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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-07-15
EET-CRO GARAGE GETS
ADDED EQUIPMENT

The Met-Cro Garage has this
week finished building and equip.
ing wreeking car to aid in hand
Ing their increasing business.
The car has a five ton winch and
crane and win be powerful enough
to put any ear or truck back on the
road. This popular garage j,
eteadilv adding TO its equipment
and is always on the job to serve
you.
The Yakima growers have ship
ped 63 ears Of spring lambs to the
Cricago market.
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Coring Huge Columns.

THE successful coring, not long ago,
of four large monolithic granite
columns in San Francisco has been
instanced as an example of the ex-
traordinary developments along these
lines. This work was accomplished
in the course of the construction OF
one of the largest and most expensive
structures in the city. The pillars
were IS feet long and 2la feet in
diameter. After being quarried and
externally polished. each column
weighed 16 tons. In the coring hair
of the weight was eliminated.
The pillars were quarried vertically,
which is unusual; so that they now
stand in the same position, perpen-
dicularly, that they did in the granite
strata. This, engineers assert, en-
hances the pressure-sustaininG power
of the columns. They were cored so
as to be fitted over powerful steel
structural I-beams Eighteen and
one-half inch holes were made
throughout the entire length of each
pillar. The drilling was done from
each end of the column; the holes ex-
tended in 9 feet from each cpd. and
met in the middle Of the rlt,r So
accurately was this work done. that
each drill hole met midway as per-
fectlv as a railway tunnel.
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ner; 1:45-Supervised study or textile
glamourOuS days in Washington
base ball. pitched horseshoes, moot
court or do-die squad.
Moot court was generally a mock
trial for some imaginary offense
though sometimes it took a serious
turn. a student being tried and pun
ished by the student body for misde
meanors. If convicted, the sentence
was certain number of ticks by
the do-die squad as the culprit craWled
between outspread knees-recrea
tional for all except the victim.
After the games a bath and dinner
were followed by one hour of study.
then Happy Hour when husky
men, fathers and sometimes GRANDPA
theirs, laid aside their ponderOus ways
and entered with abandon into games.
songs and stunts. After a day of
hard work and good times-bedtime
at 1890,
AT Anderson practically the same
program was observed, with the sub
stitution of sewing, cooking and the
art of home making for the more mas
culine pastimeS.
All the pupils We're required to check
daily a health chart. Judging from
their shining appearance in Washing
ton, there can be no doubt but that
most of them rated 100 per cent-and
in some cases oVer-on the following
items: II take daily bath: | brush
teeth daily: l wash hands before each
meal; L change underclOthes semi
weekly. I wash my hair weekly; |
chew well. talk and joke at ta-
BILE; I drink four glasses of water
daily; I drink only one cup Of coffee
at meal; L do not drink dope; | do
not drink from another's glass; l keep
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INSTALLMENT III,

