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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
Deadens Noise

A NEW sound-absorbing plaster
"A recently invented by DIR. Paul
T.. Sabine. of Geneva, ILL.,, will, it
is claimed, revolutionize modern
hospital construction. According
to Popular Science Monthly, it Is
said to absorb from eight to ten
times as much sound as the ordt-
nary plaster.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20

1t is, in general, more profit
able to reckon up our defects
than to boast of our attainments.
Carlyle.
The first thing, naturally. when
one enters a scholars library, is
to look at his books. One gets a
notion very. speedily OF his tastes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

and the ranges of his pursuits by
a glance round his bookshelves.
Holmes.
Home is where the heart is
Pliny.
An honest man is the noblest
work OF God, Rone.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04

GHERIFF'S SALE.-By virtue of
, writ of e. ia, to me directed, issued out OF
the Court of Chaucery OF the State of New
Jersey, will be exposed to sale at public ven-
due,n
MONDAY. THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY or
MARCH. Ioz6,
between the hours of IL o'clock and O'Clock at
One o'clock in the afternoon of said day. at
the Court House, ia the Borough of Freehold,
County Of Monmouth. New Jersey, to satisfy q
decree Of said court amounting to approxi-
mately $I3,Soo.oo.
All that certain farm, tract or S3arcei Of land
aud premises hereinafter partiea1lar ly descri hed
situate, lying aud being In .thes Township of
State OF New Jersey. Beginningin the south
easteriy corner of the tract hereby conveyed AT
a stake in the line of R. M. HartshoFnes land,
where a small ditch corners which stake and
corner are distant three chains and seventy-iour
links ona course south four degrees west, from
a stone planted in The line between said r. M.
Hartshorne's land and the tract hereby con-
viewed and from said beginning running as
the needle pointed in 1855: thence II north
four degrees east, three chains and seventy
degrees and forty minutes west, twenty-six
chains and sixteen links to the middle OF the
public road leading from West Freehold to
eixhty-Gve degrees and twenty-one minutes
west thiTty-three chains and sixty-two links
along the middle of said road part of said
distance to James Clayton,s lands thence la
south eighteen degrees and thixty-six minutes
east, thirty-two chains and forty-four ipkss
thence Isl north eighty-three degrees and
fifteen minutes east along land formerly
Daniel D. Denises. fifteen chains and ninety
six links; thence E6l north eighty degrees
east, still along sad Denis IS land eleven chaiss
and ninety four links to the beginning.
Containing ninety-seven acres and eigh'y-
niue hundredtha of an acre.
Being the same premises convened to the
sad Archibald Reynolds and Myra ". RSy-
noldS his wife by Mary B. McCnesney, widow,
Ex ecutrix and devisee of Charles H. McChesns u
decd by deed bearing even date herewith and
to be recorded herewith This mortgage ia
given as part of the consideration OF said deed
and is to he considereda PURCHASE money moft~
gage and FIRST lien upon said premises
Seized as the property Of 4 EchitSald Reys
nolds and Myra " Reynolds, his wife, ct al.
taken in execution at The suitOf Mary B De-
Hart and 70 sold by
JOHN H. vANNdATER, Sheriff
ANEREwJ CoNovER, Solicitor.
Dated Msrch =, 1896, t$z68sl
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04
No Henf "a Mars

Even If we should find way to get
over to Mars, we couldn't goat least,
not until we had rugged up some sort
of an electric suit that would take heat
with us. For landing on that inhos-
pitable Shore we should freeze more
solid than icicles, owing to the ex-
IRENE severity Of the climate.
Dr. w. B. Coblentz of the United
States bureau Of standards, using ex-
traordinarily delicate instruments OF
his own invention, has concluded that
100 degrees below zero is just or
binary temperature In our frIgid neigh
boris cline Almost every night In
winter, he says, it goes down TO 20
degrees Centigrade or 1853 degrees
Fahrenheit
Doctor CobIentz made many of his
measurements in Arizona last August.
when Mars was In an unusually close
position to the earth.--Popular Science
Monthly.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04
Says Mongolians Were
Red Mems Ancestors

