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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25
A KIss-AND AN APOLOGY

Dear Miss Libbey:
 I am a girl-reader of IT, Have quite some boy friends, all seem to admire me. I care only for one of them He is 22 Said he liked me. Calls me daily over the telephone. Once he kissed me. This angered me. Didn't I have a cause? He apologized. Do you think he cares for me
 You showed the right girI-spirit in showing dispIeasure. No gentleman should offer a kiss to a girl to whom he is not engaged. ATS well that ends well.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25
MISS LIBBEY,s REPLIES
 TO YOUR LETTERS

Miss Libbey's answers to your letters. Correct name and address must be given to in sure attention. Initials print cd. Write short letters on one side of paper only. Use ink. Personal letters cannot be an- sWered. Address Miss Laura Jean Libbey, No. 916 President Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25

could not stand on my feet My sister in-law wished me to try Lydia s. Pink hams We g e t 9 b le Compound and my nerves became firm, appetite good, step elastic, and I Ic s t that weak, tir q feeling. That wa5 siI years ago and 1 have had three fire
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25
RAKED PRUNEs.

Wash large. French prunes and put them in a bean jar, barely covering them with hot water add sugar to taste, three olives and the rind of half a lemon. Bake slowly. with the cover on the pot, until the prunes have become almost candied. Serve cold with whipped cream or rich milk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25
sAGo CUsTARD PUDDING.

Wash and soak one cupful of sago in one pint of water for an hour Then take. three eggs and beat them up with one cupgul of sugar; add three pints of sweet milk, a little grated nutmeg and the soaked sago. Beat all together and bake slowly. Serve cold with cream or rich milk and su gar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25

This fetching hat is white velours felt bound around the brirn with navy blue braid. It is trimmed horizontal 1y with a mop of worsteds that match in color the two tone worsted em- broidery on the waist of her one piece frock, which is finest quality of navy serge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25

of the 5000 pesons who partook of the contents of the mighty punch bowl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25
LOVING ONE:
 ENGAGED TO ANOTHER

Dear Miss Libbey:-
 You love to advise young people. need aid. I am man of p, going to see 8 young lady of p for six months
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25

The American line steamship New York sailed from London for New York. x &l5 ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25
WAS MISERABLE
 COULDN'T STAND
Testifies She Was Restored to Health. by Lydia E.
 PinkhaTn's Vegetable ' Co-nx,c,,r,J
Compound,

I Lackav -nna, N-. Y.-- After my first
 child was born felt very miserable and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25

Germany has closed the Swiss iron tier.
 Pope Benedict will hold Consis- tory on Nov. P to create 14 new Car dinals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25

JUST ARRIVED, FRENCH AND DUTCH BULBS JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25
IF WIFE AND
 STENOGRAPHER CLASH

The cruel and the bitter word
 The wounded, as it fell;
 The chilling want of sympathy
 We feel. but never tell.
 The, hard repulse that cI1i1ls the heart
 Whose hopes were bounding high In an unfading record kept
 These things shall never die.'' I receive more letters on the follow ing subject than most people would imagine: Are stenographers Treated Better Than Wives?'' There is so much snap in epistle just received, print it in fulI
 Dear Miss Libbey:-
 I should like to hear your opinion in an article dealing with the subject of paughty stenographers and cring- ingt wives. My husband employs very handsome young woman in his office at a salary of SIS per. She runs his office. L, his wife, run his home. and our three small children in it. never have SIS, all my own, year in and year out My husband says his stenogra pher is an angel; that she always greets him with pleasant
 good morning." while I greet him with. did you bring home the money for the butcher, the baker and candle stick -maker?'' adding, "don't you see 1ittl5-Mary's toes are sticking out of her shoes, that calls for a new pair Jamie is poking his elbows out of his jacket; little Dick can't be in swad- ding clothes any longer. Then, there's the coal Don't wait unti1-swe freeze to death before we get it in. Tester day the girl broke the kitchen range, and-well, I might go on mentioning needful things to be done for an hour" He jumps up from the table in a rage, hurling cuss words back at me. I hear he arrives at his office as sweet as a Mayhower Now, why should he think her an angel and me just the opposite?
 .tion fer the husband who keeps a iyoung woman stenographer, in this letter She can look happy and se- rene, because she has nothing to wor- ry her If she has only nve sheets of paper to write seven letters on, her employer sends out and gets a new, full box to place at her disposal. Her pay envkIope~ is put into her hand punctua1fy every Saturday nights She has no cause to be anything but an selic to her employer. He would see quite another side of stthe angel if she were obliged to nag him repeat edly for her salary. She'd soon tell him she had her share of the rent to- pay; she must have money for coal, food, and clothing, etc. She is more independent that the wife. She could tell him what the wife could not; if the money was not forthcoming, she'd step out The wife, who is obliged to beg for money of her 1iege lord, all ways has heart filled with bitter ness Every man should give his wife an allowance sufficient for her needs The1 stenographer would expect, sup- port, without asking for it. if she welded. It's all in a mans hands, to make his home happy The stenog- rapher knows he's married Her only interest in him is dollars and cents A wife expects to live her life out with him. She's not looking for boxes of bon-bons. meals sent in to her on rainy days, or compliments paid her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-25
NEW sKIRT, WITH sIDE PLEATs

pleats. It closes at one side under a side pleat.
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Patton and scoutmaster Meyer Kraus.
Edward Weger and Herman Wiener
played the violin and piano, which was
followed by scoutcraft exhibitions. Scout
Wiesen, on behalf of the troop, presented
scoutmaster Kraus with a gift and
Scout Wiener received bugle for ALL
around efficiency.
The third mass-meetlng In the Camden
Boy Scout campaign for 5O-piece munich
pal band and a Scout Council will be held
this evening in the Centenary Methodist
Church, 5th and Cooper streets. Mayor
Ellis, Comptroller McCord, Treasurer
Frey. Frederick a. Finkeldey. Play.
grounds Commissioner, and other city
officials who are behind the movement
will attend and address the meeting
Scoutmaster IGtter, at the head of the
Woodbury. Boy Scout Band, will form at
the head of a parade of 10 Camden troops
and troops from neighboring towns at
Naighn avenue and 3D. street at 1880 d. m
The procession viii march up Broadway
to the church. The campaign, which
closes January %, is now well under
way and Boy Scouts are delivering let
ters to solicit subscriptions throughout
the city
Joseph Brooks, the first scout of Trool
81 to receive tree warden badge was
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Mr. sandbr,s Recital

The first three-quarters OF the program
arranged by MFR Herman Standby. the cell
ist Of the Philadelphia Orchestra, were
representative, in great part, Of the types
Of music to which his instrument Is adapt
ed. The two allegro movements OF the
Grleg sonata are examples OF the eN-
tremes to which the cello can be pushed
the andante OF that sonata the three Sib-
elius pieces, and the Chopin "Lento." are
in the full and noble vein Of legitimate
cello range. and the Faure, Weber and
Schubert tours de force are simply vir-
tuoso work, without any moral lmplica-
tlons-one might say without musical inn
plIcatlons.
If one was not deeply impressed by the
remarkable talents In bowling and finger
ing and mechanical what-nots OF much OF
the Grleg sonata, It was because one
hated to have Mr.. Sandby's talents and
the glorious tones OF his Instruments
Montagnana-devotcd to such things one
wanted TO have him entirely In the vein
of the andante which was scored motto
tranquilo. and was played with n rare
and quiet distinction, Even the 'zum-
zum hcrum" Of SChubert's Bee" played
with all llghtness and grace OF expression,
was not really so much In the manner one
wanted from Mr.. Standby. And to say
these things Is not to accuse the artist or
to impuFn the program. It is merely to
point out that the cello is not an instru-
ment beyond whose physical limitations
one can safely go. And II is also to indi-
cate that within those limitations, which
he well understands Mr.. Standby was
splendidly good last night The warm and
shaded colors OF his tone, the sureness and
the lexibility of his playing. and the
amount of positive inspiration which he
brought to his work, justified him not only
in his individual capacity, at the concert,
but, what is much greater, in his daily
career MS cellist of the orchestra.
It is the particular quality of theo cello
that, In contact with any true emotion,
1t can cndow that emotion with n dignity
of It's own. SO the player must bring to
his instrument the same loftlness and tho
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same solicltous Yielding % the emotion
he interprets A vioiinists triumph may
be something apart from his instrmtnt
a 'celllsts may not be. Yet MI. 6andhF'e
success, because Il vos shared with the
great instrument he played, was not the
less his. nor the less good.N
"The serenade"
The critic who came late TO the pers
formance Of THE serenade" at the opera
House last night was in a peculiar pos
sitlon He couldn't get program-lthe
house was too crowded for that So no
had to guess at the plot. but he probably
was used to that, and figured that gueas-
ing was all the llbrettist had done to tho
plot. 1t turned out that he was mistaken.
"Tho serenade" has more coEency and
conference than nine-tenths OF the comic
operas shown here. But still lacking a
program the critic could follow Mr.. Her
bert conducting his own opera, with a
sense OF satisfaction And although he
couldn't identify the singers, he heard
a great deal OF good singing, with the
freshness and gaiety of amateur voices
ongrafted on the tricks Of professional
work, and vice versa. He could follow
bandits and dukes and girls masuueradlne
aA DOyS' ne COulu near n Hplenulu ulNiutQ
chorus in the second act and see some
beautiful solo dancing in the third And
II he was very lucky, as in the present
case, he could lnd program when IL
was all over and discover that Misses
Langston, Hagar and Gaibraith and
Messre. Hood, Coffrain, Comfy, vollkmann
and Blake had been giving him most OF
his pleasures, with Miss Nroe as the
dancer
Mr. Herbert in accepting a wreath given
as n token of gratitude by the Operatlo
Society denied the soft impeachment that
he had written 100 comic operas. He ad-
mltted he had written 40 One wonders
whether he ever did more thoroughly
delightful one than this.
Today's Program
Haydns Symphony In major begins
the program OF the Philadelphia orches-
tra this week and Strauss Till Eulen-
spiegel" ends It. Between these two mu-
steal poles Ossip Gabrilowltsch WI av
n Mozart concerto for the piano and
orchestra (heard for the first time at
these concerts) and a Weber concerstuck
for the instrument and the orchestra. IL
is hardly necessary at this time to write
at length of Mr.. Gabrllowitsch and his
playing. He is already assured OF an
audience which will have the pleasure OF
judging him anew.
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Roasting Oysters in Camp
BY T. L. TIFRNEY

