The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-22
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Bishop Knickerbacker will preach in Kokomo
to-day.
Singers should avoid sweets of all kinds, highly
spiced food and nuts.
Dudley Buck once took musician severely to
task for saying that Wagner wrote badly for
voices
Some of the most serious objections raised
against the operas Of Wagner are that the waits
are too long between acts.
There is said to be striking resemblance be-
tween President Cleveland and Mr.. Manning,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
Indianapolis will probably be treated to full
description of the modes and manners of the
Cubans upon Rev. John Alabasters return from
Havana
Mrs. Lilly Bandy was called by telegram, on
Friday evening, to the bedside of her sister,
Mrs. Barton, Of Danville, ILL.,, who is lying
seriously ILL.,
The wife of Rev. William Peal Cleveland. a
brother OF President Cleveland, is fine vocalist,
being at one time a favorite soprano in church
choir in New York city.
Mr.. Pelham, the English elocutionist who
furnishes part of Thos. Nasts programme. was
formerly with Helen Potter's company know as
the "Pleiades" company.
Pref Brenneke intends giving an elegant
german at the close of the season. Favors to
the amount of $50 will be given, and everything
will be done to make the affair recherche in the
extreme.
While Chicago is just awakening to the fact
that an Italian opera is needed in its midst
progressive Cincinnati has engaged the services
of Russian opera company, with the kbretto in
their own dialect.
Mile Bellini, the soprano prina dona with
the Abbott Opera Company, is Miss Laura Wool
wine, of Cincinnati. She studied eight years 10
Italy, and made a favorable debut before return
ing to this country.
Miss Ellen Terry spends q great deal of her
leisure time In acquiring fine touch upon the
banjo. AS that instrument could hardly be in
troduced into her repertoire of Shakspearean
plays, she probably will never play upon it for
the edifcation of the public.
It is pleasant to witness the courtesies ex-
tended to the Rev. David Walk by his brethren
of other churches He will occupy the pulpit of
the First Presbyterian Church this morning, as
he did last Sunday, while for the evening service
DR.. Jeffery has kindly placed his pulpit and
baptistry at the disposal of Mr.. Walk.
The recitation given by Mr. Harry Baldwin,
at the woman's foreign missionary meeting
held in the Meridian-street III. E. Church on
Thursday evening, was in that talented young
gentlemans most happy style. Possessed of q
fine appearance and q remarkably wellmodu-
lated veice, his rotations are always heartily
enjoyed -
Miss Carrie Gail has entered upon a severe
course of study, with the view of fitting herself
for a teacher. Miss Gall is young lady Of SUI
perior mind and in thus determining upon some
settled aim in life opens a channel of thought
and reflection for many thoughtless young per-
son, simply drifting thought q sort of butter
fly existence.
The victory gained'by tho woman suffragists
in Connecticut is the topic OF conversation
among that energetic element from Maine to
California. If sstraws show which way the
wind blows there is significance in the step
taken by the Connecticut Legislature that has
fallen hike ray OF sunshine across the wintry
outlook OF this much agitated question.
The Indianapolis Athearum Society is the
name of newly organized scientific society.
Each member is assigned a specially Prof
Naylor has been appointed to physics; w, v.
Brown astronomy; George A. Evans, mathe-
maties John iIurty, chemistry and mineralogy:
Mr.. Wappenhans, meteorology; w. De NJ Hoop
err, geology; DIR. Ralph Perry. entomology; Wm.
Bass. mechanics; George w. Base. T. w. Alvord
and Nelson Yoke, Psychology.