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She found the other girls on the
point of departure. But Edna Offered
to wait for her.
"No, you run along" Rose said. "I've
some errands, and don't feel like see
ing movie tonight, anyway"
Edna looked a little odd about it,
but hurried along after the others.
A saleswoman-the same one the
manager had assigned to Rose, under
the misconception which that smart
French ulster of hers had created
when she came into the store-now
came around behind the screen to
gather up the frocks the girls had shed.
"Will you please bring me-" said
Rose, "the Poiret model you showed
me before the others came in? I'll
try it on"
The saleswoman's manner was diff
ferent now, and she grumbled some
thing about it's being closing time.
"Then, if you'll bring it at once ;"
said Rose. And the saleswoman went
on the errand.
Five minutes later. Galbraith, from
staring gloomily at the mournful heap
of trouble Mrs. Goldsmith had left on
his hands, looked up to confront a
vision that made him gasp.
II wanted you to see if you liked
this" said Rose.
"If I like It'll" he echoed. Look
here! If you knew enough to pick
out things like that, why did you let
that woman waste everybody's time
with junk like this? Why didn't you
help her out?"
II couldn't have done much" Rose
said, "even if my offering to do any
thing hadn't made her angry-and
think it would have. You see, she's
got lots Of taste, only it's bad. She
wasn't bewildered a bit. She knew
just what she wanted, and she got it.
It's the badness of these things she
likes. And I thought :" She
hesitated little over this =. II
thought that 1T would be easier to
throw them all out and get a fresh
start"
He stared at her with a frown of
curiosity. "That's good sense" he
said. "But why should you bother to
think of it?"
Her color came up perceptibly as she
answered. "Why-I want the piece to
succeed, of course =" Rose turned
rather suddenly to the saleswoman. Il
wish you'd get that little Empire frock
in maize and cornfower," she said.
std like Mr.. Galbraith to see that,
too." And the saleswoman, now pla-
Gated, hustled away.
"This thing that I've got on" said
Rose swiftly, "costs a hundred and
fifty dollars, but know I can copy it
for twenty. I can't get the materials |
exactly, Of course, but I can come
near enough"
"Will you try this one on, miss?"
asked the saleswoman, coming on the |
scene again with the frock she had |
,een sent for.
"No," said Rose. "Just hold it up."
Galbraith admitted it was beautiful,
,ut wasn't overwhelmed at all as he
lad been by the other.
tits not quite so much your style,
s it? Not drive enough?"
'Tt isn't for me-" said Rose. "It's
or Edna Larson to wear in that All
Alone' number for the sextette."
Galbraith stared at her a moment.
Then, "Put on your street things" he
aid brusquely. 'I'll wait"
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ing the case, the average sample of
Guernsey skim milk will contain about
10.5 per cent solids and the average
sample of Holstein skim milk will con-
tain a little over 9 per cent solids.
The solid matter in sample of skim
milk from either of these breeds will
be divided as follows: Sugar, 80 per
cent; proteins, 80 per cent; ash, 1915
per cent, and fat, 1.25 per cent.
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MILK BREEDS ARE COMPARED
Average Percentage of Fat in Guern-
sey Milk is SIG and That of
HoIstein is 3.42.

The average per cent of solids In
Guernsey milk is 14.71 and in Holstein
milk 11.85. The average percentage
of fat in Guernsey milk is SIG and in
Holstein milk 3.42. The percentage
of solids taken from the milk when
separated approximates four-fifths Of
the amount of fat removed. This be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
ITCHING IRRITATION
 EASILY CURED

