davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

-oR the FIRST time since the opening OF
II New Yorks social season, over month
J. ago. there is a breathing spell for the
,..,,,ntes. Last week, up to Friday, was the
,,., one since the entertaining began, and
ar, was not day that was not filed with
,reb.ons receptions, dinners, theatre parties
=, dances. on some nights as many as FIVE
80. private dances taking place. The enter
ming. however, with one or two exceptions,
=. Friday and on Christmas Eve and yester-
~ was confined to family dinners, but to-
arrow will see a strenuous renewal OF the
..,i,l activities winding up in blaze Of glory
=. N. end Of the week with the New Years
~. parties Many private affairs have been
ranged for that night, and in addition numer-
-. suppers and dances will be given at the
s,,bionable restaurants and hotels, where spe-
al arrangements for seing the Old Year out
-; n. New Year in have been made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
49, SOCIETY WELCOMES The NEW YEAR
The New Year Ushers I'm Social
Activities for Debutante and
Society Marion.

entertained at cards in the Louis XVI ball
room of the Hotel Majestic on Wednesday.
Afterward there was dancing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

The annual Christmas dinner for the mothers
and children OF the East Side Clinic. Mrs.
Noble Mcconnell, founder and president, will
he given in the Cinderella Restaurant, l44 East
Eighty-sixth Street, tomorrow evening, under
the craftsmanship OF Mrs. William II. Specht
A large Christmas tree has been provided tor
the children, and after the dinner they will be
entertained by Punch and Judy show, fol
lowed by the distribution Of toys donated by
Mrs Francis Macdonald Sinclair, Mrs. Robert
II. Davis. Mrs. Albert Z. Smith, Mrs. Homer
Lee and Mrs. Alvah Nickerson.
Others who have made donations are Mrs.
Augustus c. Corby. Mrs. Samuel Gardner Is
,abrook Mrs. Walter Griffith, Mrs. Noble
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

tn. Ball Of the Gods" is 10 take place at the
Ho's Astor on Friday evening, February II,
sa1 the invitations for il will be issued on
Jtausry 3. There will be no public sale OF
l'fe.s and no one will be admitted 20 the ball
n the boxes unless in neurological costume.
lloyd Warren is chairman Of the ball com
1i''ee The intention OF the committee is 70
'''hze isneiful conception OF some Olympus
mere all the gods ever imagined might be
opposed 70 meet. II is expected that the
s'sss will do their utmost by the care and
~ginston lsvished on their costumes, TO
any this idea into an artistic effect.
10. committee on costumes has arranged
.'n the New York Public Library and with
- avery Library al Columbia University TO
~ ssid. for consultation large number OF
TX which have reference 90 costumes.
ihs members Of the artistic profession vii
- N. most part appear in the Hindu tsblesu.
s'me Brush, the painter, lately returned
''m Rome, will direct the costume and color
'''oe OF this division. assisted by Paul Man
Ssrry Faulkner and Homer 81. Csudens.
me third tsblesu will represent scenes from
W. Mythology executed in the archaic man
winch 10 found In the art remains Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

Butler. Mrs. Gordon Knox Bell, Mrs. Corne
lius N. Bliss, Mrs R. Fulton Cutting, Mrs. Bay
ard c. Cushing, Mrs. Clifford A. Cochran, Mrs.
Seymour Cromwell, Mrs Frederick Y. Dalziel,
Mrs. John R. Drexel, Mrs. Charles Dana Glib
sor. Mrs E. II. Hartman Mrs. W. Pierson
Hamilton. Mrs Archer Huntington, Mrs En-
nest Iselin, Mrs Kenneth M. Murchson, Mrs.
Iunius Spencer Morgan, Mrs. George D. Pratt,
Mrs. Alexander Dallas B. Pratt. Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, Mrs. Joseph Z. Stevens, Mrs. Will
lard D. Straight, Mrs. Robert Sedgwick, Mrs.
Ralph Sanger Mrs. Leonard M. Thomas, Mrs
Whitney Warren, Mrs. Alfred Wagstaf, jr,
Mrs. George Whitney Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney and Mrs. Payne Whitney.
Through the courtesy of Mrs. J. Dyneley
Prince, the LOOMS Sanatorium will give
dance and supper in the ballroom OF the New
Colony Club, Park Avenue and Sixty-second
Street, on Wednesday evening, January 5. The
proceeds will 60 to the support of free beds
for consumptives at the Annex. Tickets in
GLIDING supper, are IS, and may be obtained
from Mrs Prince 102 East Thirty-sxth Street.
The patronesses include Mrs. James Herman
Aldrich Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mrs. James l..
Barclay, Mrs Raynal c. Boiling, Mrs. John E.
Cowdin. Mrs. John Coster, Mrs. c. c. Cuyler,
Mrs. r. Fulton Cutting, Mrs. Joseph S. FIRE.
linghuysen, Mrs. Cass Gilbert, Mrs. w. How
ard Glider. Mrs. John Greenough, Mrs. Edwin
Gould, Mrs. p. Cooper Hewitt, Mrs. William
P. Hamilton, Mrs. Clarence Hyde, Miss Clara
HYDE. Mrs. Richard Irwin, Mrs. John c. Kerr,
Mrs. Frederic E. Lewis, Mrs. J. Pierpont Nor
gan. Mrs. Arthur T. Moulton, Miss May Moul-
tor. Mrs Mary Ostrander, Mrs. Frank Brinley
Porter. Mrs. Seton Porter Mrs. Frank Potter,
Mrs. Henry Redmond, Mrs. NJ Thayer Robb,
Mrs. Iustus Rupert, Mrs. George Stetson, Miss
Ethel Stetson. Mrs Charles Steele, Miss Cath
crime Stuyvesant, Mrs. James Speyer, Miss
Helen v Sherman and Mrs. Moses Taylor.
Solendd work Is being done by the American
Fund for French Wounded, with headquarters
2, 80 West Thirty-ninth Street for the smaller
hospi,als in France, where supplies are SO
mich needed. Instruments, clothing and sur
oicai dressings are shipped direct 10 France,
where the American Funds motors deliver
them at once 20 the hospitals.
On N. committee arc the Countess de Ia
Cree. Miss Anne Morgan, Mrs. Charles NJ
Chaplin. Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, mrs
Ethelbert Nevin, Miss Maud Wetmore, MISS
Elizabeth Scarborough, Mrs. DAVID Corneil
Briggs. Mrs John List Crawford Marcel
steinbruqge William Law Stout and Parker
Nevin.
a benefit performance will be given at the
Metropolitan Opera House on Tuesday even
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

Miss Beatrice Stevenson, of "A Fifth Avenue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Heimerdinger, OF Il
East Eighty second Street announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss Ceeile II.
Heimerdinger, 10 Sidney Prayer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

The Association of the Women OF 1918 will
give ball at the Biltmore Hotel on Monday
evening January "a. Tickets are now on sale
at the Aero Club of America, at many OF the
leading hotels and at the home OF the treas
urer. Mrs c. B. Averill, 1893 Fifth Avenue
There will be exhibition dancing and instru-
mental and vocal music Many OF the debu-
tantes of the season will sell flowers and act as
ushers The ball is for the purpose of raising
a fund to purchase an aeroplane for the coast
defence OF New York. Mrs. Edward D. Mos
ley, of 1893 Fifth Avenue, is president OF the
association.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

a benefit performance will be given at the
Metropolitan Opera House on Tuesday even
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

Miss Helen Durham Haynes will be intro
tlsea to society on Wednesday at reception
Ehieh her mother, Mrs. D. Oliphant Haynes,
I'll give for her at her home II West Ninety
'ourth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

Mss Isabel M. Warren, daughter of Mr.
ard Mrs. George P. Warren. OF 339 West Sew
sS-srst Street. is one OF the debutantes OF
n. season
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

The engagement has been announced OF Miss
Belle Greenstein, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Nathan Greenstein of 645 West i6oth Street
70 Chester C. Lawrence, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
A. Lawrence. OF III West End Avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

Mss Helene Smith took part in the enter
snment recently given at the Waldorf-Astoria
y the National Catholic Association OF
Women.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
FRIDAY EVENING
DANCES RESUMED

The Friday Evening Dances, which were
given last winter for several different charities,
will be resumed on Friday evening, January
7. in the Della Robbia room Of the Hotel Van
derbilt The committee in charge includes
Richard Peters Alfonso de Navarro, Horace L
Stebbins. Moncure Robinson, Hamilton Fish,
jr, Percy R. Pyne, I'd, William w. Hoffman,
w. Rhinelander Stewart jr- Francis Roche
and Charles d. Wetmore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