For a moment after discovering
the IRE the four boys were stfnneds
Then Bob, first to recover his senses
MADE a break for the kitchen door.
"qlick, fellows" he cried, az the
screNM slammed behind him. we've
got TO fight it. II it gets into the
woods the barn and everything else
will go.'
Just a minute, boys" exclaimed
Mrs. Sauers, her voice calm in spite
of the ira gedy that threatened.
You caa't fight It with your hands.
Get BUCKETS from the spring house
There are some by the Watering
trough, too. Hurryr'
In a moment the buckets were Sc
cured, and they were crashing
through the woods % where the
flames were Gracklins, a hundred
wards away, The mill was q small
one-merelI q saw operated by a
gasoline Engine and 6 shed There
supplies were STORED. But the man
M:lo had beep Cutting the timber
FOR NIX Eauers had been working
for some weeks, and piles Of lumber
stood all about. There was clearing
for a space around the little mill,
but already sparks were shooting into
the nearest trees.
This is some more Of that tramp
work" gasped Porky, as they Stun
bed through the underbrush. coming
nearer and nearer to the blaze,
We've got 20 stop it, cried Bill
through set teeth. Mr.. Saucrs viii
lose everything if we don't"
At last they broke through tho
surrounding bushes and came full
upon the fire. Hungry tongues OF
fame were licking at the little shack
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We're used in classroom discussions
BY the Washington trip the pupils
were given an opportunity to study
first hand what had been particu-
larly stressed in the classroom this
seSsion-"MY Government-What it
has done for me and what l can do
for it."
One of the outstanding pieces of
work by the pupils at Anderson this
year was a History of South Caro-
lima" in four sections, from the dis
covery Of America on down to the
present Each girl received a topic
and was required to contribute page,
illustrating with an appropriate pic
ture. 1t is hard for an outsider to
conceive of the amount of labor which
went into this boOk-after the ac-
emulation of facts. the arduous task
of sentence structure, capitalization.
punctuation, A page by pupil 81
years old. who had been in school 20
nights, is here given:
would you like to learn how the
first white man found his way to this
country and how other white men
came after the first bold sailor had
shown the way? Columbus discov-
cred America in 1892. After Column
bus discovered America all the ma
tons of Europe wanted to make set
Elements in this country. England
France and Spain made the most set
Elements"
The daily program at Erskine will
give an idea of the variety of the
work: a.m.-Setting up exercises
or string beans, shuck corn, sweep
yards or clean house: 7:30-Break
fast. after which household tasks are
completed; S:30-10-Classes: 10-10:30-
Chapel; 10:30-12 :45-ClaSses: dim
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| tent on developing themselves to the
best of their ability.
The Washington trip was a culmi-
nation of four weeks intensive train
ing in the rudiments of reading.
writing an 'rithmetic," citizenship
and home making at their UNDUE
school.
The idea for the school originated
with Miss VIII Lou Gray, supervisor
of adult education who has devoted
her life to night school work. Aware
of the intense yearnng for an educa-
ton, and the handicaps of night
school after day of hard manual
labor, she conceived the idea of Civ
ing them a month of schooling each
Summer, in an atmosphere con-
ducive to mental work. Accordingly
church and state joined hands, the
State appropriating funds and the
Methodist. Baptist and Associate Re-
form Presbyterian churches con-
tributing college buildings, with a
fund for upkeep during operation.
In 1919 the work for the women
wood, where it continued until three
years ago, when it was moved to
Anderson College, in Anderson. In
1920 the mems school began at
Erskine College, in Due West, where
it is still located.
This year there were 106 men and
90 women enrolled. Through their
own effort and real sacrifice some
of them attended. though many were
helped by combination of forces
towns. counties, churches, the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary, mill eXecu-
tives and individuals, who appreciate
the value of the work. Various
periodicals sent subscriptions which
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| that one guess is as good as another,
and there are certain tendencies at
| this time that are pretty sure to hold
| through the Autumn and into the
| Winter.
One doesn't have to be a prophet
| to predict a great vogue for sweaters.
| The fact is that many women wear
not one sweater but two sweaters-a
| lightweight pull-on sweater first and
a jacket or cardigan sweater on top.
There is an ever-increasing demand
| for lightweight outdoor raiment, and
| the sweater costume-especially the
| two-sweater costume-fills that de.
| mand. For all country and sports
wear two sweaters provide adequate
warmth for many months to come
| and warmth without much weight.
With the sweater costume, the
| square or triangular silk scarf to give
! the needed neck finish and warmth, a
| short but not too short skirt of light
weight wooden material, simple felt
or ribbon hat, earrings If you choose,
| light stockings or stockings thin
enough to appear light, shoes care
| fully chosen to go with the costume
that is the favorite informal outdoor
! ensemble for late Summer. Autumn
and early Winter.
Two-sweater sets are much to be
desired and extremely useful-just
what you need for early Autumn.
There is a lightweight wooden pullon
worn often with a narrow leather belt
and over this a cardigan-worn belt
| less. Sometimes the pull-on shows
| horizontal stripes, while the cardigan
matches one of the stripes with cuffs
and neck banding of the other tone.
IL
are very good selections for the color
scheme of these sets. With the wine;
and black a wine.colored pleated silk
or wool skirt would be selected. With
navy blue and gray navy blue skirt
| is worn.
Don't forget wool crepe de chine, and
wool georgette in planning your
Autumn wardrobe. Never before were
| there so many wooden mateufals in
| lightweight and plant weave. For
the separate skirt to wear with over
| blOllSeS and sweaters these materials
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Exhaust Steam.

