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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-05-14
LA CRITICA Y LA VIDA DEL
EDICION DE
'WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
LA COMPETENCIA DE
LAMARTINE DIES
CARTADA

Altman algunos c~riticos que la
obra de un autor Sc debe estudiar
con prescindencia de su vida; pero
no es possible apreciar como verdad
irrefutable esta afirmacFn, porque
en- no pocos hombres de pensamiento
su vida explica su production. iCo-
mo- prescihdir, al considerar a Yer
laine, de SUI vida, que tanto infiuyo
en- SUI ebra? Para las multitudes v
aun para las minorias de cenSculo.
la vida de los autores que admiran
tienea UNI amplio interes, porque con-
tribuye a precisar la genesis de u
libros " a explicar sus paginas os-
tcuras. s
De las existencias i~nteresantes por
su m~ovilidad, por SUI inquietud, CO.
mo las de Rimbaud y Tristan Cor
biere, por sus rebeldias o por sus
triunfos Y sus penares, la de Victor
Hugo es fecunda en- momentos dis
tintamente matizados.v En- medic de
80 6AoAA1, SH ~ Aido DelIO- u1 Su as
c%ension, ell dolor 10 afranc6 a. la fe-
lloidad Y lie retorci6 ell alma hasta
la augusta. La TRACTION de su, ami
go intimo, Saint-Beuve, y la caida
! de su mujer en- brazos de- este, fue
para ell torrentoso poeta del roman
ticismo un dolor profundo, aunque
silencioso Y rec6ndito. Tambien ell
destierro fue un intense sufrimiento
para el, digno de su espiritu altf-
simo.
Louis Barthou, que con Paul Sou
day, ha hecho de su devotion por
Hugo un culto, la hugolatria, ha ,pu-
biicado v~aliosos documentos u re-
velan al lector la vida intima del.
poeta.
En- una de las ultimas obras de
Barthou-cuya biblioteca Sc enrique
&c con los datos Y los m~anuscritos
ineditos mas preciosos-aparecen va
rlas cartas que muestran al autor de
Hermann" en- momentos de dar sl1s
obras al publico, con ell i~nstinto del
comerciante prodigiosamente alerta.
Preclsamente en- estos dias hace
sesenta amos que Ell poeta de "Les
Chatiments" Sc hallaba desterrado
en- Guernsey, cuando sus editores
Lacroi& v Vibroeckhoven, en- Bruse-
las, editaban Ell William Shakes
peare". Hugo los urge en- una car
ia, ~diciendoles. que Ell libro debe sa-
lIr en- febrero, para a~provechar la
oportunidad del tercer centenario de
Shakespeare, que Inglaterra celebra
en- abril, 1864.
Ensnueva carta, ell poeta disimula
tras de un amigo inventado para
decirles que este lie indica la conye-
niencfa de editar, en- ingles, una par
te de la obra, la que trata de la vi
da del genial dramaturgo; aproye-
chando las fiestas centenarias. esta
ediclon lie haria propaganda intensa
al libro entero Y producirfa unos
c%uarenta mil frances. Y grega
Celia en- vaudrait la peine".
La historic de la publication de
William Shakespeare esta repleta
! de detalles simpaticos y curiosos. que
muestran al comerciante que habia
en- su autor Y al hombre Que era:
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-05-14
LCDO. ALBIZU INGRESA EN- Er
PARTIDO NACIONALISTAs
Ell MUNDo,
San I,ian

Ell MUNDO,s
San Juan.
Lcdo. Pedro Albizu Campos ingre-
SO Partido Nacionalista. Envio CO.
rreo %articulo de Ell atacando Allan
"a. Na~cionalistas poncenos propon-
dram a NJ. Melendez Munoz nara
Presidente partido.
RAMIREZ BRAT
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-05-14
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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11
DOCKTON
Mrs. Claude Petersen.

Miss Esther johnson spent sew
eral days at Dash Point as guest
of Miss Florence Cowan.
Mrs. Hay and grand daughter
Miss Corinne Mcconnell of Buck
ley are spending the week at the
home of the formers daughter,
Mrs. Albert Hic.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Middlecoff
were host and hostess at a dinner
to Mr.. and Mrs. Mems, and Mr..
and Mrs. Morgan of Tacoma the
Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Xix enter
tanned the latter's brother and
sister iii law, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Hay and family over the 4th.
Mrs. Flora Davis left Wednes-
day evening for Albion, Michi-
gan, having been called east to be
with cousin who is in failing
health and whose advanced years
makes her recovery uncertain.
The 4th oof July was celebra-
ted here by community picnic,
held at the Balstad grounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Middlecoff
were dinner guests of Capt. and
Mrs. W Phillips at their home
near Burton, Sunday.
Miss Ogot Anderson of Seattle
is visiting her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. |. Anderson.
Alfred johnson and Thorvald
Danielsen of Seattle, were week
end guests at the home of their
parents here.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11
THE LOST THREE BILLIONS

1t is strange how some people
resent NECESSARY expenditures
while they pour their surplus
funds into the bottomless pit of
spurious stocks. In the few
years since the World war the
public has had good many com
plants to make about high living
costs and high taxes. In the same
time it has also eagerly swindeled
itself out of more than 100000
600 thru its weakness for get
rich-quick schemes.
Not all the statesmen of stocks
which turn out to be worthless
are crooks. Many of them are
honest and sincere, and are them
selves sold" on the proposition
they offer before they present it
to their friends. Nevertheless, a
little sane investigation would
have saved the gnllible friends
their share of the lost $3,000.000,
900.
Again, not all the victims have
suffered loss thru their own folly
Some of them, according to the
New York district attorney, made
their unfortunate purchases thru
supposedly reputable brokers
who kept sufficiently within the
laws of the state to escape pros
ecution for any of their unfair ma
nipulations.
There seem to be many morals
behind these facts. More general
education on investment matters,
investigation prior to investment,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11

change in human nature some Of
and the desirability of slight
the most obviously pointed ones,
Tacoma News Tribune.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11

Arkansas has the honor of being
the first state to ratify the child
labor amendment to the Consti-
tuition. The victory will not come
so easily in all the state legis-
latures, but this is a good begin
ming, and its promptness should
have a good influence elsewhere.
States that are lax in their own
laws protecting children will OPP
pose the amendment On the 9TH
er hand there appears to be a
growing national sentiment in
favor of giving every child a bet
ter chance at life and health Than
he can have under bad child la
Dor system, and this sentiment
will make itself felt as the differ
emit state legislatures convene.
Ratification ought to come in
very much less time than the Z
years allotted by the Constitution
for endorsement of a proposed
observation-disclosures Ledger.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11
RESOLUTION NO. 1912

Be it resolved by the Board of
County Commissioners as follows
That from and after this date
no garbage, ashes, debris, brush
or material of any character
shall be dumped, deposited or
left upon any portion of any
public highway in King County
by amy person or persons, except
in connection with building con
struction, for which purpose
temporary permit may be grant
ed by the Board of County Com
missioners by resolution.
Be it further resolved that
all road supervisors be and they
are hereby directed to enforce
compliance herewith,
Passed this It'll day of July,
1924.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11

Harris Ward, Jr., entertained
his Sunday school class on Wed
ncsday evening at the w. d,
Clark home. The boys had the
iollicst sort of a time as reported
by Dean Baker of the News Rec
ord family They played games,
after a trip to get teacher" who
was detained by late boat hour,
and then cake and raspberry
punch and cake.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11
SOUTHERN HEIGHTS
Mrs. A. N. Morrill).

Mr.. George Newlands, who
formerly lived near the Berry
home is visiting at Mr.. Pughs for
a few days,
The Misses Jennie and Minnie
Reed and Mrs. Smith of Tacoma
sister of Mrs. George Sheffield,
are occupying their cottages on
the Sheffield place for summer.
Traffic? Well! Three trips
We're necessary last Sunday mite
to bring over the cars. The south
end ferry is rendering good
service but we are still in need of
the nine O'Clock (a.m.) boat ON
Sundays.
Mr.. Arthur JeSsen and wife re-
turned to Harbor Heights last
week from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
after an absence of year, are
very glad to be on the island
again. Eastern weather convinced
them that Vashon Island is good
enough for them, despite the home
sickness which tended to draw
them on eastward.
Mr.. Oscar johnson and family
motored to Spokane via Believets
Pass and the northern route and
returned via Pendelton, Wafla
Walla, Columbia Highway to
Portland, and then home. They
say that Vashon Island vegeta-
ton looks as we'll if not better
than the best irrigated country,
or otherwise, thru which they
travelled.
i The 4th was celebrated here by
a neighborhood picnic in the
Berry Park. A most delightful
time by thirty, some.
Mr.. and Mrs. BennattS, our new
neighbors, and Rev and Mrs.
Howard Of Lisabeula were among
I those present. We were unable
to attend but after many had
gone home. one of the Bennatts'
boys bro't Mrs. Berry and a mum
Der of others in his light truck
and some of the picnic viands
and splendid head of lettuce,
raised in the Berry garden was
brought to us, This kindly and
thoughtful act of Mrs. Berry 5
and those who accompanied her:
was one to sink deeply into our
hearts, and brings Us to realize,
more than ever, that the best as
sets we have on the island are
our many neighborS. Good
neie.hbors-and our hearts go out
still further, and alike, to young
and old.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11
RESOLUTION NO. 1912

Be it resolved by the Board of
County Commissioners as follows
That from and after this date
The dumping, depositing, placing
on leaving Of any garbage, ashes,
debris, gravell earth, rock, stone
or other material upon or in the
banks, channels, beds or bars of
any navigable water in King
county, or the telling of any tree
or trees so that the SamIe shall in
whole or in part project within
the high water bank Of any nav
igable water course, or the cast
ing, placing depositing or leav-
ing Of any logs, roots, snags,
stumbs or brush upon the banks
or in the bed or channel of any
navigable watercourse is hereby
prohibitd.
Be it further resolved that
the County Engineer and all road
supervisors are hereby directed
to report to the Board of County
Commissioners any and all viola
tions hereof
Passed this 7th day of July,
1904
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11

See vashon Island for that home in the West
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11
PROHIBITION OBSERVANCE
SOON to BE STYLISH


