St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-02
GOSSIP OF THE TOWN.

GOSSIP OF THE TOWN.
One of the curious things in the new
court house, which don't think has yet
called forth newspaper comment. is the
inscription on the picture representing
the Minnesota coat of arms in the cOun-
Gil chamber. The well known motto
''L'EtOile du NOrd" is here written to
read lie toile du Nord."
BY some curious cOncatenatiOn OF con-
tlicting circumstances the Pioneer Press
published a long account in Fridays
paper of the Decoration day celebration
at White Bear, giving Hon. Hiram +.
Stevens really powerful speech in ex-
tense. saying that he was the orator of
the day. The facts are that while Mr..
Stevens made the speech published.
Judge Egan was the orator OF the day
and his name was not mentioned in the
p. p. Mrs. Egan was reading that paper
Friday morning and fixed the judge
with a square and scrutinizing gaze.
''Judge Egan," said she, 'Where were
you Yesterday" cat White Bear" re-
piled the judge. 'Now, judge" returned
she, 1.-THE paper says nothing about you
being there, and / want to know where
you were." The judge had more fun
about that during the day than could be
obtained from whole barrel full of
monkeys.
Cliff Wise says that about June Is he
town to take ride on the new cable
line, champagne thrown in. Praise
God. from Whom all blessings flow!
+ +
Pipe smoking is getting to be much
more fashionable indulgence than it
used to be. 1t is no uncommon thing to
see well-dressed men sitting in the win
dOWS of the Minnesota club, or lOung-
iEg on the morocco seats in the Ryan,
smoking fine bIierOr meershaum pipe.
A year or two ago man seen with a
pipe in his mouth in the LOBBY of the
Ryan would have been approached by
Lutte Cafferty and asked if he would
take cigar. But It's English. you
know.
was reading light French novel
the other day, s'Dr. Rameau," by
Georges Olinet, author of lie Maitre
DIES Forges,' book which raised the
author from obscurity to high literary
eminence. ''Dr. Rameau" is the story
deepest learning. doctor against whose
skill death itself seemed to he power
less. man with philosophical mind.
As an antidote to ''Robert Elsmere."
this book is good. The characters are
powerfully drawn. and are excellent
types of man and wOmankind. The
book is we'll worth reading, especially
by those whose minds have imbibed the
ElSmere poison.
Another book that is causing some
sensation is ''Thou Shalt Not" 1t is
novel based on the seventh command
ment, its infraction and the results. 1t
depicts the struggle OF a man with his
passions; depicts his fall and ultimate
rise. This is a powerful book, and is
we'll worth reading. 1t merits the ded-
ication which Alphonse Daudet placed
on the title page of his ''SaphO." IA
mes deux fills, Quand lis aurOnt vingt-et-
un''-translated ITO my two sons, when
they are twenty-one years old"
William Willard Howard, represent
ing Harper's Weekly, is making a tour
of the Northwest, and proposes to write
a lengthy description Of the Twin Cities.
In his search after information he visited
A. s. Tallmadge, secretary of the cham
Der of commerce. When he had got
through propounding his scheme, Mr..
Tallmadge leaned back in his chair and
said, "Well. what's your lay? How
much do you want?" 1T will not cost
you cent" replied Mr.. Howard. The
secretary of the chamber tainted. When
he had somewhat recovered, he said,
s'YOu are the first man who ever ap-
preached me on such a subject who did
not want to be paid. l will take you
out driving all day" Mr.. Talmadge is
still musing over the wherefore of this
thuSneSS.
How funny it is that so few men in
this part of the world are judges of liq-
ours of any sort but whisky. And the
funniest part of the whole business is,
that they nearly all think they are. If
wine is high-priced they think it is
great stuff, but if they were offered
Veuve Cliquot, green label, at $3.50 a
quart, they would think it poor stuff.
Or if glass of Cockburn's 1920 vintage
port were given them and they were
only charged 25 cents for it, they would
not know it was anything extra.
tasted glass of champagne made in
New York state. which can be bought
at very low figure, which cannot be
distinguished from Pommery & Greno
Yet heard man who is considerable
of bon vivant describe it as poor wine.
Fashion promises to run riot this sum-
mer in the way of mems clothing. For
some years the patterns have shown a
tendency to become louder and louder.
1t seems that they are about as loud now
in the way of fancy waistcoats and
neckties as they can become. The pat
terms of summer sutings are getting
pretty wide in their check, and were it
not for the width that pants or trousers
are being worn the garments would ex-
hibit no pattern at all, the check or
stripe being too large for the leg.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY.