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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-24
WESTPORT

Miss Helen Sherwood of Watkins Seminary. Wetlkins. \: Ya arrived at where she will spend the Christmas Louis Mills has accepted a position as clerk in the Jack cafe on w all MT. and Mrs Starr Sherwood of Dan bury have returned to their home in guests of Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Mac Kenzie for the past few days.
 The Christmas tree and entertain 1nent of the Congregational church sunday school will be held Friday ev- ening and theSusual good time will be in order
 in the Saugatuok school and whose home Is in Danbury, visited her for mer pupils at the school on Friday and enjoyed their closing exercises North Main street home last week af- ter being under treatment at the Nor walk hospital for the past several The annual meeting of the share holders of the First National bank Of westport will be held on the even be elected for the ensuing year
 Two handsome new monuments have been. erected during the past week in the Willow Brook cemetery.
 Trinity church Sunday school will hold it's entertainment and Christmas tree on Monday evening, Dec. 30. A
  been prepared and a visit from Santa Claus has been arranged for.
 Miss Margaret Newman of Sauga- tuck will spend the holidays at her home after being an inmate Of the Norwalk hospital for the past few weks Her many friends will be pleas ed to learn that she has been removed to her home
 The personal tax collector will re- ceive taxes at his office in the Sauga- tuck postoffice from now until March 1 1913 After that date the names of all tardy ones will be placed in the hands of the prosecuting attorney for collection
 At the Greens Farms church, Sunday morning, the choir rendered the can- .ata '"The Adoration'' by George New sns. The subject of the sermon, which proved very interesting, was ''The ThreefoId Aspect of Christmas.'' The Sunday school Christmas concert was held in the afternoon.
 with the Westport Meat Market, has Martin Nolan, the shoe merchant t, is preparing to leave next month for %he mining fields of Canada
 Four cases of scarlet fever have been reported in Saugatuck, all the patients being pupils of the Bridge street school which was closed a week ago by the health officers for fumiga- ton
 There will be no meetings Of the sChrist church organization this week
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-24

Milton McCauley. After the pro- gramme the pupils and teacher, Miss Edith Logan, exchanged gifts on a very pretty Christmas tree. Miss Dorothy Gillette is spending several days guest of Rev. and
 Mrs. Judson Conkl1n in Trenton, N J. Miss Mary A Gillette of Stratfield is spending her vacation as guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Edward D. Gillette at Adams Corners. Miss Mary Tyler has returned to
 her home after a short visit as guest
 of her sister Mrs. William Manson
 in Bridgeport.
 The Sunday school of the Congre-
 gat1onal church will have their Christ
 mas concert on Friday evening, Dec 27th instead of on Sunday as has
 been reported previously
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-24
"THE LITTLE PRINCESS" AT LYRIC GETS ENTHUSIASTIC
 GREETING FROM AUDIENCE

