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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
CHRISTMAS GREETING
 TO ALL GOOD SPORTS

One of the greatest glories of this country is that it abounds in "good sports
 The nation that runs all to mind soon goes to seed. It withers up and blows away and that is the last of it.
 And it is another glory of this country that it demands that it's sports be clean and decent and fair and square and humane.
 The nation that delights in cruel and crooked pastimes, such as bull fighting and gambling, stands about as much chance when pitted against c1ean-1ivers as a snowfall in T'anl- ma. See what has happened to Spain and Mexico.
 The "good sport learns to control his anger and hold his hand; but when he hits, he hits hard. What a chance the buIl-baiting and cock fighting Dons had against the baseball playing Yankee pigs.''
 Sport loving Eng1ishmen and Scotchmen and Irishmen, two-fisted men who fought hard but fought fair, carried the Union Jack to the four corners of the earth, and founded an empire on which the sun never sets. They could do it because they were strong, and they were strong because of their long devotion to outdoor sports.
 The mighty civilizations that now stretch from the Atlantic to the I?aci- fife were hewed out of the wilderness were good sports with stout nus- c1es and clear brains.
 Will the work of these pioneers be carried on by the present and succeed ing generations?
 The answer to that is that this and every other newspaper between the two oceans finds it necessary to pub fish a daily sports page.
 So long as this interest in manly sports and athletics continues, tho calamity croakers are doomed to dis appointment.
 But if the time ever comes when the sporting pages disappear from the newspapers, then look out!
 The fate that overlook Rome, of which we on this side of the Atlantic have been reminded so often, will be due, and overdue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
Sinqle Sentence Stories Of
 Christendom's Great Feast

Ten million people in the United States and Canada depend upon char ity for their Christmas.
 Chicago's Christmas this year will cost. it is estimated, about $2o,oo,0Oo. of which three-fourths has been spent for gifts.
 King George and Queen Mary have confined their holiday gifts to arti- cles of British origin. In the United States about 37,9C0 parcels containing holiday remen- brances are annually sent to the dead letter office.
 strasburg pie, made of the flyers of rattened geese and truffles, and boudin, or black-pudding' are the Christmas deIicacies most favored by the French.
 Owing to the difference in calen- dars, Russians and other adherents of the Eastern church will not cele- brate Christmas until the seventh of January.
 The Emperor and Empress of Ger many visit the stores to personally choose their gifts, but other custom CTS are s.shooed'' out while they are shopping.
 Christmas was first kept as a fcs- tivaI in 98 A. D., and for several ecu turies was celebrated on varying dates in September. December and Janu- ary.
 The use of holly and mistletoe in Christmas decorations Is considered to be a remnant Of the pagan observ ances of the ancient Druids.
 In the middle ages, fantastically dressed persons called Mummers or Lords Of Misrule, made their rounds on Christmas Eve.
 The boar's head long occupied the place of honor on England's Christ mas table, but it has long since given way to plum-pudding, roasted joints and the goose.
 The Kaiser and Kaiserin annually spend about S25,u00 for presents for the family servants and palace atten- dants.
 In South America, Australia and Africa Christmas comes at the begin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

fore the close of the season she was chosen as the successor of Edna Wal lace Hopper to play Wilbur's Ann in ''The Girl I Left Behind Me- She was then barely fourteen years old, but her natural talent for acting more than made up for her yout: and in |experience.
 | In 1899 Miss George gained a hus- band and able manager by becon- ing the bride of William A Brady At that time MT. Brady was just at the beginning of his successful career as a manager of New York theatres and producer of successful plays Beginning his theatrical career as a call boy in a San Francisco theatre, MT. Brady later became the manager of James J. Corbett, Jim Jeffries and other boxers, and in 1896 he 1eas a the Standard Theatre in New York, changed it's name to the Manhattan, and staged f'dIIe. Eff" women and Wine,'' and t'Way Down East. Miss George shone forth as a star for zhe first time in MT. Brady's production of 'fThe Princess Chiffon," an adap- tation of the Diane de Lys'' of the younger Dumas Ten years ago Miss George made a big hit in Pretty Peggy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
ADMIRAL DEWEY

