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TUESDAY. APRTIi 10, 1901.
IF TSIE CUBANS WERE SHREWD.
"Once to every man and nation comes
the moment to decide." That moment
has come to Cuba as a nat'on. On th's
decision will rest her prosperity or her
toing. If the Cubans were shrewd
they \\i;l' take advantage of the situa
tion t<"" for«vtr secure the future pros
v.critv cf the island. They would accept
the terms of the Flatt ana ndment with !
the condition that they were to have i
free access to the markets cf the United
States. ralnty with complete reci
procity would co more fcr Cuta than ten
centuries of Cuta iibre. Should Cuba
demand the open door as a consideration
for limited sovereignty, the United States
could not refuse the terms. Of course,
the sugar and tobacco interests would
howl; there would be prolests and peti- !
tidiis from the same infiu:nee that 13 I
now wrecking Porto Rico, but it would
be of r. i avail under, the present public
I r. ssure for the settlement of the Cuban
question.
Annexation would bring the greatest
blessings to Cuba, but her people do not
realize it. Th< y fail to comprehend the
conditions that would prevail; they
don't realize that they would enjoy ab
solute free trade with a vast country
Which would use all of the island prod
uct; that the question cf government
would be simplified and brought dawn to
the management of local affairs, reduc
ing, the burden of public tax to a mini
mum. All this they can not sea be
cause they are blinded by a sentiment.
For years they have fought for inde
pendence and they want to be able to
look up to the Cuban flag and feel it is
the emblem of a sovereign nation. This
6entiment is commendable, but it is noth
ing but a dream that will be rudely dis
turbed—a toy. that will te soon broken.
If the Cuban convention had been com
posed of men who were large enough to
look a few years into the future r they
would have greeted the Platt amendment
with a smile of joy, for it gave them
just the opportunity which a diplomat
would have desired to secure the one
thing that Cuba must have to be pros
perous and happy—the unobstructed en
trance to the markets of the United
States. That is not too late now; the
ultimatum has not been defied—the mat
ter is still open to negotiation.
Before congress meets, if the Cubans
are wise they will have framed an ac
ceptance of the demands of this gov
ernment with one condition and that ex
pressed in two words, "free trade."
Then it will be up to congress to accept
the condition or show its hand. If the
spoliation- of Cuba is the ultimate de
sideratum of the Republican party the
fact will be forced to the light then and
there. Should Cuba apply for admission
to the Union as a state, there would be
found 011 the floor of the house aria of
the senate scores of men representing the
sugar and tobacco interests protesting
against such an act. It is that influence
and its allied neighbors that has impov
erished Porto Rico, and that is urging
upon the government a colonial policy in
the Philippines.
If the supreme court should find that
the administration and congress can es
tablish colonies outside of the constitu
tion, then will Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines become the legitimate prey of the
political grafter. The machinery of gov
ernment will bo run, not for the benefit
of the Filipino people, but for the ben
efit of the home trusts and the imported
corporations composed of congressmen
and their friends.
Cuba can escape all this by renouncing
a little sentiment dn-the score of abso.
lute independence. Sentiment is all right
In its place, but in dealing with one of
the most selfish bodies on the face of
the earth, the American congress, senti
ment well be exchanged for a ma
terial advantage.
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THE CANTERX FOLL.Y.
The intelligence which comes through
the press dispatches that the repeal of
the canteen law has operated to greatly
increase drunkenness in the vicinity of
the army posts all over the country will
surprise few, save the extreme advocates
of prohibition, whose prejudices have op
erated to blind them to the inevitable re
sult of such action.
The effort to control the appetite for
liquor by making it necessary for the
eoldier to go outside of the military res
ervation is an absudity in itself. No
euch result can follow of course. Ttie
inevitable result, it must seem to even
the most prejudice/3, is that the consump
tion of intoxicants by the. soldier must
be carried on under private direction.
If the soldier -was all the time confined
to his military grounds there might be
some sense in the undertaking of abol
ishing the canteen, even though it would
involve a clear attempt, unconstitutional
and unwarranted, to deprive the soldier
of his well-defined right to expend his
wages as he: thought proper. It is not
necessary, as so many of the advocates
of the canteen are in the habit of do
ing, to insist that the saloons established
in the vicinity of military quarters are
any worse than those established else
where. It is sufficient, in order to show
how the wisdom of a regulation which
invests the soldier's superiors with some
supervisory power over his expenditures
for drink, to saj* that the possibility of
over-indulgence is decidedly lessened by
such a regulation. No drunkenness will bo
tolerated in camp. The offending soldier
is certain to meet with severe punish
ment for any infraction of the rule
against drunkenness on the grounds.
