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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
TRANSFORMING THE PORCH

Black was the choice of an artis- tcally inclined woman when she de- cided to cast off all the green porch furniture with which her veranda had been furnished for several years. She was not a woman of unlimited means, so she went about it in this way.
 Some discarded wicker chairs were taken down from the attic and web ping nailed firmly across the worn seats, and all the chairs painted black with enamel paint Black oilclott- made cushions for the seat and bach by thin padding of hair from a bad ly-worn mattress. The oilcloth was first cut large enough to cover the pad of the desired shape but before bind ing the two edges together a pattern was painted on the upper side, with a stencil
 Blue, green, purple and deep vel low were used, but no pinks or reds. Conventionalized flowers were in solid disks and rings, with solid oval leaves. Only one bunch with a few stray flow CTS was used on each piece, and af- ter they were thoroughly dry the edges were bound together with blue cotton tape. The table, which had been green, was painted black and a table cover to match the chair covers was placed over it. On the table was a green glass fruit dish filled with fruits, and a black lacquered tin box such as are sold for cashboxes was touched up with the stencil. Inside 1t contained writing pad. envelope, an ink well and pens and pencils. A black hammock with blue pillows. with applied motifs in black. orange and purple, was quite in harmony with the rest of the decorations.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
WHAT TO USE
 HOW TO SAVE
 WHAT TO SAVE

Save Sugar.-Two pounds per per- ration. Try to eat less and add to the National surplus for canning. Do this that the fighting forces may be kept fully supplied and that England, France and Italy may receive their greatly restricted requirements.
 Save Beef.-Food for fighting men, Save the large carcasses for them by restricting yourself to small cuts, by products and trimmings; hearts, tongues, livers. We have enough in crease supply of pork this summer to permit economical expansion in it's use, to relieve the pressure on beef.
 Save Wheat.-Keep on saving, though the harvest is large. Build up war reserves by persistent conser- walton. Without American wheat saved from the last harvest the AL lied cause would have been lost. The margin next year must not be so mar row.
 Use FrIIits.-Take advantage of the natural sugar in fruits. Can without sugar, or with little sugar. Add sugar later, when it will be more plentiful. Dried fruits such as rais- ins, dates and figs have much sugar in them. Use honey, maple products and syrups when available.
 Use VegetabIes-Make local vege- tables fill as large a place IS possible in your diet, thus conserving not only meat and wheat, but transportation and labor. Don't use canned goods now, while the fresh are available.
 Use Dairy Products.-Always give the children plenty of milk, milk pro, ducts and eggs. Use them yourselves freely now, and thus conserve meat for export.
 Use FYsh.-New species are being popularized and supplies increased. Eat this nutritious but perishable food several times week and let the non perishable go abroad.
 RESULTS:-Our efforts during the fiscal year 1917-191S sent the Allies 1884, 500 900 pounds more meat and fats and SC, 900, 900 bushels more ce- reals than during 1916117. From American sources of supply also 1 956, 4OO,O pounds more sugar was shipped than the pre-war annual average,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
WHooP1NG COUGH.

Turing the month of April, 39 deaths from this disease were reported +o this office. During the same period there were 31 deaths reported rom other acute, infectious diseases, ln- cIuding typhoid fever, measles, scar let fever and diphtheria.
 The records of this department show conclusively that the death toll of whooping cough among infants IS greater than the combined total of all these other so-called "catchtng dis eases.' In the year 1917, so babies died from whooping cough while all these other diseases claimed 51 yeaths'
 Whooping cough cannot readily be controlled in the same manner as other communicable diseases, because fresh air and sunshine are admittedly beneficial and it's patients are allowed outdoor liberty. Often afflicted ch1l- dren are unwisely put on the streets on the beaches, or in the country to mingle with other children and thus the contagion is promiscuously spread among their playmates.
 Some form of protection should be adopted to SdleSudLu tIle we'll N1oSe isolation not being advocated, identi- hcation is the only solution. If a child has whooping cough, advertise it in such a way that children will shun the afflicted one as they would any common danger.
 One city, a summer resort center has for years insisted that the child or person suffering from this con- tagion wear on the arm a yellow band with the words "whooping cough printed in large letters Results shown in this city corroborate the wis dom of such a procedure.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
ETIQUETTE

