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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26
WILL LONG REMEMBER VISIT
Inhabitants Of Old Providence island
Astounded by the Appearance OF
American SeapIanes.

One wonders what the inhabitants
Of Old Providence island thought
when seven American seaplanes, with
that rending clamOr of motor that
marks these powerful devices, swooped
down on her tiny harbor. The report
Of the seven fliers is epic in its sim
picity.
"Some of them seemed scared" said
:hey. "They had never seen AN air.
plane before"
Life in Old Providence, as it ap-
peared to the marooned sea fliers, is
primitive in its simplicity The Is
land itself is four miles long, lying
in the midst of the Caribbean sea
at a distance of $50 miles from Colon.
In its center wooded eminence rises
to what seemed the majestic height
of LOO feet.
The harbor is too tiny and too shall
low to permit the entrance Of big
ships. and so the islands only con-
nection with the outside world is
through the semi-occasiOnal visits OF
Il little yawl, which carries freight
and passengers each way. Sometimes
the yawl gets to Old Providence once
in three weeks. Sometimes it doesn't.
It's schedule depends on freghts, the
whim of its master. the winds, the
convcniences of the day.
Casually it brings the mails" said
the Old Providentials. Sometimes it
doesn't"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26
Beyond Help.

Philadelphia Record: Midnight, anl
( in the smoking room of Il club sat ;
young man huddlcd in chair. n frien(
entered.
Hello, Smith," he asked, cheer
fully, mot going home yet:'
NO" muttered the despairing one
II daren't."
'.Matter? It's the end of everything
1t means ruin. grief and spoiled life"
The friend looked frightened. Here
Smith, tell me what's up. Perhaps car
help you"
Smith clinchcd his fists till the
knuckles showed white.
''No one can help me-" he cried il
agony. II have come to the end of IN!
things! At o'clock telephoned to
my wife and gave her perfectly goot
excuse for not coming straight home
and" his voice sank to whisper
give forgotten what said
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26
Power in Palm Oil

We have thought of palm oil in
such peaceful connections as soap
stock and massage creams, but had
never associated it with those devilish
stuffs. gasoline. benzol and the joyride.
Eat oil is oil and chemistry plays
strange tricks, and the time may be
near when not only the fatty juice of
the palm kernel, but even the oil of
the succulent peanut may speed the
flivver in the place of petrol.
MAY he near" What do we say:
That time is actually here, and today
uii III darkest Africa automobiles are
being operated successfully and cheap
~ with their tanks filed with palm
oil. And ais" in belgium the same
iluid is being used, in ;,n experimental
way. and il proving even more success
fui l!l:1i its first advocates Imagined,
New Orleans Times-picayune.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26
CHILE sore AT
NATION League
Opposition to Country Keep
ing Membership Aroused
by Action on
Bolivia.
TREATY CAUSES ROW
Neral Victory for Chile not
Enough to Satisfy
People.
(Hy Ihc Associated Press. }

Santiago. Dec. 26.--Opposition to
Chile retaining membership in the
League Of Nations has developed III
some quarters here as Il result OF INC
lennllr's consideration of HollvlaS Pc
titiom for Il revision Of The treaty OF
Dcao,, and commerce celebrated With
Chile in 1904 and the asSenhly's acton
i'm amounting !: commission OF lurlsts
to study the Bolivian claim, the cs-
seltial feature of which WAS demand
for :: seaport. The former Bolivian
port of Antofagasta was definitely ccd-
ed 10 Chile under the 1904 treaty ana
Ho,iyia now has rail access to the
Pacific through Antofasasta and Africa
Chile.
While Chile. according to some lead
org of opinion, achieved Il moral vic
tory" at Geneva in view of the jirists
findings that the Bolivian petition III
the form in which il was presented was
inadnissiblc and that the assembly
cannot itself modify any treaty, the
Bolivian dclegation's announcement
that it would reserve the right again
to present its petition appears to have
aroused more sentiment against the
league in this country.
j Boonan Rivera. a writer on inter-
national affairs. in an article In the
newspaper. Diario Ilustrado. views ac-
ccptancr hy Chile Of the p0Stp0ncment
of The Bolivian petition as an "abdi-
cation ut least of the sentiment OF our
complete sovereignty" He asks what
reason there is for Chile to remain Ill
Il league that good national sense re-
pudatcs through certain feeling or
anxiety and uneasiness.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26
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ALWAYS BE THE BEST.

