Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-03-06
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Young people engaged to be married
seldom talk sense to each other
! Some women on the streets always
act as if they We're walking on tacks.
Acts do not speak as loud as some
of the wardrohes seen on the vaude-
vile stage.
! The man who thinks for himself will
also think for the long procession that
follows him.
The average girl starts out at IS to
make name for herself, but decides
at 20 that some mans will do.
If house was to take fire, there are
women in Olympia, who would first !
think of saving the pug dog and the |
children afterwards.
Two citizens of Tacoma wagered |
$1,000 as to whether Gov. Mead will |
be reelected. Is Mead worth such a |
bet, should he win or not win? is the |
question.
Mrs. Starfish Cooking in the mir
ror)--"I wonder why the nose is put
in the middle of the face?"
Mr.. Starfish Qaying down the STAND
ARD)-'Thats easy enough; it's be-
cause it is the 'scenter' piece"
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Answer ME Clara" he said in a
moment of passion, Il can bear this
suspense no longer"
Answer him, Clara" echoed the old
man in the hall, thinking of electric
light and coal bills, Il can bear this
expense no longer"
A policeman III city, can stop at
every fruit or sandwich stand, take
banana or piece of chicken and 80
about his business. A hobo can do
the same thing. and he goes to head
quarters in the patrol wagon, in a
jiffy. That's the difference
If Governor Johnson of Minnesota
never sits in the Presidential chair, he
need not worry. Just think Of the
free advertising newspapers over all
the country have given him. making
his name as well known amongst the
inhabitants North, South, East and
West, as the we'll known ad SapoliO.
What more can he ask?
After running 16-yearOld girl at {
Spokane. under promise of marriage,
one Howard Craig, aged 35. is now
putting up defense of insanity. The |
citizens of Spokane should give him a
hemp" necktie party. All such de-
generated fiends as rhis Howard are .
far better out of the world If turned
loose they only commit their develish
actions again. Hang all such brutes.
Miss Theodore Shonts, daughter of
Theo. p. Shonts, the millionaire presi-
dent of New York's Interborough rail !
way system. was married recently to !
a foreigner whose name is Emmanuel
Theodore Bernard Marie d'Albert de 4
Luynes daily. d'Augear" 1t requires,
besides his wife's baggage, three
trunks, two hampers, and four suit
cases for his name alone, when travel 1
ing
The music of the anvil" may sound
sweet and divine-like to the citizen
with musical taste, who lives a mile
from town, in the midst of an SO-acre
tract. However. |, myself. fail to dis
Germ any seductive. bewitching, dreamy ]
Melba. or kublick tones, which fight !
each other rough and tumble" in my /
room in the lodging house just oppo-
site the shop, in the early morning !,
hours, emanating from the music of !
the boiler when struck with hammer !
by stout, ablebodied mechanics. II
There is a lawyer in Olympia who !,
is given to swearing. The other night l,
his small boy was sitting by him, J
studying arithmetic. The father broke
out, What on earth ails you? Why !
can't you sit still - wriggling and
writhing every minute?" |:
ITS all your fault" blubbered the
boy
why is it?"
Zoos / asked you last night how
much billion was and you said 1t
was a h of a lot The teacher
asked me the same question today, and
| said the same thing. And that's why
l can't keep STILL
Her eyes were wild. her hair was In
disorder, her face was flushed, her
hands were clenched She was
deeply-injured and desperate woman
%, cruel one" she cried In anguished
tones. Il have borne with you too long.
You have injured the very foundations
of my being. Day after day, you have
tortured me. and yet could not bear
to give you up. When first we met.
how your ease and polish attracted me.
When you became my own, how my
friends envieI me. But your under
standing is too small for my soul. You
are opposed to my advancing myself.
You have ruined my standing in so.
ciety. If We had never met | might
have walked In peace So now begone.