Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-12-08
" l Shpeaks Nit der PRESIDENT

National Bank, has, it is presumed
entered the field of journalism, by the
purchase and owncrshipo the Tacoma
L'd9er, anything of a distinctive ma.
turc connected with his personality
possesses an interest and especially tc
the craft, which is early taught, in
lifc's experience, to give and take a
joke with cquanimity.
1t was early in the nos that Mr.
Radebaugh, Of Tacoma, deemed
Olympia, for some inexplicable reason
a good field for the establishment of a
weekly illustrated newspaper. So
strongly impressed was he with this
belief, that he moved an excellent
plant for execution OF the finer grades
of engraving and competent corps OF
artists to this city, and began opera.
tons. The paper had much briefer
existence than it deserved, but while it
was before the public, its illustrations
and especially its cartoons, command
cd widespread interest and admiration.
1t was soon after the advent OF Mr..
Radcbaugh that the incident occurred
in which Mr.. Lord figures as one OF
the chief actors. Mr.. r. was a patron
of the bank, and one day his account
running short, he was impelled to ask
one OF those so-called accommoda-
tions" Of Mr.. l.. 1t will be remem-
bered that the Capital National, in its
former quarters in the McKenny
building, had glass cage in front, in
which the President sat during bust
ness hours and watched the multitude
nous duties his one assistant, or clerk,
was called on to perform. 1t was, in.
decd, a kind OF an annex which, when
it is considered that the customers
likewise came in for their full share OF
supervision, and espionage, that very
much resembIed the parlor in the
tragic story OF the spider and the fly.
Well, it was at the grille of this cage
that the request for a temporary loan
was made, which was refused in tones
that were audible to those who hap.
pened to be in the bank at the time,
Mr.. Radebaugh is said to have remon-
strated with the President in vain, for
a modification of tone which would
not betray the delicate nature of his
business to others, but without sue
cess, or at least without satisfaction to
the patron of the bank, who left in
high dGdgeon. The next issue of his
paper contained cartoon, presenting
at a glance the front-door of the bank
with the large stone column at the
left of the entrance, which was of it.
self sufficient to establish the identity
intended by the satirist. Just within
the open door was represented the
cage with its grille, and standing be-
hind it was outlined round face,
about the shape of a gothic q, across
which was a huge mustache, resemb-
ling in size and shape the hirsute
adornment worn by Gov. McGraw in
his palmy days. Outside the door,
with his foot on the step, stood TO-
tund teutonic figure of a man, with a
boy by one hand, while in the other
he carried an immense ear-trumpet.
Underneath was the following text in
explanations:
I gay, oncle, vot for you dake your
ear-horn nit your
"Ah, dat's all right, mein shild. 1
want der shpeak nit der PRESIDENT of
der pank midin, und he thinks can't
hear all righdt. dake mein drum.
pet so dot he won't shpeak so loudt."
The day after the appearance of the
cartoon, there seemed to be a new
face at the grille, and many of the
patrons of the bank were mystified be.
yond measure to determine who had
taken the Presidents place in the
cage. They were not long in doubt,
however, when business was resumed
for the same old methods soon estab.
lished the identity Of the presiding of.
ficer. The only change that had
been made in the face at the window
was that it had been shorne of its i'm.
mense mustache, but that had almost
destroyed the distinguishing mark Of
Mr.. Radebaugh's very creditable carl
cature, as we'll as to obliterate the in
dividuality of the bank President.
Whether or not this added to the
point of the joke, by rendering more
apparent the object of the cartoon, o,
whether it served the purpose of the
sand-bank into which the ostrich
shoves his head to escape observation
we leave the reader to judge, but Ger.
tain it is the President of the bank
has ever since eschewed those exces.
lively obtrusive moustaches that were
a distinguishing feature of his physi.
ognomy when he made his debut as
bank president.
A PATRIOTIC rustler for funds to pay
for welcome to the returning soldiers
at North Yakima, Treasurer of an ex.
ecutive committee self-constituted for
that purpose, put in a bill of $50 fol
his services, there being a surplus in
his hands. This compensation the
remainder of the committee strenu.
ously opposed, and favored return oil
all money left, pro rata, to the donors
Then the Treasurer" quietly dipped