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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-22

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL GIFTS

This is supposed to be a practical age, but many impractical people live in it. You can always see that at Christmas time. After the gifts are distributed, there are plenty of people who wish they had the money the things cost.
 What mountains of useless bric-a- brac used to be accumulated. Most of our homes contain a dusty and melancholy remnant of mistaken gifts. Fortunately careless children and housemafds dispose of much of this stuff by breakage- But it is often the ugly thing that def1es rough usage, still, such trash can always be sent to the charity ruInmage sale.
 Much might be written about the useless and groteSque ornaments that used to be offered as gifts. Some of us can recall the fake vases and pitch CTS, gorgeousIy ornamented with gilt or foliage, but which had a false top and would hold neither flowers nor water Yet they were supposed by many to be very srecherche' Then there were the ribbon calendars, with three ribbonse to be pulled down each day, to show the month, the day of the month and day of the week Friendship was rarely fervent enough to keep them going more than a fort. night. The disappG<cance of such useless gifts was always embarrassing when the givers called. But there are limits to friendship.
 While many unseryiceable gifts are still made at Christmas. there is more tendency now toward really practical remembrances. A great deal of sub- stantial clothing, furniture, table ware and dry goods, is used for presents. The average man would rather have 50 cent tnecktie, selected with due re- gard to his own tastes, than the best $5 handkerchief case or decorated cigar holder that can be found among the fancy goods.
 Yet anything really beautiful, a we'll painted or photographed picture, a finely executed piece of silver, glass. pottery, is always welcome. It should serve some useful household end. Buying for pure ornament is precari- ous. Standards of beauty change. rapidly. What is called fine today may be obsolete tomorrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11

 SUFFRAGE NEWS

It is expected that Miss Emily Pier
 son, who has been resting and recu- perating in North Carolina, will be
 back in Connecticut with the first of the year and that she will again take up her work as Organizer for the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Associa- ton. Miss Pierson worked without a
 stop all through the winter of 1914 1915, and continued active work here until the vote was taken in the Legis-1 lature on April 7th. She then pro ceeded at once to organize for the
 suffragists in New Jesrsey and work ed there from early in April to Octo- Der 19ta--the day the vote was taken. After nasty visit to Connecticut in
 order to be present at the Annual State Suffrage Convention, she went to New Y ork to work during the last two weeks of the campaign there, and it was only after the vote was taken on November End that she could be
 permitted to rest. She went to North Carolina in the hope of finding spot untouched by suffrage agitation where for few weeks she could for get the fight for votes for women. But she writes that even North Caro- lina-backward as the state is in re- gard to most political -Hnovem ents, has felt the onward wave of woman suf- frage, and that there is considerable enthusiasm in many groups of the
 
 women there
 The activities of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association will not slacken up until Christmas week. The two campaigns that are in progress this winter differ from fromer suf-# frage campaigns in that. they are be- in conducted quietly and without much adertising. The effort is to get groups of women in the various towns to form suffrage organizations, rather than to impress the general public. Meetings to which the public is in-| vited are, however, being held every week Last Thursday Mrs Carlos F. Stoddard of New Haven addressed a public meeting in Deep River and on Monday the South Manchester Equal Franchise League held a large and well attended meeting which was ad- dressed by Miss Alice iPerson. cousin of Miss Emily Pierson.
 The Connecticut delegates to the National Woman Suffrage Association who are not already in Washington are starting for the Capitol city eith- CT tomorrow or Monday. The con vention opens Tuesday the 14th, but on Monday there will be the Susan B. Anthony pageant which has been arranged under the auspices of the Congressional Union by Miss Hazel Mackaye and most of the Connecticut women are arranging to be in Wash ington early enough to be present
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The coming week will be one of special missionary interest at St. John's Episcopal church. On We'd nesday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. L. B. Curtis Waldemere, the first drawing room meeting in the interest of missions will be held. The meet ing will be addressed by the Very Rev. Laurence B. Ridgely, Dean of the Divinity School at Wuchangs China. The meeting will be held at o'clock. On Thursday evening the men of the parish will hold their an nua1 dinner &n the parish rooms at 6:3O o'clock. The men that evening will be the guests of the Eector's chapter The out-of-town speaker will be Rev. S. H. Litte1l, of HanlCows China. The double quartet of the choir. led by Alvin Breul, will furnish the music. On Sunday, Dec. IS, the annual missionary sermon will be perached by the Rev. Donald M- Brookman, D. D., Dean of the Cathe- draI of All Saints, Albany, N. '. I'm mediately after the service, the men of the parish will be served a buffet luncheon by the ladies of St Mary's guild, after which they will conduct ''The Every Member Canvass" Last year this canvass was conducted by parts of the city in 80 automobiles It is found necessary to increase this number this year. The scholars of the Sunday school are also that day to hold special service. Both the boys of the regular choir and the girls of the special Puritan choir will sing. Dean Brookman will address the scholars, after which the Every Member Canvass will be conducted among the~scholars. The members of the Boy Scouts Brigade will complete this in the afternoon. The scholars are preparing Mystery Play.'' which is to be given at the Christmas festival the evening of St. Jom's Day. Dec 27
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
ToDAX's POEM
SOUNDS.

