Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-02-14
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VIII give the ro'toilicc and express
employees, an opportunity 10 enjoy the
holidays. Sometimes the pressure of
vo.l. IS such that some of these can't
r,t off even on Christmas day. II
they are rushed and worked overtime
during the preceding week. they will
lie too tired to care whether or not
Christmas comes round. Also have
mercy on the hard worked grocer ana
butcher ana baker. On the day be-
fore n holiday these dealers are always
rushed 10 death. Don't expect them to
travel nile or two to deliver the
pound of ralslnS or the bottle oc va
nilla that You overlooked in giving
your regular order. Have mercy on
the hapleSS drivers. compelled to he
oIt In the cold until late ut night on
thankleSS crrands. Have mercy also
upon the weary horses, forced to stag
ger through snowdrifts or beat their
way before the binding winter blasts
TO your door.
One OF the alienists at the notorious
Bradley murder trial made the state
ment that he believed the prisoner to
be suffering from mental arrangement
and gave MS one of his reasons for
thinking so that she was interested In
politics. Said this sage, "She was an
intellectual woman" This shocking
charge was followed up by the state
ment: and yet she included in her
duties that which we do not expect
women to he interested in. She was
interested in politics, and l think that
was evidence of an abnormal condi-
ton" Women members of civic clubs,
the thousands Of women who belong
to political organizations and suffrage
societies everywhere, will please take
notice and retire to sanitariums rs
soon rs they can get their affairs In
order. Just why politics should be
more upsetting to the female than to
the male brain the gifted alienist did
not set forth. Under this ruling such
women as Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease,
Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster. Miss Helen Va
rick Boswell, Mrs. Jane Pierce, Mrs.
Clarence Burns, Mrs. Harriet Stanton
Batch and hundreds of others must he
classed as abnormal" which, accord
ing to this person, indicates toxic In
sanity" whatever that may be. Wom-
ems interest III politics an indication
Of insanity! 1t Is amazing to hear
any perfectly sane man Of good edu-
cation make such silly remark
1t is q good plan to go over the men,
Oranda Of household expenditures reg
ularly each week and notice how the
various accounts stand. However, 1t
Is easier to determine the value of any
disbursement few months after than
on the day when it is made. Often In
the interests of economy a housewife
will find it desirable to make q large
advance purchase. and were such trans
actions to be charged against the week
ly or monthly account she would seem
a spendthrift, while In reality by buy
ing large quantity for cash she has
been enabled to make a substantial
saving.
A New York woman appeared before
a magistrate with u complaint against
a monograph which a neighbOr who
professcd passion for music was in
the habit of exercising night and day.
The complainant said:
IF 1 sit In my parlor, the sound
comes In at the window and drives
me out. If | take refuge In my bed
room, 1t penetrates the walls and
wakes the baby. and II retreat to the
kitchen even then can't shut the din
out of my ears. and have to do the
cooking over hot stove to Il never
ending grind Of Waltz Me Round
Again, Willie.'"
The judge cast glance Of compass
sion upon the complainant and one of
whitening Indignation upon the owner
of the phOnograph.
Il know just how you feel" he said
to the former. Up where l live there
Is no peace for any one night or day
on account of the Photographic null
Eance."
10 give money to the poor or needy
isn't quite up to the modern philan-
thropic code. The new gospel is the
gospel Of service. If you give the
crust and the cup Of cold water, you
must serve them yourself. Many rich
women in America give literally of
their abundance. but very few of them
go as far as Miss Agnes Keyser, one
Of the leaders in London's most exclu-
sive set, a great heiress and friend Of
royalty. who founded the Nursing
Home For Officers In Grosvenor Gar
dens during the South African war
and has continued 1t to the present
time. Miss Keyser is qualified nurse
and often disappears from society for
weeks to appear in uniform at the hos
pital. where she is known only to the
inmates as Sister Agnes.
MARY IlALE