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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-03
UNSEEN HANDS
A BegViJdeying DetectiUe Story
 By Robert Orr Chipperfield

catch Doctor Adams at his office be- fore he started upon his afternoon round of visits.
 He felt that he needed aid and problems crowding fast upon each others heels. He had acquired a be- wildering- mount of data, most of which must in the efd proce to be irrelevant; but he had made prog ress in one direction at least. and to be cleared up before he handed in his report of the mornings prog ress to his chief.
 Doctor Adams office, the address of which he had learned in that last hasty slimpsa at the telephone book was a most imposing one; but the reception room was virtually empty owing to the laten esssi of the hour and soon Odell was ushered into the private consulting office.
 The doctor proved to be a small, genial man of about sixty. with a shock of snow-white hair and keen twinkling dark eyes beneath bushy white brows. From police headquarters he re- peated when his visitor had disclos- ed his identity.
 Yes. doctor. We have been asked to inquire into the dea h of Mrs. Rich ard Lorre'' Dear mel" The doctor shook his hes I. The medical examiner was quite satisfied with my report and | that of the specialists. This will be 8 sad blow to the family I canno, think who-'
 '"It was the family themselves who 1 asked for the investiga tior.' Odell remarked. "I believe that the cause
 of Mrs. Lorne's death was not fully determined"
 Most certainly it was!" the little ! doctor replied indignantly. She died ! from blood poisoning. We were all | greed upon that
 | Yet you were unable to check it1' Odell reminded him quietly. Were 1 YOU all agreed also upon the nature | of the poison involved ?''
 What do you mean, sir? ?'
 ''The specialists admit that the case
 baffled them from the start; that | they advised every known method o1 | cure, but the infection kept spread ing; and that they virtually gave LII ! the case at last" Odell explained
 mendaciously.
 l Well, if McCutcheon admitted tha.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-03
Advice To The
 Lovelorn
atBy BEATRICE FAIRFAx.)
UNSTABLE LOVE.

Dear Miss F'airfax:-~
 I am going about with a girl who thought was just the kind of a girl was looking for, but now I find her to be just opposite in every way to my ideal.
 Now, the girl is very good in every way, but can't seem to take her the way I should
 I hate to tell her this because it would break her heart. And now an old friend means more to me.
 SINCERE.
 It is said that love is not always a stable thing. It is still more sad that we humans mistake our feelings and sometimes we think we love when our feeling is far slighter than it mould be. Perhaps you are not even now sure of yourself. Maybe you are ane of those ficllle ones who always mink "'the grass in the next pasture reener than in his own lot.'' Make :ure of yourself. Possibly you merely lndervalue the thing of which you re certain. Maybe you care more or the chase than for the victory But if once you become certain that -ou love the other girl'' be man nough to tell the truth to the girl for whom you find you do not care. The ruth can never hurt her as much as rou must hurt her if you marry with ,ut love.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-03
When A Girl Marries
By ANN LISLE

enough front entrance. And I'm con- vince dthat Evvy's a cat ready to claw
 all the Harrisons- And Sheldon
 Virginia, flushed and bridled.
 "Oh, really. Anne. I'm not sure that-all women aren't-cats, she said smoothly.
 well, let's not set out to prove it." I laughed nervously. Then. en- couraged by the flicker of a smile
 on Virginia's lips, I rushed on:
 Sheldon is a fiirt, Jeanie. He
 was tremendously taken with you at
 sight, that I know. So he just flung
 Evvy over like that-pouffi-fo you
 And when you did not encourage him as. of course, you wouldn't, since he's not clever enough to interest you he talked a. bit of nonsense to me and now he's using Evvy to further
 his Irritation with Phoebe. Am right?'
 You put it rather cleverly.'
 smiled Virginia, recognizing my eff forts to be charmingly tactful, but not resenting them for all that of course, you wouldn't bother with him. but he might turn the head of a baby like Phoebe," I went firmly
 on my appointed way.
 Then Virginia surprised me. You don't think Pat has ever seer Shelly out with me-and is-doins this on that account?" she said dis 1 jointedly, but not at all incoherently Would he?' I asked boldly Virginia sat thinking for a mo- ment-her face was grave and white wondered if she could doff the l Harrison pride, if she could warn | her own coldness to the ardent flame | of a big, fearless love. what ther | would be her answer. I wondered ii
 she were capable of a big, fearles: | love. I wondered if Pat had asked it of her and she had been toe | wrapped in her icy mantle of dignity | to give it. Of had she given lavishlS | and had Pat flung it back at her un | wanted, or trampled it in the dust a | the shrine of his own egotism? | wondered, but I wasn't sure that i had the right even to want to know Would a big man like Pat Dal | ton stoop to revenge himself on 2 | little enc like She1don2" I asked. "You think Pat is big 2"
 Big and strong like a real man
 with big, strong faults; and weal and helpless like the boy he Ina: | never quite outgrown-he's Ireland | itself,'' I replied.
 'Yes." said Virginia, starting ahead | and sitting so still that was afraid t to breathe lest I break the spell.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-03
CHARTER CLNN

