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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
) AN UNFORTUNATE PosTPoNEMENr

There s need Of reform in the methods of the
railroad committee of the General Assembly. The Full
The aoad broherhoods and others Interested had
pared to attend the hearing The matter postponed
giving notice to the introducer of the bill courtesy se
dom omitted The result great inconvenience to all
the proponents of the bill. Some 40 so trainmen who
leave of absence from their employment with
difficulty the ground But their trip with its at
tendant expense including in most loss of days
pay useless The osponeent appears to have been
granted at the request Of counsel for the railroad
companies that would be affected by the and in
the absence of the Senate chairman Lester o. Peck.
The Full Grew bill is Of the most important mat
before the General Assembly The attention has
received from New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania
proves the point The Westport wreck with the finding
Phelan that the train involved in the
trophe unermanned to imply that there is in
Connecticut unusual demand for the early consdera-
of the bill At least the railroad employe-whose life
and limb after all is said is concernedshould receive
fair and open treatment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

Tt looks very much if Democratic tariff pledges
to be kept. Unless insurgency n1anfests of
stronger type than anything that has yet appeared the
tariff viii pass about has been written under the
direction of Mr. Underwood. New England industries
take their share of but the rates appear to be con-
servavey made and it is unlikely that any honest enter
prise will suffer by Of tariff reduction
The profits from manufacturing are not very close in
this country and there is large margin to spare before
amy manufacturer will be deprived of reasonable return
upon his capital his skill and his managerial ability
The hating industry cariously enough seems to be
injured by the infection Of duty rather than by the
duction of duty. Ten cent has been laid rab
and should be c1assed Injuries. But rabbit skins,
thereon also enter into fur hats, which
Stiles Connecticut hatters want their material
duty, it has been Perhaps this be brought
about Congressman Donovan made his maiden speech
to this point and that should count for something
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
LITTLE BEAUTY CHATS
BLANCHE BEACON
Two Novel Soaps
By BLANCHE BEACON

The skin OF the hands, in it's color
and quality, comes second in i'm
portance to that of the face. and
while it does not fall heir to as MANY
blemishes and defects as the latter.
yet there is no denying that II is not
always fair to see
The housewife, especially, has trou-
bic keeping her hands as soft and
white as they should be- This ia NOS
at all surprising, 1T is patent that
the scrubb1ng of pots and kettles, the
cutting up OF vegetables and all the
other work of q kitchen, does much to
disfisure the hands
Possibly. nay. probably, they could
ties II one made a habit Of donning
rubber gloves before embarlxinsr ON
any MISUNDERSTANDING work, but 1t is
only one housewife out of ten that re-
CARDS the rubber kitchen gloves with
a friendly eye.
in so many homes, the natural conse-
quence Is that hands are stained and
celloused that would otherwise be
white as a n1oo1fbeam and exq11isitely
soft What Is to be done about this :?
Surely you are not content to go
through life with disfigured hands? I
need not wait for your reply, as of
course, 1t is mo with a capital N. p.
What do you say TO making friend
of an erasive soap, one that is war
ranted to remove all ugly stains in a
trtce? And this is not all 1t accom-
plishes. II your fingers are oalolused
and rough, all you need do Is to rub
this odd soap over the roughened
places. when the flesh scales will dis
appear, while the layer of roughened
skin will be considerably thdnned
ERASIVE SOAP
White soft soap .-.......... Ia pound
Olive oil Observation-Disclosures. Ill., ounces
Powdered p11r1ice stone ounces
Essence of violet ......... 1-2 drachm
Heat the first two ingredients over
q low flame. then stir in the puE1ice
stone and essence Of violet. The COM
pound should now be moulded in cakes
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
New Policemen Find
Life Not The Bed of
Roses They Dreamed

