davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02

When we popped our Shirt
Sale last year VIC sold o,OOo
the first day,
If anythins, the shirts IN
this Sale are better both n
point Of Variety and Value
more Of the higher priced
shirts.
Only SOP of them how.
ever!
Mostly fancy ncgllCcS.
4472 arc Sl.50 shirts.
1904 are $500 shirts,
1851 are $3.50 shirts,
1913 are $3.50 shirts.
407 arc $500 shirts,
Sl.05 to-day.
SIS now for hundreds OF
mems suits that were mostly
$40, SO and SIS.
Mostly slim sizes in sum
mcr weights.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
ROOSEVELT PRAISES
MANY GERMAN WAYS
Tells Luncheon Guests at AS
tor Home to Apply Some to
Aiding Immigrants.
PRIZES FOR HOUSE PLANSI

Theodore Roosevelt. Diamond Jim
Brady. Mrs. John Astor. Morris Knowles
OF the United States Steel Corporation.
Miss Ida Tarbell md Grant La Fargo
were among the guests at a luncheon at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Aston.
1921 Park ayenue. yesterday. where the
problem of housing the immigrant was
discussed. This Is the second Of the
series of welfare luncheons to be held at
the Astor home. The question of immi-
grants housing has Interested Mrs. Vim
cent Astor ever since she visited Barren
Island last summer and saw the shacks
In which the Italian laborers live with
their families.
The special purpose OF the luncheon
was to launch the national housing COM
petition which is the first piece OF work
under the Roosevelt America FIRST"
fund. a sum of money. said to be ron
tributed by one of the guests at the
luncheon, will be given in prizes for the
best plans for immigrants homes.
Guesses as to the identity Of the donor
ran all the way from Diamond Jim
Brady to the Colonel himself.
The prizes amount TO S2,tOO. and are
" wv tAAfh - .ANe II
plans for communities of not over 5000
population. for "A single family house.
for "A combined family and lodging house
and for boarding houses. The first
prize Is 81 900. the second $500 and the
third. fourth and fifth. 500 each. In
the second group prizes of 5000 and
400 are offered for satisfactory sub
stitutes for the old freight cars in which
construction gangs now ave TO live.
The competition ends May 1. II II ON
Quoted under the National Americaniza-
ton Committee.
Frank Tumble, chairman OF he board
OF directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio
| Railroad and chairman OF the National
Americanization Committee. presided at
the lunCAeon, and he was only one of
several railroad men and manufacturers
who were there. they declared. because
they are interested IN getting homes for
employees in railroad and manufacturing
towns which shall lee comfortable and
still free from iii" monotouy of the
'nodel village lie introduced. cot
Roosevelt. who launched into "A discus
sion OF immigrants homes he had seen
In various parts of the country. with a
wealth of detail which made his hearers
wonder when col. Roosevelt found t,ue
to specialize In architecture for the
workiugInan.
10 Germany. fist making u clear that
his admiration wouldn't hinder HIN from
keepins his powder d..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
OF RELIEVING
CITY WARDS PLIGHT
w. j. Doherty Describes Me-
diHval Conditions Found
in Two Childrcn's Homes.
$50 YEARS BEHIND TINES"

Medieval conditions In two supposedly
them Protestant, the other Roman Cath
Ole. were described yesterday by Deputy
Charities Commissioner william J. Do
herty before Charles II. Strong, who f.
hearing the dispute between the city and
State charities departments at the Bar
Association.
These institutions have been so largely
reformed that the city is again sending
its wards to them after a period Of
refusal. Charities Commissioner Kings.
bury contends that the improvement was
effected by his department Of the city
government and that the state board not
only neglected its duty but certified
every month that its rules were being
complied with.
The Protestant establishment pictured
by Mr.. Doherty IL the Brooklyn Indus
trial School and Home for Destitute
Children. which cares for $50 boys and
girls. lie old what lie said he and his
advisory committee found there on May
4. 1914.
Conditions" he said. were most dis
tressing. The school was about fifty
years behind the times. The children
were pale, weak and anTmic. 1t was
pitifui to soc them march in silence into
the dining room. The superintendent was
a mere fgurehcad. The women who
looked after the children were not far
removed from the servant girl class.
Their pay was SIS "A month.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
Dtdn't Pay for Labor and Material


