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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15
COVE COMMENTS
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Papa Mackay over in New
York evidently seems to be in a
heck of a tear, because his daugh-
ter has had the pluck to marry the
man of her choice. One Irving
Berlin of Hebraic birth. Too bad
Papa, you must be rapidly APP
lproaching or rather are right in
the senile age, when memory fails,
else you would easily remember
the beginnings OF your family and
fortune. Irving is alright of good
Iparentage and is making good,
land whether a man be of Jewish
Mohamedan or Christian birth,
and religion cuts no ice if he is a
man and makes good. And you
showed mighty poor taste Papa
IN making handsome present to
| the Vanderbilt bride while you
turn down your own little girl be
cause your vanity is wounded.
Don't be a snob Papa, the nation
is sizing you up by your actions.
Goernor Hartley seems to have
had the same effect on the legis-
lature by his messages as a red
rag waved before a bull, AS far
as | can judge the Governor is o,
K. and trying to get some measure
OF reform for the benefit of the
people as a whole. Had he not
troddeA on the toes of some spec
ial privileges you may rest assured
that peace if net entire harmony
would have reigned at Olympia,
! Go to it Governor. We are watch.
ing the course of events.
Have you ever tried baking your
beet-rootS instead OF boiling them
IN old Guernsey the folks bake
them till they are soft and wrin.
kled like an old man of 100 Try
1t and you will never boil another
And here's one for the batch.
elors. Instead of frying the cold
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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15

many kinds of lonicera, clematis,
ering shrubs that best be pruned
when dormant are hydranges, lig.
ustrums, trumpet creeper, and
jasmine, and some spireas.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15

Mr.. and Mrs. D. Bailey enter
tanned last Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Al Bailey and son Billie, Mr.. and
Mrs. Densmore and daughter, Mr.
Il. Hagie and his intended bride
Mr.. Earnest Bailey and friend
all of Seattle, and Mr.. and Mrs
Leonard Hodge of Center. The
dinner was a great success. Ii
the afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey
piloted the Seattle cars over the
island showing them the wonders
OF this beauty spot.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15
Lisaboula Community Church

Sunday School at 1000 a. m.
Christian Endeavor $50 p. IN.
Evening Service at 1870 p. m.
Every Sunday.
Rev. Ward, Pastor
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15

FOR SALE Plymouth Rock
ROSTERS for breeding. Plymouth
Rock setting eggs. Blk 50. 15-tf
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15

Miss Hatty Hofmeister is visit
ing at the Jensen home She win
return to Seattle Tuesday.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15

Mrs. Stewart former resident
of Lisabeula, is in a Seattle hospi-
tai suffering from broken leg.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-01-15

Mr.. Chris Olson of South Da-
kota, who owns a large ranch at
that place is visiting at the j.
Jensen home now. He likes ii
very much here and if he can, he
will sell out there and come to live
here. Hope he does.
Mr.. Tieg is in the hospital al
Seattle suffering from painful hut
not serious injuries received in an
auto accident.
Mr.. +, Marker had the misfor-
tune of losing his COW. She was
very sick and died Monday.
There will be a meeting at the
school house. The purpose is to
nominate someone for school di-
rector. There will be other bust
uess that may be brought before
the meeting.
Miss IIatty Hofmeister is visit
ing at the Jensen home. She win
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LISABEULA

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

among these people. TheE prefer
death to medicine administered by
stra myers, and their medicine men
work on their fear and superstition
with cunning and set purpose. re-
member that when there was an out
break of smallpox here the French
authorities decided that the natives
should he vaccinated.
The result was a local war, not sig
nificart from either military or other
reasons. bat sure Indication Of the
uncha nSirg mentality of the people
Rather Than permit the strangers to
touch their. their country, or their
people. the inha bitants Of this wild
region fought tooth and nail, trying
to murder their visitors.
The warfare was speedily Guelled
of course. and we ultimately used
some oe the worst offenders as our
workmer in archaeological research
They were convicts and we'll guarded.
TIE Matmatas can he duplicated for
spirit nearly everywhere in North
Africa. Watch an Arab funeral in
Tunis, even, and you will understand
much Emotion pent-up emotion,
makes of the procession a menace.
1t IS hard to sa% why the impression
comes, but as the irregular throng
passes. chanting seemingly meaning
less dirges. 1t is not difficult to trans
form the panoplied stretcher into a
holy hammer, or to hear in the chant
the muffied droning of frenzied men
melting to war. And the mourners
are oblivious to ell that passes. They
wander near the traffic with the ut.
NEST unconcern. They are inpene-
ira BILE. unreachahle.
So much of this unGercurrent of re-
pressed fervor is there that in time
one becomes perhaps little used tn
II and to forget even that K exists.
Yet I have seen go many outbreaks
Of hysteria, in so many places, that
the thought seldom gets far away
from me. the thought of what might
happen. of what does happen in times
of holy warfare. Men cease TO he hu-
man. and women encourage their men.
For long time the world was
rather uncertain whether the. reported
cult of infant sacrifice in Africa was
founded on fact Hr NOT. There were,
ii is true. historical references 20 the
practice in Carthage. references 10 the
custom Of offering livir~ children 10
the goddess in the temple of TanIt.
We knew that the Greeks had i'm
posed as a condition Of peace The ces
sation of the practice of burning little
children alive and the eating of little
dogs. We knew also that the Romans
had prescribed the cult when they
took possession of the territory, and
to enforce their orders had ha ngeo the
disobedient priests to the branches NJ
d he trees In their own sacred grove.
Bu5 il was not until the pick had
dislodged the first indication OF the
actual sanctuary. and the army of
workmen had uncovered the sacrificiaI
urns that lay below yards of alluyia1
deposit that we we're able to appre
ciate the frenzy that attended their
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From the gorge we were examining
we could see an advancing process
sion. 1t looked like monster cara
van with outriders and scouting
parties. 1t should have been peace
full. hut 1t looked distinctly the re-
verse. Across the clear air we heard
the long chanting. the chanting of
dirges that never fail to awaken the
fever in the blood and the chill in the
flesh of the people of Africa.
X x y
WE could imagine the desperate re.
w treat of the Moors from Ora =
NADIA; we could imagine as we'll that
this was an advancing horde bent
upon the extermination OF the inf1del.
In the main body of the procession,
massed together and swaying as one.
were people too numerous to count.
In the dust on either side were Sy-
rating figures. and occasionally we
could see an individual fall pros
trate on the ground, writhing in
agony while the others passed on.
All the time the chant continued,
the army drew nearer. Men with the
dread green banners passed back
ward and forward up and down the
line, doubtless melting their people,
and at last the full volume of the
songs swelled to the promise of vic
tory. The crowd was intoxicated. ripe
for war, ripe for such scenes as can
only be devised by the demented.
It might have bodied i'll with any
who lay in their way Of march and
was not of them We remained hid
den until the long procession was
gone. Happily. they went on unaware
of our presence. that time, and we
were secure. though possibly a little,
shaken.
The next time / came into contact
with them was not quite so pleasant,
though it was closer and the events
were more detailed.
It. happened that a certain man. of
considerable Importance. became inter
ested in our excavations at the temple
of Tanit. and speedily became an en-
thusiastic amateur, and his imagina-
tion was stirred by the discovery of
the sacrificial urns. We had, / re-
member, many long conversations on
the frame of mind that could either
demand or submit to such orgies, and
one Of us remarked that such a thing
would be incredible today.
Our visitor rather doubted that. He
knew the minds of the primitive peo-
pies. knew their fire. their utter disre-
gard for pain or torture, knew fairly
well 20 what lengths they could go. for
they are stra nge people. and, though
we were most of us inclined to disa-
gree with him. his position and his un-
disputed knowledge comma nded both
respect and acceptance.
Not only is 1t possible to under
stand" he said TO us. but 1t is easy
to derstand-that>~is, | think any
of you could be brought to know that
under certain conditions this orgy of
child sacrifice Is not only possible. but
almost inevitable. Either that sacri-
fee or some other equally unbe-
lievabie."
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ALL SOULS CHURCH. FOURTEENTH AND STREETS NORTHWEST

