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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
MIR. BENT'S ELECTION

man Bent is entitled to appreciation. As a member of the General Assem- bly, in one of the most notable ses- sions in the history of that ancient body, he made record of which any legislator might be proud
 It was time when many important bills were being considered, such as the Public Utilities bill, the Work mems Compensation bill. and the Di- rect Primaries bill.
 This legislation had powerful and wealthy opponents. and, though it was endorsed in party platforms, lacked the following that it should have had. 8
 Legislators in assaulting these bills took the ground that party platforms were merely intended to get votes, and that party pledges were by no means binding.
 But Representative Bent, by vote and action, took the position that par ty pledges are made to be kept, and did his share to make effective the platform upon which he was elected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

tectural triumphs of all the ages, but all of this costs money, as the travel CT or settler soon discovers. The tourist who expects to stay for some time will be able to get very neat little two-by-four bedroom for $50 a month. If content with a light breakfast and a fair dinner, his ''eats'' need not cost more than $75 month, although, of course, it is quite pos- sible to pay more-oh, yes, quite pos- little unfurnished apartment of four rooms for a hundred a month, if lucky. One of the finest hotels in the world, in architecture, interior ap- pOintments, service and cuisine, Is ready to receive the visitor. if he has trunk filled with gold with him. A smoker will pay twenty-five cents for a fair cigar such as is sold in North America for ten cents or less or fifty cents for a shilling package of Eng fish cigarettes. France, Italy. the many, all ship their finest wares to- the Buenos Ayres shops, for the Ar genuine demands the best of every thing, and pays not over four times as much as the same goods cost m really an opera house. constructed and owned by the Argentina Govern ment, is the finest thing of its kind on the face of the globe. The greatest newspaper in America, the Buenos Ayres La Prensa, has the best-ap- pointed newspaper edifice in the world and publishes daily more costly cable news than any three newspapers of North America. The grand stand of the Buenos Ayres Jockey Club surpas sses in size and cost those of the famous race courses of England and France.
 Argentine, with it's fabulous natur- al riches. is destined to become great power Already it has na- w to be reckoned with, and the Ri- vsdayia and Moreno. now nearing completion at Quincy. Mass, and t1eships afloat-larger and more for midable than any British, German or American vessels.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND
 WILL BE 45 TOMORROW

Tomorrow the British people will celebrate the forty-fifth birthday of Her Royal Highness Mary, Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India, the first British princess to reign as queen consort in many cen turies. She was born in Kensington Palace on May 26, 1867, about two years after the birth of her second cousin, the royal prince who was to become her husband. In the white light that beats upon a throne the Queen appears as a woman of decid- edly domestic tastes, yet with a thor ough grasp of national and interna- tional politics. As a mother she has been affectionate but firm, and the royal children have not been brought up to expect lives of pampered ease.
 Victoria Mary Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes is the full name of the Princess of Teck who be- came the bride of the ''sailor prince" George Frederick Ernest Albert. Duke of York, in the royal chapel at St
 James, on July 6, 1893. As a girl she was educated both in England and the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

industrial trusts which are ever tight ening the screws on the American public and sending up the cost of liv- ing; even though Mr. Roosevelt may be able to temporarily fool the ma- jority of the people in this regard, he will not be able to fool historians. The data at the department of justice in Washington relating to the harvester trust case is too plain.
 This correspondence shows this: That about the year 1907 financier of the name of J. Pierpont Morgan was throttling business in every di- rection. He dominated the boards of directors of all the great railroads, steamship lines, insurance companies, banks and trust companies express, telephone and telegraph companies, as well as those of the great industrial trusts. That Morgan seldom saw peo- pie personally, but transacted all his business practically through one man, George w. Perkins.
 LAdl lAAS Sl hlHS dHO IcSI- dent Roosevelt were in frequent con- ference. That Perkins obtained Pres ident Roosevelt's permission for the steel trust to swallow it's principal com petitor, the Tennessee Coal and Iron company, which was admittedly in violation of the law.
 That George W. Perkins, acting for Morgan. organized the harvester trust
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

