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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

could find, and they found plenty that even American ambulance boys-who know Paris better than any Parisian never had run across. Z
 Indeed, it has been said that many afterrhour and under-cover places op- ened especially to cater to this horde Of journalists, as there are about 40 daily newspapers in Paris, and two or three men on the staff of every news paper took a, crack at the under world" stuff. /
 It certainly made a change-this "speak-easy' assignment for a man who had been writing the dryest kind of war copy for nearly three years with never an outdoor job, because murders are no longer interesting since killing has been done on a wholesale scale at the front for so long.
 Nearly all of the '.joints'' were a long way from the Opera, and since it was from the Olympia Vaudeville Theatre, hard by the Opera, that most of the parties started, 1t was neces- sary always to charter taxicabs or hacks.
 It was long suspected that propri- etors or proprietresses of the places divided their gains with the chauf- feurs and hack drivers but one enin- ent French journalist-normaIly g depp tacticianI and strategist. who handles the military situation on the Western front three days week and takes in the Russian situation on the other day-went out and disprove6 that theory.
 | r,io I-, chauffeurs and "cochers'' to take hin
 to some place where he could dance and get drink and a bite to eat af. terward." Not one would admit they knew of any such place.
 As it was. he wandered about untf after midnight before he finally en. countered an American negro in the Foreign Legion who was on furlougf gave him an address
 Thi place in the Rue de I,ondres f. be exact, was perhaps the best knowr 1 and enjoyed the biggest custom. It, chief attraction was a room about 3l feet long and 20 feet wide, with { piano and chairs ranged all along tht walls, with tables at intervals, to holt champagne bottles and glasses. | 4NCdiAy CNCIy one IOunQ IL neCGSSaTy | to put his bottle of wine under hi
 chair and hold his glass in his hand | however. owing to the forgetfuines
 of a number of the regular "clients'
 who persisted in rnistaking the owner
 ship of bottles and drained off an<un
 guarded one at one full gulp.
 The, piano player was no "tang.
 lounge lizard" of the type common t,
 the United States. The player wor,
 no limp cigarette inclined toward tn
 floor at a 30 degrees angle, or sit half
 sideways at the box "snit of beer poised on the music rack 1 No, sir, the piano player was a wo
 man of about 55 winters, with gra
 hair and steel-rimmed spectacles, an
 minus paint, rouge and charcoal, an
 looking for all the world like a coun
 try "schoG mar'm'' in the days befor
 teachers training colleges.
 Get Out and Get Under" and 70, \ thA -16iasisstpp were ,her faRnrites
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20
PARISIAN SPEAK EASY CAFES ARE
 l TIGHTLY CLOSED
Since Navarro Went on Pc lice Killing Joy-ride Wine Resorts Are Shut

$ Parfs--Paris has been "cleaned- up'' and in public one neither eats drinks nor is merry after 9:30 o'clock at might
 i; .After-hour "piaces'' which have fiourished for several months and where it was possible for one to have music or dancing-forbidden since the Beginning of the war-and to drink and to eat light up until daybreak. are now closed tight and every attempt to reopen has resulted in decisive ac- ton by the police.
 Lieut.. Jean Navarre's escapade last month Is generally believed to have caused the campaign against the night resort.
 It was from q joint near les Halles, tine markets of Paris, that he 6tarted early one morning in an au- fomobile with Louis de Pontheeu, a lightweight prizefighter, who boxed in America just before the war. to show Paris gendarmes just how tanks op- crate at the front
 wheneyer Navarro saw a policeman he drove straight for him. and if the "cop" ran on. to the sidewalk to es- cape the machine, Navarro followed him there.
 Indeed, in the Rue di Rivoli. where a policeman sought to evade the pur- suing automobile by running between the arches over the sidewalk. the avia- tor ran him down neatly by lodging in and out between them also in his little torpedo-body racing car
 Inside of three hours Navarro ran down eight policemen. injuring three of them seriously and three of them badly, and just shaking up the other two.
 Beside the gendarmes Navarro had bagged two civilians who had been kalking with the patrolmen when Ma varre began his operations.
 When Navarro was arrested he tes- tfffed that he had been to the resort near les aalles, termed "the Bad Breath in the expressive French ar got. that he had drunk what he thought was champagne, but what he afterward believed must have been poison to have caused him to act SC unfeSlingIy toward the sendarmes.
 when. the aviator's testimony was published there was a great hue and cry.
 why is it possible for .a .militaire' or anyone eIse. for that matter, to ob- 1: tain cfampAehs at 1 o'clock in the { mor rnfne7~ asked wrathy readers .ir voluminous letters to their favorite newspapers
 Thsn tho Partisan reporters began t3eraonG r1nea4h hkeEnaoxf1 thA5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

most cases, although the habitues did most of the business, selling a better grade at a lower price.
 Ether vies with cocaine as the most popular Hope in Paris, but its draw back is that everyone in the vicinity can smell it when it is used and this gives "coke'' the preference.
 Opium, dens have flourished for years in Paris, but are gradually be- ing raided and put out of business.
 The closing of the 1ight resorts has intensified the popularity of the "pro- menade'' and bar of the Olympia Theatre, however. Between haf-past nine, when the restaurants and cafes close and 1T o'clock. when the per forrnance is over, the. huge room be- tween the orchestra of the theatre and the entrance hall is crowded with all of .sthe crowd'' out for a little excite ment before bed time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20
LOSS OF APPETITE 
 LOSS OF WEIGHT,
 sLEEPLEssNEs, ETC.

are ell overcome by Recupertabe. they are made after the formula of pr. Ai. bert Robin. the famous French nhvrs. eaa ?. and are being used very lareolv In Paris end other European capitaIs.
 When taken for . short vhiIs ;thev will give positive relief in, all casea sg neFvou exhaustion. mental depressioSs. mia. etc.
 The olycerophorphate. of whiea the elemert neceaeAry to overco,..% these conditions They are now bein& prescribed and recommended by nan1 physicians in this and foreiRn eonn. tries as the best. quickest and surese nerve and blood ~tonic that they Eno-s of '-..
 Rscupertabs are for sale aa a1l a-u- stores ct 6oc and $1.o0 pAr packaeS or will be sent direct upon receipt of
 Curts Chemicai Co. No. <iS wea 1Srd St., New ork. Distributed Srs Bridgeport and vicinity by '. D. HSras- gan. No. s1 Fairfield Avenue.-AaVs Rt s<f
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word
The Press., 1917-04-12
A Big Factory Is Now Running
 Full Capacity
Success of TanIac is a Boon to Hundreds of Thousands
 of Invalids.

Men and women who suffer with i'm proper digestion are nervous and very ir ritabIe because of their misery. They lack energy and ambition to do theiT work, are easily discouraged and become melancholy over slight things.
 They suffer from unsound s'eep, pool memory, backache, headache. irregular circulation of the blood. dizziness and, ,the common ailment of the stomach, livel and kidneys, many of which arise from 6 weakened condition of the mucous mem brane called catarrh.
 If the catarrhal condition is long un checked the vital organs are affected
 These people will find Tanlac the tonic, tissue builder and appetizer designed to overcome these ills. ..... The success of Tanlac has been so great wherever it has been introduced that 1t is called the National Tonic.
 The production of the Tanlac LabOra, tories is now over nine million bottles pel year. Over quarter of million people have voluntarily given signed statements telling how Tanlac has relieved them Oi nervousness, how 1t has restored their ap. petites, increased their weight, rid them of dyspepsia, bad blood. constipation and many other ailments which arise from a broken down condition of the body tissues
 Tanlac is being specially introduced at Mccormick 8 Drug Store.
The Press., 1917-04-12
Coffee Adamson Makes.

"Adamson of Georgia" Washing ton news item says, ''is best known be. cause of his eight hour bill." Most widely perhaps, but not best. William Charles Adamson is best known be cause of the coffee he brews i'll his pri vate office adjoining his committed room.
 No newfangled percolator or drip contraption for him. Coffee boiled i'll tin pot, poured into drinking glass over lump of sugar, tempered and mellowed with rich cream, served by his smiling "boy," white haired ne gro-it is that which makes Bill Adam son best known.-New York Sun.
The Press., 1917-04-12

day of the week when if the weather is nice mother needs the back yard and Johnny and Susie and all the rest are admonished that for the time being they must find some other place to l play. Not so at the White House, however. As a matter of fact, the family wash ake the executive mansion Is hung to dry in lattice screened in- closure that occupies only the smallest corner of the big back yard, but even at that the colored "mammies" in the presidential laundry could scarcely be induced to do the washing on this par ticular Monday, for Easter Monday has been from time out of mind the occa- sion of the great annual egg rolling festival on the White House grounds and Is in consequence regarded as something of holiday throughout the capital city.
 On the day following Easter the pres ident's back yard not only assumes the normal and rightful function of all back yards as a playground for young people, but it does it in no half hearted fashion. It is the one occasion of the year when during an entire day these | private grounds are open to the public, and the democratic invitation is uni versal. Any child is free to come and go at will, without any card of admis- sion, and they do come in swarms that cover the greensward and have been variously estimated at from 10000 to 30O00 in different years dependent somewhat upon the state of the weather.
 During the past few years an impor- tant change has been made in the man. agement of the presidents back yard on Easter Monday, with view to re- serving it for the children who are it's tenants for seven or eight blissful hours. Before this change was made 1t was found that the crowds attracted by this annual spectacle were assuming such proportions that they were not only difficult to handle; but, worse yet, they seriously hampered the youngsters in their egg rolling. In the old days everybody who came, young or old, was admitted to the egg rolling. But the odd antics of the little folks at their unique pastime proved a magnet for sightseers, who come not merely from Washington, but from towns far and wide. Particularly in the afternoon, when there is a band concert on the lawn, did the crowds become so dense that it was impossible for the juvenile visitors to romp freely, much less roll eggs in the traditional fashion. Ac. cordingly there was put into force the new rule, which reserves the big yard primarily for children and stipulates that no adults shall be admitted unless accompanied by children. This allows the attendance of the little tots who re- quire the presence of mother or nurse to look after them.
The Press., 1917-04-12

~ HE legend of the cross most "A widely spread and most gen N orally believed in the olden
 time Is as follows:
 Adam, having lived to n great age and feeling that death was not far distant. bade his son, Seth, bring to him either the fruit of life which grew in the garden of Eden or the oil of mercy which flowed there and which had been promised to Adam upon his expulsion from the garden. Seth made his way to paradise by the footprints of Adam and Eve, over which no grass had ever grown.
 The angel to whom Seth made known his errand gave him three seeds from the fruit of the tree of which Adam mad eaten and directed that they be slaced under Adams tongue just be fore his burial. In the course Of time Adam died, and the a%gel'S instruc, tiOns were carried out
 Soon there sprang from Adams grave in Hebron three trecS-a cedar. a cy- press and pine tree. These long grew together. forming one trunk. which came to be regarded as a sym bol of the holy trinity. This tree, transplanted by Moses and later by David, grew to be very beautiful.
 But even it's beauty did not prevent Solomon from cutting it down in order to complete his temple, for which q beam of enormous size was lacking But each time that the beam cut from the tree was fitted 1t would be either too large or too small, and such Q strange circumstance was taken as q sign that 1t should not be used.
 Some time afterward. most versions agree. the beam was buried where the pool of Bethesda was at later time discovered During passion week the wood rose and floated on the surface of the pool and was used for the cruel hxion cross
The Press., 1917-04-12
pnIinaman In tha .spot Liaht.

At certain street Intersections in St. Louis. where traffic officers have ire qucntly been struck by passing auto mobiles in dark and fogEy weather be- cause of their low visibility, they are now protected by searchlights installed on nearby buildings. which clearly re veal their presence to approaching mo- torists. The lights are of the nitrogen tungsten variety, high powered and mounted i'll reflectors. Placed at the second or third story of a corner build- ing, they flood with bright white light the spot where the officer stands. At one street corner in the west end the light is mounted at the top of a seven story hotel. The spot lights were adopted after several other methods had failed.-P Popular Mechanics.
The Press., 1917-04-12
THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO.
 April 8, 1886.
Items of local interest taken from the column.
 of The Press, thirty-one years ago

