The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-15
"Hoot Mon

The amazing number Of members the original
F1oradora sextet must have contained reminds Of
the liberal supply of bodyguards OF George Washing
ton and final survivors Of the battle of Waterloo who
were dying off in honor and probity in the '1os
George Westinghouse nurses have practically become
extinct, while the man who accompanied Ney In the
final charge and who handed him fresh horse at
every bunker is avs-that is to say, is bird
of paradise. But F1oradora girls thick as black
birds and nearly sable. You do not hear of them
until they have done something awfu-shot way
ward gentleman in cab accompanied an eccentric
husband to roof garden where he distributes ana
within range. Eighty years from it will,
trust be different. Original but reformed F1oradora
girls, will just be coming to the front with remi.
nscences OF their youth. It will be: t'The venerable
Mrs Equalrights passed away last night at the ags
of 3d. In her youth she was attracted to the stage
and made her debut in the original Foradora sexte
IN, - MIS- Plous the pastor of the liberal churG in
Langdon square, was wen donation party last
evening by her parishioners After the pies had been
counted and the company had listened to beautiful
rendition of "Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight" by q
graduate from the Boston School Of Oratory, Mrs.
Plous consented to give "reminiscences of her
youth. She told in thrilling of her
harbreadth escapes from automobiles before arshps
came into fashion, and ended by revealing secret
She was one of the original members of the Floradors
sextet Mrs. Pious has not danced for sixty-eight
bet
If we must have Foradora recalled, let it be in
some such way, rather than by "reminiscences which
make man distrust his grandmother.
The earyrser generally selects the hottest weathss
OF the year in which to do his boastng about the
superior virtue Of being out of bed about the time
highly civilized beings turning in. His unsup-
Pressble yaingloriousness appears to call for action
by grand jury but heretofore he has escaped without
even the slightest reprimand What possible virtue
there can be going to bed at daylight in order to
rise in the dark the man who enjoys late suppers
big chair, book and midnight cigar cannot
imagine The sun may be beautiful sight in the
morning but more poets have written about its dis
appearance in the evening Besides early risers
pay any attention to the SUM- They interested
wholly in the present and prospective condition of
lettuce, radishes and carrots. There a few men
who run lawnmowers at unearthly hours in the
Ing merely to get up appetite for breakfast,
knowing that they will be first at the table These
deserve to be indicted instead of praised. Yet
your wife is to observe that Mr. So and So keeps
his grass in excellent condition by merely giving il
few moments Of attention in the morning. 1t is,
the currency, the Monroe doctrine while far more
momentous issues lie neglected at very doors.
One of these is the early rising habit which is suff
Gent to bring grievous comparisons to the ears Of
men who did not imbibe such false views Of life in
their youth.
The New York Citizens union is credited with
the invention of happy phrase for the describing Of
a certain brand of statesmen who thrust themselves
int Ra0e Gfos Reporting on certain candidate
legislative ability and rubber stamp for Nc.
Carren.'
Somehow the phrase does not sound provincial,
1t has national significance. Every state every
county every village has its rubber stamp officials
who do nothing but record the votes that are dev.
cred by the bosses The national house
tves IS perhaps the largest rubber stamp factory
the country. It's votes delivered the speaker
and his committee rules dictate. Every legsla.
ture is conveniently supplied with this class mem
bers. Every town council has them. They flourish
in executive Offices. In political conventions they
overrun the whole place The rubber stamp states.
is the complement of the boss system. The as.
saults that the being made the bosses ara
really attacks upon the rubber stamp candidates II
the stencil characters put into office they will
re-create the boss system If real chosen
to public positions the bosses will be permanently
dethroned.
The London Daily Mail raises the question whethe,
the family should be broken up at the holiday time
just the schools The family circle while il
is beautiful gets too small to hold the entire bunch
at times Father is bored mother is worried the
children quarrel like sin. At these times 'tbreak uu
the family. Let the parents go away by themselves
for a while and even separate the children, sending
them to different parishes where they may learn that
their brothers and sisters pretty good people ia
live with after ALL" Some people achieve the de-
sired result BY exchanging children for time II
takes the average male child several days to familiar
lie himself with his surroundings During these days
he is tractabe and be induced 60 to bed when
he ought. He is then little and the sweetness
of his disposition mpresses all who behold him. His
clothing too, is phenomenal for neatness. By tho
end of the week he will have learned the most dan
gerous trees to climb, the place where he Is pro
hibited to 60 into the water and what kinds tor
ment the cat, the dog and the chickens most detest
When the dog begins bark at the minister and tn.
hens fall off about 30 per cent in their laying it il
time to the boy to the next county By keeping
him judiciously the move nearly everybody car
get thru the without apoplexy. It is plar
worth trying. Why not have children's exchange
james Gray