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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape)

Thare was a, little kid standing in frunt of Monnny Simminses candy store holding a balloon by a string, being a kid with derty wite stockings on, and me and Ed Werniek and Sid Hunt started to go past, and Ed Wer- nick sed, Hay, kid, wy don't you leave go of the string, the balloon wont do enything.
 Wont it go away, sed the kid, and Ed Wernick, sed, Nav, 1eeve go. And the kid left go of the string and the balloon went rite up in the air like a balloon, and the kid started to yell and jumped on Ed .Wernick and started to kick him in the shins and puntch him in the stummick, and the balloon started to come down agen and me and Sid Hunt ran after it and cawt it about a block away and bra.wt it back and Ed Wernick was holding the kids hands but the kid was still kicking him and still yelling, and Ed Wernick was saying, Hay, cut it out do you heer, cut it out.
 Heers your balloon, kid, T sed
 And the kid stopped kicking and yelling, and Sid sed, Don't lets give it to him till he ipoHgiZes to Ed.
 If you want your balloon, kid, you got to ipoIigize for doing all that kicking, I seds
 Wat good will that do me, my shins hert like the dfckins, I got a good
 
 Ed Wernick.
 Make him ipo1ogize, sed Sid, go ahed, kid, ipoIogize
 will not. sed the kid
 All rite, then you don't get your ba1z' loon, sed. And we pretended to start to walk away with it, and the kid sed, III fp0logize
 Go ahed, sed Sid. and the kid sed to Ed Wernick, I ipo1ogize for kicking you, you big sucker.
 Now you got to ipo1ogize for calling him 9 sucker, sed, and the kid sed, I ipoIogize for calling you a sucker, you freckIe face stiff.
 Now you got to ipologize for call ing him a freckle face stiff, I sed.
 Hay, I aint going to stay heer and be called names jest to heer this kid apologize, sed Ed Wernick. And he wawked away and we gave the kid his balloon back and wawked after him, and the kid yelled, You big CTS ter, you rotten tummato.
 shood we go back and make him apologize, I sed.
 No, sed Ed wernickr And we did ent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
EX-EMPRESS
 EUGENE 90 TODAY

It is probable that few Frenchwo- men have prayed more ardent1y for an Allied victory over the hated s'bo- ches'' than the ex-Empress Eugenie, whose throne was topp1ed over as a result of the Franco-Prussian war. The deposed Empress of the French will be ninety years old tomorrow, as she was born in Granada, Spain, May 5, 1926, the daughter of a Spanish army officer and Scotch woman. The naughty, inperious beauty who was the worlds arbiter of fashion during her brilliant career as Empress of the French is now little, bent old woman with hair of snowy wilderness and skin wrinkled by the touch of time. She has never forgiven the Germans for the defeats inflicted upon her husband, and she hates them as bitterly now as she did when she fled from France to become an exile in England. Of late years she has spent most of her time
 at her country seat at Scarborough, England, where she has turned over a large part of her house for use as a convalescent hospital for soldiers. The officers and Tommies who are sent to the beautiful Hampshire estate to re- cover from their wounds consider themselves very fortunate, for there
 they are privileged to pay court to the woman who was once the center of re- gard at her brilliant salons in the Palace of the Tuileries. For all her devotion to France in these days of stress, Eugenie is still the foe of la repub1ique and the defender of the Bonapartists. It is understood that her fortune, estimated at 15,OO0, ,00O, will all go to the propaganda for the restoration of the empire. She has also compiled, with the assistance of several secretaries and genea1ogfsts, a lengthy autobiography which is not to be published until three years after her death. She will be buried in the Benedictine Abbey at Earns worth, where rest her husband and her
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
THE BACK YARD GARDEN

Tn the old time country villageeor city suburb, nearly everyone raised a. few standard vegetables. Now me tendency is to use the back yard for an automobile garage. or as a gen. eral rubbish heap or playground Many people set out small fruits on the theory that once planted, they re- ouire no labor Also they usually provide little fruit. after the neighbor- borhood boys get through with them
 It is commonly remarked that after you have paid for tools, fertilizer and labor, the garden costs more than the vegetables raised. But it didn't for rnerly when the man of the house spaded and hoed it for himself and paid out no cash except a few dollars for seed and fertilizer.
 It is about as easy to raise beans or potatoes for five families as for one If neighbors are friendly and intirnate they can make quite a saw ing in living costs by each raising one or two varieties and arranging for a general exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
ToDAY's POEM
A FUNERAL ON THE EAST SIDE
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Life looks out of the windows As Death goes by the door; And children laugh and exclaim with
 delight To see the beautiful black horses, Holding their heads so proudly erect. The flowers-oh, the flowers! There are two carriages full of them. Some have white, gIassy-eyed doves Towering stiffly, by means of wires, Above the roses and lilies. Many of those children have never
 seen such flowers before; It is a gala day for them; They will talk of it for week; They wish that people would die of So that they might see the flowers. You are shocked: but the hunger for
 beauty, whetted on litter and garbage-pails, seizes strange food-sometimes And the poor Body, On whose coffin the flowers are heap
 ed They cost, perhapsg more money Than he ever owned at ,one time in
 his Flife- To his spirit, If it be not yet ascended, It must seem perfectly natural To have the curious crowd about hins He was born in a crowded hospital He lived in crowded tenement
 house He leaves his earthly home in ap
 crowd. How lonely the cemetery will seem To one who has never known soIl-
 tudei But no! He will be in a crowd even
 there The crowd ow the Dead, who out
 number the crowd of the Ldv-
 ingi Florence Van c1eve in New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
INTERNATIONAL
 EGG LAYING CONTEST

At the close of the twenty-sixth week the fifth laying competition at Storrs is just half over. In the first six months of the 1914 contest the hens laid Al per cent, of their yield for the year; in the 1915 contest they laid Al 1-2 per cent. Taking the av- craze Of these two. namely, Al 1-2 per cent as a basis the hens in the present contest may be expected to lay a total of more than 17O,060 eggs each hen in the contest two years ago averaged to lay IA eggs; each hen averaged to lay 152 eggs last year., each hen is expected to lay s170 eggs in the present contest.
 Last year the best pen of the first six months had laid a total of 1,019 eggs. In the present contest there are two pens, each of which is more than 100 eggs ahead of this schedule. The best individual production for the first six months last year was 13O eggs by a Barred Rock; now there is a Rhode Island Red, 8. White Wy andotte and a White Leghorn each Is eggs or more ahead of this record Pineerest Orchards pen of Reds from Groton, Mass, won first place for the week with 3, production of 5s eggs. Four pens of four different breeds from four different states tied for second place. Holliston Hill sPoul- try Farms White Rocks from Hollis ton, Mass, Obed G. Knights White wyandottes from Bridgeton, R. T., F. D. CIark's Reds from Berlin, Conn.,, and the Club pen of White Leghorns from Sprin gfield, H., all laid 55 eggs each. Two Connecticut pens, namely, Springda1e Poultry Farms Reds from Durham and George Phillips Leg horns from Seymour tied for third with 54 eggs each. The total produc- ton for all pens amounted to 4343 eggs.
 The three best pens in each of the principal breeds are as. follows:
 Plymouth Rocks
 Jules F. Francais (Barred) w.
 Hampton Beach, l.. I. sos Rock Rose Farm (Barred9 Ka- Holliston onsrt Hili Poultry Farm
 (white) HoIiston, Mass. 859
 Wyandottes
 Tom Barron, (White) Catforth. obed G. Knight. (white) Bridge
 ton, R. T. 1131 P. w Backus, (white Chatham.
 Ontario M 978
 Rhode Island Reds
 A. w. Rumery, Danvil1e, N. H. 941 Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Jacob E. Jansen, North Haven,
 Conn. 912
 White Leghorns
 Will Barron, Bartle, near Pres
 ton, England. ses Tom Barron, Catforth, nr. Pres
 ton, England. ss6 Conn. Conn ss1
 Miscellaneous
 Oregon Agricultural College
 (Oregons), Corvallis; Ore. SOP J. CoIIinson. (B1ack Leghorns)
 Barnacre, Garstang, England 794 A. Schwarz (Black RhineIanders,
 Burlingame, Cal. 7s5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
DIFFERENCES IN RELIGION

N. s. asks: Do you think it best for Protestant girls to marry. men of same faith? I am in love with a girl and am much perplexed. Seems can not give her up. Believe she loves me, but will not write. I am to go and see her soon. Is it proper for me to go to her home?''
 There must be changeless love for those who marry. This is more of a requirement. than their faith ofttimes. No one can tell what is for the best. Every faith has numbers of people who wed and live happily together. Love and good disposition gain the day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04

every meal, and the~1unch can, if this seems desirable, be made an excep- ton. In practice, however, it has been found that such dishes as milk toast, milk soups, and cocoa are often convenient for the lunch at home, while at school they can be prepared more easily than most dishes because they do not call for an oven or~for any but the simplest cooking utensils.
 Milk soups, of which there is a great variety, all prepared in about the same way, are important, not only because they can be made means of serving milk in large quantities but also because they offer a good way to use vegetables, the value of which as food is referred to later in this bulletin. Materials other than vege- tables-small amounts of fish or cheese, for examp1e-can be used for flavoring. These, however, tend to increase the protein rather than t to add to the nutrients which give vege- tables their special usefulness in the diet, a fact which should be kept in mind when bills of fare are being made.
 It is unfortunate for those who have charge of the food of children to be tied down to any fixed recipes for milk soups, for if so they are like ly to fail to utilize materials at hand, such as those that grow in the home or school garden or those that have been left over from previous meals and are still in good condition.
 Other easily prepared dishes that may be the means of introducing milk into the diet are simple chowders, such as potatoes or corn chowder and custards. The breakfast cerea1s-a large and varied class of foods, valu- able in themselves be the meanse of encouraging children to take much milk. All can be served with milk; and the food value of the uncooked varieties can be further 1n- creased by using milk instead of wa ter in preparing them In this way skim milk which has a higher food value than most people realize and which is too often wasted, can be made to count as nourishmert.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
TRYING TO BREAK
 THE ENGAGEMENT

F. K writes: f'I am a girl IS, near 19. Young man, my company, was same age. Asked me to wed not long ago. My parents consented. Last time at my home he asked permission to visit eff he got off) Sunday I told him might not be in, but to come to my house as usual As he left asked if he was coming Sunday. He replied, Yes Sunday he failed to call I waited a good while, disappointed. Monday I saw his friend and two girls with him out walking. Passing by, they said, Good evening" Will he re- turn or was that to break our engage mentf Anxious for advice
 It was not a good evening" but a disappointing one. Do not worry. He is f1ckle. You will meet a bette~ one by keeping up bright, cheerful spirits
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
THE PRICE oF MILK
Bridgeport Demand Prevents Usual
 Spring Price Decrease
. (Danburv Newsl


 Contrary to the plan which they have followed in past years retail milk dealers of the city did not reduce the price of milk to seven cents a, quart May 1, but it was stated by sew eral dealers today, the price will re- main at eight cents a quart this sum mer, the same as it was during the winter. It is understood that most of the dealers in the city will follow the action of the leading dealers.
 This action is not taken by the deal CTS because of the late spring or high price of grain, as some might think, but because of the milk situation in Bridgeport. According to local deal CTS there is a great scarcity of milk in the Park City, so much so that many dealers of that city have been for sew eral months past sending out auto trucks through the surrounding sec tion getting milk to supply their GUS toners. The large trucks of one Bridgeport firm are now familiar fig ures on the streets of this city and other firms are sending out trucks in other directions.
 The trucks seen here are a part of those which make regular trips to Brookfield, New Fairfield and even as far west as Brewster, N. Y, get ting milk there which used to be ship ped by the Borden company to New York. The milk producers in the out money by the Bridgeport concerns, say the local milk men, and they had to meet this price in order to secure milk to supply their customers
 The present retail price in Danbury is said to be two cents less than that charged in Bridgeport and to be low CT than most other Connecticut cities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
HOME HEALTH CLUB
S=a:ted by pr. David Fl. Reeder.

S=5.ted by Dr. David H. Reeder,
 Chicago.
 SCHOOL LUNCHES: (Continued) The bulletin issued by the department of Agriculture on the subject of school lunches was quoted in my last lecture and will again use the ex- cellent information. Referring to the previous quotation the discussion of well made bread was of decided in terest.
 If the diet is limited in kind and quantity, bread made from the so- called grain Hours is especially useful; if it is yarfed and abundant, other foods can supply the nutr1tive material which characterizes the branriy layer of the grain. The use of different kinds of bread is to be recommended in general, for variety in the diet is pleasing and this is an easy way to secure it. Sometimes so simple a change as baking bread in a new form, a twist for example, in stead of a loaf, or cutting bread and cutter, will increase chiId's, relish for it.. So, too will a change of flavor, obtained by adding a few raisins, dried entrants or nut meats.
 Cereal mushes and ready-to-eat cereal breakfast foods supply much the same nutrients as bread. In a very general way a half cupful of cooked cereal much or one cupful of puffed, flaked or shredded cereal is equal in food value to a good-sized slice of bread q ounce).
 The above allowance of any one of these cereals with one tablespoon of cream is about equivalent to the slice of bread mentioned (1 ouncel spread with about one-sixth of it's weight of butter, moderate and not unusual allowance. Cereals with cream re- semble bread and butter in their nu- tritive value more closely than cereals with milk doa Probably one reason why bread and cereals in other forms make up so large a part of4 the food of people is because they come near important requirements of the diet a right proportion between the nutri- ents which provide fuel only and those which can be used for body building. Or, expressing these terms Of the needs of the child, they come near to providing for activity and al- so for growth To come near to do- ing a thing, however, is not to do it, and with bread and butter should be served, as Q rule, some of those foods which provide protein in larger pro portion as compared with fuel. These foods Include milk, meat, fish, pou1- try eggs, cheese, dried beans. cow peas, peas. peanuts and almonds wal nuts and other nuts. Among these protein-rich foods as they are often choose at will and according to their likes or dislikes, but in the case of children no one of them is thought wholly to take the place of milk
 The value Of milk in the diet of the young is due not only to the fact that it contains a large number of nourishing substances in forms which they can easily be assimi1ated but also to the fact that in some way not now fully understood 1t seems to pro- mote growth and to help the body of the child to make good use of other foods.
 While milk should, if possible, have a place in the diet of all growing chill
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
DOMESTIC PETS IN TOWN LIFE

A capitalist living in another town announced a few years ago that he would lay out a residence street with special restrictions against keeping domestic pets He proposed to insert a. clause in each deed, forbidding the keeping of dogs and hens. While he would not exclude cats irrevocably, yet he proposed to sell only to per sons who during their occupancy would verbally agree not to keep them He believed that many people would be attracted to his street
 Many persons think dogs should be kept only on farms. They are irri- tated by the digging up of gardens, depositing of bones over lawns, and the historic tendency to bark at the moon They believe the canine has no place in town life unless tied up. They tremble at every pup that barks, and telephone their neighbors to shut up the beast before they venture to call.
 Hens have long caused neighborhod quarrels. As a town grows in size, they become impossible save in the outskirts. They are a great help in reducing living costs, and many peo- pie find egg production diverting and profitable. But it iB dreadful on sem sitive modern nerves, if a rooster crows hen announces that an egg is laid.
 It will probably be some time be- fore there are any dog1ess or catless towns or even streets. A man from the place first referred to tells us that on the proposed dogless street, no house has as yet been even started. Apparently the anti-doggites are not sure enough of the popularity of their attitude to invest money on it.
 Many parents encourage children to needless fear of animals. The sen sitfve dog sees a eringing look in the eye, and shows his teeth the more ferociously. People who are not afraid are rarely molested.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
CORNER FOR COOKS }
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ALMOND BISCUIT

One-fourthpound almonds, one-ha1f small paper cases one-inch square in size, lightly brushed over in the inside with sweet oil
 Throw the nuts into boiling water for a minute. Divide in half, chop finely one portion and the other cut In shreds. Whip the whites of the eggs very stiff, mix. together the su- gar and nuts which have been chop ped, beat again and when stiff enough, half fill the little paper cases with the mixture, sprinkle the shred ded almonds on top. Bake in a very moderate oven till they are set and Slightly colored-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
RIRTHDAY CAKE

One pound sffted flour, s-4 or a pound of sugar, IA pound of butter, eggs, yolks and whites beaten sep arate, 1 wine glass of sherry, i nut meg grated, l cupfuI of seeded rai- sins, l cupful oI milk and 3 teaspoolf- fuls of baking powder. which should be sifted into the flour. Stir butter and sugar to a. cream, and add the wine, then yolks of eggs, a, little flour then milk, more flSur, whites of eggs and nutmeg and lastly the raisins, dredged with flour. Bake in a mod crate aven When cool frost it over as desired and add as many candles as years of girl or boy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
DAINTY FIsH PAsrTEs

Take one pound of any white fish. like ha1ibut, codfish or haddocII, free it of skin and bone and pound or mash it up with two tablespoons of butter and the same amount of bread crumbs. When reduced to a paste add two wel1-beaten eggs and salt and cayenne to taste. Blend thorough ly and make into little pats about half an inch thick. Dip into egg and cracker crumbs and fry a golden brown. Place between squares of pas try which have been baked.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04

Dear Doctor: Please telf me what to do for. the skin disease known as Psoriasis What is it's cause
 {Answer) Psoriasis is a scaly con- dition of the skin characterized by patches of white, glistening scales, mostly around the elbows, knees or scalp, though other parts of the body may also be involved. As a rule it appears periodically, once a year, us- uaIIy in the winter, and may disap- pear without special treatment, though the severe itching and the constitutional nature of the difficulty should demand attention. There are quite a number of cases which have been treated by the Home Health Club methods and to great advantage. The trouble is stubborn. I have one particular case in mind, wherein the necessary treatment covered a period of several years On account of it's nature both internal and local treat ment should be employed.
 For internal use have found the tissue elements most effective. Lo- cally I advise as follows: The scales should first be removed by warm wa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
MISS LIBBEY'S REPLIES
 TO YOUR LETTERS

Miss xs5bey's answers to your letters. Correct name and ad- dress must be given to in- sure attention. Initials printed. Write short letters on one side of paper only. Use ink. Per- sonaI letters cannot be answer ed. Address Miss Laura Jean Libbey, No. 91G President St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
JEALOUSY OFTEN
 CAUSES QUITTING

H. G. writes: "A widower keeps company with me. I am a widow and regard him devotedly. Recently, he told his friend he thought of quitting me. After that he told me he loved me. Is disgusted with that friend. Did not assure me if he did or did not talk of quitting Am to let him go or try to ask reconsidering? love him. He comes to see me oftener than previous Is jealous. Please a6vAse what to do.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04

ter and borax, considerable soaking being required, and afterwards apply a wash of witch hazel extract and white fluid fhydrastics, to which a lit tie tincture of ginger should be added. Cold water applications give most re- lief from itching, but of course, only temporarily.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
COOKIES

Mix thoroughly half a cup or but ter, warmed until soft. but not me1tedl the same amount of sugar, one cup of rnolasses, one teaspoonful of ginger, two teaspoonfuls of soda, dissolved in a cup of boiling water, two and a half cups of flour, and lastly two eBgB beaten light Bake the drops in gem pans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
TINA FISH SALAD

Get from your grocer a can of tuna. fish, Opensxpour off liquor and Rut fish into a bowl. Chop fine one fourth pound of lettuce and one small onion Mix we'll with ,home-made mayonnaise dressing. Serve on a let tuce leaf, individually.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
LAURA JEAN I1BBY's DAILY TALKS ON HEART TOPICS
 copyr4ehsod, Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
Ccx,vr1efatcd, 1918, Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

Maybe it's a case of course of true love which never runs smooth. Jeal- ousy often causes quitting. Give this no cause. If he visits, do not harp upon reconsfdering Brightness, not breeding over hearsays, results best for sweethearts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
THEODORE MKENzIE DEAD.

Southington, Conn, April 4-Theo- dore Mckenzie, one of the best known civil engineers in the state, died at his home here yesterday. He was about 60 years of age and is survived by his widow, a son and two daugh- ters.