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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
PLAZA THEATRE.

Nothing could be funnier than Chardae Chaplin's woxk in His New kn rofess1on. which is being shown at khe Plaza the latter half of the week nnd every move brings a. roar of laugh skhr from1 the audience Charlie gets 4 la new job but alis everlasting thirst keauses him to jeopaasdiSe it more than fnnce i'm am effort to get money and xsorne of the schemes he uses are ksenoazglh to cause mysteries
 Heading the vaa1deviIle program is kPeter C. Piatti's famous dramatic EBAzetch entitled Ever woody" and it kk1enlanded the utmost attentdon of the Eaa1daence every moment it held the tstage The story conveys a strong taoral and is Splendfdly told, Every body leaves Work and Honesty for szailrk and Pleasure. takes a chance Ssgvahh Luck and refuses to listen to s@n down wreck Mntereepts him and lxzaEns hdEa that he is a. reflection of nssv,sry body palo leaves Wcrl and HIonekity for Shirk and P4easlree Ev- erybcdy refuses to heed the warming, esoes off with his boon npanhons, plays the races. and wins whaae Luck ls W4th him. Am old Sport coEneA along, ddr.ts with Luck and tickle Luck leaves hdEn. Everybody sinks to the aeptas His former intends pass hirn TOW glad to listen to. Advice brings alam back to Work and Honesty, through whom Everybody finds For hume. There are fourteen characters fin the cast and the act is staged dn knogu sceres-
 SdIver and DqIval have a novel skit atz1ah as chock fu11 of pleasing hrnnor fsyvith just enough story conectned to sEave 1t taste.
 Hilton and Rdberts please in a conn fedy singing, talking and dancing di- version rnat is out of the ordinary. The feRaazl e member Of tlie act fs an kexcept ptlo1a11y clever coanediennse and aneeps tne laughs coming at a lively elip while her panther displays a splen- did voice to advantage.
 Arthur and Grace Terry offering a sropdng novelty that kept the audience Interested and amused and hhe Caro-
 lima. Tive in a classy bit Of entertain sqz1enE made up the vaudeville.
 Her Winning Punch'' and stThe U.
 S. Aaxny in Frisco both Keystone
 Oounadles; s.In Old Itaays' and 'sThe 18etterz Way were shown on the pie tfure efeeE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
EMPIRE THEATRE
REWARD ABELHs
 IN "THE MnIIoN.'' 5


 Laugh and the world laughs with you Witness the T4cturized version of the biggest farce of a, decade, ssThe Million with Edward Abeles and you will only be able to laugh and laugh ing Is natures best remedy for oil kinds of ailments This film produc- t1on made for laughing purposes only was done in the Famous Players com pany's best style and was produced in association with Henry w. Savage and will be featured at Keeney's Elm pire theatre today and tomorrow in conjunctton with the regular program of select photoplays offered.
 The Million" is designed to create and compel laughter, though not much compulsioh is necessary. due to the great number of numerous incl dents in the plot. The situations are deftIy and logically arranged and clearly convey the farcicaI story Of the play.
 One of the funniest situations Of the piece is laid in the rooms of the great opera singer, Danatelli, who has an engagement to go to Boston to sing La Bohene. and he becomes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

January, February and March. is com posed of MT. E. L. French. Mrs. E. L.
 French and Miss Ellen A. Burke. Mrs. c. H. Sprague will read a paper on the hostory of the town of Peterboro, g, place rich in historic interest, and famous in these days as the home. of the McDowell colony of musicians and music lovers. In this town the famed McDoweTl pageant is given and is att tended by thousands. Another fea- ture of the January meeting will be an old fashioned spelling bee, to be
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

swe1led up with joy and excitement. But he must have 9 blouse to wear in
 the role so he goes off to hunt up a second hand store and purchases a, blue blouse which formerly belonged to an artist and sculptor who had thrust into the pocket of the garment a. lottery ticket for the prize of a million in a Mexican lottery. A burg lar breaking into the studio had used it to evade the police, and had brought it to the second hand store not know ing what the blouse pocket contain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
WbiIa Aho orao+

ed. While the great singer is pre- pairing to make his trip to Boston he is visited by a collection of strangers all looking for the blouse, because it has already been learned that the ticket was left in the blouse pocket.
 The blouse, is flung through the win dow and alights on the top of a nov ing taxi. The further frenzied search for the blouse has caused thousands to laugh and the unfolding of this story on the film in four parts is sure to convulse hundreds of thousands of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
SOCIAL. AND PERSONAL

