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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13

in charge Of such a girl to see that
she associates with cleannninded boys
and girls of her own age and that
her general surroundings are accept
able. The Big Sister keeps close
watch over her in her school, social
and home life. At the proper time
the girl is taken by the Big Sister to
school class. And just here quite
often she meets her greatest handicap.
Although this girl is cautioned not to
talk of her past or to divulge the
circumstances that brought her within
the guardianship of the Big Sisters.
nevertheless the facts very often be-
come known in one way another.
Then 1T Is" according to a state
nent made by one of the Big Sisters,
/ that the little girls of her Sunday
school class will turn up their noses
at her. ostracize her and say all man
ner of bitter, insulting things to her.
because of the fact that she has been
before the children's COURT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
FADs AND FASHIONS

Chiffon waists are still holding IA
vor
The elbow sleeves of lace are bell
shaped.
Bright colors will dominate, especial
Iy in millinery.
In cotton stuffs, crepe weaves are
particularly fashionable
The fashionable sleeve for general
street wear will be long
Another of the popular novelty col
Belts and belt suggestions are no
ticed in the new separate coats.
Illuminated leather trimming on lin
gerie dressses is entirely new.
ticulariy in silk and in cotton.
The finger tip and wrist length jack
ct are expected to dominate.
Brocades have already established
themselves in evening costumes
Sashes of bright colored velvet are
A deep p1eating OF white or black
net is a pretty finish to short elbow
sleeves.
The new separate coats are gener-
ally three-Quarter and seven-eighth
length.
The new suit coats are cut in odd
fashions. with skirts frequently drap-
ed
some of the new short suit coats are
bolero in front and cutaway at the
back.
Printed silks will hold a promin-
emit place in the fashions OF the spring
season.
In some of the newest bodices and
coats the underarm seam no longer
exists
The pronounced change In skirt dfa,-
peries is the lifting of the fullnees in
the front.
Sheer batiste in new embroidered de-
signs bids fair to be a favorite this
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
WESTPORT

The January meeting of the Histor-
ical Society will be held this evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs William
G. Staples. Rev. James e. Coley will
deliver the address and will take for
his subject Facilities for Travel by
Land and Water in Colonial Days
William E. Kirk, the well known
Iurnb errnan, has been confined to his
home with illness for the past week
The regular monthly meeting of the
grade teachers of Westport was held
Thursday afternoon in the board room
at the town hall. Supt. Bowman talk
ed to the teachers on different sub
jects Of interest, among which were
Schoolnoom Ventilation
Mrs. McKenna will entertain the
members of the Current Events Club
at her home on Thursday afternoon.
The annual meeting of the Sharehoid-
ers of the First National Bank of
Westport will be held tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock when the directors
for the ensuing year will be elected.
The Junior class of the Staples High
School are planning to give a party on.
Der Of the class is entitled to invite
ten guests Refreshments will be
served and a good time Is anticipated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace e atrlbutt
left last week for South Carolina
where they will spend the remainder
of the winter
DR.. and Mrs Louis Kingsbury, of
Hartford, were recent guests at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Herbert
Beers.
William Borgardus has resigned his
position with the Westport Drug Com
pany.
Contractor Thomas Glynn has re-
turned from a business trip to New
York CITY
Mrs. John H Jennings and her sis
ter, Mrs A B. Sherwood, of Bridge
port, left Friday for a months visit in
Florida and Charlestown, S. @.
The following new books have been
received at the local library: Fortune
of Phoebe, DeIand; Girls al. Dudley
School, DeIand; Wizard of or, Baum;
Dot and Tot in Merryland, Baum; For
Old Dorchester, ucy; Four Boys on
Pixies Peak. Tomlinson; When Scout
Meets Scout, Lamar; Why Women Are
SO, Coolidge: Your United States,
Bennett; Daddy-Long-Legs Webster;
Sign at Six, White; Cry in the Will
derneSs Waller; Romance of Billy
GroathilI, Rice; White Shield, Reed;
Lady and Sada, San, Little; Miss 31S
and Mr. 81, Hughes; Riders of the
Purple Soge, Grey; The Net Beach;
Corporal Cameron, Common.
The annual meeting of the Children
of Mary Soda1ity of the Church of the
Assumption was held yesterday after
noon.
A very pretty wedding took place
yesterday at high noon when Miss
Reba Smith of S%-ugatuck became the
bride of Harry Gallagher. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Hubert
Church, with a mum Der of friends and
relatives present After a reception
at the home of the bride, the happy
couple left on a honeymo trip. They
will reside in q. newly furnished home
in ssal1---a +H1@al- ,sH-or tl11iH- retr1rn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
MATTERS CONCERNING WOVEN
The Field of Their Acfayity-The fEBig
Sisters of New York and Their
Notable Work and Opportunity.

