St. Paul daily globe., 1891-01-07
MINNEAPOLIS.
ABOUT THE TOWN.

TITS sign of good times, a man enthuslas-
tically said, when the parsons give of ihclr
thought and knowledge to practical affairs
The press and The pulpit should labor har-
moniously TO promote the public welfare.
Orthodox hair-splitiing should be relegated
TO narrow-chested preachers and to the
clolster. The pulpit is as much OF an edu-
Gator, or should be- in things material as
in things spiritual. If the world is ever
evangelical twill be accomplished by flood
OF practical Christianity, delu2e or co M
mon sense religion that will drown ScctG-
rianlsm and mite mankind into one uni
versal brotherhood. Observe how our local
pastors are tackling the Indian question.
They may be right and they may be wrong,
yet their discussions throw light upon a
VeXed subject and their individual sugges
tons and opinions created an aeita
tion whose tendency is TO educate
the people. The wide-awake and act
i've pulpit talker of to-day Keeps
ahead of the times and is in touch
with every movement looking 10 the emanci-
patton OF society from all ills even the Ills OF
bad sanitation and adulterated food. Some
hypocritical folk call IL pulpit sensational
ism, and decry The minister bold enough 10
debate topic of general interest. 1T may be
sensationalH III, but il is the kind that stlis
mans best sensations, and is productive IN
the end of good"
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There viii come q time, / think, said
moving an offensive eXcrescence from pa
tents jaw in an operating room attached to
his office, when The knife and surgical ap-
pliances will lake The place of drugs Sur
gerry, as a science, has been wonderfully de-
Veloped during the past quarter OF century,
and with il the invention Of mechanlcal ap-
pllances has kept pace. Operations are now
daily performed throughout the civilized
world with unfailing accuracy, success and
safety, which were scarcely attempted before
II,
then were frequently attended by fatalities
The records Of Bellevue hospital and OF the
New York hospital, OF the Charity hospital
of New Orleans, and of the medical depart
ment of Johns Hopkins university, OF Balu-
more, constantly present the successful APP
plicGtion of the mCsJ recent discoveries IN
the nelds of surgery absolutely startling in
their significance"
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Talking about pie, remarked an old gen.
tleman about midnight last evening, as he
slowed away Slab of brown dough and
stewed dessicated fruit Che was perched on
Il stool in a Hennepin avenue restauTant),
Its becoming a most popular article OF diet,
and is especially liked by night workers. The
man or woman who can eat pie at midnight
and suffer no unpleasant results must have Al
healthy and vigorous liver Persons with
ugly livers don't eat pie, neither do they en-
joy joke, but persons of pleasant DISPOSE
lions and who are jolly companions arc quite
fond of it, Nearly all comedians and comic
opera artists luncn on pie. May Howard eats
four quarters Of pie every night She goes
on from the time The curtain is rung up until
the climax ill the last act. Then she lunches
OH pie after the show is over. Kate Castlcton
is great pie eater, and believes il good for
her complexion. Billy Florence always car
ries pie i'll his pocket, and when talking
may be frequently seen slyly nibbing a bit
of il. De Wolf Hopper wears pie in his hat.
Frank COtharin, of the Twin City Athletic
club. dotes on mince pie. All of the mem
bers of the Rentz- Sautley company, when
here last week, lunchcd OH pellets. ] always
take cheese with mine" concluded the old
fellow, smiling and displaying two lone
front teeth, tombstones erected to the mcm-
ory OF departed pies
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mo, the ballet ism I what il used 10 be-"
he groaned. Fact of the matter is, theater-
goers never see a ballet, even in its crude
modern form, outside the great cities that
support for any length of time grand opera.
The ballet, as originally produced, told a
poetical story, and all of the poses, move
ments and costumes were so many situations
OF a pretty tale. During the Napoleouic
reign i'll France the operate ballet had
political significance. and the ballet of Italy
and Spain related epochs or incidents i'll
mythology or history. The prominent lead
ers of the allet in those were veritaple
queens They received large salaries and
were worshiped by the people. Italy and
Spain furnished most of the great dancers,
France quite a number, and America the
most accomplished of them all-Fanuy
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