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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-08
By Ann Lisle
Copyright, 1919, King Features Syn
 dicate, Inc.


 h that moment it seemed had come to the land of perfect happi- ness I forgot all problems and wor- ries-even the menace know Jim S love for gambling must be-
 And so when the next day brought made brand new, felt as astonished as kitten when the ball with which it is playing comes bounding back and raps it srnartly upon the nose.
 It was my day for the last shift at the canteen, and so when Lane Cosby phoned at breakfast time to invite Jim to join him and his oil men at dinner, of course l made my boy ac- cept.
 ssIf Val will wait for late dinner, she and Anne might be together" :" suggested Jim, turning to me for the acquiescence he didn't guess I was 1oath to give. In a second I knew l was saved, for he went on evidently in reply to what Lane Cosby had said. "Of course it's all right if Val has made other plans. Anne has plenty of friends at the canteen. She'll run over to the CHnsarge with them as per usual
 This fitted in like the pieces of a picture puzzle with what happened when I got to the canteen a bit later than usual. Car1otta Sturges hurried over balancing a loaded tray and flung a sentence or two at me:
 That splendid MT. Norreys was in-
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PART THREE

But if MT Phelps is correct in stat ing that there is no hiding-place either in the room or the corridors, then the person must have come from outside If he came from out side so wet a night, and yet left no trace of damp upon the linoleum. which was examined within a few minutes of his passing, then it is ex- oeedingly probable that he came in a cab. Yes, think that we can safely deduce a ctAb.'f~
 Tt sounds plausible.''
 'That is one of the clues of which l spoke. It may lead us to omething. And then of course, there is the bell which is the most distinctive fea- ture of the case Why should the bell ring? Was it the thief who did it out Of bravado? Or was it some one who was with the thief who did it in order to prevent the crime? Or was it an accident? Or was I-?" He sank back into the state of intense and silent thought from which he had emerged: but 1t seemed to me, accustomed as was to his every mood. that some new possibility had dawned suddenly upon him.
 When I came to, examine the treaty I saw at once that it was of such importance that my uncle had been guilty of no exaggeration in what he had said Without going into details, I may say that it defined the position of Great Britain towards the
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Picture Background Problem Is Solved By Up-To-Date Drapery Department

and hangings can be found in the stock room of the department. When ever a director wants the throne room of Buckingham Palace decorated or tapestries for Queen Elizabeth drawing room all he has to do Is to visit the drapery department.
 Yards and yards of cretonnes, ma dras, taffetas, ginghams, and chif- ions are used in the department. Up to-date forms of interior decoration are followed closely in an' modern settings and right now the futuristic designs and voguish patterns are the style.
 In the drapery department speed is an essential requisite and the rap idity with which curtains, sipovers, runners and hangings take form would stagger the average housewife who is used to taking much time to this kind of work. Usually the dec orationS- for roon1~ are completed in a few hours by a force Of expert needle workers who fashion all the creations by hand, which adds infin- iteIy to the care and details in the work.
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track is the one which is purpose less. Now this is not purposeless. Who is it who profits by it? There is the French ambassador, Ehere is the Russian, there is whoever uigset sell it to either of these. and there is Lord Hoadhurst-'
 Lord HoIdhursti"
 Well it is just conceivable that a statesman might find himself in a po- sition where he was not sorry to have such a document accid entally de stroyed."
 Not a statesman with the honor able record of Lord Holdhurst?''
 Ut & g. possibility and we cannot afford to disregard it. We shall see the noble lord today and find out if he can tell us anything Meanwhile I have already set inquiries on foot"
 Already
 "Yes, I sent wires from Woking station to, every evening paper in London. This advertisement will ap- pear in each of them-'
 He handed over sheet torn from notebook On it was Scribbled in pencil: "10 pounds reward The number of the cab that dropped a fare at or about the door of the For eign Office in Charles Street at quarter to ten in the evening of May 23d. Ap- ply 221 B. Baker Street.
 You are confident that the thief came in a cab ??
 ~If not. there is no harm done.
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Film Forum Conducted By ELEANOR DALE

I said once that wearing extremely expensive gowns in pictures made me not content to buy the clothes I could thousand dollars all day, and to change to one that cost a tenth of that was such a contrast it made me extravagant- I foped that some day Mir. De Mile would have a picture where I should have to wear sha bby clothes. The delightful change of wearing pretty clothes of my own would make me appreciate them all the more by comparison, even if they had not cost several hundreds. A pie ture has arrived at last where I begin by being a poor little girl. It is called Something to Think About" and as we finished it a little while ago I suppose it will soon be shown. I am the daughter of the village black smith, my clothes that suit the part are what woud make anyone content with a wardrobe full of the most or dinary dresses. But later the inevi- table happens. Handsome gowns have to be worn as the wife of rich artist, and the slight effect of the simple little girls attire is as noth- ing to the feeling of the beautiful silks and brocades of the wife. On the whole, I think have decided that whether they make me discontented or not I like wearing the gorgeous expensive gowns-as long as do not have to pay for tnem.- ~sss
 GLORIA SWANSON.
 Screen Star,
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PARK.
Amateur Night Tonight.

You all remember when amateur nights were the rage? Sure you do, The expression Get the hook" which was developed at these affairs, be- came immortal. It's long time since a genuine, honest-to-goodnes amateur night" has been staged in Bridgeport and as result of a flood of requests for such an event, this evening will be dedicated to the .'wouId-be's" of Bridgeport, follow ing the regular performance of Harry Hastings Big Show at the Park theatre
 There's a raft of good talent in Bridgeport, some of which has been seen at various benefit affairs and lodge shows. Many of these per formers already have made appnca- tion for the prize event, for which, by the way, substantial cash awards will be made.
 Of course, there are lots of bum" acts, and actors, too, and there will be an amazing mixture of good, bad and indifferent at this '-amateu night The audience will be the judge, and from all indications those who attend the Park theatre tonight are going to sit in at one of the fun nlest and 1iveliest evenings of the current theatrical season.
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roDAYs INsrALMENT.

TODAY'S INSTAIM EiNI- | "Yes, but she is a good sort, or l am mistaken. She and her brother are the only children of an iron master somewhere up Northunber- land way. He got engaged to her when travelling last winter, and she came down to be introduced to his people with her brother as escort Then came the smash, and she stay ed on to nurse her lover, while broth CT Joseph, finding himself pretty snug stayed on too I've been mak- ing a few independent inquiries, you see. But today must be a day or inquiries
 My practice" I began
 "Oh, if you find your own cases more interesting than mine" said Holmes, with some asperity-
 .'I was going to say that my prac- tice could get along very well for day or two, since it is the slackest time in the year.
 Excellent" said he, recovering his -ood-hur1or. Then we'll look into shis matter together. I think that we should begin by seeing Forbes. He can probably tell us all the details we want until we know from what side the casa Ss to be approached"
 You said you had a clueg
 well. we have several. but we can only reSt their value by further i'm Quiry. The most difficult crime to
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WHEN A GIRL MARRIES

we were honeymooning,'' replied Jim. ''I ask a few things of nyself-though it's darn difficult for me to stand off and look at James and do this intro spective stuff you women are so good at But faults and all. you love me, don't you, girl?'
 You're my man. You've never stopped being. I think you never can,' I said, c1inging close
 Jim held me so for a moment. Then he said abruptly:
 Don't you mean to interview me ask me what Evvy was doing in my office. I mean?"
 why should I2'' I asked, formu- latng my words painfully. I've talked a lot about the freedom of the individual And l believe in it. What's more, I-know you're mine now So feel there was a perfectly good reason for her being there - business or som ething.'
 "Yes. that's an,'' replied Jim. Then he went on in a voice so deep and caressing' that I forgot all about Evvy- "Jove. Sweetheart, but it's wonder ful to know you love me-like this Some snart-aleck author once wrote about a woman who never let her husband be quite sure of her up to her dying day. and he made out that was how she,2 2eld him. Not for Jim mic I didn [ ma Try you to have you freeze me or deliver lectures on wo- mems rights. I married you because I wanted you-and your love-
 You have it, I whispered.
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Left this envelope for you. l know that it is all right, but I'll respect Santa Claus incognito and keep num- He's coming round at eight-thirty to take us to dinner
 The envelope contained Tony'ss anonymous contribution for the feed-. ing of needy lads. Since Betty's ab- sence he has been in the habit of brinS Sing it to me himself. Our friend ship has come to be a very real thing. It is sane and simple, as kindly and understanding as Betty's own friendship-and .has come to be part of my life, like my fondness for Bet tvs husband or my respect for Father Andrews wisdom Something in Tony's big simplicity and honesty re- mind me of Father Andrew. For all that he is a cultured English aristo- crat, Tony has much in common with my dear simple old stepfather-pro- duct of village and farm.
 And yet Jim dislikes Tony, resents him, was once jealous of him. The beginning of my greatest estrange- ment from my boy comes because I woud not permit Jim to forbid" me to be friends with Anthony Norreys.
 Now Jim's love is mine again mine more completely and gloriously than ever it has been before. Dared [ gamble with that? I asked myself
 If I dined with Tony and CarIotta- what then?
 Gro Be Continued)
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A HEALTH TALK

Today, from 10 a. m. to ' p. m- is ladies Day at the Atlas Baths. Reg istration in advance has been large and one of the biggest atterldances since the bath has been opened to women on Fridays is expected.
 There is no denying that bathing c.ass of women in Bridgeport follow ing the big rush to the great baths of New Haven
 Beauty has been the main reason for the Turkish. Roman and Russian baths are noted for clearance of the pores. return of jadded circula ton and general freshening of the nerves and the muscles For rheumatism and obesity there are no better treat ments today than those given by the experts at the Atlas Turkish Baths.
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The background for good motion pictures is like sauce for the meat of a good meal. Without tasteful and characteristic backgrounds for scenes, the picture might be flat and stale and it is attention to such de- tails, that has put Paramount pie lures into the front rank of artisti- cally mounted motion plays. One branch of the art and decoration de- partment whose function it is to add the final touches to the background is the drapery department.
 In the old days the property man used to hang a curtain here. and place a cushion there, but today interiors of rooms shown in Paramount pictures are decorated by professionals. Under the direction of Al Meyer the drapery department has grown to be a very important part of the machinery in the new Long Island studio. The hangings, draperies, table covers. and runners for all interiors are origin ated in the art and decoration depart ment and then manufactured in the drapery department.
 Thousands of draperies, curtains
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Holmes Will
 Address Forum

John Haynes Holmes, founder of the Community church of New York, will speak at the United Church Com munity Forum on Sunday evening. at 7:50. Subject: Democracy in In dustry." Rev. John Holmes was born in Philadelphia in 1879. In 1902 he graduated at Harvard and TWO years later was ordained and in stalled as the minister of the Third Religious Society (Unitarian) in Dor cester, Mass. In 1907 he took the pastorate of the Church of the Mes siah in New York city.
 MT. Holmes was president of the Unitarian Fellowship for Social Jus tice during the years 190S-11- At this time he was also vicepresid ent of the Middle States Unitarian Con ference. IF 13151T he was the chairman of the General Unitarian Conference, president of the Free Religious Association, president of the Unitarian Temperance Society and trustee of the Flower Homeopathic Med ical College of New York.
 MT. Holmes is an author of repu- tatiou. having written ''Is Death the End 9" New Ware for Old.'' '-Relig- ion for Today" and others He is an editorial contributor, writing for che Survey" At the present time he is the associate editor of Unity Chicago. and "The Unitarian Ad- vance"-New York.
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does not when spring is young?
 The Sartorial Straws that show which way the wind is blowing are most often to be found in the shop windows and there Is every reason to believe that hand made line lingerie is going to prove bewitching rivals of the silk and satin 'tundies,'' so thor oughly have the latter proved their worth and so completely have they is much to be doubted whether they will ever be put very far back in the shade.
 It is interesting to notice also that the daimtiest of these handsome af- fairs is not all white It starts out by being so but before the creator is through it is embellished with bit of color-floraI motifs, perhaps. or clusters of ribbon flowers or a. border of the same material but of yellow, or orchid or some other equally del
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Of almost tailored simplicity this 'trohe de nuit' of moon gIo satin, in an exquisite
 shade Of blue.

her plain cnenise wears the straight step-in bloomers one of the best looking and practical in crepe de chine, bound about the edge with mar row satin ribbon, and the same model comes in all satin with narrow hem stitched hem. A new type of Step-in is edged all about with lace and shir- rings from either side seam part way across the front at the height of the side opening, also finished with lace ruff1e.
 Envelope chemises show many var iations of tucked trimming, quarter inch horizontal tucks being of Geor- gette on satin or vice versa, with the shoulder straps also of the tucked material.
 With the strictly boudoir negligee or the breakfast jacket fashion de- crees that if milady must wear some thing upon her head it shall be a. really truly hat and not a cap-and it must be admitted that most of us view the innovation with approval the jaunty little t'bunnit''~is is so vastly more becoming and then, too, with it ones treSses must be in order-a vir- tue that was not insisted upon when one had d denEure cap to cover the delinquency.
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f Triple Alliance, and foreshadowed the policy which this country would pur- sue in the event of the French fleet gaining a complete ascendency over that of Italy in the Mediterranean The questions treated in it were pure ly naval. At the end were the sig natures Of the high dignitaries who had signed it. I glanced my eyes over it, and then settled down to my task of copying
 "tIt was a long document, written in the Preach language, and contain ing twenty-six separate articles. l copied as quickly as I could, but at nine o'clock I had only done nine ar ucIes, and it seemed hopeless for me to attempt to catch my srain. I was feeling drowsy and stupid, partly from my dinner and also from the effects of a long days work. A cup of coffee would clear my brain. A commissionnaire remains all night in a little lodge at the foot of the stairs, and is in the sabit of making coffee at his spirit-hmp for any of the off, cia1s whoSmay be working over time I rang the bell. therefore, to summon him.
 'sTo my surprise, it was woman who answered the summons. a large, 4Soarse-faced, elderly woman, in an apron She explained that she was the commissionnairess wife. who did the charing and I gave her the or
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If there is anything you want to know about motion pictures, write to Eleanor Dale of this newspaper. Give your correct name and address in case your answer must be sent through the mail
 CyNTHIA-No, I do not buy all the clothss I wear in the pictures l play in. Most actresses do, as you say, but to buy all the gowns in Cecil 6e Miles productions call for would mean having to be millionaire. There arc many changes in each pie ture, and hardly one of the gowns wear the wife of a very rich man costs less than a thousand.
 l love to wear them-there are a few women who do not like to see themselves in gorgeous clothes; but there would be great drawbacks to having to buy them all I think what l would resent most would be having to lend them out to another actress when the scenario called for sharing. Do you remember in "Why Change Your Wife?" Miss Daniels as a model had to wear the gown l wore later in the picture? If I had paid the many hundreds it cost, I think I should have been tempted to follow her around the studio during the scene steering her away from possible grease spots or protruding nails. You know the feeling if you have ever lent another girl your favorite fan or something to go to a dance.
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Fancies may come and fads may go but niIadyss love of the beautiful in everything that concerns the most intimate of apparel remains deep rooted and unchanged She may ad- here strictly to the principles of econ ou1y and rracticabiIity when it comes to the clothes in which he greets the public, but, for some reason, a psy- choIogical one. perhaps, the girl that forgoeS all frivofs for the trim tailor made. in suit or frock, is the very one whose dresser drawers are brlmmed to overfiowing with fetching, fasc1nat- ing frills and furbelowS
 The 1resfAgees of winter were won d.erful. often gorgeous of color1ng and sumptuous of ma teriak. but the lounging robes of the season now at fland are loveIier still, that is, so they seem to the woman who prefers d1- aphanous charm to the heavier type of beauty And is there any one who
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CHAPTER CCXLVII. 'What a thoroughbred you are'

''What a thoroughbred you are: said Jim.
 Did you have to try-very hard tonight ?'' he asked anxiously. You handled everything perfectly = from the Mason cousins to the cutting in and out of the bridge game when the Cosbys arrived I never saw you so sure of yourself, Anne"
 "Did it please you? ?' asked harshlv "Or do you like me peepIng up under my eyelashes better than getting situations under my thumb 7?
 "I like you any old way-even sit ting and watching me like a cat at a mouse-hole when I play cards, de- clared Jim, smoothing out froWn that came momentarily between hls brows:
 .'You're the cat at the mouse-hole when you crouch over the cards as if you were going to bounce down on the game and shake the life out of 1t, " I said groping my way to a serious thought through words that sounded light.
 I wanted to cry "Oh, Jimmie, Jim mic dear, it breaks; my heart every time I glimpse the hold gambling has on you! It frightens me. It seems to threaten our whole life You don look sane when you play cards, or bet on the races or shake dice
 But before I could find the courage to put this into words. Jim returned to the idea which the days occur
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of the newest of these shows some torchon lace, a type not used as much as some other varieties, but attrac- tive when as in this case combined with eyelet embroidery and a net band top for the draw ribbons
 There is, of course, that woman who loves the tailored type so well that she even carries her preference into lingerie realms and chooses nightfes of severe simplicity and with
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icate shade. Or it may be that an- other method has been used to make the sct--chemise, panta1on and gown effective by whipping the edges in color in a sort of cross stitch or at the front of the garment simulate buttons and buttonholeS in applique
 Marrow pipings of color are favored and very frequently these are com bined with embroidered dots
 There are many all white sets. One
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By A. Conan Doyle

der for the coffee.
 'l wrote two more articles and then, feeling more drowsy than eyer, l rose and walked up and down the room to stretch my legs My coffee had not yet come and wondered what the cause of the delay could be. Opening the door, I started down the corridor to find out. There was a straight passage, dimly lighted. which led from the room in which I had been working, and was the only exit from it. It ended in a. curvine, stair case, with the commissionnaire' lodge in the passage at Hhe bottom. Half way down this staircase is a small landing, with another passage running into it at right angles. This second one leads by means of a sec ond small stair to a side door, used by servants, and also as a short cut by clerks when coming from Charles Street. Here is a rough chart Of the place.
 Thank you I think that I quite follow you" said Sherlock Holmes
 Tomorrow-The Naval Treaty. con- tinued.
 The 1918 census put the population of the Philippines at 10.350,64o.
 In 1752 Bernouilli demonstrated the principle of the screw propelIor.
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EMPIRE

William Lawrence plays opposite Alice Lake in her new Metro picture. Body and Soul" which is to be shown today at the Empire Theatre.
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this diapanous creation of shell pink ct 
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Mir. Lawrence enacts the part of Howard Kent" youthful Ameri- can who encounters many difficulties in Paris in looking after the girl he loves.
 NIT. Lawrence previously completed playing a lead with Mildred Harris Chaplin in Habit" He was in the army two years, serving much of this time in France. Before the war. Mir. Lawrence was in D. W. Griffith s Intolerance !" "Old Folks at Home,' and other pictures
 Potatoes contain A per cent of wa tier, while carrots have S5.
 Mount Ararat, in Armenia, the rest ing place of Noah's Ark. is 12, 700 feet in height.
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THE NAVAL TREATY 44sHa RAaH ssz:

Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Bros. Published by special arrangement with the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
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Tomorrow-The Naval Treaty. con- tinued.
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The 1918 census put the population of the Philippines at 10.350. $40.
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In 1752 Bernouilli demonstrated the principle of the screw propeIIor.
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