White Sulphur Springs. w. Va, Dec, u.s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

Mr.. and Mrs James Benedict Fitzgerald, OF
2l7 Glenwood Avenue, East Orange, N. J., an
nounce the engagement Of their daughter. Miss
May Gertrude Pendleton, 70 Bradford Har-
wood, of Orange, N J.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
SERVICE AT FRONT
 SPOILS WORKMEN FOR TASKS IN THE FIELD

Paris, June 24-Service at the front seems to indispose men for work in the fields. The military auth critics gay great many leaves to reservists to permit them to do the work of seeding; they were obliged later to ask the local authorities to send back to the front all men who neglected the work for which they were sent home.
 An employment bureau organized to recruit farm help to replace the men at the front succeeded in placing only $500 refugees from Belgium and northern France. Spaniards, Kabyles from Algeria and Moors were tried unnecessarily, yet, thanks to the wo- men, the total wheat acreage is il, 446, ,256 acres against last years 12,- 996, ,660, of which 696,2O4 acres were in invaded territory.
 Reports from the eleven regions in- to which France is divided for pur- poses of statistics give the wheat crop prospect as averaging 72 which is con- sfdered~ quite satisfactory. AN
 This average is about the same as that of last year Flight depart ments show up better than last year and eight not so well.
 The departments that were invaded and are still partially occupied show the astontshingly high percentage o1 76.
 The cash wheat market in France is paralyzed by the governments re- quirement that no wheat may be ship ped from one9 department into anoth- CT unless there Is shipped back in re- turn an equivalent quantity of four.
 Barley, oats and nearly all iothe CT crops promise we'll as wheat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
MACHINE GUN BIGGEST
 STRENGTH OF GERMANS

British Headquarters, France, June 24.-It is almost impossible to ~exag- gerate the importance of the German strength in machine guns, which they use with the greatest skill and cour4 age.
 They had a stock of 5o,Ooo on hand at the beginning of the war, and have been keeping this supply replenished constantly from their arms factories.
 A favorite trick is to leave a ma chine gun or two hidden in a cellar or similar place of concealment. un- til the enemy's advance has swept by and then open fire on the rear. The post of the men serving the gun Is of course hopeless, but they are fairly certain to sell their lives dearly, con tinuing to fire their gun to the last.
 As an instance of the deadly swift ness of machine gun fire, it is stated that a. man coming under fire of one of these weapons and shot through the head can be struck yet ten times more in the second or two he takes to fall to the ground.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
BRAVE TURKISH CAPTAINS PLY DARDANELLES WITH MUNITIONS
 OF WAR DESPITE SUBMARINES

ConstantinopIe, June 24.-Turkish steamers still run up the Sea of Mar mora from Constantinople to GalI- poll and Chanak. Notwithstanding the activity of the British submarines Their cargo is mainly war stores and munitions, and anyone who wishes to ship as passengers, whether he be Turk or alien, must have official per- mission to make the trip.
 The fear of submarines is very strong among the Turkish sailors, and the steamers bound for the fighting zone slip away from their docks at odd hours, generally midnight or later with a squad of sharpshooters, twelve or more in number, stationed along the rail on both sides of the boat, rifles in hand, straining their eyes out over the waters in search of the enemy. The Sea of Marmora has many porpoises, and to the excited imagination every porpoise seems a submarine. So the firing is frequent. The crack of the rifles tends to steady the nerves, however, so that by the time the real danger zone comes into sight the soldiers are quite indifferent to danger, and lounge about the deck with utter contempt for the under water enemy.
 steamers pass the big powder works, which even in the blackness of night present a scene of modern war. Eight towering chimneys belch forth smoke and flame, and the glare of the light ed windows tell of the struggle going on to keep pace with the demand for munitions.
 Ten hours from Constantinop1e finds the ship in the broadest part of the Sea of Marnora, and a, few hours later the peninsula of Galli- poll begins to draw near.
 of ', ie1 Fov from desolate. Every acre is cu1ti- vated. Roads wind in and out along the shore, and windmills crown the crest of the ridge of GalIipoH. Where ever the sea pushes into the land to form a bay, there is little town, busy and prosperous in a Turkish manner of speaking. In every case the salient feature is a sky-piercing minaretA At fixed points along the road, white tented military camps squat against the green landscape
 At Ga1lipoli a curious feature is provided by large black and white
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
DISCUSS PLANS FOR. REORGANIzATI0N OF SCHOOL CURRICULUM
City Normal System Will Be Changed When Autumn
 Term Is Instituted.

