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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23
ASSUMED NAMES AND MARRIAGE
THE BEGINNING

THE BEGINNING
postpone q simply
of the smaInsss OF first deposit All things
their The big things today
little things of receive deposits low
dollar
400 BANKERS TRUST co. BANK 400
CAPITAL 98OoOO0OO
BANKERS TRUST RuiLDINC TACOMA. WASH.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23
CYNTHIA GREn ANgWEpC

JUST LIKE "TEDDI" AND "TAFTf
Dear Miss Grey teacher i'm the eighth grad and
always considered n
proud), but dsrayed writing
have had two boys will Ia
who no
Teddy" help by giving
any suggestions TEACHER.
AThe only remedy is, when opens.
erested In object
only of their
Ponds the
their school, and that discussion between pupils blot
honor.
Can't them to comparatively play
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23

picnic
linen which
place of the pretty white frock the latter being thus
clean for the homeward trip.
excellent material
like model pictured with trimming
brodered banding which various widths color combna
ton
and reticule
certainly kddy happy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23

The colors of William and
Mary's college are white and
orange.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23

At the United States Military
academy tuition Is free.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23

There are said to be 3.424 spo-
ken languages or dialects in the
world.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23

the Whip half light tables
Fill the hollows left by the
with whipped Keep in the ice box until time to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23
ANOTHER FROM "uNCLE.'

Dear Mis- Grey VIII you allow me turn at
wheel? 1 hate 'Crandma" as up in
wind
related the question. they to
the wheel will .box Roadway before
w all
Now for the 'fard tack" and "hot coffee"
The ''rib" has nothing to do wi
origin
dead ahead. mind you
God finished the forming creating
a personally, afterwards ON
this he set
them in the business of continuing begun
which is
perior So if there question about completeness
woman the starboard tack and has the right
UNCLE KORNTASSEI.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23

Dear Miss Grey: DO know of nice table game
play? My husband L to unit nd
would like to find that
dOminoes. NEWLYWEDS.
Am Millionaire" Down and Out" "Chantceer,
Checker" Chess a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23

Just one last word-CLEANLINESS is
THE BASIS OF ALL PHYSICAL BEAUTY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23

President Grover Cleveland was
the last democratic president
elected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-23

January 9, 1892, fell on FRI
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
SAYS UNCLE GAY

Given a sufficient quantity Of affa-
bility, the sorriest saphead can be
some sort of a success. We set such
store on the pleasant things of life
that we are willing to reward him who
makes habit of being agreeable. The
politician knows this and that is one
reason why there are so many amiable
dolts on the, STATS of the princes of
politics. Business men are beginning
to understand that the old-fashioned
business crouch never. buys anything
selling smiles along with silk, sorghum
and sealing wax. . Under the circum-
stances. the wonder is that there is still
considerable minority of the human
race that doesn't know that an agree
able mediocre gets nearly as far as the
genius that habitually splits fire.
All that most of us ask of our neigh
bors is something approximatfng a
square deal with few smiles thrown
in We are not SO likely to insist upon
the square deal as upon the smiles;
We'll forgive almost anybody almost
anything if he'll only pretend to be
glad to see us. There is no passion in
the human heart so strong as the pas
sion for sympathy, and say what we
will, we want that sympathy from mil
lionaires and menials. We demand af-
ia bility at least from those who depend
upon our dollars for their prosperity.
We want to find it at the counter, at
the box office, on the street car, at the
teller's window. Most of US are willing
to help out a fellow man in distress,
but few of us would turn a hand to
help one who doesn't take his medi-
cine smilingly or who does not promise
a return in smiles for whatever aid we
may extend.
Upon this society quietly insists, and
her rule is memorable. The crouch is
moral and mental bankrupt. An
ounce of affability beats a pound of
force.-(Copyright, 1912, by w. E.
Williams
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
AYHAWKER JOT.S

