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National Bank Examination.
The Bigelow defalcation, following
the failure of the Faribault bank, has
shaken the confidence of people in the
northwest in the value of national bank
examination, and, indeed, no one is more
impressed with its insufficiency than the
bankers themselves for no bne is more
interested in a thoro and complete expo
sure of the condition of the banks than
the baWkers.
The bankers do business with each
other in large figures. Their relations
with each other involve the necessity of
absolute confidence in each other's in
tegrity. The necessities of business re
quire this confidence. Banks loan
money to each other, carry large bal
ances with each other, and the interests
of each are committed in a greater or
less degree to other banks. So it be
comes more important to the bankers
themselves than it is to anybody else
that the system of inspection shall be
thoro awd complete.
The Faribault failure and the looting
of the First National Bank of Milwau
kee by its president demonstrate that
the directors, for their own protection,
must have trustworthy information
with regard to the condition of their
own institutions. It means that, be
ing unable to rely on government su
pervision, they must, for their own pio
tection, secure the services of the best
experts obtainable who shall present
themselves without notice to the officers
of the bank and make thoro examina
tion of its condition.
Government inspection is largely a
political deal. Men obtain appointments
to the position' of bank examiner, who
have so little expert knowledge, who,
while possibly experienced business
men in other lines, have such limited
knowledge of the banking business it
self, that their services are of practic
ally no value. Indeed, we are advised
that some of the banks in this district
have recently refused tp pay the fee de
manded for examination on the ground
of no examination. They believe that
the pretended examination has been
merely superficial and have declined to
meet the usual charge for the service.
This is going to compel recognition
by the government of its duties to the
banks and to the public in this dis
trict. But in the meantime there is
110 protection for the responsible bank
directors so far as we can see, except
in the way indicated, namely thru a
thoro and complete examination? by
competent men employed by the direc
tors themselves. And while this may
afford the directors of the individual
bank satisfactory information as to
their own institution, it cannot afford
them that information with regard to
other institutions whose directors may
have taken less pains for their own
protection.
Necessarily an adequate system of ex
amination must be general, whether
provided by the banks associated to
gether or by the government. Mani
festly it ought to be done by the gov
ernment, but it never can be so long as
the office of bank examiner is conferred
as a political favor.
Look out, the destroyer T. "W. Lawson
la taking on coal in neutral ports.
Something Pathetic About It.
Tomorrow morning, according to the
announcement of the publisher, will see
the last issue of the St. P.aul Globe, a
daily newspaper which has been' pub
lished at the capital of the state for
thirty years or more.
Tt is somewhat pathetic to see a
newspaper go out of business in this
wav and it is unusual. If a news
paper is unfortunate financially, it gen
erally merges with some other publica
tion' or its existence is prolonged by
the introduction of new capital. Very
seldom does an old established news
paper voluntarily and completely cease
to exist. The case of the Globe, there
fore, attracts general attention.
Since its announcement the Globe
has gone on taking its customary in
terest in public affairs, discussing and
arguing public questions with the same
interest attd zest as tho it expected to
see the settlement of some of the prob
lems it has debated. Probably there
was nothing else to do, but it affects
,one somewhat as it would to meet every
.day a leading business man who had
announced that in two weeks he would
commit suicide, but who meantime con
tinued to interest himself in everything
great an*d small which agitates human
ity.
The Globe has on the whole been a
useful citizen of Minnesota and we4
who are surviving, cannot help but re
gret the necessity which removes it
from the sphere of mundane activities.
There is no use in discussing the cause
of the financial failure of the Globe.
One says it is that St. Paul is a dead
town another says that the Globe fails
because organs are no longer acceptable.
Whatever the cause, it is a reminder
of the uncertainty of existence and of
prosperity.
It behooves all who read the history
of the Globe to make up their minds
that success in Newspaper work is not
always the result of great backing and
of profound earnestness, (the Globe
was earnest to the point of morbidity),
but upon a certain subtle something
which is in the last analysis the
capacity to travel with the people and
not so far ahead of them that they will
lose sight of it.
Some of the fancy panels in, the gov
ernor's roceptlon room have craqked and
come off. It is unknown whether it was
the heat engendered by the Horton bill
that did It or whether the said panels
lost their balance craning their necks to:
see the Indian girl coming up the pike
in Douglas Yolk's picture.
A Large Wheat Acreage.
Altho seeding in the northwest is in
a state of completion far in advance
of last yestr, and well ahead of the
average, there are still two -weeks re
maining in which the farmers may sow
wheat or coarse grains. Many farmers
have put in their wheat and are ready
to sow barley, flax, oats or other small
grains and are debating what to do. It
seems an opportune time, therefore, to
call attention to the fact that wheat,
the old reliable, the standard crop of the
northwest, is a pretty good thing to tie
to just now. No one can tell, of course,
what the crop outcome will be, nor can
anyone tell what prices will rule for
the wheat next year, but it is a safe
statement that to expect a return to
former extremely low prices, is not war
ranted. Sixty-cent wheat is not
likely to be seen, for a long time, if
ever, and no farmer need hesitate to sow
it, thru fear that the price will not be
remunerative when he is ready to sell.
Ours is a great country. The natural
increase in population adds greatly to
our population every year, and new peo
ple are coming in at the rate of almost
a million a year from Europe. Our
home consumption is increasing rapidly.
If we produce more wheat this year
than last, it does not follow that prices
will go back to former low points.
There is one thing about wheat that
nothing can changethat is the good
market. Nothing that the farmer can
produce meets readier sale. Here in the
northwest are the great mills "that con
sume the wheat. This industry, built
up thru years of effort, is capable of
greater expansion. Aside from consid
eration of the personal benefits to the
farmer, there is the great general
benefit accruing to all from the mam
tenance of this industry. A big wheat
crop enables the mills to grind freely,
and employ labor more steadily. A
spotted crop, yielding below normal, as
was the case last year, brings returns to
the few producers who are fortunate,
but the many who suffer crop losses fail
to come out well. A good crop, yield
ing uniformly well, brings general
good returns and greater prosperitv,
even tho the price be somewhat lower.
The Rev. Hubert "W. Wells, rector of
St. Andrew's and one of the best known
ministers of Wilmington, Del. is now
obliged to walk on crutches because he
kneeled so much the services of the
church. In some manner the minister in
jured his knee, and constantly kneeling
on it made it necessary for Dr. Jessa
Williamson to place it in a plaster cast.
Clergyman's sore throat has been a fa
vorite disease in the past, but clergyman's
sore knee is a new one. If any pastor
should ha\e the two diseases at once, he
would be in a bad way.
An Opening Wedge.
One of the important acts of the leg
islature has been almost overlooked be
cause it was accomplished so quietly,
an because it will not really take ef
fect for nearly two years. The law
placing the inspectors of the dairy and
food department on a civil-service
basis is referred to. The act was pur
posely drawn so as not to interfere
with the staff during the present ad
ministration, but beginning with 1907
no one may be appointed inspectors
except from a list of persons who have
passed an examination set by the board
organized for that purpose. Once
appointed, inspectors may only be re
moved for cause.
The board is to consist of the dairy
and food commissioner, the attorney
general, and the dean of the state agri
cultural college. It must hold a'n ex
amination every year, and oftener if
necessary, and applicants remain eligi
ble for a year after passing the exam
ination.
The dairy and food department is an
excellent place to start the civil serv
ice movement. Proper inspection of
creameries, dairy barn's and the food
supply in general is of the highest im
portance to every citizen of the state.
As long as appointments are made on
a political basis, the best service can
not be obtained. No matter how
honest and zealous the inspectors may
be, some of them will lack the knowl
edge and experience necessary to effi
ciency. The most important provi
sion of the law is that protecting in
spectors from discharge for political
reasons, and putting them on their
good behavior, discharge being only
possible for neglect of duty, incompe
tence, insubordination or immorality.
The reasons for discharge must be filed
and the man discharged has a right to
a hearing on the charges made. Such
a system will discourage employees
from mixing in politics, which in the
past they have felt compelled to do.
From this beginning it is to be hoped
that civil-Bervice principles will be ex
tended to other departments of the
state government. There is a less ur
gent call for it in the gram depart
ment, because this service is constant
ly on trial before a critical public of
gram dealers, and incompetence would
Jbe disastrous. Civilservice
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there, however, would ^protect em
ployees from any necessity of "mak
ing good" in a political way. The
boiler inspector* and oil inspectors
ought also to be subjected $Q some ex
amination as to their fitness.
