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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

Because of the prices obtained for the
last crop and the world demand for
this grain its profitabIeness to the
American farmer during the APP
preaching season is obvious.
The use of COW peas and soy beans
as human food has been recognized
only recently in this country. Exist
ing circumstances warrant the plant
ing of all available. seed of varieties
known to do well in several sections.
The high food value of field beans.
and the shortage of supply due to the
light yields of the past two years
render them of great Importance as a
crop in the regions to which they are
adapted, it is pointed out by the De-
partment of Agriculture. 1t states
that the seed supply, while high in
price, is well distributed.
The Outlook For The Potato Crop.
That seed potatoes should be con-
served by planting on the best lands
available for them and planning for
thorough tillage and protection of the
crop against disease and insect pests,
is the advice of the Department. in
referring to the conservation of the
useful tuber. In referring to this crop
Professor Spillman said:
Potatoes can be grown most adj
vantageously near the center of pop
ulation in the Northern States where
transportation cost may be reduced
to a minimum. This crop is capable
of quick and large increase of produc-
ton when conditions are favorable.
There is however, considerable. risk
of improbable production when they
are grown at long distances from the
consuming markets. The potato crop
illustrates just what the farmer
problem is.
"In normal times, when potatoes
are high-priced at planting time the
farmer will plant a liberal acreage.
Frequently this results in a very large
crop the succeeding year, with re-
sultingly low prices. These low prices
cause the farmer to reduce his acre
age next year. -I1t-
Nov. at the. present time potatoes
are abnormally high, and it will take
from $25 to $50 to buy seed potatoes
sufficient to plant an acre this spring,
a very abnormal condition. You can
judge for yourself the farmers state
of mind at the present time. Suppose
he has $500 worth of seed on hand.
which he had intended to plant this
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

"She was an angel on earth. She was
a minister of blessing to all human
beings within her sphere of action.
Her heart was the abode of heavenly
purity. She, had no feelings. but of
kindness and beneficence, yet her
mind was as firm as her temper was
mild and gent1e.''
Lincoln's Mother.
.Lincoln's early life was pathetic in
the extreme for poverty and lone1i-
ness were its chief elements. For
tunately. both his mother and step
mother were good women. Mrs
Lincoln, whose maiden name was
Nancy Hanks, would have been I'M
der other circumstances a noticeable
woman for she had much in her ma
ture that was truly heroic and much
that shrank from the rude life about
her. She died of consumption amid
the most abject poverty, leaving the
lonely little boy, who was just be-
ginning to learn at her knee. She al
ways had morbid fear of her son
growing up in ignorance and she i'm
pressed upon him the necessity of do
ing some particular task in life and
doing it well.
WHeH Mfs. Lincoln O1ed there was
no funeral ceremony and Lincoln
wrote to a minister begging him to
come, and preach his mothers funeral
and three months later his request
was granted. A year after his moth
er's death Lincoln's father married
Mrs. Johnston, a Kentucky widow.
She at once opened her heart to the
ragged little child and he was her
''boy'' until his death. She had two
children of her own who welcomed
young Abraham as their brother and
in late life declared that their STEP
brother was always their mothers
favorite. Lincoln's youth frightened
under the care Of his step-mother and
when he left home he felt great pair
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

