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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
Fi1tering Into
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A AMERICANS who contemplate
 A trip to Soviet Russia ~ would do well to equip them-s selves with an abundance of patience, optimism, warm clothing, money and canned heat
 Fiitering into Russia is slow pro- cess. It is no job for nervous and im-i patient folks. Those who go to RevaI to get permission from the Bolshevist authorities usually wish they had gone to Riga. Accommodating Danes have established an air line between the two ports for uneasy folk who desirel to ease their nerves by flying back and forth and rapping at both entries. It takes two hours to make the flight while the railway trip consumes 2z hours.
 The Bolshevist legations at RevaI and Riga present prospective visitors to Moscow with a formidable ques- tionaire in Russian, including such queries as:
 What kind of in1movable property do you own, if any? Describe it.
 What are your political views? Are you member of a party in any couDr try? Did you participate in the grear war? What is your relilgion?"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
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~ ONIMODORE SIR FREDERICK H YOUNG, R. N. R., delivered at
 Portsmouth, Town Hall re- gently lecture on Salvage Work During tke Great War"
 Sir Frederick, who was the tech nicaI head of the naval salvage serv- ice during the war and whose recent ly completed work of reopening the Belgian ports is well known, dealt comprehensively with naval salvage operations from the blocking" plans carried out to prevent enemy sub marines from penetrating British naval bases to the salving of torpe- doed merchantmen, the latter work having, it is estimated, saved tonnage worth about z G60,000,000.
 The most widely-interesting portion of the lecture was that dealing with the submarine campaign, as this ex- plained some important phases of sal wage operations that have not previ~ ously been made public
 In regard to the salvage of subma- rines E-4 and Els, Sir Frederick gave precise details of the remarkable escape of a man from a submarine at the bottom of the sea These two boats sank as a consequence of one coming up under the bottom of the other and holding her. Only those who were on the deck of the topmost boat were saved, with the exception of a stoker, who found himself in- prisoned in one of the compartments of one of the boats. He had closed the water-tight doors, so that the compartment was dry. In the coolest manner he set about extricating him self from his awful position. The man had read much about compressed air and strangely enough, had pie tured himself in just such a situa- tion as that in which he now found himself and had matured plan of escape which he now put into opera ton. In the roof of the compartment was a dome-shaped hatch, which the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
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had not so long been off the scenes. and while the public generally took for sranted the proposition that wom- en possessed limbs, they were things to be mentioned sotto voce.
 Women, and the writers and artists who portrayed them, attached to the feminine form, and to feminine charac- ter, the ultimate of the mysterious.
 Tn the day just over the line. of the present, one might present in the drawing-room woman in one cos tune, door leading to her boudoir and have her exit by the door and come back in another gown, but the scene was not shifted to show the in- terior of the boudoir, and the actual process of changing the gown did not go on before the gaze of the multitude.
 "In sentence, the world has un- dressed itself in public, and opened the door of its bedroom for light as well as air
 ''Nor is all of this necessarily bad. Nobody falls into an open cave, plainly exhibited. There may be a valuable aid to society as a whole in the bar ing of its Noul, for the methods by which homes are wrecked are made perfectly plain. One need know little mathematics to understand the principle of reversing any proposition to prove it. Reverse this one; In the process of showing why a woman lost a man, has not the exhibition also re- suited in showing a wise woman how she may hold one?"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
The Undressed World
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A WORLD undressed. So N critic of the times declared
 recently in passing upon the attitude of today toward topics that were not referred to in public a gen. eration ago. He pointed to the inroads the realist has made upon idealism- The demands of an age of frankness," as he puts it, have forced the hand of the artist and the man of letters. The remark that shocked then has become a commonplace term now, when almost everyone seems to delight in calling spade a spade. The drama that con fined it's action to the drawing-room now leads straight to the boudoir. The story that stopped at II o'clock now goes into the far-reaches of the night
 So it seems also to Mrs. Leslie Car ter. Twenty-two years ago, this emil nent actress. who was Americas orig inal Zaza, shook the foundation stones of society by removing one of two of her outer garments. Mrs. Car ter now feels she was a victim of the
  from these disrobing scenes. The movies have seen to that An exposure of cuticle now -provokes a yawn in which the fiapper and the dowager join.
 Why, the 'happer' of this generation would yawn over 'Zaza.' It would not hold a single thrill for one of the so- phisticated young person now. In the old days, the hoopskirt and the hustle
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
Ants Great Primpers
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 spines which are sometimes jointed and are so arranged as to aid materi- ally in keeping the body clean. Par ticles of soil cling to this hairy cover ing, but the hair protects the body, keeping the dirt from the surface of the skin, allowing 1t to be shaken off easily. The brushing. washing and combing of this hairy coat constitute the insects toilet making.
 The tongue is one of the efficient arr ticles of the toilet Around the sides of this organ curve a series of ridges covered with hemispherical bosses. The ridges are hard and thus are fitted for the use of a comb. When eating this comb rasps off minute pieces of food into sizes fitted to be taken into the stomach.
 For toilet purposes 1t serves as both sponge and brush and takes up bits of dust otherwise removed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07

% VERY once in while we read of some nationally known
 parsonage who is insured for several hundred thousand dollars We gaspi It's the truth, we presume, but we also vehemently denounce the. in surance company, which, by the way. holds our -10-cent policy, for insuring 9 person for such an enormous amount, because we reason that "he ain't worth it." Which may, then again may not, be true.
 This man who is insured for so great sum must die before that great sum of money is released and the insur- ance company is betting he won't, which brings us up to our story. Have you ever heard of a person having his legs insured for S200, ,000? Just his legs, mind you. and he doesn't have to die to get that enormous sum. He has, however, to prove that his legs are so crippled that he will never be able to perform or teach again. The man whose legs are insured for $20O, 900 Is Michel Fokine. He and Fokina, his wife, performed throughout the United States some months ago in what they called the Ballet Russe," and at the first performance their success was instantaneous.
 His Legs Insured.
 When Morris Gest, the producer of Mecca" wanted some spectacular scene in that production, he engaged Fokine to teach a number of dances for the ballet on the stairs. It Is the only time that such thing has been done, and before permitting Fokine to undertake such hazardous work. Gest had the dancers legs insured for $1OO,- oO0 for three weeks. It is reported that besides this insurance, Fokine was paid thousand dollars a day while instructing this ballet Fokine also carried $1OO,OO0 insurance, the premium for which he paid himself. Had anything happened to Fol1ine in those three weeks to cripple his legs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07

not carry this form of insurance, in both large and small sums. The in surance companies as a rule do not hesitate to insure for any sum, just so the insured can pay the premiums, which in some cases are. small for tunes in themselves.
 Sure She Has 'Em.
 While $100,000 seems like a lot of money to the most of us, it must be, from the actors and actresses stand point, an insignificant sum. Mile. Mistinguette, famous Parisienne show girl, who recently visited this country, had her legs insured for S100,000. It is reported by those who seem to know that the mademoiselle has the most beautiful legs in the world. The famous Parisienne has at no time un- dertaken to deny the report, and from the many pictures of her we are led to believe that she rather fancies the oonnoisseurs are right.
 Voices are also insured. Anna Held, the famous comedienne who died sev- eral years ago after all efforts had been ndQ0 Dy UOIdDtS pAy S4C1d1S LO save her life, carried an insurance of $100,- 900 against permanent injury.
 Mme. Patti, who once thrilled thou sands with her fine voice, carried for a long time a $40,000 policy against the total loss of her voice. If she was unable to sing at any performance she was to receive $5,O00 for each time, and only twice did she fail to appear
 Lillian Nordica, another grand opera star carried an insurance of S50,000 on her voice.
 kubelik'S Hands.
 Imagine paying about $3os week premium for insurance on your right hand. Jan Kubelik, the yiolinist, pays $500 year premium on his bow hand alone Herr Kubelik some months ago was in a shipwreck. On board with him was his famous S125.000 violin. which he prized highly. In order to save the violin KubeIik tied it to a small lifebuoy and cast it overheard Several days later the instrument was
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so that he could not perform again, he would have received $200,00O. And this does not seem such great sum, when, if reports be true, he received $21 900 for 21 days work.
 Actors, actresses and musicians pre- dominate in this form of insurance, and there is hardly a person on the legitimate or concert stage that does
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02
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, threads get tangled and everything
gets very much mixed up and bard
to find Take a light weight piece
of board. "a store box would be
all right) Cut it round, about Is
inches in diameter-or smaller if
desired Cover it with pretty
flowered material. Take finishing
nails (brads) and space them two
and one-half inches around the
board, about one and one-half
inches. from edge of board. Put
your spools of thread on these.
Then place three brads, about two
/ inches above your. thread nails. on
bottom of your board. Push corks
on nails the size Of thimbles. these
being your thinble holders. Make
a pretty little pin cushion of con-
trasting color. Make it square.
sew ribbon on the sides of board
to hang it up by; sew it on in CEN
ter SO it makes the corners Of pin
cushion run up and down. Sew
| the cushion on before you put ma
terial on board. Hang close to ma
chine. Tape measure. etc, can be
=: hung on.
To Clean Coffee Pot-Rub salt
on the inside of a coffee pot to re e
move coffee and egg which natural
ly form in time. Rinse quickly and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02

mar Mrs. ThOmpson: ! am u
INK married lady - years old
nv husband 10 Is. He was out |
n vofk q long time after We were
\ n6ryisd, but finally he got a posi-
- IN . city about 175 miles from
-. He has been working there
n weeks now and have stayed at
~ home Of my brother. My hus-
md writes terrible letters. He
Az that he Is so homesick he
ioasp't see how he can stay. He,
- no home to 90 TO and so after
vefk he goes home and thinks of
= and nearly goes crazy. He ia
liking a little more money than
y made here, but 1t was our plan
n him to stay there by himself
hag enough to buy furniture so
nat we could go to. housekeeping.
want to 90 to him and live with
lin in the room he has, but my
arents tell me it would be foolish
md | should let him stay alone and
ave money His letters nearly
break my heart and | am terribly
lonesome for him too.
Do you think | would be very
foolish to disobey my parents and
70 to my husband? He hasn't ask
I'll me to do this, but know how
much it would mean to him to have
me come. MARION G.
No, it would not be foolish to go
To your husband. Two people who
love each other SO much ought to
be together. Ii will not cost much
more for two OF yor than it does
for one Perhaps you can ge a
room where yol have cooking priv
ileges and then you can do your
own cooking. which Will reduce
your expenses. The Inconsistencies
which has possession of your hus-
band does not help him in his bust
ness. Surely it throws depression
about him which keeps him from
doing his best work.
Go to him. and with your love
and faith in his ability help him to
make his way in life.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
girl Il and | have been invited to
party, | have never gone with a
boy and there are to be boys at
this PARTY. The girl who is giving
Il wan me to go with one Of her
boy friends because she has sew
e-al She says she wants the boy
to come and she wants me- Would
yon advise me to go under these
circumstances? SEVENTEEN.
| can see no reason WHY YOU
should not go and have a good time
Nv all means accept your girl
friends invitation.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: an
troubled with canker sores in my
mouth. What can l do for this?
Put powdered alum or bicarhon.
ate of soda on the sores. Also drink
a cup OF hot water with one-thirt
OF a teaspoon OF bicarbonate 0! soda
dissolved in it three ines a day
You have too much acidity in youI
blood and the soda will correct thai
condition.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am a
school girl in the eighth grade
Two weeks ago l had to leave
school because Of poisoning / got
in my foot. My class sent me flow
ers, but my dearest girl friend tool
up the collection and suggested
sending them. I know this because
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02

