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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
A Bodice for Formal Wear.

cannot be denied. It is made Of pah
pink chiffon acd trimmed with cir.
die of satin. The surpice front ID
trimmed with straight cords of pink
satin which emphasize the simple lines
Of the neck, while the back is gather
ed at the shoulders and at the lower
edge. The bodice should be made
over taffeta or satin foundation, il
sheer material is used in its develop
ment. Medium size requires az yards
36-inch material, with Is yard 36.inch
taffeta for the underbody.
With the exception of the sleeve. all
Of the parts Of the pattern are cut
from fold of material. The sleeve.
because of it's width, must be cut
from an open fold of the goods. The
hack trimming piece of the bodice is
laid on longthwise. fold Of the chif-
fon, as sh~,vn in the cutting guide, but
the front piece, like the surplice front,
is placed on lengthwise thread. The
back is placed on lengthwise thread
to the right of the trimming pieces.
When cutting the underbody, place
the back on lengthwise fold of the
silk and the front ON a lengthwir-
thread.
Gilt roses added to tho girdle
nance it's loneliness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
Nv ~ N~~~
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
(By Lee Papc)

Yestidday aftir suppir Skinny
Martin and Sid Hunt startid to Wits
sci for me, me knowing both their
wissels and I sed to pop, Pop can I
go out and see wat the fellows wunt
and finish my lessins in the morning.
A fine chance Of you doing eny-
thing in the morning, do them now
and then they'll be dun sed pop.
Yes sir, but IL I do them in the
morning they'll be dun, to, I sed. Il
1t is a little werd, but it's got nails
lin it. sed pop. And Skinny and Sid
kepp on wisseling with their wissels
getting weakir and weakir, and pop
kepp on reedihg the paper and kepp
on doing my hoamwerk and all Of a
suddin had a ideer and I started to
study out loud, saying, The Stummick
is a pear shaped bag, the stumnick Is
a pear shaped bag, the stummick is a
pear shaped bag. the stummick is a
pear shaped bag. Ferst saying it
away down in my throat and then
saying 1t away up high and then say
ing it throo my nose.
Hay, watts all thei excitement, watts
the magnificent ideer? sed pop.
I'm studying my nzzeoiogy, sed.
Well, your stummick may be pear
shaped bag, but I deny that mine is,
so study it to yourself, sed pop.
/ cant remember it unless I say
it out loud, I sed. And pritty soon
I started to say, it is about 10 intches
long. it is about 10 intches long, it is
about 0 intches long, it is about 10
irtches long. Saying it a diffrent way
eetch time.
Say. look a heer, sed pop.
non cad \, Al oa,e re.
member it If I don't say it out loud,
I haff to do my lessins. don't /?
Do them in the morning, sed pop.
Yes sir, I sed. And quick jumped
up and ran out, witch Skinny and Sid
was out there still wisseling for me
with their wissels almost ixawsted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
Suffragists Await
Hearings Eagerly

News from Suffrage Headquarters.
Hartford.)
Suffrag ists are now eagerly waiting
ing for the hearings before the Ju-
dietary Committee and the Commit
tee, on Constitutional Amendments on
is no woman suffrage measure before
the Woman Suffrage COMMITTEES. The
two ,bills for partial suffrage-the bill
amending the school suffrage act by
extending the right of the women
to questions OF excise-and the bill
giving women the right to full munich
cipAl suffrage and to presidential suf-
frage-were both referred to the Ju-
dietary Committee. The amend
ment to the State Constitution giving
women full suffrage went to the
Committee on Constitutional amend
ments.
In supporting three measures the
Connecticut Woman Suffrage Assoc
citation is making a departure from
Its course during the last few years.
when tit concentrated its support on
the constitutional amendment. II
Board that to make an effort to gain
some suffrage rights immediately
would in no way hinder the coming
OF full suffrage, and also it was felt
that some immediate gains might be
Of advantage in the general nation
wide fight for an amendment to the
United States Constitution The
Legislature can give by law, without
waiting for another legislative SEES
sion and without waiting for a popu-
lar vote, the suffrage rights included
in the two lesser bills. North Dako-
Ia has just conferred on the women
of that state the right to vote in all
municipal elections and also the right
for presidential electors. Similar
bills are before other of the AZ legis-
latures in session this year, and in
passing these bills the legislatures
are only following the example of II
linois which gave the women muni-
cipal and presidential suffrage in
1913.
Excellent work in organizing the
small towns is going on in the small
towns of the state under the manage
ment of the county chairnen. Tol
land when the Suffragists arrived,
they found q warm welcome. There
was absolutely no anti-suffrage feel
ing and all that was needed was simp-
ly to find a Leader in order to organ
ize a suffrage league. Good work is
also being done in the cities. In
Bridgeport series Of twelve meetings
is being held in order to organize all
the wards. These meetings are held
in private houses, and by means of
them a very large number of new
suffrage workers are being enroll
ed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
Prologue.

There are a few yenturesome
authors gifted with vivid magma
lions who, like Alexander, sigh for
new worlds to conquer. and they
do il. H G. Wells is one Of these,
and Edgar Rice Burroughs is an
other
In his most recent and most fas-
cinating work, The Gods Of
Mars" the author lifts his readers to
that interesting planet with an earth
born hero who is mysteriously
translated there.
AS Mi. Burroughs reveals the
condition Of that planet. Mars is
, well named, for there is continuous
warfare going on there Of a most
extraordinary kind. Wonderful air
battles and wonderful war ma
chimes are deScribed. and wonderful
adventures are related.
Every page is full Of color and
incident, and every page has its
thru. With a touch Of geniu. akin
to that Of Jules Verne. an ar Of
reality is gwen to the marvellous.
for here indeed is a marvellous
story. and yet it might all have
happened in Mars.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02

l must return. / have learned the Sc
cret, nephew, and I may traverse the
trackless void at my will. coming and
going between the countless planets as
I wish. But my heart is always in
! Bersoom, and l doubt that I shall ever
again leave the dying world that holds
my dearest memories.
~ have come now because my af-
lection for you prompted me to see
you once more before you pass over
forever into that other life that shall
never know and which, though I have
died thrice and shall die again tonight,
as, you know death, am as unable to
fathom as are you.
Gwen the wise and mysterious
therns of Barsoom, that ancient cult
which for countless. ages has been
credited with holding the secret Of life
and death id their impregnable fast
nesses upon the hither slopes Of the
mountains of Otz, are as ignorant
as we.
"I have proved it, though I nearly
lost my life in the doing Of it. But
you shall read it all in the notes I
have been ma king during the last three
months that 1 have been back upon
EARTH"
He patted swelling portfolio that
lay on the table at his elbow.
81 know that you are interested and
that you believe, and know that the
world, too. is interested, though they
will not believe for many years--yes
for many ages-since they cannot un-
derstand. Earth men have not yet
progressed to point where they can
comprehend the things that have
written in these notes.
"Give them what you wish Of 1t,
what you think will not harm them,
but do not feel aggrieved il they laugh
at you"
That night walked down to the
cemetery with him. At the door Of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02

his vault he turned and pressed my
hand
"Goodby, nephew" he said. II may
never see you again"
He entered the vault. The great
door swung slowly to. The ponderous
bolts grated into place. The lock
clicked.
/ have never seen Captain John Car
ter Of Virginia since.
But here is the story Of his return to
Mars on that other occasion as I have
cleaned it from the great mass of
notes which he left for me upon the
table of his room in the hotel at Rich
mond.
There is much which have left out;
much which 1 have not dared to tell,
but you will find the story of his search
for Dejah Thoris, princess Of Helium,
one Of the most remarkable stories of
adventure in strange lands and among
strange people ever written. This sto-
~, as told by Captain John Carter of
Virginia, 10 az follows:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
INDUCING PEOPLE TO BUY.