Hearken, hearken! The rapid river .carrieth Many noises underneath
 The hoary ocean; Teaching his so1ennity Sounds of inland life and glee Learnt beside the waving tree When the summer in summer prank Toss the shades from bank to
 bank Learnt among the lilies straight When they bow them to the weight Of many bees whose hidden hum Seemeth from themselves to come Learnt among the grasses green Where the rust1ing mice are seen By the gleamfng, as they run, Of their quick eyes in the sun; And lazy sheep are browsing through With their noses trailed in dew; And the squirrel leaps adown Holding fast the Albert brown; And the lark, with more of n1irth In his song than suits the earth; Droppeth some in soaring high, To pour the rest out in the sky; While the woodland doves apart In the capse's 1eafy heart, Solitary, npt ascetic, Hidden and yet vocal, seem Joining, in a lovely psalm All these sounds the river tel1eth; Softened to an undertone Which ever and anon he swe11eth By a burden of his own.
 In the Oceans ear; Ay, and ocean seems to hear With an inward gentle scorn,
 Smiling to his caverns worn.
 Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
For Holiday Festivities.

E yard au-over lace and | yard z7- inch satin
 First pleat the front and back of the waist. placing 'eTu on corresponding small -o'' perforations and tack. Close under-arm and shoulder seams as notched: then hem the right side of the back as notched. Adjust 2-inch CT edges together.
 The puff sleeve Is very dainty Close the seam as notched. gather oh cross line of small 70" perforations. draw gathers to the required size and stitch tape underneath Sew in armhole as notched
 For the skirt. pleat the back gore. placing ''T' on, corresponding small as notched.s Close back seam from large 70" perforatien to lower edge: finish edges above for placket-
 Close back seams of aounces leaving seam of upper fiounces free above large 70" perforation for a placket. Gather between double ''TT'' perfora- tions. Sew lower hounce to lower edge of foundation gores. center fronts and center backs even. small 70" perfora- ton at side seam. Adjust upper founce. center fronts and center backs even: stitch upper edges together.
 Finish the dounces with the fur
 Now. turn upper edges of front and tons and press. Gather@side edges be- tween double "TT'' perforations. Close the right side seam notches and edges eyen draw gathers and stitch honing, or tape about z1z inches along under gathers Finish the left side edges for a closing Adjust to position on front and back. enter-fronts and center backs even. upper edge of, girdle along crossifne of double 100" perforations; tack invisibly at center front. center back and at under arm seam
 An artificial rose Is added to the gir- de, and the effect is highly artistic
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTEBOOK
By Zee Papo

