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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
C)e 3 D Read co
 Esxa6LIShe0 1857
 The store closes daily at o'clock
The store closes daily at 6 o'clock
The Rug Department at Reads

A very great and just pride is taken in the dis play of rugs in the Read gallery. A wide expanse of floor, well lighted and in every way pleasant is given up to the various carpets and other floor coverings. People who intend buying new rugs, or those who planning a summer home will be tical rugs The department has studied the needs of Bridgeport home makers and the markets have been hunted through to provide such aresre- quired.
 This week there is a special in Tapestry Rugs, X 12 This is a seamless weave the patterns in mixed colorings, mostly the browns tans and olive shades which are harmonious in living and dining rooms. The price is
 S29.50
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14

(Answer) Your letter of recent date is carefully read and I note the de- scription that you have given of your condition and that you are afflicted with severe nervous spells and pains, and also with diseased tonsils. When the tonsils become so infected that yellow matter comes out of them, it is absolutely necessary to have them re- moved, and I think you would be wise to lose no time in having it done. or course, I would much prefer to have you come here to have that done, but no doubt you can go to your family physician and he will attend to the matter promptly and properly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
S29.50
A Magnificent Showing of Dining Room Sets

 a  of and useful English group pieces,
  markings The the known English cathedral
  crotch maho O
 Price is S49500 and substantial designs, Sl85 00 handsomely walnut S388 00 the
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
Club Notes.
Dear Doctor

Dear Doctor:
 Have had nervous spells for q long time but l am worse in the winter time. l have had disrrhoea and pal pitatiOn, and I get sort of afraid an my nerves ache. My tonsils have vel low matter in them that comes out
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
Price is S495.00
Nice Things In Leather

Brief Cases. Everybody carries one these days, because of the con- venience. They have one, two and three pockets, so that papers may iii a way be classified.
 In black, russet and tan cowhide,
 $5.5O to $20.Oo Shopping Bags, large sizes, pouch shapes and lined attractively, room enough to carry many things. Vachette or dull leather,
 S5.50 to S1300 Leather Goods Section main floor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14

You will be very much better as soon as you get over the effects of the operation and your stomach will be better, but in order to overcome that
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
Summer JeWelry

Lingerie Clasps
 Every woman needs them, 50 cts Sterling Silver Bar Pins
 Useful for veils, ,fchus and sashes,
 5a cts Sterling Silver Cuff Pins
 Keep cuffs of thin dresses in place. 50 cts Necklaces, colored beads and cut crystal chains, in all color conbi- nations to wear with summer dresses, SLIGO to S1O,95
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14

now. have had trouble witL my ton sils great deal, every winter Should have them remc'-ed? Am troubled with gas on the stomach, sore all over body and chills and cold feet. When I felt the worst ] could not sleep at night and when I did, l had unpieas- ant dreams. I have your Vol. g.
 Mrs c A I,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14

Now that Congress is called to- gether the country is safe, also the marble post office business will look Up, and the Washington ball team will get some additional patronage.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14

trouble entirely, you would be very wise to use the Compound Gentian.
 You would be wise to practise the exercises given in your Home Health Club book Vol. 2 under the headline of "Catarrh.' Also use occasionally the method of treatment to your spine that is described in the chapter on 'Lum mbago." This does not mean that you are suffering with lumbag go but simply that the method of reatnent described in that chapter would be good for you.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
Belgium bv Brand Whitloek

I73H% -1@ V@
 We have had one peep in- to this thrilling book, and with difficulty turned away because time lacked for a more extensive read ing. It is 8 wonderful story as well as a most iIn- p0rtant work of history.
 S7 50 2 volumes
 Book Section.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14

All readers of this publication are at liberty to write in for information on subjects pertaining to health. Ad- dress all such communications to Dr. David H. Reeder, or Home Health Club, Laporte, Indiana, with at least six cents in postage for reply.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14

These were originally $2.5o and a few of them $3.00. In sizes 32 to AS. They are on sale on the main floor. See them.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
Brassieres, Special

Pink satin and lace trimmed. A most fetching little arrangement to wear under a thin crepe or vole blouse,
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

