V THE TIMES: MARCH 31, 1919 ersona Social And Woman's Stie wc JXJNrk Continued) "LeVere." "That's vhnt T told the lad9. lie's t gonner, I rerkon?" "I never sow him after wo tank. Vre all the men here?" "All but those in the f orwai d boat, lr. They got away furr.f, an' we ain't iad no Sight ov 'cm since. Maybe we , .ill when it gets davhKht. Hnrwood s j a charge. I give him a compass, an i old him ter steer west. Was thet i ight?" "All I could have told him. I haven't lad an observation, and it is all guess- I vork. 1 know the American coast lies i 0 that direction, but that is about all. I couldn't tell if it be a hundred, or I 1 hundred and fifty miles away. I i uust have been in bad shape wheu j ou pulled rne in?" j "We thought you was gone, sir. Tou j vas bleedin' some, too, but only from lesh wounds. The young lady she ust wouldn't let yer die. She worked iver yer for two or three hours, sir, .fore I hed any hope." j Her eyes were downcast and her : turned away, but I reached out ; -y of the night arid oceun wta ; motionless posture. Only as i -land gently prf.ed mio did I .1 courage, with a kr.o-'. ie.U.s that ! ae recognized and wplcotced my pre? ', nee. "Wntklna saya I owe ray H?e to yon," ; snld, so low the words were scarcely ' mlll.lo nbovo the dash of water i iloc.ptiide. "It will m?!;e that life mere alnable than ever before " She turned her head, and I felt her ; yes seafchiDg the dim outline of my ; ace questlcuioly. j "Of course I did ferrihir.; I knew " i ho rf-pHeii. "Why should I notV You re lvpte, Cnp'a;n Carlyle, for my s;.k ; ; owe yon service." "And musrt I be cotxtent Tr.ere.'y wit'r hat ti-ouRM V I urged, far fro, i ' leased. "This would mean, that your mly interest In me arises frvra grot!- ; ude." "And friend 'hip," her voice as con." ientlal as my own. "There is no rev on why you should doubt that si-s:"." "It would be easier for me to r.nif -itand, but for the memory ot what ja a bond slave." "Your meaning Is thet tn:n fri-r-i.'.-blp has us a basis e;i.a!l?T?' "Doe it not? Can renl frir.f-h'.; xist otticrwl.se?" "ISO," she ocfcr.cTSedrjed prr-v?";-. 'And the fact that sued friendship ioes exist between us evidences rc nith In you. I have never felt this ocial distinction. Captain Carlyle, lave given it no thought. This may ecra strange to you, yet is most nat lral. Yon bear an honorable name, md belong to a family of gentlemen. ton held a position of command, won y your own efforts. You bore the iart of a man In a revolution ; if guilty f any crime, it was .1 political one, in 10 way sullying your honor. I have very reason to believe you were false y accused and convicted. Consequent y that conviction does not eiist be tween us; yon are not my uncle's serv ant, but my friend you understand ne now?" "And yon would actually have me peak with yoti as of your own class 1 free man, worthy to claim your riendship in life?" -"Yes," frankly, her face uplifted. Why should it be otherwise? No ir.au ould have done more, or proved hirn- elf more stanch and true. e are n ianger yot, but such peril Is nothing ompared with what I have escaped. I eel that your skill and courage will ring us safely to land. I am no long- r afraid, for I have learned to trust on. You possess my entire confl lence." "But do yon understand fully?" I nestioned anxiously. "All I have done or yon would have been done for any ther woman under the same condi kras of danger. Such service to an ther would have been a duty, and no jjore. But to be with you, Riding and t-otecting, has been a delight, a joy. Shave served Dorothy Fairfax for her sake not as I would any o'ther." f'Did you not suppose I knew?" StHer glance flashed into mine through Ve star-gleam, with a sudden message revealment. "You knew that that It was you rsonally I served?" Of course I knew. A woman Is 4 .... ... rver unaware or sucn tilings, inow, y ever, I must tell you the truth. I nee first we met. An Interest no less teful has led me to seek your ac- aintance, and give you my aid. Sure- It is not nnmaldenly for me to con- ss this when we face the chance of iath together? But," I stammered, "I can scarcely P.ieve you realize your words. I I e you Dorothy." 'And Is It not also possible fo me love?" I'You you mean, you love me?" 