St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-20
THROUGH GLOBE GOGGLES.


top than bottom of her glass, simply be-
features very pleasant for her conteul-
platlOn. The lover some times sees
strange sights through the win
dow glass as he approaches the domi-
clle of his inamorata, but the strangest
sights can be seen by those who look in
windows as they pass and more espe-
clally upper story windows. The
"1eke" man on the GLOBE is troubled
with two "bum lamps" and wears Cog
giles. He can stare without appearing
rude, and as the balmy breeZes of spring
approach hesees some strange sights.
Open doors and open stores, open rooms
and open flats tell funny tales. To see
them just keep your eyes open.
There is restaurant on Robert street
In this city which has peculiar style in
walters, or rather mattresses. 1t is an
Old-time custom where female help is
employed to serve at table to have them
dressed in neat calicoes or linens, with
starched and snowy aprons, which give
them a generally light style and appear
ance. The strange thing in this restau
rant is that every waitress is clothed
in sOmber black, with merely broad
white collar and small white cuff.
While at first glance one would think
that this would have depressing effect
on the epicure who sits down TO dine
with naught but thoughts of the inner
man and visions of juicy morsels which
he is about to MUNICH, if the reader will
but 90 and try it me will experience
peculiar sensation of quiet and rest, and
find that the effect is similar to Sister
of Charity who is ministering to the
wants of the afflicted in hospital, and
the visitor to the cafe takes the same
pleasure in watching the dark-clothed
maidens III their quiet and graceful
movements that the patient does in
watching the merciful Sister.
There is one row of second-story fats
on West Seventh, between the Seven
corners and Wabasha. that have the
neateSt appearance of any in the city.
The windows are clean, they are neatly
curtained. and the entire stock of edi-
bleS possessed by the occupants is not
planted in gorgeous array on the win
dOwsills for the aspection of passerS-by
OH the other side of the street, as is the
case in many instances and a brighter
feature is the fact that you don't see
lounging female in every window, as
though they had nothing else in the
world to do, but sit there and watch the
electric cars.
Any one who took the trouble to look
through school room window for the
past two or three days might have been
surprised to see the large number of
teachers reading the daily papers. 1t
was strange sight, but the explanation
is easy. They were all looking to see
when Comptroller McCurdy would "pay
off," and who the Minneapolis teachers
were that might have TO go without
their salaries.
You can't spend an afternoon more
pleasantly than to take walk on the
principal business streets of st. Paul
and watch the "window dresser at
work" Some of their productions are
marvels of ingenuity. and it does seem
as though in some lines the entire stock
was in the windows. Think of our old
Third street stores. when the window
panes were 2X4 and then compare the
elegant displays of the present day.
Street car windows as we'll as second
story windows are great things these
days of brightness above and mud be-
low to view the varied display of
hosiery from, without appearing to be
too inquisitive. And, by the way, if
you watch the twinkle in the eye of
connoisseur you will plainly perceive
that it is not the color or texture of the
hosiery that enchants, but the shapely
underpinnings of the fair pedestrians
out on their afternoon shopping tour,
and whenever they see dingy skirt an
awful wave of disgust seems to watt
over their erstwhile pleased features.
Through the sanded glass of tie sur
roundings of a heightened bar in the
heart of the city was seen the peculiar
sight the other evening of blind man
playing cards. and he played well at
that, too. OF course, he used his own
deck and it is Marked but it defied
even the most expert card player in the
crowd of a dozen or more who were
looking ON to defeat the phenomenon.
Several of them tried hand, but all
were defeated. and in the rapid count
ing necessary to the game which was
being played (siXty-siX) he led all COM
petitOrS. He plays with the cards under
meath the table. merely passing his
hands over the face of them, and all the
assistance he asks is that his opponent
tell what card he plays on his lead, or
what card he (the opponent) may lead,
and woe be TO him if he tells wrong. for
the moment the blind man lays his
hands on the cards he knows if he has
been told the truth.
A sight which is not at all a pleasing
one to loyal citizens of st. Paul, and
which stares one III the face on many
streets in the city, is the vacancy seen
4, tVN0 nv Off
been hard winter, but with the OPEN
ing of spring and a Democratic national
administration starting out on sound
business basis, the chances are that
show bills will be relegated to the bill
boards and brand new goods will take
their place and prosperity Will begin TO
bloom with the flowers in the spring.
Misery and woe can also be seen
through the little window pane in the
matched cottage as the weary mother
brings her little wasted darling to the
glass to catch the first bright rays of the
warm spring sunshine, and hopes that
it's radiance will bring back again the
rosy bloom Oh the wan cheek and fan
into new life the faint spark she has so
carefully nurtured through the chilly
blasts of winter, when hoary frOstS
made dim and dark the little sick room.
As she looks forth through even that
little green pane, hope springs as strong
in her breast as it does III the heart of
the mother who sees it through French
plate.
"Cloth cats" are a great thing nova
days to put in windows, and on nearly
every residence street iii the city can be
seen these peculiar figures which, so.
closely resemble nature When you
catch sudden view of tabby sur
rounded by two or three cloth kittens,
the effect is really startling and real
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