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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
GERMANY'S GREAT
 SEWAGE GARDEN.

One of the municipal wonders of the world is the Riesefelder, in which the 100000 daily cubic metres of Berlin's sewage have converted a desert into a beautiful and profitable agricultural area. The other day Director Schroeder took party of 70 to visit this region, particularly that part of 1t where 12,00o cows are kept for the city's milk supply. A luxuriant crop of grass is there to feed them, and the milking is done with the aid of electricity, which en- ables one man to milk six cows at once, the animals being apparently pleased with this improvement on the old hand work. Besides pasturage for the cows the Riesefelder includes many acres in which intensive truck farming is carried on upon a large scale. Small fortunes have already been made here by parties who rented sections of this irrigated land. The sewage is subjected to treatment which makes 1t perfectly odorless and innocuous. There is lake in which carp are grown that are noted for their fine flavor. Beside getting rid of its waste, the municipality by this arrangement effects great saving to the taxpayers. Already the meat, fruits and vegetables raised here suf- Ss~ As
 flee to supply the need of all the hos pftals and other public institutions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
TO URGE NEW RULE.
TROLLEYMEN ASK COMMISSION TO PROHIBIT RIDING ON
 RUNNINGBOARD.

New Haven. May 21-In regard to prohibiting the public from riding on the running boards of the trolley cars in the city during the summer one of the officers of the Trolleymen's union said last evening that the ma jority, in fact all, of the trolley con- ductors are heartily in favor of the new three step trolley cars to be us- ed this summer, as it is great con- venience to both the general public particularly older passengers andt the conductors themselves. There is but one thing which detracts from the merit of the three step trolley car and that is the men who are anxious to hang on to the handles and stand in the way on the running board, making it inconven1ent for the con- ductor who is obliged to swing about them endangering his own life in Sd doing.
 If the new rule which is to be pre- sented to the Public Utilities commis- sion at Hartford next Thursday is passed by the commission it will pro- hibit persons riding on the running boards.
 He declared, however, that the mems committee which will appear before the commission on Thursday is not taking the step over the heads of the company for it is not true. Of course the company might pass a rule stating that persons would not be allowed to stand on the fSN boards but it would not be regarded and could not actually be enforced.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
EXTENSION OF LINES UNDER
 MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP

put the same question to street car companies privately owned. The con- clusion. was:
 London United, extensions in ad- vance of demand. Dublin, awaited demand. Norwich, none.
 So much for the question as to whether municipally owned street car systems take care of extensions. But it must be continually kept in mind that municipal conditions as between Europe and America are very differ ent. British cities are much more densely populated than those on this side of the Atlantic. Glasgow has 67 people to the acre; Manchester, 32: Liverpool, 4S. Detroit hes -16 peo- pie to the acre; Cleveland, IS; New York, 25. This density of British cities is due to several causes, chief among which are the land laws, en- couraging monopolization; the law of entail, preventing many who might desire to do so from selling their holdings; and the habits and econom- ic condition of the people generally. This is why Glasgow's 147H miles
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21

One of the questions put to munich palities and to privately owned street car companies by the National Civic federation experts when Investigating municipal conditions in England was: Has (street car) service been extended in advance of the demand, In order to stimulate the growth of a district, or has it awaited demand ?' The answer of the commissions ex- perts is:
 G1esgow, probably all the extensions have been made in advance of the de- un1nd. Manchester, to slight ex- tent. Liverpool. policy has been lib< eral, and the city seeks to. BE IN AD- VANCE OF THE DEMAND.
 All the street railways in these three cities are municipally owned. While they are not run at cost, each one turning into the municipal treas ury a surplus each year they furnish cheaper service than ever before in these cities. and at smaller cost than do privately owned street car Companies in other cities. The civic a---.A.Atinn commission experts aIso
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
HOW TO SAVE THE BABY'S LIFE

