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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
sAP .xoMAN BANK HEAD.
Rn Assooiated Presa.l


 Tokio. Jan. 24.-The first woman bank president in Japan has establish ed herself in Tolxio. She is Mrs. Kin Senos whos although TO years of age, ia in every sense the executive head of the Seno Commercial Bank of To- kio.' and is rapidly acquiring repu- tation for efficiency among Japanese bankers. She Inherited a fortune from her husband whose death had terminated a plan to establish a bank Tine widow decided to carry out her husband's intentions, and after care fully training her sons in financial i'm stftutfons so they might serve as able assistants in her work she open ed her tank here. She arrives at her office at 8 o'clock sharp every morning and puts in a long business day. She is modest and simple in her tastes, Witk sincerity as her life motto. AL though thrifty she makes liberal con tributions to charity and is pointed out by her friends as model of Japanese Womanhood
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
No EAn11LY TIES
CCopyudght, 1914. by The Mcclure
 Newspaper syndioa,te.l

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 .-A---zz- '.Perhaps in some long twilight hour. Like those we have known of old, When shadows gather round yoth And your present friends grow cold. You may stretch your hands out to-
 Afnl you 1s,s ' -will1 will know not when shall nurse my love and keep it.
 Faithfully for you till them
 There is no man more to be pitied than he who has no family ties, who must feed upon the friendship of strangers or, go heart hungry. With out l1ith or Hin in come part of the great wide world, a1e Is like a ship without a lcoanpass on the great tur-s b1lle1lt ocean of hfe4 The closest of: friends have interests apart from his own. Others are nearer still and dear is alone in the world must lind his. own pleasures as best he can. There is mot one thurman being waro would make a. great sacrifice for him and be glad of the opporte=nIty to serve him as one who was bound by kfnship ties. If he meets witch reve1Ses of fortune. the friends whom he relied 11a1on would not nulIoW a1ina for the sake or his Doxnpanfonshdp from lux s1kdozls rooms at his club to a bleak room in a, tenement. There are few ht1rran Friendships that would stand such e test Only those who are flesh Of his flesh, blood of his blood, Woa1ld hold him as dear n poverty as in wealth. No lone man ever knows peace and comfort in his heart until
 He Anchors His Affections to
 Woman.
 Then coraEnences the delight Of hoxneanazzing He has a place to come to. He has cerre1ted another alernan come to f1irn,s they form his world. He ds no longer a wanderer. Within the four walls of the home which he has an1faded are human hearts with love for him so deep and so strange that they made his life one long, con old existence drops Into the vanished
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
Society Events,
 Domestic Helps
BEAUTY CHATS
PATCHES, 
By BIanche Beacon.

.E-
 It was queen Anne who gave the greatest reign of popularity to the tiny black patch worn to heighten the bril1iancy of the Skin or call at fenfion to a rosebud mouth a dim E1sd cheek or beautiful eye
 Patches were worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans before the Chris tan era and the practice han been kept up ever since. with the zenith cf It's popularity in Queen Anns's tina.
 Aksthat time the practice was usual- N indulged in by the upper classe1. The patches were cut from oleck , - LaI- fefa and fastened to the skin by gum arabic solution: these patches we're acut in the form of stars. cres- cents, Iozenees. dfamonds and coro- nets A xnyorfte and intricate de- sign was the morse and coach" which fortunate. Wearer sssts ..3 s The wearing Of patches or plasters by court ladies Is what gave the name to our common court plaster.
 During Queen Anne's time the wearing of patches took on a political signfficance. It was then that there were in England, two political par tfes-the Tories or Conservatives and the Whigs as the more progressive party was called. If my Lady's hus- band was Tory. she wore her patch on the right cheek; if a Whig, on the left cheek; while neutrality was Indi-l catd by a patch on both checks.
 The impression that patches were only worn with evening dress is a wrong one. There was only one re4 striction us to their being worns la dies in mourning did not wear them, but aside from this, they were worsa with both day and evening ccEtumes-
 Women carried them around in Ht- tie boxes very like our vanity boxes of to-day, even to the tiny mirror in the cover If a patch fell off (and they did not stick as well as do the pres ent ones of court pIaster), my Lady very frankly brought out her patch shell and, with it's mirror as e guide, replaced the lost beauty spot.
 The next party you attend notice how many pretty girls wear beauty spots. Possibly you will wear one
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
RUN BY WOMEN FOR WOMEN.