TT was some years ago that Sir
Charles Parsons first showed that
by means of the steam-turbine ex-
haust steam from reciprocating en-.
gines could be used to produce power
more economically than it had been
produced before.
Later Prof. Rateau Of the School of
Mines, in Paris, discovered a method
of using exhaust steam from engines
that run intermittently. According to
a high authority, the practical result
of the development of exhaust and
mixed-pressure steam turbines has
heep that, on lapd alone, nearly 2,000.-
900 horsepower of electrical energy is
being generated by means of exhaust
steam that has previously been
wasted
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may wear it at the front. This has
been done, you know-the rose placed
at the apex of a deep "V" decolletage.
Square necklines are smart for aft
ernOon and other daytime wear. The
horizontal line at the front is placed
rather high and the perpendicular line
at the shoulders is placed well out
from the neck. Then there are shall
low, round necklines, not quite the
hoat-shape of other years, and deep
''V" or surplice openings with a
straightline vest at the front. This is
generally better for the stout woman
than the square necklne.
Horizontal necklines still register,
cut like a square opening, only lower
at one side than the other, so that the
connecting line is slanted instead of
horizontal.
1t is rather surprising to see how
very general the belt has become.
There are narrow, stitched belts with
buckles on many of the smart eve
ming gowns. Narrow leather belts are
worn on sports froCkS and over some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
BY w. BOYCE MORGAN.

