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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-05
PARK THEATRE

Peg O. My Hearty Oliver Moros- cos marvellous success which recently concluded d two years engagement at the Cort Theatre, New York, will be the attraction at the Park Theatre, 3sdays starting Monday. matinee, La Bor Day, with Dorothy MacKaye in the title role.
 The companies presenting the play on tour are displaying the standing room only'' sign at every performance and frequently the theatr regoers of a; town will petition MT. Morosco for a return date in order that they may see it again and that others, who fail ed to take advantage of the first op- portunity, may have the pleasure Of attending. A
 In this play MT. Manners has writ ten the first Anglo-AmericanE drama which does ample justice to all people concerned. His chief character, Peg, is an Irish girl. stubbornly American patrioticalIy, yet Iovably and wittflly Irish in her nature. Her English rel atives are not caricatures, but are genuine Britons. such-as are seldom found behind footlights on this side Of the Atlantic. r
 Pegs part is that of the daughter of a cast-on English mother. whose rel atives, through the terms of a will,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-05
JOHN NEFF WILL BE SEEN IN NEW
 ECCENTRIC ACT

John H. Neff, vaudevi1lion, formerly known as Johnny from coast to coast, where for the past eight years he has featured himself and later his wife, Carrie Starr, in the act entitled 'tThe Worlds Greatest Musician and the Telephone Girl,'' is about to open a new act in which he will appear alone He is a product of Bridgeport.
 At his home, 136 Main street, this week MT. Neh whose picture appears in this column, told of his long exper- fence before the footlights, when from one of the attaches of 8 local theatre ha later essayed minor parts and eventually appeared in his own per sonality in vaudeville, opening at the Keith theatre in Boston, eight years ago, at about this time of the year
 Four years ago he combined the act of his wife with his own and until recently they have appeared together over the largest vaudeville circuits in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-05
SCENIC ARTISTS
 GET MUCH WORK

Scenic artists are busy this week in Bridgeport. With the big Labor-Day parade of Monday, requiring floats, the local stage boys have been call ed into requisition. Joe Jackson is constructing the float of the theatri- cal union to grace their division of the parade This will be miniature theatre exterior in which motion pie lures and other acting will be shown.
 Harry Myers, stage manager of the PoI theatre has been engaged to build the new Venetian setting reQuir- ed for the Bernavecci Brothers act that opens in New York city Monday This is a most elaborate and intricate gondolaL and castle display which will again be backed by an Italian water scene. The Bernavecci Brothers were recently seen in this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-05
PLAZA THEATRE

Jeff CalIan is a happy, though a busy man these days and he has sew eraI good reasons for the smiles of jubilation that bedeck his countenance for Monday is the anniversary of the. opening of the Plaza under his man. agement and 8, phenolnenally success full year it has been from every stand point. On Labor Day of 1918 the doors of the Plaza were thrown open to the public after being closed for a period of three weeks during which time the house was treated to many necessary and Artistic alterations, and the new policy struck the right spot with local theatregoers from the start.
 In honor of and in appreciation to his patrons for his wonderful success, Manager CalIan has arranged a ce4e- bration in the form of a treat that will contain features to make it stand out in bold relief against any special week program inaugurated in a local theatre since Bridgeport was a village
 Following is a brief outline of the vaudeville attractions for the first half of the week while another stu pendous program is in preparation for the latter half of the week. Gra- ham & Randall offering "A Little Bit of Everything," one of variety's 1a- vorite comedy skfts will headline the bill. GiIetti's Monks, recognized as the funniest monkey offering in the world. is anotIer splendid booking.
 Med1fn, Clark & Towns, three boys with splendid voices, comical songs will be conspicuous. @
 Mott & MaxheId in aJ finished and p1easingly dainty singing and taIking g sl1it and Rice & Lowe in their comedy bump the bumps oddity will complete the vaudeville end of the bill. e
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-05
POLES THEATRE

