The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-26

Welbeck street, Harley street, Cavendish street,
We're street. HOLES street, and Bolsover street
all belonging to him, besides some other valuable
slices. 10 become a duchess, and to get share
in such substantial emoluments as. the above,
would seem, at first thought, to be considerable
of catch for the fair actress. But, if Miss
Anderson considers her happiness and future
welfare, as, think, she will, shall see her rise
above the temptations of wealth and title, and
pass unscathed through the ordeal of her amaZ-
ing popularity in England, as she has through
other trials that have beset her bright career.
With proper care she will soon have an immense
fortune from her own earnings, and as
to position, she may well be content with
all London at her feet. The latest
tribute Is the ordering by the Princess
of Wales of bust of Miss Anderson,
which is to adorn the drawing room at Sandring-
ham This will scarcely be offensive TO the
Prince of Wales, for with all his many improve
ments his Royal Highness / am sure has not
yet advanced so far in puritancal austerity as to
eschew admiration for beautiful women. 1t is
noticeable, and speaks volumes for the sterling
character OF this favOrite of the American stage,
that all approaches and compliments from this
quarter have come through the feminine chan
mel, whether originating there or not. Miss An
derson has insisted upon this, and the people at
large applaud and admire her for it, Off the
stage the department of this charming Lady is
such as to win the admiration of thousands who
are not patrons of the theatre. Her virtue and
benevolence have elected encomiums from the
highest church circles, and have caused even the
relg1ous press to speak in her praise. The
Christian World, one of the most influential and
most widely circulated of this class of
journals, says of her recent charity to
the 250 children of Seven Dials:
THE dinner was good old English
one, to which the boys did ample justice; and it
shows, what i'll natured people sometimes doubt,
that actresses do not eonfine their noble SEN
timents to the stage, but reduce them into prac
tee as we'll that in short, they are as benevo-
lent as ladies perhaps more happily placed"
The editor adds that lit is a pleasure to record
this friendly act of an American actress, as it
helps to show how much in spite of the Atlantic
and the Irish America and England are one"
UNFORTUNATE SHAREHOLDERS.
We are being loudly called upon just now to
pity the sorrows of the shareholders of the
various railways of Great Britain There are
3O0 900 of these poor creatures scattered over
the land, and they have put their hands into
their pockets to the tune of about So 800 000 000
Of the 1876 railway companies, 1876 last year
paid no dividends whatever and the total
amount realized from the entire sum invested
was, we are told, less than per cent. Nor
is this the darkest feature of the case These
thrifty capitalists are looking into the future,
and they think they have grounds for
fearing that worse things are in store
for them than the tribulations and expressions
already experienced. They are between two
fires, as it were. On one side are the directors.
1t would be quite unusual if these did not look
after No. first, and very singular indeed at least
from the American stand point if they allowed
the interests of non-oficial shareholders to pre-
vent them from doing a good thing for them
selves. On the other side are the public, al
ways clamorng for reduced fares and improved
accommodations; while behind these, with men
acing MEN, stands the government, the latter
being, in the present instance, the particular
party against whom the shareholders are organ
izing themselves. The English government has
its eye the railway companies, and is sus-
pected of desire to gobble them up. This it
will no doubt do eventually, just as it devoured
the telegraphs. But the complaint is that it is
seeking to do this by unfair means-that by in
terfering with the management, by obtaining re-
auctions in fares, etc, as it has done so often,
and IS still doing, 1t wants to destroy the value
of the railways, so that, at last, it get them
at great bargain. l cannot pronounce. upon
the merits of this controversy, but the share
holders, | know are very mad, and in London
and elsewhere indignation meetings are being
held. How much sympathy they get from the
outside public you can guess. People
generally get little from railways that they do
not pay for, and 1 am quite sure that the En-
glish companies, but for the interposition of Par
lament, would be so eXacting and overbearing
as to make themselves positive nuisance For
the comfort and welfare of the travelling public
government hands the better.
Moody and Sankey have been with US now for
two months The vast meetings have been com
posed mainly, thus far of respectfully dressed
people, who are evidently regular church goers.
Some of the other class have been reached, but
not many, as compared with the multitudes upon
whom no impression has been made. The
masses of the poor and sinful still remain un-
evangelical To regular toilers in this hard field
this is no surprise, for they have learned from
experience that the only way to reach such peo-
pie is to take the gospel right into theirplaces of
abode and to offer them the bread of life only
when the bodily wants have been met Still,
Moodys preaching and Sankey's singing are do
ing immense good, and one of the most hopeful
features of the mission is the success that has
peen achieved in bringing together for a common
effort to redeem this great city the ministers and
hitherto been cold and distant toward onean-
other H