THE FAEMEE: MARCH 6, 1914,
BRIDGEPORT E VENING EARMER
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STONE HEADS COMMITTEE
ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
The World Needs Justice From '
The Living More Than It Requires
Benevolence From The. Dead
Established jSsr
UNIONHWiLA8El
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PROF. COOLIDGE ,48 TO-DAY, IS AN ITINERANT EDUCATOR
Prof. Archibald Cary Coolidge, the distinguished historian and Har-
vard's itinerant ambassador, first breathed the classic atmosphere of Boston
forty-eight years ago to-day. Ever since that day he has called .the Huh
cf the Universe home, but he has seldom been at home; "Where is our wan
dering boy to-night ?"' the Harvard undergraduates sing, wifh great feeling,
referring to Prof. Coolidgre, and the answer may be Berlin or Paris or San
' tiago de j Chile or Pekin, but seldom Cambridge. Prot Coolidge's last as
eignment , was as exchange professor, at the University of Berlin, where he
has ably defended American edooational institutions and methods against
the criticisms and- sneers of the. Germans, who hold, as a first article of faith,
that it-is impossible to secure anything resembling a real education outside
of the Kaiser's empire. . ' ' " 1 - '
In his' youth Prof. Coolidge'imbibed from the founts of learning in. many,
lands. He graduated from Harvard, with the degree of A. B-, in 1887, and
then went to Germany, where he spent a year at the .University of Berlin, to
which he was later destined to become exchange professor. After that he, ab
sorbed lore and wisdom" at the Bcole' des' Scfences Politiques fn Paris, and
Freiburg,' in Baden, where he became a Doctor of Philosophy. ... , ,
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. ' ; In the meantime ProfU Coolldge had essayed a Diplomatic career Dy serv
ing as acting secretary, of the American legation at St. Petersburg during the
Winter of 1890-1891.- In, 1892 he was for.a time private secretary to the
United States minister to France, Hon T. J. Coolidge, his uncle. . The follow
ing year he was secretary of the American legation at Vienna. ,
Prof. Coolidge began his educational career at his alma mater in 1893
an instructor in history. . In 1899 he was made an assistant professor, and
in 1905 and 1906 he toured the. Orient with the Taft party. Upon his rejturn
he was dispatched to France as Harvard lecturer to the Eorbocne and other
' French Universities. In 1908 he became a full-fledged professor,-publish-
ed his famous book, "The United States as a World Power,", and toured South
America as the representative of North America's 5 oldest university "at the
" Fan-American Scientific Congress," held at Santiago, Chileo
Dc. Coolidge was recently the guest of honor at ajdinner. in Berlin, and
-was eulogized by Prof. Paul Shorey, the German exchange professor of the
University of Chicago, as one, of America's greatest and; ablest educators and
historians, and as a. brilliant representative of that ancient Cambridge "instl-i
tution which, he said, was "founded to train an,d educate the Indians and is
now educating the world." ; ... ; ... -,..;.,--,.;..; , t -
Scotland's premier peer, the thirteenth Duke of ; Hamilton, was born
ftf ty-two years ago to-day, and has held the title for, nearly twenty 'yearsi
The family history of the Duke began ,with the. ' Sir James ; Douglas who
fought with Robert Bruce, and whos. brother was regent of Scotland and fell
a. ITalidon Hill, in 1338. - -T'ae son. sf -the latter, trie first Earl of Douglas,i was
also a distinguished warrior, and the second Earl defeated Hotspur and fell
at Otterburn. The fourth Earl, After being ; wounded and .. taken prisoner
ly Hotspur, escaped. A eon of the first .Earl of Douglas became the first
Earl of Angus in 1889. Other titles hold by the Duke include Baron and
lr-arquia of Hamilton, Earl of Arran; Marquis of Douglas, Marquis of Cyldes
3 ale, Baron of Avon, Polmont, ' Macanshire, Innerdale; Abernethy . and Jed
burgh Forest, Baron Dutton of Great Britain, and Duk& ol Chatetherault,
France."', . ' '. " 1 -' ' - - ' ,
BIRTHDAY OF DU MAURIER, AUTHOR OF BEST JOKE.
