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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-07
When A Girl Marries
By ANN LESLIE

''I thought you were just a kid.''
 And Phoebe's:
 I'm a grown woman-seventeen,"
 How they had laughed together then and how happily they had sat side by side, finding each other and forgetting in the joy of that the hurt of the thorough snubbing Virginia had given Neal for his presumption ,in calling her Virginia" and for his ewlIwardness in stumbling on Pat Dalton's name
 It began that very night. I suppose They didn't know it. but even then those two " 'ng things were reach ing out to each other with shy, half guessed longinss.
 Neal had brought her the great es- gift of all. and Phoebe had for gotten the lesser gifts But seeing her now-avid for excitement and luxury and attention-I knew that Phoebe had travelled a long road since the autumn day when she had bade her soldier Neal d fearful goodbye and pressed her lips tn his diamond cir clet as it nestled on her hand
 Yes, there was one thing for me to do-send for Neal.
 w~uld write to Father Andrew ask him to work hard to help Neal gel his discharge and to persuade the boy ! f- '~'-'r hack to us as soon as he was out of the army.
 In that moment the kinship of tho Harrisons, in spirit as well as blooc was very clear to me. They h.d pride in common and stubbornness Perhaps, his sisters also shared Jim. need of dominating the one he loved I didn't know Tut of this I WI, certain-Virginia had wrecked her self on the reefs of her own prid, and stubbornness: Jim and I were drifting into dangerous waters be cause of these sarnc things And ncw Phoebe My own pride. my ! own need of freedom. a. snt vgorl enough damage so that Jim and would be shipwreclSed too in the end I dared not think of that now.
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What the present demanded was that I save Phoebe.
 We had taken the circlet of dia- monds from her hand and had sent it back to Neal We had taken love from her And Phoebe had turned to the least of her gifts and exalted il to first place. Excitement was her patron saint now, and it would wrecI: poor little Phoebe unless some one saved her from herself
 Of course I didn't formulate my thoughts in the minute of silence while l stood staring at Phoebe. had been thinking and breeding ali through the long morning while I had waited for her to awake. All tha, came to me then was the de- cision to send for Neal. To Phoebe I said:
 That carved jade. dear-do you stftsT'
 phoebe's face dimpIed with mis-
 Did you see shelly,s face when he jealous, I'll wager he sends me "a today
 nance, you're playing those men on against each other to see which will do more for you, which will send more wonderful presents" Phoebe took . sudden fmpuisive step toward me. There was a ytsr- ful look on her face and it seemed to me that she was going to be gentle and repentant- But what she said at last was: .sYou think that This fade"- ] Then her voice grew i.np.sh: "wer think away. Anne think away. The necklace cost $2O0 and the earrings
 s5O- Now. wESt do you say to that?''
 "Phoebe.' I cried furiousiy. "You can't do such things You shan't accept such gifts from men:" NO % asked Phoebe suaveiy | ''Who-s to stop me?' Then a voice rang out from the ] other room:
 Hello. the house, Who's to stop
 what2 And who's to welcome ma ' ba9x to the big cityr" 1 It was Neaii l Gro be Continued.)
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UNSEEN HANDS
4 BelUizdering DetectiUe Story
 By Robert Orr Chipperfield

first to realize that it was a feeling of fear and suspense held in common among you all to to give voice to it. l fancy you are rather given to study ing the people around you, digging under the surface. for your own amusement perhaps, and that's why I've come to you.'
 Amusement? Good Lord, do you think it's amusing to find out that your family are pack of hypocriti- cal-- The boy broke off suddenly, his thin, sallow, claw-Hke hands clenched. i've had nothing alse to do but study them, hang it. know them all backward. like a fel- low who's marooned on some desert island with a few books by indifferent authors
 Cden nodded understandingly.
 Even before Julian's death I was waiting; I have felt as though there was some one else in the house, an- other personality hiding behind a fa- n1iliar one-but all this must sound like rot to you"
 By no means" Oden seated himself where he could see every saturnine, strangely old face. eve know, you and I. that there is some one in this household who, if not the prime mover in this series of events. is at least an accomplice. You can't shut your eyes to that fact
 
