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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
THE FLOWERS DANCE
tBy Virginia Vale.

 Once upon a time there was little girl whose home was near a large and beautiful garden It was filled with all kinds of flowers. pretty wee siolets. lovely stately lilies. and 50 many roses were in bloom all of the time
 Agnes was allowed to go into the garden as often as she wished, and her happiest hours were spent talk ing anR playin with the flowers She fancIed they tried to answer her andf was sure they wanted to eell her OF the pleasant times they had with each other.
 One day as she went into the gar den, she saw that the flowers were dropping their heads and looked very tired She asked the gardener Wflai was the matter with her pretty Friends.
 Why don't you know he replied They danced all night and didn't go
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
STAR CHAMBER INQUIRY
 ON NEW BRITAIN WRECK

Waterbury, Conn, April 15-The Utilities Commission has begun a star chamber inquiry on the New Britain wreck. The first move of Commis- sioner c. c. ElwelI was to bar out newspaper men. The next was to hear the New Haven officials insist every thing was all right and there was no reason for the wreck.
 The proceedings were then ad- journed to let MT. E1we1 go to F. H. Benson. the train engineer, who is il in East Hartford, while the road rep resentatiyes denounced the news papers for intirnating the roadbed was in had shape.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
THE DANGER OF THE
 seWASHWOMAN COTFFURE'

Do you know what dastardIy plan is now on foot to destroy our crown ing glory?
 with no hair at all, probalbly) has in vented the .washwo oman Coiffure', and is trying to wish it on us.
 I talked to a scalp expert about it and she insists that it is ruinous to the hair and if women adopt it, they will eventually become as bald as the probable inventor. q wager that the inventor is bald headed male. over so. which is a catty thing to say.9
 This is the way it is done:
 The hair is first conbed and brushed until every particle of curl. or wave or softness has vanished, then it is screwed on the head in as tight a knot as can be made.
 For evening" this knot is worn high on the head ana for afternoon and informal occasions, it is worn on the neck
 Tn either way. the whole effect is like that of a swasherwoman at her work
 The straining back and tight pin ming breaks the hair off short and straightens it hopeless1y. Then too. the constant pulling is painful and the woman who wears 1t, wrinkles up hel forehead. sduints and frowns all sorts of tiny and big lines in her face.
 tried to get photograph of this coiffure, but not a. model or friend would pose for me. One friend, whc is an extreme dresser and occasion ally dresses her hair in this way, says she ssrefuses to be perpetuated in this ungodly style She did, however give me her photograph with her usu- al eoiffure. and [ am using it today Can you imagine her beautiful, lux uriant hair screwed into a hard knot of unbeeominsness Beaartffll1 hair ie such wonderful thing to have Ii
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
6dcY fdcflcal Honle DfeJe NdkInq
 LeccOl1J
Pyepdyed Esbeeially Fov 1'hi5 Neqyspapey.
 ky PietoriaI Revieav
" BLUE TAFFETA.

use of net, linen and crash designs. The wide belt which sencfrc1es the waist close to the bottom Is finished with a most unconventional knot, rom which the ends hang loosely.
 To make the dress requires, for a girl of average size. 2Z yards of double width taffeta and yard of 3S-inch satin for the belt, collar and cuffs. The buttons may be covered with satin
 To avoid mistakes place each piece of the pattern carefully on the taffeta- First fold the silk, and along the by triple .sTTT perforations-th that is, the collars. back and back gore. The front gore front, sleeve, cuffs and sleeve bands are arranged on a length : wise thread of the material. For the open neck, cut out neck edge of front sk inch above small .o' perforations. For short sleeve, cut off lower part of off front edges of left front and left front gore on double ..oo" perforations-
 Close under arm seam as notched to make the waist; close shoulder seam. Gather lower edge of front and back between double perforations. Center front indicated by large -.O'' perforatfons If made high neck, sew standing collar to neck edge as notch ed. For open neck. see cutting direc- tfons Sew large collar to neck edge, center backs even and along small 70 perforations in front
 Gather lower edge of sleeve betweeu double 'eTT'' pcrforations, join sleeve band as notched. close seam as notch ed. Close cuff seam as notched to small "or perforation. sew to sleeve band as notched. Sew sleeve in arm hole seam at notch in front
 Join gores of skirts as notched. Pleet creasing on slot perforations. bring folded edge to small @o' perforations and press. Turn hem on small "o' perforatfons. Sew to lower edge oi waist centers even. Large s'C', per forations in front gore indicate center front.
 This design is so practical and pretty that 1t will look well devefoped in tut materials for summer use
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL


 MT. and Mrs. John S. Griffith, of 3S1 Beechwood avenue, announce the en- gagement of their daughter. Miss Car olyn Grifdth. to Harold Roys of Shef- field, Mass. Miss Grifhth was grad uated from the Bridgeport High school with the class 1of 1902.
 A party of local young boys ac- companied by E. Everett Cortright the principal of shelton school. are spend ing their Easter vacations in Wash ington. D. C.. and are much enjoying the many interesting things to be seen in that city. The party includes: Merrill Ford, Roland Spencer. Jack Wade Hubbell Fitzgibbons, Walter Hawkins, Albert Trenaine, Edward Smith, Herman Isaaes, John Ander- son. Joseph Finn. John Thompson and Edward Schindler.
 The Bankers club are to give the last of their series of informal dances which have heen largely attended dur ing the winter, on Friday evening Of this week, in the SIocum Gymnasium The patronesses for the affair will ge Mrs. G. F. HerthaI, Mrs. c. H. Coul- ter, Mrs. E. Livermore, Mrs VII liam Vollmer and Miss Annie Sterl- ing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
A KISS TOO MUCH

Dear Miss Idbbey:
 here q year. Lately he begged me to kiss him. I refused; don't approve of it, as we are not engaged. think thess way he talks lately he intends soon to propose. Please tell me is it right for me to allow him to kiss me or not
 WORRIE1D. You were quite right, my dear. and sensible as well, in refusing the young man a kiss, which he was audacious ir so presuming. Girls who are Of your opinion usually know how to keep q lover in the place he belongs and win husbands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

wonder. sighed the young hos tess if it is proper to place the lady at the left or right of the man who is to take her to the table,
 The couples seated to the right of the host are placed with woman at right of their escorts. The couples at the right of their hostess are placed with the women at the left of their escorts replied the older woman, in urred by many years of social enter taining.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
Little Beauty Chats
BY BLANCHE BEACON

should be worn as loose and becon-
 ing1y as possible.
 Do not follow the bell sheep of
 fashion when your good looks are in jeopardy. And more important still, when affecting a style means pulling your hair out by it's roots and invit-. ing pumberIess wrinkles to find a permanent lodging place around your eyes and temples. avoid it as you would the cholera
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

the Kitchen for lifting intensely hot pans.
 Keep an egg timer near the tele- phone to gauge your long-distance calls.
 It is a good idea to buy a supply of extra bobbins for the sewing ma chine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

Dip matches in hot. melted pararrr if you wish to make them water prorf
 Cut the invand's toast into fnr. squares; it can be eaten much s1cr. easily
 Choose high, marrow aauc@ uanr with close-htting lids, for cooking vsr- etabIes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

Many of the new spring models for little girls froclxs are made on blouse aines-that Is, with the very long waist and skirt that is scarcely more than a
 straight f1ounce This smart coat is in changssb1e blue tafEeta trimmed with satin of the same color. The collar and -clIirs r1a,z be xarled. noKeyer. by fhe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

w e, who I'm QprOVe h1Ss gOlu6n hours,
 That marriage, rightly understood,
 Gives to the tender and the good
 A paradise below. "
 Every girl of spirit repudiates the assertion that all women look to is marriage ..Not II Not I. Not I.'' chorus the girls. Whatever girl you try to corner on this subject will most likely tell you that a career, instead of marriage. appeals to her. She will tell you, too, that she is not the sort of girl who would marry for a, home and learn either to love him or not afterwards. @
 The Undergraduates of the twentieth century girl fairly takes ones breath away. She wont marry a man sira-i ply because he has money unless he has braine to go with. it. She requires a lot of the man to whom she would give her hand in marriage. She isn't the kind of girl to whom a husband could dole out the pennies. nor as q wife would she accept excuses as to why he was detained in his office un-l til midnight three or four times a week.
 The girl of today looks for a posi ton if her folks are barely in conn fortab1e circygrnStances If her pay she refuses to encourage the young man as suitor who is wholly con tent to make six per, with no ambi- ton whatever to climb further. She Edoes not believe in leaving a happy home for married life, full Of vexa- tions and tolls, with half a dozen children perhaps if, the husband is able to provide for only two comfort ably She is sensible enough to look at marriage from every viewpoint. EShe could love an energetic wooer much better than an indolent one
 Not being dependent on any man for support, she refuses to leap into mat rirnony without the oar Of love to paddle her canoe free from shoals and shfpwreck Not even in households 1 where there is a large family Of girls do they look toward marriage anx- | iously. If one or two Of them marry un- satisfactorily, therefore unhappily the rest of the girls, having had an eye opener that there can be tangles in love's sAein, become wary and shy of similar appearing Inen.LtIt takes much inducenent for them to consent to be I led to the marriage altar. They con I tend that while marriage is the join- i ing of two hearts it means, also that l two sensible heads, in which judg- ment predoHin ates should be the foundation of that love It is very i weak woman nowadays who looks forward to marriage to end Iifess dis
 conaftures for her. While love will < always go on and wedlock be the re-
 suit. men need not think that mar riage Is all women look to.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
POINTS OF INTEREST

E. H. Dillon & Go. 11o5 Main street are showing a splendid variety of en1- broidered dainty white lawn waists at wholesale prices-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

Yard. sssz5 Fszas
 The bride is a granddaughter o1 May Manton. MT. Mead was gradu- ated from Harvard in 1912
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
ONE GIRL JILTED HIM

Dear Miss L.ibbey: am afraid you, being so clever will think me anything but a wise
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
Sizes 4 6. 3. 10. 12 and l.

Dressnlaking prepared especially this from the styles by ReYisW.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
MISS LIBBEY's REPTILES
 TO YOUR LETTERS

Correct name and address must be
 given to insure attention, but not to print
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
LAURA JEAN LIBBY'S DAILY TALKS ON HEART TOPICS

hs 1e4s, y me Mcclure Nevvsraper syndicaae-,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
IS MARRIAGE ALL
 WOMEN LOOK TO?

-''Though fools spurn EIyInens s7 sentIe
 powers,
 By sweet experience know We, who improve his golden hours. That marriage, rightly understood Gives to the tender and the good A paradise below -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06
CAPITAL Comment
BY CLYDE II. TAVENNER
CONGRESSMAN from the Fourteenth District

The cheapened cost was due to the
increased efficiency of the employees.
Such figures run all through the va
rious classes of employees and on all
American railroads. Larger engines,
heavier equipment and greater loads.
added TO increased skill on the part
of the employees. have brought about
efficiency that no other country on
earth can meet.
The next great issue before con-
gress will be the question of popular
government enforced by federal laws,
according to all the indications now.
And 1t would not be surprising IL
President Wilson called an extra ses-
sion of the next congress after March
of next year 10 adopt a series of law
guaranteeing popular government.
The amazing record of the present
democratic congress will probably not
be allowed to stand alone by PrEs1-
dent Wilson. The present congress
has settled nearly every political is.
sue that has been before the country
for the past 16 years. Tariff, curren-
cy, trusts, Alaskan development, in
come tax. and probably conservation
this will be the record of the pres
ent congress- record that is with
OUT equal in the history of the coun-
try.
1t is known that a legislative sub
ject near to President Wilson's heart
is the question of direct presidential
primaries. Mr.. Wilson urged this leg
islation upon the present session of
congress, but there was not time to
take it up. However, various congress
sionaI committees have been studying
the problem, and they will probably
be ready to report out bills at next
winters session.
Consequently the signs point to
popular government fight in Washing
ton next winter. But the session
which begins in December will be a
short session. expiring by law on
March 8, 1915. There will hardly be
time to pass the appropriation bills
and adopt popular government meas
ures also. The fight will probably be
started then. The president is likely
to ask the new congress to continue
the work Immediately, so that the laws
may be on the statute books in plenty
of time for the states to put them
into effect in the presidential homlna-
ton campaign of 1916.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06
THE REAL REASON.

