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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
BY ANN LESLIE.

picked out school and told Val she , was to go off the next week. She couldn't do enough for Loretta at the 1 last Seemed as if she wanted to ] make up to her for-loving me. And l the last night Val was going to be l home we walked out in the garden 1 and said goodbye. She cried a little and had to kiss her. had to! Next morning she didn't come | back as quick as usual from taking | Loretta her breakfast went in to | see why she was staying. And there was little Val tied up in sheet, with Loretta hacking at her with a, pair of garden shears she'd used the day be- fore to cut roses. I went crazy, too, then, fearing she'd kill my little girl. "I had to put Loretta away after that. When they get Inurderous the asylum's the only place for them Vafs got the scar on her neck yet under her hair
 "Once a week I'd go to the asylum fo see Loretta. She didn't know me. She'd just sit and brood and talk about the devil who'd stolen her man and how she'd get her sure as fate. to kill the girl who laughed alt her and boasted that she was going to marry her husband All the time she'd say. If I kill her she can't marry n:y husband, can she?'
 '1 trembIed for poor little innocent Valerie, wbo just seemed to live for me. And then one day when l came to see LEoretta shed got out escaped. Straight to the Democrats place went And there was To- retta lying on the mating in Vafs room. She'd got a revolver some how and shot herself. AS she lay on Hhe ftoor-dead-a picture of me that Val had stuck in the corner of her mirror was looking down alt her. We found poor little Val locked up in her mothers room. She was frightened till she was half crazy, too. I married Val the year later and I've tried to make up to her for all she's been through But now-'
 Lane Cosby ended his story with a sudden choking, soothing breath that caught in his throat: I knew het was seeing every detail of the hor- TOT he had sketched for me felt as if someone ought to take this great big, broken man in their arms and mother him. But I didn't dare out heavily in the stiffness of the room. He was panting as if he had run a race. Suddenly his voice Ehundered:
 ttNow this Mason woman's got hold of it. And she comes and taunts my poor little Val, twisting it to suit herself. don't know how much she knows-or what she wants to keep still. But I'll pay her-what- ever her price is.''
 .ewhy should you-' I began.
 But Lane Cosby interrupted me, and his ashen face told me what was his most terrible fear.
 Don't you see, Anne? Don't you ?'' he cried. My poor little Val was alone with the-crazy woman that afternoon. No one saw what happened between them. I know Loretta thought Val had stolen her man from her and that she was set on that one idea-to kill my little girl But the pistol Loretta clutched in her dead hand belonged to Etienne Democrats"
 To Be Continued .
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19
BEAUTYCHAE By Edna Kent Forbes
NEATNESS IN DETAILS.

The other day we were talking about the importance of hats as part of the costume. The hat can make or mar a. costume It can make you
 pretty or not. smart or dowdy, de- pending upon whether your taste in millinery is good or bad. There are many other things about the costume which are more in the na ture of de- tails. but almost as important.
 The effect of a. costume is the sum of all it's details. This should be the first and the unbreakable law in dressing. I wish sometime that I attractive motto for women to hang above their dressing tables. We all know any number of friends to whom we would like to give copies.
 Every detail about the costume must be as perfect as you can make it There must not be a missing but ton from the top one on the collar to the lowest one on the shoe. There trimming out of place. You should exercise as much care in adjusting your shirtwaist when you put it on as when you buy it in the shop.
 You must be particular about the way your skirt hangs and about the evenness of it's hem. as you are about the quality and style of the entire suit And you must never, no matter how much in haste you are. go out with shoes that need polishing or gloves that need mending.
 These little details are not much in themselves, but taken as whole, they mean the difference between a we'll dressed woman and one who passes indifferently in 8 crowd. After all, the great distinction between the we'll dressed and the badly dressed woman is a matter of these tiny details.
 The importance of them comes in particularly when you are shopping. You should not purchase things that will not go together. Plan out your costume to the very last detail, and | when you shop. be sure that all these details harm onize-
 Blue Eyes-If your hair is already 1 an auburn, you should not use henna, l which is intended to produce that shade. You can tighten the shade of your hair by using lemon juice and i baking soda in the final rinse, after The proportions are a tablespoonful of lemon juice one-third of a teaspoonful of the soda. and , quart of water. going upstairs are those of the legs and hips, principally, through a gem eral suppleness is given to the entire body through this lifting motion. If the heart is normal the exercise strengthens it and it is also a very good exercise for the muscles of the eyes. Other sets of muscles are brought into motion on going down stairs, which rest those used in as cending. The two sets balance each other. The heart is not taxed on des- walking. The eyes are exercised a gain in the descent, which is very helpful in attaining well-poised body
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

courts as usual This would be a great protection to women and to children as well.
 "I don't know how it would work out-if it would be easy to adjust or not If not, then we ought to find some efficient way.
 One report, which may be incor- rect, has it that the League of Wo- men Voters would place two years as the period between marriage and di- vorce. This is too long. If people can't get along for two years it is a serious thing. I don't know whether that means that they want a woman to wait two years to get a, divorce, or two years till she may re-marry after being divorced In either case, it is too long.
 Hard to Define Cruelty.
 Many people. if cruelty were made a ground. would say that incompata- easy to say that so many things rep resent cruelty.
 'aThe point should be that if two can't honestly get along together the State that married them should give them relief.
 t'Women should have the custody of their children, I believe. That is woman's natural vocation any way, the one started out with.
 When Q divorce is given to the father the child-if of tepde CT years is given to the mother That is only right and just. Circumstances have so much to do with every case; though If a woman is wholly bad the child is better away from her, no matter how young.
 Let us be honest and fair and have sensible legislation.
 Health certificates with marriage licenses are a good idea We should make marriage hard to achieve Now it's hard only to be divorced, not to get manfred. The very young don't know their own minds and rush into disastrous marriages They should be protected
 'But what good is to the State or to any individual to keep two people together who want to be apart?
 Its hypocricy, nothing else!
 "Our laws are not for the strong but for the weak. And woman should always be protected"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19
TUESDAY
WOMAN LAWYER INSISTS ON
 MORE LIBERAL DIVORCE LAWS
National League of Voters Takes Up Matter-Unif-
 cation of Separation Laws Urged Under Federal Act.
By IMAGERY REX.

New York, April 19.-Is the uni form divorce law approaching?
 Recent legal proceedings in several well-known families have made the need of a Federal divorce law seem imperative.
 :. The National League of Women Voters, now in convention in Cleve- land. has recognized the necessity for such legislation Part of the program or the convention includes discussion of the divorce problem and the adop- ton of resolutions to Eberalize and simplify the laws surrounding it
 Mrs James Lees Laidlaw one of the New York members of the organ idzauon, announced today that not only divorce, but kindred subjects, per : taining te the protection of women and children, such as child labor laws. will be discussed at the conven- tion-
 'I thoroughly believe" she said to- day, 'jIr~ a program for liberaIizing and unifying divorce laws.
 Part of our general plan for the teod1fIcat1on of laws, and their unifi- cation, includes not only consideration of divorce laws, but those which affect children.
 .-This is a necessity now, as never before, in the United States Every section of this country is closely laws should be more uniform.
 Laws governing divorce should have dignity and humanity incorpo
 
 Miss Pugh Urges Changes.
 Further approval of the leagues program was expressed by a young woman lawyer, Miss Lucille Pugh, who agrees that the present system of marriage and divorce is inadequate and unjust.
 I believe that marriage should be looked upon as a civil contract which can be dissolved or abrogated when conditions change and when it is proper and right to do so,'' she said.
 The happiness of two people is the one thing on which the State must depend for its existence
 And that happiness should be guarded It is the States duty to pro- tect it.
 By standing in the way of more Liberal divorce laws the State is not doing it's duty It is cutting its own roots thereby.
 ''But I would not be too lax Such grounds as cruelty are often inter preted too leniently. A woman may , say it is cruel if her husband does not kiss her when he leaves for business in the morning.
 Such a reason for divorce, if ever made one of the grounds, should be carefully defined.
 Divorce should be granted when help to each other. That is the whole idea.
 .'The State should not make it an obligation on either party to the un- happy marriage to resort to 'collu- sion.
 How could the laws be unified I think if a constitutional amend ment could be passed. making the law uniform, but leaving the enforce ment Of it to the State. it would be wouldn't have to go to a Federal court for a divorce, but to the State
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19
Listen, World!
By HSEsRoBNsoN.

The 1rate Lover has been telling me his tale of woe She is. of course, the sweetest little thing on earth <. utterly outclasSing all oher saccha- rine products. But. as is the way with lovers. he desires to keep her sweetness for himself alone
 Not so thinks the little lady, She arrays herself for the dance with all the frosting exposed, as it were. A ingly economical outlay of jeweled lace-there you have the ladys dress
 Volumes, however. could not de- scribe her lovers feelings He raved he howled-he quoted his grand, m other. In reply she calmly assured him that she dressed that way to hold his love" All women dress but to please their men, he was inform ed. Love, pure, unselfish dove under lies every wardrobe. According to her, no sacrifice was too great to hold her adored ones admiration although at the present showing the sacrifice would seem to include her winter underwear. most of her eye bodice except the belt. But She would do that, or even more than that, to hold his love, she cooed.
 At which point he came ravins, to me Whereupon I delivered my Brother. But if that's the way to hold love you surely oughta fall in line Array yourself according. Why this needless outlay for vest, collar and XYZS Why this squandering of trouser material below the knees? No longer let your beauty blush unseen Take off your haberdashery and let the whole world see it blush. Don't let her do all the sacrificing for love"
 But I was wasting my words He had raced to rhe nearest department store to select a nice, warm, Eskimo winter sport suit for his lady to wear ia the evenings.
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Holmes rubbed his hands and chuckled win delight
 Our material is rapidly accumu- lating' said he.
 Three days later a message was left scrawled upon paper. and placed under a pebble upon the sun-dial. Here it is The characters are, as you see, exactly the same as the last one After that I was determined to lie in wait, so I got ont my revolv- CT and I sat up in my study. which overlooks the lawn and garden About two in the morning was seated by the window, all being dark save for the moonlight outside. when I heard steps behind me. and there was my wife in her dressing-gown. She im- plored me to come to bed l told
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19
mURHonE MADE BEAUTIFUL
DOROTHY H}iEIWNsH

In the last few years, worsted as a. decoration has come into it's own But mind you it must be bright wor- sted- The brighter the better These worsted decorations run mostly to flowers, and happy affairs they are when used in correct Surroundings Take for instance, today's illustration. It shows a linen table runner. on either side of which is a design enl- broidered in yarn.
 This room needed more color in the section where the table stands As the portierre which peels around the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

edge of the picture was made of plain material, tucked to give it variety, and the window hangings were of the same, it was decided to employ bright flowers on the runner to gain the needed color touch
 A delightful thing about these wor- sted designs is, that they are easy to execute. Even the most amateur needle woman can turn out a credit able product. For their charm de- bends to a great extent on their quaintness, and this latter quality is enhanced when the work is not too minute in detail.
 The particular flowers shown are made of blue, lavender and orange yarn, and each has a center of black. They are fashioned of large stitches running from st-e center to the outer border of each flower, which is then finished on the edge with button hole stitch.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19
FASHION NOTES

A very elaborate and attractive eve ming gown is made of cloth of gold. The bodice and tunic are of gold lace with a design featuring the diamond motif wrought out in gold beads and accented on the side by small tails of ermine. There is also a sash of orange and yellow chiffon a
 There new cloth being featured as a substitute for the expensive hand embroideries. The new material has embroidered motifs woven in the weave. An attractive scarf made of this new fabric is tan in color with a dark maroon motif as a border. The mode of the moment favors high necks and no sleeves for tea frocks of crepe de chine.
 Evening frocks for the younger girl are made of the new radium luster silks and trimmed with flowers.
 Summery afternoon frocks designed for resort wear make use of fine nets which are daintily embroidered. These net dresses feature the French hand work and are posed over colored slips The sashes are of the same AAlAe Aa tha Alina-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19
By A. Conan Doyle

grounds. And yet the amazing thing is that he must have been there all the time, for when I examined the door again in the morning he had scrawled some more of his pictures under the line which I had already seen"
 Have you that fresh drawing?"
 ''Yes, it is very short. but I made a copy of it, and here it is" Again he produced d paper. The new dance was in this form:
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"Tell me- said Holmes - and could see by his eyes that he was much excited-'was this mere ad- dition to the first, or did it appear to be entirely separate?" ?"
 "It was on a different panel of the door
 Excellent! This is far the most important of all for our purpose. It fills me with hopes. Now, Mir. Hilton cubitt. please continue your most in- teresting statement"
 Tomorrow-The Adventure of the Dancing Men. continued
 ~aCE MvE
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19
A COAT BROCK IN BLUE
 AND WHITE

By no means the least popular of the seasons models are the frocks which are designed on coat-ff<e lines. This type of dress affords an excel lent opportunity for using the rather heavy all-over embroidery. In spite
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

ofstheir popularity during the fall and winter seasons, these frocks promise to continue to be popular during the spring.
 In the frock pictured above, navy colored serge makes charming background for the white stitchery. The sleeves are lined with white satin and the vest is made of the same material.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

MIR. AND MRS CHARLES w. ETHER of S1 Chalmers avenue are rejoicing over the arrival of a second daughter born recently at their home.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

MIR. AND MRS. J. W. LALLER have closed their cottage at Myrtle Beach and are. residing at their home, 155 Shelton street.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19
PERSONALS

MRS. R. J. MACKENZIE of 30 Blackman place is spending this week
 in Washington D. c.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

Republican National month of ApiIab
  of of the April programme
  erume with a keene
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

THE MEMS LEAGUE of the Peo- les Presbyterian church on Laurel avenue will hold a meeting tonight at o'clock Rev. P. B. Mcqueen, pas tor of the First Baptist church, will give an address. All men are wei come.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

Where fashionable people gather, bracelets and bare arms are the or der of the evening, but more discern ing shoulders veil themselves in lace.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

tor of the First Baptist church, will give an address. All men are wei come.
 MRS H. L. ETHER of 1882 Noble avenue has recently sold her home and will move into a new residence on Blakeman place, Stratford.
 THE HARRY W CONGDON POST No. II. of the American Leg4an, will give its regular weekly whist and pinochle party tonight in the Legion home, 30z Golden Hill street. The committee in charge is headed by Fred. Faulkner. assisted by James Smith. Harry Gould. Edward Cronan, J. Wheway. J. Lynch, R. McMahon and T. Brady.
 MRS. CHARLES McBURNEY of Clinton avenue has returned from Da- rien, Conn.,, where she spent a brief time with friends.
 THE MEMS LEAGUE of the oli- vet Congreg egational church will hold an open meeting on Friday evening, when Superintendent Samuel J. Slaw- subject, Present Educational Situa- tion in Our Country" James Grier- son is president of the League and cordially invites the public to attend this meeting
 RICHARD COGGSWELL and F. Victor Cole of Clinton avenue have returned from a few days visit in Kent, Conn.
 MRS. J. J. ROSE of S44 North avenue will be hostess for the meet ing of the Mary Beardsiey society at her home on Friday afternoon.
 ENSIGN GEORGE E. K. REILLY who has been cruising has returned to his old station in New London at the naval base. Ensign Reilly visited his wife at her home. 774 Seaview avenue over the week end. Mrs. Reilly is recuperaung from her recent operation.
 MIR. AND MRS. GEORGE McCAR- THY. SR of Iranistan avenue, have arrived from a winters sojourn in Mt Clemens, Michigan
 THE MONTHLY MEETING of the officers of Olivet church and Sunday school was held last night in the par ish house. Plans were discussed for the summer months and the yearly reports read
 ANDREW NJ. COOPER. dry goods Dry Goods Co., Bridgeport, Conn. is a passenger on the White Star Liner Olympic sailing from New York on April 20th for Cherbourg and South hampton. MT. Cooper is travelling with a party of 70 members of the National Retail Dry Goods Associa- tion who will go to England for the association last year by the drapers of Great Britain
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

The last word in smart fur-trimmed suit for street wear is the coat with baSqueS which flare
 Smart new dinner frocks are feat ured in black and dark chiffons in sleeveless designs. These frocks in variably use the shoulder, necklfne and the handkerchiefs drapes. The drapes are sometimes introduced in a three-tone effect with an all-over beaded bodice.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

Queen Sophie Sends 900 Francs Help Greek Refugees of hass one thousand francs Dr. James L. Chairman
  in for Greek  SinOr
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

MRS H. L. ETHER of 1882 Noble avenue has recently sold her home and will move into a new residence on Blakeman place, Stratford.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19
PART THREE
THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MAN IRE RAn;

[ it is.'' He unfo1ded a paper and laid
 it upon the table, Here is a sopy of the hieroglyphics:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19
TIIfTTf1I

"Exce1lent,' said Holmes. Excel lent, Pray continue
 When l had taken the copy, I rub bed out the marks, but. two morn ings later, a fresh inscription had ap- peared. I have a copy of it here":
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Bros. Published by special arrangement with the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

The mode of the moment favor high necks and no sleeves for te; frocks of crepe de chine.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

Evening frocks for the younger girl are made of the new radium luster silks and trimmed with flowers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-19

MRS. CHA RLES McBURNE;Y of Clinton avenue has returned from Da- rien, Conn, where she spent a brief time with friends.
Willmar tribune., 1921-05-18
SENIOR. CLASS ANNUAL
3 3. .=.s=ss Is ATTRACTIVE BOOK
Annual Publication By Grad aduates
!. Is Unusually Good This

The high school annual which is put
out: each year by the senior class will
appear some time next week. Judging
from adyance Information the 1921
issue Of the book will be the best that
has been published in many years. 1t
costs a great deal of money to print
one Of these ANNALS, but the PRICE is
very low due to the liberal support
given by advertisers A limited num-
ber of the books will be printed and
those who want copies will have to
come early as the supply will soon be
exhausted Those interested in Sc
curing copy of this unusual book
should get in touch with Orlean Chris
t:an,r who is president Of the Senior
class:
-. The book contains the usual depart
mentc and feature sections OF partic
ujar interest:
Willmar tribune., 1921-05-18
Pumice Should Make Us Bright.

Punice is formed by the soliditica-
ton of the foam produced on molten
lava by the escape of gases. The in
side makeup of hlgl-grade pumicc is
cellular and the specific gravity of the
stone is so low that dry pumice floats
in water. The known deposits on dry
land arc not considerable, although
the stone is scattered over large areas
of the worlds ocean bed.
Italian pumice is the highest grade
known to the trade. The volcanic is
land Of Lapri lying: off the north coast
Of Sicily about 40 miles from the 1tal-
ian mainland, is the seat Of the indus
try. /
Pumice is used chiefly by automo-
'bile and carriage manufacturers, mar
bic workers, lithogra piers, platers and
manufacturers of patent leather and
cnamel. Crushed to- powder, it is used
for securing and polishing. Shipments
amounting to S,Soo,ooO pounds of
pumice were made to the United
States in the six months from January
to June, 1920, by one frn,sin Lipari.