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n6 Pauline Frederick
and the company sailed on the " Ventura " early in 1925 and landed in Sydney on March 24th of that year. The journey was not without incident. As they neared their destination, they struck the end of a typhoon and the force of it was so terrific that a woman was swept overboard. Every attempt was made to recover her but to no avail. One rather beautiful gesture was made in regard to this tragic incident. Two stowaways had been discovered on the ship, and immediately they heard of the accident, they volunteered to go over the side in an attempt to find the unfortunate woman. In such weather, this would only have meant the loss of three lives instead of one, and the officers of the " Ventura " declined the heroic offer of the stowaways though commending their conduct.
Apart from this, the journey was a very gay and pleasant one. Pauline submitted to an introduction to Father Neptune as they crossed the Equator, this being her first trip across. Her sportsmanship during this customary performance delighted everyone. This was particularly noticeable in view of the fact that there were other notables aboard who refused to submit to the procedure.
Pauline had never before appeared on the Australian stage and her reputation rested entirely upon her success as a film star. Mr. Carroll warned her to expect a rather demonstrative welcome, but even her greatest imaginings could not have visualized what awaited her when the " Ventura " docked at Oceanic Wharf, Sydney. Across the wharf was stretched a huge banner with the words:
AUSTRALIA WELCOMES PAULINE FREDERICK
The dock below was a seething mass of people, but then so are most docks when a large liner makes port. But this was something quite out of the ordinary and the crowds ex