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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-31
The Fall Enough

II was an lrishman's First visit
DO the wilds Of America. and,
strange to say,he was soon fast
friends with an American The
American was a dead shot. One
day, while A'ey were strollng to-
g"lher thro 49, the woods, the
American, wishing to show off
his shooting abilities, said. "Say
pard, dye see that bi-r-rd high
up yonder treeY' yes" ans
wered the Irisb:nan. WAL" re-
piled Sam, "l'll get that bi-r.rd,
first shot As he spoke, he
raised his CUR to his shoulder,
took careful lin, and fired. 1t
was a god shot, and the bird,
after several somcrsaults, fell at
their feet. The American picked
it up. 81 guess I've killed this
bi-r-rd, pard," he drawled proud
ly. The Irishman pondcred a
while, then said: "Oi'm glad it s
only guessin' We are, for the fall
was enough to kill it,"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-31
E. E. Neese
ELECTRICIAN & PLUMBER
Phone Red 904
seasa4sHzRHiaIsMz

We are prepared to make parts
for your machine to order. Gen
eral lathe work in metal or wood.
We've made parts for the News,
Records printing press. We can
make them for your auto, sewing
machine, typewriter, and adding
machine and will not use sub
tracing machine on your purse
for the work done.
At the shop on Saturdays and
Mondays. Office over Petersen $
store. We have been doing ma
chine shop work on automobiles
here for the past three years. We
can solder your radiator, turn
commutators and timers. We VIII
tell you before we begin if we are
not equipped to do your particu.
lar job. Batteries charged, and
you will not be charged for the
charging while our shop is run.
ming out your other work. The
rest of the time we are taking
orders for the Washington Nur-
sery Co. If you need some iron
shavings for your cherry trees,
come and help yourselves on Sat
urday.-A. N. Sanford.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-31
Tied and United

Senator Oddie, of Nevada, halls
from Reno, where the divorce
mills work day and night, and he
has been the subject of quite a
bit of mild spoofing from his col.
leagues on this account. The sen
ator was in a group listening to
some Of these wise observations
on his home city, and when he
had an opportunity he remark
ed: "Well, Reno is the only city
in the world where the people
go down to the trains to see the
tide come in" For a second or
two nobody got just what he
meant, but about the minute it
was beginning to percolate into
the minds of his hearers he added
with a smile: "And they go down
to the trains to see the united go
out"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-31
SENSE AND NONSENSE
Little Nonsense By the Best of Men,
TIME

Time is not an old man
Times an ardent youth;
He's a keen and bold man.
Pricing only truth.
Shod with winged sandal,
Armed with vision clear,
Times no wanton vundal,
But Jealous seer.
With a youths assurance,
Bold are his demands;
Custom'a long endurance
Cannot stay his hands.
Dogmas we have cherished,
Half-truths we have known,
At his word have persisted,
AS a toy outgrown.
Times a chemist oldcn
In Gods wise employ,
Sorting out the golden
From the worlds alloy.
Constantly he's hinging
Jewels in our way;
Take the gifts he's bringing,
Ever new today.
Waste no time in weeping
For the good that goes.
Every thing worth keeping
Time again bestows.
Seeking but advancement,
Never does he rest,
Making by enhancement
Better yield to best.
Time is not an old man
Musing by slow streams,
Hes a young and bold man.
Prone to deeds, not dreams.
Though all things man prizes
Age beneath his view,
Every day that rises
Time is born anew.-Adaleni
r. Dyer in the New York Times
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-31
Truly Mathematical Prodigy.

The mathematical prodigy, whose
case Is reported in the Lancet, was
able to give the square root Of any
number running Into four figures,
In an average of four seconds, and the
cube root of any number running into
six figures In six seconds. He gave
the cube root Of 485,474,375 (Which Is
7T5) in 10 seconds. These feats, and
others even more remarkable, he per-
formed without resort to writing. as
he was blind from birth.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-31
Grover Cleveland Said
"A Public Duty Is a
Public T1uSt''