One of the sweetest most timely, and prettiest offerings which has fea- Lyric Theatre Stock Company this season is |"TYhe Little Princess, pro duced last night under the personal supervision of Messrs. Karkunoff & Schrock with a local girlie-girlie cast which is sure to meet the public taste
 dealing as it does with girlish emo tfons and pleas ures and staunch friendships engendered in youth. has been beautifully depicted by the pen enacted by Miss Cleveland, Janet Hop kin, Roma Edwards and Patty Barnes offers display. of new emotional characteristics which is indeed re- found dramas.
 Added to the delights and novelty of the occasion were the introduction of new talent in the persons of Leslie King as MT. Carrisford, w H. Will Hams, a clerk, Patty and Dorcas Barnes, while musical numbers / of fered by Janet Hopkin and a dance by Roma Edwards, well the vo- cal selections rendered by MT. Karkun- off were highly pleasing and received numerous encores.
 The opening scene of the Little Princess shows the reception room at Miss Minchin's Seminary for young ladies with all the pupils present Amidst the jol1ification of the Christ mas time Miss Cleveland, as the little princess, is introduced into the room and with her supposed title and great wealth is the center of admira ton. Her birthday is being celebrated and she has just completed telling a fairy story Of great king and little bare foot princess when a lawyer arrives to divu1ge the sad news of her fa- ther's death and consequent poverty. The second act shows the attic to which she has been banished in hun ger and hard work by a severe task mistress her little friends remain loyal and true to her former glory. A se- cretly held banquet is interrupted by seek the little princess. In the third act the dream of the gir1ish imagina- tion comes true and she is hailed a real princess of the realm.
 Miss Cleveland in the principal role played withf ease and charming grace the juvenile role in which she was cast, and in girlish abandon, sweetness of character and costume again en- deared herself in the hearts of a large audience which paid high tribute to her ability by sustained applause.
 Margaret Lewis and Margaret Sed- don in character as well as a. new face with the company, Dorcas Barnes, who appeared as a school teacher, ably added their art to the success of the production Janet Hopkin, Roma Ed wards and Patty Barnes, in the three juvenile characters, displayed wide versatility and showed themselves to be more than clever actresses
 While sustaining minor parts Louise GiIchrist, Leslie King Maurice Syl- bert, ". H. Williams, Edward NaR- nery. ". E. Saunders and Alfred Smith appeared to great advantage and upheld the regulations they have al- ready made as original and highly talented comedians A school girl cast During this holiday season nothing could be more appropriate or enjoying than "a visit to this enticing and re- freshing drama of fantastic concep- tiOY1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-24
1.-THE TIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL", FINE
 SHOW AT POLL STOCK

Almost a sparkling musical comedy ''The Time, The Place and the Girl at the PoIi Stock Theatre might be called, and though not in garden of Eden, so enchanting the scene amidst a bower of trees surrounded by high garden walls and sweet fences the similie is hardly lost.
 It was indeed a musical treat this ming1ing Of talent which in the unfold ing of the plot has been gathered to- gether under quarantine at the sani- tarfum Bel Air in the mountains of Virginia. Talent in the guise Of every known profession and blended in a genuine succession of comic episode and situation, in dialogue, lyric and character display the production is well favored and was accorded a hearty reception by the we'll filled house which witnessed it's initial per
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-24

New London-The body of a man, so badly decomposed as to make iden- tification impossible, was found float ing in the Thames late yesterday
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-24
EASTON

The Yellow school closed on Fri day and the following program was presented in the afternoon: Roll call, all responded to some Christmas uuota ton; recitation ''Christmas Greetings" by Clarence French; re- citation by Joseph Oustergreen: re- citation ''Dorothy's Afterth ought" ," Beatrice Davis; class exercise by five children Merry Christmas; recita- Ston. A Dear Little Scherner," by TIfIda McCauley. recitation, Merry Love Christmas" by Nellie No1
 dialogue. Jacks Sisters by Bea- trfce Davis, Hi1da McCauley and Ken aett Logan; recitation, Tommy Let ter" by Julian Piccot; recitation, christmas Bells.'' by Frank Ferry; recfta ton, ''Ned's Christmas Tree" by
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-24
HEADS BISHOP CAMP.

Henry W. Bishop camp, S. w " last night elected c. B. Deitz com mander for the coming year. Charles w. Porter was named senior vice commander; Thomas Speer, junior vtce-comman1er; Anson Barnes of fcer of the day; Warren Deitz, of f1cer of the guard; Joseph J.. Boyne, trustee; R. R. Parson, national dele gate; A. D. Barnes. alternate
 Narv To7do,, r1o 47 e
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-24
CLAN CAMPBELL INITIATES,

Fourteen candidates were initiated at the meeting of Clan Campbell, O. $. C., last evening, the largest class in the history of the clan. John Tay- Tor, a prominent member, presented the body a handsome steel engraving representing the meeting of Robert Burns and Walter Scott. At the next meeting, the recently elected officers will be installed N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
CHANGE SEA ROUTE AGAIN
Atlantic Liners Must Go Still
Farther South on Account
of Icebergs.

maritime interests have been obliged
to move the transatlantic steamship
lanes southwark to meet the extra
ordinary ice conditions in the North
Atlantic. 1t was through the activi-
ties of the photographic office that
that action was taken by the repre-
sentatives of the transatlantic steam
ship companies in New York.
Curiously enough the photographic
office based it's action on reports of
further southern movements of dan
gerous icebergs from the steamship
America, which had previously re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
Some Details Vicious.

The communication refers to other de-
tails of the bill as vicious" Not only
is it suggested that approval of the
measure be withdrawn, pending an opn-
ion by the corporation counsel. but it is
proposed that the Commissioners have
conference with the board of supervisors,
the health officer of the District and such
committees as medical societies may ap-
point.
THE board is assured states the COM
munication. that no injury will be done
any one by thfs apparent delay. as no
test cases are at present before the
courts of the District, and the petitioners
for special legislation are working with
out interference from the police depart
ment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
Oldest Ship on Exhibition.

The Success, the oldest sailing ship in
actual use today. has sailed to New York.
where she will be placed on exhibition.
The packet was built of teak wood for
the Australian government and used for
many years as a convict ship. 1t has
been many years since the sinister ship
made its last voyage with a cargo of hui
~ man dereicts. but in 1895 ii made the
venturesome trip from South Australia 10
the mouth of the Thames On this voyage
a steamship commander reported, after
meeting the Success, that he had seen the
phantom ship, the Flying Dutchman.
Just as the ship was preparing for her
American trip her entire crew deserted,
and ii was only by offering double pay
that she was able to sign on another. In
striking contrast to her ancient rig is the
powerful wireless station on the old ship.
! the operator for which has his office in
one of the old convict cells.
Several of the leading sporting author
tiles of England have practically thrown
UP the sponge" so far as British success
in the Stockholm Olympiad is concerned,
and they are advising the athletes to con-
centrate on the meet which Will be held
in Berlin in 1916. One of the leading
critics scored the British amateurs for
their apathy and declared that no appre
-ciable advance had been made since the
disastrous Olympiad of 1908.
= The United Kingdom has been Sunering
from labor unrest in an increasingly men
acing manner for several years now, and
t. the end is still not in sight
The report of Sir George Askwith,
the chief industrial commissioner. pop
ularly know as the strikebreaker,
shows that in 1911 there was stop
page of work affecting $4,000 workers.
largely men engaged in transport. cot
ton mills and on railways. The trans
port workers caused most of the
trouble, $4,000 of them being affected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
TWO SMALL FIRES.
Damage to Home of George Boon
Amounts to $3.50.

Fire in the two-story frame house of
George Boon, 141S Seth street yesterday
afternoon abut 5:l5 O'Clock, did damage
amounting to about $3.50. The blaze spread
to the adjoining house Of Mrs. Betty
Turner and did about SO damage. Both
houses were insured.
Seventh precinct policemen were unable
to determine the origin OF the blaze.
A child i'm the family of II. c. Baylor
136 I'D street northwest. accidentally
set fire to a curtain in the house yester-
day afternoon and an alarm was sent i'm.
Firemen responded and quickly cx-
tngushed the fire. About SO damage
resulted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
Word Sent to Steamers.

photographer Knapp promptly wired
that news to the branch hydrogra phic
office in New York, which relayed it by
radio messages as far as possible
across the Atlantic to the steamers fit
ted to receive such messages. The
New York Office also Immediately
took up the subject of a change Of
route with the steamship companies,
and new. lanes were established. begin
ming yesterday. as follows:
The west bound lane follows the
great circle to latitude 38 north, longi-
tude 45 west, thence along the parallel
latitude of 3S to longitude so.
The east-bound lane follows the
great circle to latitude 3740 north,
longitude so west. thence along the
parallel of latitude $40 to longitude
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12

to learn that the Commissioners had CIV
en- unqualified approval to the bill. 1t
is stated that the bill contains no def
milton as to what the practice of osteo-
patty embraces, and that the Commits
sioners should ask of those who desire
the legislation denition of their art
or science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
MEDICAL SUPERVISORS
HIT OSTEOPATHY BILL
Ask Commissioners to With
draw Approval Until 1t
Is Amended.

TIL. board of medical supervisors of the
District has requested the Commissioners
to withdraw their approval of the bill
to regulate the practice of osteopathy
in the District until the Commissioners
have obtained the opinion of the corpora
ton counsel as to the effect on existing
laws the proposed legislation will have
in letter to the District heads, which
is signed by J. b. Gregg GUS, presi-
dent, the board states il was surprised
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
Colored College Frats Dine.

Members of Alpha Chapter of the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity of Howard Uni
versty gathered about the banquet board
for an initiatory dinner Friday evening
at the ST. Regis cafe on 18th. street. The
Omega Psi Phi is the first Greek letter
fraternity founded by negroes at a
negro college. The organization is
based primarily on scholarship and its
members are all students at Howard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
NARROWLY ESCAPES INJURY.
Mai. Treadwell In Auto Which Is
Damaged BY Street Car.

Maj. Thomas c. Treadwell, stationed at
the United States Navy Yard, had
narrow escape from serious injury last
evening when his automobile in which he
was riding was struck by a car of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany at Connecticut avenue and DeSales
street. The machine was about to turn
into DeSales street at the time
One of the rear wheels of the auto was
smashed and the body of the injured.
The damage is estimated at $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
DR.. KERRY TO PRESIDE.
In Charge of Meeting of Friendship
House Association.

Rev. DR.. William J. kerby of the
Catholic University will preside at the
annual meeting of the Friendship House
Association, which will meet at the
settlement house headquarters, 324 Vir-
ginia avenue southeast. Tuesday even
ing at 7:45 o'clock.
There will be two addresses delivered
at the meeting. Rev. Dr. Abram Simon
of the Eighth Street Temple taking as
his subject Settlement Ideals and Mrs.
Archibald Hopkins discussing The
Place of the Settlement in Our Civic
Life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
What Lieut.. MINIS Says.

I'VE have had an exciting time since
leaving Hobart. The day we reached
.Macauarie Island We struck a rock In
Carolnes cove and found a shipwrecked
: crew to the north of the island l was
in charge of the dogs and went ashore.
where ! lived with the islanders in their
hut. At 3 O'clock one morning we were
hauled out of bed to weigh anchor as
the Aurora had once again drifted on the
rocks We cleared from Macquarie and
-" after four days met with the ice pack
Here We were hung up for five DAYS
land after getting loose discovered an ice
barrier and new land TO the east of Adele
Land. We are now going west and may
land at any moment"
- 1t Is now settled that a private Dan
fsh corporation will be granted the
ST. Thomas harbor concession ma
ns1ority of the parliamentary committee
appointed to investigate the request of
the company has reported In IT'S favor
and 1t is hardly likely that the concession
viii encounter an adverse vote in the
Rgsdag. The committee agreed that the
opening OF the Panama canal means a
new era for the Danish West Indies
which would render an improvement of
ST Thomas harbor absolutely necessary
Inc company. which will be given a.
a spend millions on its equipment. with the
idea OF making il a safe port for the
largest ships using the canal.
~ During the past week more than 5000
scottish artisans and agriculturists have
embarked for Canada. They are the nick
of their classes and their departure has
renewed the criticism that the land and
labor policy OF the government is driving
the pest men from the country. All of
Inc emigration agents of the various
colonial dominions are reporting an ex-
traordinary demand for passage from
prospective immigrants and IL is said
4 That the present steamship lines will not
De able 10 handle much more than half
OF this franc during the coming season
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
Strikes Prevented in Many Cases.

During the year ninety-two cases
were dealt with under the Cancellation
/, act. and in thirty-five cases strike
was prevented. while the others were
finally settled by the intervention of
: Sir George Askwith. or by some other
person appointed as conciliator or ar
=, bitrator. Formerly most of the appli-
cations for intervention came from the
y employees but recently the great ma
:, jority of them have been joint ones on
the part of the employers and their
= workpeople. Besides accomplishing the
good work shown by the report the
Cancellation act has resulted in 293
Cancellation boards being appointed in
industrial districts.
The first letters received here from
a the DR.. Mawson antarctic expedition,
which left Hobart for the south polar
regions last winter, show that several
y important discoveries have been made
DIR. Mawson has disproved the exist
ence of CIairfes Land confirmed the
existence of Termination Land. discov-
cred by Wilkes. but not seen either by
the Challenger or the Gauss dis
covered numerous islets along the
great barrier, and charted much
previously unknown coast line
4 The landing party, under Frank Wild
and numbering seven men, is now work
ing on what Will prove to be the biggest
glacier in the world. DIR. Mawsons yes
: sci. the Aurora, which brought the re-
i ports. will leave again for the south to-
ward the END of the year to bring out the
expedition. The expedition has been split
up into various parties. which. working
-lfrom different bases, are pressing south
from their landing places between Adele
Land and Kaiser Wilhelm Land. Lieut..
MINIS. who is at the first base with DIR.
Hawson, writing from Adele Land, says:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
DEFINES A SARDINE
Any Fish Packed in Oil, Says
British Court.
sOUTBREAK IN RH0DESlA
|. Farmers Object to Paying Head
Tax on Laborers.
EXHIBIT OLDEST SAILING SHIP
The Success to Be Placed on View in
New York-Britain Out of
Olympic Games.
=OUTBREAK IN RH0DESlA
EXHIBIT OLDEST SAILING SHIP

- LONDON. May 11-After a legal battle
rivaling the antitrust suits in the Ameri-
can courts Guildhall court has decided
that a sardine is any small fish packed
in OIL The action took the form OF a
summons under the merchandise marks
act at the instance of a firm of French
sardne packers, against a Newcastle
fishing company for falsely labelling
sprats as sardines 1t was proved TO the
-satisfaction of the court that the sardine
of science is the immature pilchard, but
II was held that the name sardine has
been applied so long to any small fish
! packed in a certain manner that no &C
ton could be taken against the New
castle packers. Eminent counsel were
engaged on both sides. and experts rang
ing from famous caterers to the fish cura-
tor of the British Museum were sum-
moned to give testimony.
The latest outbreak against the benev
oIent government of Rhodesia by the
British South Africa Company takes the
form of a revolt against the enforce
ment of an ordinance promulgated from
the local office of the company impos-
head in the colony 10 cover the cost of
recruiting native labor. which is very
scarce.
The ordinance was confirmed by the
legislative council which ordered the
payments to be made to the native labor
bureau before the fifteenth of each
month. The farmers declared that they
would not pay the tax, although they are
threatened with ruin through the short
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12

John Bussard, ten-year-old son Of j.
Elmer Bussard of near Wolfsville, Nd.
was knocked down and badly injured by
runaway four-horse team near Covetown
Thursday. The horses took fright at a
train and the boy tried to catch them.
The foot of one horse struck him on the
head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12

Elmer Jenkins. the eighteen-year-oid
son OF David Jenkins of Page county.
Va. was drowned in the pond near his
nome Thursday afternoon. Disregarding
the protests of his mother. young Jen-
Fins, with another young man, went
swimming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12

ported the presence of vast foes of ice
in the steamer lanes which caused the
first change in route. April IA last. At
that time the icebergs were located in
latitude 41.27 north, longitude sos
west Again. May 9. the same steamer
reported through Cape Race to the
photographic Office that dangerous ice
had been passed in latitude 80 north.
longitude Al west. or much to the
southwark of the ice first reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12

1t pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filled through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12

As west thence by great circle.
The effect of the latest change in
routes. in connection with that made
Immediately after the sinking of the
Titanic is to place the new lanes
about 230 miles to the southwark of
the scene of that disaster
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-20

character OF the age OF Louis XIV. ana
wrote his own memoirs. remember
picking up dinGy copy of them ON an
Old bOokStall in London. price six
Pence. and Intended TO make some
thing of il. But Dumas got ahead Of
me- He snaps up everything"
coincidence quite as remarkable
occurred with Sir Conan Doyle for cen
trail figure. He learned while spending
a holiday in IL mountain inn in Swift
Zerland that during the winter months
for some reason two men remained in
occupation For four or five months
they were isolated from the rest of the
world. Suppose one of them went mad
or committed suicide or The posi-
hlities were endless. He forthwith de-
termined to embody the idea III II story.
On his way home he happened TO picl,
up book of tales by MaupasSant.
There. in it. under the title "L'Au.
herge." lac found himself forestalled III
every particular.