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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
A pIsoulErlNe RuMoR.

The public does not care to view it's
personages in new lights That is
why the rumor that Hetty Green had
given large sum of money to found
new charities in New York city proved
SO disconcerting. Long ago the public
made up its mind about Mrs. Green.
1t did this with the aid of a few pub
lished facts, a great deal of published
fiction and much imagination, and to-
day the richest woman in America"
stands forth in the public eye as
hardhearted,- grasping individual who
would be intolerable were it not for
the fact that she frequently adds to
the gayety of the nation by inspiring
the humorists of the comic supple
ments. Everybody does not believe
that Mrs. Green is as black as she is
painted, but the general public has
never been troubled by any doubts.
1t was not to be expected, therefore,
that it would welcome the story that
she had opened her purse for sweet
charity's sake. Mrs. Green's own de-
NAL of it voices most adequately the
public's opinion of the story. "It's a
chimera, it's absurd; there is not a
scintilla of truth in 1t; it's all a dream"
This was the language of Mrs. Green
when she heard the story, and it neat
ly expresses the sentiment Of the pub
lie. 1t can continue now to think Of
''the richest woman" trudging over
miles of pavement to save car fare,
haggling with the landlord over the
rent of cheap Harlem fiat, and deny
ing herself necessities in order to add
to her millions.
Is it possible that Mrs. Green herself
appreciates the caricature the public
has drawn Of her? Her manner of
denying the rumor that credited her
with giving away a large slice of her
fortune would seem to indicate this.
In fact her words would look very well
under one of the funny sketches of
her that are SO frequently published
in magazines and papers that seek to
entertain their patrons. Perhaps she
| thought Of this when she uttered them.
AS matter Of fact, Hetty Green's
private benefactions may amount to
as much as Helen Gould's public ones
1t is possible, even in this age of pub
licity, to do good by stealth And IT
may be that 1t amuses Mrs. Green 10
be eccentric in this respect. But it is
safe to conclude now that the. public
will never again be disturbed in its
estimate of Mrs. Green's character
while the lady lives. She has. accepted
the publics view of eraand appar-
emily intends to do her best to live up
to it.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
FRESH AIR FOR THE sFRoNe.

The open air cure for consumption
is not new discovery, but 1t has been
more generally and more publicly ad-
vocated during the last two years than
ever before, SO it is not astonishing to
! find that those who are not victims of
| the white scourge and who have not
been taught the Importance of breath
ing always fresh, pure air, are OPEN
| ing the doors and windows of their
| homes in order that it may enter free
ly. The story comes from the East
that it is becoming the fashion there
| for mothers and nurses to put babies
to sleep in the open air. These women
have probably come to the conclusion
| that what is a very efficient remedy
may afso serve as a preventive, and
that baby stands a better chance of
escaping the disease so distressingly
prevalent in New England if If
breathes into its tiny lungs plenty of
fresh air.
Sick people are not apt to overlook
the Importance Of fresh air, for the phy-
sician and the trained nurse do no+ fai1
to impress upon them its efficacy. But
people who are in fairly good health
are content to breathe vitiated air and
to cure those lesser ills which result
from it with drugs until serious sick
ness comes, when they immediately
become impressed with the Importance
Of fresh air. The well man has hor-
ror Of draughts. 1t is this bugaboo
that causes him to ride contentedIy in
an unventilated car crowded to ttn
doors with the clean and the unclean,
the strong and the weak. He argues
that so long as the cold air does not
blow in upon him his good health is
safeguarded. AS a matter of fact the
vitiated air is its most serious men
ace.
But the publicity the magazines ana
the newspapers have given to the phy-
sicians' advocacy of fresh air for the
sick must in time influence the strong.
Those who manage to keep their
health in spite of the bad air which
they breathe in their homes, in public |
conveyances and in their Offices. win
learn that the joy in life and the 10Y
in work becomes intensified when
their lungs are filed with fresh, pure
air. One Of the redeeming virtues of
the many mental science cults that
have sprung up recently is that one !
and all of them urge their followers to |
breathe deeply and to be careful not |
to breathe impure air. With these
many influences at work the American
viii learn in time to demand that fresh /
air be furnished him wherever he
happens to be, whether ~ street car,
on a railroad train. in his own home
or in public building.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

one for the publisher of a magazine
which is circulated in republic to
cling to. And so far as the charge
OF anaemia against American litera-
ture is concerned, it is false one. A
literature reflects a people. When the
Jaded taste of the American reading
public has to be pricked constantly by
literary offerings similar in tone = to
Gorky's I'm the Depths" it will be
time to inquire whether or not it is
anaemic.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
THE IDOL OF REsPEcrABlLIrX.

