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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-16
BY ELSIE WEST.

The best OF friends must part,
they say, and in the same way
al times we are forced to part
with some Of our best tradi-
tons and conventions. Crowded
housing conditions with the adj
vance Of the kitchenette apart.
ment have made IL necessary
to sometimes combine the living
and dining rooms. IA dining
room of, this kind Is at best Il
nakeshift. Not that It must be
unattractive looking. for there
are delightful ways In which to
furnish the room, but from the
standpoint OF comfort and con.
venience you'll find it quite I'm,
satisfactory. When there are
just the two OF you home, you
perhaps would not find It so
announcement, but even then you
have no places to keep your
china, silver and linens at least
sufficient room Cor them. hut
the biggest problem of all Is the
problem Of company. Having
guests should be- q pleasure to
the hostess and what hostess
can be overjoyed at the prospect
when she knows that she with
have to have the table set be-
fore they arrive, and all In plain
view, OF. she must remove the
bookends, the magazines and the
lamp and set 1t In their pres.
ence? But even that thought ii
not as appalling as that thought
OF aEter the meal she cannot
spend the evening entertaining
her guest: they can't rise from
an enjoyable dinner and 20 into
the living room for an enjoyable
visit Or q game Of bridge. why?
Because the dining room has to
undergo g change before ii be.
comes q living room and per.
haps the table itself IS needed
for the game.
It Is regrettable that ii every
home there IS not room for B din
ing room proper, but the fact re.
mains that these tiny apartments
are being built and the problem Of
furnishing this double duty room
Is before US. The prime requisite
is Of course q table. / think that
no better table could be selected
than ono Of the gateleg variety,
and this can be rather good sized
without seeming too large for the
room, for It can always be placed
against. the wall with the outer
leaf either extended or let down.
A table like this Ii In excellent
taste and gives no hint that the
room Is being used as d dining
room, for they are found Ii .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-16
MIRRORS AID
DECORATIVE
Fl An
Space Illusion, Color, and
Light Are Greatly Aided.
Complete the Scheme
BY MARGERY CURREY.

"A mirror today IL far more
than the piece Of utility furni-
ture that it used 10 be IN the
plain old days when '.hall tree, !"
dressing table and bathroom
were the only places In the
house In which to find one.
Mirrors In d room are be-
Witching. elf-lIke things, full of
surprises and sudden beauties.
~ tail, narrow mirror at one
end OF q room Is III effect d
doorway through which one may
stem, finding more space. And
while this impression Is created
the feeling Of greater space and
less repression iS given, and il
has its beneficial result both On
the appearance OF the home and
on the feelings Of the family.
"A clever arrangement of mir.
ror and surrounding furnishings
VIII do much not only to IN.
crease the spaciousness Of i
room, but also to bring into /,
more light, more color, and more
that s pleasing in whatever
meets the eye In the room. The
mirror will pleasantly throw
into the room much light il ii
- placed on a wall which il
adjacent to that in which there
are windows. It may be Sc
placed that from q number q
angles there are Charming re
Elections Of other groups Of Oh
jects.
For instance, from one angl,
there is reflected in the mirror
Q group including some drapery
. chair and colorful picture
above. From another angle
comes vista of graceful
flowers in a vase on the Twins
room table, and another view
seen in the mirror is that 81
an archway leading into a dis
tAnt sun porch. with it's warmth
Of lighting and gayety of color
There is an endless variety
10 the shapes and sizes II
which mirrors can be found
today. They are in beaufifu,
frames, which add in design ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-16
IRISH DISHES
STIR IADED
TASTES
Celebrated Recipes Given
As Used BY Erin's Cooks
for Generations
Irish Stew.

