Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-01
DRIFTXVOOD
BY LUE r. VERNON

Until our winter rain,
| And once again he'll grumble.
With his old rheumatic pain.
y typewriter, in the hands of Il
novice, when it comes to business
matters. is sometimes as dangerous
as the regulation empty gun.
1t is hard to say which is the
worst a crying baby in the next
room or man who is learning the
slide trombone, Just across the hall.
From reports. people in search of
housekeeping rooms in Seattle, would
consider the task of finding the
needle in a hay-stack Il soft snap.
Kansas is great State
On fame it has call,
1t gave us Carries hatchet,
And Rev. Sheldon's gall.
Some Seattle newspaper should
offer Il prize to the one guessing
when Honest" John Riplingcr will
be brought back to the Queen City
and placed on trial.
William Hickman Moore, Mayor of
Seattle, doesn't like yellow journals
The yellow journals don't like Moore
either. SO it's Il Stand-otf. One can
always tell where Il yellow journal
stands, but with Il Mayor -.
If by insult we've offended,
A sincere pardon we do beg,
We gave ii Plow column,
When he repainted wooden leg.
Sure, we feel somewhat slighted,
81 handed 4 lemon to u.s. this year,
For he never left watermelon,
The office force to cheer.
The law of New York State forbids
the use of the United States flag for
advertising purposes. Violation of
the law is punishable by fine not
exceeding 800. or by imprisonment
for not more than thirty days, or
both. Washington should enact such
| a law
If those people who visit the lead
ing hotels and use letter heads and
envelopes of such, to write to their
friends East, would kindly request
a stamp Us well, the hotel clerk
would see that their letters reached
the postotlice, thus saving the trouble
Of posting the same.
Many people who leave Seattle in
Pullman car, declaring they will
never visit the Queen City again,
only remain away short period of
time, when they are so homesick for
the best town on Earth-Seattle-
hnt hnx H. a L..
way on train or boat, should occasion
require, in order to live once again
in its midst.
The Past MhIhgcarr is recognized
as the representative Republican
newspaper of Washington, and is
considered SO by the most eminent
Republican papers of the East. I'm
der the conservative, digniiied and
brilliant cditorship of Erastus Brain
erd, the Past /nhiiigcnccr has taken
it's place among the foremost news
papers in the United States.
There are three large ocean steam
ers plying between Vancouver, B.
c., and the Orient. Each has crew
of $50 to manage them. They are
Empress of China, Empress of
Japan" and the Empress of India. !"
These boats are subsidized by the
English government rs naval re-
serves and can be called on at any
moment and in "a hours can be used
for transport purposes.
Wonder if Harvey Scott, editor of
the Orcgonion, doesn't at times sigh
for the old Office near the waterfront
in Portland, and think of the good
old days that have passed away,
when the click, click, click, of the
type as they were placed in the stick
by the large force of comps, was the
enchanting, seductive music, which
Spured him on to realize the dream
of his life-success and fame?
The New York World does not
favor the sending of battleships from
the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast.
Whether the World thinks it right
or not, has no bearing on the matter
to the people out here. The citizens
of the Pacific Coast want the battle
ships here, and can declare good
reasons for so desiring Besides,
the New York WorlH should remem-
ber we have an ocean out here that
will float the vessels rs buoyantly as
the Atlantic.
Reports from many sources are to
the effect that Japanese are flOcking
into the United States by the hun
dreds. Uncle Sam had better heed
thiss The Japs, since they defeated
Russia, believe they can whip any ma
tiOn on Earth, and they won't hesi-
tate to try it, should they have the
opportunity. One can say what he
pleases. but don't forget for mo.
ment that the " little yellow men
are ready to fight, to use an old
phrase, " at the drop of the hat.
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Maud is in the garden
Cutting pretty flowers,
Grace is i'm the hammock
Dreaming by the hours,
Kate is by the broOkside
Where it's nice and cool,
Kate is rather jaded
From the grind of schooD
Nell is in the parlOr
Just to snatch a nap,
Eva's on the front porch
Flirting with a chap,
Fannie's in the orchard,
May is in the grove,
Mothers in the kitchen
With a red-hot stove.
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Salem, Oregon, complains OF the
scarcity of girl houSe-servantS. Ger
tainly; why shouldn't girls who dc
housework be scarce in that town!
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