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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01

Of course the actual shape of the | hand cannot be changed. but this is not as important a matter as most
 women think. Size has nothing to | do with the beauty of the hand | The shape is somewhat important, but
 not all important. The really most
 inn portant thing is the way the hands
 are kept.
 | Any woman can learn to keep her ! nails well manicured. This does
 more than anything else to make the
 hand look 1ady1ike-or ordinary. The shape of the fingers can be improved | by the shaping of the nails. A fairly | long nail will apparently lengthen
 short fingers, and a moderately point | ed nail will give a tapering effect to blunt finger tips.
 Besides keeping the nails in per l feet condition the skin of the hand ! should be cared for. It should never
 be allowed to grow rough and chapped l or to become too brown and sun ! burnt. A cold. cream can be used to | prevent this, but it can only be used l at night, otherwise the oil in the skin | will attract a great deal of grit and dust One exception to this is when the hands have been immersed too | long in water. In that case the dry skin will absorb all the cream If you have a big hand you can console yourself with the knowledge | that large hands are usually more ] expressive of character than small ones
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01

spring fashions is that in their search for variety they have used the usual straw and silk only occasionally for materials. Ann Forrest finds a charming way of departing from the straw hat by using, on a chiffon shape, tiny blue forget-ne-nots as a com plete covering This little hat, bent up at the back to a high peak, Is an especially becoming and popular shape; and the size of it compared to the other models shows again that the spring fashions in hats go by no decided rule as to dinlenSio ons.
 Gloria Swanson proves this again by wearing in the place of her usual small hat, a. very large sailor shape of henna, bound with taupe ribbon at the edges and trimmed at ohe side sketched at the lower 1eft-hand cor ner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01

To achieve the sIfn boytsh sfI- houette which is most essential if one would. appear y0ut11fEE-and who would not7-one might SsAar the tris little set Of undsfgarIrants saowu in the illustration. Thsy are fashioned for perfect freedom and give q supple grace to tho body.
 This set would be lovely made of fine handkerchief hne1 or silk. The chernise Is made with very little full ress, and as can be sean in the illus tratson, fits quite sriuEly. One could easily cut it without . pattern as it Is simply made of two pieces of ma ierta1 slightly narrowed at the top. The sides are French scanned and the bottom neatly hemmed. When hem
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01
Lesson No. %
Dainty Lingerie

Loveuer than ever before is the new lingerie seen In the shops, on which there is a general tendency to use lace, rather than embroidery. Since the sheer and cIinging fabrics of outer garments have made the cut and line of undergaments such matter of importance in the final effect of every costume, lingerie pre- sents in a way, 8 mode of it's own with every changing season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01

o. T.-As you are a golden haired blonde, your best choice in colors will be blue; then black green, rose pink, grey, and any shade except those that are insipid. You are 12 pounds overweight. I have never heard of any harm resulting from the permanent wave. The double chin will disappear if you reduce your weight to normal
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01
l @NnUR Hor1E n IMsNkDE B5EAur'ful E M
 lN DOROTHY ETHEL WALSH -FHffra
DOROTHY ETHEl WALSH

The part the crochet needle plays in home decoration today is a vastly more important part than it has ever played before. True, crocheted bed spreads have been in vogue for some time, but until lately they had the field practically to themselves. Now
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01
Household Hints
To Remove Crease.

Cover the grease spot quickly with powdered magnesia and let 1t remain for twenty-four hours or more. If there is much grease repeat with fresh magnesia. This can be relied on to draw out" the grease and it will not leave a ring or different color.
 MISS V. CONNER.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01
JUNE 1, 1921

ming the top, make ts1e casing wide enough to draw the ribbon through Little sits are carefully finished where the ribbon ties in 8 dainty bow. Real Valenciennes lace, which is very much in favor now, edges the cheulise and drawers.
 The ribbon straps should be sewn on at just the right angle or they will slip down over the shoulder-so one should try the garment on be- fore pinntng in place.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01
BEAUTY CHATS
HANDS AND CHARCATER.
By EDNA KENT FORBES.