Long before women had wen the right to vote in Kansas the Miller sis rters of Logan, Kan, a town of TOO, had established their right to stand on an equal footing with their male competitors in a business way says the Kansas City Star. Four years ago a general dry goods store was estab- nshed in the town by Mrs. Kate Cook znhafn, who erected a brick building, 30 to so feet and installed modern fixtures, patterned after the big stores in the cfffes, in which she formerly had been a clerk Two years ago she sdkd the. business to the Miller sisters The business known as The Womar's Store is one of the most successful in western Kansas. The head of the store is Mrs Mary Miller. It has many 1y7fca1zy feminine touches Only wa men clerks are employed. No man has ever been connected with this es- tab1ishments whose transactions ex- tend over four counties. An essen tiaIly woman's idea Is the conversion of the plot in the rear of the store, usually the dumping ground for empf boxes and all sorts of rubbish, into well-kept lawn and playground for the children of women shoppers Lawn swings are feature of this open-aIr. adjunct to this country store.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
@aJsY Ea chcdl Holne Drece NdK1nqtl
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Pr<payed Espeeialty Fo, Tdiis NeqOspap psv
 Iy Pictorial RsDfeaO
A FRENCH FAsHIoN NoTE.

ed neck. k yard Of al1-over net will be Eequired for the purpose.
 The slightly draped skirt gives q fashionsbie effect without being ex- trerne for dress designed for general wear.
 After cutting out the material which is a very simple matter if directions are followed closely. proceed to make the dress.
 First, nnish the waist. Close under der seam Sew revers and large col lar to neck and front edge, notches even If desired, large rever may be omitted Center-front indicated by large "Op perforatfons. Gather lower edge of waist between double ssTT'. edge. centers even. small sso'' perfora- lions at under-arm seam. Sew stand Ing collar to shield as notched.
 For sleeve. turn under s1ashed edge on slot perforations. lap to small "o.' perforatfors, notches even and stitch, leaving lower part free below single large 70" perforation. Close seam as notched Sew. in armhole. seam at notch in front
 Now, plait the right front gore Of the skirt creasing on cross lines of slot perforations; lap to double Zoo" per- forations and stitch: turn under front edge on slot perforations. lap on left f1SAle SOES 10 SIlaA 70 peTIOraI10nSs notches even and stitch, leaving edges Tree above single large "O'' perfora- lions in left front gore for opening and, If desired. below double '.oo' perfora- tfon- Center front indicated by large 70" perforations in right front gore; center back by single large "O'' per- foration in back gore Plait back gore, creasfng on slot perforations. bring folded edges to small 70" perforatfons and press. Close side seams as notch ed. Gather upper edge Of skirt be- tween double aTr" perforations. Sew to lower edge of waist over stay, cen ters even. bringing side seams to un- der-arm seams.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
Love Is Idfe's Strongest starr

The older man grows the more de- pendent he is upon a helpuneet. No matter how rich he is. he is poorer than the poorest pauper if he has not won love He sftoiIld heed the hearts earnest cali ere it Is too late. The sworl1ine1nan who has a large 6amily at home sings at his bench no matter how hard his todl may be. His heart is warm with the thought that there will be a, little face at the window watching and waiting eagerly for him as he comes wllist1ang home. When he is cold, the badrns lie IS working so hard for now will lift the burden from his shoulders and make his declining years confor table and contented by the Hreside. The lone rich man who has no family tie, growing older day by day in tine gIlded s15ferldor Of a ho- tel, must pay the hand that holds 2. glass of water to his parched lips Tn sickness or for the slightest service extended lrdrn The worst Of it is, he realizes that the fault is largely his. If every man turned a cold shoulder toward 1natrfnaony isa a1is youth Cupid might throw afway his arrows.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

Fer informal wear this one piece dress can be highly recommended Even for formal occasions 1t may be made to do splendid service if carried out in a dressy material and trimmed with embroidery or some of the hand some new braids.
 charmeuse crepe. a new material with a lustrous finish but crepe effect makes up the model effectively. The goods is A inches wide, SO that about 5 yards will be required for the dress. If vest is used to i'll in the V-nhap-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
BREAKS 4 COL D IN A FEW HOURS
First dose of Tapes Cold Com pound'' relieves all grippe
 misery
bond stay stufred-up.

