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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
THE SMART LITTLE MOUSE

Once upon a time there were two little mice The boy mouse lived in the fields and had to make a strong nest to keep out the cold and rain but the girl mouse lived in a, big fine house not far from the field in which the other mouse lived.
 Her mother had told her never to have anything to do with the field mice as they were not as good as she. The little house mouse didn't see why but as her mother had told her to keep away from them she did as she was told.
 One day as she was walking she met the boy mouse and he smiled and nodded a pleasant good morn ing. 4Of course she could not be inn "Good morning too. After that whenever she went out to walk she would meet the other mouse and he always stopped to talk.
 She thought that he was very nice and told her, mother that she had met him and didn't see why he wasn't [ as good as she was.
 Her mother told her she must ney- CT speak to him again and she prom ised she said: ttButs if [ meet him to- morrow I must tell him that won have asked me not to have anything to do with him. 2
 Her mother said she could do that. as long as she had promised she wouldn't after that. The next morn ing when she took her walk she went the other way for she was sorry to hurt his feelings and she knew it would when she told him.
 She was walking slowly alcng
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
IN HONOR's GRIP

If you are too weak to journey
 Up the mountain steep and high, You can stand within the valley,
 While the mu1titudes go bys
 You can chant in happy measure
 As they slowly pass along
 Tho they may forget the singer
 They will never forget the song.
 It Is not unusual for a. merry, light hearted young fellow to imagine him self deeply srnitten with a or1gne' a.+ VI vacious, pretty young girl at the nrs1 moment of the introduction. A whdrl- wind courtsfip ensues and their en- gagement follows.
 As the old saying goes. quick to fall in love, quick to faM out again Another girl or. perchances ano1ner young man comes upon the scene. He or she is more courteous to the stranger than the occasion demands. Jealousy arises, and a lovers quarrel follows. There Is a parting of the ways.
 pact which each entered into so thoughtIe tIess1y-reck1essly Neither feels possessed of the right to encourage another love. Two entered Into the betrotha1 compact. It took two to make it. One cannot have the sole privilege of breaking it, it takes two! Thus both are held in the grip of honor until each releases the other The man and maid vrf1o hold a. be trothaI sacred cannot be said to be tickle in affection.
 If a man discovers that the sweet. heart with whom he has parted has ceased to love him, it is cruelty for fl the engagement. He should be re signed to having found out the state of her heart before marriage rather than after.
 The same rule holds good in, regard to a, man. A girl should be too proud spirited to hold a man in the grip of an engagement of marriage which has become irksome to him. Those who are forced, as it were to the altar against their will always hold in their heart a feeling of keen resent ment- This feeling never resolves into love. On the other hand, those whose hearts are welded together, but not mated. are apt to blame themselves bitterly for being so foolish as to al-. low themselves to believe that it were impossible to loosen what they thought to be honors grip
 Love is serious and sacred. Mar riage is still more so. A girl and her sweetheart should feel that they could not exist without each other to pro- duee sufficient faith to wed One sided unions are not Gods purpose of mating. It is not honorable to give the hand when the heart does not go with it.
 The girl who has waited patiently through a long engagement for her lover to fulfil his matrimonial engage ment with her feels that she holds him in honors grip not to forsake her. even though her youth and beau ty has faded. Tn such an instance the woman has the worlds sympathy and takes issue W. those who would decide against her. Men and women should be chary pIedging their love. But, exchange of hearts once made, each should consider wedIock loves grip, tender and sweet, as it is 1frun
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

She was literary and he was not. He had spent a narrowing evening discussing authors of whom he knew nothing, and their books of which he knew less. Presently the maiden asked, archly:
 '-of course. you've read Romeo and Juliet?,
 He houndered helplessly for a mo- ment. and then, having a brilliant thought, blurted out, happily:
 rive read Romeo ,'-Peoria Jour nal.
 Mrs. Gotrox-You have shadowed my husband for two weeks. Did he do anything wrong
 Society etectfve-Wrong, madam! !! He ate peas with a spoon, pie with a, knife, and drank coffee from the saucer. I will spare you further an guish by not mentioning his clothes. -Chicago Daaily News.
 ''You say your boy went to New York to be a speculator ?'' said the .neighbor.
 Yes" replied the proud mother.
 He may go fbroke.'
 s'1Io. He isn't that kind of a spec u1ator, he's a ticket speculator.''-@ Washington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
StrawberrY PufRs

