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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11
SIR DAVID HENDERSON

Sir David Henderson. who has been Rfyen by his superiors much of the credit for the fine showing made m this war by British aviators, was born in Glasgow fifty-four years ago today August II, 1862. He entered the army in 1888. reaching the rank of captain seven years later. He nrst came into prominence in the soudan campaign of 1898. when he was hon. orably mentioned in tho dispatches and was awarded the brevet of major and the British and Khedive's medals. In the South African war he served with such conspicuous valor and aph- ity as to receive the Distinguished Service Order, the Queens and King medals, and the rank of lieutenant- colonel. He early became interested in military aviation. and played a prominent part in its development, TOT which he was knighted. At the out break of the war he held the rank or colonel. and was placed in charge or the Royal Flying Corps. In November of 1914 he was promoted to the rank of major general, Field Marshal French having made frequent rerer- ences in his dispatches to the work performed by Sir David and his men. On one occasion he referred to the admirable work done by the Royai Flying Corps under Sir David Hender' son." adding that "their skill, energy and perseverance have been beyond all praise" In another dispatch the Field Marshal referred to Sir David and the Flying Corps as having again proved their incalculahle value." In saving the little British army from annihilation by the great German military machine in the early days or the war the services of the flyers were indeed of 'incalculable value"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11
Book Out Today Contains Besides Lists of Names, Much Valuable Informa- ton Growth of Suburbs Shown to Be Substantial
 More Than 30, 900 Changes From Last Years Book.

The directory for Bridgeport and vicinity for 1916 is out today and from the number of names af adults recorded, the publishers estimate the population of this city at approxi- mateIy 147,000. The total number of names in the book is 64,930, multi piled by two and one-quarter, which is the multiple used by the United States census bureau in computine population, it shows in round figures, 146,085. This is an increase in pop ulation as shown by the directory fig ures for 1915 of about 19,519.
 In last years directory there were 56,255 names, giving an estimated population of 126.573
 The figures in the new directory show an increase in the population of Stratford of 940 for the past year and in Fairfeld and Southport of 7s4 for the same. period.
 The new directory is bound in a cream color instead of the green of last year. The telephone number of each advertiser is always given, which is a new feature.
 Names erased in preparing the di- rectory for 1916 were 8,376. Names added were, 17.051. The increase in names over 1915 is S.675. There are noted 1,342 removals. 5,75S changes of addresses and the total changes of all sorts made from last years book are 32.527.
 The directory aims to contain the names of all male residents of the city 20 years of age. and of all women more than IS years of age, who carry on business. are clerks, stenograph- CTS, bookkeepers, etc, or who live away from home.
 Printed on red leaves in the center of the book is'a complete street guide with the name address of every firm and householder arranged by streets in numerical order, so that by having the street address the subscriber may readily learn what householder or business firm is to be found at any address. Those having telephones are also desfgnated,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11
Tillman Begins roth Year

One of the United States Senate's most distinguished and influential members, Benjamin Ryan Tillman of South Carolina, will begin his seven tieth year today. For more than twenty-one years he has represented his native state in the upper house of Uncle SamueIs parliament. In for years the South Carolina Solon was served his popular nickname o1 "Pitchfork," but the coming of old age has mellowed his spirit and made him more the philosopher and less the two- listed, vitriolic-voiced man of action He still expresses his thoughts in the old Tillmanesque style, and he is aI- ways interesting. Here are some ot the more recent of his reflections on the world and it's ways:
 |. Emperor William has shown him. self the greatest man in Europe to- daly, and the most interruptions, with no regard for what belongs to others He is devoid of the sense of honesty to the point of being hoggish.
 T do not regard the Emperor as a genius except in his ability to convince a people that God ordained him to rule them and ordained them to rule the world. It Is one of the most anaaz- ing spectacles the world has ever pro- duced, his success in educating that hardheaded, industrious people up to that idea For my part I can't see how any seIf-respecting man can get that idea of divine right into his head as conviction.
 Tt is necessary that Germany should be beaten. As a result of the war, believe, Germany will get rid of her despotism and the conception of divine right. look to see Germany come out of the war republic and a self-governing people. There is nc Eself-government now because the na- ton is ruled by the nobility, and as yet any man who has a right to put a 'von' in front of his nance is a little god.
 Russia, believe. will be regene- rated and liberalized. England will be more democratic and liberal though England has had self-goy. erning people since CromwelPs day. Emperor Wilhelm is not military genius except in the sense that he pre-. pared and made ready with men, mu. nitions and training. If France had been as well supplied with ammuni. ton as with soldiers the Germans would now be back across the Rhine These are my rules for public speaking: Never get up unless you have something to say, and when you have said 1t. sit down."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11
PASSED REASON

rN HE SUM since Munsey got it. berays those nroads of
 palsy upon reason, which afflicted every newspaper tat has under the Munsey management Here snmple of the sad results of the malady=
 Els foreign firm domiciled in this country more
 entitled to the protection of this government than
 American business located in Mexico and engaged # there in commercial pursuits?"
 What question! Is the government of gov Italy? Connecticut typhoid serum 3for her citizens domced in New York?
 When American to Mexico he is under that gov ernen obeys laws shares in it's fortunes misfornes completely from the protection of his country los the protection of Mexico comes fo this country.
 Bridseporter to Mexico City, will Bridgeport
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11
POST OFFICE NOTES

Beginning yesterday two deliveries of parcel post will be made daily at the factories and all business sections of the, city.
 Hereafter there will be g p. m. collection at Station 19, 376S Main, street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11

Struck by lightning while he was making fast a boat at Clark's Landing, N. J., Henry Kuhn was hurled to the ground. When hc recovered he walk ed miles to the home of Thomas Faber and there fell unconscious.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11

Two cases of yellow fever were dis covered among the crew of the Ward Line steamer Belgium. which arrived at the quarantine station near the Mississippi river.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11

JOHN RICK & SON
 FLOWER PHONE BARNUM 72OO aud z201.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11

low hlm With police protection fire engine and visiting nurse Of course no Only Munsey newspaper could think so.
 Americans in Mexico entitled the equal protection of the laws of Mexico They receive good treatment of the Mexican government receive
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11

Brick Elrick star center fielder of the Seattle club of the Northwestern League, was sold to the Chicago Americans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11

have died The maady is most dsagreeabe but it
 ared than many other diseases of which little said lis occasion for panic
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11

Great supplies of war material nave been destroyed by fire in German mag axines at Aersobot. Belgium.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11
THE MALADIES THAT SHAY

HE CURRENT report of death during year in
 lieut. from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, shows deaths l{rQm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-11

At 8Ac-Yard wide cheese cloth. At 4%c-Best light prints.
 At 5Xo-Best dark prints At 6Ac-Nine cent bleached musaln' At 7E~Amoslkear apron gingham. At eXc-Good cotton batting
 At 15c- Small lot ladies' shirt waists.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

I'D citizen would be
disso minate knowl-
the Measure of his
ID only feel that his
IS way back to his
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
When the Worlds All New.
The following New Year wish
Is ascribed to Goethe.

1t is the same old world that we
greeted on New Years morning. But
somehow it looked SO different. The
invisible dividing line between last
year and this has made possible a
new angle of vision. The grip of old
passions seems to have lost it's hold
and a new purpose, partly old, partly
new, throbs for recognition. A gen
tleness appears in faces thought to
be hard and cynical. Happiness
sparkles in the eyes of sad and lonely
folk. A sort of introduction is need
&c to oneself. For the dawn Of the
new year makes possible a fresh at
tack on the age-weary problems,
another attempt to produce the best
instead of the good, and a new walk
down by-ways OF human experience
where n may be a good Samaritan
with nc eye but his to see and
understand. The world is all new on
New Years morning my world,
youI world, our world-to make over
for the Kingdom. = Ralph Wellas
Keller.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
DETECTIVES AT HOME.

While the country in general is
considering "what to do with our de-
fectives," it might be well for each
community to look into the matter of
the detectives at home.
Every community has its own de-
f~ectives. They flourish in all walks
of life. If they are not defective in
one thing they are in another, and a
tolerant and passive spirit on the
part of the public only encourages
them in their offensive acts.
> In most country towns and small
cities perhaps the greatest and most
destructive offender is the character
assassin"
With such people no woman or girl
regardless of her purity, is immune
When these character assassins gel
together they pick the women to piec-
es bit by bit, analyze their "good
points as they would those of q
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
QUAINT SOLDIER CEREMONY
How Crack Scotch Regime he Sea-
forth Highlanders, Usners in
the New Year.

The Seaforth Highlanders, one of
Scotland's crack regiments now at the
front, have one of the most peculiar
New Years eve customs of the whole
British army. The ceremony is pic
turesque and imposing.
On the night of Hogmanay, at about
1920 o'clock, the regiment assem-
bles in the barrack square. A few
minutes later the Oldest soldier in the
battalion, dressed as a Druid, makes
his appearance, to the accompani-
ment of a flourish of trumpets AS
cending the improvised throne, he
calls on the veterans to show their
uniforms and achievements of bygone
times. To the music of the pipes and
brass band veteran after veteran, ar
rayed in the uniforms worn by the reg
iment at different periods, marches
past and salutes the Druid. The Druid
hen toasts THE Seaforth Highland,
ers."
After a display of Highland dancing
the alarm is sounded, and the second
Oldest soldier, arrayed as Father Time,
approaches. The veterans then re-
treat, leaving their honors to be guard.
ed by their successors, and Father
Time eXpels the Druid.
At the last stroke of midnight a
loud knock is heard at the gate and
out rings the sentry's challenge:
Halt! Who goes there?"
"The New Year!" comes back the
answer.
Advance, New Year, and give the
countersigni" is the next command.
Pass, New Year; all's WE'LL"
The gate is then opened and the
youngest boy of the battalion enters,
dressed as the high chief of ancient
Ross, to represent the New Year. The
colonel shakes hands with the boy,
while the band strikes UP, IA Guild
New Year to Ane and A."
After the ~colonel's greeting to the
battalion the national anthem is
played and the men fall out.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
The Old and the New.

Another year has joined his shad-
owy fellows in the wide and voiceless
desert of the past, where, from the
eternal hour-glass forever fall the
sands of time. Another year, with all
its joy and grief, of birth and death,
of failure and success, of love and
hate. And now, the first day Of the
new o'erarches all. Standing between
the buried and the babe, we cry,
Farewell and hail!"-Robert G. Inger-
soil.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

horse, and revel in the imaginations
of a warped brain degraded and be-
smirched with lust.
Nine-tenths of the stories we hear
of various women spring from just
such sources-stories without a grain
of foundation, conceived in a mind of
evil and spread by the tongue of in
fanny.
Let US look to the detectives at
home. They may be few in number,
but they are a menace wherever they
exist and should be curbed with a
hand of iron.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
NEVER AGAINs"
husbands, Wives and
u1arrled or Single,
IRE Timely.

thought up any, here
sly suggestions.
Never again to spend
of the presence of the
sanied by a trustworthy
nted by her, who will
csg lily all of your doings,
u eao regular culver of an eye
a. q drinking of soda instead
oatter.4ilk.
Never again to be such a brute as
to want TO stay at home when the
wife wishes to go out, or to wish to
so out-by yourself-when wife de-
sires you to stay at home in the bos-
ON of your family.
Never again to growl, grumble or
swear, or pretend to be asleep when.
the wife pokes you in the back and
asks you to walk with the baby in
the middle of the night.
Never again to threaten to forbid
tradespeople to allow the wife credit
il she and the girls do not cease their
extravagance-when the monthly bills
come in.
Never again to forget to peck wife
On the cheek upon leaving her in the
morning and coming home at night,
to tell her that her frightful new boh-
net is a perfect gem, and that her
"fourteen-year-old' short dress is al.
together too %old-looking for her youth
ful figure.
For wife: Never again to make
biscuit for breakfast until you have
tried them on your own digestion for
a few weeks in the absence of the
rest of the family.
Never again to notice pa exchang-
ing glances with the pretty girl across
the aisle all the way downtown.
Never again to keep the lights
turned on when pa has been detained
downtown ION business" in order to
see what time he gets home, or to
insist on his kissing you hat you may
smell his breath.
Never again to come to the table
with hair in crimpers and wearing a
soiled kimono.
Never again to subject pa to spells
OF lachrymose reproaches, telling him
that he doesn't love you any more.
For lovers, married or single: Never
to miss an opportunity to tell the dear
old story over and over again.
Never to lose the coquettish elu-
siveness that makes lovers so delight
full to each other.
Never again to spend the sweets of
young lover souls in cheap firtations
when there is such a world of real
happiness at your command.
Never to become insensible to the
delicious tremblings and f1utterings of
your W heart, or to become lax in
all of those lovely attentions and Civ
ings that help to keep a keen response
a-thrill in the heart of the beloved.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
Their Resolutions.

They were young as April as til
pressed close to a window full Of WI
derful CONNECTIONS.
What bad habits are you going
give up this New Year?" he asked
you" she answered briefly; wi
bad habits are you going to give ur
Letting you have your own wa.
he responded firmly, 80 our enga.
ment stands"
Very well, then, go in and buy
that heart-shaped box of candy" A
both New Year resolutions went t
way of their kind.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
Arrival and Departure of Mills.

Mails arrive at the P~leasantvill
postoffice as follows:
From Philadelphia a. M; 12.A
and 6.45 p. m.
From Atlantic City,, 8 and ID.
a.. M, 1856 and Abs p. m.
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphia-7.05 and 1890
M, 1915, $50, APO and $40 p. m
For Atlantic City-12.15 and 6
p. m.
One mail on Sundays for Phi
phia and Atlantic City, closes
m.
The office opens daily, excep
day, at $50 a. M, and closes
p. M, Saturday night only s
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

own shelves without his having to
sort to a constable and a search v
rant.
Most "borrowing pests" really
not realize that they are such,
would indignantly and sincerely ]
test any srch accusation if madd
them. And yet their persistent
getfulness in returning borrowed a
cles hangs the odious title of "pe
upon them SO tightly it is almost
possible 70 throw it off.
If yop hc~row to-day and return
morrow, vo- viii always be able
borrow a~"'~ ihe next day.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

Some folks say dat mere words
don't count said Uncle Eben, but
de fact dat some folks think enough
Of yoa TO say Happy New Year to
you helps some"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

Give your neighbors a lift. Recip-
rocity is the life of trade. Drop in
and spend a dollar with your neigh
boring shopkeepers. It keeps the
money in town. Money spent in town
helps the town. Read the home paper.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

The Pleasantville Press a whole
year for only One Dollar. Can you
beat it?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

Look to the Future.
In reverent gratitude for the year
gone, may we turn our faces toward
the more blessed year to come.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

Where 81 % ret so much val,A
for vorr roo~ev as in a years sub
scription r. TIE Pleasantville Press /
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-11-20

It was expected that the sub
marine Deutschland will be ready to
leave by the end Of the week.
Miss Ruth Law shattered Ameri-
can aviation records for single
flight from a journey from Chicago
to Hornell, N. Y.
German and stria-Hungarian
troops forced their way through the
Transylvanian passes and entered
the Wallachian plain.
William McCausland, banker of
Baton Rouge, La, who went duck
hunting near Mobile Wednesday,
could not be found by searching par
ties.
President Wilson planned to de-
vote the next few weeks almost en-
tirely to the consideration of inter-
national question.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-11-20
Who Will Be NEXT Contributor?
Review Doll and Toy Fund Has Started to Grow and q
Splendid Sum Is In View

can come in for just any amount you
wish.
Two dollars and fifty cents added
to the Review Doll and Toy Fund,
and more threatened. From here, it
looks like those little old NUTS are
going to have some Qualification
long about Santa time. Now, who
will be the next to jar loose small
sum for the kiddoes?
Out of a city of five thousand
people, surely there are one thous-
and who will be glad to give some
thing to help toward making a happy
Christmas for the little, poor child
rem of Morgan City. Any little old
contribution from a thin dime to
century note will be accepted gladly,
and, you know, that every dollar
will be transformed into dolls and
toys with wisdom and discretion by
that famous organization of charita-
BILE workers, The Kings Daughters.
Don't delay adding your name to
the list of contributors to the Doll
and Toy Fund. The fund is fairly
started now and the list is open to
you with the invitation to give just
as much or as little as you feel able
to give
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-11-20
news FLASHES FROM FAR and NEAR

President Wilson made it plain
that he wants his next Inauguration
to be comparatively simple affair.
The Conference for Education and
Industry in the South decided upon
a big Chautauqua to be located in
some Southern city.
Secretary Baker undertook to
have the flood control bill placed a.
mong the measures for early action
by Congress.
Secretary Lane left for Atlantic
City with plenary powers to bring
the Mexican mediation conference to
a decision.
The British press and public well
coined government steps to control
food supplies and prices.
French troops occupied Monastir
after desperate battle lasting all
day Saturday.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-11-20
REAL LIFE DRAMAS IN
"ROMEO AND JULIET

A birth, a marriage and a death,
three of the vital happenings round
which most of the drama of human
life is woven, figured in reality dur
ing the making of the big screen
production Of "Romeo and Juliet" ,"
in which Francis x. Bushman and
Beverly Bayne are stared.
While the Bushman-Bayne COM
pany Of more than six hundred play
ers were working in scene in the
Italian city of Verona, erected on
the Brighton Beach race track, one
of the women in the crowd fell pros
trate in the street. She was removed
to a tent back Of the street scenes,
where she gave birth to baby boy.
She was Mrs. Rosanna Araza,
twenty-six years old, of Brooklyn.
She had the role of fruit vendor,
and for the most part stood in front
of her stand in the recess of a
quaint building
There were, perhaps, scores of
romances that had their beginnings
when the six hundred players met
and worked together for many days
and nights, but as far as known only
one friendship resulted in a wedding
during the making of picture.
Jesse L. CURE, student in the
Columbia University summer school,
obtained position working as an
extra in the big scene in the
studio at night. He was working this
way through school, and the three
dollars he received each night, added
considerably to his purse.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-11-20

Justine Harcourt, high school
girl, living in the Bronx with he1
mother and three sisters, was an
other "extra." Justine, who had am
bitions to 60 on the stage as soon as
she finished school, induced her sis
ter to accompany her to the studio.
There Justine met young CURE for
the first time. Four weeks after
their first meeting they were mar
ried.
The saddest chapter Of this history
making feature was the death of
John Arthur, the man who wrote the
scenario and conceived the idea of
picturizing the great drama on a big
scale for the screen. Mr.. Arthur lived
to see the big feature well under
way, and was present for several
weeks when many Of the important
scenes were photographed. But his
hope and ambition to see the COM
pleted picture upon the screen were
not realized. He died suddenly Of
acute indigestion in New York hos
pital. Mr. Arthur was forty-four
years old. He was graduate of the
Northwestern University, and for a
time was a member of the faculty
there.
This picture will be shown at the
Evangeline, December 7th.