The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29

y11SFA Tie IEEEs Ah4 ts<~F4A1e tt~<
much fun ia peace for nothing. eonciuded
there would b- even Jess n paying Tor
a. Yoa see s1er7 usfie trouble
sbo&s ne waen / made my original bow
tnac the world I came just al the end
Of the war. an4 ny maternal parent has
q fashion Of referring 70 me a. "A peace
child" which means shaL / was deprived
a All pleasure, as far as ngating Was
concerned ard that ] never knew the
delights, except by hearsay. OF being "a
defiant and bitter and as altogether war
Hike as only woman can De- IL IS
hard no; 10 nave been born either n Isl&
or 1860.
IN DAYS gone By I have listened to
Mgr stories from men and women who
were zoms black, some white. Tbs one
who tod the moot interesting story
salned my ear color having no influence
Then. too. ] possess q hand organ tnat
plays maryland, My Maryland, pixie
and THE Bonnie Blue Flag" and when
ever I have fsst a weakening toward
tie land we I've In / have Literally
ground myself into a noble state OF pa
ir!ot.c telling. But now-now i hang out
Of a window 10 my dressing gown and
wildly cheer a. regiments that have gone
TO seek victory or--nc, there is no or
about II. They have gone 10 seek victory,
ard they mean 10 have IL. We may'nt
have the clear hlIaIgo blood la US. but
We have g1s such 5 splendid mixture OF
&DCl g9&Etlsig material. Cunning III d flifEgE
line from the kings OF ireland, the fine
middle class OF England and tina big.
strong. determined Germans. all OF whom
make native Americans. that do believe.
with s3asI leading the band We could
lick any nation exeept-weli. no. / won't
except England. because she IL so fond
OF us jsast now that rather than see Us
tn trouble, she would ssep forward. with
Tommy Atkins aad al Of her wonderful
ships by her side and we would have an
Anglo-American alliance that would Own
tie earth and the fullness thereof.
When women are patriotic they are In
tsnseiy so There in aotning In the way
OF middle course about them. just BOW
they are wearing red, white and blue
belts, red. white and blue ribbons on their
hats. and | have heard--whisper Ii gently.
THAI one fearless creature wears a red.
white and blue garter. with badger
stuck through 1t la such a way that more
harm can come TO her and less, / Think.
10 the Spanish spy for whom IL is In
tended, since in a moment OF excitement
and considering the difficulty OF raising a
Tuffied skirt she might mistake the han
die for the point. Another girl who loved
her country with all her heart endured
egonifs OF pain for wlsch a mustard
plaster was Of no use. aud she suffered
and was strong rather than have Spanish
flies put on her. and So 1t goes. In fash
iauable restaurants Spanish mackerel are
never eaten. while 80 all the comic OPP
eras the Spanish dances are entirely
omitted.
Bui. JestIng aside. hasn't II been lovely
90 see how The North and the South have
met together and how appgeciatlye the
men IN power have been OF our splendid
Southern fighters? Why, when the bio
graph shows a picture Of Fttzhugh Lee
nna the orchestra plays Dixie" the wom-
en- hang their umbrellas or the floor. be-
cause that makes more noise than clap
ping. small boys yeil "Hurrahr' and the
r1en-why the fnea join In the song and
applaud the distinguished gentleman who
may occupy any position that the United
States can give him provided he wishes
81. The Lees are gentlemen. and II takes
q gentleman 10 be fighter. even IL he
s. only q gentleman OF one generation,
aud cannot write his own name, fIsut how
sturdy the Lees have been, They fought
for the colonies In the war OF independ-
ence. they fought Cor what fhey believed
was right In the civil war. and now their
great representative offers his hand 10
fight with and 10 greet his brave brothers
whether they come from Maine, Oregon,
New York or Texas.
But TO return % the present war. Did
the Spanard ever attract youe To ME
he always seemed like a cQloTed Icing on
pound cake It looks pretty enough bur
everybody breaks Il OFF before eating
BIT Of the cake They have always been
traitors and always hrutes. Tenderness
81 SsseniafG - an unkn0sn quantity.
~ ordinary times he IL rated as a beast
sn war he j. Il coward. and when you
think how he treats women and children
what name IS bad enough for hi1ns The
war today brings back 10 me All the sto-
f.es that have heeu told me Of that last
war when brother fought against broth
er ana iF'Nnas became enemies. in baltic
more. rs ~ tAe "osia KNOWS thefe was
great aaal o. strong ffeiins- bur as
the ely was AwaFS heid ny the army
III power some very funny and some
very S.d stiitsS arr 'o'u ihe FUNNIEST
nave heafH vas sooo' young woman
whose ,''sAt' was III the southern
army s3e Huhs cur OF me window or
Ter pedto"H'. N'"Sa h@hted on the street
W. s,'i"'' ~ pe a u'ScN nag, ana
h'aeh nag as YOU Know, means sedi1ion.
- - 4e" '''-','S cNIEpahE OF so.-
o~tN '1IT u i'F hoase' rang the he'll
80 @SNr. -. III "o.iet, tier mother
- h',s'a1r @IVit ~ ne gH was