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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19
WIDOWHOOD THE GREAT
 CAUSE OF POVERTY

The report of Superintendent Johnson relative to the of poverty in Bridgeport is interesting Inent this point and the of poverty where in the United States typicay represented
 The figures for Bridgeport, they would for any, where else, contain shock for those placid selfish theorists who like to believe that inemperance the chief of poverty Widowhood and old age the chief causes, with sickness and unempov- ment in close array.
 The citizens of Bridgeport during the last fiscal year, gave outside aid to 327 families and to 67 individuals
 The poverty 122 those families was due to WID OWHOOD. The had ded The left alone to support her children In 90 of these families sickness, including tuberculosis, the the tress which the citizenship obliged to relieve.
 'tIt is interesting to note Supt Johnson, S'that single individuals helped at home 42 wid- ows, MOST OF THEM OLD.
 That is a pregnant sentence, and that should
 Widowhood implies death, which in implies sick
 Where is the opportunity for thrift and the chance talk when the problems of the poor are presented to them?
 Sickness, widowhood, old age and unemployment are agents the creation of poverty and they will continue to long society managed in it's present rude. and greedy fashion.
 The problem involved in this part of Supt Johnsons report the problem of less than the problem of poverty It will be that it is upon the patient shoulders of that the hardest burdens fa and the chefest of these burdens rests upon the shoulders of WIDOWED MOTHERS.
 And besides the widowed mothers are the DESERT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

for an employe not available all the business period is not worth having on the payroll. It is for you to say whether this is fair or not
 Let us be fair in this matter; fair not only to the man or woman who works for a living but to the man who employs that man or wo- man. And let us be fair to the boy who is growing towards manhood and who must make choice of the way in which he will earn his iiv- ing.
 Is a boy at work in a. store dur ing one evening a week not better off than the boys who sells papers on the street corner every evening except Sunday until a late hour? Is the boy in the store not better off physical and morally. Is the boy in the store not getting an edu- cation, developing himself in such way that he can decide for him self what is the best thing for him to do, for a living? Are not the store boys, opportunities greater? Is he not better off in every way?
 Let us consider the boys parents for a moment. No parents allow their boys to- work unless It is necessary: It is the parents aim to get q boy as good a place as possi- ble and place where there is a chance for the boy to improve and advance. Not every, boy is fitted for store work, but for the boy who is fitted, there is a great opportun- ity in a. store. Practically every merchant of prominence in Com necticut today started as a boy in store-and practically every one of them won his way to his present position by his own efforts and ability. Mighty few of them areA favored sohs of wealthy fathers.
 The boy who goes into. a factory has not the same chance for ad- vancement as a boy in a store. For one thing; there is so many more of him. But the proposed law practically discriminates against the store boy, will practically drive a boy of 14 to 16 into the factory in stead of the store@for a store must have all it's force on duty all the time; it cannot afford to do busi- ness with a reduced force at any period aside from meal hours.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19
The D. M. Read Go.
 Esta6krshed 1857.
Dainty Gowns for the Summer Wardrobe. Linens, Lawns, Batistes, Chambrays, Ginghams and Dimities.
Esfa6Lrshed 1857.

For the busy woman whose social life is crowded with activities who requires many gowns of different sorts, also for the whose multitude of home duties prevent her sewing planning her dresses the little Summer Frocks of washable material positive for thankfuness. The who patet- icay describes herself without idea," who does not know what she until she it, can go to well equipped department full of summery Lawns Ba-- tistes, and Voiles we'll the heavier Linens, Ratines, and Chambray and choose the very thing she wants. Dainty, becoming, and low priced.
 Gowns in piece, in Linen white, natural, oy- ster color pink blue leather brown and other shades embroidered pped with co1ors, trimmed with Nacrame Cluny, distinctive styles, often only, and du plicates to be had. $500 and tip.
 White Voie, Lawn, and Batiste Gowns, trimmed with embroidery, eyeet and laid work with inserted bands of Cluny and German Val n great variety. This collection holds pretty styles of fine quality graduation gowns. $6.oo $7oo to $15oo.
 White Pique and Indian Head Gowns, simple fash with necks and sleeve cuffs buttono1ed piped with colors. $2.9S and up
 Dresses for Small Ladies' for the petite figures there large in all washable materials white and co1ored.
 Summer Suits for Misses.
 Russian Suits of Linen, white and coored plain skirts neatly tailored and coats of Russian style with belts. Very neat and girlish $7.5o to $I2.oo.
 Sailor Suits, nice quality of linen embroidered trimmed with crochet buttons. and co1ors in cluding the popular leather brown.
 One-piece House Frocls.
 Of Gingham, Chambray Lawn, round necls, bow sleeves dainty and comfortable. $I25 to Sz.oo.
 Coat and Suit Rooms, second floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19
EASTON

