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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
Behind zM FootIights
POLES

D. W. Grifnth's picture, "The Great Love-" and a most excellent vaude- vile bill attracted unusually large crowds to Polls theatre yesterday and judging from the enthusiastic manner in which every number was received capacity business ought to be the rule while the present program is on.
 Of course the big protodrama is wonderful, but the vaudeville is bet ter than it has been in weeks and every act goes over with a snap.
 In The Great Love" D, W. Griffith for the first time in motion pictures portrays the activities of the leisure classes Of England during the worlA war. It shows the tremendous sacrir fees made by everyone from reyaNg down to the humblest munitiop maker and the story unfolds vision of un- selfshness. and heart interest which is truly gripping.
 All the great social leaders of Great Britain are shown, not merely posing, but working in hospitals, muniion plants, farms and even shipyards, Queen Alexandra, mother of King George, is depicted comforting and CIlSSI1llS l440 HOuA4OCNS SO0A4IOSo @Ae@S- serine and Lady John Lavery are shown as machinists in the intuition plant. Lady Diana Manners is a nurse in one of the great war hos pitals; H. R. H. the Princess dMonaco is seen doing charity work, and so 1t goes. Lady Paget and Miss Asquith, the daughter of former prime min ister, all doing their share in an effort to relieve the suffering caused by the war.
 The cast in the picture outside of the foregoing is practically the same as that of "The Birth of a Nation" and Hearts of the World" such not ables of the screen as Lillian Gish, George Fawcett, George Siegmann, Henry Walthau, Robert Harron, Rosemary Theby, Gloria Hope and others. There is plenty of actioS and a love story that immediately aIPeals to even the most blase.
 Wardy De Wolf and the Dawson Girls, were immense in their vaude- Vile offering and brought down the house at every performance for the manner in which they put over songs, dances, and exceedingly clever comedy.
 McRae and Clegg, aroused the au- diences to enthusiasm with their novel bicycle act which surpasses anything in that line seen here and is entirely different. "Motorboating'' a comedy sketch presented by Billy Burke, is another feature on the vaudeville bill which received big hand and creat- ed big laughter by the clever lines and tuneful melodies. Catherine Miley, proved to be a comedienne of diff ferent kind and kept the house in roars of laughter from her initial ap- pearance to the close of her act.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
PARK

The great success of Ten Nights in a Barroom," the play our fathers loved which is being presented at the Park tonight and tomorrow night, with Wednesday matinee by a specially se- lected company under the manage ment of Arthur c. Aiston, is due to the heart interest that runs through it and ends by showing "A mans a man for a that"
 Who is there that can watch the sufferings of poor Joe Morgan as DOT trayed by the eminent actor, Robert Downing. and the death of his little daughter Mary, a part played by the greatest of all child actresses, little Florence Conrad. without shedding a few tears, yet is there one so void of hun1or who cannot laugh at the antics of Sample Swichel as played by Bert Melville?
 Do not fail to see this well worth attraction.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
SOLDIERS NEED
 OF MONOGRAPH
 RECORDS URGENT
Stacker Records Week" is
 Now in Progress Big Results Expected.

Music. good music if possible, but music of some kind and lots of it..
 Such is the cry that is coming today from every war-haming horizon, and in answer to it the National Phono- aph-Records Recruiting Corps, with headquarters at 21 East 10th streer, N. Y, is working with redoubled ef- fort to make it's Stacker Records Week" of October 26 to November 2. red letter event in the history of War Relief activity
 T have always been impressed with the great usefulness of the phon- ograph in camps" writes John P. Marshall, Musical Aide, Northwestern Department.
 "In the " huts especially I always find a group of forty or fifty men sit ting around the photograph and talk ing solid comfort out of it. In all the Y. M. c. A. huts in the North eastern Department hear the phono- graph constantly playing during re- erection hours"
 Brigadier- General H. L. Laubach, Headquarters Fourteenth Division, Camp Custer, Michigan, strongly en- dorses Stacker Records Week." The work you are undertaking" he writes, lis one that will be of great service to the Army, both in an educational and recreative way, and therefore should have the support of all who have the welfare of the service at heart.''
 i. Brigadier-GeneraI B. s. Creole, at Camp Bowieb Fort Worth, Texas, has sent the following endorsement: Tt will give me great pleasure to do any thing possible to help gather phono- graphs for distribution to the various camps, as they undoubtedly give the men lots of pleasure.
 Stacker Records Week" is being promoted by a committee of two hun dred prominent men and women, of which Major-General Franklin J. Bell Is honorary chairman. The commit tee expects to collect million records during the week of the drive.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
Step-Dancing at QuiIty's.

Prof. D. c. Guilty, having received application from many of the young people of the city for the formation of class in step dancing, has acced- ed to the request, and a class is now being formed. Jig, clog and buck and wing dancing will be taught, with such other steps as may be decided upon. The instruction will be thor ough. Prof. Guilty having taught many pupils during the last 20 years. The classes will meet at the Colonial ball room in Fairfield avenue and full in formation as to terms, time of less ons and other particulars may be ob- tained there after o'clock until mid night, or by teIephone.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
CLENENCE ISAURE.

Clemence 1saure was a fady of Toulouse, France, celebrated for her learning. She instituted the Floral Games in that city, when dowers were bestowed on successful poetical com pet1tors. She was born in 1465. When she was young girl the one romance Of her life began. A young trouba- Gour fell in love with her and sang songs to her in which their names were linked. She replied with flow CTS whose meaning her lover could easily interpret. He was killed in battle, and CIemence resolved to take the veil. Before doing so, however, she renewed the poetic festival and as prizes distributed amoong the vic tors the five different flowers, wrought in gold and silver, with which she had replied to her lover. The Floral Games were continued for 300 years after her death.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
LITTLE .BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE
.IIIIIIIIlIIIEIIIIIIIIILIIIIIIIIllIISIIIIlIll

Last Sundey aftirnoon ma wunted the heeter fire fixed and she started to call pop, terning her face up in the air and calling up stairs, Will yum, Wfllyum, WillyuTn. Ony the more she called the more there was ent eny anser, ma saying, He must of gone out, well, the fire will half to wait a vile, that's all. If knew how to fix 1t, Id fix 1t for you, ma, I sed. Thank you jest the same, sed me. Can I have sents. ma? sed.
 No, sed ma.
 And I started to go up to my room going slow on account of going back ; words and wat did I smell outside of pops room but tobacco smoak smell. And opened the door and who was reeding in there but pop with his he'd back and his feet up intirely ser rounded by smoak, me saying, G, hello, pop.
 Wy the overwelming serprize? sed pop.
 c. pop, you serteny look comforta- hle. sed.
 Then don't belle my looks, sed pop. Meening he was, and I sed. Ma was calling you to fix the heeter, pop.
 I thawt so, I meen, is that so, sed pop.
 Yes sir shell I tell her you're home ? I sed.
 Did YOU ever heer the old story of the man that made 10 dollers? sed pop, and I sed, No sir, and por sed He got 5 for minding his own bizniz7 and for letting other peoples bizniz7 alone. Meening he dident wunt me tc tell.
 Wich I closed the door agen and lAtdant-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
PLAZA
(Review.)

CReVleW.)
 Theda Bara in When a Woman Sins" and the Big 1918 Musical Revue were the big attractions at the Plaza theatre yesterday,
 In When a Woman Sins" Theda Bara portrays the part of Poppea, g. nurse who Is unjustly accused by the man SC loves, She loses all interest an life as a nurse and becomes a sue cessful actress. It is not long before she has men of wealth lowering at her feet, but this does not satisfy her because her heart and soul are still with the man who so untusly accused her. Poppea tries to hurt him through a cousin which finally ends in the cousin taking his own life. She is fully repentant and makes two or three attempts to lead a better life, but sotcally hypocrisy is always there to keep her down. She later resumes her life as a nurse, taking care of the poor and needy, after she sees her own folly in offering herself body and soul to the highest bidder, In this powerful drama Miss Bara Is seen in a role that is bigger and greater than ever before.
 The 6lR 1J16 EhuSlCd1 DCtIlSo cl4A Song Revue presented by People and Greenwalds is a musical act that brings with it surprises of unusual ex- cellence. There is @ large cast of nine people and with it's attractive scenery and dance numbers which in clude bathing. hunting and showing numbers, the act is the best that has been seen here for some time.
 Around the Clock with the Rookie as an added attraction proved to be a big interest to Bridgeport. It was taken at Camp Devens and follows the rookie from the time he answers the bugle at o'clock in the morning until taps is sounded. The picture is of equal interest to the draft eligible and to the parent who is anxious to know just what kind of life his or her son is leading in camp.
 Etta Shangold and company pre- senting the comedy patriotic sketch, Loyalty" showed life as it is in many a home today. The father anx- ious to have his son do his duty and the mother hating to part with her only boy. only to be won over when he decides for himself and dons the khaki uniform. Milton. the clay modeller. entertained his audiences with clay portraits of many of our well known men of today and con- cluded his act by making a model of any person in the audience who stood and was willing to have him do so. Miss Grace DeWinters is as dainty as she is clever in her ven triloquil numbers.
 The latest release of the Allies Off, i ficial War Review shows machine guns in action and many other inter esing happenings of the great world war
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
LEAVES GOOD BEDDING.

The importance of securing the greatest possible-return from the manure supply of the country can hardly be overestimated at any time. It is infinitely greater when the pro- duction of food is so vital to the na- ton as during the present crisis.
 In localities where leaves are ob- tainable at small cost as compared to the cost of straw a condition which exists in some sections, it would seem advisable to make use of this material for bedding instead of straw It is a well-known practice in the wooded sections of the south to use leaves for bedding. Frequently land has been built up into high state of fertility when this was practically the only means of supplying humus to the soil.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
EMPIRE

Thrills, heart throbs and intensely dramatic situations abound in the five part master drama, The Spell of the Yukon" in which Edmund Breese is appearing at the Empire theater to- day. This is the sort of sure fire drama that grips and holds the at tention from start to finish. Other select master screen plays. Tomor- row. Jack Pickford in the Paramount success, Seventeen"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
ROUSSEAU ACCEPTED

Boston. Mass, Oct. 29-Today's list of men accepted by the United States Shipping Board, after final physical examination at Boston, for enrolment on its Merchant Marine training ships included:
 Henry William Rousseau of 1346 East Main street, this city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
ISSUE MOTOR LICENSES

Issuance of licenses for the opera tion of motor vehicles will be taken up Thursday at the Police building by members of the Motor Vehicles de- partment of the state. The licenses are for the remainder of the year
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29

The people who wonder why every sewing meeting Is not reported in the newspapers, might be reminded that 800 newspaper men are busy training in one army camp alone for their prospective interview with the Kaiser.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29

While the farmer is quietly reading in his house of the activities of the Hun spies 1000 miles away, the Kais- critics may be creeping up behind L-z own grain stack with a teEesA~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

American farmers report twice as many hogs as there were a year ago. Also you see a large number when you go out on the crowded motor roads.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29

If the small boys were required to celebrate Halloween by ringing all the door bells on the street, they would feel they were awfully abused.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29

Restaurant service in large hotels in New York was seriously affected by d strike of cooks and walters.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29

Property damage at the earthquake in Porto Rico is estimated at more than $1,O00, 900.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29

It was decided by the Senate that $50, 600, 900 will be available for car.% for power projects.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03
BONNEVILLE

Mrs. Roland Morse, who has been i'll
for some time, is little better.
The old year ended with some very
cold weather. 1t was 40 below zero
Monday morning.
Dorothy and Marion Burbank gave
party to few friends at their home
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacok Ellenburg are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. William
Dempsey, at Glens Falls, N. Y.
Mrs. Hugh Benson of Manchester,
is spending a few days with her
mother, Mrs. Flora Burbank. Mr..
Benson came Saturday and returned
Sunday.
There has been no services at the
church the past two Sundays, because
Of the absence of our pastor, Rev
Harold Hayward, who was called to
New York by the death of his grand
father.
There are several about town ill
with the grip. Some of them are as
follows: Mrs. 3. A. Prouty, Herbert
Gordon, Walter Magoon, L. X. Bur-
bank, Mrs. Frank Dawson, Mrs. Frank
Hayward, Lyle Slade, and Mrs. Flora
Burbank.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03
A GOOD FRIEND

A good friend stands by you when
in need. Manchester people tell how
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test. James Kennedy, gardener, Man
chester Center, endorsed Doan's over
six years ago and again confirms the
story. Could you ask for more CON
vineing testimony?
Mr.. Kennedy says: "For years my
back and kidneys bothered me. The
trouble became so bad at times l
could hardly stoop or straighten while
at work. Mornings, especially, my
back was lame, stiff and sore and
piercing pains shot through my loins.
My kidneys acted irregularly and the
kidney secretions were unnatural.
Doan's Kidney Pills helped me from
the very first and Strengthened me up
in good shape. My back grew strong
and free from pain, my kidneys acted
regularly and my health has improved
generally" Statement given June 3,
1911.
On August 26, 1916, Mr.. Kennedy
said: Il still have good word for
Doan's Kidney Pills. ] get them at
Pratts Drug Store and they relieve
me whenever have occasion TO use
them"
Price Coo, at all dealers Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mr.. Kennedy had. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. adv-37-2
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03
MANCHESTER DEPOT

Thirty below zero in East Manches-
ter some cold.
Mrs. Adelbert kent's daughter has
been visiting her.
Mrs. Adolph MERCER entertained
friends from Dorset, Christmas Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Davis enter
tanned Mrs. Geo +. Wade Christmas
Day.
The veteran hunter, Geo. +. Wade,
got fine mink, raccoon and several
muskrats in his traps last week.
Mrs. Fred Field of North Adams,
Mass, has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Geo. f. Wade, who has been
quite ILL.,
Mrs. Geo. L. McGuiiin, who has been
In South Dorset for some months, has
gone to her old home in Hyde Park,
for an indefinite stay
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph King have
sold their place in East Manchester
and expect 70 move to the Depot
Mrs. King is in very poor health.
This cold weather is the time for
everyone TO have their watches and
locks pet In order DO not wait until
.he rush in the spring. Bradford at
Manchester Depot viii promptly and
iiiciently put them in order adv
The continued cold weather has
)een raising havoc with water pipes
n this section. The Battenkill Inn
was all frozen up New Years Day and
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03

In the meantime. however. an order
prepared In advance by McAdoo as
his first official act was released au.
tomallcaily ut noon and was flashed
by telegraph 10 the presidents and di.
rectors 81 all railroad companies com.
Ing within the terms 81 President
Wilson's proclamation taking the roads
under government control.
II provided In tersc sentences com
mon use ~ trackage and the cilmna-
ton Of Unnecessary long hanlS, a step
which McAdoO believes win bring the
most effective service to replace CON
ditions which have az times. In recent
weeks, Threatened serious chaos. The
order says
Having assumed the duties i'm
posed upon me by. and IN pursuance
Of the proclamation OF the president
dated Dec ~, 1917, you viii. untll
otherwise ordered, continue the oper
alton OF your road, In conformity with
said proclamation You noe requested
10 make every possible effort TO in
crease efficiency and TO move traffic
by the most convenient and cxpedi-
tious routes.
Il confidently count on your hearty
cooperation, II is only through united
effort, unSeliish service and effective
work that this war can be won and
Americas future be secured"
Under the present plan, as an
nounced by McAdoo. the railroads war
board and the various cooperating
committees which have been formed
cation OF executives will continue to
direct the operation Of the railroads
for mn indefinite period
II will, however, be directly answer
able 10 the director general. and his
whole attention since his selection by
President Wilson has been that of a
man who will let nothing stand In
his way. II he believes the greatest
efficiency Is not being obtained,
There viii be the difference how
ever, that the railroads will be freed
of all restrictions which the law had
wound about them as private Organi-
cations, and. with the lifting of such
legal embargOes, McAdo0 expects
much TO be accomplished at once.
Acute conditions In any part of the
nation, he has ruled. must be relieved
and relieved expeditiously. either
through activities directed by the rail-.
roads war board or by some other
agency
His first order directing that traf.
fic should be moved by the shortest
routes. regardless of shippers desires
or by profits or convenience Of indi-
vldual lines, was therefore accepted
quietly by the railroad executives as
must order, although drawn up In
the midest Of terms.
Any gross violation Of It. 1t was In
timated, would call for speedy action
by the government, and more dras.
tic control which. apparently. many of
the railroad chiefs feel would be I'M
fortunate.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03

II was necessary to call IN the services
Of the Colonial Power & Light Co. 70
thaw the system out.
Pupils in the third and fourth
grades Of the Merriman school who
were not absent during the fall term
are Annie Hopkins. Dorothy MarkcyI
Katharine Stone, Kilda parmontcr,
Edythe Taylor, Dorothy Weeks, Nag
nard Benson, Cecil King, George Mel
son and Lynn Walker. Edith f.
Bourne. teacher.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03
FRESH CUT MEAT AND BONE
As Az EGG PRODUCER

Fresh Cut Meat and Bone has been
called me Ideal Food for laying hens
because is contains in a highly con-
centra,ed but easily assimilated form
an the materials which are contained
in the egg. n your hens are not lay
ing you had better send $500 TO c. S.
Page. Hyde Park, VT. for 200 pound
barrel Of this Food. Al this price
he will pay the freight TO your rail
road station. When writing him men
ton this paper 3S-tf
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03
Radical UpheavaI Of Methods
Is Put into Effect
M'ADOO ISSUES FIRST ORDER
Provides For Common Use OF Track.
AGE and elimination OF Unnecessary
Lono Hauls-counts on Cooperation
OF Officers In Effort to increase Eth
cieney--Legai Embar9oes Removed

Washington, Dec. 30, The United
States government assumed control OF
the railroads OF the nation al noon
yesterday, and simultaneously all laws
which might interfere with their oper'
alton as single great system were
thrown into the scrapheap, at least
for the period of the war. Pooling OF
all resources and facilities became a
reality and the theory of competition,
against which the majority Of railroad
executives have fought for years, was
ended at last
This radical upheaval of railroad
methods, determined upon by Prcsi-
dent Wilson as the only effective
course by which to solve the rapidly
accommodating problems that have en-
dangered the safety of the nation al
war, came about while Secretary
McAdoo, now also director general OF
railroads, was in conference at The
treasury department with the mem
bers OF the railroads war board study
Ing ways and means best 20 put them
into force.
So intent We're these men IN the dis
cussion Of the vast problem confront
Ing them, II Ii said, that none noticed
that the noon hour had passed and il
was fully 1890 o'clock when McAdoo's
attention was called TO the fact chat
he had actually assumed his new
duties. There was moments hest.
tation in the proceedings and then the
negOtintiOnS were resumed
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03

Irving petfibone
Ho.srs Mxrstlcn
Wave Sire.ter
Irene Perry
Sarah nGHforsh
Kenneth Fairman
kuey Root
Henry Calm
HoRard Wilson
Ira Paddock
Viola Belcher
D. mes Burns
Alice neneh
Mary Proyan
Reginald Reed
Florene Eddy
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03

Thc following Is the lsat Of rankin
students II Bvrr and Burton Scminal
Tor the past term.
"a Cl~ss-Rsnt ~ % 100
Laura Bshe~
Hslcna hcD-sitt
Is~scom Rich
IL" Class Rama 90 10 %
Jennie McNaoghtoa
Fioris johnson
Khoda Orvis
Agnes Seymour
Myrtle Brown
Iamora Gleason
Doris Goyeitc
G!a1ys Baker
Rosa Brooks
BAIL Walsh
Helen Clifford
HaEel Brown
Florence kelton
Ruth Harris
Jessie Bennett
&c" Ca~~-tsank 80 TO 20
Cecil Davis
Charles Wilson
Selma Read
Mavis Walsh
Charles Clifford
Myrtle Mooney
David Cochrane
Beatrice Bourn
Mary Paddock
James Williams
WOODBURY. Hazleton
William Graham
benjamin Levin
Mildred Brown
Elizabeth Gilmore
Dorothy Kelley
Sylvia Lyon
Margaret Williams
Marion CrosSaan
Paul Buck
ID" Clsss-Rsnk 80 u Is
Winifred Manley
Julia Burroughs
Walter Smith
Harriet Read
Louise Cadoret
Mildred Taylor
Marion Healey
James Bsbec
Florence Fuller
Helen Convey
Robert Brewster
Frank Egglestoa
Amy Grout
Wilma Walsh
Arthur keltOn
Charles Kinney
Dorothy Purdy
Alretta Belcher
Marion Rich
Hazel Goyette
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03
Reopen Norway's Mines.

The introduction OF electrical proc
esses has made 1t profitable to reopen
lead and silver mines In Norway that
have been closed more than 40 years.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03
~ RR AND BUXTON
SEMINARY NOTES

The following Is the lsat Of rank inE
students NJ Burr and RurtDn Seminary
for the past term.