# Me and ma and Ant G1addis and my cuzzin Sue a,w1 went down town to- day and had to take Sue hoam agen avn akkount of ma and Ant Gladdis wanting to stay down and buy Kriss- mus presents and not wunting me and Sue to see wat they bawt, and me and Sue was wawking aiawng to the troll ley car, me making her wawk pritty fast avn akkount ofNit being pritty cold, and she ksed, Stop wawktrs so fast, it aint cold
 Maybe it aint, but am, sed.
 And kepp avn wawking fast and the ferst thing moo Sue wasent thare, and termed erround and ware was she but standing alawngside of a skinny man dressed up like Santer KlaWs and ringing a bell to let peepil no he wunted them to drop muny in a box, and went back, saying, Hay. come avn Sue
 I'm telling Santer sK1aws wat I wunt for Krissmus. sed Sue.
 Yes, and I'm going to see that she gets it awI, sed the Skinny Santer KIaws. And Sue kepp avn telling him wat she wunted till I grabbed a hold of her arm and pulled her away, saying, G. wizz, you wunt too mutch, I'm cold.
 W1ch I was, and we kepp avn wawking to the trolley car and pritty soon. wat did. we pass but a litteI fat man dressed up Ike SanIer hlaWS, and what did Sue do but run over to him, saying, Q. I'm going to tell him wat sI wunt for Krissnus.
 But you told the uthir wun, dident you, darn it aw1, I'm cold, I sed.
 Let her tell me. young man, don't be selfish, sed the fat Santer Klaws. / aint selfish, I'm cold. sed.
 Wich l. was, and Sue kepp avn standing thare telling the fat wun wat she wuntid till I pulled her away awens and in about mint we came to a Httel Santer .KIaws without wisk- CTS, and I grabbed hold of Sue and she startid to pull away, saying wtlnt to tell him. I wunt to tell him.
 Well they cant awl be Santer Klaws can they. | sed, and Sue sed, We'll w1ln of them mite be, how do know wich wun, and I sed, do you know that littel man I've got that wags it's he'd. and she sed, yes, and I sed. Well III give you that if you promise not to stop at, eny moar Santer Klaw- ses, I'm cold.
 Wich Sue promised, wtch it was good thing she did, because we pass ed 4 noar of them, awl different sizes avn the way to the trolley car, and me getting colder and colder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
Arfstocrats To Attend
 Patrick McGiIl's Wedding

London. Dec 11v-Patrick McGill. who began life as a laborer. came into fame as the author of Children of the Dead End and lately distin- gnished himself by his bravery at Loos. will have a wedding m London that many aristocrats would envy Among the guests invited to the lunch con that follows the ceremony are the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, vis- count Esher. Lady St Heller and Canon and Lady Dalton with his pulp fisher, MT. Herbert Jenkins, as his best man.
 s McGi1 is known as the ssnayvy poet the word s'navvy'' meaning lo- ca1ly a road Iaborer. When the war broke out, he enlisted in the London Irish regiment When wounded at Looss he was rescuing under fire some of his companions who had been shot down. On another occasion. shell burst above his head and killed or
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
NATIONAL GALLERY IN
 LONDON IS NOW CLOSED

London, Dec 11.-Unknown to the vast majority of I1ondoners. the Na- tiona1 Portrait Gallery shut it's doors several weeks ago to remain closed until after the war. The work of transporting the nlore important DOT traits of British monarchs and celeb rites to a place of greater safety be- gan some months ago, so the collec- ton had lost much of it's interest to sightseers
 The National Portrait Gallery lies just behind the National Gallery, which faces Trafalgar Square. While the most celebrated paintings have been taken from the National Gallery, the minor works of the great masters and the best work of the lesser paint CTS remain, and the art critic who is employed by the government to lecture to visitors on the various schools of painting conducts his daily class
 Owing to their more isolated posi- tions, the Tate and Wallace co1lec- tions have not suffered materially through fear of Zeppelin raids.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
A BIRD IN THE HAND IS
 WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH
Dear Miss Ldbbey:

Dear Miss Libbey:-
 I am young woman in my teens as yet. A man of 30 seems to care very much for me but I do not care for him. I do love another, a young man who also told me he loved me. He has been gone away a year now and I have not heard from him. Do you think ought to marry the older man or wait to get a letter from the young man whom I love?
 The young lover does not seem to be taking any aints to keep you from falling in love with and marrying some one else. No doubt he is mar ried to some other girl by this time. Had he cared for you he would have written. Forget him and try to love the older man of 80, who loves you well enough to propose marriage. You are not the only girl who has seriously contemplated passing by a noble oak for broken reed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
A WISE YOUTH.
Dear Miss Ldbbey:-