Mr.. Fury of Usage Bend, Miami
county, is probably among the mildest
of men.
Some advice from the Overlook Citt
zen; The longest slayer doesn't always
win the girl.
1t is better. thinks the Holton Signal,
to have the grass grow under your
feet than over your head.
In Osborne county, 4,262 marriage
licenses have been issued during the
forty years of its existence.
He who wears straw hat and a
full beard bids defiance to the in
congruous, says the Marquette Trib-
une.
Tom Turvey is among those present
at Scranton. His sisters name is not
rTopsy" as might be expected. but
Roosevelt fellows are probably also in
favor of the recall of national com
mittees.
Only a few of the Kansas editors
have forgotten to notify their readers
that the longest days of the year are
near at hand.
The coffee trust and the beef trust
are bad ones, says the Americus Greet
ing, but they can't hold a candle to the
political trust.
Pratt lady told the Pratt Union
that she has a friend, dear girl, but
oh so contrary. Every time a dentist
administers laughing gas to her she
commences bawling.
Definition of a "half-baked" individ-
ual by Pratt man: "It is a fellow
who has a grudge against you, is
afraid to fight you, and contents him
self by sulking and not speaking to
you.''
Are you interested in being alive
these warning days? asks the Mar
quette Tribune, after it notes: War
in Europe, war in Mexico, war in Cuba
war in Chicago, and hostilities soon to
Advice for the girls, from Bachelor
Bert Walker of the Osborne Farmer:
The best way in the world for a
young lady to draw the attention of
the boys to the fact that she has
big foot is to get a pair of shoes about
a size too small for her. Then she
can't help walking pigeon-toed.
How gardens are made at Mildred,
as reported in the Mildred Ledger:
Mr.. L. H. Blue can be seen every even
ing working in his garden. He can
soon be classed as an expert in that
line, too, as we'll as in his business Mr.
Lyon can also be seen on his front
porch each evening encouraging Mr.
Blue and telling him how "to do it."
pointing to the results in Ibis own"
garden. (Of course everyone knows it
is due to Mr.. Mansfield that Mr.. Lyon
has a garden.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
AN ENGLISH VIEW OF MIR. TAFT

Another point which seems to me to
be insufficiently realized is that Mr..
Taft, by his quiet, good humored,
conciliatory persistence, has really
done more to clinch the Roosevelt
policies than Mr.. Roosevelt himself,
writes Sydney Brooks, in Harper's
Weekly. Take, for example, the tax
of one per cent on the net earnings
of corporations which he embodied in
the Payne tariff act. 1 doubt whether
Mr. Roosevelt, with his pistoling
ways, could have gotten it through.
Recommended by him, it would have
somehow worn the aspect of an attack
on capital and all the vested inter-
ests in the land would have Joined in
defeating it. Recommended by Mr..
Taft simply as means of providing
the necessary revenue for the govern
ment, it was adopted by congress, not,
indeed, without some opposition and
not without discussion, but with in
finitely less of both than one might
have expected. Its passage and its
subsequent ratification by the SUI
preme court have vested in the gov
eminent quite unprecedented powers
for investigating and controlling the
truStS-poWerS that Will greatly exaIt
the rights of the federal government
at the expense of the rights of the
states, that will pave the way to a sys-
tenn of national Incorporation of all
joint-stock companies, and that will,
believe profoundly affect the Amer
lean theory of government. To have
inaugurated so vast revolution with
so little friction was a very great
achievement. But Mr.. Taft got next
to no credit for it and it is by now,
dare say, practically forgotten by
most Americans. There I think one
touches on one of Mr.. Taft's defects
as a politician. I should be inclined
to describe him as one of the best, and
at the same time one of the most un-
fortunate and maladroit presidents
America has ever had.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.J

[From the Chicago News.1
But sometimes an eye Is not as black as
it is pasted.
The heads of some men are like vacant
rooms-unfurnished.
Some men who know very little are not
altogether sure of that.
The price paid by woman for a COM
plexion remedy must be a handsome sum.
Every woman is generous to a fault-if
the fault happens to be one of her own
The girl who is learning to play the
piano might be properly termed pound
party.
The man who loves a woman as much
as hse wants to be loved has no time for
attending to business.
How very small the world seems when
YOU are trying to dodge an enemy, and
how very large when looking for a
friend,
Many a man who says he is willing to
shed his last drop of blood for his country
is never in much of hurry to shed tie
first one.
When a man with a get rich quick
scheme favors a strange town with his
preence he carsries letters OF Introduction
10 nearly all thechump. s
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girls. He really had to get it for you
you know, after that woman showed
it,
Yes" said poor Aunt Judy. per
haps he did"
You won't mind my wearing it tc
Mr.. Hale's porch dance. will you?
asked Natalie, who was all in pale blue
90, no." said Aunt Judy.
she laid away the sandalwood box.
At least the possession % that was
undisputed.
Long after Natalie left Mr.. Hale
called. AS the big automobile drew ur
in front of the porch. Aunt Judy went
down to meet it.
Newton was in evening clothes and
wore no hat. Why didn't you come
to my dancer he asked abruptly.
Inc girls said there would be 9TH
er chaperons," she said And be-
Sides she laughed, cheerfuIIy, Il had
nothing grand enough to wear
You let Natalie wear your scarf"
he said. IL wanted to see you in 1t
ed
Aunt Judy was silent with astonish-
ment- That any act of hers could
cause any one pain was beyond be-
lief She had been ignored for many
years-nobody had cared what she
wore.
~ didn't know she said. softly.
=, on Sou seen, ne Sa1os lmpetuouS-
~, that you are dearer to me than any
thing in the whole wide world? You are
what I've been looking for all my life
the sweetest, the gentlest-woman.''
Oh. said Aunt Judy. She was faint
with happiness ooh, didn't dream
Then let me tell you now" he said
eagerly. when 1 saw you there in my
garden knew that what the sundial said
was true-'The best is yet to come And
l have only waited to give you time to
know me before 1 asked you-to marry
me-Judy.'
When Natalie came home that night,
in all the glory of her aunt's lace scarf,
she exclaimed at the sight of the big red
car at the gate.
Why, Mr.: Hale she said. everybody
We'll, guess they had good time. -
he said, comfortably. 81 came over to
talk to your Aunt Judy
ITO Aunt Judy?"
Eyes, and 1 can't keep my happiness
to myself any longer. She has promised
to marry me and be my mistress of the
Oaks
"What?' stammered Natalie. why,
Aunt Judy's too old-to get married"
Mr. III Hale laughed delightsd dE.,,a youth 11
you see that she is beautiful and that
she's SO rare that if she lived in town the
men would worship her. I'm going to
have her wear pearls always-great ropes
of them, and white satin, and sables and
plumes."
He said a great deal more, while Ma
talie looked at him in a stunned fashion
and was silent.
But that night as her aunt helped her
braid her hair the young girl said, Pearls
July, you will look wonderful-you are a
beauty-and to think-we never KNEW
(Copyrighted, 1912, by Associated Literary
Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
JUST AN EVERYDAY WOMAN

