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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
EVOLVE SALVAGE SCHEME.

London, Feb. 25-A national
scheme has been approved here for
collecting and using nearly everything
now cast out as household waste,
such as rags, waste paper, old metal
broken glass, old cans. and all sorts
of kitchen refuse. Everything will
be sorted and sent to centers where
it can be made to replace something
that otherwise would have to be
brought in ships.
Many experiments have been made
Oil for engines has been extracted
from bad fish and meat; food for
poultry and pigs from other kinds of
refuse; potash from stalks of vege-
tables. Old tin cans from the city of
Nottingham are now yielding 400 tons
of iron year, which is converted in
to a low class steel for army purposes
One of the triumphs of war economy
has been in the extraction and use
of the oil with which leather Is oress-
ed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
NEWS AMONG THE BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA HEADQUARTERS NOTES

Scoutmasters should be pushed by
each individual troop. All scoutmas-
tiers should get into touch with head
quarters for information regarding
this.
Motion carried that a committee be
appointed to work out suggestions
from the executive regarding future
rallies, submitting a report to the as
soclat1on as to recommended plans for
conducting same. Meeting adjourned
at 1O:45 p. m. Robert Hull, secretary.
Troop No. II
The meeting was called to order at
500 by our Assistant Patrol Leader
Henry knott. No business of impor-
lance was discussed although we have
decided to get all the new members
we can to join our troop. Mr.. Sigoutch
is willing to be our scoutmaster if he
is not drafted. The latter part of the
evening. was spent in practicing First
aid and signalling. Howard Hotchkiss
acting scribe
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
CONSoLIDATEs BREWERIEs.

Amsterdam, Feb. 25-The German
government has issued an official de-
cree providing for the consolidation
of the brewing industry. BreWeries,
selected on the principle of highest
efficiency, are to take over the pro-
duction of others that are to be shut
down. and are to pay the latter
monetary compensation.
The breweries naturally complain
of this measure, calling attention to
the fact that more than three billion
marks of German capital is invested
in this industry, which thus outranks
even the chemical industry, iron
smelling or coal mining. The mum
Der of breweries in Germany is more
than $4,000, closely connected with
which are $4,000 hotels and restaur-
ants, which employ 500, 900 persons.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25

Paris, Feb. 25,-French newspapers
praise the American Admiral COM
r.anding a United States squadron,
stationed at a French port, for his
summary and effective action against
tradesmen and others who have been
charging the American sailors extor-
Tomato prices for merchandise and
service,
In one case, it is stated, the Admir-
al was notified that certain hotel
had been overcharging the American
naval officers. The American Ad-
miral placed two sentries at the door
CT the hotel, ordered all officers re-
siding there to leave Immediately.
and commanded the sentries not to
permit another American to enter the
place until further orders. Faced with
ruin, the proprietor offered to make
any amends which the Admiral de-
manded.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25

board and lodging) 1880 to 1900
Forewomen in fac
tories SUV TO lIzSV
Superintendent. matron
superintendent, and
nurses ............ 1000 to 1.75o
Dressmakers and mil
liners ............ 500 to 9OV
Heads of departments 1880 to 2,750
"In the past year or two teachers
have applied in large numbers for
employment in the insurance offices of
Hartford and New Haven"
81 have found in laundries many
High school graduates and one or two
normal graduates who were working
as supervisors and receiving SIS and
SIS a week"-$800 to 5000 a year.
The teacher receives from $500 to
$500 per year in the elementary
schools, but very few the latter.
AS young women say to the normal
school principals, ''Why should go
to normal school for two years when
the most 1 can reasonably expect to
earn as a teacher is SIS a week for
SO to 40 weeks, and 1 can get that
now" AS matter of principle, peo-
pie who are content with low pay
and no future are not the kind of peo-
Pile as a rule, who ought to be al
lowed to become teachers.
We cannot get priceless service for
$500 a year. No amount of clever
scheming will enable US to. 1t is I'M
worthy and hypocritical to expect to.
Permanently In Teaching.
Nor is it enough to put an end tc
the shortage of teachers. We must
also build up a vastly more perma-
nent force. The young woman, OF
young man, who begins to teach as
soon as high school or college days
are over seldom expects to be a
! teacher long. Circumstances may
disappoint expectations and keep hel
| or him in the. schoolroom. But in
| general nobody ought to teach who
does not expect to make a life work
| of teaching. Good teaching brooks nc
other interests or ambitions, least OF
all a lover and prospective home
making. t-
| Teaching life is very short. II
| five years from graduation, the per
centage of graduates of our norma
schools who are still teaching falls tt
less than IS per cent. In 10 years i
has fallen to 35 per cent. and con
| tinues as about that level for 10 year
more. twenty-five years after gradu
alton, there is left a dwindling 5 pc
cent or less.
Now, the only answer to the per
| manency question is men teachers
Young women will remain in. tn
schoolroom for a longer or shorte
period, but in most cases will event
ually marry, as they should. If me
can be induced to teach, marriag
does not put an end to the teaching.
1t is hard to see how men coul
effectively be employed in the frs
four grades. but beyond that we nee
them in increasing numbers for tn
sake of the boys of the school a
well as for the sake of permanent
in the profession. After the sixt
grade the boys ought to be chief
under the charge of men teachers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
SLOVAK LEAGUE
ELECTS LOCAL MAN

