The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18
"HOOT MON

America Is the land of inventions. It
invents devices for saving labor and in
vents labor for saving the devices. 1t
patents luxuries and then patents at
tachments which make Injuries necessi-
ties. It invents professions, invents pro-
fessors to fill these professions and then
invents states of mind which makes the
employment Of these professors no longer
optional. America invented and has per-
fected the trained nurse, originally an
adjunct of the hospital but now a peri
patetic visitor to every home. She is
supposed to never sleep. AS an improve
ment on the trained nurse America has
invented the 'house mother This is
very likely the latest. The house mother
Is person of discreet years who comes
into the home and takes charge while
mama goes away for much needed rest
She assumes all the cares and tolls of
the household the oversight of servants,
the calling Of father down when the coal
is low or the dinner late, the spanking
of the children and the ordering of the
meat for dinner. f--.
The other day a minister went to call
on one of his parishioners and found in
stead of the lady Of the mansion the
house mother installed as boss.
what do you do?" he asked.
II do everything. I take charge Of
the house from cellar, to garnet, boss
the girl but I can't discharge her (the
house mother emitted this sentiment
with some feeling), see to the ordering
ana receive the visitors. I am it while
I am here, and when I go away I render
an account to the master Of every cent
I have received and spent, deducting my
wages"
"And do you have many calls for this
kind of serVice?"
more than I can answer. I go from
here to a home in the far west and I
have engagements which will fill my
time for the next twelve months"
How long do you usually stay?'
Five weeks is my limit I cannot
stand it any longer. Then I have rest
before my next engagement"
Think of this, fathers who have not
seen mother have a week off since the
explosion at the mills.
Another flutter in high society in
Europe. Prince Eberwyn of eBntheim and
Steinfurt just the other day became in
fatuated with Fanny Koch, the daughter
Of a tradesman who is mayor Of small
provincial town, and declared his inten-
ton to marry her. His family did their
utmost to dissuade him, but Prince
EberWyn was obdurate. He insisted on
marrying the girl of his choice. There
upon family council was called and in
the presence Of his pa and his sisters,
cousins and his aunts, the prince took
a solemn oath never to dispute the title
of his younger brother, and with it re-
nounced an income estimated at $780,
900 annually. Then he was married and
it is to be hoped that he will live happily.
At first blush this sounds like very
+try 1o,,4
socialistic friend poking his snout into
the matter with this inquiry: us the
system right which makes a youth who
never earned a dollar in his life heir to
million year in little principally
where the common people live on black
bread?"
It seems rather tough to have to
listen to a socialist under such tender
circumstances, but his inquiry is one
which will not down.
The beauties of complete suffrage were
exemplified rather better in wyoming
than in Colorado at the last election. In
Colorado the woman candidates for the
legislature on both tickets were assigned
to stay at home. But in Wyoming sew
eral women broke into office. One
notable instance of woman's power was
discovered at Lander, where Ben Shell
don, the veteran county clerk, was de-
feated for reelection by the women.
They resented his discharge of a young
woman clerk because she wore a peek
a-boo waist. When a man gets into the
business of regulating Women's clothes
he might as well retire from politics in
Wyoming.
Edwin Bjorkn1an, formerly Minneap-
oils newspaper man, but now connected
with publications in New York, appears
in the New York Times as explainer-
intact that a Jew was expelled from
Helicon hall, the Sinclair colony. The in
teresting part of this statement is that
Bjorkman is in the colony and that he
has resumed the use of his j. He used
to spell it Biorkman in Minneapolis, but
it is said resumed the when he went to
New York and lived in one of those tight
little flats He said he found it useful
to hang his clothes on when he retired.
The precedent created by President
Roosevelt in leaving the country while
in office calls attention to a fact related
to me by a member of the cabinet that
President Mckinley came very. near
creating such a precedent himself, but
declined the chance. He was on
steamer in Lake Erie and the captain
thought to make some copy for the
newspaper boys abroad by taking the
president over the line into Canadian
waters. President Mckinley noticed his
maneuver and called him down before
the act Of expatriating the president had
been consummated
President Mckinley was not the man
to look for new things to do in any way.
I remember when he was in Minneapolis
in 1899 to receive the Thirteenth regi-
ment that he had a chance to make
fuss and declined to embrace it. It
happened that when the procession, of
which he was the head, starting from
the Lowry residence, reached Park ave-
nue. his carriage was so far In advance
Of the rest of the procession that 1t had
to be halted at the roadside until the
military hook and ladder truck and the
rest Of it caught up. I felt that it was
incumbent upon me to apologize to the
president of the United States for keep
ing him sidetracked under a tree, but
he relieved my anxiety by saying very
sweetly: .
"When start out upon an excursion
of this kind I put myself in the hands
of those who are running it. 1 learned
this lesson when young man with Mr..
ioldALe. Wi. DidiiS was d IHdn VINO would
run everything from the train schedule
to the details of a reception. He wore
himself out with attention to details
which could as we'll be handled by some
body else, and have never followed his
example in this regard"
.t .''T~ James Gray,
LoNG-DlSTANcE CITIZENSHIP
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