The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-04

There is, it seems, to be a revival
of the morning glory. Placed by ma
ture beyond the possibilities of COM
merce, many city-bred flower lovers
scarcely know it by sight. Though
long painted and sung to in the Land
of the Rising Sun, it has until now,
like so many other graceful and beau
tiful objects of Japanese veneration.
passed wholly unappreciated in the
busy land on this side of the water. OF
course, the mere fact that it can never
be gathered and sold, that under no
conditions is it marketable, has much
to do with its popularity. But the
night blooming cereus has the same
disadvantage, and yet 1t is actually
feted. In their way, in the delicate,
fragrant, evanescent beauty of their
myriad tinted calyxes, morning glories
are as watchingly charming as the
huge blossom of midnight, and in their
practical treatment admit of such in
teresting cross breeding and rainbow
coloring as could not fail to delight
any amateur botanist or flower lover.
They take kindly to almost any soil,
grow rapidly, and, like charity, cover a
multitude of defects and deficiencies.
1t is perfectly true, says the Clothier
and Furnisher. that fashionable young
men wear corsets. The fashion of cor
set-wearing by the male sex is an old
one. dating back to George IL. and the
recent revival of the habit began in
England last fall among officers of the
army stationed in London.
The first publict report of the Nam
tucket Maria Mitchell association
shows that Miss Mitchelrs birthplace
in the old whaling town of Nantucket,
Mass, has been purchased, and that
the membership list is over 200. many
of the members being women who at
Vassar college or elsewhere came into
personal relations with the gifted
woman astronomer.
This society was organized in De-
cember of 1902 with the object of ac-
curing and preserving the old Mitchell
homestead in Nantucket as a memo
rial museum for scientific purposes.
Circulars were sent out over the
names of Miss Mary w. Whitney. pro-
lessor of astronomy at Vassar college;
Miss Laura Johnson Wylie, professor
of English at Vassar; Mrs. Elizabeth
Powell Bond. dean of Swarthmore COL
lege;- Mrs. Joseph Head treasurer of
the alumnae of Vassar: Miss Lucre-
tia B. Justice, of Philadelphia: Mrs. A.
w. Mccoy, president of alumnae Of
Vassar; Miss Lucy Salmon. professor
of history, Vassar; Miss Cora Start,
of Worcester. Mass; Miss Alice F.
Barrows, Packer institute, OF Brook
Ign: Miss Annie Barker Foleer. of
Nantucket; Miss Florence M Bennett.
of Nantucket; Miss Anna Barker
Hinchman. of Philadelphia, and others.
During the first year of its existence
the association has been fortunate in
securing photographs of Miss Mitchell,
portrait painted by the late ]. Wells
Champney, Miss Mitchell's scientific
library. two telescopes formerly used
by Miss Mitchell, and other objects of
interest connected with her life or
work
How children spend their money has
been the objSet of inquiry on the part
of a certain woman's club, which was
anxious to throw light upon the par
ents' ideas and, the children's point of
view in the matter. A set of questions
was accordingly placed in the hands Of
the teachers, in one of the grammar
schools, and the children, who regard
ed the questions as merely one form of
written exercises, were asked to give
their own answers. Over $50 children
of many nationalitfes and from many
kinds of homes replied. The answers