St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-25
NOTE AND COMMENT.


NOTE AND COMMENT.
Hear the strain of heavenly sound;
Making every heart rebound,
in rhythm, with the mystic Joy
That fills the soul Ills but a boy,
But as he softly, sweetly sings,
The song seems waited, on the wings
of angels, sad, divinelv sweet
And carried TO the Masters feet.
And yet there is pain that goes
With all the JOY, In conscious throes
There comes the thought-it cannot last.
Too soon oblivion of the past
Will swallow up the heavenly note
That swells from out that boyish throat.
But still that song will eer remain
In memory and come back again
That tuneful strain, without Il flaw,
AS sung by Blatchford kavanagh.
Little Lord FauntlerOy is doomed.
He has been cast down from the high
pedestal which he has occupied IN the
hearts of the mothers of Minneapolis,
and he will no longer be the model
after which fond mammas will ell
deavor to build their offspring. Batch
ford Kavanagh hereafter will be the
idol OF Minneapolis femininity. And
the change will not be altogether a bad
thing. Fauntleroy is just a trif1e
SISSY" or his youthful followers are
inclined to become so. Boys modelled
after young Kavanagh will have
some good stuff in them, as Illustrated
by an occurrence in St. Paul. Some
ladies in that city rendered the lad re-
ception. OF course the ladies went IN
great numbers to see the celebrated
boy. Nothing was more natural than
that a goodly number of the elderly
oh ira RI
they did it. Master Blatchford did not
appreciate the honor of being kissed,
but he would not be SO rude as to re-
fuse: so he clenched his fists, planted
both feet firmly, and took the protfered
saluteS as firmly as a rock. He is
wonderful singer and all that, but he is.
Withal, good type of Young America,
There seem to be two opinions on the
commitment OF AdOlph Grethen to the
asylum for the insane, and the friends
of the young man, while their zeal in
the cause of their friend has been most
pTaiseworthy, have probably said
little too much and gone little too far
in his behalf. A certain evening paper
started out deliberately to make SEN
satiOn-and made it-but there was too
much said about secrecy" To the
outsider it would be hard to find ground
for this talk of secrecy. The young
man wos examined by reputable phyi-
slams and his commitment was signed in
open court by an officer of the law.
There was no secrecy about it, and it is
unjust to the young mans family to
continue referring to it in terms which
would lead the average reader to sup
pose that the unfortunate young man
was spirited away from home and
fri ly1 N q
mad house without reason. Ii is sad
enough at best to have friend lose his
reason. and it is wrong to accuse Adolph
Grethen'S family with treating him UNI
kindly when they are merely placing
him under treatment for mental dis
order before it is too late.
The suicide of George l.. Baker has
again raised the discussion of the queS-
ton why Do Men Take Their Own
Lives" No one knows and no one will
ever know. Men commit suicide as they
do the most ordinary things of life-be-
cause they have, or fancy that they
have, good reason for doing so. 1t is the
easiest thing in the world for some men
10 clearly and logically arrive at the
conclusion that those dependent upon
them would be better off without them
and the deed is done. At best they
think the pain will be but short
and, after the first deeting Spasm, will
come forgetfulness and deliverance
from the ills and troubles and worries
which beSet the inhabitants of this
world. 1t is dangerous for any one of
morbid disposition to speculate upon
the difference between life and death.
1t is an easy road to self-murder, as all
roads to suicide are.
c. A. Pillsbury says Alvah Eastman
must have misunderstood him about
those mills. Some way Mr.. Pillsbury
has a way of always being misunder-
stood whenever he happens to say or do
something for which he is sorry. But
then that is an attribute of all truly
great men like c. A. Pillsbury and c. j.
Buel.
A sixteen-year-Old girl, the daughter
Of respectable parents. appeared i'll the
municipal court yesterday, having been
taken from a house of ill-fame, while
members of the best families were pre-
pairing to discuss how to make Christian
endeavor more effective and their moth
erS were hustling for money for the for
eign missions. If Mrs. Jellaby lived in
Minneapolis she would be mot in it."
A Patient Public yesterday began all
action in the district court to secure a
permanent injunction against the rendi-
ton within the limits of the city of
Minneapolis, of the play (?) entitled the
"Deestrick Skule." If public opinion
has any weight the injunction will be
issued.
The board of trade yesterday won
nd nA1,in fan
II adjourned after having been in Ses-
sion only little over five minutes.
Che evils of ''Short" selling of wheat
that he has aroused suspicion that
possibly he has been pinched just
tritle.
"These ministers of the gospel are
shrewd fellows" remarked a we'll
known MnnedpOlitan last night. ''Here
they have been putting up bluff that
they want to keep reporters out of their
meetings merely to arouse the public to
believe that something really interest
ing and spicy does occur at their meet
ings, and so insure the reading Of the
reports hereafter.
It isn't safe to abuse man or woman
any more at all. If one calls man
names in English he is probably licked,
and if the villifying is done in foreign
tongue suit for damages is likely to
result
Catcher Dugdale should either be
given his release at once or be pre-
scented with the freedom of the city on a
silver salver. He is the only player who
has arrived, so far, VINO never felt
better in his life"
There is something queer in the study
of human nature in connection with
public exhibitions. At the meeting of
the G. A. R. the other evening, there
was not standing room for the crowd,
and hundreds had to be turned away.
Of course there was no charge for seats.
The evening following, although the
same enthusiastic. patriotic crowd was