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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24
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POLI'S


 pr. Carl Herman, the wizard of electricity, will complete his most successful engagement at Polls this evening, where he has scored a. pro- Eound hit as the headline attraction in an excellent bill of vaudeville and 1hotopiays, Dr.. Herman handles deadIyg currents of electricity with a nonchaEance that is sbeWildering and also contributes some rare comedy with volunteer subjects who receive electrical treatrnent. His illusion. .'The Window of the Haunted House" is as unusual as it is puzzling.
 Two feature photoplays present William Faversham, the noted dra- rnatie star, and Harry Lauder, the famous comedian. Mr. Faversham is seen in a ffve-act drama sfOne Mill lion Dollars a gripping story of romance and intrigue. MT. Lauder and Neil Kenyon are featured in a comedy film, A Game of GoIf.''
 An extra added feature in the vaudeville program presents Airline & Adler, old favorites here, in a brand uAw offering that has won them new larrels. Macart & Bradford present a reTaeuy play1et dealing with the r.cc1uen1aI dissipations of a-prohibi- ton candidates for mayor, and win many laughs with the scintil1ating lines.
 Other attractions include: Roxey LaRocco, the Italian harpist in a. pleasing program of classic and pop ular airsA Anne from Virginia, child prodigy in a delightful singing diver sion; and Lester & Mori, f.the funny soldier and his girL''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24
ANNIVERSARIES OF RING BATTLES

1S99|Tommx West defeated Frank Craig in A rounds at New York. While neither West nor Craig were champion, either of them could put up a mighty good argument for the mid dleweight title against the best of the recent crop. Tommy was a WeIshman, stood only 5 feet Ak inches, and looked as mild and meek as a cf1erub. Ccaigs4was at least 5 inches taller than West, and was known as the Harlem Coffee Cooler 2 In spite of his great advantage in height, Craig wasn't a match for the clever, game, hard-hitting We1shmap, and in the 14th round he was all through and all but out. West was defeated by stScaloy Bill" Quinn, Tom my Ryan and Jack Foot, but he was Knocked out only twice in his career, once by idSMcCoyl and once by Mar win Hart. He was the only white Welterweight of his day who wasn't afraid of Joe Walcott He defeated the Barbados 5De1no11f three times; and once fought him to a draw. Craig's ring career extended over 20 years, and he fought in the welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight divisions
 1861-Charlie Mitchell, English light heavyweight boxer, born in Birmingham Na
 s19o5-Honey Melody knocked out Jack O'Keefe- in 11th round at Butte, Mont.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24
LYRIC


 Business at the Lyric continues on the high water mark where popular Cecil #Spooner and her company of dra naatic sexperts are now ain their fourth enormous month, this week prosecuting that splendid big romance of the ring, Polly geof the Circus . the play beautiful, whiclnaA possesses wonderful human appeal heart inter- est, and an abundance Of sure com edy. : Next week comes the famous war play Inside the Lfnes which ran all last season at tthe Longacre Theatre in New Tor kse It was written by the author of Seven. Keys to BaIdpate,' the most famous of recent farces which George. M. Conan made into pne of the biggest successes Of recent years. and it has that resource fulness of invention that tenseness of plot, that audacity ofshumor and that fund @of human nature which made s.Sevenz Keys to Baldpate,s as unique in it's field as sInsfde4the Lines is in the Nea4ss crop of war plays.
 AIH the pfcturesque te and colorfu1 Csfbra1tA life, with it's hordes of tourists. It's military officers. etc, en- ters into the telling of the story of ..Insfde the 1dnes.g' called by the crit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24
PLAZA

