The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
9HOOT MON

! I 4. K =sE" F57agy Z & -E75s 4
The fact thatsours boosted high tariff
savagery receives new confirmation
every time wedding is pulled off in
the rural districts or college opens
for business, in small town. The
charavari whose domestic output is
known as the ''chivaree'' is still one
Of those institutions which is ,as far
from monarchical or democratic control.
It must be the vital spring Of anarchy.
1t serves to keep we'll to the fore the
pristine idea of wife as piece Of
property whose requirement throws
he appreciates his bargain by throwing
largess to the mob. The fact that some
bridegrooms prefer to throw hot water.
or pistol bullets instead Of cash argues
naught against a cherished Renaissance
Of the simple life. It only shows that
some folks are too civilized for their
own good. a..-.-.,..
The college is another of those land,
marks which serve to draw us back
of a perfect civilization. The opening
of the college is signalized by personal
assaults upon the new members which
are outside the law and which have for
their aim the incubation Of the higher,
but rather ambiguous law that the vet
eran has rights which the community at
large does not share Among these are
the right to deprive his fellows of lib
erty and the pursuit Of happiness. The
taking of life, it is true, is no longer
considered good form, but it rests large
whether this shall be the result. Gao
cidents' are always happening and it
may have been considerations of this
kind which caused the faculty of the
Wisconsin university recently to take a
hand in the melee. Six hundred stu
dents We're engaged in the rush between
the freshman and sophomore classes.
| The form Of it was ducking in the
pellucld waters of Lake Mendoza wat
ers, which, tho pellucid, are not
DISTINGUISHED at this time Of the year
strenuous, but no sudden deaths &C.
CURED, because of the effectiveness Of
the measures taken by President Van
Hise. The rocky beach had been
cleared of boulders presumably by
members Of the faculty. the precipit-
Gus bank transformed into gentle
slope, and fair play guard Of twenty
five (also of the faculty?) kept the rush
ers from doing serious damage to one
another The sophomores gained pos:
session Of the gymnasium doors and
"by letting only few freshmen out at
a time, were enabled to overpower ana
duck them in relays.' What does this
remind you off It is something like
the method Of washing and shearing
sheep on the old farm. What could
be more elevating or better calculated
to give every student grapple-hold on
knowledge?
Have you been comforting yourself
| JNr1fh hi (rhn IL
Of hell9 Do so no longer. There is
he'll, and it has been heard FROM The
national spiritualists in session at Chi.
cago have demonstrated it's existence
tho why they should double up this
way on people who live in Chicago it is
difficult to understand. But hell was
rung up and a frenzied fnancier of the
vintage of 1889 got on the wire. He
wanted to communicate with his living
partner, whom he had wronged and OBJ
tain his forgiveness. He claimed he
transaction and could make no progress
until he obtained forgiveness. The par
, don was wired down and presumably
. the erring broker moved up to the
! | next table. It might be suggested that
if this is to be the regular procedure
there will have to be an independent
line to the lower regions. There are
/ already complaints that the wires are
T overcrowded and that central is get
ting real "sassy.'
, This happened in Minneapolis.
young lady agent of a savings institu
> ton handed a little girl one of thu
a forms to fill out before, making a de
4 posit. . One of the questions asket
= was "What is the occupation of you
father9' -. ~'@''t aga
; The little girl wrote e = Drunkard" il
' "But that is not an occupation, ,
. said the young lady agent: =
. ~HIt's all { ever saw him. do,'' in
u nocently replied the 9:year-old tot.
That father ought to hire himsel
out to stand behind a. full fedged null
9 for about ten minutes, 49, =
l. What has become the old-fash
! Toned boy who committed a stunt o
u verses from the Bible to memory o!
t Sunday, and followed that up with
f joyful hour Of browsing thru the live
!. Iy works of Bunyan and Baxter7 TIL
question is useless The boy has gon
. and his father, who used to superin
a tend the mental meal Of the Sabbat
It day, has gone also. He has gone t
!, the golf club or ne IS barrlcaded pe
= hind the newspaper. At any rate h
is out of. print. He ranks with GU
q cherished specimens. He may eve
s be "rare exotic.'' Anyway he
v not superintendent and the childre
= run riot thru any sort of reading. A
!, epigrammatist, who may be putin
q the thing too strong, says the old rul
II was "Good reading thru the week an
d the best on Sunday; now it is ba
, reading thru the week and the wors
=. on Sunday -.
l. The difficulties of having consist
d emit practice of Sunday reading appear
d to have worked an abandonment 0
"a every program. The old Sunday schot
y library book has disappeared and it
ID IT ---------
le II -s.-. -..-.-.-. ..... -...--.. .. ~