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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27
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 She held her head so high that she almost fell over one of the little chickens that belonged to her next door neighbor, and would not listen when Mrs. Hen said: .sI would not go very far for MT. Hawk is around and would like you for his dinner.,''
 guess can take care of myself . she answered. She walked along, peckinss at the grass and didn't see a big black thing just above her flying around and getting nearer all the time. Big Mrs. Hen did see and just in time too. Shef ran toward Mrs. Bantam and pulled her under her wings just as Mr. Hawk scooped- down to pick her up.
 Mrs Hen gave him a vicious peck with her sharp beak and up he flew for he knew how sharp her claws and beak were and he didn't care to get hurt. Mrs. Bantam was very sorry she had been so ugly at the others for she knew that if it had not been for Mrs. Hen she would not be there now. She thanked her and asked her to come over and see them and Mrs. Hen said to her husband: Why she isn't proud, she is real nice
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27
MOTHER IS A GIRLS
 TRUEST LOVE

Dear Miss Libbey: sl
 am girl Of seventeen and have been out of school since was if teen. Everything I do mother finds fault with. Sometimes home is so miserable that I can hardly stand 1t T have been going with very nice young man Of twenty for over year and we love each other very much and have always said that as soon as we are old enough we are going to get married. It is wrong to kiss each other?
 Mamma has had several talks with him and has always said he is very. nice but still she doesn't like me to marry before am eighteen. She. would be glad to get rid of me She will let me go out with any other fel- lows that are. not half so nice.
 have always been a good girl and have done whats right. All the girl friends getsshe thinks am too good for and so when they come over here she makes it miserable for them. The neighboEs know | have always been a good girl Flease answer this, be- cause am so downh earted about ev- erything
 DOWNHEARTED.
 Trust and heed the advice of your mother, little girl She is the truest friend you have in this world and has your interest at heart. If she forbids you to encourage your lover. she must have wise and sufficient reason for so doing.
 The girls who are disobedient, re fusing to abide by their mothers wise counsel, rue it more often than not. Let no love come between you and your mother while you are single and so young.
 No young girl should tolerate kiss fng-that is sure way of losing a mans respect. Choose girl friends, your mother will approve of. am sure. she loves you fondIy. Do all you can to please her. Try it for an ex- pertinent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27
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A MEAPoLTTAN CAFE,

Gradually che fashions are reverting to styles of grandnnother's day. New modes have new names of course but f11sre is something fazailiar about this latest of wrapsthe Neapo1itan cape It Is developed In broadciott or serge Gladstone Cor Lily) collar. The front may be of corded silk or any contrast ing material Five and one-auarfers yards of 4s-inch or AZ yards Of b4- inch material will be needed to make the design
 Either the 45 or 54-inch material win have to be laid open to cut the circular
 From a fold of material the back trimming. collar. band. yoke stay and facing may be cut The back trim : xzlfng piece and collar arc marked with triple perforattons. and. couse- quently. placed on lengthwise fold of the goods. Remaining parts are ar- ranged on a lengthwiae thread
 The process Of putting the cape togeth- CT begins with closing the back seam, whach Is indicated by single large ~Cr perforatlon. The upper edges arc gathered between double .-TTsf perfo- rattons and the band sesvcd to the gath cred front edges as notched. Now ad- just back trimming piece position on back center backs and notches eves regulating fuIiness underneath- Close back seam of yoke stay and uriderfac-. ing, indicated by large 70" perforation: adjust to position underneath cape. center backs, neck and front edges even, leaving lower part in back free.
 Wire collar along linaa of small "Oe' perforatfons and sew to neck edge as notcheds
 If the band Is made nf ccntrAst1ng material I IA yards will be required
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27
SUMMER CAPITAL FOR
 PRESIDENT IS URGED

'Washinsitor. May z7--A bin direct- ing that the United States weather station known as Mount Weather, near B1uemont. Va be set aside as .. st1 rrn- rner home for the President has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Swanson Sof Virgin < 6 V N ss
 The bill apprpprl rlates $50 900 for repairs On the premises The place includes nearly ninety acres lying in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27
PRETENDING HE'S SHY

T long have been puzzled to guess
 And so I have frequently said,
 What the reason could really be
 That I never happened to wed; Although I am fond Of the girls,
 For aughtsI could not discern
 The tender emotion feel
 Is one that they never return" is supposed to possess a jewel Of rare quality But the girl who has a shy lover is usually pitied by her home folks and friends. He may escort her to picnics and festivals, take her for a moonlight saiL or to a dance, yet If he never presses her hand or tvhispers one tender little word in her ear the average young woman feels that warmth is lacking in his attention to ber
 Winters come and go, as do sum mers. He calls two or three evenings in the week. but he never gets upon the love subject, which might lead to, q proposal. He is so shy, sighs the girl, when her mother talks seriously about giving him sllpg Her father throws down his newspaper irritabsy when he can stand their conversation no longer. < A man too shy to pro- posei baha he exclaims That's all well enough for women to fancy. but men know their sex betters Instinct teaches their eyes the language of love: their hands to close softly over a. sweetheart's trembling fingers, and the yearning to draw her close in their staIwart arms aye, and breathe tender words of affection, whisper their dreams and hopes and ask the object of their asdoration to make them real Will you marry me falls naturally from a mans lips in a mo-. ment Of tenderness when his heart has been touched. g
 He has had his say, and relapses into silence, burying himself in his paper The girl who listens to words Of wisdom will never regrets it. The young man who expects a girl to en- tertain him to the exclusion of all other lovers, without having an url- derstandin ing with her folks, or herself, as to whether he is on marriage in tent, is not dealing fairly with the girl If his calls are merely of a friendly nature, he should expeetFthe girl to go out with others as fre- quently as she goes with him. if not more so. No matter how bashfsu a. man may appear, he knows Full well pected of him. He should realize how rnlsch it means to a girl to take up her tine. = g x A girl has no guarantee how many years it will be before his s1yness wears off. It may be one year, may be ten-and this might mean-never. The very shy young man may exist in song or story. but not in real life Only the brave deserve the fair Pre- tending he's shy does not work with the girls Of today.
 MISS LIBBRY,s REPLIES
 TO YOUR LETTERS lCorrect name and address must be
 &1ven to insure attention, buf
 nor to pIint.l
 m REN7MT urrxSuuyrs csurwy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27

John D. Rockefeller has filed his personal bond of s5o.ooo with the North Tarrytown Trust CO, to insure the town against damage when the 25o-ton stone for his fountain arrives in two weeks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27
Little Beauty Chats
BY BLANCHE BEACON

be only temporarily. Many people need glasses only when their eyes have become tired, to rest them for a. while.
 Let ma repeat here, that you will not look as well without glasses as with them if you need them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27

17aes BnfverHaty of Paris designated Prof Hazard to occupy the chair of French Literature at Columbia Uni-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27

President Wilson nomirated Post yT Thse1et Of z4shirgton to be secre-. fafy Of the embassy at Toldo-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27
DO MEN FIGHT SHY
 OF TALENTED GIRL 2

Dear Miss Libbey: a girl of eighte1n, attractive
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27
BRIDGEPoRIE.RC CAUGHT
 IN SPEEDERs' ROUNDUP'


 State policemen dressed in khaki uniforms and mounted upon motor cy1ess rounded up fifty three drivers of motor vehicles in sthe town of South Windsor. on Friday Saturday and Sunday nights
 A carefully planned campaign rounded up twelve Friday night. twelve on Saturday venirag and tver- : nine Sunday night. 6 Among those arrested was J. M. Atlas, Bridgeport, speeding and no rear light. counties are. eager for ra insas s con luAd dry weather is cndAnEering the early crops.
 south western Europe. Several inches Of snow fell in southern France. tlases and Window Boxes Filled
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27
LAURA JEAN LIBBY'S DAILY
 TALKS ON HEART TOPICS

tcopyrsht 1s1s by The Mccuure Newspapr syndicases
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27

taSeS and Window Boxes Filled
 JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27

MT. and Mrs. James Danby, of 321 Connecticut avenue, announce the en- gagement of their daughter. Miss Martha Danby to Harold M. Roys of State street. The wedding is sched- uled for the early fall
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27

The Phi Gamma Lambda, of the First Presbyterian church held 2 pleasing social affair last evening which was well attended.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27

Henry J. McElroy. son Of MT. and Mrs. Harry A. McElroy of 85 Iranis- tan avenue, and student at Notre Dame university, of Notre Dame, Indiana, is at home for the summer vacation. MT. McEIroy was called home last week by the death of his uncle. the late Father Charles J. Mc- EIroy.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-07

as they were published in The Times.
was so afraid that 1 might misinter-
pref some of the rules. But the
rules were all plain, and 1 found that
all that was necessary to be the sue.
cessful one was to work faithfully
and persistently with the object to
win in view.
l will v forget the first gentle
man l called on and asked to give me
a subscription for The Times. This
was Mr.. Charles H. Huttig, president
of the National bank. Mr.. Huttig en-
couraged me greatly. Not merely be-
cause he gave me a liberal subscrip-
ton. but because of the kind and
cheering words he uttered. Then i
went to see some of the others of my
self-created -four hundred"
Practically all l got was subscrip-
tions and encouragement. And the
large number of votes that 1 received
tells more eloquently than any words
of mine how successful l was. Never
at any place did 1 meet with a re-
buff. Not only did 1 get personal en-
couragement, but l heard good words
at every hand for the paper l was
selling.
Early in the campaign 1 learned
that it was easier to have other peo-
pie do the work for me, in a measure,
than attempt to do it all myself. This
is. when l visited some of the larger
establishments where a great many
employees were working. 1 saw the
n in authirity and got him inter-
ested in my cause.
How She Conducted Campaign.
l would leave him my subscription
book with blank receipts, signed by
myself, and then he would return me
the book when the work of canvass
ing the establishment was finished.
anu ne "oulu TURN Tue Uook Dack 10
lne with the money and the orders
for the paper. In this way 1 obtain.
ed results that / could not have OBJ
tanned in any other way.
I found out early in the canvass
that The Times was popular with the
employers, and they were eager for
their employees to read 1t. l knew in
a great many instances where large
employers made presents Of subscrip-
lions to those in their employ and. of
talked teh matter over. That was be-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-07
HOW 4 ST. LOUIS
COMP ETTOR
Won A Home
INTERESTING STORY OF HOW She CONDUCTED HER CAMPAIGN
Told by Mrs. S. B. Pilkington in Her Own Words
by Stella Beatrice Pilkington)

The beautiful home that has COM
to me through the generosity of the
Times and through the liberality of
my friends who aided me, will be my
home. am going to live in the
house as a compliment to those with
out whose aid l might never had a
real home of my very own.
In u little family circle we have
talked the matter over. That wa be-
fore was by any means sure the
prize which 1 coveted was to be mine.
We discussed the house that was
given Admiral Dewey when he re-
turned triumphant from Manila, and
how 1t struck his friends when he dis
posed of the home given to him by
the American people.
feel l WI it to the people who
helped me SO willingly, TO live in
what l shall always consider their
gift to me. If / did otherwise It
would give rise to doubt as to the
gratitude l felt.
And if any woman was eve CRATE
full to her friends for their encour-
agement, l am that woman. With
out their aid and cooperation l could
have done nothing. and l am glad
OF this opportunity to express my
heartfelt thanks to them.
Never Has Seen Prize House.
state unqualifedly that l am go
ing to occupy the place as my future
home. And yet odd as it may SEEM.
l have eve yet seen the place. !
have e e a picture of it, as publish
ed in The Times, and have read de-
scriptions of it. Now that 1 know
the house is my very own, 1 assured
ly am going down and look at it very
shortly and prepare to take posses
sion of 1t as soon as the weather will
permit our removal.
The campaign had been on for pos
sibly 10 days. perhaps longer. before
the idea of my being a competitor
dawned upon me. Ever since The
Times began its career 1 have been a
daily reader of its columns, and 1t
was one evening when 1 was on my
way home from business that 1
CHANGED to read the plan as proposed.
Why not try for the capital prize
myself? The idea of trying for any
of the lesser prizes never entered my
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-07

mind. After l started l never wa
vered in my determination. Through
storm and sunshine. early and late, l
worked. During the early part of the
campaign the weather was vers
warm, and the exertion was trying.
Frequently l "a foot-sore and weary
and more than once 1 fell asleep in
my chair al home after / had re-
turned from work.
During the closing weeks of the
campaign the weather was excessive
ly cold, the coolest 1 have ever ex-
%perienced for any protracted period
in this city. The raging storms and
biting winds only melted me to great
er efforts, for l realized that my
friends had responded most gener-
ously to my appeals. and it appeared
that l would surely be successful.
Now that 1t is all over and / realize
the great work 1 have accomplished,
l am more than satisfied, because of
the splendid reward that has come to
me.
When l decided to enter the CAM
paign l id not wait for some one to
nominate me. 1 read the plan all
through on my way home that night,
and l began planning my campaign.
!Timidity nor false modesty had no
place in my campaign. 1 wanted to
be nominated. 1 nominated myself.
1 clipped out the coupon at home that
night, filed it in the way 1 thought
was right. and went down to The
Times building and received my first
large number of votes.
planned to call on my friends and
acquaintance for the help l knew 1
must have to win. Then, If there be
such a thing as 1.-The four hundred"
among business men, l determined to
get their help. My acquaintance
among the best business men of st.
Louis. gained in the eight years 1
have been a business woman and an
insurance broker with the Charles L.
Crane Agency company stood me in
good stead.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-07
Visits Campaign Manager.

made a list Of all such friends. /
determined to call on each one. But
first 1 called on the campaign mana
ger and had a talk with him. 1
learned all of the arrangements. Just
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-07
District Prices

= Two trips to the Panama-Pa Expo
sition with all expenses paid, including side
trips to yellow Stone National Park, the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado and other
trips.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-03-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
UNCERTAIN ABOUT HIM
BY HAROLD CARTER.

Say, what do you think you are
anyway? A common saleswoman
that's what you are; and let me tell
you. Miss Clough, you hold your job
by my will--see? can put you out of
this store so quick you won't know
where you're at Now, you just think
that proposition over"
Mr.. Alfred Bantam adjusted his
Prince Albert and walked away from
the linen counter, while Miss Anna
Clough quietly went on measuring
yards Of superfine Belfast linen, as
though the hoorwalker's words had
been addressed to empty air.
But when she got home that night
she gave way to the despair that had
been growing for weeks past. ever
since she had discovered that Mr.. Ban
tam was interested in her.
1t was nearly four months since
Marshall & Rogers had given her a
position in the store Old Marshall
had been friend Of her dead father
in the old days, before Charles Clough
lost his fortune and blew out his
brains on the same dreary afternoon
when stocks went tumbling down like
a house Of cards After her fathers
death the insurance money, some
three thousand dollars, had been spent
to put Anna Clough through college.
81 think that is the best way, my
dear her mother had said to her.
and then, Of course, you will be able
to earn a good living"
But before she could graduate and
SO obtain that diploma which would
enable her to place her mother and
herself beyond need Mrs. Clough had
become an invalid The doctors bill
ate up the last vestiges of the money.
Mrs. Clough would never leave her
bed or her wheeled chair again. And
in desperation the girl had gone to
Junius Marshall, reminding him of his
former friendship for her father.
Junius Marshall looked thoughtfully
at the girl
We'll, Id like to do something for
you, Miss Clough, for your fathers
sake" he said. But It is a rule Of our
store that everybody has to begin at
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-03-30

the beginning and work upward. That
gives experience, you know. Now II
you would be willing to start as a
saleslady I'll keep you in mind"
So the girl entered the store In the
same capacity as the fifty others who
were engaged that fall, and for weeks
she labored at the linen counter, hap
py in the hope that Marshall would
some day announce the anticipated
promotion.
Lucy Conner, her only friend, had
laughed at her expectations.
Say, take my tip" she said, MAR
shall won't do anything for you. He
hands out that tale to all the girls.
They all know Marshall He hasn't
any more remembrance of you than he
has of me"
Through weeks Of growing doubts
and fears the girl worked on. Her
mother had to be cared for. And she
had to be told encouraging stories
every evening as to Anna's prospects.
But finally Mr.. Bantams attentions
broke down the girls strength of will.
Alfred Bantam had notorious reputa-
ton In the store, but he had unlimited
power in his department, and each
girl, knowing that her position de-
pended on his good graces, submitted
quietly to his insolent admiration.
For three weeks he had pursued
Anna Clough, now inviting her to
theaters, now to supper. At first he
had laughed at her refusals; but final
ly, when he understood that she was
In earnest, the bully's nature showed
itself.
WELL" he said, coming up to her
later in the day, have you considered
the matter, Miss Anna? Come, don't |
be a little fool. mean we'll by you
and I'll treat you handsome. My |
wife's getting divorce, anyway.
What do you say to hot bird at i
Brantini's after we've taken in show i
tonight?"
The odious, leering face was thrust
out toward her own. With sudden pas
sion, the girl swung out her arm, and
her fist landed on Mr. Bantam's face.
He staggered backward and glared
about him. Two or three girls were
laughing.
You needn't come back after Satur-
day" he said to Anna in low voice
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-03-30
NOW IS ONION INDICATED
Science Has Come to tho Aid of Those
Who Love the Power
full Edible.

Many a man-probably few women
try it-finds raw onion highly i'm
proving to his state Of health when
he is afflicted with severe cold.
A bacteriologist explains that there
is no mystery about the onion cure.
1t is not like charm which may pre-
vail upon wart to vanish, but is YER
tually specific for the cure Of colds,
in that the oil in the onion kills the
microbes Of cold"
The mouth Of nearly every healthy
person contains few diplococci
pneumonia, 1t is explained, and a
cold, which weakens resistance, may
give the deadly diplococcus his
chance. 1t Is, therefore important
to treat the cold germ as severely
as he has treated you. He Is fastidi-
GUS and does not like onions. Dose
him with raw onions and he dies, as
serts writer in the Louisville
Courier-Journal. AS for the members
Of the family who object to onions
well, man must not give up his hope
of escape from the lurking diplococ-
Gus merely because his sisters, his
cousins or his aunts abhor the pene-
trant perfume of raw onions.
Large luscious onions repose tempt
ingly amid the green grocer's array
of edibles. But only the brave who
deserve, and are unafraid of, the fair,
dare suggest their being bought and
served raw Only a few bold spirits
will go SO far as to smuggle them
into the household for consumption
at the witching time o. night when
hell itself breathes out contagion on
the world" and man who has eaten
an onion should, by comparison. seem
innocuous and blameless.
But inasnuch as bacteriologist In
dorses the onion as cold cure, and
tells how 1t acts, let US be up and
doing with heart for any argument
In protest that may be made. With
q Spanish onion as large as a squash
and the "fixin's" that go Herewith,
let those Of us who have hitherto
lacked, in polite company, the cour-
age of our convictions. go as far as
we like. The onion has an oil In It |
and the oil has Latin name and a
specific function. And pneumonia is
a deadly peril which must be guarded
against at all costs and in defiance of
Even If one hasn't cold
who can tell what tomorrow might
bring forth? Preventive medicine
beats a pound of cure.