The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-26
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 Dublin, Sept. 26-'In the near future Ireland will became the playground for American hunting men, is the opinion of Harry Worcester Smith, wealthy Massachusetts sportsman, who has just taken up his residence at Mullingar, Ireland, for the purpose of hunting the Westmeath country He proposes hunting the pack six days week. and hopes to entice Harry Payne Whitney, Malcolm Ste phenSon, pr. William l.. Smith and l other Americans over to join his club.
 T cannot understand the present attitude Of my country in wishing to throttle horse racing-the only true test of the horse he declares. Tt only means the destruction of the erican sports1nen will have to come to Europe in future and Ireland will become their playground.
 Copenhagen Sept. 26-Adam Poul- sen, Denmark's leading actor, has no use for einnepatograph acts, if he is terests of realism. Recently big cinernatograph company engaged him in which his artistic eNertions had to end with his death ,,n the scaffold.
 It was a French play. and the pro- moters in. order to do the thing in proper style procured a real guiIlo- tine. A heavy block of wood was placed a. few inches above the spot where the actor was. ts lay his head, in order, to prevent the knife reaching the neck. Poulsen. however insisted on a trial before he comm re- hearsing and the eXecUtioneer. let the knife drop. It went through the block like flash and if the actor had had his head there his acting days would have been ended.
 London. Sept. 2e-The novel situa- ton of a strike against a trade un- ion is promised unless the Amalga- rad at n England's biggest railway union, raises the wages of a number of, it's eIerks l a The fban pay is s2y per week reoe or nized by the National Union of Clerks. The A. s. R. s. decide that if their employees didn't like the money offer is thought to inevitable.
 be in the fashion you must drink mint tea Ordinary Ceylon or China won't do. and anyway mint tea is fine for the complexion. Grand Ouch ess George of Russia says so. Minnt- tea is all the rage '1 the fashionable houses of BeIgravia and Mayfair. and it owes it's introduction to the Rus
 London. Sept 26-The Duchess of RoxburgI1e formerly May Goelet, has scored a big social success by getting King George and Queen Mary to visit the Roxb urgahe family seat in Scot
 
 been known that the Queen does not like Americans
 Floors Castle is generally full of them but of course all those whom the Court officials might consider 'sl1n- desirables'' had to be cleared out be- fore the royal party accepted the in vftation. The duchess has to thank her husband for his prowess with a gum, for the privilege of entertaining royalty. A splendid shot himself King George will not tolerate powder fa1-cx A1caY1 he nIIf !9h hnO it was the Duke of Roxburgh's fine sffooting tl1at earned him the royal his wife the opportunity of proffer- l ing their hospitality in return.
 London. Sept. 26.-Cyrus E. Woods, | United States Minister at Lisbon who l has been spending a short vacation in | England, is optimistic over the future
 .sThere are innurnerable indications'' he said .'that Portugal is on the eve of new era of prosperity. Vast sr- rigation works are to be constructed to aid agriculture and I know a lack of l apital, but that is forthcoming now, l for it is only recently that nnanciers and big industrial eorporatiions in in America and England have realized the full possibilities of this hitherto dormant country.
 Berlin, Sept. 2s.-Patents have just been taken out for using marble in stead of glass in lamps. which has the effect of making the flurnina ton scarcely distinguishable from daylight.
 Innumerab1e experiments have been made with tinted and patterned types l of glass with the idea of producing tkis= effect but all have been failures. l As a last resource a sheet Of white 1 marble was planed down until it was l semi transparent and then different in | tensities of light were shown from be- l hind The result exactly what l so many hundreds of experiments had | failed to produce.
 Developing this discovery the pat entees have fitted lights to the cornice | of a room with such success that it is | difficult to assure anyone that it is ar tidcialIy lighted