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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31
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POLI'S

Vaudeville and photoplay features of unusual excellence make up de- lightfuI program at Polls and big audiences yesterday proved most ap- preciative.. The vaudeville bill is one of the best balanced seen here in. a. long time, while the photop1ay fea- ture. stGod's Country and the Wom- ain'' is a great big show in. itself.
 Walter C. Howe and company in a play1et by Porter Emerson Browne, scored a big hit in a most pleasing vehicle. The name of the playlet is -'In and Out and develops many in teresting and unexpected situations that prove most enjoyable Mr.Howe is a very able player and has the SUD- port of a most capable company.
 Eight reels are required for the presentation of Gods Country and the woman an impressive dramatic e1ectacie. The story is of the great Shipman, George Holt and host of other talented screen players are fea- tured in this big production.
 The ever-popular Kelly and Calvin with their character skit, came in for their usual hearty reception They are real entertainers who possess a most hilarious manner of putting over some clever comedy.
 Browne and Mccormack, in a neat variety offering that was conceived along original lines started out at a merry clip and at the finish were in high favor They have a classy bit of entertainment that is ably handled
 Jim and Marion Harkins, in a re- pertoire of songs and dances that de- veIoped lots of talent ,came in for inn iportant honors in the program and took several encores.
 Blanche Sloan, presenting some aerial sensations, did several thrilling stunts over the heads of the audience and scored imm ediateIy.
 Tn addition to Gods Country and the Wonan,'' there were other pleas inc A1rn features
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31
LYRIC

Pen Trenton's intensely human comedy dramatic reflex of rural and city life and character, "Her Two Weeks Honeymoon,'' received its first production on any stage Monday night aL the Lyric, by Cecil Spooner and here ever adequate company. To be- gin with, one notable feature was the fact that for a first performance it ran off smoothly, and without the slightest hitch, which is a point of rare occurrence on openings of plays of such magnitude and importance, and clearly denoted the fact that the company underwent ample rehearsals, and were under expert stage direction. If. numerous curtain calls, incessant applause, Laughter and enthusiasm
 may be taken as a. criterion, then ''E1er Two Weeks Honeymoon" may readily be classed as a pronounced success Another point of interest lies in the creditable fact that it is not a one or two part play, as the entire case of characters possess strength of writing, Individuality, and are. of special inn portance to the unfolding of the mar rative.
 As "Claire," Cecil Spooner is seen in oHe of the strongest and most be fitting parts the little scar has eyer essayed, and made genuine triumph of it. The principal male character, that of ''George Livingston a young New Y York millionaire, was played by the author, Pen Trenton, and if is needless to say he gave a manly and masterly performance of it. Every
 member of the cast assisted in /rnak- ing HHer Two Weeks Honeymoon'' the success it was It was perhaps the most notable night of the Cecil Spooper season. At the Lyric thus far, and aside from being the scene of a positive new production success, was also marked by other points of note, such as packed house, thea tre parties. curtain speeches and the attendance of a party of New York theatrical managers and producers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31
EMPIRE

Today a triple feature program will be presented Heading this pro- gram will be the Marguerite Snow, for sometime leading :tar with the Thanhouser Motion Picture Co.,, and lately joining the Metro Feature Co.,, in the gripping five part drama. of the West, Notorious Gallagher; Peg O. the Ring,'' the fifth episode of the greatest of all film serials featuring Francis Ford and Grace Cunard, the premier feature serial stars, in a mammoth and stirring circus story. The latest Sydney Drew comedy com pIetes the featured attractions but there will also be shown an all select program of comedies and dramas of the multiple and single part variety that will complete the special pro- gram.
 Notorious Gallagher featuring Marguerite Snow and the latest Syd- ney Drew comedy will be the zfeatur- ed held over attractions on. Thursday in conjunction with an all feature and select program of new Universal subjects of the sort that please and entertain the most fastidious. Don't miss this superior program.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31
PLAZA

A subject of more than usual inter est to all is taken as the thenes for the latest Triangle masterpiece, The Market of Vain Desire,' in which H. B. Warner, the noted English star and Clara Williams are being featured at the Plaza today. The play is one of the most elaborate ever pro duced by the Triangle organization and the story is cleverly narrated. It is in five parts.
 The vaudeville program is headed by syrhe Land of the Pyramids" a musical comedy in miniature with stupendous scenic investiture and gorgeous costume changes. A cast Of IL including a tbevy of pretty show girls is required to present the piece and the work of a pair of clever com edians keeps the laughs coming at a lively clip throughout
 The remainder of the vaudeville is composed of Smith and Farmer in songs and idle chatter; The .Alvira Sisters executing a series of classy dances with some clever tumhling stunts fnterspersed and Fox and Wells in their screamingly funny talking and singing diversion.
 Bright Lights that uproarious Keystone <comedy athat so many fans missed on it's previous showing has been brought back by popular de- nand.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
1GAMEs TO-DAY.

New York in Phi1adelphia Boston in Brooklyn.
 Cincinnati in Pittsburgh. St. Louis in Chicago CD.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31
srANDING OF THE CLUES.
GAMEs rOnAY.

Philadelphia in New York (2).. Washington in Boston. Chicago in Detroit. Cleveland in St. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31
s1GNA IoTA PITTS FEAST.

The Sigma Iota Phi club of St. PauI's church, held banquet in the Parish house last Monday, at which a number of speakers and prominent guests were present. The after-din- ner speaking covered a broad field
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31
STANDING OF THE CLUES.

One man was killed, and eight others injured when an auto bus backed over a 10-foot embanknent at Beam Creek, near Wilkes Barre, Pa.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31

Farmer want Ads one Cent Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31

ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

TT may sound like an exaggeration,
though it is not, to say that one needs
about as much pluck to live in Eng
Il land without wearing khaki nowadays
as one needs in the trenches. The only
lucky ones-and thousands of them will
frankly tell you SO themselves-are those
who have adone their bit" and been sent
back home minus half hand or some
other essential portion of a fighting man.
The unfit have q sorry time. l, per-
sonally, am one of the unfit, and have
been shamed out of my native country.
Twice during the stirring days of August,
1914, l offered myself as recruit, hoping
that in the rush touch of heart disease
would escape unnoticed. But medical in
spection was ruthless. and was discarded.
aWhy haven't you joined up?" l was
asked constantly by friends in the street.
At first laughed and said they would
not have me. In those days the explana-
ton more or less carried conviction.
My business needed only another couple
of years with my shoulder at the wheel
before should havemadem future secure
and be able to marry the girl to whom l
was engaged. But it seemed like blood
money and travesty on romance. l
went in for six weeks careful training,
and then took o trip to Devonshire,
where recruiting was slow. Nearly six
feet high, brown as berry, and not five
years out of my teens, looked as strong
as Nova Scotia fisherman. The doctor
nodded approximately, but, after using his
stethoscope, shook his head.
/ returned to London and reported my
latest failure to my fiancee. One of her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
SUNDAY for january
Why | Sneaked Out Of England

ders was more eloquent than words.
A singing note typewriter and I'M
signed, found it's way into my letter-box
at the club. 1t asked whether l really
thought England would be beaten if its
women did not get powder-puffs.
The final blow came one day when
met my fiancee in the street. On one arm
she was supporting her crippled brother.
He did not see me, but she did-and
looked through me. Stirred to her depths
by the presence of that mangled youth
with whom she had romped and played
through childhood, she deliberately ig-
nored my presence. That she was at fault
have no doubt. Some day she may adj
init it. But my cup of bitterness was full.
For months life had been growing intoler-
able for one in my position. Feeling
rather like deserter, booked my passage
to America on the last liner that brought
men of military age out of England.
Scorn radiated even from the baggage
man who carried my trunks to the ship.
@Got no stummick for war, eh?" he
said, after he had pocketed his tip; and
disgust was written all over his wrinkled
old features.
The last face saw on the quay was
that of my mother almost the only
human being who knew what my real
feelings were; but even to her there was q
side of it that was bitter as gall: for she
had son and I brother whose body
hung upon the barbed wire, swaying in
the wind, for thirteen days after a bullet
pierced his brain, in that no-man's-land
midway between German and an Eng
fish trench somewhere in France"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

folk?" they would ask, remembering their
own flesh and blood that was suffering
and enduring.
When l explained, they looked at me
meaningly-and placed their contracts
with some other house.
Once, in the street, a young girl stepped
up to me and thrust something into my
hand l glanced down: it was white
feather. l took it, noting the scorn in her
face, and walked on, for / knew how ut
terly futile argument would be.
Gradually l noticed chilly reserve
springing up in my club, an institution
that had always been the rendezvous of
active, brainy men. One by one, familiar
faces disappeared, and in a prominent po-
sition roll of honor was erected, giving
a list of members who had placed their
Drawn and muscle at the disposal of their
country. Elderly men whom l had known
for years looked at me and glanced at the
roll of honor. The shrug Of their Shout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

brothers had been shattered into frag-
ments by high-explosive shell near
Ypres. Her other brother was at base
hospital in the Dardanelles, nursing a
wounded hip. Her father, Territorial
officer we'll on the road to fifty, was en-
gagged on transport work in France. And
/, her fiance-I was spending my evenings
in a comfortably padded armchair and
my days securing contracts for ladies'
powder-puffs and cosmetics! To any one
who did not know and realize the real cir
cumstances the comparison was grisly
farce.
Meanwhile the subtle influence was
beginning to creep into my business.
Men with three and four sons writing
cheerful letters from the trenches do not
care about placing contracts for powder
puffs with young giant who looks as fit
as horse. Old customers raised their
eyebrows when they saw me at work.
stopping behind with the women
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

Chicago, Illinois, ,oas once
offered for sale for an old
pair of shoes. No such
price has eUer been bid
for Chicago, Kentucky, a
picture of which is here
given for the first time to
a ,Oaiting Uorld. Chicago.
Kentucky, lays equal claim
to the title "Windy City,"
Its inhabitants say its iUind
is of just as high a quality
as any ,Oind anywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

At last the mystery is ex-
planned: the Philadelphia
about which all the jokes
are made-fhe Philddel-
phia ,Uhere sleep reigns
eternal-is not Philddei-
phia, Pennsylvania, but
Philadelphia, Ne,U York.
Here it is, sound asleep.
But ,Uhat are those ttUO
inhabitants doing on the
Sidewalk? Plotting some
mischief, no doubt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

THIS human document helps to explain how England
was able recruit by voluntary" enlistment
1t takes brave to WARRIOR the English have had
year of and know what meansbut it takes tougher
stay home, scorned by his friends and openly in
suited by the who pass him in the street The writer
offered himself twice for service and refused Unable to
up under the punishment that followed he abandoned his
literally sneaked OUT of England Had he remained
weeks more he might have been saved by the sleeve
band that England has adopted protect the @unft"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

of the gentlemen ho founded Denver Colorado 'oos
Peak bust The of Denver, nddna-hee shotcn
is the same emitting words pixies Peak you planning
Denver ticket before leaving the counter Be
bears COL One can't be in such matters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

What's anyway? TUo start in life Nth the same
nameWon becomes President of the United States and the
Wsontats ALL One attracts halt million
Massachusetts, the other attracts only
half dozen and there
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04

wife obey YOU is Ia tell her to go ahead
and do as she pleaScs.
A man is Just As hard to please as a
woman He raises cain every time his
wife asks him for a few dollars Tor
clothes. And If his wiz isn't as stylish
looking as other women he is ashamed
to 60 out with her.
Our idea OF hunting for trouble IS to
subscribe to a matrimonial agency IN
an effort to land a Mail Order Bride.
Mother is entitled to most OF the bou-
Qucts, but don't forget to give Father a
kind word every now and then Father
may sem mean al, times, but the fact OF
the matter is thathc is merely hard mp
and worrying how to make both ends
meet.
Every time We see a stern faced SUIT
who is wearing a mans hat and a
mans collar and tie and a mans coat
and vest, wc realize that It wouldn't re-
Quirc a whole lot OF encouragement to
make her add the pants TO the outfit
The more we think it over, the more
we wonder how Eve ever managed to
get along without a box OF tdlcunr
powder.
Another nice thing about married III,
is that the later YOU get to bed the ear.
lier your wife wants you to get mp and
explain all about IT.
Maybe you have noticed that the
man who has whiskerS on his face ha'
them on his Jokes, too.
The. reason why Mother tells Daugh.
ter that No Gentleman will stay later
than 70 o'clock when he calls ON a CIR
is because when Father was cour,,nl
her he used to wait around and rid,
home with the milkmau every morning
II the price Of meat keeps on COINS
up it will take a mighty brave mar
to eat Hash abou, a year from now.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
oKLAHoMA's POULTRY POSSIBILITIES.

NJ OW that Oklahoma has assumed a premier position
in the livestock industry, ii seems a good time TO sur
yey the situation and urge that our scheme OF development
and progress be rounded out by expanding the poultry
industry.
On the last day OF the State Fair an Oklahoma City
man sold two hens Tor $50, rather a neat sum for a pair
OF barnyard fowls. But thea we're not the ordinary chick
ems which lind their way into salad at an afternoon affair,
bu, were hrtS hpcs OF fowls.
Then atty this p~oultryman had sold the hens, he
promptly invested the proceeds, with a little addition from
his bank account, and bought a Jersey helicr, also raised
almost within the city limit, OF Oklahoma City, paying
Sis for the royalty bred little animal
Ih, all goes to prove that it pays to raise high class
stock And It indicates that the poultry business IN Okla
homa has great possibilities OF sourse, not every her
viii sell for $40. but il one man can raise that kind
others can do So.
We get millions from our oil wells and more millions
from our staple crops. We can put the poultry industry
in the same class and, while NO individual m,llonalrcs vii
develop, the limits OF the chicken and egg business III
Oklahoma are without bounds The man who is dilgcnt
can add to his income through the poultry sales, whether
he lives III town or on broad acres.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04

Ills COLUMN
copyriSht19H
wuff!

lie has no luck Ike other men.
speak Of Benny FORWARD.
Ito merely stubs his big toe when
lle puts his best foot toIward
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
Oh. Look Who's Here

A. I. Grccnkorn, of Oshkosh, Wis.
has been appointed Supervisor OF Diets
IN the Corn Fed department Of the
club, and Peter lookaround, OF Neopit,
Wis, has been appointed ccpsor Of See
More Skirts.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04

Win dnnua operating revenues
above 10000, tells at a glance what
amount of business was being done
IN the years 1911 to 1915 inclusive,
as reflected by the railroad freight
business.
The chart tells its own story The
line reaches its highest point At the
end OF Mr.. Taits administration in
the spring OF 1913, with an almost
uncanny accuracy. BY the end OF
1918 IT had fallen back to the low
level OF the aftermath Of the 1907
panic.
The figures for lolo, Of course,
are not yet available, but war
trade" and war trade" only, will
probably send the line up But what
1t would be without this war pros
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
RIPpLIN0RHYNEs
BVM0ltWoS0n
cop 1IQht 1919
SIGNS OF ACE.

I REALIZE. with bitter grief. I'm in
the Sere and yellow leaf. The thing,
that once excited me, and made me-
throw two fits or three. no longer max
the old appeal, and quite Indifferent /
feel. When presidential fights were on.
IN happy times forever gone, for day,
together ] saw red | hardly ever went
to bed. ! really though, it A shout
win, a golden era would begin; | really
though II A should lose, we'd have M
soak our shirts and shoes to buy our
hungry children bread, and life would
he a thing OF dread But now hear
'he statesmen roar the same old thun.
der As OF yorc, and not a trcmor do |
lccl, and not a warning makes appeal
! know that when the fuss is done. and
\ has lost, and b has won, we'll all plod
on the same old way, and saw our
wood and bale our hay, and love and
laugh, aud sing and sigh, and WOO and
wed and work and die
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
Wuffl

u understand that your wife was an
cstimablc woman" remarked the newly
arriving Angel
"Shc was, indeed" replied Lot "Shc
wa, the salt OF the earth
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
You Know Him.

To watch the clock hrll stop and pous
one hundred times a day,
And set be- feels real pcryed because
The Boss won't raise his pay
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
Notice.

Governor Willis, OF Ohio, has grant
ed a pardon to VIII y. Good who wa,
serving a sentence at the Ohio penn
Tertiary from Gallla county.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
Too Much Mustard

In tho Circuit Court uf the Tenth Judi
olal Circuit Of the state Of Florida ii
and for Ice County In Chanccry,
Lizzie Mustard, complainant,
against William Mustard, defendant.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
Smart.

\ scholar dun VAS Sammy Sand.
He would not lcuru hy heart,
The teacher took a birch rod and
He nMn muhn SnmmN SUMMIT
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
Pohcel

I'm start a church for deaf mutcs," said
The good old Henry Hccple;
And every sunday | will ring
The dumb-h bells In the ~steeplc'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04

You'll never really know what telling
ways a girl has until after YOU marry
her.
About tho only way to make your
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04

Mr.. $ had a peculiarly irritating
Sneclc. 1t began with a complex and
terrifying series oi facial convulSions.
but instead OF concluding with the roar
OF a shot hon, It ended with a most
lame paroNySm that always dlsappoint-
ed the oNpectant observer.
Your sncezc,' said a friend. after
watching him through one OF his ef-
forts, us a regular circus"
"A circus said Mr.. s.
YES, sir was the rejoiner. "Tha
performance never comes up to the ad
vance notices
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
Paw Knows EyeIyihinD

Nllhe-Paw, what is a blunt man
Paw-One who comes right to 'hc
point. my son.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
How About Him2

4 G~oodpaStor, OF Brooky,llc, Ohio.
ma, been nominated for Chaplain OF the
Club
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04

A local writer Of clothing advertisements has written a
commercial editorial which should be OF benefit to all. at
is not the outside that makes the man, but ii Is the outside
that people sec"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
Twenty Five Years Ago Today.

1901 Charles Stewart parnell, tho
famous Nationalist leader who was
known as the "uncrowned king" OF Ire
land, was seized with a fatal illness,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
Ouchl.

When Mrs Fox. Of Shclbyyillc
Tenn, grcetS her hubby at , a m. and
hubby begins to explain, Mrs. Fox
merely mentions her hubby'S name. |,
is Uiy Fox.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
'elloMnon TioI2nolo 1914 lolo

peiN, can be Judged by the chart and the following figures. In the year
ending June &c, 1910, N3S56SSNW was the total OF exports from the United
States; of this huge amount, THREE FOURrIIS, OF &2p"o0" according
to the statistical bureau OF the New York Times, Ga Wilson Nupportcr), was
war trade For brcadstufis alone, Europe paid this country II the last
fiscal year S2otlNOipO MORE than IN the corresponding period the year before
the war.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04

The national public health service announce, that it is
dangerous to put anything into the mouth except food and
drink. We move to amend by adding cor a fragrant lIa
vana cigar"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04
ne REPUBLICAN, iEW
SdHed AMeRepubh;canSSfd ieC Committee


NUR transportation business is generally considered as the most reliable
l J barometer OF general business conditions. The following chart showing
the number OF freight cars in use OF all railroads in the United States
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-04

Medical authority tells a newspaper that only one ks
m Ion carries germs, The odds seem fair enough.