The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
Men, Women and Things

Will admit that "a little widow 10 -
dangerous thing" He is a business
man IN good staEding with a charming,
FAMILY, and a father who is getting
old and is possessed of means Nov
the father and son are always nIayins
jokes on each other in the most friend
~ way, and while the son often leases
the father about marrying again flor
MS wife has been dead many years).
the last thing he would like to see him
do would be to put some other woman
In his mothers place. Not wholly for
sentimental reasons, either, for the old
gentleman has many dollars to leave.
ana 1t would not be pleasan to have
tnem go out of the family Recently
the son was sittinfg in his private of,
nee When there came a gentle tap on
the door, and in came the most deno1Ire
ana refined looking little woman She
sat down at his earnest solicitation
ana talked about the weather how,
D@u me streets were. and other things.
WnlIe the man wondered when she vas
going to get to her business Pnt
presently after informing him she was
WIDOW with two children If came
out; 1t was books to sell. and from
the mysterious depths of her skirt sba
brought forth prospectus and a cata-
logue, all the time continuing her Dur-
ring conversation. AS she talked The
man bethought himself what a Joke
IL would be to send her to his father
and as she showed no disposition Tn
go he became bored and wondered
Whether he would have to buy the
DOCKS to ge rid of her In the words
or scripture, he said to hinlNalf; Vet
because this widow is troublesome tn
me- VIII aVenge her, lest continually
coming she at last weary me" He
gave her his fathers office address.
ana told her that he thought in him
she would find a customer. A weeI,
passed fat
the matter, but his son noticed that
ne was distracted and not quite him
SELF, and one day to his horror he saw
MIN helping the little widow on car.
80 now the joke is quite likely to turn
out the wrong way, as the old gentle
man is very attentive to the taking lit
tie widow and his son and the family
are much distressed for fear he NAV
De lnvelgled into matrimony So much
for the joke.
The lrrepressibIe Woman.
Women are coming into prominence
everywhere. A society for the suppress
| sion OF teminity is quite likely to be
ORGANIZED by disgruntled masculfnes
before long. And small wonder. II
Is all very well for women to Shrek
FOR their rights and get them when
they can, but when It comes to tbe
taxing away from noble man anv of
ms rights and prerogatives that is n
horse of another shade. The lone
woman of the Utah legislature-for
there Is one sister in that glorious
body-haS introduced a bill making if
penalty for candidates to buv ice
cream, lemonade, beer, cigars or a
nights lodging for voters. She would
nave all men doing these heinous
Things pay fine all the way from $40
10 500 or be subject to imprisonment
for not more than thirty years. Hard
measure to be, and SubVersive of the
rights or citizens, still it is a move in
the right direction, and shows the val
lie or women as legislators III she had
made 1t little more drastic and lock-
ed up all politicians for thirty years.
she would have been hailed as fem
mime IiberatOr.
Handkerchief Supply Cut Off.
Up to a short time ago all the fairs
IN the country have, like OthellO, been
calling for handkerchief, only the
one wanted has been a dainty one
from Mrs. Roosevelt But since the
recent contretemps at a Southern fes-
uVal when the quality Of the kerchief
was not what the fair danes thought it
should be there has been a perceptible
GOODNESS in the manner of Mrs ROose-
welt toward those who desired q SON.
Venir from her. The handkerchief sent
to Texas and which caused the cOmmO-
ton, was said to be of the quality
which can be purchased two for a
quarter, or what is known in the var
nacular as "twOferS." Now it seems
that the old settlers organization Of
Minnesota women have solicited a
handkerchief to sell at their forth
coming fair and been cOldly turned
down by Miss Hagner, who is social
secretary to the first lady in the land.
The feminine old settlers were at first
0lSnOCp6 N
much hurt, but when they realized that
1t was to save any repetition Of the
unpleasant scenes enacted i'm the South
they concluded to reconsider. SO the
dear old ladies will have to get along
with their own handkerchiefs.
Never Gets Left.
The leaving behind of George Gould
in his private car with a party Of
friends, the other day in Florida, when
he wished to be taken North on the
limited train brings to mind a similar
experience of Mr.. and Mrs. Wander
dit few weeks ago. Instead of tele..
graphing for the train to return which
might occur to even the humblest
citizen, George Gould showed the
stuff of which he was made by charter
ing a special train at the cost OF
$1,000 and starting in after the other.
When We learn that he had a dinner
engagement in New York, and remem-
Der how seldom a millionaire gets a
real good dinner, it can easily be un-
derStOod that he was not going to let
a little thing like a railroad time ia
bic stand in his way. He simply had
all the trains that might get in his way
Sidetracked, and gave the South an ex-
ample of New York speed. He caughr
the train and it is suppOsable that he
ate the dinner, 50 one incident that
might have caused an upheaval in New
York society is closed.
The Glory of St. Paul.
Just as DR.. Ames has returned to
Minneapolis and some unpleasant
chapters must be reopened, and st.
Paul, by way of contrast, desires to
show a picture of true municipal har-
mOny, it is hard to have DR.. Ohage and
Mr.. Rundlett fall out. But such is the
case; at first these two gentlemen
Slared at each other then they reach
ed the AlphOne and CASTOR stage and
became extraordinarily polite, but now
the matter is becoming serious, and it
is all about garbage. DR. Ohage says
he viii continue to collect the garbage;
Mr.. Rundlett says the garbage is his
by right of the charter, and by gar
bage! he Will have It. The two men
met in the mayors Office and things
were becoming q little mixed when his
honor interposed his voice and did
something. Perhaps he divided tho
garbage between them, but whatever
he did seemed to bring a lull in the
storm. In the meantime the garbage
isn't getting itself collected at all and
the vacant lots continue to look very
melancholy. Here's hoping that the
matter can be fixed up soon, as the