was easier than to learn to he fine
lady. but l begin to think differently"
The young publishers had barely
had time to make the weight Of their
earlesSness and integrity felt in the
National Capital when the War OF
1912 broke. and with II the fear
of an attack on Washington. At the
first hint of danger, both w. w. Sea-
ton and Joseph Gales enrolled them
selves as privates In a volunteer In
fantry company. and alternated in
performing military service. 1t is de
lightfully natural that young MIR.
Seaton's adoring young wife should
enthusia Stically approve of this pa
triotic military body. LAS brave and
handsomely disciplined corps as any
in the District, and appear united as
ban of brothers encouraging each
other in. activity and good spirits.
No doubt il was for no fauit of the
Gales-Seaton partners that the lam
entable rort of Bladensburg &C.
CURED. When the city was bombed
by the British Mr. Seaton left his
editorial post and played a brave part
in the enga cement at Eastern Bra nch.
But while as member of a mill
tary Orga MIA tipn his individual serV-
ice could not greatly affect events.
that he had scored against the Brit
ish through the daily issue of his
paper was proved by the fact that
Cockburn, in command of the BIZ
ish. included the Intelligencer with the
Government property To he destroyed.
This was the only private proper Y
as far as there is racord-to be so dis
tinguished Cockburn ordered the
books and other papers OF the Office
burned on the ba nlis of the canal and
the type scattered on the ground un-
derneath the window. The Intel
lincer, which had Vigorously; melted
Ia a patriotic stand. was evd~ ntly
ranked AS one Of the bell.garents.
II WAS not many years after this
when Mr.. Seato was first asked ~
serve as mayor. but he felt that the
paper dema nded all his time. Aga n
a story out of the past stamps the
joint editorship with an endear ng
humor. a series of articles had been
appearing which had scored tremen-
dously against one of the cabinet Of
tcers who was in opposition to the
Intelligencer policy. Joseph Gales was
sound one day i'm a state of high in
dlSnatiOn. Shaking contemporary
sheet in the face Of his visitor. he said
This paper IN praising our late mas
terlv series OF articles says they were
written by me. Now. I say ii is false,
Every one OF these articles was writ
ten by Mr.. SeatOn. and | never could
write as we'll as he does"
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manifestation 1t was desolates in the
extreme. Thu not yet united wings
of the Capitol were at one extreme
the Presidents House at the other:
scattered between few public build-
ings and a score CT so Of private
dwellings,. from Green'eaf's Point to
Georgetown, over rural hills and
along the banks of sluggish stream
--"Goose-Creek once and TyHer now"
1t was forlornness itself. with it's
unopened streets and avenues. it's
deep mora SSes and it's vast are
covered with trees instead of houses.
But young Mr.. aud Mrs. Seaton
were welcomed by Al that was best
In a society of peculiar interest to
their keen intelligence because it
was In the making. They were not
rs much concerned with the topog-
'aphy and architecture of their new
lone as with people and possibilities.
Young. supremacy happy. endowed
with the charm of the South and
with the best in the way of educa-
ion that the country had to offer.
hey plunged with enthtlsiaS SIN into
he Intellectual. and social life Of the
city
THIS neriod w"s the first Of any
hins like bri''iancy in the new
capital of the Nation The Adams
had camped out IN an unfinished, ,in-
furnished. only partially heated barn
of Presidents House" for barely
two months in 1901: the successors
practice of 'Jeffersonian simplicity"
outraged the diplomatic representa-
tves. and was hard on the furniture:
It remained for the Madisons to re-
store something of the appropriate
form and dignity established by
Washington.
X
MRS. SEATOE'S letters. which
often give the most valuable of
the cotemporarF accounts Of the So
cial life OF the time. being keen, un-
affected and without constraint. also
reflect vivid enjoyment of the festiv-
tiles and both liking and respect for
Her ajesty," as she entities Mrs
Madison. The Presidents house. also,