1t is to be hoped that Gertrude Ath-
erton's article on 'eWhy Is American
Literature Bourgeois" ?" viii not fall into
the hands Of Mr.. Edward Box, dicta-
tor of the policy and controller of the
destiny of the Ladies' Home Journal.
for it would grieve his gentle soul to
peruse this terrific arraignment of
American magazines which the North
American Review has dared to publish.
All that Mr.. Box cherishes most ten
derly, Mrs. Atherton scathingly con-
demns. All those sound principles
which Mr.. Box has strived unweariedly
to inculcate, Mrs. Atherton mocks. She
has stabbed with her pen the god of
proprieties to whom Mr.. Box has been
burning sticks for many years, and
she defies anybody to say that it is not
made Of wood and paint and varnish
''We cannot be great in literature un-
less we are, first of all, fearfuIly dis
reputable" is the gist of. Mrs. Ather-
tons article. "And where, in our maga-
zines" is the gist of her demand, will
you find anything which remotely sug-
gests the disreputable ?" Mrs. Ather-
ton, it will be recalled, has achieved a
certain amount of success without the
aid of the magazines, so it cannot be
charged against her that she is biased
in her view. She writes from the stand
point of the outsider, and her impartial
opinion is that the American magazines
prescribe originality, deity convention
ality, insist that American literature
must be anaemic. ignore the brain and
grovel in the dust before the body, and
permit nothing to slip between the COW
ers that might affect ladies with
nerves."
The fact that there is some business
in this writer's arraignment of the
American magazine and of American
literature does not prevent the article
from conveying the impression that the
author is a trifie hysterical in her de-
nuneiation. Undoubtedly there is much
that is deadly dull in our magazines.
and undoubtedly, too, there is a painful
in the style and character of
many Of the contributions. but if every
contributor should follow Mrs. Ather-
tons advice and descend to "the vast
underworld" in his search for literary
material and should record what he
saw there, magazine readers would be
nauseated instead of merely bored, as
they frequently are now. Only the
greatest writers can work in such ma
terial; it would be ridiculous for the
average magazine contributor to at
tempt it.
It is very bourgeois to consider every
thing which is respectable bourgeois.
Mrs. Atherton makes her mistake in
holding to this view. An idol may en-
body an ideal, and an ideal of decency.
even of responsibility, is not a bad
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

to prevent riot in the convention. If
the Republican state convention of
Minnesota were to be held tomorrow,
it would take regular soldiers to keep
the warning forces In order.
1t is about time to turn the rascals
out in fact and give them a chance to
cool the blood that has become over
heated with too much high living at
the public trough.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Parker Almost a Surety.

1t may probably be true that some
leaders would prefer another candi-
cate to Judge Parker, and, no doubt,
choice of their own and under certain
conditions would be willing to throw
the votes they control to the support
OF a dark horse, or other competitor Of
Judge Parker. Politics is proverbially
uncertain, but unless all signs fail and
all present conditions change. the emil
nent New York jurist viii be assured
ly nominated at st. Louis-Philadel-
Phia Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