Don't stay stuhed-up!
 Quit blowing and snuffing! A dose of Tapes Cold Compound'' taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery ana break up severe cold either in the head, chest, body or limbs.
 It promptly opens clogged-up nos trils and air passages; stops nasty discharge or nose running; relieves sick headache, dullness, feverishness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness
 ssPape's Cold Compound" is the quickest, surest relief known and costs only 25 cents at drug stores. It acts without assistance, tastes nice, and causes no inconvenience. Don't accept a substitute.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

sist the scommittee in their work
 The following is copied from a Bos- ton paper signed by Geo. Chadwick Stock, the well known critic: Mrs. Arthur Philips is much more of an artist than the term reader or elocu- tionist usually implies She spiritual izes each performance and makes it seem a living reality, This is true reading. It is the only kind worth while. All else is dross. In Mrs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
A SINGING CAME.

E,
 (HiIda w. Smith in the survey.) "How many miles to Babylon ?''
 Three score years and ten.s' Can we get there by eandIe-1ight !.
 Yes, and back again" Children on the burning street.
 Long lines dancing in the sun, Faded dresses, griny feet,4
 How many miles to Babylon 2 Tar, too far to go today, To Babylon, of high romance- Ard hard to find, the fragrant way,
 Tor all save children in a dance. "can we get there by cand1e-light 2'' No. for the toll is never done. And 1sfe's long, candle-light comes on. And stall they re far from Babylon. For .candIeIighting time will come Tn cottages along the road, But still the ogre factories hum,
 And sst..lI the worker lifts his load. Iris three score miles and ten, they say. K An. more then that the way must
 run
 For tenement and runbhng dray
 Have blocked the road to Babylon. "Open the gates and let us throughl'' Cry men and women in the gloom, While weary hands their work renew At swift machine and changing loom. Within those gleaming walls they
 find
 Life welded in a. joyous whole;9 sf sf skilfu1 hands and eager mind. A dream of beauty in the soul. Fling wide the gates of golden hours, Fling wide the gates, and hinder none
 That all may see the shining towers, And enter happy Babylon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
Y. ". c. A. EAST SIDE BRANCH.

The Hast Side Social committee have secured Mrs Arthur Philips. the talented reader. of New York city to give an entertainment Monday, Jan, 18th, assisted by Mrs. Lucien T. War ner as sso1oist.
 This is a rare treat and the rooms on Beach street should be crowded to canacity to hear the program and as-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

Dobbs seems to be on good terms with his fellow1nal1.
 should say sol He can borrow all the money he wants at per cent Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

Babe-What Is an optimist?
 Steve-An optinist is a cross eyed man who is thankful that he isn't bow legged. Enquirer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

Now that free lunch has been abol- ished in Oshkosh, 1t behooVes the ss- loorists to look out for a wet and dry election The stopping of oneis food is always the signal for a Fevolt-fhe precursor of an election.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

Philips art there is perfect poise. ces- ture is suited to word. Her speech flows freely, the tone Is delightfuily vibrant, refined, sympathetic and each significantly colored.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

The wine crop for 1913 in ohio was short-also the cider and beer crop. The crop of buns in dry territory way
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

The Pullet They say the ostrich can run faster than any other bird
 The Turk lfebbe so. But. any how, hold the trotting record.- Chicago Daily News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

clothes is q bad habit He might have added: and a costly one
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

A German Blacksmith is playing the leading role in grand opera over in Europe He must be immense in the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

Ell Dillon & CO. 11os Main. street pre-inventory clearance sale Of win ter millinery, reliable fur scarfs and nnl1ffss shirt waists and coats at the lowest. prices ever quoted for desir- able merehandis dise.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24

ing photo is the latest one of the daughter and son-in-laW of President Wdlson It was snapped at a house party in London slaort1y before sail ing for home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
P!THY PARAGRAPHS