Boil a cupfuI of hot water and a half a cupful of butter together, and while boiling stir in "a cupfuI of flour. Set it. aside to cool. then add three unbeaten eggs, one at a time, and drop on b1ttered baking tins and bake for about 20 minutes in a quick oven. Stew a pint of strawberries and half a cupfu1 of sugar for about six minutes. Remove from the fire and when cold add the white of four eggs beaten istiffIy. Turn into a buttered pudding dish and bake in a moderate oven for ten minutes. Make a cus- tard from the yo1ks of the eggs, one pint of sweet milk, one-haIf cupfuI of sugar and a. little salt. Flavor with vanilla Serve the whip cold with the boiled 4c11stard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

thinking how she could tell him when right beside her she heard: Good morning, little house mouse " She knew she must tell hi1n all about what her mother had said and did as gently as she could He was very sorry and told her he was going to ask her that very day if she would not come and see the nest he had built and if she liked it wouldn't she stay and live with him.
 Of course now she would not want to and he was very sorry. After that he never spoke to her but he walk ed near her out of sight so that no harm would come to the little mouse. for you see he loved her verry dearly.
 One day he came out of the fields just behind her and saw the little red squirrel reach out his paw. Per haps he didn't mean any harm but the big mouse ranSto the other mouse and grabbed her and Eap off to her home. When her mother heard that the field mouse had been so brave and saved her life she thanked him and said: Now isn't there something I can give you to show you that I am very grateful to you?''
 Yes, said the field mouse. "Give me your little house mouse so that she can come and live in the nice nest have made for her.
 Her mother laughed and said: s'T guess was wrong. You are some good and as you have saved her life she may go if she wants to- Of course you know she did and they lived in the nice warm nest very hap oily.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

nervous could not sleep, then would be so tired mornings that could scarcely get around. It seemed almost irnpa i- ble to move or do bit of work and thought l never would be any better ull- til submitted to an operation. com u1enced taking Lydia F. Pinlzharass E Veg etable Compound and soon felt like new woman. I had no pains, slept eIi, had good appetite and could do alnoss all my own work for family of four. shall always feel that I owe my fgoed health to your medicine. '-Mrs- EAw- WARD SoWERs, Hodgdon, Maine.
 If you are Ell do not drag along Gn5I an operation is necessary, but at cn5a take Lydia E. Pinkha1n's g Vegetable Compound
 If you have the slightest dombs that Lydia E. PinIxhamss WegeHn- bIe Compound vEiI1 help y04R to Lydia E.Pln khan III edlg cf
 (cOnfidentiaD Lynn Tasa fun n6. vice. Your letter wy1HI ben1ema read and answered bE n rsss and held i'm strict ca5ad
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
AN OLD HLJMBUG
Dear Miss Idhrhev:

Dear Miss Iibbey:
 Will you please write something sharp and angry about the following, which I want my folks to see and be warned by: There is an old man of fifty who calls at our house to visit me. am a girl of twenty. He talks marriage, declaring he is as, young and agile as any young fellow of half his age. He also says young girls should marry aged men if they would be petted and loved. There is a young man who works at his trade-wagon buf1ding-vllo also loves me, and whom I love and wish ito marry Since the old numibug has visited the house my folks want me to give up my young lover and marry the old one. He tells them he is very rich butsif he were, would he do his own washing and hang 1t out after dark and take it in wet or dry before day. light? Would he also buy second hand clothes and wear them?
 BERTHA UT do not think a girl should be urged to wed an elderly suitor, whom Young lovers make the happfest we'd up life's greatest joy and it's most pit if11I woe it resolves into marrying the right one for love alone or wedding the wrong one and doing ones best to live down the hopeless regret over ssswIat might have been. If a girl s young lover is sober, industrious and an honorable man, let her heart de- eide thez great question of her life whether she would be happy if she sent him away or if she would only Joe happy by wedding him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
ASSISTANCE FOR
FRECKLED TlAssTE


 All the woman are studying this month how to have their winter frec- kles removed Since the commence nent of cold weather it seems these beauty pegts have been growing darker and darker until their victims have be- become thoroughly disgusted with the state of their skins and are casting around for some means of relief.
 Suppose you try my mustard freclxle paste if you are contemplating a cru Eade against your freckles- It is effec- tive and is not expensive. Surely such a remedy should appeal to the freckled wru1an's heart
 You will experience no difficulty in preparing it az 1t is only necessary to smooth tea spoonful of dry mustard with lemon juice and then add tea spoonful o9 sweet almond oil.
 When you are ready to apply the astss spread it evenly all over the face with a tiny sponge taking care not to get any near OF in the eyes.
 The minute the akin begins to faint sw jingle wash off the paste with all pnsmEble speed Disregard this injunc- s1on and you will have a blistered skin which is a catastrophe do not like to ccntempIate-
 After this treatment, it is of the ut most Importance that the face should be washed most thoroughly with quan tstasa of 1ukewarm water and a mild soap. ss otherwise a. few grains of mus tard might remain on the sktns caus- ing a slight irra&ion.
 Just before you go to bed rub the face over with olive oil or lanoline.
 The user of this strenous freckle t~satmant will find that her skin will beg1n to peel in q few days, but be
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
GOOLS CHURCH WITH
 800 POUNDS or ICE

Centralia. Mo, July 11.-Elder Charles IT. Swift, pastor of the First Congregational church Of Centralia- Mo, had 500 pounds of ice put into the baptistry of the edfhce and set half a dozen electric fans to work behind the room.
 Despite the hot wave the teTnpef=a- lure in the church waS edelfghtfi1Ilss F cool and the result was so satieIac- tory that Elder Swift will continue the plan each Sunday during the sum rner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
Strawberry Fritters

Wash, chop and drain one cupfuI of strawberries. Beat the yoIks of two eggs very light and add to one cupfu1 of cold water. Beat in one cupful of flour into which has been sffted one teaspoenful of baking pow der and one-ha1f teasp poonful of salt Add onesscant tablespoonful of melted butter Drop spoonfuls into deep, hot fat and fry brown. Drain and serve we'll dusted with powdered sugar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
A CORNER FOR COOKS
STRAWBERRIES
Strawberry Pie

Line a medium sized pie plate with a rich puff paste and bake. Stew a full quart of firm straw berries with three-quarter Of a cupful of sugar for about ten minutes. Cool the ber- ries and crust. Whip the whites of two eggs to a stiff hoth with one heapfng tablespoonful of sugar. Pour the berries over the crust. spread the whites of eggs over all and brown slightly in a hot oven. Whole straw berries may be. added to garnish the top.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
Strawberries And Cream

Place one-half cupfuI Of cleaned rice, one-half cupful of sugar, one half, teaspoonfu1 of salt and one pint of sweet milk in a double boiler and cook until a grain of the rice will mash easily and smoothly between the fingers. Rub through a strainer and return to the fire. Whip the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth and add to the rice, flavor with vanilla, and if too stiff add a little more milk or. cream. When cool pour over rnoIded strawberries
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
Strawberry Pudding

one-haIf cl1pful of minute tapioca, one-half cupfuI of sugar and one pint Of cold water. Place in a double boif-' CT with a pinch Of salt and cook until clear, stirring often Stew one quart of strawberries with one-haIf cupfuI of sugar for ten minutes. Stir the berries into the tapfoca and when cool add the well beaten whites of two eggs. Serve cold with whipped cream.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
Little Beauty Chats
BYsBEzAFsg18E ,BE4CON

not alarmed. This is just as it should
 be. When the skin Is through peeling, think you will find that your freckles are gone.
 lotions should be tested on the arms
 before applying to the face. If you are a freckle maiden, put this warning up near your mirror, lest you forget it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
IF HIS GIRL IS OLDER

Dear Miss Ldbbeys
 am worried over the following: Am keeping company with a young woman two years older than myself, she being twenty-nine. am twenty seven. Do you think that this is enough difference to make any reason that later might cause either herself or me unhappiness
 J.
 True love does not make a peg Of age to hang the cloak of doubt upon. Some Of the best wives have been known to be years older than the men who have welded them and their married lives were one long sweet song of love and happiness. The man who weds a maid of nineteen is never quite sure whether or not she really knows her own mind-or will not be regretting it later on. He who Weds the sensible young woman of nine and twenty may be reasonably s1ire that she has weighed 4tle step well and will take him for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, and remain a true. loyal, loving wife to him, a companion. a shelpmeet that he will grow fonder of as the years
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

Lydia k. E3niEi2@U7 e Veg etable Conas
 pound did for me.
 One eaf 10 I feunG myself sl
 ferer- [ had paina in b oth sides and such a soreness I could scarcely str aigh te n up at times My b aclr acl1ed, I had no ap- petite 1anGia vaa alp.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
10-BAYs POEM
MANS LITTLE DAY

First thsns q fellow knows at morn
 He's born; Thhn. say at 10 o' clock. the next
 He's vexed BY read1ns. 'rftin', 'rithmet1c,
 Till rick. At boom he has to go to work
 Or shirk Then. round bout ?. takes 'tfor 1ife''
 A wife, From HI time to bring in lights
 He fights And struggles with his fe1Iow-man,
 And then He slts around while and thinks,
 And blinks, And when at last it's time for bed,
 He's dead. New York Tmes.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

Ephum Johnson was up before Judge Shimmerp1ate on a cruelty to animals charge.
 Deed An wasn't abusin, dat mule. Jedge.', the old man demurreds
 Did you not strike it repeatedly with a club %
 'Yassah.ss
 And do you not know that you can accomplish more with animals by speaking to them ?''
 YassaIl; but dis critter am diff mt. He am so deef he can't hear me when An speaks to. him in de usual way, so An has to communicate wid him in de sign language .''-Y oungstown Tel egram.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

Advertising for land for a colony farm proposed by the Passaic enJ J.1 county board of freehoIders will add about $1 .OO0 GOO to the tax roll In the farming districts The farmers fell into the trap and aslxed high prices
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
PARDON CAME TOO LATE

Kansas City. July 11.-David Truaz s2 years old, a. life termaer in the Kan sas penitentiary at Lsansing.died while a pardon was on it's way to him. He was convicted Of murder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
THE CLocK.

4eTheress 8 neat little clock,
 In the schoo1-rooHn it stands, And it points to the time
 With its two little hands," -sl1 And if any scholar
 Is found in disgrace This dear little clock
 With its hands hides fits face
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
s1EARF MISSES COSTUME

waist and tunic. with 11s yard lining 2T inches wide for front. back and long sleeves or E yard for front and back: "A yard contrasting material 27 inches wide for collar; l 5z yard lining 27 inch es wide for foundation gorea-
 With the exception of the back and cutter sleeve. all of the parts of the pattern may be laid on a double fold of the material when cutting.
 Proceeding with the construction. the seams of the lining are first closed as indicated, and hem stitched in the back Turn under edge of gathered yoke on small ''o'. perforations: stitch 1s inch from fold inserting cord. Gath CT between double ''0Ts perforations Arrange on lining front, lcenters even; stitch upper edge along single small 70" perforations; stitch lower edges together. bringing back edge to large. 70" perforation.
 The lining sleeve may be omitted, if desired. Now under-arm and shoulder seams of outer blouse are closed as
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
THE NEW WOMAN

I had a little husband
 No bigger than my thumb, II put him i'm fne kitchen
 And bid him stay at hoRse.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

Real Estate Agent-The locality is quiet.
 Prospective Tenant-But isn't that a baseball park over there2
 Real Esstate Agent-Yes, but the home team doesn't average one hit a game! Chicago Daily News
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

sI haven't the least idea what to wear" pondered the young groom, sas I have never been married be- fore.''
 We'll answered his father, 'T think considering that you are going away at once, you should wear a trav- cling suit during the ceremony
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
LAURA JEAN LIBBY'S DAILY
 TALKS ON HEART TOPICS
ye,apy1a.s asaa y 1..s aaoesse .sswsp.psr synnea

roll by. I would advise you not to let a small matter of year or two influence you against the girl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

notched, the bottom gathered and Jap anese collar added. P1eat outer sleeve as indicated. bringing ''Ts to corre- spending double "oo" perforations. Lap front edge on back to small .sos perforationa. large 70" perforatfons enc. and stitch Sew in arm hole of out side as noeched. Arrange outside on lira- ing, centers and under-arm seams even; stitch lower edges together Bring single small "o'' perforations near cen- ter-baclx and large 70" perforation near shoulder seams together and tack. Tack pointed end In front.
 Join gores of skirt and pleat as notched: join hounce and tunfc sec- tions. leaving left side seam free above large "O'' perforations for opening Pieat side seam. gather top between double 'TT' perforations and arrange on foundation
 Finish with belt of satin ribbon
 slzeu IA. 1e. 1s ana 30 years Price.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

