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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

They certainly the inauguration date to
at the time make the
March A, at present.
them dor grunted her nus
anyhow, what comes off there"
said Mrs W.. her finger to her lips re-
into the white house on
notice. cleaning staring In the race
There ought to be time allowed for that
cautioned There's danger OF
certain desirable real
estate Pennsylvania and 10th ST. -
well, trying contemplate, resumed w.
papered in white and gold
embossed with fleur-de-ls design and
all when haven't been sentenced
to ? walled Wcklebridge, getting and pacing neryousy
wow! destructon! Headline: WnNe
Social Obligations Neglected While
Wckbrdge Plays Charwoman With Towel Round Head She
Washes Picture Frames the Portico Gr-r-r!"
Utter nonsense Cicero she corrected Il would simply d.
Nough said" howled he Headlines some more: Startling
Mansion! Green Room Painted
Brittle Shade and Blue Room Treated to Yellow
Color Scheme Like That of Chinese Rag Carpet Oh
you'll do
Wcklebridge. "You taste
conservative correct WE'LL would attention largely
better advantage and get
ting things shipshape for the summer"
speaking Headline: Relics in Rummage Heap Goben
Tapestry a Portrait Rele
Pink Netting Massive Cys
Makes First Like Saloon Patriotic
n White House!'"
II Wickebridge not shut in hurry she would
goldfish globe him. with all the fish in It,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

ter the bones of some small ami
NAL, probably raccoon. Then
the horror of his position dawn
on him. The sponge, with its
hideous appetite glutted, yet ever
whetted by Its new food, would
sweep over the island, inevitably
drawing him into Its embrace.
Standing. he could almost per-
ceive its stealthy, steady advance.
as with almost human intelligence
it forced its way toward him.
Frenzied with horror, Denton
seized an ak and rushed into the
growth. chopping and hacking. II
closed on him, sucking at his
hands, grasping him In its Shiny
and viscid embrace. Even the
severed fragments seemed to root
themselves to the ground. Denton
escaped with difficulty; and all
over his body were blue, circular
bruises where the sponge had
closed on him.
He packed his things and fled
to a little knoll upon the center
of the island. With him swarmed
all the animal and reptile life Of
the island-raccoons, snakes,
harmless in the presence of this
universal enemy.
Denton dropped asleep from
exhaustion at last, to be awakened
by shrek of terror and anguish.
Then he heard the dog moaning.
1t was a tropical night: when
morning dawned he found the
bones of his animal hard by,
where long arm of sponge had
swept up to the hunt door.
After that he remembered little.
Days and nights rolled by, In
which he seemed to be fighting q
living wall of vampirous growth
that hedged him in. He would
start up from sleep to find a coil
wrapped round him, to hack him
self free and retreat. always re-
treat, until at last he had a space
|of barely a city lot clear In the
center of the growth. Now II sur
rounded him, pressing in closer,
|closer. That was the last thing
that he remembered.
When he recovered conscious
mess many weeks later he was I'd
the insane asylum at Tampa. They
told him, after his recovery. how
he had been picked up, raving, ON
the seashore. by a party of fisher
men. Solitude and overstudy had
driven him mad, the doctors
|claimed.
Denton believes that the
sponge, having exhausted all other
supplies of food and spent its eff
fort before it reached him, turned
|cannibal and devoured itself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
Oh, Say Can You See?

The bill to prohibit red, white ana blue
tights has been favorably reported to the house.
All honor now to the members OF the
crimes and punishments committee OF the
Minnesota house of representatives, All honor
now to this little band Of patriots, dauntless.
daring, brave and free.
Dauntless they stand, Horatio at the bridge.
guarding with unwavering courage the starry
banner Of liberty.
Daring they sally FORTH striking blow on
blow defending the gonfalon OF glory.
Bravely they battle, beating back the
bedizened brazen broilers of a blushless foe.
Theirs the honor, the homage, for nest
ling In their midst, shrinking, blushing cling
ing. confiding is the palladium Of our liberties
theirs, for the nonce; for the nonce, we say
to love- to shield, to honor, for at least day.
And what though the hosts of gayety frolic
and frivol and flaunt their legs in wild aban-
d on-flaunt them. we say--full in the face of
1.-THE floating folds of the far-flung flag of free
dom, these patriots dauntless. daring, brave and
1rse stand firm. cen though another sun may
49, them struck down, trampled under the
odyancing armies of the Amazons.
Sweeping. swirling. swaying. giddy and
eay, about them dance the dazzling hosts of
Degenerate day. Tripping. twinkIing neither
extremfties fit and flutter to and fro, decked
n tri-color tights and trappings, legs and legs.
n row on row. Get thee far back. fonfalon;
haste thee to safer shelter. emblem of the
Great republic and cloak your blushing purity
trifdhe starry field of blue. And therefore
Be It enacted. That no chorus girl or
bT0dler, or ballet dancer. or suchlike brazen
hussy. shall cover her shapely neither extremities
IN red and white and blue
-Hail, banner Of freedom. blue and white
and red. Hail, flag of deeds and destiny.
npangled with shfmmering stars" Hail, glori-
our emblem. Hail, committee crimes and
punishments Minnesota house of representa-
tivee Hail not theater-goer to ask him If he
ever saw red, white and blue tights But hail
thrice hail-the modest, shame-struck patriots,
a-tflt with a stage windmill.
Our flag must be kept unsullied. our en-
blem Of liberty must be shielded, safe. In al
mast the words of the immortal Dix, "If any
chorus girl attempts to haul the American
nag. bid her leave 1t off,"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
DAILY SNORT STORY
SPONGE ISLAND
By Harold Carter.

many nave wondered at the
prodigiously large forms of rep
lillian life in the carboniferous
ages" said the professor. HAS 1t
never occurred to you that these
forms must have evolved to keep
down the giant vegetation? The
danger to the frail beginnings of
the human race was not from wild
beasts, but from the giant plants
which would have devoured
them"
Our ship, bound with tourists
from New York to New Orleans
for the Mardi Gras, was passing
the uncharted islands along the
south Florida shore. Presently
1.-THE professor told his story.
Denton was interested in the
sponge business. The supply OF
sponges had been virtually ex-
hausted along the shores of Flor.
ida and the West Indies. Just as
the Marshal Mel was produced
from the wild rose, so, Denton be
Ilieved, q giant sponge might BIZ
evolved from the wild marine spe
Icies. With this object he went tt
a lonely island off the Florida
shore. erected a hut, stocked Il
with supplies for a year, and tool
Iup his existence there in company
with his setter Span"
Within thre months he had sue
lceeded beyond his widest hopes
He had evolved a sponge of enor
nous dimensions and propagated 9
large colony on the south shore
lof the island. To his gratifica-
ton he discovered that 1t would
answer every purpose Of com
MERGE.
One thing had not occurred tc
him. The minute forms Of life on
(which the sponge exists no longer
lsufficed to supply the new growth
with food. Had It been less hardy
It would have persisted. To Den.
tons establishment. 1t proceeded tc
leffect a change in its habits. The
new sponge became terrestrial. II
sought its food in the insect life
that abounded above the surface oil
the sea. In three months more Q
fringe OF sponge, SO thick and
dense as to be almost imperme.
liable, surrounded the entire coast
of the island. And, day by day
Denton noticed that it's habitablt
area was perceptibly decreasing.
The full meaning of this did
mot dawn upon him until one
morning when, scarcely fifty yards
from his hut he found q Struggling
section Of sponge, and in its cen
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

Mrs. John d. Rockefeller, wife
of the richest man In the United
States, isn't known by sight by
to more than half a dozen people
around the oil kings estate at
Pocantico Hills, larry town, N. Y.
Cleveland, her birthplace, where
she spends her summers, doesn' I
know her much better.
Mrs. Rockefeller is a gentle
Christian woman, q good wife and
. loving mother, into whose
peaceful life the vexatious ques-
tlpns of wealth have never enter
ed. She is not inclined to society,
AID she shuns as far as possible
the notoriety OF public functions.
she leads the same
quiet life today as she did when
she was Miss Spelman Of Cleve-
land.
She was a schoolmate of her
husband SO years ago. She mar
ried him In 1865. She has had
four children, three girls and one
son. Bessie. Alta, Edith and John
D., jr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
No Distressing Incidents