Dear Miss Libbey:-
 [ am a girl of 1s. A young man has been calling oh me so, frequently I playfulIy called him my steady, when he was here last. He told me not to think of that, as he did not want a steady girl because he was at the age that he wanted to be free to go with any girl he wished, not going with any particular one until engaged to her. We are both too young to think of that. He asked if he couldn't call on me once in a while. told him he4}could. Did do right?
 MISS E. G. The youth is very sensible in his conclusions and is possessed of the right principles Enjoy his friendship with your family present. when he calls. Adopt his plan of going about with other friends, conhning yourself at present to no particular one. Time rights all such affairs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11

world alone?Y
 While warming of our unprepared- ness to protect ourselves is shouted to men from one end of our smiling land to the other, no one thinks to warn women that, in case of danger, they, save in rare eases, are helpless as weH-to-do reads his morning paper as he goes to business.
 Carefully he keeps abreast or the times. He retrenches whatever ex- trayagances he may have 1ndulged h. If the article he has just read In h1s paper is of grave importance for the minds of American men to ponder over, he sees to it that every man in his employ has a copy of it as well as having the vital points explained. But the last thing such a man thinks or Is to bring that paper home into the bo- som of his own family, talking it over with his wife, his young daughters and sons.
 On the contrary, he endeavors to keep from them the stringency of the times, the falling off of business. He does not want them to know care or worry unless it should become inev- itabIe to ward it from them longer
 There was never a greater error. Women should not be kept in the dark even before the first not of dan ger has been sounded The rich and the poor should be brought to a re:tli- zation of their unpreparedness. What national disaster would mean to each and every w1man they should ponder over.
 If the husbands and fathers who have shielded them from the worlds. storms were suddenly called away, how many of them could valiantly take up the battle of life and fight it ac +I,a dniT in rfr ar lands? Wealth and power may take flight in a single hour. How are the women who have been used from the cradle to 1uxuries, killire time in girl hood in the pursuit of pleasure, to meet dire want and suffering heroic ally if it is forced upon them to meet unforeseen events?
 Women should wake up to the grave peril of the situation; take the jeweIed rings from their manicured fingers and learn the useful art of cooking by their own hands a home meal, fru- galIy. They should ind out the food that wouldd sustain life longest and with the most satisfying results. They should acclimate themselves by de- grees to life in theopen. It is the duty of every woman to clip off certain amount of luxuries that she will not share to help to maintain the great cost that is facing the nation, to be- come prepared to resist the foes which might attack us.
 No daughters should be brought up in these times as helpless dolls. Ev- cry girl Should be taught the value of work and how to be self support ing. They should have a thorough knowledgs of what is going on; a Knowledge Of what they can do to help their fathers and brothers. Every wo- man can help in her own way, be 1t ever so little. Let their motto be: In the time of peace. prepare for what ever comes, ready to face duty that lies before them
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
CORNER FOR COOKS


One cup of sugar, one-half cup but ter, one-half cup milk, two eggs, one teaspoon of baking powder, 11z cups flour. Flavor with lemon. Filling: One pound figs, three-quarters cup sugar. Chop the figs and boil with sugar till thick. When cold spread on pie. Make a frostjng for the top layer cake of two tabIespoonfuIs of milk and sugar to make very thick (poWdered), favored with vanilla. Add one-ha1f cup of chopped waInuts Pink frosting with some of the whole meats of the nuts make a very at tractive pie.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
NO NEED TO BEWARE, TAKE
 CARE, CHOOSING WORDS

Dear Miss Ldbbey:-
 Could you help me with your ad- vice? Will you suggest a way to con verse with strangers whom I meet at parties and dances? Also how to be- gin a conversation with a formal ac quaintance.
 MISS B. B. Exprses the hope that they are en- toying themselves. That starts the conversation ball rolling. It will be easy to reply to their rmareks. Talk easy to reply to their remarks. Talk same holds good in conversing with those you have met before.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
GLACED FRUITS AND NUTs.

