St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-05
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Some men are brutes, pure and sim
pie. Last Sunday young girl fifteen
or sixteen years old was riding on the
street car from Minnehaha. She very
likely had on her first long dress, and
was considerably elated over it. She
had made a number of Slangy remarks
to young girl friend OF her own age
who was with her, and talked freely to
those around her, as would naturally be
the privilege of a miss OF her years,
were it not for the long gown. a brute
twenty-eight or thirty years of age sat
next to her, and struck up CONVEX sa-
ton with the girl. After some little
time, when the ear was nearing the
city. he said to the child:
''Say, don't you want to make lots or
money, little One?"
He oyershot the mark, however, for
the girl said TO him. Il work and make
all the money | want"
After a moments hesitation he again
attempted to converse with the girl, but
she shut him off effectually by saying,
Il don't want you to talk to me any
more" and that ended the matter, but
a man who would insult a child like
that, is below the level of the ordinary
brute.
Some time ago one of the papers
made mention about the nuisance OF
cooking being done at these portable
street corner lunch stands, but the NUS
ance still continues. This thing is posi-
lively sickening at times to persons
who are compelled to pass them. IL
they are allowed to run they should at
least be prohibited from frying onions
and Obstructing the street with smell
for two or three blocks around them.
These places may serve good purpose
in serving persons who are unable TO
buy a meal elsewhere; but then. the
public have a right to use the street
without having their stomachS turned.
Every time c. NJ. LOring rides on
a street car the evening papers an
nounce it as having been by &c. NJ.
Loring, the father of the Minneapolis
park svstem." Mr.. Loring is nice OLD
gentleman. He has undoubtedly done
more for the Minneapolis park system
than any other one man. He probably
stands in relation to the system as
father to a child, and he is proud of the
paternity. Everybody knows it, 1t is
no more necessary to make the state
ment every time Eir. Loring'S name is
mentioned any more than it is to say
John Brown. father of John Brown,
Jr., has a boil on his ear"
Whenever some eX-COnfederate sol
der and eX-UniOn soldier get together
and break small bottle the newspapers
teen with accounts of the reunion
Of the blue and gray" in Minneapolis
when park policemen and city police
men take a ''snifter" together, not
even the East Minneapolis papers men
ton it,
Acting Health Commissioner Norton
says he didn't know 4 (naughtv world
about smallpox. What does the doctor
think he is appointed to have knowl-
edge of-deep-sea diving or some kim
dred subject?
The church people object to allowing
the Japs to worship idols at the expOsi-
ton. Ii the Japs would only make their
idols of gold instead of plain wood there
would not be the slightest trouble from
churches.
The columns of the Evening Tribune
give evidence of the injury which choral
association is doing Tor Col. Charles w.
johnson. The cOlOnel'S voice is becOm-
ing so highly cultivated that even he is
becoming enamOred of the sound Of 1t.