The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-19
philosophical girls, who look at it all

from the outside half wonderingly,
half critically, but on the whole rather
leniently, the dignifed school ma ans
who have left their dignity mostly up
on the hill in the halls of learning,
and have come down to enjoy the sport
with a genuine zest for the good
things of life: the men who feel the
responsibilities of life as prosperous
American citizens, too keenly to ever
be really joyful; the men who are
wholesomelv amused by it all; the
small boy who is positively beati6c
with a whole week of shows and fun
ahead of him. Here they all are, NOV
ing up and down on the face of The
earth.
Jimmie, did you see the monkey"
(which one2'' THAT one. And
what do you think? That monkey s
got forty-fve dollars worth of filling
in his teeth. 1t just sat up in the dem
fist chair Monday and had its. teeth
filled like a anlized Christian. "
"Come off, what you givin' us?' "Fm
givin' you the facts. - "Golly, but it's
a dandy" SIT is, my boy, it is
The thermometer keeps the ideals
high and lives up to them.
She was very swell indeed and she
said "Well, we'll, the Americans are
really becoming quite French, aren't
they? 1 never imagined I'd live to see
this staid town just turn itself out
like this, like lot of children for all
the world. 1t looks good. 1 like to
see it. And it seems sensible too when
you think it over. Why shouldn't
grown ups forget the awful fact once
in awhile, especially this kind of
weather, when you can't do anything
but forget all you ever knew
With the throwing of confetti the
spirit of the carnival caught every
body.
They still carried with them the
weight of their possessions in spite of
the surrounding light heartedness.
One said my husband has just bought
for me a new Brussels carpet. 1t is
elegant, the BRUSHES are half an inch
high" The other said "Mercy, never
saw such carpet. Then the first
one, sob my, yes, it is quite true.
Be sure to come over soon to see it. -
Some folks still find it difficult to
get rid of their dignity. 1t does stick
this weather like all other wearing ap-
parel.
"Tsn't the town beaut iful in the pur-
pie and white22'' "What is the sig
ni6cance of the colors2" There was
whole group of them and they dis
cussed the matter. so they are just
a pretty combination. They have no
special meaning 81 think there is
a purpose in them" Each one in
turn interpreted as she read the colors.
''White means happiness, purple sor-
row. The two hold the whole of life. -
Purple signifies the majesty of death,
white the glow of the resurrection. !"
purple is royal white is humble. "
purple is strength, white is punity.
Punity without strength is mockery.
Strength without punity is ruin. To-
gether they can conquer the world. -
They were talking over the shows.
The Irishman said ''Be gobbs. But
there's something about that snake
eating diet that makes fellow kind
o. thoughtful and lonesome. Be gorra,
it stays with me. I'd like to do some
thing to get the taste out of my
- His friend looked sympa-
thetic and said: ''Let's go up to see
the flying lady. She's Endorsed by the
pulpit and press. She might do it, "
They went up and looked at her pic
ture. mo, I'll have to stand it. She
can t do it at all, that's all. -