. ; Since the days of Adam and Eve, or the first man-monkey to become a
n.onkey-man, there, have been professional and amateur jokesmiths, and they
have helped much to make life worth living.. Mark, -Twain declared that
there are but seven original orToot jokes in existence, and that all others are
but variations. A perusal of the current output of the jokesmiths lends color
to this assertion, but now and then -a joke is published that has all the ele
rr.ents of surprise, absolute freshness and originality Not long ago a com
pany of distinguished English literary men and women attempted to discover
. the world's best joke, and, after a ; vote, ithey awarded the palrri to Du Mau-
Tier's' sketch dealing . with the . urchin; -Ahe porter and : the . grandfather's
clock. George Louis Pannella Busson Dtf-Maurier, who was .Wrn-in Paris
eighty years ago to-day, is thus immortalized, as the father of the supreme
jk of the centuries, as well as the author of the celebrated '"miby." . -H
It was while he was a member of the staff of -Punch that Du Maurier
diew the caricature which represented a" porter staggering along' under -the
weight of a grandfather's clock of enormous size, which he had been em
ployed to deliver. A small boy of the streets hailss him, andthe text gave
the "punch" to the Punch Joke: , ' ' .- . - :
"X say, mister," Inquires the guttersnipe, "wouldn't you find it more conr
venient to carry a watch 7" . . . . j h , . - . ' ' ' v 1 : ?- ' , ,
All England laughed at that joke when it appeared in Punch's classic
columns, and America, for once not scoffing at the English brand of humor,
joined in the guffaws of merriment. ... , " - . ' .
" Du Maurier first went to England to study chemistry, but he soon fell
out with that science, and returned to his native Paris to study art. Be-
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Having that London offered the best field, he settled in that city, and began
to draw for several publications, finally joining the staff of Pnch, the pages
of which Me enriched with his caricatures and sketches, dealing largely with
Btclety-life. "He also illustrated Thackeray's 'Henry .-Esmond,"' and other
novels. ' - ' f
' Turning from art to literature, he achieved even greater fameaa a writ
er than he had as an illustrator. In 1891 he published "Peter Ibbetson,".
"which was fairly successful. Then, twenty years ago, "Trilby" was pub
lished on both sides of the Atlantic, and within a brief time the name of Du
Maurier's pathetic and beautiful heroine was on all lips : The story of artist
life In the Latin Quarter of Paris, with its tinge of hypnotism,' "out of the mys
terious East," was the literary hit , of the century. , A "Trilby; craze,",,;which
stopped little short- of mania, seized America, and spread across the Atlantic
to England ' and1 France. , . The name of Dtt Maurier's central figure was
applied to scores of articles. Newspapers gave- up pages to grave discus-
sions of hypnotism,, inspired by the hypnotist in Du Maurier's novel.- TTrilby"
was dramatized, and, .although the stage version left much to be desired, the
vast publicity given to the novel made it a success, financially. ; :' :. - '
In 1898 Du Maurier published "The Martian," .and in October of that
'yem.r he died- - The "Trilby" craze has long since died out, and the rising gen
eration knows little of T'rilby,"' and only wonders why a former generation
ehould have been so madly, wildly excited about that delightful nerolne. Com
pared with the highly-spiced literature of the present, it must be admitted
that "Trilby" seems a bit tame. : y. ;
Mr. Thornton, who has been hired
t, ran the Great Eastern Railroad in
England, - will have to arrange a. few
mashups if- they want - American
methods introduced. ; . . . ;
The late senator from Georgia had
the resounding name If Augustus Oc
tavius Bacon, but it was probably a
. long time before the. common people
topped calling him "Gus.T -f
The correct way to educate the pub
lie up to the career, achievements, and
services of George Washington ia to
give a bridge party with favors. cut
out of red paper In the shape of haich-
Capt. Inch of the olturno was pre
sented with the keys of London, but
they won't admit him to a comforta
ble lodging until he pays four shill
ings toi the hotel clerk.
If this government should intervene
In Mexico, t im to be hoped it does
rto have to pay pensiona to every one
whio injur e fciai eyea reading the war
dtspa&oheab :;-, :-s ;
; The- "Safety first" campaign is
making considerable progress, but it
is not considered good form to men
tion the subject to enthusiastic mo-
TTOHN ROCKEFELLER'S pastor is credited, with having said
J "Mr. Rockefeller is devoting more, thought atmut how to
spend what he has to benefit his fellow men; than he formerly
aevotea ro accumulating wnat ne nas; . t .
There is no reason why this statement should not be accept
ea at its iace value. Mr. Kockereller is a very old man. In
the course of events he will pass On. It is currently believed
that to this unknown country he can take neither land, nor gold
nor Donas. ' i; .- "r-: f
U now he considers the source of his great piles of wealth,
ana sees in mem some prospect of establishing a firmer peace
with heaven, the. frame of mind is not novel, but common. It
is- not new, but old as history.
Who has not read of the 'laws of' mortmain which, in one
form or. another, European- nations, at sometime in their history,
were onliged to pass. The accumulations of property donated
by trembling barons to benevolent uses became so cumbersome
end so threatening, during the middle ages that the law was
obliged, from time to time, to cut off such gifts. '
'The best thing a man can do. to benefit his fellow men, is to
deal justly with them while he lives. Gifts are not justice.
They are seldom even useful in benefiting those to whom. they
are given. . . ' . . ', '
The power of a man is. greatest whilehe is alive. Dttring
his lifetime he may set on foot such things that by the voluntary
disposition of the men who succeed him, may be useful for gen-,
rations. What he did in life may appear to the will of his
successors excellent. . v 1 ' f. ;.
, i But when men attempt to impose their arbitrary views upon
the unborn, they usually do more harm than good.. -
; The constitutional provisions forbidding primogeniture,
and the statutes relating to inheritances in perpetuity are suf
ficient examples of social thought on this point. ' ,. r, 1
In fact the 'historical perception of this truth is strong
enough in Congress, so that it has looked coldly upon the Rocke
feller endowment,, and refused it an incorporation. Yet this
was one of the methods by which Mr. Rockefeller hoped to ben
efit his fellow men.
The commands of, the dead will be obeyed by almost nobody
who has the disposition to disobey. Mrs. Pettingill has not even
succeeded in keeping safe' as -a library the building which she
left for library purposes to Bridgeport forever, scarcely a score
of years back. :, -. . ,;;
We should say that Mr. Rockefeller can best benefit so
ciety by reducing, the price of his products until they yield no
more than a just and normal profit, when measured against the
profits yielded by ordinary capital. t - r ,
While Standard Oil declares dividends of several hundred
per cent a year, it will not be Mr. Rockefjeller wha,is practicing
benevolence j but the persons who' buy what his corporations
have to sell. ' , 1
'LA..TRAVIATA." ,
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The, first performance of . "La Traviata4'one of Verdi's greatest operas,
was given in -Venice Sixty-one years ago to-day,' March 6. 1853.!. Giuseppe
Verdi whose centenary has just been celebrated, scored his first success with
rNabucodonosor" in 1842. This was followed by "I. Lombardi,:' -trErnani,"
'"Rigoletto." -"Il Trovatore" and then "La. Travlata," the last three the" best,
as they axe'' the last, of the Italian opera school. ; Aj da," first, sung In 1871,
showed that a revolution had taken place1 in Verdi's , mind and method. "La
Traviata" is based on the celebrated .novel of the younger Dumas, "La Dame
aux Camelias," which, was published in 1848. and produced as a 'drama In
1852,' but in'the opera, the period is changed to the reign of Louis XIV. The
Marguerite of the novel and drama becomes Violetta in the Vendi opera. The
initial scene shows ; Violetta in the midst of an assemblage of gay pleasure
seekers, and the story of the opera closely follows that of book and drama,
ending with the pathetic death of Violetta. -. - ?
