St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-26
TALES OF room GknAr MEN.

ciety publicly tender their thanks TO the peO-
pie of Mankato for the liberal encouragement
and patronage which they gave them.
TALES OF room GREAT MEN.
Macready, Car gle, Tennys0n, AMI Ho,c
Rus'rD Learnpdfo Smoke.
Yates Recollections.l
1t happened that on the revival of Shake
speare's "Henry VIII" VITA Micready as
Cardinal Wolsey, the part OF Cardinal Campo
JUS was allotted to Mr.. Wynn. 1t had been
represented to the manager that Mr.. Mac
ready's costume would be correct and splen-
did, more especially as regards some msgni-
| ficent point lace which be inten ded wearin o,
and il had been suggested that something ex-
| ira should be done to make the other Cardin al
respectable. But the manager thought some
old scarlet robes Judged up from the ward
robe would suffice; and as to point lace, sill
yer tissue paper, deity shipped and sewed
Oh, would have much the same appearance
when viewed from a distance. At the dress
rehearsal, Macready, euthroned in chair OF
state, had the various characters to pass be
fore him. He bore all calmly, until, clad in
scarlet robes, bordered by silver tissue paper,
and wearing an enormous red hat, Wynn
approached. Then, clutching both arms of
his chair, and closing his eyes, the great ira
gedan gasped: ''Mother Shipton, by"
The crowds of children growing upin Lon
don affected Carlyle with real pain. These
small plants, each with its head just out OF
the ground. with whole life ahead, and such
training! Noticed another trait, too
Scotch thrift showing itself in hatred OF
waste. If he saw crust Of bread on the
roadway he would stop to pick 1t up and put
it on step or railing. Some poor devil
might be glad Of it, or at worst dog or a
sparrow. To destroy wholesome food was a
sin. He was very tender about animals, es-
pecialy dogs, who, like horses, If well
treated, were types of loyalty and fidelity.
Horrifed him with story of my Oxford days.
The hounds had met at Woodstock. They
had drawn the covers without finding q fox,
and, not caring to have blank day, one OF
the whips caught passing sheepdog, rubbed
its feet with aniseed, aud set it to run. II
made for Oxford in its terror, the hounds In
full cry behind. They caught the wretched
creature in field, and tore it to pieces.
never saw Carlyle more affected. He said ii
was like human soul flying for salvation
from legion of fends.
Mr.. Gladstone "detests" tobacco. Mr. Matt
hew Arnold "abiures'' it, Mr.. Ruskin hates
ing with cigar smoke" But we are not con
soled for the abstinence of these great men
| by the devotion of others of eminences
Thackeray once declared that he did not des-
pair to see 'bishop lolling out OF the Ath-
eneum with cheroot in his mouth, or, at
any rate, pipe stuck in his shovel hat. ~
Even bishop might sometimes fall before
the seduction of good cigar a cozy chair
opd Erapoh nOynl Ruf ua hava pot n
smoking bishop, we have a smoking poet
laureate, familiar with tobaccos-Latakia,
Connecticut leaf, Perique, Lone Jack, Mich
igan, Killicinick, Highlander, ''or any of the
English brands" How does he take the
gentle weed! At his feet is a box full of
white clay pipes. Filling one of these, be
smokes until it is empty, breaks 1t in twain,
and throws the fragments into another box
prepared for their reception. Then he pulls
another pipe from its straw or wooden inclos-
ure, fills it. lights it, and destroys 1t as
before.
For years Prof. Huxley, like Charles Lamb,
toiled after tobacco as some men after vir-
tue.' At certain debate on smoking he
told the story of his early struggles in a way
which utterly put ant-tobacconists in con-
fusion, 'FOr forty years of my life,'' he
said, tobacco had been deadly poison to me.
Loud cheers from the anti-tObacconlsts :.
In my youth, as medical student, | tried
TO smoke. In vain At every fresh attempt
my insdIous foe stretched me PROSTATE on
the floor Repeated cheers. entered the
navy. Again | tried to smoke and again
met with defeat. | hated tobacco. l could
almost have lent my support to any institution
that had for its object the putting Of tobacco
smokers to death. VOciferous cheering.
A few years ago was in Brittany with some
friends. We went to an inn. They began
10 smoke. They looked very happy, and
outside 1t was very wet and dismal. /
thought would try cigar. Murmurs. ]
did so. [Great expectations. l smoked
that cigar-it was delicious. Groans.
From that momentI was n changed man,
aud now feel that smoking in moderation
is a comfortable and laudable practice and is
productive of good. [Dismay aud confusion
Of the antI-tobacconists. R0ars Of laughter
from the smokers. There is no more harm
in pipe than there II in a cup OF tea. You
may poison yourself by drinking too much
green tea, and kill yourself By eating too
much beefsteak. For my own part, I con-
slider that tobacco In moderation is sweet
ener and equalizer Of temper" Total r0ut
of the anti-tobacconists aud complete tri-
umph Of the smokers.