m.
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l nI H, ", T r;iiI5' ny
49,, I'M %lNu, y" G ,',,Uar""'' AN''
'NI'l,I NO'oru'S 'ei'er"i"
1t Is my sincere pellel that
booze PartleS ana reckless VIOLA
tloh OF inc law are beginning TO
nauseate mo Alheneah people
lhere Is secret disgust growing
hourly IN ihe heartS oil tine better
Grass Tor tle shy arguments mat
rolieo WIN Suelp detIep tnSo caring
rom I"'ir , tuhsueS ~ " 10y ABOUT
personal hOerty putting the
raw over ON 'ne soldier boys ana
mat! diSoDe'',Rce 10 an unjust
law is ll!SNu'cI' iici'cc 10 .iiis
GlIi@enSnip movement Is pound 10
DC Widespread 4n1 10 iurlilsh d
iorln Oh expression lor thousands
or American cltlzehS VINO nave
tang Deeh secretly reoeiHng al
1r'iK'l'g p''u liquor III V"c ha'lie
OF pressure
"A very Slllatl ! PetcchIase ol VI
"'a'Ioh OF PIOplolIIoil law afiSeS
because Oh apPeVive. y great uGal
or NJ Is Just TO keep up WIN tile
JoileSeS ana 10 prove 10 hele,ll-
ours 'ual we can S'lNe al eApei'-
%iVg art'cIr III our holI a ~ s.ylg
lha' mas no NOR l'''O' ti 1
c c M ~ 10 oN,9 o, 'n ,,nh 'no
tact that 1t Is expensive, sllch as
SeINIils llisnly!ls"le 'oi's"'s' oo'S
nor ,olg S''lElve. =,
oelieNe InaV IT VIII Shortly pe
yILsh TO 0pey Ihe Jaw, o a
aeteTiStlcally' many Oh us continue
N o0eulahco TO an ouIrageouS
Soclai requirement OIL Wllch we
may ne sGcFeGiy ashamed IaIliJ ,
'ilah pe t"e llrSI one " 1le"a
"W ~ ana declare liIuepsiiuei'ce
'al IT, however Hie preahihg d
way does come and IS pegil'iiliis
10 De seen everywhere on IL'S pro
illuItloh question: etl"PS ~
more noteworthy example can pe
ioCnu lnan IN the oGiiParaliG ::
.lhfieQuehcy WIN w Wnlch liquor Is
now served IN o1liclal "aShlhg :.
ton, whereas TWO years ago II
WA. almoSI d social FAUX pas "
omlt II at private OF nome
parties.
Ii a business man We're elf
gagged IN an enterprise, me sue
cess OF Whlch would eStapllSh Ms
Staatilhg' credit ana integrity u,
the community; ne Woupd tl'iih
@erI2usIy. rms government )
standing before the natlons OF
the world and Europe eStllna
itlon OIL Us depend upon Whethel
we are abe TO make gooU Vhe ue
ciaratlon we nave announced IL
the 10th Amendment moi very
many clClzeiis, Irrespective U
| tnslf ptlNat" VIEWS dpouU llquoI
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11
NOTICE

I am agent for the Savage
Washer and Dryer for Vashon-
Maury Island and will be glad to
demonstrate in your home with
ont obligation, 4.
w. D. GARVIN, Vashon
Phone Black 1872
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11

Vashon should get the next
Democratic national convention.
The delegates would keep COM
Portable and sane here and could
get their work done in one-third
the time it took them in New
York.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11

Davis and Bryan is as good a
combination probably as the Dem
ocrats could fix up. They will be
able to give Fighting Bob of Wis
consin a splendid race for second
honors and what more could any
Rpublican ask?
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11
Land Tor Sale!


Highly improved and unimproved
acreage and water front lots,
admirably situated, west side
of Vashon Island, on "Scenic
Colvas Pass, great fertility,
well watered. Fine view, and
for berries, small fruit and
poultry. cannot be surpassed.
Convenient to boat landing and
fine location for summer home.
For tennis and view of premis-
es, call at Plateau Farm. s..
M. Shipley, proprietor, Cove,
Vashon Island.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11

The weather has been quite
cool since the Fourth, a contrast
to what it is in other places ac-
cording to reports.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-11
PRESIDENTIAL TICKET Coolidge and Dawes
The PATRIOTS PLEDGE

Il pledge allegiance to my
Flag and to the Republic for
which it stands. One Nation,
Indivisible, with Liberty and
Justice for all"
The Dolores star., 1924-03-07
CHAPTER vi
The Samaritans.

The first thing Henry Craven did
after Margaret's departure left him
free to enjoy life in his own way, was
to begin worrying about Beatrice
Greer. He caught glimpses OF her in
places where he felt she ought not to
be, though 1t struck him that with her
father away, home was no safer a
place than anywhere else. He sug-
gested to Violet that she extend n pro-
tecting hand to the girl. and in so do
Ing made the troubling discovery that
she had cast Joe into outer darkness
and barred the very name of Greer.
So. reluctantly. heavily handicapped
by his sense OF the ridiculous, he es-
sayed the role of uncle to the girl. be-
gan going to see her and taking her
about. But within n fortnight she
quarreled with him over his supposed
attitude toward some OF her other
friends, foremost among them Lansing
Ware. Finally he did what he should
have done in the first place-made an
ally of Jennie Macarthur.
He and Jennie dIned together over
Beatrice and her problems, and though
they didn't adopt a program, the talk
afforded Jennie n warning when, on
the following Sunday afternoon. she
got telegram from Joe Greer. 1t had
The Dolores star., 1924-03-07
Joseph Greer and His Daughter

