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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
BEAUTY tp?gR k s
 IS YOUR FOOT PERFECT?

Are your feet perfect? If so, you ing to foot specialists. If so, it is worth any amount of care on your part to keep them so.
 The feet need not be small in or der to be considered perfect In fact, in all the most beautiful ex- amples of Greek sculpture, the feet are made comparatively large. 9th erwise they would not seem able to carry the weight of the body. It was the Chinese who introduced the idea that small feet were beautiful, which still influences Western civilization.
 The perfect foot is fairly long, slen- der in proportion to its length, with a high instep and a narrow heel. The toes should be fairly long and should lie straight and end in nails as perfectly developed as the nails of the hand.
 No foot can remain perfect if it is badly Shod. Shoes that draw the toes together will cause the big toe joint to enlarge and will help break the arch of the foot. Shoes that are too short will make the toes curl un- der and the sentitive toe nails will be deformed. Shoes with very high sition and bring son broken arches. Shoes that are too small will stop the circulation, and shoes that are too large will be as harmful as those that cramp the feet.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
hhHE GOLDEN GIRL Sz

and regulations for your life. but after all that will only go skin deep, the old I1ona will still be under it au.''
 'I wonder said uona, softly.
 And later in the day she expressed her sentiments on the subject to her astonished mother. It seemed in- credible somehow to this delicately nurtured lady that any young girl should resent being ''fussed" over. tempted with lovely clothes, and sent to school which was famous tor the list of blue b1oods that it turned out every year. Surely Ilona did not understand the wonders of these ad- vantages which they wished to give her. Maybe. after all. the gypsy life had. gone deeper than she suspected and the nature of the girl had been warped somehow?
 "You must try to understand that whatever we do, your father and I. will be only for your good, darnng,'' she explained to the troubled Ilona- we wish to have our daughter made into a true Cameron and fit to take her place anywhere in the world. at any time. Why Ilona dear, you don't know which spoon to use for your Soup, not that it matters to me, for understand, of course, but what will the WOrId th1nk 1T MISS fiona SaIner- on goes a-dining and doesn't know how to dine correct1y?' The thought made Mrs. Cameron shiver. :
 'Tve grown to be a big girl, moth CT. and it's never mattered to my health or happiness that I have not known that there were special forks and special spoons for special mouths and ttmes.' answered Ilona rebel iously. T can't see that it matters much which spoon or fork you use. And I'll never, never get into one of those awful things called corsets- neverI So please don't you and Tru- da go and try to make me. They'd just stop my heart from beating. I know they wd0d. Don't see what I need them for anyhow, I'm not crook ed or bumped or anything. and I feel perfectly healthy this way
 ssBut it's the thing to do. my dear est child. a young girl must keep her figure trim or later on she will get sloppy Besides. at dances what do you fancy? Surely you wouldn't like to feel a partners arm against your uncorseted figure? Inrpossibly-indel-l icate, uona-''
 (To Be Continued)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
ON Lzz SPUR s MOHl1ENT '1S f
sMARRuED LIFE,

seMARRIED I1ElE' It's being done by seven hundred And they exaggerate each family row. They glorify the breakfast table tiffs And make the husbands seem a
 bunch of stiffs. But matromony still is quite a fad, There must be some good mixed in
 with the bad.
 So long as there are women wed to
 men
 There's be some family squabb1es
 now and then.
 Miss Be Palmer claims she invent ed the shimmy, but she didn't. The credit for that triumph goes to Hen ry Ford.
 It Is said that a new line of Euro pean politics will be put up in Cannes.
 Many a man who is deluged with pressing affairs has a dummy tele- phone-a dead instrument, the bell for which may be rung by pressing a hidden button. When a visitor remains to long the bell rings and the busy man carries on a faxed con- yersation which gives the visitor a hint to leave.
 A great Wall street financier, how ever. has the most pointed method of all. When a visitor arrives he tells him frankly that only five min utes may be spared. He holds his swatch in his hand all during the in terview. Few. remain after he be- gins to look nervously at the watch. The new slang phase: Cut your self piece of cake,' is just about inane enough to become very popu- sJar.
 The ChildrenS Dictionary
 'sThe king of a government which does everything he says is an abso-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
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Laura, A. Npkrnan

rnine,a wife and mother who had no time for reading" invited a success full business woman friend to spend the week end with her. During one of their chats together, the business woman started to ask her hostess whether she had read a book of new poems by a rising modern poet, then she stopped short and said, "But you housekeepers don't have time for such things. do you? You are al- ways thinking of maids and meals and the more practical things of 1ife''
 That hurt my Housekeeper Friend. And it implanted resentment in her heart, too. It made her begin to read as hard as she could! She de- clared that. after that, she was going to make it an impossibility for any one to assume that a housekeeper cannot be as up-to-date and as we'll read as any other type of woman.
 And that is the attitude we should all hold We should let the world see that we. too. are professional women, as wide-awake as women in any other line of work. A few minutes a day. snatched away from our crowding duties, and devoted to reading, will work the miracle. And the more we read the more hungry we become for other books-and a new world is opened up to us.
 It is a law of life that what we put our time into. we love; so even the women who doesn't care for books will in time begin to care for them if she starts reading.
 To Be Continued
 All inquiries addressed to Miss Kinkham in care of the Efficient Housekeeping department will be answered in these columns in their turn. This requires consid derable time, however, owing to the great number received. So if a personal or quicker reply is desired, a stamped and sef-addressed envelope must be enclosed with the question.-The Ed itor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
THE HOUSEsKEEZPER WHO
 TAKES TIME TO READ

wish I had more time to read!" often hear housekeepers say, "I haven't read a book in so long that don't know who the modern writ CTS are. I can't find time to read even the daily paper
 Whenever I hear such a confession as this I always have a momentary Tt Of Encouragement. For, the houseleeper who does not keep abreast of the times through reading IS not taking her housek coping as a profession.
 Have you ever known a profession al who could afford to become a 'tback number by not reading-a doctor or a lawyer for instance? Or nave you ever known a successful business woman who could not give you a resume of the days news with out paper before her? I haven't
 These professional people are per sonalities. They are 'tsomebodys'' and cannot afford to let the world catch them mapping mentally. Their very success hangs on their being Hive wires and upon their ability to hold their own among other people of brains.
 And that is the attitude the house. keeper should have. She, too, is a hard-wOrking woman and she should dignify her work by bringing all of her intelligence to it. Otherwise she lets her work fall from the profes- sfonal class to the drudgery class.
 I love to see a group of women. dis cussing some important topic of the day, and see a housekeeper among them, voicing her opinions and show ing, by the keen light in her eyes, that she has made a study of the subject under discussion and finds enjoyment in exchanging opinions about it. There is a picture of the ideal housekeeperi
 ,, But let me te1 you a. little story, to netter illustrate my point. A friend of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
HONA'S IDEAS ON BEING
 ''RENIADE2

MT \Cameron kept on laughing heartily lat his daughters strange be- liefs He found himself interested in all she had to say, despite the fact that almost every word she uttered was foreign to his cultured ears This 1lona of the dreamy eyes was going to prove a Tartar, without doubt Lord help the people who tried to "train'' her. make her over'' into a 'lady" The Scorn with which uona had discussed this little matter with him, not to mention the frankness. had caused Henry Cameron to sit up with gusto. It was better than any circus at any time. He could almost see the faces of those unfortunate future ''teachers'' of this high spir- tied child of his. To say the least, they would earn their money. Poor little girl, she had an awful lot to go through with before they would let her alone. It seemed as though girl children had a whole world plotting against them from birth. Men were lucky devils. after all.
 And, Daddy, Iscould never. never wear proper clothes like mother saws I must. I am to go shopping tomorrow with her and she and Truda are planning to pick out the things they think suitable for me- I'd sooner ulo tI1dh wear llS SAOl4AVS that Truda does,'' she said with a quick shudder. "I would certainly pei them off no matter where I hap Tsened to be after the first hour, real y. Daddy! They'd make my head and heart ache. Pm quite happy as I am now. Why do have to be made over, taught how to live and. all that? Can't you say something TOT my sake and stop it all from ever bezinning2" Here a tear trednoled on her long lashes and she looked so utterably a miserable little girl that once more Henry Cameron was stirred to wrath at the thought of the wreckage to one young persons peace of mind, now being planned by an "efficient' multitude
 "Never you worry your pretty head. Uona dear he said, soothingly srWelI pull through somehow Don't allow yourself to take it all too ser iously, this renovating process Peo- pIe can't really be made over. you know That's out of the question: They can try to teach you new rules
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14


