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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15

-.Fret not thy gizzard." This js the recipe for long life, health and happiness prescribed by Dr. Daniel Kimball Pearsons. He speaks as one with authority, for despite the wear and tear of amassing a big fortune, anA the even greater task of giving away said fortune, he has lived to celebrate today his ninety-second birthday. Worry, and the senseless habit of "stewing'' and fretting, de- clares the venerable philanthropist, are the banes of existence. Yet he admits that the man or woman who is physically unfit can scarcely keep from worrying. To dwell long on the earth and be contented, one must not fret. and to prevent fretting one must be healthy, and to be healthy one must retire and rise early, take long walks, get plenty of fresh, pure air, marry young, and be temperate in all things. That is the boiled-down for mula, given free gratis by a physi- clan who has proved in his own life the value of his prescription. And now that 1t has all been demonstrat- ea and made clear, you will follow the formula, will you not? Yes, you will not.
 Dr. Pearsons was born in Brad ford, Vt, April IA, 1920. Mistake. Not in Bradford, but on little farm near that metropolis. Even in the days when, pr. Pearsons was a boy, the soil of that farm was worn out, and every member of the family had to toll and labor from sunrise to sun set, without ceasing, to make the sterile land yield a modest living. what education the millionaire of the future acquired as lad was at an incredible cost of work and hard ship. After a year at Dartmouth, he entered the employ of physician as a man of all work, driving the doc tors buggy and doing his chores and this job gave rise to his ambition to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
ssFRET NOT THY GIZZARD''-LONGEVITY
 RECIPE OF DIR. PEARSONS, 92

become a medical man. He studied medicine at Woodstock, Vt, but his financial resources soon reached their limit, and but for the loan of a hun dred dollars voluntarily offered by a member of the faculty who had be- come interested in the determined, nard-working youngster, Mr. Pear sons would have been forced to give up h.. ambition. The helping hand thus extended to him by that little college determined Dr. Pearsons, when he had won millions from in- vestments in Chicago real estate and lumber lands, to disburse his fortune among the little institutions of learn ing throughout the country. X
 Dr. Pearsons went to Chicago in 1860, and within a few years had be- come one of it's leading public spirit ed citizens. When an attempt was made sn 1875, to repudiate the bond issues of the Windy City, which had been impoverished by the fire of I'll and subsequent municipal graft, pr. Pearsons arose in his wrath and pledged his personal fortune as se- curity for the good name and fair fame of the city.
 It was nearly a quarter of cen tury ago that Dr. Pearsons announced his intention of giving aid to the smaller colleges, and soon had dis bursed nearly $4,0O0,O00 among such institutions. "Coffins were never made to carry money in," he declar- ed, and now he who was once one of the richest men of the nation is com paratively poor. Dr. Pearsons attri- butes his financial success to news paper advertising. He was the first real estate broker in the country to use liberal space in the daily press, and, as a result of his publicity cam paign, he was soon dealing in thous- ands of acres where his competitors were contented with selling scores of acres.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
THE PLIGHT OF THE TITANIC

The accident to the Titanic, great est and latest of ocean steamships, exist for the most gigantic of mans boats, but that those perils have been nightly lessened by modern invention. The early despatchss show that warning of the Titanic's less and received by ships almost 200 miles away. A little later it was stated that the Titanic was moving slowly toward port and toward the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
WARFARE ON WHITE PLAGUE
 i. COMMENCES IN ROME

of these one-sixth, or 500,000 are victims of tuberculosis. Prof. Fisher estimates :Lat one half of the con sumption victims are totally incapa- citated for labor, and points out that, considered cold-bloodedly as mat ter of dollars and cents, the economic loss to the country, placing the value of each persons services at $700 a year, reaches the astounding total of 5,00O,000 per annum. The addi- tional loss through the purchase o1 medicines and special foods, doctors bills, and, finally, undertakerS bills brings the total economic loss up to twice that figure.
 Narrow-minded persons often criti- else the medical profession because ii has no fixed and final treatment for any disease, but is constantly experi- menting and making new discoveries discarding worn-out theories and promulgating new ones. Medicine is an experimental and progressive science, and that is its greatest glory Tn regard to the treatment of tuber. culosis, many new ideas have been advanced during the last year, and at the Rome congress these theories will be subjected to the acid test by some of the foremost physicians o1 the world. One of the most interest ing of these discoveries is that an. nounced few weeks ago by Dr. Fiery, of Lyons, France, who has found that the clothing of consump- tives is often responsible for tn. transmission of the disease. The microbes of tuberculosis, he de. clares, exist in the precipitation o1 the afflicted, and he concludes that if the bacillus is able to leave the body through the pores of the ski, it .lay enter in the same manner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15

Virginia, bound for her rescue, under steam, the vessels being apparently in constant communication with each other. Another modern invention afloat, are her collision bulkheads which closed immediately, and auto matically it is said, as the water be- gan to enter through her shattered prov. Ocean travel is not free from danger, but it is safer than it ever had been until the invention of wire. less and the installation of wireless apparatus on shipboard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15

the long hours of duty will have in the long run serious consequences. I met a man fifty-six years old in Pittsburgh in 1908 who worked 12 hour day. I saw him again last wfn-i ter when it was a slack time and he was getting two or three days off every week. He had not worked a Hong turn" for three months and though he was three years older he looked ten years younger
 But suppose there were no physical indications of overstrain the big fact remains-that 12 hour schedule de- nies a man all true leisure. It is not leisure for a man to sit on a bench in the steel mill waiting for his turn. A workman has right to spend his leisure hours outside the mill yard. There, are many of the company heads and plant managers who are opposed to :. 12 hour schedule. How many there may be who have labored manfully in directors meetings against a stone wall of opposition we may never know. But there are steel men, nevertheless, who not only do not apologize but actively defend the ex- isting state of affairs. The manager steel plants in America said to me:
 "A man is a lot better working those extra four hours than he is loafing. Society has not yet found anything profitable for him to do in his leisure tirfle."
 But there is coming to be a differ ent attitude in regard to the seven day week. Managers may excuse it but they seldom advocate 1t any more
 and there has arisen a movement within the last two years that seems
 to mean that the steel industry is not
 going to tolerate much longer the vice.
 breeding, man-killing thing. A plan
 which gives every man twenty-four
 hour shift, has been adopted by the
 Lackawanna Steel Company, and am told has been or is to be adopted by
 every subsidiary company in the Uni-
 l ted States Steel Corporation. But the twelve hour day remains. The indus-
 try has at last granted weekly day
 of rest but as regards the length of
 the working day it is fifty years be-
 hind the industrial standard. now rec
 ognized by majority of the people.
 |. If you suggest change the answer is competition. But is there no way to protect progressive employers who would like to introduce reasonable and humane regulations from the compe- tition of reactionaries?
 There are three methods by which
 protection can be afforded-the collec- tive demand of the organized worker,
 action by the stockholder or legisla-
 tion by the state. The steel conn panies have made the first impossible. It remains apparently for the stock holders to determine which of the oth-
 CT two methods is to be employed. For one of them must be.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
MERIT IN MEDICINE.

The continued success of medl- cine depends entirely upon it's merit For nearly forty years Lydia B. Pink hams Vegetable Compound has been demonstrating it's worth among wom- en. as the greatest of all remedies for female ills, and the tremendous volume of letters on file in the Pink ham laboratory, at Lynn, Mass.,. from grateful women in all parts of the United States and Canada, are ample proof of its merit.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is good, old fashioned remedy and enormous quantities O1 roots and herbs are used every year in making it the standard remedy fol female ills.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15

The first anti-slavery society in America was founded 137 years ago in Philadelphia. Most of it's mem bers were Quakers and deists, and among them was Thomas Paine, the revolutionary hero and author of ''The Age of Reason" Paine was the first American to advocate in pcint the abolition of slavery. The agitation of the abolitionists did not become acute until about century ago, and it was not until 1888 that the movement took the form of a national anti-slavery society. This was organized in Philadelphia, with Beriah Green as president and John G. Whittier, the poet, as secretary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15

In Rome yesterday some of the most distinguished physicians, socio- logists and philanthropists of the world met, preparatory to the seventh International Congress on Tubercul- osis.
 In this great assemblage of men and women, banded together for holy war on the terrible white plague, the United States is repre- sented by the officials of the Ma tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, and that organization will make a remarkable exhibit showing what has been ac- complished in America toward stamping out one of the worst scourges that afflictsl human kind. It will be an inspiring gathering, that in Rome when scientists and savants of all races, of all religions and of none, of every shade of political and economic opinion, working shoulder to shoulder, exchange experiences and views and give to each other renew ed zeal and enthusiasm. Whether Christian, Buddhist or atheist, these crusaders against the white plague reflect the spirit of the new religion the religion of service to human ity.
 Tuberculosis, it is now known, as a preventable, and, in its earlier stages, a curable disease. Much has already been accomplished in the warfare on the dread disease, but much also remains to be done, and the International Congress in Rome this week will doubtless result in the prolonging of many lives. According to Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale, there are about 3,OO0,O00 on the "sick list' each day in the United tSates, and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
THE STOCK MARKET.

(WatSon, AlperS & Co.,
 If the utmost weight is allowed to the possible effect of unfortunate la bor clashes the consequences can only be temporary. All conditions point to a final amicable settlement of the leading conflicts. What remains of the factors to be discussed are continued cheap money, enlarging bank clearances, improving railway earnings, industrial progress but cumulative-and a political con- dition which still has conservatism as the probable f1nality. Moreover there is a worldwide sentiment that favors revival and expansion and is impatient at all that offers obstruc- tion. So long as there is no adverse change in these basic elements so long will the general tendency of prices be upward, interrupted only by occasional natural reactions, such as took place this week, and which should be utilized for discriminating purchases
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
HUGH GRANT LEFT $9,OOO, ,0OO. Ex-Mayor Had S1,0OO,OOO Cash h
 Bank When He Died.

New York, April 15-The transfer tax appraisal of the estate of former Mayor Hugh J. Grant, who died on November 3. 1910, will show that he left an estate valued at nearly 5000, 900. Of this amount about $1,000, ,OOO was in cash on deposit in banks.
 MT. Grants will left the entire es- tate to his wife for life, and upon her death it goes to her three children in such shares as she appoints in her will. or in equal shares. The chil- dren are Julia, Edna and Hugh J. Grant. Jr.
 Mr. Grant, who. ran for Mayor four times and was elected twice, was a lawyer early in life but later turned to real estate investments, in which his fortune was made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
BISHOP MILAN HOST AT
 ANNUAL REUNION OF
 TROY SEMINARY ALUMNI

The alumni of St. Joseph's Semi nary, Troy, will hold their annual re- union in Hartford on April 24 They will attend pontif1cal mass at St. Jo- seph's Cathedral, the celebrant Of the mass being the Right Rev. Bishop Milan, who is a member of the Alumni. Bishop Hickey of Roches- ter, president of the association, Bishop Gabriels. former superior of the Seminary. Bishop Feehan of Fall River, and Bishop-elect Conroy and other members of the hierarchy will be present. After the church func- tion a banquet will be served to the alumni at the Allyn House. It is expected that about one hundred and fifty clergymen will be present.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
U. M. c. Dance.

Tomorrow night is the time, Eagles
 hall is the place and there will be one thousand girls on hand to make the evening at the third annual dance of the Mutual Benefit Association of the U. M. C. Go. one long to be re- membered. Music that was never heard before will be discoursed by Konstarice celebrated orchestra, and Oscar Knablin will be on hand with his Cathedral Chimes which will be an added feature to the orchestra
 Every year the attendance at the an nual dance of this organization is greater than the year before, and by the way the tickets have sold it is expected that this will be the banner
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
GAVE EXCELLENT CONCERT.