Philadelphia is giving baby show. an instructive and thrilling exhibit which viii teach mothers how to bring up their infants to healthy life, and correct some current noe tions regarding maladies that kill and those that do not. Of every four babies born one viii be dead before the year is done, and many others will pass on before the first five years. Poverty, dirt. bad housing and im- poverished air are the fruitful causes of mest of this murderous waste of infart life. But, as a secondary canse. tho bottle is the most prolific destroyer. Seven of eight babes who die in the first year are bottle fed babes. | mother who nourishes her baby on the bottle herself becomes the means of it's taking oil, or of it's diminished vitality in after years
 The prenatal period exercises1 2 strong Influence on the health of the child. enough of whom are born de- fectiye. SO that 32 In every hundred die of inherited diseases, chief of which is the curse of Sinai. which the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21

of street car tracks supply a popula- ton of 1,050,0O0; Manchester's 146 miles of trackage a population of s00.000. and Liverpoors 104 miles a population of s37,O0O.,
 These municipalities have a differ ent method from ours of giving the people better economic conditions. They have started to municipally inn prove their slums. Municipalities buy up. slum property from unpro- gressive private owners and trans- form it into high class tenement res idence or business property. with wid- CT streets and little parks to admit air and sunshine. London and Glas- gow have made good with the experi- ment. Belfast is preparing for her second venture. Twenty-Five years ago neglected quarter of Belfast was transformed by the raging of old buildings and the construction of Royal avenue through the heart of it. with appropriate intersecting streets. At the present time the city government is preparing to buy up 400 old rookeries that are an eyesore and a menace to the public health and to public morals, for a similar transformation. The first incentive toward this undertaking was a re- port of the city health officer, who declared himself powerless to main tain sanitary conditions in, quarter where 5000 people were huddled to- gether in small apartments, with little ventilation, and where the marrow streets prevented the access of light and air, |
 Charles Dickens at one time almost single-handed. did things in London which philanthropists had confessed themselves powerless to accomplish, Private owners refused to do any. thing except for private gain. al though even the collection of rents was task that menaced the health of landlords agents. Dickens went out of his way in >.sBleak House" to show the horrible conditions in which the honest poor. the criminal and de- prayed classes were herded together. They lived in buildings without ven tilation and without drainage. Their roofs and Intermediate floors, filtered storm, water upon them from garret to cellar Typhus ragged the year
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
THE FARMER: MAY 21, 1912

around like a plague. Dickens hap pened to be the literary fashion of the day, and he turned his popularity to excellent account. Everybody was reading Dickens weekly contributions to fiction and he held the abuses of society and government under the public nose until society was first of- tended and then ashamed. But Am. erican municipalities spread aout. while English municipalities are al- ways eongested centers. Every British city has it's slum; few American cit- ies, outside of such commercial cen ters as Chicago, New York, Boston and Philadelphia, have anything t< compare with what can be seen in Manchester, London, Birmingham or Glasgow.
 But notwithstanding the difference in conditions, Glasgow has not been nicipal tramway system of Glasgow z says the report of the National Civic Federation "37 per cent of the track operated is outside of the city IN SUBURBAN AREAS, and in the Man chester system 2s per cent. of the track is outside" The Cleveland com panies have only IT per cent. of their track outside the city, New York 22 per cent. Boston 37 per cent, Chica- go 15 per cent.
 In all the cities of Great Britain CIVIC DEVELOPMENT AND MUNI- CIPAL OWNERSHIP HAVE CONE HAND IN HAND. The cities have more than proved their ability to eco nomically manage important public utilities, and in many cases they have rid the cities of the taint of bad poli- tics.
 utilities will succeed when municipal- ities are given the opportunity. The baby learns to walk by walking, and to talk by talking. The writer per- fects his style by writing and by thinking. Just so municipality will be equal to the safe management of its public utilities when it is allowed to fully manage it's public business for the benefit of the community at large instead of relegating this function to some privately owned monopoly dncor- porated to MAKE MILLIONS OFF PUBLIC FRANCHISES.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21

