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The daily sentinel., 1912-02-07

Valentine boxes at the Dainty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

prospered wonderfully in this town and now ranks with any of the fra ternal orders. It has a large bank account and it's progressive methods have resulted in smoothly working cooperation which is admirable.
 It is commonly reported about the town that the president of the school committee hes announced at meet ing of the board that he will increase the salary of the superintendent of schools next year but the announce ment was downed. Dr. Coggswell, who is the president of the board could not be located today to verify ths report
 The Stratford Times came out to- day enlarged to 16 pages and bearing a new and more appropriate head. These evidences of prosperity are giv- ing the friends of the editor much satisfaction. Editor Peck has all ready demonstrated that newspaper was needed in the town and that 1t
 Mack's Model circus arrived In town yesterday morning and set up on the circus grounds on King street. Although the show had not been widely advertised a large and we'll pleased audience turned out and wit messed pleasing performance. The show left last night for Fairfield where performances will be given this afternoon and evening. A feature of the show was the performance of Miss Thelma. Wood on the trapeze. The child is ten years of age and has been specially trained for the work by her mother, Mrs. Emma Wood, who iss an accomplished performer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
PERSONAL MENTION.

Ex-Alderman J. P. O'Neil of Cedar treet left Monday on a two weeks acation to the White Mountains and n his return will visit his native
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
FRAUDULENT THEFT CRY.
 (NAM Xnrlx Dne& \


 Rival committees, one for Taft and one for Roosevelt, have put out long statements about the rights and wrongs Of the Republican contests at Chicago. This conflict being what it is, there is the more reason for giving heed to such an impartial examination of the evidence as has been made by Senator La Follette's former law partner, Gilbert E. Roe. He pub fishes his conclusions in the last num- Der of La Follette's Weekly. After passing in review case after case, with the allegations made on either side, he sums up by saying that Roosevelt never had a chance of getting an hon. est majority in the Chicago conven- ton. His 'nomination was impos- sdble even if every delegate to which he had any shadow of claim, or which could be regarded as doubtful, were counted for him. tAt the worst g declares MT. Roe. "ti1e national con vention seated less than fifty Taft delegates on insufficient evidence. Those in charge of the Roosevelt oam- paign tried to seat more than 15O del egates without any evidence at all.'' To this comes down the loud asser- tion of naked theft" Mr. Roe ends his study of the whole matter with these words:
 ''If the command Thou shalt not steap is to have a p1aee in the plat form of the new party, I suggest that the promise, 'WeNwill not steal be coupled with it. The promise would certainly be as appropriate as the command and would be more reassur- ing to the contrary"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
THE TWO MEN.
fHoIyoke Telegram.l

Governor wilson's speech of accept ance comes to us at the same time as Theodore Roosevelt's Confession Of Faith, which is also in the nature of an acceptance, as he certainly has no opposition in Chicago. Both deal with the vital issues of the day, but how the personality of the men stand out behind the speech es!
 The greatest egotist of his time thunders as if no one could take up the work but himself, while the quiet, scholarly gentleman at Sea Girt takes his task in a humble spirit, as the servant of the people whose principles he understands and whose message he received.
 Roosevelt's address is very long and very tame for the. spectacular Col onel.<
 what has become of the extreme radical of Columbus and Ossawato- mie?- All his venom is directed against the Democrats and their platform. He has no fear of the one-time great par ty whose beneficiary he was for thir- ty years.
 It is the progressiveness of the Dem ocrats which annoys him, so he goes to the attack savagely. But the Demo- cratic party has ncthing to fear from the demagogue in the words of Wood row Wilson, We stand in the pres ence of an awakened nation, impatient of partisan make-believe.
 This make-believe has always been large factor in the Colonel's char acter. Tn this new day, when the people are impatient for sincere jus- tice to all high and low, it is a gIor- ious thing to see the progressive spirit of the Democratic party under it's progressive leader
 Woodrow Wilson is the man of the hour and Theodore Roosevelt may rant in vain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
NEWSPAPER REINSTATEMENT. (Anoruri.l. H2n,lloAi.. \

There is no door so wide open for liars as that of the press, and the preyaricator is no more readily de- tected by the press than by the po- lice.
 The mistakes some people have seen in the papers prompts them to say on all occasions when they can feel sure of hearing that the newspapers never are right-they cannot be relied upon.
 The Bulletin feels warranted in saying no lie ever crept into the pa DOTS that is worse than this child of prejudice and deception.
 A daily newspaper in the twentieth century has a thousand sources of in- formation over which it has no con trol, and through the selfishness and unreliability of contributors it is of ten misinformed and made to appear when it is the victim of the mistakes of others or of their carelessness or desire to play a, joke on the public.
 There are kinds of lying wls4ch some papers put a premium upon-about the hen that lays eggs with the initials of the popular political candidate upor them, the man who has got a scheme for making hens lay Easter eggs al ready colored, the cat that is bringinf up a family of pups, etc. Thing which amuse the curious without do ing harm.
 Injurious falsehoods, libelous state ments. all papers guard against be cause it is for their interests to 80; but they are often imposed upo by the revengefui and interruptions So long as people are human thes' meanneeses are likely to be repeated and to sjYA,cauas .zoraconQlaint.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
LA TOILETTE STILL
 RAPS ROOSEVELT


 Madison. Wis. Aug. 0.-In an edito- rial in his weekly paper Senator La Toilette today discusses "Roosevelt's s tactics as follows. a
 How do you stand on me?, is Roosevelt's sole test of qualification for a progressive Imagine congress elected on this basis. Of course, it would be reactionary. Roosevelt is not concerned about a progressive con grees. An Aldrich senate and a Can- non house are satisfactory to him if he can win more easily with that kind of a combination. What would become of the progressive movement under such leadership? And yet it Is exactly the plan Roosevelt pursued when President. It is the Roosevelt way. He supported Lodge for United States Senator two years ago and Penrose for United States Senator four years ago. He has always played this kind of a political game"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
YOUNG AERONAUT
 FALLS TO DEATH
Daring Parachute Perform CT of West Haven Instant ly Killed Tn New York State When Chute Fails to Open.

Bfngha1nton, N. Y, Aug. 9.--John F Planning, of West Haven, Conn.,, one of the most daring ballooniste in the country. was instantly killed yester. day afternoon while giving an exhi- bition at the Northern Tioga Fair grounds in Newark Valley. Tanning was booked to give double and triple parachute drops and yesterday was attempting a triple.
 Twenty thousand spectators were watching him when he cut away from the balloon at a height of 1900 feet. The first parachute opened in splendid style, but when he cut away from this one the second failed to open and he fell to the earth and met instant death.
 Although thousands witnessed the beginning of the drop they did not know of it's fatal ending, as clump of trees obstructed their view during the latter part of the descent. Fan ming was travelling with E. R. Hutch inson. manager of the enterprise.
 New Haven, Aug. s.-J. J. Tanning, the dead balloonist, was born in Or ange about 25 years ago. the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Tanning, who survive him. For years he remained on the farm with his parents, but lat CT on got employment at Polls. He became nred With the ambition to do stunts in the air when ballooning be- came a sort of hobby in West Haven and he left here several years ago to give exhibitions. He was in this city about a year ago, the last time He became an expert at the game and thought it no unusual feat to make two or three drops in a descent. He had been with the concern that showed on the Tioga Fair grounds for the past two years.
 MT. Tanning is survived by his pa- rents, one sister, Miss Nellie Tanning. and three brothers, William, Robert and Stephen, all of Orange. He was we'll liked among a large circle of friends, who will grieve to learn of his untimely end. Tn Knights of, Co., ulmbus circles, in the A. o. H. and St. Aloysius societies, of which he was a member, he. was favorably known.
 Tanning Is the second Orange young man to meet death at ba1loonfng with in the last five years. Young Teddy French, son of Sergeant French of the West Haven police. was killed by a fall in West Haven about four years p0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
FIERCE BOSTON BLAZE
 THREATENS MUCH DAMAGE.

lars loss was done today by a fire of unknown origin which started in the Barter Press building. 2S Oliver street. in the heart of the wholesale oil dis trict at Milk and Oliver streets Two alarms were turned in and the firemen had a terrific fight amidst low rolling pierced occasionally by flames from minor explosions of oils. It was feared for time that the whole downtown department apparatus would have to be called on to aid in saving surround ing buildings. it.sF.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

