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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-09
LIVE STOCK MARKET


 New York, Feb. S.-Ordinary to good steers sold at $5.4O @$7.30 per 100 lbs; stags and oxen at $3.75 O S3.75; common to choice cows at $25O S540; extra prime Ohio fat cows at S5.75. Dressed beef Sc O 12c for inferior to extra prime native sides. Common to choice veals so q at $7@ $1O.5O per 100 lbs; culls at S5 O $6.50: barnyard calves at $3 @ S3.75; common to fair Westerns at $2.5O 0$4.5O. City dressed veals II F @151k; country dressed 1Oc@ @12c. Common to prime sheep (ewes) sold at $4.25 per 100 lbs; a few head at S4;5O; ordinary to good lambs at S6.15 S4.50@$5. Dressed mutton 65kc@ Sc: dressed lambs 915 c @12c; country dressed hothouse lambs $3 @$7 each. Light to heavy hogs sold at $6.5O@ $6.70 per 100 lbs; pigs at $6.40 Country dressed hogs 6 F c O Sc; little lean pigs at Sh c O Sc.
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TEA TALK

In the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette of February, 1912, Dr. Geo. M. Niles. of Atlanta, discusses the his ory Of tea, and it's good and evil effects, in a senni-serious vein rather different from the ordinary medical articles. Be- ginning with it's ancient reputed use by the "Celestials," he traces it through it's tardy recognition in Eng land to the time when it won a popu- lar place as a beverage and gentle stimulant. Among Interesting his Ori- cal a1usions are the ''Boston Tea Par ty,' later on how John Wesley anath- ematIzed it, while Dr. Samuel Johnson described himself as "a hardened and shameless tea 1rinker.'' Tea, as a bzv- craze and not as a food or habituaI stim mulant, is commended by Dr. Niles though 1t is not recommended for nervous highstrung people, or those with indifferent digestion.
 The following lines are quoted from Omar Khayyam, IT,: The tea, that in the magic of it's
 flow
 Anoints the tongue to wag of so-and- To gabbIe garbled garruIousness ere You lay the cup and saucer down and
 go.
 And we that now make madness in Where last weeks lion had his little
 boom,
 Ourselves. must go and leave that
 fattering din. And let them brew another tea-for
 whom?''
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ANNUAL DANCE OF
 READ co. EMPLOYES
Many Handsome And FanataStic Cos tumeS At Masquerade Held In
 Carpet Department.

Nearly three hundred employees of the D. M. Read company attended the annual dance held in the store last evening. The big carpet salesroom was transformed into a ball room for the occasion. Ferns, palms and wild smilaX were used in the decorations and the lights were shaded making pretty decorative effect. The affair took the form of a masquerade and it was one of the most successful the employees have ever held.
 Speidels orchestra furnished music for the dancing which began at S:SO. All sorts of characters were repre- scented in the costumes and some of those worn~ by the ladies were very beautiful. A grand march preceded the dance and the unmasking took place at 9:3O. The dancing continued until midnight. Refreshments were served in the cloak rooms.
 The committee in charge comprised: Floor committee, Daniel Boyle, Albert Erbele. William Lee, J. Shaw and John T. Birmingham; decorations, Harry Hurlburt. Charles Atkins, Miss St. John and Miss Ireland; refreshments, F. D. Wallace, A. T. Derby, R. Smith. Miss McHugh, Miss Nichols and Miss Farrell.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-09
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Final preparations have been made for the annual ball, subscription dance, to be given by the woodmont fire department in that town Feb. F. WoodhulIs orchestra will furnish music.
 The senior nurses of class 1912 of St. Vincent's hospital vii hold an in, formal dance at Colonial ball rooms. Feb 13. The committee comprises AIises stella Belanger, Helen Quigley. Irene Hodgson and Alice Belanger. Drs. Sullivan. O'NeilI. E. F. Blank. w. H. Curley. J. NJ Johnson. D. J. Mccarthy E. J. Finn. A. McQueeny J. F. Quinn. F. E. Sullivan, T. F. Cumminge. W. J. Mclaughlin. P. J. Mclaughlin and Dr. Rachenback: Carl Reck Joseph D. Hartigan, John Shep- hard. John Lillis. John T. King, Ed ward Gilliean. Frank McDonough. Al Purdick. Lester Burdick, Harry Ford William Downey. The pa tronesses are Mesdames M. H. Ford Henry F.. Lee. J. Murray Johnson. Jas. Meath. Elmer F Black, Fred Irwin. Edward Fitzseral Id, Fred Mullins, John T. King, W. J. Mclaughlin, T. J. Kee- gan and J. F. Quinn.
 The Misses Edith and Hilda Mor. ganstein of Arsonia, Conn, grand daughters of MT. J. Berger s2 Will. liam St left for Washington D. C., to visit their uncle Congressman Vic- tor L. Berger.
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WOMEN FOR PROGRESS

EE N a recent Sunday issue, the New
 York Times published interviews on leading political and economic issues by Dr. Anna Shaw, President National Suf- frage Association; Harriet Mills, Presi- dent New York State Suffrage Associa-
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Schackett, H. J. Gagnon, Irene Jen- nings, F. O. Lafare, A. Skane, Mrs. L. Girard. c. Sawyer, Bridget McCarty, w. Snyder, Mrs. c. Cummings, Ed ward McDaniel. Mrs. R. Pelouuin Alice LaBreck, Mrs. E. Bu-kley. H. Geatons, Mrs. P. J. Reilly, G. Irwin, H. J. Meunier, T. Plumb, Mrs. J. Hudson, Mrs. H. Halpin, V. s. Aims, Vera Bray
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leading political and economic issues by 6a@ Dr. Anna Shaw. President National Suf- k%asaaNgk@NJ frage Associations; Harriet Ns Presi- CSM98*K1IgSN dent New York State Suffrage Associa- @CS ton; Ida Husted Harper we'll known writer and lecturer suffrage; Inez Mhoand and Elizabeth Freeman, two young college prominent in the suffrage movement
 The Times expressed the belief that few men could have answered the questions clearly and intelligent y. To however, the great significance of the inter views and their general of opnon the ev dence they offered that thinking like thinking lining up for Progress.
 There no hesitation about the tariff. They all agreed should be revised downward With the greatly increased cost of living who do most of the buying made to realize that the tariff is almost ques tion.
 As to the trusts, while there diversity in their answers they fundamentally in accord the the trusts they exist today should be regulated in such way
 Miss Mills expressed it, that their operations shall bene fit the people, instead of being merely for the capitalists At the time they all recognized the the value of
 In substance, these women were of the opinon that the trade union is necessary to offset the unreguated trusts and that the closed shOp while interference with personal liberty, may be temporary necessity in the struggle of wOrkmen for better conditions.
 The initiative referendum and the election of U s. Senators by direct vote all had the hearty support of these able the broad ground of by and for the people.
 What better proof could be furnished that women will contribute breadth of view and sympathy with democ racy to political life.
 Copyright 1911 American Syndicate
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-09
D. A. R. MEETING.

Mary SiIliman Chapter, D. A R., will hold it's regular monthly meeting Monday at 3 D. m., in Odd Fellows hal in Broad street. All members are requested to be present.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-09
BURTON AT
Y.M. c. A. SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Ellsworth Burton who has for some time been a success entertaining the puF lie on the piano is in the city. and will furnish the musical attraction Sunday afternoon at the Y. M c. A. meeting for men. The association welcomes any man to the open discus sion and the good music during the half hour before the discussion The music is at 3:30 and the discussion at four,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-09
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LADIES OF CHARITY.

The regu ar monthly meeting of the Ladies of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul will be held at St. Vincents hospital, Sunday, Feb. Il, at 3:3O
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MEETINGS OF
 WOMEN'S CLUBS
 FOR THE WEEK
FRIDAY,

FRIDAY. 8: S:00-Round Table. Mrs. F. M. Ham mond, S30 Clinton avenue.
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SATURDAY..

Brooklawn Country CIub-Tea, music. 5 5:5O-Woman's Missionary meeting.
 6:30 supper for men and women.
 First Presbyterian church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-09

ST, ANTHONY'S WHIST.
 The weekly whist at St. Anthony's church, Colorado avenue, drew a large attendance last night. The following were the prize winners: Mrs. c.
The Washington times., 1912-08-18
ACADEMY