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Ii you can't be pine on the top of the
hill.
Be a scrub in the yalley-but be
The best little scrub ut the side of the
rill:
BE il bush if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be Il bush, be Il bit of the
grass,
Some highway to happier make;
II you can't be mllskie, then just be
bass
But the livliest bass in the lake.
We can't all be capt;lils, some have to
be crew.
There's something for all of us here !;
There's big work to do and there's les
ser to do,
And the task we must do is the near.
II you can't be highway, then just
be trail:
Ii YOU can't be Il sun, be star.
1t isn't by size that you win or you
fail
Be the Best of Whatever You are.
-Bindcry Magazine.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26

Smith. Mrs. Hazel Smitll-Whitaker
and little son, of Omaha, are also tX'
pectcd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. II. Brown. of
Ecatricc. N2b., are expected to arrive
in the city tomorrow for ii holiday visit
with their parents. Mr.. and Mrs. F. f.
brown and Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. L. Cham
berlin.
Mrs. Charles Burnett returned Tues.
Gav TO her home in Wall. S. d., after
attending the funeral of her father
Charles Jones. Her brother, Roy Jones
accompanied her. excepting to remain
in South Dakota Indefinitely.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.
(F'ron Fridays Daily.)

Miss Harriet pcmbcrt0n, teacher Ill
the public schools. leaves tonight FOR
her home in Iowa Falls to spend ncr
vacation.
MIS-. Meade Hughes is spending the
day III Kamrar with her mother, Mrs
ii. ausing.
Mrs. Il. T.. Schroeder left this morning
for Rockford ILL.,. to spend the holl-
DAYS with relatives.
Mrs. G. III. Walker went to Grinncll
today to spend The holidays with her
parents.
Nj. ana Mrs. c. II. Curric ure spend
ing The holidays visiting Mrs. Currics
parents, at Fairmont, MINI.
Misses Margaret White aud Mar
ga,ct l.chnlard have arrived home to
srtNl the holiday vacation from their
university work in Iowa City.
Mi~s Josephine Parsons. of Sioux
CITY. arrived here this noon to spend
the day with her college friend. Miss
Marion KItncSol.
,.ce Soltoy arrived in the city this
neon frnm Chicago. 10 spend CHRIST
ms with his brother, III. w Sollow,
and family.
Miss Ruth Chippcrficld returned last
night from Storm Lake. where she is Il
Freshman at Bucna Vista college, TO
spend the holidays at home
Mr. and Mrs Glen Hcrsom and baby
wcut TO Fonda this morning for Il
two months visit with Mrs. ilcrsom' 5
parents.
Mrs ii. X. RiSh, of Waterloo. arrived
here this morning for Il holiday visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. T..
Crnwtcr
l!r. and Mrs. Fred Stuart and son
RAYMOND. went to Manson this morn
in. 10 spend the holidays with rela'
tivcS.
Ralph Swcazy arrived in the city lasl
might from Russell. where he is EN-
plos ed. to spend the Christmas season
at his home here.
Nr. and Mrs. Gale Bickford OF
.Alnioy. Mimi. came last night t'
spend the holiday vacation at fhc e. w
Smith and l.. ii. Bickford homes.
Miss Jennie Winters. who is EN-
plaved in the county auditors office
exnrcts to leave this evening for hei
holne in Clarion. where she will spend
Christmas.
Miss Mary Waterman arrived last
night from Conroy to spend the non
DAYS at her home in this city Miss
Waterman is teacher Of mathematics
in the Conroy high school.
Mrs. j. T. Gall, of Chicago arrived
Eerc today to spend the holidays witt
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Casper
Ed -cnson. and with her children wh'
have been staying with Mr.. and Mrs
Edvenson.
Jerome Sparboe is expected 20 arrive
home this afternoon from Minneapolis
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26
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THE TIME W.ASTER.
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Richard Spillanc in the Philadelphia
Public Ledger: \ young man who
tciled eight or 10 years at hard anu
grimy tasks and got only small wages.
but now is of the white collar brigade
and getting Il fine reward, says the
trouble with the wage and s;larled
forces of America. as he sees it, is that
they work too LITTLE and talk too much.
That's Il sweeping Indictment. but not
Ia few employers will say ii comes
pretty near being true.
One of them made this statement: ~
man who is scrHpulouSly honest as to
money will be dishonest rs to time
ard not appreciate it. have men whe
would no more pick my pocket on rifle
my cash drawer Than they would turn
highwaymcn, yet they loaf on the job
and waste time in gosSiping, and cannot
lie made to understand il is my time
they are throwing away and my money
tiiat is being taken from me by their
actions.
AN employer buys the time OF the
worker. be it for eight hours or nine
hours or 10 hours. When the worker
wastes that time he does it at the en-
ploycrs cost.
THE cight-hOur day is pretty well
established in this country. 1t is not
too much to ask Il man to put in four
full hours of work i'll the morning, take
an hour Off ut noon and then put III
four hours full work in the afternoon.
He either is going to put i'll full work
in those periods or we are not gong
to meet the competition OF European
lnbor successfully in the markets OF the
v orld. regardless of how great are our
natural advantages and our financial
position.
There's too much baseball gossip in
our plant in summer and too much
riiZc fight gossip in the fall and winter
Men are more concerned in sports than
in good workmanship. WHAT'S more
they're always looking forward eager.
ly to holiday. 1t seems to me, at
the rate we're going. it will not b,
long before we have more holidays than
they have in Mexico.
Il have heard big employers say the
world series; baseball games cost them
thousands Of dollars. their men in the
Stop and their men and girls in the
Office being moro concerned in how tn,
ca mes came out than they were in tLeii
w orl. 1t is the same when there's !; big
prize fight.
"Thcrc's a time for everything. y
workmanshop or IN office is a place foi
work, not for chatter. and the employer
paws for the service. of the cmplOyc FOL
Il specified number of hours. IL the
e.nplovc does not give full time and
effort. that cmploye is not doing the
square thing by the boSs-~or to himself
or herself. as the case may be. for thf
time waster rarely progresses i'll tlit
business iicld.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26
Didn't Bother Him.

Answers: Dicky and Charlie were
told by their mother not to play at the
back Of the school building. where
there was a swollen stream and plenty
of mud.
When they returned home at nearly
) o'clock that evening their shoes were
covered with mud.
Then mother said:
Charlie, I do not know how your
conscience let you go to the stream
after promising mother that you would
not co.
Charlie answered:
II expect my conscience wasn't work
ing just right today, mother"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26

smoke its so fascinat-
ingly good!
Put a pin in here! Prince
Albert cant bite your
tongue or parch your
throat. Both are cut out
by our exclusive patented
process. So, just pass up
any old idea you may have
stored away that you cant
smoke a pipe! We tell you
that you can-and just
have the time Of your life
on every fire-up- you
play Prince Albert for
packing!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26
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HONESPUN YARN.

Nothing is troublesome mat we do
" ilIingly Jefferson
Aunt Ada's AXioms: Even dish wash
ing. if done with willing spirit, ceases
10 be Il trouble.
If something is worth doing at all
lis worth doing right. The right way
Is usually easier. too.
Now that the flowers and shrubs are
gone. have You Il few evergreen trees
to improve the looks; Of the yard and
garden:
Rooms where winter gatherings ar,
held should he well ventilated: other
wise they are the places where man!
colds are caught.
Chcapness and DEAFNESS of thing,
after all are only relative. Mayb,
fresh fruits and vegetables do seen
Expensive in the winter time. but they
are cheaper than doctors bills.
There's nothing like Il good generous
Pie tin 10 amlisc baby while mother i.
| hrSy around the kitchen. Sliding i:
hard on clothes. but sliding around thu
kitchen floor in Il pie tin is lots o
fun and mighty saving ON clothes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26
The objectionable Sin.

Judge: whats this | hear about
the SmythcS planning q divorce:
thought they were wonderful pals -
that she took mp golf just 10 Ice with
him. and all that sort of thing
yes. that's just the trouble: sh,
now plays Il better game than he does :
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26

Rats have. among other damage
gnawed through gas and wafer pipes
rendering various buildings uninhahl
able until repairs were executed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26

Remains of a sun temple at Avcbury,
England, are said to be older than
Stonchange itself.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26

Motor cars in the United States were
responsible for $1,000 deaths, and prop
erty damage Of $1,OOO.OOo, 900 in 1920.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26

Prince Albert IL
sold in toppy yed
bsgs. tidy red tins,
handsome pound
end huff pound tin
humid rs end in the
pound crystal glass
ka N id0r with
sponge moistsner
tor.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-12-26
You'll get somewhere
with a pipe and P. A.!