With the almost daily issuance of
new orders, based upon the practices
prevailing in the larger cities of the
east where the three-p platoon system
is in vogue, the routine life of the
policeman is being found harder and
harder.
Not finding the life one strewn with
roses as they had been led to believe,
many of the new men, worn out upon
their return to precinct stations after
eight hours Of patrol, are wont to
curse the star which has guided them
into public service. Even the older
men are heard to say: Things are
not what they were once"
Many amusing incidents are related
by the men or their friends mostly
bearing upon the order not to speak
to pedestrians other than to answer
questions in civil manner At the
recent scene Of the bomb explosion,
numerous questions were asked of the
officers on duty, by acql1aintances who
long knew them. These were being
answered by patrolmen until one of
the commissioners present is said to
have reprimanded an officer. After
wards 1t is asserted friendships were
lost through the absolute silence of
men when attempts at conversation
were begun.
Another instance is recorded by a
high official in the department to
officer upon her beat after having for
years maintained friendly CONVEX
sation upon passing, had failed to ne
spond in the accustomed manner. So
peeved was the resident that she
thought well to demand more CONVEX
sationaI ability on the officers part.
The wintrH bla1ts OF two nights
show effect upon the Redeemed coun-
tenances of both new and old men.
Those unaccustomed to street service
suffered intensely
Newly posted orders require that
men both going and coming from duty
answer roII-calI in stations, never be
fore enforced. In addition late ar
rests especially those occurring after
midnight, no longer entitle men to an
hour off dd1ty before appearance in
the city court. It is believed that
working but eight hours the added
time Is not required. -...-
Though not definitely understood,
each man on the patrol force is still
month, weekly slips being issued.
These days may be taken during the
month or may be reserved for sum-
mer vacation period, at the option OF
the Individual However, not more
than twelve consecutive days of abb
sence will be permitted, and but a
limited number of men will be per-
rraitted away from any precinct at one
time The number now fixed is seven
from precinct 1, six from precinct
and five from precinct 8. Two days
notice of intention to take a holiday
must be given the superior officer and
permission obtained from the super
intendent of police.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The first great flood in England of
which there is any record began in
Cheshire on this date in the year 1349.
and before it subsidized over 5000 per-
sons had persisted. Two thousand per
sons were drowned in Glasgow in 1853.
Flanders was inundated by the sea,
and the town of Ostend totally i'm
mersed, in. 1108. The failure of the
Holland bikes to hold back the wa
ters resulted in one of the most ter
rfble foundations in history in 1880
over 100000 people drowning. In Cat
alonia $4,000 people persisted by flood
in 1917. Thirteen hundred persons
drowned in the Zealand flood in 1717.
A century ago this summer a dread
full tnundatton in Hungary, Austria
and Poland caused thousands to per-
ish- In the same year 1000 Turkish
troops were drowned in the Danube.
Six thousand inhabitants Of 5ilesia
and 1000 Poles were drowned. Floods
in the Saone and Rhone valleys caus-
ed terrible devastation in France in
1910. In New Orleans 1000 houses
were flooded in 1849. The Ohio and
Mississippi foods of 1882, the Paris
flood, the Johnston flood and the re-
cent foundations in the middle West,
are among the worst of the more re-
cent foundations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
DIRECT PRIMARY

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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

| items:
'Tten-My family had brought me
up and educated me until I was six
teen.
ITEM earned my demyship at
MagdaIen College, eighteen pounds a
year, at seventeen.
'Ttem-At twenty-one obtained
my Fellowship, beginning at two hun
bred and fifty pounds per annum and
ultimately rising to six hundred and
fifty pounds.
''rtem-Eighteen years devoted to
the study of dramatic art.
Nov let us see what have gained
for this outlay.
'Ttem-'Ladies' Battle nil.
''Item-'Masks and Faces seventy
five pounds.
'Item-From Bentley for book of
Peg Wof1ngton.' thirty pounds.
I'm all one hundred and five pounds.
That is to say, about half a crown
a week for eighteen years-not enough
to pay for pen, ink and paper, leaving
copying and shoe leather out Of the
question"
It was not until 1866 that the tide
turned During his long apprentice
ship Reade had aspired to the drama,
but his friends convinced him that he
would find his real vocation as a nov
by the trial of the governor of Biz
ningham prison, on, a charge of cru
city to the convicts committed to his
care. The revela tons of brutality
were of an appalling nature, and SO
fired Reade with indignation that he
made study of penal conditions, on
which he based '1t Is Never Too Late
to Mend Five minor novels fol-
lowe, and then appeared, in 1851, his
masterpiece, 1.-THE CIoister and the
Hearth He never quite equalled the
high mark set in that novel, although
He continued to write mastery tales
until the year of his death.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
CALLING OUT THE MILITIA

There is in every community class
of stupid men whose first idea. when
a strike takes place, is to call out the
militia, something that ninety-nine
times out of a hundred is dangerous.
and unnecessary. This recourse to
military means but prolongs the diff
fculty, embitters the strife, engenders
and increases hatred and creates a
public opinion powerfully opposed to
the existing social order.
A stream of water is enough to dis
perse a city mob, which usually con-
sists of a few persons making dis
turbance, surrounded by many per-
sons who have come to look on.
Buffalo is now in the heat of a
strike and has turned itself into a
military encampment. The soldiers
fred on the strikers. The net result
Is a wounded woman, who is expected
to die, a wounded boy and perfect
Iy innocent man with a bullet hole in
him.
Buffalo has erred. There is no such
condition there as demands the mills
liza, any more than there was in Wa
.erbury, a few years back.
Bridgeport had a strike some years
since which tied up the trolley lines,
but no militia were called, and none
was needed, and a very evil condi-
ton of things was avoided. The same
is true of a trolley strike in New Ha-
ven, during which an intelligent mayor
put white badges on the strikers and
swore them in as special deputies to
preserve the peace. The plan work
ed perfectly. The strike was orderly,
nobody was seriously injured, and ev-
erybody was happier because the mat
ar ~aa aettIed that way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
PRESIDENT WILSON RISES TO AN
- EMERGENCY.

The recent situation caused by floods
and storms was the first emergency
to confront the new federal admins
tratfon, still only a month old, yet
there was no delay or lack of readi-
ness to rise to the occasion. Presi-
dent Wilson promptly offered the help
of the entire country to the stricken
communities. Tents, cots, blankets
and food were ordered into the storm
swept and flooded districts, in the
most expeditions manner possible. But
the President did more than this.
Within twenty-four hours after the
development of the floods in Ohio and
Indiana, he directed three steps to be
taken, which, SO far we are aware,
are unprecedented. Yet they were
taken so quietly, and so much a
matter of course, that probably nine
out of ten of those who read the dis
patch from Washington saw no sig
nificance in the orders which had been
given.
The first was that the crews and
equipm ents from the Hfe-saving sta
tons on Lake Michigan and Lake
have been ordered into a region to pre-
to the flooded districts to assist in
saving lives. Like all simple but I'M
precedented acts, the common sense Of
this move commends itself at once to
ALL Boats were lacking, and the gov
eminent had them. Experienced men
were needed and the government had
them.
The second was to direct the Secre-
taries of the Treasury and of War to
send at once into the afflicted dis
tricts all of the available medical Off
GERS of the Public Health Service and
of the Army. Government surgeons
have been sent before to establish
quarantine and to stamp out existing
epide1nfcs. But far as we know,
this is the first time that the health
officers of the federal government
have been orderedinto a, region to pre-
vent the breaking out Of epfdenics
and disease. Again the quiet common
sense and disregard of governmental
red tape on the part of the President
must win the commentator of every
sensible citizen.
The third thing the President did
was to order ten thousand vaccine
points and a thousand ampules of an
ti-typhoid serum sent at once into Ohio
and Indiana for use in preventing ep-
idemics of smallpox and typhoid. He
did not expect the government sur
geons to go to their work without be-
ing properly equipped. They were to
be given all the aid that science could
give them. Smallpox, which general
ly breaks out following great dis
asters, can be prevented and stamped
out by vaccination. Extensive exper-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
he =. NJ. Read CO.
Established 1857
Fashionable Underdress
Established 1867

