The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28


With this element Conger seems to be
In sympathy. He fails, therefore, to rep
resent the, sentiment of the American
people regarding eur duty toward China.
To charge him with the negotiation of
policy with which he Is not in accord
would be an injustice to him as well as
to the people Of China
Let him be nominated for the honor
able position of governor of Iowa
HOW ARE YOU-HOW DO YOU DO.
"Wie beflnden sic sich?-How do you
find yourself?" says the good natured
| German to his Teutonic friend as they
meet ON the street and instinctively turn
| In the direction of some comfortable
place where they can discuss ''zwei bier"
| CONNIE vous porter vous ?-How do you
carry yourseIf?" asks the Frenchman
with that suavity so characteristic OF his
nation. How do you do?-how are you:''
| calculate the Americans as they hurry
| to their Offices or meet at lunch.
The different forms of greeting are an
index of the deImnant features of the
| three peoples. The German always has
! time to tell how he ends himself and
! how he finds his neighbors, also He
usually finds himself "goot" which
| almost goes without saying The same is
true as to the manner III which the polite
Frenchman carries himself.
| These friaOdIx, o+;ooc I,ox,o n doo~1ax
meaning than mere salute. they refer
/ to the personal attitude of the individual
| toward life and society in general.
How do you do" and ''how are you
no doubt, hadS their origin In desire on
the part of the queStioner to know some
thing of the designs of the questioned as
| to what he was doing, how he was to 90
1t; also his general state of health, as
i the doing undoubtedly depends upon the
state of health of the door. If this be
i true, the original scheme has been lost
in the evolution of CUSTOM induced by
the everlasting hurry of the man in quest
! of the dollar.
But there has arisen under the constant
Ai7t FouS 5lIdlIl 10 WHICH the American
men subject themselves, a curiosity to
know how others stand the pressure of
this strenuous life" So, when friend
! greets another with ''How are your" or
= How do you feeI?" it is not mere salu-
tation, but an expression of real solicit
! tude for the well-beirg of the man adj
/ dressed. TO stop On the street and ex-
plain conditions. would not do-there Is
+ no time for that and less time is there
into go to the nearest bar and while sip
/ ping "a cocktail discuss the natter What
| is to be done then, to furnish the in,
{ formation courteous. and waste no time?
The plan is comparatively simple; it is
ii@thfss:9f -
1rsf1aet7 the normal state Of being be, repre-
seftted by 100; this includes physical, moral
and mental financial barred for Obvious
reasons) conditions Any departure from
the normal would then be represented by
! figures either above OF below 100 To H.
lustrate: Smith meets Brown in the
morning and says "Good morning, Brown.
I to have been out the night before, filing
! an important engagement with man
| from Chicago, he may have beer sit
ting up with sick friend AS result MS
| head feels little off color and his ston,-
eaach. has been in a rebellious stataAhe
don't feel good at all. Not sick, @, no.
| but trifie depressed in spirits and weak
in the flesh. In short, taking gold as
a standard he feels like Mexican silver
dollar, or perhaps he would rate hf1nsef
! at 30 cents. In which case he would an
+ swer 80 or 80 as the case may, sbe, AT
once, without any consumption Of valu-
! able time, Smith has the exact gauge of
| Browns feelings and with s'brace up,
I old boy, he moves on. AT the next cor
/ ner meets his good friend Jones, whom
! he greets with well, Jonesy,i how are
20 tits morning.? Now. Jones neve.- go T..
/ out to see man. Being married he stays,
| at home, except when he goes out w til
! his wife, a most charming woman The
| evening before they had been to the opera
/ and finished tn e ening with osy y cn
| lunch AS he started down town his .a.se.
| had told him how handsome ne locked
/ in his new spring suit. Jones was tread
ing on air and thinking what lucky cuss
he was when heswas brought to earth
! again by Smiths greeting, to whom he
I at once r plies Fine, fine, 49,. and Smith
knows the whole story We submit that
there is nothing more simple than this or
more accurateF Ninety, 3d., % is not bad.
| 110 is very good and 125 is pretty well up.
But $50 is near the danger point-tfere is
Halle to be asIserious fall-it can't last
| long. On the ether hand 70 is poor-60 is
bad and at 5asa doctor ought to be con-
suited.
This planssds respectfully recommended
to the public as being exact, brief and
comprehensive.
4 DEVOTED CLUB WOMEN
The conference held recently in lis city
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