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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
Generosity.

It often happens that men are very generous with their money, but stingy with their heart. They will give hun dreds and hundreds of dollars to the church or charity, but not spare kind word to their neighbor next door or to the man who comes to collect a bill. man who is generous in giving to good causes neutralizesf his generosity when he is grouchy, peevish, overbear- ing or insulting. We often hear about tainted money. There is such thing and in no instance more manifest than where a mean, snarly, sp1eenful man gives sum of money to a good cause. It ought to be refused. It will do no good. The track of the serpent is over it alL People should understand that a generous gift cannot cover up their surly natures. This is the reason so many generous gifts turn out without a single generous influence for the good-Ohio State Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
EMPIRE

The Supreme Test" is the photo dramatic production of the Univer- sal Broadway Masterproduction class in which the famous stage star Hen rietta Crossman makes her first ap- pearance as a screen star and which is the featured attraction at the Elm pire theatre this afternoon and even ing.
 This feature is one that is far away from the/general run of film features and unfolds a story that teens with heart interest and thrilling situations Miss Crossman is supported by an all select company of Universal favorites and Yfhe picture as a whole ranks as a true masterpiece of the Shadow staGe.
 In conjunction with the feature, an all star photoplay program of select and entertaining subjects will also be shown rounding out an altogether pleasing photopIay program. As a special attraction, the Latest Para mount News Weekly will be shown depicting current events in the worlds happenings.
 The Foundling," the latest Fa- nous Players Paramount masterpiece featuring Mary Pickford will be the feature attraction at the above thea Ire tomorrow and Saturday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
Fiohtino MoIes.

Two men were walking toward a camp in the Adirondacks.e
 '.Just look at that titanic fight" said one
 The other,~a native, turned his head slowly. 'sMoles,'' he, said. They'll kill each other. Watch 'em.'' Ea
 Titanic would have been the word for that struggle had the combatap pts been of any size except the tiny things they were. Apparently for no reason whatever these dainty bits of fur that furnish the softest known covering for woman had fallen upon each other with the greatest fury at the entrance of a run and paid nG+ the slightest at tention to the men who approached within a few feet. Z One had a bold at the shoulder, the other nearer the throat, &nd through out the 1Cng battle they never changed grips, but hung on like DufiAgs each braced and pulling in the opposite di- reetion. So it was merely a question which skin would tear first. Soon both became quiet, and it}was found they were dead.
 f'It, always ends that way" said the native, "one or both dead. Come on. It's live miles yet New York World.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
{ sAmusements
POnI'S

The Man Off the Ice Wagon, is at Polls today.
 This heal novelty in vaudeville was dtscoAered quite by accident in New York recently when a musical patron found his. icenan possessed a rare tenor voice. The iceman was given s'tryotxts'' and immediately became a sensation in the metropolis, where he has just completed several weeks en- Eagenaent in the biggest variety thea tres
 eThe Man Off the Tee Wagon sings He sings with the same natural and Beautiful voice that made him known to his customers when he was peddling ice and which is now win2 ming him fame and honor in vaude- ville He is sure to be as big a hit here as he was in the metropolis.
 Theda Bara. the tragic tennptress,' '' will Sbe featured in the five part drama "Destruction.s' This is a thrilling story of how her most wick ed1y Beautiful fact brought suffering to thousands. It is a most interesting tneatment Of the problem of capital and labor.
 Other big attractions in the vaude- vile program will be: Robert H. Hodge & company in the comedy skit .sBflI Blithers, Bachelor'';s Tabor & Green. in songs and dances; Neder- veld's Baboons, remarkable animals in auaazing feats; The Woods Musi- cal Trio. happy harmonists; and Sar- anDff & Randall, in a nonsense slxit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
LYRIC

Richard Mansfield, the famous ac- tor. once told his advance agent to be modest in his superlatfves in Gescrib- ing his productions in advance. as there was danger in exciting the an dcip pat1on of theatre-goers toS such a high degree that they might be dis appointed when they saw the play. Those who recall the sp1endor of this great artists nasterful productions, dor nbtless< will agree that this advice for Mansfield lived up to the very highest standard, of his promises to the spubHc. The wisdom of Mans fields advice appeals to the advance chronic1er of esA Pair of Sizes, s which Cecil Spooner and her com pany will present at the Lyric theatre, next week.
 It is impossible to quote from any Of the criticisms in the New York city newspapers regarding the suc- s5 cess and merit of this farce without Sndulging in superlatives- Metropoli- tan critics are not. as rule, exuber- ant in their opinions, and there is scarcely an instance on record Where they have given such unbridled ex- pressions of tisfaction as they have to 8he fun and eharIn of this delight fuI play But it has measured up to this supreme praise everywhere, and has duplicated in Chicago and Orher eaLles the IuroFe soAs pl6dSuFe created i'm New York As to public opinion, that may be answered by the enormois attendance at every per- -formance Throughout it's one year run at Lsongacre theatre.
 Just to quote one paragraph, in evidences from the New York Times: -Thereaare not many adjectivess left to adequately describe the heartiness Of it's quality and entertainment.'' :
 There is genuine laughter in almost every line of "A Pair of Sixes,'' and iii the part of Florence Cole Miss Spooner. as well as her entire com pahy. will be seen in parts that sshou1d prove refreshing from a comic viewpoint
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
The Wonderful TeIeohone.

A telephone conversation is an in stantaneous process. Sound. travels at the snairs pace of 1,16o feet per sec ond, but the telephone message leaps over the wires at the rate of 56.O00 miles per second. A Hello travelling through the air at, the ordinary sound rate, if such thing were possible, from New York to San Francisco would make the trip in four hours. The faintest Hello into the kransmitter at New York strikes clear and distinct upon the ear of the receiver in San Francesca just one fifteenth of a second later. A breath against a metal disk changes air waves into electrical cur rents, and these, in less than the pro verbal twinkling of an eye, reproduce at the other end of the line, more than 5000 miles away, identical sound waves.-Leslie's
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06

The sudden acquisition of a huge fortune makes Jane a ldesid deratum in circles from which she had been pre- viously barred by her poverty, and her conquests are legion, without the as distance of a modern wardrobe. When Jane suddenly decides to adopt mod that a desperate coup is necessary to win the wavering Stanley, she induces an aviator to kidnap Jane just as they are about to start on a yaching trip. The aviator. however, fails to prevent Jane from reaching the yacht in time to embark, and after . slightly stormy trip, she and Stanley finally make port in the hafbof of Love.
 Tomorrow. matinee and night: Mar guerite Clark in 'sThe Prince and the Pauper,'' five part Paramount. Tel. 22S-13-Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
PLAZA

Helen Ware the charming Broad way star gives her many admirers who have known her on the speaking stage a chance to study her little man ;nerisrhs of polite society and exquisite social tact in her first appearance on the photop1ay screen at the Plaza the latter half of the week She will DOT tray the leading role in the five part Triangle feature, Gross Currents. '' which tells a thrilling story of an older sisters sacrifice for a younger one and her child and which will serve as splendid vehicle for the display of Miss Wares wonderful dramatic talent is the title of the picture
 Weber and Fields the worlds fun niest German comedians who scored such a complete triumph in their first Triangle Keystone will have another chance in "The Worst sof Friends. 's the two ree1er for the latter half of the present week The fact that these two noted nerrynakers are featured in the film isSuficient proof, to those who have been lucky enough to see them on the speaking stage, that they are in for a half hour of uproarious mirth.
 The vaudeville program savers of much that is good in the entertain nent line and is head1ined by the F'ranconf Opera Co, one of the most delightful singing acts in the world of variety. Each individual member of the troupe is possessed of a beautiful co1orature voice of strong calibre and The ensemble harmony is exquisite. The Telegraph Trio will take care of the laughs in a singing and talking diversion that is crammed full of Jaugh-provoking situations They are clever performers and their material N of the sort that could not fail to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
chiIdren,a Pets.

Luther Burbank voices his seIiti- ments in favor of childrens pets in his system of Training the Human Plant" Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tad poles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts. trees to climb, brooks to wade in, wa ter lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, but terfies. various animals to pet, hay fields, pine cones, rocks to roll, sand. snakes, huckleberries and hornets, and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of his education. By being we'll acquainted with all these they come into the most intimate harmony with nature, whose lessons are, of course, natural and wholesome. g
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
Odors In the Arctic.

There is nothing like polar explora- ton for increasing one,s susceptibility to smells Dr. Nansen told how, when approaching Franz Josef Land, he knew when he was in the nieghbor- hood Of a friend whom he had left there in charge of a base. 'fI smelled his scented soap long before I saw him, and afterward as we approached his hut I believe I could have given a sort of inventory of everything it contained without entering The odors of the petroleum, coffee, cheese, tea, etc. reached me quite separately and distinctly"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
MARY PICKFoRD AT
 WEST END THEATRE

Today at matinee and evening per forn1ances, Mary Pickford, the charm ing little Paramount star will be seen in The Girl of Yesterday in five parts. Miss Pickford is supported by an excellent cast, including Jack Pick ford, Donald Crisp. Marshall NeiIan, Gertrude Norman and Glenn Martin y(Aviator)
 "A Girl of YesterdayS is the story of a prinn little miss who has lived a life of sec1usion. She has always dressed several geherations behind the rest of the world, but has still been sufficient 1y attractive to win the love of dis cernipg Stanley Hudson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
Tocook Bacon.

In a dripping pan place a wire cake cooler, and on this lay your slices of bacon. Bake in a hot oven fifteen min utes, when bacon will be brown, crisp and dry and the fat in pan as clear as crystal This prevents smoke and spat- tering which come from frying bacon. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06

bring response from the most dis criminating audience. DeWolf and DeForest in a. classy offering of song and dance should find little difficulty in scoring hit. according to reports from ther cities in which they have Equilibrist has a unique novelty to offer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
KUr-EB-aDlARA SPELLED.

London, Jan. 6-<feneral Towns hend, commanding the British forces in Mesopotamia, reports that the Turks shelled Kut-eI-Amara heavily for about an hour on the afternoon of Jan. 2. There was no further firing up to the morning of Jan! 4.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
To Rrina If Out.

q know I've got a vein of poetry. in me, sir," confidently asserted the young man to the editor, '|and all I want is a chance to bring it out What would you suggest, sir?"
 q think you had better see a doctor and have it lanced."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
The Hovdan,

The word hoyden, now applied ex- clusively to a noisy young woman, for merly denoted person of like char acter, but of either sex.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
POINTS OF INTEREST.


 Extraordinary values in winter mill Emery, reliable fur scarfs and fur nnuffs. cloth coats, shirtwaists, petit coats and guaranteed raincoats at January Clearance Sale prices at E, H. Dillon & Co.'S. Main street. Adv.
 Fresh fish Friday: Fresh haddock, fresh codfish. fresh pollock. fresh hal ibut. fresh herring, fresh frost fish, butter fish, porgies medium srnelts, native flat fish, opened oyxters, opened long c1anns, escaIlops, afinnan haddies, live Holsters. spanish and fresh mack erel, Little Neck and steaming clans. smoked and salt fish. etc. Specials on sale Friday D. m. and Saturday. Fresh pork, small lean fresh shoulders, small native fresh hams, good chuck rib roasts of beef, good pot roasts. of beef. Poultry: Slowing fowls, choice fowls. roasting chickens, spring ducks, choice geese, turkeys. Bridgeport Public Market and Branch, State and Bank strets, East Main street. Phones.-- Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06

The path of success in business is in- variably the path of common sense.- Samuel Smiles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06

Think well over your important steps in life and. having made up your mind, never look behind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
Qualified.

explained the movie manager. DO you think you could wreck the tenn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06

Gan I? Well, I've been a baggage man for eleven years - Buffalo Ex- press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-01-20
MARSHFIELD ITEMS.
(From Marshfeld News

A. P. Bean was elected member of
the auditing committee at the annual
meeting of the Sigel, Seneca and Ru-
dolph Mutual Fire Insurance Company
recently held in Vesper.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs
Charles Normington Saturday.
The 500 Line monogram, in large
white letters, will hereafter be painted
on the tanks of all the company's To-
comotives as they go through the
shops, and number of the redecorat-
ed iron horses have already made their
appearance on this division. A less
noticeable change is that in re-paint-
ing engines the numbers are affixed to
the space below the cab windows in
large figures, in addition to the num-
bers on the steam domes. The letter
ing, NJ, st. P. & S. Ste. NJ, remains,
as formerly, in the narrow panel below
the cab windows.
Frank bennington this week moved
some of the departments of his laun-
dryinto his new building.
Politics are beginning to brew in
Grand Rapids. Already two names
have been mentioned as possible can
Briere, former district attorney, who
didates for city Offices, one being C. E.
is being urged to run for mayor, and
the other is Joseph Reiland, who is
urged to make the run for city treas
uTer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Almond Atwood of
Grand Rapids spent Sunday with the
formers brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Atwood .s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-01-20
DIRE DISTRESS.
It Is Near at Hand to Hundreds of
Grand Rapids Readers.

Don't neglect an aching back - So
Backache is often the kidneys cry
for help. go -
Neglect hurrying to the kidneys aid
Means that urinary troubles may
follow
Or danger of worse kidney trouble.
Here's Grand Rapids testimony y
Mrs. A. c. Smith, 1897 Washington
Ave, Grand Rapids says: "A. bad at
tack of kidney trouble laid me up for
eleven months. Dizzy spells came ON
me and sharp pains shot thru my back
The kidney secretions were in bad
shape. tried Doan's Kidney Pills
and one or two boxes relieved me. so
much, that I continued taking them.
Six boxes cured me. ;"
Price soc at all dealers. Dom sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
cured Mrs. Smith Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-01-20
War Upon Pain!

Pain is a visitor to every home and
usually it comes quite unexpectedly.
But you are prepared for every emer-
gency if you keep a small bottle of
Sloan's Liniment handy. It is the
greatest pain killer ever discovered.
Simply laid on the skin-no rubbing re
quired-It drives the pain away. 1t is
really wonderful.
Mervin H. Soister, Berkeley, Cal,
writes: Last Saturday, after tramp
ing around the Panama Exposition
with wet feet, l came home with my
neck so stiff that I couldn't turn. l
applied Sloan's. Liniment freely and
went to bed. To my surprise, next
morning the stiffness had almost disap
peared, four hours after the second ap
plication l was as good as new"
March, 1915. At Druggists. 25c
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-01-20
PASSIyG()F MRS.
NE. COOLEY
From Mondays Daily.

| From Mondays Daily.
About week ago Mrs. May EN-
mons Cooley, society editor of the
Daily Leader in this city was taken
sick with Lagrippe, and confined
more or less to the house On Thurs
day while she appeared to be better
from the grippe she was worse in her
general health. Thursday and Friday
she was quite poorly but afterwards
appeared to feel better and her rela-
.tives thought the change for the bet
ter had arrived. Sunday morning
she was taken worse and gradually
failed until death came to her about
six o'clock that evening Her short
Illness and passing away suddenly
was naturally great shock to the
community, many of our citizens not
knowing that she had been sick. Her
death will be great loss to her moth
er and sisters who depended upon her
business Judgment and direction in
al ilicCCSIS VI UuSluSSS.
Mrs. May Elizabeth Emmons Cooley
was born in New Lisbon, April 1, 1871
making her forty-four years, nine
months and sixteen days old at the
time of her death. While a young
girl she came to Grand Rapids with
her parents and has resided here ever
since. Her father Nelson Ezra EN-
mons was a jeweler by trade and fol-
lowed the jewelry business all of his
life up to the time of his death. Mrs.
Cooley was educated in the public
schools of Grand Rapids and during
her girlhood assisted her father in the
store mornings evenings and Satur-
days and became familiar with his
business, so much so that when he
died she continued the business until
she sold out to go into the newspaper
business, in company with her hus-
band J, F. Cooley that started the
Weekly Wisconsin Valley Leader in
the year 1902.
She was actively connected in the
business of publishing the weekly and
Daily Leader ever since She was a
woman of considerable business abiT-
ity and enterprise and always ap-
peared to enjoy the business side of
life. Her loss to her husband and
their business will be great and her
place hard to fill.
She leaves to mourn besides her hus
band John F. Cooley, her mother Mrs.
N. E. Emmons and sister Miss Celia,
Stella, Ruth and Mrs. Orestes CARR
son.
The funeral services will be held at
ten o'clock Wednesday morning Jan
uary 10, at the home in the Leader
Office Building. Rev. H. C. Logan
will officiate
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-01-20
FIRE At THE
COUNTY NORMAL
(Frnm MONDAYS Daily1.

Sparks from a chimney caused a
small fire to start on the roof of the
Wood County Normal building a lit
tie before ten o'clock this morning.
The fire was discovered by Profess
scr c. w. Schwede, who phoned to
Professor Jackson telling him that the
roof of the building was on fire. An
alarm was turned in and Professor
Jackson made the rounds of the class
rooms and notified the pupils that
there was a fire and for them to col
lect their belongings and get ready to
leave the building. He assured them
there was no danger. The pupils Sc
cured their outer garments and other
belongings and assembled ready to
leave the building
The boys were organized into fire
brigade and line of small hose was
passed up to the attic, the boys stand
ing in line to relay the word to turn
on the water. w. A. Sprise of the
manual training department had
charge Of the school fire brigade and
had the fire out before the arrival Of
the fire companies.
Both fire companies responded to
the alarm, but the west side company
was dismissed Immediately as it was
not necessary for both to remain. The
east side company stretched line of
hose but did not turn on the water.
This is the second fire on the roof of
the building caused by sparks from
the chimney The fire to-day was
within three feet of a previous fire. A
hole large enough for a man to pass
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-01-20
DINNER PARTY


Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Jones delight
fully entertained at seven course
seven thirty o'clock dinner on Friday
evening at the. Hotel Dixon. Covers
were laid for thirty. The tables were
beautifully decorated in pink roses
tulle and snilax, the predominating
colors being carried out in pink
Candelbras filled with pink candles
lit up the room and pink roses were
profusely used throughout the decora-
tons. Following the dinner the re-
mainder of the evening was spent in
playing Auction Bridge, at the conclus
ion of a very pleasant evening. High
est scores were awarded to Miss Ella
Hasbrouck and J. S. Thompson. The
guests all report a most delightful
evening as the guests of Mr. and Mrs
Jones.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-01-20

Yet it would be as profitable for him
to thresh his grain by hand, if he
could have it hauled over all-weather
highways at the moment the price
reached its highest point, as to follow
his present methods.
The fact is that not every farmer
can afford his own threshing outfit
does not prevent him from availing
himself of the benefits of the improved
method, Not every farmer will be able
to have his own motor truck to market
his produce, when good roads are
achieved. Nor viii this be necessary
In every city Of any size we find motor
delivery systems for the use of the
smaller merchants. The same system
bound to follow in the wake of good
roads. And the smaller farmer will be
enabled to get his produce to market
On schedule time every day in the year.
md to secure a steady income.
TIE means are at hand to pay for
she roads. The modern motor car is
more than equal to its part of the
work. It remains simply for you, Mr..
Farmer, to say, ''Yes!"
VIII you say it?