THE Volunteer Parson," which will
be the opening attraction of the new
season at the Academy, beginning to-
morrow evening, is considered the best
effort ever made by Miss Edyth Totten,
one Of the most successful writer's in
this country. The plot of the play is
a tale of what a woman can do to bring
disgrace and degradation on any one
who stands in her way.
In "The Volunteer Parson," the wife
of a minister high in the councils of his
church, drags down from his post Of
honor the man who was respected by
all In his sorrow and remorse he
turns to drink and drugs to relieve his
feelings. and Is disbarred from his
church.
Leaving the city he wanders through
the country. On the road he still re-
tains his title of the Rev." and the
people who come in touch with him,
not knowing of his troubles. call him
The Volunteer Parson," as he per-
forms christenings and marriages In
places where a clergyman is seldom
seen.
The play is laid in New England, and
Miss Totten has chosen for her types a
class of people rarely ever seen in the
Down East plays, and giving the pub
lie an insight into characters that are
only found in New England
The scenic effects are all special, and
have been designed by one of the lead
ing artists in New York city. The cast
has been selected with special care by
Miss Totten, and contains the names of
many well-known performers who have
appeared in New York successes.
Matinees will be given on Tuesday,
Thursday. and Saturday. The same
scale OF prices as heretofore will pre-.
vail.
The Washington times., 1912-08-18
OPENING BILL FOR
CHASE'S THEATER
: ONE OF FEATURES
Mabel Taliaferro Not Only
Star Among Acts to
\ Be Presented.

At the matinee opening at Chase's
new theater tomorrow, new era In
washingtons theatrical history will
begin. The new theater will disclose
structural and decorative beauties
which, the management says, are un-
surpassed in this country
When the doors are thrown open at 1
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, Washing
tonians will see the largest theater in
the Capital City fresh from the hands
of the builder, the decorator, and the
dozens of artisans and artists who
have been working for year or more
toward this end.
The promenade lounge will be the
first apartment to claim the attention
and admiration of the visitors. Its old
English furniture, it's open freplaces,
its benches, massive tables, and cozy
alcoves will hold a place in the fancy
of the public, who will, after they have
visited this section of the house, pass
on toward the magnificent new pipe
organ, upon which, during intermis-
sions, recltals will be given.
Programs for this musical novelty will
be chosen from popular and classical
offerings, and changes will be made
weekly. Entering the theater, those
who visit 1t will breathe filtered and
srtificially moistened air, and will find
the interior fitted with roomy seats.
They will face the gorgeous red velvet
Louis XIV curtain, which tomorrow
afternoon will be raised upon an OPEN
ing bill of more than ordinary attract
iveness, even for premiere
First in rank will be dainty Mabel
,Taliaferro, whom Washingtonians split
their gloves over when she appeared
in this city last winter. This charming
little comedienne, who made her Won
derful success in polly of the Circus"
will present for the first time, her
vaudeville offering, the one-act Japanese
comedy, "The Return of TouH San"
Following this Offering will be numer-
Gus numbers, all chosen for their merit
as being of sufficient importance to find
a place on Chase's opening bill. Thomas
j. Carrigan and Joseph Green will sup
port her.
Next will come Arthur DEACON, comic
opera comedian and star. in travesty
OF songs. dances, and chat.
Under the nom de theater Ideal" will
be seen fancy diver and swimmer,
who Is said to be the champion OF the
world. Maud Lambert, who supported
Eddie Foy in "Over the River Is to
present in conjunction with Ernest r.
Ball, a musical blend, and Florence
Modena and her company will be seen
IN farcial offering, entitled "A Lesson
in Reform"
Don Fulano, the name by which a
trick horse is known, will give a num-
Der Of unusual tricks. This animal Is
known as THE Laughing Horse" The
Musical Gordon Highlanders from the
Bonnie Land will close the BILL follow
ing which there will be daylight pic
lures of the world recent events.
The musical director has arranged a
program especially betting the dedica-
tory night.
The Washington times., 1912-08-18
WASHINGTON LIFE
|. TO Be PORTRAYED
AT POLLS THEATER
THE Gentleman From Mis-
sissippi' Will Be Attrac-
ton This Week.

"A Gentleman From Mississippi" the
intensely interesting story of Washing
ton life, which the Poll Players will
present tomorrow night for the hrst
time at popular prices and for the first
time in stock, might be called the auto
biography of an honest Senator. There
Is a minimum OF talk in the play and
maximum OF action.
A. II. Van Buren will play the part Of
Washington reporter, shrewd, skep-
tical, and honest, who becomes the hon
est Senator's private secretary and con-
fidential adviser
Mr.. Van Buren, with. the evident in
tention of earning the thanks of the
National Press Club, will not carry a
large note book nor act like a boor.
The honest old Senator from Missis-
sippi has been sent to Washington and
Iut on the Committee on Naval Affairs
because he will support bill to put a
naval station at Altacoola, Miss. be-
cause that il the best place for It,
The real reason in putting 1t there,
however, Is to line the pockets of GER
tain other Senators on the committee
by a land deal. The Senator's own son
and one OF his daughters get portions of
his money involved in this deal, but the
gets wise In time and earnestly rises to
battle. Just how this jovial old Mis-
sissippian IL going to get out of the
wrangle Is the final suspense of the
play.
Louis Haines has been selected to por-
tray the character of the lovabe old
Senator from Mississippi. A. II. Van
Buren,, is the reporter private secretary,
and Miss Jewel will play the part of
the Senator's favorite daughter with
whom the young secretary fails In love.
| Mr. Kent. Mr.. Penwarden, Mr.. Andrews,
Miss Kent, and Miss Bondhill have the
| other important roles in this intensely
| interesting play of Washington life.
The Washington times., 1912-08-18
PEACEFUL VALLEY"
QUANTITY FUNNY
PLAY, At COLUMBIA
Edward H. Robins in Sol
Smith Russell Role Is
Promised Patrons.

