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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
LlTTLE BENNY'S
 NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape


 was erroupd at my cuzzin Arties eetch had a sent, and we was looking out the parIer windowsl and sed, I bet you enyamount of muny the next. horse that lzupls a,lawng will be a wite wun.
 win you bet a sent, sed Artie.
 Yes, Ill bet a sent, I sed.
 Awl rite. bet you, sed Artie Wich jest then horse calm alawng, and it was brown wun.
 You lose. give me the sent, sed Artie.
 It had a wite spot avn it's leg. dident it sed
 We'll if you had mole avn yure foot wood you be niggar, sed Ar tie, kum avn, be<a spoart, give ne the sent. Aw G, was going to get sumthing with that sent, I sed And Artie kepp avn holding out his hand and saying, Be a spoart, and I gave him the sent, and pritty soon Unkel. Sam calm in, beeing Arties farthir, and I sed, UnkeI Sam, is betting gambeling. It is, and don't you let me ketch eethir of you 2 young men induIging in it erround heer, sed Unkel Sam.
 We'll not jest betting avn the ku1- Ter of horses, that aint gambeling, is it, I sed.
 i 1t most serteny is, sed Unkle Sam. l Well, Artie and me did it, sed, and Artte Wun 8 sent awf of me by betting it wasent going to be wite horse.
 Artie, retern that penny instuntly, sed Unkel Sam, instuntly, say, not a werd, now you now my views avn gambeling.
 Yes sir. sed Artie. And he gave me back my sent, looking as if he i wood rathir be giving me a fearse [ T7d i kel Sam went out of the room he sed, yure fine spoart, you are, aint you, yure a heck of a spoart. that's wat wat you are.
 Wats the mattir. sed, dident nc wood make you give me the sent back Wich I dident, ony1it dident serprize l me mutch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
ToDAY's POEM
..o1.D LONESOME"

 Above his head the wild birds nest Is swinging in the trees; The willows down the. noisy stream Are swa3ing in the breeze Tke while he nodding sitsto dream A mong the shadows by the stream He sees the noise1ess, c1oudIets drift, All placidly and slow; S He sees the riot sunbeams kiss The sadcy rivers flow, And still he silent sits and sighss A dreamer meath the summer skies. I wonder, what the song he hears? And what his vision is What bird and stream and shadows
 bring
 To hold him captive there So wistful, waiting. all alone. Among the golden summers gone, I wonder does he see adown The ve enished, laughing years, The face of some old dream come back Through mist and shade and tears ? The misty distance, near and dim. wonder what it says to him. Win Allen Drolngoole in Nashville i Banner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
DO NOT LOVE IN HASTE

Dear Miss Libbey:- N
 I am interested in your talk and ask your advice. I am a 3oung lady of twenty. I have been keeping com pany with a young man of twenty three. Before I began going with him my parents liked him, but since they find fault with him and dislike him. To please them stopped going with him. Since then have received sev- era1 letters from him saying that he yet loves me and cannot help it and feels lonely without me and hopes that my mind will change. have decided to please my parents and not go with any one at all. Do you think am do-, ing right?
 DISHE1A RTENED.
 It generally comes to pass that girl lives to rue it if she encourages a lover to whom her parents have se- rious objections. Plead with them ear nestly in your lovers cause, and if their dislike is founded on no good reasons they will yield to your wishes rather than see you unhappy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
DON'T PUT OFF
 THE WEDDING DAY
Dear Miss Libbey;-

Dear Miss Iibbey:-
 I am a young man of twenty three years. I have been n love with 3. young girl of same age for nearly five wears. We were engage to be mar ried two years ago. When the time arrived I asked he to wait a while longer. She said she would and finally she stopped writing to me. We were eighteen months without seeing or hearing from each Other. Now we are writing to each other as friends only. I still love her, and am willing to mar ry her. I asked her to take me back again She says she don't want to get married. Please advise me what to do to regain her love.
 It's the old story abou> the danger of delay and putting off the wedding day. Spirited girls won't stand for it. They won't waste time on a man who does not keep his word nor know his own intentions six months in advance
 Go to her personally. plead eloquent- 1y with her to take you then and there Be persistent Girls weary of a dila- tory lover
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
IF SHE IS INTERESTED IN
 HIM.
Dear Miss Lihbey :.

