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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
KAISER AND GEAR

It appears from the messages ex-
changed between Kaiser and Gar in
1s04-o5; that German diplomacy al?
most succeeded in effecting a conabin-
alton of the two great autocracies
against the world. All that blocked
the combination was Russia's deter
mfnation to stand by France, and the
1mpos5ibilfty OF securing the adhesion
OF France to a continental league SO
long as the question of Alsace-Lor-
raine remained unsettled. If Car
Nicholas had been less scrupulous OF
his obligations to France, or IL Ger
many had been willing to conciliate
French opinion by the retrocession OF
the lost provinces. the liberal world
lwould now be facing combination OF
military frees against which resis-
lance would be vain. What principles
OF International conduct the combina-
ton would have applied Is indicated
by the Kaiser's avowed intention OF
violating the neutrality of Denmark
fnscase of a, Baltic war. All this, hap
PLY, is ancient history. But it sug-
gests what dangers the world will, in
cur IL Russia again falls under the
sway of an autocratic monarch Ger
man autocracy. though shattered in
this war. may be restored under the
menace of an autocratfc Russia, And
the bitter experience OF this war will
have taught the two autocracies thai
they must hang together, or hang sep
arately.-The New Republic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
Certain to Win Fashionable Favor.

piled straps are stitched on the front
and back Stimulating box-plaits. The
front may be buttoned up to the
neck and rolled to form revers. The
suit Ii very effective carried out
Id brown homespun and worn with
four-piece skirt closely fitted about
the hip. Medium size requires AZ
yards 54-inch material for the suit
A Norfolk jacket to be really
smart, must have good lines; and
good lines depend largely upon the
manner in which the design Is cut.
the sections are laid on the pattern,
one should have no trouble with this
design. After the material Is folded
smoothly and placed ON the cutting
table Cor any fat surface). place the
back of the pattern along the length
wise fold. Then follow with the
upper sleeve section and cuff, plac-
ing these with large ''O'' perforar
lions ON q lengthwise thread The
yoke and collar come next, being
laid on the lengthwise fold. but the
lap, with large 20" perforations ON a
1enEthwise thread, comes between
the collar and the belt, which Is laid
along the lengthw1se fold.
All Of the remaining pieces Of the
pattern are placed on the homespun
80 that the large 20" perforationa
rest on a 1engthwise thread. The
STRAPS and undertaking are placed
above the back: the front IL arranged
opposite the upper sleeve section.
with straight line along the sewage
and the pocket, yoke and lower
sleeve section are placed ON the re
naming material.
When made with yoke. the upper
parts of the front, back and strap,
may be cut on along the upper small
90" perforations.
A belt Of self-material holds in tn,
fulness of the jacket.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08


The class had to rite a compensation
on the air for homework yestidday,
this being mine
Air
Air is wind standing still. If 1t
wasent for air we woodent have eny-
thing to breathe and our lungs wood
be USELESS.
II you try to jump up in the air
you come rite down agen no matter
how good OF jumper you are, but
herds ny rite throo 1t without think
ing thare doing enything CRATE, wich
thare not, on account of their wings.
! Pieces of newspaper look as If thare
having a CRATE time blowing throo the
air. but they proberly don't know the
diffrenta-
TITS mulch easier to come down
throo the air than wat 1t is to go up
throo 1t. witch ixplanes wy so meny
people fall OF of roofs.
Air 10 invisible, being a good thing
on account of everybody wood prob
eriy get tired of looking at it 1t is
full of little germs wich can ony be
saw throo a imikeroscope. If people
wawked erround looking throo mike
roscopes they wood proberly all stop
breathing.
The following is a pome about thu
air
The air goes everyware
Ware it has the ambition.
So its no use hanging up sines
"Absflootly no admission
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
THEY DO COME BACK.


Young homemakers, when they
furnish from Nothnagle's, are follow
ing the practice of their fathers and
mothers before them. This stores
reputation has been built UP and
maintained by the quality of its pro-
ducts :. From a very modest begin
ming two generations ago this store
has grown so that now it crowds a
whole Main street block between Elm
and Golden Hill streets and has a
large storehouse filed to capacity on
Stratford avenue to feed the Main
street store. Exclusive and advanced
styles at moderate prices. character
ICES this splendid display, Nowhere
|'can one buy home furnishings and
get more general and lasting satisfac-
ton than at this store. If you have
never traded here. a visit will prove
of inestimab1e vaiue to you and you
will return often.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
A wHE's SECRETS.

90 woman! you're sold at a. fearful
price
If you wed your virtue to that OF
vice;
You've been gentle and trusting as
loves young dream
But been leaned upon where you
should lean"
Although nine women out OF ton
may deny the fact, nevertheless It IS
true, that Sat one time in their lives
they have been slyly keeping diary.
The very young girl keeps no secret
from it. she records in it her. inner
most thoughts. The ink is SO mixed
with burning tears that what she
writes is scarcely legfble. Ut is closer
to her heart than her bosom friend or
any of her family.
A girl oftimes records in her diary
what she would hesitate to tell her
own mother. She can unburden her
self to it recording all about how
Harry f1irted with another girl at a
idance-she actually caught them ex-
changing cards; of the quarrel she
had with her sweetheart when she
wanted to leave and how he came
back with her, not speaking a word
to her all the way. Her diary knows
all about her sufferings in watching
and waiting for the step that did not
come. To her diary she confesses
what she would not to any living be-
| ing that she is down-hearted and that
she will never, never look at another
man as long as she lives and that her
heart has been broken by her tickle
lover.
She records in her diary the story of
the next man she meets. He wants to
marry her but isn't in a position to
support her. Her parents force her
to give him up. Then again her soul
| is Allied with anguish. She suffers
with the throes of a disappointed love.
| She finds her heart more elastic than
t5she thought for she has to admit some
thing likeable about still another man
who crosses her path.
Again the little diary is made the
recipient of her hopes and fears, the
ups and downs Of the love which does
not run smoothly. Then there Is the
recording of the engagement; how
he" broached the, wonderful popping
of the question. After marriage-if ii
happy one-the. diary Is burned to
ashes Not for worlds would she have
ianyone read the foolish things written
therein. II her marriage turns out
happily there are no more diaries for
her; II unhappfly, she keeps another
ldiary making new fuel to be burned
at some future time
The diary OF married woman is a
revelation to stumble across. There
isn't mean thing hubby does that Is
not recorded in it. It would give
friends and the public at large a
shock II its pages could be peeped
into. Opinions of her friends and re.
lattons are freely aired. It reflects
as in a looking glass of pen and pa
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
STRATFIELD CAPTAINS
BOAT SUNK BY BOMBS
AND GUN SHELL FIRE

Captain John R. Griffin, a resident
of Stratffeld, was in command of an
American schooner the Annie f. Con-
lon, of Portsmouth, N. H., sunk by a
German submarine in the Atlantic
ocean near the Scilly Islands is report
ed safe. He and the crew of eight
men have reached an English port.
The schooner was sunk October. 8, by
gunfire and bombs
The submarine took a boat load OF
provisions from the vessel after the
crew had hauled, down the flag and
left the vessel. Then bombs were
placed aboard the schooner and ex-
ploded. In less than an hour the crew
of the Conlon was picked up and tax
en- to a British port None ware in.
jured. Capt Griffin is well known
here and has commanded vessels fol
the last 15 years. His family il
Stratfield has been notified of hi
safety.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
INGoNDE.

Ingonde was the daughter of Sieg-
bert, King of Austrasia, or Lorraine,
and his wife, the famous Brunehaut
She was married in the year $40 to
Brunechi1de, second son of Leovigiid.
one of the Gothic kings of Spain. In
gonde was received with great pomp
and. tenderness by her husband and
his grandmother. Gosuinda. But the
old queen had an aversion to Cath
oltcism and attempted at first by per-
suasion and afterwards by threats to
convert Ingonde to Arianism and to
have her rebaptised. Ingonde refus-
ed to forsake her faith and Gosuinda,
enraged at her f1rmness, seized her by
the hair, threw her down and, after
beating her. had her forcibIy baptised
by ordering her servants to throw
Ingonde into the baptismal fountain.
The young woman remained faithful
to Catholicism, however, and by her
patience and piety even converted
her husband to her own faith. When
his father heard of this he had his
soon thrown into prison and beheaded.
Ingonde fed but was captured and
taken to Sicily, where she died about
6S5. She was venerated as a martyr.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
HARD TO CONVINCE
GERMANS THAT u. S.
is REALLY in WAR

American Field HEADQUARTERS
france, Oct. 8-An American army
surgeon who has just returned from
the British front had an interesting
experience while Their Elm convincing a
skeptical German officer-prisoner thai
America is seriously in the war and
VIII In due time be doing her bit in
the trenches
The doctor was serving in an ad.
vanced dressing station during a Brit.
Ism attack and the German officer
slightly wounded, was brought in fol-
treatment. The apron the surgeon
wore covered the United States insie.
MA he wore. The German officer
spoke excellent English, and engaged
in conversation with the doctor, think.
ing him English.
Where did you get your facility IL
English ?'' the doctor inquired.
I'm Chicago" replied the German
81 lived there for several years.
Well, what do you think of Ameri
ca coming into the war;"
"Oh, it won't make any nilitar,
difference. We have not been taker
in by any reports of Americans befns
already near the front You English
AAAN1 = y eAhAAih yOu dIp SOlnS TO So
any quick help from America The,
are not prepared over there, and ever
If they were our U-boats would kee1
them away
$50 there are no Americans here ,
queried the doctor.
mo-
/ We'll. what do you think o
this?'.
He slowly turned back his apro,
and disclosed the tell-tale ~. 81 OF
his collar.
How did you get here?'' II wa,
the startled Germans turn to becom,
the duestioner.
II came with part Of the American
army
Then American soldiers really ar,
here, and are going to fight
.'Of course
How many are there ?''
More thousands than you woult
ever imagine"
"But tell me, doctor
Sorry. but you win have to pas
along, have other patients walt
ing"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
SIMPLE HOME REMEDY
FOR WRINKLED FACES


Thousands are spending fortunes in.
frantic efforts to remove the signs Of
premature age from their faces Such
women. willingly pay almost any
amount of money for worthless wrin-
kle removers, of which there are
many.
If they only knew it, the most ef-
fective remedy Imaginable is simple,
harmless face wash which can be
made up at home in less than q
minute. They have only to get an
ounce of powdered saxolite and half q
pint of witch hazel at the drug store
and mix the two. Apply this daily for
a while as a refreshing lotion. The
effect is almost magical Even after
the first treatment a marked improves
ment is noticed and the face has a
SNUG. firm feeling that is most pleas
ing.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
HIS PET PHRASES
GET HER DERISION

I. o. N. E. writes: II am leaving
position as stenographer. Engaged to
marry my employer. Our betrothafs
not announced. He Is kind; yet
phrases he uses do not sound proper
to me. objected often. He is angry
If speak of it. To others, he says Of
me: Shes my sweetheart or my
girl He hints OF kissing and loving
before folks. If wed. should people
take such liberties outside of own
home? What is right?" = :
Showing affection in business places
is bad form. It c1eapens. love- Sub
jects it to jibes, jests His pet phrases,
If You appreciate them, bring derision
from others He should overcome
them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
WED GIRLS WHO WON'T FLIRT

W. v. A. writes: ST ask In regard
to man love. That do not tell him
I will soon be 16. He is a diligent
worker in a factory not far off. Smiles
as we pass by often as our glances
meet. Once I noticed he firted with
another girl Now I do not look his
way. He does all he can 70 attract
my attention. He Is 20. Please adj
wise"
Do not pay attention to him, good
girl, unless you are introduced and
find he is not given to flirting. Men
like best girls who will not f1irt when
they are ready to wed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
SINGLE MAN CARRIED
OFF HER PICTURE

Clara writes: Young single man;
claiming to he a friend of mine, found
my picture on q nantel. asked
him for it. He said that If let him
keep it he would not let any one know
Of 1t. He did not keep his promise.
] was angry. Urged its return infront
Of a young man. Then he said things
he did not mean. Witch loves nae
Was Iewrong?1 TAGf34 ~
Find soon which loves you. There
are no rules for heart secrets. It's
foolish to give your picture to one
you're not engaged to. Demand its
return firmly. "A1l's well that ends
we'll"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08

nad seen advertised IN the newspaPers,
and in two weeks noticed a marked i'm
provement. / continued its use and am
now free from pain and able to do all
my Homework. Mrs. BIB. ZIELNsKA,
234 Wolff Ave, Buffalo, N. Y.
Women who recover their health, nat
orally tell others what helped them:
Some write and allow their names and
photographs to be. published with test
monials. Many more tell their friends.
IF YOU need q medicine for women 6
ailments, try Lydia E. Pinkha1n's Veg
etable Compound. Write Lydia 2. Pink
ham Medicine Co. (confdentiaD for any
thing you need to know about thess
troubles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08

Paris avene which up to now has
passed in the ornament category, has
developed as one of the most useful
of forest trees. The Indian or horse
chestnut has heretofore been allow
ed to leaf, bloom and go to seed. Now
it appears that the chestnut may be
utilized ont only for farm stock but
for national defence.
Fernand David, Minister of Agricul-
ture, recommends that the fruit on
the Paris trees be harvested and those
not consumed by cattle be used in
ammunition factories. The leaves
have already commenced to fall. and
If the leaves and chestnuts be gather
ed the street cleaner will have less to
do. AS a matter of course the mar
ron beloved of the French kiddie will
not be touched The "marron d'Inde"
represents another family of trees,
and the roasting variety is quite diff
ferent from the Communicated har-
vest.
1t is the Marocains that now clean
the streets, dark skinned soldiers that
have been discharged from the army.
There are also Senegalese, coal black
negroes. among them. For year wo-
men did the work, but they were sent
indoors by the cold winter and down.
pours of rain. The new cleaners
don't seem particularly interested in
their broonfs and take their time, be
sure. They work a little while and
play a little while, but they and their
language are great amusement to the
Paris children. and when the cleaners
sit down on the benches .'to rest
there'n soon collect a crowd of street
urchtns around them
| The chaussure rationale or the fab
rication of a~''universal shoe" is no
myth. The passing of bill to estab-
lish such footgear is now certain
ty. Men, women and children of the
poorer classes will wear a uniform
shoe, made on one pattern Leather
has grown SO dear and workmanship
| SO difficult that those not of full purse
would have hard time next winter
had not the government taken some
step to protect them and make shoes
possible.
The shoe will be quite plain. but
comfortably and solidly built Nc
doubt the mems shoes will be model
led after those of the soldier, which
while a bit heavy keep out the wealth
er. The price Of the chaussure has
not been decided, but it is probable
that mems shoes will be S., women's
81 and those for children $3.50 The
shoe at that figure represents cost
price. This is not great when one
considers that shoes have never been
cheap In France. 1t Is not in excess
of the shoe prices Sin the ante-bel.
4 lum" days. The amount paid for q
good shoe will be reasonable, and with
1 the government back of the scheme
the shoe will be reliable. Tanneries
are being fitted up to receive the
hides, and by the time cold weather
arrives the factories will be ready tt
meet the demand.-N. Y. Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Correct name and address must ba
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. " ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
LAURA JEAN LIBBY'S DAILY TALKS ON
TOPICS
copvrshted Nevvspa

per. her hopes laid waste and fears
for the future. When children come
that Is the end of the secrets jotted
down in the diary. If her husband
runs across it, her tragedy book of
the heart turns to be a joke-book in
his hands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08

President Wilcox, of the New York
city board of education, in a letter
to DIR. Finley, state commissioners Of
education. declared that he is opposed
to frightening of the school day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08

One thousand carloads of peaches.
one ninth of the entire crop of New
York state, are rotting in the orchards
because the peach growers cannot get
the cars to take their fruit to the mar
ket
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08

The new Harvard University regis
tratdon Of the Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps has now enrolled $50 stu
dents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08

For the first time in history, the ma
,tional Civil Service Commission or
dered examinations for positions as
messenger girls"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
GOLD EXPORTS.

Mexico City, Oct. Sin May, June
and July of this year, silver and gold
to the value of $1,461,79S.S5 was ex-
ported from Mexico.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08

I suffered from a
female trouble with
pains in my back
and side and a gen
eral weakness. ]
had professional at
tendance most Of
that time but did
not seem to get
WELL, As a last re-
sort I decided 10
try Lydia E. Pink.
b a ms Vegetable
ConDor1nd which
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08

A seat on the New York Cotton Ex-
change was sold for SIT. 1000, an ad-
vance Of s1.125 over the last previous
sale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08

One. must be wise In the ways OF
fashion to gamble. ON futurities. but
there fs no doubt about the favor the
Norfolk Jacket will enjoy during the
coming Fall and Winter. The jacket
shown here has no yoke, but the
pattern provides for ons. The ap-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08

FLORAL BOUQUETS
AND DESIGNS.
JOHN RECK 8 SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
NOW FREE
FROM pain
Woman Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound after Three Years
Suffering.

Buffalo, N. Y.-tT am the mother of
four children. and for nearly three years
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
BY Pictorial Review

Brosos homesp1t 10 utilised to
develop this stysish costume t0ttb
Norfolk Jacket and ttree-piece skirt
The jdcleet may be made toSth or
sOlth0wt yoke.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
tRiy Lee Pss7es

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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-08

The class had to rite compensation
on the air for homework yestidday,
this being NINA
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-13

erably eXpectant.
"That is not true, Teddy. I am
your real mother according to law and
according to love and your dear father
never killed anyone. Some day when
you are older I'll tell you all about It."
"1'll tell dad all about It now II
anyone plaques you again, Budgie,'
said little Margaret Ann, putting her
arm around Bulge and kissing him.
Margie, 1t was beautiful to see how
she mothered him."
Eliene is true democrat, little
book; believe that in her heart she
hopes that Bulge will grow up to
marry little Margaret Ann. She GER
tianly loves the little Irish girl al
most as much as she does the twins.
And ] think that Harry has the
same ideas, for when Eeliene and I
got back to the room where the men
were, they were laughing over the
same incident that Eliene had tolo
me.
Dick was still grouchy. however, and
after Eliene and Harry had left he
had nothing to say to me except:
I'm pretty tired, guess I'll turn In"
And with that he went into his room
and shut the door most DESTINATIONS
".