THE FARMER: MARUEL 13,
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i Boys' Spring Suits
' In a Big Display
- of the Newest Styles
Just unpacked -'
the finest lot of -Spring
Suits
ever gathered -f
or Brid geport
Boys' to ' wear. N
We've put some
; of them in our
window to show ,
the new : styles.
Parents of boys
should takea niinute or twu to aee How smart
the new suits are, for boys will he wanting
them soon. - . . " :
,. -" There are single and'double-texture Kor
i folks, in several , smart styles coats', with
' knife pleats, inverted pleats, and tiny gath-r
ered pleats at the belt,- coats with loose belts
and all have nifty outside patch pockets. . ; '
The' fabrics are beautiful bright Scotchy grays browns -,
rod tans, and greenish mixtures,' dressy pin-striped bines, and
great gathering of blue serges and unfinished blue worsteds
of fine quality. " , '
- All ready for boys of 6 to 18, with new spring suits,
4.00 to $15.00. ' .
. Spring shoes, hats, blouses, neckwear and '
stockings, ready too. ,
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INCORPORATED
OUTFlTTEkSTO MEN WOMEN ScCKjllDRei
BRIDGEPORT. CONN.
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WESTfNGHOUSE, INVENTOR AND
t HELPER OF HUMANITY, DEAD
Airbrakp, Product Of His Brain Has
r Saved 'Mor'efIivbsThanWereLostv
; ThrougH ; Napoleon 's Wars-His ; '
: Role As Builder Of ; Nation
MUNICIPAL
MARKETS
A Book From Which Bridgeport
May Obtain Hints For A
Projected Enterprise .
' 5TeW Tortc, March IS Ooorgfe West
(nghouse, engineer and inventor of the
' .IrhrsVA fht- RS.Ve.d DHMW KtM
than Napoleon lost in all his ba.ttIee,V
died -of Jxe&tt -disease yesteraay in. ms
apartmenfeln the IjaxhErham, In Central
Fark West? near Seventy-third street.
He was in his srrty-eig-fatli year.
Ilia death has been, expected for
' some days. He had fbeen ill for. eish
" teen months, but his mental alertness
remained unimpaired to the end. "With
; him whe death teame were his wife
.' and his only eon. George, Jr.. and his
1 brother, Herman IT- :
' It -was aamonnoed officially that Mr.
, WestlnhoiMe's death ill not cause
S aaiy changre of policy or operation in
connection with any of the numerous
) ' enterprieea -which he founded and con
v trolled. A plan had been -worked oxrt
' ' in anticipation of hia death, "and the
t " men -who -worked under, him for many
I years will take irp Immediately . the
1 Qxrwuuu va.
I ' Mr. WestinghoTise had been with- J
! drawing- gradually from - tne vanoaa
; . companies and placing greater reepon
! eiWlities on hia trusted associates.
. LEADER. TX RISE OP NATION.
Experts In the ' industrial develop
J " men of this country have placed Mr.
Westtoghouee among the seven or
1 e4gh.tr men to whom credit Jnost - toe,
' given for the country's commercial ad
- Vance. To Sir Henry Bessemer and
WesUnghouse the exploitation of the
:' resoupoea of America, is due. ' Sir
ltroloTnl the .steel, rail. Mr.
Weatinghouse the airbrake1 that now
is in use on all the railroads through
out the world, -
Mr. -Weettaghouse made many . ad
vances in the science of railway, sig
rl.iimg. He fathered in this country
(he development . of , the Alternating
mntevm tor electric lighting
I f' and electric power. - He invented de-1-
vices for safely and economically con
veying natural gas over lopg distances
I and making it available for Jndustria.1
I. turposes. His air spring for motor
P vehicles of all Kinds has proved im
1 fcnenseiy valuable. He developed, in
. -". collaboration with the late Admiral
George W. Melville,' TJ. S. N. and his
I partner, John H. Macalpine, the geai-
; ed'tnrmne system iur uo "i-R-!
