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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11

training that makes dependent apparatus for ex eIcise teachers for practice is distinctly bad had maid whose boise constant of delight to She fat-backed, full chested. She stood plumb and was light her feet younger sister exactly the shoqldered, sagged at the
 waist was depressed @ in in the the chest and drsgged her steps and her sister Maggie I just like her once, she said But, asked in astonishment Chow did you it9'' Her significant EtI looked in the glass day and how crooked and just kept trying to straghten up
 Expensive apparatus private lessons and teachers often fail to accomplish what the unyeldng direction of that girls will to certain object accomplished There plenty of examples of this kind of seeducaton The
 straight front has changed and greatly improved the standing position of wherever fashion has nu- ence Years of drill at school might not have done much for appearance.
 An aid to acquiring pleasing becoming and gracious attitude is to stand with the weight the forward foot Look in the mirror Gas Mary did, advance foot in
 short step Stand with the weight the ball of this foot making the leg strong and the trunk straight (but without sran) Change the position by advancing the other foot and transferring the weight to it. This good habtual standing attitude for public speaking and generally.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
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PoLI's

Pretty Clara Morton has the whole town whfstiins and singing the catchy songs which form part Of her share In the great act of the Four Mortons at Polls this week And what Clara has done for those who like catchy songs and music, Sam has accomplish ed for those who enjoy good hearty daughter. A gale of laughter sweeps over every audience when the huge beaninE face of this natural-born comedian first appears on the stage ly thereafter by the side-splitting 'dia- logQie between Sam Morton. and his pretty wife Kitty Then Paul has a big share in the act toos-some clever centric dancing. It is small wonder that every vaudeville goer is captured by this splenetd entertainment ana Epes away declaring that the Four viEedom. Never has an act taken better in Bridgeport, or been better qualified to do SC. If you fail 10 see the Four Mortons-and the great ,blH that eoes with ther1-you wiu miss one of the real vaudeville treats of the entire theatrical sea son..
 Dean and SSbley- present a c'everly constructed and well played skit upon the vaudeville stage. The first scene fs in the dressing room of the man, whose partner has deserted him. The girl drops in just in time to learn or his troubles and she volunteers to take the place of his departed mate. They xo through a brief rehearsal in the dressing room and then walk out up- on the stage. They do a, burlesque l1pon Romeo and Juliet and then re- turn to the dressing room where they have "a xauarref over the efforts Of the Ekrt The latter tells him that she only went to the theatre to save the act-e time for him and her sister, his regular partner. and at the last mo- ment no+e is brought to them stat ing that their time is sure. The act scored an emphatic hit on Monday night and 10th of the players deserve praise for their work
 Concerning another of the attractive acts on this weeks fFH at Polls. Rob men cf1the stage and the original Rip Van Wrinkle Of America, says. The littlearlaylet, '5uclSins' Run, as played by Walsh. Lynch & Co.,, contains some Of the best character work seen now adayS, and certain y enjoyed 1t. IFS different from the average vaudeville act, and is a distinct novelty.
 These are but a few of the many attractions on tl-fs weeks bill. Space the rest of the program, but suffice 1t to sayethat it includes such star acts as Harry B. Lester, one of the clever est singing comedians on the boards today Chinko, European juggler with novel and pleasing act; Allan Shaw, one Of the most marvellous sleiKht of hand experts ever seen here; Harry Tsuda, little Jap with a won derfu1 balancing act; the Electrozraph orchestra, with musical selections of the day. You cannot see d better performances at any price so don't miss Polls
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
IAcE ANn RIRRnN

