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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
ITALIANS CELEBRATE sExI- CENTENARY OF BOCCACCIO,
 AUTHOR OF DECAMERON

Italian literary societies have plan ned a three-day celebration, beginning today and con ntinuing to Saturday. to Eornmennorate- the six hundredth anni- versary of the birth of Giovanni Boc- caccio the father of the short story, and the pioneer in the revival of Ita1- Ian literature To English readers Boccaccio is principally known as the author Of the ''Decameron.'' This col Hest examples of elegantly written prose in modern times. and continue through the centuries to be esteemed as models Of Italian prose. These cIas- Bics have furnished inspiration and plots for stories, novels, poems and dramas without number, and, more or less directly, their influence is to be found in the works of Shakespeare, Eoitaire. Balzac, Poe, Tennyson, Dry Zen, Keats. Swinburne, Longfellow and a host of other great writers of sron" is decidedly not work for the perusal of the. young person, for it re- and beyond the Icentiousness and inn morality of Boccaccio's period.
 While the great Italian is remem- bered only as the author of a coIIec- and naughty. he was also one of the most learned men of his time, and 0gy. geography and history. His verses are by no means remarka b1e, although his ''Teseide,'' a heroic poem, has been the inspiration of an army of Italian epic and romantic poems and Chaucer, Dryden and Shakespeare reflect Its influence
 Next Saturday will be the anniver- sary of the death of Boccaccio in 1875. The exact date of his birth is un- known. but, from the testimony of Pe- trarch and others, 1t is known to have occurred either in the latter part Of 1872 or early in 1313- Florence Naples. certa1do and Paris all lay claim to having been the birthplace of Boccac- oio. His father was FIorentine mer- chant. and, according to authority, historians assert that John Bocace- as early English translators called -----z-az an nIszftimate child After
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
BLEAsE TALKING
 FOR BUNCOMBE An Expert Tells What Will Be Said of Him at Home.

(MaJ. John F. Hemphiu in New York
 There was absolutely nothing new in anything Blease said. Those who have kept up with South Carolina politics had read or heard his speech on lynching before. many times; a speech in which he defied his defam- CTS, none of whom was present at Richmon in which he had ripped up one of which was represented at the conference; in which he had shouted ito hell with the constitution in cer- tain conditions-vulgar loud, intern perate; a speech that would not have had one word of it published in the papers generally had it been spoken, as it had been spoken many times, to to conference of governors, who could not get away from it. Back home," however, Gov B1ease will doubtless be much set up by the con gratulations of his followers, who will sayi Cooley knows how to make him self heard. He ain't scared. Did you hear about him in Richmond when he had all the governors going, defied them to their faces, said he didn't him. and made all the newspapers of the whole country run him in their headlines? That's the sort of man we need in the United States Senate at Washington, and when Coley gets there we'll get what we want, be- cause they are afraid of him, and Coley stands by his friends From Horse Creek Valley to Homea Path around the Palmetto state will roll thunders of applause for B1ease, the PeepuPs Champeeni
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
ssEI,SIE IINDTNER, A SEQUEL TO THE
 DANGEROUS AGE"