A bill full of class both in vaude- vile and Motion Pictures will be of fered to patrons of Polls big Main Street Theatre next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,.
 The feature act on this big bill is the Milani Opera Company. an aggre- gation of seven grand opera singers, whose voices are marked for. their depth, range and quality. That vau- devilIe. is able to, secure such talent is one of the marvels of the theatrical world. Their act is greatly enhanc- ed in beauty by the special scenic and lighting effects which reproduces the beauties of their own native country.
 Another feature on this big bill is Miss Oracle Enmet & Company, pre- senting screamingly Imaginable farce entitled Mrs. Murphy's Second Husband.''
 wentneld & Ireland will appear in a pot-pourri of dance and song. An other blue-ribbon act is Allen Somers, the singing comedian. Richards & Brandt, in their comedy acrobatic stunts conclude a performance which is second to none shown at the big Pon house this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-05
NEW MUSIC
SONGS THAT ARE HITS

g. / z .sAs Long as the World Goes Round
 .tYou Are the Star of My Life.'' What Wonderful Love that Would Be-
 ''Everything Reminds Me-
 '.In the Heart of the City That Has No Heart"
 T. wonder Who's Next in Your Heart z
 Night Time Down in Burgundy tsLove's Melody
 Lets Fill the Old Oaken Bucket With Love. g
 If That's Your Idea of wonder full Time. ''
 kitty Mckay
 q Can't Believe You Love Me- California and You. Poor PauI1ne.''
 Along Came Ruth.'' "The Land of the Girl Love- While the River of Love Flows on'' When You Were a Child" A Shadow of the Blarney Stone.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-05
Next Week In Local Houses

have had to take her into their home for the purpose of educating her and polishing her.. Her one friend is ter ry, a happy-go-1uclxy fellow whom she meets and in whom she confdes all her troubles.
 In the end Peg makes a change in that home in a way that is delightful.
 Peg is a wonderful success, such as the American stage, has not seen before in years and. which may not be duplicated for many years to come. The Dorothy MacKaye company gives charming presentation of this little comedy, and those who see it will never forget it It is like a. breath from a rose-scented garden.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-05

the country. They have lately been acting apart, and Nen is about to .sbreak in" a new act which is said to be far superior to that already shown. He will do so at the home of his initial success, for he is some what superstitious as are many in his profession.
 Although booked to work so1id1y throughout the season. he recently found time on the coast to appear in moving pictures, acting, with the fla m ous comedian of the Keystone Film Company in the Property Man and other features. He would have re- naatned during the season with them but for contracts abroad which when he arrived in the east were necessar- fly cancelled owing to the war condt- ions in Europe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-05

George T. Marye, the new ambassa- dor to Russia, called at the White House to pay aads respects to President Wilson. He will sail tomorrow on the Marretania
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-05

Phoebe A. Isu1n. bookkeeper for the Futile Roofing Co.. of New York, was held up and robbed of $500 while on her way from the Garfield National bank.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-05-22
QUITE A SIMPLE SOLUTION
Little Mimi Had Thought Of MoSa
Effective Way Of Getting Rid Of
the Ugly houOoN

That ingenious person. Mr.. H. @.
Wells, once Ventured to suggest that
the world would be . gamer II arson
Were more commonly prActised. He
pointed out that many large cities
particularly -0hlcSgo--would be no
tably improved. A small girl child,
much too young to read Mr.. Wells
dangerous books, had been listening
10 the comments Of her elders ~ the
party motored through one OF tho-S
regions In the vicinity Of New York
where suburban architecture four
ishos with more than tropical luxuri.
Aneo. The talk ran about like this:
"HeaYenai what DO you suppose In
dueed anybody to build = house like
thAti Look at that birdcage over
there. How can a civilised human
being live in IT. Is that q house or
q French pAStryi Look how they've
spoiled that lovely colonial design
with Simcncks."
Suddenly Minis voice was heard.
I've thought OF q way, mother" she
piped. her earnestnesS ~betraying how
much sh0 had taken TO heart the pain
all these ugly houses we're causing;
I'VE could 60 to a house when nobody
was at home and strike a match-and
then 60 home ourselves"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-05-22

Lunacy in London is on the de-
cline according to figures given in a
report by the asylums committee.
The number of insane persons for
whose accommodation the council is
responsible has risen this year by
272. But this is less by nearly so
per cent than the increase recorded
last year, though it is practically the
same as the increase Of 1912 over
1911. The average annual increase
over a period Of "a years is 462. The
increase in the total number Of luna
tics (including those in the case OF
the metropolitan asylums board, in
warehouses;, or with friends) is also
declining, though not so remarkably.
This year it is 353, as against 500 in
1918 and $50 in 1912. The average
annual increase is 521. The number
Of criminal lunatics for whom the
country is called upon to find accom-
notation is this year reduced to "a
and the total number Of patients in
the London asylums (19,524) is II
higher than last year.
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WHAT is A sENriMgNrALlsrr