what he did to me! Look al NY
facc-W
"-hc proposed, Nib, that thiyt..
years from that night we should al,
gather together again and the enc
who lad made the Srcntc,t 5uccc.'.
of his or her life should get the gold
piece that was to be left under tho
miser's hearthstone."
"And that's what I'm trying to do
Dick! in wanting to marry you,
making success of my life,
taking up the life of Il real woman,
settling down."
"Plcase don't interrupt me, Mibb.
On that night, at the threshold o.,
our lives, so to speak, we started to
face the world and take our places
in society and work out our destiny,
the manner of men and womcl.
which we WERE"
"Don't open old wounds!"
: 1--WE were about equally divided,
boys and girls,-men and women.
There was no stipulation what shape
our successes were to take. The
boys were supposed to be judged on
their careers as men; the women were
not to be compared to them, but on
their careers as women. The great
est success, the fullest life, mat
was the criterion of achievement"
81 didn't know as much then as
know now, Dick. l was only silly
girl that hadn't awakened"
"-and we all agreed that if VIC
were living thirty years in the future
and it was humanity possible to do so,
we would gather again and see who
had made their lives worth while, :.
whether they had indeed realized
success in the vocation to which they
turned themselves. Business, the
professions, the making of money fo..
the men; careers for the women, per-
haps, perhaps motherhood, wife
hood; it didn't matter We would
all of US recognize quickly when that
gathering time came, to whom the
gold-piece belonged. The point was
that we were conscious of our situa-
tons on the threshold of life we
had our lives and careers ahead to
mould as we saw fit. We were free
moral agents. If we won we would
have ourselves to applied; if we lost
and made failure of life, we would
have no one but ourselves to thank"
"Dick! | can't stand it to listen
to this; I just can't; not after
what you've told me just now"
"But you're going to listen to it,
Mibb, because I know what's good for
you. 1t won't hurt you to hear the
truth. All your life you've lodged
the truth; you've avoided looking i'm
pleasant subjects or situations
squarely in their faces; you've float
ed with the current of existence and
trusted and expected it to watt you
into pleasant Places"
"Dick! | never expected to have
to stand this from you"
"You arc upset because when it
came to showdown I've baked on
making you my wife. You want to
know the reason. Pm telling you
now, Mibb. It's unpleasant but it's
high time you cultivated u little fibre
in your soul to stand unpleasant
things"
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02
CLASSIFIED DEPT
And for that society pay you what
it is worth"

And for that society pay you what
it is WORTH"
"H0w about a home"
81 have home. 1t cost me seven
ty thousand dollars and it is all which
desire. | have efficient servants
who keep it we'll ordered"
as that all Il home means, Dick"
"Don't let's talk about children at
our ages, Mibb. It's disgusting,
if that's what you mean. AS for youl
society in my home, it would be OF
no more value to me there than it
is in the places we have been goina
together the past two years; no
there is absolutely nothing which you
could give me as my wife. On the
other hand, there is much more that
would be called upon to give you
my name-which may say without
egotism is of no small value and not
| lightly to be bestowed, my money
my liberty, the concentration of my
fancy solely on one woman whom
am sure in time would bore me-"
$50 bore you, do 1.-The last two
years I've been boring you? Then
why continue"
! "No you have not bored me yet
for the reason that we have not
seen enough of one another to be-
come bored with one anothcl's etcr-
nal society"
"And you call youscll Il successful
man and gentleman.
81 do not, Mibb. There is diff
I ference between us. One side of my
| life the life of a normal man
whic', :.hol.ll be well rounded out be-
ore he can call himself wholly sue
cessful,-one side of me has been
dwarfed and 'stuntcd, the family
part, through agencies with
which women like yourself have had
much to do. That's irrelevant to
what we're discussing, Mibb. I'm
saying that there, nothing you could
give me that Pm 10. getting now;
yet there's much that | could give
you from which l would get no value
in return. So it wou., not be fair
bargain. And an Unfair bargain is
no bargain-in my philosophy. To
get back to your per.i1 al career:
Within Il few years after your temp
estuous marriage to Herb you left
him or he left you--"
"He was u drunken sot! He was Il
brute! could tell YOU"
81 knew Herb Truman as we'll as
you did. We were chums together
before you ever married him. He
was Il big-souled lovablc boy. All he
wanted was to be mothercd. He
never had a mother of his own any
more than | ever had one. He didn't
know it was mother he craved; |
didn't know it until became older
in my case, either. But that's VIVA.
he wanted and in fashion he mar
ried you TO get it."
"Get WHAT"
"Mothering"
The man looked straight as a lance
at the woman. Her eyes fell guilty..
Continued next wcck)
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

The woman clenched her thin and
bloodless hands.
"I'm not going into the careers OF
1 anyone in that crowd but yourself,
" Mibb. You went back to town from.
! that Gold Piece Party the Same as all
! the rest OF us; you had your chance
! "And | tried the same as all the
rest of you; Herb Truman had money
give me credit for trying to bet
ter myself in marrying him, Dick,
and | thought that success meant
bcttering myself that way. If /
, made a wrong calculation in that, .
in the estimate of money being
the estimate of success, give me
credit for trying"
! "I'm not dscounting your endeav-
! o., your attempt, as you call it. There
was nothing wrong with that. The
point was that your idea of success
' was the height of selfishness you
could attain for yourself. You didn't
want to measure your SUCCESS by the
things which you could do in the
world; you wanted to measure your
success by the things you could a.
void and money helped you to avoid
them. You married Herb not to
make him a successful wife, but
to acquire the money to make your
life easy and filled with physi cal COM
fort"
"l was only girl, Dick, look
at my mother AMI father! . could
you blame me?"
"Blame you? OF course l blame
you! With the exception of Jack
Purse and Mary Wood there, wasn't
one Of us in the crowd but what had
just as poor apologies in the shape
Of parents as; yourself. You knew
just as much as the rest of US did,
that there was work in the world to
be done, u share cut out for each Of
US to do. Deliberately you ignored
it. happen to know that few days
after that Gold-Piece Party you OPEN
ly tainted Mary Wood for marrying
poor honest, earnest Jack Purse; you
tainted her for marrying poor,
for condemning herFelf to a life Of
work and household drudgery and
child-bearing and all the rest that's a
humble woman's portion. You were
selfish, Mibb, and that selfishness
has bounded you right down to the
present, in everything you've
done, in every decision you've
made, in everything you've taken
up"
'I've seen my mistake, Dick. ]
want to"
"No you haven't seen your mistake.
You want to marry me for the same
reason you wanted to marry Herb
Truman and young Ezekial and all
the rest of the boys who had money
to save your own skin, Mibb; to bet
ter yourself physically. Personal
service doesn't enter into it at all,
Mibb-"
"Oh how cruel how heartless
you are" she moancd.
"Not bit of it! Merely sensible"
GAS your wife 1 could"
GAS my wife you could do abso-
lutcly nothing more than you are do
ing now give me your society.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

FOR SALE-138-acre farm, sell or
trade for smaller place. On main
road, miles from station. Nice
smooth fields, GOO sugar trees, 200
cords standing pulpwood, also five
cows, four yearling heifers and one
horse. Price $500. Small payment
down, balance on easy terms. In
quire OF H. A. bryant. 1928 f
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02
FOR SALE
PAGE ELEVEN

FOR SALE-Two Cyphers incuba-
tors, one 22O egg capacity, one 244
egg, with latest improvements. Tel.
548-M. 232 f
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

FOR SALE-No. 1G4, 3O0-acre farm
on state road, near neighbors and
achool. Good buildings, running
water, 500 cords of wood and lot Of
pulp. Owner unable to work and
will sell for $4,000. Caledonia Real Es-
tate Co.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

WANTED-To buy 1 pair of ducks !;
also one pair of geese, good breed, al
so wanted to exchange for good lay
ing hen, one young Rhode Island
rooster. Reply, y. ID. M. Caledonian
Office. 2302 pd
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02
WANTED

WANTED--Eight or ten White
Chester Pigs from ) to 10 weeks old.
H. T.. Moore. 229 ii
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02
CHAPTER II.

The Woman With the Scared Face
Discovers That -Selfishress Does
Not Pay After All and Knows the
Meaning of the Warning Ven
geance Is iMne, 1 will Repay"
Saith the Lord, in Another Way
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

WANTED-At once a good reliable
married man to work in barn, and
wife to board man if needed Apply
to w. N. Hubbard or Alfred Hudson,
Lyndonvillc. Tel. 3G-5. 221 t +
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

WANTED-By young couple two or
three furnished rooms, in good loca-
ton, for light housekeeping. Address,
XYZ, Calcdonian. 22@-""4 p.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

FOR SALE-Two horses, three
lumber wagons, two express sleighs
and one Ford runabout, 1916. To be
sold cheap for cash. Apply to H.
Dolgin, 80 Portland street. 228 TT
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02
IF YOU WANT
Monuments and Markers

Call to G. E. Veilleux Granite Co.,
where you can see the work all set
up before you buy. The show room
is opposite the Passenger Station, St.
Johnsbury, Vermont.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

WANTED--A young man to learn
the clothing business; also man
with some experience. Apply to
Besse-Baker Co., G5 Main street,
Brockton, Mass. 222-224
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

WANTED---Experienced waitress
wanted at once at the New Star Res
taurant. 225 {
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

WILL WASH and do up your lace
curtains. Call 458-l. 229 ii
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

WANTED--To hire u painter and
paper hanger for the season. r.. f.
Blake, Island Pond, Vt. 223-234
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

FOR SALE-75 acre farm for sale,
with good buildings, running water.
meadow tillage, plenty Of wood and
lumber. Only miles from village;
7 cows, team and farming tools. Price
$4,000. H. A. Bryant. 225 tt
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

WANTED At once 25 High school,
25 Grade and so Rural Teachers.
Highest salaries paid. The Northeast
ern Teachers Agency, 20 Main street.
st. Johnsbury, Vt. 22G-237 pa
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

FOR SALE--DODGE Five passen-
ger touring car, winter and summer
tops, a new tires. For further infor-
nation enquire of j. e. Bertrand, Ill
Railroad street, St. Johnsbury, VT.
Phone 210. 229 tt
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

FOR SALE-Ash and birch wood.
The American Fork and Hoe Co.
230-24l
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02
1.-THE Greater Glory"
William Dudley Policy

1oo0O0wod Novel by the Editor of The Evening Caedonan
folks like st. JohnsbuyThc of two
gi with philosophy of life and of love and how those
philosophers worked in after life the worldly glory of and
greate glory" that Follow each night
chapter by chapter and lines your experience
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

Continued next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10

would not attempt it in wet weather, but already a new driveway IS being constructed on Glenwood avenue, which will be asphalted and will give an outlet from the car tracks below to the crest of Cliff Road. When all of the boule- yards, avenues, streets and noadways are complete it will be motorists paradise.
 
 I challenge any city to show within a few miles of the courthouse section in which one can find a virgin forest un- touched by an axe ] have seen some trees inf it that are as fine specimens as can be found anywhere. There is one particular view which reminds me of the mountains of western North Carolina over in the Linnville district, and just to think one can get a glimpse of it at ones very doors.
 l am glad that the company is going to reserve large part of it's holdings for those who want large grounds. We have many handsome residences here, but too many of them are on small city lots. It ought to be remem bered that in a growing city it is the land and not the house which increases in value, save in such unprecedented times as these when all building mates.al is up and some own CTS are selling q 8 profit homes which they built a few years back.
 
 l find that my feelings are divided about the improvement for the great stretches of woodland through which I have wan Gered with my wife and boys will soon be covered with handsome hones I con- sole myself, however, with the thought that many new neighbors will soon build about me. This means tlae erection of a fine school to care for the children, and of course a better car service.
 Quite a few young couples have been struck with the beauty of the Locality, and so the following have begun or are arranging to build in Forest Park: Jelks Cabaniss, Motion Smith. Joe Walker, W. w. Hazard, T. A. Murfree, w. M. Givens George L. Morris and others. cote that L. K. Mackey, who seems at- "a ched to the section, is also building, and I understand that Messrs. King and Burnham, the architects, have bought lots and are preparing plans.
 I am glad that my three young friends rave had the courage to go ahead with their scheme in spite of a rising market. They are all fine fellows, and just the type of manhood we need in these trying times of peace, when it is so hard to get anybody with nerve to take the initiative when it comes to developing or building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10

sible of accomplishment as the Niagara stunt One of these is an attempt 60 satisfy millionaire appetite with the wage of a day laborer, though he may be possessed of all the optimism his hide will hold. It simply cart be did. It doesn't require any states manship to locate the cause of pend- 'ng trouble.
 Sixty years ago the wages of the day laborer was 50 cents, and he worked from sun to sun Brown sugvr sold for 10 cents, nails 10 cents calico 10 cents to 25 cents. You don't see how they lived. but they did, and the secret of it was Adam delved and Street railways in England have been experimenting with compouiid rail, the worn part of which can bs renewed without interfering with the roadbed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Duty of the South

To the Editor of The Age-Herald. Having just read an account oi the shameful lynching at Milan, Ga, of good old colored man 72 years old. guilty of the simple act of protec tin g his home and women from couple of drunken white providers at night, my sense of justice is so aroused that l must speak my mind The colored people have done their part in the late war and certainly are entitled to our protection as long as l they are law w-abiding.
 l It is just such occurrences as th.s | that will cause a spread of bolshev:sm 1 over our own country
 ! If the present officers of the law cannot enforce them. let us replace l then. at once with men who can and l will and if our laws are not satis- factory let us make laws that are Just and right for both weak and strong. On account of the ignorance an1 egotism of few of our paid repre- sentatives," the women of our south ern states are still chattels under rhe law and have no voice in the govern ing of themselves or children. ana it is a shame and disgrace to us all that we tolerate it.
 Surely women have proved their ef ficiency in the late war work. Our women must vote in 1920. At present in the south educatloD is a luxury enjoyed only by the few. What good is law for compulsor ory education if not enforced?
 In order to enforce it, it is neces- sary to make it possible for all chill dren to attend school, and that woull solve the "child labor problem. winch
 is a menace to the south .
 Let us fix the blame for these out rages where 1t belongs. If it is true that "the people" make the laws. let us. in the name of humanity, either give up our claim to civilization or Christianity or inculcate few of it's laws in our daily life.
 Let us remove the widely kno Hn stigma of ignorance and non- progress siveness from our southern states ani cease to be 50 years behind the rest of the world.
 Let each one of us do our part and make our southland as good as it IS beautiful to live in. MOTHER
 (Mrs. Pearl McCombs)
 Attalla. August 8, 1919