The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-20
Men, Women
and Things

lsIature, which seems subVersive of the
rights OF women, is to say that wom-
an who desires alimony should sue for
1t within five years of her divorce This
IS manifest injustice. There might
be cases where a divorced woman had
taken another husband, and after a
few years he might die, leaving her
pennlleSs, and as it is the right of
every woman to be cared for, it might
occur to her to obtain a stipend from
No. 1. This she should be allowed to
DO. even If the five years have elapsed.
Inc trouble is these legislators are
used to the quiet country districts, and
they don't know what a strenuous
thing life is in the metropolis, and yet
they come here and say what's what
and who's who. How is a lawyer to
know where he is at when there are
900 new laws every two years!
The Killing of Game.
1t seems to one who has never known
the delight of killing a wild animal for
the thrill of blood-letting that our
tullertonized game laws are rather
strenuous. 1t is a crime for a settler
TO Kill moose that is boarding on his
onion patch, when that settler has lived
for six months on salt pork and needs
fresh meat for his wife and children
But it is a lovely newspaper story
when Mr.. Fullerton and others be
lemon-cOlOred pointer in tow and
bag the game which they do not need
for food, and which has been fed, fat
tened and Favored at the expense of
the settler who needed the meat in the
closed" season.
Bee Is Buzzinq.
There is danger threatening this
country that looms blacker than the
negro question, the trust problem or
the rapid advance of woman and that
is the Bee Taylor case. The question
is not what shall be done with our
rapidly growing foreign population, or
with the hopeless spinster, but the
burning question is, what shall be done
with Bee Taylor? She dominates, per-
Vades and beWilders. She initiates,
proVokes and depresses. She wants
everything in sight. and on her own
terms. She desires to talk eternally,
and won't give even a lawyer a chance,
and what is to be done about her? Mr.
SmoOt and his multiplicity of wives
cannot make half the noise, nor raise
a fractional part of the questions of
law and order in a year that Bee can
IN a single hour, with one hand tied
behind her. We bow our heads and
weep when we remember that Bee
came out of st. Paul Perhaps it would
nave been better, on the principle of
the greatest good of the greatest num-
Der, to have kept Bee and allowed her
TO talk our venerable school board to
a standst1ll, rather than let her go to
Washington and become an issue. If
she Will close her mouth and return
we Will make her mayor of the city
and she can talk the city council to
death. Thus could we do the govern
ment good turn and incidentally help
ourselves somewhat. To Bee, or not to
Bee, that is the question.
Sphere of the Doctor.
Of course we must have physicians
because without them and other neces-
sary evils this world would be such a.
paradise that we would not care to go
on to better land. 1t is not enough
that when one is on ones back, help
less and fever stricken, that they
should arrive, black bag in hand, and
pour down ones throat nasty medf-
clnes, without which one would get
we'll more slowly, but they have lately
formed trust. which is a menace to
the freedom of citizens. They want
the state to make it misdemeanor not
to call them in case Of sickness and
crime not to allow them to inject
something into your blood for your
own good. Doctors are very nice per-
sons in most cases, but they must not
take themselves too seriously and i'm
ag1ne that If they were all slaughtered
In a day the rest of us would not last
through the night. 1t is all very we'll
for them to come when we are badly
frightened and send for them, but when
they desire law which would make it
possible for US to be held up on the
corner and vaccinated while you
wait" our free-born souls revolt. If a
man wants to die of smallpox, that's
his business. The law has a right to
isolate him, but not to inject anything
into his blood that he doesn't want
there.
Opportunity for Home Work.
There is once in a while a happen
Ing which reminds us of the large sum
raised each year in this country for
causes to remember with what burn
ing zeal we yearn for the soul of the
savage generally occurs at our gates.
This thought was induced by read
ing of three little sisters in Connecti-
cut, not the Sutherlands, however, of
whom the eldest is twelve, who have
stolen nearly a housefuII of furniture
from time to time. Twenty-one mil
lions of dollars was collected two years
ago in the English-speaking countries
to enable the missionary to go forth
and reclaim the heather, but $21 might
have helped some in connection with
the regeneration of the three little girls
of Connecticut, and yet it was not
forthcoming. There seems to be a per-
feet fascination in irreligion at a dis
lance to the people of this country, but
home missions are not so alIuring. Per
haps picturesQueness has something to
do with it; we like to picture to our
selves the untamed savage of the for
est taking to scripture and tailed coats
with the money we have put in the
mission box. But naughty little chill
IrnIo
and put to bed without any supper,
which frequently happens with those
who are subjects for home missions.
Ask the pastor of most any church
and he will tell you that when a man
from Syria with a turban on his head
comes to the church and tells of the
needs of his far away people he will
get three times the collection that the
pastor will when he needs coal and
money for the poor living a square
from the parsonage.
No Panic Followed.
The return of DR.. Albert AIonzo Ames
to our sister metropolis is an inter-
esting event. The worthy doctor pre-
dicted a sudden taking to the woods
of all the millionaires of the Flour City
whose fortunes were built upon timber
stolen from the government. So far
no exodus has taken place, and no
$4,000 paintings loaned by lumber
kings to the public library have been
withdrawn for packing and shipment.
Insanity is a plea that will cover all
the good doctors remarks actions and
also his return to his former home.
1t is said that the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce will cause a bill
to be presented giving it's burglars the
right of fOrcible entry and detainer to
the premises of all firms suspected of
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