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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
Feast Of St. BIaise Observed Tomorrow
 In Catholic Church
Thousands of DevOut Worship pers Will Show Him
 Honor
Most Popular and Oldest Religious Manifestations In His Name Is Ceremony of Blessing of
 the Throat

The feast of St. Blaise (aIso St Blaze) which will be observed through out the Catholic world tomorrow, is marked by. the special ceremony of the blessing of the throats of the faithful in keeping with traditions of the early years of the Catholic church.
 According to the traditions of the church, St. Blaise was the bishop of Sebaste, Armenia, in the early part the Roman Emperor Licinius and the Roman Governor Agricola, the Chris tians experienced many drastic perse- cutions. St. Blaise's name is Included in the roster of the 14 holy martyrs, commemorated in the calendar of the church.
 St. Blaise according to the legends was a physician, as well as church. man. When taken prisoner, in con- nection with prosecutions waged against the early church, he was cast alleviating the pains of suffering hu- manity, both his fellow prisoners and his captors who were stricken with illness, have been kept alive by tra-- dition down through the centuries.
 One story is told of his relieving a lad who was choking to death with fish bone caught in his throat. This is the most familiar. while there are many other legends depicting the pri- soner as a humane and able practi- tioner He was beheaded. The Cath oI1c church Tn the east celebrates the feast. at a later date than the Roman Catholic church. which has set apart Feb. as the particular date for the feast of St. B1aise. .--
 There are several ceremonial forms that accompany the feast. Most conn mon is the blessing of the throats., The priest holds two blessed candles. crossed at the throat of the recipient of the blessing, and prays that the influence of St. Blaise may protect him from all ills Another form is the dipping of a candle wick into conse- crated oil and the touching of the throat with the wick, with appropriate pra yers.
 The ceremony will be observed in all Catholic churches throughout the | city tomorrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
WHY ENDANGER YOUR HEALTH

delightful matrons and debutantes, who fancy themselves as possessing all of the physical endowments of the twenty invited to share her hospital ity. By declining to publish the names of her guests, she will hurt the feelings of none of her friends, who were not present.
 Indeed so farsas the acquaintauces of the latter are concerned they may be assumed to have been of the 'fprettiest twenty and no one will deny them. The public interest ex- cited in the mystery Of the identity of the twenty, has led to the compila- tion of several lists here of the pret- tiest popular beauties
 Will Foster, the artist, supplies one of them and heads it with Mrs Sezib- son herself, some of the others being: Maxine Elliott, Margaret Lemon. op- era singer, Olive FTemstad, singer, Mrs. Don. R. Cole, authoress, Alice NeilSen, Lillian Russell, Cavalieri, Mrs Richard Le Gallienne, wife of the poet, and Henrietta Crossman.
 MT. Foster in his list picks all but two of them from the professional ranks. Three are actresses, four are prima donnas and one 3is- an aIJ &lor- ess. Of the remaining two, one is the wife Of an artist and the other the wife of poet.
 ''I have selected these as my con ceptionz of the worlds most beauti- full women,'' said MT Foster, ''onIy after a careful study. They to me ex- beautiful, assuming, of course, that some artists may difer. However. I do not believe that the list I have given you can be improved upon if the person selecting should use the same points in judging that have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

An apple pie made without the up- per crust is a pleasing change. Line the pie plate and bake the under crust; fill with apple sauce, seasoned to taste, and cover the top with whip ped cream.
 Cold bluefish or almost any cold fish, except coarse fish, like salt cod, may be utilized for salad. Season with plenty of salad dressing. tiny slices of young onions and minced parsley. serve on bed of lettuce.
 Old Velveteen should be saved for polishing c-othS. It will serve the purpose of wash cloths for plate clean ing and save buying anything fresh. as often as needed and lay out to dry
 For cream whip, which is easily made, fill sherbet glasses half full of whipped cream that has been favored with vanilla or wine, and spread tops lightly with cocoa, cocoanut or minced nuts.
 ter bottle, wrap it in a soft cloth wrung out in hot water This will give a steaming heat and is much more effective for neuralgia, etc, than the dry heat of the bottle, as ordin- arily applied.
 Never sit on the edge of a sick persons bed, and never place your chair so that he must strain his eyes rectly in range of his vision, so that he may see you comfortably. Never whisper in a sick room.
 To destroy red ants, grease tin plates with lard and put them on the floor with a few sticks for the ants to clinnp up. Soon the plates will be covered with ants, which pre- fer lard even to sugar. Turn the plates upside down on a hot fire.
 Lambs liver. which is very delicate and no so much used as it deserves to be, is delicious minced and served on toast. It is also excel ent diced, cooked two or three minutes in a ta- of butter, and folded in an Omelet, with peppers and a minced olive or two.
 A sweet biscuit may be made with biscuit dough. with the addi-
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| tion of chopped dates. Roll the dough quite thin, spread with plenty of soft
 of chopped dates. On top place an other layer of dough, and cut out with
 a small cutter. Bake in a hot oven.
 A delicious dessert is made of French chestnutS that have been peel ed, boiled tender and mashed until
 they are smooth, and then seasoned
 with a little vanilla or other extract and sugar, heaped around the sides of a glass dish and filled in the center with whipped cream. The cream may be dotted with jelly.
 To make whole wheat bread, take four cupfuls of whole wheat flour, two of white flour, half a cupful of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, one yeast cake dissolved in enough warm water to light, mold in two loaves, let rise again and bake in a moderate oven. A teaspoonful of shortening soda adds to the richness.
 Leftover cereal may be used in eith- CT of two ways. Mixed with some chopped meat, seasoned well, it is al- ways tasty in croquettes. An excel lent dessert may be made of the cook spice, and then mixed with chopped raisins. Then it should be molded into cones and Drowned in the oven. Serve with syrup or thick cream. - A delicious and simple fruit punch is made of canned pineapple, shred ded- Take pint of this fruit and to it add the juice Of three goOd-sized lemons, the juice of four oranges, two sliced bananas and one and a half cupfuls of sugar. Put the mixture in a bowl with a good-siced lump o6 ice. Let it stand for an hour or so and then add a pint of carbonated water
 Beeswax and turpentine is a capi- tai polish for furniture which is not French polished. To make it, shred half an ounce of beeswax very, fine, and add to it a quarter of a pint of spirits of turpentine. Stir well and put aside until the next day. Then stir again and let it stand for another day, when it will be ready for use. Never melt beeswax and turpentine over a hot fire, as it is highly inf1am- mable.
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Is to eat pangy of the usual variety the other lsfy the appetite with food from which the faproducng qualities eliminated Any extremely radical change likely to endanger the heath should be is possible for of strong will to take enough to reduce the flesh rapidly and overtax the heart adoption of altogether different regime nourishment may be unsafe There appears to be somewhat latOnshp between the nOurishment of the lat producing foods which necessitates caution.
 All stout people stand a lessening of quantity Flesh is natures sorehouse It serves as reserve in sickness and be made to do in health One the
 greatest advances have made in the treatment of lesser ailments of children due to overindulgence eat ing s instead of giving them dope, allowing to fast letting the stomach and alimentary canal rest itse The stale appetite and wearied digestion grown ups often responds to this treatment when all kinds of dyspepsia tablets fail It is strange how alarmed we are over little headache due to going without meal dinner. 6
 People working very hard, physically mentally, cannot safely cut off normal supply of nourshng food
 horse at the plow fa must be well fed to keep up his strength. But if turned out to pasture, though he gets thin, the change is good for him.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
TWO WAYS OF MEETING
 AN EMERGENCY

A short time ago it was reported that owing to the breaking of a Phil ade'phia water-main unfiltered river water had been distributed for a time to two wards of the city. As the result, an outbreak of typhoid fever has appeared in the section supplied with the contaminated water. In a single week ninety-nine cases of the disease are reported from the two in fected wards and only forty-eight cases in the other forty-five wards of the city! One deplorabIe feature of the epidemic is that the polluted wa ter seems to have been distributed without any adequate warning by the responsible authorities. Such a blum der is without excuse. The lesson that deaths will follow the drinking of polluted water ought surely to have been well learned in Philadelphia Why should citizens be supplied with out warning with water known to contain typhoid germs any more than with water known to ~contain arsenic or any other poison? 4 different course was pursued in Lawrence, danger of a water-shortage became to the situation. The date when the river-water was to be turned into the main was duly announced and citizens were warned to boil the water. Tn addition hypochlorite treatment was instituted in accordance with direc- tions furnished by the State Board of Health. In brief, apparently no pre- caution was omitted either to warn or to safeguard the inhabitants of Lawrence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
ENTERTAINMENTS WHICH INTERESTED
 SOCIETY FOLKS

The board of governors of the Sea side Club entertained the ladies, yes terday afternoon. Fifty-one tables of bridge were played. The prize. win ners were Miss Margaret Mills, and the Mesdames T. A. Ganung, Arthur S. Brown, M. M. Downer. H. F. Par rott, WetherilI, w R. Palmer, Harry Porter, and Frank k1nsley; Lunch and musical program followed the bridge. President of the board, W. A. Smith, received the ladies.
 Under the direction of R. NJ. Flames, the cantata of Olaf Trygvasson was sung before a large and appreeiative audience at the. First Presbyterian church last evening d4 tba PT9f 1}6n6 Elmer S so oists were Miss Margaret Hogan and I. Austin MacConnell There was a mixed chorus of 50 voices.
 A representative audience listened to the interpretation of Iben's "A Doll House., given at the Stratfield, last ing pleased the large gathering, and was given for the benefit of the Wis iting Nurses Association, of which Mrs H. M. Knapp is president. The Edwards, Dudley Morris, Horace Mer- win and Clarence w. Foote.
 The mid-winter quarterly meeting of the Woman's Staff of the ChiIdren's Ward of the Bridgeport Hospital was held yesterday afternoon at the resi- dence of Mrs. P: c. Bassick, 111 Fair field avenue. Mrs. J. P. Omans pre- sided at the business meeting. The reports of the secretary, Mrs. Harriet E. Raymond, and treasurer, Mrs. Henry Setzer, Jr., were read. After ward the Misses Margaret Warner and Barbara Waldo, accompanied by Mrs. Dudley Morris, entertained the gath ering with songs. A. luncheon was served
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
POINTS OF INTEREST.
Take Notice


 of the bargain lot of skates that Rad ford B. Smith offers for Saturday. Men and women, boys and girls can get suited there at half price. There win also be on sale the regular lots of domestic goods and special bargains in all departments
 Saturday Bargain Day, and after inventory cleanup sale at 2. H. Dillon & Co.'S, 11O5 Main street Fur scarfs. fur muffs. marabout coats, cOney skin coats, caracul cloth coats, seal plush coats, long broad cloth coats, shirt waists, petticoats, and winter millinery at cleanup sale prices.
 There is No Better Tonic to tone up the system and throw off the effects of a cold or the grip than a glass of Miles ale or of Bartholo- mays Rochester lager. You will find 1t an excellent appetizer, it will aid digestion, and is recommended by the medical profession. If you use a beverage use only the best and purest easily attest the virtues by ordering a case from M. J. Maloney, -S6 Jones avenue or phoning 3459-3. His wines and liquors are of the best quality also his soda and mineral waters.
 Family Supplies
 Small lean pork roasts. very fine and strictly fresh, (not frozen), fresh shoulders, tender and sweet to the bone, fresh hams, fancy legs of nut ton, fancy legs of yearling lamb, fancy legs of genuine spring lamb, forequarters of lamb, rib roasts beef, pot roasts beef, plate corned beef. A full carload of prime beef this week at special low prices. All the fresh pork products: pork tenderloins, saul sage, hooks. Poultry specials: Stew ing fowls, choice fowls. fancy roasting chickens, fancy ducks. fancy geese, fancy capons, fresh killed turkeys. Vegetable department: You will al ways find our vegetable department well supplied with all the native and hothoUse specialties such as Boston head lettuce, green and wax beans, lima beans, celery. Grocery specials: Fresh crop Bordeaux walnut meats halves, z;ordeaUx walnut pieces, To- gan x Johnson jams in quart Mason jars, B. F. Nj. prepared buckwheat, Laundry starch, F. c. Oats. Fancy Florida russet oranges, fancy layer figs, Malaga grapes. Fish specials: Fancy smoked fipnan haddies fancy large smelts- Bridgeport Public Mar ket and Branch, State and Bank streets, East Main street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
A Henpecked AstroIoqer.

