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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
Puanaeious Earwiaa.

Observation has disclosed that ear wigs are quarre1some creatures and al- ways ready to use their nippered tails against each other upon the slightest proyoeation. When any light suddenly falls upon them congregated at the sugar some are more scared than the others and scuttle past them, when each earWig which they nearly touch in flight will savage1y swing back it's tail and nip fiji the air with fury Sometimes the blow falls upon a neigh Dor. who instantly retaliates, and half dozen furious nips are rapidly inter changed. But fighting weight quickly settles the quarrel, the smaller earwiG scuttling off and the larger pursuing him for half an inch, running blindly backward and reaching savagely to right and left with his nippers- Yes. these same earwigs, so vindictive af meals, will be crammed, all sizes to gether, into any hole or crack by day. and they must be very gentle with each other then. for among them you may find some that have Just cast their skins, snow white, soft and help s1esg
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
FEEBLE-MINDED
 PRESENT GREAT
 SOCIAL PROBLEM
Experts at National Charities Conference Discuss
 Question.

Indianapolis, May 1.-Two. of the .principal papers read today at the National Conference of Charities and Correction were: Danger of Glass; Se'ing as Merely Backward Children szno are Feeble Minded" by pr. Geo & Bliss, Superintendent of the Indiana School for Fseeble-Minded Youth. at S>- Wayne Ind, and ''Stimulafing Public Interest in the Feeble-Mind- eds. by B. R. Johnstone. ksuperinten- dent of a, training sch ool at Vineland, N. J.
 pr. Bliss described stupid children, who have, with charitable good will been so often supposed to be able to take care of themselves but who are really likely to commit grave crimes. The doctor called such children, mis- hts'' and s'cIogs in the machinery of social adjustment'' and said that the sooner they were discovered and se- gregated in institutions for the feeble minded the better.
 Speaking Of some of the almost un- believable crimes they commit. Dr. Bliss said:
 .In an experience with more tran 1000 of this particular grade of the feeble-minded, I have never heard one of them blame himself for what he had done. The most unbelievable de- bauchery and vice that some of them are capabIe of. renders them most dangerous members of any community in which they are permitted to grow up, to live. and to reproduce their kind
 These children are often the butt Of ridicule Of the class, laughed at and teased by the other children who like to see them get mad. They are frequently precocious sexually. and may and often do come from the worst environments. Under such conditions it Is to be expected that they have bad and vicious habits and practices, which they are only too ready to teach other children
 MT. Johnstone pointed out the neces- lBity of knowing what feeble-rainded- mess really means, what causes 1t, how far it is inheritable, just what part alcoholism. tuberculosis, etc, play in Il, what effect faulty metaboIism has, what part the different grades or types of the feeb1e-ninded may safely have in community life.
 We need meth ods," he said, .'by which the feeb1e-4inded may be easily recognized We lneed places-nna any Of thenn-where children may be studied and exanninedl so that those who are feeb1er minded may be so de- clared and steps be taken for their protection and care and those who are questionable, but are normal may be recognized at once.
 The almshouses and orphanages, the reformatory and penal institutions, the villages for epileptics and hospi- tals for the insane should be survey ed and the presence of the feeble minded called to the attention of the citizens. The survey work should take into account hereditary and en- yirenmentaI conditions and search for the cause if prevalent diseases.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
SOCIETY
 OFFICERS HAULED
 TO SUPREME COURT
Tricked Into Taking Officer ships, Say Witmark and
 Douglas.
FOUNDER, EX-DRIVER;
 ACCOUNTING IS ASKED
Bernhardt's Name Used With out Authority by Organiza-
 tiOn to Aid Cripples.

