Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-30

sickly scntimcntal!iy, when r"aud.in
iad- run rampant and blatant motor
ictv i accounted the acme of fame, Il
find man or woman. and "7pec' ally
tie latter. vino stands Ike Il rocl,
AGAINST the tide ii >,nscl,e~ innovation.
After hundred silly women had
kissed IIuh>on in Chicago and that
wrought !rr" had started with
in"tiahlr complaj-anry upon lIs trans.
continental tour, il remained for Il
bright, high-minicd Kentucky girl
to take the yeast out ii the Connected
Young officer Of CirCun>tantial rank
and show him up to the just rid.culc
OF Il theatcr full oi people. After
leaving Chicago, Hoh>on made his
next display at Macaulcy'> Walnut
street opera house, in Louisville, hut
tuc scp.c, VII show that he got Il
bump on h- head that Will list. in all
probability till he reaches the Philip
pines, the objective point fHr which he
is now en- route.
1t seems that Hob1on and his trav-
cling companions had taken Il box at
Macauley'S, week ago last Saturday
/ night. and when the curtain fell Il
number OF young people made rush
towards his box to do honor to the
brilliant military celebrity. Com
PEELED to follow her friends, Mrs.
Douglass Quarter was, by mere force
OF circumstances, one of those who en-
tered Hobson's box. Beautiful, OF
qneenly mien, and we'll known for her
social standing in the city, she was, of
course, the acknowledged star OF the
little cotcrie, and Hobson was not
long in discovering her superiority.
After few introductions and a
furry of social small-talk, one of the
young bloods impelled, doubtless, 10y
an overdose of bluegrass whiskey and
the ardor of selfish desire, proposed a
warmed over rehash of the Chicago
kissing-bec. No sooner was this prop
osition seconded by shout than Hob
son made dive for Miss Quarter
His decorated arm was Just about to
encircle her classic waist when 10, the
hero of Santiago harbor was foiled
in a way that brought applause from
hundreds OF onlookers in the nave OF
that great building. Quick as flash
Miss Quarter thrust her palm before
his face and well, backed him Off
AS the Louisville reporters have it.
and those newspaper fiends are al
ways present when anything out oil
the comman is about to appear, gen.
tie litter and then a livelier giggle
swept from parquette to gallery and
back again.
Well, this little episode put a
damper on the prospective kissing
bee and it died a bornin'. Now the
question comes quite unbidden, Who
was the greater, Hobson as hero, OF
Miss Quarter as heroine?
Right upon the heels of this ridicul.
GUS affair comes budget of news
from New York proving that the
brave Kentucky girl was not n second
too soon in her admirable coup de main.
Only last Monday evening series OF
war pictures were being displayed at
the Harlem Music Hall in New York
city. The pictures of Dewey, Schley
Shafter and others were thrown upon
the screen amid rounds of applause
but when Hobson's face appeared
there went forth such kissing that
the attendants removed the offending
portrait in twinkling.
! The Chicago kissing nausea was
still fresh in the minds of the New
Workers, and hence the sudden
change that had come over the spirit
of their dreams. 1t is time to hear
the last of American hero-warship
Let us leave the young cockerels to
scratch a while longer over the
barnyard, while we render honor to
whom it is justly due, the SCARED
veterans who have grown gray in their
country's service.