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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
ToDAY's ANNIVERSARIES.

On July TIT B. C., historians place the date >,nen Jerusalem with it's temples, palaces and walls razed to the ground, was the scene of the car rying of into captivity of its inhabi-
 tants and the entire Israelitic mon archy terminated, after it had stood
 for 468 years from the accession of David. On the same date in the year 1907 the British National. anthem, God Save the King" was written by Ben Johnson and composed by Dr.
 Bull. It was first sung in Merchant Taylors' Hall in London by the choir of the Royal Chapel, the King being present. In July T. 164o, the inhab- itants of Providence. R.. l., united in forming a civil government after their own model. Washington was appointed lieutenant General of the American Army on this day in the year 179s. One hundred and three years ago today, on July '. 1914, the three estates of the British realm of fered public thanks at St. Paurs for
 the peace of Europe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Which Shall 1t Be?


 Depend upon it, my boy, the only possession of real value you have is time. In time, improved, you can ac- complish anything. You can leave the dull grind of mere existence and enter into the growing activities of life. You can make your work joy by growing in 1. and ehove it. You csa fzes zzour- self forever from the Nemesis of pow erty and crown your early manhood with garlands of success.
 Time Is neither an angel that serves nor a demon that destroys. It is new CT neutral, always active. Him who values it justly it will exalt above the stars. Him who holds it lightly it will crush.
 T1me-what are you doing with it? What of those precious hours which, unsold to an employer, must inevita- bly, be the medium of your elevation or fail? Before you are the mountain of success and the abyss of failure. You can-nay, you must-soar to the one or sink into the other.
 Choose while there is yet time.-Am- bition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
How Deaf Mutes Feel Music,

Deaf mutes love music It thrills them They feel 1t, says the Popular Science Monthly, by placing their hands and elbows on a piano while the teacher plays it. The vibrations not only give sensations which enHven the body, but they actually stimulate them. The parts most sensitive to vibrations are the chest, head, lungs and feet. An exciting feeling comes up through the foor,'' is the way one deaf boy describes it. Without music would be lonesome,' wrote a little Italian deaf mute. Tt gives me a strong shock through the feet to the head" ," stated another Others when asked to explain their sensations said, q feel it in my temples and in my legs" T feel it through my whole body" and T feel it in my chest and luHgsp
 According to teachers of deaf mutes, musical instruction is more important as an educational factor for the deaf child than 1t is for the hearing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Wooden Pipes Fer Water.

In these days of iron and cement 1t makes one sit up to read the report from the New England waterworks on wood pipe for water supply. They claim it is preserved and not Fusted or corroded by water; it is not corroded by any substance or destroyed by acids or salts; it's carrying capacity is 20 per cent greater than cast iron pipe and remains constant, while that of metal pipe decreases with age; it does not taint or affect fluids going through 1t; it does not burst if frozen, the elastici- ty of the wood preventing it; it re- quires less labor and experience to lay in place than metal pipe;stt can. when service pipes are not taken off, be laid in shallower ditches than metal pipe, for it is not easily affected by frosts while more or less joints show slight leakage when the pipe is first filled, they soon swell up and give less trou- ble in the end than cast iron pipe Los Angeles Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
St. Auuustine Niahts.

By night Gin St. ,Augustine) you may hear the negroes sweeping the streets, doubly darkling over their surface and softly gossiping together. Theirs are not the only black voices you hear, for their casual race seems to have no more stated hours for sleeping than eating. Their mellow murmurs, espe- cially when the nights are warm, rise in what seems perpetual joking, as if from their humorous pleasure at being alive together in the same amusing world, and if you have no worse con science than the takers their voices will lull you again to the slumbers they have broken. It is as if swarm of blackbirds carrying news of the spring northward had swept chuckling through the trees and ,futtered the fans of the palms and the leaves of the magnolias with such comment in their course as would naturally occur to b1ackbirds.-.W. D. Howells in Harper's 8 Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Iarrad tha Rainhesae.

It Is usually supposed that the down pour of rain that sometimes follows q flash of lightning is due to the eoales- cence of fine drops on losing their cleo trical charge, but a Finnish observer concludes that the thunder Jars the drops together. Near Vasa a heavy thunderstorm came up from the east late one afternoon, and, as the sun was unclouded, a brilliant double rainbow appeared in. the east for half an hour, arching from horizon to horizon. At each roll of thunder the rainbows seen- ed to be much shaken. the wedge being displaced and the colors blurred. This could not be due to the lightning, and it Seemed that the same cause might enlarge the raindrops and disturb the rainbow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
abilities develop which never would develop, even with practice, without responsibility ty.-At1antic Monthly.
Where One czar Fell.

A church in Petrograd having both autocratic and revolutionary associa- tions is the Church of the Redeemer. It was erected at cost of f500, 900 on the exact site of the murder of the ex- czar's grandfather, Alexander II. The spot where he fell remains (though now within the, building) precisely as it was, even to the blood on the stones, each of which has an Identification number Above these is a wonderful canopy of malachite stone, from which depend an orb, scepter andta crown of thorns. Folding doors of pure silver and ikons incrusted with precious stones surround the shrine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Gray for Young Girls.

The latest fashions are exploiting, gray for young girla The youthful shades are selected, those with gen. erous shading of pink, because they are appropriate as we'll aS becomingl For girls and juniors is this model ini tafteta especially designed. The back of the waist extends over the shoul- ders forming a yoke effect on the front. A round collar finishes the neck and this may be Of salf-mate- rial or organdy in white or delicate cream color The foar-piece circular skirt has an inverted box-plait each side of the oentsr-front and . box platt each side of the center-back If desired, the pockets. fancy belt and trimming straps may be omitted. Medium size calls for yards 36-inch material.
 Two sections of the pattern, H and M, representing the side front of the waist and side gore of the skirt, res pectlveiy. are so wide that it will be necessary to cut them from an open width of the material Double the silk. right sides facing, and place these a6ctions on tt 50 that the large sOf' perforations will rest on lengthwkss thread.
 Fold tka taffeta that remains, just as shown in the cutting guide, and along the lsngthw1se fold place the front. back gore of skirt and back of the waist With the exception of the belt, which is laid along the sel- wage sdge. the, remaining sections of the pattern arc placed on the mate rial 50 that the large ttOr perforar tions rest on 1engthwise thread.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07

Training homing pigeons as a means of conveying messages between mili- tary stations of the United States is not being neglected The picture shows two of the birds now being trained at an eastern army reserva- ton, with their soldier instructor The tonss arnsn eas pas '. n n,annn "Ths Ths birds when trained have a flying radius of 100 to 500 miles. according to weather They are sent out with aeroplanes or motorboats of the mosquito fleet" and when released carry messages home at the rate of 1000 to 1900 yards a minute, In aviation work the birds are used as emergency messengers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Value of Resnonsibfiity.

Greater than the value of contact with facts is the value of responsibih- ty, In a mans life it is the arrival Of some responsibility which arouses the powers and makes durable the quail. ties of manliness.
 The effect of responsibility Is instan- taneous. 1t is like magnet in it's power to charge the individual with the faculties needed for the matter in hand. A light is generated among the fragments of information. Even after a systematic education these frag- ments seem to lie in the mind in a chance order until this light appears and shows them ready for use; then
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Writing on an Egg.

Hand friend hard boiled egg with the request that it be minutely examined. After he has satisfied him. self that the egg is of the ordinary kind you tell him to break off the shell, and, much to his astonishment, he will discover his name plainly written on the white of the egg.
 There is a previous preparation, but it is very simple. Dissolve one ounce of alum in a half pint of vinegar. Take small pointed brush and out line whatever you desire on the shell of the egg. Let it dry thoroughly and then boil the egg for about fifteen min utes. If these directions are carried out all tracings of the writing will have disappeared from the outside of the she'll but when the shell Is crack ed open 1t will plainly show on the white of the egg. - Popular Science Monthly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Plant Stranoth.

Plant strength is wonderful If the roots of the delicate maidenhair fern have not sufficient room they will break the pot in which the plant grows. Blades of grass will force the curbstones between which they spring up out of their place, and in single night crop of small mushrooms has been Known to lift large stone. In deed, plants are on record as having broken the hardest rocks. The island of Aldabra, to the northwest of Mada- gascar, is becoming smaller through the action of the mangroves that grow along the foot of the cliffs. They eat their way into the rock in all direc- tions, and into the gaps thus formed tho waves force their way. In time they will probably reduce the island to pieces Scientific American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
what kaaIan bid.

The notoriousfy corrupt Russian min- ister of justice, Tseheslovidof, had . great and well known passion for mel ons. A story was told tn the duna how he was once HaTeIing, through Russia on tour of Inspection and on reaching a remote outpost was met at. the station by the usual high court officials.
 His visit to the place had been ponE advertised, so that one little man, q very obscure person even in the od1. cial world of the district, had had tina to grow an immense melon. When the minister of justice had concluded his reception at the railway station the small man came forward and dutifully presented Tseheglovidof with the mel on, upon which he had for months lav. ished the utmost care. aa
 The minister was so delighted that he thereupon made the man judEel
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Rut.ermTiIk.

Buttermilk is more wholesome than ordinary milk for the reason that it is already curdled, and the curds taken in the stomach are broken into minute particles, whereas ordinary milk is taken in the stomach and it forms large, hard curds, which often escape digestion. The acid forming bacteria of butternilk combat the growth of putrefactive poison forming bacteria in the colon -Philadelphia Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
The Doone. of Exroor.

It was long contended that the story of Lorna Doone," by Blackmore, had no foundation in fact, but. now it is declared that the picturesque region of Exmoor really contained a family of Doones, the originals in romance, if not of disgrace, of the people described in the book.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
High Cost Of BattIeships.

A modern giant battle cruiser will cost approximately S2O,oOo, 900, su- perdreadnaught can be built for $1S,- 0,0oo, . scout cruiser for $6,OO0,OOO, a destroyer for $1 BOG, ,OOO, while ordinary submarines cost $6OO,O each for the smaller type and from $1 100000 to $1,2OO 600 each for the larger boats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
The Polar Bear.

The polar bear is pretty formidable brute. A specimen of this species has been killed weighing 1000 pounds and measuring nearly thirteen feet from nose to tail The strength of the polar bear is beyond belief. One was seen feeding on the body of a white whale fifteen feet long and weighing at least three tons The whale had been drag ged by the bear out of the water on to the ice
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Umpire Byron Gets Tn
 Jam With Players at Pittsburg Grounds

Umpire Byron. the same who had trpuble with John McGraw. the nemon Repudiator, was with us. write ua- write David Davies in the Pitts bprgh Dispatch. in his story of Pittsburgh Cincinnati game. Bill had tEspble early; after calling ball on Cooper in the third frame. he per- rnitted himself to be reversed by Quig- ley. and the same proceedings were
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Nd Diecount.

You ought to cut my hair cheaper, said the baldheaded man to the bar Der, because there's nothing much to cut.''
 "H'm! In your case we don't charge for cutting the hair; we charge for having to esearch for it."-Harper's Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Home Discipline,

Mrs. Pintz-Is she good to the chil- dren? Mrs. Quinn-Very. She lets them do everything their father doesn't want them to do!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
.Hia Ambition.

Gladys-And what is the height of your ambition. Dick (after careful survey of her)-Well, dearie, I should say that 1t was about five feet three Puck.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
PIantind Potatoes.

Twelve to fifteen bushels of potatoes are required to plant an acre when the potatoes are cut two eyes to a piece.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07

No man. gets rich whose pocket is a dag station instead of . terninal.-- Youths Companion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07
Mosquito Nettinq.

Mosquito netting is an ancient Greek if not Egyptian invention, even ii 1t does seem Yankee idea.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07

One learns from time an amiable lat itude with regard to beliefs and tastes Justice Holmes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07

enacted on Shean in the fourth. Cooper made a ha1f-swing for the third strike. Byron said it was ball.
 The Reds insisted it was strike, and finally left the matter to Quigley, who was working on the bases. After Singing Bilp' had repudiated his own Judgment. both Manager Callahan and Honus Wagner shook their fists under his nose; but Bill wasn't at all bellig- erent.
 Strange to say, there is no rule in the book permitting of such action as taken by Byron. Rule 6a says: There shall be no appeal from any decision of either umpire on the grounds that a pitched ball was a strike or ball, or any other play involving accuracy of Judgment" This being the case, where, oh where, does Bill Byron get license to pass the buck to his side-kick Maybe Bill doesn't know the rules.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07

Self indulgence deprives a man of everything that might make him great.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07

Up to date our old friend Gen. yil- Ia has made no effort to foreclose that United States Liberty Bond which he recently purchased. ,{.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07

The American food speculators feel that they are entitled to great credit for allowing Congress to pass food legislation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07

a week with inoslug Conl1iaal1, and it is entirely possible that he will even have trouble in a trench.-W Worlds Work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-07

Gsrzs' and jssslors' dress cuvrSod nt tss gray toDeta. It C trimmed pith bHttops, pockets, Jancy bezt and frdps of ssst-aGterfdI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22
The Weeks GYiSt

Tuesdays and wednesday
Moingde Players who burst upon
Elmer Reizenstein play The iron
plays their second programme
subscribers performance tonight and the plays Will be
repeated on Tuesda and Wednesday afternoons
is another by Rezensn and the Dill
by Zllah X Macdonald; zone Day.
Caroline Briggs by Eva De Pue The plays VIII be
acted by amateurs
ZEGFELD the New Amer
Zegeds celebrated Of midnight revues
folk who have made the pre-
vou popular will be Ann Pen
nngon the others will include VIII Rogers
William White Nate Leipzig Jack MacGowsn and
Nine Lucille the nebriate dog
Joseph Urbans will be evidence Gene Buck and
and Ned Waybun attended
o
THE the Winter Garden
witnessed the installation Of
passing and accordingly the one about TO
the Like its predecessors the new
is and boasts long list of performers
De hereabouts entirely
too long others prominence Irene
Franklin Angels, Marie Nordrom, Tom Lewis
Clark and Bergman, Dooley Rug Nat Carr John T. Murray
Collins and Hart nothing OF host OF lesser
md the usual
contributed the music and
Harold Aedg eighteenth Winter Garden bretto
j. shuber Allan Foster have attended to the
staging.
the Fortfourh Street Theatre
Monday evening" Tuesday evening Macbeth Wedn
day afternoon "Rcheeu" Wednesday evening "Ham Thursday
evening" Venice Friday and Saturday evenings and
Saturday afternoon, Julius Caesar"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22

Like and the girl who was playing
the leading part sprained her ankle
and was unable to go on with her
work. | was offered the part; they
liked me-and there you are and here
| am.
az am miserable away from. the the
atre. | love rohearsals. I love read
ing plays, and read them, too, in all
my spare time-when am not at the
movies. I have a confession TO make:
I adore moving pictures. l should love
to make a picture. Do you think III
have an offer from a motion picture
manager"
We hesitated not second. We said
eyes" and meant it. In the first place.
Miss Huban deserves it. And, in the
second place, where is the actor or
actress who has escaped that honor?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22
By HARRIETTE UNDERHILL

UCRASSHOPPER" has passed, but
" Eileen Huban is not to be so
easily dismissed Miss Huban,
if it hasn't been called to your at
ttention, is the unsung young woman
who walked on to the stage of the
Garrick couple of weeks ago and
walked off with the honors of the
evening. Which. is sufficient intro
duction.
Miss Huban believes that actresses,
like marriages, are made in heaven.
If you are not born an actress no
amount of training will make you
anything but a marionette. To be a
real actress you must not act; you
must live the part, and suffer and
thrill with the character you portray.
After seeing Miss Huban in Grass
hopper" and after learning that she has
had practically no stage experience and
that Sheila is entirely her own concep-
ton, one is inclined TO believe that
she is right.
81 shall ask you straightaway if you
liked my Sheila," said Miss Huban, in
that beautiful, wistful Irish voice which
is only ever so slightly exaggerated for
stage use. Miss Huban hung on the
reply as though she had not been &C
claimed by every critic in town as the
wonder of the season. That is one of
her charms. Ones most trivial re-
mark receives the closest attention
from Miss Huban, and when we told
her what we really thought the look
in the eyes of her and the smile on the
face of her were the same she wore
when she found her share of delight"
with Matt O'Connor.
"Oh, but it is wonderful to have
pleased every one, and best Of all to
have pleased myself. Even though
every one in the world had told me l
played we'll should not have been
satisfied if had not felt that was
doing my best work.
"Sheila is a dear, is she mott You
see, I never feel that she is |. Rather
I feel that l am she. should have
done just what she has done il I were
situated as she were. If l loved any
one and lost him | should die, just as
Sheila did. From the moment | read
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22
EILEEN HUBAN ARRIVES

I the play | wanted to play it, and then
Mr.. Payne not only allowed me to play
the part, but he let me play it just as
liked. Fancy having such response
bility.
"And ! rehearsed with all there was
in me. | suffered and wept for poor
Sheila, and when they told me to spare
myself and walk through the part
sometimes l tried and could not do it,
"And then there came a wonderful
day when l saw 'Grasshopper' up in
front of the theatre in electric lights.
We were called for a final rehearsal
and | could not stay on the stage. |
Just had to walk out every minute and
look at that electric sign, and then
fancy when saw my own name out in
electric lights. That was only little
more than a week ago, and when | saw
it nv heart stopped beating and sud
denly felt: Oh, what if / should dry
up and disappoint everybody, and
break my own heart
az YOU want to know the real secret
of my success as Sheila it is this-my
audience. The first night they cheered
me. Think Of it! They seemed to love
me. and don't you think any one could
play 10 such inspiring audiences ?"
Miss Huban did not seem to realize
that her performance was not inspired
by the enthusiasm Of her audience but
that the reverse was true.
There isn't a great deal to tell
abou. my past. I was born in Ireland
almost twenty years ago. When | was
quite a youngster I came to this coun-
try. but returned to Ireland again. /
believed that | could not be happy
anywhere outside of the Emerald Isle,
but now l adore America, and | have
been here FIVE years.
"And now for another secret.
want to become a great singer. Since
I came to America | have been study
ing hard. Ny ambition was, and still
is grand opera. There Is no reason
WHY one should not be a grand opera
singer and an actress also, is there!
1.-TWO years ago. at the Bandbox,
sang a group of Irish ditties in little
thing called Trishry,' which was the
prelude to the plays of the Irish The
atre of America. That was my debut
One of the little plays was Lonesome
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22
BROADWAY AND ELSEWHERE

indefinitely. He left before the final
curtain fell, in order to catch his train,
and his final numbers had to be
omitted
Justine Johnstone's Little Club is a
welcome retreat for a distinctive
group of people" declares the weekly
announcement, "wearied of the tradi-
tionally noisy and sordid places along
Broadway" Well, Miss Johnstone's
club may not be noisy, but the initia-
tion fee is fifty dollars.
Marion Davies, Miss Johnstone's rival
for the "Oh, Boy" beauty stakes, an
nounced little club Of her own during
the week, only to back down a few days
later. So hers, it appears, is the real
retreat.
These are fine nights for patriotism
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22
IN VAUDEVILLE

PALACE 80 Phyllis Neilson.Terry as
Ophelia; Adele Rowland; Paul Diek-
ey in 1.-THE Lincoln Highwayman :;
White and Csvanagh, Dugan and
Raymond, Leo Beers, Bert MeIrose'
Bernie and Baker, Apdale's Zoology
cal Circus, "Patria."
COLONIAL - Lillian Shaw, Andrew
Mack. Nina Payne. Claude and
Fannie Usher, Andy Rice.
RIVERSIDE Rock and White. March
lions, Gilmore and Williams, stone
and Kalisz. Leo Beers.
ALEXANDRIA Emma Carus, Dooley and
Sales, Lambert and Ball, the Shar-
rocks.
ROYAL - Eddie Leonard, Claire, IN
THE Recoil."
LOEW'S AMERICAN-Harry Ferne and
Company FIRST half. Victor Morley,
in "a Regular Army Man" (second
half