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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

Is the saddest pain of ALL
The woman must needs be clever
tinker, who can successfully mend a
mans ways. II a woman persistently
cares for a man, whom she has seen
on more than one occasion the worse
for liquor, and knows of sever al love
affairs of his, which Mrs. Grundy Cos
sjped over and knows also his dis
inclination to hold on to a job, she is
shutting her eyes to the fate marriage
with him would bring her to. She is
sure marriage will mend faults of a
ine'er-do-well, no matter how earnestly
those who love her, try to convince
her to the contrary. 1t has been re-
corded that many a man with an in
ebriate habit has been reformed.
Men of naturally slothful habits
have been spurred on to enjoy work
and make money, through the infiu-
ence Of women whom they had we'd
ded. But Of a mans failing is wo-
men, I do not know of any process
that will clean out the passion from
adventure in such a mans heart.
j, Tears, reproaches, devotion. sacri-
fees, or love, cannot reclaim him. The
/ more his wife lectures a man con-
corning some other woman whom she
| considers her rival, the worse he be-
lcomes. IA, few words from a nymph
/ of the underworld, has more weight
with such a man than a whole sermon
from a righteous wife. The wife who
knew all his faults beforehand has
little right to complain, since she
went into the affair with her eyes
Ewide open. Her complainting-time
has been outlawed. In the past. she
could change a lover, if his ways
1 didn't S11if E1rf- r1,a 1,oc foJy
her husband "for keeps" and there S
no remedy-at-laew to appease a wife's
4 dissatisfaction.
Of course we all cry down the man
who has grown weary of the wife he
welded, for any cause whatsoever
But between you and me, such man
lcannoti make himself over. He throws
lit UP in his wffe's face II she COM
lplains, that she knew all about him
j before she married him, and she has
/ to let it go at that. After marriage
her friends refrain from uttering: a
told you so.''
i "A wife can forgive anything else in
a husband save Inconsistency. She is
i more fearful OF the possibility of q
Z loss of her husbands, affection than
all the other failings put together
This is the rock in her harbor OF
peace. The only one who can mend
a mans ways is the man himself. II
: he has no inclination to do this-well
what's the use of arguing any more
about it? There's no use trying t.
dissuade any woman from ,marryine
man upon whom she has set hel
heart.
when a woman will, she win. vo,
may depend ont;
When she won't, she won't, so there,
II an end ont
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
Bingham Frock in Empire Style.

with front and back OF dress laid in
plaits and attached to Jokes. A
square collar, fancy patch pockets
and narrow belt complete the details.
In medium size the model requires
~ yards 36-inch material
The mother who is making her
girlie's clothes for the first time
will find the cutting guide of meal
culable aid. A careful study of it
will assure perfect cut and avoid
mistakes. First fold the material in
half, placing it on a smooth sur
face. 1t will be noticed that only
enough of the gingnam as will &C
commodate the side back, belt, sleeve
band, side front and sleeve is used
for the first part of the cutting. Each
of the sections named are laid on
the material with large ''O'' perfora
lions resting on lengthwise thread
The remainder of, the Bingham is
then folded from either side, SO
that the selvages meet when a space
large enough to accommodate the
back of the waist has been provided
The back and front are placed alons
the lengthwise fold, SO that they
will have no seams. The Jokes, col
lar and pocket are laid on the oppo
site side, with large "O'' perforation
on a lengthwise thread.
To make the short sleeve, 1t will
be necessary to cut of the patter1
along small 90" perforations befor
placing 1t on the gingham. The Iii
tie rundown cuff trimmed with but
tons makes dainty finish for tn
sleeves. In fact, If preferred, cola
and cuffs may be of contrasting me-
terial, white lawn, for instance. 9
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
WHY CIRLSLEAVE
HOME, AS seen
BY INVESTIGATOR


Lieutenant Grant Williams, who is
in charge of the Bureau of Missing
Persons. Of the New York City Dept.
of Police, and has interviewed per-
sonally most of the women located,
says that seventy-five per cent, OF
the women who leave home without
advising their families where they are
| going do so because of unpleasant
home conditions.
If our homes were what they ought
| to be and parents were what they
ught to be, white slave traffickers
| ought to be, white slave traff1ckers
had disappeared.
| What's the matter with the home?
| Very evidently, the home does not
meet the needs of the growing girl.
If it did, she would stay in it.
| What does the girl need?
She needs an atmosphere of SYM
pathetic understanding, in which her
spirit can grow and expand. She
needs a place where she can find the
social life so essential to her harmon
ious development She needs a place
of leisure, of restfulnes, of encourage
ment for her ambitions. She needs
someone who understands the yearn-
tngs and romantic 1ongings of her adj
descent heart and who will have pa
llence Win ner 1mmatur1ty and her
lack of self-restraint
Is this to be found in the home of
today?
Alas in too many homes these re-
quirements are conspicuous only by
their absence.
In too many instances for example,
parents seem to think that they exist
for the purpose of exploiting their
children, getting the most from them
and giving the least in return.
Outlines unhappy conditions are
created by well-meaning, but mistaken
parents. For example, there was one
, father, who as a young man, had beer
, very wild. When he married and set.
, tied down he made up his mind tha'
no child of his hould ever have
little girl was growing up into wo
, manhood, he allowed her no amuse
= ment whatsoever. took her salar.
, from her each week and gave her ter
! cents a day Tor carfare and fifteeI
= cents for lunch. What girl OF spirt
q will drudge out her days for a mer'
pittance such as that, with none o.
the adornments which her love O.
beauty Graves and none of the pleas
ures and arnusements which her so
cial nature reqires?- Was it any won
: der that's he ran away from home
Many parents there are who refus
n to allow their daughters any socia
d life, failing to recognize the fact tina
n this is just as essential to the develop
It ing young soul as food is to tn
q I growth of the body. The young PEG
:, pie who work for eight, or ten, O
q sometimes twelve strenuous hours
II must have some opportunity for re
n laxation. If they are deprived of this
# there comes a natural and inevitabl
: rebound, which leads them to brea
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
SHIPS FROM CHINA

Shanghai, Oct. 9.-Chinese. news
papers have discussed very generally
the suggestion that the allies may
build wooden ships in China, using
timber from the Philippines. The
idea, has met with great favor. China
has an unlimited supply of labor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
WANTS BELGIUM TO
TAKE CHINESE LOAN

Picking, Oct. 9.-The French min
lister is especially anxious to have Bel
GUM replace Germany as the fifth
member of the group which floated
the s50.00o.o00 Chinese reorganiza-
ton loan which Is secured upon the
salt monopoly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

Designers are ever designing new
ways to enhance feminine loneliness.
Though she may be pretty enough
they always find some way to make
lovely woman prettier. Realization
of that aim is found in this distinctive
suit intended for wear in the cool,
brisk days of fall. The suit is fash
ioned<rof smoke-gray chiffon broad
cloth, and features a long coat and a
one sided fastening. Panels back
and front with plated sides are also
distinctive features of this unusual
coat. Bands of seal trim the sides of
the coat, matching the cuffs and the
cravats collar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

Another loan of $15,oo0,o 900, making
a total of 81, 535, 400, 900 to all the Allies,
was extended to Great Britain by the
United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

A petition to close the New York
Stock Exchange on the Saturday fol
lowing Columbus Day is being circu-
lated on the Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Correct name and address must be
given to insure attention, not to print
Use ink. Write short letters. only ON
one side of paper. Address Miss LIB
hey, 916 President Street Brooklyn
N. W Hs 49,.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

keep up with the rising generation,
that's all there is to it, sed pop. And
he went back in the house shaking his
head, and us fellows started to wawk
to the park with our shoe boxes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

| About $500 carloads Of food aad
| supplies are being delivered daily by
railroads at the various draft and MAJ
tional guaTf- camps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

Swedish political parties will reply
separately to the appeal OF King Gus
tave to form a coalition cabinet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

Canada's wheat surplus which is t.
be exported is valued at $3.50, DOC, 600.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
ANAToMIK SHOES.


Feet canot be driven; they must
be coaxed. This is especially true of
feet that have developed broken in
step or so-called fiat foot. Ordinary
footwear is practically useless, in
such cases. Anatomik shoes, which
were designed by a physician, con-
form to the natural outline of the
foot, and produce prompt foot COM
fort, for the wearer. They resemble
common sense shoes, but possess fea-
lures not found in other makes.
Anatomik shoes are accurately fitted
to men, women and children, at Mol
1an's 1926 Main street.-Adv.
Acting on an experiment suggested
by Commissioner Hoover, Philadelphia
will try five cent war bread.
Silver and goD1 valued at 81, 461, 79s
was exported from Mexico during
NAV. June and July of this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

Arguments on the constitutionaIity
of the draft law will be heard by the
Supreme Court at Washington on Dec.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

President Wilson will soon issue a
proclamation. announcing the method
of administration of the trading-with-
the-enemy law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

The Harvard University Regiment
of the Reserve Officers Training
Corps with 1000 men enrolled, start.
ed its first full week of work at Cam
bridge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

The tenth annual convention of tt
Vegetable Growers Association
America will be opened tomorrow {
Springfield, Mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

Felix Frankfurter and Walter Lipp-
man, confidential assistants to Secre-
tary of War Baker, have been desig-
mated for special labor negotfations in
the West. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

Capt S. B., Hanks, veteran Mssis-
sippi pilot and cousin of Abraham
Lincoln, died at his home at Albany.
Ill, aged SO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

The picture tells the story most
sloquently-made Of soft Bingham,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

IA school for military aeronautics at
Yale University has been planned and
sanction now rests with the War De-
partment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
be eager to go to- housekeeping, pay
ing the bills as a good husband should
MENDING A MANS WAYS.

ITO grasp the thing we long for,
And with sorrow sick and weary,
Then to find how it can fail US
Is the saddest pain of ALL
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

Found guilty of cutting New York
Washington telephone wires last July
Otto Myers and Fritz Schumacher
Germans, were sentenced at Camden
N. J., to seven years imprisonment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

An empire froc7; in blue 0i,s0hans,
hsptn0 the front and back plotted to
sAapcd FOXES.
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romance and to never so appreclatlVe an audi
ence Hearts are filled, courage high!
Most American schoolgirls have had the
story as their first treat in reading French.
You remember the two tremendously rich
American women who have bought the old
French chateau and with what apprehension
the dear Able regards their coming; how you
adored Jean, the officer and hero, and feared
the fascinating but less worthy Paul. Dear
old story that two nations will always love!
The three American women in the audience
there because of their mission for the Amerl-
can Fund for French Wounded, watched the
portrayal Of the American characters with
such interest as you may imagine and we
glowed indeed that the pretty French act
resses did not stint Of charm.
The first act finished, there is vaudeville
act or two, another chorus. The rain beats
on. The General looks at his watch and finds
that he can stay for another act
The plot-what shall one say but "thickens'?
And after while it develops into that scene
where Jean, thinking himself repulsed, with
broken heart turns from the girl. He hears
something and PUSHES to join his regiment
and oh! the stage guns did not sound; for in
one of those unbelievable moments in which
we live in war. the guns on the Lorraine from
tier began their cannonadng The Guns OF
War sounded soft and velvety and soothing
through the rain.
The General turns to Monsieur Mirman:
Zone hears the guns well through the RAIN"
he says.
An audience that suddenly sits erectly; act
ing that becomes living; an atmosphere that
charges you with physical and mental
force; and at the close of the play the sound
Of children's voices singing, singing differently
thrilled young voces-they know what it
means. Thrilled young voices singing patriotic
songs about Alsace and Lorraine.
4 light comes into the eyes Of these people
who are suffering. II is formidable thing to
throw out against the German guns-the cry
of "Vire Ia France"
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The homemade proscenum arch has painted
on it fine scenes and great vases of flowers.
Some one has loaned piano and the $50 paid
for the electric switchboard
Here is indeed setting for drama-living
drama at the pinnacle Of history.
And this audience an audience of refugees
French refugees.
The front seats are reserved for the guests
of honor. You see three uniforms of high
military rank, thin sprinkng of under-of-
ficers a private or two, distinguished looking
nurse in the uniform of the French Red Cross,
an English ambulance man who has been
wounded in the arm.
Monsieur and Madame Mirman and their
daughters enter and are greeted by as many
smiles of welcome as there are people there.
They are loved.
The rain pouring on the roof intenslies the
feeling of the theatre.
The place is filed and now music-a chorus
of childrens voices You do not see them with
out turning, and then only dimly, for they are
on temporary platform in the rear and all
but the stage is dark.
Ii is an experience to move ones soul, sitting
there in the dark building within four miles OF
the Lorraine trenches, listening to the uh-
earthly sweetness of children's voices as they
sing patriotic songs to their mothers and
GRANDPARENTS; these who have the horrors OF
perverted German wrath still in their minds
and the thought of the fighting men-theIr
own-setting off the guns and falling by the
guns a few kilometres away.
The lights now, and different Kind OF
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the great military barracks and their grounds
into colony which should be sheltered town
in itself-that is, as sheltered anything
can be in Nancy.
There they made dormitorieS, kitchens, work
shops and schoolrooms for the children. They
turned the garage into chapel. MINDS began
to find themselves through work and handi-
crafts and caring for the children; and those
who were teachers ard leaders among them
before, were teachers and leaders here.
When living and learning and working con-
dtions were established there,-and estab-
lished so remarkably that the peoples prepara-
ton for life latter the war is one of the most
wonderful things in France-some person
gave $50 to start theatre.
And that was all it cost. The rest was
loaned.
Sometimes the government sends moving
picture films and the people on the screen
something Of the war it is devastating other
villages. But this rainy afternoon it is real
play.
II is q soldier on leave who takes the tickets.
Great red curtains, very stunning ones, open
far enough to admit us. Madame Mlrman has
loaned them from the prefecture as she has
the others for the stage Here we are in this
strange theatre-and every other Will here
after seem tame in comparison.
All the wood was loaned on the promise
that it should be returned intact, and the
CLANCY angles here and there are delightful.
The board wall is eay--oh. "tres GaL"-with
bright colored railroad posters, mostly brilliant
scenes from Morocco and Algeria.
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cleaned and prepared for the committee work
ing on surgical dressings. The knitting COM
mittee worked always, everywhere and any
where.
Our local chairman was chosen because she
is, in a certain sense, a woman without
country" She lives a bit out Of town, and
bit out of every thing. Her busy life keeps
her out of clubs and cliques and sets, and even
churches Her husband is not in politics, or
local trade. She belongs to the town in
general way only.
SO people trusted her to steer the Red Cross
tug to a port of usefulness with all small craft
in tow.
The other officers and heads of committees
were chosen among the men and women who
stand for the advancement of the town. AL
are leaders and workers. The secretary is the
wife of our member of Congress and Regent
of our D. A. X. and social leader.
The treasurer is the wife of a prominent
manufacturer. She wisely keeps the Red Cross
accounts divided between the two town banks
The financial secretary is director of one
of the banks. The other day he saw his
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charred ruins of villages from which these
refugees have been driven,-but this afternoon
we're going to the theatre!
The General of the Lorraine army, in town
on military mission will be there for part OF
the performance with two of his staff. Mon
sieur Mirman, the pr6fet of the district of
Mcurthe-et- Moselle,-of Which Nancy IS me
caritoI-with Madame Mirman and their
daughters, some officers and soldiers (some OF
them have promised to do vaudeville turns be-
tween the acts), the director of the work Tor
the n,utilG representative from the hospital
and several Official people, will also be guests
Of honor.
Amateur actors from among the refugees
are going to give performance OF LAooe
Constantine" Little refugees are to sing Choir
uses-they have been singing them IN thelr
schoolrooms in the military barracks for many
weeks. There are printed programmes-done
in the refugee printins-shop.
New Nancy is favorite target for German
bombs, and is every once in while under
bombardment All the houses with good GEL
lars are marked in red with the double cross OF
Lorraine, that the people when they hear the
siren NAV know to rush into them for shelter
But a friend of mine who was there at such
time. tells me they entered very casually
they are so accustomed TO such things at
Nancy.
Fighting is going on on the frontier between
three and four miles away. Many or the
fathers of the little refugees are lighting there
now.-it is as close as that
What these little ones have seen, and what
their mothers and their grandparents nave
undergone. is what most people wouldn't De-
lieve. early in the war. thinking the reports
spread from minds deranged
But such things happened IN some OF inc
towns about Nancy.
When. about the time Of the Battle OF the
Marine between two and three thousand reiu-
gees. crazed by fire and murder and a'roci-
ties rushed into Nancy from neIghoorlhs
towns and villages, Monsieur Mirmsn turned
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son march away from Allentown in line with
five thousand other boys. He came home witt
a new spirit for Red Cross work. He knows
that when his son is wounded, and lies suf
fering in some hospital far from home, it
will be the Red Cross that brings him comfort.
THE SEWING COMMITTEE.
The chairman of our sewing committee !.
the hardest worker for civic welfare in the
county.
She has organized workroom with six
cutters working at large tables where bolt
of cloth can run easily across She has eight
sewing machines and about sixty women sew
ing
We are restricting our work to few ar
tices. Pajamas, made of gray outing fan
mel, with a Red Cross on the pocket, come first.
Have you stopped to think why gray pa
jamas are best?
Many wounded men come to the hospitals in
such a state that their clothing y cut from
their bodies. The government does not pro-
vide hospital clothes. This is the job of the
Red Cross
All the time a man is convalescing until he
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music, a comic song
the children are in
gales of laughter-by
a poilu from those
very trenches. Some
announcements a n d
a c know | edgements
from officials. And,
at last, the curtains
divide, revealing the
old priests garden
and the first act of
liable Constantin'
begins.
Magic of the thea
tire. The young peo-
pie playing are no
longer refugees, but
;,,,,,,ovtal creatures of
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By MARIAN BONSALL
DAVIS

Volunteer Worker IN
the Il 2 d Cross.
SerUed for Months
Near the Front IN
France Doing Re
lief Work tor Sol
dierS and Refugees.
I'm a pouring, driy-
| ing rain we make
way to the ref
ugees' theatre at Nan
cy. We're tremendous
ly excited, for this is
an occasion! To-mor-
row and the next day
and the next we will
see som e of the
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WHAT THE RED CROSS HAS DONE FOR SMALL TOWN

with tapes down the back A flap is left under
the tape so that when the shirt is tied it will
not gap.
1t is very difficult to get people to finish
the garment in this way. Neat women think
it is not tidy, but when they understand that
it is worn over bandagcs. often on seriously
wounded men, it is clear to them that any
little roughness on the inside Of the garment
might interfere with 4 bandage. Once the
reason is understood The work is done right.
Bed socks are made Of lightweight outing
flannel They are plain white. These are
made double, with ali seams inside, and
drawstrng Of tape in the top. In selecting
tape get heavy one. Even that gets stringy.
We make tape bands Of outing flannel, like the
garments, to run in the belts of the pajamas
II this is double and stitched several times, it
will not string when tied.
A heavy grade OF white outing flannel is
chosen for the Nightingale" This garment is
n sort of a military cane worn over the hos
pital shirt when the patient can sit up in bed
Il, and the hospital shirt. as well as the pa
jamas, hear the Red Cross emblem on the
chest. These embems are sold by the bolt
at the Red Cross supply houses.
We are perfecting a system for making
these few garments and attempting nothing
more. In small town, where money comes
slowly, and means more consequently, we
think it unwise to buy sheets and pillow cases.
We are leaving that purchase to larger COM
munities, where perhaps there are not so
many good workers per dollar to spend for
material.