St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-22
A BOOK REVIEWED.
A Glance Through the New City
DirectorY and the Ma nnes.


The new city directory is being distrib-
uted and a very neat volume it is. rejecting
great credit Oh the publishers and those
who were directly connected with its COM
pilation. 1t is larger than the directory of
'65 by 152 pages, and the typographical
features are greatly improved. The pub
fishers congratulate themselves that it is
the neatest directory published in the United
States.
In looking through the pages, one can
draw an idea of the amount Of labor and
careful calculation that is necessary IN pre-
pairing work of this kind, to which the
public look 365 days in a year, for lnforma-
ton that is quickly received and which is Of
the most material value. The johnson
family has the largest representation OF
any, there being S44 different people of that
name mentioned, and among these they are
several ''Andys," but it is not noticed that
any of them get their living by coiling their
legs under their bodies and manufacturing
trowsers for the mail portion of humanity
at from Sc to S12 per- trowsers, as the
original Andy did several years ago before
he got down on the presidential chair OF the
United States.
Close on the heels of the JOhnsOns come
the AndersGns, fling along 604 strong,
which gives them second place, but with
no chance to win the pennant. In the CO.
tere of AndersonS there appear several
MaryS but none of them prance around
over twenty-fourfoot stage or die three
nights in week for a living. They are
all real live ambitious Marys, with no de-
sire to stand up on dry goods box draped
with Wamsutta linen before a parquet of
wild-eyed superannuaries, and howl in
baritone voice, ''Oh, Pygmalion, Pygma
lion, why did you chop Inc out with an
Ak" for $1,000 per howl.
PASSING ALONG THE COLUMNS
come the OlsonS, who stand up in line
36S in number. which is more remarkable
when it is known that the name of the sire
of each one of these persons was Ole. 1t
is a fact not generally known that when
child is born in Swedish family, his OF
her family name is made up by adding the
syllable. common noun, son, to the IA
theirs first name. For illustrations: II a
son is born to John Egstrom. that child's
name becomes johnson or if the sire'S
name happens to be Ole his offspring are
called Oleson. On this account these peo-
pie after the lapse of two generations
find it very difficult to trace their gene
alogy
Next to the blossoms, the Smith family
bob up surrounded with an atmosphere of
inevitableness with force OF 307, which
gives the interior of the book an air of dig
nifty and SAVIOR of antiquity. There are
John Smiths in abundance, but none of
them are Indian fighters or make speciality
of laying their heads on chopping blocks to
permit large. red Indians to pound their
brains out with a baseball bat, just for the
sake of seeing some star-eyed maid of the
forest put the palms of her hands together,
fall on one knee look mad at the north
star and yell at her father in attenuated
tones, Father. dear father, spare him;
he's the only Smith on the reservation and
wouldn't know where to get another"
AS the procession marches by in close
order, next to the Smiths come 112 Sulli-
vans, and among them are about
twenty-five John LIS. but in the
list of their professions there doesn't
appear single John L. who wins his bread
by pushing his fists into his fellow beings.
so far that they have to be cut out. They
ale all respectable, honest, hard working
Sullivans who appear to be big improve
ment on the gentleman in Boston by the
same name, whose only ambition is to sink
himself up to high water mark in PEPPER
Heidsiek and whisky sours.
There are ninety-eight Joneses with not
Sam in sight, he having stopped a week
in the city, unknown to the publishers Of
the directory, which is reasonable excuse
for their not rounding him UP with the rest
of the party.