Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-24
DRIFTwOOD
BY LUE r. VERNON
Z

Flowers are beautiful but one can
live longer on salmon.
lido not believe that anyone knows,
or ever will know, the ultimate mean
ing of existence.
We are not prophets, to see into
the future; if we were, we would not
be apt to make so many mistakes.
Preachers and reformers saw this
is an age of irreligion and immortality.
They are wrong, quite wrong. 1t is
the age of search for the truth. of
knowledge and humanity.
1t makes me smile when I read of
Methodist ministers applauding Lon
don's great editor Stead, when he
swore and told them that their
amen S are not worth damn"
The mansion of Mrs. VIM. Thaw,
n Pittsburg, has been mortgaged.
Harry Thaw doesn't care who may
land in the poorhouse so he can re-
gain his liberty. But will he? 1t is
to be hoped not.
What is the use of wealth, learning
and other fine flowers of civilization
if men and women, whose labor
forms the fabric of its foundation,
are doomed to live and die in misery
in the recesses of great cities?
They can peddle presidential dope,
Can pass the boost along,
May try to jolly others
BY bullconn" or with song,
But there's one old grey-haired warrior.
| Who fishes-rolls in clover
For he enjoys the circus.
And they used to call him "Grover." "
THE Road to Yesterday" is the
name of new play. The Road to
Last Night" has not appeared as yet,
and if it does, many men are just
mean enough not to even speak a
kind word for it, let alone purchase
box seats.
1t matters not to me whether q
man derives his income from real
estate or personal estate, he ought to
pay his fair and just contribution.
If he did this taxation would not fall
so heavily on the smallest property,
the real property.
If you're money for hot-house flowers,
| To place upon . grave,
You've also price Of sandwich,
Which perhaps life may save.
Costly flowers won't bring back life
| To those who have passed away,
But fat, thick sandwich to hungry
man,
May land you "crown-harp" some
day.
The solution of the poverty prob
lem is possible without far-reaching
legislation which will result in a
considerable increase in the total
wealth Of the nation and consider
able decrease in the wealth of those
who are at present enjoying an un.
due share of the good things ol
earth. ..........
Most of us, ! believe, are not con
scious of any overwhelming desire t6
60 to either hell or q heaven, in
spite Of the theologians. The world
we live in is not so good as might be-
perhaps, but it is the best we have
actual knowledge of, and so let vi
make the most OF it, ana enjoy our
selves as suits our dispositions best
without injury to our fellow man.
Rev. M. A. Matthews. Seattle's
"rag-time" preacher, says:
"No one can question for q momeu
that the homes that are to-day being
neglected ought to have someone entel
them and teach the Bible to the chill
dren and to the parents"
From what other Seattle minister!
say, as to Matthew'S knowledge o
Salome, Matthews himself should
seek at once Bible tutor.
AS to the guilt or innocence O
Haywood and Meyer, 1 know not
Anyway they are assumed to b.
innocent until proved guilty, an6
whatever "Teddy's" private opin
ion is, it is not worthy of the here
which he unblushingly admits himself
to be, to kick men who are down.
believe Teddy" to be at heart, un
sympathetic, bigoted and cruel, anG
I do not like that sort of q man.
Journalism will be a feature at thu
State University. Editors will bt
turned out at the same rate no doubt
that barber colleges turn out theil
tonsorial artists" Soon we may
expect to read on placards tackled OF
bulletin board in front of employ
ment Office:
editor wanted for Daily Ho,cler
| EOIty-ANO uOiSoso . iuOhShs
Wanted - Editor for Weekly Tellit
Ten dollars a month, with board
Bring your blankets"
There are many roses that blossom
and die in the world unseen. There
are many men who might shine in
the world if they could get advertis
ing. 1t takes more than one person
to make public opinion. Men may
be eloquent, ingenious, benevolent
or public spirited, but they will
never be known except by some sOrt
of public mention. The people whit
make the wheels 60 round, who ART
factors in the worlds onward move
ment, would be like the flowers tha