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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14
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 With Coming of "Clean Design"
 American Engineer Tells Britons

! London, Nov. 14-That the motor car as an advanced means of trans- portation will experience a marked fn- crease in usefulness to the werld with the coming of "clean design, was the sentiment that was burned into tlne minds of American and British engin- eers Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the inter national session of the American and British societies of automobile enyin- eers, by Howard B. Coffin, reputed the leader of American engineering prac- tice.
 MT Coffin stated that "clean de- signs'-cars free of rods and clutter certainty for the next few years. ac- cording to the trend of the principles of engineering practice.
 Mr. Coffin's address was made at the dinner given the American Society of Engineers by the British Society.
 The American engineer expressed the belief that this constantly increasing simplicity would make it possible for women to drive the gasoline car and that "clean design, like the elimina- tion of the useless scaffolding of a building, meant the decrease of dffh0 cuity that some who might own cars fear they will encounter.
 : The fact that this trend toward sim plicity also must decrease the upkeep cost of the automobile, also augurs for an enlarged field of usefulness.
 MT. Coffin went on to state that in the greatest car he himself had built he had found upkeep cost greatly de- creased by the elimination of a thou sand parts. He said that the big item, in motor car building Is labor and with the elimination of rods and other features that could be dispensed with it was possible to triple the quality of parts that are used.
 He said this would insure an im- mense saving and. he evidenced his statements by recounting his experi- ence building his latest automobile in which nearly a thousand dollars a car was saved by the ultimate purchaser by rclean design.
 However, the greatest item, in his opinion, is the saving in dpkeep cost and the cost of making adjustments because "cleah design" places each thus doing away with the task of tearing down car for the purpose of adjusting some part.
 Another thing that will increase the automobiles field with the general adoption of ''clean design" is the. fact that this will make the car more cas- fly understandable to the man who is not of al mechanical turn of mind. MT. Coffins address was met with general commendation by both the Britons and Americans, all of whom are famous in the. automobile industry
 The American engineers are spend ing three weeks abroad, being the guests of England this week and next. They visited. the automobile show at Olympia and the various automobile factories in the vicinity of London. Then they will go across to France and will visit the various automobile centers there, as we'll as the famous French factories. et
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14
MOTORCYCLE ON A SPREE.

Charles R. Dorsch's motorcycle jumped away from the owner at the corner of Main street and Fairfield avenue, yesterday afternoon and sped down Main street toward Bank, ali by itself. Several people made an to stop it but none succeed ed. The machine bowled over a boy and a baby carriage and finally crash ed into a telegraph pole at the cor ner of Bank street. No one was hurt but the motorcycle
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14

WANT ADS. CENT A WORD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14
sTRATFIELD IMPROVEMENT
 l ASSOCIATION MEETS

Temporary organization was effect ed last night Of an improvement as sociation of residents of the Strat- field district at a. meeting in the Stratfield Baptist church. The tenn porary officers chosen were: M. E. Banks, chairman; Rev. William Swanson, secretary. Dr. Swanson, R. G. Whitney and M. E. Brewster Greene committee on constitution. Permanent organiza ton is expected at a meeting next Monday evening. About 30 attended.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14
CIdEANEASY. THE BEST HAND

Guaranteed not to injure the skin. Instantly removes Stove Polish. Rust. Grease, Ink. Plint and Dirt. For ths hand Or clothing. Large can 10 cents Manufactured by Wm. R. Vim. PA Stratford Ave.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
How Quay Won Big Victory