 boy retoTted grirn1y. You say that when I brought matters to a head last night I precipitated the attacks upon Gene and dad That presup poses the idea that some one at the 1 -inner table is guilty. It is rather l e--o~ t1irr for z fellow to face but at any cost this damnable busi- ness has got to stop. After all it is only what has been in the back of my head for more than a week. The devil of 1t is that can't see any mo- tive, nor well as I think I know the family and small as my regard is fol most of them, could I believe any one of them capable of conceiving an6 carrying out such a scheme.
 Gene is too weak and cowardl1 for one-you see, I am perfectly franE with you The girls are out of it I'm sure; Mans only a serious-mind ed kid and Cissie Is a selfish. calcu lating little beat. but there is moth ing of the potential murderess in he makeup. Aunt Fife is afraid of he own shadow. and she wouldn't hud a mouse; while as for dad-well. h worshipped mother and her deatl nearly killed him; so if all these ac cidents were the work of one perso1 } that lets him out. Moreover h
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wouldn't have deliberately thrown himself downstairs to avert a sus- picion which didn't even exist; nor did he have an opportunity last night, as far as I can learn, to tamper with that top step. Old Sam Titheredge stayed over night and shared his room."
 There was something's touch or cynicism, the shadow of a sneer-in the boys tone which made Oden scan his face more closely. but he merely asked:
 And the servants ?"
 Peters is pompous old fool, and think he has only beaten it because he is scared off; Marce1le is stupid and shrewd at the same time like so many of the peasant class in France but she's loyal and crazy about all of us. Jane is a blockhead; and Gerda well, what do you think of Gerda yourself, sergeant?''
 cunning smile played once more about his blood1ess lips as he put the question: and the detective replied noncommittally
 ! She appears to be a very superior sort of maid.'
 1 The boy chuclz1ed dryly. "Cagey, aren't you? Not that I
 blame you. I suppose I'm under suspicion myself along with the rest.
 And the opinions I've expressed to YOU
 l. are they? The fact is that I have i I'fN more us efor any of them than i they have for me, and p7afn sDeakinr4 i Is one If the few indu1gences left to me. Aunt Fife is the only one who
 hasn't treated me ever since I can
 remember as though I were some sort of blight on the family. Not that I'm looking for sympathy" The black eyes flashed. ''Hm not trying to make out a brief for myself, ser
 geant, but I wouldn't take the trou-
 way
 | Despite the cal1ous words Odell f..t
 a certain sympathy for the pitiful. re-
 pulsive creature lying there; for be
 meath the bitter contempt he read tho
 underlying resentment of tl-~ boys
 lonely, proud spirit. Warped thourf
 his mentality might be bt constant
 breeding over his inirmity, there had
 been a ring Of sineeritv in his tone and the detective responded qui, 'Ilv "I do not think that you would But about Gerda-your mother wa : quite satisfied with her services, wa she not? Liked her in fact ?'' "I suppose so or she would no } have kept her along. Whats the idea sergeant? Think her a hit above
 her place? She may be, but if sh4 you can take it from me it is not fo the purpose of eXterminating us'' -i Could he have spoken from knowl = edge? Was there a mystery within = a mystery in this strange household Y In the presence of this weird1y preco T cious lad the detective experiences | la~ain that same sense of bafflemen Q which had attacked him more thar F once since he took hold of the case = as if a. door had suddenly been shu n in his face
 Q Gro Be Continued.
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look upon the picture girl in hertwo- in-one creation.
 With a 7estee and a different cha peau has she varied her costume. Where the vestee is not, a piece of the material itself forms the draped front of the frock.
 There are so many things to know in this world that it is really noth- ing short of mira lous that any one individual is as wise as she is c nsider the fabrics of the hour, for instance, we see them, we admire them, but We are most of us, de- cidedly ignorant of their nature. Yet every material has it's own biosraphy were there any one in tereSted enough to write it. And an inter esting one, toe!
 Does every woman know that the moment new fabric is born into fashiondom a new style of develop menr is conceived, provided, of course, that there is not already a type per- fectly adopted D the use of this
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CHAPTER CLXIX.


 Phoebe stood clutching the jade earrings and necklace Dick West had bought her the night before Her little heartshaped face flashed out at me in vivid defiance, and between us vibrated the words she had just spoken:
 ..Yes, I've changed. And you can't change me back again. Remember thatI''
 I realized the truth of what sheS had just said. I couldn't change this flaming, pleasure-Ioving coquette back to the little Phoebe of few months ago--he girl of soft lips and eent'e e~Ns. I had failed.
 Jim didn't see the importance of the enchantment I wanted to work. n"~ yet of the evil spell I wanted to undo And Virginia didn't even dare to try But there was one other who might succeed where We had failed
 Phoebe had loved Neal once loved him devotedly There was no doubt of that Child love. perhaps. put sincere and true and good. She had come to the city lonely and hun gry for life. Friendship and excite ment and love were the things she had wanted.
 She had asked for my friendship. l been so shocked by Virsinia's cold ness to me that I hadn't realized how I was passing it right onto Phoe- be.
 So Phoebe had failed VI her frs: sea rch-the search Cor friendship.
 Then, before she could begin searching anew for the second thing her youth craved--ayety-N had come. And he had brought her the gift that held in itself the sum oi all her 1ongings-love- I could see Phoebe again on the evening of her return with Virginia sitting on the big couch with one foot tucked under her and peerius up to smile a shy "He1iol" As if it had been >uly yesterday, I could hear l Nears reply:
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fabric. For be it here known that half the charm of the latter is lost if is not cut and draped and worn in exactly the way that suits its per- sonaity. One mode for crepe, an- other for satin. still g third for velvetl and so it goes. Every material and pelt under the sun has a style that suits it best.
 It was never intended that the wrong side of a material should be as, and sometimes more, beau tifui than the right, it may even have been a mistake on the manufacturers part, but that is just what has happened more than once. And often this du- p1ex fabric effect - which is really what the ''nistake' effects, Is re- sponsible for far more subtle color scheme than two different materials combined could possibly give. Green in two of it's loveliest most harrno- n:ous shades has been requisitioned for the gown in the case and French knots buttons and a narrow cord serve very effective as elaboration.
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Thers is all the difference In the world between caution and cowardice. and it Is not such n had idea to wait and see what "'they" have definitely accepted in the way Of modes before plunginE too recSIessly into the wear ing of tho latest innovations in the marts of fashion. "hen, however. some star bright in the g3shion firma- naent of an age gone by makes its re- appearance in the s;trtoriaI sky 1t Is fairly definite indication that 1t is worthy every woman's attention.
 back in the early sixties many a merry little belle went to the ball snugly and smartly wrapped in the voluminous folds of a circular cape. And that is just exactly what the Miss is following in grandmother er $ footsteps, does today.
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a There is nothing that gives quite the same keen satisfaction to ma dame as the Knowledge that she hs secured g. bargain Q real bargain that accords full value for the money received. Perhaps one reason for her delight when this end is achieved is that it is a thing that is so seldom done-usually when one gets the "bargain" home one finds that after all 1t has been a very expensive purchase.
 There are, however, exceptions to every rule. and when milady finds one frocl; that quite capably can do duty for two shew ould show herself less the shrewd daughter of Eve that she is credited with being did he not acquire it for her wardrobe.
 {. And few and far between as they may be, there are such frocksi If you are of the Doubling ThOr4as per- suasion naught but the evidence of your own eyes will convince you, and in this case all you have to do is to
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XVIII. SYNOPSIS,

