The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-01
Men, Women
and Things


There is not the slightest doubt that
the emperor Of Germany Is very good
fellow. He is overlooking with good
fellowship and medals which he de-
sires to bestow upon every one who
even looks pleasantly at him. That
was touching incident at Kie1 the
other day when he was on board the
Kearsarge and dined with the Ameri-
can admiral All the time his imperial
highness sat at the table three Amer
lean marines stood behind his chair,
and at the conclusion of the repast he
asked Ambassador Tower if he might
not present each one with msoa!,
but the ambassador was obliged to say
no. He then wanted to give them
watches, but this, too, was declined.
Finally. finding he could not give them
anything, he told the ambassador TO
inform the marines that he had th'
disposition to give them medals. This
was most pleasing and the memory OF
the medals which they did not get vii
be precious heritage to hand down IL
the families of the marines. who can
tell their children's children how tn )
great Billy would also have given theEl
watches had he been allowed.
One of the most important modern
additions to literature is a monograph
recently written concerning Miss Matte
Corelli of undying fame. 1t gives pic
lures of her in different poses-the
only pictures in the world-it tells OF
the color or her hair, the number of her
teeth, how she spends her life, when
she goes out and how she comes In,
when she goes to bed, and what -four
she rises, how she has saved modern
literature from an everlasting slump,
and many other important and inter-
eSting items. The book must, OF course.
have been written behind her back and
without her knowledge, for Marie Is
tirnid. shrinking little thing and If there
is anything she despises it is to see her
name in print. The book is to be sold
and not given away with Lipton's tea,
which some persons have seemed to
think would be the case. But not one
of them will ever be found in Car
negie library.
The revival Of an old cult seems to
be indicated in one Of the July maya
zines which publishes an article called
"The Sun, Is 1t Heaven?" The writer
seems to think that we all came from
the sun and are going back there ulti-
mately. He says, further, that the
planets are hatcheries of human souls
and different suns, of which this earth
is one, are the places where these souls
develop to perfection. 1 he sun is not a
great burning mass, it is not hot at all.
but quite a cool and comfortable place
VII WA hQ hanDV
after. So, if you are good, you go to
the sun, but if you are bad, you go to
the dog star. His next article will
deal with the man in the moon.
-ftA woman and two men from the
country came to the horse show and
were evidently under the impression
that they were to see horse races. The
older of the two men, whom the girl
called grandpa, was much disguised
with the size of the ring and made au-
dible contemptuouS remarks. The girl,
who was giving the two men informa-
ton, at last decided that the races
twere to be outside the tent, while the
horses were to be shown first inside.
"Golldarn it," said grandpa, "how's
a Teller to see them horses with that
goshdarn tent afappin right in his
eyes?" The younger of the two an
nounced that the tent would be taken
down when the time for the races
came, and great was the establishment
of all three when it was discovered
that the speed of the horses had moth
ing to do with the show at all.
p ''Do you mean to say" said the girl
at last, that them there horses are ex-
hibited just because they're pretty to
look at?"
The young man turned to her indig-
.nantly. We'll, amt that enough rea-
SOM" he inquired. eff you was pretty
exhibition" After this ungallant
speech the girl devoted herself to
grandpa, who picked the winners with
many audible uncomplimentary refer
ences to the judges.
Boston is exercised over the report
that it is sinking at the rate of one
eighth of an inch year, which. if fig
ured out, comes to about foot CEN
fury. Now if we had heard of New
York sinking or even Chicago, 1t would
not have required such an effort to
take it in; but the thought of Boston.
with it's high intellectual tone, going
lower, is difficult of belief The cheer
ing thought comes to us that it will be
several centuries before the city of
culture entirely disappears.
The English sometimes pride them
selves upon not being in trade or hav-
ing any friends connected with COM
mercial pursuits. And yet if some of
the advertisements in the English pa
pers are genuine. the high-cla Eng
lish are willing to sell their friends at
so much per. Here is a sample: "a
lady of title, moving in the best Lon
don society, is prepared to introduce
lady of means. Luxurious home in the
West end; carriages kept. Terms
must be liberal. The highest refer
ences offered and taken" This is only
a sample of many that appear, some of
which offer to coach Americans to sit
at table. how to use a kife and fork.
and how to appear in good society.
These ultra refined folk are willing to
sell their acquaintance but they are