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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
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 TODAY'S POEM
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am mine own priest. and l shriye myself s. Of alf my wasted yesterdays. Though sin And, sioth and -foolishness. and all i'll
 weeds A Of $fror, evil and neglect grow rank , And ugly there. dare. forgive my
 xself
 ness./ God knows that yesterday I played the knave; But shall I therefore. cloud this new
 dawn OCT With fog or futile sighs and vainl re-
 grets? This is another day. And flushed Hope
 walks Adown the sunward slopes with gold
 # en shoon. This is another day; and it's young Is strength Is laid upon the quivering hills until Like Egypt's Memnon, they grow quick with song. This, is another day. and the gold
 world Leaps up and raspsN it's light, and
 laughs, as leaped Prometheds up and wrenched the fire
 from Zeus < s@ + , This is another day-are it's eyes, blur red With maud1in grief for any wasted
 2 past A tho1sand, thousand failures shall
 hot daunt! Let dust clasp dust; death, death-1
 am alive! And out of all the dust and death ot sss mine Old selves dare to lift a singing heart And living faith; my spirit dares drink
 deep
 Of the red mirth mantling in the cur x Y of morn. Don Marquis in scribner's lMaga- zine.
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 Jose Maria Barons, Minister of War and Navy. of Ecuador, has resigned
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
A WIDOWER'S PLIGHT.

J. writes: T am a man of 43, widower, with four small children two girls and two boys-the youngest a baby of seven months. I have a housekeeper, a widow few years my sentor-probably forty-flve or six, al- though she claims to be my age. I would have peaceful life of it if this woman were not possessed of the de- sire to marry me whether I will or no.f She has given me notice that she intends to leave me 8 month later to take 8. place in the home of another WldOwerS who has but two children I do not know how in the world I can get along without her. I will be left in such a plight with my little ones Should l. marry her to keep her? In this small place there is no woman who /cares to undertake the position. I know of two younger women. Both hint that they would marry, but I don't want to marry and possibly add few more to my already, sufficiently again, therefore would it not be ex- ceedingly irksome to tie myself to a wife? I want to live for my dead wife's littls ones and bring them up in a way that would satisfy her. Your
 
 preciated."
 Your position is a most trying one Your present housekeeper seems to be inclined to force the issue-to marry and stay or. with no matrimonial prospects ahead, to go. Your need of her is so great, why not try a little diplomacy, Ask her to remain an- other year, stating that at~the end of that time you will have something important to say to her. During that year of probation-provid she re- mains and I think she will-you can think over the situation carefully. You may learn to care for her by that time, and thus see your way to propose marriage. If by that time your heart has not warmed to her, you can tell her frankly the, truth that you are not in position to wed her and she can suit herself about go- ing or remaining. During that year you will have an opportunity to look around and study we'll the situation from all angles and can come to some wise conclusion. Ii
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
CONSTRUCTION ouuc zoeS

edge of nide front, to large 70" per foratien in stay; bring front edge of stay to eenter-front. Face and sew collar to neck edge, centef-backs and large "O' pexforations svenl
 Gather lower edge of sleeve be- tween double err" perforatisns and face wrist cuff. Turn the edge under on slot perforations, lap to small "o' nerforations and finish for s closing. Sew to gathered edge of sleeve as notched, small 70" per1oration in cuff at seam of sleeve. Bring folded edge of cuff to large "O' perforation in sleeve and finish lower edge with 8 straight gathered ruffle about three inches wide.
 Quite a bit of embroidery is shown on the new blouses, but it is principal y of simple design. This means. of course, the elimination of fur, though i. does not exclude lace. Buttons and fancy braid are also extensively rsed on crepe waists.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
Making Good Coffee.

Many persons do not know how to make good coffee. Coffee is only good in more ways than one when fresh Then it's aroma Is rich and fragrant When there has been time for any poisonous properties to steep out, it invigorates and stimulates and is a wholesome beverage. After it has stod an hour or less the grounds inn part to it a fiat, heavy, dead taste. It is then positively injurious.
 The percolaters have solved the question of good coffee at all hours because with these the coffee is made and the grounds can be thrown out; they do not stand in the liquor. If you have no percolater, put the coffee in a bag and after making lift this out and then there will be no stale taste to the coffee if you must reheat it for a late conner.
 If you use the percolater or bag, YOU can have your coffee pulverized instead of ground. This is great saving.
 No egg is needed to settle the sof- fee made so, for it cannot be mud dy.
 The proper proportion for the aver age cup of good coffee is to allow one level teaspoon of coffee to each cup and one extra spoonful for the pot. Pour boiling water. boil gently five minutes, set back where it will keep hot five minutes, settle it with a dash of cold water and serve at once.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
( (By Lee Pape)
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Ma made me get all dressed up fer
 kumpiny this aftirnoon, the kumpiny being Mrs. HeWs and her little gerl, Mrs. Hews being a fat lady with gold eyeglasses not having eny handles to them to go erround her ears, and her
 little gerl having regular glasses and yello cerls and giggeling all the time.
 This is little Augusta, Benny, this
 is little Benny, Augusta, sed Mrs
 Hews. Wien me and the little gerl jest stood there as if we had never
 saw each uther before. wich we i hadent, and ma sed, Speek to little
 Augusta, Benny.
 Helo, I sed.
 | Speek to little Benny, Augusta, sed l Mrs. Hews. Wich Augusta jest stuck her finger in her mouth and giggeled
 and ma sed. Maybe little Augusta wood 1yike to heer you recite, Benny 1 wont you say the Charge of the Lite
 Brigade for your little visitor? o, that wood be luvly, sed Mrs Hews, Augusta knows a nice little recitation, to, don't you Augusta ? Wich Augusta jest kepp on giggeling, and Mrs. Hews sed, Won't you recite Little Orfan Annie for little Benny, l Augusta?
 I will if he does ferst, sew Aw- gusta.
 There, Benny, do you heer that sed ma, go ahed and begin for little Augusta, volleyed and thundered, vol | loved and thundered. I will if she goes ferst, I sed I will if he goes ferst, sed Awgus- Ita. And we each kepp on saying that for a vile, and then I sed, Lets both recite together.
 ] All rite, sed Augusta. And she
 started to recite Orfan Annie and ] ! started to recite The Charge of the Lite Brigade, each reciting as loud as i we cood, sownding all rite, and Mrs Hews put her hands up to her ears and ma put her hand over my mouth 1 and made me stop, and then Awgusta
 stopped, and we jest kepp on setting | there looking at each uther till Mrs Hews took her home agen. >
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

Let me add a word to the remarks about tea, an English correspondent writes to the Boston Herald
 I saw in the Victoria and Albert museum a teapot which was present ed by Lord George Berkeley to the East India company ' It is said to be the earliest teapot known, and the date 1870 is given. This pot is shap- ed like a coffee pot [
 My Grandmother. a singularly we'll bred old lady, and her women friends always poured tea from cup to saucer and drank from the saucer, which was very thin but of generous size In too many hotels and even in some private houses the cups are too tbick. A sensitive person finds the tea served in them tasteless. As for that, few women know how to brew tea. As a rule it is too strong.
 Perhaps was aided in this choice by an entry in the journal of the Rev. John Wesley, July 6, 1746, in which he speaks of his leaving off the drinking of tea as an example to the poorer Met1fodists, thinking it would prevent great expense of health, (A1riO dI1O 1IIOuCJ. AAO III oL IuICc udyS my head ached more or less, all day long; and I was half asleep from morning to night. The third day, on Wednesday in the afternoon my mem ory failed almost entirely. In the evening I sought my remedy in pray CT. On Thursday morning my head Aache was gone; my memory was as strong as ever, and I have found no inconvenience, but a sensible benefit in several respects, from that very day to this"
 Yet according to this journal tea was beneficial in a case cited by Wes- ley in the preceding May, an "amaz- ing instance of distress A sensible young woman. who had constantly at tended church, lay sick of a fever. She believed the devil had her soul and body "If she swallo wed anything, she cried out she was swallowing fire and birthstone"
 For over twenty days she took nothing but water. She had no sleep day or night, but lay curslng and blasphen1ing, tearing her clothes. and whatever she could reach. in pieces Wesley prayed with her. 'In few days after she began to, drink a little tea. afterward God turned her heaviness into joy"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
Women Slow to Take
 Up Labor Saving
 Devices for Kitchen

Women who "just love to cook'' often just hate to wash dishes.' An6 no man planes them.
 Domestic science teachers have in vented new methods of dishwashing which are shorter and easier than .the way mother did, but really in- telligent women fail to adopt them. There are no stronger human trad1- tions than those which govern good housekeeping
 The most sanitary way of washing dishes takes the dish towel out of the kitchen. In the best-equipped hotels and hospitals dishes are steriliZed by steam and dried without handling.
 The nearest approach to this meth cd in the average kitchen is to wash the dishes with plenty of clean hot water and soap, to rinse them with more hot water, stack. them on edge in wire basket, pour a kettle of boiling water over them and set them aside to drain dry.
 But the feminist who abolishes the dishcloth from her kitchen too fre- quently is sharply denounced by all the conscientious good housewives of her neighborhood.
 It takes a woman of courage and daring to adopt any innovation in do- mestic management as opposed to in- herited practice.
 It takes woman with the faith of Aladdin to buy a small mangle which will "do up'' the bed linen and other flat work of a weeks wash in 30 min utes.
 Women think Aladdin credulous rather than imaginative. This &C., counts for their indifference to wash ing machines which loosen the dirt by steam instead of hand rubbing, and to vacuum cleaners which col 1ect the aust from carpets instead of redistributing it about the room by the ancient sweeping process.
 .But 1abor-saving machines cost too much,'' explains the housekeeper.
 On the other hand, it may be argu- ed that labor.saving devices which will wear ten years cost less than dresses which will be out of fashion and discarded in three months; and that the use of such conveniences wiN do away with the half-educated maid altogether by enabling the housewife to do her own work. This will soon be the only solution of the servant problem if manufacturing conditions continue to attract woInan's labor to the shop and factory.
 Of course saving herself" by, any process, has never been part of the average woman's theory of duty. Un- less she can complain every night that she has tired herself out in the service of her dear ones, she feels that she has somehow failed as a wife and mother.
 This, too, Is an .'o1d lamp" which ought to be swapped for a new one. Atlanta Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
CHRISTMAS AND THE POORi

As one looks around at the busy mills and industrial towns this win ter, it would seem as if there should be no Christmas poor who need help at this season. Yet the charity so- cieties report many calls for help. There is always an underworld who tims of accident, illness, or other mis- fortune, and no national prosperity ever reaches them.
 It is a period of superfluity among the rich in their flying limousines and sleek furs. It is a time. Of substan- tial comfort among the great body of working people who have had steady employment ever since the war be- gan, many of them at largely increas- ed wages. Raisers of food products are prosperous and buying luxuries.s It is the irony of the twentieth century that amid all this we'll being there are so many castouts, hungry, cold and bitter. -%E
 Many lmischances happen to the most worthy people. The perile of factory and railroad employment ev- cry year cripple their thousands, who henceforth must live on the small in come of accident policies or, work mems compensation. while their wives take in washing. The high speed of the age breaks down the workman at an early age st
 His hands may be willing. but if he lacks speed he can't keep up with the gang and his labor may waste the time of more men than 1t IS worth Then there are the innocent victims of dissipated men. The fact that a man gets drunk does not make his hard working wife and pitiful family any the less deserving of sympathy and help.
 So the existence of prosperity is no excuse for the closing of the purse. There is need for every dollar that charity can give. People who are willing to help can find plenty of worthy cases that urgently need as- sistance. This is the; real test of the Christmas spirit not the manifold gifts made among a narrow circle of intimates and relatives.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
WHY WOMEN ARE
 THEATRE GOERS

While sitting here alone, dear, midst
 all the merry throng,
 The band begins to play, dear, our old,
 best-loved song.
 They call it Loves Old Sweet Song.
 Oh, it brings to me
 A longing deep to be near thee, con-
 tent, sweetheart, by thee."
 The women who do not dote on mat inees are few and far between. There are men who wonder why~they would rather miss most anything than their afternoon at the theatre. Let me tell at a theatre, watching an absorbing play, take them away from absorbing cares. They forget all cares. The scenes they are witnessing seem real to them. Young woman watch the love making eagerly. Where there are villain and an innocent young girl in the play, many a girl out in the audience who is facing just such temptation watches with breathless in terest. The moral conveyed sinks deep into her heart. Many a girl profits by the lesson to keep in the right path as the heroine in the play did
 Older women have different reasons for becoming absorbed in the different stories on the stage. They bring back the memory of their own early TO- nance. They live over their sweet love stories that have gladdened their lives. Many discontented woman has learned her lesson or seen her folly at a matinee resolved to turn over a new leaf. Even those who have gone afar down the primrose path have been brought to a realization of the life they are leading and it's out come. A good, clean drama on the stage cannot harm the morals of any girl or woman. It teaches them les son during pleasant hours.
 A beautiful girl stenographer re- gently confessed to me that in an evil hour she consented to elope with a man who was not free to woo and wed. The train they had to take was some hours late. He proposed that they pass the time in theatre. They did not know what play was on the boards. The plot dealt with a girl who was lure1 from home by an un- principled man who also was not free. The after sting of conscience she en- dured was pictured. The dramatic scene showing how he had flung off his toy when he tired of her struck home to the girls heart.
 We do, not take the midnight train to the great city, she told him as they passed out of the theatre. We part at the door, I go my way-you go yours" His pleadings were all in vain. He grew fiercely angry and sneered at her. Ink that moment she saw him him in his true character. That play had served to keep a girls soul white. The honest young man she married later was never told of that hour of temptation. He is one of the men who cannot understand what his wife sees in theatre going; he can net understand why she would rather miss her dinner time than a good play. Money spent there is we'll in- vested. The woman who knows pleas ant hours is brighter, happier com panion. There is more often a laugh on her lips than a tear in her eye.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
ADOPTING A BABY.

Edith writes: 'I am a young girl wife 20 years old I have been mar ried two years and have no family My husband adores babies. He is al ways romping with the children o1 the neighbors and signing over them The thought has come to me that il might make home happier for us if we were to adopt a nice bright baby Would you suggest this to him if you were in my place?"
 Wait a couple of years more and ii in the meantime no baby comes to gladden. your hearts and home, you might consider adopting one. It is very risky adopting a child you know little or nothing about. You might rue such an act later.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
Serviiceable for Many Occasions

forations. Turn the hem at notehes, then turn under front edge of side front on slotf pexforations. Lap on front line of small Co" perforations, notchcs and edges underneath even;
 stiteh l inch from folded edge. Join sleeve to side front and back, notsbes even. Close unde1-aYm and sleeve seams as notched. Gather along cross line of small %" perfoyatioas' in front, side front and back; and in- ches above Adjust stay underneath gathers, center backs eyen, small "o', rerforation at lower edge of stay at
 under-arm seam and bring the folded
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
Belfast Man Is ~s Co., Respondent In
 Suit For Divorce

Thomas Mcfarland of Belfast, Ire land, is named as correspondent in divorce proceedings brought today by William Pettigrew of this city against Elizabeth J. Pettigrew of Belfast. The husband alleges that the act took place in Belfast. Parties in the ac- tion were married December 27. 1907. Mrs. Pettigrew's maiden name wasl Elizabeth Johnston. The suit is re- turnable to the January term of the superior court.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

Not ouly is this blouse youthful looking and becoming, but it is ser- tieDable. Crepe seems the most log Eae ana&4rial for it's development, wkk4 there is a broad choice of sfnAft colcrs. The waist may be made with hixh neck with standing collar, e1 with open neck and round collar. A new touch ii given to the raglan stss~ss by dcsp cuffs with frills at the lever edes.
 ;sTo mako the waist in medium size ss4uifes 2sz yArds 36-inch material, with l ysrd of iaes or chiffon for, the alSstss end X yard belting for stay.
 Before attempting to make tho taist, 1t is we'll to locate the ecuter. front, indicated by large 70" per.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
THE WONDERFUL
 FRUIT MEDICINE Thousands Owe Health And Strength To ''Fruit-a-tIyes"

FRUIT-A-TIVES'', the marvellous medicine made from fruit juices has relieved more cases of S1omaah, Li5e,, Blood, Kidney and Skin Troubles ktam ahk 0kher medicine. In severe cases of zRheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Pain in the Back, Impure Blood, Neu- ralSia, Chronic Headaches, ChrNnio Constipation and Indigestion, 'sFruit- a-tives'' has given unusually effective results. By its. cleansing, healing powers on the eliminating organs, s'Frsiit-a-tiyes'' tones up and invigor- stas the whole system. :.
 6c, . box, 6 for $2.5 50, trial size, 25c. At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit a-tites Limited, Ogdensburg, NY.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
FISH RECIPES OF FAMOUS CHEFS.
Finnan Haddie GA Ia William Smith.

(By Vincent Giugia. Hotel Mellen, Fall
 River.)
 Steam the Finnan Haddie with Spanish onion sliced very fine. Have 1t covered with a light cream. Sprin- kIe with little salt and paprika be- fore servina.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT

(Correct name and address must Inc given to insure attention, not to print Use ink Write short letters, only on one side of piper. Address Miss Iib- bey, 916 President Street, Brooklyn N. Y.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

The Postal Telegraph Go. announce ed that messages to Europe by wire less via Sayville, may again be ac- cepted subject to indefinite delay and at sender's risk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

The Boston fishing schooner John J. Fa1lon was condemned and order ed sold bv the Admiralty Court at Halifax, N. S., for violations of the Canadian fishery regulations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

Review sizcs Price, 20 cents
 These Home Dressnaing articles prepared caly for this newspaper from the latest styles by The Pictorial Review
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

J. Elihu Root Kunzman, a lawyer and broker of New York, was arrested charged with grand, larceny. e
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
Chop Suey.

Lean pork, two pounds (chicken, veal or even mutton may be used) i; button mushrooms. two cups or one pound; celery (cut in coarse rings) two cups; bean sprouts, one small can; large onions (cut in coarse rings) four; pork. fat, salt, bean oil, boiled rice, beef stock
 x Heat large frying-pan very hot. Grease liberally with pork fat, add pork cut in, large cubes, and turn until we'll drowned. Flour slightly, cover with stock, and cook very slows ly for one hour. Then add hush rooms, celery. bean sprouts and onions cover with more stock and cook slowly another hour, or until all is tender and dish is of consistency of thick stew. Serve on large platter or in individual bowls.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

 / CORNER FOR CUOkS ] .N~~~~~~T
Mushroom CatSup.

Pick over wash. drain and lay Z quarts of mushrooms and IA pound of salt in an earthenware pan, in al- ternate layers. Let them lie six hours, then break into bits.- Set in a cool place three days, stirring thoroughly every forming. Measure the juice When you have strained it, and to every quart allow 1-2 ounce of all- spice, the same quantity of ginger, 1-2 teaspoon of powdered mace anad a teaspoon of cayenne. Put into a stone jar, cover closely, set on cloth or rack in a saucepan of boiling wat CT over the fire and boil five hours hard. Take it off, empty into a porcelain kettle and boil slowly 1-2 hour longer. Let it stand all night in a cool place until settled and clear. Pour off carefully, leaving the sedi- ment. and put in bottles. filling to the mouth Dip the corlxs in melted ros- in and tie tightly. The bottles sh hould be small, as the catsup soon spells when exposed to the air.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
ECONOMICAL CHOICE OF FATS
 FOR TABLE AND KITCHEN

Office of Home Economies U. S. Department of Agrcu tre, Offers Suggestions for Selection of Important Foods Practically All Eats of Equal Food Value ference in Price Dependent Chiefly Flavor and Col
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

Youthful Looking and becoming 1oese of silk Sfepe w:th raglan sleev. ssS4tAsfed into cuffs. A bit of en- broidery may bs added, if desired.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20
FISH RECIPES OF FAMOUS
 CHEFS.
Scrod a Ia Victor.

{By Vincent Giugia, Hotel Mellen,
 Fall River.)
 Take a nice piece, of scrod, (small cod or l1addock) dust with bread flour, salt and pepper; dip in beaten eggs. Fry in good butter until golden color. Have rich Tomato Sauce with double cream. Pour sauce over fish sprinkle with Worcestershire Sauce and it is then ready to serve. /
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-20

XMAS TREES. WREATHS
 AND HOPING k JOHN RECK . 004