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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-11-25
Do You Know?
The Height of Ocean. Waves?

The Height of Ocean, Waves?
The average height of sea waves
is z to feet. They frequently
reach 30 feet during severe storms.
Any wave above SO feet is called
phenomenal. In January, 1926, the
winds on the North Atlantic for six
days blew a hurricane (above rs
miles an hour); during this time the
waves reached unusual heights; a
lifeboat so feet above water level
was swept from the Aquatania as she
lay in New York harbor; an unex-
pected wave poured through a win
dow of the Homeric 60 feet above
water line. In seas like this, the very
large ships by travelling in the trough
of the waves are little affected, but it
plays havoc with the smaller boats.
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Look and Learn

1. What is the approximate mum.
Der of motor vehicles in the U. s.?
2. What river in North America
means Thunder of Waters?"
8. Who was the only man in Amer.
lean political history to be chosen a
third time to lead his party for the
presidency after two previous de-
feats?
a. What is the smallest portion OF
every element yet divisible by man
5. What place is the key CT the St.
Lawrence River?
Answers
/. 100000. 2. Niagara River
8. William Jennings Bryan. A.. The
atom. 5. Newfoundland.
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Lessons in English


Word Often Misused-Don't say
sit wasn't me-" Say at wasn't IT,
"this is he" "those are they" etc.
Word Often Mispronounced-Ex-
tricable. Accent the "x', not the
&C."
Word Often Misspelled-Errand
mote the two "r's").
Synonyms-Abruptly, unexpected
ly, unawares, suddenly, without war
ming.
Word Study-Use a word three
times and it is yours. Let us increase
our vocabulary by mastering one
word each week.
EXPLANATION: stimulation
enlivenment. "The mountain air
gives one feeling of exhilaration."
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or having to cringe behind their
skirts to defeat colored leader in a
political fight.
But the outstanding fact in the
Memphis election is that colored vot-
ers have learned the lesson on organi-
zation.
WHEREVER AN UNSELFISH,
UNDAUNTLESS AND CAPABLE
LEADER LIKE ROBERT CHURCH
TAKES UP THE SWORD, THE
MASSES WILL FOLLOW.
Memphis presents one of the most
valuable studies in organization any
where in this country. There the
time-saving, ''hat-in-hand" leader;
the cautious pussyfooter, who never
does anything to hurt anybody's feel
ings; the preacher, who thinks more
of golden streets than crosses; the
politician who will switch to any side
which hands him a few dollars or
promises him job; all have been
relegated to the background.
The result was that there was no
possible detection of the solid pha-
lanx of voters Thursday when mat
tiers vital to all of them were at stake.
No man in Memphis would have dared
suggest deserving Church and looked
the masses of colored men and wom-
en- in the face again.
The same thing could happen in
any city in this country where an I'M
selfish. clear visioned and fighting
man like Robert R. Church is at the
helm.
Some of these days, let us hope,
he will take more practical look at
the Grand Old Republican Party at
the nations Capital; and when he
does, there will be such a mass move
ment as these United States have
never seen.
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That statesman with the studious
expression is the great dictator, to
whom the king is explaining the
theory of divine right.
The Washington times., 1927-05-31
BObbie Ransom Is the Pretty Heroine
Of This Delightful and Gripping
Serial of Studio Life
Read This First.