IL always means death to the associa-
tion's usefulness. This is what has
happened with two or three of the ins-
provement associations in st. Paul.
and this Is the fate to which they are
all destined if a sentiment in favor of
uniting them should prevail.
The local Improvement association
should be exactly what it's rame i'm
plies. 1t should limit its attention
strictly to its own affairs. 1t has moth
ing whatever to do with the city at
large, except as it may desire to re-
ceive a larger share of those benefits,
such as police and fire protection,
which the city at large affords to all
citizens impartially. It's territory is
only that which it's organization COW
ers, and is usually and naturally
bounded by ward lines. Within that
field it can and should consider school
facilities, paving and street cleaning
requirements, fire and police protee-
ton, parks and parkways, thet keeping
in order of vacant lots, the ordering Of
cleaning the sidewalks, the planting Of
trees, the grading of streets and all
those thousand and one details where
in it's little domain may be made
pleasanter to live in and more enter
prising and more successful as a con-
stituent part of the larger municipal
body. Talk of a union of these organi-
cations is palpable absurdity.
We have already one such general
organization. 1t is known as the board
of aldermen. 1t is founded upon a
political basis and contains one alder
man for each ward in the city. A
general Improvement association would
become nothing in the world but a
machine to promote or overthrow the
political aspirations of various candi-
dates for political honors In the re-
spective wards. It's members who are
not active politicians would grow dis
gusted and drop away, and the whole
thing would drag on as the skeleton Of
a once promising movement now able
only to rattle it's bones in the political
junk wagon.
The local improvement association
has done noble work in many cities in
this country, not only in the way Of
developing the city itself, of increasing
its beauty, encouraging economy in
administration and aiding the work Of
government generally, but in educating
and promoting that high civic spirit on
which in the end all good government
must depend. 1t has been somewhat
less ef1cacious in st. Paul than is
usual, because of the interference of
the politician and the evil control that
he has to some extent obtained. To-
ward this end the consolidation idea
contributes, and the mere suggestion
is ominous. We think that our people
could not do better than to occupy
themselves seriously for a time with
consideration of the present status and
future prospects of the local improve
ment associations, which are now
wavering between useful activity and
the threatened political trance that
can end only in permanent paralysis
and decay.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
A SERIOUS LACK.

The truest lover Of st. Paul must
occasionally throw up his hands i'll
despair over the fatal weakness here
of certain forms of public spirit. We
course of public events and public dis
cussion on the school question. Every
man proud of st. Paul and confident
of its future must feel disappointed
and ashamed at the utter failure Of the
attempt to elicit intelligent opinion or
helpful advice on one of the most i'm
portant questions in all its aspects that
could possibly come before our people
Th e Glob e has gone over this
ground so frequently of late that it
need not be covered again. A great
educational principle is at stake. Shall
we make the high school or the grade
school the chief aim of our educational
system and the favorite on which we
lavish our resources? A great financial
question is at stake. Shall we spend a
million or more Of money that has to
be borrowed, and shall we invest the
sum distributed, be it great or small, in
ornamental and unnecessary, or III
practical and indispensable education?
The board Of school inspectors openly
confessed itself in doubt and asked for
counsel The commercial bodies in the
city have taken up the matter ami
there a few interested members have
expressed an opinion. The newspapers
have discussed the subject. Yet after
some three months Of such agitation
as would ordinarily cause this to be
the sole topic of conversation in any
other community, st. Paul remains un-
interested, indolent and apathetic.
The public meeting called by the
school board for summing up of
opinions pro and con last week was q
failure. There was scarcely a word
said by anybody on the actual matter
to be decided. The only interest
brought out at all was shown by the
representatives of a single ward, who
for some reason thought they were in
danger Of losing their high school.
They came out in force to prevent
what they regarded as a calamity
Nobody else came at all. Neither those
present nor those absent seemed to
have anything to say or any care about
the method to be applied to the solu-
ton of the so-called high school prob
lem. Whether we spend a million dol
lars or nothing, whether we make our
high school course a real higher educa-
ton or merely a social varnish, wheth-
er we have thoroughness in education or
promotion by rote what our children
shall receive and what mental future
should be prepared for them-alI of
these things, if we can judge by the
evidence in this case after three
months of protracted endeavor by all
the agencies usually formative of pub
lie opinion to bring out some debate
and stir people to action, are affairs
about which st. Paul in general seems
to care nothing.
1t is a somewhat singular situation,
having in it possibilities even more far
reaching and decisive than those af-
fecting the school question. We sub
init, as a matter for profitable study
for our people, what is likely to be the
progress and the fate in a commercial
and other sense of community that
does not shake off it's torpor and dis
play larger interest and more active
zeal in public questions of the first i'm
portance?
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
A Parker Club in Texas

The Post believes the Parker club
organized at Dallas will become an in
nuence Tor good. We know that it's su-
preme desire is to aid in bringing about
Democratic success, and its advocacy
OF Judge Parker is based solely upon
the belief, we'll justified by existing
facts, that he is the strongest candi-
GATE and the one man of all who have
been mentioned who can lead the party
to triumphant victory.-Houston
Post.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Mars Busy.

The Dutch are fighting in Java, the
Russians and Japanese in Manchuria,
the Turks in Macedonia, the Germans
in Southwest Africa, the British in
Somaliland and the United States
boasts civil war in Colorado, with
national political campaign coming on.
Who says the world is at peace BAL
timore American.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
"safe and Sane

Let the past bury its dead. Let the
mistakes of former campaigns be for
gotten. Let all Democrats worth the
name line up under a banner embla-
zoned Safe and Sane; Beat Roose-
Velt. The phrase in the first clause
need not be interpreted as a strike
back at Democratic folly; it fits Roose-
yelt like a glove.-Macon Telegraph.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
The Evils of War

1t is not only the difficulty of pro-
nouncing the remarkabl names Of the
places where things happen in the war
region that makes war news so pain
ful; the impossibility of finding the
places on the map after they have
been Iabor1ous1y spelled out in the dis
patches leads readers of newspapers
to agree for the 999th time with Gen.
Sherman's opinion of war.-Indianap-
oils Journal
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

Mr.. Bryan announces that he is at
present mainly interested in his grow
ing crops, but that he will shortly have
something to say concerning the Mas
sachusetts platform. This too, at the
very time of year when the successful
farmer never mingles platforms with
potatoes, nor pease with politics.
Boston Transcript
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Jews to Get a Chance.

1t is plain that Russia realizes that
because Of her treatment of the Jews
she does not stand well in the eyes Of
the civilized world. The movement to
investigate laws against the Jews with
a view to modifying them is undoubt-
edly inspired by a desire for outside
approval rather than by motives of
humanity. So that the laws are modi-
fed, however, the motive will not
greatly matter.-IndianapoIi Journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
The et-Toqether" Candidate.

Parker is the "get-together" candi-
date, and his nomination will be a sig
nal for Democrats to unite heart and
soul once more for spirited and, we
believe, for a triumphant fight against
Republicanism. - Kingston IN. Y)
Leader
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Uncle Joe's CHAR.

The increase in the angle at which
Uncle Joe Cannon is carrying the cigar
between his lips indicates that his
friends are going to have the hardest
labor of their lives in trying to make
him a vice presidential candidate
Providence Journal
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Home In a Stew.

Dawkins-And was it very hot in In
dia?
one of our fellows stayed out too long in
the sun one day and had to be ladled
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Almost the Same Think.

Il understand you were carried away by
wei, not quite that; I was driven
away by it. though!'-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Not Stylish.

ST Peter-Look here, young man! L
don't want to hear any more complaint
from you.
Shade of His Lordship-But. I say, old
chapl Can't l change this beastly thing
for suit Of pajamas brooklyn Life
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
ont Of the Mouths Of Babes.

Mamma-You shouldn't be so vain.
Elsie You are always looking into the
mirror.
Elsie (aged four)-Tm not vain, mann
ma I don't think I'm half as goOd-lOoking
as [ really am.-Chicago News.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
The Never Could Hit Anythinq.

The Spanish premier, who was shot
at by forty men, but who escaped un-
hurt, is evidently convinced that Span
ish craftsmanship has not improved
materially since the war with America.
Houston Chronicle
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Preca cautions.

Pedestrians have to travel In twos
now
''TYos?"
yes; one to look at automobile num-
bers and the other one to get run over"
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Something for Parker.

Judge Parker, when he starts out
upon his campaign, will have at least
one advantage which some Of his fore
runners along that road would have
envied. He viii have no words to eat.
Providence Journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
No Yes in His No.

''UncIe Jo Cannon's head is level in
refusing to .urrender a place of real
power for a chance to get ''the shadow
of a shade" And he sets a pattern to
declining candidates by leaving no
Yes" in his "Noi'-NeW York World.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
A Killing Cure.

JilsOn-I haven't been able to sleep for
several nights, and i must stop in at the
drug store on my way home and
Jobson-Don't take any dope.
Jlson-No; what I'm going to get is
for the neighbor's cats.-Cleveland Leader.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
But Woman Can't Be President

Mr.. Roosevelt says a woman who is
the mother of ten children is superior
to the president of the United States.
This charming bit of modesty is as de-
Hghtful as it is unexpected.-Sal Lake
Herald.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Among the Merrymakers
Autophohla.

Herbert had been running an auto so
long that he had forgotten all about horse
back riding"
What did he do when the horse
baIked?'
HE crawIed under it to see what was
the matter. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Had to conc Across.

Guest-Waiter, bring me a tiptOp din
ner You know what that means, don't
you?
Waiter-Yes, sab. It's one that you top
off with a tip.-The Smart Set.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

Senator Dicks refusal to plant a
tree in the botanical gardens at Wash
ington because he is not yet famous
enough seems undue medesty in an
Ohfoan.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Il Is the Real Thinn Her.

The baseball season is under way,
and the national game is prospering
or going to the dogs, according as the
home team loses or wins.-Baltimor
American.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

Texas reports hailstones ten inches
in circumference. Getting ready early
this year TO figure out the Democratic
majority. Philadelphia North Ameri-
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

"He says he doesn't care what turns up.
He's certainly optimistic"
tsYes. and nerVy He doesn't care how
often he's turned down" Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

Patience-What is dress rehearsal?
Patrice-Why. that 1t when the ballet
have their clothes on.-Yonkers States
man.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
The Deadly Whirl.

teBarnum's circus has a chaplain
'Yes; he goes along to hear the last
words of the man who loops the loop
Houston (Tex1 Post.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
9Lampy's" Tumble.

'sWell"' he muttered, butting his head
on a landing as he fell down the elevator
shaft. LAS Mr.. Kipling would say: That
is another story Harvard Lampoon.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

Minnesota Democrats should read
what Congressman Lind says as to
Hearsts candidacy. The judgment Of
Mr.. Lind is formed from actual and
intimate knowledge.-St Cloud Times.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

"Gumshoe BilP' Stone of Missouri,
is tip -toeing out of the country, to
avoid the campaign. He wants to be
in Constantinople or Madrid when
Joseph w Folk is elected governor
of Missouri-Duluth s-Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

An exchange suggests that 'if you
want to know the difference between
Bob Dunn and Judge Collins, shake
hands with them" Goodness, if this
plan were to be adopted, candidates
wouldn't be selected until about two
years after election time.-The Jordan
Independent.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

A man might as well say damn it,
as to think it. This would not be df-
plomacy however. United States Sen
ator Nelson Net fly a naughty word
while talking to the senate, and the
other members who swear like pirates
when off duty were mortified at the
old mans profanity.-Lake Crystal
Union,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-05-07

10 as far as it relates To the LAHuauet
ana standpoint and Ko0tenai county
roads.
The petition Of s. Pence and others
Tor county road commencing at the
west end Of the Pence road In section
TO- township 81. range . W. b. NJ;
'hshoe vest to the quarter corner be
'Se3n sections ! 8 and II same town ~
snip aud range, Was al this time re-
leetad.
The toiiosing petitions for appoint
mehls ssne approved aud appoint
iaeiils made as follows, t0-wit: Earl
Walters, justice Of the peace, Naples
pFeoihei william johnson, justice
of the l.eaos, Ciarks Fork precinct.
- y. Fsaghn, a. road ovsrseer die.
tFiot No. Ii.
The resignation Of ". l.. Kirksr.
as road 0seEseer district No. Al. Ma.
accepted aud said once declared
vacant
The report II =. A. Mccall, pro
tate ladge, and the report Of Frank
Msaa, county physician. were each
duiy approved.
AZ this time the following bill
sefe allosed aud the auditor author
iEesi 10 draw warrants On the re
st-eetiSe futds for sane