St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-20
MINNEAPOLIS.
PHASES OF LIFE.

tsl5ovx nar,rs V-,,;n..n in Minneapolis can
clirnh down q straight i7on standpipe' fire
ascsr,a fro,n the sixth floory'' inquired a
CroEr raporter 4 few days ago Of the ire
,,rassjbl, and irresistible Eva Mcdonald,
the wei. known writer on labor topics. as she
declared it was an outrage that some Of the
buildings in which girls are employed on
the fifth and sixth 1OorS are not PROVIDED
with fire escapes.
Every one of them if they viii only prae-
tice il. and have some one TO teach them how
10 climb" she declared. There ought
10 he IRE escapes on every builoing Wnere
people are employed above the second and
third floors. Iron steps leading 10 balconies
at each story are the best but any KIND OF an
escape is better than none ut all.
There's one Of the latest improved stand
pipe escapes remarked the scribe, as he
pointed to the one just outside the windows
of the GLoBE editorial rooms, and there not
one woman in q hundred that would come
down that. tn,
But ! could, you know, repIled Eva VIII
well We'll wouldn't try It if I were you until
YOU have TO-" replied the pencil shower,
growing nervous as the luea 4asn ANY u
through his head that If Eva should maj
the attempt and fall there would be an awful
TOW and he would have TO submit 70 an IN
terView from the gone reporter OF me
Times. who keeps skull painted VIII
phosphorus at the foot Of his bed 50 that when
he wakes Up at night ne VIII be able 20 for
er,t RE yyav he frightened Jake Helm out Of
seven years sleep when ne ieIt the nsluhte e
chamber and ran TO police headqlaIteIs on
"Wednesday night. and dropping IN 'front.' OF
the SurDrised captain in q IT. lneoherenily
mumbling something about chaihs' plue
flame sheets. ghosts with lanteFh' hnu
other fancled Illusions. On no, me Iepyt.eI
didn't want the gore man 10 tacAAe Ill.,
and 50 he only smiled
To mink with Eva i 10 act and without
any hesitation she stepped out on the plat
form and declared that she was going 10
climb the ladder clear TO the top.
ID went Eva ike sailor, and me poor re-
pcriar had 10 follow. Never did she falter,
and when She got 10 the ton she quleiiy
rested on the little iron platform untli the
now thoroughly frightel ed scribe hau joined
her Alter short rest she climbed down
leiSureIy- and when she landed on thc pat
form III front of the editorial fooihs sno
turned her blue. ethereal eyes on her COM
uauion and inquired: What DO you mink
Of Minneapolis girls as climbers, now:
Plenty Of them can do that as well as GIG II
they VII practice Eva viii do.
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An. Geraldine, You know not how you
have wounded me. Here, here, where but 3
moment ago. beat heart bursting Win love
for YOU. the angel Of my existence, now re
poses = cold and hfeles clod! once you told
me that Won loved me and swore That poverty
never should part US! Now tnat am IN, r,en
YOU turn from me- seemingly! or: tnat
had died before knew such bitter misery
The proud Park avenue beauty turned
haughtilv from the famed form OF her
former lover. His broken accents hlade no
immersion on ears which had but so shortly
before listened rQDturouSly 10 every WORD
which fell from his lips Slowly she turned
her cold gaze upon him, and spoke III hfln,
even tones, hard az adanant;
Mr.. De Earth. | can never be your wife.
G. MEG. Reefe has decreed that we belong 20
the 400 of Minneapolis. Never can inc
proud daughter of q father who acquired
lands from the government become the "i!e
Of one who hiss become rlch through soFuIu
buyinE and selling OF corner lots. Go!
He went. And the iron-bound preserves OF
society were not IresDassed upon
some enterpriSing manufacturer OF tailors'
fashion plates can lay up treasures IN heaven
IL the form Of prayers hy misshapen popu-
lace if he viii only make plates when snow
how clothes should Re made in order 70 LOOK
well on q nSD who Is not fashloned sIter
the model of Apollo. The rat man goes 70
his tailor to order q suit OF clothes. The
elothier of fashionable men throws ont a
fashion plate and asks, What style:' Row
is q man whose waist measures forty-elght
inches and chest thirty-four TO know III wnat
styIe he viii look the best? The bow Legged
man is in The same boat. The trousers that
would look well on q straight pair OF neither
extremities viii wrinkle out OF shape ana
form unsightly folds on his crooked Snanks-
Ane so it goes through the whole list of men
who are not Of perfect proportions Here IS
g splendid chance for some noble-minded re-
former.
=
There are several alleged musical instru-
yneuts which travel about the city, accom-
panied by & swarthy Italian and little girl,
the sound of which is supposed 10 bear re-
sembIance to that of piano. At most times
the tunes which are ground on this instru-
Ipent Of torture cause much suffering TO ali
who happen to be within earshot- There IS
one air. however, which never fails to
catch on-"Johnny Get Your Gun AS
soon as the strains of this ever
popular but overworked composition
float out upon the air, faces begin 70 brighten
up, smiles appear where before were trOWnS,
there IS a suspicious schuffiing of feet and,
ten to one. somebody begins to dance Moth
Ing viii stir up 4 crown and MAKE them feel
good natured as viii johnny, Get your
Gun This fact is illustrated every day.
Why the air is So popular no one can eX plain,
but The fact remains that it Is So