Frank Malatesta of 676 Noble ave- nue, is visiting F. Dondero of Babylon, l.. l., and he will return to his home on Monday.
 The New Hampshire club of Bridgeport, will hold it's January meeting at the home of Charles M Penny. 3615 Main street. on Monday evening. January 1 1th. The entertain ment committee for the months of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

photop1ay goers the country over. Don't miss this opportunity of wit messing this feature as the picture will only be shown for the two days, Fri day and Saturday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

Seven hundred employees of the Lake Shore Railroad are working on increased schedules.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

The triangular Varsity crew race by Yale, Cornell and Princeton at Prince ton, will be rowed May 15
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08

followed by corn popping and a candy pull. Members and their friends from the Granite state are expected out in force.
 Master Norman N m n Biitz. of ss sf;Il,as5 sl.s, street. is recovering from serious Illness
 The many friends of Philip Breen. Of 6so Ldndley street, arc EurFy to hear that he is confined to his home.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12
fARRAND SCHOOL
Editorial stnn--Chief Charles Ro-
scnsvciEi associates. Idn Jerks,
Helen Carnegie, Earl Bstty. Ralph
Aronstnn, Agnes Perine. Abraham
Levine

Thursday afternoon the George
team met and was defeated by the
Farrand u 10 l. in 10 innings Bar
ney Greg pitched 90 the whole game
IN the ninth the score was tied Mt
Il to L. Farrand scored three runs
but tho George could only score one
and consequently lost. the second loss
had but we VIII try 90 pick up our
stride. and, although not so conf
dent, We viii be more cautious. No.
spirit like that OF the George school
cannot bow down 10 defeat without
RrittinC It's teeth and determining TO
win. You can't break steel by bend j.
ing u. II will only come back strong
er than ever. Therefore. we are not
yet "al in"
Miss Eugene Tromblle. millinery
teacher. mAde very pretty hat for
Mrs &, +. Chadsey. wife OF the SUI
rerlnt'Hdent ~ Detroit schools. /,
is pink. with very many flowers. and
pest Of MI IL Is well made Even
the box was prettily made by
Blanche.
In a test on patt4rn-f-,ak king given
by c. c. Cox Earl Benson passed %
per cent and Erwin Krejelk So. con-
stltutinE the two highest per cents.
Mr. Cox. Mr. Yourauist ana MIR
Camptharn are Timing" the lathes
M SO that by Monday the boys will
probably be able TO work ~ them
FOR that purpose the mechanical
drawing classes OF the morning were
not In session
Miss X. Hutchings gave her Oh
class test In algebra ard the FOL.
lowing were perfect: Emilia Never.
Lillian Baird, Sam Perliss and Erwin
krcjcik
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12
PITCHER SCHOOL.
Editorial Staff--Chief. Frank Bnrta.
associates, Esther kushuer. Irene
Thompson, Esther Hnske, Edward
Kupkn, Paul Ammcr, Orman Null
Uueski. Howard Hety

The girls OF room 4 go 10 tho
Craft school every Wednesday MORN
Ing for cooking lessons and arc dis
missed at ?.i5. Last Wednesday the
lesson WAS on bread making. and as
this requires great deal OF time,
the whole morning was given to IL.
As the next class was unable To re-
port FOR their lesson, the A-room
girls viii not cook next Wednesday
In order 10 have the girls OF the other
class make up their lesson. Every
one was delighted with their small
lOaves OF bread.
The chosen r,rls and boys OF y
room are going 10 Sugar island May
20. The girls are going 10 dance and
the boys are going TO perform ath-
letiC stunts
The motto chosen by the AS class
liz, knowledge Is priceless pearl,
found only by effort"
The boys of room 4 have made n
race track around the recess yard so
that they Tlay practice running. They
also practice the running broad jump.
shot put. hurdling and the dip Many
or the boys have improved. and we
hope TO win something at Sugar ISL
and this month,
our basc ball game with the owen
school, which was scheduled for Fri
day. had to be postponed on account
OF rain.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12
CRAFT SCHOOL
Editorial stDT CLtcf, Margaret
Strint associates, Milford west
wood. WALTER strfck.


