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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17

Maudie asks: How can a, woman
secure and preserve a beautiful COM
plexion pr
Answers A beautiful skin and com
plexion makes any woman or girl
Irregular. A pretty figure added to a
pretty skin and complexion will at
tract and preserve the homage of both
men and women I cannot in my
words of advice tell anyone how to
change the features given by. nature,
but I do hope to give such advice as
VIII promote clean, clear skin, a
beautiful pink and white or olive
pink complexion; a perfect moulding
and rounding of the hines of the face
and figure.
Anyone can have q beautiful COM
p1exion. Anyone may attain a pretty
figure. But it requires industry, pa
tfence and, above all, the correct and
proper combination OF rem edies;~ also
and digestion. If the health is good
and the blood pure, no medicines are
required
The complexion may be sa11ow, red.
pale, dark, '1eathery, and the skin may
be harsh with large pores, chapped,
spotted or 1:fe1ess, and co1orless in ap-
pearance, and though one or more Of
these conditions are present the pro-
cess of treatment which I will recon-
mend cannot and will not fail to pro-
duce a lovely skin and a beautifully
tinted complexion. I have attained
such results myself. know scores
who have done likewise so there is
no reason to doubt.
The several. preparations which I
recommend are made for a scientific
treatment, and. are guaranteed harm
less and pure:
The first is g1orio1 g1owene, eva
ter massage which takes the place of
soap, and which is absolutely essen
tfa1 to cleanse the deepest skin pores
of waste matter, CRIME and perspira-
ton.
The second is g1orioI efno1Iient, to
be applied after the ''water-massege .
and which is skin food, nutrient
which tends to develop and invigorate
the nerve cells and blood supply to
the flesh underlying the skin, thus
causing a beautiful tint of color to
manifest itself through the transpar-
ent skin membrane. 1t is to be rub
bed into the skin nightly before retir-
ing and is thus utilized and absorbed.
The third is glorio1 balm, a grease
less cream or balm which invigorates,
whitens, and protects the skin from
wind, sun and dirt. Tt is applied in
the morning instead of soap and wa
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
NEW FEATURES
TO INTEREST WOMEN
SeIf-starter Helps to Popularize Mo-
toring-Left Hand Steer Opportune
For Age of Tight skirts.

Several. features have combined to
quicken the interest of women in au-
tomobiIes One thing is the wide
spread use of the self-starter.
The popularity of the self-starter is
due not a little to the opportunity
which it affords to many women Of
becoming motorists on easier terms
than used to be the case
There has been a rush toward self
starters in the last two seasons, with
a marked tendency toward the cleo
trio device There are just many
factories which can make self-starters
their capacity they will soon have
reached the point, If they have not
already got there, where it will be i'm
possible for them to provide for the
demands made on them.
However, this is little far from
tHe original proposition, which was
more popular than ever because of the
seif-starterS. There are other rea-
sons, and another of them is left side
control. Women naturally do not like
tor walk in the mud, dust or snow in
trent or back of the machine in order
to- get to the steering wheel, which
must often be the case when the car
Is fright hand steer. With left hand
steer it means stepping from the
street directly to the wheel and a
shorter step at that, inasmuch as the
curb assists in reducing the height;
and now in the days of exceedingly
tight skirts this is an item not to be
overlooked
And another thing which has as
sisted in popuIariz1ng the automobile
with women is in the general adop-
ton of electric lighting systems. These
do away with the necessity Of step
ping out into the various disconlforts
caused by bad weather. If it is rain
ing OF showing and the car happens
to be equipped with curtains it is a
nuisance to unbutton these and get
out to light UP oil or acetylene lamps.
It is not 50 much that matches re-
fuse to burn under such conditions
DE- when it is windy To get out into
the weather is the one unpleasant
thing
There are some acetylene lighting
tric device for lighting which also can
be operated from the seat, but many
cities have regulations against the use
of acetylene lights within their cor
porate limits
There remains one thing, however,
that has to be done to make things
perfectly pleasant to the woman mo-
torist That is to devise some sort
of demountable rim for automobile
tire which will permit of changing
tires in some such way as to make it
a comparatively easy task. Tires
mounted on rims ready to shift weigh
a good deal and juggling these around
woman Unfortunately these things
must have weight in order to be
strong enough and this is condition
which cannot be very well avoided at
present 1t is pointed out that in the
event of punctures and blowouts the
least be happier if the jack she had
to use in pressing up the car to change
tires were designed a little more to-
ward her particular needs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
WHY HE BOUGHT THEM.

Then there was the American visit
or who set out to make the ascent of
the pyramid:
Later on he came back with a
chastened nnien.
*'Well, how did you get on?''
1'Why, it was fine. The view amt
exactly like the Rocky Mountain seen
cry. but it was fine all the same. And
I bought some scarabs.''
you didn't Let me see them"
As he fumbled about for three mis-
cradle little specimens, he explained
how it came about.
"You know that place, half way up,
where the stones jut out? Wal when
we got there, them darned Arabs
stopped and said. Say sister, this is
the place where they buy scarabs.' I
looked down and saw that it was a 20
feet clean drop to the bottom and I
said that thought it was, SO bought
them.''-New York Evening Post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
PRETTY NECKw7ElAR.

Women have begun to realize that
half of the problem of being well
dressed is solved when they add to
the costume a pretty fresh piece of
neckwear. A large number of neck
fxings are required to keep always
looking neat and trim.
The Medicf collar is fast suppressed
ing the Robespierre. There are, how
ever, notifications of the Robespierre
collar which have brought it up to
the minute Tt is still being worn by
we1l-dressed girls with their tailored
suits in the morning. They choose
the collar of lawn or linen, with the
plated friT outlined by a picot edge,
or the lawn collar finished with a
plated chiffon fri1I. In either style
the severe tailored effect is retained
There is also a trim-1ooking neck bow
of black satin, with facfngs of green,
red or white, to wear with the tailored
suit The ends of the bow are fas-
tened together with glass buttons
which match the facings.
Among the more elaborate types of
neckwear the Nedici collar is already
the favorite One particularly appeal
ing example is made of chiffon with
giving it the necessary curved shape,
but keeping the soft quality and grace
full lines. The jaibot is of shadow lace
falling SO full that it covers aIrnost
the entire front of the waist. Cree
velvet buttons and a bow of the same
material supply the collar note
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
LAUNDERING LINEN.

Do not starch any linen. If you
wish to have it look its best, iron it
damp, says Harper's Bazaar. Starch
ruins linen. Hang all sheets, table
cloths and towels on the drying line
with the ends down so that the
weight, when wet, will come on the
1engthwise threads, which are the
stronger. Otherwise the linen will
show an inclination to split along the
folds. Linen y7ellowed by long lying
may be wnftened by adding kerosene
to the water when boiling. About
tablespoonful to a gallon of water is
the correct proportion. After table
cloths are folded 1engthwise they may
be kept smooth by rolling on paste
board mailing tubes. ribbon may
be run through the tube and tied first
across the cloth, and then around the
tube in two places to keep the ends
in place. This is a good way to keep
linen centerpieces smooth IF, how
ever. the rolling is done when the lin
en- is still Damp the centerpieces will
continue, to roll they lie the
table.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
WHAT TO DO AND HOW
Too Much Use of Cosmetics-Beyo
Any Reasonable Women
Look SO Artificial

Have you observed how the use of
cosmetics is increasing, particularly
in the large cities? From the modest
dash of taIcum. to the eye and lip
makeup, it is getting ahead even of
Paris.
Take a stroll along any of the fash
ionable thoroughfares Of any great
city. Even young girls, not more than
sixteen, in many cases have eyelashes
heavily bIackened, lips redeemed into
Cupids bows by thick vermi1lion salve,
cheeks plastered red and white, until
the general effect is that of a, mask.
Go into any of the women's retiring
rooms of hotels and theatres, and you
find every ingredient, generally sup
posed to exist only in the makeup box
of a theatrical star
That the use of the contents of these
boxes is understood and appreciated,
with which the rabbits foot is applied
the eye1ash pencil brought into SER
vice, and the lip sponge or brush con-
verts a straight line mouth into a
heart shaped, kissa'ble valentine
Do the users of these coSm etfcs
know or care that not one person in
creation but understands the falsity
of the red, white and black additions
to natures own handicap?
Without wells, the g1aringly appar-
ent red over coloring stares like a wax
dolls cheeks at the passerby. And
these girls, who so haunt their arti-
hcia1ity, are not of the type one ex-
poets to see freely using rouge and
grease paint.
While a firm believer in the proper
use of cold cream, the massage that
brings the glow of health. the truly
stimulating eye wash or any other
mans 1ook@this being a duty accord
ing to my code-I protest against the
absolute VuIgarity of too pa1pabIe at
tennptS at beautifying.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
HOW TO DETECT DIRTY MILK.

The present era, of "standardiza-
ton of foods and drugs has brought
products which enter largely into ev-
ery-day life. This has been accom-
pltshed by the Introduction of scien-
tifio methods of examination which
are sufficiently practical to be easily
applied and which are simple enough
to appeal to the average layman as
Babcock test for the estimation of
the fat content in milk is a conspicu-
Gus illustration of the value of an ac-
curate, yet uncomplicated device. 1t
has been largely responsible for the
improvement in the composition of
milk by making an exact determine
ton easy to carry out. Even in the
smallest hamlet the results of the
Babcock test are today the standards
by which the commercial value of milk
is Judged.
the quality of milk the bacterial count
has an obvious Importance; but this
calls for elaborate laboratory appara-
tus. The acid test gives some indica-
ton tests by some creameries and
cheese factories. The So called sedi-
ment test has Of late years achieved
considerable prominence in certain
parts of the United States, accordfnG
to The Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association. The amount Of sedi-
sanitary conditions, for dirt in milk
is not only unsightIy and 11npa1ata-
bic, but serves to carry with it the
dangers of all kinds Of communicating
bacteria. DIRTY milk always has a
high bacterial count. It is very OBJ
jectionable if not actually dangerous.
Clean milk does not necessarily call
for special farm equipment or great
outlay; it merely demands attention
to small details and q reasonable
amount of care in stab1e-manage-
ment. The partially covered milk-paiI
has been an efficient innovation in the
direction OF excluding dirt acquired
during the milking process. One of
the best ways Of inducing the deliv-
cry of clean milk is by convincing the
producer that his milk contains sedi-
nent, and by demOnstra ting through
actual trials that it is easy to produce
the cleaner variety. The sediment test
is made by Straining a pint of milk
through a cotton disk one inch in di-
ameter which is attached to the bot
tom of one of the several varieties of
inexpensive testers. The evidence all
indicates, further, that when small
top milk-pails are used the dirt con-
tent is TespondingJy reduced. I'm
der certain conditions the sediment
test may even be used as an approx
mate indication of the number of bac-
terra that are introduced into the milk
on the farm. Of course dirty market
milk may be strained carefully so that
it appears cleaner than its earlier
handling justifes; but dirt and man
ure will leave their effects no matter
how milk is subsequently treated. The
sediment test record is a case in which
seeing is believing
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
TOILET SUGGESTIONS.

When the hair splits clip the ends.
For ink stains on the fingers try
lemon and salt.
Corns can be removed by daily rub
bling with toilet purnice.
One drachm of boric acid mixed
with four ounces of distilled witch
hazel makes a good lotion for a. greasy
skin. Apply with a soft cloth or vel
vet sponge.
When the first symptoms of a head
ache appear take one teasponfu1 of
clear lemon juice Is minutes before
each meal and at bedtime and con-
tinue until symptoms are past. For
btliousness plain lemon juice promotes
sleep and appetite.
Soap and water are needed to re-
move blaclch eads which are caused
by dirt collecting in the pores. After
rinsing the face in clean water, rub
over it a piece of ice. This will con-
tract the pores. NAfter drying the skin
apply witch hazel to it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17

I believe in the dotted veil despite
the protest of oculiSts. It is becom-
ing and any real woman is tempted
to essay its Softening effects to an
overflshed countenance. L believe in
the use of hano1ine for the skinny neck
and the rounding out of ho1lows be-
meath the eyes. 1 believe in pink face
powder, if it makes you look better
than flesh color, if you don't put it on
too thick. I even believe in touching
up your hair if gray is unIbecoming
and your years do not warrant the
white signals of distress.
This is my beauty creed, but I do
not believe in making yourself look
like a painted geisha girl, whose black
ened eyelids and eyelashes make little
carbon copies on cheeks Of unnatural
roseate bloom in a disc of white
wash.
If you must make up do it artisti-
cally,and as far as possible hygientcally,
seeking such blooms of youth as will
not leave you yellow and habby if for
one day you forget the rabbits foot
or the eyebrow pencil
THE HOSTESS
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
Joy OF CREATING.
Put Your Heart In Your Work No
Matter What II May Be.

Put Your Heart In Your Work, Nc
Matter What II May Be.
While every man who makes living
is not a genius, yet the real JOY OF
creating can belong to each Of Us IN
into farming or banking OF our school
work the sense of making something
we get the great treasure out OF Il.
When we fill any task with ourselves
we make something.
A girl says, II made the room tidy"
which simply means she put something
of herself into the disorderIy room and
so beautified it. after she had made
it tidy it reflected something Of her
self; it looked some idea of order such
as she had in her own mind A boy
says, "I made a good recitation I'm
school yesterday" and he Is right, for,
although the lesson was already there
1t had to wait for him to come along
and make It recitation.
so it is everywhere. Making any
tning means, no matter how simple
the task, that we bring out something
that did not exist before and that
that sometJ ing is to some degree ike
the maker of it We get cut what
we put in. If any one wants to be
miserable the surest way is just to do
things without putting his whole heart
and self into them Think Of the mere
outside of the tasks and they are not
worth doing. But once put yourself
into them and all that is changed
ST Nicholas
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
TOAST TO WOMAN.

Here's to the woman with many a
care,
Who sits all day in an office chair,
And at night when her days work
there is through,
Goes home and finds more work to do:
Gets up in the morning and cooks and
scrubs
And wrest1es around with the laundry
tubs;
Yet the usual hour finds her smiling
there
Beside her desk, in the office chair.
If she's strong enough to these bur
dens tote,
Here's to the States where they let
her VoteI
Minnie G. D. Smith, in Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
COUSIN PHEBE.

MAKING THE BEST OF HERSELF
An Englishwoman addressing a
school of girls said, 7 would express
my admiration for the girls OF today,
especially those who belong to the ed
ucated classes. At no time in the
worlds history has the young woman
50 well mastered the art Of making
the best of herself and taking care of
her clothes.
'I maintain that no girl can be
taught too young to take an interest
laws, to study color and style and to
master the rudiments of millinery and
dressmaking. To be able to make a
good blouse, or to renovate last sea-
accomplishment than to have a smat-
tering of knowledge, to sing, play or
paint or even to bake bread
That was bold talk to a graduating
class, but it is talk that is worth
while, says the Kansas City Star.
Nowadays a woman must look her
best to do her best. Clothes and the
way they are worn are a factor in
success.
A musical club wished to engage a
soIoist for one of its musicales. Two
names were under discussion; each
had the same number of votes on the
committee. The chairman, who had
the deciding vote, said: ST decide for
Miss Blank She may possibly not be
quite so much of an artist as the 9TH
er, but her personality is so charming.
She dresses 50 well, has SO attractive
a presence that she'll take better.''
That holds true in everything one
does. Given two applicants for a po-
sition, two strivers for social success
that girl wins out who has studied
how to make the most of herself.
1t is unknowing person who de
cides the modern girl is frivolous be-
cause she wants to look well. The
maiden of today in her mid-Victorian
fchu is more practical than the girl
who first wore q panier and puffs
and tucks. She usually has her own
dress allowance and learns to live
within it. To her, clothes mean win
ming in everything she undertakes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17

MARY GARDENS BEAUTY HINT
'Porridge and going to bed early
and a little drop of something that all
good Scots take at critical moments
to this formula. I attribute my-shau
we say forIn?" Thus testifies Mary
Garden as to her mode of living last
summer when she was resting at her
country place near Aberdeen.
"Going to bed early is just as inn
portant as the other two items and,
as for porridge, L can assure any one
who is afraid of gaining weight that
gain, but not against loss. You see, I
am an example, 1 am in the best of
health, eyes clear, complexion good,
and weigh exactly the same as did
last year, 1877 1-2, which is the proper
weight for a singer
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
Great BARGAINS

preceding inventory in winter mil
linery, furs. long cloth coats, rain
coats shirt waists petticoats,
marabout, feather boas and muffs and
chiffon wells at E. H. Dillon & Co. 1105
Main street.
Family Supplies
Fresh meat department: legs of
mutton, small fresh shoulders, small
fresh pork roasts, choice pot roasts
of beef, choice chuck rib roasts of
beef, small fresh hams. All the fresh
pork products: pork tenderloins, heads
feet. ribs, kidneys, plueks, leaf lard,
etc. Poultry specials: stewing fowls
choice fowls, fancy roasting chickens,
choice ducks. fresh dressed turkeys,
broiIers, squad. guinea hens. Grocery
'~uIletin: rolled oats, pure crab apple
jelly, seeded raisins, elbow nacaroni,
,. P. M buckwheat, Old Homestead
syrup, Logan & Johnson jams, horse
radish mustard, tryphosa jelly powder,
U. S. M. soap. Smoked meats: Sperry
& Barnes bacon, SQuire's bacon
skinned back hams, fat salt pork,
corned shoulders, ccrred pigs hooks.
Fresh vegetables: this department
overflows, green and wax beans brus-
eel sprouts. head lettuce, escaro1e,
,omane, celery, mushrooms, cauh-
lowers, new potatoes, new beets,
tweet potatoes, Strawberries, etc. Fish
pedals: fresh snapper blues, fresh
lat fish, finnan haddies. Bridgeport
oubIic Market SC Branch, State and
Bank streets, East Main street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
A LEGAL LEGEND.

The Tale of Telling Comparison ~
an Oriental Court.
When Abd-eLHakk was poor, as he
was one day travelling across a weary
plain, he came to tie house OF the
Widow Zaidah, who was also poor, but
when he made known lis hunger she
set before him two hard boiled eggs,
all the food there was in her house
Later, when Abd-el-Hakk lived in
Marakesh and was very rich, Meludi,
the lawyer, disliking him, persuaded
the Widow Zaidah to sue him for the
eggs, but not for the eggs alone, for
they would have become two chickens.
which in time would have so multiplied
that the whole fortune of Abd-ei-Hakk
would not now pay for them When
the case came to trial the rich man was
not in court
''Why is the defendant not hereT p de-
manded the judge.
"My Iord,'' said counsel for the de-
Tense, The is gone to SOW boiled beans"
''BoiIed beansF
"BoiIed beans, my lord"
els he madF"
"He is very wise, my lord Surely II
hard boiled eggs can be Matched boiled
beans will grow
The suit was promptly dismissed,
with costs to the plaintiT.-Pearson-s
Weekly.
Explaining It.
There is such a queer smell after
the automobiles here besides the gaso-
line"
"I guess it must come from the road
ching.'-Exchange
They know not their own defects who
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17
SILVER NOVELTIES.

Bonbon dishes made quite on the or
der of muffin stands, that is, with the
upright fitted, with three small silver
plates of varying size, are quite new,
says the Newark News. Another ta-
BILE accessory in silver is the spoon
tray. This is shaped like an open dish
or tray with high sides fashioned
something the order of a, pair of
goggles or spectacIes; the spoons slip
into the holder, one above the other.
an open section in the center making
it a simple matter to lift out the
spoons as needed
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-17

In color, If not in cut, this dress
suggests the military. The material
is dark blue serge with edgings of
brown martin fur. The embroidered
parts are worked with bright coIored
woods, red predorninating on a ground
of gold g-auze
The double corded edges are made
by gold cords with a finer cord of
bright red just inside. Gilt buttons
are used at the corners and down the
sides. The neck is finished with a
collar OF ecru tucked net and q fitted
circular band Of red velvet.