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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24

It must have been someone decid-
edly unlearned in feminine psychol-
ogy who predicted at the outset Of
the war that the women of the land
cS1ost interested in war work would
adopt a service uniform as a way of
showing patriotism and achieving
economy. In Washington, you re-
member, shortly after we took our
part in the war some one with mis-
guided enthusiasm proposed that all
the thousands of women employed
in one of the large government de-
partment adopt a uniform so as to
reduce clothes expenses to mini
mum And you remember what hap
pened to this proposal. To say that
it was jumped on is to put it mildly.
In the-6rst-place, it would have called
for an enormous number of new
clothes all atsthe same time. 1t would
have been a sudden drain on the
manufacturers of such uniforms and
a drain on thespurses of the employ
es who had to buy them.
After this initial upheaval the
merchants in Washington who de-
pended in a measure on the patron
age of these women workers would
necessarily feel the falling off OF
purchases, seamstresses and dress
makers and milliners whose services
could not possibly be in requisitior
by the government at that time
would have been left without en-
ployment. The string of evil re-
suits that were predicted was Ions
and gloomy and-weII uniforms
never have been taken up by that
government department and still
the women employed there are man
aging to find enough other ways tt
economic so that they have taker
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
ARGUMENTS AGAINST AND
in FAVOR OF UNIFORMS

more than their share of Liberty
Bonds and made very generous con-
tributions to war relief work.
But this also is a matter of adapta-
ton and suitably to The work re-
quired of them and not a matter of
war expediency. If they. were doing
similar work in peace times they
would have the same uniform. If
they were ushers in a. theatre or
parlor maids in private houses they
would have uniforms none-the-less.
And it is rather noticeable that these
girl conductors and street car guards
are not so enamored of their uni
forms that they wear them when off
duty. In fact one young woman so
employed said the other day that the
chief advantage in having the uni
form was that because of it she had
to pay less for work clothes, and
therefore had more left at the end of
each week to put aside to buy "best
clothes" to wear when her eight-hour
shift day was over.
And in a recent account of the
Land Lassies of England, the thou
sands of women in the land army
VIM c1lS plduLlHS anu IlOSlHS anu
tilling the crops in England this
spring and summer, the statement
was made that when they send to
London for purchases they usually
include some dainty bit of negligee
pink silk underwear with many
ribbons and much lace ruff1ed bou-
doir gowns and ultra feminine bou-
doir caps. They are real women al
heart in spite of their muscular out
door work, and they are better able
to endure the plain monotony of
their land army uniform if they have
these fluffy things to wear for their
own delectation after work is done.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
BREAKFAST, DAYS
ENERGY GIVER

Breakfast strikes the keynote Of
the day. The housewife who has the
knack of starting her people off hap
ply and well nourished is indeed a
benefit to society. Judging from the
morning faces of car after car Of
early morning workers the house
wives who have the secret of strik-
ing a successful keynote are not in
the majority.
For those who are ambitious to in
crease the efficiency of the outide
workers in the family the following
variety of foods for a tasty nourish-
ing breakfast are advised.
On "A cool spring, or chilly summer
morning the sight and fragrance of a
platter of richly Drowned, piping hot
pork sausage is irresistible. 1t is alb
solutely warranted to dispe1 any
morning crouch. These delicious
farm style sausages served with grid
die cakes made mostly of corn meal
and rice flour or of buckwheat offer
hearty nourishment. Three cakes,
two ounces of farm sausage, the ole
omargarine used as a spread for the
cakes, and the syrup, either maple or
Louisiana can syrup, affords some
| 500 calories of energy units This is
very good start for the days nu-
triment, being one-fourth the amount
needed by the average medium work
er for the entire day.
Sausage meat with baked potatoes
is another favorite starter. Potato
Surprise" this dish is popularity call
ed. Select medium sized potatoes,
eor7,h with Uepefa h1e brush and wine
With. an apple corer cut hole in one
side of potatoes, remove a small por-
ton from center of potato and fl
hole with sausage. Bake.
Serve with either of the breakfasts
a delicious cup of the favorite morn
ing beverage, coffee, and you will
send efficient, ambitious people to
the world and its work.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
Birthday Bio-Briefs|
| FAMOUS WOMEN.
| To Parents and. Teachers-Get
| Your Children to Read This
Instructive Daily Feature.
JEANNE FOUCQUET.

