The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-26
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can skate; the others are let slide.
GATH" has romance in press which bears
the alluring title THE Entailed Hat"
IT is announced that the Matthew Arnold
party will sail for England on the 9th of Feb
ruary.
A cRUsTY bachelor says it's all nonsense to
send girls to the school of design; they are de-
signing enough already.
SOCIETY young men in New York repay their
social obligations by giving yearly entertain
ment, called the Bachelors Ball
IT is interesting to know that Buddhism has
superseded agnostieism as the fashionable relig
ion among young ladies of seventeen.
IT is conclusivey proved that there's nothing
in name by the statement that Miss Mary,
daughter of the late Mark Lemon, writes sweet
ballads.
GEN. GRESHAM is described in Eastern papers
as being highly polished gentleman; even his
smile is spoken of as being half sedate half
shiny
MoNsIGNoR CAPEL's black and crimson
priestly robes are described being constantly
and sadly in need of thorough cleansing and
brushing.
ApRoPos of leap year. it is whispered that all
social calls paid by eligible young men will be
made in couples-a sort of mutual protection
arrangement
THE highest ambition of the social intellects
of New York city is to be the introducer of the
most unique, elegant and mirth provoking
'ifavors" in the german.
THE beautiful lace-like patterns on
Sevres china are generally the work of women,
who acquire such skill that the simulated lace
has all the fneness of real Valenciennes
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somersault attachment Is republican
try to stand calmly by and see blarsted for
eigner strip the laures from its own Lotta2
THE latest idiocy in funeral announcements is
to append descriptions of the elegant and costly
floral offerings, with the names Of the donors;
and list of the distinguished noteworthy
people who were present at the burial
THE bad behavior of English audiences is
something astonishing. Poor Lolita Missed
and hooted at in expression of British displeas-
ure. If this country had given Langtry an
equally candid and illbred opinion of her alleged
acting, how these same Britishers would have
'owled
New YORK has patriarch Club, "facetiously
known as the grandpa club" No man is made
member unless he has family and high social
position. To each ball he pays a subscription of
$l25, which entities himself and family, with
five invited friends to the privileges of hall and
supper.
SOME enterprising genius has been investigat
ing the ancestry of the minee pie, and has dis
covered that it was originally baked in oval
shape to represent the holy cradle. The various
spices were to signify the gifts brought to the
infant Jesus at Bethlehem The modern mince
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mare and dyspepsia, if it means anything
TIE American waller for extended rights and
privileges, enjoys halcyon days compared with
her Arabian sister. Among the Arabs, man is
counted childless who has only daughters, and it
is harrowingIy related that in ancient times
custom prevailed of burying female children
alive, in compliance with then popular pro
verb, THE grave is excellent son-in-law."
Governor ROBINSON, he" of Massachu-
sets, utterly ignored the equal suffrage question
in his recent message, and, in so doing, pulled
down his head seven times seven walls of
wrath. The suffrage movement in that State
deserves credit for its tough hold on life. if for
merits of its own. 1t has received enough
Encouragement 70 kill any ordinary measure
long ago, but woman is creature gifted in
perseverance.
THE theories of the strong minded do not APP
pear to have a very beneficial effect on the man
ners of the Massachusetts man. An abused sis
ter. in Boston paper sends out amournful wall
for male and female street-cars, asserting that;
thanks to Lucy Stone ct al, Boston no
longer offer their seats to ladies who enter crowd
ed cars This difficulty might possibly be re-
moved by the alninded ones wearing cards
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pealing to the consideration of antsuffrage men
THE performances of that gifted but mis-
guided individual Robert Ingcrsoll and his
feminine coadjutor, Miss Helen Gardner sug-
S gest nothing more strongly than a very cheap
Punch and Judy show. Their jubilant decision
that God must go. being parallel to Punchs pro
fame and victorious Shrek by jimmy, I've
killed the DIP Good and evil still live how
ever, in spite of Ingersol Gardner, and all other
Punch and Judy managers; and the whole matter
is most tersely stated by that eminent philoso-
pher Josh Billings: "rhe nfdel argys just as a
bull chaned to a post He bellows and paws but
he don't git loose from the post, I notiss. Not
much"
IT is gradually dawning upon the public mind
that the moral editor of certain newspapers is
one man, and the literary editor, another. The
moral editor of the Louisville Courier j ournal
says of F. Marion Crawfords new novel, $40
Leeward:" This book is as lacking in taste
skill and judgment as it is in originality. The
story Of the crime is coarse, brutal vulgar with
out excuse, without palliation." In the same
Issue of the paper, the literary editor says ITO
Leeward" is one of Marion Crawford's sweetest
books-eleganty descriptive style: charm of the
elder Hawthorne; plenty of dramatic incident
fine back ground" etc, etc. Before the
rash outlay of dollar and quarter is made an
innocent public would really be grateful if some
gifted individual would strike an in+allioant