The Big Sisters, an organization of
New York women who undertake 70
who have gone so far astray or got
50 far into trouble as to come before
the courts, has been quietly doing a
notable work which Is described by q
William K. Vanderbilt is the president
Of the Big Sisters organization Mrs
Willard Barker, Jr., is the treasurer.
Mrs- willard d. Straight, Mrs. William
May Wright and Mrs Lewis s. Nor
rts are the members of the executive
committee. and Mrs. Madeline w:
representative of the society at the
bar of the children's court.
While there were only about so orig
tna1 members of the Big Sisters the
work has had such a compelling a,p-
peal to those who have become ac-
quAinted with it that at present there
Mrs. Evans declares, however, that
there Is a real and pressing need at
this moment for at least 800 members,
The society soIfcits and will welcome
to membership such women as are
qualified for and interested in the
work. The offices of the Big Sisters
ords show that many of the members
are loking after and caring for three
and four girls each, although it was
originally intended to place only one
or at most two girls in charge of each
Big Sister
Even though there were enough ac-
i've members TO reduce THIS appOrC1On-
ment of girls to one each it would still
be desirable to have a waiting list of
at least 200 and preferably 500. Now
that the movement is well under way
and its value has been thoroughly es-
tablished the demands upon the so
ciety are not met with an adequate
increase in membership. The Big Sis
tiers are mostly women of wealth and
socially prominent. The hope is ex-
pressed that when others learn the
need Of new recruits to carry on this
cause they will come forward and vol
unteer their services. Under the pres
emit system the interests of the Prot
estant girls brought before the chill
dren's court are looked after by Mrs.
Edwards. She is in court every day
that prospective charge is to be ar
raigned, keeping in daily touch with
such cases through the chi1dren's so
Afntv
Sen the case is one OF restitution
the financial aid of the society is ex-
tended. One of the purposes of the
society being to help those who are
able to help themselves. employment
IL found for those old enough to work
preferably in some good home. If
eaSe is one Of i1I-fraa-tro1 emit nv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
coming season.

coming season-
The Russian styles bid Fair to be
quite a pronounced feature in the
spring fashions.
serge Ottoman coFnposes many new
chic tailor suits.
Many Iace-draped gowns have an IN
derdress of rich broche, ivory or white
satin Souple.
In addition to the draped skirts.
many models have pleats in the sides,
front and back.
Dresses of white serge are again
featured in smart Russian blouse and
coat dress styles.
An important point in the new cot
ton cloth is the use of colored embroi-
i deTed trimming.
| worgted rep in one-coIor and two
toned effects is being very much used
for c1oaaking.
There is a tendency in the new suits
for spring to get away from the strict
/ ly tailored effect
The new browns are Of grayish and
rose tones, ana the grayS are both
brown and rose in effect.
| Quite a number Of large collars are
being used on children'S coats.
The fancy bottoms have come out in
velvet stripes; that is, a cotton pile
stripe, Stimulating velvet.
Fine lace flounced satin draped
skirts will be worn with short bright
colored satin dolman nnantlets.
Brilliant scarf necktiea are new
/ feature that will be seen ON many of
| the new suits.
A point to be considered in the new
costumes is the development toward
| belted coat and blouse effects.
In motor wraps, the forms continue
| loose and comn1odiouss with large
| pockets and q general air of comfort.
It Is curious fact that evening
toilettes are likely to be somber col
| ors. Dark browns and reds will ap-
pear.
Some of the new negIigees are SC
| sheer that 1t Is necessary to wear a
soft finished loose slip undergarment.
Suggestions OF the Russian form in
| wraps are found in the models tbelted
across the front and draped in the
| back.
| novelty color. It will be seen in mill
| lfnery trimmings. in fabrics and in
| accessories
In all the new draped effects. the
| skirt Is close about the feet and the
| fullness spreads just below the curve
of the hips.
All the narrowness of the skirt has
been retained at the hem, and the full
| ness has ben put in about midway its
length.
| Among the new sleeves is the kfmo-
no, cut without an armhole, full length
| and closely fitted to the arm below the
elbow.
Dark voiIes and chiffons, with hand
some borders. woven and printed will
be a, fashionable feature of the coming
spring.
New and pretty handbags are of silk
70 A1Atcn the new h1dnIeL oolHDallS.
They are embroidered in beads and
/ ruched with ribbon.
Many of the new buttons are very
small. They are purely a matter of
ornamentation, and are not expected to
serve as fastenings.
There are a hundred variations of
| the kimono sleeves. Some are straight
hanging, others flare and open and
others are bell shape.
| The latest evening dresses have been
made of plain satin, yelled with broche
| gaze de soie or of rich metal bro
cade draped with mousseline.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
ST. JAMES, PARISH
BEGINS YEAR WITH
BALANCE OF $I,236
Excellent Showing OF Catholics
of Stratford Who Are About
to Erect New Church
Especial to The Farmer.)

