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The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23
Rainfall Here 90 Inch

Midsummer rain drove exponents of
the sleeping porch and the life out of
doors under roofs early yesterday
morning, when a drizzle started all
around the bay. By o'clock last
night .o6 inches had fallen, and cloudy
weather is expected for this morning
and possibly more light showers
The Sacramento valley escaped with
cut drop, but in the San Joaquin
there was a substantial downpour, more
than a third of an inch falling In
Owens valley there was more than an
inch recorded. The Santa Clara valley
got .0S. In the high Sierra the rain
was heavy
District Forecaster McAdie said that
the rain would not do much damage,
except where apricots and peaches were
being dried, and most of these districts
had been warned to cover up their dry
ing trays
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23
Building Operations

The building operations i'll
San Francisco indicate that
1913 will be a banner year.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23
Four Inches Near Moiave

BAKERSFIELD, July "a terrific
storm amounting to a cloudburst in the
district between Cameron, SO miles east
of here, and Mojave. fell early yester-
day and washed the Southern Pacific
: tracks a niife east Of Cameron so badly
that rail traffic was impeded for more
than 80 hours
Boulders weighing half a ton were
washed on the track, making it impa ss-
able for trains.
Officials assert it was the worst
storm in 10 years and coming in mid
summer was unprecedented. 1t was
estimated that three or four inches of
water faIl IN fbo l,;fts
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23

The Call on Sunday showed great
er gain in advertising than any
other San Francisco newspaper.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-04
Where Women Really Have Their Own Wav

takes about three years to WOO a maid
among the Ekoi people in Northern Nj.
geria This is only in keeping with many
otter hardships to which the men of this
iace are subjected.
1t seems that a man OF the Ekoi doesn',
confer very great favor upon the woman he
selects TO be his wi-e. According to the ma
i've custom, he must serve her people 70.
come considerable dme-usually two or three
ears-before he can claim her. His work
mostly consists in helping to clear the bush
tor the next seasons farms. but other ser
vices may be required Of him.
During this time he is expected to make
presents to the relations Of his future wife,
the value Of which varies according to his
means. A very usual list Of gifts 10 father
and mother or guardian consists OF demf
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-04

his hand. They we're nailed to the
floor so they couldn't get any exer'
else; they we're put in a dark cellar
so they couldn't get any sun. and
only enough air to keep them awe
this and the food made them
enormously fat. gave them fatty de-
generation OF the liver-and gave
the world pate-de-foiegras.
The $. y Of that tidbit on your
after-theatre plate is a story OF suf-
fering, though 1t be only the suffer
ing OF a goose. The farmer who lives
near Strasburg, n Germany, catches
his biggest, most likely goose and
takes 4 10 t,wn. 1t Is bought by a
dealer in meat supplies, who places
1t In q cellar with other victims. In
the darkened cellar. when his fright
ened eyes adjust themselves to the
dim light the poor goose sees others
like himself standing quiet. because
every movement OF theirs strains ana
tears at poor foot that has been
nailed TO the floor. This the dealer
in goose flesh LAS done so that the
goose will take no exercise and so
fatten faster. Then, being deprived
Of the slightest exercise the goose
can only eat and sleep His keepers
see to 1t that he eats, for they fore
food down al throat.
Thus overfed, and not exercised.
he grows enormously fat-so far
that fatty degeneration begins. Thu
disease fastens upon his live, maxim
1t huge and puffy. When he Ina
been inflated enough to please tb,
epicure he is killed His liver ,-
extracted and we smack our lin.
upon it and say: How good is Datc
dc foie 0rGS"
That, l understood in a fash. wae
what had happened to me. / too
had been nailed to the floor by tha
circumstances of my life as an omar
singer No air had been as do
licious to me as the musty. oxveen.
less air of the stage. had taIon
no pains to breath any other. had
had no exercise because | neva,
took step l didn't have to- Iboa
been chained as the goose was and
with the same effect. |. too ho4
fattened, only. unlike the poor goo.,
Of Strasburg, / was not sufrarin,
from fatty degeneration of the liver
at least hoped not. had mot vot
reached the pate-defoie.gras stage
but ! might.
Five minutes meditation oftec
changes a career or alters a life
have heard. The inspiration got
from The Goose Girl" changed nv
summer.
had thought of a few weeks IN
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-04

