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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-03
VOICE CULTURE.

Last week I gave a few general ex- ercises to be taken to increase the ca pacity and the richness of the voice. These are exercises which every singer must practice and which every stu dent of elocution must learn In a few weeks I will talk about the in flection of words. For today l want to mention only a few special exer- cises which singing teachers agree are particularly valuable.
 The first one is to stand erect, out doors or in a well-aired room, with the hands locked across the chest In hale while you count five and eXnaIe while you count five. Gradually in as you can say without overtax1ng your lungs.
 The next exercise is to inhaIe and then, as you exhale, pronounce forci- bly, the five vowels, i O u-all in one breath.
 Still in the same position, pro- nounce the vowels forcibly in a whis- per, inhaling and exhaling for each
 The last exercise is to inhale deeply and while eXhaling, to recite out loud 8 line of some poem, taking care not to inhale more than once. That is, you should have drawn in sufficient breath to be able to say the entire line without breathing more than Once- DO CnlS aSa1n, repeating two lines of a poem and again, repeating three lines, until you feel you have reached your capacity without over taxing your lungs.
 1t is impossible in these short Chats to give examples of selections to be recited, but you can get books of poetry and of elocution selections from the library and use them to practice with. You must always keep your ears open for defects in your own speech. This is as valuable as any set of exercises.
 Discouraged-Why do you put cream and powder on your face be- fore you go out, when the cream only comes out and makes the skin look worse than it was before? Cold cream should be cleansing or nourishing. It should never be used to fill up the skin as a base for powder. If you will get your complexion in healthy condition it will look well without cream, and the powder will stay on of itself. Use the Blaclhead Clean sing Powder for the large pores around the nose. This is made as follows:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-03
BEAUTYCHAB By Edna Kent Forbes

Blackhead Cleansing Powder
 Corn or Wheat Starch, 2 oz-
 Powdered Borax, 1 oz-
 Almond Meal, 2 OF.
 Wash the face with hot water, rub in some of the powder, rinse out with hot water and then with cold water or ice.
 Thanking Youth answer to quer- ies on how to reduce the bust I have frequently received from my readers letters saying that the bust could be reduced by massaging with spirits of camphor. Spirits of camphor is dry ing and it is harmless because it is frequently used by mothers who are weaning children to dry up the milk It seems to do not only that but to dry the bust as we'll I give this not as my own suggestion, but as a suggestion from one reader to an- other.
 All inquiries addressed to Miss Forbes in care of the Beauty Chats" department 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, g. stamped and self-addressed envel- ope must be enclosed with the ques- tion.-The Editor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-03

It's a, joy to explore the wilderness turnings of other minds. But you must let that other mind develop it's wilderness if you want vow
 venture. You musn't chop down all the natural growth and sdburNI~-- and lay out cement roads,
 That's what matrimony does to most personalities. It does that be- cause we're laboring under the idiotic theory that True Love means Boss ing, Meddling, Boring and Never Losing Sight of Each Other. We tramp over each others lives until we wear out the scenery. We crush all the green grass of New Endeavor. we break off the tender twigs of humor, and we grow so tired of the whole, blamed view that we'd like to jump off the edge into nowhere.
 And it's all because we don't give the New Scenery a chance to grow Personally, never met up with the Human yet whom I didn't want to lose sight of for restful periods-and the feeling has invariably been mu- tuaL. How about YOU?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-03
Listen, World!
BY ELSIE ROBINSON

is, We all agree that homes nightly improved by a change in the wall paper now and then, and there'd be riot if we had to eat corned beef hash four times a week. Yet it never seems to occur to us that Heart Land scapes need varying as much as Hash Landscapes. If I were a legislator I'd try to get a bill passed COM FEELING married couples to take temporary separations once a year. I'm sure it would cause a slump in the divorce market.
 Any association with another Hu- man, whether it be in the work room or home, may be an inspiring ad- venture if you play the game right.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-03
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
BY ANN LESLIE.