D. c. Bybee. teaning contractor living at 669 Keeling Court, Canton, H., is now well rid of a severe and annoying case of kidney trouble. His back pained and he was bothered with headaches and dizzy spells. "l took Foley Kidney Pills just as di- rected and in a few days felt much better. My life and strength seemed to come back, and T sleep we'll. am now all over my trouble and glad to recommend Foley Kidney Pills Try them. F. l.. Curtis s13,5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
CHEERING HIMSELF.
'Hartford Times.)

It Is of no particular importance how many minutes the cheering for T. Roosevelt continued in the Coliseum at Chicago on Tuesday The irnpor- tant thing about it is that the cheer ing was occasioned by his appearance on the platform and that it was led and conducted by him. Most of the time he was waving his arms or way ing a red flag, thus seeking to proIong the demonstration. No other such in- cident is recorded in the public life of this country or any other country, so far as we have knowledge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

New display of felt hats for mid summer and early fall wear at E. H Dillon & Co.'s, 11O5 Main street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
NOT MUCH LEFT.

What with the Y. M. T. A. B. ex- cursion to Coney Island, the depar- ture of the local militia for the seat of war, the participation of St. Elmo Comlnandery, K. T., and both Meri- dian and Center lodges of Masons in the laying of the corner stone of the new Masonic Temple in Waterbury, the outing of the Bradley & Hub bard company's foremen, a half-dozen other smaller events and the usual exodus to o-the shore. 1t looks as though the majority of the residents of Meri- den will be scattered to the four winds of Heaven, Saturday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

The wonder is not that papers make errors, but that they make so few of them. Hundreds are correct ed by watchful eyes in every printing onfce, and still too many get into print.
 It is a fact that if those knowing real facts were as eager to cooperate in having the facts printed right as they are to find fault with errors, there would be much less reason for complaint about newspaper lies,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
WALL STREET TODAY

New York, Aug. 9.-The stock mar ket opened strong, showing further fractional advances during the first ten minutes. Following early frac- tional gains the price movements were irregular with a majority holding some net gain.
 Governments unchanged, other bonds steady.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
SENDS ROMANTIC GIRL HOME BUT NOT AS
 MAIL AGENCY BRIDE

Chicago, Aug. s.-Miss Ida Duke, of Brooklyn, will see Niagara Falls to- day but not as bride. She is on her way home after a matrimonial agency romance that ended in Judge Burke sending her back east at his own ex- penGe.
 The girl had left her home to wed William H. Failing, with whom she had a mail acquaintance, gained through the ma atrimonial agent. On the request of her brother, the police detained her and she was taken be- fore Judge Burke. The judge mean while, had investigated Failing, and what he whispered to Miss Duke is not in the court records When he asked her if she wanted to return home, she answered:
 'I certainly do."
 Well, you go back to Brooklyn and I'll see that the bill is paid" said the judge And next time you want to get married see the man. Don't take his letters as proof of what he is.'' New display of felt hats for mid-
The sun., 1912-08-04