A DAIIRAL. GEORGE Dewey U S. N the hero of Manila,
 will celebrate his seventvsxth birthday today having been born in Monnelier Vt Dec 26 1887 The Admiral may claim membership in the horse for while his fame lis based on his record as sea fighter and much of his mature
 life spent board shp he devoted and enhusi stc equestrian and attributes his long life and good health to horseback riding.
 Let begin to early through his early years that invested something will be great later on says Driving splendid too although good riding Get
 ting is the principal thing learned to ride early at my bovbood home in Vermont and have kent on with the exercise great benefit Another thing that helped me- he continued the avoidance of banquets. have never to of them than could help There when used banquet that laid for two three abandoned that folly and so should any who to feel young though old
 Returning to the subject of horseback riding, Admiral Dewey said:
 toan him what gave him his splendid physical health pointed to his horse Riding does it, he said He was then eiety years old Bancroft was riding sin ge-fooer with little action, which
 The Admiral belated Christmas gift to Dr. Julius Yea Mary Dewey youth rather deli cae riding insists responsible for his
 graduated Annapolis Naval Academy 1858 and of +be obrea o te Civil War was attached to the steam soop Mississippi. in FarragIs squadron and acqu himself gallantyin battles Farragut sion Orleans Tn the battle of Port Hudson the Mssssp lost bearings ashore under the of the Con- federae land batteries and Dewey and the other officers and after firing their boat escaped in hail of lead After period peace the outbreak of the smadron His immortal victory Manila resulted in his e promotion the rank and little later he United States navy and president Board the latter capacity he has constantly necessity greater navy for the United States baeship originated and sponsored should htn be aecond ony o that of Great Brtsn
 The only function and justification for the existence of navy the preservation of peace declared the Admiral re- gently perform this function the must be adequate and defeat probable enemy At the present period of England only Evidently the American Admiral boring incidents Manila Bay when blood was thicker than water convinced that there will be another between English speaking nations
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
Grace George, Famous Actress, Was Christmas
 Gift To Parents

Miss Grace George, the popular ac- tress, was a Christmas gift to her par ents, as she was born on Christmas day in 1880. She was educated in a convent, as have been many of the greatest actresses of the last half cen tury, including Sarah BernhardT, Mime. Albani, Margaret Anglin, Flea. nor Robson, Lillian Russell, Mary Anderson, Marguerite Clark, Mrs. F'iske, Eva Davenport, Marie Temp est, Cecilia Loftus, and a host of o.h- CTS. Indeed, it is probably true that a majority of the women who win fame on the stage are convent-bred.
 Miss George made her theatrical debut in 1894, when she appeared in minor role in Charles E'rohnan's s production of "The New Boy.'' Be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
Theatre Tragedy Recalled.

The first important theatre fire in playhouse in Richmond, Va, 1O2 years ago today. The Governor of the State and seventy other people, in cluding many Virginians of proni- hence, lost their lives, and many more died later of injuries received in the stampede which followed the alarm of fire. The theatre held about 600 people at the performance which end ed so tragicaHy. The chief cause of the loss of life was that the doors opened inward, and became tightly closed by the pressure of the panic stricken crowd. As the first event of it's kind in America, the fire was long remembered with horror, and started the first movement for the adoption of means to prevent the re- petition of such a calamity. Many ministers chose to believe that the catastrophe was a sign of divine con demnation of the theatre, and used the event as a text. There have been many other theatre conflagrations Eince the one which destroyed the Richmond playhouse, the most not able having been the Brooklyn Thea tre fire of 1878. in which 295 lives were lost, and the Iroquois horror In Chicago. when 573 people,. mostly women and children were burned or tramp1ed to death.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

people were cheated by the too free use of so-ca1Ied Heather boards q compound of ground leather and other the start, but would wilt when wet. The trade demands so-caIled solid shoes so generally now, that the aver age shoe stock is pretty straight in this respect.
 The worst trouble is that there is so great a difference between the diff ferent parts of the same skin or hide. Toward the backbone of the animal, the skin is closely knit, capable Of great resistance. A little farther to- ward the Hanks, the same skin has a loose fabric that soon breaks apart.
 By skiIIfuI dressing and reinforce ing, the inferior leather is made to stand up as firm and stiff as the first can determine the difference
 In the long run manufacturers will be the most successful by willingness to tell the truth about their goods. The public meanwhile should buy shoes with more discrimination. When the upper wrinkles too easily, ask for another pair. Shoes that are cut out too far in the flank are a poor in -vestment, even if they sell a little cheaper. The honest manufactures will be glad to have the trade as a whole insist on well selected stock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

Many English nobles have lately taken to the stage, and among them is Viscount' Dangan, who is the e1d- est son and heir of the third Earl Cowley. The Viscount was born on Christmas in 1890. The titled actor is related to the Duke of Wellington, the first Earl Cowley having been brother of the first Duke of We'll ington, the conqueror of Napoleon. Viscount Dangan's mother was Lady Violet Neville, daughter of the first Marquis of Abergavcnny. She divorc- ed the Earl in 1897, and later he mar ried a daughter of Baron Nunburn- holme Lord Dangan began his the atrical career as a scene painter at the Gaiety theatre in London, and later was given a place in the chorus of ''The Sunshine Girl" He is known as the s'Waltzing Viscount,'' and is popular in society as we'll as among his colleagues of the stage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

ming of the Summer season.
 About 175,000 people in the United States and Canada will "celebrate''
 The first Christmas tree recorded in history was set up in Strasburg in the Sixteenth century. and the cus- tom soon spread over Germany and to other countries.
 The ancient custom of carrying a boar's head in procession to the YuIe- tide banquet is still followed at Queens College, Oxford.
 Mexicans always set apart one 1ehem, and a manager is contrived in which is placed, with great ceremony, an image of the infant Christ
 Merchants report that more peo- pie have followed the advice to do it carly than ever before, and, in consequence, shop girls are not So worn out as formerly.
 In Norway and Sweden the farm CTS put out huge sheafs of wheat to provide a Christmas feast for the birds
 Candy costing s13o, o,oOO,OoO is made in the United States each year, and a large proportion of the sweets arc consumed during the Yuletide seas on.
 Nearly all wealthy and noble Ion doners spend their Christmas at their country places, and the custom has been adopted by many American mil lionaires.
 The demand for bright. new coins to be used as holiday gifts has becorne so great that the hints of most Chris ton countries have had to work over time to supply the need.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
St. Stephens Day.

In the calendar of the church this Is St. Stephens Day, when Christen- dom honors the memory of Chris tianity's first martyr. Stephen was one of the seventy-two disciples of Jesus, and, after the Ascension, be- came one of the seven deacons of the uew faith. After manifesting great .igns and wonders before the people, ne was haled before the Sanhedrirn, .yneie he was charged with bIas- phes=Iy against God and Moses. His answer was couched in the language of accusation and bold defiance. He was thereupon stoned to death, and thus became the first in the long list If martyrs to Christianity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
CONNECTICUT AND DENMARK

