Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-12-06
BETHELITIS.

west side temperance girl says
that she has found out that her Willie
boy is the loveliest fellow yet She says
4 she didn't like him for long time.
! but an old married lady neighbor
sprung the news on her On conf
dence) that Will was the champion
booze fighter" of Dallas and could
kill" more of the vile stuff than any
three of the fellows of her acquaint-
ance. The damsel whispered (also in
confidence) that she was going to ar
range for the big event and the i'm
! vites'' would be out before Christmas
She says that any fellow who can put
down the booze is her darling no mat
ter what the neighbors say.
Gus tells me, not for publication of
course, that "Yack Yonson can coome
to Dallas van ha don't like Chekawgo.
Ha val gat some haluvagudetime an
nyhoe--an Won't go to vail, neider'
Female echoes from the rink:
"Jee-ain't-it-cold? Jee-I-shud- -say-so!
Did -ju-see- -thu-guy- Il? Nah-did-ju?
Jee-I-mus- go gone! Whathcer-hurry-
kid? Ahjee!
An EOla friend Ga lady friend)
wants to know why there are no more
whispers in The Observer. The lady
thinks, no doubt, that | am connected
with some gasp factory or something.
No. Samanthy, this is the wrong fac
tory.
The alababy of The Observer shop
says that the election of Woody Will
son was just like a dogs tail and was
bound to occur Scat! / can't see it.
am not sure whether the editor
will keep this from the waste basket
or not, but it comes from one of the
high school girls in the lower grade,
signing herself Leone Cross Barr"
Wallis"
There is young lady in Dallas
Who supports her skirts with gallus,
But the hitch in her gait,
$50 the rubber-necks state)
Your rythm jingle and tune are dis
located Miss Barr, and you better
join the Oregonian force. Don't send
any more. rubbish to this Office, please. |
y Il
Pedee suffragette says now that
the women have the right of suffrage
there will be some new laws enacted |
on "etikette" in the different poultry
yards of Oregon. If that will help
the price of eggs, Marie, you will have
the united support of the entire male
An east side lady tells her neighbor
that the new telephone directory does
not contain all the names of her hus-
bands associates. The hubby talks in
his sleep and IS always mentioning the
name of Jack Potz. Neither the tele-
phone or city directory contain the
name. She says she is just nOnplussed.
A Salem landlord has invented a
nOiseless lock, and will test the inven
tiOn soon upon his own place of busi-
ness. Now if he can cOniure some
sort of nOn-revolving keyhole for mid
night arrivals, we don't know why
his fortune is not assured.
A friend of The Observer suggests
that, now that the right of suffrage
has been given to the ladies of Oregon,
the election of lady at the coming
city election would not only be proper
but needful. The friend suggests that
a little cleaning up is necessary in va
rlOus places where women of uncer-
tain character and young men congre-
gate of an evening with motives that
are not for good. The selection of
lady equal to the task now seems to
be about the only alternative.
One of the senior girls says that
'glom" is proper and she doesn't pur-
pose to be laughed at. The basket
ball boys use the word" she says,
''and it can be parsed, and there amt
no use in nobody maxim fun of the
word. Present tense, glom; past