Yes. IL IS true that the Graft de-
featcd the Clippert school by score
OF % 10 T. Ia its first game or the
season, and yet we extend our SYM
Paihy TO the Clippert players esps-
cialiy 10 their captain. The credit
wa duo To the Craft. By long drives
and splendid fielding, not emitting
the battery's splendid work. II is
hard 10 state whether the score would
have run so high IL the Clipperts IN
held was OF better material me
Clippert pitcher was given very poor
support (even Walter Johnson could
not have won the game), and still ne
smiled not even uttering wors OF
his great disappointment In their
helding lie played his part much
harder 10 show the other players
how 20 work About two home runs
aud SiE thrcc-tasc bits were made
by some OF our best players. The
Craft iine.up - as follows: Arthur
kowalske c, Wayne Brooks p. Ar
thur Easier III. Bert Kennie 90, Ben
Gretza 80. Geo. Barr RI, Raymond
Olet IT, Gordon Grant CT.
Walter iiorstmnn. OF a room, has
beautiful martin house, which he
values at eight dollars.
TueydUy. May 4. the singing teach
~ came Into our room TO hear our
singing. or course. the 4 and -
rooms had 10 show her their best. and
when she lef. she said that we were
good workers and was glad TO see H..
Icw's ;hil for winning the second
game with the Logan? They were
big. but we played and won. The
score was a small one. being only
! 10 D. hut that Is not bad when you
play against boys or their size.
4 very nico bird house is being
made by Wayne Brooks and Herbert
I Hnske. - S. "A large house and
viii be put In the Craft school yard.
How do you like this one? The
second team OF the Craft beat the
second team OF the CLANCY 33 10 Z.
aud they were some players. too.
The Craft school children are very
sorry because their editor In chief.
Margaret stein, is very Ill. The cdi-
tcrtal staff wish her speedy re-
covCry.
Captains OF athletic stunts will have
an outing May %. out 20 Sugar Is
land.
The Broom children have lost their
beautiful flag. which they received
for the least tordy marks.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12
WASHINGTON SCHOOL
Editorial stnn-Chief. Hrruicc Coheni
associates. Abe NnthnnsOn. Harold
Goldstetr. Hazel steele, Rhcn Ne
vercy. james shtlIinrton.

The pupils OF the special depart
ment have Joined the great army 20
war on tho fly this spring, and the
boys are busv making their own fly
swattcrs. The fy-swatters are so
we'll made that a number NJ tho hovs
have sold theirs In their neighhor-
hoods.
The director OF district school
near Almont visited the Washington
school Friday morning and was
greatly Interested In the work OF the
Mr. MandevU.e. principal spoke on
the trees that were presented 10 the
children. for Arbor Day.
Anyone finding book with about
20 rattle tickets from the Cubanola
base hall club will kindly return IL
20 Bennie Waterstone. room b
Frederick wilmer OF room p. had
his martin house on exhibition ct
the bird house contest. The chill
dren OF the room all hope he gets
first prize.
Miss Spencer. OF room F. has
drawn some very pretty blue birds
tie stanZa by Stevenson.
Room ~ pupils have dramatized
the story of THE Three PIGS" They
enjoy 70 very much.
The pupils Of room 7 have learned
the dances The Sailor Boy" Il See
Leo RothberE. OF room l.. has his
name on the roll OF honor for not
being absent or tardy the whole
term. Leo Is very proud.
Aldrich Locke. of room ", finished
- COURTS tests in 81 days. This IS
league pennant for this week
The children % room are learn
ing the "Ostend."
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12
COLUMBIAN SCHOOL
Editorial stnn-Chief. Harvey wal
terst associates, John Knnari, How
ara Hudson, Evelyn Amcrman. Bnr-
rte Whippie, Nina Harrow. Olive
nurhner, Fred HOOPER.

Last week the AS pupils wrote n
composition. giving their opinion OF
a person who sells or buys vote
The pupils who were in room c
last term received their designs.
which were on exhibition at the
board OF education since January.
The AS pupils held class meet
Ing Tuesday afternoon and the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Prcsi-
dent. Otto Colin; vice president.
Grace Hamlin; secretary. GLADYS
Shindcl; treasurer, Fred otto. Pur-
pie and gold will be the class colors.
motto has not yet been selected
AS language lesson for Friday
the pupils OF room a wrote hio-
graphies OF any noted people they
wanted to write about. The boys
were 10 select some well-known man
a. their hero. and tho girls were 20
select some weli-known women as
their herotnes. Many. very Interest
inc stories were heard
owing TO the absence NJ Miss NIL
lar. teacher 81 room II. and Miss
Kcarney. teacher Of room +. substi-
tutes took their places.
Room a pupils han manual train
ing all Thursday morning because
they did not have INV last week
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12
BERRY SCHOOL.
Editorial staff--Chicf. JnmcS ISitsou,
associate, katherine ISnobIock
Minnie DreedyeId.