Schwabischer Maennerchor hall on French street last evening was filled to it's capacity with a crowd which enjoyed a splendid program of music, rendered by the choruses of the Ger mania Singing society and Ansonia Maennerchor, the Beethoven Maen- nerchor, the Schwaebischer chorus. M. F. and Joseph Wieler, and Henry DePawloff, New York violinist. 1t was the first public concert of the Schwaebicher chorus and the mem- bers were delighted with its work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
CONVICT LABOR

family income taken away. There was once a large use of convicts in road building, but the culprits were work ed in chain gangs and the spectacle was offensive, so that the practice ceased.
 The experience of a number of western states shows that convicts can be worked upon honor, and with out manacles and armed guards This open.
 Also feasible is the project to work
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15

year for attendance. The commit tee Of arrangements have appointed special sub-commfttees to look after the wants of each and every one at- tending and have spared neither pains nor expense to make the evening a most enjoyable one. If you are out of sorts or have the blues with no place to spend the evening, make 1t a point to come up to Eagles hall to- morrow night and if by any possible chance you don't have the best time you ever had in your life just report 1t to the committee. See advertise ment on another page.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15

Governor Baldwin, in speaking up- on the subject of prison labor takes an advanced, humane and reasonable view He believes that the prisoners should be employed upon farms, or highways and made a source of reve- nue to the state. Better yet, they should be. permitted to earn some thing for themselves and enabled to continue the support of their depend ed by the state almost as much as the offender himself, by having the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
oUARTETTE AT EMERGENCY.

The Four O'Byrne Brothers them-four-age ranging from tt 12, appeared at the Emergency hos pital in a body yesterday afternoon for treatment. Two of them hao colds of long standing; a third had a cut on the head, que to being hi with stone thrown by another boy
 and the fourth had a sore hand. Tn
 OBryne boys live at 796 Main street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15

Mrs. Chas. Jackman, Merrill St.. Newburyport, Mass, credits her re- covery to the use of Foley's Honey to have hemorrhages of the lungs and feared I was going to have tuber- culosis. I took several bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and today I am a we'll strong woman and have not a sign of tuberculosis. I al- ways keep Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in the house and it keeps the whole family free from colds l.. F. Curtis. *135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
RARE BIRDS FOR PARKS.
Storks, Cranes and Pelicans From
 President Mellen's Farm.

New Haven. April 15-In the near future East Rock park will be boast ing of a number of rare birds, the gift of President Charles Sanger Mel- len of the New. Haven road. These birds have been offered to the park board and have been accepted by them. The group consists of five storks, five cranes, and four pelicans which, at present, are on Mr. Mellen's S farm in Stockbridge, Mass. Two black swans from Mrs. Henry F. English, is another gift which has been accepted by the board. Shelter will be erected for these birds, which are the first of their species to be under the control Of the local park department.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15

convicts on farms, or rather on farm land owned and controlled by the state.
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Very often these days will hear, in place where women are looking at Laces, "Oh, Cluny Lace IS my favore." Or 1t will be- "I adore Ctuny Lace: must have some of those little motifs So that is the have much Cluny Lace, the genuine and the good imations and there is the enormous multitude of small Laces, "the Motifs" round square, 3cornered bowknots, roses medalions crescents which small in price, and when applied to garments lend touch of distinction
 5, 10 cts and upwards, according to size and
 quality.
 Yokes, odd Panels, and Appliques of every shape in
 Cluny and Irish Crochet. The Incroyable Ratine Laces and Bands in de- cded evidence and selling rapidly for linens and other gowns.
 SAMPLE ROBES, AN IMPORTANT SPECIAL An Importers Samples. She who desires . gown these.
 In Eye1et Embroidery, plain white and effects of navy blue and tan with white, elaborate work, times with applications of fringe ratine, very artistic and unusual.
 $2O.OO each
 Lace Section, main floor. Embroidery Instruction We are pleased to an- to customers that Miss Martha Alden who with during Fair Week will be at the Art Sec tion one day in each week, through the season, Wednesdays, and will give such information as art needleworkers may desire This Wednesday, the seven teenth, is the day. Appointments be made by tel ephone. Third floor. Two Japanese Screens are in the Reading Room, both delicate coorings, suitable for boudos $500 each
 Hong Kong Grass Table, $6.25 Veranda Tea Service of dark brown English Ware, Y pieces $3oo.
 Japanese Prints, 25 and so cts
 In the Reading Room.
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MOVING PICTURES TAKEN
Of CONSTRUCTION WORK
Latest Adaptation of Amuse-
ment Device Calculated to
Educate Taxpayers.

Moving picture records of construction
| work are being shown in many cities ir
| connection with addresses of an educa-
tional nature. and the number Of such
pictures is increasing SO rapidly that suct
records OF one aspect Of engineering de.
| serve to be approved as a means of inter
esting the public in what is ordinarily un-
attractive to it. A collection of such pic
lures taken In Baltimore recently show
ing the construction OF portions of the
sewerage system and the operation of parts
OF the disposal works have educational pos
sibilities deserving thoughtful considera-
ton. The moving pictures taken recently
on the Panama canal by one Of the nat
ural color methods are particularly i'm
portant, in view of the general interest
shown In ordinary moving pictures of
that work To the engineer the illustra-
ton on a screen of a steam shovel In
operation or the labors Of q construction
crew in putting foundations into rap
idly running stream is not of much inter-
est. but these things are novel to the
people who pay the bills for his work. and
1t is only by pictures and explanations of
them that the taxpayers are able to
learn something of what their money is
spent for 1t Is impracticable to interest
the average man in the brain-taxing eff
forts of the designing engineer. but the
representation of the execution Of the
plans can easily be made a peg on which
to hang a short statement Of the i'm
portance of the designing work. In
short, these moving picture exhibitions
Of important pieces of construction should
not be ridiculed by the engineer or con-
tractor, because they may be material
help toward that very important end,
better appreciation of engineering
among the people at large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-22
JUDICIARY SQUARE SHARES
IN CIVIC ADVANCEMENT
Modern Office Building to Replace Old Resi-
dence on Fifth Street-Other
improvements.

Like many other sections Of the city
Judiciary Square is sharing in material
advancement and the natural increase in
the number Of attorneys in Washington,
keeping pace with the growth Of the
whole population, finds an excellent out
ward expression in the number OF build
ings which are being constructed and
remodeled for ONCE purposes in the i'm
mediate vicinity of city hall. Only this
week work was started upon another new
structure on the west side of judiciary
square In the block on 5th street between
and f streets northwest
On the site which will be occupied by
this building, at 44 9th street, the wreck.
ers have just demolished one of the few
remaining very old residences in this part
Of the city. This house was built fully
eighty years ago. at a time when Judi
ciary Square was one OF the select resi-
dence sections of Washington. When the
constantly increasing demand came for
office space in the vicinity of the court
houses of the capital the old residence was
partially remodeled and the rooms were
leased. But the competition offered by
modern office buildings In the same neigh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-22
Children Seek Civic Improvement.

Benners court, one Of the smallest thor
oughfares in Reading, Pa, has sprung
into prominence by reason Of a petition
signed by the children of the neighbor-
hood demanding that the street be paved
The action Of the children. inspired by
Katherine Kline, fourteen years old. who
started the petition, has been widely dis
cussed throughout the city. Children OF
other parts of the city. whose play. limit
ed to the streets. must be curtailed be
cause Of the poor condition of the high
ways. are considering a similar move.
ment. Upward Of 125 children. ranging
in age from five to fifteen years, attached
their names to a petition which was pre-
scented to the councimen Of the ward. The
children are now considering the plan OF
calling upon councils or the mayor to
see what can be done. They want the
street paved SO that they will have q
place for roller skating. This is now
covered with black sandy surface. and
1t Is very uneven The youngsters living
IN Benners court say they want nice
streets like those other children Of the
city enjoy.