Wash thef ruits free from dust and dry thoroughly. Candied cherries, white grapes, orange quarters and citrons are very good glazed. Of the nuts, Brazil nuts, English waInuts and diamonds are the best. Put a, pound of sugar and three drops of lemon juice and three drops Of lemon juice over the fire and stir until the sugar melts and is slightly straw col ored. Take it from the fire, put each piece of fruit and each nut separately on a dipper and dip it into the syrup Place at once on oiled paper to cool.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
TWO'S COMPANY,
 THREE'S A CROWD
Dear Miss hbbey:-

Dear MISS Lbbey:-
 am young girl and lonely. My father considers me too young to have men callers. My brother allows me to accompany him when he takes a girl anywhere the three of us crowdtng into small buggy If I go to church with my brother is it proper to per init a young man whom I meet there to see me home? I.go to parties but not to dances and always have good time. If do not go to church with my brother Sunday evening he goes off with his young men friends and I am alone and lonely. What must do?
 MISS L. E.
 It is hardly proper to accompany your brother and the young lady he has invited out for a ride. She prob
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
MISS LTBBEY's REPLIES
 TO YOUR LETTERS

Miss Libbey',s answers to your letters. Correct name and addYess must be given to in- sure attention. Initials print ed. Write short letters on one side of paper only. Use ink. Personal letters cannot be an. sWered. Address Miss Laura Jean Lihbey, No. 916 President Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
JANsroNE-GUcKERT.

Miss Grace Guckert and MT. Lester H. Janstone were married at the, par sonage of the Olivet Congregational church by Rev George O! Tamblyn at noon on Wednesday.
 Miss Emma Guckert, sister of the bride. and Clayton H. Booth were the only attendants. The bride was at tired in a travelling suit of African brown trimmed with beaver and a brown velvet hat ornamented with gold face and beaver. She wore a COTS age bouquet of Killarney roses
 The bridesmaid was attired in a suit of blue broadeloth with a large black velvet hat and wore 9 corsage bouquet of pink roses
 After a short wedding trip to Bos- ton and other points of interest they will be fat home to their many friends after January 5 at 15S Black Rock avenue,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
LAURA JEAN LIBBY'S. DAILY TALKS ON HEART TOPICS Copyrighted Newspaper Syndicate
Copyrighted. 1918. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.

ably considers two company, three a crowd. There's no better place than church to spend your Sunday even tngs, and no more careful escort than your brother. If he finds no objec- ton to your being escorted home by a young man of whom he approves you need have no worry over it. If you must stay at home of an evening, pro- vide yourself with a good book or in vite neighbor girlsS to come in for an hour or so.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
NOUGAT BARS.

Grease a clean tin pan with olive oil. Cover the bottom with a thick layer of almonds, English walnutss oceans, Brazil nuts and hazel nuts. Melt one pound of sugar by stirring it in an iron saucepan over the fire; when liquid and straw coIored pour it over the nuts in the pan. When candy cools, mark it off into bars ol souares
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
PINEAPPLE SALAD.

cubes, mix with one cup English wal nuts chopped. and one cup celery cut in small pieces. Place a portion on each salad plate on a. bed of shredded lettuce, and pour over mayonnajss mixed with an equal amount of whipped cream Serve very. cold.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-11
CARROT PUDDING.

Cream one tablespoonful of butter with one cupfuI of brown sugar, then add one wel1-beaten egg, one-halE carrot, one teaspoonfu1 each of pow dered cinnamon, (allspice and baking soda, one-half teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, one-half teaspoonfuI powder ed cloves, one cupfuI of bread crumbs one cupful of -four, one-half cupful of seeded rafsins and entrants, two tablespoonfuIs Of chopped candied citron peel, dreedge the raisins and entrants with a little of the flour used; one-half teaspoonful of salt. Stir the whole very hard. Put in a buttered mold, cover with buttered paper and steam steadily for three hours. Turn out and serve with the following sauce: Cream, one-halR cupful of butter with one cupful Of powdered sugar, flavor with sherry wine and add one well-beaten egg.