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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09
ToDAY'S POEM
AN INVOCATION

Oh, God of Heaven
Unrivalled is Thy power;
Help Thou Thy children
In their needy hour.
Thou knowest who
Are weak, and who. are stronj
Thou canst discern .,,4 s.s-.-,g,J.---.
Between the right, the wrong
Oh, may Thy spirit
AS dove descend,
Spreading white wings
To earth's remotest end;
Then shall all nations
Haste to bury feud,
And each one only
Seek the others good.
Oh, God of Heaven.
Not shortened is Thine arm;
Nor deaf Thine ear,
To cries of wild alarm.
Thine eye canst see
The foe, beneath the wave
And Thou alone, Oh God
Hast power to save.
Oh, may that power
So inspire the souls
OF all Thy subjects,
And their lives controls;
That no man no longer
Shall be foe to man,
But each, seek.
To consummate Thy plan.
Oh, God Of Heaven,
{. Thy wisdom is supreme;
Upon Thy counsels
We, Thy children, lean,
Oh teach us now,
Before it is too late,
To seek the wisdom
Which is truly great;
Oh may Thy precepts
So refine as fire,
Till melted be those hearts
OF haste, and ire,
To hearts of love:
Then shall the cruel sword
Be sheathed. until
The coming Of our Lord.
ELIZABETH A. M. FISHER
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09
CATTLE SHORT, PARIS
STATISTICS DISCLOSE

Paris, May statistics prepared by
the ministry of agriculture show that
the national stock of cattle. which at
the end of 1918, was 14,750,000, was
less than 12,5o0.oo0 head at the end
of 1916. Sheep stocks had decreased
from 16,ooo.oo0 to 100000; hogs
from 100000 to 100000; horses
.-orc 1000. oea to z,uuu.evo.en..
A decree is promulgated in the Of
fetal journal prohibiting the use OF
maize, rye, barley or buckwheat hour
for any other purpose than bread
making.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09
bingham Dress with Tucked Blouse.

hem In front Plait lower edge. plac-
ing @T on corresponding small .sos
perforations and tack. Adjust belt
Ing to position, then take UP the
skirt.
Slash through the fold at center
front, from upper edge to single large
20 perforation and finish slashed
edges for placket. Join cores as
notched, form plat in back gore and
tack. Sew skirt to lower edge of
underbody.
Now, take the blouse and tuck the
front and back, creasing on slot per-
forations. Stitch any desired depth
and turn hem in right front on line
OF small "o'' perforatiops Large 20"
perforatiors indicate center-front.
Lap right front on left, matching
centers and stitch below the double
small 100 perforation; finish edges
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09
-A~Ns
CORNER FOE COOKS
AsPIC JEILY

A really nourizhing aspic may be
made by scrubbing all kinds Of vege-
tables and cutting them UP without
ceefing. These are boiled. and when
very soft strained through colander
c~<s the -=.er added to the soup and
gelatine mixture described. This es-
pecially good for children and inval-
ids, as they get all the minerals from
the vegetables without the bulk. II q
bone from knuckle of veal Is boiled
with the vegetables the result win be
a very nourishing food as well as q
delicious jelly. "A dash of lemon juice
win be an iprovement, since veal has
rather an insipid flavor.
MOTHER JOHNSON's PANCAKES
Before retiring add enough sifted
flour to q pint of sour milk to make
a rather thick batter. The next
morning add one well-beaten egg. salt
and one-quarter teaspoonful Of soda
dissolved in little hot water. Bake
at once on hot griddle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09

Pictorial Review Costume No.
These Home Dressmaking
for this newspaper from
Pictorial Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09

Young sconicn going In for making
fhssr otcn frocks are beginning With
Inexpensive tub materials. Here IS
design anyone con copy scith success,
Hs5n0 blsse pin0hom.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09

Best grades of flour advanced 90
cents more, fancy patents being quot
ed at $3.50.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09
MANUFACTURERS SUPPORT
ANH-LIQUOR RESOLUTION

