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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
SOKOL SOCIETY TO
 BANQUET SUNDAY ON
 TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY

The Sokol Society of Bridgeport, in cemmemoration of their goth anni- versary of Incorporation will hold banquet at their hall on Sunday evening, at 7.30 which will be att tended by the national officers of the association from Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, New York. and New Jer- sey. The meeting in this city will be presided over by National President Stefan Ehart, of Chicago, and it is expected that about 800 guests will attend the celebration here.
 Among the local guests of honor will be Mayer Wilson and other city officials. The local club which start- ed here in 9 small way has grown rapidly in the past few years and now own considerable property in cludiag the handsome hall on Hal lett street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
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 under oath as to your age when you pay your customs duties upon return from your next European trip, so yeu should practice up.
 In some of our states there is no birth registration, so you may not be able to prove from the records that you ever were born. This might be embarrassing te you if you want to marry in Europe.
 Perhaps the easiest way to remern4 Der your age is to form some jingle or rhyme on your birth year For in stance: Tn 1897 little Johnnie carne from Heaven or ..In 1883 Little su- sic began. to boo Never mind what the rhyme is, just so you remember it and if, after. reaching the age Of 40, you want to prove that you are only 2S years old, just change tie rhyme and perhaps people will be- lieve you when you repeat the i11neie to prove your youth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
DO YOU KNOW YOUR
 AGE AND BIRTHDAY

How old are you? When were you born? See if you really know. See if your children know how old they are.
 Do not laugh at these simple ques- tfons until you try the test. Assume that you were born on March 16th, and that you are Is years old, in what year were you born2
 According to 8 recent issue of the Public Health Reports, it is com mon occurrence to find school ehil- dren, even high school pupils in the Junior and senior years who cannot tell how old they are or who if they know their age, cannot tell accurately in what year they were born
 You will need this information when you apply for 8 marriage H- cense. or in registering for voting; or in seeking a Government positioni or in case you claim that you are heir to fortune that is going to some ether person. You may have to se
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
CHAPTER xxI- ! AThaA,s AIna TaItc

~ JACKIE entertained Bargain
 Billy in the house just seven
 minutes by the watch. and
 then took hi1a out to the ga rage, where he converted his caller to the merits of a new car. effeetually disposed of any leaRings REack might. have had toward the airship business and waited for WaIlingford. That poFtly individual came over presently with the laggard footsteps of one re turning unWillingly to work, and they all three repaired to WallingfoEd's ga- rage, where there WAS eozy little den with q fireplace in it and well stocked ice box.
 "Wel, how's the investment pros peet ?'a inquired Wallingford when they had made themselves comfortable.
 Fierce, Jin," declared Braek- T thought it would be no trouble at all / to invest $100,0OO, but suppose if it hadn't been for you fellows I'd have been stung dozen times"
 'eYou wouldn't care for a rubber plantation f' hopefully asked Blackie. T know guy who would sell you one for a hundred thousand and send you away perfectly eontented.''
 'T wouldn't touch a rubber planta- tion," wisely decided MT. Rraek. q think they're mostly all fakes.''
 Wallingford rose abruptly. Come out and see my new car," he invited disgnstedly. and with an equal con- tempt for Blackie, Brack and himself He warmed up somewhat out in the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
SOY BEANS

The Soy Bean has been used for centuries in the orient both as human food an as a soil improver. The beans themselves furnish the most cencen- trated vegetable feed known, the green crop or hay made from it is as rich a cattle food as alfalfa and being one of the groups of plants which gather free nitrogen from the air soy can be used as a green manure to in crease both humus and available ni- tregen in soils. It's cultivation has been introduced into the United States in recent years and it has proved of great value in the ways above mentioned.
 The Connecticut Agricultural Sta ton has studied the growing of soy beans for some years and has just is= sued Bulletin 1855, discussing the tests made at it's farm during 1914.
 This Bulletin is sent free to all ei- tizens of the state who apply for it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
MAKING FUN OF A GIRLS
 DRESSING AND DANCING

