Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-05-07

: JACOB II. SCHlFF
ASSERTS STATE OF
. BUSINESS Is FINE"

\ banker, in an interview the +
\ other day on his return East !.
:: from a trip to the San Francis !.
: CO fair, said: !.
= Business is fine. The con- :.
- fidence of the American people :.
= is being restored, and l look for !.
:: the return OF days Of prosper :.
i ity the like Of which has seldom :.
= been seen in America, especial =
- ly by this generation. !.
+ Il have been away from the :.
\ scene Of financial operations :.
+ seven weeks. and that is long !.
4 time from business, but the de- !.
i preston is gradually drifting :.
+ away, I might say rapidly. The !.
= American people are confident =
= that better times are here, and ::
+ that's what counts most. Bust !.
i ness Is much a matter of senti- !.
i ment, anyway. :.
!. "Our exports are increasing =
!. rapidly; the railroad and steel +
+ businesses are improving, and !.
- the stock exchange reports are ::
!. exceptionally fine. Manufac- !:
=. turing is on the increase and !.
!. the farmers are preparing to !:
!. handle big crops. Why shouldn't :!
!. we be prosperous? Doesn't !.
!. everything point that way?" ::
i Regarding the world situa- !!
!. ton, Mr.. Schiff said: J.
= 1.-THE United States has main !.
:. tanned it's neutrality in a re- +
!. markable manner. President 1.
+ Wilson's steering Of the ship of +
i. state has been one of the great !.
!. est works Of statecraft our his !:
!. tory has ever known. The peo- !.
+ pie must stay neutral, just as :.
Z" the nation is. We owe 1t to +
!. our national honor to do So" ::
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!. LUKE M'LUKE SAVE =
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Every woman dresses to please
other men and to displease other
women.
The wedding day kiss is loaded
with dynamite, but the tin wedding
day kiss Is loaded with cold mush.
When a man is the father Of about
Is children he hasn't any business
cussing Adam because Adam ate an
apple.
The women do not use up all the
safety pins; the married men have
to have something to take the place
of buttons.
4 A man believes that the other fell
lows girl may be fallible, but he
knows that his girl is pure and ire
proachable.
The man who can't tell wool from
cotton when he buys a suit can
always tell rye from bourbon when
he buys a drink.
Marriage is like the hootchy-
kootchy tent at street fair-it
doesn't cost much to get in, but it
costs lot before you get out.
Married women ought to make
good jurors. They know what darned
liars all the men are and they are
wise to all the alibis.
Father will announce that nobody
but dinged busted fool will argue
with a woman and then he and
mother will argue for half hour.
When a man goes into kali to
get beer costing cents he will
meet six acquaintance who are
drinking 15-cent drinks. So he has
to ask them what they will have.
and, instead of paying nickel. the
man pays one dollar for his beer.
But the man doesn't mind it so much
because he thinks he is sport. But
he isn't sport. He is a coward and
a sucker.
What is the use of fussing around
and counting a girl for two years
when you can cop her out or know
where you stand the very first night
you meet her.
Lots Of people who have their beer
and booze carried in the back en-
trance to their homes in disguised
packages will be awfully mad when
they get to heaven if they find that
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