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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Failure and Bad Temper

Rev. Marina Poulson, superintendent
for New Jersey of the Anti-Saloon
league, was recently exonerated of a
charge of criminal libel, and in an
interview in Newark he said:
1.-THE men who failed in their at
tack on me are rather nasty now.
Well, when you fail you are apt to
be nasty and abusive.
Its like the case of the medico
The medico was dashing along at a
good pace when his horse pulled up
before certain house. The medico
scowled as black as thunder cloud
and gave the horse nasty. cruel cut
with the whip.
$50 onp he Kissed. Go on. you
fool He's dead "-Detroit Free
Press.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Peon of Wanderlusf

Sing song of highways Off afar
rhythm of the heavens, tree and earth
and car; madrigal of motor, wheel
and wind and man. living life the full.
est mortal ever can. 49,.
Sing US not of airways-they've
grown wOrkaday: Praise for us the
state routes on entertainments way,
and the lanes of backwoods green and
brown amass Oh. to he q
gypsy-"Fill 'er up with gas r'-SL
Louis Post Dispatch.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Preferences in Loue

When we are told that we are loved
for our body, but not for our mind
we not only are easily consoed, but
frequently quite delighted. We feel
that we are loved "for ourselves" as
we say. On the contrary, when we
are told that we are loved for our
mind only, we are generally insulted
and hurt. We understand that we
are loved for something that is really
extrinsic and, in the final count, of
slight merit.-Plain Talk Magazine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Poetic Justice

"Arabs dearly love what we call
poetic justice" said Lowell Thomas,
the wrter-lecturer. "They tell the
story of an Arab who stole horse
and sent his son to market to sell it.
On the way to market, the son was
himself robbed of the horse and
forced to return to his father empty
handed.
"'Ah! exclaimed the old man when
his son walked back into camp. L
see thou has sold the horse. How
much did 1t bring
Father said the son disconsolate.
ly, ii brought the same price for
which thou myself didst buy itY"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Needed Galleries

AS a rule it is appropriate to assume
that an American man or woman. who
leads quiet life at home with little
exercise requires about $500 calories
each day. If engaged in sedentary oc-
cupation, 5000 calories are required.
A moderate amount of exercise or q
laborer doing light work needs about
$500 calories. For hard work, 1900
calories or more are necessary.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Cuban independence

Cuba is an independent republic.
She attained her independence of
Spain by the treaty of Paris. Decem-
Der /, 1898. which ended the Spanish
American war. A constitution was
adopted in 1901. The congress of the
United States authorized the Presi-
dent to hand over the government to
the cuban people on the condition
that the so-called Flatt amendment
adopted by congress March 2. 1901, be
accepted. This amendment provided
that the Cuban republic should never
enter into any compact with for
pign power that would impair her In
dependence that she would contract
no excessive debts. and that the
'ubnn government carry out certain
.,Ians for the welfare Of the island.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Degrees in Music

The musical degrees most frequently
conferred in English-speaking coun"
tries for work in music are Mus. B.
Bachelor Of Music-and Mus D.-Doc-
tor of Music. Less frequently the de-
gree Mus. M-Master Of Music-is
granted. In Germany the Phi. d. de-
gree is granted instead of Mus. D.,
thus placing specialized work in music
on par with other studies.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Fraakness of Men

I have observed of my sex that
there is a candor in their private con-
versations with each other that wom-
en- know nothing about. In such con-
facts men admit their faults with
proper shame, confess they should do
better, and frequently do. have
learned much from such intimacies;
as much as from any other source.
Men Of real worth rarely
boast; they are disposed to apollo
gize.-E. G. Howe's Monthly.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Good Motto

Charles NJ Schwab, who after many
years as leader in steel, is beginning
to take things easier, said to a group
of gentlemen farmers who were ad-
miring some of his prize stock at
Pennsylvania county fair:
"Raising prize stock is something
I've wanted to do for long time but
I've been too busy. Divided atten
ton seldom leads to success and all
through my business career my motto
has been:
"All work and no play makes jack
and lot of it,"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Properties of Feathers

