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from the knees, giving an exceedingly
chic line. You will note that the coat
falls rather closely TO the figure as far
as the waist, then flares out decidedly
into a lynx border. The fare is mostly
at the back and sides. a trick accom-
plished by exceedingly clever cut of
the broadtail. Collar and cuffs are Of
lynx. the cuffs having graceful trim
ming of tails and paws. This hoped
fur coat attracted a great deal of at
tention when it was first exhibited and
is considered notable expression of
the new mode.
Another beautiful gift coat that will
pass from Santa's hands into the hands
of a charming debutante OF the winter,
is the model OF moleskin and fox,
shown in another picture. This coat
Is as soft and graceful in line as The
broadtail coat is daring and chic. The
cut of the sleeve, the fullncss at the
shoulders and the sash tying in front
suggest the informally Of q kimono
but the loose grace OF this garment
is well suited to slender. girlish fig
ure, and tho coat Is exceptionally
smart. The fox fur used in trimming
Is dyed to the shade of the moleskin
and Is. in itself, n gift representing a
substantial sum.
Fur Wraps Cost Santa Claus Small
Fortune.
Somebody has to slip n big check
INTO Santa's pocket before he sets out
TO select an opera wrap OF chinchilla.
like the one pictured today. Very
probably the woman who receives
such wrap will not be any happier
over 1t than the blissful schoolgirl
whose uncle sends her a muff and
neckpiece Of delectable gray squirrel
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Notes and Novelties.
LACE "BARBS" AGAIN.