Charles Noel Douglas, an author and Julius P. Witmark, music publisher, have resigned as president and vice president, respectively, o1 the Cripples' Welfare society. saying that they were tricked into accepting off1cersnips in the organization. Also they have taken the strife that seer6s to have rent the society into the New York supreme court.
 Douglas and WitEnarf obtained from Justice Blur yesterday an or der directing George Washington Ky der, secretary-treasurer and general manager, and Austin S. Ryder, exec they should not file an accounting of the property and liabilities of the so- ciety, of which Ryder was the foun- der. The organizations purpose is to buy crutches and artificial limbs and otherwise aid cripples.
 It is also intimated on information and belief that the name of Mime. Sarah Bernhardt,s whose name ap- pears as a. vice president, was used without her consent.
 Last summer 1etterheads. contain ing the signature of G. w Ryder, were sent out, bearing the ostensible indorsement of the purposes of the society by William Dean Howells, Mrs. Frank K. Sturgis, General Theo- .dore A. Bingham. the Rev. w. Mon tague Geer and Miss Emily F. F. For dyce. Objection was made to the use of these names in an article in the New York Tribune. after which the use of the prominent. names was abandoned.
 MT. Douglas called these circurn- cumstances to the attention of the court in his petition. He further stated that he had made unsuccessful efforts to have G. W. Ryder bring the k1 It. 1929 Park avenue Brooklyn. He also submitted letter from Dr. Will liam Sheldon Coons, also a former president, which read: After was elected president to succeed Judge Willard, made many futile attempts to become acquainted with details concerning the handling of funds. MT. Ryder. without consulting me, pub Hshed newspaper account to the effct that you had been elected presi- dent and several others as directors, including myself as vice presidents. never gave him permission to use my name after my resignation as presi- dant.,'
 Ryder had been driver of a milk wagon and after he lost leg became a salesman for a. manufacturer of arr tfhcial limbs.
 It is alleged that last fall and win ter several notes were made in the nameof the society some to Austin S. Ryder, who is the father of G. W. Ryder, and one each to two brothers. Last March Austin s. Ryder sued the society for $1.996 on these notes. MT. Douglas and MT. Witmark also told about a benefit concert given at the Hotel Biltmore. at which Mime. Frances Aida, David Bispham and Albert Spalding appeared,
 The two former officers of the Grip pIes' Welfare society said that reports placed the receipts from the concert at $547. of which $18S went for .srnis- ceIIaneous debts,' and $33s to a ssMr. Smith," who it was said was Ran
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
LOAFING ON DOCK,
 TELLS POLICE HE'S J WAITING FOR FISH

A second cleanup of the Water Street vagrants by Policemen Barton and Wheeler, staged Saturday after noon following Announcement that work would be obtained for all who desired it, resulted in seven vagrants sbeing- haled before Judge F. A. Bart k1ett today in the city court When arr krested several of the prisoners de- elared they were union men and de-. mapded that they be paid at the rate of 8 per day. They said they were hard working men. When questioned one, charged with being a vagrant, asserted that he went to sleep on the dock Sunday morning that he might be near the river when the fish were running Another could not account for his working proclivities when a. shoe and sock were found to be ab- sent from his feet Sentences rang ing from 15 to 80 days in the county Jail were imposed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

attended the concert given yesterday afternoon in Polils theatre by the Alumnae Association of Lauralton Hall, Milford. to raise funds for the erection of a new building at the prominent boarding school.
 Because of the generosity of MT. Poli, who gave the use of his theatre for the affair and that of the promi- nent musicians who contributed their services, a. large sum was realized. Miss Normal weber, Miss Margaret Hogan Robert Clarke, Lorenzo P. Oviatt, all formerly of the North church choir and Elmer s. Joyce. organist and director of the First Presbyterian church, Louis B. Wegge. vio1inist, and pupils of Baroness Litta yon Elsner of New York were, the artists appearing on the excel IentIy rendered program.
 Jude and Mrs, Henry c. Stevenson of 57 Coleman street. welcomed a daughter. their second child, at their home this morning. Mrs Stevenson and daughter are progressing favor ably.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
MANY AT OPENING OF
 TWO WEEKS MISSION

Large congregations attended the opening services. yesterday, of the two weeks mission at the Holy Ros- ary Italian R. c. church, which is be- ing conducted by Rev. Roberti Bia- sotti of New York. This week will be for the women. and the last week for the men. k
 The Forty Hours devotion which opened yesterday at St. Patrick's R. C.. church was largely attended. Wor- shippers thronged the church yester- day afternoon and last evening. The devotion will come to a close Tuesday morning with a high mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

