The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-07

strong temperance element in this town,v he stated. as he took self pull ing corkscrew from its nail by the door. ..and we have strict bylaw which says that no liquors shall be brought into the rooms. so we all bring in sugar, or tea. or coffee. or whatever we like.'' and with Juvenile grin that struggled oddly with his per petually creased forehead. be opened his package of sugar and drew the cork. Whereupon he offered Walnngford water glass to drink from.
 Two other gentlemen, hatless and coafless, and with billiard sticks in their hands. walked into the grocery room, one Of them laughing and the. other one trying to laugh. The one who was trying to laugh took key from his pocket, opened his locker and produced a bottle, holding 1t sadly mp [ to the light
 ..Third straight chocolate drop Lsy-3 barger's lost tonight Ham mond.p ex- plained the 1aughing one
 Mir. Woods and Mr Lybarger. the. former fat young man with an in- tricateIy veined face, and the latter a phenonenally lean map with painfully lark hair and complexion. were pleased to welcome the eastern ca pita1ist Into their midst and Mr. Hamm0nd under cover of the noise of the running water at the sink where goblets were rinsed. linformed fat Mr. Woods:
 Has seventy-f1ve thousand in the Broadway National. real money!
 MT. WallIngford 2 invited MT. Woods hastily, won't you try some of my chewing gum 2'' And he produced 8 bottle from his own locker. This Is some very special chewing gum. Friend 2 1-l.l- -x- l Twenty-Five years oId.',
 Others came in. and WalTiugford was introduced to them. and they conduct l cd him hospitabiy to the reading room. I By the time he had sat in his chair f every man in the Commercial club knew that he had $75yOoO on deposit l at the Broadway NationaH He could hear them telling it to one another and he enjoyed himsen very much ] Mr Hammond was very proud of 1 his friend Waliingford as tine evening wore on. He was good story teller. l and he looked so 5ovial that by the I time he had told three or four good l ones his auditors laughed every time he said anything at all. Finally, hoary l headed Dan Blessus. who ran furni- ture factory on the profit sharing plan, with "a daily chapel attachment. and I obtained the manufacture of his output I cheaper than any Of his competitors. asked wallingford the question that had been sproudng at the root of every mans tongue for the last half hour I stIf it were not preeuzning too far he suggested. I'd like to ask you what your own line might De. but I'm afraid l to do SO
 ssIsn save you the embarr assrnent of asking, returaes KNauinenord chesr. I fully 1T am an industrial paysic1an.s' 7 And surgeon? ?n inquired fat htt1e Woods, whose sense Of the ridiculous l was far keener than his sense Of pro- prfety.
 There was laugh upon this. and WaLfngford laughed the Iotldest;; then he slipped quite naturally back into 1 the serious conv nversatton upon which he had stdrted
 Aside from the fancy language, he stated T have made it my work to l find the commercial needs of one city i after another study each case as carefully as if were physician ox
 an engineer. Sometimes find that . city has undeveloped natural resources, such as bed of suita bIe clay for mak- ing pottery In that case ! would pro
 mote pottery, finance ft, even invest I my own money if necessary, put it upon
 paying basis, sell ont my interest, in- z cluding zhe modest amount Of stock given me for my services in promotfen, ! and go elsewhere Every city is more
 or less comm ercially incomplete and
 has one crying need.
 Thenext question was so natural that
 six people asked 1t at once hat does Prize City need Y' they chorused
 { An amusement park, z replied WaI- Hugford promptly.
 He was told that the Commercial
 club had often talked this over.
 saThat's here you need me- Wal
 Iingford laughingIy informed them.
 You do nothing but talk, largely be- | cause you're absorbed in your own
 business affairs. People need amuse-
 naent more than they need anything
 else. What amusement do you give
 them in the summer I'll tell you. On
 Saturday nights you let them come down and walk around and around
 Monument square and when their legs
 get tired they can carry the children
 home It's no wonder they go to Riv-
 erton and Capitalia to ride on the roller 2 coasters, as our friend Hammond puts
 It. Incidentally, while they're, there,
 they buy dry goods, clothing. groceries,
 shoes and millinery. You must reverse
 those conditions
 Now is the time for action. z he safd.
 s.Let us make This private enterprise
 on good, sound, sensible basis, but
 under Commercial club auspices Some
 body appoint chairman and let's or
 ganize r
 With tumultuous fervor they ncrnin
 mated J. Rufus Wallingford but hs
 firmly declined the offer and put hft
 happy friend, Hammond, in the chair
 Before the meeting broke up tht
 Prize City Amusement Park company
 had been fully organized, committee
 had been appointed to go out with Wal
 lingford and inspect Dad Thompson
 farm, with its brook fed lake, it's wood
 ed terraces, it's natural amphitheatel
 and its providentia1ly arranged cam
 and fI,<a or,fire S1 1sf nnn ,unr,,-ti, ,.