To be misunderstood, and to fail adequately to interpret one's own emotions; to be lonely, though sur rounded by acquaintances; to cry aloud for sympathetic compan1onshlp, in gnawing heart-hunger; and nnaliy, to focus ones affections upon an un- responsive street wait, and thereby be regenerated-this is the fate of heroine of "The Dangerous Age.
 In t-Elsie Lindtner,'' Karie Michaelis Stangland concludes the adventures of the medium of remarkable series of letters. Seemingly disconnected and in-coordinate, they yet enbody a philosophy so vital so sin sincere, ana rehabilitated, and looms up as one Of the antique characters of fiction.
 Madam Michaelis is psychologist tifuI heart of a poet. Passages in her last work rise to sustained flights, and bear one far away to the Elysian Fields of Asmarosa-to the sun-k1ssed Isles of the Beautiful
 It is all full of moonlight, the splash of fountains, the ripple of rivu- lets and the diapason of the storm of the Heart, men will read her, and in imagination, will body forth yer dure clad hills, limpid brooks, and selves, in abandon, into the arms of their Golden Mistress-the Sands.
 Women will read in it their own unspoken houghts-thoughts which have been submerged in their self consciousness, but which the artistry of this literary genius limns forth in blazing kalecidoscopic colors. How many have felt with Lilly Rothe" re- garding those precious messages of some dear one: 'The letter in my hand-that means holding minutes of your time. Time is life. So possess a bit of your life. For you the min utes have vanished, like rain drops sunk in the ground For me they have imperishable qualities; they are like the seeds that send up shoots and yet more shoots to be nourished by the sun and moisture of my 1ove?"
 And of His impassioned glance. Your glance! it is like a dark flow ing river that bears your soul toward me-
 Who so callaused but will sympath- ize with one whose heart drops like an anchor into the deep, quiet waters of sorrow"
 Poetry needs nor rhyme nor metre. l. can be expressed in a gesture, a phrase, the roar of the surf, the sigh ing of the wind through the great pine branches, or in that beautiful idyl, "Elsie Lindtner.''
 DIR. EDWIN F. BOWERS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
Government Defends ACti0n In Pardon
 of 360 Convicrs

Little Rock, Dec 1Asharp denial that his action in pardoning 360 con victs was a blow at the +'administra- ton of justice" was made. today, by whether human lives were to be sac rificed for private gain, he said, in a statement prepared for the United Press and he insisted that he cared nothing for the r4olitical side Of the matter.
 Enforcing law by sending convicts to the penitentiary,'' said the gover- nor, 'tand then permitting them to be so inhuman1y treated that their lives are soon snuffed out in order that contractors may make fortunes are two different matters altogether
 'tInstances of brutality are numerous but legislatures have refused to act My efforts and those of other gover- nors have had no effect on 1egisla- lures although they knew what was going on I decided to reduce the number of convicts so the legislature
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
FIRST THINGS

The first step toward the regime of free speech and free press in England the right of free discussions was claimed by the Hodse Of Commons. Up to that time Parliamentary debate adverse to the, ruling powers was not at all safe. and critics of the govern ment were likely to lose their lives or liberty. The proclamation declaring free speech to be the right of mem bers Of the lower house of Parliament was received with consternation by the conserva atives, who doubtless in quired, What is the country coming to? Over two centuries passed be- fore the right thus claimed was fully won for press and people as well as Parliament, but today free speech and free discussion are privileges enjoyed by Anglo-Saxons the world oyer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
MORE EVIDENCE
 OF POLICE GRAFT
 FROM HOTEL MAN

police graft was brought out when the aldermanic inyestigat ton into the po- lice situation was resumed today Geo. A. Sipp, who conducted hotel under the Raines law, told the committee that for many years he paid the po- lice $100 a month Eugene Fox, he said, was the name of one Of the policemen to whom he paid tribute
 When he inst started payments of money, he said Inspector Thompson commanded the inspection district and later he was succeeded by Inspector Huzzy As a result of the protection money paid Sipp said, although his clerks were arrested on dozen occa- sions charged with runang disor- derly house, none were convicted
 Sipp said that he sold his hotel for $140, 600 because he was tttoo old'' to keep t'in the garne.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
On Second Thought
By Jay E. House

Medical science makes some pro gress, but the solar plexus, the u1na bone and the naastoid process were discovered by pugi1ists.
 For all have accomplished said Buck KiTby yesterday, 1T might just for buried treasure''
 The attempt to reform the news papers by segregating criminal news on one page is irnpracticabfe. Grim inaI news must be handled in such manner as will enable every adver- tiser to have good position.
 A farmer, no matter what his dnan- cfal condition, always pretends to be poor and needy. But a town man tries to create the impression that he is prosperous.
 When baby is named for it's uncle that is a sign that uncle has money.
 It is agreeable to note that the ball player sentenced to four years in St Louis has been the subject of execu- tive clemeney, and has had his sen tence conmuted.
 The Egbert Mariners try to be diff ferent. For that reason the house they are planning to build next spring will not be of the bungalow type.
 What has become of the old-fash- toned barber who sought to sell his customer an individual shaving mug?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
The D. M. Read Go.

