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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE TACOMA TIMES
White Slavery and Standard Oil

The white slave Rockefeller
foreman, is doing great work.
making fight against the awful
Stead exposed In the Pail Mall Gazette 20
We
publishing the We
revelations made by Stead the traffic is still going
Mr. Rockefeller
officer other having information traffic for i'm
moral purposes"
We will tell Rockefeller
kept this incredible thing for the
~ and will hundred thou
after
is indicted and convicted
YOU Mr. Rockefeller do
this
Tribute to the Modern Babylon" Not
individual.
all h
thought Rockefeller?
daughters
than daughters ch2 think of
poor These become human merchandise because they
Cure young
sexual lives instead which
ers of this DEVILS trade
Cure poverty and
girls desperation which they listen
slave generation
And poverty monopoly
few by ownership of the which
OF wealth mill labor
suffices
landessness, unpivilege dsinhitance barehandednes
OF all these monopoits
chief would only learn that millions
have and that eating the world
on Christian that
devotng
by curing
Here's evidence Mr. Rockefeller Whom will you
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
BY Stuart b. Stone

Rimer, standing wistfully at the
club window, spoke soulfully.
lyon gray and sable pail that
hangs aslant the eastern sky op.
presseth me-"
'Meaning?" asked Talbot.
Meaning that the SCOT and dirt
of the city are choking my muse
I'm going to the country-back to
Observation-Disclosures where
I can dream and do nothing all the
day but WOO Pegasus"
The following week Horatius
Orlando Rimer. author of "The
Purple Hypotenuse." "Cassandra' 4
Dimple," and a hundred other ex-
quisite lays and sonnets, took up
his abode in quaint, dusty, rusty
old PokeviIle. The sIeepiness oil
the place accorded with the spirit
of his muse. Birds chirped, in.
sects hummed, frogs bassooned.
Rimer sighed from his artistic
soul. knowing that here he should
grind out acceptable, check-pro-
ducing triolets. rondeaux, chan
sons, sonnets. quatians, lyrics, linn
Iericks, elegies and vers de societie
On the very afternoon of his ar
rival. a pretty girl of high school
age, came with cheeks a-flush.
You are Mr.. Rimer, the ceIe.
brated poet?"
Rimer smiiingiy acknowledged
that he had written when Doris
Sings I Dream of Golden Cities
which a hundred critics had pro
nounced exquisite.
81 was wondering" she con
tinued, IF you would mind get
ting me up a little toast-say or
friendship-for my class banquet
this evening""
Rimer was very busy, but he
was also very gallant. Therefore
he spent the afternoon in produc-
ing really creditable rhymelet.
Next morning he set to work &c
make up lost time on his great
Iepic, Iron and the Clod." Before
achieving three lines he was In
terrupted by blue-eyed cherub.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

II am boss here" Sand Man said
AS he danced on Tousels head;
Blink, you jump on hi, eyelid-
Wink, you dance just where did
While 1 throw Sand in his eyes;
And you, Nod don't look so wise!"
Drouse came in and said, said he,
I'm here Sand Man, can't you see!"
Then before they really knew,
Out the window Tousel flew
Con those same old Wings of Mighty
Say! it dandy sight!
Tousel said, There's just one spot
Fairyland-where Ive-NOT!
Let us go there right away.
And then see the Fa ries play"
Very WELL" Sweet Slumbef said,
1--WE will go there, Tousel Head"
Soon they reached this mystic land
(oh! the sights they saw were grandD
'Tousel," said the Fairy Queen,
You're the first real boy I've SEEM"
I'm man, I'd have you known'
Tousel said; "just watch mo grow!"
Up there streets were paved with gold
And Thought Bugs walked round real bold
Wings grew In garden there,
And young Tousel picked pair
Pinned 'em and flew away
With Fairy girl AIMED Gay"
Oh! it was a funny sig ht
Eo see Tousel Head in flight!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