Once outside, the soldier, like the civ
ilian, has only the civil authorities to
deal with. The associations and sur
roundings are such as lead much more
surely to excess, outside the post than
within. Whatever safeguards are repre
sented by the canteen are dispensed.
The soldier natural.y looks forward once
outside the post to entire freedom in the
matter of drinking, especially If during
his stay within the military grounds ho
is denied all access to drink.
This whole subject is one which should
be left absolutely to the military au
thorities. It la merely the spirit cf the
silly intermed.iler which has brought
about the doing away with the sale of
drink inside military po-ts to the m n
of the rank and file. The superiors
of those men know what is beat for
them in that direction, individually and
collectively. Congress might with a3
much propriety dictate to the military of
ficers what food should be served or
when it should be served as to declare
that the men shall not be allowed to
take drink at their meals or otherwise
while they remain in camp.
The subject is one of considerable im
portance to the soldier, as we'l as to so
ciety. Whatever in the way of depriva
tion or restraint is thought necessary •
should be left to those who are respon- j
sible for the discipline and efficiency of '
our military force 3. If those well
meaning but inconsiderate persons who
against the judgment of the country
found themselves able to coerce congress
into the adoption of their m asure find
the result to be the increase of drunken
ness among the soldiers theirs is the
responsibility. It is comforting at least
to reflect that such a result will inevi
tably secure to those who should have
the power the right by law to regulate
as seems to them best the consumption
of intoxicants by soldiers within military
posts.
NO MORE COMMON LAW MAR
RIAGES.
New York is to have no more common
law marriages. After Jan. 1, 1902. After
that date a woman who wishes to claim
an estate belonging to a man with whom
she has been living, can do so only upon
showing a regular certificate of marriage
or a written contract signed by/the de
ceased acknowledging her as his wife.
The common law marriage dodge be
came very popular among a certain c!as3
of fortune hunters. Nearly every un
married man who chanced to die pos
sessed of property and intestate, was fol
lowed to his grave by from one to four
common law wives; all with the same
story of acknowledgment of the marital
relations, but. minus the usual ceremony.
All of these allege-d oral agreements may
have taken place, but it has been a no
ticeable fact that only men of property
make them. .It seems strange that the
very men who would be loth to make
entangling alliances on account of the
property involved have always been the
very ones to do that very thing.
The law restricting marriage is a move
ment in the right direction. It is the
laws regulating marriage instead of laws
regulating divorce that need tinkeiin?.
If emigration from celibacy to the state
of matrimony is rendered difficult, the ex
odus from the slate of matrimony will
not be so marked, when on account cf dry
weather, a hail storm, or even a tornado,
the crops are poor. Most of the legisla
tures have been tinkering at the wrong
end* of the difficulty.
HIS FINTSM AS A REFORMER.
That approved Republican reformer anl
statesman. Doc Ames Is not receiving
that recognition of his avowed merits as
a public purist which he ought in his
own estimation to receive. It is the boast
of his friends that he has given the best
administration to the city that it ever
enjoyed and they point with especial
pride to the fact that more stolen prop
erty has been recovered during his ad
ministration than ever before.
The truth of the charge against Mayor
Ames that he was engaged in building up
a political machine has been for all prac
tical purposes admitted. His purpose in
this regard was perfectly plain from the
outset. His discharge of 50 per cent of
the police force including men of years
of experience and tried fidelity and ca
pacity was concededly the result of his
purpose in this direction and he has never
thought it worth his while to enter any
denial of the charge. To all the imputa
tions cast on him and his administration
he has unfailingly turned to the record
of his police force in the matter of the
recovery of stolen property—a record
which might be read differently by dif
ferent persons.
But while the thieves have been busy
returning their booty, and the Minneapo
lis police force has been the subject of
anxious litigation as the result of its
transformation into a personal and po
litical machine, the ordinary wayfarer
seems to have had forced upon hia con
sciousness that not even the superiority
of Doc Ames as a social and moral re
rormer has sufficed to materially lessen
the prevalence of crime within the city
limits or to entirely eliminate the sus
picion that there is clear concert of ac
tion among the criminals and reorganized
and purified police force.
It is passing strange why there should
be any doubt as to the moral uprightness
of Doc Ames and his administration as
mayor. Is he not a good Republican?
Has he not been elected by the votes and
active labors of the best people in Min
neapolis? Is it not a distinctive badge
of a reforming tendency when a
man avows himself a candidate in oppo
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, TUESDAY, AFKH, 16, 1901.
sltion to an existing Democratic munici
pal administration?
The former mayor of Minneapolis was a
Democrat. Being a Democrat, and not
being willing to accept the theories of
official responsibility which seek moral
purification through Irrational and vio
lent opposition to popular habits and of
thought and conduct recognized as in
grained in every community, he of course
was not acceptable to the true-blue re
former. Gray would not proceed Quixote
like to wipe out all saloons and other re
sorts which are not acceptable to the
truly moral elements of society. He had
given a clean, effective and conservative
administration, without either robbery
or crime or complicity with crime char
acterizing it; but he was a Democrat
and was therefore amenable to influences
which the true reformer never make 3
compromise with. A Republican reformer
was wanted and—Ames was forthcoming:
The Rev. Charles Bay aid Mitchell,
doctor of divinity and pastor of the Hen
nepin Avenue Methodist churoh, is him
self something of a reformer—a man who
keeps his eye steadfastly en the scarlet
woman and other characters figurative
of the old Adam in man. He is not sat
isfied with the doctor as a reformer, and
he has said so. He has said it, too,
with the largest expenditure of hyper
bole and with such mental and literary
contortions as would turn the moon pale
with affright, were that mild luminary to
overhear the reverend gentleman's ex
cited utterances. The divinity doctor
speaks for the thoughtful citizen who
elected Mayor Ames. Cf that there can
be no doubt; and the political doctor
must accordingly beware.
We have had two or three awful ex
amples of the downfall of the Republic
an reformer in the mayors chair in this
city of ours, as the outcome of their in
ability to hear the voice of their breth
ren who had voted for them on the as
sumption that their administrations
would never be found acting in complic
ity with professional criminals. But
Wright and Doran and the others have
passed away officially, and there is
naught of them left. If Doc Ames docs
not take heed their fate awiits him.
Each of them had arm3d hima If with a
machine just as the doctor has done.
Each of them threw the Democratic po
lice officer upon the cha ity of a coll
world in the midst of winter, and did it
in the name of reform; and thereupon the
professional criminal, the "con" man,
the strong-armed artist, and the "big
mif operator, came into control as they
are now in our sister city and remained
to the end. But the machine collapsed
and the Republican reformer in the
major's chair knew the place no long r.
Doc Ames shoull hearken to the voice
of Dr. Charles Bayard Mitchell, and of
the other reformers of that ilk, to whom
he is in such large measure politically
indebted, or he may meet the fate which
overtook our own Uepublicran reformers
once upon a time.
WHAT AILS OUR CUBAN TRADE?
American exports to Cuba during nine
months last year were nearly four mil
lions less than for the same period the
year before. What is the matter?
During the same period British ex
ports to Cuba increased about two mil
lions, while German exports increased 5)
per cent. The exports of Belgium and cf
Norway and Sweden to Cuba likewise ad
vanced one-half in volume while those
of Italy and Austria-Hungary to th»
Cuban market doubled.
What does it mean?
It is true that the United States still is
the largest exporter to Cuba by a large
amount, but we always were, and we
ought always to be because of Cuba's
proximity. It is saying nothing that we
furnish 45 per cent of the importations
of an island that is almost within hail
ing distance of our mainland, instead of
being separated by the Atlantic ocean
as in the case of European exporters.
On top of the news that Cuba is "con
sidering" the constitutional policy of the
United States government, come these
statistics of falling trade. The question
naturally arises—ls the United States
popular with the Cubans? Is Cuba sick
of our new colonial notions, of our post
office depredations, of our military airs,
and our Porto Rican doings, to the ex
tent that she would rather buy goods in
Europe than of us?
At any rate, the subject Is worth seri
us consideration. The fact stands, that
during the past year our -exports to Cuba
have fallen off 15 per cent, while those of
other nations have increased 10 per cent
to 100 per cent. If trade follows the flag,
what has become of our flag in Cuba?
Is it at half-mast?
The committee of fifteen has found
that vice exists in New York city. Vice
in New York city, think of that. If we
had a committee of fifteen, what could it
find in St. Paul?
As was expected, the abolition of the
army canteen is having its effect. Drunk
enness in the army has increased 100 per
cent since it went into effect. What will
be the next move of our W. C. T. U.
friends in the line of temperance reform?
When Funston returns from the Philip
pines he can get a job in Kentucky. They
want some one who has the nerve to
capture Tagalog Taylor, who is hiding
somewhere in the Republican fastnesses
of "Hoop Pole township," Indiana.
Minister Loomis could learn wisaom
from the remarks of the parrot whose
eternal clatter brought upon him an at
tack from a passing dog. Polly, after
pruning his ruffled feathers, remarked
to himself, "Polly-Polly, you talk to
d d much."