herself to live on brown bread. LOTT
ness of sentiment has always reigned
paramount in her heart.
The Mother OF Goethe.
The mother of Goethe was only
eighteen years of age when he was
born, and during the poets early life
she was more like a playmate than a
mother, for she romped with him as
if she were his own age. While not
a woman of brilliant intellect she was
an excellent story teller and an in
ventor of stories such as children love.
She possessed fertile imagination.
In after years when somebody asked
the poet how he acquired such a re-
markable Imagination he wrote:
From mother dear the frolic soul
The love of spinning fiction"
Goethe's mother was of deeply
religious nature and early in life she
taught her children the love of God
and when one of the boys died, the
poet, although only nine years of age,
did not shed tear. His mother did
not understand his attitude and asked
him if he did not love his little broth
Ger. "But mother he replied, "God
has taken little Jacob to dwell with
Him in Heaven and he will be happy
why should cry?" All through life
Goethe was devoted to his mother
and it was she who read his works as
soon >as they, were completed.
Royal Mothers.
OF the royal mothers, Queen Vic
toria is perhaps the most NOTED. The
mother of nine children she ruled
England. with wisdom rarely found
in a ruler, yet found time to give
mother1y care to her sons and daugh-
tiers. She instilled in their minds the
cardinal virtues and sent them forth
to the various courts of Europe, where
her good influence was Felt. Her pa
tience. industry and tactfulness made
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spring; if he plants his seed he is not
quite sure what the result will be de-
spite present conditions. If he sells
$500. Some farmers are able to an
ticipate very accurately this action
and reaction, and these are the men
who grow rich from their crop re-
turns"
The Department urges strongly the
extensive planting this season of such
vegetable crops as carrots. rutabaga,
turnips, onions and cabbage, especial.
ly in the Eastern United States. 1t
states that all these crops are capable
of large production on such suitable
land under intensive culture through
out the more densely populated por-
lions of the country. The supply of
seed is ample, and the culture of these
crops relatively simple.
Drief. Vegetables.
1.-THE holding of these vegetables
for the winter food supply is rela-
lively easy when suitable inexpensive
pits, cellars or lofts are prepared in
time" says the Secretary of Agricul-
ture in his report. 1.-THE practicable
ity of quickly drying vegetables for
longer preservation was demonstrated
on a large scale last year in Western
New York, where quantities were
dried in the available apple avapora-
tors and in quickly constructed dry
kilns for export as army supplies.
This was a repetition of the Civil War
period, when desiccated vegetables
assumed considerable importance in
the army ration, and the equipment
required for their preparation proved
the forerunner of our present fruit
drying equipment.
Existing conditions warrant
heavier planting than usual of staple
winter vegetables in the sections
where canneries and fruit evaporators
exist and probably in some sections
where the provision of such facilities
later in the season may be justified.
In the Southern sections of the coun-
try perhaps no crop has larger pos
sibilities for quick increase of pro-
duction of food for both men and ami
mails than the sweet potato. Methods
of handling and storing this product
demonstrated and advocated by the.
Department workers for several years
make possible much fuller utilization
of this crop than has occurred gen.
orally in the past"
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her one of the greatest characters in
history She was greatly beloved by
her subjects especially in the colonies.
Marie Therese, of Austria, the moth
er of Marie Antoinette, was a woman
of rare executive ability and she aid
ed her husband in holding the love
OF his people. She was the mother
OF large family, and although af-
falrs of state 1cquired much of her
time and she displayed a resolute.
masculine character throughout her
entire life, she managed to find plenty
OF time to devote to her children, and
when her son, Joseph II. became the
Emperor, he declared that if he had
any fitness as a ruler it was due to
the love and teachings of his mother.
Louise, Prussia's beautiful Queen,
was known throughout that land as
the, mother of the poor" as most of
her time was spent: in ministering to
their needs. She was always well
coined joyouslyp by the children wher-
ever she went and historians speak
of her as the noblest woman in his
tory. In our own land many of our
great men received the foundation for
their greatness in the teachings of
their mothers.
Mothers or Presidents.
John Quincy Adams, who, like his
father, became the chief executive of
the United States, always declared
| that his mothers teachings made him
what he was. Her bouyant spirits,
CONNIE sense and cheerfulness were
the delight of the life of both my
| father and myself" he wrote on one
Occasion of his mother. Her boy,
John Quincy, was her idol, and she
saw to his education. Her letters to
the boy contain advice that equalled
that of Polonius,- and in later years
after that boy grew up and became
President, he used to refer to them
In late life he wrote of her as follows:
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
Food Crops Must Be Greatly Increased To Meet
War Demands, Says the Department Of gricul-
ture : How the Government Will Help
Practical Advice From Authorities.

generously adequate food supply for
the coming year cannot be overem.
phasized in view of the economic
problems which may arise as a result
of the entrance of the United States
into the war. Every effort should be
mace TO produce more crops than are
neeoeo Tor our own requirements.
Many millions of people across the
seas, as well as our own people, must
rely IN large part upon the products
of our fields and ranges.
This situation will continue To
exist even though hostilities should
end unexpectedly soon, since Euro
pean production cannot be restored
Immediately to its normal basis. Rec
ognition of the fact that the world
at large, as well as our own consum-
ers, must rely more strongly on Amer
lean farmers this year than ever be-
fore should encourage them to strive
to the utmost to prepare to meet these
urgent needs"
No Fear OF Over-Prodtiction.
The Secretary allays any fears the
farmers may have in respect to pro-
ducing an oversupply. with resultant
reduction in prices, by saying:
1t is obvious that the greatest and
most important service that Is re-
quired of our agriculture under exist
ing conditions is an enlarged produc-
ton of the staple food crops. Because
of the shortage of such crops prac-
tically throughout the world there is
no risk in the near future of excess
sive production such as sometimes has
resulted in unremunerative prices to
producers.
'.This is particularly true of the
cereals and of peas, beans, COW peas
soy beans and buckwheat. In view of
the worldwide scarcity of food, there
is hardly a possibility that the pro-
duction of these crops by the farm
ers of the United States can be too
great this year. and there is abund-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
Short Sketches Of a Few
Of the Mothers Of Great
Men Of Various Ages :
Howthe Mother sinful
ence Led Them Into the
Paths Of Right and JUS
tice.
Copyright. 1917, by The International
49, Syndicate. ~