Tomorrow is Whit-Sunday, or Pen- tecost. which is observed on the sew enth Sunday following Easter and is one of the principal feasts of the Christian Church.. The Anglican and Episcopal churches, in their Services to-rnorrow. ..xills5commemp1ate the descent of th4 Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost Penteeost is enumerat
 ed with Easter and Good Friday as the most important days of the church calendar by Origen, a father of the church and one of the most learned of the early ecclesiastical writers. The origin of the. .Anglo-Saxon name of White Sunday is not definitely known. for in the Roman Church the Domin- lea in Albis. Low Sunday. so-called by reason of the white robes worn by by candidates for baptism. has always been the Sunday following Easter.
 Tomorrow in the church calendar St. Augustine, or Austin. Archbishop, the first archbishop of Canterbury,and one of the foremost in the propagan- da which resulted in the conversion of pagan England to Christianity. He was originally monk in the Benedic- tine Convent of St. Andrew at Rome. and was educated under the famous Gregory. afterwards Pope Gregory T.. By the latter Augustine was sent to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
ST. AUGUsTINE'S DAY

Britain at the head of a party of for ty monks of the Benedictine order. to carry out Gregory's favorite project of converting the English to Christian ity. King Ethelbert then occupied the throne of England. and his spouse, Queen Bertha, was Chris tian, which may have had something to do with the monarch's cordial well come to the missionaries. With the royal permission to preach and make converts Augustine and his monks im- mediately began to make great pro- gress in winning over the English heathen to Christian allegiance. The monks were assigned a residence at Durovernum, now Canterbury, which naturally became the center of their activities. King Ethelbert manifest ed great interest in the new faith and shortly became convert, which had a powerful influence with his sub- jects, who joined the new church in vast numbers. Augustine passed the remainder of his life principally at Canterbury, where he died on May 26. 6o7. Ever since the days of the first Archbishop, Canterbury has re- mained the metropolis of the English church, and it's history since the days of Ethelbert, fourth Saxon King of Kent and overIord of England, has been chiefly ecclesiastical.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
Uhf B. M. Rran Unntpat111.

Continent. Her popularity with the
 people began when she was a slip of a girl, known and loved throughout the Empire as Princess May" In
 1891 her betrothal was announced to
 the Duke of Clarence. the elder son of the Prince of Wales, and the heir to the throne. About a month later the Duke was suddenly stricken with ill., ness and died suddenly on Jan. 27, 1892.
 The death of the Duke of Clarence left Prince George the heir to the throne, and, after the period of mourn ing had passed, he began quiet, characteristic conrtship of Princess May" The Princess of Wales-now Dowager Queen Alexandra-oppose the match, but the engagement was publicly proclaimed in May, 1898, and
 When King Edward, in the first year of his reign, sent Prince George on tour of the British colonies, Princess Mary accompanied him and made a highly favorable impression up- on her future subjects. For the most their accession to the throne, Prince George and Princess Mary lived quiet ly and were little in the limelight. Mary's part in the brilliant world of society was remarkably small.
 Exercise in the open air. simple food dIu fcS ufdI 1IOuIS are <RuSeH MdIy S prescription for the hearing of chill dren. and the good health and strong constitutions of her offspring attest the wisdom of the royal formula. Lit tie Princess Mary, the only daughter of George and Mary, was early taught to sew and cook, as we'll as many oth- CT housewifely accomplishments.
 If Queen Mary is proud of anything. it is of her own ability as a needle woman. In her hours of leisure, it is said, she is rarely without a needle in her hand, and many of her gifts to the poor at Christmas time are gar ments she has made herself. There is a sewing machine in the royal res- idence and the Queen knows how to use it.
 It has been alleged by some writers hardened bachelors, no doubt,-that the King of England is very much under the thumb of Queen Mary. II dessay he is. What husband worthy of the name is not influenced by. his better half?-and all the better for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
PROVIDING FEM IN

For grimIy realistic humor the re- ports of the proceedings before the Public Utilities Commission, upon the running board petition, are surpassing. The petition was brought by Division 3s1, of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway en- ployes. upon the ground that crowded running boards endanger the lives of conductors It appears that many witnesses were heard, and that one of the companys officials announced that the company is preparing signs which read, Riding on the LOWER running board is prohibited" The same manager is reported as testify ing that he had never known MORE THAN 28 MEN to ride on the running board. and as expressing an opinion that running board is like stand ing room" tn closed cars. After the lnteresting facts had been carefully ascertained by the commission it made an order that all persons should keep off the LOWER running board of double step cars.
 That is, the commission, in effect gave it's authorization to the com oany to permit riding on running boards.
 In the Manchester decision the com mission laid down the dictum that it's .s,eci., d5FG-Q nv@ mn r,.t, rates, but to improve service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
THE FAIRY CAMP FIRE.
(By Cora Hartman.l

(By Cora Hartman.) Out from the banks in our light ca Merrily linking them two by two, Sweet is the laugher and sweet is the
 song On the lakes fair bosom as we float
 along. The pine trees, sombre, like sentinels Are outlined against the sunset sky. Their needles are woven with ruby
 light That sheens on their tree trunks. then
 fades into night. And now our light is the starry sky And the light of youth in each oth-
 CTS eye, And listening-we hear but the pad The ripple of waves and a nightbird's s
 call. We round a point and to our surprise The blaze of camp fire meets our
 eyes, Circled round with ring of lanterns And strung to the waters edge, their
 golden light. And out upon the silence floats The Assemble" in silvery bugle notes We land and pass up the shining lane And joyous the cries of welcome came. We toasted marshmallows. we stories
 told, We danced and sang then growing We climbed the grim mountain.
 higher and higher To look down at jewel strung fairy
 camp fire. Hand in hand we danced around the
 waning glow But time is fleet and we must go, Ohi youth is sweet and hearts are And the canoes danced home that
 April night. And though scattered maybe that
 merry band And far away the welcoming hand, Yet long in their memory, Will hn-
 ger, I know
 lanterns glow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
FIRST THINGS

The American Philosophical Society, an association for promoting useful knowledge" held it's first meeting l6S years ago today in Philadelphia, in which city the headquarters are still maintained. Benjamin Franklin was the founder of the society.
 The territory of Tennessee was es- tablished 122 years ago today. The settlers in the territory had previous ly been in revolt against North Caro- lima and had organized the State of Frankland, with John Sevier as Gov ernor. In 1787, after two years of semi-independence, the government reverted to North Carolina until the founding of Tennessee Territory in 1TSc, wrrh William Blount as Cover nor and Knoxville the first seat of territorial government.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

in direct violation of the law, that up- on complaint of the farmers of the country Mr. Roosevelt ordered Bur- dette D. Townsend to investigate the Harvester trust; that Townsend re- ported it was a trust of the most vi cious character, recommending civil and criminal prosecutions; that Roosevelt thereupon ordered Town send to the Pacific coast so that he could do no more work on the har- ney general not to start suit against the trust without hearing from him. No word ever came and the ha-ye-.= CT trust was not prosecuted. George w. Perkins, who organized this trust in violation of the law, and who might be in the penitentiary if the criminal provision of the antitrust law had been enforced against him, is now contributing the money being used by Roosevelt to secure a renom- ination.
 II dII IHlS IS true, IL InlSnt pe dSh- ed, why is Roosevelt so popular in many sections of the country? The answer is because the people, not one out of a thousand, know about the action of Roosevelt in giving Perkins and the harvester trust immunity from prosecution. Education of the public in a matter like this is slow and difficult.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

