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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28

London, Dec. 2S-This one time metropoIis of .he world has forgotten how to be gay. it has lost its capacity for enjoyment. Midnight revels and supper parties gre things of the past.
 Restaurants and railroads report an extra ordinary slump in patronage ~aad declare London has been demor- aIized >hypnotized and broken-spirft- ed by wartime restrictions. The city now deliberately chooses to go to bed at II.
 Six years ago the night life of Lon don-its suppers, entertainments and dances-was one Of its principal fea- lures. From Il at night to in the morning was the gayest period of the day. People cene from afar for the pleasure of few nights in the city.
 And then, just six years ago, came the heavy hand Of what was known as "Dora," otherwise the Defense of the Realm act. It was made illegal to obtain a drink after 9:30. Danc- ing was practically ruled out entirely after dark. Even restaurants had to shut at 11:30. Zeppelins and econo- my killed L.ondon's gay evenings.
 Two months ago. after three years of peace, the restrictions were lifted It is now possible to get @ drink in London until 12:30 and even up to 4 in the morning. in places specially ia vored. Champagne can now be drunk openly instead of out of cups, and 1t Is no longer necessary to carry a pocket flask of w1iskey. It seemed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
BARRIERS IN CHINA STRIKE FOR MORE
 THAN FIVE CENTS
Three Gent Shave and Nick el Haircut, With Ear Cleaning and Face Mas '~ sage Thrown In, Seems Insufficient to Them, But Community Is Aghast At Their Impudence.

Shanghai Dec. 28.-Five thousand Chinese barbers have declared a sttike ir Shanghai.
 They claim that three cents isn't enough for a shave, and that five cents is far too little for a haircut, the ear-cIeaning process and facial massage are thrown in for good meas ure.
 The Chinese community is aghast at the impotence of the barbers Think of 1.-the barbers, who stand at the very bottom of the Chinese so- cial ladder, are dissatisfied.
 What if the cost of rice has in creased2'' asks Wong Fong tsz, 'rickshaw coolie, as he surveys the matter with the proud assurance of one who knows his own relative so- cial importance. "BarberS-why, bar hers receive S10 anonth, and this is too much for them. Imagine bar
 berS Strikingi''
 Incense is being burned before the god of the barbers, Loh Yuninshan, in the City Temple, and red candles are lighted before his shrine by the bar bers, who the praying that their monthly income be augmented at least an additional 10 per cent. cry from the tonsorial parlor of America The majority of the bar bers work out of doors. Long rows of barbers are seen in the Temple courtyard, others in a busy city gate, while many travel from door to door, From Loh Yuinshan the Chinese barbers learned the art of shaving the head, scraping the face, pIeating the queues, cleaning the ears with small ivory spoons, wiping the eyelids and humping and massaging the face and back.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
COLLINS HAS HUMOR

Collins, the Irish Republican has his share of Having received from American radical invitation to stand out to the end will send million monh, he replied Send half million thousand fully equipped Having been invited to of the Irish branches in America he piled. this branch also.'
 noticeable that the who do the fighting are settlement It is indeed quite for Ameri cans who are remote and who little understand inc terror and Ireland shout for 
 It themselves, especially those who have who must decide what Ireland ought to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
.IH[@a1[(dhL Talks SE|
 By John B. Huber AM,MD

An ounce of precautiop is worth tons of regret.
 BOYS WILL BE BOYS
 About two years ago, after day of ordinary activity, feeling fine and fit I sat in my home reading my paper. At about 10 p. m. rose to go to bed and without warning I took a tumble for the floor. Thinking this was caused from my legs going to sleep I got back into my chair to get up circulation, feeling no inconvenience whatever. Finding my legs not at fault I rose agatn but cautiously and found a swimming sensation in my head. When I sat down this dizzi- ness was not apparent By the aid of a chair I got to bed and fell asleep and did not awake till the next morn ing. I got up but found my head still in the swim. I could walk as ever but only with a. support. Shortly after this vomiting set in and lasted for 24 hours or more. In about six months was able to walk without can but am still more or less light headed. I look up or sidewise sud- denly I am apt to lose my balance. weigh about 175, average weight for the last 50 years, never used intoNi- cants, narcotics, nor tobacco in any form. I am physically and mentally touch the floor without bending my knees, and jump up and cracks my heels together three times before striking the floor. My digestion is apparently good, I sleep well and about hours out of the 24, and am always optimistic. So, whats wrong? While I have no pain in my ears I have a hunch that the cause my faulty equilibrium is in the ear. Are such things known to medical science? If not too much trouble I would like to have your opinion and advice, l if you think any advice necessary.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28

Is though nothing stood in the way of Londoners rsverttng to their former habits
 At any rate, the restaurants, thea tres and dancing places thought so They laid all their plans for an orgy of enjoyment and expected a big boom. The tubes" the subways of London, agreed with them and, in stead of stopping their service at mid night, ran trains until 1:So, They had visions of 8 heavy post-midnight traffic.
 All Ware wrong alike. Londoners had forgotten that there were such things as suppers after the theatres. They codld not realize that late trains were permitted CT that 1t was really legal to dance after midnight. The early-to-bed habit had grown too strong,
 Respectfully the tubes have had to admit the fact. They have even counted the passengers leaving Pic cadilly CircuS-the heart of London -on four trains leaving in various directions at 12;50 a. m. On one there were 22 people, on another 34, on the third 13 and the fourth II, And each of these trains is scheduled to carry 800 people. No wonder that transportation authorities are debat- ing whether late traffic is worth while.
 Restaurants tell a similar story, At the Savoy Hotel. in 1914, about $50 suppers used to be served nightt.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28

"A large increase both in the VOL tune and the total value of exports from the United States to Mexico dur ing the eight months ending with Aug ust last, seems somewhat anomalous when considered in connection with the decline in values of goods impor- ted by us from Mexico during the same time." says the St Louis Globe Dispatch.
 In an analysis of the figures. issued by the National Association for the Protection of American Rights in Mexico, the statement is made that the enormous increase in exports to Mexico reflects the paralysis of that country's industry, due to the un- certainty of land owners about their titles and to business men about profit sharing laws which are referred to in Mexico as the strangle laws. A very large proportion of the goods imported by Mexico consists simply of food and finished necessities of life. Mexico's exports have been declining steadily in volume for about two years during which period her imports have been rising, sometimes gradually and some times very sharply. according to the number of bolshevik outbreaks, strikes or revolutions in progress, also &C., cording to the condition of the Ma tional Railways.
 The only article which Mexico ex- ports that OOeS not SDO" pOtn IL uS- cline in volume and value is petrol cum. With this item removed, the exports of the country are negligible More than sixty per cent of the rev. enue or the National Government is now obtained from taxes on oil
 During the first eight months Of this year Mexico's exports declined forty million dollars compared with the same period of 1920. while her in- ports increased sixty million dollars during the same period.
 The great Mexican cattle ranges have been swept almost clean of cat tie so that Mexico Is now importing both meats and hides from the United States. The uncertainty of conditions in the outlying sections of the country and the unsatisfactory railway service gave forced Mexico to buy from the Omitted States many million of dollars worth of lumber. although that country holds some of the greatest timber reserves on this continent
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS
 OF PROHIBITION

(Fron the New York Evening Post.)
 Prohibition enforcement in this
 country is notoriously complicated by the factor of foreign liquor imports, legal and illegal. In Europe the in- ternational phases of prohibition have
 provided @ problem for diplomacy. Norway, which has gone in for pro-
 hTbition, declares she will have no more of PortueaPs wine and Portugal replies that she will have no more
 of Norway's fish. This mutual boy colt probably admits of solution ow- ing to the negligible role Portugal and Spain, however. and the North it is a different matter. France serves notice on Denmark that, having sold
 her S.o0O,o0o francs worth of wine last year, there must be no thought
 of prohibition In the Kingdom of Denmark, while Norway, despite her
 long and valiant fight for prohibition,
 signs a commercial treaty with
 France for the equitable exchange of
 wine and hsh,
 Thte prohibition party in France
 and there is one-has latterly resort
 ed to strong arguments in making out its case, It asserts that when Fin land, years ago as a province of Rus sia, tried to introduce prohibition there was an exchange of notes be- tween Paris and St, Petersburg. with the result that the Czar vetoed the measure, The same party remarked less than three months ago that, how ever unpleasant the thought of pro- | htbttton in the United States might 1 be to the French government, France would never presume to dictate our policy in this matter. On Dec, IS, 1 however. tho wine growers of the Champagne appealed to Briand to dc all in his power to make the sale o1 French wines possible in forbidden l lands,' The United States was, to be sure, not mentioned; nor war any other country: But the French lan- l guase has long been noted for it's pre- oiseness, and forbidden lands" is in | itself of adequate incIusfveness
 Remete as Foreign quarrels of 1 this kind may seem, they concern us | now, where a decade ango they would hardly have been given space in the ] news columns. When, by way of i1- i lIIstratien, the Prohibition bill was in l tfoduced into the Argentinian Cham I Der of Deputies in July, 1920, Presi l dent Irog0yen stated empfatically
 that he favored it. but said just as
 emphaticaliy that it would Aa i.s.--a-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
WOrnOut Roads Are Made NeU With Sheet
 Asphalt
By H. D. WILLIAR
Assistant Chief Engineer, Maryland
 State Roads Commission

Assistant Chief Engineer, Maryland
 State Roads Commission
 Maryland has adopted the policy of resurfacing with sheet asphalt its worn-out macadahA roads. as soon as khey reach the point where they can not, as such. continue to render per- feet road service, and likewise to treat concrete roads as they become worn out or approach the state of "fatiglhA."
 There are Tt present. in the state road system, 918 miles of water-bound nacadam and 3s8 miles of concrete highway, all being as perfectly main- tained as is possible. There has been little or no new macadam construction for Q number of years, the greater portion of the more recent work be- Ing concrete, but the question arises, "what shall be done with our old roads?''
 No "Pernanent" Highway
 There has been no highway designed to date that is "permanent," in the sense that the public interprets the word-the best that can be hoped for Is to build our roads as permanently as we know how, maintain them as well and as long they can give true road service, and then devise some scheme that will, without losing any of the original investment, put these roads back into as good or better con- Hilton than they were OrlSlnally.
 It appears that sheet asphalt laid on the old roadway, whether rnacadam or concrete, is the one and logical solu- tion to this problem Excellent re- suits have been obtained on this type of reconstruction by first building 6 two-foot cobble or one-foot concrete shoulder with a three-inch lip along each side of the old road metal. then laying thereon a sheet asphalt mix ture consisting of one and one-han- : inch binder and one and one-haif-inch topping.
 The general method Of putting an asphaltic wearing surface on worn-out concrete highways is much the same aa restricting old macadarn- Very good results are being obtained tE Maryland on this form of reconstrUc- ton, and despite the fact that part of the concrete on which the asphalt is laid is absolutely smooth and on grades up to 6 per cent, there has been as yet no appreciable movement of the binder on the base.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
EYETRANSFERS
 FROM ANIMAL TO
 HUMAN POSSIBLE
Vienna Scientist Successful ly Transplants Eyes to Fish, Frogs, Rats and Rabbits-Will Now Ex- pertinent With Monkeys, and If Successful Will Turn to Humans.

