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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY
 FOR WORKING GIRLS

''Oh, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above my head And the grass beneath my feet! For only one short hour To feel as used to feel Before I knew the woes, of want
 And the walk that costs meal!''
 The working girls of New York, and those all over the country, are jubilant over plan which has just gone into effect for their benefit Girls are holding jol1ification meetings ev- erywhere; sending a. vote of thanks to their employers who have extended to them a half holiday every Saturday afternoon during the summer months
 What excursions some of them are planning into the sweet, cool, green country. All the village inns have their Saturday night dances Work ing girls have read or them, sighed for them, never dreaming they could participate in them.
 But now they can get their best bibs and fuckers ready, put them into that goes through their place, or a trolley car In less than an hour, they'll be whir1ed to their destina- ton. Usually two or more girls club together on these trips, all sharing one room and cutting down expenses
 
 hearts in them There's time for a stroll before the dancing begins. My: what a swath those city girls cut. The village beaux stares at them at first, then grow bolder with ad1nirst- ton.
 That evening is gala. one in the lives of the girls. The young folks who have gathered are all like one family-bent upon having a good tiryte. Eleven o'clock is considered late for the dancing. though they often do stretch it out t11ree-quarters of an hour longer, until the fddfer and ban joist flee from the continued demands made upon their skill. When the mId- night bells chime from some far-off, old church steeple, the girls are in their cool, sweet beds, with the air from the open window blowing fresh beauty sleep.
 There's no street traffic, din, or noise of the city to awaken them the next morning. What cool, delicious day of rest the following Sabbath iE! After dinner there's another stroll through the cool, green, wooded lanes. Of course they must be up betimes Monday morning to catch the on1J early train for the city. They delight in cutting across lots through the old clover meadow to the station. Every girl assures you it's the country for her, after that.
 Tn years to come people will wonder why so many bright, pretty girls gave city beaux the nitten and become the wives of young farmers. tsHuIrai1! for the half Saturday Holidays for the working girlsl May they banish every care. its the duty they owe them selvesr' The girl who goes home and delves into hard work is doing her employer, as well as herself, an in justice. She does not come to her work refreshed Monday morning Play while you may, girls, is the popular sentiment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
EMPRESS OF JAPAN AT 30
IS ONLY WIFE OF MIKADO

I rtage she has worn European clothes.
 except on state occasions, when she
 occast onally appears in the ancient 1 feminine garb of Nippon. The Elm
 press is very fond Of beautiful clothes
 and many of her smart costumes are | imported from Paris. Tn most other
 ways the Empress, like the Emperor
 has adopted European manners and
 customs.
 This modernism of the Emperor and
 Empress is viewed with alarm by
 many of the elder statesmen, who pre- dict that dire things will result from the imperial departure from preced-
 ents and accepted andards that have
 stood for centuries The prophets of
 evil are especially concerned over the
 deference shown by the Emperor lo
 his wife, and his insistence upon living up to the ideal of nonagan1y They hold that it is not good for man hG be alone, and that a, man with only one
 wife might almost as well have none at all They also object to the Hber- ties and freedom of action accorded to the Empress. The elder statesmlan, while they will have nouglat to do with ! Christianity, have-a fellow feeling for St. Paul and his theories regarding the Einferiority and subjection of the fair
 sex.
 In way the venerable croakers
 have been Justified, for modern Japan Is in a turmoil of unrest Socialism ana even andECh1S1f1s nave many EO4- lowers in Nippon and for the first
 time in history the Emperor and Elm
 press have to be guarded against pos sibIe attacks on their lives
 The Empress received an excellent
 education, and is very fond of Occi- dental literature, much of which she can read in the original She is ln- ] terested in public affairs, and Is a leader in many charitable and pIailan-
 thropic movements. It has been al legged that she fayors woman suffrage
 for Japan, and it is certain that she
 has been prominent in encouraging
 the higher education of Japanese wo- men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

The present Empress of Japan, who was born thirty years ago today, June 25, 1884, is the first wife of a Mikado of Japan to enjoy the exclusive affec- tions of her imperial spouse. Since Jirnnu Tenno founded Nippon and be- came its first Emperor about six cen turies B. C., it has been the custom, and perhaps the inclination, of the rulers of the Sunrise Kingdom to have number of secondary wives. Even now monogamy is far from being the rule in Japan, but the young Emperor has set an example which, 1t is be- heved, his subjects will soon adopt. The late monarch, Mutsuhito, modern as he was in other ways, clung to the ancient matrimonial procIivities of his predecessors. The present Emperor, Yoshihito, was the son of a secondary wife, although he always looked upon the late Dowager Empress as his mother.
 The youthful Empress of the Flow cry Land was forced to remain in the background of affairs as long as the Dowager. Empress was alive, but she is now in fact as well as in name the first lady ofs Japan She was the daughter of Prince Kuio Bfichttaka, a, scion of that ancient clan from which Japanese emperors have for many centuries been forced by custom and precedent to choose their principal spouses. She was in her sixteenth year when she became the bride of Yoshf- hfto, then Crown Prince, on May 10, 1900. The imperial pair have had three children. two daughters and a son, Crown Prince Hirohito, or AGichi no Miya, who was born in the palace at Tolio in 1901. The birth of a son and heir@-was made the occasion of wild rejoicing in Japan, and 1t also left the future Emperor free to adhere to his homogeneous principles.
 Empress Sadako was in her girI9 hood famous beauty, but her Ioveli- ness is of the Oriental type and would probably make no appeal to the aver age Occidental. Ever since her mar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
PREVENTING SUMMER
 SKIN TROUBLE.

PREVENTING SUMMER
 SKIN TROUBLE.
 If you are dark and easily tan. you are fortunate as your lighter complex toned sister will tell you. Tan has a certain irritating feeling, but is not to be compared with the awful look ing. and worse feeling sunburn. Yet one may golf. row, ride and do almost anything in the sun without peg1na- nent burning if one will follow a few simple rules.
 After bathing and before dressing, coat the skin t11aclxIy with ta.lcUm pow der or corn starch, which is just as good Leave this on until you are dressed, then pat off the superfluous remain a. thin coating. Several times a day dust on plenty of powder or starch and let 1t remain on for a min ute or two before patting-not rub bing-of.
 When you come in from the sun. before doing anything else, dust on some powder. These rules may seem hard but as a matter of fact, Is it hard to dab on powder every time you pass your. dressing table? If 1t. is I must say that most of the girls l know like hard work.
 Do not put water on your skin when it is hot. no matter how much you may be tempted to do so. Cleanse your skin with cold cream if it. seems at all red or burned and use water only when the flesh has thoroughly cooled
 when you have burned in the sun take care not to break the skin Or braise it in any way. As soon as the burn Is felt rub 1t immediately with carboatzed vaseltnes or plain vaseline or even cold cream, though the first mentioned is best Then dust over with powder. using only cream to cleans6 the skin until the soreness has entirely disappeared.
 In telling you these cures for sun
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
LAURA LEAN LIBBY'S DAILY TALKS ON HEART TOPICS
tCepyr4sht 1888. 1pe Ne-vspaper synmcasey

permitted that, you should certainly have been spanked by your good mother-if you have one. The man is no doubt a rake and a trifler and has ere this recounted his experience with the silIiest girl he has ever met to his cronies. who have had a. hearty laugh at your expense. What assurance have you that, the man was single? Girls who hold public positions should be modest and reserved. Men who de- clare their love at first meeting laugh in their sleeves at the girl foolish enough to believe them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
FALLING IN LOVE
 AT FIRST SIGHT

Dear Miss Libbey:
 am a, young working girl in an office where many strange gentlemen call daily on business Recently a middle aged man came in and, as the lawyer who employs me was out, asked the privilage of sitting down and waiting for him. During the g1ezt half hour he never took his eyes off my face. At last he spoke telling me he had fallen in love with me at first sight and asking to call on me. said that as he was a stranger to me I hardly knew how to answer. He took that for consent and called that very evening. He asked permission to kiss me good. night when he left He was to have called the next evening but ! have not seen him since, although it is nearly. a week. I was very much taken with him and have a crying spell every day. If he really meant what he said that he fell in love with me at first sight, would he not write or come again? ALTA
 It is very seldom that a man comes Across a girl as silly as you have prov en to be in this case. No man re- spects a girl whose acquaintance he can make without an introduction. Permitting him to call was the height of inprudence on your part and, as to kissing him good night-wel1, if you
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
New York Wholesale Prices