'I love you are you sorry?" Sorry I I am mad with the Joy of yet stricken dumb. Dorothy E'air , I have never even dared dream of h a message from your lips. Dear, r girl, do you forget who I am? at my future?" I forget nothing," she said, prond- ft are that my heart responds. Nor Is 1 your future so clouded. You are to ; day a free man if we escape these 1 perils, for whether Roper Fairfax be ! ciive, or dead, he will never seek you e grain to hold in servitu-'.e. If alive he j wiil join his efforts with mine to ob j tain a pardoi because ot these serv- ! Ices mid we hnve influence In TT.nf- and Yet shouId such effort fall, you ore a sal, and the 6CM of the world . T , f tw vessel fiy the English flag." "You give me hope a wonderful hope." "And courage," her hands firmly clasping mine. "Courage to fight on in faith. I would have that my gift to you, Geoffry. We are in peril still, great peril, but ySu will face it beside me, knowing that whether we live or die we are together. I am not afraid any more." CHAPTER XXVI. A Floating Coffin. The laboring boat rested so low In the water it was only as we were thrown upward or. the crest of a wave that I could gain any view about through the pallid light of the dawn. It was all a desolate, restless waste in the midst of which we tossed, while above hur.5 masses of dark clouds ob scuring the sky. We were but a hur tling specie between the gray above and the gray below. The first thing needing my attention was the food and water. I crept for ward cautiously and soon had Sam busily engaged in parsing out the vari i ous Jirticles for inspection. Only es ' sentials bad been chosen, yet the sup i ply seemed ample for the distance I ; believed we would have to cover be- fore attaining land. But the nature of ; that unknown coast was so doubtful I drterrjined to deal out the provisions i sparingly, saving every crumb pos- sible. The men grurnhlcd at the small- ness of the ration, yet munched away contentedly enough, once convinced that we nil shared alike. "All ilgtt, lads," I said cheerfully. ! ".Now we understand each other and can get at work. We'll divide Into ! watches first of sH two men .aft here ; ana one at the bow. v atkins and I will take it wstrh and watch, but ' there is enough right now for all hands i j to turn to and make the craft shlp J gbaps". Two of you bail out that water j till she'?, dry. and the others get out j I that extra sail forward and rig up a ! Jib. She'll ride easier and Make better progress with more canvas showing." The mer. gradually knocked oft work and lay down, and finally I yielded to Dorothy's pleadings and fell Into a sound sleep. It seemed as though scarcely lose consciousness, yet I must have slept for an hour or more, my head pillowed on her hip. When I awoke Schmitt was again at the steer ing paddle, and both he and Dorothy were staring across me out over tho port quarter. "What is it?" I asked eagerly, but before the words were entirely uttered a hoarse voice forward bawled out ex citedly : "There you see It; straight out agin that cloud edge. It's a full-rigged schooner." "Ay," boomed another, "an' headln' straight cross our course astern." I reached my feet, clinging to the mast to keep erect and, as the boat was again flung upward, gained clearly the glimpse I sought. "Ay, you're right, lads!" I exclaimed. "It's a schooner, headed to clear us by a hundred fathoms. Port your helm, Schmitt hard down, man. Now, Sam, off with that red shirt ; tie it on the boat hook and lot fly. They can't help seeing us If there is any watch on deck." We swept about In a wide circle, headed straight across the bows of the We Swept By in a Large Circle. on-coming vessel. All eyes stared out watchfully, Sam's shirt flapping nbove us, and both Watkins and Schmitt straining their muscles to hold the plunging quarter-boat against the force of tho wind. A man forward on his knees growled out a curse. NSQN TO CONFRONT DR. WILKIN Beautiful Artist's Model Brought From Canada to Talk on Murder Case. New York. March 31 Dr. Walter Keene W'ilkins, awaiting- trial 011 a charge, of slaying his aed wife at Their Ltmp Beach home, may be con fronted today in his cell at Mineola by the beautiful Audrey Munson. Miss Munson. who has appeared in many film productions, and is a wide ly known artist's model, will arrive with her mither from Canada today. She will talk with District Attorney Weeks. It was reported U;ist night be would ask her to face the imprisoned doctor during the day. She is expected to make interesting revelations about certain persons who called upon Dr. Wilkins in his Man hattan home at 104 West Sixty-fifth street, or loitered about in the en trances there, where The Munsons ;ud apartments. The Burns National Detective