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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
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Pop was in the setting room smoak- at the table writing, and I sed, Do you know wat I'm writing, pop? Watts you think I'm writing?
 Can it be that you're writing your will? sed pop, and I sed, No sir, I'm wrlting story called There's No Nace Like Home. Do you wunt me so reed u 70 you, popT
 We'll, I don't feel eny overpowering craving. but as long as I'm heer Ill promise to stay, sed pop. And I started to reed it to him, being as fol- lows:
 There's No Place Like Home.
 Wunts there was a boy named Bol- dy Tweezers, and he got tired of stay ing home ware nuthing kepp on hap pening, and he thawt, G, I bleeve III run away and see the werld. Wich he put on his cap and did, and he disgized himself as a bag of potatoes and got throwed into the bottom of a ship, and the ship hadent hardly got to the middle of the ocean wen a Germin submareen hit it with a tar ] peedo and 1t went down without say {; ing a word, and Boldly Tweezers was cast on a dezert island ware he dident have enything to eat for weeks eX- cepp empty shells, and not even meny { of them on account of, every time he went out to look for some, wild beests | and cannibals started to chase him. } And he thawt G, there's no place like home. And the empty shells started to hert his digestion like enything, so one day he started to swim home, thinking he mite catch up with a ship and get a ride the rest of the way. And he was chased by wales and sharks and swordfish till he became exausted and went down and drown ed, thinking, G, there's serteny no place like home. The end.
 That's not the werst story ever rit- ten, by a long shot, sed pop, there must of bin sevrel verse than that, and the moral Is excellent.
 Yes sir, sed. And jest then I herd the fellows wisseling outside, and sed, G, there's the fellows wisseling for me.
 But of corse, now that you realize the sooperior attracktions of home, all their wisseling will be in vane, I sip- pose, sed pop.
 Me not saying enything, and after vile I started to give a imitation of a tertle. and after I ,crawled er- round the room twice on my stum- mick I hcrawled out, the setting room door and snuck down stairs and went out.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
LYRIC

Memories of home sweet home and a loving mother anticipating every want are brought vividly back at the Lyric theatre this week during the presentation of that delightful pro- duction, Mother Carey's Chickens" which has been scoring repeated suc- cess at each performance since the opening on Monday. As presented by the popular and versatile PoH Players the production takes on an added value and has completely won the approval of all who have taken ad- vantage of the opportunity of seeing 8 really excellent play.
 There is a decidedly homelike at mosphere surrounding every charac- ter, the scenes and everything con- nected with the production and each line as spoken by the artists brings back some memory of the days when we wore pinafores and knickerbock- CTS and romped among the trees and leaves in a country home. The char acter of Mother Carey as portrayed by Miss Mabel Griffith, carries with it additional recollections and her optimism despite the troubles which pile up regardless remind one of the mother who is missed more than words can tell.
 Mother Careys Chickens IS play that is seldom seen but will al- ways be appreciated as one of those which carry the older people back to days-agone and make the younger folk appreciate more thoroughly the home anad mother they now have. It is a production that should be seen by all and will delight the women and please the men while the children simply revel in the many features which follow each other in rapid suc- cession. Of more than passing in- terest is the country party, and the barn dance, with which the perform ance closes, recalls the good times which so seldom appear in these days.
 Next week the Poli Players will pre- sent Jane CowPs greatest success
 Common Clay In which the entire cast will participate. Those who have read this story will be anxious to see the dramatization said to be far su- perior to the novel of the same name
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
WHAT'S. GOING ON IN THE WORLD |OF THEATRES AND AMUSEMENT

personate an absent professor. From there the whole party, including the seminary girls, travels to the steam ship Columbia and the act closes with the Columbia being shipwrecked by a storm. The second act portrays the troubles of the party on the Island 'Neverwas,' where many peculiar ad- ventures are had with the people of that distant place.
 One of the most novel ideas in the musical party of the Liberty Girls known as the organization of Amer lea, which was written by MT. Jack Conway, is the talk of every ,city. This number represents the different lodges of the world and is interesting to all lodge members. The chorus of the Liberty Girls is one that is well adapted to singing and dancing and contains more than the required number of girls usually found in a burlesque attraction. The numbers were staged by Edward F. Bowers, a well known New York producer and the scenery was painted by Servas Studios, Rochester, N. Y, and the cos tuning is by Orange Manufacturi Co.,, who have given special attention to the latest creations
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
PROPORTION OF
 ACCIDENTS TO AvIATORS SMALL

Despite the fact that almost daily there are reported accidents to our aviators in training in this country, it is interesting and gratifying to learn that the percentage of accidents is small.
 President H. B. Mingle, of the Standard Aircraft Corportion, said in an interview yesterday, that while flying is not yet without its dangers, nevertheless, the number of fatalities is small when the true facts are known
 Before the war" said MT. Mingle, flying was considered dangerous. When we consider the mileage flown every day in the United States, and the number of hours our boys are in the air, 1t is not strange that there are accidents.
 Brig. Gen. Charles L. Lee, R. A. F., whose word is unquestionable, says that it is a fact on. mileage that an aviator can fly approximately seven and a half times round the world without one fatal accident.
 After the war flying will rapidly become almost as commonplace as automobiling is today" concluded MT, Mingle.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
PLAZA

Herbert Rawlinson, one of the most peppery of all modern photoplay stars acting the society part and the dare devil in the same moment, is one of the big features of the Plaza offering today. In photoplay of gripping reality, beautiful in location, signif- cant in fact and superb in it's denou- ment, he will star on the screen. This photodramatic treat will continue un- til the last performance Saturday night.
 The marvel of the age, the most Herculanean of all men, the successor of Sampson, will be seen on the stage in Louis Hart, acted for his great strength. In a series of episodes and exhibitions MT. Hart will command the interest of everyone and will in vite many invitations to display his dience may suggest.
 Leigh and La Grace, in a comedy and novelty act will defy the strength of gravity. They have a most in.- spring and instructiveIy entertaining offering for Plaza audiences.
 The Crazy Quilts, man and wom- an in comedy songs, will bring the latest bits from the brightest marts of music.
 Reynolds and White. in acrobatic supremacy, will present a counter-at- traction to MT. Hart's act. They are the Alpha and Omega of their special ty.
 Gaumont Weekly will display all the latest happenings in America, giv- ing intimate and lifelike views of sensational events of the recent fort night from the Atlantic to the Pa cific.
 There is always novelty and a vel come at the Plaza theatre. Seats should be taken early for this half Of the week.
 | ''The Kaiser Be Damned" is an American play of the minute by Sid- ney Toler-a stirring drama founded on the Great War. It has proven a sensation wherever produced, and so important is the message that 1t has to deliver, it will go ringing down in- to the annals of the stage as one of the most successful dramas ever founded on the war and on fact. It will be performed by a cast of ex- ceptional strength-at the Park.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26

Miss Hilda Giles, soubrette on the "cute" style, sings and dances with vim and verve. She Is labelled "cute" for two reasons---her size and form. The action of the burIesque takes place at young ladies' seminary on the Hudson river and shows the ef
 forts of MT. Tim Riley trying to im-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
EMPIRE

Marguerite Clark and Harold Lock wood split acting honors in the five part Famous Players feature play, Wild Flower" which is the featured fotoplay at the Empire this evening. Here is the sort of picture that all lovers of motion pictures are sure to enjoy as in this play Miss Clark is at her best.
 Ruth Roland and an all-star cast of well known screen artists will be seen in the latest episode of the thrilling Pathe chapter play, Hands Up!" which will head the remainder of the program. %
 Tomorrow: Lila Lee, the beautiful, talented Broadway favorite, in her in- . ttial Paramount master production, "The Cruise of the Make Believes"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
FLAX RAISING IS GROWING INDUSTRY

Dublin, Sept. 26.-Flax growing in Ireland has received a remarkable inn petus from the war. Before hostili- ties began Ireland grew only. a small proportion of the flax required by ! the great Ulster linen industry, but 4 bBritains participation in the war, and { the resulting restriction of flax inn ports from foreign countries, increas- ed the price of flax to the point where it became very profitable crop for the Irish farmer
 Farmers in all parts of the island are now engaged in growing flax. The sudden and extraordinary pros perity of the flax growers is being shared by the flax workers. Male workers receive an average of $16 weekly, and women average SIP, wa ges unheard of in the productive branch of the industry before the war
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26

Wlmes Want Ads. One Cent Word.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
RHEUMATICS
 MADE HAPPY Satisfied That "Neutrone Prescription 99" Is All
 That's Claimed.

fhis reliable prescription has, since being placed in the hands of the pub- lie, done more to remove Rhe, matic Troubles than all previous remedies combined
 It is different from other remedies in that it does not upset the stomach ar impah the heart, a condition here tofore thought impossible
 It is rot . cure-all but remedy to be taken internally treating Rheu- nnatism as a constitutional disease. bv fits general action through the blood.
 The tre ltment is a most cornnlete combinatiG n of rheumatic-reducin elements and Is dependable 10 produce results from the fact it aims at rheu- matism as a disease of the blood. 5Oc and s1.00 the bottle.
 Hindle's Drug Stores and leading druggists everywhere.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
WEST END

Douglas Fairbanks in Bound in Morocco" Doug's latest Aircraft re- lease heads the program tonight and tomorrow night at the ever popular West End theatre on State street near Clinton avenue. Gaumont War News and a Harold Lloyd comedy will also be shown. Saturday: Wallace Reid in Less Than Kin" five acts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW

George Slavin, bartender in Bat ting Kunzs saloon in Norwalk, was fined $50 by Judge Thomas in the United States District court in New Haven yesterday when arraigned on the charge of selling liquor to sailors. Two frequenters of the saloon, Ed ward McGuirk and Earl Williams, were fined $25 each, Nazario Tiscia of 23 Gilmore street was fined $1 and costs for selling liquor to a sailor in uniform.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
PARK

An enthusiastic, though impatient audience greeted the first appearance and it was easy to see it was their first, of The Lady Bountiful Minstrels, at the Park theatre last night. The show has enough real good talent to make two snappy companies, the cos tunes are new, rich and beautiful and scenically the production compares with the best, but there seems to be an utter lack of management, per" and comedy, especially in the first part of the program.
 Seldom has an audience in Bridge port listened to such rich voices as those possessed by Mignon De Valery, Evora Hull, Sallie Taylor, Florence Millett, Belle Baldwin, Ethel Dono- van and Bessie Hamilton. There is only one criticism to be made and that it's, too many ballads were sung without having lighter stuff sand wiched between. The public at the present time needs life, gayety, or in the vernacular of our soldier and sailor boys, "Jazz," and too many sob sister, numbers have a tendency to make an audience irritable and over critical.
 As soon as the Vassar Girls, an ag- | gregation of clever musicians form i ing the orchestra, get few more re- i hearsals with the others of the com- pany the production will be 100 per cent. better. On the occasion of the l company's premier there was some slight mixup as to cues but this rag gedness can be improved and eliminat- ed when proper direction is estab- lished back stage.
 The number entitled "On a Rainy Night" could be eliminated altogether and combined with the speciality pro- gram. If this number was arranged to feature Miss Helen Diers, who thrilled the audience with her won- derful performance on the harp and clever whistling solos, it had a mission in life, but the talented harpist would be heard to much better ad- vantage on the stage alone.
 Lillian Goldsmith got.big applause for her more than clever dancing although her number entitled "The Lorelei' was dull and had a tendency to spoil the magic effect her former work had upon the audience Deane Bernard and Mabel SMerritt were in. deed two musical girls and the aud. fence was right with them from the start. Their performance on the piano accordeons ranged with the bes on the vaudeville stage and the saxo
 phone playing of the team could no
 be excelled.
 The final military number was good
 but could be improved with a dash O color, such as a few West Point ca dets Marine and Naval officers, il V dress uniforms and perhaps the Allie l could be represented without de !, tracing from the pleasing effect . Taken as a whole the show Is !, good collection of talent and all tha f it needs Co make 1t a winner is tn l liberal application of the prunin n knife and proper stage direction t
 drill the company into the idea tha = the public demands and will hay
 "snap."
 Miss Hilda Giles, soubrette on tn
 ''cute" style, sings and dances wit vim and verve. She Is labelled "cute
 for two reasons---her size and forn ~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26

Some one wants to know what should be done to the motorists who won't cooperate in gas saving? Well, one good place for them would be the trenches with Hun airplanes overhead and American planes all tied up for lack of gas.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26

If the breweries have got to shut down permanently, we probably have not got to worry about any more Ger man immigration after the war.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-06
Plow Fire Guards
To Protect Grain

Washington, d. c., Sept. 6.-tirc
guards of one or more burrows
should be plowed around all fields of
shocked or stacked grain, advises the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. to prevent contiagrauopS
starting from the sparks OF locono-
tives, tractors, threshing engines or
from the careless use Of matches,
pipes or cigarettes. The eXigenCy Of
the situation demands thai farmers
who previously have opposed furr0W-
ed fire guards now make practical
application of this control. Fa ms
also should have available !ire-f ght
ing equipment such as chemical oN-
tinguishers or barrels and buckets OF
water, the department suggests.
Precaution should also he eNercis
ed against hot boxes and other
improperly adjusted machinery which
are possible sources OF loss. Who're
possible, every farm should be equip
ped with several chemical fire eXtin
guisheTs, as these first aids in fire
fighting are extremely valuable pro-
lection for the grain in the stack or
bin, as we'll as for the farm build
ings and other produce or live stock
in storage or stable. If such eXtin-
guishers are deemed inadvisable, at
least the farmer can have two or
three large barrels of water and sew
eral buckets handy for emergency
fire needs.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-06

The Fuel Administrator has issued
instructions that automobiles must
not be used on Sundays until further
9etice. except under such POSI- .-.-i----
t1r,uSS-..,v- c--r,-.-A.-----s-H--1aiS pa
per last week There were a few
violations of the letter and the spirit
of this request last Sunday, but it is
presumed that these violations were
the result of ignorance.
Practically everyone knows about
them now, and the public will expect
all good citizens to obey this request.
When men are giving their lives ov-
er in France and Italy for their
country. there is no excuse for per-
sons refusing to comply with the re-
quest of the authorities in order TO
avoid a crisis that might result in
the Withholding of goods and sup
plies from these men.
Some of the violators last Sunday
were young men who have been
excused from the draft What must
the public think of such men? They
are safe at home and have, appar-
emily. no thought for the brave men
who are over there doing their fight
ing. Persons who were out last
Sunday were the subjects OF great
deal of unfavorable comment; per
sons who are out this Sunday will be
subject to still greater condemna-
ton.
President Wilson last Sunday rode
to church in carriage in order to
conply with the Fuel Administrator
request. Governor Harrington walk
ed from the Executive Mansion in
Annapolis to the wharf to board the
steamer for Cambridge. If the Chief
Executive of the Nation, and the
Chief Executive of the State, have
such respect for this request, GER
tainly there is no excuse for the JOY
rider, the person who goes out fo1
something to do
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-06
A List of the Names of Regis
trars and Places of Registrar
ton for Dorchester County,
State of Maryland.


Us iiSl No. CORA W ilru. Miss NJ
Wan NheatleE, Mrs. IoLo W!IIen. leg
istIarS. zorro i'iih|h''d = store. Eid"-
faoo' MD.
District No. I-WaItrl ". Rhodes.
Alice Jacobs. Ruth Rhodes, Ii. Ecrce
Dean, regis tlarS. railroad station, At
Rhodesdale. Md.
II DiSTtilct NO -itdNaLd iItmhI". i.
Miss Nellie Wheatley. registrars. Ma
rl9n Smiths Office. East New Market.
DISTRICT No. 2-GeorGc W. Holland.
Charles \. spence, Nellie Dean, Maggie
Smith. FlossIe Hurley, registrars. " rb-
ster's Hall, Secretary
District No. 3-Liuld =. LutompI".
Elias y. McAlliSJCr, Clay VI. Webb. Su-
sic Hitch, registrars Elias \. MCAiIiS-
ters store. Vienna.
DlStrlCt No. w M L. I\""nc. lE-
ron Il. harrington, r"&IStIars. i. T..
HarrlngtonS store, TaNiol Island.
District No. 3--Nm, +. AppleEarth,
Jr., registrar " ~. +. Npplcgarth' 5
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-06
WARD WITHDRAWS FROM
The FIGHT FOR CONGRESS
state senator Andrews UnoDposcd
For Republican Nomination-Nu
Primary Election to be Held
County Saves About $4,000.

As the result of the action OF the
Honorable Augustus Ward. in with
drawing from the contest for the
Republican nomination for Congress
from the First Congressional Dis
trict, which embraces the nine coun-
ties OF the Eastern Shore, state Sen
ator William n. Andrews will secure
the nomination without opposition.
one of the most pleasing features
OF Mr.. Wards withdrawal is the fact
that it Will save the county the cost
Of Primary election, which means
a saving of from two to three thou
quite confident that he would win q
magnificent victory over Mr. Ward:
in fact he expected to carry Somer-
set county, Mr.. Wards home county,
by good majority, and it is evident
that Mr.. Ward had the fact impress
sively pressed upon him; in other
words, he was told good and hard
that he could not win, and he"very
gracefully" got out
The announcement of his with
draWal from the contest was not re-
ceived until last night. Had it been
received twenty-four hours earlier,
considerable expense might have been
saved, as the Election Supervisors
had found it necessary to proceed
with the work OF getting up the nee
essary election printing in order 10
be ready to start it out tonight.
The election this year would have
been the first under which the Hol-
lands Island precinct had been cut
out. For many years there have
been very few votes cast on the Is
land, and during the recent election,
owing TO some delay in trausporta-
ton. the election books. ballots. etc,
did not arrive until day or two at
ter the election, with the result that
there was 10 election held in that
precinct of Straits Election district
AS the result of the conditions which
had arisen, the Legislature this year
passed a bill abolishing the precinct, |
and making it necessary for the yo-
ters on the Island to go 10 the main !
land of Straits district, OF which it /
is a part, to vote.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-06
.-45 DRAFT IN
OCTOBER CALL
General Crowder Adopts Speed
Up Process.
BOARDS MUST WORK FASTER
Every Effort Will be Made 10 Com
pIete Classification in Ten Days.
Youna Men Come First.

Washington, Sept 6-With the
registration Of the men from II
to 10. the war department will begin
a race against time to have enough
of the new men classified so that Their"
will not he a shortage of men 10 keep
up the supply sent to camp in October
General Crowder, the provost mar
Shall general, gave out statement as
70 the steps to be taken TO expedite
the process of getting men ready for
the call TO the cOlOrS, so that II VIII
be much faster this time than In
1917.
Processes which then took one
month are now allowed only four or
five days Some Of the processes
which then took place suCceSsiveIy
are to go on simultaneously. The CO.
operation of the registrants them
selves in making up questionnaires is
solicited. And the newspapers of the
country are invited to form public
opinion In favor of speeding up this
draft
AS it is, the best informed believe
that there will be shortage Of men
for the camps in October. The war
department will want to call about
$50. 900 in that month, according to
present estimates. 1t Will hay" about
10000 men available, left over from
the August registration. An effort will
be made To have some of III" new
Nv, fnr
call during October. but tn" best "pin-
lon is that il will he the ti@St Of No
vpmber before the new men can ht
called. And even that will be record
for speed.
The men to be called first are likely
to be the younger men of nineteen
and twenty years old and of thirty
two To thirty years Old. The rea'
son for calling these men first IS that
the process of classification will be
much easier. especially among the
nineteen and twenty year men, fol
| among these men questions of occupa
tionat exemption and dependency will
be few and simpler. And in these
ages the process of selection will be
more fruitful Men may be more
promptly got. And speed is of the es
sence of the problem. The country
! must have men, and have them quick
| ly
To get them quickly the war depart
ment is counting upon the experience
| and greater skill of the local boards
| die Increased knowledge of the whole
| draft process in the community, the
more general acceptance of conscrip
| ton, the enthusiasm of the nation
! over the var. and upon the very higl
| efficiency of General CroWder's office