The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-10
Men, Women
and Things

A marriage recently announced in
San Francisco has been the occasion or
many fiaring headlines and much sur
prised comment. When the facts are
stated it is difficult to see where cause
for criticism comes in. The marriage
was that of Miss Beryl Whitney,
daughter of a Western millionaire, ana
Thomas H. Graydon, Harvard's famous
football player. Now some hysterieal
paragraphs have appeared which give
| the impression that Miss Whitney had
condescended in marrying the famous
tackle, halfback or shortstop, as the
case may be, whereas it would look to
| the unprecedented observer as though
Miss Whitney was very fortunate
young woman in being the object OF
| the affections of so famous character.
| The bride has five millions; the groom
his prowess and reputation, which
surely makes it an equal thing. NOW,
! if Miss Whitney had married duke
who was willing to go to the highest
bidder, the headlines would have been
| just as large, only not so black, and we
should have heard great deal of talk
about the distinguished groom, his
great position, and much more of the
same. But it seems that Miss Whitney
| has chosen wisely in marrying an
| American equally, if not more, distin-
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possible to love. If Miss Whitney was
! looking for honors and preferment 1T
does not seem as though she could
have done better.
Mr.. Bob FitZsimmonS, of pugilistic
| fame, fears that perhaps some unkind
| persons may criticise him for marrying
so soon again after the death of his
wife. In this Bob is mistaken. His
career seems singularly free from ir-
Irregularities, and the fact that he wait
ed until the death of his wife to marry
| again does him great honor 1t seems
that Bob went to the theater one night
in Chicago to see when Johnny Comes
Marching Home" and there he saw
| maiden who Smote his heart and he
vowed if she was free he would make
her his wife, and If she was not free
| she could still be his by legal processes,
which take more or less time. So the
famous pugilist wooed the fair maiden
and the marriage will take place before
long, and it was in making this an
nouncement he remarked that he hoped
he would not be criticised. There is
nothing in this to arouse the most cap
tious and the famous Bob need not
worry.
Some seeress or weather prophet out
of job is predicting that before very
long Butte, Mont, will be no more.
All the glory that was Butte is to bS
wiped off the earth by some invisible
force and the picturesque city that is
supposed to resemble a place not pleas
ant to think of, will be gone. This is
bad enough for those unfortunates who
| inhabit the metropolis of Butte, but for
the rest of the country it will be also a
deprivation, as it has always been pos
sible to point to Butte as horrible
example. One would shudder at the
mention Of Butte, even if one had never
been there, because it was supposedly
place where wickedness stalked about
the Streets with but little covering and
something in the way of murder was
continuous performance. But where
is Mary McLane? Nothing has been
heard of that pleasing young woman
for some time, but it is to be noted that
Butte was not threatened with destruc-
ton before Mary doomed upon the hori-
zon. She may not be in any way TO
blame, but readers Of her precious
journal would not be surprised If 1t
provoked the gods.
For many years persons have been
wondering what is the matter with the
sultan of Turkey, and some bright mind
has discovered it at last, and in one OF
the current magazines says his trouble
| is IAN unregulated abandonment to the
instinct of self preservation" Now that
the diagnosis has been made and the
result published, it Is feared that in
stead of prejudicing the world still
more against the sick man it will
arouse some sympathy for him, as to
many it will seem that if ever a man
had reason to fear an untimely taking
off it is the ruler of the Turks. The
symptoms of his trouble manifest
themselves in great desire to read the
lives of criminals which interest him
wonderfully, and when they are read to
him late at night keep him awake I'M
| til he comes to the punishment of the
criminals and then he falls into a gen.
tie sleep. The only thing that soothes
the nerves of the sultan is the she'd
ding of blood-Of some other persons
blood-it should be added. 1t is only
necessary to read this article to find
out what an amiable and charming
gentleman is the Turkish sultan.
A university said to be founded on
Ruskinism Is to be established some
where in Illinois, the ayowed purpose
of which is to train UP wives in the
way they should go so that in the full
ness of time, away they shall not CO.
It is not the purpose of this university
to take the raw feminine material
and make it over into new women with
intellects abnormally developed. In this
is the danger of woman knowing
more than her husband, an unpardon-
able offenSe and one that cries to heav-
en- for vengeance On the contrary the
idea is more a barking back to the old
domestic woman who knows about
household matters and children. and
| sits with open mouth while her hus-
band holds forth about matters of
which the new woman knows more
than the average man. A man likes
to tell his wife things. That is where
| the 'ootsey tootsey kind of woman has
the advantage. for she doesn't know
anything and her husband is glad of
it. 1t is pleasant to enlighten the ig-
norant. In this particular university
woman is to be taught psychology and
how to understand men. 1t is thought
the latter instruction may prevent di-
yerce 1t may also lessen the number
Of marriages.
Now that the jail is finished it is
such an imposing looking building
that it resembles one of those beauti-
full villas to be found upon the shores
of Lake Como-in Italy. One can i'm
agine it to be no hardship to have to
reside in that Jail for period of thirty