CHATTER CLAN.
 "It wasn't a jealous cat who told you all those cruel bits of gossip about Phoebe?" cried Virginia, inter- rupting me with student force. You mean it wasn't a woman?" ~
 Tt was Patl'' I said quietly, hurl- certainty that the time fuse wasn,t right and that the explosion wouldn't take place just as scheduled
 Virginia stirred a little on her throne She crossed her pretty. slender feet, tucked them childishly out again and crossed them just as they had been before. Her hands didn't move, but. they whitened a bit at the knuckles as if she were grip ping the arms of the chair with stern
 Pat" she said, and laughed quite n1irthlessly, "Pat. He's in big busi- ness following ny little sister about a6 ut you, Anne-ashamed and bitterly dis appointed to think you'd listen."
 "Jeanie" I replied with the sem blance of a composure l was Ia Tar terly disappointed to think-you won't hsten!'
 Are, you trying to be humorous?" asked Virginia in strangled voice "HumorousI" I retored, passion ately t+Humorous, indeed, when l brave the Harrison pride. knowing what a dragon it is Virginia, I'm dead in earnest And so was Pat He adores Phoebe. She's a baby girl to him-a little girl to protect and cherish And if you'll just be fair. you'll see I'm right"
 Virginia stared at me in amaze e. ment for moment. Something in the tremendous feeling I had and dared not express must have swayed her and moved her to recognize the truth of my feelings For this Phoebe had been protected" from Neal and his boyish love- For this my little dead mothers diamond | circlet had been torn from Phoebe's | finger, and the betrothal of the two young things had been. ended. . | I couldn't say a word of it, but some 1 part of what I felt seemed to com i pei Virginia's respect And as she | stared at me, wide-eyed, with tight ening jaw and quivering throat, l ventured on with the fearlessness l sat really belongs to a just cause: Virginia. I don't like Dick West, | through thatllarrow dark al1ey-way to a Zs Eant that had a brigf
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there is no harm in my telling you
 that it fgas unique in my experience There was every evidence of blood poison, and yet it failed to respond in the least degree to the treatmen,
 usual in such cases" Doctor Adams admitted. The blood itself, of which we took many samples for analysis, did not reveal the slightest trace of
 any poison; and the patient, although suffering great pain, remained con- scious almost until the 1ast.'' 1T believe you took some of the embroidery silk with which Mrs. Lorne had been working at the time she prIcked her finger; did you not?''
 Yes, sergeant. I thought that per
 haps some of the dye had entered proved to be harmless The detective leaned forward in his chair.
 You took the needle also, I be- lieve?''
 The physician nodded. Tt was as clean as though it had | been sterilized, The infection must have come from something else. If people would only realize the ne- cessity of sterilizat m of even the death rate would be lowered to an | astonishing degree"
 Perhaps there was something
 WEong W1oni with Mrs Lorne's blood" 1 ouell CenSuTeQ. COulO that have been contributory cause. doctor % "No," the other replied emphat- | ically
 Her. blood was almost 100 yer cent | pure. Mrs. Lorne was in perfect i health until the ray she ran the
 needle into her finger. I have been | her family physician for many years. | brought all her children into the world, and I knew her constitution l thoroughly. Moreover, the analysis l lDf 1n- I,r -l,<
 impurity.''
 You were aware that up to the i time of illness she was taking a course l of beauty treatment of some sort ?'' 1 The doctor snorted.
 l Beauty .butchery, you mean!' he retorted. "Quack surgery! Face-lift- 1 ing, they call it; cut the skin around | the temples and ra-se it to remove
 wrinkles and make the skin tight l
 did all l could to prevent her mak- | ing a fool of herself; but if you had known Mrs Lorne, sergeant, you | would know that you might as wei 1 dissuade her from anything she had | ing my turn to consult you I studied I have talked to the winds try tc l set her mind upon. he, had the ef- frontery to tell her husband that ] ] had ordered her to stay in towr | and undergo course of electrica treatments; and IT was weak eaough to back her up. But I watch. ed the progress of the skin-liftine Il process carefully. and I can certify
 that it had nothing to do with hel
 death.'
 :. Gro Be Continued.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-03
CHINESE STUDENTS ARE BECOMING ACTIVE

Peking, Jan. 1 Chinese students have become active in an effort to arouse the populace to realization Of the alleged seriousness of Japanese aggression in the Hungchun and Chientao districts, by means of street demonstrations.
 Several thousand men and women students representing 29 schools and colleges congrgated recently in the plaza before Central Park hre and marched to the gate leading to the presidential palace, thence the For eign Office and several of the minis tries, carrying flags and banners with patriotic inscriptions.
 At the Foreign Office. Dr. w w Yen spoke to the students from a. balcony. He is said to have assured them that the military governor of Manchuria, Chang Tso-lin. had en- tered into no agreement with the Japanese. as reported. for military cooperation in policing Manchuria- ner had the Foreign Office recognized any right on the part of Japan to send troops into Chinese territory
 The students were orderly and there was no work for the extra po- lice who were rushed to the various localities visited For several days street orators have been busy with crowds in the streets.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-03
Beauty Chats
IF YOU AREN'T PRETTY.

I receive a surprising number of letters from girls and women Who insist that they are not pretty, that hey never were pretty, and that hem pretty Then they ask me to make them pretty!
 Of course I am ready to admit here are some cases Which mlght sem hopeless, but have never yet believed that a woman-that any wo- rnan-couId be hoplessly homeiy un- 'ess she had a hcpelessly homely dis position which she did not intend to rharge. Nothing can be done to the u-natured face until the disposition hat made it ugly has undergone re construction.
 Thef7a are lots of perfectly nice girls who have, unfortunately, inherited lad noses and ugly chins and non lee.cript hair and small eyes, who ook at themselves in the mirror and
 ay, '"There is nothing here even to ,esin improving" Of course, that tsn't quite so Any woman can have Ger. of moderately good health. good digestion, and obedience to a few l simple hygienic laws. The hair vii always improve somewhat if cared | for properly: and pretty nails, whicf are the result of care. will redeem | the hom elieSt hands.
 l But I can say this-to the womel | who feel that they have been cheated of their birthris'ht of beauty-1f yo' aren't pretty you can at least b smart. A homely woman who dresse beautifully is always the envy of tn | beautiful woman who dresses badly I It is a part of our feminine vanity
 it may be a shame but, nevertheless
 there it is.e> .. I would not write this if smart
 ness depended upon money, for
 great many of my readeds must man age on very small incomes. The ricl
 woman may be well dressed, becaus
 she goes only ito places that deal i
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far ofttime. Deplorab1e state of
 sartorial affairs, to be sure, and yet
 if the present shortening and lower
 ing goes on what else may the poor
 public expect
 Velvet is the most wonderful of
 backgrounds for precious jewels and
 the most satisfactory of settings for
 the perfect figure and because of
 these two things it is one of the most popular of fabrics for the, formal frock, even when it's wearer possesses neither as many nor as much of the one nor the other precious commod- ity as she might desire. Still, in this case, velvet does much to make up for the lack.
 Then, too, velvet needs little, if any elaboration, although often no pains
 nas been spared to enhance it's beau | ty. Lace is one of the mediums through which the designer achieves perfection. When the real things in the way of jewels are not possible
 the same clever power behind the gown distracts attention from their absence by cleverly adorning the i gown with jade girdle or loops of crystal or ropes of glistening jet.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-03

smart fashions. but the poorer wo- man can look almost as smart with a little ingenuity, The cheapest ging- ham can be made up as distinctively as the most expensive material And swagger lines which, after all, are what one pays for in an expensive eS- tablishment, can be achieved by the home e-dressmaker if she will work and study and try.
 ''Smartness'' consists often in little things. Learn to dress your hair fashionably: if necessary even learn to marcel it. Learn to walk grace fully, for poise has a great deal to do with ''smartness. Learn to keep everything about yourself and your wardrobe at a perfection of neatn ess. Then, even if you have a large nose and small chin. you will have at tained something that many beautiful women would give a great deal to be able to acquire
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that most effectively proclaim her good taste and ingenuity, but it can be done, and she does it. And call ing upon the best traditions of two continents it is not such a difficult task after all.
 Somewhere, somehow we have heard that skirts are coming down, but we prefer to believe the evidence of our own eyes, that after all, are seldom known to play us false, and though we would not tell her so to her face and the fiishty Dame never gives us chance to ask her the why's and wherefors of her prophecies, we whis- per under our breaths that rumor has once again scattered tidings that are baseless. Certainly to judge from appearances the long skirt propagan- ! dist hasn't a leg to stand on. If
 anything they Seem to the critical 4ob- server higher than ever.
 ! Can it be that the bodice has de-
 veloped a fellow feeling for the skirt
 in the latter's. so evident desire to be
 in. evidence as little as possible? Or | is it just our lively imagination that
 visions the meeting of the top of the | one with the bottom of the other at a
 given point-the girdle-at some not
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-03
FASHIONGRAMS.

Dyed lace toned to the material with which it is used is coming to be a very popular feature in both mil liners and dreSsm makerS' schemes.
 Carved ivory neckchains promise to supp1ant long ropes of pearls with women who like to dress pp to the styles of the moment.
 The very newest rings worn by French women are those in which large squares. ovals or .oblongs of precious stones are set. In many cases these stones are urrounded with brilliant Sapphires and emer- aids set thus are especially popular.
 Spanish combs are coming into pronounced favor with the advent of the new high coiffure.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-03
XIV SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS .
 Two strange death in the Lorne home, that oT Mrs. Lornc and her son. Julian Chalmers, oufck- ly followed by two mysterious accidents to LorIic and a second son. Eugene. result in the sum- no.sng of Barry Odeii. a detec-
 ve sergeant. He questions var
 puS members of the family. di-
 rcting his attention chiefly to
 heavy picture which fell, mar
 kvly missing Eugene. He gath
 important facts from WCrI<-
 eE sent to Pchang the picture
 id from Miss Fife Meade. Mrs.
 Ornc'S spinStcr sister, he learns
 ne address &pf beauty paEior
 hich Mr: LofHe had patroni1eI.
 do not know when I can get k, Miss Meade. I have an ap- ntment now which I must keep, len l return I want to have an in- fview with Miss Chalmers and also ith her brother. her youngest broth-
 
 ',I am afraid that will be impos- ble. He is a semi-invalid, and this one of his bad days-' Her approximation was interrupted a voice froin the doorway If you please, Miss Meade, there Are four men heIe, and they say they want to speak to Sergeant Odell.' It was Jane, and at her heels four plain clothes men entered and stopped just within the doorway.
 Hello, Smith, Kelly, Porter; I ask ed the chief to be sure to send you. Hello, Taylor Odell greeted them in turn and then remarked to the figure beside him, "They're my assistants from headqua rters. Miss Meade. I'm sorry to inflict them upon you, but we've got to guard against a repetition of the outrages of last night and this morning. Please give them full liberty to go where they like about the house, and tell every one that they are acting under my orders and must not be intereferec with"
 Certainly, Sergeant Odell.'' Miss Meade moved +o the door. Let me know if there is anything I can dt to aid them"
 Odell issued instru ctions to his men glanced at telephone book for moment, and then left the house IF he walked rapidly enough he could /
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f do not know when I can get fl, Miss Meade. I have an ap- |ntment now Which I must keep. len I return I want to have an in- view with Miss Chalmers and also h her brother. her youngest broth-
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T am afraid that will be impos- ole. He is a semi-invalid, and this
 one of his bad days" Her eXpNStulatinn WAS interCII nt cd
The New York herald., 1921-08-16
Quick K. o. by Amateur
at N. Y. A. C.. Boxing Show

Samuel Terris bard hitting flyweight
or Rutgers Gymnasium scored a knock
out In almost record time at the boxing
tournament for amateurs conducted by
the New York A. G. in he gymnasium
Of Its city clubhouse in Central Park
South last night.
The youngster whom Terris put down
for the count in short order was c. Miller
of the Clark House A. A. The boys met
in the second bout for 10 FOUNDERS
Tsrris registered a knockout within thir-
ty-eight seconds after hostilities began
in the first round. The summaries:
11S Pound Glass (TinaI Bout)--F Fried
land. Educational Alliance. defeated p. Fer
ranto, Clark House A. A: four rounds !;
Judges decision.
1875 Pound Glass (Finai Bout)-N. Packer.
unattached, defeated j. Carroll, Seventy
first Regiment; four rounds. referees de-
csicn.
liO Pound Class CFirst Bout)-J. o'Conneil,
Greek American A. c.: three rounds; judges
decision. Second Bouts. Terris Rutgers
Gymnasium. defeated o. Miller. Clark House
A. A.; one round: referees decision.
Special Bout. 100 Pound Class-C. Kay. un-
attached, defeated b. Pescowitz, Young Men s
Hebrew Association: three rounds; Judges
decision.
i8s Pound Glass CFrirst Bout)-John Esmus.
Brooklyn Y. NJ. G. A., defeated Il. III. Raft.
unattached; three rounds: referees decision.
Second Bout. Littman, Young Mems He
brew Association. defeated r. Sollish, unat-
tached: four rounds: Judges decision.
Special Bout, 135 Pound Class-Martin
Demas. Greek-American A. c.; three rounds !:
Judges decision.
The New York herald., 1921-08-16
1900 TO SHOOT IN
SEA GIRT TOURNEY
U. s. Navy and Marine Corps
Teams Practising Daily
Fifty Events Scheduled.

SEA GIRT. n. T.. Aug. 15.-Hundreds
Of expert rifiemen from all over the
country here for the annual Sea Girt
rife tournament. which opens on
Wednesday on the State rife ranges,
are putting In hours OF practice shoot
ing every day. 1t is estimated that at
least 1900 men will take part In the
ten-day shoot, in which more than fifty
events are scheduled 10 be shot.
The United States Navy and the Ma
rine Corps teams are both here, and
although IL was first decided by the
War Department not to have the inf9n-
try and cavalry teams participate the
latest word from Washington Is that
they will benefit by the valuable prac-
tice which the army shooters viii get
prior to the opening of the national
matches at Camp Perry. Ohio. next
month. Most Of the State teams which
will participate in the matches at Perry
are coming here. Pennsylvania, New
York. Massachusetts. the District OF
Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and the
New Jersey teams being among the
first to arrive. Hundreds OF individual
cracks win also compete in the individ-
ual events.
Brgadier General Bird w. Spencer
the inspector general OF rifle practice
for New Jersey. will offlciate as the
executive officer. Assisting him will be
Col. William T. Read, Col. William
Libbey. Lieut.-Col Alvin III. Graf and
Lieut-Col. David Flynn.
The New York herald., 1921-08-16
Caldornians Win on
Courts at SOUTHAMPTON

SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y, Aug. 15-The
annual Southampton invitation tennis
tournament opened to-day nt the Meadow
Club. with the luck Of the draw giving
most OF the prominent players bye for
the first round. Among these were Vim
cent Richards. present holder or the
trophy: Willis Il. Davis of San Fran
cisco and several British Davis cup
players
william J. Clothier. former national
champion and runner up in the tourna-
mcnt last year, had n hard task to elm
mate ]. NJ. Davies of Los Angeles, Sc,
3---6, 6--1. o. g. ". Turnbull OF Great
Britain won from Charles Wood, New
York. Go. Ga.
Robert Kinsey OF San Francisco de-
feated Il. r. Herndon OF Princeton, 6--2,
81, and Howard Kinsey outplayed DR..
George King OF New York, Us, 60.
The summary:
First Round-I.eon Deturenne defeated Itid-
low Van De Venter. Cd, So. o. q. N.
Turnhuil defeated Charles Wood, Go. 9-3
Robert Kinsey defeated T.. r.. Herndon,
bert l.. Bowman. Ga. SO: Harold GodshaIl
defeated George Walker. Jr., O.. 6--3; r..
Reynal won from Dean Mathey by default;
Howard Kinsey defeated DR.. George King,
rs. 60; Phil Neer defeated j. E. Howard
Ga. Ga; w. ). Ciothier defeated j. NJ.
Davies. Sc, 30. OIL: Harold Taylor de-
second Rouud-Godshail defeated Reynel,
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