and a pile Of lumber near it was a
roaring furnace.
There's water in that springr d.
rected Bob. Get down there and
fill the buckets as fast as you can,
Porky. Red, you pass them along.
Bill and l will take them at this
end"
Porky. with one leap, was knee
deep in the pool formed by a spring
that gushed from the hillside. In
another second he was passing the
first bucket up to Red, who reached
down, grabbed it, and passed it along.
Then suddenly Bill let out a cry.
THE shack, the shack" he
screamed. It's starting to burn.
There's probably gasoline in there"
Like flash he was running to.
ward it, with Bob at his heels. The
fire was already running up the
rough board walls. He rushed to the
door and found it locked. He turned,
picked up heavy timber, and
ana the door crashed inward.
Inside his foot hit against a tin
can. He reached down, heaved it
into his arms, arid staggered out Of
the shack. Bob was after him, get
ting the second container of gasoline.
That's an, I guess" gasped Bill.
"Now let her go up"
They hurriedlv carried the gaso-
line 10 the safety Of the nearby
woods, and dashed back to fight the
flames. Red and Porky were
vanantly at it, but their bucketfulls
OF water could do little to drown the
roaring fire.
Wen never stop it with waterr'
Red cried.
"And the spring down here is al
most dry came Porky's mufiied
warning
Bob glanced around. The situation
was desperate. The flames were al.
ready eating from one pile of lumber
into another, and 50 they would 60
on and on into the woods. Like a
flash the boy saw the right course of
action.
"Sawdust will smother the flames"
he cried Come up here. Porky,
You and Red throw it on with shov-
els, Let that one pile go--it's lost
! anyway. Bill, let's drag these
smoldering hoalds away TO keep it
/ from spreading"
! At once they We're at their new
! tasks. Although their tired bodies
| ached at every movement. they strur
| gIed on. \ torrent of sawdust raned
on the fumes from the shovels
welded valiantly by Red and Porky
while Rtll and Bob grabbed heavy
smoldering planks in their blisterins
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I'll shake his hand and thank my stars and
learn great big heap, $50
And store my mind with memories that will
forever keep.
!" HIS was the vacation song of
a group of unusually earnest
sightseerS who arrived here
l. from a school in South Caro-
lima. With an air of ex-
pectancy, they buzzed around the
lobby of a hotel, the boys sleek and
we'll groomed and the girls pic
turesque in their bright blue cos
tunes, strictly a home product. The
cotton was grown near their homes,
woven into cloth and made by them
selves into the attractive suits they
wore while here.
They were pupils of the Workers
Vacation School, an Outgrowth of
night schools for adults. The ma
jority of them were textile workers,
who, on account of domestic and
economic conditions, combined with
ineffective laws of compulsory edu
cation, missed their chance at an
education when they were children.
Now they have the grit to grasp
belated opportunity, and the vim
they put into it.
One bright fellow, about %, said
to me one day: THE greatest sacri-
fee l ever made was when / gave
up an education. 1t looked like it
had to be then, but / didn't realize
what ! was missing. Since I've got
ten older l know. Won't YOU take
me and give me learning?"
The pupils range from the ages
of IA to 76, from those just learning
to read and write up to pupils of
the sixth grade, from flappers to
grizzly haired grandfatherS-al in
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~ nee when l was very, very
green at this business of re-
porting fashio@ L innocently
~ asked a very prominent i'm
porter what was going to be
worn next season.
He was perhaps the best informed
buyer of women's frocks and hats in
this country-went abroad four times
a year and owned and directed one of
the most distinguished establishments
in America An interview had been
arranged, and l was somewhat elated
at the prospect of hearing what he
had to say. 1t was as if some young
ster who had made up his mind to
fly but had never been in an airplane
had been granted an interview with
Lindbergh.
"Will you tell me what is to be
fashionable for next Autumn"
bravely asked.
! don't remember just exactly the
answer, but the distinguished i'm
ported told me among other things
that if he knew the answer to the
question he would be as rich as Henry
Ford in one short season. And if he
knew any one-man or woman-who
could answer the question for him he
would be glad to take that person into
his employ at a salary somewhat
higher than that of the President of
the United States.
If any one could know in August
what women in October or November
were going to want to wear there
would be no need for all the openings
and showings and palaver that takes
place at the beginning of every season
81 can tell you what the dress
makers and milliners are showing-l
can tell you what certain fashionable
women here and abroad are wearing
and I can do a lot of guessing. No
one can do more than guessing" he
said.
And / have always tried to keep
before me the fact that no one living
can actually predict fashion. That
rests entirely in the lap of the gods
or perhaps the lap of the goddesses.
Still it wouldn't be right 10 say
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safe in predicting that they will be
worn extensively this Autumn.
One of the smartest of the new
French frocks 1 have seen was made
of that new lightweight black velvet
that is so sure to be fashionable next
Winter. 1t was trimmed in the odd
est way-with a sort of ribbon frilling
at the sides and cuffs. Really. it was
decidedly smart.
Yet it wasn't hard to copy. l
learned the trick. and 1 will pass it
on to anybody who wants it. 1t sug-
gests a method for adding a distinc-
tive Paris touch to any new froCk of
velvet, satin or other fabric. 1t is not
only a clever detail of trimming but
it adds the side fullness effect that is
so very smart in many of the, new
frocks-a scant, straight skirt, With a
full effect at one side.
SO send a stamped. self-addressed
envelope and get my little secret for
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hands and dragged them from the
