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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
PRICES NOT TO
 DROP VERY SOON

Washington. May 19-Prices may not be expected to drop much in the near future, according to indications of reports reaching the Federal Re- serve Board. The Reserve Boards bulletin for May says that apparent ly the business community has given up the thought it may profitably await a further considerable reduc- tion in prices and is now contenting itself with the development of trade along lines dependent on at least the temporary maintenance of existing levels.
 Those prices of few basic com modities have fallen slightly these declines have not yet been effected in retail prices, says the review.
 What is now happening" it adds. seems to indicate that business will, after a period of initial readjustment in prices. proceed upon a level not far removed from that established during the war;
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
COMBINED HELP DRIVE
 0PENS--START ENCOURAGING

continuance of 1t Bridgeport people should support the Salvation Army.
 The Near East relief referring spe- officially to the people Armenia, Syria and Asia Minor covers a huge terri tory where during the war people were driven from their homes by hos tile armies to the barren deserts where food is impossible and where relief is difficult. According to Dr. Talcott Williams who visited Bridgeport on Sunday the people of the Near East have suffered as no other people have and are still suffering. Their only hope is America, the committee feels that Bridgeport will not fail to do it's part.
 The American Jewish Relief Com mittee has for the period of the war performed wonderful work in the countries of central Europe where the oppression of the people has been great. The part of the fund which will be allotted to the Jewish Relief Committee will be spent to bring this work to a successful conclusion so that a work which America started will not be left undone.
 Not one dollar of the funds raised in this campaign will be expended for collection expenses of costs of admin istration. One hundred cents of every dollar will be spent for the purpose for which it is raised, the expenses of collection and administration being met with private funds donated for the purpose.
 The drive lasts for six days and 1t Is hoped that no Bridgeporter will let the week pass without taking advant- age of the opportunity to give.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
RED GROSS MAN
 SAYS WAR STOPPED
 RELIGIOUS DISPUTES

Rev. John S. Zehe, D. D., of New York, who was a Red Cross chaplain overseas, spoke at the First Presby terian church last night on his war experiences. Speaking of conditions under which religious services were held in France during the war, Dr.. Zelie said he frequently held Protests ant service in Catholic churches. Af-! ter, the Catholic vespers the candles on the altar would be left lighted while he was conducting. the Presby- terian service. Dr. Ze1fe declared that while in Metz a Catholic priest told him it would go hard with anyone who would try to start anythfhg,. between different religions in that country. Dr. Zelie said he thought it would go hard with anybody wl1gl tried to make trouble between relig-l ions in this country.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
PRETTY SHOWER
 FOR MISS HUTTON

Members of the Quicknut club gave a pretty miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Olive Luton of Jersey City, N. J., at the home of Mrs. Ed ward Bray, 903 Noble avenue, Satur- day evening. Miss Luton is to be- come the bride of Frank Kennedy of this city, in June. A number of at tractive and handsome gifts were showered upon the bride-to-be by the guests at the party. A most inter esting and amusing feature of the evening was the performance of a mock marriage ceremony when Miss Connie Withstanley was the bride Miss Agnes Kennedy, groom. John Brown, Jr., minister, and the Misses Ruth Bray and Eleanor Bessett, flow CT girl Dancing followed and re- freshm ents were served.
 Among those present were the Misses Agnes and Elizabeth Kennedy, Ruby Jackson, Elizabeth Brown, Gertrude Lush, Julia and Mae Bran nick, Connie Withstanley, Mable Coughlin,. Dorothy Rosworth, Eleanor Bessett, Ruth Bray. Dorothy Lush, Hflda Lindstrom, Lorraine Fitzger- ald, Elizabeth Farrell. Mae Murphy, Mrs. Edward Bray, MT John Brown. Sr., Mrs. G. Lush, Mrs. Bessett, Mrs. w. D. Coughlin, Mrs. James Bray Mrs. F. E. Waterman, John Brown. Jr., Frank Kennedy, Edward Bray and James Huddy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
LOCAL ARTISTS
 AT CONCERT
Miss Mary Scallo and Beth oven Trio Welcomed at Black Rock Country Club Render Selections from "Temple Dancer"

The best Sunday evening concert or the season was held at the Black Rock Country club last evening. A short song recital was given by Miss Mary ScaIlo of this city, pupil Of Prof. Enrico Patelli of New Haven. Miss ScaIlo possesses a. splendid soprano voice, well trained, clear and beauti- fully toned. Those who heard her TOT the first time last night predicted a brilliant future for this young singer and she was compelled to answer en- core after encore. The club is to be congratulated in being able to present to their members artists like Miss scallo. She was accompanied on the piano most excellent1y by MT. E. Rhey Garrison of this city.
 The Instrumental part of the pro- gram was presented by the Beethoven Trio of Bridgeport, who gave a varied program of classical and popular music. As a special number they rendered selections from The Temple Dancer" by our own John Adam Hugo-
 As a concluding number, the trio played The Story" written by the leader of the Trio, E. Rhey Garrison, and they were compelled to repeat this number as an encore.
 The program as rendered last even ing compares most favorably with any of those given by strictly musical or- ganizations. Next Sunday evening the committee has prepared another ex- cellent program for the benefit of the members and their guests.
 Tomorrow night there will be a re- hearsal of the Glee club and T. L. Caskey, the leader, requests a full att tendance. This is open 10 all mem bers of the club, both men and women
 All arrangements have been com pleted for the masquerade ball We'd nesday night of this week With Banjoe Wallace and New York entertainers and supper at Il o'clock. Reserva- tions for this event close tonight and 1t is predicted that this will outshine any previous efforts of the commit tee.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
RED CROSS AIDS
 FIGHT ON TYPHUS

Bucharest, April 10. .(By MaiD- The typhus epidemic which has claimed tens of thousands of lives in Rumania in the last two and a half years is still smouldering but Ameri- can Red Cross physicians who are watching the sporadic outbreaks be- ieve that the disease has "burned itself out.'' Their greatest worries now are the dangerous outbreaks of smallpox and isolated cases of cholera.
 The Near East today, according to American, British and French phy- sicians who have completed their surveys, is ripe for an outbreak ot cholera and the plague. c Under nour- ishment, famine and the strain of war upon the civilian and military populations has undermined the health of the nations of the Balkans.
 The past winter was a terrible one. Refugees are returning to their homes to find them heaps of ruins. They are without everything. If it were not for the American Food mission and the shiploads of food be- ing brought into Rumania and under the auspices of the American Rel Cross, RumAnia, today would be a na- tion of starving people.
 Local Rumanlan physlc1ans are fighting hard in cooperation with American doctors to confine the smallpox and cholera cases to cer tain districts. In one American hos pital doctors found nine children dead from smallpox. The nurses working day and night to attend to the living cases had no time to re- move the dead children from their beds.
 The Red Cross is fighting the smallpox epidemic paVdcularly in the Dobrudja region. Medical supplies and units one doctor and two nurses are sent by a special Red Cross food boat which plies up and down the Danube to the river towns whence they travel inland to the centers where the disease is making the greatest inroads.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
ANNE BOLEYN.
Anne RoIev

was executed on this date in .1536. Henry married hee very quietly after his divorce from Catherine of Ara gon, and soon dfterward she was crowned at Westminster with unpar- alleled splendor. In due time Anne gave birth to a daughter. the famous Queen Elizabeth of later years. For two and a half years after this event the royal couple lived in apparent harmony. Then Henry protessed to be troubled by rumors which reach ed him accusing the queen of be- slowing her effActions upon oth- CTS. Later. open charges were made and, Anne. with her brother, were tried by the House of Peers who found them both guilty and con demned them 4o asath.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19

With all organizations complete and committees working well, the Combined Help Drive opened today. The two main divisions of the cam paign committee headed by Albert E. Lavery and Charles H. Shapiro, start ed to work early and at noon report ed some substantial subscriptions. General Lavery's division made up entirely of overseas service men, created no little amount of surprise. all wearing complete uniform and in some cases travelling in groups. Sev- era1 local business offices were svooped down on this morning by n squad of uniformed men, marching lockstep, with Combined Help pledge cards as ammunition.
 The final appeal of the committee was made yesterday and the people of Bridgeport were asked to make a final effort to keep Bridgeport on the map in the matter of charitable and patriotic work. In no drive since the opening of the war has Bridge port failed to do her part and in this when the cause of humanity is more at stake than ever the committee urges hearty response to the ap- peal.
 The drive is for s30o,o00 to be di- vided equally among the Salvation Army, the Near East and the Ameri- can Jewish Relief organizations. The Salvation Army funds to be raised will be used in this city for the erection e c home. The committee deems this a worthy purpose, considering the half century of service which the or sanization has to its credit added to the splendid war record Because of this service and the importance of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
NORMAL SCHOOL
 HOLDS REUNION

Members of the class of 1917 of the City Normal school held their reunion and dancing party Saturday evening at the Assembly hall of the school when the school faculty were chaper- ones. The High School orchestra fur nished the music for the dancing. Present were: Miss Helen Carroll Miss Gertrude Joyce, Miss Mabel Jennings, Miss Kathleen Mccarthy, Miss Ella Ryan, Miss Eleanor Roche. Miss Anna Connolly, Miss Agnes McAndrcwa, Miss Beatrice L.avery. Miss Marguerite Man nix, Miss Edith 'O'Hara. Miss Ella Murphy. Miss Florence Nadel. Miss Lydia Goldstein, Miss Ida Brody. Miss Marion and Miss Irene Doolan. Miss Esther and Miss Alice McKenna, Miss May CArley, Miss Madeline and Miss Clara Schack. Miss Catherine Russell, Edward Mccarthy, James McKenua. Carroll Monahan, William Goe-ing. James Moore, Howard Hammond. Chief EccIes, William Marr, Charles Brody. NJ. Schwartz, Joseph forth. Frank Beardsworth, Raymond Tierrey, Irv- ing Goldstein, William Fftzpatrick. James whelan, Harry Reynolds and Leonard Mongeon.f
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
Social J0ttings

make their debut. The lecture Of Rabbi Abrams which was scheduled. for May 21, has been postponed to May 27.
 Mrs. Anna Liscomb of 33o Maple street, will entertain the Ladies' Aux Hilary of letter carriers at her home, Wednesday evening.
 Instead of the usual class day ex- ercises members of the senior class of the Fannie Smiths Kindergarten Training school held a luncheon at the Stratfield hotel on Saturday noon when Miss Smith, principal of the school, was the guest of honor. The class includes the following members: Miss Marion Chapin, Miss Doris Phil lips, Miss Marion Clark, Miss Ruth Sexton, Miss Mary Bird, Miss Doro- thy Bell, Miss Dorothy Chatfield. Miss Mabel Hetherington. Miss Anna Starita, Miss Marion Bradley Miss Louise Ludwig and Mrs. Madge Brown.
 Mrs. Dudley M. Morris, Linden , avenue, will be hostess at the Thurs day Luncheon club, this week at her home.
 MT. and Mrs. A. Murstein, 140s Stratford avenue, motored to New fork for the week end, where they were the guests of MT. and Mrs. A. J. Grudin.
 The annual meeting of the We'd nesday Workers of the United church will be held this week at the church when election of officers will take place. Mrs. William F. Seeley, Brook lawn avenue, is chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the luncheon and Mrs. Walters will be caterer and in charge of the tables and decorations. Among those from this city who attended the convention of the Wom- ems Relief corps of the G. A. R., held in New Haven the past week were Miss Sara Boudren. Mrs. Frederick , Hinderer and Mrs. M. A. Warriner. Miss Martha Lashar, daughter Of Walter B. Lashar, Clinton avenue. has returned from visit to Mount >Ver- non and is now stopping at the honfe l-of MT. and Mrs. Homer c. GodfreE Fairfield, because Of the illness df her brother John. 700
 Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sprague, Hanover street. have returned from their motor trip through New Hamp- tshire and Vermont.
 The Girls Friendly society of St. PauTs church are to give vaudevilie show in thep arish house in the near future. Mrs. Joseph l.. Peabody, WifS liam street, is in charge of the eng tertainment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19

Yestidday aftirngpn us fellows was setting on my frunt steps hawking about the high cost of money and diffrent things, and all of a sudd1n Puds Simkins sed, G, heer comes lady thinks it's raining
 Meening a lady coming down the street holding a up umberella over her he'd, being a big lady with little steps, and Ed Wernick sed, Maybe she thawt it was going to rain and put her umbrella up on genrel prin- siples jest for luck.
 Maybe she got cawt in the rain once and one was enuff, I sed- Maybe she use to be a parashoot | jumper out of balloons and it lest comes natural for her to wawk like that, sed Leroy Shooster.
 Wich jest then the lady went pasc us with the umberella still up and Impression on her face as if wat did she care. and Sid Hunt sed, Gosh. maybe she don't know its up, maybe her mind is absent minded.
 G, lets run after her and tell her, sed. Wich we all jumped up and started to do. and the lady termed erround wen she herd us running in back of her. and aGeroy Shooster sed, It aint raining, lady.
 Who told you it was? sed the lady. Meening she knew it wasent too, anI Sid Hunt sed, Well, maybe you don't realize it on account of a absent minded mind, but you got your um- berella up.
 Well maybe you don't realize it on account of not having enuff sents, but people awffen raise their umbrellas as a perfection agenst the sun, sed the lady.
 And -she kepp on going as if she thawt she had sed sumthing courcas- tic.
 Wich she had.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
COMMITTEE ON DANCE
 TO MEET THURSDAY

The committee in charge of the He brew Children's Aid society's May dance will meet at Room 229. Newfield building, Thursday evening, May 22, at o'clock.
 The affair will be held at the Brooklawn Dancing Pavilion on We'd nesday, May 2s Committee in charge are as follows:
 Chairman, Miss Sara Lederer. as- sisted by the Misses Ethel Bender, Bessie Ade1man, Edna Brooks, Ther- esq Bernstein, Margaret Bresky, Es- sic Cohen, Frances Datz, Agnes Clad stein, Rose Heller, Sadye Kish, Helen Klein, Marion Quint, Rose Wishen- grad, Jean Weiss, Sara Wainer, Ade- laide Ziegrel, Rae Kleinberger, Bessie Romm, Mrs. Joseph Levin, Mrs. I. German, Mrs. M. klein, Mrs. D. Alt man and Mrs. L. s. Ffnkelstone.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19

pound my husband wanted me to txy it- l took it for week and felt little bet- ter. I kept itup for three months. and I feel fine and can eat anything now without distress or nervousness. Mrs;s J. .WoRrHLnE, 2842 North Taylor St. E Philadelphia Pa
 The majority of mothers nowadaYD' overdo, there are SO many demandeI upon their time and strength; the reou1t. is invariably weakened, run-doW4& nervous condition with headaches, hoc1k
 ache, irritability and depression - ands' soon more serious ailm ents dev11q9. It is at such periods in life that Lydia IS: Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Will; restore normal healthy con6t1ons o4. 1t did to Mrs. Worthline. l. 3
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
THE JrTNEY STILL Jrrs.

Recent articles on the war tax just levied on soft drinks. confections. etc. have given rise to some misunder- standing. and tho Wm. Wrigley, Jr.' Company issues e. statement to the effect that the 3 per cent. on chewing gum does NOT affect the retail dealer or the consumer. MT. Wrigley ex- plains that the manufacturers stand this tax. and there should be NO CHANGE in the price charged you for your package of Wrigley's Spearminf, Doubelmint or Juicy Fruit In other words, the 5itney stil1 5its. Thanks. 4r. Wrig1eys
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19

Slckly most or the
 time. I went to . doctor and he said I had nervous in6-s gestion, which ad- ded to my weak
 condition kept me worrying most of the time and he' said if I could not stop that, l could not. get well. I heard rdsomuchabout so Lydia E. Pinkham'sl "o-a<oh1o En~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
CHARLES B. MOLIOY
 HOME FROM FRANCE,

Charles B. Mo1loy. son of MT. and Mrs M. M. Molloy of 113 Austin street, arrived at Hoboken, Saturday.. on the Floridian, being a member oE the 18th Regulars, 29th Division (Blue and Gray).
 Molloy has been in France about a year, and saw service in many Of the large battles.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19

For morning wear this gingham frock leaves nothing to be desired. It is in one-piece effect and has hanging pockets The dress fastenS at one side, the surplice collar being of white pique.
 Pictorial Review Dress No. 7S02- Sizes. If to go years. Price, 25 cents
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
The labor problem has reached, g very striking situation.

These are hair splitting times, anc 1t is expected that soon the courts will be asked to> decide that the con.l stitutlon fs unconytituuonal.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
THE WEATHER.

New Haven, May 19-Forecast for New Heven and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tuesday; increasing cloudiness, probably followed by Eh0Wc9ls
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19

great number of people are able to afford new automobiles this spring. as they have ascertained that they can borrow the money.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19

Mrs H. B. Van Geison of 11S Brooklawn avenue, spent the week end in Boston, as the guest of her son, Ross, who is a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19


 Mrs. G. T. Hathaway of 800 Clinton avenue, is spending several days in New York city.
 Mrs. C. B. Joyce of Al Jane street. is visiting her mother at Sharon, Conn.,. for few days.
 Mrs. A. J. Dietrich will be hostess at a meeting of the Orient Chapter Sewing circle at her cottage at Silver Sands on Thursday. Members will meet at the D. M. Read corner where they will take a car at 10 o'clock in the morning. It will be whole day social affairs and it is hoped all mem bers will be present.
 NrA Frederick B. Granniss requests all members of the Liberty chorus to report for rehearsal tomorrow even ing at 7:45 at the w. M. C. A. rooms. Following the meeting they will sing at the Sons of Veterans meeting when Captain Charles H. Sprague of the 102nd Ambulance corps will speak. The chorus will sing Victory at Last by Brown, dedicated to the 102nd Ambulance corps.
 The Phi Gamma Lambda society will hold their annual banquet tonight in the gymnasium rooms of the First Presbyterian church.
 Several Bridgeport young women attended the luncheon given this noon at the home of Miss Evelyn Feel, at Shipuan Point, Stamford. Among those who were guests from this city were Miss Marion Henshow, Miss Louise Cole, Miss Irene Davis. Miss Mary Eddy, Miss Margaret Mcdonald, Mrs. Andrew Smith and Mrs. Joe Goldwhaite.
 Rock Congregational church, spoke on Mexico, the Egypt of America" at the forum meeting of church mem bers last night. His talk was very in teresting and instructive
 The Newman club will hold it's reg ular meeting, tomorrow evening at s o'clock at St. Augustine's school hall. At the regular meeting of the Young Mems and Young Women's He brew association to be held on Sum- day afternoon, May 25, Dr. Carl Beck will address the members on "Is Christianity A Failure?'' In the ev- ening an entertainment for the mem- bers will be given when the newly organized '. M. H. A. orchestra will
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19

Mrs. G. T. Hathaway of 800 Clinton avenue, is spending several days in New York city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
THIS WEAK, NERVOUS MOTHER
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
 Restored Her Health.

Philadelphia, Par was verywealk, always tired, my back ached, and felt
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
The New Clothes

The French woman of fashion quite
 often has her negligees made at home.
 She makes them, in fact, with the aid
 of her little sewing woman who comes
 in by the day. And the reason she
 likes to do this is because she can
 thus make the sort of thing that no
 one knows so well as she herself how to make. They are the things that
 experience has taught her are the most becoming.
 Infants dresses continue to be built , on the straight hanging lines from short bodice or yoke and a large pro- portion Of the numbers shown by
 prominent designers fall directly from
 the neckline and there is not one long waisted number included.
 Catering to a most exquisite trade, , the models shown exemplify the most shiflful efforts to bring individuality into the entire line, including the se- ries shown for the children from two to six. Combinations of material and the usual uses of color touches are all employed to bring the desired re- suits.
 Organdie blouseS promise to be
 more popular than ever for summer wear and it isn't surprising when one
 notes the beautiful colors that are being shown. One delicate pink one
 has a futed collar of pale orchid and ribbon of flesh and orchid slips through two little loops on the edge Of the collar. A pale green model is trimmed with white and adds a chic black velvet bow for distinction One pretty pale blue model is beautifully embr oidered in French knots of pastel shades A rose colored model has frilled vestee collar and cuffs of cream lace.
 At popular supper dance nearly every one wore black. and one of the most striking dresses was made se- Verely plain of black taffeta, with a very widn-pointed three-quarter sleeve which was filled in with Duchess lace in great fullness. To match this, a full ruffle was used at the neck, which softened the whole dress. The | long skirt was brought in at the an- kles and the bodice was very simple A new idea were the long white gloves which were kept on while dancing as well as the large black hat of maline with black silk flowers.
 Burlap and ratine effects in over biouses for sports and general ccun- | try wear are coming to the fore more and more as a practical mode for i this season, a little newer than their si1ken predecessors. There are cer-
 cain kinds of this type of fabric tn 1t
 seem to be the ideal foundation for broad sweeps of wool embroidery and others that lend themselves especially
 we'll to trimming with the heavier | laceS
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19

Mrs. C. B. Joyce of Al Jane street. Is visiting her mother at Sharon, Conn.,. for few days.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19

The Newman club will hold its reg ular meeting, tomorrow evening at $ o'clock at St. Augustines school hall