Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-08-30
One large card has this pleasing an

One large card has this pleasing an
nouncement:
Don't forget the midway and Miss
Nelly Fat-ima in her great ochee
cooche don'tee-loOke- dancee."
Don't fail to see Miss Siconda Ange
lee-in-a-hornee, stolen from the Sultan.
larehem, by Ali Babba and Muckiltet
jim, now on exhibition for the first time
in the great City of Destiny"
Another reads:
Take an outing to the pretty little
village Of Seattle, the peace and quiets o
home-lfe in the little Jim Hill way sta
tion. Daily Transports to the Sulu Is
lands. Go out and meet the Sultan anC
his numerous wives and mothers-in
law"
A boy came in with card. 1t read
Mr.. Sell Seton" Mr.. Seton came
in. He told me that he was selling
seats, at 50 per Sell, to see the grea,
Indian parade from. begged to be
excused as my time was limited.
would stand up. then read all the
cards in the room again, and took
Uncle Epstien's cable address.
had beautiful corn, a Mason
county product which was trying to
eat my boots up. So when my eye
lit again on the dainty card of Miss
NJ. Chirpody, l concluded to enlist her
services. l rang the bell and in a
short time there was dainty knock
on the door OF my suite and lovely
maiden in a red dress was admitted.
She carried fan in one hand, and a
beaming smile in the other. She
gave me card which read, "Mlss
Maudie Chiropody. Corns removed
with care; no chloroform used moth.
ing but the purest of Blasting pow.
der used" After had read the card ol
this lovely stranger, my corns ceased
to pain me. Miss Chiropody gave ME
a smile that was winner, and began
to talk about the carnival, the
weather, ETC., etc. Then Miss Maudie
asked me if l had fed my corn regu-
lar, what its habits were, ETC., etc
Then she said she would examine my
corn. 1t was awful for us to take of
my boots in the presence OF this vision
of Tacoma Rain-here beauty. After
examination of my corn Msudie said
he was of the soft shell variety, a
native of Puget Sound. She then
took out pretty little sharp.pointed
knife and cut the throat OF Mr.. Toe
corn, esq, and he expired in her arms
(the corn did). Dear Maudie then
told me l had lovely feet. She said
she knew did not live in Tacoma
Rain-here. She said the Tacoma men
were splay-footed, wore ring-bones and
spavins, ETC., ETC., caused, she informed
me, by the dear citizens running down
to the wharf every day to see if there
was not more government transports
in their harbor than there was in thai
little Jim Hill Seattle's harbor. Miss
Dear Maud also said Tacoma people
were kind to strangers within hel
gates. Miss Chiropody then handed
me bill for S8.88 and was paid and
withdrew out in the streets.
The different Indian tribes are
walking around trying to buy street
cars and fire water. There are 1OC
different tribes here, each with lovely
smell of his own. There is one tribe
in particular that smelled like fire
in shoe.shop leaning against a tai
factory. The Tacoma people, after
inviting the Indians to their town
should not stand and hold their nose
with one hand, and point the way to
the mucamuck house with the other
When the great Chief Gal.lop.around
the-Smoke- House was trying to find an
eating house in the evening, l got lost
in the great crowd and finally came to
the great Midway enclosure. The sofl
tinkle OF the sweet musical instru.
ments in one place attracted me. !
went inside. Great placards told me
(also a fellow at the door) that this
was the street Miss Velly Fatima
lived on and did the great ochee-hoo
che-dontee. .lookec-dancee. On . plat
form sat dark lady in undress uni
form. She had a pipe with a section
of garden hose attached to it, also a
bucket of water. That was Miss Velly
Fatima (she looked her part all
right. She was taking . coal smoke
CONTINUED in Horneel.
CLOVER BILL.