Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-03-02
BRENTWOOD
Individual Opini0n.)
By LUE F. VERNON.

When birds are drinking, may they
be said to liquidate their bills?
Charles b. Hanford. the actor, re-
sembles in looks William Jennings
Bryan.
The st. Louis street-car conductor
who was married on his run, merely
collected the fair.
What q god send the popular 10.
cent shows are to many an old broken.
down, boy.variety actor.
The art of swimming should be
taught the boys and girls in our pub.
lie schools, as we'll as the three RS"
A woman writer in an exchange
wants to know What is home with.
out baby?" It's comparatively quiet.
While lovely days may come together,
And seem to you as warm as June,
Remember well old springtime weather,
Don't cast your overcoat too soon.
When red-nosed man wanted his
picture in a heroic attitude, the artist
painted him in the act of refusing a
drink.
About the time that mans daugh.
tiers get old enough to help their
mothers they go off and help some
other man.
You hardly ever call on q family
that don't talk about you after you
are gone. Some OF the comments
would hardly please you.
When a youngsters mustache is
smaller than his eyebrows, he is better
satisfied with himself, and knows
more than he ever will again.
A young, vigorous. we'll governed
city like Seattle requires capital, and
more capital. Capital is its life-nerve.
Lack of it will lead to alrophy.
Jack London, by his Socialist declar.
ations, is certainly making his here.
tofore admiring friends uneasy, lest he
become an inmate OF a lunatic asylum.
A society woman must not be seen
twice in the same gown, while the
poor devil of a man gets out his we'd
ding suit and wears it to the end of
his days.
There are quite number OF would.
be society people in Olympia; that is,
people who are dying to get into 80.
cisty, but do not exactly understand
the ropes.
l won't say that the meter measures
the amount of gas you burn, but l will
say that it measures the amount OF
gas you will have to pay for. in Sc.
attle, any way.
1 have . most profound respect for
. minister of the gospel who breaches
the gospel of Christ, but look with
distrust upon the meddling kind who
turn their attention to police and de.
tective work.
Election of Senators by the people
is one of the FIRST great reforms that
should come in this country during
this century. It would be the greatest
blow that could be delivered to tho
political machine
Chicago highwaymen have taken to
stealing crutches from the cripples.
The custom of putting pennies on q
dead mans eyes has gone out, or the
proverbial theft of them would doubt.
less be in vogue there.
Wonder if Governor Mead brought q
few grasshoppers with him on his re.
turn from Kansasi When the grass.
hopper lights upon . green field in
the Sunfower State" he is never
pardoned by the farmer.
Stranger TO Olympia Barber)-
"Here, you have clipped my hair to
the very scalp"
Olympia Barber" Don't you re.
member when was telling you that
story you said, Well, cut it short,
and I did"
Did you ever notice what abomin.
able names celebrated musicians and
pianists have? The latest craze is q
pianist named Gabrilowitsch. Now, il
his name had been Smith he would
have been . failure. The name of the
musician counts for as much as his
ability.
A colored preacher in Texas de.
manding his salary is reported to have
said: Brudern, can't preach heah
ON Earth an boa'd in Helm" There
are white ministers on the Pacific
Coast no doubt who will readily un.
derstand what the Texas preacher
aimed at.
The splendid dramatic and operate
reviews, signed by Vincent Harper
appearing in the P..I., are big iea.
ture in the leading journal Of tha
State. He writes 20 Interestingly,
that the reader, after finishing one ol
the delightful articles, still wishes fol
more, from his gifted pen.
Here is the latest phase of the card.
of-thanks craze which has run wild in
the press for years: A grateful Kan
sas wife published . card.of.thanks in
the local paper thanking "an un
known gentleman" who steered hel
husband home the other night whe