Newspaper Page Text
THE FARMER: JANUARY 13; 1913 BRIDGEPORT EVER1K3 FARMER (Founded 1790.) "LOVES THE ALMHOUSE, BUT OH, YOU GOLD BRAID LIEUTENANTS!" tFIH FARMER ITBLtSHIXfi CO.. Ftrmn Buildlne;, -177-179 Falrneld Atc, Bridgeport. Coon. TELEPHONES Editorial Rooms, 1287 Business Office, 1208 REPUBLICAJr FARSfEB, Published Fridays. Daily Edition... P annum Weekly Edition U P- annum Excinsive Teleirraph Serric United Press. Entered in Post Office. Bridgeport, Conn., as Second Class Matter. a MOXDAT, JAN. 1. 1912. HEATH OF DR. WARNER died r rB Ver Warner, -wlw -. forenoon, at "ia winter borne, Augusta. Georgia. man 'ot notable buanees talent, and the lat of tb school of bnainese mn,o gsnsmtton which am muc to brfns Brtdsoport to a position of in- nrnminenc. In New England A jtoonssr man than the late m n.mtim Vr some thirty younger by some twenty years thaw he Naiiantel Wheeler, lie was thOT nny years contem porary -wltti tliero in the industrial life cf Bridgeport and wttfa such men as MareeTrns Hartley, . R. Wllmot, n.. - Burnfeaan, W. E. Bishop, David P. Reads and tter who have passed on, eoh leaving a monument in some im nsrtant BrMlcport enterprise. Dr. Warner was bom In 1840, in a littls villa to Wow Torte., Bridgeport ha Been then incorporated as a city for spins years, bu H was 1844, before yt&w York and New Haven Railroad was lssanehed twon ' Its oareer of an arsraadisement. The In fant Warner grew wttto the growing pity, eexEh Jons; unconscious of the ether. H ws a la of nine years before the 'streets of the city of his future were Ugfeaea with .gas.. He was a sturdy boy Of tfatrtesn before the first real, -public water supply was created1 n Bridgeport. Ke was a man nf tvAnv-fite before tfce first street rHway tracks were laid in the com rouniiy In which he was to loand and leave the greatest Industry of Its kind In ttie world. There Is a destinar which, orders the affairs of men. But none then for- eaw and there was none to know h.r bov bom In the New Tork village would live to play an import ant part in the management of all those great enterprises? that he would die a director of the New York, New Havn & Hartford Railroad Company, now. a great system; a director of the Connecticut Company, successor to the original horse railway company; and a eh W officer In both the gas and water companies of Bridgeport, eaoh a lesitlroale successor of the earlier enterprises which have been desorib ed.. The years from 18 TO until 18 80 were Important to "the seoond city in Oon ncoHest" - During those years the rotors was made sure which was born with the founding of the Wheeler A Wllscai Mi- Company to 18 S 6 and the Union Metallic Cartridge Company in - '- . ' rt - Caine between 1678 and. 1880 the Eaton, Cole & Burnham Company, founded by XX. O. Binrnhem. the Wil .ntot A SBftbbs Mfg. Co., founded' by the late 8. R- Hobos; oame also The War ner Bros, company, engaging in an humble way in the manufacture of corsets. ' That business was destined to flourish like a green bay tree. It was to create a great fortune for its foun oer. and it was to provide employ orient, before his death to more than 1,000 sotrta. Pew do large things entirely by ac siden R was not otherwise with Dr. War ner. . He had received a medical train Ing; indeed had lectured upon health and hygiene to thousands of men an women, believing that this was knowl edge which should not be exclusively ' .n the possession of a. professional :aste. but rather the possession of iverybody. Thus his attention wbb attracted the type of corsets in use in his day, ind the result was a. corset, which ras among the progenitors of the ex Isting garments of its kind which are i blessing to the women of a nation. Upon this improvement in an article in common use and universal demand was the foundation of Dr. Warner's Fortune laid, and the enormous busi ness of the Warner Bros. Company built up. Associated with the late W. D. Bishop, who was of a family , of rail road builders, and equally with the late Nathaniel Wheeler, who had be :ome interested in the New Haven ?yste m as a director, it was not strange that Dr. Warner should have turned his attention sooner or later to the public service enterprises serving Bridgeport, as offering a field of un usual productivity to a man with busi ness talents and executive ability. In this he but followed the example of rainy able business men of the time, finding in his foresight large in - urease to his "prosperity. - ' Personally Dr. Warner was a man of substantial figure and pleasing ad- 1 'The crying need in this branch is a new, almshouse, but I am unalterably opposed to an appropriation from current revenue for building such an almshouse. . The police department should be developed along the lines of the ordinance submitted to the Common Council by the Board of Police Commissioners. This will entail an addi tional expense of about $42,000." These contrasting paragraphs from the communica tion of Mayor Clifford B. Wilson to the Tax Board, are eloquent. In season and out he has proclaimed the necessity for new almshouse. His tears for the pauper poor, had they been saved, would suffice to check a water famine. But when it comes to a show down he prefers a beautiful new police force, -with nine spick, and span gold braided ieutenants, and other officers to match, who will salute when his honor passes, and hustle for votes in" the next primaries. - Hie honor can sorrow for the poor at ajay convenient period. They will always be with us. But chances -to make the police department useful come seldom enough and quick action is necessary. The expense of those lieutenants and the rest of it is not $42,000 as the mayor suggests, but $42,000 per year, forever. This figure will bring other expense in its train. A three-quarter mill tax for almshouse this year, and a similar tax next year for new almshouse would build it, and that would end the expense. But" the police expense will not be so speedily ended. ; festival begins this evening and will continue two weeks. The Emperor and most of his subjects will attend mass, and as the clocks strike twelve hundred guns will be fired, and the revelry will begin. The feasting and merrymaking continues fourteen days, daring which time the vodka distiller ies will have to work overtime to sup ply the demand. At the expiration of the, celebration the people will fast and attend solemn religious services, and will mark on the doors of their houses the sign, of the cross, to pre vent His Satanic Majesty from cross ing the threshold. Many quaint observances will mark the observance of New Year's Day in the Czar's domain tomorrow. An al most universal custom in Russia is tlie heaping up of a pile of sheaves, be hind which the father of the family hides, asking his offspring, if they can see Mm- Custom prescribes that they reply in the negative, upon which the father remarks that he hopes the crops will be so exoellent that they will hide him in the luxuriance "of their growth. A mass ushers in the "Russian New Year, and another follows in the early morning'. Congratulatory visits are paid by everybody to everybody else within the range of their acquaint ance, and in official and military cir cles these take a very ceremonious form. Spinsters and bachelors send their servants into the street, to ask the names of, persons they meet. It is the belief that these are the names of persons they will marry. In the agricultural sections the youngrsters, after the ceremonial which is thought to insure abundant crops, arm them selves with grains of wheat and bom bard all passersby. Queerest of all Russian customs is the assembling of the family group about a jar of water, in the belief that, if their faith Is strong enough, the miracle performed by Jesus of turning water into wine will be repeated. Their faith is never equal to the performance of the mira cle, but they are not discouraged, and hope for better success next New Year. -. STOCKS OF EXPRESS MONOPOLY DROP The parcel post is here. It has been in use 13 days and millions of packag'es have been received, transmitted and delivered, without friction, without waste and at a cheaper rate than such a service ever was performed in this country before. , During the past year the stock of the Adams Express company has