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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16

With Great Britain and France slowly drifting apart and dissolution Of the Anglo-French entente threat ened, new European alliances are in the making.
 All the peace treaties growing out of the great war confronted with either modification or complete re- sision.
 There are four great international problems confronting Europe. Britain and France hold widely divergent views upon all of them. These issues, roughly grouped, are:
 1. German indemnity, with a nor atorium and possible reduction.
 g. Russian problem, embracing con- ditions on which the Soviet would be recognized.
 8. Solution of the Far East tangle in a way to end the war between Greece and Turkey
 A Cancellation of war debts.
 Premier Poincare may asK the French Chamber of Deputies for sanction to direct independent action against Germany to compel the pay meth of indemnity and private debts. Such a. sanction, no doubt, would take the form of further military occupa- tiorr of German soil by France. Should France take such rigorous action it might precipitate the real European crisis that has so long been feared. Britain is showing friendship for Germany and is supp orted by Italy. | France, savagely hostile towards Ger many, is supported by Belgium
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16

France has entered into actual treat ies or agreements with Belgium, Po- land, Czecho-S1ovakia, Roumania, and Nationalist Turkey Germany and Russia have entered into an agree ment which may become an actual military alliance if allied pressure against Germany increases. Italy is virtually isolated so far as an alliance is concerned.
 All of Europe seethes with unrest and some parts with absolute chaos. There is war in the Near East and in Ireland. Germany fears civil war un- less the differences between Berlin and Munich are definitely settled.
 Italy has just passed through a whirlwind of violence precipitated by the warfare between Fascist and So- cialists. Labor in Italy, Germany and Britain is reStive.
 The treaty of St. Gerain has been tacitIy modified to keep bankrupt Austria from utter dissolutian. The treaty of Sevres has never been rati- fled. There is widespread demand for revision Of the teraty of Ver- sailles.
 Taxation everywhere is heavy, but particularly in Britain, Italy and Ger many. The money of Central Europe is on the toboggan. One can buy about 1,035 marks for an American dollar. And before the war the Ger man mark was worth from A to 2o cents in United States coin. There is deep gloom all over Flu rope and the next few months should tell whether it is to end in earth quake or sunny skies
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
[Na Diet and Health sa e-arsss1r By Lulu Hunt Peters. MD!
 .azdor Qf Diet andea .sait. Keg to s@ cakrss

of the bowels and kidneys. We have. consid erab1e medical evidence that permanent injury has been done when there has been too long a, re- tention or urine or feces. Young
 boys should be taughtsthat when they
 are thrown together with girls for long periods, such as at a picnic, it
 is kind as well as polite to leave
 the girls for 8. time. If they fail to
 do this, girls should be taught toH
 have no false modesty in requesting
 them to do so. Women and girls
 more often show false modesty in
 seeking a 1avatory and they are the greatest sufferers from this cause.
 Of the two general types of con- stipation, the atomic and spastic. the atomic is the conmonest- The lack of tone in the majority of cases is in the anal or rectal canal and that lack of tone is due usually to not having sufficient residue for the mus- c1es to work on. and there is usually lack of tone throughout the whole muscular system. It may a1so~be due to habitua1 physic taking.
 Feces, contrary to the genera11idea, l is not composed wholly of the residue l of food. It consists of the excretion | of the mucous membrane of the small intestines of the body refuse it. self, and perhaps 50 per cent. is bac- teria which normally inhabit the in | testina1 tract
 | Occasionally constipation is of the l obstructive type and is due to con-
 striction of some of the valves or the l sphincter muscles of the anal canal. | An operation of cutting the valves or | the sphincter, or di1ating the canal is l done by the rectal specialists. | Tomorrow I will give you some of
 the recognized helps in constipation. 1 Tomorrow-Constfpat
 | Copyright, 1922, George Matthew 1 Adams
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
FAVORS GASOLINE TAX
 TO BUILD GOOD ROADS.

