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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
English as It Is Spoken.

Z. An Englishman who has travelled
over this country and who has lectured
in some Of our leading schools has this
to say about the controversy between
England and America over the use or
abuse Of the language: 49,
The Englishman who thinks that the
average American has a nasal drawl
and very decided lack of refinement,
and the American who thinks that it
is essential to drop one s. aspirates
where they should be sounded and vice
versa, i'm order to be true Britisher,
are both in the same boat; they both
exhibit about the same amount Of in
telligence as the child who gets up
early on Easter morning to search for
rabbits eggs. =. r.
He denies that the Englishman says
"Rawther nawsty" or awfully jolly,
don It yer KNOW unless he wants to
be put down as a. consummate ass by
his own people. Nor does he find that
Americans say "calculate' and
"guess'' unless they are the fitting
words.
He suggests that the mutual critics
take a long trip, and learn something
about England and America before cen:
soring again. The Engishman may
be right, but there is some compensa.
ton in these mutual recriminations
They are doing something for the
English language. Murder in the first
degree is becoming less common. The
American who Is Intentionally careless
is beginning to find that he does not
increase his own Importance by as
sassinating the language and the Eng
fish cockney, who uses vile English with
| the evident idea that Americans viii
think more Of his standing at home, il
| discovering his mistake.
Clean, straightforward and u,n
adorned English is having a better
chance than ever before. While thu
use Of slang is not perceptibly lessenet
it is developing into better slang, tina
is, slang which helps forward the ex
preston Of ideas. 49,. = .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
RUou-"Her First False STEP"

To those who like plain, substantial
dramatic fare in large "helpings," "Her
First False STEP" at the Bijou this week,
should be satisfying. Compared with
some of the cocktails, highly seasoned
concoctions dainty trifles and course din
ners of the drama, Her First False Step"
is a genuine New England boiled dinner.
It is good, old fashioned straight from
the shoulder melodrama, the kind that
makes the audience laugh and cry, hiss
and jeer the villains and yell with joy
over, the never-failing triumph of good
over bad. There are no profound prob
lens or complicated counterplots, and the
action moves smoothly and directly. From
the moment of their entrance upon the
scene, there Is no. doubt about the mo-
ttves of any Of the characters. Everyone
In the piece is either good-good in every
fiber OF, his betng-or else bad-rotten to
the core. Everyone is plainly and posi-
lively allied with either the good or the
bad, and the play Is the usual contest
between the hero and his followers and
the villain and his party. It is lively
work. and the heart of the spectator is
In turn wrung by sorrow and suffering,
overworked when the suspense is over
and the hero triumphs, and forced up
into the spectators throat the rest Of the
time. The attempted robbery of a bank,
followed by a fierce fight between the
burglars and the police and a revolver
battle between the Villains gang and a
police boat beneath dear old BROOKLYN
bridge-without whose span Of twinkling
lights no meledrama could hope to live
these are mere trifes compared with the
grand climaxSof clirnaxes, when the hero
| rescues tiny girl from a. circus cage
conta lining two superb lions, and, leaping
In with the snarling animals, fires his
revolver at them again and again, while
they bound about the stage like squirrels.
f. Without exception the members Of the
company are competent A.. J. Edwards,
as Dan Matthews, one Of the most unttr-
ing and consistent villains in recent
dramatic literature, carriers a large share
OF the responsibility for the success of
| the many heavy climaxes, and never fails
to make the most Of them. Charles Nc
Grath who fmpersonates the hero, Jack
Walters, Is entirely satisfactory, and
| Pauline Paul. in the role of the perse-
cnted girl who is the object of the VIII
lain's especial hatred and the hero's love
land pity, is acceptable. Ella Fontaine-
bleau paints the character of Mary Foster,
| the female villain, in such unmistakable
colors that her appearance is enough to
call forth a storm Of Kisses Fred Wright
| makes the character of William Allen, the
father Of the down trodden heroine. sim
cere and dignifed. The other characters
are well played. The effects of careful
and intelligent stage management are ap-
parent in the effective climaxes, and, in
deed, turnout the entire play. Several
specialties are introduced, serving as q
| relaxation from the activity Of the villain,
| and his opponents.
| ~ Charles McMurdv
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
Rebates and Private Lines.

HBeware of the Greeks bearing
I gifts'' Also beware of the railroad
1 bureau which informs you that all of
the abuses of transportation companies
are dying natural death. It is not
SO long since the public was informed
that since the passage of the Elkins
claw rebates had disappeared. There
fore, one great reason for charging the
powers of the interstate commerce COM
E mission had disappeared. The latest
is that the evils of private car lines are
disappearing and with their demise
second reason for charging the powers
of the commission loses it's force.
It is very pleasant to learn that the
railroads are so sensitive to public
opinion that they give up evil prac-
: tfces as soon as they learn that they
are being watched. But let us go
little bit slowly in confding all to the
honor of the railroad managers. Let
us strive to remember that the. Col
orado Fuel & Iron rebate in which
Mr.. Paul Morton figured SO dolefully,
occurred at least in part after the pas
sage of the Elkins law, and that the
United States has pending today case
against the Santa Fe railroad for vio-
slating it's inj junction. Nor is it pos
sible to forget that, a fragrant case Of
rate discrimination has been charged
against the Great Northern railroad
within a few days. Rebates may be
dying out as the result of publicity, but
there is no evidence that with with
Edrawal Of public interest the railroads
would continue to be so suspiciously
good.
AS to private-car lines, if it is fact
that they are disappearing, the credit
rests with the commission and not with
81 the railroads. The commission has been
protesting against the iniquities Of this
system for several years and the rail
roads have been playing the baby act,
telling the commission that they were
powerless in the matter, could not con-
troll the rates, and so on ad nauseam.
But when the commission took hold of
the Michigan fruit cases and showed
up the contract between the Armour
car lines and the Pere Marquette rail
road the railroad promised to be good
and to abrogate that contract as soon
as IL expired and to see that thereafter
icing charges were reasonable.
It is true that publicity has done
quite little for the relief of shippers
in the past few months and that it
will continue to do much. But it is
the American system to crystalline pub.
lie opinion into law. This is what the
railroad literary bureau is trying to
prevent by two separate and contradic
tory lines of appeal. It argues first
that there are not and never were
many abuses, and that, therefore
there never has been any neec
FOR legislation; second, that the abuses
have disappeared and, therefore, there
@u no need of new legislation. The
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18

TALES OF THE 'tTRAvELING
NAM AT. HIS BEST.-The man who
will put the life of the travelling salesman
into novel and do it we'll will make a
big hit. So far as we recall at this mo-
ment, this has not been done. The trav-
cling salesman is a big factor in life. q
good deal larger factor than most people
realize, and, despite certain types, he Is
a man worthy the important place he
fills, and, furthermore is likely to be-
come still larger factor and fill. the
larger place still more worthily. A novel
portraying the type at it's best, and con-
structed to stand wear, therefore, should
have a big success. We should like to
see Booth Harrington try the task. So
much as hint to literary geniuses.
The hint is the result Of reading in
Tales OF the Road by Charles N. Crewd-
son. Mr.. Crewdson has made no attempt
to do the thing we suggest But he has
given a picture of the life which would
be OF 1nestimable value to the man who
would make the attempt Mr.. Crewdson
Is himself a travelling man, one of the
type that dignifies the profession" He
has taken enough; time from the road to
win for himself a degree at Chicago uni
versity, to, most excellent purpose, as
shown by the quality of his book. The
book shows the travelling salesman at his
work., the man in action, the man In con-
tact with his customers, old and new;
and, we may add, that If there is a dull
page in his book we failed to& find it..
We would suggest Mr. Crewdson for the
author Of a novel Of the kind mentioned
above, but the writing Of "a book OF the
kind in hand and the writing Of a novel
are two. very different propositions, The
one is to the other what an "off hand"
pencil sketch is to an oil painting. One
able to make pencil sketch of very
great merit is not necessarily able to do
anything with paints While we feel sure
Mr.. Harrington would succeed at such a
venture. we are in doubt as to Mr.. Crewd-
son. Nevertheless, if Mr.. Crewdson ever
should try we hope to have a chance to
view the result. -l":+ 49, x
Thompson Thomas, Chicago $3.50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
Close of Wonderland Season