Two pounds lean mutton. three
or four onions. six potatoes. saIt
Cut the mutton lii pieces aho1sf
four inches square and have n
sliced about one inch II, thIclrs.
ness. Cut the onions TN thlclr
slices. Place the mutton, onlons
and salt in q suitable contalner
and simmer slowIy iii sufficient
water to cover the meat an6
vegetables for about one nnS
one.half hours. Add potatoes cnT
In halves.
Simmer all for another half
hour or until the potatoes are
tender. Serve.
Potato GriddIe Cakes.
Potatoes. salt and flour.
Mash freshly boiled potatoes
until very smooth. Add the SAT-
and work in enough flour n
make a soft dough. Roll out
one-haR inch In thickness and
cut In round cakes. Bake on Az,
oiled griddle and brown on both
sides.
POtted. Herring.
Fresh herring, salt and pen.
per, four cloves, pinch Or mace.
pinch OF allspice, two bay leaves.
Bone and roll the herring. Place
half Of the seasOnings In the bot.
tom of the PAM. then place Tie
ierring In the pan and then ada the
rest of the seasoning sprinkleA
over fish. Add a. little water and
them add brown vinegar to cover
the fish. Bake in q slow oven.
Serve cold.
Irish Potato Cakes.
One pint mashed potatoes. one
pint Eifted flour, four teaspoons
baking flour, one teaspoon cara.
way seeds, one tablespoon butter,
one teaspoon salt. one.half cup
milk.
Mix and sift dry ingredients
work in butter. add seeds, mashed
potatoes, and lastly the milk.
Roll about as thick as biscuits
and cut In squares. Cook In d
small amount of fat in a frying
pan, over a slow fire. Serve hot,
split and spread With butter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-16
lF YOU. G EAN RUGS
YOU MUST READ THIS

Here is . good way to keep
rugs straight on the line while
being cleaned.
Stretch the clothesline the
same ass on washday. Tie d rug
pole or clothes prop preferably
q rug polel lengthwise on the
lire, using q strong string or
light cord. Tie this in about
three or four places. This keeps
the pole perfectly taut to the
line Then put your rug over
the pole and line.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-16
Pan-Fried Fish

This method Is generally used
for small fish, or fish steaks.
The fish should, OF course, be-
cleaned, then busted with salt
and pepper, and rolled In flour,
cornmeal, fine cracker crumbs,
or fine bread crumbs. Melt
enough Snowdrift in a frying.
pan or skillet to barely cover the
bottom. and when hot. lay In the
fish. browning 1t. first on one
side, then on the other, and al.
lowing from ten to twelve min.
utes for the cookery. Serve with
sliced lemon. or any of the sauces
enumerated for broiled or boiled
fish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-16
Finish Inside Of Drawers

A coat Of a velvet finish var
nish applied to the inside OF
drawers insures their being dust
proof and sanitary. besides being
attractive. Another method now
In vogue is applying before var.
nishing q coat Of fiat tone painf
to the drawers Of the table or
desk which Is in harmony with
the color suggestion carried out
in the room.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-16
Comforts Of Home

Does your house provide com.
tort, enjoyment and some pri-
vacy for everyone? Has 1t light,
air, sunshine and running water?
Is 1t easy to work In and keep
clean? Is your furniture chosen
and arranged to make the whole
family comfortable? Is the col
oring attractive?
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16
SUPPOSE YOUR DOCTOR
REVERSED THE GAME

Suppose that next time you
need the doctor hurriedly, perhap,
in the dead if night, when the rest
of the town is asleep
Suppose that he said, eyes, I will
rush right over!' And then did
not come.
Suppose that you then called
him again, and he said this time,
"Oh, | have been so busy L really
forgot. I'll see that you are tax
en- care of right away"
And then he didn't come.
By now you re really brighten,
ed. You or one of your family
are in bad way. You really
need the doctor-quick!
Suppose your doctor reversed
the game ]" You play this game
on him. You promise to pay, and
do not. You tell him you have
merely overlooked it" and then
continue, purposly, to overlook it.
You say, cob Doctors dom
expect to get paid promptly"
Who told you this9 Simply be.
cause You delay is no reason to
think that all Others do so.
Now suppose your doctor treat
ed you as you do him.
How would you like that?
Right now as you read this,
your doctor reads it. And he i'm.
mediately thinks of you. If he
gets a check from you in .tomor-
rows mail, he will know this mes
sage was not intended for you.
The Doctor.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16
VaShon School Notes

The state debate schedule is Out
and Vashon is to have two debates
at home and two away from home
The first debate is November 13
and the debate squad is working
hard in preparation for it. Miss
Oberg is the coach and good
showing is expected from her
team. She took the members OF
the squad to Seattle last Saturday
and they spent the whole day in
the Library. The complete State
Debate Schedule is as follows.
Question. Resolved that the
constitution OF. the United States
should be so amended as to EN-.
power congress to- restrain, regu.
late, and prohibit labor of persons
under fifteen years of age"
November 10. Bremerton at
Vashon. Yashon to support the
Negative.
December IL. Winslow at Wash.
on. Vashon to support the Affirm
alive.
January 8. Port Orchard at
Port Orchard. Vashon to support
the Negative.
February -. Winslow at Win.
slow. Vashon to support the AT.
firmative.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16
ALEX STEWART, ATTORNEY
300 Arctic Bldg, Seattle
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF WASHING.
TON, FOR KING COUNTY
IN PROBATE
No 37S72
NOTICE TO- CREDITORS