sheep. They were on the second
story. This explains why I have
always thought I was getting my
lamb chops from a second-story
worker.
They told me there that the
packing houses make money out OF
every part Of the pig but the
squeal. I suppose that the squeal
Is regarded, so to speak, as a not4
gone to protest.
Anyway, after a pig is killed he
can't squeal. OF course, the con.
sumner can squeaI after the pig II
killed. That's the only difference
Calves We're active and inclined
to. jump out of the express wagon
when their tails were twisted.
Saw lot of grass-fed beef driv
en- by a beef-fed grass widower
They looked thirsty. I could re
alize just how they felt, not hav
ing a nickel in my clothes.
l asked him, Are you going t.
give them water?"
mo use," he said; they've
been weighed"
:. Excuse me. them" said
somebody gave me a bum steer
Then you give 1t right back
he said. "If it's bum steer Il
belongs in this herd"
When / left the stockyards, quo
Itations were unchanged, most OF
them being from Hogg and Lamb
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
DaiWSborfSforY

please, sir, be you a poetry.
writer mani" E.
! Rimer owned up.
Then my ma said you might
write a nice poetry piece about
my little brother Bonnie, what
died, for the papers,"
"Rimer reluctantly promised,
and put in the rest of the day on
ia six7stanza obituary, beginning,
"Bennie, thy soul is to us beacon
blazing"
Next day he locked all doors
and jumped with renewed vim In
to Iron and the CIod." But afeer
writing six heroic lines, an insist
|ent hammering on the back door
brought him forth. 1t was 81 Has
kins, whom Rimer has hired to
NOW the yard.
Folks says you'uns is a poet
ist?" grinned 81.
"Ye-e-es," hesitated Rimer.
"I been goin' up to Doc Skaggs
a heap to see his darter, Sa1," con-
tinued 81. "Sal, she's kinder lit
|erarish herself. and I been thinkin'
IL you could write me a little
poetry-piece about her eyebrow or
elbow or somethin', so as / could
copy it, shed think 1 was about
literarish enough to hitch up to-"
Rimer was good natured and
hated to refuse. Therefore the
morning went to the making of a
lifting Sonnet to SAL"
In the afternoon his housekeep-
er came to him with a copy of
THE Cook-Ladies' Companion, +"
containing a rebus which she de-
sired solved, and which took an
hour from Iron and the CIod. /"
Later in the evening another very
pretty woman telephoned to know
IL he would mind writing her a
suitable recitation for q temper
ance social. The next morning
three school children called and
requested that he assist them in
preparing compositions on "Cour-
age, - 1.-THE Discovery of the North
Pole" and do 1t Now" BY the
time he had these well under way,
he was requested to repair forth
with to the court house to address
the Corn Planters associations on
THE Poetry of the Long, Straight
Furrow." The remainder of the
day he put I'm writing couplets
with his autograph annexted for
sale at a church fair. ug1I
The next week Rimer, chasing q
Putnam avenue car, overlook Tal-
bott. sri
"Hello!" bawled Talbot.
Thought you were wooing the
rural musel"
81 was" painted Rimer, but
I've come back to town to get a
rest"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
MAKE BUCKLES
OF OLD BROCADI

II you have a bit of choice
brocade, make buckle. Make
it square or oblong, oval or cir
cular, only make it very large.
If you fancy the oblong shape.
cut your buckram foundation at
least four by eight inches. PAL
1T we'll with wadding. and stiffen
the back with milliner's wire.
Then put ON your cover of
brocade with neatly mitred COR
ners, and add some long stitches
of gold or silver threat to give ad-
ditional glitter.
Raffia and straw braid, Persian
and gold gauge ribbon make love
ly buckles; an oddly is one foot
long, half as wide, and is covered
with tiny fiat pink flowers.
Buckles Of this huge size make
the sole trimming on smart hats
and turbans of rough straw. OF
lesser size, the)y confine punches
OF ostrich tips, or scarf of chan
tilly or chiffon, or an enormous
Ibow of black velvet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
Editor Times:


