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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
GENERAL BUSINESS
 'CNDITEON-.

Al the reports and iudices of trade show that business :s at the very top notch of activity. except as fnterruD- ted l,-- -1Ie sei:Otsa if.eS NlICEi nave prevailed, and ir spite of these the volume of transactions in October and November was much greater than eve" before. The report compiled by the Federal Reserve Board of checks drawn by individuals upon banks Of 153 leading clearing houses, showed a total for the week ended Noven Der 19 of $11.048, ,540,OOC. whic h com pares with $8,086.786,0QO in the cor responding week of last year, Rail road traffic is slightly heavler than q year ago.
 The pressure for goods is unabated and since the demand exceeds the supply, naturally the tendency of
 prices is upwards, It IS evident that in many lines. and perhaps generally producers and dealers are endeavor- ing in good faith to hold down prices and that without such efforts there would be runaway markets. In iron and steel products the strike has caused a dearth of supplies and the ertIng all it's influence to hold prices
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
.. STOCKS, BONDS, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE :.

tax to be collected on the first S4.- 000 above the exemption will here after be only four per cent, instead Of six per cent. It is estimated that sevonty-ive per cent. of income tax payers are subject only to the normal tax: the sur-taxes applying to the smaller percentage of big incomes.
 There wlu be other reductions in the nations tax bill due to the in sistance of Democrats of the Senate more than a year ago that var bur dens he removed as rapidly as pos s5h1H and that the war revenue bill should include lower taxes for 1920.
 Already there has been put into ef- feet the reduction in the war tax on first class postage. This war tax, which amount to one cent on each letter was lifted last July and the two-cent stamp restored.
 With the present Congress mat tentive to q number of reconstruction measures, the wisdom of the Demo- cratic leaders in demanding a settle ment of the tax question for 1920 is now demonstrated. Without specific provision in the war revenue bill for a lowering of the taxes rates on January 1, 1920, the rates for the present year would remain in effect since there has been no move in the SiNty-Si1th Consress to take up revenue legislation
 Various revenue proposals have been made, ;ncIuding the repeal of the luxury ta9cs. but with the Senate absorbed in a six-months debate on the peace treaty and the leaders Of the two Houses holding divergent views regarding such E-4atters a. reve- nUe and the tariff, nothing has been accomplished.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
FIXES MUST BE S0MEWHaTlES3
 THAN LAST YEAR
Income Tax One of Those Which Will Be Kit By
 Pruning Shears

Washington. D. C Dec 26---Al- though Congress has shown disln- ciiration to take up revenue legis- lation Tn the near future. as urged by President Wilson, there will soon le q reduction, nevertheless. in the amount of Federal taxes paid by the person of average income. With the arrival of the year 1920 lower sched- uIes will b-come effective because of q specific proviso in the current law passed by the last Democratic Congress-that the heavy war taxes Of 1919, insofar as they relate to the man Of moderate income, shall not ha applied tn 1920. In consequence, the income tax bill of probably sev- e0tE-tTe per cent. Of Federal tax payers will be materially cut next year.
 When the present revenue law was before the Senate Finance committee, after passage by he House, il be came apparent the war was nearing is end and the armistice was signed before final action on the bill. The Senate committee at that time Was in control Of the Democrats. t was proposed by Republican members Of tho committee that the same schedule of rates be made to apply in 1920 as in 1919. The Republicans said adjustments fer the year 1920 mIghr be made later
 Democratic mem bers of the com 712itcee finally united and forced through a proviso that lower taxes should go into effect at the begin ming os 1e2e. They lnslsted that Congress should spttIe the question for at least two years and give the tax payer the benefit Of the end Of the War and partial lifting of the burdens Ct taxation.
 If this action had not been taken he higher rates of the period inn needi5telv following the war woul l have extended into 1920 and cost the tax payers of t22e United States approximately two billion dollars ad- ditionaI The Senate voted for a grading down Of the war schedules and the House accepted the pro- viso.
 The qualifications for 1920 are mainly of assistance to the man with the modest income. These modi- fcati0ns reduce by one-thtrd the normal tax on incomes. but leave the SIT taxes, which apply to the wealthy the same as heretofore. Even with out further legislation, therefore, the average tax payer will have a sub- stantial reduction in his tax bill The
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

yestidday some man went erround ringing door bells and giving away EtIle bottles of perfume for sam pels. ard ! quick ran to open the door wen he rang our bell. Wtch l did. and he gave me a bottle, saying, Perfume, perfume cveryware and not a drON t0 drink, even Wattir woul| 'r' good to me jest now.
 II get you a drink. mister, sed Wtch I quick went back to the kttohtr and did, and he drank t all up with out stopping for air. and l sed, Have you got euy more bottles you don't wunt, mister<
 don't Tunt o0y of them as a. matter of fack, heers d few exter ones for yocI, sed the man. And he gave me ' more, making 8 all together. being sutch good perfume you could smell it without even taking the cork out and wen you took tho cork out you couIdent help smelling it, and I thawt I know wat III do. III put some on eve~ybodys hanherchtfs to serprize them.
 Wioh I did, opening their bewro draws and sprinileling 2 bottles on ma hankaTch:tf5 and 3 on GiaGdiSeS and ? on pops or account of q man not needing so mutch perfume. And after suppir I went up in the setting
  in the paper. and ma came in, saying, Benny, you j;dent by eny chance put enything in my top bewro draw, did you?
 Wy. ma, I sed, did you smell eny- thing?
 Did smell erything? sed ma in a voice as if she had sGnelled a lot. l don't see how II ever get rid of the smell, every ryt3ling os saturated with it, watever 1t is, my goodniss, its simply friJ efiu.
 I ony put it in the hankerchiffs, ma, I sad, and ma seJ, Then it was you. well for goodntss sake, wat kind of stuff Is it, for rlersey sake? Breth of the Desert perfume in little sampel bottles. I scd, and ma. sed, O for hevvin sake. my goodniss gray shtss Wich jest then CHaddis came in mad looking, saying, There's lot of terrible smelling stuff in my fbevro draw, wats the meeninE of it? Ask Benny, he put some in mine too, he says it's called ISreth of the Desert, sed ma. And jest then pop called out frum his room, Pew. pew, wat the mischiff is this stink in my draw?
 Breth of the Desert, called ma. Wat? Wato called pop, and sed, i Can l go out, ma? : You'd better hurry, sed ma. | Wich I did.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

down to the level fixed last March. when, it will be remembered the Dl- rector-General of railroads broke Up an arrangement winch the Secretary of Commerce had promoted, because he thought these prices too high.
 There can be no controversy over prices while merchants are chiefly in terested in getting the goods. The plain situation is that production is unequal to the market demand. In the face of all the wage conrrover- sies that are going on the market sit nation seems to show that the pur- chasing power Of the masses o' Il.e people is greater than ever before. It exceeds the capacity of the indus tries as they are now operating. -f production could De speeded up these high wagcs would buy c good many things and the wages themselves would be more secure. It would simplify matters wonderfully if the labor orga n1zations would turn their attention from efforts to increase wages to efforts to making all kinds of goods more plentiful and cheap. The opportunities for real gains 70 themselves are far greater in the lat ter direction than ir the other.
 National City Bank, N. Y.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
T. B. WARREN Real Estate & Insurance New Office. 22O Meigs
 Building
NOTICE.

Taken by vi~tue by an Execution to me directed, and will be sold at Public Vendue to the highest bidder. at 647 Broad street. in the Town of Bridgeport, fourteen days after date. which will be on Monday. the twenty ninth day of December, 1919, at four o'clock in the afternoon, to satisfy said Execution and my fees thereon, the following described property, to wit: one Denby one-ton truck, man usacturer's number 445.
 Dated at Bridgeport, this 18th Gay of December, 1919.
 JAMES P. HERMAN, Deputy Sheriff for Fairfield County
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
NO COMPLIMENT.

'Do you think your sister likes me, Tommy"
 "Yes, she stood up for you at dinner"
 "stood up for me! Was anybody saying anything against me?"
 'tEo, nothin' much Father said he thought you were an ass, but she jumped up and said you wasn't, and old father he ought to know better than judge a man by his looks"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

4. PALUMBO - 2 auto trucks for local haulinz and long distance moving at loves prices; sadsfac- ton guaranteed. I0 Calhoun Ave. Phone Bar. 67l2-12.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

LOCAL AND LONG distance movins, truck; reasonable rates; We movs anything. CIarizio o5 TrottI, 499 broke St Phone Noble 1112-2.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
TRUCKING AND STORAGE

W. II. RAZIER-EsucaI and long dis tance express and light trucking.
 745 Union Ave, Brid dgeport. Conn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

improvements, located Boston Ave and adjoining streets at old NH Green: IraEistan Ave, near Seaside Park. and Grassmere Ave. Fair field. Bent $2I-$95- United S-a-es Housing Corporation, Rridg- port port National Bank Bldg. Room 3O6. H17 t"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

Velour and panne in swati and Graped effects is a popular m. note.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
APARMIENTS

PARMIGNTS Heated, improve ments, janltor service, Connecticut Ave, COT. NFilU.ot, rooms and bath $36. F'airheId Ave, corpar Brewster St, 4 rooms and hath. &57 and $3S; rooms and path S.6. United States Housing Corporation. Bridgeport Housing Co. Agent, -Eridsepo-r National Bank Bldg. Room soc. HI =
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

FOUR rooms to rent: also furnisheL rooms for light housekeeping David Apstein. 873 Stiuman St., req estate and rents HTa"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

TO RENT-139 Thorme St. fiat, s rooms, modern impr0veme entB, S35 per month. Philip GIasner, 102+ Main SI, Room SlO. Tel Noble 1886. TIIa$%
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

WE PAY highest prices for a secoE d hand furniture of all kinds Chas. Oppenheim. 14S4 Main St Noble 16Ss ;13P1b1iis
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

LOCAL, LONG DISTANCE 3-Furni- ture, piano moving. We move everything. T. Platsky. 39G and 527 State St. Barnum 2285 or Bar mum 3433-12. '19U9dS"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

BEST PRICES paid for second hand furniture and books United Second Hand Furniture Co.,. 86l State St BarnCm 10SS13. '19DlIalI~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

HOUSES, 8, 1, 5, 6 Rooms-AII 1r7- provements, located Boston Ave. and adjoining streets at old Mil Green: Iran. .tscar Ave, -sear Seaside Park. and Cirassue-e Ave, Fair field. Rent s2l-f85. Unft2d states Housing Corporation, Bridgeport Housing Company, Agent. Room sos. Bridgeport National Bank Bldg HtT ta
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
TO RENT.

GgA4--, RENT-Flat, 59 Harriet St, six E>>oms. all Improvements 10 ohjac- <t-a to children Phone BaTnun
 tgG T19d@p
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
SERVICES OFFERED

Shoe Repairing Co Store in l5 cities, high grade sho- repai- ing. 24SL Main St.; branch at 9a Main St. 'I9IEaI"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

WE BUY AND SELL all kinds of sec ond hand furniture. Cohen x Peck, 295 State St. Bar. 49ST. G12alI@
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

WE PAY good prices for second hand furniture of all kinds. Established 35 years. H. A. Jasnin, 256 State St. Tel. Barnum 1058. T1SaH*
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

MRS, LEVY, readings 25o and 5oc.
 1l52 Madts0a Ave.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

Keane, 1885 Main St, will buy your furniture, books, stoves, rugs. antiques, feather beds, store, stocks fixtures, war relics 4952-2 Barnum.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
TANI SERVICE.

RAPID 1AEI SERVICE co. Open and closed PachaEC cars for we'd dlngs, receptions, funerals. 4S7 Grand St. Day. night calls Ear nun 1881 HI Gil~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

BEST PRICES paid for all kinds sec ond hand furniture. Louis Fode- man. 1449 M 3t Bar. 103s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

HERMAN JUNK co. pays highest
 prices for rags. papers, rubber and
 metal. S5 Frank St. Bar 2S i 'l9B1Talls
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26

- Iirotypa compost ton for the trade. Catalogue, book let and job prlu,ing- Intertype Pts.
 Cu.. 500 Stage St Phone B. lGi7-13.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17
BANANAS MAKE BERLIN GLAD
After Five Years Absence, This Ma tive of the Tropics Is Real
 Symbol of Peace.

As I was passing down the Fried richstrasse. says correspondent of the London Times, writing from Berlin, my eye was caught by crowd of people which suddenly collected in front of a delicatessen shop.
 It was only with difficulty that one could get near enough to see what 1t was that attracted so much attention. heard exclamations of wonder and admiration, and on looking little more closely saw-a bunch of bananas which the shopkeeper had just hung up in the window and which was a novelty to the Berliners. who for near ly five years have seen not trace of this fruit, once so plentiful and cheap in the capital.
 The smiling faces and little jokes made it quite evident that the banana was recognized as symbol of peace and that the delight felt at its presence YVES due to the evidence it afforded that the blockade is . thing of the past. sss sases..-...
The courier-index., 1919-10-17
Some AirpIane Gas Is Pink.

There is a difference between auto mobile gasoline and sirplane gasoline. For aircraft the gas must be lighter and more volatile, that is, evaporate more readily, than ordinary gas. This causes 1t to work better at great alti- tudes. There are three grades of gas oline for our airplanes, one for train ing planes, q better grade of gasoline for bombing planes and the very best grade for the fighting planes. Fight ing gas" as 1t is called, is colored pink. This is to distinguish 1t from other grades so that inexperienced men working at the aviation fields will not use this valuable gasoline for other purposes This pink gas is as pure as 1t can be produced, refined and doubly refined and strained or filtered until thers aye no impurities left in it.-American Boy.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17
MANY MILLIONS CANNOT READ
one-Tenth of Population of the unsscc States over Ten Years Are
 Illiterate.

.Aceor,Iinr to the best estimates,
 says writer IL fsverybodys for Juiy' about lO.00OOON or more than one tenth of our popuiation over ten years old. cannot read or write Enga@ n-a number greater than the whole popu- Iation of Canada greater than the whole population of the south ID the Civil war: greater than the combineo populations of l3 Of our states Ahu of this number, fully half can neither read. write. nor speak English. ln some cities. such as Passaic, N, J. or Fall River, Mass these strangers num- her a sixth or more of the population.
 If this enormous population. alien in speech or literature or custom, were merely a population, merely living among us. tlat would be one thing to think about. But all of this lU0OO,- 900 are also working among us, trying to bsiild some kind of life for them selves And in so doing, they nave brought themselves into closer re lationshp with us than we are often willing to admit, even if we are aware of it. More than 5S per cent Of the people who make our steel and iron, more than 72 per cent of those who make our clothes, more than So. per cent of those who refine our sugar, are foreign-born. And nearly all or them cannot read or write English, and at least quarter of them cannot read or write their own language. SIX hundred and twenty thousand Of the million who mine our coal are foreign born. and 465 .oO0 of these come from non- n-English-srcaking races, with but the slightest ability, if any, to read the English language"
The courier-index., 1919-10-17
noldIno Down . Profession.

A young fellow living in one of h. diana's small towns was graduated from the high school and looked about for some easy. yet lucrative profession. He finally decided to study medicine, and settled down in the office of the towns most popular doctor for a sum- mer's reading. As he read he watched this busy mans hours of work.
 One day in the late summer the doc tor came in out of drenching rain, tired out, and a trifie cross. Glancing at the immaculate young fellow, whose heels were reposing on the office desk, he asked brusQuely:
 "Stin think you want to be doc tori'
 "Ye-es," came the languid answer, but I've decided to practice only on fair days. and not go out of nights. - Indianapolis News.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17
LATEST STYLE IN HAIR CUTS
New York Tonsor al Artist AdvertIses to Trim the Bean "Physiog-
 ncmicaIiy."

"Hair cut physiognOmcaIy" Is the impressive sign on the window of "tonsorial artist" in the downtown sec tion of New York.
 What's the sign mean? asked customer who drifted into the shop as il barber started to wait on him.
 q don't know" was the reply. "Some new-fangled idea of the boss"
 When appealed to the proprietor Of the place swelled with pride and in his weightiest tones explained his brain child in this manner:
 That means that when you get into the chair we study your face and then proceed to cut your hair in such manner that the trimming will con- form to your general physiognomy, meaning your face. Sometimes man Is a victim of his barber in regard to his appearance-you know there are some men in the barber business here who ought to be shoemakers and can not see any further than the hand that holds the expected tip. We bury defects in the face by the manner of hair cntting and enhance the good points. Women don't overlook this in putting mp their hair and there is no reason why men should"
The courier-index., 1919-10-17
dNAkkASs BEaalaaNiNe GOOD
NmAspI Iaho~s hseeseAub,esstssspn 's~srs GGep6 EA&AzaMshisa rafd
 PseatSsekisn.

WWhathshe "A AlAakan asatiNes, ere oi i'l arNnth larev WihhEotoiditasat sat, Reoi posF aieiyefof their fAtRsssofq live ipnder iil' sAtArs apdstSiBtRess isldpspt ssse0 on "'' vyEphe of0mepip oeenta cNNKthl ltbe natives .sAndththeirn,nHHeer csctiStieS along liaestoh csdssneedi i cAsszsaship and pa sthstOJA6m.
 RByvwnNfof anFatHon illsstrafi"n tha' .gsheNs Mhtchg asa yhth@Mpalblows "l',i gs4henT fEha Itat txesD uuilBe n inrous'l .stheprpsess a ds9safatfdththen fiiiing v, { ,siegsl h.hat htberenlglgh ebe more 1000 4ofor h,bupan c, eaRsHptntfpn. TThey au- .lrased htbeirb,gas rfFifRds to protee' cfthe. ,,leeH rfR0mhthfircs@gs thai inleh' | kill, ll,csseerrIldqging ngththfirh ehelpless e", addition fofQltewpg thibis Ia last "ih''r : ' sdsen rsaewswMle enuRiRnyi starved anu all were Ayea4Rpe aofoh l4ckioi iooo-
 DDeMntak kaka thf aatixes have ohiS about orQne1thdrd toto orQnfrauarier the ; ,nBmkerofofdo2ag hthat hthey. hao ias' gear ONnewmho ssfntthterough the yiytllagsa k stafRlk apd eags,phthis spring srspiarled rpHhth eafsc cthAhat, ipere were siAlmssh h6e d5egsuiRoteMn.
 ',f.Xes. 'sasaida areFeRHeseniaiive ci', sasen. .@t iithen aaattxesb Aaeane, convinced ,gtAatrfrem aasaMtsrNtstandpolnt and ans cefpReptsah htstdBHaint they were s kfsnina oloon BianpRets. AAs result 1ysfhthlsoqonytasieHhtbeBd4fgap redncine ,rsp dogs randnipsEoEsnsrpp thealth ana fepds supply"
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 ssessnal observers ishthaththe natives |, lalh takeo leealn sEaRersa and read ,esref, T74sften vcyFly s.slowly-the
 ,ssfptS ShthaarereaHkPgpiplqee locally Apdbihr4ughauh he Mqgld.r:lf a native sAspot q ragahE1ueSfFtPer, to news ,paRerySp npsaSebsrsqrei itsis, because a,heaeannoteT@ d reneTwerbfof English sgoEb.ny,iatheH HrpEieted edalaRnage.
The courier-index., 1919-10-17
STILL USE ST. BERNu|
Tunnels, However, Hav. cr.,,. creased His Importan.. i,
 the Alps.

Although the tunnels which nov
 meet Switzerland with Itsy N greatly decreased the imper,,s the St. Bernard and other passes i.
 ciaily during the eight months of M 1t is still deemed advisable to pm,] St. Bernard dogs, It is no oues I tomary, however, to send out ths N alone with baskets of food and ddl a man always accompanes hl These dogs are not really of ths nous old St. Bernard breed ul originated in the fourteenth certu through a cross between shepI, dog from Wales and a SrsndIpnI dog whose parents were a Great D, and a Pyrenean mastiff. The laa p descendant of this tribe wat bu under an avalanche in lSl6 Rx nately, there were found subseQua at Martigny and on the SlmplOnp ! . few dogs which. by crossing ' mates from Wales, yielded the mN St. Bernard dog, which is physd even stronger than his metI namesske, and shares nest d' traits. f 's'
The courier-index., 1919-10-17
D0HREtPJHRER ELSes ABROAD
F gknbies,s T5aken pnugpe tfthe War ofof fefst2 AreSefslg Reserved
 min LQnSon.

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 T1he eeeisrsh shen gseaedal elys side ny Ssstde vAthS NsRe1fap ieaeag!es land other V MaErtTnr hiesa rendf fit itveSerer not for aAheereeendst itgmAH'db eba lAlmost i'm, ssnessibI aidtsffrFhthfiHtstsry Among yhQAeMrere AAgsfofhths,Ststgfeighth and isGIxhfNriEth regsGieAsl IS casapiarede at nlsRssMsbers thth K KNat&sky eregimen uAAaasahthFE EAWtAerssfRAntfof United y1tetemiHfaHsrNe takf Rstroit' the as1eeepSeEseiAfnbfofhthS Mndted States ss1pfastrl ahtserafafeatat Queens .seAmn7 Hetghts.
 T IMS,staer hdtew msByy 4 AIAtnerieans wfofhtleipxsssefsece Itwonld cer- sseainlsebe eIa,@fai &ssctfof,the British znea masntot0eret~rnhthfmalo Am.r- .steaN NNoicddubththeAA Asstoaean n author Nf1saH shsv sosonei neisiifafartrophies which sesswcsaal6ebS 6ebSlpaeasedotsze1ehange.- l-1Lendcn. .dssndnArk. ..~