The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-04
EPIsTLEs TO ST. PAUL.

EPISTLES TIC ST. PAUL.
49,
Inc death OF Blams the most facle
knocker' that the century has produced, re-
calls the fact that some years ago there lived
III lnis town manswho was not eminent in
literary circles but who was one of the most
accomplished judges OF what was good to
read that there was III the Northwest. His
taste was, in fact $50 correct that he practi-
cally ruined himself int business by sticking
to his sense of right
he Kept a bookIRnds stationery store on
iower Fourth street, and while his correct
TASTE IN DOCKS was gvalued by a good many
people, 1t led him to- refuse to deal In trash
II customer went intb his place and asked
Tor cheap publication, which Isaacson-his
name was lsaacsob and he was an English
Jew-knew was rot;he would, instead of SELL
Ing hih tell the possible customer that he
was wasting his time and money and making
fool of himself reading that sort of stuff. He
made good many friends and was a real aid
TO men whose taste was right but time lin
tied.
newspaper men used to gather in his place
ana talk shop. and he was the arbiter in mat
tiers of current literature One day he told
the crowd that he had discovered wonder
he mad. 1t was Branns publication, and at
that tlme the man who was killed the other
oay at waco was certainly the most virile
and forceful writer-on questions that re-
CURED TO be treated with anathema or ridi-
cule-of any man connected with the public
press OF America. His vocabulary was re-
lharkaple. by actual count In single issue
VI his puDllcatlon, some five years ago. Brann
gave evidence OF vocabulary Of 6, 900 words
Inc average writer uses less than 3O0O-in
ordinary conversation perhaps 600 would he
ABOUT the limit of the man of business Isaac.
son exploited Brann's paper until it grew to
nave circulation in st. Paul alone of about
z'ooo copies. This a couple of years ago. but
II mas experienced a setback since then. It
was from the beginning made in Isaacson's
place, and the reading of the Brann publica-
tion that the locally famous Knockers
Ciup developed. The publication itself was
brann, and its demise will follow mis- in short
oiaer, put the Knockers Club will 20 on
smashing images and reputation through all
eternity.
The wine that mocks, but which Is al
leged, on most excellent authority, to be
sooo 1or the stomach, when taken in homeo-
pathlc doses, is prohibited to the faithful
by the prophet of Islam, but evidently the
inhibition does not "go' with the expatriated
Moslem.
A couple Of Turks wearing the fez that
indicated their orthodoxy stood in front of
the Minnesota club building one night last
week, when the walks were slippery, and re-
Jolced with each other in the possession of
pair OF most elegant 'Brannigans," as my
friend Gilligan would say. Each of them had
punoie OF carpets, or mats, under his arm
ana they had arrived at particularly slip
perry place. IS < ~
They stopped to argue good naturedly.
about something they were discussing, and
one of them fell down. He sat up on the
ice and laughed most uproariously over his
fall. and the other fellow Joined in his mer-
riment. BY spreading one of the carpets
to stand on he got on his feet presently.
and remarked to a passer- by: IT dronk."
Then they leaned against the building and
broke into chorus that was reminiscent of
the Midway Plaisanee in It's rhythm, and were
started off by policeman who happened
along, and the policeman had fit when
they locked arms and, walked across the
street whistling the tune Of IA Hot Time"
The Turk abroad, the Inhibition of the
prophet as to the wine cup and the music
Of "A Hot Time made combination which
might have suggestion to "a cynic that Allah
II Allah is only "a war cry after. all.
Miss Kate Michelena, who Is one of those
who work hard in "Gayest Manhattan" at
the Grand, was protege of Emma Abbott
and she loves to sing the praises OF that great
ly beloved artist. Said Miss Michelena yester-
day: t.l~
I know that the greater part Of her earn
ings went to help the needy and relieve her
suffering fellows. She often allowed me to go
with her on her tours among the poor, and
there was scarcely a city of any Importance
in the country where Miss Abbott had not
some one dependent almost entirely upon the
bounty Of her purse. She had the reputation
of pampering herself. 1t is true, but it came
from a peculiar fear she had of bronchial
trouble.
Like many other women, Miss Abbott was
very superstitous, and fortune teller had
once told her that she would die of just such
a disease as finally carried her away. So she
took the most eXtravagant care of herself.
Her visits were source of terror to hotel
keepers, for her room had to be literally
lined with eiderdown quilts, shutting out ev-
cry breath of outside air. and she would take
a carriage to go to the theater If It were only
across the street.
'She died from a cold contracted by over
care if such a thing were possible, for 30
much coddling made her terribly susceptible
to the least change of atmosphere. She was
one Of the best women l ever met and her
death was severe blow to al who knew her
personally, and to the many whose heads she
sheltered and mouths she filled. The stage
lost a great artist, but humanity lost no.
BILE woman" THE Pf1ILISTINE.
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