When Bert H. Franklin, the pri-
waite detective employed for the de-
Tense in the Mcnamara cases. was on
the witness stand in the trial of At
torney Darrow, charged like himself
with jury bribing, he told what pur-
ports to be the reason he decided to
give states evidence.
AS soon as Franklin knew he was
to be brought to trial he went home
and told his wife, according TO his
story, that in case he got off with two
years. as he hoped to do, she would
be taken care of while he was in pris-
on by barrow. Her answer, accord
ing to his testimony, was: IF you
bring one dollar of dishonest money
into my house, 1 will leave you in
twenty-four hours" That, he says. is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17

what caused him to confess. in the
hope of clemency.
The figure which Franklin has pre-
scented in the dynamite cases is not
one to be admired. According to his
own confession he is rascal of the
first order. And the charge is made
that from the first he played double
with the men who employed him.
The story of his talk with his wife
may be a mere invention. But If
Mrs. Franklin did not make the ans
wer to him which he claims she did
she probably would have done so had
such a conversation. taken place.
The alleged ultimatum of Mrs.
Franklin rings true to the instincts
and conscience of womanhood. Wom-
an, when it comes to the great NOR
al principles of life, stands unswerv-
ingly by the right regardless of law
or consequences. She may be help
less to prevent evil-doing by husband,
son or brother, but she never sur
renders her position of hostility to-
ward it and never ceases her pleading.
If Franklin was not induced to turn
states evidence by his wife, he might
well have been, for that has been done
in a thousand other cases.
Women such as Mrs. Franklin is
represented to be are not a rarity.
They are the common, everyday kind
and but for them men would make
this world much more sad and cruel
than it is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
IRON the Philadelphia Record

IRON the Philadelphia Record.J
Some people wear eyeglasses just for
the looks of the thing.
Lots of people are contented because
they don't know any better.
A carpenter is known by his chips, anJ
a barber by his shavings
What has become of the old fashioned
girl who used to chew way?
No, Cordelia, a man isn't necessarily a
beat because he has a red face.
It's just as well to insure your bridges
before you burn them behind you-A
There are better ways of getting a
change obscene than by becoming a. stage
hand.
The worst about telling our troubles is
that when are short long
winded about it.
A black cat may bring good luck, but
you can't convince a mouse of the truth
of this superstition.
The Cynical Bachelor rises to remark
that when a man marries he receives
life sentence, with nothing off for good
behavior.
Nell-"She's rather selfish, don't you
think sop Belle-"WeH, I've never head
of her wanting to occupy hammock all
by herself
Muggins-'FI was a seventh son." Bug
ginS-''Did it bring you luck" Muggins-
Not much. 1 had to wear the cast-on
clothes of my six older brothers
Virtue is its own reward" quoted the
Wise Guy. 'fYes,'' agreed the Simple Mug,
1.-The prodical son got more fame than his
brother who stayed home and was de-
cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
EVENING CHIT
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