Quay again took UP all the time set
with the announcement that he would
continue his remarks the following
day, when, the hour for daily discus
sion at hand, he arose and wandered
of into the field of literature, modern
and classic, being careful, however, to
apply such literary comments as he
had to make to the subject matter OF
his speech. And just before he sat
down on that third day he gave notice
that his speech was not yet finished.
So, upon the fourth day, Senator
Quay rose to continue his speech. He
had the right to the floor; no one
could take It away from him. And
upon this occasion he sent to the
clerks desk a large volume, asking
tina the clerk read certain marked
passages therein. The clerk droned
away for more than an hour and had
not finished the reading of the ex,
tracts when the hour for adjournment
came. Therefore, enato Quay's IN.
day, when 1t was observed that Quay
had upon his desk a large number OF
senate documents and many volumes,
A curious colleague asked him how
long he expected to speak.
Until doomsday, or until this con.
gress adjourns, or until the senate
votes down the sugar schedule was
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
IDEAS IN SEPARATE SKIRTS
Garment Practically indispensable anc
4 Wide Choice Of Materials
May Be Made.

If you would profit by the example
of French t~ailors, you will order ep-
arate skirts of one of the following
materials:
First, a double-faced cloth that has
leaDed into important place is being
used. II practically trims itself. and
will be very popular for this econom-
zeal reason.
Then there are choviots and serges
for lightweight models, and all colors
are in vogue. the eutral shades and
dark blue leading.
Heavy fancy suitings are very popu-
lar. The English tweeds and mixed
suitings are having a tremendous
favoritism shown them by the lead
ing houses.
Tailored skirts are not SO straight
in outline, many showing slasbed eff
fects at the side, and ali are made
walking length.
Some nave a slightly .aised waist
band, so that no belt is needed. while
others show a normal line, with a
stitched band attached to the skirt
On others a back panel is attached.
with a modified front edge that ex-
tends towards the front, thus forming
a belt or girdle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
Familiarity With Contents OF the SEN
ate Document Room Enabled Him
to Talk the Wilson Sugar
Tariff to Death.

Matthew Stanley Quay, chairman OF
the Republican national committee
which carried on the successful persi-
Dental campaign of 1883. and United
States senator from Pennsylvania
from 1887 to 1905, gained the reputa'
ton Of being the most expert political
manager Of his time. The public, how
ever did not know that Senator Quay
found his chief recreation in his IL
brary n was almost as good an au-
thority upon literature. classic and
modern, as he was upon politics.
While he was In the senate Mr..
Quay devoted much Of his leisure to
the reading of the documents n
tained in the senate document room,
and he was almost as familiar with
those which bor upon tariff discus
sions as was the famous Amzi Smith.
who carried in his head a complete
record Of all the documents, thousands
In number, in the senate document
room, of which he was superintendent.
This acquaintance with general litera-
ture. and especially with the docu-
ments in the enate document room
bearing upon tariff questions, was the
weapon upon which Senator Quay re-
lied for defeating one clause In the
Wilson tariff bill of 1894.
Soon after the bill was reported to
the senate and while it was still in the
senate committee, it was observed
hat Senator Quay made frequent
visits to the document room and was
In earnest conversation with Amzi
Smith. When a colleague met him one
day as he came away from the docu-
ment room with a bundle of docu-
ments under his arm, Quay was asked
what he purposed doing with all those
documents.
"Oh, l may have to make a speech
on the tariff bill" was the reply.
: After the bill was reported to the
senate Quay announced that he did not
approve of the sugar clause of the bill.
and that he purposed to speak in OPP
position to 1t. He gave notice Of the
day when he would speak, and at the
appointed time he arose in his place
and began his speech. His manner
was very quiet. He used none of the
arts of rhetoric: but at the same time
he impressed upon the senators the
fact that he purposed fighting the
sugar clause to the end. He occupied
all of the time set apart for daily dis
cussion and then, as he took his seat
/ Quay remarked: "Mr. President, | In
tend to go on with my speech tomor'
row"
When the morrow came Senator
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
New News of Yesterday

the reply. Il have tariff documents
here by the yard; l have volumes bear
ing upon tariff questions that would
fill a library. ! purpose entertaining
the senate with these volumes and ex
tracts from these documents, for these
are TO be considered a part of my
speech"
1t was soon realized that Senator
Quay a the senate at his mercy I'M
der the rule of the senate which pro-
vided that, whenever a senator an
nounced that upon a certain day and
in the hours set apart for addressing
the senate he should speak. he had the
right to occupy the full time set apart
each day for discussion until his
speech was finished. Quay was pre-
pared to talk the tariff bill to death.
His speech had become q perfect mo-
sale OF his own remarks and interpo-
lated paragraphs and extracts from
numerous tariff documents n vol
umes Of literature n was without
precedent In the history Of h senate.
At last a senator said to him:
Aren't you firing yourself out. Quay?'
The senate Is more likely to be
tired of me than | am of myself" was
the reply.
And In that statement Senator Quay
was correct. The senate tired of him.
acknowledged that he had the body
by the throat, SO to speak, II was
only too glad to concede all that Quay
had been fighting for for more than
two weeks.
Copyright. 1911. by f. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
Z%acharlah Of Michigan by His Per
sonal Force and William E. OF
New Hampshire by Adroitness
Made Hayes President.

One evening in the midsummer OF
1881, after a day in which the wounded
President Garfield had been so free
from suffering that his physicians were
strongly of the hope that the Crisis
had been reached and passed and that
the president was on the road to re-
covery, the secretary Of state,
G. Blaine, chatted with two or three
of his fellow members Of the cabinet
as they stood upon the porch OF the
White House refreshing themselves
in the cool of the evening.
Il have always thought" began Mr..
Blaine, without first explaining what
had awakened his train of thought
another Blaine characteristics have
always thought that no other two men
of the United States that | have known
of personally or through history could
have organized so swiftly and so tri'
umphantly for their party a great cleo
ton contest as did the two Chambers
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10

There are a number of golf courses
in and near Philadelphia and there
are thousands Of golf enthusiasts in
this city. They win probably be in
terested to hear that golf players all
over the country spend $4,000, 900 on
golf balls each year.
With the increase in interest IN ali
~out-of-door sports golf has steadily
grown more popular until today few
communities in the United States are
without at least a nine-hole course.
Five years ago it was said there were
a quarter Of a million golfers in
America. Today there are certainly
hal a million. 1t is a bit difficult to
estimate the number of balls used, for
players. vary in times over the course,
losses and in the damage they do to
the gutta percha spheres. Then, too,
some have OLD balls remade and soiled
balls repainted. 1t is pretty certain,
however, that at least two dozen balls
a season are purchased by the or
binary golfer. That 100000
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
GOOD MATERIAL FOR FLOOR
French inventor Has Devised Combi-
nation Of Concrete and Carborun-
dun for Severe Use.

There has always been difficulty In
finding a material for flooring which
will successfully Withstand the grind
ing action of a constant procession OF
persons over it, as at the entrances OF
large railroad stations, but a French
inventor has devised a combination OF
concrete and carborundum which has
been experimental with in Paris, and
the results have been found to be SUI
perior to anything else which has
been devised for the purpose A
flight of steps built Of this combina-
ton showed no ~perceptible wear after
they had been used by an estimated
army of $4,000, 900 persons who passed
over it. This is a very severe test, for
in going up and down public stair
WAYS persons follow the shortest line,
so that the great majority OF those
using it follow the same path, the
wear and teal is very great in pro-
scribed area.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
Real Father of Greenback

of mine. While studying medicine,
however. he saw what the opportuni-
ties for scientific Investigation were,
so that he went to New Haven, and
studied under the famous Silliman,
professor OF chemistry at Yale.
1T was while he was studying chem,
istry that he became almost by chance
possessed of information which he af-
forwards so utilized as to give us the
greeuback. He put the discovery
aside for a while, but something
which he never could explain led him
to take II up again, and at the begin,
ming Of our Civil war he announced
that he had invented a green ink
which would stand any climatic raw.
ages and retain its color for all time.
so much for that Now. after Sec
rotary Chase had received authority
to issue legal tenders, he was anxious
to give the notes a distinctive appear
auce. He wanted to have them as un
like ordinary ~bauknotes as possible.
One day, he was speaking incidentally
about this to Judge Lafayette s. Eos.
ter. who at that time was a senator
from Connecticut and was often con.
suited by Lincoln. saying that he earn
cstIy desired to get the legal tender
note so printed that 1t would be in
staDtly identified by the eye Judge
Foster suggested that ne have the
bach printed in a green ink, saying
that a former towusman of his. Or. r.
Stcrry Hunt, had invented a green ink
which would never fade. but that 1t
had never been put upon the market.
That will be just the thing, said
the secretary Of the treasury. Tie got
samples Of green ink printing pre-,
pared, obtained proof that the ink
would not fade, and then gave the
order that the new legal tender notes
should, upon their reverse side, be
printed with his green ink, And in
that sense SAT- Colonel Wait. "Dr.
T, Sterry Hunt is the father OF the
g~reenback."
Copyright. 1917. by e. J. Edwards. All
Rights ReservedD
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
DAINTY TO SERVE WITH TEA
Here Is Still Another Sandwich That
1t Is Claimed Is Just the
Right Thing.

The hostess is always on the look
out for some little dainty to serve at
afternoon tea time. 1t must be light
and delicate, for otherwise it might
endanger the dinner appetite, and for
the same reason too many sweets are
not advisable.
It seems that the poor sandwich is
a most overworked commodity, but it
will not down and hobs up ~serenely in
a new guise in the most unexpected Of
places. And here it is again, this time
with grated cheese and finely pow
dered pecans held to the thin rye
slices with a wee bit of English mus
tard. On another tray are round sand
witches, a lettuce leaf and a thin slice
of tomato, with a small amount of
mayonnaise, and the cutting leaves
the edges smooth.
Still another filling is made by boil
ing a wee piece of calf's liver, chop
ping it very fine, and adding it to a
package of cream cheese, with the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
Novel Vacuum Cleaner.

A great variety Of vacuum cleaners
have appeared on the market and
many Of them vary from others only
in the most minute details, but one
which is on entirely novel lines has
been recently brought out and will fill
a special place and may in the course
of time he perfected so as to be ap-
plicable to all domestic establishments
where a stream of water is available.
1t consists of two suction pumps, OPP
Grated by a direct connected water
wheel and a chamber in which the
dust and dirt mix with the water dis
charged from the wheel. The machine,
which weighs a little less than TWEEN
ty-fve pounds, is intended to sit over
a sink or bathtub and the dirt and
water pass out through the waste pipe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10

the faces of older as we'll as young
women.
The moderately large hat of felt.
shown in Fig. 2 is faced with velvet
and has a velvet collar about the
crown. A large handsome pompon Of
short ostrich tips forms all the trim
ming it needs. This hat may be made
in any good color or combination Of
colors. 1t protects the head and eyes
and is very generally beComing-a hat
to be worn with almost any costume.
We should beware of the "bare-head-
ed" fad that possesses some m
ties, as it is very bad for the hair.
lust now more caps for morning and
evening wear are made than for many
years. Nevertheless girls and women
ride about the city and country roads
with the hair unprotected and blowing
about to become loaded with filthy
dust. The hair is naturally oily and
dirt sticks to it. Too frequent washing
! makes it brittle and Injuries its texture
| and color, yet there is no other way Of
keeping it clean except to protect it
from the dust laden air. In the country
one may wear sunbonnets; those cut
gracefully are as pretty as any head
covering ever made. In the city there
are well fitting soft street hats that
! protect the hair and eyes. Mothers
should insist on their daughters wear.
ing hats, or caps, to and from school
as a matter of cleanliness. If this pre-.
caution is taken, the hair may be
kept clean without literally wearing 1t
Jul with washing. Once a month will
be often enough for the shampoo.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
INDUSTRIAL
AND
MECHANICAL
Cd NOTES ia

