The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-25
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Scotland They do not expect to return until after
Christmas.
MRs. PARAN STEVENS recently gave a breakfast
party in London to eleven ladies' seven of whom are
said to have been of the nobility The favors were all
| gold and silver trinkets.
The marriage Of Mr. w H. Hurlbert, formerly
editor of the World to Miss Tracy niece of Mr. Pierre
pont Morgan, has been arranged to take place in
England early in September.
CERTAIN editor in Massachusetts always sleeps
with his head to che northnot because he is super.
sttious at all, but because he can look out of the
window moonlight nights and see if the sheriff is
coming.
Mr.. F. MARION CRAWFORD, the novelist and
nephew of the late Sam Ward is understood to have
in possession of many of that veteran epicures
papers trnkets and souvenirs including the famous
scrapbook of menus of all countries.
/ "A DISTINGUISHED marriage was solemnized at Erie
Pa, the bridegroom being Professor George H. Oar
win, professor of astronomy in Cambridge University
England and the of the great author of the Dar
winian theory The bride was Miss Maud Dupuy, Of
Philadelphia
The Irish peasantry noted for their beautiful
hands, Whether potatoes poor living, bogtrotting
and damp climate improve the hand we know not but
| the Irish lass has wellformed and pretty hand
They are smallhanded people, matter how much
they wash iron cook Dig the English, ON the con-
trary, are people of big knuckes the Scotch.
| QUARRELs between and wife in Afghanstan
are summariy settled by the Ameer. Lately an Afghan
| lady applied to Abdul Rahman for divorce ON the
plea that her husband was growing bald. The Ameer
punished the dscontented by haynga bottle of
sour milk poured over the husbands bald pate and
dered the wife to lick off all the milk After this hu.
initiating ceremony the lady was paraded through the
bazaar on a donkey, with her face to the tail as
warning to wives
MRS A. 7. STEWART has contracted a habit Of
being weighed every Saturday evening in the store
room OF the Grand Union Saratoga, and the man who
operates the scales invariably receives crisp SIS bill
One time last season. the regular weigher being alb
sent the house steward performed the service, but.
with some manifestation of annoyance declined the
proffered bank-note This annoyed Mrs. Stewart and
soon thereafter the house steward notified that he
was at liberty to engage himself to another hotel
MRS CRAIG WADswoRTH, Mrs. Marshall o. Rob
erts, Mrs Thomas Hicks-Lord, Mrs. Augustus Schel,
Mrs. Paran Stevens, Mrs. Louis c. Hamersley Mrs.
Commodore Vanderbilt, Mrs, A. 7. Stewart, Mrs r,
4. Stuart, Mrs g. D. Morgan, Mrs. Julius Hagarten,
and Mrs. Hugh J. Hastings, make partial list Of
New York widows whose real and personal estate is
valued from $3.50, 900 to So, 900 600 each OF these
ladies Mrs Grundy has positive information that two
have promised to change their again 'for
better or for worse"
THERE is one feature which distinguishes the
English from the continental character" says Sir
Robert Rawnson "On the continent medical
and the people generally believe cholera to be conta-
gious, and consequently flee from it. In England
medical men, whatever their belief may be- stay with
their PATIENTS neither do their friends desert them
have no recollection OF any such popular stampede Of
an entire frightened population at any cholera out
break IN England as that which has taken place at
L InrOT ann xrl,aI &c n al
ARsENE HoUssAYE has mania for building
chateaux he now has seven at Beauon, and is build
ing an eighth. The seven were named respectively
the houses OF Youth Love" knowledge"
Family "Renown,' Wealth " and Wisdom
hey are appropriately furnished the first looks like
museum OF soys,the second y adorned with paint
lngs ana statues q venus and cupid, the thrd IL
mere hprary tne fourth Is Inc temple q ms lares
ana penaoes the NTH contains the gifts and written
compliments OF admirers the sixth Is rich with treas
ures and gems and the seventh is dedicated to Plato
ana Socrates The eighth, which ne is now building
Is the house OF Death and VIII be the mausoieum In
winch It's authors dust VIII De placed
| QUEEN ISABELLA, daughter Of Phillip Il, who
nourlshed IN the twelfth century vowed not to OK
change her linen till the city Of ostend had been taken
by her soldiers The difficulties that sometimes inter-
fere with military enterprises evidently did not occur
to the lady at the time she made her vow, but UNI
fortunately the siege lasted three years. and 50 sngu
lary truthful was her Majesty character that she kept
her oath TO the last To TESTIFY their regard for her
perslstency the ladles OF the court adopted dingy
yellow color Tor their rufus and stockings which they
chrlstened Isebeau This was the origin Of the tint
known as ecru, which comes up TO the top wave in
fashions occasionally and perhaps would be less u
favor were 1t remembered that It was originally made
% resemble as Tar as possible very dirty linen