path Of the flames.
Bills brain was reeling as he
labored. His body, naturally slighter
than Bob's, had stood the days work
well, but this mad fight tonight was
beginning to get" him. The sweat
poured into his eyes. binding him,
yet mechanically he worked beside
Bob, running. lifting. carrying.
Suddenly he realized that Mrs.
Sauers and Ruth We're there, too
piling sawdust on the blaze beside
Red and Porky. Bills daZed mind
was conscious that Ruth was too
near the flames. Then, to his hor-
ror, he saw a spark alight on her
cotton work dress, smolder a mo-
ment, and burst into flames.
With cry he stumbled toward
her. Her scream Of fright was like
a dash Of cold water in his face. AS
terial and flared upward. he grasped
the girl and half threw her, half
dragged her, into the pile Of loose
sawdust. F'rantically he beat at the
fire with his hands, smothered 1t in
the sawdust. And then a bucket of
water, rushed from the spring by
Red, dashed over both Of them and
extinguished the flames.
But the moments delay was deadly.
Bob, helping Bill to his feet and
whispering glowing words into his
ear for his brave act, turned to the
raging lumber pile and his lips set in
a grim line. He, as well as the
other boys, could hardly stagger an
other step. 1t looked as though the
Conquerers were beaten.
Come on. fellows" whispered Bob,
his voice almost sob, we've still
got n chance"
Ten minutes earlier a little car
containing two men was leisurely
travelling along the road toward the
farm. Beside Mr.. Sauers, who was
driving, sat the huge form Of Sheriff
Hixon. who was coming at once to
look over the damage done by the
tramp who had raided the chicken
house the night before. Suddenly the
sheriff Strengthened in his seat.
Look at that red glow, Ed" he
said to Mr.. Sauers. Looks like it
might be your place" Mr.. Sauers
looked
1T is" he cried. That was all.
But those miles TO his farm We're
never covered as fast az they We're
then. 1t was only a few minutes
until they reached the gate. dashed
from the car, and up toward the
blaze in the woods.
TO he continued next SundaVl
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Of the tailored Jackets. Sometimes
there are not very wide crushed cir
dies that tie in sash bow at one
side.
Turquoise blue is sure to be smart,
especially smart for evening wear. 1t
is at its best when combined with gold.
Skirts are surely going to be longer,
because among the bestdressed women
they already are longer If there is
a reaction in favor of shorter skirts
again, it cannot possibly take place
until after Christmas.
Helen Wills is among the well
dressed young American women who
have adopted the French fashion for
longer skirts. When she returned
from France this Summer she was
wearing a frock that extended consid-
erably farther than midway between
knees and ankles.
Helen Wills also wore an animal fur
scarf, and SO many we'll dressed
women have been buying these scarfs
of fox and sometimes sable that | feel
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are a most fitting successor to the
light silks of Summer.
Then, too, there are tweeds as light
as you please-not at all the heavy,
stuffy material that we used to have.
Velvets are also to be had in the
lightest imaginable weights, so that
one no longer need think OF silks as
the only material that may be pleated,
shirred and laid in fine folds. Wool
ems and velvets may be treated in like
manner.
And don't forget to consider lace. 1t
is deity used to give a becoming,
softening touch to afternoon frocks
and used for entire evening frocks of
great beauty. Quite recently / have
seen lace dyed light blue or a soft,
darker blue for evening wear.
Either shoulder may carry the bur
den of the shoulder flower, or instead
of wearing it on your shoulder you
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The Fire at Sauers' SaWmill
Another Conquerors Club Story
BY w. BOYCE MORGAN.
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
On the first day Of the C0nouerors''
Club camping trip the four nle'a6ers and
their dog. Ringer. rescue Mr.. SAVERS, u
farmer. from tie attack Of a tramp trbo
h0s been onnoying Mrs. SauerS. and her
ddu0hter Ruth. The rest Of the, outing
comes Quite foad Of Ruth and has 70
stand much ..hriddin0' as a result. On
The last night Of camp BUt tells the
other boys nat he is Q0in0 10 stay a
day or trO i0B0pr. and ,rheH fhrg learn
that he intends TO heiD Mr.. SAVERS thresh
tkey decide 10 sfay ,rtjb ktn. AyrjrUG
az the SAVERS t0rDh0Use the merit DtorH-
ing the ions 6nd nat an a. Mr.. SduerS'
chickens hare been hi{ied dUrin0 the
night. The tramp arAo hat r0tced re-
7,en0e is immediGteiD suspected After
he haydest d0y's 1rork that fhey hdd
erer erDerienced the boys are eating
supper at the .Sduers tGble ami M
SGuers has driyen to TIE rnId0e 10 notjfy
The. sheriff of me raid on his henhouse
Suddenly Ruth sees flames behind the
house ard thev realize that The sac
mill back in the 5coods is burning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
BY REBECCA DIAL.

I've come from Carolina with my guide book
on my knee
I'm going to stately Washington the city for
to see.
I've heard about it's spacious streets. its
monuments and parks:
want to see the Treasury and all those
dollar marks.
CHORUS.
Oh. my home town. oh don't you cry for me,
For I've come from Carolina. with my guide
book on my knee.
And when l get to Washington. I'll take a
look around.
And when / my Uncle Sam. I'll make
bow profound
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THIS FROK
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Clothes Show Variety of DETAIL Sameness of Essentials

JENNY'S NAME rs ATTACHED
TO THE COAT SHOWN BELOW,
MADE OF BEIGE BROADCLOTH,
WITH CIRCULAR SIDE FLARE,
COLLAR AND CUFFS OF BEA.
YER.
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Ns be continued next SundayJ
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BY MARY MARSHALL.

~ nee when l was very, very
green at this business of re-
porting fashio& l innocently
~ asked a very prominent i'm
porter what was going to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

I'll shake his hand and thank my stars. and
learn a great big heap,
And store my mind with memories that will
forever keep.