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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
Her Folks Thought She Had Lost Her Mind When She De-
eided to Give Up Everything She Loved and Seek
Career in the Moving Pictures

take a girl that you respected and
cared for.
I might takE some girls there,
but not you. Bobbie," he had told
her. and she remembered how grim
he had looked at the time. t'But
not your
That was men for you! They'd
do wild things themselves and they
didn't care IL certain women did
them-but not their own women
not the ones they cared for. Other
women might take cocktail or
cigarette or go to burlesque shows
Tor the fun of 1t. but not their
women!
And that's just it, said Bobbie
Ransom to herself that September
night, making up her mind at last.
If this Gus MacCloud really cared
for me. he wouldn't have wanted
me to go to q terrible town called
Satan Town with him. He thinks
I'm just a good-itme girl! Well.
he'll find out that I'm mott"
The Touring Car
She stuck to 1t. too. The next
morning when a big cream-colored
roadster and an olive-green touring
car drove up in front Of the house,
she stayed upstairs in her room.
''You won't come. then?" Mo.
Mica asked. dashing in for q
second, all bright-coIored clothes.
dangling beads and bracelets and
violent perfumery. Because /
know they'd wait while you
dressed If you'd only change your
mind and come alongF'
Bobbie, sitting up In bed with
her hands clasped around her
knees. silently shook her head.
She was dying to go, and It was
hard to pass up this good time.
.All right, but you're missing
half Of your life. little darling
goody-goodyr' said Monica, and
slammed the door behind her.
Bobbie peeked out from behind
her bedroom curtains. Gus Mac.
Cloud was alone in his big road
ster. There were three men and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
Making Career for Ones Self Is Not All Peaches and
Cream as BObbie Ransom Found Out When She En-
tered the Movies at Hollywood

herself az she took an icy shower
that made the blood tingle all
over her body. Il wonder what
the makeup man is going to
do with me. Ill bet they're
going to make some camera
tests Of mer'
She was 50 fearful of being late
that she got to the studio before
~ o'clock and found the door
Of the makeup room closed.
So she wandered over to the
cornmissary to have q bite to eat,
while she was waiting for
o'clock.
Every tabls was filled with
picture people, some of them
in makeup and costume. Well
known directors sat at the coun-
ter beside office boys and cam.
era men. The stars rubbed ell
bows with the extras.
There was only one empty
place in the room. 1t was at
a table for two. where a lone
woman sat picking at a chicken
salad sandwich.
She saw Bobbie gazing at the
empty chair across from her,
and she beckoned for her to
take it.
Quite Lonely
~ was wishing for somebody
to come along. she said as the
girl sat down. 81 hate to eat
alone, don't you? / think peo-
pie ought to talk while they're
eating. always. Otherwise it
seems such a melancholy bust.
ness, somehow"
She showed the menu card
across the cloth to Bobbie, and
went on with her lunch. But
from under her thick curved
lashes she watched her.
II ought to be having hot ta-
males and euchiIadas down in Tia
Juana this noon,' Bobbie told
her, after pause. 4 was going
to drive down there with some
people, and then / backed out at
the last minute. / was dying to
see the place, too"
It's nothing to see. Just q
dusty street lined with saloons and
gambling dens," the other woman
answered. She finished her sand.
wich and leaned back in her
chair.
She was pretty dark woman
with lovely sensitive hands and
gentle eyes. A nice ham-y sort OF
woman-the kind that would know
how to make ice-box cake and
darn socks so that they felt com.
Portable to the feet afterwards.
'And why did you back out at
the last minute?" she asked, and
Bobbie found herself actually tell
ing her why!
IT see," the woman said quietly,
"And / think you were right, II
you don't mind my saying so.
It's just as well not to do things
that might look the least bit
shady to other people. You know,
here in Hollywood we're only
small town folks, after all, and
we all do gossip"
She drew circles on the table.
cloth with her spoon for minute,
and then she glanced up and
looked straight into Boobies eyes,
Do you mind telling me who
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
BEATRICE
BURTON

pose she should repeat the story
to Gus MacCloudi But, no, she
wasn't the kind Of person who
carried tales. At least, she didn't
seem like that kind Of catty
woman.
Her History
He'd forgotten your name, but
Gus MacCloud remembered 1t, ana
he told me all about YOU" she
was saying. "Ie said you'd been
school teacher and that inter-
ested me. of course, because /
taught school myself before I
came out here to Hollywood"
Now, there is sort Of tie be-
tween two people who have done
or are doing the same thing. And
perhaps that was the secret Of
the friendship that began that
noon between Lottie Schultz and
Bobbie-the fact that both Of
them. had been school teachers.
Perhaps it was just that they
liked each other from the start,
for no good reason. Sometimes
the warmest and truest friend
ships begin just like that. There
Is such a thing as friendship at
first sight, just as there is love
at first sight,
At any rate. Bobbie felt as II
she had known Lottie Schultz for
long while by the time they had
finished their lunch and started
out Of the studio restaurant.
Other extra girls at other tables
stared after them as they stroIled
out into the brilliant sunshine.
Wives Of famous directors are
reckoned among HoIlywood's t4OO.'
They are always people with
plenty Of money. foreign cars, hill
top houses and all that sort OF
thing. As a rule, they are not
chummy with poor little nobodies
like extra girls.
Go Be Continued TOmorroWl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
Read This First !:

BOBBE RANSOM, demue little blond school teacher 22
Dut the sort OF girl you would expect To- be
the concert stage.
The only drawback to Boobies ambition % become nIactress
e lack OF through
widows
maiden AUNT GERTRUDE
wild JERROLD m
her and Inn xss
She finally burrows $500 the rich WIDOW PARINS
+ going to her father and leaves for Hollywood with
purse and high
She finds in the boarding house Of the eccentric MRS NAN
GAN allows
meals IN her kitcIen One Of the girls STELLA DELOY.
snd through her Bobbie lands to Ob t the Magna studios
she tails flight the
sG9LIz who gives her extra BIT ballet dancer IN picture
an assistant director ANGUS MacCLOUD begins to pay her
little attention. but the girls MONICA
ob6s against him She says hen pcI her and then throw her
cloud takes BCbb for drive Up Into the Hollywood hills sna tries
car and takes her down TO Paula
0r supper and drives Oft without word After % minutes
Of waiting.
turned out Of boarding
- gold digger and anytng
GLIDING BORROWED"
Tor 2 table. MacCoud comes In with girl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
NOLD Go On With The Story

sEpuT Monica tears around IKE
a wild woman. and she's get
ting on she argued with herself.
''She,s as tough as shoe leather
and yet Roy Schultz is going to
give her a good comedy part in
picture II
She wondered If the private dos
fngs Of the movie folk had any
thing to do with their success or
failure after all.
IT you can Just get some
director crazy about you, you're
1nadet" Monica had said. Pulls
the thing that counts in Holly
woodp
Did II? And did Ii make any
real difference il she went, to lila
Juana the next day or not, Bobbie
wondered, She argued the ques-
ton pro and con, lying snug and
OF the blue-green bed, with her
eyes fixed on the palm-leaf shad-
ows that swayed across her win
dow panes.
The palm leaves. They made
her think Of Tia Juana. OF hot,
sun-baked white walls with brown
skinned people sitting against
them. or the coast road that led
down to Tia Juana, and of herself
and Gus McCloud skimming over
that road side by side, in a long
cream-co lored roadster. Tomor-
row morning.
II want to go, goodness knows!''
she whispered to herself. II
haven't wanted to do anything
80 much since I can remember"
In the end it was long
forgotten memory that settled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
BY Chas. a. .. Reed, ". I'D.
Former President Of the American
Medical Association

Former President Of the American
Medical Association
TO you worry? II not. you are
- the only person who doesn't.
II YOU do worry, and you do. you
know how it goes.
But there is a lot about worry
that. for brief period at least.
you should worry to think about.
Feelings Of anxiety. apprehen-
sion. anger or resentment are de-
1 pressing emotions.
II long continued. they produce
i a. sense Of strain, diminish the
feeling of well-being, make the
surroundings seem unpleasant and
dull. They make US either uncon-
scious or morbidly conscious of
the needs of others and ourselves.
They spoil our recreation, appe.
tite and digestion. They make
US tired and prevent lis from
sleeping.
Bodily Ill health BY itself has
very little effect on the healthy
mind. Strain Of mind often be-.
gins before the strain Of the body
lis felt.
Through the network OF the
nervous system the innumerable
cells OF the body are built into
one harmonious unit. Although
every separate unit Of the nerv.
GUS system can conduct its own
affairs, all these units are under
the supervision Of the highest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
TOO REFINED,
HE SAYS

MODERN night life is entirely
" too refined and lady.like.
complains Restless John Riley,
former Bowery ''bouncer," as
quoted by John K. WinkIer in an
article in this weeks Liberty.
Riley, who is now taxistarter
and wears an admiraI's uniform.
says:
Bouncers nowadays Is gentle
men and diplomats. They wear
laundrified shirts and dance with
the girls. And IL anybody throws
q chair or basi1es the tenor, they
write him letter instead OF
throwing him out and leaving
him lay
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
Worry Causes Actual III Health

the mind Is working sluggishly
both reactions and sensations are
damped.
The emotional changes are the
factors most potent in disturb
ing the control OF the body by
the brain. Fear, anger, pain or
the creative instinct operate re-
flexes in the nervous system
which take precedence over other
reflexes. They weaken or exag-
gerate the other reflexes.
The more the mind Is domi.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
USE PLASTIC
PAINT

ELASTIC paint for decorative
purposes can be prepared by
mixing one quart Of flat wall
paint. Of any desired color, one
pound Of bolted whiting and about
one-eighth pint OF yarnish Of the
best quality.
II thicker mixture IS desired,
add more plaster.of.paris and
whiting in the proportion Of two
parts plaster to one part whiting.
This mixture can be made in
larger quantities and used for
finishing wal. in the same way
as prepared, plastic paint. -Popu-.
lar Science Monthly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
CUSTOMS OF
LEAP YEAR

THE belief that unmarried
4 women may propose in Leap
Year has the following basis in
fact. points out an answered
question in this weeks Liberty.
Scotland enacted q law in 1888
giving women this right and fixing
a fine for men who refused mar
riage without good reason. France
had a similar law a few years
later. and Genoa and Venice
legalized the custom in the fif-
tenth century.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12

nervous eenters Of the brain
which constantly exercise some
control, even over actions which
might seem purely automatic.
Fluctuations in control by the
brain may vary the activity Of
the body and of its constituent
tissues and cells from an ex-
cessively high vitality to an ex-
cessively low, one. II the mind
is soveractive bodily sensations are
amplified and the resulting re-
actions are strengthened, but IL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
ORGANIZED
SAFETY

ORGANIZED safety work is
~ credited with saving the lives
of 20 children in Boston during
the past two years. More than
$50 junior safety councils con-
nected with the Massachusetts,
Safety Council are engaged in
efforts to conserve the lives and
limbs Of boys and girls, reports
the National Safety Council.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12

things for her. A memory Of
something that had happened be-
tween herself ana Andy Jerrold
more than a year before,
She had asked Andy to take her
to1a burlesque show, back home.
Some of the gang. they ran with.
were going to 60, just for a larky
devilisll thing to. do.
They did 60. too. But not she
and Andy! For Andy refused point
blank to take her. A burlesque
show. he had said. was no place to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12