How many cities and towns in the United States have Washington street7
 More than 800. Among the larger cities that have a Washington street are Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Buff falo, Chicago. Kansas City, Milwau- kee, New York, Pittsburgh, Rochester, N. r.; St. Paul, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Indianapolis
 have read somewhere that Lord NeIson's famous signal to his fleet be- fore going into battle was changed on him by somebody and made to read "EnsIand expects every man to do his duty" before being displayed. Is that true?
 According to the historical record, the signal that Nelson hoisted at the head of his fleet before meeting the enemy at the battle Of Trafalgar on Oct. 21, 1895, read, England expects that every man will do his duty" An English writer says:
 Ut is said that the famous signal vas to have been worded, Nelson con ides that every man will do his duty, md that his own name was replaced Y that of England on the suggestion
 f one of his officers. The use of his
 anne was an inspira ton and an appea hat would have been perfectly con
 istent with his tone at all times, bu
 c agreed to the alteration with ths
 ifidence of a man to whom self ont
 ountry were one at that hour. Tn -ord 'expocts' was substituted fo confdes that because the signal office )ointed out to Nelson that the phrass% .con6des that would have to be spcl cd out letter by letter on long strinf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
C CONFEDERATE VETERANS
 GATHER FOR REUNION

Birmingham, Ala, May 15-This city was thronged with Confederate veterans and visitors here to partici- pate in the twenty-sixth annual Con- federate reunion which begins to- morrow.
 General Bonnet H. Young of Louis vile, ky, commander-in-ch chief of the United Confederate Veterans and his chief of staff, General w. B. Nickel, of New Orleans, have arrived as have most of the department commanders. sponsors, maids and matrons of honor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
The Eastsst Swimmers.

Few people have any idea of the rapid pace attained by some fish. The dolphin and porpoise are perhaps the swiftest of all The latter fish has been seen to dart round and round a steamer proceeding at between seven teen and eighteen miles an hour. Prob ably a bonito Ia fish of the mackerel family at it's best could move for some distance at forty miles an hour. Salm- on, too, and trout swim very fast, particularly when accomplishing their annual spawning migration upstream. Herrings in shoals move at steady ten or twelve miles, but mackerel much faster. Whales, though not fish, can swim nit great speed, When excited they will dash along at as much as sew enteen miles an hour, but ordinarily four or five miles an hour is their speed. Seals. again. are much more speedy, and certain eastern water snakes glide along at terrific veIocities 4-.4~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
FRENCH DIRIGIBLE,
 AFIRE, FALLS INTO SEA

Paris, May 15-The dirigibIe bal loon which is reported from Toulon to have fallen into the sea off the Sar- dinian coast, belonged to the French navy. An official statement issued to- day says that the balloon caught fire from an unexplained cause while fly ing over the Mediterranean last Fri day. The remains of the envelope have been towed ashore at Tou1on. The bodies of the six persons aboard have been recovered The fate of the remaining two is unknown but it was fared that they also were lost
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15


 IF citizen Of the United statss taken government land and becomes natural ized in Canada, what would he have te do to heeorns q citizen of the United States again?
 He would have to be naturalized the same as a person of foreign birth,
 How old is the world supposed xo bs9 What is meant by the prehistoric period?
 The age of the world implies fixing the date of the creation, and scientists do not attempt to do that beyond gay- ing that 1t must be reckoned by mil- lions of years. Many Bibles are print ed with the year 4oo4 B. c. in the margin of the first chapter of Genesis, indicating that as the date of the ere ation of the world. It is only within comparatively recent times 3hat sci ence has demonstrated beyond doubt that the world existed millions of years before the period formerly as- signed as the date of the creation and that it's occupancy by man covers a period hundreds of times as long as that formerly accepted as the age of the world itself. @ The prehistoric period means the period antedating written history, human records by means of hieroglyphics which, as now known, reach back far beyond the pc riod formerly accepted as the date of the creation Of the world.
 Please tell me what uniforms Mexi can soldiers wear, both -fedsrais and rebels. 9n6a s t aa
 The regulars usually wear either blue cloth or white linen uniform, with blue or white cap. One of the artillery regiments has a blue uniform with red facings and a brass helmet Some regiments wear the national som brero and sometimes a basin shaped straw hat, The rebels or Constitution aIists, as they call themselves, have no particular uniform.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
Entertainment and Concert to Be Given
 By Brotherhood

On Monday evening, May 22nd, the Brotherhood of Memorial Baptist church, Maplewood and Howard Ayes, will give a concert and enter tainment at o'clock. The program that has been arranged will be a. treat to all who attend Tickets will be on sale at the door or may be obtained of any of the Brotherhood members
 On Tuesday evening. at the regu- lar meeting of the Brotherhood, May 2Srd. they will give 8 Mock Trial. An invitation to all men and boys is extended to attend.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
SHOW HOW TO PACK EXPORTS.