dropped from 200 to 145. The shares of the American Express company, which sold a. year ago for $300, have dropped to $142. t.. ' v . " This is a confession of the inability of private enter prise in the express business to compete withpublic enter prise in the same business. . v Private enterprise in the express business is' old, es tablished, organized and in the hands of help long trained for the service. . The parcel post is but a few days in existence. Its organization '. is merely tentative. Its rates are higher than necessary. Its methods are not systematized, to the exact needs of the great work which it is to do. But al ready it is delivering packages faster than the express companies have been able to do the same work. What will the parcel post accomplish whendt is hardened'by ex perience, has vehicles exactly adapted to -the business in hand, modifies its zones until there are fewer of them, and fewer rates to consider, and really gets down to business? The early elimination of private express service on packages iip to 11 pounds may be safely predicted. Pri vate monopoly cannot compete with public monopoly. The reason is this : " . ' , Private monopoly is conducted for PROFITS; but public monopoly is conducted for SERVICE. Men get what they strive for. Men whose primary object is profits will obtain profits. Men whose primary object is service will render service. In the competition between the parcel post and the express company nobody suggests that the express com pany should be paid something by the public because it is not efficient in business. But if the people of Connecticut desire to conduct their own transportation lines there are those who wili assert that the owners of the existing lines ought to be "bought out." , This is a reasonably frank confession that the owners of the private monopoly are unable to compete against a public monopoly. But to delay public ownership exactly the same class of persons will -proclaim to whomsoever will listen that the people cannot do the work at all. The post office and the parcel post are pi cof that the people can serve themselves. EKGL1SH.CANADLN ACTRESS, IS 49 YEARS OIA Few actresses . have a larger and more devoted following on both sides of the Atlantic than Miss Annie Rus sell. Forty-nine years old. Miss Rus sell's artistic gifts have waxed rather than waned with the passing of time. Born in Liverpool Jan. 12, 1864, 'her youth was .spent in Canada, and in the Dominion metropolis . she made her first public appearance on the stage. That was as Jeanne in "Miss Moulton," in which Rose Eytinge was then appearing at the Montreal Aca demy of Music. New York soon called the gifted Canadian girl,' and she made her metropolitan debut in the chorus - of Haveriy's Juvenile "Pina fore" Company. Later she appeared in various productions, toured the West Indies, and made a hit in Gil bert's. ''Broken . Hearts.". Already she had attained such popularity in New- York that when, in 1899, ill, health forced, a five-year retirement from dramatic activity, a benefit perform ance was given for her that netted $5.00. She returned to the theati fully restored in health, in 1894, -and four years later went to London, where she won much praise. Since then London, and New York have al ternately enjoyed her presence. Dur ing this season sie has played in re vivals of old English comedies at a New York -theatre, with tremendous success. Miss Russell was first mar ried, at the age of twenty, to Eugene W. ' Presbre, a New York theatrical manager, whom she divorced. . In 1904 she married Oswald York, an English actor. eroes and heroines or rsrrauii b fanoy. Little Red Riding Hood and er exploit with the hungry wolf who has not been thrilled to the very marrow of their bones by that tale? Cinderella and her slipper and her Prince Charming, are figures in a romance that, to use the language of Col. Roosevelt, has all others "beaten. to a frazzle." And Blue Beard, the monster oh, mamma, we don wonter go to bed in the dark after reading such a tale as that. But if Blue Beard eada to infantile insomnia, the Sleep ing Beauty will serve as an antidote, and. read just before bedtime, will in sure sweet slumber and pleasant dreams. In little, cheap books illus trated with colored pictures in raag- ificent volumes lavishly bound for the children of the rich, in paintings, and plays, and pantomimes, the works of Perrault exist and will probably survive centuries after his monument has crumbled into dust. Perrault wrote for all time, in his literature for youngsters, but his more serious work for adult consumption has already been consigned into the rubbish heap. The most notable of these works was a biographical com pilation entitled, "Illustrious Men of the Century of Louis Fourteenth." Perrault was born in Paris, Jan. 12, 628, and had passed his sixtieth year when he began to write the stories and jingles on which his fame is based. 'These stories he had invented for the amusement of your friends and relatives, who listened to thorn with such great interest that he de cided to put them on paper. The author was sixfy-nine when the vol ume was published. Its success was immediate. Children of six and sixty were equally enthusiastic in Perrault' s praise, a.nd the characters of Cinde rella and - Blue Beard soon appeared on the stage in dramatic versions of Perrault's nursery tales. Perrault lived to see his works translated into German, English and other languages, Not all of the stories written by Perrault were original with him, but were based on legends and myths cen turies old. Perrault revised these old stories, and always contrived that each tale should have a happy conclusion that each pair of lovers, after trials and tribulations, should Jive happy ever afterward." In America and England Perrault's name is little known, despite . the univ ersality of his works, but in his na tive land he has long been the hero of a cult which has kept his memory green. The monument in the Tuiler ies Garden was a belated recognition to one of . France's greatest literary geniuses. Jack London, creator of the "red gore" .brand of literature, war cor respondent, novelist,' Socialist, ex-mln- er, ex-sailor, ex-hobo and ex-most everything-else. celebrated his thirty- seventh birthday yesterday. Mr. Lon don is a native of San Francisco, and still resides in the Golden State be tween trips to every part of the hab itable and inhabitable globe. Once a tramp, he is not now espeoiaily hos pitable to the sons of rest, for the front door of his home bears a sign, "No Admission Except on Business No Business' Transacted Here"; while the back door has another warning, "Please Do Not Enter Without KnocK ing; Please Do Not Knock." Mr. Lon don wrote a ton or more of assorted verses, stories, dramas and novels be fore, he succeeded in finding a pub lisher, for his wares. At last one of his stories was accepted and publish ed.- It was 4,000 words in length and the purchaser promised to pay five dollars. The magazine failed, and London did hot even get the-five. He was almost discouraged, when he re ceived a check from another maga zine of forty dollars for a 2,000-word story. dress. His conversation was charac-1 terized with good nature, and ; his philosophy of life was optimistic. As an employer he was humane and altruistic beyond the period in which his business training was acquired. The Seaside Institute, a club house tor the employes of the Warner Brothers Company, was one of the first institutions of its kind to be erected in New England. A handsome and costly structure, operated so as to make it widely useful to those for whom it was intended, it contributed in no small degree to the cordial rela tions which almost uniformly existed between Dr. Warner and his employes. He was the founder of the Young Men's Christian Association in Bridge port, gave liberally to its support, and wets for many years its official head. His business methods were never challenged except as they extended in to the area of public service. Here, within the last few years, he was con fronted with that demand for public ownership of public utilities which has had ' such a growth in the United States within the last deoade. criticism of Dr. Warner personaliv. It is doubtless true that his manage ment of the enterprises of which lie was the controlling spirit was rather oujjci in lo average private manage ment of simlhir enterprises elsewhere. But the spirit of the times a spirit born of experience was to deny the wisaom or an private ownership of public utilities. And thus it followed that the utilities in which he was in terested bore their share of the de mand for the wiser way. Dr. Warner's death will be univer sally regretted. He was a strong, wnoiesome, enterprising, gifted and useful man. BEJiATED RUSSIAN'S WILL CELEBRATE ARRIVAL OF NEW YEAR 1913 TONIGHT Russia is backward about every thing, including the reckoning of time, and clings to the old "Julian calendar, long ago discarded by west ern Europe. The New Year 1913 wi! be. welcomed In the land of the Great White Ciar, and in the Balkan States "A deep decay has eaten Ihto the study of the classics in America," is the opinion of Prof. Gilbert Murray, reeius professor of Greek at Oxford who recently made a tour of Ameri can colleges. Prof. Murray, who forty-seven years old, is one of the foremost Greek scholars Of England Born in a Tennessee log cabin for ty-one years ago Martin w. Littleton has become one of the foremost law yers of New JforK. He began tne practice of law In Texas at the age of nineteen. He nominated Judge Park er for the Presidency, defended Harry K. Thaw in his second trial for mur der, and is now a member of Con gress.. tis wite nas recently Deen prominent in a movement to mak Thomas Jefferson's home a national memorial. FRENCH CHILDREN HONOR MEMORY OF "MA XJOOSE'S" FATHER TODAY wnere ine ureeK cacnoiie Church is the" predominant faith, at tti ati-nko mothers, and been enthralled bv tsuz mis cnaueng emooaieo iutie.0f midnight. The Russian' New Year I startling adventures In the Garden of the Tuileries stand a marble shaft, surrounded at its base by a group of figures of dancing, hap py children, and surmounted by bust of a kindly-faced, be-wigge man. Thousands of French childre join the marble ones of an artist fancy about that monument for thi is the 2 8 5th anniversary of the birth of the greatest of 1 all writers fo youngsters, Charles Perrault, creator of "Mother Goose," "Little Red Riding Hood," "The Sleeping Beauty," "Pu in Boots," "Cinderella," "Blue Beard Tom Thumb , and many other im mortal characters of juvenile fictior Children throughout the world will loin in spirit inr.the annual tribute of the Parisian infants to their favorite author. The monument to Perrault was erected in the Garden of the Tuil eries in 1908, and certainly such a memorial was never better deserved. More than two centuries of children have read, or listened at the knees of the that befell. th 1 The D. M. Read Established 1857 Co. The Sale of Furniture, Carpets, Kugs, Curtain, Draperies, Upholstery Fabrics Trunks and Bags in Continuance. Take the "direct road" to health and strength by using Foley Kidney Pilie for backache, rheumatism, weak, sore kidneys aid bladder irregularities. Each ingredient is chosen for its posi tive healing and curative qualities. Foley Kidney Pills are the best medi cine you can buy for kidney and blad der troubles. Mrs. J. M. Findiey. Lyons 6a., says: "I took Foley Kid ney Pills and they- entirely cured me. F. R Brill, .strattoro. avenue ana smn street. Adv. 1 3 5 FIRST THINGS The first apparatus to enable per sons to enter a noxious iniiammaDie atmosphere was called an "aeroplane" and was the invention of M. Denay rouze. a French inventor ana scientist. It was. given Its first official trial a. phatham, England,, rnirty-eignt years ago ana was reyoriu auvvcamifi. m apparatus comprised an air-pump, lamp and flexible tubing. vast im provemente on this device have smoe been made and these have been in fitrumental in saving hundreds of lives in mine accidents ana other disasters where rescue work would, be impossible without their use. The first great national organization for fostering and developing the sci ences of aeronautics and aerology was founded forty-seven years ago as the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. The Duke of Arryll, Sir Charles Bright, James Glaishor and other dis tinguished men were prominent in the movement, which has been of great as sistance m advancing tne newest or the sciences. - . The first American built vessel to make a deep sea voyage, the Trial, was launched 271 years ago today, Jan. 13. 1642. The builder was Capt. Thorn as Coytemore, who was also the first commander of the vessel, and thus was enrolled as the pioneer deep sea skip per of the New World. The Trial was constructed at Boston, and -was for the mrrnose of carrying to the mother country cargoes of fih caught by the fishermen of the Massachusetts Bay Colonv. By" owning their own ship. they sought to save the freights ana middlemen'e commissions which had to be paid when the fish was exported in Enarlitfh bottfms. The Trial was rough ly and rudely constructed and was of 165 tons burden, with a very nigh stern and a very low bow. Few people would care , to trust their lives to euch a craft for even a short voyage in these days, but the Trial successfully crossed the Atlantic, bartered the cargo of fish for sugar and wine, and stop ped on the return trip at St. Kitt'e in the West Indies, for additional cargo. Says the chronicler, Tne whole re sult through the Lord's blessing, was a good voyage. JJ Aa W iUM' I fly iCrrr CkTT TTTirf rim Furniture, Ardahan Rugs, Trunks and Bags less 20 per cent. (Globe-Wernicke Cases and Office Fittings Reserved. Carpets, Rugs, Curtains and Upholstery Goods . less 10 per cent. Odd Dressers and Chiffoniers of Mahogany Very handsome specimens ' of the best makers. Dressers Chiffon fers Value Value Value Value $40.75 $81.50 $61.25 $46.00 for for for for $30.00 $54.50 $40.00 $35.00 Value $52.75 Value $56.00 Value $51.25 Value $44.75 for $35.00 for $35.00 for $33.50 for $23.00 , Value fr $13.00 Odd Chiffoniers of Maple $42.50 for $30.00 Value. $17.50 Mattresses Silk Floss, size 46, in two parts, value $14.00 for $ir.o Klastic Felt, size 46, two parts, value $11.50 for $9.20 Cotton, size 46, two parts, value $8.75 for $5.25 Rugs that are in the Sale In addition to the Ardahans which are offered in all sizes at 20 per cent, are the remainder of the well known styles : Wiltons in all sizes, Axminsters, Body Brussels, Tapestries, Kazaks, Wool Fibre and Fibre, besides the attractive Log Cabin Rag Rugs which are in such fa vor for sleeping rooms arid summer living rooms. Navajo Indian Rugs at one-third reduction. Oriental Rugs at the 10 per cent discount.' First floor. At the Art Section Finished Embroidered Center Pieces, brown linen worked in colors: Value $60.0 at $4.00 Value $3.75 at $2.50 v Value $3.00 at , Scarves value $7.50 Collar Bags : value $2.25 Tie Racks valus $2.00 Sofa Pillows value $6.75 value ,$6.00 ' value $5.00 Bags valuj $2.25 valu-i $2.00 Glove Case valu? $2.25 . for $5.00 For $1.50 tor 31.25 Tor $4.75 for $4.00 Tor $3.50 ;'.: $1.25 -r.-.r $1.25 for $1.23 Third Floor. Discounts in the Basement Furnishing Store good until Wednesday night. A Condition of this General Clearance Sale is that gooda cannot be exchanged nor stored. The D. M. Read Co. These cold days can be enjoyed with a pair of Gloves from our stock. GLOVES FOB EVERY USE. Dress Gloves .- - 48c to 5.00 Driving Gloves 48c to $5.00 Auto Gloves 98e to 5.00 Working Gloves 10c to $1.50 MITTENS. For every use 25c to $2.50 KMT GLOVES AXD MITTEXS 25c to 8c BUCKLE ARCTICS. One, Two and Fur Buckle, all sizes . . ' $1.10 to $2.90 FELTS AXD OVERS. Only the best quality. .$2.25 to $3.50 SWEATERS AND JERSEYS 98c to $5.00. The Ailing Kubber Co, 1127 MAIN STREET 9 STORES ADF0RD 1072 Main St. DEPARTMENT STORE, 89 Fairfield Ave. "THE STORE TO FIND SCARCE ARTICLES" ANIJ THE STORE THAT PAYS THE CAR FARE COUPON GOOD TUESDAY, JAN. 14 Men's 50c OUTING FLANNEL NIGHT SHIRTS With Coupon, Tuesday 36c GOOD STOCK OF NIGHT SHIRTS AND PAJAI.IAS FOR MEN AND BOYS GOOD QUALITY PRICES VERY LOW YOUR FALL MOUSE CLEANING Let as STEAM CLEAN vonr Carpets ONCE. TTien too will O'DERSTA.Vn why PARTICULAR peoplo ALWAYS employ THE BRIDGEPORT STEAM CARPET CLEANING CO. 336 STRATFORD AVENUE Phono 934 PleRee remember wo also make beautiful Fluff Rugs out of your olt nrj-i 75 cents up WANT ADVERTISEMENTS ONE CENT A W0r.I, .1,