Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-31
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| A Happy New Year to all readers
oi the ASHlNGToN SrANDARD-and
to all others in the wide, wide world.
That loves what makes the world 90 round
Is quite poetic, some folks think;
Yet on reflection twill be fonnd
The same is also true Of drink.
Why lose time in making the
stcreotyped New Year resolutions? ?
In most cases the resolutions are
broken soon as made.
Not bit Of difference between
making New Year resolutions and
building air-castles is as inter
eSting as the other. That's about
all, believe.
II. W, Gate City-No. Secretary
Ballinger is not the entire Taft cabi-
net with the United States thrown
in. Not bit of it. He only thinks
he is. That all.
Young man, be sure you stick to
something. Be not like the chatf
which the wind driveth away. Ad-
hesiveness is the one great secret OF
a success in every vocation.
No wonder so many preachers hop
and strut about in their pulpit, sug-
gesting q vaudeville perior mer to
spectator the word "pplpit' itself
comes from a Latin word Signifying
stage "
One of the sufferers by a late rail.
way accident. caused by recent
floods. was rushing wildly about
when some one asked if he was hurt
No." he said. but | can t find my
umbrella.
a writer .in 4 popular magazine
asks Do birds Think" If they
do | would like to know what a canary
bird thinks of the woman who stands
up in chair and talks baby
through the wires of the cage.
The Los Angeles Times imagines
that Seattle is still in the woods. .
Even if it was true, as the Times
says. any man with any brain at al
would prefer thousand times "Se-
attic in the woods" to Los Ange-
les in the desert"
A youthful, long haired individual
in Olympia. who imagines he is q
born poet. says he has many beau.
tiful thoughts" which he proposes
to give to the public, soon. That
a good idea. It's certain he could
never induce the public to buy them
Bisbee, Arizona, is the home OF
the most notable aggregation of rife
shots known in the Southwest, which
includes the BisbOe Rifle Club. s Yet
it is fact that at an open turkey
shoot held Christmas, honorS, as wei
as birds. were taken by a woman
Mrs. Nash.
Alexander Millar, Secretary of the
Union Pacific Railway Company, anG
who for twenty years was privat,
Secretary to the late Edward Fl
Hartman. was never known to swear
Certainly not. His employees did il
for him. 1t was not really necessary
for Hartman to swear.
a young, or old widow for thi.
matter. with plenty of money, ol
poverty-stricken, whichever the case
always declare they wouldn't marry
the best man in the world; but jus
as soon as the man comes along tha
takes their eye, they jump at hin
like hungry trout at fly.
There is always a certain amour
Of satisfaction in starting u new
thing. whether it be piece of work
or a year. Old 1909 has run it
course. and tomorrow 1910 steps in
so to speak, full of hopes and prom
ises for the future. May the New
Year be full of brightness for all
may it be better than all that hav,
gone, is my earnest wish.
Even the bitterest enemies o
John l.. Wilson, must admit that n,
man ever went to the United State
Senate from this State, accomplished
2 as much genuine benefit for the Who'll,
of the commonwealth as that sterl
ing young Republican, John l.. Will
, son. Candidates may come and g
/ to- step into Piles Senatorial shoes
} but John l.. Wilson has shoes of hi
, own, and he will be the next United
! States Senator from the Evergreen
State.
|, II the play The Servant in tn,
House" ever comes your way, read
er, witness it. even though you mus
borrow the money. 1t is an eXpOSi
tion of heart. 1t is a refreshing
wholesome and uplifting drama. Tn,
author of the play, Charles Ram
Kennedy, is a man of heart rs wei
as thinker. He has 4 keen knowl
edge of human nature and the pa
thetic needs, and a wOndrous low,
for his fellows. Would there were
more plays like this. 1t is a delight
full treat.
A long-haired youth, by some hool
or crook. entered the editorial den o
John Miller Murphy. editor of tn,
WASHINGTON STANDARD, Il few day.
, before Christmas with several poem,
with Christmas rs Il subject. Dur
ing Mr. Murphys conversation Will
the poet - for that was what h,
claimed to be-thc pOmpous writer
asked the veteran editor of tn,
STANDARD: What would YOU ad
wise i man to do whose ideas are il
advance oI the tines
Mr. Murphy promptly replied
q would advise you to sit quietly
, down and wait for the times tC
catch up.
The poet has been seen passing
, the STANDARD Office several time,
, since his interview, but he never a,
much as looked at the building Will,
passing,