We agree with this sentiment and express the feeling
that "a public utility is public trust That is why
try to render the best service is possible for to do
for the public serving
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-31

anything done is because they
take up so much of their time
trying to please everybody but
the boss.
Fame is a shadow, a ghost
call it what you will-but if no.
body ever had striven for it, our
only vaudeville today would be
swinging by our own tails in the
tree tops.
Another cause Of the high cost
Of living in cities is club dues.
The average business man belongs
to so many things he no longer
belongs to himself.
Alarmists are always scared to
death about how weak the "fr-
tme generations" are going to
be, but the future generations so
far have been pretty fair.
You have only one life to live,
so if necessary you should die
living it.
If at first you don't succeed,
it's generally better to get anoth-
err job.
An automobile runs on gas, but
you re not All automobile
Gloom is carrion crOw-shoot
it.
1t really ism t love so much as
good stomachs and livers that
make the world go round.
The oldest game in the world
and the least successful of all is
that of trying to halt age, but
the game will be played as long
as women are vain and men think
they can fool women.
Honest poverty is no disgrace,
but neither is honest riches.
Good resolutions won't take the
place of bad actions.
The world contains too many
men who think that when all is
lost save honor, they may as well
make a clean sweep of it and al
low honor to go. too.
One who shirks responsibility
soon finds responsibility Sinking
him.
The dullest wit in the world
can find a good excuse for not
working.
No youth is hopeless unless he
thinks he is a genius.
A sick man knows the doctor
doesn't realize how sick he is.
1t may be difficult for a rich
man to enter Heaven, but that
doesn't mean that poor men will
pass without examination.
Who Remembers
When an infallible sign of spring
was mother boiling "soft soap"
in a big iron kettle in the back
,,a,l
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-31
Time to Check EN- Up

When General Pershing once
inspected an artillery outfit of
colcred negro soldiers in France
he was struck by the snappy
neatness and soldiery bearing of
one particular dusky member of
gun team.
"What are your duties, sol
dierY" queried the commander in
chief Of the artilleryman, who
stood like a statue beside the
French Soixante Quinze.
"I'se de doah tender to de
Swasohng Kans," the husky lad
replied.
"And what is that?" General
Pershing asked him.
"Why, I JUS opens de little
doah in back o. de gun, and
Rastus here throws a shell in and
de corporal pull de lonyard. Den
the gun she has her little say >
"Then what do you dot" the
chief demanded.
"What do we do? Huh, we
JUS drops back and say: Kaiser,
count yo' soldiers. - Disabled
Veterans Magazine.
Meals are cooked on the latest
airship by exhaust heat from the
engines.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-31
MINOR MUSINGS
BY Wilbur u. Sutton
A Beautiful Thought
To get the most out Of lie, de-
mand much and expect little.

llctl0n, but 1t ISL 7 stranger than
the excuses that some husbands
give for late hours.
There is Il talking automo-
bile" on the market. That 5 fair
enough. Considering all the things
that have been said TO an auto
mobile it ought to have a right
to talk back.
Parents are pretty much out Of
date and it's only a question Of
time until modern youngsters find
IA way to do without them en-
tircly.
It's poor business to be a good
fighter if you're not IA good
tinishcr.
A cynical world doesn't really
love lover SO much, but it has
a good deal of fun out Of him.
You say ~ wish" a hundred
times where once you say 81
will. !"
If you find yourself attending
to other peoples business, it's a
good sign they have more bust
ness to attend to than you have.
You never knew a crank that
didn't have a face that looked
like it had been screwed up with
a monkey wrench.
a humorist knows that it ism t
hard to be funny but it's hard
to make others think he is funny.
Some people are buying auto
mobiles now for self defense.
It's getting too dangerous to be
PEDESTRIAN.
If there were no fools, wise
men would be without honor.
The man who boasts that he is
"self-made," is not half finished.
Ii you are easily flattered you
won't lack for flattery.
The world is growing better.
Even blonde stenographers, rarely
chew gum at their work nova
days.
If he feels flattered at being
named on committees, he's still
young.
When you tell a tightwad to
"thaw out" he gets all warmed
up.
You may be unwilling to "take
a chance" but chance, when it
gets ready, will take" you
whether you are willing or not.
An automobile is like an i'll
tempered child-likely to "act
up" in public and be good-natur-
ed when nobody is around.
If man could be at his best
when circumstances are at their
worst, he would be able to change
the circumstances.
The youth who has 'money
sense" may end his days in a pal
ace, if he wishes to have a palace
but if he has that kind of sense
he won't want one.
The old-time parents took the
saying, "Youth will be served, "
to mean that youth should be
served at the second table.
Almost any man can be terror
in his home, but it's different up
town.
A "happy medium one who
is making money out of being
one.
A man sometimes will admit to
other men that he is a failure,
but no woman will ever admit to
other women that her husband is
a failure unless she is applying
for a divorce.
You can never be a big man
to the boy that went to school
with you, but your old teacher
will tell everybody that you are
a lot bigger than you are.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-31

