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l : The Stone-Fisher Co. “éj : L_\(ju{»m g ’ Aiter Christmas Clearance SNSRI AR R VAR B SIRET -RNTNI S 5 M y I% Women's Apparel ” Women's Suits Half Price | Were $79.50 to $298.50 '\ Suits at One Fourth Off - Were $39.50 to $125.00 '; I L PR YN oA BIEE AR RR L e | Winter Coats Hall Prite - Were $89.50 to $150.00 | ' I".’: us fabrics handzomely sllk ined, many with large ” |__/\—li-mm-;'—sml’urs One Third I);T—l ‘ All (‘hflr_vn s Furs Ul_l(' Fourth Off !l Al Dress Skirts One Fourth Off | Were $7.50 to $35.00 What Gus Brown Says to Vashon Island: We Wish You A Happy, Prosperous New Year GUNS BROWN Seatile's Oldest and Most Popular Clothing Merchant 2nd at Yesler, Always Right Opposite the 42 story L. C. Smith Building, SEATTLE EHENEHEH NEHNNEN S H NI HENZAZNENEHRHENZHE N ENERTHINEMNT Ef: W. W. CRENSH.. WV F. O BLOXOM = 2 Telephone Main 5217 & : & Bl = 1 z . Crenshaw & Bloxom ¢ ¥ WHOLESALE 5 " Y - v v ’ 8 FRUITS AND PRODUCE ¢ §§ Domestic and Tropical Fruits, Vegetables, Etc. f': & # § 1007 Western Avenue SEATTLE, WASH. 3 NN N SR N NERRNENTNNN RN ENN EHENTH I HINEHEN S SASIT AND DOORS O B 11l 1 C . D, VV IHllalmss CO. 1943 First Avenue South SEATTLE GOILI) SEAL PAINTS We gusrantee this paint will stand any test for purity. Protect your I n a save { at our prices Inside and outside white 1 d-gal, cans, per gal. 3 84.15 Ia 1-4 can X . R b 425 PREPARED ROOFING GOLD SEAL BRAND 1-ply, per square, $2.25 2-ply, per square, $2,75 Jeply, per square, $3.50 Our large illustrated eatalogne, showing full line of building material, free on requext. gy 0. B. Williams Co. Established 1899 N S R ’/,. ..> ": ;"'. Y E. C. Thompson, Mgr. A _ C. M. Sawyer Vaslion, Wash. We Haul Everything to and Froin the City Local Deliveries a Specialty Sesttle Phones Main 2064 Eiliott 657 Vashon Phone Seattle Terminal Black 174 917 Post St. Vashon Island News-Record, Thursday, December 25, 1919 THE PEGPLE'S FORUM 5 A New Yesr's Reckoning By R. G. Williams In the commercial world inven tories, computations and reckon |ingn are positively necessary. With the larger firms this is a frequent neeessity, With the concerns of lesser responsibility the work is less frequent. But all of appreci. able impertance take stock, make computaions and compare ledgers at least once a year. Should any commercial enterprise permanent- Iy neglect this necessity bankrupt ey would inevitably follow, The same principle applies to moral concerns, as {o individual assets and labilities. Moral com putations must be made. Stock must be tuken, The ledger of life must be ecompared. Sinee a big firm is represented and a business of eternal magnitude is involved the computation and comparison should be made frequently. Ay, at the close of each day a general note of the ledger should be made Muny there are who inake this a daily practice. It's a safe custom. The book is closed each day in ‘dividually with the uncertainty of its ever being ve-opened in this ‘world. It is well to persenally ascertain the aceount in the eon lncimmwsn of this uucertainty, But many do not make this a prac tice. Other matters are too press ing. The time of each day is so occupied with the common de mands as that littie thought is 'givvn to the most sacred matter, If a little time is sfforded at the close of day for leisure, a social exervise or some ineidental duty is performed much as a means of relaxution from the previous strain and pressure of the day, and fiually physical fatigne foree fo retirement. But since a daily practice of this mafter is really imperative, is it not more thap fiu. tal to postpone the matter for a longer period than one year? Shall we, in the light if reason, and against the voice of warning, coming to us from every quarter of the globe, aye, from every local district and sphere of human in terests, issuing from conditions of despair and irrevocable mistakes, shall we continue to hold this all important matter in reserve for a more convenient time? Nay,rather let us in the quiet with our con. sciences, ere the new year shall dawn, open yeverently the ledger and give it a thonghtful and prac tical survey. We need to know liow our moral liabilities and as sets compare, | } One or the other, or both, have. been accumulating for vears. Soon the eternal agconntant will‘ request the book to be cloxed and forwarded, to be reserved unti the final day of reckoning. There it will appear as we shall have left it. Could it be placed with the mortal remains in the casket, it would not be of sneh a vital mat ter. But while the accumniations may be neglected, the aceount re mains. Let us, then, pause at this most logical poini te ascertaian our moral standiag. First, as to our I Liabilities Our existance proves that we have given consent to a sparing Providence as regards our stay in this ‘world. The consent has not altogether affected the stay, but since ours has been the power to preveat the stay, we have, at least negatively, vonsented to a contin nation of oar lives. This consent imvolves us in eternal liabilities, They come through opportunities, advantages and privileges, result ing in a budget responsibility. In such an age as this these Yabilities rapidly multiply. With the facilities at our com mand, it is a dreadful thing to live in this day. Deseadful in the sense of accumulating moral lia bilites, But the labilities acenmulate, not only trough the accessibie fa cilities, but partly throngh the powers we possess, adapted to an effective utilization of these facil ities. Technical equipment may be lacking; one mey not be considér- V DRUG