Lilly. the astroIoger and aIchemists could not see for himself sufficiently far into that future which he prOfessed to be able to scan so clearly for others to guard him against making a fool of himself by marrying. He caught 8 vixen. ''of the temper of Mars" to use his own words. and the fact that she brought him $500 as dOwry did not count for much in the way of compen- satfon, seeing that ''she and her rela- tions cost him E1,OO0."
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ical Association thinks that it is high time that public officials recognized their responsibility in such matters. Too often in the past emergency in takes have been opened with pub lie warning and sewage polluted water distributed to hundreds of unsuspect- ing householders. It need hardy be pointed out that times have changed, that the general public understands more clearly than formerly the req son for water-borne typhoid, and is likely to view less lenientIY gross dereliction of duty by those in au- thority- It is to be expected that the citizens of Philadelphia will attempt to fix the responsibility for the serious events of the past few weeks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
-. AnR.


 A generous and brave but very ec- centric Virginia planter named Hill Carter. who had once been an officer in the United States navy. had hand to hand battle at tisticufrs one day with his plantation overseer and cams of second best. He therefore chai lenged the overseer to a formal due. but the latter declined on the groun, that, being a husband and father. was under obligation not to risk IeaV ing his familt destitute Carter once removed that objection by SC ting upon the family a comfortabi annuity Then everything was g, ready for the fight. but just as IL two men faced each other the sheri arrived on the scene, took them in; custody and had them bound over | Eeep the peace. Mir. Carter did n however. change the deed of gift vii which he had provided for the ove Seer's family. remarking that he migI wish some time to resume the inte rupted fight and. hence would rath, keep everything lD readiness ft prompt action.-New York Post
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
RHEUMATISM
 QUICKLY RELIEVED

Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind, says: My wife had Infiammatory Rheuma tism in every muscle and joint; her suffering was terrible and her hody and face were swollen aI- most beyond recognition; had been in bed for six weeks and had eight physicians but received no benefit until sl-e tried pr. Detchon's Relief for Rheuma tism. It gave immediate relief and she was able to walk about in three days. I am sure it saved her life" Sold by Curtis Pharmacy, 1149 Main st., Cor. Elm.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. Susie L. Hull of SIS Main street is now convalescing at her home after undergoing serious operation at the Bridgeport Hospital four weeks ago.
 Over a score of the friends of Harry Husted of 21O5 Main street, rendered him a surprise party, last evening, in honor of his 18th birthday The ev- ening was pleasantly spent, a lunch was served and MT. Husted was the recipient of a number of gifts.
 The board of management of the D. A. R. Society will meet with the regent, Mrs. Stevens, AS Milne street, Monday morning, Feb. 8, at 10 o'clock.
 Mrs Thomas Sheridan and Mrs. Philip McKeon of this city, left We'd nesday for WilkeSbarre, Pa, where they intend to remain a couple of weeks with Mrs. McKeon's daughter, Mrs H. Levy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
Matrimonial pyspepsIa:

''WeH. how do you like married nfe?'' inquired the friend.
 Mot at alI.'' replied the man who had married money and was suffering for it. '.I'm a case of matrimonial dys- persia"
 Matrimonial dyspepsia ?''
 "Yes. She never agrees with mes she's too rich"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
u. 0.due+;ou

The Sunday school teacher had just explained 10 the juvenile class that the first parents were made from dust. Now. Edgar" she said to a bright little fellow. .'can you tell me who the first man was ?"
 Henry Clay.' was the prompt reply. Chicago News. " 2c-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
BRIDGEPORT TEACHERS ASSOC.

