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The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
BIG SISTERS" SOCIETY.

Incorporated to Protect and I'm
prove Possible DeIInquents.
Albany Dispatch to the New Tork American
The Big Sisters OF New York City was
Incorporated to-day for the improve
ment OF children. especially girls. who
have been brought before the courts or
who are in danger OF becoming delin-
quents, and to improve the mental and
moral condition Of children generally"
The directors include Mrs. W. X Van
derbilt. Mrs. Stephen H. Olln, Mrs.
Frederick G. Havemeyer. and Mrs. Lewis
s. Morris, all Of New York
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
The oId-timer Complains.

There Amt no days like the old days. '
How nowT'
These modern pitchers are too fragile
Too fragile to play ball"
What OF the old days.
"A team never had more than two
pitchers then. The day a pitcher wasn't
on the slab. he usually played in the field
or maybe on q base. But these days,
Shucks"
What Of these days."
why. a pitcher has to eat his souT
with a teaspoon. Lifting a bigger spoon
might damage his valuable wing"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
Practical Essays.

'T went to one graduating affair that
really enjoyed"
What was that
The graduating exercises OF cooking
school One girls essay consisted OF
chicken croquettes. cooked in full view
OF the audience and passed around for
us TO sample. And there were other es-
says Just as good. One very fine thesis
consisted Of a cherry pie"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
FAILS TO HANG COLONEL.
ct. r." Even in Picture Form, De-
cIines TO BE SheIved.

Frrrn The New York Amen7n.
Mrs. Annie Hibbard. of TompkIns Cor
ners. WestChester County, fell and frac-
tured her skull in attempting to hang up
a picture OF Col Roosevelt yesterday.
She was standing on the edge Of a
chair and leaned over TO rest the colonel
on the shelf until she could drive in the
hook But the attempt to sheIve the
colonel failed. The chair tilted and she
struck her head on the window sill
HerrIngs, great quantities Df which
are caught in japanese waters every
year. are chiefly used to fertilize rice
fields
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
TWO BOSTON PAPERS COMBINE.
The Herald Buys the Traveller.
Both One-cent DaiIIes.


Both One-cent DRIIIes.
Boston. June G.-The sale OF the Boston
Evening Traveller one Of the oldest news
papers in the State, TO the Boston Herald
was announced this afternoon. The fol-
lowing statement was made by ]. w.
Farley publisher OF the Herald:
The Boston Herald. Inc, announces its
purchase OF the Boston Traveller, an even
ing newspaper which has been published
at 20 Summer Street. Boston. On and
after July l the Traveller and the evening
Herald will be published together as a
combined newspaper from the Herald
plant, III fremont Street Boston"
The Traveller was established in 1895
and for many years was published by
Roland WOrthingtOn. Both the Traveller
and Herald are l-cent papers. and the
sale will reduce the number OF l-cent
evening papers in the city TO three.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
THE OLD jokes.

We revere the old. old Jokes
That adorned the printed page,
Or that people told to folks
In the neolithic age.
Noah told them In the ARK.
He depended much on them,
And when things were looking dark
Got q laugh on Ham or Shem-
Thus they went from age to age,
Thus they journey still
On the operatic stage
Or in current vaudeville.
Out upon this modern chan,
II may cause a smile or 50;
But when people want to laugh,
Why, they want a joke they know.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
Frrn II. rhIlsaelrhia Recrd.


Fr1m the PhIlsdelrhia Record
So the Beef Trust is going to dissolve
voluntarily, is It? A glance at Standard
Oil quotations and profits ought to in
duce any well-conducted corporation TO
go and do likewise.
From the Richmond Nsvs LrzdeT.
Il can render more useful public serv-
ice as a member Of the Republican
party than in the formation OF a third
party" says Gov. Hadley OF Missouri.
The Governors high sense OF duty is
equaled only by his political acumen.
Frum the Indianapolis News
Representative Howland-s proposed law
might regulate the primaries all right
enough. but who is going to regulate
the candidates that go rampagIng UP
and down the country?
From the New York TribunA
Don't get the impression, however, that
the Taggart Underground Railway. Ltd,
is a common carrier.
From the Buffalo EITTesA
Gov. Harmon is a progressive" de-
clared one OF his friends at Baltimore,
which once more brings up the question:
! What is a progressive?"
From the New York Pres
\ just New York court holds that the
presence Of bedbugs in a fiat warrants
tenant in breaking his lease. Land
| lords, take notice!
From the St. Paul Pioneer PrssA
Archie Roosevelt says he hopes to be
President some day. He should under
stand that Theodore, jr., is the helr
apparent.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
The Rnnebnn Bug.

