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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18


 children grown, she says I haunted by the de- sire to play again. to make the music out of the in strument myself when not afraid there is anyone within hearing, practice sometimes. We have new miniature grand which is delight and tempts to keep
 tryng in spite of the feeling that it is folly felt i'm peed to her at once and beg her to take her music again. not to let it be secondary but make it first claim on her time
 Why should not the woman who has reared her fam fly have the opportunity for self-developments The growth which with lfes great experiences compen sates than realize for lack of practice in par tcuar ne This friend for instance, would, by giving time to it, get real music out of the instrument than in her young womanhood.
 If the family go expecting her to be at their beck and call when there is longer need of it, if the c dren smile at Mothers attempt to develop the talent long put aside that theirs might grow, may require wrench to regain her liberty But it is best for the fam iy is for her, that she should not sagnate useless routine, but should respond to this call from within for growth and self-expression Why have that beautiful home and lovely piano and not be free to get and to give the highest enjoyment of which she is capable. II. Amer PresSS SYudica
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18
POINTS tJf I>ii.i>EST.
Christmas Gifts

The question comes "What shall give?" Perhaps a book offers more opportunities for the expenditure of money with satisfaction than you have any idea of Christmas station cry, calendars, booklets, and other articles that are useful and ornamen- tai are found at Jacksons Book shop, 9S6-98s Main street at modest prices. When shopping don't fail to come in. look around and convince yourself. A dictionary would be splendid thing for home or office: for him or her. Gibson and other we'll known calen- dars are found here.
 Santa Clause Arrives Today
 Santa Claus is due to make his ap- pearance in this city today. He is going to make his headquarters at Things shoe store. Old Santa be- you to come here and select your Christmas purchases. There is noth- ing you could think of that would carry with it more genuine and last ing pleasure. All our footwear carries Thing and Co.'S famous guarantee as to satisfaction and the price on this footwear will make you happy. Visit our store today. Go through our immense stock. see Santa Claus. Bring the children to see him. All goods rafter Christmas Store open every evening until Christmas. s. B. Thing and Co.,, 1153 Main street
 Everyone Delighted
 Everybody is delighted with Noth- nagles handsome Christmas souvenir this year. Read full particulars in the Nothnagle advertisement how to obtain this pretty memento free of charge. Don't fail to visit this great housefurnishing establishment when you do your Christmas shopping. There is such an enormous array of beautiful new furniture of every de- scription here now that space is en- tirely too limited to enumerate it in detail. The large and finest selection of rugs is here. A magnificent assort- ment of lace curtains and draperies, a beautiful new line of pictures, lot of new baby carriages, go-carts, cribs and other children's furniture will be of interest to young mothers, and the celebrated Glenwood ranges and par Tor heaters gives you a selection of useful Christmas presents hard to beat Remember MT Nothnagle's saying, "It costs you nothing to look and it may do you a heap of good" Enter 1869 Main street or 135 Fairfield avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18
HORSE SHOWS
 A DRESS PARADE

Boots and saddles rang out when the last Horse Show to be held in Madi- son Square Garden, New York, was under way. The Garden was thronged with beautiful horses and beautiful women, rivaling each other for atten- tion. and each superbly groomed and appointed. Nor are the men forget tions in their attire are ping discussed in aggitated whispers. Gloves and canes, for example, have been dis carded and, wonder of wonders, the tie pin. For years a hcrsey scarf-pin has been a tradition and tts loss is being excitedly> commented on.
 It's the women of the species" that are interesting us and in t-is connec- ton, before getting on the all-absorb- ing question of hats. be it said that canes, having been discarded by mere men. have been taken up by the wo- men-at least a few of the more sportsmanlike.
 1t seems unnecessary to state that the show was great dress parade. Rather more worthy of comment Is the fact that this year the horses are proving so attractive that occasionally one forgets the glitter and glare of the arena boxes in watching the splendid horsemanship and wonderful animals on the tan bark. It is not for long, though, for the fleshpots of Egypt have an insistent and persistent ap- peal, and after all it is a series of beautIedi pictures one sees in tour around the arena.
 Beautiful furs were conspicuous feature of the show; fox and sable were the popular belts, the former in white and all colors, including black, and, by the by, if hunter shou d ever encounter some of these belts tn the wilds he would probably drop his gun and run, since nature has quite outdone and improved upon in the matter of color. Red fox is the new est fur fancy, the redder the better, and these worn with black velvet, pie, gray and brown were numerous enough to make one wonder at the number of red fox slaughtered to make Roman holiday. Although the weather is seasonably cold. it really offers slight excuse for wrapping ones pole in comfort, and yet that is the costly fashion of the day.
 Hats were far from exempt from this fad. The majority were deco rated in greater or less degree with fur of some kind, which usually took sealskin are smart the preference is for ,long-haired belts. Skunk, for those who cannot stretch their purse strings to the point necessary to pro- cure sable, IS very deS1rale skin.
 In the matter of color the scene could not be described as a riot of color: there were many colors but all more or less quiet in character. Black, particularly in velvet and satin, was seen much more often than color, and by far the greater number of hats, while not all black, had black as their foundation. Dark blue, green and gray were next in favor, with a sprinkling of dull purples and splashes of brilliant reds and roses, these colors always being prominent to a greater or lesser degree, at the Horse Show. and quite a number of exquisite lace wraps, mostly of Chantfly.
 While lace was seen again and again as trimming, and for gowns them selves, it was not used to any extent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18
LOUISA M. ALCOTTS HOME.

