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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-13
TO Rent

TO RENT.-Elegant apartment of
seven rooms, 679 MapIewood. first
house from Clinton avenue. Inquire
Adrs.-P. F. West, SAT Clinton avenue.
Phone 331O-4. L7aSS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-13

GET A SUIT that fits. Our suits are
rs dollars and up. Carlow, 60 Cam
non st. L b4S
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-13

FOR RENT-Rooms for manu1ackur.
Water St Re st3
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-13
BIRD STORE.

CANARIEs, parrots, pet
animals and gold fish. bird cages,
hsh globes and acquariums. bird
seeds and foods, dog biscuit and
remedies at Courtney's bird store.
lie Wall ST. Upstairs. LTsS"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-13

FOR SALE.-Desirable residence. all
improvements Price reasonable.
Location No. 126 Eln1wood Place,
West End. Convenient to Fa1rneId
avenue trolley. E. F. dotchkiss, o1s
Clinton Ave. Tel. Id
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-13
LoCKsNITH AND HARDWARE.
Storage Warehouses
Financial

TIE CITY NATIONAL BANK. rTBite5
States pository=CapitaI, s 5O- 600.
surplus and profits. $3.50, 900 F'rsu1e
Miller, President: David r. Rsad
vice President; Charles z. Houri
Cashier; Henry B. Terrfu. 49,
CASHIER; Robert A. Beers, Asgf
Cashier.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-13

able of taking charge OF office and
making himself useful at anything.
Good at figures and writing. Ad-
dress C. L., care OF Farmer Pub.
Co. TIL *tf
WANTED Sewing machine repair
ing. Call or phone 2557-5s 324 e.
Main St Kruchkow Bros.
Lsds"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-13

FURRIER, julius Tesiny. Established
1890. We are now taking orders
ing, 1S14-1316 Main ST., upstairs
L IA So
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-13

JOHN j. HARDY Doctor of Kiroprac-
tic formerly of 80 Fairfield Ave-,
now located at Rooms 107-109-111
Meigs Bldg, in his beautiful mod
ern offices. Private adjusting and
Rest Parlors for Ladies and Gentle
men. New phone 5245. Consulta-
ton free, L7as"p
Evening star., 1913-11-02

time back He was denounced as Vio-
lent radical and . IS speeches finally De-
came so .riolic that the republican lead
ers took steps to head him off. Conse-
quently, whenever he arose and asked
that a speech be inserted in the Record
there was objection.
zone day the senator arose impressively
and beg to read some documents which
appealed TO the republicans as being en-
tirely too radical. OF course, they couldn't
stop him while he was reading. But at
the end of fifteen minutes he paused and
a: led leave to insert the remainder of
the document in the Congressional Rec
ord
Instantly about the whole republican
side, which had been itching in its seats
arose as one man and objected.
Very We'll Mr.. President said the
senator. There IS objection from the re-
publican side and / will withdraw my re-
quest that the remainder Of this docu-
ment be inserted But / would like to
remind the senators that this document,
to which they so seriously object. is from
the pen of that immortal republican,
X Graham I.incolpi''
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any other man in the world. He kept him
alive, furnished him with a half dollar
now and then. and always put him on
with an evasive answer whenever the
genius would make fiat appeal for back
pay. One day the printer. having accu-
mulated an extra fine jag and an extraor-
binary amount of dignity, approached
the colonel with the threat to resign un-
less the ghost walked.
Resign, shouted the indignant col
onei You 1ow-lived companion OF the
rum fiend, Resign! Why. you'd be as
helpless as a babe in the woods. You
couldn't find as much shelter without me
as could a vagrant fox in a strange wood.
You migrate! I have supported you In
ease and luxury for no return and now
when / am temporarily embarrassed you
threaten to turn against me! Why. II
you ever dared to do thing like that ]
would denounce you with all the vitrtohc
power of my pen! You would be scourged
with my scorn and no decent man who
reads my journal would look at you
again.
"Whereupon the printer turned up his
nose.
"'Denounce me, he said with fne dig
nifty while leaning upon the desk for sup
port, go ahead and do your worst! l
don't care. Why I could take two steps
and be outside OF your circulation!
Evening star., 1913-11-02

that Kent employs manager who 8
mean to him.
The managers office is out In Chicago.
and when Kent wires him for money, the
manager, feeling safe with 500 miles be-
tween them. gets sassy by return mail
The only thing Kent could do with the
manager would be to can him, but then
he'd have TO find another manager And
the other manager would most likely bs
just as mean. Anyway. this manager is
a pretty good fellow, after all.
One day Kent came into the office Of his
sparring partner, Representative Ed
Townsend of New Jersey-the "Chimmie
Fadden" man-with wide smile and a
Cheerful. not to say clipper, demeanor.
Ed" said Kent. tonight I'm going TO
give the biggest dinner for its size that
ever was given in Washington. You and
me. and Johnny Fitzgerald and Gillette
and Tredwell, and few more. maybe
Only little party of congressman. you
know; but it'll be the event that puts the
Slxty-second Congress in the school his
tories. DO you make me?'
Il do" replied Townsend, "but what
want to know is where did You get the
money!
Evening star., 1913-11-02

II was the first day of school and little
Miss Murdoch was going TO enter the
first grade 1t was her debut into public
school circles
Now the Henry ID. Cooke School Is an
imposing edifice, said to be one of the
finest examples of school structure in the
country Everything about it is imposing
the broad front steps. the entry the as
sembly hall But most imposing of all
was the gentleman whom Representative
Murdock queried about the requirements
of a little stranger getting a seat in the
first grade.
Later Mr. Murdock found the teacher
OF the FIRST grade:
Isn't it too bad person has TO go
through so much red tape TO get child
in the public school?" asked MIR. Mur-
dock
There isn't any red tape. All you
have 10 do Is 10 bring the child ana ieaNe
her We do the rest
But | was talking to the principal. and
ne told me | would have TO get afndaVits
and certificates and a dozen other Things,
said the progressive leader
teacher in surprise. Our principal isn't
a man; It's a woman Mrs G. Il. Smith"
Just then the imposng-look!ng man
with whom Murdoch had talked walked
by.
Isn't that the principal? he inquired.
He was the man who told me"
mo, indeed, Mr. Murdock! laughed the
teacher" He is not the principal-he's
our janitor."
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WAITING. To Enter The. .TRLNcHRs

In the fixed camp. Then 1t was assumed
that the country was caught entirely un-
prepared for war; Their work in camp
was supposed to be the only preparation
possible before they were called upon TO
join other forces in the field. Orders
were received directing the company to
report to Gen Staffwagons' corps. al
ready in the theater of operation, at
Mount Gretna. This meant a march OF
Sixty-five miles.
The first half-the "hike" to Harrisburg
was through their own country and sup
posed to be safe. The company marched
with only the usual precautions. But be-
yond Harrisburg, beware of the enemy!
In this case the enemy was represented
by q very active body of mounted engi-
neer troops. who entered into the spirit
Of the game with zest. Marching In ad-
vance guard formation. the college COM
pany unexpectedly got In touch with a
body of the enemy that had slipped back
of old Gen. Staffwagon" and cut out one
of his conveys.
Unfortunately, In trying to get away
with the prize they were delayed at a
stream, and there the college company
met them. A sharp fight ensued. but
the enemy managed to escape The fol-
lowing day, however, he was not so sue
cessful The student soldiers, informed
of his movement by their patrols. jump
ed the enemy just as he was leaving
camp. In the skirmish that ensued the
volunteers were victorious after the ex-
penditure of considerable ammunition.
The next day the training company re-
solved itself into an escort for the con-
voy and was attacked in turn.
These apparently simple maneuvers
taught the men more practical soldering
in the limited time at their disposal than
a year of close-order drill. And the les
sons were given under conditions that
will fix them indelibly on the minds OF
those who took part in them. In the
short term Of instruction men were de-
veloped that will always be an asset to
the nation in time of emergency.
At Mount Gretna they went through
another course of military training In the
highest sense practical. This was target
practice There must be something In
the theory of heredity. for, although two
or perhaps three generations separate
the young American today from his an
cestor who could drop squirrel from
the tallest tree with his muzzle-loader,
this young American still knows how to
shoot The student soldiers must have
called into play some dormant sharp
shooters instinct, for when they sighted
their rifles on the black figures represent
ing the enemy their aim was true.
or the 14O men who completed
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It's Catching.

When Or. Harry Lane. the new dem
ocratic senator from Oregon, put into
his Congressional Directory biograaph-
ical sketch the fact that he had served
for several years as superintendent Of
the Oregon State Insane Asylum. pert
paragraphers made ribald remarks
thereon. which pleased the new SEN
stor nightly. Thereafter he solemnIy
asserted TO senatorial committee se-
fore which he appeared that he con-
sidered his service in the asylum as
admirable training for his present du-
ties In the upper house of Congress-
Senator Lane absolutely refuses TO
take the Senate seriously. He regards
II no more seriously than he does him
self. That does not mean that he is
professional humorist but merely
that, being of the old family doctor
type. he possesses a radiant good ma
ture and a keen sense OF humor az
we'll kindly philosophy OF living
II have been here long enough now
70 have diagnosed this Senate" he re-
marked the other day. II find that be-
ing a senator is disease The longer
man is senator the more virulent
the disease becomes. Sometimes l fear
for myself"
Evening star., 1913-11-02

am; assembly, $50 am: mess call.
5:45 am. sick call $3.50 am; fatigue. 6:45
a m. DrilI-First call, 7:15 am: assembly
7:25 am. recall, 1925 am; school,
o:35 a m. mess, II m; fatigue, pm. !:
mess, $50 pm; parade as ordered: re-
treat els pm; tattoo. 10 pm; call to
quarters. 1920 pm: taps. 1890 pm.
That these exercises might not have
the unreality of the drill t1ll, in each
instance they were executed under war
conditions with the enemy represented
by troops of the regular army. 1t may
b. supposed that the latent spirit of
rivalry thus brought out helped in
the game To add to the Illusion, each
potential officer was suppl with plenty
OF blank ammunition
But it was when the six-week soldier
threw his leg over the Group of one of
the government chargers that he found
military life entirely equal to and even
all that has been said of 1t in
history or romance. Full Of the pride of
WalIenstein's dragoon, the men went
through this drill with the dash and
spirit that is the true characteristic Of
Eaally thrilling were tie rides with the
field artillery. Sitting stiff as the
traditional ramrods on the caissons,
they held their places while the pieces
swerved and jumped over the uneven
Evening star., 1913-11-02

the test. 120 qualified as marksmen. Tho
remarkable side Of this is not alone the
high scores made but likewise the fact
that not more than half the men had
skill. the National Rife Association Is
sued to each man who qualified the
coveted medal of the marksman. This Is
potent proof that, despite changed CON-
ditions. the youth Of the country can
still catch the knack OF shooting with
proper preliminary work under good In
structors.
But war Is not all camping. marching
and shooting. The soldier of modern
times must not only be able to destroy
In this he discards the gun and saber
for the humble pick. The digging OF
trenches is a science Of high Importance
in modern fighting. The destructive quail
cover as 1t is called, the supreme
desideratum of troops attacking or at
tackled.
When the Japanese pushed the Rus
slams back from the Yaiu, Lilo Yang and
Mukden, the theater of operations was
griddled like a foot ball field by inter
minable lines of trenches. As each fire.
splitting. creeping line advanced by day.
it burrowed at night. And SO the des-
peFaIely COuI0Steu STOuHO WdS Hciu. All
this was explained to the student SOL
diers In their talks with the instructor.
After that you could see Yale and Har-
ward Undergraduates manipulating picks
with the same enthusiasm that animates
candidates for the foot bail team
In camp the high cost Of living prob
lem was almost solved. When the men
found their three square meals cost only
% cents per day. 1t looked as though
they had the answer to the boarding
house keeper who ran the college mess.
But as six weeks of soldering neared Its
close II was found that the cost of the
daily ration had been underestimated. In
the future a better fare will be furnished
for so cents.
The uniforms of the college soldier.
similar in all details to that of the regu-
lar army, were purchased from gov
ernment contractor for $3.50 So did the
men assimilate that esprit de corps which
distinguishes all trained bodies OF troops
that they soon demanded a. distinctive
badge. They were proud Of their organi-
cation The War Department has recog-
nized the claim and q special hat cord
will be given student soldiers.
And now to look into the future. This
first experiment has proved success
beyond expectations That there still
lives deep in the heart of the young men
of the country vital military instinct
Evening star., 1913-11-02
A Criticism.

N. BARRIE. in his little white house
j. overlooking Kensington Garden in
London, was talking to a group OF
American journalists about the failure
of his play, THE Adored One" Stroking
his huge mustache. the tiny playwright
said:
1--WE rewritten The Adored One I've
whitewashed my heroine's black record
In order to please the great public. But
its no go. and I feel like the playwright
OF Tin Can.
"In Tin Can, a town of your wild west
they produced play by a resident.
reporter from the Opener, the local
journal. dropped in at the end of the
plays third act
DO you think the author of this play
will liver the reporter asked a Tin Can
litterateur.
Yes, / do, decidedly the Htterateur
replied. He's got a five-mile start ana
a good hoss, and there amt one chance
in a thousand OF the boys overtakin
him..
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Worth Trying.

A PARIS dressmaker. creator Of tho
"A minaret and hobble skirts. said In
New York the other day:
It like the Americans. The women are
very chic. The men are very capable.
But your breakfast foods
why do you eat so many queer break
fast foods? Aren't you afraid they'll have
a deieterious effect upon your tempera-
ment?
"A Brooklyn lady told me yesterday
that she had said that morning TO her
parlormaid:
81 don't know what's come over my
husband Instead of starting Oft for the
Office cursing and swearing, az usual. ha
went out just now with hop and a
skip, happy and twittering and whistling
like bird
Its my fault. madam said the maid.
contritely. L got the wrong pa Face aud
gave him birdseed for breakfast iood-
Evening star., 1913-11-02

while. Then one of the newspaper men
asked:
''What is going to be your policy in
the PHILIPPINES, Mr.. Secretary?'
what do you mean?" asked the Secre-
tary Of War.
Your policy" repeated the newspaper
man. 81 want to get simply general in
formation on it."
The Secretary Of War looked at him
fixedly for a moment. and then smiled
his almost Rooseveltian smile.
How long is piece Of string?' he
asked.
II haven't an idea." gasped the news
paper man. trying to figure out the ques-
ton.
Neither have l." replied the Secretary
of War. still smiling genially, land I
think we'd better wait until we get some
ideas before we begin to answer those
questions!
Evening star., 1913-11-02
TELD ARTILLERY BAITERy a-,
sWAIrn1G- -TOR AnrTUNIT1oN

ground. the horses going at full gallop
Here, indeed, was the excitement OF
war. Surely the student soldier fmagin-
ed himself taking par. in some great
struggle that would decide the fate OF
his country.
And the psychologist will tell you he
is a better citizen for hi. dreams; GER
tainly he is better soldier. Broad
sword and bayonet exercises were other
drills that the men practiced with vigor.
Even in the short season Of training
many became fairly proficient in these
fascinating sports
Not only in this stirring work of the
soldiers existence did the men show their
ardor. but they were equally keen to
learn the technical side. All the details
of road making were studied. and here
knowledge was gained that may come to
be useful in these days of automobile
traffic. Military sketching was another
subject which was taught, and those
men who had the rudiments of an en-
gineering education distinguished them
selves
At night such embryo officers as aspir-
Evening star., 1913-11-02

That the men might see the other side
of the shield they were taught the mod
ern system of handling wounded and dis
posing of sick In time of war. 1t was
assumed that the havoc of shot and shell
had left a casualty strewn battlefield.
Men were marked as having received diff
ferent wounds. One leg shattered. an
other his head grazed by rifle bullet,
a third his shoulder sabered. Then the
hospital squads went out to care for
them. The college soldier learned to
make neat leg head and arm bandages.
He was taught how to use bayonets as
sphnts, improvise stretchers from rifles.
and make himself familiar with all the
useful makeshifts of surgery under fire.
In some of the lectures on military his
tory those who listened had many no.
tons of the fighting quality Of our fore
fathers rudely disturbed. The stories OF
the fights were told and dissected in the
light of collated information obtained
from all sources, and many a so-called
glorious victory was shown not to have
been such. And from these true stories
of our military past the men who have
so much at heart the safety of the ma
ton went on to point out the principles
of a rational military policy and the ne
cessity of such policy In the United
States. To those who listened to these
serious men, speaking simply yet with
so much logic, there remained no doubt
Of the nations need of an organized re-
serve.
Four weeks the student soldiers spent
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father and two sons should burst sue
cessively into notice. Each of them made
the jewelry, now so priced, from the al
10y discovered by Christopher Pinchbeck.
ST., and it is quite impossible for the col
lectors to distinguish the craftsmanship
of one from the other. Some of their
quaint articles may be seen in the muse
ums
Pinchbeck jewelry. once despised as
cheap" giving to the English language
a synonym for the spurious. has now.
strangely enough, become the quest or
connoisseurs. Such is at least the worlds
recognition of merit.
Evening star., 1913-11-02


worlds glare; that we may see eoiors as they
are and know gold from pinchbeck.''
T. WINTHROP-CEClL DREEME-
"7ITHIN a Washington shop there
NJ was recently found piece of
that rare and once famous
jewelry called pinchbeck, bracelet to
all intents and purposes of virgin gold,
but in reality fashioned from baser
metals by that wizard of the eighteenth
century, Christopher Pinchbeck
Two hundred years ago, at the "Sign
of the Astronomical Musical Clock" in
Fleet street, London, Christopher
Pinchbeck invented a compound Of
metal which bears his name.
As a current adjective Of the Eng
lish vocabulary, pinchbeck has become
the equivalent Of sham, spurious or
bogus. Yet we find collectors in this
day eagerly searching the old curiosity
and antique shops in the hope Of find
ing rare pieces wrought from the
spurious metal There has set in
revival of interest in this strange yet
curious and delightful old "jewelry."
Its value lies not in its intrinsic ele-
ments. but in the skillful workmanship
and the artistic finish for which 1t is
priced.
X
Above all, Pinchbeck was a dreamer.
In his various experiments he had tried
many alloys of the different metals.
Gold was very precious and highly
priced, and 1t became his dream as he
worked among his metals to invent
some new alloy that would take the
place of the costly gold and afford
cheap jewelry to the masses.
Finally he secured a compound of
copper with zinc which furnished him
an alloy that was hard, durable and
with an appearance almost identical
with that of virgin gold so pinch
beck" was. discovered.
out OF this cheap composition Pinch
beck brought a great variety of hand
some trinkets and jewelry OF master
ful design and ingenious workmanship
There were rings and bracelets, ear
rings. brooches and what not. 1t is
said that he never made a duplicate,
and certain 1t is that with him his
work was a fine art. One can examine
his curious. hollow bracelets almost in
vain to discover SO much as single
one Of the pins by which they were
fastened together. SO cleverly were the
sections Joined.
His invention did not receive the
unanimous acclaim of the public, for
the name became In time the SYNONYM
for the bogus. Among the poorer
classes. however both men and women
Evening star., 1913-11-02
some of the

some of the congressional committees.
At one time. when he was explaining
circulation matters to committee he
told OF the yarn of a certain colonel who
was the editor of a fiamboyant sheet In
the south. which sometimes distributed
as high as hundred copies a week.
The colonel had an old tramp printer
on his staff who could stick type and
drink whisky with greater facility than
Evening star., 1913-11-02

strike grade that would take US up
up-up for five miles and then down.
downtown for Ave miles. At the top
of one enormous climb we saw the farmer
In fence corner. My friend asked him
in jocular vein If there were any noun
tains around here
The old farmer spat mouthfuI OF
tobacco juice before he answered:
Wall. / don't know eff there air any
mountains about here, but they're some
ell fired big hollowsr"
Evening star., 1913-11-02
Perfectly Safe.

Charles a. kram,
auditor for the
United States Post
Office Department at
Washington, at one
time in his younger
lays worked in a
country printing Of
ice. His stories of
country newspaper
editors are famous
II the Capitol. where
he often interjects
An anecdote to illus
trate a point when
appearing b e fore
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A Knockout.

After a tariff de-
bate in the Senate
recently the CONVEX
sation drifted to the
way in which the
party in control, by
exercising its power.
frequently will en-
barrass itself. SEN
ator Norris of Ne
braska was In the
party.
''I recall" said he,
"the story of a GER
tain western sena-
tor serving some
Evening star., 1913-11-02
A CaII-Down.

Secretary of War
Garrison is one OF
the quickest men
on record in show
ing up the absurd
ity Of a foolish
question. Recently
q group of news
paper men were
questioning him
and the interro-
cations were fall
ing like bomb
shells. The Secre-
tary of War bore
it patiently for a
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A Difference.

1T all depends
upon the point OF
view" said Senator
Dillingham; of YER
mont. 'These po-
liticai discussions
around here, which
convince no one ex-
cept the persons
talking, remind me
of a farmer from
my own state.
II had been trav-
cling all day in a
buggy with a friend.
First we would
Evening star., 1913-11-02
When the Cats Away.

Although Repre-
sentative William
Kent Of California
owns a N,OOO-acre
farm in North Caro-
lima. a whaling big
cattle ranch in Ne
braska and enough
sheep ranches and
such to make him
one of the biggest
woolgrowers in the
country. at the same
time he's always
broke. The answer
Is. SO the story runs.
Evening star., 1913-11-02
H1UNDER dHEB BIZ WHITE pOMEEv11 4

Kent stepped closer and lowered his
voice.
This is between us. Ed" he whispered,
hoarsely. but some poor goat that owed
me 5000 sent 1t right on here instead of
to that Internal manager of mine. I'm
going to spend this money and have the
laugh on that manager. for once?'