Plans for the reorganization of the teaching system at the City Normal school were discussed at the meeting of the board of education last night. It is planned to broaden the course in English and science, to have the City Normal school for practice by the sniors under a supervising critic as at present and to have another school for observation and practice by the juniors The new system will re- for normal work The committee had previously recommended the use of Bryant school by the juniors but this recommendation was reconsider ed last night and it was voted to allow the use of part of Bryant school and such other schools as were found necessary.
 On the recommendation of Samuel J. slawson who will succeed Dr. Charles w. Deane as superintendent of schools, the following teachers were chosen for instructors in the new high school:
 Herbert J.. Stack, in the English department, at a salary of $1,soo. He lis a graduate of Massac achusetts col l1ege and has been teaching in the khigh school at Wal1ingford.
 James Clyde Moore, science, $1,- 500. He is graduate of West Stockbridge, Mass, High school, 1898: Wi1l1ston academy Easthanpton, Mass, 1900; Harvard, 1904 with de- gree of B. S.. and Teachers college of New York, 1914. with degree of A. M. MT. Moore has been head of the department of mathematics of Worcester academy.
 Alma K. Becker of Yonkers, N.Y. graduate of Marietta academy. Ma rietta. Ohio, 1908; Marietta college, 1908 with degree of B. A; and of Teachers college in New York, 1914. CT,a fno e,.i- ences at a salary of $1,ooO a year. Rosa Mary Starratt, of New York,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24

English. $1,OOO, graduate of the Mt. Sterling high school in Lexington, ky, with degree of A. B., 1906, and Transy1vania college, Lexington, 1910, jed in the School of Education in Chicago, and Teachers college in New York, receiving an AM. degree.
 Miss Maude Kemmerer of IPhila.- delphia, is a graduate of William Penn high school, 1901; Swarthmore preparatory school, 1903; Swartmore college, 1907, with A. B. and from the University of Pennsylvania, and Teachers college of New York, She has had seven years of high school experience and will teach English and history at a salary of $1,ooo.
 Miss Katherine R. Adams is at present a teacher in the Commercial department of the Stamford high school, is a graduate of Wellesley and also a graduate of Teachers college of New York.
 The qualifications of each teacher were read by Commissioner John J. Cul1inan. There was little discussion and the meeting which began at 8:O5 adjourned at $50 o'clock.
 A communication was received from Durkin & Laas, contractors for the new high school stating that work and materials are being called for at the new building,f which are not call ed for in the plans and specifications. The firm served notice of it's intention to claim extra compensation. The ommunicatiop was referred to Ar chitect James G. Rogers.
 The request of pr. A. c. Tones for the use of rooms in Lincoln and Co., lumbus schools to carry on the den tai clinic during the summer months was referred to the committee on schoo1houses. The request of the park board for use of the lavatories at Shelton school in connection with the playground there and the use of the flagstaff was also referred to the same committee.
 The increase in the number of pu- pills in the North End has made it necessary to add eight rooms to the Read school now building and the addition was authorized at a cost of $6,oOO.
 / Secretary William B. Boardman re- ported that insurance for $5U.OO0 on the new High school now building would cost $500. Many of the members thought this rate, excessive in view of the fact that the school is a ~hreproof building. Secretary Boardman was instructed to get rates from other insurance agents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
.GERMANY'S FOOD
 SUPPLY IS SENT BY SWITzERL AND