Jeanne Foucquet was a heroine Of
Beavais, in Picardy, France, and sue
cessfully heady a body of women in
an assault upon the Burgundians,
who besieged her native place in
1910. When the Bergundians ascend
ed their ladders to place their stand
ards on the walls, Jeanne, with bat
tle-axe, drove several of them back,
seized their flag, which she deposited
in church, after the battle. Louis
XII. of France retarded her for her
bravery She afterward married
Collin Pillor and she and her descend
ants were exempted from taxation. In
commemoration of her heroic con-
duct there was, before the outbreak
of the present war, an annual pro-
cession at Beauvais, on the tenth OF
July, when the women marched
ahead of the men.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
FRUIT DRYING
is ENCOURAGED

The Committee Of Food Supply,
Connecticut State Council of Defense,
has added a new department to its
organization in the form of a COM
mittee which will undertake to en-
courage the dehydrating of fruits and
vegetables during the coming sea
son.
This committee will assist organ
izations in the state which wish to
undertake drying Of fruits and vege-
tables both in the home and as COM
munity or municipal projects
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
WHAT is A SANDWICH?

Mr.. Hoover, the food administra-
tor, grows metaphysical. "a sand
wich," he says, INSTEAD of consist
ing of meat or cheese between two
slices of bread, may be quite as ap-
propriate1y be two mullins with
meat or cheese on plate beside
them"
A sandwich is more than the in
gradients. The term fixes very def
initely the manner in which those
ingredients are put together. Meat
and bread is no more a sandwich
than lumber and other building ma
terials are a house. Mr.. Hoover
might as well say that a salad might
be part of a grapefruit, a leaf of
lettuce, a bit of pineapple, salt, pep
per, vinegar and oil, each in its own
container. Properly assembled, these
things make a salad; when not as
sembled they are-well, they are not
| anything at all to speak of. Mr..
Hoover,s mullins and meat and
| cheese are wholesome and nutritious
food, but not even food admins.
traitor can make them a sandwich.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24

add one teacup of vinegar one cup
Of hot water and one teaspoon of
dry mustard. Bake slowly two hours
basting frequently. Remove from
oven, cover the ham with coarse
brown sugar and stick cloves into
the fat about an inch apart. No not
haste. Bake about an hour.
Serve with baked potatoes, corn
pudding, pinapple salad, crackers
and cheese and coffee.
Save every bit of fat from the
ham.
Use it for shortening and frying
purposes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
PROTECT FOOD IN LUNCHES

The precautions which must be TAX
en- to keep lunches clean and safe
differ with circumstances. In dusty
seasons they should be wrapped par
ticularly well. In hot weather the
use of soft moist foods in which
molds and bacteria are most likely to
grow rapidly should be avoided. AL
though chopped meat moistened with
a dressing of some kind makes a
good sandwich filling, such foods are
less desirable in hot weather than
slices of meat, peanut butter or other
foods less liable to spoil
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
DIDN'T FOOL THE INSPECTOR.

The new crime of heoarding is de-
veloping some fresh wrinkles in at
tempts to evade the law and forcing
county food administrators to match
their wits against those of offend
ers. In New Mexico a man camou-
flaged with gunny sacks stock Of
boarded flour in a cellar. The cellar
looked Just IKE Large empty space
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24

country than abroad, for our people
are familiar with corn as a food,
while most European peoples are
not, though now they try to do what
they can. With us the problem is not
to learn to use something new but
only to make more use of something
which we already know and like and
can use.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
SPINACH LOAF


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pedsp redpe
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and xwithn
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
PERSONALS