At all times, in all places and for all occasions the
undergarments, lies dessous, of the we'll dressed
man, correct her gown wrap. In this pc
Rod of the twentieth century she has underwear for
mornings, for afternoons, for semi and full dress,
well as for outing and motoring
A bevi1dering array Of lovely garments in one OF
largest windows draws the attention Of every
who has fancy to bedeck herself with these fas
cnating clothes Everything is planned to emphasize
the clingng, swathing Greekdraped gown of the
mode.
The Cache" bodice cover coming only
the wast1ine, is made of fine plain Brussels
chiffon with ucks and simple but effective
ton at the top; $500 and down. In other materials
IS cts up
La Greeque Underrnuslins, models in varied
assortment. Gowns, Drawers, Skirt and Drawer Com
bnations
Marce1a Underwear, for which exclusive
agency in this city Drawers and Combinations Extra
sizes also in stock
Marcella Drawers, So Is up.
Combinations $1O0 and
Pique Skirts, for sports and athletics and $2z
Dainty Nightgowns, So 49, $1Oo 81 25 and $500.
Drawers, 25 so and up.
Corset Covers -daintily trimmed, 25 SO md up
Drawer and Skirt Combinations all grades.
Princess Slips long skirts, corset covers, and
desirable models for the present fashions in gowns.
Crepe Underwear, convenient for wear
outing and travelling, it washes easily and
quires ironing In short and long skirts drawers,
gowns and corset
Undermuslins the second floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

Gibraltar has been an English
stronghold exactly two centuries, for
1T was 200 years ago today that the
great and impregnabIe fortress reared
by nature was formally coded to Eng
land The treaty signed on April IL,
171S, was, however, but the official
recognition of what had already TAX
en- place, for English troops were al
ready in possession of the mammoth
rock that guards the gateway of the
Mediterranean and had been be-
sieged in vain by the French and
Spanish Twice during the following
fourteen years the Spanish attempt
ed to retake the fortress. Between
1882 and 1888 the Spaniards and French
returned to the attack, and in one
battle 10000 allies were ingloriously
defea ted and. routed by a garrison of
1000 British. 80
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

1t is probable that Mrs. Franklin
Knight Lane, better half of Uncle
Sans new Secretary Of the Interior,
will have to build an addition to her
china closet to contain the gifts that
will be showered upon her today in
recognition of the twentieth anniver-
sary of her marriage. 1t was on
April II, 1893, that Miss Annie Win
termute, of Tacoma, Wash, became
the bride of the ambitious young
Canadian who was then engaged in
building up a law practice in San
Francisco. Mrs. Lane lived in the
California metropolis from the time
of her marriage until 1906, when her
husband was appointed a member of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Lanes have two children, Frank
lin, Jr., aged sixteen, and Miss Nan
cy, a few years younger. Mrs. Lane,
by reason of her long residence in
Washington, has already become one
of the leaders of society, and is the
acknowledged leader of the Pacific
coast set;'' Secretary Lane is the only
non-native Of the United States in
President Wilson's cabinet. He was
born in Prince Edward Island, Can
ada, and is in his forty-ninth year.
He is an honorary chief of the Black
feet Indians, and all the redskins of
the republic look to him as their
mouthpiece before the Great White
Father at Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

Twenty-Five years ago today, April
II, 1884, the English-speaking world
was deprived by death of one of it's
greatest novelists, Charles Reade. The
author of 1.-The C1oister and the
Hearth" was born in 1914, and his
centenary will be widely observed by
literary societies on both sides of the
Atlantic next year. The approach of
the Reade centenary has already re-
suited in a revival of interest in his
works, and much that is interesting
about his career has recently been
published in the London press The
London Bookman publishes an ''ac-
count with literature made out by
Reade in 1851, after a twenty-year
struggle toward the goal of literary
success. It contains the following
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

John Wingate Weeks, the new
United States senator from Massa-
chusetts, passes his ffty-third mile
stone today. He was born on a farm
in New Hampshire, and served two
years on the bounding pillows after
graduating from the United States
Naval Academy. He accumulated a
big fortune as a Boston banker and
broker, and in 1905 was elected to
Congress as the representative of
what. is probably the wealthiest dis
trtct in the United States. He is a
Republican of the standpatter vart-
ETY..
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

fence has proved that typhoid can be
prevented by proper vaccination.
The nation is fortunate, says The
Journal of the American Medical AS
sociattion, in having as its chief ex-
ecutive a man who does not fear Of
fjcia1 red tape, mossgrown precedent
Or the opposition of the ignorant and
fanatical followers of fantastic cults
but who will calmly, fearless1y and
sensfbly place at the disposal of any
stricken afflicted community all the
available resources of the government
and Of modern science for the pre-
vention Of disease and the saving of
life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