Just across the hall the other wing opens into the big parlor, very digni- fled with it's stiff-backed chairs and slippery horsehair sofa, always solemn and somewhat impressive, but home to the four rollicking girls when they gathered for the evening song.
 It was from this room that Meg Anna-as the wife of John Brooks, stepped in bridal array to stand beside the June rose-bush for the little we'd ding on the lawn, looking very like rose herself, for all that was best and sweetest bloomed in her face that day. making it fair and tender with a charm more beautiful than beauty"
 At one side of the dining room, di-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18

made the Horse Show a success this year. wonderful as the display was, and all lovers of the beautiful, in whatever form it may assume, are hoping for continuation of the show, and in the heart of every devotee is a little homesick feeling that the fa- miliar setting is to be changed.-The Millinery Trade Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18
THE CHRISTMAS BELLS MISSION.

twill Carleton in Every Where.) Sadness and Gladness were walking together,
 As oft they had done before: Sadness signing, and Gladness replying
 With jewels of laughter galore. How on this earth you find any mrth,
 When sorrow is in your sight?" How can you sigh,'' the merry reply,
 When all of the world is bright?" Jauntily swinging the Chrstmas-bel1s singing,
 Came joyfully sweet to the ear:- Sadness unheeding Despondency's pleading,
 Sent upward sweet smile of cheer. But Gladness tear dropped, warm and sincere, For the pain that the Christ-Martyr bore: And each saw the other: and Gladness and Sadness Twined arms and were friends evermore.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-18
NOT AMENITIES.

Mistress: And why did you leave your last place?
 Maid: Me and the missis was not congenial.-Harper's Bazaar.
 Paris-Roast camel will be one of the delicacies served at a Paris res- taurant for Christmas dinner. The meat is said to be excellent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-02
Hone for the Iepers.

Nine lepers. among them two wo-
men, were exhibited, Thursday night.
in the New York Academy of Medi-
cine before the section on dermatology.
Eight of these lepcrs are residents of
New York, and go about the streets
every day. 1t is said that there are
so such afflicted persons in the city of
New York, and eminent physicians
assure other residents that there is no
danger Of contagion.
DIR. Charles W. Duval of Tulane
University, New Orleans, claims to
have developed the leprous germ, but
has not yet discovered the serum for
the disease. He hopes within the
year, however, to give to the world
the cure for the malady which has
baffied science for centuries
And let us hope that when the
leprous spots are changed the hearts
OF stone may be melted and that the
old world may be and live better as
well as cleaner.
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SUNFlOWER PHILOSOPHY.
LAtchison NkanN C;lnhe

tktchison (kan0 Globe,
I'm loyal 10 everything American"
said man today, except American
s1rdinos.
young man is complimentod when
girl shows jealousy but an older
man gets scared.
While a boy is away with n gun
his mother declares that if the good
Lord will bring him back alive she will
never let him go again.
If a woman is patient and kind and
sensible her husband will fall in love
with her again after they have been
married ten N fifteen years.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned woman who said TO her boy
when lie hurt himself: THAT will quit
hurting before You get married >"
Ecccntricity is going without a neck
til Ill order 10 SHOW n diamond collar
hutton; with L bone collar button the
s"me cns'om is plain slouchincss.
It's easy to earn living" said q
woman WHo had never canned Il cent
IL her life. Why, the newspapers
are full of adv,rtisemo Offering
agents >lUD Il month"
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Coming Events.

Jan. 3-Annual meeting Maine Sports
mems Fish and Game Association. Au-
gusta.
Jan. s-4-5-western Maine Poultry AZ
ISOLATION, So. Paris.
Jan. 18th Legislature convenes in en-
larged State House, Augusta
: Jan. G-Somerset Cow Testing Assn,
Grange hall, Cambridge
Jan. 10-Superior Court opens. Augusta.
Jan ll-Annual meeting OF Maine Upu-
clans. Portland.
Jan. Il. Knox Pomona Grange. Union.
Jan. I'-LegiSlature enters upon dis
charge of duty Of election of L. 5. Sen
Itor.
Jan. 1S-19-.isth Annual Meeting Maine
Press Association, Augusta
Jan. 27-Kennebec County Christian
Endeavor Union, Gardiner.
Feb. G-l1-Commercial Travellers Food
Fair, Bangor.
Feb. i7-ls-I9-Maine state Y. NJ. c. A.
and College Y. NJ. c, a.. Lewiston.
Feb. 21-3e-Westerp Maine Pythian Jul
bilee. Lewiston.
March s-cony High Portland High de-
bate. Augusta
April 19-26-East Maine Methodist con-
ference. .oldtown. Bishop Cranston pre-
siding.
April ls-ee-MaIne Methodist Confer.
ense Biddeford Bishop Nicely presiding
cct 3.2G.@'-Annual Convention Maine
ICaChefS' Association August1
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

The surest way II get hated is to ge,
rich.
Loyalty stands true and Judges af.
terward.
A girl knows man loves her if she
wants him to.
The proof that God created the
world is it's motherhood.
Heaps and heaps of affection is hab-
it.
The best conscience is when it's
chlorofcrmed.
The devil invented loafing to do most
of lis work for him.
III Il man won't love woman
enough TO make her happy, she can
love him enough to.
y mother dreams of the Time when
her son will be President; a wife of
TIE timr when her husband will be :
millionaire.
The only time man enjoys having
4 woman with him on n trip is when
he takes his wedding trip.
If q married woman goes u prayer
meeting every Wednesday night. and
talks about her cross being heavy, ii
doesn't speak very well for her hus-
band.
A woman likes to take foreign tours
so she can talk about them, il they are
only arourd the plock.--U. i. Press.
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Senator Frye's Navigation Bill.

President Taft wants an ocean mail
bill, and he is expected to urge it
strongly when Congress convenes
again, but favorable action by Con-
gress is doubtful. The Senate, which
heretofore has been favorable, now
shows indications OF opposition which
may prevent the passage of such
measure, and if the Senate should
pass it there is no doubt that serious
trouble would be met in the House.
The Middle West does not like the
system.
"One OF the most important Of navi-
cation bills. which. however, has at
tracted almost no public attention, is
one introduced within month by
Senator Frye of Maine" says n Wash
ington correspondent. This bill pro-
vides that all tolls and transit charges
which may hereafter be imposed on
public vessels of the United States
and on merchant vessels of the United
States Tor passage through the
Panama Canal, shall be paid from any
money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated. In substance the bill
provides that the Panama Canal shall
be made free for the passage of
American ships.
The Hay Pauncefote treaty provides
that in the operation of the Canal no
discrimination shall be made in favor
of any country, but it is asserted that
such legislation 6s' Senator Frye pro-
poses will not b. discriminatory, as
every other country will be left free to
pay the Canal charges of it's own
operation of the Suez Canal, this
policy has been more or less generally
followed. Russia and Sweden pay
Canal charges from their treasury.
The British subsidy to the Peninsula
ara Oriental Company is sufficient to
take care Of all canal tolls. France.
Japan, and Italy also pay subsidies,
which virtually relieve their ships of
the expense of passing through the
canal.
1t has been commended, whether cor
rectly or not. that the Panama Canal
Would not be commercial success,
unless all charges were abolished. The
policy here outlined, If generally
adopted. Of course. would. mako the
Canal q free water way. With the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-02
The Window Wishe,