CABOT
l; ' The first white man' to set foot' on the mainland of the North American
continent was John Cabot, or Giovanni Caboto, a Venetian mariner Who re
ceived letters patent from Hihry 'vil, dated March 5, 1496,- just 418 years
ago' today. The Italian had been a merchant in Bristol, England,fpr many
years before his ambition was fired by the discoveries of Columbus, leading
him to apply to the English monarch for permission -to fit out a. fleet for a.
voyage of exploration. He sailed ' from Bristol in W97, with two snips, and
accompanied by his sons, Sebastian, Lewis and Sancto. Historians differ as
to Cabbt's landing place, although the evidence apparently favors Cape Bre
ton, Nova' Scotia. Others hold that Cabot and his adventurers first touched
the shores of ' Newfoundland or landed amid the ice and cold , of Labrador,
but the' Cape Breton theory has received almost conclusive proof. . Thus it
was Cabot who first planted the English flag on American shores and' who
paed the way for these settlements which have developed into the mighty
Dominion and the great republic. With his frail and feeble vessels he sailed
stormier seas than Columbus ever saw, and his reward was even less than
that of the Genoesa adventurer.
Yy X
Washington, March"". 6. Senator
William Stone of Missouri is the new
chairman of the committee on foreign
relations, succeeding the late Senator
A. O. Bacon of Georgia. : The position
is particularly important owing to the
Mexican situation. " .
CLASH OF BANKERS
EXPECTED If! CITY
, HALL NEXT WEEK
Bill , Regulating Depositing of
' Public Funds is Scheduled '
" ; "''"' For Hearing. 1
Fireworks are expected ait the mib-
lic heairang Tuesday ' evening on an
amendment- to the ordinance - which
will permit - tihe " depositing of city
funds with trust companies as well aa
National banka. The pTO-poeed ajnend-
ment to the .ordinance -was introduced
at the ... last meeting of the common
council." . . ' . , -
Moses M. Manwaring, city treasurer
and also cashier of the American Bank
& Trust Co., the new East Side bank
is-said to be heartily In favor of the
amendment The proposed ordinance
would permit? his bank toeing made a
depository for the city's money. Sev
eral prominent 'bankers are said to be
opposed to making any change in the
law and they will probably be present
to oppose the' passage of the amend
ment, -'. , . . : v .
On the same evening there will be
a 'hearing of the -ordinance proposed
by Alderman Walker to forbid the
sale of dipped milk., v.- -. - . s
CHANGE IN NEW COIN :-
STARTS COUNTERFEIT SCARE
Rumors that counterfeit five cent
pieces are being circulated about the
city were today met by denial at the
principal banks, but that the people
have been "buffaloed" toy the recent
change in the iaw "Buffalo'' type of
coin is not denied. ;
According to bank officials it was
recently, found, necessary . by" the gov
ernment to ' change the shape .of the
new piece somewhat. ; Observing per
sons who have seen a straight heavy
line beneath the relief of the buffalo
on : the verse slde of the last Im
pression believed it to " be counter
feit. This is not' so, though in the
first Impression made by the gov
ernment dies the same line was light
er and more wavy. ;
' The - British government - has con
tributed $50,000 to the expenses of Sir
Ernest Shackleton's 'Antarctic expedi
tion. .
KELLY'S APPOINTMENT
PLEASES POSTAL EMPLOYES
Postal clerks, carriers and. others in
vt -nnA 4-hrnH'B'hout the -state' of
Connecticut will be pleased to learn
that oraclal appointment -was mauo
yesterday of William . E. Kelly ror tne
postmastership of Brooklyn, N. Y.
& iHuiie-h it was tentatively announ
ced at the recent , state baiKiuet of the
carriers and clerks In the local armory
that his appointment was assured It
was not until yesterday that it was of-
nciaiiy sancuuuou. . -.. i-
tut TToiiv who was elevated from
the ranks declared that if appointed
he would show what a good executive
man from the ranks could make. He
la president of the National Letter
Carriers' Association, 41 years old, a
graduate of the public schools and en
tered the government service as a sub
stitute carrier. He is a gifted or
ganizer. ; He carries the best wishes
to the local department and Order of
Elks here in undertaking his new
duties. . -
BRADY ELECTED HEAD OF
THE MASTER PLUMBERS
The Bridgeport Master Plumbers
Association held its annual banquet
last night with many visitors of note
present. John F. Brady acting as
toastmaster introduced Frank , J. Fee,
of New York, as the principal speaker
of the evening; also his associate
partner, Charles Edwards, M. W. Man
waring, William P. Kirk, John J. Scan
Ion, Robert T. Rock and F. C. Booth.
' The following officers were install
ed: President, John F. Brady; vice
president, Edward J. Lynqh; secre
tary, E. Stenstream ; treasurer. M. W.
Manwaring. -.a
MARKETMEN HEAR ;
OF ICE ECONOMY
The Retail Butchers & Growers' As
sociation met in. Concordia hall last
night where they listened to speedies
upon modern methods of refrigera
tion, self-conducted by the use of
electricity and gasoline. Porter L.
Swift of Hartford explained the work
ings of the , ice-making machinery and
the " automatic system of control.
Among the audience of butchers and
grocers were also prominent market
men and ice-cream dealers.
BLACK ROCK FOLKS - ,
PREFER SEWERS TO
WHITE WAY FLAN
Taxpayers of Blade Rock: met at
2,930 Farirfleld avenue last night and
appointed a. committee to look over
the ' civic needs of the district and re
port at a meeting echedurted for Thurs
day next. A petition will 4e presented
to the common council protesting
against expenditure if or a, now whit
way and suggesting thiat 'it would bet
ter be used (for sewers In the Black
Rock district. i. V
The First National Bank of Cape
Girardeau, Me., was closed -by a na
tional bank examiner. Bad paper to
the extent of $70,000, Is said to - have
been the cause.
WE ARE
HEADQUARTERS FOR
' AND
In One Two and
Four BuckTes
THE ALLMG
EUBBER CO.
1126 MAIN STREET
Syndicate Stores
Spring Styles in Men's Wear,
Neglige Shirts of approved patterns, and
the. latest Neckwear. ,
' An advance shipment of. Spring patterns In Neglige;
Shirts, made with soft French culfsf really an elegant as
sortment, places the Men's Section In position to supply
the needs of the. most fastidious customer. These Shim
are for. particular men. 1 ,
$1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 each.
Novelties in Tie. The. Tango colors have invaded
the necktie, silks, making the display gorgeous and bril
liant. " ' -
Heavily ribbed Silks and thick rich Surahs have been
used to make up these handsome open-end Scarves which
have all the late and fashionable colors. $1.00, $1X0 and
$2.00. ,
Basket weaves are very pleasing Tn dark browns, tans,
electric blue and, green mingled with silver. SO cts.
Cheney Silks in four-in-hands, all the popular shades,
navy Yale blue, purple, gray, brown and cardinal, 50 cts.
Tango Four-in-hands, rich hues, 50 cts.
Women's Underwear.
- Berkshire Mills, ribbed garments for early Sprin-,
A medium light weight to put on when heavy wear is ki t
off. '
Vests,: high neck, short or' long sleeves ' '
Dutch, neck elbow sleeves , , Repiar sizes,
Low neck, short or no sleeves 25 cts.
Panto in ankle length Extra, sizes,
Pants. or Tights, knee length , 23 cts.
t . ' ' ' ' Good value.
The Redfern Corset-
fc)ne can see at a glance the good lines rf th"-. f,
Corset. Jt looks as if it would feel good; T. ?. mat;,
Tight, the, boning is right, and it is exactly wl.it is re::
for the present tashion. in gowns. . ,
At the Corset Section there is a display cf thi Y..z .
signs in Warner's Redf em, a world famous etyla.
Prices, , $3.00, $5.00, $6.00 and up. : :
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The D. M. Bvcad ; .Company.
RADFORD U
Fairfield Avenue VARIETY STORE . . Eroad Z:z :
THE STOKE THAT PAYS TIE CAR FAKE
GREAT SALE TOMORROW, SATURDAY
At S5o Suart house paint, many
kinds of tools, chisels, hammers,
'. ha-toheta, handy house axes, wrench
es, pry bars, screw drivers, saws,
rules up to & feet, leather and can
, vas grloves, woolen gloves, cashmere
gloves, heavy mittens, boxes i envel
opes, yard rubber sheeting:, night
' lanrps, backgammon boards, aprons,
corset covers, all biK. values.
At 2 for 25c HucK and Turkish tow
els, splendid hosiery lor men, wom
- en ' and children, heavy canvas
gloves, pound boxes ' linen writing
paper. .- ;
At " Sc Cans of hand " soap, patent
glass tubes for moths, clothes line
, guides and guide pulleys, folding
rules, boxes with 3 dozen thumb
'tacks, large sponges, enameled play
ing cards, varnish and paint brush
' ea, whisk brooms, full pieces laces
and colored edgings. : ,
At 5C Xew torchon laces. Square
Deal- writing tablets, High School
.composition books, white and col
. ored bias binding, 3 good lead pen
cils, several kinds twine, one foot
. carpenters' folding rules, new
masks, curtain and corriic, !-
' good handkerchiefs, rolls crp pa
per, bar cloths, pulley, corota, t
hangers. Rebate check givn v. .
. every purchase at thin counter.
At 79o Special lot high priced
At 49c Good clamp skates.
At 250 -Men's silk neckwear.
At 50e Big straw hand bag's.
what big value this in.
At 2 So Boys' blouses; big new l it.
At 25o Heavy awning stripe. .
At 500 New feather pillows covf rt ;
with good tickings.
, SPECIAIi S.4X13
BETWEEN B AND tO A. M. OM F
At Sc Big line best liht rr'-
At &o Tard wide checw cloth.
At' 4 o Handsome chaliics.
At 4 54c Good Dnmet flannel.
At 554c Yard wide unbleached rrn.a-
lin.
At 6 J c Handsome cretonne.
At 7 o -Good cotton batttns?.
At ft c Very fine black sateen; r--
lot Just in.
At 9o Fine EJngHsh Ion cloth.
At 45 Best dark print
ROWE IS UNANIMOUSLY
RE-ELECTED BY B. R. T.
ijohn L. Bowe of this Oity was yes
terday re-elected chairman of the
Joint executive "board -of the Brother
hood of Eiallroad Trainmen and Order
of Railroad Conidwctorson the New
Haven road, at New Haven, which
position he lias norw held (for the paet
eix years. He is the unantmous choice
of railroad men all alonjc the lines,
for the work he has already aiooom
plished is highly complimentary both
to himself and the order. W. T. Dil
lon of New York was elected vice
chairman and J. W. Fredentourg of
iNTew Haven, secretary.
It was offlpcHaJly annoutiiced that no
grievajnees now Me against the New
Haven iroad and no demands If
prospect at this time.
PATS START F1P.E.
Fire in the ceiling under the
floor at 606 Eat Main street r . - i
in an alarm from Box 614 .t 5 ! -o'clock,
last night. Damage of rr.rt
than 350 resulted, as it wa nwow r
to tear down some of the ceiling
rip up floor phartka. JFtat are supr'
to have teen tbe cause.
I The National Association of T-1 " .
Grocers now blame the consumer r -
the high cost of living! What S'y
hink of that? It's as though t.-, rr,
derer caught red-handed, chare J f
victim of his brutal passion wittt f : '
ing slaim him the murderer:
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