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The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
SCHOOLS FOR SCANDALS

A woman's organization In Duluth
devoted much time at recent meeting
10 the discussion Of the evils of gossip.
Particular stress was laid on the fact
that mothers frequently did a great
deal OF harm by discussing their
neighbor's affairs in the presence of
children. This is a subject well within
the province of any woman's organiza-
ton, and crusade against the vice IL
represents might be most appropriate
ly inaugurated by one of these.
In spite Of the sermons preached in
books, on the stage and in pulpits, the
world continues censorious, and it seems
probable now that it will always mani
fest a more absorbing interest in the
mote In its brothers eye than in the
beam in its own. Yet agitation against
the lack of charity in this attitude must
always accomplish some good. and an
effort made to prevent children spread
Ing home gossip which may be harm
less in itself, but which very frequent
ly grows into neighborhood scandal
cannot fail to have a far reaching. If
not lasting effect. There are many
homes that are nothing more than
schools for scandal where children learn
to look for. to dwell upon and even to
exaggerate the faults and failings of
those outside.
Unfortunately women have earned
the reputation of being the purveyors
Of gossip. or rather they have had the
reputation thrust upon them. They do
not deserve it all, for the fault is COM
mon to both sexes; but because they
rule in the social world they have the
power to put stop to much of it. And
many women WELD this power reso-
lutely. There are any number of homes
in which no utterance is given to un-
kindly gossip.
1t is chiefly, Of course. a matter of
having something more worth while
than ones neighbor's affairs can ever
be to talk about. Here in this country,
where the individual can easily and
quickly broaden her mental horizon, If
she chooses to take advantage of the
opportunities within her reach, there is
little excuse for any woman's permit
ting herself to dwell exclusively in her
conversation on her neighbor's affairs.
Certainly there is no excuse at all for
her permitting her children to absorb
and to develop fondness for such de-
tails.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09

invite destruction. Mr.. Atkinson says
his conclusions were based on bill OF
feminine necessities framed by four
smart women. This bill was sent to
the chiefs Of number of department
stores, and the prices were attached
to the necessities BY applying the
usual rule of addition and subtraction
Mr.. Atkinson gets absolute results and
Is able to announce that any woman
can dress herself well on s65 a year.
We are rather glad that Mr.. Atkin-
son made the announcement. That
puts 1t up to him to prove it. In common
with the rest of masculine humanity.
we are bound to accept the dictum of
the statistician because of a profound
faith In the theory that figures won't
lie voluntarily. But we are not going
to try to prove the correctness of Mr..
Atkinson's figures. The feminine mind
being averse to theories that show
sound in logic and figures, is not to be
read in this matter, but Atkinson
started the trouble himself and the re-
marks that are about to be INDUCED
by lovely woman concerning him and
his statistics will leave us untouched.
Incidentally it may as we'll be re-
marked here and now that we have a
conviction that there is little prospect
Of the immediate formation of any con-
siderable number of s65 a year wom-
ems clubs.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
GREWsOME HUMOR

Magazine readers and those who Pc
ruse the funny column in the daily
papers have long been familiar with
the so-called humorous quatrains Of
which the following is fair specimen:
Willy. wearing the bluest of sashes.
ashes:
BY and by the room grew chilly,
But nobody thought of poking Willy.
Even those who appreciate this par
ticular kind of humor, however, would
be very much averse to having it prac-
ticed in real life. Yet the idea is not so
preposterous as it sounds. From Penn
sylvania, for instance, there comes
story Of a young man and a young
woman who attended a fishing party
and who exchanged jesting remarks
about cutting out each others hearts.
remarks that finally resulted in the
young woman's really performing the
operation on her lover All reports of
the fatality alluded to it as a bit of
grewsome humor.
Rather too grewsome for the Amer
ican public to accept, we think, and 1t
Is devoutly to be hoped that something
besides a distorted sense of humor was
responsible for the horrible occurrence.
AS a nation we have acquired the rep
utation of possessing a keen sense of
humor, but we fancy many realistic
jokes like the above would soon dull
the edge Of it. Seriously, moraIists
might trace a suggestion of decadence
in the appreciation of such cherries
forms of wit as the quatrains already
referred to. Their humor is of the
morbid variety and can make no
healthful appeal Better the harmless
limerick, and the low but often enliv-
ening pun. than these too highly sea-
soned jests.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
sTuFFINe THE STATISTICS

Mr.. Edward Atkinson announces as q
cold statistical fact that a woman
should spend no more than sos a year
to clothe herself. This is not the first
time that Mr.. Atkinson has dealt In
statistics. AS Col Roosevelt's Mr.. Bat
Masterson would say, statistics is his
long suit. He has proved beyond dis
pute that certain things were absolute
ly existent facts when he knew and
everybody else knew that they did not
exist Some of his figures in political
economy were tremendously convinc-
ing. and his reputation as a statistician
was so well known that the enemy just
published his figures and beat his con-
clusions. AS prophet OF woe he has
frequently had the Hon: c. H. Gros-
venor backed off the. gridiron All
along the higher levels he has run a
course bristling with stubborn facts
but, unhappily, the other fellow whose
race has been made through meadows
of fertile fancy has always beaten him
out. Hence we are not going to take
any consolation from his latest ex-
ploitation in the field of statistics.
We are not going to quarrel with
Mr. Atkinson's figures. That would
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
What the Editors Saw

The house and senate both passed
the Horton bill over Gov. Johnson's
veto last week and it will become a
law. This is probably as small a Diecs
OF legislation as the legislature ~
minnesota has INDUCED in since its
organization when you stop to consider
that the constituency of nearly everv
man in that body helped to make John
A johnson governor, and he should re-
celYe the same courteous treatment ac-
corded every governor of Minnesota
Madelia Times Messenger.
POULTRY fanciers have produced some
wonderful birds. They have got a
pigeon that carries its stomach under
rs Us cnln. gobbler that glows with the
coiors or Is cent chrome sunset
scene, hens that can cackle to the notes
VI Lo-nen-grfn, but none have vet
erled TO produce the nonscratchiry
KIND or the scratch at home variety.
we nope that Cronon, Decker, Reilly
ana DR.. Peirson will give this matter
Soine attention-Austin Herald
representative A K. Ware of North
LeIo' VINO has been taking lessons In
piacticdI politics from his fellow
.oWhsman. the editor of the Mortified
views is said to have ambitions and
G1spIidIions TO succeed c. r. Davis as
tsepuolcan congressman from this dis
trlct. 1t is said that Ware is doing
the initial work this winter in tbe iasr'
lsiature for his future congressioTsal
caInpalSn.-Faribault Pilot.
Inc code has served one good pur-
pose-it has occupied the time and or.
lention or the legislature, SO that tha
Suai amount OF hodgepodge legisIa-
tion VIII not appear in the work ~
inns session. If the legislature will onIv
XII klll the code, now, We will be. able to
forgive the commission for its buneI,no
Work-Warroad Plaindealer.
minnesota can we'll afford to provide
ner chief executive with a suitable bons
9urlng MS encumbency, and the Iegts-
nature VIII make no mistake In adOpt-
ing the report of the committee an
pointed TO look into the matter which
VIII probably recommend the purchase
vi site and the erection of a residence
at an estimated cost of about S5O. 600
hochester Post and Record
Representative ]. A. Gates of KEN
yon would have the members of tha
state board of control elective He
mas introduced a bill providing for
th1s A proper measure. Make the
board of control answerable to the
people for its acts.-Mankato Free
1TSSS.
Inc action of the legislature showed
that quite a few of the Hons - ara nor
Dig enough to rise above a verv small
piece of party politics. The taking
away of the control of the capitoI
grounds from the governor plainly
showed that.-Fulda Free Press.
Senator Stephens introduced a bin
70 create the office Of state weed in
spector. The inspector could com.
mence work in the state capitol. and
nnd considerable to do.-Little Falls
Herald.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Contemporary Comment
Is the Caucus the Party

should need only a little sober
second thought to convince the re-
publfcans in the legislature that they
cannot afford to pass under the caucus
spur tax chiefly burdensome upon
one section of the state, with the re-
pupiican members from that section
nillerly denouncing 1T, yet voting for
1T, acting not as the representatives of
their constituents, Of even according
10 their own independent convictions
olnerent from those of their constit-
uents, but as the victims of a sudden
caucus vote. The party is not
the instrument of the caucus, but the
caucus OF the party, and when sober
second thought discovers that a mis-
step has been taken wise leadership
VIII see true consistency in adapting
It's measures to the newest light, not
IN closing its eyes to that light.-New
York Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Among the Merrymakers
A Sure Slnn