Especial TO InG FaTnlGr.J
stratford. Jan. 18-Complimenting the
congregation on the excellent results
of the year 1912. Rev. M. j. o'Connor,
pastor of st. James parish. read his
annual report at the masses yester-
day showing that the parish is in bet
ter condition than ever before, and be-
gins the year 1918 with a cash balance
of 81, 1885, and not single encum-
brance upon the parish property.
Father O'Connor referred in terms of
praise to the generosity of the
parish oners.\ and said their ready re-
spouse to the parochiai needs reflect
ed a strong and living faith In
similar terms he spoke of the devotion
of the Stratford Catholics, and said
that the parish had shown a greater
percentage OF growth this year than
ever before and that the attendance at
church, an unerring guide to the depth
of the religious feeling of the COM
nunity, was highly pleasing.
Receipts from all sources for the
year. including the balance of .$18o.e1
totalled s4,63s. IS. There was no ex-
traordinary collection. Receipts from
various sources were as follows: pew
fertory, $784.55; annual collection, Ito
date $500; gross receipts, annual fair,
81, 08s.15; other sources. 1896. The
various expenses aggregated So, 1855
There were 80 baptisms, seven mar
riages, and nine deaths during the
year. The census shows an addition
OF 81 CaLnOIIC Iaulllle5 TO the PaE1SAA
Most of these were formerly in
Bridgeport parishes. The Sunday
school attendance is 1877, and the con-
drmation class of the year 1912 was
| 1853. Conspicuous among the religious
movements of the town is the Holy
Name society of St. James church
with a, membership of about 200 men.
The balance is substantial nucleus
for the building fund with which the
Stratford Catholics contemplate the
| erection, in the immediate future of a
new Catholic church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13

Bring to the boiling point and let boil
without striving, until mixture will
spin a. thread when dropped from the
tip of a spoon. Pour SYRUP gradual
", while beating constantly, on the
whites OF two eggs, beaten until stiR
and continue beating until mixture iS
nearly stiff enough TO hold its shape
Return to saucepan, place in large
pan containing a little boiling water
and cook, stirring constantly from
bottom and sides of pan until mix
ture becomes granular around sides
Remove and beat until mixture VIII
hold its shape. Flavor with one9haIf
teaspoonful of vanilla
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
oATA1rAL BISCUITS.

One cup6uI of flour. one teacupful OF
sugar, ona tablespoonful OF lard, half
q teaspoonful of carbonate of soda
one egg, little cold water, quarter
teaspoonful of salt. Mix In a. basin
the flour. oatmeal, sugar, soda and
salt, with the Jumps well rubbed
down. Melt the lard, and beat up
the egg well with a little cold water.
Pour the hot lard among the dry in
gredients and mix well, then the baat-
en- egg and just enough water to wet
all well Knead it little on a bak-
ing board, and roll out quite tI1irIy,
cut in small rounds or quarters OF
large ones and bake in a naoderate
oven for 10 minutes, or till the cakes
are a pale brown color.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
WELLESLEY LOAF CAKE

Cream one-fourth cupful of butter
and add gradually, while beating con-
the yolI1s of two eggs until thick and
lemon cblored, and add gradually
while beating constantly, one-half
cupfu1 of sugar. Combine mixtures
and add one-half cupful of milk alter
nately with one and one-fourth cup
fuls of flour mixed and sifted with
two and one-half teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing-pOwder; then add whites of two
eggs beaten until stiff, two squares
of chocolate, melted, and one-foq1rth
teaspoonful of vanilla. Turn into a
and bake in a moderate over 40 min
utes. Remove from pan, cover with
Wellesley frosting, and when frosting
is set, pour over, a little at g. time
one and oI1e-half squares of meltess
chocolate, and spread evenly, using the
back of a spoon
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
KITCHEN CRAFT
LITTLEroM COOKIES.

