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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01

press them between plotting papers in anticipation of the event. If you have not done this, make a memorandum to do so next. year and place the memo randum where you will come across it in early October. One woman known to the writer has splendid reminder Of this kind. In a box on her desk are twelve envelopes, each marked with month of the year. When she hears 'or reads of anything that it would be well to remember in a certain month, she makes a memorandum, or cuts out a clipping and tucks it in the proper envelope. The first of every month she opens that months envelope and goes over the memos.
 Thanksgiving Day is Home Day and Family Day all over this land of ours. And the true American woman plans, not for an elaborate course dinner with costly flowers and place favors and those guests whom it would be good policy to entertain; but arranges a simple, typical New England Thanks giving feast, makes the atmosphere of
 the home as homelike as possible and bids to the festivity those relatives who
 have not so great a share of this worlds goods, or who live lonely lives without home environment. Even if
 wood is high this year, by all means, on Thansgiving Day have a pleasant fire glowing on the hearth. Even if
 the table decorations must be of crepe paper, have plenty of gay orange and yellow and russet to give proper atmos- phere to the feast. Autographed tur- Key place cards and pumpkin colored
 crepe paper nut dishes will give a
 turkey taste to the economically neces-
 sary chicken fricassee or even mutton stew that will surprise you.
 This year many Thanksgiving dinner tables will have military suggestion. l One Of these is the soldier turkey shown, centerpiece. The turkey is made of crepe paper, has military hat,
 collar, buttons, pockets, etc. The
 body of the turkey contains the favors and these are attached to ribbon
 streamers which are fastened at the birds sides. Every favor will be an
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01
The School Girls Uniform

ties in a loose "throw-over" knot at the back. Collar and cuffs are of the. serge bound :fiatly with braid and white pique chemisette and cuffs smarter up the neat costume. At a school near Boston the girls wear dresses of dark blue mohair, pleated in the skirt and with straight, Moy- enage tunic with large, braid-bound armho1es and tailor buttons down the back. A wide black leather belt holds in the tunic trimly at the waistline; the long sleeves of the material have turned back, braid bound cuffs With these frocks. are worn starched eton collars and black windsor ties of silk.
 In addition to the class room uni form, each school called for at least one pretty evening dress and two or three dinner frocks" of voile, challis. taffeta or nuns yelling. Velvets are debarred and also tulIe and satin. No girl, it seems, even in the most ex- pensive finishing school, is encouraged to become the envy of her mates by too elaborate costumes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01

nervous energy! No business girl can give her best efforts to her work who spends her evenings over needle and sewing machine. Evenings should be spent in recreation, resting or reading; one night a week devoted to mending and freshening up the wardrobe is all any business woman should have to give to clothes consideration.
 On Saturday every large department store offers special values for busi- ness women. Hats, coats, suits, frocks, neckwear and the like are ad- vertised, and displayed prominently, at prices attractive to wage-earning pocketbooks. Fortunate is the busi- ness girl whose office is so situated that she can do a little shopping dur
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01
AGoOd WaprnCoat
 of Bpown NeItonwiu CoILarof Shaved Rabbit

mark-downs begin to appear in the shops and then comes the business woman,s cleaning time! Rare bar gains are to be had-the important thing is to buy with one eye on pres erit needs and the other eye on chang ing fashions. It never pays to pick up a rare bargain that is cheap be cause it's style is doomed. and the canny business shopper knows what styles are likely to be doomed.
 Serge And Mohair Frocks For Office
 Wear.
 Though there is nothing like a neat blouse and well cut skirt for day-in- day-out office wear, one does become mortally tired of an everlasting mode of dress. So perhaps, does ones em-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01

ing her lunch hours and thus save the precious Saturdays for the serious problems of coats, suits and frocks. This year the business woman, like everybody else has to economize and economiZe to make the dress allow ance cover what is necessary for a presentable appearance. Shoes will have to be resoled and hats retrimmed and one frock must do the work of two. The business girl has taken a Liberty Bond to do her bit, and prices for footwear and for furs are discour- ag1ng' to say the Ieast-but we shall all weather the storm somehow, and the brave little business girl will be one of those who deserve most credit.
 About the first of December the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01


 single Saturday afternoon; but
 ss in all probability it's plans have been in the making through many a week. The wise business woman does not buyswhat- she sees, either because her fancy is taken or because she wants to get the trouble of shopping over. She looks about carefully, one Saturday afternoon; thinks it all over during the week, and then invests her money when her mind is made up. Sometimes, to be sure, there are won derful bargains that must be snapped up at once or forever lost and this is where the weeks of planning have been valuable; for the shopper knows exactly what she needs and how much she can afford to spend for every item of her wardrobe. If blouse is offered at real bargain, and it is precisely the sort of blouse she has hoped for, then by all means buy it instantly; next week it may be gone
 Running Charge Accounts.
 There is great convenience in hay ing charge account, or several charge accounts at various stores. Shopping may be done with less strain and effort and better service is re- ceived than if the shopper is merely a leash customer" who may or may
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01
This Dainty Dance Tpock
 of Pink1Tdffetd is q ModestY Priced ReHdy- Nade Model
Nade Model

not come to the store again. But only the business girl who is very sure of her own practical qualities, of her good sense and self-restraint in resist ing alluring~ bargains, should culti- vate. the charge account habit. It takes a level head and much self control to manage a charge account on an average business-girl, salary; and oh, the awfulness of bills coming in when there is no money to meet themi All the large shops solicit and encourage charge accounts from the teachers but they make no such effort to get the business woman's patronage. It is easy to find out just what teacher earns; her money is assured and is paid by the State. And she is paid by the month, whereas the aver age woman receives her pay envelope weekly. As everybody knows, it is much easier to meet monthly bills with a monthly check that comes in when the bills do, than by savings from weekly salary that somehow never seems enough to cover weekly expenses.
 Buying Ready-Made Clothes.
 Most business women, living in or near large cities find it much better economy to buy their clothes ready made. Very little more is paid for frocks and suits that are all ready to put on, and oh the saving in time and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01
BABY'S WINTER SWEATER

little figure at the hips, holding in the small petticoats and insuring extra warmth. Turned back cuffs are purled also and there may be a fiat, turnover c-n-r or the neck may De collarless, finished with a double row of crochet. Be sure to add pockets for baby's wee handkerchief and make the buttons of wooden moulds@two rows of buttons for the double breast ed front-with covering of .crocheted wool
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01
BATH ROOM LINENS

TN THE OLD days of the tin tub
 any towel was supposed to be
 good enough for the guest pro- A vided 1t was a towel clean and free from holes. But with the coming of tiled floors and walls and elaborate plumbing fixtures the bath room be- comes one of the show places of the house anext in importance to the guest room in the hostess point of view. There must be, always ready for the transient guest, rack of fresh towels and these are apt to be quite iuxurious affairs. The guest towel
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01

article for a soldiers kit and it's recipient will immediately forward it to her pet soldier boy or donate it to the nearest Red Cross headquarters. Another novelty is a martial Jack Hor- ner in the shape of a service tent, flaps, guy ropes and all. The outer flaps lift up and the favors are drawn forth by lengths of manilla rope, very light weight rope, of course-Which seems to give better service touch than ribbon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01

rack should be somewhat apart from the racks used by the members of the family and woe be to the masculine member who catches up one of the guest towels and leaves the guest rack denuded, unbeknownst to a hostess! For a guest feels good deal of em- barrassment in having to ask for towels! The guest rack should hold two monogrammed face towels of damask, a large bath towel, also handsomely monogrammed and a wash cloth to match the bath towel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01
GLOVES BECOME FANCIFUu.

Some recently arrived gloves from Paris are of gray suede with pipings of white suede and embroidery in mauve and white. Another pair is of white glace kid with purple embroidery on the backs and a turned down purple velvet cuff reaching almost to the fingers. Even more lively are tan suede gloves with embroidery and piping ip red.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01

 jacket for the little girl who must have some, protection over her thin house frock on cold winter mornings before the furnace is well up for the day. A delightful little house sweater for the tiny girl is made of white ice wool. so soft and light baby will never feel the weight of it ast she plays about the nursery or runs through the halls, |, The little sweater is double breasted, which means that, after putting in the ribs on the should CT, an extra number of stitches must be added to each front so that a good lap may be secured. The sleeves are in the ordinary kimono style, knitted as one proceeds with the sweater, and fve-inch border of purling at the bottom makes the sweater cling to the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01

20 HE MOTHER OF A young girl, q early this fall sent for the cir "A culars of various girls schools
 W in the east and discovered that in almost every high class boarding school the pupils are required to wear a uniform costume during class hours The "uniforms'' varied in different
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Wisdom, in Buying Things Ready Madejf Shop ping is Done With Discrimination HolD the
 Office Worker Econonizesi m F Foot1Oear-
 sTheAduantages of Coat US. Suit Hats.

~HR BUSINESS GIRLS winter wardrobe may be bought on a
 single Saturday afternoon; but
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-08
C0NFEDERATES
Re-elect Gen. Harrison
as Commander
Endorse Cotton Tax Bill Now
Pending

Washington. June THE United
Confederate Veterans reelected Gen
eral George l.. Harrison of Opelika.
Ala. their cominander-i chief and
selected Tulsa, Okla. as the place for
The 1918 meeting late today. after
marching up Pennsylvania avenue to
the strains of Dixie and passing in re
Wow before President Wilson and
Vice President Marshall.
Escorted by an honor guard of
Union soldiers. the hosts of the
south paraded in triumph through the
streets of the capital to the accom-
panying cheers of thousands OF spec
tators gathered along the line of
march
summer shower cooled the atmos-
phere as the veterans marched and
IN spite of the advanced age of most
~ the veterans not n case OF serious
OK austion was reported. Resolutions
lhdg.ng support to President Wilson
In tho war were adopted in the session
today amid enthusiastic scenes. The
N'tetang also endorsed a bill pending
In Congress to refund to the southern
states the cotton tax collected at the
close OF the war. and went on record
IN protest against a published state
nient tia 1.-THE South went to war for
the same cause for which the Teu-
tome powcrs are defying the world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-08
BOHEMIA RIOT
Revolutionary Move
ment Against Austria
Union of All Czech Slovak Lands
Is Demanded

Chicago, June Word that demon
STATIONS verging on revolution have
broken out in Bohemia against Aus
trian rule was received here today by
j. F. Smetanka, secretary of the Be-
hemian National Alliance, from DR..
Edward -Benes. secretary of the Bo-
hcmianS iovack National Council ut
Paris.
The cahiegram said: Revolutionary
movement in Bohemia. Great riots at
Prostejov ProssnitZ), Moravska Os
trava (Mahrisch Ostra) and Budejo-
vice Rudweis>. Fifteen thousand per-
sons made a demonstration in Prague
before the governors palace. Address
of Czech Club comprising Czech depu-
ties not in Jail to the Rcischrat says:
We demand the union of all Czech
Slovak lands in one democratic state
of which the Slovaks must be part.
"C!ub of National Socialist deputies
salutes in public declaration the Rus
sian revolution and the great Amerl-
can democracy"
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Roosevelt Points
II. S. Citizens Duty

