The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-14
Men, Women
!. and Things

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Some enthusiastic Englishman who
has evidently been visiting in the
Ifstates" and has been well treated has
come to the defense of the American
boy in an English periodical When
you finish reading that screed you are
more or less sure that the American
boy is a little angel, and the most
Slandered and maligned and martyr
lied object of the universe. Most Of all
he commends the earnestness of the
American boy, which, in cases of
sport, as baseball or football, he
thinks is most marked. We think so
too This appreciation Of the boy also
thinks there are times when he shows
the profound skill of Moltke and the
dashing energy of a Skobeloff." In this
we can also concur, especially when he
is planning new college yell. I'm
honorable conduct" continues the eulo-
gist, in his hatred of meanness, in
all the ethics of manliness, the Amer
lean boy needs no praise Of mine" In
this the writer is mistaken, for the
American boy needs it very badly in
deed, as it is doubtful whether he ever
had such beautiful things said of him
before. Whether it is good for him
remains to be seen.
A magazine that is published to ex-
plot different kinds of pure food, has
made the interesting and, to it. i'm
portant discovery that temper and dis
position are entirely dependent upon
diet. 1t is not what you are, or what
you do, but what you eat, that makes
you agreeable or cross, as the SAGE may
be. If there is a grumpy old scold in
the family, says the magazine, find out
what he or she eats and change the
diet. Prunes are particularly recon-
mended, it goes on, for cultivating a
pleasant and smiling disposition. From
%htis kind of advice it is, of course, only
step to recommending a particular
food which contains prunes and which,
above all others, is full of health-giv-
ing qualities. If man is disagree
able and hard to get along with, give
him diet Of breakfast food, espe-
cially prepared for soothing purposes.
This remarkable idea, if carried to it's
ultimate conclusion, will do away with
any necessity of churches and moral
codes. AS we eat so shall we be
saved.
Two tendencies in literature which
are wholly modern are exceedingly
and something should be done
by the publishers who, in a manner,
control the output of books. These
are retrospective rawlings of disap-
pointed maidenS or unsuccessful young
men, and love letters which were in
tended for but one pair Of eyes. The
"Englishwoman's Love Letters" set the
pace and since that we have been del
uged with cheap limitations, running
the gamut Of illiterate love and which
are chiefly valuable in giving a chance
to comic supplements for much good
copy The introspective books when
boiled down are merely the record Of
treachery of some bad young man,
when written by a woman, and when
a man breaks forth into lamentations
about his soul and his blighted life it
does nothing but add to the gayety
of nations. If this sort of thing should
be encouraged it would result in max
ing every man and woman with a
grievance into writer's Of books, and
make the reading public forswear lit
erature entirely.
Mr.. Edward w. Box, who has been
giving the best Of himself to the public
through the medium of the Ladies'
Home Journal, in which he dispenses
valuable advice to young men, which
will guide them to the safe haven of
Bokdom, if taken after being we'll
shaken. has built a new house. Among
the many things which Mr.. Box knows,
he has a most remarkable knowledge
of how to construct house which will
contain all the comforts of home, and
which will cost only about $875.62k.
So wisely is the house put up, and so
we'll distributed the space, that if di-
rections are followed, there will be nine
rooms and a Box den, in which the
owner can read the Home Journal in
peace and comfort, while the rest of
the family disport themselves in other
parts of the residence In the current
number Of this valuable Journal Mr..
Box tells just how he built his home,
and that when it was finished it did
not cost 1 cent above the contract
price. and there was not one single
II extra : ia without which no other
house was ever constructed. This, of
course, could only be done by a per-
son with Box mind and a Box train
ing, SO no mere imitator need try to
emulate this feat in house building.
A st. Paul woman tried a scheme re-
Gently that she saw advertised in the
columns devoted to patent medicines,
with results rather different than she
anticipated. Her husband was in the
habit of taking a drink or two a day,
and, while he never was affected by
liquor, his wife came to the concIu-
sion that if the habit grew upon him
he might end as many man who has
looked upon the wine when it was
red. This devoted wife read of an
other woman who had put something
in her husbands morning cup of cof-
fee which completely destroyed his de-
sire for drink, and she was willing to
communicate the precious secret Of
curing ones husband of the drink
habit for the small sum of a quarter.
So the st. Paul woman sent for the
secret and received a small package of
white powder which she carefully
poured surreptitiously into her hus-
bands coffee the next morning In the
meantime her astute husband had dis