The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-21
NOTES AND COMMENT.

NOTES AND COMMENT.
Written for the indianapolis Journal.
1t is wise woman who cannot remember tho
last time the seventeen-year locusts were here
A Milwaukee boy swallowed trade dollar,
and lost ten pounds during the following week.
AS an anti-fat this much abused coin may yet
find its mission
A new kind of tobacco has been discovered
which when smoked or chewed will make man
forget that he owes dollar in the world. Will
it make his creditors forget it9 That is the ques
ton.
The new postal cards are to be pink. 1t has
not been announced whether this tint is to deli
cately symbolic the rose-colored administration
now in vogue, or the mortified bushes of the
setting suns of offensive partisans
1t is not calculated to inspire confidence in the
reliability of ones society column to read that
Mrs. James Thompkins has gone to New
York." and in the same minute look out of the
window and see that very identical Mrs. James
''shooing" chickens out of her pansy bed.
The latest kink in coach livery is to have
mirror on the back Of the drivers coat, so the
occupants of the carriage can see what is going
on behind them without turning their heads.
This will be death to the coachman, but fun
for all small boys, who, like Deputy, in edwin
Drood," are suffering for IAN enlightened object"
at which to shy stones.
The st. Louis papers are rebuking Chicago
for the publication of what they style bogus
Sunday papers," Why either of these cities.
which are famous for their bogus Sundays,
should expect or desire to have anything but
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the untamed Indiana intellect.
The American school marin has, of late years,
been no inconspicuous figure in American pol
tics, and it is really but justice that those who
worry through the marbles and mumbly peg
period with our possible Presidents should occa-
sionally walk into high places beside them Mrs.
Hayes, Mrs. Garfield. and Miss Cleveland were
all school teachers When questioned, here
after, as to who is the first lady in the land, all
honest people must answer, 1.-The school marm.'
Woman's relation to street-cars will doubtless
always be fruitful theme for the Photographer.
1t is now asked why woman always halls car
at the wrong crossing. Probably for the same
reason that the driver always stops the car for
her to alight just where the mud is deepest.
Talking of drivers, did you ever notice that
looks in the to see if you really mean itl Let
some streetcar philosopher expound the why
and wherefore of this skeptical procedure9
With base bail and the skating Kinks in debil-
itated conditions, the seventeen-year locust in
full blast the Hessian fly in the wheat, the
army worm in the corn, the peach crop winter
killed, the English sparrow eating all the things
ha oughtn't to eat, and not eating catcrpillars
and other things ne was brought over to eat it
begins to appear that life is not worth living.
and that even if it was there will not BIO much to-
live on. However, the roller coaster is still with
us, and sage cannot wither nor custom stale"
progressive euchre.
Occasionally fashion strikes note which has
a common-sense sound to it Dandelion parties,
at which the young ladies and gentlemen dig
out the weeds on the lawn, are the latest amuse-
ment After the lawn is free from this obnox-
ious weed, the young folks spend the evening
with dancing and refreshments, fur nished by
the owner of the lawn. Of course, tho hired
man could do the same work in half the time.
and doubtless much better; but shepherds all
and maidens fair" must have some reason for
social comminglng, and the "dandelion party
is about as useful and graceful pretext as has
recently been devised
A reform in the arrangement of barber-shops
is needed. 1t is time that the oldcustom of hav-
ing these establishments open to the street
should be abolished. 1t is not pleasant sight
for the woman who walks to see various of her
manly acquaintance lathered within an inch Of
their lives, and stretched out at the mercy of the
tonsorial artist. A curtain half way up the
window would shut this ludicrous sight away
from the public gaze. There is vastly more rea-
son why the man being shaved should have o
screen before him than why the man who takes
drink should be so protected; and yet it does
not seem to have occurred to him.
Decoration has reached such point nowadays
that it is problem where to seat yourself when
you enter the average parlor The cool and
pretty rattan chairs have been spoiled for cem-
Portable occupancy by the multiplicity of ribbon
bows and lace tides which adorn them. and the
almost imperceptible little frown which ripples
across the brow of your hostess as you drop into
one of them informs you that you have made q
fatal mistake. If you wish to display unusual
acumen and win her everlasting good opinion
pause on her threshold, note the various chairs.
choose the oldest and least decorated dispose
yourself upon it, admire the others. and you
will enjoy your visit-and so will She
The lamentations of heat and cold which the
merry month Of June has inflicted upon us have
given rise to much dsrespectful talk about the
clerk of the weather moro especially in fem-
mime circles. Wives and mothers, who have
fought bled, and died to get their households
provided with outfits of summer clothing ara
now looking woefuliy about and asking why
the hot weather doesn't come on One
oracle on tho subject says she never knew it to
fail that If her sewing was all done, summer
never came when it should, but if the sewing
as blazes. VIII the Signal Service kindly
accept these hints and furnish it's indignant
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