Washington, Aug. 16-Thomas H. Macdonald, Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads of the Agriculture De- partment, is in favor of Federal tax of one cent a gallon on gasoline to help pay for the building and upkeep of public roads.
 'sF,orty million dollars annually can be raised for road building and main tenance by a tax of one cent a gall lon on gasoline" he declared. This method of raising funds has been adopted in Arizona, Arkansas, Cobra do, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Mon tana. New Mexico. North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Washington. Of these states only Oregon, New Mexico, Colorado and Kentucky had such a tax prior to January 1, 1921. The tax in Mary land, Mississippi and South Carolina has been adopted during the present year, and several other states are considering such tax
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
KEEPING THE READER POSTED.

While other enlarging matters of less importance The Times of Monday announced in column point head that the strike would be Settled Wednesday, Today is Wednesday, The strike is settled and mining large scale will begin immediately
 should be interesting It's fiction, it's comics, it's sporting it's bathing girls their suits, all interesting and help sell the but the chief of the is instruct inform enable it's readers to what is going and what is about to happen Many beat The Times in comics and bathing girls eel it the intelligence with which the the in which it presents the probabilities and hidden in the days It is good to be But it is better to know what going that vital import s This is a world
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16

night No arrests have been made
 House. The evidence of Desmond
 Sanderson had been taken in the af-
 fidavit, two eminent New York phy-
 sicians having certified that an expo
 sure to daylight, even with bandaged
 eyes, would mitigate against the cure
 he was taking.
 The coroner opened the proceed
 ings by reading the affidavit, which was detailed statement of the at tempt on Morals life, a circumstance deemed to have an important bear ing on the case now before the jury. As he read, all eyes were fixed up- on the Jap, a repulsive-looking object standing between two officers. He was hand-cuffed, and his parched face was green rather than yellow. Bashi was the first witness called. He came up with his never-ceasing | smile.
 1 He told the jury that his name was Loki Bashi, and that he had come to New York some years before to earn money as a servant; that Mrs. San | derson had engaged him through an employment agency, and that he was | now in her service at a wage Of seven dollars a week.
 He told how he had discovered the | open window in the dfning-room at Staten House. but stoutly denied that | he had seen or heard anyone prowl- | ing about either before or after his l discovery.
 He answered every question easily
 There was nothing suspicious in 1 either look or word, and presently he was dismissed
 l Mrs Sanderson was next called. l In trembling tones she told the story of her romantic meeting with Mora Heller, and of subsequent events connected with the girls sojourn in l her house.
 | Her evidence was listened to. with breath1ess interest. It was like a chapter. from one Of the evening pa per seria1s-on1y more absorbing, since the heroine was before them in
 flesh and blood
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
MAY AMEND HAWAIIAN
 DIVORCE REGULATIONS

Honolulu, Aug. 16-Continued com plaints of the loosness of divorce laws in the territory of Hawaii may lead to the adoption of the interlocutory decree system now in vogue in Cali fornia, or of some other system which will prevent the immediate re- marriage of divorced parties
 finder the present territorial law either party in divorce proceedings nav rernarry immediately upon re- ceiving the decree Judge John R. T1esl1a- If the Court of Domestic Re- 1afsons, believes this tends to make more prevalent.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
THE sPRINGTIME OF OPTIMISM.

The rising tide of hope the hearts of Connecticut is shown by the tide meter of corporate charters authorizing capital stocks approaching $6OOOOOO figure
 which the largest during the week for and the largest figure for the Authorized capital capital actually employed different matters These facts Connecticut expects lots of business and getting ready it. To extent these charters show the effects of transport prices and coal costs Neghborhrod
 coming back made possible by the high long transport.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
KANsAN. CONSTRUCTING
 'sFIIVVER OF THE AIR

Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 16.-whar may some day be the "fiivver of the air'-the smallest airplane in the United States-is under construction in Kansas City and is expected to be launched within 80 days.
 The "baby biplane'' is being built by c. C. Melton and V. E. Ferguson In a shop in East Fifteenth street.
 When completed it will weigh only AZ 5 p&Inds. It will seat one passen- ger and will cost about $500. It will be 30 horsepower, reconstructed Ford engine furnishing the power. It will have a speed of 70 miles an hour.
 Curious crowds daily throng the shop to inspect the tiny airplane, which has been christened "Melton's 8 Houpizine."
 Every man his own pilot" is Mel toms motto.
 Melton said if the plane works sat isfactorily there will be "so many of them flying around that air police men will be needed"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
Prototype of "Virginian"
 Dies Over Ice Cream Soda

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 16-Edwin S. Traitor, whose experience in the Jackson Hole country of Wyoming was said to have formed the basis of Owen Wister's novel, "The Virgin ian," dropped dead while eating an ice cream soda here yesterday. Traf- ton had been a guide in Yellowstone Park 35 years and had punched bulls with Buffalo Bill
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
NEW CRUISER WILL GET
 OTD NAMFSGAKE'S SILVER

Cincinnati, O., Aug. 16-Inquirles regarding the disposition of a silver servlce presented years ago by cit1- zens of Cincinnati to the old cruiser Cincinnati have e1icited the informa- tion from R. E. Coontz, Acting Secre- tary of the Navy. that the articles III wNil be forwarded to the navy yard at Puget Sound for installation on the new Cincinnati Gight cruiser No. 6). The service cons sts of two fruit dishes, one salad bowl, one tray, one platter, one punch ladle, one pair or sugar tongs and one punch bowl.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
EUROPE IN DEADLY PERIL OF MORE
 WAR AS ALLIED CONFERENCE FAILS.
BY FRANK CHARLTON, I. N. $. Foreign News Editor.

New York; Aug. 16.-Collapse of the Allied In dennity Conference London subsequent develop nents today drove home to European and American statesmen and political observers that the pers confront ing Europe deadly dangerous than at any other time since 3peace'' declared.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
BRIDGEPORT NEAR THE TOP.

It makes difference how thing said Morning papers that Bridgeport has drop in bank clearing of two New England cities only which this bad doesn't it? Not bad, city with drop is Boston, and that Bridgeport than Boston It is also consong Bridgeport drop al is third the list England cities in volume of cearings.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16

As she stood up her eyes fell upon Mrs. Sanderson witha pitiful, implor- ing look. as though invoking her sym pathy.
 The elder woman's heart melted. Her lips, which had not softened for days, now smiled, and as Nora saw the smile wave of color swept over her wan features.
 It seemed to give her the courage she So sorely needed.
 CTo be continued tomorrow.)
 Copyright 1922-Thompson Fea- ture Serviceo.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16

And when at length Nora herself stepped forth in answer to her call a thrill ran through the crowd.
 Every neck was craned to obtain a view of her. Artists began to sketch and journalists to describe her
 She was dressed in deep mourning and a more forlorn and pathetic crea- ture had not been seen in public for many a day. Yet it was easy to see behind the haggard lines something of her beauty, and the gold of her hair shone out against the somber black Of her hat.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
OFFICE WORKERS AND REDUC-
 TION.

