The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-05

BILE, but all eyes were turned on Blaine, Butler,
Cleveland and the Maine election, when the
President found to have vanished from
sight He had gone to Dir. Frelinghuysen's, in
the village of Somerville, and the first that was
known of his whereabou came out when he
sent to town for his carriage and horses Now,
he has always been fond of the FrelinghUy5ens,
and of hiding himself in their household, whether
it has been in Washington or New Jersey. When
he got his carriage and began to be seen in the
dusty country roads with the Secretary S
daughter, rumor said the long acquaintance was
ripe, and would blossom into marriage. But it
seems this is not The President likes the
courteous father, and the accomplished
daughter, as all do who are honored with their
acquaintance, and he likes the calm and de-
hghtful retreat their pleasant home offers TO a
man who prizes quiet and modest comfort as
President must; but those who know the facts
smile at the idea of the accomplished girls mar
riase, and say it can never be.
THE LATE SUPPER PROBLEM
The problem of where to buy late supper for
her after you have had her to the theaJer is
| one that stares the average New York man in
the face This is because the average New
York man is not millionaire If he were, of
! course he would take her to Delmonicos, give
her four or five courses and two or three kinds
| of wine, and send her home in his own brough-
am. Failing in this, if he has aspirations to-
ward swelldom, he hands her into black cab
drives for the Brunswick, has a bottle of wine
and bird, an ice some cheese and coffee, and
takes her home, feeling like millionaire
Tickets to the theater cost So, the cab 3d. and the
supper knocks such a stupendous hole in $40
bill that he gets home at least $l5 out Of pocket.
This sort of thing, if pursued to dissipated eX
tent is apt to have a serious effect upon the
finances of q twenty dollar week clerk. To
most young men though, an expenditure Of this
sort is too steep. They content themselves with
yellow cab at twenty-five cents mile, the
street'cars or the elevated road And after
the theater, she is taken to some of the
many oyster houses in the upper part of town,
which are built expressly for this sort of trade.
| They are prettiy arranged restaurants, with
snowy linen and dozens of square feet of bev-
elled mirrors. The tables. which are usually of
cherry, are polished until you almost see
your face in them, the oysters are well served
and palataby cooked The consumption of an
ordinary girl, in the matter of oysters is limited
and as wine is out of the question in an ordi-
nary oyster-house, she takes beer, ale, tea,
coffee or some other modest and inexpensive
drink whereat the young clerks smile and are
cheerful and witty, instead of melancholy and
preoccupied, which is usually the case when she
is taken to Delmonco's.
THEATRICAL THEFT.
The old lesson that dishonesty is not always
good policy is being taught again to theatrical
managers. The stealing of plays is so easy and
the results so often profitable, that the public
ought to be glad to hear of instances where such
exploits damage the performers. The managers
of two of our large theaters decided to put spec
tacular pieces their stages this season. In
stead Of buying the plays, however they trans
lated from the German, and by mere chance hit
upon the same original. Therefore we have had
| for nearly two months ''Sieba, or the Seven
Ravens, duplicated at Niblos Garden and the
Star Theater each rich in scenery and populous
with ballet, but both together drawing no
/ oft ap oil
| These managers might have bought new
dramas for 81, 900 apiece, and the saving of
that expense has emptied their pockets, which
in the other event might have been saved
Again London manager had great success with
farcical play and the Madison Square Theatre
folks bought it for this country, paying So 000
But before they could produce it, the discovery
was made that it had been stolen from Ger
man source, and already it is being played in
one other New York theater, also in Boston, and
by two travelling companies. The London
plagiarists will undoubtedly be compelled to re-
| fund the $40 900. NAPoLIs.