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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
LOSS TO BRIDGEPORT.

Editor The Farmer. Sir:
 The Eleanor Cleveland Stock Co.,, through it's conspicuous superiority. has raised the theatrical standard of came to the Lyric theatre in the win ter of 1911 with an organization Of capable and cultured ladies and gen tlenen, gradually overcoming the ois. advantages of an obscure location ana other difficulties, she gave us inter. comedies, presenting only the whole some and clean ones and emitting the taWdry and cheap. No extfaVaganr, misleading advertising calculated to foist an inferior article upon the pub lie was ever indu1ged in. The merit of the undertaking was explained to the public, through the various leg1- tirnate mediums, and the people were requested to render their decision. AS the result of Eleanor -Cleveland's en- terpriee all theatrical entertaf nnent in our. city rose to 8 higher plane. Every businessmen realizes her impor- tance as a developmen factor of rhe North End of Bridgeport, with 1n- creased realty values and advanced building activity. We must consider not so much her individual artistic ability and magnetic personality but the great benefit Bridgeports mental ity and pocketbook have derived through the activity of her organ1za- ton.
 To allow her to leave us, when it is beneficient activity. would mean g. de- cided loss to Bridgeport. We Insist upon education for our children, well let us insist upon mental improve ment for our adult population. an ed- ucation in a form which is easily as- simulated. Retain Eleanor Cleveland
 THEATREGOER
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
HERO N VICTIM
 IS IN BAD SHAPE
INQUIRY STARTED TO SEE HOW MCRANN GOT OVERDOSE OF
 BING AT THE JAIL.

New Haven. Feb. 18-An investiga- ton to discover how John M. Mo Crann, a prisoner at the jail for the sale and the use Of heroin, secured the drug which resulted in his collapse yesterday, will be started today, &C., cording to the reports from the office Of the city attorney. McCrann is still Tn a serious condition at St. Raphaels s hospital, where he was taken in the police patrol yesterday morning but continually begs and cries aloud for the drug It is probable that police surveillance will be placed over him today.
 In the opinion of the city attorney and the members of the detective bu- reau, one of the pals of McCrann's 8 brought him the package and threw it to him when the guards had their eral visitors at the Jail during the past few days and had been in the pest condition of all the drug users confined there
 When McCrann reached the police station prior to trial yesterday he be- came violently i'll and for time it was feared that he would die, before medical attendance could be summon ed. When Dr. Spier, the police sur geon, arrived and saw the condition of the man he ordered his immedi- ately, removal to the hospital His heart action was faltering and uncer- tain, and it was feared at the hoepi- tai that he would not live the night out
 At the county jail no one seemed to know when the drug had been hand ed in to McCrann It was learned that during the evenings at the Jail the cries of the victims ring out through the corridors all through the night, making it impossible for the other prisoners to secure rest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

heavy labor, nienta1 strain, anxiety and excitement. Eat moderately of plain food, principally fruits and vege- tables. Avoid sti1nulants of all kinds. Keep the bowels open, exercise mod erate1y and maintain cheerful dis position. Eat moderately, if at alI of foods likely to produce fat, and do not retire at night with a full stomach. Use soft water for drink ing purposes, as it is less likely to induce hardening of the blood vessels
 Dear Doctor: would like your advice in my case. I have noticed for some time that during the day, while at work, my left hand begins to get numb and it gets so that it is asleep. This will finally leave me, and then my feet will do the same, lasting probably for half an hour. Otherwise I am perfectly we'll Please tell me what to do to get rid of this annoying trouble. B. J. D.
 The trouble is caused by poor cir cuIation and insufficient activity of the excretory organs The eIimina- ton of waste matter from the body is not being efficiently carried on
 An infusion of some of the old herb remedies would be found particularly valuable, especially, the Thompsonian formula for Compound Gentian, which has often been given in my Club ser-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

ies of books. Osteopathic treatments or Vibratory treatments, applied by means of one of the portable Electric Vibrators now on the market, will also aid in stimulating the circula- ton to remove the body poisons from the muscles and nerves. Special care must be taken to remove consti- patton if present.
 Dear Doctor: About six years ago got my back hurt, lifting a sack of corn, being seized at the time with a sharp pain below the left kid- ney. In few days it disappeared, but in a month I hurt 1t again, and my back continued so lame after that, that I had to quit work for several months. Then the pain appeared in my right thigh, kept me lame all sum- rner, and disappeared gradually, only to reappear four weeks ago, while dig ging, and this time 1t seems to have come to stay. In the mornings when get up it seems all right, but if E walk much I get lame. I am 50 years old, weigh 200 lbs, and have worked on a farm all my 1ife but have done ES*hing but chores since first got lame. would like you to suggest a remedy if you will be kind enough to do so. DC.
 In all probability you suffered a dis placement of one of the bones of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
HOME HEALTH CLUB
By Dr. David Fl. Reeder, Chicago, III

By Dr. David H. Reeder, Chicago, III.
 Beanness, Part IL-n beginning treatment for Ieanness. the first thing to do is to find out the cause. In do- ing so, you will quite likely need the services of a physician who is skilled in this sort of work. Don't think that any set schedule or routine can be laid down for you to follow, for your case is dimerent-no two people are alike, you know. There is one thing want to call your attention to, and one which you must not overlook: no matter what sort of diet may be pre- scribed or what experiments you may undertake, always use your common sense and personal experience as a guide. No matter what the cause of your trouble Is, you can probably select a suitable diet from the follow ing list all of which are understood to be fattening foods:
 Beef, mutton, chicken, eggs, fish, cows milk, cream cheese. cottage cheese, sour milk, oatmeal, rice. corn meal; peas and lentils, bread, biscuit, potatoes, rnacaroni, sugar, honey and other sweets; fresh fruits, dried fruits, marnalades. fruit juices. nuts. butter. cream and some of the proprietary breakfast foods. Some of the malt extracts are good. Generally speak ing, fats, starches and sweets should be eaten in as large quantities as can
 
 petite and the digestion Liquids. such as milk, water, fruit juices and but ternilk may be drunk with meals, but not to wash the food down; if liquid is taken it should be between mouth fuIs of food In one of the Home Health Club books the subject of foods, their preparation and proper com binations is entered into at length.
 As to how much exercise is to be taken depends upon the cause of the 1eanness. It is safe to say that suf- hcient exercise should be taken in all cases to keep the digestive and excre- tory organs active. As I have said before, each and every case must be studied and treated individually. If yours is case that is not complicat- ed and not caused by disease of any kind, the following regime will take you out of the lean class and give you normal flesh:
 As dessert after dinner. but at no other time, eat one ounce of b1anch- ed almond nut meats that have been dipped in chocolate. For luncheon, | whenever possible, eat fat, cold roast beef as a part of the meal. Prac- tice deep breathing before retiring at night; drink a large tumb1erful of sweet whole milk, preferably hot. Sleep at least eight hours every night, go to bed not later than p. m. Eat l a fruit, raw cabbage, lettuce or toma- to salad daily with French dressing, using at least 8 tablespoonful of olive oil and taking all of the dressing with the salad. Don't worry, don't scold. don't quarrel Laugh, and you will be happier and get fat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
COMMITTED SUICIDE
 IN RICHMOND, VA.
c. c. Archer of New London Left Notes to Parents, Sister and Ham
 over Young Woman.
(Norwich Bulletin. )

(NOFW1Ch Bu1eC1n.1
 Mother and father, forgive me and kiss Mabel and Richard and Francis goodbye for me Your ungrateful son, Charles
 This note addressed in a sealed en- ve1ope to his mother, Mrs. James H. Archer of No. 46 Hampstead street, New London, was found Saturday among the effects of Charles c. Ar cher, 28 years of age, who, commit Richmond, Va, some time Thursday night by inha1ing illuminating gas. His body was found late Saturday.
 Archer arrived in Richmond Wed nesday night saying that he had se- cured a position as brakeman on the Richmo ond, Fredericksburg and Poto- mac road. He said he had formerly worked on a railroad in New England.
 Another message, addressed to Miss Dora Papineau, Hanover, Conn, reads thus:
 Dear Dora: Let me give you a few words of advice. The next fellow you go around with trust him just a little more. Cyntcism is all right in it's place, but 1t is out of place be- tweeen lovers. Thanking you for many good times and hoping for very happy future for you, I wish you a long goodbye. (Signed) Charles.''
 It developed that Archer came here from Norfolk, Va, both of these mis- siIes being dated February in that city. He left another letter to his sister, Miss Mabel Archer of New Lon were expressed.
 Coroner Taylor said that there was no doubt that he committed suicide. Still another letter, couched in loving terms. was addressed to Mrs. Mae Southwen, Merrimacport, Mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
KILLED BY ANm-roxN.