New York, Feb. 23.-The statement
that the army of Czechs and Slovaks
now training in France to fight with
the Allies now numbers 10000 was
made at the closing session here today
of the convention of the Slovak
League of America, in connection with
the adoption of a resolution to cable
the conventions greeting to the $50
yak armies in France
Other resolutions pledged the un-
qualiied support of all the Slovaks
of the United States to the American
government and confidence in the
leadership of the Czecho-Slovak ma
ton council in Paris.
Albert Mamtey, Pittsburgh, was
elected president of the league; the
Rev. Paul Siska, Bridgeport, vice
president; Matthew Gazdik, Pitts
burgh, secretary.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
COSTS OF DYING
TAKE BIG JUMP

An organ of the High Command of
Brussels recently published the fol-
lowing: .s-,
Everything is going up. even what
one might think would escape the
general rule: The cost of funerals.
Lately thu communes paid only 100
francs for burying paupers. Today
the amount has been doubled, not
only on account of the higher price
of wood, leaden plates, wax, etc, but
also because of the increase in the
number of collins needed for paupers.
for burials at the expense of the COM
munes are more and more numerous"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
PLANNING DISQUALIFICATION.

Amsterdam, Feb. N25-The German
and Austrian trade unions are engag-
ed in a squabble over rehabilitation
programs. According to the Aus
trian labor paper Der Kampf, both
are agreed that, after peace is con-
cluded, no worker should be kept in
the army longer than is absolutely
necessary on military grounds, but in
regard to the exact process of de-
mobilization they differ. The Aus
trian unions demand discharges ac-
cording to age, while the German
unions insist that the first considera-
ton should be given to particular
callings and groups OF workmen, tha
motive being to bring about the eco
nomic revival as soon as possible.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
DIE FROM MALNUTRTTION.

Athens, Feb. 25-The people of the
little Greek island Of Paxos are re-
ported to be rapidly dying off from
hydraemia, fatal disease caused by
malnutrition. Before the war Paxos,
with 5000 inhabitants. was a prosper
ous~eil-producing community. Now
it is completely cut off, because it's
own ships no longer sail and nobody
calls with supplies. 1t Is believed
several other outlying districts Of
Greece are in the same statA
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25

WOOD have a fine lot of
black wood for sale. Your
order will be promptly de-
ivered. D. J. Carten,
Broadbridge Road. Tel.
StratfOrd 1854. B2Sd*
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
REV. JOS. MUNsoN DEAD.

New Haven, Feb. 23-The Rev,
Joseph o. Munson, rs, graduate OF
Wesleyan. and once Methodist
Episcopal pastor here, died today. One
of two sons is Ralph I. Munson, sec.
rotary of, the Bridgeport Gas Co.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25

The people who kick about the boys
coming around to sell thrift stamps
and Liberty bonds were probably the
ones that kicked the hardest because
the boys used to occupy their time
throwing stones through the windows.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
MUST TREBLE THE SALARIES OF
OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS TO STOP
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM BREAKDOWN

Lack of Sufficient Qualified Teachers Growing Evil
Which Must Be Faced, Says Assistant Secretary Nor
rison of State Board of Education-Cause Is Break
down of Wornout and Obsolete Social and Political
Machinery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25

