St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-22
SUNDAY SYMPOSIUM.
Bits of Personal Gossip About
Men of Minneap-
oils.
The BIushing Bridegroom
Who Kicks on His We'd
ding Presents.
The Demand for Minneapolis
High Tariff Orators in
Dakota.
Some Stories About Popular
Actors Now in Mime
apolis.

apolis.
A certain young attorney who, some
time ago. secured a good position, the
son-in-law of prominent and wealthy
Minneapolis business man, was one or
the guests who sat down at the banquet
table at the Keene reception at the PICK
wick club the other night. By some
mischance he was seated directly oppo-
site the great uagedian, and proceeded
tomortify the club officials by referring
in terms of highest praise to the IN
comparable production OF Richard III,
which has made you famous Mr.. keene."
II was very embarrassing to Mr.. keene
10 listen to such painfully-broad fiat
terv. and when the young man finally
asked: Doesn't the presentation or
such a character tire you very much?'
the bored actor took advantage of the
oppOrtunity TO shut off his prosecutor
by replying rather shortly: mo more
so than il does those who see it!'' But
the man who wanted TO talk with i've
actor wasn't TO be crushed like that.
anu KEPT up Ills DetbDAN. ANDiSNAA-S
eral more severe retOrtS than the one
above. and keeping everyone about him
in a constant state Of embarrassment
until the announcement Of The toaStS
cut him on.
Stranger in TOwn-Ehat denomiRa-
ton has the finest church IN the cityP
Is il Catholic or Protestant?
Minneapolis PolIceman-Get along
with ve!: it's a sphy We are, lO0kIn' fer
me place on the force. Bad luck to
yeZi Ye mOight be in better business
Than irwin to do poor policemen out
of his job 10y getting him to talk re-
ligiOn and then report him to the ponce
commission.
If SpOkane Fosters attorneys in the
recent suit brought by DR.. Murphy to
recover $50 for setting Elmer's arm had
have secured the hearing of the case
before Judge Rea it is very doubtful II
the prize center fielder would have been
Obliged to pay the amount. but his
honor was probably trying the case OF
MINNEAPOLIS VS.. Sioux. City at tue ball
park when the other matter was being
decided.
President BartTam. of the Pickwlck
club. will probably be asked 10 resign
i'm the near future. He not only ap-
peared at the last reception IN a black
satin sash. but refused to apologize
therefor when the board OF directors
took cogniZance Of the breach OF dis
cipline.
IL
After continuous residence of nine
years in the metropolis OF the North
west, Joseph I. ManniX, the veteran
fire fiend, Clan-na-Gael specialist and
al-round crimes editor OF the fIoneer
Press. is about to betake himself to his
former home in Malone. Y. Y. for
short visit. He leaves next week. and
has already gone into systematic train
ing for the event. He wants TO get in
good shape. he SAYS, and remove as Tar
as possible the signs OF premature age
which a life of earnest conscientious en-
deavOr in the behalf Of scoops and sui
fering humanity have brought upon
him. Joe arises at break OF day, takes
run around Lake Harriet. breakfasts
lightly. plays twenty-three games or
three-balI billiards and dimes simply be-
fore attending the meeting of the WO-
mans exchange or the NOTWITHSTANDING hos
taIdirectOrS. This strict regimen is
freshening his complexion, but Will not
remove the gray hairs, which he de-
elareS are the result OF early pIety.
J.B. Mccormick. better known as
ssAIacaD." the popular New York news
paper writer and sporting authority, is
In town in advance of Billy Crane, the
former partner of Stuart Robson. Nc
Cormick SAYS that Crane is becoming
one of the most wretched men on earth
all because he was foolish enough to
write for the papers. Some time ago he
wrote and published an article stating
as his opinion that the dearIh of good
American plays was owing to the fact
that managers and actors did nothing to
develop or encourage the genius of
American playwrightS. That was all
right. and had he stopped there W. II.
Crane would still be q happy man. but
he didn't. he went further and said that
he intended to do all that was in his
power 10 nurse the budding genluseS
who should bring to him work OF posi-
tive merit even if it wasn't exactly
adapted to his purpose. Since then poor
Crane has been pursued from one place
10 another by a myriad of playwrights
having comedies. tragedies, burleSqUeS,
YaudeVilles. grand operas, comic operas,
sketches. skits and every other con-
ceivable form of dramatic composition
until .'Old Nick on the street" can't re-
member his lines, his head is so full Of
the rot he has read.
j. p. Hardum. the South town jay,
who was one Of the victims in the dOu-
Bile wedding at the Exposition. has al
ready begun to think marriage is a fail
ure. And if regarded in the purely
business light in which he seems to look
upon it, was, perhaps, partially so in his
case. Hardum. with the immaculate
gall which necessarily characteTiZeS a
man who wanted to make farce of the
solemn ceremony Of marriage, by max
ing his wedding. especially his first,
part of a public exhibition, has written
a lonr letteg TO the directors OF the EX-
position complaining that the presents
given the newly married pairs this sea-
son we're far less valuable than on
former occasions. He sets forth that
the Expo management failed to ante up
the usual $50 check, and that the
total cash valuation of the personal
property turned over to him by exhibit
Ors was about SIS, large amount of it
not being worth drayage. In fact, a
careful perusal of the communication
would lead the reader TO believe that J.
p. would never have ventured matri-
mOnially had il not been for the mag
nificent aggregation Of gifts he eX-
pected to receive. 1t is possible that he
had expected to DE able to set up house
keeping on what would be given him.
and when he failed to get a silver serv-
ice complete, house and lot. horse and
carriage. and bank account, he is en-
tlrely disguised with the whole pro-
ceeding. and would like to withdraw
his name. He admits, with a candOr
that is amusing, that his sole object in
being married at the exposition was to
get the presents. and claims that he
helped draw a good crowd and didn't