Sentimental is one Of the most
difficult catchwords in the world to
define and you can get a rOomful Of
intelligent people quarreling over il
any time. Perhaps, fOF our purposes.
it will serve merely to say that the
sentimentalist is always, in one way
or another, disloyai to facts. He
cannot be trusted to give q straight
account, because his own sense Of
things is more valuable to him than
the truth. He has come in on the
top Of the pragmatic wave, and the
sands Of Anglo-SaxondOm p StrevH
thick with him. He serves, in Kip
ling's phrase, tho God Of Things -
They Ought TO Be (MOOrding to his
private feeling). His own PervOr-
sion may b eSthe6C o. intellectual
or moral or sociological, but he u
always recognizable BY his tamPering
with ~ruth.-KatheFine F. Geould.
in Atlsntic.
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SMALL SISTERS IU3T PRIDE
Unbounded Activities Of Her Senior
Drew Forth the Little Ones Fer
vent Admiration.

Family pride is a jewel. But il
isn't everybody who has so enthusiast
tic a press agent as a certain little
Jewish girl who has been identified
with the feminist movement on the
South side.
She was presiding at a political
meeting the other night, and her
Younger sister made one Of the audi
ence. Admiration was written large
on the face of this sister. She list
ened in rapture to every word that
the presiding officer spoke, and
finally confded in a lady who sat
next TO her.
"That girl who's speaking" she
said, "is my sister"
"So?" replied the other. "ShC
looks like a real clever girl"
"Cleverl Well, she goes to all the
parties and the tangoes, and she
wears a satin dress"
Tndeed? She must be very
smart"
"Smart! Well, would you believe
it that on top of all her social en-
gagements and her activities in poll
tics that girl went and got hersel
engaged last Friday night "-Chi
Cago Inter-Ocean.
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sAlEp poa pa.neu RO~AsO&

Consul Wesley Frost, stationed at
CharlOttetOVn, Primes Edward
island, reports that 8 small hOCk Of
karakul sheep is to be imported into
that province from Texas. Prince
Edward island has recently achieved
considerable notoriety through its 70
markedly lucrative f~oH-breeding in
dustry, and leading raisen Of foxes
are backing the new enterprise. 1t
is proposed to cross the karakul sheep
with the long-woOl sheep Of the
island, which are celebrated for the
fine luster and strong fiber Of their
wool, in the expectation that a strain
Of hybrids will result having the
tight curls Of the karakul at birth.
together with the gloss and strength
of the local breeds.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-05-22
LAW As TO BURGLARS TOOLS
Supreme Court Of Wisconsin Has
Handed Down Definition That
Constitutes a Precedent.

A legal definition of burglars
tools is made by the supreme court
Of Wisconsin in State vs.. Bolinski, in
constituting a statute which prohibits
a person from having in possession
a machine tool or implement" de-
signed for cutting through or break
ing any building, room or vault, with
intent to use it in order to seal from
any building, room or vault any
money or property.
1t was held that the word "tOols'
includes implements used to perform
a physical operation when directed
by hand and are movable for such
operation, as distinguished from .
machine, which is q combination Of
parts by which, when motive power
is supplied directly, OF by relation to
another physical instrumentality,
some physical result will be pro-
ducedi and the term machine tool,
or Implement, as so used, includes
a bottle two-thirds full Of nitroglyc-
crime, three pieces Of fuse, fitted with
a decorating cap, which, when used
together, might cause an explosive
force which could be used to break
a building, room or vault.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-05-22
ALL GOOD IN RIGHT THINKING
Sow Proper Thoughts n Rejoice In
the darves.s They Bring to You.
is Sound Advice.

