Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-06-26
DRIFTWOOD.
Pieces Of Individual Opinion Washed Up by
the Tide. Doomed, Sawed. Split and
Piled by Lue Vernon.

Pieces Of Individual Opinion Washed Up by
the Tide. Doomed. Sawed. Split and
Piled by Lue Vernon.
A colored affair-.he totem pole in
Seattle.
The day.break, we fancy is caused
by the night-fall.
A good standard to go by - the
WASHINGTON STANDARD.
All the mean acts of his life are
quickly brought before q drowning
man or a candidate for office.
Toms face lie covered with freckles.
But his mother sees not one
Loves telescope refuses to show
spot upon her son.
They say that man gets his theory
in his head. We have been thinkin z
how it must hurt some mems head
when their theory is exploded.
An Olympia doctor told q young
mother that the baby ought to have
one cows milk for his daily drink.
Now. really, isn't that entirely too
much4
1t was peculiar, to say the least.
During the lengthy tour of President
Roosevelt speaking to thousands of
people, mingling in crowds, ETC., he
never lost his "specs."
The Bulletin and Sun of Aberdeen
are following the customs of city
papers: Filling up space, by telling
which has the most advertising pat.
ronage, etc. Cut it out.
President Roosevelt, much to the
chagrin no doubt of prohibitionists,
always carries his glasses" right with
him. Still, it has never been reported,
as yet, that Teddy" Was ever" jagged"
eve mention with joy, praise and
pride this week." says an Eastern
Washington exchange, "that Sym
Drum has purchased q new slide
trombone and is practicing diligently
six hours a day and nine hours at
night. We are thankful it is from
bone. 1t might have been q bagpipe."
The man who packs q revolver in
his pocket and feels that he must be
on footing in moving among his
fellows in civilized community,
should seek some secluded spot, point
the weapon at his own shallow pate
and pull the trigger. He never would
be missed by men Of worth who
amount to anything in the world.
While in Seattle, the other day, we
stepped into a cafe and ordered . bowl
of ox-tail soup. We waited and wait.
ed, but the soup we longed for seemed
to be lame "A long time coming.
Finally we exclaimed to the waiter,
" Confound you, how slow you are"
then felt like kicking ourself when the
waiter replied, "'Tis not my fault
that you did not get your soup before.
Fault of the order; cir, ox.tail is al.
ways behind"
A great many married people, living
in so.called housekeeping rooms, are
always reminded how hard it is in the
world to make q living. The furni.
ture in these places generally consists,
as q rule, OF washtub and a broken
mirror. We assume the mirror, or the
part of one, is purposely placed in
these rooms, to remind the occupants
that if the wife don't use the wash-tub,
that her and hubby can look in the
aforesaid mirror and see each other
stare to death.
This ad. is taken from the P..L. of
issue OF May Odd:
WANTED-Capable man to take charge OF wood
working plant; must have experience and
brains; preference given to one taking small
interest In firm; apply 10 A n, l0l New York
building annex,
Probably the advertiser made mis-
take. He wants Q man with brains.
If he had stated he wanted . man
with . bicycle or an automobile, We
would have understood him. He will
give preference TO one taking a small
interest in the firm. What possible
use would q man without brains have
for q business interest? In fact we
never heard Of q man with no brains
yet we have met some whose brain
we thought was overworked.