Wednesday night the Berry boys
PLAYED the Jones school boys. losing
with the score OF Is to s. The Jones
boys played n fine game OF ball our
battery was Russell Bryen and Ken
meth Gress. Mr. Goodling, OF the Y.
NJ. G. A. umpired the game
Friday afternoon the grammar
grades OF Berry will have an open
day to mothers and friends OF the
school
The 4 room has bulletin board
which keeps all the pupils informed
or what Is going on.
Wednesday afternoon Mr. willard.
our manual training teacher. gave
the boys an examination. II was
very hard for some. but IL was worth
II. because we were dismissed when
we had finished. having lots Of time
to practice before the bali game
Thursday afternoon the 4 class
held class meeting. IL was our
first meeting that did not have 10 he
attended by teacher or principal.
Wednesday morning the A class Of
the eighth grade was entertained by
Ralph Schwabe, one OF the pupils.
He showed us many specimens Of
gold, silver. zinc and copper that no
had procured from the mines himself
He also explained the operation Of
a large gold mine.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12
TROOP NO 81.
ny HENRY ARTMAN

We held our rriiar meeting on
Thursday. at WI ID some of our
teams for field day were picked out.
Tho doctors for the first aid team
ter Denstaedt Karl Ketchum, Henry
Artnan and Leo Delaney. The pa
tients are Frank Trevarrow. Nor
man Kline and Ralph Beagle. There
tion: John Scott. Karl Ketchem and
Frank Trevarrow. The water boilers
are II. Artman and I. Scott
The troop Is rapidly increasing and
a new patrol VIII soon have to be
formed Four new boys were trken
In recently, who are: George Bury
Deios IAvingstonc. Hubert Becker and
@. Huffman.
We have now two assistant scout.
Ketchum. They both look 10 b
promising fellows and We hope -
obtain much from them soon.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12

! records all OF the grammatical errors
that she hears. Sometimes, when we
are talking 10 her. enc viii suddenly
smile aud jot down some OF our e.
rora on paper.
The room A girls are learning n
very pretty sons entitled "a Perfect
bay"
no are taking the advice OF Mr..
Prathrr and expect 70 nave our
schools news la these columns more
often with less items each time.
when We walt for "a long column ot
items some OF them are usually con-
sidercd stale.
IIoofay for Newberry' The Web
stcr school nine were badly beaten
b. the NcWb,iry nine last Thurs-
dag afternoon. tho score being ~
to II with Clarence Schmalhrledt
pitching and John Glennie tcaptainl.
catching. the Webster certainly made
no showing. our frtt bAsemnn, liar =
old Mcliugh. was compelled 70 leave
before The laino was ended. We
ulisrCd HIM. luz Nicholas BcTiuR. a
substitute. was placed In his stead.
Clarence SChmalHriedt pitched n fine
game \ few errors were made. RUS
sell Smith. our shortstop missinS
two groundcrs. but he made them
! up ~. batting
Nicholas Brring, our right fielder.
made one Wild throw. but later did
some tine baiting. Louis InrIon. our
smallest player made n two base hit
with two on bases John Glcnnie. our
cotcAcr. made a three base hit. Goo.
Lark. cur center fielder. made n home
run hit. hut an outsider caught the
/ bali and handed IL 70 the fielder aud
George made but three bases
We nTc 80 enthusiastic about our
baseball team ;hat this yell has been
adopted
Pride OF our school. our baseball
team.
II ~ no cream they are the cream,
Ana wh'n they tear up the ground.
How the rootors do scream
/ They have the steam.
Pur baseball team
The Newberry girls played game
OF neNComb with the Webster girls
and Newoe;ry also won the neWc0mb
game, the s,u.v being 90 TO ~. An
ME Prietz. Mauutiitn KowaIsks (cap-
tain). Dorothy Scalcutker (captain).
, VIOLA Law and Jean Cunningham
were given much credit for our win
ming the game.
We had many beautiful bird houses
for the exhibition. Following are
some Of the uamcs 90 the boys who
made the bird houses. and fun par
tculRrs. Wayne Bcnning submitted
seven houses. Including an S-famlly
martin" housc. two fancy wren
houses with hinged bottom FOR clean
Ing. one bluebird house with hinged
door and ono robin shelter William
Brtfhths submitted a fOur-apartmeDt
feeder. three Fancy wrea houses. ono
wren box with all hinged doors and
a robin shelter. other exhibitors
with their bird houses were: Clar-
enco Schmalzriedt. fancy bird house.
and those who made wren LoA@s
Werner Priske.> Daniel stuart. Louis
besentz aud Geotg. fTicbe We have
not been given further Information
about prizes but we have under
stood that several OF our boys have
won All OF these bird houses were
strictly. manual training problems.
consisting Of strai ght Joiner work.
No attempt was made OF ornament
ing the houses. and al were Substan-
tlnlly made OF red cypross wood.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12
GEORGE NOR HIGH
SCHOOL
Editorial StHn--Chief. Reuben Apte-
knri associates. David Levin. JO-
nh InI Isr Aah Num- N

