St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-29
these smart sharks of Wall street everyone
will be thankful.
A FRESH TURKEY.

these smart sharks of Wall street everyone
| will be thankful.
FRESH TURKEY.
| Excuse this depression. I did not mean
| to write so much about stocks, but finance
| is the reigning sensation here now, and then
| there is so much personality in the new deal
that it forced itself upon me. There is no
politics in the wind about which to write.
Criticism of the administration has almost
ceased. and there isn't ripple of excite
ment about anything except stocks and
Thanksgiving. By the way, the day which
has been set apart for returning thanks and
for good dinners. is a part of the
hypocrisy of life. 1t has degenerated since
l was lad. Your good people out West
will recall the toothsome turkey, the succu-
lent pumpkin pie, the charming repose and
sweet contented air of the old-tlme house
| hold on this day. 1t was New England
| custom to rejoice and be glad every fall
after the crops were gathered and the stores
laid by for winter. Hard and calculating
as were these Pilgrims, they warmed up
once year and smiled, with nothing to
aid them but apple cider and good meal.
But they surrounded the occasion with such
sweet home air, that it made one feel as
| if all nature had been good to man, who
had not been good to himself. You have
many readers who will recall such Thanks
giving days as would pic
ture. but you find them no
more except in the country. The great
cities only observe the day because long
custom seems to have forced it upon them.
The people who first used this
day as a symbol of their prosperity
had much to be thankful for.
They dwelt in a country where fish
and white beans were the principal pro-
duets, and square meal was luxury. As
the country grew the custom followed it,
but now it has only degenerated into frol
icsome time and its significance is lost in the
fumes of wine and the extravagances which
have outgrown our good sense. New York
made the day mockery this year, as it
usually does. The people here speak of
this as the ragged week, in which the law
has kept them one day from their mad rush
at robbing each other.
NUBBINS.
Style is great feature of New York
life. The ladies here set the pace for the
rest of the country. The prevailing color
is yellow. Fifth avenue on a pleasant
afternoon of a pleasant day looks like
field of waving corn. ''In that season of
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color is golden. The extravaganza in this
hue is more than duplicated in the cost of
the material. for never before could you
see more expensive dress, or loud and stun
ming costumes on the street than are to be
seen this season, along Broadway, or on
the avenues.
Think of it, Mrs. Astor is just now hav
ing a quarrel with her brother-in-law about
money matters. She is widow, who man
ages to get along on an income of something
like quarter of million year. 1t is
part of the gossip of the trial now going on
that last summer she had twenty-five differ
ent costumes imported from Paris. the style
of which was so dashing, and the materials
so rich that she was obliged to have them
duplicated in palmer goods here. in New
York, before she could appear in them,
even in the exceedingly liberal society of
Newport.
saw Bob IngersoIl for few moments
to-day. He has come to New York to live
for good and all. he lectures ever Sunday
night at the Academy of Music. People go
in to hear him by the hundreds at dollar
per head. More than thousand dollars a
week clear of expenses falls into his
till. From this it would seem that
infidelity pays better than Christianity.
Ingersoll affects few people by his teach
ings. He plays his part for price. just as
an actor does. He amuses those who 60 to
hear him, and thus succeeds. His lectures
do no other good to any one. What harm
he does can never be reckoned. he de-
stroys civilizing sentiment without giving
anything to replace it. With great genius
and remarkable powers he chooses to takea
place by the side of the Socialist, for
money.
Referring to saints and sinners recalls
beautiful play l saw last night at the Madi
son Square theater, a pretty little place of
amusement that was formerly run by
preacher. Mr.. Palmer has mounted the
piece beautifully and strong company of
actors present it. l was interested in one
character representing a class of citizens
who give Bob Ingersoll much food for his
attacks upon religion. 1t is an old deacon of
village church, such as you will find along
every country side. He robs the poor, cheats
his neighbors and runs the church at the
same time He is bank president steals
the depositors' money and finally drives the
minister out of the church because he will
not do his bidding. This character, like
many others in the play, is true to life.
The week closes without an incident of
special importance. The tide of life runs
on an even keel. and in the new demands
which my return to work will make upon
me, / hope to find new friends and here
after plenty of fresh material.
FRANK BURR.