The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-31
police court.
LAUGHS AT THE MAYOR.
His Halloween Orders Regarded as

HIS halloween Orders Regarded as
Good Joke.
1t seems too bad that Mavor Dorian
mas forgotten the days of his youth.
salo gentleman yesterday after read
ing his order concerning Halloween.
suppose he thinks that order will result
IN Young America staying at home and going
70 pea little earlier than usual tonight .
continued ne. Guess the mayor must have
Iost gate last year and is still mourning its
loss. 80 ne wants the young folks to behave
themselves. They will-nit There never was
mayor under the canopy of heaven, there
was never police force, there were never a
Iuii set OF parents charged with the RESPONSE
Dlllty OF training kids, who were SUFFICIENT
umto themselves to control all OF the youth,
all OF the time Of Halloween
mayor Doran ought to have realized this
TACT a said the gentleman who, though old is
sun young, but, poor old soul, he thinks
81 al OF the youth of the city are like the mem
pers OF the Rice street gang and knows NOT
now 10 draw proper distinction Rut the
mayor IS the exception. There are still nIanfrJ
1t people left In this broad land Of ours who
naIe c0hndence enough in the young peonle
70 ieC them be abroad after 8 O'Clock without
SQUAD OF detectives and platoon of police
a. III I'VE WaI En- them. So Mayor Doran will very
lAely near something drop tonight, his orders
10 the YOUTH notwithstanding The best thing
i,e., can 90 IS to go to bed early and get what
hnst sieep ne can before the thing busts, for
ouSt - Will with all the tin horn, tin pan
and tic-tac accomplishments The chancaa
are ~. Inas nlz conner will receive a serenade
II, les the mayor better watch out He
enlgnt nail down his horse block take biS
'front.' gate up into the attic chain IN his ba az.
oSoo e, oouDie lock his coal hole tie down tba
cHiiiineys, screw on the executive sfen oct
q sloe gun, get an ak, get hose get a
tbing knockers hammer; get any old
lnlng, but don't get mad It viii do vo,, ~ ~
sooa; you know boys will be bows. ~ ~
WIN the going down Of the sun and tba
t ehau'sslns OF the big aerial front door upon
S StI lace OF the fading day, merry bedlam ia
liaoie 10 break loose" continued the man oS
WISDOM. For days the youth of the citv
For peen Planning pranks and getting ready
r mi Tue lun' and that which 10000 young
linus linus nave been preparing for, the mavo1
o 70 prevent. Halloween Is the dav of dava
IN the whole year for fun making and thara
- no oIher season in the twelye-month wbich
Is SO thoroughly given over to hilaritv II
n ~ o. not De understood that all of 1t is ont
" VI, uooIs. Ihat which is evidenced in dis
Indnceo FENCES and overturned deliverv NOS,
ons is but the outward evidence of yba+ E
got1s on IN the inside. There will he hun
uIeus OF little Halloween parties and dozeDs
OF more pretentfous social functions IN tho
s SapIs IN the Twin Cities. Would the navor
dihe 70 stop these. too? There will he
Mics pid Xag; ana very likely playing for
10 lnterpose an intervenor here too9 W
me games of the youth of the land ara
many and varied on Halloween. They beI,e
CoAiie uoWn from romantic past There arc
80 rev OF the dear old customs left that ~
seems pity to throw ice on any one ~
e enem, albeit they may be carried on at the
expense OF couple Of hours sleep and an
overturned horse block anu Oh
On. no; Mayor Doran's order will bava
very htt!e effect. 1t is simply an official
Joke, although he may not have known IL
Wnen he was making It,"