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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
CONTEST AMONG BABIES OF CITY
 OPENS AUG. 19

Bridgeport t5 to have a Baby Show to open formally on August 19 at the Waltersville school and continue until August 2S. The Recreation Bureau, the Health Department and the Vts- fting Nurses Association are to eo- operate to make the affair a success. Two classes will be Judged. the most normal baby under two years of age and the best dressed for play between the ages of two and five years.
 Contests ara to be held each day in the week at the different school play grounds and the winners at each will compete on the final day for the gold medal and championship of the city.
 The date for the formal closing of tho playgrounds has been set for Au- gust 2S anE there will be a big field day at Seaside Park. A monster pie nio for the children and their parents with 0 fine program of sports in which representatives of the different pl0ygrounds will compete.
 The dates for the baby contests and where they will be held are as fol- lows:
 Waltersvi1le school on August 19 and will continue at Columbus school August 20; Shelton school, August % !; Lafayette school, August 25; West End playground, August 26; Old Mill play ground, August 27, and Yellow Mill playground, August 28.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
HOW TEET0TALERs, BLUE STOCKINGS
 AND GHOST WAL KING WERE NAhAED

side the Traitors Gate. He placed in tho river, n basket or "l<iddle" commonly ueed Ut that time, but the people, thinking he had no right to do so, systematically made raids on his Riddles and destroyed them.
 When he found the damage done 10 his preserves. he would exclain, "A pretty kiddle of fish indeedl" IL is easy to see how "kiddle'' would become kettle" when tho old style of fishing basket went out of vogue and how tho original meaning cluns to the expression, a pretty kettle of fsh.
 It was in quite different class of society that tho expression blue stock ing acquired its present significance. At the famous club of literary ladies formed in England about the middle us the eighteenth century by Lady Mary wortloy Montagu, Benjamin stil!inrfleet. who habitually wore blue stockings. was q regular visitor. Blue stocking gs. therefore, became the rec cgnlzcd badge of membership, and Q blue stocking to this day brings to mind a certain type of intellectual and conservative person.
 It ia q question whether Lady Mon tagu and her circle knew that as far back as 140O there was a similar club Of ladies and gentlemen at Venice which was called the Della CalZs, from the color Of the stockings worn.
 Another EnEllshmen who has ur- vivNd in a popular term Is Richard Turner. whose convictions on prohibl- ton wcro SO strong that even his habit of stuttering did not restrain him from featuring on 1t in public
 One time, while speaking in Pres ton. England, in 1893. on total ab- stinence, he concluded his address with these words: "Nothing but tee toe-tee-total abstinence will do-that or nowti" It Is due to that stuttering g conclusion and not to the fact of sub- stituting tea for intoxicating liquors, that a total a'bstainer Is now known O teeto ler.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
MANY USES FOR DINING R00IN
 CHAIRS

Not nearly as foolish as one may first think is the purchase of full dozen matching dining room chairs when one first goes to home making, even in a comparatively small house or apartment.
 Many a young hostess has owed half her anxiety over her first real dinner party to the fact that there weren't enough comfortable right height chairs for all the guests.
 And surely Q dining room arranged for a company dinner presents far more dfgnifed appearance if the chairs match.
 One young bride whose husbands business demanded that she enter tain a great deal, chose for her dining room furniture a graceful reproduce ton of Chippendale suite including a full dozen chairs. Each one of these low backed chairs boasted two arms, and the seat of each chair was comfortably and attractively uphol- stered.
 Dull blue self striped damask was used on eight of the chairs. Two others were done with wedding gift squares of very fine French needle work tapestry; while the two remain ing chairs were upholstered In self figured hairc1oth damask, identical with that used on the chaise lounge in the guest room.
 Six of the damask covered chairs were ranged in orderly fashion in the dining room. One stood in the small hall by the telephone table, and one was fitted with a gay chintz slip GOV CT that concealed even the wood back and arms This was used in the owners bedroom.
 The two chairs with the needle point tapestry coverings held place of honor in the living room, one invit- ing1y near choice mahogany desk. the other close by an heirloom in- laid table. The two chairs covered to match the guest room chaise lounge were naturally placed in that room. When the occasion demanded eight, ten or twelve of the chairs were marsha11ed in the dining room. This particular bride had only six
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
WINE, SONG AND lN0EREN FEATURE
 BERLIN'S LIFE
It's a Merry Whirl Nova days in Capital-Even
 Reds Catch Spirit.
Berlin, July 2s.-A sort of "devi1

Berlin, July 2S.-A sort of "devi1 may care'' spirit pervades Berlin.
 It undoubtedly arises from the let down after four years of war. And 1t manifests itself in a wild pursuit of pleasure. Champagne and gam bling are the main objects upon which pleasure craving Berlin directs its attention, seeking surcease from the past.
 Berlin may lack food, but it doesn't lack amusements. A vast class of rich folks are going through their money with a surprising rapidity, while many persons of more moder- ate means have caught the infec- ton and are cutting into their sav- ings of a lifetime to satisfy the all most universal desire for pleasure.
 Even the Reds who are suppos- ed to be poverty stricken, have a trace of the spirit as was instanccd recently when a Sparticus party was announced for one of the suburbs, with the stateme ent that there would be plenty to eat and much to drink In short, the circular stated practically that though the people were poor they were going to spend what they had with lavishnesS and abandon. There was to be food such as a ra- ~ be able to obtain, and there was to be drink galore, and the guests were to stay as long as they sa-v fit.
 As a result of this spirit the city is fairly alive With cafes and dance halls. There is generally little, or poor, food in these places, but the habitues buy wine with a reck1essness that would make even a wealthy Chi cago packer or a Pittsburg steel mag nate dizzy
 As for gambling Berlin at pres ent is probably the widest open city in the world. Men and women play for stakes of thousands of marks, and seem to get little thrill over winning or losing.
 The whole spirit of this pleasure mad crowd is one of forced gayety. There is none of the sparkle to it that one experiences among the French. It is simply a sort of stunned let down, a case of saying virtually, Well, the game has been played out; we've lost, and what do we care now? ,? It constitutes a moral relaxation thai has in it the essence of national breakdown provided the present re- gine continues.
 Berlin doesn't care. That's the an swer with thousands who have money and thousands who have little.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
FURS ARE MADE ER0M PET
 RABBITS

That Belgian enares have other resourcefuI veins than meat produc- ing remained to be established by an amateur English woman fancier," relates Mrs. B F. Wilcox in the cur rent issue of ''Hunter-Trader- Trap per-" published at Columbus, Ohio.
 ''The climax of her undertaking g was when she appeared at a large pet stock show in England with a jaunty, becoming hat, a coat, and Q set of furs made from rabbit skins, which she admitted publicly were nothing more than some of her pet rabbits.
 "In England. s3.ooo rabbit skins a year are being made over into er- mine, Arctic fox and black lynx furs to fool u2ilady. Before the war such rabbits have been produced by scores of millions in Europe, and vast quantities of the skins imported to the United States to masquerade as real fur. American breeders are raising the same kind of rabbits that produce the best money for the fur shops, and it is certain that as valua- ble rabbit fur can be produced in America as elsewhere. I have found that 1t is a business that can be con- ducted every month in the year. and a hobby that will pay it's way is one to be valued"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

maintain a department to train farm consider the importance of training parents to care for their cIiildrer7" Mrs. Schoff, the mother of seven chill dren, in 1899 became interested in q little girl, 8 waif, who had been sent to the reformatory, for setting fire to a house, just to see the fire burn and the engines run," Her interest in this eight-year old bit of drift wood led to q national study of the child, and radical changes by the state in it's commitments of 'way- ward' children.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
THIS WEEK TRY KRUMBLES
 AT OUR RISK

This week you are invited to make a thorough trial of KrumbIes at our risk. Buy 15-cent package of Krum- bles from your grocer. Use the whole package if you wish, and 1t you are not more than pleased your grocer will refund your 15 cents without question and We will reimburse him,
 We couldn't ask you to buy Krum- bIes on this basis if we did not know how greatly they will please you. The war taught us how to make Krumblee 100 per cent. better-by creating a blend of choice cereals that Is really most delicious and appetizing.
 Everybody likes Krumbles. They are made in the same big kitchens that produce Kelloggs Toasted Corn FIaxes-this fact is guarantee of quality. Buy your money-back tyia1 package of KrumbIes today. Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Co, Battle Creek, Mich.-Adv. 4
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

,oncc upon q time, ns tho story teilers say, thcro lived In England theatre manager of tho bogus type who was very dilatory In the matter of paying his salaries. Now in this company wua a self wllled actor whose strong part was tho ghost In 'IIamlot." If his salary was not forthcoming on n Saturday morning ho would oxc!nim, Then tho ghost won't wnllS touight!' As he was an Indispensable actor, hc was always paid.
 Sometimes ha received only DOT ton of his salary, with tho promise Of tho remainder In tho course Of tho performance, and ho would even gu so far as to hold up tho play just be- fore tho scano when ho entered, until he was paid.
 Of course the manager could not give his sulary 10 one member of the company and overlook the others, so they all bcsan to feel keen interes. in the wulk!ng of the ghost us barometer of tho pay situation.
 About tho time of "reasury' on a Saturday morning they would wait until they received word by mes sanFer that the ghost would walk.
 To this day the expression tha: "the ghost walks Is synonym ous with the paying Of salaries not only in theatres, but in many offices. and actors assembling for their weekly salaries in a not too reliable com pany put the question to each other, "Is tho ghost walking?" while. # about Co accept m arrangement of manager of whom they know noth- irs, they ask. ''Does the ghost wnIlsT''
 Another incident which occurred iu F,nEiand and gave rise to n popu- lar expression, relates to the warder of the tower of London during tho time of the Plantagenets. He had what tho citizens of London consid- cred an exaggerated belief in his own percro~ative. and they toCk oTense when he clairlad the right of trap ping Ash for his own benefit out
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT
BUREAU OF MARKETS, '. S. DE- PAVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE D. CITY MARKET REPORTING SEEi- VICE.

Tel Barnum 7o11. Fairfield County
 Court House.
 Bridgeport, Conn.,,
 Aug. fl, 1919.
 Prepared by the City Marketing Agent, Bureau of Markets, U. s. De- partment of Agriculture, Connecticut Agricultural College, cooperating.
 ABUNDANT. - Carrots, cabbage, summer squash, cucumbers, sweet corn, beets tomatoes, apples.
 NORMAL.-Lemons oranges, can taloupes,' shell beans, green beans, potatoes, bIueberT,ies.
 SCARCE.-Celery, peas, caulifiower, lima beans.
 Pears in Season.
 Pears are now coming into season. A good supply of early native pears, mostly Clapps Favorites are now com ing into the market from local farms. These pears were wholesaling at $1 to S1.25 a basket this morning. or to SC a quart. Hudson River Bart lett Pears. have also made their ap- pearance on the local market, and sold a S9.5O Q barrel, or about 10 1-2 cents a quart. Several cars of Coli fornia Bartlett Pears have also been received by local dealers. Thesa pears come WIdppeu III pdpeIy anu carefully packed in boxes. A box of medium sized pears, containing from 135 to 180 pears, were selling at S4 to $4.5O a box today, or 1-4 to 3 1-2c each. Larger pears would of course, cost more.
 Car of California Peaches in.
 The first car lot of California Peaches to be received in Bridgeport this season was offered to the trade today They were of the Liberia va riety, and of good appearance and flavor. California peaches were cost ing retailers on the average from 2 to Sc each today. Arkansas Is sending some excellent peaches which are wholesaling at S4.5O a bushe1 or about l sc a quart and white Maryland peaches were selling at to 10 1-2c a quart today.
 Native peaches are increasing in supply, but white varieties predom- mate. These peaches are good eat ing, and make excellent sauce, but should be used quickly as the keeping qualities of the early varieties of peaches are usually poor The peaches sold today at 75c to s1.50 a basket, or 1-2 to 10 1-2c a quart. according to size and quality. The following are wholesale prices The consumer should expect to pay on the average from 20 to 40 per cent. above these prices to cover the retailers cost of doing business and his legitimate profits. Approximate Amount of Produce on Farmers Market; Wholesale Prices Paid by Retailers on Large Meas ure; Same Prices on Small Meas ure:
 r. Vegetables. Beans. 26 busheI; s125-s175 bush | e1; 4-6c quart.
 Beets, $50 punches; 35-5oc dozen; | 3-4c bunch.
 Cabbage, Ss barrels; s1.25-s175 | barrel; 4-7c head Carrots, S6 dozer punches; 3O-40c 1 punches; 2 1-2-3 i-2c bunch. Cucumbers, 65 cu.; s1-$2.5o per | 100: 1-2 1-2c each. Lettuce, local, 35c doz.; 4o-6oc dog; l 10 1-2-12 1-2c head l Lettice, local, 35 doen; 40-60c dog; | 8 1-2-5c head
 | Onions, s5-s6 cwt.; 5-6c pound. | Potatoes L. l., S2.40s2.55 bushe1; | 60-66c peck 1 Potatoes, 154 bushel; s2.55s2. 2.50 | bushe1; 59-62 1-2c peck. l Potatoes. sweet, e41.5o barrel; Sc J pound.
 1 Sweet corn, 12.3oo ears, s1.75-s2.5o | per 100: 21-30c dozen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Squash, summer, CSC doze-; 25-4oc dozen; 2-3 1-2 ears. Tomatoes, 27S baskets; 6o1.00 bas- ket; 4-7c quart.
 Fruits. Apples, all grades, s1-Ss-5o; 3-11c. quart.
 Canta1oupes, Cal, s3.75-s4 crate; S-9c each.
 Lemons, Cal, s55o-s7.oo box; 1s- 28c dozen.
 Oranges, ss-s75o box; s3-5oc doz- Peaches, Ark, s4.50 bushel; 16c quart.
 Peaches, local. 75-s1.5o basket; 1-2-10 1-2o quart Pears, local, $1-s1.26 basket; 7-sc quart.
 Blueberries, ao-25c quart
 BURTON w. SHERBURNE, In Charge City Market Reporting Ser vice.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

fairly large rooms in her new home, yet she had no difficulty in placing and using all the twelve chairs to ex- celIent advantage.
 Of course, if the new menage is to have only four or five rooms-per- haps quite tiny ones-the dozen had better be reduced to ten or perhaps eight. Four or five can stand in the dining room, two in the living room and one or two in the owners bed room.
 Windsor chairs are especially friendly looking and versatile, though the rather conventional, straight backed chairs can be pressed into service at desks or In small railways Rush or cane bottom chairs are adaptabIe-in fact almost any kind but the old fashioned leather seated chairs that graced the crowded dining rooms of a generation or two ago may be used happily in other rooms.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
|Unsight tly Hair
 Ne01lirocH

De9Siraeie, the original sanitary IfQaid. iy truly a revelation In zaOdcrn scfcnce, It Is just es officacinus for removing coarse. bristiy r.rovvths as 1t h for orGf- nary xcea.
 Only Ecnuino DeEfirucIs has a raonoy-baclx guarantee fn each package. At toiIeT co9Hters in a8o, S1 s16 S2 sizes. OF by mall from us tn plain wrapper on re- ceiet oE price.
 EpEE book with trntinaoninla of "~~ highest authoriffes eK- plains what causes haif on faca, neck ana arms, vky it increases auA how Do1Kiracle devitaisses it, mailed in plain seQlnd envelope cn 1paueSf. S1eAxixoc7e. Park Ave. and 1Soth St., Now York.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

The spirit of the times was re- gently illustrated when a music lover, visiting New York in the "off sea- son. declared that she wanted to hear one of the noted opera singers, and regretted that the Metropolitan was closed. That's all right the friend replied, you can hear her.'' And she went to the vaudeville theatre and heard Madame Sylva.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

The announcement that Italy's most celebrated orchestra, the Saint Cecilia, would visit the United States next season for a tour has stimulat- ed interest in Italy well, and sev- era1 Italian companies will come over here. The Italo American Asso- citation for Music, which is bringing over the St. Cecilia Orchestra, is commended by the King himself.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
JELLY D0N'TS

Don't try to make jelly from fruits low in pectin unless pectin is added. Pectin is the substance in fruits that causes the juice to "jell."
 Don't use overrtpe fruit for jelly. Underripe fruit gives better results.
 Don't use too much sugar. A syrupy jelly is apt / to be the re- suit.
 Don't use too little sugar or boil too long after the jellying point has been reached or the Jelly will be tougk.
 Don't cook the fruit too long be- fore straining the juice. A cloudy jelly may be the outcome.
 Don't boil too much of the strained juice with the sugar at one time in one vessel. The juice with the sugar should be about three inches deep.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
Birthday Bio-Briefs
 Famous Women
HANNAH KENT sCIiOIF.

How important is a hog7 With this question Mrs schoff, a Philadel- phia woman. startled the national Goysrnmant 'eWhy does the Gov ornmspt think it worth while to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

A very pretty miscellaneous shower
 and bridge was held yesterday at the
 home of Miss Ruby Reed of Blakeman
 Place, Stratford, in compliment to
 Miss Alice Windsor, who will wed Charles Cyrus in September. Garden
 flowers were effectively used as the decorations for the home. In the late
 afternoon refreshments were served.
 Those present were: Mrs. John Beers, Mrs. George Brown, Mrs. c. W.
 Cristell, Mrs. Carl Cyrus, Mrs. George
 Roberts, Mrs. Milton Stein, Mrs. Flor ence Strong, Mrs. Raldford Smith, Mrs. Evelyn Shea, Mrs. Albert Smith, Mrs. George Windsor, Mrs. Harold Burgess, Mrs. Edward Shaw, Mrs. Fred Aufford, Jr, Miss Susan Ben- netto, Miss Grace Aufford Miss Lil- lian Toilette, Miss Beatrice Goodell, Miss Alice Windsor, Miss Elizabeth Darran of New York, Miss Ethel Lo- gan, Miss Caroline GimlicE of Pitts field. Miss Mabel Ravens, Miss Betty HaVens, Miss Mae Hall, Miss Helen Townroe, Miss Ruby Reed, Miss Ger aldfne Wilmot, Miss Harriet Windsor Miss Dorothy Wilmot and Miss Kath- ryn Burr.
 On August 27 at the home of her father, Dr. Charles w. Deane, in Mon- roe, Miss Barbara Deane and Dr.. Austin F. Evans are to be united in marriage. The ceremony is to be per- formed by Rev. Gerald H. Beard, pas | tor of Park Street Congrega tional 1 church. Dr. Evans, who is instructor l of History at Columbia, was a mem | Der of the Army Education Corps at i Beaume and Miss Deane was a mem 1 Der of the same organization. Miss 1 Deane, whose father was formerly i superintendent of schools, is a grad uate of the local high school and of 1 Aleghany College and has a large ! number of friends in this city. l MT. and Mrs. Clarence Hall of Se-
 nfor Place, Fairfield, announce the 1 arrival of a daughter.
 l Miss Aline Paige of Park place gave a very delightful bridge of four 1 tables this afternoon at her home in 1 compliment to Mrs. Edwin Hoyt who
 is soon to sail for Rome, where she 1 will join her husband.
 Mrs. J. I. Brereton of North avenue has had as her guests her sister, Mrs i Arnold, and son, Capt. Leslie Arnold l who recently returned from overseas | service.
 MT. and Mrs. Humphrey Redf1eld
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
TEMlPTlNG RECIPES


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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
Personal Notes
 Entertaining Features
Social .J0tttiings
 Barnun or news to edit
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end guests of Miss Hulda Chapman or Park place Saturday evening Miss Chapman is to give a small din ner at the Brooklawn Country club for her guests
 Alter attending the conference in Northf1eld, Mass, MT. and Mrs l. w. Birdseye are expected to return to their home on Fairfield avenue the first of the week.
 Miss Sylvia Nicholson of Clinton avenue had been entertaining for a. time Miss Dorothy Bedworth of Springfield, Mass, who formerly re- sided on Colorado avenue
 After spending a most enioyahla vacation touring in the Adirondacks MT and Mrs Angus P. Thorne and children have returned to their home
 Rev. W. w. Rose, who has been for some few days in Rochester. N. Y., where he has accepted a call to large Universa1ist church. has returned to his home in Nichols.
 Mrs. A. H. Canfield of BroolSlawn avenue and her daughter, Jean, are soon to leave for Lenox Mass. where they will spend some time with Mrs. H. O. Garfield.
 A son was born to MT. and Mrs. Kennard Bossee at the Bridgeport hospital on Tuesday. Mrs Bossee was Miss Louise Gould, daughter of MT. and Mrs. L. K. Gould of Lafay- cite street.
 Nothing definite was decided at inc meeting of the Little Sisters held yes- terday at the home of Miss Elizabeth Seeley on Brooklawn avenue. Various
 plans were discussed and afterwards
 the members played bridge. The
 next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Andrew Smith at BrookIawn Park, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and it is hoped that then the fall entertainment program may be decided upon.
 Lieut.. and Mrs. Ernest Yates of Boston and Miss Margaret Connolly 1 of Hartford, are visiting MT. and
 Mrs. R. A. Mccullough of James 1 street.
 1 family, formerly Of William street. have moved into their new home at
 200 Fairyiew avenue.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Mrs. J. I. Brereton of North avenue has had as her guests her sister, Mrs. Arnold, and son, Capt. Leslie Arnold, who recently returned from overseas service.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Rev W. w. Rose, who has been for some few days in Rochester. N. Y, where he has accepted call to a large Universalist church, has returned to his home in Nichols
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

MT. and Mrs. Humphrey Redfeld of Montclair, N. J., are to be week
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Alter spending a most enjoya ble vacation touring in the Adirondacks MT and Mrs Angus P Thorne and children have returned to their home.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Mrs. A. H. Canfield of Brooklawn avenue and her daughter, Jean, are soon to leave for Lenox, Mass, where they will spend some time with Mrs.. H. O. Garfield.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Lieut.. and Mrs. Ernest Yates O. Boston and Miss Margaret Connoll, of Hartford, are visiting MT. ant Mrs. R. A. Mccullough of lame street.