The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-24

cehtly from Racine, Wis, which sborvu
the base lngrat1tude Of a man and .
newly married-and therefore verT
nappy-man at that. A Mr.. BAILEY ~
that town, who desired to marry. made
up his mind that the New Yor1r no.
ner of obtaining a wife. by nuttino- :.
personal in the Herald, with "Ohiect
Matrlmony," at the end, was vulgar
and very bad form, entered into an
agreement with a friend and neighbor
10 introduce him to wealthy widow.
IN caslng about to find party suitable
~. MT. Bailey Mr.. Manner, the afore-
SAID nelghbor, bethought himself of
MIS-. Peck, who boarded in his own
mousse, ana who was eligible from a
financial standpoint So the obIioinp
friend entered into an agreement yyif6
the ould-be-Benedict to introduce
MIN to the widow and allow him to use
the pest parlor in the Manner house FOR
the purpose of arranging the matri-
monlal preliminaries For his services
MI: Manner was to receive the sum of
9I,ooO. Now comes the strange mart IF
the tale; that Mr. Bailey and the wild
oW were duly married per schedule.
yet the groom refuses to pay the mon
g TS 10 the middle-man, Mr.. Manner.
When interviewed Mr.. Bailey only
smiled and said nothing. leaving II 70
pc surm1sed by a curious world that he
does not regard the widow as worth
thousand dollars, or that Manner has
tailed In some way to carry out his
contract. Lawyers and matrimonial
agencies are watching the case with
interest.
Questioning NobIemen.
The government agents in New York
whose business 1t is to interrogate for
eigners arriving at this port, have
come to the conclusion that some of
ocyIy@ Il -
come to see the sights of the country
ana particularly the sights to be ssen
at NeWport-Should no longer he Iu
mlllated by being asked such questions
DIS nave you contagious disease CON
ceaied about your" or Have YOU been
IN jan, IL SO, how often?" The latter
question IS considered particularly Of
Iens1Ve, as the mere thought that
man with title should ever have hean
imprisoned, is ridiculous And VET
some unfeeling newspaper person has
just compiled a list of nobIenen who
are DONG time in various prisons ON
the continent, and has discovered that
of such there are 1900 in Russia 400
IN Italy, 985 in France and $50 in Rel
GUM. So it would seem that it wo,1Id
De just as well to omit the obiectiona
Die questions more to save the titled
foreigners some embarrassment. than
because of it's Appropriateness.
Women at Saratoga.
At Saratoga this year they have be-
come SO continental in their ways, that
women go to clubhouses and sit where
they can watch the men gamble. A
man remarked the other day that he
would not be at all astonished if next
year the women gambled too. A. III.
Hummel, he Of the many divorce suits.
VINO stood near, was somewhat shocked
at the statement, and replied that he
did not believe the day would ever
come when American women would
gamble in public. Mr.. HumnneI II ex-
actly right; no American woman would
do such a thing. Refined women will
continue to gamble in private. as
heretofore.
1t is said that Bishop Potter hasten
ed home to endeavor to adjust the coal
strike. His wife-to-be-who might be
spoken of as his fancee-has only
S23, 100000, and he is naturally interest
ed in the price of coal for the coming
year.
Some st. Paul men out on Randolph
street have at last been reused to the
necessity Of making money. Nab.