Mrs. E. A. Creevey has returned to
her home in this city after spending
some time at the home of her daugh-
ter in Canaan, Conn
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hawley OF
North avenue, have as their guest,
Mrs. c. E. Kent of Boston, Mass, who
motored down from that city. She
will remain over the week end.
Mrs. Samuel C. Shaw has gone to
Lakewood, N. J.. where her son
Kempton attends school. She will
remain for several days.
Mrs Frederick B. Curtis Is to be
the, hostess on June 7 for a lawn fete
to be given under the auspices of the
Young Woman's Guild of the United
church. The fete will be given at
the handsome home of Mrs. Curtis in
| Rrooklawn Park.
Mrs. Bertha Bartholomew of 321
Beechwood avenue, was the hostess
this afternoon for the weekly Silver
| Elias Howe Post. AT these teas the
members of the Corps roll bandages
for the local chapter of the Red
Cross.
Miss Mabel Morrissey, who attends
| Columbia College, has returned and
will spend the summer at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Morrissey at their home on Colder
Hill street.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Paul have
returned to their home on Fairf1elj
avenue after a very pleasant two
weeks spent at Atlantic City, N. J.
| Mrs. F. L. Bradbury of Noble ave
| nue. is now convalescing nicely at the
Bridgeport hospital. following Sc.
we're operation. Her many friend:
will wish for her speedy recov,
Iery.
Miss Ophelia Foley, who has beer
one of the most prominent members
of the Bridgeport Art League and a
the head of the Ceramic and textile
work, has gone to New York where
she has enrolled as a member of thu
National Woman's League for ser
vice.
Mrs. P. L. Holzer, Mrs. DeVer H
Warner, Mrs. Harry Ives and Mrs
Henry L. Bishop, attended the annua
meeting of the State Federation o
Women's clubs held in Hartford, yes
terday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard T. Staple
have gone to Canada where they ar
to spend some time at the Metabet
chouan club, hunting and fishing.
Mrs. Susan Hawley Davis is tn
coach for the musical program tina
is to be given in connection with tn
presentation of the first musical com
edy that Yale has put on in a numbe
of years. The affair is to take plac
!; tomorrow evening at the New Have
club.
Mrs. John G. Curtis was electe
| preSlQenC OIL Inc Weuuoouny NtoA l.
ing Art Club at the annual meetin
! held on Wednesday, with Mrs. Free
erick HoIlister Stevens at her home
, New Haven. The other officers VIII
i, will serve with Mrs. Curtis are Mr.
! F. W. Read, vice president; Mrs. Mo-
! ris B. Beardsley, recording secretary
Y Miss Minnie Walter, correspondent
secretary, and Mrs. N. E. Wordil
= librarian.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
VEGETABLE CHOWDER


It
a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
THIMBLE CLUB
PICKS OFFICERS
FOR NEXT YEAR
Woman's Relief Corps to
March Memorial
Day
BENEFIT DANCE
SCORES SUCCESS
Child Welfare Work In Fair
field Starts Next
Week

Mrs. John Field was elected presi-
dent of the Thimble Club at the an
nual meeting held yesterday afternoon
with Mrs. Jonathan Grout at her
pleasant home in Brooklawn Park
To serve with Mrs. Field for the
coming year, Mrs. Alvin Breul was
elected vice president, and Mrs
Charles c. Williams, secretary and
treasurer. For the first time in sew
eral years the Tea Time Tavern
which the club has conducted Sc
very successfully in the>summer time,
will not be open. 1t was thought
that it would not be exactly fitting
to do this. Instead of meeting ri
-the Tavern during the summer the
members will continue to meet as
they have done each week during the
winter and work on layettes for the
Red Cross.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
Smart Millinery
SPORT HATS OF JAPANESE CREPE


kimonos
and in all of shapes with
a he same the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24

plenty of time to go to the Midnight
Frolic for the benefit of the Red
Cross afterwards. No work, only a
special night, and will start at 8
O'Clock sharp. Ice cream and cake
will be served after the entertain
ment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
NEWS OF CLUBS
FASHIONS
SHOPPERS GUIDE
Reliable Recipes
VEGETABLES