When two people are conversing 1t is bad taste to allow too familiar a pose of the heads
 E.-When a young soldier or sailor is the house guest of a young woman, her people shoulder the main expenses of entertaining, except when the two young people go about together, when it is the young mans place to meet the amusement expenses. To avoid this, an older brother of the girl or her father should chaperon the couple and pay all the incidental expenses.
 Interested reader: Returned travel CTS as rule notify their friends of the fact, either by mailing cards, teIe- phoning, or by writing personal notes; and it is then gracious to call. But in your case, since the people you mentioned left for the south after your goodbye visit, it seems that it is their place to return the call; and I believe in your position it would be entirely proper.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24

In proof that our boys need jams and to show how very grateful they were to the Fairfield county workers of last year, Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer has shown the vote of thanks re- ceived last year from one of the work CTS at a French hospital, after the jams canned by the women of this county had been received by our boys
 The letter follows:
 Dear Madame:-In the name of the wounded in Hospital Sanitaire, 42, l want to thank the women of Fairfield county for the jams which have just received. Thank you g. thousand times dear Madame. Our sick and wounded Poilus need our care so much and jam is not only a physical aid but diso a moral comfort. I am filled with a great pity when I look upon these crippled soldiers, and feel that we can never do too much for them, who have done so much for all
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
Diary of a Fashion Model

A | This is stitched on either side of the green velvet plaid inserts, which are folded in the deep plaits of the skirt.
 The coat is an exceptionally stun ming model. It is cut on the Russian tunfc style, and has a deep, square collar and cuffs of sealskin. Around the waistline is green plaid velvet to match the skirt; this fastens in the middle with a large silver buckle, from which depend two short stream CTS.
 One particularly clever feature of this costume in addition to the intro duction of plaid is the design of the yoke and the collar The yoke is an unusual model, and with its deep, square lines gives a breadth across the chest and shoulders that's very effective on a slender figure.
 These fiat, square lines repeated in the narrow belt and streamers, and the long folds of plaid in the skirt give it a smart tailored appearance. Nevertheless, this creation has none of the stiffness of the severe tailored costume, because of the splash of col or introduced by the plaid in waistline and skirt.
 Another interesting touch that softens the line of the skirt are the small bands of sealskin around the bottom of the skirt. They contrast beautifully with the plaid, slightly subduing the vivid coloring.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24


 .cumstances was any lady to wear
 pink at any court functions. Pink was the Queens favorite color, in which, to be sure, she was at. her best. There fore, she would not expose herself to comparison with any other woman who might find pink as becoming a hue as her majesty did.
 Now, among the ladies of her court was one who was renowned for her remarkable beauty of face and form
 Her name was Natalia Lopukhina, and she was imperious, self-willed and dashing, as well as beautiful. Her beauty alone would have made the Queen envious, but the Queen had an additional cause for feeling en- mity toward her. Natalia belonged to a family who had intrigued so as to estrange Elizabeths royal parents, and Elizabeth who loved domestic happiness, never forgave the affront. However Elizabeth was enough of queen in spirit to be generous, and for a long time she not only permit ted Natalie to retain the post of lady l n-waiting, but selected her for spe- cial honor by giving Natalia her DOT trait set in brilliants. But in spite of these signs of royal clemenCy, Nat alias proud spirit was unsatisfied. She longed tp triumph over her queenly rival for she knew that hers was the greater loveHness of person. She therefore created a sensation when on the night of a great state 1 ball, NataHa Lopukina swept into the glittering ballroom arrayed In a magnificent gown of pink, with gar lands of pink roses in her hair. She was indeed a vision of loveliness that made all who saw her gasp. The Queen gasped, also, when she entered
 the room and beheld Natalia, gor-
 gous in pink, in defiance of her com mands.
 Then it was that the vanity of the
 woman triumphed over the queen,
 and Elizabeth promptly lost her regal temper as the commonest peasant girl would. She summoned Natalia to her side and sent for a pair of scissors. EVtciously she shipped off the offend ling roses from the hair of the defiant court lady, with fiendish glee she slashed into the gorgeous gown so as
 to ruin it completely. Finally, in the l presence of the entire court, she Isoundly boxed the ears of her rival 1 beauty.
 Natalia did not wear pink at court
 again.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24

