St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
TOPICAL TALK.

FatnefS. mouth ROCK; and yet,
beyond the mention of
it in our school histories, nothing has
been done in all these more than two
and half centuries to co mmemorate
the event until last Thursday. when a
monument was dedicated at Plymouth.
AS nation, we owe great deal more
to the Pilgrim Fathers than we are apt
to admit. 1t is true tn at they were
bigOted set, who set more store by
prayer than charity; and yet. if they had
been made of less stern stuff, the prin-
clple of home rule for home concerns
might never have been established on
this continent. The caustic sneer so
often applied to the Pilgri ms, that they
came here ''to worship God according to
the dictates of their own conScienceS
and to prevent others from doing the
same." is bit of truth-edged sarcas m.
Still, it was not applicable to all of the
pilgrim eolonists. They were not all
Puritans. There were some pretty
lively old chaps, as we'll as young ones,
who set foot on Plymouth Rock the day
of that memorable landing; and. while
they were not so prayerful and bigoted
as the ROundheadS, they were just as
thrifty, inventive and indomitable. AL
together, they were just the right sort
of seed for the growth of a nation, and
that they understood the underlying
principles of free government is abun-
dainty demonstrated by the provisions of
the famous "Mayhower Compact" That
solemn covenant held the germ of this
republic. The monument that was ded-
icated at Plymouth rock last week should
have been erected an hundred years ago.
THERE is something pathetic in the des-
perate fight whic h
The Last of Chief GALL is waging
against the Sioux
Race of treaty. From our stand
point we can see that
Kings. it is a foolish resist
ance, for the tide of
civilization is sweeping on with such
irresistible force that the Indians must
consent to have their lands thrown open
to settlement. Chief GALL knows this,
and yet he is straining every energy to
defeat the will of the Sioux commission
simply because of his desire to die in
the last ditch. With the disappearance
of the tribal relations life will not be
worth living for GALL and SITTING
BULL. Their power will be gone. Savage
sovereignty will be at end when the pillow
has taken the place of the tOmahawk,
and when the SchOolmaster supplants
the medicine man. A king never sur
rendered his crown with more reluctance
than GALL relinquishes his sovereignty.
He knows that when his children are
educated and civilized they will despise
him and ignore his authority. He is the
last of the race of emperorS who had the
primal right to rule this continent, and
all that he will soon have left for con-
ISOLATION will be the sad yet tender light
which will play around the memory of
the byg0ne days when the Indian and
the buffalo roamed the plains in unre-
stricted free dom.
PERSONS attending the Hamline races
could not fail to OBJ
Legitimate serve the dazzling dis
. play of jewelry made
Use of by a certain lady who
was in attendance
Jewelry. every day. Her hands
e. q. and her neck were
covered with brilliantS as big as pig
cons eggs. 1t is not necessary to say
that she does not live in either st. Paul |
or, Minneapolis. She was stranger.
and on Derby day heard number of |
people guessing who sh was. A ten
year-od yOungster made the guess that
chp no vi 70 ofo ol-ar he
was using her for billboard to adver- |
tise the goods in the shop. 1t is seldom |
that one sees such a vulgar display of |
jewelry, and yet how seldom it is one |
sees woman use jewelry properly. |
She either spolls herself by too much |
dazzle, or goes to the other ex- |
IRENE and uses none at all. Jewels !
have legitimate place in dress. |
The jewel trembling on cheek |
or hand adds precisely the charm to |
dress that the dewdrop lends to the |
flower. Now, if women could stop at |
the dewdrOp they could understand the |
legitimate use of jewels. A rose that |
gains much in tint from the sparkle of
the dewdrOp gains nothing by being
Swamped at the bottom of pail of |
water. This is a distinction between
gaud and jewelry, The jeWeler ought |
to be an artist, net mere tradesman;
for what makes a mass of precious
metal gem is not its quantity, nor
necessarily its intrinsic beauty: it is the |
thought. the fancy applied to it. the
endless interest supplied by grace of
curve and subtle contrast of tint, The
most that modern jeweler aims to do
is to get as much sparkle as is possible
In one place, because that is good for
trade. And the same lack of artistic
sense is shown by most of the wearers of
jewelry, who seem to forget that orna-
mentS are parts of dress, not independ-
ent. and are subject to the same laws.
A lady will often discard dress of a
certain hue because it is unbecoming
to her complexion, and will insist upon
wearing Jewels that are still more I'M
becoming. The sight of woman with
out jewelry al ways suggests that burg
lars have been IN the house. or that
she has been forced to patronize the
pawn shop.
The statement furnished by Minister
REID that the total ex-
The Worlds penses of the worlds t
exposition are eSti-
Exposition mated at $1,000, 900,
while the receipts up
of 1892. to date amount to S12,-
100000, has had the eff
feet of stimulating the rivalry between
New York, Washington and Chicago
for the distinction of being chosen as
the site for the great worlds fair of
1892. The average American is always
ON the make, and the average American
city is always ambitious of distinction
that has gains coupled with it. The
Washington people are relying on their
local advantage of having the members