Mrs. John Broadbin of Bridgeport is spending a few days as guest of her ma rents Mir and Mrs. Ambrose Marsh, on Sport Hill.
 wilbur Ttornlinson and E. Tomlinson of Da.nbury were guests on Friday of MT. and Mrs. John Sherwood at Ma ple Row Dairy Farm"
 Mrs Ambrose Marsh is confined to her home by illness
 MT and Mrs. Elbert Nichols of Sport F5iI were guests recently of MT. and Mrs. Clifford Jennings, of HoydeDN H3u.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Walker Sherwood have returned to their home from 9 few days visit with friends in New York State.
 Miss Ida F. ogden was a guest ot
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seas This bit of information is sug-
 ested by the fact that the subject of this brief biographical sketch recently
 made a tour abroad, interviewing the crowned rnonarc11s of Europe and oth CT personages, for the entertainnl ent and instruction of over two million readers weekly. Whether or not he proved the exception to the rule above set forth, and paid tribute to Neptune, is not to be ascertained from the avail able sources of information. Anyway, it makes no difference. The sole pur- pose of these perSif1ag ginous remarks is to achieve a spright1y introduction, and to peeVe the city editor, who in sists that one blurt out the whole story in the first paragraph, so that he may blue pencil the remainder. Who
 first hurled defiance into the molars of a tyrant city editor by writing his copy in such a way that the salient facts were carefully concealed until the psychological point for their de- Velopment was reached cannot be known. Some give the credit to Da- mon Runyan, the youthful star among baseball scrfbes and 1t is certainly true that Mr.N Runyan can accomplish wonders in hiding, concea1ing. cover ing, secreting and otherwise withhold ing the final score of a, pastime. In all probability, however, the credit for foiling the city editor belongs to Sam ueI G. Blythe, of the editorial staff Of the Saturday Evening Post, and the highest salaried of Washington cor respondents If MT. Blythe ever dis closed the identity of his subject in the first paragraph of one of his ''Who's Who-and Why" stories it was an error, and he is sorry.
 Quite incidentally, it may be men toned that Samuel George Blythe is a, native of Genesco, N. r., and will celebrate today the forty-ffth anniver- Iii iv~fh in Af- ter brief. apprenticeship as report CT, he became the managing editor of a metropolitan daily at the tender age of twenty-five, when he took the helm of the Buffalo Express. He was not yet thirty when he became editor in-ehief of the. Buffalo Courier and Enquirer. For a short time in 1899 he was managing editor of the Coemopol- itan Magazine, and then went to Washington as correspondent of the New York World. He Joined the Sat urday Evening Post staff six years ago, and is now as indispensable to that journal as Ty Cobb is to the De- troit Tigers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

The store should not be classed not similar in the two sorts of es- tablishments. Tn a factory, all is rush and hurry and confinement. Boys and women are almost parts of the machine they operate. They are on the keen, edge from whistle to whistle. Weather and season make no difference in the factory: so long as 1t is running, it IS run ming at smaxirnum speed.
 In store, conditions are entirely different. The life is easier. There are but few rush periods. In the dull season. there is scarce enough to keep half. of the store force ac- tual1y busy. Even in the busy sea son, theret is an absence of driving and boys and women are allowed some time every day to do errands of their own about the store. In many. stores. for illustration, en- ployes may shop every day in the week for; an hour in the morning.; so long as only a pare ofsahesforce at any one departm ent Is absent from the departments at a time.
 But there does come a time when every employe Is needed-ar1d that time is Saturday night. Custom and convenience have both made Saturday night the time when many housewives and many men who work in factories do their trading. 4 full force Is needed by every store to serve these custom CTS promptly and properly. That full force must include the boys and girls Of 14 to 1e. for their work is necessary and many of them are we'll paid; none of them underpaid.
 The merchants ask for this amendment allowing employment of such boys and girls one night in the week only. not later than 10 o'clock. They ask it primarily, of course, for their own benefit but they ask it for the benefit of the trading public which is entitled to service and for the benefit of the boys and girls now employed who will be of almost no value if the proposed law should go into effect. In fact, the natural effect of the law will be to drive out of the store all boys and girls under 16
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

Macleans, Maclaines, McLeans and McLaines throughout the world will celebrate today the birthday of 1he chief of their clan, Sir Fitzroy Dona1d Maclean, tenth Baronet of Morvaren. The head of the Clan Maclean, whose title dates from 1881, was born seven ty-eight years ago today, and succeed ed to the leadership Of the family on the death of his father thirty years ago. True, The Maclaine of Loch buie, who recently arrived in New ' ork to play a vaudeville engagement, denies Sir F'itzroy's right to the chieftainsi1ip of the clan, although he admits that the vast majority of Macleans are en- rolled under Sir Fitzroy's banner. The aged Baronet was the chief figure at the gathering \of the clan held last year to celebrate the ,restora ton to the family of Quart Castle for over a century ruined reminder of van ished glories.
 Sir Fitzroy has an honorable military record, having served in Canada with the. Thirteenth Hussars during the Fenian raids, and also in Bulgaria, and the Crimea, taking part in the siege of SevastopoL The dispute as to the leadership of the clan dates back to the twelfth century, when there were Quart, the other the Maclaine of Lochbuie. It is not known which was the older, and consequently 1t cannot be known in which line the chfeftain- ship descended. The great majority of the Macleans of this country hail Sir Fitzroy as chief, rather than the young vaudeville actor who is known as The Mac1aine of Lochbuie Tradi- ton has it that the first Maclean and the first Mackenzie were brothers, and the clans have always been closely re- lated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

first empire was short of life. In 1923 the republic was proclaimed, and Itur- bide abdicated, promising to spend the remainder of his life in Italy, with a Mexican pension of $25,OOO a year. Italy did not long hold the former Emperor who returned to Mexico. only to be stood up against a wall in the plaza at Padilla4 Tama ulipas, and used as a target by the troops of the republic.s The second empire of Max in1iIian didS not endure much longer than the first, and the second Elm peror- met tf1eT same fate as his inn periaI predecessor When Maxim1l1an ascended the Mexican throne he sought to placate the people by mak- ing a. grandson of Iturbide his heir. The third ernpire-for it was nothing less, although styled republic-began when Diaz assumed the reins of gov fe1.nment One of the curious incl dents of IturbIdie's reign was the re- f1sal of Salvador to accept the doni- nation of the self-styled Emperor. A11g1letin I threatened war, wfereupon Salvador proclaimed itself as annexed to the United States, and raised the Stars and Stripes over the public buildings of the country. IturDade hesitated about attacking that flag, and, while he was hesitattng, his throne toppIed and fell. Except for that circumstance the United States and Mexico might have been plunged into war much earlier than they were, for there was a strong sentiment in the United States in favor of extend ing protection to the little Central American country The other Central American States submitted to 1ntur- bide.- but renewed their own indepen- dent fedora ton when the empire col IaIsed.
 Sunday marked the bi-centensry or +Ao doat tI, ,f Thomas Brattle a Boston rnerchan+ prince of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, who left the world the best account of the witch aft f1sllIsion of 1892.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

Josephds Daniels, managing editor of the United States Navy and of the Raleigh, N. C., News and Observer, will today be the recipient of congra1- ulations from his cabinet colleagues on his ffty-first birthday. Secretary Dan iels has been an-editor in the North Caroline city for twenty-eight years, and has declared his intention of ap- plying newspaper methods to the con duet of the Navy Department Since taking up the Navy portfolio, MT. Dan iels has kept on the front page pretty regularly. One of his innovat tions, the elimination of the words port and "starboard" and the substitution Of left" and right has been the subject of international comment. MT. Daniels was at the head of the Democratic publicity bureau in the last campaign. and played no small part in bringing about the success of the ticket.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

friends In Bedding on Friday.
 Mrs. Georgia. Jennings of ASpetucl was a guest of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence A Jennings, on Sport In. recently.
 Miss Hazel Sherwood was in Dan bury on Friday.
 William E. Andrews Of Bridgeport spent the week end with his parents. MT. and Mrs. Elmer Andrews.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

All that goes up must come down, according the law of nature and Isaac Newton, but, as has often been ob- served, there are exceptions to all rules, and this one is often reversed when those who go down to the sea in ships encounter stormy and turbulent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

Mime. Nellie *Melba, the Australian song bird, will be the recipient of birthday congratulations today. Mme Melba was born in Melbourne, Austra- l1a, of 8 Scotch father and a Spanish mother, on the nineteenth of May, 1863, or 1865, or 1s66-the authorities differ as to the year Her fathers name was Mitchell, and she was christened Helen Porter, but, on beginning her operatic career. she adopted the name of Melba in honor of her native city. In her present season at Covent Gar den, Mime. Melba celebrates the twen- ty-ffth anniversary of her first ap- pearance on the London stage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

The first free school in the world was opened in Madison street, New York. 107 years ago today, and mark ed the beginning of the great popular educational movement that now ex- tends to all the civilized nations of the globe The pioneer school in New York was the outgrowth of a, plan to establish a free institution for the education of girls It is still in ex- istence as New York Public School No. l. The value of public property used for school purposes in the United States is now estimated at 1,10o, GOO. 600. About 19 0O0, 900 pupils are now enrolled in the public schools of the United States, and the average daily attend,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19
MERCHANTS REASONS FOR ONE NIGHT AMENDMENT TO
 FIFTY-FIvE HOUR BILL
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19
THE HUMAN PROCESSION

Louis W. Hi1l, son of the great rail- road builder, passes his forty-frst milestone today, having been born in St. Paul on May 1s. 1872. MT Hill is the able son of distinguished father, and has played large part in the development Of the North
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

The Earl of Cottenham, whose wife was Recently killed 'by the accidental discharge of her own fowling piece to quote from the coroner's verdict will pass his thirty-ninth milestone today. The Earl was the, second hus- band of the late Countess, who was born Lady Rose Nevill, one of the twin daughters of the first Marquis of Aher- gavenny Her first husband secured a divorce, naming Lord Cottenham as correspondent.
 Jaisint, oldest of the three sons of His Highness the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda, will begin his twenty-third year today. Jake as his irreverent classmates called him-was for some time a student at Harvard. His sis ter recently created .commotion in In dian society by suddenly breaking off her engagement to an Indian prince.
 J. Ham Lewis, the new Senator from Illinois and the most pulchritudinous and ,me1lifluous of Washington's new crop of statesmen, was born dn Dan vile, Va, forty-seven years ago today
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

The first mill for the manufact Of calico in Europe was established at Richmond, near London, on chis date 1n 1876. The Dutch 1oom-engine and the calico-printing machine were first used in this factory, which was owned by Flrenchman. The name of calico is derived from CaIicut, a city in India, where the art of calico print ing is supposed to have been invent ed Calico was first brought to Eng land from India, by the East India Co. in 1881. The product of the pioneer calico mill became so popular that law was passed prohibiting the print Ing or wearing of calico. This act was enacted in 100, and in 1721 a penalty of five pounds was laid on the wearer and twenty pounds on the seller of Calico. A prohibitive duty of seven cents on the square yard of calico was taken off in 1881, and since then the manufacture of calico has become one of Eng1and's great industries The calico industry in America had its be- ginning about a century ago, and the annual product of. American calico
 mills Is now about 2,5O0, 900, 900 square yards
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19

anee is nearly 14,0oo,O ,Ooo Of the near 1y 600,000 teachers employed, over three-fourths are women For all of the advantages provided by the pub lie school systems> the per capita cost IS less than five dollars per year, or $28 per year for each student, based on average attendance. While the New York institution was the first free secular. school, Charity schools ex- 1sted in England and Scotland, and on the continent, as early as the sew enteenth century.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19
AS WE'LL AND AS MUCH

No merchant ever failed if he advertised as WE'LL and as MUCH as he could
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-02

who would take the stump to talk
against the Bible. The last of that
tribe went out with Bob Ingersoll, and
now we do not see anyone who would
do such a thing. The Christians
answered the argument Bob Ingersoll
and Tom Payne with more churches.
more Bibles, more prayers, more
songs of praise, more missionaries.
Bishop Lambuth writes: ut is my
opinion that We should refer to the
in Africa officially as the
Methodist Episcopal Congo Mission. |
believe that our own designation of the
had better be Congo Mission
than African Mission, because the
former has the advantage of indicating
specifically where we are at work"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-02
WILL TRY SLAYERS
OF POLICE CHIEF

Havana, Nov. Members of the
Cuban Congress are gathering here
today for the reassembling of the ma
tional legislature and stormy ses-
SIGN is anticipated. It is probable that
the trial of Representative Arias and
Senator, Vidal Morales, charged with
killing Gen. Armada Riva, chief of the
Cuban National Police, will be begun
as soon as Congress gives assent. The
Supreme Court has declined to accede
to the opinion of the public prosecu-
tor that the assent of Congress is not
n 1essf,y
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-02
AMERICUS DENTIST
HEADS LARGE SYSTEM
OF DENTAL PARLORS

Americas is headquarters for a Sc
ries of dental parlors located all over
southwest Georgia. DIR. J. R Hair is
at the head of the SYSTEM and by per-
sonally experimenting the work of all
the offices. he has built up 4 practice
that is as large as any in this section
of the state.
The local Office of DIR. Hair is the
Mecca" Tor people suffering with tia
toothache and kindred aches. This
popular dentist does up-to-date WORK
and guarantees that it will give salts
faction. Only the most modern meth
DDS are employed by DIR. Hair and his
work is, as painless as it Is possible
70 do good work.
The many friends of this enterpris-
ing man will be glad to learn thar
from this date on he will devote all or
his time to his white patrons. Hereto
fore, Dr. Hair treated few regroes in
q separate Office. but he will give UP
this feature Of his work and will spec
ialize on work for the white people of
Americas .es Advt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-02
Successful Root and Herb Remedy.

The study of roots and herbs, their
character and power over disease
was what led Lydia e. Pinkham, %
Lynn, Mass, to produce for woman's
ills the most successful remedy the
world has ever known, and while she
passed to her reward some years age
her work among suffering women is
still carried on by trained assistants
and many tons of roots and herbs
are consumed annually in The manu-
fact,re of the now famous Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as
originated by her.-advt.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-02

carry on systematic settlement work
among the miners at Thuhbeh, Tex,
in the Lead Belt of Missouri, and IT
Alfalfa, Ala. This work tabulated
shows eighteen different communities
served by fifty-seven trained workers
in the schools and fourteen settle
ments. The cost of maintenance IN
1912 was $51,791.9S. The pledge money
and offerings during the week CT
prayer is used for the maintenance Of
the following schools Wolf Mission
School, Tampa, Fla; night school,
Tampa, Fla; West Tampa School;
Ruth Hargrove Institute, Key Wesr,
Fla; Sue Bennett School, London, KJ
(Mountain) Brevard Institute, Bre-
ward, N. c., (Mountain); Holston IL
dustrial School, Greenville, Tenn ),
(Mountain); Ann Browder, Dallas,
Tex, (Rescue); Vashti, Townsville
Ca, (For Friendless Girls); Paine An
mex, Augusta, Ca, industrial negro
Japanese Night School, Alemeda, Cal.
This does not cover the entire field of
home mission work, it reaches out
farthur. Thus it is seen that all tie
money does not go to the foreign fed
to the neglect of the needy in the
home land as some people claim.