In the Matter Of the Estate Of
James Murray, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed
and has qualified as Administrator
Of the estate Of James Murray,
Deceased; that all persons having
claims against said deceased are
hereby required to serve the same
duly verified, on said Admins
traitor or his attorney Of record
at the address below stated, ant
file the same with the Clerk o!
said Court, together with proc
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16

Of such service within six months
after the date of first publication
of this notice, or the same will BIT
barred.
Date of first publication, Octo-
Der 8, 1925.
Charles Mccarthy
Administrator of said Estate.
Address 900 Arctic Bldg, Sc
attic.
ALEX STEWART
Attorney for Estate
500 Arctic Bldg.
Seattle, Wash.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

This is to certify that Clarence
B. Potter is no longer in any way
connected with the Means Dairy.
| will not be responsible for any
debts he may contract.
M. II. Means,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16
vAsHON DEFEATS FOSTER

Revenge is dear, revenge is
sweet and Foster met hers in
shape of defeat.
The Foster High School football
team fell before the Vashon Tigers
at Foster, last Friday afternoon.
Vashon swapping their opponents
Al to 0. Despite the, one sided
score the game was far from dull.
From the first kick off to the
final score it was clearly Vashon S
game. Inside one minute and fifty
two seconds Vashon, by series of
end runs and line plunges, secured
her first touchdown. From then
on it was clear that Foster was on
the defensive, Vashon scoring al
most at will. Besides playing a
wonderful offensive game Vashon
held Foster in their tracks, Foster
being able to claim first down but
four times.
Clever tackling was made by
the whole backfield and several of
the line. Captain Scales at left
end made tackle after tackle be-
sides ripping total of over forty
yards on the offensive. At the end
of the first half the score was "a
to @.
On resuming play, several sub
situations were to be seen on the
Tiger lineup. The second period
proved to be repetition Of the
first, the Vashon team running
the score, to a total of a by the
time the final whistle blew.
Vashon's backfield seemed to
be a fast, powerful, quick thinking
quartet, working behind fast
and seasoned line. The Vashon
players are showing constant i'm
provement, the entire team play
ing as one. One of the outstanding
features of the game was Vashon s
beautiful interference.
Vashon's next game is with o.
Dea High School. The Tigers
have played three games, losing
the first, tieing the second, and
winning the third, and showing
marked improvement in each con-
test. Look out, O'Dea!
Score: Touchdowns, Bridgman
g, Corbin l, Inglebretsen l., Ward
l. Drop kicks, Ward l. Try for
points, Ward 5.
Vashon lineup. L. E., Scales, L.
T., M. Corbin, L. G., G. Corbin, c.,
Marsh, R. g., Breno, R. T., Matt.
news, R. E., Levenseller, R. H., In.
glebretsen, L. H., G. Chantler, O.,
Ward, F., Bridgman.
Substitutions: Harrington, L.
IT,, Scales, L. H., Morgan, R. G.,
Paulson, R. g., Bacon, R. T., .Reev-
es, Il. e., Matthews, II. H., McGill
r. &.
The Freshmen are to give their
return party on Nov. 6. Com
mittees to take charge of the re.
frcshments, entertainment, and de.
corations have been appointed.
The Frosh expect to issue their in.
vitations some time next week
and will arrange for the buses
from the different routes also.
Arrangements for the Senior
Glass Pin have been finally com.
pleted. The pins are to be made
by Weisfield & Goldberg, and will
cost 100 each and $1,000 for the
dies. The Senior Glass will pay
for the die which will raise the
price Of the pins to $3.50 each, The
pins will be ready about two
weeks from now.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
This is to certify that Clarence
| r. Potter ic M lnnOnr in INV yyo
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16

Take your meals at the new
dining room of the Cash and Car
ry Grocery.
Evening star., 1925-06-07
Artificial Flooring.