Today is the last opportunity Bridgeporters will have to see the 1nuch-ta1ked-of and much-adrnired musical comedietta, tsThe Fashion Shop,s which is breaking all Attend ance records at the popular Plaza. Hugo Jansen, Europe's fayorite fash ion designer, is hetting, designing and draping more beautifuIA gown crea- tions than ever before on his strik- ingIy pretty young models and the crowds at every perforn1ance are highly enthused with the beauty of it all Mr. Jansen is allowed just two minutes in which to design and create his gown from the raw material and he always makes good. Blanche La tell of Naughty Marietta fame, is in the offering. Seeing her in the be- ginning of the act as the excrutiat- tors feel a little shock of surprise Of delight when she is transformed to the pretty bride in her stunning bridal .eostumhe .Erl Corr as the .-rube popperv fills in with more rn1rth- In fact the entire production, from the opening chorus to the final curtain Is one sweet series of song, novelty surprises. beauty and mirth,. thatSecuId not fail to win the. admira-' ten of the most exacting. vaudev1lIaH : The renainder of the vaudeville program isaoh 8 high quality and fits iAi's with the standard set by the head-z line att4action.F It includes Myrtle and Paula, a paire Of very charming girlfes in a classy. offering of-song and eccentric comedy quipss The Turpins in their original, nonsensieaf oddity entitled -AThe Girl and the Bank sSsarad Harry ThrfIfeF in a sefies4 of bafanc-i ing stunts that keep you on the edge of fvours seat throughout his act.
 ssThe Heights of Hazardss a. five-5 reel film drama by Cyrus Townsend Brady, is creating much 'comnaent and it should The story "a powerful one, uniquely tolde and it holds the finish sEss.s-...
 Countess Count and -sThe Tiger Cab complete the bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24
EMPIRE

five part Broadway Universal master production unfolding a delightful tale Of bo1anys Scotland will be the. featured attraction at this theatre tomorrow.
 Today's5 feature program consists or a number of select subjects headed by the final episode of the peer of all film serials, teThe Broken Coin, 's- in which are featured Francis Ford and Grace Cunard, two of the most popu- lar stars of filrn1oIn-
 On every Thursday first run Para mount weekly will be shown in, con Junction with the regular programs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24

I FLOWERS
 Fc5H TTEANKSGIEING JOHN HECK R SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24
WEST END THEATRE

Tonight Manager N. c. Lund of the West End theatre on State street near Clinton avenue. presents the stately queen of the silent drama, MIne- Olga Petrova. in s-The Vampire. a Meter picture in five parts; Ruth Stonehouse in Miss Fsreckles.'' an Essaney two part feature will also be shown. 9th CT pictures .tomorrow. Continuous show I:20-10t30; Wilton Lackay. Rosemady, Theby and Harry Meyers, n The Man of Shame.H a six part Tnfversa1s Broadway feature is the
 ol1day attraction Tel 232sA13
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24

ics ''the best war play since, Secret Serviee.' is a. strictly neutral drama, despite it's secret agents and disasters a-planning.s It is as o-the-rninute in it's timeliness as the latest news paper extra, and yet it deals with love and courage, and pluck and loyalty, and the real American feeling, that haXe-.no date. Miss Spooner will be seen as 'tJane Gerson,'' a breezy young American girl, buyer for a New York establishment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24
FUCHS OF FIRM
 OF D. B. LOEWE & CO, DEAD

Danbury, Nov. 24-Martin Fuchs, junior member of the firm of D. E. Loewe & Co., plaintiffs in the Dan bury matters litigation, died at his home here yesterday, aged 60.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24

The British steamer OakheId! West SEngland, for an Anieri- can port, was reported to be in dis tfess @ fatlessoutheast of Cape Itsce,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24

Henry Ford visited President Will sen and asked him to call a meeting of neutral nations to convene about Christmas to draw up plans for estab- fishing peace in Europe.
Evening star., 1915-06-18
Further Appeal LIS Made.

was so convinced Of the desperate
need of these cars that I ventured to
add one more appeal to the many I
have made for assistance at home; and
the response has been most generous.
The Washington Red Cross gave 1000.
another $1,000 was Immediately raised
in Washington. and about $500 more
has come since; SO that I now have
enough to pay for three cars. But
l should like to think that the United
States had given at least one forma-
tion OF seven cars; and therefore add,
to my warmest thanks for the gifts
already received, a pressing appeal to
those who may not have heard Of this
last attempt to alleviate the long
anguish of the war
Contributions should be addressed to
me as follows: Mrs. Wharton, IS Rue
de Varenne, Paris: or to Mime. la Com
tesse d'Haussonville. Rue dc Constan-
tine, Paris; and should in all cases be
distinctly marked Pour Convois
d'automobiles auxiliaires''.
append below a list of the prices
OF tho different cars;.and the Red Cross
committee asks me to add that 1t is
glad to name the cars after their
donors, II the latter approve Of the
idea EDITH WHARTON.
Paris, June 4, 1915.
Evening star., 1915-06-18
GROWING OF SUGAR CANE
AN ANCIENT INDUSTRY
Mention of Product Found in Rec
ords Long Antedating the
Christian Era.

Growing sugar cane is industry so
old that 1t antedates the Christian era
by many centuries, according to an ar
ticle by Edward Albes in the May
number of the monthly bulletin of the
Pan-American Union.
Scientists admit they do not know
just where the sugar cane originated"
Mr.. Albes writes, for nowhere has it
been found in it's wild state. 1t has
been a cultivated product for many
centuries, and the first mention to be
found in written records sin the sa-
cred books of the Hindus 4 have
crowned thee with a shooting sugar
cane, so that thou shalt not be averse
to me-. was written many centuries
before the Christian era. In the train
of Alexander the Great during his
Asiatic conquests were some observ-
ant persons who made notes of what
they saw. when not too busy killing off
the inhabitants, and in these written
documents. according to later writer's
who fell heir to them, is told the story
of a reed growing in India which
produces honey without bees Thus
sugar cane was evidently well known
In that country before 320 BIC.
First Mention of Sugar.
LAS to the manufactured product of
the cane. the first kind of sugar of
which mention is made was a concen-
trated cane juice called CUR in India
tgud' in Sanskrit), and this seems to
have been known as a food from pre-
historic times. That its manufacture
was a well established industry in In
dia in the seventh century is attested
by the old Chinese encyclopedia, the
Pen-tsao- kang-mu, which states that
the Emperor T'ai-tsung, who refgned
from 627 to $50 AID. sent some of his
people to Behar to learn the art of
sugar making. The manufacture of
sugar even in the early centuries of the
Christian era was not restricted to the
mere evaporation of the juice OF the
cane to dryness, for the Arabs and
Egyptians had soon learned how to
and incidentally how to make great
variety Of sweetmeats. or candy. out of
the product"
The author tells of the introduction
of'the cane into Sicily by the Arabs in
703, whence It was taken to Africa, to
Spain and all along the coast Of the
Mediterranean sea, as we'll as to the
isla nds and borders Of the Indian ocean.
The Crusaders found extensive sugar
cane plantations in Tripoli. Mesopo-
by the fourteenth century the cane was
being cultivated in every part Of tho
known world where soil and climate
were propitious.
It came to South America by being
introduced into Brazil by the Portu-
euese, who brought II from Madeira,
and thence 1t spread to nearly all the
other countries Of that continent Co
lumbus is said to have brought 1t to
the D1and Of Santo Domingo, whence
introduced into the other islands Of the
West indies as soon rs they came un-
der European domination. The first
sugar cane came to Louisiana by being
sent to tho Jesuits from Santo Do
uainso in 1851, some English authorities
Aha date 1f37
Evening star., 1915-06-18
! ne Searchli8hf /
Opening Bombs.

Opening bombs is not an occupation
likely to be chosen by many men, but
the number of bombs and Internal ma
chimes being used annually in New
York city requires the services of a
special map TO Investigate them. Owen
Easan, officially known inspector
for the bureau of combustibles per-
forms this service
During his work in the bureau of
combustibles, Inspector Eagan has
Spened, analyZed and destroyed over
5000 bombs. He has only been in
jured by one. That was in small
pa asteboard box resembling a CANDY
box, but il was made with deadly pre-
;Cision. Despite his care in opening IL,
there was an explosion which knocked
Sim senseless and sent him to the hos
Sital with a badly shattered arm and
Eother injuries.
:. Few days pass without some one dis
covering a bomb. Cranks of all ma
tons have learned to make these dead
ly packages. and the inspector is fire.
quently confronted with new designs.
Every bomb is opened and destroyed
and a careful record is kept of them.
Before opening bomb, Inspector
Eagan examines II carefully. His
sense of smell enables him to identify
1t, usually, since dynamite, nitro
glycerin and guncotton each has a dis
tinctive odor. Water is never used
upon bombs. as 1t serves to short cir
cult an electric bomb and may hasten
~
Evening star., 1915-06-18
BRITAIN SOON TO REPLY
TO AMERICAN PROTEST
Answer to Complaint Against Order
in Council May Govern Contents
of Future q. s. Notes.

