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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-31

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-31

Services will be as usual in Bethany church on Sunday. In the morning a 1O:20 the pastor, Rev. William H. Nichol1, will preach, and at the close of the sermon the communion will be administered. The session of the Sun day school will be held at the close ot the morning service. The Young Peo- ple'S meeting will be held at 6:45, fol- lowed with the regular evening ser vice, which will consist of a short ser mon by the pastor, and plenty of good singing. All are cordially invited to attend these services.
Evening star., 1919-04-13
The Bargee.

H A MEXICAN soldiers In London"
said Gen. Samuel A. Ansell,
take a great deal Of interest in the
bargees who row enormous canal boat
up and down the Thames.
"A soldier stood on the Blackfrlars
bridge one day watching a bargee row
his canal boat, or barge 1t was an
enormous barge; half dozen oarsmen
could hardly have managed 1t. but the
lone bargee welded his oar undis-
mayed, and the barge approached the
soldier on the bridge at the rate Of
about an inch a minute.
The soldier watched the barge a
long time, and, when the bridge was
at last reached. he took the cigarette
from his mouth and shouted down to
the plucky oarsman:
wen. SO long. old timer! Don't
forget to bring us a parrot back with
you" "'''
Evening star., 1919-04-13
Air Scare.

MRS. CHARLES sCRIBNER, Jr.,
who recently stopped runaway
horse at Lenox. thus saving the lives
Of group of school children has.
of course. a great scorn for the timid.
"A boy fiier told me good story
the other day." she said at a dinner
THE boy had Scotchman working
about his. hangar, and one afternoon
the Scotchman was persuaded TO 60 up.
But he didn't like 1t up there In
the windy sky, poor fellow. And the
higher up he went. the less he liked IT..
Finally hs yelled to the boy pilot:
TAX me doun! TAX me doun!'
Down already" said the boy.
Why. l was just going to loop the
loop
For heavens sake dinna do ~
yelled the Scotchman in great alarm.
I've some siller in ma vest pocket.
and micht lose it,"
Evening star., 1919-04-13
Restoring Paintings.
Continued from First Page.)

applied to the plaster while 1T was
still wet or fresh. Thus tho paint
was absorbed and really became q
part and parcel of the plaster. This
progress. as only enough plaster could
be put in place for the amount OF
painting to be done each day Ana
other interesting matter concerning
this work 10 that only nine colors
s.r b r'es eaor The rs: s sSas sssN 70 'ass ss
many difi,culties of the artist.
The italian method Of frescoing 10
in direct contrast with that of the
French. In their mural decorations
tho French either paint in oils upon
they coat with paste and attach to
the walls after the work has been
completed. The latter method was
used to large extent in the fresco
work at the Library Of Congress.
ssventy-thrss. and his hair had be,
come snow white, Brumtdi commenced
work on the world d-famed friexs. To-
Gated 100 feet above the main floor OF
the rotunda OF the Capitol. He looked
forward to this as being the crowning
work OF his long career in Washing'
iSe iDe antii Mysf N 'r tns sfternoon M moo The
1nssrioa. zseE o'G IND e~''S" who was % S.iovea BY
Americans, worked diligently on what
proved to bs his last effort. Befor$
the task was completed he met with
an accident that made 1t impossible
for him ever to return to the labor OF
which he was so fond. He was stand.
ing in the movable scaffolding far up
in the dizzy heights OF }the dome, when
an employe Of the building observed
him lose his balance and grab the
ladder attached I othe scaffolding. The
employe reached him Just as his
strength was failing and pulled him t6
a place of safety. He was never able
to leave his home after the accident,
but nevertheless worked daily on
friexe cartoons. confidently expecting
to recover some day sufficiently to get
back to work.
In January. 1880. he was stricken
with illness and died on the 10th OF
the following month. He had been
married twice before coming to
America. During his residence In
Washington he married Miss German,
who Is said to have been possessed OF
remarkable beauty. 10
1T is a rather sad comment that no.
where about the Capitol cam be found
either a bust or tablet in metnory Of
the man who devoted most OF his life
In it's Identification. ~ ~
Evening star., 1919-04-13
Around the City.

Ing .eeiahly At the woman whs a'a
"Im 30 tired. nay dear. I'm on
ia like to take q look at this part OF
By the time she was through With
her Introduction she was In Z cnalf
and had started IN to ASK k.nsIrg ner noStes Ssss
work. The questions were answered
because the boss woman mas Iacs
in which friendlineSs niehov ,s,ias MAJ
business alertness. the two ouaHt'es
"And you work like this all the
time just to make q living" y.
The boss woman admitted the fact
and added. whimsically. that 1t was
a very poor living at that that to ao very
much better-very much better' why
don't you live on checks?"
"On--checks?"
eyes. dear. On checks--from your
friends. you know. and from those
who can afford it?"
ooh. I understand"
The woman fiared up with indig-
nation---but who could possibly re.
sent a sprightly little black silk old
a Godey's Magazine that had been kept
"paged" for decades and then got
lost in the street?
Eyes, dear; you are doing your
friends a great injustice In depriv,
ing them OF the privilege and please
count for our money, you know, an9
you will be held responsible for not
giving them the means Of sending YOU
monthly checks Now, do oblige me,
dear"
1t was rather an astonishing view
point to the boss woman, whose own
climb from suddenly departed at.
fiuencs to the selfmaintenance OF
a little shop had been singularly
free Of help-but. humor is humor!
Are you offering to send me check
as soon as ever you get home?"
Up went the little old lady's hands.
with her black silk bag dangling from
one arm.
"why. my dear. I live on checks
my ownself-that Is why I know SO
much about them"
And when Godeys frontispiece had
drifted on her way the woman who
was her own boss took time from her
ledger to say to herself
ITO aid q little helpless thing so
beautifully as to make her believe
she is doing a kindness instead or re-
ceiving it! wonder il she was in.
tentionaly sent to me to revive my
faith in human natureW
Il wonder-I wonder who sent herr"
A N ostrich stood with stuffed rigid
~ ity in a store window, with two
small boys looking in:
Gee, look what great big
swan"
The boy with him knew better.
That isn't a swan. That's an old
he -buzzard."
Which shows what a fine thing II
Is for some boys to live where they
can have the advantage of pubic
education and a zoo.
MAMIE LANCASTER.
Evening star., 1919-04-13
His Chief Want. ..

A PARLOR Bolshevik got the floor
at Greenwich village tea.
II want land REFORM" he shrilled.
II want education reform. I want
church reform. I want marriage re-
form. I want"
But here q member OF the audience
Interrupted the bolshsvik with a loud
and savage yawn:
What you want. old man." he said,
"iS chlOrOfOrm." r. .tI lfEl4
Evening star., 1919-04-13
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


PARIS, April :. 1919.
A SHOW Of American babies in
~ tho heart OF France is tho lat
est diversion Of the A. q. F..
who, always on the lookout for
something new. usually hnd 1t. Obvi-
ously. the exhibit was not ono OF real
live babies. but it was the next thing
to 1t. an exhibition OF photographs.
1t was held at Fort ST. Mengs. where
the 601st Engineers are stationed. and
where. also. there is large candi-
dates school. and was the idea Of two
"Y" girls. Miss Mary g. Paxton OF
Roanoke, Va. and Miss Anna T. Blan-
ton Of Nashville, Tenn.
OF course every soldier-d daddy car.
ries the picture OF the sweetest kiddie
in all the world next to his heart and
there are many bachelor soldiers
whose dearest treasure is the photo
graph Of baby sisters. OF brothers.
nieces or nephews, or. maybe. even
only the kid next door" And so,
after dozens Of the men Of the 6o1st
had shown their pictures to Miss Pax
ton and Miss Blanton, and had told
them all the cute things that the chill
dren said, an idea came readily to the
"Y" women. The show OF baby pic
lures resulted ana was a magnificent
success.
Every man in the 601st Engineers
and the candidates. school was in
vited to prove that his pet baby was
the cutest thing in the world by
entering a photograph Half an hour
after the first announcement was
made, the counter In the "Y" building
was full Of them, snapshots of Iaugh-
ing babies. ctying babies, babies with
curly hair. babies with no hair. one
year olds In their first short dresses.
one-week olds in their birthday
clothes, boisterous boys and dainty girls.
In short, all the kinds Of babies there
are,
Pictures were arranged by classes.
according to age and sex, Glass A
was for boys under one year: class B.
for girls under one year; GLASS G. for
boys between one and Ave: class d,
for girls OF the same age; class e and
Evening star., 1919-04-13
A Night at Waiter Reed Hospital

chin. with coming Of spring and
risen with the Thermometer. But at
that 1t ls an interesting sight 70
watch him sitting out In the sunlight
on the broad piazza playing by the
hour as II to himself. although there
may be half dozen other boys in
chairs around him.
Some one called out. "Givs us that
one about Roaming in the Gloam-
ing" and without any further urging
the lad broke forth in song. Now. ]
heard many limitations OF the popular
Scotch singer, but never was so
impressed as when heard this Grip
Piled boy sing those popular Scotch
airs. And. mind you. he was singing
lying fiat on his back. looking only
eyes of an admiring and spell-bound
audience. His voice was as ilrn. full
and clear as any ! have ever heard.
In one of the lines he had changed
the words, so he told us how he was
content to lie in bed at Walter Reed.
and l have never heard "a Wee Drap
of Doris" rendered more effectively.
He sang 1t ell and he sang 1T well.
And such an audience-one tired
newspaper man and score or SO OF
crippled boys lying there in the dark
ness,
One OF the songs-for there were
other than Scotch songs-tells of the
antics Of comical kangaroo. There
came a voice from the other end Of
the room.
Say. Buddie, I bet you don't know
the difference between an elephant
and a kangaroo" 1t was the voice
Of big JEFF. When he 10 at home he
lives at Cleveland Park. "Well. If
I didn't" replied the singer. II would
have been a hne guy to send over the
top to bring in q bunch Of kangaroos
to supply information for my su-
perior officers"
Speaking of officers." aueried
smithy Of the marines, from the far
never got to be an officer?"
"Officer. hell! That's a cinch I did
not have an uncle who was q colonel
and never had pull and l had to
work mighty hard to be damn good
buck private"
Then Wilson wanted to know how
Jarvis came to enlist. Now Wilson is
big and good looking. He has only
one artificial leg as yet and he is still
a little awkward on that; his other
leg has not been made as yet. He IS
affectionately known as Woodrow.
Wilson spends a great many of his
long hours studying books on poultry
raising. He is thinking Of making that
his life work after he gets his discharge.
He will probably have to keep his chick
ems in coops. for it will be long time
before he will be able to run down a
long legged Plymouth Rock rooster If
he does go into the business. it is dol
lars to doughnuts that he will make a
success, for he is that sort, and he Is
not discouraged.
Enlist my eye and my aunt' For
Jarvis Is part French. part Irish and
part English. That perhaps Is why
he sings Scotch songs SO we'll and
uses slang in various lingos.
You sse." he caid. at was this way.
I was walking peaceably along the
street in Detroit when friendly guy
of a copper asked me how I would
like to take ride in a patrol wagon
and he handed me a green card that
said Greetings on 1t and I got drag
ged into this hero mans Army. But
have got no kick coming a-tall. a-tall.
I have been in Europe, have been
through the war and have been
Evening star., 1919-04-13
WOMAN at q cafe table was
telling the girl with her about
\ q breastpin she had lost.