The suggestion by Henry Hall,
that the Commercial club go after
the democratic convention and
have it meet in Tacoma is a good
one. Tacoma is an ideal place for
conventions of all kinds, and IL
the proper effort were put forth
there could be conventions meet
ing In this city the whole year
around. In cities like Chicago, st.
Louis and Denver they have a
convention committee who keeps
track of all gatherings. both state
and national, and when they hear
that some organization is going to
hold a convention the secretary
Of the convention committee gets
in touch with the secretary of such
organization and invitations are
sent out at once. along with such
inducements as the city has to Of
fer. There are hundreds OF con-
ventfons held in the state of Wash
fngton each year. The city that
can make the best offer can al
ways innd them. In order to get
these conventions It must be some
ones business. The commercial
bodies have their line OF work. and
he matter Of conventions would
- ) secondary matter. Organize
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
CYNTHIA GREYS
CORRESPONDENTS

Dear Miss Grey:
Are my measurements cor
rect? Bust Ss, hips 40, waist
23A. I am seventeen, weight
143.
2.-Do you think 1t Is wrong for
a girl of seventeen to have boy
friends. against the wishes of her
guardian?
AN ANXIOUS READER.
A.: According to one stand
ard your measurements might be
correct, and according to another,
incorrect. But what difference
does It make so long as you are a
wholesome, honorable, lovable
girl?
2.-Yes. There's no doubt thai
you'll be wiser when you are TWEEN
ty-one. but your guardian is the
best judge for you now.
Dear Miss Grey:
Can a man marry on $65 q
month and live well7
Ais II all right II the girl ID
three years older than her fiance7
3.-Shall ! give my right age on
the license, or Just say 1877
As 1t proper to announce an
engagement three months before?
CONSTANT READER.
A.: Yes. If he and his wife
mite in the effort to manag
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

Editor Times:
Over in Spokane there talk
In their class
Halt makes the claim that the they
not thrown with the girls.
In of the separate schools for
boys and girls and believe nothing than right
Boys are more tmd than girls,
and them boys sometimes they
oudo the girls in their
would be best for all
coma school board to look into the question.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

children being the coupon clipped
on tire bonds OF matrimony.
by the way" Clipped In one
man, why do they refer to mar
rage as the bonds Of mat
rimony7'"
Because" answere one cynical
chap. "the interest ceases after
about twenty years."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
OBSERVATIONS

THAT comets tail nothing a neasy vermiform ap-
pendix.
AND rs hence we'll be telling weren't a bit
PITY that antedaed Ban burned
8 blinded" asHF8s#s
WHEN style to get some one
to write 1.-The old a
NEXT the is Is going to
make temperance the Hey,
SAN FRANCISCO big
ing to boxing matches and not XII Hing
anyhow to have amiliarized
a good art of
JERUSALEM! One Pftsburgers been acquitted
with honor. There's fine subject a Carnegie
NOTHING happened. the
blamed sight linger cans
GEORGIA fiddles children 10 dogs and
dumb wife sat against Couldn't
blame fellow with whole house full
you?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
CROOUET is THE FAD

You may like to play croquet,
or you may not. But unless you
are willing to stand at the side
lines, and watch the social world
pass by, you must get your mallets
and balls down from the attic, and
begin to practice at once. Fol
|croquet is always revived with
|Chantilly and chignons. and
therefore promises to be the craze
of the coming summer time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

breezed out to the stockyards
the other day to look at my meat
bill on the hoof.
I'd been following the market
and I'd seen where all kinds of
live stock was going up. Now, I
can understand why flour goes up
1t comes by way of grain ele-
vator. But cattle and sheep and
hogs had me guessing.
When | got there they were all
on the ground floor, except the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
A FINANCIAL TIP
G. GATHERING.


There h a d
been more OF
less persiflage
in the smoking
room. and one
fellow had got
ten off the
wheeze about
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

a convention committee. The ho-
tells. newsstands. restaurants and
those who cater to transients could
afford to keep up such an organi-
cation as it would be a money
maker from the start.
G. GATHERING.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

Umbrellas should never be kept
tightly rolled, as this causes them
to wear out much faster than
when put away loosely. Aneum-
brella should, when wet, always
be put to dry with the handle
downward, to drip from the cover.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
SMILE AWHILE
co crop In this country is about
,$80,000,0O0.

Hinkey: Hello moving? I
thought you liked the place?
Dinkey: l did until my land
lady insuled my ear for music.
|Hinkey: What's the rumpus now?
Dinkey: Her son is learning to
play on the trombone and she
asked me If the music annoyed
me. Music! Bah!
Gibraltar means "Gebel al Ia
rik" (the mountain of Tarik).
Tarik was an Arabian general.
Many Fairgrounds make light,
hearted children.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

Pliable panama hats are trim
med with striped ribbon scarf,
passed twice around the crown
and tied in a single knot with
ends hanging over the brim.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

When cleaning house, put up d
few feet of wire plate rail De-
tween the range and the sink, to
hold the platters, kettle covers
and trays which are most fire.
quently in use. Little brass hooks
set at intervals along the edge Of
the rail are good for hanging
forks, spoons and cups.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

OF the 100000 inhabitants of
Switzerland. 1,506,400 are pro-
ducers-one-third being farmers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

3.-Your right age.
4.-Yes.
Dear Miss Grey: (1) Please
give me a name and colors for a
club of schoolgirls. (2) Are low
necked dresses all right for girls
of IA? CD Does 1t look all right
for girls of 13 and IA to wear their
hair done up? (4) How long
should their dresses be?
JESSIE.
A.-(I The Minerva club, Min
erva was the goddess of wisdom.
Colors, blue and white. ca Yes.
CD No. (4) Half way between
shoe tops and knees.
Dear Miss Grey: Cd What will
permanently darken my eyebrows?
(2) How shall l thank a young
man for taking me to the theater?
s3) How can I increase my
weight? BLoNDY.
A.-(1) Time. (2) Tell him
how much you enjoyed the play,
and thank him for tho pleasure he
has given you. ca Eat nourish-
ing foods, sleep s or 10 hours ev-
Iery night, take outdoor exercise.
and drink plenty of water.
Dear Miss Grey: To whom shall
! write to get, free, different va
rieties OF seeds from United
States agricultural bureau?
r. w.
A.-Your congressman.
se--~~>>-~s>~~s-~~>~-> e-~~>~s~~~~~~~~e
Royal Dairy Ice Cream. Both
sphones. M. 90. A2196. zee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

SLOW do you like your new To-
cation over in the Gingerbread
apartments?"
"All right, but my wife likes
the name of the Rosewald apart
ments better. We move next
week"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

There are 1856 religious demon.
nations in the United States.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

He ran out doors behind the
Where he knew he'd do no
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

She: understand you are
writing quite bit OF poetry now
Mr.. Smith. I didn't know you
were a poet.
He: I reckon I'm the wrong
Smith. I don't know nothing
about any poultry; I'm no pulIet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
ALL AROUND
THE H0rR
BY Cynthia Grey

A kitchen convenience Is a
medicine chest such as Is common
ly supplied for bath rooms. This
is hung over the kitchen table,
and is designed to hold small
cooking supplies, such as baking
powder, spices, cocoa and flavor
ing extracts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

N
The Spanish sailor hat IL "a
great favorite. 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
IMPORTANT.

II you require help. ten
ants or buyers, step to your
phone and send an ad to the
Times. No extra cost.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

Fried tartlets are made with a
rich puff paste. Cut it into four
inch squares, and in the center
place at ablespoon of strawberry
jam. Moisten edge of pastry, and
pinch corners together. Fry IN
deep fat like fried cakes, drain in
colander, and sprinkle with pow
dered sugar.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
In the Editors Mail

Short letters from Times readers viii be
column when they of sufficient
write about anything anybody
not motive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

salts. Some of them have been
known to contain cigarettes and
matches. The fashionable cover
for the umbrella is green.
The hats in the photograph
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

finances in the best possible way
Yes.
S.-Your right age.
4.-Yes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

The value of the annual tobac-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

Or try a little brain steam on
this:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

Entered st the postoffce
TELEdRAPHIc SERVICE OF UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION
ruBLIsHED EVERY EVENING TxCEPT SUNDAY THE
TACOMA TIMES PUBLISHING COMPAN1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

