St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-01
Rev. DR.. Dana Gives Some Good Advice
on the Approach of the Carnival
Festivities.
The Police on the Watch for Toughs of
All Kinds Who are Expected to
Arrive.
Attitude OF the Church to the Work.
ing Classes--On the DEVILS
Ground.
Alnusements During Crowded
Week--A Labor Congress-
General Local News.
PREACHING ON THE PALACE.
DIR. Dana,s Advice 10 His Flock at
Carnival Time.

evening on the carnival. He prefaced his
remarks by the reading of passages from
the first and third chapters of Ecclesiastes,
quoting the pertinent passages There is
no new thing under the sum-" and "All is
vanity of vanities saith the preacher" He
prayed that during the festival week the
stranger within our gates and those going
and coming would be kept from danger.
and that all participating would be re-
strained from everything that was unseelnly
and demorallzing. He hoped it would i'm
part zest for the healthful pleasures and
keen enjoyment peculiar to this favored
Cline and hoped that strangers would
leave carrying with them only pleasant
memories and not regrets for evils the
tempter may have led them into. and that
enthusiastic inexperienced youth in
their healthful Tecreations would not
mar the enjoyment by scenes of excess.
After prayer he took occasion to regret that
lquor would be sold on the ground and that
so many liquor saloons were permitted to
ply their traffic at the gates of the palace.
Dr. Dana chose for his text. ''To every
thing there is a season, and time to every
purpose under the heavens" He said that
rimeliness was one of the features which
lends value to the undertakings of human
life and which are seasonably adapted to
the end uppermOst in view. 1t was sea-
sonable, and no one would venture to criti-
CHE it for not having been
BUILT IN SUMMER.
1t was a Respondent embodiment of our
beautiful cline, where we had a great sort
age of undeI-zero weather. In this favored
zone arctic cold loses its griInness, and no
spot could be found better adapted for its
erection than here. Further north the cold
is too penetrating, while the balmy south,
with its thaws, would be equally unsuitable.
He would not question the impulse of the
various motives which led to its cOnstruc-
ton. Suffice to say that il was the most
unique cleanest and coolest symbol of en-
terprise; it may be selfish in its aims. but no
one does anything in this Western world, or
in fact anywhere else, without expectation
of gain, and even pleasure, without it yield
10 per cent. gain, would be uninteresting.
1t may have been organized to boom the
city and corner lots. But who could with
hold admiration for these erections, that
have the advantage of novelty. and which
are constructed from translucent blocks of
sparkling ice taken from the CONCEALED
river. Its erection may be regarded as the
spontaneous enthusiasm of our people who
have taken holiday from the sterner pur-
suits of merchandise and real estate
in order to steal few mo-
ments from life i'm which to live,
and in the eager pursuit of business in the
earnest, practical West. our people allowed
themselves too few buildings. 1t would
confer a benefit as all exhibits of enthuS-
iasm are wholesome provided it is benef-
cial to health and its lines do not lie in the
path of excess. Another benefit that it
conferred is that it brought this mixed
community into cordial rapport with the
1T,
such healthful outdoor sports was CON-
niendable. This beautiful, fascinating ere
alton may be for only transient purposes,
but from its very beauty it gives compensa-
tory enjoyment. Besides, this unanimous
movement, from the enthusiasm it has en-
gendered among all classes, enables the
people to know each other better and has
awakened our citizens to the possibilities
Of this season for health-giving outdoor
sports. 1t helps to unity us and blends
those of every rank in efforts to be accom-
modating, and our people never pulled to-
gether so loyalty before. All classes, all
guilds contributed and the city government
and the entire people for once were in
kindly accord to make the carnival of the
Northwest a complete success, and in the
emulations to do so prejudices and dislikes
were for time obscured. All such enter
prises
ARE. THEREFORE,, EDUCATIONAL
and tend to enlarge the bonds of friendship.
Some may StigInatiZe Ii as an advertising
device, but it is astonishing that such cold
one should develop such a warm feeling.
Nature CONCEALED and holds together the
blocks which compose this stately edifice,
and 1t is to be hoped that under the carni-
val inspiration it may freeze our people TO-
gether and unity us, for in union there is
strength. 1t will extend the fame of our
city, and it is to be hoped that it will be a
commercial success and be of general ben
eft to the city and its people. 1t will ell
gender love of sports in which the zeal of
emulation does people good. All of us in
this Western world grow old too soon. as
we are too matter f-fact. and need more
wholesome recreation.
DIR. Dean said in the foregoing remarks he
was speaking as an Optimist, and was en-
deavOring to find the best and brightest fea-
tures. But there we're possibilities con-
nected with the carnival which needed eau
tionary words. He referred to destination
excuses and colds contracted from EXPOS
IRE. Some, he said, regarded our people
as phlegmatic. They may be apparently
so, but this tonic air puts fire into our
veins, and we never do things by halves
and will be apt to go to extremes until a
to the manner born. The saloon element
would reap rich harvest. and they have
surrounded the palace, and even invaded |
the grounds. These will attract the young
and the old, and many will think that in |
the excitement and eXhilaration of outdoor |
sports stinulants will be necessary, and |
thereby an appetite for liquor will be crea-
ted. Youth in its gay clubs needs to be put
on Its guard against dissipation. DIR. Dean
thus Indignantly referred to the crime of |
selling to youths under age and said this |
was the surest way to augment the prospec- |
tive business of the saloon keeper, and he |
hoped that in future carnivals no saloons
would be allowed near the palace grounds |
TO sell beverages that inebriate and iniure |
Nor did our people want to have list of |
casualties to report, and vigilance and care
should be exercised, as our young people |
found in danger a spice of fun, and they |
were new to some of the sports, and even |
now surgeons were preparing their instru- |
ments and druggists compromising their |
cold mixture in view of such casualties |
From the press and the pulpit there should |
De warning voice to exercise care, as there |
were those who thought that a few first |
class accidents would serve as an advertise |
ment to the carnival. He concluded by |
warning his hearers not to be so absorbed in |
the gala season as to neglect school tasks. |
home work and church meetings; nor to let |
relaxation degenerate into dissipation. or |
interfere with their duties as Christians and
responsible citizens. This community was
now on trial, and he hoped that our carni- |
vals would not be marked by the wild ex-
travagance that characterized those of Flor
ence in olden days, and which degenerated
Into purely mercenary affairs He wished
the carnival success, and said that all would /
rejoice if it did not reduce the morals of