 I am asked to write about shaking paIsey, which is called by doctors paralysis ag1tans or Parkinson's Df- sease. This affection is marked by muscular tremors which persist dur ing rest and are little influenced by the patients will or by his voluntary movements.
 In some cases paralysis agttans Is hereditary. In others there has been some trouble with the thyroid gland in the neck. Exciting causes are fear, anxiety, grief and physical ex- haustion, and strong emotions gen erally. After our war of the Rebel lion many cases developed by reason of anxiety, and after what we should call today shell shock, when all vis- tage of the strife has passed away.
 The speech in this affection is slow, monotonous and high-pitched, the face is rigid. eNpressionless, mask like. There is muscular weakness and, as the ai1ment progresses, mus cular rfgidtty. When the malady is far advanced. a typical gait termed "festination" manifests itself. This Is a progressive increase of the gait until a run is developed and the pa- tient. if he cannot seize some support, is apt to faIl.
 Men over 40 are, more commonly affected. A good family doctor will do much in regard to retaEd the pro- gress of the disease, which has en- dured, indeed, from 10 to 40 years. There are from time to time renfs- sions-apparent cures. Rest, the as- surance of comfort, messages and electricity, nutritious foods. freedom from anxiety and the medicines ap- propriate to the individual cases - such are the right means of treat ment. In some cases thyroid extract
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14

It is amazing how the shape of the foot will be improved if the proper sort of shoes are worn, even though the foot has been deformed for years.
 Glory:-The only thing you can do for your hair now is to give 1t the proper care and just be patient until the color has been restored to it. It sometimes takes full year for the hair to recover after it has been bleached, so it is advisable to cut off as much af the length as can be spared.
 A line cream is better for the skin than an oil, even though 1t is olive oil, as there are other ingredients in the cream that are good for the skin. Such a cream will nourish the tissues so you will have those fine lines It is better to use an astrin- gent several times each week and the nourishing treatments than to de- pend upon any mechanical arrange ments to keep the muscles of the face from becoming f1abby.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14

Whats a little thing like a broken neck? Nothing more tn, n a temporary aff1iction to Jailer Harold L. Reama. He was a motor cycle officer until he crashed into a curb while pursuing a speeder in San Diego, Cal, in 1917- He went on the inactive list and for months wore a plaster cast. Walking a beat proved too much of a jar Tor the mended neck, so Reana was given his now job as jailer.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14

Here is the first picture received in this country of Max Oser, Swiss riding master, who will wed Miss Mathilde Mccormick, sixteen-year- old daughter of Harold F. McCor- mick, Chicago harvester king" and granddaughter of John D. Rockefel- Ter. The date of the wedding, which Is scheduled to be held in Zurich, has not been announced.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Drink Habit.

u
 am asked how to prevent the drink habit. I have sent much infor- nation by letter in answer. I would suggest also that tablet of apo mohphine (1-0 of a grain) be drop bed into a cup of coffee, tea or whis- key served to the addict unbeknownst to him. This is not morphine, it is not injurious except to excite extreme nausea in the sufferer, it's use is not forbidden by law as is that of nor phine. The sufferer is likely to att tribute the extreme nausea to- bad whfskey or other drink.
 NO
 You might let me have any writ ten matter you might have on the subject of Sex Hygiene. I am 19 years old and have no one to advise me on such matters.
 Answer-I might but I shall not. You don't need further advice on Sex Hygiene than that which comes to you by instinct. If you are sick have your mother take you to a reputa- b1e family doctor. qhe week before you marry. your mother. Or some good married woman in her place, will advise you amply.
 AT inquiries addressed to Dr. Hu- ber in care of the f'Hea1th Talks de- partment will be answered in these columns in their turn. This requires considerable time, however. owing to the great number received. So if a personal or quicker reply is desired, stamped and seM-addressed envelope must be enclosed with the question: The Editor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
Tonorrow-Answered Letters

All inquiries addressed to Miss Forbes in care of the Beauty Chats'' department 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 self-addressed envelope must be enclosed with the question. The Editor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
PLEADS GUILTY BY PHONE.

Zanesvi1le, O., March 14.-Pleading guilty by telephone is the latest here. L. A. Wright, of Newark, tagged by police for parking his car in a safety zone, was in hurry to get home. After mailing a check to pay his fine, he telepfloned police head quarters and pleaded guilty.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14

'<to love, honor and obey" in the
 historic Westminster Abbey. The arrow points to the couple kneel- ing at the altar. In the royal coach at the upper left are the newlyWeds leaving Westminster
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
LHkgaltdhl Talks 5 ] 5
 By John B. Huber AMMO A

has semed to benefit, for a time at least But unless prescribed by a. most careful physician 1t may do morr harm than good.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14

John McHenry, boy murderer, sen- fenced to hang for the double murder for which he was convicted, has been granted a reprieve by Justice Mccoy, of the Supreme Court. McHenry has had no religious training and knows nothing of the Bible. The reprieve was granted so that he might be taught little religion. He was photo graphed in his cell in the Washington prison
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
PARALYSIS AGITANs.

