St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-05
SAINT PAUL.
BY THE WAY.

The sun shines OH the just and unjust alike
and the gentle zephyrs of ST. Anthony Hill
fan the brows of cads as well as gentlemen.
Several of the cad species who ride on the
Selby avenue cars and make themselves OBJ
j%ectionable by staring ~lmpudently at ladies
are liable 10 see their names dragged from
their present obscurlty in a way that will
make their silly heads swim. A wall-eyed
specimen. with q face which strongly re-
sembles the Autograph prints entitled What
Is IT, now adjoining the windows of empty
stores, has been making himself disagreeably
conspicuous. Should he read these lines he
may have sense enough to understand the
public conveyaEces; il not, it is within the
range of possibility that he may yet hear
eomething drop with the conventional dull
hnd %sickening thud.
Our public thoroughfares arc infested by q
elass OF brainless dudes h leer idioticallv
Rt ladies, puff their vile cigarette smoke in
the face OF every person they meet. and yell
herfsively when one slips on the sidewalk or
meets with any other minor mlShap. AS
long as a dude is merely passiyeiy imtecile
he may be and usually is an ugly eyesore, but
he is at least harmless; when he becomes
loudly ana vulgarly aggressive the animal
should be taught such a lesson as Will not
Soon be effaced from his feeble memory.
A beautiful thing is courtesy on the street
and in all public places. Here are a couple
pf incidents which serve to show how far
some st. Paul people have advanced in the
lrt of outdoor politeness:
A few days ago a wagon and pair of horses
were drawn up in front of a pubic building
which is situated at the intersection of two
Important thoroughfareS. The wagon
s%ouarely covered the eroSswalk and remained
in that position for some ten or fifteen min
utes, while the driver enjoyed a chat with a
friend. During that time over a hundred
persons, many of whom were ladies', were
eompelled to walk in the muddy streetTOund
parently q man of intelligence and external
respectability. but, being a churlish boor, he
remained perfectly unconcerned at the an
noyanee he was causing. He would occa-
~sionally smile sarcastically as some fuckless
lady gathered up her skirts to wade through
the mud, and then would resume his CONVEX
sation. No police officer was at hand to
compel him to move on, although at least
one spectator walked two blocks or more in
search of one.
The same afternoon a gentleman had oc-
rasion 10 visit the public library. He fell into
line and waited patiently for his turn" At
the end of many tedious minutes he found
himself st the head of the ingoing process
siop, and FASTENED to advance to the win
O. with cheerful alacrity. Did he get at
tended TO then? Not much he didn't. A
sturdy young woman. with brood shoulders
sllN q LII WIN aoo OAlI u AAo
ment before arrived upon the scene, thrust
herself in front of that unhappy man. and
Tuthlessly showed him out of the way. Then
she was promptly waited upon by q smiling
attendant who ought, instead, to have Or
dered the ill-mannered young person to
stand aside. Had this intrusive act been ac-
r~ompanied by an apologize word or bow,
had there been even so much as a depre-
catory dropping of the eyelids or q defer
entail wriggle OF the body. The discounted
man would not have felt so completely
crushed and humbled. AS it was. the rude
ness was objectionable. There are teachers
Of dancing and department.. of nne arts and
cookery; why should there not be professors
of common courtesy? Our young lady with
The broad shoulders n the boorish teamster
could then study together the elementary
rules of o%rdinaly everyday %civility.
+ +
The delay i'll completing the new addition
TO the Webster school building Is causing
widespread dissatisfaction among the par
ents OF pupils residing in the district. AS far
back as last winter or spring attention was
called to the overcrowded condition of this
and other schools. but nothing was done by
te board until after the matter had been re-
Sleatedly referred to in the newspapers.
When at length it was decided to add four
new rooms to the Webster building, the
work was not begun until within two or
three weeks of the opening of the present
term. Even now the work is not being
pushed as rapidly as it might and should be,
but, on the contrary, drags along with agra
waiting slowEess. The result so far has been
that, with The exception of the pupils in the
branch high school, the children, large and
small, were deprived of instruction for near
~ a month, and When at length the school
was reopened, many of the younger scholars
were again RELOCATED to the dismal '~'annexes''
which have already been referred TO in these
columns. The consequences 10 the children
are likely to be severely felt. The older ones
will suffer in their educational course: the
little ones in the anneXes will be injured i'll
health and eyesight. There was no valid ex-
ruse for the delay III commencing the WORK,
and there is certainly none for the way it is
allowed to lag now. Many of the heaviest
taxpayers in the city reside in the Webster
school district. and it is highly probable
there will be a strong and effective expression
of opinion. which may lead to the appoint
board.