The attempt made to bring in the hoop skirt has proved a dire failure. And over that we may sing paeans of praise. The long graceful line is al together too irresG stible to be parted with gladly, and we have never assur- edly had the fichu served up in such aIluring PuiSe as at present.
 It is difficult, indeed, to find words in which adequately to express ones admiration for the ingenuity respon- sibIe for, the infinite variety wrought with this time honored adjunct. Nor of that charming lace berthe. dropped in so apparently artless manner on to the round decolletage, long, stole like ends falling at the back.
 Fashion urges the acQu' 'sition of any thing pertaining to good lace. Good lace does not necessarily mean real hand made lace, but the best of the wonderful latter day reproductions. price, consequently only those estab- lishments that control a certain high class custom feel justified in stocking 1t. It is pretty vel a forezonef con clusion that lace will continue to play a big role in the next chance of fash tons, followed closely by ribbons, for the latter in their way are in no sort behind hand in beauty and rich uesS of aspect, and positively iHinit- able in variety.
 There are bordered ribbons. striped, reversible Chimes and the loveTest Old World brocades. together with. more modern metal ribbons The niIliner. alike with the modiste, is taking full cognizance of this supply. in which there also comes ribbon velVets.
 Indeed, the ribbon velvet ceEnture is notably to the fore just now It's pres ence provides the concluding note to many a studiously simple frock, a roe that would be Immediately lost of the velvet were repeated elsewhere in the scheme. And with this fact in view, eyes should be on the alert at sales for short lengths of some covetable of those artistic Sevres or Nattier blues or rose pinks, posses sions that may With every confidence be held over until the now distant summer muslins come in if need be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
DR. POTERTO0, 5 LECTURE TOMORROW EVENING AT
 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH

The indications are that pr. Thomas Edward Potterton will receive a warm welcome by his many friends In Bridgeport. when he appears at the Universalist church tomorrow evenin z to deliver his illustrated lecture on Hawaii ,an Eden of the Pacific.'
 Those who have heard Dr. Potter ton during the many times he has ap- peared at the Public Library place him as the peer among lecturers. The indications are that the church will be taxed to it's capacity.
 Many will remem Der how at one of his recent lectures at the Public Lib rary, the hall was crowded at seven thirty D. m. and as many more filled the stairways and reading room; Dr. Potterton said it was a shame to dis appoint these people and if they would walt down stairs until he had run through the lecture. he would repeat it for their benefit, which he did. over 700 people waited until 9:3O o'clock.
 It is such acts as that this has won for him the respect and appre- citation of the public.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11


 CFrom "Remonstrance.% Anti-suffrage
 M organ.)
 "I an individual an Ego alone for all time. I want to vote"
 So runs the basic form of argu- mentation recommended to deep thinking suffragists in a recent letter from their national headquarters. It reveals at once the extreme indivfd- have often charged the movement. It clings to the old idea of the vote as a natural right" not respon. sibility laid on those who can best serve the community by exercising it. It claims the vote as right Of the essential being. in terms of the meta physical world.
 eff it were only possible for Egos- alone-for- aii- time to step out into the metaphysical world and exercise theIr right; no one would dream of object
 But here we are,-together, as it seems to most of us.-not alone in the least. Bound up with each oth- CTS concerns. Busted with very prac- teal and concrete matters. Matters that tend to fall into the hands of the Egos that understand them best, the way Of knowir,g Tnuct, a3ot1t rail- roads. and police. and fre-dghting ana engineering and fisheries and shipping all the other lines of heavy work that government has to do with? Legisla- tion isn't all moral questions, you know. And by the way. can you en- force your laws after you have made them2 Or do you expect me to do
 'swhy should we trouble to. talk about t1at2'' says the Suffragist. s'I, an Ego, alone for all time, want to vote.''
 Says the indifferent woman: "I outnumber you fifty to one. My hands are full now. say no every day to work that I should like to take up. I think the men of my cort- munity with all their faults, are mak- ing as good a job of it's affairs as I vote. sooner or later shall have to.'
 What of that?'' says the Suffrag- ist- T. an Ego, alone for all time. want to vote-''
 Says the. Woman Opposed. "I think equality than you realize. am afraid of the views of your extremists as to sex equality I don't see my way to admire your theories of eco homie independence. I thing an cleo stable government. Frankly, I face the future for my children with fan more courage as things now are than if yoll were voting.''
 "An that is very tedious' says the Suffragist. "I an Ego. alone for all time want to vote"
 Says the Child: Your friends make me promises. They will protect me from oVervork They will inspect my food They will have my clothes made of me if my mother must go out to work every day to prove that she Is the equal of my father?"
 What business is that of mine?" says the Suffragist. "I an Ego. alone for all time. want to vote"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
OPPOSES PARCELS POST.