Copyright. 1917 by The International
.1fse- Syndicate.
~HE hand that rocks the cradle
ri is the hand that rules the
world" is a tribute which for
ages has been paid to mother
hood. Many of the great and sue
cessful men in history have looked
back to- early childhood when they
stood at their mothers knee and felt
her love and influence then, which
love, influence and guidance have fol-
lowed them throughout their eventful
careers.
The Mother OF The Gracchi.
The mother of the Gracchi is a
familiar phrase yet comparatively few
people have made a real study of the
mother love lavished on her sons by
this Roman matron, the wife of dis
tinguished statesman. The daughter
OF Publius Cornelius Scipio she in
herited his brilliant mind. She was
the mother Of twelve children. only
three of whom grew to womanhood
and manhood, one girl and two boys.
The two boys, Tiberius Sempronius
Gracious and Caius Gracious, were
her pride and she devoted her life to
their training. Left widow early in
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

LA OBILIZE the nations farm
ing resources!" This is the
cry which the Department of
= - Agriculture is sending out
over land to every farmer between
the Ltlantic and Pacific; between
Canada and the Gulf of Mexico.
7ts The Government VIII Help.
The Department is sending forth
its messages to the agriculturists
throughout the country to do their
patriotic duty In feeding the nation
in war time by every form of appeal
Many Of the chiefs of the bureaus not
content with that which they may
write and issue in bulletins and state
ments, nor with emissaries they may
send to represent them, are going
forth on food campaigns to the vari-
Gus sections Of the country to per-
sonally investigate the agricultural re-
sources of the country and their eff
cacy In meeting the present crisis.
In the meantime the National Agri-
cultural Society has met in conven-
ton to plan ways and means of bring
ing the food supply up to its maxi
mum extent to meet the present need,
for President Wilson's plea to Ameri-
can farmers to rally to the flag with
greater crops to meet the wars ire
mendous demands, not only at home
but also in feeding our allies, has met
with instant response
At this convention hearty support
was given the suggestion that a po-
tent factor in meeting the embarrass-
ments of the present years food
shortage will be through individual
farming by millions of civilians, who
until now have allowed small plots
OF ground in towns, villages and ham,
lets to lie dormant
Secretary of Agriculture Houston,
within the past few weeks has made
q statement to the public. in which he
says:
THE importance to the nation of a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-09
Miss CAROLS Club
Takes the First Honor.

Miss Florence Carroll, of this city
who is in her first year as industrial
secretary of the Collins, Y. w. C. A,
Philadelphia, has the honor of see-
ing her club take first honors among
ninety-seven clubs attending the an
nual Y. w. c. A. conference of in
dustrial clubs at Camp Nepahwin
Canton, Pa. The district represen-
ted Delaware. Maryland and Penn
sylvania, and the list of honor
stands: first place, Collins club. of
Philadelphia; second place by the
Chrysanthemum club, of Phi1adel-
ohia; third place, Bachelor Girls, of
Harrisburg; sixth, T. M. 7. M. club,
Harrisburg; seventh, Laetus club,
Harrisburg; twelfth place, r. f. o.
NJ, Harrisburg. The honors were
given for the best written reports
of the years work. Miss Sylvania
Nagle, industrial secretary for the
Harrisburg Y. w. G. A, deserves
great credit for the fine work the
local clubs have done the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Morton and
small son, Harold Morton, of Pitts
burgh, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert d. Wilson, of North Third
street.
Miss Hazel Grant and Miss Lola
Grant of Cincinnati, are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Steel of
Penn street, for week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-09
Mrs. John Reily's Niece
to Wed in Philadelphia

Miss Mary Stuart Wurts. daugh-
ter of Charles Stewart wurts. of
Germantown, and niece of Mrs. John
w. Reilly, of this city, will be married
tomorrow to 8. Gray Dayton. The
wedding will be celebrated in CAL
vary Church. Germantown.
The maid of honor will be Miss
Sarah Logan Starr and the brides
maids will be Misses Charlotte Rush,
Mary Frances Fisher, Josephine s.
c. Foster, Mary Deckla. Sarah H. B.
Penrose and Clarissa Anderson, of
st. Augustine, Fla. Mrs. w. Stanley
Stokes will be matron of honor.
The little sister of the bride, Eliza
beth Wurts, will be flower girl and
Mary Joy Reeve and Johr Wurts
will be ribbon bearers. The best man
will be Edward NJ. Biddle and the
ushers will include Edward S. r.
Wood, Henry Gibson Brock, John M.
Hemphill, j. Dayton Voorhees,,
Charles s. Wurts, Jr., and Henry Van
Cleef, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-09
SHOWER OF GIFTS
FOR NEWLYWEDS
Friends Give Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley G. Backenstoss
Pleasant Surprise

Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley G. Backen-
stoss who were recently married,
were given pleasant surprise on
Saturday evening at their home, 227
Herr street. Twenty of their friends
came to spend the evening with
them, bearing a shower of beautiful
gifts for the new housekeepers.
After playing progressive five hun
dred, Miss Mary Irwin and Miss
Mary Bell Corbett gave musical
numbers and Mr.. BackenstoSs also
sang several times.
Refreshments were served to Miss
Dorothy Houden and Raymond
George, Steelton; Merle E. Keller.
Forrest Mercer and Robert H
Thomas, III, of Mechanicsburg;
Prof. and Mrs George w. Houck.
Hershey, Pa; Miss Katherine and
Miss Margaretta Bierbower. Miss
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SOLDIER VISITS FRIENDS

p. A. Chronister. a well-known
Harrisburg. boy. who enlisted some
time ago in the Engineering Divis-
ion of the United States Army. and
who is now stationed at University
Camp, Washington, D. c., was in
Harrisburg yesterday on brief leave
of absence. Mr.. Chronister Is a
singer of sol &c note and is a member
of several musical organizations. His
company expects to be moved to a
southern training camp within the
near future.
Mrs. James P. Mccullough, Miss
Nancy Mccullough and John McCul-
Tough, of 2041 North Second street,
are visiting relatives in Mercersburg
for the month of July.
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ON MOTOR TRIP

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Woolston Jones
and son. Norman, of 1894 Derry
street, and Miss Mary Katherine
Mumma. are snjoying a motor trip
through New Jersey. where they will
visit relatives at Moorestown, Mount
Holy and Atlantic City.
Mrs. Benjamin e. Long and small
son, OF Landisville, are visiting Mrs.
Marble Nicholas, at 216 Herr street.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Armour and
little Miss Mary Jane Armour, 236
Emerald street, leave this week for
Atlantic City.
Arthur Dunn and small son, Paul
Nelly Dunn, of Cleveland, Ohio, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j.
Dunn, of North Third street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-09
HOME FROM CAMP
ALONG JIJNIATA
Guests at Idylwile Cottage
Spend Happy Week in the
Great Outdoors

Gilbert Aldinger was host to the
5olliest sort of houseparty last
week at the Idylwile cottage. Juni-
alta Bridge, with Miss Alice Mus
grove chaperoniag the merryma-
kers. Canoeing, swimming, walks
through the woods and across the
beautiful country were enjoyed, as
well as various outdoor sports, the
party returning home renewed in
health and vigor.
Mr.. Aldinger's guests were: Misses
Rebecca Michener, Edna Forrer,
Evelyn Joyce, Cecilia Joyce, Mar
garet johnson, Margaret Cover,
Mary Black, Phoebe Richards, Mar
garet Richards, Flo Zerbe, Elizabeth
Kingston, of Williamstown; Ruth
Ulsh, Bessie Wolfe, of Highspire;
Grace Daniels, Frances Fortenbaugh,
of Marysville; George Peters, Carl
Cover, William Wynn, Clarence
Hartman, Gilbert Aldinger, Law
renee Showalter, John Mumma, AL
bert Hamer, Russell Nissley, Law
renee Och and Russell Glenn.
Roy @. Bignall and S. G. Stauffer
were in Philadelphia, to attend a
banquet held at the Bellevue-Strat-
lOTO saturday.
Miss Beatrice Lindsay, off 42a
Blanche Proudfoot in Halifax
Mrs. George w. Boyd, a former
Harrisburger, now residing in Phil
adelphia, is spending the summer in
Ocean City, N. J.
f. w. Lewis is spending a month
at Mount Clemmons, Michigan, for
the benefit of his health.
Mrs. Edward o. Pardoe, of Camp
Hill, is visiting at Harrisonburg,
Fairfax county, Virginia.
Mrs. s. M. Follweiler is enjoying a
months stay in Ocean City, N. ].
DR.. and Mrs. John Oenslager and
family. of lis South Front street,
are occupying their country place
at Aqueduct for the summer months.
DR.. and Mrs. V. Hummel Eager
and family have opened their cot
tage at the Cove for the season.
Mrs. William II. Egle and Miss
Catarine Irwin Egle, of 305 North
Second street, have gone to Chap
man Manor, Blue Ridge Summit, for
prolonged stay.
Miss Jennie Donaldson, of 204
North Second street, is spending the
month among relatives in Short
Hills, N. ].
Mrs. w. p. Cunningham, of 219
Walnut street, is staying for a fort
night in Atlantic City.
Miss Mary Berghaus, of 100 South
Front street, is spending the summer
at the Bitner Farm, Cumberland
county.
Mrs. George P. Tillotson, of 719
North Sixth street, is summering at
Toms River, n. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard NJ. H. Whar-
ton and the Misses Katherine and
Nancy Wharton, of 1919 North Sec
ond street, are having an outing near
Elizabethtown.
E. T. Wallower and Miss Dorothy
Wallower, of 2101 North Front
street, are spending part of the sum-
mer in Eaglesmere.
Thomas T. Weirman and Miss
Sarah Weirman, of 116 Pine street,
are enjoying a stay in the country,
near Mechanicsburg.
DR.. and Mrs. Joseph Kalbfus, of
S18 North Sixth street, are visiting
for several weeks with relatives in
Stevensville. Bradford county.
w. Stanley Ray is entertaining a
party of friends at his camp at Dor
set, Ontario, Canada.
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Wright's Orchestra

of Columbus. Ohio, will play for
dancing at Summerdale Park, Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday even-
ings, July 10, IL and IL. Rain or
shine. This is a very extraordinary
attraction. Admission 25 and so
cents. Fifteen-minute cars from
z.45 till 8 o'clock.-Adv.
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INTERESTING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS

Mary Bell. Miss Frances Corbett,
Miss Sara Grace Rhoads and Miss
Margaret I. Vance; Albert ]. Meh-
ring. George H. Albright, Harry J.
Finerfrock, DIR. Alfred d. Strickler,
Prof. John A. r. Hall, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl e. Rem. of Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-09

$3.50 and $3.75 White Gabardine Paisley Figur,
wide belt and large pearl buttons .............
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Squires, of
Cleveland, Ohio. former Harrisburg
ers, announce the birth of a son,
Frederick Squires. Jr.. Wednesday.
July 4. 1917. Mr.. Squires was man
ager for the Romley Manufacturing
Company while in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rowe. of 1920
Zarker street, announce the birth of
a daughter. Lucy Rowe, Friday. July
s. 1917. Mrs. Rowe was Miss Maude
Bitterman, of Lykens, prior to her
marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Roddy wittle.
of 314 Clinton street, announce the
birth of a son. Harry George Roddy
WitIle, Friday, July 6, 1917. Mrs.
Wittle was formerly Miss Ruth
Shiers. of Steelton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin w. Shade, of
Wilkes-Barre,. former Harrisburg
ers, announce the birth of a son,
Robert Irwin Shade, Wednesday,
July 4, 1917. Mrs. Shade was Miss
Ruth Doyle prior to her marriage.
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FORMER RESIDENT HERE

The Rev. B. Irwin MacGowan, pas
tor of the Methodist Church of
Cumberland, Md, with Mrs. Mac
Gowan and their three children, are
spending a few days with Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank E. Kingsbury, at Wash
ington Heights on the way to camp
near Wilkes Barre. Mrs. MACEDONIAN
is pleasantly remembered here as
Miss Myrtle Kingsbury, a gifted
musician
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GUESTS OF MRS JAMES

Mrs. Melville H. James, of Nine
teenth and Market streets, has as her
guests Miss Verna Williams, Miss
Helen Edmonson and Miss Maud
Davis, of Ebensburg, who will re-
main the balance of the week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-09

7 Apple Green Serge Suits-sizes SO and 8
$500 ....