/ used one box of Cuticura Ointment with
three cakes of Soap when he was all
healed" (Signed) Mrs. Adelina Bello-
fatto, 81 E. Lincoln ST., Marlboro, Mass,
Sept. II, 1917.
Most skin troubles might be prevented
by using Cuticura Soap and Ointment
for everyday toilet purposes.
Sampie Each Free by Mail. Address post
card: "Cuficura. DePt. II, Boston." Sold
everywhere. Soap 25c- Ointment2S and Soc
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
INTERNATIONAL
:. EGG CONTEST

For the past two months it has
seemed that each time the hens in
the laying contest at Storrs got fairly
under way and just ready to lay lot
OF eggs they have had to face adverse
weather conditions. The sixteenth
week of the competition is a nice ex-
ample of the case in point. The hens
laid at rate Of 40 per cent. as COM
pared with "a per cent. for the pre-
vious week. The total number of eggs
amounted to 2801 or a gain of more
than 400 over the previous weeks
production. Thus all the signs look
good except that the last day of the
contest week brought a below zero
temperature with a drop of nearly. so
degrees in twenty-four hours. Rich
ard Aliens Rhode Island Reds from
Pittsfield, Mass, were an easy first
for the week with a yield of 81 eggs.
Joseph M. Rothschild's Barred Rocks
from Katonah, N. H, were second on
the list with a production of As eggs.
Laurel Hill FARMS White Wyandottes
from Bridgeton, R. l., and A. P. Rob-
inson's White Leghorns from Ca1ver-
ton, N. Y, tied for third place with
IT eSSS each.
| Not a few people have been more or
less disturbed by the Food Admins
| trations ruling that prevents the sale
of live or freshly killed hens or pullets
for meat purposes until after April
both next. So far as poultrymen are
concerned such ruling was unneces-
sary. AS previously pointed out in this
column, everyone of course under
stands that hens will lay relatively
many more eggs during the next few
months than any other time in thu
year. To be sure all are aware thai
very high feed prices prevail. but
there has likewise been an. upward
trend in the egg market. Last weeE
1.-THE eggs from the laying contest solo
at wholesale for IS cents a dozen a!
compared with SO cents a dozen fol
the corresponding week two year!
lago.
The Storrs Experiment Station hal
lust published bulletin No. 95, entitled
Factors in Incubation" This is
pamphlet of about fifty pages and will
be sent gratis to those who are inter
ested in Matching. All the latest idea
in incubation are incorporated in thi
newest bulletin on the subject.
Rorrad Plymouth Roofs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25

STOVE AND FIREPLACE Wood for
sale. D. L. Clarke & Sons. West
River St., Tel. Milford 254-S.
B 81 d.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25

seven months. It was IN
pimples on his face, and
they were watery. He was
very cross and had to have
his hands tied. The erup-
ton was so itchy l had to rub
him, and it kept me awake.
r "I read about Cuticura, so
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
BABY HAD ECZEMA
FOR I MONTHS
Cross and Had to Have Hands
Tied. Cuticura Healed,
Total Cost S1.25.

after my baby was one month old he
started to have eczema and he had it
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
MUST SERVE WAR DINNER

Berne, Feb. 25-All restaurants and
hotels in Budapest must now provide
"war-dinner" at so cents, according
to the latest food regulations. The
menu must consist of soup, nine
ounces of vegetables, two ounces of
meat, and dessert Small restaurants
may ont charge more than 60 cents
for a meat course with vegetables
The plant of the Gulf Oil & Rein
ing Co. at Butler, N. j., was destroy
ed by fire.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
CORTEZ G. ROCKWELL, plum

and heating; jobbing speciality, 3o5I
Main and Hillside avenue. Phone
Stratford 1142 or 114-3. B1o*tf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25

SWEET PEAS. VIOLETS, TULIPS
DAFFODILS.
JOHN RECK 8 SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25

Meeting called to order by Scout
Master j. c. B. Storrs at $40 p. M,
Tuesday, Feb. 18th, with 16 scout
masters and assistants present.
Regular opening exercises followed
out, including roll-call, collection of
dues, and reading of minutes of last
meeting. Treasurer's report read by
| Scout Master Storrs. Bills for addi-
tional stars in service flag and notices
of meetings approved for payment.
Program and nominating commit
tees to be appointed by executive this
week, as the yearly meeting takes
place in March.
| Blanks covering Presidents Flag
! Day address distribution should be
turned in at headquarters Immediate
ly, so as to clean up this matter and
make way for the Thrift Stamp drive.
| Rally ticket returns should also be
made in full, at the earliest possible
moment.
Thrift Stamp drive should be start
ed at once among all troops: lnforma-
ton regarding same can be secured
at headquarters.
National campaign for money ana
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-19
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape

Is fellows went GROUND after Puds
~inkins ycstidday and We rang the trunt
tell and Ptd> came to the door, saying.
Nv G.. fellows. | haif To stay in, ! went
and did stImthIng and haf To stay In.
| tell vou wat fellows. w don't YOU all
ycll for me rite outside the parlcr windows.
and maybe Ven my mother gets tired of
h,,rnc YOU yelling maybe she will leeve
a. 60 ont mavbC
And he vent IN and shut the door and
az fellows ~ood underneath the parler
windows and started 10 yell, . Puds,
htv Puds ooh hoo ooh hoo. @ Puds
Mud then We WISHED q vile and then We
yelled another wilc. and then we climbed
Ilp on thc cellcr windows and looked INTO
the perlcr To &c ii We rood soc eny effect
and Mr. ~lmkIne was setting III there
w1h ncr back - Tho window. hitting and
Pud> saw liz looking III and started 10
make fc;r-r faces II Us 10 keep on Yelling
Wich We jumped down off the celer
windows and led 10 do yelling, HAY
Puds. coming out q puds Hay Puds
ooh hoo ooh hoo Pudzec Pudzee, ooh
hoo.
Wich the more We yelled the more
nuthlng happened, and after a vile we
climbed up on the ceIler windows and
looked I'D the paflef ageH ahu Wat was
Puds doing but holding wool for his
mother TO wind into "a ball and he saw
US and started To make faces agen. mean
ing not TO stop yelling and his mother
saw him making faces and quick termed
erround and saw Us. and she got up and
came over and pulled down both the
window shades. and us fellows decided
il wasn't eny use and went away an dis
kust and got up a game Of primers base
and today wen Puds saw Us he sed. Its
a wonder YOU fellows woodent Of kepp OH
yelling last mite | bet if YOU wood Of
yelled for another hour Id Of bin allowed
out
Proving If YOU try to do some people
q favor II ony makes them unreasonable
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-19

bread crumbs: add milk 10 reach To the
top, hut do not cover the crumbs on top.
Bake 10 minutes and serve IN the bnking
dish. Use butter or cream sauce with tins.
Another good way to serve tins CON
| vcnlent timed meat * to heat IA can OF
salmon IN kettle Of water Open care
fully around the edge, so rs not 10 break
the cylinder of fish. Turn II onto the
center Of a hot platter and surround IT
with crcamed potatoes and green peas.
Add hot butter To the liquor IN the can
and pour this over the fish.
Salt mackcrel served with cream sauce
does not sound inviting. but after you
have tired the dish YOU will have changed
your opinion OF course the nackerci
must be we'll freshcncd 80 the salt ~ all
out We have two hardwood sticks, at
our house that we use 10 slip under saltcd
fish put 10 soak This keeps them from
resting on The bottom of the pan. and lets
the fresh water under them TO draw out
the salt Tho flesh side OF salt tIsh should
always bc down. rs the -alt cannot soak
ont through the SKIN.
Cover the frcshcncl maekerel with milk.
aud place IN o shallow stew pan. Simmer
H. minutes. dish the fish without breaking
IT, and thlckcn the milk with cornstarch,
season with pepper and minced parsley
Pour tins over the fish and serve with hot
iuttcred toast
Suggestions for prntcmps dinners. or
spring dav luncheons have been asked Tor,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-19
RAVANTE Part |.

Once there lived a youth named Ra-
vante. whose mother was witch, and
because of this her son would not work,
but depended ON the magic art OF his
witch mother to support hun.
Ono day Ravantc saw the Kings
daughter riding in the forest and fell
in love with her Mother, he said to
the witch. II must marry the Princess
See To il that YOU arrange this marriage
for me.
The old witch loved her son very much,
even IL she was Il witch but she was not
III All sure of Ravantc : love for her. so
she always did everything IN her power
TO make him happy, for she felt this was
one way of holding him.
This was harder task than her son
had ever before set for her. for the King
was a good monarch and hard to reach
with her wicked spells. but Ravante
would have the Princess. and so the witch
set to work.
The next day when the Princess was
riding in the forest the witch changed
hcrscf into IA pretty deer and ran III front
OF the Princess horse and then jumped
into the thickctS and disappeared
Without waiting for her attendants tn
follow her the Princess dashed after IN"
deer. and soon was out OF sight oi all her
servants.
The deer kept Just ahead Of her, and
every tune The Princess came near enough
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-19
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
BY Henrietta GraucI.
EMERGENCY DISHES.

H. used To bc said that only those who
dwelt in the desert despsed fish. Since
canning has become such n success, even
desert Arabs may drop their affcctation
and enjoy the delights Of fish steak. salad.
or loaf for. almost any fish dish may he
made from timed or salted fish
The housewife who lives a distance
from her base of supplies, need not dread
unexpected guests if her emergency shelf
contains a few cans of fish With salmon.
or funny or even salt mackcrcl. she can
always save the day by satisfying any
hungry visitor.
Canned salmon steak NAV he brollcd
by being drained and dropped into quite
hot butter until heated through Arrange
il on roomy platter and decorate with II
border Of mashed creamed POTATOES Heat
the liquor from the salmon in The pan the
fish broilcd in and turn this over the fish
for "A dressing. This does not taste hike
fresh salmon broilcd but is u wcll-likcd
dish and n great Improvement upon
salmon served right from the can without
heating
Salmon scallop is a delightful way of
stretching small amount OF the fish.
Sc ono can of salmon. sly boiled diced
potatoes. Arrange them IN layers IN
baking dish with salt. pepper, butter and
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-19

.,,,..s- t., .ueh t' away i Went ag:iin
untii Il Iyd thr i1rcc~~ right NJ e. The
e.. y,.u5 tho ri'l vttci
lh.ry .~ 0itch took on hcr own shape
ag.ni and r.,-t i ~pal, oyer thu Princess
ihat would make her taIi IN love with
hcr ~a4 ~n i,at a> soon ~ RaVantC came
IN sIgh' thc Princess ran - hu and threw
herself lntu h~ arm~
Ra1au,c was ovrjoycd and told the
Princess thcv would III once rldc "a the
castle and hc married. but TIA, old witch
stopped hlm What about me she
asked shall live IL cave while my
sou lives In castle and becomes =
Prince
Ravantc told her 10 keep quiet. and
that - soon n hc Wa married ne would
come and fetch htr t. the palace also.
and 81 hc Rode away With the little
Princess. who seemed hcWItched with
HIM
Truth to tell Ravantc was not a hand
some youth His HAIR WAS brick red
his nose fat his chin pointed and his Owes
green He was fat too, and walked
with a waddlc. bul nf course. the little
Princess did not see INN thus. because
the witch had cast the spell over her, -
he looked quite handsome To her.
When the King and Queen saw Ra-
vsnte they were ii despair and tried
10 get their daughter To give up the un-
gainlv-looking fellow, but Ravantc had
only 10 look at the Princess 10 set the
spell working when she would run 10
him and declare she would marry only
the man Of her choice
TO BE Continued Tomorrow
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-19

and such timely affairs are so delightful
that no doubt many viii want 10 have al
least one such meal The prevailing
color should bc tender green, and the food
in keeping with the season and the
times plain and economical
Soup Cream of celery, or puUee ol
peas Fish timed salmon outlets on nest
ol cress. Entrcc mushrooms on toast
Game with salad squnb, or guinea, with
celery dressed with rnaynnnaise Checs7
balls Of cream cheese in shredded let
tucc. Dessert cup cakes with white
icing and pistaehio nut borders. Green
tea
On q day that is 50 sunny and bright
that you must keep ont of doors. q little
dinner modelled after the above sug
gestions and served nj froscq will delight
the fnuIlV with lts novelty 70 eat ont
of doors should bccomc summertime
habit when possible