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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
PATTERSON FUNERAL
WILL BE TOMORROW

The funeral of Marjorie Gum, wife
Of James T. Patterson, Jr,' Of Milford,
who died Saturday at the Bridgeport
hospital as the result Of Injuries re-
ceived in an automobile accident at
Brooklawn and North avenues on the
morning of March 18th, will be held
from the home Of her parents, Attor-
ney and Mrs. George M. Gum, in
Milford tomorrow afternoon. The
services will be private. Mrs. Patter-
son was 80 years old and was particu-
larly prominent both in this city and
in New Haven, as well as in Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs Patterson spent their
summers in Milford and their winters
in the Taft hotel in New Haven. Her
husband is president Of the Cornwall
& Patterson Co., of this city and her
father is one of the most prominent
lawyers and political men in Connec-
ticut. He has several times been
mentioned as Democratic candidate
for governor. He is a director in sew
eral banks both in New Haven and
Milford. Besides her parents aud her
dition in the Bridgeport hospital as
result of the accident, Mrs. Patter-
son is survived by an eight year old
son.
Mrs. Patterson's death followed a
week of HOPELESS fighting for life. I'M
mediately after the accident in which
Arthur V. Phillips was killed, 1t was
known that Mrs. Patterson's neck was
broken and that there was. no hope
that her life could be saved. Although
her entire body was DaralyZed her
mind was perfectly clear and she was
Informed early in the week that her
death was a matter Of but a few days.
Mrs. Patterson's pluck won the SYM
pathy of everyone. Although she
knew that she had but a few hours
to live, she sent consoling MESA ges
to her husband who lay severly MUIR
ed in a room near her and gave di-
rections concerning things she watt
ed done. She retained consciousness
until the moment she died.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
The Starvation Point,

TO the question, eff there were a
siege, how long do you think the sol
diers and civilians could live after the
food supplies gave out?' an English
paper answers: Science tells us that if
he can get drinking water an ordinary
man can exist for thirty days without
food. At the end Of that time the ma
chinery Of the body will not be spoiled
and can be brought back to its former
strength by careful feeding.
About a quarter of our body weight
is fat, and it is mostly this fat that is
absorbed as food during the period of
starvation. We can absorb and burn
up our muscles until 60 per cent OF
their weight is gone. We can do the
same with from 30 to 40 per cent of
our Hvers and digestive organs and 20
per cent Of our lungs. Our hearts can
lose 10 per cent and our brains and
nervous systems can lose per cent.
1t will be seen that the more vital
organs-brain and heart yield least Of
their valuab substance for the life of
the body, while the less essential sub
stances-fat, muscle fiber, etc.-are con-
sumed first.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
Strap Hangers In Tokyo.

After one has ridden for few weeks
on Tokyo trans he realizes that more
than 100000 people. living within a
radius Of three miles of the imperial
palace, require many trans to carry
them. Seats are always at a premium.
Even the New York subway is not as
continually crowded. The trans are
fast, well handled and plenteous, but a
moving stairway or sidewalk covering
all the tram lines in the city would
scarcely fill the bill.
There are five or six stations from
which trains depart for different parts
of the empire, but these stations are
only joined by city trans, SO that if
one wants to go from Tokyo station,
the terminus of the Shimonoseki line
to Europe, to Ueno station, whence
trains depart for Nikko, Karuizawas
Sendai and Hokkaido, he must take a
riksha, a taxicab OF street car or else
circle the city for more than twenty
miles in more than an hour to reach a
station that is only a mile and a half
away as the crow flies.-Maynard
Owen Williams in Christian Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
The Broken Broker,

The late Judge Pennypacker of Phil
adelphia was an advocate of the en-
franchisemenl of woman, but he also
advocated justice in the relationship
between the sexes for man.
woman" he said whimsically one
day at the Pennsylvania Historical So
ciety, mustn't play it both ways. She
mustn't get the vote and the equal
wage through mans sense of equity
and then get all kinds Of unfair privi-
leges through his sense of gallantry.
There's lot of truth in the story Of
the young broker who after his failure
was thrown over by pretty girl
"'Why was the engagement broken
OFF, banker asked the ruined broker
"'Wen,' he answered, after I'd given
her a string Of pearls, an opera box
and birthday gift Of a twelve cylin-
der limousine l went to smash, and her
people accused me of amusing myself
at her expense baltimore Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
His First Golf Play.

H. Chandler Egan's first golf was
played on a three hole course in a
pasture back Of his fathers house, at
Highland Park, Ill. The former cham
pion and his brother laid out the links,
then invited their cousin, Walter, to
teach them the game. The latter tee
ing up ball on the first, hit it straight
down to the broomstick which served
as flag pole. The ball bounced along
the uneven green and disappeared in
the hole. Turning to his astonished
gallery, he remarked:
There, you see it is very simple.
That is the way you do it."
Chandler Egan tried, but didn't sue
coed, and although he won the amateur
title twice, he claims he was never
able to equal the wonderful drive his
cousin made that day.-Golfers' Maya
zine
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
Military Training School
Plan Of Major j. Hurley
In Calling for Volunteers
CONTINUED from page ~

company for the sole purpose of serv-
ing the United States in time Of need.
The letter is signed by the fol1owAg
committee:
Peter KNAPP, president; Stanley Wro-
bel, vice president Helen w. AL
Ptakowski, secretary; Charles Kroli-
kowslzi, treasurer; Roman Kwik, dis
trict instructor; Frank W. Pisarek,
Michael Chojnosasi, Victor Kanninsh
Joseph Chrzanowsssi, Boxyl <ZuLkowski,
directors; committee on resolutions,
frank GierymsAN, SigEn1und Nowa.k,
Stanley Wrobel and s. B. Haduch.
Under command of Lieut. J. II. T.
Powers, the. First Field Ambulance
company VIII begin drills at the State
ATmory this evening and will con-
Hnue drilling every night until further
notice Recruits are needed for the
company and those who desire to en-
list in this branch of the service
should apply to Lieut. Powers at the
Armory. Orders for the drill were is
sued yesterday by Major Frederic J.
Adams, chief surgeon, Connecticut Ma
tional Guard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
Ewes of Rubber.

Artificial eyes of rubber are taking
the place of the old style glass optic
in Europe. The rubber eyes have the
advantage Of being unbreakable, and
as they are of pneumatic construction
they maintain an elastic contact be-
tween the eyelids and the back of the
orbitary cavity.
To make the new rubber product a
cast formed Of liquid plaster is made
Of the orbitary cavity, and from this
is constructed an eyeball, the face be-
ing Of vulcanite. The front and back
parts are made Of soft rubber, there
being a space between the two parts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
Don't Be Afraid of Work,

Charles NJ. Schwab,. the well known
master of Bethlehem steel works, has
no more patience with the man who
works by the time clock than has
Adam Bede with his fellow workmen
who dropped their tools at the sound
Of the whistle. In bis book Succeed
ing With What You Have" he writes
II have yet to hear of one instance
where misfortune hit man because he
worked overtime. Not long ago man
was promoted in our works. How did
you happen to advance this fellow? I
asked his boss. Well he explained,
I noticed that when the day shift
went off duty Ills man stayed on the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
PLAN PERMANENT
CENSUS RECORDS
FOR BRIDGEPORT
Continued from page y

nearly completed and S3,252 names
have been sent to The census bureau
at Hartford. It is thought that there
are some duplicates but Supt- Suckley
believes that the military census of
Bridgeport will show at feast $4,000
names.
While a card index copy of the CEN
sus is to be kept on file here yet six
months from now this copy will be
far from accurate, due to the many
arrivals and departures from the city,
seatfls and other changes.
In order to keep the census up to
date it is proposed that a census mas
ter be appointed. When the work of
filing the index cards is completed
this census master with the aid of
one stenographer can keep the infor-
nation up to date. All property own
ers can furnish the bureau with in
formation concerning removals and
changes of residence of their tenants.
Hotel keepers will be asked to fur
nfsh information concerning their
guests and undertakers to furnish no.
tees of deaths.
A number of clerks who are accus-
toned to filing indexes are needed to
assist in filing the cards just now. The
work will be completed by the end of
the week if these volunteers can be
obtained. The copy of the census
which is to be held in Bridgeport will
thin be moved to police headquarters
where Supt Suckley will have charge
of it.
The ordinance when offered at the
-zo+;~o of c0y,,y,oaro co1Jpoi1 at
the meeting Of April 2 probably will
be placed for immediate considera-
ton and adopted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
ELECTED GUESTS
RAIN STONES ON
THE COMP0 Inn
Glass Shattered by Missiles
Falls Upon Diners Sew
eral Arrests Made.

