Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-12-13
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To borrow is human. To forget to
| pay back is more so.
A red light is not always an indica-
tion Of fire escape.
Washington has had "a plenty" of
Gov. Mead. Anyone will do. but him.
suppose the reason Cupid doesn't
wear any clothes is because he's such a
warm baby.
Money may not make the man, but
that doesn't prevent the man from try
Ing to make money.
Even the optimist who sees nothing
but sunshine is shy about lending his
umbrella to a friend.
A peep into the future would prob
ably be as unsatisfactory to many per-
SONS as glance at the past
Where is Cosgrove? Not line in
the newspapers for two days. Come,
CosgrOve, make a noise like you are
on earth.
The most considerate wife I ever
heard of, lives In Olympia. She dates
all her letters week or SO ahead, to
allow her husband time to post them.
And just to think that the Washing
fonidn of Hoquiam did not feature the
Todd sensational murder case. The
WdshingtOnidn surely must have over
looked bet
An Olympia woman, accustomed to
over much shopping, went to the win
dow in the postofice the other day and
said sweetly. Let me see your penny
stamps. please"
First Olympia Small Boy: What
makes the old cat howl so?"
Second Olympia Small Boy: Il guess
you'd make noise If you was full of
dddle-strings inside"
An Olympia photographer was re-
Gently visited by young woman, who,
with sweet simplicity. asked: How
long does 1t take to get your photo
graph after you have left your meas
ure?"
Penniless men were arrested In Sc
attle for sleeping In box cars. Men
who sleep in some Of Seattle's lodging
houses, after the first night are al
most compelled to sleep In box car or
alley. provided they have not the in.
come of Rockefeller.
The best thing Sammy" Perkins
could do as feature for the. Tacoma
Neps. would be to induce Albert John
son. night editor of the Seattle Times,
by some hook or crook, to return to
the Neus. Johnson made the News the
best evening paper in the state.
of Frank Todd. of Hoquiam-the state
ment Of Mrs. Todd and of Steele, the
more 1t seems that Mrs Todd knows
more about the death of her husband
than she has told yet. l believe, from
reading dispatches from Hoquiam, ap-
pearing In the P-I.. that Mrs. Todd
helped Steele kill Frank Todd, her hus-
band. l certainly do.
1t would seem to me, that one c. M.
Moore. Of Portland. a would-be critic,
would always look before leaping. after
such a lecture as given him sometime
ago by John Miller Murphy. editor Of
the STANDARD. Yet on consideration
Moore. perhaps was ''tickled to death, I"
SO to speak. to think that Mr.. Murphy
would consider his criticism worth re-
plying to. An ant will crawl on an ele-
phant. you know.
Push Dem Clouds Away" Moore, Of
Portland, has a streak of yellow down
his back three yards wide. l like a
man. but an amateur "nigger singer"
never amounts to what the cork is
worth, which he smears on his face
This Moore was going to tell the read
ers OF the STANDARD my right name
He Is big puff-ball. or better still, the
ball that tumble-bug rolls in the
country road. Ugh!
1t was at an open.air meeting that a
Socialist speaker was holding forth.
Mem" he shouted. what we want and
what we are going to get Is free land.
We want the land for the people. Free
land. men. we want, and we are going
to have free land" Just then q large
piece Of earth landed on the speakers
eye. and while he was removing the
clod voice yelled out There's q
piece Of 1t to begin With"
Hearst held on a libel charge" is
the heading in the P.-I. November %.
Gee! what lot Of free advertising one
William AstOr Chanler is receiving
from this. It's the only chance Chanler
has had, perhaps. in all his life. to
have his picture in newspapers, coupled
with a small writeup. Hearst, the
monarch Of all newspaper publishers in
the United States. doesn't know. per.
sonally. there is such party as Will
lam Astor Chanler in existence.
Seattle hotel men are thinking of
cutting out" music in their respective
resorts. They claim they can save $12.-
600 year. which is now paid out to
musicians and singers. Goodness
knows it would be relief in many
cases. Think Of an orchestra plugging
away. woman with cracked voice try
ing to make Calve look like a lead
dime. a waiter standing by your side
gaping at you with give me dollar"
smile. while you are trying to eat a
lot of burnt potatoes. tough meat. and
drink miserable solution misnamed
coffee. Ugh!