In the running board case it has ap- parently laid down the principle that it is not concerned with either rates or service, but with seeing that each trolley car carries the maximum num- Der of persons who can be damned into it, packed around it, or hung on- to it.
 Is it too much to hope" for an or der establishing system whereby passengers may be packed into cars like sardines, horizontally? There is, as MT. Punderford says. upon the part of the public demand for speed, and doubtless the company has reached the limit" But this is un- der the system of putting passengers into the cars perpendicularly, and the wasteful effort to furnish some of them with seats. Should the seats be removed and the passengers laid in by the motorman and conductor with due regard to length and size all space could be occupied to the roof, anc the carrying capacity of a car doubled. Others could be carried in baskets on the roof.
 Incidentally what has the number of passengers in car got to do with
 increasing speeed,' or does MT. Pun derford mean simply that the com pany Is unwilling to furnish cars enough to take care of it's business, in those portions of the day when it is heaviest?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
THOUSANDS OF SKAT PLAYERS
 GATHER TO-DAY FOR TOURNEY

Thousands of German skat players will probably assemble today in Chi cago for the annual tournament of. the North American Skat League, which determines the skat championship of the United States and Canada, and nearly all of the large cities of both countries will be represented when the starting gun is fired this evening-if skat tournaments are opened in that manner. The Coliseum, the big gath ering place of the Windy City, has been engaged for the meet of the skat players. covering tonight, Sunday and Monday, and the Chicago promoters have promised that the tournament will be the most pretentious ever held outside of the fatherland. Skat-if you are a German you may pass up this explanation as concession to the grossest ignOrance-is a card game, originated and principally played by Germans. Thirty-two cards are used, distributed among three players, the odd two forming the skat, which is laid separately but may be taken into his hand by one of the players. Mill waukee. St. Louis, Cincinnati, New York, Chicago. and Baltimore are the skat centers of America. but there will be delegations from a number of oth- CT cities of both the United States and Canada. Max Wortsmann, of Chica- go, is president of the North Amer ican Skat League. and Robert H. Schiller, of Milwaukee, will be the skatnleister. A total prize list of SIG, 900 is offered, which will add to the excitement of the contests. The crack player of the tournament will receive 1000.
 While skill and experience enters in- to the playing of skat, the novice is by no means in hopeless case, and even the ''new beginner might. by run of luck, win. over a man who had attended nightly skat sessions for half a century. The element of chance in skat is about the same as in bridge whist and similar forms of card games. Preliminary to the formal opening of the tournament tonight. the North American Skat League will hold business session today, at which the principal business to be de- cided will be the awarding of the 1913 meeting. The skat tourney always brings thousands of well-to-do people to the city that is fortunate enough to capture the prize, and the com petition among cities for the tourney is always keen. Numerous cities in both East and West have entered the lists this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

Surpassing in interest even those famous mysteries, How old is Anne! Who was the Man with the Iron Maske Who struck Billy Patterson and. Who was Junius? is the question, Who was Kaspar Hauser? Eighty four years ago on the evening of Whit Monday, May 26. 1928, this mys- terious character was first seen by a shoemaker in the village of Nurem- berg Germany. The lad bore a let ter addressed to the captain of the WhitA sHorse aeayipG that he wanted fsss5Cid fhaE conafEiand. and that he had been born in 1912. which makes this year his centennial. Beyond stat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
ADVANTAGES OF DIRECT PRIMARIES

as matter of course. Then there will not be large turn out. and there is no reason why there should be.
 Again a matter may be merely for nal, and there may be no general in- terest in it. Again only the minimum number of voters will consider it. The same thing takes place in conver- ton, or legislative body. It iss only on certain occasions that measure interests the whole number of the as- semblage.
 The direct primary gives the citi- express his complete choice for elec- tive officers, something the conven- tion system does not and cannot do.
 The latter assertion may be simply illustrated. In Bridgeport there is nominated, in alternate years. upon a party ticket, candidates for mayor, city clerk, town clerk, tax collector and so on.
 But the nominations are made by delegates who CANNOT represent the varying views of the individual vo- ter.
 Thus voter may prefer Jones for mayor, Brown for clerk and Smith for collector.
 But the delegate for whom he must vote may prefer Jones for mayor. Robinson for clerk and Murphy for collector. :. Under a direct primary system the voter finds upon his ticket the names of all the candidates, against the of fees they seek. He can vote the name of the man he desires for each and every office, precisely as he does in the regular election.
 The advantages of the direct pri- mary system are obvious.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

