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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17
SPELLACY AND LONERGAN.

Among the most Connecticut is that of Thomas J. Speacy former United States Attorney General Spellacy ticket been entered ward to be voted the Democratic primaries August when delegates to the city convention selected.
 If the Spellacy ticket orty-one delegates to the Democratic state convention pledged nomination of MT. Spellacy.
 Hartford develops interesting Former Con gressman Augustine Lonergan nom- ination with home and headuarters also n Hartford
 He and Speacy have been lifelong have fought many important political battles by However the event falls the Democratic nomination good hands if to either of these gentlemen public affairs and those qualities leadership which make successful public
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17
CONSTIPATION.

What will remedy constipation in one individual will not always be ef- fective in another. Trite but true.
 If the constipation is due to lack of residue in the diet, it is obvious that the thing to do is to increase the eel lular vegetables or to include some article like bran.
 One should avoid sugar and white flour products, for while they are good energy foods, they contain no residue and. very few mineral salts or vitamins. For sweetening. then, use honey or molasses.
 While a moderate amount of fat is laxative too much fat is constipating probably by causing the diet to be- come unbalanced.
 If it is not possible for you to get bran bread you can get a package of bran, especially prepared by the man. ufacturers of cereals, and you can take a small cup or a half cup of that in the morning or evening" Have a regular time for it. If you are count ing Calories-a small cup is about 50 Galleries If you take cereals for | breakfast-which you do if you are | trying to gain and don't if you are trying to reduce-the bran can DC added to the cereal.
 l l of Battle Creek believes the bowels should move two or three times a day and he gives enough bran to insure l that result He says that it is non- l sense to say that bran is irritating to | the mucous membrane. for it is his
 experience that the digestive juices will soften the toughest specimen. | Try this method for a long enough etime-at least a week, I should say If this is not effective, try adding g
 dish of orunes (four large prunes, 10C O before retiring. or you may try g 1 large tablespoonful of mineral oil ol | pure vaseline. Mineral oils are pu
 up under different trade names ant | can be purchased in any drug store.
 If, after a thorough trial of this l combinatio ion method, you are not sue | cessfuI, you probably could eat a bak
 of hay without effect. And you vii
 have to try something else.
 The vegetable gelatin or Japanese l seaweed, agar-agar, apparently l:
 able to get by the most diligent di
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17

was followed, and was killed in the grounds last night.
 His murderer had then broken the dining room window and entered the house, in order to find Nora
 Her singing in the dark room had led the Jap to believe that she was alone, and he had found his way to her, confident of being able to carry out his design. unhindered
 A verdict of wiIful murder was rendered and the Jap was led away to await his trial.
 Morals evidence produced the ut most sensation throughout the States
 Needless to say, however, no Japan ese or other kind of camp was dis covered on the Lower Californian cnast-through the obvious remains
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17

of one in a lonely and desolate spot testified to the truth of Nora's state- ments.
 The subject of the missing battle ships, and of the prevention of further disasters in the future, is one which is being closely attended to by the American government.
 Meantime, Mrs. Sanderson is watch ing-and not altogether regretfully- the rapidly developing love-affair of Nora Heller and her son.
 The great German doctor has again visited Staten House.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17

t'I think he said after his last ex- animation of Desmond's eyes-"I really think, in spite of all, I can promise you the use of your eyes in a few weeks. The treatment has been most successful"
 Then said Desmond. '.I shall be able to see Nora"
 And this. after all. was the one ann bition of his life--to see Nora's face, as he asked her to be his wife.
 THE END. (coyright 1922-Thompson Feature
 Hervice.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17

Advertise in the Times.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17
BRIDGEPORT CITY.
 OF HONEST PUMPS

