The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-10

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a mother.
Chicago, always in the vanguard of
progress, has a new religion which is
likely to succeed as among it's adj
herents are said to be Mrs. Potter Pal
mer and Mrs. Ogden Armour which
would assure the success of any re-
ligion. The new faith is sun worship
and it's chief eXploiter is the Rev. DR..
Ottoman Zar-Adusht- Hanish, Prince of
Adusht, who is the very embodiment
Of the strange cult he advocates. He
claims forty-five thousand adherents
in this country and naturally looks for
many converts now that he has met
with success in Chicago's smart set.
In an interview explaining the tenets
Of the new faith, it's chief high priest
said that it explains the only rational
method of rhythmic breathing, body
culture and proper invalid diet, beside
opening up new channels of food for
thought in religious research. He says
further: Phenomena of the most con-
founding and dumfounding nature are
treated and explained in the most
scientific manner" The wisdom of
| choosing Chicago as headquarters is
! recognized at once, as nowhere are
such dumfounding phenomena to be
witnessed as in the windy city. The
following exposition of what the new
faith holds as to salvation makes it
perfectly plain why it appeals to So
ciety: "The salvation of the individual
depends upon the degree of the recog-
milton and the consequent self-reliance
bringing liberation from bondage, and
that in the recognition of our being,
not denialS, but confession of the con-
ditions and environments accumu-
lated by ignorance through the process
of evolution, will deliver us through
and from temptations of life into
light"
A very shabby trick has recently
been played on an old man in New
York by Elbridge T. Gerry, who poses
as a friend of humanity. 1t seems
that he owns the ground upon which
the home of Russell Sage stands, for
which he has always received a rental
of $11,500 from Sage; the other day,
taking advantage of his necessities he
raised it to $12,500. Mr.. Sage, feeling
that he could not afford it and re-
belling at the injustice of the raise,
was still obliged to pay it if he wished
to retain his home. This piece of ex-
tortion will simply reduce the sum that
Mr.. Sage intends to bequeath to the
poor at his death.
In an age when everything is to be
that suicide is on the increase. No
matter how one looks or feels the rem
edy is to be purchased. If for in
stance, one is dissatisfied with ones
nose, there is a man who will build you
a new one or smooth all the humps out
of your old one. If you are too thin,
there are certain sure ways of gain
ing flesh; if too stout, go without
your breakfast and eat only cold things
and you will be able to get down to
the desired weight in a few weeks. If
you are ugly, a beauty doctor will
make you a dream in few months, or
if you are old he will make you over
so that never again will you look more
than twenty. And yet, with all these
advantages and everything to live for,
persons in this country are getting out
of the world as fast as they can, even
the children in many places being
among the number.
a college president in the East has
been giving a good deal of his time
and using up some gray matter in re-
vising the college yell, and while he
was about it took occasion to revise
some of the slang expressions Of the
students as we'll He said, for instance,
that the word dickens" in such SEN
fences as what in the dickens is the
matter with us?'' is entirely too slangy
for him, and a good substitute is what
in the world is the matter with us?"
and, he added, much more gentleman
ly. Another expression which he de-
sires to revise is ''holy smoke" which
he considers bordering on blasphemy
and in this connection said that
pronounced "oly smoke" it was per-
fectly allowable. The difference be-
tween "holy' and cody" is one that the
ordinary mind may not be able to ap-
of lint
farther into things than the rest of us,
and no one is likely to dispute the
worthy mans conclusions.
Culture has made such inroads upon
the life of today that even the children
are not to be happy with their fairy
stories any more, because they have
tendency to lower the moral standards
Child culture is the latest fad for up-to-
date mothers and teachers, and the re-
suit is the taking away from innocent
infants Of such interesting tales as
"Jack the Giant Killer" cinderella"
alice in Wonderland and "The Ara
bian Nights" The delightful Jack" is
said to promote an immoral blood
thirstiness in the young, and poor Gin
dereIla brings the immature mind in
contact with unpleasant persons. So
the infant child-culturist is to be torn
from his precious old books and given
infantile essays that do not mention
murder, theft Or cruel stepmothers
and in which scientific facts are
taught. The gospel Of work is also
taught in these new scientific books for
the infant mind, so that from the era
die to the grave modern life is indebted
to science for untold benefits.
There is a GOODNESS existing between
a. ST P9n1 rlrl and q n nf her
acquaintance, which threatens to last
all summer. One of the beautiful
moonlight nights Of last week she was
sitting upon her veranda, with very
young man, when another man arrived,
not quite so young, and whom she liked
very much better. After they had ex-
changed greetings and he, too, had
seated himself, she cast about in her
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