Taf te thinking: that what Bowen needs
Is a prolonged vacation in Connecticut,
Fitzhugh Lee.
The sudden death of Major General
Fitzhugh Lee removes from earth one
of the minor heroes of the Confederate
service and a major hero of the Span
ish-American war. It was Consul Gen
eral Lee's firmness and courage in tell
ing the truth that brought the govern
ment of this country to see that some
thing had to, be done to remedy the
intolerable conditions brought about by
Weyler's reconcentrado orders.
When war was declared, Lee came
home to enter the army, and he, with
General Joe Wheeler, became the large
figures in the romantic reconciliation
between north and south. Officers
against whom they had fought in the
rebellion welcomed them with great ae
claim back to the uniform of the re
public. General Lee did not get into
the war as much as Wheeler, which
was always a sore point with him, as
lie had promised himself when he left
Havana to return and help pull down
the Spanish flag from the island.
President McKinley rewarded both
Lee and Wheeler with first-class rank
in the regular army.
Fitzhugh Lee was a nephew of the
famous southern leader, Bobert E. Lee,
and had a full share of that great
man's chivalry of character. He had
in his makeup a good deal of the pride
and picturesqueness of the south, too,
and when he made his first campaign
for governor of Virginia, rode all over
the state on horseback, accompanied
by a cavalcade.
The beef trust may well tremble if the
stenographer lady begins to "tell on it"
The State's Legal Department,
The office of the attorney general of
Minnesota has finally been placed on
a,, basis somewhere near the measure
of its dignity and importance. By the
action of the legislature, requested by
Attorney General Young and recom
mended by Governor Johnson, the de
partment now has three assistants at
salaries of $3,000, while the former es
tablishment only allowed two assist
ants with salaries of $2,000. An addi
tional clerk is also provided.
The attorney general is not only
the legal adviser and court representa
tive of all the state offices and depart
ments, but he is frequently called upon
to defend valuable property interests
of the state, or to go into court against
powerful corporations, pitting himself
or nis assistants against the ablest legal
talent that can be obtained. It was a
false economy for the state to stint in,
paying salaries to counsel, and a wise
liberality to make the new provision.
Any county in the state is likely to call
on tho attorney general for help in im
portant criminal cases, and he must give
assistance in all such cases appealed to
the supreme court. Under such circum
stances the best is none too good for the
state's legal department. The latest
acquisition, Mr. C. S. Jelley, is favor
ably known in Minneapolis and will be
better known in the state at large. His
appointment reflects credit on Attorney
General Young. The other assistants,
George T. Simpson and B. A. Stone, also
have high reputations for ability and
legal knowledge.
If a man cannot be born rich, he would
do well to be born a relative to some high
insurance official.,
New York Aldermen.
Tho piesent New York legislature
has been "throwing the boots" into
New York city with as much vigor and
en-joyment as any of its predecessors.
It has passed a bill taxing deliveries
of stocks, originated the office of
commissioner of records, which will
cost the people of the city $100,000 a
year for absolutely no use, and has sent
down to the mayor of New York a bill
taking from the city council more of
its powers and turning them over to
the board of estimate.
This latter bill the mayor of New
York has disappioved. It may pass
over his obiections, in which case, the
council of the city will be reduced like
Dagon to a stump. The bill shears the
board of its power to pass upon fran
chise ordinances and turns these over
to the board of estimate consisting of
the mayor, controller and presidents of
the boroughs. The moving cause for
the enactment of this legislation is the
complaint that corporations asking
franchises from the aldermen are held
up. The Pennsylvania railroad, which
wanted to come into New York under
the river and build an immense depot
in the heart of the city, couldn't get
action until it had made a large con
tract for work with the New York
Trucking company, of which Tammany
Chief Murphy is the head. Other cor
porations have had like experiences,
and they appealed to the legislature,
which has done what it could to make
smooth the path of the corporations.
The author of the idea is the demo
cratic controller Grout, who recently,
in advocacy of the bill, gave out an
interview which must have made the
head of every alderman in New York
sing. He did not mince words in tell
ing what kind of gang ruled New
York thru its council. Mayor Mc
Clellan, however, is too much depend
ent upon Murphy to take any view of
this subject but the one indorsed by
the boss and the proprietor of the New
York Trucking company.