Hartford. May 9-Af.er taking up
Var1ous industrial problems brought
about by the war the Manufacturers
Association of Connecticut. meeting at
the Hartford club, voted unanimously
70 support a resolution now before
the legislative excise committee to
authorize the governor to use his dis
erection in prohibiting the sale of Ii
quor IN the state for the duration of
the war. Members of the association
oeneved the measure to be one of the
pest produced during the present leg
lsiatlye session. The plan will be
supported by representatives of the
manufacturers before the excise com
mittee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09

Sizes. IA to 20 years. Price, 20 cents.
articles az prepared espe sly
The very latest styles by The
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09
LAURA JEAN LIBBYS DAILY TALKS ON
HEART TOPICS

fore. For there is nothing a woman
admires SO much i'm man as bravery,
and in their respect soldier looms UP
head and shoulders above all other
men. Even the pretty war nurses will
never be able to win him from his al
legiance to a loving, constant woman,
who is waiting for his return.
The following was an actual hap
pening, which took place not far from
where am writing this: A youth en-
listed. Though the girl he loves was
sore at heart, she kept her sadness
well hidden from him. She said
brightly: ST will make you a fruit
cake with my own hands-the kind
you like. You shall take it with you!"
'fNo! MOI" interpose0 her friends. ut
would be a burden to him. t'Let her
go ahead!'' laughed the youthful lover.
IF bullets get scarce the cake will
come in handy
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09

The Norwegian Foreign Office re-
ports the Norwegian steamers Toll
ska. Vale and Tromp sunk by German
submarines. Three men were lost
from the Vale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09


win appeal to campers. The green
and tan plaid skirt calls for man
nish shirt waist, and the slip-on
sweater is knitted Of tan wool
After thoroughly reading the base
ball news, many citizens will then
turn to the front pages to read minor
items like revolutions in Russia and
killing Of men by the hundreds of
thousands in France.
1t is still possible If you pay a high
er price than girls can earn anywhere
else. to get domestic servants that
don't know enough to be stenograph-
ers and aren't strong enough to walk
to their daily work.
If some peoples. ideas Iof censor
ship prevail, it will be every ones
duty to keep mum and not commit
the dastardly crime of showing how
our military power can be strength
ened-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09

Unhappy Kate writes: 81 am a sin
gle girl of "a. Until lately / never had
a lover. I have had one less than
year He often goes away. He writes
to unhappy me. I put his letters in
the bureau drawers of my room. Any
key can unlock them. Some days [
miss his letters and find them put back
in wrong envelopes, by some one peek
ing into them, to tell my family. No
reason why, but don't read these
to them. Kindly give your opinion"
Each persons room is sacred to
himself or herself. It is an extreme
error to trespass. 1t is almost unfor-
givable, for one stealthily to enter an
others room and read and take her
letters. IF this continues inquire of
the family about it. Ask that it be
discontinued.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE
SEEDS b u
JOHN RECK g SON es
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE
SEEDS
JOHN RECK s. SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-09
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Correct name and address must BIO
given to insure attention. not to print
Use Ink. Write short letters, only on
one side OF paper. Address Miss LIB.
bey. Of6 President street, Brooklyn
N. W
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
film SHOWS BEAUTIES
OF NATIONAL CAPITAL
Members of Trade Bodies View Pic
lures Designed to Boost City.

Washington is often referred to as the
city beautiful, It is famed throughout the
United States for its imposing buildings
and It's magnificent parks. and those who
live here know 1t is true. Yet. even life
long residents thrilled with pride and ap-
prectation as the eight reels Of THE
National Capital Prepared" unrolled be-
fore them at Its final showing before
members of the Board of Trade, Chamber
of Commerce. and Retail Merchants As
sociation at the New Willard last night
Various public buildings, local busi-
ness houses, hotels, theaters, newspaper
Offices, and institutions of learnings are
shown. But there are more than views.
1nterspersed among them are such
scenes as "A Trip on r Street" &c A. r.
Parade" THE Bathing Beach on a Sum-
mer's Day" Washington Polo Grounds. -
and characteristic poses Of Animals at
the Zoo"
Then there are the city's notables.
headed by the fathers of the District"
Commissioners Brownlow. Newman and
kutz-Chief Of Police Pullman. Fire Chief
Wagner and a score of others.
The purpose Of the film is to awaken
other cities to the charms of the Ma
tion's Capital and to create in their citi-
zens desire to pay Washington a visit,
and to this end the three civic organiza-
tions have planned to send 1t to the trade
bodies of other cities, who in turn will
pledge themselves to give 1t generous
publicity.
The picture has been two years in the
taking.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
BEGINS HOUSE fight
FOR REFERENDUM VOTE
First Move Aimed at Dry Bill Taken
by Cary.

What is regarded as the first offen-
sive in the fight against the Sheppard
bill providing for saloonless National
Capital was taken yesterday with the
Introduction by Representative Cary, OF
Wisconsin. of a resolution providing
for an advisory referendum to the
voters of the District.
While eight questions affecting the
District are named as proper for resi-
dents of the District to pass upon by
ballot the real purpose of the measure
is to get a vote on DO you favor pro-
hibition of the liquor traffic in the Dis
trict of Columbian"
Representative Cary said last night
that he was prepared to fight the Shep-
pard bill tooth and nail unless it car
ries a referendum. TT is outrageous
to cram this legislation down the
throats of the people without giving
them a chance to say whether they
want it," he said. 1T merely shows
how weak the cause OF the prohibi-
tionists is and how certain they are
that the majority of the people would
reject prohibition"
The District Commissioners are given
direct charge of the proposed referen-
dunn by the terms of the bill. Ten
davs after the passage Of the act they
will announce election day. and all
of age, without regard to sex, are quail
fled to vote on the following ques-
tions:
Do you recommend that Congress grant
to the District of Columbia a model
charter establishing the right of suffrage
in said District with municipal self-gov-
ernment in all local affairs?
Do you desire that the District shall
be represented in Congress by a delegate?
Do you favor government ownership OF
telephones in the District of Columbia?
Do you favor prohibition of the liquor
traffic in the District of Columbia?
Do you favor equal suffrage for men
and women of the District?
Do you favor the initiative and refer
endum? Do you favor the recall? Do
you favor an elective nonpartisan com.
mission form of city government similar
to Des Moines, Iowa?
Do you favor public ownership of street
car lines in the District of Columbian
Do you favor public ownership of all
public utilities in the District of
Columbian
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
URGES RAISING funds
FOR COLLEGE BUILDING
George Washington President Points
Necessity for Science Hall.

Urgent need of the erection Of a
science hall building for George WASH
ington University is pointed out by Rear
Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton, U. s.
N, retired, president of the university,
In his annual report, Just made public.
A campaign is being waged for the
raising of 100000 to erect new law
school building. The need of science
hall building Is fully as urgent, says
Admiral Stockton.
The great needs in the way of ap-
proprtate buildings for the university
are law school building and a science
hail." reads the report. THE law school
Is now placed In the upper stories Of the
New Masonic Temple which does not af-
ford the accessibility. space or con-
venience required by the numbers In at
tendance upon this important department
OF the university.
The trustees have authorized a move
ment to raise funds to purchase site
and erect building properly constructed
and arranged for the purpose of a modern
law school with its well-equipped library
This should be dignifed in its character
and architecture, nre-proof and of a
size sufficient to meet fully the wants
of the school. There are funds now in
possession Of the treasury for the pur-
pose Just indicated. These available funds
amount at present in cash and securities
to 81 .242.7 7S. Additional cash and pledges
are on hand amounting to S1o,s6o.oo. 1t
Is hoped that additional subscriptions and
efforts will be made by friends of the
university to raise the minimum sum OF
800. 900 to purchase a site and erect the
law school building desired.
THE need for a science hall, fire
pFnnf In construction q least pOHally
great. The chemistry laboratories of the
department of arts and sciences are so
overcrowded that We have been obliged
for that cause to withdraw students
from certain laboratory instruction. A
science hall. properly endowed, should be
placed near the other buildings of arts
and sciences and should combine other
laboratories now scattered in buildings
not fire-proot or built for such purposes
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14

superb Service to AuEustn, Aiken,
Columbia. Augusta Special leaves p. m daily.
Southern Railway 76 18th and I'll @ sts. nw.-AdS.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
SERVES HIS COUNTRY
BUT Meets HARD LUCK
Former District Guardsman, III in Hos
80 pitAl. Wants Job.

