Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-09-11

STAR -gaZeFs not 10 engage space at tNe
Washington hotel for it. Some one
will steal it, sure. This is advice with
only one tale, but truthful one.
The strenuous political axe in the
hands Of "Teddy" applied strongly to
the necks of the postotiice officials inn
rlicated in the postoffice graft in
Washington, D. c., would make fine
campaign literature, and a vote gath.
eror for 1904. Then why does he hesi-
tate in letting it fall where the necks
lie stretched?
AT the next session of the Legisla.
ture, a law should be passed prohibit.
ing young men from going to see girls
until they are at least "a years old.
There should be section in the same
act providing that girls cannot enter
tain company" until they are 90.
Such law would afford relief for suffer-
ers who are nearly as bad off as the
flood sufferers.
United States Vice Consul Magels.
sen, cabled to friend in Franklin, Pa,
in reply to message congratulating
him on his escape from assassination
as follows: "Fit as a fiddle-Magels-
sen." Magelssen has, by this mes
sage torn the mask from his own face.
He has confessed. The public now
realize it, as a truth, that he halls
from Arkansaw. Fiddle.
It's not "how would you like to be
the ice man." but how would you like
to be an officer on the United States
flagship Kearsarge? Just think OF
fitting among Field Marshal Lord
Roberts, Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
ford, General Sir Redvers Butler,
King Edward, President Loubert,
Queen Alexandra and Duchess OF
Devonshire, on 30-cent salary. But,
o, what difference next payday!
The union carpenters in Vancouver,
B. c.. are out on a strike, thus re-
tarding $4,000 worth of building.
It's strange that wage-earners can't
see that they must work to support
themselves and families. 1t will be in
their case just like the strike of the
miners of Ladysmith, B. c., they will
stay out until money is gone and
starvation stares them full in the face,
then they will 60 to work again, hav-
ing lost valuable time and much in
wages, without gaining a point.
Two chop house proprietors in Sc
sttle were fined $50 and SIS each for
selling milk that contained formalde-
hyde, preparation used for embalm.
ing purposes. 1t seems as if the un-
dertakers would kick against the use
of this fluid by milk dealers, for if it
becomes the popular fad, undertakers
will find their business of embalming
the bodies OF dead people rapidly de.
cliniug; as persons drinking milk con
tanning formaldehyde will have en-
balmed themselves while living. 1t
behooves the undertakers, funeral d.
rectors, and so on, to beware OF the
restaurant men in the Queen City.
The Musicians Union of Spokane
have demanded that single piano.
thumper working in any theater shall
be paid $50 per week for six hours
work each day. The theater managers
OF Spokane have declined to pay the
graft demanded. Just such unreason.
able actions as this, by organized
bodies OF union men, is what is lessen
ing the sympathy Of the public for
their professed wages. This is an un-
just demand and we hope that the
managers of Spokane theaters will not
be dictated nor bulldozed by any such
actions on the part of the Musicians
Union. Some union organizations do
not know when they are we'll treated.
An Olympia man remarked the
other day "What is meant by the ex.
preston, shyster lawyerr" We will
answer. 1t is the fellow who gets his
living by stirring up trouble. Family
trouble is his great hold. The shyster
lawyer is usually man Of prodigious
lungs and . voice of volume. We
have heard shyster lawyer . block
away. When he gets wound up he is
equal to anil eight-day clock. The
justice courts are usually the forum
for . display OF his eloquence. With
all his faults the shyster lawyer is not
half as bad as the shyster doctor. He
not only ruins the health. but i'm
poverishes the purse. The public
should beware OF both the shyster
lawyer ond shyster doctor.
Signor Marconi's betrothed WAS very
considerate in breaking off her en-.
gagement with him. She waited until
worldwide fame for his achievements
softened the blow. If she waited to
give him up until such time as he
would be most conspicuously eligible,
thereby enhancing her own distinction
as turning down q celebrity. that
would have been only great feminine
generalship. If man is to be Tilted
BY . woman, it is more creditable, both
to him aud to her, that the jilt of the
Jolt should come when he is the high
tide of success than when he is under
q cloud or losing bis grip upon other
things than the woman. Both the
signor and the lady are to be congrat'
uloted upon the effective ending OF
their romance.