Dear Miss Libbey:-
 I am seventeen and people call me very pretty. A young man of about the age of twenty-eight Is very fond of me and calls over to see me. I do not care for him and think him too old for me am away from home, but am quite sure when return he will come over again. Please how can l get rid of him without hurting his feelings? I corresponded with very nice young school teacher for a while ever he'd write, he'd always say that he was so busy. For Christmas he dropped me a card and I answered it. I have not heard from him since: Do you think that he wants to discontinue our acquaintance? I wrote to his sis ter lately. We had been correspond ing for quite a while. She did not an- swer. Please advise.
 If you are not interested in the young man of twenty eight, do not en- courage him by either inviting him to call or by corresponding, thereby rais- ing his hopes. Men fall in love quite as easily and deeply as women do- Their hearts can ache quite as se- verely. In regard to the school teach CT do not put yourself out of your way to gain his attention or to waken a l tender sentiment in his breast. A man likes to do the wooing. If he is sufficiently interested he will write a dozen letters to the girls one, if need l be- The teacher may have a sweet heart and desires to let the core spondence die out A girl can only wait patiently to see whom Cupid has designed to be her mate. The right
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
Hints on Making Lemonade.

Wipe the lemons over with a damp cloth.
 scrape the outer rind with pieces of loaf sugar. Squeeze the juice from the lemons into a jug, and add the sugar used, to scrape the rind and any extra su- gar which may be required.
 Pour over the juice of the boiling water, allowing one pint to each lemon.
 Remove all the pips from the lerp- ons before pouring on the boiling water.
 Do not add the peel. as this makes the lemonade bitter.
 Lemonade sweetened while warm requires less sugar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
Alnnonde.

Boil three pounds of sugar in half a pint of water for five minutes, when a thick syrup will be obtained. Blanche six ounces Of sweet almonds and pound them in q mortar, adding a dessertspo oonful of orange flower water, a drop at time. Mix with half pint of cold water, stir well and leave for 10 minutes, then strain through a fine sieve, add to the syrup and boil for 20 minutes When cold. bottle for use. Two teaspoonfu1s to a turn bIerfuI of cold water.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
CORNER FOR COOKS
Ginet.rs1laDs.

Into a bowl measure a cupful of molasses, a cupful of brown sugar and a half cupful of lard or butter. soft, Mix three tab1espoonfuIs of ginger. a teaspoonful of flour. Dissolve a tea spoonful of soda in half a cupful of boiling water and add to the rno1asses, sugar and flour and enough addition al four to make a dough that can be rolled very thin. Gut and bake.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
Fried Potatoes.

Heat well enough fat %or lard to cover potato slices; peel raw p9tatoes, slice and fry until well colored. Fat must be extremely hot, or it will soak into potatoes. making them sodden and unpalatable.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
Macaroni a. L,ItaIienne.

Cook one pound macaroni in salt ed wated (with no fear of using too much water) until quite soft; drip, throw away water and replace maca- roni in the same warm kettle; add tablespoonfuls butter. 1-2 pound grated cheese, salt and pepper; allow butter and cheese to half melt while stirring, but. do not replace kettle on range.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
PuHed Potatoes.

Peel the potatoes, cut them length wise n slices about 1-4 inch thick, put them in warm, but not hot fat, and cook until tender, (about ten 111inutesl. Remove from fat and drop, heat the fat very hot, place pota- toes in it again and fry quickly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
MISS LIBBEY'S REPLIES
 TO YOUR LETTERS

Correct name and address must be given to insure atten- tion, not to print. Use ink. Write short letters, on one side of paper only. Address Miss Libbey, 916 President street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
NEW INTEREST OF
 JAPANESE IN THE
 WOMAN QUESTION
Prize Proverbs of The FIOWery Kingdom Reflect Nations
 Sentiments.