gested by Miss Nutting. in order to raise the standard of professional training for nurses, she advocates that the hospitals adopt the policy of pay ing for a considerable part of their nursing. as well as of domestic ser vices which the students are now per- forming, and she also maintains that "the first step toward developing proper schools of nursing lies in separating them from the hospital and its control and placing them upr on an Independent basis" She adds: While hospital and training school are fundamentally interdependenr, there is no more reason why the hos pital should own and control the training school than the medical school. The. basis of relationship should be one of close and efficient cooperation"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21

I
 Republican party, or will be permit ted to be. The truth is that even should MT. Roosevelt be nominated and should he by remote possibility be elected. he could not be in the presidents chair the free lance that he was when president. The ideas which he embraced as the only way to they are doctrinally well established and will be largely represented in the next Congress by men who will enjoy the confidence of the people. Even as president MT. Roosevelt would not be the Republican party, though he might even now establish third par ty. and be it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
FIRST THINGS

The first great national cemetery Pere La Chaise. in Paris. was formal ly dedicated 1os years ago today. Ii was named after Father La Chaise, the favorfte priest and eonfessor of Louis XIV, who was at the head of a great establishment of Jesuits. Tho house and grounds were bought by the government for a national ceme- tery. The British National Mauso- leum at WoAing, Surrey, consisting of 2,000 acres, was opened in 1855. Eff ty years ago the United States Con- gress first provided for national cemeteries, the greatest of which is Arlington, near Washington, where many heroes of the army and navy lie buried ss
 The Society of British Artists was instituted eizhty-nine years ago today and held it's first exhibition a year later.
 The Manchester, England, ship ca- nal was opened eighteen years ago today. It cost $1os. 900, 900, nine mil- lions more than Suex.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
MILLINERY DISPLAY AT READS,

Have you seen the hats, and gowns displayed in Reads window? If not don't fail to look for they have been enrolled in Y. w. c. A. classes during the spring term. Should you care 10 be in the fall classes, there is no bet ter time to come than now. for all classes promise to be large and as the numbers are limited the first come have the first chance. The of flee will give information in regard to the winters program at any time. Call at 10S7 Broad street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
LOUIS AND THEODORE


 :;The State. I am the State" said Louis XIV. "The Republican party. I am the Republican party" said Roosevelt at Cleveland. The French monarch was about right. The king, sn his day, was the state. Since his day much has taken place to make the Republican party synonymous with a few individuals, but it never yet succeeded in merging itself into a single individual. The Republi- can party to which MT. Roosevelt re- ofers ts an oligarchy. not despotisrn. The ex-president has read his Char ter of Democracy Speech" to little purpose if he believes that he is the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21

to operate.
 It seems evident that church and state are to be separated throughout the world, thus terminating long pe- riod of contest from which the state has emerged dominant, although for s number of centuries it seemed as ii the church might become the tempor- al as well as the spiritual sovereign of mankind
 In earlier days disestablishmeni meant the 1poilation of church prop erty by the monarch and his nobles but nowadays it simply means that certain properties administered by the church are administered by other semi-public associations, and that state support is withdrawn. More than one family in England owes its prosperity to the quarrel be. tweeen Henry the Eighth and the Pope.
 Tn the category of church nobil- ity.". writes Mir. Swift McNeill, must be placed the Cecils, as represented by the Salisbury and Exeter families the Cavendishes, as represented y the duke of Bedford, and a long list of "our leading nobility" It is. indeed a fine stroke of irony that some of the most vehement pronouncements in defense of the rights of property have emanAted from residences which are still styled abbeys and priories, and carry in their homes the records that titles of their owners rest on nothing better than robbery.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
DIsEsTABLIsHINa THE WELSH CHURCH