A contemporary says. in wiring O. selling direct to consumers, that "a manufacturing silk firm with a mil lion dollar plant is putting itself in shape so that next January it will be peady to sell direct to the consumer. believing that it will only be a short time before the parcels post will be in operation. The firm has set aside $z00,Oe0 as an advertising appropriation by which to reach the people," The Millinery Jobbers' Assoc ation has placed itself on record as being opposed to the proposed parcels post LiN for just such req sons as the above. The jobter is being crowded to the wall now and the small retailer is tremb- ling in his shoes, believing that should the parcels post bill become a law the great catalogue houses will get his business, while the nniiliner will be at tho mercy of the 'Jsg stores" in the larger cities. The parce0ls post will frljuFe the very people that it propos- es to benefit.-The Millinery Trade Re- vfevrta fsFSa 44- A f4ll-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11

CWritten for the Farmer by Cora
 Hartman-) Hide low. little violets. safe from Close your ,,ti blue eyes in siu1nber. Fear not, atsde soft and warm. Every seed and rootlet has it's num-
 ber-. And win bloom again Brighter and stronger than before. Watch low, my little brothers. the
 cloyers. and then Nestle. deep, my dandelion troops
 and more" The Earth Mother rests. Cnot one lost Of her children). She draws her snow robes about her. Deep cradled. her. children lie, safe While she sleeps and does not stir. The biting winds blow a gale. The snowflakes cut the shuddertng The cruel wolf, Cold. grim and pale Sinks through the crannies and up
 the creaking stair. Hope lies dormant in the hearts of Winter is "so'' long and hard to And balmy soft wifi grow the bitter
 air?
 Hark; hear the Ettle voices, sweet and
 low
 The little flower voices, what they 'Patiencel soon will blue vio1ets blow And snow and ice and cold will pass
 away Soon the little brook win flow Tinkling like fairy bell, Past where ferns and daisies grow, Until then, we rest content, for all
 fS well''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
THE FEEDING OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

The teachers, too. generally take their leads at the "cantines," receive ths About 90 per cent. Of them take their lunches with the children, although there is no compulsion about It. The meals are tasty, served neatly and pa per napkins are provided
 In several German cities, particular ly in Berlin, the plan of feeding school children is very similar to that or Paris. Brussels. BeIgfun, likewise fol- lows the model of Paris; so do several cities in Switzerland Italy has adopt. ed the same system widely but that or Vercelh in the Province of Piedmont, is unique in that it provides free meals to all children and makes attendance at the meals as compulsory as that at school. Birmingham, England, feeds very poor or starving children with scanty meals as a matter Of charity free of cost. About 2.5 per cent. of all the city's children take these meals. The cost to the city is less than 1 and helpers salaries amounting in all to $500 a year.
 In the United States the Oliver Gold smith School in Chicago has Tor. sev- eraI years furnished free meals to a large number Of chi dren-
 Tn nearly all European cities poor children are provided with shoes ana clothing. District visitors look up the poorly dressed childrenss homes ana provide these articles at the expense Of the Tnur.f cipality. Details dtners but the Dian IS, Tn the tue S@l44ASa
 Free medical attendance is common in many schools throughout Europe. Brussels has compu sorry system Of free medical examination for all school children at least every ten days. The eyes, ears, teeth. general physi- cal condition are overhauled- Ton ics are given to weak or p1uy achif- dren; eyeglasses to those of defec- tive sight; if need be, children are se-+ n the country or seaside.
 Several cities in the United States have introduced medical inspection But it is perfunctory. Yet even these examinations have revealed the a arm ing fact that in New York F per cent. out of 10000 children exanG ned suffer ed from serious defects of eyestght. and fully one-third with less serious ones. An examination In AEinneeofa proved 10000 children to have very defective eyesight, less than 70 per cent. of whom were provided with glasses. a
 The results of the experiment in feeding and inspecting children have proved that poor scholarship is often due to underfeedIng, or some defect of the eye, ear or throat. Better phys ical, mental and moral development has attended the efforts of looking sf- ter the needs of poor children system atically.
 (This article is taken from Bliss 'tfTew Encyclopedia of Social Reform
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
MEETINGS OF
 WOMEN'S CLUBS
 FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY.

