Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-11-04
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row and steal the STANDARD in order that they
may enjoy little sunshine as they journey
through the vale of tears.l
The electric talking sign now being
introduced in towns must make some
women gossips aw!ully angry, don't
you know.
There ID many girl who is not
abashed to show her bosom in a low
neck dress who is afraid to show her
wrists in the kitchen.
Business must be a little slow in
Seattle. A large ad. in the Sunday
P.-I. states that bargains can be Sc
cured in tombstones, right now.
The Stand pat" and "Full dinner
pail" phrase will be worked overtime
from now on until the polls closes
along with "To the victor belongs the
spoils,"" turn the rascals out" and SO
on.
Mr.. Cortelyou undertakes to base a
tariff argument upon the corset in
dustry. We will cheerfully admit that
there is something vastly better in
the corset than there is in Mr.. Cortel.
you's statistics.
The steamer Florence turned over
at Ballard during its launching. What
is surprising about it is, that, being
built in that sleepy town, it could
command energy and vitality enough
to even "turn" over.
A friend OF mine assured me before
l went to San Francisco by steamer
that sucking lemons would prevent
seasickness. 1t is q fact. Provided
you sit in the shade OF tall tree
while you suck the lemon.
There is a married couple in Olym-
pia searching for the unattainable
The wife is seeking for something to
remove superfuous hair, while the
husband is looking for a preparation
to grow hair on bald head.
An exchange in giving the account
OF ships voyage, says: "The ship ran
before the wind" This is an absurd
statement. It's very wrong. For
everybody with bit OF horse-sense
knows that the wind started to run
before the ship did.
Certain classes of microbes produce
fine colors, and the time is not far
distant when q person will be able to
purchase a microbe-dyed pair of trous
ers, and a delicate microbe.tinted tie
and think no more of it than we now
do of eating a cochineal-dyed pudding.
At the top OF the first column OF
the editorial page of the Oregoniam We
read:
THE ROOSEVELT PLATFORM.
Each man, no matter what his occupa
tion, his race or his religious belief, i.
entitled to be treated on his worth as s
man, in any and all places, under an,
and all considerations.
Wonder if Teddy had General Woods
of whitewash fame-in mind wher
he wrote the above paragraph?
Years ago Mrs. Abigail Scott-Duni'
way used to travel over the then Terri
tory OF Washington, and deliver lee
lures on Women's Rights" She also
published a weekly paper known a
The Northwest. Many were her sub
scribers among women and Mrs. Duui.
way was always welcomed by he
many admirers in each town that sh'
visited.
Violet never had such a streal
OF luck. He fell in love with me il
Los Angeles, proposed in San Jose
and bought the ring in San Fran
CISCO"
"Did your luck end there?"
60, no! Coming up on the steame
from San Francisco, he won enough
money from papa for us to get married
on"
When things happen TO be unusually
dull in San Francisco Bay or in Tacom,
harbor, along comes a man-eatine
shark'-subsidized in all probability by
the Chamber of Commerce-and gets s
the papers,
Says Wex Jones in the Portland
Oregonian. Well, as to San Francisc,
we have nothing to say. But as tt
Tacoma, now really" WEEK." have yol
ever heard OF the time when Tacom.
wasn't unusually" dull?
George Meredith, the English novel
ist, now 10 years OF age, says:
"Some day the present day conditions
will be changed, and marriage will be
allowed for a certain period, perhaps ter
years."
Church and ociety and human
sentiment will revolt at this idea ant
the sometime" to which he refers viii
be so far in the future that the nam,
of George Meredith will have passed
from their memory of man. One @
the most widely read and most greatl.
admired poems in the world ends:
Now we maun totter down John,
But hand in hand Wen 90,
And sleep thegither at the foot,
John Anderson, my Jo.'
A Republican paper says it is no
necessary for Roosevelt to make an,
campaign speeches because the Ameri
can people "know where he stands ol
every issue that concerns their vel
fare" Where does he stand on tn
labor question and on the Philippin