That the American Indians had an
ancestry common with the Monaghan
tribes OF Siberia and crossed to Alaska
ever the Boring sea are conclusions OF
John p. Harrington of the Smithson-
ian institution.
Mr.. Harrington arrived at this be-
lief after extensive research on the
Pacific coast. He fixes the discovery
Of America by the Indian at more than
10000 years ago. Explaining his be-
lief that the Indians went directly to
Alaska across the Boring sea, instead
Of over the chain of Aleutian islands
at a time when the islands may have
been an isthmus connecting the two
continents he says:
From long strip Of Siberian coast
the Alaskan shore Is in plain sight
across Bering strait, which at one
point Is only 80 miles in width. The
two small Diomede islands also help
to break the passage. This strip OF
water at times is frozen over ana
could have been crossed either on the
Zee or in boats which were made by
the Indians even atsthe earliest times"
Mr.. Harrington discounts the theory
advanced by some anthropologists that
the Indians migrated from the Polyne-
sian islands.
@F'rOm my studies OF the Indian
races Of the Pacific coast believe that
the Indians, after crossing from ST.
IBERIA, gradually spread from Alaska
down the Pacific coast and thence
over all North and South America.
This Is based on the singularity OF
physical characteristics, the wide
spread occurrence Of customs and
myths and an exhaustive study Of the
HmAguagHs.~
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04

IN ono mad burst 0t fear E1Ha& made
him, somehow, reckiessly brave. The
ak CLEANED In the cir and changed on
to the stones through the bone Of
the thumb. He hooked stupidity at
the bleeding stump. only as yet han
realizing the burning pain and the red
stream that spurted from the wound
Then he cried out and tainted.
He came to his senses hours after
ward, In the darkened room.
In his delirtum he had cried out:
'sThey cannot take me now--I am
maimed!"
Ekaterina had heard and under
stood, and later she came into the
room and went to his bedside. Stern
" pale. she stood over him. her eyes
red with the tears she had weDt over
her shattered idol
She went to his bedside and said
the word that branded him for Life
as an outcast wanderer among
men,
~Thou coward" she said deliber-
ately. When thou art well thou
shalt go forth from here, and every
one shah know thee for a faint
hearted
at was an accident!" moaned Igor.
"
I have set down the story as
know it. 1t was told to me at from
tier town in Russia by a man to
whom had given tobacco and few
copecks to buy some food and drink.
He was bearded and gray, and his
voice was like the whine of whipped
cur.
His shoulders curved forward i'll a
perpetual cringe, ard his blood
streaked eyes shifted their gaze
jarl1ily every few seconds. He seemed
to be under shadow, curse. He
was pariah Every one pointed to
him and laughed at him; some spat
in his direction.
But l was moved to compassion,
and gave him tobacco and money, and
he drew me aside, gripping my wrist
Ike a reincarnation of the Ancient
Mariner.
And as he gripped my wrist, no.
ticed that the hand which held me
was lacking thumb.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04
POINTS ABOUT POTATOES.

In cooking this valuable vegetable,
to- obtain the best advantages let 1t
be remembered always that mealy
potatoes are most easily digested,
that old potatoes are more beneficial
than new ones and that close waxy
potatoes are unwholesome.
Wilted, shriveled potatoes must
always be put to soak we'll In cold
water for some hours, as must also
potatoes which have become frozen
slightly.
Raw potatoes when pared should
be dropped at once into clear, cold
water until put on to cook, OF they
will become badly aiscalored.
For boiling or baking potatoes Of
uniform size should be selected that
all may be cooked equally.
Always wash or scrub well with a
small brush. potatoes which are to
be cooked In their skins.
To boil potatoes properly. put
down In boiling water and let boil
moderately until soft enough to
pierce through with fork. Drain
pr all the water Immediately and
thoroughly, or the potatoes will be-
come soggy, losing their mealy quail
ity. Sprinkle with salt.
Shake the vessel up and down we'll
dislodging and separating each POI
tato, and in the process exposing
each to the air for. few seconds
Cover over with napkin or clean
towel and set on the range shelf to
keep hot for five minutes before
serving.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04
The Lawyers Function.

