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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10
Wben Selecting
 Gtfte for Men

IONE of the humorous phases of Christmas time is the feminine idea of gifts for men The height of
 every woman's ambition for her men
 friends or kinfo1k is a tie~or collec-
 ton of ties. And this is the very pit
 fall she should avoid
 If milady, though. Is determined to distribute ties a good way to select them is to choose several from the l collection of the man for whom they
 are intended. those that show their popularity by being considerably worn,
 and match these as nearly as possible.
 If the worn ties are not available very dark rich hues are the best to select For the parents who wish to remem-
 ber son in a handsome fashion there are the new Swiss chime watches, thin gold affairs that strike musically
 every quarter of an hour. Not only are they a distinct novelty. but they are extremely, useful we'll
 scarfpin with cuff links to match is a suggestion for pocketbool1s large and small. As for separate scarfpins. no man ever has too many of these useful and decorative gifts.
 For the studious man. the one who enjoys his books and his library, volume of a favorite author will find a warm welcome. Another valuable as set for this man or for the business enthusiast Is a desk set A carved book rack is another good thought. one of the sort designed to hold few often read volumes on the stand or dresser. A small remembrance is a heavy letter seal for the desk
 Men like to surround themselves with the faces of their friends, but are notably lax in caring for pictures. For this reason picture frame, of which there are any amount of artistic ones this season. will fill 1n just the proper nook Equally agreeable is @ good pie ture, not one of the light sentimental subjects so much in vogue. but a pie ture that tells story. human inter est subject with strong thought in it's development.
 There are always the umbrella and walking stick to fall back upon as Christmas gifts, and for last thought try a box of stationery. This should be cream or white. heavy and perfectly plain If engraving is added to the sheets the plate should be sent as a part of the gift.
 A mother with son particularly given to outdoor sports has selected this year for his gift fine tennis racket His father is to augment the offering with an extra quality rifle for the hunting trip so much enjoyed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10

A DINNER table so overdecorated as
 to strike the guests as fussy at first glance is as deplorable on Christ mas day as 1t is at any other time of the year. and. on the other hand. there is no occasion possibly when the dec- orations mean SO much as on that day of good cheer and general froHc
 The simple arrangement of flowers is as telling on the dinner table as it is in any other part of the house. and for the Christmas dinner table decoration nothing is more appropriate or bright looking than bowl of poinsettias with green to make a background The cen- terpiece under the bowl of blossoms is attractive when Of lace or drawnwork placed over holly red silk.
 Holly makes handsome centerpiece for the table, and a rose may be laid on the napkin at each cover. with the place card attached by red. green or metallic gold ribbon. Plain red silk or tissue candle shades are immensely good looking.
 Favors always Ind their place on even the informal Christmas dinner table. It is not difficult to make little red crape baskets in the shape of poin- settia bowers. cutting the long slender little paper ice cream boxes which the caterer always keeps. A wire handle wound with paper may be used over the top of each.
 Little sleds of cardboard, the sides and ends pasted around an oblong box. make another pretty favor, These may be cut from red cardboard, smeared with paste and dipped into mica dust. And if some crysta1lized mint leaves are sprinkled over the top of the bon bons filling them there will be coun- terfeit of a miniature winter load
 Another excellent adjunct to the Christmas table is a Jack Horner pie made of crape paper that exactly tnai- tates the real old English plum pud- ding with the branch Of holly in the top of all This pie should be brought in with the dessert or with the coffee and be placed in the middle of the ta- hle. It is. of course, filled with favors,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10
SLEEVE STYLE