A man went into a local once building
and asked the elevator operator II they
had any rooms for rent.
Three TO one in the first inning" was
the elevator mans reply.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
Amply Sufficient.

The June bride cannot broil . steak
Or cook such stun.
But she is good at angel cake,
And that's enough.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
June 2s I'm History,

June q, 1ss2-First soda fountain in
America opens for business.
June D, l534-Henry VIII creates a dis
turbance about the bills Mrs Henry Is
sending from the seashore.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
PrnhnhIr Roth.

There were some ugly charges At Chi
cago."
Rooms or RooseveltT'
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
Uncle PennywIse saysI

You can't make bricks without straw
and some people seem to think this also
applies to cigars.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
OTHER EDITORS VIEWS.

Frum the PhilAdephiA Evening Telegraph
Whether the news from two national
conventions will encourage or dampen
the ardor Of women TO enter politics
is an interesting psychological specuIa-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
In your hand you hold
a five-cent piece.

a five-cent piece.
Right at the grocer's
hand is a package of
Uneeda Biscuit. He
hands you the pack
age-you hand him the
coin. A trifling trans
action?
NO-a remarkable one
for you have spent the
smallest sum that will
buy a package of good
food-and the grocer has
sold you the most nutri-
tious food made from
flOur-aS clean and crisp
and delicious as it was
when it came from the
oven.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Z
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
From the Indianapolis News

From the New York Tribune
Don't get the impression, however, that
the Taggart Underground Railway, Ltd,
is common carrier.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28

Gov. Harmon is a progressive" de-
clared one OF his friends at Baltimore,
which once more brings up the question:
What is a progressive?"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28

a just New York court holds that the
presence OF bedbugs in a fiat warrants
"a tenant in breaking his lease. Land
lords, take notice!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
He Was Old Enough.

The late Homer Lea. who did so much to organize the army of the Chi nese republic. was a man who saw little actual service in spite cf his title of general" He was fond of relating the story of his first military com mand. by which he received this pre- fix. He was then a yoang man whose only claim to military distinction was book knowledge of che theory of warfare. It was said of him that he knew every detail of all Napoleon's battles. Upon his arrival in China he went to the taotai of Canton and asked that he be made general of all the troops in the province Lea's youth and his fgure-for he was a hunch- back-did not combine to make much of an impression upon the astute old Chinese official. How old are your? he asked. The same age as Napoleon when he won the battle of Austerlitz," answered Lea. He got the Job.-New York Tribune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
Mouern ttospita,s.

taThe modern hospital is sanitary woTkshop. Until a few years ago it was place where sick people could be kept until they recovered. Nowadays 1t is a workshop where they are made we'll" says Dr. w. B. Russ in the Jour nal of the American Medical Associa- ton. To-day our units are the same, but our construction is steel and con crete. We have no carpets and dust catchers. Our furniture is of white enamel. We have forsaken the old time heat registers, with their dust and soot. We lave steam radiators that give nothing into the sickroom- We have screess on our windows to deny admission to the fly and the mosquito and other insects that may carry the organisms of disease. We know that sunlight is one of Gods ways of cur ing disease and that fresh air is one of the greatest physicians in the world, so that we build our modern hospitals with windows facing to the sun, with air space measured in terms of cubic feet for the sick"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
INDICf fMENTS
 OF BRIBERY IN
 POLICE CRAFT

New York, Dec. 23lndictments charging bribery were returned this afternoon by the extraordinary grand jury which has been Investigating the police graft, against John J. Skelly. a policeman; Sol Wolf, liquor dealer, and Emma anue1 SMaas, beer bottler, the three men named by Mrs. Mary ton of a dfsorderly house. Mrs. Goode told her story to the grand jury and it was corroborated by her negro maid, Magic Green, who is un- derstood to have sworn that she saw Mrs. Goode pay $25 to Wolf Wolf admitted to the grand jury that he had received the $25, but insisted it ed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
An Optical Illusion.

