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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
INDIAN CORN
ID the editor of the Farmer;

Tn the editor of the Farmer;
 If the Indians had never given us
 anything but Indian Corn" they
 would have deserved our eternal gratitude.
 There was a time when New Eng land was the great corn producing section of the world. That was long ago but some of the flint varieties
 which made it possible for New Eng
 land to feed her people bread are still in existance. These flints are pure bred. probably showing longer pea
 igree than any other variety or corn in the world. We fell into the habit of calling the Western people corn ! fed" The fact is, the term belongs
 rather to the Yankees, for thelr
 johnny cake and mush are as much
 resnonsible for their smartness as
 naked beans and f1shballs ever were.
 New England is coming back as @ corn country. It is good thing, Tor the nearer any section comes to feed ing itself the stronger are it's founda- tions.
 The war will send us back to our
 own homegrown food, which will De a, fortunate thing for us, since there is nothing better than corn when | properly cooked. This means that it must be cooked a long time. Of course you are going to be a loyal devotee of corn-meal mush as | aL breakfast dish during War-t1mes, thereby releasing more wheat Tor the Allies. Long, slow cooking is the se- l cret of perfect mush, and the f1reless 1 cooker. in which cooking can go on all night, is very useful for this pur- nose. Three and a half cupfuls or water and a teaspoonful of salt to each cupful of meal are the rule. If you have time, mix the corn l meal to a smooth paste with a part of the water, which should be cold, then add the rest, also cold; heat gradually then boil. This is thought 1 to be the best method, but if more
 expeditious one is wanted the meal
 may be wet to a paste with little
 cold water, then the rest of the water at boiling temperature, stirred in
 gradually. Corn-meal should be cook ] ed fully an hour and a half.
 Before the days of huge flour mills i corn-meal was made of whole corn 1 and many old lament the change to 1 g. meal with the germs of the corn i taken out by the bolting process. If you wont old-fashtned corn meal try
 running whole dried corn through a clean coffee grinder.
 PORTER
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
BIG CARNIVAL
 OPENS TOMORROW

Eagles hall, in Madison avenue, will be a center of much attraction, commencing tomorrow evening, when the Ten Days Carnival, given by the Carpenters union, is formally open ed. The event is one which has been looked forward to for some time, and will undoubtedly be most pleas- ing and successful one.
 There will be free entertain Inent every night, as well as dancing, and in addition there will be many other strong attractions. Quigleys orchestra will furnish music for the occasion. The carnival will close Saturday night, December 15.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
WEDNESDAYS CALENDAR

10 o'clock-Wednesda Workers of United church in church par lors.
 Morning Art Club.
 ? o'clock-Opening of annual fair of Rectors Guild of Christ church, home of Rev. and Mrs. John c. Stadtler, 4O2 Golden Hill street.
 2:30 o'clock-Special meeting for further extension of Food Con- servation, Miss Elizabethh Angel to speak, rooms of Bridgeport Art League. 8:15 o'clock-Bridgeport Philo- sophical Society, 1925 Main street, speaker F. z. Stanley, Ph. D., 'In- dustrial Cooperation"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
Pads and Fashions

Do not overlook the soutache braid when seeking a fashionable trimming.
 The simpler the style the more care- fully it must be chosen and the more smartly it must be worn.
 Where fur cannot be had a certain soft woolen material is excellent for the trimming of winter suits.
 A pretty shopping bag is made of black taffeta with bright colored flow CTS crocheted around the, top.
 Sash ends are finished with beaded tassels.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

