St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-25
SUNDAY SALAD.

There. has been no sermon preached
in st. Paul for long time which was
spoken with moro force or that excited
more general comment than the one
delivered by DR.. CHRISTIE at the House
of Hope last Sunday. His subject was
the training Of children. and special
stress was laid upon the duty of parents
to impress their children with the dig
nifty of labor. He held that it was more
honorable to make a mechanic out Of
your boy than to make a dude of HIM
and certainly more useful for your gin
to learn typewriting than to be pound
Ing the life out of q piano. This is the
kind of gospel truth that the world
stands in need Of.
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1t is singular how far our educational
methods have gone astray in this age,
which is chiefly distinguished for its
practice Of the Baconian principle
utility and progress. Is it possible that
we have been SO absorbed with the
wonders of mechanical invention, which
greet US on every side, that we have
neglected to impress upon our children
that labor is the primary agent of
human advancement, and that it is only
by toll man can establish his snprem-
acy over the earth and subjugate all
that it contains to his comfort, wealth
and happiness? The idea that labor is
degrading belongs to the pagan age of
philosophy, a school of philosophy
which taught that the golden age of the
human race was that when men had no
protection against the cold except the
kins of wild beasts; when they were in
dependent Of material substances and
disdained to look upon mechanical co u
triyanceS.
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The young people of this generation
who are growing up with the idea that
labor is degrading are the ones who, if
permitted to have sway, would rapidly
reduce the world again to the condi-
ton OF the barbaric ages. Labor and
progress must go hand in hand, and
when we lose sight Of the truth in our
educational methods, we are preparing
the day for retrograde movement in
the worlds history.
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The American woman is making
progress. She is leading her sisters in
all other parts of the world. Mrs.
ADDIE BALLoU, of San Francisco, who
has traversed pretty much all parts of
the world engaged in the work of ele-
waiting her sex. tells the GLOBE that no.
where is woman treated with SO much
consideration as right here in America.
Here she receives chivalrOus treat
ment that is nowhere else awarded her.
Even in England, and in the British
colonies, where grand civiliZing in
fiuence has been at work for centuries,
there are yet remains of ftudal ideas,
and as consequence woman is still the
victim of them. 1t is true, the Woman
Suffrage party makes but little more
progress here than elsewhere, but
Woman'S fitness for the discharge of
public duties is better recognized. AS
an illustration of the advance in this
direction, at this recent election in this
state, four counties elected women
school superintendent.
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Yes, it is true, Teacher that base
ball players get better salaries than
school officials. A good base bail player
gets $500 year. The average school
teacher or official is lucky to get half
of that. But it must be remembered
that the people Of this country take
more interest in base ball than they do
in educational matters. =
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sThe report made by the grand jury
last Friday speaks rather contemptu-
ously of our county Jail. 1t is singular
that, wealthy and populous county
like Ramsey would be content with
such miserable excuse for a county
jail as the unsightly and RECONSTRUCTED
building which is dignified by that
name. 1t is all eye-sore now, and will
be still more unsightly when the new
court house is completed.
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Another matter called to the attention
of the county authorities, and meriting
their consideration, is the condition of
the reform school. There seems to be
criminal neglect on the part of some
body in respect to the matter of SAM
tation at that institution. There is a
barbaric tinge to that quality of justice
which condemns bad boy to the reform
school TO be killed off by some horrible
disease