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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
COSTUME COMPETITION.
Prizes Given for Good CIethes-How the
Elite Amuse Themselves.
New York Graphic.


New York Graphic.
Great interest has been taken in the recent
dress carnival held at the skating ri nix CT the
Olympan Club, at Newport and from all in
dications the costume competition is gaining
consequence in popular regard On this &C.
casion prizes of some value were awarded for
the exhibition of artistic costumes of differ
ent classes. An idea may be gathered of
what is developed in this direction by the
statement that at the previous exhibition an
artist spent no less than two months in pre-
pairing for his young daughter costume of
rare design; the material, including some
amount OF gold wrought into the fabric, cost
$3.50. in addition to the prolonged labor.
Many of the dresses worn at this late carn-
val were also effective and a few really
unique.
The one deemed by the judges the best ex-
ample of an original style was formed entire
ly of seaweed; it was worn by slender little
maiden with long, streaming hair well fitted
for the mermaid idea. The prize bestowed
was a silver tea service. Among the remain
ing prizes were a silver mounted banjo, val
ued at $50, an opera glass OF pearl and gold
and cameo ring; silk umbrella and pairs
OF Raymond skates were for lesser awards
The first prize for an historical costume was
obtained by a little miss who appeared as
Joan OF Arc in a costume formed of little
steel discs, fitted perfectly in frnged bodice
degree effective. 1t was completed by he'll
met and the rounded, youthful figure Gid
ing in strongly swept curves over
the skating floor personated her heroine
with entire success. A second award of
this class was for Charles V representation,
A queen of night, in black gauze, with stars
and with crescent moon borne at the tip
of a wand, was among those winning prizes,
and one of the awards was for costume ad-
mirably composed of the national stars and
stripes. The first prize for costume of hui
morous representation was received by a
young gentleman i'll the character of Topsy,
the remarkable clever acting of which was
rather more deserving of notice than the cos
tune. The second prize of this series was
bestowed on an angler in stormy weather
garb, who skated hitler and thither with
nonchalant air and with fish of no great
size swinging from pole over his shoulder
In the class of original and effective costumes
was a curious suit of armor formed of bust
ness cards of infinite variety, and this won
the banjo prize A gentleman in the charac-
ter of Spanish nobleman received the first
prize for general excellence of
costume and here as in the
case of Topsy, the action went far
toward establishing the effect. of the Dress
while nothing finer of its kind could be i'm
agned than the style of the long velvet
cloak This was, in fact, very largely de-
pendent upon the manner of the wearer, who
swept onward alone in heightened curves,
with seriously folded arms, showing the
slashes of red satin on sleeves and chest. AL
though several embroidered and hand painted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
SLAIN FOR FASHIONS SAKE.
The Way Little CalifOrnians Bring Down
the Lovely Hummng-Birds.