- EARCH through your attic treas
urc boxes and bring 10 light any
- bits of old lace that havo been
lying away for generation or two.
For ancient lace jabots and "barbs'
are in fashion again and though cred
table specimens are being turned out
by machine, the genuine, old real lace
barb" is much to be desired. For
the benefit of those who do not know.
1t may be added that a lace barb" is
a length of hand made lace about nine
inches long. the ends being shaped
like tabs. When the strip is doubled
at the center, ii makes two little lace
tabs which, about 1865 to 1876 were
worn at the neck. depending from a
cameo brooch. Very smart in this
year of 1915 is n tall, crushed velvet
stock in black with two tiny thread
lace tabs falling from the center front.
A Robespierre collar of hand-embroid-
cred pino cloth turns back from the
throat, it's V finishing in a brooch from
which depend lace tabs of black chan
lilly,
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EIagcn and Jugs of EarthcnWaTc, ono
with Il quaint hand carved cork.
notices will occur to the purchaser.
There are also letter stencils by means
of which appropriate notices may he
affixed to country house doorways or
furnishings. Across the top OF porch
swing, for instance, is drawn y lonG
strip OF green ribbon on which is stem
cilled in white: For one I'm CON-
fort, but I'm Riiss for Two"
Just now very ornate, frivolous
cages house the family canary, One
OF the most modern cages is pie
turcd, gay affair or ivory
white wicker, wreathed with ivory
white and pale blue foliage and tied
with huge pale blue satin bow at
the top. 1t would be an unfashionah,c
songster indeed who would not appre-
ciate such an enchanting domicilc and
sing the better for it. There are also
very handsome cages of plaster. tinted
in the ivory tone and decorated with
tinted plaster flowers. Some OF these
stand on tall standards and are very
attractive additions 10 a dainty morn
ing room.
A novel gift IN silver Is crumo-
scraper for the dining table, made in
the style of q miniature carpe. sweep
er. IT sweeps up tie crumbs in no
time and Is a dainty affu,r wthai.
The earthenware hngons pictured Ia
an attractive gift for mans den.
Most interesting are the haDd-carved
and tinted wooden ccrks,
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~ TT he ordinary gifts fer peo-
vi a pie who have everything" be-
come more and more the de-
W mand each Chri"';GaS season.
] here Is no space in the Christmas
list left so long untitled as the space
following the name of the friend or
relative SO blessed by fortune that
nothing desirable or useful is missing
from her environment. One racks
ones brains trying to think of some
thing she may want; all the weeks of
the pre- Christmas shopping the bur
den OF that mpossible-to find but
must be- found gift turks in the
back of ones mind. 1t is useless to
purchase anything in the way of raj
ment or trinketry-shc has them.
Useless to add anything to her al
ready satisfactory stock OF household
belongings. More than useless to load
upon her still another hand made
trifle OF "fancy-work"-she has prob
ably dozen such things packed away
in the tissue wrappings they arrived
in last year. Books? Why give books
to one who has standing order at
the best book shops. and whose
library of classics is already perfect?
Hopelessly one goes through the list
of ordinary gifts with which the shops
abound, striking them out OF consid-
Grafton, one by one, in the discouraged
conviction OF their inlpossibility.
It is almost always easy to think
of acceptable presents for young pco-
pie; their store OF personal BELONGINGS
is still being gathered. The woman in
middle life, fairly well supplied with
this worlds goods. has acquired most
of the things her heart really yearns
for and there are few other things she
really longs to have, except things
which have been too expensive for her
purse, hitherto, TO buy When any
body does venture to ask her "what
she wants for Christmas" these still
unattainable things spring to her
mind, Of course; but very probably
she makes reply: "Oh, my dear, l
don't know really don't need any
thing. Just send me a card"
The unusual gift must be selected
in most instances with a definite price
limit in view--one cannot waste much
pity on the individual who sets forth
a-shopping with the reflection: 81
must buy her something. | don't care
what it costs, so long as | get il off nv
mind" For this fortunate shopner
there is a wide field. She NAV CLEAN
among Oriental rugs. or in the placcs
where jewels are sold. She may choose
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rat; less expensive coats are of near
seal, or dyed otter. The muskrat pclt
is soft, satiny ana very short When
the hand is passed over It, the short
hairs spring back like the pile of rich
silk velvet. A near-seal coat has a
longer, more shaggy pelt which grad
ually becomes matted, rough and
dingy after much wear and exposure
to dust. RcdreSsing the fur will help
keep near-seal in its glossy, dark rich
ness of texture, and an occasional
sponging off with a wet cloth with
subsequent vigorous shaking and
hanging to dry in a cool place will
keep the pelt in dustless condition.
The Hudson seal coat, however, is n
much better Investment for Santa
Claus, even though the price is almost
double that OF q near-seal garment.
Hudson seal wears better than the
moro shaggy polt Of dyed otter, and
its satiny, beautiful texture remains
through many seasons.
Notable Christmas Fur Coats OF
This Year.
When Santa Claus wishes to do
something handsome-somethin out
of the ordinary in the way of IA fur
coat, he selects broadtail, which is
such an exclusively expensive pelt that
only very fortunate folk can wear il.
There is a distinction therefore about
genuine broadtail which even scalskin
may not aspire TO. A photograph
which is interesting because Of new
feature never before demonstrated in
fur coat wearables, is presented today.
7 his coat has a concealed hoop around
its lower edge; a very light, supple
hoop, but hoop none tho less. which
holds out the flare OF tho garment
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That are ZI7z@>aua/

