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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-12-03

What man he'd be for the Chinese
ARMY II he were caught carrying
messages through the Japanes lines,
he could easily "eat his own words"
and not feel any bad effects at all.
But II the Russians got into The game
well they certainly couldn't get
many Russian words on grain Of
ricel And while we're discussing the
war, what do you suppose Will Rogers
is doing over there2 Does he think
he can get laugh out OF an immobile
Chinaman2 Even If the Chinese could
see the humour Of the situation they
would refuse to laugh--maybe they'd
refuse to fight. Or perhaps he intends
to throw the Japanese soldiers into
such paroxysms Of mirth that they'll
lay down their guns to hold their
sides, and then the immobile Chinese
will sneak up and steal their arms and
the war will be over. Well, more
power to him! Anything to end the
strifel
And speaking Of the Chinese, here's
one for our vashon farmers. In China
the peasants tell when it's time to
plant seeds by sticking three foot
bambo pipe into the ground, and
dropping feather down inside. "As
the earth warns with the coming of
spring, the air in the pipe is affected,
gradually lifting the feather up until
1t comes out at the top" Then they
all grab their hoes and dash out to
plant their crops. wouldn't Mr..
Harmeling or Mr.. Robinson, or some
of our other horticulturists on the Is
land, look funny hanging over bam-
DO stick, waiting for the feather to
come to the top2 Or maybe all of
them could club together and install
one in front OF the vashon post office.
AS soon as the feather appeared in
the spring, Tim Clark or Mrs. Bowling
could dash out and sound a siren and
then everyone would know it was time
to wake out Of his winter lethargy
and go to work. Ho hum! Well, we
could get Mr.. Beall to furnish the
feathers I guess, If any of you want
to put 1t into practice. AS for me,
I'd rather go out and feed the gold
fish. But I have got nice little
canary bird feather you can have If
you want It,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-12-03
THEATERS
ODD TECHNIQUE KILLS LULLs.

Hailed as a startling innovation In
unfolding screen story. the space
shot technique was used throughout
as Paramount adapted Louis Brom-
fields fascinating story OF city people,
"a Hours" to the screen. This novel
production will be on view at the
vashon Theatre, Wednesday evening,
December eth.
There is only one fade-in, when
the picture opens, and only one fade
out, at the end. The space shot de-
vice employed in shifting from scene
to scene aims to give the audience the
feeling Of movement through New
York, frightening the atmospheric
and dramatic effect.
AS the title implies, all the action
of the story occurs within period of
twenty -four hours and in the picture
the action is continuous, without time
lapses.
The unusually large number Of
scenes in "24 Hours, ranging from
skyscraper pleasure haunts Of the
fashionable rich to hide-outs Of the
underworld element, are SO connected
by space shooting" to insure new
standards in flow Of action, accord
ing to studio executives.
Give Brooks, Kay Francis, Miriam
Hopkins and Regis Toomey play the
featured roles in this mystery story
Of tangled lives laid in modern New
York.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-12-03

the direct causes Of exciting adyen-
lures In "A Dangerous Affair." the
Columbia picture co-starring Jack
Holt and Ralph Graves which comes
to the vashon Theatre, Saturday,
December 9Th. Holt plays nslicc
lieutenant and Graves Is cast as the
newspaper reporter.
This slight on their Importance by
Sally Blame spurs them on to u little
bit OF action that results In much
more than they had anticipated. A
jewel mystery and two murders in a
weird, mysterious haunted house are
few Of the outcomes of the bit Of
premeditated robbery drases carries
out in his attempt to prove to the
charming Sally Blame that Haven
hurst is not as quiet as she thinks 1t
Isl But once they are involved in it.
Holt and Graves go about solving the
battling mysteries in a manner that
is said to move the audience fran an
atmosphere Of hushed mystery to
hilarious gaiety
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/ LEGAL
Almon Ray Smith
300 Northern Life Tower
Seattle, Wash.