Start fresh all over
again at the beginning!
Get a pipe! and forget
every smoke experience
you ever had that spilled
the beans!
For a jimmy pipe,
packed brimful with
Prince Albert, will trim
any degree of smokejoy
you ever registered! It's
a revelation! You never
puffed such delightful,
satisfying flavor; or, such
fragrance! Why-you just
want to eat the zephyry
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-29
Beauty Chats
A SUPERIOR COLD CREAM.
By EDNA KENT FORBES

The cream that I talk about most often in this space is a cleansing usual wax and spermacetti. But there is another formula for a cold cream which is not only cleansing but flesh building as we'll The for muIa is as follows:
 Fine Cold Cream
 Rose water ........4 ounces
 Almond oil ......-..-.4 ounces
 Spermacett1 ---...-.-1 ounce
 w hlte wax -..-. ....1 ounce
 Tincture of Benzoin ...1 drachm white wax and spermacetti and the oil are melted together and the rose water and benzoin, slightly warmed, are added, the whole mass being creamy. Then pour it off into jars. Thirty grains of powdered borax may be added to the rose water if you wish the cream to be winter and may be substituted for the almond oil if you prefer.
 This cream should be used if the skin is dry. Since it is cleansing and also nourishing, it should also be used for treating wrinkles. An or dinary cold cream is no good at all for this.
 The only effective way to use cold cream is to open the pores of the skin by holding cloths wrung from
  is then massaged in, and what re- mains on the surface of the skin is wiped off with dry cloth An ice rub or an astringent should be used nourishing cream and an astringent is excellent for keeping the skin youth full.
 Mother:-A1most any hair may be trained to curl, if the hair is not tou too coarse. As your little girl is so young, there is no reason why her hair will not train into finger curls. or ffuffed by turning the ends into ring1etS. Try the sort kid curriers' to Start the training and only curl the ends of the hair, while you are keep ing it bobbeG.
 Peggy:-Drink plenty Of milk to ing butter, or mayonnaise that is made with olive oil. A tablespoon full of this oil three times each day will also fatten and if taken with the not tasted: The ten pounds that you need should not take long to ac- quire. if you do this
 espondent:-When the bust ap- usually be changed by wearing the corset 1oosened at the waistlfne. The straight, one-piece dress, which is very loosely confined below the tracting from any over development of the bust. With very young girls. large bust merely signifies an un- evenness in growth and the propor- tions are much better after they have fully developed. Learn how to dress so this will not be so noticeable, which is much better than trying to reduce the bust by artificial means.
 All inquiries addressed to Miss Forbes in care Of the "Beauty Chats departmenet will be answered in these columns in their turn. This re- quireS considerable time. however, owing to the great number received. So if a personal or quicker reply is desired, a stamped and self-address- ed envelope must be enclosed with the QueStiOn?-The Editor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-29
THE DANBURY FAIR
All Indications Point to A
 Record-Breaker.
The Danbur

The Danbury fair is close at hand, opening for its sgd annual exhibition October 3, and continuing for the week The race program calls for trotting and pacing contests the first five days and automobile races, un- der A. A. A sanction, Saturday. Chester F. Pike, of Windsor. Vt, will start the horse races and Horace P. Murphy, of Syracuse, N. r.. will con duct the auto races. There is an ex- tensive list of entries, numbering some 22o, in the trotting and pacing classes, with 112 individual horses. Each horse is eligible to race twice during the week. The entries in the auto races do not close until fair week, but MT. Murphy has already paid appearance money to a number of the leading racing men, which is the custom to assure their presence, under the national rules. The pou1- try show, the dog show, the automo- bile, accessories. truck and tractor shows, an 1.-the agricultural machin- cry show, are crowded to the limit with high-c1aSS entries. Every avail able foot of space in the main exhibi- tion building and in the big tent has been spoken for. The Midway is sold out to the last inch, and re-measure- mentS will be made to see if it will not be possible to Fearraage things so as not to disappoint those who are still demanding room for tents and stands. All indications point to a record-breaking fair in all the various departments, with predictions of an immense attendance.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-29
STROLLNG PLAYERS


 The ever popular Strolling Players will be the attra ction at the Park the last three days of this week, and it is one of the 1iveliest and most tuneful burlesque offerings which will be seen at this house this season. The show is advertised as the Be1asco produc- tion of burleSque and it we'll lives up to that name. It is along the grade of the higher priced musical shows. A number of pleasing speciaIties are introduced, among which are the won derfuI ballet and march by a fascin- ating group of the chorus. Hazel liar gis, a, live wire soubrette; Ann Myers, the sweet toned song bird, and Julia Clifford, bur1esques biggest surprise vaudeville offering. There are many changes of scenery and wardrobe seeming without number and among the latter is some of the most gor- geous ever seen even with a higher priced organization. The cSoruS is made up of sweet young girIies who will dance and sing their way into the hearts of the audience.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-29

stars reputation for fast action with heart interest, drama and humor skill fully admixed.
 If a photoplay gets away to a fast start half the battle is won, and the "take-off of The Fighting Lover was so brisk that the audience was heart and hand with the star at the end of the first scene. He jumps to the middle of the screen makes a seemingly hopeless bet of s10-00o that he can find one of three girls that his friend will. marry within 90 days and then starts out to casually look around for three girls in thou sand.
 Just when things are. looking fairly well set for a wedding a. priceless dia- mond is stolen from the aunt's room and one of our heros young friends is found murdered. The castle is sur rounded by police and no one is all lowed to leave. Everyone is Sus- pected and the theme winds through the intricate channels of one of the screens cleverest mystery p1ots- The audience is pleased at the cheerful ending but it costs lot of thrills and anxiety to reach.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-29
BETTER TONE IN MARKET.

New York, Sept 29.-There was a better tone in the stock market at the opening today, small advances being made in practically everything traded in. Dealings, however, con tinued small
 Steel Common rose 1-4 to 79. and Baldwin Loco improved 3-4 to S6 IA. Mexican Tel. rose to 1 3-S to 101 1-2 and Pan Am. Pet. was 3-4 higher at 46 If. The rails showed fractional upturns.
 Burns Brothers continued in de- mand establishing new high mark at 1O6 IA, a gain of over one point. Continental Can and United Fruit rose one point.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-29
wANDERER's LAST CHANGE.

Springfield, H., Sept. 2s.-Carl Wanderer, sentenced to be hanged tomorrow morning at CShisago for the murder of his wife and her unborn babe, and "a ragged stranger" today gets his last chance for life.
 Governor Len Small has granted a hearing at the request of W. D. Bar tholonew, Wanderers attorney, who will make his final effort to save Wandered from the gallows- Lloyd Heth, assistant states attorney, is here from Chicago to insist on the death penalty.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-29
THE BRIDGEPORT TIMES

to the sentiment of everybody. Fror the opening scene to the close, the story is briInful of heart interest Charles Ray as Ezra" is "just plain boy,' wholesome but mischievous. Ezra Is so busy falling in and out of scrapes that it is a wonder he finds time dor sweethearts.
 Today,s opening vaudeville bill is headed by J. Rosamond Johnson and his IuiInit able Five in a feast of syn copation. MT. Johnson was for merly a member of the famous team of Cole & Johnson. Phillips & Travers have a novelty comedy of fering that is new and will delight everybody. McDevitt, Kelly & Quinn in The Piano Movers and the Actress have a comedy act that brings laughs galore. The rest of the vaudeville bill is good variety. rts
 The new Poh policy of continuous performances from to Il is proving very popular.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-29

Bandits stoppng Sante F'e ex- press train by throwing a, danger sig nal at Reading, H., and took 20 cases of liquor from the express car They were forced to abandon the au- tomobile and loot as they fled when their auto caught fire.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-29

have wrapped themselves up fully in the action that is the outlet for their spontaneity.
 Probably no recent play produced by this favorite aggregation of actors has offered the exceptional possIbii- ties for laughter and for natural act ing as foThe Hottentot"
 The costumes, especially those worn by the women in the first act, are models for young women Of Bridgeport.
 Generally this production isr,one which is bound to attract That's the reason for it's success.