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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23
FINALLY ESCAPED.

Warsaw, June 23.---Three different times Captain Merton Cooper, of Jacksonville, Fla, while in a Bol- shevik prisoners camp in Russia for nine months, was notified that he was to be shot at sunrise. Then, for hours preceding the time set for the sup posed execution, Cooper was grilled by Soviet authorities who pretended to believe that he was a representa- tive of the American government. When the hour of execution came round no Bolsheviki appeared bu1 Cooper was never notified otherwise being left in suspense day after day untn he escaped.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23
New Land, Rich In Furs,
 Reported Discovered

Vancouver. B. C., June 2S-Details of a new continent in the Antarctic region, described as rich in oils, minerals and furs, are given in ca bles from Sydney, New South Wales, quoting the Sydney Morning Herald. The British Antarctic Expedition, headed by Dr. Cope. made the dis covery. Strange birds of immense size, seals, sea leopards and gorgeous emperor penguins inhabit the land beyond Terra del Fuego. the area of which has. not been computed, ac- cording to despatches reaching Syd- ney from the "bottom of the world"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23
WOMEN ASK CONGRESS;
 TO EQUALIZE RIGHTS

Washington. June 23-The Nation al Woman's Party announced yester- day that it would demand that Con- gress adopt a resolution to submit a constitutional amendment providing for equal rights for men and women.
 The amendment will say that equal rights shall not be denied to women or abridged on account of sex or marriage by the United States or by any State or Territory subject to the jurisdiction of the United States
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23
MRS. CROSBY TO
 GET CLASS FUND

class of the Bridgeport High school. it was voted to turn over the class fund amounting to approximately S60, to Mrs. c. I. Crosby for use in ex-service mems relief work
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Miss Mary Hoadley of Stratford, who has been confined to her home for the past six weeks with an attack Of appendicitis, has resumed her po- siit.on in the. charge of the switch board at the Bridgeport Trust Co.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23
PERSONALS

Mrs John T. L. Hubbard of Strat- field is in charge of the women's golf tournament which is being held at the Brooklawn Country club this week. The finals will be played off on Thursday and the prize awarded the winner. Several entries have been made.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23
JAPANESE AND REDS CLASH

Tokio. June 23-CBy the A. P.)- Japanese and Bolshevik forces have clashed near N3kolaievsk. and there have been several casualties, says an official report issued here. It is as serted the Japanese were attacked by the BolSheviki.
 Okhotsk town on the western shore of Okhotsk, has been occupied by the Bolsheviki. The anti-Bolshe- wiki have withdrawn to neighboring villages, where the opposing forces are still confronting each other.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Paul Meyers of Myrtle avenue is enjoying a two weeks vacation mo- 1oring to points of interest.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Mrs. Mary Sheehan of 66s Lafay cite street will visit her daughter, Mrs. Charles Wall, of North avenue. at her summer cottage at Compo Peach, which she is now occupying for the season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Mrs D. Fairchi1d Wheeler of La fayette street has returned from a brief stay in New York city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Miss Mabel McGrady of Maplewood avenIr. and Miss Lila Batch elor o1 Wordin avenue will leave on Friday for a two weeks sojourn in New York city, where they will witness several plays.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Miss Esther Sniffen, who is em- DIoyed in New York city, will spend the week end with her parents, MT and Mrs. M T. Sniffen, of Colorado avenue
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

With a depth of 1000 to 4.5oo feet Lake Baikal, in Siberia is said to be the deepest lake in the world
 we really see with the back part of our brain and not with our eyes" SAxS an eye specialist
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

George Langham of Coleman street is spending two weeks vacation in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Miss Elizabeth Bassick of Fairfield avenue acted as hostess for the meet ing of the Little Sisters at her home this afternoon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

The wedding of Miss Blanche Melt ger, daughter of MT. and Mrs Joshua Meltzer of Fairfield avenue and Emanuel Baker Hoffman of New York city is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 18th. at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Mir. and Mrs. W. L. Be1knap, Jr., of Hazelwood avenue have arrived home after enjoying the Commence ment exercises at Williams college, Williamstown, Mass.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Miss Florence Murray of 1ranistan n avenue is visiting with friends in Springfield, Mass.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

William J. Daily of 27 Center street, a student at St Mary'S seminary in Baltimore, has returned to his home for the summer vacation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Mrs Frank Butler of BrookV1eW avenue is entertaining guests from Washington, D. c.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Catherine Lyons of 2 Palisade place and John Petty of Central Fall, Rhode Island, which took place yesterday morning in St. Charles church. The couple were at tended by Mrs. Alice Seceo and Jere- miah Petty.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Rev. Thomas A. Judge will be at I-auraHon hall. Milford. from June 24th to June 2Sth to conduct the an- nuaI retreat for Catholic women Those who wish to attend on Saturday afternoon and Sunday will be wei cocnA
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Mrs o. F. Adams of Housatonic avenue opened her attractive home today for a benefit card party given under the auspices of the Ten-Ten club. There were ten tables of play CTS and attractive prizes were offered Tea was served by the hostess The proceeds will go towards paying off the Universalist church mortgage.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Mrs. Clifford L. Mason of Hazel wood avenue and her small daughter, Corrine, have returned from Pitts field. Mass, where they have been spending a fortnight visiting reia- tiVeS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

Miss Julia Anna Phillips of 49 Made street became the bride of Dan- iel Spellane of 17S0 Seaview avenue, yesterday morning at St. Charles church. Miss Mary Ealov acted as bridesmaid and Michael Spellane was best man.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-23

A splendid minstrel show will be presented this evening at the Indus trial Service center on Rarnum ave nue by the members of the Industrial Girls Basketball league. The pro- ceeds will be used to defray the ex- penses of sending a delegate to the in dustriaI conference ats Camp Alta mont New York, in July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-23

home there was great disappointment along tie Paris bourse, for it was felt among financiers that if she could have been persuaded to prolong her visit an- other fortnight the rate of exchange be- tween France and England might have returned to normal But it was no use. She could not be persuaded. The hotels needed her attention, and some of the maids might be neglecting their duties.
 Although her return was heralded with delight in her native city, it started the Ministry of the Treasury worrying again, for it seems that the Bank of England is havingSa great deal of trou- ble keeping apace with Mrs. Smith Wilkinson. As fast as the bank can print it's notes she spends them. and al- though they now have night shift working strong, Mrs. Smith Wilkinson, according to the latest quotations, was in the van.
 woman's remarkable statement that she chooses her husbands to match her gowns, let us examine the lady herself
 Who is this Mrs. Smith Wilkins who has dazzled blase Paris and threat eas to show America, commonly called the land of the dollar, how dollars should be spent. Who is she and where did she get all her money?
 Mrs. Smith Wilkinson is the wife of the young man whom we have referred to above as Exhibit A. Before marrying he is said to have shown great pro fciency in the knitting of Dorothy bags. Since antering the married state, how ever, he has turned to designing and < creates many of his wife's costumes. Whether or not fe has been successful may best be judged from the photo graphs on this page.
 But, to start at the beginning. Her home is in Nottingham, England. She has been thrice married and inherited about S5,ooo,o00 from her first husband. Her second and third husbands were youngsters of excellent family, and both young enough to be her sons. She is fifty-eight years old.
 Her first husband, Frank Dunk, was 2lan with an Idea. He had courage enough to open q hotel without a bar and in which 1t was impossible to obtain drink-rather q novelty for England. Contrary to expectation, this hotel was success, and he built several more such temperance establishments" &ftsr his death his-wife, who knows how to make money as well as spend 1t. carried on his idea until she now owns . chain of forty dry hoatelriss.
 Mrs. Smith Wilkinson described her thrse husbands in istter to Harry pils
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-23

Could she have meant that her has- bands inspired in her the same feeling of satisfaction and pride that her gowns do? She is said to fairly bristle like s peacock with pride when she is arrayed in one of her most splendiferous cres- tions.
 Or did she think. perhaps, that the most effective match lies in the most pro nounced contrast, and did she choose these retiring men because she knew that their capacity for self-effacement would make herself and her astonishing ward robe stand out all the more congpicu- ousty This seems the most logical rea- son and may be the real meaning of her surprising statement. Her husband is always with her, as were his prede- cessors, but no one notices hm at all, so riveted are the eyes of the beholders upon the lady herself and upon her gowns. Or, if they do notice husband, they cannot but contrast him with her.
 This may be the reason, but only Mrs. Smith Wilkinson herself can say whether it is or not. She alone can explain her statement, and it would be interesting to hear her explanation.
 If Mir. Henry Smith Wilkinson is ever permitted to have his say. it would be in- teresting to hear his version of why Mrs. Smith-W illsinson selected him for hus- band and how it feels to be married to woman with 20 much mor~v r~' 70 many gowns. f'e are sure thst he has one satisfaction which most husbaaus haven't,
 He never has to listen to his wife say, q have nothing to wear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-23

to comfort me in my declining years, is romance in itself.
 "Fifteen years ago l entered charity ball in Nottingham. A little boy entered, pointed at me and demanded. "Who is that nice lady?"
 He ran to me and kissed me- Four teen years afterward I married him"
 Now that we have the husbands straight, let us inventory the lady's wardrobe. According to authentic re- ports she is said to possess no less than 300 gowns of all sorts and descriptions. A returned arctic explorer, who viewed this amazing collection, said that it made him long for the North PoIe the resem- blancel to the aurora borealis was SD startling. Mrs. Smith Wilkinson her. self says that she loves variety, and evil dently her love has not been unreouited. There are gowns of mauve, gowns If cerise, of every color of the Spectrum and combinations of each. Some are ere atlons of Parisian modistes, but the ma jorlty of them were conceived and cut by her present husband.
 There are gowns for morning. after noon and evening and for tho hours be- tween. And, of course. there are hats for each gown, several hats for some of them. Then there are shoes and hose to match and priceless collection of precious gems to set them off.
 Some of her gowns are set with dia- saonds and others are edged with pearia, The hscis of her evening slippers all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-23

, and her gowns, if not noisy, are at least quite vociferous, Naturally, then, the public is quite/mystifed as to her mean Ing.
 Did she mean that the color of their hair and eyes harmonized with the'often vivid hues of her hats and dresses one could not have meant this, for Henry's hair Is of the color of spun gold and would not harmonize with the eerise and Nile green gowns which his wife favors. Nor would his robins egg blue eyes set off her black and white zebra gown. There was nothing distinctive about either the hair or the eyes of her other two husbands; so this could not have been her meaning.
 Did she mean that husbands are as ex- pensivo Iuxuries as her million-a-year clothes Obviously not, for her first hus- band. Mir Dunk, the founder of the for tune, made 1t after he married her and, to boot, he was exceedingly frugal. Nor have her subsequent lovemages earned reputation for disposing of her money. It may be that even though they could dispose of 1t at a lively clip,' they have been 80 outclassed by Mrs. Smith Wilkinson that their reputations for prodigality paled into insignificance.
 4 mans clothes cost far less than woman's even though he possess a great many of them, and even if the hus- band bought an entire haberdashery to satisfy his sartorial wants, he could not spend as much as has Mrs. Smith-Wil- kinson. with her generous array ol gowns, hats, hosiery and jewels This, then, could not have been her meaning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-23

cer, the dancing partner of the late Gaby Deslys. She wrote:
 "Mr. Dunk, who had face just like the pictures you see of Christ, died in 1906. He was one of natures own gen tlemen.
 T married again, in 1910, Harold Sutherns, aged twenty-four, son of Thomas Sutherns, J. F., of Nottingham He was handsome, loving and khd, and died in 1914.
 "The story of my last marriage, in February. 1920, to Edward Henry Smith Wilkinson, who was sent to me by heaven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-23

have settings in which her diamonds can be placed should she so desire. It Is said that when she enters her favorite reTtau- rants she sparkles so that the thrifty proprietors dim their lights as super luous.
 She says that sho picks her husbands to match her gowns. All three of her husbands have been quiet. retiring chaps,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-23

cause 6ne resides III EHBldnut anu not because there is any one else in the world more extravagant. There isn't. Gold flows from her purse like water over Niagara. She can spend more money in an hour than most people make in lifetime.
 Lest there be any doubt that this woman holds the worlds record for dis posing of her wealth, let us cite one in- stance. During recent jaunt to Paris, one of the many which Mrs. Smith-Wi kinson finds it necessary to make every go often in order to replenish her ward- robe, she did away with mere pittance of $5,0o0,o00. We'll repeat that so it may sink in-s5, 100000 in one week. Impossible, you say. So did we, but w,e have it on no less an authority than Mir. Smith Wilkinson, the ladys husband Exhibit A-upper left hand corner), that such are the facts. And he added that this sum, thrice the national debt of a good sized South American republic, did not go entirely for hotel bills. The price of logement in gay Farce is high, but it has not yet mounted to such pro-
 
 portions.
 It was this way. It seems that while our heroine was strolling along the Rue de Ia Paix, which is Paris's Fifth Ave nue, her eyes chanced to light upon a crown (the things kings wear instead of hats) reposing in shop window on a pillow of purple velvet.
 Pretty thing, isn't it?" she remarked to her husbandS
 "Righto-topping,' hubby replied.
 Thereupon Mrs. Smith Wilkinson, &C., companied by MT. Smith Wilkinson, en- tered the shop and inquired the price of said crown, which we neglected to men tion was inlaid with diamonds. Inquiry brought forth the fact that it was once the prized possession of the late Czarina $ of Russia and that it wAs being held for thirty million francs.
 "A bit high, don't you think" husband vouchsafed.
 sBut it would look 50 magnifque on madame" the shopkeeper purred.
 Nothing to do then but to wrap it up and take it along, which was accom- plished after some dickering, for the tidy sum of the equivalent in francs of $3,300, 900.
 sWe have some small sizes for your son." the shopkeeper suggested as they were leaving, and upon being informed that the male member of the party was not the lady's son but her husband he murmured thousand apologies and re treated to the back of the store to count the money. One doesn't sell s3,ooo,0oo crowns avery day, even in Paris.
 You would think that having bought crown Mrs. Smith Wilkinson would have called 1t day and gone home, but before her sojourn was over shc parted with a half-million for the famous Shrewsbury pearls. and the remainder of the s5,0o0,oo0 went for gowns. hats, loose diamonds and incdentals.
 When she was finally ready to pack the bags and return to hsr Nottingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-23

EKhipit Es'-~'.s Mrs. Smith Wilkinson, ''all doiled up and no place to go," except for a stroll along Nottingham's Main Street. This Is the
 wealthy lady's favor ite regaiia, and figured il, dollars her garb is worth a f%- tune. They are real bird of paradise feathers on the hat and sI,c necklace is made of
 specially
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 bracelet,
 rings, etc, and figure
 is out
 yourself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-23

Exhibit B. Mrs. Smith
 Wilkinson
 believes in variety, both il1 husbands and in her
 wardrobe. Here she is wearing a coat of black vel- vet trimmed with Mon-
 golian fur. The white turban adorned with iei
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