Edward II. Robins, in a Sol Smith
Russell role, is promised the patrons
OF the Columbia Theater tomorrow
evening, and for the remainder of the
week, when that most quantity humor-
Gus of comedies, Peaceful Valley"
viii be presented by the Columbia
Players.
Mr.. Russell was. regarded as one Of
the greatest of all American comedians,
and in none of his offerings was he
more kindly received than in this work
of Edward f. KIdder
Hosea was suggested to Mr.. Russell
by a character in the Illinois town
where Mr. Russell spent portion of
his boyhood days. Hosea's mother is,
in reality. none other than Mr.. Rus
sells mother, whom he has affection
ately immortalized in the drama.
She is one of those mothers whose
character Is pretty we'll summed up in
her reply to Hosea's announcement that
he was going to ask Of her a very great
sacrifice.
mo sacrifice" comes the prompt an
swer, could be half as difficult as deny
ing you that which you want"
But another love enters Hosea's life
to supplement that of his mothers.
While employed as a waiter In a sum-
mer hotel. to help pay college expenses.
he meets and falls in love with a pretty
daughter of a wealthy city family. She
returns his love, but an obdurate and
scheming father interposes obstacles
that afford opportunity for the alternat-
ing tears and laughter. with which the
| comedy abounds
All ends happily, though there are
times when serious trouble threatens.
Frances Nelson will be much liked in
| the role of Virgie Rand and the other
members of the company will be provid-
ed with good parts. Marie Drofnah
Carrie Thatcher. Laura Oakman, God
| frey Matthews, Stanley James, Arthur
Ritchie, and John Ellis are all in the
| cast.
1t mas been several seasons since the
Columbia company last presented Rus
sell play, "A Poor Relation" but the
reception them accorded the Russell
brand of humor augurs we'll for the
| coming week.
The Washington times., 1912-08-18
GAYETY

The new Gayety, redeCorated and,
refinished, will present a resplendent
appearance tomorrow afternoon when
the fifth season of the popular bur-
lesque house will be inaugurated with
THE American Beauties" headed by
Cook and LorenZ, recognized musical
comedy and vaudeville stars.
Miss Helen Byron, who starred in
Sergeant Kitty" and who won many
Washington admirers during her stay
in the Capital last spring as the lead
ing woman of the Imperial Theater
Musical Comedy Stock Company, will
be the prima donna of the American
Beauties"
She will be surrounded by a chorus
of thirty-tive unusually attractive
young women who will contribute
such song hits as Whistle It." Going
Up, Going Up" and "Oh, You Rag
time Melody"
The burlesque selected for the ex-
ploitation of the talents of this big
company is called Lovers Lane" The
first act shows tailor's shop, bar
ber's shop and a ladies' dressmakng
establishment where a number of
hIndsome chorus girls are supplied
with most attractive costumes.
The last act Is reproduction OF
"The Abby" the most famous of all
the cabarets in Paris.
Messrs. Cook and LOrenZ have been
supplied with lots of comedy material.
They are important factors through
out the two acts, being cast as two
tramps.
The Washington times., 1912-08-18
"Open Face" Hacks
Await the Traveller.