U7uTTlca sKnn! maId IS WUTse imam Us
graced.
After all these exactions, the husband is
not ut all sure that his wife will keep her
side of the bargain She may divorce him for
little or no reason. one man. who had
worked for his wifes people tor four years.
and sunted himself to make them the pres.
ents demanded. was divorced by his wife
three weeks later because he was iudscreet
enough to eat up all the pork in the house.
1t was also claimed that he had eaten up
some FISH she had prepared. but this he
denied
If a woman wishes to free herself without
the consent of her husband, she rakes out
fire and pours water on the embers till they
die out She then cuts her hair and covers
herself with white paint. These simple cere-
monies completed she is zee to marry whom
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-04

So for the first time in my life
lived out of doors. Not at night
No | did not sleep in a tent. nor in
sleeping porch. That would have
given me the sniffles. and / hate
sniffles But every day / staid out
in the open air for ten hours. This
was my programme.
AT six every morning my choco-
late was brought to me in bed. AT.
ter drinking it | dressed and went
into the big German garden.
didn't take brisk nor even violent ex.
ercise. for / hate exercise and al.
ways will. But | sauntered about
or sat in one Of the big rustic seats
and read or wrote letters OF chatted
with my mother or any chance
visitor breathed very. very deeply
and often, as though / Eere about
20 sing, but l did not sing. 1t was
part OF my resolution to forget opera,
and | succeeded. / have no ospe-
cial system OF breathing l inhaled
deeply and eXhaled freely countless
times = Gay. bathing my luuss IA
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-04

!oHn OF palm OIL head OF planlams, a piece
OF dried meat. two bottles of rum. and two
or more heads of tobacco
The woman who is being wooed is often
very eXacting in the gifts demanded from her
future husband. Here is the usual dowry
required: Five silk handkerchiefs, two pieces
OF CLOTH one bead necklace. a tin plate a
spoon iooKlns-glass razor, a comb. a
pair OF scissors, a piece CT black cloth a
piece OF white cloth, FIVE halls of string an
earthenware plate and a knife
II the sutton does not make the Sits ex.
pected Of him. the parents refuse to provide
the daughter with a good "latting house
place where she can remain in idleness and
iatten up for the marriage. Girls who do not
nave good fatting house are looked down
upon by their companions. and man who
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-04

7 Asst spring when my season
ended / realized that | had
e. grown too stout for either
musical or practical purposes.
had suspected it for some time
before, but when | asked my friends
what to do they gave me plenty OF
advice but no proof.
One Of them said Walk She
mad been walking six miles day
and l noticed no decrease in her
size. Instead her muscles were
growing larger.
Another said: Diet" but diet
with her was a synonym for starva-
ton. While she was growing
lighter in weight she lost all her
energy. My vitality was my capital
could not afford to impair It.
was advised to take reduction
baths. The woman who gave me
this advice even presented me with
q sample of the strange compound,
a powder she poured into the tub.
Bot her face bore strange blotches
which she said we're the result OF
the baths. waived the baths.
A woman / knew went to the
Turkish baths every day. believed
that breathing hot air so often
would injure my vocal chords.
An amateur physician prescribed
obesity pellets, but she had taken
them and | happened to know that
her digestion was all but ruined.
Success waits on good digestion.
The obesity pellets we're foregone.
Still in a quandary went abroad.
l weighed one hundred forty pounds.
wanted TO weigh one hundred
twenty-five. the right weight for my
height, which is the medium one.
about Ave feet Ave and a half inches.
How should | rid myself OF those
ffteen pounds of excess avoirdu.
pois, useless bodily baggage?
While lounged In my deck chair
II hate to walk the deck-I hum.
med some airs had sung the last
season. One of these was the song
of the Goose Girl. Midway in the
"cluck-cluck' song stopped and
sat up straight and looked out over
the dancing blue waves. / had an
inspiration.
From the Metropolitan Opera
House to Strasburg had been but
a step in the long boots of imagina.
ton. | saw my white geese crowd.
ing around me in the big, echoine
stage. Then | saw them in different
surroundings. in a dark cellar in
Strasburg, nail driven through
the webbing OF one foot, claiming
them cruelty to the floor. | saw a
man stufing them with food. saw
them fattening. as it were. under
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-04

