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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-21

Do the Johnnies wait at the stage
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-21

Now, while It is true that many
chorus beauties have received their
first chance through some accident
70 the star Of their company or some
other lucky turn Of the wheel OF for
tune. I should like TO point out that
ability to seize opportunities thus af-
forded has come, If it has come at
all, by painful, persevering labor.
For the beauty Of the stage, there
fore, I would revise the Frenchman's
table ss follows:
Brains-including personality. 500
INDUSTRY ...s........ ..'.... 1910
Luck Observation-Disclosures. SO
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
BY ANN LESLIE.

Phoebe with what seemed almost like
 ,L flash of gratitude.
 That encouraged me to go on and
 try to find some way of giving her
 the help I felt more and more con-
 vinced she needed and couldn't ask
 for. Right through clans and eggs,
 benedictine and asparagus vinaigrette,
 Phoebe bafled me. however.
 The sense that she was in trouble came to me more and more strongly, but it seemed as if I wereS doomed to fail as l had failed when l tried to help Phoebe and Neal to find each other again. That thought frightened me so that suddenly I gave up my policy of being tactful and clever and leading Phoebe to ask for help. In- stead I leaned across the table and spoke out just what was in my heart: Phoebe, I know there's something troubling you- Won't you tell me?'' Phoebe's mouth frightened and her eyes took on the remote look I had | learned to dread in Jim's. She was
 going to slam the. door of her mind in my face, could see that. "Oh, Phoebe!" cried. I'm so -
 useless. No one needs me. Won't you let me try to help your" Phoebe studied me foE . moment,
 as if she were sorry for me- as 1T she sensed what my partial revelation
 
 less laugh, and reverted frankly to her own troubles.
 "I might as well tell you. I've got to tell some one. I guess you can be
 trusted not to give me away Here it is, Anne, I'm in debt. Terribly in
 debt. And I've no one to ask for help. I can't ask for more of the
 money Pat pays Virginia I take too much of that as it is As the sentences terked out, had l aT,Ivf She'd been buying too many pretty clothes. Fortunately I could help her. had a bank account now. Jim gave me fVeh undred dollars when Terry
 stock boomed and opened a check l ing account. My first check would go to Phoebe. and maybe it would bring me her friendship. Some of my relief
 must have gotten into my voice as
 replied. cheerfully:
 "oh, so that's it! Wen soon fix that I've a bank account now, l Phoebe, and I'll be glad to let you l have a hundred-or even two. added as sight of her face. still stark and unhappy.
 "A hundred? That's very good of you. Anne" Phoebe's voice was col orless. But that's not enough" l fairly gasped. For a second | hesitated Then something in Phoebe's wide frightened eyes co1n- | pel1ed me and I knew I must give 1 her all I had.
 | .'tI've five hundred,' I said quietly You shall have it all, dear. Phoebe lifted her hands to the edge of the table and c1aspeed them tight | so the knuck1es showed white. like i her face. Then in a, strangled voice I | could scarcely hear she ,gasped:
 Five hundred dollars wouldn't Gro Be Con1nued.o
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04
A REDUCTIoN TALK

A REDUCTION TAIk
 Most of the women who write to me and ask for directions on reduc- lion. want to know some method that is very short and easy. Now, the shortness and easiness of any system of reduction depends on how much overweight woman happens to be. 2 A safe rate of reduction is about two pounds a week. If a woman weighs 100 pounds too much (and am sorry to say that quite q few do,1 tden the reduction process will take a year. But if a woman is only 10 or Is, pounds too heavy. it will not take her very long to recover her youthful figure.
 Do you know which foods produce tat and which do not? Foods which
 do not produce fat are usually spoken of as those having a low caloric value Among the meats, lean beef, chicken, lamb and mutton have q low caloric value. Most varieties of fish are al lowed in any reduction diet-the eN- captions are salmon and saTdincS- Oysters and clans have practically no caloric value at aIl Thin soups can go on any reduction menu but thick soups should be eliminated.
 Most dairy products are IGJCCnlng; therefore. cheese, butter and milk are rarely allowed, although butter-miIl1 pr skinned milk is quite all right, and eggs can be eaten when they are 2oached or. boiled. Most desserts are
 