oE0astPa' S's "e~ As
"Favs you asked st, Anthony
to find It for your"
The girl was as dead earnest as ir
the saint were an active member OF
the police force. but the woman shook
her head.
mo, honey. The truth Is didn't
give him a thought at the time. and
It is too late now. inquired at the
theater next morning. but as 1t wasn't
turned In may have lost it going or
coming"
well, ask him, anyhow-go on"
But 1t was over a month ago."
Well, 1t won't hurt to give him a
chance. and II 1t Is best for you to
have 1t you'll get that pin all right
He's found lots Of things for me-"
"Very we'll. honey. I'll ask him"
do it before you forget Stop
sugaring that apple sauce and say:
Dear st. Anthony. please find my pin
Go on: say It,"
So the woman laid her spoon on the
saucer and asked dear st. Anthony to
please find her pin.
And what shall I have to do for
him II he gets the pin back for me?"
'Oh. he Isn't particular; just so It's
a good deed for some one else. Let me
know when you get IT,, viii your
And when the girl: buoyantly con
fident, had skipped off to q music les
son. and the woman was walking
alone in the green silence Of the Capt.
toll grounds, she said to herself--no,
not to herself:
"Confidentiaily, st. Anthony. 1 don't
think you can find 1t. but that's all
right. deserve to have lost that pin.
because knew the catch was shaky.
still IL anybody believed in me as that
child believes In you I'd try to make
good, for her sake"
And the question is: What will dear
st. Anthony do about it?
H*
CHE is in tho fair. fat and some
~ thing dreadful over forty class.
and her photographs In out-of-town
Sunday supplements show a pudgy
neck, an incurably insane pompadour
and two chins, with another coming.
And she was turning down space
rate writer whose special stunt is
woman. She was turning her down
because the writer could not get the
photograph in print or publish her
talk" in full.
mo, l cannot give you an outline of
my address. unless it is quoted as a
whole; you will distort the idea.
which | cannot permit. 1t is an i'm =
portant message to the organization.
and if you merely crib few notes
I shall write to your paper about it.
1t is my inviolable rule to give to the
world only that which is. most beauti-
full and uplifting ana which tends to
the ennobling of woman and the
brotherhood of man."
And the writer woman wondered
how the lady could reconcile 1t to her
inviolable rule to give to the world
a pudgy neck. an incurably insane POM =
padour and two chins. with another
coming.
X
A WOMAN who Is her own boss was
busy in her Office on the ground
Evening star., 1919-04-13
American Baby Wins Medal in France

GLASS r for boys ana girls between
Ave and ten.
Betty" class D, curly-haired
young Pennsylvanian. who counts
Private o. Friday a. her proud unole.
won the grand sweepstakes prise.
Doubtless she 10 the first American
baby to whom gold medal was ever
awarded III France.
Evening star., 1919-04-13

through hell. ana here ] AIN taking
my ease with q good appetite and
plenty of chow. such as It is. with all
Of my buddies around me. 50 what the
me carnations This IL surely the
life"
"what would you do, boy. II there
was another war;"
"Me' I'd send my kids, the surest
thing you know"
bed Of a boy Who was to have a seri-
Gus operation the following morning,
During q lull in the evenings enter
talnment he asked me II l had read
LADDERS book, "A Minstrel in France,
and said he thought 1t was one OF
the finest books that he ever read
dealing with the war. Opposite him
Is young sergeant, who has lost
both hands and spends many Of his
waking hours these days reading FOR
the Honor OF the King and thinks
that Victor Hugo Is the greatest OF
letters and what he can do with sub
stitute hands must be left FOR an
other story.
But singing had made Jarvis dry
and a fair-haired nurse suggested a
glass of milk.
We'll, nursie. that's a fine idea.
was just dreaming that pretty nurse
was feeding me a glass Of milk. and
IL that dream comes true 1t will be
the first dream 1 have ever had that
girl made come true for me-" In
few moments fair-haired young or
derby brought back cup of rich
milk. Jarvis noticed the difference
at once.
hcsn't changed her hair to red"-
RED" being the name the boys apply
to their orderly friend. What kind Of
milk is that?" some one asked. re-
marked that on several occasions
had partaken of mares milk.
well, maybe that's why you are
sometimes a little horse" 1t was a
pretty good joke under the circum
stances and 1t was very quick and
brought forth hearty round of
laughter for we all know with brave
boys that laughter and pain often go
hand in hand.
AS the orderly walked away there
came voice from the darkness saying,
when first came to this ward |
thought that nurse was hardboled
pretty rough, but / guess l was in all
wrong, for If she doesn't know her busi-
ness there isn't nurse in this mans
hospital who does"
These words of appreciation seemed
to meet with the hearty approval Of all
present. for there came from all sides
remarks like these:
"You said mouthful that time, Old
soldier"
We'll, I say she does" with the ac-
cent on the personal prOnoun.
1t was full time to go. l left the
door open to the cool evening breeze.
There came many cherry bone mutt
and au revoir. and ono brave boy
called out, "See you again tomorrow,
old top" You may be sure my read
ers il have any, beside the proof
reader and the helpless boys in bed In
that particular ward. that left them
with the frm intention to see them on
the morrow. l left them to a night,
trust, Of restful sleep and pleasant
dreams.
I left them myself a better and a
happier man for my brief visit with
a lot of splendid boys. Good night,
and God bless you ALL" was all
could say as l left that room OF pain
SO full Of good cheer.
Are they downhearted? Assuredly
they are not!
Evening star., 1919-04-13

A WOMAN who Is her own boss was
"A busy in her Office on the ground
flor when a small black silk old lady
appeared at the open door ana asked
II she could como in.
The voice was so childishly confident
Of permission that before 1t was ac-
corded she had entered and was smil-
Evening star., 1919-04-13

1t was after 10 o'clock when l en-
tered q darkened ward. There were
perhaps forty cots arranged on either
side Of the long room. All the cots
were occupied. though there were not
half as many legs In that room as
there were soldier boys. All the VIM
dows were open to the cool evening
breeze. There was heavy fragrance
OF flowers In the room. There was no
odor OF ether nor any other sign to
show the room was occupied by lads
many OF whom I knew were in the
deepest pain. Everything was as
sweet and clean as the bodies and
thoughts of the boys themselves, and
/ have known boys all of a fairly long
and happy life. school boys, college
boys, sons Of friends. and a cleaner,
nicer lot of boys have never known
My friend Sam recognized me In the
dark and allowed as how he was glad
to see me-" ! sat at the side of his
bed for a few moments quietly talk
ing when there came a call from the
darkness at the far end OF the room
for song and there were cries OF
Jarvis. let II go, old top!"
Now. Jarvis ! knew to be violinist,
but I did not know that he could sing
lie says he nddles only when he Is
lonesome, and I am sorry to say that
when hrst knew him he was seldom
without his beloved fiddle under his
Evening star., 1919-04-13

PARIS. April 3. 1919.
A SHOW Of American babies in
Y tho heart OF France is tho lat
est diversion Of the A. q. F..
who, always on the lookout for
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-08
Halloween Luncheon.

Enjoyable, indeed, was the lovely
Halloween luncheon at the Country
club Tuesday at which Mrs F. L.
Slusher was the hostess A beautiful
basket of chrysanthemu and dab
las, made doubly attractive by the
huge yellow butterflys perched upon
its sides, centered the table, and a
color scheme Of deep yellow was fur
ther carried out in he doilies, place
cards ana nut cups, all in quaint
Halloween design. The rich glow Of
numerous lighted yellow candles in
crystal holders heightened the beau
ty of the appointments. The luncheon
was served in fiyes courses. The in
vitation list included Mesdanes Am
brister, Reford Bond, Homer Bond,
Homer Bond, Brownson, Blackmon
f. c. Burton, Charles Williams, Ca
vaness, J Il. Brooks, f. NJ, Frey,
Hutson, Sparks, r. 6 Hall, Harry
Hammerly, A. r. Hammerly of Mem
phis, Tenn, Morgan Hamilton, Har
well, Ben Johnson,> Ludlow, Liver
more, Ben Morgan, Alger Melton,
Will Melton, Lee Olive, Barr, Adrian,
Melton, r. X. Wootten, ST., r. K
Wootten, Jr Scott, Slaton, Spinning,
Roy Smith, J. w owsey, claud Err
win, Griffin, Patten, Myron Hum
phrey and Ford Brandcnburg of
Amarillo and Miss Jennie Williams.
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