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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-04-21
TEXT OF WILSON'S MESSAGE

PRECEDENT TELLS CONGRESS THAT GERMANY HAS VOL
ATED EVERY RULE OF SEA WARFARE AND THAT HER
U-BOAT COMMANDERS SINK VESSELS OF ALI.
NEUTRALS-DEMANDS THAT COMMERCE
RAIDS END OR UNITED STATES WILL
SEVER DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-04-21

Washington, April 2O-The text of President speech
joint of Congress Thursday follows:
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-04-21
Concentrated Cider.

Two new products Of surplus and
Gull apples are described in the last
annual report Of the United States blu.
reau of chemistry. In manufacturing
concentrated cider the apple Juice ia
frozen solid and the block of ice lie
crushed and placed in a centrifugal
machine which removes the concen
trated cider, leaving the ice behind
The product, when diluted with water,
has practically the flavor and qualities
of the original apple Juice. The con.
centrated cider ferments very slowly
at refrigerator temperatures, but at
room temperatures ferments in few
weeks. 1t is, of course much cheaper
to transport than ordinary cider. CT.
der strip is made by clarifying and
boiling down apple Juice, and 1t Is said
to be of value for table use.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-04-21
ole. viii Case Again at Issue.

Boulder.-In the District Court an
affidavit was filed by M. M. HANNA,
an accountant, asserting that the doc
ument, upon which Mrs. Oles bases
her claim for major portion of the
100000 Macky estate, was tempered
With before the civil suit began. The
affidavit asserts that certain pencil
tracings were Lot on the paper when
HANNA examined 1t in 1910. The civil
suit was lost by Mrs. Oles, who later
was acquitted on charge of having
forged the instrument
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-04-21
Perfect Ventilation Scarce.

Absolute dryness and perfect venti-
lation, the two conditions necessary
for the prevention Of rot and decay
in building timbers, are seldom, II
ever. obtained. To ventilate the floor
and wall construction of house prop
erly would render 1t = veritable fire
trap, through which fire, once started,
would sweep from top to bottom and
end to end.
Therefore tho only practical solution
Of the problem ia to adequately protect
and ventilate those timbers that come
in contact with masonry or are ex.
posed to ground moisture. All tim.
bers in contact with masonry should
be heavily coated with asphalt or tar.
The seepage Of air through the
cracks and Joints of the framing will
usually be sufficient to ventilate the
inclosed timbers Of walls and floors.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-04-21

eminent its solemn assurances that at
leaSt passenger ships would not be thus
dealt with, and yet it has again and
again permitted its undersea command
ers to disregard those assurances with
entir. Immunity
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-04-21
as Tylor and other famous foreigners.
Know Little Of These People.

as Tylor and other famous foreigners
Know Little Of These People.
With all this study accomplished.
one has however to be at Zuni only a
lew days before being aware that our
knowledge of the life of the people is
very incomplete: in fact that in many
respects the ground has scarcely been
scratched. Mrs. Stevenson for in
stance has published a quarto volume
four inches thick OH the ceremonies
and religious system of the Zuni. yet
any tourist in q week can see rituals
enacted with full pomp to which she
barely alludes. 1t is not that the
studies that have been made are in
their nature superficial. In fact many
of the published accounts are tnten-
sive in their detail. 1t is the Zuni
life OF culture that for all its aborigin-
atty, is SO intricately complex that no
volume however thick could hold all
that is to be said about any one of its
several phases. No one knows ex-
actly. but there must be nearly two
hundred gods and neurological char
acters that are impersonated by dis
tinctively masked and costumed dane
ers. There is not a month, and at
certain seasons not a week, without a
public dance in the town. and at no
time a day without some sort of re-
ligious ritual.
The family life OF the Zuni is lived
precisely as IL no white man had yet
set foot on American soil. TIE peo-
pie are divided into sixteen clans each
named after an animal or plant. De-
scent in these clans is not from the
father as we inherit our names and
as titles and royal succession descend
in Europe, but from the mother. A
Zuni is of his mothers clan but he
recognizes his relationship to his IA
theirs people by calling himself the
child OF his fathers clan.
Along with taking precedence over
the men in carrying the group names,
the women own the houses. A man
may, by the labor of his own hands,
erect . new house for his wife, from
quarrying the rock to laying the roof,
while she does nothing more than plas-
ter the walls; yet let q divorce and
separation take place, and the prop
erty unquestioningly belongs to her
The Zuni are as homogeneous . peo-
pie as we. They look with repugnance
not only upon polygamy, but also upon
subsequent marriage with a former
wife's sister or relative. At the same
time, divorce is easy. Persons have
only to separate. A man tired of his
wife leaves her. For a woman the
procedure Is not quite SO simple ow.
ing to her property right in the house !;
out at that. she need only nag and
abuse her husband until he takes his
little bundle Of clothes and returns to
his natal home. II misplaced affec-
ton or stubbornness prevent him from
taking the hint, she can have recourse
to the more drastic method OF simply
installing his chosen successor. in
which case nothing remains for the
deposed husband but to leave quietly.
It would certainly seem as II the Zuni
had long ago achieved for themselves
some of the most radical portions OF
even the ultra-feministic program.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-04-21
Travel. 4so Miles With wife's Body

Sheridan, Ore.-When William e.
Foster took his young wife to Alaska
in 1899, her parents, prominent pio-
neers here, made Foster promise that
If she died her body would be brought
home for burial. At Fairbanks six
weeks ago death claimed Mrs. Eos
ter. The husband, true to his prom
Use, was in Sheridan with her body
after a journey that required thirty
six days. More than 430 miles were
covered by dog sledges over icy
trails.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-04-21

For motorists cap has been invent.
ed that carries in its front an incan.
descent lamp supplied with current
by dry batteries within the cap
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
LITTLE BENNY'S
+ NOTEBOOK
By Les Paps
By Les PApe
MARY WATKINS.


Mary watkins is 9 years old.
Being the same age as me,
Witch if you cant remembir it,
Jest think Of times 8.
Her hare is 1awng and yeIlo
with a ribbon tied on the end,
And all of its natcherally cerly
Insted of jest pertend.
Her. teeth is wife and nttel.
Her nose is littel and wife,
And if you think shoes pritty
It proves that you think rite.
The fellos all wunt her to be tnare
gerE
Inklooding me andtsid Hunt,
And she wares sash erround her
/ with the bow in the back, not the
frunt.
She goes to skoo1 days a week. 8
Starting in on Mundays, !,
And If your fond of seeing bewtif11I
You awt to see her Sundays.
She has a elegunt dispersition
And table manners the same,
Never splitting or dropping enything
ION account Of her perfeck aim.
Her bloc eyes and her gigg1e
Are luther things witch attrack.
o, everybody likes Mary Watkins.
ARnd she likes everybody back.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
ANTS WILL CAMPAIGN
EASTERN CONNECTICUT
fFron q a. o. ". s. )

GFrom c. A. O.W. So
Plans to carry the campaign against
woman suffrage into the eastern part
Of the state-a, region hitherto left
without propaganda, have been made
by the Connecticut branch @of the, Ma
tional Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage, and the first of a series of
meetings will be he1dsin Lyme before
the close Of the month. at which Mrs.
William B. Williams of Hartford, Will
address the residents of that town.
Mrs. Williams has been an ardent
and has done much to set before the
voters of the state and others in
terested the strength of the state orr
ganization against woman suf-
,frage.
Plans are also being made for an
address to be delivered in New Ha-
ven before one of the large fraternal
organizations. It has not yet been
definitely decided who will speak, but
it is probable that a woman promin-
,ent in the work during the campaign
in Massachusetts, before the election
last fall at which the issue of suffrage
was defeated, will make the address.
Definite plans for the meeting VIII
be announced later.
At the luncheon given by the
Massachusetts, Association in Boston
on Monday, Connecticut was repre-
scented by a number of members of
the state organization, who returned
with glowing reports of the speeches
made by the representative of other
states in which the suffrage issue Isl
to be or has been before the voters.
Reports of the work done in the last
campaign in New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, in
all of which states the suffrage issue
was defeated at the polls, were given. 1
and the Connecticut representatives
brought back much valuable tnforma-
ton which will be Incorporated into
the campaign plans for publicity in
this state The membership of $4,000
in this state on January 1 is still in
creasing rapidly, and with the added
publicity given by the addresses at
meetings arranged, it is thought that
before the present year is out, the
total number of members will be in
the neighborhood of 10000.
The Senate adjourned until Mon
day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
COL. HOUSE AUTOING
TO PARIS EMBASSY

Paris Jan. 21-CoI. E. M. House,
accompanied bV his wife. is proceed
Paris and is expected here tonight or
tomorrow morning. Col, and Mrs.
House VIII be the guests of William
Graves Sharp, the American anbas-
Bador to France.
According to present arrangement,
Colonel House will leave here for
Switzerland on Sunday, presumably
return within two or three weeks and
then meet the important persouages
Of the French Cover nrnent The
French press is manffesting much IN
interest in his mission
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
SAY. ifHIRED GIRLS.
CARE LITTLE FOR
TRAINING FOR DUTY
Minneapolis Survey DiscIoses
Housewives Would Not Pay
for Increased Efficiency.

Minneapolis, Jan. 22-The average
t.hired girlV does not care for technical
training in household duties and the
average housewife employer could not
afford to pay the higher wages due
skilled workers, according to a report
made here today to the National Socie-i
ty for the Promotion Of Industrial Ed
ucation by Bess M Rowe of the Agri-
culture Extension Division Oft Uni
versity Of Minnesota. The report was
one of the results of the Minneapolis
Survey which subject engaged the ex-
elusive attention of the convention this
morning.
The report on honeworkers said
the investigation was conducted by I'M
dergraduates of the University belong
ing to the Phi Epsilon Omicron soro-
GRITTY. a professional home econmics
society. Three types Of homes were
visited, those where the work was
done by paid employees, those where
members of the family performed the
tasks but in surroundings of comfort
and even luxury, and those where the
housemother struggled with problems
Of bare existence. Each type was ex-
amined in an effort to determine
whether short courses in domestic
science would be welcome.
After disposing of the Yhired grip
question the report said Of the second
type Of home that most home work
ers who are performing their own
daily tasks have gained whatever tech
nicaI knowledge they possess from
their own experiences or from the ex-
periences of their mothers and their
friends 1t was said that while 81
such housekeepers expressed a desire
for a. practical and experienced teach
err, only II spoke of the necessity of
technical traing." The investigators
thought this 'semphasized that the
l.. IA
actual experience in Homework finds
it difficult to gain the confidence of
the practicing housekeeper.
The student investigators encounters
ed difficulty in obtaining information
from poVerty-st homes. OF the
poorest section of Minneapolis the re-
port said sit would be hopeless to at
tempt courses such as might be given
in other parts of the city, It was
pointed out that the mothers in many
cases ssdo day work and have neither
time nor strength to take training
courses although some expressed a
desire thatA these be given for their
children. Groups for household train
ing already organized by social settle
nents were held out as providing "a
wedge into this section of the general
problem.
In its general conclusion the report
stated; in part:
..OnIy one out of every. five home
workers have had training in any of
the household arts except what they
got 'on the job a condition which
would not be tolerated in any other
skill and technical requirements.
''The great average American home
makes the largest demand for train
ing; the type of home in which the
work is done by the homemaker her
self
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS,
JOHN RICK & SON.
Eysning Gown with Charning New Sleeves

When in d uest of an evening gown,
be sure to select Something novel, even
though the novelty of the design ia
achieved through the smallest detail.
Flowing sleeves of chiffon strike the
unusual note in this evening freck OF
white satin crepe. The skirt has a
simple tunic gathered at the waist line
and Joined to the bodice under a soft
girde of self-materiaI A satin cord
outlines the pointed outer-front, whiIe
the round neck and upper sleeves are
heInstitchet7
Inznediun size the costume requires
z yards 36-inch crepe, with rs yards
3e-inch chiffon for the wing sleeves
The process of cutting is greatly
simp1ihcd because the underbody back
and front are cut in one piece. This
section of the pattern is laid on q
1engthwise fold of the material. and
to the right of it is placed the upper
sleeve, on a Iengthwise thread. The
Iengthwise fold, but between these are
sandwiched the outer front of the
bodice, 1aiI on a lengthwise thread.
The back AID the~cuff are also laid on
a lengthwise thread The winged
sleeves are not included in the pattern,
but may be cut in triangular shape
ard draped to suit the fancy.
For round or " shaped neck, cut out
neck edge of underbody on indicating
single small t'o'' perforations. IF de-
sired without sleeves entirely, cut out
along small so perforattors near the
arm hole.
When the sleeves are omitted straps
of velvet or satin are substituted They
are draped low over the arm and
edged. perhaps with one or two lace
friIIs
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21

/ When 2, girl who is earning enough
to support herself concludes that the
proper thing to do is to keep house.
Though it be in a few tiny rooms, in
preference to boarding, she little
knows what she is taking upon her
self.
/ Her women friends fairly shout with
delight when they behold the few
comfy, delightful little rooms she has
fitted up-the living room with its
bright red carpet, the folding lounge,
piled high with cushions, the two mis-
sion rockers and two cane-botton
chairs, drawn up close to the small
round centre tab1e-a. delightful living
and dining room by day and the most
comfortably arranged bed room for
night. with it's wee bathroom adjoin-
ing.
And the kitchenette-a marvel of
neatness, scarcely able to turn round
in, but it holds a tiny range and small
serving table against the wall and the
cutest little dish closet over it mag
Unable.
'Hput on my handsome linen table,
cloth, with flowers in the vase, when
I'm alone just as I would if there was
company. I used to have to make a
regular toilet to do down to dinner
when 1 was at the boarding house.
It's a good idea to keep it up, which
do While her friends call, she does
keep it UP. But when they drift hith-
| er and thither, as friends, will, and no
one comes to see her, a change comes
Ger the spirit Aef lher dreams. When
she comes home from business she is
too tired and dIsheartened to give a
thought toi making her toilet, there
being no one to see it. She looks at
the 81 owy tab1ec1oth, which she put
on thinking she might bring some one
home with her. tsThere's no use in
my spelling that she declares. orr
lit comes with a jerk and goes into its
box, which is thrust under the lounge.
She slips into wrapper, the Oldest
one, and torn at that, and hurries into
the kitehenette to cook her supper
Even the oilcloth on the table is hard
to clean SO. she slips a paper under-
meath her plate and let's it go att that,
concluding, too, that it would be per-
fectly ridiculous to soil her handsome
china milk pitcher when there was no
one to know if she poured the milk
from the bottle to the cup
There's no use in talking, living the
lonely life makes either man or wo-
man careless They don't stop to even
get up a tasty meal. What they do
get up they eat as hastily as they can.
A man, If alone, can be trusted to
cook enough for himself. With a wo-
man it is different She takes a piece
LOT cake instead of stopping to fry
some ham and EGGS spreads, her bed
up instead of making it afresh, The.
Ebaehelor-girI life is all very we'll if
there are three or four other girls to
keep each other company. The lone
bachelor girl is better off boarding.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
LIKE THE GREENFIELD
MONSTER HE'S JEALOUS

Dear Miss Libbey:-
go to see a young girl past 1T
visited her home three years She is
good. Does anything reasonable she
believes p1eases me-, If remark, II
will not. come back to see you any
more if not agreeable Another youth
calls on her. think she loves him
more than me. She declares she re-
CARDS him only as a friend and loves
me with a true heart. Do you advise
me to stop calling on her and get am
other girl? hope not. Please advise.
Anxious telegrapher.
It may be a case of jealousy with
you. [ see nothing reasonable in your
lines. If she cares for you, there is no
excuse for you to stop calling or be
Jealous
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
LOVES HER
DESERVING HUSBAND

Dear Miss Libbey;-
8 I am a young married women Of Fl,
wed four years. Have been neglected
for months Husband is very weak
minded, easily led astray. It's strange
we separated, yet he does not come
around to make up. I am deeply. in
love with him. He does not even care
for aunt ak have living, as am an
orphan, except for him really want
husband back, oG4I fear won't live.
7 care for no one else but him only.
Please tell me what to do.
Your love is true, good and worthy,
and no doubt will have the wished-for
effect of his making up with you. The
future will be rosy then. Be sweet
and patient.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
Bosfon RakAd Bsans-

Three pounds of beans, haIf
pound of salt pork. four ounces OF
syrup, two ounces of brown sugar,
one onion, four cloves. a little pepper
Half boil the beans in a, stew pan.
then have ready a large earthenwars
jar, put the half-boiIed beans into It,
add onion and cloves and put the sltc-
ed pork In the centre OF the beans,
then add a little pepper, also the sy-
rrp and sugar, III up the jar with
water, put the lid on. and tie down
with paper; put IN a. moderahe oven
for four hours and serve with. brown
bread
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
swiaa Rnn.

-Four eggs. six ounces of powdered
sugar, six. ounces Of -four, a pinch Of
baking powder and salt, i've table
spoonfuIs of JAM Beat the eggs ana
sugar together for 20 minutes, then
add the -four, stirring all very gently.
Bake on a fiat tin in a quick oven for
a few minutes. While the cake is
cooking add a little water to the Jam.
and heat almost to boiling point Also
place a large sheet Of tissue paper on
the table and sprinkle well with now
dered sugar. Turn the cakes on to
the paper, spread the Jam, and ron at
once.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
HER WEDDING GOWN TO Be.
Dear Miss Libbey :

Dear Miss Libbey;-
l., your girl reader, ask advice. Am
a girl of 18, engaged to a young man
of 25. Am fair of complexion. What
color of wedding gown do you think
best for me? Isfit at all proper for a,
young man to put his arm about his
sweetheart and steal a kiss when en-
gagged? / To clean white velvet cor
duroy please advise, also. Thanks for
reply. =
DE. S.
With your complexion, the wedding
gown can be Of white, gray or blue.
If to travel in, wedding gown is ser
viceabIe in blue, gray or plum color.
Have friends visit and chat a while
with them evenings. Fewer kisses the
better, which gives him no chance to
break off from being tired of caresses,
warn you. Best cleaner can clean
your corduroy or tell you how. Yet
you would spoil it perhaps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
ToDAY's POEM
GOOD OLD TOM THERMOMETERS.

Good old Tom Thermometer!
Now what dye think Of that?
Did We ever hear
OF a name as. queer
For a, fire department cat?
But that's his name I tell We,
Not simply an idle ruse3
And ye'd say twas fact
If ye,d see him act
Tor us fellows at the Twos.
No, Tom he's not a loafer,
Though seldom he nips a mouse.
But We call his purr
The thermometer 81
For the stove that warmsthe house.
Old Tom We see, his wisdom,
In fact, I would say, a soul,
For he lets us know
When the fire burns low n
4 And it's time to put in coal.
When the engine house gets chilly,
Then you'll see Tom take a seat
On the stove and wait
Till we shake the CRATE
And turn on a. bit of heat
It's there he'll sit a-toastin'
= Till we're tired. that hard we've
laughed.
Then he'll purr and NEW
To say: THAT will do
Then we go shut off the draft
Indianapolis News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
ImurUved CoFnea ReeF

When boiling cOrned beef. mix to-
gether one tabIespoonfuI Of malt Vine
gar, one teaspoonful Of tazragon vine
gar, one teaspoonfuI of relish, a little
made mustard a dessertspo onf1I OF
brown sugar, and few aIlsptce.
When the sugar is melted stir all into
the water in which the beef is to be
boiled. adding at the same time an
onion stuck with one Glove. The
meat should be served cold
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
MISS LIBREY'S REPLIES
TO YOUR LETTERS;

Miss Libbey's answers to your
letters. Correct name and adj
dress must be given to in--
sure attention. Initials printed.
Write short letters on one side
Of paper only. Use ink. Per-
sonaI letters cannot he answer
ed. Address Miss Laura Jean
Libbey, No. 916 President ST.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
Yorkshire Pnddinr

Two cupfuIs OF milk, two eggs, six
heaped tablespoonful OF -four, one
tablespoonful of salt, a pinch Of ba.k-
ing, powder, Sift the -four into a
basin with the salt, stir in the milk
very gradually, beat mp the eggs and
add to the batter when quite smooth:
allow this to stand for two hours In
a cool place, then add the baking
powder, pour into q. WeII-greased balz-
ing pan and bake for half an hour in
a moderate oven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-21
CoadIe1 Anrllea

Select a number of choice applec
fat sauce pan. I'm the cavities OF the
apples with sugar. and add water to
the depth OF a couple Of inches Cook
until TENDER adding more water IL
necessary and then remove the apples
to serving dish. Cook the syrup
until it Il thick. ana then pour it over
the apples.