Great Britain is soon to reply to the
American note of March 80. protesting
against the order in council, restrict
ing on-contraband commerce Of neu-
trail countries with Germany. This was
officially stated on direct intimations
from Great Britain. This reply, it is
thought. may obviate the protest
against British interference with
been under administration considera-
tion for several weeks.
United States officials have been pre-
pairing an answer to the British notes
which preceded the issuance Of the or
der in council and covering the aca-
demic principles as they were affected
by the law of contraband and contfnu-
Gus voyage.
The United States has never admitted
the right of the allies to detain carRoes
ports when enemy destination is not
proved, and several cases still are pend
ing in which that principle is involved.
All in Single Note.
The close relation of the order In
council prohibiting non-contraband
commerce with Germany to the traffic
in contraband articles with neutral
countries has caused officials to com.
bine all phases of these questions fnsa
single note, which is expected to be
sent as soon as all data is obtained and
when the situation with GERMANY is
clarified.
The possibility that Germany NAV
suggest a modus vivendi whereby sub
marine warfare would be abandoned
II the allies order in council vera re-
voked and the usual laws of contra
band put into effect is one of tho con-
siderations which has delayed the dis
patch of the American note to Great
Britain until the German reply to the
last communication from the United
States is at hand.
Should a new note from Great Britain
arrive IN the meantime. the communi-
cation now under preparation to be
sent to the allies would necessarily he
modified accordingly and of1cials TODAY
were unable to predict Just when some
development In the situation might be
expected.
Would Facilitate Commerce.
Since the expiration of the period al
lowed by the British government for
the 1ree passage through the Al1fs5
plockade lines OF German and Austrian
goods purchased by American import
ers before March last, tho State De-
partment has undertaken to make some
arrangement with the importing inter-
ests in New York which will facilitate
this commerce.
Under the order in council which now
applies all such goods must go before
British prize court II has been suR-
gested. however. that an arrangement
of cargoes in American ships. with
goods coming from Germany easily,
accessible would reduce delays to a
min irun
Evening star., 1915-06-18
Auxiliary Motor Formation.

Kitchen motor used to feed tho
wounded on their way back from the
front. $1,000.
Motor with sterilizing apparatus for
operating room, $500.
Motor with radiograph plant and dy-
namo powerful enough to light q small
temporary hospital. $500.
Motor to carry supplies and repair
ing tools. $500.
Laundry motor and motor with dry
ing machine. $1,000 each. (These two
motors wash and dry 1856 miles of linen
in three hours)
Motor carrying the Red Cross odicer
in charge Of the detachment, $500.
Evening star., 1915-06-18
To Collect Photos of Belgium.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press,
LONDON. May 30.-In order that an
adequate record may be preserved to
posterity of the architectural beauties
of that part of Belgium which has
been devastated by the belligerent ar
mics, a committee has been appointed
by the Royal Institute of British
Architects to collect photographs. dra W.
ings and old prints Of all buildings OF
historic interest The committee will
also gather complete maps and plans
Of towns, illustrated guidebooks to in
dividual towns and any other works
which may be of value along similar
lines The collection when completed
will constitute a special wing of the
society's library.
Evening star., 1915-06-18
Sixteenth Century Temperance.
From the London Chroficle.

From the London Chrofic!e.
Germany would seem to have given
the lead in the matter of temperance
societies. January IS, 1917. man
ramed Sigismund de Diettrichstein
formed the Order of st. Christopher.
and in 1900 the Landgrave of Hesse
formed the Order of Temperance. both
societies aiming at the promotion OF
moderation. What moderation meant
in byeone Germany may be gathered
from the fact that members of the
first order pledged themselves to alb
stain from toast drinking. while those
of the second were pledged mot to
drink more than seven glasses OF
liquor at time. and that not oftener
than twice a day.
Evening star., 1915-06-18
MORE FUNDS NEEDED
FOR MOTOR HOSPITAL
Mrs. Edith Wharton Again Appeals
to Washingtonians for Aid in
Forming New Branch.
Detachment for French Red Cross
Costs About $1,000, and Some
Funds Have Been Received.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
few weeks ago l wrote to friends
in Washington giving an account of
very interesting new motor formation
for the front, which has been recently
organized by one of the branches Of
the French Red Cross (Societe de Sc
cours aux Blesses Mlitaires) with the
approval and under the advice of the
war office.
These formations consist of seven
for travelling on narrow and rough
reach points near the fighting line not
accessible to the larger and heavier
hospital motors already in use. Each
formation consists of seven cars (the
chassis Of which are furnished free
of charge by the war off1ce). and the
whole detachment costs $4,000.
My visits to the second-line am
balances have shown me the urgent
necessity Of putting at once into
the field as many as possible of these
light and economical detachments.
which are the result Of nearly a years
experience in the use of motors at the
front. Nothing else can help in the
same degree to mitigate the awful suf
ferings on the fighting line.
The field hospitals are installed either
in farmhouseS or in earth huts built
in the trenches. and heating and light
ing are of the most primitive. Opera
candlelight, and the arrangements for
sterilizing and washing. where they
exist, are mere makeshifts. Hot food
is another necessity, and the kitchen
motor Is invaluable for feeding the
wounded on the way to the base hos
pitalS
Evening star., 1915-06-18
Cuba Greatest Producer.

