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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
ALARMS OF THE HEART

sfOh, dear, I pray tonight,
 Keep not your kisses for my dead,
 cold brow.
 The way is losrafy. let me feel them
 now.
 Forgive. oh, hearts. estranged, forgive.
 plead!
 When drean1ess rest is mine I shall
 not need
 The tenderness for which long to-
 night. :.
 The family which consists all of daughters is an anxiety to the pa rents. Some of them even harbor the wish that half the number had been boys, so that they would not need to worry for their future The parents whose family consists of all boys will tell you that they are in quite as much perplexity in their management Girls are usually docile in regard to their love affairs. They assume as 8 matter Of course, that their husbands should be selected for them, their wouId-be lovers being carefully cen sored. Not so the boys. They are kindness itself to the home folks until there. is interferencegin in their love af- fairs.
 Then as though touched by a magi- ciarl's wand, their entire nature chang es The quiet, dutifuI easily man aged son resents interference bitterly.
 
 long as he is satisfied with the girl he has chosen, and is the oMB to mar ry her and live with her, nobody else need bother himself about it, that the girl under discussion does not suppose she will have to marry the whole fam fly in wedding time.
 It is useless to attempt to point out to such d son that he and she are both entirely unsuited for each other. He thinks different She has a pleas 1 ing, jolly nature. but is innocent of being a, coquette. She is quick tenn pered, but her anger is of short dura- ton, when once she has spoken her mind on a subject. He imagines that the old folks do not understand a girl with an April temperament of dag zling sunshine following on the heels | of a storm
 The parents may know that the girl is ;vain-wouIdn't do her own house squander every cent she could lay her 1 hands on for fine clothes, patrenizine matinees, skating rinks and tango parIors. None Is so blind as he who will not see. He stubbornly refuses to listen to those who would point out i the same way. They love and marry sto suit themselves. Their parents find l 1t urwise even to pity them when they 1 say they have made a bad job of it. They suffer in silence, rather than tc give their parents the opportunity o1 saying, .sMy son. I told you how il would turn out A daughter flies te her parents bosom for consolation and sympathy. A son may turn to the I flowing bowl Cor to some outsider fol cheer From the time a son begins tc I look at the girls until he Is well set l tied his parents know no end of heart 1 quaIrns on his account. Parents should l take all that happens as for the bes1 U and uuell their Aheart alarms.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
CHANGE, YET.NONE
 SUITS HER
Dear Mss Libbey:

Dear Miss Libbey:
 I ann lonesome girl of seventeen, dress we'll. considered pretty. do not keep company with any one. All my girl friends do They tell me of the nice evenings they spend at diff. ferent places. It makes me lonesome. I meet young men. have lots of chanc- es to keep company, but no one suits me. If keep company with the same young men very long mother ob- sjects. I do not care to. be seen with a different friend every time I gor out. Do you think I will meet the right one some day2 Or had better be- come resigned to my lot as it seems
 LONESOME.
 You will have as many opportuni- ties as you could desire in the future if you have patience. and overcome your loneliness awhile. You are too young to keep company as yet. Be a free and happy girl as long as you can. without bothering about beau1 dressing up and making yourself old CT entertaining youths. you may not care for a few years later. All is well that ends well
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17

