Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-08
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BY LUE +. VERNON

The way to stop tipping walters,
porters and so on and on, is to stop;
that's all.
The Republican party is "skeered"
of the Socialists, organized labor
and-Taft.
Beulah Brinford, of the Beattie
case may now be expected to enter
vaudeville.
The fellow who loses idcntifica-
tiOn" is running close second to him
who mistakes the man for deer.
Why call an ex-United States Sen
ator-Senator? Why call an Acting
Governor-Governor? Why--but
what's the use?
COmmercialized, galvenized and
cheap religion. is abroad in the land,
and its value is like those of Canad-
ian thistles-in most instances.
Will some Seattle business man
who has all he can do to pay his bust
ness expenses, kindly tell the public
what good Gypsy Smith did while in
the Queen City?
Mayor Dilling, of Seattle, says he
does not want the Office again. The
Mayor need not worry, for. as seen
from this distance, he will not even
have the chance.
A. Mr.. Maeterlinck is OF the opin-
ion it's mistake to prolong life.
With his name, can you blame him?
To carry such name is a good ex-
cuse for death, alone.
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From advertisements in the Suc-
day P.-L about all one may expect
in the food line at hotels and cafes
in the Queen City is musical enter
tainers. iddles and drums.
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The reformers" in Portland, Or,
want smoking in the Postoffice pro-
hibited. Why not also the profane
language used by the fellow who
doesn't receive the letter, with
money order, he is looking for.
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Teddy" knows when to keep silent
and he knows when to say something.
In a few months from now. watch
out. There'll be roar from Oyster
Bay which will make Niagara Falls
appear like delicate garden spray.
Seattle will make investigation as
to where the blame rests for her re-
cent water famine. She need not
think the germs of Union Bay will
assist her. They're too busy spread
ing typhoid, if Seattle doctors tell
the truth.
Get married; be frugal" is the
advice given by Andrew Carnegie.
The Laird of Skibo must surely know
that the wage-earner who gets mar
ried to-day will have to be frugal.
He cannot do otherwise should he
desire steak Saturday night.
l have observed that many big
newspapers which oppose gambling
always print poker story. There
is something about the game that
is fascinating. enticing and charm
Ing to the bulk Of humanity and
while legislated against will always
be played in secret. if not public, as
long as man inhabits Earth.
When Teddy was advocating Taft
for President to succeed him he said:
If you don't take him (TafD you IL
get me-" Wonder if Taft will de-
cline second term and tell the peo-
pie of the United States: If you
don't take him (Roosevelt) you'll get
me-" An old saw reads: "One
good turn deserves another.'s
Because Mayor E. Valentine, of
Juneau. Alaska, wrote letter to the
editor of the P-L. in which he told
Seattle to keep her hands of of
Alaska affairs, that paper says:
Juneau is in Alaska. but not Alas
ka." The Mayor of Juneau, Alaska,
can reply that Seattle is in the
United States, but is not the Unit
ed States" as she would force every
one to believe.
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John Hays Hammond says that
much sympathy was lost on Dom
Paul Kruger, during the Boer war;
that Paul believed the world was
fiat and that the devil had tail. A
woman in London believes the world
is fiat. She has some good argu-
mentS to hack her halief and hae n