis Stevenson, that prince OF
optimists. says: The best things are
nearest; breath in your nostrils. light in
your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at
your hand, the path Of God just before
you. Then do not grasp at the stars.
but do hfe's plain. common work as Il
comes. certain that daily duties and daily
bread are the sweetest things of life."
IL you will look with seeing vision. YOU
will find beauty about you everywhere
And beauty puts so much pleasure In life
1t Is worth while to cultivate the eye thai
sees. ~
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
The PIowmap.


First in the field, before the ~reddening
SUM-,
Last in the shadows when the day is DONE,
Line after line, along the bursting sod,
Marks the broad acres where his feet have
trod.
Still where he treads the stubborn clods
divide,
The smooth, fresh furrow opens deep
and wide;
Matted and dense the tangled turf up
Mellow and dark the ridgy cornfeld
~cleaveS;
Up the, steep hillside, where he laboring
train
sIants the long track that scores the level
plain,
Through the moist valley, clogged with
oozing clay.
The patient convoy breaks it's destined
way:
At every turn the loosening chains re-
sound,
The swinging ployshare circles glistening
round
Till the wide field one billowy waste ap-
pears
And wearied hands unbind the painting
steers.
oliver Wendell Holmes.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
XII.
THE QUEST OF THE BOOK.

When Piccadilly Circus, a blaze of
light, was thronged with the crowds
that the theaters were discharging, a
motor "a came gingerly through the
traffic, passed down Regent street, and
swinging along Pail Mall, headed
southwark across Westminster Bridge.
The rain had ceased, but underfoot
tho roads were sodden, and the car be-
spattered its occupants with black
mud.
The chauffeur at the wheel turned as
the car ran smoothly along the tram
way lines in the Old Kent Road and
afskeu a question, aliI one 0f the two
men In the back of the car consulted
the other.
I'VE will go TO Cramer's first" said
the man. Old Kent Road was a fleet
ing vision of closed shops, of little
knots OF men emerging from public
houses at the potman's strident COM
mand; Lewisham High Road, as BELTS
that very respectable thoroughfare,
was decoronsly sleeping; Lea, where
the hedges begin, was silent: and CHS
lehurst was a place OF the dead.
Near the common the car pulled up
at a big house standing In black quiet
ude, and the two occupants of the car
descended and passed through the stiff
gate, along the graveled path, and
came to a stop at the broad porch.
81 don't know what old Mauder will
say" said Angel as he fumbled for the
bell; hes a methodical old chap"
In the silence they colid hear he
thrill OF the electric bell. They waited
a few minutes, and ang again. Then
they heard a window opened and a
sleepy voice demand
ssWho is there?"
Angel stepped back from the porch
and looked up. q
Hello, Mauderi ! want you. I'm
Angel"
wait a bit. III be down In a jiffy."
The pleasant-faced nan who I'm Dress
sc eeun and naiamas openad the door
TO them and conducted them to a coy
library was Mr.. Ernest Mauder him
self. II IL unnecessary to introduce
that world-falnou publisher to the
reader, the more particularly In view of
about his robust figure In regard to the
recent publication OF Count Lehoff's
embarrassing Memoirs" He made q
eIxn to the two men TO be seated,
nodding TO Jimmy as to an old friend.
1T am awfully sorry to disturb you
NJ this rotten hour" Angel commenced,
and the other arrested his apology with
a gesture.
surprises on US unintelligent
Outsiders" he said. with a twinkle In
his eye that ! am almost tempted To
sfartle YOU"
Angel complacentiy.
"yo,,svt brought IL on your own
nead warned the publisher, wagginG
I foreinrer at the smiling Angel. Nov
~ ~ tell you why Q have motored
roxrn nom London on this miserable
riaht al n fzdrly. frritiess eEtano:
N thought That would startls
vo,,s You've come about : hoek1
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
LIVING in ) Glass House.

Alice and Nick and a few poodle dogs
Were seated at home last night:
The flames burst forth from the cracking
logs
And their glare was warm n bright.
Daddy is after those naughty French
Cried Alice In delight.
cts good FOR them. too; they have no de-
fense.'
And her pride was a pretty sight.
Race suicide is a terrible thing.
"As Daddy has often sad"
Her eye was clear, her voice had a ring
Then Nicholas raised his head.
He laid down his paper. then toe Il up.
ills words had a meaning sting:
For he said. as he kicked the nearest pdp
yes. it's q terrible thing"
Theodore G. Dcitrich In New York
American.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
Children Who Are SfckIy.

Mothers should never be without a box
of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chit
dren. They break up colds in "a hours,
cure Feverishness, Constipation, Headache.
Teething Disorders and Stomach Trou-
bles. over 10000 testimonials. At all
Druggists, Csc. Ask to-day. Sample mailed
FREE. Address. Allen S. Olmsted, La
Roy, N. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
No Place for II.
From ~Iippincott's.

From IIppincOtt 3.
An Irishman visited a tuberculosis
exhibit, where lungs in both healthy
and diseased conditions were displayed
preserved In glass jars. After careful
~ studying n marked Cured tuber-
culosis lung he turned u the ply
stefan and said: 4.
Perhaps It's because Dim Irish. but
IL we cured tn patient, how could va
have his lung In a bother"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
HI.A.4 A7~
So He Mould.
SU ff0 y
From the ID

from the DeIineatOr.
Little Peter, aged three, was shown
his new little baby brother, and asked
what they would do with him. Being
a little country boy, he knew the value
OF boys when older, so, gazing thought
fully at the little stranger for a mo-
ment, he looked up with q smile, asOh.
teep him, teep him: he'll be dood for
sumpin' hy and by. He'll be dood ter
tut wood
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20

Sarsaparilla

Cures all blood humors, all erup-
tons, clears the complexion, Gre
ates an appetite, aids digestion, re-
lieves that tired feeling, gives vigor
and vim.
Get 1t today. In usual liquid form CT
chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100
Doses 81.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
Good for Sore Eyes,

for over 100 years PETTIT'S EYE
SALVE has positively cured eye dis
eases everywhere. All druggists or
Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20

While there is reason for everything,
some Of them are so fiimsy that a cas-
enable man would never accept them
except from his wife.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20

Chief Justice fancy, driving through
the Tennessee mountains, once broke
one of the shafts of his buggy. A small
colored boy came riding by on a mule.
The Justice hailed him. "Here, my
boy he said, can you help me fix,
my buggy" Sure. boss" answered
the boy, and, cutting a hickory withe,
he soon fixed the shaft so that it vas
quite serviceable. Well, WELL" said
the learned judge, now, why couldn't
/ have done that?' II dunno, boss" re-
piled his first aid unless some folks
knows more han others"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20

Searchers after sympathy are re-
minded that the bull dog gets but
little of it, perhaps because he does
not need 1t.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
A Short Cut.
From the Washiugton 81

From the Washington Star.
"How did that man come to be re-
garded as an authority on the tariff?
student" Mo- answered Senator
Sorghum. "He didn't spend his time
reading books or theorizing. He found
out what his constituents wanted and
got H."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20
A Rising Market.

II saw you Kiss sister last night"
did you Bobby? Here's a quarter
Cor .rou."
Thanks. And then I saw you kiss
the maid In the hall"
Great Scott! Here's Ave dollarsl"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-20

When a woman loves she will pardon
crime, II when she eases to love she
will not forgive virtue in the one who
has lost her affection.