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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-31
Just One of the
Left-Overs
By cLARIssA mAcKIE

- l-LA--N A--lo sighed Hltle
IL as she watched Blake Petit
dancing with Lucille Forrest. Lucille
was graceful dancer and danced in
perfect rhythm with Blake. Helen
was beautiful dancer, too. but Blake
never asked her.
"A combination hard to beat" MUIR
INJURED Helen to herself.
you said ii" CALCULATED pleas
ant voice beside her. Say, you and
1 appear to be ieft-overs. VIII you
dance this with me?"
Bob l didn't know you were
there and Helen blushed, for if she
admired Blake Petit, size scorned
homeiy Bob Benson, who could not
dance without tramplng all over his
partners feet. Helen was quite In
diguant now that he should classify
her as ''left-over"!
Thank you, Bob hut l am tired
che smiled up at him. ~ am glad
to rest here for awhile"
al suppose you're dated up for
every dance" he said wlstfully.
She nodded brightly, but she felt
guilty indeed, for she was hoping
someone would ask her, and thus rid
her Of the amused glances of the
other girls who passed them every
minute or two.
Poor Helen she heard Lucile's
nasty little laugh as she danced past
L -.
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Now. how would you like 10 be in isuch a place as Nanny Meadow . Mouse was in? There she was. with Reddy Fox sitting with his back to ner just q little way of, and all the time thinking that Spooky the SCrcoch Owl was sitting in the top of the tree above her. Spooky wasn't there, but so far as Nanny was con oerned it was just as bad as If he had been there. You Ser she thought he was there. Poor Nanny! She was wholly in despair. She couldn't think of any way that she possibly could escape. Not knowing what to do, she G!d nothing; and, as so often hap pens, doing nothing was the very best thing that she could do.
 There sat Reddy Fox with his back to her. When would he turn around? When he did. would be come straight over there where she was? If he did, what should she do? "Ill climb the tree" thought | Nanny.
 But Reddy didn't turn around. She saw him suddenly prick up his two black ears. She saw him stretch his head up as high as he could. and she knew that he was watching aomething, In moment he actually stood up on his hind leg. It Was
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fair Hotel, where Mooney had learn ed the number of Fogarty's room and promptly had learned from a chambermaid that Fogarty had not slept in his room the previous Tues day night
 "That was the night before your fathers murder" said Mooney the night this H, 4. Jones of Now York registered at the Garfield Hotel. It might not moan a thing and then again it might, This fel- low Fogarty's brcn living in the s0me hotel for five years and the maid says he's often out all night,
 "Still, it's something for him to explain. We've got the stub of the thcatcr ticket he bought and he's Eoi 10 account for that, too. You see, Rand, fl doesn't pay 10 rush at things too fast. Now when we see Fo2arty he'll have to have a pretty tight little story to work him. self loose. You wanted 10 clamp down on him with just the ticket to 20 On."
 l The little detective smiled al his own clavcrness. Jimmy couldn't help admiring him.
 Mooney, it seemed, had somo oth- CT work on his hands in Bridgeport. There was m automobile theft ease which tho chi7f had told him 10 look f,4a v,.1,Ba-
 . killing two birds with one
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From the Pittsburgh Sun: THE END OF THE HOSPITAL
 BAZAAR

The lights are out and all is darkness in the auditorium which last week sounded with the joy and laughter of all Pittsburgh.
 The Orthopedc Hospital bazaar has set the standard for all time and all other cities as being the most gorgeous and successful, both financially and artistcally, Of all similar entertainments ever held in America.
 Beautiful women lured t.c money which would make little crippled children walk with strengthened backs and limbs from the pockets Of Pittsburgh million aires with SO much grace and tact that if a man missed his money it was only because he wanted some moro 10 give to some charming woman.
 The pearls that were presented 10 the entertainment committee by Mir. Karl Whitney in memory Of his wife, brought seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which Is two hundred and fifty thousand more than they expected to get for them. This with the other jewelry erossed for this booth, more than million dollars
 Other booths were just as sue ccsstul as the Jcwelry although of rourse the receipts were not as large Tho flowers alone brought over two hundred thousand dol lars. This booth was presided over
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Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness

By DR. HUGH S. CUMMING Surgeon General. [. $. Public
 Health Service
 Mans fight against disease is striklngly illustrated by his con- quest of Malta fever. II formerly was a scourge in Malta. particu- larly among the British troops sta toned there. Malta fever really Is a widespread disease, although called by local name.
 The British had held Malta since the beginning Of last century, and. although much attention had been given to the fever because some $50 British soldiers fell vic tims 10 1t, no advance WAS made toward its prevention until fSS7' when the living germ, the micro coccus melitcnsis, causing il was discovered.
 Experiments had been made with the object of finding out If the goat, among other animals, was susceptible to the disease. The goats in Malta supplied all the milk. Several goats had been in iected with cultures Of the micro coccus. which causes the disease. but, as they showed no rise of temperature nor any signs what eyer Of ill-health. they were put aside as being immune or refrac- tory 10 the disease and nothing more was thought about them.
 In the spring of 19o6, about six months after these experiments had been made, pr. Zammit, q Maltese member Of the commis- sion, who had kept one or two Of these goats. happened 10 examine their blood, and found that tt cmmped or agslutinated the mi crococcus
 This observation led to the rc- examination of tho immunity of the goat, when the extraordinary discovery was made that about 6n rer cent of the goats in the island were affected with Malta fever, and that 10 per cent nf them were ac- tuaIIv ercreting inc micrococcus of this disease h their milk.
 Monkeys fod on milk from an affected goat, even for one day, al- most invariably took the disease. The military authorities struck Maltese milk out of the dietary, and replaced 1t by an imported variety. Malta, from being the most unhealthy Of foreign stations, became q health resort.
 Anyone so unfortunate as to contract Malta fever Is due for a long drawn out period Of fever and other disagrccable symptoms. While the death rate Is usually low, the disease lasts go long that 1t almost wears out ones patience. II Is also q very heavy tax on ones vital forces. The average duration of th,s disease is three months, but it has been known to last year.
 Perhaps the most important cpl demic which has been studied in this country is the one which oc- cured in Phoanix. Ariz.. ID 1922. More than 30 cases Of Malta fever developed in q very brief period.
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Scre"ch Owl was in the tree above her. Sho sat with her eyes fixed on Htrddy Fox. Suddenly Reddy leap cd over the stone wall and she lost sight of him. But q moment later she saw someone else leap over the old stone wall from tho other side and come racing through the young orchard. It was Peter Rabbit. My, how Peter was running, Lipperty- i lippcrty-iip, lipperty-lippcrty-Hp ran , Peter; and behind him. running quite as last, was Rcddy Fox. Peter was headed straight for where Nam ny M"adoW Mouse sat but Nanny didn't think of that. She forgot ] everything else in her interest in Ithnt race. Run, Peter, run" she kept saying over and over under her | breath. "Oh. Peter do run." 1 Peter did run. Never had he run i harder or faster. Thcre war need of 1 it. Eoddy Fox was gaining, Nanny could see that. Peter himself could sec it. You know Peter can see be
 hind him without turning his head
 much if any. That is the reason his
 eyes are set so far back. It is
 rather necessary that Peter should
 be 2br 10 watch behind him. Most
 of Peters dangers come from he | hind,
 Right past Nanny Meadow Mouse
 raced Peter, lipperty-lppcrty-lip. A , moment later right past Nanny lacod Ecddy FoN. Nanny nearly
 died of fright. Anyway, she felt as if she did, Rcddy passed so close
 that that big tail of his almost
 touched Nanny. But he didn't sec
 her, and he didn't have time to
 smell her; he was too intent on catching Peter Rabbit for anything else. He thinks a Meadow Mouse very good eating. but if isn't very
 filling compared with q fat Rabbit. Rcddy was after rabbit dinner and
 he meant 10 have it. That is why
 he missed Nanny Meadow Mouse 1 Copyright 1926, by T. NJ. Burgcss)
 The nox, story: "Rcddy's Sudden 1 Return"
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Ouicksands of Love
 Adele Garrison's New Phase of -ReueIations Of q M-

ished as noiselessly as she had come. Probably even now, frightened by my call, she Was quaking in her room for fear her identity should be discovered.
 "The house ought 10 be very quiet then" said with a reassuring smile and the housekcepcr's forehead lost It's deep lines, z
 "Yes, I'm sure you'll like i'," she said, but I'm sorry you were dis- turbed."
 Don't give it another thought" urged sincerely for, though did not particularly relish the idea O. prying Polly two floors above me, yet after all 1t was very easy to keep ones doors locked. Then the other advantages Of the apartment overwhelmingly outweighed 90 petty an annoyance as this even If i7 should be repeated.
 A relieved look flashed over her face,
 "I'u see that 1t doesn't happen again." she said. But you know what children are"
 preserved the fiction of the grandchildren with pretending nod, and as she let me out of the door l heard her draw q deep breath and guessed that she was glad in- deed 10 have managed so satisrac- torily an embarrassing situation,
 IL was with the distinct proprie- tary feeling which every woman cherishes toward a prospective new home that I scanned the building closely from the vantage point Of a spot across the drive where I waited for the downtown bus. IL had been an imposing structure In its day and was still handsome with l It's recessed windows and Its heavy, exqulsitely carved iron grille. With the penchant for romantic specula- ton about old buildings, concerning which Dicky leases me SO much. l began 10 sketch mental pictures Of the people who had planned and l bHliI t4l' DphhNibui liplliF' " llO nav lived and died In it. and whose heirs were now content to zee it turned into apartments
 Basement, first floor. second floor, third. fourth--I counted the win dows, mentally contrasting the space which had housed three people and their servants and was now given ove- to so many. The windows were all correctly, If plainly. curtained, and the shades were drawn at the same halfway point In every one. But as my -cs lifted .o the fourth floor ! distinctly saw the drawing back Of the curtain and know some one vas watching me.
 Copyright, 1926. hy Newspaper
 Feature Service, Incl
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milk, coffee.
 Since this dinner requires no last tic English mullins are suggested as q salad accompaniment. These are delicious with winter afternoon tea. and are well worth the effort Of making. The bread pudding planned for 'he luncheon Gacsert is made with 'rgs and is the plain protein dish in the meal. Turnips au Grotin , Five cups boiled diced turnips, 2 cups milk. tablespoons butter. 2 tablespoons four. 11 teaspoon salt, 1-4 teaspoon pepper, Ia cup coarse bread crumbs { tablespoons grated cheese.
 Put tUrnips into well huttered
 baking dish. Melt butter in a sauce
 pan, stir in flour and slowly add
 milk stirring constantly Season with salt and pepper and add cheese. Cook. stirring. until cheese
 is melted. Pour over turnips in ! baking dish Cover with crumbs,
 dot with hits of butter and bake in
 hot oven long enough 10 brown the
 crumbs.
 l Copyright, 1'2s, NEA Service, Incl
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look at him."
 They turned away from thu win dow, lcavius the clerk ablazo with curiosity.
 'Why waltz" Jimmy asked Mooney, "Iogarty's the man we're looking for Why give him Il chance to get away""
 He's not running aYay" declar, cl MooncN '1 know thc kind ol gent we're dealing with and I'm not .iolkiug to him until have some. 'htng moro to go on"
 "Wc want something more to so ou,' Mooney had Said, Well, they had j,, What they learned about Foearty Was sufficient. in Jimmy 's
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hotel and let him try to explain this"
 Not so fast, not so fast" shot back Mooney, For all of his sur. prise, he had been doing- some rapid thinking, He turned to tho ticket s'llcr, Have you got two sro's right behind this ono for ncNl Mon. day night?"
 See what I can do The youne man began 10 scan through stack of tickets, Here you urc---sools 80 and Sl in Row 1. Just what you want, By the way, has l}ig Tom l'ogarty got into a jam""
 'I'm not saying, brother" Mooney reached for the tickets and tossed u bin through the grating,
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Somebody Displays Interest In
 ,iadge's cments


 The sight of the suddenly worried expression in tho housokeoper's face reused cumulative spirit within me 1t effectively bunished any notion that my imagination was responsl- ble Tor the incident of the opening and closing door Of the apartment which ! just had decided to take for tho winter Someone had been spy ing upon me, either from idle curi- osity or some other motive, and the woman before me knew, or at least guessed, the identity Of the offender
 I already had turned toward inc outer door, with the intention or leaving, but instead conirontea her again. with an apparently co'I'- monplace query
 Are there many people in the house? Q" I asked.
 That she read into my question it's real meaning was apparent in her reply.
 "Not so very many" she said slowly, and they arc all very quiet and very nice, They won't disturb you at all. There's a middle-aged man and his wife have the whole first floor--a retired banker he is-- rhe second floor will be yours the third foor--two big rooms each are occupied by busniess women who are away all day and never have much company, while the top moor has five people--two awfully hlce young men in the front room "ho are gone all day, and the other three small rooms-each has woman hut they're mostly away.
 Her voice had been most conVinc- ing-I was sure even to herseit-' until she came 10 the last cards Tn her verbal index. Then it ran down like an unwound clock, and she peered furtiyely at me, She was too honest to be good dissemoier ana iotted down in my mental note' book the palpable fact that she sus' pected one of the three women upon the top floor of being the one who had looked in upon me,
 Curiously enough, her very hesi' tation took away from me every vestige of the fantastic fear which had been mine. There was so plaus- ible an explanation now Of the open ing and closing door that I scored myself severely for not having thought of 1t before. l knew enough of the cramped, lonely existence led by women with no business to req lize that occasionally weaker sis ter among them added little vari- ety 10 her life by peeping and pry' ing into the affairs Of other people No doubt one Of them had stoler down the stairs, gratifed her curl. osity by a look at me, and then van
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disgrace" Jimmy, learning that the stub is from the Paragon Thcater in goes there with DETEC- TIVE MOONEY. They learn that the ticket is q permanent reservation in the name of THOMAS FOGAR- TY.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER VII
 "All righl, Moonty." Jimmy slar. ped the detective on the back. wen go down 10 Mir. Fogarty's S
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He was handsome in a way, hut Ia loose-lipped mouth spoiled what otherwise would have been a down. right good-looking face.
 What smooth worker you are" he sncered to Jimmy. Come on. sister hop in"
 Jimmy edged over toward the curb. Beat it." he said quietly.
 Let's take a crack at the wise guy"
 Tho man at the wheel was climb. ing out, too. Jimmy could smell liquor. He stiffened. Suddenly he flashed out with his fist and caught the nearest man flush on the chin. (1'o Be Continued)
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The length of time that the fever lasted in these cases was from Ge to 150 days. The outbreak was due to the drinking of infected goats milk.
 This lesson should teach us tlw importanc" ut the uastouriantion Of goats milk when sold as food
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atone," amilod Mooney. We've gone pretty near us far as z eau now until NC sec togurty m he busy sunday and part o( Monday, Sup poso we got togulher .'duy atter- noon and plan our reception Tor Mir. FogartE, rhatll giNo you Monday morning to look around for that job you were tulkin' about That is," he added with wink. "it you still think you'il be here long enough to need one"
 Pm beginning 10 think il might not be necessary Jimmy answered, "although this Fog0rty thing looks almost too good 10 be true"
 Sunday morning Hmmy sent a telegram to his molir and sister: "reelng fine and making progress. Write to me-" lIe sent along his address.
 The day passed swiftly, In the evening hc hunted up church, Slipping into an empty pew he sat listening 10 the organ while the church gradually filled up, He reached for hymn book and idly skinned through it. Most of the hymns Were familiar 10 him--Janet used 10 play them on sunday eye nings at home.
 He bccam" gradually aware Of a girl sitting just across tho aisle from him IIa nn,lI b,.p. thought occurred 10 him that he would like 10 be an artist long enough to paint it, Her nose, slight ly tip-tiltcd, and her firm little chin seemed so clearly etched against the background of light.
 He could not see her eyes. and the small hat she wore hid most of her hair. What he could sne of 1t was black and straight and bohbed. Her whole pose seemed 10 him 10 fiji naturally into q church back ground.
 They were praying He found himself on his knees, no, listening 10 the regular prayer. but praying of his own accord. When he looked mp he glanced involuntarly across the aisle. The girl was looking at him. He half expected to see amuse- inent in her eyes and flushed slight ly Instead, he could have sworn there was sympathy and under standing. She turned her eyes away and Jimmy noticed that they were blue. with hfary black lashes. He had walked for perhaps half Il block haforo he became dimly con scious that she was walking ahead of him. lie wondered. half Cuiltily. whether sh" might not suspect him of following h"r--thera was no one else nc9r.
 He wds about to turn around when he saw an automobile pass him and then slow do%n when it reached her to accommodate itself 10 her gait. He could soc two young men in tho front scat. One of them was speaking 10 her,
 She drew away 10 the inside of I the sidewalk and 1uickcned her pace. The automobile kept even with her. SI1o stopped then and glanced around. Shc was plainly distressed. He hurried. One of the men was getting out of the car.
 Jimmy was beside her. Sorry 10 keep you waiting,' he said hurried ly, lifting his hat, q was delayed inside" He wondered whether he was "gotfing away" With his bluff. He wasn't looking for trouble. He suddenly thought of Janet.
 He saw that he wasn't fooling the man who was getting out of the car,
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Menus for tie Family
BY SISTER MARY