After the electricution of Mrs. Mary Far
mer in Auburn prison, Warden Benham wired
Gov. Hughes that the execution was success.
"There were no distressing incidents" he
added
No. Only a woman put to shameful
death. Only mothers life wrenched from
her by mans decree Not at all distressing.
Not distressing that a baby boy should be made
an orphan by the benefcent state of New York.
Not distressing that all woman kind should
feel the horror and the disgrace that have fallen
on this member of their sex. Not distressing
that the world by this execution has gone back
ward one step. Not distressing that we are all
more or less brutalized by the act of the law
in Auburn prison.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

Politicians last night furnished conclusive
evidence of the need of the commission plan
shelf.
bunch of them went up into the Fourth
ward last night to try to defeat Councilman Glib
lett for reelection And the arguments summed
up and boiled down simply resolved itself into
one thing-Giblett Is not a republican.
''Vote the straight republican ticket in all
things" urged d. e. Gilkey. Giblett's opponent.
Mr.. Gflkey may be very good man, but that
forever There is no place In municipal gov
eminent for q man whose sense of public duty Is
measured by obligation first to the straight
ticket" of his party.
There has been too much Of this sort of
party spirit displayed in the council already That
Is Of the large reasons the people today are
clamoring for a commission plan with non-parti-
elections.
T. J. Bell, the rabid, fire-eating partisan,
whose party spirit strong in the recent
legislature at Olympia that he was the joke of
the house, also urged the voters to stand by
the party at all times and in all things"
Councilman Giblett undoubtedly could be
improved upon but the fact that the wire pulling
politicians working SO hard for his removal
is the best argument why the people should
keep him right where he u.s.
Giblett has interferred with the schemes Of
the cheap wire pullers to kill civil service and
otherwise to bufld municipal political machine
and this is the reason they want him out.
II might be pretty good thing for the peo-
pie to go right down the line and wherever they
find the politicians working against q man, just
make sure to put him in.
In the meantime the people are getting
ready to build a new charter and when they do,
care should be taken to SO frame It that such
disgraceful appeals to party prejudice as the
Fourth ward republican meeting last night dis
played will be thing of the past
man does not have to be q good demo-
Honest, capable men are what the city needs in
office.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

The lemon growers now have
a uudisputed market In the Unit
ia States, In the west and the mid
10 vet and In nearly all of the
Atlantic seaboard. They want an
undlsputed market in the Atlantic
ooobonrd. The addition to the tar
~ on Iemons II enough to profib-
1t Expectations and give Pacific
ooast lemon growers full control
II ths market. That will enable
Chem 70 mark mp lemons"
llembsrs Of congress who rep
1ccon1 the Standard OIL Co. and
Hro diligently defending the "pe-
xro1onm joker" otherwise known
- <ho countervailing duty clause,
have been handed the cue by I'm
~ lee Cannon to pretend to rep
I1u>nk "Independent oil produc-
~ ii the United States" When
oou Hear . loud shout In behalf OF
No pcor doun-trpdden ''independ-
III ~ producer In the United
r<n<e,r JUST put q tag on the
Dk6u11g mnrked STANDARD Oil
nafd Tor and delivered"
orders have been issued by tht
people Who own Senator Aldrich
md Speaker Cannon that the in.
heritance tar feature Of the Payne
Tariff law ID not desired. Mr.
Hartman. Mr.. Morgan and Mr.
a0chefaIler say that Il must 60
ut. This has made II vary EN-
>arrneslng for Preaident TAFT. He
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
Sure, Vote the Ticket Straight?

vote the republican ticket straight and you
Will seldom 30 astray," said Councilmanic can
didake D. H. 0ilkey.
Il have long advocated the policy of re-
.ppblicans standing by their party ticket at all
fin1es In AL things," said T. J. Bell. of the
3ondfng orators at Fourth ward meeting last
nfGht. called to try to stimulate the waning parry
spirit and defeat Councilman Giblett at the cleo
don today.
I'VE need many Improvements in this ward
and the republicans can get them better than
any one else. = shouted Frank Latcham. in Q sun
hurst Of oratory
with q republican council great things
en- be accomplished. Every voter should vote
TIE straight republican ticket" said A. o. Bur-
I1slster.
Sure thing vote the ticket straight!
81 U0nst consider the man his principles,
1mG< remember the party!
Isnt that insulting advice for the politicians
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. ed5Eorlel]/ ~koman
BY CYNTHIA GREY.