- P'~"sCa' .o.A palLes agree 10 The
0lForce, the proceeding is even simpler. The
seVerlng OF the marriage lends is indicated
by the wife covering her hands with white
chalk
divorced wives may marry again. but
widows must not listen to the PROPOSAL of
any man until the mourning for the departed
is over.
Among these people-as If the cup of down.
trodden man was not near enough to over.
fowing-a husband must support his mother
in-aw if she become a widow. In case of
divorce, the wife has the first claim on the
children. because she has risked her life for
them.
The chief wife is regarded as the head u
the household. 1t is she who selects the
home and 1t is the duty of the husband to
follow wherever his chief wife may lead
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-04

trived to get tina the darkness anu
even the lack of exercise against
him as they we're be might have
saved his poor liver. For the air
burned up the fat tissues as fame
burns paper.
Every morning when awukS I
thought of the Strasburg goose.
imagined his forced breakfast Of
fattening things, and l waved away
the maid who tried to tempt me with
buttered toast, telling me how ex.
cellent it was with the chocolate
and l sternly ordered her % tAhs
back the pitcher of thick yellow
country cream she longed to pour
into the cup OF chocolate.
And that was all Positively
everything! l lived out Of doors
as the goose did not And declined
the food on which the goose'g Liver
gradually. fatally. developed tKts
pate-de-foie-gras.
For two weeks there was NO per
ceptible difference i'll my weight, but
] thought l noticed a slight loosen.
ing of the bands Of my gowns. The
third week | was elateG, for the
scales in my bathroom showed me
three pounds lighter.
Thus encouraged. l went steadily
about my goose cure. Even in damp
weather or when there were
mountain storms, wearing rubber
clothes, sauntered about the gar
den and toured the beautiful country
about Munich in ry automobile
And my weight steadily lessened.
Reduction, like ball, acquires mo
mentum. lost two pounds thu
fourth week and two and a half the
fifth, and my weight steadily do
creased until |, on one glad day,
found myself where was, SO tar
as avoirdupois goes. when | came
10 this country from Germany. /
was no longer encountered by one
hundred forty pounds. weighed
one hundred twenty-five.
1 had gotten my inspiration from
one OF my roles. | had learned a
lesson from the sllliest of birds. A
goose had taught me how to gei
thin.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-04

London, of Paris for clothes of the German baths.
the usual round in Europe. but instead | went to
Munich, took a large house few miles out and
gave myself over to losing those fifteen pounds |
lost them, SIMPLY BY NOT BEING A GOOSE!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-04

WORK. Oxygen
taken in great
draughts into
the body Was
what the poor
goose OF Stras
burg needed
Had he con
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08

Fourth of July night was held from CulIinan & Mullins funeral parlors this morning at S:So o'clock and from St. Patrick's church half an hour later. The nall bearers were James Tobin, Anthony King, Patrick J. Mclean, Charles w. Dowd, James Gibson, and Patrick Kane. Interment was in St. Augustine's cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08
POSTMAN CONNORS RETURNS TO CLAIM
 BRIDGEPORT BRIDE
EDRsEER CARRIER OF LOCAL POST OFFICE. NOW OF REVERE,
 MASS. MARRIEs HERE.

In the presence Of a few relatives and friends John Connors of Revere, Mass.s and Miss Mary F. Lynch of Bridgeport. were married this. morn ing at 6:S0 in St Charles church. The nuptiaf mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Callahan. The bride wore a. traveling suit of royal blue and a white hat She was attended by her sister, Miss Theresa Lynch, who wore a suit of old blue and white hat. The best man was Joseph Connors, a brother of the groom
 After the ceremony the bridal party had breakfast at the Stratfield hotel and MT. and Mrs. Connors left Bridge Berkshires, in an automobile.
 The wedding marks the continuation of a romance which has long been known to the friends of the couple but, as no date had been set for the ceremony, the announcement of the marriage will surprise many. MT. Counors Is former resident of Bridge port and for fifteen years was letter carrier attached to the Bridgeport postomce. About three years ago he obtained a transfer to the Revere postoflce where he is at present
 Miss Lynch is the daughter of MT and Mrs. Thomas Lynch of 4S1 Park street. She has been employed by the De. M Read Company and has a host of friends in this city After the honeymoon MT. and Mrs. Connors win liFe-in Revere
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08
THE LITERATURE OF
 INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.

