St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-07
He Tells Some of the Things
Which He Has Seen and
Heard.
Gossip About Matters of
Everyday Life In Min
neapolis.
One Engine of Misery and
DistreSs--Hatred Of Col
lege Boys.
Risks Taken by the Ministe-
rial Committee to the
Mayor.

All the world is talking about the
Prince of Wales, Sir William Gordon
Cumming and the quiet little family
game of baccarat which ran at Tranby-
croft without interference OF mayor.
chief of police or ambitious preachers.
And with this topic of general CONVEX
sation Sir William Gordon Cum
ming's system" has been also
considered. The talk of cheating
at cards has called to mind scheme
that was fathered something over q
year ago by two Minneapolis young
men, who were anxious to be claSsed
among the "red-hot and dead game
sports" but who couldn't stand the
pace. They were both members of
well-known club. There, in quiet lit
tie game of draw poker, large portions
of their salaries had wandered away
from them. The game was ION the
square," No one disputed that.
But that made matters no better
for the aforesaid young men.
They needed the money. and were de-
termined TO get it back. They imported
couple of professional gamblers, who
were to resort to all the tricks and de-
vices, fair or foul, to win money for our
young men who had lost. These two
skin gams," in the language of the
profession, were virtually to steal money
from men who played cards for amuSe-
ment. But all Minneapolis card players
are not suckers" if the two young
mentioned were. The imported swim
dlers couldn't get into a game.
They bore too evident marks of their
business, Whenever they were admit
ted to small game, they were against
players who were not willing to be
robbed. The gamblers were here nearly
month and didn't make a cent out of
1t. The two brilliant financiers who
sought to recoup their losses by theft
were ont four weeks board for two men
and two tickets from and to Chicago.
While walking up Washington avenue a
lew evenings ago my ears were saluted with
blast of profanity such as would have done
credit 10 Good Queen Bess'' in her palmiest
days. The man who did it was a Washington
avenue merchant. He had some goods dis
played in front of his store and they were
almost ruined by dust storm which had
been kicked up by an inOffensive street
sweeper. The street sweeper is all right
when slowed away under shed in some out
Of-theWay alley. There it displays no vicious
propensities. 1t won't insult a woman or
assault defenseless babe if left TO itself. 1t
shows no disposition to become menace to
society and a destroyer of amiability. Its
very reposefulness, its seeming inoffensiye-
ness are misleading. Let it once be-
come attached to team of sad
eyed horses, with burdock burrs in
their tails, and it becomes perambulating
dissemination of discord 1t adds insult to
injury by seeking to throw dust in the eyes
of the world. And when this outfit, street
sweeper, horses and ALL is guided by Great
ure, who, from his exhibition of mental
gifts, might well be classed as the offspring
q drpC q nriC
model the combinal ton threatens the peace
of the community. Cannot these engines OF
distress be kept off the streets until
there is no one lett for them to
and police reporters? The walking public
would miss them, but not with a feeling of
sadness akin to pain. As it is, the street.
sweeper goes forth on its nocturnal mission
before even Eighth ward people have all
gone home. Minneapolis may contain a
number of travelling deryishes, but they are
not the sort who relish breezes of the night
laden with dust, dirt, street filth and cobble-
stones. In the words of the immortal Tom
Lucas, ''The province of government is
to protect the people, Minneapolis people
need protection from the street-sweeper.
was somewhat amused few DAYS ago by
overhearlng few remarks dropped by
young Mlnneapolitan-a doctor-who loves
TO pose as patron of art and artists He was
trying to create the impression among his
lllllG ClIClc VI llSIcHeTS ludJ GDH newspapers
had dealt unjustly by a musical friend and
protege OF his. Afterwards he went SO far as
to write to one of the papers. taking the same
line. His quarrel with the papers was
that they had said certain things
about his protege which were opposed
TO his ideas. In effect his grievance was
thar the newspapers had dared TO differ from
him in opinion. The doctor made an error
common enough among people who have not
time, or who are afraid TO think. In this case,
young man was singing from the same stage
with recognized artists. He was not up TO the
standard he was not accused of lacking
voice or method; he was trying to rest on too
lofty perch. And the doctor couldn't un-
derstand 1t. thereby causing himself much
mental discomfort. A girl who can sing rap
turously in parlor cannot always distinguish
herself in grand opera. When she attempts
to make the jump from one to the other the
newspapers point out her defects. A Young
man who has enraptured his mother his
sisters. his aunts and his fiancee by appear
ing as the hero i'll Lost, Strayed or Stolen"
at church entertainment, is not always the
heayen-elected successor of Booth. The
friends of these ambitious young people
| never will learn TO understand that the mo-
ment their pets appear in the glare of pub
licity they are subjects of legitimate criti-
clsm according to stern standards.
l was standing at the corner of Nicollet
and Fourth street yesterday when two young
men of pround and lofty mein passed along
stander. We'll, never see one of those
young college fellows but long to dislocate
his thoraclc duct by pressure applied from
The rear. Wnat have got against EN-? Oh,
nothing; only don't like EN-"
sought to reason with him. The young
man who goes to college and the young man
who has just graduated from college are not
| the worst fellows in the world. All that is
| the matter with them is that they need to be
! licked into shape, III the fighting sense of the
| word licked" He has spent nearly all of
! his time in school. Most of his teachers have
dwelt upon the theme that col
nit of human ambition: that q
knowledge of the Greek verb is to be de-
sired above all else, save the hope of the life
! beyond. He has q good deal of respect for
! his teachers. and he comes to believe what
they say. When he gets to college he doesn't
| learn anything different He comes to think
that he is following the one path that is
worth following. He esteems himself ac-
! come out all right He will be licked into
| shape fast enough, and he'll get SO much
licking, that he'll be sorry he ever went
to college = for a while The lick
| his head and he'll become an ornament
to society. The only variety of the college
| young man who should never be tolerated for
the millionth part Of moment is the young
man who togs himself cut as if to play the low
| comedy part in a play written around an
| organ grinder, and wears his makeup on
the street. Deep, soulful, prayerful commu-
| Mon with small section of white oak plank
is the only remedy for that young man.
The mayor was visited yesterday by the
members of the ministerial committee. The
city hall still stands. Mayor Winston, so far
as known, slept as sweetly as ever The man
| who really needs a liquid decoration TODAY
will probably get it just as if the ministers
never had made that call. The committee
/ went armed with statistics which milItstad
/ against their cause. The statistics showed
that arrests for drunkenness, disorderlyness.
| all causes growing out of liquor selling. have
! decreased under the present administra-
| ton. What then, was the committee
| after? What do these earnest
| but oyer-Zealous gentlemen deslre7 They
admit that Minneapolis is as orderly and as
we'll governed as any city iu the country
| more SO than good many Do they expect
| to make OF Minneapolis q celestial city on
| earth2 Do they not rnn the riSL "a r,aoati..x