But you didn't pay for the labor.
Inc shop expenditures and the materials,
did YOU" inquired NJ. Colby. reverting
10 his contention that while Ny. Hedlcy
may supply the ideas the employees of
the Interborough contribute no small
part to the perfecting of the devices,
mo" said Mr.. Ucdley. liz added
that two Of those used on the elevated
and subways paid him AN income, hut
Mat none used on the street cars did.
Replying to other questions he said
that the Peterborough does not work its
power producing plants 10 capacity. II
does sell some surplus power to the
Queens county trolley lines and to the
New York railway lines.
Have negotiations ever been entered
into for tho sale Of your surplus powcr?"
'It has been talked of"
'only 20 tho extent that y1nr answer
Drafts have been mad" and conference.
held; Blu, nothius vas done"
what was tho nCgo'intion ~
1T was started With IN. view NJ max
ing our machinery earn money during the
what was the price suggested
II started IN at, a cent and one-tenth
"How large a return would hat hav.
~ though, from on. to two millions
"Did tho negotiations IAN through he
cause Of an agreement with tho Edison
company ?"
81 don, know"
rs ther" such an agreement bctween
the two companies ."
81 don't know"
Doesn't ia" Edison cornpan" SOL for
more than N" ono and on" .tcnth cents
per kit"wa'f suggested hy lou az a good
igur""' asked Senator Thompson,
"Y"s'
Won nrure was low OF"
~ thought u Was high. ngurcd thai
a. that rat" There would he u proht OF 80
per cent. In II Tor us"
TIE hearing will continue this morn.
ing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
GOD g. CO." AS
WORK OF FORMER ECTOR
Henry Austin Adams Is Author of Play Produced for the
Stage Society-His Wanderings With "Mystic
Soul Mate" Recalled.

mystic soul mate" when. in August,
1902. he astounded his nationwide circle of
friends and admirers by deserving his
wife n four children at Great River.
j.. l., and vent away with a dark haired.
large eyed orphaned girl of German ex-
traction named Gertrude Bertha Desch,
almost thirty years his Junior.
Adams. who is now about % years old,
was born at Santiago. Cuba, his father
being Of an old Virginia family and his
mother OF Spanish lineage. lie took
special courses at Heidelberg and Bonn
after being graduated from Trinity Col
lege, Hartford. Conn, and while in the
German universities he picked up much
Of the socialism which later in life he
became an exponent OF.
Next he was graduated from the Epis-
copal General Theological Seminary and
served as rector OF various parishes In
New England. where his marked ability
as a speaker resulted In his coming to
his city as an assistant to the Rev. Or.
Morgan Dix at Trinity Church. From
Trinity he went to Buffalo and then re-
turned TO Manhattan az rector Of the
Church of the Redeemer. at Park avenue
and Eighty second street.
In n public letter which he gave forth
on July is. 1898. he that he
had embraced Catholicism. Into the
Catholic Church at the same time came
some Of his leading Pensioners, includ-
ing Mrs. William Arnold. owner OF a
fortune placed in the millions.
Popular Rs Lecturer
Az plain Henry Austin Adams. the
former Rev. DR.. Adams became n OF
the most popular lecturers at Catholic
summer schools in this state. at the
Catholic winter school In New Orleans.
at Knights OF Columbus lecture courses
and In Catholic colleges and universities
from coast to coast. While OF one OF
his lecture tours he met in Baltimore
the prepossessing Miss Dcsch. then but
16 years Did. and invited her to visit
him m Mrs. Adams ut their home.
which was then in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Adams upbraided him after n
time for his attentions TO the girl. His
defence was that the girl was his 'mys-
tic soul mate" and hat their attachment
was an innocent one. But in August.
1902, he drew what money he had in
the bank-about s4.000-and disap-
peared. SO did Miss Desch. Nothing
was heard Of them until the spring Of
1908. when word was cabled TO THE SuN
from Auckland. New Zealand. that
Adams. now calling himself Wilfrcd
West. was attempting TO earn his living
hyp writing and that Miss Desch was
working 80 that she might exc out the
little he was earning with his pen. lie
wrote to friends here about this time
asking for financial assistance.
In the surnmcr of 1909 ADAMS and
his mystic soul turned IN in seattle
While serving as musical critic on q
Seattle paper u son was born t. Mis-,
bcSch IN the latter part of that year
Using the name Vincent Harper now
Adams was writing fiction. He had
forsworn catholicism and WAS now a
pronounced agnustic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
AMERICAN BISHOPS

The first Protestant Episcopal bish- op in the United States was Samuel Seabury, who was consecrated in
 Scotland 132 years ago to-day, Nov. IA, 1784. Exactly five years later, on Nov. 17S9, Father John Carroll was appointed first Roman Catholic bishop of the United States by the Pope. Dr. Seabury was a native of GrOton, Conn.,, and went to Scotland to study medi- cine, but took up theology instead, and in 1743 was ordained a minister of the Church of England in London. He was loyal to the Crown in the rev. olution, and was imprisoned for a time on the accusation that he was the author of some Tory pamphlets. After the war the Connecticut church es sent Seabury to England to seek an American episcopate. On account of the relationship of the church to the government, he was unable to se- cure this in England, and went to Scotland, where he was consecrated. The first Roman Catholic bishop of the United States was one of the Mary land Carols, and early in life became a Jesuit priest. In the revolution he accompanied Dr. Franklin and others to Canada, seeking to enlist the aid of French Canadians. He was made of Baltimore shortly before his death in 1914.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
Lightning Conductors.

It is a popular fallacy that a light ming conductor on steeple or chimney acts by carrying the lightning to the earth. It would, of course, be com pletely fused by such a happening.
 The fact is that the conductor, so called, ought to be called lightning reducer, or a lightning neutralizer, or something like that, for it's purpose is, by forming an easy channel for the electricity of the earth to join the electricity of the clouds above, to re- duce their tendency to do this in vio- lent hurry
 Have you ever watched a drop of water accumulate until it is too heavy to hold up longer? Splash it goes. That's what happens in the clouds. There is big drop of lightning accu- mulating up above. and when it is too big to hold it comes down splash!
 The conductor acts as though a thirsty breeze were to blow on the drop and prevent it getting heavier and eventually droppingv-Pearson's.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
Mud Roads of Manchuria.

Northern Manchuria possesses no roads, as they are known in this coun- try-that is, made" roads. However, there are fairly we'll defined routes through the country from village to village by which the trade carts travel
 From April to November these so call ed roads are practically impossible, sometimes even for men on horseback, owing to the peculiar qualities of the Manchurian mud, and in this part of the year nearly all traffic moves by water. For this reason most of the inhabitants and nearly all the impor- tant towns and villages in northern Manchuria are found beside the large rivers and their more important trib- utaries. The autumn and winter, how. ever, when the ground is frozen, are the seasons for moving the great bean and grain harvests. Then the land routes are congested with countless thousands of Chinese two wheeled carts, drawn by three to nine ponies, three abreast, taking the products of the farms to Harbin and returning to the villages with kerosene, piece goods and articles of metal manufacture.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
TRUMbULl!

The following Is the entertainment, to be given by the Trumbull Improve ment society, at the Trumbull Con- gregational church, Wednesday even ing, November 15:
 Selection. Down the Field," Miss Bertha l.. Fotch, piano; Royal K. Thornton, violin; Harry Mansley and Ernest L. Fitch, comets; Merritt P. Fitch, drum, (Friedman).
 Tenor Solo, "In the Garden of My Heart" Arthur Mea hem.
 Reading, selected, Fred W. Harri- son.
 Contralto Solo. Sweet Little Wom- an O Mine," Miss Frances B. Wilson, (FToyd Little Bartlett).
 Selection, Cradle Song," (trio) orchestra, (Hauser).
 Baritone Solo, Somewhere a Voice is Calling" Kenneth D. Christie, { Ar thur Tate).
 Reading, selected. Fred W. Harri- son.
 Contralto Solo, My Laddie," Miss Frances B. Wilson, (William Armour Thayer).
 Tenor Solo, 'Sing Me to Sleep" Arr thur Meachem.
 Selection, '"The Wedding of the Sunshine and the Rose." Orchestra, (Gumble).
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
Old Mother Hubbard.

Probably very few people could say who wrote the famous Mother Hub- bard" lines, and fewer still know where the writer is buried. The au- thor was Sarah Catherine Martin, and she was buried at Loughton, in Essex. Miss Martin was born in January, 176S, and was about thirty-seven years of age when she wrote the story of the old lady and her dog. Tradition says the original "Old Mother Hub bard" was the housekeeper at Kitley Hall, Yealmpton, the residence of Miss Martins married sister. At any rate, it was when on a visit to her sister at Kitley that the famous rime was pen ned. The original publication is still at Kitley, and cupboard is pointed out as being ''the" cupboard.-Pear- sons,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
GERMANS FOLLOW FRENCH DESIGNS
 IN AER0PLANES
Teutons Now Employing 3 Types of Machine Oth-
 CT Than Taube.

From Germany army flying ma writer in the French technical journal L'Aerophile has been able to des- cribe the types used by the Germans to show the tendencies of their ue- signers. He points out that German aeroplanes have since the war bega n tended more and more toward uni fornity.
 In addition to the Taube, tha- was the characteristic German aeroplane at the outbreak of the war, therc are now in use types called Aviatik. AL batross and the Fokker, all of which are said to be little more than copies of French machines either as a whole or in part.
 The writer declares the tractor is the present typical German aeroplano type and that there is a tendency to decrease the length of the "fuselage' and it is considered worthy of note that the Germans have been able to use such short bodies with success. The decrease in length may be shown through the fact that the average length of the machines was thirty feet in 1914 and it is 26 feet now. ''Ailerons" are used on all types and are sometimes of very peculiar design.
 The inter-plane bracing has been much reduced in recent models. On most of the machines in use at pres ent there are eight metallic struts, connected by a simple rectangular system of wiring in place of the com- plicated cantilever truss for which German construction used to be not ed. The connection from the "fusel- age" to the upper wing is made through a pair of supports in the shape of an inverted V. These offer no more resistance than the old sys- tenn of four short vertical struts and are much stronger. The wings are now covered with a yellOwish cloth and covered with transparent var nish of bluish tint, which makes the wing more difficult to pick out against the sky.
 All the machines the French writer discusses have two seats in tandem, but there is no agreement as to whether the passenger should sit in front of or behind the pilot. The controls are of the usual type, with wheel and foot bar. Dual control is not employed, German military ex- perience apparently showing this to be an unnecessary complication.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
EASTeN

MT. and Mrs. George B. Beers cele- brated their thirtieth wedding anni- versary at their home Saturday even ing. The program was as follows: Readings, "An Old Sweetheart of Mine," Miss Hazel Sherwood; also ''Baby's Logic" ''The Worn Wedding Ring" '"The School Mistress" and Courier" The Amphion quartet of Bridgeport gave several selections. After the program a bountiful colla- ton was served. MT. and Mrs. eBers received many useful and handsome gifts which included chime clock, china silver and cut glass, and Mrs. Beers was the recipient of beautiful pearl lavalliere. MT. Beers got pearl stick pin. Guests were present from Bridgeport, Newtown, Bedding, Suf- field and Easton. There were S5 present.
 Mrs. Frank Edwards of Bridgeport spent the weekend with MT. and Mrs. Clarence B. Andrews of Rock House.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Arthur Sherwood have gone to Washington, D. C., where they will spend two weeks, at- attending the national grange meet ings. Mrs. Sherwood is Ceres of the national grange.
 Erwin P. Edwards recently pur- chased a pair of black horses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
FREYCINET

Charles Louis de Saulses de Frey cinet, who entered the French cabi- net last year as Vice President of the Ministry and Secretary of State, was born eighty-eight years ago today, Nov. IA, 1928, at Folk, in southern France. When the statesman of a future republic made his mundane de- but France was under the Bourbon heel, with Charles x. striving with might and main to wipe out the mem ories and results of that greatest of upheavals, the French Revolution, and it's aftermath, the empire of the Corsican. He failed, and when Frey cinet was in his second year King Charles was deposed and Louis Philippe of the House of Orleans be- gan his reign. Freycinet was eigh- teen, and a student at the EcoIe Poly technique, when Egalite was forced to abdicate his throne, and the second republic was instituted, soon to be re- placed by the second empire of Napo- leon III. During that period Frey cinet was for time a mining en- gineer in the government employ, and later a builder of railways and the manager of the Southern Railway of France. He was prominent in scienti- fic circles, and as early as 1858 pub lished two-volume work on "Ra- tional Mechanics" and a little later "A Study of Infinitesimal Analysis" In the latter years of the second empire he was employed principally in study ing ways and means of safeguarding the lives and health of workmen in the principal industries. In the trou- bled period of the Franco-Prussian war he was the associate and aid of Gambeta, and he helped in the estab- lishment of the third republic. AS Minister of Public Works in the late 7Os he initiated the French system of government-owned railways, and in 1879 he became Premier of France. This was the first of several times he held that high post, and at other times he was minister of foreign affairs and of war, helping to effect the alliance between France and Russia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
ADVANCED DANCING CLASS.

Dancers who wish to be fully up to date and know the latest steps. and variations in the waltz, one-step, and fox trot, are invited to attend the classes for advanced pupils which meet Wednesday and Friday evenings at g o'clock at the Colonial ball room, Fairfield avenue. The period of in- struction, embracing all of the latest steps, is followed by dancing until midnight. Only single admissions are required. Private lessons in all of the popular dances are given by appoint ment any afternoon or evening at moderate terms, and is the quickest way to learn these dances. Call at the ball room or telephone for terms and appointments.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
Very Active.

Two war veterans during a local re- union fell to discussing the merits of another old timer who announced his candidacy for a small county office.
 "You know more about him than I do," said the first veteran. Had he record for activity during the warT'
 "You bet he had Why, comrade, he vas so active that he eluded the re- cruiting officers throughout the whole period of that truggle."-Argonaut.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
WILSON VICTORY CELEBRATED WITH JOY IN FAIRFIELD
Democratic Voters Parade Through Town Illumi-
 hated With Fire.
Especial to The Farmer

Fairfield. Nov. 14-Fairfield and Southport celebrated victory of Wood row Wilson last night in a royal manner. Bonfires, red fires and old fashioned torches illuminated the town as it hasn't been illuminated since the British held a little cele- Dration there a century or so ago.
 A great parade, led by the grand marshal. James Coates, passed through the principal streets of the town and village and all along the line of march met with great acclaim. Those who weren't in the parade cele- brated by Illuminating their houses, and by building fires in their yards The grand marshal and his first aide, J. B. Boyle, were mounted on chargers. The division aides, Thom- as Carroll, Hugh Tole. Edward Elan nagan and E.. R. Perry handled we'll the hundreds who were afoot, carry ing torches, red fire, banners and signs. Many automobile parties were in the parade, and a special delega- tion from Bridgeport, led by former Alderman Daniel E. Walker. of Bridgeport, was the recipient of cheers
 The Unquowa band and drum corps supplied the music to which the par aders marched. Small boys lent noise with hastily organized tin can bands.
 The Holy Name society of St. Thom- as church will give an entertainment and bazaar tomorrow and Thursday evenings in St. Thomas hall and the committee in charge promises that 1t will be the best ever.
 All sorts of fancy articles and dain- ties will be on sale, all of which have been made by the women of the par ish. Vocal and instrumental music will be enjoyed and some of the best talent in Fairfield has been obtained to help make the affair a success
 Dancing will be on the program both evenings, and the opportunity to get out on the floor will be available to both old and young. as old-fashion- ed steps will alternate with the waltz and two-step.
 Mrs. H. N. Clarke will give her sec ond talk on the care of children and home nursing at the Memorial library Fairfield, at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoons All interested are invited to attend the meeting which is held under the auspices of the Parent Teachers association.
 At hearing held in the justice court yesterday morning before Judge Ba- con Wakeman, Conrad Buckingham. Southport coal dealer. was fined $25 and costs on the charge of selling coal under weight. He took an appeal.
 The Fairfield Rubber Go. is prepar- ing to build a small addition to it's plant here, and permission for con structing a spur track from the rail- road to the new packing department that will be established, probably will be sought. sT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-14
THE WEATHER

New Haven, Nov. 14-FOrecaSt: Partly cloudy and much colder to- night. Wednesday fair.
 Connecticut: Partly cloudy and much colder tonight. Wednes- day fair; strong northwest winds.
 Tho disturbance which was cen- traI over Western Pennsylvania yesterday morning has moved eastward and is now central off the Maine coast. It has caused unsettled weather with rain or snow during the last A hours in the eastern portion of the Lake region and New England. Snow is falling this morning in northern New York, Vermont, New Hamp- shire and Maine. Pleasant weather prevails in the western and cen- tral districts. The western cold wave has moved eastward and is causing unusually low tempera- lures for the season of the year in the southern districts.