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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-14
Birthday Bio-Briefs
FAMOUS MEN.
To Parents and Teachers-Get
Your Children to Read This
Instructive Daily Feature.
ERNEST rHoMPsoN-sEToN.

Although he has lived go long on
this of the Atlantic that he is con-
sidered a full-fiedged American, Ern-
est Thompson Seton, artist, author
and naturalist, is still an Englishman.
He was born ~5S years ago today at
South Shields, England, but came to
America when he was six years old,
and spent the most impressionable
part of his life in the backwoods OF
Canada, There he gained that love
for the four-footed and winged
friends Of humanity that has since
found expression in such works as
Lives of the Hunted" The Biog-
raphy of a Grizzly" wild Animals I
Have Known" and many other works
dealing with birds and beasts. He
was educated in Toronto and London,
and then spent many years on the
Western plains and as official natur-
alist to the government Of Manitoba.
Some % years ago he was inspired
with the ambition to gain the ability
to illustrate his own works, and with
that end in view went to Paris, where
he spent several years IN the study of
art. Early in the war Mr.. Seton eX-
pressed his view of the conflict in
the language of an American painter,
who had engaged In an argument
with a German artist:
you can explain Britain; you can
explain France; you can explain Rus
STA. But you cannot, and you never
will, explain Belgium. In Belgium
you have hanged a milestone around
your necks that will sink you in the
| long rum"
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is TO As DRAFT
Gets SENATE 0. K.
Committee Reports Measure
and Gives Power to vii
son to End Strikes.

Washington. Aug. 14-The Senate
Committee on Military Affairs COM
pleted yesterday its revision Of the
man power bill increasing the draft
age limits to from Is to As years,
made four important amendments
and voted unanimously to report the
measure to the Senate. The age linn
it's defined by Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder were not changed.
Most important of the additions
was the modification Of Senator
Thomas's anti-strike amendment pro-
posed by Senator Reed (Mo). This
action satisfied Senator Thomas and
he withdrew his own amendment.
The Reed amendment provides that
men exempted from military service
by reason of employment in essential
industries shall be drawn into the
army if they forsake their work for
any cause whatsoever except physical
unfitness. Its language Is:
provided that when any person
shall have been placed in a deferred
! or exempted class for any of the rea-
sons in this paragraph set forth he
shall not be entitled to remain there
in unless he shall in good faith con-
tinue while physically able to do so
to work at and follow such occupa-
ton, employment or business; If he
fails to do SO he shall again become
subject to the draft. The President
shall make regulations for enforcing
this provision"
Leaving the PRONUNCIATION Of the
regulations in the hands Of the Pres
ident leaves him the power to break
up any strike in an essential indus
try by giving the recalcitrant opera
tives the choice of working at their
jobs or fighting. The COMMITTEES
members believe that in its present
form the amendment is sufficiently
drastic, and that it fortifies through
direct legislation on the subject the
work or fight order. At the same
time it insures the power on the part
of the Administration to force sus-
tanned and persistent effort by pro.
ducers of war supplies of every sort
as we'll as ships.
The three other amendments deal
with the rights of women whose hus
bands may be serving with the col
ors, removing all obstacles to thei
emplyment in the government service
the rights of enlisted men to receive
commission in either the army or tn
navy and to attend officers trainin,
schools regardless of statutory limita
tons as to age. and with the right
, Of the men under 81 years of age a
} the time, of entering the service t
: receive at government expense tina
part of their education which thef
' participation in the war would inter
ruDt,
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TODAY's ANNIVERSARY

Seve2 years ago today the Radium
institute was established in Riding
House street, London. This scientific
institution,which was one of the cher
ished projects of the late King Ed
ward, owns radium valued at several
hundred thousand dollars, and with
this stock has carried on extensive
Investigations. DR.. Wickham of
Paris, was the pioneer in using radi-
UNI as a curative ;.gent, and invented
the metal screen, without which rad
ium would be extremely dangerous to
use. Three kinds of emanations are
emitted by radium, and it has been
found possible, by the use of alum
mum, silver and lead screens, to cut
diff all or part of these rays. and
thus the desired degrees of penetra-
ton may be secured.
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1000 FOR |

do not VOTE who must appeal to 100000 to vote for
MN what TX that gentleman will be in unless, indeed he
known as an honest sincere and long standing advocate
equal suffrage.
When votes for women was lonesome movement there
was some excuse for being against it, But 100000 women
Voe or nave the right to- Those votes speak the language
power They the voice of the thing that happened
and that must continue to happen until have the same
political rights men,
Every great political party the president wohirds of the
House. and wo-hrds of the Senate excepting votes are
arrayed behind the 100000 women who vote.
Those who oppose this inevitable movement how do they
offer from those who say Come, let go
stage coach?"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-14
REWARD LAKE MEN

The Navy Department has awarded
to each of the employees of the Lake
Torpedo Boat Co., who gave up half
of their holiday on July 4th to work
for the government, a handsomely en-
graved certificate of honor. These
cards have been awarded in recogni-
ton of the unselflshness of the men
and women who devoted their holiday
to help win the war. The employees
of this plant have been highly COM
mended by high navy officials for the
spirit which they showed and they
have also received congratulations
from General PerHhing,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-14
TAKES UP WAR WORK

Among the industrial plants award
ed new war orders from the Engineer
and Quartermaster Departments In
Washington are the Smith & Egge
Manufacturing Co., which will furnish
leather punches to the Engineering
depot; the Armstrong Mfg. Co, ad-
Unstable stocks and dies and also pipe
threading and cutting off machinery
to the same depot; the Crane Co, gate
valves; the American Chain Co. chain
shackles; the Bridgeport Electrical
Mfg. Co., knife switches and wire con-
nectors for the Quartermasters' de-
partment. and Harvey Hubbell. Inc,
sockets for the same department.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-14

The enemy adoted the second alter
native which, having failed, makes
eventual retirement immensely more
difficult
The first phase of the battle of the
Avre finds the French with footing
upon Thiescourt Plateau, west Of
Noyon, which has vital importance in
future operations. The Germans must
either recapture the position at high
cost II they can, or abandon Noyon,
which means the fall of RoyeT- and
Lassigny, which already are under
menace of imminent capture. >
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ALLIED ARMIES
TASK is EASIER
::Eoch's Strategy Renders I'm
possible Any Rupture of
His Forces.

With the French Army in France,
Aug. 14-After the battle of the Avre,
the situation of the belligerents pre-
serts a change which for rapidity and
extent has rarely been approached in
military history. Marshal Foch's
strategy and the mastery tactics of
the generals commanding the armies
and groups of armies under him have
in three weeks wrested from the Ger
mans what required four months for
them to obtain at cost variously es-
timated at from 100000 to 100000
men.
The immediate results of the coun-
ter offensives which will have the
greatest bearing on subsequent oper-
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Lavender Water

"Eau de Vie," distilled in France,
bearing the real old time lavender
fragrance suggestive of linens, organ
die frocks, old laces and fans,
Is cts bottle
Two Good Soaps
Lanolin, containing the oil from
lambs wool, which is closest to that
of the human skin. This is recon-
mended to dry and sunburned skins.
Cucumber, containing vegetable
oil, cooling and agreeable,
Is cts a cake
in box for rs cts
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etticoats
of White Tub Silk

These are Of heavy, soft silk, panel
back and front, obviating the neces-
sity of wearing more than one petit
coat. All are prettily finished, seal
loped with silk and with a bit of nee
dlework,
$2.95
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A Corset for Girls
and slender women

A model Of the Bon Ton, made III 81
a pale pink material, with a small =,
elastic V set in the top. The corset
is cut away in front, and will be fouad
most comfortable riding in a car or
sitting at desk.
Its very daintily finished.
$3.50 f..
The Wilson Hose Supporters =
for children
It hangs from the shoulders and
thereby saves the tearing Of waists.
Comfortable and practical, for ages
6 to IA years, -..... ...-
Corset Section.
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Main floor.
7 oilet Dainties

Two new French Soaps
'"Pois de Senteur," delicieuse.
"Rose The" EXCUSE. ~. :.
IS cts a cake =
Box Of 8, $1.35
Violet Brut Talcum
in a handy shaker box,
Is cts
Tintex, coloring powder to. use
in tinting blouses, undersilks, or hos
iery which has grown yellow,
Is cts
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-14
The Wilson Hose Supporters
for children
Stockings for Women

Silk Stockings, full fashioned, white,
black and white and black stripes,
$1.15 a pair
Silk Stockings, the" Gordon'' make,
an assortment Of colors, regular
$500, for $l.65
Lisle Stockings, goodly number Of
shades from which to select,
So cts
Main floor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-14
Dress Goods Remnants

Six hundred yards of Black and
Colored Wool Goods, ranging in
lengths from 112 to 7 yards.
Serge, Poplin, Plaid, Stripes,
Checks and Mixtures
Excellent values for school dresses
Tempting prices
Third floor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-14
August Sale Prices

Prevail in Furs
this week
The richest Furs are shown.
Mole, Hudson Seal, Lynx, Beaver
and Fox.
Coats Ct dressy or plain style,
highest quality and beautifully lined.
Second floor.
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Viruin of Fate.

when l began business" said the
plutocrat YEARLY, II made solemn
vow that when had made an even
million ! would quit"
''But you've made that many times
over" said the other man, land still
you are accommodating"
That's the curse of it. Whenever /
think I've made an even million find
on figuring it up it's either a little
more or little less, and I've got to
renew the heartbreaking struggle"
And the unfortunate man sighed heay-
lily.
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Every State in the Union to Boast
of Irish Brides After
the War.
CUPID BUSY AT NAVAL BASE
Brigd o'Rourke, Descendant of King,
Webs a Rancher From Colorado
Record for Love at First Sight
Goes to Seaman.

Base American Flotilla in British
Waters.-Every part of the United
States has supplied n hero in love ro-
mances that have eliminated in happy
marriages between American bluejack-
cts and blue-eyed Irish maidenS since
the arrival of the American destroyer
forces in the south of Ireland.
After the war, every part of the
United States from Maine to Califor-
MIA and from the great lakes to Flor
ida will boast of an Irish bride who
was wooed and won in her native land
by an American sailor.
All of the brides are looking forward
to that happy day when they will see
what their husbands so proudly pro-
claim as Goods country" Already the
American sailor has supplied his Irish
bride with all necessary documents to
establish her identity as an American,
and some have even had their property
in the United States transferred to
their wives as precaution in case
they lose their lives for their country.
Rancher Weds Irish Maid.
There is the marriage of former
ranchman, Bert Adams, to Brigid
O'Rourke, whose family descends from
an Irish king of that name. Adams
who Is n boilermaker on one of the de-
stroyers, halls from Hugo, Colo. He
is now arranging to have his ranch In
Colorado decided to his wife as a pre-
caution in the event Of his being tor
pedoed. His wife's relatives live in
Bruce, County Limerick, and there is
plenty of anecdote connected with the
fnmily's relation to the O'Rourkes of
kingly fame.
Il don't know anything about ranch
ing" Mrs. Adams told the Associated
Press correspondent, "but l am pre-
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He Must Have Run Then.

DR.. ]. p. Naylor, head of the ply
sizes department of De Paul univer-
sity. was walking down a slippery
sidewalk and. hitting particularly Icy
place, fell down.
II. NJ. Gorrell, Doctor MAYORS assis-
tant, was following him. "You are
somewhat of an architect aren't you,
doctor?" asked Gorrell.
"How's that? asked the professor.
"You are making blue prints. In
dianapolis News.
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Harold a Patriot.

Harold Irby, eleven years old, $40
West Thirty-ninth street, has the kind
of patriotism that is willing to make
the sacrifice of treasured belonging.
Harold decided to sell his electric
Christmas tree illumination system and
give the proceeds to patriotic cause.
The equipment was sold through an ad-
vertlsement for one-half of It's cost and
the money will be divided between the
Red Cross society, of which he Is u
member, and the Y. NJ. @. A.-Indian.
apolis News.
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SUPERIOR TO FATE'S FSOWNS
Warfare Has Supplied Deficiencies
by His Own Ingenuity.

An extraordinary case Is that Of
Jean Ledrans, n French mechanic,
now n country farmer. lie has lost
both hands in the war, modified in
the artillery. He took part in numer-
Gus engagements, was once wounded,
and received the military cross of the
Legion or Honor for the capture Of
German stronghold after he was pro-
noted to second lieutenant. Being an
expert grenadier, he was chosen to
train recruits in bombing. While CIV
ing instruction a grenade he held
burst, killed six men and wounded
Ledrans In five places. He lost his
right eye and both his hands were
blown Off Immediately after his re-
covery the peasant girl to whom he
had been engaged married him and he
settled on his father-in-luw'a farm.
This brave son of France Is now able
to write, drive horse and cart, drive
pillow, hoe and dig the fields and har-
ness and unharness horse. All the
appliances which he uses on both
stumps of his forearms have been de
vised by himself.
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The Father of the House.

Great as his age Is, and feeble rs
he is in health, Thomas Burt, the fa-
Their of the house of commons, found 1t
possible to write more than formal
acknowledgment to some Of the inti-
mate friends among the host of those
who congratulated him on the COM
pletion of his eightieth year. In Il let
ter which have had the privilege of
seeing he gives some particulars Of
his family. "The war gives us great
concern" he says. "Ny sons, who are
all abroad, came home to help, and In
one form or another they are doing
their part. Wilfred, the youngest of
the survivors, has passed his exam
and is daily expecting a call to the
front, ms is our only grandson, who is
Of military age" Mr.. Burt adds: ~
am laid up, mostly in bed, but hope
to get about again soon" Then there
Is tender reference to Mrs. Burt {:
1--WE We're married in February, 1860
nearly IS years ago" 1t was "a mar
riage of true minds" Husband and
wife had been inseparable playmates
IN acknowledgements Gazette.
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Would Help in Winning War.

Mr.. Serre suggests that the culu-
walton of Palma Christi for castor oil
would not only prove of great advan-
tage to growers in Trinidad, but
would also be of great help to the
allies along the various battle fronts,
and that the Palma Christi could, In
cldentally, be planted where 1t would
form useful and temporary shade for
young cocoa and coconut trees. He
mentions that one of the chief fer
tilizers used in Bermuda consists of
castor-oil cake imported from the Unit
ed States at rather high cost, while
throughout those islands Palma Christi
grows wild.
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PROVE MERIT AT SHOP WORK
Women Are Better Substitutes for
Skilled Workers Than Unframed
Male Laborers.

Sacramento, Cal.-Women proved
better wartime substitutes for men
skilled in shopwork than the average
unframed male laborer, according to
F. Fl: Potter, general storekeeper for
the Southern Pacific company. Exper-
iments with eight young women put at
work sorting scrap iron, cleaning bolts
and familiarizing themselves with sim
pie machinery have convinced Potter
that should further raids be made upon
his forces he will be able to keep going
on an efficient basis by employing
women.
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JAcKlEs MUST SPRUCE UP
Properly Dressed and Must
Have Money.

Great Lakes, Ill.-Orders issued by
Lieut.. Com. A, G. Wilhelm, drill officer,
specify that jackies granted shore
leave hereafter shall wear only regula-
ton blue clothes and pancake" hat.
The order bars the following: Gray,
brown and blue nonregulation sweat
ers and muffiers. Such articles of
clothing may be worn If tucked out Of
sight under regulation garments.
Watch caps are barred.
Under another order no man may
go ashore "broke." He must convince
his commanding officer that he has
enough cash to take him to and from
the station.
The clothing order Is the result Of
many jaclies appearing in Chicago and
other nearby cities in nondescript
clothing.
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ter rushed in tho air directly in its
wake. There wax a heavy explosion,
and one more sub had gone to the
happy hunting ground
THE next morning our bugle again
blew "to post" and our guns on the
port side cut loose. In less than no
time our whole fleet, transports and
all, were blazing away, zlg-zagging
and rushing In all directions. We
had plugged whole school of subs,
and instead of zg-zagging our boat,
plowed right into them.
"At one time the ship next to us and
our boat were shooting into the
same center and 1t looked like a bat
tie between the two ships. saw
three periscopes myself and one cut
Its way so close that our forward gun
could not be brought to bear.
zone torpedo missed our bows by
less than 30 feet. At the same time
we could see land ahead.
while this was going on three air
planes appeared. How we shouted
when we recognized their nationality.
Soon they were swooping down like
hawks, dropping bombs and marking
out the places where the Boches lay.
ut was simply great, felt Just as
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LIKE FOOTBALL GAME
Yale Man Graphically Describes
Fight With U-BoatS.
Convoy Accounts for Several German
Submarines While Travelling to
War Zone.

East Haven, Conn.-ITow the convoy
IN which he Travelled to the European
war zone with the Yale unit account
ed for several German subs" is graph
ically described by a letter to rela-
tives by Lauren Lyman of this place.
Zone night as we were below, fix
ing our hunks" he says, 1--WE heard
the whistle and then the sharp note
of the bugle. We shouted, the subs
at last and leaped to our posts.
had been appointed stroke oar In
llfeboat, and our particular gang,
% in number, were counted by our
white-faced lieutenant.
"Our ship began to zig-zag, and,
through port / saw destroyer rush
ing along toward white streak in the
water Suddenly something happened
aboard the destroyer-a volume of wa
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ADVISED TO EAT ONIONS
This Goes for Young Lady Who Ex-
poets Sweetheart az Well as Ma
tron Who Cooked Dinner.

Boston.-Eat onions. This advice is
given to the young lady who expects
her sweetheart as well as to the ma
tron who is cooking the family dinner.
1t is the latest food-cOnservation ad-
vice.
II. e. Larson of the u. S. bureau Of
markets says that Boston Is flooded
with onions and they are good and
cheap. They were being sold at re-
tail at four cents pound.
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Miss Mary T.. Drury of San Fran
cisco, claims her employer forced his
attention upon her and when she re-
pulsed him after he insisted upon Wis
ting her apartments, he had her dis
charged from her position. He phoned
her, and she agreed to meet him in the
Palace hotel and when she did she
struck him with the horsewhip and
continued to rain blows on him as he
ran until onlookers restrained her. She
now threatens to bring suit for dam
ages against her former employer.
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did before the touchdown against
Harvard last year. At one time four
big guns on our boat were playing
away at the same time.
"Finally at ten o'clock the whistle
blew, and our first big fight was over.
Nobody scratched and from three to
five Boches went to b. There were
from o to IL of them waiting, and, be-
lieve me, they got all they wanted.
"If we'd only had band the morn
Ing would have been complete"
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COLLEENS WIN AMERICAN TARS

pairing myself for the fair land Bert
has told me so much about by studying
Il history of Colorado"
Then there Is the case of Mary
Ridge, head waitress ut the leading no.
tel here, who lost her heart to Harlund
G. Richie, a machinist's mate, first
class, of Allston, Mass. She was one
of the most popular girls in town. The
dining room over which she presided
is out of bounds to enlisted men, but
lsitchie contrived to see her while she
was off duty. They knew each other
for four months before Mr.. Richie led
her to the altar of the village church.
But the record for love at first sight
among the Americans belongs to
young seaman, Paul Valachovic by
name, who used to work in the ma
chine shop of the General Electric com.
pany at Schenectady, N. Y. He fell in
love the first day he stepped ashore
here, from the destroyer. Ada Jones,
Cork girl, was the object of Cupid's
dart. After the war Valachovlc Is 60
ing to take her back with him to that
thriving city in New York.
A few of the Americans first met
their wives on visits to England.
Charles Harmon Cobla of Charleston,
S. c., fell in love on the beautiful Cor
nish riviera with Ada Gilbert, a widow
of twenty-four, whose home was in
Plymouth. Another English bride is
Nora Elizabeth Kit, who was married
to Joseph w. Highfield of Des Molnes,
Iowa.
Cupid Busy at Naval Base.
But The majority of the Americans
married Irish girls who lived in the vi
cinity of the American naval base and
whom they met ut the dance hall or
roller skating rink. Thus Doris Fran
els Phillips Is now Mrs. Leo Vincent
Flavell Of Hanover, Mass, and Mary
Ellen Sullivan has become the wife of
Thomas A. Balschi of Mount Carmel,
Pa. After the war Mary O'Keefe, who
became the wife of Edward G. Turner,
expects to desert the trying climate of
southern Ireland for that of sunny San
Jose, Cal, which is her husbands
home. William Spauldlng of DeLand,
Fla, has married Ester Allen, while
Oral e. Cox of lola, Kan, won the
hand Of Phyllis Rose Rogers.
Among others Of the American sail
ors who have taken to themselves a
wife over here are Benjamin j. Moore
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of Dallas, Tex. Ebert II. Buckingham
Of Pensacola, Fla. Harry E. Holder of
Denver, Colo, and Michael ]. Della
Roco of Schenectady, N. Y. And the
list gives promise of growing steadily.
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An implement has been patented by
a New York man to enable blind per
son to thread needle.