The little window wishers. their
tender eyes of blue.
Standing there before the ttshops,
don't they touch the hearty
Don't you always shivei with h,
as their tattercd clothes yo,c.
The ragged little urchins, b tn,
patches on each knee
Can YOU see them longing. yeng t.
sweet childhood's wiStful y
And forget them in your plannifor Il
merry Christmas Day?
oh, the little window wisheGbahy
hearts and baby eyes,
With their trusting faith in SanthzinG
there in glad surprise
At the dollies and the soldiers 4 the
Teddy Bears. believing 4
That they will not be forgotteu Car
you see them without gricvh
Can you think of them on China:
when the merry morning sta
Disilusioned, waking up to emptyock-
ings-hroken hearts.
oh, the little window wishers. lini
longingiy today
At the wonders in the toy shops IN eel
childhood's wistful way
Dreaming dreams of Christmas stobgs
filed with candies and with toy
Just as full of faith and fancy as M
own girls and your boys.
When you see their big eyes giistta:
these splendid things they VisN
Can you rush by ana forget themh
they touch the heart Of yon'1
Detroit FREQ Pre-
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WIRELESS rELEcRAPHY,
A Concise History of Its Origin ana
Progress.

Heinrich Hertz of karlsruc, ter
many, in 1883 demonstrated III" eN-
istcncc Of electric waves and devised
means for producing and for recc'NihS
them. In 1890 Eduard Branly OF
Paris, France. brought out sensitive
detcctor (the radio-conductor) LOT
|manifesting the presence OF the e'tt-
tric waves. Oliver Lodges "c"Neftt'
an Improvement upon this device. MAS
subsequently perfected and ns"d 10y
William Alarconi in his wireless tclc-
graph reccptor.
The earliest receptor for rceclFlilE
and indicating electric waves was de-
signed in 1895 by Alexander Popol "'
st. Petersburg, Russia, rs Il metcer"-
logical instrument for plotting the
differences of atmospheric poteh'iaiS'
T. comprised coherer, relay, a tap
per to dccoherc the filings, ana an
automatic register as we'll as an aerial
wire and an earthed terminal, al
junctS that were Indispensable feat
urcs IN carly wireless recepters.
William Marconi's first patent on an
electric wave telegraph system III lN9p
comprised 4 Hertz oscillator, encrglZcd
| by an induction coil. a vertical WIRE
attached to one side OF the sparkgap'
and an carthed plate attached tn the
opposite side. He was the first TO pro-
| ducc transmitter capable Of covering
long distances, and the first to employ
la Hertz oscillator and a Brandy CO.
herer in practical working wireless
| telegraph system. This is known rs a
simple open circuit system. in which
neither tuning nor syntoniZing is en-
| piOyed.
| Oliver Lodge Of Birmingham, Eng
land, designed a syntonc system. that
| is. sending and receiving apparatus
| which could be tuned To the same
| period OF oscillation. He accomplish
Cd this by introducing into the oscilla :
ton circuits inductive coils and con
idonScrS, when it was assumed that the
transmission and reception Of a mum
Dor OF messages in the same field OF
force simultaneously ana without in
Interference would be possible. This
Twas not only the first attempt to tune
the respective. circuits OF the trans
lmitter and the .rcceptor. but TO couple
IcloSed Circuits (Which permitted per
sis,ent os&illaStons to surge through
thcm, to open circuits which quickly
danEed out the energy of tie high
h potential currents. The ehiet systems
In use are the Mareoni. the Lodge
II Muirhead. the Fessendcn. the do For
est. the TelefunEcn. the Popp- nranl,'
i and the Pouisen.
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Kind of War Knox Prefers.

Secretary of State Knox openly de-
clares himself in favor of war with
Japan. Without qualifying explana-
ton this statement would startle the
world, but the American premier
warlike mood was not as bloodthirsty
as might be suspected. He had just
had long talk with the President
and when surrounded with reporters,
he smiled grilnly and, in answer to the
blunt question, DO you favor q war
with Japan" he said: Il do favor it,
provided. however that there are no
soldiers on either side except news
paper reporters.''
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Aviation May Recruit Army,

Arch HOxsey. the worlds champion
altitude aviator, made another two
nile ascension, Thursday, and scared
far above the mountains near Los An
geles. He reached an altitude of 10.
005 feet. and says that he nearly froze
TO death. In spite of the blooming
flowers and balny atmosphere at Los
Angeles, when he had left that place
scarcely half an hour, he said the air
vas filled with frosty particles, and
the temperature must have been far
below zero.
The machine at that time appeared
as mere speck above the snowy sum-
init. to the watchers. Army officers
who witnessed the flight are enthusi-
iastc over it's value as a military dem
onstf alton. They declare that with
1000 biplanes an army OF 10000 men
could be transported across Il range Of
mountains: as high as the Alps in a
single days. The possibilities Of such
an experience might induce young men
TO join the army, and thus would
Cncie Sam benefit. by aviation.
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HENS LAY FLAvORED EGGS.
owls Demonstrate Prenatal Influence
aofs Association With Flowers.

