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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1920
Page
10
A lion mascot at a local menagerie was accidentally killed by its trainer during a Paris social. The roasted meat was described as tasteless and stringy by Epicure observers, who noted the dish was served between frogs and snails.
Bridgeport vaudeville opens with a star cast of newsboys in Newsy Land, plus Milton Aborn's My Tulip Girl and Fox film The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. Universal and other acts including Blind Husbands and A Fool and His Money headline the Platinum program at Polls Theatre.
London reports Lt. W. B. King-Hall of the Royal Navy says submarines have lost two thirds of their efficiency since 1914. In a Royal United Service Institute address he notes the surface to submarine advantage has shifted from 9 to 1 to an expected 6 to 7 by 1930. He foresees new submarine detectors aiding ships and questions battleships becoming submersible. He also suggests gas could revolutionize warfare, referencing a German occupation era proposal to gas the Belgian coast. A stray joke notes candidates and photographers in overalls, with drivers fearing cops.
The Nemo week features a well supplied Read Corset section with low and medium top models and the Wonderlift corset praised for full figures. Self reducing corsets and the Jaspul self adjusting brassiere reshape the figure, with commodious fitting rooms on the second floor available for inspection and quick selection while stock lasts.
An assortment of North Sweet Grass baskets priced 85 cts to 2.75 highlights main floor displays. Also on main floor front are rosemary themed seeds, leather items in patent and dull finishes plus suedes in brown and black. Novelty belts and anniversary gifts range from 5 cts upward.
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