And, then, let's make q Scrap Book; Get scissors and some paste Cut out the verses carefully,
 (Remember, Haste makes yFaste3'' And paste them i'm so neatly
 That Amy one can look; And by and by you'll find you have A Grandma Goosey Booki
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
BAD OPERATION
 AVOIDED
By Timely Uee of Lydia E. Pinkham's Yege ble
 Compound.

Mrs. soyverss Own statenaaa
 Hodgdon, Maine. ssT feel it a duty I owe to all suffering women to tell what
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
THE EIeHT oacIooK eoHoE.AR.

A diIIer, 8 dollar, --3--. =. .-sj. s.-. s-.s ,. An eight o'clock scholar, What makes you come so late?
 Kou used to come at ten oacEoc1Es But .novr you come at eight
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
MISS LIBBEY'S REPLIES
 TO YOUR LETTERS

Address letters to Laura Jean Ldb- bey, s1e President Street,
 Brooklyn, N. Y.1 6Currect name and address must be given to insure attention,
 but not to print,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

TAtm new modaI has splendid poss1- BalIEaaa. becmmwn ft ta suitable to devel- upmnmf i'm an of the Fashionable ma 2srHMlm. Striped and figured cotton crepe are m smart cSrnbin atfons or q plain ana Gmmred material may be used together.
 Five yards of s6-Anch or 4x yards of &4-1neh erepe win bs needed fsr the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

Vases and Window Boxes Filled
 JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

I'sazlnnssr Wand Ads. one Cent word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

TsSs Home Dressmaklns articles prepared especially Tor hia latest styles
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-17
To Be Organized at A Meeting
At H. B. NJ. A. Rooms
By HOrsemen.
TO ENLIST AN INTEREST.
The Track at PennyrOyaI Fair
Grounds Will Be Free To
Members.

In furtherance of a movement to
establish Matinee Club in Christian
county, a meeting has been called at
the H. B. M A. rooms for this even
ing at 1880 o'clock.
If you own a good horse or con-
template buying one, attend this
meeting and get into this club. Ifyou
have not received a special invitation
to attend, come anyhow, as the club
is open to all persons in the county
with horses to enter in the races pro-
posed. Matinee races will be pulled
off every two weeks and local deal
ers have agreed to offer premiums
of harness, laprobes, whips, etc., as
premiums for the roadster class.
Secretary B. G. Nelson is taking a
lively interest in this club and au-
thorizes the statement that the track
at the Pennyroyal Fair Grounds will
be open to the members.
Don't fail to come to the meeting
tonight.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-17
GUTHRIE'S REVENGE.
Both Basketball Games Won
From HOpkinSville Satur-
day Night.

Hopkinsville went down in defeat
last Saturday night in both games OF
basketball, played by the young la
dies and young men of the High
School with Gut rie. In the game
played here some weeks since by the
contending forces Guthrie was lit
orally mopped up with, which prob
ably gave our high school youngsters
too much confidence in themselves
and made them easy victims for
Guthrie. The girls lost by a score of
8 to 10 and the boys 8 to IL.
The following was the line up of
the girls: Misses Mary Bible, Alberta
Mitchell, Mary Campbell, Kathleen
Henry, Louise Breathitt.
Boys: Joe Randle, Edward Dabney,
Gilmer Pursley, James Moss, Sam
Torian, Edward Breathitt.
In addition to those participating
in the games the following parties
went to Guthrie to see the games:
Miss Rawls, chaperon; Misses Ber-
tina Thomas, Virginia Pursley, Flea
nor Henry, Thelma Williamson, Fan
ME Fortner, Dorothy Eckles. Grace
Davis. Messrs. Edward Breathitt,
James Skerritt, Earl Fowler, Lawson
Flack. Dee King, Robt. Brown, John
B. johnson, Charlie Bassett and
Capt. E. w. Clark.
The party went to Guthrie on the
$50 and returned at 1920. Notwith-
standing their defeat they came home
in high good humor, though some of
them say they were mot out-play-
ed"-just beaten, that's all.