nual Xmas sale of good things Fri day, Dec. 7, from to 10 D. m. Fancy work and articles of all kinds, aprons for all occasions. cakes and food of all descriptions will be on sale.
 Supperettes and ice cream will be served. This affords splendid chance to do your Xmas early. The public is cordially invited.
 William Webster Ellsworth, for forty years connected with the great publishing house, The Century Co.,, in New York, addressed the members of the Bridgeport Art League, yester- day afternoon in the ball room of The Stratfeld. He related a number Of very amusing and interesting incl dents gleaned during the course of his long association with many very noted literary men, He said that early in his life it was his great am- bition to be wrAer and that he would rather be a writer of a book that would bring something of good to the world than anything he knew of But as he found he couldn't be a writer the next best thing was to be a publisher. The publisher gets his reward in the number of the books he publishes.
 He told of many interesting hours spent with Joseph Jefferson at his plantation in Louisiana, when the great actor was writing his Memoirs; of seeing Grant come into the office of the Century with his throat all in ell 1,av. IN1 to speak; of hearing General Sher- man, standing before the fire in Richard Gilder's office, describe his famous march through Georgia; of seeing Kipling, who, to him, looked like being from another world He told of the manne- in which the fa- nous Jungle stories came into being. Kipling related one of them to Mary Mapes Dodge, editor of the St. Mich olas, and she persuaded him to write them down and they appeared in serial form first in the Century
 MT. Ellsworth related an incident very characteristic of Colonel Roosevelt He was crossing Union Square one day at the time Roose- welt was police commissioner of New York, when he was having Haroun Alraschid adventures, proving about the city keeping his eye on his men ''Where," parked the Colonel, where was going to spend his vacation Where, parked the Colonel, where would I have a, better time than right here?" He paid tribute to Richard Watson Glider, and to F. Hopkinsor Smith and Mary Mapes Dodge, who achieved such a success with St Nicholas.
 On Thursday afternoon in the sun parlor of The. Stratfeld, there VIII be a bridge to obtain funds to assist in the work of the surgical dressings committee. Miss Lucille Godfrey < chairman of the committee of ar engagements and the bridge is being given by those who work on Tuesday mornings at the Sudgical Dressing headquarters in the D. M. Read Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
From Fashion Shops

Of panels the designers apparently cannot have enough Plain pae panels panels Wln  undivided   and
   entirely ed of the frocks dressma n knee-eneh
 
 issued to introduction of fods of double-Width material limit winter costume be made With that nonet o first velvet hat is Ia mode IS more gathered crown acurled brinn both accompaniment ana velvet
 
 
 black velvet olaek
  worries its neignpo ID @ and troeys will be with us for the winter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
PERSONALS

Mrs. William H. Batchelor of 96S Fairfield avenue has as her guest, Mrs. Emma M. Cottress of Norfolk street, Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs. Edgar Ayers and fam fly of this city have been visiting MT. Ayers parents, MT. and Mrs. Henry Ayers at their home in Chester.
 William Dalton of Connecticut ave- ,, nue is visiting at the home of MT. and Mrs. Robert Burr on Prospect street, Meriden.
 Mrs. William Staples and daughter
 Miss Dorothy Staples of East Main street are visiting friends in Essex. Mrs. Horace Wilmot has returned to her home on Coleman street after
 spending the weekend in New York city.
 Mrs. Alvin c. Breul is to open her l home on Park place on Thursday afternoon of this week for the regu- ldr IlS0IlIlS Ol llS S1oO. ~AS this time final arrangements will be | made for the food sale and bridge | to be given in the sun parlor on Tues day afternoon under the auspices of | the club.
 Billy Lashar, son of MT. and Mrs. I Walter B. Lashar of Clinton avenue, is convalescing very nicely at the Bridgeport hospital after an opera ! tion for appendicitis. It is hoped he
 will be able to return home by the end of the week.
 MT. and Mrs. George Bennett, who were married on Monday, Nov. 26, have returned from their wedding ] trip and are now at their new home, 559 Colorado avenue. Mrs. Bennett
 was Miss Agnes T. Mulligan. MT. and Mrs. John E. Cook, of 784
 Howard avenue, have announced the
 wedding of their daughter, Miss
 Frances Cook, to Ernest Roy of Dem
 yer avenue. The ceremony was per-
 formed in St. Peters church, on l Howard avenue by Rev. T. J. Kelly. i Miss Cook wore 8 wedding gown of | white satin and was yelled, the tulle | being caught on her head with 1 orange blossoms. She carried an i arm bouquet of white chrysanthe-
 nuns, She was attended by her sis
 ter as maid of honor who wore april cot pussy willow taffeta and carried
 pink chrysanthemums. Joseph La
 Brecque was the best man. A we'd
 ding supper was served at the brides
 home after which MT. and Mrs. Roy
 left on a wedding trip to New York
 and Philadelphia When they re-
 turn they will reside at $50 Hancock | avenue.
 General and Mrs. IT. A. Bishop and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
WHAT BIIdY SUNDAY SAYS.