That portion of the American press extraordinary expenditure of money for election purposes with direct pri- maries, brings the same superficial view to other phenomena that ac- company the operation of recent i'm Sprovements in the mechanism of pop ular government.
 A newspaper which yesterday com plained that direct nominations cause great expenditures, although the ex- penditures are equal in states where the convention system still exists. to- day complain because the vote in pri- mary elections is not equal to the vote cast on election day.
 In Ohio the vote dn the last presi- dential election was well above the million mark, while the vote in the presidential preference primary was a trife less than half, or more than 5000 votes.
 ''It was an utterly inadequate ex- pression of popular feeling" says this newspaper.
 But how immeasurably more repre- sentative of popular feeling than a selection by a convention chosen in primaries, which from sheer disgust would be attended by not more than a hundred thousand voters.
 No system of government will prob ably compel citizen into an election booth to register his views. All the best system can do is to give him an adequate opportunity to express his will.
 As under the town meeting system, so familiar in Connecticut, there will be occasions when the thing proposed is satisfactory to the great majority of the people. and it will be received
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
THE ENIGMA OF HIS TIME

ing that his name was Kaspar Hauser, he knew nothing, and was as help less as babe He might have drop ped from the sky for all that could ever be learned about his origin. He had remarkably bright mind and his virgin intellect developed rapidly. La ter he told a story of having been kept for years in a dungeon. For a time he was the pet of Europe. and was the ward of an English noble man. Twice he was lured away and stabbed by someone unknown, and epitaph reads: The enigma of his time"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
SOLD POOL IN MAILS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAUSES ARREST OF NEWARK LAD FOR DEALING IN BASEBALL
 FOOLS.

Newark, N. J., May so-fhe 9e1-7v: 9e1-. government has acted against baseball betting here by the arrest of Edward Schmerber. Jr., young man charged with having used the mail for the cir culation of baseball pools.
 The prisoner is held in $1,2O0 bail by U. S. Commissioner Stockton for examination June A. Post office i'm spectors who worked up the case against young Schmerber say they
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
ROOSEVELT AND MORGAN

The Theodore Roosevelt who will srably from the Theodore Roosevelt who is to-day so popular in many wes& 4tftes, this because of the abundance of official data in the ar chives of the department of justice ir. washington which shows beyond
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

"What's old Titewad looking sol grouchy about?''.
 Got short changed out of $15 last night and he's sore.''
 'Titewad short changed out of $15 -hurrah! It doesn't seem possible! Whered it happen?'
 ''The only place it could happen; in a m."-Houston Post
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

successful contradiction that Roose- welt is allied and always has been with cling with a most lavish hand his campaign for re-nomination.
 Although the ex-President may be believe that he Is against the great
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

have evidence that he used the mail to circulate his baseball pools, all though 1t Is said that his business was chiefly conducted through saloons. The inspectors said that the pools sold for a quarter a slip. the buyer draw ing the name of one or more clubs in the two major leagues in the club for a week and that at the end of the week the slip holder who had the larg- est number of runs to his. credit re- ceived a sum of money.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

.'Was your first meeting with your wife romantic?"
 '.Not very. I called to collect some back installments on her piano, and I must say she was very sassy the first time we met"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25
Uhr D. M. Rran Unn1patty.
 Enahtahrn 1H51

The Sale of Porch Furniture in Progress Willow Furniture suites and Separately Hong Kong Grass
 Rattan Peel Rockers and Chairs
 During Monday Tuesday Wednesday ees promptly In addition Settes, Tables ec, ewnbe .s
 
 ALL COIORINGS :. This the collection Silver and Black Rockers nations