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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-18

N ID understand you to say.7 Mrs Barker asked slowly, and her man
 ner said that she could not believe 1t possible. that you really wish to take Miss Foster home with you?"
 Without looking at him knew that Dicky was boiling with indignation at the wonlan's insolence, which she took scant trouble to hide While I yearned to turn my back upon her and leave her house at once, yet I knew that for Claire Fosters sake. as well as to save the situation to aid which I had hur- ried there so strenuously. I must ignore her manner and make my answer the scriDtural soft one.
 ''Oh. but surely" said ingenuoJrsfv ''Of course,'' I hastened to add. +T know she is most comfortable and weT-cared- for here, but after a shock of that kind the poor child Is better off with me- her closest friend. than with any stranger. Besides, those silly stories in the news papers must have annoyed her if she saw them"
 ''She saw them. I sent them fin to her" Mrs. Barker replied grimly. But did you read them aIl?" IncreduIity
 ''YeS. Weren't they the most absurd things possible?'' I returned brightly. Now. if you will please show me Miss Fosters room-''
 Mrs. Barker gave me another stare, and shoo& her head slightly.
 'fWell. H you want to see her, all right she said at last. But can't understand"
 '1s 1t necessary that you shou1d?' DirSy broke in. his temper boiling over at last.
 But Ms. Barker evidently had been waiting for some such opening. AL though she had turned, evidently in the direction of Claire Fosters room, she now wheeled on Dicky and put her arms akimbo. -Les Me Tell You"
 Hook here, my gaIlivanting Iad!'' she began. Just because your wife is fool enough to overlook this performance of yours. and come up here to smooth things over for you and that l1ussy down the corridor, is no reason why I should be muzzled! Let me tell you-
 The sound of an approa ching motor outside galvanized me into action. It ruM contain the reporters who had ac- cornpanied me on the train. I went up to Dicl1y and put my hand upon his arm.
 "Dicly,'' r said as if in consterna tfon, T left my new gloves in the taxi And you haven't paid him vet, either. I can hear his engine still running But you'd better have him wait a few min utes," I added in an undertone. as I
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-18
BAR APPIICANTS

be-od among 13le 21 applicants recon nrended for ths par examination Dec il, are Frank A Barber, Meyer Dwprkin DAwrencs Joel EcksTOu1- James Ka1w5cz. Henry J. Klein 1sa- dore L. Korler, Lawrence C. Lennon James Edward Murphy, Philip J. <z~&sA@@-1 Ahr-ah-r-, Iloxzi- -S1@ @1=oA~1z1<
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-18

right tanks usually And not for single The she said "Oh, what 
 They Garry The1nEv where
  drew of her peculiar kind of mfndi | his wouldn't his kindly .be the mole his life to her! =
  have 8 to ache" do not find myself particularly thene all the while something like the fixed silly rnaskbut the Cher the I'll a
  al
 
  And didn't bathtub English breakfast tasted You could gastank abroad with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-18
RESUMES
 PRACTICE OF LAW

Ha1foru, Dec 1S-AuEusdnR Lon ergn1- for six years RRpresen1ac1Ys Tn ConEe% from Ehs First district Of Connecticut. has resumed the gen- eral przctice of law, and Will practice before the departments of the gOx- srrnsnt at Washington on taxation and other macter
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-18
Diary of a Fashion Model
She Describes Charming Daytime FrocR of Nocy
 Striped Siuer Thread
By GRACE THORNCLIFFE

ATE this afternoon I happened to be fin the vicinity of Park avenue, 1and resolved to call on my friend the decorator.
 'TYou threatened to serve tea at five all winter,'' warned her.
 'That was just to attract such callers
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-18

silent and grim Gay little yachts afuter with  shells fellows Old
  in the andg gold O aut1nn,s
 
  nohngs is
 of the window All was-the gas-tank Oh, i gastank-a a useful
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-18

HOLIDAYS bring the young people
 home from schools and collegesx and they always expect some s.oS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-18

OH, VEST" of the house. "She's \ 7 'gas-tanker' EsS &sk
 "I didn't have wait for her to look out of E%SSS the the minute looked her. She HS| has gas-tankers mouth. And isn't awful-lines eyebrowsl She's got the N = all right, poor What fearful thing it NJ must be withy yourself when you're like thati" ss ss1soI, sso yen'ured 0rsAthe''7 what %
 they laughed, told wasn't one, and they before the two minutes.
 s how of
 They live charming apartment, beyond the and a
 perfectly marvellous view-the Hudson sea- of comm a countries.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
You Girls Who Are About To Be Married

more children--more children
more childrenv'
STRIPPED OF GLAMOUR.
What 10 .he--this husband.to-be
Of yours, stripped OF his flattery.
stripped OF the excitement OF the
approaching wedding. stripped Of
the glamour and mystery that
hangs about him simply because
he is a man and you are a girl?
Is he simple. honest. good, kind
ly in his speech about his mother
and sisters, hked In his officer
II he is-and you can see that
much before you marry him-then
you have q good basis to work on.
And II you are a sensible, ener-
getic, friendly sort Of person your
self, with some humor. then you
two really have q chance.
But don't depend upon Mother
Nature any longer! She'll keep
UP the illusions indifferently for
several months, and then she'll be
off after your little sister and the
Billings boy. and you will have to
work out the solution yourself.
You'll zee your Jasper a. he real
ly IL, and---in the simple phrase
of a popular song--you'l be sur
prised.
Jasper. who couldn't set enough
Of dancing and late hours when
you first met him, wanted to stay
at home every night and read Tol.
stoyi E.
Or. Jasper. who has always bsen
such Q auist fellow. hating orewds.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
Bv KATHLEEN NORRIS

and for your marriage, and for
your country!
THE CURE FOR 1T.
The cure Is small-it has curls
upon its little unconscious head.
It throws napkin rings upon the
floor, its eyes laugh when yours do.
and II you make a sudden alarmed
sound It's soft little mouth quivers
pitifully. It lifts you out Of the
little sone where dinner parties and
the effect OF new gowns are Of first
Importance. II brings Jasper home
early. And II teaches you both
what responsibility. what life ard
love and Joy can mean.
All the bliss Of the honeymoon
becomes a. shadowy and ephemeral
now as that bliss itself made the
happiness Of the engaged days.
This II real at last.
Jasper may be unreasonable
sometimes, ana disappointing. but
he 10 the ohiidrsn's father. after
all: they adore him. and he them.
NO TRIP TO THE MOON.
% the old witch turns into be.
nisnant fairy after all. and that
comes out like the books, tool But
Il isn't easy, the transition, you
young wfves.to.bs.
n means that you can BE- silent,
WHEN Justice says "speak."
n msans that you can b happy
Nth s,vsn.y,slsN, pee cen, Of hap,
pinssa. and net nas and fret about
thsa missias psrssntasN
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now teasing you to 90 to show,
and then supper. every other night!
II will be equally amazing either
way. and Il will surely be the way
you don't expect It.
Oh, well. that isn't serious. It's
delicious to sit at home with him
and read, or delicious to 80 down.
town and show all the girls what
. stunning husband you have.
Only who would have thought It?
But then his saying he loAthes
the Bakers--the very Bakers who
introduced you to each other
that's so silly!
And then. his never noticing
what you have on-that's disap-
pointing.
And 1t would have been nicer for
him at least to consult you before
urging his sister and her husband
to stay two nights In your guest
room. You sitting right there,
like o child, while he coaxsd and
invited
He keeps you waiting. Nevek
mind. that's nothing. But he al.
ways used to be 90 prompt.
A. for company, and open fire.
wen, you've had sxactiy three din.
nsrs this wintssi Jasper b % rude
to your friends and there's no
use---
Now. Mother Mature, having
more or isss be.aysd you into
this situation, does send . cure,
But too efssn you've been sfvsa .
hint % beware Of it-aiAs foP yeu,
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riously, and we agree about every.
thing. 90 there'n be nothing to
quarrel about!
"He's 90 wise--it's positively as
tonishing. And when he does get
cross q little bit, we have such fun
making upl
"Truly. I do think we're going to
be awfully happy, because we like
all the same things, we have alb
solutely the same tastes.
And that ducky dining room,
you know, and little dinners-he
loves my friends--we1l have open
fires-I just can't wait to have my
own little homer
Why does she talk this way?
Why. because Mother Nature
has got her completely bewitched.
Bedelis 10 not blind; she is not a
fool; she knows just how trying
daddy can be. Just what a wreck
Annabelle and Penelope have made
Of similar marriages. But then
Annabelle and Penelope didn't
marry Jasperi
And when Jasper has his arm
about all the fragrant. shy soft
ness Of Bedelia, and they are talk
ing together in the dim sitting
room, and when the boxes Of flow
ers ana silver and lacy underwear
ana flowery new hats and choco.
late cups ana handmade blouses
keep the doorbeil ringing all day
long, how oan Bedslia possibly be
expected 10 hear Mother Mature
Kissing contsntsdiy 10 herself,
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thousand.fo You are sensible
enough about the other things you
do.
When Q girl goes into business,
for example-opens tea shop, re-
ceives the diploma that tells the
world she is q trained nurse, or
takes a stenographer's position in
Colorado-shs is sensible enough.
"well, It will be slow getting
started; I don't expect muchp she
says reasonably, of the tea shop.
Or, Nursing is terribly hard work,
but one has enormous compensa.
tIonsr' And when II comes to
leaving home and starting alone
for the Western mountain town,
she admits frankly:
"1 may be a fool to 90. I'll have
terribly hard days. But I think I
can make success OF Il, and I'll
have some fun out Of It, anyway"
But then, why--why--when she
falls in love with q perfectly ordL
nary young mana man In whom
nobody else sees anything extraor-
dinary, and who 10, In fact, cordi.
ally detested by her father and
brothers--why does she talk some
thing like this about q business
venture that 10 infinitely more re-
rious and more uncertain than any
OF the other three:
Really the iovsliest nature I've
ever knowni And it'n be perfectly
impossible ever to quarrel with
him because he II % sweet. But.
anyway, ws'vs talked II over 60
The Washington times., 1922-10-22

little princesses into babblin3
brooks, and who can even make
wrong look right. and evil look
alluring!
You know the old lady mean
we call her Mother Nature.
And, oh, dear. II she only was
really q visible person, with her
hooked nose and peaked hat and
broomsticl. how much more easily
We could deal with herl We could
shut doors and shut ears and shut
hearts against her.
But as It 10, she creeps into our
company unseen, she throws gold
dust in our eyes, she softens our
hearts with some subtle oil. rs the
boa constructor does the bones Of
It's victim. We fix our rapt gaze
upon her. our old resolves weaken,
our old prejudices disappear, our
minds move about in q silly and
aimless circle.
If GIRLS ONLY REALIZED 1T.
Mother Mature. the old witch. is
looking out for the increase OF the
race. She whispers to, herself,
More children--more children
more childrenr' And We hear that
whisper. though We don't under.
stand II, and we stumble obedient-
ly toward each other when the first
insidious hiss Of It fails upon our
ears.
You don't realize that, you girls
who are about to Be married. II
you did. your chances Of happy
marriage would b. incrsassd .
The Washington times., 1922-10-22

'o'''nsh' i'1' 0' sT WSs.r syndicate. % " ~
KY relations with Colonel Roosevelt always most
V interesting. His father who cordial friend Of
A' mne of the foremost citizens Of New York
In all civic duties and philanthropes he occupied
place. The public activities Of the father had great
influence in forming and directing the ambitions of his
Mr. Roosevelt entered public life very early and with
everything with him, always in dramatic way. One of
the interesting characters of New York city Frederick
Gibbs who active politician and district leader
Gibbs afterwards became the national committeeman from
New York the Republican national committee. When
he died he left collection Of pictures which, to the aston
shment Of everybody, showed that he liberal and
discriminating patron of art
Gibbs had district difficult to manage because
mencng with the slums up to Fifth 1t
normally Democratic but he managed to keep his party
alive and often wn and gained the reputation that he
in league with Tammany
He came to day and said "Our organization has
lost the confidence Of the highbrows They have not
great many votes but their carry weight their
contributions invaluable in campaigns To regain their
confidence thinking of nominating for member Of the
legislature young Theodore Roosevelt who just
from Harvard. What do you think of itf'
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
Colonel Roosevelt, during
first term % President.

covering frauds the Democrats
have been able to create O popu.
lar Impression that the whole State
administration IL guilty. The po.
ltical situation is very critical In
any way. BENJAMIN odsll. the
chairman Of our State committee.
urges the nomination Of Colonel
Roosevelt. As you know, Roose.
vslt 10 no friend Of mine, and I
don't think very well Of the sus.
gestion. Now. what do you think7s
I instantly replied: "Mr. Piatt.
I always look at . public question
from the view Of the platform. !
have been addressing audiences
ever since I became q voter, and
my judgment Of public opinion and
the views Of the people are gov
erned by how they take or win take
and act upon the questions pre-
sentsd. Now. II you nominate
Governor Black and I am address
ing Q large audience--and I GER
tainly will--the heckier In the audi.
ence will arise and interrupt me.
saying: 'Chauncey, we agree with
what you say about the grand old
party and all that, but how about
the canal steal?' have to explain
that the amount stolen was only q
million, and that would be fatal.
II Colonel Roosevelt 10 nominated.
I can say to the heckler with in
dignation and enthusiasm: I am
mighty glad you asked that ques.
ton. We have nominated for gov.
ernor man who has demonstrated
in public office and on the battle-
field that he 10 q fighter for the
right. and always victorious. II
he 10 selected. you know and we all
know from his demonstrated char
acteristics, courage and ability. that
every thief will be caught and pun.
ished, and every dollar that can be
found restored to the public treas.
ury.' Then I will follow the colonel
leading his Rough Riders up San
Juan Hill and ask the band to
play the Star spansled Banner
The Rough Rider Campaign.
Platt said. very impulsiveiy.
Roosevelt will be nominated"
When the State convention met
to nominate q State ticket I was
selected to present the name Of
Colonel Roosevelt a. Q candidate
for governor. I have done that
a great many times In conventions.
but have never had such . re-
sponse. As went on reciting the
achievements Of Roosevelt, his ca
reer, his accomplishments. and his
great promise. the convention went
wild with enthusiasm. It was plain
that no mistake had been made In
selecting him a. the candidate.
During the campaign he made
one Of the most picturesque can.
vases the State has ever expert
enced. He was accompanied in his
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or course, I advocated It very
warmly. WELL" he said. I'VE will
have a dinner at Delmonico's. 1t
will be composed entirely Of high
brows. We wish you to make the
principal speech. introducing young
Roosevelt. who, Of course. will re-
spond. I will not be at the dinner.
but 1 will be In the pantry"
The dinner was q phenomenal
success. About three hundred in
dress suits. white vests. and white
neckties. were discussing the situa-
ton, saying: "where did these
stories and ISLANDERS originate in re-
gard to our district. about its be-
ing an annex Of Tammany affili-
ations? We are the district, and
we all know each other"
Young Roosevelt, when he rose
to speak. looked about eighteen
years old, though he was twenty
three years old. His speech was
carefully prepared, and he read 1t
from a manuscript. It was re-
markable in the emphatic way in
which he first stated the evils Of
the city, State. and national gov
ernments, and how he would cor
rect them II he ever had the op-
portunity. It IL q curious realiza-
tion OF youthful aspirations that
every one OF those opportunities
came to him, and in each Of them
he made history and permanent
fame.
The term Of office Of Frank
Black, governor Of the State Of
New York. was about expiring.
Black was q man OF great ability
and courage. The people had
voted nine millions Of dollars to
improve the Erie canal. There
were persistent rumors Of fraud in
The Washington times., 1922-10-22

