THE FARMER: MAY 31, 1913
LITTLE BEAUTY CHATS
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Keeping Old
"Ton cannot pick up a. paper or mag
azine nowadays without finding some
one has either asked or answered the
question "How shall I keep old age
-it bay?"
Where la nothing- that will help as
Mich as to keep up a good circu
lation and thus eliminate every day
ounces of most deadly poisons which
should be thrown off by the pores, the
liver and the kidneys.
Elimination by the kidneys Is help
ed by drinking . much cool not iced
water. Be sure and drink a glassful
of water the first thing in the morn
ing and the last thing at night. If
you wish you can' add a teaspoonful
of lemon juice to this.
The latest edict from the dicta rian
Is that you may drink cool pure water
with your meals, provided you chew
your food carefully and do not take it
as you do a pill,- by swallowing It in
copious gulps of water.
Most of the water cures could be
effected at home if one drank' pure
water In the same, quantities, took the
same exercise and diet one takes as a
cure.
For the elimination of poison by the
liver one should keep it In working
large quantities, and starchy and meat
and sugar in moderation.
One should never drink more than
one cap of coffee at breakfast and a
small cup of black coffee after dinner.
Tea if you must drink it is better
taken in, the afternoon after the busi
ness of the day is over and before you
have prepared for the entertainment
and pleasures of the evening.
This afternoon tea is growing more
t tti nrp Tionular. and if t is rather
weak and hot and " Is drunk amid I
pleasant surroundings; it is one, of the
enemies of old age.
I need not emphasize the necessity
Of thinking young thoughts.
" "Don't lose your - enthusiasms or
your Illusions," said Sarah Bernhardt
to me once and truly she Is one who
has thrived under her own prescrip
tion. - The woman who keeps up with, the
Give Your Hands a Chance
"Will a warm olive oil bath benefit a
red, wrinkled, knotty hand?"
It surely will. I know a woman
who had a bad case . of rheumatism in
"her fingers and the joints were begin
ning to swell and .look ugly. Each
night she bathes taem In warm olive
oil, allowing her fingers to be immers
ed in the bowl for at least ten minutes,
all the while rubbing her hands and
; fingers carefully. She soon found
' that the swelling and ugliness entire
' ly disappeared.
-' There is not a part of the body that
can be .so easily molded and put into
j proper shape and -no part of1 the body
; that Is more universally Neglected as
the hands.
. Few women dry their hands proper-
Jy. and they are not particular about
1 the soap they use. Even those wo
' men who are careful of the kind of
soap they put on their faces, do' not
scruple to put "any old kind".-uppn
their hands and unless they become
badly chapped, and roughened, they
never use cream - or unguents of any
kind. They wash their handa many
times a day with .strong alkali soap
and then wonder- why they look so
shriveled and old when every bit of
the natural oil has been washed put
' of them.
-.. Few women have nails that are
nicely shaped and, unless they patron
ise the manicurist, most women usual
ly allow the cuticle to grow around
the nails. Catting the nails instead
of filing them makes them thick and
brittle. Lookat the nails of a man
who Is always tampering with them
with his pocket knife and you will
find them thick and usually corru-
, gated, even If they are scrupulously
clean.
Try putltng a little cold cream upon
the hands and rubbing it in well, then
wiping off all superfluous grease after
each washing, see how quickly they
"Will repay your trouble.
A woman over forty, with beautiful
MEMORIAL DAY MEMORIES
iBy Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner)
Washington, May 31. Once more
the old blue ranks have joined with
fifes and ' drums sounding, the rem
nant of the Grand Army has come
down the street. It was Memorial
fcay.
. Again the old "boys" have met at
the post hall. It is not such a nu
merous company as met there ten
years ago, or five, 'or even last year.
But it is still "Bill," and "Tom," and
"Cumrade," with a heartiness that
even age cannot take away. There
are solicitous inquiries after health.
Hands clasp silently in reunion. Many
are. wondering whose place In the pa
rade will be vacant next year, next
Memorial Day. "Jim," is beginning
to. look feeble. "Sam's" shoulders, al
ways so erect, are beginning to have
an involuntary stoop in them!
The Relief Corps has been busy for
several days. But now, most of the
active work of preparation has been
done by the grandchildren of the vet
erans. The grandsons have been out
in the woods gathering flowers. The
granddaughters have arranged tiei
memorial baskets and bouquets. And
grandchildren this year have placed
the marker flags In the cemetery.
They used more flags this year than
ever before.
At last the parade starts. Its mili
tary appearance is kept up this year
by the presence of Spanish "War vet
erans and the Boy Scouts. But the
chief interest is In the brave little
band of Grand Army men. . There ia
a. pitiful attempt, but unsuccessful, to
" appear In uniform. With most, the
uniform consists merely of the black
felt hat with its gold braid. With
some it is merely the gold buttons in
suits of brown, black and gray. While
ct very few still wear blue suits, brass
buttons, felt hat -and all.
Most of them still make a brave at
tempt to be military In bearing. But
for all but a few the exertion is ter
rific. Some still have their buoyant
etep, but for most the march is halt
ing and painful. And some, who
jive always marched before this year,
are riding in carriages and automo
biles. - '
I4o wonder that in the average
email northern town eyes are wet with
tears as they watch the old Grand Ar
my march by again. The faces in
the line are mostly known to all. And
"some are tnigsed. The. town knows
the story of all of them,
v I have a purpose in writing these
lines for this memorial day. The
Solat I wish to make is that the Grand
BEACON
Age at Bay
5 f w
times, who thinks young thoughts,
who looks forward, instead of back
ward Is "going : to stay young much
longer than the woman who begins
early to live on her memories.
Another very easy way to lop off a
year or two is not to allow yurself to
settle physically. ' Keep your back
bone stiff, and your Joints supple.
Half of the people grow old before
their time because they are too. lazy to
keep their minds, spirits and bodies
alert and in working order.
hands, told me-she gave her hands an
olive oil bath at least once a week,
and sometimes twice, massaged them
carefully, and then went through a
kind of five finger exercise, where
she opened and shut each finger sep
arately ten times and then shut them
altogether. ,
Her hands are as supple, white and
soft as those of her sixteer-year-old
daughter and yours can be the same.
Army" is going, and going rapidly.
Each month now at the Pension .Of
fice in Washington 4,000 names are
struck from the roll with the grim
word "dead" closing each pension ac
count. Four thousand a month!
These men who went forth to give
their lves for the Union 51 years a?o
hardly fell on the battlefields and in
fever hospitals at that rate.
The country needs a new sense of
the great debt owed . to these men.
The country owes it to this dwindling
band . to smooth out their declining
years. It ought to be easier for them
to get their pensions. They ought not
to be subjected to the .annoying de
lays and red tape that"" they have
been subjected to In the past. Their
pensions ought to be bigger a" dcl
lar a day Is not too much. Moreove-
pensions ought to be paid more fre
quently. There has been introduced
In Congress a bill providing for
monthly instead of quarterly payment
of pensions, and I hope it will pass.
It is to' be hoped that the new com
missioner of pensions will require that
pension matters will receive more
prompt- treatment than they 'have
heretofore, when old soldiers have
been compelled to wait week after
week, and month after month, for
their pension claims to receive even
preliminary consideration. Time flies
Whatever is to be done for the Boys in
Blue mUst and should be done quickly.