What is considered to be the first extensive list of books and articles on industrial trade, and vocational ed- ucation yet compiled has just been issued by the United States Bureau of Education The bibliography was pre- pared by Henry R. Evans, of the ed- itoriaI division of the bureau, assist ed by members of the library staff
 Literally hundreds of books and ar ticIes have recently appeared on this all-important subject. and it is in or der to furnish guide to the material now available that the bureau has is- sued it's bibliograpFly. About 800 carefully selected titles are listed, and the more important works are sum raarized for the busy reader who wants to see at glance what a book contains.
 Some of the topics covered are: Work and citizenship; apprenticeship; 1; 'sblind-a1ley'' employments; continua- ton schools; vocational 1egislation; cooperative courses; economic and social value of industrial training; in dustrial efficiency; industrial educa- tion in foreign countries; attitude of trade unions; vocational guidance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08

Skirts with pleated 1ounces mads of tulle or lace are increasing in faf vor.
 Separate skirts of white serge witt blue hair stripes are alway@ Gopd style.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08

The funeral of Andrew Kulwinski was held from the residence of his nephew, J. w. Boywid. 115s Howard avenue. this morning at s:3o o'clock
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08
MELLEN IMPATIENT WHEN BY COUNSEL'S ORDERS HE
 CAN'T ANSWER CORONER
All Questions of Responsibility of Various Officials of Railroad Are Evaded by
 Head of New Haven System

He His Own Initiative Except When Feels He Needs Advice and That Others Under Him Act Same Way-Attorney Spock and Coroner PheIan Dispute on PrOpety Questioning MelIen As Duties Others and Phelan Consents Allow MeIIen to Avoid Answers Which Might Involve Those Jointly Indicted With Him in Westport Wreck Prosecution
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08
OBITUARY

The funeral of Matthew Miller was held from his residence, Alexander street, at S;3O o'clock this morning with high mass in St. Charles church at g. Father Russian officiated and interment was in St. Augustine's cem- etery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08

either live or be at his post of duty upon time.
 Discussion as to the construction of rules in the engineers rule book fol- lowed but was productive of little. The meeting was adjourned with a state ment by the coroner that it would probably be the last public hearing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08
cLEANEAsY. THE HEST HAND
 ROAR

auarauGas6 not 10 inJure the skin. Instantly removes Stove Polish. Rust. @rmnms. Ink, Paint ana Dirt. For the hand or clothing. Large can 1o cenTa Manufactured by WEss- X. WtuuI 2st ESrAIford Ave
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08
~r PRrrrTEsr FACE

and the most beautiful hands are of. fen diznsured by an unsightiy wart- x4 can easily be removed in few days without pain by using Cyrus Wart Hanover, for sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy. 25S Fairfield avenue and 18S Canon St
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08

Navy and brown will be the staple colors in plush for combination suits.
 Children's coats still have the belt or sash placed to give a low waist
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08

Tongue for sandwich filling should be mixed fine and rubbed to a paste with mashed boiled eggs seasoned with vinegar and butter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08

The funeral of James Felters who met such tragic death when run over by the Presidents special krain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08

and. from St. AfichaePs R. C.. church at 9. Father Baran offfciated. Tho pail bearers were Andrew Nacewicl1 Nicolay Macewick, Felix Stanconorch, Albert Stanconorch, II. Pa.wlowircyf and Peter WejwrdslSi. Interment war in St. Michael's cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-28
SOCIETY

Cards have been issued an
nouncing the marriage June "a
OF Miss Ellen Bennett of Madras.
Ore, to John S. Waite. Miss
BENEFITS parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Stewart Bennett, lived in Ia
coma until two years ago and
were popular in Mason Methodist
church circles.
Daughters OF Veterans will hold
their regular meeting next Tues
day afternoon at the state arm
DRY.
In compliment to Mrs. Jack
Caldwell and the Misses Caldwell
OF winnipeg, DR.. and Mrs. Alfred
Henry Coleman have issued inyi-
tations for reception next Thurs
day evening at their home, 315
South l. street The Caldwells are
visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. r. Balkwill for a few
weeks.
Much interest attended the
wedding Thursday evening at
Fern Hill of Miss Dora Ellen
Byrd, youngest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Byrd, to Olga
G. Winslow of this city. A large
number of family friends attend
ed, among them a number of pio-
neer residents, the Byrds having
been residents of Pierce county
for more than 40 years.
= "A pretty dancing patry has been
announced for next Tuesday even
ing at the country home of Mrs.
Paul J. Fransioli, In honor of
Miss Frances Burrill, who has Just
returned home from an eastern
school.
Mrs. Frank Hale is entertain
ing Mrs. r. G. Guyette and laugh
ter, Margaret, of San Francisco,
FOR a part of the summer. In
Mrs. Guyette's honor a luncheon
was held Thursday by Mrs. Hale
for members of the Bowling club.
The Monday Civic club will at
tend the Rosedale mass meeting
this afternoon, going over in
special launch.
Mrs. G. w. Blazer entertained
yesterday afternoon at prettily
appointed tea for 20 guests at
her home, 1112 South Ainsworth
avenue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-28

