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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-31
O. E. S. CARD PARTY

z Those in charge of the card party
to be given tomorrow (Friday) evening
at the Masonic Hall announce that IN
addition to the regular prizes a door
prize of o big, Juicy ham will be given.
Even though you are not an expert
at bridge or five hundred you may
still be the lucky one and be able to
have ham for breakfast every morning
for month. Remember the date,
Friday, November lst.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-31
vAsHON oRTHoPEDIc AUXILIARY
TO MEET AT COMMUNITY
CLUB HOUSE NOV. II

The regular meeting of the Auxiliary,
scheduled for Friday, November 18th,
will be held at the Community Club,
on Monday, November 11th, at ten
o'clock in the morning. Every member.
old and new, should come early, bring
her thimble and sandwich Coffee
will be- provided) and help the apron
committee, Ms. G. w. Shields, Chair
man, to complete the vasfon aprons
for the big Orthopedic Bazaar in Sc
attic later in November.
The committee have tried to reach
all the members, asking for the gift of
an apron. Ii we have missed you,
dear reader, Just send in the apron
anyway.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-31

Vashon Island to a foreign gov
ernment.
It consisted of 12 cockerels and sc
pullets, all individually pedigrced from
high record hens. These were purchas-
ed by the Japanese government for the
government farms at Yokohoma.
This is the third order from the
Japanese government that Mr.. Beall
has filled. The change of administra-
tion in Japan during the past few
months made it doubtful If the new
officials would continue to buy stock
for the government from the same
sources, but when the commissioner of
the ministry of agriculture and fores-
try visited the Beall farm few weeks
ago what he saw there convinced him
that 1t would be grave mistake to
buy elsewhere. Those familiar with
the keen Judgment Of the Japanese
realize that the quality of the birGs
purchased for the government must
indeed be high to induce them to re-
order. Past performance has proven
to them that the Judgment which
prompted the buying of the first lot
was not mistaken.
The pioneering done by such men as
L. G. Beall is today benefitting all so
engaged for whenever one familiarizes
the name Of our Island, others will
profit thereby.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-31
WoMENs CIVIC CLUBS TO BE
GUESTS OF CAMULOS CLUB

At the next meeting of the camulos
Club to be held at the Island Club
House, on November 9Th. It's members
will be especially favored in having
with them as their guests, the mem
bers and friends of the Islands
women civic clubs. The hostesses for
the day will be Mrs. Jennie MCGOWAN
and Mrs. Hazel Blekkink, who will be
assisted in serving by the members of
the social committee.
Cuma Pettelle, Secretary.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-31
WILL DEMONSTRATE A CHEAP
METHOD OF BURNING STUMPS
AT DUVALL, NOVEMBER 6

