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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18


 Frazier, selecting a tsn a lEslf et has bent corner. I noticed tt when he held them up4 That's the ace pG hearts,
 He was advancing with his nuonys but WaIllngfond put firmly vestral1- Ag hand on his s1eeve.
 That's 2 trick he earnestly WAEn- ed, still grinnIng, however, as he met BIackfess perpIe1ed stare. sDo aH tell you Try tlae right end card I'll pay you back E you lose"
 ssI don't knoyF,'' hesitats1 TEazis. doubtfully. but nevereless he dra- ped his money on Blaeldess ten, and after moment ef WageTing turned over the right end card
 The upward wrsathfng dlsturhalee Of his Jzhzskers was su6aeient pGE Gor Wallngford as ass5out from tsae crowd proclaimed the ace Of hearts.
 ..rhe gentleman gsfnsE7 cried Black ie, with a sadly resigned glance at WaIIingford His eye was quicker than my hand, and now it's test of endurance onee more. friendl Watch lem closely Here as the acc of hsartss the ace Of diamonds and the black black ace of spades. Keep your eye qn the reddest acct Now! One, and two -threeg Hocus pocus, uaingO bingo. Glimmery slam. Now. papas where's that twenty bones you took home Come ons pick out the little red acal Be a sport and break mer
 Never had B1aclzie Daw thrown the cards 50 clun1sily A dozen spectators distinctly saw the ace of hearts fail. real money on their eyesight. but r17-. ysr-17 a away.
 @OnIy papa, he insisted. He's tho gentleman who has my money. and it'a his blood I want Come on, papa. and win enough to have your shrubhery trimmedH'
 ssIt's the middle one" declared MT. Frazier, sIanrning down his s2O and turning over the indicated card ItWas the ace Of hearts. and Nr. Frazier chuckled aloud. ssYou ain't half aa slick as some I've seen. he compli- mented BIackie, stumng his orisina- S1O into his waistcoa5 pocket. I'm going to save my own money, but I'll give you chance to win yours back Come on, now, and shoot 'en agaisl-'
 Blackie, gathering up his cards glUEz- ly. looked appealingIy at VEalline1ords but met only g stony hearted grin in return. All right, papa" he agreed, accepting his hard fate with. such cheerfuIness as he might ssELere they are, and there they go. Pick 1t ous''
 taThe ace of heawts. you meanF'' eau tiously inquired the highly pleased Frazier, poising his hand
 .eName it yourself" offered Blaclale-
 Heres your $3o and here's your ace of heartsl flaw, haw. haW! You are an awful dub. Why. I've alWaZg heard that you three card sharlzs were the slickest in the business. I'm going to pinch off another ten t1is' lime and only bet you fifty.
 With murder in his soul, Blaci5e pre- pared for another aslpertly clumsy per foFmance. WazIingfor6 suddenly grab bed a lean wrist, the lean fingers on the lean hand Of which had been about to snuggle into the attractive waist coat pocket where MT Frazier haa. thrust his two ten-dollar bills.
 eTo Be Continued.1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18
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lfoDIsH F0URPIECE SKIRT.
FysPared EspeeiaAy For Thfs Neuspapey
 6y PfetoysaI Reaseap

The weI-dressed woman cannot hava too many separate skirts. This model lends ttself to development in broad cloth, serge, silk or linen. The front and front yoke are cut in one piece. and the closing is erected On the lett side. The waist-fine may be high or low. and the length regulation or shorter. It requires 2x yards of 54- inch material to make the skirt Cut the front gore and front yoke on a lengthwise fold of the material and ar range the piecfng for back gore. back gore and back yoke on lensthwise thread
 TO make the skirt, slash left side gore on double 7"oo,' perforations for opening Join gores as notched and pleat. creasing on slot per9orations, bring folded edges to corresponding lines Of small s'o'' perforatIons: stitch and press pleats. Join front and back yokes Con right side). edges even. Turn under edge of front yoke Con left side1 on slot perforations. lap on back yoke to double zoo" perforations for closing. Sew to upper edges Of side and back gores. notches and center backs even
 Adjust a webbing or a straight strip of canvas two inches wide to position underneath upper edge of skirt for a stay; stitch upper edges together.
 There are many methods to be em- ployed in the further decoration Of this skirt. Fine soutache or rat-tan braid may be used to outline the yoke and repeated on the hem of the skirt wider bands of plain or fancy braid pleated hounce where 1t tz attached to the yoke.
 If one has the good fortune to be pre- pairing the spring and summer ward robe so early this model may be car ried out in linen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18
DAILY DOTNGs OF THE
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

The Senior Commercial class will give social and entertainment on Wednesday evening at Seaside Insti- tute. corner of Lafayette and Atlantic streets. The committee having charge or the arrangements and which has secured 2 very fine program consists Of Joseph Cummings. chairman: Mary Afaraffi, Kate Cohen, Rose Frank, Bakos. Sidney Tibbals, Henry Kiley Of the evening will be occupied by a aninnovation in class affairs and bids fair to rival anything ever attempted Iauretta Daley and Marguerite Cheney will deliver recitations, Mabel Mccarthy and Edith Lundin will oblige with vocal solos, Mabel Benson and David Greenspun have been se- cured to give violin solos. while Mary Marafhi will give piano solo and also take part in a duet with Anna Mo- Grath. The opening overture and closing selections will be given by Tib- bals orchestra, which has been espec- tally engaged for the affair. Follow ing the entertainment ice cream and cake will be served and afterwards dancing will be enjoyed.
 The committee has been busily en- gagged in securing the talent and com p1eting arrangements and now that the preliminary work is finished, ev- erything points to this undertaking being very successful. The sale of tickets has been large and the attend. a1ee will only be limited by the size of the hall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18
cG4EcKs GROUP INSTANTLY.

< You know croup is dangerous. And you ought to know too. the sense of security that comes from having
 Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in
 the house, It cuts the thick naucua and clears away the pheIegm, stops the strangling cough and gives easy breathing and quiet sleep. Every user is a friend. Hind1e,s Drug Storeas-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

Miss Lfbbey's replies to your letters. Correct name and ad- dress must be given to insure attention, not to print. Use ink. Write short letters, on one side of paper only Address Miss Libbey, 9i6 President St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

the methods prevailing in a certain section of the lnetrop olitan press. It is sometimes said that the public likes to read interesting things, and is indifferent whether the stories are true or not This is rather underrat- ing public intelligence. Few people like to buy green goods They will do 1t once or twice, just as the farm CTS used freely to part with their good money for gold bricks But eventu- ally they learn better.
 Gradually the public is also learn- ing better about newspapers. It wants to lind out what happened, not ictions originating in the brain Of clever reporters many miles away. It is learning out that the only way to learn the truth is to buy the news paper produced at home, written by men who depend for their success on their reputation for accuracy, fair ness. and truth telling
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18
HIs-AND FTVH CENTsi

DGNsT MISS THIS Cut out this slip. enclose five cents to Foley 6 Co, Chicago. ILL, writing your name and address clearly You will receive in return free trial package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, for. coughs. colds and croup, Foley Kidney Pills. and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Drug Stores.-Ady.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18
WOULD HAVE TWO
 STRINGS TO HIS BOW
Dear Miss 1.ibhey:

Dear Miss Lfbhey:
 went with a young man two years. We got along spiendfdly; had no fear of another girl cutting me out One evening he got acquainted with an- other girl and started to call on her nights he wasn't with me. Of course couldn't stand fh1sf 90 I asked him to give the other girl up for me; he said he didn't see why he should, as she always used him nne. Still he claims to like me best. He told g cer- tain person he would come back to me give hdm up?
 You may have something to say aS to whether you will allow him to come back to you if he gives the other u1s. He may not like to find out that others there may be two stTargs to your bow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18
THE GIRL IS THE
 ONE TO LIVE WITH HIM
Dear Miss Libbe,

Dear Miss Libbey:
 ann girl twenty three years Of age. This summer my paretrts Intro duced gln'e to a man whom they are pers1ading me to marry. This man dearly loves me; also is quite wealthy but cannot return the love, for che simple reason that he is entirely toD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

Ten Englishman, ins an official ca pacity; secured positions with n1uni- tion factories In Waterbury, Conn. to observe American methods of mansl- featuring brass shells.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

Many of the governors, feeling that the legislatures should do their busi- ness quickly and promptly. delivered addresses to that effect containing 1o,- 900 words.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

The steamer Manhtou, which arrived at New York from London and Ply 1noaIth coIhded with the Berlin patrol cruiser Cleopatra near Beachy Head, Dec A
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

It is not customary for the women to go marketing any more, as it takes time and interferes with their bridge game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

The navy may not be prepared Cor war. but at least the navy yard en- p1oyes all know who they arc sup posed to vote for at the next eIec- ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

Probably the old fashioned dances would soon be popular again. as some predict, if you had to spend money to learn them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

H. Michael Of New York city. dEst officer on the Morgan liner. El Vale. was lost at sea Thursday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18
old for me. what saau ! ao2 Please

answer.
 Do not marry without love; it would only mean sorrow and disappointment for both, If yod gave him your hand, knowing full well he could never win your heart. Later a younger man might come upon the scene whose per sonality would strongly appeal to you. Then fhere would be useless regrets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

