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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19
BEES ATTACK FAMILY

On the 18th of July 1920 occurred
 one of the most formidable attacks
 by bees, on human being that has ever been heard of A merchant by the
 name of Eulert, of Berlin, was trav- cling with his wife in a privawte. car r1age, driven by a coachman. While passing along the high road near Schmogelsdorf a swarm of bees, or
 rather collection of swarms, attack
 ed the horses the carriage and it's oc- cupants. They covered everything but
 seemed to center their attack upon
 the human beings. The horses were literally stung to death. The coach
 man lost his hat and his head was so terribly stung that nc became uncon- sc1ous Mrs. Eulert, IS soon as she saw the bees, cvered her face with her hood, ran to a neighboring field and threw herself into the tall grass, face downward Her husband had 1 alighted and shouted for help. In opening his mouth he gave the, bees an opportunity for further dama ge.
 Peasants standing near by were too | frightened to help. Eulert ran for
 help and finally, after much urging,
 found some laborers who consented
 to help. They gathered straw. and hay for burning and approached the
 spot gingerly. After much difficulty the bees were driven off by the
 smoke. One of the horses died al- most immediately. The other lived
 until the next day. The ceachma n
 remained unconscious for forty-eight
 hours. The merchant and his wife
 both suffered severely. No reason was known for the attack, except that
 in some way the bees must have been offended by the sight of the tray | ellers. There were, moreover, 2,000 bee hives in the vicinity and it ap-
 pears that all the bees from all the 1 hives took, part in the attack.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19
ADVENTURE OF A
 GREEK REGIMENT

The following war anecdote was told the other day by British Consul Nu- gent at banquet in Chicago: They tell a story about a greek army corps that surrendered to- the Germans and was taken into Germany as the guest of the nation. At Chemnitz a com mIttee of famfshed greek soldiers ap- pealed to the commandant for some thing to eat. That gentleman assured them that he. would attend to their wants at once. He produced a huge packet of cards from his desk and said: Here are your Greek ration cards. They entitle every Greek sol dier to six olives a day, five days a week. On the oliveless days, they en- title each of you.to half cracker and pint of coffee substitute.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19
4muscnentS
POLES

Bridgeport audiences today are be- ing treated to renewal of acquaint- ance with old favoritess in the stock field. At the Poli theatre reception is being held tonight over the return to this city of the Lyric players, Loulla Mercy, Albert Gebhardt, Bon nie Hay and R. G. Edwards, who now appear under the auspices of Miss Morey's producing agency in the re- markable one-act domestic drama, Divorce" written by Hartley Man ners. The piece has been staged and is directed by MT. Edwards in person. It's first offering in vaudeville will be seen at the Poli house here during the rest of the week.
 This added attraction to the al- ready large offering of vaudeville. screen dramas and photographs of the latest war events will be treat to the many friends of these versa tile and charming players. A novelty surprise drama is offer we'll photographed acts entitled Two Little Imps," Jane and Katherine Lee taking the leading roles.
 On the stage the famous Breen family, late from the Chin Chin com pany, will demonstrate their world wide ability and include in the cast little Nellie Breen, one of the most famous international dancers.
 Hearst-Pathe Protograms include many intimate scenes from the French war front disclosing partici- patton of the American forces. Many events current in the United States are seen in action.
 Others on the vaudeville bill in- clude the Carbreys, Vinton Hoffman and Demar and Bennett and Rich ards.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19
THE DUCHESS OF KINGSTON

In the anuals of adveuturesses, Eli
 zabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of King ston, deserves a prominent place She was the daughter of Colonel Chud- leigh, Devonshire gentleman. When in her teens her father obtained for her position of maid of honor to the Princess of Wales. She was talented and beautiful and was soon surround ed by a host of admirres. Among them was the Duke of Hamilton, who offered her his hand in marriage and was accepted. Circumstances pre- vented their immediate marriage however, and they agreed to consider
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19
NOT ALL TILLERS .OF. SOIL TO GET DRAFT EXEMPTION Recommendations of State Council Do Not Include Farm Owner Who
 Has Help.

The Committee of Food Supply of the State Council of Defense. yester- day made recommendations as follows in regard to exemption for agricuItur- al labor. They asked that three classes receive consideration in this connection.
 First: Men with a technical educa- ton. capable of supervising agricultur- al projects. including boys from labor camp, and managers of farms con- ducted on a commercial basis. This would include county agricultural agents, supervisors. ct cetera.
 .Second:z : Trained dairymen and but tel makers (men who are. familiar with pasteurizing, bottling, and care ot milk in genera) and herdsmen having a knowledge of feeding.
 Third: "One- man., farmers. Men who are working their own place with equipment would remain idle if they were removed.
 This action was taken by the Com requests from w. J. Spillman, chief of the office of Farm Management United States Department of. Agricul- ture. and from Herbert Knox Smith, chairman of the committee on man power and labor. of the State Council of Defense. s.s-SsY35s ...-
 The department Of farm manage ment which is handling the question of farm labor during the present crisis has been caAed upon to make recon mendations to the War department in regard to exemptions of agricultural workers and. in order to. do so intelli- gently, is asking the cooperation oi the committees of food supply in the various states.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19
MEN WITH SLIGHT
 PHYSICAL DETECTS
 MAY YET BE TAKEN
MEN WITH

MEN WITH &
 In his report to the Defense Counc;. yesterday, Dr. Charles C. Godfrey o1 this city, chairman of the sanitary and medical committee, told the board that his committee is engaged in giv- ing. attention to slight physical de- fects in men who had volunteered and who had been refused on account 0. these defects in order to increase the number of men available for active military service.
 The council was notified that Dr Godfrey and his committee are ready to receive applications for this atten. tion from men with slight physfea. defects who desire to enter active mil. itary service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19
PATRICK H. coNDoN DEAD.

Bristol. July 1s-Patrick H. Con don. aged 64. former first selectman and long a foreman in the molding department of Sessions foundry. died today. His first election on the Democratic ticket as first selectman in 1900 was followed by 10 years of service. He had been in the realty business of late years. One son and two sisters survive him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19

themselves engaged while the duke set out for a tour of the continent Meanwhile Miss Chudleigh met and subsequently, wed, Captain Hervey. son of the Earl of Bristol. Soon after their wedding, which had remained obscure, btoh seemed to regret the step. The young woman succeeded in having their marriage record destroy ed by tearing a leaf out of the regis ter. Shortly after this the Earl of Bristol died and Captain Hervey sue ceeded to the title and honors. How the young woman waseager to re-es- tablish her claims and contrived by bribing the clerk to have the record replaced. She now moved in the most aristocratic circles. An "affaire'' de- veloped, and subsequently, she was di- vorced by the Earl of Bristol and mar ried the Duke of. Kingston. When he died she went to France to live and here again was the heroine of many adventures. She died about 1780.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19
MULES KICK FATAL.

Danbury. July 1s-Mrs. William Tischion, 40 years old, who was kick ed by a mule two weeks ago, while passing through a barn in which the animal was stabled, died in the hos pital here of her injuries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19

Three men were arrested in vtf- ginia on a charge of transporting anl- munition for use by others than the United States or its allies:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19

King George conferred upon three members of the American Legion of the Canadian forces the military ned- al for bravery. 7sszFs -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19

Germany is building no more Zep- pelins and the thousands of men who were employed at the plants are manufacturing airplanes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19

Vice Admiral Delbono was appoint ed as Minister of the Italian Marine to succeed Vice Admiral Arturo Triangi.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

LemueI J. Tweedie. formerly Heu- tenant governor of Canada, is dead at his home in Chatam. the province of New Brunswick.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19

szli anthracite miuzkk properties &z1d collsries of the Pennsylvania J$Sflroad co, were ssld to M A 1anna & Co..saof CIewahnd.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19

Italy is able to feed herself. Ac- cording to cables from Rome the 1tal- ian crop is per cent. over the nor mal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19

New Jersey. was added to the list of states whose quota for the regular army has been filled
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19

President Menocal commuted the sentence of Cuban rebels to life inn prisonment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-19

Constantinople has store for women only.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-10
Latin-American Letters
A Comprehensive Survey of a
Neglected Field

THE LITERARY HISTORY or SPANISH AMER
ICA By Alfred Coaster Pm. ID. $40. pp xii.
4e5. The Macmillan Company.
II the allusion were not so hopelessly
hackneyed we might be tempted to cite
in connection with this work of revela-
ton the words of Keats on first reading
Chapman's Homer. For, indeed, peru
sal of it is we'll calculated to make the
average reader feel that he has had
opened before him a new world of
splendor and surprise. Few Of us real
ize that the peoples south of us, too
often the undeseving objects of our
condescension, il not of our ill-con-
cealed scorn, are possessed Of culture
more ancient than our own and of lit
erature which for copiousness and opu-
lence must justly be esteemed above
that of more than one other land TO
which we pay far more intellectual at
tention. We recall, of course, Heredia,
though largely because of Bryant's
translations of two Of his masterpieces;
and Placido, less distinctly; Jorge
Isaacs, of course, and perhaps also
Echeverria. But after them, whom?
DR.. Coester, with almost infinite
pains of research, informs us. He tells
us of many writers of merit in every
land of South America, and Central
America, and the Islands of the Carib
bean. Poets, novelists, historians,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-10

sions. At Albany, where .he rabbi made
his first attempts in the new scenes,
his plans quickly came TO grief and the
congregation was violently divided.
After Wise told his troubles to DR..
Lilienthal the latter remarked: There
is no help for you. " you want to be
the Christ you must expect to be cruel
fed. | will not. / shall do something
else for a living" The story Of the
pioneers struggles and sacrifices, as
Mr.. Justice May tells it, helps the
reader to understand why Daniel Web
ster once said TO the rabbi "You have
more enthusiasm for Judaism than our
ministers have for the Church" With
out claiming that Isaac Wise was source
and origin of every reform accom-
plished in the American synagogue, we
are left in no doubt that he was
leader theologicallv, retaining the soul
of the ancient faith while dispensing
with superstitious accretions. II all
can raise the flowers now, for all have
got the seed" it need not be forgotten
that he worked valiantly to get the
Jews in this country TO use the lam
guage of their new home; that he pro-
vided an American Prayer Book; that
he was the first 30 introduce family
pews in the American synagogue. so
that men and women might sit together,
and that the Hebrew Union College at
Cincinnati is the result Of his dream
and his incessant tolls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-10
A Father in Israel

ISAAC MAYER WISE. The Founder Of AmerSsn
Judaism. biography 6g MAJ - b.. way iismriiop
County. Ohio. Illustrated. S'o pp Z, 40 T. =
Futnams Sons.
The young Bohemian rabbi who
came to the United States in 1886 and
began forthwith 90 set in motion in
fluences that were 20 prove powerful
in the reforming OK Judaism had al
ready weighed we'll the meaning, the
responsibilities, as well as the advan-
tages. of citizenship in the united
States. In an antiquarian bookstore
in the CITY of Prague the university
student had come upon collection OF
Americana English reprints, Richard
Henry Lees letters on the Constitu-
tion among them. "That literature
he said afterward, "made OF me
naturalized American in the interior
of Bohemia" For two years OF MS
student life he made his home with
the famous S. j. Rappaport. when
his reading st Prague and Vienna was
finished and he had passed his rao-
binical examinations, he was appoint
ed officiant in the synagogue at Rad
nitz, where he brought the innovation
of preaching in the German tongue.
A naturally quick sympathy with his
kinsmen was deepened as he watched
the exploits of Gabriel Riesser, OF
Hamburg, the mighty champion of
emancipation of the German Jews.
Riesser had told the German squlres,
soldiers and pikemen. boldly: You
have the cannon and you have the
power; therefore you are what you
want to be, and will not let us become
what we might be. Give US the can
non, give us the power, and we will be
what we wish TO be, and let you be
what you can"
Before leaving for America Isaac
Wise was a spectator at the famous
Rabbinical Conference at Frankfort, in
1845. Nearly all the reforms discussed
and approved at the sessions were
eventually to be introduced in the He
brew congregations OF the United States
by the eager listener at these discus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-10
Art for Art S Sake

fIyr Art AND LETTERS or GEORGE INNEss.
BY Georse Innoss. ir. WITH an htrodncIon ~
Elicit Daingerreld With thirty four iulI pase "a
msfrauons Svo Up IIIiL go. Inc CenIuiy
Company.
Mr.. Inness has handsomely fulfilled
the promise of his ten-line preface. He
has pictured his famous father to us as
he remembers him, with no attempt at
dogmatic Interpretation, leaving us TO
form our own opinions from the facts.
This he has done in delightfully."- in
formal, chatty, chummy fashion, even
10 the extent of often calling his father
by his boyish pet name. Pop; yet
without sacrifice of respect and dignity.
The result is living picture Of a great
landscapist who in a notable degree
exemplified the principle of art Tor
arts sake; not in the perverted sense
TO which il is too often debased by de-
cadent mountebanks with brush and
pen, but in that noble sense attributed
BY the poet-sage to the master who
Wrought with a sad sincerity;
Himself from God he could not free;
He builded better than he knew.
Such was George Inness, in all his
three stagesAthe early analytic, the
colorful and sumptuous middle. and the
later synthetic. Even in the sad days
Of unapprecistion, neglect and distress
he was true to his ideals; and IN the
time of his recognition and success
prosperity did not seduce him from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-10
George Inness, Brander Matthews
Other People Of Interest

them. No man was ever more faithful
to the immutable principles Of art
which have governed great painters
throughout the ages, none was ever
less the slave of the schools, and none
had bitterer contempt for the mere
eccentricity in which mediocrity strives
10 pose as genius.
The lovely romance of his wooing'
his wedding and his married life, his
cavalier manner with cheeseparing pat
rons, the passionate Juror with which
he addressed himself to his canvases,
his vigorously expressed views on art
on business, on religion and what not
else, with many delicious incidents, and
the texts of characteristic letters to the
wife whom he adored, are all set 1orth
in a style which convinces the reader
Of its transparent truth. The numer-
Gus plates are of paintings by lnness,
and they reproduce his work as well as
might be expected of process plates IN
black and white; which is not as well
as might be wished. A number OF typo,
graphical errors which never should
have eluded the proofreader mar a
volume which in general is handsome
in appearance and rich in contents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-10

institution, as much of an institution
in his wholly human and yet highly in
tellectual way. as Diamond Jim"
Brady was in his, though to mention
these two "frst-nighters" in the same
breath may seem like sacrilege to every
one but Brander Matthews himself.
One who has read "These Many
Years" lays il down with the abiding
sense that he has held converse with a
rarely poised personality. Poise is per-
haps the most salient Characteristic of
this man of letters who has turned
pedagogue. He seems to have struck
an exquisite balance between erudition
and humor, between contentment and
discrimination, between catholicity and
refinement of taste. He has learned
how to become a complete cosmopoli-
tan with not the remotest impairment
Of a patriotism as fundamental as the
rocks and tempted hills.
Next TO his love of country, or bet
ter, perhaps, as an integral part of It,,
comes his love of New York. II has
fastidious souls to loYe New York.
though New York has been his perma-
nent home SINCE infancy. His is not
the obstinate pride of the native. but
an answering allegiance born of a
sympathetic understanding and a hu-
man appreciation which do credit to
the depth of his nature and Of his phil
osophy.
SO much for the author Of tie auto
biography under discussion. 1t must
not be supposed, however, that the text
Of this entertaining volume is princi-
pally concerned with an appraisement
of Brander Matthews. What has gone
before is the fruit largely of reading
Matthews actually writes is book of
personal observations quite effectively
treated spanning that era of progress.
peace and plenty, now so clearly de-
fined, between our own Civil War and
the great world war of to-day.
Off-hand n New Yorker would find it
extremely difficult to name man whose
Matthews. A perusal of the book will
not disappoint him, unless he is look
ing for preachments or personal init
macies. These things it does not con
tain. But one gets from it view o.
great events, of great cities and OF
great men as seen by an observer very
close to all three whose judgment ant
angle of vision leave little TO be de
sired.
The theatre, as every one knows, has
provided Brander Matthews with the
abiding interest of his life. AS stu
dent, playwright. critic and devotee he
has known il since boyhood with a
unique intimacy in New York, Paris
and London. 1t has served him as the
centre of the circle of his activities and
his friendships. From it have radiated
the many collateral interests which in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-10
Fiction

THE STURDY OAK Composite Novel by Four.
teen American Authors. illustrated. limo. Henry
An entertaining surras. stony and study in
different styles OF authorship
~ SPITE OF ALL By Edith Stsniforth. Illus
traicd l2mo. BenEger Brothers.
North Of England tale. With churchly
favor.
yANGUARDs or THE PLAINS. By Margaret
Hn McCarer. With frontispiece in colors. Emo.
romano. Of the old santa Fe Trail.
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER By Mark
Twain With colored illustrations By Franklin
Booth Crown sVo. Harper & Bros.
sumptuous holiday gift book edition OF Marx
Twain's Tale for Young People OF All Ages"
THE SAFETY CURTAIN AND OTHER STORIES.
BY Ethel NJ. Dell. With frontispiece in color.
l2mo. c. p. Putnam's Sons.
Five stories Of action and passion
QUENTIN OUTWARD By Sir Walter Scott. Ed
tied with introduction and notes by Max J.
Herzbtrs. lsmo. The Charles E. Merrill Com
An attractive edition. for student or general
reader.
THE MESSIAH OF THE CYLINDER By Victor
Rousseau illustrated. l2mo. A. C. McClurg
Co.
An ingenious and thrilling FAIRY tale Of sci
ence" and strenuous conflict. in future ages.
THE DEVILS OWN By Randall Parish H.
Illustrated. l2mo. A. c. McClurg Co.
story o. the viles and plots OF gambler
and their defeat.
SLAVES OF THE LAMP By George Bronson
Hos ird. Illustrated l2mo. W. J. Watt & Co
\ Manhattan Nights Entertainment"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-10
Unpopular but True

THE UNPOPULAR HISTORY OF TIE UNITED
STATES BY UNCLE SAM HIMSELF. BY Hr-
IA Dickson illustrated. l2mo. %. XIV. 49,.
Frederick A Stokes Company.
So many so-called histories of the
United States have been in effect man
uals for the cultivation Of fools par
adise that we must cordially welcome
this timely little volume and wish for
it the widest possible reading and the
most thoughtful consideration. Il con-
sits chiefly of facts compiled from
Upton's authoritative Military Policy
of the United States" revealing with
convincing force the faulty and dis
astrous results of our policy of mill
tary unpreparedness, and puncturing
beyond repair that windy bubble Of
complacent confidence which yammer-
ing propagandists of the Bryan type
have striven to initiate. IL exposes the
costly errors of our military policy,
PARTICULARLY that of the "invincible
militia" from Bunker Hill to Antie-
am, in a most helpful spirit of cor
rection and constructiveness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-10

jurists, philosophers, scientists, have
nourished, sometimes because of and
sometimes in spite of revolutions.
Estranged from US for many years, be-
cause of our Grass folly at Panama
nearly century ago. those lands have
developed a culture quite alien from
our own, and much more closely related
to that of Europe, yet on the whole
possessing a noteworthy degree of orig
inality and independence. We should,
indeed, doubt if Spanish-American lit
erature owed as much TO Spain as Eng
lish-American TO England.
1t would be difficult to commend too
highly the industry, the discretion and
the scholarship which DR.. Coester has
brought to bear upon this veritable
magnum opus. He has made it not
merely a record of Spanish American
authorship, but in large measure a
critical history of the intellectual, So
cial and political development of the
Southern continent In writing it he
has placed us under a heavy debt of
gratitude, particularly at this time,
when community of interest in the
great war seems likely TO bring North
and South America closer together than
they have ever been before. The volume
will be of invaluable assistance to those
who seeks to cultivate with our Southern
neighbors that intimacy of relationship
which can be attained only through in
tellectual communion.