The next time you are wondering what
You VIII have for camp supper, run into
your nearest oyster and FISH shop and buy
quantity Of oysters, shells and all
enough to furnish each fellow with half
n dozen Is a good rule, but capacities
vary Wash them off with cold water
and throw them into your knapsack. II
convenient, take with you good-slzed
piece of chicken wire, about 4 feet long
and is inches wide.
When You have your hard wood fire
burned down to n nice bed of GOALS
stretch the chicken wire over 1t, not more
that two inches above the hot Goals
Support 1t by driving four stakes into the
ground and hook each corner of the wire
over a stake. Place the oysters over the
fire and watch developments. Soon you
VIII see them open up about a quarter
of an inch. and If they are steaming hot
they are ready to eat
An oyster rosasted in this way needs
no trimming" not even salt or pepper.
Just pitch in and get at them. It's up
to the Scout to figure out how to handle
the hot ones. Bread and butter or lust
plain crackers are good with them but
true lover of the bivalve will make a
meal without the extras. The chicken
wire ls, Of course, a luxury, as the roast
Ing can be done directly on the hot Goals.
You will see that nearly every oyster
has one-half of its shell deeper of more
cup-shaped than the other. That's the
side you want to place down, or next
to the fire, as 1t retains more of the
Juice. When the oysters are roasting
don't become lnquisitive at close range
as they sometimes open up suddenly and
an external application of hot oyster
Juice is far from pleasant. Bits of tho
shell often snap off, also, so keep eyes
away.
a good instrument for taking the hot
ones off the fire can be made in a few
minutes. Take two pieces of lath, about
IA or 16 inches long, and free from knots
Take a piece of wood about ~ inches
long, of the same width as the lathlng
and about IL times as thick. This piece
of wood should be made into perfect
wedge, tapering lenghtwse from it's full
thickness at one end TO nothing at the
other, like the letter " Now take the
two pieces of lath and place on each
side of the V-shaped piece like this:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22

MORE MONEY NEEDED FOR
RELIEF OF UNEMPLO DYED
Committee at standstill Through Ex-
haustion of $500 Fund.

introduction into City Councils of an
oIolnanee providing for an additional ap-
p,oprlation of $4,000 for the clty's uuem-
pioyed, to be distributed by the Emer-
sshey Aid Committee, served as a notifi-
- sauon to the public that the relief work
@ ulat mas been carried on by that organi-
zauon must come 20 an end unless more
iunds are provided
euaiters in the basement of the Lincoln
.uliaing, has been providing work for
ssely 500 women in addition to caring
ser some 1000 other persons. 1t has given
fseaay employment to 100 men in the
.ethslngton district, where they are
siaelng the recreation ground at Fox
stset and Erie avenue. II also has
s9shed an army Of the eity's poor.
Every penny OF the first 500 appro-
k,apon by the city for the Emergency
sia Committees home relief has been
s4pended wisely ana judieiously. Women
the head of the organization have
steetieed great economy and stretched
ny FUNDS as far as they would go. but
work WAS too extensive and addi-
p9aal funds are required immediately.
S9heident with this great work comes
letter from Henry Van Dyke, American
-iliister at The Hague. to John Wanna
1lahef In which he Acknowledges the re-
seipt Of the supplies recently sent from
~ city for the aid OF the starving Bel
s."as' He says the gifts were received
sne branch relief station at ROttsr-
4-il, ana forwarded 70 their destination
sNoef the protection of the American Lee
H-a4a 81 bEuasela.
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g2s2BOY SCOUTS& -

presented with bronze badge yesterday
by city Forester Pond. Tho committee
in charge is composed Of scoutmastors
Hitchcock, Won der Lindt and Dayton
Troop ~ debated the suffrage question
nj It's meeting at the Chestnut street pier
Friday evening "Ir tho suffragettes ruled
there wouldn't be any rummies. said
Scout Chichman. "They're human. Let
them rule"
Scout Katz debated against woman suf-
frage. THE Greeks, who had the highest
culture of their times, did not allow their
women to vote" he argued "our Gov
eminent is democratic. like theirs was
and everybody has say"
Every member Of Troop 60 has been pre-
sented with a 1915 Boy Scout Diary by
the scoutmaster. Walter Benson n first
class scout of Troop 81, has Joined Troop
60. He has been put In charge Of the sig
mailing and first aid CORPS and was ap-
pointed bugler
Headed by Scoutmaster II. r.. Watts.
Bugler "Dick" Wells and Little" Check
erman, the mascot, Troop 70. went to the
Boy Scouts log cabin at Torresdale Sat
urday and spent the night and Sunday.
The scouts who camped out were Patrol
Leader Jesse Wilmer Assistant Edgar
Blank. Edward j. Dobbns and Franklin
Copeland of the Sta0 Patrol; Patrol
Leader Edward u. Dolbey Assistant Onle
Checkerman Raymond Green and Clifford
Brown. of the Wolf Patrol; Patrol Leader
Joseph White Assistant Joseph Curry,
William Mccullough and owen Fitzgerald.
OF the Beaver Patrol, and Patrol Lender
James Lees, Edward Eblng. Harrison
Dixon and James Martin, OF the Beaver
Patrol The campers arrived at $3.50 D. m.
Saturday. During tho night the scouts
kept one another awake until at / a. m
The scoutmaster ordered all out on a
three-milc hike to tire them. They drop
ped off to sleep when they returnds After
inspection In the morning, camp was
broken at 1870 and the troop hikcd half
the distance home.
Three new members have been elected
They are William Carroll, Harrison Dixon
and Edward EberlnE. Edward Dolbey
passed his second class test.
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SONS OF ITALY CONDEMN
IMMIGRATION BILL
Ask President to Veto Measure with
Literacy Test.

Ltteracy Test.
Resolutions calling upon President VIII.
son to exercise his power Of veto in con-
ncction with the Smith Burnett bill pro
vlding for the llteracy test for immt-
grants TO this country were unanimously
adopted today at the opening session
of the order OF the Sons of italy at tho
Hotel Walton More than 300 delegates,
representing almost every State in the
Union, are attending the gathering and
the members have also sent out an appeal
asking assistance for the earthquake suf-
ferers IN Italy.
The delegates were welcomed by Dlrec-
tor of Public Safety Porter, who extended
to the visitors the freedom OF the city.
A. Joseph di Silvestro presided, amt
among the speakers were Cav. O. Tocarti.
italian Consul stationed here, who urged
tnat in cooperating to aid members OF
the order the entire italian race be kept
In mind, and Supreme Venerable Or. vi
cent? Buffa.
The resolutions calling for the veto
OF the immigratlon bill rcaf1rm the 10y
atty of the Italian Americans Of the coun-
try for the land of their adoption and SCI,
forth that the measure will exclude from
America thousands Of TtalIan-born per.
sons anxious 20 amelioratc their condi
tions of llfo. The bill Is declared to br
inhuman, MS the existing laws are suf.
icient and the Presidents veto is asked
to uphold the noble traditions of AmcrI.
ca"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22

Troop l0l held parents meeting Sat
urday evening az the Beth Israel syna-
eoaue. Montgomery avenue ana s2d
street. which vas addressed BY Rabbi
Marvin Nathan. Deputy Commissioners
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22

The brass band OF the Buhalo Boy
Scout Council is enthusiastic over the
coming contest with the band of Troop
q, which will be held In Philadelphia
May 81. The date was suggested by
seoutmaster J. Henry Gaise. bandmas-
ter OF the Buffalo band and accepted by
Deputy Scout Commissioner Patton. De-
tails as 10 rules and the like are being
arranged.
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FRUITS SHIPPED BY CANAL
First Consignment by All-water
Route From Pacific Coast.

Further advantages of tho Panama
Canal were emphasized here today when
the steamship Ohioan, of the Americana
Hawaiian Line discharged $4,000 boxes
Of apples. six carloads of celery and one
carload OF melons, all grown on the Pa
Cihc coast and consigned to New York
dealers. This is the first green fruit ship
ment to be brought here since the OPEN
ing of the canal,
It Is predicted by shipping mon that
the green fruit business will become one
of the most important of the all-water
route from Atlantic 20 Pacific ports, as
the fruit can be carefully handled by
ships equipped with rCrrigerators. The
all-water route It is said, Is % per cent.
cheaper than the railroad rate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22

A hard struggle. but winning one,
marks the progress OF Troop 1875, which
was formed at the Mariners Bethel
Baptist Church, 923 South Front street.
and commissioned January 8. 1t is in
the heart of a neighborhood that was hos
tile to Boy Scouts when the troop was
first formed. and very often rotten apples,
eggs and other missiles were thrown from
alleys at the boys when they attended
meetings. But now the nelghborhood is
beginning to realize that the Boy Scouts
are good scouts" The enrolment OF the
troop has grown to 25 boys. who all do
their daily good turns and are liked by
the persons who turned up their noses
at Boy Scouts, One mother said: MY
Jimmy is a different boy now that he is
a Boy Scout l never did see such a diff
ference in a boy. He helps me wonder
fully now" Scoutmaster Clarence Will
Jams and his assistant, Andrew Criss,
hold meetings Mondays and Thursdays.
and are taking their tenderfoot tests with
the troop.
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DAILY GOOD TURNS"

John Cleary, Boy Scout-at-large, 1881
South 23d street, carries up coal and
empties out the ashes at his boarding
house, where the son of his landlady died
not long ago. He is taking the sons
place in helping the widowed mother.
Cleary, who is 16 years old, was a mem
ber OF Troop 105. which disbanded. and
Of Gettysburg Troop 6. Although he has
no troop now, he continues doing daily
good turns" and expects to join another
troop soon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22

Scouts Benjamin Dublin and John Ma
son Anthony took a hike OF IS miles as
part of their first-class test Sunday.
Starting in the morning at Ridge avenue
they walked out Wissahlekon drive to
Lincoln drive, where they saw the tab
let commemoTating the Battle OF Ger
mantown, October 4, 1777. They lost their
way several times along the Wissahick-
on, but always found II again by means
Of a compass. Trees struck by light
ming, hills, red and gray squirrels-and
mud-kept them company. At one place
they saw earth freshly dug up and man
and dog tracks leading TO and from 1t.
Soon thereafter a young fellow ran out
Of a barn and disappeared in the fog. At
a log shanty near the Valley Green Ca
noe Club they ate lunch. Their after
noon trip took them past Indian Rock,
City Line and into Whitemarsh town
ship, through Fort Hin, Fort Washing
ton and Flourtown to Erdenheim, where
they caught car for home.
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Then nail through, be sure to use brads
long enough to clch. You will now have
pair of tongues like the old-tlme crab
bcrs use to handle live crabs.
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Patrol Leader Edward D. Dolbey, 3602
Walnut street, of Troop 72, rescued sew
eral packages which woman dropped at
10th and Chestnut streets Wednesday and
carried them several blocks for her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22

William Uram. 16 years old. 925 South
Sd street, who belongs to Gaev's Troop,
ran an errand for a teacher at the Starr
Garden playground Tuesday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22

Jseph Gaev, Is years old. 534 Cypress
street, replaced blanket on n shivering
horse standing at 7th and Chancellor
streets Wednesday. He is a member of
Troop 95 and holds the first-aid -to-anl-
mails merit badge, besides eight others.