1t is believed that in the develop
ment Of wings and powers of flight in
birds those feathers nearest the body
were the first to become serviceable,
but now the most important flight
feathers are those Of the outer mar
gin. Wing feathers vary in strength,
shape and power of flight, according
to the mode of life of the different
birds.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Bells of History

Man made bells of clay before he
had taught himself the art of writing.
His first efforts were rather shapeless
clay vessels which gave off pleasing
resonance when struck. Savages wear
bells as some of their chief ornaments.
The early Israelites are mentioned by
Moses, Isaiah and Zachariah as using
bells on the yokes of their horses.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Another Myth Blasted

For years the bears of Kadiak
island have been a bugaboo that
rivaled the child-stealing witches for
terror. Recent explorations have been
conducted in the islands and it is now
stated that Kadiak bears are no worse
than others.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Woman's Work

By wearing a pedometer, house
wife, doing an average amount of
work, discovered that she walked five
to five and one-half miles in the house
daily. Necessary shopping and talk
ing the children out accounted for an
other three and one-half miles.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
House Like Sphere

To allow additional room in the
streets, an architect of Dresden, Ger
many, has constructed house formed
like a sphere. The structure, about
eighty feet in diameter, stands on a
base 16 feet square.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Major Planets

Including the earth, there are eight
major planets revolving around the
sun. They are Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
and Neptune. The moon is not a
planet. 1t is satellite of the earth
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Hawai;un Language

The Hawaiian is one of the Poly
nesian languages. The written Ian
guage dates only from the time of the
arrival of missionaries in 1920. The
alphabet consists of IL letters which
are pronounced as in Latin.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Var;ous National Sports

The national sport of Spain is bull
fighting; of Scotland. golf; England,
cricket; Belgium, cockfghting; Cuba
and South America, jai alai.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
The Pastor Says:

Man shall yet establish passenger
routes between all the ports in the
seven seas of space, and shall broad
cast his whispers to other universes.
John Andrew Holmes.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Purely Indian Diet

American Indians, before the advent
of the white man, cultivated eight ma
tive vegetables. These included beans,
corn, peppers, pumpkins, squash, to-
mato and sweet potato.-Farm and
Fireside.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Master of Instruments

Antonio Stradivari of Cremona,
Italy, who brought the craft of violin
making to its highest pitch of per-
lection Q679-1736) also made some
beautiful violoncellos and violas.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Old Carpet Center

The carpet industry existed in Au-
busson (France), city celebrated for
its manufacture of carpets, as early
as 1881.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Field Mice Eat Trees

Field mice gnaw the bark from
orchard trees, and kill many by CIR
ding them. In single winter they
damage nurseries near Rochester, N.
Y, to the extent of 100000.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Keeping 1t Moving

The Waiter-What's this, sir?
The Guest-Your tip. It's trouser
button found in my stew.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16

Fast Craft Used by New Guinea Natives

$40 to $40 in United States money.
One shell of this kind will buy small
canoe and three large ne.-Sydney
Bulletin.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Attend the Party
In Spite of Cold /!

Don't despair some day your social
calendar is full, and you awake with
miserable cold. Be rid of it by noon!
You can, if you know the secret:
Pape's Cold Compound soon settles any
cold, yes, even one that has reached
deep in the throat or lungs.-Adv.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Essential Lacking

whats holding up the round-table
conference"
"They had to send out for round
table."-Life.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16

Grandfather's pipe, can well be a
family souvenir. After fifty years 1t
is comparatively inodorous.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16

A poet tells us that labies are new
waves ON life's ocean; but they are
only fresh squalls.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Another Change Noted

The effort to keep straight used to
be moral struggle instead of a diet.
San Francisco Chronicle.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16

This quality Of steadfast-
ness is built in,7 and doubly
assured by 222 factory tests or
inspections. Hence the COM
mon remark, eff Atwater Kent
makes it, it's right"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
Famous German Order

