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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

r%HERE never was case where
in the old saying concerning
J. the proof of the pudding"
was more clearly demonstrated than
!, the present instance--that of the
|, community canning centres. You
will remember that number of
these canning centres were estab-
H.hed last summer in different parts
n the cityCin school kitchens, clubs
and settlement houses, wherever
here was proper equipment-as a
wartime measure for the conserva-
lion Of food. The fact that they are
to be reopened this summer as edu-
cationaI centres, with a pretty fair
prospect of becoming a permanent
part of that branch of our public
service, speaks volumes, does it not,
for the quality of the eating?
The Board of Education
Is Convinced
1t required good deal of "argu-
iying" a year ago to convince the
gentlemen serving on our Board of
Education that it was their duty to
open the public school kitchens for
this purpose, and quite bit OF
pressure had to be brought to bear
before they could see their way
clear to making an appropriation
sufficiently large to carry out the
broject. This being the case, there
could certainly be no more illumi-
mating proof of the success of last
years centres than the fact that this
year, without a hint or suggestion
from the outside, this honorable
board has come forward and offered
not only the use of the school kitch-
ems, but whatever money is needed
to pay the running expenses of these
centres, including the salaries of as
many teachers as are necessary to
carry on the work.
Furthermore, the Board of Educa-
ton has sought the cooperation or
the Department of Public Markets
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
War Community Canning Centres Bac-And Then Some

body Of women who volunteered
for this service and who were
known as "The Federal Food Coun
Gill;" acting under the direction of
the Federal Food Board. These
women were asked if they would
be willing to undertake the same
work for the coming summer, anil
every one Of them has accepted the
obligation. AS they are thoroughly
conversant with the conditions in the
various districts in which they are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
The Apotheosis of the
Kitchen Cabinet

In recent magazine is an elo-
quent advertisement of kitchen
cabinet. A young woman is depicted
In bridal raiment gazing with rapt-
ure on a new kitchen cabinet, the
charms of which are being displayed
to her by another woman, evidently
mother or brand new mother-in-law.
"This will help you to keep young"
says the older woman.
Now the kitchen cabinet is an adj
mirable one, and the idea of it as a
labor-saving device is sound. If the
girl be housekeeper by choice or
profession, undoubtedly her heart
will leap to greet it, as Words
vorth's to the rainbow in the sky;
but suppose she isn't?
Does her father or her husbands
father hand to the joyous groom on
dis wedding morning a bucksaw and
Ratchet for chopping kindling, be-
cause these may be needed in his new
character as husband? Many June
bride, especially Of the college crop,
VIII pause before that advertisement
WITH thoughts other than those the
manufacturer intended to convey.
one may be pianist or Salvation
army lassie, social uplifter, a
nurse, or a magazine editor. Why
should she greet with joy the tools
ana equipment of an alien profess
son! viii a surgeon gladly aban-
S'h the scalpel for the bucksaw be-
eeuse ne sees fit to marry? viii a
3"yer turn to a correspondence
&c N carrying! But if, after the
marriage ceremony, it still doesn't
'"'sfest her, then there is something
wrong with her"-so say some of
'uf "onen's magazines, which are
n'ii more or less early Victorian In
aeir viewpoint.
our friends, the anti-sufragists,
whose interest in the home is in
shse, should concern themselves &C
a'eiy With the pressing Servant
moniern,' for the idea of assuming
."e responsibility of home during
rue present shortage in home assist
sn1s 10 enough TO deter any woman
sno does not love kitchen cabinet
.'o'n the perilous undertaking. Az
osssrrent to homemaking the vote
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
Canning Is Only the Bait
There Is More to Come

Canning is the bait used to lure
these women to the conservation
centres, but once there they will re-
ceive instruction in many other
branches of housekeeping. They
will be taught, for one thing, to ar
range a meal so that their children
will receive the proper proportion
of tissue-building, BODYBUILDING and
strengthening foods, and after
reading Mrs. Mary Heaton Vorse's
descriptions of the results Of under
nourishment and ignorant feeding
Of the poor, anamic, crippled chill
dren Of Vienna one realizes how i'm
portant this is.
There will be classes in cooking
in which the women will buy the
materials just as they do for the
canning and take it home for the
family's midday or evening meal.
And right here let me say that Miss
Cauble and Miss Schermerhorn have
no idea Of foisting our American
food ideas on the foreign women
who have fully as good and often
decidedly better ones Of their own.
On the contrary, they will take
what is good from the foreign wom-
ems cooking and teach it in the CEN
tres where it is unknown. AS a
matter of fact, some of the most de-
licious preserves and jellies pre-
pared last summer in the canning
centres were those put up by the
Hungarian and Bohemian women at
the City Canning Kitchen from
their own national recipes.
There will also be instruction in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

Salvation Army has been meeting
the problems of the working girl by
caring for her practical needs and
safeguarding her purse at the same
time.
The attached budget shows how
the Salvation Army does it:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

near the same age and class Of
society. For instance, there will
be classes of young married women
who will learn to cook for a small
family; of older women, whose
families are larger, and who, there
fore, must exercise a more rigid
economy; and of young women who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

THERE is nothing SO good for
any profession as eliminating
the unfit. This blessing and
regenerating process has at last got
busy with the ancient and honorable
profession Of housekeeping, hither-
to the happy harbor and asylum of
every grade of misfit. And none will
be more benefited by it than thu
insists themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
Everybody
Ready

From the number of requests that
have come to the Board of Educa-
tion for the reopening of the can
ming centres, it is expected that
there will be a much larger attend
ance than that of last year, and the
results of the registration Of appli
cants thus far fully>j justify this ex.
pectation.
The canning centres of last year
were under the supervision of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

chosen that can be served hot or
cold; vegetables that are appetizing
as steaming side dishes or as salads.
The story of the boarding house in
Chicago rs the story of Los Angeles,
San Francisco and ten other cities
in the West and Middle West. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

because she interests him when she
is doing the thing that interests her.
whether it be teaching, or talking
from soapbox, or nursing, or act
ing in the movies, and straightaway
taking her from her chosen work
and setting her at the alien profess
sion of housekeeping, with "his
coming and his going for an outside
interest. Presently these facts lose
their bright significance; presently,
also, the man begins to wonder why
she IS no longer interesting, and
convention urges her to sink her
identity still further and TRY to
keep up with his interests"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

classes of from fifteen to twenty
each, and so far as possible two
women will work together, buying
their supplies together and helping
each other in the canning. 1t is
hoped that these classes may be
composed of women of somewhere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

poor women of that district, who
had spent hours of their time to
store away that food for the winter
There will most certainly be no
repetition of this experience under
the new regime.
The twenty centres which openel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
usekeepin6e

reacts unpleasantly on ones family
and fellowship. Moreover, the fact
of being barred from the work one
prefers has disastrous effects on the
nerves-and the results are unpleas-
ant for the family and friends. This
ancient custom, adhered to relig-
iously, of showing all women, what
ever their taste and inclination, into
the profession Of housekeeping, and
insisting that they stay there, is re-
sponsible for more restless daugh-
tiers, more discontinued wives and
mothers than any other of our
ancient fetiches.
If Jane Carlyle Had Made
Books Instead of Pies
Look at the hundreds and thou
sands of women who the last two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

eiaC uihSiSAe SueS VI siiSal anu ioW
they can be used, but they will be
taken to a neighboring market AMI
given practical demonstrations.
How to Get the
Goods to Can
The problem of procuring sup
plies for these conservation CEN
tres is the most difficult one which
the directors have to meet. The
solution which seems to be most
practical, provided the dealers ara
willing to cooperate, is to find "a
first class fruiterer and grocer in
each district who will buy each
day at the same time that he buys
his own supplies whatever is
needed for the conservation cent-e
and deliver these at the centre for
certain small commission, or
10 per cent, of the cost of the goods.
This proposition has been made to
several dealers and they have agreed
to do it.
Of course, better solution still
would be to buy the supplies from
the farmers direct, if only a means
of free transportation could bs
found to bring them to the centres.
Hark We, women of the different
motor corps who are about to re-
tire to civilian life, do you want
to continue the splendid service
which you have been giving to your
country for the last two years?
Here is your OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
teer as motor truck drivers to bring
the fruit and vegetables from the
nearby farms and orchards to our
city conservation centres. 1t won't
be as thrilling as swinging through
the city streets behind the steering
wheel Of an ambulance filled with
wounded soldiers, but it is a use
full and important service, Just The
same. Think it over.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
The Plan Includes Everything,
From Cheap Raw Materials
to Storage for Canned Goods

mother Of the family was sent away
to the country for a fortnight and
discovered on her return that the
children had found her canning
ticket" and had drawn out and
eaten her entire stock of sweet
preserves,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
Conservation Is Only a Nucleus;
Marketing, Food Values and
Cooking Also Taught

for the organization and operation
of these canning centres, which, by
the by. are henceforth to be known
as community conservation CEN
tres and the two departments have
placed the entire project in the
hands of two very efficient women,
Miss Grace f. Schermerhorn, d.
rector of cooking in the New York
public schools, and Miss Laura E.
Cauble, Deputy Commissioners of
Public Markets.
While the canning and preserv-
ing of the fresh fruits and vegc-
tables will be the ostensible func-
ton of these conservation centres,
Miss Cauble and Miss Schermer-
horn have far more comprehensive
plans for them than the mere con-
servation of food. They realize
that the high price of food makes
the choice and use of it serious
daily business, and therefore, in
struction will by no means be linn
tied to canning. The women who
attend the classes will be taught
food values, the proper nutrition
for the children Of the family, and
to buy the proper food and how to
cook it to the best advantage. In
fact, they purpose using the con-
servation centres as means of edu.
eating the women Of the neighbcr-
hood in all the branches of house.
keeping and homemaking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
Treading Softly in The
Transition Period

It's up to the women Of this dec.
ade, as it has been up to no other
women since the days Of the French
Revolution, to work out for them
selves a new order Of things which
in itself will be a wonderful eman-
clpation for them. The process
IS not easy and we have ahead Of
US difficult transition period. The
complex servant problem" is part
OF it. So is the approaching evan
ishment of the servant class IN a
more comprehensive democracy; so
is the sudden coming into being Of
all types of cooperative and COM
munity enterprises which meet col
lectively the need Of the individual
household. Women everywhere.
whether housewives or housemaids.
are coming to the conclusion that if
they don't like the work-if Il isn't
their work--they needn't do it. IL
woman prefers being a conduc-
torette to being cook or a waitress,
then a conductorette she is. If she
prefers lecture platform to doing
the family marketing, then it's the
lecture platform for her and the
family marketing is done by some
one else-probably more expertlv.
In the future she is going 10 take
the preferred job, the work for
which she is fitted rather than the
task which, for ages past, has been
wished on her sex.
Marriage is, for women, no longer
the economic necessity that It used
to be, the refuge Of the incom-
petent.' 1t will be blessed dav,
not only for women, but for their
households, when housekeeping is
treated with the respect that other
professions are treated and only
those women adopt It who are
skilled therein. Then woman's right
to labor will be fully conceded-the
right to labor at the work for which
she is fitted, the work Of her choice,
and she will keep her enthusiasm
and her JOY of life into old age.
If the choice be housekeeping, we'll
enough; and if it isn't, then some
one else will do the housekeeping.
Each bride will take her own
method of keeping young. which
may or may not be the possession
of kitchen cabinet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

for registration last week included
only six in Manhattan itself, all
situated above Fourteenth Street.
Rumors of the establishment Of
these centres soon reached the peo-
pie of the lower East Side, and
they rose en- masse to inquire why
they had been sighted and to beg
the powers to give them back their
canning centres. Needless to saw.
their petition has been granted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

marketing, and the classes will not
only be taught, by means of charts.
the different cuts of meat and how
they can be used, but they will be
taken to a neighboring market AMI
given practical demonstrations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

Look at the hundreds and thou
sands of women who the last two
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-03
PLAZA,

Theda Bara has scored again Sev- eral tall mirrors reflect her graceful form as she skips and spins about in a costume of a ballerina. The room of mirrors is one of the most strik- ing settings in La Belle Russe," the William Fox special, which was shown for the first time last night at the Plaza theatre. The star may be seen from scores of different angles at the time and at every angle she is a success. La Belle Russe," as shown yesterday, is indeed a tribute to David Baleso, who penned the great drama from which it was adapted. Some years ago the play enjoyed a phenomenal triumph and its screen version, made by Charles J. Brabin, and produced by William Fox, bids fair to be not less of a suc- cess The photoplay is beautiful and Miss Bara's emotional work is su- perb. The vaudeville bill shown in conjunction with La Bell Russe" consists of "Mammy's Birthday" a song and dance revue with ten people, mostly girls. ChoItey and Moey in '"The Chinese Castle.' Parrillo, The wizard of the piano accordion Pant ger and Silver. in a comedy airit an.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-03
PARK.

Tomorrow night the New York Philharmonic orchestra will give one of their matchless programs at the Park theatre, in concert with Percy Grainger, Australian pianist-com- poser.
 Josef Stransky, leader of this bril- liant aggregation of musicians, each one an artist, is almost too well known to need recognition. He has directed the Philharmonic for the last eight years, in which time the orchestra has travelled all over the country, earning tributes from the most conservative critics in the coun- try,
 Grainger, himself, although a young man, is an artist of maturity and versatility. His playing of Bach, as well as the lighter folk songs, as a composer of which he is without parallel, has been untouched in tech nique, vigor and color. He ranks with Paderewski in his most trium- phant days.
 This concert is the first of the Steinert series which assures to Bridgeport such a brilliant aggrega- tion of artists. The second concert will present Fritz Kreisler, violinist, Dec. 3; the third, Sergei Rachmani- nof, pianist-composer Feb. 23; Sophie Baslau and Emilio de Gogorza, concert singers, April 5.
 As an extra musical attraction, Ru- dolph Steinert, who is sponsoring these concerts, will present John Me Cormack, worlds greatest tenor, at Polls on Sunday afternoon, Nov l G.
 Seats are selling for the series, as well as for single concerts. at Stein ert's, 915 Main street.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-03
REPORT SHOWS BIG INCREASE IN
 NEW BUILDING

According to reports received by Building Age. New York direct from 1S7 city building departments, the number of permits granted for Sep tember 1919 shows an increase in es- timated value of 275 per cent. com pared with September 1918; 172 cities show increases over last year. Tn Lotal estimated value of contemplated construction for the country is $1t2- 652.510 as against $33, ,O37,420 for Sep tenber 1918.
 The number of permits granted totals 38.741 for September 1919 as against 20,363 for September 1918- an increase of 90 Der cent, the aver age value per permit being S3,682 as against $1S5. This latter figure clear iy shows the influence of war re- striCtiOns, when most of the work outside of government building, was necessary repairs.
 During the past year, the cost of frame dwellings has risen consider ably and next spring a further ad- vance can be looked for. Houses cost ing about 30 cents per cubic foot in the vicinity of New York city in the spring of 1919, now cost about 40 cents. Yet in spite of this advance, which is typical of all kinds of con- structiOn, the demand is so great that people simply must build, and so con- struction is active and will continue TO be so for several years at least in spite of expected higher costs for next year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-03
NEW SYSTEMFOR U. s. CERTIFICATE
 SALES IN JOHN.
Active

Hartford, Conn, Nov. - Active work in the installation of new system for the sale in Connecticut factories of the new reasury Certi- ficates has been started this week.
 The system involves an easy pay ment plan, the factory worker mak- ing an initial payment of $2 at the factory, agreeing to have this sum subtracted from his envelope. He is given a yellow card on which by the punch method, credit is given for each payment. After the first pay ment, the subscriber, desfgnates a bank which he patronizes and the account is then taken over by that bank. As with the Liberty Bond payments, weekly payments of $2 are pledged and when AZ payments are made, the new $100 Treasury certificate is is sued to the suscriber. At issuance ii has a cash value of $84 which at
 maturity January l, 1925 will be re- deemed at face value, thus allowing for accrued and compounded interes. at per cent. The Treasury Certifi- cates are also issued in S1,000 de-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-03
LOND0NERS ARE
 AGAIN LEARNING
 T0SAY "THANKS''

London, Nov. 3-(By The Asso- ciated Press) Pc oliteness is returning to London. Shopkeepers are learn ing again to be civil. This applies even to grocers who, since the intro ductjon of rationing, have been the greatest tyrants, barring taXicab drivers. that the war produced.
 The cynical-minded account for the grocer's unaccustomed civility on the ground that his customers will be given the privilege of taking their ration books to some other store, but there can be no doubt of the new spirit in the air.
 we say Thank you now,'' an nounces a sign in a cigar store which was recently taken over by demob- ilized soldiers. These soldiers have brought good manners back from the front.
 No reports have been received of any thank yous' from taxicao drivers for the cabs are still scarce. but it's not uncommon nowadays to hear a bus conductor express thanks for the penny when he punches the ticket
 The butcher also is falling into line He no longer expects to be bribed for attentiYeness and he has abandoned the wartime practice of throwing a chop at a customer and expecting him to find the paper in which to wrap it up.
 About 5000 tons of hard and soft coal arrived in the harbor yesterday consigned to purchasers in this city. The coal came in six tows.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-03
nEIIIAH.

Why did Samson? Many a man says that, ''Why did when it is too late. SeIf-reverence, self -knowl- edge, self-control. these three alone do lead to sovereign power, sang Ten nyson. De1Iah, the beautiful "girl of the brook" Sorek, Gas the original reads) was seen by Samson as he swung past, going down to Hebron. The date of this tragic passion-hour is 112O Before Christ. The Philistenes got this enchanting girl to entice the secret of Samson's strength from him. Delilah succeeded in a night under the purple heavens of the East where alone the planets and their maker were witnesses of the tragedy The reader is urged to study the mag nificent Samson Agonistes of Milton, and to ponder the story in Holy Writ In the NV. chapter of the Book of Judges, the real reason of Samso:r's S recklessness is given-Samson's fath- CT had given Samson's wife to his bosom friend!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-03
CDe D D Re0d co
EyshJfsHeS IS5I

great stage play had a record run of two seasons at the famous Morosco theater in New York, five months in Chicago, three months in Boston, two months each in Philadelphia, San San Francisco, Los Angeles and oth- CT cities. It's a big comedy with dash of naughtiness bewildering in its appeal to the eye, and its power to convulse audiences with laughter. A fashionable New York male dress maker who deals in gowns and love, is played by MT. Lytell and Is a char acter after every woman's heart