neiSuppose you have lost or mis-
laid your ice cream freezer.
What difference does that
make? We can make all the Ice
cream You want without any
freezer at all. And 1t will be
mighty good stuff. too. Here's
the way;
Get an ordinary water bucket
and glass fruit jar with a metal
top that screws on tightly. Put
the mixture you want to freeze
in the jar and fill II up. Then
put layer of cracked ice and a
layer of salt in the bottom of the
bucket. Put the Jar on top of
this and then ill the bucket with
salt and Ice. using about one-third
as much salt "a Ice. When the
bucket IS filled the metal top of
the fruit jar should be above the
ice. Take q piece OF stout cord
and make one turn about the top
u the jar. letting the cord az IN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-28

to the threads OF the jar ton.
Then take the long ends OF the
cord and pull them alternately.
This will cause the jar to whira
first one way and then the other.
Keep this up a few minutes five
or ten minutes. Then open the
jar and with long spoon scrape
the frozen cream from its sides.
Close 1t and whirI II some more.
And then there is another way
that the thing can be d,pne WITH
out any whirling. This is good
thing for individual portions for
Take an ordinary Jelly
glass with tight-fitting metal
top. Put your material for the
cream or ice In this. Then bury
II IN a mixture OF ice and salt
and leave 1t there for few hours.
II You care to get a good solid
mold it is well 10 open the jelly
glass every fifteen OF twenty min
utes and scrape the frozen cream
from tho sides.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-28

MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 2S.-
This city has solved the problem
of the bachelor and the baby. It's
the simplest thing i'm the world.
Memphis just makes the bach
eiors support the babies.
The bachelors are taxed and
the money is turned over to a
Bachelors Baby club, to main
tain summer hospital for SICK
babies and their mothers, and to
provide milk and otherwise as
sist the babies during the hot
summer months.
The amount of the tax Is deter
mined by the Income, eligibility
and general attractiveness of said
bachelor, due deductions being
made for overweight, badness,
loss of one eye and general dis
position. The usual tax ASSESS
ed, however, is S.. And here's
the way it's collected:
The law probides that mo un-
married male arrived at che age
of Fl years shall be allowed on
the streets of Memphis after 9
o'clock p. m, or to court, visit or
accompany an unmarried woman
to any place of amusement" un-
less he has paid the tax.
He must present bachelors IL
cense on demand of any unmar-
ried woman, married man or police
officer. If he can't, or won't, he's
liable to a fine of IS to $50.
cts all nonsense" said some
of the surely ones at first. "They
can't collect the tax, either But
Jim Rawlings and J. A. Reich
man, originators of the idea,
Showed them.
In less than two days time sew
eral of the most prominent attor-
mics and business men in the city
had been arrested on warrants
sworn out by the wholesale. They
were hauled before police Judge
and fined double the amount of
the tax. Soon everybody was pay
ing cheerfully.
Statistics in the hands OF the
Memphis health officers had
showed that a great many infants
died every summer through the
lack of fresh air and pure milk.
The solution to this problem
was a baby sanitarium. The club
house of the Tri-State fair was
conf1scated. Money, lots of it,
was spent in screening, cleaning,
decorating and furnishing the
pretty building.
Once upon a time the broad
verandahs of this structure held
the brilliant crowds that flocked
to Memphis from all over the ma
ton to see the races.
But now the women OF fash
ion have given away to the train
ed nurse. The thoroughbreds
have disappeared before herd of
Holsteins and Jersies. The French
poodles and toy dogs are no more
for thebabies have come into their
own. The race horse men vanish
ed and the doctors took their
places-in short Memphis decided
that baby flesh was worth more
than horse flesh.
There are now hundred babies
at the sanitarium. Their moth
ers are permitted to stay with
them. Both mother and babe are
fed and clothed. The mother is
taught how to care for the child.
Good air, good food and medical
attention have worked wonders.