Tokio, May 12.-The growing in> terest in Japan in the woman laues7 ton, which was enhanced by the par ticipation of women as scanvassers for their husbands in the recent election campaign, has been further manifest ed in a call for proverbs issued by a Tokio daily, the YOrodzu. The news paper asked for epigrams on the topic:- what a man would wish of his wife, believing this one of -the burning questions of the day when so much is said in Japan about the sphere of woman.
 The journal concludes from the character of the many thousands of replies, that the position of Japanese women is still that of 't'good wives and wise mothers" and of retiring, thrifty careers in home and kitchen.
 On the other hand it expresses the opinion that as men desire women to remain in that sphere their own state must be inactive and narrow, nak- ing them unworthy, as undesirous5 of 8 different kind of womenfoIk. Hence the next contest will be: Men as seen by women.
 The prizes for proverbs on ideals for womenhood were as follows:
 First prize:
 A good wife lays the foundation of a bronze statue.
 Second prize:
 To buy gold rings is to hasten the, selling of iron pans. ! Third prize: Even Queen Victoria was a wife before her husband. Soft cotton makes gunpowder. The wife that complains of pow erty is the maker of poverty. Nature planted a beard on man and engraved dimpIes on woman. Fourth prize:
 No wife is, too good for her. hus- When the wife is gentse indoors, the husband can be firm out-of- doors,
 Jealousy is like an injection needle Tiff it goes too far, harm ensuess while too little of it does no good. 1 Fifth prize: Your economy is a great by-pFoduet to increase the net income. l The home with an insincere wife is more precarfous than a flying ma chine with an injured propeller. | One end of vanity passes into prison 1 I9 l The heaviest load for the husband N is the wife's vanity. K A cheery face is the best toilet.
 Luxury is a bomb that destroys the home.
 Wife out. creditors in.
 Be tae mother of a great man
 rather than the wife of prime min lister.
 1 To talk happiness with an untrue wife is like admir1ng the moon with a blind man. se.frfgq4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
Potatoes Made Mea1y.

When stea ming potatoes put cloth over them before putting, the lid on. They will take much more meaIy than when done in the ordinary way
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12

Motor boats can still venture out from the American coast without be- ing charged with violatfnE neutrality, unless they get more than three miles from shore.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12

Miss Grace Hartwei1. 21. and her aunt, Miss Cathe crime Bentley, of Uti- ca, N. ", were killed when the horse drawing the wagon in which they were ridingDran in front of a fast train near Sherburne, N. r.
 Many economical parents seem to think the modern child can subsist on a candy allowance of a. jitney a day.
 FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS
 JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12

Moses Menz. whose grocery and warehouse at victoria, B. C., sustain ed about $15,o0O damage when at tackled by anti-German rioters. laid his case before the United States con sl1I there, claiming to be an American citizen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12

Most men decide when to put on the straw hat not so mucn by the ther- moneter as by what they are doing in the nearest big city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12

It is surprising how many engage ments at the lodge always develop at the time the carpets have to be taken up and put down.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12

The strike ordered by the Neptune Association of officers of coastwise steamships entering New York, ac-a cording 10 a statment issued last nj iglnt by managers of the steamship com panies has failed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12

One million persons are expected to visit the Atlantic fleet during its ten day stay at New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12

one will come along when least ex pected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12

Wife out. creditors in
 Be tke~ mother of a great man rather than the wife of a prime min Ister.
 To talk happiness with an untrue wife is like admiring the moon with a blind man. st.fy4f
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12

THE END.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-12
(Continued.)

He grinned. ''I reckon I'd better hustle or you'll beat me down, boss.''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-25
REMOVAL OF RlAhl :
C;y Sergeant Cox Places Former
Ranker in Asylum at Marion

Robert II. Cox, city sergeant ''
Alexandria. left yesterday for Stau'-
ton Va, to take. charge OF T. Jones
p;xev. former president and treas
nrer Of the defunct Virginia oale
Denosit and Trust Corporation Oh
this city, and remove him to 'ne
uosnital for the Criminal Insane at
Marion. Va. Rixey has been a" m
mate of the Western Asylum for the
Insane at staunton and his removal
to Marion comes at the end OF a
long legal fight which was finally de-
cided by the Supreme Court Of the
United States. The aged banker es-
caped trial on the indictments pend
ing against him in connection with
the failure of the concern when he
was declared of unsound mind by a
commission of alienists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-25
W. c. FOSTER NAMED
Young Alexandria Attorney Appoint
ed Deputy Stamp Collector.

Walter C. Foster, a well known
young attorney Of this city, has been
pointed as United States Deputy
Stamp Agent with office in this city.
He will succeed Captain j. B. Beve-
rely, who has been named as clerk OF
the courts of Winchester, Va. Seve-
raj days ago it was announced that
S. r. Armstrong Of Rappahannock Co.
had been named to this position. This
action had taken but it is under
stood that Mr.. Armstrong was not
approved by the department. in Wash
ington. Mr.. Fosters appointment
followed and he will take up his new
duties on March first.
Tie appointment will he well re-
ceived in Alexandria as Mr.. Foster
has made himself very popular since
he came to live in Alexandria several
years ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-25
RICHMOND THEATER.

Tonight's program consists OF .
part feature play entitled "The For
tune Hunter" starring william FL
liot and Ethel Clayton. This IS Il
big production and is especially at
tractive. Attention is called 10 the
program for tomorrow afternoon and
night. How Cissy Made Good is
4 three part comedy. featuring Miss
Cissy Fitzgerald, supported by all
the stars Of the Nitagraph Company
including Maurice Costello. Lillian
Walker. Earle Williams, John Bunny,
Flora Finch. Anita Stewart, Dorothy
Kelly and Hughie Mack and eleven
others, all mentioned in the Ad found
in today's issue. In addition there
will be shown the seventh episode OF
the Exploits Of Elaine" "rhe
Double Trap" featuring Pearl White
and Craig Kennedy. Charlie Chap
lin. the world famous comedian, vii
make his debut in His New job
Saturday night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-25
ALLIES CLAIMING !.
MORE VICTORIES
Gains in Western War Zone
Said to Continue With
out Check
DRIVE TEUTONS BACK
Invaders Alleged to Have Lost 3,ooO
In Fierce Battle, Leaving 600 Dead
on the Field.

Paris, Feb: 25.-The latest offlciai
statement issued by the French war
Office describes an important sue
cess for the allies in the neighoor-
hood of Les Eparges, where two Ger
man regiments. driver from then
nosition. lost more than 5000 men.
Six hundred German dead were found
along small section Of the line car
ried by the French.
The statement also speaks OF spir-
tied artillery engagements from the
Lys to the !Aisne, which the French
claim have been all in their favor.
London, Feb. 25.-Steady advance
of the French all along the line Is
reported in the official communique
from Paris last night. The offensive
movement begun last week seems to
have continued without 4 serious
check anywhere along the battle
front, and semiofficial dispatches tell
of the taking of trench after trench
from the Germans.
The French are pinnlg more
ed into more or less set procedure.
The reports invariably show first 8
bombardment by heavy artillery, and
then a charge Many of the charges
resulted in fierce hand-to-hand fight
ing, with heavy losses on both sides,
!: Berlin. in its official report, has
little to say beyond admitting the
continued offensive of the enemy,
The French are pinnning more
and more faith in their heavy artll-
lery. Within the past twenty-tour
hours there have been half doZen
spirited actions, in all OF which paris
claims to have won sweeping victor
les. Most of the heavy gun actions
were reported from the territory ly-
ing bctweenathe' Lys and the Aisne
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-25
GERMAN POSITION
BECOMES SHAKY
Important Change in Mill
tary Operations in Po-
land.
CZAR CHANGES PLAN
Hinderburg Realizing Fmility of
Slaughtering Men by Throwing
Them Upon the Russians.
Futility of

petrograd. Feb. 25-The important
campaigns in Poland can best be
gauged by the military estimates OF
the present disposition of the Ger
! man forces. They are believed now to
have barely 100000 men stationed al
| selected points outside their old posi-
tions along the BZura and the Rawka
where the Russians are proceeding
steadily with the destruction Of the
Germans elaborate underground
cover.
General Won Hindenburg has now
in the north, from Wloclawek stretch
ing eastward about parallel with the
frontier nearly 100000 men divided
into four armies, spread along lSO
miles of front to near the Riemen. He
has completely reversed his plan:
which failed against the Bzura and
rne Rawka. Ten weeks of desperate
onslaughts upon that narrow front
nave convinced him that, even by dis
counting his most appalling losses
nothing would be gained by throw
mo great masses of troops intofron'
tal attacks against the Russians.
He has reconstructed his main east
ern army. and is spreading it over a
front where there is ample space to
Jeplov. but he is handicapped by the
extreme scarcity Of railways and by
the Russians having already seized
and held positions essential to his
pIan. One of these positions Is
'rzasnysz, which obstructs the chief
rendezvous across the border by rail-
way from Prussia. Another is Evdabo
which prevents the Germans from
getting near Bobr, between the fort
! ress of Ossowetz and lomza.
The German situation is made
very shaky by the Russian aggressive
from Grodno from combination with
the herioc fighters from General Bull
raloff's force, which inflicted ter
riblc slaughter upon the Germans
while they were closing round II
amone, the thick woods of Augustowo.
The Germans lost heavily on Mon
Gay in attempting to advance OF
E-Habo from above Ossowetz. A
GREAT number of armored cars with
cuick.irers was brought on the scene
bat when some of them attempted to
leave the highway to support the ~
fan:,y they sank, and were water
forged in the thawing fields.
Berlin, Feb. 25- The official re-
MORT given out in Berlin today admits
thai the Russians have succeeded II
crossing the Bobr River, in Northerf
Poland, in two places.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-25
QUAKE IN CALIFORNIA
Violent Upheaval and Earth Cracks
Near Mount Lassen.

Redding, Cal, Feb. 25-News was
, S:y
brought here today of a severe earth
quake Sunday night in Twin Valley
20 miles east of here and 20 miles
north Of Lassen Peake. The ground
cracked in all directions, /. and one
house was tilted over five>feet out of
Plumb by the sinking Of the earth.
Large rocks have disappeared.
while new springs have appeared. An
acre of. ground sank go feet. The
,rarring and roar of the earth's
'raSt has been likened by residents
to The roar of heavy wind.
1t is not known here whether the
mountain is now in eruption, as the
peak is obscured by heavy rair
cloids.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-25

CHESAPEAKE BOATS EXEMPT
Rigid Requirements of La Toilette
Bill Not Applicable to Them.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Chesapeake
Bay shipping is exempted from the
rigid lifeboats and crew requirements
in the compromise La Toilette Sea-
mans bill, which was agreed upon by
the House. and Senate conferees.
Requirements for vessels plying in
bays, rivers and harbors will remain
under the jurisdiction and discretion
Of the Board of Steamboat lnspec-
tors, in whose hands they have been
for more than half century. 1t is
not believed, therefore, that the pres
ent regulations for lifeboats and
crews for the Chesapeake Bay steam
ships will be disturbd.
When the Seaman's bill was be-
fore the House Committee on Mer,
chant Marine and Fisheries, repre-
sentatives Of the Chesapeake Bay
steamship lines vigorously protested
against a provision which would
have required the carrying of life
craft to the full passenger capacity
of the vessels, as we'll as against q
provision which directed that all pas
senger steamships should carry
crews that have had three years eN
perience on the Great Lakes or acros;
the seas. 1t was shown the com
mhtee that the life-craft provision
would cause the remodeling of pract
ically all the passenger steamers or
the Chesapeake Bay at an enormou
cost, which would result in reducin.
the capacity Of the steamers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-25
WOMAN PREFERRED JAIL

New York. Feb. 25---Thc board Of
health's order that all dogs in the
streets of New York city should be
muzzled was upheld yesterday hy
the supreme court in test case in,
stituted by Mrs Mary Knoblauch.
Mrs. kn0blauch elected 10 go tC
ja:l rather than muzzle iler lap dog.
Her lawyer obtained writ of llabeas
corp2s, which was dismissed today by
the court.
Nlrs. Knoblauch claimed the boards
ruling was unconstitutional. The
co,rt decided that the board was
witain It's rights in making the rule
70 protect the public from rabies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-25
BLINDED BY MOVIE FILM
BOy Who Haunted Picture Shows
Day and Night Victim of Flicker.

DNN dHu ANiehl 'SIih vi 4 hSNS'.
OIL City, Pa, Feb. 25-Ralph
Heckathorn, the IA year old son Of
Jesse Heckathorn, recently developed
an alarming affection Of the eyes, and
his physician in consultation with a
specialist today decided the boy had
been blinded by moving pictures.
Il developed the lad had been in the
habit of going to the picture theatre
in the afternoon, remaining until
spprnr time and returning In the
evening to stay until the places closed
for the night. The constant Stralr
Of the Pickering pictures wearing or
the optic nerve is said to have
bloaght about atrophy OF the nerves
and it is probable that he will be to-
tally blind as a result.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-25

The Committee on ApproprlaH"'s
rofuscd TO include in the genera. &C.
ficiency bill, reported TO the ho?s2
Yesterday q provision appropriat'nE
10000 for the relief Of the p"A-
bury hatters who are liable under
court judgments in the amount naFnefi1ii
for violations Of the Sherman anil
trust law. This matter was taken
IN with the House committee by
Samuel Gompers and Judge Alton
B. Parker last Saturday. They made
strong appeal for the relief asked.
The committee, by a practically
unanimous vote, refused to SANCTION
the appropriation.