of ships. - ' -
ior his work he received the high-
est honors in. the gift of technical
, i societies and institutions of Europe
" and America. ' IMstinguished honors
rere conferred on him by European
sovereigns. In December last he re
ceived the Grashof gold medal from
I the chief engineering society 01 uw-
t tnany. ' , ' ' '
I- Mr "Westinghouse was born in the
t - Village of Central Bridge, -near Schen
Y ectady, N- Y., on October . 1846. His
h father," also named George, was the
f Inventor and maker of fanning im
f ; plements. His mother, poetical .and
I- bnaginative, had a great influence in
i ' tnoulding hto mind and character,
t -aim rrviTvrt turned instinctively to in
ventive work and his eagerness to toil
(n- the- shop was interrupted only by
his desire to -fight for hia country. At
the age of 17 he Joined the Twenty
Sixth United States Cavalry in 1863,
trot his love for engineer) mg led to his
transfer to the navy and he was at
tached to the Potomac flotilla, with
which he acted as third assistant en
gineer until the end of the war.,
Mr. westtogbouee, possessed not only
(the-gift of developing implements that
trere essential to the prosperity of the
eovntry. trat he had the faeujty of or
ganizing companies, ot gathering
fcboat him men of ability and retain
ing their loyal services,, He built Tip
manufacturing' industries that repre
sent an investment ' of much . more
than $920,000,000 and employ 50,000 men.
There are at least nineteen West
Inghouse companies" in. the United
Btates, one in Canada, three in Great
Britain, one In France, one in Ger
many and one in Russia. Of fifteen
5f these concerns he himself was pres
ident. The air brake companies alone
9-wn more than 1,500 patents.. '
i
f- .
More thjan 6 feet In height and "pos
sessing ' tremendous physical eirergy,
he proved a than of indomitable pow?
er; but he always was thoughtful 0.
others. He introduced. In this coan try
ttiki Sataa&.y.-haIihSllday,: new almost,
general..,' ;:
Miv Westmghonso "married" in -A;
gust, 1867, Marguerite ESnskine - Wal
ker. :. They ; had - one . child, yjGeorge
Westinghouse,' , Jr who - lives . near
Lenox, Mass. The latter married Miss
violet BTocklebanik, daughter -of Sir
Thomas and lady " Brodklebanlc of -Ir-;
ton-Hall, Cumbernd, England.
- Th funeral services will be held in
the Ffth Awenrue Presbyterian', church,
at F9fty-flfth street, tomorrow after
noon at 2' o'clock.- The interment,
which will e privte, will be in Wood
lawn cemeteryl .- '
TWO BODIES PBoai::s
. BIS ST, LGU1S FIRE
-St. Ixrais, , March 13. .The coroner's
inquiry into the Missouri Athletic club
fire f when . thirtyv or' more lives were
lost' last Monday, was .begun here vto
day lMtes KAdelaide . Mason, a. dancer,
was 'summoned as the first witness to
teli how she diecoyered the fire while
waiting in, the club Jobby, for fa taxi
cab at -t o'clock (the morning of the
fire. : -v'..- ' ;-; s: ."'
tThe municipal assembly's Sjeparate
Inquiry also continued. . Tbis morning
14 of the )1 bodies'which had been dug
out of the ruins were identified.
' "Do you ;think you will be able to.
keep me out of 3ail he , asked after
he had made, a full .confession to his
lawyer. . ,, .' '; ';"--'."':,.-"-."-:..-.
' , T may not he able to do that, hut
I can . make the state spend .a lot of
money in putting you there." Chi
cago Record-Herald. '-.-"',.- .;
SHAVING
Self Shampooing
CUTICURA
SOAP
Assisted in case of irritation of the
skin or 'scalp by light applications
of Cuticura Ointment, yiean jup-to-"
date care of . the skin and hair.
Special directions with each cake.
. Ctnioan Soap and Ointment aoM fbittoclHfat tba
, world. Liberal sum pie of aaob malted flee, Mn Xr.
batik. Addreaa "OuOoara," DevL. 18H. Boaton.
New York city contemplates a new
system of public markets at a cost of
several millions, the old one having
become decadent. j.-.W, Sullivan,
author of a Book entitled "Markets for
the People," strongly disapproves the
plans put forward for .the execution
of the project believing that -the ob
jects sought can be better attained
by different methods which will .cost
little or nothing.. He should be com
petent to speak, authoritatively on the
subject' as to him was committed for
several years for examination the nu
merous projects to reduce the cost of
living offered at the Washington head
quarters of the trade, unions of Ameri
ca and the knowledge thus gained he
has supplemented by personal study of
market systems in Europe. The work
is written from the consumers' point
of view, Mr. Sullivan believing - that
any system .which does riot afford
means bf lowering the cost of food
products to the retail, buyer is a fail
ure. . . . , ' ." ' . "..,' ''' '
The underlying factors of the, prob
lem are those of : transportation and
distribution. In- the typical family
among the masses the outlay for. food
is 45-to 60 per -cent, of the breadwin
ner's earnings and therefore the - most
widespread " reductions in the cost of
living can come only by cheaper prices
for food.- Unless public markets af
ford' these lower prices they have no
excuse for being Do they pay? -is a
(question which Sulivan answers iu
the negative and taking considerable
pains to refute claims to the contrary
quotes official reports from American
and foreign cities in proof of- h's con
tention. Neither, should they pay in
the sense of being conducted for profit
as that-would be a perversion of, their
fundament i. purpose.- " ...
The r ' , why so little has been
done iii - - country Howards the s-
blishs ' and. develop of the puoiij
arket b. ..am is to Mr. Sullivan quite
annarent. the explanation being that
it "hurts "business." i : It is ijot a- nusi-
nfisa man's institution. Ut cuts away
f at profits from grocer, butcher and
baker." It is in cases an injury to real
estate values; for were the trade of its
stalls and street' stands distributed in
private grocery and other stores the
owners thereof would be enriched by
capitalized! rentals. '. Storekeepers may
be heard ebmpiainihig .that the. money
carried away by marketing r rarmers
ought to oe m. wita the . business
men of the town. - The .commercial
Interests of a community do- not write
report's lauding the local ' public mar
ket as . a- public benefit"
However, private, retailers, can. put
protect them against the icompetition
r the nublic market purveyor. . As
long asthe latter are notplac6d Jt"
fcn-' undue advantage .by ..bemg suosii
dized from the public treasury, the prl
vate grocer has no ground for protest
which sbould avail against tne para
mount rights of the consumer. Ser
vice for transportation and selling by
the most effective methods should be
naid for and nothing else. How wide
ly these coats vary in actual practice
is shown by . official reports indicating
that ithe . addition to the cost of - pro
ducts when - handled by wholesalers,
Jobbers and retailers is approximately
40 "to 5 per. cent, while the addition
to cost (in stores' t -" the department
type is only 18 to 20 per cent.
" Reviewing the public market sys
tems of London, Paris and Berlin,, Mr.
Sullivan finds' none "which , as a whole
constitutes a model and only two. main
features ; that . can . be advantageously
copied - by New" Xork and other, cities
of a considerable size. .' These are the
open air market and migratory . ped
dling, the- fatter exemplified by -the
coster monger w tionoon, tne basset
woman and cart peddler of Paris- and
the pushcart men of TTew York. These
two methods, he declares, regulate, all
forms of in-door retailing and should
take" precedence of all other forms -of
reducing the- cost of Using, v- Against
housed, ; district " municipal - markets
made up of rooms . or" little stalls ' oc
cupied ;hy petty dealers the.author pro
nounces most - emphatically, declaring
that In the past twenty-five years they
have been failing in .all the four chief
cities of our civilization. It is a sys
tem opposed' to modern life and house
hold conditions in large, communities.
On the other - hand open air markets
and , the - pushcart - man have demon
strated themselves as '.the most effec
tive .-agencies - for lessening the tdtli
borne by food commodities' in their,
passage from the producer ta the ul
timate 'consumer. Here, : in ; brief. Is
'what' Mr; -, Sullivan 'advocates: r .-.
- 1. - Ambulant- street vending free to
all comers, limited in range, only by
necessary health laws and any higher
social exigencies .of other traffic.
2. ' Open air markets to vbe, held for
a few hours semiT weekly or tri-weekly;
in street or park or other public space,
Mn any quarter- of Greater Newt York
where "bodies of. consumers may de
mand them; free' to all, vendors- either
of foodstuff or manufactured articles
of household or personal use.
. Irf New Xork the pushcart peddler
has . been encouraged to multiply" by
the substitution of smooth pavements
for cobble stone or block, by the exor-.
bitant charges of "Storekeepers, by the
adaptability of his . wares to the needs
of small . buyers and by the .possibili
ties . of his successful , competition
through low expenses. Had they not
supplied a real publio.need they would
not have increased in -the face of
something, like official persecution un
til thfeir present estimated number is
10,000. .'As to their service in lower
ing living costs a commission appoint
ed by Mayor McClellan reported that
a reduction - in the number of these
peddlers would have brought serious
consequences to the great mass of the
poorer' people of the ' city. Witnesses
had . testified before the commission
that' if deprived of this source of sup
ply some families - would have their
living expenses increased from two to
three dollars a week. Against the ar
gument that these peddlers axe a nuis
ance because cumbejers of the high
ways," $Ax- Sulivan urges the claim
that the streets are for the people and
consumers have the first right of con
sideration -as between themselves and
the provision store dealers in the mat
ter of highway market service.
,While Mr. Sullivan's book was writ
ten with special reference to the New
York situation some of its suggestions
and warnings would doubtless be found
useful when Bridgeport undertakes the
installation of its proposed municipal
market - system. ' That so few
American cities have entered upon
such enterprises is. a cause of wonder
.to tha jBJitbtM- who findji "the ctTTTila
There Are
so many stores that special
ize on men's hats and, so
many attractive windows
displaying hats that in order .
to increase our hat business
, from year to year we have ,
to use other methods of get
ting ; and holding custom
than by window, trimming.
As our schooling with th
Resse System taught us only
: one way to get and hold
" tra"de value giving ; we
have to resort to that meth
od. ' We quote ja. few. prices :
, below but a personal demon-,
stration .will give you a bet
ter idea of the exceptional
values. x 1 ' , . .
Importe d ' ' Tween ' ' hats1,
1-16 size, sizes self conform
ing $3.00. . .
Youngs Bros. $3.00 hat
$2.50. ' . -J
'Besse System Hat $1.95.
- A special hat madef or us'
from hat bodies, of $2.50
stock and cheaper trimming, -..
' worth $2.00 ' anywhere
v?e sell for $145.
Hats and caps," like every
thing we sell, are the best
value it is possible to give
for the money.
. Everything that ; men and ,
. boys wear and shoes for all
of the family., , -.
finite
QUALITY SHOP
1136 IVSIPNl STREET
FASDIOBJABLE SPRING APPAREL
Of' ExcepU6nal Style and Workmanship
' Without question the most remarkable,
values ever offered to Bridgeport women s
Foster-Besse Co.
, ' Besse System ,
tlon In the fact that private interests
cannot' be expected to bestir fchem-
fcselves in something which lacks prom
ise of . profit and the masses - are not
inclined to take the 'initiative In , a
movement which offers only an op-,
portunity for the practice of; small
economics In buying. . , - -
UNOCCUPIED DWfLLlSS 0 -;
BURNS; LOSS IS $,500
Butnam,. Conn., March 13. A dwell
ing belonging to H. F. Morse was
burned here early today. The loss -ifi
$2,500, partially covered Iby insurance.
The house had been unoccupied . for
-some time., The farafily recently start
ed to move in. -rXust night a fire was'
made in the furnace," which. It is be
lieved; became overheated and started
the fire. 4 CNk one -was-in , the house ai
the time. . ' ., . - ' " ''
PIiAIN TRUTH THAT'S
WORTHMONEIJ
' Using Foley's Honey and Tar for a
cough or cold may, save you both
sickness and money. F. F. Monahan,
MenomonieWla., says: "I am exposed
to all kinds of weather and I find
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound al
ways fixes W up in good 'shape when
I catch cold or have a bad cough.- I
recommend it gladly." Refuse substi
tutes. - Hindle's Drug Store. Adv. - .
CITY COURT CASES
: Vagrants1 must be driven by the po
lice frbm Bridgeport which It is said
are f infested with them. Judge Cough
lin ' from' the bench today Instanced,
the east-side as being particularly fre
quented by . them and ; related how
one person, had complained- that as
many as eighteen "hand-out' men had
called "at the door in one day. :
" Edward' ruffy, and Charles, alias
"Brick" Mason, of B-fdgeport, , were
each given workhouse sentences of six
months when with others they were
found in - the company of Michael
Burke, "of. New Haven, possessed of
$185 in cash. Burke, 1 upon intoxica
tion charges,-'was fined $5 and costs.
Wesley Johnston,'-charged- with per
jury, was remanded, for trial until
March 17. . - . .. '- '
Samuel Splvec, charged with cruel
ty to animals, was fined $10 and sen
tenced i 6 ten days in jail ' upon com
plaint of humane officers that he had
been cruel to lambs he had purchas
ed. . Evidence was presented showing
that two lambs weighing 75 pounds
each were being transported in a bag
gy at .the corner of. Main and Golden
Hill streets .within a space of 23x24 in
ches. Their cries were- so piteous
that a crowd was attracted and the
arrest followed. An eloquent plea of
Counsel ; Lawrence Finkelstone failed
to secure a. rebate of the fine, but as
It , was shown the prisoner had suf
fered much misfortune recently result
ed in suspension of the jail sentence
that his- large family might be cared
for. ;; - ".:..:.'
Ge6rge McGahey, arrested last week
and ' accused of intoxication, breach of
peace and resistance to an officer,
was fined $15 and costs.
The case against Thomas H. Abbott,
a resident at East Main . and Ogden
streets, was' no lied upon payments of
three years'; taxes and costs of - $397. .
An Italian child conductor, only
7 1-2 years old, has conducted the
imperial orchestra at a command per
formance before the Czar of Russia.
The Czarina was so delighted that she
promised to ' send the boy a box of
chocolates! Evidently they take mu
sic seriously in court circles in St.
Petersburg. .'
TPnm ,4,1s. fir r-lo
SEEN AND HEARD
Canadians are very careless about
the names they- bear. The other day
a bishop named Farthing was plead
ing for funds,. and now a man named
Kon has been debating -on education
and "political. decency." '
, - A cable dispatch from Paris brings
the information, that the spring styles
will' be 'characterized' by "looseness
and ease and even sloppiness." Does
this ; mean that It . will be modeled
upon current styles of conversation?
-"-A delightful story sent .out from
Cambridge, relates that a large num
ber of Egyptians think that Dr. ReisN
ner, the Harvard JBgyptologist, is -a
re-incarnation of the Pharaohs, and
have invited him to govern then in
place or the present khedlve.
" Pittsburg, . Pa,, has drawn the at
tention of the New .York Evening
Post's sociological expert, ; who . finds
that it is bad in spots. A big revi
val is taking place in Pittsburg, with
the day's record of converts as high
as 1,212,- but apparently the Evening
Post does jxot think this worth mem
tioning. ;.-.' ' : ;. -
. The Ozarks, which, - a year ago,
seemed to' be our most promising
source of national songs, are "now be
ing searched for radium. -. , Mr. Edi
son has maintained for Some -years
that, the Ozarks held' rftore radium
than any other range of mountains in
America, and he has now gone there
to investigate. - v V
The Chicago Tribune, remembering
that the government postof fice de
partment refused to.' transmit in" the
mails certain reports of sex hygiene .
lectures in Chicago opposes : govern
ment ownership of the telegraphs on
the ground that censorship of mes
sages might be established. It -would
indeed, be sad if any central author
ity should undertake- to ' check . the
dissemination of such matters as the
Chicago Tribune ': feels impelled o
protect. . .. - .. ' ' ";. , '
' The- Music Study club of Birmingp
ham -was "up and coming," as they
sometimes say. in New. England, after
Mme. Melba had failed to give her
scheduled concert in Birmingham.
The cluh brought suit for the expen
ses which it had incurred In arrang
ing the concert, and collected $700,
the suit being fllfcd in Chattanooga at
the -time of Mme. Melba's appearance
there. There are real reasons for not
giving a concert, " and then there are
what Philip Hale calls "prima don
na reasons.""' It does not -appear in
this case which type of reason was
involved; but presumably it was the
excusable type. -
The Chicago Morning Post, com
paring some opinions expressed by
the Spectator with the utterances ot
Mr, Lloyd-George, observes that the
"stormy petrel" of British politics, by
quoting the Spectator -as - authority!
will hereafter "be immune from any
Tory-comeback.' Mr. Lloyd-George
may be pardoned for inquiring what
is, meant by a "comeback." Accord
ing to Webster's dictionary, a "come
back" is the "progeny of a cross be
tween two breeds when bred with a
pure example of one of the breeds,"
but, according. to thS same authority.
"comeback" is-' an English dialectical
name for :the guinea fowl. , It is very
doubtful whether the Chicago and
American signification of "come
back" has yet penetrated the dense
British brain. ,
.EXTRA SPEOIATi
Dressy Spring Suits
Adapted from new Paris"!
' models.in Gabardine, Faille 1 C F" p f
-de Laine; every new color L f)J-J-fi ' j
of the 'season; peau de ; v
cygne silk lined. j
Fancy Tailored Suits,. . 27.50, 30,00, 35.00
Taffeta, Moire and Silk Faille Suits
- i - 27.50 to 35.00
EXTRA SPECIAL
Afternoon and Silk Dresses
Exquisite Creations of the
J. Master ' Dressmakers of
Paris,' Accurately Copied In
Chiffon Taffeta, Crepe de
Chine and Charmeuse. J
-4JLJUU
Dansante Frocks .-15,00, 18.50 tO 22.50
Evening and Dinner Gowns 15.00 tO 22.50
.EXTRA STTFjCIASj ,1
New Balmacaan Coats
Several handsome new models
ular .colorings; excellently
:'.' " . -- '-" ' . , ' O"
w",hep" $9.98 to S15.CD
Taffeta and Moire Silk Coats, 12.93 to 22.50
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. COLLARS, CTTFTS AND SHIRTS . A SPpCIALTx"
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lOOO SKAVIEW AVKNUK n ; :
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DOES YOUR WATCH GO! , , '
Ef not, why not, our watch repair department is first
class in every respect. If your watch' does not keep ac
curate time we can make' It do so. Let us prove it to you.
" 92a T.IAIN STREET '
Where You Get One Dollar's Worth for
: Every 100 Cents
Spring Millinery
We. are showing very, attractive trimmed Millineiy foi
Early Spring Wear. New goods received every day.
:. W. E. HALJLIGAN
1989 BROAD STREET.
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ON THE MARKET '..VT '
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- Phone 3S2S -
Ab$pliit Coal ' . .
NutfGoaI'-::.H $7.CD
Stove and Egg . . S8.75
25 Cents Off Per Ton For Cash . 1
QUALITY GUARANTEED
THE WHEELER & HOWES CO.
Phone 344
a.
Sprague Ice & C oal Go.
STOVE ..s..,. $3.50
EGG $6.59
NUT $8.75
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232
Joe What la the easiest way to
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