A stump burning demonstration
showing the use of the vacuum clean
er in burning stumps will be held at
Duvall at II a. M. Wednesday,
November 9Th. The use of gasoline
engine and blower for the same pur-
pose will also be shown.
r. N. Miller, specialist in land clear
ing. Extension Service, State College
of Washington, will assist the county
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commendation to the work of our
pupils.
During the last session of the legis-
lature an attempt was made by the
members of the board of education
and faculty supported by the Com
mercial Club, to introduce bill that
would take care Of two of the districts
that seemed to prove the mountain in
the way of our progress. Much effort was
made. the bill was introduced, passed
both houses, only to meet disaster at
the hands Of the governors veto. This
movement proving failure 1t remain
ed to the Commercial Club to again
take up the burden of the work.
With characteristic modesty Mr..
Thompson states that by sheer acci-
dent he stumbled on to the solution of
the problem. The stumbling block
that prevented the voting of the bonds
had always been the fact that Maury
and Lisabeula districts were already
bonded past the point that further
bonding was prohibited by law. This
was case where the chain was only
as strong as its weakest link, and in
the case of the union of school dis
tricts the Indebtedness of one district
prohibits bonding Of the union of which
ii is part. A plan was submitted to
those two districts where by voting a
special tax their bonds could be re-
duced to the necessary two percent.
Maury most emphatically expressed
their favor Of this proposition in the
election held August 3rd, while at
Lisabeula 1t was defeated by only two
votes.
In anticipation of this the Vashon
Mems Club had placed in
escrow 300 dollars, part of the funds
realized from their all-Island carnival.
1t was a matter of only few weeks,
after plans had been made at a meet
Ing of representatives from all parts
Of the Island, that Lisabeula's debt of
s1,006.ss had been paid by popular
the nucleus of which was
the money subscribed by this organiz-
alton of business people.
After series of meetings in each of
the districts and a campaign OF edu-
cation as to the real facts of the tax
alton involved the people on Sept. 20
again went to the polls voting in favor
Of a special six mill levy for build
ing fund. The result this time was
103 for and 69 against the levy. Dur
ing all of this time the proposition
was put before the voters in such a
concise manner that there could be no
doubt in their minds as to the cost in
golved. Through the columns of the
News-Record, by word of mouth, and |
oy every other means OF which the
committee could think, the facts, not |
,arbled fancies, were presented to the !
people. 1t was explained that there |
nusI be two special levies, in addition
20 the bonds.
On last Saturday our answer to the |
bond question was given. Some time
after the new year we will be called |
lpon to vote another special levy, but
n the meantime our dream of a new
nigh school will he taking concrete |
'orm. Silas Nelson, the architect en-
,loyed by the high school board to |
prepare the plans displayed at the
line of the carnival in July, has been
instructed to proceed at once with the
,lans and specifications that will be
to contractors very soon.
Beyond doubt the building will be
'eady for the opening of school next
all.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-31
REPORT FAVORABLE

The state department of health re-
ports to Supt. Thompson that samples
of water taken from faucet in Vashon
conforms with the U. s. archaeological
standard for drinking water. The
water for analysis was sent in at the
request of several Of the patrons who
felt that the water should be analysed
several times during the year.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-31
Vashon Island School News

Friday, November /, the vashon Is
land football players are playing
Buckley High School at Buckley
Vashon Island won from Buckley in
her first game of the season and since
Vashon Island has only lost one game
out of four, it surely looks as though
Buckley would meet defeat another
time.
A very exciting and brilliant game
was played on Wednesday. October
%. The vashon Island team played
the Lincoln High School second team
from Tacoma. The game was surely
hard and grilling contest for our
boys, but they defeated Lincoln 20.
The boys on the Lincoln team were
much heavier on the average than our
boys. 1t was great honor for our
school to win the game since Lincoln
has so many from whom to select
team.
The bond election on Saturday
carried with 385 for and 10 against.
Now that that is settled and we are
assured OF new high school, the only
thing left to do is to build. The
students are anxious for new build
ing and it seems that the "old folks"
do not object, judging by voting re-
turns. Let's go.
Once more we returned to the old
school building to pick up our books
and start Shaving and drudging after
a swell" vacation. We had hoped
that the teachers would receive some
Of their own medicine at the "Teach-
ers Institute" but they all reported
to have had Al very inspirational time.
No doubt they will soon be trying out
their new ideas on us.
Talk about the power of our student
body; last Tuesday we sent some
flowers to our fellow student. Gushing
Coates who was sick in bed, and the
next day he was in school g. very we'll
boy.
The debate turnout was held in the
assembly of the Vashon building last
October %. Irene Clark.
Marcia Forbes, Edward Bragg and
Katherine Hatch debated on the
question: Resolved, That inter-
scholastic and intercollegiate athletics,
IS at present conducted, are detriment-
a." Prospects for good team are in
view.
The Girls Club Of the Vashon
School had its bi-monthly meeting last
Wednesday, October %. After short
business meeting, program, prepared
oy the program committee, was en-
Ioyed. Doris Naugle played two piano
solos. Mrs. Grandy from Burton then
gave very interesting talk. Mrs.
irandy has had great deal of ex-
oerience with Girls Club work and
gave some helpful advice on what a
Club can do for school and also for
The girls now and in later life. The
meeting closed by the music committee
the Girls Club song which
vas approved by all of the members
If the club.
Last Thursday and Friday, while the
;eachers were attending the Washing
on Education Association convention
n Seattle, the students of the Island
enjoyed vacation.
The Girls Glee Club entertained the
Commercial Club at Vashon, last Tues
lay evening, by singing the song
Kentucky Babe.'
The freshman class presented
halloween Assembly Thursday morn
ng, October 81. Kathryn Berry and
Astrid Nysted played piano numbers
md then ghost show was given. The
ollowing took part: Lewis Schmidt,
josephine Dannewig, Don Dunbar,
Axel Kelly Harold Agren, Victor
bloom, James Church, Vernon Hend-
ickson, Bob Harmeling, Eleanor BealI,
Iazel Bloom, John Danielson.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-31
A Bit Of Leaven
BY N. P. ]
THE WAY 1T GOES

TIE WAY 1T GOES
If people were equal in talent and mind,
And free from all trouble and care;
II all OF the men were as rich as they wished,
And all of the women as fair;
If wishing were having and dreaming were deeds
And labor were needless, why, then
Somebodyd start something somehow and where
And get lis all fused up again
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-31
AUXILIARY TO MEET

The Auxiliary Of the Presbyterian
Church will meet at the Community
Club next Thursday afternoon, Nov
7th, at the usual time.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-31
Is Crates Fancy Poultry
Stock Shipped to Japan

Saturday, L. C. Beall, Jr., made
the largest shipment Of poultry
that has ever been made from
VashOn Island to foreign gov
ernment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

song) as much in June as we do in
January. Another evidence that tenn
perature has no influence upon drama
loving Is the success of Journeys End
that irresistible collaboration of Mo-
loch, Alice in Wonderland" and the
demon Rum. In case you suspect that
grave plays are abandoned in Summer,
try to get into Journeys End" for less
than $1l.
THE Players revival of Becky Sharp"
L. in collaboration with Langdon
Mitchell and William Makepeace Thack-
cray Is now something between split
milk and a museum piece. Produced
last Monday night with all the artistic
fervor of artists interested in art alone,
1t was a fresher show, in my opinion,
than THE Royal Family" "Jonesy,"
THE Jade God" or Mr. Drinkwater's
sericomic, cheaply antic and prosperous
horseplay, Bird in Hand" Becky
Sharp" now wends its familiar way to
the catacombs, there to remain rest
lessly until it is exhumed again by
reverent sections interested in the dead
yet alive near-classics.
Though enthusiasm affrightS me and
tremble every time I compliment
show person, / dare to say that Miss
Mary Ellis as the "dismally precocious"
Becky Sharp is as satisfactory coun-
terfeit as you will encounter in your
drama-loving career. I have not here
tofore included Miss Ellis In my census
of first actresses, since she has limited
her talents, so far as know, to the i'm
PRESERVATION of unintereSting heroines,
whether of song or prose. But as the
cheating fortnight, sly. candid, chaste,
ornery, kind, cruel, dull and witty
Becky Sharp she is fascinating COM
plexity. and a more believable human
being than her creator ever thought she
would be. Give this young artistic what
is known. as break in regular play.
and She will. I prophesy, do great
things, equaling, if not surprising, the
art works of Miss Eva lie Caffeine,
Miss Blanche Yurka, Miss Lynn Fon-
tame, Walter Hampden. the Dodge Sis
tiers and William Faversham.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
MARlLYNNE DAVIES
Fox (s7a7e)
Why the Celebration

WASHINGTON has always been a
lover of repertory, and during the
past quarter of century has devel
oped local companies in stock work that
have won wide reputation. The Column
bia Theater, In the days of Bill Dwyer
and Joe Luckett, had one of the finest.
But 1t was not SO long lived as its sue
cesSorS. even with the brilliancy of its
players. The late Fred Berger and
Frank Metzerott, who also has crossed
the great divide" beginning modestly.
eventually developed a company that
fairly packed the Columbia Theater
from pit to dome during the long Sum-
mer months and left city of saddened
hearts when it closed down for the
regular season. Then came Izetta Jewell
and her likewise famous company under
the management of Jim Thatcher, and
the Belasco Players with Everett Butter
held, who also has crossed the bar, each
winning hosts of loyal patrons who
gladly recount even now the days of
those noted companies.
But it has remained for Manager
Steve Cochran, with his National Thea
ter Players, to break all records, and
one of these records is the inspiration
for the synthetic centennial announced
for the current week at the National
Theater. Manager Cochrans players
are celebrating this week their one
hundredth week Of continuous operation
J barring, as a matter of course, the
intervention OF the regular seasons dur
ing that unmatched career of success
full play presentation. In past seasons
the National Players have opened their
season In April or in May, but this year
their start was made in February be-
cause Of the lack of road attractions
and the general lack of merit in those
that might have been secured for a
Washington engagement And Wash
ington, quick to recognize the advantage,
has responded splendidly to the move.
All this, however, has not been a
child's choice of taking up this and lay
ing aside that, so far as Manager Coch-
ran is concerned. 1t has meant colossal
labor, in season and out of season, and
some idea of the undertaking may be
cleaned from the consideration of the
outstanding facts connected with the
enterprise.
Thus far, all told. the National Play
ers have presented 81 days. Each has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Filming 1.-THE Weavers''

mann, he pressed my hand warmly and
expressed his great pleasure, not only
because had faithfully reproduced his
book into a new medium, but because
I had succeeded in capturing something
OF his early youth, that timespirit Of
zeal and fire and boundless endeavor.
During the making of The Weavers"
I assimilated many of the ideas of
carfcature, OF satire and ridicule Of
Georg Grcsz, the radical Berlin painter,
and had always third camera perched
upon the ceiling. or on the floor, to
catch distorted or grotesque effect
which would heighten my desired effect.
I also restudied the paintings of
Breughel. Dutch master painter of the
eighteenth century, for his remarkable
studies of peasants and workmen.
I don't suppose that my early use Of
camera angles seems startling any more
after the food of newer angles in Rus
sian and German pictures recently
but The Weavers" did represent, how
ever. one of the pioneer uses OF camera
craftsmanship.
Incredible as it may seem, 1.-The
Weavers" was made in Is days, so that
my players, my cameramen and even
myself would not have a chance to
lose even particle Of the tense mood
We needed to make it-an intensity
with which the film was started and
completed
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been given what is known as an origi-
nal production; that is to say, 1t has
been constructed in its every detail in
the studios of the National Players. Not
piece of scenery has been borrowed
from old productions. but every set has
been constructed brand-new and paint
ed by Scenic Director Charles SQuires;
the properties provided and the costum-
ing originated with the players them
selves. The total cost of the scenic eff
fort alone might be roundly represented
in the snug figure of $350,000. and with
the salaries and other expenses covering
the five seasons of operation, this figure
be Swelled to the amazing sum of about
$500, 000-an item which strongly EVIL
dences the fact that art also has its
commercial side.
But 1t is not mere money that has
helped to bow the back and mark Gsi9
youthful brow of Manager Cochran and
to make up the gigantic task that he
and his splendid players have achieved
in their effort to serve Washington in
the theater. Nor would it, probably, in
tereSt the reader to mention the count
less other things that have contributed
to the success that has made a centen-
NAL celebration possible But time and
effort and heartache and sleepless nights
and busy days have all contributed their
ran and his National Theater Play
ers feel that they have a right to their
celebration. And they are celebrating
confident that the people of Washing.
ton, who have been the encouragement
and inspiration of it all, will want to
celebrate with them and to the utter
most.
The Girl of the Golden West" David
Belasco's masterpiece, one of the i'm
perishable gems of the American thea
ter. has been chosen for the celebration.
In 1t Edith King. Roger Pryor and Rob-
ert Brister will endeavor to match the
made famous by
Blanche Bates, Robert billiard and
Frank keenan,. There will be others in
the cast, but these three will represent
the outstanding characters. There are
above 20 performers in all. And bear
in mind, the offering is not that of
wealthy producer. backed by thousands.
but simply the effort of a lifetime Of
Manager Steve Cochran and his popu-
lar National Theater Repertory Co.
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Current Attraction
NATIONAL PLAYERS-"The Girl of
the Golden West"