27 1-2c; dairy, finest, 26c; good tC prime, 23c O 25c.
 Eggs-Fresh gathered, extras, dog. en, 23c O 25c; hennery whites, 24c O 27c; gathered. 22c O 26c; hennery browns, 24c O 25c; gathered and mix ed, zoe O 24c; duck eggs, 24c O 26c
 Fruits-Cherrtes, black and red, Sc O 12c; white, 7c O 9c; sour, 7c co sci entrants, quart, 12c o 14c; strawber- ries, fancy large, 13c O 16c.
 Hay and Straw-Hay, large bales, ton, timothy, prime $22; No. 1, $21 O $21.5O; No. 8 to No. 2, $16.50 O SEQ; fancy light clover, mixed, SEQ; other mixed, $14.5O O $2O; fancy light clov- CT, mixed, SEQ; other mixed, $14.5o O SIS; No. 1, clover. SIS; rye straw, No. 1, $16. CSma1 baled hay soc O $1 lower than 1arge.)
 1, bbl., $4 O s4.50; Southern white, No. 1, $2.50 O $4.25; white, 1sO rb., $325 O $3.50; onions. Jersey. yellow, basket, $2.50 O $3.50; white, $2.50 O $3.5O; red, $2.5O O $3.25; asparagus, green, dozen punches, $1 O $2.25; white, 75c O $1.50; lettuce, bbl., 25c co 75c; mushrooms, basket, 50 0 s1.5O; peas, large, soc O SIPS; small, 25c O 75c; radishes, 100 bunches, soc co 75c; romaine. bbl.. 25c O soc; basket, 10c O 25c; rhubarb, 100 O 75c.
 Pou1try-Dressed- fancy, 17c O 1sc; chickens, broi1ers. ID each, per pair, 60c O soc; fancy, 1 # fo each, 3Sc O 40c; fowls, 4c O 1sc; ducks, .14c O 16c; squads, white, prime, $175 O $3.75; dark, SIPS @ $15o; culls. soc @ 75c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
THE POET.
cJohn ereenIeaf whittter.,

He is never the one great poet Who catches the hymns. of the stars, And at sunset sees faces of angels Af1ame through the gold and blue
 bars. But he is the poet and prophet, Who sees in the merest brown cIod A soul and a life and a purpose, That is one with the purpose of God. Who wins from our everyday work
 ings,
 A hope and a trust that are grand; . And sees in his garden of roses, The whole round earth at 1ds hand. Who reads by Jar deeper and sweeter, Than others in all human faces; And catches where no one has
 dreamed it, A glimpse of the inlurkfng graces. In your face-it has proved me not
 poet; Like the sunlight behind the noon
 cloud
 The duIIest beholder would know it. Would know it with rapture and bless it,
 With joy for che charm Of it's sweet.
 ness; And miugle with evry true prayer Its vision of perfect completeness. I might wish you all bright and sweet
 things.
 But they sparkle around and above
 you, With a light that is surely immortal; can only remember--I love you
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
Little Beauty Chats
BY BLANCHE BEACON

burn, don't think I overlook it's bene- fit. I really believe that the skin that is burned in summer is in winter whit CT than it would otherwise be, but many object to being skinned, for it is one of the most painful though harm less penalties for too great devotion to the sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
NMLTEs HERO.
(By Virginia va1e)


 Once upon a time NeI1ie's mother had letter from Aunt Alice asking them all to come to her new cottage and spend a few days The cottage was near the ocean, almost on the beach and Nellie thought it the love- Hest place she had ever been in.
 The first day she played near the big waves and went down on the beach to pick up the pretty stones and pink shells that she saw.
 One day she thought she would go on the beach and see if she could not find some shells to bring to her moth CT to take home. There was no one but Nellie that part of the beach as she wandered up and down.
 'T guess I will walk out a little further and perhaps I can find just what I want" said Nellie, so she walked along and looked at the pret- ty fish that were swimming around in the water between two big rocks. She had her apron full of stones and shells, but she kept on walking. further out All at once a big wave came with such force that it Knocked little Nellie down and started to carry her out to sea. N.
 Nellie screamed with fright, but there was no one around and Nellie was being carried further out all the time.
 All at once she saw a. big black dog running as fast as it could toward her. He swam out and took hold of her dress with his teeth While Nellie held on to his back he swan back to the short with her. Nellie hugged and patted him as hard she could, but he looked up as much as to say: That's all right. am glad heard you cry.''
 Nellie took hold of his collar and
 
 her mother all about her fright. Aunt Alice and her mother patted him gave him a. nice dinner and called him nice hero. When Nellie's father was told about it he wanted to buy the dog which he did and they took Hero, as they named hirn, back to their home in the city, where he lived happily great many years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

A tint that Is just the shade of June roses in used for this waist. suitable fo development in either crepe or bztfske- The collar is of satin in a darker tone Two and three-Quartsrs yards Of s6-inch or 21s yards of A. Inch material are required to make the des1gn-
 It costs but little to havo the waist heugt1Sched. After this is done the front fs uxdar1aced from upper edge to double Zoo" perforations. Turn hem at front edge on single small ''o' perfora- f1ons. Large 70" perforations indicate center-front: close cemser-b back seam. PIea4 bringing '~T'" to corresponding, nanR7s small sov pereoratfons and tack. Close center-back seam Of side-front and back section Cindicated by single
 Pictorial Review pattern
 buaE Price IS cents.
 Theps Home DressmalkinG for this newspaper from the vel 89XA1yls ~ >-s, ---------
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Captain James Wilson, who took the body of John Wilkes Booth back to Washington after he had been shot for the assassination of President Lincoln, died in Philadelphia, aged 80 years,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

A big dollar met a small penny newly coined, and having a bright, clean fact. Said the dollar in pom oous manner:
 "You look as if you thought your self gold, whereas you are only cheap brass"
 The penny answered modestly: T am only what I am, and can claim no more.''
 At that the dollar swel1ed up and said: "I am patriotic. See, have the emblem of liberty on my bosom and am also trustworthy, because the United States government has placed the words on me, Tn God we
 After a little silence the penny said: 'T go to church oftener than you sdo." The Young Catholic Messenger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
FOR CREPE OR RATIsTF

large 70" perforation9: gather uppel and lower edges between double TIT perforations. Lap edge of side from and back on front to small 'o' per forations. bringing corresponding dou- Dle .'oo's perforations together and stitch. Close .under-arm seam as notched. Large 70" perforations in peplum Indicate center-frout: close back seam, sew to lower edge of waist centers even. small '''o'' perforation at under-arnn seam. Sew round collar to neck edge as notched and along line of single small ''o'' perforations in front Bring single large "O'' perforation in collar to corresponding perforation in rever and tack; roll collar and rever as illustrated. Tack collar at center back. bringing corresponding small "o' perforations together. Sew standing collar to shield as notched-'
 The sleeve is gathered. at the lower edge on cross lines of single 70" per
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Twenty aeroplanes flying mourning flags acted as a funeral escort when the bodies of nine officers and men who lost their lives in the air catas- trophe near. Vienna. were buried.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
"ONLY FOR THOSE WITH BAD STOMAC CHS5i

MT George Galatse. of 9s Jay Street Albany, N. F., had bad stomach for. IS years. There was nothing left for him to do-he had tried eVerythiuas and no relief. He travelled far and near but got no help. Some told him he had cancer of the stomach and would have to operate on him Ills I5ftiful condition can only be realized by those who have stomach trouble. Powders and pills, tablets and pads all were tried and tried in vain. He could eat hardly anything and as he expressed 1t lone foot was in the grave" but today he is alive, well and happy.
 The whole thing is done up in e. little book which he wrote and called "A True Story" Go to Hindle's or Clampett's. drug stores or Ballsrd'A
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
VACATION DANGERS