spells. I'd like to call your attention to the fact that we're business men, not thieves. But if ever did take to making a dishonest living, by heck, Now if you'1l kindly permit me to run my own affairs I'd like to turn in and get a nights rest"
 Having thus politely told me to mind my own business, Jim seemed to dismiss the subject. Nor was it touched upon in spite of all my eff forts to revive it next morning un- til at noon when Jim 'phoned to ask me to meet him for lunch.
 This was an event. I made my self fine in the black paulette dress and the blue poppy turban. But I might as well have gone in a flour bag and stove lid as far as Jim was concerned. He had sent for me to hear the justification of Dick West and that was all that interested him. Now Listen, Anne,' said Jim when he had given our order and had set tied back with the inevitable cigar cite between his fingers. West gave the order to buy at 31, and a clerk mistook his written figures for 34. Like the good fellow he is West has made up the three hundred out of his own pocket-so Terry's down as having bought in at 31. What do you think of that?''
 q don't know I said slowly and uOL ndlI COINlnCSQ. I dOnt know v
 Well, here's something more for you to chew on. Terry wasn't sold out at 29, for West insists on buying back the stock. He got it Nat this mornings opening, 32, and as Terry is listed at 31, West is also out the $100 for the extra point on this new buy. Now are you satisfed?''
 T ought to be, l suppose" I re- piled. Then, seeing Jim's storm cloud face, I waded hastily out of shoa1 water to solid ground. Now you'll see to it that Terry gets his profit and Betty gets her trip-won't your"
 You bet I will?" grinned Jim. Suddenly he leaned over and squeezed my hand. By heck! That's what was eating you all the time-the fear that Betty'd be done out of her trip Some little friend you are. Yet I can remember when you were sus- picious of Betty. I'll wager you'll like West, too, some day. Look how square he was in this deaI-paying up for a clerks mistake without a whim- per. l want you to like West, Anne. .'
 ''I'11 try" I answered under the compulsion of Jim's eyes. But I wondered if L would ever succeed.
 Gro Be Continued.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-03

''I was, as you may think, Watson, mortified at this unexpected news.
 "'What has caused it?' asked.
 "tAh, that is the point. Jump in and we can talk it over while we drive. You remember that fellow who came upon us the evening be- fore you left us?'
 "-Perfectly.'
 "'Do you know who it was that we let into the house that day?'
 T have no idea.
 'sTt was the devil, Holiness he cried
 'I stared at him in astonishment.
 '''Yes, it was the devil himself We have not had a peaceful hour since-not one. The governor has never held up his head from that evening, and now the life has been crushed olrt of him and his heart broken, all through this accursed Hudson
 What power had he, then
 tAh, that is what I would give so much to know. The kindly, charita- ble, good old governor-how could he have fallen into the clutches of such a ruffiani But I am so glad that you have come, Holmes. trust very much to your judgment and discre- ton, and know that you will advise me for the best" 2"
 Tomerrow-The ~Gloria scout.-' continued
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-03

The latest boudoir gowns designed for milady are of oriental persuasion, expressed in terms of golden girdles, flowing folds of purple. and scarfs of orange hues What with our batik jungles and tied and dyed sunsets, and fur-bordered beaded robes, nine teen-twenty-one wears costumes that would have thrilled the heart of an oriental princess a thousand years ago.
 The designers from our own viii lage. and from Paris, were inspired to do their orientalist by the visions seen in the. Russian ballet; so my lady is not at all f1ustered at the idea of breakfasting attired as the Queen of Sheba. nor is she one bit aIbashed at the idea of spending a quiet honey
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-03

evening in a harem-skirted robe that would have been the envy of Sheher- azade! And all this gorgeousness probably on the cinematograpilic theory that no home is complete without it's own little vampi
 But if the boudoir gown. of 1921 is a lovely thing to behold, to behold one of 1870 is to 1aughi For a house dress at that time was a stiff and starchy, beruffled, bebuttoned sort of outfit, or else a flannel, collared af- small pocket hankie. as a coy bit of trimming. And gored, if you pleasei Such things could never fit in with the modern woman's decorative naturei A flannel or starched boudoir gown on gold lace, taffeta covered chaise tongue would be an incongruity-and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-03