BOBBE RANSOM, teacher anything
girl
noMeyer She tries
GIHUDE to- take her Hollywood into
both refuse
marry him. " - - = = =
her father Hollywood There she finds
MRS. MANGANS, extra girl named STELLA
BOY Through Stella she lands few days work at the Magnca
Studios where SCHULTZ
take interest in her, GUS acCLOUD. the assistant d.
rector, falls in love with her and she with him.
loves Stella hints that he in love
before successful. MONICA MONT
another movie actress who comes to live at Mrs Mangans
and promises to help her make good in pictures However time
Gertrude dies and leaves her brooch Of old diamonds and she
ting divorce and when he admits that this him
no o him until he's
without him, especially
flat of her when she gets good Roy Schultz
asks BObbie at
home boarding house
behind de
rather than make him unhappy showing
LOttie Schultz offers her chance
teaching spoiled JOLLY Bobbie accepts
terrible morning with
starts out for drive with Gus whom she
IT. hnnno
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THE lock had a spring catch
Il which required a moments
fumbling before the door swung
open and Lupino. in tuxedo, top
coat and rakish felt hat-his in
evitable costume when abroad
at night-bulked through the
opening. An acquired instinct Of
gentility caused him to remove
his hat, disclosing on his head
a small square of lint held in
place to a shaved area by adhe-
sive tape. But it was the express
sion of his face saturnine, beastly
ferocious and sullen, that char
acterized his whole personality.
For moment he did not see
the Spook as his gaze travelled
through the hallway and into the
parlor where Tom Ware stood
silently regarding him. For a
moment there was silence be-
tween the men. Then
II didn't expect to find you
here, Ware, but it's all right.
Somebody crossed me and tipped
you off, didn't they?"
That" returned Tom Ware, ''is
a detail that doesn't matter"
Lupino came slowly into the
room, one hand concealed in the
right pocket of his top-coat. Be.
hind him came the Spook, lurch.
ing slightly on his cane.
At Dagger Points
Gradually Lupino seemed to
grow aware of his henchman's
presence and he turned slowly
with steady, baleful glare in his
somber eyes.
80 it was you, Spook. You
crossed me, didn't you"
The Spook. grim, deadly pale
with excitement, spoke with
voice that rose in pitch above
normal, vibrated with cold hatred.
"Of course did, you scoun-
drel," he admitted. Didn't you
know I'd gyp you in the end?
You thought I'd forget that you
almost beat me to death years
ago, that you kicked me when
/ was down, that you twisted and
broke this leg so I've been a
cripple for lifei You thought 1
forgot that, did you, Lupino?
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BET SPURRED
OPERA

HoW the late Oscar Hammer
"A stein, the noted theatrical
impresario, wrote compile
opera in forty-eight hours to win
a bet-and then did not get the
money-is told by George Blumen.
thai in an article in this weeks
Liberty. "One night in New
York in 1896" Blumenthal writes,
"a group of notable men, in
Guiding Hammerstein and Gustave
kerker, were discussing the length
of time it should take to com.
pose an opera. I can do one in
forty-eight hours remarked Ham,
merstein. III bet you a hundred
dollars you can't said Kerber.
The bet is on quickly rejoined
Hanmerstein.
'"The details were arranged"
Blumenthal explains. Hammer.
stein was locked in a room with
a piano and score sheets. He
worked that night and all the
next day. When the door of the
room was opened after the lapse
of forty-eight hours, he held in
HIS IduuS TIE IIllSuSQ OPERA
Then he played it.
''Kerker frowned. He began
to find fault with it. 1t was not
what he thought it would be.
He refused to pay the bet. From
that day to the day he died,
Hammerstein would not speak to
him. But he took his opera,
named it "Kohinoor.' and as a
gesture of contempt for those
who had said no good opus could
be composed in that length of
time, put it on at the Harlem
Opera House. During the entire
week 1t played it crossed only
$500; but he stuck it out"
The largest basket in existence
was recently exhibited at the
Brooklyn Museum. 1t was
California acorn basket. After
the dimensions Of railroad tunnels
had been ascertained, it was sent
on an open flat car across the
continent.
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CHAPTER SIXTY

CHAPTER SIXTY
From behind the portieres in
the dining room, Jacqueline could
see what was going on; she stood
galvanized and yet, curiously, I'M
afraid.
In the corner Of the room the
Spook, with his vision blurred
and his head ringing, was gather.
ing himself together, was breath
ing deeply as the laggard energy
came back to his feeble body that
had been all but paralyzed by the
smashing assault that had flung
him off his feet and half way
across the room.
So heavily had Lupino been
thrown that the automatic had
been knocked from his grasp and
slid across the rug and under
a chair in the corner; with a
surge Of satisfaction. Jacqueline
realized that 1t would be impos-
sible for him to recapture it i'm
mediately.
On the floor-they were 80
tightly locked that it was out
of the question for either to get
to his feet at once. Tom Ware
and Lupino fought with the
primitive savagery that had been
released when the veneer Of
civilization was swept aside.
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
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NOw Go On With The Story

S6ETIAKE it with a little salt,
! then" he said gruff1y. "She
probably never heard whisper
Of gossip But she knows you go
up to my house, and she wants to
brighten you SO you won't do it
any more. She thinks I'm some
kind of a werewolf and not to
be trusted with a nice little girl
like you. Well, you tell the Hon
orable Mrs Lottie Schultz for me
to mind her own business and
keep her eyes on her own side Of
the hedge!' The angry, childish
words came from him sullenly,
sulkily. And as the car turned
In at the driveway between the
two houses he cast an angry eye
upon Lottie's innocent pink stucco
house.
That night Bobbie locked An.
gus check for two hundred and
twenty-five dollars into the bot
tom drawer of her dresser, where
Andy Jerrold's sparkling brace
let had lain the night before.
with what I have in the bank,
she thought, holding up the
empty white silk box that had
held the bracelet and looking at
It. with wistful eyes, with what
! have, the $225 will keep me
going for a few months longer.
And I'll be sure to get some
work. too. to help out, in the
meantime"
Gus had made her promise to
stay in town for six more
months. He had told her no one
ever made good in less than
that time.
Besides. when I make that
picture of mine, I'm going to
put you in it as sure as sun.
rise"' he had promised her that
afternoon.
The sound of his voice, making
that promise, still rang in her
ears as she locked the door Of
the dresser. And she could still
see the eager, hungry light in his
blue eyes as he had tried to
make her take the money and
keep the bracelet.
"Only don't be such a little
chestnut burr" he had said to
her, half-lightly, half in deadly
earnest, as he had tried to take
her in his arms. Trust me a
little more, Bobbie. There's moth
ing I wouldn't do for you If
you'd only meet me half way.
"I'm crazy for you"
Deep In Love
"Then why don't you ask me
TO marry you?" she said. in her
heart. If you're so wild about
me?'' But aloud she had only
looked at him, and said nothing
at all. Just like a woman in
love!
Nevertheless, the remembrance
OF the way he had looked and
the way his voice had trembled,
still thrilled her and she stood
there alone in the blue-green
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bedroom above Mrs. Mangan's
sitting room.
She kept thinking about him
while she tried to count up six
months. Finally she did 1t, and
she jotted the date down on the
wallpaper, inwardly praying that
Mrs. 'Mangan. that poison neat"
woman, would never discover it
there.
"Six monthsr' That will bring
me to the 9Th of Augustr she
told herself. "I'll either be in
the movies for good and forever
then-or it's back to Locust
Street school and Andy Jerrold
for mer'
The thought of Locust Street
school left her cold. But the
thought of Andy brought a surge
of hot jealousy to her heart-thc
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Lupino produced an automatic
pistol.
Now, you dirty rat" he said
to the huddled figure on the
floor, I'm going to shoot you
like / would a dog!
Some old instinct Of college
football days revived like a
streak Of lightning in the breast
of Tom Ware, and he hurled
himself forward with a head.
long flying tackle. His right
shoulder struck Lupino's knees,
and his arms closed around the
thick legs. The weapon did not
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once. Things often do, in just
that way.
At o'clock, Bobbie was coming
slowly up Las Palmas Street to-
wards Mrs. Mangan's house with
her arms full of little bundles-a
quarter-pound of butter, a pat Of
peanut butter, six poppy seed
rolls, some bologna in greasy gray
paper wrappings, a half-pint OF
cream, a half,pUund of coffee in
a red sack.
At His Studio
This was the food that was to
last her over Sunday.
She had begun to dread Sundays
of late. They were gray dull des.
erts Of time, and not at all like
the Sundays at home that had be-
gun with breakfast and church,
and ended with a drive and sup.
per with Andy Jerrold.
She seldom saw Gus on Sun.
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tractive to the opposite sex as Gus
was?
II always trusted Andy Jerrold."
she said to herself, "and he was
every bit as good looking as Gus.
But he just wasn't the kind that
chases women, / guess, and Gus
is. That's the difference" Then
she suddenly remembered that
new secretary of Andy's. The
one that was so wonderful and
such a speed merchant" and
she frowned.
A motorcycle came sagging
past her, on its way up the
street. Idly she watched It. and
then all at once she .quickened
her step and her eyes frightened.
1t had stopped in front Of Mrs.
Mangan's house. and a messenger
boy hoped down from 1t and
hurried up the front walk.
From where she was, Bobbie
could see the letter that he car.
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FASHIONS
IAN CIES