Guests in the Compo Inn were
trown into state of panic, some suf-
fering badly cut and bruised heads,
and the glass windows of the road
house were shattered by a lombard
ment of stones shortly after midnight
tbs morning, when a half dozen
Bridgeport youths piqued by the re-
fusal Of the management to allow
them to re-enter the place, attempted
to, and pa4tfally succeeded in wreck
ing the place.
It is alleged that the party, all OF
whom were arrested this morning by
the police of this city and turned over
to the Westport police, went to the
Inn last night and after numerous
purchases, created disturbance. Sew
era1 of them left the place and they
were refused readmittance. Their
pals inside then followed them into
the road and all came back to demand
they be allowed table.
The management told the spokes-
man of the party that they were all
barred and refused to argue with
them any further The inns orchestra
was playing a lively tune and the Wo-
men with their escorts passing a most
enjoyable evening, when a shower OF
bricks shattered glass windows, broke
dishes on the tables, and the heads of
q number of guests were made decld-
eddy sore as the missiles caroomed off
their skulls
Tables were tipped over in the eff
forts of the guests to find a place of
safety, /the stones raining in upon
them with the precision of the fire of
a machine gun/company. The youths.
then fled in the jitney,> which had car
ried them to the scene, back to Bridge
port.
The police of this city arrested the
following Bridgeport men, charging
them with being the offenders and
turned them over to the Westport po--
lice this. morning: Tim McCue, Il
years, 467 State street; angelo Bender,
driver of the car, 20 years, of 125 Penn
broke street; Hermwan Warschoff, %
years, All Logan street; George Har-r
ids, % years, 43S Union avenue; Maui
rice Myers, "a years, 43S Union ave-
nue.. AID win he tried in Westport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
a Motorcar Race In 1895.

In 1895 a few enthusiastic 'horseless
carriage" manufacturers decided that
the time was ripe for a race. AS we
look back at it now the contest was a
mechanical jest. The vehicles started
bravely and then stopped lamely while
their drivers made repairs. One in
ventor followed his mechanical wonder
with a team of horses. The winner Of
the race had averaged the mad speed
Of seven and one-half miles an hour
His engine, carefully tested after the
feverish contest was over, was found
to develop an amazing four horsepower.
-Waldemar Kaempffert in Harpcr's
Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
FIRST CONNECTICUT
REGIMENT is CALLED
CONTINUED from page -

manifest The men were not called
out on the drill floor but all reported
manders began at once the giving out
of equipment
Orders from Washington early to-
day appointed Major Edward A. Shut
flewOrth, o. s. A., mastering officer.
Major Shuttleworth served in that ca
pacity In the Connecric1. mobilization
last June
Up to noon today the adjutant gen.
eral was not in possession of any in
formation from Washington as to the
further movement Of the regiment, but
was expecting orders momenfari1y
1t Is understood that the regiment is
now to all intents and purposes fed
efal body.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
DEDICATE CHURCH GIFTS

A Bible, bound in red mor6cco, the
gift OF St Paul's Junior club, an altar
service, book Of common prayer and
hymnals, presented by members of
the parish to St.. Pau1's Episcopal
church, were dedicated with prayers
by Rev. BENJAMIN F. Root at the
morning service in the church yester-
terry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
'Woman and Electricity.

Woman and Electricity.
When a woman is sulky and will
not speak-exciter.
If she gets too excited-controller
If she talks too lOng-interrupter.
If her way of thinking is not yours
converter.
If she is willing to meet you half
way-meter.
If she will meet you all the way-re.
ceiver.
If she wants to go farther-conduc.
tor.
If she would go still farther-dis-
patcher.
If she wants chocolate-feeder.-E
change.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
What You Can Do.

You don't know what you can do. At
any rate you don't know until you're
up against it and have to try. Some
day you're going to bump against a
whopping bit of work. 1t will look i'm
possible to you. You'll want to quit.
You'll say to yourself that 1t simply
can't be done. And then if you are
really worth while you'll tighten your
belt and jump into it, You'll say, 1--WE
got to do it, Then the first thing you
know it will be done. And the best
part of it is you'll enjoy it, and the sat-
isfaction that comes when it is done
will be worth more than hearing your
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
A Form of Preparedness.

I'm afraid I'm going to lose my
temper Wen I make this speech said
Senator Sorghum.
deliberately"
Eyes. Some of the remarks I want
to make will never be excused unless
it can be claimed they were said in the
heat of debate. "-Washington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
Football and Matrirnonv.

"Well, I wish him luck" said Mr..
Jones after reading in the paper an
account of the wedding of popular
member Of a college football team.
"But," he added in a Illuminating tone,
marriage is very much like football"
Don't talk so ridiculousv' snapped
Mrs. Jones. "How can you compare
football to marriage?"
why" replied Jones, 'it looks SO
easy to those who haven't tried it."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26

Concerning the American Line
steamer ST. Louis, which sailed for
Europe armed with fore and aft guns,
many rumors have been spread
abroad since her sailing. She is one
of the four steamships Of the Ameri-
can Line, the others being the st.
Paul. Philadelphia and New York.
Until the government decided that
these ships should be armed there
was much doubt of their Sailing, and
they were delayed. During the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
A Retaining Fee,

Tommy-What is a retaining fee, pa?
"a retaining fee, my son, is the mon
ey people pay to us lawyers before we
can do any work"
ooh, 1 see! It's like those slot choc-
olate machines. The people have to
put in their pennies before they get
any chocolate.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
What is a Hawaiian?

A correspondent inquiries whether it
is proper to~speak Of a Hawaiian as q
"Kanaka.'' The term is masculine. A
'Kanaka'' is a male Hawaiian. A
"wahine" is an unmarried Hawaiian
woman. A "wahinemare' is mar
ried Hawaiian woman. These defnt-
tons are from the Hawaiian diction-
ary.-Bellingnam American Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
Inherited, as 1t Mere.

Professor-Yes. sir, your daughter is
pretty well grounded in French, but it
will, Of course, take some time and
trouble for her to acquire fuency. Fa-
ther-Wel1, you know, that's rather
strange to me. I had an idea that
the fuency would have come sort Of
natural to her.-Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
Two Types,

George AIDE was talking about the
intricacies of the English language.
There's that word smart for in
stance he said. 1.-The word may
mean fashionable, chic or elegant.
"a man wanted to present me to
lady the other day.
"'She's very, very smart he said
But I, asked cautiously:
'Smart-humph. Highbrow or low
neck type?' ''-EXchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
BACON, HELD AS
SPY, SENTENCED
TO u. S. PRISON
Continued From Page One.)

Continued From Page One.)
work of a spy and that the informa-
ton he supplied to the Germans was
of slight value.
cit was mostly a Bluff he said. 81
am more guilty of obtaining money
from Germany under false pretences
than I am of giving them informa-
ton
John c.. Knox, assistant United
States attorney, informed Judge Van
Fleet that Bacon had carried out his
promise and made full disclosures
about the spy plot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
SIS. SlLOUIS'

Spanish war the govern
ment took over the st. Louis and used
her as an auxiliary cruiser.
The st. Louis, which is a sister ship
of the st. Paul, was launched on
Nov. IL, 1894. She was the first ship
built under the authority of the
special act of congress passed in 1892
to encourage the building of Ameri-
can ocean steamships and to provide
for the government a fleet of auxiliary
cruisers that could he utilized in time
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26

of war.
She was the first transatlantic
steamship built in this country for
more than twenty years, and at the
time of her completion she represent
ed the highest type Of liner that the
shipbuilding skill Of that time had
devised.
The principal dimensions Of the St.
Louis and also the st. Paul are: Gross
tonnage, 1859; length, 554 feet;
breadth, So feet, and depth, AZ feet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
The Modern Child.

Father, does lamb gambol?'
"At times, my son"
''Then If you grabbed lamb by the
leg you would be pinching a gambolins
joint, wouldn't your
(Exeunt father, child and slipper)-
Cornell Widow
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
Exclaimed the Matter.

Papa-Im surprised that you are at
the foot Of your class, Tommy. Why
aren't you at the head sometimes, like
little Willie Bigbee? Tommy-You
see, papa, Willie's got an awful smart
father, and I guess he takes after him.
London Telegraph.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
Should Qissemhie.

"You claim to have loved and lost"
Eyes"
"Yet you go around with a perpetual
grin on your face. When you have
loved and lost, Difference to the lady
makes it proper not to appear to be
too cheerful a er."-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
Base InqratitUde.

Father Ito his son, doctor)-If this
isn't the limit! I pay all that money
for you to study medicine and the first
thing you do is to cut me off my drink!
l-Fiegende Blaetter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26

job until lie nau TAXED over the days
why The man who fails to give fair
service during the hours for which he
is paid is dishonest. The man who is
not willing to give more than this is
foolish"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26
PRACTICAL, HEALTH HINT.
Bronchitis.


o Symptoms of an ordinary cold
accompany the onset of bron-
chitis. A chill is rare, but there
is invariably a sense Of oppres-
sion, with heaviness and lam
o guor and pains in the bones and
back. In mild cases there is
Q scarcely any fsver.
The bront HAL symptoms set in
o with a feeling of tightness and
o rawness beneath the breastbone
and a sensation of oppression in
the chest. The cough is rough
at first and often Of a ringing
character 1t comes on in parox-
ysms, which rack and distress
the patient extremely.
If you get acute bronchitis and
0 want to play safe go to bed and
stay there until you are no long
o err feverish. You will get well a
great deal quicker if you stay in
Q bed for aSday or two at the be-
O ginning Of the attack.
o o o o 0 O o o
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26

It is always safe to learn even from
our enemies, never safe to instruct
oven our friends.-COltOn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26

Police Commissioner Woods ap-
pointed 231 special patrolmen to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26

which IS occupied by air, making
the eyes pneumatic.-Popular Science
MONTHLY
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26

uncle has left you O,OOO-Americar
Boy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-26

Farmer Want Ads. One Gent Word
The Washington times., 1917-12-27
HERE'S S2OCASH
FOR INFORMATION
ON VACANT ROOMS

Cash rewards for information lead
ing to the rental of a room or apart
ment is the latest twist to the hous-
ing situation in Washington.
Here is an advertisement-so far as
known the first of its kind-that has
been inserted in Washington news
paper by W. S. Herring, a clerk in the
War Department, who came here two
months ago from New York to aid
the Government in its war work.
"win pay $50 for Information
leading to my securing a two. three
or four room apartment, unfurnished
reasonable in price. W. S. Herring,
22O5 First street northwest"
Despite the reward, Mrs. Herring
the wife of the clerk, says her hus-
band has been unable to find an
apartment The ad was inserted two
days ago.
Rooms and apartments at reason
able prices are SO scarce and rents so
eXorbitant in Washington" said Mrs.
Herring, that my husband decided to
insert the advertisement.
81 had been i'll and couldn't go
apartment hunting, and my husband
thought that agents would make an
extra effort to get us a place with
the additional fee"
The Washington times., 1917-12-27
BLISS TO RETAIN RANK
AT RETIREMENT AGE

Gen. Tasker H. Bliss. chief OF staff.
will retain his rank and station when
he reaches he retirement age next
Monday, it was announced from the
War Department today.
Secretary Baker stated yesterday
that II had been decided to hold Cen
eral Bliss on the active list because
OF his particular fitness, but it had
not been definitely decided whether
he would remain chief OF staff or a
younger officer assigned this duty.
The Washington times., 1917-12-27
DENNIS LEGAL ADVISER
TOCHTNESE GOVERNMENT

william c. Dennis. international
lawyer, who has maintained offices in
Washington for some years, has
maintained offices il Washington for
some years. has been selected by the
Chinest government as legal adviser
in foreign affairs. The choice OF Mr..
Dennis was made on China's own in
itiative, and without any official sug.
gestion from the United States, the
state Department announced yeser-
day.
China's action is interpreted, in
some quarters here, as a friendly in
timation to the United States that the
Chinese government does not recog-
nize Japan's special interest in
China's affairs, as set forth in the
Lansing-Ishii treaty.
The Washington times., 1917-12-27
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
CALLSFOR 1,25O MEN

Edward Klein, chief OF the mems
bureau Of the Employment Bureau
of the Department OF Labor today
issued a call for help on Government
construction work. He needs 1000
laborers at 81 cents an hour and $50
carpenters at 62h cents an hour.
The work Is located just outside OF
Baltimore, and transportation facili-
ties are good. Any man who wants
work may apply to Mr.. Klein's office,
on the first floor, at the Department
Of Labor, G street between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets.
Men who stay at the work will get
their lodgings free, and board will
cost 81 q week