The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-06

health of modern American cities es- pecially New York, which is the great est manufacturing centre on the Ann erican continent, refute the claims of the Government expert.
 ''The food eaten by the average man in the city," says Dr. Robinson "is better than the food of the average country dweller. The modern city is unquestfonably healthier than the country, and statistics show that its should not be moved beyond the boun- daries of the city, but only to it's out skirts. We hear so often and have got so used to the needless encomiums Of the country" continued Dr. Robin- son, that we are apt to make par ret-i:ke repet.sions e ths.a w.---.s considering the facts. Country fam lilies n''~hf to cat the bAst food in tha world, but as a matter of fact they don't. They send the cream and the new laid eggs and the fresh fruits ard vegetables to the city markets and live themselves on cold storage pro- ducts and canned goods Also they consume an undue quantity of pastry. fried dishes and fat pork. Fresh air is important, but we must not make fetish of it," Dr. Robinson asserted T know that many people have paid with colds and pulmonary troubles for their injudicious worship of fresh air.
 
 with open windows at all seasons of the year. One of the healthy advan- tages of the city is the steam heat which mitigates the rigor of winter air. Certainly intellectual work can be much more easily performed in the city than in the country. The dull- ness and monotony of the latter are most injurious to mental efficiency.
 "One of the most important factors of health and longevity is congenial occupation, and one of the great trag- edies of our social system is that SO many thousands are obliged to be en- gagged in occupations for which they are not suited and which they hate. Uncongenial occupation deterforates the mind, depresses the spirit and weakens the body. But there is a wider field of choice in the city than in the country.
 Haddon Chambers, the English au- thor, who has been here for several weeks sight seeing, thinks that sec- tion of Broadway which passes through what is colloquially known as 'the white light district the most moving cosmopolitan and wonderful thorough fare in the world
 "There is drama in almost every corner of it one turns-naturally'' said the dramatist, because you have be- fore you one of the most compelling depictions of the struggle for human existence, with a cast of players made up of the cultured brushing elbows with vulgar. the rich within touching distance of the poor. the nervously high strung native side by side with the plegmatic over-composed for eigner. I can stand at my ease and enjoy the benefits of leisure, thought or even fanciful speculation in any other corner of the world: but here feel that leisure has no place, that leisure is against the law; here I feel that I must work That rush of hu- manity out there." continued MT. Chambers, with the slightest of ges- lures toward Broadway at noon. forces it upon you that the whole there is nothing but extinction for the unfit.
 '.Fear, think, is the first impress sion that takes hold of foreigner, at the sight of New York life It is not a towards fear, but the fear of a Americans say, that it is up to him. now or never. There is more of life and consequently of drama to the square inch of this radius within our view than to the square mile of al- most any other city that know. The passers-by on Broadway are passers- by from the world over, they are Bri- tish, French, Italian, Viennese, Ger man, as well as American, and they are all terribly strenuous The stress of life here is tremendous. It may lop something off the years of your next generation as Napoleon's with ering Russian campaign reduced the height of the average Frenchman.
 '1There is look of the tired child and the downward gaze of men driv- en by unseen forces in the faces of many of your passers-by; though all ways like all pasSers-by, as Pine, the valet, says, sometimes, not knowing anyone is looking, they play up most natural"
 Instead of the pretentious affair to which society was disposed to look forward, it now develops that the mar riage of Lord Camoys and Mildred Sherman, is to be rather quiet fam- ily party, with only few of the more intimate friends of the young couple present, outside of the members of the families. Lady Camoys, mother of the bridegroom who it was announced earlier in the season. would come over for the ceremonial will not make the journey across seas at this time The ceremony which was originally fixed for December 9th. has been moved forward to the 2nd and will take place at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. William Watts Sherman. His LOrdSh1p called at the City Hall the other day for his marriage license and. asked that an official be sent to the residence of Miss Sherman to subscribe to the en- tries concerning her age, parentage and agreement to the marriage, as re- quired by law. She has been confin- ed to her home for some days suffer- ing from a sprained ankle. In view of this fact, to which the family phy- sician certified, the officials of the marriage license bureau consented to waive the rule that all applications must be made in person.
 Following the marriage the couple l will go abroad on an extended honey moon, after which they will make their permanent residence in London. 1 It was hoped by the bride and groom to be, that Lord and Lady Decies, at 1 whose wedding last February they were attendants, would be able to l come over for the wedding but it is | not believed they. will be able to do | so. Society was much interested in | the report widely circulated this week | that Hope Hamilton cousin of Lady Decies and one of her bridesmaids | with Miss Sherman, had turned down | young Julian Dillon, because of his recent escapades with a chorus girl | of the "Kiss Waltz" Co. The young [ man has been burning things up along