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another GIRL told me. I want to
write . letter Of thanks ana fdon't
know whether to send 1t to my girl
friend Or to my teacher. asking that
the LITTER be read to the class show
ing them how much I7entoyAd the
MOVERS. What would you advise me
20 90! GOLDEN LOCKS.
Send the letter to your teacher.
You might tell your girl friend
when you see her that you heard
she Wa the one who suggested the
flowers and that you appreciate her
thoughtfulness.
! Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have
been keeping steady company with
i, the ONE person for a year. Dur
ing this time We haven't talked of
I, marriage until the last month. I
am twenty and so don't think he is
my first beau. Everyone thinks
he loves me. but / am not SO sure.
! In every way he proves he does,
with this exception although in
position where we could in a
short time marry he insists that
marriage will be a calamity. He
says he has seen SO much of mar
ried life that he would rather haye
me loving him than married to him
and hating him He says that it
eventually leads to hate. You
know that with a girl it is only
natural to want home with some
one to love. and love him.
! Why does he feel this way? He
doesn't care 20 go with anyone else
He thinks all other girls are RI
ditulous. am real sure he loves
me. but l cant understand his at
titude Would it be best to con-
t.nue the same as always? I am
content to do this, because l know
| can never love another as | love
him. want to show him your an
5wer TROUBLED.
There are two sides to life-the
bright and the sordid. and What one
accepts as truth depends upon his
attitude toward it. what he sees
in life Your sweetheart has been
unfortunate enough to get bad
impression of marriage. he sees
only the unhappy side and has not
opened his eyes to the possibility of
happy marriage His ideals have
been shattered and he needs to be
awakened to a new vision.
To be satisfied with love without
fulfillment would be cheating life
; Your sweetheart is extremely sell
fish in wanting you to be satisfied
! with the mere knowledge that you
love each other. II he placed your
happiness ahead of his own he
would want to marry You and to
make a home for you. since that is
! what you desire.
7 Marriage is happy when each
loves the other enough to make
: sacrifices for the happiness of the
I other. Unless your sweetheart is
! willing to do the thing which will
| bring happiness to you and that is
to marry you, do not see him any
: more. 1t will be hard for you to
give him up. Of course, but it is
the only thing to do. You are
young and the wound will heal. He
may argue that it is selfishness for
YOU to insist upon marriage and
, that if you really love him you
| will let him have his way. In re-
: atty your stand would not be one
( of selfishness, you would not deny
| him your love, you would be pro-
2 tecting your self-respect.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02
Wool Scarfs

Wool SCarfS
Beautiful striped Wool Scarfs in many diff
ferent colorings. Long and 60 Ak
wide. Choice .................-.- eDA,tO
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02

When Washiag Clothes - DON'T
set clothes to soak in warm water
and leave them until the water be-
comes cold. The fibre will expand
in the w4Sm water and then con-
tract In the cold water. entanglfhg
tho dirt.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02

thoroaghly and the stain win b
found to disappear.
To Remove Iron Rustic ~
move iron rust. moisten with am
monia, then use salt Of lemon or
oxalic acid, and rinse in boiling
water.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02
Black Lace Dresses

Lace Dresses combined with Canton
e GEsnss. Ladies, and Misses S14.95
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02

while peeIing them and hasten the
cooking process.
Try slicing ielly roll in fairy
thick slices and pile with whipped
cream. 1t Is an easy dessert for
summer time, as bought jelly roll
can be used.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02

Let 90 OF the vacuum cleaner be-
fore you answer the telephone. The
switch on the cleaner may be de
fective.
Put = gate at the head Of stairs
where the baby plays.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02

The water In which two o. tlfrl
onions have been bciled Is exeQ1s
lent for cleaning white paint. y0u'
do not require any soap.
A banana mashed ana spread %
bread instead Of butter makes 3
good sandwich.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02
The, Goats and Wraps
at 1895

Smart Seal Plush with fur collars
and cuffs; fine Normandy's with
Nutria. Australian Opossum. SOUR
rel and Beaver collars; Brytonia
Cloths in smart capes trimmed with
straps; soft uscette cloth with
Careful collars and cuffs. Brown,
navvs. blacks and L0retto blues.
IA to ~.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02
SUGGESTIONS.

Avoid touching the metal parts
" electric light sockets and fix-
.sres while standing on bathroom
ssors that may be damp.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02
TODAY'S RECIPES.

Savory Stuffed Breast Of Veal
Select the thin part Of the breast;
have butcher make a pocket or in
cDion in the meat. For stuning-
soak stale white bread, squeeze out
water, add two eggs, salt, pepper,
finely chopped parsley greens, three
tablespoons melted fat. Mix all to-
sether and stun breast, then sew
incision. Place in rooster, add
sliced onion, four tablespoons fat,
one teaspoon paprika and one-nalf
teaspoon whole mixed spices. Place
N oven and roast until tender.
When one-half done add one-haH
cup of water il necessary.
Combination Salad-Three slices
pineapple cut into cubes, two sliced
peaches. one orange sliced, two
bananas. one cup nut meats. Mix
al together and add one-half cup
pineapple juice. Serve on lettuce
leaves.
Date and Nut Pudding = Two
eggs, cup sugar. two tablespoons
hour. one cup chopped dates, one
cup nut meats. one teaspoon bak-
ing powder. Beat eggs, add other
Ingredients: stir we'll. Bake in
bread tin for one hour in a slow
oven. Serve cold with cream.
SUGGESTIONS.
To Wash Pnlows-Feather pill
lows may be washed without re-
moving feathers. Use half cup
III OF borax to q. boilerful OF wa
yer, and add teaspOonful Of AMI
ia"nia, After boiling Is minutes,
remove pillows and scrub the ticks,
u BADLY stained. by laying them on
dashboard and applying suds
With a stiff brush. Rinse in thee
Ssters and hang on line in shady
place to dry. Shake pillows aud
raange ends three times . day.
bring into house before dew falls
" II rain threatens. This process
makes feathers light. flaky And
sweet smelling.
Avoid touching the metal parts
" electric light sockets and AZ
.xres while standing on bathroom
SVors that may be damp.
THIS arrangement takes tho place
= sewing haxket IN which Tn
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02

Whites Of vater-glass eggs can
b uDDd IN angel food cake, n eggs
vsrs strictly fresh when put IN the
Watar-glass.
II potatoes are slow to cook ter
der pour hot water over them
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02
MENU HINT.

Breakfast.
Orn Flakes with Sliced Peache!
and Top Milk.
French Toast with Syrup.
Coffee.
Luncheon.
Baked Eggs in Tomato Cases.
Combination Salad.
Bran Biscuits. Milk.
Dinner.
Vegetable Soup.
Savory Stuffed Breast OF Veal.
Candied Sweet Potatoes.
Dill Pickles.
Date and Nut Pudding.
Iced Tea.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
school girl in the eighth grade.
Two weeks ago l had to leave
school because Of poisoning 1 got
in my foot. My class sent me flow
ers, but my dearest girl friend took
up the collection and suggested
sending them. I know this because
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02
Fine Silk Hose

Silk from tip to toe. First quality heavy
and Browns, at .-.-.-.--..-.-..-.. ID IL y
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-02
Silk Petticoats and Bloomer.

Beautiful colors in good quality silk tops
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The Washington times., 1922-08-20

ers have not the necessary, skill for max
ing clothes or raising pigs, it is expected
that the majority would be driven to
scrubbing floors, thus releasing the better
skilled women for food-growing.
This will not only help the whole COM
munity to live, but check the nightly dis
play of extravaganza which is exasperat-
ing the poorer classes.
Graduates of musical conservatories are
exempted from the law, as they are prac-
ticing the fine arts as profession.
Musical activities are remarkably great
in Vienna. The National Opera House
performances, the concerts of the Phil
harmonic Orchestra, with Richard Strauss
at its head as conductor, the numberless
concerts given every season by soloists,
all bear testimony that Vienna has not
lost its prestige as musical centre of the
first Importance.
One Of the chief drawing pieces at the
opera house at present is Richard Strauss's
ballet, "The Legend of Joseph" in which
the two premiere danseuses, Miss Gust
Pichler and Miss Marie Mindszenty, have
the leading roles. A perennial favorite
is the 'Fledermaus" (The Bat), the fam