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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11
FRIENDS GIVE
 WELCOME TO STUART FOX
Former Member of Lyric Stock Company Now
 With Lightnin'.

In his role as John Marvin, Stuart Fox last night celebrated his return to the cast of "Lghtnin' ," and incl dentally observed his return to Bridgeport after a six years absence. As one of the old Lyric stock players during the early days ofAJesse Prin- gle and Lowell Sherman, MT. Fox is well remembered by theatre-goers who accorded him hearty reception at the Park theatre last night.
 Tt certainly is like old times to be back in Bridgeport tonight and to me it is more than fitting that Bridge to Iightnin'," he smilingly announced to a Times reporter i've been around all afternoon, and met sever al of my old friends whom I have not ago"
 MT. Fox. who is one of the out standing figures in the famous com edy success that broke the worlds performances, is known to scores of Bridgeporters. It is an interesting coincfdent that while here he played with Jesse Pring1e, who is now star ring with Frank Bacon in the original cast of "Lightnin'.'' He is an ex. service man, having enlisted at the outbreak of the war, and a promin- ent nights of Columbus man. While in Bridgeport before, he was a popu- lar member of St. Augustine's church "I can truthfully say that the un- precedented success of 'Lightnin' is due to the fact that every member of the cast loves the play. We have become so attached to it that the play actually seems part of our daily lives, and let me tell you that while we are working it, our whole heart l is in the play. Critics and reviewers have often spoken of the naturalness of our acting in "Lightnin',' but it would be impossible to act otherwise The spirit of the play grips one so that we cannot helD feel ourselves not individual actors "acting" for our salary. but the real life and blood characters of play that already has gone into history as one of the great est of the American theatrical sue cesses."
 MT Foxs performance last night was his first in 'Lightnin' D in over a year. As a member of pr: GoIden's only company on tour, he was trans ferred about a year ago to- "The Wheel" another Golden production that had a memorable Broadway run.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11

Arrangements were made by the board to carry out a new state law which requires and 1-2 hours Of physical exercise each week per pupil Fred Hunt iss in charge of football, baseball, and basketball, MT. McFar- land is to help MT. Hunt, particularly with the freshman class, MT Lockhart is to have charge of inter room games Miss Lockwood and Miss Clark are to be in charge of the gymnasium work and of the outdoor work Of the girls.
 large number of parents signed a petition asking for some sort or transportation to and from the Sherl- dan school for their children in order to eliminate what is in many cases a walk through the woods of more than a mile The petition was referred 10 the schools committee
 fund of $190, plus accrued inter est which brought the amount up to about S25O, was accepted from the class of 1918, the fund to be used for prize to the student getting the high est percentage in English literature The money was given in memory or Wayne B. Schwartz.
 The suggestion was also made by the class of 1918 that fund of $2,5OO be established to be used for loans for High school pupils continuing their studies in college. the pupils to be recommended by the principal. It was suggested that the $25O could be used as a nucleus of such a fund The proposition will be considered by the committee to which il was referred.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11
Activities At
 Professional
 Women s Club

The Bridgeport Business and Profes- sionaI women's club held a success full October meeting in the club rooms, the Liberty building, last night when a general reunion after the holiday season followed serious dis cussion of the revised club constitu- tion, Miss Rose E. House, who served on the revision committee presented the report which was favorably acted upon with but slight change. The re- port which appeared in the current issue of the clubs publication The PharoS was used as guide.
 Mrs. Grace Hughes who will speak at the informal program on Thursday evening, Oct. 20 will have several of the original documents of Henry Hudson bearing the seal of the Half Moon company and date of 1637- Mrs. Hughes has made a study of valuable antique furniture and she will illus trate from her collection.
 Mrs. H. W. Lagnzettle of Westport will open her home for a club day in the country Sunday, Oct. 23. Club members and friends are planning to gather at the club at o'clock and motor parties are being arranged, hiking across country at Westport Miss Elizabeth Merry is in charge of the hike.
 An evening card party will be en- joyedW Wednesday when tables for whist addition to bridge. Friday afternoon bridge is attracting attention, and ta- bles for other card games are being made up. Members are enthusiastic in the pool tournaments being plan ned
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11
CLAIM GREEK VICTORY.

Athens, Oct. 11.-Greek and Turk ish Nationalists' forces have been en- gagged in stern battle along the new front in Asia MOnor, extending from Afiu1 KarahisSar northward to a point almost directly east of Brusa. On the southern end of this line the Greeks, says an official statement is- sued here, have won a complete vic tory, driving the Nationalists from the filed and infiicting heavy losses upon them. Further north the fight ing has apparently consisted of raids in force but it is evident the hostile armies are in contact with each other.
 Five men were killed and two in jured at Lynchburg, Va. when a brick wall of a building they were tearing down collapsed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11
RAVENS ENDS LONG TERM
 WITH BOARD
Several Normal School Graduates Named For
 Appointments.

Expressing his warm thanks to the past and present memDers of the Board of Education for the uniform courtesy and cooperation which he has always received from them, FL mer H. Havens, president of the board, ended his term of over 20 years as a member of that body last night. There was not a great deal of meeting and most of the time was oc- cupied in saying goodbye to the four members of the board whose terms expire and who will not be up for re- appointment because of the act pass ed by the legislature recently reduc- ing the size of the board In addition to MT. Ravens, those who finished their term of service last night were Samuel Plotkin, Judge John Pullman, and Denis MulVihil1. Mr- -Mulvlh1ll was not present last night.
 Commissioner Burns paid a tribute to the retiring president, expressing This pleasure at what he termed a pleaSant companShip and regretting the loss which the educational ele- ment of Bridgeport was sustaining. MT. Ravens was impressed and. moved by the statement. He said that he was sorry to be leaving the board but that he was rather glad to be relieved of responsibility.
 The fellow members of the retiring president voted to present him with an inscribed gavel and with a set of reso- lutions. No successor will be named until the next meeting of the new and smaller board
 The following Normal school grad uates were recommended for appoint ments at the minimum salary: Bessie Frankel, Helen V. Gale Gertrude Hanson. Margaret J. Kenny. Dorothy Lipscher, Margaret Hurley, Helen Me Carthy, Viola Parrish. and Claire, Pi- rozzoi
 ResignationS from J. B. Scott teacher of manual training, and from 1nxr teao Inc. ,Nf I,af !, grade at the Mckinley school, were accepted to take effect at once.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11
SEARCH FOR NEW REVENUES
 STARTS FUN

Berlin, Oct 1.-The governments search for new sources of revenue to meet increasing expenditures has brought a group of humorists to the rescue, one branch of which, submit ting a statute already prepared, sug- GeSts a tax on fat folks whose waist line circumference exceeds the chest meaSuremen
 Another suggests attention be paid to double chinS and ''whiSkey noses"
 The proponents of the fat tax in clude the followig provisions in the statute they have submitted:
 Males between the ages of 15 and 30 whose waist exceeds the chest circumference shall pay 1000 marks yearly for each excess centimeter, be- twe"n 30 and 40 years, 500 marks,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11
FARE CONTROL
 CAUSE OF TALK

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 11.-Assumptio by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion of control over railroad fares and charges within the States-and authority exercised by state regula,- tory bodies prior to enactment of the transportation act-appeared likely to cause much discussion among mem berS of the National Association of Railway end Utilities Commissioners who met here today for the annual convention of the association.
 Members of the association pre- viouS to their arrival were advised by the organizations officers that the whole question of federal control over state commerce would be dis cuSSed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11
Expect Sharp Fight On Sales
 Tax Scheme

Washington. Oct. 1.-The tax bill was back today on the Senate calendar with it's sponsors ready to propose elimination of some and radical re- have been the objectives of bitter opposition from both sides of the chamber.
 Republican leaders were hopeful that the compromise program voted out by majority members of the fin ance committee would command sufh- cient support to enable the Senate to pass the measure late next week. Determined fights were promised, however, over a number of sections.
 Chief points now in controversy so far as the Republicans are concerned are included in the compromise plan. They are the increased income surtax and estate tax rates, retention of the corporation capital tax and restriction tions to those having incomes of S25,- 900 or less. This program, agreed upon by leaders in conferences with Republican senators in the agriculS tural "bloc" is opposed by a group of nearly a dozen prominent senators from eastern states.
 The Shoot manufacturers sales tax plan also promises to be the center of a sharp fight, but proponents of the committee bill declare that the tide of support for it has reached the flood supporters of the proposed claim that after it had been explained by Sena- tor Shoot it will gain ground. Including those adopted by major ity members of the finance committee, there are nearly 150 amendments to the pending bill printed and ready to be offered. Some of these probably will not goein, but others are in pros pect. The senators from the eastern states are understood to plan to offer substitutes on the surtax, estate tax and other committee proposals which | they oppose and to demand a record vote in each case.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11
CHARGED WITH
 MISUSING MAILS

