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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
By Leo Papa

Last week took a book out of the
bookcase and red it, being a 1ittel
book but fearse to reed before you go
Hide, and yestidday, GIaddis was reed
ing a book up in her room, and I
thawt Id play DR.. Jenkil1 and Mr..
Hide with her, and went down in
the dining room and raped sum SUI
gar in a Htte1 peece of newspaper and
then I went up to Gladdisses room,
saying, Good day, fare lady, you see
before you DR.. Jenktil how do you do.
Farewell, sed G1addis.
Meening, she dident wunt me in
thare, and I sed, Nuthing can make
DR.. Jenki1l mad, fare lady he is a
perfeR gentilman, but beware, be-
ware If he takes a swaIIer of this
dedly drug. and terms into Mr.; Hide.
And I took the peece of newspaper
with the sugar in it out of my pocket
and showed it to her.
Are you going to get out of heer
with your munkey bizntss, or do you
wunt to be put out. sed Gladdis.
That's all rite to tawk that way to
DR.. Jenkill but beware how you
menshin nunkey bizniss in frunt of
Mr.. Hide, I sed. And I quick undid
the newspaper and licked up sum
sugar with my tung, and then gave
a fearse yell and throo the rest of it
up in the air ana Start1d to roll my
eyes-and make my hands look like
a eagles hands.
The chiIds daffy, sed Gladdis.
Woman, you are mine, sed. Ill
tare you up in a mi1lyfn litteI peeces
and skater you to the 5 Winds And
I startid to danse GROUND the room
making fearse noises and fearser Eases
and G1addis startid TO call, Farthir.
farthir.
You call your farthir n vane.
bewtihIl vampire. because I have al
ready shattered his peeces, Z sed. And
kepp on dansing GROUND and ackt-
ing like Mr.. Hide and GIaddis kepp on
calling for pop, and pritty soon he
came fup, witch as soon as I herd him
coming I termed into DR.. JenkfH agen,
saying, Wat ales three, fare lady, you
seem distressed. WITCH Jest then pop
came in, Watts the row, watts the row.
Bennys going krazy up heer, sed
Gladdis.
No sir, was only playing DR.. Jen-
kill and Mr.. Hide, I sed.
Beat it, sed pop. WITCH I did. going
out and getting up a game of baby in
the hat with Pubs Sinkins, Sid Hunt,
Reddy Merry and Sam Krawss.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
TODAY'S POEM
PRAYER,

When the last sea is sailed, when the
last shadows charted.
When the last field is reaped and
the last harvest stored,
When the last fire is out and the last
guest departed
Grant the last prayer that shall
pray be good to me, o Lord.
And let me pass in a night at sea, a
night of storm and thunder,
In the loud crying of the wind
through sail and rope and spar,
Send me a ninth great peaceful wave
to drown and roll me under
To the cold tunny-fsh's home,
where the drowned gal1eons are
And in the dim green quiet place, far
out of sight and hearing,
Grant may hear at whites the wash
and thresh of the sea foam
About the fine keen bows of the state
ly clippers steering
Towards the lone northern star and
the fair ports of home.
JOHN MASEFIELD.
From ..tSaIt Water Ballads by the
Macmillan Company.
Copyright. 1914. by John Masefeld)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
Mrs. Batch, Suffragist
Leader Passes Three
Score Mark Today

In spite of the defeats suffered by
the ''Votes for women" movement at
the polls last November, Mrs. Harriet
stanton BIatch, one of the most ia
NOUS of American suffragists, will
pass her sixtieth milestone to-day con-
fdent of future victory. Mrs. Blatch
has suffered grievously in the last
year, for the failure of the cause to
gain a footholdl in the eastern strong
holds of conservatism came when she
was in mourning for her husband,
William Henry Blatch, who was kill
ed last August when he came in con-
tact with a live wire while walking
along the road near their Long Island
home.
Mrs. Harriet Stanton BIatch was
born Jan. 20, 1856, at Seneca Falls,
N Y, the village where her mother,
Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the pio-
neer sufragists had presided over the
first '.votes for women convention IN
the worlds history only a few years
before. Mrs. Blatch's father, Henry
Brewster Stanton, was also an ar
dent worker for suffrage, and Mrs.
Batch imbibed suffrage principles
from her childhood. She was educat-
ed at Vassar, and continued her stud
les at Boston, BERN land Paris In
1882 she married William Henry
Blatch, a wealthy Eng1ishnan. For
twenty years Mrs. BIatch lived in a
charming home in England, spending
much of her time in carrying on the
propaganda initiated by her famous
mother, and in visiting the mills and
factories and investi eating village life.
In 1900 Mrs. B1atch returned to her
native land to take part in the presi-
dental campaign, and since then she
has resided principally in New York,
although making frequent lecture
tours. Her husband became a Wall
street broker, but retained his Brit
ish citizenship. and Mrs. Blatch was
refused naturalization papers Whlle
her husband was alive.
Mrs. Batch has one daughter, Mrs.
Norah stanton B1atch DeFNorest, who
is prominent in suffrage circles, ana
who recently succeeded her mother
as president of the Women's Political
Union Mrs. Blatch spent some time
in England and on the Continent last
year. and on her return expressed the
belief that women will be granted the
ballot in Great Britain as soon as
the war is over.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
CORNER FOR COOKS
Fruit Cake.

This will be found an excellent re-
cipe: One pound of powdered sugar,
one pound of flour, IL eggs, one pound
of currants, well washed and dredged;
one pound of raistns, seeded and chop
ped; one-haIf pound citrou, cut into
slips one and one-haf pounds of
b1anched almonds, one tablespoonful
of nutmeg, one scant teaspoon OF
cloves and a wine glass of boiIed\ ci-
r or best brandy.
Cream the butter and sugar, then
add the beaten yolks of the eggs and
stir well together; then put in half
of the flour. The spice should come
next, then the whipped whites, stirred
in alternately with the rest of the
flour, and the fruit which has pre-
viously been dredged Put In the
brandy the very last thing. Line deep
tins with well creased paper. and
bake in a slow oven about two hours.
Be sure your cakes are done before re-
moving from the oven. This recipe
will be sufficient for two good sized
cakes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
Girls May See
Vision Of Future
Husbands Tonight

Tonight, if we accept as veracious
one of the most ancient of Christian
legends, young ladies may behold in
visions of the night their future hus-
bands, provided certain ceremonies
are performed.
The twenty-first of January is the
Feast Of st. Agnes, which was former
ly the great religious fete and hoIi-
day Of the fair sex, and st. Agnes
Eve is the proper and appropriate
time for a girl to obtain, by divina-
ton, knowledge of her future hub
by The proceedure is somewhat in =
volved, however, and requires consfd-
cradle preparation; If the maiden is
to conJure up The face and form of
her spouse-to-be, and receive on her
lips his impassioned betrothaI kiss
In the first place, the charm is said
not to work if performed in the maid
ems own home, Some authorities
on the rites and ceremonies incident
to st. Agnes Eve insist that the maid
en- must spend the night in another
town or neighborhood than that in
which she resides. Others insist that
it is sufficient If she sleeps elsewhere
than beneath the paternal roof. This
seems reasonable. as even a t'spook''
might hesitate to call upon a young
lady at such an unconventional hour
when her papa is in the vicinity, Mar
ried men know that it requires a
great deal of courage to breach the
subject of matrimony to dad" in the
ordinary way.
night as far as possible from father
and his well-lxnown boot, the maiden
should retire early to her downy, or
otherwise. couch. Before going to
bed, she should take the stocking
from her right-that, is her right
stocking well. the one that she
has worn during the day on her right
limb. (The old chroniclers say, fright
Leg which is perfectly awful of
them, isn't it, girls2)
Taking this stocking, she must knit
about it the garter from her left
limb. If she can't knit, she may
knot the garter about the stocking.
While doing this, it is absolutely nee
essary to repeat the following lines
slowly, being careful. not to smile The
thing is serious, and any manifesto
ton OF levity would certainly spoil
the charm Here's the verse:
ST knit this knot. this knot Il knit,
To know the think I know not yet,
That may see
The man that shall my husband be,
Not in his best or worst array,
But what he weareth every day;
That I tomorrow may him ken
From among all other men,
After this, the maiden must retire
to her bed, lying on her back, with
the stocking and garter under her pill
low, and her hands under her head
The girl that can do this, in all Sc
robustness, without ever cracking a
smile or displaying the slightest evil
dence of the possession of a funny
bone may, confidently expect
Well according to legend, she may
expect to see her future husband; but
this is not guaranteed. Indeed, since
it is necessary to spend the night else
where than at home it is suggested
that the girl who feels herself capa-
BILE of going through this ceremony
in all seriousness should arrange to
invoke the spirit of her future spouse
in some nice, comfortable padded cell
in the most convenient hospital for
those who are mentally not at home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
GIRLS WITHOUT SENTIMENT

Dear Miss Libbey:-
We are two modest girls, one 10, the
other 20. If young men do call on US
a few times they soon drop Off The
report circulated about US is we have
no sentiment. We try hard to be en-
PERTAINING but have refused to kiss
young men good might. Now were we
right or wrong? Please tell u.s.
MINNIE AND EMMA
You were both quite right to refuse
to cheaper yourselves by permitting
familiarity. You are well rid of such
young. men callers. All in good time
a better class of men will sue for
your favor and you will make a wiser
selection. Girls who permit kissing
rarely find husbands. Every man adj
mires a sweet, refined, modest girl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20


To see ourseI's as itherS see US!
1t wad frae mony a blunder free US,
And foolish notion.
If girls as yet in their teens always
had their way about it in nine cases
out Of ten what a mess they would
make out of their heart affairs But
when sone comes to think of it, how
Should a maiden who is introduced to
handsome young men with voIuble
tongues know how to discriminate as
to whether they are the kind of men to
invite to her home and make compan-
ions of?
A witty tongue and an agreeable
smile are passports to her favor. He
can walk roughshod over the good,
honest youth who is too bashfuI to say
his soul is his own and who -could1s't
utter a, compliment to save his life,
no matter how he yearns to give the
girl a notion as to how dear she is to
him.
To the bashfu1 youth going to call on
a girl is a dreaded dilemma to face.
IIWhen there he does not know what
to say or do. He is pitifully conscious
of his own failure to entertain The
old folks like him They know that
their girl is safe in his company. His
reverence for the maid is so great,
SO SINCERE, that he would cut his right
hand off rather than to offer her, the
slightest caress. Her parents do not
feel the same confidence in the DASH
ing fellow who has hail no end of
sweethearts ever since he was out of
his swaddling clothes, broken hearts
by the score and was always ready
for a new conquest, ever captivated
by q new and prettier face, winning
affection only to fling it aside like a
dower that is. faded-a love race that
has been won. and that is the end CT
it. Worldwise parents know tt at this
is not the. kind of a young man for
her to be brought into contact with
too often. They endeav6r to discour-
age her with him. When that fails
they set their foot down against his
coming, thus tcensoring her would-be
beau.
Some girls take this parental censor,
ship as an afront. They either go into
Mysteries or sulk over it. Very few
girls have the rare good sense to real
ize that whatever father and mother
decree is for the best, bowling beauti-
fully to their will.
Some people think that parents
should not Interfere with their chill
dren's love affairs. IF they didn't
there would be no end of mischief
done in a number of eases. It's not
only the right, but the duty of parents
or guardians of young, unsophisti-
Gated girl to censor her friends, both
male and female. It is not the parents
who. bend the twig in the way 1t
should go, but the girls companions
who set the pace she travels The
wild youth will not call constantly
upon a girl he. does not care overmuch
for if her home folks give him little OF.
no opportunity to have her alone by
himself to make love to. There will
be no regret or tears for the girl whose
ssweetheart meets with her parents
approval. Girls should have guy and
merry youthtime but parents should
censor the companions of their daugh-.
tiers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
English Plum Puddine.

For English plum pudding which.
is very rich, use the following iRgre=,
dents: One pound of raisins. i pound
of chopped suet, 81 pound OF stale
bread crumbs, L cup of dark brown
sugar, grated rind of L lemon,
whole candted orange peel, minced. I
cup of -four, 1 pound of currants, 1-S
nutmeg. grated; IA pound OF blanch-
ed almonds, chopped; 4 eggs and
cup of either brandy or boiled cider.
Mix the ingredients; beat the eggs;
add them to the brandy and pour over
dry mixture. Mix thoroughly; pack
in welT creased pudding dish, leaving
plenty of room for swelling; tie up in
flour dredged cloth. and boil for SIX
or eight hours.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
AFFRONTING A LAWYER.

Dear Miss Libbey:-
am lawyer with a good practice.
I gave the young lady I am calling on
gold bracelet for a Christmas pres
ent; she sent me a book of poems with
the following comment upon lawyers
marked with red ink:
Says Thomas, Harry, can you tell
How -awyers do to dress SO well?'
Says Harry, Yes, you may rely ont
To get a suit they lsstrip client
Says Edward, No, they'll closer nip
him
They first obtain the suit-then strip
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
EASTON

A special meeting Of Esaston grange
and fourth degree on a class of cam
didates. As the master. Miss Hazel
Sherwood, was ill., her father, Past
State Master J. Arthur Sherwood, act
ed as master.
Mrs Clarence 3. Andrews is i'll
The new officers for sthe ensuing
year Of the congregational sunday
school are as follows: Supertntend-
emit. Frederick Silliman; assistant su-
perfntehdent. Miss Hazel E. Sher-
weed secretary, Miss Dorothy Gill
lettes treasurer, Mrs. Emil I.ackInan;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
A SINGLE MANS QUERY.
Dear Miss Libbey:-

Dear Miss Libbey:-
I am a bachelor of 81. I have met
recently a very nice young woman
who pleases me in all except she has
no will of her own. being docile as
child. should like her to have a lit
tie temper of her own be it ever so
mild. Do worfaen's disposition change
after marriage2 If so, is, it for the
better or worse?
CiP. r.
An authority says as to the above:
tfW omen are all alike. When they are
maids they are as mild as milk; once
make 'en wives and they lean their
backs against their marriage certif1-
Gates and defy you"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
THE STAFF OF
LIFE AND ITS COST

The sensational advances in wheat
will convey an oninous significance
to the housewife. A grocer predicted
q: few days ago that before spring.
brands of wile:lt costing $3.50 before
the war, would go to SO or more.
This will be- less than the re ssord price
of about $40 for these grades asst
year. But the advance VIII come
closer home to working people than
any other present result of the MAR
In spite of American prosperity
there are still large sections Of our
population for whom bread Us the
main article of subsistence. To great
numbers of recent immigrants meat ia
almost a prohibited luxury. They
may pick up some remnants and
bones cheap. but only for use as an
appetizer. Bread and soup are the
menu. "A touch Of onions or other
pungent vegetable may be used to
give the meal some tang.
+ "A we'll seasoned soup has a SUR
prising effect to give an otherwise
dry provender some flavor. and makes
a meal seem more substantial than Il
really is. With this added relish
many new corners to America viii
gnaw along for days on their Ions
loaves baked after. the foreign man
ner.
Wheat bread of course is food 81
the most substantial character Peo-
pie of indoor life and finicky Ape
tites would not eat enough of it fo1
full nourishment. The manual La
borer hungry from his fatiguing task
puts it down with avidity. II I'D
came from the old country, he mas
have learned to eat it without but
ter
The present high wheat prices via
again encourage the farmer to stun
every possible acre with the staph
grains, and hire money to pay hh
help. But the wastes of trench lift
are great, the demand for wheat foui
is enormous, and the American
working man will pay high for hh
loaf while the war lasts.
It will certainly be great year FOL
the back yard garden. A few SQUARE
rods put into potatoes will go far tt
reduce the flour bill, and provide Z
nourishing substitute.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
DEVOTION FOR ONE,
ENGAGED TO ANOTHER

Dear Miss Libbey:-
am a young lady. your reader, who
until recently was very much attract
ed by a certain gentleman Some
time ago I received letter telling
me this gentleman is engaged. Is it
proper, under such circumstances, to
correspond with said gentleman? Hope
for your, view.
H.R.
Find out if the Information is or is
not misleading. If he really is en-
gagged do not. correspond but lose no
time in finding a, better, true, sweet
heart.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
MISS HBBEY'S REPLIES
TO YOUR LETTERS;

Miss Libbey's answers to your
letters. Correct name and adj
dress must be given to in
sure attention. Initials printed.
Write short letters on one side
of paper only. Use ink. Per-
Sonal letters cannot he answer
ed. Address Miss Laura Jean
Libbey, No. 916 President ST.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
= LAURA JEAN LIBBYS DAILY TALKS ON
HEART TOPICS
Copyrighted, 1913 Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
him

Now would you advise me to show
her my indignation at the inference
that all members of the bar are beats
and cheats? In matters of law I
could make quick decision. I defer
to your opinion on heart affairs.
w.B
/ The young lady may be innocent of
any knowledge of the affair. Treat
1T with dignif1ed silence, not referring
to it in any way. At worst it is but
a very harmless joke polzed at a class
of brainy men whom all honor. There
fore they contract the envy of a few.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
Cheap Apple Sauce Cake.

Into one cup Of apple sauce put
one-half teaspoonful of soda and set
to foam. Beat together one cup Of
sugar and one egg and beat until light.
Add the apple sauce and beat again.
Stir into this two and one-haIf cups
of flour sifted, with two teaspoons o.
baking powder and one-half teaspoon
of salt and one and one-haIf cup OF
butter melted in a small saucepan.
Bake in a rather slow oven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
Police Board Head
Promises To Stop
Cruelty to Animals

At a meeting Of the Animal Rescue
League last night assurance was Civ
en- by Police Commissioner John e..
Stanley that the police would coop
erale il aiding the society and pro-
tecting it.treated animals. It las
been arran- ed to read daily to thu q.
licenen going on beats the statute
covering tbs phase of police WORK
The Roy Scouts also will aid in wate,:
ing fer =. :. ]: IONS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20

Take 1 pint of sugar and 2-S pint
of water; when clarified add 1 quart
of cranberries and boil 10 minutes
without stirring or putting a rpoon
near them; let them cool in the dish
in which they were cooked if pos
sible. They are very delicious cook
ed this way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
Roast Duck With sauerkraut.

Truss and stuff duck, as you would
a chicken, using in the stufhng q lit
tie sage and a chopped chaIIot. When
cooked, put on a hot platter and place
the boiled ''kraut'' around It. with
an outer border of fresh parsley. Serve
with it plain boiled potatoes and wilt
ed celery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
Exposition Record
For Temperance is
Wonder of World

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 2o.-EsE-
actly 18, 756, 14S persons clicked the
turnstiIes at the Panama-Pacihe ex-
position and of these just SO were ar
rested or rejected for Incorporate use
of the profusion Of turntables. Prac-
ticaIIy perfect order prevailed during
the ten months of the exposition.
The temperance record of, the ex-
position, at which drinks of every
known kind were easily obtainable
comparison is made with the arrest
records of some of the American cit
les in which the sale of liquor is for
hidden.
The daily transient population at the
exposition was about $4,000, number
nearly equal to the resident popula-
ton of Portland. the largest city in
Maine, the oldest prohibition state in
the Union. The comparison gives the
following official figures on arrests for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct in
ten nonthS:
Total arrests in ten months for
drunkenness and disorderly con-
duct at Exposition: 81
Total arrests in ten months (av-
erage) FOR drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct in Portland, Me-: S,067
An even more striking comparison
is that between the exposition arrests
and those of Bangor, Maine, for in
temperance, as Bangor's population,
n. 061, is less than half Of the daily
attendance at the exposition. As
against the SO persons arrested for
drunkenness and drunkenness and
disorderly conduct at the exposition
in ten months the police of Bangor
locked up 1859 persons for similar Of
lenses in the same length of time.
Many thousands of young women
without male escorts attended the ex-
position and there is no record of any
lob af hoe
suited or nolested in any way al
though the grounds were thronged
with all classes of people representing
every race. creed and color on earth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
W.ANTED-GIRLS

on one and two needle ma
chimes; good pay; 48 hours I
week. Apply to the
THOMAS P. TAYLOR co,
Harral Ave. and James ST
AIS 5"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20

Eduardo Suarez-NIujica, CHILEAN
Ambassador, presented to the State
Department ChiIis ratification OF the
Peace Commission treaty negotiated
by Secretary Bryan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
Brandy Sauce.

Two cups of sugar, ga cup of but
ter, 1-2 cup of flour; cream butter
and flour, then add sugar, then stir
in boiling water and cook one hour;
when it looks clear, add brandy to
taste.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20

An increase in wages ranging from
z to 10 per cent. has been given the
1900 employees of the Atlas Portland
Cement Co, mill at Northampton
Pa.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20

through. Gather lower edge between
double +,TT'' perforations and inches
above Adjust stay to position
underneath gathers, center-fronts even,
small 90 perforation, at under-a1,,
seam, and bring back edge to center
back. Sew standing collar to neck
edge as notched; large "O'' perfora-
ton in collar indicates center=back
Close the sleeve. seam as 3lotclscd.
and gather upper and lower edges be-
tween double t1T9V' perforations Turn
under edge of cuff on slot perforat;o:ls,
lap to snail "oP perforations ana
stitch, leaving edges free below double
200" ,perforation- Line cuff sew 70
long sleeve as notched, single small
90 perforation in cuff at sca-9< of
sleeve. and bring the pointed cad %
cuff to large 20" perforatiop IN sleeve.
Join the skirt cores as notched
Close back seam from large 20" per
foration to lower edge, nI.ish edges
above for a placket, Gather cItire
upper edge. Adjust skirt to position.
stitching upper edge along upper row
Of gathers In w.t., center fronts aIl6
center-bacl5s even; side seam OK a]:ir
at under arm. Adjust the belt TO posi-
ton, slipping underneath extension IN
front, ccnter-fronts and center baclxa
even and tack extension on belt.
Finish the skirt with bias folds,
stitched along the upper edge emily.
Sizes IS, Is and 20 years. Price.