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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21

himself or that she had been the criminal for the revolver lay upon the floor midway between them
 Has he been moved?" asked Holmes
 we have moved nothing except the lady We could not leave her lylns wounded upon the floor.
 How long have you been here, doc- tor ''
 ''Since four o'clock"
 Anyone else?"
 "Yes, the constable here"
 And you have touched nothlng
 "Ncthing."
 you have acted with great discre- tion Who sent for you ?'
 The house1naid, Saunders. Was it she who gave the alarm
 'tShe and Mrs King, the cook "where are they now? 'In the kBchen, believe Then I think we had better hear their story at once" The old hall oak paneled anu high h-windowed, had been turned into | a court of investigation. Holmes sat | in a great old-fa shioned chair. his ln- exorable eyes gleaming out Of his nag gard face I could read in them a set purpose to devote his life to this quest until the client whom he had failed to save should at least be avenged The trim Inspector Mar tin. Ehe old, grey-headed country doc l tor myself and a stofid village po- nceman made up the rest Of that strange company The two women told their story clearly enough. They had been aroused from their sleep by the sound
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21

that they were conscious of the smell of powder from the moment that they ran out of the rooms upon the top floor. ''I commend that fact very carefully to your attention" said Holmes to his professional colleague. ASd now I think that we are in a position to undertake a thorough
 examination of the roonl.'
 The study proved to be a small chamber, lined on three sides with books, and with a writIng-table fac ing an ordinary window, which looked but upon the garden. Our first at tention was given ito the body of the unfortunate squire, whose huge frame lay stretched across the room. His disord cred dress showed that he had been hastily aroused from sleep. The bullet had been fired at him from the front and had remained in his body after penetrating the heart His death had certainly been instanane ous and painless There was no powder-marking either upon hls
 dressing gown or on his hands Ac- lady had stains upon her face but none upon her hand
 "The absence of the latter means nothing, though it's presence may
 mean. everythng." sad Holmes. 'Gn- l less the powder from Q badly fitting cartridge happens to spurt backwards one may fire many shots without leav- ing a sign I would suggest that MT, | CubibSs body may now be removed ] 1 suppose. Doctor. you have not re- covered the bullet which wounded the Iady?"
 "A serious operation will be neces-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21

The Pagan


 xxTITH a somewhat sullen ex- w pression in her openly fnqu1r- W ing countenance, "The Pagan, Captain Charles Cary Rumsey's 8 much discussed statue in the nude, looks out to-day into the peerfng faces of the hundreds who daily visit the Metropolitan Museum CT Art, New. York City, as if pondering why she should be the center of so many curious eyes and the subject of such varied comment, praise and criticism
 This figure Is but one of a group of three, two of which are yet to be modelled. and when completed will stand at the head Of g cascade of water issuing from a mass of rock surrounded by trees and ferns.
 "I represent my creators coucep- ton of the mere Joy of Living. the embodiment of physical strength and insouciance that come from life in the open, spent in close touch and daily CcntaGt with nature and her greatest beauties" she seems to be struggling 10 explain to those who deferd and those who accuse. And she seems wcarily bored by il all; as if she would be let alone to place the lesson the famous sculptor meant her to impIaut-
 An exceptionally stormy career has been the fate of The Pagan" the latest masterpiece of Captain Eumaey. equally famous as a soldier in the American ExDedirjonary Force. as an artist an international polo player, and a breeder in the Blue Ridge mountain country of Virginia of a new and magnificent
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21
Soldiers and Sailors Monument

first was sAThe Bacchante" by Fred ertck MacMonnies, barred from the Boston Public Library by Blue Law fanatics only to be later purchased by the French government ana placed among the Immortafs in the Luxembourg, and now in the Met ropoIitan Museum The second was Barnard's Lincoln" called by many the greatest American statue; de- signed for Westminster Abbey and now in Manchester. The same de- termfned and bitter opposition con- fronted The Pagan" regarded by many to be as worthy. fin conception and execution as it's two noted pre- decessors.
 Among the famous works by Cap tain Rumsey are the Brownsville Soldiers and Sailors Monument" pictured above, and The Last Race" Captain Rumsey's work is distinctive in style, monumental and decorative in character. It is wholly American in type, although the sculptor received his training at the Ecole des Beaux Arts with Ver1et and AngeIbert-
 The sculptor won his rank as Captain in the Fortieth Engineers. A E.F., has studios in New York City. wheatley Hills. Long Island. and The Plains, Va. but spends most of his time with his wife and three children at Grasslands, The Plains. Fauquier County. Virginia
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21

body-his face was strained, his eyes anxious That deal was quite the biggest thing in the world to him at that moment To trust anyone with the details was the highest complf- ment he could pay them. He was really asking that one to help him sort out his soul.
 The Lady, listened to him for a few seconds and then cried out in an az srieved tone-"Oh Will why can't you stop talking shop when you get home? You know I hate that stupid old business, and I do think you might show a little consideration and talk about things that do interest me"
 She's in a frightful state of irritation because utter strangers omit a conventional gesture which has become perfectly meaningless Yet she rejects with scorn the great est mark of courtesy and honor from her husband, a discussion of his busi- ness affairs Ladies are queert
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21
Listen, World!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

in a stew The men don't take off their hats in the elevators in the city where she now lives, nor give her their seats in the street cars. Back in Georgia where she was raised, they always did these things. She feels the difference enormously. She says snappy things about these new men. She knows ''she wouldn't trust one of them after dark Where has the beautiful chivalry of her girlhood gone? Back in Georgia knighth ood is still in flower. but the rest of the world has reverted to the dark al ges.
 The other night the La.dy's hus- band started to tell her about a dea,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21
A HEALTH TALK.

Women must never take a back seat They must always keep fresh- Their beauty is the secret Of their happiness. But how can they do thls when pains rack the body, when they ire listless and oYer-fat? There is a way,
 Expert rnasseuse at the Atlas Turk lsh bath will apply hot and cold water tn the proper way They will pre- scrihe treatments for thin people or ,or obesity that positively will aid the patient
 There is every facility for clean, comfortable and healthy bathing at he newly renovated Atlas Baths on FairfeId avenue Just a minutes s walk from the center of the city. One ,our will do the trick unless one can finger longer amidst the luNuries of modern life. Try one.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21
ADVICE TO THE
 LOVELORN
Paying Their Way.
By BEATRICE TARTAN.

Paying Their Way Dear Miss Fairfax
 We are a group of girls all about eighteen. Having a club of boys and girls We usually go to the ice cream parlor or the tea room. Now. Miss Fairfax. We are all working girls and so are the boys, and as we do not care to be indebted to any young men We pay our own checks whenever es- corted. some of the boys have felt badly about ic and we want to know if We are not right in having a Dutch treat as We call it. Kindly answer.
 EDITH.
 Your spSrit is splendid. But the boys probably would have a lot more fun if they could follow the world old custom and show you a little at tention- Don't lay much stress on the money part of the situation. You can pay off any obligation charnlingly by uniting and giving the boys a dance or picnic, even by inviting them to your homes. When you in Sst on separate checks in the tea room or ice cream parlor you prob ably make the young fellows with you feel cheapened in their own sight and that of the walters. It's a lot of fuss over nothing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21
Ask Women For
 More Daughters

Washington, April 20-Members of the Daughters of the American Rev olutfon were called upon -''to do t tnelr duty to the Revolutionary ancestors bv increa sing the birth rate
 Every daughter is urged to give four children to America in a resolution introduced in the Thirtieth Congress of the organizati ton by Katherine Sn,itI7 Johnson of Pasadena. Ca The resolution also provides that every fourth child of a daughter shall be the special care of the D. An1- R.
 Florence Helen Kahr;g has been al lowed s2.00O on her claim of $2 4O0 arainst the estate of Barbara Rahr1g.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21
BEAUTY CHATS By EDNA KENT FORBES.
ANNOYING NAILS

Finger nails are such small things and yet they are so curiouSly SenSl-
 tive that a rough bit of skin pulled
 off hastily will start a sore that will be annoying for weeks. Perhaps it's their very smallness, and their ap- parent insignificance, that causes l them to be so much neglected-ln reta liation for which they will develop all sorts of troubles.
 They do not need much care and it does not take much time to keep them ! in condition. But the care must be intelligent, or the time will not be
 well spent. And the first thing to re-
 member is that the nails like every 1 other part of the body, sometimes re- 1 Quire to be fed
 We all know the sad story told by any pair of old, work-worn hands
 the blunted finger tips, enlarged knuckles. marked, misshapen nails ] There is something unusually pathetic about hands that have 1abored too hard. But there's the other story, too the woman or girl who does not 1 have to do more than the average 1 amount of labor, who, simply doesn' l know how to look after her nails. l Here are some simple directions: Give them a minutes care a day, 1 rather than an hour once in two weeks Scrub them with soap and water; clean with the tip of the file. 1 dipped in a bottle of lemon juice if 1 there are any stains on the fingers: 1 shape every other day with a piece Of | punlCe DOarQ-4O SeCoIuo LIlIAS Ii4t7 l takes; above all, push back the cutl- l cle daily with an orange wood suck- | this gives that clean edge every wom- 1 an so desires to see.
 l And rub the nails with cream
 every day if they are dry every few | days otherwise If you want the cuticle cream. which is healing and astringent and saves many hours l manicurine, send to me for the for mula of it know its value and 1 will he glad to send it
 Marie MA positive cure for n1ts in the hair is to soak the head m kerosene oil and tie up over nghI Shampoo next day. By thls ulne all 1he active vermin will be dead But the eggs will still be there, since these are fastened to the hair by a curlous sort of mucilage, and they Will hatch if they are not removed TO do lhIs'
 soak the head in vinegar, 1mmedlateIy " after the shampoo, then go over the
 scalp with a fine tooth comp olppeo
 in vinegar Usually one such treat
 ment is enough; if not second one
 will certainly take away all trace ot
 these unpleasant pests
 All inoufries addressed to Miss
 Forbes in care of the Beauty Chats
 department will be answered in these
 1 columns in their turn. This requires considerable time, however, owing tc
 the great number received 50 1T
 nersonaI or quicker reply is deslfed, slammed and self-addressed envelope must be enclosed with the question
 l-The Editor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21
\ Pickle Lover.
Dear Miss FairfaX:-

I have been going with q young man of twenty-eight. five years my senior for five wears. including one year of which I have been engaged. A girl in his office who is eighteen wrote him she was nadly in love with him, and since then he has neglected me. I have given up all my friends and plea sure looking towards future with him. What do you advise?
 HEARTBROKEN
 Of course any response your fiance makes to this bold and enterprising young person is due to Eratified van ity or the sense of adventure caused by his excitement at having her do the wooing so brazenly. Why don't you look at it as a. humorous adven- ture and by laughing at it good-na- turedly make him feel that hes hay ing a lark which you also enjoy and that the whole thing is beneath the notice of a grown man?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21

type of thoroughbred horse
 The product of many months of tireless labor. "'The Pagan" was ac- cepted by the Committee on Sculp- ture of the Architectural League of New York for the 1920 exhibition. placed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. destroyed by fire, repro duced, again accepted for the 1921 exhibition, only to be later rejected without any stated cause, and just recently reaccepted as the result of legal proceedings begun by Captain RumSey, now in England with the American International Polo team. In the meantime those who once rejected ''The Pagan have arefully explained that it was all 8 mistake e. and she now is the center of attrac- tion in the first American Salon held under the auspices of the Archi- tecturai League.
 ''The Pagan" is the third great American work of art to be rejected in the last few years by sapient critics without apparent cause. The
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21
By A. Conan Doyle

sary before that can be done. But there are still four cartridges in Hhe. revolver Two have been fired and two wounds inflicted, so that each bullet can be accounted for.
 "So it would seem" said Holmes. Perhaps you can account also for the. bullet which has so obviously struck the edge of the wind ow2"
 He had turned suddenly. and his long, thin finger was pointing to a hole which had been driileds through the lower window-sash, about an inch above the bottom
 By George cried the inspector. How did you ever see that?" Because I looked for it" 'fWonderful,'' said the country doc tor You are certainly right, sir. Then third shot has been fired, and therefore a third person must have been present But who could that have been, and how could he have got away? ?''
 That is the problem which we are now about to solve.'' said Sherlock Holmes. You rememb ber Inspector | Martin when the servants said that | on leaving their room they were al once conscious of a smell of powder, remarked that the point was an eX- 1 tremely important one?" l ''Yes, sir. but I confess did not quite follow you
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21
PERSONALS

MISS ANNA LEE of Park avenue has returned from New Britain, where she was the house guest Of friends for several days.
 MISS MARY HINCkS of Park Place has returned from brief Vlslt with friends in New ! ork City.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21

An elaborate reception is being mepared for Major General Wood upon his arrival at Shanghai en route to the Philippines
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21

Russia and Poland have commenced repatriation of prisoners taken dur Ing the conflict between the Bolshe- wiki and Poland
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21

Eleven of the fifteen colleries of the Dominion Coal Co.,. of Nova Scotia. resumed operations. recalling : 900 men out of 10000 formerly em- ployed. -.-----------
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21

Tomorrow-The Adventure of the Dancing Men. continued
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21
NURSES TO HOLD
 CONVENTION IN
 CONCORD, N. H

The Biennial Convention of the American Nurses Association will be held in Concord, New Hampshire, May 10, Il and 18th. An interesting pro gram has been prepared with partic- ular reference to the nursing prob lems of today.
 As this is the only meeting which the American Nurses Association will hold in this section this year, it is par ticularly 6esirous that as many nurses as possible attend. There are many problems of the nursing profession to- day that need to be discussed and this meeting will give an opportunity for such discussion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21

Hackensack and Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey towns, have adopted day light saving ordinances, effective Sun- day night.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-21

Copyright 1921. by Harper 6 Bros. Published by special arrangement with the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-08
REACTION AGAINST COlDIUNIsM

REACTION AGAINST COMMONloM x
 The old human urge to produce and to own. to trade with ones fellows and to eN- crcisc individual initiative in business at7 fairs has cropped up in Russia with the re- taxation of the insane communist regula- uous.
 Russian workers have begun to mamu- fracture small things -the things that they know how to produce with their hands and tho little tools in their posscssion-to trade with tho peasants
 Although but a few days have passed since tbc rcyulsin of the people compelled Iwuc and his co-workcrs to 0bate their communist madness, considerable traffic in these articles already has been built up with tbc producers of foodstuffs.
 Nothing more strikmgly indicating thc essential folly of communism or applied So- ..al'm could he imagined Even Lcniuc sccs .b's for he is quoted as dcclarmg:
 "Wemust grant rccr economic re-
 h.ius between workers and peasants.
 Freedom of economic relations means
 rrcc trade and free trade signifies a
 return uo capitalism.
 TEc cant of the communist at this stage of Russian affairs cNcitcs only dcrision.
 This is mo "rcm to capitalism lt is return to oa system of trade that responds to thc human desire as everlasting as the hills. to create for oneself, to own solely and To exchange something, whether for goods u- money. ror the things one desires with- om intervention. control OF enforced dircc- Uou Ot g0ycwmcut
 Al. of which, in the last analysis, means Iocdom- Seattle Times
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-08
SOUR DOUGH NOTES
Happenings on Douglas Island Twenty Yoau Ago This Week
 From News Files

The Rev. Hammond Cole of Che Congregational church was giving a 1o.al auo of sermons on "Mar- raee"
 Steamer Senator smashed a pile m the DoueIaa dock while making a laudIus
 Hauod oH the previous Sunday Eaaiar Sunday
 George HHu and Hugh McVac loft on a Grip to uaWEou.
 X spark from tho amokcatack rlwed nre at Che Douglas steam Laundry
 The Valdez NcwH was added to
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-08

Now Chat waa something uto cla and vaa wcu worth Che mmcr chmecd. wbcrcaa had hc wcu- known and popular uulo verse been rendered .u understandable aneuam sIs bits would have beon Q fair am equitable rrlao and even thon som. would uaYo probably demanded tho return ol thcr money.
 And tha ia whv iu Che opinion of lbo Stroller Che yoelIisa or hr ur.n, day are not up Co tho e,au- dard cf those of o soos. or more years ago. Their audiences can uu. dcrsard what mcy Iy and tlal to a very great oztcnt douncu from thc ublmIy of Che rndiuoas Only recently hc Stroller was prcnt whom a somewhat renowned pramJ- day vocalist performed and ho could distinguish nearly half Che wTla she uttered
 Another taus thot In Che opinion of Che Stroller marks deterioration on tbo part ol yocaIiau is tua. thcy do mot Haad on their toes and turn oaJ Che whites of their oycs whom 'topnotrs and ummn thus cau.- ing to bc lost much cIec, and Che conviction that they arc arusa of superior attainment
 And os far as malo singers arc concerned. hc Stroller notes witch ro- erct hat there is mo, more chan one or two TOW where tho-o were D doad u former times. Also ho no, uat hc umbre of hc voices oi thc majority O. Che wouId-be male voeai- a.s of the rrou. day begin to raeF u. am earlier ago now than of yor. Thm male voices dId not begin ,o .acs under 50 ycar now th.y ar. beginning to slip at a5. or coln. the tacH arc not very w.do but tho cracks are Uhero too wide iot notwithstanding and not v.d. enough for Q p1I.ur fencc.
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-08
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O. Tcmporcs' O. Marcs
 The stroller dopIoros mo dcrcn- cra-y oftbc umu as noted in yocal- rs Chose gifted vlth Che most beautiful and gracious Of Namct endowmouts. nc faculty Of enter unue by u.c ol th..r voIcc sii- ycr-toneuod orators may molbIud us and fluent rbatoricIaus may nwc us for @ umc to forget Che II. c. of L.. but itI Is lcIt to thc accomplish ed vocalist to ouchaut w and carry ua away n imagination into coics- uaI regions. ucrc to rayeI in swcct communion with ylnh-iitc myths of Che unknown How Ia chat for con ulkD
 Tho Stroller u and always hm been nam.ouotcy fond ol music and Co him Che human voice haa al' other kinds of music taking Che count But what Inc Intended to say n Che beginning of ttH article N that Che human yo.ca seems Go have lost much Of lta fascination for him since hoso who rank high as vocai- .a hoyc taken to ar.icuatuE their words o that mcy can be mdw stood m Che good old days one of hc mos. pleasing lelur. or a vocal solo was Uat Che audience had no idea as to what lauwaeo tac rcudi- uou was bc'ur eIycu and it medo Il uI Che moro interesting when tho listener was kept guessing as Go whether it was French Italian O. OIo Olson.
 Th. Stroller ou.c .nar,cd t.m aIl from six dollars n New Odoau. Go hear bdeHu. paa wrb'o a ior dua and ior tlo Mu enoora aa. gave Che fu. worse Of "Wu uH the CIouda Rou Br and ta.a u what she said.
 "Wau Gan cha c'a u ha Imau
 Wan uu Cha o'au .a bys
 Jaa1u ml au ua Iu uau
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Douglas Island news., 1921-04-08

Che exchange list Of Che News as Che first paper published in that city
 A bis Easter program given by Che children of Ono lalaud at Che Con- grogatlouai church
 One thousand ax hundred gixty- two dollars and nfiy cents was rais- cd by public subscription for the family of a man who had met acci- dental death. leaving a widow and a number of children.
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-08
X GOOD OFFICIAL

]. was with a feeling of regret that the people O. Douglas heard that Mayor F. A.. L Ga'lwas would not file as a candidate ror tbc present council Mayor GaIlwas has made am excellent official and has taken a wonderful interest in the welfare of the city,
 The community can not we'll afford to have men of the stamp of Mayor GaIIwas sitting ou the side lines. He should be m hc .hjc. of tbc game where Inc does the most rood