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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
HAS PIRACY COME BACK?

What age living in? How far back have slip ped? Have the days of piracy returned?
 Washington dispatches tell that the of Ameri- ship lost there be conclusive evidence that the taken prisoners another vessel and carried to parts unknown not actually murdered second Aneri ship long overdue and other American ships coped for under circumstances hatead to the belief that er disappearance in connected with the capture of the of the first mentioned vessel
 so dsqueng these circumstances to the officials who Dave knowledge of them and uncertain they what has happened that they state ships missing Not until all possibility of their turning with explanation past will they the and the cuars which they in possession of.
 hundred years ago ships disappearing this way been accounted for theory been seized by pirates and such theory would undoubed y been most to the fad In these however, when all ships wireless, we'll eAarted and aton has become such complete from sort of that it could not at its fate by wireless before being completely aster
 theory has been advanced that of these boats have been seized by their for the benefit This hardly probable.
 It would seem dsheartenng turning back clock if at this date, had to once more to clear it of pirates.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
WHY THE SILENCE?

British and American circles have been almost much surprised by Ambassador Harvey recent refusal to speak number of public functions they at his frank statements at the London dinner when spilled for the administration.
 There have been several of these functions which Ambassador would naturally prominent part the latest of which, the formal reopenin and dedication of the Washington Manor house at yesterday No explanation has been the Colonel his refusal other than the pressure of his work
 What has caused this sudden peechesness of the oone Some suggest that he have received from the White House that it would be well for him to freely be that the Colonel subscribes clipping bureau and has been himself reading what the said of his speech At rate such silence part of the Colonel something and him. Something unusual must have
 He booked to speak July fourth Topics normally connected with the Fourth of July need be or less skill and diplomacy Great Britain of all 10 be wondered if the Colone Fourth July edited by Charles Evans Hughes before made plenty of time and it might be a wise precauton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
MAKING THE WORLD SMALLER.

world measured in terms of transportation travel smaller and by the each Atlantic and Pacific brought closer together This fact called to the attention by automobile just peted by Cornelius Vanderbilt h who crossed the continent by automobile hundred and fftyour hours, running time of three thousand hundred five miles long The speed twentyhree and half miles hour, and one-half hours day, hundred and twenty-six gallons of gasoline.
 When compared with the length of time seventyve to to the Pacific shows wildly the remarkable advance travel It is impossible orment will continue for the next fifty years. impossible for the ordinary to imagine would be like nineteen hundred by that tme however extreme speed will be as it does today to people.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
KEEPING FIT.

(From the Omaha World Herald-) Pads in how to keep fit are almost as changeabIe as fashions in dress. The latest gymnastic guaranteed to clarify the brain and to purge the body of disease is reported to be standing on ones head.
 It is not unusual for advocates of new kinds of exercise to argue that ages ago man was a fish, therefore he should swim to retain his pristine health. Or it has been hinted that man inhabited trees and therefore today he should swing on a trapeze. But we look in vain for such expLan- ation to justify this latest inconveni- ent and forgotten practice now re- commended.
 Standing on the head may prove beneficial. But the faithful follow CTS of this cult will be about as few as the women who wear blue hose on one foot and white on the other.
 Gradually we are becoming adapt ed to civilized conditions The time may come when man will not need artificial exercises to retain his health. But thcst time Is not yet If the days work does not furnish requi- site exercise for the muscles we must provide recreation for them
 In keeping the body fit the effect of mind cannot be overestimated if a maximum of health is desired This complex age demands clear thought. Life must be seen in perspective. Failure to see the relation of things to each other makes the mo1ehill of ten appear a mountain. Like a child who cries over a broken toy, the un- exercised mind worries over trifles. The child does not need a new toy as much as he needs to see things in true relation
 What person possessing a broad outlook on life, taking sufficient rest, simple exercise and plain foods needs to stand on his head?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
SUNDAY CASUALTIES
(From the Hartford Courant-

(FTom the Hartford Courant)
 '-The Courants' hope that New Englanders had determined to keep out of danger on Sundays and hon- days was dashed by a study of the papers of yesterday morning. Per- haps Connecticut escaped without serious accidents, at least only two or three persons were injured in this city but four were sent from Thomp- sonville to a hospital in Springfield and five more were hurt in New Ha- ven, the odds being against the re- covery of one of the number.
 Six persons were drowned in Mas sachusetts and the states north of 1t. One of these had left hospital for a weekend at HIS home before re- turning for ar. operation and was ac- companied by his wife and their chauffeur. The car skidded, plunged through a fence into a pond where the owner was drowned; the others were not badly injured. The other drownings were of persons who were either bathing or fishing. Two were in Meredith, N. H., one in Maine and the others in Massachusetts. Un- luckily we have no record at hand as to Rhode Island as yet
 The Boston Globe,'' which spe- ciaHzes in these matters, finds five killed in traffic accidents, these oc- curing in the towns of Haverhill, Weston, Clinton and Holyoke, Mass, and Portsmouth, N H. We are in doubt as to the number injured but at least nine are mentioned while the ''Worcests. Telegram" adds six more who were slightly hurt. There were two assault cases in the Bay State, which may develop into the more se- rious charge of homicide.
 The record is large enough The blue laws might have been burden Some in their day but at least they did not bring such a volume of work upon surgeons and undertakers
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
King Leaves
 For Belfast
 With Queen

London, June 22.---(By The A P.) king George and Queen Mary were given a remarkable send off at the railway station yesterday when they de- parted for Holy Head on the way to Belfast to participate in the state opening of the Ulster Parliament to- morrow
 A great crowd repeatedly cheered and sang the national anthem At interVals in the cheering there were many shouts of ''good luck and a. safe return to your majeSties.' The s-a- tiOn was gaily decorated.
 Belfast, June 21-Heavv reinforce ments of troops and police are ar irving here to guard King George and Queen Mary during the ceremonies attending the state opening of the northern Ireland (Ulster) Parliament tomorrow. The Irish guards, brought especially from Aldershot, will lead the royal procession through the streets of this city.
 Between 10000 and 12-OOo soldiers sailors, policemen and plain clothes detectives will line the streets when the King and Queen enter this his toric city and ride in state from the pier to Parliament building.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
SPLIT BY LUMBER
(From the New York Times.)

(From the New York Tmes.) Whats a little thing like lumber between protectionists? One would not have expected it to tear them apart and fill them with splinters and rage. Yet it appears to be do- !ing just that. It has split the Re publican members of the Ways and Means Committee And though Chairman Fordney has temporarily carried his point and put through a resolution favoring a duty of 25 per cent on lumber, the party in the Mid dIe West is up in arms against him, threatening a revolt of formidable strength. It is probable that Mir. Fordney was much too confident and more than Q. little premature in com ing away from the White House with the declaration that the Presid ent would back him up in ''wha,tever do.''
 To that a lot of angry Republicans, in Congress and out of it, will have something to say. Senator Capper's paper is so unkind as to seize this oc- caSion to recall the fact that two re- ports of the Federal Trade Commis- sion have arraigned different lumber companies as ''organized for the pur- pose of taking concerted action on the prices of logs and lumber" and in some instances raising those prices from 300 to 500 per cent And that stout protecionist newspaper, The Chicago Tribune, asserts with horri- flying frankness:
 We believe that lumber ought to be left on the free list. Our own forests are so depleted and our own prices so high that all building and most lines of manufacturing are handicapped. All building and most manufactures which use lumber either in their pro- duct. or in shipping will be assisted by keeping it on the free list in order that we may buy from the vast sup ply available across our northern border. Such an arrangement is for the good of the vast majority. Ger tainly to advocate such a good it not against Republican principles
 Surely times have changed and tariffs have changed in them when such doctrines as these can be put forth in the name of the party of high protection But the point of i1nme- diaIte interest is that the lumber du- ties are proving as disruptine as the wool duties. If the row keeps on at the present intensity, Chairman Fordney will soon be reaching for s Jog or board, duty-free, on which to swim ashore
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
OLD AMHERST.
(From the Boston PoSt)

(From the Boston Post)
 The centennial observance at Am herst this week calls attention in a striking way to the honorable place and history of the small college in New England. So long has Amherst been a part of our educational life here that 1t is almost surprising to realize that the splendid institution dates back only to 1921; it seems much more venerable than that All the more in the face of the fact that 1t is not old as many colleges go are its achievements to be praised and admired.
 For a century Amherst has been a potent force for culture and for the making of manhood in this State and her Influence has gone to the borders of the world. She has produced lead CTS in every line of noble human en- deavor, pioneers of learning, torch bearers of patriotism. Her sons have always been actuated by an intense enthusiasm, a deep love of their mo- ther ana a determination to "go through" with the best there was in them. That spirit still rules. , We wish every fecility to Amherst at this festaI time and a long life of usefulness reaching into the ages un-
 known.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
PARIS LADIES START
 NO STOCKING STYLE

Paris, June 22-Not all the knocks in the world have killed the Stocking~ less fad. Warm weather saw dozens of Parisian beauties at the races minus their stockings. white limbs contrasting sharply with the black gowns, the prevailing mode. A num- Der of the bare-legged girls wore ankle bracelets.
 Le Petit Bleue fears the fashion is about to have a rebirth.
 If ankles are perfect they lose nothing by being shown in light and transparent silk,'' says the Paris newspaper. 'If they are imperfect they lose much by revealing the naked truth. Ladies, keep your stockings on."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
What Others Soy
NOT OTHERS.
CFrom the Evening World

CFrom the Evening World-)
 Magistrate Levine declares that mothers are the real criminals in the baby crime wave" in the Bronx
 His denunciadon of parental negn- gence in failing to discipline young children and 50 prevent juvenile crim- inalfty seems fully justified by the facts.
 But Magistrate Levine was unfor- tunate in his choice of words when he said:
 '"The fault seems to be with
 the mothers. If mothers pay
 more attention to vapid amuse-
 ments than they do to the we'll
 being of their children. it is not
 to be wondered at that the
 youngsters go astray.''
 A pertinent and jusifiabIe com ment on this statement is that mo- thers do nothing of the kind.
 The word mother carries with it a meaning beyond parenthood or the bearing of children Mothers think first of their children All else is secondary.
 The English language seems to lack a single word which specifically describes the sort of feminine parent which Magistrate Levine rightfulIy excoriateS.
 This being so, let him use a phrase or a sentence of explanation. but keep mother clear from any such Implication
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
To Lend Tent
 For Wounded

A Bridgeport industry will do it's part in connection with the entertain ment to be given June 30 by the National Vaudeville Artists Inc, on the grounds of the U. s. Public Health Service Hospital, at Fox Hills, Staten Island, N. Y.
 A huge circus tent from the sur plus compliment at the local Barnum & Bailey headquarters has been sent down and will make possible the en- tertainment for 2,0O0 wounded sol diers. A continuous show will start at 1 P. M., on June 30, the B. F. the music.
 Everything will be free to the ser vice men, who will even be supplied with N. V. A. coupons, as good as money on the carnival day, and ac- ceptable as cash at the various re- treatments and paddle wheel booths.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
AfTRTH.
CFrom the Rochester Democrat and
 Chronicle.)

CFrom the Rochester Democrat and
 Chronicle.)
 Mirth has been called Gods medi- cine There are few persons who cannot testify to the saving value of a smile. There is a story told of a man who received a wire while on a business trip that his business had been wiped out by fire. The depres- sion which followed this news threat ened for a time his mental balance, and he even gave serious thought to taking his own life.
 While in this dangerous mood he received a letter from his daughter, girl of nine, which read: Dear Daddy-I went down to see your store that was burned and it looked awful ly pretty all covered with ice Love and kisses from Helen."
 The man laughed and tne day was saved That glint or humor was like ray of sunshine in a dark cell. The spirit of the man was released from the prison of his gloom.
 Lincoln on the day that he read to his Cabinet the emancipation procla- nation opened that important meet ing by reading from Artemus Ward. When rebuked by ore of his serious minded Cabinet officers for having called them into an important session to hear such nonsense, Lincoln re- piled: why don't you laugh, gen tIenen? If couldn't laugh I would die"
 Emerson has said, Nothing will supply the want of sunshine for peaches. and to make knowledge val uable there must be cheerfulness."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
AN UNFORTUNATE LACK.

According to Dr. Roy Uphan of Brooklyn the United States is short twenty-five thousand physicians This is astonishing and dqueng fact and for which it is to be hoped a remedy will be found
 important that there should be lack physicians Among other for this condition the of hard study required by medical students these qualified and the impossbiy speedily building profitable practice after graduation
 condition is to increase stationary will have to be found to mainft attractive for young o enter the medical school
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
A GREAT INFLUENCE

few miles to the eastward Yale University bringing to hundred and twentieth and addition this annual event. which always important to college added the fomality inaugural president It is hard to picture the imagination what the influence the country must have been which this institution has eXered classes gadu- into affairs tutons not only students with certain ton but what important the students on, but what is far important the students fuence of the college felt far the campus distance and in time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22

before ever I had entered his room. An inspection of his chair showed me that he had been in the habit of standing on it, which, of course, would be necessary in order that he should reach the ventiIator. The sight of the safe, the saucer of milk. and the loop of whipcord were enough to finally dispel any doubts which may have remained. The me taIlic clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather hastily closing the door of his safe upon it's terrible occupant. Having once made Up my mind. you know the steps which took in order to put the matter to the proof. I heard the creature hiss. as I have no doubt that you did also. and I instantly lit the light and attacked il.
 With the result of driving if through the yentilator.
 And also with the result of caus- ing it tc turn upon its master at the other side Some of the blows of my cane came home. and reused it's snakish temper, so that it few upon the first person it saw. In this way I am no doubt indirectly responsible for Dr. Grimesby Roylott's death. and I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily upon my con- science"
 Nexf-The Adventure of the Miss
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
STRIPPED BY LIGHTNING.

Paris. June 22-A bolt of lightning completely stripped Louis Martin, a shepherd, who was caught in a thunderstorm in the mountains near Levens, but he escaped with only a few burns.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22

Liberty bonds may be retired. but not liberty itseIf.-Boston Transcript
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22

The trouble at the conference table is the con--GreenviIie (S.C.) Pied mont
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22
The Adventure of the Speckled Band

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22

Atany rate, two can fliv as chea ply aSne-R
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-22

Next-The Adventure of the Miss ing Three-Quarter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04

understand the situation. From their re-
marks on the subject I infer that they were
under the Impression that II was intended
that the Girard Trust was to mine the coal
and furnish the means for the purpose.
l. Hazclton Mrkil, Superintendent OF the
Girard Estate. made the astounding state
ment that "Stepher Girard. VINO Is dead.
owned the mines and that the estate owned
no cars" II did at time. and coal cars
could h" seen on the Reading Railway marked
"Girard Trust" He also informed your
representative that they would have to de-
pend on the railroads to move the cars
all Of which is well known to the public.
Councilman Patton said ''it would be
necessary to build tipplcs" No tipples are
necessary for m ming anthracite coal. which
Is run through breakers Il vas not intended
that the Grard Trust should mine the coal
or pay the expenses. rhat is the business
Of the city and should be conducted like
any OF the other bureaus II the GIrard
Trust lease its mines to coal operators why
cannot It lease some of them to commits
sion appointed by Councils?
II certain coal company can form a
combination OF retail dealers for the dis
tribution OF coal 10 tho public. why cannot
the city have depots for the same purpose
and ChCapnn tho price Of coal to the con-
sunors? The coal yards could be managed
by a shipping clerk or manager the same
as the five yards con luCted by the coal COM
binati0n. II IS perfectly feasible u con-
Quoted on business principles which would
be necessary TO insure its success. II Is to
the interest Of the public to keep this mat
ter agitated. The city would save thousands
OF dollars yearly and the Board OF Educa-
tion likewise for the coal furnished the
schools r. F. w.
Philadelphia December 81 1920.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
Automobiles and Upper wissahiekon

To the Fd0for Of thr EuCuiHD Public Ledger:
Sir--I have read with great interest the
articles written by several Philadelphians on
the possible. invasion of the upper Wissa-
hckon by III" automobile. II you will allow
an outs slider. but one who loves this beautiful
spot would say It will be a great injustice
to all the citizens Of your city II this plan
Is allowed to b. carried out.
The trouble with all you PhladelphIanS Is
that you are all too busy to fully appreciate
what a wonderful piece Of natural beauty you
have at ,Cur very door besides the wonderful
collections OF birds. which makes the upper
WIssahickon superior TO any OF the parks
near any Of our large cities. something that,
once DESTROYED. can never be replaced.
Awake. PhNadelp phia women, Use your new
given authority. Drop Your teas, bridge par
ties and household duties and take day OF
rest along the upper WissahiCkon In spring
time you have the greatest natural pipe
organ the wood robin. the chatter OF the
blue Jay. the hermit thrush. beside countless
varieties OF birds
In the autumn, when nature changes her
coat from green 10 al! the wonderful browns
and reds walk along the lower bride path
and while listening TO the bird chorus and
enjoying this wonderful piece Of nature, you
old friend, Mr.. Horse. enjoying his daily ride
along the upper bride path. II some Of the
good people Of Philad pha will do this feel
sure the coming generation will be allowed
10 enjoy this little bit OF heaven and be able
10 '.,k back with happy memories to this
beau'tul spot. The automobile has plenty
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04

Why they take but one grain at time Fhen
So that's mere tribe now, then. let us
Al fair market pricc how much money
there'll be.
six shillinss a MISUNDERSTANDING and
six,
To prevent all mistakes, that low price will
Now what will that maker Fifty chickens,
said.
Fifty times three:and.slxpence - I'll ask
Brother Ned.
"oh. hut stop-three.a .sixpence n paIr 7
must sell 'em:
Well, a pair is a couple now, then. let us
tell EN-:
A couple in fifty will 30 (my poor brain y
Why, Just score times. and FIVE pair will
remain.
twenty-five pair OF fowls--now, how tire.
some It is
That I cant reckon up so much money as
this!
We'll, there's no use in trying. 30 let's give
guess
I'll say twenty pounds. and It can't be no
less.
Twenty pounds, I am certain, will buy me
Thirty geese and two turkeys, eight pigs and
sow;
Now. II these turn out we'll. at the end Of
the year.
shall all both my pockets with guineas
'tis clear"
Forgetting her burden, when this she had
said,
The maid superciliously tossed up her head;
When, alas for her prospects! her milk
pail descended.
And so all her schemes for the future were
ended.
This moral. I think, may be safely attached.
Reckon not on your chickens before they
are hatched."