President Elliott, of the New Haven Railroad, makes an interesting com parison between. Connecticut and each person three bushels of cereals four gallons of milk, three pounds of butter and minute fraction of one pound of cheese. The latter produces for each person thirty-eights bushels of cereals, three hundred and thirty six gallons of milk, eighty-one pounds of butter and thirteen pounds of cheese.
 The former produces about one quarter of what her population eats. The latter feeds herself and exports a large amount of agricultural pro- ducts. The amount of cultivated land in Connecticut has declined in the last fifty years and nearly nine-tenths of the population now live in towns of more than twenty-five hundred inT1a- bitants
 In the last census year Connecticut manufactures produced two hundred and thirty-nine million dollars, and Connecticut agriculture - including g some dupIications-only thirty-seven million dollars. That proves, We should say, that manufacturing is more profitable than agriculture-but profitable to whom? Probably not to a great many of the two-hundred- and-odd thousand wage earners who, with their dependents, make up the larger part of the States population. There is opportunity for thousands of those wage earners on Connecti- cuts uI1cultivated or haIf-cuIt1vated land; and they would be there if half the organizing talent directed to Con necticut manufactures had been di- rected to Connecticut agriculture.
 There are at least two reasons for the success of Danish agriculture,' ,'' says MT. Elliott: 'tOne is the intensity of agricultural effort; the other is the resort to cooperation among far mers. In Denmark the farmers have cooperative dair1es, cooperative slaughter houses, and cooperative so- cieties to export livestock and eggs. Of the total milk production, seventy seven per cent comes from co-opera- tive dairies.''
 By cooperative organization, such as exists in Denmark, Connecticut agriculture can succeed too.-Satur- day Evening Post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

Evelyn Florence Nesbtt Thaw, to whom all the world has been Q stage. was born on Christmas day, 1ssC. Whatever else she may or may not be-and enough has been written about her to sink the biggest ship ever bui1t-Mrs. Thaw is really a graceful and accomplished dancer and an actress of no mean power. ''f course, everybody is a little weary of Evelyn Florence Nesbit Thawe and her troubles and her life story and her husband; but, at this season of good will, it is only fair and honest to say that she has not deserved the sneers and Jeers directed at her for return ing to the stage. Notoriety is not nu- tritious, and the young woman is to be pardoned if she entertains a pre- judice against starving.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
FORMER ORDERLY TO
 GEN. GRANT DEAD

Pittsburgh, Dec. 26-word was re- ceived here today of the death in the national soldiers home at Day ton, O., last night of Captain William F. Roberts, who served orderly to Generals Grant and Meade during the Civil War.
 Captain Roberts was 68 years old and was formerly business man here. Three horses were shot under him at Petersburg and Bible in his booked saved his life during the same conflict.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
Friday The Twenty-Sixth.

If the thirteenth is unlucky, then
 twice thirteen must be doubly un- tortunate.=- TodaE-is-ta -twenty-sixth h, and a Friday, which gives to the hoo doc triple significance. Now you know why you are suffering from dyspepsia, heartburn. indigestion, an ingrowing grouch and the blues, and why. your pocketbookr is f1atter. than he proverbfaI pancake.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
SON KILLS MOTHER HE
 MISTOOK FOR BURGLAR

Lincoln, Neb., Dec 26-A tragedy marked the close of Christmas in Lin coin, when Carl F. Carlson, at mid night, shot and killed his mother, whom he mistook for a burglar. Moth CT and son, who lived alone, were in fear of burglars and when the mother stepped out on the porch unknown to Carlson and he saw a shadow through the window, he fired at a supposed marauder, inf1icting wound from which his mother died an hour later.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
THE NEW CURRENCY LAW

NNE OF THE pleasing things about the law A% the disposition to useful improvement the banking law succeeds Most of the great authorities currency and banking admit that
 the the country will elastic that faton guarded against, that the than before. It will take little time the
 tenn to get into working order but the results that will flow from it, in restored confidence will be immediate
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
WANTS CLEAN WALKS
 IN NATIONS CAPITAL

Washington, Dec. f26-Spitting on the streets of the national capital is to be stopped if Major Sylvester, chief of police, has his way. An ordinance, adopted some years ago., prohibits ex- pectorating on the sidewalks and the chief of police has again directed the arrest of anyone violating it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
A Forgotten Poet.