Dear Miaa Libbey:
 My girl friend went with young man nearly a year. Her parents often went toN great deal of trouble and expense to entertain him and his friends, as he was away from haTae, boarding in the city, Her parents were both opposed to her learning to dance; she didn't care for it. At his insistenee she would sometimes try it. After they quit going together, he started to. go out with one of her girl friends. While with this friend. hs made fun of the way the other girl dressed and danced, although he knew that she only danced to please him. What do you think of a man who would do that? DISGCSTED A. s.
 It is a. great pity that your young lady friend wasted so much time on one who proved most unworthy. It was well to find him out. I can scarcely imagine how a. man of the
 least intelligenca could degrade him. self by making fun of a girls dress and dancing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
THE WHITE HOUSE BABY
 AND HIS FUTURE.

The little offshoot of the Wilson family, born in the White House. the son of MT. and Mrs. F. B. Sayre, is theoretically only an ordinary sprout- ling of our American democracy. Un- der our ideas of equality, he must take his bunetings with the rest of his generation.
 Practically, the Iuster of distin- guished origin always attaches to the strippling In school he will be pointed out as a. presidents. grand- son. Sometimes such children, if of a self conscious nature, find this prominence embarrassing. Envious companions may torment the life out of their favored comrades. by com tinuaIIy twitting them on their dis tinguished ancestry.
 More commonly parents drill their youngsters to hatter and lawn upon the offspring of prominent person ages. The latter find themselves sur rounded by artificial conditions. Ev- erything comes too easy. Social hon ors are forced on them, they are fla yored in athletic and even school scholastic awards.
 When the scion of a famous family enters business, their name alone is worth a substantial salary Having the best education that these schools can give, and with all the real adVan- tages of fine inheritanee, they must be weak indeed if they cannot main tain a good position in life.
 These soft, and favoring conditions do not develop the most rugged char acters. The majority of men holding conspicuous positions had humble birth.
 Bit more and more the people in high life realize that their children, if they are to amount to anything, must be. left as much as possib1e to force their own way. No doubt this will be the attitude of the Wilson family, If a fellow from such an origin. can go through life and maintain mod est and, democratic demeaaor, he shows there is good stuff in him that would have won it's way if he had te 1 climb jlnaided.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
THEY WERE ANYTHING
 BUT GENTLEMEN

Dear Miss LihHeYs
 Please tell me what to do in the feI- lowing: Some days. ago I received a. card from a young man who Was un- known to me. I was greatly offended have always kept the very best Of thing wrong or to cause any young man to act as he did toward me. From a cousin of mine he learned my name and address. He wrote this: eFsve heard you are a good locking kid; would like to east my optics upon your charming faee.'' He asked me to correspond with him. My cousin saw the card before it was mailed. He only laughed at me when I spoke of feeling hurt over it. t Do you think I was Justified in demanding an apol- ogy from this young man? Please tell me what you think a cousin should have done in case like this ?
 Do yom think it very nice of either of them to do as they did? They both claim to be perfect gentleman think it a very insulting remark, don't you? Please advise.
 Young men who have sisters, sweet up, will always be found to be very careful as to how they write to or laddfess young ladies. Notes or letters from young men to girls must be strictly proper. and with a view to their parents reading them Have no communication with men who sway from these first rudfTnents. They will admire your stFietnezs and apologize | if seeming forward in their. desired aequaintanee. Beware of bold preten- ders.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

s.Knovn mischiefs have their cure, But doubts have none,
 And 'hetter in despair that fruitless
 hope
 Mix'd with 2 killing fear"
 When girl is sweet sixteen or .thereabouts she draws her first men tai picture of the Prince Charming who is destined to woo and win her, He is seldom, if ever, much beyond maid whose tender day dreams elus- tered about man of middle age.
 Her hero is 1.-the and handsome; a youth given to sentfmentaIity and writing love notes to her. She is wont to believe every word he utters. She could change toward each other. The same ideals hold fast to a girls heart at twenty Her first beau sets the standard by which she uneonseiously perhaps, judges all others who evince an interest in her.
 that a girl is scarcely conscious of the flight of time. Her eyes still look through the rosy glasses of that tWen- ltieth year Youth and it's pleasures seem dearer than ever to her. Very young men still appeal to her. Her heart has not gotten beyond the early igrIhood stage. To say that she has a Woman's hopes. thoughts and ambition Fat this stage cannot be said to be true in a majority of eases.
 At eight and twenty she begins to realize that men in their middle twen- ties are too young for her She thinks the man in his early thrities too old to be congeniai, She has formed her ideal in early youth It does not occur to her to remodel it to the requirement.
 of the years. She has seen in her day 1 dreams a handsome young man and is
 forever furtively watching for the looming of the hero. the one in real llfe who correspends. with the naind Ipicture.
 1 It is safe to say that she seldom, ii i ever. realizes her hopes. At five and l thirty she folds away her romantic dream pictures and looks about her
 seeing the world of men as they really are. It would take a long stretch ot imagination for such a girl to idea1ize 1 a man fat, comfortable and forty into
 beipgsan ideal hero. He does not talA sentiment with the ferYor of youth His habits are set. His opinions are deeply rooted. Such matches are not always love matches. The man choos- es her because she is more likely tc make good, sensible wife than any other he knows of. She accepts hi1s to rout at once and forever. the fear
 that she will be an old maid if none 1 other chance presents itself.
 No woman is ever Justified in mar. I rying for such c cause. The oldest
 and wisest sages tell us that woman
 is sure to meet her ideal if she waits long enough. Some are destined tf
 wed early in Ifs. some late But love and love alone. should be the only req
 son for marrying. Then her dreams would be realized. Two eongenia hearts will become one. Happiness is I2only possible. where one feels that shs
 canont live without the other To weo
 a man who is not her ideal means .
 lifetime of unhappiness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

IVY s4tttstS5s9fs5s many a jolly homesick day and night in her. Let's uncover the whale, Jim, and show it to him.
 Like yachtsmen reefng saiIs,e they removed the brown taFpauliH cover from the overgrown limousine that Wallingford had once built for country touring. and, though they laughed at its clumsy eaermousness, they could not withhold after all their tribute of admiration and affection.
 sssyhe was gaed old hearse, laugh cd WaIlingford, paftipg the shining black enanaeled side.
 tsYeH fellows may kid it all ysH skant to, but that leelks to me like soFna joy wagon, approved Bargain Billy admiring nightly the low swung car efWhy. there's double glass windows tp the thiDgri
 sghe Has built regardless explain ed NaIingford;; storm proof. fresE praof burglar proof. Look here.' And, stepping inside, he lowered the windows, JeFked- lever. and yentilat- ed iron shutters slid hIa. closing the machine like q prison van. ''Step in- side" he invited, towering the shut ters. seTlais is some palace. Up in front is an ieebex. This panel Hops down aud is an electric steve. with the most compact and comprehensive set or alBminIuH cooking and eating utensils ! eyer devised, Here is the dining. esrd and writing table And he lifted it from the floor with a straight motion that turned it upside down on it's seis7 sers standard. displaying green batEe ton. .tDisposing of the dining room thlls.a and he raplRced the table, tHfe proceed to make up the beFths. Sleep ing accommodations for four and liquor space for twelve"
 What bus for a lobster sauaag' Bargain Billy admired. Where etd you get this Tunabeut2''
 ..Inyenfed it and patanted it and had 1 it made.' said Wallingford indifferent ly. .sIt set nae back 6 large number oE money, but I've had the worth of the money out Of it :"
 .sThey could be made for less iR quantities." judged Brack. ssEhere 1 would be an awful sale for these among the regular ohnnies-suekers like I used to be, you know"
 F@The crop's too anaa1ls' chuekied Wallingford. Fiction to the contrary notwithstanding, the number oZ ave 1 spenders who staFtle Broadway could be reduced to about one in every other so often.p
 q, don't Know.'' argued Brack. ''E was mighty easy picking, and, if I was, there were a lot more like me"
 A happy thought seized Blaekie. s'It might be a good business to manufae- tHre this car,', he considered. "Jim and never thought of it''
 we've been too busy with other things,'' supplemented Wallingford. ssWhy don't you take it up?" suggest l ed Blackic.s "See, Jim. I'm doing some 1 thinking
 gro Be contlnuod.Y
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
q,EIE IsIsR IN PRIoE oE, nsEAD.

The sensational advances in wheat flour make it seem certain that the price of bread will go up. This will Iii tthe worlxingman even harder than the high cost of beef.
 Bread gives more nutriment for the money than the cheapest kind of meat Many oE the newly arrived migrants nearly live on bread, with bit of thin soup to give it some tang And they can dig many dltches and shovel a-s1ot of earth on zt too.
 There is no possibility of raising too much grain the coming summer. Cotton may be nearly given away. fruit may pe 8 luxury too dear for these times. War calls for the con centratfon of the greatest amount of nutriment in the smallest space for given amount of money. The sta
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
lbuEEORGEz zPANDOLPH CHEST.


garage, for a man is bound to be en- thusiastic over @ new automobile, in order to yindicate his own doubtful judgment.
 EsIt's swell battery of naachines,1 agreed Bfaek, locking about the place for escape from the often renewed and sometimes heated discussion between Elackie and WaI1ingford oyer valves. ignition and transmission What's that big affeir over in the eorRers It looks like a delivery van"
 That's houseboat Oh wheels.0 re piled Waliingford.
 t.It's the aFk.'' added Blackie ''It Isn't ehummy, though. to hammer thar old circus wagon. Jim and l spent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
THoAlPsoN-AHERNs.

William A. Thompson. aged 54. trl1ckman of South Norwalk, and Florence Aherns, aged 40. of 740 Broad street, were married in the town clerks office yesterday after noon by Assistant Town Clerk Clar- ences E. Winton. The ceremony was performed five minutes after mar riage license had been granted the couple. They Immediately entered a waiting automobile and were driven to Norwalk where they will reside in future. Mir Thompson is a widower. His bride is a divorcee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
ASK COURT TO SET
 ASIDE $1 200 VERDICT

A motion to have the jury's ver- dict set aside has been filed by coun- sel for the defendants in the suit brought by William Douglas of this city against Peck 6 Lines and the Eastern Machinery Go. Douglas was awarded $1,2O0 by a superior court jury yesterday. He claimed that while working at Peck & Lines his foot was injured by a falling eleva- tor weight
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

cuse to make. I like her very much. and when she says no feel very blue and unhappy. think there is no one like her. Do you think she likes me or net2 q am willing to do enything for her. What would you do if you were me? Quit her altogether or still try to go with her?
 B. H.
 Faint heart never won fair lady. You no doubt imagine she has changed toward you when she may be busy with necessary duties. These winter evenings she may be glad Of your company.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

Miss Libbey's replies to your letters. Correct name and ad- dress must be given to insure attention, not to print. Use ink. Write short letters, on one side of paper only, Address Miss Lihbey, 9t6 President St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
RICH REQUEST FOR
 CHURCH IN TWISTED.

Winsted, Jan. 22-By will of Mrs. Emily Steele, widow of pr. H. B. Steele, St James Episcopal church, of this place will receive a bequest of about $25, 900. The local Young Mems Christian, Association is given. $5, 900 and the local Masonic organi- cation a like sum Mrs. Steele died Wednesday, death being due indi- rectly to the Park Hotel fire.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
REsrAuRANTER BANKRUPT.

George D. Rigas, conducting a restaurant at 209 Atlantic street, Stamford, Conn, has filed a volun- tary petition in bankruptcy in the United States district court today. His liabilities are scheduled at $2.- 746.59 with assets of $2.65e.13. Un- secured claims are set forth as $2,- 4s4.27, none of which is held by Bridgeporters. There is stock in trade to the amount of $500,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
SELECT CANDIDATES FOR
 HARTFORD COUNTY BOARD,

Hartford, Jan. 22.@The Hartford county Republican caucus today nominated Joseph Towers of New Britain, to be county commissioner for the short term and a;ao named as ceTnlnissi toner's Andrew Steele. Of South Windsor and R. A. Potter. of Hartford. The nominations were by acclamation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

In getting stock ready Tor the an nua1 inventory many goods have to light that will bear cleaning out. Some of them are advertised for the the Saturdays sale This makes a. great saving for those who are prompt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

pie grains, wheat. corn, rye. oats. are the precious seeds of life into which is compactly pressed the highest pro- portion of food value Let every farmer this coming spring set aside unessentials and raise these funda- mental staples which the fighting world needs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

crossline of double "oo'' perferatieas. bring single large and small "oF perfora- tions to corresponding perforations n lining. and, if desired. tack to position
 Close back seam of skirt from large 70" perforation to lower edge. finish edges above for opening. Form shirred tucls at upper edge creasing on cross lines Of slot perforations; gather B inch from folds Form cord shirring, creastng on crossline of double "oo'. perferations; stitch A inch from fold; insert cord and draw in the required size Turn under lower edge 8 4s inches for hem. and if cord shirring is omitted turn under SIS inches for hem. Adju4s skirt, stitching upper shirred tuck over lower edge of outer front and back, and lower shirred tuck along lower edge of lining, centers even. bringing small ''o'' perforatfons to under-arm seam.
 There is no smarter finish for the lower edge of the skirt than q deep hem
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

Following a brief service Wednes- day afternoon in the little chapel at LakevieW the body of Henry Luhr, about SS years old, was buried in the institution's little cemetery. He had he was admitted from a Water street lodging house. Officials have been unable to learn anything about his past history and as to whether he has any relatives or friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
 A WINTER EVENING BEAU,

Dear Miss Libbey;
 Please advise me I am young man. Like a girl very much I love this young lady and she used to like me. I could take her out and she won't go. She always has some ex-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

The United States government is re- ported to be searching for a high powered wireless station in the woods between .Yonkers and Tarrytown, N. "
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
Tulips & DaffodiIs 75c per dog.
 JOHN RICK & SON
AFTERNOON COSTUME.

Ing Rock ara only a few Of the smart tones. Arizona silver is a beautiful. luminous gray somewhat suggesting oyster white. To make this dress re- Quires 6A yards Of 44-inoh crepe de Chine.
 The waist has simple lining. to the neck of which the standing collar is attached The home drassrnaker will have no difficulty in putting the folzn~ dation together. Row. close under-aruA and sleeve seams of outer section. turn hem in right back at notches. Sew re- yer and round collar to neck and front edge, notches even. Gather lover edge Of front to sew to stay, close sleeve seam and finish with puffed edging. Arrange on lining, centers and under arm seams even qapping in front as iliustrated): stitch lower edge along
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

One of the best afternoon costumes Q
 zoman can have may be made from
 this design in Arizona silver crepe de Chine. It is noteworthy to note that the newest materials are not only of American manufacture, but bear American names. Oregon green. Get t1sburg gray, Tuxedo brown and Pip
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

Holding his wife in one arm and kissing her, Nicholas KosanoHitch of Pittsburgh. simultaneously yielded a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

The china and earthenware concern of U. Wedgood & Sons has been au-. tiaaflzsa su de htaainses in New York. Zae capital ss esae.poe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

German steel manufacturers met fin Dusseldorf with the object of extend ing the operations of the syndicate in steel products.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

Tulips & DaffodiIs 96e per doz.
 JOHN RICK A S0N
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

 Dressmaking articles prepared especially this from the latest styles by The Pictorial Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
TuIips & DaffodiIs 75c per dog,
 JOHN RECk < SON

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
Laura Jean Libby's Daily
 Talks on Heart Topics

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

Pictorial RevieW Dress measure. Price. 1b cents
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
ARE OUR DREAMS
 EVER REALIZED |?

known mischiefs have their cure, But doubts have none, And hetter in despair that fruitless
 hope Mix'd with 9 killing fear.'' @
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

~ JACKIE entertained Bargain N Billy in the house just seven
 minutes by the. watch. and linen taals him out to the ga
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22

Sizes g. s4. SC, ss. 20 and 42 inches bust