Of them masking her performances more
startling and weird than even Tr!!hv's.
a. an example. Prof. M,ir,er i. no ,n,i-i
ciin. Srcngali wa - master musician.
l. III that ri'c Mis-, t,-lham's hypaut-,
M, supplement hi. oNr powers with tho
phonogra III. snotr"r point 1t il
ino,i unusual thing f,r any one to bc able
I" sing with a phonOSrIph The majority
Of grand orera singers c..nno. follow their
own records as Miss Graham fellows
them.
Lee. rs -" how -h" n,udc~r Irilhv
and her Svsngal wors. At an an
nounced demonstration Miss Graham and
Prof. MInter sat hesid" Il tal,s facing
each other III the profe--ur'- private Office
he used ~ fnes;neric PASSES. he did not
touch her. h,i. ~" modern SveuCa,i
looked into Miss Grahaw's eve, aud she
look"i bgci, into his.
The room beam. :, silent ti,. on,
could hear the deep. regular brrl,hinc Of
sacfi. No on" stirred Il W.. as though
each OF the sitting figures had fallen Gs ocp.
although their eyes We're open. Finally
afte" eighteen on twenty minutes of what
seemed an irterminnbie silence. the long
lashes dropped upon Miss Graham : CHI seks.
the head swdyed q little and she was COM
ple;ely under hcr hypnotist 3 mastery.
As an Instance of his complete control
he produced the ca:aleptio condition OF
the arms and the visitor was invited to
open the clenched fist IL he could II
WIS impossible.
Open the windows said the scientific
Svsngai. Now breathe deeply" he
re.na rned 10 the flpeDinc GIRL With
readiness she ohcyei. Then the -smb-
linlilal musician" was summoned. Tn.
~hvc Maria record was put on. Atth.low
spoken command. stand and sing" the
girl arose and 10 the accompaniment OF
thc music box >un hur-t for;h in so,ly.
Her voice developed grcl; volume in the
few moments of her slumber and her
tones were musical and ric..
The seAtet from -Lucia' was next put
on. She eau mt up the song of the soprlno
The sun., 1912-08-04
OWN PYWRC4TS ARE TO HAVE MANUSCRIPTS REALLY REAL

particular sort of play for particular
sort Of star. Or he may not be able to
Judge the merit of "A play in manuscript
form and does not want TO go to the great
expense OF trying it Out on the stage to
prove its merit.
How many plays which afterward
proved to he immense hits we're turned
down by the wisest of managers? How
many plays have never had chance which
might. If tried. have made AS great hits?
kismet. one OF the biggest things on the
boards. was turned down by evory New
York manager. Knoblauch, tho author,
went to London. and after many difficult
ties. succeeded In selling it to Oscar Asche
"fou know what happened then. Ev-
cry New York manager who lad turned
it down nearly broke his neck in the effort
to get that play for production in this
country. The story Of the trials of Eu-
gene Walters Paid In Full is we'll known
too. Didn't the vicissitudes OF Every
woman kill poor Browne? And when it
The sun., 1912-08-04

Amelia Bingham one OF tie mos. On
tEusiastic OF the members. preiic,s IA
great future for III" organization.
There have been organizations of
similar nature before the federation. "
she said. "but they have all gone under
because the men who directed Them were
no: qualified for the work. ~. il they
were competent hey had no tine for the
numerous details involved. Our orsani-
cation, on the contrary. is conducted
by men and women who have had in
valuable and extensive experience in
the theatrical field. and they are giving
all the time that is necessary.
Our work l. noble one. We realize
that We were all beginners at one time
and that we must extend helping hand
to those who are struggling to make their
way TO the top.
1T is cooperation. organization. which
we need; harmonious relations between
actor. playwright and manager. Aud
the federation bids fair to promote this
harmony and organization to "A degree
such as has never been attained.
The sun., 1912-08-04
G CATERING TO CAPTIVE FISHES

10 II might hold on: Lut on this smapia
hoor Of the tiled pool i, slips. slides and
IN moment is cagulfed. focd for tue big
iiSh. With this variation Of their bill u,
fare the new fishes have now come ~ feed
well generally.
The jewfisn il fond Of all cr,istao-,,@.
IN It, native waters around the coa'' a
Florida it will eat even tho spiny lohs'"c;
but when Ii comes to eat this curio's
creature tho Jewish exercises an !nst'...
tive discrimination.
The familiar edible lobster of Nol1 ham
waters has two long slender an,en;..'
or ,ec'ers, which are smooth and very
slender and flexible. The spiny holsters
scelers tire much lorgcr. To begin w.'A'
and they are also much thicker a-'
Gtouter, AZ their base and for suOo dr.
tance toward their tips they aic alAuN
hornlk", and these feel"rs nr" covered
with great number of stout little shiiP
spikes.
Hacl. somewhere ~ tho dim di,.tI,,"
of Time. vixen tho jewish first cane into
Being and then into great size. strength
and CalIci,y. il discovered that even ~
it's stout and hardy stomach the ihorl
set, hard, nony tccler5 II the srlny .ol's'''
were an irritation and all tat ma &C.
,,ll", and unw, following nn ln',ln'n
nan,t mat .mis com. uuwn 10 !, ,'i' g
countless generations. the icwfth h''',
swallow the spnv lobster "ntif"' "
takes IN tn. lobster 10 a point Ju-, HcA
of is head and bites II N right th'0
and len yes the te.lsrs H. so!, away
The sun., 1912-08-04

