The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
People and Things

The aftermath of the visit Of Prince
Henry to this country is quite anus
ing. All those who met him are now eX-
planning to their less fortunate neighbors
that he wasn't much, while the per
sons who did not meet him are rising TO
state that they never did care much for
princes. We are intensely democratic in
this country until a title appears over the
horizon, then-well, let it gO-its a pain
full subject. The prince is gone and the
echoes Of 'hoch der kaiser are fading
away But for every cup Of tea that
Henry drank on these hospitable Shores
the poor man will have to return dinners
and Wine, for the latest news is that all
those distinguished persons in New York
and other places who entertained HIM are
going over this summer in their yachts to
return his visit We wonder whether
Henry and his imperial brother expected
quite such quick action on return visits.
However, there were some PHILADELPHIA
folk among his hosts and if they bear
out their reputation the prince may al
ways have something coming in the mat
ter of visits.
Speaking of Henry reminds one Of Mrs
Astor and that unfortunate interview in
which it is claimed she made the dis
tressing remark that no man without a
college education could be a gentleman
Some of the ''uneect infants" remarked
spitefully that Mrs. Aston was piqued be-
cause she did not entertain the prince.
Why should she? quOth Mrs. AstOr. Why
shouldn't She? was what she meant say
the spiteful ones. Mrs. Astor was a Will
ing, of Philadelphia, and one mean woman
said she thought she must be. But the
prince! Oh, the prince had a lovely time !;
it was the first chance he ever had to
get from under the shadow Of his
brothers wing and see great city by
gaslight He was not once heard to say
he was hOmesick. The remarks that have
been made about his intimacy with cur
governor are only rarity true. An Ameri-
can in Berlin has written home that one
Of the first things that Henry told
brother when he returned was that he
had been slapped on the back by the
governor Of Minnesota.
The bracng qualities Of Minnesota air
are well known but seldom has its ef-
feet been 50 immediate as in the case Of
a songstress who came out Of the East z
few days ago for the purpose OF showing
US the real thing in sopranos. She came
in the morning, the air began to get in Its
work by noon, and by night although she
was anxious TO please and ready to sing
her manager stated that the rarehed at
mosphere has affected her throat, and he
thought it best not to risk it, Singers are
always having trouble with their threats
and it Is Escessary for them to re verY
careful.
It has come with genuine shock 70
many persons to find that Cecil Rhodes
could die like other people. It was sup
Hcsed in some quarters that he lived a
charmed life, and would be given time to
carry out his immense schemes for the
federation of South Africa into British
states. Rhodes was an imperialist of the
imperialists he believed in the divine
right of England to conquer weaker ma
tions, and he died with the vision before
his eyes of a handful of stout hearted
burghers resisting that right and retarding
his plans Perhaps he died of that vision.
Many have attempted to eulogize Rhodes,
and undoubtedly he had his softer side,
and possibly many a heart has been
warmed by his kindness and generosity.
butt never got into the papers: how
ever, we all know that Unheraldej charity
is the best. The most pathetic eulogy
was that Of his friend Lord Grey who
took the apologize tone lie meant
well; he was not as black as he was
painted but he made one unfortunate
remark. Rhodes large financial interests
in Africa he said, gave him a moral
right to bring on revolutions. Lord Grey
Will be given a back seat if he persists in
disclosing the British policy. The true
reason Of Rhodes real failure in the
midst of apparent success was that he
was woman-hater No man can be
really great if he scorns the sex that gave
him his start in life.
The tendency Of club work for women
is too much toward the separation Of the
sexes. Club women go to wonen's meet
ings, listen to women talk, take women 8
advice and generally live by women I'M
til they become narrow and see the world
too much from a wOmans standpoint
The same fault may be found with a man
among men. A woman should once In