The Minneapolis Times in discussing
the ousting of Prof. Ross from Le
land Stanford university take-3 the posi
tion that a university professor should
prostitute his principles and stultify
himself to please his employers ail draw
his salary. When the virtuous and
high-minded Times take 3 such a position
regarding the duty of a universky in
structor, what can we expect of the
Times in the field of business and po
litical ethics?
Emperor William has had his fortune
told, by a real live gypsy. It is reported
that the emperor gave the strictest at
tention to the narrative and then a»-
sured the Woman of fate, that what she
had said would not swerve him in the
least from pursuing the. de=tlny which the
Almighty had la!d out for him. This is
very strange. We should think that a
divinely appointed regent would heed
the admonitions of every fortune teller
who saw fit to "'unsold the future.
While Alexaflaer" McKenzls languishes
in a California jail waiting for the presi
dent to pardon him, Taylor it trembling
in his shoes le^t t*qe governor of Indiana
turn him over to the Kentucky authori
ties to be tried for murder. This seen;s
to have been a- haji season for political
bosses. Platt haa foeen snubbed at Wash
ington and bea.rde4 at home by the po
litical stripling., Q4(#l. Mark Hanna has
been compelled to see that fellow, Urn
Johnson, mayor of Cleveland. Can it
be that the graft of the political bos 3
is growing lesV? We dare not hepa—the
signs may be b'yt false lights intended to
deceive.
p«—-,
It is reported that Carol Norton, the
high priest of the Christian scientists in
I<few York, has taken unto himself a
wife. This is against the teachings of
Mother Eddy, who believes that physical
marriage should be prohibited. Just how
the race Is to be perpetuated by mental
union the great law giver does not state.
Inasmuch, however, as Mrs. Eddy experi
mented during her eventful career with
three husbands, she ought to be pretty
good authority on the subject. To ietuin
to Brother Norton; he Is not married
there Is nothing of the kind the matter
with him, he just thinks he is mariiei,
that is all. He needs treatment for what
ails him.
New York is about to pass a law to tax
mortgages and ether securities by means
of stamps. The idea although novel
ought to be effectual. A stamp repre
senting the annual tax must be affixed
to the document and canceled, in order
to make the instrument legal. This does
away with the system of assessors and
makes each man his own tax Collector.
There is no need of statements revealing
the assets of each business man. All
that he needs to do" is to buy stamps
enough to pay his tax and stick them
on. The scheme is simplicity itself.
No man will run the risk of invalidating
his securities by omitting to apply his
tax stamps.
AT THE THEATERS.
CHORAIi OLUB CONCERT.
To say that the. St. Paul Choral club
at the People* church last night dupli
cated the success of its nrst appearance
would not be quite'sufficient, for in many
respects^ last hig-ht's concert was more
satisfying than the first appearance
of the club. The chorus*has gained in
so many respects, but more than any
thing else in flexibility and smoothness,
that comparing iv two public appear
ances it would seem that the time be
tween had beeii mUch longir than a few
months, Mr. George F. Normington
has demonstrated in a marked degree
his ability to weave from raw material
a smcoth and beautiful fabric whose
colors must surely Increase in richness
as they are more and more used. Per
haps one reason for the mark
ed success of last night's concert
waa its diversity. Everyone cannot ap
preciate or enjoy an "Elijah,"
but captious indeed must he have been
last night who could find no-thing to enjoy
in the programme that was presented,
so wide a range did it embrace.
Naturally, interest centered around the
appearance of Joseph S: Baernstein, who
3ang last night in St. Paul for the fir.it
time. Mr. Bacrnsteln's opening solo was
the dramatic "Wo Berg' Ich Mich," from
Weber's "Euryanthe." The solo reveal
ed the dramatic timbre of the singer's
voice, its virility and—what Is rare in so
big a voice as the basso possesses—its
sympathetic quality. Mr. Baernstein has
remarkable self poise and he is exceed
ingly versatile. If his voice was com
pelling in the tremendous "Why Do the
Nations Rage," from ' The Messiah"—
sung by special request—it had all the
tenderness of a woman's in Van der
Stucken's "The Sweetest Flower That
Blows," and in Schumann's plaintive
ballad, "Ich Grolle Nicht." Mr. Baern
stein may have shocked some, but pleased
many, when he sang for an encore that
old Irish ditty. "I Leave For Philadel
phia in the Morning."
For an opening, number the chorus
sang the "Song of the Vikings"' (Fan
ing), Mrs. Hoffmann and Mr. Fairclough
playing the piano-accompaniment. The
song of the chorus was spiritedly sung.
In Leslie's "Lullaby of Life" the flexi
bility of the chqrus was more completely
shown and the liiilaby was exceedingly
effective.
The cantata. Spohr's "God, Thou Art
Great," was sung toy the club and the
quartette, composed of Mr. Baernstein.
Harry George, Mibs Pace aid Miss Pearl
Benham. A '■surprising volume was ob
tained in the finale. The quartette
number, "Walk Ye," was impres3iveiy
rendered. _ r
Sterndale B«nr.ePfs cantata, "The May
Queen," concluded- the programme. Mi.-.s
Pace, who satig the role of the Quern
of May, was in excellent voice last eT*n
ing. S>he was not only satisfying vocal
ly, but dramaticaliy as well. Miss Ben
ham, in the role of the queen, was hard
ly so satisfactory'- Her contralto has a
fair range and plenty of vivid color, but
it has the effect now and then of \e
ing repressed. It is too prim a voice
to be dramatic. Although Mr. George
did some excellent work, his voice was
hardly up to its usual standard. His
words were often indistinct, and this
showed very plainly beside Mr. Baern
stein's clear-cut work. The latter, as
Robin Hood, sang with excellent effect
the few solos that were given him.
Mr. Fairclough, who presided at the
organ, shared honors with Mrs. Hoff
mann as accompanist.
METROPOLITAN.
Al G. Field's big minstrel company is
delighting the patrons of the Metropoli
tan with the best performance of min
strelsy this city has seen for some time.
A popular price matinee will be given
tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Howard Gould, in "Rupert of Hent
zau," will be seen at the Metropolitan
on Thursday, supported by a strong com
pany and with - entire scenic investi
ture used in the: New York presenta
tion. \.::;;-v; ,-•-, ".. ■'■ , :
GRAND.
A most promising future indeed has
Al H. Wilson^ the German dialect come,
dian and goWen-voiced singer, who is
holding fortli cJ. at the J Grand this week
with distinct favor. Tomorrow, at 2:30,
the first popular priced matinee of the
engagement will J decur. '
At the Graffd the coming week the ro
mantic - melodrama, "The Flaming Ar
row," will given its first local #teseri
tation. F:b.
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Few extravaganza companies ever vist ,
the West with as' cleyer a blil through
out as that «hown at the Star theater
this week byt»<ihe Rose Hill English Folly
company. / Njot ,Qnly are the specialties
of the 1 very ljest,, ; .but not " content - with
placing somwr striking numbers in the
olio, the-burl&ftas are replete with laugh
able and interesting special acts, :which
present : new !sursrsses at e\ery turn. It
is a show well worth seeing. , . , .
A Fari* Fashion/ Fa<l.
Large golden purses are the latest far]
of the fashionable Parisian dame. When
very smart they are decorated with jew
els, and fastened to the handle by a
Kolden chain is a medley of implements
necessary to the beauty of the fashion
able woman, as the tiny bonbonniere,
powder box, gold-framed mirror and box
tor lip salve.
LITERAEY NOTES.
Gen. Dewet, the most elusive and ro
mantic of the Boer generafls, Is described
In the May Scribner's by Thomas P. MU
lard as he saw hdm Intimately In the
field. It Is a striking paper on an heroic
character.
The author of the study of "Saloons"
from their social side, to appear in the
May Soribner's, is Robert Alston Steven
son, a young man who has devoted a good
deal of time to college settlement work.
He i 3 also a writer of fiction—one of his
stories having appeared in the last num
ber of Scribner*B.
Dr. John H. Girdner, who has long been
known In the medical profession and
identified as a friend of William Jennings
Bryan, has just completed a book upon
some of the peculiarities of New York,
which will shortly bo published by the
Grafton Press, of No. 1 Madison avenue.
New York.
H. G. Wells has now completed the
novel on which he has been working for
some time past, the heroine of which is
a mermaid, who is rescued from what
was feared would be a watery grave by
some blundering bathers. It is to appear
in Pearsons Magazine, commencing in
the July number. In the same issue is
to be published the first installment of
Max Fcmberton's new book.
"The Heritage of Unrest" is Jn its third
edition. Few recent novels have been
better described by their titles than this.
It illustrates Miss Gwendolen Overton's
style of the apt phrase that she has put
the spirit of her book in four words. The
breaking down of the floodgates In the
social barriers to marriage with inferior
races is the motive of this story, which
is peculiarly American in its social out
look and its plot.