The Way Little Californians Bring Down
the Lovely Humming- Birds.
Santa Barbara Press
During the last two or three years, or since
fckle-minded fashion has decreed that BIRDS
as we'll as feathers, should be used to orna-
ment the heads of the elite of feminine So
ciety, a new source of revenue has been
opened to the natives of southern California.
Santa Barbara, being the land of flowers" is
necessarily the home of the delicate little
humming- bird, which lives upon the dis
titled pollen or bee-food of our gaudiest flora.
In glass case upon the counter within the
drug store OF A. N. Ruiz was discovered two
rows of dead hummfng- birds, each with their
little fleet turned up to the daisies" THE
trade is a recently developed one" said Mr..
Ruiz. 1T is less than three years old, but it
is steadily growing. We don't propose to en-
gage very largely in it, as it is not exactly in
our line, which is drugs and perfumery; but
we find profitable market for all we can
obtain"
How do you obtain these humming-
birdsP' queried the reporter.
"The little boys bring them in. There are
four or five little Californians who live in or
near town who are experts with sling-shots,
skilfully manipulated improvement upon
the contrivance used by David to kill Goliah.
Small pebbles or a teaspoonful OF small bird
shot is used and, when propelled by our lit
tie humming-bird hunters, usually bring
GOWN Jne DlrQ. 1u6Se llCJle hunters DfluS Ill
on an average about five birds day"
"Why do they not use nets? 1t would not
destroy or injure the delicate plumage of
these little birds"
Nets would be better believe but the
little Spanish children are used to their lit
tie sling-shots and are as skillful wi tn them as
are their fathers with the tiara, aud woe to
! humming- bird at which one of these little
| boys discharges a charge of pebbles or bird
shot"
us there money in the business?'
! ''No, not worth speaking of. l pay from
ten to fifteen cents each for the birds and
| then | dress and stuff them and ship them
| to San Francisco. Then l am paid at the
rate of fifty cents each for the female COM
mon bird and seventy-fve cents each for
those male birds of the brilliant plumage."
| rs there more than one variety of num-
ming-bird in the MARKET"
Eyes, we have four There is the Fiery,
| or that bird you see there with the red
flaming throat Then there is the sulphu-
retted yellow bronzed bird. Next the Or
binary male. which has green and red
| plumage and last, the brown, unbrouzed fe-
male Bird
"What is the extent of the trader"
| Last year we sent off less than thousand
least three times the number exported"
In continued conversation it was discov-
cred that while San Francisco obtains a large
proportion of these deic tie little birds, the
| best and prettiest are selected and shipped
direct to the fashion centers in Paris and
London, where they command high price.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
An Answer to Prayer.


An old sea captain who was converted to
faith in religion, and who earns a living by
peddling patent medicines, spoke of Jay
when III trouble. The old man added; Il
used to be about as wicked as you make 'em.
l lost my ship and was for a long time sick
and destitute. But turned to the Lord.
One day was walkin' these streets and was
half-starved stood still moment in front
OF block of brown-stone houses, and put
my hand over my eyes and prayed God to
help me. When I opened my eyes l saw
fluttering before me dollar bill. 1t must
have been thrown out or have blown out of
some window. 1 looked up and could see no
one, so 1 concluded that the Lord had sent it
TO ME, and l was thankful. l have never
been in actual want since.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
Black Babies ON the Congo.

Letter in London Telegraph
One word for the black babies on the Con-
go. They are endowed with plentiful crops
of hair, which is finer in quality and less
curley than that OF their parents. They
squall terribly, and often, fear, from pure
"cussedness' When mother can stand it
no longer she takes the child, and, giving it
a preliminary shake, demands to know if it
is going to be good. This IS the first time of
asking and no infant of spirit would yield
so soon, so its reply is generally defiant.
Then it is again taken and shaken well, but
now its strangled sobs and agitation prevent
an intelligible reply to the repeated ques-
lows, and the apopectic babe can only give
an inarticuate gurgle to its indignant
mothers thrice-repeated inquiry. There
upon it is solemnly and soundly spanked to
the satisfaction and ultimate tranquility of
the lookers-on. Baby nature and the methods
of maternal education are much the same all
the world over.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29

London IIutu
Whats curious light the epistle written by
Cavour at Plombieres throws upon the do
nestle lives OF monarchs! The sketch the
Piedmontese statesman gives of the lives of
the four daughters OF Victor Emmanuel
is another proof that extremes OF society can
meet The TWO who were married to the
King of Naples (BourbOn) and the Duke OF
Modena could not have been more rudely
treated if they had had for spouses English
coalheavers of drunken habits. Christina
the Queen of Naples, the transcendent
beauty OF the royal sisterhood, died
young from sheer ill-usaGe. The other
two were unequally mated With driyellers
young in years and old in usel-up health.
One of the dolts wore the imperial crown OF
Austria which he was obliged to lay down
in 1848. His wife, the Empress Mary Anne
survives him. AS she was intelligent and
proud his imbecility was constant blister
to her. The other dolt was the Duke of Luc-
ca, who became Duke of Parma on the death
of the second wife of Napoleon |, and died
a short time ago at Nice. His consort lived
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
Christian Missions in Turkey.