When you suffer, with any skin trouble. even though the itching seems unbearable, do not think that it is necessary to use some disgusting, greasy ointment. Try Hokara. pure and simple cream, that. is guaranteed to contain no grease or acids and which is so cleanly that it does not soil ts1e l:1ee:--
 its power to instantly relleve any irritation of the skin and make 1t soft. white and beautiful is almost miraculous.
 Not only do minor skin troubles like pinples, blackheads. acne. barber's S itch, etc, quickly disappear, but the worst ulcers or cases of salt rheum or eczema. are cleansed and healed bY this wonderful skin fooG
 In order that any one may try Ro- iara at small expense W. P. Hindle Drug Stores are selling a liberal size jar at 5c. and in addition guarantee to refund the money if the treatment does not do all that is claimed for it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
STEPNEY

s Mothers Day was observed at the Methodist church last Sunday. The church was prettily decorated and Rev. Geo. Powell preached an appro-
 priate sermon.
 F. H. Behren's handsome new resi-
 dence is now nearly completed, and
 workman are at work grading the
 grounds.
 Andrew Pavnck of New York city
 was an over Sunday guest at his home
 here.
 An interesting meeting of Harmony
 grange was held Thursday evening. After the program an auction of pound packages was held. John M. Burr acted as auctioneer MT. and Mrs. Edward Booth enter tained a party of motor guests from Bridgeport Saturday. The annual election of officers off, cers of the Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church will be held Thurs day afternoon at the home of Mrs A. J. Hull. Supper will be served af-
 ter the meeting. Mrs. L. C. Gilbert of Newtown is the guest of her daughter. Mrs. Milon Hawley.
 Miss Nellie Northrop is gaining af.
 ter an attack of. the measles. Mrs. Botsford Peck. who has been | i'll, is now recovering. Mrs. Eugene Northrop spent Sun. l day as the guest of her sister, Mrs Charles Schaffer in Danbury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
BACDAD'S CAPTURE RECALLSFALL
 OF BABYLON; BRITISH ARMY TOOK BIBLICAL ROUTE ABRAHAM PURSUED
I Not Improbable That Battle With Turks on Israe Historic Field of Strife May Prove Modern and Real Armageddon

al peninsula. Very little about this
 has got into print. A recent dispatch reported the troops us being at Heb ron. where Abraham and Isaac and
 Jacob are buried in the cave of Mac
 phelah. This spot is a sacred Moslem
 shrine.
 Evidently the British have not only
 driven the Turks from the entire pen
 1nsula, but they have also captured
 the base at Beersheba, which was the railhead of the new line built down through the Holy Land by the Ger
 mans, after the war began. Fl Arish,
 the border town between Egypt and Syria, fell to the British some time ago. Now, if they are at Hebron, it will be but a matter of days until Jerusalem falls into their hands-in-
 deed, the capture of the city of Da- vid may have been reported before
 this article can be printed. The old Jebusite fortress, which has stood so
 many and romantic sieges, is scarcely
 in position to hold out against a mod
 ern attack, although it is doubtful if
 the British would attack it with ar tillery, because of the holy places. Should the British Suez army push northward, to effect a junction with the forces from Bagdad, nothing would be likelier than landing of | reinforcements at Haifa, and battle with the Turks on IsreaPs historic battle-ground, the Plain of Esdrael- dom, perhaps in the neighborhood of the town of Megiddo-the real battle i of Armageddon!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
NO WHEAT FOR BREAKFAST IN
 NEAR FUTURE
Government Suggests Be ginning the Corn Diet for
 Breakfast Now

Washington, D. C., May 16-"Be- gin today to eat more corn meal and hominy grits in place of wheat flour and wheat breakfast foods" is the messa ge the U. S. Department of Agriculture is sending out broadcas st to housewives '"Try wheatless breakfast tomorrow and then extend the wheatless i5ea to other days or meals the dietary specialists sug- gest.
 To help the public use corn meal as a wheat substitute, the Departm ent has ordered large editions of Farm CTS Bulletin 565, Corn Meal As A Food and Ways of Using It" which will be sent on request to all who ap- ply for it. This bulletin shows that corn meal dishes can be made to take the place of those made or wheat, and supplies mere than fifty tested recipes for it's use for breakfast, lun- cheon and dinner.
 Corn, a great natural breadstuff of this country, the Departments spec ialists point out, has not been used for human food nearly as much as its valuable nutritive qualities warrant This is due largely to the fact that many persons with wheat-usine
 