nothing but an oriental creation should grace a velvet divan or laquer- ed settee!
 If the eighteen-seventy house dress is an awful thing. consider for a mo- nlent the chemise of that period. The one shown in the sketch above is talk en from an old fashion plate. And here is the fashion writer's deScrip- ton of that article: ''The Nonpareil is a garment combining the chemise and drawers and has many advan- tages- It is especially recommended to ladies travelling, to those giving out their wash and to ladies boarding. It is also decidedly cooler for the summer" Cooler than what re- mains a mystery). However, if you had lived at that time. you would have in all probability, clipped out
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-03

the sketch and sent for the pattern post-haste. For this was something very new and snappy in the under world at that time.
 The nightie shown next was also a good garment to be copied-can't tell why, but the old magazine ad- mitted it was good. It looks a1n ost too horrible to contemplate. A real nightmare to modern eyes.
 One wonders if our own pretty pink things will seem ridiculous in the fu- ture-hardly, we think. Flesh-color- ed silk and chiffon will always be dainty and lovely. But then in the past, the ladies must have argued that nothing could ever be finer than pure white muslin or nicer than soft gray flannel
 You never can tell
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-03
ADJUSTED TO IT

NeYe1~ed: Don't want the income tax repealed? I'm surprised zt you
 LonsWed: If it was repealed my wife would be sure to hear of it and then Ed have to think up a new ex- cuse whenever Ed wan* to held cut part ef my salary ans her.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-08
THE v

One of the interesting features in connection with the
campaign that is brought TO a close with today's election is
the personal canvass that has been made by some of the can
didates. While the campaign has not aroused much excite
ment in certain sections, and while the public interest has
apparently been lacking, this quiet, personal work has been
going on which ought TO have its effect in today's balloting.
1t is significant that the methods of conducting a politi-
cal campaign are changing. The old time torch light process
sions with their banners and red fire, followed by the mass
meetings are passing. The voters no longer can be influ-
enced to any extent that way. Those who do attend the va
rious political meetings are usually the regular party follow
es who would vote the ticket anyway whether the meetings
were held or not. The increasing number Of independent
voters who have no patience with the harangue of the typi-
cal stump speaker makes it necessary to adopt other means
for securing votes.
While not so spectacular as the mass meeting, the per-
sonal solicitation is known TO be very effective. OF course,
such a method is hardly possible where a large territory is to
be covered, yet it was just such a style of campaign that won
for Mark Pagan, who was Republican candidate for mayor of
Jersey City a few years ago, the election in that Democratic
stronghold.
Personal solicitation shows to the voter that the candi-
date for office is not ashamed to go out and ask for it; it gives
the voter a chance to get acquainted with the candidate and
ascertain his views on certain issues if he so desires, and it
cannot help but impress the voter when he realizes that the
candidate thought enough Of his vote TO call at the voters
house in person and ask for it.
This personal solicitation has been carried on in Perth
Amboy this year in a way seldom before equalled. Results
Of today's voting will tell how effective it has been. Several
candidates have devoted considerable time to visiting the
homes of the voters and talking the election over with them.
They have made a decided impression. Opponents were
fooled at first thinking that because there was not the Gus
tomary buster and noise the candidates were laying down.
Suddenly the truth dawned upon them, but by that time
much of the personal canvass had been done.
If the results today prove the effectiveness of such cam
paigning there is bound to be more Of that kind in future
elections bere.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-08
CHANCE FOR GOLF LINKS