Times change and the world moves on It Is a little notable to find the leaders in opposition to the dis establishment of the Protestant Epis- copal Church in Wales those families which profited most by the disestab- lishment of the Roman Catholic Church. during the reign of Henry the Eighth. and especially the Cecil family to whom Lloyd George refer red sssith conciusive emphasis. in the debate on the second reading of the bill.
 The people of Wales find themselves in much the same condition as the people of Connecticut were in 1918. when the. Congregational church waa disestabIished because the majority of citizens were non-conformists. that is to ssys Methodists. Roman Catholics, EpIscopalians, and Baptists, or Calvin tsts, and all were paying taxes to sup port the Congregational establishment
 The Episcopal church in Wales will be permitted to keep it's organ lxation, but much of it's property will be distributed among colleges, librar- ies. museums and other public socie- ties.
 The four Welsh dioceses to cease to be dioceses within the province of Canterbury.
 All the ecclesiastical corporations within thess dioceses to be dissolved.
 Ecclesiastical jufisdiction in wales to be abolished.
 Ecclesiastical law. as such, to cease
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
they receive students of 17 years o1

tney receive Stu0entS oI At years Ol age.
 While there Is little reason to sup pose that the age standard could in the present day. be kept at 23 or even 22, yet it is grave question whether the admission of young, iM- mature girls of IS and 19 to hos pital wards, and to the heavy physi- cal demands and the overwhelmine responsibilities and anxieties of such work as inevitably awaits them there by day or by night, should be con sidered. No school dare assume that it will be able to provide influences and safeguards strong enough and far-reaching enough to protect either patient or pupil under these condi- tions''
 As for the educational require- ments of candidates. Miss Nutting presents these figures: From the reports of 692 training schools made in 1911 to the Bureau of Education, it appears that about 35 per cent. of the total number state requirement. of high school or its equivalent; about 23 per cent call for one year of high-school work Cor an equivalent); 2s per cent. call for nothing beyond the common school; the remaining IA per cent. either make no educational requirements whatever, and say SO in -unmistakable terms, or indicate merely prefer ence.''
 her training course, she usually finds. according to the Bureau of Educa- ton bulletin, that it consists of pro- longed, and sometimes excessive, hours of nursing, while instruction in the theory of the subject is minimiz- ed. Tn addition. Miss Nutting charges. students are often exploited
 Mot only is all the general nursing in hospitals done through the services of the students" says Miss Nutting, "but in certain instances the students themselves become an actual source of direct and considerable profit, to the institution. This happens when the student enters private hospital for two or three years and is placed a. very early stage of her work up- on special duty with single patient. a considerable fee being charged for h rv, st ( Y~ said that pupils are kept at such special individual work during the greater portion of the course of their so-called training, the fees for their services going directly to the man. agement.
 But this does not exhaust the methods by which hospitals can uti- lize for their own profits the services of their students.
 "Out of the entire 692 hospitals from which statistics were recently re- ceived, PAS were found sending out their pupils into families in the com munity for private nursing, for periods ranging from 2 to 26 weeks. the payment for this service in al- most all instances going directly to the hospital.
 Tt can be readily seen how the ef- fort to guard the education of nurses by suitable legislation would interfere with such exploiting of the pupil nurse, and it is a well-known fact such legislation in the various States have been found among those repre- senting such hospitals-those whose financial interests were involved in maintaining the status quo."
 Among the remedial measures sug-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
JEW BATTING BY JUVENILE RoWDIEs

A crowd of New Haven boys began 3o have some fun with a Jew." The Jew, one Benjamin Frankel. became indignant, and attempted to chastise one of the prosecutors. The boy drew thing is common enough. Gangs of young rowdies who make it regular
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21

amusement to persecute the poor and helpless, especially the foreigner, are common to many cities. Parents are in part to blame, the authorities are in part to blame. We agree with the New Haven Union that it is high time "gun toting. Jew batting, loafine gangs of rowdies, should be dispersed 9
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21

