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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
POLES.

''Forbsdden Fruit" the feature pie ture which made it's first showing at Polls last night has an overmaster- ing appeal for m nodern men and wom- en. The problem of Mary Mad dock" a beautiful. young married woman who finds heartease and vic tory in the love of a man not her husband makes a theme so vigorous and absorbing that this masterpiece casts a hypnotic spell over an audi ence during the hour and a quarter m which it runs.
 "Forbidden Fruit wi be shown for three more days and will be fitting picture complement to an unusual vaudeville bill headed by 'Hanky Panlzy," a condensed version of the famous musical comedy by the same name. The extra added attraction will be Sammy Lee and Company in a full-stage musical offering filled with comedy and melody. Bernard and Scarth. a classy fellow and a class:er girl have a comedy talking g and singing skit- The University Trio and Lind Brothers will complete the bill, of course. with the always popular and interesting Pathe Week
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11

Love may make the world go round, but certainly it is fashion that makes the circuit interesting, and and there is really nothing in the world that doesn't have a style of its own-a style that changes sometimes with the seasons, occasion ally not more often than the years themselves In proof whereof con sider something not less lovely than the bridal bouquet.
 There was a time, and it was not in the dim distant past, when roses lilies of the valley and orange bios soms were considered the only three really appropriate flowers for the bride to carry to the altar Just so there was a day when milady affect ed the wasp-ike waist Now both ideas are antiquateS.
 The floral analyist of ye year 1921 studies the type and the tempera- ment of the bride and then fashions for her the bridal bouquet. It is very likely that he manifests the proper interest by asking questions in re the color scheme of the nuptia1 tableau, but this is a matter of pure courtesy. He has made up his mind upon sight if she is an outdoors girl to make for her a bouquet of daisies and dogwood, blending the wild flow CTS with the eye and hand of an artist. or, be she of the hothouse variety. a creation of only the cul- tured blossoms.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
Stage Can Learn from Screen Says We'll Known Dramatist
Rv EDWARD KNoBIOCK

(Author of "Kismet," "One, g Tiger etc. whose first original story for the screen, 'aThe Lost Ro- rrante," is being produced for Para mount by William DeMine.)
 Every dramatist who has written for a number of years. I believe, will find fresh inspiration for his work in the story of motion pictures It will teach him to achieve new and greater movement in his scenes, and should add materially to his tech niuue as a dramaust-
 Basically, I have found no great difference in the drama of the stage and screen. First rate construction, with the logical following out of an idea, is the prime-requisite in each. Hereafter, in the making of stage and screen drama there will be a mutual exchange of ideas From each, the other will take much. And each will be of material and mutual assistance to the other The time has gone forever when the stage only gives to the screen. and receives nothing in return
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11

big enough to ignore or too big to get Val licked her amber eyes across Tony's face and held them to his for a moment. Then she turned her head and looked Inockingly at me be- fore she replied:
 Are you easily accounted for?"
 Vars such a cild-impetuous, hot blooded, self-wi1led under that Japa- nese lacquer of hers-don't let that Englishman of yours twist her around his finger" muttered Tom close to my ear.
 wanted to burst out laughing. So this was the mental picture of herself with which Val was furnishing the evidently infatuated Tom. Why? Af- ter the first, normal, human pang of chagrin at the way she had effaced me from his consciousness, I had a sudden feeling of gratitude toward Val for stepping in between me and the always unwelcome attentions of Tom Mason. The egotism with which he displayed his change of feelings was in taste bad as the irnpudence with which he had showed his previous feelings.
 But what did Val want of Tom |? Did she like him? Was she consoling herself with him for Jin's loss of in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
LYRIC.
heaterEoerS

"I know Bridgeport thea atersoers will enjoy the production this week It is one of the best l have ever taken part in and in my opinion is even better than Peg O. My Heart D
 Mary Ann Dent1er. leading lady of the Poli Players at the Lyric theater. had this to say about '"That Girl Patsy" the wonderful little comedy drama which is the attraction this week. Miss Dentler filled the role of Patsy when the play was first pre- sented and is just the type for this interesting and humorous character
 That Girl Patsy is replete with good humor with just tiny vein Of the serious to top it off It tells the story of a settlement house waif, adopted by a rich woman, proving that loyalty and friendship are worth more than money in this world.
 Next week the players will provide an excellent entertainment in the presentation of a clean and whole some bedroom farce, Mighty Night
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
BROTHER OF BOBBY IS ON THE
 SCREEN.

One of the principal plays in Mary Pickford's Through the Back Door, to ne released by United Artists in the carly spring, is John Harron. brother of the late Robert Harron. who died recently as the result of an accidental gun-shot wound.
 There is 8. striking resemblance be- tween Johnnie Barron and his late brother. Johnnie Harron is eighteen years of age. He began his career as a photo-player in his knee-trouser days at Griffith Studio in Hollywood. Whenever D. W. Griffith needed boy for a part in any production, Robert Harron would always speak up and say, Let Johnnie do it-'' And Johnnie did with the result that he received his training from the master of all screen technicians.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
Influence of the Movies
 A New York Papers Idea

This editorial, quoted from the New York Evening Mail, is certainly worth while reading. It may give YOU a new viewpoint Read 1t and see:
 Mction Picture Influences.
 The extreme to which some of the radical advocates of rigid motion pic ture censorship go is illustrated by the manner in which they seized up on the unfounded story that the fif teen-year-old boy who hanged himself in this city last Sunday had been led to do so because T motion picture he had viewed on Saturday had given him the "blues."
 As if any person could get the "blues" from q word or an inference from any of Mark Twains writings. Of isself the authorship of the picture story should have warned these critics against the absurdity of their charge
 The picture referred to gives pleas ure rather than the blues to the thousands who see it; to drag it into the case as .. provocative to meian- cholia is like using a visit to Central Park Cn these spring days for the same purpose Of course when the facts were made known it was plain that there was no connection what ever between the boys motion picture visit and his suicide; the doctors re- port promptly disposed of that charge and should hare led to a frank con- fession by the critics of their too hasty assump ption. Even a worthy cause may be lost by fighting for 1t unfairly.
 The truth is that motion pictures, like all other deve1opme that come upon us rapidly, have had their unde- sira bIe and often harmful features: | but also, like other developments, mo- | ton pictures are following the nor i nal course toward higher levels Laws : Te not responsible for this evolution i Public opinion forces it Sooner or i later public opinion makes itself felt in the box office of the theatres and motion picture shows alike, and com peIs 8 more complete response to its demands than does the law. You ma ' evade the law, but there is no evad- 1 ing an empty house The improve ment in motion pictures during the past year has been most marked and | the best assurance that it is to con- tinue is the fact that producers have learned. through the box office, the real desires of the people.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
PLAZA.

Harold Lloyd's special comedy scream High and Dizzy" was the cue for thousand hearty roars at the Plaza theatre last night. Lloyd has never made a poor picture. but last nights issue was so far superior to any other comedy exhibited so far, that it deserves an honored place in the roster of big pictures. The other feature to be shown the 6Sst half or this week is "Prairie Trails" Here is the fastest. most exciting picture that Tom Mix has ever made. It was written by James E. Hendryx, who also is responsible for the great sue cess. The Texan" about which all Bridgeport was talking a few months ago. and Prairie Trails" is in reality a continuation of that story.
 The great event of the season is promised in the appearance of vau- deville's leading juvenile offering. "The Riddles Kabaret," for it is the last word in entertainment Jerome Mann, who is the featured member of the com pany, has gained for him. self the title Little Al Jolson," and he is Howe and Howe presenting ''Sense and Nonsense: Jerome and France with Varied Bits of Enter tainment': Dallas Walker. the girl from Texas. and others complete the bill FiEst Run News Weekly will also be shown.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11

the detective, came round at once and took up the case with a great deal of energy. We hired a hanson, and in half an hour we were at the ad- young woman opened Ehe door, who proved to be Mrs. Tangey's eldest daughter. Her mother had not come back yet, and we were shown into the front room to wait.
 About ten minutes later a knock came at the door, and here we made the one serious mistake for which blame myself. Instead of opening girl to do so We heard her say, Mother. there are two men in the house waiting to see you and an in- stant afterwards we heard the batter Of feet rushing down the passa ge. Forbes flung open the door, and we kitchen. but the woman had got there before us She stared at us with defiant eyes. and then suddenly recognizing me, an expression of at., solute astonishmenI came over her face.
 Why, if it isn't Mir. Phelps. of the ofhce,' she cried
 "'Come, come, who did you think we were when you ran away from us?' asked my companion.
 "T thought you were the brokers said she, we have had some trouble with a tradesman-
 That's not quite good enough to believe that you have taken a paper of importance from the For eign Office and that you ran in here to dispose of it. You, must come back with us to Scotland Yard to be searched
 Tt was in vain that she protested and resisted 4 four-wheeler was brought. and we all three drove back in it. We had first made an exami-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
MRS. DAHLEN IS GUEST AT
 FAREWELL PARTY

Mrs NJ. J. Dahlin, of Nichols ave nue. Stratford who will leave on Acril 22nd for two months visit to Norway and Sweden. was the guest of honor at a delightful farewell party given at the home Of her son, Arthur Dahlin, also of Nichols avenue, on Saturday evening.
 Music was enjoyed during the even ing. A luncheon was served The able and dining room were prettily decorated in pink and white crepe paper and cut flowers.
 Those present were MT. and Mrs. J. A Albertson, Mrs. Matilda Conc wold, MT. and Mrs. Oscar Swanson, MT. and Mrs. Commit Concwold, MT and Mrs Harry Willette. MT. and Mrs Fred ITornberser, MT. and Mrs Ed ward F. Magiun, MT and Mrs John Casey Miss Gladys Datrlin, Mrs NJ J. Dahlin, and MT. and Mrs Arthur Dah1in-
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nothing against him. His wife is a bad lot, though. I fancy she knows more about this than appears" Have you shadowed herr"
 we have set one of our women on to her. Mrs. Tangey drinks, and our woman has been with her twice when she was well on, but she could get nothing out of her. "I understand that they have had brokers in the house?" "Yes, but they were paid off,
 Where did the money come from %
 That was all right. His pension was due. They have not shown any sign of being in funds"
 What explanation did she give of having answered the bell when MT. Phelps rang for the coffee %
 'tShe said that her husband was very tired and she wished to relieve him.
 Well, certainly that would agree with his being found 2 little later asleep in his chair There. is nothing against them then but the woman's character Did you ask her why she hurried away that night? Her haste attracted the attention of the police constable
 She was later than usual and wanted to get home.'' Did you point out to her that you and Mir. Phelps, who started at least twen=y minutes after her. got home before her?"
 ''shc explains that by the difference rbctweeIt a 't,us and a hanson-''
 Did she make it clear why on reaching her house. she ran into the back IircfreI. ?''
 Because she had the money there with which to pay off the brokers
 She has at least an answer for everything. Did you ask her whether any one lettering about Charles Street %
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
At the Bottom of the Sea
 They're As Dry As Can Be

Motion picture stages are usually dry land affairs. Sometimes actors are called upon to perform on the so-called bounding main," yet they ere still dry under foot, in 50 far as they are on shipboard. But now through the ingenuity of J. Ernest Williamson the motion picture actors stage has been extended to include the bottom of the ocean as a perfectly safe place in which to be directions of the scenario
 The application of photography to under water camera, work has been perfected in a new photoplay by Mir Williamson entitled "Wet Gold" The picture. which is being distributed by. Gold wyn, was taken almost en- tirely under water. The photographer was lowered in a long tube attached is a fair-sized work chamber, one side of which is made of glass and resembles the head of a searchlight- From the barge large frame Of Co.aper- Hewitt lights is let down Gold Mir. Williamson and his ton of the oceans floor that has been chosen as the stage In Wet Gold" Mir. Williamson and his r-divers walked along the bottom of the sea near the Bahama Islands in search of treasure that some sub nrarfnep irates had buried in an old hulk. The hulk was a steamship of the days of 1860 that had sunk and remained unreclaimed-
 The divers, who work in a new type of helmet that eliminates con nection by tubes with the upper air, arc constantly in water up to their chins. , But the oxygen generated hy the apparatus within their diving helmets does not permit the water to rise higher. It looks peri1ous, but the ease and assurance with which inc heroes of Wet Gold" go about their under water work make it seem like a SIoriously cool lark for a summer afternoon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
By Ann Lisle

Val, smiling out of narrowed eyes Bat W uGi4 .-sn -;.E" J: q -lft jGolh.a- ward bound. zee: We tz1xied out, and I've seen the Norreys' limousine. So you can understand why luxury-lov- ing Val begs a ride.'
 Tony acIHiesced- gracefully, but Toms face had gone an awkward red at Nal's first words and it hadn't fad ed up to the time we dropped him next in rotation after taking Carlotta home.
 At the door, Valerie, the unctast- ened, turned to Tony warmly in spite of the remote and elaborate courtesy with which he treated her. and muF- nEred in her creamiest tones:
 You can't think how grateful I am-for this rescue, and for the chance to know Anthony Norreys." As she spoke, two questions flashed across my mind:
 Why had she been so anxious to escape from her tete-a-tete with Tom? Why was she so anxious to escape an entente cordiale with the evidently indifferent and disapproving Tony?
 Gro Be Continucd.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
A HEALTH TALK.

Verify the tale Of bath at the Atlas Is a tale of two worlds-the old and the new The halt, ground down by pain, the nervous, the fat and the thin enter and they secure what they desire when they have fis- ished the course prescribed by Alex Maisel one of the best authorities on Maisel is justly proud of his work, for many have come to him with rheumatism, with stiff muscles and with excess fat He has prescribe ed, they have followed the treatment and they all testify that the bath does what is claimed for it.
 Newly renovated throughout, with attendants Of the utmost courtesy, the Atlas Turkish Baths has become one of the rendezvous of the "clean' men of Bridgeport To see is to be- hsva,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
APRIL Il, 1921
Spring Most Blossoms

Empress E ugenie was a devotee of the veil. even when it came to the bridal bouquet, and, following the fashfen of the brides of this famous beauty's day. the modern bride may carry blossoms as richly yelled as herself.
 If she does. however. she will have the courage of her convictions. For fashion, the potent arbiter of sar- toriaI desttnies, decrees that. perfect as must be the workmanship upon every detail of the bridal toilet - every hook tight and every lock in place, the devil demurely secured to the fair ones brow-the bouquet should have an "under-studied," art less-however artfully blended to- gether-look as though the happy lass had been lured from the garden to the altar by the strains of the we'd ding march.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
CHAPTER CCLN.

A more in-assorted party than one composed by Valerie Cosby, Carlotta SIurges, Tom Mason. Anthony Nor reys and me I can't imagine. And yet when Val and Tom stood at our table out at the Inn by the river and asked to have coffee with us I had to do my share to call that party into being. An introduction or two and invitation were all that was needed to bring on the deluge, but I cou1dn't t refuse them.
 Val sat down. studying Cariotta'S over-yivid, personality and makeup with suave insolence, which Carlotta breeZily ignored. Smooth jowled, lazy-eyed, luxurious Tom and gaunt Tony, with his keen. iceLblue eyes were as startling in their contrasts as were the two women. I expected to see sparks fly, and I wondered whose feelings would prove in- f1ammabIe. While I was rummas- ing in my mind for some nice, safe topic to introduce, Vars most indo- lent tones rolled out: 'I wondered how you were amusing yourself to- night, Anne, while our lords and masters are hard at work. I invited
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
PART FIVE

nation of the kitchen, and especially of the kitchen fire. to see whether she might have made away with the papers during the instant that she was alone There were no signs, how ever, of any ashes or scraps. When we reached Scotland Yard she was handed over at once to the female searcher. I waited in an agony of suspense until she came back with her report. There were no signs Of the papers,
 It was twenty past three when we reached our terminus, and after a nasty luncheon at the buffet we push ed on at once to Scotland Yard. and we found him waiting to receive us-a small, foxy man with a sharp but by no means amiable expression. He was decidedly frigid in his man ner to us. especially when he heard the errand upon which we had come.
 i've heard of your methods before now, MT. Holmes" said he tartly- You are ready enough to use all the information that the police can lay at your disposal, and then you try to finish the case yourself and bring dis credit on theIn-'
 "On the contrary said Holmes, "out of my last fifty-three cases my name has only appeared in four. and the police have had all the credit in forty-nine- I don't blame you for not inexperienced, but if you wish to get on in your new duties you will work with me and not against me-
 ''Id be very glad of a hint or two" said the detective. changing his man ner I've certainly had no credit from the case so far.''
 What steps have you taken?"
 '-Tangey, the commissionnaire. has been shadowed. He left the Guards with a good character and we can find
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
By A. Conan Doyle

"she saw no one but the consta- ble'
 Well. you seem to have cross-ex- anined her pretty thoroughly. What else have you done?"
 r "-The clerk Gorot had been shad- owed all these nine weeks. but with out result. We can show nothing against him"
 'Anything else ?'' s-
 Well, we have nothing else to go upon-no evidence of any kind"
 Have you formed any theory about how that bell rang?"
 Well, must confess that 1t beats me. It was q cool hand, whoever 1t was, to go and give the alarm like that
 Yes 1t was a queer thing to do. Many thanks to you for what you have told me. If can put the man into your hands you shall hear from me. Come along, Watson"
 Where are We going to now?" I asked, as we left the office.
 We are now going to interview Lord Holdhurst, the cabinet minister and future premier Of England"
 We were fortunate In finding that Lord 1Ioldnurst was still in his cham sending in his card we were instantly shown up. The Statesman received us with that old-fashioned courtesy for which he is remarkable. and sSae- ed us on the two luxuriant lounges on either side of the fireplace Standing on the rug between us. with his slight. tall figure. his sharp features. thought full face. and curling hair prematurely tinsed with gray, he seemed to rcp- nobleman who is in truth noble.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
TODAY'S INSTALMENT.

"We examined the room also. Therv is no possibility of a secret door, and the windows are quite ehirty feet from the ground. Both of them were fas- tened on the inside. The carpet pre- vents any possibility of a trap-door, and the ceiling is of rhe ordinary white-washed kind will pledge my life that whoever stole my papers could only have come through the door,"
 How about the f1repIace?"
 They use none. There is stove. The beu-rope hangs from the wire just to the right of my desk. Who ever rang 1t must have come right up to the desk to do it. But why should any criminal wish to ring the bell?' It is a most insoluble mystery"
 Certainly the incident was unusual. What were your next steps? You examined the room, I presume, to see if the intruder had left any traces amy cigar-end or dropped glove or hairpin or other trif1e ?''
 There was nothing of the sort-''
 '-No smell?'
 "wel1, We never thought of that"
 "Afl, a scent of tobacco would have been worth a great deal to us in such an investigation"
 "I never smoke myself. so I think I should have observed it if there had been any smell of tobacco. There was absolutely no clue of any kind. The only tangible fact was that the comnissionnaire's wife-Mrs- Tangey was the name-had hurried out of the place. He could give no explanation save that it was about the time when the woman always went home The policeman and agreed that our best before she could get rid of the pa pers. presuming that she had them
 'NThe ta1arFn had reached Scotland Yard by this Eine. and YMr- Forbes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
s21 MILES OF FILM SHOT IN LOS ANGELES ALONE EACH WEEK.

Los Angeles. April 11-"Footage'' is the conventional term used in con nection with the length of picture, but in speaking of the motion picture industry in Los Angeles mileage would be more accurate.
 Raymond R. Killion, the statistical expert for Oliver Morosco- Produc- tions- Inc. estimates that approxi- mately 100000 feet of flmS or a fraction over 227 miles, are ''shot'' weekly in Los Angeles.
 The cost of this raw film alone is practically a half-miIIion dollars with something like s2O.0 900 more added for the first development.