The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
THE N0NPAR MAN


crciatlng Evening with. Colonel ib-
sen OF Norway-"G Ghosts a Study In
Redheadlty, Is Put On the Boards at
the operahouse.
That dear Aitkin, MINI, has had
most overwhelmingly enjoyable evening,
due to the presentationppat the opera
house In that rattlingtlittle city of the
Ghosts" of Mr.. Ibsen Of Norway. A
splendid audience testified to northern
Minnesota's interest + in Colonel Ibsen's
pale pink problems. The Aitkin Age
says: Hs - s'ss 4 z2s IS
-:.All, admired the company and its most
excellent and artistic work, but there are
about as many opinions on Ibsen, and his
Ghosts" as there were people present.
Still our people have seen Ibsen's work
presented in manner that even Ibsen
could not criticise, but his style Of re-
form drama is so harsh and unvarnished
that it does not leave. pleasant thoughts
behind" -.rs# >,@,-~
If Mr.. Ibsen even for moment
thought that he. had ,:left a pleasant
thought behind'' after the play is over,
after the lights are out he would indeed
despair. Mr. Ibsen's "Ghosts''f is a study
in heredity and not that kind Of hered-
ity that selects the good to ,perpetuate
in its offspring; 3but a very bad brand of
redheadity where the descendants have
all the faults but none Of the virtues Of
their ancestors. 1t is vice going to seed,
as it were, and the harvest of tares, -dar-
neE and beggarss lice is so very unpleas-:
ant that most people witnessing it de-
sire for a moment to see the race plotted
out by. a stellar collision of some kind.
1t is a pretty good idea to contemplate
no a 10 t1,p.. I,a1 yn11y icl,
to keep in touch withs"the' good. For
this reason when Mr. Ibsen comes to
| town we retire to, our library. - The
Aitkin Ages criticism of ."Ghosts is
this: 80. ...lr.: - =,
"At any rate there is nothing: like it
and a person that sees Ghosts will al
ways remember it apart and 49, uncon-
founded from other : dramatic produc-
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He will. And he will remember it in
the same way that. he remembers a bad
smell. - =. 49, -
Thirty-odd years ago when the "old
prints'I were around, there were charac
| tiers that resemble the one written up
under. the title "A Friendly. Warning"
in the Deadwood, s.. D., Pioneer Times.
The Pioneer Times says. ..: -:
After an absence of six months or so, Jones the
printer has returned to town and find steady
employment. If his appetite for whisky don't
1ncapacitate him. Druggists and saloonmen are
warned not to sell or give him anything that
will intoxicate, either for pay or promise to
pay, personally or on order. His family needs
all the money he can when sober, and if any
dealer needs the money be would pay for whisky
worse than his family needs it If they will make
1t known the Pioneer-Times will donate the
! amount to such dealer. 1t viii also follow up
and prosecute the cuss who furnishes the old
man booze of any kind or quantity. The only
safe and sane way is to boycott him booze.
There is only one trouble here. How
long willOld Man Jones stay. in Deadwo God
under these dry and dusty conditions?
| ''''tF ~ E"'Ehf''2 - : t:'i>@ .i
A Wisconsin paper name unknown re-
ports a wedding after this cheerful fash
ion
T. Miss Jennie Jones and Bob Henry
We're. married at the Jones mansion last
night The bride is the daughter of our
constable, jones' who made good Of
ficer, and will undoubtedly be reelected
in the spring. He offers a fine horse for
sale in another lcolunfis The groom runs
a grocery store. on Main street, and is a
good patron Of. our advertising columns,
and has got a good line Of bargains this
week. All summer he paid cents more
for butter than any other store in town.
The happy couple leftoor the 10 4e7clocl1
train for Milwaukee tosivisit the bride 8
uncle, who is, reported ITO have lots Of
money and RrisHts diseaseg:'' Bob tertain5
saten
:}"7@z'2 e" sz@ti % 71;ts not =. .ra'.q,4
The Towner4County ttN. cD,}j Democrat
and the %Cando' IN. D?) Record got to-
gether last week and issued a special 7ed1-
ton of ,steenty.-six palgAs, showing. that
the. Garden of Eden was located not dyer
six miles from Candof and certainly. ia
Towner county, The richness Of :Towner
county's real estate and it's desirability
as a home were thrown into literary form
and sent out by the barrelful. This week
the, boys rested on their oars and the
Democrat editor took a day off and wrote
the libretto to a most tuneful and charm
ing light opera entitled 1.-The Gay Bache
lors Of PERTH Perth is another hot North
Dakota town close by. That is, hot in
summer. It seems that the business men
| OF, Perth have been so busy making good
|Ithat they have neglected to write east for
jigirls or to consult matrimonial agency,
|:hence the present overwhelming prepon-
del@nce of bachelors. Their names will
be given here, so that any woman of
any Initiative at all may know exactly
| what to do ~
! The Democrat man first writes up Mr..
! Quick's private boarding parlors, called
Bachelors Mealtime Retreat" Mr.. Quick
is not SO slow when it comes to throw
ing on the steak and biscuit. Over at
| Quick's there are nine bachelors at table
and the way they throw In the food makes
! Mr.. Quick bit nervous at times. There
is L. N. Agneberg, member of the firm of
Studness & Agneberg, and A. G. Currie,
manager of Currie & Riggs implement
| house, who eats according. E. c. Britton
! "a boy from Cando-who is manager of
the Stoltze lumber ward, is also conspicu-
| Gus at meal time. He has a fine girl down
at Cando. No chance here. Emil Berg is
2 well-to-do farmer boy. Emory Fitz is
a sort of ''bloated bondholder,'' as he
owns a half dozen quarters of land near
Perth There we also find Fred Mosher,
Dan Mixer. and last but not least, Jim
Taylor, a fuil-blooded youngster, who has
charge of Uncle Sans mail dispensary.
| We must not forget Rev. w. J. Rice, still
another bachelor, who brings$to the table
an appetite and a.spirit that both COM
mand respect. There is one lone bachelor
girl who takes her meals there. She Is
principal of the Perth school. She gets
the best there is at the table and is GER
tainly in clover. Boys, what are you
thinking about to let her teach so long?
| Leaving Quiclz's we now come to Land
! lord Anson's outlet foundry. Peter De-
wick has a regular place at one OF
| the tables Everybody knows all about
Pete and his big machinery business. He
was here when the Indians and antelope
| had possession. Dick Thomas, the real
estate man, and DR.. Poole occupy chairs
side by side, and are all right as a pair
| to draw to and sturdy on their feed. Mr..
| Thomas has brought some good settlers
to Perth and vicinity, and is one of its
'makers of history" Then there is. Roy
Mosher, member Of the farm implement
firm of Munro & Mosher Charles Lamberg
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