The increasing number of people seen on the links of
he Middlesex Golf Club indicates a growing interest in this
popular game in Perth Amboy and vicinity. There is the
making here of a fine golf course if the proper support is
given. 1t remains for Perth Amboyans to get behind the
project and assure its success.
Experienced golfers who have played over the Middle
sex course are enthusiastic over it. The fact that ordinary
farm land can be taken and, in a single year, converted into
a golf course as good as the one the Middlesex club now has
makes the possibilities of a high class golf course there all
the more encouraging. When it is realized that many thou
sands of dollars are usually spent on a golf course before it
is really developed, and knowing what a trifling amount has
been spent on the Middlesex course thus far, it is evident
that with the proper attention the course can be made Sec
ond to none anywhere in this vicinity.
The course is very prettily laid out, a commanding
is an ample water supply to make a small lake for a water
hazard and the roll of the ground adds a variety that is not
always found on golf courses.
The fact that practically every municipality of any
Consequence has a golf course these days is one reason why
Perth Amboy should get behind this excellent opportunity TO
become up to date in this particular. Another reason for
desiring the success of this golf course is the fine exercise
and health-giving qualities that golf affords in getting peo-
pie out into the open amid beautiful surroundings where
fresh and wholesome air abOunds.
This golf course has been established mainly for the
benefit of Perth Amboy. It is also a decided attraction for
Woodbridge. In fact, this pleasure ground ought to be the
means of knitting the two places closer together. Persons
interested in seeing this most delightful sport permanently
established in Perth AmbOy ought to get into the Middlesex
Iolf Club and help make it secure.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-08
THE BROWN MOUNTAIN NIGHT

Tired professors and business
men who sought surcease from
their sorrows in the mountainous
regions of western North Carolina
have during the past few summers
given up some of their much
needed hours of sleep to chase
what most of them believed to be
nothing more than a phantom, or
the witch fires of some maker OF
mountain dew. but the Brown
Mountain Light is now coming into
it's own as an accredited electrical
phenomenon" says a bulletin of the
National Geographic Society, is
sued from its Washington, d. c..
headquarters.
Brown Mountain lies seventeen
miles from Blowing Rock in the
Blue Ridge Mountains in the west
ern part of the state, and, though
plainly visible from the resort. is in
uninhabited and sparsely wooded
section. Suddenly without warning
light sometimes blazes out on the
crest of the mountain slowly moves
down its side and then fades out;
sometimes it seems to rise from the
top of the mountain and hang sus-
pended in the air where it fades.
A Wrath of Infinite Variety
1T has as many whims- and
moods as a temperamental artist,
sometimes appearing several times
during M night, now stationary,
now slow, again swift in its flight,
and sometimes it cannot be seen for
a comparatively long time, but it
usually is most active when the sky
is clearing after a rain. Those
who nave studied it in all it's guises
say hat it often is not n
like the star from a bursting sky
rocket, though much brighter, and
that it is sometimes red and some
times yellow. due probably to the
condition of the atmosphere.
Scientists were at first prone to
cavil at the stories which came out
of the mountains with the tourists,
thinking perhaps that locomotive
headlights or willy mountaineers
were playing tricks on active mag
nations. but today DIR. w. j..
Humphreys, physicist of the United
States Weather Bureau, and other
meteorologists of note believe that
there occurs around the mountains
crest a brush discharge of light
ming, similar to the famous Andes
lightning. or the st. Elmo's fire,
which gave rise among h ancient
Greeks to the myth of Castor and
Pollux. That glow which accom-
panied the slow discharge of cleo
J tricity to the earth from the atmos-
phere, in southern climates. during
thunderstorms, seen on h tops OF
masts, spires, or other pointed OBJ
iects was named st. Elmo's fire by
sailors after one of their patron
| saints because they felt that when
the sign appeared they had nothing
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-08