Famous German Order
The Order of Sons of Herman, or
Orden der Hermanssohne, was founded
in New York city about 1910 to foster
German customs and spread benevo-
lence among Germans in the United
States. We do not find that it has
any association with German organi-
cation. Each branch is entirely self
Washington Star.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
MODEL 40
ELECTRIC $8l

For 110.120volf, 5000 cycle alternat.
ing current. Requires six A. C. tubes
and one rectifying tube, S8l (without
tubes) Also Model42 with utomatio
voltage regulator, 800, and Model A,
an extra powerful distance" set,
sll0 (without tubes).
For direct current. Model Al, 49l
(without tubes),
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16

On the Sunday Kent Radio HOulissen mi
ATWATER KENT MANUFACTURING co.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16
BATTERY SETS, s5s, s72

Solid mahogany cabinets. Panel satin.
finished in gold Model 40, $50; Mode
49, extra-powerful, s72. Prices do not in
clude tubes or batteries.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-11-16

MARY turn on the radio and see what the weather says
Then let's there isn't good male quartette somewhere
or brass band"
What satisfaction kno,u your radio will do its duty
Good reliable Ataater Kent Radio! What host of friends
its dependabity has made ~You always count
This cualitv of steadfast-
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NOlC GO on With The Story.

retort. s.You look tired out, he
said more gently. How did you
get here 2"
Drove myself.' she answered.
aYou 20 on with what you're
doing, Alan. We can talk later. !"
He glanced at his watch.
sTn less than an hour we shall
be through for the day he an
swered. do you see that shack
over there with the iron roofingf
Those are my quarters. You 30
up there and rest and we can
have talk when I'm through.
she skirted the gang and made.
her way to the shack. BY the
side Of it was b smaller shack
where AIan's Greek servant was
peeiing potatoes. He took no no.
tice Of her and she passed inside.
1T was no more than shed, but
there was plenty Of space. Its
furniture consisted OF table, q
desk with rude office fitments
and d plank bed with q mattress
and blankets.
She sank onto the bed and took
off her hat and then her shoes.
I've nearly an hour to rest in---
thank heaven she muttered,
then stretched herself on the bed.
She had meant merely to lie
down and think. but almost be-
fore her head touched the pillow,
she was asleep.
She awOke with d start and sat
UP on the bed. The daylight had
gone and from behind her came
the light from a lamp. She
looked about her In alarm. She
could just remembered coming
into roomy shed. and this one
was small.
Feeling we'll enough to get up
and have something to eat?-or
would you rather go straight to
bed?"
Alan's voice came from behind
her. He was sitting at the desk
with his papers before him.
Food. said Shirley instantly,
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same time. / cannot let you stay.
no run this camp. especially f
there's going to Sc anything IA
the nature of ! scrap I've sot to
behave in way that you very
likely win consider uncivilized and
brutal. Apart from the fact that
you would simply Be in the way
and tbs my hands IL there we're
any trouble I'm sorry. but You
must ~ tomorrow
Its no good, Alan she laugh
ed. You won't turn me out of
here BY force don't think you
would order any Of these men t0
touch me- Y
II swear to You that ii you do
not 70 Of your own free viii,
viii take you back to the city BY
force myself, he cuts In
mean Il. You carry your envir0n-
ment with you, shirley. TO you
it's just laughabIe that / should
use force against you-a silly
joke. Because this Is In Europe,
you think the place Is really civil
lied ut bottom.
IF 4 man disobeys me here in
this camp, I don't. argue, I pull
out my revolver, IL ! can get to
It before he gets his knife, and
shoot him. I haven't killed any
body here vet, but may have to
any minute. That will give You
an idea OF the atmosphere Of the
place
Rightr' said Shirley. Y0u
Now, lets enjoy the rest Of the
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am He looked at her tri-
