The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-25
Men, Women
and Things

There Is a magazine called Mind"
which is a very important periodical
to those interested in matters occult,
psychic and metaphysical. 1t is al
ways full Of very abstruse articles
pertaining to the unseen. He who runs
may read, but he will have to stand
still to understand and digest Mind"
The March number contains the first
of a series of papers about the letters
of the alphabet and the opening ar
ticle pertains to the possibilities and
Mr.. Bertram Sparhawk. F. S. S.. who
tells all about A, but leaves us in
ignorance about F. S. s., at the end
Of his name and We can only imagine
he is some kind of a Fellow. After
coming some of Mr.. SparhaWkS con-
illusions one is sure to feel that he
has been too careless and irreVerent
with the letter A. He says reasonably
that letters that compose words are
symbols of sound that express the
mind. So far Mr.. Sparhawk is not
particularly original. but when he tells
us that vowels are the most important
of all letters and 4 the queen bee"
of the novels, and that the quality or
potency of this letter establishes life,
energy, power, indicating the warlike
struggle, the breaking up of things.
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can only admire his erudition with
open mouth. Also when he tells US
further that the Correspondence col
or" of A is red and that fire. vio-
Ience, accident, anger and turbulence"
are few of its accessories, that it's
corresponding numeral is l, its point
Of the compass east we make up our
minds never to fool with the letter A
again. Further we learn that A is
positive and masculine as opposed to
E, which stands for the universal neg
atiVe, or feminine'-Adam and Eve,
for instance. OF course, Mr.. Sparhawk
knows what he's talking about and if
we were not convinced of that we
should be inclined to question his good
taste in calling women negative. Mr..
SparhaWk, who, by the way, must be
rather dangerous fellow himself con-
sidering there are two AS in his name,
continues his profound disquisition by
calling the attention Of his readers to
the predominance of A in such words
as martial, war, mandate. Now, Mr..
Sparhawk forgets man, ass, rampant,
rabid, rank, sappy and others which
show even greater strength and po-
tency. He calls attention to the name
of Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks.
and also to Franklin. Aaron Burr and
Jefferson Davis. How plain this makes
history! Take Aaron Burr. for in
stance, although we go a little lame in
this, as, If he had not shot Alexander
Hamilton, it is quite plain from the
number of AS in both names that Mr..
Hamilton would have killed Burr But
what about Theodore Roosevelt? OF
course, there are eXtenuating circum-
stances in the case of the President,
for it is quite plain that it is not his
fault that there are no AS in his name.
Every one should read Mind" and
particularly this article by Mr.. Spar
hawk, which makes up for any lucid
intervals the magazine may have had
at other times. Hereafter we will not
say ga little learning is a dangerous
thing" but "a little learning of A is
A dangerous thing"
Woman Needs Money.
One of the weekly papers makes a
plea for women to have more money of
their own to use as they will, and pro-
tests against their absolute dependence
on man for even street car fare. It's
all very we'll to be a new woman
with her head full of the most up-to-
date ideas, but a new woman with an
empty pocket is very sorely handicap
ped. To believe and say that a man
is nothing very much and then have to
ask one of the nothings for every cent
is neither edifying nor consistent and
something ought to be done about it.
There are generous men. of course,
who are likely to give their wives So
a month to do exactly as they please
with, not even expecting back the
change, but these are exceptions and
1T is of those who make it necessary
for a woman to sue for each dime, to
which the article in question refers.
The wise man is he who gives all his
money to his wife and begs her to
keep him supplied with car fare for
fat of the land. 1t is quite possible
because of the campaign of education
now being carried on by clubs and 9TH
er feminine organizations that the next
generation of women will be entirely
emancipated. Those now suffering
are enduring 1t for the cause.
Suppose the President Should Strike.
1t is we'll known that since we have
had a strenuous president in the White
house, with large family bent upon
social functions, and all the expense
doubling on account of much enter
tanning, that the amount set aside for
presidential expenses has proven mad
equate. Not long ago it was suggested
for the maintenance of the chief eX-
in opposition. Life in commenting
upon this matter, says, suppose, if the
larger sum Is not given, that the presi-
dent should go on strike! The posi-
bilities Of the picture thus colored up
are limitless and rather alarming. Per-