Sea1er of Weights and Measures William BeIoin is still conducting a campaign to check up on short measure gasoline pumps Yes- terday he inspected 32 gasoline pumps of all types and found 1T have not yet found a short measure pump in the city," he said today. Some of the pumps are giving over measure"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17

violence at the falls today.
 The first Gar that reached Twenty second street was halted by a, chain wound around the rail. The motors
 man discovered the obstacle in time to prevent a derailment. Near the Dold farm at Gratwick, a similar at- tempt to block traffic was disclosed when a heavy cable was found stretched across the track.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17

from rich puddings. The worst crime we can commit in the Summer is to drink too much iced water or soda water.
 For that reason the Summer girl is apt to have a better complexion and better eyes. I fancy she is pretty bee cause she is really healthy.
 Mary Ann:-If you are stsam ming your face every day it will coarsen the harm in your using hot water, since should rinse in cool and then finish cold water closes the pores.
 Worried The mixture of peroxide and ammonia in equal parts, so often used for bleaching superflous hair, cannot injure the tissues It may ir- ritate the skin much the same a, slight burn, but it will heal and bleach off after few days. Shortie:-As you only gave ages and did not state height, I cannot compute the weight.
 Tomorrow-Comple Milk. 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. So if a personal or quicker reply is desired a stamped and self addressed envelope must be enclosed with the question: The Editor.
The New York herald., 1922-01-03
Mixed Nuts.
Debs Callers Come to the Relief Of
FOrgetfuI Husband.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: On my
leaving home this morning my wife re-
quested me to bring her few things
from the fruit store. / called at the
drug store, where / got my copy of yes
terday's New YORK HERALD, then went
next door to the fruit store and gave
my order, having the feeling that I had
omitted one of the items needed, but
being unable to think what it might be.
I glanced over my paper while the
order was being filled. The article in
first column, front page. dealing with
the genial Eugene Debs caught my eye
and / read down to the paragraph which
ran as follows:
"Debs spent the day here seeing call
ers. being interviewed and resting.
Among his visitors were"-and then
came a list of names which read over
Then / remembered. There, that's what
my order lacked Mixed nuts. by
cracky
/ ordered two pounds and went on
my way rejoicing. AS my wife is a
woman of muscle as we'll as mind
hate to think what might have hap
pened had gone home lacking the nuts.
1t might possibly have resulted in a
cracked nut. SAMUEL ONEIL.
SwANToN, VT, December 29.
The New York herald., 1922-01-03
The Language of Heroes.

Writers of stories and plays should
give thought to reasonableness when
writing speeches for heroes, for il
Is worse than unreasonable, it Is
libelous. to give them language stilted
and unlike any used on the earth or
in the air above Especially in the
air above.
The two aviators, Lieutenants
Epw sRr SrrSsoN and LLOYD BERTAUD,
flying for twenty-six hours, at times
in a binding snow storm, at times
in a gale raging at ninety miles an
hour, at all times in temperature
below zero, breaking the worlds rec.
ord for an endurance flight; surely
they are heroes.
Yet how they talk what does
man think Of when he goes up for
record like this?" SrrNsoN was
asked. Well" he replied. ~ thought
we we're a couple Of darned fools
flying our heads of up here in the
cold and keeping every one on Long
Island awake"
Why, according TO dramatic stand
The New York herald., 1922-01-03
Capella's S Rays.
This Stars Light Takes half Gen.
tury to Reach Us.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Golden
Capella! Sparkling nieh the zenith. at
the apex of the constellation Auriga, or
the Charioteer! Brilliant. beautiful
Capella. whose unpoetic name is the
Little She-goat! That is, Alpha of
Auriga, gfittering like a white sky
brilliant OF first water fifth brightest
sun of night visible from the surface of
our tiny planet home.
Trilllons of miles distant is Capella.
For half n century her rays flash
through an abyss OF space. then reach
our world. In 1872 her light rays which
we are admiring tonight were launched
from her fiery surface. What changes
in our country have occurred since the
time those sparkling rays began their
Journey toward us
Near Capella we behold the so-called
Kids. These Kids are named Ep-
silon. Eta and zeta, and they form a
small acute triangle. Thus we see why
Capella has been called the Little She
goat. Capella never leaves her firma-
mental family. Beta of Auriga also is
near Capella. and Capella is situated
almost on the borde er Of the dim and
remote Milky Way Northward from
Capella we see Ursa Minor and its pole
star: westward, Perseus and AlgoI
southwark. Taurus and the Pleiades, and
eastward we behold Gemlni and its in
separable twin stars. Castor and Polux.
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
NEWTON, Mass. December 81
The New York herald., 1922-01-03
This Years Legal Holidays.

