Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-02-15

III tne Dill SnOulQ become q law, that
it would result in much good, for
woman will seldom appear against
her husband, and in nine chances out
of ten, when stranger or neighbor
mterfereS in a family quarrel, both
man and woman will turn on him
and give him a devil of a mauling.
the wife the first to make the attack.
/ have known plenty of instances
where faithful, plodding wife has
struggled for years to put her huS-
band on his feet and then her reward
was this, just as soon as the husband
was riding on the topmost wave of
prosperity, turning nickels into dol
lars, the faithful wife was ignored
and another woman was called in to
share his favors and prosperity. The
poorest man on Earth, who loves his
wife devotedly and truly, is a king
beside such a miserable clown and
butfOOn-a cur, with all his money.
Lady living alone wishes gentleman's s
mending and washing. 23l1% First.
This is a somewhat peculiar ad. to
be running regularly in the conserv-
ative P-I., to say the least. Why
should the lady wish the men to know
she lives alone? Does the living
alone" enable her to do better work?
Or perhaps she fears the men might
be afraid she supports a lazy, worth
less husband. We may not guess,
we only know that, according to the
foregoing ad. that a Lady living
alone wishes gentleman mending
and washing" Ugh!
To help the fallen and needy is q
noble work, and especially those who
are passing swiftly to a second child
hood. To do this, will be to those
who do it as a ray of comforting
light when they, too, may have not
only passed the hey-day of youth,
but also have left behind them for
ever the strength and vigor of man.
hoods prime; such light will cheer
and guide them down the river of
years-aye, even as the good old
song says, when the way becomes
lone and the night is dark they will
have the pleasing reflection and con-
solating assurance that they have
done what they could in the direction
of helping those whose palmy days
are gone never to return.
THE Lyric" is the name of new
theater on Washington street, Sc
attic. 1.-The Scouts Revenge" was
the opening play. No doubt this
will be followed with Shooting Bob,
the Tulip from Texas" :. Hair-Trig-
ger Tom, of Tonopah," The Grim
son Coyotes, or Nita the Nemesis,
Big-lOot Wallace, the King of the
Lariat, Colonel Plunger, or the
Unknown Spot" and so on. But
Russell 4 Drew can never hope for
genuine success until the name of the
theater is changed Not on your
tin-type; no sir. l suggest this as a
winning name, Skid-Road Thea
ter" l believe this name would
pack the house nightly from orches-
tra-pit to gallery. Really. do.
was sent out in the country the
other day, and came to where an
auto was standing upon the brow of
hill.
Hello" said to the chauffeur,
broken down?'
No, SIR" he responded.
Out of gasolineY'
No, sir. We have plenty"
Tire punctured?"
No, sir: The tires are in perfect
condition."
Lost your way?"
No. The country hereabout is
very familiar" I
Dropped something from the
auto?"
No. Nothing of the Sort
Then why are you standing here?
Why are you not shooting down the
hill and across the level at a terrific |
speed?"
Il do not care to do that" re-
piled the owner of the machine, who
had been silent until this moment.
" l had my auto stopped here so that |
l might enjoy the magnificent view
from this elevation"
With frightened glance at him, l |
turned Immediately, and fastened
back to Olympia, to warn the Of
ficials that an evidently insane per-
son was at large in an automobile.
P. S.-The officials failed to locate
him.