There is to be no scarcity of skirt
 models among the early autl&nn modes, for each week brings out something new. Reminiscent of the styles of many years ago is this new French model cut in two pieces and having the inevitable high waist-line It Is heightened by one-piece circular dounce. which, in turn may be finished with q two-piece circular rufie. The model loses nothing of it's smartness. however. if the ruff1e is omitted.
 Serge, cloth, duvetyn. silk and wool ratine or novelty suiting may be used to make the skirt, which closes at one side The average size requires two. yards of 54-inch material.
 A wide material is necessary if the pattern is to be laid out to advantage Among the lengthwise fold is arranged the hounce co and front gore CAD.
 both of which are marked by triple saTTT"' perforations. The ruff1e, piec- ing for dounce and back are arranged on a aengthwise thread of the material. If the skirt is desired shorter than reg
 ulation length the lower edge of the
 dounce may be cut off along small -o'' perforations.
 Now join the gorea. matching each
 notch and leaving the left side seam free above the large "Os perforation in front gore for p1acket
 The large -Os' perforation on the ruff he indicates the front Close back seams of flounces and rufde; adjust
 ruff1e on hounce. notches and seams even. sew to lower edges of gores. notches and centers even.
 There are splendid opportunities for piping the rl1fF1es, but instead of sa.in or silk fine cords are used to S.ve piped effect to the newest skirts. Plain, gathered. circular. box -pleated, side-pleated, open in front. buttoning in front-every day brings something newer and prettfer in skirts. By many of the best known couturfers 1t is be- Heved that very soon the underskirt will be dropped altogether and the far ing tunfc will be heightened few inches, and voila! the full skirt! Now that the low waist-line Is com ing into favor, the girdle and the sash are assuming great Importance Pre- met uses a softly folded sash of taf- feta tied in yo1uminous bow at the
 back as a finish for many of his dresses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
TO.DlY'S POEM
AN OLD SERVANTS PLEA.

2 5a . k - , .l [. (A1exander Louis Fraser in Our Dumb
 Aninals.) Into a barnyard, at the long days end. With dropping head, with weary
 step and slow, saw a servant-aged, friendless, go Methought his eyes to me this plea did send: 'fvv1Il not someone our io'erwrought
 years defend2 He who would lay our bones meath winters snow Tn some wood -akirted field we used
 to know The Beasts Elygium-wou1d be a
 friend" He missed, I ween. the touch of some
 child hand, The crib where he a score of years
 was fed, The brook he drank from. the sweet
 pasture land. Q Gratitude. he said that you were
 dead! Then as he went. he seemed to say
 that we Served but the altar of Utility.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
FOR THE PICNIC BASKET.
Easily Made Combinations That Are
 Good.

The success of a picnic depends in a great measure upon the lunch and how it is packed. What good things shall we place in the baskets without costing us too much labor before- hand, is the question: that interests us housewives who have to prepare them, says the Household Editor of Farm and Home.
 There is a science. in packing a picnic basket, as well as in other things. Almost anything and every thing can be carried in tin or paste oiled or waxed paper. This is a much better way to carry the food than to pack it hit-and-nniss in a basket, where the food is apt to be- come crushed and messy, and all sorts of fiavors permeate it.
 Nowadays sandwiches form the most important part of these picnic lunch es. and they simplify the packing in a great measure.
 Potted meats, beef or veal loaves and potted cheese can be prepared a | day or SO before. The plotted meats jars, and can be carried in these to 1 the picnic grounds and the sand wiches made after getting there, or the sandwiches can be made before hand and packed in cracker boxes. each kind in a separate box.
 1 Meat Loaves Delicious.
 Beef or veal loaf is nice sliced cold, and can be used in sandwiches It can be easily carried to the picnic | in a box, and if liked it can be taker to the picnic hot, by placing it in ar fnnprovised freless cooker made ou or pasteboard box. Have the 1oa good and hot, wrap it with ho l7white cloth, then with hot flannel and place in pasteboard box wei lined with waxed paper. Put on it and wrap in several thicknesses O T newspaper. This will keep seVera
 hours hot as when put in.
 Many persons associate pie with tin
 picnic lunch; but anyone who has hat
 much experienc along this line nee
 not be told that pies are better lei at home. Instead one can make Ittl tarts, which will carry much easier The shells can he baked in pastr pans and packed one inside of anoth
 CT in a box, and the sauce or frui filings carried in a jar. and then tn
 tarts can be filled in when settin
 out the lunch. Fruit bars or an
 small fruit cakes will acceptably tax
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
FOR THE WINTER sroRE.
Strawberry Sun Preserves.