lower rates, lower taxes. The Union
claims much credit for having
brought about a recent reduction IN
the cost of living in England, and
checking the lavish expenditures on
the part of the government. One
thing which it has particularly
fought is the well-established ma
tional custom of presenting free
railroad passes to members of par
lament.
"A Of economy with fair
dealing for those who make up the
backbone of the nation, that is what
the Middle Classes Union stands
for" according to its chief execu-
tive. Our membership is still COM
paratively small-we only have $780,
600 men and women enrolled in
some 800 branches in England and
Scotland-but this membership Is
growing all the time. I'll venture to
Jay that no trade union can show a
record of similar strength in so short
a period Of organization"
The only organization in this
country which corresponds in any
way with the British Middle Glasses
Union is the League of Women Vot-
ers. 1t is using practically the same
tactics to enforce legislation favor
able to Last year, the
American middle classes gave evil
dence of their ability to form an or
ganized protest when they paraded
in overalls in New York. But the
lame of their rebellion soon died.
And this is odd, because the parad-
RS fully demonstrated their power.
rhe price of wearing apparel came
Town.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-08
Science Service

The rangers who police our ma
tional forests now are using novel
portable telephones as a result of
special PROJECTIONS and adaptations
of this method of communication to
timber country requirements.
Each ranger carries a portable
telephone as part Of his equipment.
Wire service is maintained between
the headquarters camp. field points
and lookout stations.
Instead of the usual, overhead
telephone lines, the forest telephone
wires hang loosely from trees ten to
twelve feet above the ground so that
in case a tree falls on the line 1t will
merely take up some of the slack and
not break the wire.
Telephone boxes are placed along
regular routes, every 8 or 4 miles
throughout the forests. If a ranger
or fire scout is midway between sew
eral of these stations when he 10
Gates a fire, he uses his portable tele-
phone to speed the news to head
quarters. 4 :
He throws a piece of loose tele-
phone wire over one of the regular
line wires and properly grounds it,
He then connects tine other end to
his emergency telephone which
weighs only 1 1-2 pounds. This al
lows him to cut in on the common
line at any point and sets in action a
special "howler," OF emergency buzz
ger, at headquarters as soon as con-
neetion is completed.
AS soOn as some one answers the
call and takes the message about
where the fire has occurred. the
forest fire fighters jump on their
horses-which daytimes are always
saddled, bridled and equipped for
such emergency calls-and gallop
away to fight the flames.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-08
WOMEN'S TRADE UNION
LEAGUE TELLS OF PLAN

a committee of women representlhs
the largest bodies of organized We,
men of all classes. both mere anu
abroad. Of
THAT will be the first big gun OF
the campaign. 1t will enable tne
president and secretary of state 10
gauge accurately the aversion wo-
men of all countries have toward war
and the eagerness with which they
await disarmament. and universal
peace.
After that :he women's Committee
will work IN conjunction with the
National Co.ucii foi Limitation Oh
Armaments which has opened mead
nv, rters within u stones throw OF
he conference building.
To Keep in Touch
throughout the conference the
women's con., nittee will keep closely
in ouch VITA the negotiations and
transfer its information TO the Wo'
men of the world.
And II Will be n continual COM
munication by mail and cable with
TIE organ cations cooperating with
ii. thus being able at all times to
inform the delegates of the senti-
ments of women in their WI coun-
tries. =.
we have just received news by
cable that Miss Kate Manicom, mem
Der of the British Workers Union
will he here on behalf of the Inter-
national Congress of Working Wo-
men to aid Us during the conference.
We also expect women from other
European countries.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-08

There Is a new book about the
cost of the war. Professor Ernest
L. Bogart of the University of ILL
nois is more than an academic stu
lent of costs. for he was once trade
adviser to the State Department at
Washington. and knows about gov
eminent statistics.
The figures which Prof. Bogart
gives surpass the ability of any of
us to understand. but the Wall
Street Journal commends him for
being SO conservative. Prof. Bogart
says the cost of the war to the
United States was only thirty-two
billions of dollars and not forty-four
billions as was recently stated to the
senate.
For this relief. much thanks. The
difference is twelve billions, and that
is all to the good. Those of us who
have to pay the debt, a little of 1T in
our income tax and a great deal of
it in everything else we eat and
wear, are in position to appreciate
a saving of a little item like twelve
thousand millions of dollars.
But what does thirty-two billions
of dollars mean? 1t means a heavy
burden upon industry and education