has become THE Palace" and form
and etiquette are de rigueur. "As /
have not Yet been presented to her
majesty" Mrs. SeatOn writes to her
mother, land 1t not being etiquette
to appear in public until that cere.
mony he performed. he (Mr. Seaton)
preferred to remain with me-" OF
Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Ragot.
the British Minister and his wife. she
comments: VERY handsome, both of
them" But in further description
of the same ball in which these digni-
taries figured together with her hus--
ban nd: William looked uncommonly
ha ndsome. and as it was matter of
general remark. YOU will not accuse
me of wifely Partially when l say that.
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remember one case in point where
A young man intent on recording the
music OF particularly wild crowd
Of people went out alone to the land
of the Troglodytes. and that was the
last that was heard OF him. Imag-
ination serves for the rest.
Throughout. the Dark Continent, to
this day. and throughout the history
Of the continent from the tine it be-
gan to have recorded history. there
are particularly lurid patches of eX-
IRENE faraticism which serve to in
terpret the people with whom one
deals in Africa. They are all of a
piece, from the priests of the ancient
sanctuary of Tanit. hundreds of
years before Christ. to the dread Ais
saouas OF today. The followers of
the Mahdi the dervishes on holy war
fare bent. and the followers Of Abb
Ell krim have common heritage. a
hysterical dementia that finds It's en-
preston best in ruthless warfare;
and. when the green banners wave.
then let him who is wise take care
Of himself
To get the fun significance of a
certain happening in which at first
! was willing participant and then
decidedly unwilling, II is as we'll to
have a sense of the Dark Continent
Jump from place to place IN it's sur
face as you viii. wherever YOU land
IL will be fairy easy to find evidence
of that pent-up rage that proceeds
from a heritage Of apprehension and
finds vent in killing.
Take the region where the artist
of whom | spoke earlier, went. the
region of Matmata. Here ore goes
hack to prehistoric man. l. is quite
hoPk l,t-i,,.- SC
toric man. where civilization has
hardly even impinged.
AS their forefathers' forefathers
lived these people live today. They
raise for themselves mud villages.
with houses-one.room houses
piled irregularlr one on top Of the
other. all facing on to- a common
square. with unbroken walls facing
the outlying country. Seven stories
high Medenine rises. and looks as
though il was undecided which way
To fall, SO consents to remain upright
The houses are built that way to
repel invasion.
Invasion has. been their lot since
the Carthaginians hunted for slaves
and the Romans and Saracens de-
spoiled the land Por amending cen,
turtles they have known no outside
influence that did not contain
threat. What wonder that they have
developed a constant enmity for the
stranger. and look upon him as safe
only when he Is dead?
OR climb the mountains nearby. or
look at the surface o: the earth. In
the mountains you will find the cave.
jewellers. and below the surface of
the earth YOU will find whole villages
stories deep. all dominated by one in
fiuence. the need for self protection
born Of fear of strangers.
Civilization finds the going very hard
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Probably no one ever fully under
stands any country, or any people, un-
less he he of their own nationality 80
we may he forgiven if there still re-
manned little doubt in our minds. de-
spite the certainty of our guest. You
see, though we had had a. very wide
experience. all told. of the place we
had hardly penetrated the thought
processes or the emotional rea ctions
of the people of the continent.
What had happened in the eighth
and ninth centuries before Christ
surely could have neither counterpart
nor relation to the present time. either
in actualties or in possibilities. We
believed the world had gone forward
to self-restraint.
Yet we might have been wiser
There are many nations capable of
the sublimest things for the sake Of
either religious faith or patriotism
Devotion. wherever it is. and what
ever its object. can. and does. sur