London, June 24-Fno ornn o11f cr71S,Ya- a- titles of foodstuffs are pouring into Germany through Switzerland, accord ing to M. Jacques Dhur, a French ex- pert in international law.
 It seems that a convention ratified between France and Switzerland on July 26, 1914, provides that in case of war, France shall supply the F'ed- eral government of Switzerland with SOo,OOO tons of cereals 8 year. -Ac- cording to M. Dhur, 100 trucks each loaded with. between twelve and ff- teen tons of cereals, cross the French frontier every day for the Cornavin station at Geneva, while in ordinary times the monthly exports did not ex- ceed 4,000 or 5000 tons. At the same time enormous quantities of potatoes, beans, oil, and other vegetable pro- ducts are passing into Switzerland via Pontar1ier.
 To prevent commerce in contraband all merchandise is forward to a par ticuIar departm ent or province of the Swiss Confed iteration. M. Dhur, in his investigations of this dfstri bution found that a considerable proportion of the supplies went to Angst, close to the frontier point where the Ger man and Swiss railway systems are After a, discussion of various alleged methods of smuggling supplies through to Germany, M. Dhur adds that Germany has also been able to reVictua1 herself plentifuly through Italy. Merchandise was sent from an Italian port to Switzerland, and on it's way at Chiasso, between the Swiss and the Italian Customs, the word Trans it'' was added to it's label. In this way hundreds of trains of rice and other products have reached Ger many. The Gotfard line, by it's charter, is bound to give favored treatment to goods passing between Germany and Italy, and these foods were conveyed in concealed trucks. The line became so congested that the Federal Railways had to make use of the Simplon system.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
THEaMORmAs.

IThe following extract of a letter from 3, gentleman in St. Mary's to the Executive of Georgia leaves little doubt of Floridass having been secret ly transferred bysSpafn to the British government
 St. Maryss, June 10. 1915.
 "'It is pRoper your Exce1lency should know, that on the 7th inst brig and transport arrived at Amelia Island with Col. Nichols, Capt. Woodbine, and Indian Chief. and his son They have been asked, if they weres prepared to take posses sRon of the Province One of them replied, they were not yet supplied with meneyF and provisions for the purposeHthAt wasl the sole cause of delay; the supply was soon expect ed.''
 We can now account for the in ao1ences of 7Col. Nichols, and his at tempting to {foist nimself into the Creek Agancy sfor Indian Affairs. In formation has hbeen received by Col. Hawkins that the British white force at AEppa1achiooia, which was only 70 ora 50, has been somewhat dfmin1shedsi and their number of troops increased from 50 to TO, to about 800, LMiledgeville Journal, POSTPONE BOUNDARY LAYING.
 The. comn1issioneps appointed by the, government to nzaEk out, in con formity with JacRson's Treaty. the futune boundary of the Creek Ma ton have postponed doing so until suitable arrangements can be made for thats purpose Not the least ob- jection,. we have been told. was made by the indians, to th5.4 tine being run. Col Rershaw passed through the town yester day, on his way to his seat in Sos1tfls Carolina AIT. Barnett has gonhg to Huntsville. Mississippi Territory ,ssto lay in an adequate sup ply of3proSfsfons. Gen. Sevfer did not attend tnek kzneetfng.-Lbid.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24

| signboards erected here and there l over many of the buildings of the town. These are to indicate neutral property. How the owners hope that l the gun pointers of the ships in the
 Gulf of Saros, many miles away be- hind the hills, can see these sgns is not explained.
 The fact that. several important
 structures here were hit by those sky rocketing English shells impeIled | Enver Pasha to send twenty-five French and English prisoners from Constantine to be housed in Ga1li- 1 poll, where they subsisted for six days at the expense of Hoffman Phillip, secretary of the American
 embassy, who accompanied them off cialIy. A feature of Chanak is the coIIec- | ton of cats living in the street of the Lame Camel. They were gathered
 from various destroyed houses by a I ktnd-hearted Turk who now feeds them.
 Chanak is only the shell of a city, Beyond the white houses that line the seafront, there is nothing, except in the direction of Kilid Bahr, from which it is separated by only a few
 hundred yards of water Only when the visitor actually sees this narrow passage. swept by over fifty eight inch guns mounted thirty feet above the water, does the difficulty of at tenn mpting to force it become clear.
 Every inch of the surface of the wa
 ter is plotted on the artillery maps
 in the forts, and it needs but an i'm
 stant'ss calculation to get the exact
 range of any ships entering the zone.
 Two thousand shells per hour fell in Chanak during one of the bonn
 bardments by the British-f1eet, but
 the casualties in the forts were only
 26 killed and 50 wounded. The dam age to the forts was not serious. This is proof enough that the problem of attacking land Qualifications with ships even when they are armed with the most powerful guns, still leave a
 heavy margin of advantage with the forts.
 Admiral von Usedon, the German commander, is a gentleman with a kindly eye and a courteous manner.
 He wears the badge of the order Pour le Nerite and lives comfortably in concealed camp, where the at tentions of hostile aeroplanes have not yet been directed.