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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-24
Your Opportunity!

R R-stands for Rockwell"
 of ready made fame, O. for Opportunity" take
 care of the same. c stands for Center where
 everyone goes. K-is for Knowledge which
 Rockwell" clot h e s
 shows. W-for Wear and also for
 Well;
 E.is for Excellent; which;
 Rockwell" prices tell.
 prcies tell. Irstands for Labor earnest
 ly spent, and Irfor Lovely" gowns
 daily, which from Rock.
 wells are sent.
 Opportunity knocks only once in every one' s life Do not let her knock in vain; Hurry-to Rockwell & Co.,, the magnet which draws all folks, who have learned the art of dressing we'll!
 Don't forget to see our Goats, also our Suits and Dresses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-24
HER TRIALS WITH A
 HANDSOME MAN

something has whispered into my ear
 CAnd feel the message is true); All that your soul has yearned for, dear
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Backlous Made of Stone.

1t will surprise many persons of the
present day to be told that the s'back-
log of which we read so much in old
time stories was large stone, por
GUS stone being preferred if possible.
This stone was buried in the ashes,
and on top was placed the back
stick" The back stone in those primi'
tive times played a very important
part in the economy of early house
keeping. Matches were not then in
vented. Flint, steel and tow were the
only means of lighting a fire or
lamp Imagine for moment the
Bridget of today thus engaged, with
the thermometer ten degrees below
zero in the kitchen. The stone, to-
gether with the ashes with which ii
was covered, served to retain fire and
heat through the night, and all that was
necessary in the morning was little
,indling and gentle use of the indis'
pensable bellows and a fire was as
readily made as at the present day
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HERE are three hats which stand for
HI three very distinct types in the
new millinery for spring. But they
have several features in common
which mark the incoming styles.
They are deliberately made and they
are considerably trimmed. There is
a reaction away from the severely
plain hats with a single and some
times minute decoration, such as
grew tiresome during the past winter.
At the left of the group is quaint
and picturesque bonnet made of black
horsehair braid Narrow black velvet
ribbon and clusters of garden roses
and forget-me-nots are used for the
trimming. You cannot imagine any
thing which completes the costume
more tremendously, when it is one OF
those wide-skirted, colonial looking
affairs that are so prettily developed
in taffeta.
At the right is pretty street turban
made of braid in satin straw, and hav-
ing soft silk crown. An embroidered
band about the coronet is hordered
with very narrow velvet RIBBON anu
short streamers fall from diminutive
fiat bow at the back. At the front a
big silk pompon supports long slen-
der feather which fronts the weather
with amazing audacity.
One of those models which is eX-
pected to do duty both for street and
other wear is shown at the center OF
the group 1t is made of crepe draped
over light frame. The brim is clev-
erly managed so that an outline OF
four points results. Midway between
these little bouquet of roses and
small flowers is set in a cluster of
leaves. This is one of those rare hats
that are suited to older as well as
younger matrons.
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Resented the Insult.

The thrifty peasant, Nazr-ed-din, one
day received a visit from his needy
cousin, Hafiz the Ill-Favored, who be-
sought of him the loan for day OF
his donkey. II should be most happy,
good cousin" said Nazr-ed-din, but
unfortunately he has gone astray, ana
/ have no manner of knowledge where
he may be-" The words were nc soon
er spoken than the donkey set up a
loud braying from a shed in the YARD,
"Hee-honk. hee-honk!" "But, good
Nazr!" exclaimed Hafiz, there is sure
" thy donkey at home and seeming
ly quite WELL" Whereupon Nazr-ed-
din rose in great wrath and showed
Hafiz the door. "Begone, scoundrel!
he shouted; "wouldst thou insult me
in my own house by taking the Word
of donkey before my own?
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FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! II coated, give a
teaspoonfuI Of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and You have a well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
Of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea. indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep 'Californis
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for so.
cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions. for babies,
children Of all ages and srown-urs
printed on the bottle. ADV.
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who has happy life OF 1t turns q
smiling face TO the world. II it Is
duff and lozely, It casts a shadow over
her. Parents or guardians OF young
girls who deny them the pleasure OF
inviting company to their homes take
from them their chief happiness and
drive them elsewhere for enjoyment
The girl who fears to invite a young
man to call upon her will be sure to
blame those who are responsible for
it later on IL she is doomed to single
blessedness.
Young men and young women should
have their opportunities OF being
brought together in wholesome social
affairs if it is expected that happy
marriages will come from it. There is
but one youth time in the life of a
young man or young girl. 1t should be
remembered by them as a rainbow Of
brightness which time can never eff
face. The good people of neighbor-
hoods who give little inexpensive af.,
fairs to bring young folks togetheE
are but living their own youth over
again in watching the budding court
ship of youthful lads and lassies. Pull
the pretty bashful girls out of their
shells; see that they join in the
neighborhood frolics. Let no nice, sin
gle young man escape from responding
to the invitation. Young folks must be
brought together to look, love and
wed. a
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I'd ECOMING lines are eXemplified in
I'D this new spring gown of taffeta,
which is simple enough for the home
dressmaker to undertake and pretty
enough for the most fastidious of
women to enjoy. Taffeta lends itself
to the new, wide skirts, the horizontal
tucks and other quaint features in
the new gowns, borrowed from a
period more than a half century be-
hind us. The days of the crinoline
are recalled by the utterly feminine
and fascinating occurrences of this
modest gown
The wide tucks running around the
skirt with a fullness of three to four
yards in the width, combine to make
the flare that is to be achieved in this
particular style. The fuilness Is dis
posed of at the top partly by cutting
and partly by shirring or plaits into
which the material is laid. Many Of
the new spring skirts, cut with the re-
quirements of the plump figure in
mind, fit smoothly about the hips and
are widened gradually toward the bot
tom, where they ripple at the hem.
Another feature of spring styles is
the revival of the suspender dress.
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JULIA BOTToMLEY.
Materials for Coats.

The heavy coatings that bid fair to
hold prominent place this spring are,
of course, higher in price, but then
they are not so expensive after all, for
they are very wide, and only small
number of yards is necessary to COM
plete a garment The rich oriental
colors still hold their own in these
materials. and for outing wear they
are lovely. Even the conservative
dresser does not hesitate to don one
of these lovely colorful top coats when
spending time at southern resort
or in the country. Dress stuffs are
only a trise less colorful, and at first
one might get the impression that
white had been excluded in the dress
goods plan. This is by no means So,
and. almost any weave that is found in
color is also to be had in plain white.
There is this to be said, however, that
almost every white gown, unless one
is in mourning, has liberal touch OF
color introduced in the way of TRIM
ming.
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eff the wife works at any occupa-
ton which brings in money and the
husband is out of employment,
shouldn't he fill in the idle moments
by doing the housework and looking
after the children?" This is the blunt
question which wife who works asks
me to decide: She dwells on her griev-
ances still further by adding that she
Is obliged to to rise very early, get
breakfast for the family; she is
obliged to stack up the dishes for want
of time to wash them. Her neighbor
next door looks after the children for
small amount until her return az
night After her supper dishes are
cleared away at night, she has the
children to put to bed, the washing.
| ironing, housekeeping and mending
to do. my husband sits around the
house all day." she adds, varying the
monotony by going out to search for
work, but secretly hoping he won't
| find it. Now, while he is at home these
| long days, couldn't he take care Of the
children, prepare an easily cooked
meal for them, wash the dishes and
sweep the floor at least? He says it
isn't a mans work, and he refuses to
do 1t. l say If he cannot find work
outside he should be glad to do it in
side. Please decide for
"OVERBURDENED WIFE"
This case does not stand alone.
There are many hundreds just like it
the world over. Few men are brought
up to perform household duties. The
excellent bookkeeper, accurate at fig
ures, who seldom makes mistake,
would find himself at his wits end as
to how to escape breaking some of the
dishes he would be required to wash.
Cooking would be an equal hardship.
He wouldn't know whether the making
of coffee called for a spoonful of bak-
| ing powder, sugar or an egg; how long
it took to cook porridge to make it
| thin as cruel or thick as dough;
whether to give the children bread and
butter thickly coated with sugar every
time they asked for it or not to give
them half enough to satisfy their
! young appetlteS.
There are husbands who fit nicely
into the emergency. There are others
whom it would knock all askew as
being distasteful. Rather than to be
pressed into the household service,
which goes against the grain, a man
should be up and doing, out looking
for work early and late, refusing to
accept defeat. When he must spend a
few hours in the home, love for his
wife should prompt him to do many
little acts to tighten the load which
is upon her overburdened shoulders.
Assisting her does not detract from
his manliness. He earns her graft.
tude, which is far more satisfying than
outside pay even. A happy, contented
family means that each does all in
his or her power to help, regardless
of what the work to be done may be.
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IF BACK HURTS CLEAN
KIDNEYS WITH SALTS
Drink Lots OF Water and Stop Eating
Meat for a While If the Bladder
Bothers You.

Meat forms uric acid which exciteB
and overworks the kidneys in their
efforts to filter it from the system.
Regular eaters Of meat must flush the
kidneys occasionally. You must re-
ueve them like you relieve your bow
els; removing all the acids, waste and
poison, else you feel dull misery In
the kidney region, sharp pains In the
back or sick headache, dizziness, your
stomach sours, tongue Is coated and
when the weather Is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine Is
cloudy, full of sediment; the channels
often get irritated, obliging you to get
up two or three times during the
night.
To neutralize these irritating ACIDS
and flush off the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take a table
spoonful In a glass Of water before
breakfast for few days and your kid
neys will then act fine and bladder
disorders disappear. This famous salts
Is made from the acid Of grapes and
lemon Juice, combined with hthia, and
has been used for generations to clean
and stimulate sluggish kidneys and
stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts Is
inexpensive; harmless and makes a
delightful effervescent Whitewater
drink which millions OF men and
women take now and then, thus avoid
ing serious kidney and bladder dis
eases.-Adv.
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| And very appropriately accompany
ing this comes the prominence given
to pockets on skirts for street wear.
In these fine tailoring plays a most
important part. They are all cut ankle
length, and the attention given to
snappy footwear is not less than that
bestowed upon the skirt. Separate
skirts are worn with tailored waists
of crepe-de-chine.
In either tailored or afternoon
gowns there are short Jackets and
long coats to choose from. The short
waist line hardly admits rival in
popularity, and perhaps this accounts
for the lack in number of designs
which were expected to feature mil
itary ideas.
The short Jacket that completes the
pretty gown pictured here is covered
with braiding in self-color. 1t is just
the touch required to enrich the de-
sign. Worn over lacy bodice and
with flower-trimmed hat the toilette
leaves nothing to be desired. 1t is
developed in a medium shade of blue
with a grayish cast and the hat and
parasol correspond.
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STILL 1T WASN'T SETTLED
Ordinary Mortals May Continue to
Pronounce Name of French City
az They Desire.

Wasn't 1t fearful about the Reems
cathedraI2"
Don't say Reems; it sounds horri-
bly, ignorant"
well, how do you pronounce it7"
why, Harnss."
"How?"
'Hn--Hranhss! Just as If you were
clearing your throat. See? Hranss!"
well, you sound as If you had
ireadful influenza, threatened with
!rippe!"
well, that's right, anyhow. HIN
-hnh-hrahnhss!"
You'd better go to Arizona! You'll
lever get wen here! l don't believe
Fou, anyway. Everybody says Reems."
"They don't, either!"
"They do sol"
"Oh, well, 1t depends on the sort of
,eople you associate with"
"Well, / don't go with lot OF fake
aighbrows, anxious to show off the
French they learned In course of les
sons by mail"
Better than a lot of country junks
who don't know how to pronounce"
ooh, well, the church wasn't hurt
much, anyhow"
"No, they say it can be repaired.
How do you like my hat?"
Heavenly! What do you think Of
miner"
Adorable! Let's go in and have
soda"
Lets. Carolyn Wells i'm The
Woman's Home Companion.
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within the Institution recently under
the guidance of his famous GRANDPA
Their. Then he was furnished with a
neat little pair of boxing gloves, that,
as his granddad the president said,
he might learn to "strike out for him
SELF in due season. Next came to
the White House a serviceable pair
of blue jean overalls that he might
ever be reminded that he is to be
one of the great mass of working
people on whom the welfare of the
reDuhlic daDendS He DOsed for the
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United States
deensees infant
week for baby that hasn't yet
White
That
himself
his distinguished grandfather but
little
with the world he finally
all of
within the executive
mansi Miss Cleveland.
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episode in winch q
New York lawyer
divorced one wife.
welded another,
and in short order
threw her over for
an affinity have
received an ava
lanche of letters
asking me to de-
nounce the term
wife" as applied
to the third won-
an in the tangle.
These letters are
mostly from So
ciety women, hon
orable wives and
loyal mothers.
l may as well
cfriI-o r;Uhf Of tho
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root of this bitter feeling in the hearts
of these wives. Who will say that they
are not satisfied in their insistence
that the name of wife should not be
applied to the woman who has deliber-
ately given herself to mans lust with
out troubling herself as to the holy
bond of matrimony not being entered
into? The term love wife, when ap-
piled to an unmarried female, is a
gross insult; an indignity heaped upon
the respectable women who bear with
honor and dignity the name wife"
Webster's definition of wife reads:
The lawful consort of man; wom-
an who is united to a man in we'd
lock" 1t is infamous to give to a
woman who is willfully unchaste that
sacred name. Call them passion
companions, ""love thieves" anything;
but never give damaged affection the
name Of that which is puro and spot
less.
Three women, whom the world
knows of, have come under this mans
spell. Some writers have put forth
the query: Why did not the first wife
give him up when she found his heart
had gone from her 10 another? 1t is
very heroic to think of what other
women can do under such circum-
stances. But If it were their own case
they would know it would be quite as
easy to tear out the living, beating
heart from their bosom as to resign
the idol they worshiped to another
woman's arms. Because some other
woman comes along aid takes fancy
to what we have is It Just and right to
Telinquish ones claim to another? If
the wife whom he welded was not a
love wife" by Gods approval what
was she? The man wooed and won
her innocent heart in all it's girlish
purity, reverence and faith. She gives
up her best years to him. When he
casts her off for passion companion,
can he restore to his wife those years
with their lost possibilities, which
have ended in loss of love, ruined
faith, and outlook of a desolate flu
ture? With all this staring her in the
face, weighing down her tortured
heart, what is there left for her of
happiness, peace and love? She is
the first and only love wife until the
day she dies. The woman who takes
her chances on marrying a man who
is light O. love" must take her
chances on how long her hold upon
his affections will last. When a man
marries he can have no knowledge as
to whether the good Lord will decree
that union to be fruitless or other
wise. If children come, he should be
thankful. If they are denied he should
not rail against the wisdom of the all
wise. This fact does not give him the
right to cast off the faithful mate. He
should love and comfort her. She is
the more dependent upon him as the
years slip by. She, who by the subtle
art of family raising endeavors to
usurp the wife's place, will find her
road long and thorny one. Passion
companions Of this kind will find
themselves ousted in their turn by a
younger and prettier fascinater.
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Looped.Up Skirts.

In spite OF the dominant idea OF
flare IN the winter skirts-and the
flare OF them is their most character
istic feature, whether they be fash
toned of one layer or of two. tunic-
wise, there are some evening frocks
with skirts that are looped up about
the hips, almost like bustles, one on
each side. Usually these puffs are ir-
regular-the one on the right side is
higher or lower than that on the left.
When the frock is made of tulle or
Lace, artificial, of course-are
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18

the newly enacted law 1914 which permits Is
the service
enlisted be admitted to the academy under this
not twenty years
mental examinations required for
obliged
and subject after their a
regulations all other midshpmen
bill passed by the senate until June
held August
that candidates had
regarded gratifying that five
1915 candidates will have had additional
NUMBER or
increased
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Fluffy Filling.

A young woman who was making
some sofa cushions and comforts
found that the cotton fllling that she
was using had become slightly damp.
This made it difficult to thrust the
needle through in tying the comfort.
SO she placed the cotton in the oven
to dry and become slightly Drowned.
AS a result it became very light and
fluffy and held its fuflinasS.
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Humorous.

She-I was so glad to meet MIS-.
Blank at the bargain sale this morn
ing.
He--But thought you detested her.
She do; that's why | was glad.
During the crush found a chance 10
Give her a few real good pokes.
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b6HLtu QuIHLtCLB OF IHIuUI05 Ut tHo
academy. The secretary admitted
that they were middies, full-dedged.
and possessed of all the other quail
fications and prerogatives OF any
other midshipmen, and yet they were
different. in the sense that these FIVE
middies had won their way into the
academy by competitive examination
from the ranks of the enlisted per-
sonnet of the naval service. They
were the first five enlisted men to
anter, the naval academy from the
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Mot a Bad Plan.

What are you doing TO aliay The
suffering in Europe?" asked the self
conscious philanthropist.
Nothing" answered the unobtru-
sive citizen.
what" exclaimed the other. indig-
nantly. "Have you no hearth"
Eyes, have a heart, but my means
are limited and I'm trying to allay suf-
tering at home by paying my debts. "
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treasury, to ride in his car. The ele-
vator runs in shaft on the outside
Of which, on every floor, Ia a sign
reading: Exclusively for members
of congress and the press"
Mrs. McAdoo, accompanied oy
several friends, approached the ele-
vator on the gallery floor and rang
the bell. Kenner, the elevator man,
pulled the car up from the main moor,
but he saw in the group of waiting
visitors neither a member OF con-
,ross nor a. novcnanar man. You
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In refusing to the gate
Why not aske of the men IN the party.
the sign
This is the
the president and wife OF the secretary the
Yes do understands McAdoo time her;
the obey that sign
back and the its resting
in
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Family Currency.

A young wife, being twopense short
in paying bill, called downstairs to
the Maggie. have you got q
couple of coppers downstairs"
Eyes, ma'am," replied Maggie,
"They are cousins of mine. "--ssoRdaa
Tit-Bits.
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The rules smoking
Of
plenty outside for gentlemen o
And while the chair is about will it thing o
members to their feet the of seats"
Thus he obs members the legislative life The
pair of
Members
railing
People all the world
of chair seats and noting diaries that
is one of the sights of the American legislature.
Hereafter a
o brogans the of he In frono
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The use of bright flowers is very
welcome after a surfeit of black dur
ing the past winter Even when flow
ers or fruit do not appear on the
spring models, color is supplied in or
naments and needlework. The move
ment is away from somberness and
everyone should encourage the use OF
lovely color.
mira pNrTNMI FN