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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17
ACTIVITIES AT
 COUNTRY CLUB

l The usual Saturday night dance and | table d'hote dinner will be given at
 the Black Rock Country club. To-
 ranged another interesting concert commencing at S:15. Speidefs string trio will give a concert of patriotic
 and classical selections and there will also be a special soloist for the oc- casion. The Sunday evening concerts have become one of the regular en-, tertainment numbers for the week
 and are very popular with the mem- bers and their friends.
 Arrangements have been completed for the swimming contests at the club
 this evening and Robert Nichols, who has charge of these events, announces a number of entries to compete for the prizes offered.
 T. l.. CaSkey who has charge of the Glee club, announces that there will be a full rehearsal Tuesday night at 1915. He desires a few more male voices especially. All members of the club who can sing, both ladies and
 gentlemen, are eligible to member ship and 1t is the plan of MT. Casl<ey
 to give a concert in a few weeks.
 Wednesday night all arrangements
 have been completed for the nnas-
 querade ball and supper. The supper
 will be served at II o'clock and in ad-' dition to concert and dance numbers
 by Ban-Joe Wallace number of met ropoa1tan artists have been engaged for supper entertainments. Prixes will be given for the best lady's and gentleman's costume and it is certain that there will fbe many unique cos tunes displayed. The unmasksng will be at Il o'clock.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17
EXPRESS EMPLOYES GIVE DANCE HERE
 FOR SERVICE MEN

Employees of the American Railway Express Co. who have just returned from military service were welcomed last night by fellow employes at . dance held at the Express company'n building. The hall was decorated with the national colors. Among tho service men at the dance were Arthur Curnias, Clarence Kniffen. Virgil Ev- erett, Claude Merritt, Edward Colg4n, Frank Harlow, Louis B. Hendrick. Fred Feeley. I. Yacultchik and '. Warner. fair consisted of Emily apeidel, Bir-' die Goodman. Gertrude Wolfe. 1Gnr1on Hart, Harry Bernstein. Frank R&1s rasy, George Br6ckum ana 1GaH 1>l11
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

at the Knights of Columbus hall. fol.
 lowing the opening prayer at 10 o'clock at St. Peters church. Mrs.
 J. E. Lavey is the Bridgeport dele | gate.
 Lieut.. Foster Burns of Seattle, Wash, who has just returned from France, is staying with his cousin, Joseph F. Houghton of Elm street, Stratford.
 Ladies of Charity, St. Vincent de Pa ul. will hold their next meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock in the Nurses home
 Henry A. Bishop, Jr., student at the Hotchkiss school, will spend the week end at his home on Washington ave nue.
 Mary Barnes Palmer society and the Homeland society formed into one organization to be known as the. Woman's Missionary society of the United church. Officers elected in- clude Miss Mary Witt, president; Mrs. Frank sammis and Mrs. c. B. Dore- mus, vice presidents; Mrs. Harry Hincks for home department; and Miss Hattie Sanderson for foreign work; Miss Edith Porter, recording secretary; Mrs. William R. Richards and Mrs. Jennie Van Tassell, treasur- CTS: Miss Thompson correspondinr secetary. Mrs. F. M. Wilson was hos tess at the meeting yesterday and the guest of honor was William S. Wool worth, Jr., the foreign missionary worker of the church.
 Mrs. Charles SilHman and Mrs. A. E. Hayward will act as hostess for the Wednesday afternoon bridge party to be given by the Weatogue Country club, which will be the first of ser ies of card parties by the members of the club.
 Seniors of the Bridgeport High school, who acted as ushers at the presentation of the Senior Play last night at the high school, included Miss Beatrice Marsh, Miss Charlotte Blight, Miss Eleanor Beard, Miss Agnes Moravek, Catherine Saur, Miss Pauline Jubb, Miss Beatrice Bishop, Miss Mildred Bond, Miss Cynthia Cole, Miss Lillian Klein, Miss Bessie DGnahue, Miss Marion Mccarthy. Miss Helen Roth, Miss Moriat An derson and Miss Dorothy Lipscher.
 The executive board of the Bridge port Art League Will hold a very nm . portant meeting. Monday morning, at 10 o'clock, at the Art League rooms, State street. The last of the after noon card parties will be held Mon day afternoon, at 2:30 and each | memb Der is invited to bring a guest Miss Elizabeth Nichols of North and Clinton avenues, will be hostess at the meeting of the Women's Guild of the United church, Tuesday af ternoon, when Rev. w. c. Woolworth Jr., foreign missionary for the church, will make an address.
 Mrs. Walter s. Wilmot was hostess yesterday afternoon at her home, on Stratford avenue, at a benefit bridge when over $50 were realized, which will be used to buy two beds in the children's ward of the Bridgeport hospital. Mrs. Alfred Tones and Mrs. Rowland served the tea follow ing the bridge and Miss Sally Will mot assisted the hostess. The bridge was given under the auspices of the Helpers club, which has done a good deal of philanithropic work in the city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17
A SIMPLE RULE.

When "ei'' and 'ie'' both spell "e,' how can we tell which it shall be?
 Here is a rule you may believe that never, never will deceive. And all such troubles will relieve. A simpler rule you can't conceive. It is not made of many pieces; Yet with it all the trouble ceasesi To puzzle daughters, sons and nieces After ''c' an .'e" apply; After otHer letters 'i.'' Thus a general in a siege, Writes 8 letter to his liege. Or an army holds it's field. And will never deign to yield. While a. warrior holds a shield, Or has strength his arm to wield. Two exceptions we must note. Which all scholars learn by rote. Leisure Is the first by these. For the second we have seize.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17
The Park Ave. News

4 The Park Ave. News.
 Weather. The higher the warmer. Meaning the sun.
 Spoarts. A checker turnament was held at -Puds Simkinses house last Satidday aftirnoon, ending by Leroy Shooster being champeen, his system being to take so mulch time to think that whoever he was playing agenst always got mad and gave him the game.
 Exter! Big Flood. Mutch damidge was did last Sundey by Puds Simkins axsidently putting his elbo on the edge of his soop plate and umpdump- ing the soop in some ladys lap who don't even belong to Pudses family, ony being cornpinny for Sundey din- mir. Puds tpologized by lending her his napkin and saying 1t was lucky the plate was ony about half full.
 Musical Notes. Ed Wernick wunts to take lessins on the drum, thinking it will be a good trade, but his father and mother don't give him eny incour- aging anserS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17
Twentieth Anniversary of First
 Hague Peace Conference

Twenty years tgo tomorrow, May IS, 1899, the first International Peace Conference was opened at The>Hague, and the anniversary of this epochal event was celebrated as Peace Day. in most of the countries of Europe and America before the war.
 After its establishment the Perma- 'nent Court of Arbitration at The Hague was called upon to decide dis putes between the United States and Mexico, Venezuela and its creditor nations. France, Germany and Great Britain versus United States and Great Britain. the United States and Venezuela. Russia and Turkey, Italy and Peru, and France and Italy. Nearly all of these differences were of a minor nature, and none of them. the Casablanca dispute between Ger many and France possibly excepted, would have been likely to bring about warfare.
 The historic gathering at The Hague was followed alomst immedi- ately by an appeal to the arbitrament of arms, when Britisher and Boer faced each other in a death struggle for the possession of South Africa. A few years later Japan and Russia en- gagged <in a terrific conflict Then Italy and Turkey clashed. Mexico was swept by the flames of civil war. and the Balkans resounded to the roar of cannon. Finally came the last and greatest of all wars the world has seen, the one which is now to be end- ed formally by the signing of the peace teraty.
 The Hague as the seat of a court of arbitration will give way to G .slevl as the permanent seat of the League of Natfons which Is designel Q do away with war. For humanity's sake 1t may be hoped that 1t will ba more successful than the first attempt at armed conflict.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Nothing so emphatically indicates the up-to- dateness of a woman S costume as blouse of steel blue georgette crepe. This model is trim med at the lower edge and about the neck with a border of hand embroid- cry, the designs being developed In heavy silk. For the edges of the belt, cuffs and overlapped shoulder seams the blanket stitch is used.
 Pictorial Review Blouse No. 9245. Sizes. 34 to A inches bust. Price, 25 cents. Embroidery design No. 12445. Transfer, blue or yellow, 20 cents.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17
roDAY's ANNIvERsARY.

Montreal will celebrate its 277th birthday tomorrow, for 1t was on May IS, 1642. that the first settlement on the island was founded by the brave sieur dc Maisonneuve. The latter and his company of forty men and women landed H Quebec in 1641. and spent the winter in the ancient capital of New France. Early in May the little party. accompanied by the governor. set out for the island In . fleet consisting of small fax-bot- toned eailing craft, . pinnace and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17
HENRY E. FLYNN TO
 ENTER ANNAPOLIS

Henry B. Flynn, son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Flynn of 183 Bronx av- enue. has passed his entrance exam nations for the United States Naval academy. He will enter the institu- ton next month for four year course Young Flynn is a graduate of Sacred Heart school and of the Bridgeport High school. He was an honor student and won first prize in the Barnum prize essay contest last Juno.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

two row boats. On May 18th they landed on the Place Royale. which mad been suggested by Champ1ain as good site for a settlement. Vile Marie. as Montreal was known in its early history, was for many years in a state of constant siege against tbe bloodthirsty Iroquois, who had been supplied with firearms by the Dutch traders, but 1t survived all the as saults of the merciless enemy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Intristing Packs About Intristing People. Altho Artie Alixander is very fond of flowers, wenever his mother has spinitch for dinnir she don't even ask him if he wunts eny because she knows he don't.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17
Social .J0tHngs

r@rs. Katherine Hawmar and Mrs. J. Nammerlin will be hostesses for a whist and entertainment for the ben eft of the window fund of the Sacred Heart church on Thursday evening, May 22. Good local talent has been secured for the entertainment and the affair promises to be a great success. The Mems League of the Black Rock Congregational church held their regular monthly meeting at the church Wednesday evening when Pri- vate Albert Noren of the 102nd Am bulance corps and Sergeant Frank B. Lucas were the guests of honor Mir Noren, who had taken the trench ! fever test, told of his experiences and Sergeant Lucas displayed some Ger man helmets and spoke of his mili- tary life on active duty on the battle fields.
 Mrs. Catherine Stokes of 1156 Park avenue, who has been seriously i'll. is feeling very much better and is able is go about her duties again.
 Miss Margaret Grove of Lewis Jersey City, N. J., as the guest of friends
 William P. Crowe of 2o3 Lewis street, spent a 3O-day fur1ough at his home, returning to Washington, D. C. Tuesday, where he is treated in one of the government hospitals for in ijuries received on the battlefields in France.
 Miss Elizabeth Ravens, daughter of Col and Mrs Elmer H. HaEens, of Clinton avenue, will be hostess at meeting of the Service club Monday afternoon at her home. Miss Lena Sheldon. general secre- tary Of the Y. w. C. A, of Golden Hill street, is spending the weekend at her home in New Britain.
 Seniors at the Bridgeport High school look forward with great de- light to the presentation of the Senior play. The two comedy plays given last night under the supervision and direction of the school dramatic teacher, Mrs. Sara sherman Pryor, were much appreciated sby the large audience, and the players given an ovation. Splendidly cast and well staged, with all the fine scenerySand lighting effects, 'The Man Who Mar ried a Dumb Wife" a French comedy satire in two acts, by Anatole France, and "Neighbors," an American com edy by Zona Gale, were given in an excellent manner.
 Miss Grace N. Murray, Fairfield County Suffrage organizer. will make an address before an organization meeting of the Norwalk league at the home of Mrs. Naritofa Taylor of Nor walk.
 Members of Naomi lodge, Shep- herds of Bethlehem, held a dance last night at their rooms on Broad street. In charge of the entertain ment preceding the dance was Mrs Jennie Tobey, Miss Alice Pronovost Miss Augusta Rossel and Mrs. Bessie Stead.
 Daughters of Castile affiliated with the Daughters of Isabella of New York, will hold their state conven- ton in Milford, Monday, May 19. Bridgeport delegates will leave this city at 9:45 o'clock in the morning. The convention will open at II o'clock
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Pome by Skinny Martin.
 ENVY BEND WOULD. A berd and a inseck Was flying side by side, And the berd swallered the inseck And gave it a unt1pected ride.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Miss Margaret Grove of Lewis street, will spend the weekend in Jersey City, N. J., as the guest oi friends.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Miss Lena Sheldon. general secre tary Of the '. w. C. A, of Colder Hill street, is spending the weekend at her home in New Britain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

William P. Crowe of POS Lewis street, spent a 30-day furlough at his home, returning to Washington, D. C., Tuesday, where he is treated in one of the government hospitals for in ijuries received on the battlefelds in France.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Miss Elizabeth Ravens, daughter of Col. and Mrs Elmer H. HaEens, of Clinton avenue, will be hostess at a meeting of the Service club Monday afternoon at her home
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Mrs. Catherine Stokes of 1156 Park avenue, who has been seriously i'll. is feeling very much better and is able is go about her duties again.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Daughters of Castile affiliated with the Daughters of Isabella of New York, will hold their state conven- ton in Milford, Monday, May 19. Bridgeport delegates will leave this city at 9:45 o'clock in the morning. The convention will open at II o'clock
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Miss Grace N. Murray, Fairfield County Suffrage organizer. will make an address before an organization meeting of the Norwalk league at the home of Mrs. Naritofa Taylor of Nor walk.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Members of Naomi lodge, Shep- herds of Bethlehem. held a dance last night at their rooms on Broad street. In charge of the entertain ment preceding the dance was Mrs. Jennie Tobey, Miss Alice Pronovost, Miss Augusta Rossel and Mrs. Bessie Stead.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Ladies of Charity, St. Vincent de- Paul. will hold their next meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock in the Nurses home
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Henry A. Bishop, Jr., student at the Hotchkiss school, will spend the week end at his home on Washington ave- nue.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Lieut.. Foster Burns of Seattle. Wash, who has just returned from France, is staying with his cousin, Joseph F. Houghton of Elm street, Stratford.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-17

Mrs. Charles Siliiman and Mrs. A. E. Hayward will act as hostess for the Wednesday afternoon bridge party to be given by the Weatogue Country club, which will be the first of a ser ies of card parties by the members of the club.
The sun., 1919-09-05
PLANS EASY-TO-KEEP
HOUSE WITH HANGAR
Unique Device viii Be Seen
at Housing ShotU.

"A hangar for the family airplane in
the basement is a feature OF the easy-to-
Keep house plan which will be shown at
the Own Your Home Exhibition that
opens tomorrow in the Seventy first
Regiment Armory. Thirty-fourth street
and Park avenue. Milton Dana Merrill,
the architect who designed the house.
planned II to meet the needs OF the house,
wife during the scarcity of domestic
servants.
Everything In the kitchen Of this
house Is planned to save steps. There
is sliding rack where dishes may DO
placed to drain and dry without wiping
There IL a swinging seat under the work
table SO that the housewife In not forced
to stand while she works. The pantry
drawers for kitchen and table linen are
set on rollers like Office files
Part OF the cellar of the house Is given
over to fireproof garage, with an in
cline and entrance doors at the rear,
which the architect believes can DO used
as an airplane hangar in the future.
Although this house Is only 27x30. none
Of its seven rooms seems cramped One
set Of pipes in a dividing wall furnishes
the house with two bathrooms ut no
additional cost except for the fixtures
themselves. This house can be built and
sold for profit for $1,000.
Robert H. Sexton, manager Of the ex-
position. says he has obtained from the
Government full set of the standard
house plans developed during the war
by the Housing Corporation. They have
never before been exhibited to the public.
The sun., 1919-09-05
BROOKLYN TRANSACTIONS.

Charles c. STEELE sold the two story
brick house at COS Warren street for a
client to Clinkett A. Howard for occu-
pancy.
Clinton Trading Corporation sold to
Gaspare Parish the detached dwelling at
e0s East Thirty-ffth street, on a plot
4ox1o0. H. Table Porter Company was
the broker in the transaction.
Buckley & Horton Company sold 221
Macon street. between Tompkins and
Throop avenues the three story and
Fallon.
Samuel Galitzka and J. Lacov sold to
a client for occupancy the two story one
family house with garage. plot 30x100,
at 914 Avenue L, Flatbush, from plans.
Walter s. Ross and c. c. Gretsnger
sold for the Wilma Construction Com
pany the semi-detached house with ga
rage at $50 Seventy fifth street to a
client for occupancy.
f. T. Newman sold the three story
and basement dwelling at 260 Garfield
place, near Eighth avenue. for Miss
Margaret Farrell to a client for occu-
pancy.
The B. F. Knowles Company resold
at 140, 142 and IA Hooper street. three
story and basement dwellings. each 19x
100 feet. recently sold for the Jackson
estate. to buyers for occupancy; 103
Clymer street, a three story and base
ment brick two family house. plot COX
100 feet, for Peter Oates; SO Division
avenue, a three family house, for NJ.
Jacobs to L. Donnelly for investment.
William H. Healy sold for Albert
Chambers the three family brick apart
ment. 52S Fifty-frst street, to George
Dunn. e.
The sun., 1919-09-05
| u. S. HOARDS MOTORS
TO BENEFIT MAKERS
Brig. Gen. Drake Rebuffed
in Fight to Sell Them.
spec,a, Despatch TO THE srx

SDcCtut DesD0tCh 70 LHE Sun.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-The War De-
partment has a surplus OF $4,000 motor
vehicles which it has withheld from the
market since April because Of tine pol
icy of the sales division to protect manu-
facturers," Brighten. Charles p. Drake.
chief Of the Motor Transport Corps, ad-
mitted in testimony before the subcom-
mittee In quartermaster supplies of the
special House committee investigating
War Department expenditures.
Brig. Gen. Drake corroborated the evil
dence of other witnesses that several
thousands of the vehicles have depre-
ciated during the delay in selling them
because they have been stored in the
open.
The situation in regard to the motor
vehicles is similar to that of canned
goods, concerning which the War De-
pertinent agreed with the National Can
nera Association to keep surplus prod
ucts off the market to prevent a drop in
prices, Chairman Reavis (Neb.) said
tonight.
Brig. Gen. Drake said he had made a
continuous effort to dispose of the sur
plus vehicles ever since April
81 wrote 40 communications to the
director OF sales of the Department con-
corning the disposition of these cars and
In reply was told he didn't care for any
more information on the subject.
After the return of the letters" Gen
Drake continued. "a conference OF Off.
GERS was called and II was determined
to leave the sale OF the cars to the
Transport Corps. This was on August
% and an inventory is now being made
The cars will be put on the market in
the near future"
The sun., 1919-09-05
RESIDENTIAL LEASES.

The Houghton Company, with Jones
Sullivan, leased to william ]. Labhardt
the four story and basement dwelling at
81 West Ninety-flrst street for Blanca r.
de Belmont.
Goodwin & Goodwin leased to Jean M.
PetitJSan for a term Of years at aggre-
gate rental OF $4,000 the four story and
basement dwelling at ISL West Fifty
seventh street.
worthlngton whitehouse, Inc, leased
the dwelling at ia East Seventy six tn
street to e. Mortimer Barnes and 3S
East SEVENTEEN street to Henry f. God
frey. Also apartments in 100 East
Eighty-fourth street to ]. e. Zanetti and
20 West Fifty-fifth street to L. Gordon
Hamersley.
Douglas L. Elliman & Co. leased an
apartment at 405 Park avenue to Hon.
Walter c. Noyes; a duplex apartment AT
All Park avenue to CASTOR Liebert, the
French Consul-General an apartment
at 555 Park avenue to Lester Watson OF
Boston. Mass. duplex apartment at 1870
West F1fty-seventh street, furnished, to
E Dimon Bird at 100 East Seventy-fifth
street furnished apartment TO Henry
Graves Sd and at 10s East Eighty-second
street furnished apartment to Morgan
W. Jopling.
Pease & Gilman leased the four story
and basement dwelling at IS East Thir-
ty-eighth street, between Madison and
Park avenues. to Ralph w Patterson
also apartments in ais Park avenue to
Harry Content; in 1877 West Fifty-sev-
enth street to Edwin G. Siebels and in
so East Ninetieth street to Mrs. William
Mackenzie.
Cross & Brown Company leased an
apartment at II East Fifty-ninth street
to Theodore A. Melander.
The sun., 1919-09-05
COMMERCIAL LEASES.

Ewing, Bacon & Henry leased the en-
tire second floor OF $40 Fifth avenue to
Posner & Co.
Cushman & Wakefield. Inc. leased to
d. r. G. Palmer executive offices in the
SO East Forty-secon street building.
M. !. Frank & Co. leased the store,
1918 West Thirty-ninth street, and will
take possession about October 1. Homer
L. Pence was the broker.
Haggstrom a Callen leased to Frank
E. Campbell two entire floors at $40
West Fifty-eishlh street
Pease a Gilman leased additional
Office space in 100 Broad street 10 Cur
tin, Mayer & Co.
Cross & Brown Company leased the
front half Of the ninth floor at 149 West
Thirty-sixth street to Mass Manufac-
turing Company: also office space at 335
Broadway. TO Harry freedman, and an
Office at 335 Broadway to Ginsburg &
Safrin.
The hve story building on a lot 25.5x
100, at 639 Lexington avenue. northwest
corner OF Fifty-fourth street. has been