The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-26
Men, Women
and Things

with the Sunday school All the dis
coveries of science and the latest in
Vent1onS, such as automobiles and fly
ing machines do net help the Sunday
school even a little. So apparent are
these facts. and SO deep the rut that
the Sunday school has fallen into. that
it has been a subject of discussion even
in Chicago, where, 1t was supposed,
Sunday schools were not regarded as
vital But. says some of the Sunday
school workers, something must be
done to bring that institution UP to
date and keep it abreast of the times.
The fact that there is no Scriptural
warrant for Sunday schools may worry
some persons very much, but 1T
cannot be denied that it has the stamp
Of age and approval in high places.
1t is asserted that the children recog-
nize the difference between the adj
vanced methods used in their week.
day school and the antiquated notions
taught in the Sunday school, and of
course this reflects upon the church,
which should lead to progress, not lag
behind. SO the Sunday school is to be
reformed. and the latest ideas in ethics
introduced.
One cannot but fear that we are go
ing to lose our only Dowie. He has
been challenged to a prayer duel, some
thing entirely new in religious stunts,
and the terms laid down by the chal-
lenger make it look exceedinly shaky
for the Zion leader. Mira Ghulam
Ahmad is the man who desires to en-
deavor to pray Dowie to a standstill,
and he says that they shall petition
the Almighty that of us two whoever is
the liar shall perish first" Every pa
tr1otic American who knows anything
of Dowie will not fail to put his money
on the Zionist. The latter has not yet
sent his acceptance. and it is supposed
that he wants time to settle UP his af
fairs.
In Parkersburg, w. va, there is a
young man who falls into a trance
every now and then, and is, to all ap-
pearanceS, dead, and is prepared for
burial by his Borrowing relatives. This
has happened to him seven times. and
he has only two more such experiences
TO give him as many lives as the pro-
verbal cat. Seven times already he
has awakened to find an undertaken in
his room. and once it occurred in the
dead of night and one undertaken went
permanently out Of the business. This
youth who dies SO frequently says,
when in the trance, he has beautiful
dreams. when he thinks he is in
heaven, but once or twice he dreamed
he was somewhere else, and when he
awakened even the presence of the
undertaken was comforting The Vir-
g1n1a youth might be the hero of. Ib-
sens last dramatic offering, when the
Dead Awaken
A very large women went out to
White Bear the other day, accompa-
MED by thin woman, and the two
hired a boat and started out to enjoy
tnmselVes. After a pleasant afternoon
they roWed toward shore, Just as a ST.
Paul man who had been fishing was
making for the same dock. The man
put down his oars and decided to let
the two women land first, and he sat
watching their operations. The fat
woman sat In the stern and the thin
woman Jumped out as they reached
the shore and was about to pull the
BOAT up, when suddenly the fat woman
stood up. There being no weight at
the other end, she turned a back SOM
ersau1t and sat down in the water,
which was not very deep. Her head
was above water. and she glared about
with an indignation too deep for words.
The man in the other boat managed to
keep his face straight, but he never
moved finger. The fat woman stared
at him.
why don't you do something's" she
asked him angrily.
Because, madame he answered
blandly. these is nothing for me to
do. If you get upon your feet you
can walk ashore" The woman rose
majestically, leaving a large dent in
the lake. and walked into the hotel
near by, making trail Of water be-
hind her. She told the proprietor Of
the, hotel that she never saw such a
rude man in her life as one she had
just encountered in boat.
Many persons are wondering what
novelty Newport will offer to the weary
TOUR hundred this summer to distract
thelr minds from the monotony Of their
IlVeS. For to spend money unceasing-
~, and yet never to get to the bottom
OF the barrel, must become tiresome.
AS the latest fad in New York seems
10 De performing animals, it is suppos-
ed that NeWporters may be amused by
something in this line One of the roof
gardens Is showing nightly a horse
that appears in dress suit and un-
dresses and goes to bed before the
audience. This is highly diverting, and
may give an idea to Harry Lehr. who
Is usually Viewpoints ringmaster. 1t is
rumored that the redoubtabIe Harry is
training a parrot which is going to
astonish the smart set later by its CON
Versat1on. With the trainer it has. the
parrot is not likely to talk over the
heads Of its audience.
One of the New York papers laughs
at the report industriously circulated
py Atlantic City hotels that the Ouch
esS or Marlborough had been ordered
there by her physicians. Ordinary
iolk have a physician, but titled ones
nave physicians. The paper in cues
tlon regards this rumor as "prepos-
ferrous" and almost sacrilegious for
such an ordinary place as Atlantic
City to take the name of MARLBOROUGH
In vain. Hotel keepers have the most
amazing affrontery thus to trifle with
the names of the great
Among the picnics of this week were
those of the grocers and the butchers
and 1t is surprising to learn that it
was the grocers instead of the butch
ers who went to Carver. The grocers
should have gone to Sugar Loaf and
the druggists to Medicine Hat.
The Dispatch states that the eight
een-months-old boy that was run over
the other day was residing with his
parents" One would suppose that he
would be stopping at the Ryan.
Mr.. Sucker. of Sioux City, is mourn
ing the departure of his bride and his
money. At times there seems to he
something in a name.
The homeliest man in the co1Intrv
has been arrested for eloping with .
Denver girl. She should have been
locked up instead on suspicion of in
sanity.
When the Servians shouted "J,ong
live the king" Peter said amen softly
to himself Mah
st. Paul. June 25, 1903.