An interesting optical experiment may be made with the ordinary tncan- descent light Gaze steadily at the light for few seconds, then suddenly extinguish it. The experiment. is best performed in a very dark room. In about half a minute you will see the perfect image of the light, with the fine strands of wire plainly visible It will be red at first. In a few minutes it will turn purple and then a bright blue. Later it will apparently move to the right. As you turn your gaze it will continue moving to the right. If you keep your gaze fixed. it will come back It is surprising how long the illusion will last. It will be seen for fully five minutes, perhaps longer, and if you turn on the light and look away from it you will see the old image for several minutes. though more faintly than in the darkness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
CITY COURT CASES

In the City court todaygzJudge Carl Foster found Jee Adelozze, and liar ry Johnson, of Bridgeport, guilty of theft from the Adams Express com pany. Thirty days. The pair were ar rested by Detective Peter Hall. Both ran away with a package containing silk handkerchiefs, hosiery and em- kroidered center pieces destined for Christmas present AdeIozze was pro bated-
 James Mccormick, Of Boston, Mass, convicted of stealing a bicycle belong ing to Le Grand Whitlock, $40 Dewey street from Main street on Saturday last He was sentenced to thirty days In jail
 Joe Schibecoi, alias Cepazo. 1860 Main street, fined s25 and costs for carrying concealed weapons.
 Joseph Rinieris and Ernest Peterson charged with assau1ting each other in an East Side saloon late Saturday uig-f1t, gave different versions of the affair Rinieris was relea sed, but Peterson was fined $1O and costs
 Frederick Fredericks, held for inves- tfSatfon upon suspicion Of being inn pifcated in the robbery of s6O from a fellow Iodger in the Comm ercial House, September last, was discharged by the authorities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23

"A SH6sa S.<.sSS E<Piofe.
 The late Major Merrill of Lawrence was well known in military circles all over the country. When the G. A. R. encampment was held in Kansas City some years ago the soldiers of the east and those of the west vied with each other in telling stories of the war. After listening to some pretty tough yarns Majo Merrill related the follow ing and carried off the honors:
 "YoA know, boys that I served throughout the war in a Massachusetts light battery. During the fighting at Malvern Hill our ammunition was run ming low, and I was sent to the rear for powder.
 '1 had an open express wagon and four mules. I got about ton and 8 half of loose powder into the wagon and started for the front About half way back to my battery shell landed right in the middle of the powder, and, would you believe it, it burned up a bushel and half before could stamp oszt the flret'-Boston Herald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23

longitude east and west. There are $500 of these units in the country
 An example of how to get the first zone. is as follows:
 Find the center of the unit in which your post office is located. Draw a circle of fifty miles radius around that center. Every unit which lies wholly within that circle or more than half of which is within that circle is in cIuded in the first zone from any post office and the postage rate is 5 cents for the first pound and 8 cents for each additional pound.
 The second zone is determined by drawing with the same center a circle Of 150 miles adius. Every unit which
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
A Merchan4, Not a seaaar.

An American lady in Rome bought some matches from a little match yend- CT. They were WAX matches in little decorated boxes. She handed the boy a five soldi piece and expected to have two in change, but the little fellow shrugged his shoulders and held the change tightly in his hand. with a beg ging expression on his face, signifying that he wished to have it given to him. whereupon D second American lady rho was accompanying the first straighten- ed herself looked sternly at the boy and said, ''Mercante, non mendicante" You are merchant, not beggarJ That was an appeal to the boys self respect, and it so inspired him that he actually laughed and pressed the change upon his customer.-Christian Herald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23

ed by their wives. as this practice might have caused heartburningz among she native women, who couid never hope 10 be treated on an equeIft1 with their husbands. Endeavor8 'wsrl also made at one time to extend No hammed.s prehfbition of wine to rpr eign dipIomafs This was found n possible, but until the end of the eiSist eenth century all 1he wine conzigned to them had to be ccnveyed from the harbor in the dead of the night 90 thas the faithful should not be contamlnat ed by seeing the accursed Huuor. C1i cago News
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23

1.4ls nip. made with Chicago as a base. shows how the zone system will be used in arranging rates for the par eel post service which will be inaug- urateds Jan l.
 Establishing zones by drawing cir cles of different diameters, with each post toffice as a center would mean an iTnpra ctfcable amount of figuring. In stead of using townships and counties cided to divide the whole country in to blocks or units. each block being half a degree in latitude in north south extension and half degree of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
Your Own Body.

