St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-14
MINNEAPOLIS.
LOCAL TOPICS.

The failure a second time of the Ath-
1etic club gymnasium is to be regretted,
but it was the natural result of lack of
funds to put it on paying basis. The
gymnasium is good thing, almost
public necessity, and Prof. Duplessis
was we'll qualified to manage, but some
how he could never get up a strong
enough organization to carry through
from year to year. The fact sug-
gests that some better plan of OrganiZa-
ton should be hit upon. A gymnasium
in some better location than the pres
ent one, say on the ground or second
floors of building, plenty of room,
good bath facilities, a reading room,
and possibly billiard room, would pay
If some men with money would go on
subscription paper in a liberal manner
to start it. Among the business
and professional men of the city
there should be a hundred who
in their youth, had enough of athletics
to satisfy them of their efficacy as health
and strength preServers through life.
If these men could he brought together
to back an athletic club it would be sure
to stand and grow into prosperous in
stitution. One suggestion that has been
made, and which strikes all who have
given the matter any thought, is that
the Lurline boat club should take hold
of the gymnasium and put it on its
feet. The boat club is strong organiZa-
ton and could swing $1,000 or $4,000
enterprise. 1t needs a gymnasium for
winter practice, and could strengthen
its own membership by organizing the
latter on some plan that would take
members into both organizations at q
reasonable fee: OF they could be run
separately about as well. The sugges-
ton is one that the Lurlines ought to
discuss.
One of the aldermen who visited the
poor farm Friday was little dissatisfied
with the fare dished up TO the inmates.
II Seems that Landlord Thompson serves
butter to his guests only once q week,
and the alderman thought this WGs a
pretty low average The poor farm is
Situated in rich country. There are
COWS i'll abundance in the place, and the
cheapest food that could be served
would seem to be butter. The GLOBE
moves that Col. Thompson opens his
heart and make it two or three times
week, just for an experiment, if moth
ing more.
The u. T.. Il. u. lauleS (regulaT) assert,
and with some show of truth that the
w. c. T. U. (seceders) are not so non
partisan as they would like to claim,
but are in reality working to bring the
gan;ization over to the support of the
G. o. p The ladies must be given
Credit for having, their own nv views ", Oh, on
public matters. but if IL was Ie a .nnil
that nearly every lady W. .oo ,E;oa
nfominqut part in Thursdays seee t,;oo,,
movement has stauncn 4.NAnlD4Icah
husband in some office, and some who
if they had their way about it would
have Eeen Office holders.
! Late Chief Wheat Inspector James is
not satisfied with the turn of the wheel
which made A, G. CIause1 his successor
aid set him back to the carpenters
bench, from which-ha was advannAh hI'
sGfhfte mysterious power to the position
of chief inspector of grain. The jack
plane is not such an easy tool to handle.
but it is conceded he will grace it fully
as well as he did the wheat tester.