Dear Miss Lfbbey;
 I want to have a. heart-to-heart talk with you by letter and ask your ad- vice I ann a. young married woman Of twenty-four I married at seven teen-before T knew my own mind. My husband is forty-nine, a, manager in a store. He never gives me a pleas ant word, and nags me constantly to go put and get employment and earn my own living. As you can well un- derstand, I have no love for him-he has crushed out the little respect I had for him. I Gaid I would go on a. vacation visiting my uncle in another town during the summer-instead I went to another place and took ser vice as a chambermaid in the best hotel there A gentleman boarding heres fell in love with me He is a bachelor of thirty, civil engineer. His folks live near here and are very wealthy, I hear. gave my name as Miss Smith. Now am greatly trou- bled over it, as [ do not know how to get out of it. He has proposed mar riage and wants to take me ito call on his folks. I said would have to take time to consider both the proposal and invitation. Would it be madness to marry and say nothing? The old fel- low who has made my life so miser- able would never. be able to trace me; do not think he would even try; he would be glad to be rid of me. What shall I do?
 MRS. H. ED
 Tell the young lover the truth Do not see him or allow him to write YOU while you are still the wife of another man. Leave your present employn nent and return to your husband No mat ter what faults he may have he is still your husband. Make a clean breast of the whole affair to him. He will either find some way or severing your marriage bond for you or turn over a new leaf that he may be able to win anew your respect and affections. Re- member that trite and true coupIet: fOh, what a fatal web we weave. When first we practice to deceive.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

The British censor EaS raised his ban on Maurice Anaster5inclr's play, ~.AGonrra vanna," the performance of which had been prohibited.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

A warrant was issued against Ty- rus Cobb, the Detroit ball player, charging him with disturbing the peace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Thomas Coy4e of New York was badly injured by a fall from a subway platform while demonstrating a few tango steps to two women.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Primary elections were held in aTorth Dakota to select candidates for United Gtateg senator and members of CgngFegA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Should I be particular to see the mother of my girl friend whom [ call on before leaving?' inquired Jessie
 Having been entertained in the house of a girl or young man friend whether the company be large or small, she does not leave the house without seeking the mother of her host or hostess and expr essing ap- preciation of the hospitality answer ed sister Hortense.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
MISS LIBBEY's REPLIES
 ITO YOUR LETTERS

Address letters to Laura Jean Iil1- bey, 916 President Street,.
 Brooklyn, N. Y.) (Correct name and address must Do given to insure attention, but
 not to prtnt.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Vases and Window Boxes Filled
 JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

ties formed fron Indian lands were given a rehearing on the suprenl.9 courts decision which upheld the fed era1 governments authority to forbid the sale of liquor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Lieutenant KoIbe, a German nili- tary aviator. was killed at schwerin when his machine overturned while landing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

The Massachusetts senate passed for a third reading the so-called mash CTS bill, providing a. six months pris- on sentence for any man who accosts on the street g, woman with whom he is not acquainted
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

samuel.H. Blake lawyer and. former vice-chancellor of Ontario, died in Toronto, aged 7s years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

The body of William Shearer, who had been missing from Amsterdam, N. r., for two weeks, was found In a cistern in the cellar o& his home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
CONSTRUCTION GUIDE

forations, drawn in the required size and stitched to tape under the gath ers- The seam is closed: then the tucks above the elbow added. Sew sleeve strap to lower edge as notched, small ''o'' perforation in strap at sleeve seam. Work buttonholes at each side edge of strap and sew buttons on sleeve to cor respond Gather upper edge of slesvO between double "TT" perforHttons. Sew in armhole as notched.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25

Kramer want Ads. one. Cent a-vVord,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
ME,S n

TOh, what a fatal web we weave,
 When first we practice to deceive.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
ONE TO TEN

And, then, let's make a Scrap Book; Get scissors and some paste, Cut out the verses carefully,
 (Remember, "Haste makes WaSteSs' And paste them in so neatly
 That Any one can look; And by and by you'H find you have A Grandma Goosey Bookf