The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-21

In nhe good old days when Dad stayed at home nights and held the skefn while mother wound the ball of yarn, there were few divorces in the
 In spite of the cold winds we have already had this winter. many deli cate looking girls para1le the streets with nothing fbalt a big gold locket to protect their wish -bones from the att tack of pnea1nnonia-
 Hell isn't a. lake of molten brim- stone. HeH is when a man has a ten dollar -a-week job and i've little lads who Believe in Santa Claus. says an acute observer.
 It is provsn that a single oyster can and does day fifty million eggs in a year. And no one has yet heard an London beasts Of being much bds- ger tl1am New York, bzIt the latter city points with pride to the fact that her auto1nobiles kill naore people In a month than arc killed In London in a year.
 There are two sights in the 6arnily circles that makes the kids smile One is that Of mother fodhdlfng about the house looking for her apees. when they are snugay perdhed on her fore head, and the other is Dad iha1mting for his pipe when he naa 1t in his mouth.
 The pictures Of those girls. a,dorn-. ing the magazine covers look awfully sweet. But can the originals wash dishes or make as good bread, cake and pies as thezr mothers used to make?
 Those people who poke fun at long hatred men, should stop and think a little Our old friend Sampson had a pretty good bunch of hair, and could rift the roof off a church And bhere were Franklin, Washi4gton. Wesley, Newton and several others. who wore pig tails fully as long as those the school girls are wearing today
 A New York woman ofrers a. reward Of $z6 for her hslsband dead or alive, Perhaps he had her fawcrite recipe for q dainty dish in his inside.
 An aeficlultural writer says that heaas should be amused in order to mako them day better The act of than anything we know ot, by the way they cacldle.
 5 It must be an awful temptation to John D.. to go to work in Mr. Ferd's factory.
 President wilson writes such short messages that the Congressmen can no longer get a hair cut and shave while they are being read
 The trusts don't object much to the r4xa suits, but they want the pockets just as numerous and deep as ever
 AS the Congressnen realize what a calamity to the country 1t would be if they were not reelected. 1t is be- lieved they will adjourn early and be- gin campaigning in good season
 Some merchants, thinking that their old out-of-date and shop-worn July as new and fresh spring stock. feel that it is not prudent for them to spend money advertising. | T. R.. keeps on hunting in South l America, although there is so much l trails now.
 1t seems likely that em ployers will have to share their profits, and they 1 must also learn to live on their losses.
 It is admitted that every one should l have a winter vacation, even if people | have to overwork themselves sick to 1 get it.
 The United States is considered an | agricultural country. yet it has to i'm | port food from abroad. But so far | the farmers are able to raise enough | to feed themselves.
 There is growing suspicion in | Wall street that some of the big and | fierce bogeynen it has been seeing | are only scarecrows stuffed with | straw.
 The people who feel in danger from | Harry Thaw will probably be perfect | ly safe if they remain within the con fines of New York state.
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 A mans working day is hours. 1 His body organs must work perfectly l 24 hours to keep him fit for hours | work. Weak. sore, inactive kidneys | can not do it. They must be sound | and healthily active all the time. Fo- | ley Kidney Pills will make them so. | You cannot take them into your sys- | tenn without good results following. | Drug store.-Adv.
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 ..woman Suffrage" will be the sub- ject of the annual debate by Harvard. l