The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS


 Probably Connecticut, and for that matter any other state, has never had
 a governor with SO profound a grip
 on so many phases of human knowl-
 edge as Simeon E. Baldwin. On one
 day he discusses before a, Congrega- tiona1 convention some problem of ec- c1eSiasttcal policy. Next we note a discourse from him upon eugenics
 The papers of the following day have a page comment from him on capital punishment. The bar association Hg- 1 tens to him expound upon some com plex legal problem. At a gathering of economists he discusses the working mems compensation law. At a$po1iti-
 cal meeting he is at 91oIne with th e tariff and the currency problems. Only 8. few nights ago at the testimonial dinner to MT. Fsoi he indu1ged in an Interesting survey of the drama. Night before last he gave in Waterbury a hunaanely optimistic addre ess upon physiological aspects of brain growth. What! The grand danes of the cab 4net and Senate snubbing the ladies of 1 the congressional set? We thought this was a Democratic administration. As a confidential agent and dipIo-
 mat William Bayard Hale probably
 will maintain his reputation as a suo-
 cessfUl, collector of material for mag azine articles
 You can't win a political fight with
 an idea" says OTInsby McHarg of Bull
 Moose fame. No, you can't; at least not with the idea that a. majority of
 the people are incapable of thinking for themselves.
 Another shipIoad of cubist and fu- turist "art' Is on its way across the
 ocean for exhibition in this country, but fortunately there is no law in the land that will compel a person to att
 tend any of the exhibitions
 It is too bad a White House bride cannot be given the presents she will
 need instead of useless presents that
 will cost insurance and storage. California is a, state whose inhabi- l tants are ever ready to take desperate
 measures to get rid of what they do not like.
 In California, they say, it is pro-
 posed to decree the forfeiture of the automobile of every driver convicted of speeding.
 |. That might be the suitable punish | ment for the owners, but 1t certainly would be hard on the holders of the chatte1 mortgages.
 pr. T. c. Shaw, described az "a mo- | ted authority on medfco-psycholog problems" sees danger of new kind of woman arising with whom men will have no sympathy This new kind of woman, according i to Drs Shaw, has already revealed to | the male of the species that women can be just as obstinate, epitefuI and devilfsh as men,
 It is impossible to say that Dr. Shaw
 does not know what he is talking about The woman he describes is here in numbers and threatens to become the rule. Her forerunners are forcing
 men to the most painful moment of I their lives-that in which they are | compelled to admit in their souls that | women are no better than themselves. One Rosenthal wishes to change his
 name to Renthal because there are so
 many Rosentha1s in the city, Which
 reminds that Lefty Louis 6 Co are
 still enjoying life. if not liberty. Nothing ever seems to happen in Chicago any more. If it wasn't that | going one would be inclined to think
 that the city had closed for the win ter
 General Lee Christmas, says dis
 patch, has been recruiting for Carranza
 in Chicago and has started for Mexico
 with twenty men. Mistletoting arms? {? The post office officials do not appear 1 to have joined the feminist moveme ent They insist that, so far as traffic is | concerned, the mails are privileged.