Those Wisconsin farmers who are holding their potatoes for higher prices are neither in a trust or combination of course not--but there are millions who hope their avaricious aspirations may be nipped by Jack Frost or the quick rot.
 No use talking, the Bible is the greatest seller ever People buy it. whether they want it or not, and now two thousand years after most of it was written tWehty-eight million cop ies are disposed of annually.
 New York city alone sent more than five million dollars worth Of Christ mas presents abroad, and not one of them was high-toned bride for a member of the mobility This latter kind generally go in the spring or summer months.
 Baldness is now said to De caused by a germ. It is certainly a busy ono and no respecter Of the male Sex. NO serum has yet been found to Kill or even scare the germ
 The late President Hayes, once said that s'appointing- a. man to off1ce maker nine enemies and one ingrate.'' Now adays it makes about ninety-nine enc niess but only the one ingrate.
 Down in Louisiana a judge has sen tenced man to prison for ninety nine years and a girl to four years. for the same crime And stil the suf- Tragedies claim their sex is being dis criminated against
 Some Of those buxom girIsl who promenade our streets will ind out when 1t is too late. that a coat Of tal- cum powder and a gold 1ocket are mot suh1clent protection against pneurnouia with the mercury down to zero,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31

~ YMPATHETIC women are
- the worlds pincushions.
It is strange that the wo-
man who prides herself on always
speaking the truth so seldom tells
anything but an unpleasant truth.
For a woman to be without
someone to hate makes her al
most as lonesome as to be without
someone to love.
Women achieve more to spite
their enemies than they do to
crafty their friends.
There are so many women IN
the world who are pure gold
with dull finish.
Some widows wear wells to hide
their grief. Other widows cover
their faces with wells to conceal
their joy.
The test Of a woman's clever
ness consists in never letting her
husband find out how clever
she is.
Our husbands respect us for our
virtues and admire us for our
strength of character, but they
never love US SO well as when we
are making three-ply idiots Of
ourselves.
Men judge women as a whole.
Women judge men by an individ-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31
By DOROTHY DIX

ual, and both standards Of meas
urement are wrong.
When Cod made woman He
gave her Imagination as a conso-
lation prize, SO that she would
never have to see her husband
and children as they really ara
A womans definition Of a true
friend is another woman who viii
stand for the stories about her
children's smart sayings, without
retaliating by repeating what her
infant prodigies do and say.
Many neglected wife Of rich
man tries to smother the ache IN
her breast by piling point lace
and diamonds on It.
The only happy women are
those who have genius for little
things and an Unsuitable thirst for
small beer tattle
Some Of the choicest Jewels in
many a wife's collection were
bought by her husband for her
with conscience money.
In the strange scheme Of Justice
It is the bad women who avenge
the wrongs Of the good women.
Only fools laugh at a woman
lavishing her affection on a dog.
The discerning weep at the spec
tacle of a heart so poor that it has
nothing but a dumb brute to love
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31
A Word About Words
By the REV. CHARLES F. AKED, DID,, LID.

volume called Trench on the
Study of Words He bought it
for a few pence. The boy died
and the man was born
The miracle took place as he
walked home with his purchase
He turned over The leaves idly.
and a sentence leaped up from
page thirteen and hit him square
~ between the eyes He read
that Language is fossil history
He has never been the same
again. II he were picked to pieces
and made over again on a differ
ent pattern il would be all the
same The ingredients would
stll be there and The fossil his
tory" idea would control the situ-
alton ull mind and memory flee
The boy happened 10 know what
fossils were and that a word
may be d fossil. preserving In it,
self the history of men and move
ments and ages, was a proposition
so staggering that Dick Turpin
himself. il he had ridden up on
Black Bess with the cry. stand
and deliver could not have
snatched the book from his grasp
II HE first fact that appealed 10
l him was that in the common
est words Of human speech is
preserved the conflict upon Eng
lish soil between the English and
the French which ended in the
conquest OF England by the
French and the absorption OF the
French couqueror by the English
race He called the contending
races as everybody did then,
"SaNon" and Norman. John
Richard Green had not taught
him the simpler and truer forms
of English and French Bur
he had rc4. Lyttar Harold"
and kingsict's "Hereward the
Wake" AND Sir Walter SCOTS
"Ivanhoe This last might have
opened his ewes. for .u the very
first chapter Wanda turns phil
Hogist. The moment had not
come. that j $ all that he can now
say about it Wanda bitter
tests made less impression on him
than on the untutored soul OF
"Gurth the son Of Beovulph. born
'hraN OF Cedric Of RotlerWood
The facts amazed him The
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31

