St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-24
FROM BONNY BOSTON.
The Athenians on Fish-New Books
Woman Suffrage.
Amusing Anecdotes of Several Prominent
People and Some Not So Prominent.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe


BosToS, March 10, 1SS4.-What with the
weeks of continually bad weather, and about
four weeks of fasting and fish, We are not as
gay here as we might be. Culture, however,
like genius tIrives best they say, on least
food, which probably accounts for the i'm
mense deal of culturing we are giving our
selves By way Of concerts, lectures, readings,
books, art exhibitions and the like. Every
available gallery in the city has pretentious
exhibition of pictures. There are a lot of new
books Just out. Thirteen concerts are an
nounced for this week and next; and private
lectures and conversations are too numerous
to mention.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Last week there was an amusing discussion
at the state house upon the womans' suffrage
bill. 1t lasted two days, evoked nothing new,
and resulted in vote of 145 to so, being the
worst vote but one for suffrqgists that was ever
given in the state. You may think speak
unadvisedly when I say the discussion was
amusing, when 1 tell you that it lasted dur
ing two long sessions, and was so futile. 1t
was amusing but in a rather unusual way
One man said he was " not a prophet, not
must be-" Whereupon another man promptly
rose and said it wouldn't. One man rose in
his wrath, and said there was ga lot of bosh
being talked about this matter,'' whereupon
the other side howled derisively.
Another in tremendous burst of elo-
quence declared that he "always nit the head
on the nail in nutshell. Mr. speaker"
and thus raised a counter-irfitant. So they
went on-childishly, inconsistency and with
out profit. To me whose first visit to the hall of
our state law makers it was, it was disillusion-
ing. 1t remined me too, of speech | had
heard at a woman's club, on the previous
day, and by very ardent enthusiast on the
subject of suffrage. She was called upon to
tell what she saw when in Washington the
previous week and being nothing loath, she
told.
Il have been in Washington, she said,
"and | have spent one afternoon in the
capitol and | am glad indeed to tell you what
l saw. The session had just commenced,
but the hall was in the direst confusion.
Fifteen men were smoking, two were drunk,
| five lay on the lounges sound asleep, and the
majority of the remainder were roaming
about with their hands in their coat pockets,
paying not the slightest heed to what was 60
ing on. And that is the way our laws are
made! Now do you wonder that l said to
my friend" (please observe the exquisite
feminine tact in scoring possible pointD
edo you wonder I said to my friend that
women ought to be THEREOF
do not wonder she said it, but I doubt
very much whether the presence of one or
two or three women, unless they were re-
markably young, pretty and dignifed would
so revolutionize that hall as to make it the
| al +la
"a Washington season."
AN UNANswERABLE ARGUMENT.
Some of the points made in controversy by
quick-witted or atrociously obtuse members
are the most severe commentaries on public
men and measures that reformers could
wish. Take for instance the passing of a
bill in the Massachusetts, legislature on the
question whether Watertown should have
city water or not, and whether the vote to
decide should be majority or a two-thirds
! vote.
A long time the representatives wrangled,
pro and con, in what seemed the most use
less and unreasonable fashion without COM
ing any nearer to decision. At last gray
headed old fellow from ''way back'' got the
floor and promptly settled the matter. give
been listening to this discussion nigh onto
an hour, and I've heard all that both sides
have got to say, and 1 can't see for the life
OF me why the people of Watertown shouldn't
have water if they want it! More than that,
l can't see why, when you let them have all
the whisky and gin they want on a majority
voto, you can't see clear to let lem have
water at the same rate!' A most unanswer-
able argument.
MIR. BLAINE'S BOOK,
The Hartford firm that has for so long
dangled James G.. Blaine's book before ouI
longing eyes, now promises faithfully that il
shall soon be Greatly and truly'' ours. I am
sure hope so; hope deferred maketh the
heart sick, and Mr.. Blaine's chances would
be very slim if our hearts got into such a
state as is now threatening them. There will
probably be much in the book that is inter-
esting but doubt if many of the anecdotes
will give more innocent delight than thi:
which comes to us all the way from Chicago
DINNER
was given one day not long since to William
NJ. Evarts, who is, by the way, most luxu-
rious and enthusiastic diner.
One of the courses-roast stuffed goose
seemed to specially tickle the palate of thi
learned gentleman, and he ate thereof mos
literally. After the dinner came speeches
and in the course of one of them gentle
man asked this conundrum:
ssWhat great change has taken place since
we began our dinner!"
1t was given up all around the table, AM
then the true answer was given"
J ssWhen we began, we had a goose stuffet
with sage; now we are through we have
sage stuffed with goose"
ANOTHER BOOK
of somewhat general interest we have alread
received 1t is by Jeanne Gould Lincoln, i
published by J. R. Osgood & Co., and i
called ''Her Washington Season." and NOR
than this it wa written and published wit
the plainly avowcd purpose of convincing al
people out of Washington that if there is
paradise on earth, it is this. 1t is also sup
posed to confute everything that Mrs. Dahl
gren and the author of Democracy have SAT-
concerning the weakness and coarseness o
r Washing ton society. As for settling tina
2 vexed question it does not do it, any NOR
. than it can be settled that shield is red 0
r blue, when one half is one color and on
, half is the other. J. R. Osgood & Co. hav
also Just published in little classic form, MI
Howels' pretty farce, ''The Register" whic
was first printed in the Christmas Century.
l MATURM BALLoU's BOOK, DUE WEST,
is the most charming book of travels as we
as the most voluminous in information c
} any that 1 ever read. 1t is having a larg
sale Another book that is soon to be pull
: Iished is life of Wendell Phillips, write
oy DR.. George Lowell Austin, whose life {
t Longfellow is accepted as the authority
S date. and whose medical work, ''Perils {
: American Woman" is Incompatible wit
s any other of its kind.
Speaking of books, there is one book