Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-08-16
Teddy Bears Must Go.

At last 4 ban has been put upon
the senseless fad of substituting Ted
dy bears for oll-babies, that have
hitherto been the delight of little
girls, and some of rather mature
growth, as well. There is no doubt
but that the craze has been largely
developed by parents Of strong party
affiliations as means OF creating, or
rather perpetuating, the prestige of
the man in the White House, who
has profcSscd the characteristic of
a very sanguinary disposition; but
when it has come to a demonstration
that the little misses instructive ma
tcrnal nature. has been impaired and
the intuitive ambition to keep their
dollieS cute and pretty by the devel-
opment of such feminine traits of
character rs taste and industry, are
becoming less, if not altogether lost
by fOndling and petting this silly
substitute, fear has arisen that the
nature of the rising generation will
be materially warped from its true
object. The sewing department of
the New York University has taken
the matter up, and Mrs. Jessup, in
charge of that work, in speaking of
the effect upon children, lately said:
Formerly as | went about the city
visiting the different schools it was al
ways a delight to me to see the little
girls sitting about in groups making
dolls clothes or engaged in some bit of
sewing that knew they had learned in
school. Now, instead Of these domestic
scenes, it is invariably Teddy Bear
that is the center of attraction and the
little hands are idle"
The sewing department of these
schools includes teachers and super
visors from every State in the Union,
who have come to the leading city to
acquire the methods in needle and
basket-work, in weaving and dress
making, to take back to their classes
in the Fall, and its effort will be
hereafter to eliminate the Teddy bear
as factor of much evil, in pervert-
ing human nature at a time when
life character is being formed.
DEATH OF AN OLYMPIA PIONEER. -
Mrs. Eliza G. Evans, widow of the
late Elwood Evans, an old-time resi-
dent of this city, but the past %
years living at Tacoma, died sudden
ly, Wednesday, from heart-trouble,
while at an outing at Olympus beach,
near Tacoma She was a years of
age, and up to the moment of death
apparently in good health. Her three
descendants were with her: Charles,
Emily and Mrs. WILKINSON Her
husband, Hon. Edward Evans, de-
parted this life several years ago.
The Ledger is mistaken in the state
ment that he was once District Judge.
He was appointed. but never quail
fed. The funeral of Mrs. Evans will
be held tomorrow afternoon, at her
late residence in Tacoma.
VERIFICATION OF A TRADITION
report comes from Rosalia, this
State, of the death of James Fergu.
son, who attempted to swim Rock
Lake, which Indian tradition says
has never been swan by human
being. This seemed to excite his
ambition to accomplish that feat
and against protests of friends ht
entered the water and struck out fol
the distant shore. On reaching the
middle he threw up his arms with 9
shout and sank beneath the surface
and was drowned.
C. ]. LORD has asked the Board O
Equalization to base the stock of thu
Capital National Bank assessed t.
that institution instead of to the in
dividuals owning it, and deduct their
individual Indebtedness as an offset
against it. This would be cutting
the figures in two. The board ha:
taken no action in the matter, an(
probably will not do so.