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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
KING GUSTAV
 FAVORS GERMANY

This is the national holiday of the Swedes, when they celebrate the birthday of their monarch, King Gus tav ", who passes his fftyeighth milestone today. Although Sweden is neutral in the European war, the country has been a bu1wark of strength to Germany. and Sweden has prospered nightly from the ex- tensive war trade carried on with her powerful neighbor to the south Aside from this economic reason for Swe- den's sympathy for the Teutons, the King and nearly all the royal family are decidedly pro-German. Sweden'S hereditary hatred and fear of Russia has also helped toward inclining the monarch and many of his subjects against the Allies. That the King, the financial and industrial leaders. and the high army officers of Sweden favor joining the war on the side of the Central Powers is an open secret, but they have been deterred from this step by the determined opposi- ton of the Socialists and republicans, who are rapidly becoming the real ruling power in Sweden. The masses of Swedish workmen and democrats are insistent upon Sweden'@ contin- ued neutrality, and perhaps g major ity of them are in sympathy with France and Great Britain, if not with Russia. King Gustav is the great grandson of Marshal Bernadotte, the French Napoleonic military genius who founded the present dynasty in Sweden about a century ago. Bern adotte was of French peasant stock, with a large proportion of Moorish
 blood in his veins but his deseend- ants have intermarried principally with Germans, so that the Bernad otte house is now much more Teuton than French. King Gustav's mother was Princess Sophia of Nassau, and his
 spouse is a sister of the Grand Duke
 of Baden. All of the members of the Swedish court, except the Crown Princess, who is daughter of the
 Duke of Connaught. are extremely pro-German and have used what lit tie influence they possess from the first to put Sweden definitely on the side of Germany. They have had the
 assistance of the capitalists, the aris- tocracy, the clergy and the army, but democracy in Sweden has advanced too far to permit even these powerful l interests to override the will of the people.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
CHRIsr1E-McGU1RE
Fourth floor.

Because of the popularity of both the bride and groom, unusual inter est is attached to the wedding tomor- row of Miss Elizabeth C. Mcclure, daughter of Thomas F. McGuire and MT. Frank Harrison Christie, son of Mrs. E. D. Christie of 164O Park ave- nue. The ceremony will be perform ed in the rectory of St. James church. Stratford, by ev.MichaeI J. O'Connor. Miss Edith Christie and Earl M. Chris tie, sister and brother of the groom, will be attendants at the ceremony, which will be witnessed only by the tmm ediate relatives of the couple. Miss Mcclure vii wear a navy blue tailored suit with a black picture hat and her bridesmaid will be attired in blue taf- feta and will also wear a large black hat. After a. wedding dinner, MT. Christie and his bride will leave for a tour of the White Mountains in their car. They expect to return to this city the first week of July to take up their residence in their new home in the North End. MT. Christie is a gradu- ate of the Poughkeepsie, N. Y, High school and is connected with the H. O. Canfe1d Go. Miss Mcclure is widely known in Bridgeport and in Stratford, where she formerly lived.
 In honor of Miss Mcclure, Mrs. Frank Myers of 1763 Noble avenue, held a personal shower yesterday aft ernoon at which the bride elect was presented with some very handsome gifts. Bridge was played during the afternoon and at it's conclusion a de- delicious luncheon was served the IA in timate friends of Miss Mcclure who were present. Among the guests were Mrs. J. F. Adams. Mrs. John Bar rows, Mrs. John Burns, Mrs. David Lustig, Mrs. Walter HubbeI1 of Strat- ford, Mrs. Brooks and Mrs. Asheinn, both of Cincinnati, O.;N Miss Edith Christie, Miss Katherine Pastine and Miss Jessie Duhigg.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
SPECIAL SALE BETWEF
The Bald EaaIe,a Mod.

Among birds the home of the bald eagle is perhaps the most striking, pos sibly because of the majesty of the bird itself. It appeals to the imagina- ton. Built of huge sticks loosely in terwoven and situated on some lofty and inaccessible ledge, with the bones of the eagles victims scattered round about 1t, it gives a proper setting to the stern and savage character of its builder. .. Here the eagle reigns su- preme, and here year after year he and his mate rear their young. This is the aerie from which he can scan the whole countryside and, like the robber baroas of old, levy toll on all who pass his door.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
Finance Commission
 Against Greek Loan

Athens, June 16-The international financial commission yesterday re- ported it's protest to the Greek gov ernment against permitting the na- tionaI bank to issue an additional 30,- 0OO,00 dracI1mai ($6,000,000) in pa per currency
 The Franco-British members of the commission stated that Greece could not expect financial assistance from either France and Great Britain so long as the issue remained in circu- 1ation nor would any further Greek loans be admitted to the London or Paris markets
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
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DENIES SUICIDE ATTEMPT.
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\ Reports that Mrs. Gertrude Miller of Stratford avenue and East Main street attempted to commit suicide yesterday afternoon while at the home of Mrs. B. A. Wright at 1156 East Main street are denied and it is stated that Mrs. Miller tainted while cutting a corn A bottle of iodine that she was going to use on the corn spilled on the floor, when she tainted, and this gave rise to the suicide report.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
Some Queer EnaIish Names.

We may puzzle our brains over the tongue twisting names which France and Russia have given to some of their towns, but England furnishes few quite as dazzling as that of Przemysl. Hurstmonceaux, for instance, is pro nounced Her-so; Firkcudbright, Klr- coo-bree; Daventry, Dantry; Leomin- ster. Lemster, and Evesham is called E-sham.-London Opinion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
QUAKE IN TWO CITI LES.

Rome, June 16-A heavy earth
 shock was reported at 3:25 o'clock this morning at Forli, a town in cen tral Italy having a, population of 50,- 900, and at Rimini, a town with the same number of persons, 28 miles further east. There were no casual
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
LIT. COL. SMITH. DEAD.

West Point. June 16-Lieut. Col. Morton F. Smith, U. s. A., command ant >of cadets at the United States Military Academy, died at his quarters here today after a brief illness. He was born in Colorado, July 30, 1872, and had been commandant of cadets since April 3, 1914.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16

world way to write by the hand of Woodrow Wilson the treaty of which mark the Last n
 America to judgment. Her vote for Woodrow Wilson the of her ideals of her sincerity of ability humanity the me of mankind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
Minb+ have neen Woree.

Maude = That horrid old cat told Claudie was forty years old! Mamie LThe mean thingi But she might nave done worse Maude-How? Mamie We'll, she might have told some lie about you.-Exchnnge
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
Cautious.

"How old do you think Kate is?'' ooh. twenty-four is a safe guess
 "what do you mean by a sare guess?" ,, ..In case she heard of my saying It. Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
ENJOY ENTERTAINMENT.
lsnecial Ed rhe Farnner !

Especial to The F'armer.)
 Fairfield, June 16-An interesting entertainment was provided last even ing at the smoker of the Holy Name society of St. Thomas church. A supper,I served afterward, was much enjoyed by the members and guests.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16

A Zeppelin is reported to have been wrecked near Chatelineau, south Bel giurn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16
GOODNESS AND LOVE.

Goodness and love reflect themselves in the human coun- tenance. Goodness and love mold the form to their own image and cause the joy and beauty of love to shine forth from every part of the face.- Swedenborg.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-16

Serbian Day. was observed at the Allied Bazaar in New York.
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above attaching political sifnificance
to some of these; and here one gets a
first glimpse Of the human side OF
the man.
But connoiseurs of Petrograd were
Indifferent to this work of the leisuro
hours of Bakst: and this time, realiz-
ing that the Russian capital was no
place for him, he hied himself back
to the ateiier in Paris, and he has
stayed there pretty much ever since.
Along about this time Serge dc
Diaghileff a wealthy Russian noble
man with penchant for the arts,
can.e into the life OF Bakst. ID
Diaghileff had dabpled somewhat in
the art Of the theater, and>had a sort
OF coterie Of pseudo Bohemians about
him. All were persons engaged in do
ing things in new ways, and into this
circle Bakst promptly was initiated.
There was Fokine, the dancer, an In
surgent in the ballet school main.
tained by the Russian government.
rebel against the authority Of Petipa,
who has automatically ruled the in
stitution for more than half cen.
tury there was Stravinsky, the bold
harmonic innovator. who soon was tC
break the tonal system in standard
use throughout Europe, and a dozeI
others.
After trying out his protcges in vari
Gus ways, De Diaghileif became con
vinced that he might combine all
their services toward n common end
the idealization of the Ballet Russo
and the emancipation of art in gem
eral. So he prepared for a brilliant
debut for all in Paris. In the mean
time. I'm 1906 Bakst was discovered"
by Paris, at an exhibition of his work
arranged by De Diaghileff. But it
was not until 1909 that he created for
himself his present name through the
settings and costumes of "Cleopatre"
when ii opened there at the Theater
du Chatelet.
In Paris, in London and in other
cities where the ballet was produced
the triumphs succeeded one another
And so 1t was with every new crea-
ton. He extended the poetry hidden
in every epoch and brought them for
ward in the form of beautiful co,oi
mbinations.
His designs ever are work for the
theater and they do not come into
vital being and full suggestion unit.
they are wrought upon the stage.
There. and only there, belong the
sombre magnficance of his setting Of
"Sche eherazade"; the massed color and
fantastic detail OF his India in lie
Dieu Eleu" the vague and vaporous
DtlutN VI lnt IllllSlut LOT IL "A pres
Midid 'un Faunc." the endless opu-
lence of his color that floods Mar
cisse," or the barbaric and ominous
tower in which "Thamar" waits her
prey. NJ. Bakst has weIl-defined
ideas about the creation of his eff
fects which seem grotesque and BIZ
zarre to many people.
II have often noticed" NJ Bakst
wrote recently in explanation Of his
works. that in each color Of the
prism there exists a graduation which
sometimes expresses frankness and
chastity. sometimes Sensuality and
bestiailty, sometimes pride and some
times despair. Any of these may be
given over to the public by the effect
ono makes of the various shadings
That is what I tried TO do in 'Sche.
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FANTASTIC TOWN OF BAKU.
Place of Bad Smells Where Only Mil
Iionaircs Can Afford to Live.

I'm afraid that shall have to tell
iy great grandchildren that the Cas-
plan is very little to look at, at least
from Baku. 1t has no color and it
smells outrageously of Kerosene,
writes II. G.. Dwight in the Century.
Haku. however, Is something to look
at. (Baku is the Russian trans-Cau-
casan seaport or the Caspian sea-
II is kind of Pittsburgh dipped in
Asia, and it tickled me beyond meas
ure. Not so long ago 1t was n wretched
fishing village inhabited chiefly by
Persians and Tartars, who were too
stupid to sell their land to prowling
oil prospectors. SO those same Per-
slams and Tartars now roll In gold.
And they don't know what on earth
to do with it, The consequence is
that nobody but millionaire can af-
ford to live in Baku.
But what fantastic hodgepodge Of
civilization and barbarism! What
tyvcs. What costumes, What morals!
Above all, what motor cars, satin
lined, emblazoned. gilded, jewelod,
kitchering there on the edge OF Asia!
It's too good to be true, but ! shant
tell you about It. What | want to tell
you about is park the Russians have
made there on the shore of their Cas-
plan. They always do those things
well, you know. No green thing Will
grow for miles around Baku. but
BILLIONS ARE NOW COMMON.
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Knew the Language.

Before the war "seamen's return
tickets were issued by most railway
companies from seaport towns at re-
duced rates. A well-dressed young
man asked for one of those tickets the
other day, but the booking clerk de-
INJURED.
"Seamens return tickets are issued
only to sailors" he snapped.
well, | am a sailor" was the reply
OF the applicant
But how am I to know that your
statement is correct?"
How are you to know it?" came
the answer. why. you leather
necked son of sea cook, If you feel
my starboard boom running foul of
your headlights you'll know that I've
been doing more than sitting on "A
stool bleating all my life, and you'll
haul in your Jaw tackle a bit"
The station master was standing
near by:
Give him a ticket" he said; "he
is a sailor."-London Answers.
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Girls, TrOt Out Your Armor!
GeOmetriCal Dancer on WAY

NEW YORK, Nov lt.-Mme. Valen-
tine de Saint Point, grand niece Of
the French poet, lie Martine, herself
an authoress, is on her way to New
York to give demonstrations of a new
terpsichorean art called the Meta
chorie," or geometrical dancing. She
is on board the Monsenal, a Spanish
steamer, bound from Barcelona to this
port.
At the beginning OF the war Nine.
dc Saint Point, through her social con-
nections and literary talents. was d
leader in tho younger social and artis-
TIC circles of Paris.
She contends that while music,
painting and sculpture have changed
in form and method. becoming more
cerebral instead OF merely emotional.
dancing has remained an art that ap
peals TO the eye alone While main
tanning the background Of color and
line. she has developed a cerebral"
quality in the meaning OF the various
movements
Special performances OF the meta
chorie wero given at the Champs
Elysees theater In Paris before the
war. While some OF the costumes we're
light in other dances, Mime de saint
Point wore sort of coat of mail.
which covered her body leaving only
narrow Sits for the eyes.
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PARIS TO SEEK
TOURIST TRADE
Organized Effort Will Be
Made rs Soon as the
War Is Over.
MISSES DOLLARS
DOLLARS
MISSES
People Begin to Realize
What Enormous Reve-
nue. Travel Brings.

Correspondence Of The Associated Press.I
PARIS, Nov. 1l.-t'ranco will make
her first organized effort TO attract
tourist trade when peace Is restored
The war made French people ap-
preciate fully for the first time how
many persons of means had been in
the habit OF hurryirg to Paris from
all corners of the world. No effort
was made to induce them to come, be-
cause the magnetic attraction OF tn,
town alone suffcied; but since they
have awakened to sec many other
things, the French have looked into
this question OF touring and have
FOUND that some 100000 Russians
were in the habit of rustcating in
Germany and Austria whore they left
each Year the equivalent OF more than
billion francs. Eight hundred
thousand persons visited the ll3 sea-
side resorts of the Baltic and the
North Sea in 1913.
French business men and particu-
larly hotel men, are inclined to think
that French resorts and French artis-
TIC centers present far greater attrac-
uons than the Baltic or the North
Sea, and have finally consented to
open their minds to the question as
to whether this great number Of peo-
pie did not find moro modern com
iort and better hygiene in German
hotels.
Spend Many Millions.
No one knows how much money
Americans spend in Franch each
year. but the estimates. varying from
S2OO.OOOOOO to $2o0,O00,0O0 IA year
are not considered to he exces-
sive. Ffnanclers appreciate how
this annual expenditure. aided by a
part OF the billion francs that the
Russians spent in Austria and Ger
many each year, will mel pthe rate Of
exchange; they are prodding French
hotels, resort managers, and railroads,
TO prepare In proper way for WIS.,
ltors, then do the necessary adver-
using. Railroads are called upon to
provide more comfortable cars and
give better train service, and hotel
men are being told they must maze
1t easier for visitors to take a COM
Portable bath
The Touring club OF France is now
taking up the question from the trav-
eicrs point OF view, and is also oc-
cupyinB itself with the necessary re-
newal practically of the entire staffs
OF many Of the principal houses now
sheltering wounded soldiers, when
they are restored to their originaf
destination.
Outside OF the kitchen. the hotel
employees before the war were mostly
German and Swiss The hotel syndi-
cate has resolved that the Germans
snail not be taken back. Other en-
ploycs must be trained to take their
places, and the hotel committee of
the Touring cub is arranging to edu-
cate and train them in the hotel sec.
tions created by the government in
the schools of commerce and indus
try. The courses are to begin at once,
providing general education to those
applicants who need it, then taking
up courses in hotel work.
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Perhaps the most unique. and cor
tainly one OF the most interesting fea
lures of the world famous Serge d"
Diaghileff Ballet Russo, which Is to-
appear under the auspices OF Akdai
Shrine. by arrangement with IN,
Metropolitan opera company OF Ne"
York. at Convention hall on December
IL, is the quantity of scenery, stage
decoration and costume design from
the pencil and palette OF Leon Bakst.
There is no artist of the twentieth
century who has achieved such wide
spread fame as this young Russian
Jew. whose mastery of colo: and line
lately earned for him the Nobel prize.
His work has brought about Il reVolu-
tion, not merely in the art of the the
>ater, but has extended to wearing
apparel, ornaments, furniture, decora-
ton and even architecture the worlo
over.
Leon Bakst was born in 1868 in
Petrograd Undoubtedly 1t IL the COM
bination of oriental and Semitic fac.
tors that mas made his colors, like
his characters, as one enthusiastic
critic declared, shout and dance with
Joyous abandon. In Russia, his
birthplace. he was treated rather
harshiy; and these reactionary influ-
ence.i, due principally TO the fact that
he is Jew, made it difficult for him
to show his genius But it proved
different with other cities of the
world. His better condition came when
he took up residence in Paris. and 1t is
in Taris that he maintains his princi-
pal studio today.
1t was in 1895 that he came to
Paris. lie was then 81 years old. He
began work in the studio Of Albert
Adelfeldt, versatile Finnish artist,
who himself was working for greater
imprcssionism in painting, and un-
doubtedly this circumstance had
marked influence upon him. After
working tirelessly here for some time.
Bakst felt that he had spent long
enough apprenticeship at the technicai
end. and returned to Petrograd. hop
ing that he would find a better re-
ception than when he came there for
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Following q Leader.

Sothern once gave a dinner party
TO dozen guests Thompson was
late. They had just sat down to their
soup when u loud ring announced his
arrival. Sothern hastily exclaimed:
Let US all get under the table. Fancy
Thompson's surprise when he sees a
long table and no guestsl"
In couple OF seconds every man
was hidden from view beneath the
table. Sothern made half-dve and
then resumed his place at the head OF
the board Thompson entered. stared
and exclaimed. Hello, Where are all
the fellows?"
Sothern shook his head and
answered sadly. II can't explain IL,
my dear fellow, but the moment thoy
heard your name they all got under
the table" The expression on the
faces OF the hoaxed guests. as they
slowly emerged, one by one, can be
better imagined than descrbed.-
Woman's Journal.
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SOLDIERS GROWING
OLD BEFORE TIME
Scientists Beginning to Study Effect
of Warfare on Men In
Trenches.

Copyright 1915, by The Associated Press
LONDON, Nov. 11.-What will be
the effect upon future generations OF
the premature aging of millions OF
men now at the battle fronts? Army
physicians and men of science gener-
ally are beginning to discuss the prob
lem. II is said that soldiers ten
months In the trenches, exposed to
the nerves. -shattering shock of shell
IRE, often come out with the appear
ance OF ten years having been added
TO their life. A shorter period than
this often suffices to turn iron gray
the hair OF boy of 25.
This premature aging is peculiar to
no one nationality. 1t is noticeable
alike along the English and French
lines and among the prisoners from
Germany. Austria and Russia It is
said to be perhaps a little more pro-
nounced along the eastern fronts,
where the vast amount of territory
involved frequently makes neglect of
the wounded inevitable. There men
have lain for days without medical
attention, and when finally admitted
to hospitals have given their ages at
Il to 81 years when ordinarily they
would have been classed as 40 to As.
I'VE attribute the gray hairs now so
noticeable everywhere at the front to
suDcOnSclous worry, said n Canadian
army surgeon in discussing the sub.
ject with a correspondent of the As.
sociated Press. "a man will not bo
conscious of any worry at all, where.
as his comrades will daily comment
upon the whitening of his hair. | have
never known of hair actually growing
white overnight, as the novelists are
so fond of putting 1t. but II often hap.
pens within the space of a week or
ten days.
Officers First.
THE gray hairs come quicker TO
the officers than to the 'Tommies'
which is again a corroboration of the
subconscious theory. The strain of
the fighting naturally is greater with
the officer although he may out
wardly have the same joyous spirit
of the man with the gun who goes
over the parapet with a delighted yell
when the command is given to ad-
vance
"Our nurses, too, frequently go gray
without apparent reason, for mostly
they are women of long training amid
the scenes and sufferings Of hospital
life"
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GRAND.

With the magic of spectacular
New York success still strong upon II
Fair and Warmer" will come to the
Grand opera house on Friday. Novem-
ber II, for a special matinee and
night, when Selwyn & Co. will pro
sent this most dazzling and ludicrous
of the Avery Hopwood royal limo OF
farccs, with an excellent cast OF far
ceurs.
"Eair and Warmer" made one OF
those successes along Broadway that
run up the standard for all later at
fractions. 1t sold out, from its first
performance, so that there was never
any New York advertising necessary.
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Stage Decoration and Costume Designing for
Diaghileff's Ballet Russo Designed by 'Bakst'


of
of New York.
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How long has this restaurant been
OPEN" asked the would-be diner.
Two years." said the proprietor.
How unfortunate" said the diner.
I'm sorry did not know that before,
off If | had come here then"
Yes" smiled the proprietor, look
ing very much pleased. How Is
that?"
well, 7 should very likely have
been served BY this time IL | had"
said the guest.
Then the proprietor's smile van
ished.