Cream one cupfu1 Of butter and add
gradually, while beating constantly
one and one-half cupfuIs of sugar and
three eggs well beaten. Add one tea
spoonful of soda dissolved In one and
one-half tablespoonful of hot water
and two cupfuls of flour mixed and
sifted with one-half teaspoonfu1 of
salt and one teaspoonful of cinnamon;
then add one cupful OF chopped Eng
sins, seeded and chopped and one and
one-foUrth cupfuls of flour. Drop by
spoonfuls one inch apart on a but
tered sheet and bake in a, moderate
oven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
CHEESE TOAST.

Crate six ounces OF cheese, put it in
to baking dish, and let 1T melt in
the oven, adding three tab1espoonfuls
of milk, q little salt and pepper, and
one level tablespoonful of butter, then
spread it thickly over well buttered
toast, sprinkle over with red pepper
and serve very hot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-13
WELLESLEY FROsTING.

Put two cupfuls of sugar and one
third cupful of boiling water in 3
graniteware saucepan, put on range
and stir until sugar has dissolved
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-02-05
A Radical Old Aristocrat,

1.-THE old French ariStocracy dies with
me-" cried the Princess lie Valmnnt on
her deathbed. She was a bitter old
soul. who. born of q long line of I'M
contaminated ancestors and married
to noble of equally supertine strain.
had. through her husbands death in
financial difficulties. to marry her five
children to "abuminable persons" of
high character. but with the blight Of
trade or industry in their blood. Her
last years We're made m0urnful TO her
by this pitiful descent. and just before
her grandioSe last ,utterance. looking
with bitter smile mt her children and
grandchildren in tears round her death
bed. she broke silence in the following
terrible reflection: I'VE have here.
counting on her fingers. 'rerreSenta-
tiveS of carriage making. wholesale
grocery. confectionery. coal mining and
the stock exchanges. and all grated OH
the old tree of the De Nalmonts."
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INSURANCE

THE NATIONAL LIVE STOCK IN
SURANCE COMPANY Insures Horses,
Hules aud Cattle against loss by DEATH
FROM ANY Cause.-The, Lightning,
cyclone, Accident and Theft. If any
animal -us: aims broken ley or other
Aise injured and has to be killed. WE
PAY HE LOSS.
Take no chances. The hes. costs no
more. If you have a Policy in the
NATIONAL LIVE STOCK INSURANCE
COMPANY our Insurance Department
Can furnish You With absolute proof of
vonr protection We have a larger
Surplus over all Ii bill les than any
other Company in the United States.
Our rates are reasonable, Our Policies
are Broad. Our protectIon is unex-
ceIIed ln fact my Agency is known
by its
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Special Tax Notice.

Take notice, that all bills for
State and county taxes, for levy of
1911, that are not paid by FEBRU-
AIRY Is, 1913, will Immediately
proceed to collect by law. REMEM-
Der THE DATE.
For the convenience Of the pub
lie, I will be in my office every Sat
urday night, from z to 9 o'clock.
Adv. G. Edw. LeCompts.
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Fate.

A strange comedy and tragedy were
woven into the lives uf li'Sen ana
RinrnSon. As young men they were
great friends: then politics hung them
apart: they luarrrled and n-ver met
for Years ami years Strange fate
brought the children of these two great
writer's together. and RiuriI>t'n daugh
ter married IhSen = only child HE
fathers nIet after Il quartet uf il refts
tury OF SEPARATION AT the wedding vi
their children.
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GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR quiet
winter clear, $4.10@4.3O; city mills
fancy, $5@5.35.
RYE FLOUR steady; per barrel
$3.60M 3.75.
WHEAT quiet; No. 2 red, $1.011a@
CORN steady; No. 2 yellow, 56G57c
OATS firm; No. 2 white, 4004112t =;
lower grades, 3Sc.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, l
@17c.; old roosters, 11Q12c. Dressed
firm; choice fowls, 171ac.; CID roos
ers, 13c.
EGGS steady; selected, 20 q Sic;
nearby, 27c.; western, 27c.
POTATOES firm; per bush, 70973c
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Women to Be Grand Jurors.