EiAbOratiiig D scheme of a fellow
radksnian in Connecticut who in
tdAfis henss To lay by deceiving
|lem u TO the season OF the year.
|harless s. Coof,ey.s who conducts
at Livingston. n. j.. has
hcereASa even beyond his hope. The
kHileeticut man screened one end Of
*sman greenhouse as a hcn yard.
Is. chickens turned into this inclo-
Re hi1d. looking through at the gcra-
ais ard other plants, Wers fooled
~ AZ belief that summer vas at
hi, sand they began laying ut tor
Ar: Gee ney entered intosthe expert
Atprtsa larger. scale. Three weeks
ID he fenced off with large mes':
" Scroen I space about - by 81
in the center OF his plant. He
n ed out eight Of the finest Leg
n hens and put them in the corral.
N Mooney hguted that If looking
I'll kfiSa screen on one side OF Il her.
II would make hens think summer
hd orne. the prospect on the four
81 Of n yard would make them
tn, several summers had 2rrived
an hus stimulate rhcm to even
grd n egg-laying activity.
Hheor:Zed correctly. FIRST he be-
gan get eight eggs Il day from tn"
elgA lens. Then the number began
to iMease until about two weeks ago
on u word of Mr.. Cooney. Who is q
n.anlf heretofore unquestioned Vo'
racit4 each ncn began laying two
eggs | day. At least, that average
was ialntainod. Several days latcy
the atrage increased 10 TWO and one
eishthepCs q day. This rate has
been Maintained since. The pleased
owners in doubt whether tho extra
egg islaid always by tic same her
or all / the colony take turns in lay
ing it.
The gangest Fart Of Mr.. Cooncy'r
cXpcriuint however, lies in tn IN
flueEcc On the chickens Of the proX'
init. 81 the plants and now'rs thar
SURROUND them on all sides. The "%E'
from TIN cnic!;ens used in the rNperi
ment afer the first few DAYS OF th"N
confnenfnt began To have r"eu!i1
anu (SDtiulis Nb34.tN go wa
shells " ire, NOR OF less tinted ~
observed that when not engaged "
scratching for food. and even on 'hci
nests, It'll BIRDS would stand o. u" /!
rapt admiration Of the flowers. Som
would ga. fer several minutes ut
time at american Beauty roses. Whil
others wNld FIND pleasure in Eic"n
tie carnAiohs or vioiets. Others wer
wont TO Lst their eyes on scraniurn
that tianAad one side # the Enclosure
The eggs. according to Mr.. CooneI
seemed I'd take en- distinctive flavor
and distitctive tints of the flower
most admired by the birds.
The demand for geraninm-haFore
rose-colork. and other tinted eggs
likely 10 be such, Mr.. Cooney hopes
that the nice he may demand viii n
much high than the present rate
80 cents a dozcn.-New York Herald.
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The Turning Toward Taft.

Interviews with prominent men from
all parts of the country in Washington
this week show an unmistakablc drift
toward the President. and a cordiality
toward his denomination, which is cx-
pected to have it's effect in reuniting
Republicans for the campaign and
eliminating the chances of q danger
Gus contest. Senators Burkett of Ne
braska, Piles of Washington, and
Warner of Missouri and Representa-
tives Dalzell of Pennsylvania and
Fassett of New York all important
men in the framing Of platforms and
the selection of delegates, each stated
in his opinion that his state delcga-
ton would be for Taft in 1912.
With President Taft avowedly n
candidate for denomination, and so
far, apparently, directing the details OF
his own campaign, interest centcrs on
conditions in New York state. The
Empire state always has been regard
Cd by candidates as indispensable
political territory, and already the ma
chinery to capture it for Mr.. Taft has
been set in motion. 1t is evidently
part of the administration plan to Sc
cure as many pledges as possible well
in advance. that the party may give
its attention to the details of campaign
management.
1t Is said that Sherman will not ac-
cept another nomination. and 1t is be-
lieved New York will support Taft
Notwithstanding the differences which
grew out of the last state campaign.
There is a movement on foot to select
q vice presidential candidate among
the progressives of the Middle West.