Railroads which have been taking
of trains TO discommode the public
and create prejudice against legisla-
ton for the regulation OF public utlli-
ties are sending out a decision of a
commission in the case Of a Vermont
road, setting forth that it was barely
escaping bankruptcy owing to the ex-
actions OF employees and the new laws.
This is of course absolutely true,
but the whole thing harks back to
the real cause, the exploitation Of the
properties by individuals in order TO
accumulate fabulous fortunes while
you wait Neither laws nor wages are
putting the companies in the hole. It
is the load Of overhead charges in the
form OF interest on obligations incur
red by wreckers who pocketed the
money and left nothing TO show for It.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06
John O'Groat's House.

John O'Groat was the reputed build
er of the John O'Groat house, the ruins
of which are still pointed out at Dun
cans Bay Head, on the northernmost
point of the mainland of Scotland.
Tradition is not entirely agreed as to
the personality of John O'Groat- One
legend states that he was a poor man
who used to ferry passengers over to
the island of Storma for a groat. But
the most popular story makes him the
descendant of a Hollander. De Groot,
who in the reign of James ". settled
in the vicinity, and il goes on to tell
how John and his seven cousins would
yearly meet TO celebrate the memory
of their ancestor and have a yearly
quarrel over the question of prece-
dence until finally John invented a
method of settling the difficulty. He
built an eight sided house of one room,
with eight windows and eight doors,
and an octagonal table in the center of
the room, so that all might enter sim
ultaneously, each to his own door, and
there might be no head of the table.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06

land, has shown by the postal statis-
tics of the world that the efficiency of
foreign postal employees does not COM
pare with that of Yankee letter hand
lers. and there is reason to believe
that this same comparison can be car
ried to the railroad employees also.
Analysts have been going over the
railroad figures and showing some re-
markable facts. Not only has the pro-
ductive efficiency OF American railroad
labor increased enormously. but there
is reason to believe that it will in
crease even more in the future.
Railroad efficiency is rated accord
ing TO transportation units" which
means in the case of freight a ton
transported one mile, or in the case
of passengers, per passenger carried
q mile.
In 1890 engine labor costs to the
railroads for each 1000 traffic units
was sc cents; last year 1t was SO
cents. In other words it cost the rail-
roads 81 cents less SoT wages of engi-
neers and firemen to carry 1000 pas
sengers one mile, or 1000 tons on
freight one mile, than II did in 1890.
But wages paid to enginemen in 1913
were far higher than those of 1890.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06
A PRIZE WINNING PLAY.

4 play writing contest was recently
conducted by a New York theatrical
producer. He offered a prize of $10.-
600 to the author of a manuscript that
would meet with the approval of a
board of three competent judges. A
woman won the prize. Her victory Is
the more credible because her drama,
Children of the Earth" easily won
over 900 rivals.
Miss Alice Brown, the New England
novelist and short story writer, may
be congratulated for proving that her
sex is a match for men when IL In
vades the field of dramatic action
Until comparatively lately, women
rarely aspired 10 be dramatists- But
the New. York World, commenting on
Miss Browns victory, says:
THE theater of today is as open
to the women as to the men, Their
grasp of its opportunities Is shown
by the fact that two of the most popu-
lar plays produced in New York two
years ago were Miss CiIha Sowerby's
Rutherford & Son and Irs- Eleanor
Gates The Poor Little Rich Girl
In The dramatic season just ended,
10 Out Of 1O4 new plays thzz were pro
duced we're written by women Ten OF
these met with q fair degree OF snc-
cess, which is q high percentage
-HighbrOw theorists of the stages
duty TO art and society, and fnddists
VINO are apprUpria1ing II for propagan-
da. viii find food for reflection In Miss
Alice Browns triumph. The play with
which she has vanquished all her men
and women competitors has no sOciolo-
gicaI mission; fl is just a human
drama OF New England types. laid in
the simple surroundings of New Eng
land life"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06
First Game Law.

