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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17

will recall how in former days they
gave comparatively little thought to
this idea. There was little effort to
systematize mill production down to q
regular basis. II there was a period
Of weeks when production fell of, It
attracted comparatively little notice.
Modern scientific efficiency analyses
production costs more carefully. Il
shows how when production falls be-
low normal level even for day
there is heavier burden TO be add
ed to each article produced. - over
head charge" and for all labor costs
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17

The Mascot Of the MonopIane.
(In which I venture an ascension into
the ether and nearly lose my dignity)
found nice little clearinghouse
in one of those large, quiet, old squares
near the British museum, and was very
comfortable there. l made several
friends, notably Mrs. Christie, an
American widow about ten years old
er than myself and twice as eager for
amusement. One thing soon discov-
cred: 1t was impossible to get into
the Abbey to see the coronation.
Mrs. Christie was greatly distressed.
Il must see it, Anne" she confided
to me, as we sat together In her little
room in the clearinghouse. Don't
you suppose that the lord chamberlain
would let me in II he. knew that l rep.
resent the city Of Cedar Plank, lar"
1t appeared that the inhabitants OF
her native town had held a voting con-
test for the purpose of sending their
most popular society member to repre-.
sent them at the coronation, and Mrs
Christie had been elected by very
large MAJORITY think of seventy-five
Which was enormous. my dear
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17

ing to external vegetarians. is a good
astringent and, applied daily. will re-
move the most obstinate wrinkles.
Carrot WATERMAN water in which
grated carrots have stood overnight,
is said to whiten and clarity consider
ably the mnddiest complexion.
For removing sunburn and freckles
cucumber juice is,recommended.
External vegstarianism offers a
number Of recipes nor making the skin
fresh and ruddyamon others tonna-
to pulp frictions. lemon frictions and
onion frictiona
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17
AND THEN 1T HAD TO RAIN
Simple but Apparently Satisfying
Cause for the Postponement Of
Arranged Marriage.

80 you were not married last June,
after all?"
No" o.
But thought it was all arranged"
= 1T was
And that all your parents and your
parents parents, and your friends and
enemies had agreed to it"
They had"
And that the day was set and the
trousseau bought and the Invitations
issued, the officiating clergyman en-
gagged, and all that"
"Yes, all that"
And that, above all, you loved each
other!"
"Oh, yes, we loved each other. There
was no doubt about that"
We'll, then, why in the world didn't
you get married?"
Well, the reason was that it rained."
Wasn't it too bad?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17

The girls laughed. and Agnes SHE'D a
chocolate cream at me. missing me by
about three feet
II don't believe even having red hair
and being a mascot would accomplish
peer by coronation time, my dear, "
she said. But by all means go ahead
If you've set your heart on it. After
school is out we'll join you"
You let my red hair alone, Pome-
roy Sec" retorted wrathfully. "Im
twenty-five years old and l guess l
know how to take care Of myself. And
If you've got a determined tempera-
ment, and want something badly and
all your friends put stupid obstacles
in your way-why, it's enough to make
a plaster angel feel annoyed"
Agnes only laughed, and ate another
chocolate, though she knows they
make her fatter, and my decision was
accepted as an established fact, which
l thought was another proof of my de-
termined temperament.
1t seems strange to look back on
that kimono party now. / felt go old
and capable and assured that nothing
could possibly happen to me. II had
dreamed Of the mad adventures that
were so soon to begin-ah, well, per-
haps l would have gone forward just
the same. 1t is hardly twelve months
since we sat by that cracking fire, but
feel as If it had been a thousand
years. After all, twenty-five is very
young.
But. at any rate, l had perfectly
good reason for leaving school two
months before the end of the term
The doctor, who is an old friend OF
mine-I used to pull his mustaches
when l wore pinafores-told me had
been working too hard, and was on the
verge of q complete breakdown y
didn't at once have complete rest md
change Of scene. So l asked him II
the air Of any particular place woald
benefit me especially, and he pulled a
curl for me and said he felt sure Eng
llsh air was the one thing for my all
ment
Are you going to visit your ance6
tral castle?" asked Mary as was pack
ing. 1T doesn't really seem polite t.
go so near and never say Bon jour-
"Of course" answered, though
really hadn't thought about it before
I'm going to see the Chateau Clichy
and also I'm going to try to recove
my ancestral property. I've a bundl,
of bonds stacked up in a romantic oil
vault in Paris. Maybe I'll come bacl
an heiress, or something extra mic
about this adventure.
haven't mentioned anything abou
my castle in France, have I? On
doesn't talk about ones family, O
course, but really, mine was very il
teresting. My grandfather is tn
Comte DIVES, and owns large feuda
property In Clichy, which is in MOI
mandy. My father was his son by hi
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17

of his help The result was, that the
proportion OF failures among retail
merchants used to be abnormally
large. Theresis rarely any money in
q store that does not have the ap-
pearance Of being busy.
It is not difticult thing to turn the
current OF trade in any given direc-
ton. It is not hard to convert an idle
or half worked and Improbable re-
tail plant into d busy and profitable
one. II the stock is wen chosen and
offered at fair prices. the public can
always be interested IN Il It 4 sim
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17
External veaetarIans.

Internal vegetarianism is common
enough. but the external sort 10 rare.
It is the latest beauty fad. a
Internal vegetarians utilize vegeta-
bles 4by swallowing them. The other
class apply vegetables to the skin
with, 1t appears, excellent results.
The red pulp Of Watarmelon, accord
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17
PLANTS MUST BE KEPT BUSY
Manufacturers Have Come to Realize
That Periods Of ldleness Cut
Into Profits.

One Of the strong points made by
modern systems Of efficiency is that
lno business plant will be success
unless It is kept running somewhere
Inear its top capacity, remarks the
Manchester Mirror and American.
Many manufacturers. for instance.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17

ply question Of taking in detail
the various attractive features Of the
stock, and talking about them through
the newspaper.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17
Hiqhly Charged Water

How highly charged that mineral
water isl"
Yes; even the clerk serving it has
a sharp phiz."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17

When man works Is hours day
trying to earn money enough to buy
his wife all the fool things she wants,
that is love.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17

Red Cross Ball Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. ADV.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17
important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17
CHAPTER n.

The Mascot Of the MonopIane.
(In which I venture an ascension into
the ether and nearly lose my dignity.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27
WOMEN AND THE NEWSPAPERS
.(Bv Emily iEm1net.


 If the financial daily foromen about to be es- tabshed in Ber Germany shall success the fenln- Kaiser Wilhelm must be quite different from our sisters, cousins and aunts at home 2N gee zf
 number projects for daily journals for women have country, of them attained cess financial journal would have about as much chance country periodical devoted to- beauty hints for many Of America who take interest problems perfectly able to comprehend the vestlnent They do not need o nave it diluted and babyfied as for inferior minds
 customary poke fun at woInens periodicals and often epheera atmosphere of ffo and fluer The latest Paris marriage, beauty hints, the etiquet Of calling and great tIy exercise the muscles Of the brain.
 question party calls be gossip about Genne Macks prospective pitchers for mill ofSnen read ing with avfdny s sssssA s#ssfA 1FtlssY
 place in tho womans page given to cookeryand eeonomy is sign It Indicates that great expert on the indus Tll part tnersEp.s
 reading to be the increase In England women interested in politics number of sweet and stylish ing about to the voter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27
CHINESE WOMEN ] ANXIOUS TO JOIN
 SEWING CIRCLES
Celestial Wives Are More Do- mesiic Than Americans
 Generally Suppose

N At a recent all day meeting of the WoTnanss Auxiliary of the Fairfield Archdeaconry in St. Johns Episcopal Church. Stamford, nearly every par- ish in the country was represented. Archdeacon Allen E. Beeman of Fair field presided. 5fts54
 Miss Sarah H. Reid of Shanghai China, spoke on the work which is being done in that country to promote 2 Christianity. Her address was very interesting and among other things she said:
 During the recent wars in China. the schools were consid iderably ham pered. but they are rapidly picking up, and even now are ahead of where they left off at that time Those foreigners who come into Shanghai are truly. surprised at the work which is being done by the Christians there. and in many eases these people remain to help in the work ands if they do not stay. they are sure to advertise wherever they may gq. the excellent work they have@seen done.
 Though the Chinese people, do things differently from us, such as working at times backwards, they are a most progressive nation when they have the opportunity have trav- eled over 50, COG miles. and must rank the Chinese among the most clever people of the races have Irl4.t One thing which always assists us in our work IS the fact that we know the work which we do is spreading and progressing Every year we find tha. the results in every department of our work hav6 increased, and we deemed it a great victory when the Chinese Church finally became an organized church. have attended two of the |conventfons held by the church, and have obtained number Nof impress siQns from them. F think. the diaSf is coming when all Of China will be Christianized, a;ad then think we shall have d great nation there,
 Speaking of the Chinese women, Miss Read said The fChinese wo- men are more honneItke than most to join the sewing circles which N :. organtze, and they do excellent work on lace and trinaming.fs
 Miss Reid said she remembered on ly one real Sunday during her stay ifl China. and that was when the shops closed because it happened to fall c ! the first day of the new year. livery shop was closed, she said, and the peacefulness of the atmosphere led
 her to wish more strongly than eyer befere that this sort of atmosphere might prevail every Sunday.
 As a whole" she said, ssI have found the Chinese people very cleysr. They never take thing at first hand but they weigh everything carefuIly. think that the Chinese people will reciprocate for everything we have done for them. if not in this genera tfon, in the future, and I have always felt that it was a privilege for me to give these people all have, and t to continue to work among therns be- cause have found love in the work ana 1 like their companionshsp.,ss;s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Meatiis an absolute necessity inl the winter diet
 Give your chickens warm water 70 drink in the winter.
 F31,tferIrillr will insure much soltRF and lighter hot rolls than plain n1iilS
 If a. glass jar refuses to open get it top down in an Inch or tEo oh Rot water.
 lean is firm and bright and the Hat quite white.
 sandwiches made of ohopped sweet peppers are delicipua for me AeAoot lunch basket.
 7If pofatoes are being cooked For sa- lad. boil them with the skins on, They will be less soggy-
 If you want to keep fruit cake moist for a long tines put a piece of bread in the tin box with 1t.
 Don't forget that whole honntny a delicious and inexpensive and nouF= ishIng dish for these cold. days
 velvet hat can De Kept ip gooo condition by wipfng # with piece of black stocking after orusnius-
 when making sauce remennbar that one ounce of butter and half an ounce of four will th1cken one cup of iiQulq. TO keep celery crisp for several daya first clean it, then wrapas1t In 9 PoIe cloth and layssit on fhei ice in the l4ee box, { CshfIdren's patent leather Saoes win not break and scar so badly if after wearing they are wiped or with vsHe- line.
 satisfactory washcloth is made of two or three thicknesses of mos quito rettings The edges are fnished by crocheting a scallop in. pink or blue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27
PADS AND FASHIONS

Tango is the name of the new flame color.
 Artificial silk win be much used with white voiIe.
 White buckslSin shoes are already in the shops. fa
 Nightgowns of pink and blue batiste are in favor.
 Satins, it is promised, will retain heir vogue for spring.
 One of the great spring novelties is plaids in pastel shades. \ Soft, sheer organdies are being talk en up for e1nbroidering. s5
 Cashmere shawl designs are coming back with printed taffetas
 One popular new blouse has the back. sleeves and front yoke all cut in one Baroque pearls ornamented with jew eled wreaths make charming hat pins. "
 Checked skirts with ssolid colored coats will be much seen among spring suits.
 The best tailored shirts for sports wear are those with an extra large arn1hole.
 The short, loose jackets, which end in belts below the hip line continue to be worn.
 The frflly edge seems to be an in- dispensable detail in fashionable neck hxings.
 Fflet bands with jet are among the newest trimmings and are a French idea
 Large women should avoid the bright cobors; modified colors are the safest for them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27
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1rlfring the grades, a system of credits was useas suggested by reporfs or state boards of health in certain Wes- tern states The sum total of credits possible for any shop to obtain was twenty, each question on the card GOV erinpt a certain mum abeE of points, Any shop which jailed to get ten is rated bad, those with a rating between 10 and 1 5 inclusive are called medium. and those with Is and over, good.
 All the shops have been marked upon huge maps Of the city with blue stickers for good shops, green for the medium, red for thebad- By this graphic device it is possible to see at 2 glance the Characteristic quality. of markets in any neighborhood or in whole sections.
 The larger shops maintain. with few exceptions, standard of cleanliness in excess of any reasonable demand which can be made by customers. As concerned tsthe matter ight probably be left to the progressive spirit and high stahdards of the majority of dealers.,' But the health and eoe-. homie usefulness of q large part of the population especially recently arrived fEnIaig igrantss depend greatly upon the food supply obtained in small shops near their homes in Boston as in oth- ar cities, wherever ignorance and pow erty are herded together the market problem Is aASer1ous menace Jo the standing of living.
 In these small nRighborhood shops the food is handled freely, the wrap ping paper used is sometimes newspa- pers bought from Chinese Iaundrymeus or from junk dealers, flies are tFicK on the food and cats roam around at will. 4sss
 In one grocery an inspector who found a fat gray tabby buried snug ly in the macaroni remarked that it was queer place to find a cat. The owner agreed it was indeed funny be- cause "she usually likes to lie on the spaghettiI''
 esIn some shops {27s, or Il per cent of the totaD the toilet is directly con nected with the sales room and ip many. (556, or 23 per cent.1 the liv- ing room adjoins the shop. The re- port makes the comment that we have long since put an end to the manufacture of clothing for the com mufity in tenement houses. but we are as yet indifferent to the grave danger from the storage and sale of the food of the community in such. houses
 The Boston Wonan's Municipal League does not make concrete rec. ornrn endations for the regulation of markets It suggests, however, the advisability of an ordinance which might obviate the dangers of the com bination shop and living apartment, and the establishment either by the city itself or by an association of business men,, of model markets in the natural shopping centers of the city. Most of all, the league desires. through such an invest1 gation, to ed- ucate the consumer as to what he has right to expect in the way of sani- tary care and cleanliness in the distri- button of food
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27
THE sEIEpHERDEss.

- She Walks-the lady of my delight A shepherdess of sheep. Her flocAs are thoughts. She keeps them white
 She guards them from the steep She feeds them on the fragrant
 height.
 And folds them in for sleep. She roams maternal hills and bright, Dark valleys safe and deep. Into that tender breast at night The chastest stars may peep She walks the lady of my delight A shepherdess of sheep. She holds her little thoughts in sight. Though gay they run and leap She is so circumspeet and right; < She has her soul to keep. She walks-the lady of my delight A sllepherdess of sheep.
 AliceSs Meynell
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27
RESINOL CURED AWFUL ITCHING
 IN ONE NIGHT

New Yorl.-ssThe skin on my hand got red and rough It itched and began to scratch it. It itched so that sometimes I could not sleep all night. I was suffering very much. used --l-- salve and -----, but they did not seem to help me. This went on for six or seven months Then I tried Resinol Ointment and ResinoT Soap. I used them one night. In the morning to my surprise, my hand was all well and the trouble has new CT returned. This is the absolute truth. .''-( (Signed) Miss Celia K1ein- man, 61 Columbia, st., April 26, 1913.
 Nothing we can say of Resinol equals what others. such Miss Kleinman. say of it. It does it's work quickly, easily and at little cost. If you are suffering from itching. burn Ing skin troubles, pimp1es, black heads, dandruff. ulcers, boi1s or piles, why don't you trx Resinol Ointment t50c and SD. and Resinol Soap h(25c1? For trial size, free, write to Dept. 46-R, Resinol, Baltimore, Md. Sold by all druggists Do not be de- ceived by Limitations of Resino1.- Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27
FILTH AND THE
 FOOD sUPPIY The Women's War for Cleaner Markets.
SAIazy 2. ohambsrIain.l .


 (ExcIusive Service THE SURVEY
 Press Bureau Bread was lying in 9 box of pota7 toes A woman came in and bought Aa loaf. It was wrapped in q piece of dirty newspaper picked up from the floor. The woman storekeepcr has blood poisoning in her hand and goes to the dlspensary every day
 This excerpt from a report on . Boston grocery store indicate tes eon6i- tions which can be matched III every large city and many small ones.
 Insufficient number or inspectors, lack of fnformation about the distri- |but1on of food suppIy. and general |apathy of consumers guarantee ffIth, |rottenness and disease as sauce for our meals Men have swalIow ed this |seasoning uIiEnspectinEiy and laid their troubles to the cook. But tI1e woTnen-the cooks and the house cause. From Boston to San Francis GO they are on the job, enlisted tns Mu- nicipal Leagues. Housewives Leagues and Consumers Leagues to get pura food. c1eans food. safe food for them selves and their families
 In Boston, the Wo1uanss Municipal League, has just completed an inves tigatfDn which shows how the prover- lbfal meek of dirt can. be eaten daily where nobody cares and nobody EbOtherS about the foOd supply. The condition of the shop described above is not an extreme example of shops lin the Hub. The report. just Issued by the League, maintains that dirty conditions are to be found in a large number of stores, particularly of the small nefghborhood type.
 In fact, the investigation of city markets couducted by the League re- yeals many sshorrors'' of which the consumfng public has long been in blissfuI ignorances During the year a systematic inquiry covering the whole city of Boston was made into the condition of fish and meat mar lxets, provision shops and groceries selling green vegetables, meat or fish. In all 2,447 such shops were inspected 644 of them in Boston proper. The work was done either by Thomas Mo- Crackela, now assistant professor of education at the University of Utah, or by the two regular inspectors em pIoyed bY the Market Committee of the WonAn's Municipal League. IThroughc..x the investigation the league had the interest of the Boston Board of Health
 collected substantiate the sensational descrfptions of individual shops. In the city proper, for example. 2s per cent or nearly one-third Of the 64 shops, are rated as bad. Of the |2.44T shops in all districts. 8T6 f15 per cent are listed as ssbad, 1,125 (46 per oent.) as medium and e4 (ss per cent.5 as good. In deter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27

-s q smile and a winning way mat was wonderfully taking. Her dignity wo uld please There was no frtvolity about her, Her life was serious Being the only support Of her widowed in valid mother. not only the bread earn ing, but the bread masking. devolved upon her Last. but by no means least. many q dime he weaTied of the other girls in turn. nentaaly vowdng each ca.lI on this or that one should be his last.
 He never weaTded talking to the stenographer Each time he talked with her he liked her the bet ter. There was some thing about her which made her seem dffferent from all the rest a subtle charm which made his heart glow when he thought Of he-. Ills knay by these sIsa1s and tokens that she was the girl and the only one fin the bunch whom he would ca re to take to his mother as his best girl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27
Music, Art,
 Literature
THE SONG or
 THE 400 HUSBANDS

(After James T. Fields and several
 winters at the Metropo1itan.9 We were crowded in the boxes, Not a soul would dare to sleep It was Monday at the opera, And the show was long and deep. Iris a fearful thing in winter To be shattered sby the blast or the htghbroW brasE and wood
 winds
 Till the isocfa4 seasen's past. So we shUddered there in silence. Seing naugat, and bored to death While the orchestra was roaring And the singers wasted breath. And thus we sat In darkness. s All behind the ladies chairs, Gotta smolxe21 a Ntctirl, sfioktsd As he staggered down the stairs But an ancient martyr whispered As we laced tfe awfuI facts. Can't we4 get d. zlfshBal lF some M where
 On the sly, petwsen the aets2' 1nen we hugged that hoary sinner AS he spoke them words of cheer. And we beat it down to Broadwav Where the lights were shining clear.
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