The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-05
TIE NONPAREJL MAN

Insurance Against Smallpox Practical In
England-The Man Who Is contribut-
Ing to the Insurance Companies Likely
to Become an ImmuneRage for An-
tques Among the Travelling Dentists In
Minnesota This Spring.
The smallpox cases in town recall the
TACT that London companies are insurtng
q person against having the disease OF
course, man who is paying out a nice
little premium regularly would never
catch the disease. It is like a man going
out and slapping $4,000 on his worthless
NE. From that moment on, people will
begin dying all around him with disgust
ing frequency. while he remains as safe
and healthy as the prize pig at the agri-
cultural show. But let him neglect to
pay his S25O.72 a month, or whatever it
Is, Tor few weeks, or long enough to-
forfeit his policy, and he will drop dead
like q ten-ton safe falling out of an eight
story office building.
A business man who lives in Chaska,
but whose business often calls him to
the twin cities, tells us that he has never
taken out any fire or life insurance be-
cause he says it is not right, just be-
cause he may experience calamity, to
get even by Soaking" the insurance COM
pan1es. He says he is man enough If he
has loss, to stand it himself, and not
try to shift it off on the shoulders of
somebody else.
Why" said the Chaska man earnest
~, suppose should insure my life for
$4,000 with some friendly agent, and
then drop dead on the way home I'd
never feel that I could look that agent
In the face again. .
This rage for antiques among col
lectors is growing daily The country
press reports larger number Of travel
ing dentists in Minnesota than ever be-
fore They are all looking for old farm
ers' teeth to add to their collections.
Isn't it about time for the seventeen
year locusts who winter somewhere in the
Turtle mountains to come out and look
over the grain?
Comparing the Chicago and st. Louis
fairs, it must be confessed that there is
one sight that we shall miss at st. Louis.
1t is the view of the dear old stockyards
by moonlight.
Pending the arrival of royalty in St.
Louis, the Society of the Unfurled Ears
is preparing to hold several receptions
A man who translates your front foot
into English-a palmist, is it not?-once
| looked over our calloused and horny fist
and accused us Of some pretty mean
| crimes. Since then our confidence in
palmistry has steadily waned Now comes
the story that some of the gay girls Of the
eastern metropoli are having the bottoms
| OF their feet read, the lines of fate, it is
| said, being registered there as well as
| of ho hon r
a good thing for Charlie to have papa
foot read before he goes to visit his new
girl to see If a good swift kick for Charlie
has not been registered somewhere nea]
the toe.
Let the coming winter start in mex
week if it wants to. We have ou
coal in
The colored mans dollar is given socia
recognition Of the st. Louis expo.
| A young fellow named David Hollopete
who had emigrated to Spokane was a, goo
| deal annoyed by western wits, VIII
worked overtime on his narae, asking hin
why ne didn't fill UP the hollow, etc, etc
lie decided to change his name and wrot
back east asking his best girl what sh
thought of the plan and when he shoul
come to get her. She wired back: 1tNeye
mind the name come INN ediately.',
That is the kind Of asgirl to have.
a new paper published by c. g. Bars
field Of Chicago is called "The Nationa
Reformer." 1t describes itself as an ..anti
fashion journal" The opening editorje
starts out as follows:
/ RI Women who follow the fashions suffe
4 in character, as well as in purse. It
bad enough to be duped and swindled b
INSCRIPTIONS originators of styles. but
Is Infinitely worse to give their time an
talent to so contemplate a thing as Der
sonal adornment.
Modern dress display is vulgar, N
one can be at her best If she tries t
keep up with the fashions of the smar
set. Her character becomes frivolous, he
life narrow and useless.
Fashion has ruined many homes an
spoiled many promising careers It is tn
poison Of our social life. It breeds eny,
rivalry hatred and immortality
Having stated its destructive side, til
Reformer proceeds to build UP a platform
It is this:
, American modes, goods and workman
ship for American women.
Common sense in dress and social c,,s
toms.
| mo patronage for the fashions intro
duced by the denli-monde of Paris.
Simple, pure, earnest lives, and r
toadying to aristocracy and royalty
| other countries.
. brains and nobility Of character to (
honored above wealth. and to form II
basis of American aristocracy."
We look forward with some interest
f seeing the dressmakers' paper GRO
: swords with the Reformer
! AT THE THEATERS