Mrs. Richard Lorne and her
 son. Julian Chalmers, die under
 under circumstances that arouse
 susDiciouS, and Barry OdcIi, a sar,:rf,I;t of detcctiveS, is called in. He carefully questions every g member of the household. but is
 unable to gather any information ' that seems to bear on the ease
 until he interviews Randall, Mrs
 Lorne's youngest son. Ine boS.
 {. c';rt,!e has wondHrfui keen, ouicIS mind. and senses a nlyster-
 ious personaIity in the house. {. ..JICess that sound like rot?'' ho
 asks. neated sGene got off scot-free, and have occurred under this roof might they came too close together. The impressed itself upon all was studiously callous; That's thf trouble with people when they start makes them too confident, too impa- fient. These tragic accidents whlcF they seemed on the surface to be; hU' have passed unsuspected for Wha- two out of commission. You mus mean--
 "Mother and Julian,'' the boy breathed, but without audible emo fion. his tone suggested rather a. grin confirmation. 50 you got it, dit YOU, sergeant? I've known it al along. fate and coincidence I could hav' laughed at their snug blindness"
 "Hcw did you know?' the detectiv asked coolly-
 "Well go and cultivate Jane, anc see if you can get any dope out of he along the lines I told you this morn ing. Work on her fears and discoun her imagination. and you'll soon hay every detail of the last week fror her point of view. I'm going now | have a little talk with myself" sai the boy.
 Odell had struck the right note and his primary object was achieved for the boy pulled himself up on hi pillows with an air of suddenly awak ened interest and pushed the hal back from his eyes.
 4 Ard what makes you think I ca help your he demanded brusqel. but with the habitual whine tempo rarily banfshed from lis tones.
 well, for one thing, you certainl hit the nail on the head last night dinner, you know. OdelFs smi robbed the words of any offensV sdgnificance. Your family were l; boring under what we might call
 hfnch.f I suppose; but you were tf
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Beauty Chats
By EDNA KENT FORBES
THE PENCILED BROW

Often and often I wonder why wo- men shave their eyebrows It is some thing, to me. quite incomprehenslbIe. It never improves the appearance, but instead, gives an artifciality that is obvious to every one. It is like put ting blue paint on the eyelids, it is so artificial it defeats it's own ends.
 I have several letters in front of me, asking how eyebrows are shaved. It's perfectly simple--if you must dO it. You rub some soap into the eye brows regular shaving soap if you want, because this Softens the hairs, then you rub the eyebrows backward so the hairs seem to stand on end. then you simply shave them off with a regular or a safety razor. Shave close to the skin, so the coarse end of the hair won't show at the surface. Some girls-rather silly ones shave off all the brows and then make new ones by penciling on | black line. They look like curious | figures in a mask. Other cleveler ones shave ,bove the brow it's outer l line and a little under it on the inner | line toward the nose, thus produc- | ing a hieh arch which I suppos , 1 gives them an "aristocratic look" | though I must confess my sense of 1 humor prevents me from seeing the l ''aristocracy' of the look,
 If you want slim, penciled eye | brows, which, of course, are much | better looking than shaggy uncomb- | ed ones, try this very simple method | Run a brush dipped in muscilase | over the eyebrows, and while the hairs | are wet, draw them together to a | ~ice line, pinch1ng them in toward | the center of the natural arch of the | brow. This can be Atone every night,
 and in time the hairs will be trained to form a nice and a becoming arch. l Kyra-I don't thir.-1 eating a car | rot between meals will hurt you. Car | ~ots are very good for you, and not l especially fattening. It is better than | letting the stomach go too long with
 out food and setting up a feeling ot
 7ausea. Take exercise to reduce the
 hips, rolling and bending exercises
 and wear hip confiners instead of cor
 sets.
 J. G.-If you wish the formula
 for my bust developing tonic, which
 $ quite harmless send me letter
 with a self-addressed, stamped en-
 -e1ope inclosed for it.
 Mrs. R. c. D.-There is nothins 1 wrong with your daughter except that
 he seems undeveloped. Build her ul
 she is physically run down ant
 nave her take deep breathing ana arm exercises.
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It may be. of course. that could We see the exact cape that Erandmotaa- were we should rot deiEn to look et 1t, but as far as lines anc develop ment are concerned the modern cape is wonderfully like is proitotype.
 skirts that even have lowing ac- quaintance with the street. and of course it would be foolish for the coat to descend to any greater lengths But there is nothing to prevent the cape from being as wide as it likes and 1t is! And attractive! There is no garment in all madame h
 modes assortment that is more s0. When one deviates n bit and con siders the cost as well as the cape one is, Dcrforce. called upon 10 notice the sleeve Of the former and t1 ad- nit that 1t is by means of the sleeve
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that the coat achieves that ''yvrappy'' effect. As for tho lines. these are to be expected 10 do the easiest thing and fall straight. Elaboration Is most often expressed iu fur collars and cuffs, and often fur bands the wrap. but sometimes the gray of the squ!r- rel or the brown Of the oppossum or the gray of the mode is carried out in just enough and not too much eIn- broidcry-
 Wherever fashion Is taiked about color is not absent as a subject. and if the wrap is designed for evening wear tho brighter its shade the bet ter. Velvet in all the tints that have made the rainbow famous is a great favo-ite and next to il perhaps me tallic brocade is the most popular Occas3o-cIIy. however. the evening vrap disdains briIi;ancy and chooses II Ii be developed in purse white.
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Mrs. R. c. D.-There is nothing wrong with your daughter except that he seems undeveloped. Build her mp she is physically run down and have her take deep breathing and arm exercises
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J. G.-If you wish the formula for my bust developing tonic, which $ quite harmless. send me letter with self-addressed, stamped en- .-eIope inclosed for it.
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THE BRIDGEPORT TIMES MAGAZINE PAGE
Advice To The
 LoveIorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