her favorites who were opposed to her in these foreign aIlegiances made for her innumerable conspiracies whose effects were far-reaching.
 But true to her sex, Elizabeth was as deeply interested in her personal charms as in diplomatic and political conditions. Unlike most queens, she was a woman of exceeding beauty. But she was as vain of her loveliness as any empty-headed young belle who had nothing else on her mind.
 This vanity about her beauty caused Elizabeth to impose all sorts of ridic- ulous restrictions on her court, and she endeavored by all means to have ladies surrounding her act as foil to her own charms One of her rules, for example, was that under no cir
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
ROBE CHEINIISE.

The vogue of the robe chemise still persists for several reasons; it is easy to make, comfortabl ble to wear and re- Quires comparatively little material. Many button down the middle breadth from collar to hem the buttons form ing an attractive trimming on the front of the frock.
 Worn under these frocks, the com bination of tulle or of crepe de chine, of Yoile, of satin or of linen replaces the erstwhile more fussy under clothes Nowadays, the corset IS merely a support for the dress waist band; the chemise has grown shorter and shorter, and what our mothers fondly termed lingerie Is gradually disappearing from the smart woman's wardrobe.
 Not that the Parisienne has grown fickle toward beautiful body linen, lovely embroidered and transparent batistes, but since the war it Is almost impossible to find real linen; ironing is too difficult and complicated and consumes too much coal; potent req sons for all the present craze for SILK underwear, which can easily be press ed into shape even with a cool iron.
 The thin as tissue paper frock, so well known across the Atlantic, has m n1ace in the wardrobe of the stay at home Parisienne. It is never hot enough for that sort of gown over here. Instead, there are fascinating one-piece voile dresses, preferably cream or ivory, whose sole trimming is the clever bit of embroidery at hem belt, collar and sleeve. But the silk slip is obligatory under this thin frock and through the effect of ightness IS preserved the necessary warmth IS thereby added.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
The New Clothes

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  petals threaded along the edges The
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  down front. WIenth is sne deniab
  are of the odd
  Tiny bows of silk q O any froclG
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
(Signed1 Anna Donnez,

Broons, Cote In Nord, France. e The soldiers are asking for jam and the doctors are asking for jam. The women of Fairfield county, we hope will answer their plea by doubling the quantity they sent last year. They 6~ere the Jam Pioneers of America they will not fail now. Is not Con- necticut one of the first "Over the Top" in any good cause? A hospital worker in France wrote Mrs. H. o. Havemeyer that jam was more need ed in hospitals than money.
 Women of Fairfield county, moth CTS who have sons in service, remem- Der it may be the call of your sons for jam. Will you not help, will you not answer his call, and join the vol unteer workers and canners at San ford house today, or send some fruit that can be canned for your boys.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24

Elizabeth Petrovna was the daugh- ter of Peter the Great of Russia, and her reign is scarcely less important than his, from the standpoint or eventfulness.
 She ruled from the year 1741 to 1Te2, and perhaps no court in all history was richer than the Russian court of time in plots, counterplots and in trigues of every kind. The fact that she was simultaneously the friend of George the Second of England, Maria Theersa of Austria and a bitter en- emy of Frederick the Second of Prus- sia, while at her court were many of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
Good Grooming.

This is distinctly a period of good grooming among women. The slow enly. though. perhaps. artistic look ing, woman. is no longer in the run ming. The woman who has the fea- lures of Greek goddess and yet neg lects to have her hair properly sham pooed and dressed, creates more ad- verse comment than the woman of irregular, even poor, features
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
Personal Mention

MT. and Mrs. William Dubee and MT. and Mrs. John Whelan have re- turned from a weeks visit to New York, where they stopped at the Nc Alpine Hotel
 Miss Irene Judge of Olive street, and her cousins Misses Elizabeth and Mae Jordan, are enjoying a weeks visit to New York, where they are staying with friends. The Misses Jordan will return home this week and Miss Judge will journey to the Catskill mountains as the guest of friends in New Y ork.
 James Traphagen and Frank Lum- stein are enjoying a ten days fishing trip in Maine. When in town they stay at The stratf1eld.
 Mrs Kennth ". McNeil was hostess this afternoon at the Brooklawn Country club. A large number of people have made reservations for a dinner to be held this evening.
 Mrs. Guy W. Price of 956 Stratford dN GIluG 1loiS Ahloo 144lA4el4t ScAu44I41 OA Elmhurst, L. l., as her guest.
 Miss Annie Burr Jennings of Sun ntholm, Fairfield. has invited the pub lie to visit her gardens today and to- morrow between 10 a. m- until D. m. Roses were in full bloom in June when Miss Jennings invited the public this season.
 Miss Ethel Cornwell of Catherine street has returned from a visit to New York. where she was a guest of Miss Gladys Knorr, the well known member of the Lyric stock company. 1 Special attention is called to the meeting which will be held on Mon- l day afternoon at 3. o'clock in the | High school. The meeting is held under the auspices of the Home l Economies committee. Mrs. Samuel | c. Shaw. Mrs. c. B. Doremus and Miss E. Bassick are working to have this meeting a splendid success when Mrs. H. o. Havemeyer and Miss Henrietta Crossman will ad- dress the audience and seek workers for canning. at the Sanford House.
 Attorney Hugh J. Lavery of 1858 | Noble avenue has returned from Fortress Monroe, Va, where he vis- tied his brother, William Lavery Attorney Lavery visited friends 1T Washington, Philadelphia and New York.
 Miss Beatrice Wilmot of Connecti
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
Your Department Of
 City Home Economies
U. S. Food Administration.

be Housewives through which they exchange ideas branch of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
Reliable Recipes
LEMON JELLY

tablespoons water 2 of geane cold no Add all Mould shallow bow
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
POTATO DROP CAKES

twocu 
 
 
  on foured n mod oven.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
HATS NOT LARGE

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
RICE CAKES AND BACON

Mix cupfu1s half milk 'n hot bacon fat Serve with slices
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24

Boil the below boiling
  andb tn oyen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
BOLD HATS ABSENT

out trimming absent important showing panne
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24

FUNERAL DESIGNS
 AND BOUQUETS. JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24

Miss Margaret Lennon of 30 Han over street has received word of the safe arrival of her brother, Walter Lennon. overseas.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24

Miss Eleanore Bassett and Miss Ethel Fuller will leave tomorrow for Short Beach where they will stay un- til the opening of school
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
MARSHMAIIOW SAUCE
BAKED EGGS
low Sauca.

One-half pound marshmalows, 1 white; me marshma of double boiler when hquhed right consistency.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24

cut avenue has as her guest Miss Bar bara Mooney of Lynn, Mass.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
VARIETY OF COLORS

there is
 
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
Smart Millinery
FOR KIDDIES

kdde with
     brim is
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
Incidents i1 the LiveS Of
 World Famous Women
: By ELOISE HARRINGTON

HOW A LOVELY BUT VAIN, QUEEN PUZZLED RIVAL
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24

Miss Beatrice wilmot of Connecti-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24

MT. and Mrs. William Dubee and MT. and Mrs. John Whelan have re- turned from a weeks visit to New York, where they stopped at the Mo Alpine Hotel
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24

Miss Ethel Cornweu of Catherine street has returned from a visit to New York. where she was a guest of Miss Gladys Knorr, the well known member of the Lyric stock company.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-25
SUGAR PROBLEM is SOLVED,
SMALL SACRIFICE REQUIRED
Consumer Assured Of Stocks For Preserving Should Cut
Table Use One Quarter Manufacturers Provided For

For the housewife who desires to
lay away preserved or canned food
supplies against the future, special
dispensations have been made. A
simple system Of sugar certificates
enable her to obtain sugar in 25-pOund
lots from her regular grocer for such
purposes, as well as the usual supply
for current table and cookery use, in
lots Of to . pounds at a purchase
for residents of towns and cities and
in 3 to 10 pound lots for country
dwellers. To obtain these small cur
rent supplies no certificate is requir-
ed.
There is plenty of sugar in Cuba
and Hawaii, but enough ships to trans
port it all cannot be had, but your
Uncle Sam has arranged to give the
American public so per cent of the US
ual amount and that's enough. Just
"dO your Bit in this sugar matter
the little bit the government asks Of
yOu-and the problem will be solved
Save a teaspoonful here and a table
spoonful there, and help to whip the
Hun.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-25

The patriotic Pennsylvania will
Join hands with Mr. Hoover and
Mr.. Heinz in their effort to save
sugar, in order that our allies
in Europe may be supplied with
that very necessary article of diet
After all, the task set for the con-
sumer is not a heavy one "Cut your
use of sugar about one-quarter," said
Howard Heinz, L. S. Food Admins
traitor for Pennsylvania, to an audi
ence of Philadelphia housewives a
few days ago. Surely not an onerous
requirement.
To the manufacturer of certain
products containing sugar the Food
Administration says:
Limit your use Of sugar to so per
cent Of normal" and even to this rule
there are exceptions in favor of man
ufacturers who produce such neces-
saries as 7~-iit and vegetable pre-
serves, catsup, chilli sauce, canned
milk, jams, iellies, ice cream, medi-
cines, apple butter, honey, and meat
preparations in which sugar is used
for preservation.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-25
USE A LITTLE LESS
MEAT IN YOUR DIET
Reasonable Reduction Of Con-
sumption Necessary TO Aid
in Supplying Our Allies,

While the Englshman has been linn
tied to two pounds per week of any
kind of meat, the dweller in the good
old Keystone State has been permit
ted for the last two months to "eat
his head off, if he felt like it. Now
poor old John Bull must pull his belt
a little tighter still, for his weekly
ration has been cut to less than a
pound a week of such flesh as beef
and other butchers meat" and a
small additional quantity of bacon,
fowl, rabbit, venison or horsefesh.
Pretty tough for John; for you will
remember that he has always been a
heavy meat eater, and the "roast beef
of old England" is famous around the
world
But John Bull is at war and we are
fighting with him, shoulder to shoul-
der. In the matter of food, we are
better off than he; it is our good for
tune, not our right, in this world cri-
sis. We would have no real cause to
complain if we were compelled to take
pot-luck, with him How much less
cause, therefore, for any American to
bubble or whine when the Food Adj
mfnistration asks him to cut down his
consumption of meat a little-just rea-
sonably-to meet the demand for
shipment abroad to hungry John, who
right now has mighty little of his IA
vorite food and who, as our ally in
arms and messmate, is entitled to this
slight consideration?
Meat once a day is enough for most
of us. Smaller portions and less
'heavy feeding" would make most
men and women healthier, wealthier
and happier. In this country right
now the supplies of other food than
wheat meat and sugar are greater
than ever before in history. Utilize
this condition of abundance to aid our
Allies and save the world from the
domination of the Hun.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-25

Fat IS fuel for fighters. Bacon is
badly needed in the allied armies and
navies The allied needs in pork prod /
ucts are 15000000J pounds monthly /
three times as much as before the war /
AnOtherwastee eliminatOr on the North |
Dakota is the potato peeler, shown in I
the lower photo. Nothing is lost ex-
cept the actual potato skin.
There is a sufficient quantity of DO
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-25
Battles in Kitchens.

The most momentous battles of the
"Great War" will be fought and won
in American kitchens. The American
woman has in her keeping the deSti-
nies of the world and will fight the
decisive conflict for a free earth. In
her own kitchen with no other uni
form than the kitchen apron and sur
rounded by her little ones she will
''go over the top" to victory.