The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
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become as much enthused over some
scheme by which st. Paul merchants
would benefit as they have recently be-
come over Minneapolis trick, it would
be well for us. This smart little pan has
taken like wildfire here, and even some
of the members of the Civic league are
now engaged in the pious work of swell
ing the receipts of a Minneapolis firm Of
skirt makers It is 8 lovely scheme. Mrs.
Brown buys a book of five coupons from
the Minneapolis firm, for which she pays
so much in cash. She, in turn, sells these
coupons to her friends-or her enemies
in order to get her money back. Each
one buying pledges herself to sell five
coupons on the endless chain system.
When the first woman has sold her five
coupons, she is sent a silk skirt, said to
be worth about S., and for which the foxy
Minneapolis firm has received $625, and
the woman receiving it has only paid
for it % cents, but, incidentally, has lost
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pouring into the other twin in an alarm
ing way, because st. Paul women prefer
to encourage Minneapolis gall to helping
on the legitimate industries of their own
city. What we want Is home mission
airy society
The editor Of a small paper in St Louis
recently announced the death of his wife
in notice heavily black-bordered, and in
which he stated that he is so unnerved
by the calamity that he must take week
or two off. AS long as that?
Life, of New York, offers prize of
$50 in gold for an article on the meanest
city in the United States, and the rea-
sons why. Circumstances are constantly
giving Minneapolis the center of the
stage.
Fargo has a club which, it is safe to
say, is unique in clubdom. 1t is the ap-
pen1icitis club, and the condition OF mem
bership is lack of the appendix, in 9TH
er words, surgeons certificate that he
removed the useless little sac from the
body of the applicant. Before very long
persons who retain the appendix will not
be able to get into society. In Minneapo-
lis no one can get In who has not been In
8 runaway on Nicollet avenue.
There is more truth than poetry in the
following: Call a girl chick and she
smiles, call woman hen and she
i1owls Call young woman witch and
she is pleased; cal Ian old woman witch
and she is indignant. Call a girl a kit
ten and she rather likes it; call woman
a cat and she hates you Women are
queer If you call a man a gay dog, 1t
will fiatter him. Call him pup, hound
or a cur, and he will try to alter tho map
of your face. He don't mind being call
ed a bull or bear, yet he will object to
being mentioned as a calf or cub. Men
are queer too.
A Justice Of the peace in Indianapolis
recently mixed things up in way that
seldom happens. A French couple ap-
peared before him to be married, bring
ing an interpreter in the shape of pretty
girl When the ceremony was concluded
1T was discovered that the justice had
firmly tied the young man to the inter-
prefer, so with the consent Of all con-
cerned he did 1t over again and married
the right ones The Interpreter is prob
ably asking herself how she stands to
the world.
Brooklyn revivalist recently told his
hearers that he loved a crowd and ex-
pected ito live and move and speak to
the crowds in heaven. The crowd is to be
clothed in white robes and will carry
palms." This did not appeal to his hear
ers with the force that he evidently
thought it would. as going to heaven In
crowds and being again harangued by
reviyalist was not exactly their idea OF
heavenly diversion. 1t Is always the
privilege of persons who feel their cleo
ton sure to consider themselves one OF
a select few, so the revivalist queered
himself and was Obliged to change the
subject.
When a play is condemned by the New
York Journal the police think it must be
time to interfere. So Miss Olga Neither
sole has been arrested for presenting
tSapho.'' In beautiful contrast to this is
the pious citizens of st. Paul falling over
each other to see "The Sign of the Cross.
We hape to see the day when the East
will be as moral as the West
What in the world the governors OF the
Minnesota club want to ruin 1t for is the
question many men are asking them
selves It was the one spot in the city
that was sacred to Man, and now the
rustic of slken petticoats is to be heard
In the halls. The Commercial club went
the way Of all flesh long ago, but the de-
lection of the Minnesota is a sad blow.
Especially Is 1t so to the fellows who
have made an evening eat the club"
cover a multitude of outings not in the
orders of the day; now they can take
their wives. We predict the result will
be the formation of club as Is club.
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A Yale professor made a sensation the
other day by declaring that 80 per cent
of all marriages here were unhappy.
Whereupon the few people In the coun-
try who are not divorced said 1t was an
awful statement and not true But a New
York man said in print that there was
only one trouble with the professors fig
ures. They were. too low, and that by
actual computation 1895 per cent of mar
riages We're unhappy Reggie.