An Authority on Ill Problems of Girls and Questions Of Love
 and Romance.
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LIVE AND LET LIVE" Why Shouldn't We Believe sin. Each Other and Ourselves and the World We Live in? Asks
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-23
PAYING HONEST DEBTS

No man who fails to pay his honest
debts can enjoy the fullest measure
of self respect or the respect of his
fellow men.
1t is not intended to reflect against
the man who is in debt. The man who
does not from time to time use his
credit is a poor man indeed. Most
good men use their credit both as a
matter of convenience and as a mat
ter of necessity,
But no good man will swindle his
creditors.
He will either pay his debts when
due or relieve his creditors of any
ground for apprehension as to the
honesty Of his intention to pay. The
man who pays or arranges to pay
is the equal of any man.
But the man who deliberately dod
ges his debts is no man at all
Everybody knows the fact and HI
knows it as well as anybody else.
The man who does pay his homes
debts. or. if unable to pay, conduct
himself So as to retain the confidence
of his creditors, stands higher in tn
confidence of everybody in every wa,
than the man who has never had oc
casion to owe anything.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-23
WOMEN AS JURORS

Women jurors are superior to men
jurors in dispensing justice, accord
ing to the conclusion of Minnesota
Judge after an investigation into the
work of women jurors in various sec
tions of the country.
He has also found out that hand
some men do not affect women jurors
judgement as much as pretty women
do men jurors; that women jurors
are not so prejudiced against corpor-
ations as men, and that women jurors
almost always agree with each other
but are frequently lined up against
their male associates.
Judges in the Cleveland courts de-
clared they had found women jurors
more generally satisfactory in every
kind of case than men.
1t will not be long until women are
serving as jurors in every State, and
the sooner the better.
Spellbinding among criminal law
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-23
TIE VALUE OF A SMILE

\ jury in Kansas City awarded d
hoy S20OOO for the loss of his ability
To- smile. The boy climbed tree and
here ne encountered Il live wire inn
property insulated. 1t came in con
tao, with his cheek, inflicting a pain
ful wound which did not heal for
weeks and left IA permanent injury.
The nerves or muscles which gov
rlncd the power of smiling were de-
,troycd 81 that his attempt to smile
ended in gha>tly frown. When the
hoy was called to the witness stand
and his attorney told him to face the
jury and attempt to smile, the verdict
was assured,
Twenty thousand dollars was little
enough to receive as compensation for
the loss Of the power to smile. Some
men have lost that power through
other than electrical causes and it has
damaged them much more than that
amount.
Even when the value is small, it
is real
But it is ones self that one renders
the greatest harm by sour looks. The
man who can no longer smile has
killed joy out of his own life.