 or sugar in some form-
 A-Most vegetables are allowed in every reduction diet To name only a few, you can eat asparagus, beets, string beans, cabbage, carrots, cauH- flower, celery, corn, cucumbers, let tuce, onions, parsnips, peas, radishes, spinach and all other greens, squash, 5 tomatoes and turnips- Raw or stew ed fruit is usually allowed, unless there is too much sweetening in the cooking. All bread but gluten bread Is fattening, and most sauces and other delicacieS are forbidden. Vera-There is no treatment that will make blunt finger tips taper, but you can secure a tapering effect by letting the nails grow a little long and keeping them filed to a pointed oval
 Constant Reader-Since you have \ bIeached your hair, I would not ad- wise you to use any other artificial means of changing its shade, not even to restore it to normal color. From
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04
Rel Cross Helps
 3,7OO Chinese

Picking. - The engineering depart ment of the Am merican Red Cross fa- mine relief organization reports that up to the end of December, 370O Chi nese had been employed in railroad construction. The men are in charge of division gineers-sergeants from the Peking guard, who have as aS- sistants privates from the guard.
 The line under construction extends from Tehchow to LntSing on the ChihH-Shantung border
 In one district a census of families showed that before relief arrived all girls between nine and fourteen years of age in two villages had been sold.
 A shipment of foodstuffs brought by the United States transport Mer- rftt who moved from Chinwangta to Tehchow with little delay.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04
letter, and runs in this way:

letter, and runs in this way:
 My dear, dear son, now that ap- preaching disgrace, begins to darken the closing years of my life, I can write with all~ truth and honesty that it is not the terror of the law, the county, nor is it my fall in the eyes Of all who have known me, which cuts me to the heart; but it IS the thought that you should come and who have seldom, I hope had reason to do other than respect me.
 But if the blow falls which is for ever hanging over me, then I should
 know straight from me how far
 nave been to blame. On the other
 hand, if all should go well (which
 may kind God Almighty grant!) then, II by any chance this paper should be still undestroyed and should fall into your hands, I conjure you, by all you hold sacred, by the memory of your dear mother, and by the love which has been between us, to hurI it into the fire and to never give one thought to it again.
 If then your eye goes on to read this line, know that I shall already have been exposed and dragged from my home, or, as is more likely, for
 you know that my heart is weak, be lying with my tongue sealed forever ! for suppression is past, and every word which I tell you is the naked truth, and this I swear as l hope for mercy.
 My name. dear lad. is not Trevor was James Armitage in my younger days, and you can understand now the shock that it was to me a few weeks ago when your college friend addressed me in words which seemed to imply that he had surprised my secret. As Armitage it was that I en- tered a London banking house, and as ArrnltaSe was convicted of break ing my country's laws, and was sen
 fenced to transportation. Do not
 think very harshly of me, 1addie. It
 was a debt of honor, called, which
 l had to pay. and I used money which
 was not my own to do it, in the cer-
 talnty that I could replace it before
 there could be any possibility of its
 being missed. But the most dreadful i1l-luck pursued me. The money
 which I had reckoned upon never came to hand, and a premature ex- animation of accounts exposed my deficit. The case might have been
 dealt leniently with, but the laws were more harshIy administered 30 years ago than now, and on my 23rd
 birthday I found myself chained as
 felon with 37 other convicts in the
 'tweendeecks of the bark Gloria, Scott,
 bound for Australia
 $ Tt was the year '55. when the CfiHlScth Wal was at It's ne1SnI, ana
 the old convict ships had been largely
 used as transports in the Black Sea. The government was compelled, therefore, to use smaller and less suit able vessels for sending out their
 prisoners. The Gloria Scott had been
 in the Chinese tea trade, but she was
 an oId-fashioned, heavy-bowed, broad beamed craft, and the new clippers had cut her out. She was five-hun- dred-ton boat; and besides her 38 jail birds, she carried 26 of a crew, IS soldiers, a captain, three mates. a doctor, a chaplain, and four warders. Nearly a hundred souls were in her, all told, when we set sail from Fta1- mouth.
 (To Be Continued.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04
CHAPTER CCxVII.


 "I don't like the line of the neck Gut it an inch lowwer. No; little more. Fully two inches. I don't care if Mrs. Dalton did think it was right the way you had it. l don't like It that way and I'm wearing it.
 The voice came to me across the unroofed partition that separated one fitting room at Wickhams from it's neighbor. It was a voice so full of irritation and Uncontrolled nerves that I actually didn't recognize it as Phoebe's until she said Mrs. Dalton y At that angry use of Virginia's name an impulse came to me. Fortunately I didn't ignore it.
 ''Phoebe,' l called, I'm so glad do something for me?"
 "Of course-what can I do for you?; replied a carefully Ieashed voice.
 tsRun in here and tell me how you cape. I'm not a bit sure of my own judgment. So I'm lost. Come find me, will you?'
 In a minute Or two Phoebe came into my fitting room. At sight of her I fairly ached for the pretty child she was six months ago. Her oval face is actually pointed now and her eyes are far too big and black shadows lie under them.
 Ehere isn't that ugly splash of red on her short-lipped. baby mouth any more, but their own coral is gone from her soft lips. So for all the bravado of her oveFedecolette dance frock of rose-coIored taffeta, Phoebe looked like a frightened child as she came and stood in my doorway, and not like the vivid, sophisticated so- ciety woman she had been aping for so long.
 managed to keep from saying a word about the neck of her gown though it had evidently been just right Virginia liked it-an inch or so higher. But there was no use in antagoniz:ng Phoebe over a dress that could so easily be filed in with tu1le. The gap that had lain be- tween us for so long couldn't be as easily filled, and I didn't propose tc widen it now. For slim, wistful-eyed Phoebe in her gay dance frocb brought an atmosphere of mystery and of danger into my fitting room. felt she needed help Mine, perhaps I'm lost without Virginia I said batting my trap carefully. 'I don't begrudge her the day with Betty, but until you came I dids1~r know what tc do. never can tell if things are be- coming or not. You'll decide for me won't you. dear? I know you have splendid taste.'
 .tOf course, I'll help you, Anne,' replied Phoebe with nice, young air of importance.
 After I'd deferred to her judgment carefully. at every point, I made my next plea, and Phoebe didn't guess that it was her own nervous. iun1py manner and her tired little voice that inspired it.
 Please don't doom me to lunching alone, Phode. I always feel ST awkward going into a dining room al by myself. You'll be a dear and even berak an engagement if you have to won't you?''
 "PH lunch with you, Anne = couldn't bear to be alone either said
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04
The story so far:

The story so far:
 The idea of deyOting his life to criminal research first occurred to Sherlock Holmes when he was visiting a college friend, Victor Trevor. His father suggested this as a life work when Holmes de- duced from his observation cer- tain traits and characteristics of the father. He deduced from a heavily loaded stick that Trevor was afraid Of an enemy, from a paruy cbliterated tattoo mark on his left arm that he feared some one with tise initials J. A.. from tho shape of his ears that he was g boxer Just before his visit ended an old and evil-lOOlzing sailor named Hudson turned up, asking help of Trevor. and say ing he had hesitated between coming to Trevor. whom he had not seen for thirty years, and an- other old friend, Mir. I3eddOes, a few months later was summoned by young Trevor who met him at the station and told him that his father had suffered a paraiytic stroke shortly before, and that inc had never known a moment of peace since the old sailor came to them. The sailor had recently left them saying he was going to Mir. Bcddocs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04

they blow warm at first, but after a while one begins to feel the zip in would be far too heavy for comfort one does realize a distinct need for omething-liGht as it may be-to act as protection against too aSgreS- -siye breezes and a stiff neck.
 As might well be expected the scarf is a coICrful bit of finery, but never bizarre-unless, of course, the woman who wears it has been beIeft at birth Of that sixth sense-the sense of dress and has never taken the time nor the trouble to acquire it. Gay tones are used hut they are wonderfully blended and the heather shades are particularly favored For the trot- about frocll, the sports costume. and, indeed at all times, when mad amoiseIle goes outd boring the knitted scarf-be it silk or wool-is q jaunty complement to her costume.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04

There come those times in the af- fairs of fashions when those things that have been 1uxuries only sud- nen1y become essentials. Sometimes there is perfectly logical reason for luch a change-again it is inconpre- E hensible, but since we are at present . Interested in the scarf it is time to ksay right here and now that one does the cause for the reputation that the scarf has won for itself-the reputa- tion of being an Indispensable item in the wardrobe of the well dressed woman.
 Fer two reasons-comfort quiteN as much as chic-fhe scarf is a mighty handy little necessary to have around. There are so many timeS-when spring is young-when it is just the very thing to 6hrow about ones throat For spring zephyrs are deceiving-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04

When Miss Kniclerbocker finally becomes mistress of the bit and bridle she is certain to find full recompense for all the t'pains'' that it has cost her. Fresh air, collaboration, steady nerves, rosy complexion and Q clear eye-aI1 these does she receive for the price she pays. So when rumor whispers that spring is in the offing- and she realizes from past experience that with the arrival of the first warm days will come the irresistible call of the open-she takes thought for the morrow, makes up her mind to acquire a good habit, and she learns to ride.
 On foot or on horseback it is inter esting always to frequent the. dirt paths that lead off the hard pavemen of he broad highway, for it is only when Young America turns eques-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04

trienne that she is at her best. No frills and furbelows then does she haveAor need-to enhance her charms. In tailored suit and severely simple hat or cap she is a splendid example of loveHness unadorned. How tn ose of us who have stepped over that tfline that lies between envy her youth and vigor as she passes by at a lively canter, riding her steed with boise and pose that would have done credit to an Amazon.
 There are more fabrics and styles from which to choose ores riding habit than might be imagined. Gray homespun and black velveteen is a. striking combination, and of course with such an alliance one could not do better than to wear a, shiny sailor. A sailor, too, is almost certain to be becoming, while a cap looks really well upon a comparatively few.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04
BEAUTY CHA TS
By Edna Kegaf Forbes

your description it seems to be very dry hair. so that the best thing to do would be to massage the scalp with hot crude oil before the shampoo and with little olive oil after the sham poo. This will help greatly in re- storing it's original color and will also improve its health.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04

All inquiries addressed to Miss Forbes in care of he "Beauty Chats" department will be answered in these columns in their turn This requires considerable time, however, owing to the great number received. So if a personal or quicker reply is desired, 3 stamped and f-addressed enve1- ope must be enclosed with the ques- tion.-The Editor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31
MORE TRUTH
THAN POETRY
THE END OF THE YEAR
b. JAMES J. MONTAGUE

THE END OF THE YEAR
In other days, when other years
We're drawing to a close,
We Joined the general, joyous cheers
That on the midnight rose.
"A year has gone; that makes q score
We've left behind" we said.
But what OF that? There's plenty
more
Ahead.
there's life to live and sights to see
And fortunes TO be made:
Bring on the years that are to be.
And let the old ones fadel
Well look on newer, brighter scenes,
And. while youth has it's fling,
Why wonder what the future means
To bring?
a host OF days has come and gone,
Like soldiers in review,
And still the same parade moves on
A little faster, too.
The years of our allotted span
In turn so swinging past
Each years trifle briefer than
The last.
And now the shouting leaves US cold,
And we forbear to cheer;
We're not 30 eager as of old
To greet the glad New Year.
The years that held our hopes OF yore
Have paused a while and fled.
And there are not as many more
Ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31
ANDREW AND
IMOGENE
by ROE FuLKERsoN

I'VE will have some ham sand
witches and -. :"
1--WE will nat" broke in Andrew.
She was planning midnight lunch
for some people who were coming to
play cards.
-"why, what do you mean?p asked
Imogene. looking up In surprise.
Il mean just exactly what l said"
snapped Andrew. emphatically.
I'VE will not have ham sandwiches.
Ham sandwiches represent zero In
something to eat.
Ham sandwiches were originated
in the Sandwich Islands, where the
natives squat on their hams and since
discovered by the earliest explorer
this world has ever known, they are
still used by thoughtless people.
THE explorer was named Ham; he
was one of Noah's sons and when he
went off the ark he visited the Sand
witch Islands and brought back some
of the sandwiches which were served
by his sons to callers, and ever since
that time you cannot go anywhere
that some son OF Ham does not hand
you a ham sandwich.
you can slice the bread as thin
as wafer; you can smear the bread
with paste made of ham. anehovies
and olives; you can tie a baby blue
4
1t Is a ham sandwich just the same
and as unfit for use as the 6o-mark
on the speedometer of tin automo-
bile.
Having ham sandwiches for lunch
is about as original as having eggs
for breakfast or having chicken for
dinner. when the preacher comes.
There is this difference, however.
People eat eggs for breakfast be-
. L Il L. - -.
for dinner because the dominic, priest
or rabbi likes it, but people only eat
ham sandwiches because they cannot
help themselves.
Like flies. you find them every
where, but nobody wants 'em. They
are worse than flies, though, because
they are never out of season.
you meet them at picnlcs in the
spring, yeu run into them at every
lunch at the beach or on the auto
tour In the summer, you see them at
every party and nutting expedition
in the autumn and every dance and
reception in the winter.
They are always in season and yet
never in season.
Nothing you can do keeps them
from being ham sandwiches. 1t makes
no difference whether you stuff let
tuce in them like you do into a ca
nary's cage or whether you mince the
ham into a predigested layer of
cheese messiness, is is still ham sand
witches and ="
NOW have it," said Imogene,
looking up from the tablet where she
! had been jotting down things from
| time to time.
Have what?" asked Andrew.
THE menu for lunch" said Imo-
gene, picking up the tablet and read
ing, I'VE will have ham sandwiches
with lettuce and -
Have you been listening to what I
have been saying?" demanded An
| drew.
mo, dear" said Imogenc, II was
busy and you seemed to be enjoying
yourself. Now to the menu. You
like ham sandwiches made with let
tuce, don't your
Yes. indeed" said Andrew. sadly.
Fix the lunch UP yourself. you are
so original about such things"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31
BY DOLLY
DALRYMPLE

ures swinging jaunty walking sticks
as they went from door to door, and
sreculated which would stop for a
minute at their own front stoop.
On occasional doorknobs hung tiny
baskets. gay with red ribbon bows,
Pass by, young gentlemen, brave in
your accustomed toggery. The ladies
are not at home there. But you may
pause long enough to drop a paste
board into the basket. thus express
ing the greetings OF the season and
your personal interest In the house
hold.
| If the girl debutante made her bow
to society at formal reception, OF
leaked out" as one wit expressed
| 1t, minus the formality of a fune-
tion, the youth won his social spurs
on the foughton field of New Years
calling. Rowdy pagehood and hob
biedehoy squirting were left behind
what time he donned the habili-
ments and outward symbols of
knight OF the carpet, and sailed
forth to social conquests on behalf
of fair ladies, in company of elder
and Daughter warriors. Frock coat,
top hat and cane were shield and
helmet and sword for him, and his
first awkward bow to the line of
damsels under the pendent crystal
chandelier took all the courage re-
bquired for the first breaking Of
lances on the jousting field
How simple Il all was, yet how
tremendously important. That the
, basket on the hall rack should be
piled With cards was a requisite of
social popularity. That the simple
refreshments be perfect In their way
was essential. Sand tarts must be
of paper thinness and richest brit
tleness. Fruit cake must be heavy
with goodies and stepped to the top
crust in brandy. The punch must
be the exactness OF blending with
the choicest of rum and cognac and
champagne and loaf sugar and
black tea and not too stimulating
whole. Then each hostess must be
her wittiest. yet most ladylike, of
selves. Ladylike first, witty second,
however. Till dusk made gas and
lamplight no longer concessions to
! convention, there must be the ready
smile OF perfect hospitality and the
cordial word of greeting for each
guest Not till then could the mother
and daughters OF decorous house
hold close their doors to the froek
coats, snatch a hasty supper ana re-
tire to dressing gowns and count
| ing of the cards in the basket and
the rest that comes to those whose
duty has been we'll done.
Today New Years Eve. Will be
spent in the cafes, the hotels and the
clubs, and noisy, clamoring, hilarious
will be the crowd OF merry makers
who will welcome the New Year in
and speed the old year out tonight
on the last day OF old 1921, while
lofd-faShioned watch night services
will be held in the various churches.
ring out the old, ring in the new"
| will he the theme of song and story.