You valuable which
cook
save the for little
page is of the vegetables that cooked
or delicious boil
iong-2O or 80 minutes in sailed enough.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24

TOMATO, LETTUCE AND
CABBAGE PLANTS
JOHN RECK g SOM
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
CALICO AS TRIMMING

Of black
abou ecrown
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
CANNED VEGETABLES

Often
Chopped
Canned
added
added before baking,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
HINDU TURBANS POPULAR

The Hindu urban modified the
of ribbon
in a roll
o n
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24


Red Cross.
The North End Auxiliary of the
Red Cross has been cordially invited
by DIR. H. S. Brown, the pastor of the
Olivet Congregational church, to at
tend a service to be held on Memorial
Sunday, May 26, at 1880 p. m. and
the invitation has been accepted.
Since early last summer Olivet has
gladly provided workrooms for the
North End Auxiliary and the pastor
has sought in every way to give all
possible encouragement. The work
ers are enthusiastic over the plan.
They are to meet in the Sunday
school room preceding the hour of
service and will march in body into
the church auditorium. 1t will be a
ting opportunity to celebrate the ex-
pected success of the Red Cross drive
this week. No doubt a large au-
dience will wish to be present. All
are welcome.
Fairfield always prompt to respond
to the call of the United States gov
eminent for help during the present
war will start their Child Welfare
Campaign next week. The govern
ment has requested that every child
| between three months and five years
Of age be weighed and measured and
| a file kept of the results. This is
| being done because while our coun-
| try is at war the maintenance of the
| health and the saving of child life
| is not only a patriotic duty but a
matter of national Importance.
Women will be at Sherman hall
| between the hours of 10 to IL a. m.
and to 5 p. m. on Tuesday, Wednes-
| day and Friday, May 28th, 29th and
31st, to weigh and measure the chill
dren and fill in the cards. Miss
Ford, the Visiting Nurse, will be in
charge and the women to assist her
will be announced for Wednesday and
Friday later. On Tuesday, Miss
| Ford will be assisted by Mrs. Tarlton
| Mrs. Leach and Mrs. Lewis in the
morning and by Mrs. G. W. Wheeler
Mrs. Judd and Mrs. Knowlton in the
| afternoon.
Every arrangement for the comfort
and convenience of the mothers an6
babies will be made and it is hoped
+ba+ evar,, r,o+ter. Mill avail berso11
of +bis onnor+,,,i+,, p.r,nL1o+s ~, W.
cove ond feeding of cbi1dran will h.
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IN the CITY tna1 Is an auAlliary OF Tn
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
FLOWERS CUT OUT OF CHINTZ

brm of
tohe head
a hand painted effect
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24
IDEAL SPORTS HATS

straw which shown white
these The sailor shade
the ume.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-24

Joseph Dowdall lodge. No. 40,
knights of Pythias, will have q novel
entertainment this evening for the
benent of the order consisting of
musical, vocal and specialties, also
some good speeches. There win be
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-13

"If l hadn't ducked, it would have
beaned me- Are you letting them
stiffs kid you, or has somebody prom
Used to buy you a beer If the Tigers
VIM"
SECT back there and hit 'em when
they are over" commanded Bush.
''This bird missed two perfect strikes
on our pitcher. and you are roaring
because he called good one on you.
The guy is doing the best he can, isn't
he? He left his cane in the grand
stand and can't feel his way around
very we'll. Give him chance"
So ii continued through several in
nings, until the amateur umpire on
verge of tears, quit the game. There
after it was noticed that his clarion
voice was not to be heard when the
populace began to clamor for some
regular umpire's gore. He was cured.
II would be impossible to send
enough professional umpires TO France
to handle more than an infinisisimal
fraction of the ball games that are
played by members of the A. e. +. The
few of them to go over and establish
only practicable plan would be for a
school for teaching the tricqs of the
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-13
THEATRE ATTRACTIONS

a friendship which speedily ripens
into love, is established They ar
range TO attend County ball on which
occasion Forster purposes to ask Eli
nor to become his wife bus stern fate
Unexpectedly intervenes. While in
London. Lucy falls in love with a man
who takes undue advantage of her in
fatuation for him, and before he can
right the wrong he has done her. he
dies. Lucy re urns heartbroken to
the Abbey and confesses her pitiable
plight TO Elinor Forgetting her en-
gagement with Forster, Elinor hastens
to Brighton with Lucy where the lat
ter AT er being introduced as mar
ried woman, gives birth 10 son. Eli
nor finds foster mother for the child
and then returns with Lucy TO the
Abbey Meanwhile Forster, chagrined
at Elinor's conduct, of the motives
for which he is, of course, ignorant,
ignores Elinor and prevails upon Lucy
to become his wife. They go TO Egypt,
and in an interine of two years, Eli
nor takes little Dick, her nephew, to
her heart. Lucy returns to England
with her husband and plots to regain
the Gus .ody of her boy of whom, be-
cause of the child's love for Elinor,
she is insanely jealous. Her life hav-
ing been innocently lie, and to COM
pensate her for her sufferings, Elinor
determines to retain the child at every
hazard, and when she learns of Lucy's
design, she threatens to reveal the
truth to Forster unless Lucy relin-
quishes all claims to her child. In a
scene of great power, the ungrateful
mother finally consents to this ar
rangement, and. furthermore, prom
ises to inform her husband of her
escapade and the result of shameful
disclosure whenever she is confident
that the degrading recital will not de-
stroy his love for her. To learn how
this extremely tense and dramatic
story ends don't fail to see ii for 1t
is truly worth while.
Outing Chester Travelogue also. To-
morrow, "Italy's Flaming Front" will
be the special attraction.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-13
BERMUDA GRASS
A VALUABLE FEED
Makes Good Sod And Pasture But Is
Menace In Cultivating Crops. How
To Eradicate Ii

Bermuda grass is one of the most
valuable as we'll as the most trouble
some grasses of the southern states,
according to Farmers Bulletin GAS,
recently issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture. This Wig
orous growing perennial spreads rap
idly, making thick sod which is well
suited for pastures and lawns. The
same characteristics that make it so
valuable also render it one of the
principal weeds the eradication of
which is essential to the successful
growing of intertilled crops. The
plant has certain natural weaknesses
such as its inability to withstand
shade and susceptibility of the root
stocks to winter killing. which can
easily be made use of in its eradica-
ton, according to the bulletin.
The most widely practiced and sue
cessful control measures, especially
in the southwestern states, is a COM
bined attack upon these two weak
! points by alternating summer shade
crops, such as velvet beans and cow
peas, with intertilled crops, such as
corn and Gotten, keeping the soil oc-
cupied with growing oats or rye, with
or without vetch, during the winter.
Hogs are also useful in graduating
this grass They are fond of the root
stocks, and they will be aided greatly
in the good work if the land is first
plowed. A good system is to Craze the
land an entire season, continue the
grazing the following season until
midsummer, then pillow shallow to ex-
pose the rootstocks to the drying ac-
ton of the sun and the persistent
roofing of the hogs.
Bermuda grass may be winterkilled
by exposing the rootstock system to
freezing, but this method is effective
only in the northern part of the Ber-
muda grass area, as killing frosts do
not ordinarily occur in the central
and southern parts. In small areas,
such as gardens, the rootstocks may
be gathered after the land has been
plowed, with rake or fork and burn
ed Where only small patches are in
tested they may be covered with
heavy paper, preferably roofing paper
which should be weighted down. This
so completely shades the plants that
in about two months they will be
killed.
Bermuda grass was at one time
looked upon solely as pest, but in
view of the fact that it is exceeding
ly valuable for pasture, hay. and lawn
purposes, the plant has been widely
utilized throughout the cotton belt and
its value is far in excess of the dam
age which it causes.