Agency, which located Miss Munson, also made interesting discoveries of additional evidence at the Long Beach cottage late on Saturday which will be turned over to the District Attor ney this morning. County Detective Carman Plant aided the Burns opera tive, Allen C. Myers, in ferreting out this new evidence. It was reported last night that the latest discoveries were made in a. garage that adjoins the Wilkins cot tage, and near which the body of the dying woman was found. The char acter of the new evidence is not dis closed. It is said, however, to involvv a new witness, a man who saw Dr. Wilkins do certain things there prior to the murder, and learned of the use i'ut the time by the doctor of things which he has said since the murder he bad never seen. mmm AT MEETING Miss Grace M. Murray, Fairfield county suffrage organizer, will make a very interesting address before the i members of the Stratford league, at j their regular monthly meeting Wert j nesciay afternoon at the court room ; of the town hall, Stratford. She will i talk principally on the present condi tions of the suffrage movement and will tell of her work aa a county suffrage organizer. President of the Stratford league. Miss Alice Judson, will preside at the mooting and introduce the speaker. The recent hearing of the suffrage cause at the state senate will form the basis of a very interesting dis cussion and Miss Murray will tell of iho earnestness of th suffragiests in their calm and patient work to ob tain the vote. The 08,000 names of women who have signified their in tentions of wanting the vote that were used as a measure in the parade be fore the hearing of the suffragists and anti-suffragists, will be more fully dis cussed, and Miss Murray will tell how the women did the work in ob taining the names. following the talk, the regular bus iness work will be taken up and plans made for another meeting. Hints For The ShopperJ Rose and Mauve Frogs. An unusual touch is given one model in flesh crepe de chine by frog fastenings of rose and mauve that stand out against the silk. For the cotton numbers, several novelty weaves are used, including a fine sateen, seco, crepes and open weaves. The only sleeveless number in the line is shown in flesh cotton crepe; repeated, also, in crepe de chine. It is two-piece, the slipover jacket is loosely belted, the neckline elliptical and collarless. and the armholes fairly large. Silk braid makes the trim ming1. Iistnotivo Patterns. The flannelette line is interesting. because the paterns are most of them exclusive with this house, which does its own converting-. Many of them are very different from the ordinary designs, particularly those which fea ture wide-stripe effects. All of the white grounds are bleached. The gar ments are shown in the heavy flan nelette and in a lighter weave called Madras flannelette here. One weave shows a fine speckled pattern that Is double-faced, that Is, such colors as rose and French gray are combined so that the outer side is rose, with the gray lining showing in turned-back lapels and facings. IjIUIc Liace Triinmi tir. In these non-regulation blouses lace trimming apparently has little place, embroidery and open work being pre ferred. Contrasting bands and fab rics are likewise commonly used, such as dark bias folds of taffeta on a light colored crepo do chine. Voile Favored in Lingerie Xumbers. Of the fabrics used, cotton voile is a big item among the lingerie num bers, with linen second 4 to it a,nd some cotton crepe and nainsook. Crepe de chine is the principal silk employed besides some taffetas, pon gee and other silk erepe. Taffeta, is the medium for a smart Cossack blouse, with the familiar, round neck and short sleeves. In place of a collar is a narrow up standing folds of the material, tying at the front in a fringe ended below. Fringed out taffeta ruffles, two on each sleeve and five around the bot tom of the skirt are the entire trim ming. A narrow taffeta girdle catches the fullness of the blouse into the waistline. HISS "Cooks and waiters form new union," runs a local head-line. We're lost. f -jgf anaawat. KG PERSONAL ITEMS SQUT PERSONAGES YOU KNOW: Mrs. !