If you were on a train and there was
ats accident, and everything was
| thrown into confusion, and perhaps
there was darkness, would you know in
what part of the train to look for the
emergency tools and the fire extin-
guisher?
If you were asleep in your berth on
ship and we're awakened suddenly
by being told that the ship was sink
ing and you must get into a life pre-
server, would you know where to look
for one and how to put it on?
Two young women were taking a one
night trip on a steamer. AS they were
preparing for bed, one of them paused
to read the printed instructions in re-
gard to life preservers, and even took
thu pains to look under the berth to
make sure that she thoroughly under
stood the directions about adjusting
them The other girl was most amused
a. all this cautfon-needless to say
this was prior to April 14-and urged
her companion to stop talking all that
nonsense and come to bed.
Previous to the terrible disaster that
shocked and sobered a world of men
who had been growing blatantly conf
dent of their superiority to nature and
the elements, / wonder how many voy-
ayers would have carefully read these
Instructions. Perhaps one in ten. Or
had I better say one in a hundred?
For the next few years. until we have
had time to forget, I suppose we shall
all be more thoughtful in this particu-
lar direction. But what about taking a
little forethought in regard to what we
would do in case of other kinds of ac-
cidents?
Do you notice the exit signs in a the
alter before you compose yourself TO
enjoy the play? 1t would take but an
instant and might mean your life. For
tunately the chance that you would
need your. knowledge is very, very
slight, but on the other hand you are
not risking anything on that long
chance except a moments attention.
A car full of passengers probably
owe their limbs, if not their lives, to
one young man who thought it worth
while to know what to do in case Of
accident. The motorman tainted when
the car was on steep down
grade. Instant action was nee
curve at the bottom. This man had
deliberately noticed the method of run
ming the cars because he thought It
would be a good thing to know, and he
was able to throw on the brakes with
lightning swiftness.
L am very fond of the Boy Scouts
motto, which is 'Semper Paratus''-
always ready" Surely a great many
accidents might have been prevented
or at least made less terrible if more
CT us lived that motto.
Someone may suggest that it is not
a pleasant thing to be always expecting
an accident. No, my friend, but you
need not be always expecting an ac-
cident Just "semper paratus." You
know. Really that's quite a different
thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
HUNOR OF THE Day

Mr.. Wright-Is your husband busy now?
Mrs. Penman-Oh. very busy. Mr..
Wright-What is he doing? Mrs Pen
man-Hes at work on a story. Mr.
Wright-Writing story, is he? Mrs
Penman-Oh, no; he wrote It a month ago.
He's trying to sell 1t now!-Yonkers
Statesman.
81 don't see how you can afford it,"
Dog watches are common on ships
but what can cat do2' "She comes in
handy for a purr, sir."-Baltinore Amer
lean.
Remember that politeness costs moth
Ing said the ready-made philosopher
I've heard that told" replied Mr.. Cum
rox, but never yet saw any gratis po-
ton Star.
Some men were discussing the sudden
death of a neighbor who had left a
rather helpless family. And the worst
of it is,'' said Uncle Jared, that there
isn't one of those boys that has the head
to fill his fathers shoes."-Youth's Com
panion.
About the same as everybody's," replied
Senator Sorghum. Il have a general i'm
preston that myself and my personal and
political friends are the only people who
do not need it.''-Washington Star
Tom-She has a remarkably sweet voice
Dick-She ought to have. 1t cost me
ski months.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
GLOBE SIGHTS
By THE ATcH1soN GLOBE.

1t sometimes happens that a sweet-faced
girl has a sour disposition.
Me Americans make a whole lot of noise
and call it accomplishment.
If a fight is a draw, both sides are
pretty apt to claim a victory.
What has become of the old-fashioned
boy who hid behind his mothers skirts?
Crops are seldom as badly damaged as
the board of trade reports indicate.
There is so little going on at night that
there isn't much excuse for a curfew law.
To err is human, but one shouldn't
prove his humanity by that means ex-
cIusively.
Outside of q story book We never met
a preacher who could whip any man in
town.
Perhaps you can't get just what you
want by arbitration, but it is cheaper than
fighting.
a widows mourning veil quite often OUT
wears her grief.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-17
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

Through the woods of Carolina
Starry banners light the shadows,
For the dogwood is in blossom
Dogwood, and the yellow jasmine,
and the naples coral fringes,
And azaleas flushed with morning.
Up the twilight of the marshes
Green the tide of spring is creeping,
Where the sheeted oaks are lonely
In their MOSES, gray and solemn.
By the tall pines, gazing downward
In the swamps of Carolina,
Stark and pa1lid are the spectres
On the ancient trees departed.
Sadness dreams within the woodland,
An enchanted melancholy
AS a web hangs from the branches;
Sorrow brooding on the waters
Lifts the brow of wistful beauty,
And her voice is music signing
Through the woods of Carolina.
Ada Foster Murray, in Harper's Weekly