Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-05
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A great number of vessels are
eternally striking the rocks, but it's
seldom indeed they hit low passen-
ger or freight rates.
Every coast city should install
salt water mains as protection against
fire. Such mains would reduce in
surance, and allay much fear and
worry.
Jacob H. Schiff, the New York
banker, says his people Uews) are
not money-lenders by choice. OF
course not. BY interest, Jacob; by
interest.
California has q man who has boys
stealing automobiles for him. This
man has no business ability-not
financial ability anyhow - else he
would have the boys steal something
of money value-a pound of bacon,
for example.
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1t is startling strange. but SO far
a fact. that while twenty-seven brass
bands, and silver-cornet' ones.
too, comprising 600 musicians, were
playing Apple Blossoms, You're
the Apple of My Eye" and so on, in
glorifying and lauding the Washing
ton apple at Spokane, recently. neith-
er Wenatchee nor North Yakima have
as yet, claims the honor of growing
an apple big enough to allow each
OF the 900 windjammers q glass Of
sweet apple cider" to drink, be-
sides quart of the delightful bever-
age to tote home. Why they keep
their light hid under q bushel is a
puzzle. Perhaps their simple, rustic
modesty will not allow them to in
dulge in self-praise.
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Irish actors presented on Irish
play in New York recently, whcreat
Irishmen threw Irish potatoes ut
the thespians," says an exchange.
The Irishmen in the audience who
threw the irish potatoes, being
Irish through and through" used
best of Judgment, for they knew
better than to throw lemons, car
ro!s or oranges. at the Irish actors,
if they expected and wished to take
part in the parade the 18th OF March
next; for should they have hurled
such colored articles. the ambulance,
undertaken and hearse would have
been in instant demand. 1t was
either pickles, cucumbers. lettuce or
Irish potatoes. to be thrown, SO the
dissatisfied Irishmen chose the latter.
Son-Pa, what is hypocrite7
Pa-A hypocrite, son. is person who
asserts that he doesn't like the white
meat best.-P.-I.
With apologies to the P.-L.
Son-Pa. what is a hypocrite2
Pa-A hypocrite, son. is the meas
ly sponge galoot who invites you to q
swell cafe for turkey dinner, and
after the meal discovers he left his
money 10 his everyday trousers at
home. and you are compelled to set
tie the bill. son. That's a hypocrite;
not only . hypocrite, son. but a dead
beat along with it, and the assertion
OF this 'get-a-turkey- -dinner-for-noth-
ing" CRATER as to whether be pre-
fers white or black meat, doesn't
cut any figure ut this time, son; in
deed it doesn't.
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The King county grand jury in its
final report, speaking of the women
who rented rooms in what was known
as crib houses" in the restricted
district which were in operation DUR
ing the Mayorship of Hi Gill in Se-
attle. says: "The evidence showed
that on week-ends and holiday oc-
casions. women from the suburban
districts-West Seattle, Green Lake
and other places-and in some in
stances married women, the mothers
OF. children, would gather at these
crib houses for the purpose of prosti-
tuition" Now that crib houses are
no more in the Queen City, where
DO these women hold forth now?
ASK OF the many so called hotels, sup
posedly decent rooming houses and
the cafes in that city. If Rev. M. A.
Matthews, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, and his followers,
think Tor moment that they have
drove every pimp and prostitute
from the city limits of Seattle-well,
they have another think a coming.
That's all.
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Here is the way students of the
University of Washington advertise
a football game, according to the
P-L:
To the agonized strains of a
wheezy bagpipe. the clatter of cow
bells trailed along the pavement,
and many other nondescript noises
in which collegians are adopts, the