COMPANY F. D. MARR, MANAGER The Oldest and Most Reliable Medicine House in Tacoma Prescription Experts 1124 PACIFIC AVE ed a finished produet of any insti tution or sphere, yet, even an av erage intelligenee with reutine op portunities are effective of most serious moral liabilities. Were there no assets to measure against these liabilities we might justifi ubly wish that Providence had not heeded our request for & prolong ation of existence, But here we are, face to face with the inevit able. The labilities have acenmn lated and the cousequent responsi bility is tremendous, The aceount of it is staggering. No wonder we are so reluetant in reviewing the ledger. But honesty is the sufest poliey. So, let us be honest with ourselves in this matter, Perhaps to turn to the counter page of the ledger where arve re corded the assets, if there be any, we shall feel a little encouraged. Lt us see. The Assets First, let us turn to the soeial column, Here's a record if count eracting effect, if enumerations connt, But before we can judge of their merit we must determine, if possible, the hand that made the record, 1f it is of human inserip tion it necessitaies ciose inspec tion, for we are too apt to attrib ute to ourselves eredit for social matters which do not possess mor al merit, However, iet us hope for the best against the uncertainty of this matter, and trust that much of it, at least, will help in the as set budget., We next turn to the cohunn of benevolences, This, too, offers an encouraging aspeet, Therve is a long sncesssion of aceount of acts of charity and benevolence, They represent contributions to many worthy vauses, both local and dis tant, In figures they represent a high character and a liheral spirit, But, again, hy whom is the record made? Upon a elose inspection it may be seen that the favorable as peet is quite deceiving, It all may have a human touch as to reflect eredit where no real merit exists. But sinee we do not possess pow ers sufficiently fine and diserimi nating to judge of the actual qua |lil_v of such matters,we must leave it as it stands, in hope of its final approval, Finally, let us examine the spiritual column of the ledger. This may be noteed to have a dif ferent construction from the oth ers, It is departmentaily arranged a 8 to provide for a full record of the individual attitude toward every means of grace, Here a re cord of attendance at the Sahbath services is made, -Also of the in terest shown in the privilege of se eret devetion, of seripture study, of the mid-weeek devotional sery ices. Yes, the attitude toward every spiritual interest is care fully recorded. ‘How does this matter appear un der close inspection in the light of a normal conscience .and an hon est judgment? We shali not at tempt to answer the question, Of coarse, ginee it is a whole year's record there must be some account of these matters standing to our eredit, Condemning indeed it is if there is even one depart ment of this spiritual column a blank. But what mnst be the, condemnation if all are l)lzmk.} The possibility is so awfil as that we dare not contemplate it. To think of the possibility of a whole year gone, aye, possibly many vears having passed, and the most vital things of life so neglected as that none of their merit stands to our credit. The possibility of such, we say, 18 fraught with torment. But with this, too, we must hope for the best. It’s an individual matter, and the responsibility must be individually assumed. Many matters of detail might be mentioned, but they all come under on of the three Leads con sidered. Let us bear in mind at this point that our assets do not consist so much in what we possess as in what we do not have. The things of greater mert standing to our ceredit in the ledger of life, if, per chance, there is anght of such there, are the things beyond our present reach. They represent the things lost rather than gain ed;of the things given rather than keld; of the matters sacrificed rather than the things possessed. The value of that which we hold lies in our holding it subserviently in the interest of others, This we shall clearly set forth in the ledger of moral deeds. Now, as we stand between the dnal flickerings of the old year and the suggestive dawn of the new year, in the quiet with our own spirits, solemnly comparing the sheets of the book of life, what is the testimony of our own con science regarding the matter 1 We fear that the best is bad, but there is hope. Let us begin life anew by the golden opportunitios of the new year. Even yet we may hear the SWell done. BEditor News-Record : Having attended the movies at Vashon, 1 would like to suggest through the columns of your paper that the erowd of boys in attend anee who are guilty of indulging i obeene remarks, either be sub dued or be requested to remain at home, A Bubseriber Kidnaped By Santa Cluug BY GOODLOE H, THOMAS My dad sez once they lived a boy *Us bound that he would see Old Santa Claus—an' had no joy Fer thinkin' how 't'ud be To hide behind & screen an’ wait Till Santa come around, Then watch him waitin' to un craie—— Without a word or sound. Well,ChristmasEve, this boyleton *At he was sound asleep, An’when he knowed the rest had gone To bed, he went a-creep Down stairs—an’ gracious!— watcha think! He run against him—smack! Old Santa, yes-sir—"n quick as wink That boy "uz in his pack. An' ever since that boy has been Strapped up an’ has to go With Santa, fer just that one sin, Through miles of ice an’ snow; An’ you bet | ain’t gonna take Nochanctlikethat—notquite! 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