I do not often receive letters from girls who work in offices complaining of too much flesh. The other day, however. I had such an interesting letter from Mss M. who was feet 8 inches high. 20 years old and who weighs 1S7 pounds. Miss M. would like very much to exercise but gets little opportunity to do so. For one thing, part of the distance between her home and office lies through an unpleasant quarter of the town so ehat she does not like to walk, but as she should do a certain amount Of exercise in order to reduce I suggest ed that she take exercise in her room at home, and if possible take swift walk during part of her luncheon hour.
 If Miss M. lived at home she would probably be able to have the neces- sary sort of diet, but like so many girls who work in offices she has to board, so she accepts the foods that are given her. As we all know, boarding house menus run to pota- toes, pork, ham, hominy, thick grav- ies and pastries, all things that in crease flesh. Cool salads and dainty deserts are more costly and only to be found in expensive places.
 The only thing for Miss M. to do, and for other girls who are in her position, is to eat very little of the fattening foods. It won't make re- duction as pleasant as fl would be if she could sit down to a delicious salad and a little ice-cold stewed fruit. Still Miss M. must reduce, so she must, I am afraid, make sacrifices for it. She can at least chose the foods she eats for luncheon and can purchase herself salads and butter milk and such non-fattening dishes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
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You will reduce just the same if you eat a very small amount of fat tening foods as if you eat a large amount of ,non-fatten1ng foods, but the first way is not so comfortable.
 Constant Reader:-The reason why so much rose water is used in cos- metics is because of it's purity and softness, resulting from the distilling and the perfume from roses which is so delicate that it has been given precedence over that of other flow CTS. s weight and wish to reduce portions of the body either massage vigor- ousIy or take special exercises.
 Troubled So many young people have tendency to grey hairs that it no longer carries with it an dea of years They are usually dead hairs and so we'll scattered through the whole mass that they show very lit tie and do not increase as when the hair changes it's coloring through the aging process. Often these hairs drop out and the tendency is overcome
 through an improved condition in the
 health and particular care given to the hair and scalp. A great many young women tint these stray hairs by using henna in the shampoo, as this may be effected without chang ing the natural shade of the hair. All inquiries addressed to Miss Forbes in care of the Beauty Chats" department will be answered in these columns in their turn. This requires considerable time, however, owing to the great number received. Sc if personal or quicker reply is desired. a stamped and se1f-a ddressed envelope must be enclosed with the question: The Editor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
CHAPTER. VIII

The Truth About The BattIeships. twenty four hours later a large crowd assembled for the inquest on the body of the man who had been found murdered in Mrs. Sanderson,s grounds.
 All staten Island seemed to have turned out this day, for sensational events Of the kind were, happily. rare Tn the usually peaceful borough of Richmond
 Exactly how sensational his. parti- cuIar case was no one dreamed until the inquest began There were four witnesses present Mrs. sanderson, Nora. Bashi and the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
DIES OF sTILLETo WOUNDS.

Sayre, Pa, Aug. 16-Norman Car mel, employed at the Lehigh Valley railroad shops here, died early todas from stilleto wounds received when he was attacked by five men last night No arrests have been made
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16

Advertise In The Times.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16

Maizie:-If you are of normal weight and wish to reduce portions of the body. either massage vigor- ously or take special exercises.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
Tomorrow-Constfpation

Copyright, 1922, George Matthew
 Adams
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

FIELDING SARGENT. BY Elsa Barker.
New York: f. P. Dutton & Co.
"HE Freudian novel was bound to
come sooner or later and in Field
ing Sargent we have a pretty
thorough and conscientious specimen of
the type. At the opening of the story we
find Sargent alone at 1 A NJ, a prey to
morbid and unreasoning terror. He is a
man in the prime of life, a successful man
who has made himself a name and built
up an ample fortune. But since his wife
died year ago he has retired from busi
ness become a recluse. and has begun to
imagine things-queer, unreasonable un-
wholesome things. He hears strange
noises stealthy, intermittent scratchings
at the door. His wife is. of course, quite
dead-and yet, those scratchingS-who else
could it be if not his wife? She hated him
while alive; perhaps she had reason to
there were things in the past that he could
not, would not remember. God knows he
never meant to harm her-yet, although
she had been safely buried for a year. who
could tell if even yet some one might not
accuse him of her death?
Nights of mental agony drive Sargent
to his doctor, and the latter, recognizing
that here is clear case of mind diseass
sends him promptly to the foremost
psychoanalyst in the country. The latter
proceeds to delve into Sargents dreams;
and the startling, paradoxical and repre-
hensible interpretations that he gives to
those dreams fill 319 closely printed pages
1t must be conceded that if such material
is to be made into fiction at all one could
hardly hope for more skillful adaptation
of it. Far from being boresome the whole
thing is distinctly entertaining, regardless
of the degree of seriousness with which
you may happen to take the whole Freu-
dian doctrine. while the reader who has
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