FFHE newest in sleeves is the 50 called
 Drecon style This is really no more or less than the familiar raglan. but 1t is made in one piece instead of with atop seam It comes on chiffon and lace blouses and is usually hem stitched in the body of the waist. the seams running into the belt of the blouse.
 The sleeve 1s cut somewhat like the familiar kinnono. so that there is no semblance of fit under the arm. but this is as the wearer may choose. Of ten the arnhole of the sleeve extends to the belt. and when the arm is drop ped the material falls into a little bunch below the belt line This has one advantage though. In the present craze for chiffon blouse will not wear out under arms. as it would were the sleeve tight fitting
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10

opposite sides. Link the two corners together; that will give you long un- finished edges.
 give you two square corners to come in the middle of the back of the neck; then round a little and finish the raw edge to it the neck. Likewise the ends that come around in front will be finished corners. From your handlzer- chief you have stin two corners left. Join these together to form solid ern- broIdered OF drawn work panel Fin iah the end that is to hang down with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10

embroidered in a scalloped design. It is easy to draw this rather large scal- lop on the batiste by using a quarter Of a dollar as guide. There is noth- ing more on this dainty collar except the scalloped edge. but the work is so finely done that the stitches fairly melt together.
 AS final finish to this exquisite col lar where it is fitted to the curve of the neck is 8 finely plaited ruche of embroidered net two inches high. This net is not hand embroidered. but is the sort one buys already plaited by the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10

easy to copy. Tucked net is the basis of this attractive piece of neckwear edged along both sides with 8 fluffy Quilling of white tul1e. At the back the hchu has a shaped section to which the tucked fronts are attached.
 It Is no new thing to fashion a col- lar from handkerchief. but you have heard that there ts no new thing under the sun Take handkerchief of Mexi- can drawn work or any kind of work that is fine and pretty and deserves a better fate than being lost at the first afternoon bridge party and cut oH two
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10
TO RHYME FERNS.

should be given to ferns that are small or weak. one-quarter of an ounce of nitrate to 3 gallon of water. One-half ounce of nitrate to q gal lon of water should be used on plants that are large and vigorous. Soot and salt are also good to use occasionally.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10
strip to which the papers are attached

strip to which the papers are attached is fastened to a pulley. which is turn ed by means of a tiny crank.
 The pictures follow one another, when the crank is turned by hand. in such rapid succession that they give the impression of moving pictures In some of the toy machines there is a little glass through which the specta- tor looks as he crankS the reel and this glass magnif1es the pictures
 Others not so eIaborate-and one
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10
MINIATURE GLOVE PUasA
FOR A CARD PEE

A PENCIL that would
 teresting card prize ---r SIPS It is finished in nicke4 .rzss and is not so long as an ordinary pen ctL At the end where the eraser iG usually found there Is a metal diaE with little opening in ft, in which can be seen the symbol Of the trump. The trump is changed by e Ettla but- ton at the top of the dislEs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10

A V interesting Christmas gift for a
 child this year is one of the little moving picture toys-not the real. miniature cinenatographs but the pa- per limitations There is a long strip of cloth to which tiny pictures with white figures on black backgrounds are fastened by flap at the top
 The picture depicts the successive movements in some sort of simple ac- tivfty-cloWns playing Ieapfrog, for in -senea- or e dance of some kind. The
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10

ge1l@ for F6 cents-hav0 no glass. The effect tS 5lzat as good. but, of course. the figures are smaller in the less ex- pens1Ve seta.
 Little tots will appreciate as a pres ent from Santa Claus the big St. Bernard dog seen in the illustration. which is attached to a running board on wheels. 4 strong steel chain makes dE. Dogg1e ~Eee up.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10
FOLDING FooTsTooL

THE holiday gift shopper will be
 pleased with the new folding foot stool with a leather top. Folded. the stool is a flat by 10. It fits into a leather case made of red. brown or green leather to match its top.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10

yard. From underneath the points of the crescent. which extends down on either side of the front of the blouse. is gathered three inch wide piece of the batiste-also finely duted-about five inches long.
 There are places where one may have this hut1ng done in almost any ma terial one Is working with for mere bagata1le. Likewise picot edging.
 There are all sorts of neckwear pos abilities in net. and Achus of this dlmy fabric are lovely. One of the cuts shows q charming net dchu which is
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10

Christmas gifts for each memb ot the family and a long list of friends there Is always neclkwear to fall back upon One can never have too many of these nodish accessories, 50 fetching. dainty. up to the minute neckwear is about as acceptable a present one can give this year.
 If you have a pocketbook which tz not always depleted by the ex1gencies Of Christmas giving you can buy the most stunning Of neckwear in the shops. but if like most of us at this time of the year. you are not the pos sessor of surplus funds you can make delightful neckwear 'tdxin's' that will rival in beauty the articles of com merce.
 For the girl who wears low necks- and what girl doesn't this season there Is a deIiciously simple looking collar that only requires small out lay of filthy Iucrs to achieve This model may be fashioned from 8 quar- ter of 9 yard of fine batiste It is the shape of q crescent moon, and the pointed ends and the part which lies down on the back of the blouse are
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10
L>aSt Minute bclldaV
 Gift

k9C5C5C9C4C7kSr ONE girl has solved the problem o
 gifts which are a little more s1ab1a rate than Christmas cards by unalEiuE for her friends crOcbetsd changs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-10

W N RHEN the mind is Jagged
 A "a z out with the task of thinking up appropriate
 Christmas Rfffs for each
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
NUN DISAPPEARS
FROM A CONVENT
Said to Have Left Canadian In
stitution and To Be Teaching
Music in New York.

NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO,
Sept, 2O.-Sister Leocadia, teacher of
music at Mount Loretta Convent, of
Falls View. a mile south of here, has
left that institution after spending
more than % years within its walls
She is said to be in New York City
where she is supposed to be support
ing herself giving music lessons
Margaret Coulter, of Philadelphia
when years old, was placed in the
convent At IS she became a novice
She took final vows five years later
She is said to be remarkable mu-
stefan and a beautiful woman.
1t is said that Sister Leocadia had
discussed with her relatives her wish
to leave the sisterhood. but deferred
carrying out her plans until she went
to the abbey in Toronto. where her
uncle, Joseph Coulter, and a cousin,
Mrs. Mabel Werthan. were living. It
Is said she took one of her pupils into
her confidence, and clothing was
struggled into the abbey for her.
a lawyer, who processes to know of
the departure OF the nun from To-
rOnto. said: when she got out she
found that she knew nothing more
about the ways of the world than a
young child, and found the struggle
exceedingly difficult. but she has sue
ceeded, and is about able to hold her
head above water"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Salmon Fishermen
Earn $500 a Week
Crews Arrive in Tacoma With Ship
load After Shipload, Faces
All Smiles.

TACOMA. Sept 20-Ffve hundred
dollars a week for one fisherman is
the average earned by salmon fishers
who began to return from the banks
to Tacoma with shipload after ship
load of their catches and their faces
wreathed in smiles over what they
declared was the most successful sea-
son in history
Jack Anich, one OF the dozen of the
salmon fishers of Tacoma, said that
during the comparatively short pc
Rod, four weeks, during which they
are allowed to fish. no less than g.,
900, 600 cases of salmon had been
caught in Puget Sound and British
Columbia waters, valued at $4,000, =
600.
Only a small part of the fishing
fleet arrived to-day. Tomorrow they
will come in by the hundreds.
Tacoma and Gig Harbor fishermen
are bringing $75O,000 worth of sal
mon to Old Town alone
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
lawmakers WIVES
LAUD WASHINGTON
Mrs, BorIand, of Missouri, and
Mrs. Britten, of Illinois,
Write for Papers.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O.-Several
Congressmen's wives, who remained
in Washington all summer because
their husbands were tied here by the
tariff session. have been featured by
one of the Washington papers as
contributors to its columns and also
favored by printing the ladies pic
lures along with their productions,
Mrs. William P. Borland, wife of
the member from Kansas City. wrote
clever articles a few days ago on
Washington as a summer resort, in
which she pointed out the advantages
of the city,
Another contributor is Mrs Fred A
Britten, of Chicago. The story con-
tributed by Mrs. Britten, over her
signature and with her picture was
a tribute to the new street traffic
regulations of Washington, which
she said were regarded by the ladies
with delight.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Sell Crops to Wives
To EVade Contracts
Apple Growers Of Hood River Dis
trlct Try to Deal With Rival
Oregon Sales Agencies.

HOOD RIVER, OREG., Sept. 20
The North Pacific Fruit Exchange has
entered the Hood River field for the
first time in competition with the
North Pacific Fruit Distributors for
the handling of the Hood River Val
ley apple crop this season that will
approximate 10000 boxes.
1t is learned that a large number
who signed up for the distributors
are crawling out of their contracts
by selling their crops to their wives,
who did not sign the original con-
tracts and they in turn are signing
up half with the exchange and half
with the distributors.
On this basis 1t is figured that
whichever concern reports the best
returns this season will control the
valleys output for next season. 1t
is reported that the matter Of "huk-
ing" out of contracts by selling the
crop to wives who did not sign the
original contracts may be tried in the
courts
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
PRAYER BOOK
HIS GUIDE IN
RACE BETTING
Gambler Always Found ConsoIa-
ton in Volume After Having
Bad Day at Track.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-That he .
a devout church member and always
carried with him a little prayer
book while betting thousands of dol
lars at the race tracks. referring to
It constantly TO glide him in she
lucky path, was revealed at the con-
tinued examination TO-DAY Of William
]. Schepherd, the rug salesman by
day, who posed as a millionaire real
estate dealer by night, and who lost
and won 100000 on the races in the
last ten years.
When examined before Commits
sioner Tallman, in the United States
District Court as to his affairs In
bankruptcy, Schepherd was asked to
produce all the papers he had. After
pulling out several letters from wom-
en- and a few notes scrubbed on the
backs OF circulars, Schepherd drew a
little, worn, black leather covered
volume from his inner pocket, but
quickly replaced 1t.
What have you there?" asked he
attorney for the creditors.
only a little prayer book" an
swered the witness.
Friends OF Schepherd who attend-d
the examination declared he was u
deep student Of religion, and that. al
though he plunged heavily on the race
tracks, he always leaned on the teach
lngs Of the Bible to give him pa
thence and forbearance when he lost.
and to bear him up to hope for a vic
tory on the next race.
After he had become a confirmed
gambler nothing stood in his way.
Even the trouble with his wife, who
refused to live with him while he
gambled, failed to stop him. But al
ways he carried the little prayer
book
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Police Tell SpOOners
To Carry Lights
Canoeists on Romantic Lake Must
Have Illumination on Craft,
Is Order.

DULUTH, Sept. 2O-Too late to
spoil any "spooning" parties on the
lake this year, but in time to fortify
themselves for coming seasons, the
police to-day discovered a law that
will dispose of canoeists who have
made the lake and bay perform the
duties of a bench in the park.
without laws or police surveillance
the "spooners" thought themselves
safe from view. but admiralty laws
covering lake navigation. show that
craft of all kinds must carry a light
that is visible at least 100 yards
away. interpretations of the ruling
cover the lighting of rowboats and
canoes as well. A light that can be
seen for 100 yards suits the police,
they say. An old fashioned lantern
will do they say.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Studies To Win Suit
For S5O,OOO,OOO
Law School Pupil Works to Repre-.
sent Mother In British VIII
Litigation.

CHICAGO. Sept. 2O.-Elmer s
Owens. Of Milwaukee, has been re-
tanned as special counselor in leg
acy case involving s6O.OOOOOO. Tne
young man Is still a student in the
law department OF Marquette Uni
vensity. His mother. Mrs. r. c.
Owens, has found that she is one Ct
fifty possible heirs in the estate Of
Sir William Jones, of Caermarvar
Wales, her great grandfather The
property was originally a large farm,
but it was leased, and on 1t has been
built the city of Caermarvar but the
lease has expired.
It is alleged that the property now
reverts to the heirs OF the lessor
Young Owens will specialize on the
legal questions involved in this claim
and will devote his life mainly to Its
prosecutor until decision Is
reached.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Mountain Grown-Ups
Taught by Moonlight
Remarkable Results Are Obtained at
Novel School In Highlands
of Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE. Sept. 2o.-Nota BILE
results have been obtained from
moonlight schools in Eastern Ken
lucky, where illiterate men and WON b.
en- came in hundreds to learn how to
read and write, The Federal Bureau
of Education tells the story Of the
novel experiment. which originated
with Mrs. Cora w. Stewart. superin-
tendent Of schools of Rowan County:
Tn September, 1912 n moonlight
school-teachers' institution was held
in Morehead. KY, and the superin-
tendent and teachers who had con-
Quoted the first moonlight schools in
structed others who wished to do
work OF this kind in Rowan and ad-
joining counties, and in the fall of
1912 the movement spread to eight or
ten other counties, while the enroll
ment Of adults in Rowan County
reached nearly 1900"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

to reduce the slope of the sides of
the cut to one foot of rise to every
ten feet of horizontal distance, or
less than half the slope which the
eminent engineers first estimated.
The slides were an entirely new.
unsupported and vexatious feature of
the Culebra Cut, for the French never
dug deep enough in the score of years
they gave to the job to cause any
sliding Of the sides. The Culebra Cut
was the only section Of their pro-
posed canal on which the French did
any work after 1889, when the first
failure occurred. In 1904, when the
United States took over the canal
and the French equipment, the Guile
bra Cut looked as If the French had
done nothing.
Even in the places where they had
dug the deepest the channel was so
narrow and the vegetation so thick
that there were scarcely any visible
traces of what they had done. The
maximum excavation by the French
was $4,000 cubic yards a month
which is 80 per cent less than the
American diggers took out in sin
ele@day in the cut
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
LANDED HERE is
IMMIGRANT ;NOW
BALKANS ENVOY.
Charles J, Vopicka, Appointed by
President to Post, Finds Amer
lea Land of Promise.

CHICAGO Sept 2O.-Destiny has
played a pretty prank for Charles j.
Vopicka, of this city, to be United
States Minister to the Balkan States.
Mr.. Vopicka was born in Bohemia III
1857. To him. as to many young men
of that time, the United States SEEM
ed the land of promise. Stories of
streets lined with gold" were heard
abroad, 30 young Nopicka, with a
small store OF experience to enable
him to battle with the world, and un-
hampered by funds. sailed away from
the land OF his birth.
Now he returns, If his appointment
is confirmed, and II is believed II will
be. honored by his adopted country as
its diplomatic envoy.
His appointment comes at the end
Of bitter fight waged upon him by
anti-liquor interests.
Mr.. Vopicka, after a brief business
career here, had gained a smile from
Fortune. The dream of his youth had
come true-he had found that this
was indeed the land of promise. lie
had become Interested in several
breweries and because OF this his ap-
pointment was contested.
But Mr.. VopiCka was in the fight to
stay. So he became a candidate for
the post Of Minister to Servia. Rou-
mania and Bulgaria. Immediately the
fight upon him began. 1t was carried
to President Wilson. Mr. Vopicka was
sent for and hurried to Washington.
President Wilson gave him two
hours out of a busy day and Mr. Vo-
picka related the story of his young
dream and his present ambition. He
desired to repay the United States by
service. 1t is believed that the sentl-
naent pleased the President
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Stupid Children
Menace to Nation
DR.. II. II. Goddard, AIienIst, Advo-
Gates Segregation in Educa-
ton at Conference.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2o.-Addressing
the convention of alienists here, DR..
Henry H. Goddard, of Vlneland, n. J.,
declared that slow and weak minded
children should be segregated and
given a special education. He assert
ed that the average stupid child re-
cruits the criminal class when he is
brought up among normal children
whose education leaves him still ig
norant
often the stupid child is the ia
vored and petted one of the family,
and many parents do not or will not
recognize that child of theirs is men
tally deficient" asserted the speaker
The child thus becomes spoiled and
becomes a dangerous factor in So
cietv"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Union Forbade Man
To Paint Own House
Warrant Sworn. Out for Business
Agent of Chicago Local
by Painter.

CHICAGO. Sept. 20-Hugo Hahn,
business agent Of the Painters Union.
was arrested to-day on g. charge of
extortion, sworn cut by Walter Sea-
man on advice of the States Attor-
ney. Seaman holds a lease on a
building and was painting It himself
week ago a wreclling crew. In an
automobile, rode by the house and
shot out the windows. Hahn then
called Seaman over the telephone and
told him he was wanted at the head =
quarters of the Painters Union. Sea =
man went there and met Hahn. who
told Seaman he was In bad with the
union and II would require 5000 to
square matters. Seaman refused to
pay and reported the affair to the
States Attorney.