A great many of my readers write to me from time to time, and ask whether there is any way of making their hands more beautiful. I can always give a hopeful answer to this question because a great deal can be done to improve ones hands, and not much skill is reuuired.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01

The lace ts whipped about the lower es5ge of the drawers with & rolled nEyn.
 4 new shade happily named wf7d rose color pEei6ralnafss in both the s1arsdkercaiaf auso and aiIk lingerie, rather taking tic rla.cs cf ffeah color, which, having been long in favor, has Lost something ox it's Emartness- White is much used again rather than tie unusual coIors, wkich once attracted no small amount of attention
 To make the ci7erniss and drawers shown here one would require about two and 8 half yards of 36 inch ma teria1 for a person of medium sixe.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01

O. V. This condition comes from nervousness. If you build your self mn YOU will not be troubled again.
 M E. G-Red vaseline will make the lasifes grow It should pc applied to fY,e roots by using a fine sable brush. It may not be natural for rou fo have rosy cheeks. so I would not distxew myself ehont t.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01
Try This Over On Your Gas Stove
Irish Stew.

Irish Stew.
 Cut 3 pounds neck of mutton into small cubes. Cover with 1 F quarts boiling water, add 4 sliced onions, 2 teaspoons salt and a dash of pepper, and cook gently hours.
 About 15 minutes before the stew is done add 4 potatoes, cut into small cubes. Season to taste and serve when potatoes are tender. Small duInplings may be added to the stew about 20 minutes before serving.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01
Whitening Towels.

To whiten Turkish towels that are used daily put two tablespoons of tur- pentine in the boiling studs and boil fifteen or twenty minutes with lid on boiler and your towels will be beauti- fully white when dry.
 MRS. P. T. RYAN
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01
In Beating Eggs,

A teaspoonfu1 of cold water added to the white of an egg will cause it to whip more quickly, besides increas- ing the quantity.
 SEVERINE GORKA
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01

All inquiries addressed to Dr. Hu- Der in care of the Health Talks de- partment will be answered in these columns in their turn This requires conSid erable time however. owing to the great number received. So if a personal or quicker reply is desired, a stamped and lf-addresseed envelope must be enclosed with the question: Editor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01
What Are His Intcntions?

Dear Miss Fairfax-Would it be ,,roner- for mother to ask her da1Trhter's man friend. with whom she has been going about for six 1nonths, whether his intentions are serious? "A MO1hEf--
 IT the young man intends to pro- n,Se fo the girl he'll do it in his own good time. If he doesn't your asking him won't help matters. Why not leave them to settle their own girl as a good friend only.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01
ADVICE TO THE
 LOVELORN
A Puzzled -Adnirer.
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

A Puzzled Admirer.
 Dear Miss Fairfax About six months ago I was introduced to a young lady, to whom I had become greatly attached. and know she re- Ciprocated my affections In order to see her it was necessary for me to cali at her girl friends house. al ways making my calls on her ahva- tation-
 Recently she has been ill I thought it bold to call without invi- 1ation, and wrote her a letter. say ing that I would like to call on her if she gave me her permission. She "a answered my letter with the kindest of words, but did not answer my re- quest to call on her
 VIII you kindly advise me if should call to see her, regardless of 1he invitation. as I believe it would appear to her as though were stay ing away on my own accord. Yours very truly, F. J.
 You might send her some flowers or take them to her yourself, and if she can see you no doubt she will be glad to do so-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01

1. Leave the leg seams open 6 fs1s inches from the bottom when French scanning tho sides 4 nHrrow band fsnishes the top of the drawers, which
 button on each side. Illustration No. 2 shows the completed drawers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. DiphtheI'ia Antitoxin.

I have just gotten over diphtheria and may l ask how long does it take ones system. And does this make a person lame in their feet and limbs? Now what can I do for this Am also troubled with tonsolitis very much.
 Answer - The diphther-ia antftoxin has not done you any harm. If your tonsils are troubling you, you should have a doctor remove them.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-01

Copyright, 1921, by Harper 6 Bros Published by special arrangement with the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
COOPERATIVE EGG MARKETING
PROVES ADVANTAGEOUS