OBITUARY
The funeral of Mrs. Rose Finneran
was held from her home, 499 South
avenue, yesterday morning at 8:30
o'clock, and from the Sacred Heart
church half an hour later. Rev. Fath
er Matthew Judge celebrated a hieh
mass of requiem. He was assisted by
Rev. Father Thomas J. Mooney as
ueacon ana Kev. Father E. P. Curran,
as sub-deacon. A. quartette composed
of Mrs. Thomas Casserly, Mrs. Mollie
Daily Ogren, Miss Margaret Cum
mings and Thomas Driscoll sang "Thy
Will Be Done," as the body was being
brought into the church; Miss Cum
mings and Mrs. Casserly sang "Pie
Jesu" at the offertory; Mr. Driscoll
sang "There's A Beautiful Land On
High" after mass, and as the -body
was being taken from the church the
quartette sang "Abide With Me." The
pall bearers were Miles McPadden,
Patrick Curran, Patrick Fitzsimmons,
Edward Dargan, Thomas McCue, and
Patrick Whaley. Interment was in
St. Michael's cemetery.
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SOCIAL REFORM
AND GUARANTEE
OF SECURITY
Do the New Movements in Gov
t eminent and Industry Threat
Civilization? John Haynee Holmes, Church of the
Messiah, New Tork.
(Exclusive Service The Survey Press
Bureau)
Amid euch a confusion of "chAnce
and change" as seems to be charac
teristic of our age in the various phas
es of ite social life, It- is not eurprising
peihaps to find that many persons,
not over-given to timidity on ordinary
occasions, are genuinely disturbed at
the course which events are -taking;
and are asking of the agitators and
reformers of the time, in terms more
and more insistent, what - guarantee
they have to offer that their words
and works do not spell destruction for
the whole existing fabric of civiliza
tion. Those of us who feel the thrill of the
new . movement of social transforma
tion, and hail the advent of the new
day - with an exultation which leaves
little place In our hearts for any re
grets for the passing of the old, do not
alwaje 'realize, I imagine, how num
erous are the revolutions of ancient
custom .which are involved in the de
mands which are being pressed upon
every ha-nd, and therefore fall to rec
ognize the fears . for the security of
the nation, w.hich are latent in many
noble and devoted hearts.
What with the indefinite extension of
the machinery of our democracy by
such devices as the initiative, the ref
erendum and the recall, which may
well seem subversive of that whole
form of representative government
which is at the bottom of our consti
tutional system, the multiplying as
saults upon the integrity and authority
of our courts, which have so long been
regarded as the very bulwark of our
institutions; the call for the active in
terference of the state with the ad
ministration of industry in such mat
ters as workmen's compensation, the
eight hour day for -women and chil
dren, the minimum wage, etc.; the ra
pidly growing sentiment of our people
favoring the socialization of natural
resources and the' public, regulation,
if not ownership of all means, of pro
duction and ' distribution the whole
great movement, in a word,for an un
fettered democracy upon the one hand
ar.d an unlimited social control upon
the other what with all " these start
ling: innovations sweeping down upon
us at once, it is not surprising that
many an earnest soul is wondering as
to what the outcome of it all is to be
and is seeking rather vainly for any
evidence that these cures, which are
being offered for our ills, do not mean
the dissolution rather than the healing
of the patient.
What guarantee can you give us,
amid the utter chaos In which we
are Involved, that there is any real
security for the future?
What assurance can you offer that
this flood of reform which is certainly
destined to "bear us far," will not
break Its bonds and thus sweep us to
destruction?
What reasons can you present for be
lieving that 'ire may safely try these
untested schemes of political -and in
dustrial revolution, and still have any
thing left of this great republic, which
was founded In the blood and tears of
the fathers, and was strengthened and
extended by the undaunted labors, of
four generations of valiant sons? Is
there anything which may even .par
tially persuade us that this new move
ment really involves "the strength and
stability of the times?"
These are the questions which are
being asked today by many a rest
less heart, and they are questions
which challenge a respectful answer.
There are some of us (of whom T
beg to be counted one!) who find our
all suf f iicent reply to these inquiries
in our abounding faith in humanity.
We believe that in a country where
illiteracy is at a minimum, general
education on the increase, caste bar
riers unknown, freedom . of speech,
press and assembly, granted and prac
ticed, religious liberty everywhere en
joyed, the people can be trusted to
control their own affairs.
This does not mean that the voice
of the people Is necessarily the voice
of God in all places and under all
conditions. But it does mean that the
people, if given the privilege of re
sponsibility and a due opportunity for
self-knowledge and self-instruction,
will quite as often decide for the right
as for the wrong; and that in the
latter case will learn from heir ex
perience of error the certain way of
avoiding similar blunders in the fu
ture. Thus, by the very pra.iice of their
freedom do the people grow in wis
dom and virtue. Thus, by the very
fact of its operation does democracy
perfect itself, as water purifies Itself.
Thus does the voice of the people be
come In course of time as if it were the
voice of God. Which is all we mean
by the ancient maxim that the cure
the ills f democracy is more democ
racy! It- is such a faith In .the peo
ple that gives to many of us, "amid the
political and industrial transformations
of the time, the guarantee of security
which must be had,&nd for any guar
antee beyond this pledge of faitn, we
se no need. , .
It is obvious, however, that, to many
minds, moTal faith of any kind can
give no guarantee of things mater
ial. Blind trust In human nature
means nothing when we are talking
about' such matters as , governments
and economic systems. We must
have something more tangible than
this is the cry, if we are to believe that
the new social movements of the age
are anything more than so many
heedless attacks upon the integrity
of our civilization. ;
To this demand I am confident that
a satisfactory answer can - be given:
and I find this answer, not In the field
of Ideals, but in the field of method.
The guarantee of security, amid the
chaos about us, is to be found in the
method of action characteristic of the
true social reformer of the times,
which in nothing less than the method
of ; exact science. Visionaries, dream
ers." agitators, blind propagandists,
there are a-plenty in the social field
to-day, ..and many are they who follow
whithersoever they lead. . But the re
former who., really counts as an influ
ence at this moment, and therefore
may be regarded as typical of effective
social progress, is nothing more, and
certainly is nothing less, than a scien
tist who makes society his laboratory
and who follows therein the expert's
well-approved methods of observation
and experiment. The social leader of
this new age Is primarily an investiga
tor, and only secondarily a reformer.
His firsf demand is for facts; and only
when these are gathered in sufficient
numbers, are classified and tabulated
and compared, and then at last made
to tell their tale, does he draw his in
ferences, formulate his doctrines and
lay down his program of reform.
There .is, much of the prophet in the
true sociologist must of the poet
much of the humanitarian and lover
of , mankind. These qualities must
never disappear, if the social move
ment' Is to remain wholesome, idealis
tic, 'and thus genuinely beneflcient.
But at bottom, at least for the pres
ent, must-be the scientist as the per
petual guarantee of sanity and safety.
Here now is the guarantee of secur
ity for which so many cautious per
sons of our time are vainly seeking.
So long as we look upon the new mor
al and political movements, which are
p'o characteristic of our age, as mere
agitations, we may feel alarm for the
future. It is when we look closer,
and see that behind the agitation for
change, there is the accuracy, precis
ion, and certainty of the scientific
method, that we may feel that "all is
well." '
EAGLES COMMITTEE
MEETS TOMORROW
Some' very interesting reports are
expected at the meeting tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock at ICagries' hall
of the general committee in charge
of the big state parade and field day
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles to be
held In Bridgeport, July 22. President
John J. Heavey of the Bridgeport
aerie has been visiting a number of
the different aeries of the state during
the past week and will have a very
encouraging message for the com
mittee, and some of the sub-committees
will . have reports to offer of an
encouraging nature. The committee
on sports has been negotiating for a
headline attraction for the field day
to be held at the Bridgeport Aero
drome during the afternoon, and may
have an announcement to make, and
the other sub committees are also
ready to report progress.. The con
test in - the sale of coupon tickets is
arousing considerable interest and
several of the ladies are already hard
at work to win the gold watch and the
$25 In. gold which are offered as
prizes for the lady selling the greatest
number of tickets. All members of
the committee should be present at
the meeting.
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remarkable libel case brought by Col
onel Koosevelt against Editor Newett
at Marquette, Mich. It was made
up of sturdy residents of the Michigan
A MILLION BUSHEL
OF OYSTER SHELLS
Inexhaustible Supply in the Bed at the
Mouth of the HonsatAnic
1 (Special Correspondence.)
Stratford, May 31 Piled up on the
shores of Knell's Island are a million
bushels of shells taken from the bed
of the Housatonic river this season.
With one exception, perhaps, thin is
the largest catch ever made - in the
river. In 1898 . the piles were almost
as large but probably lacked some of
equalling the present supply. The
shells are taken from an inexhaustible
bed at the mouth of the river and are
sold to the oyster cultivators to be
planted on the beds. The young oys
ter after it Is hatched clings to. the
first clean substance It meets after it
has cast loose from the moorings it
occupied at Its birth. When the oys
ter spawns the "set" as it is called
floats away with the current. Shoufd
It meet no congenial resting place it
.floats on and Is either lost or becomes
the'f ood of the many forms of sea life
which feed on the minute animal life
which floats about with little or no
means of propulsion or protection.
Early in the history of oyster farm
ing it was discovered that the fresh
ly hatched Spawn would cling firmly
to 'a clean' surf ace. Various substan
ces have been used to attract the
spawn in the past but the most nat
ural and available Is the shells of the
parent bivalve. Broken stone was
used with some measure of success by
the big planters but this was soon
abandoned and the shells produced by
the packing establishments were used.
These establishments were unable to
furnish enough shells to supply the
demand ajid the shoremen in differ
ent parts of this section of the North
were called upon to obtain a supply.
In some sections the bottoms of the
harbors andi estuaries have been
dredged for mussels which were taken
to the shore spread out to die and
rot. The shells were afterward gath
ered and sold to the oyster plantera.
; At the mouth of . the Housatonic
there is a bed of shells which natural
ists assert has been accumulating for a
million years. In dredging channels
mud diggers have penetrated tills bed
to the depth of over 20 feet with no
indication that the bottom had been
reached. Any where from 100,000
bushels up have been taken .from this
bed every year for three or four de
cades. This constant drain has made
no appreciable impression on the ac
cumulated mass. Early In- the his
tory of the oyster industry the plant
ers sought to Invade this bed with
machinery and procure their supply
with power dredgers. The next season
a law was on the statute books for
bidding the use of any form of power
In taking the shells. Since then the
people of Stratford have fought every
suggestion to open the beds to indis
criminate slaughter. This measure
has" preserved to the "Shore lillies" of
the town a source of revenue sure and
remunerative. The price has varied
very little in the last twenty years.
This year the companies are paying
the shellers 6 1-2 cents a bushel and
it is easy to figure how much the town
benefits by the industry. Almost ev
ery cent of this money is spent in the
town or in Bridgeport. . The work
is hard requiring tough muscles and
indifference to exposure. The shell
ing is done at low water beginning
when the tide is half dawn and end
ing when the half flood Is reached.
This means that the sheller must fol
low the tides and daylight in the
morning ,finds the boats at work on
the beds and they remain until dark
ness makes work impossible. Be
sides the laws of the state there are
unwritten laws which are followed re
ligiously by the shellers. "The bed
is composed of a solid mass of shells
about 90 per cent, of which are from
oysters and they are packed in close
ly. The Shellers work with ordinary
oyster tongs which they use with great
skill. A skillful Sheller will take
something like 60 to 75 bushels of
shells in a day. A novice would have
hard work to get) five. Each Sheller
has a spot where he has opened a
"hole" and his right to this pre-emption
is never disputed. Just what
would happen if a new comer should
invade the private preserves of any
Sheller cannot be guessed because
such a thing has never occurred. The
Shellers respect each other's rights as
religiously as did the Musselmen be
fore the hegira.
This has been an . unusually busy
year for the Shellers. Every bush
el offered has been readily taken. The
season is now about over and the work
of planting will soon begin. Cant.
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peninsular, all of - them working men
wfho ' had ' been' weeded out carefully
by both sides. They were plain, un
assuming men. Impressed with the fact
that they were in reality trying a for
mer president of the United States,
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JUNE
BRIDES
In fact any one who is contemplating buying furni
ture should see our immense stock of furniture to choose
from.
Prices low. ; You will find they are alright.
Special inducements on whole outfits.
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Furniture, Upholstery
Established 1842
ICE
COAL
WOOD
IRA GREGORY & CO. ""T
Branch Office cxo Hain Of&ca
o72 vnnAT 4 202
Main Street
John Goodsell who -is the buyer for the
Sealshlpt company has over 300,000
bushels ready for shipment.' Besides
these between 100,000 and 200,00p
bushels have been sold to each of the
following: H. C. Rowe & Co., New
Haven; H. J. Lewis Co., of Bridgeport;
Jos. Ellsworth Co., of New York;
Land era ft Bros., of New Haven; Ike
Stevens of Ro way ton; Smith Bros, of
New Haven; The Merwin Co., of Mil
ford and several smaller concerns.
Each of these companies has a
buyer on the ground and each buyer
has his friends among the Sheller3.
The price is always uniform and it
is seldom that any company bids for
the trade by raising the price. This
year the Shellers receive 6 1-2 cents.
It has been believed that the Shellers
were well paid for their work but when
the hard ' work and the exposure is
considered as well as the time lost
during storms the work pays less than
most any Industry in this vicinity. But
it just suits the sturdy and indepen
dent .Shore Lily" who is about the
best fellow in the world after his
rough exterior has been penetrated.
These men would not exchange their
life with all its attendant hardships
for the best Job in the finest shop in
the city. Most of them own their
own homes and they are the best pro
viders in the world.
"What are you going to do for shells
when the bed In the river gives out?"
was asked Capt. Goodsell yesterday.
"There are enough shells in that bed
in the river to last a hundred years.
No one knows how deep that bed is.
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although Colonel - Roosevelt was the
plaintiff in the case. The twelve men.
"good and true, -are snown with the
two court constables who had charge
of them.
and Richmond Ranges
, 177 STATE STREET
TRY SPR AGUE'S Extra High Grada
L.EHIGH CO AIL.
Sprague Ice & Coal Co.
Bast Bid East Washington Avenue Bridge. Tel. 71 0
Stratford Are.
It has been sounded over twenty test
with no indication that the bottom ',
had been reached. Every freshet
brings down more from the upper riv
er to fill the holes we open. Oyster
spawn In the river year after year
and the foul waters from up the
stream kill them. The swift wator
brings the shells down and deposits
them in this deep hole. I don't thinK
the supply will ever give out."
SUNDAY SERVICES
First Church of Christ Scientist. S71
Lafayette street. Service at 11 a. m.
Subject, "Ancient and Modern Necro
mancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypno
tism Denounced." Sunday school at
12:15. Wednesday evening Testimon
ial meeting at 8. The Reading room
is open every day except Sunday from
10 to 1 ,a.nd from 3 to 5 and also on
Thursday evenings. All are welcome.
First Baptist Church, West and
Washington avenue. Rev. John Rich
ard Brown, mininter. Services at 10:30
and 7:30. Sunday School at 12. The
Pastor's Class for men, "The Christian
Way Out of Poverty." Morning sub
Ject,"The Denomination and the King
dom." Communion. Evening subject,
"A Case Reopened." All Invited.
The Ladies Missionary circle of the
Second Baptist church will met for
their regular monthly meeting at the
home of Miss DeWolfe, 1347 Boston
avenue, Monday June 2nd at 3 p. m.
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