hlns'-Grapos, cereal, thin cream, ham omclot, crisp graham toast. marmaIado. milk. coffee.
 Luncheon -'rurnips au gratin. brown hroal, shredded lettuce and apples salad. chocolate bread pud- ding. milk, 'ea.
 DinDor-lrais"d hrjskat of beef, onion and citrus frui' salad, toast . ed English mullins, fudge cake,
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mind, to put him behind tle bars for lengthy stay.
 Crooked as a snake" declared Mooney after a talk Of several hours with a friend in the Bridge port detective hlrcHl,
 "A ward hcohnE politician and tho hcst little yo,o buyer that over threw an election, Mixed up in q lot of high pressure bootlegging and suspected of knowing lot about on" or two M&h-jacll murders. But th'y cant get thing on him. We've heard q lot about that bird back in Grafton. Got plenty of money and plenty of influence. A professional bonds man, too"
 They had gone later 10 the May
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HLGIN MI.Rl. TO-DAY

bLhIN ulshI ioi'Nl
 HENRY RAND, middlc-agcd business man, is expected home to help celebrate his son JlMMrS 27th birthday TAc gathering in- cludcs Jimmy, his sister JANET his mother and BARRY CoLVlN Jancrs fiHncr,
 While they are waiting, police phone that Henry Rand is dead in q cheap hotel The body Is found in n gas.filed room, small welt on the back ot the head,
 Tho only clevsa are q woman s handkerchief and inc stub of vel. low thcatcr ticket,
 Janet Rand breaks her engage. mcnt with Colvin because of the
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raced Peter
 'quitc clear that Redly saw some. thing at q distance which interested him, He was standing up that he might see better. A moment later he dropped down on all fours and, |crouching low, ran swiftly across the young orchard toward the stone wall on the farther side. There he crouched behind the old wall and very slowly and carefully raised his head until he could peep over.
 Nanny Meadow Mouse saw all this, but she didn't even wonder what it meant. Her heart was too full of thankfulncss for her 10 think of anything else. She had been in despair and now hope once more filled her. It was a wonderful feel ing-that feeling of hope. No one can know what that feeling is until they have been in despair.
 Nanny sat perfectly still, for she still thought that spooky the
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The ticket seller flushed. "Nonc of my business, Of course, but if you can get anything on Fogarty you'll be the first one that's been able 10 do it,"
 "Yeah? Well. tlIrH all make mis- lakes sometimes" Nooncy pochrt"d the tickets. He turned to Jimmy, were not showing our haud to 1 l'oEarty vet. We'll have q chance l to find o'1t a few things about him, iaud Monday night we'll get t good
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2::g5 :zgs5]KANQIZE

by Mrs, Graves Hamilton and aH the flowers were donated by her. self or her friends.
 II is thought by the Orthopedic committee that the net sum 10 be given 10 the hospital will exceed three million dollars. Of this Mir. Karl Whitney, Mrs. Joseph Graves Hamilton, Mir. and Mrs. John AL. den Prescott and Miss Paula Perier contributed nearly half Miss Prrier bought things wholesale at every booth. Her most expensive purchase was an old Spanish shawl that had belonged. 10 Marie An toinntte and was another Of the wonderful things that were given to the bazaar by Mir. Karl Whit ncy.
 Mrs Hamilton. although TO, quite so lavish, proved a good sec ond 10 Miss Perier in her pur- chases.
 Today all those who worked go hard for the success of this won, derful charity entertainment, are resting, but tomorrow Mss Periel and the John Alden Prescotts ant their friends will be interested ir the shooting 0: the much talked O. and greatly awaited ~Eot Steel" a the Graves Hamilton steel plant.
 The rush for tickets has beer enormous but only about hun dred and fifty of Mrs. Prescott special friends could be admitted Copyright, 1926. NEA Service Incl
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She Knew

Lecturer: Whats the color Of the human skin?
 Ruth! Woll, er-about the same shade as flesh-colored stockings.- Answers.
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Ten years ago you could take ; girl out on tive-dollar note, ant today you can't even take her home for that.