sHERIFFrS OFFICE
NOTICE OF SHERIFTS SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
SIS.
County of King, }
BY virtue of an Order of Sale is
sued out Of the Honorable Superior
Court of King County, on the 18th
day of November, 1881, by the clerk
thereof in the case OF
Fl. June Streeter, Plaintiff,
Norman B. Moss and Lodema Moss,
husband and wife; Elmer G. Knut-
son and Gertrude Knutson, hus-
band and wife; Stoneway Lumber
Co.. Inc, formerly Stoneway Lumber
81 Fuel Co., Inc, a corporation; j.
A. Colcock, sole trader doing busi-
ness as Colcock Furnace Company;
F. s. Lang Manufacturing Co., a
corporation; Henry H. Bune and
Theresa Bune, his wife; George F.
Schneider; John G. McCollister,
Trustee; Columbia Lumber Com
pany, a corporation; Charles Spind-
Ter and Selma Spindler, husband
and wife; Clara M, Watson; and
Roger I. Giesseman and Elizabeth
M. Giesseman, husband and wife,
Defendants.
No. 247092, and to me, as Sheriff,
directed and delivered.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
I will proceed to sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash, within
the hours prescribed by law for
SheriffS sales, to-wit: at Ten o'clock
A. M, on the End day of January,
1882, before the Court House door Of
King County, jefferson Street en-
trance, at Seattle, in the State of
Washington, the following described
property, situated in King County,
State of Washington, to-wit:
The North Half (NM) of Lot
Thirty-one 1917 and all of Lot
Thirty-two 1927 in Block Fifteen
(15) of Madison Street Addition
to the City of Seattle;
levied on as the property of all Of the
said defendants herein, to satisfy a
Judgment Of foreclosure of mortg-
age amounting to Nineteen hundred
fifty-eight and 50-100 ($1958.50)
Dollars, attorneys fees Of $4,000, the
cost Of suit and interest in favor of
plaintiff.
Dated this nth day of November,
1881.
CLAUDE G. BANN1cK,
Sheriff.
BY L. E. ANDERSON,
LIST pub. Nov. 20 Deputy.
Last pub. Dec. "a, 1881
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-12-03

she had nervous breakdown, and
she's never been quite the same since
Well, If go to see her this time, I'll
leave Betsy out by the gate-she really
isn't the kind OF car to come
samboling around the bedside OF the
sick.
And while I'm out think I'll drive
over and see Mrs. Marsh at Cove.
She's the incest person to visit like
to get there about the time she's do
ing the family ironing, with something
stewing on the stove. She has high
stool that's Just right TO wrap your
legs around. And perched on that
stool, someway, with all the good
things on tie stove to sniff at. and the
nice smell of freshly ironed clothes,
one can think Of so many things to
talk about. Aren't neighbors grandp
Even If they do live clear over the
other side Of the Island. But then
location doesn't make neighbor. I
like EN- close, and I like 'em far-just
so they aren't SO far away can't ever
get to see them.
But this soliloquy is not particularly
interesting to the rest Of you, is 1t?
Well, what do you think Of the man
who wrote message to Ripley on a
single grain Of riceP 1915 letters writ
ten on one grain, without the aid Of
a microscope, and although the letter
cannot be read with the naked eye,
1t is quite legible when magnifiedp
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-12-03
Remain. of Fossil Whale

Remains OF Fossil Whale
Attempts by a dog to bury bone
in ocean sand at Pacific Beach, Calf,
led to the uncoyering Of the fossilized
remains Of whale which scientists
believe swan in the Pacific 10000
years ago. Part of the head Of tho
huge mammal, several ribs, a hip bone,
three vertebrae Of the tail two from
the neck and other bones have been
uncovered.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-12-03
Memory Cam. Back

La Fontaine, having attended the
funeral of friend, absent-mindedly
went to call upon him a short time
afterward.
dead? Impossible~ he exclaimed
on hearing the sad news; then recol-
lecting himself, he patted the servants
arm.
"True enough" he said. II was
there."-Golden Book Magazine.
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INNOCENT REMARK
DANGER SIGNAL

1t all started with the innocent
question, do you like Havenhurstp"
and the answer, TOO quiet! In fact,
I don't see what policeman or a
reporter can find to do her. How do
you ever pass the time away9"
These seemingly innocent words are
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L E GAL
Alex Stewart
sos Colman Building
Seattle, Wash.