London, Dec. 2S.-A step further has been taken in the science of trans planting the eye from one living thing to another blind one.
 pr. Theordor Koppanyi, a young Vienna scientist who has already grafted eyes on blind fish. frogs and rats, has now achieved a higher Suc- cess. This time the animal Is a rab- bit.
 A correspondent was introduced to Dr. w. Kolmer, an equally famous scientist, who is aiding Dr. Koppanyf. and the two men showed him all their collection of animals.
 A rabbit was brought from a. hutch and Dr. Koppanyi explained that two weeks ago it was blind. He had graft ed the eyes of another rabbit on it and he claimed that the experiment was entirely successful. The rabbit showed every sign that it could see perfectly, recoiling from light was directed straight at it. The two professors are now turning their attention to monkeys, and, ii they achieve success, they will ther ! come to the crucial test-the human experiment.
 | When he is able to collect sufficient l funds monkeys will be bought and the l experiments will be carried out or | them. So far the doctor has only ont
 monkey, the gift of a, man in Vienna l pr. Koppanyi was asked whenc, h9 wOuld get human eyes with WnlcI | to supply blind men and women. l The correspondent was shown a let ter from an English woman living il Jersey who offers one of her eyes a:
 a gift to man blinded in the war Shes igns herself 'fV. A. D. Two other offers ha,vve been made one from a Cuban and one from Hungarian, who is willing to sell on l Of his eyes.
 Pathetic letters from blind person all over the world are coming to DT i Koppanyt, and a blind American of fers S2nn nnn as the nrica of new eyes
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28

Answer-P1ease don't think me dis courteous. l am no geranium myself | venerate not only the aged but thost also who are going to be not so man! the next day or two to address a few remarks to you and some others o three score on, who have written f'+ my advice, and who imagine they ar{ fit to beat Miss Tennie Twinkletoet at her own game. If we are to live long in the land the child must live as a child, the man as a man, the elderly man as an elderly man.
 It is a pleasure, I assure you, to give you my opinion. The only trou- and your arteries are harder now than when you were younger. Queer how we can't get you elderly gentlemen to act as such with the oncom1ng years Your conduct astOnishes and pains me. You've got not "call' to do any high kicking at your age. I also have a "hunch" which is that you've rup- tured a small artery in your head :; and that the Lord has been very good to let you off so easy
 A wise obServat ton is that of Gal ton who wrote at S6: "I find old age to be a, very pleasant time of life, on the condition of submitting frankly to it's many limitations" And this applies also to those who are only approaching old age.
 Tomorrow The Tuberculosis Sanatorium
 All inquiries addressed to Dr. Hub CT in care of the Health Talks de- partment 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-addressed envelope must be enclosed with the question. The Editor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
HIS IA. O. PUNCH HIT
 SOMETHING HARD

Kansas City Dec. 2S-Clyde Taylor took a "kayo" swing at a punching bag but hit n hard board instead. Now he is seeking $75oo damages from the amusement park managers where the wallop testing device was In opera ton.
 The blow which Taylor alleges just about put his trusty right mauller out of commission. was delivered while Taylor was enjoying himself at the park last summer. He alleges the park managers were negligent in placing the board close to the puneh- ing device. so close, in fact, that his swing crashed into It full tilt.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28

cious to pass it until it was seen how 1t would affect the trade relations of Arfentina with the United States.
 There are liquor imports" of which international procedure pre- sumably cannot take official cognf- zance. But 1t is a question whether part of the money spent on dry en- forocement in this country would not be more eectively spent in guarding the borders thon in raiding Broadway cafes. The problem is less in the ''hootch" manufactured here than in the real article brought in from a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
BOY. PAGE VOISTEAD!

Poplar Bluff, Mo, Dec. 2S- Ozark Mountain moonshine is a wonderful thing, as all will agree. This story is about @ minister and a whistling rat. Rev. Wal ter E. Fish, a missionary, claims to have discovered the animal. This rat had pink eyes and a bushy tail, exactly like a-a-a fimpus, according to eye-wit- nesses. The rat could mimic a quail or any other bird, and kept up continuous whistle and chatter day and night.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
WOOD ALCOHOL MURDERS

n of the day four deaths reported the being alcohol used beverage It is difficult The who puts wood alcohol onto the market is approaching point where murder begins But the stuff the antecedents of which unknown certainly inviting the undertaken Even if the dodges wood alcohol is hundred to he will get moonshine which poison The safest is to let drink then drink only stuff which has absolutely certain pedigree
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
DOG DAYS WITH US
 BITES BECOME NUMEROUS

Dog days are with us according to records at the emergency hospital be- cause inside of two weeks six dog bites have been reported, This is The total to date is eight dog bites, two more being reported since Satur- day. Stanley Brunk. 16, Al Willard street, applied for treatment to Q dog bite on his right thumb. Dr. A. Korr- blut cauterized the wound. The, lat est to apply was A. Raven, IS, 2S AL len street. His dog bite was eauter- ized yesterday by Dr. B. J. Burns.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
TWO START WORLD TRIP IN A SCHOONER.

Los Angeles, Dec. 2s-Steve Daniels and George A. Johnson, mariners and explorers, have started from Los An geles harbor in a little schooner on the first leg of a trip around the world. The voyage is expected to last two years.
 The little schooner has an ade- ouate spread of sail for ordinary voyaging, but is equipped with a gasoline engine for use in calms and in entering and leaving ports. The vessel is called Los Amigos.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
MEXICO IMPORTING NECESSITIES NOW

Trade between the United States and Mexico has eciipsed all former records-but 1t Ia paid for In cash, as no credit can be extended with safety. All business Is dons in gold whether It Is paying for hides and meat, for timber and coal, or for corn and other foods. Mexico Is exf1austIng her gold reserves for absolute essentials, while the Government confls- cates farms, ranches and many industries for the benefit of the natives.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
4 CRAFTY DEAN

The dean at one girls college has solved the problem of male visitors. When a girl registers at the college the dean writes her parents or guard ian asking for & list of the male rela- lives they wish to have visit the girl. together with g brief description of them. The boy who tries to evade this censorship has to be more than cIever-he must be psychic.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
THE INAUGURAL BALL

inaugural ball will prove interesting occasion It novelty which itself permanently adopted. Now there is for type of cleo meeting will well enough for the but tobacco that it is function which appeals to half of the electorate
 Everybody the garments out and make the worthy of the of administration into which Bridgeport is entering.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
LONDON NOW HASCLASS
 CALLED "NEW POOR"

LAmbassador recently returned from abroad-an wanting work; also many widows who have had beautiful homes but who have been compeled to give them up.
 From all indications I think I can fit these ladies into posts which they will fill perfectly''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28

Now the maximum is about 450. The same state of affairs occurs in all the other fashionable hotels and restaur- aants, Night life is still strange to London,
 It may he that. under crushing tax alton. everyone is hard up, Perhaps war horrors and bureaucratic restric- lions have knocked the gayety out of London is now a sadder place than many d second-rate provincial city
 4 AdNarfisa In UIho HEnaas
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
ENGLISH ACTOR DEAD.

London, Dec. 2s.-(By The A. P.) The death of Sir John Hare, noted English actor and manager, was an nounced Today. He was 77 years old.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28
l LONDON HAS FORGOTTEN
 HOW TO BE GAY AS THE
 RESULT OF WAR HABITS

City Now Goes to At Eleven and Influence of Defense of the Realm Act Continues Despite Its Repeal-Lon- don Is Now sadder Place Than Many English Provincial Cities.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-04-29
RHFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION OF NEVADA.

In the Matter OF the Application Of
Burt 4 Senter for an extsntion Of
their certificate OF public conven-
fence and necessity.
To Charles Slaughter. Los Angalej
4 Salt Lake Railroad company
and the District Attorney OF Lin
coin County.
Notice II hereby given that Burt
q Ssntsr. tho holders Of certificate
sf public convenience and necessity
No 3. have applied for an extension
thereof. to perm them to carry p s.
sengsrs daily between Phoebe and
Caliente. leaving the latter point at
1900 Q. N. and the former 1t 700
.. N. for . round trip fare Of $500.
Notice 10 further given that pro-
tests against the issuance OF such 4
certificate will bs considered by the
Commission. II received within
twenty days. from the date hereof.
aad II NO protests are 20 rec tved
the certificates will issue. a. p.ovid-
I'd by law.
BENSON WRIGHT.
Secretary.