In one of his meetings at Boston the noted evangelist said: T believe that every disease can be cured by some weed if we can only discover t. There is not an ailment that God hasn't somewhere an herb growing that will cure that ailment.s'
 The choice medicinal herbs which will cure women's ailments were dis covered more than forty years ago. and have been doing their benefcent work for half century. xydsa F. Pinkham combined them in conYens tent form in her famous Vegetahze Compound, which is 10 be found i1 the drug stores where every aiiinx woman may conveniently get it at small cost. It does the workl-Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

It is complained that the boys jump on the backs of automobiles. But if they get their legs broken they have the satisfaction that they won't have to go to school and can have nice time lying in bed in a plaster cast for eight weeks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
NEWS FCLUBS
 FASHIONS SHOPPERS GUIDE
Reliable Recipes
GINGERBREAD

ginger
  and stir in melted mixture in shallow 30 minutes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
ASSOCIATION OF
 POULTRYMEN MEET

Prof. Roy B. Jones of the Connecti- cut Agricultural College will give an illustrated talk Friday evening at the Eewheld building before the poultry men of this city and vicinity. The meeting is arranged under the aus pices of the Consolidated Poultry Association and the Fairfield County Farm Bureau. All interested in poul- try raising are invited to be present.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
BUY A STAMP

The above is a fac simile of a Red Cross Xmas stamp which is placed on sale today to aid the Red Cross Tuberculosis Fund.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
Cereal Gruels for Children

Rice Gruel-Two tablespoons rice. hour. strain and add a little salt, sugar and milk
 Cornmeal GrueI-One tablespoon of cornmeal mixed in cold water to a thin paste. Boil water, pour corn meal into water, boil briskly one-half hour, add pinch of salt, sugar and milk.
 Farina Gruel-One tablespoon farina, # teaspoon salt, 1 cup boiling water Cook fifteen minutes, than add cup of milk and boil again. Add sugar.
 Plain Cornstarch Pudding for Babies-One pint milk, tablespoons of sugar, little salt, tablespoon Of cornstarch. Cook until thick. Add 1 teaspoon cocoa when a change is wanted from the plain.
 Cracker Gruel-Four tablespoons Of powdered era ekers, 1 cup boiling water, 1 cup milk, pinch of salt, a little sugar
 Oatmeal Gruel-Two tablespoons oatmeal stirred into 1 quart of water. Boil one hour, strain. and add milk and sugar.
 Toast slice of bread brown, pour hot milk over it, add a little salt and sugar. Feed this to your baby once in a while.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
FOUR WAYS TO SERVE CELERY

Celery discoored the and lay
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
PORTER

A fighting force of 100000 men has been offered to the British govern ment by the great Hama of Lhassa. The men are from the 1nibetan plateau.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
SOUR MILK BRAN MUFF1Ns

will   lifted; makes oned mullins.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

FRENCH AND DUTCH BULBS JUST ARRIVED
 JOHI RECK 6 SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

The shell case of the first shot of American artillerymen on the west ern front was presented to President Wilson by the party of members of Congress.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

It is thought at Lincoln, Neb., that the Nonpartisan League will carry Ne- braska at the next election because of the discontent of farmers over the fixing Of the pr1ce of grstns
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
Here are other ways to serve it:

Celery Au Juswash the celery cut it pieces of uniform size cook  butter blend in three tablespoons of flour add slowly and
  add celery simmer until
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

A membership on the New York Cotton Exchange was sold for $12,- ftO, an increase of. .S25O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

Singapore motion picture theatres have cheaper seats "behtnd the screens for poorer class natives.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

The kings of Norway, Sweden and Denmark at Christiania declared there will be harmony among the three countries no matter how long the war may last.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

Marshal Mccarthy, in a raid in New Rochelle, accused six saloon keepers of selling liquor to soldiers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

The cost of living was increased yesterday in Dallas, Tex, when one of the leading dairies raised the price of quart of milk to 25 cents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