IT was an ingenious Frenchman
who conceived the idea of arti-
fetal floorings made of sawdust and
other ingredients. The flooring com
position consists of a solution of mag
nesium chloride to which pulverized
magnesia is added OF itself, it form
white, absolutely solid, artificial
stone. II sawdust in considerable
proportions is added to this cement,
the combination, when il becomes
hard, possesses many of the qualities
OF both wood and stone.
Some of these floorings are mixed
on the spot and laid. while soft, upon
the space to be covered; others are
nodded into plates and delivered ready
made. 1t Is said that one French
firm impregnateS the wood meal with
oil before mixing 1t with magnesia
paste. a process that renders it non
absorbent
The cheaper grades of flooring in
Europe are colored to resemble limo
leum or mosaic paVements, and in
many instances have given entire
satisfaction during a considerable
term of years. Floors thus made are
more elastic and much warmer than
cement floors, and they also preserve,
smoother surface. Under the fire
test this flooring chars, but does not
burn. 1t is poor conductor of heat
and, therefore, a good material for
use in districts where the fire hazard
is great.
Evening star., 1925-06-07

all occasions the people most unmerci.
full to the Chinese are their own people.
The coolies are continually fleeing to
the foreign concession for protection
from their soldiers. Whole families
are seen seated on peculiar wheel
barrows, broad, with a ledge down the
center, accommodating sometimes as
many as 10 persons. and pushed by
one coolie, with their worldly goods
tied in bundle on their backs or fol-
lowing them in ricksha. Thus they
poured into Shanghai by the hundreds
during this civil war.
Sedan and WheeIbarrow Coolies.
Where there are hills to be climbed
and bad roads. you will still find the
sedan chair-always associated with
China. However, these are almost
never seen in Shanghai and Hankow,
and are not used by foreigners. In
Hongkong they had many, but we
felt so sure of meeting them else
where that we lost this opportunity
of trying them. They are like huge
black boxes-with roof and windows
swung on two poles, which fit the
shoulders of two men-one walking
in front and one behind. The sedan
chair coolies are blood brothers of the
rickSha coolies. with the same charac-
teristics when it comes to being paid.
The work carts of China are all on
one model-the wheelbarrow. They
Evening star., 1925-06-07
When Candy Explodes.

MOT long ago a serious explosion
occurred in a cork factory at Ed
inburgh, Scotland, and the cause
thereof was what is ordinarily held to
be harmless dust. Any dust that will
burn can be made to explode All
that is necessary is there shall be a
mixture of air and dust in certain pro-
portions.
Dust in flour mills sometimes is the
cause of mysterious explosions, mys-
terious in that the cause is sometimes
not suspected by those ignorant of
the above facts. When a certain
amount of flour dust is placed in a
box containing two cubic feet of air,
it can be exploded with sufficient
force to- throw four or five boys off
their feet, should they be standing on
the lid of the box at the time.
Even candy is explosive, since it
contains sugar. An explosion which
occurred in candy factory some
time ago originated at the tables
where marshmallows were being
made. Marshmallows are coated with
fine sugar and the hot dry air became
so laden with sugar dust that the mix
ture ignited from some cause and a
violent explosion occurred, doing much
damage to the building.
Evening star., 1925-06-07
Eyes That Glow

THE eyes of many animals glow In
the dark. This is commonly be-
lieved to be due to the phosphorescent
matter in the eyeballs. 1t is, however,
all perfectly natural. The light does
not proceed directly from the eyes OF
the creatures, but indirectly. That is
to say, it is a reflected light. The
eyes of an animal coming out of the
forest and approaching a camp fire,
glow like two balls of fire. This is
because its eyes are mirrors and re.
fleet the light while the rest of tho
animal is in darkness, a spectacle that
renders the effect all the more strik-
ing.
1t is claimed that black peoples
eyes shine in the dark, but that the
eyes of white persons do not The
truth is that the eyes Of white persons
have as much shine as the eyes of
negroes. The reason we do not per-
ceive the shine in the eyes of the
white man Is that his skin is Of so
light tint that any light shining
upon his face illuminates the skin,
thus detracting from the shine of the
eyes.
Experiments made with a number
of animals shut up in rooms where
absolutely no light could enter have
always had the same result, there was
no shine in the eyes. But when a few
rays of light were permitted to enter,
the creatures eyes took on the lumi-
nous shine
Evening star., 1925-06-07
Air Mining.

