Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-11-04
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{ BY LUE F. VERNON )


Starfish: What are marriage
lines Klam?"
Klam: Hard lines, Starfish; hard
lines"
| have found out that the stutter-
ing man is not always untruthful,
simply because he so often breaks
his word.
Mr.. Kettle, prominent politician
in Lexington, Kentucky, has just
got married. Presumably he is ac-
customed to hot water.
Praise should not be overlooked
for the alarm-clock and stepladder.
as we journey through this vale of
tears-both help mankind to get up
in the world.
H. S.. Gate City-No, there is no
truth in the statement that when
ever the play "The Great Divide"
is the attraction, Socialists buy up
all the seats. Don't believe it.
A mean man in Olympia suggests
that the large lemon grown at Walla
Walla be sent to Tacoma as q me-
mento of trying to fool the census
authorities in Washington, d. c.
There is a man in Olympia who
has what might be called q rOomy
opinion OF himself. II he as he really
is, were put inside of himself as he
thinks he is, he'd have lots OF room
to walk about.
1T is striking fact that whenever
d man or woman comes into the
light Of publicity he Or she is made
the recipient of tempting offers from
vaudeville managers. No matter
whether the record of the doomed
one" is good or bad. no matter
whether he or she has done some
thing clever or foolish, the average
vaudeville show manager makes
strenuous efforts to induce folks to
appear on the stage. 1t is stated
that Gaby,' the mistress of King
Manuel, has been offered large sum
to appear in vaudeville in the United
States. A case of trumpet and
drum. if report be true.
What the Public Wants" is evil
dent from the great success of book
Of "reminiscences lately published.
Written by a society woman of New
York, it tells of unsavory incidents
in high life, and is q pot pourri of
scandal. There is a liberal supply Of
salacious stories and jokes, and the
world and his wife are planking their
money down in order to ascertain
what regular goers" Mr.. Society
Money Bags and Mrs. Society Money
Bags can really be when they let
things rip. For those who like this
sort of thing it is just the sort of
thing they will like. Popular educa-
tion is evidently a mixed blessing.
and there can be little doubt but
that q large section of the reading
public is in need of a mental and
moral tonic.
In telling his brothers and sis
tiers" why he refused to accept"
the $40, 900 call" to Pittsburg, Pa.
the Rev. M. A. Matthews, pastor OF
the First Presbyterian church of Se-
attic, amongst other causes. said:
Il took my wife into my confidence,
but she would not say one word"
Matthews wife showed great sense.
She did not propose to put herself in
position to hear forever and aye, her
spouse saying: "If it hadn't been
for you -" and so on, and on. In
his letter refusing the "call' to
Pittsburg. Matthews said: "You
offer me teeming millions of people.
/ am now standing at the doorway
Of two-thirds of the worlds popula-
tion." Looking over to China, no
doubt. Leave it to Seattleites to
blow their own horn, even if it is a
yellow one.
Preacher Ford, of the Congrega-
tional church of Tacoma. after resi-
dence of ten years in that city says
of the town that has provided him
with bread and butter. so to speak:
Failure to take part in public af-
fairs should be made q culpable Of
fense. The city is the great problem
of the republic. If the cities fail, the
government goes TO ruin. If the
city supports the evil it becomes
power in menace. And what of Ia
coma? Tacoma has no room for self
complacency. She lives in glass
house. 1t is high time we had a
house cleaning. l believe the ma
iority OF the citizens are ashamed of
her. If they are not. I lower my
respect for them after ten years of
residence here" Most likely the
majority OF Tacoma's citizens have
more faith in Tacoma as a city than
they have for preacher Ford as
critic and preacher. and what lis
more, I'll bet Watch Tacoma
Grow" button. to one of FOrd's de-
cayed sermons, that they are more
ashamed of Ford and his scandalizing
declarations, than he is of Tacoma.