E~ficacious doses! OF what?
Thought Health and cleanliness of
mind are the first requisites health
ward. How obtain them; BY right
thinking. 10 recognize the nature
and action Of thought is education"
arousing human beings to the neces-
sity for right thinking, and the
power attained thereby is a work we
may all engage in.
The walk, talk, yes, move every
member through Thought Have
you ever noticed the movement, the
carriage, the stumbling gait of the
mentally deficient? They are UNI
able to direct thought, Thought is
one of the greatest powers it is an
arrow which enters the depths Of
"right thinking"
Be careful to direct the intelli-
gence high; practise this for one
week, then note results. Scientists
admit that to think is hard work /;
that is why so many are willing to
allow others to do their thinking for
them.
Sow a good thought and you reap
a good act. Sow a good act and you
reap a good habit. Sow a good habit
and you reap a good character. =
Kansas City Star.
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be hard on q Teller what's only got one
lung. SO I'm going to make things
easy for you. II you act right. Under
standf"s
Before Pendleton had recovered
from his surprise. Smith had SlOuehed
away, leaving the young man saspinS
at his pupils audAcity.
mo eOrp'rAl punishment" was tho
slogan in -Four Corners, which pridSd
itself on being an enlightened com
munity. But even II such . method
OF discipline had been permitted, how
would It have been snforcedf
The question was prompted By the
pAndemonium that followed UPON MT.
Pendleton's resOlute rejection Of Jim
Smiths proposition. Everybody In
-Four Corners knew that the nov
schOolmaster would soon so the way
Of his predecessors. The school board
who secretly disapproved Of educA-
ton, watched matters with SNUG
smiles. Smith lounsed %insolently In
his seat: Smith talked with his neigh
bors and contemptuously refused to
recite his lessons.
81 told yer what II would be II you
didn't do as I said" he explained to
Mr.. Pendleton. when the schoolmaster
remonstrated with him privately
Get out OF the SCHOOL, Say, yer
crazy. what'd l get out for when I'm
having the time Of my life here3"
There was one thing that kept the
schoolmaster to his work. That was
Susie Conner, She had told him II
wal a shame the boys did not behave
better. She had counseled an APP
peal to the board. A strong attach
ment had begun to dawn between the
young nan and the pretty country
lass.
III / were you, Horace" she said
one day-they had begun unconscious
" to call each other by their hrs'
Names would try to make a reaI
school here. There are men in the
community who would stand by you
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THE NEW TEACHER
BY ]. ,. AYREs.

