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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13

cant fact that he never engaged in
another of that description. The
match was advertised for the worlds
championship and the theatre was
packed at prices double the usual
rate when the contestants squared
off for action.
Jeff assumed his famous crouch at
the bell. The F'renchman balanced
himself on his toes like ballet dan
GER, with arms folded in front of
him. Jeff was undecided how to open
the fighting but finally began feint-
ing rapidly with his left Quick as a
flash the agile Frenchman pirouet-
ted about the arena, describing sew
eral complete circles to the amaze
ment of the bewi1dered Jeff. Jeff
dropped his hand and laughed out
right. But before he could raise them
to a guard position again Mons La
Blah leaped into the air, and clearing
Jefs head before the latter could
realize it, planted a terrific kick on
Jims chin.
One of La Blah's seconds howled
first blood for his man. The befud-
died Jeffries appeared to be pitted
against genuine ring enigma for the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13
CLOSE FINISHES IN
RACING AT TOLEDO

Toledo, Ohio, July 13-The opening
of Grand Circuit racing on the Fort
Miami track was featured yesterday
by spirited competition and fast rae
ing Close finishes were the rule.
Murphy, Valentine, Dodge and Vic
Fleming had the honors of driving
winning steeds. Murphy took the
2:15 trot behind Red Russell; Valen-
tine captured the big end of the Fort
Meigs $4,000 stake for 2:o9 PAGERS
behind Ned Lancelot; Dodge won
with Great Britton the Sherwood the
PIP trotting stake. and Fleming, a
Canadian driver, took three straight
heats in the 2:12 pace for a purse of
$1,000.
Favorites won in most instances,
but big upset come when Voltage,
picked as the favorite in the colt
stake, lost to Miss En-. The shift paid
about 80 to /. There was a spill in
this event and the judges penalized
Driver Ray for interference, distanc-
ing his horse when it went around the
track trailing close to the winner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13
BAD SPILL MARS
AQUEDUCT RACING

In a bad spill at Aqueduct yester-
day, in which two horses went down,
throwing their riders, while passing
the stands about 100 feet from the
finish line, Jockey Clarence Hummer
sustained a broken shoulder. and his
mount, Costly Colours, a f1lly owned
by the Greentree Stable, was so badly
injured that it will probably be neces-
sary to destroy her. The other rider,
Jockey Barrel, and his mount, Flying
Cloud, which Is owned by G. w. Loft,
escaped without serious injury,
though the boy was shaken up and
the horse came out of the accident
lame. The accident happened in the
last race.
This was the climax to a day of up
sets, but the others were upsets OF
form. Six favorites went down to de-
feat, to the dismay OF the players The
two feature events of the day were
captured by Harry Payne Whitney,
whose Arethusa defeated Mad Halter,
among others, in the Domino Handi-
cap at a mile, while his two-year-old
FLY Crocus took the measure of Wal
ter J. Salmon's Careful in the Astoria
Stakes at five furlongs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13

The general impression seems to, be
that when Georges Carpenter faces
Dempsey in the ring it will be the
first instance of a Frenchman fight
ing for the worlds heavyweight
championship. This is an inaccuracy.
Some twenty-one years ago a French
man made a pass at the greatest
honors of the ring-a faux pas it
ultimately developed.
None other than the Incompatible
James J. Jeffries defended the honor
against the assaults of the gaul who
used the la savake method of kickin g
with the feet, Jeffrtes combining him
Ose1f to the orthodox fistic fashion of
the modern ring
jeff was boxing in Paris with his
brother Jack, just previous to the
second Sharkey fight, when the man
ager of the Fo1lies Marigny theatre
booked the Grizzly to fight Monsieur
La Blah, la savate champion of
France. It was a novel proposition
for JEFF who consented to allow his
opponent to use hands and feet, while
he adhered to strict Queensbury
rules The big fellow may have en-
joyed the novelty, but it, is signif1-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13

first time in his career. He glanced
over at his corner for instructions,
when a yell from his brother called
attention to another attack from the
Frenchman. Jeffries whirled around
in the nick of time, just as La Blah
had started another serial foot RAID
through space. Jim timed the flight
of his lao pound adversary, and
throwing out his right to block an
other kick, simultaneously hooked his
left to La Blah's chin. The fight
ended right there. Jeffries was pro-
claimed the champion of the universe
/ Ia savate style and everything.
But if you were to quizz Jim JEFF
ries today about the hardest punch
he ever received in a ring he would
more than likely confide to you it
was a punch with a genuine kick
not the sort of kick" so commonly
used by sport writer's in delineating
the punching power of some present
day ring phenomenon.
(By ED HUGHES.)
(Copyrigh. 1920-Thompson Feature
Service).
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
RICHARD LEASES
NEW YORK GARDEN

Tex Richard, the man who pro-
NOTED the Jeffrfes-Johnson bout at
Reno, New, and the equally spectacu-
lar Jack Dempsey-Jess Willard bout
at Toledo, O., on July 4, 1919, has
leased Madison Square Garden from
the New York Life Insurance Co. at
a fancy rental for ten years.
Richard knows the value Of the
big amphitheatre for boxing and ath-
1etic purposes, and was quick to arm
himself with the best available place
for holding bouts under the new law
and not afraid to pay the price.
When the law which makes boxing
legal goes into effect, with an APP
pointment of a commission and a Ii
cense committee by Gov. Smith,
Rickard will be ready with a duly or
ganized club and properly equipped
under the law to conduct bouts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13
OVERWORKED MEN
VIII Always Exist So Long As They
Neglect Their Bodily Health

Men who are in good physical con-
dillon do not feel the strain of daily
work 1t is those who are under
nourished, and allow their blood to
get into a thin, devitalized condition
that are always tired and consider
themselves overworked- 1t is not the
work, but the condition of body, that
makes them feel So
There are many men here who can
prove from personal experience that
Vino1 is just the remedy such men
need We know of many cases, where
1t has quickly and permanently re-
stored normal health with a quicken
ing of energy, mainly because it en-
riches the blood and makes the food
they eat nourish and build up bodily
heaIsh--Ady-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13
A PIANOSHIP
ENDURANCE
CHAMPIONSHIP

London, July 13-dn a small cine
ma at Croydon a man, muffled in
iodine bandages, plays the piano for
at least fifteen hours daily, in train
ing for the worlds championship for
piano-playilg endurance
He is Professor Albert Kemp, who
says he is out to win a prize of $780,
900 which a Chicago music house has
offered to the man who can play the
piano one hundred hours without a
stop.
st think I can do it, he said re-
Gently. "I held the time cha mpion-
ship in 1917 for playing sixty-six
hours at Toronto, which carried re-
ward Of $1,000, but since then a Ger
man New Yorker named Schroeder
has played for eighty two hours, and
he is competing for the $4,000.
my arms are bound with iodine
bandages to keep the blood from
bursting my fingers, and, at inter-
walls, the piano keys are sprayed with
methy1sted spirit, SO that my finger
tips don't crack. I am fed by at
tendants as I go or, and between my
meals I chew tobacco. It is j habit
CT mine. Ny face too, has to be bath
ed with eau de cologne, which clears
my brain sp1endidly.
zone very difficult thing Mr..
Kemp pointed out, sis memor1z q g
sufficient pieces of music. For the
contest shall have to learn at least
$50, and during the last three hours
of In. orc hu.cd.cd I an, TO play the
VIII am Tei.' c1-, ture, sParistai' and
the Poet and Peasant oyert1res."
Kemp IS to undergo his test at
Croydon on September 1, and the
next week he will start a forty-nine
hours test, after which he intends to
forego sleep, take exercise on his BIZ
cycle and then return to the cinema
for another nine hours playing
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13
PLAZA.
iRRView.l


big hits of his career in Alexander
Dumas famous story, THE Corsican
Brothers, which is the feature at
traction at the Plaza theatre. 1t is
truly praiseworthy photodramatic
production The settings are un-
usually attractive and quaint and the
tmosphere Of Corsica and Old Paris
gives one delightful glimpse of a
distant land and period. Dustin
Farnum is supported by a very capa-
Bile cast.
The vaudeville bill was a success
all the way through. Naynon's Won
derful Tropical Birds are the head
line attraction and the number was
applauded srenuously last night 1t
is one of the most novel and enter
tanning acts that has shown here In
some time Ben Smith, with his
winning smile and engaging person
a1ity took the audience into his con-
hdence and in a very gifted way de-
| l1vered an unusual monologue. He
possesses a splendid voice. Last night
he was encored twice. Burke and
Iillette, direct from Is months over
| seas service present 'fVodvil-as-U-Ike
! 1t, and 1t was very well received
Brown and De Mont, 1-The Black Dia-
mondS of Vaudeville scored a. big
hit Both are talented performers
and have a routine of songs and
dances that is a credit to them Ed
die Polo is presented in 1.-The Vanish
ing Dagger" and International News
complete a good bill
Mr.. Joseph Madden is now signing
many local people for the big MAX
ing Movies novelty, which will take
place on the Plaza stage all next
week The picture is taken in full
view of the audience and a panor-
rama view of the audience is also
taken at each performance. A real
photop1ay story is taken with all To-
cal people in the cast and is shown
at the Plaza theatre the following
week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13
In The Theatres



Scratch My Back" the picture NOW
playing at Polls, is proving to be the
laughing hit of the year. The story
is taken from Rupert Hughs' famous
novel of the same name and has been
adapted to the screen admirably by
Rex Beach.
The Overseas Revue, a musical sa-
tire as played for our boyse "Over
There" during the recent great con-
htct, headlines the vaudeville bill
The music is very good and is bound
to please all those at all interested in
the life OF our soldier boys while
fighting in France.
Bowen and Baldwin in a singing
talking and dancing skit entitled
Here, There and Everywhere" and
Bernard and Sands, two girls who
possess charming personalities as well
as voices, were given a great ovation.
Hanlon and Arthur produced a great
many laughs during their eccentric
cycle riding which embodied slilIful
riding and omedy of high order.
The Pathe News and a Fox Sun
shine comedy were also shown.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13
PREDICTION DESTROYED

He (after popping the question:
Why are you crying dearest? Did
offend you by my proposal?''
She-Oh, no dear, it's not that
am crying for pure joy. Mother has
always told me that I was such an
idiot that would get even a donkey
for a sweetheart, and now I've got
one after alI-"-Boston Transcript
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13
WEST END,

Tonight Go1dwyn presents Tom
Moore in his very latest production
"Duds," in acts, said to be one of
his best productions released to date.
Harold Lloyd will also be seen in
his latest comedy feature entitled
Haunted Spooks," in 2 reels. Fox
News Reel and Bray Comic concludes
the program
Wednesday, Charles Ray in ALARM
Clock Andy" acts.-B~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13

Many motorists feel that the fast
trains should stop SO they can cross
the tracks without sta1ling their
motors.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-28
Our Growing
Sweet Tooth
Public Paying Highest Price for
Sugar Since Days Following
Civil War

The public is paying the highest
price asked in this country for sugar
since the days following the Civil war.
There are reports from that time of
sugar selling as high as so cents a
pound, and that, of course, for an ar
ticle much inferior in grade TO what
some persons have been paying "a
cents a pound for within recent weeks.
But there is this notable difference :
In Civil war times the high price of
sugar caused a noticeable diminution
IL its use; now, with the price four
fold what most persons consider to be
normal, we are using five times as
much sugar for each person as we
were in the year after the Civil war.
That year, the per capita use of
sugar was IS pounds. In the decade
from 1866 to 1875 the price material
" improved, and in response the use
of sugar doubled to 80 pounds a per-
son. From 1876 to 1885 it had in
creased to AZ pounds. In the decade
from 1856 to 1895 the price Of sugar
went as low, probably, as at any time
In our history, and for the excellently
refined article. Then we were using
it at the rate of 81 pounds a person
eacn year. Steadily the use of it in
creased in the following decade, de-
spite a somewhat rising price, to 81
pounds.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-28
SeaweedS of Millions of
Years Ago Resemble Algae
Now Growing in the Sea,

That many of the algae or seaweeds
of the Middle Cambrian epoch of geo.
logic time, some 25, 100000 to 30, 0O0,0 900
years ago, closely resemble the algae
growing in the sea at the present time,
Is a statement made by Charles D.
Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian
institution, in describing FOSSIL re
mains of these ancient sea plants dis
covered by him in the Middle Cam
brian rocks Of the Canadian Rocky
mountains.
In the remote time when these
plants were deposited on the muddy
sea bottom the rock formations that
are now thousands of feet above sea
level, formed the shore line of a Mid
die Cambrian sea.
The fossil remains from which these
primitive plants were identified &C.
cur as shiny black films on the
surface of the hard, dark siliceous
shale. The mucous or gelatinous
mass of the plant has been replaced
by a shiny black siliceous film contain
ing iron pyrite in varying proportions.
1t is evident that the original organic
and inorganic matter was removed by
solution and replaced by the black film,
the c%onvexity and relief of the plant
being lost in the process and by subse-
quent compression.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-28
Graphic Chart Shows That
Human Life Appeared Late
in the Quaternary Period

A g%eOlOgist, writing to the Scientific
American, describes by means of Il
graphic chart the comparative lengths
of the different periods of the age of
the earth. He places the age of the
earth arbitrarily at 100000 years.
represented by a clock dial of "a hours
100000 years to each hour.
On the above basis the first six hours
of the clock represents Azoic time, the
earliest %conjectural period of the
earth's formation - 100000 years /;
the next six hours EozOic and the next
eight Palezoic time-1S,OO0,OO and "a
100000 years, respectively-periods of
mineral and vegetable formations. In
the next three hours animal life de-
veloped-Mesozoic time, 100000 years
that is, from the twentieth to the
twenty-third hour. Thus the last hour
of the 24-3,OOO,O 900 years of geologic
time-represents Neozoic time, which
includes the appearance of human life
in the Quaternary period.
This last division of the "a hours,
the Quaternary period, is shown as
only 10 minutes-in other words, 500,-
600 years. The existence of human life
on the earth, therefore, bears the same
relation to the age of the earth as 10
minutes does to "a hours. But since
the period of written history is esti-
mated roughly at only G,OO0 years, this
last division is not shown on the chart,
since it would only be II seconds in
duration.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-28
KERCHIEF ADDS TO COSTUME
Accessory Formerly Kept in Hiding
Now Must Be in Evidence to
Display Good Taste.

Once a pocket handkerchief was sup.
posed to be an inconspicuous article.
It's very name implied that. When
pockets disappeared it was hidden un-
der the edge of the basque-that was
in the eighties. When basques went
out, handkerchiefs were tucked into
sleeves. Later they hid themselves in
handbags. Now, however, they are sup.
posed to show and indeed no one can
miss them, for their lively color makes
a spot of brightness in the costume.
Four gay modern 'kerchiefs were noted
recently. One has a jacquard pattern
in blue and black on a gray-blue
ground. One has a Persian design
printed on a reddish tan background.
And two have conventional flower
printings On a ground of pastel color.
These lively handkerchiefs are to be
used with the tailored utility suit or
the sport suit. When one is formally
dressed for afternoon or evening. the
correct mouchoir is spotlessly white,
of eXquisitely fine linen and may be
embroidered delicately in one corner
with very small initial.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-28
THE MIDDLE AGE

Our youth began with tears and signs.
With seeking what we could not find;
Our verses were all t~hrenodies,
In elegiacs still we whined
Our ears were deaf, our eyes were blind.
We sought, and knew not what we sought.
We marvel, now we look behind;
LIES more amusing than we thought!
Oh, foolish youth. untimely wisel
Oh, phantoms of the siCkly mind,
What? not content with seas and skies,
With rainy clouds and southern wind.
With common cares and faces kind,
With pains and joys each morning
brought?
All. old and worn. and tired We find
LIES more amusing than we thought!
Though youth turns spectre-thin and
dies"
To mourn for youth we're not inclined;
We set our souls on salmon flies,
We whistle where we once repined,
Confound the woes of humankind!
By heaven we're well deceived" l wot;
Who hum contented and resigned,
"Life's more amusing than we thought!
ENVOY.
o nate mecum. worn and lined
Our faces show. but that is naught:
Our hearts are young meath wrinkled
rind;
Lies more amusing than We thought.
Andrew Lang.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-28
KEEP SPAT BUTTONS TIGHT
Sagging or Loose Fasteners Spoil
Sm~artness of Modish Boot With
Top Matching Costume.

Is there anything more distressing
than sagging spat buttons? Buttoned
shoes and buttoned spats are the fash.
ion this year and both make the ankle
and instep look very trim and dainty
when the buttons are sewed on firmly.
as they should be. One loose, sagging
button can completely spoil the smart
ness of a modish buttoned costume, or
of a dainty cloth spat, and there seems
no excuse for the mark of untidiness.
Do not wait until the button comes
off, but tighten it up the moment 1t
begins to sag loose. Not only does the
modern buttoned boot or spat set off
the street costume and complete its
correctness, but it also gives the an
kle a firm and graceful look that is
very attractive.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-28

n the body of the wrap is trimmad
win narrow rufies of the silk.
Brocades continue to be the fabric
de luxe for evening gowns. This won
uerlul metallic fabric has inspired
a chiffon broche that consists of velvet
flowers or figures wove on a bock-
ground of chiffon cloth.
Ribbons are employed in countless
ways. Wide ribbon belts are simnIv
knotted at the sides so thar ne
falling loops give a pannier effect
or at the back with long trailing ends
forming a substitute for the fisbtan
of last season.
The vogue of paisley has come bocL
and some of the smartest of new hats
are showing the use of the naisIov
colors and You will remem-
Der that for some reason when paisley
was popular a few years ago IT never
became popular to the extent of com.
monplaceness, so there is no feeling
against 1t, as there might have been
had it been run to the ground at thar
time.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-28
Velvet, Fur, Chiffon and Lace Are Ad-
va~ntageousIy Used in Construc-
tion of Negl!gees.

Boudoir robes are as effective as eve
ming gowns in the charm of their color
ing and the loneliness of their fabric
nowadays.
Velvet, fur, chiffon and lace
make up many of these lovely negli-
gees. Charmeuse satin and crepe mete.
or are also called on for slips and
coates to develop robes that are de-
signed for the intimate hours Of home.
A lovely negligee displays a straight
slip of flesh pink chiffon, knife pleated
and trimmed with a yoke and band
of soft cream lace. A tie sash of old
blue ribbon is finished with bit of
color to the robe while holding the
fullness of the slip at the waistline.
Over this slip is worn a ate of
old blue chiffon. This is bound around
the front and the scallops of the lower
edge and sleeves, with lavender rib
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-28
Big Variety of Spats

black or colored satin for evening use.
Worn with lace striped stockings they
give the impression of smallness.
For evening wear there are high
French heels and baby French heel
slippers in silver. gold, brocade, vel
vet and satin. These slippers usually
carry buckles. Rhinestone buckles are
the most popular, although cut steel
is also used.
Evening stockings are sheer and
the fancy lace striped varieties are
in great demand. Lace clocks are
also popular and sheer black stock
ings with lace butterfly medallions in
serted in front are also seen.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-28
NOTES OF FASHION

Round collars are used much in
children's frocks.
The evening gown occasionally
features a very light waist.
The popular lengla for skirt is
eight inches from the floor.
Vests figure to some extent in the
spring suits, especially in the more
dressy models.
Caramel-colored felt hats and also
those in straw with footwear of the
same color are apparently in high
fO vor
Rafia combined with very narrow
strips of leather, braided together,
form whole hat crowns. To replace
the leather, shiny new straw is often
used.
The fashion of trimming fur
cloaks with pelts running otherwise
is most successful and has been
adopted by a number of houses this
season.
Among a collection of new wraps is
an effective model in taffeta. The large
collar is folded around the shoulders
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-28
Milady Has Choice of Footwear
for All Occasions.
Caters Come in Shades Of FawnI
Gray and White; Also In Black,
Brown and Tan.

The hours of the clock are told by
fashions in feminine foot wear. For
morning there are English brogues In
chocolate brown, light tan, Russian
calf and black calfskin. The rounded
brOgue toe carries a wing tip and
brass eyelets are 1.-THE thing" on these
shoes.
If CATERS are desired they come In
shades of fawn, gray and white for
wear with low-heeled, wing-tipped
pumps in black, brown and tan, reach
ing only to the spring of the instep.
The proper stockings for wear with
brogues are ribbed wool, or silk and
wool in plain shades or in Oxford and
heather mixtures. The plain weave
wool stockings are clicked in contrast
ing colors. Silk or French Isle
stockings are worn with CATERS.
For afternoon wear there is a black
vamp French heel shoe with a light
gray or tan suede upper that is very
attractive with dressy gowns. This
model cOmes in patent leather and
dull leather and also in brown kid.
If a Cuban heel is your choice, the
straight tip tan leather shoe is smart
for any daytime wear. This last is
also made in black and chocolate
brown.
Patent leather and brown French
heel pumps without buckles are worn
with spats by many smartly gowned
women for afternoon wear.
The short vamp French slippers
that tie on the instep are making
great Roadway in America. They are
made of suede for street wear and of