IN PROBATE
No. 52l09
NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL RE-
PORT AND PETITION FOR
DISTRIBUTION.
In the Superior Court Of the State Of
Washington for the County Of King.
In the Matter OF the Estate of Phillip
Pierson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that G. G.
Kimmel, administrator of the estate
Of Phillip Pierson, deceased, has filed
in the office of the clerk Of said court
his final report and petition for dis
tribution, asking the court to settle
said report, distribute the property to
the persons thereto entitled and to
discharge said administrator; and that
said report and petition will be heard
on the 18th day Of December, 1881, at
$3.50 a. M, at the court room Of the
Probate Department of said Court
Dated this 10th day Of November,
1881.
ABE N. OLSON,
Clerk Of Said Court.
BY HARRY GORDON,
list. pub. Nov. 10, 1881. 4. DEPUTY.
Last pub. Dec. 3, 1881.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-12-03
Griffin g. Griffin
1219-1221 Alaska Bldg.
Seattle, Wash.
IN PROBATE
No. 1854

No. 1854
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Superior Court Of the State Of
Washington for King County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Sarah
E. Kingsbury, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has been appointed and has
qualified as Executor of the estate Of
Sarah E. Kingsbury, Deceased; that
all persons having claims against said
deceased are hereby required to serve
the same, duly verified, on said Fred
B. Kingsbury or his attorney Of record
at the address below stated, and file
the same with the Clerk Of said Court,
together with proof of such service
within SIX months after the date Of
first publication of this notice or the
same will be barred.
Date Of first publication December
8, 1881.
FRED B. KINGSBURY,
Executor Of said Estate, address,
Portage, Washington.
ARTHUR E. GRIFFIN,
Attorney for Estate, 1920 Alaska
Bldg. Seattle, Wash.
lst. pub. Dec, 8, 1881.
Last pub Dec. II, 1881,
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"oh, Jack, you always wear such a
cute tie.8
"It's a gift'--Grinnell Malteaser.
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Alex Stewart 81
803 Coleman Building
Seattle, Wash.
IN PROBATE r
No. 1892

No. 1892
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Superior Court Of the State Of
Washington for King County.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Mathilda Therkelsen, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
designed has been appointed and has
qualified as Executor of the estate of
Mathilda Therkelsen, Deceased; that
all persons having claims against said
deceased are hereby required to serve
the same, duly verified. on said
Executor or his attorney of record at
the address below stated, and file the
same with the Clerk of said Court,
together with proof of such service
within six months after the date of
first publication of this notice or the
same will be barred.
Date of first publication November
26, 1881.
JASPER THERKELsEN,
Executor of said Estate, address
Portage, Washington.
ALEX STEWART,
Attorney for Estate, 603 Colman
Building, Seattle, Washington.
LIST pub. Nov. 26, 1881.
Last pub. Dec. 10, 1881.
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n
' THE BooTLEGGER's CORNER
y Intoxicating Facts About
4 This and That.
M, r. 8.

4
And now we're in the midst OF that
lull that follows Thanksgiving. And
how quiet 1t is-=you can almost hear
1t lulling But we had grand
Thanksgiving, except that we had no
pickle fork--but then we had no
pickles either.
But for something to write about.
Nothing seems to be happening around
here except sickness. got call the
other day to come and see friend Of
mine who is ILL., She wants something
to laugh at, SO they thought. of me.
If she weren't so Ill I'd give her an
other ride in Betsy. Way along last
year sometime happened to meet her
in Seattle and gave her ride down
Second Avenue. Shortly after that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-25
Mary Nolan Will Fight
New Comeback Battle
BY GENE COIN
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, July 25.-Mary
L ' Nolan, whose mercurial career
resembles a cross section of several
business charts, is going to take
another chance with the films.
She's going to head back to
Hollywood soon, SO she says, and
face the folk who literally chat
tered her out of town. But mar
rage has made things seem much
different to her, for she has been
Mrs. Wallace McCreery these sew
eral months.
Miss Nolan, who has seemed
fated for accumulative misfortune,
despite her blonde beauty, was
promising to be one Of Hollywood's
valuable young stars-when some
thing happened!
This something spread trail
of scandal; tales of narcotic slavery
went around. And after over
coming seemingly insurmount-
able obstacles, Mary Nolan lost
her hold on the heights and slid
out of Hollywood.
She had slid thus out of New
York once, to land in Berlin I'M
der a different name and, I'M
known, to win such high favor
that Hollywood went bidding for
her. Then, little known to Amer
lea save as a chlorine, she drew
the attention of the most cal
loused critics to her talents.
She made film with an indie
pendent company and has had to
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ather to Son

A ND, although he was but a
IN child, others took up the cry,
and finally even the king was
convinced and ran to get his bath
robe. The tailor, as we remember
the story, was executed.
In course Of time that child
grew up and married and died,
leaving heirs behind him. And
they, in turn, we're not so barren,
so that today vast numbers Of his
descendants are in the world.
Nearly all of them are critics
of one sort or another, but mostly
young critics. They seldom hest
tate to rush in.
1t is rather useful that every
now and then one Of them should
point a finger Of scorn at some
falsely great figure in the arts and
cry out his nakedness at top voice.
1t has happened not infrequent-
ly that worthy and respectable
artists and authors in great coats,
close-fltting sack suits and heavy
wooden underwear have been
greeted by some member Of the
clan with the traditional cry, He
hasn't got anything on"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-25

Day
Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON
A MERICANS are extremists.
. n All our ideas run immodera-
tely to exaggerations.
And nothing so exemplif1es this
attitude as the current behavior
regarding social drinking.
Men and women, boys and girls
by the score, are explaining con-
Stantly that they must imbibe
whether they like it or not, in
order not to throw cold water on
the party as they express it. Yet
a good many parties would be all
the better for little cold water,
II you see what I mean.
Cocktails are not only presented
to guests these days, but pressed
upon them. Hosts are extremely
sensitive about their copcotions,
awful as most of them are. They
can make you feel that you are
not at all a polite person and that
you flout hospitality if you refuse
to absorb gin. And nobody can
be so importunate as a gentleman
Or lady who has one too many
drinks.
ATOW, based upon a certain
1 v kind of commemorative.
alas, seems cingularly lacking on
both of the liquor question-it
looks as if each individual should
be allowed the privilege of ex-
erciSing personal judgment on this
matter.
The right to refuse a drink
should be as precious as the right
to take one.
Coercion in any guise is hate
full to the intelligent individual
and it so happens that there are
certain persons still who do not
like to fill themselves up with the
rotten booze that is so often dis
penSed at social functions. For
this idiosyncrasy they suffer. They
are scoffed at and pointed out as
pikers.
Those who adopt this attitude of
reproof occupy a position as I'M
tenable as the fanatics on pro-
hibition who profess to believe
that the taking of a cocktail con-
stituteS a mortal sin.
We have waged a long, bitter
battle on the individual right to
get tight, but surely the right to
remain sober is just as worthy OF
defense.
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Avoid Exercise! It's
Fatal to Your Beauty

NEW YORK, July 25-If you
~ want to be beautiful, gals
and ladies, go lightly on your ex-
ercise. For sports, we are now to
understand, are the deadly
enemy Of beauty.
None other than Americas pre-
miere masseuse, Sylvia of Holly
wood, says so; the noted Sylvia
daily pounds, beats, and curses
the movie stars into shape.
Says Sylvia, interviewed in the
current issue of Photoplay Maya
zine:
Don't over exercise. No wom-
an athlete is beautiful. Muscles
are horrid things that must be
pounded of. I allow the stars
under my care to take no violent
exercise in any FORM" Constance
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South, the dealer, lacking the
required two and one-half quick
tricks for an opening bid, passes.
West holds two and one-half
tricks and biddable four and a
five-card suit, and starts the con-
tracing with one diamond.
North passes and East, al
though he holds a four-card bid
dable suit and a f1ve-card suit,
shows the four-card suit first, bid
ding one spade. This is a One over
One bid and partner is required to
keep the bidding open once.
South passes and West now
shows his five-card suit and bids
two clubs. East goes to six clubs,
which South doubles.
The Play
North has the opening lead and
selects the spade suit, as he will
lead through strength. The ace of
spades is played from dummy,
South plays the nine showing his
desire to have the spade suit con-
tinued.
West, the declarer, discards the
six of hearts and leads the eight
Of diamonds in dummy, winning
in his own hand with the ace.
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Doubtful Heritage

THIS may be embarrassing as
4 we'll as unfair. Ever since
the child scored his sensational
critical success so many years ago
all his sons have been eager to do
likewise. They have inherited ex-
traordinary suspicion regarding
the raiment Of all great men.
Even when they are forced to
admit that some particular king
is actually clad in substantial
achievement of one sort or an
other, they are still apt to carp
about the At and cut of his cloth
ing.
Almost always they contend
that he borrowed his shoes from
some one else and that he can
not fill them.
In regard to humber citizens,
they are apt to carry charity to
great lengths. In addition to the
incident recorded by Andersen,
they cherish another legend about
the child.
According to the tradition, he
wrote will just before he died in
which he said: Thank heaven, 1
leave not a single adjective to any
Of my descendants. have spent
them ALL"
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Bennett, for one, she says, takes
no exercise.
Proceeding further to shake the
joy out Of life for you, Sylvia ar
CUES:
TOO much swimming develops
chest, shoulders and thighs to an
alarming degree. Horseback rid
ing works as a hip spreader, ten
mis- makes one arm larger than the
other, golf brings an ungainly
stride-I can spot a golfer Ike
beacon Highland professional
dancing ruins the legs. Only
walk on level ground and not too
much, don't climb hills, ladders
or stairs"
Sylvia gives her approval to
miniature golf and ping pong, and
to strictly limited doses Of out
door exercise.
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and the South Sea maiden
goes metropolitan"
MOT so long ago I wrote a
IN piece about the coming to
New York of Reri, half-native,
half French daughter of Tahiti.
She had appeared in a picture
titled "Tabu," in which, she was
a joyous, childlike, half-claS girl
pursued by promise made to ma
tive gods.
1t so happened that Mons. Flo
Ziegfeld, who reviews scores Of
pictures in an old barn on his
country place, took squint at
this film.
Thus 1t came about that Reri
was brought some 1000 miles
from her home to Broadway,
fanked by press agents and cam
era men, and fairly dazed with
the attentions she received AL
though urged to appear as much
like a native girl as possible, Reri
had a considerable wardrobe of
Frenchy dresses. Also she had a
very nice husband, who came
along.
Soon she was dwelling in a
Fifth avenue hotel; was being
taken to Coney Island and the
night resorts and was experience
ing one thrill after another.
The show business is funny-in
more ways than one. Once Reri
was en- route and the press clip
pings were coming in, Mons.
ziegfeld found himself up to his
whiting collar in this task of get
ting a production together.
This star was hired and that
one considered; this sketch was
cut and that one thrown out; rou-
tines were changed; new song
writer's called in to bolster up the
show
And when it was all over, Reri
had come 1000 miles to appear
for about five minutes; she
danced, to be sure, but the act
written around her was nothing
to cable back to Tahiti about.
Variety, the theater paper, COM
mented tersely that it was hard
to figure out just why all the
trouble had been taken. Others
said something about Reri being
lost in the shuttle. Some reviewers
failed to notice her at all. Burns
Mantle, the critic and play Sc
lector, had a few paragraphs some
days later in which he declared ,
that of all the beauties of the
show. he found Reri most re-
freshing.
Thus it went for a week or so.
And the production still needed
chopping. 1t was running too
long.
Just the other day was glanc-
ing over some items of stage gos-
sip. One paragraph carried the
brief information: 1.-THE Reri g.
number has been cut out of the
show"
MEANWHILE, one hears, the
IVA South Sea maiden has gone
native" in reverse. She has been
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Wasted Words

TINE clan is VIGOROUSLY ex-
Il travagant. They live for all
the world like Bedouins of the
Sahara, without thought of the
possibility of a rainy day.
Their gaudiest years come early
in life. Almost nothing in the ex-
perience Of mankind is quite so
heartrending as the spectacle Of
one of these young critics, grown
gray, coming face to face in his
declining years with a master
piece. AT such times he is apt to
be seized with a tremor and
stricken dumb. Undoubtedly he is
tormented with the memory of all
the adjectives which he flung
away in his youth.
The best he can do is to fling out
a highly creditable piece of work"
and go on his way.
Still he has had fun for his adj
JectiveS, for all that. There is a
compenSating glow in the heart of
the young critic when he remem-
bers the day an obscure author
came to him asking bread, al
though rather expecting a stone,
and he, with a flourish, reached
down into the bread box and gave
the poor man layer cake.
After ALL" one OF the young
critics told me in justifying his
mode of life, ut may be Just as
tragic as you say to be caught late
in life with masterpiece in front
of you and not single adequate
adjective left in your purse.
But there's still another con-
tingency which mean to avoid.
Wouldn't it be rotten to die with
your adjectives still unused? You
know you can't take them with
you to heaven.
Think Of being blessed with
milk and honey for the first time
and trying to express your graft
tude and wonder with The best
I ever tasted
mo, sir. I'm going to get ready
for the new eternal words by
using up all the old ones before
I die"
(copyriSht 1881. BY The Tines