The regular Bi-monthIy Meeting is called for Friday, February g, 1912, 4:15 p. m. at the High School, Room IL
 Executive Board Meeting on Tues day, February 6, 1912, 4:15 D. m. at the High School, Room II.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
MEETINGS OF
 WOMEN'S CLUBS
 FOR THE WEEK
FRIDAY.

1O:O0-English Literary club, Mrs. J.
 P. OmanS. 2:OO-Woman's Guild, Christ Church parlorS. S:OO-GuiId, Trinity Church. St.
 Mary'S. 2:3O-King's Messengers, First Bap-
 tist Church. 3:OO-W. c. T. U., 239 Gilbert street 4:OO-Authors club. 3;OO-Wednesday Workers. Mrs. w.
 B. Lashar, 697 Clinton Ave. S:OO-Round Table, Mis- Ada Wood
 ruff. s:OO-Friday Evening Book Club,
 Mrs. G. D. Egbert, T Elm
 wood avenue.
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Aa +n Truth raIIinn.

There is an eastern saying which runs: ''It is good to know the truth and to tell if. It may be better, know ing the truth. to talk of date stones."- London Truth.
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Hia Suggestion.

Wigwag-l never knew such a fellow as Bjones, He is always looking for trouble. Henpecked Then why doesn't he get married ?-Boston Courier.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
A RflI Nxa Saw

Bill Nye described a five shot Colts revolver as Professor Colt's five vol ume treatise on the ventilation of the human system.'-Kansas City Times,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
The O+Iners Ret.

Neighbor-How did that naughty lit That good little boy of yours hit him in the head with brick.-Independ ent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
A Bismarck Incident

It used to be the privilege of Aus tria's representative at any conference of representatives of the German states to smoke. the others refraining This was supposed to be an acknowI- edgment of Austria's supremacy. At the first conference that Bismarck attend ed as Prussia's representative he be gan to puff smoke across the confer ence table as soon as the Austrian dip lomat lit up. That set every body pres ent to smoking on equal terms. and Austria's supremacy got a blow
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
ThA Eirsthorn.

visftor-My! What fine baby! How much does he. weigh? Fond Mother-l really don't know He hasn't been weighed since noon.-Life.
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ca the barren island however convinc-
 ed the bride that while the theory of making a lonesome man happy may be a pretty one, it is altogether inn practicable least, with one as lone ly as Andersen was.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02

Happiness is an equivalent G1E all troublesome things.-EpictetuB.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02
Fluffy Feathers the Craze

Fluffy Feathers ths Craze
 The top of rniladi's hat is often entirely concealed by a mass of fluffy, white plunage, usually made of marabou, goura feathers or some arrangement of os- trich. These feathery crown trimmings are seen on many hats of hemp or straw.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02

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REDUCING .THE WEIGHT-DTET

IEOUOINU -IIEI WEIGHI-DIEI N GENERAL fesh1ng up of the whole N body, especially if constitutional in origin, is more easily overcome, if a sys- exercise.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-02

Hans Andersen, Keeper of the gov
 ernment light house on Fire Island,
 the first and last point of land 'spok>
 en'' by all transatlantic voyagers,
 on their way to or from this port is now truly the ''lonesomest man. in the world Some time ago he brought
 to his lonely retreat a pretty girl
 bride to share his isolation, but eight weeks of the life there so palled on her that she left and is now suing the heartbroken light keeper for sep The tale of Hans Andersen's court shin and marriage of Blanche Mich iels rivals any classic work of fiction. He was young-only thirty -six-and folIr years on Fire Island had made him the loneliest of men. Save for Dora a wee black and white dog, his only companions were the surf, the wind. the seagulls and a book. One afternoon Hans Andersen was stroll ling along the sandy beach with Dora when he saw one of the other light keepers with his wife. An idea came to him. Why hadn't he married, too?
 Next day Andersen came to New York and inserted an advertisement n the newspapers for a wife. Blanche Michiels was one of two hundred young women who answered it. An dersen was struck by the simplicity of the letter and determined to meet the young women. Andersen got a four days leave of absence, and two days after he met the pretty Michiels girl he married her. That was Oct. 1e last. Two months conjugal bliss