St. Paul, July l8.-A cooperative
egg-marketing business, farmer-owned,
is in course of formation in Minnesota.
OF the 800 cooperative creameries in
the state, seventy-five now handle
eggs. Eggs packed in Dodge county
here and expressed to Boston sell there
at thirty-one cents dozen. The aver
age merket price at home is eighteen
cents. By the hit and miss plan. in
vogue at present, sixty carloads Of eggs
are exported from Dodge county each
year.
A. ]. Mcclure of the agricultural ex-
tension division of the University farm
of this city, states that cooperative
creameries Of Minnesota manufacture
approximately lO0.0OO.OO0 pounds Of
butter yearly Sale of butter from
these creameries last year amounted
to $60,000,000. Threats of importa-
ton of foreign butter and the promo
ton of butter substitutes are the imme-
diate causes for the formation Of a
state association of cooperative
creameries.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
AMERICAN ATTITUDE CREATES
DISTRUST In RUSSIA

New York.-Col. E. w. Ryan. Amer
lean Red Cross commissioner in the
Baltic states, who, according to Riga
dispatches, is accused by Senator
France as having participated in the
Kronstadt plot against the Russian
government, is the man who reported
to the state department in May, 1920,
that the Russian Soviet government
was "crumbling" and could not last
six months. The Associated Press, in
an article under date of May l3, 1920,
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
Local and Personal at LeesviIle

An adjourned meeting will be held
by the Vernon Parish Board of edu-
cation, at its office in the Leesville
Court House, next Saturday, August
10th, at 10 am.
SIS
The Leeo7ilie nine played those Of
Slagle on the latter's own ground last
Sunday, winning the numerously at
tended game by a score of I3 to |.
3: 3 **
Miss Pearl LeFever, State Hc~72 De-
monstration Agent for Vernon Parish,
Is on her vacation, to return or Sep
tenber lst; Mrs. ]. J. Holton has as
her guest for two weeks Miss Louise
Belohradsky of the Newllano Colony;
Hon. Columbus Pitre, President of the
Vernon Parish Police Jury, and his
wife, have returned from an extenled
trip to places in Southern Louisiana;
MIR Emmett Cavanaugh has returned
from business trip to Lake Charles;
Mrs. E. D. Boone and Miss Ada Smart,
accompanied by their nieces, Misses
LOIS Smith and Lucille Bonham, have
returned from attending the gradual
ing exercises at the Louisiana State
Normal College; Mr.. and Mrs. H. B
! Curry have been visiting friends in De-
Ridder; Mr.. B. 0. Craft and his chill
dren went to Beaumont. Tex, to visil
Mrs. N. H. Bray, Mr.. Crafts mother.
in-law: DR.. Philip S. Perkins has the
pleasure of a visit from his brother
Mr.. Postel Perkins. Of Sulphur; Mis-;
Mildred Winfree is visiting relatives a
Lake Charles; Misses Viola and Emma
Turner have returned from attending
the Nashville University's summe
course; Mr.. and Mrs. A. Everette wen
to Cravens, to visit Mrs. Everette's mo
Ither, Mrs. A. L. de Spain; Mr.. anc
MRS. ]. B. Pollard have had as thei
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pollard, o
shreveport; Miss Elizabeth Stokes ha
had a visit from her ;ousin Miss Stoke.
of Anacoco; Mrs. ]. W. Dennis is Wis
lifting friends at Hot Springs, Ark; Mrs
ID. H. Turner and her daughter Ad;
have returned from a tour through
part of Western Texas; Mr. Georg
W. Bolton has returned from his sum
mer visit to Eastern markets, where h
purchased large fall stocks for his CO..
stantly growing store; Mrs. Gilber
Ferguson has as her guests her siste
IMrs. F. F. Thomas, of Natchitoches
IMr. ]. A. Cole has been in New York
buying large stock of the latest fash
ions in hats, etc.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
Was American Red Cfos 5
Leader Spying In Russ;