General and Mrs. H. A. Bishop and Miss Henrietta Bishop have returned to their home on Washington avenue after spending the past month at their camp in Maine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

 tablespoon Sprinkle Dir
  nicely done sprinkle with grated cheese
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

FRENCH AND DUTCH BULBS JUST ARRIVED
 JOHN RECK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

inch lengths
  until smooth with % then add the  with butd bake until dicate broned Worcester butter blend all
  To be eater as a reli
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

The ladies 6f the Memorial Baptist church. corner of Howard and Maple wood avenues, are to hold their an-
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-08-27
FOOD THRIFT

Home economy is no longer a pri-
vate concern. 1t is now a national
problem. The Allies are in need of
more than our food surplus, and their
necessity means that as a nation we
must deny ourselves some part of the
supplies that we have been in the
habit of using with careless abun-
dance.
Kitchen economy is now a patriotic
duty for all housewives. Elimination
of waste means more than the avoid
ance of throwing away good food. 1t
means that no good food be permitted
to spoil, that just enough and not
more than enough food be cooked, un-
less the leftover food can be used
in another form at a later meal; it
means that when articles of food that
we are accustomed to eat become rare,
we must learn to use substitutes with
equal food value.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-08-27
FREEDOM FOR POLAND

The liberation of the Russian people
brought about by the Russian revolu-
ton again brings to the front the pos
sibility of a Polish nation. At the be-
ginning of the war, Germany and Aus
tria each made liberal promises to
these people provided they would join
their fighting ranks.
Liberated Russia probably will lib
crate her Polish subjects, but how
about Germany and Austria? Before
the war Austria had given her Polish
subject the most enlightened treat
ment. Yet this is not nationality.
The Poles long to be united under
their own government as in former
days. They are a people of high in
tellectual attainments, especially in
the realm of music and art. As a
subject race divided under three rul
ers their ideal of another national ex
istence has not been permitted to die.
They have suffered the hardships'
of being governed by rulers who are
their inferior Intellectually. Their
people of capacity have been sup
planted in office by political adventur-
ers and Indifferent bureaucrats.
Since this is a war of democracy
against autocracy, ought not the AL
lies and the United States to insist
that a peace when it comes should
include provision for a new Poland?
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-08-27
LABOR FEDERATION
IN BITTER WRANGLE
Leadership of Gompers al
Stake as Result of Big
Peace Controversy.
PACIFISTS ARE BUSY
Decision of Officers Not to
Take Part in Stockholm
Meeting Is Cause.
By United Press

| By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27-What
promises to be bitter struggle
within the American Federation of
Labor, with the leadership of Samuel
Gompers possibly at stake, is devel-
| oping as a result of the decision of
Gompers and the executive officials
not to take part in the Russian-called
| international Socialist conference
September 9 to 16.
The American Federation of Labor,
Gompers stated, will not participate
in the Stockholm conference princi-
pally on patriotic grounds, believing
it might prove embarrassing to the
government. Gompers maintains the
decision will remain unchanged de-
spite the decision of the British Labor
Congress to take part.
1t is admitted the British action
will add to the munition of the Social
lists and paeifists in and out of the
American Federation of Labor, who
have been vociferous in denouncing
Gompers for his cooperation with
the government through the Council
of National Defense. The decision of
the British, it is asserted, will widen
the breach between the so-called
radical and conservative factions in
the Federation.
GOmpers is leading the faction in
the Federation which believes that
only by cooperation with the gov
ernment in the war and the temporary
sacrifice of some of labor's preroga-
tives, can labor become a truly great |
power in the readjustment. The So |
cialists and radicals believe the sur
render of labor's privileges will weak
en- the movement.
The result of the struggle is now
question of time. The Workmen's !
Peace Council, which numbers some
100000 members, most of them men,
bers of the American Federation of
Labor, is centering its activities Il
around New York, but intends to
carry them afterward throughout the
The leaders of the council
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-08-27
RABBITS TO REPLACE STEAK
Heavy Sale of Hunting Licenses Ex.
pected by County Officials.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Aug. 81
The sale of huting licenses, which
has been negligible all summer, is
picking up rapidly, according to re-
ports from county officials received
today. State officers look for an un-
usually heavy sale of hunting Ii
cences this fall because of the high
price of food products. Rabbits,
squirrels and other game are replac-
ing beef steak and bacon on many
family tables, or will before the win
ter is over.
A. E. Blaser, aged s years, is the
youngest sportsman yet to take out
a license. The lad is son of
County Collector A. E. Blaser. He
expects to keep the family larder
supplied with rabbits
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-08-27

people. How long will they remain
elective under such a systsm? They
are to be accountable for the results
to the people, and results will mean
material results. Then will come an
aggressive foreign policy, extension OF
the territory of the United States to
the Panama Canal, exploitation OF
South America and the Far East, etc.
A leading organ in this city which
conspicuously urges the new formula
recently spoke of the billions OF prof
its that are waiting for us in China.
In a word, the masses are to be de-
prived of the initiative, and to be
compensated by increased wages and
bonuses, the birthright once again is
to be bartered for a mess of pottage.
DIR. Felix Adler.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-08-27
BUMPER MOLASSES CROP
Large Increase in Missouri Sorghum
Cane Acreage.

Cane Acreage.
The following article was printed
in the st. Louis Globe-Democrat yes
terday. E. A. Logan is with the Unit
ed States Bureau of Crop Estimates
and li$es at 5O7 Rollins street. The
article was printed in connection with
full page illustration on the front
page of the magazine section:
An old time and popular Missouri
crop-sugar cane for molasses-has
done come back" this season, ac-
cording to report furnished the Mis-
souri, Council for Defense by the Unit
ed States Bureau of Crop Estimates
of Columbia. The increase in the
acreage of sorghum cane for sirup
runs from 10 to 25 per cent above the
planting in 1916, and recent years.
With all propects for a favorable
season, and with care both at. the
farm and mill, the production ought to
be gallon of good. old-fashioned mo-
lasses for every person of Missouri
rural population, according to an
estimate of Field Agent E. A. Logan.
The significance of this bumper"
Missouri molasses crop is made appar-
ent when it is realized that sugar is
very high and much needed by the
armies. To release the sugar for the
use of military forces necessitates in
creasing sweets from other sources.
1t is good economic prudence to al
ways eliminate such charges as
freight handling, and all outside labor
costs by producing at home as much
as possible of our food requirements.
There are few localities that could not
scare up an old molasses meal
In many communities these are now
being brought out, the rust rubbed off
the rolls, pans repaired, furnaces re-
built and good supply of dry wood
prepared, in readiness for the old
fashion molasses- making time.
The older population will remember
long sweetening," and younger ones
recall being allowed to lick the pad
die at the simmering evaporating pan,
from which rolled the rich amber-col-
ored sirup.
These times are to be restored in
Missouri.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-08-27
CAPTURES 40 GERMANS ALONE
London SchOolbOy Surprises Men in
Tunnel-NO Resistance Made.

London SchOOlbOy Surprises Men in
Tunnel-NO Resistance Made.
By United Press
LONDON, Aug. Is (by maiD j. r.
Johnston, London schoOlboy, is
wearing the Military Cross for hav-
ing captured forty Germans. His
own story of how he did it follows:
81 got separated from my men and
came to a German dug-out, a sort of
dark tunnel. l decided to explore it.
After walking a long way | heard
voices and turned on my flashlight. /
thought l saw only half a dozen men
and | ordered them to put up their
hands and come along. When / dis
covered as they filed past me that
there were good many more than a
half dozen | began to get uneasy,
thinking of what might happen when
they got out. The fortieth and last
man was an officer. We walked out
together and there We found several
British soldiers had taken charge of
the Germans, just as though the
whole thing had been prearranged. l
don't know where our men had come
from, but they looked good to me-"
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-08-27

is one of admiration for what are
considered Americas swift prepara-
tions to strike for democracy.
About Russia? There is considera-
BILE concern, not about Russia's mill
tary power, which is already elimi-
mated from all calculations, but about
Russia's ability to organize and feed
herself.
Have the British peoples war aims
changed in the last six months? No.
The fight is still for Belgium, France
and Serbia, to end Germans boasted
dominion of European people and to
prevent the spread of militarism over
the world.