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Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

California will destroy wild morning
glorieS by arSenical spray
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

But there appears TO be no chance in
the world for spendless day.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

Mrs. Christian Tropitz of Peoria
claims to have known in chil,ilood
Emperor William Of Germany, and to
have once slapped his ears.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

Potato experts are more useful these
days than diamond experts
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

Let it be clearly understood that
trench feet" are not cold feet.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
CHRISTMAS CANDIES.

II may be necessary to cut down
some Of the expense Of Christmas
,..f p1,- rr,.l.ipo t,, 1, min
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
STUFFED CALVES HEARTS.

Take two calves hearts. one-half
pound Of pork sausage. one small
anipya ONO how laaf
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

| As the American cooks manage it,
war bread tastes like more"
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

Every carload of spoiled food means
ammunition for the enemy.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

America has never known defeat and
it is too old to change its habits.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
CARE OF BATTERIES
Most Owners Are Now Familiar
With Use of Hydrometer.
MUST Be HANDLED PROPERLY
Most Common Mistake Is in Taking
Readings Immediately After Dis
titled Water Has Been Added
-Reetify Errors.

Due to the efforts of storage bat
terry manufacturers toward educating
the motoring public in the necessary
care Of their batteries, most battery
owners are now familiar with the use
of the hydrometer FOR testing the bat
terry solution.
Motorists sometimes deceive them
selves, however. by using the hydro
meter under improper conditions.
Hydrometers are recommended to
battery users for testing the battery's
condition, because they are the SIM
plest and most understandable devices
available for the average motorists
use. At best they can serve only TO
indicate approximately the state of
charge or discharge of the battery. and
unless used properly, they tell nothing
Of value.
Make Errors.
The most common error among mo-
florists testing their own batteries is
taking hydrometer readings immedi-
ately after distilled water has been
added. The solution has been brought
TO the proper level and presumably is
in ideal proportions for test.
AS a matter Of fact a hydrometer
reading under these conditions is very
misleading. The water added has not
had a chance to mix with the rest of
the solution. and the fluid drawn into
the hydrometer is very weak mix
ture which shows a low gravity test.
From such a test an inexperienced
motorist is apt to conclude that his
battery is decidedly run down and
needs recharging. whereas, the battery
may be In fully charged condition,
when q strong recharge would do more
harm than good.
Up to Proper Level.
To get the most out Of hydrometer
tests, motorists should bring the bat
terry solution up TO the proper level,
by the addition of distilled water, and
then defer taking a reading Of the So
luton until the automobile has been
run few hours and the water, through
the generator charging process. has
had an opportunity to thoroughly mix
with the rest of the solution.
II the hydrometer is regularly used
in this way and the motorist will &C.
casionally avail himself Of such test
ing service as may be had at battery
service station, minor irregularities in
the battery can be rectified before they
become serious.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
SIMPLE DESSERTS.

To omit desserts entirely is rather
too much Of strain on our loyalty. for
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children. aud see that it
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

Ten smiles for a nickel Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue: have beautiful, clear
white clothes. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

Eternal vigilance is the best defense
against German propaganda.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
W. N. w., DENVER, NO. 51-.te17.
Only Dreaming.

Wife, dreamed last night that
was In heaven
HuSband--Did you see me there:
Wife, did then knew | was only
dreaming.-ToWu Topics.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
NORMAL SCHOOL AS
OLD AS TEACHING

]. L. McBrien, School Extension
Agent Of the u. S. Bureau of Educa-
ton, Department of the Interior says,
speaking of teachers:
There are not many things new
under the sun "A mere glance at past
history shows that the normal school
is as old as the teaching spirit: We
are reminded by Professor Searson, Of
the Kansas State College, in his recent
review of the subject that the schools
of philosophy in Greece, the Hebrew
schools of the prophets, and the &C.
clesiastical and catechetical schools OF
the early church are the remote ante
cedents of schools for the training of
teachers Side by side with the eccle-
siastical schools sprang up the great
medieval universities offering practi-
cal training in three different lines
law, medicine, and theology. The as
piring young advocate was trained to
expound the law; the student of medi-
cine was fitted to practice his art; and
the theological student was especially
prepared to teach the dogmas Of his
creed.
''That the training of teachers was
an integral paNt of the system of the
Jesuits, the order established by Ig-
natius Loyola in 1922, is generally rec
ognized. The monastir superior of the
province was compelled, in the selec-
ton of teachers, to take heed to
those who seem to be best fitted for
the place. and to select from among
the most promising students ''as
many lifelong teachers as possible"
h0rting those especially fitted to
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02

