St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-06


but he doesn't mind that. He considers
it tribute to his zeal in hunting out
the poor creatures who are compelled
to sell themselves for bread.
The Journal says that G. E. Carpen-
ter was snbpGnaed to appear before the
grand jury. Can it be that the unob-
trusive electrician has been substituting
aldermen to induce them to adopt his
invention for cooking up" plans OF
action and schemes for retrenchment?
To paraphraze an old maxim: "Un-
easy lies the head over which possible
Indictment is held by the grand jury"
1t is too bad that Charles Dickens Is
not alive and living in Minneapolis. He
could find equally as good material for
illustrating ''How Not to Do IT, in the
local retrenchment and reform admin
istration as he found in the English Cir
cumlOcution Office.
Ills Easter morn, the church bells ring,
While up and down the muddy street.
The other bellies ali promenade
To show their bonnets-and their feet;
The former trimmed in colors bright
That rivals cen the rainbow's hues;
The latter clad in dainty style,
With French kid goat and kangaroos,
Easter
Morn.
But while this gaudy finery
Is being shown with conscious pride,
How fares it with the pater, whom
The poets guy. and soft deride?
Deep underneath his well-worn vest
The pocketbook reposes, that
Has been SO often interviewed
That it is slim, and gaunt, and fiat
On
Easter
Morn.
And thus amidst the joys that come
Upon the glorious Easter morn, -
Is seen the visages of some
For various reasons all rorlorn,
Who lock themselves safe in the house
And mildly swear at hats and Lent
The while, and wonder how they'll scrape
Up cash enough to pay the rent, d
Easter
Morn.
But then, the ladies, bless their hearts, n
How they will Easter gossip trade,
And coming home from church describe
How so and SOS spring hatwas made
And tell how shades were badly matched,
And some ones hair divinely bleached, =
While they forget the whole blame thing
About the sermon that was preached, se
Easter
Morn.
The way of the tranSgreSSOr is hard.
and is liable to be the lot of the average
young married man, for Miss Barnes, of
Boston, has come to town, and will
teach the young ladies of Minneapolis
how to prepare dishes in true cultured
style. Of course. they will try them at
home upon the hrst opportunity, and
the family will have to suffer. For a
time, at least. the restaurant business
will be on the boom, for suffering hui
ifu 70 r1no1S d0xuy
town if he likes. 1t is rumored that
there was method in the idea of the
lectures given under the auspices of the
W. g. T. u, as they hope to get some
of this down town trade themselves.
Probably, in the long run, the idea will
be good one. The LADIES are in hopes
that the cooking studies may be intro
duced into the local schools, as they are
now in many Eastern cities. 1t might
be good plan for the board to attend
the course, and listen to the ladies'
opinions.
If any one doubts the fact that there
is plenty of real estate in Minneapolis,
a glance at the streets at the present
time would go long way toward con-
vincing them of their error. Of course,
the street commissioners know nothing
of the state of affairs, for it is we'll
known fact that they are not interested
in the matter, their time being occupied
with inside duties relating to their ar
duous offices. Where they aware of the
fact that there was the least bit of mud
upon the streets of Minneapolis, it
wonld undoubtedly disappear like
magic under their official stroke.
Rev. Mr.. Burgess takes about col
umn to again rub it into the Catholics,
oufhnrifinc tn 1>,,.a
to make it necessary to fill volume in
answering them all. Perhaps he thinks
to silence his adversaries in argument
by very preponderance of matter. Here
is chance for the rule of mind over
matter. Perhaps it will follow.
The Minnetonka improvement assOci-
alton don't like the idea of having the
lake saddled upon the municipal gov
eminent. Probably the association
judges the inability of the administra-
ton to do any good for the lake, by the
Intellectual efforts to do anything for
Minneapolis during the dynasty that is
rapidly drawing to close.
It would be sad blow to Chicago, if
after all that has been done by its board
of trade, the Minneapolis chamber of
commerce should suddenly find that it
could do very well without those much
talked-of Geographic quotations. Ac-
cordIng to many Of the local dealers
there is no plausible reason why Min
neapolis should not send quotations to
the Chicago board. They claim that
Minneapolis receives more wheat, and
safely argue that it should take prece-
dence of Chicago as an actual market.
The Minneapolis ball team will leave
for Des Moines this evening, and again
will the local crank's occupation be
gone until he can haunt the bulletin
boards, or make the telephone girls
life hardly worth the living by demands
for the score of the days game. And
still the great world will move on, just
as if nothing had happened, and Sam
Morton, arrayed in a gigantic ball suit,
will bat up flies while his twelve met
good and true chase leather, for value
received.
The spring bird begins to make its
appearance, and the small boy boards
up his pennies, rushes to the nearest
toy shop and takes unto himself a slung
shot, while his young sister assists him
in hunting for missiles in the shape oil
pebbles, and the Minneapolis citizen
gazes at his front window and vaguely
calculates upon the price of glass.
Spring comes on apace.
PHASES OF LIFE.