- lace, Samuel C. Shaw of Sanford is entertaining at a dancing: party at her home tonight in honcr of her son Kempton, who is spend ing his Kaster vacation here. He is a student at Exeter, X. H. Pierpont Adams will also spend his vacation with his parents. Among the guests this evening will be Miss Betty Leeds, Miss Elizabeth Smith, Miss Julia Wheeler, Miss Sally Lavery, Elwood Stanley and Bradford Boardman. Word has been received from M. J. Gannon, 235 Vine street, that he is resting1 comfortably at the Polyclinic hospital, New York city, after a seri ous ope ration performed last week, by Dr. Erdman. Bridgeporters who are planning to attend the lecture by Prof. R. B. Sanderson of Yale, at Xew Haven, will take notice of the change in time of the lecture. The meeting will be held on Thursday this week, instead of Saturday, as usual. - His subject this week will be "Andre Theuriet." The lectures which started in Febru ary will continue for two weeks longer. Mrs. E. G. Wilson is planning a very interesting program for the can tata at the English Lutheran church on Palm Sunday. April 13. She is assisted in arranging the program by Miss Florence I7m tatter, organist at the church. Mrs. Francis Sanford, president of the Queen's Daughters, is arranging for a minstrel show for the benefit of the French nuns of Milne street, to take place the Easter week. The French nuns, who are doing philan thropic work in the city among the poor, are looked after by the Queen's Daughters. Joseph Biechele of Davenport street returned from France on the George Washington Thursday and is now the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Biechele. Among the many Bridgeporters who spent Saturday in Xew Haven to witness the performance of "May time" at the trhubert theatre were Miss Dillian Manning. Miss Agnes Forbes, Miss Kathleen Charles, Miss Marguerite Taylor, of the office staff at the Columbia Graphophone Co., and Miss Peggy Miller of the Y. W. C. A. The third of a series of lectures by Frederick M. Armstrong at the Y. TV. C. A. at the Lenten Discussion club will be given tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. His subject tomorrow will be "A Xew Spirit for Things Hard to Bear." Mr. Armstrong's lectures aU lead to one general topic on "Christian Ideals for a Xew AVorld," lessons of the great war. The regular meeting of the Hound Table club on Friday of last week was omitted on account of the Chautauqua lectures at the High school. The meeting thia week will be at the home of Miss Mary Walker, 113 Harral ave nue and her subject will be French Colonies. Miss Clarice Petremont wilf be the teacher at the class of ceramics at the Bridgeport Art league tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The annual exhibition of the league will begin on Monday evening, April 7 and will continue until Friday. April 11. Easter cards, ceramics, textiles, woven and braided rugs, reed a.nd raffia baskets will be among the artistic articles for inspection. Mrs. Stephen Murphy of Iranistan avenue will hold a whist party at th Sacred Heart school, tomorrow even ing, for the window fund of the churcn. This will be the tenth of the parish whist series. Miss Grace X. Murray, Fairfield county suffrage organizer, w-ill ad dress the members of the Bridgeport Hospital Training association at their meeting on Friday. A very large at tendance is expected to hear Miss Murray. Rabbi William B. W'ittenstein ad dressed a number of women and children last night at the Hebrew In stitute at Kossuth and Burroughs streets on "Moses Leading the Jews Out of Egypt." He had a number of interesting slides to illustrate his talk. The lecture is one of a series of edu cational discourses which are taking place at the institute. Children wake up with a Clean Tongue, Sweet Stomach, Clear Head. All Feverishness, Biliousness and Constipation Gone! Delicious Laxative! Members of the TT. W. H. A. sew ing circle will meet at their rooms on State street Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. t Mrs. Alma Herbst, secretary of the Y. W. C. A. Xational board, Xew York, is spending several days in this city while the Industrial Service cen ter is being opened. Miss Herbst has been in this city before when she was organizing war work in this section. S. P. Foster will be the speaker at a meeting of the Phi Gamma Lamda I society at the First Presbyterian church tonight at 8 o'clock. Mrs. M. K. Fones, Sol Clinton ave nue, will be hostess at a meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Red Cross auxiliary at her home tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Miss Mildred WTatson, S22 Colorado avenue, will entertain the members of the Rector's guild, St. George's church, tomorrow afternoon at her home, at 3 o'clock. April Fool's Day will be observed by the members of