Mrs. Russell Sage will give $25O. 600 to Princeton for the erection of a. new dining hall on the campus. provided a like amount is raised by July 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18
THINKS ABOUT
 BOYS TOO EARLY
Dear Mias Iibbeys

Dear Miss Iibbey. have been going with a boy for about two months and he has been awfulty nice to me. but I don't care for htnn Please advise sne what to do. about tt-
 ME. Quit goine about with the boy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

Miss Edith Peterson, TT, is em ployed at Radferd B. Smiths on Sat urdays
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

A threat that something will happen if Billy Sunday ever comes to Passaic, N. J., was received through the mail by the chief of police there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

The Futile Bill, fixing a standard 1aTrel for fruits, vegetables and other dry commodities, passed the House by .. vote of 200 to 102
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

The regular monthly meeting of the Athletic Association will be held We'd nesday noon in the Assembly hall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

The basketball team will go to An sonia Thursday evening where the five of that town will oppose the To- calls on the home court
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

Harry D. Sims will resign as private secretary to John D. Rockefeller to become a clerk in a Cleveland grocery in order to be near his brides folks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

The credentials Of Senator Lee S. OveT1nan of North Carolina, elected to the Senate for the term beginning March 4. 1915. were presented to the Senate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

The Vermont Legislature passed e bill removing from ofnce the tlVe 7u9s tices of the state supreme court
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

Corsage Bouquets For Dances
 JOHN RECX & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

ing as Miss Puryianee met the com merciaI and academic seniors during the chorus period
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

One week till combinations from which neither juniors nor seniors are exempt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

Orders on the books Of the Arneri- can Can Co., at the present time are the largest in it's history
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

Corsaqe Bouquets For Dances
 JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

short periods were held. tlis 1norn-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

C0rs4ge Bouquets For Dances
 JOHN REGK 6 SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18

Quit going about with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
By Frances Evelyn, Countess of Waroyick.

A BUSES cling to crisis as bar A naoies to ship. and every aspect IA of war has it's own peculiar abuses. While millions do their duty with quiet heroism, there is always minority that takes advantage, that corrupts others-or itself. Some believe that fraud and fool ishness stay at home, that they cannot approach the field of arms, but this is far from being the case
 My thoughts turn back to the South African war, when certain scandals were supposed to have reached their zenith; look around me today. listen to the we'll authenticated stories brought to me by relatives and friends and know that South Africa did not tithe the possibilities of folly and excess. For once I am not plead ing for my own sex. I plead for one part of it against the other, for a majority against a minority, for those who are doing what they are paid to do, against those who are voluntary workers.
 The position comes little strangely to me when I look at it in this light, but the highly-trained, conscientious, painstaking hospital nurse whose patient heroism pro- claims her true followed of Florence Nightingale is being exposed to scandalous annoyance for no good purpose and to no useful end, and l feel that l must plead her cause, since she is in the last degree unlikely to plead it for herself.
 Society women of a certain class made themselves so notorious in the military hospitals and elsewhere during the South African war that at least one General threatened to send them home and another refused to allow any more to come out As soon as the greatest struggle of our his tory started, in August last, certain women of means and position proceeded as silent ly and unostentatiously as was possible under the circumstances to equip hospitals and to set about their self-appointed work.
 They labored conscientiously and sought no more publicity than was necessary to enable them to collect money from philan- thropists and friends. They did their best; some were already qualified by previous experience, others acquired their knowl- edge under the most trying conditions possible. They have worked since war began, well content to "scorn delights and live laborious days;" some who are near and dear to me have said that they have well-nigh forgotten the old life and the comforts they deemed indispensable only Ia little while ago.
 | think it may be claimed for them that they have played good part, and that in helping others they have not sought to ldraw attention to themselves or minimize tte credit due to the trained sisterhood
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be unkind to offer protest, but the gen- eral opinion is that they do moro harm than good. They subvert discipline, they are law to themselves, they are too highly placed or protected to be called to order promptly, they have neither the in- clination nor the capacity for sustained usefulness. To sit at the end of a bed and smoke cigarettes with a wounded officer does not develop the efficiency of a hospital.
 One hears repeatedly that this girl or that has gone to the front and one imagines devotion, self-sacrifice, self-re- straint and dozen kindred virtues. Un- fortunately it is chiefly in the realm of imagination that these virtues exist For the rest, the interlopers want limelight, and plenty of it. their pictures flood the illustrated papers, and to read what is written of them the experienced person might imagine that they are bearing the heat and burden of the day, the solitude and anxiety of the night, while in very truth they do no more than search for fresh sensations in an area that should be sacred.
 The type of mind that can seek refuge from self and boredom in such surround ings cannot be stricken into serious ess; tragedy cannot reach 1t. To do a very minimum of work, to attach themselves to the most attractive" cases, to carry small talk, gabble and gossip into places where so many come to die, these are the main efforts of the young society nurses, and all these outrages are being carried on from day to day.
 The real nurses and sisters are. I am told, bitterly indignant They ask no more than to be left alone to do their best, but they know how hard it is to make an effective protest and they have little or no time to do so. They recognize by reason of their training the full motive of t excursion into the region of suffering, the
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whom war is little more than new sensa- tion. They are not old enough to under stand or young enough to be restrained. In normal times they must be "in the movement" however foolish that move ment may be, and war that staggers the Old World and the New leaves them very much where they were before. Under the rose they have not diminished their afore- time gaiety; dances and dinner parties have been the order of the Winter season.
 They have been trumpeted by the section of the presG that delights in re- cording vain things, but those who view the currents of London's social life know that I am writing the simple truth. There is nothing to be said; let those laugh who may and can at such a season; their laughter proclaims them what they are.
 Unfortunately the people have in mind have not been content to devote them selves to brainless frivolity, because they must sample every sensation that the sea- sons provide-they have invaded the sanctuary of the hospital nurse. Scores have found their way to the great London hospitals in town to face what they are pleased to regard as training. l have known some who have danced till 3 a. m. and have presented themselves at the hos pital at 8 o'clock!
 Everybody knows that the training of real hospital nurse is very serious mat ter; that it makes full demand upon phys ical and mental capacity, and that long period is required to bring the seed of efficiency to flower or fruit. The social butterflies have made no such sacrifice. ThQv hn ocu tr{f md cial knowledge of a nurses work and have then set their social influence to work in order to reach some one of the base hos pitals where they may sample fresh ex- perience.
 If they were really useful there 1t would
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to return will be scanned closely and critically by generations of really free women yet unborn.
 To know of blot upon woman's war time service record, and to make no att tempt to erase 1t, is impossible. The rec ord of the real nursing sisterhood is brilliant in the extreme. Why should it be obscured for the sake of a few highly placed and foolish young women who seek with the minimum labor to make the maxi mum of effect? It is unjust, ungenerous and altogether unworthy of the repre- sentatives of families that in many casea have earned their ample honors legitimate ly enough.
 Great Britain owes more than it can ever repay to the nursing sisterhood, and it is .intolerable that while their silent heroism passes with so little recognition, any girl of good family who assumes a uniform she has not won the right to wear should pose as the representative of a sisterhood she is not worthy to associate with, of whose tradition she is ignorant, of whose high discipline and complete restraint she Is intolerant
 There are three classes of women in our midst. The first earns reward and claims it, the second earns reward and does not claim it, the last claims reward and does not earn it. Of these classes the real nu.-- belongs to the second and the butterfly sisterhood to the third. At such a season as this there is no room in our midst for the last and it would be we'll for us all, if authority could spare a moment fromI manifold activities firmly and ruthlessly to| suppress it. The hardship involved would be of the slightest, the benefit serious and lasting.
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The Once Rather Frivolous Duchess of Westminster, Who Is Conducting
 Soldiers Hospital Near Paris.

tolerable. Physical courage is seldom lacking either in men or women who are well-bred and it may be freely granted that a certain measure is demanded of the butterfly nurses, but there is no re- demption in this. To savor the full sense of life without courage is impossible; one might as readily make an omelette with out breaking eggs. In this case 1t is courage misdirected, energy misspent.
 feel very strongly about this scandal, so strongly that I have not hesitated to write what is bound to offend some of my own friends, but there are times when it is impossible to be silent If one would live on tolerable terms with oneself. l feel that in these days woman is called upon to make supreme sacrifices; that what she is giving even now is less than will be required of her later on; that her war record and her record when peace is about
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to think I have overstated the case or traduced the young women who are at present somewhere in France" let them find out from their particular heroine how much time she gave to training, how she received her appointment, and how much real hard work she does day by day.
 That few have striven hard and nobly I would be the last to deny, but these are not enough either to leaven or purify the mass or to elevate the action of a class that might be better employed. Let us remember, too, that suffering is always with us and that even when war is over there will be far too much in all the great centres of our own country.
 Are these butterfly nurses prepared to remember in the future the profession they have invaded today? Will they respond to the calls that are made to help, not young attractive and valiant men, but
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They have made many friends and no ene- mics; the hero of the trenches and the as- saulting party has not given more to his country, for both have given their all: the man his strength, the woman her practical sympathy, and both a high degree of physi. cal and moral courage.
 Unfortunately there is in London to-day a very large company of young women to