St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-19
SAINT PAUL.
CHIT CHAT CORNER.


chants and the prosperous. weli-fed
men of the world. who like TO drop in OF
an evening aud talk over the events of
the day to the seductive accompaniment
of a good cigar. are replaced by society
dev0teeS. youthful aspirants for bo-
hemian fame and clerks, who lounge
around, assume an air OF proprietor
ship and til up the cuspidors. These
Young men are allowed freedom on the
seventh day about the hotels, and are
permitted TO occupy the eligible chairs
III the Office for the same reason thaG
Door children are permitted to vocifef-
ously ring the bell OF empty houses. >,
The corridor of he Merchants is well
filled during SUNDAY afternoon, ana Is
the fayorite resort for local politicians.
who sagtiy SET up the pins, indulge
in impossible prognostlcatlohs and ever
and anon adjourn to the annex for
liquid refreshments.
At the Ryan. before the sun has
passed over the baiiliwick Ell route for
Minneapolis, the LOBBY is well nigh de
serted. But when the electric light
has snpplanted the gafish light OF day
breathing space is at premium, ara
the guests of the hotel stand around
and enyi0uSly glare at the imported
talent whose seating capacity is only
exceeded by the mastodonlc nom
chalance with which they deposit their
precious bodies III all the available
hooks and corners OF the rotuhda.
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Porter Fralcr loves to surround him.
self with admiring constituents ana
talk about his trlumphS oil the amateur
stage when he trod the boards III
Chicago.
Frank Tatnal starts his letter to
Sporting Life every Sunday evening.
but gets tired before completing the IL
PRODUCTION, and, VII sting for his edu-
Gated dog Major" goes to bed.
Sam Gilbert. tail and theatrlcai-io0k-
ing. assumes an air OF deep meditation,
and communes with himself in the cen
ter of the rotunda.
G.. Is. EccleS escorts new par OF
trousers down stIeet every Sunday
evening ana treats himself TO fresh
cigar before leaving an aching Yiod Ill
his wake.
r. T. Ryder is another well-dressed
young man who holds down CHAIR at
the Ryan.
Willie Hanson has light moustache
which is just too cute. he tWlriS 1t
with Incompatible grace as he chats
with hotel acquantances.
John Prince drops i'll but seldom, and
makes a speedy exit III the U. L.
corner.
ed Seribner talks in qniet and conf
dental manner us he leans gracefully
against the counter.
Auditor N. f. Kahn likes to smoke
cigar in the corridor after dinner.
BaZ Armstrong has been known to
drop in and exchange ciyllitieS with
Lutte Catferty.
There is but little demand for beef
tea said the superintendent of fire
works last evening, as he placed the
olives out of reach; ut is little early
i'll the season. and then again 1t is COM
paratlvely q new fad. Once III while
Il man who has been out all night
comes in and takes a nip. and then
again we get a party in VINO drinks
glass after glass Of it. BlaSe young
young men about town require a
bracer, but neither beef tea nor clam
juice will ever lie popular, for they are
both passing fahcies, just like that hat
sou have on. which you know was all
the rage three years ago last spring.
And the manWith the white apron deity
added up a column OF figures, as Il
seedy-lcoking individual ambled for the
door.
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Adiutait General Seeiey was the re-
cipieit Saturday of somewhat unique
communication from a person signing
himself L. Schritt. Mir. Seeley has not
the faintcst conception of the indiVid-
ual, who writes: pleas bic i'll Man
kato on Fridy hecoS am Their then.
This is only sample of the many
strange requests made upon the capitol
official. Recently man entered the
office of the secretary of state. and
stated that he had only been in the
country few weeks. After securing
some envelopes and paper to write
home, he startled the obllging official by
requesting the loan OF a few dollars.
A party of Canadian Pacific officials,
consisting of PRESIDENT w, c. Van
Horne, Directors X. 3. Angus, E. b.
Olsen, J. W. Ellsworth and Private
Secretary George J. Burg, reached st.
Paul from Duluth last evening. The
party left Montreal last Tuesday, and
journeyed by daylight over the Can
adian Pacific to Sault Ste. Marie, going
from there to Duluth and thence to st:
Paul. They will leave for Montreal
this evening.
Col. Barr, of the cable line. states that
there is no intention on the part of the
company of erecting a shed over the in
cline at Selby avenue. ut would be
injudicious to attempt such thing"
said the genial manager, "for some i'll
ebriated individual would want to drive
his team under the shelter thus afford
ed and attempt an ascent CT the hill.
The company is compelled to keep two
men at that point. and they can attend
to clearing the tracks of snow and ice.
We had an experience last winter with
man who persisted in driving his
horse up the hill in the center Of the
track, and of course the runners of the
sleigh went down i'll the slot. After
considerable trouble the eQuipage was
eXtricated. and we do not propose to
place further temptations III the way Of
owners of horSefleSh."
CHEMICALS CAUSE A BLAZE.