 Use only the best berries, perfectly ripe, and of a deep, dark red color. Boil together 8 lbs granu1ated sugar and 2 cups boiling water without stir ring until the syrup will spin a thread when dropped from a spoon. Cook the berries in this syrup about 15 minutes after they begin to boil, then pour the preserve on large china pIatters. cover with gauge, and set in the sun for two or three days. Remove the plates to the house as soon as the sun sets, and put them out again as soon as the sun rises, moving them about so as to keep them in the sun all day. Pack in jelly glasses and seal with melted parafln.
 Sunshine Jam.
 To one ID. of berries allow 3-4 1b. sugar, place on back of stove and stir until sugar is dissolved, then let come to a boil and boil a, few minutes, after which spread on a platter and set in the hot sun until it thickens. It may be two or three days, but it will we'll repay one for the trouble. Put up in glasses and seal with melted par aff1n.
 Canned Strawberries Without
 Cooking.
 Allow one quart best granuIated sugar for each quart strawberries Mash the strawberries with a, silver fork, and be sure that every berry l is thoroughly crushed, or they will not keep. Mix thoroughly with the sugar and then pour into the jars, shaking down firmly, and let stand a few minutes to settle Be sure that | there are no air bubbles in the jars then fill to over1owing and screw on the covers. If the jars are sealed air tight, strawberries done in this way will keep indefinitely. Currants can be canned in the same way.
 To Can Raspberries Without Sugar Pick berries early in the day before l they are heated by the sun, put in pre- to almost cover, and bring them to heated through, turn into jars and by this method for many years, and lalways with success.
 Currant Jelly Without Cooking.
 Pick over ripe currants carefully | wash, mash. and strain through ,jell, bag. For. every quart juice allow on, pound sugar. Stir until sugar is dis solved, and then put away in air-tigh jars. Expose jars to hot sun for tw, or three days, and then put away in , cool, dark and dry place.
 Gooseberry Jelly.
 Bil four pounds sugar and thre cups water together until 1t is read to jelly when cooled. To this syru, add an equal measure of gooseberr juice, let it boil for few minutes, an then turn into jelly glasses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17

youtiy to be hoped for. as dimpIes mean youth and innocence
 Tn the second placewhaf? will tell you Smiles make the face look young and supplies the facial mus c1es.
 Tn the third place, smiles are be- coming to each and all, as they de- note happiness and we all admire a happy. smiling countenance.
 Now let me tell you how to smile. ou may think you know how but there are smiles and smiles. For in- stance. the stiff wooden smile is not
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
HER RINGLETS
 ARE PRETTIEST

Dear Miss Libbey:
 I am a girl of sixteeh. am i've feet five inches tall, blue eyes. blond haiE. considered pretty. My hair short. ex- tends to my shoulders. is very curly: It's impossible to dress it in any way except to curl it plainly round my head, without wearing false hair. which do not like to do. It is said to be most becoming curled Am | too large to wear it so? Would peo- pie laugh if wore it curled in public
 A. R.. Why should they laugh over what is well known to be "woman's crown ing'' beauty-her hair? I have heard of some little envy occasioned by
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17

a thing of horror and should be ta- booed by all lovers of beauty.
 Tilt your chin up when you smile, as this gives you a most engaging look. If you can also manage to curl your upper lip back. do so, as this will give you a prettier srniles
 Don't smile crookedIy, SIS then peo- pie know there is a. tooth missing.
 Last, but not least, vary your smiles. Cultivate the coquettish smile. the happy smile and the serene smile. Practice and practice alone will make you letter perfect in the art Of smiling. ..5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
Waterrnelon PickIes.

Pare and cut in strips the rind of a melon. Soak over night in a. solu- ton of alum water, allowing one ta- blespoonfu1 of alum to one gallon of water. In the morning drain cover with boiling water and cook about ten minutes, then drain again. To three pounds of brown sugar add one pint of good cider vinegar, one-half ounce each whole cloves and stick cinnamon and cook together with melon until fruit is clear. Put rind in jars and cover with the. vinegar syrup.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
I Little Beauty Chats
BY BLANCHE BEACON

worthy of it's name.
 gether. This may be somewhat diff ficult for you to do at first but in little while you will never think of opening your mouth when you smile.
 Open your lips as widely as you please. lady fair. but keep the mouth closed. as no one cares to see it's red interior The open-mouthed smile is
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
A CORNER FOR COOKS
Meat Loaf.

NMeeG IOd4s
 Have the butcher grind together the following: One and one half pounds round steak, one pound veal. one-half pound fresh pork. then add sixteen crackers, four eggs, one onion, one teaspoonfuI nutmeg, one teaspoonfuI salt, one cup hot water; mix well; shape into a loaf. put into roaster and cover. bake in moderate oven about forty-five minutes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
Beet Relish.

One pint of finely chopped beets, one pint of white cabbage cut fine, one-half cupful of grated ,horseradish, one steasp poonful of salt, one teaspoon full of sugar and one pint of vinegar. Put beets, cabbage and horseradish in to a. crock, mix we'll together, put su- gar and salt into vinegar, let boil and pour over the mixture.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
C1TROLAx c T R O IL A K
c T. 1T R O. L A ;

c II q R O b A x
 It's a, laxative, of course-and the nicest hot weather drink you ever tasted Fiushes thoroughly, and pleasantly, too F. c. Crysler, Syra- cuee, N Y says: Have used Iaxa- tives for Is years but this Citrolax has got everything else beat a. mile.'s Try it. Hindle Drug Store--Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
THE ART OF SMILING

upon showing you why and how you should smile. Please listen intently while 1T give you my Ideas on this subject
 Tn~the first place the right kind of of a smile will eventually cause one or two dimpIes to put in an appear
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
Branded Peaches.

Take of skins with boiling water. For each pound of fruit allow one half cupful of sugar and one-half pint of water. When syrup is boiling put in peaches. a few at a. time. and cook until done, but not too soft. Spread on platters to cool. When cool put in jars and fill up with the syrup mixed with just as much good brandy. Seal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
the place of pies

the place of pies
 Cakes baked in sheets can be nice ly carried in boxes lined with waxed paper; they should fit in closely. Small cakes are especially handy for the picnic baskets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17

pretty locks. but [ think the way you
 suggest to wear your hair would best
 suit your girlish mode. Never be
 afraid of fun made of a natural gift of tresses, when women young and old would adore such a well kept head as yours.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17

Surface rights to a large part of the 450,0oo acres of the segregated coal and asphalt lands Of the Choctaw ma vember.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
MISS LIBBEY'S REPLIES
 TO YOUR LETTERS
Address letters to Laura Jean Idb- bey, e1e President Street,
 Brooklyn, N. Y.l (Correct name and address must be given to insure attention.
 but not to print,
LOVES REMEDY.

Dear Miss Libbey:
 I am a melancholy girl of twenty Kindly give me a remedy. I love a young man. but he has some one he loves better. cannot see him go astray for little hirt. She is far more attractive than I. But have a better. character than she. How can make him love me as Of old?
 I. S.-. It is most unfortunate that your low CT turned his attention to a. f1irt. There is no depth, no joy. and only humilia- ton to follow irritation. Perhaps he will get his just deserts before long Men tire quickly of such girls. Often they plead on pended knees to be re- stored to their true love once more. Good character in a sweetheart forms a tie that binds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17

Celery Plants. 15c Per Dozen
 JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
NEW TWo-pTECE SKIRT.

cular hounce with or without a two- piece circular rufT1e.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17

Celery Plants, 15c Per Dozen
 JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
LAURA JEAN LIBBY'S DAILY TALKS ON HEART TOPICS

copyraeht 1s1s. by Newspaper syndicateJ
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17
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Pictorial
 
 Dresnaalng articles prepared especially the latest styles by The Pictorial Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-17

Bi1 four. pounds sugar and three cups water together until 1t is ready to jelly when cooled. To this syrup add an equal measure of gooseberry juice, let it boil for a few minutes, and then turn into jelly glasses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-17

1t pays to read the want columns Of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filed through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-17
THE WORK Is DONE.
Armies to Be Disbanded at Compile
ton Of Great Engineering Tasks.

From the Engineering World.
In such enterprises as the recently COM
pleted Los Angeles aqueduct, the new
Catskill water supply of New York city
and the Panama canal. thousands of men
are brought together organized. trained
and made efficient. When the work is
completed this army Is disbanded. 1t
must find its way gradually and clumsily
into other organizations and other enter
prises. The economic loss of an efficient
organization alone is great but the loss
to the men themselves may be greater.
The period of uncertainty, the lack of
employment and finally the getting OF
work not well suited to them are de-
moralixing.
or government enterprises have been
completed. the men whose services were
no longer needed have had chances or
employment in various private enter
prises. Railroads. electric lines. water
power. drainage and irrigation projects
goes on with larger and larger projects.
and II private capital is restricted in It's
| fields and in Its methods. until 1t will no
| longer be attracted to new projects. the
balance wheel furnished by corporate
employment will be crippled when 1t Is
\ most needed.
Thus far the alternating measures have
been confined to labor bureaus by which
the man and the job are brought to-
gether. That is a phase that needs at
| tention. But unless the general economic
situation. the possibility of keeping pri-
employed. Is taken into account. the fun-
damental cause of unemployment will es-
cape those who are working for its
elimination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-17
TO NEGATIVE LOAN SHARKS"
A Desirable Movement in New York
CitY,
the Brooklyn Eagle.

julius Chambers, In the Brooklyn Eagle.
The loan sharks" are to be fought by
an organization with 100000 capital!
That is good news. not only to young
married men on small salaries, who en-
bark on the matrimonial sea without suf-
flcient capital to furnish their new homes,
and thus get into the clutches Of the
usurers. but to real philanthropists. OPP
posed to any form Of oppression that re-
tards the development of man. young or
old.
OF course, the intent is to make the
scheme self-supporting. There will be
few officers, the salary roll Will be small
and office rent low. Arthur ]. Morris, a
Norfolk banker. has worked out the
scheme, and it has been given his name.
The directory includes some of the most
DISTINGUISHED men in New York.
When one enters the cashiers office OF
almost any large manufacturing estab-
lishment in this city he generally sees one
or two human vuitureS seated near the
nav window who exact toll from some OF
the salaried men. So usurious Is the in
terest charge that the principal Is geper-
ally paid twice over. Laws are openly
defied. The courts have been Indifferent
until very recently. Their action has
been spasmodic and uncertain.
A similar association of benevolent rich
men has caused most pawnbrokers to
treat their impecunious patrons with
fairness Experience has proved that
most pledges" are redeemed where the
interest rate is a fair one.
The latest scheme mentioned above is
tn make loans without security, except
reputation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-17
This Matter of Love Letters.

From the New York Tribune.
Any man may be pardoned for asking
to be saved from his love letters. And
feminine love letters, If a shade less in
congruous, are equally distressing when
exposed to the public gaze Several
patches are just now being read out in
court to eager judges and juries. and we
think the protest against this placing
of intimate emotions in the pillory will
be universal.
The Browning letters established a re-
spectacle precedent for this sort of pub
licity, and recently Mrs. Parnell has
chosen to follow this example. Some de-
tense can be made for this barring of a
great mind and heart, already, in large
degree. the possession of the public. Yet
a feeling of distaste is aroused in many
readers even in such cases.
When We come to the reading in court
of love letters written by unobtrusive
private citizens. the feeling of distaste
comes amazingly close to horror. Such a
procedure may seem necessary in the
course of litigation. But every on
locker. nearby and afar, feels a sense of
outrage. and the self-respect Of the world
suffers by just so much.