IA the realm Of advice a lawyer
may choose between counseling bis
client how to uphold the rights se-
cured to him by the justice of his
cause. or how to obtain benefits
from the application Of technicalities
and the use Of the weakness OF the
particular statue or precedents under
consideration, whereby he may at
tain advantages inconsistent with
fair play between man and man.
Every time q lawyer encourages such
an application of the law as, result
ing in injustice, casts disrepute upon
the law or it's administration, he is
plainly promoting discord either in
the present or the future. Eyerv
time a lawyer counselg controversy
Tor the establishuenI of a right as
recognized " existing laws or for the
PRONUNCIATION of new law beneficial
to the majority of society, he is exer-
cising his true function, and the
charge which he lays upon his indi-
yidual client and, through him, upon
Industry and progress in the mass. II
reasonable in amount. is we'll earned
and should be cheerfully lad. When
however, lawyer gives the other
kind Of advice. the expense, perhaps
cheerfully borne by the client who
profits personally therefrvln, must pc
Hnally laid upon society as q whole
which is thereby paying for its own
INJURY, and naturally resents the
charge.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04

means Of her friends assistance. this
might have been all very week, but
when the stx1weeks of rehearsal were
at an ends and the time approached
when Gwsaadlin was to say her five
lines and get paid for them, she was
almost laid up with cold and pri lion.
She was hoarse- not too hoarse to
repeat the five lines, but hoarse. Her
lack Of proper nourishment had not
served to add to her good looks or
to her health. When the night arrived
in which she was to begin to say
II refuseir Where shall we buy the
trousseau?" and the rest of it, much
CT the fresh and beautiful color which
had attracted the attention of actress
and manager had disappeared, and
her throat was sore.
Then came her great opportunity.
The star had fallen i'll. and Gwendolin
was the only one who knew the part.
If she had foreseen this she might
have taken cab to the theater on
that particular evening, and there
would have been no reason for writing
this story AS it was, she walked
through drenching downpour, with
no rubbcrs to protect her worn shoes.
She had no sooner entered the wings
than she was told CT her opportunity.
She essayed to express her delight,
when behold. her voice vas gone!
Her vocal chords refused to. manipu-
Iate She could not speak the five
lines that she had so laboriously
studied for the six weeks of rehearsal;
much less could she understudy the
star.
Gwendolin went back to her hall
bedroom, and took to her bed. The
landlady, fearing prolonged illness.
sent for the ambulance and had her
carted off to the nearest hospital,
There, for many days, nurse. with q
white uniform and unlimited patience,
sat beside her narrow cot in the
charity ward, listening to the delirium
of her rawlings and ministering to her
needs.
In the meantime, her landIady had
searched among her belongings In
the hall bedroom, and had acted ac-
cordingly. relieving her mind Of all
responsibility telegraphing to her
relative in the little country town,
and to Jim. The consequence was
that one evening, about twilight.
Gwcndolin awoke from a long torpor
and found Jim at her side, her hand
in his. In the weakened voice OF one
who has suffered much, she began to
tell him Of her dream,
"L4 thoAght," she said, "that you and
! were sitting on the last step but one
CT the veranda at home, hooking out
across the meadow, / thought we sat
there listening to the tinkle of the
cew1yells as the COWS came home. It
wa4 almost twilight There was
tinge of orange in the sky, above IL
hTfnder melting into purple. Above
the purple shone the evening star"
Her egnaeiated fingers frightened about
his brown ones. Il want to go home,
Jim" she taltered. II want you to take
me home!"
II WILL" said Jim.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04
English as Spoken

An eighth grade teacher recently
gave her pupils several words to use
in sentences. In some Of the follow
ing results it is easy to End the
words:
She went in pulmonary coach to
Boston.
The Red Cross is going to use the
pulmonary when people nearly get
drowned.
The child had a pulmonary express
sion on his face.
was writing when beheld the
teacher watching me.
The man declined in his easy chair.
Willard is boy that has tubular
disease.
Don't aggregate the dogs in frons
of the house.
The mans tublars were stopped up.
The man was on milk dialogue
Indianapolis News.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04
RECOGNIZING COLoRs.

