The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31
People and Things

There Is much pathos about the case
OF the Norwegian artist of st. Paul
whose unfeeling and unappreciative
wife had him arresten for non-sup-
port. When woman marries an art
list she should not expect him to do
vulgar, common work for her support
and the support of his children she
ought to understand that the mind of
an artist is above the sordid things of
life. His soul is consumed with love of
the beautiful as represented by pic
turesque scenes in his native land, and
he should not be expected to love q
country which values meat and po-
tatoes above art, and where there is
prejudice against husbands being
supported by their wives. This artist
has truly grievance; instead of be-
ing pleased at the opportunity of wash
Ing In order to allow her artist hus-
band to dream his beautiful dreams
this sordid creature has him arrested
and asks him to leave her. But the
husband knows a thing or two and
refuses to leave her; in his mind it
would be 1nartiStic, and he is willing
to put up with all the Inconvenience
OF a scanty fare in order to preserve
his ideals. He doubtless thinks-and
rightly So-that no woman should
marry until she is able to support a
husband.
One of the strange things Of the past
week was the reported desire Of an
Algerian nobleman to find a wife in
chicago. 1t seems that the fame Of Chi
Cages lair women has crossed several
continents. and reached the ears of Ell
Hassar Ben Ali, who, though he sounds
like mythical person out of one of
MI. Archibald Clavering Gunter's
thrilling tales, is undoubtedly a real
hxy fha
letter he writes to the chief of police Of
chicago. Why the chief, it is difficult
to Imagine. Now if he had indited his
ep1stle to the mayor or to Mr.. Hobart
-Chatfield-Taylor, he might
have secured a bride of fine Chicag 90
lineage and the matter would never
nave reached the public prints. But
When the chief or police receives a
letter he seems to think it belongs to
the public, so the police reporter gets
II. The incredible part Of the demand
OF Ben All was sentence of his letter
readlng: The woman I take as wife
need not be wealthy for I have more
than enough money" He also says he
mas arrived at the mature age of
twenty, and the desired wife must be
beautiful. Ben ought not to have any
| dlHeulty in city full of poor, proud
peroxide maidens.
There is a judge in Rochester. New
York, who knows a thing or two. He
says that because a wife is eXtraya-
CANT and forgets her husbands name.
is no reason for the husband in uues-
ton to obtain a divorce and accord
1ngly he denied one to a Mr.. Weaver.
whose wife was in the habit of sign
ing MS name to notes. If man won't
give his wife enough money to live
upon, he must not be surprised if she
signs his name to things that will raise
the required wind. For she Justly ar
CUES that what's his is hers and
what's hers is her own and if a won
an cannot sign her husbands name
whose name can she sign, pray tell?
The aforesaid Mr.. Weaver only allowed
his wife fifteen hundred a year for min
money,whiCh is ridiculous when YOU
come to think of it, and so she was
simply obliged to have more What
more natural than that she should get
1t out of her husband. He had promised
to stand by her, "for better or worse"
and forging notes, coming Iegitimately
under the head of worse, he should
have remembered his pledge and stuck.
Inc judge saw the point and Mr.
weaver was not relieved of his other
half She may joyfully continue to utter
notes, but could not utter anything
more forceful than her husbands opin-
ION of the judge when he heard of the
verdict.
A ST. Paul citizen who recentlv
moved into an apartment house where
there are many flats all looking alike,
and without any numbers on the out