Young doctor and young men fitted
to render service of any kind in the
medical corps are badly needed at this
moment. Let every young doctor. ev-
cry young man fit to render aid under
doctor, come forward at once and
volunteer his services.
mo American who reads the story
of Germanys course in the war can
fail to feel his blood boil with horror
and anger over the fearful cruelties it
recounts and the shameful folly this
country showed in not instantly TAX
ing action to rebuke those cruelties
and in refusing even to prepare to de-
fend herself.
mo American who reads it, if he has
a spark of manhood and Of the old
American spirit in his SOUL can fail
to feel his heart harden with the reso-
lutte purpose. inasmuch that at least,
thank Heaven, we have dared to fight
for the right; to do his part in seeing
that this nation remains steadfast in
the war until it is crowned by COM
plete and overwhelming victory; and
let this man feel that his children will
turn from him in shame unless he does
all that in him lies to aid in bringing
this victory
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-08

New York, June being passed
over by the selective draft does not
absolve a man from the duty of per-
sistently offering his services to his
country in whatever way they best
can be used. Col Theodore Roosevelt
declared tonight before the American
Medical Association Convention here.
Failure to do so means unfitness to be
a citizen, he said.
Some men talk as if their duty
would be fully performed if they
served when drafted" Col. Roosevelt
said. This is great error Service
under the draft merely represents
minimum duty. You should strive to
render far more than minimum SER
vice. Many men of no special aptitude
will be unable to render service I'M
less they are drafted. Therefore, the
drafted man who does his duty stands
on full level of honor with the man
who volunteers"
But the young man who is not
drafted does not stand on level with
his drafted brother unless he eagerly
and persistently seeks the opportunity
to volunteer wherever he can do useful
service.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-08
Rejects REPORT
House Action on War
Budget Bill
Would Leave Naval Base Selec-
ton with Navy Department

Washington. June 1.-THE. House today
rejected the conference report on the 50.
PSI. 294,64l war budget bill because Of a
S. 100000 appropriation inserted by the
Senate for the purchase Of the old James
town Exposition site and buildings and
the construction Of a naval base and
training station there.
. The bill was sent back to the con-
ferees with instructions to eliminate the
exposition site provision. This probably
will be done promptly. What shall be-
come OF the navy departments request
that the site be acquired for an urgently
needed naval base and training station
on Hampton Roads will be left to the
naval committees. Representative Kelley
Of Michigan led a vigorous fight against
the item. declaring that the present own
ers had only $25O,oOo for the buildings
and grounds for which the government is
asked $4,000.
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RESCUE TARGETS
U. S. Destroyer Stops
German Cruelty
U-Boat Victims in Lifeboats Be-
ing Fired upon

An Atlantic Port. June Am Amer
lean destroyer on patrol off the coast
OF ireland recently came upon Ger
man submarine Smelling the lifeboats
of ship it had sunk, according to sur
vivors Of summarized vessels arriving
here today, aboard an American liner.
The submarine disappeared before the
destroyer could get shot at her and
the American war vessel then rescued
70 survivors of two ships that had
been sent down within sight of each
other, taking them to British port
The two ships We're the Russian bark
Lynton, from Pensacola and the Nor
Wegian bark Madura, from Mobile for
British ports. The Lynton was sent
down first with no loss of life. Imme-
diately after the Madura came into
view and was sunk by the same sub
marine Survivors said the submarine
she1led the lifeboatS of the Madura,
killing two persons, and wounding sew
en-, until the American destroyer came
up.
American Consul Frost of Queens
town also was aboard. He said he had
come to recuperate from an illness.
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ENGINE TIPS over
Two Injured in Portland Yard as
Trains Come Together

Portland, Me. June Following a
collision of two trains in the P. & Q.
yard of the Portland Terminal Com
pany late last night, one of the big
locomotives of the company was top
pied over and two of the engine crew,
Engineer l.. Clark and Fireman E. 7.
Jones were injured. the injuries of
Clark being most serious. He had
burns and Commissions and was taken
to the Maine General hospital. Jones
suffered injury to his legs, but his
hurts were not so serious and he was
taken to his home. In the smash up
several cars were badly damaged and
tie roadbed was torn up for some dis
lance. One of the trains was stand
ing while the second was we'll under
way and when the two came together
there was heavy crash which caused
the big locomotive standing on sid
ing to be pushed from the rails and it
landed on it's side clear Of the iron
The wrecking crew was at once sum-
noned and the work of clearing the
tracks and replacing the locomotive
on to the rails was commenced.
A short distance from the standing
train was another train, or shifter, at
work. A string of cars was being
p'shcd ahead Of the locomotive at a
point where there is a slight grade AS
the train made the height of grade
the cars. all but two or three, separat-
ed from the others and the locomo-
tive and started down grade gaining
much momentum. Before the cars
could be stopped they side swped the
other train. The heavy crash was
heard for some distance and there was
a h,rrying to the spot to determine the
seriousness of the accident.
Traffic was delayed only on the
tracks adjacent to those on which the
mix up took place but through traffic
Of freights was not disturbed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-08
Cuban Minister Tells Of
Food Conditions Now
Existing in Germany

Paris, June THE actual food con-
ations Of the present day in Germany,
a scarcity that increases monthly as
the livestock decreases; the prospective
Door crops for 1917 because OF the
shortage Of labor; the German view
point concerning peace. and the atti-
Jude toward revolution coupled with a
PREDICTION that the German public NAV
Dose confidence in the Instability of
hi leaders, are presented by DR.. Ar
ttldes Aguero. Cuban resident minister
r. Berlin since the beginning Of the
war but who Is row returning home. in
toniRht's Journal Des Debats.
Dr Aguero begins his statement with
resume of the actual food allowance
IN Berlin today.
Eggs" says DIR. Aguero, ARE nom
existent as also is milk. Vegetables are
excessively scarce and rare foods are
not to be had by persons of tiny
purses
Dr AGuero then passes to chocolate.
coffee and tea. which he also charac-
terizes as non-existent. TIE declares
that fruits are as rare as vegetables.
because the supplies have been reuui-
sluon'd by the government for the
armv
livery element of the civil popula-
zion regardless of the social class to
which il belongs" DIR. Aguero saws.
the daily ration at the time of nv
departure consisted of $50 grammes
Of bread 35 grammes of meat: $50
:rammcs OF potatoes. 10 grammes of
TAI and eight grammes of sugar. One
egg monthly was allowed and one nor
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head swathed in bandages as the re-
suit Of knife cuts which he charged
that Libby inflicted. While the required
bail had not been furnished when court
recessed at noon, Attorney William A.
Connellan, counsel for Libby. announc-
ed that it would be furnished this aft
crnoon
According to the story told by White
on the stand this morning the alleged
assault of last night was the culmina-
ton of bitter feeling against him enter
tanned by Libby for some time. He said
that the feeling dated back to for
mer court case in which Libby had
him arrested and arraigned in the
Portland municipal court and in which
he was subsequently found not guilty
and discharged.
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ton OF war marmalade monthly. Lit
tie children and invalids. the latter on
presentation of medical certificates,
can get milk when there is any,
Regarding livestock, DR.. Aguero says
the 100000 mich cows on hand be-
fore the war have decreased to g.
OoO,0O0. These are suffering from lack
OF food, while the average milk given
by each cow has dropped from seven
and eight litres to four and five litres.
The 100000 sheep in Germany be-
fore the war, he says, have disappear
ed entirely. while the 100000 goats
have fallen off to 100000.
The coming crop, says DIR. Aguero, will
be very mediocre because all the labor
has to be performed by women and
French and Russian prisoners. The soil
is also suffering from the lack of real
nitrates.
The Cuban minister, however, makes il
plain that prvations have not yet at
fected the German people. and he warns
against counting upon such a contin.
gency.
The German, he says, accepts and con.
sents to submit to discipline which the
Latin would not think of submitting to-
The German the writer continues
thinks he must fight to the last breath
and the last man because he believes this
war is a matter of life or death for Ger
many. He believes that if he is van
pushed Germany will be divided among
France. Russia, Belgium, Italy and Dem
mark. and that all remaining will be
small portions of Prussia, with Berlin as
the capital"