The calendar this year Is not par
ticularly friendly to golfers, fisher
men and other persons who have
fondness for double or triple
holidays, except they be fortunate
enough to take an extra day off
arbitrarily. If they are so lucky
they will look forward to Decoration
Day and the Fourth Of July, both of
which fall upon Tuesday. BY ig-
noring Monday as a business day the
links and the brooks may be pa
trolled for three or four days.
Lincoln's Birthday. falling upon
a Sunday and legally observed on
Monday, and Labor Day, which is
always a Monday. will be the only
real double holidays from now until
Christmas, feast which falls upon
Monday. Washington's Birthday
will be a Wednesday and Columbus
Day Thursday. These serve merely
to break the weeks back and return
the worker to his job either refreshed
or out of sorts, according to the ef-
feet which he permits a holiday to
have upon him.
The man or woman who looks for
ward to legal holidays will sigh as
usual this year and wish that
LINCOLN and WASHINGTON had been
born in June or August instead of in
harsh February.
The New York herald., 1922-01-03
The Lure of Exchange Profits.

Thousands Of guileless persons in
America have been prompted by the
low prices of certain European cur
rencies to purchase foreign govern
ment bonds payable in some cases at
an apparently advantageous rate Of
exchange some time in the future.
Many of these investments were made
before the recent slump in central
European money. Heavy losses to
the investors have been the result.
For the benefit of the many inquirers
who have sought its advice the United
States Department of Commerce has
published an analysts showing some
OF the dangers encountered in the
purchase of foreign bonds with the
double purpose of gaining profits on
exchange as welf as on the bonds
themselves:
''The question Is not as 20 the
solvency and reliability OF the Gov
ernment. municipality or corporation
issuing the security. 1t Is as to the
value Of what it promises TO pay.
often there is little doubt that the
principal and interest will be paid
promptly. Payment may be ade-
quately secured by mortgage on
valuable physical assets But the
buying power. in terms Of American
money. OF the currency thus paid
back may prove TO be much less
than the investor has put In.
"The price one Is justified in pay
ing for a bond promising the pay
ment OF foreign paper money at some
future time does not depend even on
the probability Of a future rise IN
exchange value Of that currency. 10
depends rather on its exchange value
at the time the bond Is purchased.
In numerous cases which have come
20 the attention OF the bureau con-
Germs in the United states are offer
ing for sale foreign bonds at prices
several times higher than the same
amounts OF the given paper %bncy
could be bought Tor Immediately. :
For example. a certain bond Is being
offered at nearly $50. although the
same amount Of the currency IN
which Il IS payable can be bought
FOR about 80.
There is no reason TO suppose
t4at the bond Of a given city. for
The New York herald., 1922-01-03

example. promising TO pay 1000
units of currency at some future
time. would cost to-day. in the coun-
try where issued. much more than
par-that is. more than 1000 of
such units.
"To sum up. the price of bond
or other security promising to pay a
given amount of paper money ought
not normally to be much more-and
sometimes ought to be less-than the
cost of that amount of paper money
itself. at current rates of exchange.
unless some special provision, written
into the bond itself, positively assures
1t higher value"
This form of investment or specu
lation, technically known as arbi
TRACE, is common in normal markets
Many financial houses have expert
enced men who do nothing except
take advantage Of the movements OF
exchange as related to the selling
price of securities in foreign mar
kets. 1t is a peculiar fact, however
that at present, when exchange is sc
uncertain and arbitrage the most
hazardous of operations, many mex
perienced persons are more eager
than ever to pursue the path to easy
profits, while men of wide experience
have almost entirely withdrawn from
the field.
This does not mean that all secured
bonds Of foreign countries offered al
appropriate rates of exchange are not
good investments. 1t merely means
that such securities must be bought
with due regard to the possible fu
ture buying power of the currency
in which they will eventually be paid
In most cases this is purely matter
of opinion.
The New York herald., 1922-01-03
The Shippers Epitaph.
Lines on Captain Joseph Griffin's
Tombstone at Madison, Conn.