characterized Ryan's report
care, of course, to use the exp
is said to be- as the first as
tative, first-hand information o.
ditions in Russia reeived since
turn Of the BuIIitt mission
fore.
Because of the plainly bia
counts of the conversation In h
tween Colonel Ryan and
France, and the editorial and otI
tempts which already are beng
in newspapers to discredit IA ac
the attitude oi Senator France,
be- Eliminating at this time u
slight further reference to thai
1920, report of Colonel Ryan
state department or at least
newspaper accounts purporti
quote from it.
Said the Associated Press
time:
Colonel Ryan is just back
surreptitious visit into Russia.
Then followed column Of
intolerant, sneering abuse Of
sian government and its office
descriptions Of conditions in
and Petrograd. interspersed wil
glorious repetitions Of sarca
marks Ryan is said to have
Tchitcherin, Russian minister
eign affairs.
The information" he aat
Russia upon which his report
1920, was based, according to
admission, was obtained BY hi
he was actually an officer Of tbs
lean Red Cross, but was DISCUS
member Of the Esthonian pea,
mission!
And yet the report above me.
solemnly sets forth that in RUS
atmosphere Of espionage and Sis
was "all-pervading. .
Nothing in the published rei
to Colonel Ryan's savage alta
the Russian government indicate
he, or the state department. sal
breach Of common honesty in al
cial Of the American Red Gro.
guising himself and gathering,
false pretenses, information to b,
ed at the disposal of those ope.
terested in the downfall of
government.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
THE INTERDEPENDENCE
OF MANKIND

The recognition in the practical
world of affairs of the interdepend-
ence of mankind, and of the rights of
the people as against special privilege.
is a matter of encouragement. If it APP
pears to be the result Of self-interest
rather than of altruism that only means
that the hope is more substantial. The
ruin of war has made it clear to all
thinking men that the people OF all
races are in the same boat. At the Sc
cond congress of the International
Chamber of Congress, held in London
this summer, the Lord Chancellor in
welcoming the delegates declared that
prosperity and contentment were I'M
possible unless the maximum OF trade
and the consequent maximum produc-
ton were created. He urged the con-
gress to conduct an investigation to-
ward that end without regard for the
position Of the nations previous to or
since the war. 1t does not need fur
ther investigation to prove the folly
of previous policies.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
WHO CAN TELL Us7

We don't want to be too curious. OF
pry too closely into the private affairs
Of big business, but
We would like to know what be-
comes of the difference between the
$2.25 worth Of wool in suit OF
clothes and the $50 which we have
to pay for that suit9
We would like to know why bread
still sells at war prices in most of the
cities in the country, although wheat
has fallen to one-half its last year
price, so that the wheat in a pound
loaf of bread now costs but 2.2 cents
We would like to know why coal
that sells for $3.50 ton at the mine
costs us $3.50 by the time we coax it
into our cellar. Of course we do not
expect that the mine owners are still
making their 200 per cent to 1000
per cent war profits?
We would like to know where the
difference goes between the $l.l5 that
the farmer gets for whole beef hide
and the So to $40 we have to pay for
a pair of shoes? This enormous dis
crepancy cannot be attributed to la
Dor costs. According to the figures
submitted to government commission,
the profits of the shoe industry are
approximately five times the total la
Dor cost and one-third the total price
of shoes. In order to maintain high
prices some shoe factories are now
shutting down because Of "over pro.
duction, although recent Massachu-
setts investigation reveals that thou
sands of shoe factory employees in thai
state are themselves in need of s
| We would like to know why the mu
nicipal street car fares are still 5 cent:
in SanFrancisco, or municipal elec
tricity costs 6 cents per 900 watt
instead Of the prices we are paying
There are lot of things we woulc
like to know, but we do not suppose
we shall ever know them until tht
workers Of the mine and farm and raj
and factory, who produce and trans
port the nations wealth, get togeths
and demand the abolition of monopOl,
of the fruits Of industry and give then
to those who labor to create them.
AS final query, we would like tt
know whether any society can right
lily call itself civilized in which tn,
mere making Of money and not tn
satisfaction of human needs is tn
handspring of its economic activity?
Answer, somebody successful" vii
you? = Cleveland Citizen.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
LIBERAL WITH FOREIGN NATIONS
NiGGARDLY WITH HOME FOLKS