The first game law for the protec-
ton of wild animals and birds was en-
acted in 1908 by William the Con-
queror. This decree of the Norman
king was called a forest law, but its
principal purpose was the preserva-
ton of game. Forfeiture of property
was made the penalty for killing or
disabling any kind of wild beast. while
the slayer of a stag, buck or bear, if
convicted, had his eyes put out. These
laws, of course, applied only to the
masses, since the royalty and nobility
were permitted to kill as much as they
pleased. In fact, the principal pur-
pose of the pioneer game law" was
to provide sport for the few. The
first parliamentary game law in Eng
land was passed in 1896. Game laws
in America have become increasingly
strict of late years, but they were
adopted too late to save many spe-
cies. notably the buffalo, from almost
complete extinction. - New York
World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06
Henry's Foolish SUGGESTION.

"You seemed to enjoy the play thor
oughly," said Mr.. Henpeck.
"Oh, it was awfully funny" replied
his wife. 81 laughed so much that 1
fairly ached all over"
Funny part that was where the
man fooled his jealous wife and was
out with another woman while the
mother of his children was at home
telling them what a noble fellow he
was, because she thought he was work
ing overtime for their benefit"
'I thought I'd die laughing at the ri
of it. 1 never saw any
thing in my life that was half so
funny. How cleverly he pulled the
wool over her eyes, and what fool
he made of her. Dear me, l have to
laugh out loud, even now, whenever
I think of it."
Yes, it was great. I'm so glad you
enjoyed it. 1 suppose If I were to do
the things that man did you'd have a
good laugh over my cleverness, and"
Henry! How dare you suggest
such a thing? Remember that our in
nocent children are asleep beneath
this roof"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-06
IFALTHTALK
IG-6y@QAl
William Brady,M.D.
And the Gladstone GroWI.

scareS them occasionally, but with
good luck the attack subsidies without
Jaundfce or Inflammation of the gall
sac. Now and then, however, a stone
works its weary way out of the gall
sac and into the gall duct, causing
genuine seizure of gall stone collie,
with chill, fever, sweat, jaundice and
all the exquisite signs of bile obstruc-
ton. Then the surgeon steps in, sinks
shaft in the virgin mine, strikes big
paying Ore-and the patient lives hap
PLY forever after.
Questions and Answers.
A Reader-How shall one clothe the
feet and abdomen of a 15-months-old
child in extremely warm weather?
Reply-A light cotton undershirt and
no flannel binder. For the feet-noth-
ing, or at the worst a pair of cotton
socks.
A Reader-What should be rubbed
In the gums to ease them while cut
ting molars?
Reply-Nothing. Leave the gums
alone.
A Reader-What is the proper diet
for child Is months old?
Reply-Clean cows milk, certified
or pasteurized. Barley water or oat-
meal water. Occasionally orange Juice,
lamb or beef broth (clear), soda crack
ers and lots of cool water to drink.
Reader-How is milk pasteurized
in the home?
Reply-By heating # up TO 40 de-
grees, holding at that temperature five
minutes, then keeping on ice.
ID. Med. asks-Please give us an ar
ucle on hardening of the arteries. %
Can this disease be arrested? or Is SO
a normal blood pressure for a man of
"a years?
Reply-G Hardening of the arter-
les may be stayed in it's progress by
medicinal dietetic and physical meas
ures- (2) So is a low blood pressure
for an adult A man of 35 normally
has a blood pressure OF 90 to 120.