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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
BUILDING NOTES
 OF LOCAL INTEREST

 The board of contract and supply has advertised for sealed bids until May for the construction of stable and storehouse at Engine No. 1 house and for alterations to Engine Not 2 house.
 Work will be started on two schools in Stratford Bach will be of four rooms Of brick and cost $20,O00. R. Matucci has just received plans for the new six-fa1ni1y house which he will erect in Hallett street
 A large addition is soon to be erect sick Mfg. Go. in Railroad avenue avenue is arranging to have a fine residence built on Laurel avenue. F. B. Wheeler has given a contract for another one-famiIy house to be erected in Rector street.
 work is under way for a six-faInily house in Berkshire avenue for George Spodnik.
 Philip Palacino is building three family house in AEcKinley avenue. The first five of a. number of houses that the SNew England Building Co. will erect are in course of construc- ton on Parrott avenue.
 c. A. Carlson is having a three family house built in Hancock ave nue.
 J. Buda, Jr.. has given a con- tract for two-fanniIy house in Edna avenue.
 The construction of a three-family house for Berti Papp is under way in Whittier avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
ON THE WAY TO VACATION.

HKK THAT A SIGHT train full of excur sion- V ists makes, as it bangs into station on its weary and dusty way. Heated men and perspiring women, doubled up ir their seats, in the impossible endeavor to make the angular chairs of day coach fit the human frame
 Not merely are the men reduced to the shirtwaist state, but the majority of them are minus collars. The women are flaming them selves despairingly
 Tn the chair cars are a minority of com fort seekers, who may or may not be at ease They can move an inch or a foot without tread- ing on som one. But even they cannot susuall 7 stretch out without leaving an unsupported and aching back sss sss:
 Much as inconyenien ent me- thods Of travelling in Europe are derided, there are some respects where they put it over ion us.'' Tn their com pertinent cars, the back of the seat rises above the travellers head which rests comfortably for many q mile Half the di iscomfort Of travel in this country comes from the fact that the day coach provides no support for the head, which is left to jerk and flop
 # Thesworst discomfort of long railroad io1lr- neys is the result of being confined in 8 cramp- ed position. In these days of dining cars the break afforded by taking your meal en route is restful change, hut that comes only once in five hours. The old time restaurants along the way led to a lot of hasty eating and dyspepsia but they did give the traveller an excuse to get out and take refreshing exercise
 If peoplesWer not in such an everlastine hurry, stops along the way would probably be "a little more leisurely, and would afford the tired Wayfarer the needed chance to stretch his legs. But baekaehe seems to be preferred to the loss of few moments at the terminal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02

yTSHE SUPPOSED difficulty in writing skill
 4 ful advertising, in the case Of some merchants,,is 8 bugbear in the way of publicity work. 1t occasionally happens that merchants never advertise because they feel that they have too little time, too little brains to write advertising that shall have selling power
 Yet we'll written advertisement is not a matter of smart sentences, humorous conceits or literary gifts It is simply the art Of taking direct about your goods and their prices, as a merchant would talk to a man over the counter Any one who Is able to conduct a store can do it.
 The force of these statements was finely illustrated in an actual experience that came to the ears Of the writer short time ago One Of his friends is business man who had had some success in advertising and selling prop cia gifts or tricks Of expression Yet he sue ceeded in selling his goods.
 Feeling perhaps that a trained advertise ment writer could do still better he sought out a competent and highly trained man in that line in the nearest large city, talked over his proposition, and showed him files of his pre- vious publicity work. The professional writer took the material and put quite lot of work into producing a form letter. had all the ear marks of professional ad-writIng work It was smooth, personal, intimate and clever.
 The work was accepted and sent out to the mailing list. The promoter of the proposition liked the letter so much that he expected double returns But to his surprise, the returns were only about third as large as those he had pre- viously secured from his own simple off hand tale, told in conversational way, he would talk to the man across the counter The incl dent teaches it's own lesson to all who are seek ing publicity for their goods.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
CARRYING BUNDLES.

CAdAIIs facts of daily life often have consid- h3 able economic significance+ Social stu dents say the cost of household supplies is greatly Increased by the popular demand that goods be delivered at the homes.
 Yet one reason for the economics effected by the parcel post had been in the willingness of people to bring their packat to the post of fee to be mailed, while they demand of the ex- press company that it send a team to their doors. Of household supplies with him when he re turned from work Mother used to go out with market basket and bring home vegetables and meats The butchers and grocer's bill would be less if people would do the same thing today. well to carfy bundles in the street. That was a consideration that never occurred to previous eenerahon
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
l LONDON BARMAlDS
 ARE AGED AT 30, SAYS INvEST STlGAT0R
Life In Public Houses Not Good For Girls Who Receive
 Small Pay.

,onfion. May 2ssToo old at thir- ty'' is the unhappy lot of the British barmaid described in a report by Mrs Bernard Drake of an inquiry made by fine Women,s Industrial Council.
 F Rarmaids are a British institution Very few men are found behind the bars in the saloons throughout the There are 22, 900 barmaids in England alone. Frequent crusades have been started with the purpose of eHminat- ing women, and particularly girls. from this vocation but nothing lasting has been accomplished. .8 One reason is that the saloon Is the working mans club, and he prefers those places where he can gossip with the girls On the whole, the influence of barrnaids is to raise the atmosphere of saloons, but the influence of the sa- looms upon the women is considered bad.
 ..The barmaid soon grows old says fhe report ssSom etimes she is old at 25, she is generally too old at thir- Her chances of marriage are small unless she marries the barman or the manager, and almost the only recourse left to her is the streets. The number of women on the London streets who have once been barmaids is out of sall proportion to the total mum bers in the trade.
 MTS. DTak0 WE1lSSs SJI1pdlIl0t1Cr1i1y of the women behind the bars. She says:
 .eThe barmaid is cheaper. than the barman. She is more industrious. more sober. amenab1e to the wishes of her employer, less rebellious against the hard conditions of pulp lic-house life.
 mere are women, women of fine character, who earn in the bar de- cent and respectable living, and are not unhappy. There is even a wo- man of robust health and tempera-9 ment, who finds in the public-house a certain vocation. The bar is to other women immediate ruin.
 But all these are exceptions The barmaid who is of the majority, all though she, loses nothing of self-res- pect, yet continues at her post only in wearfness and 1oathing, and with a great fear in her heart of that which the future is to bring.
 Wages for barmaids are no more than domestic servants command in the United States and the average working day is fourteen hours. In houses patronized by workingmen the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
THE DEATH OF MIR. READ.

HAVID F. READ will be mourned and miss 1 ed. In the relations of life he was a success From his father he inherited broad sympathies, kindly nature and generous And gracious attitude toward all Nho came within the sphere Of his companionship
 He was the head of great departme nj store, and will be missed and lamented by every employe of that enterprise.
 He performed his part in the civic life of the city and did notable service as a member of the Board of Education, in the development of the educational system Of the city
 The tragedy of an otherwise harmonious and successful life is that he leaves none to take his place and name
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
THE MOURNERs AT 26 BROADWAY.
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HAS A CITIZEN of the United States the I A constitutional right to put on q mourning band and walk slowly past the of fiees al 26 Broadway The New York police think not, apparently, for they have arrested Upton Sinclair, and others, for doing so.
 Some of the nlourners wore badges in seribed AThou shalt not kill. If it is Illegal to wear such badge what will happen when somebody puts on a badge inscribed, Love thy neighbor as thy se1f.g
 h their anxiety to prevent the feelings of the Rockefellers from being lacerated, the New York authorities seem to have made them selves ridiculous
 Mir. Sinclair when he finishes the poems which he will write during his three days in jail. proposes to drive a hearse by 26 Broadway. VIII this also be unlawful
 Too many of MT. RoclefeIle rs employees have been shot down in Colorado There is a very general feeling of sympathy because of those murders, and some of the strongest news papers in the country have been unsparing in their criticism
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
SOCIALISTS URGED TO
 VOTE AGAINST BONDING

Socialist leaders last night at their annual May day fete held in Socialist hall, Park theatre building, urged all socialises not to support the bonding measures to be voted for today. Pla- cards were hung about the hall urging the defeat of all the bond issues.
 Singing of the .'Marsellaise" was the opening and closing feature, by the Lincoln Singing society. Russell Shaw gave a solo, and Miss Ida Stearns rendered several selections. Charles C.halkin gave an address in Yiddish on May Day, and George Splash gave one in English. Several other speak CTS expounded the socialist doctrine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
BUYING THE BEST.
ET THERE De no untimely sneerin

T EFT THERE De no untimely sneering, no A 7 unseemly jests, no foolish palaver about municipal economy because the city's di- rector of public works s.to ride about in lux urious automohile. Heaven knows the more upholstery there is between the director and the streets the longer he will be with us The jolting in those little cheap automobiles is just awful.
 Everything should be in keeping. Just as asWelI dressed man should wear hat, coat neck tie, shirt pants, socks and shoes to match, so should the officials of g rich and splendid city go about in rich and splendid conveyances. This is an administration of efficiency and nothing is too good for it. Wont 1t cost money Per hapsl But who cares about money. When we want it, we'll borrow it, and as much as We want.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02

average pay is $2.5o to ss a week; in hotels it may rise to $3.50 and for 8. head barmaid to 50 or even $5.s Board and lodging are always furnish we'll
 The barmaid, according to Mrs. Drake, belongs to the type of normal and average working girl. industrious sober and honest, although she is to be distinguished from her sisters by for adventure. She seldom adopts the career as the result of a false step
 The workingman seldom looses hts respect for the maid as woman worker; it is reserved for the man about town to be without all sense of honor or cEivalry to women. ounss and pretty girls are deliberately cho-. sen for the West End Saloons which are the resorts of absolute men and fallen womens. because the inexper-s fenced girls attract the men. They are given no protection by their em- $ployers.
 Two great evils of the present sa- loon system are pointed out by the report. One is the long hours af- fecting the health of both men and women and leading to excessive drink ing. The other is the exploitation of young girls which is responsible for their degradation. One reform prop aosed is that no girl under the age of 21 shall be- employed -after eight o'clock, except on the premises Of her parent, and another is that the bar shall be a more fit place for both men and women.
 The Easter holiday scene on Hemp stead Heath. where London factory girls have their annual parade and picnic, was altogether changed tfaIs year. The haring and m1lifarious petticoats which the East End girls have Haunted each new season were missing Most of the East End helles had taken up the new fashions and their taste in dress seemed to bear tribute to the college settlement work CTS of the poorer districts.
 In past years the girls spent all their money for gay petticoats, for rental Tof gorgeous plumes for their hats. and great combs set with glass gems, with which to ornament their top-heayy -pompadours. This year witnessed the passing of most of these extravagan- ceS.
 In the classes conducted by the so- cial settlement workers the girls have been taught to dress their hair grace fully and to dispense with the brilliant combs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
THE GROWTH OF POPULATION.

A EGORDING TO THE estimates of the cen- EA sus bureau, by July the United States will have population of iO9,O2I ,992 peo- pie. This is gain of over 100000 persons in four years. Such rapid gains look alarming to some people They begin to think that popula-i ion will become too congested
 Estimates of the possible population that could be supported in the United States have va ried very widely Prof. A P Brigham. lead-s ing scientist who discussed that subject in the Popular Science Monthly few years ago, had it figured out that this country could support only 505O00,00o people. At present rates that number would be reached in less than 100 years
 The editors of that magazine, however, are much more liberal. They say that three quar- ters of our land can be made productive, capa- bie of producing 50 bushels of corn per acre A bushel of corn has the food value to support a man month. Thai would make it possible for an acre 10 support four men a year. They think therefore that 3,OO0,O0O,O00 peo-g pie could be fed in this country on the present basis of production. By scientific methods the crops could be doubled The development Of the tropical regions which are far more fertile, and exchange of the manufactures of the tenn perate zone for the food of the tropics would they say permit 10, 900, ,00OOoO people to live in our territory.
 In Europe every little creviee on the sunny mountain slopes is utilized for little patches of culture only few feet wide. In this country there is gross waste everywhere The loss of rainwater, the throwing of sewage containing valuable chemical elements into the sea- and soil and forest exhaustion, are a few of our more wanton extravagances.
 The rapid growth of Uncle Sam's family is thus to be welcomed. It may not up1ift average prosperity. But it is welcome testimony to the fact that economic conditions in this country are still very much more favorable than else where
 Many people rnrr they have given hab of ing of he fact that their living mostly from neigh bors' back yards.
 It Is believed that Huerta will begin to down o bqsiness i'm the negotia about the time geloT~feyer comes=on at Vera Cruz.
 
 enlist to e Is deeply appreciated.
 Bryan having kinds of trouble trying to rvtse on his 1ove of pesee<
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02

The oakland (Ca19, school board will
 buy gowns for all girls graduating
 from the Franklin school this year ard if the plan is successful will pay for
 dresses for all girl graduates next year
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
GOES TO HOSPITAL
 TO CURE NOsEBIIEsE1D

Suffering from the enects Of severe nosebleed, Robert Wagner, 4s years old, is recuperating at St Nincent's & hospital. He is a mason employed by the Gillette Construction Go. and Iiv- ing at 247 Hal1aIn street. The hos pital surgeons managed to check the hemorrhage a short time after his ad- mission to the institution early today. He was seized with the attack a short time after supper last night
 The steamer Compton. of Montreal. carried away three gates of lock No. in the Welland Canal tying up traffic temporarily.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
Bicycles

OuR Bicycles are better, our prices lower, and we guarantee every one tor the season. Prices the same to everyone.
 Always the Lowest
 $22. 50 to $30.O0
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02

Michael Mahoney.s who attempted to assassinate Mayor Mitchell recently, said that he once tried to kill Andrew Carnegie.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02

There are now Is cases of. bubonic plague in Havana. Three more sus- poets have been placed under observa- ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02
BICYCLE TIRES
 $I.75 to S4.G

A bottle of shellac free with each pair or cemented to rims free of charge.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1914-01-23
BUMPED HIS SELF-CONCElT
Young Lady's Reason for Choosing
Escort Not Exactly What He Had
Imagined 1t to Be.

Mr.. Blank we've got to call him
that because he's really very decent
sellow, and he'd kill us II we told
his real name) Is first tenor in q glee
club. He sings in choir, too. Every
Jody likes him.
The other night bunch of young
people met for social session at q
certain house in the suburbs. They
ate and danced and they sang. And
when it was al over the prettiest
young woman there-she hadn't been
escorted thither by any chosen cav
Al1er-said:
i walk home, but it's a lonesome
walk and I'm afraid. There have
been holdups in this part of town. So
choose Mr.. Blank to see me safe
home" On the way home Mr.. Blank
was considerably swelled up. The
prettiest girl had chosen him from
crowd of personable bachelors, and
his feelings OF dissatisfaction were
excusable. He couldn't resist saying:
why did you think / was the
strongest and bravest man there to-
night?"
Il didn't" answered the girl. al
picked you because | knew you could
boiler the dest!"-Clevcland Plain
dealer.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1914-01-23
ERUPTION DlsFIcURED FACE

Lock Box 35, Maurice, Ia.-"In the
spring Of 1911 our little daughter, age
five years, had breaking out on her
lip and part of her cheek that we
took for ringworm. 1t resembled a
large ringworm, only 1t differed in
that 1t was covered with watery Bills
tiers that itched and burned terribly
made worse by her scratching it.
Then the blisters would break through
and let out watery substance. Sh-
was very cross and fretful while she
had 1t and had very little rest at
night. When the eruption was at It's
worst the teacher of the school sent
her home and would not allow her to
attend until the Disagreement of her
face was gone.
II wrote and received a sample of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment, which
We used according to directions, and
they gave instant relief. 30 We bought
some more. 1t gradually grew better.
We kept on using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and in three or four months
the child was entirely cured"
(Signed) Mr.. Henry Prins, Oct. 20,
1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free. with 32-p. SkinBook. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L, Boston ADV.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1914-01-23
st. Nicholas for 1914.

mo art or literature is too good
Tor American boys and girls This
Is the principle that ST. Nicholas has
lived up to for forty years. 1t is hard
to over-estimate the influence of this
"best-loved of all magazines" A
glance at one days letters received
by the Editor of st. Nicholas shows
the place this magazine holds in the
hearts and minds of American chill.
dren. The publishers and others re-
sponsibility entailed by this fact is
taken very seriously in the office of
the Century Co. In these days of
changing standards in literature, it is
a comfort to be able to rely upon a
magazine that, though never namby.
pamby, is as clean as a whistle.
Many new features are to be adj
ded for the coming year. More space
than ever will be given to articles on
nature and science for young folks.
The Riddle Box, the Stamp Depart
ment. The Book Man Department, ana
the Advertising Contest will be con-
tinued as well as the various depart
ments Of the st. Nicholas League
which monthly absorb the attention
of many thousands of young Ameri-
cans. Adv.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1914-01-23
Making Tomorrows
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BY UALTER WILLIAMS. LID.
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week are insufWc without cost te
them. Contributions are not paid by
the workman during sickness or unem-
2kryment and cease entirely cnen he
r'sches the age of seventy years. The
act makes it illegal for the employer
to deduct his own proper contribution
from the workers wage; he must de-
duct only the workers share. A spe-
cial provision mobiles contributions In
cases where employers maintain their
workpeople In sickness. Men and
women Of all ages up to sixty-five
years are treated alike in respect to
contributions. Insurance cost is no
more at forty years Of age than at
sixteen. The age handicap, necessari-
ly imposed by private insurance com.
panies. Is entirely absent from the
British scheme.
What are the benefits?
The member Of parliament from
Northampton, H. B. Lees Smith, and
the managing director of a great
wholesale establishment of London,
Wilkie Calvert (brother Of DR.. Sidney
Calvert, professor of chemistry at the
University of MissourD, summ.r1zed
these benefits:
Sickness and Other Rsmefts.
The workman pays esent cents a
week or less. His benefits are the
same whatever he pays. These bene-
fits include free medical attendance
and free medicine, sickness benefit,
disablement or invalidity pension, ma
ternity benent. sanitartum benefit.
Free medical attendance and free
medicine are provided to the worker
who becomes Ill. This provision has
been sharply attacked by the British
doctors. The sickness benefit varies
In amount Ordinarily it is $3.50 =
week for men and SITS a week for
women for 26 weeks. Sickness bene-
hts cease at seventy years of age,
when the old ago pension becomes
payable. II sickness continues long
er than rs weeks. $1.25 a week is paid
during the remainder of the sickness,
however long 1t may be. Provision 10
made for certain reduction In benefits
when members are In arrears with
their contributions, but no one Is sus-
pended from medical, sanitarium and
maternity benefits until more than rs
weeks In arrears. Insured women.
married or unmarried, and the wives
OF insured men, whether insured or
not. receive a maternity benefit of
$3.50 in addition to sickness benefit,