The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-23
A GOSSIPY LETTER.


A GOSSIPY LI8ETF1a
Indiana Politicians and Literary People
Mrs. DAhISren and Lieut. Simpson.
Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct. -U.-Ine luuIana Republic
an club here is in most fiourIshng condition
under the supervision of Bon. W W Curry,
| president, and an able staff of other officers.
They entirely undismayed, too, at the result
OF the late election in Ohio for lager is etferves
cent, and half of it foam. They preparing
for a general freshening up this wluter, and the
people at home may look for good results AS
solace to their labor they intend holding month
ly series of social reunions-regular old-faell-
Toned Hooser Surprise parties" where every
body is expected and nobody invited because
the invitation is general The committee on ar
rangements have authorized your correspondents
to extend that invitation to every Indianian
who visits Washington from time to time Mt the
date of these meetings Don't all come at once
though, for Grand Army Hall pretty well
filled on last Friday night, on the occasion of
their initial meeting. It was decided success,
and refreshing to eminent degree to folks
who have been sung, played, grated and elocu-
toned at for years in the regulation evening re-
ceptions of Washngton; for there not %
ghost of a speech, except plain. home-spun
statement of the object ana intention of the
gathering from Mr.. Curry-and there were
speech N akers present by the dozen, too. SEN
ator Harrison, with perfect magazine
of bottled eloquence, was allowed
for once, to enter hall with
out paying his way in speech
His presence was happy accident so to speak,
he having been called TO Washington by tele-
gram to attend some case before the Supreme
Court, which was expected to come on, but was
deferred q few days, as he found on reporting at
the Supreme Court room. John Henry, the new
postoffice lawyer, present also, and Jerome
g. Burnett and Colonel D. s. Alexander, who
can beat the natives in good square talk with
something in it-every one OF them wasting
their eetness on the desert air. as represented
by an apprecative listener or two in quiet
| corner here and there They had dancing, with
excellent string band and to CALL
which latter did not prevent our Fifth Auditor
from treating his partners back hair to a bow
worthy of Chesterfield with Beau Hickman
thrown in. Judge J. j. Hayden was about the
best dancer in theroom, in spite of his ayoirdu-
pois, and he skipped like boy through every
dance with the prettest girls in the hall as part
ners. There were many other gentlemen, no
longer young, who followed his example, too
while the elderly ladies sat looking on. Elderly
ladies generally do sit looking on while the old
gentlemen dance, have noticed, and wonder
why. Inc gentlemen mentioned ABOVE all
brought ladies' and there also General w.
W. Dudley aud Mrs. Dudley, DR.. ]. W. Ross and
Mrs Ross. C. B. Walker, deputy commissioner
of pensions, the sprightly daughters of Mr..
Curry, T. Fl. Mckee and Mrs Mckee, j. f. Shep-
herd, G. H. Butler and E. H. Morrison. General
Gresham was prevented from being present by
previous engagement with President Arthur
at the Soldiers Home, but was ably represented
by his son, Mr.. Otto Gresham, according to the
| verdict of various young ladies, at any rate.
SOME OF INDIANA's LITERARY PEOPLE.
A tid-bit of news came to my board few days
| since, which was pleasing to my Hoosier
| palate that hasten to share it with the Jour-
| nal readers. Among the books recommended
for reference from year to year in the Washing
| ton highschOol, is "Kismet," by Miss Fletcher;
| and the principal informed the students that it
was matchless description of Egyptian
scenery I also found an item afoat, in which
| some wiseacre of letters declared Gen. Wallace's
| ''Ben Hur' the very grandest book OF modern
| times. l wonder If Indianians, generally, know
how rich their State is in brainsf seldom pick up
| a paper over here toward the orient that do
| not see something from Riley. Lee o. Harris and
| down our way; and Judge Horace P. Bddle has
written n book-"Elements of Knowledge
with enough thought in it TO furnish stock in
trade for 'mor hamilton" average writers.
There are more bright wcmen, too, in the HOosier
been one Of the unsOlvable enigmas TO me why,
with such array OF talent and so large an
average of intelligence to support il, also. there
has never been tirstclass literary paper in In
diana.
THE CoREAN EMBASSY.
Intelligence makes the whole world akin, and
the Corean legation visiting our country at pres
ent is complete verfcation of that fact My
first glimpse of its members was on the day of
the German bi-centenna and at first, as
caught sight Of their rather feminine costume
(Which, by the way, is somewhat of an irony on
DIR. Mary Walker since they retain their manli-
ness in skirts, while she endeavOrs most per-
sistenty to veil her sex as much as possible in
her alien attlre), thought them few of the
many washee washees at present pervadng
Washington. | soon found my mistake how
ever, not only in the material of their dress,
which richest, stifesU silk, but in the mai
esty of the soul looking from their cOuntenances
and, in fact in their whole mien. One man. es-
peclay-a large, pOrtly figure, with something
STACEY In his dlSnlted tread-nad a handSOmer
face than half the Anglo-SaXOn race in their best
estate pleasing, and yet strong, he mad rea-
son for scowng to make folks think him manly,
They were cOnVersing together about the mass
ing pageant, and though their language
unmeaning to me as the ancient hieroglyphics
the play of thought on their faces made me a
partial partcipator, ana proved concluslvely
its highly cultivated character. The language
OF these people is spoken and understood by but
few Others and IL is said that the Coreans them
selves are not gifted as hnguists. Thus they
have lived apart from the world, ana their ac-
Quirements are none of them borrowed from
outsiders They leave Washington today tor
their return trip. They will stop at Chi
eago a few days, and Will then go directly to
san Francisco, whore they en- HrN for home.
HARSH VIEW OF Mrs. DAmGREN.
Mrs. Dahlsren's "Wiutcr III Washington" may
possibly enable her to spend her future winters
in seelusion People are indignant at the publl-
cation of such things. even if tue. The trouble
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