to the board Of directors. In case OF a
favorable decision OF tho board. an ade-
quate cast and IA theatre are selected and
ono performance OF the play is given. All
this Is done at the expense Of tho fedora
ton and the author is not required TO sub
scribe a single cent
TO this performances ar. invited all
the managers anl the seats are thrown
open to the public at popular prices
Any manager who is pleased with the per-
formance and wishes Ia acquire the rights
to tho play may submit his bid to Us. We
will ACCEPT the hest offer we can get and
We charge the author 10 per cent. of his
royalties as our commission, Just as any
agent would do. With .uch a start the
play will stand o- fall entirely on its merits.
Although We have only recently come
into existence We are already doing things
Out OF the numerous plays submitted to
us Wa have found three worthy of pro-
duction, and one Of these will be given
October o.
The sun., 1912-08-04

4 big jewish feet in length and weigh
ing $50 pounds that was received a the
Aquarium ia October Of last year proved
n good feeder almost from tho start.
When it had fairly found itself in its now
quarters II would eat daily about ten
pounds Of porg.es and cut up Goldfish.
as it has bf,n do.3g ever since.
With 10; of half n dozen jewfishes,
ranging in wrGht from seventy five to 500
pounds, received In April of the present
year tho experience Of tho Aquarium
people has been quite different. They
were slow about eating and were likely
10 browse around for their food at night
and sometimes they didn't cat at all.
To tempt the newcomers and help them
to get up AN appetite there was added
to their regular bill Of fare Of porgies and
goldfish another itom, crabs Tho now
jcw fishes took to tho crabs kindly.
Tho blue crab is u pretty good swim
mer. but not SO quick az the fish. and other
live crabs that arc not swimmers but
creep and Chamber thoir way along the
bottom, or up rocks these fishes capture
easily. The jew fish has a srcat mouth
and very powerful suction. Let il get
within six inches or u foot of a crab shuf-
filng away on tho bottom aud IL eats M M
indraft OF water that. however last tho
crab may bo going. is irresistible. II the
crab worc ON its native mud or sand
" rocls. where 1t had something to cling
The sun., 1912-08-04

that We havc undertaken our difficult
but thankful Il.
i should have said at the outsc: that
this Is. with all Of US. labor OF love.
From this it should not be concluded
that we are band of visionaries. Our
directors are men with long experience
in the dramatic world men with broad
and practical vision. Oar president.
Sydney Rosenfeld Is himself the author of
innumerable plays and operettas. John
". Rumsey. Abbot of the Friars. is the
chairman OF our production committee
"The other officers are either writer's or
men and women oil affairs. None of us
receives anything for oar pains. Tho
only paid worker is Our stenogra pher.
AT present our revenue comes entirely
from membership dues of s. IL year.
Later We hope that our commissions
accruing from the sale OF plays will en-
rich the exchequer sufficiently to allow
us to increase our activities and operate
on a vast scale. Also of course we are
The sun., 1912-08-04
Reseeras the Real Life Tri,ss

ally We hope to MAKE ourselves an in
di>pensable factor in the theatrical world.
Sicn and women from all parts OF the
eoun'ry are joining Us. even as far west
as San Francisco. and at the end OF a
year we are confident that We vii! have
10000 members"
Inc Federation > las its Offices in the
killckerbocker Theatre Building 1t plans
ia produce one play every other month
The dates definitely decided upon for
next season are: October O. December
!. February 2. 1913. and April o.
Tho play reading committee consists
OF Mary Shaw. Mrs. f. F.. Kiddcr. Mrs
James Madison Bass, president of the
Playgoers Mrs. Belle De Rivera. Mrs.
Dore Lyon. Philip X. Dillon. Dr.. II. Sola-
toroh and Sydney Rosenfeld and +. +.
Schrader. president and secretary Of
the federation. ex officio members. A
new committee Is to bc elected after
each production.
On tho production committee are: