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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
THE NAVAL TREATY Faaaz ==* By A. Conan Doyle

MT. Holmes. There was no one in the room. All was exactly as I left it, save only that the papers which had been committed to my care had been taken from the desk on which they lay. The copy was there, and the original was gone-''
 Holmes sat up in his chair and rubbed his hands I could see that the problem was entirely to his heart. Pray, what did you do then ?" he murmured
 q recognized in an instant that the thief must have come up the stairs from the side door. Of course must have met him if he had come the other way.''
 You were satisfied that he could not have been concealed in the room all the time, or in the corridor which you have just described as dimly lighted ?'
 '1t is absolutely impossible. A rat could not conceal himself either in the room or the corridor. There is no cover at all"
 Thank you Pray proceed
 'HThe commissionnaire, seeing by my pale face that something was to be feared, had followed me upstairs Now we both rushed along the corridor and down ehe steep steps which led to Charles Street. The door at the bottom was closed, but unlocked. We flung it open and rushed out can distinctly remember thait as we did
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
CHAPTER CCXLVIII

Must I give up Anthony Norreys' friendship?
 Whenever there was a slack mo- ment in the days work at the Can teen this problem reared its head to confront me And sometimes it tra1l- ed its way through my orders and led me to confuse ham and eggs with fresh peach ice cream.
 Jim disapproves of Tony Dis likes him. This fact stands adamanI I can'tIdodge it or disprove it it is and no getting around it.
 On the other hand I like Tony. Like and admire him. And he gives me a friendship as loyal and unswervlng as Terry's-to which I was always welcome, for Jim approves Now l know that friendship is a thing made up of understanding and respect and congeniality-and fair play. It isn't a thing to use and enjoy for a while and then bundle up in old newspapers like faded flowers on their way to the ashcan-
 Anne Harrison" I said firmly to myself, ''Tony's friendship is just as real now when you don't need it as it was in the days when you-and your Jim-might have starved with out it. And if you don't treat a big thing like friendship decently and with respect, then you haven't a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
By Ann Lisle

ing for a party. But when she ap- peared in 8 tan coat with reversible lining of brown plaid faring out in collar and cuffs and with a brown sailor pulled down over her fanboy- ant hair, I realized that an inconspic- uous Carlotta wouldn't be Carlotta. at all.
 The Inn by the river has a glassed veranda built all about it, with great night breezes- The tirnorous, rheu- matic souls cluing to the land side, but we bravely ventured around to the open arm that runs parallel with the Ight-pricked blackness of the water.
 As I sank into my chair I caught fugitive glimpse through the tables intervening of some one vaguely familiar, someone who didn't appear to want to see me.
 Then we settled down to the busi- ness of ordering a dinner for the starving and of enjoying our viands and our conversation I might have forgotten that disturbing glimpse of someone couldn't see clearly enough to place, but all through dinner I was annoyed by glinpses of a head bob ping about as if to dodge me
 When Tony and Carlotta and I had been together the time she was trying
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
TODAY'S NSTALMENT.

'tIt is of the utmost importance that you should notice this point l went down the stairs and into the hall, where I found the commission naire fast asleep in his box, with the kettle boiling furiously upon the spirit lamp. I took off the kettle and blew out the lamp, for the water was squirting over the f1oor- Then 1 put out my hand and was about to shake the man. who was still sleeping soundly when a bell over his head rang loudly. and he woke with start
 MT. Phelps; siri' said he, looking at me in bewilde erment-
 '"I came down to see if my coffee was ready
 ''I was boiling the kettle when I fell asleep, sir He looked at me and then up at the still quiverins bell with an evergrowing aStonish- ment upon his face
 "'If you was here, sir. then who rang the bell?' he asked.
 The bell" I cried. What bell is it?'
 It's the bell of the room you were working in-'
 "A cold hand seemed to close round my heart Some one, then. was in that room where my precious treaty lay upon the table. I ran franticaIly up the stair and along the passage. There was no one in the corridors
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

to help locate our Betty, liked her heartily. And now again I found my self warming to her with no mental reservations about her sIanginness or her conspicuousness.
 They became a part of something big and breezy and as basicaIIy hon. est in a primitive way as Tony was in his fneness. Tony's eyes looked their approval. I knew he thought Carlotta a splendid woman-and in spite of her puzzling relations with Pat Dalton, in spite of everything, I found myself thinking so too. To- morrow I might once more like her critically, with tempered enthusiasm. Tonight I-completely liked her. Just at the point where I became sure of that creamy voice broke into our conversation:
 Anne, dear, I've been trying to get your eye for ages. How nice to find you here May we have our coffee with you?''
 It was Valerie Cosby. And at her side stood Tom Mason.
 It was she who had been avoiding my eyes all evening, but now she of tered herself boldly to inspection
 Here I am," she seemed to say. What do you make of it 9"
 Gro Be Continued-)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

When Director Powell approached the old fellow and, handing him some money, politely requested he step out of the picture. he rose to the fuli height and dignity of his seventy years. and, having first pocketed the money fadly defied the director or any of the company to move him.
 Man and boy I've been here for fifty years,'' he declared emphat- icafly. "and here I stops if it be an other fifty years. I belong here. dc, and you doan't! You'm be furrinersi Han and boy I've been playing the fiddle here for fifty years, an here stops; and you doan't shift me. not one of you, nor all Of you They ain t goig to shift me. danged if they shau.'
 Then suddenly, the old man, seized with a fresh spasm of indignation, got up to tell the onlookers, and going over to some of the boys, began to address them fiercerly on his imag- mary wrongs. Entering into the game, they gathered round him gent ly batting him and drawing him away. until at last Director Powell, Gamer man Mcdonnell, and the players con cerneo, managed to shoot the scene without the old man being any the wiSerI
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
SATURDAY
1t Wasn't Moving Day For Him

London. April e-Here in England where we are only just beginning to produce motion pictures, we encoun- Ter some of the difficulties which have been outgrown in the States.
 Some actors still remain here who haughtly refuse to appear in the films, although thousands of them are without employment due to a de- pression in thetrical business which Is now in a period of adjustment.
 The conservatism of this older civ ilization st times arrests itself in re- bellion at this distinctly modern ac- sttvity of the cinema Paul Powell, the American director who is here for Famous Players. encountered it the ssaer day when he took his com pany on locat:<n at Pevensky Castle, a quaint old relic Of feudal England not for from Eastbourne to shoot scenes for the F. Phillips Oppenh elm story, The Mystery Road" They came across an odd gaffer who was right in the very center of the picture they wished to take. Certainly he made a picturesque figure with his gnarled face and long white beard, as he sat upon stone by the roadside at the approach to the Castle, framed in a background of grey stone walls. playing violin
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

buttons-or it may be expressed in the weave of the cloth itself. Nor is there any hard and fast rule as to the quantity of co1or-or its quality. either for that matter It may be as gay and as plentiful as the taste or fancy-of its fair wearer may de- cree.
 To be effective, that is the aim and the ambition of every hat, frock and suit that greets the springti1ne, and unless it succeeds in this achievement it is, without any qualifications. a failure.
 The shorter the jacket the better youth likes it. particularly if it fares a bit and is of the Eton persuasion, and with such an affair youth wears a soft silk blouse and a spIashy tie of some becoming shade.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
POLES.

Between vaudeville and feature, it is difficult to determine which is the most entertaining part of the show at Poli's.
 "The Testing Block in which William S. Hart is featured is said to be the best story of his whole ca reer. It was written around the old time, sentimental ballad, Darling Gray.'
 The vaudeville bill at Polls is ex- ceptional "who's My Wife" a clev- erly-written and cleverly acted tab Ibid gets its share of applause. Me Grath and Deeds, two boys with good voices, sing and pull a line of com edy batter that sets the audience in Vital Statistics have some com edy that gets many laughs. Moon beams" a well-staged novelty is well received The MuscaI Lunds, a four people act, is applauded for its mel ody.
 One of the most stirring photo plays that have been exhibited in Fruit" which opens a four days en- gamement at Poli's beginning Sunday night. This rare film-drama is writ ten around the marriage relation from the standpoint of a woman who has been married unhappily and after she is married awhile finds that another man holds her heart.
 Saturday will be the last day on which patrons of Poh's will be able stein, who upset the Law of Gravita- Son and who. 500 years hence, will ao ss camous as. say, Columbus. You can see Professor Eeinstein exoctly as he is in the Pathe Weekly being shown today at Polls.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

LYRIC.
 '"That Girl Patsy,' the attraction for next week at the Lyric theatre, can properly be termed a second peg O My Heart" It Is a play with all the charm of the Hartley Manners bill and has a central figure great comedy part, and, Mary Ann Dentler, who will be seen in 1t, is particularly fitted for the role. She is the exact type for Patsy and has declared that she loves the character and promises some great things with 1t.
 Tonight will mark the final per formance of the musical comedy sue cess, La La Lucille" which has at tracted so much attention throughout the week. Embellished with num- Der of added specia1tes in addition to the musical numbers a handsome chorus and several extra artists from New York none should miss seeing
 Mothers of Men," one of the most powerful and instructive film dramas on the screen today, will be the head liner at the photoplay concert tomor- is the eighth episode of the wonder full jungle serial, "The Son of Tar zan," Sennett comedy and Pathe News, rounded out by a musical pro- gram by the Lyric orchestra.
 PLAZA.
 4 big double feature bill is prom fsed at the Plaza theatre four days starting tomorrow night, when Harold Lloyd's latest comedy scream High and Dizzy" said to be among the funniest comedies ever produced by any comedian, and Tom Mix in James B. Hendryx's novel Prairie Trails" are the attractions Prairie Trails" is adapted from the story, Prairie Flowers and it is said to be the best Fox production of the year. Lovers of romance and outdoor life, as well as those who seek hair-raising thrills, may count upon good entertainment Many other reels complete Sundays big bill, including Double Adven- ture." Pathe Topics of the Day, News Weekly and others. Prof. Larson $ augmented orchestra will play the musical program
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

lounger who could tell us who had passed
 Then we returned to the office, and searched the stairs and the pass age without result The corridor which led to the room was laid down with a kind of creamy unoIeLm which shows an impression very easily. We examined it very carefully. but found no outline of any foot mark
 Had it been raining all evening?"
 Since about seven"
 How is it. then. that the woman who came into the room about fni,e left no traces with her muddy boots?"
 'I am glad you raised the point. It occurred to me at the time. The charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the commission naire's office, and putting on dist sldp- pers."
 That is very clear. There were no marks, then, though the night was a wet one? The chain of events is certainly one of extraordinary inter- est What did you do next?"
 (To be Continued.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
syTPERFIUOUS HAR

My morning mail bag always con- tains a great number of letters from readers who want to know whether there isn't some way of rem owing ob- noNous hairs without going to an electric needle specialist Unfortun- ately not every one can reach a good electric needle practitioner.
 Unfortunately also everyone can reach a drug store where depiIitaTy powders are sold, and many of these
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

The part which color plays in the modes for spring is as interesting as it is unique, and the next feature with which one is impressed is by the variety of materials that fashion has set forth for our de1ectation.
 But to return to color. one never knows how and where and why one is going to find it. It may be applied as trimIning-braid, for instance, or
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
EMPIRE.

Alice Lake now becomes the fem mine Jed1yll-Hyde of motion pictures.
 "In Body and Soul" featuring Miss Lake at the head of a notable cast, and produced at Metro's west coast studios in Hollywood, Cal, this bril- liant young actress plays dual role that offers all the possab Utilities of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson char acter Body and Soup will be seen today at the Empire theatre.
 But the Alice Lake story will pre7 sent no struggle between good and evil natures. It hinges on the battle of two personalities that grow out of a chain of circumstances that can be pic.urized only in the language of the camera
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
In The Theatres

into space. A young physician, Dr. Hugh Standing, picks up revolver let fall in the theatre box behind him by an unseen hand, and is arrested for the murder of notorious poiu- cal boss. He is given the third de. gree' and strung up by the thumbs, but instead of the expected confession his soul roves among the stars, and he lives his reincarnations. The sItc- cess of the experiment is the climax of the nicture.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

All inquiries addressed to Miss Forbes in care of the 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, 8 stamped and self-addreSse envelope must be enclosed with the questi on.- The Editor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

tied up to- the straight silhouette. Bouffancy makes its appearance just often enough to make impossible any belief to the contrary. But in the tailored suit straight lines and slim are inevitable and the suit below is typical of the chic creations of spring that so successfully combine utility with charm.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
PERSONALS

COMPENSATION CONFESSION FER F. T. BUCKINGHAM will speak at the Y. ". c. A. on Golden HiH street Monday evening, April 11th, Compensation Act of Connecticut" from a workman'S viewpoint. This is a topic in which everyone should be interested and the clubs in charge of the program will gladly welcome visitors A musical program and re- treatments will follow the interesting talk
 THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING of the Sixth District Republican Women's club will be held on Tues day, April 18th, at 8 o'clock in the club rooms, 2414 Main street, at which time the various committees will be appointed. After the buSi- ness session, MT. Dayton and Miss Mcclure will entertain. Miss Jose to come and enroll as charter mem bers of the club.
 MISS MARTHA ALDEN will act as hostess for tea tomorrow after noon at the Business and Profes- siona1 Women's club. A short mu- sica1 program will precede the tea.
 MISS MABEL PAUL of Fairfield left today for a fortnights vacation which she will spend in Washington, D. C., and Atlantic City, New Jersey, with friends.
 MIR AND MRS. A. A. HODGKINS of Al Bronx avenue were host and hostess for a small dinner party at their home last evening.
 HARRY WHELDON of 469 Colo rado avenue has returned from New York city where he enjoyed a brief stay
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
(To be Continued.)

The New York Senate passed e resolution extending the life of the Joint Legislative Committee on Edu- cation to Feb l. 1922
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
ANSWERED LETTERS,

Mother Reader.-By allowing your llttle girls hair to attain to such length, you are depriving her body of secretions needed flor her own growth. She may be an unusually strong child and will not show it for some time, but ultimately. she will feel the eferts from losing this strength, which is now being taxed to keep all that hair in good condi- tion.
 You know girls now are given the same chance to grow strong in body as their brothers have always been. Their clothes are cut more simply, so they may be able to ciinp and romp as freely as if they were boys; comfortable as if they were boys, There is the sensible bobbed style. which is becoming to any child and if you feel that you like a dressy will always accomplish it for you. There is TO objection to the wire brush, provided it does not tear the hair
 Thirty-F'iVe--There is no reason why your skin should be faded at your age, even though you do go out every day to earn your living. There in the world, than those that idle their time, and they must keep in good condition to do it and also ad- vance themselves.
  for instance. do not clog your system with a starchy diet. Take a warm bath every night before you retire. Cleanse the skin of face and throat must be entirely rem owed. Follow the bath by gently massa ging some veg etable cream into the fact and throat and complete the treatInen by dash throat to stimulate the circulation and harden the skin. Toe is better than cold water, but the latter can always be on hand and should be used again on rinSing. Your com plexion will bloom in a short time, if you do this and 35 is too young for any one to think of being faded.
 Violet Eff you are too stout all | over. the bust will also be too stout 1 and a general reduction will reduce this part.
 | the face. go to a good doctor and have them removed. If you try to do | this yourself, you might injure the skin in some fashion.
 Vio1et-The yeast treatment for pinp1es consists in taking three cake of compressed yeast every day, pref erab1y one before or after each meal. You can dissolve the yeast in water and drink tt. The taste is not un- pleasant.
 | May Dimp1e.-I do not know any 1 thing about the preparation you sent except that it contains a patent med icine. Better not put any liquid pow der on the face. All of them are very drying and a coarse grained skin
 might result. Plain rice powder is the least harmful thing to use | Brown Eyes.-No cold cream con- | taining mineral oil will grow hair on 1 the face. Cleansing creams are per fectly harmless.
 All inquiries addressed to Miss Forbes in care of the 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, a stamped and self-addresse envelope must be enclosed with the queSti on.-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
NEST END

Whats in a name? In the case of Jack London, whose famous story. '@The Star Rover." comes in a screen adaptation at the West End theatre today, the answer is - everything. For Jack Iondon's name evokes all that is thrilling, strong. adventurous He is the super-adventurer of Ameri- can literature
 '-The Star Rover" tells of a murder mystery cleared Sy souls flight
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

Brown Eyes.-No cold cream con- taining mineral oil will grow hair on the face. Cleansing creams are per fectly harmless.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

May Dimp1e.-I do not know any except that it contains a patent med icine. Better not put any liquid pow der on the face. All of them are very drying and a coarse grained skin might result. Plain rice powder is the least harmful thing to use
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
sHUBERr 1BEATER, NEW HAVEN

Henry w. Savage will present this coming Thursday. Friday and Satur- ly, in the puzzling. amusing comedy drama "Cornered," which has just completed a triumphant engagement of six months at the Astor theatre, New York. Miss Kennedy appears in dual role, and is surrounded by her Broadway cast, which includes such well-known players as Leslie Austen, Amelia Gardner, Morgan Co., man. Edward Fielding, Tom Walsh, Maude Leone, Natalie Manning, Jo- seph Tullar, Tnerese Quadri, Robert Forsythe, Charles Esda1e, Thomas Gum, Elmer Cornell Edna May, Edith Ford, Charles Tong, Timothy Kane.
 Coming to the Shubert, New Ha- ven, for three nights, commencing Monday, with the usual matinee on Wednesday, will be Honey Girl" the blue ribbon winner of musical com edies, with a seasons run at the Co., han and Harris theatre, New York, four months at the Grand, Chicago, and four months in Boston, to it's credit
 Honey Girr' boasts of a real story, of 'Checkers,'' the adorable race track gambler who tried to go straight to win the girl he loved All the thrills of the big racetrack scene, and the deep heart interest of the charming love story, have been re- tained in the musical version, which is the work of Edward Clark. Albert Von Tilzer and Neville Fleeson have written the music
 The New York cast will be seen during the New Haven engagement, among the principal players being Donald Gallenen, who plays the fas- cinating 'CheckerS"; Edna Bates, as Honey GirP' Parker; John Cantwell, a the Facetrack tout; Rene Riano, ee- centric dancer unique; Louise Mey- CTS Mercer Temp1eton, William Nor timer, Edmund Elton, James Young, Robert Armstrong. Peter Lang, Chas- Yorkshire and others. not forgetting the chorus of more than two score Honey Girls" An augmented or chestra will take care that the many charming melodies of the piece are rendered in a correct manner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

Vio1et--The yeast treatment for pimp1es consists in taking three ca.ke of compressed yeast every day, pref erably one before or after each meal You can dissolve the yeast in water and drink 1t. The taste is not un- pleasant.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

Marie K.-If you have moIes on the face, go to a good doctor and skin in some fashion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09
Friendly Rivals for Fashions Favor
 Slim, Straight Coat-Jacket That Flares

The business woman as rule has little time to spend on friIIS and furbeloWS and so she
 will find this navy blue serge
 taiiIeur satisfying and prac-
 ticai.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

( Poiret twill is smart as smart
 can be and it has been chosen to develop this girIish suit. It has called upon embroidery to add to it's charms.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-09

Violet Eff you are too stout all over, the bust will also be too stout and a general reduction will reduce this part.