the Vniversalist woman's club, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, when Mrs. George W. Jack man of North avenue, will be hostess at her home. The Bridge-port Oratorio sceiety will hot'a' their annual meeting tomorrow evening at S o'clock at the Stratfield sun parlor. Iradford Boardma.n, Mill Hill ave nue, has been entertaining for the spring vacation at Andover academy. John C. Burge, Louisville, Ky. They will resume studies at the academy tomorrow. Or. C. E. A. TVi n si ow wi U !be th e speaker at the meeting of the Visit ing Nurses association, at their an nual meeting at the Stratfield hotel tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Miss Alice Sherman of 55 Foisling place will entertain the members of the Mosaic club at her home tomor row afternoon at 3:30 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. EP.lie N. Sperry o Park place, who have been spending the winter at Palm Beach and Miami. are now makintg preparations to spend a few w ge k s at the i r bu n galo w at Fort Laudredale. After spending some time in Oaytona, St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Fla., they will re turn to this city in May. The Bridgeport section of Council of Jewish Women will hold their an' nual bridge and whist party at the sun parlors of the Stratfield hotel to right. A large attendance is antici pated. WAR VETERAN" IS Y. W. CHAUFFEUR. C. A. Automobiles in Paris bear all kinds of impressive markings these days and not the least of these among the limousines bearing the national em blems of the allied countries and car rying delegates to and from the Peace Conference, is the motor with the Blue Triangle of the American Y". W. C. A. in bright blue paint on either door. Its driver is the only man employed by the Y'. W. C. A. for that organiza tion is the only American war or ganization staffed exclusively by women and working for women. And the chauffeur wears a string of citation ribbons that reach nearly across his chest. His name is Charles Wallbank. II is an Oxford man, the son of well- to-do parents in London and he wears the uniform of the British Army. When he was demobolized he wanted something to do that would keeep him busy every minute so he applied to the Y. W. C. A. He enlisted on Aug. 4, 1914, and six days later was in France. He was in the first eas attack before such thing as a gas mask had been thought Of. I saw 8,000 men about me as many of that number as one man could see clutch suddenly at their chests and fall, -writhing, face down ward to the ground. W'e didn't know what happened," he said. Later he was gassed again. He has a bad cough that will always stay with him, from iC After serving as an infantryman for some time he entered the air ser vice and once fell 1,800 feet, landing in some tree topa As a result his heart has been permanently weaken ed. Before the war he was an automo- jDEDIGA TION OF l BUILDING National Board of Y. W. C. A. to Present Gift to City Public Invited. Following an informal opening on Saturday to the office rs and commit tees of the Young Women's Christian association, the new recreation build ing, the Industrial Women's Service Center, will open for inspection to the public tonight at S o'clock when a special program has been arranged for the dedication and entertain ment. Rev. Gerald H. Beard, nastor or the Park street church, will make the dedicatory prayer and dedication service will be led by Dr. William Horace Day of the United church. Mrs. Albert E. Lavery, president of the T. W. C. A., will welcome the suests of the evening- with a short address. Among the sDe.ikers of the evening- will be James G. Lud lum, of the Holmes & Edwards Co., who will talk from a manufacturers' point of view. Miss Esther S. Flate, of New York city, recently returned from work in France under the supervision of the Industrial War Work, will give a verv interesting- talk. She is one of the secretaries on the National Board of the Y. W. C. A., and the committee in charge of the dedication program are fortunate in securing Miss Flate's services. The Liberty Chorus wil render several patriotic selections. Tho program has been made rather short, so that the public may have greater length of time m going through the building. Miss Ethel R. Sterling is serving as chairman of the program committee. Tarties and entertainments will be held every evening this week for the girls so that they may become ac o.uainted with each other and cele brate the new building together. Miss