The Jews who are preparing to cele
brate the 250th anniversary of their ar
rival In the New World do well to choose
New York for the celebration. Never be
fore have so many Jews lived in one place
as are now found in that city. More than
twenty-eight times more Jews now live
in New York than in Jerusalem. And the
most of them are all doing fairly well, too.
The state has appointed a voting ma
chine commission, composed of Professor
Flather of the state university and former
City Engineer Cappelen of Minneapolis.
They, with the attorney general, will ln
rules spect voting machines and try tq recom-
mend ope thatto practical. The difficulty
Itt Minnesota. Is to get a. machine that will
run a primary as well as a regular elec
tion. If this problem should be solved,
it would be & step toward esoape from
the clumsy, uncertain and tedious system
of voting: and counting by printed ballots
and, weary men.
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The hated "government by injunction"
has reared its ugly head in Chicago again.
This time it is invoked to prevent strik
ers from gaily whacking peaceable citizens
over-the heads with mauls. The federal
government is a solemn thing totally de
void of the spirit of American liberty to
do the non-union man.
Of course Bishop Grafton 1B entitled to
his opinion upon the merits of the Jap
anese and Russian imbroglio, but having
given him a hand for his independence
we return to our original position which
was to sympathize with the Japs and sell
coal and cornmeal to both.
Mexico and. Cuba have refused, to enter
into any anti-American union designed
to diminish the prestige and influence of
the United States. These two states
know that it is a very good thing to have
a big fellow to fight their battles if they
are ever "picked on
Scotland, too,, is beginning to yell lor
home rule, and what do you think Is Scot
land's grievance against England? Why,
that Scottish peers must walk behind
English peers of equal rank even In. Scot
land. Wouldn't that, freeze your "par
ritch"?
The New York Evening Post has re
cently found tlie grace to say a. good
word for two senators. One was Piatt,
who is dead the other Cockerill, who is
retired. Senators now see how to adjust
themselves to the soft side of the Post.
Germany names Mr. Tlncanza as her
member of the board of consulting en
gineers for the Panama canal. This will
be a happy selection for the other en
gineers when-It is decided that the time
has come to rush the growler.
The compiler of a dictionary of authors
makes out that there are 8,500 people in
this country who have -written books This
is only one in the thousand of population
and is not as bad a showing as might
have been expected.
An attempt is being made In Indiana
to preserve "The Old Swlmmin* Hole"
made famous by Riley. 'If every man who
has had knots tied in his little shirt on
its banks would contribute a dollar it
could be done.
Tou see what a great state we are when
we can give New York such men as Un
derwood, Merriam, Towne, Clough, Calder
wood, Krech, Knox and Searle and have
enough left to run the local machine.
Mr. Carnegie would not accept the presi
dency of the Equitable Life Insurance
company for all of the surplus, and yet
we can think of no man who would take
more keen delight in distributing it.
"Should a^BgsJnegsjMan Retire?" is the
subject disunsJ&H by Governor Hoch of
Kansas, in m#iajmefa,rticle. If a busi
ness man tetirffl* .much before midnight
now, the trusts get his business.
New York's talk of making Mr. Roose
velt mayor at a salary of $100,000 a year
may come to something. He would cer
tainly enjoy the gray wolf hunting and
about the city hall.
Mr. Lawson is predicting a frenzied
Wall street "within thirty days Wall
street replies that this is "important if
true." Important to Wall street, perhaps.
Speaking of primary bills which are
now much discussed In the Commoner,
is not Mr. Bryan still the primary Bill
of the democratic party?
If the Russian fleet has really sailed foij
Vladivostok we may again hear "The Lay
of the Pounded Thumb" on the streets of
St. Petersburg.
Mr. Aldrlch is expected back from Eu
rope in a few days to relieve Mr. Allison,
who has been charge d'affaires in his
chief's absence.
The teamsters* strike seems to bear the
same relation to a labor problem as the
Battle of Mukden does to assault and
battery.
Mr. Bryan's lectures on the value of
ideals have not been entirely in vain.
From the profits he has bought a $500 calf.
The president seems to be after the
meat trust. He is flooding southwestern
markets with cheap bear steaks.
There is some nervous apprehension lest
Professor Goode issue an order to the
Andes mountains to show cause.
Trading stamps will soon bave a col
lectors' value like confederate money and
Venezuelan bonds.
WHAT BEFEL THE ADULTERATORS
Burlington Hawkeye.
Six million pounds weight of adulterat
ed and harmful foods were destroyed by
the health department of New York dur
ing the last twelve months.
POOR CONSOLATION.
Detroit Tribune.
Dreamy DickDev say dat fortune
knocks wunst at ev'ry feller's door.
Plodding PeteHuh' Dat ain't much
conserlation fier us guys wot ain't got
no doors.
OTHERS, TOO, IF IT WEREN'T FOR
"IFS"
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Editor Hearst says that if the gas trust
of New York were an individual it would
be in jail.
HOW TO WORK
Success.
Do it cheerfully, even if it is not con
genial.
ROMANCE
May was married taold December
Much I wondered about the match
So uncongruous Still, remember,
Old Man D. was a glorious catch.
They'd been married a month or OTCT,
When I caned on the blushing bride,
Somewhat curious to discover
Her impressions on "being tied."
"You can tell me, by this time. urely,
Is marriage a failureyou seem content^"
"No, not a failure," ehe smiled demurely
,"Sy 'a temporary embarrassment.'
Clerel&nd r^eadir^
THE UNEASY CHAIR
GEORGE ELIOT MATERIAL IN THE
HANDS OF A NEW AMERICAN NOV-
ELISTEdward Uffington Valentine is
a name wholly new to most readers, and is
likely to be somewhat slow in gaining
a wide personal acquaintance, despite the
fact that its owner has written a very su
perior novel, a novel that has something
imposing about it, when compared with
the average story of the present day com
monly called "a novel." The main rea
son for believing that it will be slow to
make friends for ls author is its lack
of sunshine, its somberness. The material
is such as great novelists have worked
with with high successGeorge Eliot, for
examplebut for the most part under at
least a clear light, while Mr. Valentine
seems to have been working und^r^ low
ering sky, which now and then dropped
rain, only very Infrequently letting thru
a bar of sunshine. Nevertheless, Mr. Val
entine has done a piece of work along
lines and with a success that are pleasant
to follow and rich dn promise, of great
things to come.
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EDWARD uTFUHiTOir VALEKTrNE,
Author pf "Heola Bandwith."Photo
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Mr. Valentine has not been content with
three or four characters and one main in
cident, with perhaps halfr-a-dozen or less
supplementary episodes, as the material
out of which to construct his story. He
has sought to do something large, to show
from living characters the motives and
passions that move men. The effect is
that of a strong picture which in its main
feature and in its details lays hold on
the observer. Were this novel, Hecla
Sandwlth, indeed a painting at an art ex
hibit, it would be a center of interest and
comment. As a novel, It requires too
careful study and lacks that excitement
which so many readers in these davs de
mand to gain a wide reading at once, es
pecially in view of the brighter lights that
are lacking. The characters are many,
they are very human, they are seen under
varying forms of stress in a -wealth of
incidents, and they all contribute to the
emphasis given the central event toward
which the author leads with much skill,
tho now and then the hand of the joiner
is too apparent
'The story is that of the daughter of a
Quaker ironmaster in the mountains of
central Pennsylvania. She is a girl of pe
culiar temperament, in part the result of
the strong impression made upon her
mind in early youth by the death Of her
mother in childbirth, following a shock
by ll^htnlngr. hy which she too had suf
fered She has a vouthful fondness for a
cousin, whom Quaker beliefs will not per
mit her to marry. So she turns to an
Englishman, whose sturdy character she
admires. The result is the story's center
of interest. But it does not stand alone.
It is worked out, as in life, among a mul
titude of other interests, all of which have
their influence upon the conduct of the
principals.
The manner ot the telling is unusual for
its excellence, to say the very least. Un
even tho it is, the average is highaway
up Remembering Hecla's experience in
the storm that resulted in her mother's
death, with the added knowledge that
Hallett is the Englishman alluded to, the
following suffices as an example of the
author's style:
Hecla had disappeared. Evidently she had
taken alarm and was hurrying on in hope of
reaching the farmhouse before the storm broke.
He saw at once that she could not accomplish
this A second long red flash of lightning laid
upon the backs of the fleeing clouds, drove them
overhead, and as the roll of thunder died, rain
stung the leaves like showering bullets. Hallett
moved on thiu the darkened woods, and at the
opening he saw a glimmering white figure clasp
ing a tree tiunk for support, as the gale whipped
the meadow grass Into leaping silver lines.
"Hecla," he called, unconsciously using her
first name, as be approached. She did not bear,
and her face blanched with a wild terror was
concealed from blm. Her soft dress strained
against her bent knees and her long white veil
partly detached fluttered behind ber like a sig
nal of distress.
"Hecla," he called again as be drew near. This
time she caught the sound of his voice. As she
turned ber head be had a momentary glimpse
of her pallor and the strange dark look of her
dilated eyes Simultaneously a flash of Ugbt
ning. like a three rayed star, brightened the air
and with a cry sb ran to blm and buried ber
face on bis brensU A clap of thunder deadened
their ears as if heaven bore witness to the sur
render of weakness? to strength.
The Bobbs-Merrill company, Indianapolis.
A MAY MORNING.
With bply purpose -beats the heart of morn.
To matins flock ^the birds on yonder .yew,
And 'neath it, in the shadows cool, newborn,
Each gragsblade counts Its rosary of dew.
Leon Mead In th,ej Reader Magazine for May.
A MADCAP HEROINE, by the author
of "The Wood-Ckrver of 'Lympus."The
Harpers announce for Immediate publi
cation a novel entitled Sanna, by Mary E.
waller, the authpr of "The Wood-Carver
of 'Lympus." The story is one of love,
of mystery and of pathos and humor of a
delightful Quality. The scene is laid in
the Island of Nantucket, and the pictures
of landscape and seascape, storm and
calm, are drawn with a vivid sense of re
ality. The heroine, Sanna, Is a wild,
romping, wilful madcap, bewitching In her
girlish coquetry and charm.
THE MAGAZINES
Evolution In a New Light.The time
has come, I think, when we are beginning
to see the process of evolution in a new
light, says Professor T. H. Morgan of
Columbia university in The Popular Sci
ence Monthly for May. He adds:
Nature makes new species outright. Amongst
these new species there wiU be some that man
age to find a place where tbey may continue to
exist. How well they are suited to such places
will be shown, In one respect, by the number of
individuals that they can bring to maturity.
Some of tbe new forms may be well adapted to
certain localities and wUl flourish there others
may eke out a precarious existence, because they
do not find a place to which they are well suited,
and cannot better adapt themselves to the condi
tions under which they Uve and there w)ll be
others that can find no place at all in which they
can develop, and will not even be able to make a
start. From this point of view the process of
evolution appears In a more kindly light than
when we Imagine that success is only attained
thru the destruction of all rivals. The process
appears not so much the result of the destruction
of vast numbers of individuals, for the jpqorly
adapted will not be. able to make even a .begin
ning. SJvoluUon la Jiot a war of all against all,
but it Is largely ajcrartion of new rrpea for the
unoccupied or poorly tccupi plaen in nature*
$fS
the practice.
'S
AT THE THEATERS
With She Long Bow.
That-100-year-old New Yorker lays his delay among lis to the fact that
he always chewed bis food. If you stop to do it now-a-days somebody will
get your pelf.
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3**
King Edward is said to be "depressed." The king has lost all the hos
races in which he entered his critter this year. No wonder he feels hurt*
Small boys are now toting guns around Cedar lake looking for game.
After a few of us prominent citizens have tried to stop some hot leaden
liners with, our persons, the authorities are like ly to warn the boys.} against
People of quiet tastes would hardly care to see Dr. Grover Cleveland
address the Daughters of Something or Other.
MI9
One hundred years ago our old border friends, Billy ILc-svis and Franlc
Clark, were just starting up the Missouri to see what was doing in the Jim
Hill highlands of the far northwest. Minneapolis was deeply interested in
the expedition, as Ed Bromley had been made official photographer and was
leaving Bridge square by dog train to join the party. At this tune Seventh
street was bothered by rabbits, and beyond Tenth street Indians were camp-
ing and picking off stray pioneers. One hundred years makes a big differ*
ence in a town of this size.
When Eugene Field was in New Orleans in the eighties he visited a curio
shop on Royal street and fell into temptationin fact he fell about twenty
feet. The story he tells of his fall is so good that it will do to tell again:
'Twas in the Crescent City, not long ago befell
The tear-compelling incident I now propose to tell
So come, my sweet collector friend, and listen while I sing
Unto your delectation this brief, pathetic thing
No lyric pitched in vaunting key, but just a requiem
Of blowing twenty dollars in by 9 o'clock a.m.
Let critic folk the poet's use of vulgar slang upbraid*
But, when I'm speaking by the card, I call a spade a spade
And I (who have been touched of that same mania, myself)
Am well aware, that, when, it comes to parting with his pelf,
The cuno-colleetor is so blindly lost in sin
That he doesn't spend his moneyhe simply blows it inl
In itoyal street (corner Conti), there's a lovely curio shop.
And there, one balmy, fateful morn, it was my chance to stop
To stop was hesitationin a moment I was lost
That kind of hesitation does not hesitate at cost!
I spied a pewter tankard there, and, my! it was a gem!
And the clock old St. Louis told the hour of 8 a.m.!
Three quaint bohemian bottles, too, of yellow and of green,
Cut in archaic fashion that I ne'er before had seen
A lovely, hideous platter wreathed about with pink and rose,
With its curious depression into which the gravy flows
Two dainty silver saltsoh, there was no resisting them
And I'd blown in twenty dollars by 9 o'clock a.m.!
With twenty dollars, one who is a prudent man, indeed,
Can buy a wealth of useful things his wife and children need
Shoes, stockings, knickerbockers, gloves, bibs, nursing-bottles, caps,
A gown, the gown for which his spouse too long has pined, perhaps!
These and ten thousand other spectres harrow and condemn
The man who's blown in twenty by 9 o'clock, a.m.1
Oh, mean advantage conscience takes (and one that I abhor!)
In asking one this question: "What did you buy it for
Why doesn't conscience ply its blessed trade before the act,
Before one's eussedness becomes a bald, accomplished fact
Before one's fallen victim to the tempter's stratagem
And blown in twenty dollars by 9 o'clock a.m.?
Ah, me! now that the deed is done, how penitent I ami
i I was a roaring lion-behold a bleating lamb!
I've packed and shipped those precious things to that more preeioqs wit
Who shares with our sweet babes the strange vicissitudes of life,
While he, who his folly, gave up his store of wealth,
Is far away, and means to keep his distance^for his health!
Several years ago the writer was in New Orleans and visited this shot*
The wxly proprietor had had this poem printed on the* back of his business
card and was passing it out. No collector could visit Royal street in. those
days without running into violent danger. Why, oh, why are these things
spread out for sale when rich men are wealthy and the real collectors are
rarely getting over $20 a week?
The trouble with the bicycle was that it was not two whoops distant
from hard work. Several years ago, when the machine was at the top notch
of its popularity, a gentleman of some leisure, culture and muscle attempted
to push a good strong wheel to Taylor's Falls. The sixty miles was not so
much, but the Minnesota farmer along the route had neglected to put an
asphalt paving on his pikes. A hayrack could be forced over the roads, but
the bicycle was not built along those lines. After following three or four
roads that started out from Northeast Minneapolis and lost themselves on
the pastures or the prairie, the rider finally, after plowing sand and walking
swamps with his bicycle held up from the ground, turned for White Bear
and arrived there at 2 p.m. with an appetite for which Mr. Rockefeller would
give $100,000. From White Bear a train of tooty cars was on its way to
Taylor's, and, not wishing to be unsociable, the rider accompanied iton the
inside. It was much quicker and more pleasureable in every way. The bike
was a good deal of a fake after all. A. J. R.
Mr. Goodwin and the Critics.
Yesterday I had the temerity to say, in
reviewing the performance of "The
Usurper" that the star, N. C. Goodwin,
lacked versatility. My point was that, tho
he had played many parts in the course of
his career, they lacked differentiation. He
was always Nat Goodwin, no matter
what the play or the part I added that
Mr. Goodwin's stage personality was a
pleasing one ahd that his acting enter
tained, amused and occasionally touched
his audience. Today Mr. Goodwin comes
to his own defense in a letter to the press
wherein he says:
"If creations like Jim Radburn In *In
Mizzoura,' Christopher BlizzaFd in 'Con
fusion,' Caraway Bones in 'Turned Up,*
and performances of Shylock and Bottom,
all the leading characters in Gilbert and
Sullivan's operas, the grave-digger in
'Hamlet,* and the production of twenty
six original plays are not evidences of
versatility, I cry quits, and I must bow
to the inevitable, and consider my thirty
years wasted. But it will take more than
the opinion of the above mentioned crit
ics to convince me.
"It was Charles Lamb, I believe, who
said: 'Apprentices are required for every
trade, save critics. They are ready-
made.'
Obviously, the mere fact that an actor
has appeared In many roles is not con
clusive evidence of versatility. No one
has ever accused Frank Daniels, for In
stance, of being a versatile comedian,
always funny tho he is. And yet Mr. Dan
iels in his career upon the comic operatic
stage has "created" many parts. The
costumes and lines have varied, but the
hand was the hand of Esau. Mr. Good
win, in my humble opinion, is In much
the same case. The three roles in which
he appears in Minneapolis are as like as
three peas in a pod. Put boots and a
slouch hat on any one of them, and,
presto' you have Jim Radburn of "In Miz
zoura." If Mr. Goodwin is really versatile,
isn't it about time he began to imper
sonate somebody?
After thirty years of success In stage
variations on the always entertaining
Goodwin personality, it would seem as if
its possessor might And the equanimity to
brook a critic who failed to keep the in
cense always burning under his nostrils
Yet he permits himself jibes at the un
fortunate tribe of critics that are un
worthy of a great artist Mr. Goodwin
would do better to "suffer in silence,"
wrapped in the consciousness that these
Upstart writers do not know whereof they
speak. Thru twenty of hjs thir*y years
Have I followed Mr. Goodwin's caiecr. I
must somehow have missed those Inter-
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"Eye amtan'M walk*, tbootfoltraa Jrflfes,"
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As long as the Era magazine keeps up its tirade, the msurarree eom-
panies' teeth feel as tho someone was filing a saw close by.
It may not be the trusts, but something or other keeps a man wearing a
path between the savings bank and the grocery store.
esting occasions upon which he got out of
himself and into some other character.
W. B. Chamoorlaia.
MetropolitanN. C. Goodwin In "An
American Citizen."
"An American Citizen" is an old play,
but Madeline Lucette Ryley wove thru
its ingenious plot enough sentiment and
pathos, clothed in clever dialogue, to
make it a perennial favorite. It mu&t be
confessed that Mr. Goodwin and his com
pany gave rather a spiritless performance
of the old success last evening, but if the
players showed a lack of interest, the
audience made up for it and few of Mr.
Goodwin's lines went unapplaud-d.
Mr. Goodwin in the role of Beresford
Cruger, the man who "abdicated" nis
name and country, presented a natuial
and amusing picture of the eccentric fel
low whose unselfishness makes trouble for
himself instead^ of haziness, and who
does not receive his due reward until tb
ckse of the last act. It is a part tha:
shows Mr. Goodwin to excellent advan
tage, especially in the tnird.act where he
has full opportunity to display his powers
as a comedian.
Ruth Mackay as Beatrice -Carew has a
good sense of humor. She has also a.
charming voice and manner and her
growing interest in the man she mar
ried to save herself and him and a few
others from financial ruin was in ad
mirable taste. Neil O'Brien added not a
little zest to the play as Sims, the non
committal valet. Flora Parker was the
good friend and pal, Georgie Chapin. and
Ina Goldsmith took the role of Carola
Chapin. Ethel Beale was a handsome if
rather colorless Lady Bunn. Fred Tyler
took the part of Peter Barbury, the confi
dential friend and partner, and Eille Nor
wood was Edgerton Brown, whose habit
of dying created much of the trouble.
Master Shebdy as Mercury, the office bov,
von a success all his own wittetols holly
and misjlingtoe." *~tf. Hi
Frances R- Sterrett* *J?
TO A BON VIVANT Jsp
Ob. rich autumncl tinting of his nose,
What radiant, rosy tinted dreams you brbig
Ot vine clad slopes and autumn vintaglng.
And ripe grape fragrance, sweeter Uian the rose!
Dreams of old pagan days8,
when Bacchus goes
All garlanded with vine*, or lolls to sing,
And, singing, slumbers till long shadows fling
Their cool arms eastward and the stars unclose.
What tall moist beakers have you lingered h^-
Tagan proboscis of tbe sunset Up!
But beer cools not wkile fancy's fingers spUT,
A frail glass stem and each remembered sip
Warned you with blushes from some olden sla^
Yon beacon-light of too-good-feUowship.
rMargaret Lee Asble/. to &a*rt fcU