The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-02

larry X. THAW'S unpleasant fix, tho there IS
A n q possibility that that faded flower, from need
of stmuants, rather enjoys the fireworks cans
renewed attention to the general asinanty OF 6eing
sport. It is hard work, it wastes money and II Is
runous on the health. A man will work harder &C
quiring bad taste in the mouth, an enlarged head
and case Of Brghts disease than four farmers Will
put in working out the road tax
When boys papa has million dollars roped,
q big skyscraper, the boy sometimes considers it
license to break the laws OF his being ana wr1te MN
self down in the minds of rightthinking people as
The fact that one of the Thaw girls rushed around
with expensive clothes her and roped an English
earl when she might just as well have ,, had good
straight tout American business man, with no demmed
nonsense about him. lends color to the suspicion that
the second generation of Thawdom has run out into
general weakness and needs to De proved unoer.
What we are witnessing is the plowing'under
process H.
The mills Of the gods, which are alleged to go
rather slow but out very fine grist including
little stone dust where the upper and neither wheels
get together and each other off, are now en-
gagged in the unpleasant occupation OF grinding out
Thaw- White grst and the whole world, with senti-
ments varying according to the moral perception,
watches the wheels 60 round
It isn't nice thing to bear false witness against
ones neghbor and there is need seeing 1t is not
our business of passing judgment on our Thaw and
White brethren, but feel that there is no
objection to taking small swlpe at the SIN while
feeling very pitiful and sorry for the sinner.
So contend again that the sporty mind is an ass
and is unknowingly stepping its own foot And it
thinks 1tSelI 50 SHaIC, 100! .,... 8
e., The great American vacation is on tap. A man
leaves his comfortable office and takes up his abode
at Mosquiteau by-the-Lake He fishes under violent
sun and drinks roadhouse whisky that is used in the
winter when the trade is dull, to tan leather.
Sometimes he arises at 5 to fish. He chases the
golf pill till his suspenders wilt. Wearied by the
perence he returns reluctantly to the city and it takes
until fall get back his repose and make up for lost
sleep Did you four of
z. S-We can It get away this summer
The brewers propose to utilize the soda fountain
so that prominent citizens may obtain something with
cap while wife manages her little ice soda.
This plan proposed to the brewers convention
which has just closed at Indianapolis and is of
the ways by of which is proposed to popular
lie the drink. It the opinion Of the brewers
ISOLATION that ''American beer has done to
tabsh sobriety than all the prohibtory laws in
istence.'' w. -:
j.. One of the best drinks we know to establish 50.
briefly firm basis is water It tastes better than
beer and thanks to the city water supply, it costs
about much Sobriety established beer basis
is liable to certain lapses. -
:. We sometimes, nay Often do not know what is the
matter with us.
A curious case Of "hysterical short leg'-to use
doctors descriptive phrase-has recently been adj
mitted into special hospital in London
A patient, lad Of 49, appeared to have leg
couple of inches shorter than the other After
months treatment the south coast he brought
to London orthopedic hospital. Leg splints were
used with the idea of extending the limb, but when
the patient placed under chloroform his leg sud
denly assumed normal position. s$.-'
The only explanation that the lad, who was
mentally deficient, had, by contracting the muscles oil
the leg, caused the appearance of shortened limb
He removed to hospital which treats menta
fellow of the Royal College Of Surgeons said
' s"This assumption Of bodily defects is not alto
gether unusual and Is a form of hysteria. contrao
ton Of the muscles and fitting Of the pelvs and the
thing Is done. It is due to morbid desire to- excite
sympathy and attract attention. :; e.
But people who ''have things'' not always t.
These ften trof,
conscious habits of the of mind that beat
our hearts for and digests food This part,
gets to going wrong somewhere and there are witt
y, }hysterical shortleg of kind other. /,
Do you know how this I" mind of the 1esh'' shou
be governed-or is he running you9 A. j. R.