To THE New YORK HERALD: ! was
not a little interested In the letter
signed "X. Y. T." relative to an epitaph
in st. Paul's churchyard. Allow me to
say the lines were composed by Captain
Joseph Griffin and have been on his
tombstone for a great number of years
The epitaph in full is as follows
Though Boreas's blasts and Neptune's
waves have tossed me to and fro.
In spite of both. by Gods decree. am
anchored here below.
While l do now at anchor ride, with
many of our fleet.
But once again I must set sail our Ad-
miral Christ to meet.
Stranger. behold as you pass by,
AS you are now so once was J.
AS l am now. so you must be.
Prepare for death and follow me.
If any reader questions the above the
epitaph can be found on tombstone in
Madison. Conn, West Cemetery, about
twenty feet from the south gate, west.
j. NJ. G.
New HAVEN, Conn, January 2.
The New York herald., 1922-01-03

and general fitness of Smoot when
he is available for the high and i'm
portant post of chairman of the Sen
ate Committee on Finance. They
are going to be very much dissatis-
fed. The political possibilities OF a
failure TO put at the head of the
committee the one man whom the
national Situation calls for are not
to be ignored.
There is an already large and rap
idly growing sentiment among the
business communities of the East
and North that If the economic issues
of the day, from taxes to tariff
duties and from industries to pay en-
velopes, go on being neglected or mis-
managed in the legislative halls of the
nation they would rather have the
mischief done by Democratic hands
than by Republican hands. On the
record, as it stands now, there are
thousands of Republicans in every
industrial and financial center OF the
East and Middle West who are ready,
unless there is an immediate and a
decided change in Congress policies
and achievements, to vote next No
vember for Democratic candidates for
the House of Representatives and for
the Senate.
If the Democratic party wins the
House next autumn the Administra-
tion Of President HARDING will be ef-
fectively blocked in carrying out its
program and completing the splen-
did work 1t already has accomplished
to put the Government on a husi-
ness basis and get the country back
to normal thinking, doing and living.
So the selection of the right chair
man for the Senate Committee on
Finance is a grave matter for the
Harding Administration in the i'm
mediate future and for the nation
in the longer future.
There is no more justification for
clinging to the nntiquated and dis.
credited custom of seniority chair.
manships in the Senate than there
was in respect Of the Committee
on Appropriations in the House. In
this latter body the seniority tradi-
ton was recently discarded and the
practice smashed when Mr.. MADDEN
was properly elevated from the junior
ranks of the Committee on Appropri-
ations to the chairmanship over the
head Of his seniors In service. The
same thing should be done in the
Senate, where there is every reason
why SMooT should go to the top.
The New York herald., 1922-01-03
My Treasure Chest.
From the Kansas Citv Stor.

From the Kansas City Star.
I've gathered UP those dearer things
With which l would not part,
And laid them carefully away
Yet close beside my heart,
Those things on which Time has no lien
The things l love the best,
The priceless things more dear tha,
life
These are my treasure chest
My confidence in fellow man
And my belief In God;
The heritage of my old home
Deep rooted in the sod
My rosary of sorrow,
My beatitude of tears;
The glory of my mothers love
Still shining through the years:
The fullness of the summer noon,
The o'erfiowing harvest horn,
The whlteness OF n winter night,
The flowers OF April's morn;
The soul that turks within a song,
The faith within a child.
The beauty that all nature holds
For one who loves the wild:
Mere wisdom never. can replace
Illusions fair OF youth,
And yet these things i've boarded up
And wrapped about with Truth
Are recompense for all the days,
They'll stand the final test
or the ft and the eternal
Deep within my treasure chest.
WILL S. DENHAM.
The New York herald., 1922-01-03
Women Declare War on Jazz.

