The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-03
RED HEADED MAIDENs.
They Got the Better of the Minister
But Were Beaten by Students.


Cleveland Plain Dealer.
During the quadrennial conference
Of the Methodist church, held here last
month, one of the prominent divines
to whom quite a bit of 1.-The old Adam :
still clings, had the tables cleverly
turned on him by a party of CAV
Cleveland girls, all typewriters. Ii
was Sunday morning, and the young
ladies, with a goodly share of their
weekly salaries in their purses. de-
cided upon a big breakfast at a pop
ular downtown restaurant They oc-
cupied three Of the seats at table set
for four. The leader, a red-headed girl
with prodigious appetite, set the
pace by ordering two kinds of meats.
two kinds of fruits, ices, cakes and
numerous other articles Her com
panions. not to be outdone, gave equal
ly large orders and kept two walters
busy. Presently in sauntered our dap
per knight of the cloth, his silk tile
shining, and white neck cloth immac-
ulate. Attracted by the hair of the
red-headed girl, he approached. and al
though there were plenty Of empty
seats at other tables, he sat down
with the young ladies and beamed
on them in would-be fascinating
way.
At first there was an indignant ST.
lence on their part as he intruded his
remarks on the weather, their slovelv
appearance" and so on. Finally. she
of the Titan locks, winked at her
companions, and the fun began. For
three-quarters Of an hour the reverend
forgot he was a minister, although he
was engaged in eating chicken wings
between the gay sallies of his com
panions. He had just reached an in
teresting point in a story mot bible
narrative, by any meansl, when a
waiter approached with a bill made
out for all four, and handed it to the
clergyman. The total was s3.S5. He
broke off abruptly, gasped, looked at
his companions moment In open-
mouthed establishment, and then. ris-
ing abruptly, he walked to the desk
paid the bill, damned his hat down
over his eyes and hastily departed. q
chorus Of feminine laughter causing
his face to blush deeper and deenar
as he walked away. The red-headed
girl Immediately treated the crowd to
ice cream soda.
The next day she again went to the
restaurant and who should enter hut
the clergyman. Catching a GLIMPSE oe
the danger signal" he stood nor ,,no,,
the order Of his going, but went at onoa
Speaking of red-headed girls reco91s.
an amusing incident related to me 10 ct
week by young college man. home
for his vacation. In his class at largo
coed" university were twelve rcd
headed girls. After all the wit of The
college paper had been spent upon this
distinguished group the men of the
class planned the coup d'etat Of the
year. When field day, the great event
of the spring term, drew near, each of
the red-headed girls received a most
courteous invitation to be one of a
tally-ho party at the athletic tourna-
ment. The invitations were accented
with alacrity, and on the appointed
day two smart coaches, each drawn
by four milk white horses, drew UP
alongside the grand stand. In all the
joy and excitement of the trip the girls
had failed to note the color of the met
tlesome steeds, but the moment they
arrived on the grounds noisy party Of
freshmen saw the point, and the air
was rent with the cries of white
horse" "Red-headed girls" and the
like. 1t was an awful ordeal for the
girls, and it took the united diplomatic
force Of their escorts to assure them
that the selection of white horses was
purely accidental.