The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

The announcement that Rose Cogh-
Ian, the actress, will become citizen
of this country is interesting. 1t is
somewhat of a surprise, as it was sup
posed by the uninitiated that Miss
Coghlan had been a citizen Of this re-
public more years than it would be
polite to mention. She certainly has
had all the privileges of citizenship in
the matter Of husbands and the COM
forts of home, but now she comes out
with the statement that she intends
to have something done in the courts
which will make it possible for her to
become citizen and take up" a cat
tie ranch. If she indeed intends to take
up ranch she is entitled to much
credit for originality as well as enter
prise, for ranches were always sup
posed to be securely fastened down,
and her procedure will be watched
with interest. There IS, of course, the
possibility of a typographical error in
the report, and it may be a cattle
rancher that Miss Coghlan intends to
take up instead of a cattle ranch. The
wording of part Of the report makes
one suspect heartlessness on the part
OF Miss Coghlan. which will surprise
her best friends, as it is said that she
has fully determined to renounce her
allegiance to King Edward. Just now,
when the poor king is far from strong
quite the proper thing, and it is hoped
that she may be turned from her pur-
pose until the coronation is safely
over at all events.
Shorts and Longs.
Another distressing piece of .news
brought in by wire from that center of
things, Chicago, is that shorts" have
been doing the baby act. Now we do
not know just what shorts are, or why
they should not do the baby act if they
felt like it, or indeed why they should
do it, but it is clear from the name
that shorts have not been here long.
and in that case would not know much
about things in general, and that there
was iniquity in the doing of the in
fant1le act above referred to. When
shorts have been longer in Chicago and
learned what's what from a Chicago
point Of view, they will have had their
wits sufficiently sharpened never to
play the baby act again. 1t is certainly
something worthy of praise to be able
TO live in Chicago and preserve the
! first blush of innocence, so that shorts
should be commended for purity of
/ mind rather than be unfeelingly crit
icised.
Markham on Labor's Dignity.
Edwin Markham has been writing
about the dignity of labor in a recent
number of Success, in which he par
ticularly commends the work Of the
late Col. Waring in New York He says
that Waring found the street cleaners
doing their work lin a careless, carnal,
Joyless fashion, with no mind in their
/ muscle, no heart in their handiwork.
and with no real idea of their high
mission" So he put white suits on
them, cheered with a descriptive talk
| of what a noble thing it is to keep the
streets in good condition for the
Rockefeller and Vanderbilt horses, and
thereafter they worked as gods, not
as Stolid hirelingS." 1t is real shock
to many to find that a man who is
privileged to keep the streets free of
impurities should ever have done this
work in carnal and joyless manner,
with his mind and heart somewhere
else. Right here in st. Paul we have
gods in white suits who would delight
the soul of Mr.. Markham; they are so
wrapt UP in the joy of their work and
so appreeiative of it's dignity that they
frequently sit down under tree and
contemplate it's grandeur for some
minutes, and then resume with an add
ed sense of their own Importance.
Lew WaIIace's Troubles.
Gen. Lew Wallace has lately had an
experience which makes the discern
ing believe he is in search of material
for another book. He has been thrown
from his automobile and had the skin
taken from his nose. Time was when
the doings of literary folk did not at
tract any particular attention, but now
When 1t is only the strenuous who can
hope for recognition, everything they
do is suspected to be by way of OBJ
tanning a realistic point of view for
future work. The chariot race in Ben
Hur' was pale imitation of an eXcit-