s~pb NeIIipoT. I-nar srhirmar.
The George editors. accompanied by
g wucl Fcri'ss. Blanche Steinberg.
Hluna Aptckar. and Samuel Mel
liuoT were among those present NJ
tho Washington. May z, whore The
Times had arranged for the showing
81 the great submarine Views. one
and all the boys were certain that
tho arrangement was Simply
splendid The George editors are
Nerv thankful.
The George school IL 20 have n
track team this summer. and under
the direction - Joseph Keans cap
tain and Elmer Sanders. mnnhger.
we expect 20 Comnete IN the field day
events AMI possibly win some dis
fiction for the school They will
work ont on the school yard. which
70 large enough to accommodate
Thorn
Tho ninth Grade bookkeeping
classes are TO have a test next week.
The George students were given
apples trees by Mr. benjamin siegHL
proprietor 81 the Siegal Clothing es-
Enlistment
In the last game with the Far-
rand. Samuel Perliss our star cen
terflcldor, was HIT by n pitched boil
and was Scpsclcss for over I'VE min
utes The ball. after u struck him,
bounced about twenty feet up In the
air
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12

down at the Biz River. / saw
something that looked very much to
iue like a dark form swimming un-
der water In that direction"
II don't believe It," replied Jerry.
Little Joe hasn't been In the Smil-
ing Pool in ever and ever so long.
II would be good thing II Little
Joe would settle down. He ought to
have house the same as I have. I
never did believe there was any
good in this roaming around.
Just then there we're two splashes
right where the Laughing Brook
comes into the Smiling Pool. Peter
and Grandfather Frog and Jerry
looked hastily In that direction.
Then they stared at each other.
Peter rubbed his eyes.
Ibid I or didn't see double?" he
demanded. ut looked to me very
much like two Little Joe Offers"
at looked very much. to mo the
same way" said Jerry.
Grandfather Frog looked thought
full 81 have a suspicion" said he,
that Little Joe Otter Is springing a
surprise on us. Have any of you
heard of a Mrs. Joe?"
Peter looked at Jerry and Jerry
looked at Peter. do you suppose 1t
can DE true?" they both exclaimed
| together.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12
ESTABR0CK SCHOOL
rditortni stnG-Chief. Roger BncOnt
associates, Icitha KIN. winifred
Wilson. Lowell Baker. Sara Frnncs,
pntrh Jackson.

Room G elected the following
Junior civic league ofhcers: Prcsi-
dent. Reuben Mistle: vice-president.
Beverly Lowner, secretary John
Jones: treasurer, Muricl Hickey.
Each room 81 the Estahrook school
has n part OF the school grounds TO
take care or.
Hiram Blackmere, az room G, who
has been out Of the city since Easter.
Is now with us again.
Andrew Smith. Of room g. has re-
turned home from his visit 90 Cali
fOrnin.
Pauline Gibson. who has been out
OF school ever since January on &C.
count Of sickness. is reported TO be
better.
The Estabrooks played the Column
hian school in base ball and beat
them 6 TO 3.
An interesting lecture took place
in the Estabrook school Friday af-
ternoon from 2:30 20 $40 o'clock on
tho u.s. mosquito. birds. butterfly md
spiders that are dangerous - the
human body. Most interesting slides
were shown.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-12
FERRIS SCHOOL OF HIGH.
LAND PARK
nv JOHN WEISS.

school was presented with SILK
rag hv tho women's Relief corps. An
interesting program WIS given by
the school and the Boy Scouts.
Speeches were given nv members Of
the O. A. ". the w. r. c. and the
principal of the school
The program consisted OF march.
led by tho drum corps Of the Roy
Scouts, followed by the pupils OF the
school: an exhibit Of the bugle and
drum corps: tho star SpanEled Ban
ner." sung by the school. and an adj
dress bv representative of tho w,
n 2 The nag was then presented
nv Mrs. Christie. Of Poe post. and
was accepted hy tho principal % tho
school: then followed tho Gag salute.
An address was given by Gen. Tuck
CT. member OF the O. A. ". and
Ing of "America."