A rod and gun club will be organized at the office of Smith & Cooley tomorrow evening. A con- siderable list of names is appended to the call.
 B. F. Taylor has given up his place as organist at the Congregational church, and Miss Kate Beck with is engaged for the coming year. F, N. Crane has been asked to serve as ohorister.
 J Franklin. who formerly ran the Southbridge and Stafford Springs mail and stage route (via Union and Mashapaug) has bought the same of W. W. Winch, and commenced trips on Monday.
 sEE. 0 Pinney became large owner in the Phoenix Ca at Hydeville, April 1, and, report says, is to give his chief attention from this time to that interest MT. Holt remains agent of the company.
 The school in district No. 1, Union, commenced Monday. March 29tt, Miss Ella Agard of Brimfell, teacher in No. B and commenced Monday April 5th, George Towne teacher in the former and Miss Ella Hiscox in the latter district
 Orient Chapter, R A. C., last evening elected and installed the following officers for the coming year A. o. Eaton, M. E. H. F.; A. F. Close, K. Jas. Mclaughlin, & J. V. Squier, o. of H.; David Bissett, P. s.; J. M. Lord, R. A. c E. E. Butterfield, seoy ; 0. F. Harwood, Treas. H. O McLaughlin,s Nj. V. f; Lyman Cushman, M. V.; A. Adams, M. 3 V.; Christian Mann, tyler.
 Born. - Stafford Springs, 2d, son to Peter Kearns.
 Married. Wrapping March 3lst, by Rev. MT. Betts, Rev. John Pierce, pastor of the M. B. church, Mashapaug, and Belle M daughter of A. F. Weld, of Union.
 Stafford, March 4th, by Rev. G. V. Maxham, Eugene s Howlett and Ella B. Beckley.
The Press., 1917-04-12
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~OR luncheon and dinner on Eas E - ter Monday and Tuesday th' decorations should express the Easter spirit. Rabbits. chickens
 and eggs must appear in one form ol
 another. The shops are filled with lovely place cards and favors. One effect which is charming for q
 luncheon table has yellow and white for its color scheme In the center oi the table is a mound of daffodils sur
 rounding a big white egg. from which
 a little white chicken peeps. From the
 center streamers of yellow ribbon lead
 to the four corners ana finish in Il bow
 At each place Is found a little candy
 filled rabbit standing on its hind legs
 with the front feet extended.
 On the feet is placed the little card
 with the name off the guest whose place it is. The upper half of the rar bit comes off, and the body is filled with tiny bOnbOnS. These serve as both place cards and favors.
 At such luncheon the cOlors must he preserved throughout. starting with grapefruit and a golden chicken bouis' lon. followed by salmon ar eggs in one fashion or another. Chicken may be served as the meat, or if chops are pre- ferred little yellow TufIlcts can be put on their stems. Orange salad keeps uP the color scheme and a banana or deeN yellow vanilla cream finishes it. Little egg candies are appropriate and attrac- tive.
 For a children's party there Is Il larger field for variety. \ new version of an old game may be rung in very neatly. A couple of hundred little egg candies may be concealed in every imaginable corner of the house. These are to be sought by all the little ones. The child finding the most should re ceive the prize of a fuzzy chicken filled with candy, the second prize being q smaller rabbit, and the hooby prize should he a cardboard rabbit drawing a cardboard egg, on which should he inscribed ''boOby."
 For prizes in other games the chOcO- late or nut eggs make delicious and acceptable gifts. There are so many old fashioned games in which prizes may be given. and this always adds zest to the games.
 A costume party for the children af- lords q great deal of amusement and plenty of room for originality. The in- vitations should direct each guest to come in Easter costume. One of the best costumes along these lines seen in a long time was invented by a small miss of ten years.
 It was made of cardboard to repre- sent an egg and tied in the hack. It was a perfect oval from head to foot. It was very narrow at the bottom. where her feet c..nc through, anl Oil her head she wore white oval cap made like sOu'weSter. which had an opening for the face. but joined the rest of the costume at the neck. Round holes were made in the cardboard at the shoulders for the arms to come through. When she was in this cos tune it was really remarkably like an egg.-New York Evening Telegram.
The Press., 1917-04-12
Cbe presld ldent's
 Gaeter Guests

~HE president of the United
 States flttingly enough has per
 haps the largest and certainly : the most attractive back yard of any resident of this republic. Ordi- narily this back yard at the White House is about as quiet and deserted a place as one could imagine. It is only at rare intervals that any member of the presidential household for whose use it is reserveO Is seen walking about the parklike expanse, and it isn't often that this stretch of lawn is made to serve as a playground-that function of so many less conspicuous "back yards" up and down the land.
 However, there is one day at this smiling season of the year when the presidents big back yard is anything but deserted. It is on Monday, too Easter Monday, to be exact. Now, you know Monday is wash day." and in the ordinary household it Is the one
The Press., 1917-04-12
@-~s Hn9ete

TOD hGth sent bis GHgeJs To the. eGrtb again,
 Bringing joyful tidtsaOs
 To the sons Of men. They sohO first tt CtristnaGs Throaged the heGVenJy qcGy, Not0 beside the tomb door st On BGster day. Am0els, sing bis triumph As yOW sang hiS birth. "Christ the Lord Ss risen, Peace, good qciW 0N earth" IR the dreadful desert Where the Lord 1oGs tried, There the fGithfHt Gn0els Gathered ct his side. And qohen in tue garden, Grief aud pGiIl GRd core Boqoed him dOton qoitb anguish, They 1cere 1cith him there. Yet the Christ they honor Is the same Christ still, Who, in light aud ddrEneS8, Did his fGther'S qciH. Aud the. tomb, deserted, Shineth like the sky, Since he passed out from it Into rictOrB. God has stW hi3 angels Helping. ct his qcOrd, AW his fGithful children Like their f0ithfWI lord. Soothing them in sOrro,C, ArmiR0 them in strife. Openihg ride the fOmb doors Loading into life. Father. ScHd thine angels Unto uS, are pray; LeGUe aS HOt to tCGndeF AU GLORg our TGy, Let them guard and guide Ns WhereSO'er zee be, FLU our resurrection BTinOS as home to thee.
 Phillips Brooke.
The Press., 1917-04-12
ALasson From, Joy.

He took Joy home wiih him, and Joy said, Where's your fire?, And he told him. "The wind came in and the fire went cut And then Joy said, Garry sunshine enough about you to warm your heart and hands, And Joy asked him for q fiddle. but he said that it had only one string. But that was enough for Joy, who made the rafters ring with music. And then Joy said: 'The fiddle ain't nll If yoH'li just keep some music i'll your soul life II be hallelujah come down all th2 days of vour life."-Atlanta ConSti;u, ton.
The Press., 1917-04-12
A GoetnaIs Story.

A bOnmOt of Colonel Goethals is re ported from Chicago.
 It seems that a Chicago amusement agent sought out Colonel Goethals and besOught him to undertake, on the completion of his mammoth task, a lec- ture tour devoted to the Panama canal,
 But the engineer hemmed and hawed. He did not seem overenthusiastic about the lecture tour idea.
 "A Panama canal lecture" said the agent, would go like hot cakes, sir like hot cakes. We'd illustrate it. of course"
 Colonel Goethals gave a wry smile. What with?' he said. Slides ?"- Washington Star.
The Press., 1917-04-12
At tha Sepuleher.

Was 1t not most meet that woman should first see the risen Saviour? She was first in the transgression; let her be first in the justification. In yon garden she was first to work our woe; let her in that other garden be the first to see him who works our veal. She takes first the apple of that bitter tree which brings us all our sorrow; let her be the first to see the Mighty Garden CT, who has planted a tree which brings forth fruit unto everlasting life. -Spurgeon.
The Press., 1917-04-12

166 pounds and am as strong as man. think money is we'll spent which pur- chages Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Jos. O'BRYAN, 1755 Newport Ave, Chicago, H.
 The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be used with perfect confidence by women who suffer from displacements, inflam- nation, alteration, Irregularities, peri Odic pains, backaehe, bearing-down feel Ing, hatulency, indigestion, dizziness, and nervous prostration. Lydia P. Pink hams Vegetable Compound is the stan dard remedy fog female nls.
The Press., 1917-04-12
Power of Radium.

Professor illiam CrOokes. the not ad English physicist, has calculated flat if the total energy in the Smal luamtity cf radium which could b, .)laccd on the tip of the index finger was ohtainab!e by an instantaneous disintc;2'ation of it's atoms it would be 'ufficicnt to raise the whole English navy as high as Mount Etna latitude l0.71J feet.
The Press., 1917-04-12
Her Compliment,

Balzac had for neighbor at one time q nobleman of high degree and often used to pay him a visit ill the morning clad in the completest negli- gee. One day BalZac met at his neighbours the latter's niece and felt bound to excuse himself on the nature of his attire Monsieur" replied the young lady, "when l read your books I did not trouble myself about the
 inding"