NINTH proper care this way, as
wv urged by dental authorities,
you can work . transformation IN
your mouth.
Dazzling wilderness viii supplant
that @of-color" look Of your teeth.
Your gums will become firm and
take on healthy coral tint
Please accept Today tube with
out charge to start you.
FILM the trouble
Run your tongue across your teeth,
and you will feel 4 film, a viscous
coat that covers them.
That film is an enemy to your
teeth-and your gums. You must
remove it.
1t clings to teeth, gets into crew
ices and stays. It absorbs discolofa-
tons and gives yotrr teeth that
cloudy actf- colcr" look. Germs by
10 mot miss the Dentul Health Cur
April 4th tD 2Srd. u embOdles the for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12

tidings to the door OF her room.
You're to go to the makeup
man at o'clock" said she.
II took the message for you
not knowing whether you were
still asleep or not. The call
was from Mr.. Schultz. Is that
Mr.. Roy Schultz. the director?''
Bohbie said 1t was. and her
voice fairly sang the words.
Instantly she forgot her disap-
pointment about Tia Juana.
Lucky I didn't got' she told
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
EGGS IN THE
TWIGS

ETsE1E cucIoos make a flat plat
form Of twigs and lay. their
blue. rounded eggs. says Nature
Magazine. The little ruby
&aroated hlimmingbird commences
its nest, stra ddled upon al slen-
der maple tWig, or perhaps upon
D hemlock bough overhanging q
ripping stream.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12
EnqIand's Laraest Aerodronle.

TUE giant shed at CardngtOn Aerodrome Shropshire which
has been heightened enlarged recently huge
liners IS the biggest building Of its kind in Great Britain and
probably il the world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12

RosALNDs LOVE TESTED At her curt disrnissa
Roger stepped innyey toward Rosand looked sp
peang his eyes pleading for understanding Helen laid
ing hand on his Don't" she whispered cit would danger
Gus now and could accomplish good you love Roand
he alone with me not word about Adeide
WIN pc the test Of Rosalinds love for She
Sam Manton seemed to Be on the verge IL revelation
when she paused suddenly and gpped Rogers appeangy
ROsaind must not that cried vshsmentlS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-12

the millions breed in Il, and they,
with tartar, are the chief cause of
pyorrhea and gum disorders.
Old-time methods fan IN SUCCESS
fully combating it. That's why, re-
go1dless Of the care you take non,
yoay teeth remain dull yoSr GINS
soft and tosselesss
New methods remove iE
And Firm the Gums
Now, in a new-type dentifrice called
Pepsodent, dental science has pro-
vided effective combatants. Their
action Is to curdle the film and re-
move il. then to firm the gums
What you see when that Aim
is renioved-the whiteness Of your
teeth will amaze you.
Largely on dental advice, the
world has turned to this method.
Maj TIE eogPO,s a te,I-dGy tttbe
mil Be seat jon free.
paign Exhibit in the National Museum
most dental thought In medetn practice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-13

me to attend the Chamber before
assumed the Premiership | could
hardly sit through those amending
sessions where nothing for days and
days was ever accomplished. When
1 became premier, it became an
amusement for we still had the old
alignments of parties and the oratory
continued to flow. 1t was a diversion
to answer the attacks and to go
straight to point instead of theoriz-
ing and dallying over inconsequential
points. 1t was necessary to bring
the theorists to the plane of concrete
fact and force them to face situations
in their stern reality.
The Chamber of Deputies and the
Senate now function with marked
regularity. There is no moro of tho
protracted speeches. The deputies and
senators have a revived conscious
ness that their duty is to the nation
and not to themselves. The agenda
is placed before the house and those
competent to speak on the measures
give their views and the. measure is
acted upon without those attendant
displays of oratory of former days,
for which a whole system of registry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-13
MILLER EXPLAINS
STAND ON MERGER
Tells Why Chamber Took
Compromise Action. Il

Dick Miller, Chamber of Commerce
president, today explained the action
of the directors Wednesday in APP
proving. work of the special commit
tee which represented the Chamber
in the merger of the two electric
power companies.
THE valuation of $4,000, 900
which our committee brought the
merger promoters to accept, was not
guess work" Miller declared: Our
experts, after careful consideration,
decided the public service commits
sion after a complete appraisal,
might easily determine the valua-
ton of the properties materially
higher than our figure.
"A thorough evaluation could only
be made after months of work and
at a cost of about $400, 900. The
committee made possible immediate
and actual reductions in rates,
amounting to an annual saving of
about $4,000 to light users and
about $3.50, 900 to power users. In
addition the merged company will
deposit 100000 of securities to be
cashed and used to defeat any rate
increase within five years.
The board of directors unanimous
iy approved the action of the COM
mittee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-13
ALLEGED UTILITY
RETAIL MONOPOLY
OPPOSED IN BILL
Measure to Be Presented for
Regulation of All Ap-
pIiance Prices.