form Nursery for the preparation
of teachers, under the direction of
trained professors. @
Meanwhile Luther, according to
Professor Searson's review, was laying
the foundation for a system of peda-
gogical instruction in Germany. In
1851 the celebrated Able de la Sale.
established a theological teachers
training school at Rheims, France. A
little later the pattern or model school
idea Of Germany was given a new
meaning when FRANKIE breathed d
new spirit into the German system.
With the foundation of the Orphan
House at Halle in 1896, and the
schools connected with it, arose the
necessity for trained teachers. To
meet this need. FRANKIE, in 1921
founded a teachers class "by provid-
ing a table Or free board for such
poor students as stood in need of as
sistance, and selecting. few years
later, out of the whole number, IL
who exhibited the right basis of piety,
knowledge, skill, and desire for teach
ing" and constituting them his 'Sem-
marian Praceptorium." In return for
this gratuitous training, these pupil
teachers bound themselves to teach
for three years in the schools Of the
Orphan House after completing their
course. This was the first regularly
organized exclusive teachers semin-
airy in Europe. From all parts of
Europe students f1ocked to Halle to
lcatch the inspiration of F'ranke's spir-
lit. Back to, all parts of Europe was
carried the idea of the teachers SEM
mary. Hecker, a pupil of Frdoneka
mary. Hecker, a pupil Of FRANKIE,
founded the first summary for priamry
teachers in Prussia in 1875. In 174S
he established a similar school in Ber-
lin. The graduates of this school
were considered so far superior to un-.
trained teachers that Frederick the
Great enjoined by special ordinance
that no others should be employed on
the Crown lands of the Kingdom.
Rousseau in France, Locke in Eng
land, Peztalozzi in Switzerland and
Germany, Felbiger in Austria, and
Kindermann in Bohemia are, among
the great missionaries who accepted
and glorified the Misunderstanding
idea in Europe.
'The teachers seminary for the ele-
mentary schools was not long divorce
ed from the pattern or model school.
Both had sprung into existence from
the same impulse. The normal
schools of both France and Germany
combined judiciously the seminary and
pattern school idea, thus offering the
study of a definite body of pedagogi-
cal thought in the academic courses,
and an opportunity to illustrate, test
and originate theories of education in
the "pattern" school, which thus be-
came the correlating center of the
normal school. The modern normal
school, with its. training department
constructed about the model, or prac-
tice school, is the finished product Of
long, steady development"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
IF A YOUNG WHOEVER
RETURNS HOME; HER
SINGLE SISTERS CHANCES

ooh, reawakened fairy hope,
She has awaked such happy dreams;
She gave my soul such tempting scope
For all it's dearest fondest dreams
There's an odd little row going on
in a household that is noted for its
dislikes of family jars. It's all about
a young widow, who has returned to
the family home, where there are
thre manageable sisters. One Of the
girls there writes me in part as 1ol-
lows:
Jess was the brightest, most CO.
quettish of all us girls. She was the
most taking with the young men. She
is the oldest, but actually looks the
youngest of any of us. I own we were
all much relieved when she married.
Strange things often happen Within
three years she was a widow and we
had to bring her home again. Since
she has returned she is more popular
than ever. Gentlemen who call ask
for her instead of us. She receives all
invitations to go out with them. She
has had her opportunity. Why should
she not give us a chance? Please give
us your opinion
The position of a widow is a hard
one at best. Single women fear her
powers. She is attributed with fas-
cination which the poor soul seldom
or never possesses. First and fore
most, the man who is attracted to a
widow is not the kind to whom others
appeal He pities her widows forlorn-
ness and adnires her brave attempt to
rise above, her grief and is glad to
show her that the world holds sun
shine for her yet. A man likes a wild
ow's conffding ways.
Talk about catering to mans
whims and moods-that's just where
a. widow gets in her naive a1lurement.
The woman who has been wife for
one year knows about mans disposi-
ton and notions, and the kind of wo-
man who can catch him. precisely as
we'll as if she had been married a
dozen years and heard a husband
comment freely on the likes and dis
likes of his sex A widow knows how
to turn a mans f1attery and cajole
him into actually believing that his
tender, sweet words are from the
depth Of his heart. She can actually
make him believe that he's in love
whether he is or not. 1t is her SYM
pathy and womanliness that win out,
for they are irresistible. Men adore
the single girl for her lack of knowl-
edge Of coquetry and her innocence of
a mans life, his aims and disappoint-
ments. There are men who wouldn't
marry widow under any circu1n
stances. They intend to be the first
lover of the girl whom they would
we'd They don't propose to be COM
pared constantly to number one, to
their disadvantage. A man, it's said.
is seldom or never a hero to a wife
who has been married before. He is
wonder and a hero to the sweet young
girl whom he marries. So there you
are. There are many men of many
kinds: all these men have different
minds The attractive young widow is
more likely to wed again and fly away
from the home nest. If her heart has
not been estranged through the jeal-
ousy of her sisters she can make it
extremely pleasant for them in intro
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02

tions., notches even; stitch and trim
with buttons Close remaining seam
as notched. Close seam Of cuff as
notched and face; sew to lower edge
Of sleeve as notched, with small CO.,
perforation in cuff at seam Of sleeve.
Sew sleeve in armhole as notched,
small 20" perforation at shoulder
seam, easing in any fitness.
Then plat the belt at back edge
bringing 9sT' to corresponding
small 80" perforation. Adjust to
position on dress bringing single
small and single large 80" perfora-
tions in belt Cat front and back edges)
to corresponding perforations in front
and back. Slip edge Of belt having
double 900" psrforation, underneath
plat in front Of dress matching
double 900" perforations ana stitch
to position. Line the pocket and turn
the curved part over on outside
matching the notches.
A collar Of pongee silk makes q
stylish finish for the neck in lieu Of
self-material.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02

decided to try bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. It worked
from the first bottle, so took second
and third, also bottle Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and now am
just as well as any other woman. I adj
wise every woman, single or married,
who is troubled with any Of the afore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and am sure they will help her to ges
rid of her troubles as they did me" -
Mrs. ELSIE J. VAN DER SANDE, SO No.
York ST., Paterson, N. j.
Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., (confidential) Lynn, Mass, if you
need special advice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
BOARDERs' JOY!

One cup Cooked rolled oats.' Beat
smooth in one cup sweet milk, one
cup molasses, one cup of boiling wa
ter, in which has been dissolved one
heaping teaspoon of soda, one-quarter
teaspoon cream tartar and one of
salt; cool with more sweet milk or
water and gradually stir in one cup
of corr meal one of graham flour,
and enough white flour to make pref
ty stiff: (grease well and dust with
-FOUR. Brown bread pail with
tight lid; place in a kettle half full
boiling water; keep plenty of boiling
water to replenish it, as it boils out
fast Boil for three or four hours,
then remove lid and place in oven to
dry off; if done right is very light and
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
ELECTION OF WOMAN
TO CONGRESS GOOD
CAD" FOR MONTANA

(F'rom Suffrage Headquarters, Hart
ford.)
Miss Jeanette Rankin, the first
woman ever elected to the united
States Congress is to be in Connecti-
cut next week. She will speak twice
the first time on Sunday, March a,
at the Lyric theatre, Bridgeport, ana
the second time on Wednesday, Mar
7 at Parsons theatre, Hartford. Con-
necticut will thus be the first state
to see and hear an actual Congress
woman, for Miss Rankin only becomes
a member of Congress when the Sixty
Fifth Congress comes legally into eX-
istence on March 4th. UP 10 now
she is only a Congress-woman elect.
= Montana, the state which sends Miss
Rankin to Congress will be the best
advertised state in the Union during
the months that Miss Rankin is sit
ting in the House of Representatives,
Every CONGRESSMAN will want to see
and hear this new kind of fellow
member, and it is possible that when
Miss Rankin speaks Congress will be
in order without so much pounding
of the gavel as Speaker Clark has to
use in his efforts to make Congress
men behave. Miss Rankin also,
along with two other Independent
members holds the balance of power
in the coming Congress. for the Re-
publicans and the Democrats are
equally divided. She is therefore
likely to- be the object of much atten-
ton from the leaders on both sides.
The women of Montana only won
the vote in 1914 and the election of
1915 was the first in which they cast
their ballots. They did two remark
able things on that occasion. They
elected a woman to represent them
at Washington-that is, with the help
Of the men for the size of her major
ity showed that Miss Rankin was al
most as great a favorite with the men
voters as with the women. The wo-
men also voted the state dry. They
probably did this partly to get even
with the liquor interests, which had
openly opposed them in the campaign
for suffrage. The liquor trade jour-
nal of Montana is the Forum, pub
lished in Butte, and the Forum raj
lied every saloonkeeper and every
brewer in the state to fight against wo-
man suffrage. They failed to beat 1t
and at the election the women helped
th& prohibition forces among the men
to rid the state of the liquor traffic.
Miss Rankin is about thirty five
years of age, and while not handsome
she is decidedly attractive in appear
ance and manner. She is the daugh-
ter of one of the early pioneers of
Montana, and her early training in
riding any kind of a horse stood her
in good stead during her long and ar
duous campaign last summer and fall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02

One Of the most effective express
sions Of the straight-ine silhouette
is this one-piece frock of raisin color
serge, with the front and back laid in
plaits and attached to Jokes. The
front yoke and coatee section are cut
in one, striking an entirely new note
In such arrangements. Turn-back
cuffs finish the long one-piece sleeves.
In medium size the dress requires
~ yards 54-inch serge.
Care must be used in forming the
plaits in front and back, this being
the first step in the construction Of
the frock. Bring folded edges to cor
responding lines Of small 80" per-
forations and stitch one inch from
folded edges from upper edges to
single large 90" perforations and
press. Turn under the edges Of front
yoke and coatee on slot perforations
and haste. Stitch ss inch from fold
ed edges leaving the lower edge free.
Turn edge Of back yoke under on slot
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
CHICAGO LECTURER TO
BE HEARD AT Y. M. G.. A,

Oliver w. Stewart, of Chicago. will
speak at S:15 p. M, Sunday, March 4,
at the Y. M. G. A. Gymnasium, un-
der the auspices of the Flying SQUAD
ron Foundation. This organization
has as it's head, J. Frank Hanly, for
mer Governor Of Indiana Mr.. Stew
art has been closely associated with
Gov. Hanly for nearly two years. Thew
worked together in the long campaign
which took the Flying Squadron of
America into every state in the Union.
and they are continuing that associa-
ton in the work Of the FIying Souad-
ron Foundation.
Mr. Stewart was the only prohibi-
ton member of the Forty-third Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Illinois.
tie was elected on the prohibition
ticket from the Chicago District.
Those who are responsible for his
coming here have arranged for the
lecture to be free and everv one is
invited to attend
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
A ROAST.

Rub into six ounces Of prepared
(self-rising flour) flour, two ounces of
nut butter. Toast four ounces of
whole meal bread crumbs and four
ounces of grated nuts to light color
and mix with the flour. Cook eight
ounces of chestnuts in milk with a
shredded sprig Of ceIery till tender.
The best method is to cut a cross into
them and then bake till they open
Re move the outer and inner skin,
place in a saucepan with celery, salt
piece of butter and the milk, when
done drain and let cool. Break these
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
FINDING OUT AGE AND
CHARACTER BY WRITING

Alice writes: "Can ones character
and age be told by handwriting. as
well as ones disposition? If so,
what does mine Indicate? I have
some correspondents whose writing
seems fair, but I should like to know
more about them than I do.''
An elderly or middle-aged person
who writes a great deal and whose
handwriting is fixed writes in that
same style Always. Handwriting of
a young person who writes but little
seldom furnishes trustworthy indica-
tons of character Age is uncer-
tain as revealed in letters Dispo-
sitions are usually all that's desired
on paper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
/~~~~~~~
TODAX'S POEM
~~~~~~~~-
BROTHERS.

When things seem peaceful-like and
calm,
The racial ructions rise,
The Polack mixed with the Greek
The Lithuanian tries
To beat his Russian brother up
And bung the Austrian's eyes.
There's trouble twixt the Dutch and
French
And all their kith and kin,
The Irish battle with the Swedes
The Croathian with the Finn,
And all the mine and camp is filled
With Inter-racial din!
But when disaster strikes the mine
And women wall their woe.
When fire or gas or dynamite
Has dealth a deadly blow,
When there's a call for volunteers
To dare the He'll below.
Then Russ and Hun and Celt and
Gaul
Lay by their racial pride,
To rescue those who still may live,
And bring up those who died,
The foes in many a long fought feud
Work nobly side by side.
And when the hero list is made
OF those who dared the fame,
There will be men of every race (
And every sort of name,
For Austrian, Bulgar, Finn or Russ,
Brave hearts are just the same!
-Berton SBraley in Coal Age.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
GIRLS POOR OPINION
OF HERSELF

M A. T. E. writes: II am a girl II
years and months old. I am partic-
ularIy dull in company and wish your
aid. First, I forget all those I often
meet. Also I don't know what intelli-
gent people ought to know and con-
verse on. Can I avoid forgetfulness
and sensftiveness? It seems to me
that I'm stupid. I try to avoid COM
pany I am not fitted for. I converse
poorly; I talk just as I write. Ought
I to be donceited and have more
push ?''
If you talk just as you write you've
no reason for upbraiding yourself
Give memory plenty to do. Take
keen interest in company Sensitive
ness with others will be outgrown by
your intelligence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
OMELET.

One tablespoon milk to each egg:
season with salt and pepper and beat
very light Melt butter in pan, pour
in mixture and shake till set. then
fold over and serve
Chopped chicken or ham mixed
with the above mixture makes a nice
Omelet
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
keep A JAR OF
MuSTEROLE HANDY
1t Quickly Loosens Up Coughs and
Colds in Throat or Chest

Just little Mustero1e rubbed on your
sore, tight chest before you go to bed
will loosen up congestion and break UP
most severe colds and coughs. %
Musterole is clean white ointment
made with oil of mustard. Simply rub
it on. No plaster necessary. Better than
mustard plaster and does not blister.
Thousands who use Musterole will tell
what relief it gives from sore throat,
bronchitis, tonsilitis, Group, stiff neck.
asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion.
pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and
aches of the back or joints, sprains, sore
muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet,
Csc and Soc jars; hospital size $3.50
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
INSULTING LADIES AND ESCORT

S. T. writes: What is to be done in
the following case? Coming from a
concert with mother and a young lady
a ruffianly man, who has grudge
against me, pushed and jostled them
on the sidewalk till they hardly kept
on their feet. I started them on,
quickly. He pretended to stumble and
fell on me, giving me a push and
nearly throwing me. The ladies were
alarmed and I hurried them off. Some
of my young friends witnessed this
and kept him from following us. I,
his superior in strength, could have
thrashed him if it had not been for
the ladies. Does law give redress from
such insults?''
Yes; law furnishes redress. BY all
means you can prosecute man insulter
of ladies and yourself. e.,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
New York's Defense
League Gets Orders
For Emergency Duty

New York, Mar. New York's
civilian volunteer force, organized at
the time of the Lusitania crisis, re-
ceived orders to-day describing their
duties in case of an emergency max
ing 1t necessary for. them to serve.
The organization number $1,000 and
is known as the Home Defense league.
The members were told to report
at their precinct police stations Garry
ing night sticks and provided with
emergency rations. They will serve
four-hour shifts, mainly at night. The
volunteers pay for their uniforms,
which are Of military type and