In a letter to The Washington Herald
William Z. Draine. formerly a member
Of Battery B. Field Artillery, claims that
as a reward for his services on the border
and injury. causing his discharge for dis
ability, he is now destitute and only able
to perform the lightest kind of physical
wo. k. [s- rr-
ten by a snake while with the District
boys. and upon his partial recovery was
discharged and sent back to Washington
IN a weak physical condition. He walked
the streets here looking for work until
suffering a relapse. He Is now at Provi-
Gence Hospital
He will be discharged In a few days.
he says, and wants some patriotic citi-
zen to find him a Job that he can I'LL
Wages are no object. A place to sleep
and food are the prime requisites just
now
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
STUDENT ARTILLERY
HOLDS SUNDAY DRILL

Members of the George Washington
University Coast Artillery Company. a
unit Of the District National Guard. will
meet this morning at o'clock at the
srmory in First street northwest near
B street for the first Sunday drill of the
organization. The company will be
photographed for the Cherry Tree,
student year book. the men being ar
rayed in full dress.
Already the company has held more
drills than are required by the War De-
partment. The men have gone through
seventy-two drills, and only forty-four
are required. This is the only militia COM
pany that has reached this number.
Examination for 1rst-class gunners
will be held about the first week in
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14

February. and the examinations for rated
positions about two weeks later.
The progress Of the company has
been excellent" said Capt Albert c.
Thompson last night The school for
instruction in preparation for the nrst-
class gunners' examinations is making
great headway and the prospect at pres
ent is that practically the whole COM
pany will qualify as frst-clsss gunner
In addition to that, thirteen men have
taken advance courses for the officer
ship examinations"
Arrangements are being made for .
special smoker early in February. In
vitations will be extended 20 students,
Plattsburgh men. and others interested
I'm military work.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
Water for Champagne
At Ship Christening

Water from the Mississippi may
be the christening flueid used when
the super-Dreadnought Mississippi
leaves the ways at Newport News
on January 25
Secretary of the Navy Daniels
heartily approves the proposal to
substitute water for champagne,
but hesitates to override the super
stitions of his advisers in the Navy
Department.
The idea was suggested by the
governor of Mississippi yesterday
when he named Miss Camille Nc
Beath, daughter of J. NJ. Nc
Beath, a prominent lawyer of Me-
riden. Miss, as sponsor for the
new Dreadnought.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
DIAZ'S NEPHEW SLAIN.

New Orleans. La, Jan. 13.-Manuel Diaz
Order, nephew of the late Porforio Disz,
one time President OF Mexico was slain
early today in his apartment in a fash
ionable section.
Ordez. who had told friends he was
being bounded by Carranzistas and his
life threatened. was set upon by would
Re assassins Tuesday night but escaped.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
40 TURK SHIPS SUNK.

Petrograd, Jan. 3.-Forty Turkish sail
ing vessels were sunk in the Black Sea
by a Russian naval squadron on January
S. according to an official announcement
today. s-~~-S ra-E ~ aar -a-
The ships were attacked off the Ana
tolian coast while en- route to CONSTANT
nople with cargoes. Sixty-three Turks
were captured.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
SPECIAL INAUGURAL RATES,
Southern Railway Announces Cut
Rate for Celebration

II a goodly quota of Southerners do
not come to their nations Capital on
March to attend the Inauguration it
will be through no faul: of the Southern
Railway Company.
For, according to an elaborately
designed poster which the company in
tends to circulate in the land of sun and
sky any southerner who cares to yisit
the Ca pitsl~pn this day of days may
be accomodated on its lines at the RATE
OF one and a half cent per mile combined
with its usual excellent arrangement of
train service.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
UNIVERSITY CHAMPION
Will SERVE At Front
Gamer, of Harvard, Lawn Tennis Man.
-,-, to Succor Wounded.
speciaF to N. Washington Herald.

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. l3.-George C.
Gamer. OF Philadelphia, intercollegiate
lawn tennis champion. resigned as cap
tain of the Harvard lawn tennis team
today and announced that he would leave
the university after the mid-year exam
tnatfon and enter the American ambu-
lance field service in France. He played
2eft tackle on the football team last year
John 8. Pfanman, OF Quincy, was elect-
fd captain OF the lawn tennis team in
zplIce OF Gamer.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14

Hydraulic cartridges used TO break
down coal in British mines Dot only
avoid all danger Of explosion. but also
produce a greater proportion OF large
sized coal than blasting powder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-17
THE FARMER: MAY IT, 1917

difficulties and obstacles, by a con- vention representative of all the in- terests and parties in the country, and the government believes that a similar expedient might in the last resort be founld effectual in Ireland Would it fbe too much to hope that Irish1nen of all creeds and parties might meet together in convention for the purpose of drafting a constt- tuition for their country which would secure a just balance of all the op- posing interests and finally compose the unhappy discordS which have so long distracted Ireland and impsded its harmonious development.
 "The government are ready, in de- fault of the adoption of the present proposals for Home Rule, to take the necessary steps for assembling such 9 convention.
 T should be much obliged if you found it possible to give me your views on this letter in order to allow the government to consider the matter before Monday"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-17
BANKER-SPEAKERS
 ON LIBERTY LOAN

New York, May 1.-The speaking campaign in which prominent bankers and brokers of the financial district have been enlisted was begun in ear- nest today throughout the New York federal reserve bank district to obtain subscriptions for the Liberty loan.
 An itinerary has been arranged for the banker-speaaers to address meet ing in the different sections of the dis trict.
 Frank A. Vanderlip will begin his tour of the state in Albany tonight Thomas w. Iamon of J. P. Morgan & Co. was to address 8 meeting of the New Jersey Savings Bank association in Newark today.
 Subscriptions to the loan began to flow into the local federal reserve pa11k yesterday at a rapid rate under the influence of the extensive promo ton campaign.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-17

with that of the Germans, but he man. euvered until he had divided the enc my. and then swooped down on the German armed vessel Kingani, which had a single gun and was manned by a. crew of six Germans and eleven na7 tives.
 They had lively little battle in which in all seriousness 1t IS stated that the best traditions fo the British navy were fully sustained. The Ger man boat was maneuvered into shal- low waters and sunk. She hauled down her colors only at the last mo- ment.
 Commander Simson rigged up the necessary apparatus. raised the vessel, hoisted the British flag and christen- ed her the Eff. With this addition he possessed fleet of three good sig ed power boats and the small tender. Convinced that he was now able to present a superior force he started systematically cruising for the Ger man vessel Hedwig von Wissmann, which was considerably the largest naval craft on the lake, carried three guns and had a crew of fourteen Euro pens and twelve natives On Febru- ary g, 1916, the English flotilla, com posed of the Eff, Mimi and the pe- trol tender came up with the Wiss- mann and forced her to battle. The naval action lasted over an hour, at the end of which the German boat was sunk and twenty-one of her crew, including the commanding officer, were taken prisoners.
 It was an odd bit of story of min iature warfare that Commander Simson very modestly told to Sir Samuel Ev- ans in the prize court. Yet a century hence it is likely to rank as a battle of importance. The British victory on Lake Tanganyika, like Perrys on Lake Erie determined which side was going to control the lake and be able to use it as base for transportation. With the lake under their control, the English were able to land forces wherever they chose and outflank the German forces in the East Africa col ony, The conquest of this particular colony has been the most difficult task the forces in Africa have had on their hands, and it is only within the last few weeks that the military au- thorities have felt justified in an- nouneing that their task there was practically complete,
 Sir Samuel Evans, sitting as Justice of the prize courts, awarded to the officers and crew of the British mo-