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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
MASONIC MEMBERS OBSERVE FEAST OF
 THE PASCAL LAMB
Pequonnock Chapter, Rose of St. CroiX, HonOPS Memory
 of Departed :

In memory of 12 of their departed brothers, members of Pequonnock Chapter, Rose of St. Croix. Scottish Rite Masons, observed the solemn ceremonial feast of the Paschal Lamb in the Masonic temple, last night. Yesterday was Maundy Thursday, the date for the mystic feast. Among the guests and visitors were men prominent in the Masonic fraternitA. from all points in Connecticut as well as New York and Massachusetts. Ths- ceremony began at 6:3o o'clock The departed members for whom the cer- e1nonial was held are:
 lillian M. Rogers, March 8, 1914; Frederick G. Hebbard, March 28, 1914; David F. Read. April 30, 1914: Orland Smith. Mays23 1914: Henry Setzer May 26, 1914; William G. Newell, June 1S, 1914; Edward 0. stratton, August 27, 1914; Louis N. Van Keuren, September 22, 1914, Frank e. JGernert, October 7, 1914: Frederick w. Rarrott, October as23, 8, 1914; and Col. Nathan H. Heft, Feb ruary 25, 1915.
 The addresses were .~This Holy Day. by A. M. Enge1hard,s sgd degree, most wise master.
 seThe Mystic Roll" B. S. Phillips, y E1 T. Wallis 32nd degree. orator.
 sOur Deads' Charles M. Gerdenier. ssd degree, der-inL chief of I1afay yette consistory.
 s.The Masonic Easter Samuel F. Hubbard Jssd degree, Bostno.
 ssThe Spirit of Masonry.'' Edward s. csrifiths, S3d degree, Cleveland, O.
 saThe Box. of Fraternal Assistance,'' H. K. Beach, s2nd degree, hospitaler.
 The program began with a recital 7 by Gou1ding's orchestra which lasted from 6:S0 to o'clock.
 The Lotus Male quartet of Bos- ton sang impressive numbers and the program pf prayer. response and Hnu- sic was as follows:
 Prayer. Prof. Henry D. Simonds.
 Response to Prayer by quartet.
 Blessed Days Nevin, Lotus Male Quartet.
 ..nso Sorrow There.' Marston. Lo- tus Male Quartet.
 Quartet, Gall the Roll" arrang- ed. Lotus Male Quartet.
 Quartet ssAbsence,' Metcalf
 SoIo-ssHear Me Ye Winds and Waves. Handel-Nfr cannelI of quartet
 Never Esay Goodbye in Heaven ed-Lotus Male quartet.
 seRernember Now The Creator, Rhodes-Lotus Male quartet. Rock of Ages,a Lotus Male quar- ter. l
 First Light, Guard. J. R. Laub- scher, 82 degree. Second Light. Mas ter Of Ceremonies, John H.. Wade, 32 degree Third Light, aospitaIer. H. K. Bearch, 32 degree Fourth Light, Orator. e. H. IT. Wallis. 32 degree. Fifth Light, Junior Warden, Edgar B. Ellis, 32 degrees Sixth Light, Senior 1 Warden, D. Fairchild Wheeler, 32 degree. Seventh Light. Most Wise Master. A. M. Englehard. 32 degree. Hell Me the Story of Jesus Cros- by-Iotus Male quartet.
 The officers of the Valley of Bridgeport chapter are: Charles M. Gerdenier, sgd degree. commander in-chief consistory; August M. Engel- hard, 32d degree, most wise master, chapter of the Rose Croix; Charles D. Davis, S2d degree. sovereign prince council of Princes of JerusaIern; Ed gar B.. Ellis, 32d degree thrice po- tent master, lodge of Perfection; Ebenezer s. Phillips. 33db degree, sec retary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Some 800 friends of MT. and Mrs. -I1e1- cien Thompson Warner and Mrs. A. T. whitman of 61 Broad street have been bidden to attend the private entertain ment which vii be provided by the Oberlin CollegeGIee club and followed by a supper and dance at the Hotel Stratfeld on Monday evening, April 5. MT. and Mrs. Warner and Mrs. Whit man have chosen this. unique way of entertaining their friends instead of holding "a reception. The supper will be served in the main dining room, while the ballroom is being prepared for dancing.
 The program for the musicale fol- lows: soug of Greeting.
 PARTI
 Defiance
 A Summer L11laby-Gibson.
 Med1eyT1 1915r Original Piano Solo-valse in E NIajor-M Mosz- KkowskEA1r. Smith.
 tette-Japanese Singing Girls 4dessrs. Burtt, Gibler, Whitlock, siIli- man.
 The Merry Ducks-Speis
 Good Night-Buck.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02

OUR GUARANTEE
 Keep any garment one week, compare workmanship, mater iaI, and price and unless you are highly pleased and convinced that this purchase is to your ad- vantage, we will refund your money with car fare. No QueS- tiOns asked.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
Complain Against
 Selling Chicks In
 Department Stores

Complaints have been made by local persons against practice of selling day or two day-o1d chicks for Easter remembrances. The complaints say that these little creatures ftreQiiirs live. but they are sold in department and other stores. more or less gen era1ly througheHt the country, to be handled by careless and ignorant peo- pie.
 More oftentines they are given to children as playthings. They live but a short time and die from abuse and starvation. The conditions into which they are sold are absolutely impossible from the standpoint of Humanity The humane societies should investigate these abuses ana prosecute the guilty
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02

wait for the arrival of Wolfe Wolfe refused to pay the larger amount and Is alleged to have attempted to put her out of the house, with the re- suit that the row followed.
 for his own washing with those charged by the laundress, Judge Will der decided that her request was but just and should. be met and announce ed that upon Wolffe's agreeing to make the payment all charges against both would be noIIed and witness fees cancelled
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
 EMPLOYE SUFFERS
 RECREATION OF HAND

Edward Sykes. employed by the Lyons Fan Go. of New York, at the new Bridgeport High school and re- siding at 56 Arch street today receiv- ed an injury to his left hand and fingers in a revolving machine The palm. index and middle fingers were deeply Iacerated and required treat nent at the emergency hospital at which he applied
 During a galeson the North Carolina. coast. the tug Pan-Anerfcan5 and the barge Vera Cruz were lost. The crews aresbeIieyed to have perished.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02

t'Our Talents and How to Locate
 Them Characteristics of Different Ivocatons.'' How to Choose Ones
 Vocation '.Taet and How to Meet and Work With Different Types of
 People,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02

widely known character analyst in the United States, England and Aus tralia; will give a course of seven 1ec- lures at the r. WIG. A., 1889 Broad street commencing tomorrow. Satur- day afternoon at 5 o'clock. Women who are at all interested in the sub ject are urged to attend It is a par ticularly profitable study as, when properly understood and applied, practical character analysis will en- able a person to select a vocation te- her talent, and to more readily ur- deratand others.
 Miss Fowler, through her vast ex- perience, has much that is of great value to the individual and promises through the course to give 8 person the inside track on the road to thought, emotion, desire, ambition. will, conscience, hope, inspiration. faith and attainment. Saturdays lecture is free to all. Its subject is .'Know ThyseIf.'s The subjects of the succeeding lectures are: Temper ments and How to Recognize Them Types and Personal Eficiency,''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
PARTII

An act of up4to-date Grand Opera o1Vrds by Tyler. Arranged by Frank J. Smith.
 MT. Tyler, baritone; Mrs. Tyler. his wife, tenor; the Janitor, bass5 other residents. chorus.
 s PART III A Group, of Famous Songs. Dedication-Franz In the Time of Roses -Reichardt. Good Bye-Tosti Mighty Lak' Rose-Nevin4 On Wings of Song-MendeIsso Songs My Mother Taught Me Dyo- rak-
 On the Shore-iNeidIin ger n-Homer-Alrna Mater.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02

kimer a.week ago. The local police; are inclined to the belief that she may have been lost in New fork or overcome by amnesia~ 4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02

Operation of the mines of the Read ing Go, Reading, Pa, will be started next Tuesday for the month of April,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
HIGHER STUDY
 FOR REFORALATORX

Indianapolis. ind. April 2.-In- mates of the Indiana Boys Reform school at P1ainfe1d, will take up the study of an elementary high school course in a few weeks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-26

postoitioe or my navy yard and I'll vote for
your army post" and of placing local con-
siderations above national patriotism.
When Henry L. Stimson was Secretary Of
War he sent to Congress the names of all
army posts (which have been located in their
present situations for reasons which are now
totally obsolete" Fort Smelling Minnesota;
Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas;
Fort SILL Oklahoma Fort Meade, South
Dakota; Fort Missoula, Montana; Fort Rob-
inson, Nebraska Fort Apache and Fort
Huachuoa, Arizona; Fort Clark, Texas Fort
d. A. Russell and Fort Mackenzie, Wyo-
ming; Boise Barracks, Idaho, and Fort
Douglas. Utah, were the army posts he
named. Since then, of all our 40 antiauated
army posts, each of which houses some 600
soldiers, we have abandoned only four.
Stations of No Strategic Value
The army posts are wasteful because the
cost Of shipping soldiers and supplies to
such Isolated 'necks Of the woods" and OF
maintaining them in general is fabuIously
large.
In case of war with an Asiatlc or Euro
pean foe, the army posts, because of their
isolation from the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts, would not possess little OF strategic
value. This is another reason for their aban-
donment and the establishment of mobiliza-
tion centres in places of great strategic i'm
portance. Incidentally. from the sale of the
valuable real estate these posts represent
this useful military readjustment could be
largely financed.
After dealing with the hapless army posts
in the manner they deserve, Uncle Sam
should take up the question of reducing the
cost OF supplying his soldiers with the proper
accoutrements for service and munitions for
war.
By giving this and lesser leaks our earnest
attention and stopping up that largest hole
Of all whereby $5,50O,OOO escapes each year to
the doddering, old political army posts, we
can cut down considerably the cost of keep
Ing up our military household, and thereby
increase in a large degree the size OF it,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-26
Who'll Be Famous Next?

TTTHo is Pennsylvanla's most distin-
w gulshed citizen? The Governor wants to
know. We fear 1t will be n guessing con-
test. but still it is profitable for the people to
run over the names of the States best
known men and consider their entitlement
to fame. The Governors question, indeed
might we'll be resolved into another "Who
is the citizen in whom Pennsylvania takes
the most pride?" For this man, we are told,
is to be "signally honored" at the Panema-
Pacific Exposition. and the choice should be
carefully made.
It is an interesting reflection that dstinc-
tion usually comes more suddenly than
greatness. We have heard OF a poet who
awoke one morning to find himself famous.
He wasn't, of course, a better poet than he
gas the night before. And-the other way
al Sout-the world sometimes wakes up in the
m1Rrning to read the name Of great man
of NEhom It had never heard Then there are
'villfge Hampdens" and those who exem-
plify the words of Browning,
'Tls not what man Does
That eNalts him, but what man Would Do.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-26
Adding Unto Justice

CADIE ORENAN will not go the way OF
- her sisters Not II the first session of
the new Morals Court means anything.
If Sadie Orenan had been arrested a day
earlier she would have been hailed into some
Magistrates court, heard in the hurry of an
overcrowded docket-perhaps by a not very
sensitive or sympathetic Judge-fned a few
dollars and shown out on the street again.
little bit sadder maybe, but decidedly wiser.
Not reformation but evasion would have
been her goal.
AS 1t was, the first case in the Morals
Court got sympathetic understanding treat
ment. The Judge the attorney. the proba-
ton officer and the defendants lawyer tried,
informally and helpfully. to work out the
problem before them The result was the
return of Sadie Orenan to her home and her
child under the guidance and help Of the
Court Aid Society.
The first case before the Morals Court
seems a good omen for It's future. Social
service and time for mercy have been added
unto Justice
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-26
Two Thoughts for Uncle Sam

THE distance from wllhelmshaven to the
i Dardanelles-as the German submarine
nies--is about 5000 miles. The distance from
wilhelmshaven to New York is considerably
less This fact. suggests the Munich
Neueste Nachrchten will make the war
party in the United States think twice"
Twice? Quite probably. Once about adc-
quate defense and once about the interest
Ing fact, among others, that Cleveland
brought down Great Britain In 1895 with a
pea-shooter navy and 42-centlmetre ma
tional conscience.
The history of the United States has been
the history Of a confidence in national honor
and in national power unimpaired by even
the most deplorable lack OF preparedness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-26
Hone for Low Cost of nrura

U1HE very rich and the very poor have no
Il worries over the high cost OF medicine or
the high cost Of doctors. Fat bank accounts
and free dispensaries and hospitals take care
OF that AS In so many other matters II is
the middle class that suffers.
But even the weu-to-do have probably
noted the effect Of the war on drug
prices. Germany that treasury OF so much
quaa-scientiho industry. Is locked tight. It's
patented compounds, synthetic chemicals and
standard drugs under copyrighted trade
names no longer reach us,
The situation. however IS In many ways
decidedly advantageous Under the new slim
illus new processes are being developed. ana
even new discoveries made. More important
still ii probably means a reorganization OF
the patent situation. England has annulIed
numberless legal monopOlies in trade names
pnd processes that Germany has enjoyed
When the war is over worldwide read
justment win be necessary in which America
win undoubtedly play part.
America win surely not be too anleky IN
the handling Of these patent rights. Drugs
good drugs, cheap drugs and plenty Of them
are one of the primary needs OF eiviliza-
ton a liberalizing 81 the patent laWs cannot
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-26
BACTERIA ANCESTORS

