The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-22

! reforms Well he says, you can't ge
married If you wear that dress-there'll
be Tom, Dick and Harry that you might
otherwise have married. Very WE'LL
replied, L shall wear it then in self-de-
Tense so that Tom, Dick and Harry may
not propose
Several times where professional and
business men have expressed "a desire to
prolong the acquaintance and proposals
seemed imminent I have nipped them in
the bud and arriving at my destination
have said: If | have made an hour of
two pass more pleasantly to fellow
passenger I am happy to have done So
Good bye, sir / do not belong, to the
class of women who glory in numerous
proposals, but have a few times had pro-
posals sprung upon me- so suddenly that
had no time toifend off
No, the dress has not been a. serious
obstacle tc offers of marriage because
you know, If a man was sufficiently at
tracted to marry me he could do so, hop
ing and expecting that he could Induce
me to abandon1eits afterward:r .{E
When friends express, sympathy for
my life my reply is, Don't. waste your
sympathy on me; save it for. those poor
women who are tied to men who have so
disappointed them as to hill all love or
for women who have foolishly sold them
selves into loveless marriage because
the man had money.
when located in Ameshury the Poet
Whittier and his sister, Lizzie, were
friends of mine Mr. Whittier said to
me one day: You know how to put on a
dress and you know how to talk when
you get 1t on else Qaughingly) we
wouldn't let you wear it. At another
time he said: You have established the
right to wear that dress anywhere I'm
New England
While shopping in Boston I had oc
casion to go in a fashionable store The
goods L desired were at the far end of
the deep store. Having purchased what
wanted, on turning to leave 1 saw that
many customers had come in, so that
both sides of the counters were lined
with fashionably dressed ladies, and I
must pass out with all eyes turned upon
me. so, wrapping myself in a mantle
OF dignity, l quietly walked out. AS 7
reached the door I heard one lady re-
mark: She feels pretty well puffed up
about it: don't she?
Il used to suffer a great deal with the
headache, and In riding in the cars gen
orally took off my hat. I once overhead
conversation between lady and gen
tleman sitting a few seats in front of
men. He: See that woman's head: she
has brains enough for a senator. She:
Yes. and an out and out Spirtualist, and
couldn't do enough work in 100 years TO
earn $780,
Miss Fowler, how do you stand on
the curfeW?"
''Oh, thought you would forget to
ask me about that pesky question: she
said, laughingly. Yes, think the cur
few law In Vineland will do a great deal
of good
What of national expansion?"s
We'll, the world is my country, all
It's peoples are my brethren and any act
of individual state or nation not in ac-
cordance with the golden rule does not
have my approval. Therefore the only
expansion 1 believe in Is the expansion Of
loving kindness. But as the omniscient.
power was in ancient times able to bring
good results out Of evil deeds concocted
by selfish hearts-in the case of Joseph
being sold into Egypt-so the all-wise can
still overrule the acts of selfish men.
II do greatly deplore the increasing of
our navy and the educating of the war
spirit into our children. If the millions
of money spent in building these naval
ships, in buying flags for all the school
houses In the land and trappings and
drillings in the elementary tactics of war
were spent in educating the masses re-
garding the laws Of character building I
believe that after a few generations we
might approach that happy time when ell
would recognize the oneness of humanity
and learn war no more
Miss Fowler lately received a PROPOSAL
of marriage through the mail from a
wealthy retired Western farmer, twenty
years her junior. Would she share with
him the enjoyment of his money!" After
pleasant exchange of several letters
Miss Fowler, on discovering that her
wooer was getting too persistent, wound
up the courtship by offering to be a
mother to him.