handle. so, instead Of cutting forward,
he went on backing the cnr. across the
culyert and up the drive. He made
her no other answer until she demand
ed furiously, why don't you do as
say? What are you going TO dof'
II don't even know your husbands
in that house. | suppose he Is. But
I'm not going to leave you till l can
turn you over to him-as good as l
got you"
Again he saw she was trembling vio-
lentIy. "You-cad," she whispered.
I'm not going TO tell him anything"
he said I'm going to let him have a
good look at me, that's all"
BY low he had stopped his car be-
fore the door. She sprang down and
fed up the path to the doorstep. but
he followed, only II pace behind. At
the door she turned and spoke TO him
in the high, clear. cultivated, leisurely
tone which connotes security and place
and unlimited assurance. I'm terribly
sorry you don't think you cnH stop.
but l know how frightfully late I've
made you. already. Good-by."
But her face made OF that manner a
pitiable travesty. She was on the
verge OF the complete decentralization
of panic. She couldn't endure seeing
her husband and her daughter In the
same room with him. Not today. at
any rate. There was clear hatred of
him in her eyes. but there was appeal
us well, and this he couldn't resist.
He turned sharply away and was
getting into his car whom John Will
Hanson opened the door. He waved
one hand while he slid his transmits
sion-lever into first speed with the 9TH
er. moment more and he was driv-
ing as fast as he could back to town
and Beatrice. He didn't care d-n
what John or any of the rest of that
gang thought of him.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-07
CHAPTER v-Continued.

He filled me full OF Details" John
concluded. "and can't remember
them. I'd like 10 take you out TO meet
him some time and hear for yourself
what he's got to say"
Joe said, seriously, that he'd be very
glad to go. There was nothing new
about old Nicholson's facts, and moth
ing very alarming about his theories.
but he'd be worth talking TO anyhow,
and his stand of Belgian flax worth
seeing II that stuff could be made to
grow in this soil and climate 1t might
be worth lot TO them.
He didn't mention to John that. for
three months, he had put in odd hours
designing a harvester that would pull
fax up by the roots. He was always
as secretive with his immature ideas
as cat with her blind kittens.
"All right" said John, ''we'll plan
to go out there some time, within the
next week or So"
Joe grinned. He could manage IT
tomorrow, he said, though it was a
pretty full day. And he wss going
North tomorrow night.
''Tomorrow's impossible for me-"
said John. "Oh, d-n It, yes, I'll
make It today. II Nicholson's there
I'd promised Dodo I'd go to a ball
game with her-Gisnts and the Cubs
But she'll let me off, l guess"
Nicholson was at home and would
be glad TO see them. So the date with
hy hai tn hn hrntyar
ate lunch together, and Immediately
afterward. in Joe's roadster, drove out
to Nicholson's.
Joe enjoyed the afternoon thorough
ly. He'd never liked John Williamson
so well before; he had never had so
little the sense that they belonged to
two different species. They talked,
for the first time, at ease, and found.
within rather narrow limits, a COM
mon language.
As for old Nicholson, he proved clear
treasure-trove. He was wild, possibly
a little mad, utterly unsound in all his
scientific Ideas; and his manners
though somewhat more elaborate, were
as outrageous as Joe's own. But he
was a perfectly real, unaffected per.
son, happily living life that was just
about as he wanted II. and as sublime,
ly Indifferent to collective opinion as
he was to the facts Of physics and
chemistry.
He and Joe, as they tramped ont tc
the fax fields and back to the "labora
tories" and as they sat in his veranda
HiGCnRcinp hnSpitohla gIyr1nlv n
Scotch and soda, argued and swors a,
The Dolores star., 1924-03-07
By HENRY KITCHELL WEBSTER
Copyright by The Bobbs-Merriu Co.

