The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
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| he Warm Corner.
(FOR MEN oNLY.)
FOR MEN oNLY.)

, Among the good things that are expect
ed early in the new year is the decree of
infallibility of the Pioneer Press This
has been matter of belief for some
time In the minds of a class that reads
! no other paper. but 1t has never been
considered necessary for salvation until
now This papers bold stand on the
wrong side of so many questions has
made 1T necessary to obtain the decree as
soon as possible.
Women wonder why men refuse them
the franchise; at least some of them do
1t is sirlply because the good looking
women do not ask for It. Cast your minds
eye, Heratio, over the women asking for
the right to vote; they are either bones
or battle axes" There Is only one real
ly good looking woman identified with
the woman's suffrage movement, and she
Is Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait; and what
such a we'll dressed well groomed and
rounded young person is doing in such
an aggregation of rags. and bones, and
hanks of hair" is like Swlnburne's love,
lit s PAST the telling. Pause, HoTatio.
and think it over; did you ever know
woman advocate of equal suffrage who
did not have to go past twice to cast a
shadow? The minute the good-leoking,
plump and pleasing, up, o-date and down
to-now young women begin to pout and
say they won't play unless they can vote,
that minute. Horatio. four thousand
statesmen will arise and thunder out their
belief that woman IS entitled to the bal
lot. and the bakery. and anything else
she may care to play with.
A Minneapolis clergyman, asked by one
of the mighty hand organs of the Mime
apolis press for his text last Sunday.
wrote on a slip Of paper:
BE We steadfast."
The intelligent compestor, aid I'd by the
proofreader and the accomplished staff,
printed it as foilolws:
BE ye there for breakfast"
popular railroad man returning from
the East saw at the baggage room Of the
union station, recently, a trunk with a
card on 1t marked II c.. Smith" Now
that is also his name. So he slipped one
of his cards. with his address upon it,
under the other. For two days after that
a sad-eyed, slab-stded female haunted llis
nefghborhood and inquired for him: tho
third night she rang his door bell and an
nounced herself as the owner of the
trunk and his namesake, and stated that
there was $S.65 excess baggage, due on
said trunk which he must epay,s as he had
put hts card on her baggage. -
After he got through explaining the
situation to his sad-eyed caller he en-
tered upon the life work. of telling his
wife why he prowlsa about depots stick
ing his card on the personal effects Of
strange women. l=
The advanced woman with a rainy
Gay skirt, q gray golf cape and a gray
nlud-nie hat looks like 4 toadstool with
Tam" on.
1t was Christmas eve; Letson was go
ing home Shivertng on a corner was a
young woman with a weary. reckless face
that seemed to appeal to him. He was
waiting fora carr SO was she, Moved
by the spirit of Christmas tide and the
pathos of her face he said gently: rs
there anything 1 can do for you? You
look as If you were in trouble" To
which the young woman responded in a
brisk and busipesslike manner: Moth
ing but to hurry up that blank street
car which is making me late at an aU-
topsy!"
In the car he picked up her card off
the floor, which read: