Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-08-02

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He put his arm around her waist
The color left her cheek;
But on the shoulder Of his coat,
1t showed for bout week.
And when the week was nearly up
He sat him down and wrote:
My dear, the paint is wearing off;
need another coat"
Hard to define a Republican now
], 746 varieties so-far classified.
10 matters of fashion women fol
low each other like flock of sheep.
Yelling at the top of the voice may
be singing. but it doesn't strike me
that way.
H. Silver & Co. is a jewelry con
cern in Seattle. The name is quite
appropriate, isn't it?
The country looks like the Ameri
can flag, with its colors of red. white
and blue flowers, covering hill, fielG
and dell.
1t is said J. Pierpont Morgan is
very bitter against draw poker. II
is thought that some time he got
hold of the hot end of it.
1t must be admitted Seattle, with
her Golden Potlatch, made Tacoma 4
festo" appear like a Canadian half.
dime with six holes in it.
Much is said about the hand. writ
ing on the wall. but since the voters
have been trying these new tangled
systems of penmanship it is not al.
ways legible.
l always pity the groom at fash
ionable church wedding. He does
look SO utterly crestfallen and in.
significant. What a pity the cere'
mony cannot be performed without
him.
A Chicago preacher asks for tht
cause of decline in church going
That's easy. Too many churches try
to scrimp along without q picturs
film. paid choir. pipe organ. or paid
whistler.
The editor Of the Gray's Harbo.
Ne,cs. of Hoquiam. has lost his posi-
ton as police Judge. He can nov
devote more time in writing abou,
the fazOrback CLANS. for which Ho
quiam is famous.
II the wives OF the Presidentia
candidates had prepared that Dolly
Madison breakfast themselves, in
stead ofmerely eating it. they woult
have done much to demonstrate theiu
fitness for the White House.
There is q rumor Of . shut down
BY the coal companies at Wilkeson
Burnette and Carbonate. The rea
son thereof. if report is true, is tha,
the miners are dissatisfied with thu
hours Of work as are now in force.
And now another viator has beer
visiting the cafes OF Seattle, and de
clares they are dens of wickedness
places Of corruption. immortality, anl
SO on. It's up to Seattle for q grand
jury; investigation, indictments anG
scandal.
A Kansas City clergyman, beine
bored to death with requests to de
liver funeral sermons. finally de
clared that hereafter in such ser
mons he would tell the truth and
nothing but the truth. He is nov
rid of all furthen annoyance in tina,
way.
Camping outl What delicious mem
cries it awakens Of rippling lakes
purling streams, rustling boughs and
sleepful nightsl Nothing 80 health
ful as coming in close contact with
Nature, with the laughter of the
waters and the benediction Of the
winds.
: The Young America who expects
to become a memorable President
must be born in the first quarter ol
the year. All the executives whose
birthdays are celebrated-Washing.
ton, Lincoln, Mckinley, Jefferson
and Jackson - were born between
Jan. ~ and April 2.
The Seattle Post Iafelligescer, which
boasts Of being: The paper OF au-
thority, " declares any one :" earnestly
work." in Seattle. can pro-
cure it. That paper furnishes q joke
book made in the East, with its
Sunday issue, but 1t is q pity the
paper OF authority" allowed one ol
the whiskers-covered jokes to sp'
pear on its editorial page.
Geei Think what our own James
Hamilton Lewis missed. by remain
ing in Chicago and not visiting Sc
attic during the greatest, largest
stupendous, colossal, enhancing and
seductive carnival-Golden Potlatct
ever promoted for the enjoyment
Of the people of the Northwest. O,
!" Dude" how could you overlook the
Golden Potlatch? Don't let it occur
again, mind you.
No doubt there are many fOlks'iu
the big towns. were they financially
ahla who would 90 I'd th0 wOOds-