Flattery wins more suits than
argument.
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

mon defense. Ratti sympathi0ed with
his people and was outspoken against
all aggression. At that time he re-
garded the Germans as. the agrees
sors and suggested as a policy for
the Vatican the Biblical text, Jus
tice and peace have kissed each
other" implying that justice should
precede peace. But Ratti was not
one to misuse his calling in political
agitation of any sort.
Ratti had way of organizing and
realizing results in whatever task he
undertook. The Vatican library was
typical of this. Popularizing a re-
search library, is not simple task.
His predecessor, German, Father
Ehrle, had retired into a corner with
out seeking outside contact. not
himself undertaking any extensive
research. When he left he told
Ratti: 1--WE done this thing wrong.
1 have not taken enough pains with
my job. If you want to make a sue
cess out of it you should have con-
what l failed to do"
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

book collections which would be ac-
quisitions to the Vatican. When the
Chigi family, of which Alexander VII.
was member, sod their palace near
the Piazza Colonba they disposed of
very rich library at the same time.
But the Pope did not, feel at the time
that he coul.i spend the several mill
ions which the purchase involved.
Ratti did not rest until the books
were secured. Ha then urged the
Italian State to make the purchase,
SO that it remain intact. and in Italy.
The State finally bought the collec-
ton. Ratti was not one to let a
formal emmy such as that between
the Church and State stand in the
way Of good work.
Ratti did rot forsake his scholarly
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
Good Organizing Sense.

Ratti was just the man to follow
such a course. In a very short time
he knew all of the clerical and lay
savants. he himself took an interest
in research in many fields. and by
unearthing new materials did much
to stimulate further research. In
deed it was tecause of his organizing
ability in the library that Benedict
XIV. picked him out as the prelate
best qualified to undertake a deli
cate mission to Poland
Ratu was always alert to sales Of
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
His Visit to Poland.

His visit 10 Poland gave heart to
the Polish Catholics. beset as they
were in 1919 1920 from all sides. To
the north in White Russia, Ratti re-
opened a Catholic diocese and at
tempted % reestablish connections
with Catholics and Orthodox Chris
tians in all parts of Russia. Plus
XI. to-day i.j interested in the same
movement. He has negotiated with
the Bolsheviks for religious freedom
and the returnsof Catholics to Rus
sia, and is aiding the Orthodox Rus
slams in the hope of their ultimate
conciliation with the Vatican. But
the Bolsheviks blocked this move,
and shortly after began their drive
on Warsaw. Even when the Polish
Government and the foreign missions
left Warsaw Ratti declined to leave.
making it known that he would stay
with the Polish people in their hour
of trial. This was more than a for
NAL show of solidarity. was an act
Of real personal courage because
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

pursuits for semi-political ones until
late in the war. When Benedict XIV.
looked about for a Cardinal to under
take the vsry delicate mission OF
greeting the Polish Catholics while at
the same time seeking to reestablish
connections with Catholic and innate
churches in Russia-toward which
the Poles are very jealous-he picked
Cardinal Ratti. Eatti was not eager
to enter political life. and pointed out
that he was in the midst of most i'm
portant research work. But Benedict
named the day Of Ratti's departure
and Ratu went.
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