Think deliberately of the house you live in-your body. Make up your mind not to abuse it. Eat nothing that will hurt it; wear nothing that distorts or pains it. Do not overload it with victuals or drink or work. Give yourself regular and abundant sleep. Keep your body warmly clad. At the first signal of danger from any of the thousand enemies that surround you defend yourself. Do not take cold; guard yourself against it. If you feel the first symptoms, give yourself hero ic treatment. Get, into a fine glow of heat by exercise This is the only body you will ever have in this world. A large share of pleasure and pain of life will come through the use you make of it. Study deeply and diligent- fly the structure of it. the laws that should govern it. the pains and penal ties that will surely follow a violation of every law of life or health.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
SALARIES OF CITY SCHOOL
 SUPERINTENDENT

The highest salaries for cityt school superintendents in the United States are paid by New York, Chicago, and Boston. New York recently increased her superintendent's salary from s1O.- 900 to s12,O0o; Chicago pays her won- an executive $10,0o0; and Boston pays the same amount to her new admins trator- Pittsburgh pays the head of her system $9, GOO; St. Louis pays s. GOO: and Philadelphia, Seattle and Buffalo each $7,500.
 Eight cities are reported in the s6,- 900 group as regards salaries to school superintendents- These range from large cities like Detroit and MiIwau- kee (tIle former with 465. 766 inhabitants and the latter with 373,857 by the 1910 census), down to Mon tclair, N J., pop ulat1on 21,5 ,550 and Gary, Indiana, with 16, BOP. Other cities in the SC 900 class are:s Los Angeles; Jersey City; Cleve- land; and Newark, N. J.
 In the South the best paid superin- tendents are at Birmingham, Ala bama, and New Orleans, both of served since 1883. The superintendent at Washington, D. C., also receives s5.Ooo, as do the heads of school sys- tems at Des Moines, Iowa; Pasadena, Cal: Louisville, Ky; Baltimore, Md. !; Newton, Mass. Rayonne, N. J.; Koch ester. N. Y.; Yonkers, N. Y; Dayton, salary of s5.5oo. 'S . These figures are from the "Educa- tiona1 Directory for the current year just iss ued for free distribution by the United States Bureau of Education The directory contains besides a list of school superintendents in cities and towns of 1000 population and over with salaries and term Of office, the following lists: Chief State school of
 icers: State Boards of Education and Library Boards; County Superinten- dents; professors of pedagogy and heads of departments of education in universities and colleges; university and college presidents; principals of normal schools, public and private; ed ucattonal associations: and summer school directors, with proba ble date of the 1913 sessions of the summer schools.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23

iles within it, but outside of the first zone, is in the second zone, and the rate is cents for the first pound and cents for each additional pound.
 The method by which the second zone is determined is used for all oth- CT zones, their radn and rate of pos tage for the first and additional pounds respectively being as follows: Third zone, BOO miles cents, 5 cents; fourth zone, coo miles, cents, Sc; 5th zone, 1000 miles, cents. cents; sixth zone 1,4oO miles, 10 cents, cents; 7th zone, 1900 miles, Il cents, 10 cents; eighth aone and all territory father away, including the Philippine Island renssaSsi O1ts. 10 ce-7 ts flat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
Monstar Ant HifIa.

West African. ant hills are veritable giants, frequently standing forty feet high. These ant hills are shaped some thing like sugar loaf and are divided inside into hundreds of tiny rooms. They have, needless to say, myriads of inhabitants. and these are all busy making roads, gathering food and watching oyer the eggs and youngsters. The natives are afraid to touch these hills, except from a distance, with fire arms. The ants often make their strongholds around trees, and they are built very solidly, with sides some times twenty inches thick. The inside is hollow, and at the top there is a sort Of attic. The royal cell,'' where She queen ant lives, is always found on the ground floor This good lady is pris- oner. but is carefully fed by her busy subjects, the eggs she lays being imme- diately carried away and deposited in ..rooms'' set apart for the purpose Wide World
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
Natn.l