Germany sends 29, 1000 feathers a
wear to England for millinery pur-
poses.
Kid gloves have nothing to 10 with
kids. They are made of the skins Of
sheep.
Artificial wood for matches, made
from straw, has been invented by a
Frenchman.
The lumber interest of the far north
west has shown a growth Of IA per
cent. in ten years.
Sealing wax does not contain a
| particle of wax. It consists of shellac,
t~urpentine and cinnabar.
Whalebone is not bone at all. 1t
has not a single one of the many dis
tinctive properties of bone.
Proiectiles fired even from the
heaviest guns, when they penetrate
concrete, do so without splintering 1t.
The Malay states supply two-thirds
of the tin used in the world. Their ex-
norts of tin last year were above $40,-
100000.
The wood of the willow tree is
tough, elastic and light. For this rea-
son artificial limbs are usually made
of willow wood.
Recent experiments in France have
shown that natural turf is an excel
lent material from which to form beds
for fltering sewage.
Germany imported more than 5000
tons of fruit waste in 1910, principally
apple and pear pealing and cores. %
be used by jelly manufacturers.
AIaska's gold output last year, ac-
cording to geological survey figures,
was worth 500, 463, 900, the : largest
WELD since 1906, the record year.
An iron ship weighs u per cent
less h a a wooden one of the same
dimensions, and will carry.15 per cent
more cargo loaded to the same depth.
Twelve parts tin, two parts zinc,
| one part aluminium and l per cent.
| chloride Of sodium makes an alloy
with which the aluminium can be sol
dered easily.
Nickel mining is quite active in New
Caledonia. European firms are invest
ing largely in 1t and other mining.
| Some fair gold discoveries have been
| made recently.
The use of bicycles is decreasing in
Russia. One dealer said he had sold
1000 in 1908, but only half that num-
Der in 1909. In Germany the demand
for them is stationary.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
Colonel Waits Story of Or. T. Sterry
Hunt n His invention of Green
lnk With Which the Notes
Were Printed.

II suppose that you have often
heard it said that Gov. Salmon r.
Chase, when secretary OF the treasury
in LincOln's administration, was tlrst
called the father of the greenback,
said the late John T. Wait, who TOR
many years represented a Connecticut
district in the lower OF col
gress.
replied to Colonel Wait that | sup
posed it had passed into history that
Secretary Chase was the father OF the
greenback.
Wen. be was not. in the sense In
which use the word" Judge Wait re-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10

day to day, is d source of some con-
Germ to.the tidy householder. Then
again the transferral of the ashes
from under the heater must be looked
after constantly and is a task which
many a man performs only with the
assistance of considerable profanity.
The matter has been solved by bury
ing the ashes as they fall from the
heater. A revolving system of ash
boxes fits in a well in front of the
heater and when the heater is raked
the debris ~therefrom is drawn directly
into n of these buried receptacles.
These may be emDtied at ones own
convenience.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
Ipvents Metal ShinGle.

A man in South Carolina has pat
ented a single made Of metal, which
resembles the wooden ones in size
and shape. But the metal shingles in
terlock by means. of a series of j
and channels. They are more durable
4ban the old kind, and, being absolute
" fireproof, are especially adapted FOR
use on garages and similar buildings
where the fire risk is great. 1t is
claimed that, when once properly in
stalled. they will last as long as the
walls of any structure.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-10
Polish silver in fashion

Over in Paris they are wearing a
great deal of Polish silver which does
not tarnish. The shops will probably
bring it here, and it would be wise
for women to look it up and use it.
Belt buckles, buttons, antique brooch.
es, and the heavy crosses which wo.
men are wearing on the black velvet
ribbons around their necks are all
made of this metal, and the prices in
Paris are very small. They will dou-
bic, of course, when they get to Amer.
lea, but even then they may not be
expensive.