Utilities enjoying a monopoly in
their eeld will not be permitted to
engage in the retail business of sell
ing fixtures and appliances if a bill
to be introduced into the Indiana
Senate. by Senator Anderson
Ketcham. Greensburg, is acted on
with favor
Ketcham points out that the money
lost by price cutting and unjust
competition is made up by the
utilities in their rates and profits
from retail sales.
The Senate reconvened at 10 a. M.
Eighteen bills already have been in
troduced into the Senate and more
were slated for today.
Senator Carl NJ. Gray Petersburg
a Democrat, will introduce a bill to
abolish the pardon board and putting
the matter of paroles and probation
back on the courts of original juris
diction. Such a move was advocated
by Governor Jackson in his biennial
address, but Gray contends that he
has been working on the bill TOR
some months. Pardoning power
must always be left to the Governor.
under the Constitution, but who will
act upon advice of the courts under
the Gray bill. rather than that of
the board as at present.
a State boxing commission would
be created by a bill to be introduced
by Senator l.. G.. Bradford, South
Bend. 1t will ask that such COM
mission will be composed Of three
members and fulf-time secretary.
The Indiana Municipal League
will foster legislation making the
Barrett law interest payable into the
county treasury and fixing the sal
airy of Marion County treasurer at
$500 annually, instead of $4,000 sal
airy and $4,000 or more in fees. as
it is at present.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-13

root in workshop and field, 1t has also
embedded itself in the upper
branches of the government. Hither
to, the Italian Chamber of Deputies
and Senate were haunts where the
politician could pour forth for hours
on some unimportant theme for the
sole purpose Of parading his oratory
before the nation. Days and weeks
and sometimes months would be
spent in the discussion Of q single
measure. The members of both
branches of parliament applied them
selves listlessly to the proceedings.
Some brought their latest novels.
others their correspondence which
had accumulated for weeks, others
found 1t comfortable TO take their
afternoon naps-all while some one
was discoursing fervently upon some
trifiing theme to what were really,
the bare benches. This system was
exploited for the sole purpose of
Haunting the oratory of the members
upon the public, for the days pro
ceedings were always unanimously
reported through many columns daily
in the press.
It used to be a great discomfort for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-13
MURDER CLEWS SOUGHT
Police Try to Learn Identity of Re-
cent Killers.

Police and detectives worked all
night in an attempt to get clews to
the identity of a Negro, who was
seen leaving the side yard Of M. T.
Ohr, 1910 N. Delaware ST., after two
shots had been fired into the body of
Althia Woods. Negro, 1904 Cornell
Ave, who was emerging from the
Ohr basement where he had been
building the fire early Wednesday
morning. 1t was the belief that
Woods was murdered by a prowler
who was surprised when he came
from the basement. Tracks were
seen about the house.
This is the second murder of it's
kind in the past week, detectives still
being without a clew to the MUIR
drerer of Dahlman DeBolt, so, Of
1884 E. Vermont ST., insurance col
lector, who's body was found Jan. 5,
in an alley on n. Missouri ST. He
had been struck on the head with an
ak and robbed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-13
BUILDING, LOAN
BOARD IS SOUGHT
Present Bill for Supervision
of State Associations.

Creation of a building and loan as
ISOLATION supervising board with an
examiner in charge and a complete
staff are provided for in a bill to be
presented in the Indiana Senate, by
Delbert V. Blackburn (Rep), Senator
from Nanderburg County.
Under the terms Of the bill now
being drafted supervision of building
and loan companies would be
separated from the State bank
examining department.
Blackburn claims that the work
connected with this type Of banking
institutions has grown to such an
extent that a separate department
to supervise it would be economical
in the long run.