found worthy of special write-ups on
the advertising page Of the emporium
they grace.
From one of these specially shops
came the studded lantern shown in
an illustration. This lantern is Of
wrought iron, with panels of heavy,
clouded glass set under Il light
wrought iron tracery. The lantern is
supposed to hang from the roof of the
porch by the chain, and sheds a very
soft. pleasing light. From the same
shop como most interesting brass
doorknockers. some in large size for
tho front door; others tiny affairs for
bedroom doors. Odd and attractive
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also are brass weights for holding
doors open. These have tall handles.
some foot high. so that one need
not stoop to reach the weight when
it's location is to be changed. Brass
letters which may be attached to tho
woodwork over II bungalow door, or
below n mantel- shelf. are also obtain
able at this interesting shop. and va
rious notices are suggested For
doorway one may purchase brass let
tiers to read when adjusted Joy is
here: leave burdens without" Other
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20 formal, evening occasions. and the
woman whose fur gift at Christmas
must be something practical, passes
by ermine us a rule. For the woman
VI no goes out great deal, and whose
wardrobe boasts the rich costumes
that ermine demands as back
ground, an ermine scarf and muff like
the ones pictured will be a charming
Christmas remembrance. This set is
made of unspottcd ermine and the
eXquistcly soft pclt is mounted an
equally soft white brocaded satin. The
muff is as supple and graceful az the
scarf and the dead Wilderness OF both
is relieved in smart contrast OF tone
by q fringe of little ermine tails, black
tipped. AS pictured, the white ermine
set is worn with a theatre gown of
Natter blue chiffon and silk. The
velvet hat. in a deeper shade of the
sa me blue, has white plumes. Tho
white fur against this symphony in
blue is particularly lovely
The Christmas Fur Set
A good many more women receive
fur sets at Christmas than fur coats
and wraps. Santa Claus buys fur sets
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on Christmas Eve: but there is q vast
gulf between the intrinsic values of
the two gifts. Perhaps no more regal
fur coat will be seen at the opera
house this winter than this chinchilla
wrap with it's costly trimming of
pointed fox. not only at the collar
but all around the wrap, and up the
slashed sides.
Ermine wraps are favored gifts with
the plutocratic Santa Claus, but not n
great many of them change hands at
even the gift season for such a wrap
represents fortune. Ermine is one
of the most beautiful of furs. but as
has been said, its usefulness is confined
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CHRISTMAS DINNER BASKETS.

/" RATHER unique feature of de-
partment store grocery service is
y the ready-packed Christmas dim
ner basket containing everything
for the feast from dry-pickcd fowl
to plum pudding ready for stcaming.
The basket provides quantities for n
dinner of six persons and the price,
including a good market basket. is
considerably under two dollars. I'M
a CINE the JOY of a poor but worthy
home-mother. receiving such dona-
ton toward the Christmas Day dinner.
Women who have charge accounts at
the big shops where these baskets are
supplied cannot perform sweeter or
more acceptable charity than to order
several of these baskets sent to adj
dresses where this years Christmas
is not likely to bring great deal Of
Yuletide gladsomeness.
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handsome furs at marked Down
u - prices expect to fulfil her de-
slres. Up to the day before Christmas
fur prices hold their own--in readi-
ness for Santa Claus. for from time
immemorial furs have been the gift
OF gifts. ranking second only to jew
els in the estimation OF womankind.
And the practically inclined woman
would far rather receive a substantial
present in fur than the same amount
or money put into glittering gems
There is something opulcnt, superb,
In costly furs; and they appeal to the
heart feminine in their soft luxurious
ness. as even diamonds and rubies do
not appeal.
Skating Furs For This Years Giving.
Santa Claus has found now op-
ror'unty for his generosity this sea-
son in the fashionable skating fad. II
is said that skating will soon take the
place of tangoinC. Dancing classes are
actually passing out of favor because
of the vogue of skating classes and
skating clubs. Tho fad originated in
Paris whore society throngcd the in
door skating rink. before the begin
ming of the war; and skating costumes
fascinatinGly chic were turned out by
all the couturiers. Skating has been
fashionable pastimc abroad, also, at
the winter resorts on the Engandine.
The wonder is that it has not attacked
America before this. Skating toggery
of all sorts is presented in the shops
for the consideration of Christmas
purchasers and Santa Claus is fairly
in l,c oh,
thing new and hitherto unthought of
in the way Of furs.
There are enchanting skating coats
OF leather with fur collar and cuffs,
and there are skating suits of white
cloth trimmed lavishly with beaver.
skunk or white fox. For some reason
or other ermine is not a skating fur.
The suggestion of extreme Formally
that always clings TO crminc keeps it
apart, as pclt for garments of con-
ventional, Supcr-clogant character.
The opera wrap, for instance, may be
of ermine, or trimmed with ermine:
but the skating coat-which is of
course moro or less of snort gar
ment-may not adopt ermine and
keep to the canons of good taste.
Christmas ScaIskin.
Seal coats have long been the stand
by of Santa Claus. Season in and sea-
son out, seal remains the favorite pelt
with the majority of women when n
new fur coat is under consideration.
Seal is always becoming; it is always
elegant and DISTINGUISHED, one does
not tire of it as of q more conspicu-
Gus fur-and it has the precious quail
ity of making its wearcr look as slim
as she could look in any kind of fur
This year seal coats show more fitted
lines than they did last season; many
OF them are belted just below the
waistline, giving The silhouette n
taunty youthfulness. The coat skirt
flares out and is, preferably. bordered
with contrasting fur. Indeed. if Santa
Claus picks out a seal coat, this year
without some rimming-collar and
cuffs at least-of contrasting fur, he
will make a sad mistake,
The handsomest coats are of Hud-
son seal, in other words dyed musk
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mas set combines a circular cape Of
silver gray astrachan, collarcd with
black fox. and hat trimmed with foS
and s!lvery white hyacinths. This set
comes from Paris.
Fur trimmed negligees are another
phase of Christmas business. Lovely
gowns of shadow lace and chiffon ara
bordered with skunk and fox and there
are rich hued lounging robes of bro
cade and of corduroy with white fox
collars and cuffs. One luxurious
Christmas negligee is of white velvet,
lined with soft white coney. Imagine
wrapping ones self in this after ones
bath, for a siesta.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-19
American Manufacture
 of Creosote Increase
of Imported Wood Preserve tive Stimulates Domestic Produc-
 tion-Tie Plants Largest Consumers.

Owing to a falling off since August 1 of nearly 30 per cent. in shipments of creosote from England and Ger many, whence comes all but a. small part of the imported oil used by wood preserving. plants in this coun- try. American manufacturers have taken steps which, says a report com piled by the forest service, it is esti-
 mated will increase production of the domestic article by about 25- per cent. The imported oil ordinarily forms about 65 per cent of the total used in the United States, where creosote is the most important wood preserva- tive.
 The statistics gathered show that wood preserving is one of the most rapidly advancing industries in the country. In 1895 there were fifteen plants in the United States; in 1s14 l there were 122 plants of all kinds, 100 being of the pressure-cy1inde type. Ninety-four of these plant& last year used more than 79 million gallons of creosote oil. more than 2z
 million pounds of dry zinc chloride, and nearly 2 1-2 million gallons of other conservatives, such as coal tar and crude oil, treating a total of nearly 16e million cubic feet of tin1- Der. an increase of about million cubic feet over 1918, and of 35 mil lion cubic feet over 1912.
 The most important consumers are the large plants in which railroad ties are treated. The preservative res materially Iengthen the ties period l of service, lessen the labor cost in volved by renewal. and decrease the drain upon the forests due to tie-cut- ] ting. To some extent the treatment of fence posts and other forms of farm timber is being taken up, an in expensive apparatus and method hav- l ing been devised by the department | of agricult1re; but as yet the use of wood conservatives by farmers is on too small a scale to have any impor- l tance in the total. while the practice l of treating telephone DOCS. is in it's incipiency in this country.
 With the rapid advance of this in dustry as a -Whole,v says the report, ''the choice of preservatives has been | fairly weel established, but the kinds and classes of materials to be treat ed need development along certain lines. Tn Germany and other Euro pean countries practically all cross ties laid by the railroads are treated with chemicals or preserving oils. In this country but 80 per cent of the ties purchased by the railroads are l subjected to such treatment. F The number of poles treated in this coun- try is a very small per cent. Of total in use.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-19
EMPIRE

