St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-27
Addr,ss Of Uelcpme.

After the procession had made various
novel turns and ev0lutons the characters
composing 1t took up positions on the grsnd
stage or stand, when ex-Gov. Ramsey made
the following address Of welcome:
Ladies aud Gentlemen: The duty devolves
on me, aud 1t is with pleasure the announce
ment Is made that we are about to witness
the results of the toll, ingenuity and intrll-
gence of the best women Of this city exerted
In be half Of an institution worthy of our
sympathy. The spectacular display will not
ONLY appeal 10 the taste but will be nstruc-
tive 10 THOSE who are witnesses. Upon our
stage MAJ be found the whole world, and to
quote line from DR.. Samuel Johnson, the
great dictionary maker. YOU will be able to
''survey mankind from China TO Peru" In
ftw hours you can make trip around the
world which has occupied the tourist many
months, and view life ancient aud modern.
Scenes from the old and scenes from the new
world-froin the orient and the occident.
Moses in the bulrushes will excite the mater
nal instincts, aud the Queen OF Sheba, who
Is also here, will attract attention, aud her
words we hope may be the words Of this aud
icucc as they 20 away: 81 believed not un-
I'll came, and mine eyes had seen II, and
behold the half was not told me-" To those
who may not he interested in the events of
the com IN on wealth, Of which Moses was the
great awgiver, will be found a pantheon
which illustrates classical literature
Jupiter the Supreme is here. Juno
his wife, Minerva his daughter, Diana and
hounds, Venus the goddess OF beauty, as well
as her spouse Vulcan. Bss!des there is
galaxy which will dazzle 10th young men
and maideps-the land that was old before
Judea was known IN history has its repre-
sentatIves. aud the fair queen, who in IT.
later days exercised a potent II not beue-
fetal influence will also be observed.
Within the later historic periods Germany,
to whose carly blue-eyed people civilization
is indebted for so many ideas, presents her
national life, and her great men, not for
getting Schiller, whose best poem, in GOcthe's
estimation. was suggested by an evept which
occurred within tie nOw corporate limits "
St. Paul. Spain, the land Of the Alhambra,
is not absent, and Ferdinand and Isabella,
and Christopher Columbus, with characters
made familiar to our households by the
graphic pen Of our historian. Prescott, will
live over the past France, allied to US by
many ties, will BE- presen; in the brilliant
court Of Louis XVI, and his wife, whose
tragic end is always cOntem plated with sor-
row. EuElduO. WIG 30 Uduy call Tue IUDLucG
country, will present tsblesx From grave
10 gay, from lively 10 serene" The
stately stepping characters Of Shakes
pesre will be produced; the mrth
eonvulsiDg people Of Dickens, the inImitable
and amiabie Pickwick, he drOli Sam Well
ler, and the fsi bsy Joe: the fair women OF
TenDyson, the poet laureate Of the day. Bat
time fails me 10 20 GU With the enumeration.
We do not come together merely 70 gaze and
laugh; the underlying motive Is, We trust,
that which sctuated the good Samaritan, the
desire 20 relieve suffering humanity. St.
Paul. although hut city Of yesterday. has
erected in her orphan asyums. in her re-
lief society. IN her refuge for the fallen and
In her home Of the friendless. mOnu-
meDis more enduring than ersgs. which
TiIi Oui!ivc the youngest child IN the com
nuniiy. To help ihr latter institution. whose
inmates constantly increase, aud who are
hardened With mortgage upon ibgir prop
'eTfy Of several thousand dollars. n the object
Of all this labor and expenditure. II was
thought tbst such an exhibition would enlist
the ympzthies Of larger number and would
b. less annoying than the presentation Of
subscription box, which soTDe u our busi-
ness men are compelled 70 examine slmost
as often ss their bank book, and which Is Al
ways bgrdsnsoms for 6 solicitor to carry
arrund.
Are We asking too much, that the whole