umphantly.
"A likely story" said Linda,
but her voice was not so scorn-
full as she tried to make 1t. She
reached for the fork again, but
he held it away from her. You
are gross, fIeshy-intent upon
your beastIy breakfast, when
have come like Romeo to your
balcony--so early in the morn
ing"
Maybe that's the trouble,
laughed Linda. II never feel ro-
mantle before 10 a. m"
The waiter, in answer to her
signal, brought her another fork.
She spread butter on the waffle
with a syIph's disregard OF cal
cries. Tom slouched in his chair
and watched her blackly.
Suddenly he spoke. Where
were you last night? You look a
bit shot-hollow-eyed and all
that"
Linda went on eating waffles.
Wouldn't you like tn know"
she said, with slantwise up
ward glance at him.
He kept silence again, and
watched her still more sullily.
Then he beckoned to the waiter
and ordered a gargantuan break
fast of his own. The man brought
fruit and cereal, and stood wait
ing to rush in a relay of eggs
and bacon as soon as Tom was
ready. He was eating industri.
ouSlV ewes on plate.
Linda, finishing her waffle,
looked at him, hunched over his
bacon. and gigled. Tom went on
pouring his fourth cup of coffee
without noticing her.
Toni she said.
He looked up, round-eyed. "Oh,
you here?''
She nodded. rather sober-faced.
"Why--did you ask me where
was last night?"
He waved airily. Just making
conversation. Not really interested,
you know. You might have
been anywhere from hell to Hall
fax--or. worse still, out with that
Hoskins brute-and I'd never
turn hair. IL you be not fair
for me, what care how fair you
be?''
Linda had turned an angry
pink. "Hoslins at least apollo.
gizes when he offeHds me. That's
more than yon can say"
CTo Be Continued Monday
As y
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said as they finished. We can
sit outside, IL YOU like. We can
run to q couple OF deck chairs. :
I'd love tor she answered.
Aren't you going to smoke"
.sI'ye run short Of tobacco.
she disappeared into her half Of
the shack while Alan got the deck
chairs ready. She was inOrdinately
pleased that she had brought the
tobacco on the chance of his need
ing III. There were two large tins
and she dropped them onto the
open deck chair. He sat on them
ana swore under his breath. Then
they both laughed.
For q fIeeting instant, In that
wild hinteriand they had recap
ttired that spirit Of fun that had
30 often taken them by surprise
when Shirley had first come TO
live in his flat near Gramercy
Park
Now you may as well own up
that you're glad came, she said,
as she took the chair beside him.
II am not" he answered grave
~. What IL the game, Shirley?
Shirley did not Immediately an.
swer. Her thoughts were on the
scene before her-the tents Of the
laborers' camp cleaning white and
ghostly in the moonlight against
the dark oyerhanging crag of the
mountain. Some of the labOrers
were singing queer tuneless,
unrhythmical song like q Gregor-
ian chant. She shivered little.
1t was so unnatural that men
should sing like that. There was
wildness in the song and some
other element that frightened the
imagination---history perhaps.
She had the feeling that men
had begun to sing like that thou.
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stone from the quarries to finish
the last twelve miles,
There was more about the track
and she listened attentiveiy won
dering why He made no allusion
to MaurOie.
Now. I've been into this conf-
tadii question with the officer in
charge Of the troops quite de-
cent chap, though without a
ha.p'orth Of loyalty to his govern
ment.
He II going to let me have =
couple OF machine guns and I've.
already got fifty rifles and a store
81 ammunition from him. Ny idea
Is TO finish up to that ridge in the
next few days and then get down.
"a the CITY. recruit about fifty Ser
bans, who fight like wild cats and
Thoroughly enjoy III, employ them
as laborers with their rifles handy,
and lie the comitadji turn up well
make them darned sorry for them
selves. About twenty per cent Of
these labOrers can be made to fight
for US, and altogether We shanst
make a bad show.
suppose you set killed !" she
asked.
Precisely! 1t would be pretty
awkward for you IL that were to-
happen. know how to look
after nlyself--we had bit Of
this sort 81 trouble in Mexico
but there's always the risk.
That's why / don't want you
about the place.
You might get wounded instead
OF killed. i shall stay. i can be
Of some use to you here even II
nothing happens. saw you
doing some kind OF accounts at
that desk.
Look here, Shirley. let me say
that / appreciate your point OF
view--pretty thoroughly. At the
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watch the noisy groups across the
room.
But a few words drifted across
to her. .Damoras" "feud'' "abra-
sions." She turned away from
them and studied the menu again.
Oatmeal, Cream OF Wheat"
Orange Juice Griddle Cakes,
Coffee" Chocolate "-anything to
I'LL her mind against the creeping
thought of Pete Damoras, lying
there limp and dead, alone in the
gaunt old house. with the dancers
crawling away, leaving their punch
bowl and the broken violin behind
them. Thank God for every mo-
ment between her own escape and
that Outburst OF violence In the
old square hall"
Someone was coming In, letting
a gust of cold wind laden with
snow sweep through the door
after him. A waiter ran to shut
1t.
Half a dozen snowflakes landed
on Lfndas waffle and met instant
extinction. She locked up in a
little rush of Indignation at the
careless intrusion. Thomas Noon
light Vaughan was bending over
her. his thick red sweater NUT
fling him to the chin. his brown
hair uncovered and spangled with
melting flakes of snow.
He looked deep into her eyes,
and without word slid into the
seat beside her.
Linda bent her flushed face
over the waffle again, and cut a
hit of it with her fork.
Thomas Moonlight reached over
and took the fork away from her.
"Damn that waffle" he said ear
nestly, holding the limp hand that
had held the fork Look at me-"
Linda obeyed, keeping her eyes
steadfastIy fixed on his, though
the blood surged up over neck and
face.
"I've trailed you all the way
from Mulberry Place" he said.
"That Hindu at your house told
me you left shortly after eight. l
found your funny, trailing foot
prints, where the tops OF the ga
Ioshes had tapped down and
crazed the snow. They came
down the steps and up the street.
Even on Campus Avenue. where
other trails crossed yours, the
strength of my love kept me true
to your galoshes. And here !
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1t ran. Coroner William Sedgwick
liz in charge Of the deserted house
on jefferson highway, known as
Stonewold, in which the body Of
man was found shortly after mid
night.
'@rhe BODY was identified by
police as that of Pete Damoras,
arrested. twice last year on
charges of bootlegging, but dis
missed for want OF evidence. He
lived at IL Randy Road and
was nnn arried. His age,
year, was "a.
The body lay In the hall ny
tho stairs. The house was bril-
liartly lighted from top to bot
tom, and there were signs OF a
drinking orgy In the drawing
room. A broken violin lay by
tn, fireplace and punch bown
was overturned on the floor.
The coroner Will remove the
body to the morgue this morning
and begin an investigation"
Linda let the paper fall to the
floor and set the tray on the
dresser mechanically.
Her face, MS she glimpsed 1t in
the mirror, startled her. She got
UP hastily and moved about. No
reason to oe so upset. Better
be- thankful she had gone when
the murder happened, Ugly
to see a man killed--something
you'd never forget.
She began TO pull on her tan
silk stockings, but her fingers
were shaking and the seams
went crooked.
She sat still a moment, staring
into space. Then she picked up
the Paper again and read the
story swiftly. Pete Damoras"
"Bootlegger!' She gripped the
side of The r3ble. That must he
the full-blown, black.haired youth
who had tried to make her dance
with him. Now she understood
thu talk in Doyie'a car about
Pete" and getting another
case
The man killed was, then. not
| q university student at all--but
one of that crew of townsmen
/ who preyed on the vices of the
university. 1t had seemed strange
that Pearl, OF the loud voice and
ribald songs, could be admitted
to university dance-even a
INT dance.
He had died then. in that close,
warm air, heavy with the smell