The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-31
FAIRFIELD


house will leave for a few days visit
in New York
Miss Human, connected with the
Warner corset plant in Bridgeport,
next to the library, leaves today for
a business trip to Europe.
Miss Carrie E. Belts returned yes
terday from q visit to friends in East
Orange. N. Y.
Some of our fire laddies wanted to
take q joy ride in the new Burr tour
ing car last Saturday evening, but as
there was considerable objection, the
trip was given up. The truck. to be
attached to the auto, is being pre-
pared in town at the carriage plant
of Mr.. Shuttle.
Sunday last, after a service of 81
years, Father Coleman of st. Thorn
as church, retired from the pastor
ate. The announcement, was not I'M
expected, as it had been foretold in
the press some weeks ago. Sometime
during this week he will leave for
his former home in Brooklyn. Dur
ing his long residence in town Father
Coleman has won the love and re-
spect of all who have had the pleas
ure of making his acquaintance. A
genial liberal, scholarly man, it is
with deep regret that his townsmen
see the day, when, owing to his
feeble health, he is constrained to re-
linQuish his duties as the parish
priest. He has always stood staunch-
ly for all that is best, pure and whole
some in the community. and has been
Of great service to the church.
Mrs. Charles S. Fox recently gave
g. very enjoyable whist party.
Only one solitary gardener is now
left to look after the Griscom place
on Greenfield Hill. 1t looks as If Mr.
Griscom took the defeat of the Re-
publican party very much to heart.
Mrs. Lucy King is home from a
visit to Stratford.
Friday evening William Nichols
ard wife, of Greenfield Hill, gave a
small house party. Covers were laid
for 10.
The Reading Circle is in session
this afternoon in Southport with Mrs.
Simon Sherwood.
There will be q cake sale tomorrow
afternoon in the church parlors of
the South Congregational church.
A large audience filled library hall
last evening to listen to lecture by
Col. Hazard on his experiences during
the Russo-Japanese war. He described
his Journey from st. Petersburg
through Manchuria, to Harden, saying
it took him some 81 days to go a little
ST. Petersburg to provide himself with
snow glasses but found he needed
glasses to protect his eyes from the
dust storms. The Japanese soldiers
had these and wore gauZe over their
mouths and noses to keep the dust out
Of their lungs. Describing the City
of Harden as at one time a great
manufacturing place he said that dur
ing the war the machine shops had
been turned into hospitals, with beds
for 10000 wounded soldiers. He met
Gen. Kuropatkin the most illustrious
general in the Russian army, and
and spoke of him as man of ability,
r.
contend with, among others rebellous
and drunken officers. He was cour-
teous and learned man, but he at
tempted the impossible. The Russian
line of battle extended from 80 to 80
miles, while the line at Waterloo, at
Antietam and Gettysburg was but
four or five miles. The Japanese gen.
his line by the use of the telephone,
while the Russian general had no
such appliances but tried to be in
every place at once. The climate of
Manchuria is very healthy which in
part accounted for the slight mortality
gave the Russian surgeons high praise
and thought them equal to the Japan
csc. The Japanese were better or
ganized and better prepared for look
ing after the sick and wounded than
the Russians. There was no differ
enCe in the two armies as regards the
rate of deaths from sickness. In a
modern war, said Col Hazard. one
never sees the enemy. He spoke very
highly of the Russian Red Cross, say
ing it Is the oldest, wea1thiest and
most efficient of any In the world. 1t
has constantly at it's disposal 5000
trained nurses, or sisters, as they are
called. And they follow the surgeons
to the battle field and often to the
front. Unfortunately Russian sur
geons are often drunk. A wounded |
Russian soldier seldom complains, |
however much he may suffer. He is |
silently and stoically resigned to his |
fate. The Japanese are equally indif- |
ferent. The politeness and thoughtful |
ness of the Japanese was dwe1t upon /
as something very remarkable, and |
many instances of this were narrat- |
ed. A few of the people in the au-
dience included Rev. and Mrs. Frank |
s. Child, Rev. and Mrs. Allen Beeman,
A. B. Huntington and wife, David |
Dea. and Mrs. Osborne,
Mr. Deyo and wife, Ruth Child. Miss
Forsythe, Miss Mary B. Kippen. Mrs
and the Misses Hinckley, Bacon Wake
man, L. G. Smith, Arthur Deyo, Mrs.
B. Glover, Mr.. Herdmann,
Charles Jennings, Supt. and Mrs. Ora
ham. Selectman and Mrs. Fox. Miss
Emma F. Wakeman and many besides.