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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
Millinery

Small Sheffield Silver Compotes Made in England" 90 cts and $1.15 special Sugar Baskets dark blue Things
 $1.5O A. D. Coffee Cups and Saucers
 75 cts each
 Basement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
Lace andEmbroidery
Remnants

A "p1ummy'' pudding of odd pieces which the clever woman will know how to make into cellars, vests, aprons and other pretty things.
 Marked low.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18

Gregory, Theresa Poke, Esther Berg. and Alois Havrilla, Alvin Boss, George Owen and Robert J. Kirk.
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
HOW THE HALF-AND.HALF
PLAN WORKS

In 1873 when the half-and-half
plan went into effect the salaries of
employees Of the District were cut
down about 20 per cent. Before that
Gut the salaries had been on a par
with that paid for work Of a SINH
lar character by private employers
In this city. Since the cut was made
the salary scale among these private
employers has risen steadily. The
District clerks pay has remained
the same.
For the present fiscal year the
revenues Of the District exceed the
Districts half Of the $4,000, 900 ap-
propriated by Congress by about
100000. In other words, the Gov
eminent. pays $1,000, 900 toward the
years expenditure, and the District
can only use 100000 Of its own
revenue, since the half-and-half prin-
ciple is still operative. There is
nearly a million more Of the District
surplus Of q previous year in the
Treasury, rightfully belonging to the
District, but credited to the Federal
Government.
Only $30S, ,332.67 of these two mil
lion dollars would be needed to de-
fray the cost Of increasing the
salaries Of the city's employees on
the scale they have asked. The neel
Of these city employees is no greater
than that Of the Government clerks.
But their right to an increase is even
clearer because of this excess of Dis
trict revenues which cannot, under
the hypothetical half-and-half plan,
be used.
The Washington times., 1917-01-17

and cloakmakers and bridge builders
in the United States would hold it
equally duty and privilege to throw
down their trowels, needles, and
wrenches when the Players Union
demonstrates its manhood by walk
ing out" and demanding the sympa-
thetic cooperation Of other feder-
ated toilers.
However other labor unions as
such, may regard the matter, there
isn't much doubt as to what the gen.
eral public will think. The hundreds
of thousands of sport-loving people
who crowd to see good baseball, well
played, have taken for granted that
the players had developed little
sporting spirit even if they had none
to begin with. This public has imag-
ined that the big salaries and the
good teamwork were part Of some
genuine interest in sport. Mr.. Com
pers and his disciples have prepared
an unpleasant surprise for such
thoughtless folk. Mr.. Gompers, Mr..
Fultz, and his cohorts can tell them
a trick worth two Of that. No base
ball without the union label. Why
should one player get more pay than
another?
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
TOGETHER.
vertieI.t. .t the Penguin.

Stunning the vulgar, obvious Avenue
OF tailors sWeetly strolling, cops ex-
horting,
1 found, in diagrams of ecstacy,
The giddy, .dervish vorticists ca
vorting.
oh, wouldst thou paint the Plasm, the
1t, the Ent,
The Quiptessential Ju-ju, or the Ion,
The why iof spinful mouse-the Pen
guin seek;
There you'll get recipes you may
rely on.
Wars horror, now, you ftiy represent
By slabs Of chewing gum in varied
For love, a dance, regret or break
fast, use
Same dope, but keep the tints a
trifie duller.
Suspenders on a bargain counter make
For any festal scene q splendid
model:
Tape, lunch checks, dominoes, work
wonders II
You've got the proper vortex in
your noddle-
But then, perhaps, your souls not
Vorticist;
Perhaps it's Rhomboidecahedrist--
ask it,
II so-That noise? I guess it's moth
ing much:
lust old Mike Angelo writhing in
his casket!
MARK RUSSELL.
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
PORK, PORT, AND CITIZEN

The more details printed regarding
the rivers and harbors pork barrel
the less comprehensive it seems that
support can be secured in the House
and Senate for such a shameless
measure. According to an analysis
of the total amount proposed for i'm
mediate expenditure in this bill
$1S,000,0 900 is included for eight
projects representing q combined ae-
tual commerce less than per cent
of the tonnage of the port of New
York, which will receive only $780,
900 approximately, if the bill goes
through in its present form.
The eight favored projects, with
their allotments, are: Norfolk and
Beaufort waterway, $1,000, 900; low
er Missouri, $1,000, 900; upper Mis-
sissippi, s., 200, 900; central Mississip-
pi, $3.50, 900; Mississippi passes, ST.
000, 900; Ohio river canalization $5,-
O00, 900; lower Mississippi, $6,0O0,-
600, and Cumberland river, $637, 900.
It is not in the nature Of things that
these enterprises, taken altogether,
will be even in the future as vital to
the country's welfare as the port of
New York, which handles more than
one-fourth Of our commercial ton
mage. Yet New York-the world
ports to receive less than one
twenty-ifth as much as these waste
full enterprises, toward the cost Of
which it must at the same time con-
tribute, through an inequitable sys-
tenn Of taxation, an unjustly large
share. II the allotments were the
other way around badly needed ap-
preparations would be spent where
they are nssded and port develop
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
THE HEROISM OF 1916

Strange, these qualities of heroism
and love Of adventure, which survive
among all the complexities of mod
ern civilization. Some folk constant
ly pirate about their passing. But
modern inventions seem to give op-
portunities for exercising them. in
stead of sitting them.
Over in Jersey, amid the racket
of exploding shells, Miss Tessie Nc
Namara stands by her job and calls
up big buildings to warn them Of
the impending danger. Every now
and then some humble wireless oper-
ator on board a vessel in distress
stands by to the last moment to dis
patch the cracking S. o. s. call for
help.
It is not as exciting as Paul Re-
vere's ride, or as spectacular as the
story Of the youth who sat up all
night with his finger plugged in the
leak of that Holland, dyke Ia tale
which has been questioned). Even
our heroic deeds of 1916 are done
pretty much in matter of fact fash
ion. Miss Mcnamara did not faint
after it was all over to emphasize
her daring. She went out to see the
spectacle.
Life has al the thrills it ever
had, we venture to set forth, for
those that find them. Prosy-minded
folk are still with US to whom "a
primrose by the rivers brim" is a
yellow primrose, nothing more. Our
poets have not succeeded in putting
much of our modern romance into
verse, even into vers ibre, but the
poets, if they but knew it, usually
are a few generations behind the
everyday man in getting the zest
out of life"
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
FEW WHITE HOUSE CALLERS
Presidents Engagement List For
Day Is Short.

IT was a short engagement list
which greeted President Wilson when
he enterde the Executive Offices this
morning. But three visitors. except
a delegation attending a convention
in Washington, were scheduled TO see
the President today.
Assistant Secretary Phillips, of the
State Department. and Senator John
son of South Dakota, were on the list
as the first callers and later Mr.. Will
son was scheduled to receive sixty
delegates TO The convention of the
Master Gravel and Stag Roofers' As
ISOLATION, being held here.
At $3.50 o'clock. Senator Reed will
call at the Executive Offices.
William Jennings Bryan was at the
White House for a few minutes yes
terday afternoon. to pay his respects"
TO the President. He Is stopping at
the Lafayette Hotel.
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
PhiIadeIphia's Religious Trials.

An ecclesiastical trial is attracting
some attention in Philadelphia, the
Rev. George Chalmers Richmond, de-
posed rector of st. Johns Episcopal
Church, who has refused to be de-
posed, and has made a hard fight for
what he calls his rights" being the
prisoner at the bar, so to say. Several
days ago, DIR. Richmond was asked
on cross-examinationa as to the date OF
his birth, and in answer to the Ques-
ton inquired of the counsel seeking
this information as to the date OF
his fathers suicide. Previously to
this episode, the parson had denounc-
ed one of the persons pursuing him
as a liar, and-the meeting adjourned.
There is always something. doing"
in the religious circles OF Philadel-
phia, which recalls the story of a
famous Judge in South Carolina, who
was asked: Judge, do you mean to
tell me that you believe that only
members Of the Scotch Church are
saved?" such is my belief, sir" re-
piled the Judge. land damned few Of
them, sir"
THE coMMENTATCR.
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
UNION LABEL BASEBALL

Those baseball players who are
members of the so-called Players
Fraternity have shown the courage
of their convictions; they believe
that they are laboring men entitled
to the protection of labor unions,
and therefore they have applied for
a charter for their union to the
American Federation of Labor. Sam
uel Gorpers, who ought to know,
has said that his federation will
probably hold a special meeting of
its executive committee on Saturday
for the purpose of granting the de-
sired charter.
Mr.. Gompers quite approves of the
idea; will be delighted to spread the
federation's well-known egis over
the downtrodden workers of the dia-
mond. They have threatened a
strike; no doubt all the bricklayers
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
Times Reader Protests Against Pre-
dicted Increase in Prices of Fish.

To the Editor oof THE TINES:
In The Times appears an article pre-
dieting unusual advances in fish
prices as a result of an advance in
freight rates to this market from 81
to 90 cents per barrel
The following Is quoted from this
article:
According to Washington fish deal
ers interviewed today on the subject,
when the rates go into effect, the
price OF certain fish will go shooting
skyward, and the high cost OF living
will ultimately be affected.
"One dealer went so far as to pre-
dict that certain fish would be quad
rupIed In value, should a 60-cent q
barrel rate go into effect between Nor
folk and Washington"
Estimating a barrel OF fish at $50
pounds the increase of % cents would
amount to IL mills per pound, and
on this basis our dealer would adj
vance prices to the poor OF Wash
ington from Is to 60 cents per pound
Apparently the dealers estimate was
somewhat exaggerated, but the un-
derlying principle Is shown. 1. e., any
subterfuge will be resorted to to boost
the already outrageous prices.
Don't you think a little publicity
might improve this type OF dealer?
A TINES READER.
Jan. 10. 1917.
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
$ ADMIRAL DEWEY

When-the late o. Henry whimsi-
cally referred to the late war be-
tween Spain and Admiral George
Dewey he sized up one of the most
brilliant exploits in history better
than the historians themselves have
done it. In the days of mourning
for the passing of Admiral Dewey
his naval victory at Manila Bay
without the loss of a man will stand
out in bright relief.
There are some traits of Admiral
Dewey's character worth studying
that the usual run Of biographies
may not emphasize. Though he at
tanned rank held by two other men
only in this country's history, Ad-
miral Dewey, unlike lesser national
heroes, was a modest man who con-
ceived he had limitations. In 1900
his admirers enthusiastically pro-
posed him for the Presidency. It took
rare courage, one imagines, for him
to decline to listen to the whisper
ings of ambition.
Admiral Dewey, strong, rugged. a
trained fighter, was a man Of un-
usual tact. He may have performed
one Of his greatest services when he
adjusted a difference of opinion
about international law without
adding to the sum of President Nc
Kinley's WORRIES" by firing a shot
across the bow of a German vessel
in Manila Bay to impress the Ger
man feet with the fact that the
American navy had established a
genuine blockade.
Admiral Dewey was a good sailor
naval equivalent to the more COM
mon expression, "a good soldier
when it came to taking orders. It
is interesting to recall that he con-
sidered the orders which sent him to
the Far East, back in '98, as an af-
front, and an effort to shelve him,
yet he obeyed them without protest,
and in doing so found the unsus-
pected opportunity to rank among
Americas national heroes in the
Philippines.
The nation will mourn the passing
of a great military figure; many
folk in Washington will have a more
personal sorrow in the death of
friend, and neighbor, and a big
hearted man.
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
TomorrOW.

Annual meeting, Commercial Cub. Of wash
inRton. clubhouse, Farregut Square, D. m.
Organ recital. H. H. Freeman. under auspices
Of the washington Society Of the Fine Arts,
ST. Johns Church, AS p. m.
Ladies' Night, Oyster Club of the Eliza
Lodge, In Lodge rooms, p. M
Lecture. Thrift" Milton W. Harrison. BE-
fore washington Chapter OF the American
Institute of Banking. Raleigh, D. m.
Celebration Of the birthday anniversaries Of
General Robert L. Lee and Lieut.. General
r. J. (Stonewan) jackson, under auspices
Veterans Mt. Vernon Place NJ. E. Church,
Meeting. Aquarium Society Of Washington
ZooloEtcal Laboratory of George washina-
ton University, 2osS G street northwest, )
D. m
Eighth and N streets northwest, D. m.
Meeting, committee on parks and reserva-
tions, Washington Board OF Trade, board
nav Of prayer for national prohibition. Ma
tional woman's Christian Temperance
Union, First Congregational Church, 10 ..
Eastern Star-Esther. No. &
odd Fellows-Colurnbia, No. 10; Covenant,
No. Is.
Rebekah Lodges-F1endship, No g.
knights OF Pythias-Frankiin, No. =
Pythian Sisters-PaEt Chiefs Associa ton
monthly meeting.
non. No. 81
international forestry conference and annual
meeting Of the American Forestry Associa-
ton tenth noor. New willard 10 g. m
Washington Lutherans' rally In commemora-
tion of the ouadri-centenniai. OF the rsfas-
nation, ST. PauI's Lutheran Church, RSp-
Anth and q streets nOrthvsst, LAP M
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
Solving the Cook Problem.


'The Philadelphia Chapter of the
Pennsylvania Women's Division for
National Preparedness OF the Red
Cross"-good gracious, what a name!
-'rhas decided to teach its members
how to prepare and cook wholesome
food for soldiers and wounded in NE
emergency OF war;" and Mrs. Harry
Coke, the chairman, says that II has
been decided that all should be edu-
Gated in the preparation of food"
That's all right; don't say a word
about It; It is a great movement, and
ought to be encouraged On the dead
quiet, IL the women of the chapter
can be trained to prepare food for
possible sick and wounded soldiers,
would it not be practicable for them
to do the coking for men who are in
fairly sound condition in normal
normal times? There are frequent
emergencies in the best regulated
families, and in the Philadelphia
movement there may be found the
true solution OF the question OF cooks.
OF course, 1t would be well, at least
1t would be safe, for the Philadelphia
cooks to try it on persons like Brum-
baugh or Penrose before trying 1t on
the members of their immediate fami-
lies, unless, perchance, they may be
those of their several domestic estab-
lishments who never would be
missed"
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
MASONIC BANQUET.

What promises to be one Of the
most successful banquets given IN re-
cent years by the Masonic Veteran
Association Of the District is isched-
uled for next Tuesday night. which Il
st. John the Almoner's Day" At the
New Ebbitt- A short business ses-
sion will be held In the parlors- Of the
hotel, preceding the dinner. At this
meeting the election Of new MEM
bers whose petitions have been hled
win take place The stewards OF the
annual dinner are Theodore Frieous,
]. Harry Cunningham. and Albert II.
Van Deusen-
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
NINE. .SAMAROFF Is
WARMLY RECEIVED
Sololst With the Philadelphia
Orchestra Charms Audience
With Her Playing.

Returning to the originally 'an-
nounced program, the Philadelphia Or
chestra was heard by capacity audi
ence at the National Theater yester-
day afternoon in the third of its series
OF concerts, when Leopold Stokowski
presented with all his vivid irnaKina-
tion, his sense of romance, and his
stupendous emotional climaxes, the
symphonic suite 'Scbeherazade" OF
Rimsky-Korsakow as the major Or
chestral work.
To further emphasize this concert,
the gifted pianist, Mime. Olga Sama-
ron, who Is the. wife OF Leopold Sto-
kowski, was the soloist. Not for some
years has Olga Samaroff been heard
here. She played the Brahms con-
certo in d minor, in which each sue
ceeding movement was greeted with
increased enthusiasm and the added
tribute of American Beauty roses.
Has vitality and Breadth.
This Brahms concerto has . varied
array of distinct passages for the
piano which revealed above all else
the essentially musical quality of
Nine. Samarofrs playing. She plays
these individual melodies with tone
that blends into the orchestra; she Is
never obtrusive, maintaining q genu-
the ensemble. Yet vitality she has and
breadth, and q spirit OF romance akin
to that of Stokowski himself.
1t was with exquisite tone and re-
pose that she gave the adagio- True
Brahmsian beauties of theme and
chords are contained in this second
~
the rich choral chords, and the piano
took them up with a rare value given
the inside voices. Here q plano re-
capitulation resolved itself into q fine
climax, the force and spirit of which
was felt again in the rondo with its
vital music OF pure type given with
pianistic charm, crisy accent, and
sweep, and truly exquisite tone paint
ing in the cadenzas. The orchestra
portrayed the moods with intensity,
With feeling that went from dark
hues to a spirit Of the east In theme
and to dramatic heights.
Episodes Of Pure Loveliness-
The program music of the Arabian
Nights tale, "Scheherazade," was told
In music as a tone drama OF alluring
beauty, high passions, mad dances,
and sinuous episodes. With his gift
for tempestuous moods in tone, Sto-
kowski also created episodes OF pure
loveliness for violin and harp, or solo
violin and solo 'cello-all rarely given.
His transitions from a pastoral, in
which the winds were truly beautiful,
to dance episodes, distinctive and
alive, were telling dramatic contrasts.
Romance was here in beauty OF tone,
ana again q tempest, a furioso, such
as Stokowslki alone creates.
The Weber overture to der Frei-
schultz" completed the program It
was given with more of dynamic force
than the suavity that usually attends
its dominant theme. ]. Mach.
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
WHATS ON PROGRAM
Many interesting Events of Import
anee Are Scheduled.
Today.

Meeting. Sons Of the Revolution, Army and
Navy Club, y. m.
Lecture, 'rsufrage," la Husted Harpsr. At
headquarters Of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association. 16es Rhode
Island avenue northwest, IL g. m
Reception, Dixie Chapter, No I2n. United
Daughters OF the Confederacy, Confederate
Veterans' Home, ~ Vermont avenue north
west, p. M
Address, Compulsory Military Training and
Service" Judge Sidney Ballou, at Theo-
dorns Bailey Myers Mason House, ilss O.
m
Lecture, "Cartooned Character" Prof. q. ".
Savory, New E6bitt, 7:S0 D. m.
Dance, Aid and Relief Society Of the Cofura-
bIa Polytechnic Institute for the Blind for
the benent OF the institution, Cairo D. m
Lecture, The Skinner Uniiow Engine" W.
Y. Shaw, before Washington Association,
No. !, N. A z. A, 1904 Pennsylvania ave
nue., northwest, p. m.
Concert, United States Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra, Stanley Hall, $50 D. m
Meeting. South Washington Citissns' Ansocia-
tion, jefferson School Assembly Han, D.
Masonic washinston-CentsnnIal, No. IA;
Osiris, No. 26
Royal Arch Chaptsrs-BriEhtwood, No. g.
Eastern Star Chapters-Areme, No. 70.
ODD FeIlows-Grand Lodge, Eastern, No. Z:
Harmony. No. q Friendship. No. Il. ana
Knights Of Pythtas-Mormt Vernon, No. 5,
and Equal. No. II.
Pythian Sisters-Friendshfp Temple, No. s.
National Union-Treasury, No 900, Postofncs
Department, No. 2o4, Congressional. No. soa.
Joint meeting, Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xf
Fraternities, Bureau Of Standards, .. IA
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
SECRET OF NEWARM
REVEALED IN COURT
Inventors Claim TweIye-Podnd
Rifle Capable Of Firing 400
Shots a Minute.

The existence of q new army rifle,
which, IL Is said, for combination OF
weight and magazine capacity, makes
1t perhaps the handiest weapon ever
invented for war use, came to light
yesterday. It IL virtually machine
gun which can be carried with ease
by any soldier. 1t weighs only twelve
and q half pounds, and is reported 10
be capable of firing 400 shots min
ute.
The new rifle is the Invention Of
Paul Breinholt Weden and William
Marshall. The secrecy was lifted
IN a tight in court "A fnau-
cial hacker of Weden and
Marshall sought to enjoin them
from disposing OF their invention to
foreign government. No foreign pow
er was named, but IL is believed that
the allies have been negotiating.
The inventors denied that they had
sold the rife to any power, but said
that arrangements had been closed
with the Westinghouse company for
manufacturing on royalty basis for
them.
0Rieers show Interest.
General staff officers and ordinances
experts last night expressed profound
interest, saying that an automatic
rifle 80 light and firing so fast would
be Of greater value than any hereto
fore known
The present army rifle weighs about
eight and q half pounds and has .
magazine containing twenty to TWEEN
ty-1ve cartridges. The Lewis rife,
now used by Great Britain. weighs be-
tween twenty-five and twenty-nine
pounds and fires about 500 rounds .
minute. The army officers agreed
that the Weden and Marshall rife. II
Il proves to be what IL claimed for II,
would be much more efficient than
the Lewis gun
1T is not only possible9 but very
likely, that such q gum has been per
fected," said q well-known ordinances
officer stationed in New York Ever
since the war started. all the ordnance
inventors of the woNld have been
working night and day to make
light army rifle with big magazine
capacity. The Lewis rife L. an ad-
mirable piece, but too heavy.
II venture to say that an infantry
man armed with this new rifle can do
twice as deadly work as his comrade
armed with q twenty-nine-pound rifle
shooting 300 bullets q MINUTE. There
II only one thing that makes me
skepticaL To fire 400 shots q minute
q rifle would have to be artificially
cooled, and doubt IL an artiffciaily
cooled piece could be made 20 Light"
The Washington times., 1917-01-17
Another Conspiracy Discovered.

Another Conspiracy Discovered.
Sir: Since reading recently in Don
Marquis Column a criticism Of the NOV
les, referring particularly to the ex-
traordinary number of bullets required
to kill one movie character. I hasten to
inform you that this matter is more
serious than It would appear at first
glance. The mighty Vaccinations Of
the German propasandists have surely
been brought to bear upon mahy
scenario writer's. movie directors and
others in the business with the sole
purpose Of diverting munitions from the
allies.
Here are the figures: There are on
an average 100 picture plays produced
weekly In the United States. At least
50 per cent Of these contain two shoot
ing scenes" requiring not less than four
rehearsals each. Figure hfty-two weeks
In year and the wars duration to
date. two years and a half As basis
we assume the conservative figure Of
only ten bullets for one kill"
Thus we have: 50 per cent Of 100 by
by by 52 by ~ by 10. giving the am
munition diverted since the war began
as $500 rounds of ammunition, not
to include the immense quantities con-
sumed in the larger feature plays.
Can we not start a b4ck-to-the-knife
movement? With munition plants ex-.
ploding everywhere. the allies need All
the ammunition they can get.
SORZANO.
The Washington times., 1917-01-17

Those who fear, with good grounds,
that Federal censorship of motion
pictures would bring politics into the
realm of favorite national recreation
can find plenty of proof just now
by reading the PhiIadelphia papers.
The Pennsylvania State board of cen
sors is in the throes of political resig-
nations and suspensions of its en-
ployes.