New York, May 15-Methods of packing and shipping American goods for export so as to satisfy purchasers will be demonstrated during the an- nuaI convention of the National Asso- citation of Manufacturers which began here today. American methods of preparing goods for shipment have aroused criticism abroad and the man ufacturers hope to eliminate this inn pedinent to the development of the export trade.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
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What ia eE1ubarb, vegetable or a fruit2 WatermeIon2 PumPkin7
 Rhubarb is an herb. Watermelon is fruit. Pumpkin is vegetable.

When and where was the first from clad WAFsE1ip built? When and where was the first submarine actually used
 In warfare, and was United States NNarsIliP blown up by such boat at ] Charleston during the civil war?
 Ironclad is the name given to naval vessel wholly or partly cased with iron plates. It was given before the days of modern steel battleships. The ex- perience of the British and French fleet before Seyastapol during the Cri- mean war demonstrated the need of armor for battleships The French at once began to build i've arrnor plated vessels, and the British followed soon after. In 1859 belt of arnor was f1t- ted to wooden vessel renamed La
 Glolre, and she was the first armorI clad warship. In June, 1859, the Brit ish government began the construc- ton of the armor plated all iron frigate Warrior. She was theS first iron war ship and was completed in 1861. The Nemesis, an iron vessel, not battle ship, had been engaged in 1S42 in the Chinese war.
 The earliest attempts at submarine craft began early in the seventeenth century. The earliest success which has been cIronicled was that of 1920, whan a Dutch natural philosopher, Corne1is van DrebbeI built a boat which could be submerged. The first updouhted success was secured by the American engineer Bushnell in 1775 with turtle-like craft, worked by one man. During the war of independence a boat of this kind was submerged be low the British warship Eagle, and the operator tried to attach a magazine containing fifteen pounds of ,gunpow- der to her bottom planking. He failed in his object, but the magazine later exploded sone distance from the ship.
 One of the first submarines of me- chanical power was the French Plon- geur, built in 1868 from designs by Br11n. During the civil war the Con- federates built a number of cigar shap- ed boats, some worked by hand and some by steam, which were armed with torpedoes. They were known as Davids on the account of their size as compared with battleships. Tn 1864 a hand worked one attacked the Fed .era1 ship Housatonic and sank her by means of a spar torpedo, though the submarine herself was sunk in the op- eration! This occurred at Charleston, s. O..
 PIeaae tell somsthins about the Bull garian language.
 The Bulgarian language is spoken by nearly 5.65o,0O0 people. It belongs to the southern group of Slavic languages and shows the influence Of Turkish, Albanian, Servian and Roumanian. It has A great variety of dialects which
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
FIRE IN NEW BRUNSWICK.

Monclon, N. B., May 15-The busi- ness district was the scene of a fire which caused loss of $1.25O, ,OO0. -Four wooden warehouses of Sumner & Company, hardware dealers, and three buildings, occupied by the Reed Company, wholesale grocers, were destroyed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
VOTE FOR SEVEN M. E. BISHOPS

Cold Springs, N. Y, May 46-A re- port submitted on Episcopry to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church today prepared the way for the immediate balloting for Bishops of the Church. The report recommended that seven Bishops be chosen. This is an increase of two over the present numbers
 The-War Department bought 112 5000 pound motor trucks to reinforce Gen. Pershing's truck train in Mexico
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Some 50 graduates of the Fannie A. Smith Froebel Training school and the members of the Senior and Junior classes of the school attended the annual luncheon of the AIumnae as- sociation on Saturday afternoon, at which Ellis Parker Butler, the well known author, gave delightful read ings from his own writings. Apple blossoms were used to decorate the school rooms where the buffet lunch con was served. The officers of the organization, bienniaI1y chosen, have another year to serve. They are Miss Susie Andrews, president; Miss Ada Woodruff. first vice president; Mrs. Harriet Barnes of Meriden, second vice president: Miss Florence Hawley, secretary, and Miss Louise Hoyt, treasurer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

{ O-Kop-O-Nee, centenarian of the B1ackfoot tribe, feels that the fates arc kind to him, inasmuch as May 13. designated as National Indian day, falls upon his birthday. O-Kop-O-Nee, by the way. probably is the only living Indian who knows the exact day of his birth. Most Indians figure they are about so old" figuring so many "noons.'' But O-Kop-O Nee came into this world the day his father, noted chief, passed to the happy hunting grounds. A priest. who lived among the BIackfoot tribe, chiseled a head stone for the chiefs grave, and on it he put the date, May IS. 1915: hence on May IS, national Indian day, O-Kop-O-Nee celebrated his one hum dred and first birthday. |, It is a coin cidence that the idea of establishing a national Indian day for all tribes of red men to celebrate simultaneously throughout the. country was first advo- cated twenty years ago by O-Kop-O- Nee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

dolph Milford Smith, who had in duced MT. Douglas and MT. Witmark to become officers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
PRESIDENT HOME FROM CRUISE

Washington, May 15-President and Mrs. Wilson returned this morning on board the naval yacht Mayf1ower from their weekend cruise down the river.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

y Susie Andrews, president; Miss Ada Woodruff. first vice president; Mrs. Harriet Barnes of Meriden, second vice president: Miss Florence HawIey. secretary, and Miss Louise Hoyt, treasurer.
 The Pathfinder Girls will hold the first public organization of their work on Thursday, May 25, at the Casino. A number of folk dances are being prepared for the event. The Path finder Girls were organized last fall to take the place of the Camp Fire Girls which had hitherto been very strong here. The symbol of the or ganization is an arrow signifying the straight and true course. Several hundred girls between 12 and IT compose its membership.
 Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Jane Roess- Ter, daughter of Col. and Mrs. s. W. Roessler of Black Rock to pr. Joseph Sumner Bates of New Maven. Miss Roessler is prominent in local society.
 The engagement of Miss Hazel F'elty, daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. W. Felty of New Haven to John De- Forest, son of Judge and Mrs. Robert DeForest of 93s State street has been announced. Miss Felty is a teacher in the New Haven High school and MT. DeForest, who is an alunnus of the local High school and Yale, teaches in Sheffield Scientific school.
 | Mir. and Mrs. H. H. Hamilton and daughter, Miss Bethesda Hamilton will be the guests of Stuart Hamilton, at Commencement week at Annapolis May 26 to June 2, when MT. Hamilton will be graduated. MT. Hamilton is the son of MT. and Mrs. Hamilton.
 Cards have been issued for the New York recital of Mrs. Susan Ha-wley Davis, vocal pupils which will be held in the Myrtle room of the Waldorf Astoria, on Friday evening, May 19, at 8:30 o'clock. A number of Bridge port pupils will have part in the pro- gram.
 While entertaining the members of the Industrious club, Thursday even- ing, Miss Alice Labrecque Of PIP Den yer avenue. who is to be married, in June, to WiIfred Poissant of Strat- ford, was pleasantly surprised by the sudden arrival of a number of girl friends who fshowered' her with valuable miscellaneous gifts.
 A very pleasant evening was spent, in singing, and in playing games. Piano and vocal selections were rem dered by the Misses Paradis, Garand and Thibault.
 Luncheon was served and the guests departed wishing the bride-to- be the best of fortune.
 The members of the Sewing club are the Misses Marguerite and Edith Burby. Rosamond Poissant, Berna- dette and CecilIe ProuIx, Stella, Agnes and Josephine Thibault, Alice and Laura Labrecque. The other guests were the Misss Sy1vina Asselin, Mary, Ida and Lillian Belien, May Bou- dreau, Alfreda Dubois, May Evan, Laurentia Guerin. Lillian Garand. Gertrude Paradis. Edith Lacoursiere, Bertha Lapalme,l Sy1yina Labrecque, May and Blanche Sawyer. Edith Thi- bault, and Rosanna, Labrecques Mrs, Gerstenmaier. Mrs. J. Poissant and Mrs. F. Labrecque.
 Financial as we'll as artistic suc6ess
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

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