St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-10
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

She couldn't have been more than
seventeen. Evidently she had before
her long ride in street car, perhaps
all the way to ST. Paul, for she had
brought with her a book to beguile the
trip. But few pages of the book had
been read. One could see, though, by
the look of eXpectant interest on her
face, that she thought it an interesting
book, full OF charm and valuable sug-
gestion One WHO sat near her noticed
that a piece of newspaper had been
folded around the book so as to hide the
cover. Why? he thought. She moved
up 10 accommodate another passenger,
the newspaper cover slipped aside, and
her nelghbor saw why the cover was
concealed. The cover bore the name OF
-Zola. 1t was clear that she knew
Zoa's reputation as an author better
than she knew his work for she was
reading probably the least harm
full of his productions, LA
Reve." She had taken pains to
conceal the title page and the authors
name. clear indication of her reason
for reading lola. And she looked like
a high school or university girl. what
can be said of the training Of a young
girl who searches Zola's pages, but tries
to conceal the fact that she is reading
lola?
The ministers who, at the meeting last
Monday, declined to indOrSe the Repu6-
llcan administration until they could be
assured that the SpaSm of virtue was
something more than spasm, were
wiser than they knew. TO illustrate:
a Washington avenue saloon, which
had not been open on Sunday for two
whole years, opened its side door and
did business all day last Sunday.
The six men, whichever six is ques-
ton, WHO refused to put an end to the
HaZelton case yesterday, but left
chance for ali the nauSeating details TO
be gone over again, will not receive the
thanks of the community.
The people who complain of Mr..
L0Wry'S street car service should talk
with those who walked home from busl-
ness during the storms of five and six
years ago and who rode home last night.
Instead of Quarreling over what their
funds shall and shall not buy for the
new cruiser, why don't these rival
newspapers pool their funds and buy
the cruiser? 1t might be made to take
the place of band at Lake Harriet.
Over 400 children were born wit hin
the corporate limits of Minneapolis dur
ing the freezing month Of January, and
still some people kick on the cold
weather. Think of the next census,
An attache of the American District
Telegraph company was seen running
down the street Wednesday night,
with woman in hot pursuit.
A policeman promptly arrested him
and locked him up for conduct
ing himself in an unSeemly man
her. Running on the public street con-
Stituted the OtfenSe, it being considered
unseemly for an American District
Telegraph boy to run under any Cir
cumstances,
Supt. Smith, of the police department,
is nearly distracted, and yesterday he
was heard humming over the tune of
"W hat Shall We Do With Our Daugh-
ters" During the last week he has
been called upon to look up six young
homes in Minneapolis, and four others
their homes in various parts of the
state. He is beginning TO think that
young girls seminary would be an eX
cellent addition to the police headquar-
tiers.
Pm doing my best to hold up Beauti-
full Snow" said the Wind, as he flew
around the corner, "but I'm afraid she's
on the downward path, and, in spite of
my efforts, will wind up in the gutter"
Dave Rowe is in town. He is neither
on first base nor ''chewing" with right
bleacher," but is at the Nicollet house.
Although r. G.Winter is III the watch
business he neglected to watch one OF
his employees, and the result was that
number of watches were stolen from
him. A private detective was given
commission to watch the clerk. and now
the latter is under the care Of a watch
at the county Jail.