THURSDAY. 500, Keramics class, Art League rooms. lo:OO. Municipal Art class, Art League rooms. 2 zoo, Wonan's Beneffceut Society, South Congregational church. 2:30, Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary. Elias Howe, Jr., G. A. R. hall. 2:30, W. R. C.. G. A. R. hall, Sturde- want building 3:30, Ladies' Union, Park Street Con- gregadonal church, parlors.
 FRIDAY. 10:O0, English Literary Club; hostess, Mrs. Frank Kinsley, 106 Park avenue. 200, Woman's Guild, Christ Episcopal church. parish house. 2:30, Fidelity Sewing Circle, Mrs Myra Hunt, 40 Cottage street. 2:30, Kings Messengers, First Baptist church parlors. BOO, Protestant Widows Society, Ster- 800, Woman's Missionary Society. First Presbyterian church; host ess, Mrs J. R. Wo5odhull, 1Ss Washington avenue. 4:OO. Authors Cub: hostess. Mrs. B. F. Walker, 697 William street. S:00, Round Table; hostess, Miss Sara Kinscella, 175 Harriet street. SIS, Contemporary Club; host and hostess, MT. and Mrs. G. How land, 285 Park avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
Ry John spargo.0

Owing to the fact that proof has been gwen by experts of the under feeding of children among the poorer classes, and the consequent retarding of their mental development, number of communities have undertaken the feeding of school children.
 The plan as now practiced in France involves: First, free meals, or meals provided at cost; second, provision Of shoes and clothing when necessary; third, free medical attendance, and, fourth, in some localities the sending of weak and sick children to the sea side mountains, under the name or school colonies.'
 At first only poor children were fed wiling to pay. In 1882 there were if teen '.cantines Scholaires" in Paris, which served in all 1,11O,s27 portions, :" as the lunches were called One third of these orders were for meat, one third for vegetables. the remainder for bowls of soup; 374, ,301 orders were gfv- en free, 36,526 paid for. The total cost of the lunches was less than $12,000, of which the children paid more than ST. 900. Later experience proved the or ders could be made larger, and the price reduced nearly 50 per cent Now adays the cost of a naeal-consist6ng meat, two kinds of vegetables and plenty of bread-is IS centimes, or about 5 cents. The managers say that this small sum more than covers 
 might be some profit Poorer children pay part, very poor ones nothing. In the district of Eppinette, a poor guar ter, the children pay about 20 per cent. of the total cost; in ordinary districts from 45 to 50 per cent; in wealthy dis trfcts from T5 to S5 per cent. In or der to make up the deficit the Munici- pal Council of Paris grants subsidy. The city, Is, however, large y compen- sated by the reduction of the poor re- lief fund.
 When child claims to be unable to pay even a part Of the 15 centimes, he or she is given ticket at. once But within tweItty-four hours an investi- gation is made at the home to find out the facts If the statement is true the child receives, free meals as long as necessary If not, the parents must pay the arrears. In this way fraud is prevented.
 A kindly discretion is maintained about poor children. Tickets of the same color are issued to all alike, whether they have been paid for or not; so that no child need exhibit it's poverty by a special ticket. In order to prevent the overhearing- Of app r. cations for free tickets, each child Is compelled to go through a little box office singly and receives his ticket there for, or without pay. Thus the taint of pauperism Is removed, and the sen-respect of children preserved
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
.THE ALASKAN PROBLEM"

The United States is the owner of a vast area Of practica ly undeve1oped Alaskan land with great future post- biIities, but at present held in cheek because Of the lack Of means. of ac- cess and transportation. If it were an indfviduaL instead of our Govern neut, that owned such valuable prop erty. he would either provide the Transportation himself or make it pos BibIe for some one else to do so WI h an arrangement profitable to both. I raiI to see wherein the interests of the people of the United States differ materially from those of an individual in this respect. The fact that the United States Government has brour ht concern to provide the needed trans portation Indicates either that the na- ton Is to undertake the work Itself or that 1t is not to be done at all
 The reasons favorfng Government construction of Alaskan railways are az follows. CD The land belongs to the United States, and the nation has the greatest interest in rendering it valuable and profitable. to individuals and to the peope as a whole. @. The region Is one that can never be dense iy settled and that for long time to come may be expected to be occupied Ing population. RsTlroad- building can not, therefore, be undertaken by D i- Vate capital in anticipation of the ra D. Id extension of permanent popula- tion, as has been done in parts OS the United States (s). Private capital invested in railway properties here must look for quick and abundant profits. and at present these are in sight only in returns from mines own ed or controlled ny the railways, against which the Government is now opposed. The United States, on the other hand. can look at the problem from an entirely dEffereht point of view, for to it. few years, or even a generation, is an insignificant period O. time. Being the owner of the land. 1t could be content to wait for direct profits from the investment if by tt the value Of the land is increased and if the requisite settlement and deveI- opment are made possib e.-Ralph s. Tar, in the anuary number of The North American Review
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
ssTHE CHINESE STUDENT
 IN ANIERTcA.'

The most imperative need Of China to-day is a standing army-a standing army. however. not of soldiers, but of wise and devoted patriots who will
 give serious thought and tireless en- ergy to the solution of their coun- tryss most pressing problems This is the peculiar vocation of these Gov ernment students The call is notsto
 arms: nevertheless, it is a call to hero ic deeds Of national enterprise ana va Tor The new China looks to them
 and to the men Of their kind to inau- gurate and foster those influences tend to produce more efficient cen
 tral government. She looks to them to secure the protection Of property
 and person to the outermost bounds courts of law the seats of justice and
 equity. She looks to them to create sound system of taxation and of m ance; to establish schools and colleges
 which will assure a free education to
 all and cause the light of reason to prevail: to devise improved methods Of sanitation and hygiene and of protec- tton against flood and famine; to Iound hosrtta,s, asylums and public tnstitu-
 tons of various kinds for the care Of the needy and deficient and above all things to arouse a public-spiritea en- thusiasm among all classes, and so de velop that sense of national pride and responsibility which is the Distinctive mark Of united and progressive peo- RAO- AA0AC 1S AA14Aere-t sAAe-L sue development of the new China Es to be rapid. It may be slow at first in the process of getting under way, for 1t is exceedingly difficult to app'y an adequate moving force to all parts Of this great mass of people; but when once the initial inertia is overcome Et will acquire tremendous momentum It is possible for the men who have found knowledge at the sources to be- come wise prophets to their people. in terpreting the lessons of the past and revealing the possibilities of a new future, they themselves going before. the right for others to see and follow John Grfer Hibben, in the January number of The North American Re view.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
Y. w. c. A.

The first half of the. educational work for the year has been about completed, and plans are under way for the opening of the second term All classes will begin their work for the second term the week of February 5, and those who desire to participate in the class activities for the coming season should cal at the office, regis ter and pay the membership fee, thus work bePTns.
 An exhibition of class work will be made on January 30, at which time the dresses, shirtwaists, hats and O h. CT garments will be displayed. The office, 1087 Broad street, is open every day and every evening. The secre- taries will be glad to have you call.