The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
Men, Women
and Things

The strain is over at last, and Reggie
| and Cathleen are welded unless the
| public prints have deceived u.s. For
months We have talked of nothing else,
read nothing else, thought nothing else,
and now it is all over and unless they
obtain q speedy divorce are liable to
drop into as much obscurity as million
aires are capable OF. From his pic
lures Reggie looks too young to have left
his mother, and the bride like a very
wise middle-aged woman. She has GER
tainly not evinced any stupidity We
know she was dressed in white when
she was married, and as it is very I'M
usual for brides to wear white, this
was an item Of much interest. We also
know that Reggie made the responses in
a firm tone, which was very nice of
him, and that the bride wore her
grandmother's wedding veil. Too, we
learn that Cathleen received over $780,
. 900 worth of jewels, which, in itself is
care enough without the attachment Of
very young husband, who will re-
quire constant looking after to keep
him out Of the hands of the police.
This may sound cruel, but it is an
actual fact that Reggie has not been to
New York since certain gambling OPP
erations have been in the courts and
he was wanted to testify. When they
go abroad they will probably sail from
Montreal or Boston. From some things
that have been said of Reggie 1t would
seem that his statement in his marriage
license that his occupation was that of
gentleman" was a case of override
scription. When Reggie grows up he
will probably prove a great comfort to
his wife.
Music Is Healing.
The latest cure for disease is music:
sonatas and symphonies for aggravated
cases, and less difficult things for mild
er cases. This beats Christian Science
all to pieces. For the efficacy of this
treatment we have the word of no less
an authority than Miss Augusta YES
celius, head Of the musical therapeu-
tics cult. So, there. The only uncertain
note that Miss Augusta strikes is when
she admits that the lengths to which
music can go as balm to the ills of the
soul and body, is still wrapped in mys-
ticism. But there is a good deal that
Miss Augusta can tell US and we ap-
preciate the fact Of her not keeping to
herself any longer what she has al
ready discovered. Would it be irreVer-
ent to speak of the sonata salve and
soothing doses of Wagner? Not at all;
not only that, but after reading what
Miss Augusta says it is possible to i'm
agine a time--happy time-when doc
tors will be no more and pianolas will
do the business for you. Miss Augusta
| says that the vibrations to be obtained
| from a playing Of Wagner will produce
| mental and physical effect-like a va
! por bath, for instance. This does not
| sound quite as novel as some of her
| other remarks, because many before
! her have claimed that Wagner had a
! distinct effect, though not exactly cura-
| tive. Miss Augusta says that for cases
! of fever she would prescribe the first
! movement of the Moonlight Sonata"
= Ind c1a
| thing for fever is Schuberts "Sere-
made" For COMPOSITIONS, Wagner and
! plenty of him. You soon forget your
! congestion. Miss Augusta admits that
| her experiments have been mainly
! among the fashionables, and yet she
claims that in hospitals music has been
! known to cure. 1t is really an epoch
| making discovery, and cannot but be
cheering to those jewellers in flats who
have pianolas to the left and right of
| them. How, indeed, everything works
| together for good.
Tip for ST. Paul.
| The mayor OF Chicago Is endeavor-
| ing to institute a radical reform in
| that city, and it would be well for
| the powers that be of st. Paul to pom
| der well this entirely new idea and see
| what can be done to introduce 1t here.
! He had notified the managers of the
| street railways that cars are supposed
to stop when persons stand on the cor
| ners and signal to them. Now, if the
same intimation could be given to the
| foreign owners Of our street car fran
| chises, not even the presidents visit
| would have produced more excitement.
! There is a firm conviction in the minds
! of the owners of the street cars, and
firmer still in the minds of motormen
and conductors, that the cars are run
merely to get to certain points at GER
/ tain times, and to keep to this sched-
! ule, whether anyone rides in the cars
| or not. If a citizen stands on the cor
/ ner and halls a car, it will stop If it
| has time, otherwise not; if it stopped
! it might not get to Seven corners at
| certain minute. If 1t condescends to
! stop. you must give one bound from
! the street into the interior of the car
| so as not to keep the motorman wait
! ing: if you don't bound you have a
| bell rung in your ear, and are told to
hurry up" The lame and the old and
| the slow cannot get in at all. The idea
| that cars are run for the accommoda-
/ ton of the public is out of date and
! old-fashioned. The motormans sense
! of humor is worked off by starting the
i car with a jerk before the ascending
! passenger has had time to sit down.
and landing her in the lap of another