could take it's choice of leasing out the convicts to railroad contractors or discontinue the cultivation of the state convict farm. I selected the men to pardon from those convicted for. the least crimes and parOled them on condition that if they again vio- lated the law they would be return ed to the penitentiary to serve the un- completed portion of their sentences.
 'Certainly the law should be up held but crimes of offenders can new CT be suppr essed by permitting graVer crimes.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
PAWN BROKERS
 MUST FILE BONDS

For several years have the pawn brokers of Bridgeport been immune from filing bonds covering their busi- ness, as is prescribed by the Connec- ticut statutes. Not so in the future, as the discovery was recently made and with the issuance of new licenses every broker will be compelled to pro- duce bond for $2,000.
 It has been a happy time in the past as in some cases it has not been necessary for the loan offices to even make application through their surety his bond in the safe of his office The police lave notified all such places to prepare bonds for filing with the may or before the beginning of the new year.
 Joseph Lang, broker when inter- viewed today said no bonds had re1 gently been required by the adnainis- tration. No demands had been made upon him for them until recently Several attempts had been made to find out what bond would be requir- ney decides upon the legal form it cannot be given.
 When interviewed. another broker said he was bonded through an out side firm, that some complications in the issuing of new licenses had occa- stoned him to keep his bond for sev- eraI weeks in his own safe but that it was now in the hands of the mayor
 The Supt. of Police has been in structed to require 1000 bonds from all licensed pawnbrokers as required under section 235 of the amended stat utes Of 1905-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
CHAUFEUR'S CASE CONTINUED
 RELEASED IN $500 BAIL

wiIlinantic, Dec 1e-C1inton c. Roode, the chauffeur who Monday af- ternoon ran into and seriously injur- ed Alfred Heddin, 10 and Armand Hurteau, 4, while driving a motor truck, was before the city court, yes terday and his case continued until Jan 4th He was released under $500 bonds. He Is charged with reckless driving on three counts. It is ex- pected that both boys will be able to be in court. when the case comes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
WISHES HIM WE'LL.

The country is favorably disposed toward MT. Wilson. It wishes him well in his task of making a cabinet, and he will find fewer pitfalls being dug for his feet than is ordinarily the case with, a new president.-Fren the New York Herald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
Homemade Things of
 Linen and Cretonne

Handkerchief Bags of natural linen,
 a5 cts Utility Bags of lowered cretonne,
 25 to 5o cts. Shoe Bags, 50 and 75 cts Vanity and Sewing Bags, 50 cts to $2.25. Travelling Cases with pockets for toilet articles $I.OO. F.ncushions for the dressing table,
 so, 75 and $1.25. Sewing Screens, with pockets and fold ing shelves, spool pins and various handy contrivances, $500. Sweet Grass Baskets, many styles and sizes, I5 to 50 cts.
 Art Section, third floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
Stationery in Beautiful Boxes

For the most part these offerings are Christmas Specials. a,L
 Two quires in Poinsettia boxes, value $I. .oo and SIPS, 75 cts. One qrire and quire of Correspondence Cards, value S, 50 cts.
 Four q1ires in tan box, with b1otter, value $e.85, $2.OO.
 Cabinets, 4 quires, 4 sizes, $l.5O.
 Pencil Boxes. Fountain Pens, Blotters, etc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
MORE FILLING.
eat dinner, eh ?"

"Great dinner, eh ?'
 ''Yep."
 You are missing some of the bril-. liant repartee at the end of the table, 2 Never mind. I'm getting my share of the turkey."-From the Washing ton Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19

A sneak thief entering the jeweIry store of F Lyman on Main street is credited with stealing overcoat, pair of gloves and necktie belonging to c. H. Martin, 1855 Carroll avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19

feet is wonderful, as anyone with eyes will acknowledges all women wear them The attractive stock contains the very articles that women of fashion re- quire in day and evening toi1ettes. Lorgnette and Purse Chains, linked affairs of gold, silver, and platinum fin ish, set with senli-precious stones. Bracelets of odd designs, gold and silver Bangles, and novelties of linked medallions
 Shoe Buckles of gilt and silver, oval and square buckles thickly set with flash ing rhinestones.
 Chains and La Vallieres in endless va riety, from $5.oo to $I5.oo.
 Separate Pendants, set with jewels. Beaded Bags of exquisite workman ship, so cts to $35.oo.
 A Special in Mesh Bags. Of German Silver, and indestructible mesh, $2.95.
 Thinnb1es, reliable Sterling Silver, 50 cts up.
 Gold Thinbles, $500 up.
 Main floor, center aisle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19