FEW persons realize to what an
extent the air is today being
worked" for raw materials. Many
millions of dollars worth of chem.
icals are being extracted from the
atmosphere every year. among them
elements which until quite recently
were regarded as rare scientific curl
osities.
Some years ago the term mining
the air" was used by Sir William
Crookes, who was among the first TO
foresee the possible bottling of it's
constituents as marketable commodi-
ties.
Now, the air we breathe consists,
roughly speaking, of a mixture of
the gases nitrogen and oxygen in the
proportion of four to one; but 1t con-
tains considerable quantities of argon
and neon, among other things, which
have already assumed a serious COM
mercial Importance.
1t has been recently stated that the
annual output of oxygen in the
United States alone amounts to a
billion cubic feet, of the present
value Of nearly SIS 900 900.
rapidly increasing scale in the engi-
neering world-with acetylene, to
make the intensely hot flame which
cuts through steel rails like a knife:
tor welding and a dozen industrial
purposes.
Nitrogen is being trapped from the
air on an immense scale for the man
ufacture of fertilizers. In Norway
115 tons of calcium nitrate fertilizer
was made with atmospheric nitrogen
during 1905. BY 1909 the output had
increased to nearly 10000 tons. To-
day it is enormous
Every modern country possesses an
inexhaustible supply of nitrogen for
the manufacture of explosives for
military purposes. The air is driven
over an intensely hot electric arc
flame known as the electric sum-"
6 feet in diameter, and the nitrogen
trapped as nitre oxide, from which
the nitrogen itself is ultimately com
bined with other elements to form
nitro compounds.
Argon and neon, very recently
looked upon as rare and costly ele-
ments. now bring a few cents cubic
foot and are used for filling incan-
descent electric lamps.
The now familiar half-watt lamps,
which have revolutionized electric
lighting, are filled with nitrogen after
first being exhausted
Air mining is in fact one of the
newer industries, and one of its most
attractive features is that the supply
or raw material is constantly being
replenished and therefore inexhausti-
bic, while it is free to everybody.
Evening star., 1925-06-07

future desire to partake of the prod
ucts therefrom. But from sunrise to
sundown the coolies must toll for a
bare pittance. The wages paid vary
from 20 to 80 cents a day. with food
to $50 and $25 a year when perma-
nently employed. This includes
board and lodging, but the money is
local currency, which would equal
just about half the amount in our
money, or gold currency. If you care
to figure out 70 per cent of 800 900, ,000
you will have hazy idea of the num-
ber of people wrestling their living
from the soil of China. All up the
Yangtze River you can see them on
the banks carrying water in buckets
and by numerous crude devices back
to their fields; driving or tending the
huge water buffaloes, who must every
day have a SieSta in the muddy
stream. above which only their heads
are visible; plowing or digging the
earth, dressed in what, from the ship.
look like blue denim pa jamas, with
straw hats as big as cartwheels pro
tecting them from the sun. Endless
toll for a meager existence, and an
honorarium of S13 gold year.
Ricksha Coolies of Seaports.
In the ports you become acquainted
first of all with the ricksha coolie. He
is everywhere. padding along in front
of his little brown buggy. He jOgS,
Evening star., 1925-06-07

his hair parted in the middle and with
cane and spats becomes chairman
of a committee to give advice to the
poor. and his picture is set up in the
shop windows. A chap with fore
head half a millimeter high and who
can tie his ears in bowknot over
the top of his head gives a tip of $500
to a waiter and a hundred thousand
people read about him till their eyes
ache. But a man who plays the
march at your wedding and the fu-
neral of your friend, Oh, WELL / do
not know his name-perhaps he
hasn't one-he's just a member of
the band. The Rambler has more
thoughts on this line but he hasn't
space to spill them now. He must on
with the story.
X
A UGUST Schroeder formed Schroe-
der's Orchestra in 1878. Then he
formed other orchestraS, each known
as Schroeder's Orchestra, so that
Schroeder's Orchestra could be in diff
ferent places at the same time.
Schroeder's Orchestra played for the
dance at the coming-out party of your
mother. at the reception which your
grandmother gave lin honor of" the
Evening star., 1925-06-07
Microscopic Movies.

MIcRosCoPIC moving pictures
have recently been shown deal
ing with the intimate existence of the
bee, the spider and the ant. So re-
markable Is their clarity that spec
tators can see a flea on the eyebaIl
of an ant.
The pictures incidentally brought
out that a queen bee must be born
upside down. That in losing her
sting she loses her life, and that the
queen stings only other female bees.
Portrayal of the spider and the fly
show that in a single path across
dish OF food the fly leaves enough
typhoid germs to give one for each
man, woman and child in New York
City. That the spider can in two
minutes spin thread $50 feet long.
This thread when compared with
human hair is barely more visible
than light rays.
Referring to ant life. it explains
that the male is a drone, but the fe-
male can lift what to a man would
be 250,000 pounds.