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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
NORMAL SCHOOL COMMEN GEM E NIT
 PLEASES THR0NC
Graduates Depart From Usual Program and Present
 Unique Entertainment.

So successful and interesting was the departure from the usual com mencement exercises taken last night by the young women graduates or the Bridgeport City Normal school that IL is hoped by all who were present that succeediHg classes will never go back to the old order of things. In the place of the usual long, sometimes in teresting address, by a more or less renowned speaker, the class presented a f'Masque of June, a PoeLIcally beautiful production in which all the class members as well as those or the junior class and a number of the pu- pills of the Normal school had part. The large audience, which had oraVeo the rainy night, thought the masque most Opportune as well as sy1npollc when Miss Irene Hazel, in very sweet voice, sang Better Than a S1- lent June,' just as the nights thunoer was resounding it's loudest. The fea- ture of the masque was the small boys and girls from the Normal school Who appeared as flies, bugs and toads- Five were flies. five bugs and five hopped about the stage as toads. The young sters' costumes c1ever1y carried out the parts while their songs were near tiIy applauded. The opening ana clos ing lines to the masQue were spoken by Miss Winifred Japp, who wore beautiful classical costume, Indeed
 
 beautiful 7 There were many pretty barefoot dances interspersed through out the masque.
 An artisticalIy rendered violin solo, tfScene-de Ballet de Beriot, by Hor-' ace Jones. and four other splendidly. played selections by the City Normal school orchestra, augmented for the occasion, composed the musical pro gram. -
 Superintendent of schools Samuel J. Slawson addressed the graduates, ad- vising them, You have got to teach, not subject matter, not N1essons, or plans, but children You have got to go to them, not as great big teacher, but as a, sympathetic friend; you must have a. love of children and be able to get right down with them as a boy or girl companion"
 Following the address, he presented the gra duates with their diplomas. singing of t"The Magic of Spring. by the two Normal school classes, the young women making an attractive picture in their white gowns, grouped on the stage behind the flowers which were to be presented to the graduates
 The graduates include the Misses Ruth Olga AIvord, / Ruth McCammon Anderson, Leila May Barnum, Ger trude Marie Becker, Susan Lucy Blagys, Ida Mae Bowers, Beatrice Edna Burns, Lucy Catherine Cham berIain, Mary Agnes Clampett, Pearl Clark, Agnes Ruth Dorsey Blanche Frank, Adelaide. Roberts Goodwin, Irene Margaret Hazel. Winifred Mary Japp, Mabel Holly Jennings, Anna. Veronica Lehaney, Justice Morgan Lewis, Elizabeth Ruth McE1roy, Jo- sephine Virginia Miller, Florence Irene Murphy. Helen Eugenie Osborn, Helen Van Horn Plunley, Wilma Anna Ra- ,katzky, Catherine Began, Bessie Gladys Reynolds, Viola Cecelia Rock, Marion Gertrude Rourke, Veronica Margaret Ryan, Grace Car o1ine Schwerdlte, Regina Ludmila Sek- erak and Mabel Remson Sherman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
SKILLED MEN IN ARMS GO. MAY
 NOT BE CALLED
Advisory Board Executive to Suggest Withholding Good
 MunitiOn' Workers.

Bridgeport members of the National plants, may not be called to arms should war break out. Howard B. Coffin chairman of the industrial consulting board, has announced his intention of advising the war depart ment that skilled workmen engaged in industrial plants manufacturing war munitions be not summoned.
 The matter was called. to his atten- ton, TIT. Coffin said, by the appear ance in New York yesterday before his committee of a representative of one of the largest manufa cturers of munitions in the United States.
 '"This representative, tSId us," MT. Coffin said, ''that the call to arms of the National Guard will cause them to lose between 500 and 500 skilled workmen. Part of these men, we are told, are already members of state militia, and others have announced their intention to enlist
 This company would be one of the first that the government would call upon to supply the army with trouble with Mexico develops into an to the startling fact that the United States may make the same mistake that England did in the beginning of the European war-stripping factor ies and leaving the important task of, providing ammunition for the rifle in untrained and unskiHed hands The company calling our attention to this matter has requested that it's name be withheld for the present.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
RUSSIAN WEDGE WIDENS GAP IN ARMIES, OF FOE
 AND ADVANCES E MILES

 two heavy guns, two gun carriages, numerous caissons full of munitions and more than 1000 wagons loaded with provisions and forage.
 5000 Prisoners in a Day.
 Near the Village of Storozynetz Con. the Sereth, 12 miles southwest of Czernowitz) we took two officers and, 85 men prisoner and captured some machine guns.
 The total prisoners made in the course of the day amounted to about 5000.
 "At zutchka Station Give miles north of Czernowitz) we captured a depot of engineering material
 "On the front north of the forest region and on the Dvina front the artillery duel continues"
 The chances of the Austrians mak- ing a successful stand somewhere near their present positions are gen orally considered by military men here as being very remote. It is pointed out that Gen. Pfanzers Bukowina army appears to be cut in two, the bulk of it, entirely isolated from the rest of the Austrian commands, re- treating. south into the Carpathians. It is explained also that in Volhynia the Austrian armies have been cut off from direct communication, and that Austria has no reserve troops available with which to plug the gaps in her line and restore unity of action.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
M'CABE-CAULFIELD
 NUPTiALS WILL BE
 EVENT IN SOCIETY
Reception to Be Held After Wedding at St. August
 ines Church.

! Miss Mary Win1fred McCabe, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. John McCabe, of 76 Elmwood place and Joseph Francis eCaulfeld, of Brooklyn, will be mar yried, at Il o'clock tomorrow morning at St. Augustine's R. c. church. Rev. James F. Barrett, assistant at the In- Enaculate Conception parish of Hart } ford, a native of this city and a life long friend of Miss McCabe's family, will perform the ceremony and sing the nuptial mass. Alfred T. Brisebois, organist of the church, will play the wedding music while Miss Elizabeth I. Stanton, soprano Miss Mary O'Rourke. contralto, Arthur Levasseur, tenor, and Joseph Wade, bass, will sing the mass, ATillard's, in B flat.
 Miss Irene Hill of Derby will be Miss McCabe's maid, of honor, and Mrs. John J. CuHlinan, and Helen Har- dy of Danbury will be the flower girls The ushers will be Raymond WeIch of New York, brother of the bride, Charles H. McEnerney of Boston, Cor nelius J. and James Caul1eld of Brooklyn, cousin and brother of, the l bridegroom, respectively. William B. Caulf1eId will be his brothers best man.
 After the ceremony, a large recep- tion will be held at the residence of the brides parents. The wedding breakfast will be served on the lawn, pink rambler roses and hand painted orations. Dorothy Perkins roses, palms and bay trees will form the house decorations.
 At the conclusion of a wedding trip ofSseveraI weeks duration, MT. Caul- field and his bride will reside in iness man. They will be sat home'' after Oct. 1 at 31, Wildwood street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
Sweetness That Never PaIls.

During sleepless night the Vizier Mujjeduddin Kumija dispatched his slave, Bedruddin Bias, to bring him sweets. The slave procured a copper kettle heaped with many kinds of fruits and sweets, and Mujjeduddin be- gan to eat.
 ''You relish them, my master?'' asked the slave.
 The vizier shrugged his shoulders. ''These fruits are sweet-for the mo- ment," he said, ''but show me a fruit the sweetness of which will endure even unto the judgment day.
 Such fruits there are, my master . cried the slave and hastened toward the Mesched Husa, where he awoke the starving orphans in the house of Aliwan and led them forth into the room of his master. Overjoyed, the famished children devoured the fruits.
 Look, o my master said the slave Here you see fruits the sweetness of which endures unto the judgment day"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
THREE MEMBERS OF
 LIBRARY BOARD TO
 SUCCEED IVES

William E. Burnhan, Charles H. Armstrong and Waldo c. Bryant, members of the library board whose terms expire in July have been nomi- hated to succeed themselves. Their nomination was confirmed by the common council last night. The an nua1 meeting of the board will be held on the evening'of Tuesday, July 8, when Calhoun Latham will be elected superintendent and librarian.
 Burglars entered the store of w. A. Henry at Wilkes Barre, Pa, backed two wagons toN the door, and departed with most of the stock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
REFUSE TO LET
 SENATOR QUINN ADDRESS COUNCIL
Administration A Aldermen Put Gag on Representative of
 Jitney Owners.

Senator Michael Quinn of New Ha ven and J. O. Gray, organizer of the Bridgeport Jitney Owners Protective association, believe the Connecticut Go. had a hand in the hurried framing of the ordinances barring the jitneys from Main street between 12 and at midday .and and T. o'clock in the evening. For this belief Senator Quinn was denied the right of ad- dressing the meeting. A public hear ing was held last night by the council after reconsidering it's former action in passing the jitney law, which was to have been effective June 15.
 Organizer Gray, who spoke for the jitney owners, openly told the council that the Connecticut Go. had a hand in passing the ordinance. Alderman John Y. Caldwell objected to Senator Quinn speaking. unless he denied a quotation in the Ansonia Sentinel or apologized for it. In the article Sem ator Quinn was quoted as having said that the Connecticut Go. had caused the passage of the jitney ordinance.
 Its gag Iaw,'' declared Alderman Daniel P. Harrigan, when the council passed the vote. refusing the permis- sion of the floor to Senator Quinn. /
 .It> shows to my mind where the council stands on this matter,' said the senator.
 Rev. wv. Rose of the Qn1WerSal1St church, said he had no brief from the jitneyN drivers and had not been asked to speak by any of them, but he thought they were a great boon to the community in that they relieved traf- f1c which the Connecticut Co. seemed unable to care for.
 Attorney Abe S. GeIdulig, B. A. Schadewald, G. A. Freeman and Jas per McLevy spoke for the jftney own CTS. MT. McLevy~ said the proposi- tion to bond the jitney owners for $1O,00O was unfair. He said jitney owners are now required to pay state and city licenses and taxes in addition to the cost of their cars. MT. Free man said members of his association has deposited $50 each in the treasury of their organization and that persons injured in accidents which jitneys fig ure in might collect from this fund He also said that his association fined 1 mem bers who disobeyed traffic laws.
 Arthur Chase, for the local branch of the Chauffeurs' association, said his organization was not opposed to the jitneys but the members thought traf- f1c should be regulated So that the jit- neys would not make indiscriminate stops. The ordinance committee will have another hearing on the matter one week, from tonight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
WEATHER FORECAST

New Haven, June 2O-Fore- cast: Fair tonight and Wednes- day; slightly cooler tonight.
 Connecticut: Fair tonight and Wednesday, somewhat cooler to- night; moderate west winds.
 The lake disturbance which has caused unsettled, ShoWery weather during the last few days has passed out the St. Lawrence valley and is followed by an area of high pressure with westerly winds and fair weather. A dis turbance central over Southern Kansas is causing heavy, local showers in the southern dis tricts. The = temperatures con- tinue low along the border
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
MORE DINNERS FOR ALDERMEN CHARGED
 TO TAXPAYERS HERE

Alderman Oliver c. Cole, chair man of the finance committee prom ised Alderman William Moran last night that at the next meeting of the council he will explain the item of $1330 in the finance committees re- port, headed ttIncidentals." ~The item was, for dinners at Lehmann's shore house. Who had the dinners Alder man Cole could not remember but he promised to look the matter up and report at the next meeting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY
Cyrus Roach Powder

sprinkled freely where the reaches gather will effectual- ly rid your home of this pest. This we absolutely guaran- tee. The powder is clean to use and harmless and does not drive the reaches to your neighbors, 20c and 35c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
TIME.

Time is a moeI1er. To two persons differently situated time has either the wings of an eagle or the feet of a snaiI. To a man in expectancy a day appears a week and month a year. To one in possession ths suvnnaer has scarcely arrived before su- tunan seems ready Co appear,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
Hn Belief.

''Do you believe in hypnotism, dear?'' asked the young wife, just as ths hon eymoon was preparing to retire srom business.
 Sure" answered the man who had promised to love, honor and pay tho freight. ~Otherwfse would seiI be a bachelor. ."-AIilwankea Jo.a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
Came Near It.

Small Dorothy was showing a little playmate her birthday presents. ''Thts,'' she said, holding up a pin set with rhinestone, ''is a present from grandpa. It has a genuine grindstone in tt.''-Chicago News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
SMITH GRADUATES LARGE CLASS; SEVEN GET
 MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE

Northampton, Mass, June 2o- Smith College graduated a class of 331 young women today and conferred the degree of Master Of Arts to seven graduates of that and other colleges. The diplomas were presented by Presi- dent Marion Leroy Burton in John M. Greene Hall.s Governor Charlee S. Whitman, of New York, delivered. the Commencement address.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
POLICE IN COUNCIL ROOM.

In anticipation of disorder because of the many public hearings before the common council last night Police Sergeant Poland and Policeman Shee- han were stationed in the spectators gallery. The gallery was packed and many were obliged to stand but there was no disturbance
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
Entertainina tIae Noiahhora.

CT understand that Mrs Flubdub en- tertadned some of her neighbors inform ally yesterday"
 ''Yes: she and her cook had a quarrel on the front porch. h."-Kansas City Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
FLEMING IS PRESIDENT
 OF WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN.

Buckhannon, w Va, June 2o-Dr. Wallace B. Fleming was today in =. auguratedE president eof est Virginia Wesleyan College in connection with the 26th annual commencement ex- ercises.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

A London report places German losses during the battle of Verdun at 415,OO0 men,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

Fights Way to With in Short Distance From Bug RiVer-CZar's Forces In Bulk > OWina Are Driving Fleeing Austrians Into Carpathian Mountains.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
ALIVE AFTER
 THRILLING ADVENTURE:
 COMING TO NEW LONDON

New London, June 2o-Loca1 rela- tives have received letters from George H. Thompson. Jr., who was believed to have been lost when the British steamer Southgarth was sunk at sea a few weeks ago. MT. Thomp- son writes that the vessel went down 100 miles from Algiers. He was in an open boat for IS hours and was then picked up by a French warship and taken to Marseil1es. He escaped without injury and will come home via England.
The Washington times., 1916-02-04
CENTRAL HIGH PLANS
FOR BIG PAGEANT 7
zach Department to Contribute
to Some Portion Symbolical
of School Work.

Plans to finance the pageant portray
ing the history of Central High School,
TO be given when the school enters Its
new building. at Eleventh and Clifton
streets. are under discussion by the
alumni committee.
Each department of the school will
contribute to the pageant some portion
symbolicai of the work done in that de-
partment. Nearly 1000 persons will take
part in the spectacle, and more than
1000 persons will be able to witness the
pageant In the great stadium in the
rear OF the new school.
Definite arrangements for financing
the pageant have been made Gideon A.
Lyon, president of the Alumni Associa-
ton, is to select a committee of seven
members, whose duty II will be to raise
$500 necessary to finance the project.
Admission fees will be used to defray
the cost of costumes and incidental ex-
penses.
A history Of Central High School.
compiled by Harry English, teacher In
the school. will be issued in connection
with the dedicatory exercises Of the new
building next fall. Mrs. w. f. Cham
berlain has charge of the work of on
listing the alumni in the pageant.
In view of the plans for the pageant
the annual spring luncheon and alumni
excursion will not be held this year. 50
that both students and alumni may give
their entire attention to the pageant.
The Washington times., 1916-02-04
GONZAGA CHANGES
PROMOTION PLANS
New System Expected to Expedite
Promotions and Shorten
Terms Of Students.

with the start Of the spring term at
Gonzaga College n radical change has
been inaugurated in the method OF
grading pupils. The new system con-
sists in adequnate grading ard promotion
of students al more frequent intervals
SUCCESS of the system will shorten the
school period of competent students ny
two years.
In accordance with the esplan nine stu
dents were promoted from the second
to the third year of high school at the
beginning of the term, and~thirty-tWo
were promoted from the first TO the
second year class. A special class has
been formed of eighth grade pup Is VINO
received marks of eighty or better dur
ing the first. term to prepare them for
entrance into the second year class at
high school next September
The spring term opened with about 100
students in the senior class of English
The Washington times., 1916-02-04
Little Damage Done in
Two Motor Collisions

A collision between an automobile be-
longing to Isaac r. Mann. 1925 Sixteenth
street northwest. and the machine Of
Dr. Thomas G. Stewart, of Cleveland
Park. operated by his chauffeur, at
Fifteenth and l. streets northwest, yes
terday afternoon. did $500 damage to
the latter vehicle. No one was injured.
An automobile owned and operated by
Robert S. Woodward, president of the
Carnegie Institution, collided yester-
dey afternoon at Fifteenth. and y
streets northwest by an automobile OPP
Grated by Norma Simms. l0ll NJ street
northwest Mr.. Woodward's machine
was slightly damaged. He escaped in
The Washington times., 1916-02-04
Of the CarIyles
Told by Leon Vincent

The story of the Carlvles, the work OF
the great writer. and the shrewdness
and brillianCe of his wife. was the sub
ieCt OF a lecture delivered at the Friends
Select School yesterday afternoon by
Leon Vincent. The lecturer said that
while Thomas Carlyle was undoubtedly
very hard man to live with and main
tain an even basis of friendship, he was
one of the greatest masters OF litera :
ture and his mind was of an unusual
type.
Jane Carlyle was. he said, a woman
The Washington times., 1916-02-04
Suffragists to Outline
Congressional Program

To get the exact status OF the progress
Of Congressional work in the various
states, Miss Doris Stevens, chairman
Of the national organization committee
Of the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage. has issued a call for a con-
ference of suffrage leaders from the
February II.
1t is proposed to perfect plans for the
present session of Congress. Mrs. Gil
son Gardner and Miss Maud Younger
are scheduled to speak at the confer
ence.
The Washington times., 1916-02-04
FATHERS NIGHT" is
PLANNED FOR SCHOOL
Congressman Webb Will Preside
at Franklin-Th Thompson Meet
ing Thursday Night.

fathers night" Is planned by the
franklin Thomson Home and School
Association for next Thursday night
The meeting will be held at tine Thorn
son School.
Congressman Edwin Y. Webb OF
North Carolina will preside. Prof. L.. J.
Ward will talk on the social center
movement for schools, and Miss Eliza
The Washington times., 1916-02-04
Changes in Commerce
Bureaus Are Announced

The Department OF Commerce an
nounced today the following changes In
personnel: Temporary appointment to
Carl G. Lines. as electrician at sl.3N In
the Bureau OF the Census extended: In
the Bureau of Navigation. w. L. Tur-
ner, adjuster Of measurements, pro-
NOTED TO 81 OOO
The Washington times., 1916-02-04

beth Fox. OF tho Visiting Nurses So
ciety. will tell OF the work OF that
organizs lion. Dr. W g. Gwynn will
give u talk on health.
William B. Patterson, supervising
principal of the Fourth division. will
attend. Preceding the meeting parents
viii be introduced to teachers.
The Washington times., 1916-02-04
McAdoo Postpones Trip.

Secretary OF the Treasury McAdoo
has announced the indefinite postpone
ment Of his Southern trip. which was to
have been started tomorrow. Postpone
lnent was made necessary by pressing
departmental business.
The Washington times., 1916-02-04

who was never satisfied intellectually.
She reed Virgil at the age Of ten, and
was noted for her coquettlshness ana
The Washington times., 1916-02-04
Our Guarantee

Take home a pound. use one
fourth of it, and if it doesn't
please you as we'll as any you
ever used. return the unused por-
ton and we will refund the en-
tire purchase price.
The Washington times., 1916-02-04

=" girls coats Of wool
aStraChan and beaver
cloth, in blue. black, brown
and novelty mixtures. all
this seasons choicest mod
els. including the nared
and belted styles. with
belt and fancy button
trimmings. 4 to IA sizes.
The Washington times., 1916-02-04

other cities throughout the country. If you
urchase of one can for trial. We feel sure you
hit now is the time to get what you want
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-26
PARLOR OF HOME IS
Quilted IN A BLAZE

The parlor of the home OF L. L.
Hammond. 2510 Third avenue, was
Quilted by fire early this morning and
contents of the room are also a total
loss, Owing to the fast work OF the
firemen the rest of the home escaped
the flames. The fire was discovered
at 2:35 by neighbors. who awoke the
family, at sleep on the second floor of
the home at the time. They expert
enced considerable difficulty In escap-
ing down the stairs, because of the
dense smoke. Only one line OF hose
was laid by the firemen. The origin
~ rho fire Is unknown. but it Is posi-
bIa that II NAV have been caused by
an oyerheated stove. The loss VIII
reach $500. The property Is owned by
Max Lubin,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-26
WATERWORKS MEN TO
CONVENE IN MOLINE

The Illinois section of the Ameri-
IN Waterworks association will hold
u annual fall meeting in the city OF
aaline some time next October.
Mayor NJ r. Carlson, who is now in
sfbana attending the annual winter
betting Of the association, sends word
MS successful effort to land the
aeIl convention for his city.
More than $50 men, all of them skill
Scientists, will be visitors in Moline
'aFng the convention. Arrangements
'll be made by Moline boosters TO
Aow the visitors everything in the
ny that is a matter Of pride there.
StaHse Of the visitors standing in
aer own communities, 1t is consid-
"a that having the convention there
wi be far more effective advertise
Seat for Moline than the holding OF
ordinary convention.
he Iowa section of the waterworks
s@eiation will hold its fall meeting
: davenport next October, and it is
@aefstood that committees from the
% sections will confer and arrange
aaEe the conventions fall upon the
@ae date This will enable the two
Taons to hold a joint session, prob
@5 IN the nature Of a banquet.