Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-24
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/ Olympia has a young woman who
has the adventuresome spirit OF
Scott heroine without any of her
good qualities. In brief a female
that rides like a Centaur, shoots like
a Carver, drinks wine freely and
often dresses in male costume.
Unsophisticated Cook Ito Mrs. Star
fish, her emplOyer): The butcher
says ! shall get five per cent. on all
the orders give him. What does
that meant"
Mrs. Starfish: 1t means. Ellen,
| that we shall have new butcher.
A woman lecturing on women S
rights in San Francisco, recently
said:
| There is an encouraging sign Our
enemy is beginning to agree with us.
! should think so, too. When a
man begins arguing with a woman
the result is foregone conclusion.
She leaves him gasping for breath at
the starting post, whilst she gallops
home an easy winner.
1t pieaSeS woman to be told that
she is fascinating. 1t pleases her
to be called well-dressed. 1t pleases
her to be called sensible. 1t pleaSeS
her to depend on some man and pre-
tend that she is ruling him. 1t
pleases her to be told that she i'm
proves man by her cOmpanionship.
1t pleases her to be treated court
eOusly and with respect, and to be
talked to reasonably and honestly. to
be considered and questioned and not
treated as butterfly, with no head
or heart.
Where is the man who will deny
Ireland as being I" the brightest jewel
of the world" 1t is called by every
one who knows his mouth from a
gopher-hole, the gem of the seas. 1t
has the greenest grass, the brightest
daisies. the bluest lakes and the
prettiest mountains. The sweetest
buttermilk, handsomest girls and
best potatoes, the bestest boys, and
cats YOU can't shake out. It's up to
themselves. and the green flag
spangled with shamrocks above them,
to fight for the freedom of the emer-
aid isle, until their implications.
lOngings and pleadings are needed
and granted by old John Bull. More
power to vel
Many people are annoyed at the
fog signal (the blowing of whistles)
and the mOnotonOuS and weird moan
of deep-tOned whistle must be ex-
tremely distressing to anyone within
hearing who suffers from insomnia,
and might even be a menace to the
lives OF those in a none too vigorous
state of health. Still Puget Sound
is an important commercial body of
water and citizens of Washington
want to see it become greater one.
The exigencies of shipping demand
such a signal, and there seems to be
no escape from hearing the toot of a
steamer whistle during foggy wealth
err. Under the circumstances those
within hearing who are annoyed by
the whistle must either get used to
it or move out of ear-ShOt. There is
one consolation to the afflicted
fOggy weather on Puget. Sound is
not daily occurrence.
Somebody told Mr.. that
red flannel worn next to the skin
would cure rheumatism from which
he suffered. So he purchased several
sets of red flannel undergarments.
The clerk assured him that the firm
guaranteed the goods in every par
ticular. About two weeks later Mr..
- revisited the store, sought out
the proprietor and told his woeful
story.
The goods are the best in the
house." declared the proprietor. "Of
course" he said, in the reasonable
tone used on unreasonable persons,
of course the shirts may have
shrunk or faded a little"
Shrunk! Faded!' beloved Mr..