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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
THE GREATEST TRAGEDY
 OF THE GREAT WAR
A PROCLAMATION

than three American philanthropy has been keeping alive Syrian, Greek other exiles and refugees of Western Asia.
 On former occasions have appealed the American in behalf of these homeless sufferers whom the vcsud and had brought the eXtrenest need
 The has been generous but the period of rehabilitation hand Vastly will be required prosperous impoverished refugees their homes than required merely sustain life in their desert exile
 It is estimated that 100000 Armenian Syrian Greek and other sufferers in the Near East will require outside help to them through the winter Many of them miles their homeland The majority of them helpless children including 100000 orphans American Committee for Relief in the Near appealing minimum of $300 to be subscribed January 129 919 with which the needs of these people
 therefore again call the people of the United States to make contributions than made heretofore sustain through the winter months those who through fault left starving shelter condition reestabsh these people in their homes supporng basis
 (signed) WOODROW WILSON. THE WHITE HOUSE
 % November 1918.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
LIVE SPORT TIPS

J. J. McCafery, president of the Toronto club of the International League, is said to be harboring big league ambitions and is ready to have his club enter the ranks of the big fellows at a moments notice. He has let 1t become known that he would hail with delight the chance to supplant either Boston or Washing ton, the former in the National League and the latter in the American League. Meanwhile Kansas City bus mess men still are angling for the National League franchise in St. Louis. for which they stand ready to pay $5OO,O00. Toronto and <Kansas City are recognized as the best minor league city in Organized Baseball and it is only matter of time when they will both be playing in fast com- pany.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
N. Y. FLYER HAS BUSY DAY.

Pontiac, Mich. Dec. 12-Leut. E. s Wilcox, an aviator whose home is in this city, returned yesterday from France where he saw active service with the American air forces.
 Lieut. Wilcox brought back q re" 1r;rkable tale of heroism and daring on the part of one of his comrades in tE:e American flying forces. Lieut.. George s. Hodges, Jr., of New York.
 During one of the latter's trips, Lieut.. Wilcox said, the New York man sank a German submarine by bombing it from the air; sent down a eppeHn that was on it's way to Eng land, and topped off his days ex- ploits by descending to the surface of the North Sea and rescuing two American pilots whose machine had become unmanagea ble.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
American Meets Today

Chicago, Dec. 12-When the Amer ican League club owners hold their annual fall meeting at Congress Hotel today, President Ban Johnson vii! have the solid backing of seven out of eight. Frazee of Boston is the only rebel" He and Johnson are en- gagged in a bitter feud. When noses are counted, Rupert, Comiskey. Navin, Dunn, Mack, Ball and Minor will line up for Big Ban, who is expected to carry. every point at issue. It was hinted yesterday that Johnson is pre- pairing to explode a bomb which will prove to the satisfaction of his enc mics that his throne isn't tottering and that he is complete master of the situation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARY,

The first extended dictionary of the English language was published in 1755, and represented the monumental labor of Samuel Johnson, who died 134 years ago today. His dictionary. which occupied many years of his life, was perhaps the most remarkable work of it's kind ever produced by a single person. Wefhster's dictionary was first published in 1928. The first dictionary compiler was Pa-Out-s She. a Chinese scholar who lived about 11oO B. C., and who perfected, a standard dictionary of the Chinese language. containing 10000 characters. About a. century B. C., Varro compiled a Latin dictionary, while Julius Pollux com pleted a collection of Greek vocabula- ries about 17 A. D. A polygIot dic- tionary in eight languages was cpm- piled about 1900 by Calepini, a vene- tian friar.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
ELKS CELEBRATE
 BIRTHDAY TONIGHT

Final arrangements for the big Elks' birthday celebration have been completed and this evening hundreds of members of thet local herd will gather round the festive board at the Elks' Home on State street to listen to old songs, renew old friend ships and partake Of all the good things provided for them. The lodge meeting at which 20 of the leading business men of the city will take their first degree will start promptly at o'clOck
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
ALLIED A1RO1EN IN BRUGEs.

London, Dec. 12-Liberated Bruges afforded q striking testimony to the work of the Allied airmen. It was attacked by bombers because the Germans had made it an important base for submarines. Its extensive docks, connected with the sea by canals, formed a safe haven where the Germa" U-boats could be built, fitted and repaired for their work of de- struction. The raids of the Allied airmen were directed solely at these objectives, and despite the enormous damage done to them the rest of the town suffered hardly at all.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
RED GROSS IN IRELAND.

Dublin, Dec. 12-During the past year, thousands of Irish people have learned to know and love America better, through the work in Ireland of the Home Service department of the American Red Cross.
 About a third of the cases with which Home Service deals in Europe are those of people in Ireland who are dependents of American soldiers.
 To deal with these cases, American Red Cross committees were establish ed in Londonderry, Belfast and Dub lin, with ''visitors" at Queenstown and Cork.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
AS IN PEACE so IN RELIEF
 AMERICA SHOULD LEAD THE WORLD
THE WHITE HOUSE
 % November, 1918.

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
TO-DAY IN PUGnIsr1C ANNALS.

1901-Kid Lavigne knocked out Tim Hagerty in the fourth round at Oakland, Cal.
 1904-Ben Jordan defeated Pedlar Palmer in IS rounds at London.
 19O7-Y oung Corbet and Phil Brock fought a 10-round draw at New Orleans.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
 DESCENDED

Effective December1 1, the Food Administration has announced that the special regulations, governing distributors of fresh fruits and veg etables, including potatoes, have been repealed and all special license regu- lations of this class have now been rescinded,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Patriotic Citizen writes to ask if it is necessary for him to stand up in bed when the young folks next door play the Star Spangled Banner" at midnight.
 Some of the aliens who came over a few years ago have now concluded that immigration is very dangerous thing and shouAH now be stopped.
 It was immediately noticed that the German abhorrence of American prin- ciples faded away when our boys be- gan to spend their money in their towns.
 Large Mexican mining companies announce they will have to close their mines unless they receive a supply of dynamite.
 Alien-owned seats in the New York Cotton Exchange will be sold at an average of $16,000 each.
 Shipyards may build ships for pri- vate owners or owners abroad with out permission of the Shipping Board.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12

A meeting of the Farmers Confer ence on Economic Reconstruction in America and International Recon struction was called for Jan. ' at Washington.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12

Boys. look out you don't pick toad sDo's instead of mushrooms. They are very easy to confuse"
 "Oh, that's all right, sir. We ain't going to eat 'em ourselves; we're go- ing to sell 'em. ."---Boston Transcript
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
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The Washington herald., 1918-03-06
COMING OF
THE SUNBEAM
tress which So Many Mothers
Have Suffered.

Too much cannot be said for a won
derful preparation, familiar to many
women as Mothers Friend.
1t is more effective in its action
than all the health rules ever laid
down for the guidance Of expectant
mothers. 1t is an external applica-
ton that spreads its influence upon
the cords, tendons and muscles OF the
abdomen, rendering them plant, and
they expand gracefully without that
peculiar wrenching strain.
The occasion is, therefore, one of
unbounded joyful anticipation. and
too much stress cannot be laid upon
the remarkable influence which a
mothers happy prenatal disposition
has upon the health and fortunes of
the generations to come.
The pain at the crisis Is infinitely
less when Mothers Friend is used
during the period Of expectancy for
the muscles expand easier and with
less strain when baby is born.
Mothers Friend Is for external use
only, is entirely safe and may be had
of your druggist, 1t Is prepared by
the Bradfleld Regulator Co., D-69, La
mar Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. Write them
to mail you their interesting Moth
erhood Book, They will send II at
once, without charge, and you will
find it very helpful. Do not neglect
for single night and morning to ap-
ply Mothers Friend according to di-
rections around the bottle and thus
fortify yourself ssairs' main, and dis
comfort.-Adx
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06

suit would be that the matrimonial
millennium would be inaugurated.
Suppose when a men gets to the
stage when he kicks the cat, and
spanks the baby, and snaps the
head on his wife when she speaks
to him when he goes home at night,
that instead OF making his unfor-
tunate family tremble before his
temper he used enough intelligence
to recognize that he was half
crazed with nerves. and let up on
his work a little. and cut down on
his cigars, and took on a little more
golf and exercise. Wouldn't 1t bring
peace into millions of tempestuous
homes?
There are very few men with
| brutal enough instincts to really
enjoy torturing their families, and
when a man is so disagreeable and
cross in his own home that he
makes everybody miserable, it is
! nearly always due either to his
nerves or dyspepsia. II either he
J or his wife used any common
sense they would try TO cure the
physical cause OF his cantankerous-
ness. This is why the wise wife
sees to the proper feeding of her
man; sees thar he gets all the out
door exercise that is possible. Coli
: and the automobile have done more
for the reformation of husbands
than all the moral precepts.
No home can be happy that has a
grouchy husband in it. nor can it be
happy II it shelters a gloomy, peevish,
melancholy woman. And the wife's
state OF mind is just as much depend
ent on her physical condition as is the
| husbands.
| I once knew a sunshiny woman who
was always bright and cheerful and
bubbling over with fun. Another
woman asked this Pollyanna the Sc
cret of her inner radiance.
"A box of liver pills." replied the
cheerful one. when I find myself
! getting gloomy, and misanthropic.
and brooding over every little thing
| that goes wrong, and beginning to
watch my husband to see IL he loves
me as much as he used to do, why, ]
recognize that I've gotten bilious, and
am taking a jaundiced view OF every.
thing. and so HE me to my little
pill box. and 10. the world Exchanged
and everything is rosy once more
| Believe me, when you get morbid it's
not your heart that is out of order
| it's your liver"
Another place in which We show
how little common sense we use in
trying to solve big problem is the
way in which We ignore the fatal ef-
fects of dullness and monotony on the
domestic morale.
1t is a matter Of common knowledge
that no matter how picturesque. or
delightful place may be. no matter
how perfect its climate is, we weary
of it after a while. and get so that we
can see none of its beauty. Also that
no matter how intelligent, how amia-
bic. how agreeable. and charming a
person may be, or how fond we may
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06

cal or military. There is also a sin
lister sign for the navy.
Scandals and even libel suits that
disorganlze more than one part of the
war machinery are foreshadowed. but
these will affect parts not hitherto
examined under the public eye.
The Sun is in place that IL not
fortunate for the President or for any
one who bears great responsibility.
since there will be a tendency on the
part OF the people who suffer depriva-
ton 10 blame persons in high place.
1t is pointed out by the seers that
the planetary forces that cause ma
tons TO rise against nations also af-
feet individuals. who viii be inclined
TO quarrel and to find fault with one
another.
either the army or navy today. and
careful.
Uranus is in a place said 20 give
vision and foresight II is most
friendly toward inventors.
Aviators should benefit by this con-
hguraGon. which promises great fame
and success to American aviators.
The position OF Saturn and Neptune
seem TO presage long tenure Of gov
ernment control OF the railways. Sue
cess in their management during the
next few months is prognosticated.
Changes in the government OF Eng
land with the accession Of a new min
isterys are predicted.
AS the spring quarter approaches
the hope OF peace before 1913 seems
TO become DINNER. and trouble with
a power not yet involved is foretold.
Persons whose birthdate it IS have
the aUgury OF travel and change.
They should be discreet in dealing
with the opposite sex. Men and
women who are employed should be
careful.
Children born on this day are likely
to be impetuous, arrogant and self
centered. These subjects Of Pisces
are often extremely talented and &c
centric.
COupyusht, Is1sl
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06

have reached a state OF irritability.
where they jar on each other, and
quarrel at the drop OF the hat. one or
the other hasn't enough sense TO say.
Its time took a little trip for the
good Of the family" 10 past finding
out.
For experience has shown its ef-
ficacy 100000 times. Every man
knows that he is as glad TO welcome
his wife back after her summer vaca-
ton as he was glad to have her go,
and every woman knows that she
goes away from home thinking her
husband a pretty poor r'skeshift Of a
man, though when she comes back
he looks like a prince to her.
Also every woman knows that nc
matter how dissatisfied she was with
her lot. or how poor a place her home
seemed to her, that after q few weeks
away from II, 1t becomes the one de-
sirable spot on earth. Change il the
greatest remedy for discomfort, YET
when we find ourselves growing dis
gruntled, we haven't enough sense to
apply it to our own cases.
The fact that husbands and wives
who think they have ceased 20 love
each other, and that they cannot en-
dure life together. are only suffering
from a surfeft OF each others society,
needing but a judicious separation to
have their affection revived again, Is
amply proven by the number of di-
vorced people who remarry. II some
sort OF a trial divorce could be In
stituted by Law, so that Quarreling
couples could be separated for a year
with the privilege OF resuming theiE
former relationship. II would prac'
tIcally eliminate the divorce evil.
Another potent source Of misery
that could easily be dispelled by the
use OF a little common sense is the
abolition OF compulsory family life
Why should We have TO be fretted
and harassed by people who are total
ly uncongenial because we happen tc
be born kin to them. No good pur'
pose is served, and the sooner that
we realize that il is better TO live ia
peace with strangers than TO nigh
with our sisters and brothers and
cousins and sunts and mothers and
fathers, the sooner will we make life
worth living.
1t is pitiful to think how unneces
sarily unhappy so many people are
and how easily they could mak'
themselves happy IL they only hac
enough intelligence to do il.
Copyright 1915, by the Whesler Syndicate. Inc
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06
NeuDs and NeUs Of Interest to the Women Readers of
Cp11tSSs1ta IS
odWHe-
NO ONE WILL ACCEPT A WOMAN WITH A PAST.

4 went Immediately to the largest
newspaper in town, and almost pushed
myself over the numberless persons
who are hired to keep people from
getting to the managing editor.
a story about .'shrdlu hrdluu
"'"Mr. -" said, IT am a West
ern newspaper woman and i want TO
write a story about -"
: The editor threw up his hands
and looked at me with a plying smile
as he said, MY dear young woman,
are you aware that building has been
in this town something over a hun
dred years. Under the circumstances.
I would hardly cali 1t the subject for
a news feature. would your"
"'"I certainly would" answered,
For II is news to me. / have never
seen It before. want to write the
story, Mr.. Editor, first, because
'ond, because need the money"
1.-THE editor laughed. I'VE all need
the money! he said. "But you are
50 enthusiastic that am going to see
IL you will take a sporting, chance.
You go up there and write your story
and IL I print it-mind, L say IL the
spoEy sltAcs me as peinB JUG Sah
print-I, who have lived in this town
fifty-five years, and have passed that
building at least twice a day for half
that time. will say you are a real re-
porter and put you on the pay roll. "
''''AIl right, Mr.. Editor said
happily-I am only telling you this
story. your Honor, to show you that
I am a good newspaper woman. and
that when have lost my jobs, II was
not because / did not do good work.
"I wrote my story and the man
aging editor printed it and five more
about the same place.
Did you write those historical
stories that appeared in the - a
few months ago?' asked Mr.. symone
quickly.
Yes
They were fine. wondered who
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06

wrote them and why we did not have
any more
"T'll tell you why-because one Of
the women on the paper unexpectedly
called at my boarding house one day
when ! was out and saw my baby.
Then, of course, there were the usual
questions. BY this time I had deter
mined to fight It out and calmly
told the managing editor that was
not married and the baby was mine,
but that thought possibly my stories
were better because had loved and
suffered.
""That may be-that may be-" he
hesitatingiy said, but you must know
that II our contemporaries became
! aware that a woman Of your kind
was a member OF our staff they would
surely make a sensational story Of II.
You know, we stand for nothing but
The best in womanhood. We are Just
now making a great fight on one OF
the richest young men in the city who
has been elected mayor. and who per-
haps would make a good one, because
he has had the bad luck to be found
out In a youthful scrape."'
Tim said. Miss Margaret. that ev-
cry one in the courtroom pricked up
their ears at this. for. Of course, that
meant Mr.. Symone.
WELL said the girl. I was fired
again. and in some way my story got
abroad, and I could not get another
Job.
"T wrote a few stories, but they
came back from the magazines-I
could not spend the time to polish
them sufficiently. Finally, last night
had become desperate; had had
nothing to eat all day-I did not have
a penny. I knew a woman. II she
were passably young and good look
ing could always practice the oldest
profession femininity has known. So
1 went out on the street, your Honor,
to get money enough to buy my
baby's supper"
(To Be Continued)
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06
WeMiH's DANCER PERIOD

The period between forty-hve and
hfty-fvs years of age is said to be a
crisis or danger period in a woman's
life which tests her for her fitness
10 continue in the race. 1t is then
that she suffers from such annoy
ing symptoms as heat-fiashes, nerv-
BUSINESS. headaches. ''the blues,P' or
dread OF impending evil. or some
dormant disease in the system be-
comes active. When a woman is
passing through this crisis there is
one tried and true remedy, lydia F..
Pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND.
which after forty years of success
- now considered the standard rem
cdr for woman's ailments.-Adv-
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06

Mrs. Hilda Muhlhauser Richards
is chief of the new woman's divi-
sion of the United States Depart
ment of Labor. which is to look
after the employment OF women dur
ing the war.
She stands for:
The eight-hour day.
Equal pay for equal work.
She opposes:
Exploitation Of women.
Needless displacing OF men at
lower wages.
Mrs. Richards plans an advisory
committee for her aides in all the
large cities. composed of organized
labor leaders and representatives of
capital. This committee will jointly
advise on local problems.
Mrs. Richards formerly was head
of the State-City Women's Employ
ment Bureau in Cleveland. For two
years she was an employment ex-
pert of the United States Depart
ment of labor-the one woman
among twelve such experts. Last
Christmas she resigned before her
marriage to Prof. c.. r. Richards.
director Of Cooper Union, New York.
She accepted the new post when IL
was urged upon her as a patriotic
duty.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06

be of him or her. we get fed up on his
or her society. and he or she becomes
an insufferable bore to US.
Matrimony does not change this pat
ent truth. There is no couple in the
world so devoted that they can en-
dure being together continually, with
out getting deathly weary, and on
each others nerves. They inevitably
reach the point where every little
mannerism, every little fault and
! habit becomes an unforgivable Of
fense. and where the woman feels
that she will scream IL she has to lis
ten to her husbands hacking cough
another time, or the man feels that
he will commit murder II he has to
watch the manner in which his wife
drinks her coffee at another break
fast.
Why, in heavens name. people don't
use enough intelligence to prevent
themselves ever reaching this degree
OF establishment. by not seeing SO
much OF each other, nobody knows.
Or why, when they find that they
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06
Wednesday. March 6. 1918.

This is not a favorable day. accord
ing to astroIogy. The Sun. Neptune.
Saturn and Mars are all adverse, while
Uranus, alone. is friendly.
II is a most unpropitious time TO
seek favor or promotion, either politl-
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06
Common Sense As a Cure-All.
BY DOROTHY DIX.
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

1t is a strange thing how little
common sense we bring to the
solving of the spiritual problems of
life.
We are practical enough about
ordinary everyday affairs. We use
our minds in thinking out a direct
and effective method of dealing
with the difficulties that we en-
counter in the grocery business. or
our office jobs. or housekeeping.
There is nothing that we are
prouder of. than our ability to cope
with adverse circumstances, and
turn defeat into victory in ma
terial affairs by the exercise of our
intelligence.
We deal sensibly enough with
the things OF our outer lives, but
when we come to dealing with the
things of the inner self-the things
on which our real happiness de-
pends-we take leave OF all human
intelligence. and act like idiots
and imbecilcs.
We refuse. to begin with. TO recog-
niZe the elementary fact that the
conditions OF our souls depend on
the conditions OF our bodies. aPd
that the state of our affections is
merely the reflection OF the state
of our stomachs. Therefore that
ninety-nine times out of a hundred.
Crouchiness, temper. irritability and
general cussedness are nothing but
tangled nerves. and that half of
the divorces could be prevented by
the judicious administering of a
liver pill.
If we use any common sense we
should call in the family doctor
instead of the family lawyer to
settle domestic squabbles. The re-
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06

Nine. Calderon, Mrs. w. s. Benson.
Miss Alice Riggs, Mrs. Hannis Tay-
lor, Mrs. d. c. Stapleton. the Misses
Sheridan, Mrs. Henry F1ather and
Mrs. ]. D. Morgan.