open face" hacks are lined up on
either side of the white coral roadway
Gayly dressed summer girls, sunburned
to becoming brown, fiannel-clad yacht
ing youths. West Indian negroes, wear
ing vivid handannas, troop to the dock s
edge, and to add just the note of color
that Is needed to complete this scene.
there are his matesty's soldiers. trim,
trig, and sitter than any ramrod.
Here, out OF another day and age,
with the mists of the Atlantic hover
ing over them, and the sun smiling
down upon them. in a little group OF
islands which seem almost to be a lost
string OF opals, dropped from some
titians jewel box, in a land more than
700 miles from anywhere the poet, tie
author, the writer of fiction, can find
| material almost without end.
No two writer's have ever seen Ber-
muda alike. and the eternal freshness Of
| existence, the beauty of the islands
weave a spell over the memory which
| is not easily broken. Given a Bermu-
| dian setting, which Is totally dissimilar
| to any other setting in the world, the
idioms of speech of it's people, their ex-
ternal characteristics, the wonderful
color. effects of land and sky and sea
! and harbor, the hosts of people-mer-
| chants. sailors, soldiers, servants, and
| tourists-who go to make up the popula-
tion OF the Islands, and the queer and
unexpected types. a wonderful scene
| could be made, rivaling the bazar scene
| in ''Lakme" or the Street of the Ouled
Nails in THE Garden of Allah"
Here is wealth or material which
lies in wait ,or the writer-person who
shall be the first to recognize the pos
sibilities and take advantage of them.
JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1912-08-18
In New Comedy.

When Al II. Wilson, the singing Ger
man dialect comedian, comes to this
city early in the season he will present
a new comedy entitled 1T Happened Ir
Potsdam." an adaptation from the
French by Cyril Reed. The new sonp
numbers provided for Mr. Wilson are
said to be among the best that he has
yet given to the public.
The Washington times., 1912-08-18
In Original Roles.

Margaret Lee, who played Mrs. Span
gler in the New York production; Will
liam Walcott, the Senator Peabody of
the original cast and James McCabe,
the original mayor of Gulf City, Miss,
will be seen this week at Polls in the
roles they created when "A Gentleman
From Mississippi" began its long run
In New York.
The Washington times., 1912-08-18
A Noted Star.

Zelda Sears. Chases chief star next
week, longtime with Frohman, was so
much appreciated by Clyde Fitch that
he wrote parts especially for her in
played in Lovers Lane" The Girl
With the Green Eyes" THE Coronet
of the Duchess" Cousin Billy"
Truth" and Girls"
The Washington times., 1912-08-18

great, almost, as any in contemporan-
eous stage literature. Life has its lit
tie comedies and its little tragedies on
these islands as well as on the CONT
nents.
The Washington times., 1912-08-18

great, almost, as any in contemporan-
eous stage literature. Life has it's lit
tie comedies and its little tragedies on
these islands as we'll as on the CONT
nents.
Trip To Bermuda
Has Many Delights.
The way to Bermuda is easy II. just
after dawn, one forSakes Broadway
with its clangor Its lobster palaces,
its money mad men and moneymadder
women, and, turning ones back upon
all of these, sail with the outgoing
tide toward the East. The Royal
mail lines steamer. a sturdy sea-going
craft, takes the traveller straight
through alternate mists and sunshine
for three days until the maze of Islands
Is reached, and the panorama OF the
harbor Is unfolded, with its view of
some seeming not much larger than a
Woman's handkerchief. Pure white
cottages their roofs and pavilions
cleaning in the dazzling sunshine, lie
looking" as Mark Twain said many
years ago. like frosted wedding cakes"
Here the ship slowly feels its way
through the islands past hundreds OF
queer sancy sailing vessels, the like OF
which are not to be found anywhere
else in the five oceans. The far-away
bustlirg world has been left far be-
hind. Everything in front is placid
and slow and sleepy. There is moth
ing in Bermuda to remind one of the
complexities. the worries. the noise of
what has been left behind.
Blue skies. white clouds, and shores
dark with cedars, combine with tn.
deeps and shadows OF the clear waters
to form a shifting kaleidoscope of
every known hue, between turquoise
and the deepest azure. Here and there
saucy little wavelet, still wearing its
night cap. glistens in the sunlight. AS
the boat approaches nearer the shore,
the picturesque duck and khaki ma
tives are to be seen, likewise the only
Bermudans who work. the descendants
of the African slaves who were brought
to these islands many, many years ago.
Sleepy donkeys, driven by seepier
drivers, wakened into temporary ac-
tivity by the arrival Of the boat, trot
down TO the dock.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-20
New Candidates Enlist
to Win Especial Ballot

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that the special ballot" offer is on,
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besides the number of votes issued
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!, Get Two II Possible.
There is no limit to the numbe.' Of
special ballots" candidate may earn
except their ability to get subscrip.
tions, and it is not necessary to turn
them all In at one time. One sub
scription may be turned In today and
another tomorrow, etc., until the six