1t is astonishing how much attention is
and has for generations past been paid to
Turkey by the Christian churches of the
West The United States have We'd with
Great Britain in this particular, and there
are no more prosperous missions either i'll
European Turkey or in Asia Minor than
those which bear the American name. The
following figures will probably beget some
thing like surprise in the minds Of many Of
Cur readers There are in the Turkish EN-
pire, as is gathered from recently published
statistics, thirty central mission stations, five
colleges for giving ordinary education and
others for theological purposes; 121 churches
400 preaching stations, 900 pastors, teachers
and other Christian workers; 10000 regular
attendants at their places of worship, of
whom 10000 are communicates. This is a
very respectable exhibit But what are these
among so many? The population of Euro
pean and Asiatic Turkey is not under %, OOO,-
0O0
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
Stolen DiamOnds.


San Francisc0 Arg0naut.
You may have observed that up 70 date of
the present writing no actress has this sea-
son been robbed of million dollars worth
of diamonds, heen thrown out of a runaway
carriage or capszed in a yacht. This is be-
cause at the national editorial convention
the journalists agreed TO charge dollar a
line for these incidents and accidents. 1t
more or less, or the loss of pair of No. liz
overshoes or an old cloak worth ST. or any
thing of that sort would be published as
news but the old I'd. t. f." electros would
only be inserted at the above rates, to follow
reading matter or come in next to Lydia
Pinkham's ad. This accounts for the pain
full dearth of the old familiar actress-rob-
observation-disclosures column of our best sIsd
most influential journals this year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29

New London Comm Day.
A well-authen ticated and undoubted case of
feline felo de Sc occurred at Fort Trumbull
one day last week. Early in the week it was
noticed by her friends that pussy was not
herself. She moped and refused to eat, passed
her nearest friends without recognition and
manifested a strange persistence in getting
into the sink, pals and the bath-tub from
which she would not be driven even when
the water was turned on. Evidently things
were at a low ebb with pussy, and the climax
soon came. One day she was observed to
stalk solemly down to the wharf, and when
arrived to gaze long and earnestly into the
water. The soldiers watched her closely, but
were not prepared for the result. After a
while the kitten returned to her accustomed
haunts moped around, mewed nothing to
nobody and kept about until the next day,
when she again walked down to the wharf,
elioeralely leaped overheard and commit
ted suicide before the eyes of the astonished
garrison.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
The Hunters Merry Moon.

Brown October and nut-brown woods,
And nobody sad sober,
But The partridge, proud of her whirring brood.
And the sun-burnt sportsman with cleaning
eye,
And the farm boys SNARE secure and sly,-
October.
Gay October and gilded woods
What folly now to be sober!
When the foXglove's hanging her yellow hoods,
And there's laughter and rustic of silken gowns
And the conutrys full of the folks o. towns
October.
Late October and frost-tOuched woods
The children look wondrous sober;
For the squirrel Is hiding his stolen goods,
Seeding away in the chestnut tall
Where the brown burrs cape and the last nuts
fall
October.
-Eiaina Coo,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
An Absent.Minded Dude.

n export Correspondence Boston Transcript,
One Of our Newport swells tells this story
Of himself. 1t is his pet story. 1t impresses
different listeners differently. Sometimes L
think it doesn't impress them exactly as he
expects it to, but it is his way of informing
the world that he dresses for the evening
religious!y. I'll try to put it in his own
words: I'm deuced absent-minded, don't
you know? deuced absent-minded. Did
something other morning, just like me, don't
you know? Valet was knocked up; lighted
the gas myself when got up; deuced stub
born mustache, mine is-have to curl it on
an Promulgated gas to heat iron and forgot
to put it out. OF course felah don't pu,
on his morning clothes by gaslight, and 1 got
into my evening suit. By Jovel opened the
front door and stood in evening dress in
broad daylight. Haven't got over it yet.
Gadl upset me entirely! Felt like waitaw
or a fool. Deuced absent-minded am, don't
YOU kuoW?n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
FRESH AIR.
Elaine Goo,

Gan invoice of gloves three feet in :
is on the way New York Tribu
Louis girls are Frightening up. {
DR.. Mary Walker says she will go
Greedy relief expedition. 1t can
from this that Lieutenant Greedy is really in
great danger.
They were speaking of certain lady VIII
sings beautifully, and one OF the party askeS
rs she a mezzo-soprano?" emo i think SD
is Swede," was the innocent reply.
Mamma, you should avoid extremes" r
marked a philosophic boy when his mott
boxed his jaws. Every well. my son, 81
strike happy medium" and she laid J
across her knee.
"There was young Hebrew at sydenhai
Betrayed into eating forbidden nam.
For some wretch, in tine guise !
OF cold chicken pies,
Had-most nJust1ably-hidden hail. q
In India the women in the .t ar@on. are .,
permitted to either see or tnfodv ~
man, and when they are i'll W i.s.
OF skill to minister to their lm 20
ieve the women OF the hareT
of old age.-Norrstown Herr
Professor of Chimistry-"S ~ 49,
called to patient who had sV ir,'+
dose of oxalic acid, what we n,inis-
Ister?" X, (who is prepariIn,so il ia
try, and only takes chemi,a s,cr,-
obligatory)-'I would adm
ment."
A false alarm: "Oh, papa, dear,
you'd come home. I'm really afraid mag
has taken a drop too much" "Grs
heavens child, what do you mean?'
new homeopathic medicine, you know.
afraid I've given her seven drops insteii4
sixp'-London Punch.
waiter, what is this mark on the side
my pie?" "Ho, yes; why. certainly,
That mark, sir? That is the print of
thumb, sir. Just had my thumb in chocd
served the other gent, sir. Meant to
called your attention to it before, Sir
it out for you, sir" -Burdette.
Charles II offered reward to any ont
could find rhyme to 'porrnger." Somt
claimed the reward on producing thes,
THE Duke of York daughter had
He gave the prince of Orange he
SO now your Maj asty will see
We have a rhyme to porringer."
Hartford man went to lawyer for ad.
vice. After receiving the retaining fee the
lawyer said:
State your case"
well, sir" replied the client, "a man told
me to go to h, and l want your advice"
The attorney took down volume of Con-
necGcut statutes, and, after turning over q
few leaves, answered.
Don't you do it. The law does not com
pei you ;o."-Hartford Times.
Mercy" exclaimed Deacon Jones, "see
here They say that the oyster supply is
rapidly diminishing What are we going to
do at our festivals this winter? We shan't
make enough to pay for lights and fuel, lei
alone the parsons salary" "Oh, don't be
alarmed" replied Mrs. Smithson, the most
prudent soul in the society; don't be
alarmed, deacon l took the precaution tc
save an oyster over from last year. l guess
it will carry us through if we are careful
with it."-Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
The Model Patient Man of the Day.

George Mexcur, a middle-aged farmer of
Bloomfield, takes the prize as a patient man.
After nine years assiduous work, he has just
finished a writins-desk and bookcase COM
bined, that contains so many thousand
pieces of wood that it was found next to i'm
possible to keep the number exact. Fifty
two kinds OF wood were used in this unique
niece OF furniture, and there is scarcely a
square inch that is not inlaid. The designs
are of very wide range, and take in ami
articles Of household use etc. The novelty
of the thing is that every bit of the inlaying
was done with jack-knife, and Mr.. Mexcur
says he wore out nineteen blades III the
work
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
Young Mems CHRISTIAN Associations.

Young mems Christian associations have
become feature, and a prominent feature,
of these later times. That these associations
are not free from faults most people will be
willing to admit but that they are a power
for good, spite of imperfections, few will
deny. The associations have just had
grand and enthusiastic meeting in Liverpool.
From the report submitted, it appears that
in Great Britain and Ireland there are 162
associations. II, 618 members and 1886 asso-
ciates There are 1872 libraries, with 50 reading
rooms. Nineteen of the associations occupy
buildings of their own-buildiEgs which
have cost $720,0 600. The annual income is
about $15O00O. In the United States there
are some 900 associations. Taking into ac-
count the continent of Europe the Austria
liam colonies of Great Britain, as well as
Great Britain, Ireland and the United States
and Canada, the associations throughout the
world are probably not under 5000. In Great
Britain about twenty-five new associations
have been formed during the year With all
their success, however, it is generally admit.
ted that the number of members is not at all
in proportion to the splendid accommoda-
ton provided. Something has vet to be
done, thinks the London Echo, to make them
more attractive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29
You learned above, Baby Louiseg
PRAYING FOR PAPA.
How God Answered a Little Girl Most as
Quick as the Telephone"
Detroit Post and Tribune

Quick the Telephone"
Detroit Post and Tribune.
A few nights ago well-known citizen of
this town, who has been walking for some
time in the downward path, came out of his
home and started down town for a night of
carousal with some old companions he had
promised to meet. His young wife had be-
sought him with imploring eyes TO spend the
evening with her and had reminded him of
the time when evenings passed in her com
pany were all too short His little daughter
had chung about his knees and coaxed, in her
pretty, willful way, for papa" to tell her
some bedtime stories, but habit was stronger
than love for wife and child, and he eluded
their tender questioning by the
special sophistries the father of
evil advances at such times from
his credit fund and went his way. But when
he was blocks distant from his home he
found that in changing his coat Ire had for
gotten to remove his wallet, and he could
not 90 out on a drinking bout without
money, even though he knew ;hat his family
needed it, that his wife was economzing
each dav more and more in order to make up
his deficits, and he hurried back and crept
softly past the windows of the little home,
in order that he might steal in and obtain it,
without running the gauntlet Of either ques-
tions or caresses. But something stayed his
feet; there was fire in the CRATE within-for
the night was chill-and it lit up the little
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29

parlor and brought out in startling effects
the pictures on the wall. But these were as
nothing to the picture on the hearth. There,
in the soft glow of the freight, knelt his
little child at her mothers feet, its small
hands clasped in prayer, it's fair head bowed
and as its rosy lips uttered each word with
childish distinctness. The father listened,
spellbound to the spot.
Now lay me down TO sleep,
| pray the Lord my soul to keep;
II should die before wake,
pray the Lord my soul to take"
Sweet petition! The man himself, who
stood there with bearded lips shut tightly
together, had said that prayer once at his
mothers knee. Where was that mother
now? The sunset gates had long ago I'M
barred to let her pass through. But the
child had not finished; he heard her "God
bless mamma, papa and my own SELF"
then there was a pause, and she lifted
troubled blue eyes to her mothers face.
softly
God bless papa" lisped the little one.
"And-please send him home sober he
could not hear the mother as she said this,
but the child followed in q clear, inspired
tone:
''God-bless papa-and pease-send him
home-sober. Amen" Mother and child
sprang to their feet in alarm when the door
opened so suddenly, but they were not afraid
when they say who it was returned so soon;
but that night, when little Mamie was being
tucked up in bed after such a romp with papa,
she said in the sleepiest and most contented
of voices
Mamma, God answers most as quick as the
telephone, doesn't he?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29

KLA has returned. He says: 81 have not for
gotten the puzzle department, but have been
very busy this summer From this time ON
shall be with you"
ERMINA contributes very literally, and has our
thanks for the favors. We advise her Co keep on
sending her solutions,
E. ]. BUTTERFIELD,-Very glad to receive
call from you. Your solutions viii appear next
week. Please let lis receive some contributions
from you.