Sprinkle sugar on the sticky fly paper and watch the flies gather.
 To lift all the cream, and nothing but the cream, from the top of bot tie of milk, use a 25-cent cream dip- per, such as nurses and doctors are faxniliac with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
Uhr D. M. Rran Unn1pany
 EEtahltahrn 1H51.
GOING TO EMBRo1DER THIS suMMER2

GOING TO EMBROIDER THIS SUMMER?
 Then and learn the newest stitches and fash ions from Miss Alden Every "Wednesday she IS at the Art Section give instruction and assistance those inexperienced needlewomen who like be helped hard places
 At the Art Section are some articles stamped for punchwork and some that will combine punchwork with mediaeval work.
 Dutch Collars on linen, Table Scarves, Table Centers white linen Pincushions,. Pillow Tops natural linen, Collar and Cuff Sets, White Shirt Waists, stamped, 39 cts special White Linen Shirt Waists, $1 50.
 Lingerie Garments
 N1ghtgoWns, Corset Covers Che1nses and Cornbi- nations, in exceedingly dainty designs, and all planned very easy to make up after the embroidery is done Art Section third floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21

The shops are showing lovely new. motifs of heavy lace in all sorts. Of shapes. which a woman may buy sep-3 arately and sew on net for door pans; els. They cost from l5 cents upward.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
Lingerie Garments.
A HEPPELwH1TE DINING SUITE.

This beautiful Suite attracts much attention. It IS doubtful whether any Furniture excelled the de- signs of the late eighteenth century, and HeppelwIite was master, especially in sideboards and chairs No tce, please, the graceful shield backs the blue hacloth and the perfect finish of the Mahogany which brings out the markings of the wood
 Price of Suite, $651 .25.
 In the Furniture Store a White Ena1nebel Suite is displayed in dining room setting. . Fourth floor
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-02
(Advertisement)
JAMES B. PEARCE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR SECRETARY OF
STATE

Mr.. James B. Pearce is perhaps one
of the best known men in Colorado
and that he is generally liked and
that his services to his state is appre-
ciated, is best attested from the fact
that he has been twice elected to the
office of secretary of state. When the
primary law became operative, he an
nounced again as candidate to sue
ceed himself. This afforded a fair
test in an unrestricted contest, partic-
ipated in by some of the most promi-
nent Democrats in this state AS a
result, at the Democratic Assembly
held in Pueblo, Mr.. Pearce received a
substantial majority over all aspirants
for the office of secretary of state.
Again at the primary elections, Sep
tember 10th, Mr.. Pearce received
1900 plurality over his nearest COM
petitor
The people of this state realize what
is wanted in the office of the secre-
tary of state is straightforward bust
ness administration of the peoples
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-02
THOMAS D. COBBtY
For District Judge On
Progressive Ticket

His strength is increasing every hour
Hundreds of his old bank clients are
hocking to his office and meeting him
on the street, all swearing strong allie
glance and that they are working for
him every minute.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-02

business. A straight business admin
has given and it is upon the record
made that he appeals to the voters
of this state for an opportunity to
complete the reforms already inaug-
urated in the office To the people,
the office of secretary of state is the
most important office in the state
within their gift. 1t is through this
office nine-tenths of the people trans
act their business with the state.
Is it not a pretty good record for
any public official who, having filled
an important office for four years,
when his avowed enemies can find no
irregular official conduct upon which
to assail him, but must resort to
basest slander to besmirch and be-
smear him. American manhood and
womanhood is too lofty, too coura-
geous to believe such dastardly and
infamous ISLANDERS as those now being
injected into this campaign, when
once they are known to be utterly
groundless.
This article is especially addressed
to the industrious, sober and right
thinking colored voters, and it is to
these that Mr.. Pearce appeals as
American citizens and expects their
support, just as from other citizens
who have benefited directly and indi-
rectly because of his faithful service
as secretary of state.
JAMES B. PEARCE.