Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-07-08
" Personality" a Condition.


and should be electrocuted at 60, ha.
an imitator in George Bernard Shaw
who declares that No woman i:
possible until her Both year and no
worth talking to till her 10th,
which translated probably mean!
that woman is in her prime physical
ly at 30 and mentally at 40. Thu
4 .NpokesH,an- Rr;e,c defines Mr.. Shaw
utterance to mean that woman is no
in possession of her charms till 30
and all her attractions under thai
term, till 40. Well; we agree t(
agree and disagree. 1t depend,
largely on the woman and her envi
ronments, or bringing up. There is
no truth more obvious with feminine
attractions than that " Pretty is who
pretty does" but that does not con
stitute all that elusive or prob
ably decisive element - which
would be better some years younger
Youth is almost invariably attract
i've, and it is the bloom of the peach
the sparkle of the dew-drop, thai
must be priced from its evanescent
nature, as strawberries are relisheG
on account of their short season
But then, there is nothing that sets
off physical beauty more than menta
polish, and qpickness and accuracy
Of conceptions. 1t is probably these
traits have given rise to the expires
sion of Fat, fair and forty" as the
acme of human perfection in women
Then again environment is an i'm
portant factor for promotion of those
charms. "A woman who has liveG
right, has made acquisition Of know
ledge a pleasure, has had enough
household work for exercise and in
struction, with happy conditions
and found recreation in her labors
which are varied enough to embrac,
the ordinary accomplishments, should
not be far from lust right" at 40.
The same qualifications, in tn.
main, apply to her brother man
Happy is he, or his sister, who doe.
not linger in the Hateful age" sale
like the measles or chicken-pox-
to assail all human beings while
crossing that line which bounds ma
teriality and adolescence; when mel
tier man or woman. lad or strip
ling, maid or miss, he or she passe.
from that period called by some thu
FOOLS paradise" from infancy to age
Our conception of the whole matter
is. that woman has charms at al
stages of life, if she is born right
! with q good disposition and a healthy
body, and he or she never loses i
if these conditions are sustained
There are many charming old people
and many seem to gather additions
honors that age commands.
LIABILITIES OF THE LAVA mar
by the name of Baker obtained q Ger
tificate of insurance for 1900 from
the Modern Woodmen of America
payable to his widow in the event O
his death, The certificate contained
q clause it should be void in tn,
event the insured party should b.
convicted of felony the punishment,
for which was Imprisonment in thu
peniteutiary. The party was con
victed of an offense of that characte,
and sentenced, appealed to o higher
court. In the mentime, before the
hearing in the appellate court, thu
defendant died. The Order refused
to pay the policy to the widow, bur
the court held the appeal vacated thu
judgment of the trial court, and shs
was entitled to recover the insurance
money.
DEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER
Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller, q
the U. S. Supreme Court, died sud
denly at his summer home at Sor
rento, Me-, Monday morning. H&
was apparently in perfect health
Sunday, and retired at night without
any prelnonition of the end which
came at an early hour the morning
of the 4th. Judge Fuller had fillel
his high position for % years. rank
ing third for length of service as pre-
siding justice in this highest tribuna
OF American Constitutional Justice
His home is accredited to Chicago
but he will be buried beside his wifi,
in Graceland Cemetery, Mt Sorrento
He was born in Illinois in 1888, and
was appointed to the Supreme Cour
in 1888.
RESULT OF AN INSANE CELEBRATION
AS result of fire-crackers on thu
4th. the Gate City hotel, of oul
neighboring municipality was burnet
to the ground Monday night. with 8
loss Of 5000, and for a time it i.
said, it appeared as il the whole towr
would be destroyed. A tramp WHIT
was sleeping in the upper story had I
narrow escape from the flames. Thu
building was total loss.
The Federal Grand Jury of New