Although practically all Of the coun-
tries Of the Pan-American Union culti-
vate the cane. Cuba Is the greatest pro-
Queer of cane sugar, not only in the
western hemisphere. but in the world
The total production of the western
hemisphere for the 1884 season
amounted to 4,s19.s14 tons, of which
Cuba produced 2,597.732 tons, or nearly
90 per cent. The total cane-sugar pro-
duotion of the world was s,773.34s tons.
and deducting the 2,262,600 tons pro-
duced by India and locally consumed
it is seen that Cuba produces nearly
35 per cent of the cane sugar that is
available in thA markets of the world
The United States is the greatest
sugar-consuming country of the world.
In 1913 its total consumption amounted
to 3,143,139 tons-including cane, beet
and maple. This is a per capita con-
sumption of S5.4 pounds per annum.
Much of this is consumed in the form
of candy, over s5oo.ooo,O 900 being spent
for that sweet commodity in the United
states every year. New York is the
largest candy-consuming center In the
world, and to supply that city alone IT
would take five trains Of fifty cars,
each foa dsd to the limit with candy.
every week in the year. II it had to be
shipped in on a railroad.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-17
Wby Santa Lives.

Mas there ever n wider or more low
Ing conspiracy than that which keeps
the venerable figure Of Santa Claus
from slipping away. with all the other
old'tlme myths, into the forsakcn won.
dorland Of the past? OF all the per
sonngcs whose marvellous dolnss once
filled the minds Of men he alone sur
Wives.
lie has outllved MI the great gods,
and all the impressive and poetic
conceptions which once flltted between
heaven and earth-these have gone,
but Santa Claus remains by virtue OF
n conmon understanding that child.
hood shall not be despolled Of one OF
Its most cherished beliefs. either by
the mythologlst, with his sun myth
theory, OF the scientist. with his heart
less dlatrlbe against superstition.
There Is a good deal more to be said
on this subject If this were the place
to say 1t. Even superstition has Its
uses and sometimes It's sound Heart OF
truth. lie who does not see In the
legend Of Santa Claus beautiful faith
on one side and the naive embodiment
OF divine fact on the other is not III
A.. al a. Ia l4aN a.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-17
Once Upon a.Cime.

Nv little child comes TO my knee
And. iurging, pleads that he may cllml
Into my lap 10 hear me tell
The Christmas tale beloved so we'll
a tale my mother told me.
Beginning CONGO upon a time"
II In tale Of skies that rang
with angel rharsodlca sublime;
OF that great host, serene and white,
Tho shepherds saw one wlntry night
And Of the glorious stars that sang
An anthem once upon "a time.
This story Of the hnllowed years
Tells Of the sacrifice sublime
OF one who prayed alone and wept
while his wearied followers slept
And how his blood and Mnry's tears
Commngled. once upon time.
And now my darling at my Alde
And echoes Of the distant chime
Bring that sweet story back to me.
OF bethlehem and Calvary
And Of the gentle Christ who died
For sinners once upon a time.
The mighty deeds that men have told
In pondcrous tones Of fluent rlme
Like misty shadows fade away.
hut this sweet story hldes for aye
And. like tho stars that sang Of old,
We sing OF "oncc upon n time"
Eugene Field.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-17
Mot Until Mex, chrl.tma,.n

II was said the other day by an old
southcrner in Washington that no
home loving vlrglnIan ever would move
"untll after the next Christmas" The
next Christmas comes and goes, but
there IL still another to come, aud the
moving Is put on and, happily, will be
put on until holiday spirit has gone
from the south, spirit that will 20
when the south goes.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-17

with Every Zoe purchase you get free
chance at a $1,000 HOY Of Can,'S.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-17

ETCHED AND ENGRAVED GLAl
HAMMERED BRASS GOODS.
CHOCOLATE SITS.
TOILET ARTICLES.
PICTURE PANELS.
HOLIDAY STATIONERY.
CHINAwARE.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-17

DOLLS.
DOLL BUGGIEs.
TOYS, GAMES, ETC.
CIGARS. HOLIDAY BOXES.
HOT AND COLD DRINKS.
AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS.