The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-29
EDITORIAL NOTES

iappointed a government engineer in
the pay of the United States for this
purpose. The parent of all the dread
1raughts and uper-dreadnaughts OF
the worlds navies was called by her
Builder the Demologes, but the United
Estates navy authorities chriStened her
lF51lton the First. She had a speed of
two and a. half miles hour, and was
tcensidered marvel, although in read
i5ty it was heavy and UNIV fe1dy mass
land far from being a formidable en-
kgfne of defence and offence The war
having terminated before the pioneer
vessel of the worlds steam navieS
lksOud be given her pabtism Of fire, she
twas taken to the navy yard at Brook
Hyn where she was used as a. rece9v-
ing ship until June 4, 1929, when she
WAS accidentally blown I'D by q tor
ttedo, ALSO the invention of FEfaten. Ii
WAS not until 1876, long after F'nlton's
Meath, that the United States Congress
hsz=anted an appropriation of $76, BOO to
s51er the inventors claims for build
Hzrg the first steam war vessel and IN
kentzng~daafing. steam batteries.
Admirers of Miss Rose StahI-who
fEaorg b the well Hnewn rHegten fam
s-are likely to rise en- masse and
hEoc5adna the WEBER of those lines
HGnead descendant Of Ananias when it is
saated that the gifted actress win pass
kEAsr- t1alr-ty-lSaghth milestone today. 1t
slNas been stated that figures are vora-
&aoRs. but this does not always apply
aBB feminine figures, and Miss Stah1 is
kEasr from looking her age Statistics
H1sove. however, that Miss StaA1 was
Ekfgrn IN Montreal on October %, 1875.
zzAee those other other eminent Cana
bran actresses, Margaret AngIin and
ES<a Tanguay, she was convent bred,
fEiscefv1ng her early education In the
ASonvenf Mont st. Marie, Congregation
Ne Notre Dame, In the Canadian me-
kn1epoTis. she inherited her genius from
kRlsr father, Col Ernest c. Statls long
II newspaper man IN Trenton, N. J.,
land like all of his profession. man
h1R reusarkaRae intellect.
Miss StahI was seventeen when she
made her debut on the professional
kERage with a stock company in Phil
sazideIphia- She remained with the Qua
IESsr City organization several seasons
land also played with stock companies
m Rochester and Columbus, and with
exnse company of Daniel Bandmann in
kEDr Jeky1 and Mr.. Hyde" Ten years
ksAgo she ehOne forth as a star in "Ja-
tu8ce AEeredEth-"
IT was in The CheFus Lady that
MESS Stzalhl gained an International
Reputation Originally this was a vaude-
FVI1le sketch, written by James Forbes
land Miss Stah1 had to offer her ser
kvaces free to secure q tryo1t for the
kpart- 1t was the big vaudeville hit of
1.-the season, but even after she had
made good Miss Staad received only
Ry350 per week, out of which she had to
kPay her company and ali expenses.
fdhe sketch was played by Miss Staht
IN both America and England, and was
linen made over into a. fo1T-act play,
(which had its premiere in New York
tEven years ago. It had a successful
Lrun in New York and Chicago, and
batter on tour. Within three years Miss
StahI's income had risen to 81 500
week, and she has since been offered
lS5S00O to revive the vaudeville sketch.
miss Sta:hI made over 1000 appear
ancesS in 1.-THE Chorus Lady, This
season Miss Sta41I VIII continue in
Charles KIezn's play, Maggie Pepper
and viii tour the principal cities of the
United States and Canada.
Sir Conyngham Greene, who was ap-
Ssointed British ambassador to Japan
early this year, was born in Ireland
h1fty-nfne years ago today. He entered
the foreign office in 1877, and his first
kfOreign post was third secretary at
hAthens In 1889 he became second Sec
gretary at The Hague, and held the
same position at Brussels. Since then
The has served at secretary of legation
lat Teheran, charge daffafres at Pre-
toria and minister to Switzerland,
Rounanla and Denmark. The Toxic
post was his first ambassadorial ap-
.EEDoin tment. He married Lady Lily
Estopford, the youngest daughter of the
tifth Earl of Courto7En-
The Earl of Dundona1d who distin-
sgz1ished himself art Khartou1n and in
South Africa and who was later the
commander of the Canadian militia,
twas born sixty-one years ago today.
HE is the twelfth in line that has in
cluded many distinguished men. The
ninth earl. was an eminent scientist,
and made many noteworthy chemical
discoveries The tenth earl, known
zznown during his brilliant naval ca
reer as Lord Cochrane, destroyed Ma
poleNn's fleet in the Basque Roads in
hS09 but made charges of incompetency
against his superior which resulted in
his dismissal from the service. Dis
graced by the Vaccinations of power
full enemies, Lord Cochrane went to
South America and commanded the
Meet which played SO large part in
securing freedom for Chile and Peru.
Upon returning to England he was
NAILED as a popular hero, and his
mains now lie in Westminster Abbey.
Two years from today, October %,
1915 will mark the centenary of the
birth of Daniel Decatur Emmett, au-
thor and composer of Dixie and al
ready several southern cities have
PLANNED. obse1vances of the anniver
fsary. Originally the battle anthem of
the Confederacy, Dixie is as popular
today as it was half a century ago, nor
is its reputation confined to the Amer
lean continent In the music halls of
London, Vienna and Berlin it is a ia
vorite and never fails to evoke ap-
plause TT ranks with the finest of
the worlds simpler airs in touching
the emotions says an English must
cal authority. The appeal of Dixie
is universal, and the South can no
longer claim it as its own.
Dan Emmett, as he was popularity
known, was born in Mount Vernon.
Ohio His grandfather was a native
of the Emerald Isle. and served
surgeon and chaplain in the American
. revolution His father fought in the
last war between England and Apaeri-