A strange comedy and tragedy wers woven into the lives of Ibsen and Bjornson As young men they were great friends; then politics flung them apart; they quarreied and never met for years and years Strange fate brought the children of these two great writers together, and B Bjornsonfs daugh- ter married Ibsen's only child. The fathers met after a quarter of a cen tury of separation at the wedding oj their children.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
CHRISTIE GETS BACK
 FROM WASHINGTON, D. 6,

Earle Knickerbocker Christie. the well known and popular Housatonic avenue businessman. returned today from Washington, D. C.. where he has been week ending. MT. Christie says the trip to the capital was for business andMpleasure combined, and he adds that the business is his own business as is the pleasure
 MT. Christie heard part of J. P. AIorg;an's Testimony in the money trust probe Friends of MT. Chris tie are p1annig a dinner of the George C. Waldo. Jr., Narchig club with MT. Christie in the chair or honor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
] MenaaaarN Adiunct.

LegaI-Oh. the law in that shape win never do. Lite-Why, what atls itZ Ita as simple and plain as 1 cnn make it. LegaI-He yens, man! Do gou want tu destroy our profession7 If you TOD law of its mysteries. what Is 70 become of us us?-ChicaGo News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
R.+ter en

You think it better to have foreign wafters2'
 Yes" replied the thick skinned man T realized it 3his evening When J gave the, waiter lead half dollar hf thanked me in English and later ez- pressed his eTSnion in language which, fortunately. could not under stand. d."-Washington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
DooKsfAN's PLACE VACANT.

With the transfer of E. L. RuggIes from station 2 to the post of doorman at headquarters and Edward Fisher to the door of station g. no night position as well as that of tflIerman which has been left vacant since Rich- ard Larkin was appointed truant of dcer, is sought by many applicants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
AGED MANUFACTURER
 DROPS DEAD AS HE
 SIGNS NAME TO DEED

Montvil1e Conn., Dec. 23-Ae he wrote the last letter of his name to a deed transferring large and va1u- able tract Of land to the Massasoit Co, Charles F. Schofeld of this place. fell over on his back dead, with the pen held in his hand He was 95 years old and was formerly a large woo1en manufacturer here and was wealthy He leaves a widow and one brother.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
CITY WINS IN SUIT AGAINST
 GAS COMPANY

washington.D Dec. 2s.-The supreme court of the United States, today, de- nied the application of the Des Moines Gas Company for an Order to prevent the city from putting into effect the ninety cent gas rate, pending the out come of it's appeal against the validity of the gas ordinance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
S1OO, ,OOO, 900 HEIR
 HAS BIRTHDAY UNDER
 $1,0OO XMAS TREE

Washington. Dec. 2s.-In a fairy land of wonderful gifts, representing thousands of dollars, Vinson Walsh Mclean, heir to S100, 000,O00 and son Of Edward B. Mclean, celebrated his third birthday and Christmas, this afternoon, with 40 little but tremend- ously wealthy friends.
 A Christmas tree, grown under the trained and costly eye of a gardener and for which Mclean, ST., paid ST. GOO, featured the scene.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
W0MAN HANGS
 SELF IN CELL

New York, Dec 23-AGalring a rope from the sheets of her co.'s and making one end fast to the water pipe in her cell. Mrs Julian Scott, 28 years old, of 5sF West 1s4tt street. hanged her seH stoday in The jail attached to the Harlem police court She was about to be ara aigned for grand larceny.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
CHAUFFEUR GETS
 PRISON SENTENCE

New York, Dec. 2s-After reading Arthur J. Marley. a chauffeur, a severe lecture on the crime of reck- less driving, Justice Steinert today sentenced him to a year in the peni- tentiary. Marley was found guilty of driving his car down Broa dway at high speed and in dangerous man ner and with having struck and in- jured a man and woman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
Eoroot +o Amk.

She-The jeweler says the diamond in my ring is not genuine. He-Um- er-he told me the ring was real gold I forgot to ask him about the stone New York Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
corraetnd.

Wifey during storm)-GRacious, that was an awful clap of rhunders h frightened me terribly. Hubby-Non- sense, my dear. Thunder can't Esurt you wifey-IndeedI Didn't you ever hear of people being thunderstTuek7- Rraoklyn Eagle.