MOT Too Long a Tongue is
IN what makes for the popu.
larity Of both a woman and her
new Colonial pump, that has a
short, upright tongue, with a
narrow oblong buckle at its
base. Two tiny straps come
from the sides of the tongue mad
are pulled through the sides Of
the buckle, thus holding 1t trinity
In place.
Demanding Diamonds, the
larger the better, manufacturers
Of wooden sports skirts are recog.
nizing the interesting effects to
be gained by diamond.pattern
fabrics, pleated in a number Of
novel ways. Some Of these de-
signs employ diamonds measuring
six inches.
ByCasting Their Shadows com.
ing events are always heralded,
and so are the coming summer
hats Of large, natural-colored
straw. Posed flat against the
crowns Of these hats are huge,
gaily.olored, field f1owers-red
peoples and wildly blue ragged
robins predominating.
Brevity Is the Soul of wit, but
brevity, plus a yoke top, are not
the sole distinguishing qualities
of the glove-silk boomers offered
for Summer wear. Cut very
short, these yoked boomers sub.
stitute flat bands Of the fabric
for the elastic Usually found
about each leg.
Coming Back to Its Own. white
hosiery is regaining the foothold
that it had lost to nude and
flesh tones for the past few sum.
mers. Due to the vogue for black
and white, white chiffon stock
ings are very smart with black,
or combination white and black,
shoes to complete the black and
white costume. Worn with white
shoes. white silk stockings will
be chosen for use with tight,
summary sports frocks Of pas
tel shades.
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Why, damn your soul. I'll
never forget it. It's only been
question Of time with me till
i paid you back. It's been fes-
tering in me all these years. you
skunk"
Lupino's right hand came out
Of his coat pocket, was empty; 1t
was wide and heavy. and he
swung it. palm open.
The blow caught the Spook on
the side Of the head and sent
him Keeling and crashing to the
floor in the corner Of the room.
Then, quite deliberately, julius
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cry" stamp upon 1t. 1t was post.
marked LOS Angeles
Bobbie turned it over and over
in her hand, wondering who could
have sent it to her. The address
was typewriter. and it looked as
If it might contain some delight
full gift or other. IT was that
kind Of q psckags~-D---~--,-------,.
A Sudden Thought
Then a sudden thought struck
her. Perhaps Gus was returning
Andy's bracelet to her! Or per-
haps he had bought her some
trinket. He knew her weakness
for pretty, frivolous things. Beads
or perfumery or a pair Of big
pearl earrings to screw into the
soft rosy lobes of her lovely
little ears.
She tore off the paper wrap
ping and opened the box. It was
a soiled white pasteboard box,
and upon the cotton within It re-
posed Aunt Gertrude's brooch!
The dirty diamonds in it wink.
ed up at her like watery eyes.
For cats sake!" she cried
aloud in her establishment, shak-
ing the brooch out into the palm
of her hand.
She knew. OF course. that Non.
ica must have repented of her
evil-doing, and decided to send
them back. Or perhaps she had
been afraid that Bobbie would set
a detective on her trail-on her
trail and the trail Of the missing
diamonds.
And yet she couldn't be abso-
lutely sure that Monica had taken
the brooch. She had no proof Of
1t, and yet she knew that she had,
somehow.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow
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days. He always went to the
studio for several hours on Sun.
day, and often spent the whole
day there. To him and to Roy
Schultz Sunday seemed to be a
working day just like Monday or
Tuesday.
81 wonder whether they really
spend all that time at-sMagnifica
ing the story Lottie Schultz had
told her about their wild PARTY at
or not" Bobbie unused, remember.
Monica's hateful little flat.
She was half.ashamed of herself
for distrusting Gus, especially
when he seemed so much in love
with her. But she was.
Not only that, but she knew she
never had fully trusted him.
There was so much Of the male
flirt in him-and then. did a wom-
an ever trust a really handsome
man? A man who was as at.
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MOSQUITOES
MENACE

TYPHOID fever and malaria are
Il the greatest menaces to vaca-
tionists in general and particu-
larry to the motoring vacationists,
states DR.. Wilbur T. Thomson in
the current issue Of Hygeia.
Typhoid is usually water borne.
Since it is not practical to carry a
water supply along and since it is
often difficult to know which road
side supplies are safe, it is best to
be immunized against typhoid fe-
yer before starting out on the
vacation.
If one remembers that malaria
is carried only by the mosquito
and that the notwithstanding mo-
squito bites only after SHUTDOWN
and never through mosquito, net
ting or screens, 1t Is easy to Sc
cure protection against this dis
ease.
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thought of Andy, the nice. good.
looking thing, and that new score
tary of his.
1T wonder If she's pretty" she
thought dreamily, as she dropped
off to sleep. "She probably is
but 1 hope she isn't. 1 hope she
has a face like a doughnut!'
And with that sweet and charit.
able thought, she closed her eyes.
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How do you feel at S o'clock?


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laces with some Of those she en-
Vies!
Girls who bewail their lot in
life and wish they were in
different environment - richer,
prettier. more popular--are too
apt to be always comparing them
selves with people they don't
know very well.
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ried in his hand-a long narrow
white one. The kind that Andy
Jerrold used.
BY the time she reached the
house he had left it, and was off
down the street on his bike. She
opened the mail box and found
not only Andy's letter but a small
square box with a special deliv-
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In these days of keen competi-
ton, the people who are rundown,
quickly fall behind-while their
healthy. vigorous rivals, who com.
ply with laws Of Nature and keep
their blood supply rich and nour-
ished, get ahead.
Good blood is health's foundation.
When your blood is poor, you are
dull, weak, slow. and pale-your
brain cannot work effectively.
But you glow with health when
your blood is rich and strong! You
look vigorous! You fairly sparkle
with winning magnetism
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By Fay King

1t is a common human trait to
feel at times that we, alone, get
all the bad breaks in life; that
our lot is the worst and that life
isn't worth living!
OF one thing we may all be
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CHAPTER Xiv

CHAPTER Xiv
Nothing happened for a. week.
That is, nothing of any impor-
lance to Bobbie and her career of
a motion.picture actress. Not a
telephone call from studio.
Not a word from the house on the
hill where Lottie Schultz and her
famous husband lived. Not a
word or a sign from Gus Mac
Cloud.
Then, on Saturday afternoon,
everything began to happen at
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certain, everybody else has at
times felt the very, same way.
though they seem to be the hap
piest people in the world.
Every walk of life has its
stumbling block!
Nobody ever walked on the sun.
ny side of the street forever.
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our up-to-date spring and summer
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If they knew these people as
well as they know themselves,
they would find there are also
flaws in their happiness.
There are thousands of beauti-
full girls in the world who have
never won a beauty contest, but
they have often won a better hus-
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When Adders Bite

DDERS will seldom attack anyone unless disturbed at close
"A quarters There doubt the bite of adder usually
ankle hand be serious especially time when the
gland is full
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The girl who thinks she never
gets anything she wants often
wishes for things that are not best
for her to have!
The girl who thinks that every.
one else is better off than she is
would, indeed, be glad to be her.
self again il she could change
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band and found more real happi.
ness in life than the beauty win.
ners havei
And there are many plain girls
who live in a world of greater
content and get more joy out Of
life than girls with great beauty
which only brings them misery.
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Queer DOings

In order that the guardians of
the law may be real he-men the
city council of a Pennsylvania
town has decreed that they must
take a cold bath every morning,
sleep with the bedroom windows
open, go through daily-dozen ex.
ercises, and brush their teeth
twice daily.
The lines of "Silver Threads
Among the Cold" a song which
made thousands of dollars for
music publishers, were sold by
Eben Rexford, the author. for SO.
Rexford was Is wears old when
he wrote the verses.
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HC IIPS By Robert Terys Shannon

explode, and they were down in
heap on the floor together.
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'.SHent Rife" Inuented

SILENT RIFLE" invented by Berlin ocksmith.
"A The rifle compressed of powder Twenty
five bullets contained in its magazine, which be fired
automatically without reloading