The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-19
Men, Women
and Things

HoIHe. Ii there Is one person more
than another who should laugh at a
mans jokes and encourage him in his
flights, it is his wife, and yet it is
usually his wife who gives him the
cold, hard stare when he scars and
looks merely panied when he jests. This
is the trouble with Fra Albertus.
His is a case of unappreciated genius
at the family fireside. In the current
issue Of the literary capsule which
he calls The Philistine, he gives vent
to his sympathy for geniuses who are
yoked to wives who think more of
beefsteak than Of brains. OF such is
Frau Albertus If one reads between
the lines. Her husband would further
1nsinuate that his commonplace wife
was Jealous of his fame and displeaSed
because so many maidens wished his
picture and his autograph. If Albertus
only knew it there is nothing in his
career which has been better evil
dence of his right to belong to the
elect than this inability to get along
with his spouse, as most all great
men have suffered from domestic diff
ficulties and found their warmest adj
mirers outside of the family circle.
Some persons are much disappointed
because President Roosevelt has not
taken definite action about the Rus
sian massacre Of the Jews, and sent
reproving message to the czar. Per-
haps it is just as well he did not.
When you pick up an American paper
and read that persons in Kentucky
are shooting each other on sight; that
mobs in the South and IllinoiS-Whiclf
is not in the South-are lynching men
and then burning them; that a woman
| somewhere in the middle states has a
poisoning record equal to the Bor-
giaS, it makes on incline to the belief
that it would be we'll for US to ex-
tract the beam from our own eye be-
fore attempting to remove the mote
from that of the Russians. There are
about as many persons murdered every
week in this country as there were
Jews killed in the massacre. Re
forms as well as charity should begin
at home.
Charles Dana Gibson, the artist, is
very much put out and he wants
everyone to know it. The reason of
his wrath and that of Life" for which
he draws, is that some theatrical man
ager has had the temerity to name
a forthcoming musical comedy, "The
Gibson Girl" It is surprising to learn
also that even after the manager had
been threatened with dire things by
Mr.. Gibson and been told what sac
| rilege it was to use that great name
without it's owners. permission, he
went on calmly and is bringing out his
play without change of name. Mr..
Gibson ought to have his name copy
righted in Washington and insist upon
all other Gibsons changing their
| patronymics. One would think he
would be satisfied in being the Gibson.
1t is pleasant to think of all the
| budding geniuses which are being
| turned out these days in lots Of
+ tvuontx1 hirtxr Of
| ment under their arms and their heads
bursting with knowledge. The world
is their oyster which they propose to
| open in the latest scientific manner.
| It is just as well that they should not
realize time is coming when they
| will. not know as much as they do at
| present, but the thought is an agree
| able one to their parents and friends
| In order to be exceedingly clever
one must also be excessively vague.
! The more words you use and the more
| involved your sentences. the more
| likely you are to be called brilliant.
and. the possessor of a remarkable in
| tellect. For this it is not so neces-
sary to have mind full of original
| ideas, as to have command Of a vast
vocabulary in which are many worthy
! but obsolete words. An apostle of the
vague has been lecturing to the four
| hundred in New York during the early
spring. He spoke perfect French and
would talk exquisitely about nothing
1 forNan hour and a half to smart fem
! mime audience beautifully gowned.
| Not one of the women would admit
| that she did not know what he was
| getting at, but each would rave about
! his fine accent and his deep thought.
/ The title Of the lecture was always
something euphonious, and the fact
/ hot h26 ton writ hot 1A
said was but one more evidence of
| his great brilliancy. If Monsieur had
| been comprehensive he could not have
held his audience an hour, and every
woman looked knowing when the affair
was over fearing that some other
woman should discover her inability to
| understand. All one must do to OBJ
| tain the reputation of cleverness is to
] talk about nothing with great serious
! ness.
| Some one Of our sweet girl gradu-
| ates with a taste for the literary and
a desire for money, could make a good
| hit by opening a shop where busy nov
! elistS may find names for their books.
| The only capital required for this lu-
crative trade would be a vivid i'm
! agination and a typewriter. The fact
is that literary folk of today are so
/ busy turning out stories of the vogue
| before the vogue changes, that they
have not time to name their efforts
suitably. One distracted story writer
recently stated that he had been
| through Shakespeare and the Bible.
but found nothing that appealed to
him. One advantage of this profess
| sion is that it would not be at all nee
| essary for the title finder to know
1 anything about the book before Of
fering a name. as it has entirely gone
l NP foe IN -
bear any relation to the title. That was
an old fashioned idea that went out
| when modern culture came in. AS a
labor saving scheme the value Of this
| plan is obvious.
The latest problem of that comic
| opera nation, Servia, is to decide
| whether the new king is to be called
Pete or Kragy.
| In the first proclamation issued to
| the Servians by Peter l. he said he
4 hoped for the protection of Providence.
| If he doesn't get it he's out of luck.
| Minneapolis street fair is that they
need to add so little to the ordinary
| street occurrences.
! st. Paul, June IS, 1903.
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