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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
STANDARD OIL
CUTS ANOTHER
JUICY MELON

New York, Feb. s-A cash distribu-
ton OF - a. share on its capital stock
was announced, today, by the Stand
ard oil company of New Jersey
within q few minutes after the dis
frfhstfon was announced, Standard
OH advanced on the curb from 4S to
as
S-apsra itzation OF S1O0 600. coo of which
SOS SIS. $50 is outstanding. the ASH
distribution ordered, today. amounts
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
Weather Indications

New Haven, Feb 3-Forecast: rain
or snow tonight; Tuesday fair and
colder. Southeast winds becoming
northwest Tuesday.
A long trough of low pressure ex-
tending from Ala aban1a northward to
Michigan is causing cloudy and un-
settled weather with snow or rain in
nearly all districts east of the Missis-
sippi river. Snow along the coast ex-
tends as far south aus New Jersey and
in the interior to Kentucky. An area
of high pressure central over Mon
tana is producing pleasant weather
northwest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
RAHRIG BEGINS
WORK FOR CITY

STEPHEN r Rahrig today began his
duties IS stenoerapher in the office
Bf the city CLERK Mr. Rahrig occu-
pies an ONCE. formerly used by Peter
Whites experts, which has been add
- % tha oily clarks suite.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03

In making the announcement, the
company issued the following state
nRent: 80.
The distribution of $40 share has
been ordered on the capital stocR of
the Standard Oil Company of New Jer-
sey to be distributed Feb. is to stock
holders of record at the close Of bus
mess Feb. z.
The Standard Oil Company later call
ed attention to the fact that it class
ed the $40 per share as a t'cash dis
tribution' and not technically as a
dividend
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
MAYORS REMONSTRANCE
HEARING NEXT THURSDAY

The county commissioners nave as
signed next Thursday morning as the
time for the hearings on renon-
strances which Mayor Wilson filed
against four saloons. The first hear
ing will commence at 10 O'Clock. The
places are: Pasquale Richards, 289
Water street; William Hart, Union
Square; John Lynch, 425 Water street,
Luco Marcantonio, 35 Bank street
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
man FOUND
DEAD ON EXPRESS

Philadelphia, Feb. 3-Sitting in a
Pullman car or an express from Boe-
ton, early today, the Iifeless form of
F. Y. French, 55. representative of the
r. W. Baird & Son Co, of East Wal
pole, Mass, was found when the ex-
press reached here, today. French
told the conductor during the night
that he was ill and asked to be per-
mitted to get off at North Philadel-
phia. The conductor went to call him
and found French dead in his seat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
KAIsER's YACHT "TRIP.

Berlin, Feb. 3-Orders were givens
today. for the imperial yacht Hohen-'
zolerin to proceed to Venice, Feb. 19s
to pick up the Kaiser and take him
to Corfu The knowledge that the rul-
er planned to take his usual spring
outing at Corfu was welcomed in po-
litical and financial circles as an in-
dication that the Kaiser does not ex-
pect any serious international comp1f-t
cations growing out of the Balkan
war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
FOR CITIZENSHIP
PAPERS IN COURT TOMORROW

There are 121 applicants for c1rizs1r-
ship papers ordered to report IN zas@
superior court tomorrow and subr--E
to questioning by the court and by
Attorney Church of Boston, who reps
resents the Department of Commerce
and Labor. This is the largest ntn-
Der Of applicants in recent yeaEgs
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03
SUPREME COURT
IS AGAINST JACK
JOHNSONSS PLEA

Washington, Feb. 3-Right of Jack
Johnson, the negro pugi1ist, to appeal
to the supreme court from the decision
of the federal court in Chicago refus-
ing him bail under a white slave in
dictment, was denied, today, by the
The court dismissed Johnson'S ap-
peal without passing upon the valid
ity of the Mann white slave law, un-
der which the pugilist was indicted.
Justice Lamar read Sthe opinion which
was unanimous
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03

Newark-When fire broke out in
the hall where she was speaking
Minnie Robinson Salvation army
worker, prevented a panic by advising
her audience to go out and see a blaze
next door.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-03

drid=Leon Carvalho and his
brother Pasquale staked their moth
and is now housing Pasqua1es lin
law"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05
Spoke Plainly.

A sharp-featured. determined little
woman popped her head out of the doo-
and Indignantly demanded the business
Of bashful young man who had been
hanging around the house for hours in
a pitiless downpour of rain. hoping
against hope that his adored one voulf
invite him in.
Now, then. young feller, what do Yer
want here? Tryin' to wear the pave
ment out, OF what?" she demanded. sar-
castically.
Il reckon I've come a-courtin' your
daughter" the shame faced youth ad-
mitted.
"Oh, y're after Lizzie, are yer? Then
take my advice, young man, an run
away an lose yerselt My gal ain't GO
in to marry a chap that hasn't courage
to knock a the door an ak for her
not likely! Why, when her father came
a-courtin' me an found the door locked
he climbed the back yard wall, stran-
gled the bulldog and knocked the old
man silly VII a clump on the jaw. Then
he grabbed hold OF my hand an showed
ring as big as a cart wheel on my
finger, and told me that the banns were
already up. That's the sort of husband
l want for our Lizzie; not a shiyern
milksop that isn't got sense to come
in out of the rain!"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05

it. But noble woman that she was.
she would not dash her husbands
hopes to the ground,
Wait" she cried, 81 will see"
Warded.
Hastily and tremulously she looked
through pile of magazines on the
table and at last came to one marked
in lurid letters on the outside
FASHIONS"
She turned page after page, her hus-
band sharing her agitation as picture
after picture failed to bring assur-
ance. Then, at last, they were re-
Listen" she said, her voice quiver-
ing with suppressed excitement, and
then she read as one who reads a re-
prieve:
The spring styles in hairdressng
will permit girl to wear her hair
combed back from her forehead. a de-
cided change from the fashion of wear
ing the hair combed over the eyes and
ears that has predominated for two
years past. This effect will be aided
by the new spring hats. They will
be worn far back on the head. For
the past two years the devotce of fash
ion has worn a chapeau that covered
all but her chin"
Lysandcr John and his wife flew into
each others arms.
AT last" they cried. we viii see our
daughters face again!"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05
When Romance Runs Riot
sv ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
By GERTRUDE HALLMAN.

ter does not want the burden that an
adoption of a child means, how can she
seek the greater burden it means to be.
come a stepmother?
If that craving for a child's love mus,
be gratifed-and there is no love that i
more wholesome or does more for ,
woman's spiritual development and wei
fare than love for child-let the writar
of this letter volunteer her Services IN
helping her sisters and friends take
care Of their babies.
Let her become a home mfssionar,,
going into homes and spending the dav
there caring for fretfu babies whua
their mother has a day off
Let her give her friends the assurance
that when the baby is sick they can raI.
on her to help care for It. Let her givo
up an occasional day to sewing for tb.
children, to nursing them. to pIavins
with them. Let her find an outlet -or
this craving for the love of cbiIdran
that is Independent of the fact tba,
their father has or has not, a wife
am sure that on this round of really.
helpful labor she will encounter many
discouraged, heart sick, tired stepmotb
er. and that the day spent in ASSISTING
her will forever cure this aspirant for
WidoWer's heart and hand of all such
aspirations
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05
To Suit Himself.

No man, my dear, ever picks out his
second wife with his chidren's best
good in mind. He married the first
time girl who suited him; he marries,
the second time for the same reason.
He is thinking solely of SELF. If his
second wife makes good mother for
his children he takes all the credit to
himself for having made such a choice.
If she is a poor mother, and they are
neglected, he blames her, or the chill
dren. Under no circumstances does he
| blame himself.
He thinks so little Of his childrens
need when he goes courting the second
| time that if an official appointed by the
government for that very purpose were
to line up all the women with mothers
hearts in their breasts. and who would
be to his children all that death robbed
them of, he would go past the line with
unseeing eyes, and pick up some woman
whom the government official would de-
clare most unfit for all mothering pur-
| poses
! The writer Of this letter complains
| she is alone in the world. No one Is
alone in the world who recognizes the
big tie of kinship that binds us.
One need not sit down with folded
hands and pine because one is alone
when there is some one next door who
needs sympathy and companionship. A
woman who loves children is not COM
PEELED to seek correspondence with some
| widower to crafty that outpour of af-
| fectiOn.
There are orphans homes in every
town with little waits in them whose
future depends upon adoption by some
good woman. If the writer of this let
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05
Why He Never Married.

Il don't blame YOU for rebukug my
curiosity" still laughing. but do want
TO know why YOU have never married.
When ] get time and J don't kno"
when that viii be, for have nothing to
do now but kin II, / intend to call "a
meeting of an the bachelors and spins
We will pick out the cleyercst of the
number and let them draw up am am
swer to that question flung every hour
into their teeth. "Why have you never
married ." The explanation viii be en-
graved on little gold tablets. and every
member Of the association will wear
one around his or her neck.
NO single person" | added, after cX-
planning my altruistig scheme to the
widow, lis ever SO Impolite that he or
she says 20 one who is married, why
did you get married" Yet the question
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05

DR.. Pierce'S Pleasant Pellets regu-
late and inUigorate stomach, IiUer
and bOIOetS. Sugar tim
grdnules, easy to take as CANDY.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05

AS for That I lid not know. All ]
Ilnew- and here paused for dramatic
emphasis-was that it was never in
her power to hurt me again.
you wronged her FIRST" insisted the
widow. you blehteo her life"
What" / asked edo you mean 10y
that? All did was to upset til" ink.
and she spanked me-
The widow was so dumrounded by
the thought of a woman who had been
wronged ayenging herself by spanking
her betrayel that ! hastencd to blot out
the picture she had conjured by telling
her my first love was my school teacher.
you have trickcd mc!' she cried.
You have been playing on my sympa-
thies"
you insisted ON "a confession | re-
taliated. "and ! made up one to please
you. Had my life contained some dark
crime in it, I would have pleased you
better
For a moment the widow was silent.
! thought had hopelessly offended her.
Then she laughed. That is the secret
of Mrs. Browns power over me; She
never gets offended! / have decided
since my acquaintance with her That
that is the secret Of every widows pow
er. A young girl will pout and an
older girl will storm, They will show
jealousy, resentment anger \ man
can look at the face Of a spinster VINO
loves him and see every card in her
hand. Now, with a widow it is diff
ferent. She plays the game OF love as
she would play observation-disclosures, sml-
ing. self possessed, deliberate, cool sh"
always takes the trick. man never
wants TO lay down the cards if there is
a widow in the game. He will play till
he is broke just to find out how far
she will bluff
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05

a YOUNG woman who has learned
~ so little from the experience of
others that she needs a guard
ian, writes me:
Il am young lady, and am vcry fond
of children. How may l get into corre-
spondence with some widower with the
view of matrimony? l am all alone in
the world"
This young woman has romantic
visions of making herself the idolized
of some widowers home. She pictures
herself in an armchair in the evening
with the widower's children on her lap,
and their father sitting opposite beam
ing in happiness at such an ideal scene.
She dreams that they love her as
much as if she were their own mother,
and in this beautiful dream no vision OF
the first Wife's relatives or friends OBJ
trudes. She sees no question of her
rights or authority in her vision. She
imagines no rebellion inspired by zeal
Gus relatives in the breasts of her step
children.
If she marries a widower with chill
dren she will wake up before the honey
moon is over. Some one must mother
the motherless, but the task is made so
difficult by relatives and friends of the
dead mother that the bravest heart has
reason to shrink from the task.
And as for voluntarily seeking it!
This young woman is so ignorant Of
what such a situation implies that she
needs a guardian.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05
Experience.

My dear boy" said Enpeck, who
happened to be in confidential mood,
you will never know what real hap
pIness is until you get married"
You don't mean it," exclaimed Sin
gleton, astonished at such a remark
from such an unexpected source
ITS fact" rejoned Enpeck but
then it will be too late for you to ap-
preciate it
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05
Complimentary.

Minks-I certainly admire the invent
or of the steam engine?
Jinks-Man OF iron constitution. eh
Minks-No; man of great engineuity
See?
Jinks-Watts his name?
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05
Wise

Friend-The public will miss you now
you have left the stage.
Actor-Thats why I left. | dislike
being hit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

game. He knows something about daily
journalism, but in the main is writer
OF books, and therefore out of the beaten
path Of politics. Had he been in touch
with developments since March he
would have welcomed such a protest as
the one filed. He would have known that
the effect would be to advance him in
Mr.. Wilson's estimation. Mr.. Wilson used
to be an anti-Bryan man himself. 50
that when Mr. Wilson assures him, 1T Is
one convert speaking to another.
AS a writer of q high class himself. Mr..
Wilson is recognizing writer's in the dis
tribution Of patronage. The two Pages
are authors. Mr.. Van Dyke. who goes to
the Netherlands. is an essayist and
minor poet And Mr.. Nicholson writes
both prose and poetry. Other selections
from the ranks Of the literary fellows
may follow
Will these assignments work in part
for literary ends? Shall we have a book
or two in time from Walter H. Page on
British themes and with British color?
From Thomas Nelson Page on Italian
themes, and carrying the Italian sky and
atmosphere? May we expect Mr.. Van
Dyke to rhyme little on Dutch breadths
and bonnets? And Mr.. Nicholson, who
has illuminated one house with thou
sand candles, should be able to throw
light on Portugal as it appears under the
republican order Of things.
But aside from their literary quality
the four appointments are all excellent,
and the subject of much praise in the
newspapers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
Federal Patronage and Literature.

The correspondence that passed be-
tween the President and Meredith Nichol-
son respecting the mission to Portugal
Is highly creditable to both men. Mr..
Nicholson did not desire to embroil Mr..
Wilson in the slightest with the polti-
clans. and Mr. Wilson would not permit
an Indiana politician to embarrass Mr..
Nicholson.
The man who protested Mr.. Nicholson S
appointment was playing to the galleries.
That performance is not crime in poll
ties Many men do II. Mr.. Wilson him
self may not be without knowledge Of
how.
But to be effective, II must be artistic.
IL must show careful calculation-thor-
ough acquaintance with those filing the
galleries, and what they are demanding in
the way of entertainment.
Here was where Mr.. Nicholson's enemy
fell down. Fancy complaining to Mr..
Wilson about a man on account Of that
mans one-time anti-Bryan attitude!
Fancy applause for such a complaint
from galleries packed with men seeking
recognition from the administration,
when all are advised that the war lie
over and adjured to look at Mr.. Wilson
and Mr.. Bryan and behold how beautiful
a thing il is for brethren to dwell to-
gether in unity.
Mr.. Nicholson was sensitive maybe be-
cause of uufamiliarity with the political
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
Aero Fatalities.

Two more aero deaths are to be re.
corded. One occurred at Lake Keuka
n. Y, where Fred Gardiner, attempting
to make a turn too sharply. capsized his
machine and was thrown into the water,
where he was drowned. The other one
is reported from the English coast,
where a man fell from a height of a
thousand feet while he was maneuveriny
over the sea with q machine which had
been planned for q possible transatlantic
trip.
A.,heavy price is being paid for progress
in aerial navigation. Practically every
week death Is reported as aviators try
unusual tricks In the air and take longer
and longer chances. The other day a
navy flier was drowned in Chesapeake
bay near Annapolis in consequence of an
accident that seems to have been due in
no wise to carelessness, the machine hav-
ing been suddenly thrown of balance by
a gust Of air from below which threw
the pilot forward SO violently as to dis
arrange the manipulating levers.
But while these accidents are piling up
In shocking number progress IL being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

made lin the evolution OF the heavier
than-air machine In point of speed, carry
ing capacity and stability. The other
day F'renchman flew from Paris to st.
Petersburg in express time. Recently All
airplane was sent a considerable distance
with six passengers A few days ago
French aviator maintained for con-
siderable period a speed of 1111s miles
an hour. Thus in all three lines OF
development, speed, endurance and carry
ing capacity, the aeroplane is making
progress. The fatalities are largely the
result of the ambition of young fiiers.
who are more prone to take chances than
the experienced aviators. The tendency
to take chances in order to make thrill
ing exhibition has led to many fall, and
it is to be hoped that those who are in
terested in the advancement of the aero
plane as a practical means of transpor-
tation will discourage its use as mode
of thrilling morbidly curious crowds at
county fairs and other places of public
entertainment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
Father Doesn't Care.

OF Fathers clothes they're making fun.
By youngsters this is always done.
We used to jeer the somber pride
OF the attire so dignified
Our elders wore. We laughed with glee
Such Haunting stateliness to see.
Those boys who once were mocking elves
Are mostly fathers now themselves.
And still you hear the merry shout
AS Father In new toys comes out
With sporty checks and belts and bows
That threaten tucks and furbelows.
Each serious-minded little lad
Is like q scout Or Indian clad,
And they are laughing, every one.
OF Fathers clothes still making fun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

AS a result Of yesterdays courtroom
shooting In this city orders have been
issued to search all persons brought be-
fore the bar for sentence who have been
on bail and come into court after having
had access to deadly weapons. This rule
is fortunately not prompted by an actual
tragedy, and it should be thoroughly en-
forced. not only as regards persons who
are brought in from freedom on ball. but
every defendant in a criminal case who
enters the courtroom. There are un-
doubtedly numerous chances for prisoners
who have been in custody to obtain arms
from friends, and in the light OF yester-
days near approach to q shocking fatality
1t would be well to make sure in every
case that the man who Is brought to the
bar for arraignment or for sentence is I'M
armed. 1t seems strange that no such
rule has heretofore been enforced, and
that it has required the shocking attack
upon the court of young Stewart to dis
close the danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
The Sundry Civil Bill Rider.

Mr.. Wilson did not approve of the ex-
emption of labor unions and farmers
| organizations from the application of the
appropriation OF 100000 made in the sun
dry civil bill for the further execution of
the Sherman antitrust law. Nor did he
object to the exemption solely because
it appeared as a rider on the bill. He
| regarded the provision as unwise in it
self. He accepted it because he could
not separate it from the bill. He would
gladly have done that had it been in his
power. He describes the provision as
"unjustifable in character and principle"
This explanation, however, will not sat
isfy either democrats or republicans-and
there are many of both--who wanted Mr..
Wilson to veto the bill in order to kill
that Objectionable item. They will hold
that he could have had the item elimi-
mated while the bill was in Congress had
he exerted his influence with that body.
A 1.-THE Of the pressure he has brought to
bear in the tariff matter. and is prepar-
ing to bring to bear in the currency mat
ter. would have done the business for
what he now characterizes as legislation
"unjustifiable in character and principle
But, however that may be, Mr. Wilson
signed the measure. AS he would not
veto. his choice was between signing and
lodging. Had he lodged, by permitting
the bill to become a law without his sig
nature, he would have suffered a greater
impairment of prestige than he can pos
sibly suffer as the result Of signing.
Dodging would have shaken faith in his
resolution as well as In his Judgment.
Mr.. Wilson speaks of the effect on him
Of the fact that the measure came to
him with the Endorsement of IAN over
whelming majority of the House of Rep
resentatives and q large majority of the
Senate 1t was q similar influence that
induced Mr.. Taft to sign the Payne tariff
bill-an act which brought down on his
head democratic wrath of the weight of
"a thousand of brick
Mr.. Wilson's deliverance on this sub
ject will increase interest in and sharpen
observation Of his general course re-
speeding the execution of the antitrust
law as 1t now stands and amendments in
contemplation for strengthening 1t. That
favorites were contemplated in the ex
eInption clause of the stindry civil bill is
perfectly plain. But Mr.. Wilson as an
executive cannot afford to play favorites
in the light of his memorandum. From
now on, the antitrust law must be ap-
piled to all alike, capitalist. farmer and
wage Garner. in the spirit of the square
deal for all. Mr.. Wilson has struck
light which will beat flercely on the
White House while he occupies it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
The Presidents Address,
From the New York Sun

Patriotic in its tone, admirable in its
diction, President Wilson's address to
Congress on banking and currency reform
Is not particularly ineligible by itself.
A characteristic elevation OF thought car
ries his utterance into realms transcend
ing everyday discourse. The language
which he employs is only in part the
language Of business and finance. He
deals in large generalities in q few COM
pact paragraphs which show his ability
to express a meaning without waste of
words, but standing alone the address
Is a vague appeal to popular expect
ancy. 1t requires translation and calls
for exposition.