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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
Paint Freshening Time

avery GOOD HOUSEKEEPER
about this season, drying and
~ whipping in the good breezes
and warm sunshine Of early spring.
And every good housekeeper who is
also artistic enough to want things to
look spic and span as well as to be
fresh and clean, is getting out her
paint pot and brush, these days and
giving a coat of newness wherever nee
essary. The porch furniture will al
most certainly look smarter for new
coat of paint; the porch floor very
probably also. And there may be
white woodwork indoors that will be
much improved by a freshening up of
the sort-the lower part of door
where little feet have scuffed against
it, or the risers of the stairs, nicked
and soiled by inadvertent kicks from
muddy boots. Perhaps the wicker
living room chairs, which collect dust
in the crevices no matter how care
fully they are busted each day, will
be no worse for a freshening coat of
shellac or a new stain. With windows
opened wide to the spring sunshine
and soft air, it is no task to do the
spring touching up" and one room
should be set apart for the painting so
that the articles need not be disturbed
until the paint is quite dry.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

no easy matter to arrange so many
roses on a small shape and have the
effect compact yet lacking any sug-
gestion of stiffness or rigidity.
Wide Brimmed Hats In Picture Styles.
Three hats are shown which do not
tilt up on the head or suggest the
poke shape at the front. All of these
hats fit well down on the head, you
perceive, and shade the eyes and face.
The most striking of the three-and
perhaps the most beautiful hat on
today's page, all things considered
is the leghorn sailor trimmed with
f1ange brims of hemmed organdy
which ripple crisply yet softly over
the slightly dropping leghorn brim.
Hemmed organdy forms the crown
band and a tailored bow against
which is posed a garland of pale pink
silk rosebuds. Could anything be more
girlish, fresh, dainty and charming for
a midsummer afternoon than this leg
horn and organdy hat with its little
garland of pink roses?
There is quaint 1880 suggestion
about the big-crowned sailor with its
streamers of ribbon and wreath of
posies- This hat has crown of lace
and brim of hemp straw into which
is set a fange of lace. Lace and
straw are Joined under a piping of
velvet and the same finish is applied
at the brim-edge-a fine bit of mil
linery workmanship which proves the
high distinction of the hat. The
wreath combines clover, sweet peas,
heliotrope and maidenhair fern. The
sport hat pictured has a tall, undulat-
ing crown of Powered silk over thin
cotton wadding. Some of these hats
are quilted in o1d-fashioned bed quilt
patterns and the quilted, padded sport
hat is decidedly the dernier cri and
the hit of the season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

Some day we shall all be very proud
to show our great-granddaught the
record of our work during this war.
Two sweaters a week, a pair of socks
in a day, or even a sweater week
some day there will be a perfectly
justifable pride in the achievem ents
of this time! Think of three sum-
mers ago when you and 1 spent the
whole summer knitting a single sweat
er for personal adornment; and think
of a whole summer, now, given to the
making of just one sweaterI The knit
ting record should have a memo of
every garment finished and the time
it took to finish it, and also where it
went when finished, and the amount
of wool used and the cost thereof
Directions for knitting will occupy
special pages and quick shortcuts and
helps to more speedy work will be
jotted down.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
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0OFoSarldY and Small Flower GdrIdnd

must positively adopt the high Golf
fure; Greek knot or a coil of hair
below the crown of the head would
utterly spoil the line which must be
upward-and-onward from nape of
neck to the tilted-up crown at the
back. But though the tresses are
drawn up at the back and arranged
high on the head. they must be
trained downward to cover the ears at
the side, and this arrangement, if you
please, requires a certain knack. If
you plan to wear niniche this sum
mer have your hair dressed in the
proper way before setting out to try
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
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inches wide and knitted straight down
its length, across and across, can be-
come bullying or tapering, it is hard
to conceive-if the knitter counts her
stitches at the end of every needle.
Muff1ers are the easiest things to knit,
offering no complications of purling or
narrowing, so the beginning-knitter
always attacks muff1er-the main
reason, of course, why muff1ers are apt
to be the most poorly made garments
delivered to the distributing units. BY
the time woman can even dare to
attempt knitting socks she has become
a fairly proficient wielder of the
needles-and socks are so much more
interesting to do than anything else
that once started on socks the war
knitter is likely to stick to them, leav-
ing muft1ers and sweaters to the be-
ginners, and helmets to the ambitious
ones climbing out of the sweater class.
In spite of the amusing rhyme about
the soldier and the maid who knitted
socks, that went the rounds early in
the winter, there are very few badly
made socks. To knit sock at all
requires certain amount of skill and
by the time this skill has been &C
quired the knitter is ashamed of care
less work.
Many contrivances that help the
rapid worker to greater speed and
as they would say in factory language
Increased production"-ha been
launched on the market this winter
A very clever little measuring device
is pictured. 1t keeps count of the
| stitches for the knitter and she need
not carry their number in her mind
The sharp tongue of the little cellu.
loid affair is thrust through the stitch
one wishes to mark, and revolving
disc is turned to show the number OF
the stitch from either end of the work
Women are carrying their knitting tc
the theatre. to recitals and even tc
church these days-a certain clergy
man in a big Greater New York
church having asked the women mem
bers of his congregation to bring theil
knitting to morning service-and 6
measuring contrivance like the one
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
Magnetic Jack StraWS for
the Modern Child