veal French swine, pig, hog are
English, pork IS French; sheep is
English, mutton French. The
story stood revealed, the Eng
lish serf or slave worked with
the OK, the pig. the calf. the
sheep, the French conqueror ate
them
N0ays' There was one ex-
cepuon Bacon is English-for
many centuries and well within
the knowledge OF the present
generation bacon has been the
only flesh food that the English
agricultural laborer has known
from years end 10 wears end.
The boy read on He learned
that words which speak Of rule
and maguiAcence are an French.
Sovereign, scepter. throne, realm,
ROYALTY prince. duke palace, cas-
tie hail-the list is intermina-
bic. And again there is an as
founding exception; King is
English. And three centuries Of
history are in this fact The for
eign conqueror could only hold
his own on English soil and es-
tablsh a dynasty which would
remain by claiming to come in
the true line Of succession and
promising to maintain the con-
tinutv OF English law
He found the disdain of the
territorial lord for the people in
words which are fossil history"
Contempt for the lowly and the
obscure has poured foods OF evil
meaning into words originally
free from faint. Knave Qike the
German Knahe) Is only boy"
used for a man doing day labor,
like our boys addressed 10 men
az work, villain s NO more than
peasant bour is farmer-and
II the British people had known
IN the time Of their South Afri-
can war that the Beers We're sim
ply farmers there would have
been less hate of them; many per
sons thought they were a tribe
Of South African blacks Mental
Is only one OF many one of the
common people whom Abraham
said God must have loved so well
because He made so many OF
them
When the boy heard a pious
and painful preacher speak from
the text. In the world We shall
have rlbulations bat be IF good
cheer he knew that he could
have told the preacher a simple
thing which would have put red
blood into his anenic speech. For
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31

the Roman farmer who, two
thousand years ago. scratched the
surface of his land with a wooden
pillow, separated the wheat from
the husks with a wooden roller
called a iridium" The process
was called tribulatio. On any he
roic view of human life our "trib-
ulations" are the experiences
which separate the chaff Of our
disposition from the good grain.
And that is a lesson worth learn
ing.
Nearly forty years lie between
'Trench's Study Of Words and
Miss Wrights magnificent vol
ume, Rustic Speech and Folk
Lore Just issued by the Oxford
University Press. The passion
which was born in the breast Of
that ignorant lad now SEXES with
iov upon this storehouse of
wealth. Some wise person who
knows all about rustic speech and
knows it all wrong is on record as
saying that the average country
man has a vocabulary limited to
500 words. The English Dialect
Dictionary, in six volumes, con
tains 100000 definitions.
Miss Wrights researches link
on our common American words
with the golden age of English
literature. The word chores"
will serve for illustration as we'll
as another The boy who has
not done chores is greatly TO be
pitied The English have the
word as char and retain II in
"charwoman" and the like A
saying traced back as far as 1873
and then lost belongs to the tales
Of a grandmother, THAT char is
char'd, as the good wife said when
she had hanged her husband.
Shakespeare has it in Antony
and Cleopatra" Chairman seeks
to repress Iras with her swell
ing words addressed to the dying
queen, Royal Egypt, Empress,
ard Cleopatra says:
mo more, but cen a woman, and
commanded
BY such poor passion as the
maid that milks
And does the meanest chares."
From the Dialect Dictionary il
appears that there are 1900 words
of telling ID person he is a fool
n is nec essarv to learn few
more of them to describe the in
GiVldual who can see only words
in what poor Hamlet called
Words, words, words"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31
:. In-Shoots :.

Self-love never wins the adni-
ration Of the crowd
When our own fingers close on
graft it generally feels like a re-
ward of merit
The fact that a man needs a
haircut is no sign Of genius, HIS
wife may have neglected to re.
mind him Of It