A movement to substitute music
for the jingling clatter called jazz
has been begun by Mrs. ANNE
FAULKNER OBERNDoRFER, the national
music chairman of the Federation
of Women's Clubs. She advocates
community cooperation in diffusing
knowledge of real music and sup
pressing the rasping noises which
masquerade under music's name.
To this end she urges music mem
ory contests. She would have them
managed by women's clubs in every
American community. In general
outline, her plan is to select fifty
good instrumental compositions, to
have these available on talking ma
chimes, on piano player rolls and in
piano sheet music and to be heard
and played until they are known and
recognized by every child in every
home.
After this has been accomplished
she would have contests in schools,
when eight or ten of the compost
tions would be played without pro-
grams, the pupils to write down the
title of each. work, the name of the
composer and some of the salient
facts Of his life. The twenty-five
children who won the highest marks
in the test would be the schools
music team and try conclusions with
similar teams from other schools un-
der the supervision of the community
musical interests.
1t is an interesting plan of cam
paign. That it would at once exor-
else the demons of jazz discord now
rampant is probably too much to
hope. Their name is legion. They
have established a tenacious grip on
the territory they have invaded.
But with the Federation of Women's
Clubs warning in earnest on jazz
ultimate victory may be safely pre-
dicted. Jazz cannot stand the light
of widespread education in real
music, and the Women's Federated
Clubs, under the leadership of Mrs.
OBERNDoRFER, intends TO turn sub
merging flood of that light upon
it. Mrs. OBERNDoRFER says:
1--WE must familiarize ourselves
with the music that Is being used In
our schools, clubs and homes. We
shall be surprised. even Mortified,
with what we shall find, but it is time
we knew. Jazz in its original form
was used as the accompaniment to
voodoo ceremonies. Is it any won
der that the largest industries which
started community singing during
war times have been forced to forbid
the singing of jazz in any of their
factories?"
AS usual, we here find enterprising
American women in the field to sup
press what is debasing and to pro-
mote what is elevating. Possibly
some may find "debasing'' an exces.
sive characterization of jazz, but
there would be general agreement in
characterizing it as nuisance.
The New York herald., 1922-01-03
President Greets 1000 at Reception
New Years Function Restored in All Its Brilliancy
the White House in Two Sessions.

Chief Justice Taft, who eight years age
had stood in the place of the Chief Ex-
ecutive to whom he was extending such
a hearty Happy New Year."
1t was nearing noon when the Con-
gress of the United States and their
women folk reached the receiving line
and this great delegation was followed
in turn by department heads, members
of the various Federal commissions, Of
ficers of the army and navy. members
of patriotic Opcieties. &c.
At / o'clock the President and Mrs
Harding withdrew for luncheon and a
brief rest and at 2 o'clock, when they
resumed their places. the public was
admitted.
This crowd was thoroughly cosmopol-
itan, representative Of many races and
nationalities. The children, of whom
there were many. were given special
attention.
"Hello, dearie," tho President said to
one tot who was passing on a paternal
shoulder.
The next moment the line disclosed
four small negroes marshaled ahead OF
their mother.
''Why, look who's here I" the President
exclaimed as he bent over and smiled
into the flashing teeth and rolling eye
ndllS tndt were sweeping ny. hAoW al y
you youngsters?"
Mrs. Harding smiled and added a
pleasant word here and there while she
quickly developed an efficient swing of
her rg'. arm and shoulder which stood
the stl;.i as well as the Presidents golf
developed muscles.
Next to the White House reception
the most important of New Years
day is always the diplomatic breakfast
with the Secretary Of State as host. This
time Secretary and Mrs. Hughes elected
to entertain at the Pan American Build
ing and in addition to the diplomatic
corps and their women folk their guests
included members of the Cabinet, the
delegates to the arms conference and
their ladies. members Of the American
advisory committee to the conference
and group of State Department Off
cials.
The Pan-American Building was ef-
fectively decorated in Christmas colors
and great baskets Of poinsettias were
used on the buffet luncheon tables. Sec
retary and Mrs. Hughes greeted their
guests at the door of the Hall of the
Americas and were assisted in receiving
by their daughter, Miss Catherine
Hughes. Mr.. Basil Miles of the State
Department made the presentations
In the afternoon Vice-Presdent and
Mrs. Coolidge were at home informally,
and the Speaker and Mrs. Gillett also
kept open house.
The New York herald., 1922-01-03

ards of speech and thought the Lieu
tenant is no hero at all. What do
footlight heroes care about keeping
anybody awake? They're indeed
lucky If they do.
"Will some one break the record
you made to-day?" one Of these un-
conventional heroes was asked.
mot if I have TO do it," was the
prompt answer. But this obdurate
fellows wife overheard. and OF
course, knowing him better than he
knew himself, spoke wisely. saying,
IF any one breaks it he'll go up the
next day and break it again."
We agree with the wife. Her Ian
guage was. we admit. in the line of
story writer's; but then she was jus
titled, for is she not the wife of a
real hero?