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THE FARMER: MAY 28," 1914 G The Bridgeport Evening Farmer FOUNDED IN 1790. Pafciished Dally (Sundays excepted) by The ' Farmer Publishing Co. fct 179 Fairfield Avenue, ' " Bridgeport, Conn. TELEPHONE EDITORIAL 12S7 , bukxnkss onriCH laos - i Price Cents the Copyv WEDJTESDAX, MAX 27, 1914. THE NEW 1HGH SCHOOL. THE FUTURE OF DECORATION DAY BRIDGEPORT IS investing more than a mil lion dollars in a high school, half for bricks and mortar, and, half for interest on bor rowed money. Under these conditions Bridge port is entitled to the best, and should gat the best regardless of the feelings and pocketbobks of contractors. f The Board of Education should hold the architect to strict accountability for the quality of the work, and he in turn must "see that the specifications are fullyt complied with. ; The public will keep a watchful eye on the job, and will pass its judgment when the work is done. The work up to this time has not progress ed in a satisfying manner. It is to be, hopedjthe future may-show better results. - RELUCTANT SIR. ROCKEFELLER. Hili WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER wants '- to be VV - left alone. He thinks- it is time "persecutions of .business men came to an end." He doesn't propose to testify, before the Inter-, state Commerce Commission unless'lie has. to-. He, thinks bookkeepers and auditors - and "those who know something" about how ihe.joad was run," should be called instead of himself. There you have the attitude of. a man who has been greatly enriched by . the : privilege of living in the United States, and under the" pro tection of its govenment.j He flouts "the laws of the landr regards himself as a person- too "su perior to answer to -the -whole of society and takes the attitude .of a spoiled .child." - V What he says carries a lesson. Mr. Rocke feller probably does know4very little of. how the New'Haven company was run,-though he was a director. He, got his, and that maybe is all he knows. :." :r'.-'-'-. : ; i "J"'-"";' ' ' .-S;r-i,: r.'yV Theargjmet.-fornattphol.vpwepship.(;-of: railroads is strengthened. " Itiisrhot the costly directors, some dummies and ; some thieves, who run the railroads of America. . It is a large number of able, honest conscientious men who work for moderate pay, and who would do bet ter work 'under &ix honest ? government ' than they do under, the direction of thieving finan ciers and the representatives of-such financiers. ripHE SPIRIT of Decoration day exercises, L held May ,30 throughout the Northern states inihpnorv of. theheroic deadhasvastly changed of,' recent years.x ' Ohce ; there was ithe glamor of crowds a stalwart parade.df former soldiers, arid enthusiastic! gathering ship. " ''V V -'Vv"; ;S:,',v': '''."':-' " -(:y. The depletion-of the ranks "of ; the veterans by death ; gives each recurring Decoration' day , a deeper note of ; sadness. H.The spirit of sec tional triumph and bitterness has ' gone, for which all are thankful. But. in the. place of the sturdy marchers of 20 years ago, there' is but a fragment left, who usually proceed to the ceme teries in carriages and automobiles." The surviving soldiers urgently , entreat their townspeople to give these commemmora tive. exercises the support of a dignified assem-, blage. But too often the Veterans seem to, have passed from the center of the; stage. The younger generation know of their .deeds only throrigh : dull history books ; ' Ball) games: and outdoor life draw the crowds, while these patri otic services are " commonly not, well attended.' Similarly , the observance of the. various Me morial ' days of the southern states takes on a aeeper noie 01 pamos eacn year. ; All who admire .the heroism shown in the Civil war will wish to see the exercises in hon or of the, Blue and the Gray continued after the last veterans-have gone. But in a few years there .will he few or none who feel directly rer sponsible for carrying on this work, i Many of thos'e, few will be affiliated with the Sons of Veterans, and they may be expected to- devotedly seek the perpetuation of the valor, and services of their ancestors.) , - In some, towns, various churches and so cieties have already organized to observe this occasion, - in place of the. veterans who have gone. - Graves of, federal and confederate dead alike are decorated. Honor is done-to all who made these sacrifices of the -past, and a 'similar spirit of self-devotion in future is urged. Cer tainly-Decoration day should not be suffered to lapse as the two armies depart on'their long journey," and there- need to be , some observ ances other than those at the ball park. FESTIVAL OF VENERABLE REDE, J ' THE FIRST ENGLISH HISTORIAN -N THE CALENDARS of both the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches today, the twenty-seventh - of May,' is. the festival of the Venerable Bede, the first English historian. Bede, or Baeda, the' Herodotus of England and the greatest figure, in ancient English literature, was a native of, Mohkwearniouth, Durham, and was born about thevyear 673. At six he was left an orphan, and' was intrusted to the care of St. Benedict Biscop, and educated in the Bene dictine Abbey of his native village. K Later he" entered the monastery : at . Jarrow, where he literary labors which were to win? for him a permanent place in the world, of letters. ! Bede was a student of eyery branch of science end literature then known, and familiar with Latin, Hebrew and . Greek. . His industry ' was enormous, and?, in the intervals of performing his duties as a priest, he wrote biographs of saints, pious homilies, epigrams, hymns, and works on history, grammar arid chronology. The great work which made him the Her odotus of England was his "Ecclesiastical His tory of England," in five. volumes, gleaned from native chronicles and oral tradition. This work' -was translated from the original Latin into Anglo-Saxon by King Alfred. The first printed editions were issued from Strasburg in the fif teenth century. , ! s . In the treatise which he compiled for his students, and which is still extant, Bede brought together a- veritable encyclopedia of " informa tion and religious-and secular knowledge, com prising about everything the world thenv knew tf history, chronology, physics, music, philos ophy; theology, poetry, mathematics, and medi cine. His commentaries on the scriptures are still in use by the Catholic churcn, "although about twelve centuries have passed since they were written. In his latter years the Saint suffered much from iHness and lack of appreciation of his ef forts. When he died, in 735, he was engaged La translating the gospel of St. John from the Greek. By sheer will power he held himself to the task, and on Ascension Day he saw it completed. In the evening one of his boy stu dents said, as Bede laid down his pen,'"Master, there is yet one sentence unwritten!."" "Write it quickly, then," said the Saint, and the youth wrote, "Consummatum est."' "Good! tnou hast 5 iid the truth," remarked the father of English I j3ry, and then reclined upon-the cold, bare Coor of Ms cell. and died. THE GREAT CHARTER. MIE- FIRST STEP toward English constitu- JL " tional freedom. was the- Magna dharia, which was the beginning arid the basis of those liberties now enjoyed by1 Englishmen and English-speaking " peoples i throughout i the J globe. King John, I who granteo; ; the ; great- charter much against his will," was crowned king of England on May 27, in 4 199, at the age of thirty- three. Among both nobles and commoners he soon became the object of almost universal con tempt; and hatred, and the barons determined to limit his powers, " Though censured and condemned by the Pope, the barons assembled in arms at Oxford in 1215, and immediately ,p ro ceeded to. warlike operations. King John, in timidated and f rightened consented to what ever terms the) rebellious barons chose, to jiic tate. The' seventh centenary of that . historic meeting between John and the barons at Runny mede, when the "Magria Gharta was presented and accepted"by the monarch,' will be celebrated next year.' The- fundamental parts of the "great chapter", were derived, from : earlier Saxon char ters. The document not only protected the no bles against the crown; but secured important privileges ior every class oiireemen. jonn raised an army' hf mercenaries to make war on the nobles and overthrow the "charter but be fore the conflict was decided he died in Newark in 1216. , ' , This charter is the basis of the constitution of the United States, and furnishes the funda mental rights guaranteed by, the charters of the several states.' , It provided the liberty of France, and has influenced the laws of all free nations. - , -,v'. -' EDITORIAL NOTES June 14 is flag day. It is generally felt that everybody ' else should hang out a flag; . After' a summer hotel man gets his dance hall built, he can then see to providing a dining room. . - . i - It is frequently less expensiveto get "next'-' to the man who has an automobile, than it is to buy one of your own.. . t . 4 ' ... , Is there any connection between the ' con tinued hot spell and' the testimony of Charles Sanger Mellen at Washington? Undoubtedly Mr. Mellen's revelations are causing more than one malefactor to" sweat around the collar. :-- -iV--' ':' .-. -' , .V-v:., ' At least Mr. Morgan didn't burn the books. Maybe he'll wish he had, before Folk gets through with them. Our own Billard and uOakey" Thorne are the champion little incen diaries in this line. What kind of an ailment is it that this man Rockefeller is subject td that manages to inter fere with his pleasures only when Uncle Sam feels thatrhis presence is necessary for the pur pose of shedding illumination upon a'very in teresting question affecting the morals of some of our very best citizens. According to one of our oldest and most re spected Irish settlers yesterday's blow that dug out great arms from trunks of giant trees and hurled chimneys from roofs in some places was no more to be compared to the ' "Big Wind,"" in Ireland, than the first breath of new born babe. ' TODAY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY Great ' Lakes Navigation. Th first steamboat on Lake Brie, the ' "Wstlfci iw-the - Water." ' was launched at Black Rock, a short dis tance bejow- Buffalo, - ninety-six. years ago to-day,. May, 28. 1818. She made her maiden Vvoyage, from Buffalo to Detroit,' In the following- August. The first steam craft on the Great Lakes was the Frontenao, which was launch ed in 1816 on Lake, Ontario. The Frootenao, built by Canadians at a cost of 1 7 5, 000, was for many years the most magnificent and palatial of Great Lake steamboats. Steam nav igation on American rivers had com menced some years 'earlier. In 1807 Robert Fulton's steamboat the Cler mont, made a trip von. the Hudson from New York to Albany. ' In' 1811 the first steam" vessel on the Ohio and the Mississippi made its maiden, voy age t rom Pittsburgh to New Orleans. The same year John Molson built the first! steamboat on the St. Lawrence,. which plied between Montreal and Quebec, The year which witnessed the beginning of steam navigation on Lake- Erie also saw . the , passage of the Atlantic by' the Rising Bun, a steamer built' by-Lord Cochrane, and in 18 IB an American -built steamship, the Savannah, of, S80 tons, sailed from New Tork to Savannah, and thence to Liverpool, and St. Petersburg.'. regls-h, Columbia. School of Mines. . t More than local or even national In terest attaches to the celebration in New Tork to-day of the semi-centennial of ' the ; Columbia University School of . Mines. The establishment of this institution was epochal, since It marked the triumph of the "new education" :over the old, and the ap plication of education to the practi cal problems of life. ' There 'were those who - considered the utilitarian; School of Mines an innovation 'that would blast Columbia's future. Tech nical education was then in ltsinfan cy and was bitterly opposed by those who. held to the old and ari at oc ratio notion ' that the mission of the col lege was to prepare the, youth of the "upper -classes" to be "gentlemen," and to follow genteel pursuits, such as medicine, the law, and the church. The old educators worshipped at tha shrines of outworn idols, and ; prayed to their fallen gods In -i dead lan guages. : Mining was not considered a respectable , occupation,' and the School of Mines was anathema. -The predictions of ' the prophets were not realized, and the . founding of the School of , Mines at Columbia . marked the beginning of a new period of pro gress for the old college, - which Has now become a. university : second to none in the world in the number of its students. . --i.;.,,-,.-:,,,.,,.- ; The establishment: of the College or university, practically marked the be ginning of technical education in the New World. : v Forty years before, in 1824, Stephen Van Rensselaer , had founded a scientific school in, Troy, N. T.", which had no deceased or foreign languages in its course of instruction, and whose "studies included mineral ogy, as well as : chemistry, v geology, zoology, botany, and mathematics. Xh 1826 - the Rensselaer : School. ..which then had. twenty-five students tered, graduated nine, men) with the degree of .bachelor -of science. ' In 1836 the, TVoy school conferred the first degree In engineering, that of C.' E., civil engineering, i, . ' : . The .Troy institution remained al most alone in Its field until -the early ' 6 0s, . but gradually other technical schools . were launched -, in, ; various parts of the: United States and Can ada, and' degrees were granted in four branches of ' engineering -civil,-, me chanical," mining, and, latterly, electri cal. The Rensselaer School was pe culiarly American, and" it gave to its; successors throughout the world the invaluable "laboratory,, methods" of technical instruction; by which 'jthe student ' himself , makes ' experiments, and is not merely a spectator of the, experiments made, by an instructor. Most of the early' technical ' schools, such as Rensselaer, tartmouth Scien tific School, , and Tale Scientific School, restricted, their activities to scientific-education without regard to utilitarian ends, but the engineering, mining and - other schools were itho natural and inevitable development. The Columbia School of 'Mines, while it marked a new development on ' this side of ' the Atlantic,' was not the first of its kind. Thirteen years before, the opening of . the Columbia school, the British government : had established a, school of mines in Jer myn street, St. James, London, but It was an independent institution and iri no way connected with 'any college. - In America, most of the mining, schools are located in the . western mining States. , The Colorado School of1 Mines at Golden was established in 1874, two years before the admis sion of the Golden State. The Uni versity of Missouri has a world : fa mous : mining1, school at Rolla, and there are a number of other Such In stitutions, including the Michigan Col lege of Mines at Houghton, the Mon tana State School, of Mines at Butte, and the South Dakota School of Mines at Rapid City. ' , Thomas Agustine1 Daly. ' Poets, who have .no other source of Income than the earnings of their muse usually wear a. "lean and hun gry look," but Thomas Augustine Da ly, although he hale practiced the pro fession of poesy for many years, does not have tbe appearance of one who is suffering from under-nutritioni "T; A." was born in Philadelphia forty three years ago to-day. His father and mother were Irish and he is Irish too, and also a Catholic and a Dimmy crat. Mr. Daly- ranks among the most .prosperous of modern Ameri can bards, and It ia unlikely that he would - swap incomes with : any of them, although Walt Mason C might give him a run for his money.. Mr. Daly also adds to his Income by glv lng humorous lectures and readings from his books. He has made nu merous tours all over America,1 and always plays to large and apprecia tive audiences. His recitations of .his inimitable Irish and Italian, dialect verses always "bring down the house.". i i ''..;'-:"-.. . Mr. Daly was educated in the pub lic schools of his native city, and at "Vlllanova . College, and Fordham University. . He remained at the lat ter institution only to the, close of his sophomore year, but Fordham. la ter conferred the honorary M. A.' de gree upon her distinguished son. .When tbie future bard left college at eighteen to face the cruel, heart less world, he got a Job. as a clerk, and it was while engaged in the pro saic tasks incident to this situation that - he ' began to cultivate an ac quaintance with the muse. - Af twenr ty he became' a reporter on a Phila delphia newspaper, and during a jour-' naJlstlo service of seven years rose to the rank of editorial writer. : In 188 he was made, general ma.nR.ger of the Catholio Standard and Times, and it was In the ' columns of that publica tion that he published the first Jof those dialect ' verses which were to make him famous throughout the world: , Newspapers throughout the English-speaking world - copied his poems and the name of Daly became to put it In an original way "a household word. - , '- In 1906 Mr., Daly published his first volume" of verse, entitled , "Can zoni," and in the same year his col leagues of the' press elevated ihim pres ident of the American Press Humor ists., It. was at about this time, too', that the poet discovered that golden shekels In large, and nutritious quan tities were to be accumulated by in cursions on the lecture platform!. Another volume of verse,. "Car mina" was published - in ,1809, and this wa.s followed by ' "Madrigal", and "Little Polly's Pomes." ' In the . fol lowing verse Mr. Daly gives the Ital ian - peddler's, conception of govern ment: "Da- govermant eet walk eets beat Een unlforma blue, For keep an eye upon da street ' An' watcha w'at you do; An eef eet think you mak' so mooch - You soon weel own da town, Eet tak' banan ' peantit an' eooch For keep da profit down." Mr. Daly Is among the most gifted of America's , modern , Parnassians, and it is a tribute to the good taste and appreciation- of his countrymen that he is not compelled to waste any of his time and talents by worry over ways and means to keep the fieshpots filled.- ;:. -." J '-r- ; - i i ,. : cm Representative Edwin , T.? 'Wehb, 'Democrat, - of :'North Carolina, .was osen chairman of the House Judi ciary committee, j , ' - peciQii'noes ;c Oil y - our ' Baseball goods, gloves and mitts as follow: , 1 25c Now . . . A . , 1 . . -19c 50c Now . . . 43c 75c Now;. : . . . . - 69c $1.00 Now . , . v". . . .'. 89e $1.25 Now... $1.19 $1.50 Now $1.39 $1.75 Now w . . $1.69 $2.D0 Now ..,...- $1.89 Some lines that we are dis continuing, we are closing out at one-half price.' ' :v All Baseball i Clolhinfl On sale at one-half price, large line of bats, your choice of all $1.00 bats at 85c. , v ' ' Everything "for the bicycle. Tires in variety, $1.50 to $3.25 THE ALONG RUBBER CO. SYNDICATE STORES 1126 MAIN ST. RADFORD liBilMlffii1ffiiW Fairfield Avenue VARIETY STORE Broad Street . "THE STORE THAT PATS THE OAR FARE?" ATTRACTIVE TEN CENT! ARTICLES FOR. EIGHT ' GREAT SALE FRIDAY BEFORE DECORATION DAY STORE OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M. At $3.95 Motor boat lights for boats 26 feet and under. At 98o Life preservers and cushions. At 8c Extra large soft minting flags on sticks. . . At 50p Good spading forks. - " At 98e Iiarge hammocks with pillow and fringe. Af 25c Large newlot men's summer Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers. At 12?4 Men's plain iiiiti fancy striped Seamless Socks. . At 60c Great variety men's and boys' Negligee Shirts. At 25j Big house flag (4 feet long.) " At 85o Combination flag and pole in box, same as newspapers get more for with coupons. ' R At 98c Splendid gas stoves complete with S or 4 feet gas hose. At 5c Red, white and blue decoration bunting. At $1.98 25 feet garden or lawn- hose complete with coupling. . At $1.25- Ready made awnings. : v " At 98o Iiadles' lawn or voile shirtwaists. - At 25c -Two sizes wire screens for windows. At 8c5 Great variety fancy ribbon, very wide. SPECIAL SALE BETWEEN 9 AND 10 A. M. ONLY. i At 354 c Yard wide cheesecloth.. - ; ' ' ' At 3?4o More of the best light prints. . . , ' r . - At 4c Handsome challies. . v . . . ' . At 4o Best dark prints. '- ' At 5940 Yard wide unbleached muslin. ' At e94cBest --Amoskeag apron gingham. . At 7 c- Very fine and pretty fig-irred crepe olollrs. . At 8940 Our new longdotb, best yet. " The Store will be open Friday Evening until nine o'clock. Closed Saturday, Memorial Day. Friday will be the last day for special discounts b Porca Furniture.' Deliveries will be made of late purchases. Friday will be the last day for the special Cottage China Sets and the clearance of Dinnerware. :. " Friday will be the last day for the Special Sale cf Crepe Meteor at the Silk Section. ' A Friday f Goo J L : Embroidered Cotton Crepes, y For Waists and Fashionable Tunics ! ! White rrounds in this lovely weave, which have been lightly'; sprinkled with embroidered figures, small . florets, bowknots, fleiir de ljrs,' and conventional designs in, French pink and green. A" charming material for collars, tunics apd ruffles on plain white crepe,, or for separate waists. The same designs may; be, had in black and white for those who desire it, and it is an altogether fetching corr.i: ia- tion. : . - - ' : ... ' " ( S9 cts, $1.00 and $1.25. Ask' to see it at the Cotton Dress Goods Sec!" a, main floor. ' x ' " Washable Chevrette Gloves ; An" Imported White Chevrette Glove- of high eiia!IHr. When one fastidious : woman7 meets another woman, 'a friend, and says, "Oh, what lovely 'jhew- Gloves," and the friend " replies indifferently, "My ar, it is their second se a son : and : they have been washed ' many times," then it is time to enquire the make of Gloves. : ' ; v . -' These White Chevfettes are 12-button, the regulation length, and a snowy white suede,; which washes .perfectly and each time looks like new, ' because the Glove is mads of a fine chevrette and perfectly shaped. . :-:-yy-; 'j ' ;. : :.'They are. $3.00 & pair.-.: n.:,Jt ".;';..' ' That is; true', a little more expensive than the 'ordinary washable kid glove, but it pays!, A word to -vl-i woman. Ask, about them. A UniorT Suit for Hot VVeathcr Low necked and sleeveless, with a plain nect cv'C at the ; knee," or ( lace trimmed if . one prefers. One xf Hi e re liable manufacturers took a superior; quality of light weight yarn and" had some thin and sheer garments made up, and the sizes run unusually full. Both regular,and extra sizes. SO cts, sizes 4 to 9. ; ; ; . . .... 1 , - Underwear section, ..main- floor. A Pneuform for Convenience in x . Dressmaking .A yerv capable demonstra "tor is visiting us at the Pat tern Section and showing to everyone" who copazs H12 fea tures of the pneumatic d.rss form. , The Pneuform relives " ope of all tiresome fittings and is "of infinite convenience to the woman who makes her own gowns at home, as well as to the dressmaker. Come .. and, see. ? '.: -: : Purchasers of ; the Pneuform will receive free cf charge through this demonstration, a paper ' pattern of . the exact. size,; drafted by .the. expert who is in charge of the demonstration. This 'is anopportunity not to be slighted, as perfect patterns are1 seldom to be had in ; individual cases, especially wherft ; the figure may not . be normal throughout.- . f ' 1 , 0 " r Ice Cream Freezers The most reliable : styles which always give satisfaction. "'Alaska- " .- ". ' Whits - Mountain - Qnart-size, - x.ou rmi size, .1 Two quarts, $1-75 . Quart, $1.C5 Three quarts, '( V $2.00 . Two quarts, ?2.CO Advancing in price as the size increases. , Cemetery Of heavy pressed glass, Of dark green pottery, . Vases iu, i& and iy ctn. SO etc. China Btora. The D. M. Pead Company TOUB BEDSPREADS ' XMt as launder thfm wltJiout pnt tltem! Ttieti thejll lay perfeci.?y r.i and even Trlien pat on tlie beJ esno the Eneets and Mllow Caaea. - We c - of ''work for a , Uttle money. Piion -. end tor your package today. . The Crawford , Laixndr ' FAIRFIELD ATE. AJO