GA system of healing founded on single idea never has lasted and never will.)
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20
True Hen Story from New Portland

OF course every one has their choice
of poultry breeds as we'll as cattle,
but we never heard of hen making
any distinction until last Friday. Pre-
yious to this date two farmers who are
neighbors have each had flock of
poultry, one flock was thorough bred
Barred Plymouth Rocks; the other
was of Brown Leghorns. Each was
equally and presumably Justly, proud
of their birds, but. last Friday morn
ing, for some unknown reason one
of the Leghorn hens decided she pre-
fered to dwell with the Rocks so jour
neyed the distance to join the other
flock She is very cfoice as to the
nest ,,he lays in but each day she
does her bit toward filling the egg
basket but absolutely refuses to re
main over night with the associates
she has chosen and flies to the high
est beam of the barn and calmly waits
for morning. The above is true
story and can be vouched for by sew
eral different persons.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20
CAREFUL PRUNING AIDS YOUNG
TREES
But Too Much Cutting Reduces Pro.
duction-Intelligent Attention Beats
Careless Carving

A little thinning and minor cutting
back to form a desirable framework
and prevent bad crotehes in young
apple trees prolongs life and makes
far better trees, say the fruit men at
the state college at Ithaca. The re-
moval of a little wood will not ma
terially reduce the size of the tree or
delay itai bearing. On the other hand,
experiments at Cornell show that sew
ere pruning of young trees delays
bearing and reduces production.
The tree is permitted largely to
shape itself Three or four or some
times only two, branches are left when
the tree is planted; more than this
is likely to efhlt in crowding and
splitting as the tree grows. Two feet
is good height at which to start
the head. Bearing age is consider
ably delayed by cutting off the lower
branches to secure a highheaded tree.
AS the tree grows older, branches
that appear well apart on the main
branch are retained and pruning is
largely restricted to the removal of
badly interfering or croyding branch
es. All but one of the shoots of bad
crotches are headed in so they will
become secondary
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20
cAnpENHlhs

Seeds for the home garden supply
of tomato plants should be started
about eight weeks before time for
setting in the field At Ithaca reeds
are sown early in April and the plants
set out the last week in May, but dates
vary greatly in different parts OF the
state. The varieties recommended
are Bonny Best and ChaQis Jewel,
Earliana is earlier than either of
these but is otherwise less desirable,
The rules for growing plants indoors
are few and simple but failure is easy
If they are disregarded. A sunny win
dow with a good living room temper
ature is essential A wooden box is
the belt container. 1t should have
cracks or holes for drainage. The
soil need not be especially fertile;
good garden soil is satisfactory. 1t
should be light and loose, however,
and if too clayey or sticky should be
mixed with sifted coal ashes. Plant
the seeds about eight or ten to an inch
in rows two inches apart and cover
with a quarter of an inch of soil Keep
the soil moist, but not muddy. AS the
air is dry in most living rooms. 1t is
well to cover the box with paper, but
this must be removed promptly when
the seeds begin to break through the
soil.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20
Garden and Hens

Some wit has observed that hens
should not be in the garden nor the
garden in the hens. But with fence
hen high and chicken tight around
either the flock or the crops, the COM
bination is excellent, say the state col
lege gardeners at Ithaca. Here we
have on small acale the age-old
partnership between livestock and
food plants. Poultry manure is a
rich heterogeneous fertilizer which may
be applied at the rate of one pound
to every ten square feet of garden
area supplemented by a separate ap-
pliCation Of one. pound of acid phos-
plate and if possible one pound of
wood ashes to every sixty aquare feet
Nor is the cooperation of poultry and
garden one-sided, for the hens great
ly benefit by the salad Of weeds and
crop refuse from the garden. Hens
like variety and may grow lackadaisi-
cal when the green food phase of
life is just one sprouted oat after an
other.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20
Hartland Grange

IIartland Grange met Saturday even
ing. April -, with good attendance.
a program was presented by the lee
turer as follows: Recitation, Bertha
Hasetine; an article On Farm Prob
lens, read by Geo Wilbur and dis
cussed by members; vocal duet by
Mrs. Brooks and Mist Drew; recita-
ton, Charles Dore; jokes by lecturer;
story, John Haseltine. The coming
was talked up and sew
eral committees chosen. Hot dogs
and coffee will be on sale after grange
next Saturday evening and another
dance will be held Thursday April
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