Any salesman will tell you good
many oddities of human nature. They
find that it takes solicitation to get
trade. A firm may use certain line
Of goods right along. ana it may have
been getting them of a certain house.
Yet is some other salesman comes
along he can frequently get the order.
There is something attractive in hui
man nature in the idea of being So
lic,ted. People like to buy of people
that show an interest in having them
buy. They regard people who solicit
trade more actively as enterprising
and as doing a bigger business. In
this judgment the popular instinct is
almost always correct.
Soliciting trade by advertising works
just the same way. It spreads abroad
the idea that people are more active
The store that advertises gets the
trade, just as the manufacturer who
sends out sales men gets the orders.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02

ASK WnaL prevailing, picdSAAS po"SA
Allures the sportive, wandering bee
To roam, untired, from mower 10
flower
He'll tell you tits variety"
Would YOU imagine that would flip
IN a coin to decide whether / should
answer a certain letter or consign 1t
to the waste-basket? This is just what
I cid after reading a letter signed "Jf
ca bachelor" He took six pages to
ask me in all seriousness whether or
no all good women were more or less
tame He asked that / voice my
opinion in an article in this column.
I had hoped as I tossed the coin that
Lit would come down heads which
would mean that I had won in decid-
ing to ignore it. If it came down
tails" well, LOST So here goes! l
plunge into the subject.
I believe that everything depends on
the point of view OF the man asking
the question. There are as many men
of different minds as there are Wo-
men of different kinds. If the world
of men only appreciated the sporty
women who thrust themselves auda-
diouslytiin the lime1ight, there would
be no one to adore the tinid, lovable
women who shine only by the home
freight, craving only the love OF
those nearest and dearest them. These
quiet women my correspondent might
dub as tame. To him the vivacious
creatures who accept his invitation to
|high-priced restaurants, drinking him
down in the number of highballs,
smoking as many cigarettes as he
does, telling and listening to. stories
narrowly bordering on the risQue, may
appear to be the only kind that, can
lfascinate a man. But, in all serious
ness, though he might make love to
the hilarious beauties would he con-
template marriage with one Of them?
The man who thinks he would never
| tire Of hilarity in his companions
usually remains single during his
youth, which comprises his best years.
When he isNweary Of hilarity and the
fast set, it is always the quiet woman
| to whom he turns. Then her tameness
| is called by another word in his vo-
cabulary. He says that she is limo
cent, knows nothing Of the world Her
so-called tameness is the brightest
jewel in her crown. Men rightly
enough appreciate their quiet, loving
wives. They know that it is not the
height of their ambition to shine, to
be admired by other men, Good, hon
|o1 file men value the worth OF the
women whom fast men secretly jeer
lat. Their attraction is greater and
lasts through life. What man wants
the woman who is too worldly to bring
UP his sons and daughters? When it
comes to it the bashful women are
the best loved. It is a pleasing thought
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02

Is l stood upon the blum before
MY cottage on that clear, cold
|h night in the early part Of March,
e. 1886, the noble Hudson flowing
like the silent specter Of a dead river
below me, felt again the strange,
compelling influence Of the mighty god
Of war. my beloved Mars, which for
ten lonesome years I had implored
with outstretched arms to carry me
back to my lost love.
Not since that other March night in
1868, when I had stood without that
Arizona cave In which my still and
lifeless body lay wrapped in the sinili-
tude Of earthly death, had l felt the
irresistible attraction of the god Of my
profession.
With arms outstretched toward the
red eye Of the great star, stood pray
ing for q return Of that strange power
which twice had drawn me through
the immensely Of space, praying as 1
had prayed on a thousand nights be-
fore during the years that had wait
ed and hoped.
Suddenly a Qualm of nausea swept
over me, my senses swan, my knees
gave beneath me, and pitched head
long to the ground upon the versE
verge Of the dizzy bluff.
Instantly my brain cleared, and there
swept back across the threshold of my
memory the vivid picture of the hor-
rors of that ghostly Arizona cave;
again, as on that far gone night, my
muscles refusNd to respond to my will,
and again as though even mere upon
the banks Qfsethc placid Hudson l
could hear the awful means and rus
thing OF the fearsonae thing which hal
lurked and threatened |me from the
dark recesses Of he cave.
I made the sl1Ae mighty and super
human effort to break the bonds Of
the strange anacsthesia which held me,
and again came the sharp click as Of
the sudden parting OF taut wire, and
I stood naked and free beside the
staring, l1feless thing that had so re-
Gently pulsed with the warm lifeblood
Of John Carter.
With scarcely parting glance
turned my eyes again toward Mars,
lifted my hands toward his lurid rays
and waited.
Nor did 1 have long to wait, for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
CAMP BREAD

Two cups flour, four teaspoons bak-
ing powder, one teaspoon salt. two
tablespoons lard. one cup milk or
water. Mix flour, baking powder and
salt together and sift into a bowl, add
lard and rub it lightly with tips OF
fingers, then add water and mix well.
Grease q frying pan and turn in the
batter. and bake very. slowly over. the
fire. Be sure to loosen from the pan
with a thin knife as soon as crust
forms. so that it can be turned over
and baked on other side. Sufficient
for four persons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
FONDANT ICING

Four cups sugar, one cup water,
one-haf teaspoon baking powder.
Melt sugar in water, add baking pow
der. and boil until it forms a soft
ball when tested in cold water. Pour
on to q wet platter, and as soon as
syrup has slightly cooled. gather it
up with q scraper into a heap, then
work It evenly and smoothly with a
spoon; until the whole becomes creamy
and finally, solid. Knead smooth and
keep inAa Jar. When wanted, place
the icing in saucepan over hot wa
ter. and stir it to the consistency OF
thick cream, and use it for the tops
Of cakes and buildings. If the icing
is made too hot, it will be dull and
brittle instead OF soft and shiny
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
QUARREIS ARE LIKE
FOLLY-DANGER

M. L. writes: ST wish your aid,
please. A year ago, I was introduced
to a man who called steadily. His
work called him from. the city. l
flirted in his absence. When he re-
turned he was contrary. We had a
tilt and parted in anger. He stopped
to speak to a woman friend. He ac-
companied her home. She related to
EN- his untruths. He wanted her COM
pany. 'Never!' she replied. She is
my friend We met. She said she
fbbed. Confessed he loved me and
liked to go with me. He's willing to
meet my friend. She is to meet him.
Which am I to believe? Is he true or
false?"
The course of true love never runs
smooth" it's said. A mixup in love
affairs is often fatal Give him the
benefit of the doubt, without his meet
ing her. Quarrels are dangerous.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
sH1powNERs BAN COMPETITION

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng, Feb g.
At meeting of shipowners here an
official announcement is made that In
future no competition will be allowed
in the coal export trade. No firm will
be permitted to transact business
which it has not been In the habit
of transacting and business must be
done only along the lines of each
e---.a'a e-@->~ AAd corrAntions
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
~A<N~~~~<
I CORNER FOR COOKS !
GENOA TARTLErS

Three-fourths cup butter, six eggs,
one cup sugar. one teaspoon baking
powder, two cups of flour, one tea
spoon rose extract, fondant icing.
Line fluted tartlet tins with pastry;
melt butter and set it aside; beat eggs
and sugar together for a15 minutes.
then add flour sifted with baking pow
der, extract and butter: mix and di-
vide into pastry lined tins and bake
in moderate oven for Is minutes.
When cool. over tops with white fon-
dant icing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
GENTLEMAN'S CARD
PUZZLES H
HER.

M. G. writes. Like to ask a favor
OF you. Recently received card
from a gentleman visitor In the cor
ner, he printed P. A. T. c. The mean
ing is unknown to me. 1 will be CRATE
full if you will kindly tell what it
stands for"
Not knowing the gentlemanfs views,
ways and merry moods, have no idea
of the meaning. Perhaps it is jest,
or chance remark you have heard him
utter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
ONE SHE CANNOT HAVE,
MOST CARED FOR

c.. A. N A. writes: Kindly advise
me. I am past 20 and have had a Few
beaux. One is a nice young gentle
man I do not love him as(I do an
other that cannot get. Let me know.
please, how he may yet care for me:
He only shows a little preference, II
true or not. Quite a few like my COM
pany.''
At 20 a girl often thinks she loves.
Nothing will cure her liking SO quickly
as realization that the man she pre-
fers is cold and disinterested. You
will find a true lover by not wasting
time on the laggard in love.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
FORK SALAD

This tastes much like chicken sal
al And Is q good way to use upssmall
pieces OF pork. Cut in small pieces,
add half q cup of beets and the same
of chopped celery. Mix with a boiled
dressing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02

TODAY'S POEM
BARKIsaDAvID ooPPERFIELD'

. :
How many men like you there are s
Fff Who dare not WOO.
They view the prize' as from afar,
They know exactly where they are. q
But words are few.
81
They think of thee and bless thy name
With hearts a-thrilling.
Right boldly to her side they come
But stammer out with falt'ring
tongue.
"Barkis is willing"
All knew well
What those words meant,
A thousand thus their love will tell,
For on the world you've, brought to
I dwell
A sweet content.
Prank Speaight, in my Dickens
Friends
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
PorArO SOUP

Boil twp large potatoes until soft.
Mash and add two cups OF milk, a
Tablespoon Of flour dissolved in d lit
tie milk and boil one minute.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
BANANA PIE

Bake q crust and when done fill
with sliced bananas and sprinkle over
with sugar. Set In hot oven few
minutes, then cover with whipped
cream and serve at once.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
BU'TTERNUT PIE

One-half cup of milk, one half cup
of cream. scant three-Quarters cup OF
sugar, two beaten eggs or one egg and
one tablespoon of flour. and one cup
Of butternut meats, chopped fine.
Bake with two crusts "a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN PUCK q GOV,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
(To be Continued.)

The Arizona legislature passed .
resolution expressing entire faith
and confidence" in President Wilson
and pledging support in whatever ac-
ton he may take relative to the sit
uation growing out of the German
note.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
TO CORRESPONDENTS

Correct name and address must be
given to insure attention. not to print
Use ink. Write short letters, only Oh
one side of paper. Address Miss lab
hey. V16 President Street. Brookiyn
N. w
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02

The Seaboard Air Line ordered Is
locomotives from the American Lo-
connective Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
LAURA JEAN LIBBY'S DAILY TALKS ON
HEART TOPICS
Copyrighted. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

that every man looks upon life ana
women from his own standpoint, be II
good, Indifferent or blurred.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02

+ Probably the ground hog doesn't
come out so much to see about the
vegetable the farmer proposes to raise
for his special benefit this coming
snrinr
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02

Want Ads. One Cent : Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
CHAPTER 4.
The Plant Men.

Is stood upon the bluff before
IA MY cottage on that clear. cold
night In the early part Of March,
1904 the noble Hudson flowing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
ARE ALL GOOD WOMEN TAME?

ASK what prevailing, pleasing power
Allures the sportive, wandering bee
To roam, untired, from flower to
flower
He'll tell you it's variety"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
Forewerd.

!: !: :: !: :: !:
- from fha SIGHT Of mar, I'm fhat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-16

Willows are mentioned in Leviticus. Job. Isaiah and the Psalms. The tree on which the captive Israelltes hung their harps was the weeping willow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-16
STEELE ANDREWS IS STRUCK BY BUS AND
 PAINFULLY INJURED
Cash Near Left Temple Required Two Stitches; Back of Head
 Badly Bruised

Steele Andrews, one of the best known and most popular young men in Bir- mingham. was painfully injured at 530 by Miner Heights bus. driven by David Donahoo. He sustained d cut on one cheek and was considerably bruised The accident occurred in front of the entrance to the Tutwiler hotel on Twen- tieth street.
 From statements of witnesses MT. An sdrews was crossing the street and in .leaying the sidewalk was obliged to pass between two cars standing at the curb, The Miner Heights car was running at stow speed and probably that fact only saved MT. Andrews. Upon strik- ,ng Andrews the car was stopped instant ly by the driver and did not pass over his body
 MT. Andrews was picked up by the driver of the car and rushed to the Hillman hospital for immediate atten- tion. Two stitches were taken in his wound near the left temple and a badly bruised place on the back of his head was also treated. After dressing the wounds he was taken to the Davis in- firnsary. where an E-ray of the head is to be taken The doctors last night ex- pressed the opinion that the wounds were only on the surface and that no se- rious internal injuries were sustained.
 The several witnesses placed no blame upon the driver of the car. as the acci- dent happened at a place not desig- mated as a regular crossing place for pedestrians, and he was released with out bond at the consent of the injured mans family,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-16
Arouses the Liver ana Purifies the
 Blood

The Old Standard general strengthen- ing tonic. GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. arouses the liver to action. drives Malaria out of the blood and builds up the system. For adults and children. 60c.