Hundreds of thousands the country over have witnessed with unflagsing interest the weekly episode Of the ser 1al supreme, ssThe Black Box Of which the tenth and latest ingtaI1nent will be shown at the Empire theatre. to- day in conjunction with a number of other. select and entertaining photo play subjects
 Today's all feature program will be headed by powerful six parts 1rsaster piece featuring the greatest of all character actors. Joe We1ch, en- titled. Time Lock 776.
 This six part photo drama unfoI1s a story which will hold attention and is sure to please and entertain as no more interesting subject than this ore has ever before been offeree at this theatre
 Joe Welch will be remembered by his work of years ago in 3 number of standard meIodramas written s5oy the author of Time Lock 776, Hal Reid, one of the greatest nelodramas and photoplayWrights living today
 Other excellent features will also be shown rounding out an altogether in teresting and pleasing photop1ay pro- gram.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-19

derbilt will not pay an inheritance tax in New York The will is to be probated in Newport. The estate would have paid an inheritance tax of $S.5Oo,0OO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-19
POLES


 Lovers of real vaudeville and pho topIays should avail themselves of the final opportunity tonight to see the excellent bill that has packed PoIi's theatre st all performancess the first half Of this weak. The va.u- devII1e attractions are in a class by themselves, while the feature photo play is masterpieces of the silent drama
 musical comedy depicting life behind the scenes is tTe feature of the vaudeville program. presented under the title of L.eona Stevens Re vue. There is big cast-Inostly girls-in this dainty little musical playIet. and the songs and dances are especially pleasing.
 The feature photopIay is ssThe Gs- cape,'' based on Paul Armstrong's great drama of the same name, and produced by D. ". Grifnths, the $10O.O00 producer. z who arranged ssThe Birth Of a Nation The pho topIay features Miss Blanche Sweet, Owen Moore and other favorites. It is in seven gripping raeIs and holds interest throughput.
 Other features of the vaudeville program are Howard Chase & Com- pany, in a one-act comedy called 1sszvhere Ignorance is Bliss: Bayle & Patsy, the long and the short of t,,'' in nonsense slrft;; Moore & sYoung, s'nuts' comediennes and the Three Brownies, roller skating dancers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-19
EDUCATION A TIER
 ONE LEAVES SCHOOL

Graduates from school and college have always said good deal about continuing education after they go to work. As a matter Of fact few of them do So. They settle into habits of desultory reading. largely of maga- zines and novels.
 The recent growth of summer schools and home courses of univer- sity education however is encouraging a vast number Of young people to keep at it. Columbia University in announcing it's summer schools for 1915, notes that last year 5,59o stu dents took these extra courses. And that is only one institution among scores that are doing this work
 Most active young people who have as yet no family ought to expect to take some additional courses of study after their regular education has been completed. Such work can always be done at home by corre- spondence. It would usually be so different from their daily tasks that it would be no added mental strain. It is simply a question whether they wish to give up time from amuse- nents and sports for the broader equipment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-19
AInuSemenfs
PLAZA

How many men are behind prison walls to-day serving sentences for crimes which they never committed and how many of them would not .slocksrnith who made a sensat tional escape from his cell, after having served several months of 8 ten year. sentence for the crime of another if they had the advantage of Hastings fcleverness, in the Mutual Masterpic- shown at the Plaza the first half of the week?
 Adeiyne. Lowe & Go. in their de- cidedIy pleasing novelty An Inter rupted Flirtation's are headlining to- days vaudeville program. There one of the best of it's kind in variety The remainder of the bill. which by the way, has not been equaIled in many a month, is composed of The sWestmans in their screaning1y fun ny domestic skit entitled ..The Trou- bies of Joy; Mason & Murray, man and woman presenting positive fly the neatest, funniest and most orig final singing, talking and dancing skit we have ever had the p1easure of seeing and Harrington s Perry, two clever little girls in an offering of songs and dances that is bringing them big results at every appearances
 Their Social Splash.'' a Keystone comedy and Little Soldier Man are included in the program.
 Mme. Doree will present her I'm perial Grand Opera Co., in Great Moments from Grand Operas, as the main attraction for the latter half or the week Excerpts from such operas as tCar1men.9 Ill Trovatore," RigoIetto and Cava1Ieria Rusticana are offered in the act and the story of the opera from which the selec- fion is made is succinctIy told. thus overcoming the common fault with grand opera selections by making the song mean something to the audi sa1lfsa-