The tint of the orange is becom-
ing to the brunette with fair COM
rIexion
For the blonde the delicate Tek
lew Of ripe corn il identifying.
Bright green is becomfng to the
pale, but clear, skin, but not to q
high or muddled complexion.
Violet is allowable only for q face
quite free from yellow tints.
Blue is remarkably becoming TO
fair skins, but only the darkest
shades are favorable to bruRettes.
Creamy white Is almost univer-
sally becoming and the introduction
Of cream lace makes an otherwise
impossible color wearable.
Black Is tiattering to blonde. but
II she be not fair enough te hook
we'll in black an admixture Of her
Own especial Galor Is permissible.
Usually the soft toned grays look
Wel1 With yellow or brown hair.
1SSwns ane becoming to the clear
phan srOwned with golden or brown
hRgng
Rad Is becoming to either blonde
Or brunette, so that the skin be fair
oh. or dark enough and pro-
Il iAss just the right shade OF the
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04
All Alike

Theodore Dresser, the novelist, was
talking about certain Greenwich vii
lage Utopians.
4They despise money" he said. "and
at the same time they're dreadful Dor
rowers.
Mr.. Dresser shrugged his shoulders.
4AlI Utopians," he ended, ARE 10
U-t0pians. imagine"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04

Tradition has It that King Ravanon
IL CeyIon was first Of which there Is
any record 10 start the fiddle business.
he Is said to have Invented the ravan-
astron. 5000 years ago, a cylinder OF
NTea ore sssau on one side across
1880 we're drawn taut. The
played with bamboo
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-03-04

ruse food laws are not responsible
far unadnlteratad narvA
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-18
4 Suitable Program

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scented to the community bE ill.,
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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-18
PAGEANT OF PROSPERITY

Here's the great opportunity for
all of us to show our best front to
Island visitors, whom VIC naturally
must draw from to make UP the
future "Greater Vashon Island. :
The Vashon Island Midsummer
Carnival will be held on July 24tit
which is not very far away
Let's advertise our little old
Island by putting eur best foot
foremost while everybody is look
ing on.
One of the opening features Of
the carnival will be the Reception
Of the Carnival Queen at Burt1n.
She will be met by the Mayor Of
Vashon island and his numerous
escort. She will be received by
speeches Of welcome from the
Mayor and prominent citizen
She will be handed the keys oi
vashon Island, and then follows
the Pageant of Prosperity, or the
big parade by automobile to the
Vashon Community grounds.
We all want the parade to
eclipse anything of its kind ever
held on Vashon island and to fay.
orably compare with anything Of
the kind hitherto held elsewhere
We hope to have every mer
chant participate with float
even if he but decorates his deliv
cry wagon. We want every auto.
mobile owner to doll up his cai
with ribbons and get into line, cy
cry society and club is asked 10
compete for the honor OF putting
across the niftiest showing in the
line. Lets all of us dress up and
show our visitors what these live
wire Islanders are made Of.
Lets all pull together on this
The committee will try to talk t
each prospective participating
group, but meanwhile, let's all start
now to thinking of what each
MS can and will do towards max.
ing this Pageant of Prosperity a
real index of the brains aud en-.
ergy behind vashon island busi.
ness.
Lets all consider July 9th an
All-Gsland holiday and lets look
forward to making the Vashou
Island Midsummer Carnival and
Charity Ball an event that viii bs
talked OF throughout the state, il
not even further on than that.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-18
ISLAND LADIES ATTEND
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCHEON

Mayor Bertha X. Landes Wa,
given a complimentary luncheon
Tuesday by the Women'a Uniyer-
sity Club. Among the one hun.
dred present were Mrs. Coyington
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Rob.
inson, DIR. Baldwin, and Dr. Park
from Vashon island.
1t is interesting to see how Mrs.
Landes has developed with her
public experience, with the larq
er responsibilities she becomes
broader, deeper, and firmer.
She said, speaking to the Uli.
yersity Women, "if education
stands for anything, if it means
anything to an individual, that
person must return to the com
munity an increased amount eli
service for only in that way the
benefit of an education be dem
o.lstrated; and for that reason
She expected moIe from this club
than from any other organization.
Il this club did not support her
where could she expect help
She felt at first that she was
going to be Mayor of Seattle but
she was finding that she was not
only representing the women
Seattle but that through her the
women of the nation were on trial
and that we must make good.
Mayor Landes explained that
the greatest obstacle to progress
was selfishness. That so few peo-
pie asked for anything for the
benefit OF Seattle, but they want.
ed it for themselves or one of their
friends, that we must rise above
this personal striving and dc
things for the good of the city.
If at times we want to criticise her
actions she begS that we will come
to her first and not spread the
criticism until we have heard her
explanations.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-18
1AURY P. Y. a. TO STAGE
FESTIVAL ON JULY 8
(By Mrs. C. L. Garner.)

