St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
PHASES OF LIFE.

The attention or a GLOBE reporter,
passing down NicOIlet last evening, was
callrd to a large crowd collected on
both sides of the street between Wash
ingt0n avenue and Third street. All
eyes were turned to an opening from
an ally which was paved with asphalt
and had became slippery from the fall
ing snow The outer edge of the cross
ing Sl0ped towards the street. and the
unwary paSSer by who unsuspieiouSly
plared his foot upon the slant was sud-
denly precipitated into the street. Old
and young, rich and poor alike fur
ni>hed amusement to the crowd. Dudes,
Saunterlng along in truly English
style suddenly lost some of their dignity
when passing by the tTeacherOus spot.
Atevtry mi>hap the crowd would cheer,
and the unhappy individual would pick
himself up and hurry away. wondering
what the crowd was cheering 1T. Some,
on seeing the asSemblage, would look
SuSpiciuuSly at the crossing and take
the road for safety. No one was hurt.
and the crowd enjoyed themselves until
the arrival of a policeman, whOscattered
salt over the dangerous spot and ended
the show.
"Say, boys, can you tell me- how far it
is to St. Paul?''
He was headed toward the south. and
10 walk 10 the SANITY City seemed his
intention. His clothes were a little off
color. and SO was his breath. In fact,
the calculations from his lungs would
have UVeTpOWered a regular emplOye of
a garbage erematory. Tobacco juice
was spread over his cOuntenance in
xr0ricf1c fpaLr.. lSlya Nit,,rafboV
his general appearance was one To eX-
cite some pity. The Scribes informed
him that he had a long. tiresOme walk
before him if he intended TO wander
along the hCwery paths leading down
the river. and they were about TO pur-
sue their weary way when again that
breath polluted the pure Minnesota air.
"Say, boys, come ere. Come ere.
Come ere.
No attention being paid to his COM
maud, he repeated it with various and
SundTy infections. Final the re-
pOrters stopped and he shufied up to
them.
You see, fellows, l am little hard
up and''-bui he got no further. 1t
was a new scheme on them, but did
not work for cent.
"Mr. X, Miss ". would like to see
you I'D in the dressing rOOms,'' eX-
claimed cash girl in one of the large
NicOllet avenue stores yesterday, adj
dressing the manager Of the concern who
was chatting with GLOBE reporter.
"All right; tell her I'll be right up" he
answered, while a fr0wn gathered over
his handsome face. and he muttered in
voluntarily, another thief"
w hats thdt?f' inquired the scribe.
''DO you know that We lose an awful
lot of stuff during the rush just before
the holidays" rPplIed~the manager.
You would be surprised if you could
remain here for a day and see what a
lot Of stuh we take away from so called
respectable people. Because they are
connected with respectable families and
60 10 church they are called klepto-
maniacs. If they were poor devils who
had 10 steal il order to buy medicine
for i sick husband or food for their
hungry children they would be called
thieves, and sent to prison, but their
re>pectabIlty saves them. Miss NJ. is
our searcher and she never sends for me
unless she has somebody dead TO rights.
She has taken more goods away from peo-
PIE who have stolen things in our store
than you would think an ordinary
woman could carry. OF course they
didn't all belong 10 Us. but the evidence
OF their guilt was strong enough to send
them TO The penitentiary. All the large
stores have private marks on their
goods. which are removed before they
are delivered to q customer. The thief
hasn't time TO remove them. and when
We find goods on one Of suspects
containing the private mark Of
another store, We detan her
until they send some one to make an
examination. When they discover any
or our prosperity under similar cireum-
stances they notify Us. Yesterday q
well-dressed woman picked up a card of
buttons. Now, the buttons are not
worth much. and if il wasn't absolutely
necessary for our own prOtectinn, per-
hapS the Saleslady who noticed the act
would't have called the attention of the
flOOrWalker TO the tact. She was taken
10 the dresSing-rOOm and searched by
Miss N. Under her eorsets was
found piano cover with
house still on il. For hustle she had
a roll of cloth neatly slowed away under
her dress which had been stolen from
another establishment. while handker-
chiefs. stockings and perfumery, and all
sorts Of nicknacks were found on her
person which had been stolen from a
dozen different stores on the street.
She was too respectable to have ar
rested, and so we had to let her go. But
the goods were returned TO the owners.
Along toward night yesterday. when
the snow began to fall. it was aStOnish-
ing how many Minneapolis people i'm
mediateiy became we'll satisfied with the
world and with their condition in il,
The beautiful was hailed on all sides
with delight, and it was universally
attributed to the defeat of Aid. Par
rvs SNOW ordinance. Jim Bradish was
recognized by SOME as a second Moses
who had led his stricken people from
the house Of bondage. Business began
TO pick up Immediately. The livery
men quickly doubled the prices for rigs
and smiled as visions of wealth untold
danced before their eyes. The coal
barOns Rugged themselves in silent
gIee and marked up the price of coal,
not forgetting TO drop a chunk of the
same article under certain part of the
scales. StOrekeepers Of all descriptions
wore a self-satisied air all the even
ing. The streets were crowded
until a late hour by the pOpulace
who were delighted that the long
expected had arrived. The small boy
hustled out his sled and prepared for
cOasting. The tramp. alone. was dis
mayed. Several men were induced BY
the snow fall to go out and ''bOwI up.''
One individual seen was so exhilarated
that he wondered "where in - he
was; in Minneapolis or Duluth?" 1t
was a great evening.