From the Baltimore American.
Marvellous as were the discoveries OF such
prehistoric monsters as the mammoth, the mas
todon and the stegosarus, they are now ecllpsed
by recent Investigations which show the most
minute microbes and bacteria in fossil form.
The ancestors of our modern infectious disease
germs and microbes have been found in fos-
Sis or the earliest life on the earth. Fossil
bacteria have been discovered in very ancient
hmestones collected by Or. Charles d. Walcott.
secretary OF the Smithsonian Institution, in
1allatin County Montana, In thin sections OF
limestone from the collections In 1914 ths
microscope now shows these very minute forms
Oh OF NE some 2O,00OO0o to aO,0OO,0 900 years old.
me bacteria were discovered I'm three sections
GUY from an algal form included under the
generic name Gallatinia. named after the great
american explorer, Gallatin. The bacteria con-
sis,s , OF INDIVIDUAL cells and apparent chains OF
cells which correspond In their physIcal ap-
Peatanee with the cells OF mlcrocc form OF
SSaeterIa OF today. The world has believed that
bacteria We're modern forms OF life, but now
we are made to realize that they existed in the
ua"h OF world history. many million years ago
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-26

Count de squash's chateau OF its paIntlnr.
and Gobellns, the right kind OF professor IL
rushed to the scene. and then and there this
expert makes thorough investigation OF the
remains, IL any, and writes a monograph on
the subject, which Is made available for the
public II anybody wants It,
THUS, tho heights overlooking RheIms
1 once saw a professor squirting through
telescope at the cathedral--alternately suuint-
ing and taking notes for the best part OF an
hour-and month later read his report in the
papers n model OF sound reporting
The official German war 'Baedeler' to Bel
gIum and France will probably be the greatest
work Of it's kind In existence, for already a
corps of experts have examined and reported
on all historic buildings, fountains, art monu-
ments as we'll as inartistic ones, right up to
the firing line And II the German line ever
advances the professors will not be far behind"
Prof. Fritz Frech, OF the University OF
Breslau, calls the attention of his countrymen
to the need of geological knowledge in the
army. This being war of entrenchments a
commanding officer must know closely the ma
ture of the country to which he is called, that
he may adequately arm his men with the re-
quslte Instruments Further:
Somewhat more comprehensive knowledge
lS required When IL Is case or seeking
ground which shall unite favorably both for
tactical and geological operations Many field
fortihcations are necessarily erected at certain
definite locations, the character of whose soil
must needs therefore be taken into the reck-
oning. But when there is choice between
several possible tactical positions, the more
easily worked ground would be chosen Hence
the leader Of the troops should possess
knowledge Of at least the fundamental prin-
clples of the construction OF the crust of the
earth, or. In important cases, should have
advisers at hand who can tell without loss OF
time, by the appearance and by geological
maps, whore favorable ground conditions are
to be looked for.
''The trained eye will be able to discover.
oven on rocky subsoil. strata OF clay where
Advancement trenches can he quickly driven.
or perceive the necessity OF the carrying Of
artificial cover by the attacking troops. when,
for example, in front OF n fortified position
sufficient cover cannot be cut in solid rock in
= single night"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-26

TIME Iowa State College is all worked up
i over weeds 1t has got out pamphlet TO
show that the farmers OF the State lose S25-
100000 year thereby While far from all OF
Iowa's two million inhabitants are of farm
ing age or inclination, weeds must be
pretty large item in each agriculturist's profit
and loss sheet
But what about potato bugs? Before the
summers out Kansas will doubtless furnish
the annual statistics to show that the chief
consumer of Paris green stands between at
least four or five million farmers and the
Fords they might buy. Also lack of proper
soil preparation, the neglect of suitable fer
tilization-these must cost the farmer more
millions in losses. Bad seeds from irresponsi-
bio Congressman wet Augusts and cold
Junes. hailstones. rabbits and crows-they
all mean small fortunes that might have
been, II we believe the rural statlstician.
Think, for moment, II the farmer Tended
off all these troubles and made the best OF
every advice-monger in the country, Morgan
and Rockefeller would he sorry 'pikers" be-
side him. And II these losses really did
occur-why, the gentlemen on the farms
would be doing a minus quantity business
year in and year out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-26
Aesop on Social Unrest"

TT is the modern theory that man was not
born social being" but that he became
social through self-interest II now there is
class conflict, It is largely due to lack Of So
etai consciousness. But the phrase. "enlight-
ened self-interest" is becoming more and
more familiar in talk of child labor. slums,
worlEmen's compensation. freedom Of speech
In colleges and universities. It's meaning ap-
pears in Aesops parable of the social un-
rest:
A Woodman came into a forest TO ask the
Trees TO give him a handle for his AK II
seemed so modest request that the principal
Trees at once agreed 10 Il, and II was settled
among them that the plain. homely Ash should
furnish what was wanted No sooner had the
Woodman fitted the stan 10 his purpose than
ne began laying about him on all sides. Telling
the noblest Trees in the wood The Oak now
seeing the whole matter too late whispered to
the Cedar; The first concession has lost all ;
II We had not sacrificed our humble neighbor We
might have yet stood for ages ourselves
When the rich surrender the rights OF the
poor they give handle to be used against their
own privileges"
SO the economic heresy OF enlightened
self-interest" is at least as old as Aesop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-26
The License of the Seas

ONCE more 1t is said in a cable dispatch
Ofrom Berlin, forecasting the reply to the
second American note, that Germany Is
fighting our battles for us, that she Is bat
tling, in fact for the freedom of the seas.
We cannot feel any sense of gratitude. The
trouble with this thing called the freedom
OF the seas has always been that some one
nation fights for 1t and then, If successful,
keeps it IL it can.
Germany's possession Of the freedom of the
seas would hardly be an improvement on
England's. In other words, who rightfully
owns the ocean? We know whose might is
ruler of the waves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-26
FIGHTING PROFESSORS
They Left Their German ClassroOms for
the Camp When War Broke Out.

THE war in Europe, WI lie not completely
i closing Germanys great universities has
practically depopulated their classrooms In
these institutions before the war there were
moro than $1,000 matrioulated students. The
University OF Berlin had nearly 10000
stlll at their tasks in the laboratory how
ever scientists are working quietly but no loss
efficiently on problems raised by the war-tha
geniuses who are said 70 be discovering aub-
stitutes for copper and gasoline ana other
things They deserve a paragraph in the his.
tory OF the war, because they give an InlkIing
OF the extent to which the best brains OF m.
nation are enlisted for the war"-whieb 70
every German is synonymous with a ''winn,n1
war"
Many OF the professors in the German unI
versitss laid aside their classroom notshool.
at the beginning of hostilities and went 10 n.
real nring-lne-not the hring line with wbtcb
We associate the names OF Haeckel Euehsn ara
tho others who wrote for the beneAt Of o,,,
aiders "the truth about Germany" An Am.r,-
ean' writing from Berlin, says that the "oernsn
air raids. for instance might not be oujts y,
SUCCESSFUL II the nearest meteorology professor
whom We dub weather-prOphst at home. war.
not eailea up on the telephone hrst and aaksa
ABOUT the matter In many other ways the
s'hs metsofolosist Is a. indispensable as ths
s0lnlnsnalhs general And II one happens 10 be
inquisitiVs he win discover profsssors -
sociology and professors Of economies nro.
te-soFa OF history and professors OF lan,uag,.
anthropolosists. statlsticians ana most 49,.
IN me eatalosue plying their trade at the fron,
or the immediate rear '
lhs aaYaniase Of having professors Of Ian.
guases hanging around the nsivhhor,,s.. an.
battle ia apparent even 70 he 1s,,-as u
me amount Of linguistic talent on Mana !. su'
neneyaeis' 4 one did not hear Il onssslf 4,
me FIJI contingent should ever arrive w., -. -
p sure that some German professor 49, saa 4,
s'll win ee there to put them through 81 a.,
examination es fast as brought IN. e'-'
AN this does not bastu \, -,
% proisssoFial usefulness II eorrs.s..,..l go
.ssls'l9lly ten the world that ne berbsr,ss.
HAse sacked city. destroyed this 4. -.
sasnsosab mauisd ne monuments n s,,.s '4
l' assf'Asns o. future tourlals y oissss.'s