Pensacola, Fla. Oct. 11.-Al1en Stirling, who conducted a stock and bond brokerage house here and who made a specially of foreign securi- ties,'' was held in jail here today, charged with using the mails to de- fraud. The arrest of Stirling was the result of an extended investigation by federal authorities. He was held un- der a $5,0OO bond.
 Stirling had branch offices in the South and is understood to have head quarters in Cincinnati. A state pros ecution will follow. the government
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11
Gold Mining Fields
 Are Active Again

ed revival of activity in the gold mining fields of nothern California and Nevada, where the 49ths once operated, is being manifested, ac- cording to reports reaching this city, and most of it, it is believed, is due to the declining cost of materials used in gold mining operations. Re duced cost of labor also is a factor in the renewal of activity.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11

It was officially announced at Mad rid that the Moors' principal base of rongu country, was taken by Span iSh troops.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11

Secretary Davis says the unem- pIoy1nent conference probably will be asked to recommend an appropr1at1oh of s40O,0OO for the work of the United States Employment Service during the coming winter.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-11

Within the last two weeks much work has been begun in the mother lode district in Amador and Calaveras counties of California as well as in the Grass Valley district of this state. Nevada gold and silver mines both are showing signs of awakened in terest.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-13
The f1Oppe]
By MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Nzzzszzaufed. by Heoner1c Lo1.r~ SHee1e

impression Of constant watchful-
ness.
"Cute little shaver, eh? Give
Shaver somethin' to eat, Mary. l
guess milk'll be right. Not more'n
three, I reckon?"
"Two," Mary corrected.
"A nice little feller; you're a
cute 'un; amt ye, Shaver?"
The Shaver nodded his head SOL
emnly.
"Me want mes pawwidge," he
announced.
"Porridge," interpreted Humpy
with the air Of one whose superior
breeding made him the proper arbi-
ter of the speech Of children Of high
social standing. Shaver poked a
finger in Humpy's surviving optic in
token of his appreciation of the tall
gentleman's perspicacity.
&
THE Hopper gave Shaver his
watch and proceeded then to
relate succinctly his days adven-
ture.
Mary. a plump woman of thirty,
with mass of yellow hair, dog
gedly preparing the porridge, lis
tened carefully.
ga dip!& she cried in alarm when
The Hopper had finished the recital
'You had no right to, Hop!"
bleated Humpy, who had tipped his
chair back against the wall and was
sucking a cold pipe. And then,
curiosity getting the better of his
shocked conscience, he added:
What she measure, Hop?"
The Hopper grinned ruefully.
"Flubbed! Nothin' but trashr'
Mary and Humpy expressed their
indignation and contempt in un-
equivocal terms, which they re-
peated with added emphasis after
he had told Of the man whose pres
ence on the train had alarmed him.
Humpy paced the floor, declaring
that the machine and the kid must
be got rid of at once.
"Set down, Hump; ye make me
nervous. | got thinkin' to do"
"And ye'd better be damned
quick about ut" Humpy snorted.
"Cut the cussinN" Since his re-
tirement to private life The Hopper
had been trying to free himself of
profanity and underworld slang as
unbecoming to a chicken farmer
and likely to arouse suspicious.
Cant. we see Shaver amt USE to
ut? He's little juke, a regular
way-up-er, Shaver isl"
"1t's kidnappin', IS wot it is,"
whimpered Humpy.
That's wot it amt" declared
The Hopper imperturbably. T'm
goin' to take Shaver back to his
ma--ain't l, Shaver?"
Shaver kicked The Hopper in the
stomach and emitted a chortle of
supreme confidence in The Hopper's
ability to restore him to his lawful
owners. This confidence was not.
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sS TUST hot0 good burglar youe Can you do COB
neatly and safely?" she asked

experience he had never before been
cornered by woman, and he stood
gaping at his captor in astonishment.
There was nothing in her manner to
indicate that she shared his en1bar-
rassment; she seemed to be ponder
ing deeply what disposition she
should make of him. For an instant
in the intentness of her thought the
revolver wavered, and The Hopper,
without taking his eyes from her,
effected catlike spring that
brought him to the window.
"Once more," cried the young
woman, at once alert and on her
guard, 'if you try to escape I'll
shoot! Get into that corner-to the
right--quick!"
She had leaped across the room,
and the last words were enforced
upon The Hopper's attention by a
vigorous punch of the gun in his ribs.
He threw up his hands and with
drew to the corner.
"Turn round, please!''
"Yes'm," muttered The Hopper
obediently.
She sat down without lowering
either her eyes or the gun and bent
forward
Il amt done nothin'; homes to
God, l ANTI" The Hopper protested.
81 was watching you through the
window when you came downstairs
and read that note," said his captor
calmly. "Do you mind telling me
just why you did that?"
"Well, miss, I jes' thought it kind
O funny there wusn't nobody around
and the letter was stuck on the lamp.
They wusn't no stamp on the letter.
1t didn't seem they wuz no harm in
lookin'."
This was received with noncom-
initial "Um!" Then, as though she
were eliciting from an artist or man
of letters frank opinion of his pro-
fessional standing, she asked him
with meditative air that puzzled
him as much as her inquiry:
just how good burglar are you?
Can you do job neatly and safely?"
THE HOPPER, being modest
person, shrugged his shoulders
and twisted uncomfortably.
Il reckon as now you've pinched
me amt much good" he replied,
and was rewarded with a smile, fol-
lowed by a little laugh. He was
rather pleased that she manifested
no fear of him and surprised that
she didn't pick up the telephone in
strument on the table and summon
help.
"1f you're a good BURGLAR man
who can really go into a house and
steal things without making mess
of it--and if you can play fair, then
think maybe--maybe-we can
come to terms"
Are you armed?" she asked, ris-
ing and walking toward him.
II gotta gun in my coat; right
side," he confessed doggedly. That's
all / got"
She cautiously extracted the gun
with her left hand and backed away
from him. "If you'd lied to me I
should have killed you. Do you
understand" she said, thrusting his
gun into her sweater pocket.
She announced this as though
homicide was a common incident of
her life. She caught CLEAN of
humor in the eyes she was watch
ing vigilantly, and abated her sever
ity. "You may sit down--there."
She pointed with her left hand to a
much bepillowed davenport, and
The Hopper sank upon it, still hold
ing his hands up.
You may put your hands down
now, Mr." -
Stevens" The Hopper supplied
readily. His status was now to ali
appearances that Of a gentleman
paying a social call upon a lady
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who, in the pleasantest manner
imaginable and yet with undenisbls
resoluteness, kept a revolver point
ed in the general direction of bis
person.
"We were speaking of that letter
you read a while ago. suppose
you didn't understand it, You
couldn't, really, Well, my husband
and / married against our fathers
wishes; both our fathers were op.
posed to the marriage" The Hop
per frowned darkly to express his
distress at this unfortunate situa-
ton. "My father is just as silly and
stupid as my father-in-law; they are
collectors, you know, and terribly
jealous of each collectors Of
ceramics, pottery, and that sort Of
thing"
"Yes'm," The Hopper assented.
"For years, whenever there have
been important sales of such things,
Mr.. Talbot-that's my father-in.lsw
and Mr.. Wilton-that's my father
have been bidders; and they've
both been all over China looking for
rare pieces. The trouble has been
that they like the same sort of thing,
and when one has got something
the other wanted it has caused the
harshest i'll feeling. This has been
going on for years, and recently
they have grown more bitter. OF
course, when we-Roger and Iran
off and got married that didn't help
matters any, but just within few
days something has happened To
make things worse than ever"
The Hopper's face betrayed his
deepest interest and sympathy, and,
aware Of this, his captor suddenly
lowered the revolver and then, after
a glance to satisfy herself that be
appreciated her confidence, placed it
on the table.
Thank ye, MISS" he mumbled,
Last week." she continued, my
father-in-law bought one of thoss
pottery things "a plum-bossom
vase made in China hundreds OF
years ago-and very, very valuable.
1t belonged to a Philadelphia COZ
lector who died not long ago, and
Mr.. Talbot bought it from the ex'
ecutor of the estate, who happened
to be friend of his. Father was
furious, for he thought the collec'
tion was going to be put up al pup
lie, sale and that he'd have chance
at it. Just little while before thaS
father picked up a jar-a perfectly
stunning piece of the red Lang-fao
that collectors all over the wor'a
have coveted for years. 1t may seem
queer to you that men can &c 50
crazy about such things, bat | sup
pose, Mr.. Stevens, that sometimes
you have wanted things very, very
much, and-er"-
She paused, plainly confused Oy
her tActlessness in suggesting 70
member of The Hopper professor
the extremities to which one may "
led by covetousness.
"TF-if," she said, slowly, bend
ing forward, with q grave
earnest look in her eyes and clasp,
ing her hands upon her knees
we could get hold Of fathers Lang
Yao jar and that plum-blossom vase
Mr.. Talbot has-if we could o'
that
The Hopper swallowed hard ~
this suggestion that he commit Wv
felonies sank into his consciousness,
Fathers place is on the Srunu'
she continued, with apparently -
idea whatever of the enorrnity q
the thing she proposed "and ~.
Talbot's is right next to it. faIass
keeps his most precious things u
safe in the pantry and can gi
you the combination. That ousH'
to make it very easy"
With a pontifcal nod The Hops
fCnntinned o., nert pcge(
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s.
MARY expostulated; Humpy Of
fered advice as to the best man
ner of dealing with the refractory
Shaver, who threw The Hopper's
watch with violence against the
wall. That the table service of The
Hopper establishment was not to
his liking was manifested in re-
peated reflections of the plain white
bowl in which Mary offered the por-
ridge. He demanded his own por-
ridge bowl and seemed willing to
starve to death rather than accept
so palpable substitute. He threw
himself backward on the table and
lay there kicking. He wanted his
mamma; he wanted his papa; he
wanted to go to his gran'pa's. The
desires of his heart were many and
varied, and as they seemed unlikely
of immediate realization, Shaver
bawled dolorously.
The Hopper paced the floor with
him, while Mary and Humpy ex-
pressed themselves in bitter terms
at the child's unreasonableness,
lack of discipline and, incidentally,
Of the stupidity, not to say criminal
carelessness, of The Hopper in hav-
ing projected so lawless youngster
into their peaceful domestic circle
cuts twenty years, that's wot ut
is,' bleated Humpy. Mary thought
it might be the chair for all of them.
Meanwhile, to their surprise and
not a little to their discontinue, The
Hopper won Shaver to a tractable
mood.
"You can have your porridge
bowl for breakfast, Shaver-nice
little Shaver!"
Restored to the table, Shaver
opened his mouth obedient to The
Hopper's patient pleading and swal-
lowed spoonful of mush, Humpy
holding the bowl out of sight to les
sen the shock to the youngsters
aesthetic sensibilities. A tumbler of
milk was slipped with grateful gasps.
BY 9 o'clock Shaver was asleep on
Humpy's bed, that gentleman hav-
ing gallantly offered it for the pur-
pose. Mary detached a locket from
the child's neck and carried it to the
kitchen for examination.
"You gotta shake i'm quick, Bill.
1t wuz the white card you and me
wuz goin' to play. We wuz fixed
nice here" she went on plaintively,
"and to have to begin dodgin' ag'in,
Bill"-
The Hopper listened, nodding his
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however, manifested toward Mrs.
Hopper, who had prepared the por-
ridge and now approached Shaver,
dish In hand. Shaver, taken by sur
prise, inspected his supper with dis
dain and pushed it away with a
vigor that sent the spoon rafting
across the floor.
"Me want mes pawwidge bowl!
Me want mes own pawwidge bowlw
he yelled.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-13

70 NR. WILLIAM B. ATKINS,
W. alias "Softy" Hubbard,