Elizabeth S. Brown serves as director and executive secretary of the Indus trial Women's Service Center. Miss Alice Perinchief. physical director, Miss Edith Brown, cafeteria super visor. Miss Eleanor Emerson, club organizer, and Miss McCoy, business secretary. Cyrus Janover Is Heard By Y. M. H. A. An interesting talk was given to members of the Young Men's He brew association yesterday by Cyrus J. Janover, supervisor in charge of re-employment of soldiers, who are members of the association. It was also announced yesterday that the gymnasium class will meet on Friday evening at the Bridgeport Boys' club. Lieut. John Rogers has been secured to act as coach for the track ath letes. STOLE CHICKENS. James Bonazzo. 95 7 East Main street, reports the loss of several chickens from his coop last night. This is only one operation by a ganir of chicken thieves, who are engaged In great activity about town. bile racer and there isn't a. thing about automobiles he doesn't know, according to his friends. The Y. "W. C. A. is putting that in formation to good use these busy days. NEV l$m$Xk St Co 1138 MAIN STREET ' Distinctive Dresses Exceptional style in design perfection of fit and dressmaking these combined with excel lence of fabric and wide selection of individual models are characteristics that are always found here. And we cannot emphasize too much the fapt that with full consideration of quality and all that quality means in attractiveness and last ing service these Dresses are priced extremely . low. $18.50 $25.00 $35.00 $45,00 MBS. BENNETT TO TALK HERE "The League of Nations and the Women of America" is the subject of a speech which Mrs. M. Toscon Bennett of Hartford will give before ' the Bridgeport Philosophical Society at their rooms in the Citizens' Build ing on Wednesday evening, April 2nd at 8 P. M. Airs. Bennett has devoted several years to the active campaign for suffrage for women, and in 1917 Joined what is known as the "mil itants." In her suffrage work Mrs. Bennett has visited many states in the Union where she has campaigned up and down the state. She took part in the recent demonstrations in Washington and was arrested for participating in a demonstration at which a speech of President Wilson's on Democracy was burned. Mrs. Bennett will in clude in her speech the story of her prison experiences, and tell why she was one of the hunger strikers. The general public is invited to hear Mrs. tBennett, and especially those inter ested in prison reform, for Mrs. Ben nett has some first hand knowledge which should prove valuable to those people who are trying to better con ditions in penal institutions. LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK By LEE PAPE Tm reeding a Ibook -with, a. red. cover called In the Days of the -Round Ta ble, all about knights fighting each other Tvith speers, and t&wJciixgr the way t'hey use to tarwk and diffrent things, being- ipritty Ixtciting even without the pi-ck-tures, and tonlte 'tvile we was eating mippir, I oed, CMethinks this soop is g-ood. It sounds all rite, sed my Bister Oladdls. iMeenins: I -was making- too mutch noise drinking" it, and pop sed, And ware do you ret that methinlca Strtlff? He's bin tawklng Hk that all day, sed ma, lta out of some tbook he's' reeding and its ermff to drive a per sin crazy. Od s 'ooddy kin s, me th i nkjs it d id e nt drive the peeple krazy wen they use to speak like that all the time, eft soon, so methinka wy should it Jest in one day? I eed. Izzent that perfeckTy redlofciliss-? Bed ma. I lefont see mutch cents to it myself. i sed pop. And we got past the soop and kepp on eating, and I sed, Me , thinks theres a heck of a lot of pep iper in these tomatoes, g-axooks. I If you dont like a thing: you dont i haff to eat it, Ive told you that awf :fen enuff, and" I dont wun-t you to call . pee;ple gazooks, I dont care- wat book youre reedingr, sed ma. The .boy meens giadzoodca, its meerly an old fashioned exclamation, sed pop, and ma eed, I dont eare Tvat it is, I wont have him calling? me one. And we kepp on eating" suppir and: I sed. Marry come up, met h inks I wunt some more .buttir, gazooks. Benny Potts, -wat did I tell you, now this has gone far miff, I dont like that werd and I dont like eny of those werds, and if peeple 'Use to tawk like that, it was there own toizniss, ami" theres no reason should suffir, eed ma. Benny, sed pop. Sir? I sed. Can the Kinsr Arthur stuff, sed pop. Wich I did. 1 t VItis because I know what you :iA f Si' J A : s")