Royal Dairy Ice Cream. Both
phones. M. 9E. A2195. zee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

NOTHING happened. the gazing
a blamed sight than r. Achilles Bainger can say
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

He stepped upon her dainty -,
She looked at him in feeble -.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

JERUSALEM! One of those Pittsburgers a
with honor There's fine subec ct for Carnegie medal,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

WE'LL anyhow Mr.. Haley's torch fan
a good many sinners with the art of praying
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

NEXT on the program is tn report Bryan is q
make temperance the issue in 10 H. Hey, Bill!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

A.--Your congressman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

SAN FRANCISCO is to get he big fight, ordnanc
ing to boxing matches and not XII Hing matches
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

WHEN you want vacation, the 1910 style is to get
to write the old "blind' letter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

PITY that antedated Balm wasn't br
blinded" wasn't it? ss ii
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23
JOSH WISE SAYS:
.'NIy idear o. real speed is a boy
readin' through a dime novel;"
HOW TO BECOME A POET.

HOW 10 BECOME A POET.
Caught in three weeks Fly cor
respondence.)
All you need to do to make the
following a polished poem is to
stick i'm a couple of words where
the dashes are now:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-23

AND rs years hence we'll be telling
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02
Roosevelt is in
Naples TODAY

NAPLES, April Colonel Roose-
welt landed here today from Cairo and
was given a reception by prominent
He shook hands all round,
made a speech, protested against the
special guards given him as protection
from the Black Hand and denounced
the political interview as false, within
the short time between the docking Of
the steamer and his arrival at the no
tel. Tie Prince Heinrich, bearing the
party. arrived at o'clock this morning.
Half the population of Naples was
on the quay and among them was a.
great number of Americans All gave
the American statesman a great re-
ception. Roosevelt was met by Am
bassador Leishman, who had come
from Rome to welcome the former
president. Consul Chrownshield, sta
toned here the mayor OF Naples, the
prefect of police and other dignitaries
were also present.
AS soon as Roosevelt disembarked
he was surrounded by guard Of police
despite his protest. He was escorted to
the Excelsior hotel. He made a brier
.peech of thanks in response TO tne
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02

BOXES FOR BAND

Manager Edgar l.. Smith, of the
Walla Walla band, is having contri
button boxes manufactured for the
benefit of those music lovers of the
city who might desire TO assist the
organization in a financial way. These
boxes, which are to be Of substantial
material supplied with a heavy lock,
are to be installed throughout the
city park, with label, Contributions
for the Wfalla Walla band" The con-
tents of the boxes are to be removed
each evening, and in this manner the
organization hopes to receive consid-
erab.e financial aid in purchasing mu-
sic and necessaries for the summer
concerts.
1t is a'so proposed to install several
or the boxes in the business section
Of the city, and perhaps in the rail-
way stations and the hotels. Mr..
smith having not yet completed the
arrangements for placing the recep-
tacles = s. =
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02
Sale of the Northwestern
Corporation Has Been
Consummated.
DEAL HAS BEEN
FINALLY CLOSED
Byllesby Interests Are
Now In Possession
of the Field.

Although General Manager A. Welch
week fatty denied the Statesnan's
reported sale of the holdings of the
Northwestern Corporation, and al
though various contradictory state
ments have been made during the past
two weeks, it is known for a certainty
that the supposed option by the
Byllesby company, of Chicago, is
nothing less than a blind, to cover
the deal consummated some time ago.
Inside information has just been re-
ceived from the east that the sale has
been made and all detais closed, with
the exception of the approval of the
stockholders, which is said to be
merely a matter of form, having lit
tie or no bearing upon the move.
That the Byllesby interests are at
this time in possession of the corpor-
atoms property in the west, although
in the back ground, has been an
nounced definitely within the past
week, the idea of officials being to
keep the transaction a closed secret
until after the annual meeting of
stockholders on April 20. There is
not the slightest doubt that this meet
ing will resu t in the approval of the
sale, and the formal announcement is
to be made some time prior to May 1,
the date of the expiration of the So
called option held by the Byllesby in
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