The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume], March 27, 1909, Page 7, Image 7

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THE FARMER: MARCH 27, 1909.
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Ho Obeyed.
Murat Halstead, the great journalist
of war times, went to General William
T. Sherman's headquarters once for
the "latest news from the front." Hal
erend was armed with many fine intro
ductory letters, but decided to rely
mainly on one given him by Thomas
Ewing, Sherman's brother-in-law. He
found the general and presented
IJwlng's letter. The general opened it
somewhat impatiently, read a few
lines, folded it and said: ,
"Ah, you come from Ewing, and you
desire to have 'all the latest news,' the
'next probable move' of our army, eh?
"Well, there's a train leaving this town
for Cincinnati at 2 o'clock. Here, take
this ticket and step over there and get
your dinner and then get on that
train." .
"We!!, but, General Sherman" be
gan the newspaper man. But Sherman
waved him off.
"Go over and get a good dinner. We
have plenty and always strive to treat
our friends well. But be sure you
don't miss that 2 o'clock trainl" And
Halstead obeyed. .
Jcpanese Delicacies.
Tinder the head of "Japanese Delica
cies" the Berlin Prometheus gives a
list of some of the queer things which
are served to citizens of the Flowery
Kingdom who "have a refined taste."
In the provinces which are so distant
from the sea that fresh fish cannot be
obtained readily, and where meat Is
not abundant, snakes and lizards are
considered good food and are prepared
In many ways. Grasshoppers rank
among the real delicacies. They are
always kept in captivity without food
for a day, then bathed and decapitated
and made legless. Heads and legs
must be torn off. never cut. They are
served in various ways, but dry, with
a salad dressing, is the most popular.
An Insect of the bee family which lives
In the earth is also much sought.
This is served with sugar or honey
when eaten raw, but It Is also made
Into a porridge. The chrysanthemum
exists not only in the poetry and art
oiithe Japanese, but has an Important
place on the table, where It Is met as
salad, candy and stew.
Tha Right Hand Seats.
The Philadelphia Record quoted an
observant street car conductor to the
effect that the right hand seats are al
ways filled first. He could not account
for this except on the theory that, as
most persons are right handed and ac
customed to 'turning to the right, it
might be simply force of habit.
"There Is another probable reason
which he did not think of," says the
Record. "It is generally believed that
the right side of a car is safer. An
old traveler once said to the writer:
'In traveling always sit in the middle
of a car and on the Tight hand side.
The middle is safer than the ends in
a collision, and the right side is not
likely to be "side swiped" by project
ing objects on trains, cars or any ve
hicles passing on the adjacent track.' "
Observations on Baldheads.
"It you care to observe the bald
headed row," remarked the theater
goer, "you will find that there Is great
variety in baldheads. There are ellip
tical bald spots, circular bald spots,
elongated egg shaped bald spots, bald
spots that are almost square and bald"
spots whose shape can hardly be de
scribed for the reason that they In
clude the entire circumference of the
head, with the exception perhaps of a
slight row of finishing fringe between
the head and the neck. If It wasn't for
the baldheads the theater would be a
bore before the rising of the curtain."
New York Press.
- A Remarkable Race.
The Lapps are very fond of stimu
lating drinks. They think nothing of
drinking fifteen or twenty cups of cof
fee -a day, while their consumption of
punch is on a vast scale. It is no un
common thing to see numbers of help
lessly drunk natives in the streets of
Tgsmso, especially when the sale of
reindeer flesh has been profitable. Yet
robbery and, indeed, crime in general
are practically unknown among them.
The Innate honesty of the people is
quite extraordinary. Wide World Mag
azine. ' The Label Failed.
Gunner You can't get the best of
those blamed baggage smashers. I
labeled my trunks "China" and
thought they would handle them with
unusual care. Guyer And did they?
Gunner No, but blamed if they didn't
ship the trunks all the way to Shang
hai, and I haven't seen them since.
Chicago News.
Lapland Reindeers.
In April the Lapp lets his reindeer
loose to wander as they please, and
when the mosquitoes begin to abound,
about midsummer, he collects bis herd
simply by catching one deer, fitting it
with a .ell and trusting to instinct,
which leads the animals to gather into
herds for protection against the mos
quitoes, to do the rest In a cool sum
njer, when mosquitoes are few, tbii
Instinct does not come Into play, ani.
I is almost impossible to bring the
reindeer together.
t -b Very Impressive.
.Nouvean Biche is at times an anms
Ig person. Said one of these exotics
the, other day he was a commuter
jost as the train was moving from the
station :
"Er-John."
"Yesetr!" answered the valet.
"I I think, after all. 1 would like the
asparagus served as an entree to
night;" And the train moved off amid smoth
ered laughter. New York Times.
Tact.
j Harry What In thunder did you ask
that fellow what time it was for when
you carry a watch that is always right
(.n the notch? Dick I merely wanted
to give him an excuse to exhibit his
iwatch. Boston Transcript.
And Enjoyed It.
t Ethel Didn't it seem an age from
4be time you were engaged till you got
married?, Maud Yes, but Jack and I
managed to squeeze through it. Lon
don Tatler.
A happy heart Is better than a fall
nK-werman rovero.
Persuasion.
Dr. A. Is a specialist in nervous ail
ments. In his most successful cases
"persuasion" has plnyed an important
role. Six-year-old Frank has evident
ly had opportunity to imbibe his fa
ther's views on the efBcacy of persua
sion, which. Dr. A. contends, appeals
to the highest psychic functions.
It was only a few mornings ago that
Mrs. A. overheard an altercation in
the kitchen between Master Frank and
the cook. Mary's voice rose in loud
protestations. Mrs. A. hastened to the
scene and arrived just in time to see
her son seize a convenient broom and
threateu Mary.
"Why. Frank," she exclaimed In
horrified amazement, "what are you
doing?"
But Frank, was equal to the occa
sion. "I'm just trying to persuade
Mary for some angel cake." he ex
plained In a matter of fact way.
If this treatment may not have ap
pealed to Mary's highest psychic func
tions it at any rate tickled her sense
of humor. Frank gained his point.
New York Times.
A Woman Soldier.
Eleonore Prochaska, born March 11,
1785, at Potsdam, was the daughter of
a sergeant. After being brought up in
the military orphanage of that town
she became a cook in some citizen's ;
house. When the great war against j
Napoleon broke out in 1833 she was
led away by enthusiasm to quit her
town secretly. By selling her poor be- j
longings she procured male attire and
weapons and enlisted under the name
' of August Kenz in the Lutzow corps.
On account of her tall, slender figure j
, her sex was not discovered until she
I was mortally wounded. This happened i
in the encounter in the Gohrde forest, j
Iieglerungsbezirk, Luneburg. Kreis
Dannenberg. Sept. 1G. 1S13. The Prus
sians were there attempting to storm
a hill occupied by the French, she act
ing as a drummer. In 1S03 a monu
ment In memory of her was erected In
the churchyard at Dannenberg and an
other in 18S9 in the old churchyard of
Potsdam. London Sketch.
Stone Eaters.
Sir James Ross in the course of hi3
travels noted a curious fact with re
gard to the penguin namely, the habit
of swallowing stones. In one speci
men he found ten pounds weight of
quartz, granite and trail. Other ani
mals, reptiles, fishes and mammals ex
hibit the same strange fancy. In a
paper contributed to the proceedings
of the Bristol Naturalists' society W.
H. Wicks has collected a number of
facts connected with such stomach
stones. The fact noted by Mr. Wicks
that the pebbles are usually white
quartz is interesting, but does not ap
pear to throw any light on the strange
habit. London Globe.
A Rude Youth.
"How do you account for this,
ma'am?" And he held aloft a lump of
coal which he had just dug out from
the sirloin steak.
The landlady slightly flushed.
"I suppose the poor cows sometimes
stray along the railroad track," she
said. "But you must admit the steak
Is terider."
He thumped the coal with his knife.
"Yes." he said harshly, "locomotive
tender."
And the meal progressed in silence.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Concrete.
Concrete Itself is, of course, very
Bid. The concrete stairs of Colchester
and Rochester castles still show the
marks of the incasing boards. The
Some of Agrippa's pantheon, which Is
142 feet In diameter, is of concrete,
and fragments of concrete buildiugs
are found in Mexico and Peru. Lou
ion Spectator.
Wealthy Poverty.
There are still many houses in the
rountry In England where the owners
are unconscious of the fact that, while
they themselves are apparently poor,
they possess fortunes In furuiture aud
pictures. -Town and Country.
Too General.
Little Eph Mammy, who was Ve
nus? Mammy Fo' de law's sake, I
knows to many Venuses Venus Jon
sing, Vbnus Smiff an', look heah,
chile, you mus' be mo' spllcit! New
York Journal.
Every man who rises to any profes
sion must tread a path more or less
bedewed by the tears of those he
passes on his way. Bayne.
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WILL BE THE ADDED FEATURE AT POU'S NEXT WEEK
Celebrated Parisian Protean Actress Makes Forty Costume Changes and Portrays Nearly a Score Different
Characters in Sketch that Runs But Fifteen Minutes A Reigning Sensation in Europe.
The length of time it takes an or-1
dinary woman to dress is frequently
made the subject of much banter, by
mere maji, in fact the many painful
hours that hufby has to wait while J
wifev primps, has long ago come to re ,
a stock joke. To Poll's next week
comes a little woman who has iut the
kibosh, so to speak, on the aged jest.
She is Mile. Fregolia, the reigning- sen
sation in Paris up to this season when
she took a flying trip to that dear
America to appear for a brief tour in
vaudeville. Mile. Fregolia puts the
banteing mere man who is always
coraolainwR about the delays attend
ant upon his wife's changing her cos- 1
OW WHILE
'E offer you a wide
stylish models that fashion has decreed to be correct. This is unquanneaiy me dbsd piace .ui yuu ,u my
t. ErfcAr timanl because the stock is lareest, the prices lowest and the terms the easiest. You need no
money- come and select your Easter suit and pay for it at your convinience. Don't above every and all things look
shabby on Easter-this the day of all days to dress best. We can help you. Come today to assure time for alter
ations and avoid possible disappointment that is always apt to occur if you wait till the last minute to buy.
H J to nepaa
Here is sn opportunity, for you to decorate yourself with some
clothes, buv some nrettv arbicle for the house, or to use some EXTRA
whatever purpose that you may so desire.
The money question is a thing of the past (so far as we are concerned,) TO
DAY you can come here and get what money you need, without endorsement. We
advance mensy on FURNIT URE, PIANOS, ETC. Pay us as thousands are paying us
right now, just a little each week or month.
The onlv low rate concern in Bridgeport.
YOU CAN'T DO ANY BETTER - CAN YOU DO AS WELL? PERSONAL NOTES
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tume to shame, by one of the most as
tounding tits of protean work ever
witnessed on any stage. I The petite
French woman appears In a clever, y
constructed act. portraying fifteen dif
ferent characters and making between
thirty and' forty different costume
changes.
All this is done within the remark
ably brief period of fifteen to eighteen
minutes. Mile. Fregolia is regarded
as one of the most wonderful protean
artists In the world today. Her light
ning changes of costume are sufficient
to cause bewilderment but her wonder
ful ability as an actress, enabling her
to assume a. score of different char
acters coiTectly, is the most amazing
Showing a Few Character
TIE STOCK IS FRESH IS TIE BEST TIME TO BUY
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FRONT OF THE ELEVATOR.
feature of her work.
Since coming to this country Mile.
Fregolia has started the skeptics talk
ing and in order to stop their wagging
i tongues has been obliged to oiier a
substantial cash forfeit to anybody
who c m show that it is not she and
she alone who appears as each and
every character in htr act. To any
body who can prove that more than
one person appears in the act. Mile.
Fregolia will gladly forfeit the sum of
J1.C00 in cash.
There has been a big demand for the
dainty Uttle artiste since she came to
this country from "France a few
months since. Manager Poli. always
alert to secure the Very best things in
Changes by Mile. Fregolia
Women's Clothing embracing all the most superb and
new spring
MONEY for
vaudeville for his patrons, has been
enabled after considerable negotiation:
to -book Mile. Fregolia for a limited
run. She will appear as the added
feature on next week's bill at Poll's
and should be one of the big hits of
the season here.
Mile. Fregolia' s sketch is called "The
Lightning Waiter, or a Surprise in a
Restaurant." During the action of the
piece the clever woman appears in the
following roles: Bill, a waiter; Mr.
Brown, a traveling man; Fifi, a French
actress; Knowledge, a professor; Ma
bel, a chorus girl; Spage-tty, an organ
grinder: Mrs. Brown; a Policeman;
Mr. O'Brien; Riuth. his wife; George,
her lover; and a Bellboy.
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