St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-27
MINNEAPOLIS.
PHASES OF LIFE.

Many people think that free dinner
Is an irresistible attraction TO report
er, but people who have endeaNored TO
secure the attendance of newspaper
men have generally found that bench
warrants are about the only efficient
agents for getting more than half
dozen of them together, no matter what
the inducement. Col. John L. West.
who understands this little reportOrial
eccentrieity perfectly, therefore feels
quite tlattered at the turnout OF news.
paper ScribeS i'm response to his invita-
lion 10 dine with him on Christmas day.
''lt's more of the press gang than L ever
knew TO come together before in this
city, unless to attend the funeral of
brother reporter" he said yesterday;
land hereafter, while I'm in the bust
ness, there will always be an invitation
for the newspaper boys on Christmas at
the West"
Perhaps more people ''loosened up
In bibulouS way on Christmas day inns
year than is uSual-at any rate POM
merry See was as freely drank as peer at
Il German picnic. There were good
many ridiculous eScapadeS as a result,
and one of them was the appearance on
men with a street piano, which fur
mSheS music that sounds like the anvil
chorus being played in an oil tank.
They visited several leading thirst fac
tories win the music box, a well-known
LAWYER turning the crank, while the
other two took up collections ana dId
the monkey act generally.
Stuart Robson, who comes to the
Grand next week in IAN Arrant knave"
and The Henrietta" told the follow
ing story on Dundreary Sothern in the
GLOBE Office yesterday: The noted
actors propensity for practical Jokes
during his merry mundane career are
well known and remembered by all WHO
ever come in contact with him. Sotil-
err visited an undertaken, from whom
he ordered on the most elaborate scale
ali that was necessary for a funeral.
Before the preparations could have gone
very far he appeared with great Solic-
itude to ask how they were progressing.
Again, after a brief interval, he pre-
scented himself, with an anxious face, 10
inquire when he could count upon pos
session of the body, question
which naturally amazed the UNI
dertaker, who WAS at a loss
10 discover his meaning. "Of course
YOU provide the body" said Southern;
coming TO his enlightment. The body"
stammeIed the bewildered undertaken.
why. certainly. Don't you say" eX-
claimed the actor. exhibiting the card OF
the shop. ''All things necessary for
funerals promptly supplied? Isn't a
body the very first neeessityT
The electric cars are still good deal
of a novelty. Neither passengers nor
pedestrians have yet become accus-
toned to the cars flying along at high
speed with no visible motive power TO
make them go. Every day there are
little knots of spectators along Third
street as the cars are loaded up,
and they stand gazing after the
new STYLE vehicles until the Fourth av-
enue turn hides them from sight. On
the cars there is always goodly num-
Der of curious passengers out on the
platform seeking to discover "HOw the
blamed thing is worked by Watching
the conductor and driver. Their re-
searches are in vain. At night the
wheels are accompanied by a sue
cession of flashes like the rapid dis
charge of Leyden jars. and not one out
of LOCO who watch the flying motors
can tell how the thing is done. Nor
are they so lamentably ignorant either.
Should they ask the scientists who have
made electricity life study they would
get little additional information. They
would be told that electricity does thus
and so under such and such conditions.
But. beyond this, human intelligence
mas not yet penetrated.