The degree OF Lit d. was CON-
ferred upon Booth darlington at tre
DePauw commencement exercises
held during the first week of June
Although Mr. Harrington is not Al
alumnus of the university (being
Princeton '93. his father, Judge
John Harrington OF Indianapolis Is
DePauw's oldest living graduate.
Emerson Hough. having seen his
new novel. ''The Covered Wagon"
tAppleton) safely through tho
presses. has gone out to Colorado.
He expects TO spend part of the sum-
mer at Rainbow Trout Lodges.
Among the many letters received by
Mr. Hough about 1.-The Covered was-
on" is one from Mrs. Alice Apple
gate Sargent. of the famous Apple
gate family. who went across to
Oregon in cqrered wagons as early
as 1S43. Mp, Sargent is the widow
of the iata Col. H II. Sargent
u. s. A.
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
Father of Catholic
Church Rises at 6
O'clock, Sups at 9
and Goes to Ded
at 10

at lO
midnight. During the month pr ar to
Easter he spent many eveni 6: pre-
pairing his encyclical The Pope takes
his light breakfast and then TWO
simple and hearty meals and nothing
in between times. He likes his food
prepared with butter, as in Milan.
rather than in oil as is common
further south in Italy. Formerly he
smoked, but gave up the habit be-
fore leaving for Poland. and this
not because he heard that the to-
bacco there was bad.
Particular interest is always at
tached to the prelates who come into
most intimate contact with the Pope.
Even when they do not figure in pub
lie ceremonies they have consider
able personal influence with the Pope
and are the persons to whom people
who seek the private ear of the Pope
usually go. Such position of in
fiuence had Mariana Faggiani with
Benedict XIV.
The two secretaries of Pope Plus
XII. are Mgrs. Confalonieri and
Venini. both having received the
title OF chamberlains i'm the papal
court. They handle the private COR
respondence of the Pope and intro
duce visitors for private audience.
Then there Is Chamberlain Malves-
It'll. formerly confident of Cardinal
Ferrari of Milan. who continued In
the same capacity when Cardinal
Ratti undertook to reorganize the
university there. None of these
chamberlains. however, has as yet
showed an inclination to assert his
personal influence through his fa-
vored position.
Luida, the Old Housekeeper.
Then there is an old servant
Luida, who was for many years in
the Ratti family. She has taken care
of Ratu for over forty years. was
with him in Milan. then later fol-
lowed him to Rome, and while he
was in Poland waited patiently in a
nearby convent for his return. Now
she is happy and proud to look after
the papal housekeeping. Her eve is
still alert for any particle of dust
which Nigh presume TO settle on the
papal robes.
The first months of Pope Pius's
reign are over. With his broad un-
derstanding and human sympathy
for those about him, 1he passed uu-
where a smaller man would have
fallen. He has won the affection of
all who come in contact with him at
the Vatican. He won over the Ital-
ian people from the day he appeared
on the balcony at the Vatican. He
declined TO keep up the fiction of
constant siege with the Italian State
and does not hesitate to reach an
understanding in all matters of COM
mon interest. But he has done so
without renouncing or i'm any way
compromising the separate and less
definable scope of papal power. Plus
XII did not hesitate to communicate
with the Soviet Government and to
take what steps could be made to
help the Russian people in their
plight. He used the influence of the
Church toward International peace at
Genoa, just as he had done in Upper
Silesia and elsewhere. His mod
crate but firm character, his dislike
for political intrigue but readiness to
act where he sees need all conn
bine to qualify Plus XI. to give the
Catholic Church a prominent part IN
European Cancellation and recon-
struction.
The degree OF LTD. was CON-
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
He Sups at 9 p. M.

The Pope takes supper at o'clock.
chatting with his secretaries. An
hour later he retires to his apart
ments. and ordinarily works until
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
Felt War Keenly.

Ratti. an Italian. felt the invasion
of Italy most keenly. He was not
one to hold aloof. He declared, as
did Cardinal Maffi. that were it not
for his humane duties he too would
have shouldered a gun in the COM
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
Made a Record Climb.

i@1e.i' the young student blazing
a new trail across the Alps. and
making a record climb not to dis
appoint young couple who wanted
to be married. was happy figure.
Then Ratti as librarian at the Vati-
can, with lively interest in the re-
search work of the readers, showed
a wide understanding. Again Ratti
as Papal delegate in Poland STAYED
in Warsaw to give heart to the peo-
pie when the Bolshevik armies were
pounding at the gates of the city.
Finally Ratti as Pope at the Vatican
did not overlook his old friends and
even found a place for the grand
motherly old servant who had been
in his family some forty years. At
the same time Plus XI. when he
wanted to send away Malvestiti, who
had been the lifelong servant of
Benedict XIV, turned the question
simply why shouldn't he stay?"
Disregarding old political conflicts
and coming out on the balcony of
the Vatican on his inveStiture to
bless the people stamps the char
acter of the Pope to use the COM
ment heard among all who come
in contact with him-a kindly heart
in a real man.
Ratti had a wholesome happy boy
hood in his family at Milan. They
were Milan merchants of hardy,
substantial. conservative stock, which
in Italy is somewhat parallel to the
old commercial families of New
England.
The young Ratti was an ardent
alpinist While still a student at
Milan he scaled Mount Rosa by way
OF the Angesca Valley. one of the
steepest grades in the Southern Alps.
With another student and two guides
they opened a new trail, one which
since then has received Ratti's nama
They spent several days on the trip
going from there up the Cervina. a
nearby mountain. On the descent
they were caught in a blizzard and
returned home with greatest diff
Guilty. Later Ratti gave an account
of his exploit before the Italian
Alpine Society.
Ratti while still a seminary stu
dent, though already in orders. was
at st. Nicholas of the Cross Roads.
an inaccessible region above the Val
dAosta. The parish here was scat
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

tered over several mountains. One
day colleague of Ratti's was him
dered from performing a marriage
ceremony. Ratti learned that the
families had assembled awaiting the
services. Without hesitation he took
his alpine stick and started off. He
performed the marriage service and
returned home. covering twenty
miles of hard mountain climbing in
five hours.
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

Ratt, Plus XII, are already
well known. But, owing to the
fact that he but recently took an
active part in public life and never
has been a party leader at the Vati-
can much less is known of his pri-
vate life. From old friends. of the
Pope and from prelates at the Vati
can who have been in close contact
with him the correspondent of THE
NEW York HERALD was able to add
much to the picture of Plus XI. the
man and statesman.
Let me urge you. Follow my ad-
vice with or without the permission
OF your superiors; be light hearted.
gay. amuse yourselves at the proper
time. Make racket. The Pope did
this himself when he was a school,
boy"
Pope Used to Make a Racket.
Such was the advice which Plus
A. gave the long gowned solemn
faced novices and their professors at
the Dominican College when they
came for an audience with him re-
Gently. The outsider who sees the
students of the various Catholic col
leges going in procession two by two
along the streets of Rome, too seri-
GUS for schoolboys but not as sedate
as their masters, can imagine the
joyous echo these words of the
Pope's must have found in their
young hearts.
The Holy Father did not choose to
sit up on lofty pinnacle and speak
down to them, but reminded them
that he was one of them, with the
same love of pleasure.
This human touch is one which
makes Plus XI. loved by those about
him. whether they agree with his
policies or not. Benedict XIV. when
he had decided upon Plus XII, then
Cardinal Ratti. to take over the Col
lege of the Sacred Heart at Milan
before making it public answered
those who asked about his choice.
You will see that he is some one
whom you like"
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
Easy of Access, His
First Words Re-
mind His People
That He Was One
of Them
By SANFORD GRIFFITH.

Me piety and scholarship Of
/ Ratti, Plus XII. are already
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03
GREEKS PROTEST AGAINST
CHANGING BOUNDARY LINES

Washington, Feb. 3.-Formal pro-
test against return of any of the
Hellenic populations to 1.-The Turkish
Yoke" was handed to the legations Of
the United STATES, England France
and Italy at Athens. the Greek lega-
ton here announced, making public
the document. Such action, said the
protest. which referred specifically to
ths populations of Thrace and oppos-
ed even the slightest change in the
frontiers of that territory would
mean that the whole of Thrace's pop
Clet ons would be condemned to ex-
patriation and death.
r alizing that the Thracians par
ticlpated in the world war on the side
of the allies the protest says their
pro-entente feelings sc openly mani
tested have drawn against them the
anger of the German military authori.
ties, who using the Turks as instru-
mental agents have prosecuted and
deported the gretest part of Thracian
populations" Any change in the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-03
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