Redwood City, Cal, Feb. Sin &C
cepting the qualifications of seventeen
women for the San Mateo county
grand jury venire, Judge George BucE
in effect placed at least six women or
the grand jury. Only thirteen men
were named, and the membership OF
the grand jury is limited to nineteen
This will be the first instance in Cal
fornia of women serving on grand
Jury
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A Dainty ComparIson.

Among the clever stories retailed nj
THE ReefStpak club in London Is Il nice
1sle uf .he hnrid lawyer VIA was conn
sci In an action for libel brought 10y Il
provision merchant against IL local
newspaper. He said in his address to
the jury: My client. gentlemen. is Il
cheeSenonger. and the reputation ot IL
cheeSemonger in the city of London Is
ike the bloom on Il peach Touch L.
and it is gone forever"
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Deal Blow a. "CoEee Trust"

Washington, Feb. 5.-AutAority fol
the seizure by the government of mer
chandise imported by trusts or under
illegal contracts is provided in the
Norris bill, which passed in the sena e
The bill already has passed the house
1t vas recommended by Attorney Gen
eral Wickersnam to give federal of
Gals power to seize coffee held in
storage at New York by the Frankli :
coffee monopoly.
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Americans at Kinu Georoe's Levee,

London, Feb. 5.-The first levee OF
this season was held by King George
at Buckingham Palace. Sir Edward
Grey, foreign secretary, presented tn
members of the staff of the United
States embassy. DR.. F. S. Pearson.
president of the Mexico Northwestern
Railroad company, was also presented
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Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURGH (Union Stock Yards
CATTLE active; choice, 1885 0S.60:
prime, $50 S.25:
SHEEP steady; prime wethers, Sc {
6.1O; culls and common, $2.50@3.50:
lambs, $500 80; veal calves, S111
11.50.
HOGS active; prime heavics, $72E
M7.9O; mediums, $500 SIS; he "!
Workers. SS.15mS.20; light Workers an.
nigs, SS.2OMS25; roughs, $6.5O07.
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Erie Newspaner Plant Burned.

Erie, Pa, Feb. 5.-Fire destroyed the
plant of the Evening Herald here, with
a loss of $4,000. The fire is the third
In Erie within twenty-four hours, bring
ing the total loss approximately to
100000.
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Burns t.imse.r to Leath In Cell.

Norwood, Mich, Feb. 4.-Peter Was
son, forty years OLD, of Pittsburgh
Pa. who was arrested on a sta ut0ry
charge, committed sui tie by sc tin
fire to his prison mst,i>ss and crlW'
ing beenath it.
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Doesn't Want sigsbee's Old Ratatub
St. Joseph, Mo-, Feb. 5.-The city
council refused to appropr.a e money
to bring Admiral Sigsbee's bathtub
relic of the battleship Maine, he,e from
IIrhana O.
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Society Women as Pickets.

Boston, Feb. 5.-Several society wo
men joined hundreds of strikers If
picketing shops affected by the walk
out of 5000 garment workers.
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Gate Falls: Three Killed.

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 5.-Three men
were killed and six seriously injured
yhen a ten-ton water gate dropped into
trench where the men were working
Several of the injured may die.
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Kills Children and Self.

Lebanon, Mo-, Feb. 5. = Mrs. GUY
Reichtmyer killed two of her children
and herself A daughter, sixteen yeali
old, was o have been married today
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President Taft Loses WEIGHT.

Washington, Feb. 5.-President Taft
weighs less than he did four years ago
He has been i'll only three days since
becoming president. Physical culture
HIS done it, his instructor says.
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LEE FONG
Star Laundry

We do our work by hand and
guarantee the bet grade of work.
Will call for Laundry at any time
or place. All laundry that is
brought on Thurs or Friday a. m.
will bc done ut SIX O'Clock Satur-
day and customers are earnestly
requested to CAL Tor same as soon
as convenient.
LEE FONG
Popular Street.