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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

who had given me part of his dinner had the right half of his body blown away and asked us to kill him. I tried to move him to the rear but the Sergeant said that it was impossible. Then he began screaming horribly and called on God to kill his Emperor and those who had started the war. Nobody interfered and soon the voice dropped to a moan. Just before midnight we received the word to attack and must say that despite fully 50 per cent. losses the bat talion made a fine showing and rushed forward as one man. Of course it was relief to move after punishment like that.
 "For all my own danger was proud of the way the French met the attack. The fire from the trench before us was a steady sheet of lead through, which nothing could pass.
 My luck held and found myself unhurt in a winding, half-wrecked trench as far as could judge, about twenty yards from the French line. With me was Silesian with a shattered knee. I gave him water, and when he saw me begin crawling forward he cried. I crawled on and he tried to remain with me. Af- ter getting half way I was forced to wait while the second wave of the counter-attack was repulsed.
 "As the flame stream before me died away I sprang forward. forgetting in my joy that I was wearing aBoche uniform. Suddenly .an selectric fash light was turned upon me and I saw clearly an arm raised, with a grenade about to be thrown. Then I shouted wildly:
 Don't throw-I am friend. Cor poral B. of - regiment
 But it was too late. The thrower said afterward that he had just time to check his arm slightly so that the bomb fell between us instead of at my feet, but big splinter caught my left shoulder, and another grazed my forehead, knocking me out.
 When came to I was lying in a French trench with curious faces around Among them was one of my best friends. Explanations were easy. Their Captain, being French, was right in the front line. He noted all my information, which he declared to be splendid. Then they carried me back to the dressing station, where the surgeon said:
 "'Don't you worry; you will be able to pay the Boches for the uniform in a months time. Your wounds are just enough for rest and a holiday in Paris
 ''The train journey was fine. very different from the time was first wounded. I am glad of the holiday, but still gladder that I learned to speak German; otherwise"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
THE PHIL LOSOPHERn
 OF DEMOCRACY

~ Edward Carpenter, the philosopher end poet of British democracy, was born at Brighton seventy-two years ssol today, August 29, ,s1844. The au- thor of Towards Democracy" Loves Coming of Age" and many other radical but inspiring and thought provoking works, was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, anad later became a fellow and lecturer of hts alma mater, and served as curate Under the Rev. F. D. Maurice Be- coming imbued with the spirit of ra- tiona1ism, he relinquished orders and fellowship and left Cambridge when he was thirty. For several years he was ;i lecturer on science, music and other subjects in connection with the University Extension movement, but in 1888 he settled on small farm near Sheffield and devoted himself to Hterature, market gardening and street-corner propaganda. He visited America in 1884 especially to meet and talak with Walt Whitman, the good gray poet of American democracy, for whom he entertained great ad- miration.
 In spite of his radical and advanced views, Carpenters literary style won the grudging praise of conservative critics, and because of his revolution cry opinions he gained a large popu- lar following. His first important work, Toward Democracy, has be- come a classic of its kind. "Civiliza- ton, It's Cause and Cure'' and> Loves Coming of Age" treating of the prob 1emsi of sex, were startling in their bold frankness. His imore recent works include 'The Drama of Love end Death study of human evolu- ton and the eternal question of mans immortality, and "The Healing of the Nations a collection of his thoughts upon the war The latter affords a curious and interesting revelation of the mental struggles of the humani- tarian theorist, the preacher of in- terna.tionalism and universal brother hood. in attempting to adjust his ideas to the stern realities. imposed by a national struggle for existence His old theories, while not aband oned, are held in a state of suspension. while the aged philosopher admits that he is one of a nation fighting for its life. and that until the Struggle is de- cided the democracy of ideas must yielo to the autocracy of force. v
 Insane commercial and capitalis- tic rivalry, the piling up of power in the hands of mere speculators and financiers, and the actual trading for dividends in the engines of death"- these are among the causes of the war, in the opinion of the philoso- pher. se
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
STATION A NEBRASKAN

, St. Paul. Nebraska, takes consider able pride in being the home of Alex ander the Great, and Wahoo, in the same state, is rather puffed up about being the birthplace of Sam Crawford. The little city of Blair, about twenty five miles north of Omaha, may not be quite so vainglorious as the other Nebraska communities, but its citizens are still able to extract some nourish- ment from the fact that Tam Seaton was born there. Thomas made his Blair debut on August 30, 1887, and hence will begin his thirtieth year to- morrow.
 While a Nebraskan by birth, Seaton spent his youth in California, and got his baseball start in California. He made An excellent reputation with the Portland club of the Pacific Coast League, helping to pitch the Oregon ians to a pennapt in 1911, and the fol- lowing year broke into fast company with the Phillies. From the first he was a star, and in 1913 he surpassed his fellow Nebraskan, Alexander the Great, in effectiveness. Seaton pitch ed in f1fty-two games that year, and
  tories as against twelve defeats, while Alex won twenty-two games for the Quakers.
 In 1914 Seaton cast in his lot with the Feds, joining the Brooklyn club. He took part in forty-four games with the Bakers, winning twenty-five and losing fourteen. Last year, with the Brooklyn and Newark Feds, .Seaton lost much of his former effectiveness, winning fourteen games to seventeen lost. When the Feds blew up Seaton was secured by Joe Tinker, but while he has pitched a good quality of ball at times, he has been far from his old Philadelphia form.
 Seaton is citizen of Seattle in the off-season months, and adds to his i'm come by running a drug emporium. He is a brother-in-law of Fournier, of the White Sox.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
THE BEHEADING OF
 JOHN THE BAPTIST