Little old St. John's church, In Wash
ington, is quite appropriately the sub
ject of the leading article In the Easter
lumber of The International Magazine
of Chicago. The writer, Irene Rowland,
handles her theme cleverly and enter
tainingly, and pictures of the exterijr
of the church; its interior decorated for
one of the many fashionable weddings
which have taken place there; the rec
tor, find so on, add interest to the sketch.
Some amusing anecdotes of Washington
society are told en passant.
Current History is specially diesigned
to serve the busy reader. It sians up
monthly the important news of the world,
carefully sifted of non-essentials, ana
bringing out clearly the cardinal points
of recent progress along all lines. A half
hour will post the reader on all the lead
ing questions of the day. The April num
ber is abundantly illustrated, and gives
prominent space to the Chinese n-egotla
tions, Cuban and .Philippine problems,
tariff war with Russia, relations of Eng
land and Germany, The Hague tribunal
of arbitration, industrial consolidations,
the riots jji Spaiin, the s?rvice of missions,
the new star in Perseus, printing without
ink, etc.
Only a brief summary of Mr. Cleve
land's two recent lectures on the Vene
zuela affair was given to the public—the
lectures having been especially copyright
ed for appearance in tttie June and July
numbers of the Century Magazine, Few
except special students are aware of the
long history of the connection of th«
United States with the subject. Among
the interesting points brought out In the
lectures, and not reported, may be men
tioned Mr. Cleveland's scathing remarks
on the relation of the senate to treaties
formulated by the executive branch of
the government. The lectures constitute
Mr. Cleveland's most important contribu
tion to history.
Prarson's Magazine for May make 3 a
bulky and varied volume. The most im
portant article is "The Story of South
Carolina," edited by R. Means Davis,
professor of history at South Carolina
college. It Is a strong, dramatic and
clean-cut history of the state, strength
ened by nearly fifty Illustrations. This
forms the fourth chapter of ""'The Story
of the States" series, which commenced
in the February issue. An article on
"Archangel," the capital of Northern
Russia, is also likely to attract attention.
This city, which is buried beneath a
mantle of snow for the greater part of
the year, Is about to become the great
western port of Russia's new trade.
Some lovely illustrations of the city are
reproduced. Still another remarkable
article is the first authoritative account
of the new system of signaling under the
sea, invented by Arthur J. Mundy and
the late Prof. Elisha Gray. It has been
proved that by this system a vessel can
be warned of her approach to the coast
when at least twelve miles off, and the
tremendous value of the device to hu
manity, to commerce and to science has
led to its being taken up by the United
States government. Other notable fea
tures are articles on "Trick Driving With
an Automobile," "Scientific Kite Fly
ing," two natural history articles, finely
illustrated; seven short stories, "Home
Notes"—dealing with fashions and other
matters more particularly interesting to
women—seven short stories, including
one for children by Seumaa MacManus,
and a half a dozen other features.
THE SQGIHL
WDBLD.
The mariage of Miss Ruth Lovely,
daughter of Judge and Mrs. J. A. Lovely,
to Dr. F. Leslie Wilcox, of Walker,
Minn., was solemnized late yesterday aft
ernoon at the home of the br'de's parent 3
in the Albion. Rev. Thompson, of Wa
seca, Minn., read the marriage service.
The rooms were decorated with Easter
lilies and palms. Miss Jessie Wilcox, of
Redwood Falls, sister of the groom, at
tended the bride as maid of honor, and
H. E. Whaley was best man.
The bride was gowned in white swisa
made over taffeta and elaborately trim
med with real lace.
Miss Wilcox wore white swlss over
pink taffeta and carried a 'bunch of pink
flowers.
Among the guests from out of town
were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howe, Dr.
and Mrs. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. W. Love
ly, Miss Helen Lovely and Mrs. P. J.
Hathaway, Albert Lea.
Dr. and Mrs. Wilcox will reside in
Walker, Minn.
• • •
The marriage of Mis 3 Isabella
O'Rourke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. El
len O'Rourke. to Mr. Stephen J. Melady
will be celebrated at St. Michael's
church Thursday, April IS, at 830 a. m.
The bride will be attended by her sister,
1 Miss Teresa O'Rourke. Mr. Eugene P.
Melady, of Omaha, Neb., will be beat
man.
• * *
The pupils of Mrs. Homer C. Ash
craft's Sunday school class will give an
entertainment called the "Sniggles Fam
ily" Thutsday evening, AipTil 25, at Grace
M. E. church.
• • •
Mrs. T. C. Canfleld and daughter, of
715 Laurel avenue, have returned from
New Orleans, La., where they spent the
winter.
Mrs. C. F. Mahler and Mrs. John Mil
ler, of Virginia avenue, are visiting in
Caniden, S. C.
'Miss Burr, of Carroll street, has re
turned from Chicago.
Mrs. L. A. Gulterman, of Dayton ave
nue, is entertaining Miss Elson, of New
Yo:k.
Mrs. Barwise, of Carroll street. Is en
tertaining her sister, Mirs. Clark, of
Hudson Wis.
Mrs. Eugene Merritt. who has been
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Farwell,
of Belby avenue, has returned to Chi
cago.
Miss Harm, of Tilton street, has re
turned from Madison Lake.
Mr. and Mts. TV. O. Denegre, of West
Sixth street, have returned from Chicago.
Miss Eurr, of Carroll street, has re
turned from Chicago.
Miss Coleman, of Summit avenue, has
returned from Hudson; Wis.
Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Johnson and daugh
ter, of East Winifred street, have re
turned from Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Slagle, of Aurora
avenue, have- returned from a week's
visit to their daughter at Algona, 10.
Miss Holt, who has been visiting Mrs.
O.- Ei.'; Perfect, of Portland avenue, will
return this week to 10wa.,
--; Coleman, of ' Summit avenue, has
returned; from ' Hudson, Wis.
Mrs. \V. Q. Allen, of Summit place,
will return May 1 from Florida
Mra. H. M. Ward, of Harrison avenue,
will entertain the members of the Lin
coln Euchre club .Thu'isday afternoon.
Mrs. Peter Anthony Schaub, of the
irenze, - Mackubin street, entertained a
company of twelve at dinner Saturday.
Miss Fannie Yates and Millard Mann
gave a graphaphone party Friday even-
Pif i ap tl k hme °f MISS ates In St
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hallam, of Fair
mount avenue, are in New York
'Mis. J. E Rlcketts. of Fairmount ave
nue, has returned from Mount Clemens,
Alien. tiPgSgl" :r :. ■;.-'-; ■ - .
CHKISTIAN SCIENCE UPHELD.
Wisconsin State Dledjcal Lsuv Una-
vailing to Interfere.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 15—Judge
Eugene S. Elliott, in the circuit court to
day decided that Christian scientists are
not liable to prosecution under the state
medical law. The court ruled that sci
entists can no more be held for practic
ing- medicine when their means for h«al
lng is by prayer, than can a minister
who prays at the bedside of the sick,
and receives therefore, directly or indi
rectly, payment. The case was that of
the state against Crecentia Arries and
Emma Mchols, Christian scientists, who
treated a child named Grosenbach af
flicted with diphtheria and who died from
the disease.
OF INTEREST TO WOMENI
SUPEfRSTITIONS OX MOVING.
What .Somm- People Think of Certain
Incidents of It.
Now that the spring moving season is
at hand, few 'housewives w.ll dare to
defy all of the superstitions, says the
New York Journal.
If an old broom is taken in along with
the household goods the new home will
always be dirty.
The Irish saying is that if window
shades are moved the sorrows of the
past will go too.
Upon entering a new house, if the own
er passes some one on the stairs a dis
appointment will follow.
If a jar of honey is the first food to be
taken in there will always be plenty on
the 'board, 'but beware of a loaf of bread
SMABT SUIT
Of linen in two shades and Persian em
broidery.
getting there first! It augurs that the
occupants will some day want for
bread.
Salt sprinkled on the hearthstone, the
Welsh believe, will keep out the unwel
come guest.
To take ptacock feathers. It is said,
moans death in the house within a year.
To break a mirror in moving foretells
not only seven years of bad luck, but
seven successive disappointments within
twelve months.
To take a cat means good luck, and it
is especially fortunate if a black cat
comes in the first night.
In some parts of Cuba a piece of to
bacco is put over the front ha. 1 door to
keep out enemies and false friends.
Even the matter-of-fact New England
housewife will tell you that to see a
chicken on your doorstep when you ar
rive means too much company.
If a knife be dropped the first night
violence and even murder may ta*:e
place there within a year; if a spoon
falls it shows that the wealth that should
come to that house will toe lo3t.
To drink the health of the aos-rnt at
the first meal in the new dwelling insures
their speedy return.
THE L.ATE-ST TRINKETS.
Jeweled clasps, hooks and h>ose sup
porter attachments enhance the price and
appearance of some extravagant corsets.
The newest thing in the way of a belt
fastener Is a buckle in the form of a
brooch which pins the ribbon or velvet
belt in place in the front.
A fob chain is now considered the
smart thing for a woman to -»ear at-
TRe Literary Sensation of the New Genturu
/"""^ THE S^\
VsJ\ARTVET
A MAGA^% Op
ZINE 1 CLEVERNESS J
THE MAY NUMBER,
OUT TO-DAY,
Is as rich in clever contributions as any of its predecessors.
JULIBN GORDON (Mrs. Van To 's-ihor Crug«»r) coatrlbutos tho loacti? novelette. "THB
, WAOE OF CHARACIEk, ' a b:i!liant study of social life in New York and Washington
No woman of tho day is writing i i a Wronger ormore inisnsaly ir.terjsting vein than ihls
talented leader cf Now York society.
TIRS. M. E. W SHERWOOD contribut33 " ENGLAND'S PRINCELY KINO," an esti
mate of Edward VU. from tho American point of view. .
EDdAR SALTUShasascintnistlngassay. "THE QUEST OF PARADISE." ~
EDGAR FAWCETT at his best in tho story. "DEBTORS TO HERITAGE."
A $100 Prize Poem, "THE DANCING OF SULEIMA," by CLINTON SCOLLARD, is a
■ •- - pleasing.featurs.
•♦A MONARCH OF A SMALL SURVEY," by OERTRUDH ATHERTON, Is a strong
. Etory of California life. . . . r
There is an abundance of other bright and entertaining storUs. poems and witticisms. If
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GLOBE'S CIRCULATION
FOR MARCH.
[Advertisers will note that the
average daily circulation for March
is nearly 800 over that of Feb
ruary.]
Ernest P. Hopwood, superintendent of
circulation of the St. Paul Globe, being
duly sworn, deposes and says that th»
actual circulation of the St. Paul Globe
for the month of March, 1901, was as
follows:
Total for the month 582,903
Average per day 18,803
ERNEST P. HOPWOOD.
Subscribed and sworn to befors me
this 31st day of March, 1901.
H. P. PORTER,
Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Minn,
INctsrialSoal.]
FURTHER PROOF IS READY.
The Globs Inrltes any on? aai evsry
one interested to, at any time, make a
full scrutiny of its circulation Hst3 and
records and to visit its press and mall
ing departments to check and keep tab
on the number of papers printed and th»
disposition made of the same.
tachetl to her watch. Although original
ly borrowed from Mr. Adam, Miss Eve's
fob is decidedly feminine. A seal or a
single curious gold coin is a favorite
pendant.
For evening innumerable rows of pearia
with diamond bars carry all before them
in Pans. Dut a sort of storm collar of old
lace wired up to the throat, secured Dy
black velvet, fastened with diamonds
nnds great acceptance.
Among odd trinkets is a mummy ca?e
which incloses a miniature mummy an
almond of gold containing double meat 3.
and among the most attractive things
tiny silver chain purses, the largest bis
enough to hold a penny.
There is a round charm in the shape of
a daisy which opens. A glass is in the
center, and back of it and magnified by
it is a picture, either of youth or maiden
Even a young man will wear such a
charm if it contains the portrait of the
right girl.
Belt buckles and ends, to match are
shown as the latest Paris novelty. The
buckle is more of an ornament than any
thing else, and may be placed in the back
while the two ends, which match the
buckle in design, are attached, tag-fash
ion, to ribbon or velvet ends as long as
one likes.
An up-to-date charm has a little mer
cury tube upon it. the degrees registered
being th-ose of love. A round wheel of
fortune can be turned, and stops at a
point which will indicate many things to
the believer in charms.
Among the pretty odds and ends to be
worn with white shirt waists are ties of
BATISTE GOWN
i "4%r
Of white, tucked and trimmed with Ham
burg, hat of yellow straw, with large
bow, combined with different wild flow
ers.
half-inch black velvet ribbon finished at
each end with a gilt pendant. The rib Dan
is cut a yard and a half long, and passes
around the neck once, and ties in front
with two even loops and ends.
"When a pretty girl is seen to wear what
looks like a big, round locket on a long
chain, it may be a locket, but very prob
ably it is not. It may contain the pic
ture of some one of whom the pretty girl
is very fond, but nine times out of ten
she will only see her own face when she
opens it, for most of these lockets have
mirrors on the inside. They do not al
ways have a cover.
■Slpeclmeii Menn—Wednesday.
Use gas for cooking.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream.
Dried Beef, Scrambled Eggs.
Creamed Potatoes. • -
Buttered Toast. Coffee.
S^ LUNCH.
Khulash. . Parsnip Fritter*,
Fruit, W.ifers,
Tea.
DINNER.
Macaroni Soup.
Broiled Shad, Mashed Potatoes,
Cauliflower au Gratin, .
• T^ettnce Salad.
Egg.Spow With Coffee Cream.
Use gas for co-jking.