mount all possibilities and both per-
forms and accomplishes the impossi-
BILE. We didn't think through, then
that is all.
l remember the young Prince de
Waldeck, my lifelong friend, who was
killed in motor accident soon after
we discovered curse stone at Car
thage, was particularly impressed by
the quiet insistence of our guest. and
we talked long and often on the mat
ter. so that when the object lesson
came We were both very much con
cerned in 1t.
THE lesson came about in this way.
Our new friend visited us fire.
quently and on one occasion he
laughingly told us that there would
perhaps be an opportunity to test our
theories. or at least to witness the pre-
liminary steps in the waking of
frenzy. He had learned that on a GER
tain day a certain part Of the Ais
saoua tribe was to visit leading Of
fetal to present themselves. and to
try to prevail upon him to protest
against the administrative of the
country.
The country is we'll and peacefully
administered by the French authori-
ties. but there are always some mall
contents, some fanatics, who are rest
lessly looking for an opening to de-
clare holy war and raise the stand
ard to summon all to gather around
it. We naturally accepted the invita-
ton to witness the event, and. what
was much more important, when we
we're told what sort of ceremony ii
was likely to be- we decided to take a
motion picture of it,.
Therefore, long before the APP
pointed time. the young Prince de
Waldeck and myself. with some other
members of the party, installed our
selves in a convenient place, and
waited.
l ought to say that we were pro-
vided with guards. both political and
powerful. We were to be shielded by
people who were held sacred by the
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until il was only madness. The dance
became an orgy. and participa nts be-
gan to foam at the mouth. Shrieks
and mea ningless means tore into the
air, and then. one by one, the da ncers
reached ecstasy.
] remember that the end man went
first: there seemed 10 he lot of negro
blood in him. He fell to the ground
and tore himself in contortion. He
was Joined by another. and vet an
other. The priests continued their
walk up and down, exhorting to
greater effort
From somewhere handfuls of broken
glass appeared. The glass was given
to the dancers and they chewed il
as though il were so much rice The
drums were by this time making 4
continuous roar. and more men fell
to the ground foaming at the mouth.
The priests were not satisfied. and
huge nails were given to the men.
and they thrust these through their
cheeks, into their legs and their
bodies.
No blood came. They must have
been grievously wounded. but they
paid no attention to their hurt 1t
seemed az though the nails and the
glass were meeting dead, blOOdless
flesh, that there was no possibility
OF pain. that circulation had ceased,
and the dancers were impervious to
feeling. Yet the priests were not
appeased.
OF such must have been the minis
ters to Baal and Moloch and the Tcds
OF the Phoenicians, relentless. un-
moved. blind to men and deaf to the
cries OF agony. men Of no heart but
Of unbendable will with whom cruelty
was genius Finally they gave live
scorpions to the epileptics on the
earth. and they were snatched Gag.
erly by the dancers. and tasted, and
eaten.
was faint with It all. and I heard
the hoarse whisper of Prince de
Waldeck. 81 can stand no more"
His words seemed to bring me to
among the crowd in the background
some one had seen us. We were not
completely hidden.
Instantly there was a mad rush
for us. We should have received no
mercy al the hands Of the fana tics.
For one terrible, age.long moment,
1t was given TO us to realize some
thing of what would be our fate II
We were enveloped by that wild wave.
One moment-and then we were able
to Hing open the narrow door behind
us. In we slipped-even snatching
the machine along with us. The door
slammed shut.
We were safe. But Is was an ex-
perience so dreadful that II left me
wreck for days to come. II also
enabled me To understa nd how Ii was
that men could do as the priests Of
Tanit did. and also to understa nd. II
only slightly. the spirit that still pre-
walls in many places on the 'dark
continent.
(Copyrirht 1921