Out of the romantic adventures Of
his past David Belasco, a quarter of a
century ago, wrote an idealization of
West" which the National Theater
Players will revive this week, beginning
tomorrow night.
Not since the original company played
here, in 1907, have theater-goers of
Washington had the opportunity to view
the play. There has been, of course, a
reason for this. The Girl Of the
Golden West" is a stupendous under
taking for any theatrical company. 1t
requires not only a capable cast, but
large one, since there are 81 active
characters in the story'S unfolding, in
addition to men and boys Of the camp
and the ridge where the action takes
place.
Written with Blanche Bates in mind
as "the Girl" this celebrated play of
David Belasco created a stir in the the
atrical world when 1t was launched in
the BelaSco Theater, Pittsburgh, the
night of october 3, 1905, going to New
York one month later, November IA.
There was great discussion over the
authenticity of its frontier character,
afterward cleared up by Mr.. Belasco
himself in his statement, II know the
perlOO OF AZ as KNOW my aIp1laD6C,
and there are things in my Girl of the
Golden West truer than any of the in
cidentS in Bret Harte" He referred pri-
marily to criticism leveled against the
great scene wherein the discovery of
bandit in hiding is made by drop of
blood falling from the ceiling on a
sheriff's gauntlet. Blanche Bates, the
girl, had hidden the road agent, Rob-
ert Hilliard. and the discovery made by
the gambler-played by the late Frank
Keenan-is one of the most thrilling
moments of the play.
Elaborate preparations have been
made by the management of the Ma
tional Players to produce THE Girl of
the Golden West" in four acts, exactly
as David Belasco might have done.
The cast of the players will present
Edith King as the Girl, Roger Pryor
as the bandit and Robert Brister as the
sheriff.
Matinees will be given on Wednesday
and Saturday and, II the enthusiasm the
play deserves is manifested, probably on
other days.
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BY FRIEDRICH ZELNICK.

THE theater and the cinema have
two traits in common, they assem-
BILE number OF people in one room and
ask the audience to look upon their
actions and consider them. This au-
dience wants either to be entertained or
excited. The play or the film must in
these respects be worth their while. The
fact that the hero or heroine have got
ten together for the final "clinch" after
six or eight reels of being apart is so
stereotyped that it has made it impossi-
BILE to go on asking audiences to accept
even such romanticism as film-fare.
So instead of presenting the amorous
conflict of two uninteresting people
again. decided to transfilm a story
that has made definite impression in
the field of Northumberland Haupt-
mann's THE Weavers." In THE
Weavers" we do not deal with the
petty conflict of unimportant individu-
als-but the conflict of two worlds
that OF capital and labor, seen through
the eyes Of the young son of a weaver
the symbol of labor.
In the film 1.-The Weavers" we have
"Movietone" without Movietone.
mean that song, Hymn of Hate"
created by the workers against the cap
italists serves to ignite the spark which
needed just that to set their souls on
fire and which serves not only as the
nucleus of the revolt but as a motif
throughout the Aim, recalling an anal
ogy with music.
Before there was even such thing
as Movietone I had long harbored the
idea of using this song in Hauptmanns
THE Weavers' as a motif. an inspira-
ton around which to create social
study Of the conflict of the two classes
and thought that the idea and the
resultant execution of 1t, If 1t were sue
cessful, would be worth seeing. Ergo,
I made THE Weavers."
When ! allowed the aim to Haupt-
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About "Noah's Ark"

TN "Noah's Ark" 5000 extras were en-
ployed to make the biblical Sc
quences and huge tents and cafeterias
had to be erected to feed the workmen
and players. Sets of mammoth pro-
portions were built for scenes of which
the festival of Jaghut was the high
spot. One group of these buildings oc-
cupied more than two city blocks. Two
thousand workmen, more than eleven
hundred of whom were engaged on this
one temple group alone, were employed
on the "Noah's Ark" set
Art creations which, 1t is estimated,
took hundreds of persons a lifetime to
make were reproduced as a decorative
background for this picture, prominent
among which was a great tapestry
which the art department of Warner
Bros designed and executed In likeness
to originals believed to have hung in
the pagan temples of Noah's day. The
tapestry measures 2o0x20O feet and is
said to be the largest interior decorative
piece ever built for motion picture.