 learn to use corn. There is no impor- tant dietetic difference between corn and wheat as sources of body fuel Bread is convenient as a source o1 ! starch and protein but in the ordinary mixed diet it makes little difference whether one gets the required cerea
 ration in the form of raised or light bread, mixed bread or biscuits, or a:
 mush hoIniny grits, or desserts. To those who wish to try wheatles: meals, the Department suggests the toIlowing:-
 ' As a substitute for wheat breakfas foods, try white or yellow corn n1es.
 CT hominy grits, served Wit e---- and sugar. butter sirup, or fresh ol dried fruits.
 As substitute for wheat biscuits
 rolls, or toast, the house wife can en, ploy a dozen different forms of corr bread, such as hoe cake. dodgers, sof or spoon corn bread, horniny bread corn meal and rye Boston brown bread, Zuni Indian bread q, etc. is FrieG corn meal mush, fried homi- ny, or corn meal pancakes made witt very little wheat flour, will be found pleasing variation from wheat cakes.
 Corn meal codfisn cakes. corn meal apI.;s. co-c --c.. c-cS-ettcs. cS-z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
FELICIA DOROTHEA HENfANS

Felicia lDorothea Hemans, a cele- brated English poetess whose works were read through England in the early part of the nineteenth century, died on May 16, 1885,. She had the rare fortune of being appreciated dur ing her lifetime, which spurred her on to greater efforts. In this she was more fortunate than many O. the greatest poets that have ever lived.
 This is also the fete day of Joan of Arc and Paris is fittingly celebrat- ing the woman who delivered their country from an enemy centuries ago and it's people are convinced that the savior of France will soon appear again, perhaps in some other person. It is the custom to place wreaths on the Joan of Arc statue and this is being done this year in the names of the men who are at the front fighting for France.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16

meal or hominy cooked with meat, fish, cheese, eggs or milk, will sup ply nourishing dishes for the hearty courses
 Hominy grits and coarse hominy. (sometimes called samp) may be boiled and used like macroni or. other wheat pastes to serve as side dishes with meat.
 For dessert, Indian pudding, corn meal and fig or apple pudding. apple dumplihgs, corn mea1 doughnuts, gin gerbread, cake, fruit gems, etc., will contribute variety as we'll as nourish- ment to the bill of fare.
 The housewife who wishes corn for some but not all of the wheat flour. can make excellent raised or light bread, pancakes, waffles. mullins, rolls, graham-flour Indian bread, etc.
 That wheat, rice, rye, barley, oats. corn and potatoes are largely inter changeable as sources of starch in the diet, is made clear in Farmers Bull letin sos, How to Select Foods What The Body Needs"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
MUST REGISTER ON DAY
 TO BE SET BY CONGRESS

Washington, May 16-Traveling men or others who cannot be at home to register for the army conscrip- ton on the day to be set by Presi- dent Wilson's proclamation must ap- ply to the county clerk or city clerk
 in municir alities of more than 30,000 on the sixth day after the proclama- ton is issued, the war department announced yesterday. The clerk will supply registration card, which must be filled out an6> sent to the registrar of the citizens home pre- cincts by registration day. Any man too sick to register in person must send representative to the county or city clerk on the sixth day after the proclamation is issued. The department emphasized that there will be only one registration day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
Motorcyclists Plan
 Gypsy Day Tours

What is expected to be the great est open event in motorcycling his- tory has been arranged by motorcy- Gle manufacturers and dealers, in CO., operation with motorcycle clubs, in all parts of the country for June IT. The event will be national in scope, and will embody tours starting from every city and town of any import ance. The same Gypsy Day Tours which has been chosen for the event, is thoroughly descriptive of the plan to have the riders strike out from their various starting points and tour to places of interest. It is expected that on the days in question the en- tire country will be criss-crossed in all directions by companies of motor cyclists participating in this nation al event.
 In organizing these tours the coun- try has been divided into six sections, each section under the general super vision of one of the principal motor cycle factories. These sections have in turn been divided into smaller sec tions, each with headquarters in a city or town from where one Of the tours will start and each in charge of tour manager who is popular in the local moforcycling affairs. MT. William Schietinger, manager of the
 darley-Davidson Motorcycle Agency has been chosen tour manager of the local district.
 In conducting these tours every eff fort will be made to arrange them in manner which will insure general motorcycling pleasure and comfort 1 for the novice as well as for the sea- soned rider. The pace throughout will be moderate and the length of the trip will not be extended unreason- ably. It is the aim of the tour mana gers to gain the participation of ev- cry motorcyc1ist in their territory re- gardless of whether he may be an old or new rider.
 Registration for the tours is pro- gressing rapidly already and mark ed enthusiasm is being shown by rid CTS in all sections into which the country has been divtGed. Consider able friendly rivalry has sprung up as to which section will make the best showing for the event, and this ri- valry has been deepened by a similar friendly contest between the tour managers in different sections, each manager trying to obtain for his dis trict better representation than can be shown by his brother managers in neighboring districts.
 MT. Schietinger, tour manager, ap-
 pointed for this district is therefore Anxious to make the tour that will start from here larger and better than those that will start from ou1 ne1ghboring cities and towns. Every local motorcyclist is invited to regis
 ter for the tour and MT. Schietingel
 will be glad to give full information
 to all that will get in touch with him
 at the Harley-Davidson Agency, S6e
 State stxeet, Bridgeport
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
England Would. Send
 Women to Colonies

The far reaching proposals for the development of the empires resources put forward in the final report of the Domfnions Royal Commission include a chapter devoted to the important problem of bringing about the better distribution of British citizens, partic- ulariy women, within the empire.
 With regard to migration, it Is pointed out in the first place that if the situation which win arise after the WAT Is to be scientifically dealt with, the available statistics must be studied with special reference to sex, age groups and occupations In the past the volume of emigration of men from the United Kingdom has been far greater than that of women In the forty years from 1871 to 1911, 590, 900 more women men than women emil grated from England and Wales alone It is clear thai such condition of af- fn4rs creates undesirable problems both in the United Kingdom and in the domfnions-
 It ts estimated that 65 per cent. of the total net emigration of men and boys more than twelve years old in 1e13 occurred in the age groups of eighteen-thirty, and that the net emil grafton between eighteen and thirty was greater than the normal increase of population at those ages. In the past the coincidence of natural in- crease of the rural population with g decreased demand for labor lowing largely to the conversion of arabIe into grass land and other economic causes) rendered chronic migration either tc urban centers or abroad both natura and inevitable. But by 1914 1t was generally recognized (and the view i. one in which the commissioners en. tfrely concur) that the purely rura population of the mother country wa. not in excess of its own necessities. I is (they add) unfortunately clear tha the havoc of war will be felt mos largely by the population of those agel which have in the past contrimutet by far the largest proportion of mi grantsI
 Arrangements ought, however, to b, made for some sort of eIementar, training, suitable to prepare women particularly younger women, for life i, the country districts in the dominions and especially for domestic work. Tn, commissioners do not think that suci training can be given with advantag, in the mother country. and advocat, the establishment in the dominions O domestic training schools. for immi grants, where instruction would b.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
Discover Bones of Man Probably Murdered 20
 Years Ago in Cave

Columbia, Conn.,, May 16.-Medical Examiner W. IL. Higgins of Coventry went to Hop river yesterday and in- spected the bones found there Mon day by some boys in a cave on the farm of William Mathieu. Afterward Dr. Higgins said there was no doubt that the bones were human and that the been there for 10 or 20 years. He i the opinion that the person mas i've met with foul play and the body secreted in the cave. The house occupied by MT. Mathieu is on the old Middletown and Norwich turnpike and was known half century ago as the Kingsley tavern.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16

to appease. the mob. But the mob wanted the Queen, not her children nor her husband. She handed the latter her children and advanced unafraid toward the mob. This brave act called forth admiration and for the momont she wasN left un- touched A few days later, how ever, with her husband, she was placed on trial, charged with having squandered the public money and with conspiring with enemies of France. She was condemned to die on the scaffold. On October Is, 1793, she was beheaded, thus fol lowing by several months her royal husband, who had suffered the same fate on January 21 of the same year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
 OF MARIE ANTOINETTE

On May 16, 177O, at Versailles Ma rle Antoinette was married to the Dauphin of France who later became Louis XVI. No ceremony in France had ever been attended with more ceremony and with more elaborate preparation. It was the most splen- did event of its kind the world was to behold. The ceremony had hard ly ended. however, when a terrific thunderstorm broke over the palace, darkening the surrounding scenery and striking terror into the hearts of the people for miles around It was looked upon as an i,, omen by the beautiful queen and her friends The event was further saddened a few days later-the festivities lasted for weeks-when 53 persons were killed in the streets of Paris by fall ing platforms which had been erect ed along the route of the various pro- sessions that took place.
 Marie Antoinette was the daughter of Francis I and Maria Theresa and was born in Vienna in 1755. Her charms and accomplishments were on the tongues of all in Europe. She was we'll fitted to be the queen of France, and had she not been called to share the throne at time when the people had been driven mad with oppression, she would have been hon. ored by it's people. Although she devoted herself to the interests of the people, she became obnoxious to the court party, and her character was assailed in every quarter. She was accused gof setting on foot con spiracies which never existed, and of entertaining views which never en- tered her mind. The long gathering cloud broke in 179S. On October 6, the mob broke into the palace of Versailles, murdered some of the bodyguard and threatened the queen She was advised to flee. Instead she and the King appeared on the bal cony with their children in an effort
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16

given, more especially in general do- mestic work.--London Telegraph.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
ASCENSION SERVICES
 AT TRINITY CHURCH

Wednesday (eve of tie Ascension) :: At p. m. Solemn evensong, sermon and procession. The preacher will be the Rev. H. F. Rockwell.
 Thursday Ascension Day): a. m Holy Communion 9:3O a. m Maths and Holy Communion; 5:00 D. m. Evensong
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
HEALTH OFFICER WILL
 GIVE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE.

On Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock Dr. Walter H. Brown, city health of fcer, will give an illustrated lecture church His subject will be Man and the Microbe" and the lecture promises to be of unusual interest. The Mems league of the church. un der whose auspices the lecture is gfv- en, invite the general public to at7, tend.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16

The steamer Pentecost Mitchell crashed into. the freighter Saxona at the mouth of St. Mary's river. Both steamers sank. The crews were
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-29

| You remember in the last story that
Billy Bunny had just called up his
dear kind uncle. Mr.. Lucky Lefthind-
| foot to ask him II he knew who had
dropped beautiful diamond horseshoe
pin in the back yard at the Old Brier
Patch, where Billy Bunny lived. Wen.
when Uncle Lucky heard that, he be-
gan to laugh and laugh. and he kept on
laughing so long that the telephone
girl told Billy Bunny that she would
charge him quarter OF million car
rot cents If Uncle Lucky didn't stop
laughing or hang up the receiver or
! hang up his stocking, fer she thought
1t would be Christmas by the time ne
stopped, anyway. And after that the
dear old gentleman rabbit said in q
chokey, giggly kind OF voice, Why,
who did you think dropped that dia-
mond horseshoe pin in your backyard!
Perhaps the man in the moon dropped
it when he tried to stick 1t in the new
tie that his wife gave him for Christ
mas. How do I know, anyway" And
then the old gentleman rabbit began to
laugh again, and the telephone girl got
so angry that she put her foot on the
wire. and it made such loud, buzz
zing noise that Uncle Lucky hung up
the receiver and went outside on his
front porch and killed a MOSQUITO he
was so provoked!
81 don't know what to do about it"
said Billy Bunny, and he told his faith
err what Uncle Lucky had said over the
telephone, and Mr.. Billy Bunny lighted
another cigar and smoked away for a
while, and then he said:
you run down to the Bunnyville