BY CYNTHIA
The who to the
she Is martyr needs to learn what real unhappness
Should fate of the by
her out upon the world to face
problems then would abilities and
nave little time to her misfortunes.
hard understand the to
martyr (she must be twin
nath) for nothing fatal to
pity. 80
DON'T DO TT Get such your system Life
largely "
GET OUT IN THE SUNSHINE. much
and bright companion.
You will find that missing whole lot of
the of this life that should
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80 70 ~ ~ u
INYIE1AYElcO1
ORRESP,O NDENcE |
Ry RATH.

does not see how the treasury
deficit is to be replenished If he is
forced to abandon the inheritance
tax. An income tax is no less OBJ
noxious to the present controlling
interests of the government. Seri-
GUS consultations have been held
with Wall st. In the hope that Mr..
Hartman and Mr.. Morgan and the
other interests represented would
be a little more lenient with Mr.,
Taft and permit some kind of tax
alton which would fall upon the
swollen fortunes rather than the
table. Up to date, how
ever, Wall st. Is insistent, and
present bulletins from the white
house indicate that the income
and inheritance tax feature will
have to be thrown overheard.
.
Party lines will be disregarded
to q large extent by representa-
tiyes of those business interests
which get special privilege by the
enactment of the tariff law. SEN
ators and Representatives from
the south are crowding toward the
pie counter Just as eagerly az
those from the north. Those In
terested in sugar, cottonseed Oil
lumber, rice and similar products
are joining In the spoils foray
John Allen once illustrated how
this works. Said he, breaking into
poetry:
Come, little boy blue.
Blow your horn nice,
Blow hell out of wool
But don't touch rice.
Mr.. Wilbur Wakeman, secretary
of the Tariff Graft club. once said
to me:
"Bahl They gay this tariff
business Is Q party issue. The
republicans are talking about re-
vising the tariff downward. I tell
you the protective tariff is a non
partisan issue, and I tell you
right here that II the republicans
go back on this protective busi-
ness we can go right into the
democratic party and get enough
members to support protection
to put the republicans to the
had"
Sincerely. RATH.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

washington, March 81, 1909.
Dear Dad: There Is lemon-aid
~ the Payne tariff bill. An in
crease In the tax on lemons has
been granted to the lemon grow
orB OF the Pacific coast In return
for 3 log-rollfng agreement that
they support the Lucius Littauer
tax on gloves. / heard the lemon
Aid tax explained on the floor of
the house Of representatives in
this way:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

to hand out to the intelligent voters of Tacoma.
Wonder II they really think they deceive the
taxpayers who pay the bills?
Isn't 1t about time for the citizens OF Taco
ma to muzzle these chronic pie counter parti-
sans?
This can be done effectively by letting them
talk to empty benches in the future.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
SOCIETY and PERSONAL.

of the year.
THE SOUTH SIDE PROGRESS
SIVE CLUB will meet Thurs
day evening, April 10, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Kramer, Alps South st. All
members are urged to be pres
emit on that date.
MRS. LINCOLN f. GAULT will
entertain for the meeting of the
First Presbyterian Woman's So
ciety tomorrow afternoon at her
home, 514 North G st.
IN ORDER TO RAISE funds with
which to buy uniforms and mu-
sic, the newly organized Tacoma
Military band is to give ball
at Dreamland rink, Wednesday,
April IA. The new band Is max
ing rapid strides and, under the
direction of Hugo Schmidt and
George S. Johnson, will soon be
one of the best musical organi-
cations IN the city.
THE WOMAN'S SOCIETY of the
First Baptist church is making
arrangements for an Easter
Bazaar of homemade confec-
tions, cakes and fancy articles,
to be held Saturday, April 10,
in one of the down town stores.
Mrs. A. w. Sterrett, president of
the society. is in charge of the
affair.
THE REGULAR monthly social
of Alpha Degree of Honor will
be given in Odd Fellows hall,
Wednesday evening. Mrs. Laura
Carter will be the hostess.
Friends and members of the Or
der are cordially invited.
THE MONTHLY MEETTNF of the
congregation of Our Savior's
church. South Seventeenth and
J streets. will be held this even
ing at s o'clock in the church
.parlors. All members and
others who may be interested
In the work of the church are
requested to be present.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
UNKNOWN WIVES OF wEIL-KNowN MEN
MISSION DEDICATED,

