The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-14
Stories of Here and There

One of the hotels at Minnetonka re-
Gently had a narrow escape from losing
one of its annual patrons, who came
from the far South each year to spend
the summer amid the delights of the
lake and it's environs.
The patron in question was a South
ern woman of the characteristic type.
Important, stout and large to de-
gree of corpulency, she was a conspic-
uous figure about the piazza and upon
the various drives about the lake. Her
size was what particularly distinguish
ed her from the myriads of pleasure
seekers which throng the resort. She
weighed about 200 pounds avoirdupois.
one day this individual called bell
boy to her and inquired:
How much are baths?"
Il don't know" responded the boy
submissively,' but I will find out" The
boy returned in few minutes, and re-
piled:
Seven cents pound, mann"
With an expression that terrified him
the woman swept by the boy and
walked rapidly to the Office where she
encountered the proprietor Without
stopping to make a preliminary re-
mark, the woman said:
Il wish you would make up my bill,
sir, Immediately"
May I inquire, madame" replied the
proprietor, what is the cause of your
sudden departure?"
81 do not choose to remain here to be
insulted," declared the woman in a
frigid tone.
''Will you please inform me who has
insulted you, madame" said the pro-
pr1etor, wishing to conciliate the pa
tron. The woman then told him what
the boy had replied when she asked
him how much was charged for baths.
With a gesture denoting extreme dis
satisfaction the woman turned from
the man, who Immediately called the
boy who had given such offense
Well explained the boy, when rep
rimanded by the proprietor, she asked
me how much bass were and l went to
the steward and asked him how much
they were, and he said Z cents a pound
and L then told her.
The woman, having overheard the
explanation, could not restrain a hearty
burst of merriment in which she was
Joined by the proprietor and all who
had listened to the conversation The
woman remained.
The management of the late carnival
are of the opinion that when the next
census is taken Eleventh street, be-
tween Cedar and Minnesota streets,
will be found to be the center of pc<
ulation as far as st. Paul is concerned.
In order to accommodate as far as
possible those along the line Of the
grounds, who were more or less incon-
venienced by the fencing up of the
streets, passes were distributed enti-
Ting the holders to pass through any
of the gates in coming to and from
their homes.
Eleventh street residents were the
most Inconvenience in this respect
and here the distribution of tickets
was the most liberal until finally the
association found that nearly one-half
OF the 500 or more passes given out
were to people claiming that street as
their residence.
The first week it was not so bad but
the second week the calls came by the
score until finally it came to be a
standing joke.
Whenever an individual showed up
at the pass window pools were made on
the street and number and the. betting
In consequence was lively. Two houses
In particular seemed to be the favorites
with those who demanded the coveted
piece OF paste board, and now Aid
Huber, In whose ward the street is, de-
clares that If there are any repeaters
he VIII know where to find them with
out any trouble.
ooliiC VI tie tHIllIulS sensations OF a
sea voyage were most vividly and aptly
described in conversation between
two cofored BARRIERS recently, overheard
III shop not many many blocks from
the Ramsey county court house.
You may think some of these storms
we have around here are pretty bad, -
said the one who had Travelled, ''but if
you ever saw storm at sea you'd for
get all about 'en. And it isn't the big
storms that bother you, either, for
when there is a real rip shorter you're
down behind some big wave all the
time and you can't see nothin'-and
there's nothin' to it. But when the
sea is pretty smooth, and you can see
one of those little ones coming UP
miles away, you think it's all over
without any funeral service or any
flowers.
And when you're way out on the
ocean and see the big sun come-well,
you think you're just about block and
a half from hell, that's ALL"