ers Of sport fiction Of the day. Here. of
course. is no new plot or situation; for no
such plot or situation exists. But having
learned his trade. Mr. Beaumont gives the
impression of novelty. which is all that the
most exacting reader can ask Spirited
tales that stir the blood and fire the imag-
ination. 1t is difficult to select any one or
two or three for particular mention. Per-
haps as good as any of the rest are Thor
oughbreds" and "The Empty Stall,' and
Star of Israel" the last named conveying
curious suggestion of the famous chariot
race of Gen. Lew Wallace's "Ben-Hur."
BEVERLY STARK
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

for most of her characters. They all dis
please her, somehow, however they react
to the love legend" in the belief in which
their sentimental mother has brought
them up. She seems, nevertheless, to have
some hope for Sari and her little Jew sus-
band, who never were "dupes," but mar
ried without sentimentality and had a
good deal of trouble, but appear to be
scheduled for better luck. AS to Ward,
the leading heroine who believed hardest in
the love legend, one is surprised, after over
three hundred pages devoted to destroy
ing that legend, to find her still clinging
to it. Perhaps in time to come, some
other man the love legend, like
life, is deathless." The outcome is still a
little unsure-which is as it probably
must be-
The humor of the book, though often
sharp, is also often tender, as in the de-
scription of the poor old maid, Olive. Per-
haps the portrait of the mother is a bit
cruel, but, then, some mothers are like
that. And the children of to-day will no
longer "stand for it.
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

never before given the matter thought
gets at least pretty good general idea o.
Freud's theories and methods Naturally,
a novelist has big advantage over a
psychoanalyst in real life in being at lib
erty to invent dreams to fit desired con-
ditions and then interpret them so as TO
make them dovetail like Chinese puzzle.
In a certain sense, it amounts to playing
the game with stacked cards. But that is
criticism which applies with equal force
to other branches of fiction, and especially
to detective stories. And, so long as we
regard book like Fielding Sargent" as
being in the same category as a good de-
tective story, and not as contribution to
science, let us by all means be grateful to
it for whatever modcum of entertainment
it may afford u.s.
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

THE STRANGE ATTRACTION. BY Jane
Mander. Dodd, Mead & Co.
m HERE is nothing strange about the
attraction of Jane Mander's work,
for it's appeal is clear, direct and
vigorous. 1t has a fresh vitality, what
might be called a sophisticated youngness,
and almost an exuberance about it that
may be due, in some measure, to the fact
that she is product of New Zealand, that
newest fairyland of British adventure.
There is no lack of experience behind it;
it has nothing of the vain lima maginings
about life as viewed by an intelligent
spinster, or LADY novelist" but one feels
that Miss Mander must be incorrigibly
young despite her accurate knowledge of
human nature. And she is a highly COM
petent artist, as her earlier work demon
strated
The strange attraction of the hero of
this, Dane harrington, partly physi-
cal; he was a beauty" of the romantic
type, though not at all effeminate. He
was also a thinker a creative artist and
endowed with a surplusage of tempera-
ment. The attraction of the heroine Va
lerie, lay in her intense vitality and her
aversion to the conventional She is en-
phatically mot like other girls" and re-
Continued on Following Page
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New Fiction
Continued from Page Fourteen.


comes to be very fond of her stolid, middle
aged husband. and the birth of her son
binds them in a real union. She is as yet
untouched by passion; she does not love
the sedate, kindly Mr. Mepsted, but she
does not dislike him, and she is genuinely
distressed when he dies, having over
worked himself during the war But mar
riage has been no real escape; she is still
hemmed in by the taboos of middle class
convention.
She conceives that money may show a
way out. so she sets to work to earn a for
tune, and succeeds, extraordinarily but with
entire plausibility. This section of the
book also gives Mr.. Jeffery a chance to
bring in more comic relief" which at one
point is almost farcical, but cleverly done
At this point, too, Emily feels the force OF
what she at first believes to be love- but