The biggest festival ever pulled
off ON Maury is staged for july
3 at the Maury Hall.
Everything will be in reaiiness,
lights will be strung, hot plate
installed, entertainment will be
good and a fine array Of booths will
be III evidence.
Everybody come, bring your
friends and neighbors and help us
10 make big spItwge. The Maufy
folks have always turned out in
support of other affairs Of the IS
land and we believe that a return
interest is not much to plan for,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-18
SWELL THE CROWD

Every family on the island has
some friend or group Of frien
whom they like 70 entertain for
lay on the island sometime each
ummer. That being true. LET'S
II invite them over on the am
iay this summer july 2lfh ard
'ake in the Vashon Island Hf
ummer Carnival at the same time
swell the crowd Swell the crowd
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-18

As was said of a great woman
many centuries ago that she was
a real mother in lsreal This can
he said with equal truth in the
passing Of Mother IIarmeIing. She
was an obliging neighbor, faith
full wife, and perhap, greatest Of
all a good old-fashioned mother
Her life was passed within na
rover circle than that Of her dia
tinguished husband, being largely
circutnsenbed by her home, but
everyone of her nine children arr
credit to the state and nation,
and everyone will rise up to-day
and call the name of their mother
blessed Such is an achievement
second to none on earth, and such
was the achievement Of Mrs. ilar-
melting.
Mrs. Harmeling came from ~
ancient and honorable Dutch fam
ily which gave her good blood and
good birth. Her maiden name was
Aida Maria van Dykegraaf-Bin-
nekamp, and She was born in Hell
land, Michigan Sept, It'll, 1852.
On april 18th 1876 She was united
in marriage to stephen John Hd
meliuv and two brief months ago
She aud her husband celebrate &
their golden wedding anniversary.
At that time their nine children
were all with them-eoming from
rs far north as Canada and as far
cast as Washington, d. c.. Ii was
happy gathering. and will ie-
nam with the children aud the
broken-hearted widower as the enc
sweet flowerin the garden Of then'
memory.
Mrs. Harmehng was most De-
voted and faithful worker III lie
Church. For several years She has
been confined to her home, but ev-
en- there her hands were busy and
her mind active IN promoting the
work OF her Lord and Savior. o.
Friday afternoon, June nth, haH
great heart ceased to beat, Ler
eyes closed, and her work on earth
found reward in the dreamlcss
sleep which follows a day OF hon
est toll. Appropriate funeral SER
vices were conducted by her
pnstur. the Rev. Hugh Arm
strong at The Presbyterian church
ON Sunday afternoon Many eath-
cred TO weep with those who weep,
and drop a tear Of sorrow in be-
bef of the island S loss in her
leaving.
Tile flowers scattered every
where about The casket wera mute
Witnesses OF the sweet life they
surrounded The choir sang
"Ahida with Ne, Lead Kindly
Light, aad 'Foith Of Our Faith
ers. The beaters were W. j. Ma
gowau, Rev. Il G.. Ward, Fred
Br gnan H. a. Weiss, l.. c.
Beall, and p. NJ. Smock. The bodg
was laid to rest ia the island
cemetery.
Green Be the od above thee,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-18
CARD OF THANKS

TO 0Ir Friends. to nas neisbboe
TO the different ifaieral bodrS
and Co the church. W. 0ls1 90 cx
press our thanks for sll the kind
arsse shown turing .hr Hines
and death % o1r dear wife ON
mether-
S. =. IIarme.np and
aud children.