ENDORSES THE WEATHER MAN

(FTon the Boston Herald.)
 The Herald indorses the nomination of Willis L. Moore for secretary. of agriculture in the new cabinet He is thoroughly familiar from IS years of service as chief of the weather bu- reau and frequently acting secretary, with the internal routine of the de- partment. and is by nature enough of an insurgent to give the institution that shaking-up which it manifestly needs. He has also been for som e years practical agriculturist, main taining a demonstration farm in Mary land which has attracted wide atten- ton and much admiration. His speech at the Boston City club re- gently bore evidence of another quail fcation of a presidential adviser-the ability to give a good account of his work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19

industry can be read in Kip1ing story of marvellous interest.
 The cotton is taken into Persia, dyed with vegetable colors, and woven into Rugs. Because of the superiority of the cotton yarn, most, of the designs are taken from Temple Rugs, and appear when fin ished like Anatolians of raw silk, but naturally the prices are far below those of Anato1ians. The designs are those with which students are familiar, the .etree of life.' the ttcenser between col unns'' and the plain meda1lions of the prayer rugs The co1ors are the soft creams, tans, rose color, wine, green, and the blue of Persia. Sizes average. one by one and one-ha1f yards,
 S20.00 and very special.
 In the Gift Room, and the Carpet Store.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
Oriental Rugs of Egyptian Cotton Make <
 acceptable Gifts R

Down in the e,& Land, of Egypt, S between the Nile and the Red Sea, grows a cotton of such exquis- ite fineness as no oth- CT country produces. How Englshmen have promoted the cotton
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
REVIEWS
 FROM Our Exchanges
STRIKING AN AMBASSADOR.
(From the Boston TranscriptD

(From the Boston Transcript.) That the incredible is som etim es credible is evidenced by Ambassador Byrce's statement that he was soli- funds of two parties during the re- cent contest in these United States. Did those who requested him to con- tribute realize that they were asking him to mix in the politics of the coun- try to which he was accredited? Did they realize that the penalty of such participation would be his enforced resignation, if his action ever became known? Had he contributed and been found out, he would have been recalled by his own government had he been fortunate enough to escape American was green enough to beg campaign money of him is surprising; that two Americans were so verdant is fairly astounding.
 THE EDITORS FIRST DUTY.
 (F'rom the New York Evening Post
 We seem, in truth, to be setting up try against editorial office holding. Abandon hope of political preferm ert, ye who enter here, is the new motto written over the door of the editor n room. This was not the old Amerl- can practice; it is not so strictly the custom is quite the other way. But it's advantages are obvious. It is a part of the price that has to be paid for editorial independence. And the drawbacks of the other plan were so clearly illustrated in MT. Reid's ex- perience, even with the great rewards and distinguished honors which he attained, that we may be pretty con Hdent that such cases as his will here after be highly exceptional.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
he D. M. Read Go.
 Established 1857
 The Store is Open Evenings for the Accommodation shop The Tea Room Closes Promptly o'cIocE
Fashionable Jewelry

eide, give our Jewelry Section more than a passing glance, for it is impossible to portray the sparkle of flashing stones in lead type. Suppose they are limitations, the eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19

What has become of the old-fash- toned barber who sought to sell his customer an individual shaving mug?
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-09

wsbsN Afasvas OhBA Aanss IA RI
ian Russell. and % on IN that time,
for columns we're all friends Of vlo-
He earned thdr friendship too. for he
was never known to knook-a rass bird
in that region where II 10 Q risk for
man or woman with shrsddsbls char
acter to turn back for ever % Snort
whnA
Vic lies In the Funeral Church. No.
al West Twenty-tbfrd strest. from
which he will be taken to his grave to-
morrow. The palibearcrs win be soi
Manhsimer. Ed Fitzpatrick. Charley
Meegan. Joe Bowling. sol BsriineS. Ed
Brady and representatives Of the
MasonA Elks and EaS1ss and other
societies, OF which he was . member.
That Quartstte," Vic's favorfts four,
Jones. Prinsle. Sylvester and Morrer.
will sing. and there will be . mighty
big funeral.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-09
NcMACU|RE DIES;
CONVENTIONS PACE
TOO MUCH FOR HIM
Genfxi Broadway Sport and
Rcunder Came Back From
Baltimore a Dying Man.