The farmer looked at the slim, be-
specialized young man in front of him
and save a contemptuous grunt.
so you're the new schoolmaster OF
Four Corners!" he said, ejecting a
duid Of tobacco from his mouth. Yes,
guess ! can board you. | boarded the
last three schoolmasters. My terms
is 500 a month, payable in advance"
why in a~dvance?" inquired Mr..
Pendleton quietly.
Because you won't last a month,
answered Silas Prettyman. None OF
'em does. Take the last schoolmaster,
now. He was a s~ix-footer. Looked
like a bull. Plenty of nerve, too. But
he didn't last more'n six weeks. The
one before him gave up after two
The one before him lasted three.
Three is about the limit and two is
the average. You see, Mr.. Pendle-
bury"
"Pendleton. please" i~nterposed the
schoolmaster.
"Pendleton, then. AS | was saying,
three weeks Is the limit. We have
some tough scholars in Four Corners
In spite Of his a%nticlpations, Mr.
Pendleton's heart sank as he took bis
place at the desk and saw a o.
boys and girls shuttle in with broad
grins upon their faces. Four Corners
was a little mountain town In Ken
lucky. 1t was not the place Horace
Pendleton would have chosen TO
making his pedagogic debut but TO
the fact that the young mans lung
had been giving him trouble, and tn
doctor had ordered him to go West
He had compromised or the mountain
village, whose keen, dry air rivale'
that Of Arizona,
The school consisted OF boys an
girls Of all ages, from Jim Smith,
husky youth Of ZONE twenty year.
who was still struggling over the my
teries Of long division, and Miss Susi
Conner, a farmers daughter, who a
tended principally to be a sort OF mi
iron to the little ones. down to tn
/. staid little ones Of seven and eigi
years. But Pendleton soon perceive
that Smith, and not he. was the lead'
of the assemblage. When he gave Il
signal, they followed him. For II
first day curiosity kept the bad ell
ment In check.
It was after school on that day tn
Smith came insolently up to Pend
ton.
Say, you're the o%ne-lunger, air
your" he asked. I'VE don't want
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Il you refused to let Jim come to
school. And you could do so much
81 would like nothing better he
answered. Il would like to cast my
lot here and make a real educational
center of Four Corners. But If took
the law into my own HANDS and
thrashed Smith"-at which Susie's
eyes widened a little-"I should have
to give up my position. And-lm
staying here for you, Susie"
Before the day had elapsed every
body knew that Pendleton and Susie
Conner were sweethearts.
Next day Smith cast aside all pre-
tense at discipline. His remarks
made in class-were brief and pointed.
You're sweet on her. he said, in
dicating the girl, whose face was man
tied with red. she's my gal, MIR.
Observation-Disclosures? And |
won't have any miserable, 'measly in
terloper coming here fooling round
Susie"
Mr.. Pendleton had been aware that
Smith had a calf-like attachment for
the girl, but 1t had never occurred to
him to take him seriously.
He looked up hopelessly, and he
saw a strange look in Susie's eyes. He
could not help interpreting 1t Alright.
It said: Are you man enough to
prevent my being insulted and to
stand up for me-"
Mean that. Smith," asked Mr.. Pen
dleton, leaving his desk and crossing
the floor.
Smith leaped at him with a below,
"Ah, sure!" he mimicked. You've
had your day. Mr.. Schoolmaster, and
! now you can git, because this school
won't open any more so long as you're
in this town, you %snivelling hound
Smith" said Horace Pendleton
you are a bad boy and you have the
makings OF a bad man in you. Do you
: see that switch In the corner? GC
and bring 1t to me-"
b The lout stared at him incredu
: ously; then, with swinging arms, hi
= rushed at him. Next moment h
found himself lying on the floor, tn
= blood Issuing profusely from his nose
It did not take more than one bloV
to quiet the bully. He burst into
yell.
:. I'll tell the board on you" h
: shrieked. I'LL"
Smith," said the schoolmaste'
- did you hear what | said about tha
= switch? Go and bring 1t to me-"
- He yanked him from the floor an
= grasped him with n hand by tn
collar. And Smith crept to the co
: ner-then, with a wild yell threate.
ing vengeance, he had burst out
the door and was running In the dire
ton Of his home.
"This will mean good-by, Susie
>. said the young schoolmaster. after Il
wide-eyed, respectful class had be,
dismissed.
But when he reached his home Sil
Prettyman wal waiting for him wi
3. a hearty handclasp.
. Il wouldn't ha' believed It Of yo'
he exclaimed. Why, it's all over
= town and everybody's saying as NJ
- we can begin to have q real scho
4. acknowledgements Let
feel your arm. Gosh almighty, wh'
Y did you git that!"
ooh. l used to be lightweight boz
N at Yale" answered the schoolmast
IN ch~eerfully. But how about the c.
NJ poral punishment rule. Farmer!"
Prettyman grinned. Say. young
= Ter" he said, the man who wins @
makes his own rules In general. 4
/ want to put in the nrst bid for boa.
ing you and Susie till you get yo
house ixed. T~hirty-hve a month, l
be--and you needn't pay In Advan
1 guess you'll last now"
Copyright. 1914. by ". q. Chapman
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ru1ArzR Paieas LonO AGO.

Talk Of reducing theater prices in
England recalls the charges made in
former times. In Shakespeare day
the ordinary prices were: Boxes, one
shilling; pit siIPenns; gallery, two
pence; vhieR, making allowance for
the diheaRcR in money values,
means that bOIeA were cheaper, but
that for otheT PaFta Of the house the
charges VerS about the same a. they
r today, Sunday a~fternOOnA when
new plays we're usually presented, al
prices we're doubled.
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There Is a Farm for You in
the Great Pacific Northwest

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= oman in rapidly developing Oregon, Washington and British
columbia. Farmers, horhculturists, dairymeu, poultry raissrs are
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The purpose and aim Of this Bureau is to give authentic, reliable
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Send ten cents in stamps to cover hostage, and we will send you
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COPY Of SUNSET MAGAZINE, the monthly guide and textbook OF
the homeseeker and settler.
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USEFUL klckER.

JOnAs-Hez Corntossle is the lazi-
est man in the country.
Silas-Whst makes you think sOi
JOnas-When he wants to churn
he puts a bullirOg at night in a
crock Of milk and next morning
there is the greenback sitting on a
hunk Of butter.
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4 REAL APPEAL

at is very hard" sighed an '
worked teacher, "to teach the young
idea how to shoot"
"No," replied an intelligent stu
dent Of juvenile human nature, mot
if you give the young idea a cat-and-
rat rife"