When the grass is family greening in tha
shelter of the fence
Nhen the daring maple blossoms make
the tree tops shadow dense,
When the baby dandelions peep above the
chilly mold
Hiding In their startled boSOmS all their
wealth OF spl1ntered gold,
1hen we rightly may conjecture that the
spring is drawing nigh
With its snowy clouds a-sailine- In a sea
of purple sky.
But the only sign that's certain-you've
observed it, like as not
Is the bunch that's batting grounders on
the old back lot.
Mickey Peters, Fatty Johnson, Skinny
Brown and NoSey Watts,
Llmpy Wilson, Buster Thompson, and that
sassy Rabbit Potts
Thls the gang that pools their pennies and
their nickels and their dimes,
Kicking, as they note the total, on the
hardness of the times.
Ihen they go and buy a bat or two and
bargain for a ball.
Though they owe the man a little when
they've pungled up their all.
But we know that springs approa ching
that it's nearly on the spot.
When We see the bunch bat grounders on
the old back lot.
Baltimore American.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
THE ST PAUL GLOBE. SUNDAY. APRIL 9. 1905

be constructed with the only material
available. Human nature being what
it is. as proved by. almost uniform ex-
perience, municipal ownership must fall
through its weakness. The new idea
will never obtain lodgment in the
minds OF thoughtful men until this OBJ
lection has been met and answered by
either logic or fact. Both Of them now
proclaim loudly against II.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
THE SAFE AND SANE VIEW

TIE 0AT AMI 0ANE VIEW
From the beginning some OF the most
sensible and forceful views on the sub
ject Of railroad legislation have been
expressed by Mr.. Samuel Spencer,
president of the Southern railway sys-
tenn. We commend to all who are
anxious for Information, anxious to
know not the popular thing or the
prejudiced view, but the right and
safe and sure thing, the address de-
livered by him at meeting in Pitts
burg on Friday night. He there speaks
not so much for the railroad interest
as for the whole people, whose interest
is involved in the mighty question
now so generally discussed throughout
the country. His address was a plea
against unwise and unfair control; and
in the course of 1t he pointed out
clearly and conclusively what remedial
action should be-taken.
1t is important to get the people to
understand that the railroad interests
are not at present objecting to any
wise and fair regulation. They are
objecting strongly, and the public
should object with equal force, to the
proposed transfer to the Interstate
commerce commission of the manage
ment of all railroad property. In the
first place, this is unnecessary, be-
cause remedy for nearly every evil
complained of Is found in the Elxins
law, now standing practically unen-
forced among the statutes of the Unit
ed States. 1t is further unnecessary
because other laws can be enacted as
they are wanted. 1t would be the ex-
tremity of folly and wrong to. clothe
with such powers this particular boSy,
which has refused to exercise the DOW
ers now confided to 1T. and has allowed
just laws to remain imperative while
1t clamored and lobbied for an exten-
sion of its authority.
Mr.. Spencer does not confine him
self to the negative side. He is a prac-
teal man, and points out just what is
necessary and desirable to do His
advice is singularly lucid and sane
He urges congress to strengthen all
laws in condemnation of rebates, Sc
cret devices and unjust determinations.
He suggests that those water lines
which are engaged in interstate COM
merce, in competition or in conjunction
with railroads. should be brought un-
der the interstate commerce act Then
rates can be adjusted as a whole. He
advises the extension of law and the
authority Of the commission over fast
freight and private car lines, to pre-
vent evasions and violations of the
law now practically confined to such
devices. His final appeal sums up the
whole subject. I'm word, stop Illegal
abuses drastically, but avoid action
which viii affect savings put into rail-
roads in good faith: avoid legislation
which might impair service and eff
cheney and reduce the wages of our
100000 employees"
We defy any critic who does not
rely upon mere rhetoric. bombast and
abuse to assail this position success
fully. 1t has never been attacked, The
advocates of the other side are satis-
fed with generalities, and with appeals
to the ignorant and the passionate.
Where something like a billion and
half of dollars is involved. where nearly
a million and half of employees to
whom go the great bulk of railroad
earnings are concerned. where the
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09

stability and soivency OF almost every
business community are in question.
the people should hesitate and weigh
carefully all the arguments on both
sides We cannot believe that these
months of waiting and thought be-
fore congress meets again viii pass
without just appreciation of all these
facts and principles. indisputable as
they are. that Mr.. Spencer presents SO
sanely and temperately.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Satisfactory system

The people adopt directly their fun
damental law and amendments there
To- Tney vote directly upon PROPOSE
tions to issue bonds as evidences of
public debt in certain cases, and other
wise they intrust the business of gov
ernment to their representatives,
whose work is subject to review by the
courts, which judge of its constitu-
uonality. For more than a century
this system has done its intended
work. and it has created the greatest
free institutions under which man has
ever existed.-San Francisco Call.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
"open Door for Morocco

Emperor Williams declaration at
Tangier in favor of maintaining s'the
open door" will be approved by all
countries having commercial relations
with Morocco. The worlds neutral or
open markets at present are few
enough, and neither England nor any
other country could desire TO have
raised around Morocco a tariff wall as
high as that which encloses Algiers-
Baltimore Sun.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
AS 1t Planned Out

IF every man would take home a bunch
of hoWerS or box of candy occasionally
remarked the benignant bachelor, ut
would make welded life move along q
good deal more smoothly"
THAT shows what you know about it,
retorted McRobinson. II tried that once,
and my wife promptly went into Mysteries
over the horrible confession she thought
was coming, and L only got out of it by
admitting that l was drunk. and | hadn't
touched drop for over three months, by
hooky. Courier Journal
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Panama Improving

The Americanizing of Panama goes
On apace and the effects are extremely
beneficial to the natives of the country,
especially the cities of Panama and
Colon. 1t is not only that trade is
stimulated and the condition of busi-
ness improved, but the chances of life
and health are greatly increased
Cleveland Leader.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 1905
"AN IMPOSSIBLE COUNSEL OF
PERFECTION"

EEhT ES i iON
We are interested in the controversy
still continuing between friends of Mr..
John D. Rockefeller and the represent
atives of the Standard Oil company
on the one side, and DR.. Washington
GLADDEN. and other Congregational
clergymen on the other side, chiefly as
1t exhibits the modern idea of upright
ness in business life and devotion to
ethical standards in the church. The
practical point whether or not the
American Board for Foreign Missions
should get 100000 for it's work and
whether Mr.. Rockefeller should give it
interests US not at all. But it is a very
important matter to note how men of
immense wealth and business power
regard legal and nr~~al obligations;
and a perhaps still ore important
matter to know how far the churches
abide by and how far they depart from
the standard Of the founder of Chris
tianity.
Most interesting Illumination is
thrown upon one side of this question
by the statement given out by Mr..
Dodd, chief solicitor Of the Standard
Oh company. 1t is perhaps not without
significance that the complete answer
to the arraignment of Mr. Rockefeller
on moral grounds is prepared and pre-
sented by his legal adviser. He has
lawyer for his chaplain; and his con-
science is in the keeping not of the
high authority Of abstract right and
wrong, but Of the man who can tell him
whether or not an act contravenes the
statute law. The defense put forth is
precisely what one might expect. AS a
legal document it would seem to be
valid In its bearing upon morality
and ethics, to say nothing Of religion.
1t discloses most extraordinary stand
point
The Standard Oil company was ac-
cused of obtaining unjust rebates ond
other fayors. and of unfair couneti-
ton. 1t Is not denied that this was
formerly true. 1t is stated that the
practice has been discontinued since
the law pronounced against it; while
by the other hand it is asserted with
equal positiveness that it has merely
changed its form. However this may
he. here is the way that Mr.. Dodd looks
at the, moral issue: But to saw now
that it should not have obtained tba
best rates under the old system which
its position enabled it to obtain is an
impossible counsel Of perfection. We
do not see that anything more remains
to be said.
1he business man may claim that If
is part Of his work to take any sharn
or unfair advantage which the law
allows him, and which the duIIer in
telligence or the greater moral scrunle
OF his competitor rejects. The Iawver
may tell his client that he will nor op,,,
keep him out of jail, but avoid all pen-
altles" by keeping within the letter oe
the statute, and limiting Injustice and
oppression and extortion to those oh
1ects and those methods which the law
Is as yet toe general in its terms or too
feeble in its administration to catch
The instant we step over to the mora,
sice, all this appears in another light
ne man who assumes n Cbristi,,,
seahding and who strives for Chris
'iah character must look upon an I'M.
Aaif and unjust advantage, although
>iot prohibited but even expressly per-
h'ttsd hr Law. with the same horror
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Taxation of Mortaaues

A Legislature that will enact such a
law will merit and receive the sever
est condemnation from the people, 1t
would not be taxation, but robbery
enforced by statute, as experience has
proved over and over again.-Buffalo
Courier.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Near and Far

A little less than a year ago Mr..
Balfour referred to the near east as
the despair of European statesmen"
In view of the failure of all efforts to
stop the war in the far east, that
quarter of the world seems to be al
most as hopeless to European states
men as the chronic conditions of the
near east.-New York Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
He Mas Safe

teacher in one of the public schools
asked little Irish boy why he had been
absent day. to which the youth replied:
My mother had the mumps and L had
to go and get the DOCTOR.
But don't you know that the mumps is
catching Johnny?'
Yes, but this is my stepmother, and she
never gives me anything. New York
Times
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Blunt

Mr.. Roosevelt urges surgeons to go
ahead and do their best, even if they
haven't got anything better than an
old jackknife to cut with. This is some
more of his typical bluntness, but is
hardly of kind to increase his popu-
larity. Most Of us would rather not
be cut at all than to be hacked with
an old jackknife-St Louis Rennhlic
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Preserve Our Forests

European forests, that were weak a
century ago, are now more extensive
grow better timber and more of it and
have increased in value beyond even
usurious interest on money. Govern
ment preservation of American forests
is not too late for the Pacific coast to
become the permanent source of the
timber supply for the whole country
San Francisco Call.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
GarHeId's Trust Reports

The second installment of Commits
sioner Garfeld's beef trust report is
promised to be more exciting than the
first. Is this more of the tom" Law
son wait-tiH- you -See-the- he-hot-stuff-in-
the-next-number literary work Dem
yer Republican.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Public Conscience

The resignation of George c.. Holden.
the Philadelphia postoff1ce inspector,
because he had borrowed money from
an enterprise whose methods have been
criticised by the postoffice department
and are now under investigation, is
evidence that there is some public con-
science left.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
A Calculation

''Beef is expensive" said the man with
a careworn expression. but 1t isn't as ex-
pensive for me as Welsh rabbit
Cheese doesn't cost much.
mo. But every time my wife eats Welsh
insists on my going out to the track and
playing the hunch Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Fighting Reform

1t is notable that in the process Of
lawmaking the enemies of any reform
measure seek to kill it by loading it
with extreme amendments. The same
tactics are resorted 20 by a like ele-
ment of society in regard to the exc
cution of laws.-Kansas City Star.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Another Shamrock Won't Matter

Sir Thomas Upton says he is coming
over after the cup once more. There
were some fears that Sir Thomas had
grown discouraged and had decided to
leave the cup where it is.-Washing-
ton Post.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09

Those particular persons who object
to having the seat of federal govern
ment moving about under the presi-
dents hat in the wilderness might over
come the present conditions by having
a grizzly battue every year and, driving
the varmints in the direction of Wash
ington.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
The Instrument rhey use

Haven't you got any toothpicks?" ask
ed the tourist in the Arizona restaurant
"Foothpicks?" queried the cashier
Whats the matter didn't the walter
give ye a forl1?'-Catholic Standard
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Slow Work

People interested in the sanitary
reconstruction of Cuba seem to fail to
make allowance for the fact that the
NTH OF centuries lies concealed in the
soil and that it will require years to
eradicate all the noxious germs that
thrive there.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09
Room for a New PARTY

Speaking of the organization of
new political party in Delaware, we
deferentially submit that there is no
state that needs one worse-unless it's
Pennsylvania. = Philadelphia Nerth
American.