TAsrs's Grape on the Square Table.
ana Ne boys IN the Downtown Tam
many Club are sore At heart for VIC
Mcguire II dead. He passed over the
iumps yesterday and the news spread
rapidly from Tom Foiey's annex to
Dowiins's Crib In Times Square. for
vis's route had no bounds. and his
Hello. Bill" included all the world OF
sport politics. the stage and the blue
heck list Of good feilowa
Vic was one of the most persistent
among those presents" In New York.
He never missed a fight IL he wasn't
On crutches. He rarely ran out on =
ball game. He knew every actor man
ana most every actorine a. we'll a.
all others that shine In tho public
light He bet on every race while
his roll lasted. He staked every news
poyp. night rambler. seen-better-days
guy, waiting for C ha nce-to- max - GOOD
ooucher. had-been and never-was box
nGnter, rheumatic ex-cabby and play ed
cut bank dealer. who gave him the
hard luck dope. It made no difference
20 Vic whether the fellow with the
mitt out in front OF him had just did
his Dit" for wedding a roll from n
boob through the overlapping con or
was the rakish. cut-up son of a pickle
king temporarily on the rocks. vic's
roll was ready for a wedding. and II
he didn't have roll handy he'd set
out to get IT, At the Square Table
every afternoon he held his seat. while
the party changed with the hour; but
vie was there TO the finish. else he
eought comradeship In a box ut the
diamond or in n ringside seat, whore
ne thud Of the padded mitt makes q
musio that appeals to all ears.
vic will be missed. His great big full.
noon face with Its perpetual inclination
Vo break across In laughter was one OF
ne tonics to the faded OF the Great
WHITE Way Just as was his "cheer-up-
have a shock" to the down-and- outer.
~Baitimore killed poor vic." said Max
Kennedy to-day. Vic at his time OF life
didn't realise that he was not up to the
ain. the turmoil, the rage and fury and
the streams of bubbling water that no
vv4th conventions. He never slept during
ne nearly two weeks Of commotion AZ
Dast1mnrs and when ne came back all
q d arovAd Forty-second street knew
ho Was N line 70 cash. But Il came
sooner than any one Of ~ expected and
new ~ are all busting to make things
- ssnfortabls - possible for those he
Len bshind.'
We was Q vine salesman. q pal Of
sPs0msey DoS'' Vernon. Ysass ago M
w famed - downtown politician
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-09

having q big drag WIN the two Tim
suliivans Big Tom Foley. Johnny
o'Brien. Johnny Oakley. Barney
Rourkc. Jimmy March, Paddy Diver.
Jerry Hnrtigan. Fatty Walsh. Tommy
Shells and other lights OF the time.
many o, whom have long ago gone to
their rest. lie mYed far uptown--to
Th!rticth street--where he formed new
friendships and became a Broadway
regular, Johnny McGraw. Nike Don
lin. Amos Rusc. Georgie Cohan. Nat
Goodwin, DE Wolf Hopper. Mike
Abrams. George Considine. Handsome
Dan" Murphy, Honest" John Kelly.
Charley DaviA Admiral OF the Faro
Fleet; Jim the Sport" Louis Martins
most noted waiter: Bob Murphy.
'TIcck" Mckenzie. Harry Thaw. will
ton Laokaye Eddie Leonard. Andy
Mack. Walter Kelly. Lew Fields. Joe
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-10

serges-Blue, Brown, Red and Black, good quality
for $1.OO, on sale at per yard 75c
All dress goods will be sold at reduced prices
silkolne, nice assortment Of patterns, per yard 10
Curtain Madras Csc values, on sale at 20.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-10

We pride ourselves this corset stock not poor
number in the lot They worth just what they
Marked but for this sale we will cut the Prices
almost in two: