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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs Kenneth w Mcneil of Marina
park, will give a luncheon tomorrow
afternoon in compliment to Mrs. Ar
thur w. Robinson who will return to
England next week. The guests will
includes besides Mrs. Robinson. Mrs.
John, Ruslirleg, Jr., Mrs r. H. M. Rob-
inson, Mrs. John R Reyburn, Mrs.
John P. Ramsey. Miss Natalie Haw-
ley and Miss Marguerite Bishop
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27
A GIRL IN A HOTEL.

L. K writes: when a girl and gem
tIenan meet and she wishes him to
call upon her, is it proper to extend
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

Miss Constance Hathaway enter
tanned a number of young persons at
her home, 500 Clinton avenue. on
Saturday. Five hundred was played
during the afternoon. The guests
included a number of young women
who are at home from school and coll
1ege.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

Directors of the National Bank Of
La Crosse, Wis, approved a stock divi-
dend of 100 per cent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

The Tennessee Copper Co. declared
the regular quarterly dividend Of rs
cents a share on it's stock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

The Shakespearean concert of Mrs.
Susan Haw1ey Davis and her pupils
will be given this evening in the au-
ditoriums of the + Bridgeport High
school. The event has been much look
ed forward to in musical and literary
circles of the city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

The White Star liner Adriatic, ar
rived at New York from Liverpool,
ringing 124 passengers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

Two informal dances are being
planned by the members of the Cri-
terion club, the first to be given Fri
day evening of this week and the 9TH
er Friday evening, April %, on which
date the Hinkee Dee club will also
give a dance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

SPRING PIONEERING
PLANTS.
JOHN RECK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27
ANOTHER WOMAN's WAY.

"How does a woman love? Once, no
more,
life forever it's loss deplore-
Deep in sorrow, or want, or sin,
One king reigneth her heart within;
One alone, by night and day,
Moves her spirit to curse or pray"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02
Chemistry's Importance Recognized.

London.-Chemistry's importance III
the future prosperity of the nation has
been recognized by University college.
London, which has just completed the
construction of a new chemical lab
oratory, with an installation and rel
erence library which it is intended
shall become one of the most complete
and comprehensive of its kind in the
world.
The faculty of the college in carry
ing out its plans for the advancement
OF chemical science in Britain sought
for ideas in the principal modern lab
oratories both in this country and
abroad. The basic idea was TO pro-
vide for the needs of independent re-
search, and the experimental depart
ment has been designed for the carry
ing out Of tests on large scale WITH
the view of utilization of new dlscoV-
cries in connection with the industries
OF the country. The government has
during the war taken advantage OF the
facilities offered. and much valuable
work has been achieved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02

The best physicians in the world,
bar none, are the Germans. They tell
us that babies do better on much less
milk than has been considered neces-
sary. For instance, Dr. Freer, in the
Medizinische klinik (Berlin), Feb. 20,
1916, speaking Of the good effect the
high cost of food in Germany has had
upon German babies, states that 500
grams tabout twenty ounces) of milk
is all the One-year-old bottle baby OF
normal weight go pounds) ought to
have. Other things should take the
place of milk in the diet, and Freer
has many of Germany's most COM
petent specialists with him. He be-
gins adding sugar to the babys milk
at one month, at which time the baby
is receiving only $50 to 500 grams III
ounces to one pint Of milk in "a
hours. He also gives the baby starchv
foods from the end of the first month,
from tablespoonful to two table
spoOnfuls of rice or oatmeal gruels
being allowed per day at the age of
two or three months He gives beer
or mutton broth, from one to five
tablespoonsfuls, beginning at the sixth
month; also fresh vegetables well
cooked and very finely mashed, few
tablespoonfuls every day or two after
the sixth month. OF course all these
foods should be given in small guam
titles at first, and very gradually in
creased to the full quantities men
toned. Fruit juices tprune, orange,
peach, pineapple, may be given
from the fourth month onward, and
crushed fruits from the seventh month
onward.
The less market milk and the more
substitutes mot so-called baby foods
the child is fed in the warmer months
the better his health will be. Milk is
always a doubtful food in very warm
weather Even certified milk, unlesi
kept and prepared under the most
careful conditions, may cause summer
complaint or cholera infantum. AMI
bower grades of milk. pasteurized.
tuberculn-tested, etc, are, OF course.
more liable to cause trouble when not
Kept cold
The first thing a mother should do
when baby develops diarrhoea or
intestinal trouble in warm weather Is
to stop feeding milk. and substitute,
say. barley water, boil tablespoonful
Of barley in quart OF water, slowly,
for at least an hour, adding water
now and then to make up for evap-
Grafton. Strain through piece OF
clean muslin. and sweeten each bot
tie of it with about teaspoonful OF
sugar OF milk. or for older babies. cane
sugar The second thing to do is,
give teaspoonful OF castor oil. This
is the one exception to our W. k.
prejudice against castor oil. II Is
readily taken by babies under a year
old. because their sense of taste is
undeveioped, and it binds up the loose
bowel. just what the condition re-
quires. once the physic has swept out
the bowel
The third thing to do is, keep the
baby cool He needs nothing but
diapers when II is very hot. He should
be bathed several times day III tepil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02

In the face of the figures which the
New York Herald printed last Sunday,
giving the preferences of the delegates
to the republican national convention,
Justice Charles E. Hughes nomination
may be looked for on the second and
third day, unless he Voluntarily and
emphatically takes himself out of the
field.
This statement, however, the Her
aid says, is made with all reserve in
view of the peculiarities of such great
gatherings as that which begins its
sessions in Chicago.
There is no convention of either
party to which this is in the remotest
degree likely to be parallel. In the
number of candidates it might be
likened to the republican conventions
Of 1876, 1880, 1884 and 1SSS-more re-
sembling the latter. But there the
comparison ceases. There are no
Blaines, Mortons, Bristows and Conk-
lings thirsting for one anothers gore
as at Cincinnati in 1876; there are
AiO DioihtS anu vi ltdulus d lltdulC
struggle as in 1880; there is no great
strife between a president who is in
and a would-be president of tribal en-
nifty as in 1884, and there is no strong
scattering of the forces of the party
between a dozen men as in 1888.
Justice Hughes is the leader. He
cannot be compared to any of those
who went into the contest in any of
these four conventions, either as the
favorite or as the dark horse" He is
not seeking the nomination He has
enlisted the support of no man or
group of men. His attitude, so far
as can be learned, is that he desires
to be let alone.
Mr.. Roosevelt is not a Grant or
Blaine or Conkling or Sherman be-
cause they were great party leaders.
or great party figures. Mr.. Roosevelt
is today a registered and enrolled
voter OF another party He might
have been llkened TO Grant in 1880 If
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02
BRINGING UP BABIES.

"roo much system hurts little ba
bies!"
1t takes a brave man to crltlclse
any baby conservation scheme. The
one quoted above is an authority, DR..
Joseph Z. Winters, professor of the
diseases of children, Cornell unlver-
sity. II will comfort many persons to
hear the man speak out 1t is not only
the bodies of babies which are starved.
Too often, another precious thing is
quite destroyed. Babies and mothers
were invented long before doctors
and nurses.
Centuries before modern science
took TO weighing infants before and
after meals, there grew up, from the
dependence of the child on the mother,
a marvellous bond of sympathy. 1t is
the helpless babes only source of
comfort, and It survives as the one
consolation of many woman in her
old age But too much system in
raising babies destroys this fine prod
uct of evolution. If a baby is always
and forever to be left alone "to cry it
out" according to the directions OF a
trained nurse, the seed OF this sym
patty never gets sown.
Wrapping a child's cut finger IN
antiseptic gauze is a safe and sane
process. 1t is the kiss that cures. 1t
is mothers tender understanding OF
how it hurts" which makes wee Billy
a brave boy.
Once upon time there was little
girl (runs a Renaissance in an old
"Atlantic') who was never contented
with a story until she had finished ii
herself, with a great sigh of relief
thus: "And ven him went home to
him's muvver."
And just that way, even as little
children, grown men sometimes want
their mothers.
IF we're hanged on the highest tree
l know whose love would come down
to me-"
There is no substitute for this nor
NAL sympathy between the mother anc
the child And it is sure to be stunt,
ed, or it may never start to grow a
all, if orphan asylum methods-tot
much SYSTEMS permitted to inter
fere with their intimate personal re
1atjOns
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02
The Daily Story
Arthur's Wooing-Ry Ethel Holmes.

gave him a five dollar gold piece. 500,
after this another boat appeared and
a handsome young fellow in yacbtin,
costume was about to step ont On %
the landing when John ordered b,,,
of. He poked card at his opnoser
but John said that II he were the nras;'
dent himself he could not come ssboro
Argument having failed. the v;sito-
tried bribery. John proved fncorrunti-
bic. There was nothing for the yachts.
man to do but sail away.
Mrs. Wild, to WHOM John renorta5
all these noble acts Of defense. was ds.
lighted. On several occasions h.
brought the cards that were given him
to his mistress Some Of the men vho
lad left them she knew, and somo
were strangers to her. It made no az
ference who they were She had de.
termined to keep men away from har
daughter for that summer. and. having
secured the services of man who was
capable and Trustworthy, she gave her.
self no concern. She declared that r.
was the first summer she had felt easy
about Jeanette since she was fourtaan
years old.
But one day thunderbolt came out
Of clear sky. The fond mother wbile
taking stroll over her island. walk.
ing through a thick wood heard Voices
near her. She listened and recognized
! Jeannette's voice. Then came a mans
deeper tones. The latter sounded much
| like John Doolan.
Could it be that the flirt. deprived Of
| association with men, had cast her
tolls about the old servitor? The sus-
picion brought a shock to the doting
mother.
Advancing toward the sounds. she
peeped through break in the leaves.
and there, sitting on log with their
backs to her, were John and Jeanette,
Johns arm around Jeannette's waist.
Mrs. Wild tore through the under
brush like a fury. Hearing the noise
Of breaking brush behind them, the
culprits jumped to their feet, turned
and confronted the angry mother.
While she was delivering a TRADE Of
reproaches John pulled off his white
beard and stood revealed as the most
persistent of Jeannette's suitors.
'Woe is me, Mrs. Wild" he said
with head bent low II confess myself
o great sinner. Jeanette wrote me
that you were to remove her here, and
I. seeing your advertisement for a de-
fender, applied for the place in the
uniform Of veteran. I have perform
ed my duties to the best of my ability"
Its all right mamma" pleaded
| Jeanette. Your bringing me here
has brought me to a decision. l love
Arthur and will marry no one else.
! His wooing has charmed me-"
Since Arthur was an eligible young
man with a fortune Mrs. Wild made
virtue Of necessity, forgave them and
consented to an early marriage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02
REPUBLICAN STRUGGLE

he had remained in the republican
party. Grant came within 60 votes OF
the nomination.
AS the record stands to date-and
the data which the Herald prints are
collected with every effort at Impair
tiality-after the delegates get down
to real business Justice Hughes is
likely to receive 435 votes and Mr.
Roosevelt 1873 In a convention of
9S5 delegates 493 are necessary to
nominate. Justice Hughes must draw
55 from the other columns and Mr..
Roosevelt must draw 285. There are
IL delegates in reserve who will vote
for Justice Hughes under certain con-
tlngencles,. which would leave him
only II votes to go" and there are
in the convention other elements
which are uncertain or uncommuni-
cative, which, under a growing senti-
ment for the justice, might be expect
ed TO give him the nomination on the
first ballot.
Naturally, the fire of the next few
days will be directed upon Justice
Hughes, who has said that ne did not
desire the nomination and who is
manifestly unwilling to make any
statement lest it should show lack of
patriotism on one side or lack of jul
dlclal dignity on another.
But cold facts are cold facts. Unless
there is radically different aspect of
affairs presented when the delegates
assembled at Chicago the convention
Will nominate Justice Hughes. Wheth-
er he Will then accept would prob
ably depend upon the attitude OF Mr..
Roosevelt and his progressive party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02

Jeanette Wild was an incorrigible
flirt. Perhaps it was not her fault;
perhaps 1t was. There was something
about her that attracted men, whether
it was intentional or not. A pleasant
smile lowered about her lips; there was
a sparkle in her eye. When she said
anything droll she had a way Of cock
ing her head on one side, like bird,
that was very attractive. Jeanette
was an innocent girl in every respect,
and no word of scandal was ever spo-
ken against her.
But her fllrtations were very annoy.
ing to her mother. In the first place,
an intelligent choice Of a husband; In
the second, she had not finished her
education. When she was nineteen
years cid, having become entangled
with three suitors, her mother resolved
upon drastic measures. The spring
was coming on, and the good lady,
dreading the advantages that summer
possessed for love affairs. resolved to
take her daughter where man could
not get near enough to fall in love with
her.
Mrs. Wild had no confidence In any
place Of abode that was not isolated.
4 land fortress would need a moat,
which was impracticable. No place
would do unless surrounded by wa
ter. So an island it must be.
In Casco bay. on the Maine coast, are
number of islands. In the center of
one Of these islands IS cottage. Mrs.
Wild rented this cottage with a view
| to removing her family and servants
| there But alas. it is difficult for wom-
en- to get on without men. Mrs. Wild
| dared not live on the island without
one. Besides, she needed one to run
| her motorboat There was another
| reason for a mans presence. Mrs. Wild
/ desired to prevent any Of her daugh-
| ter's suitors from landing on her re-
| treat, and she needed some one strong
| enough to keep them Off
| -hlS W III duf I'll llStu IUT d UpTSUI 10
fill this requirement. Several young
men answered her advertisement. but
the lady did not engage any of them
She waited till an elderly one applied
for the job and aged him.
John Doolan had white hair and a
white beard. But he seemed to be
quite strong and said that he was per
fectly able to hold the dock against
all corners. He went to the island a
couple Of days before the family to
make preparations When they arriv-
ed all was in order for their reception.
As Mrs. Wild had anticipate ted, they
had not been at their summer home
long before one of Jeannette's suitors
appeared at the dock He was refused
a landing by John DooIan. He sailed
around to another part Of the island,
but John was there with gun to re-
ceive him. Mrs. Wild was so pleased
with this action of Johns that she
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02
JAMES ]. HILL.

Chicago Herald: A father IN the
railroad Israel and a great American
has passed away in the death of
James j. Hill. 1t would be difficult to
name man of the present generation
whose counsels were heard more
gladly by his fellow citizens and who
commanded a wider confidence and
respect.
He was a great railroad builder. who
built railroads on the land and for the
people they were to serve, and not on
the stock exchange and for the manip-
ulation of spectators. He was for
ever a puzzle to the stock exchange
Spectator. No one ever heard of
graft in connection with his name;
when it was thought that graft" had
been heard of the hearing proved bad
for those whose ears were so attuned.
For instance: Some years ago Mr.
Hill bought a great block of iron ore
lands. He bought with his own money
and credit He was under no more
obligation to turn them into the assets
of the Great Northern railroad than
would have been a purchaser wholly
uHCOuEpClbu with lQt IdllTOdu. nat,
however, was what he bought them for,
to assure traffic for the railroad and
stability of income for its stockhold-
ers With Darius Miller, then head of
the Burlington, he arranged that
should he die before the transaction
could be completed, these lands should
go TO the Great Northern.
When certain astute gentlemen on
Wall street heard that Hills purchase
of ore lands were to be turned over to
the Great Northern stockholders they
formed certain conclusions which
were, perhaps, based on what had been
or would be their own methods in such
q case They assumed that Mr.. Hill
had acquired some property which was
not especially valuable, and was 'un-
loading" it on the Great Northern.
They acted on that assumption, TO
their subsequent financial chagrin,
and even distress.
He was great developer Of the
west and he carried its development
along in ways that former railroad
leaders hadn't thought of. He did not
leave the farmers who settled in the
country opened by the Great North
ern to work out their unaided saliva
ton. He helped them in all sorts of
ways. He made it easy for them to
obtain better machinery, to improve
the quality of their live stock, to learn
what crops were best adapted to the
soil, to get sewing machines for their
wives, and other household conven-
fences. He realized that the more and
faster they prospered the greater and
more rapid would the railroads pros
perity be. He was a pioneer among
railroad managers in these efforts.
He was a lover of the beautiful and
the simple. He formed fine collec-
ton Of paintings which he valued not
only for their beauty but the person
ality of the artists, with whom he took
pains to become acquainted. In his
picture gallery he had fine pipe or
gan, at which he delighted to play and
sing. Not elaborate classical music.
but homely and familiar hymns. That
was his great home amusement"
He had his playthings, too. A
search of his pockets almost any time
would have found several unset gems
diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and oc-
casionally pearl. He delighted TO
carry them about and look for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02
Chinese Celebrates Birth of Heir.

Peking.-Liang Tun-yen, the minis
ter Of communications, recently gave a
ball TO the Picking diplomatic colony in
celebration of the birth of his first
grandson. Mr.. Reinsch, the American
minister, and virtually all the other
members of the American legation
were in attendance. The guests had
an opportunity 10 see the baby, who
was carried into the ball room by his
nurse.
Mr.. LANG Tun-yen is Yale gradu-
ate, and was baseball player while
attending the New Haven university.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02
1EALTHFTAL.
William Drady,M.D.
Milk in Warm Weather.

water. He should have much cool
water to drink. He should be kept n
the coolest spot on the premises.
He Who Hesitates is Lost.
For several years I have suffered
with hemorrhoids or piles. The doc
tor urges me to submit to operation,
but l have heard that the operation
often fails, or leaves conditions worse
than before. | will do just as you
advise
misunderstanding that you are I'M
der fifty, and that the piles are piles
and that they injure your health. we
advise you to have them permanent
ly cured by the only permanent cure
operation. What you have heard IS
certainly incorrect.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02

London,-Five thousand taXicabS
are idle in London today because so
many drivers have joined the ooiors,
and the authorities are beina urged
to relax the rules so as to permit wom-
en- and discharged sailors and soldiers
to operate them. When the wa broke
out there were 10000 licensed taxi
cabs in London.
Taxicab owners say that if Scotland
Yard, which has the licensing power.
would extend il to women and also
lessen the severity of the knowledge
OF London" test so as to give chance
to discharged lighting men, the prob
lem would be solved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02

matches" for them. In his safe he
had half pint or so OF them. winch
he used to take out and study and ad-
mire in his leisure moments.
Not in the least a man of one idea,
but of many and varied tastes and fac
ulties was James J. Hill. A great
achiever in his special line and also a
very human, all-around man, willing
to be friendly with all sorts and con-
ditions of people, and feeling none his
foes save those who are also foes OF
honesty and honest work. His depart
ure leaves very visible gap in the
American scene, and throughout the
new northwest especially, which he
helped so greatly to prosper, there
will be a sense of wellnigh irrepar-
able loss,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02

DR.. Arthur Warren Waite rightly
feeis that the public wants to forget
him as quickly as possible, and for
that reason he is urging that there
be no delay in his execution for the
murder of his wife's father. Neither
is he complaining at his treatment by
the courts. He says he has been given
even more consideration than he de-
served. Thus the public is spared a
long-drawn, disgusting fight in behalf
of a degenerate whose radiance will
he a relief
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02

You will notice that every PROPOSE
ton coming from T. R. looking to the
mutual welfare of both the republican
and progressive parties carries one
topmost, overshadowing condition to
which all else in thought and princi-
pie is subordinated That is that
Roosevelt and none othrr is to be con-
sidered as the presidential standard
hoorar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02
Daily History CIass-Iu1e 2.

lSl6--John Godfrey SAKE. American
poet Of humor, born; dipd 1881.
lS65--Gre9t Britain closed her port9 to
Confederate warshlpS
l9lo-PrcSident Wilson warned the
Mexican factions TO make peace.
Two Russian forts near Przemysl
Were captured by the Germans.
Germany reported the capture Of
100000 Russian prisoners during
May.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02

Or. Karl Liebknecht. German socialist
leader, is to be tried for treason be
cause he participated in a peace dem
onstration at Berlin. If there is to be
any peace talk in Germany it is to be
done by gentleman whose first name
Is Wilhelm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-02

The war does not seem to interfere
with royal love-making. The latest
announcement is that the prince OF
Wales, heir-apparent to the British
throne, is to wed Princess Jolanda,
15-year-old daughter of King Victor
Emanuel of Italy The prince is y.