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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18
ATTRACTIONS HTHE THEATRES
POLES.

Because of the sensational success scored by the Great Leon, the greatest illusionist and magician of the age at the big PoH theatre in Main street the first three days of the week he will continue to mystify the crowds that flock to Polis daily for the remainder of the week. Arrangements have been made to retain him in Bridgeport for the entire week by special request as 0 result of his phenomenal accom- plishments. He is known as the worlds greatest il1usionist and with his company of wonder workers does astonishing things. He will do all new tricks the rest of the week.
 In addition there are five other big acts, the best that can be obtained in the country that will open the pro gram today and continue for the rest of the week. Blanche Sloan, Queen Of the Air. one of the cleverest and most daring aerial gynnasts of the country will be another big feature offering of the program. She is a sister to "Tod'' Sloan, the great jockey. She performs some of the most wonderful gymnastic tricks from aerial apparatus ever seen.
 A scream of. laughter will be pro vided in a comedy playlette entitled The Man Next Door, to be presented by Schreck, Darvi11e & Dutton, three clever comedians. The comedy skit is based on the inside workings of thea trfcaI life and latest song hits and original novelties are introduced.
 Some ething entirely new will be of fered by Al Lawrence, a mono1ogist who has few equals in the world. Di- rect from the big New York theatres he is an artist of great ability and presents a novel and delightful act. Oliver & White will present a whirl- wind comedy singing and talking act that is sure to be a warm favorite with vaudeville lovers. Sixty laughs, a minute are handed out in this act and fun galore is furnished without addi- tional charge.
 F-redo & Primrose will appear in a high class comedy musical act. In addition to ample supply of pleas ing music, this duo of entertainers put over some clever jokes and other novelties. Miss F'redo is clever character comeGienne and 8 charming little actress.
 This big offering of high class acts furnished by Manager tPo1i will be augmented by 5000 feet of first run moving picture films including the stirring two reel special Pathe, ''The Finger of Fate" A fine assortment of gifts will be given away at the Country store Friday night that will make fine Christmas presents. Special souvenirs for the children will be giv- en away at the Saturday matinee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18
LYRIC

Harriet Beecher Stowe's we'll known and popular story Uncle Toms Cab in" will be shown for the last time today, ma4iuee essande'@evening at the Lyric Theatre. sThisastory has enjoys ed greater success than any other story of it's kind ever produced and a perfect picturization has been made by the Kalem Company. On account of the natural settings this adaptation is far more powerful than any stage production possibly could be.
 One of the other strong features shown is a beautiful Kinemacolor photo drama F'The Romance of Prin- cess Romano" This story relates a beautiful romance of a princess who marrying Prince that she has never seen. Raymond Hitchcock and Flora Za- belle appear for the first time in mo- ton pictures in an extremely pleasing and Imaginable comedy. This is the first showing in the world of this pie ture and will be screened exclusively at the Lyric.
 Four other first run, exclusive photo plays compose the balance of the pro gramme.
 The Lyric management have secur- ed for their Christmas programme the Joseph Jefferson production of ''The Rivals with an all star cast including William W. Jefferson playing in his fathers character. Bob Acres. This remarkable production will be shown matinee and evening for two days commencing Wednesday of next week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18
THE PLAZA

As the big attraction for the last half of the week at the popular Plaza, Manager Ca1lan has secured con densed musical comedy, College Girl Students requiring the services of n1ne people and a full scenic, equip rneEt, k 1t is one of those delightful girIy gir,ly acts with pretty costumes, catchy songs and clever dances that have always made a. ofg impression on local theatregoers. Hamilton and Barnes in their screaming g1y funny slzit entitled "Just Fun have a distinctive spat on the program. Then comes pret- ty. May Lloyd, a talented singing com edienne with an up-to-the-Tninute line Of songs and an out-of-the-ordinary way of getting them over ,z1udoIfo, the man who makes the violin sit up and talk, is going to be in the race for first honors. The Azard Brothers, one Of the best strong mem acts in the profession, will aid naturally in rounding out one of the finest vaude- vile programs Bridgeporters have ever had the opportunity to witness. And to the above list of treats, six thou sand fet of the very latest releases in special feature photop1ays and it makes a tempting bargain that every one should take advantage of some time this week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18

she, then, who had called up the Els meralda night after night? It was no chance meeting assuredly, but a prear- ranged tryst in the waste of the limit less sea Many a government of i'm portance had not the peer of this mag
 nificent vessel that was racing toward them under forced draught and with all the power of her mighty engines.
 As she drew nearer. sparkling with white and steel. she offered spec tacle that stirred the heart. The water flashed at her stem as she cut it asun- der and tossed it aside in rainbow spray; her decks rose, tier upon tier. alive with men; her long, slender guns protruding from the ports were backed with human faces; on the lofty bridge were two officers in uniform, the one standing motionless beside the steers man. the other pacing two and fro, occasionally stopping to use his glass
 Suddenly the throb of her engines ceased and she was gliding toward the whaleboat under no other impetus but her vast bulk Shrill whistles sounded, white clothed sailors were seen run ming, and as if by magic the starboard gangway was lowered, its base churn- ing the water or rising high above it as the ship rolled in the seaway. At the head of the gangway, as the boat was cast off and all the survivors of the schooner crowded up. Brandeiss Krantz, Schwartz and Chris were met by a bur1y officer, who grinned affably and shook each one of them by the hand. As Matt and Chris passed to the quarter deck beyond the former raised his cap to a group of officers, who returned the salute with naval stiffness It was a moment of some embarrass- ment-to stand there with no home under the sun save that strange deck
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18
JAMES GORDON SEEN
 IN MOTION PICTURES

Playing the part of the father with Mary Pickford in Caprice" the Famous Players Feature film which has just closed it's engagement at the F,rnDire theatre was James Gordon whom many Bridgeport theatre goers will remember because of his fine act ing as heavy man in the PoH Stock Go. MT Gordon was here several sea sons MT. Gordon was or.several sea sons with Corse Payton and Daniel Ryan.
 Before acting for the Famous Play CTS Co. he appeared in many good parts in plays under the direction of Daniel F'rohman. He will be seen here again shortly in Leah Kleshna" a Famous Player film, which is to be shown at the Empire theatre.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18
GAIN IN NUMBER OF
 SCHOOL CHILDREN
state Population s9, ,s5s To the Good. Figures are Compiled by State
 Board of Education.

The state board of education has complied the figures of the annual enumeration of children in the state between the ages of and 16 years' taken last September, and finds that they show an increase of S,886 for the state and that for year or onIy eleven months, as an act of the Gen eraI Assembly of 1913 changed the time of enumeration from October to September. Figured on the basis of the federal census of 1910, which reckoned the ratio of the whole. popu- Iatfon to that of the children of school age as 4,4S5 to 1, the population Of the state is now 1,216,751. The school census for various towns fol- Irxx
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18

The wha4er was drawn up to her quarter, and hurried descent made into her, the first corners seizing the oars and preparing to back away, in case the Esmeraldai suddenly went down
 Instead of making sail and setting a course, Brandeis unshipped his tiller and allowed the boat to bob as she pleased Matt became very perplexed and anxious. Why did they drift there and do nothing7 He Ionged for the command to step the mast. The mate half stood up in the stern sheets as though at last to give it, but instead of an order it was a shout, with; his hand pointing joyfully to feeward. Smoke on the lee horizon! A steamers smoke, dimming the the azure with tiny stain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18
fFor Christmas

Orders some Miles ale, the beverage that promotes hospitality and brings out the good cheer of good fellow ship of the season. It adds zest and relish to the turkey dinner and is en- joySd by everyone. All orders prompt ly attended to by ordering from M. J. MaIoney, SC Jones avenue. His wines and liquors are of the best quality Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18
PARK THEATRE
.4oH. OH, JOSEPHINE"

The new x-ray gown as seen on the boulevards of Paris has been imported by Louis Robie and will be Introduced in Robiets Beauty Show which pre- sents the new musical burlesque sen- ;sation, '+Oh, Oh, Josephine,'' for three days commencing matinee Christmas day at the Park theatre. Besides an augmented chorus, Robie promises many other novelties in this seasons s ,burIesque offering among which are a, series of rapid fire costume changes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18

In 1910, the year of the last national census, the ratio of the whole popula- ton to that of school age was as 4,485 to 1. If this ratio has continued the whole population of Connecticut is now 1,216,731 and the gain during the year which ended September 1, 1918, wasH69sS 53.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18
RHEUMATISM
 AND GOUT

sufferers have been cured for twenty years past by EflIS Rheumatic Beme- dy. It gives relief in twenty-four hours. One bottle will cure most cases. It is a guaranteed remedy. At all drug stores or direct on receipt of price. One dollar per bottle. Hill Medicine Co.,, 117 East 24th Street. New York.-AdV.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18

Lynchburg, Va.-Four hundred shares of Norfolk and Western and $18,700 in dividends awarded to government in Gaynor and Greene harbor frauds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18

San F'rancisco.-David G. Powers, chief government witness against the Western Fuel company, arrested on charge of seduction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18
CHAPTER XVI.
John Mort.

~1HE was apparently coming up M at great speed; the smoke SS swe1led in volume; two smoke - stacks became discernible; no, there were three! By George, there were four. in a towering, stupendous, black vomiting line-a giant of a yes sel, with fighting tops to her squat Hasts and turrets, sponsons and guns lhowing above the glistening white of her bow. A man-of-war. colossus of twelve or fourteen thousand tons, able at reduced speed to encircle the globe and return whence she had started with coal still to spare in her Brob- dingnagian bunkers.
 Matt watched her with parted lips and straining, fascinated eyes. Was it
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18

ambridge.-Harvard gives or lends
 to needy students $92000 annually.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18
Summary By Counties.

The state 271,2S9 262,4Os e,617 7s1 Gain in state, S,8S6
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Daddy 'sBedtirae
~ The Fairy
'Ot0V- Queens New
Years Visit

grand ball
elves and brownies 1t was held ~ a.
park
booths In corners or the
the they could wir Oh
brownies looked
hats but they
would in danc
the brownies feel!
and Virginia reels
and
decided about time to stop 50 they all sat
possibly imagine
Ice
faorte color OF
other
Whistles and notices. wooden
sold and toy animals"
a all white with
gteng
all breathless And this
bells
wYearo brownes said the
fairy! said all in reply
ovies
vanished and the lap OF
gold GOOD the
engraved on It. .
had ana
to have actually heo was woderu
follow them all their lives And you may be sure tne
beds early that New Years
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to a summer camp entirely away from,
her, and another aunt wished to give
the girl one year in Europe But
Aunt May was by this time so 'devot-
Some who have been carried away
by the ideals of the "Spug" society
have stretched it's precepts to an ex-
tent that is laughable. They hold forth
that Spug gives only useful present
and then they give the impression that
a useful present is one that can be
used to work with or made to pay divi-
dends. They have merely narrowed
down the limits of the word useful.
There is scarcely an article on the
market today that would not prove
useful to someone The idea of the
Spugs is to put some thought into the
selection of gift. Don't give busl-
ness man set of garden tools: don't
give the gardener desk clock. There
is reason in all things and there is
reason in the movement Of the Spugs.
Christmas is the gift giving season and
one can get more pleasure out of some
we'll selected presents from his rela-
tives and friends, than he can by
boarding up the few dollars saved by
making the false statement that Spugs
don't believe in giving presents.
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exultingly to his sober-hued

iscreeched exultingly to his sober-hued
mate.
The house itself wore another air.
It's look Of unkemptness had largely
vanished The comb Of the roof had
bend Strengthened and the warped
shutters repaired. The boards Of the
porch flooring had been relaid. Moss
and green lichen had been secured
from the bases of the great weather
beaten pillars. These, however, bore
no garish coat of new paint. The soft
gray tone of age remained, but the
bleakness and forlornness were gone ;
there was about all now a warmth and
genial bearing that limited at mellow.
led beauty, freight and cheerful
voices within.
Valiant heaved long sigh of salts.
faction as he stood in the sunlight
gazing at the results of his labors. He
was not now the f1ippant boulevardier
to whom money was the sine qua non
of existence. He had learned a sover.
eign lesosn--one gained not through
the push and fight of crowds, but in
the simple peace Of countryside, I'M
vexed by the clamor of gold and the
complex problems Of competitive eX.
istence-that he had inherited a need
of activity, Of achievement that he had
been born to do. He had worked
hard with hand and foot with hoe and
mattock-strenuous perspiring effort
that made his blood course fast and
brought muscle-weariness over which
nature had nightly poured her sooth-
ing indictments Of Deace and sIeap
His tanned face was as clear as fine
brown porcelain, his eye bright, and
his muscles rippled up under his skin
with elastic power
"Chum," he said, to the dog rolling
on his back in the grass, what -
you think Of it ALL anyway" He
reached down, seized hind leg and
whirling him around like teetatum,
sent him flying into the bushes,
whence Chum launched again upon
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barking anerily at them Hes shock
ed at. the. house-cleaning, she said;
"a sign he's a bachelor" 49,.
80 am l." said Valiant
| Maybe he's older than you she
countered; land sot in his ways
II accept him as warning" he said,
and she laughed with him.
He led them around the house and
down the terraces Of the formal gar
den, and here the majors encomiums
broke forth again. you are going to
take us old folks back, sah,' he said
with real feeling "This gyarden in
its original lines was unique. 1t had a
! pinuancy and a .picturesqueness that,
thank God. are to be restored! One
! can understand the owner OF an estate
! like this having no desire to spend
his life philandering abroad. We all
hope. sab, that you will recur to the
habit Of your ancestors, and count
Damory Court home"
Valiant smiled slowly. 81 don't
dream of anything else," he said. my
life. as | map it out, seems to begin
here. The rest doesn't count-only
| the years when I was little and had
The major carefully adjusted his
eye.glasses His head was turned
away. "Ah, yes" he said.
"The last twenty years." continued
the other. from my present view
point. are valuable mainly for con-
trast"
GAS a consistent regimen Of pate de
foie gras," said Shirley quizzfcally,
"makes one value bread and butter?"
He shook his head at, her. "As
starvation makes one appreciate plen-
ty The next twenty years are to be
here. But they hold side-trips, too.
Now and then there's a jaunt back
to the city, ~, -
Contrast again." she asked inter
estedly. ...
Eyes and no. Yes, because no one
who has ever known that blazing
changing life can really understand
the peace and blessedness of place
like this. No, because there are some
things which are to be found only
there. There are the galleries and
the opera. need breath of them
both" .".%.
you're right" nodded the major
l"Birds are birds, and Melba is Melba
,But a sward like this in the early
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morning, with the dew on the grass,
is the best opera for steady diet"
ct called them only side-trips," said
John Valiant.
"And semi-occasional longer fights,
too the major reflected. "A look-see
abroad once in a blue NOON Why
not?"
Yes. For mental photographs
impressions one can't get from be-
tween book-covers. There's an old
cloister garden I know in Italy and a
particular river-bank in Japan In the
cherry blossom season, and a tiny II.
land with Greek castle on it In thu
Aegean Little colored memories for
me to bring away to dream over. But
always | come back here to Damory
Court. For this is-home!"
They walked beneath the pergola
to the lake, where Shirley gave cry
of delight at sight OF it's feathered
population. where did you get them
FROM" she asked.
washington. In crates"
"That explains it." she exclaimed.
Zone day last week the little darkies
In the village all insisted circus was
coming. They must have seen these
being hauled here. They watched the
whole afternoon for the elephants
poor youngsters!" he said. Its a
shame to fool them. But I've had all
the circus want getting the live
stock installed"
"They won't suffer-" said the major.
"Rickey Snyder'll get them up three
ringed show at the drop Of a hat and
drop it herself Besides, there's
tournament day coming, and they can
live on that see you've dredged out
some of the lilies"
YES. I take my dip here every,
morning"
1--WE used to have diving board
when we were little shavers," pursued
the major, II remember once, your
father" IA
He cleared his throat and stopped
dead.
please" said John Valiant, ii
like to hear about him.
1T was only that / struck my head
on rock on the bottom and-stayed
down. The others we're frightened,
but he--he dove down again and again
till he brought me out. 1t was a mar
row squeak, reckon"
(To be Continued.)
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RRvAN ON BANKING.

Secretary w. J. Bryan in his speech
at the Richmond meeting OF the Amerl'
,an Institute of banking, plainly snow
A,d that he does not know very much
about the subject he was making
lecture on. If Mr.. Bryan had peen
making this talk to an audience tnat
Spras not acquainted with banking, ne
syhight be accused Of trying 10 1901
a%hem nv making statements that ne
,irself knew were not SO, but In thls
instance he was making speech 10
a1ankers and there is no way OF &C
Icounting for the statements Mr.. bryan
wade except to make the deductlon
hat he is ignorant of the laws under
(Which the banks are conoucteu'
this meeting he Is quoted as saying
II would not today buy one IONA, .
worth Of stock in any bank "nlch uiu
Not secure it's depositors. nave
little money saved for my Ola age /
IN not willing that that ~nlch naSe
8 we'd for myself and family snall We
81 AIKEN away entirely because OF SONS
nan associated with bank may De
guilty of criminal action; neither am
81 willing to be a stockhoider IN
rank and have depositors lose tnel,
Jenosits in that bank in which hold
stock and then sit back possessing
what I have while they go out Win
3oss." .. H., u,u
q Regarding this statement the wall
SStreet Journal says: ,,-
Waving for the moment. as mr.
van does, the grave question OF the
s.inffu.nce of deposit guaranty schemes
,on the quality of bank administrator
sthe contradiction In which the speaker
sinyolyed himself is obvious. A STOCK
holder In a bank holding deposits not
Guaranteed cannot both lose his all
and "sit back" possessing 1t while the
danositors 20 out with loss. Nor IS
there any choice of such alternatives.
Stockholders in national banks, ana
SSmost state banks, must, II necessary,
SIose not only their investment but an
additional amount equal to the par
value of their stock before the deposit
tors are received to bear any final loss.
Mr. BRYAN ignores the original avoW-
ed purpose of the guaranty plan, whlcn
was not to safeguard investments IN
hank stocks at all, but to insure de-
nositors against loss and banks against
runs" It does not stand between
the stakeholder and the consequence OF
criminality or negligence in bank man
agement. II 1t did there would be no
responsibility left in banking beyond
that enforced by the criminal statutes
alone.
There is every reason why the saw
fngs OF Mr.. Bryan and Of most other
men and women against old age should
not be invested in bank stocks. They
are an Investment only for active
Sbankers or business men, or those with
peculiarly close personal relations
with active active bankers. An ap-
proved mnicipal or seasoned railroad
bond can be laid away and forgotten.
Not 80 a share in any bank, within or
without the operation ia guaranty
law