The Oakland Mission of the
Presbyterian church was dedicat-
ed Sunday, the Presbyterian
ministers of the city taking part
in the services.
Short addresses were made by
James A. Hays and Fred BeeIbe of
the Tacoma Presbyterian union.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

Cars for women only are pro-
posed for New York. It's worth
trying. If only to see If the dear
things will ride on them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
GOLD IN FALSE =
TEETH; PAWNS EN-

HARRISBURG, Pa, April g.
A set of false teeth was pawned
yesterday at local brokers' for
$1.25. The principal reason for
the pledge being accepted Is that
five of the teeth are gold. The
pawnbroker refused to divulge
the name Of the patron.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

II 1t rains don't grumble. Re-
member, you wanted 1t last fall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

Garden Seed. Garden Tools,
Tree Primers. Teeoma Imp. &
Seed Co.. 18th and Commarcs. 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

He: Don't you like to go driv-
ing with a man who knows how to
handle the lines?
She: Ye-es. Also with one
who knows when to drop them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

Judge: Well. how do you
plead?
Deaf Prisoner: Oh. I feel pretty
good, your honor. How are you?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

VIII the professor who has
discovered a cure for colds kindly
state II 1t will eradicate cold ex-
'tremities among poker players?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

Foot ball is pronounced unfit
for college uses by President Eliot.
Yet colleges are the only ones that
use 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

CLOVER LEAF LODGE, F. & A.
NJ, of South Tacoma, celebrated
the liquidation of its mortgage
Indebtedness last night. and the
mortgage, which has been fully
paid and satisfied, was burned
with ceremony. The lodge now
owns some excellent property
and a handsome Masonic Tenn
pie. The membership is over
200.
ONE OF THE LARGEST Easter
balls of the season will be held
Tuesday evening, April 10, in
the Masonic Temple under the
auspices of the Fern Chapter,
o. Il. s. The grand march will
be led by the high officers of the
order. Elaborate decorations
are being prepared, and every
thing will be done to make the
ball the most successful affairs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

As harbinger the robin
doesn't get near the attention the
circus bills do.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

Strictly fresh fish only att
American Fish Co. sssl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
A tariff on stockings won't hurt
the Salome industry any.
Crazy Snake will probably
plead dementia Americana.

That a woman returned broke
after tipping the help on trans
atlantic liner shows that the tip
ping evil is a condition, not a
theory.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

European chemist turned cir
|conium, thorium. hydro fluorsilicic
acid and bismuth into carbon.
Quite q feat. There's money In 1t
for him, however. II he can turn
them back.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

French buttonmakers are on a
strike. They have the sympathy
of the man who has to fasten the
buttons for his wife.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

"Crazy Snake" is a logical prop
osition as headliner in some wild
west show. Maybe Snakey, the
old boy, isn't so crazy after all.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
THE TACOMA TINES
Daily Comic and Hunor Section
MR.. sKYGACK FROM MARS.

He Visits the Earth Special Correspondent and Makes
| observations in Notebook.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

The Optimists' club wants to re-
form April FOOLS day. Let It
alone. It's dying a natural death.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
PART OF THE CURRICULUM

"They say your son is regular cutup at college"
"We he ought to be; he's attending medical college"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

There seems nothing left Sfor
the crown prince of Servia to do
but come over here and marry an
heiress. Could he marry ohe?
Alas! it's only too likely that he
could.
o that congress would install a
silence roomi
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF
Grace Methodist church will
meet with Brs. e. E. Morgan
on East 32nd st., tomorrow
afternoon. There will be a
brief business meeting at 2:30
to which all members are urged
to be present.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
ALWAYS LUBRIOATING

"Sousely must expend a. lot Of elbow grease"
But, man, he doesn't d&a lick of work."
II know; but look how S3tn he crooks his elbow. ;
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

MRS. FRANK MORSE, 110S
South M ST., will entertain fol
the Crescent Embroidery clul
tomorrow afternoon. All thu
ladies are requested to bring
fancy work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

MUCH INTEREST has been
aroused in the April tea, to
be given by the ladies of the
First Free church, tomorrow
afternoon in the church par
Tors. The hostesses for the
afternoon will be Miss Carrie
Mason, Miss Blodgett and Mrs.
Edward Towne. Among the in
teresting features will be a pa
per on "The Songs of a Win
ter's Journey" a group of songs
by Schubert, and which Miss
Rollwagon will illustrate with
selections by her pupils.