Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-04-29
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CHIPS AND RAGS
BY LUE F. VERNON.
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A brilliant opening-lifting the cor
ner of jewel case.
A white-haired lover is an example
OF undying affection.
Blessed is the man who expects .
great deal. He may get some of it.
Eating gcucumbers willremove freckle.
If the freckles are on the cucumbers.
There are seven letters in the word
Mcbride. Seven is unlucky. Wait
and see.
There is woman so clever in Olym.
pia that she makes all her own clothes
without other women knowing it.
An editor. who lives in Wenatchee,
Advanced" in thought-never brags,
Palms off as original matter,
Copy lifted from Chips and Rags. -
Whenever we see street.car packed
with people on pleasant day, we say
to ourselves, there goes a lot of lazy
people,"
There is no easier way in the world
for one to lose a good name than to
have it engraved on the handle of an
umbrella.
The young woman who will marry
before she has learned to cook is in
danger of learning something about
the divorce courts.
The young dude goes to church to
see his best girl, and she goes there
to be seen by him and to show off her
exquisite plumage.
An Eastern Washington exchange
asks, "Can we get along without hell?"
Well do the best We can, sir; but can
it, and will it, get on without us?
Able-bodied men who are supported
by their wives ought to be drummed
out Of the community. There are al
ways few of these drones in town.
Throughout life's journey there are
three things which is not good to re.
Tuscan answer to civil question, a
kiss to pretty woman, and bread to
a hungry man.
Whenever you hear person ira.
ducing the character OF another, size
up the slanderer and see if he is any
better or good as the person he is
talking about.
When you see published in the
papers the expression. ga good-sized
audience greeted so and So" you can
make up your mind the house was
about half filled.
Now that Senator Burton has been
found guilty, convicted and sentenced
on six points, its two to one wager
that he never does time but is turned
loose on technical points.
There are great many Republican
would-be editors in the United States
just now who get their editorial in.
spirations from the same place they
get their stamps-through the post
Office.
1t would be unfortunate If religion
gets mixed up in the State campaign.
A religious creed in politics is like a
two.edged sword, and it is more likely
to do severe execution on the wieldcrs
of it than their enemy.
How the Recorder likes to sputter,
And print a lot of bosh
Adjoining Teddy" Roosevelt
Which is nothing but a josh.
1t reminds us of jumping jack
You pull the string-it wiggles,
And the Recorder, every evening,
Only makes the public giggle.
An exchange says that we live in
three envelopes: Our bodies, our
dresses and our homes. When wo.
men state on their cards that they are
at home" ON certain days, they
must mean that the rest of the time
they are in their dresses.
1t is reported that two papers in
Olympia frequently repeat items in
the same issue to "string" out their
local column. From reading one OF
the papers we know for certain, where
this is not done it is made up for by
use of boiler.plate matter in other
columns.
The whipping.post is too mild a
punishment for young "men" who
stand on a street corner and make in
sulting and vulgar remarks about
every young woman that passes BY
If some OF the young ladies would use
the horsewhip on these moral lepers
no court would convict her.
1t is reported that the legislative
halls of the capitol annex will be
ready for service by time the Legisls'
ture meets. We will bet new hat
granting the length of time given te
their completion-that the doors will
not work properly, also that the keys
won't fit the locks. Wait and see.
An Olympia man went into house
for a lunch at Gate City, Tuesday
When departing he said to the land
lady, How much do you charge fol
the lunch?"
"Well," replied the landlady, 81
am in the habit of charging travellers
fifty cents."
"Well, its a bad habit" replied the
Olympia man, "here's twenty-five
cents. Good.day!"