The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-04
STAMFORD

The town hall was -cornfortalbIv fill ed last night with the advocates of no license. About half Of the audience were women. Rev. E. c. Carpenter of the Methodist church presided A choir choir sang gospel hymns led by Her
 bert Bartram with a cornet The audience joined in heartily and the rally enth usiasn appeared. The Strat-
 ford Drum and Fife Corps caI4ed the Ilareu Richardson of the First Pres
 byterlan church in Bridgeport made a notable address in which he departed rom the lines usually followed by temperance speakers He took an ad- Vanced view of the liquor question and his talk was broad enough to sat lsfy any honest investigator. His ad- dress was entirely free from i11teTnpe err ate attacks on the demon rum and he srnoothed down the coat of the old monster until he was almost fit to join the ranks of the ar1tis. He does not regard intemperance as wholly the fault of the saloon. He believes that the latter is more or less the result of the demand for intoxicants and also the general desire for. a place of con- gregating for working men. In many cases there is a prime cause for drunk enness.e and it is up to the reforIners to find the cause and remove it. It was the broadest, most liberal and contained the most common sense of any temperance talk ever heard in fhis town. It had a wonderful effect upon his hearers Rev. c. S. Simon son was heard in a stirring no-1fcense
  effect had it reached the ears of the mass of voters. Both of these ad-4 dresses, while worthy of the greatest comnendation- will fail to affect the vote in this town because the great mass of voters did not hear them Probably every voter in the hall would have voted for no-hcense had there been no rally and no speeches. Of course it was a great satisfaction to these to listen to them, but as cam palgn timber they were lanentably 1nSf EN<af7 7nf o1, 4IH.o right ears. AS indication of the extent of the no-license feeling, how eyer the ,Isa, rally was s,a 3 great success: party of 10 local firemen to the rail- road wreck in Westport last night in his auto truck. The party offered their assistance, but were late in ar irving on the scene.
 Miss Eva, Downing gave a musicale at her home on the Broadbridge road, last night. A large company of young people enjoyed the evening thorough ly. Miss Marguerite Garvey, the well known singer of Bridgeport, was one of those who took part
 Miss Florence G. Harris of Yonkers, 1 who is taking a course in the hospital | of that town, is the guest of Miss | Merle Wilcox of Broad1oridge noad- 1 Miss Wilcox is teaching in the West port schools
 The attendance at the fair of St. l James parish kept up to the mark 1 tered in the large quartered oak din 1 ing table donated by Geo. B. Clark & i Go. of Bridgeport. The rivalry to ob- l tain this handsome piece of furniture was spirited. A large number of | young people enjoyed the dancing. | Tomorrow night 8 large attendance is 1 promised from Bridgeport. The fair wiH be continued Tuesday, Wednesday 1 and Thursday of next week.
 At the Auditorium last night prob ably the finest and most elaborat te film in existence was presented to a large audience The reel is called l The Strike Breaker. and the ideas are so clearly presented that words are unnecessary.
 Miss Eva Downing will open her dancing classes at Red Mems had1 on the evening of Nov. l. Miss Down. ing has been a pupil of Miss Slocum of Bridgeport for several years and is considered thoroughly competent. Miss Ethel Houghton will conduct classes in the afternoon of the same days on which the evening classes are held
 The Progressives will hold a rally at the town hall next Tuesday night. On Thursday night the party will eau gus and put up candidates for judge of probate and justices of the peace. will complicate the local situation in the November election.
 There will be dancing this evening 1t Grange hall, under the direction of Arthur Dennison