Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-30

year drug on the market. Mistle-
toe" | read, ais losing favor and kiss
ing under it is no longer considered
good FORM" Well, it may be so,
though | am free to confess that l
have personally not observed any
signs of the alleged unpopularity Of
yuletide OSCILLATION during the past
few days. And l saw so many per.
cons carefully bearing their bundles of
mistletoe home, during the fore-part
of the week that I really cannot in
duce myself to believe that we are
forgetting that good old English GUS
tom of kissing under the sheltering-
@gis OF the mystic berries. No, /
rather think that "good form" or
otherwise. there has been quite as
much mstletoe and kissing this Christ
mas as usual. Which is as it should
be.
The United States is keeping up its
reputation as land OF portents. The
weather experts are seeing all kinds OF
signs which presage an extra cold
winter. In recent issue OF the New
York World, we find that "Joe Harris
says that turkeys have breast bones Of
double strength, which is always a
sign of cold weather, Ed. Ross AYERS
that coons have three sets OF hair this
year, Jim Anderson discovered that
all rabbits killed this fall have'six
heavy front teeth, Frank Gibbs no
ticed that ilagstones sweat frost every
morning, jerry Dugan states that the
evergreen trees have three times as
much foliage as usual" and so on. So
you can do as you please about sup-
plying yourself with wood or coal.
You have been given these fellows
words that our worst weather is to
come.
All my life have been ever ready,
sometimes even eager, to defend the
tender gender with sword or pistol,
stick or fist. What is home without
a mother?" is a sweet old song, but
| ask what would man who is up in
the rs Qorties or fifties) be without
some sweet mother to supervise him:
Man may receive his best welcome at
his favorite saloon, but is it genuine?
No. You must so home for real
sympathy, and il there be wife who
neglects her husband, or neglects even
his little comforts, she does not deserve
to have one. Married women in mid
dle-class society, whose husbands are
in business, should never forget that
it is the little mosquitoes of life that
make the world very ordinary one
to a man. Don't send him sulky
down town. Well, he has swallowed a
hasty breakfast that will turn acid in
two hours time and necessitate .
"nip" of something. He rose SC
pleasantly, too, and was singing to
himself as he got inside that nice
white shirt. But, o misery! there is
button hole on the back OF collar.
band Of his shirt torn and go large
that his collar-button will not remain
as it should. and ought TO, and there
are buttons off his undergarments too,
and hole in his stocking. heel. Then
he begins to rave and possible-most
men generally do-swear a green.
blue or yellow streak. The old mans
mad now, and don't forget it. He is
red and sweating before lie can coax
the sleeve-buttons through. When he
comes back in the evening he is jolly
and wants to talk, but If the wife be
one who, like millions, can't manage
servant, she is probably irritated, and
reels off harangue about her troubles.
0, what q fearful mistake!. He eats
his supper almost in silence, and
though he knows it would be wiser to
sit down with book he hurries off to
see q man down town-who. by the
way, seems always to be in q saloon
and after arriving there finds the man
is willing TO play pool, billiards or
cards, so stays the evening, paying for
the games and drinking "higb.balls."
And men just play, talk and drink,
and thus thousands of homes are
wrecked and ruined, in time, just be.
cause wife does not mend torn and
ragged button. holes and sew on but.
ton. Ugh!
"I'D like 10 see a man kiss mel"