n NE OF THE EVIDENCES of
81 81 how things are done for people
nowadays, instead of personal
~ effort and skill being called for
on the part of the individual in order
to obtain results, is illustrated by those
most modern laythings-magnet
jack straws. In the good old days of
wooden jack straEs, it was the little
boy or girl who had the steadiest,
deftest touch who won the game; now
it is the child who has first chance at
the magnet
Patience was a quality engendered
by the ancient pastime of jack straws,
also; but in the modern game the only
patience necessary is in waiting ones
turn. The magnetic jack straws are
in straight and curved shapes and
each has a colored wooden head-the
colors counting differently. Two mag
nets for drawing out the jack straws
come with each set and two children
can play at the same time. A set of
magnetic jack straws costs about a
quarter and will make an attractive
addition to the progressive party for
little folks during Easter holiday sea-
son.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

correct lines.
But if you are slim and girlish of
figure by all means have a pretty little
eton suit this season. Here is a model
of attractive sort to follow: Skirt
plain and hemmed by hand at the
edge. Tunic overskirt falling in points
at the sides and slashed up one side
of the front, with buttons and loops
for fastening. A wide, folded girdle
of satin encircIing the waist. Over
this the eton, opening at either side
of a narrow waistcoat Of white faille,
button and loop holding the jacket
fronts across the waistcoat. The waist
coat is part of the jacket and fastens
high to the throat with a turnover
collar of the white faille overlapping
the top of the eton. Tunic and eton
are bound all around with tailor braid.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
Eton Style Becoming To Slender Figures

jackets woman must have a girlish
figure, no matter what her years. The
fat girl of eighteen looks just as bad
ly in an eton as an older woman
much worse than the older woman
who has retained her girlish lines into
middle age. The waistline must be
supple, the back straight, the hips and
bust fiat; the girdle must show at the
trim waistline under the edge of the
eton and the lines of the skirt must
fall straight without any outward
curve at the hips. And woe be to the
eton that sets out an inch or two from
the figure at the waistline because a
curved or fat back, or a pronounced
bust will not allow it to fall in fat
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
b Asst SUMMER IT WAS: Have
you knit a war sweater?" Now
it is: How many sweaters

~ Asst SUMMER IT WAS: "Have
you knit a war sweater?" Now
it is: How many sweaters
In have you done?" Speed is the
end and aim of every fair knitter and
there is much rivalry as to who can
turn out garments the fastest. Speed
In knitting, however, is no excuse for
careless work. Only the best work is
tolerated by the Red Cross and other
War Relief units who send knitted
garments to the front, and poorly
made sweaters, muff1ers and socks are
though accepted with polite thanks
Immediately turned over to expert
volunteer knitters who pull them to
pieces, steam the wool to take out the
kinks, rewind it, and do the garment
over. Many women, clever at knit
ting. yet unable to furnish wool them
solves are glad to undertake this knit
ting-over work and many garment
made of valuable worsted but utterly
spoiled by too hasty or inexpert hands,
is thus saved for the soldiers
Sweaters have come in to local Red
Cross headquarters that were ludi-
crously out of proportion. One such
SHSdlSIS 1OuB " I6dCn 10 the
knees of possible wearer was so
narrow that only Don Quixote could
have got it on. Another sweater,
broad enough for prize fighter across
chest and back would reach barely to
the waistline of an average man. Con-
sidering the fact that very careful d.
rections are given for the knitting of
these garments it seems incredible
that such mistakes in proportion can
be made. Sometimes it is because the
fair knitter is in a tremendous hurry
to get along and "see how it looks;"
and sometimes it is because she has
an innate dislike of measuring and
'guesses' at the number of inches she
Is supposed to have. There is, how
ever, no excuse for such care1essness
with wool as scarce and high-priced
as it is, and the fighting men SO much
in need Of warm wearables.
Most of the entirely useless gar.
ments turned in are mufflers; and how
a muller supposed to be so many
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

drawn across the top of the PLAGUE
and through slashes in the straw, hold
ing the bent PLAGUE in shape. The
ends of the libbon are tied in a big
bow across the bandeau at the back.
This hat has been described in detail
because it is, from a style standpoint,
very important new model Paris
raved about it when Leontine first
brought it out and copies of it are
appearing daily in the fashions ole
French restaurants and theatres.
With Some Hats The Hair Must &c.
Worn High.
To wear a niuiche properly one,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

on any of these tilted-up hats; watch
the hairdresser carefully. and later,
you may be able to repeat the effect
yourself. But with a niniche the hair
must be beautifully waved and curled.
A saucy, tip-tilted chapeau of this sort
demands a fluffy, wavy couture and
be it added laughing, happy face.
Another charming little hat of the
midsummer will surely be the fiat
crowned model with brim tilted at the
back over a bandeau and bow. One
of these captivating little hats is pic
tured, a model from Lewis-a youth
full hat to be sure but one adorably
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

waistline. Remembering some of the
awful effects of fifteen years ago when
etons were in vogue, one breads the in
evitable examples of mistaken taste
when all the world of women takes to
etons again. These little jackets are
SO pretty, SO jaunty, and SO comfort
able for spring and summer wear that
every woman who can wear an eton is
going to have one-and a good many
women who ought to know better will
yield to the eton temptation. To look
graceful in one of these chopped-off
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

~ EFT THE WOMAN with ample
s. curves beware of the a1luring
eton, and abide by semi-fitting
~ Jackets that come below the
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-10-03

an early hour Monday morning. Al
though victim for many years OF prac-
tically complete invalidism, and recently
not quite in her usual condition, the end
came rather suddenly from cerebral
hemorrhaee. She was the eldest child
of the late hon. N. G. and Caroin Ken
dell Hichborn, and was born in t'.is town
nearly u years ago. A woman of su-
perior intelligence, remarkable vitality
and indomitable will, the handicap OF
seriously impaired vision and physical
helplessness did not prevent her from be-
ing keenly alive to every current issue
and .aking a vast interest in political
questions, and with painstaking effort
she served as correspondent for The Jour-
nal for many years. Her death is the
first break in family of six who reach
ed maturity. She leaves three brothers,
Fred O. and George F. of Portland, Chas.
S. of Augusta, and two sisters, Misses
Mary and Harriet of this village, who
have devoted the larger portion of their
lives to the care of their beloved sister.
The funeral will be held Wednesday in
the old family home which she loved SO
well
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-10-03
Sold bv W. A. Hall, Belfast

leased from Mrs. Rachel Pendleton. Since
coming to this town from Allentown, Pa.
two wears ago, Mr.. and Mrs Fairchllt
have carried on the Devereaux farm OF
the Belfast road.
The Woman's Committee for the ourtt
Liberty Loan is made up of the following
w orkers: East end, Miss Rebecca NJ Ross
business section, Mrs James H. Duncan
west end, Mrs. Melvin Thompson If you
were not in when called upon notify the
solicitor in your district or sign your
pledge card at the bank. Aside from
being the right thing to do it is the safest
way to save your earnings.
Help Uncle Sam make gas masks. Save
prune, peach, apricot and cherry stones
and all kinds of nut shells, except peanut
shells. Seven pound of shells or 2Oo
neach stones when burned make enough
carbon for the respirator for one gas
mask. Each town is called upon to FUR
nish gas masks enough for its boys IN
service. Give the shells and stones TO
school children or take them yourself to
the Searsport Fruit Store The Red cross
will pack and ship. Don't let Searsport
boy suffer when a few pounds OF smell
will save his life.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-10-03
MRS. EVA L. ELMS.

Eva L., wife of Frank E. Elms, died at
her home in North Weymouth Sept. 25th.
She and her three children had been
ill, her youngest child, Lawrance G.,
dying Sept. 18th, aged 10 months. Her
relatives here were entirely unprepared
for the news as they supposed she was
recovering, as she was about the home
the day before her death. Mrs. Elms was
born in Cambridge, N. S., Oct. 81, 1889,
the daughter of j. Henry and Agnes L..
Craig Morris. The family moved to Bel
fast 10 years ago. She attended the city
schools, going two years to the Belfast
High school, For time she clerked in
the James H. Howes dry goods store,
where she made large number of friends.
She was a member of the Baptist church
and all of it's allied societies. The greater
part of her married life has been spent in
Massachusetts,. While the blow falls
heavily upon all who knew and loved her,
it was in her own home circle that her
young IHc was Ahost heeoou' ohS 10 'oi
vived by her husband and their two little
sons, Edward Hamilton and John Warren,
by her parents, four sisters and one
brother. Kathleen A. Morris of Bar Har-
Dor, B. Winifred, wife of Allen L. Curtis
of Belfast. Laura E., who was with her at
the time of her death, Helen R. and May
ford A. Morris, who is now at the New
port News, Va, training camp. Her
mother and her mother-in- law, Mrs. En-
ma D. Elms, went to North Weymouth
on the receipt of the news of her death.
The funeral took place at her late home
Friday afternoon and the interment was
at Weymouth Heights.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-10-03
SWANVILLE.

Kermit Nickerson is attending the
High school in Belfast.
With but one days canvass for the 4th
Liberty Bond, Swanville went cover the
top" by between $500 and $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. denton Trundy of Sharon,
Mass, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Chester Trundy Sunday.
Mrs. Flora Holt of Bradford, Me-, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Mary F.
Nickerson and daughter Celia.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Strickland of Ban
cor, Mrs. Strckland's father, are visiting
Emery Cunningham and brother and A.
E. Cunningham and wife.
Miss Bernice Damn, who underwent
a serious surgical operation at the Tapley
hospital, Belfast, returned home Sunday
and is getting along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. d. Hartshorn and
daughter, Martha Esther, were called to
Kinpman last week by the death of Mrs.
Hartshorn's father, MIR. Smith.
The Union Sunday school will close at
the church next Sunday at p m with
a harvest concert. If stormy it will he
postponed to the next pleasant Sunday.
Mrs. E. C. Marden returned to Conway,
N. H., Monday, accompanied by her
nieces, Miss Laura Peetrie and Miss
Rachel Pitman, who have been her guests
at the Swan Lake house.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-10-03
SEARSMONT.

GEORGE Andrews of Rockport is visiting
his parents. MI and Mrs. Charles An
drews.
Word has been received that Lieut..
Charles Kingdom has arrived safely IN
France.
Miss Izora Duncan, the grammar school
teacher, spent the week end at her home
Isesboro
Vic Jackson is suffering from an attack
of measles
Elizabeth Hills, Maurice Cobb, Rols
Miller and Clyde Mariner are attending
High school in Belfast
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Cobb OF Frank
fort were weekend guests OF his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Eben Cobb
Charles Cunningham carried load OF
passengers to Freedom Tuesday, Sept
oath, to attend Pomona grange.
Chester Wiley returned to Lawrence
Mass, Monday, after visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Ephraim Wiley, for short
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. West and little grand
daughter Elinor who have BEEN visiting
their daughter and husband, Rev. ane
Mrs. John Churchill, have gone to Bos-
ton.
The box supper and social at the par
sonage, advertised for Thursday, Sept
Goth, was postponed on account OF the
rain until Friday night and was fairly
we'll patronized.
Victor grange was Incorporated last
week Wednesday night with the follow
ing officers: O. P. Jackson, president
George Butler, vice president; Charles F,
Cushman, treasurer; Charles H. Cunning
ham, secretary; directors: O. 2. Jackson
Joseph G. Packard, Charles Andrews, j.
W. Skinner, o. B. Fuller.
Mr.. and Mrs Alton Neal have returned
to their home in Lewiston and thell
daughter, DR.. Josephine Neal, has re-
turned to New York City, where she has
charge of the meningitis work for the
department of health. Dr. Neal gradua-
ted from Bates College in 1901 and from
he medical department Of Cornell Uni
versity, Ithaca, N. Y, in 1910.
The Red Cross has received an allot-
ment of emergency work for Camp Dew
ems, and all ladies interested are urgently
requested to help in this time of great
need. The Red Cross is collecting cloth
ing for the sufferers of Belgium. Any
one having articles they would like to
contribute will please leave them at the
Red Cross rooms in Victor Grange build
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-10-03
MRS. LUELLA B. CAREY.

Luella B., widow of the late Daniel w.
Carey, died Sept. oath, at the residence
of her brother, Marshall Benz. Bean,
Melrose, Mass. Her death was the result
of arteria scorosis, with which she had
been an invalid for the two years. She had
lived at her brothers home since the
death of her husband Her brother is
the last of the family. Mrs. Carey was
born in Liberty, Jan. 5, 1916, the eldest
child of the late Benjamin and Mary
Barker) Bean. She attended the Liberty
schools and later took a partial course at
Bates College, Lewiston, which ill health
compelled her to give up. Very early in
life she became a Christian and united
with the South Montville Baptist church.
About thirty-five years of her happy
married life were spent in Boston. She
was devoted member of the Emanuel
Congregational church, Walnut avenue,
Boston, was also member of the Boston
W. c. T. u, and was for years interest
ed in the North End Mission work. She
did well her part in life and the world
was made better and brighter by her en-
deavors. The funeral was held at her
late home Thursday afternoon, Rev.
Thomas Simms of the Melrose Congrega-
tional church officiating. The remains
arrived in Belfast Friday evening accom-
panied by her brother and his wife, who
also went to Liberty Saturday where the
interment was made in the family lot.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-10-03
Democratic Donkey in Lions Skin

'The Democratic party will never be
satisfied until it's kills the Kaiser" de-
clares Vance Mccormick, chairman OF
the Democratic national committee, in
his Harrisburg appeal for Democratic
Congress next session. Is it the Demo-
cratic party rather than the American
people that is to be satisfied by this out
come? Does MIR. Mccormick imagine
that the Republican party will accord the
Kaiser treatment such as the present ad-
ministration has accorded to our interned
German prisoners? Has Mr.. Mccormick
forgotten that his campaign textbook OF
1916 boosted that there was no "hosti.e
feeling here in official quarters toward
the Imperial German government" and
that the reception by the United States
government of the. U. boat ''Deutschland"
was "a striking indication that the best
of friendly relations exist between this
country and Germany" Mccormick
was playing the peace game then, and
now we find him an arrant swashbuckler
tripping over his own sword. The Yanks
will kill the Kaiser it the fight is not
called off beforehand, and the Republic
cans stand for a dictated, not for me-
gotiated, peace.-Kennebec Journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-10-03
EDWARD H. BATES.

Edward H. Bates died at his home on
Bridge street Sept. Goth, aged II years, 5
months and day. He was born in South
Brooksville, the son of the late Luther M.
and Louisa Gray Bates. He came to
Belfast about IS years ago and for years
had worked as a custom shoe maker and
repairer for Fred F. Timm. He is sur
vived by his widow, formerly Henrietta
Brewster. The funeral took place in the
chapel at Grove Cemetery Sunday at 2
p. M, Rev. Charles W. Martin, pastor of
the Methodist church, officiating.
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Red Cross Notes.

Will all who have knitting out please
finish it at once and take it to the sewing
rooms?
The following recent donations are
gratefully acknowledged: From Mrs. Ad-
die Merriam, IS. 90; from Mr.. A. P. Good
hue, S..
The special plea this week is for surgi-
cal workers. In addition to the former
allotment, there has been received an
emergency call due Oct. 14th. This
means rush work. The branches have
been helping most efficiently, but owing
to illness in our midst our own work is
much behind. Will all who can please
rally to the call.
Miss Annie L. Barr, Chairman for Wal
do County of the Department of Conser-
walton, asks that all tin foil and all col
lapsible tubes such as tooth paste and
paint come in, shall be carefully preserved,
together with the peach stones and nut
shells recently called for. Arrangeme
will be made for their collection in the
near future.
The following articles have been ship
ped during September: rs pairs hose, 1OO
navy kits, pairs wristlets, 1 helmet, 4
sweaters, muffler, TO bed socks, 2 lay
cites, SO boys underdrawers.