Wouldn't it be good hunch, while
we are financing China, Belgium,
France San Domingo, and Terra del
Fuego with such a lavisr hand, to dole
out few extra dollars to the men and
women who produce Americas food
stuffsp
1t might seem so, but the president
has threatened hell fire and damna-
ton if Congress aids the farmers with
a $l00,000,00Q financing corporation.
small as the relief is that could be han
died by that body.
I'll fares the land to Fastening ills
prey" said Goldsmith some years
ago. His portrayal of the decadence
of lreland's farm lands comes with
special force to our country in these
days when farmers are even worse off
than the unskilled industrial workers
of the cities. For while the latter work
not and half starve, the farmers must
both half-starve and work l6 hours a
day, to boot, to say nothing of the
hard labor of his family.
Now comes Governor Harding, OF
Iowa, fit companion to the more IL
lustrious Harding, with the shining OBJ
servation that the farmer has gone to
work to make new crop, despite low
prices and difficulties, and has brac-
ed up before the job like a man should.
He has taken his price readjustment
medicine.
We pass this on to our farmer read
ers for their own amusement.
He certainly has taken his medicine,
and a. bitter dose it is. but there has
been little but despair accompanying
his action. With his farm mortgaged,
his entire future in doubt, and the
credit of the nation dried up SO fal
Jas he is concerned, there is little else
he could do.
And so he has gone about putting III
a new crop in hopes that by SO doing
lhe can keep the sheriff at a reasonable
distance and perhaps sell his produce
for enough to keep the family from
going hungry this winter.
Five New York banks have Dor
rowed as much from the federal re-
lsere banks as 5000 state banks. One
bank in Chicago has had more fedora
al credit at its disposal than sail the
banks in the State of Iowa. This veal
our total loaning capital was $4,000
100000. The farmer is entitled tC
I$S,OOO,00O,OO0 Of this. Instead, he
Igot $2,000,000,000 to finance him un-
til his crops come in and are sold.
Why was he refused his balance o
$6,OO0,0O0,0O0? Why were foreign
interests allowed to take the billions
needed here out of the country unles
perhaps to allow them to buy the farm
er's products at half-price2
i While we are financing the world
wouldn't it be fine idea to let on
food-producers have little credit in
stead of strangling them by usury anc
killing the goose that lays the COLDER
eggp = Seattle Union Record.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18

AS long as the producers and con-
sumers are kept apart by monopolists
and profiteers, so long will they both
be bled white to the limit. And the
limit has just about been reached, for
greed invariably overreaches itself and
writes the epitaph for its own tomb
stone. The exploiters themselves are
teaching the producers that the only
alternative to economic slavery is CO.
operative production and distribution
Of the necessaries Of human existence.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18

Mr. w. L. Ford has announced his
candidature for Representative in the
louisiana State Legislature, to fill ths
unexpired term of the late F. 0. Bol-
giano.
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For two days officials of the State
Banking Department examined the
books and funds of the West Louis
lana Bank this week, and when they
cordially bid president S. 7. Ward
goodbye. they congratulated him up
on the excellent condition of his pop
ular and progressive financial institu-
ton, having found that its books are
kept intelligently and that its assets
far exceed those of previous years.
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The bids for constructing the four
new public roads in Vernon Parish va
ry between $30,637.85 anil $64,325.
the Lambert Construction Company be-
ing the lowest as we'll as the highest
bidder. Among the other bidders were
Middleton md Smith, L. A. Gano,
Perry, Carr Construction Company,
Woodruff and Powers, w. H. Smith,
Jr., S. D. Carr, and Middleton, Smith
and Bass.
%**@
Newly-weds to whom marriage Ii
censes were issued this week by Hon
r. A. Hicks, clerk of Vernon Parish
were: Mr.. E. w. Carder and Miss D
la Crosby, both Of Leesville; Mr.. c
W. Ivey and Miss Ella E. May, of Lees.
willie and Orange. Tex, respectively;
Mr.. Samuel A. Hicks and Miss Matte
]. Turner, both Of Leesville; Mr.. L. E
Miers, of Carson, and Miss Mae Bar
ton, of Luddington; Mr., N. c. Fetch
er, of Pickering, and Miss Lizzie Hin
son, of Fal.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18

Moral delinquency in personal char
acter results in. and is actualized in
iniquitous customs and institutions
which do not fit into nor meet the re-
requirements Of the nature and consd-
tuition of men.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
Freedom and Security on
a Llano Farm

The ANO COOPERATIVE COLONY well established in
ana the highlands far from and healthy intelligent
of workers, banded together the last ditch col
ecEve Importance
of experience and work has placed the
biy financial failure Credit at
the of healthy connted happy weldfor ownerwos
This Colony has land than they a this
available to
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18

Counting the ink, the paper, and the
cost of printing and engraving it, a
dollar bill is cheap at that.-Tampa
Tribune.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18

Wheat dropDed sixty cents at har-
vest time. Goodness. but how we
wished they had to harvest paper-Am
bridge (Pa.) News-Herald.