shut in together snug and close against
the storm, alone and secure; OF their
bodily warmth. the nearness of flesh
to flesh.
She did nothing TO help him. She
said little, made no conversation Of
her own. And what she did say was
no longer friendly but curt preoccu-
pied. Well, lie knew-he knew too
id well-what her preoccupation
was.
He gave over trying to talk at last,
and drove all the harder. He could
feel his heart pounding like a sulky
motor. The rain had increased TO n
cloudburst. II looked like n solid wall
of water he was driving into. There
was only a lurid dusk of daylight left,
and the two misty pencils from his
headlights Illuminated nothing.
Il suppose it's dangerous to go on
through this" she remarked. indiffer-
emily.
It'd be d-n sight more danger
Gus to stop" he growled, and didn't
know whether she had heard or not.
She gave no sign. anyhow. that she
could hear or feel, and he didn't turn
to look
But within a minute or two the ques-
tion of going on was settled for him.
He had been balancing the car on the
crown Of a newly worked dirt road.
1t was trick comparable to walking
The Dolores star., 1924-03-07

tight rope. and when loose stone
threw him little to one side the car
instantly became unsteerable. He
killed the motor and braked as hard
as he dared, which wasn't much, TO
check their momentum, but there was
no way to stop their side-slip. The
only question was whether they would
bring up in a ditch, in which case the
car would no DOUBT roll over or against
cut-down bank. 1t depended on
which was there.
Violet laughed as she felt them go
ing, but not, he noted, the sort of
laugh one might expect. There was
nothing of panic in 1t. 1t was only n
matter of seconds before they brought
up against the bank and stopped with
a jolt which threw her violently upon
him.
For a moment her body was like
steel, every muscle stretched taut !;
but even so she made no movement
away from him. He eased the posi-
ton Of his shoulder by slipping 1t un-
der her, and at that, with a gasp, she
went soft. His arm closed round her
and held her where she was.
You're a good sport" he told her.
hoarsely. There's no telling where
you're going to bring up when you
start side-slip like that"
Her answer was hardly articulate.
been slipping long while" was
what he thought he heard.
He felt an imperIous need to see her
face. and, reaching out with his free
hand. he switched on the dash-lamp.
She fiinched at the faint glow, but
made no spoken protest. The little
light made the outer darkness deeper
The rain shut them in like many
| folded curtain. "Oh, God!" he whis.
| pered, helplessly. Then, with a laugh,
81 guess there's nothing we can do
about IT."
Not thing she murmured.
He pulled her up higher so that her
| head fell back upon his shoulder. and
| kissed her upturned mouth, hotly, I'm.
equivocally. Then he drew back and
stared down into her face.
Her eyes, wide open. luminous, re.
| turned his gaze with something In
them that confounded him-an impos.
slble thing. Innocence! The incred.
ulous, half-territied awakening of q
new surmise! She was mother of a
| grown girl. She had been married the
better part of twenty years. But she
made him think Of Beatrice.
He shifted her over to her own side
of the seat, gently enough, but with
a movement of sudden resolution
then he clenched his hands on the
wheel. I'VE can't go on with this,
he said. holding his voice as steady nj
he could. "It isn't easy to pull up. but
1t can he DONE"
He didn't look at her gazed out fix
edly through the windshield as IL he'd
been driving the car. But he was
aware of her. slumped down little ir
her seat and shudderlng. She gave nc
indication of listening to him, but he
plunged heavily on. in spurts. The
mess had got to be cleared up some
how, now, before 1t grew any worse,