travels by q large staff Of orators,
but easily dominated the situation
and carried the audience with him.
He was greatly amused at =
meeting where one Of his Rougn
Riders. who was in the company.
insisted upon making q speech.
The, Rough Rider said: MY
friends and fellow citizens, my col.
onel was q great soldier. He will
make a great governor. He always
put US boys In battle where we
would be killed II there was a
chance and that is what he will do
with you"
Roosevelt's administration as
governor was high-minded and
patriotic. But by his exercise Of
independent Judgment and fire.
quently by doing things without
consulting the leaders, State or
local, he became exceedingly un-
popular with the organization. 1t
was evident that It would be very
difficult to renominate him. IT
was also evident that on accoun:
OF his popularity with the people
II he failed In the denomination,
the party would be beaten. So It
was unanimously decided 20 put
him on the national ticket as Vice
President.
RESISTING THE VICE PRESI.
The governor resisted this with
all his passionate energy. lie
liked the eovernorship. He thought
there were many things which he
could do in another term. and he
believed and 30 stated that the
Vice Presidency was a tomb. He
thought that nobody could be res
urrected when once buried In that
saroophagus.
The national Republican conven.
tion Of 1900 was a ratification
meeting. President MoKinley's ad.
ministration had been exceedingly
popular. The convention met prac.
tically to indorse McKinley's public
acts and renominate him FOR an
other term. The only doubtful
question was the Vice Presidency.
There was a general accord Of
sentiment in favor Of Governor
Roosevelt, which was only blocked
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1t means that you can have
somebody know, ana perhaps even
say, that you are not perfect, and
still love him.
1t means that you can resign
yourself to give up certain friend.
ships. certain habits, certain preju.
dices.
1t means that you can see be-
yond the little surface deficiencies,
to where real goodness and bisness
and sweetness are waiting for your
awakening touch.
It means that you can see In
marriage q business. ana one you
have to learn: q Job. and not a trip
to the moon.
But Il means. too, that some.
whore along about 1875. when you
are laying down the tiny expert.
encs OF this tiny world. you can
say to yourself:
well, I lived. I loved, I
worked. I bore children. I kept my
soul pure and strong. I forsave.
wasn't afraid Of life. I served"
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the work. Governor Black order
ed an investigation through an
able committee which he appoint
ed.
The committee discovered that
about q million dollars had been
wasted or stolen. Black at once
took measures 90 recover the
money II possible and to prosecute
the guilty. The opposition took
advantage Of this to create the
impression in the public mind Of
the corruption Of the Republican
administration. The acute ques-
ton was: SHOULD Governor Black
be renominated?"
Colonel Roosevelt had Just re-
turned from Cuba. where he had
won great reputation in command
OF the Rough Riders. and he and
his command were in camp on
Long Island.
CONVINCING TOM PLATT.
Senator Platt. the State leader,
was accustomed to consult me, and
his confidence in my Judgment was
the greater from the fact that he
knew that wanted nothing, while
most Of the people who surround.
ed the leader were recipients Of his
favor. and either the holders of
offices or expecting some consider
alton. He asked me to come and
see him at Manhattan Beach.
As usual. he entered at once
upon the question in hand BY say
ing: II am very much troubled
about the governorship. Frank
Black has made an excellent gov
ernor and did the right thing in
ordering an investigation Of the
canal frauds. but the result Of the
investigation has been that in dis
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which he told often and with much
glee. While he was on the ranch
the neishbors had caught a horse
thief and hanged him. They soon
discovered that they had made q
mistake and hanged the wrong
man. The most diplomatic among
the ranchers was selected to take
the body home and break the news
gently to his wife. The cowboy
ambassador asked the wife: "Are
you the wife of ----?" She an.
swered yes" "well," said the
ambassador. "you are mistaken.
You are his widow. have his
body in the wagon. You need not
feel bad about It. because We hung
him thinking he was the horse
thief. We soon after found that
he was innocent. The Joke IL on
U.S." -.
SHOWING HIS FEELINGS.
Mr.. Roosevelt was intensely hu.
man and rarely tried to conceal his
feelings. He was to address the
New York State Fair at Syracuse.
The management invited me 40 a
United States Senator from New
York to be present. There were at
least 10000 persons on the fair
grounds. and Mr.. Roosevelt read
his speech. which he had elaborate
ly prepared, detailing his scheme
for harmonizfns the relations BE-
tween labor and capital.
The speech was long and very
able and intended for publication
all over the country. But the audi.
ence. who were farmers, were not
much interested in the subject.
Besides, they had been wearisd
wandering around the grounds and
doing the exhibits, waiting for the
meeting to begin. know Of moth
ing SO wearisome to mind and body
as to spend hours going through
the exhibits Of a great fair. When
the President finished. the audi.
ence began calling for me. I was
known practically to very one Of
them from my long career on the
platform.
Knowing Roosevelt as I did.
was determined not to speak, but
the fair management and the audi.
ence would not be denied. I paid
the proper compliments to the
President, and then. knowing that
humor was the only possible thing
with such q tired crowd. I had q
rolliclxing good time with them.
They entered into the spirit Of
the fun and responded in a most
uproarious way. heard Roosevelt
turn to the president of the fair
and say very angrily: "You prom.
ised me, sir, that there would be
no other speaker"
When I met the President that
evening at large dinner given by
Senator Frank Hiscock. he greet.
ed me with the utmost cordiality.
He was in fine form, and early in
the dinner took entire charge Of
the discussion. For three hours
he talked most interestingly, and
no one else contributed a word.
Nevertheless. we all enjoyed the
evening, ana not the least the Pres.
ident himself.