When the Journal Cadet band at II
o'clock last night played "Auld Lang
syne'' Wonderland parks season was
closed and the park will not open again
until next Memorial day. The attendance
yesterday exceeded 10000. and proved to
be one OF the most delightful days Of the
season. Manager Dorsey, who recently
made a tour Of cities having big amuse-
ment parks, has already decided upon
several new amusement devices, while
much will be done in the way Of beau
tifying and improving the park He ex-
presses himself as highly gratifed with
the parks first season, and now that if
has been we'll advertised turnout the
northwest he predicts larger patronage
for the coming season. especially as Won
derland will then be on the new third in :
terurban line, SO that it can be reached
as handily from points in st. Paul as
well as Minneapolis -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
THE MAGAZINES


Hope for the Bald headed.-The hope
we refer to is not in some kind OF bot
tied stuff to be rubbed on the scalp
every night before retiring, but in the
grating Of hair from some friends or
relatives scalp into your own. Skin
grating is a success and Frenchman,
writing in Cosmos and quoted in Public
Opinion for Sept. 16 tells of man who
saws the experiment has been tried with
success. @s
The Easterner Versus the Westerner.-
Edwin Lefevre, author Of The Golden
Flood, . writing for Cosmopolitan Maga-
zine Of October, on paul Morton-IIu-
man Dynamo gives the following strtk-
ing comparison of the western man and
the eastern man as spoken by Hetty
Green: 80 :.
In the west men are bad only on the surface.
In Wall street they are bad clear thru. In the
west big men do things and wish to keep on
doing them and other people hope they viii.
In the east big men do things. and wish TO
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
ADJUSTMENTS
Orpheum-VaudevIlle.

The strongest bill Of the present sea-
son Is offered at the Orpheum this week.
Sensational athletics, ventriloquism and
touch Of pathos with the inevitable
IRA pid- fire. takers, make up bill that
keeps the audience interested from over
ture to moving pictures. Fredo and Dare
open the show with meritorious must
cal turn, with just enough nonsense to
fill IN the gaps. Browning and Wally fol-
low with startling trapeze stunts in which
all natural laws are defed, the man and
woman possessing the 'iron jaw to a
marked degree.
Smith and Campbell have laxative
turn and win favor with their final song
describing the ''rubes'' at the vaudeville
show. Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins Fisher make
the hit Of the performance in Ezra Ken
dalls sketch, "The Halfway House. It
Is a clean, clever little skit and the finale,
the singing of when the Evening Lights
Are Lit" Is done in manner to evoke
storms Of applause. e
p. Nine. Celina Bobe plays the xylophone
with dash and spirit. and responds to an
encore with violin solo, Arthur Prince
makes good his claim to the supremacy
among the worlds ventriloquists. His
work Is little short Of marvellous. He
uses but one figure, and while his line Of
humor Is more fitted for Englands music
nails than the American vaudeville stage,
Prince wins hearty applause by his cley-
erness. He smokes a cigar thruout the
entire act. His feat of keeping up run
ming fire Of raillery, from the manikin
while drinking, is something never before
attempted by ventriloquist.
Patty brothers, French athletes, do
sensa tional head balancing. closing the
act with the younger Patty walking
the length Of the platform and descending
a fight of stairs by jumping from step
to step upon his head. It sounds impos-
sible, but the young athlete makes the
athletic hit Of the evening by, this work.
The show closes with 1.-THE Horse Thief
film on the kinodrome. a. 2
..". ~. ...- w Ritchie =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
"A Poor Place for Market mfornaa-
ton,

Someone in search of information
has written to the Pioneer Press ask
ing number of questions concerning
the wheat market and the trade terms
used therein. Clearly the inquirer
knows little Of the grain trade, and
it is unfortunate that information Of
the reliable sort should not have been
given. ! II.
"Why,'' asks the inquirer, does
not the Pioneer Press quote the Min
neapolis cash wheat market?'
The answer is: "The Pioneer Press
quotes the Chicago markets, which are
the basis of all Minneapolis transac-
tions, and are more useful to most
Minnesota readers
misleading, that it carries its own re-
futation on its face, and it seems a
waste Of time to give it an answer,
but it ought to be noticed.
There came into Chicago last week
315 cars Of wheat, into Duluth, 1,214
cars, into Minneapolis 1926 cars. We
must say this over again; there were
315 cars in Chicago and 3,026 in Min
neapolis. The wheat crop of the north
west. is marketed in Minneapolis and
Duluth. The people who are sending in
the wheat are interested to know how
much money is going to come back,
what the cash prices are that the mil
lers or storage elevators are actually
paying today for the spot stuff. The
intimation that the cash prices in Min.
neapolis are governed by Chicago is
silly. ~ ~ i.
A fairly representative list of sales
of cash grain in Minneapolis is made
up every day, in time for the after
noon papers. Every car, does not al
ways move off in time to get into this
report, but it is aa comprehensive as il
can be made at time of preparing copy
The Pioneer Press, if it does not
print this list, omits it for one or more
Of three reasons. On days of big re-
ceipts here, it may run to half q
column, which is considerable space. Il
is tabulated, and costs a little more in
compositor s pay to set, and in re
| porter's wages. The P. P. does not
care to print it, and thereby call at
tention to the enormous business don.
in Minneapolis, by comparison with st
Paul. - : 81,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
LA WlNAkERS WILL
REDLS7RICT STATE
Time Has ArriDed to Reapportion Legislative
Districts-New Census Which Will Be
the Basis, Reveals Gross inequalities.

ators and one representative; sixth, one
representative; eighth, two senators
andttwo representatives; ninth, two SEN
ators.
AS matters stand, the first and third
districts have an undue proportion Of
senators, and the fifth, eighth and ninth
The representatives are not SO unequal
ly divided as the senators.
The following table gives the 1905
population of the different counties
as grouped for legislative purposes,
their membership in the legislature and
the number of people to each represen-
tative, counting senator equal to two
representatives. The first figure gives
the. number of senators and the second
the number of representatives in each
division The table:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
WHOSE DOG WAS 1T?
Harner's "ooE11y

Harper's Weekly.
An automobilist who was touring thru
the country saw walking ahead of him a
man, followed by a dog. AS the machine
drew near them the dog started suddenly
to cross the road; he was hit by the car
and killed Immediately. The motorist
stopped his machine and approached the
owner.
: I'm very sorry, my man, that this has
happened" he said. .''Will s. fix it?"
"Oh, yes" said the man, "$5 will fix It.
I guess -
Pocketing the money as the car disap-
peared In the distance, he looked down
at the dead animal
II wonder whose dog it WASP" he said.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
Wesley Church Resolutions.

s'Resolved by the Wesley church,
with a membership in each ward in the
city, that We hereby petition the coun-
ell not to repeal the Clark ordinance
and not to alter it,
This resolution, adopted at the church
services at Wesley yesterday, is I'M
usual, but it strikes T h e Journ a l
as having been perfectly proper and
highly practical.
rs. The members of the church are citi-
zens Of Minneapolis, citizens whose res
licences are scattered thru all the, wards
of the city. No one alderman nor no
one group of aldermen represent the
feelings of Wesley church on a public
matter It takes them all to cover the
Z interest this church has in civic mat
tiers. Therefore, the church addresses
a. petition to all the aldermen asking
them not to amend and not to repeal
the Clark ordinance.
The Clark ordinance ought not to be
repealed. The Rand ordinance put a
premium on lawbreaking; the Clark
ordinance puts penalty on lawbreak-
ing. This is the difference between
them. Once this difference is conceded,
the law-abiding members of the com
munity are ranged on the side of the
Clark ordinance. It puts no burden
upon the saloon keeper who meets the
condictions plainly expressed in his
license to do business. -...-
The opponents of the ordinance are
Il severely put to it to give one intel
ligible reason why this ordinance should
4 be repealed. Yet an effort will be made
to do it, and if the public does not
want this restraint upon the saloons
1 removed, it would do well. to- bestir
itself as Wesley church has doneafte
prevent the special interest which Is
keen for the repeal from hoodwinkinlg a
majority Of the council. b.. > s.. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

from the wasting Of the surplus, the
deferred dividend contract must be
totally abolished and companies must
,apportion their surplus in cash annu-
ally to the policy holders. All Of the.
crimes Of the three big insurance COM
panies flow from the deferred dividend
surplus, which is handled for specula-s
ton. When it is considered as a liza
bility which must be paid off every
twelve months, the policy holders and
the officer will both know how they
stand. The trust annexes will lose their
interest in the insurance companies
when they learn they have not big
blocks Of money for indefinite deposit.
The payment Of the policy holder an
nually will act automatically as di-
vorce between insurance and Wall
street.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
WORK OPENED
College Of Agriculture Shows an In
= creased Attendance.

Work began in the college of agri-
culture this morning. Forty students
are registered in this department of the
state. university, an increase of four
over last year. About ten more students
are expected. The college of agricul-
ture is one of the component colleges
of the state university, open to gradu-
ates of the school of agriculture and
leading thru fopr-years' course to the
degree Of bachelor Of agriculture
The school of agriculture will not
open until Oct 8. Judging from the
number of inquiries in regard to ad-
mission and rooms which have been re-
cetved at the registrar office, the at
tendance this year will be far in adj
vance of all previous records.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18

LOVE TALES OF THE SoUTH.-In, a
book bearing: the title Loves Way In
Dixie, Katherine Hopkins Chapman has
told some very pleasing and entertaining
little love stories. We cannot find that
Cupid's way in Dixie differs very mate
rally from his way in other fields. But
there is a glamor about the south that
makes a love scene what one might call
more at home there than anywhere else
Perhaps it is the approach to perpetual
June that the south offers. Whatever
the, reason, these stories of the little. god s
adventures in the south have a peculiar
charm. c -E
The Neale Publishing company, New York.
$1.25. fs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
.AN-~-~S-~S-->-@
~AAah-
A w0AIAN

A WOMAN. =, ~
q The great Love that was not for her e
Passed on, nor paused to see Il
The wistful eyes, the hands vague stir,
The mouths mute misery. -
The little Love she rocked not Of r
Crept closer bit by bit,
Until for very lack of love
She smiled and welcomed 1t.
Not hers to choose, to weigh and part Z.
The greater from the less; 4
She only strove to fill a heart
That ached with emptiness.
-Theodosia Garrison in October Smart Set.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18

q The Boston Globe is printing series Of
stories about women who have been In
the service of the public schools for fifty
years or more. A great many envious
contemporaries are wondering how the
Globe gets the facts and particularly the
figures '.t-. N.-r ..4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18

keep on doing them and other people pray they
no favors, only square deal. In the east the
big men, in the matter Of deals, want nothing
but favors from political friends and presi-
dents Of financial institutions, and Of ali the.
commandments keep In mind only the eleventh,
"Thou shalt not be found OUT
The Uneasy Chair
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
Your Chance to Go West.

Whether you go to settle or seek a
home; whether you want temporary or
permanent employment, you can find
what you seek in the country trav-
ersed by the Northern Pacific railway.
Many are going into Minnesota, Dakota,
Montana and into the Great Puget
Sound country. Some for health,
some for pleasure and others for en-
ployment. None go away disappoint--
ed. The many towns both large and
small are steadily growing and machin-
lists, -tradesmen, laborers and all classes
find openings and opportunities to ply
their trades Farmers find wonderful
ly productive farms where soil, climate,
water and good markets are conducive
to sure crops and large profits. Stock
men find grazing grounds of rich herb
age and markets within reasonable dis
tances.
Many are taking advantage of the
Low Colonist Rates in effect from Sept.
Is to Oct. 81, via the Northern Pacific
railway Liberal stop-overs,. giving
opportunity to inspect the lands at va
rious points, are good feature of these
tickets and you cannot afford to miss
the opportunity. Mr.. G. F. McNeill,
City Passenger Agent, l9 Nicollet
Block, Minneapolis. Mimi, is we'll in
formed on western lands, and will glad
.ly give you information. Write or call
today.