William Ordway Partridge, one Of
the greatest of American scu1ptors,
is native of Paris, and was born
hfty-two years ago today. The latest
work on which he has been engaged
is the Samuel J. Tilden memorial, to
be erected in New York in honor of
the Democratic statesman who miss
ed the Presidency by the narrowest
of margins The sculptor is a broth
err of Bishop Sidney Cat1in Partridge,
the Protestant Episcopal churchman
famed for his missionary work in
China and Japan. Mr.. Partridge is
the author of two novels and a num-
Der of volumes on art.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
RECOMNTENDEDED
FOR A GOOD REASON

c. H. Grant, $50 Waverly ST.,
Peoria, Ills, says: f'Backache and
contested kidneys made me suffer in
tense pains. Was always tired and
floating specks bothered me. Took
Foley Kidney Pills and saw big i'm
provement after third day. I kept on
until entirely freed of all trouble and
suffering That's why I recommend
Foley Kidney Pills. They cured me-
F. B. Brill, Stratford avenue and Sixth
street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
COLD SNAP GOOD
FOR PEACH TREES

J. H Hale says that the cold snap
has done no harm to the peach buds,
as they are not far enough advanced
to be injured by the frost and that it
would be good thing for them If the
cold weather continued for a couple
OF weeks and hold them back. If
nothing happens to blight them the
trees will blossom more profusely than
usual. Owing to the dry season last
year the Joints on the new growth
are only about an inch apart and at
each Joint there are from two to four
blossom buds. If the fruit should set
well the cost of thinning 1t will be
very large.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

At s1.9s-splendid quality clothes
At Sc-Boxes paper and envelopes.
At 10 and Sc-Extra magic lantern
At 9sc-Cowboy and Indian Suits.
At Sc-Good paint and varn1sh
brushes.
AT 15c and observation-disclosures
At Sc Der can-Good house paint.
At 36c-Pocket lamp complete with
electric battery.
At so-Fancy colored jumping
At 2Oc-striped awning cloth.
At Sc-Large new lot tooth brushes
splendid quality.
At 1890 in. black wire netting.
Get YOUR screens fixed up.
At So-Box of 100 flat fish hooks.
At 12Ac-Very large line plain col
ored percales and ohambrays-naVy,
lfght and medium blues, reds, pink,
green's, ETC., all fast colors.
At Sc-Large fish line on reel, COM
plete with sinker and hook.
AT 25c-Boys' knee pants and over
ais
At Sc-Box extra good gold paint
for gliding picture frames.
At 81 ,OO-SpIendid white or colored
shirts The splendid quality. Sans
At Sc-Box India rubber bands.
At 29c-Good lunch satchel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

One of Chtcago's greatest bankers,
James B. Forgan, who succeeded Ly-
man J. Gage as president of the First
National Bank in 1900, was born at
ST. Andrews, Scotland, sixty one
years ago today. He served his ap-
premiership in finance in the Royal
Bank of Scotland, and then crossed
the Atlantic to Halifax, where he was
employed in minor positions by the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

Bank Of British North America, and
as paying teller and Inspector of
agencies by the Bank of Nova Scotia.
He married in Halifax, and there
started his younger brother, David R.
Forgan, on the road to wealth and
influence as a banker. After eaving
Canada Mr.. Forgan managed a
branch bank in Minneapolis for three
years, and then went to Chicago,
where he rose rapidly to a position
of leadership in Windy City finance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11

and set on a plate to dry
A cleansing hand jelly which it is
desirable for the housewife to keep on
hand is made by shredding three
ounces of soap into one ounce of lemon
Juice and four ounces of water and
heating near a fire,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
Women's Ribbed Underwear

Light weight Cotton for early spring, Vests, Pants,
Tights, rs and so
Light weight Merino Vests and Pants, rs cts.
Union Suits $3.50.
Cotton Union Suits 60 65 and $1.oo.
Main floor,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-11
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