Editor of the Farmer: Sir-Another victim has been added to the long list of antf-toxin killings. Hundreds of thousands whose deaths were due solely and only to the injection of anti-to1Cin have been given a. diptherda death certificate, when in the first in stance more often than not they did not have dipther5a at all, and almost instant death has occurred when anti toxin has been given as an innfnunfzer, when only an ordinary sore throat was in the family or neighborhood, when such deaths occur the blunder- ing doctor, to save his face with the profession, goes to the limit to make it appear that the death dealing anti toxin have nothing to do with the killing.
 How much longer are parents going to stand for the blood poisoning and killing of their children by anti-toxin and vaccination? This latest case of anti-toxfn killing reported in a P71ila- delpkfa paper of last week Is that of Norman FusseIlmann of 1245 Fifty third street, by the health board doc tor who killed him few minutes after 1t was administered It is pret- fy nearly time that a halt was called on the tools of the representatives these He11-th Boards.
 What will happen to us when they get all the power over as that they are seeking under the Owens bill. God only knows.
 MAJOR THOMAS BoUDREN
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
NEW HAVEN BREMEN
 DON'T EXPECT STRIKE
 BUT PREP IRE IN EVENT

New Haven. Feb. 1s-No confrna- ton of the report that the hremen will open up Headquarters in this city could be learned and all Of the fire men at the roundhouses in, Cedar Hill expressed ignorance on the subject. A strike is not generally expected by the local hrmen who seem to think that the railroads will concede the de- mands at the eleventh hour without suffering the heavy losses which they would incur in the event of a strike.
 Timothy J. Shea will be in charge Of the New York. New Haven & Hart ford end of the fight and will open headquarters at the United States ho- tel in Boston. Shea will also com mand the men on the Boston & Maine, Maine Central and the Boston Albany railroads
 It ts said that the instructions re- garding the proposed strike have been Issued to the presidents and the sec retaries of all of the railroads in voIved in the fight. The orders ask that they "earnestly, energetically and loyalty sustain the strike and aid in it's success by the adoption of every available lawful means.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

tinct Many will become extinct with in very few years unless federal control can be secured immediately. It is plain that under no conditions are the States themselves competent to protect these birds in time to save them and it would be inefficient government that could not legally and constitutionally undertake any func- ton for which it's component States are incompetent. Every persons in terested in the protection or our val tory game birds should write or tele- graph at once to his Congressman at the House of Representatives at the Capitol, Washington, D. C., and oeg him to use every effort in his power to secure the immediate passage of this bill
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WHY !?

Editor of Farmer, Sir:
 What Is there about a kihwatt that 90 mystihes the average citizen, or about a ldlowatt-hour that reduces him to a state of incoherence? The gas meter has long been an object of of suspicion. but in spite of its innate aepravity men assume to understand 1t and occasionlly dispute its verdicts But a wattmeterl How often have You heard one of the hundreds or thousands of users of electric current casually tell another how much each kflowatt-hour is costing him? He knows in New York that cubic foot Of gas costs him eighty cents He knows how much a week he pays his maid But he doesn't know how much an hour he is paying that other seryant-electricity, and he doesn't non, whether he is getting what he pays for. At best he knows that his electric bills are about so-much a month
 HIectricty has often been called the universal servant. Tt is more than that It Is the tabloid of energy. It Is the most refined and condensed form of energy, and therefore is avail able to be applied to more d1f1erent things than any other form of energy. It Is the best disciplined energy be- and with lightning rapidty. Dr. Schuyler Sl1aats Wheeler, president of the Croker- Wheeler Company has said that the difference in the motion of
  trtcity, is the difference between a panic stricken mob in a fire, and the Ire drill in a public school by means of which a. building in emptied of hun dreds of students in less than five minutes. pr. Wheeler Is responsible too for the expression: "E1 ectrictty is the tabloid of energy" It is as easy to handle, he says as extract of beer Just add hot water and serve in the first case. Just turn a switch and be served in the second It is the only form of energy that can be stored in practical quantity and used when wanted. Heat, for instance, is rapid Iy diszlpated. You can't get horse power without starting engine, or a horse but you can keep 'kilowatts in a storage battery by converting them into chemical energy and hold them in a blass jar for long period of time with little deterioration, Why is tA4 public, which spends s300, 900, 900 a. year directly and indirectly, on electricity and a like amount on current, so devastatingly ignorant of the most simple Fundamental facts in regard to it7
 ELECTRIC NEWS BUREAU.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

spine at the time of lifting the corn six years ago. This would account for the pain in the back and limbs. and I would advise you to oonsult Q competent osteopathic physician, have him examine you carefully and eco IT such displacement can be detected, and if so, have 1t reduced Whether there is any actual displacement or not. there was undoubtedly a severe strain of one of the spinal ngamentl
 with an accompanying congestion cl surrounding tissues. This can be oV- ercome by the use of hot fomentatior1 as fully described in Chapter 64 n- Vol g. Home Health Club Series Stimulation of the tissues of the par of inc back involved by Vibration. ap- piled by means of one of the portablr electric vibrators now on the market would be found of great benefit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
CLUB NOTES.

will gladly answer all inquiries for Information on health subjects from readers of this publication if same are addressed to Home Health Club, 5039- Cottage Grove Ave, Chi cagoi Send full name and address with cents postage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
WIFE TO BECOME STUDENT AIT UNIVERSITY WHERE HER
 HUSBAND IS PREsTDEVr

Minneapolis, Feb. 1s-Bdrs. Gsorg1 P. vincent will become a. Etudsut e. inc University of 1IinnesotG sL WA1l- her husband is president. Tt ID uu- nounced that next month she will en- ter the farm school for a short col1nEo in the care and culture Of horses. 1LrE. Vincent is a noted horsewomau-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

White Plains, N. Y.1The legal ma chinery of Westchester county has been used so extensively in the last six months that funds have been ex-- hausted and the courts are temporarily out of business.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

Dear Doctor: About three months ago was taken with a peculiar spell which began with roaring in the ears blindness and staggering. My right arm became useless, the left side of nay face burned. was nauSeated an my head ached. These symptom left in two hours and I have beer well since except for a slight head
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-09

claim, "Could the old system have worked
eight such Miracles
one illustration Of the boys attitude
toward the system: Tony came % the Utah
boys farm by reason Of the THEFT Of hun.
drcd dollars. He had not spent the moneyin
riotous living; but had laid it away as the
nestegg toward the five hundred dollars
that would buy a friitstand. Dat KID
knows how to take care Of de coin, was the
Judgment Of his fellow boy citizens. So they
promptly elected him treasurer. He was a
faithful treasurer. Now vcrg,nr N man.
hood, he will be equally true 70 any trust Of
his fellow men. All he needed was the prop
er viewpoint.
Summed up, the creed Of the citizen fac
tory is this: We must beat Our birch rods
into fishing poles, and turn our reform
schools into Republics in miniature.
Back of this whirlwind o, enthusiasm
there must be an exception, woman.
Think of it, eight "hundredth boys in the
home nest, besides three Of her own, TO say
nothing Of an eighty horSepowcr, two-handef
iconoclaSt. There is just such aw.wan. She
was Miss Josephine Wilson before she be
came Mrs. Brown in 1892 at Baker City,
Oregon.
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PRESIDENT WOOD GOVERNORS STAFF. AND
YEN CHOO RECEIVE WITH LATOONA LADIES'
SHAKE HANDS WITH OVER f""
DOORS CLOSED or CROWDS Al iNE'
\ second bell IA second boy the story
was on its way 10 press. judith foppel
back at last, utterly relaxed.
The editor whirlcd about facing her, ail
threw off his green eve shade, tUa-.Mg I'D
thick hair. and giving his heavily line. lace
a Slprcmclv boviSh look. His li,.. nltc-
viewer was wiltcd heap in the o.- chAN,
her hat over one ear, her glove bur..r. VOC
much tacking) her shoes dusty, her coat
crumplcd. \ greasy gray Smuagr cross
her check told OF impact with griny a.ilu'
and once smooth bands OF HAIR were re,
leased in shaggy curlS. But up out Oh
it all, as he contemplated her. came ha
voice, tircd-but oh, SO triumphant, ~ was
great" -.
"You are great" He leaned acr.s, his
desk and continued to regard her with IN
admiration al the editor's-and yet not
quite al the editors.
81 Liberated the day." Judith declared
proudly, from her triumphant wearinc,,s.
"Of course YOU did, while that good tor
nothing Bennett was off
"He was launching with Helen; but he
helped"
Helen Worthington?" There was a qucS-
tioning suspicion in the editors voice,
drawing up OF his broad shoulders, lifting
of his massive head, challenge in his
eyes.
"Ycs." Judith sat up. Did he really care,
after all. thcn-her editor? He and Helen
had been together good deal the last sum-
mcr at the country club; but she had de-
cidcd of late that there could be nothing
in it. Did he care? Helen was 50 radiant,
so darkly, luxuriantly beautiful, and 50
charming and a society girl She was al,
ways fresh and interrupted: never unused
up. Helen entertained and amused hlm;
while she-why, she only worked for nm:
OF course he cared! Judith dragged heTSeh
to her feet. Tears were in her eyes
"lt's-it's Just tired hySteria!' Her voice
quavered, with one last heroic effort AT
fight; but Judith was no actress. "l on see
it was great-but it was work. go,
"Of course it was work, you little WIN.
wind" he came back, Springing to his iee'
and opening the door for her. "Sleep 70.
morrow-sleep all day-and tell me aOo"'
1t afterward.
Sleep Would she sleep? Oh, had It oeeh
anyone but Helen, her dearest, closest lriei'u'
Helen-to whom she had vowed allegiance
no matter what it cost herl
another Judith story leiH appear in an ed''y
issue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-09

biggest and the baddcst boy in the county,
whose pet diversion was chewing tobacco in
school and splitting at the girls feet. Did
young Brown attempt 10 stop him; No.
That would mean a contest and a sound
thrcshing for the teacher. He built a ram
part of Scantlings round the boys desk,
filled it with ashes, and urged him TO in
dulgc his paStimc. The nickname "AShhcap'
did the work, just as he knew it would.
NOV, 4 boywho could think that out at the
~ age Of fifteen and then carry the lnowl-
edge through life has certainly solved the
boy problem. But right there we are tread
ing on one of Judge Browns fundamentals.
There is no boy problem, he says, any more
than there is caterpillar problem. \ boy
holds the same relationship 20 a man that a
caterpillar does to a butterfly. We have
been fitting artificial wings to the cater
pillar, and then condcmning him because
he does not fly like a butterfly.
The fundamentals OF the citizen factory
sound almost revolutionary. Here are some
of them:
There is no such thing as an intrinscally
bad boy. We are making bad boys and po-
tcntial criminals by the false attitude OF So
Ciety and the law toward youth.
Original sin doesn't exist. Give boy
chance, and the original good will come to
the surface.
Teach morals. Morals, not intellect,
form the basis Of citizenship. Our schools
strive for intellect as the al important;
then, perhaps, health and a modicum OF
morals. Reverse this order. Throw boy
entirely on his own resources, demanding
only that he play the game square, and IN
ninetv-nine cases out of a hundred he will
make good.
That is what Judge Brown is doing with
his BOYS at Boys City. y wonderful place,
Bows City, a story in itself, where the boys
operate their own city government, their
newspaper, their store their bank, handle
their own money! city in miniature.
Recently the townsite of Walhalla, Michigan,
has been acquired, and Boys City will soon
go on the maps and postal guides.
noes it work, this revolutionary, icono-
~ elastic citizen factory? Aside from the
hundreds of boys who have passed out of
the factory to good citizenship, Judge Brown
can point to eight clenching arguments.
They are eight BOYS, some of them "hope-
less cases the hundrcdth boys after the
winnowing of the ninety-nine per cent. of
successes. Now these eight boys are the
finished product of the system, worthy to
be admitted as members of Judge Browns
own family, sharing the home with his sew
cntecn-year-old daughter, his siXtecn-ycar-
old son, and the baby girl Everyone is a
boy TO be proud of. Could you read their
histories and l-nh,v thpt,o Dpv N-pi, would ay-