Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-07-29

states we nave named, ana all
is offered without money and
without price" Leave the salt
pork behind, and dine on one of
our big crabs, or bowl of
oysters from our beds, or a sal
mon trout from the waters which
nun you to sleep at night. O.,
reader, you know we're telling
them the truth, but still they
cannot believe such things exist.
| No snow, no heat, no wind, no
sIeet, no dust, no flies, no sad
surprise ~ just Paradise - just
Paradise
Schools and Churches
Not only have we a correct
vision Of what we have by way
of commercial and climatic adj
yantageS, but We take due note
of our schools and churches, too.
With two modern high-schools
and a number Of grammar
schools scattered all over the is
land, We have the buildings, and
we have the equipment and
teachers also. Well put Supt,
Nichols and Supt. Parkes up
against any two men New Eng
land or New York can trot out
% Their in educational achieve
ment, personal appearance, or
conception of modern training
in high-school work. And from
these men down Tor up if you
wish) to the primary teacher in
the remotest part of the island,
we II take a seat second to none
for our teachers.
On the line of religion we
have outlived that Anticipated
theory that religion is only for
women and children. Here red
blooded men believe that only
as God is honored and recogniz-
ed can any community prosper.
True the people of the island
have a vision that it isn't nee,
essary to shed tears at prayer
meeting in order to please the
Great Creator, and most Of them
aren't afraid to laugh aloud on
Sunday, but for the richest milk
of human kindness, fed by a
hidden communion with both
Nature and Natures God, the
Vashon Maury residents can
qualify for front pcws.
Neighborliness
In closing this just measure
rof the Vashon Vision, it is nee
cssary to remind our readers
that we have not attained unto
the state of perfection. We are
neophytes, learners, strugglers
after the light and the truth.
Ergo, we need more Of the spirit
of real neighborliness. The edit
or of this paper takes the size
of any one from the disposition
of person toward some one
who is absent. The man who has
a hidden hammer to say some
cutting thing of another, ism t
the man who ,is going to build
up the Isle of Vision. The man
who takes you aside to warn you
of the short comings of some
one else isn't the man to build
up neighborly community.
Better whisper one word of
praise in the ear of another than
ten thousand words of fault
finding or blame. Most people
have more or less human nature
about them, as David Harum OBJ
served. Nearly everyone have
points we can criticize and
points we can commend. Why
pluck out the mote from thy
brothers eye, and retain the
beam in thine own eye2 Let's
deyelope the real spirit of neigh
borliness. The little Ellisport
community have struck the nail
on the head in their church
parties, which are held from
house to house. Let's follow their
example and get acquainted with
the man next door. If We knew
the poem-"Let me live in a
house by the side of the road,
and be a friend to man"-we'd
quote it here, but you can read
the story Of the Good Samaritan
and get the idea.
If we of the Vashon-Maury
crowd will only keep our eye on
the advantageous location of the
island, midway between Seattle
and Tacoma, on our unparallel-
led climate, our schools aud
churches, and deyelope the real
spirit of neighborliness, then
will we be justly termed as liv-
/ ing on the Isle Of Vision.