An American poet who is now all but forgotten was Abraham Coles, whose, centenary falls today. He was born at Scotch Plains, N. J., Dec. z6, 1913, and was educated for the gHcfeseaea=of medicine, taking his M
 0s=-@egeee from Philadelphia medi- >-I eAI1A@a- He wrote several vol
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
SOVEREIGN ADVISER
 TO SUCCEED ROOT
 AS WOODMEN'S CHIEF

Omaha, Dec. 26-W. A. Frazier, of Dallas, Tex, sovereign adviser of the order, will automatically succeed J. Cullen Root, sovereign commander of the Woodmen of the World, who died Wednesday at HendersonvilIe, N. C.
 This statement was given out today at the headquarters of the order in this city. MT. Frazier is now on his way to Omaha.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

umes of verse and prose, but his greatest literary accomplishment was the original translation or the lam ous Latin hmyn, tDies Irae- Most of his life was spent in his native town. but he died in Monterey. Cal.' in 1891.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

The City of Indianapolis has ap- pointed d n1atron to attend dances. It does not appear that perfect eyesight Is insisted on as necessary for this job.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

There is general disapprovaI of 11n- clean plays, but most people feel they can't condemn them properly without spending $1.50 to see them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

Senator Lane of Oregon says he feels at home in Congress, as he was previously superintendent of an in sane asylum.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

The Mona Lisa affair suggests good way for a painter to advertise, but few of our artists are able to have any of their pictures stolen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

President wilson gets the currency SiII as his Christmas present.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26
EDITORIAL NOTES

What encouragement is there for l fellow to go into politics, if he can't get j5t. on the new federal reserve board?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

The telephone trust has yielded to the demands of the government, but you can't bluff Central that way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

They are getting so they jam bills through Congress with only a year given to debate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

Anyway the President won't have to shake down the coal fire mornings during the three weeks he is at the gulf of Mexico.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

A New York choir has put in a bar Der for it's choir boys, and it also seems a mistake to let them sing without being manicured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-26

WE IMPORT OUR OWN TEA AND COFFEE AND SELL. DIRE
 PEOPLE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-21
DISTURBANCES IN SEATTLE,
Marines and Sailors Attempt to,
"Clean Up Town" 60 /,

! Seattle, Wash. July PA parry
! of United States Marines and sailors
(! from the Pacific Reserve Fleet, most
of the sailors wearing the name bands
I of the cruisers Colorado and Califor-
MIA, started Friday night to "clean up
| the town." as they expressed it, by
attacking Social and Industrial Work
ers of the World headquarters in Sc
I attic.
! a second party of men from the Pa
cifc reserve fleet attacked the big in
dustrial workers headquarters in
Washington street, in the southern
part of the city. The contents of the
building were dragged into the street
and a bon fire made of them.
A provost guard of so men from the
feet was hurried ashore in cutters
to arrest all of the men ashore Quiet
was restored after much difficulty.
Marie Equi, the woman physician
who les the disturbance at portland,
Ore, last night caused by streeH
speakers in behalf of Industrial Work
ers of the World, has accepted exile
from Oregon, rather than face pos
sible confinement in an asylum. Her
friends told the police she would be
taken out of Portland before midnight.
On this assurance she was released
from Jail.
DR.. Equi threatened to use poison
dipped pins on officers who attempted
to arrest her.
The police were called out last
night to quell AN Industrial Workers
of the World riot in the park block.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-21
Wrecked by a Bomb.

New York, July 2i.-Expl"dinr
with terrific roar dynamite bomb,
The second to be placed IN the Luil,'
ing within two months. droTe nearly
score of families in panic from the
5-story tenement at 1855 Eight ave-
nue.. near Forty-seven street, yes
tcr5ay. Men. women and children
crowded the fire escaHcS ard stair
ways. and there was the great.s5 con-
fusion. many barely escaping being
tr2mpled in the mad rush for safety
It was only two months ago that
bomb was found in the building, anc
many of the families have since livec
in fear of Black Hand outrage.
The explosion not only wrecke:
,I,adalo's barber shop, but also hurled
things about in Hirsch's store and die
much damage to the cellar shop of Fl
Jaffe, a dealer in glass.