Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-11-11
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Ethel Clare Leneve, Crippen's typ
list, was found not guilty by an Eng
lish jury. And what is the strangest
thing about it, she was free twenty
minutes and not a vaudeville show
manager was reported as offering
her an engagement in the United
States. Isn't it awful. Ethel?
Rev. A. L. Hutchison, pastor of
Emmanuel Presbyterian church, in
Seattle, preached a sermon the other
Sunday entitled: BE Good to
Yourself. " The usual exhort of the
cloth is to Be good to the Other
Fellow. Preacher Hutchinson S
sermon is SO unusual that it gives
one pleasure to record its deliver.
ance. Shake, Hutchison
THE P.-I. announces the candidacy
OF strange individual rejoicing in the
cognomen OF Antelope Doe for Chief of
Police. This is matter which should
be taken just about as seriously as the
charges which that publication has been
making against Chief Wappenstein."-
Seattle Times, Oct. %.
Or the declarations of the Seattle
Times that Chief Wappenstein of Sc
attic, is man pure as the dew of
heaven, or words to the effect. The
Seattle Times isn't fit to be used to
cover a garbage can, from my view
point.
The poorest girls in the world are
those not taught to work. There
are thousands of them. Rich pa
rents have petted them and they
have been taught to despise labor,
and to depend upon others for q liv.
ing, and are perfectly helpless. The
most forlorn women belongs to this
class. Every daughter should learn
to earn her own living-the rich as
well as the poor. The wheel of for
tune rolls swiftly around; the rich
are likely to become poor, and the
poor rich; it has been so. Skill add
ed to labor is no disadvantage to
the rich. and it is indispensable to
the poor. Well-to-dO girls should
learn to work. No reform is more
imperative than this.
He hadn't much experience as a
sailor but the captain of the tramp
steamer was anxious to get away
while the tide served. He was a
hand short, too; so without asking
too many questions he engaged the
rough.loOking fellow on the spot.
Soon the steamer began to leave
the dock. and the new hand was sent
for'ard to await instructions.
Let go that for'ard rope there, ="
roared the captain.
But the new hand made no sign.
Why don't you let go that for
ard roper again yelled the cap
tain from the bridge, dancing with
rage.
Who's touching yer rope?" re-
piled the new hand. "I'm not"
Then the captain tainted.
The following paragraph clipped
from the Tacoma Neus, of Oct. 25:
Henry Watterson, the very able but
very excitable editor of the Louisville
Cour'er-Journal, declares that Roose.
velt's new nationalism' will bring civil
war and that Roosevelt will make
Aaron Burr respectable and clothe JEFF
ierson Davis in robes of living light. ,
The moral is that 'Marse Henry needs
an opiate."
Wouldn't that rattle your spurs /?
The editor of the Tacoma Nems refer
ing to Henry Watterson. one of the
worlds most distinguished editors
and thinkers, as very able p The
editor of the Tacoma News should
send Henry Watterson, the world.
quoted editor of the Louisville (Ken-
tucky) Courier-Journal, o marked
copy of the Necs containing his crit
icism of Mr.. Watterson as a "very
able" editor. The moral of this, is
that the editor of the Tacoma Nems,
needs a dose of common, everyday
horse sense.
In an address before the Progress
sive Republican Club in Auburn, Ole
Hanson, of Seattle. land lest forget,
whenever you have the chance, go
and hear Mr.. Hanson speak; it will
be treat, whether you believe in
his politics or not), said: "The days
OF savagery appear to be passing
away, but every time l see the un-
covered third rail OF the electric
company between Tacoma and Seat
tie, | wonder at the patience of this
commonwealth. 1t ought to be COW
cred at once, and the courts ought to
order it done on the ground of COM
mon safety. If they have not the
power, a law should be passed forcing
the company to do this. 1t is much
more dangerous than stored dyna-
mite and yet one can only have dyna-
mite about his premises under GER
tain conditions. Yea, yea. AS
Mr.. Hanson says, if the courts have
not the power to order the third rail