In the Catholic calendar today is set apart in commemorationi of the Beheadin of St. John the Baptist. In former times it was the custom to observe the day with ceremonies in which the Baptist, Hered and Hero dias, Salome and the executioner fig ured and this grisly drama is still perpetuated in some of the remote sections of Europe.
 The Decollation of St. John the Baptist has been the theme of many great works in literature and art, and it inspired. too, the pornographic dance of Salome which enjoyed a great vogue in the vaudeville theatres of America and Europe a few years ago. In this latter day revival of the ancient dramatic theme the appeal was more to salacity than to piety.
 The dramatic story of the -Baptist's execution, and the part therein played by the dancing Salome, is thus brief ly set forth in St. Matthew:
 At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus. and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these DOW CTS work in him. For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him. and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Phillips wife. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. And when he would have put him to death he feared the multitude, because they counted him as prophet. But when Herod's birthday came, the daugh- ter of Herodias danced in the midst and pleased Herod. Whereeupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask. And she being putt forward by her mother. saith. Give me here in a charger the head of John the Baptist. Ard the king was grieved but for the sake of his paths, and of them which sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given; and he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel; and she brought it to her mother"
 Many additions and embellishments to this account of the execution of John the Baptist have been made by sacred and profane writers. St Jerome relates that the furious Hero dias made it her pastime' to prick the tongue of the saint with bodkin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
MORMON POLYGAMY

-
 It was sixty-four years ago today, on Aug. 2s, 1852, that Brigham Young, president of the Mormon community, announced the doctrine CT p:ura- marriages as a divine rev. elation and a tenet of the church. This. public declaration of the pur- pose of the Mormons to practice polygamy created sensation throughout the world. and brought down upon the Mormons an avalanche of hatred The efforts of the United States authorities to suppress the practice of this strange tenet were long defied by the Utah religious leaders, who defended polygamy as approved in the Old Testament and rot forbidden by the New Testament It was not until 1890 that President Woodruff formally announced that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

the church no longer taught the doc- Urine, but it has been alleged by the enemies of Mormonism that the prac- tice of taking plural wives has not yet been entirely abandoned. Brigham Young who died thfrty-nine years ago today, practiced what he preach ed, and left seventeen widows. sixteen sons and twenty-eight daughters to mourn his passing. Under the sys- tenn of polygamy revealed" to Young, man contemplating the ad- dition of another spouse to his house. hold was obliged to ask permission of the president of the church, whose duty it was then to inquire what the will of the Lord'' in the matter was; for the Mormons held, and still hold, that God makes continual revela- tions to his people.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
GABBY STREET

Gabby Street. the old backstop of the Senators, is often credited with thrown from the top of the Washing ton Monument, but the credit really belongs to Pop" Scriver, once a star catcher of the Chicago Nationals, who turned the trick just twenty-two years ago today, Aug. 29. 1894. Pop" caught the second ball thrown. Gabby Street performed the feat on August 28, 1908, fourteen years later, and Billy Sullivan, of the White Sox, caught three balls thrown from the monument on Aug. "A, 1910.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
 THE TERRIBLE WEST.

Now and then-for a day or two Boston can be seasonably hot; but unlike many a sister city, St. Louis say. and Topeka, she never knows the wear and tear of a heat that makes the town a brick-kiln day and night for weeks together. - Boston Herald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
HIS CALLING

"Has your son selected any special calling?"
 Sure he has. He's got good job at theater as megaphone auto mobile announcer" Baltimore Am erican.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

Captain Augustin Parla of the Gu ban aviation army corps arrived here yesterday on the Ward Lines Morro Castle to inspect American made aero- planes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

After having protested against the cost of modern education, most peo- pie will proceed to vote away some extra thousands so as to get a hand somer school building than their rival towns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

One million two hundred thousant Americans die each year. it is estimat. ed?
 Heart disease, pneumonia and tu. berculosis cause more than 30 per cent. of deaths?
 Sicness lowers earning capacity?
 The U. S. Public Health Service is the nations first line of defense against disease?
 Disease is the nations greatest bur- den?
 Sunlight and sanitation. not silks and satins, make better babies?
 Low wages favor high disease rates?
 A female fly lays an average of 12o eggs at a time?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

A female fly lays an average of 12o eggs at a time?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

Low wages favor high disease rates?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

Sunlight and sanitation. not silks and satins, make better babies?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

Disease is the nations greatest bur den?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

sicness lowers earning capacity?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
DO YOU KNOW THAT

One million two hundred thousant die each year. it is estimat.
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Social Events For Coming Week

suNDAY-zeek Shelter Glen Miller Park .
Home coming for all members church
White family reunion all day at Glen Miller Park
u meets in MoissonFeves library
Past Grand Pyan jeff Meyers
Continuation of golf tournament at Country club for women members " the
of fall at home of Mrs Sam Fred 1872
First church meets wit" Miss "'
of Mr. Eric sudho and Miss Pauline Parkinson at
zuttermee at ST Mays Catholic church at
Miss Laura Brown at o'clock d home
Card ps2 m aa na MOS Moo brown on the 0
Nushawg social club
Spring Isaac Deugan ,o ,,o,
Richmond Friends church meets at o o'clock at
aid sGs ss. the ehu5en
District Number with Mrs Murley
with MRS George Meoxen South aeen h 1 1 h served
Tnah aid society e of the Ben Hu meets with Mrs William
Womans Missionary society Of
@ Ann card cs
The Home Foreign the First English
at church A ' 'N'~'NA '~ A''N'S N' $40 '~''~A
w., o O'clock kin the aso Eagles Hall
Mrs Minnie Miller hostess for meeting Of Helping Hand club
league Trinity Lutheran church their 424
coerie club with Mrs K. Wilson,
Reception St. Paus Lutheran church for Rev. and Mrs Rohn
FR!DAY-Young Peoples branch of
New Harmony dancing
M h Gnaae1 Bud1rs class Of Central Cent cSn church
s9 hail. & Villa" Dudley F0"hs
Dance at cldae Auto club for patrons and friends the
s1sn1s G club for
Dance a in Eagles ''NDS 'SA
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Morrisson-Reeves Library and ar
election of officers will be held.

Morrisson-Reeves Library and an
election of officers will be held.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage Of Mr. Charles Fair.
lander, son of Mrs. Mary Fahrlander
of Liberty, Indiana, and Miss Eunice
Douthit of this city, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. j. Douthit of Liberty
former residents of this city. The
young people were married Wednes-
day at the Methodist parsonage in
Liberty by the Rev. C. w. Whitman
in the presence of the Immediate
families and few near friends.
The bride wore a tailored suit of
cream colored cloth with brown
trimmings, with boots and hat in the
brown. Miss Vivian Douthit was maid
of honor and she wore pretty tailor
ed suit with hat and boots to match,
Mr.. Albert Mitchell was best man.
After the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs.
Fahrlander drove to Hamilton, Ohio,
in an automobile and from there left
on a wedding trip. They will be at
home to their friends after October /.
A surprise was given at the home
Of Mrs. Edward Moore last evening
at her home, "a South Twentieth
street in honor Of Miss Opal Pyle, who
leaves soon to accept a position in an
other city. The house was decorated
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-09

refreshments were served. The guests
were Misses Laura Brown, Leona Dru-
ley, Lena Hivnor. Selma Gehr, Jennie
Meranda, Marjorie Beck, Genevieve
Ramp, Hilda Kirkman, Clarabelle Bar
nard of Watertown, New York, guest
at the Brown home.
The first meeting Of the year for the
Ladies u. C. T. Social club will be held
Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Vernon Nushawg, Lincoln street.
pretty party was given Thursday
afternoon by Mrs Harvey Brown
when she entertained with an auction
bridge party. Flowers and ferns were
used in decorating the rooms. Roses
paced in French baskets formed the
principal decorations The game was
played at four tables. Favors went
to Mrs. Frank Spekenhier, Mrs. Hen
ry Korvis, Mrs. Clarence Jessup, and
John Hawekotte. After the game
delicious luncheon was served. Miss
| Barbara Brown assisted the hostess
| in entertaining. The guests were
Mesdames Sol Frankel, Edward Coop
er, George Reid, Webb Pyle, Oakley
Smith, Frank Spekenhier, Roy Taylor,
Henry korvis, Harry Chase, Daniel
VanEtten, John Hawekotte, Alfred
Weishaupt, Clarence Jessup, Edward
Roser and Harry Robbins.
Messrs. Frank Conway and Joe
Smeddinghoff motored to New Castle
| last evening and visited friends.
A business meeting of the Francis
! Willard w. c. T. U. was held yesterday
| afternoon at the home of Mrs. S. w.
| Hodgin. Mrs. Hodgin led the devotion
al exercises. The society will con-
| tribute financially to the national con-
| vention to be held in Indianapolis Of
ficers as follows were elected: Presi-
| dent, Mrs. S. w. Hodgin; vice presi-
| dent, Mrs. Georgia Deitz; recording
secretary, Mrs. ]. E. Ewes, with an as
sistant; treasurer, Mrs. Deborah Hop
kins and assistant Miss Elsie Richard
son sang Some Glad Day." and the
White Ribbon rally song. The next
meeting will be held in two weeks.
The Woman's Collegiate club has is
sued it's year book and will study en-
diana" The first meeting will be held
September % at the home of Mrs. Fred
! J. Bartel.
A charming birthday party was
given yesterday afternoon by Mrs.
Ernest Orr at her home on Bungalow
| Hill in honor of her daughter Miss
Dorothy Orr, who celebrated her ninth
birthday anniversary. Games and mu-
sic were the main features Of the aft
ernoon. A dainty luncheon was serv-
ed. The guests were Misses Lucille
kaufman, Helen Tressel, Dorothy
| Corvis, Florence Title, Grace Talcott,
Reed Kinert and Paul Tressel.
Mrs. Oscar Green is entertaining
Miss Joyce Stanley of Lake Charles,
Louisiana, who will enter Earlham col
lege, Tuesday and Mr.. J. D. Stanley of
Economy, at her home.
The Neighborly club will meet Tues
day afternoon with Mrs. Charles Bach
meyer at her suburban home.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Reid
| Memorial U. P. church, will hold an
| all-day meeting Wednesday at the
church. All the women of the congre-
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cation and friends are invited to at.
tend.
Eighteen guests were entertained in
a charming manner Friday afternoon
when Mrs. Vernon Potter of Cincin.
natl gave an informal tea at the home
of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Garwood, east Of the city. Mrs.
Mather Kelsey presided at the tea
urn. Cousins of Mrs. Potter assisted
in serving.
Mr.. Lobby of Maysville, KY, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Schatz-
man at their home, South Tenth
street.
The initial meeting of the year for
the Dorcas society will be held Mon
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Samuel Fred, 1872 South Fourteenth
street
For the pleasure of Miss Thelma
Zuttermeister, who will be married
Tuesday to Mr.. Leland Shafer, Misses
Rhea Turner and Marie Duwane are
giving a dinner this evening at the
Arlington Hotel Garden flowers and
ferns with fall blossoms will be used
in appointing the table. Covers will
be aid for Misses Thelma Zutter-
meister, Margaret Clingenpeel, Mir
lam Kelly, Rhea Turner, Marie Du-
wane, Marie O'Brien, Lucille Bowman.
Marie Gordon and Nell Gordon.
Miss Eleanor Seidel will entertain
several guests at the Country club
this evening.
Mrs. Harry Powell has returned
from Indianapolis where she spent
several days the guest of relatives.
She saw Experience" at the Murat.
functions which have been given this
week for Miss Thelma Zuttermeister
was the miscellaneous shower arrang-
ed for last evening by Miss Miriam
Kelley at her home, Kinsey street
The wedding colors yellow and white
were carried out in all the appoint
ments. The guests spent the eve
ming socially with music, dancing and
games. A delicious luncheon was
served. The guests were Misses Mary
Foley, Pauline Hiatt, Margaret Cling
enpeel, Marie Duwane, Lucille Bow
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man, Nell and Marie Girdon, Rather
inc Broderick. Marie O'Brien and
Rhea Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gully have been
called to Connersville by the death
of near relative.
The Home Economic Study class of
District Number will meet Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. George Muriey
at her home on the Middleboro road.
The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary society Of the Second
English Lutheran church met yester-
day afternoon in the basement of the
church. Officers as follows were
named: President, Mrs. Christobe
Wellbaum; Vice-president, Mrs. Ward
Secretary, Mrs. Emma Vessel, Treas
urer, Mrs. Oscar Green.
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Mrs. Harry Holmes and son, Mas.
ter Charles Shiveley Holmes, have
returned to their home in Oberlin,
Ohio, after spending the summer the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E.
Shiveley, South Fourteenth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Zwickel and daugh-
ter Lena Josephine, Mr. and Mrs. R.
Sallings, Miss Blanch Van Ybe and
Mr.. Wilbur Zwinckel of Anderson,
will motor here and spend the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Field
man.
Miss Florence Cummins has re-
turned from Mechanicsburg, where
she has been visiting with her grand
parents.
An important social function for the
coming week is the dance to be Civ
en- in the Odd Fellows hall, Thursday
evening, by members of the Omicron
Pi Sigma fraternity. Programs will
be one dollar.
The anual reunion OF the White
family will be held Sunday at Glen
Miller park.
Monday afternoon the Mary F.
Thomas w. c. T. U. will meet in the