The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-22
MINOR MENTION.
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round-dancing, for the opportunities offered to
| embrace person of the opposite sex. who could
not be approached in any other way, and also
would scorn to allow a dozen or more gentlemen
to hug her in public in one and the same even
| ing. The reply to this was that the person
making such a brutal structure upon dancing
did not understand the beauty and poetic rhythm
of graceful and concerted movements to
music. Dancing. the defense maintained
was the poetry of motion set to melody
OF course, nobody would dance,
for any length of time without the musical ad-
| Junct 1t was the necessary half to make the
perfect bivalve of late-hour bliss. No dancer
ever dreamed of his grasp around lady's waist
being anything like an embrace, though it has
always been difficult to explain Why the lady
will not consent TO allowing the same posture to
| be maintained after the dance is over and the
music ends. The lady would not even tolerate
such familiarity in her own parlor except to the
favored one. But somehow the mask of the
dance made it all right, and the music rendered
| 1t quite proper. 1t was the music that did the
business. But now the deaf mutes of Brooklyn
| have knocked down all these airy apologies, by
getting up ball, and dancing with all the evil
dences of enjoyment evinced by those who main
| tain that it is music that makes dancing proper
| Evidently there is very much more in dancing
| than walking around the floor to music
| In certain recently published work of fiction,
| enthusiastically mentioned by some reviewers as
the novel of the season, the heroine is described
as being in nicely artistic keeping with the high,
| dark secretary in the old fashioned room where
she sat, and with the quantity elegant" chairs,
| the thin-legged tables, the six-legged piano and
| the tall candesticks. The intelligent reader, of
course understands that at the precise stage of
| culture which society has now reached. no hero
inc, to say nothing of any minor parsonage
who is not artistic is worth considering
| for moment; but it is, perhaps, the
lack of gifted Imagination which is
betrayed by one who confesses to bewilder-
ment growing out Of the effort to decide just
what peculiarities of structure a heroine must
possess who harmonizes with thin-legged tables
! and six-legged piano9 1t is such lofty flights
| of fancy as this such excursions into realms of
art familiar only to select and favored few,
that have transformed novel reading from the
restful, pleasing pastime it once was to strain
| upon the ordinary intellect
DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, genial as he
is, does not altogether lay aside his professional
character when he dons his literary garb True
| to his interests regular medical man, he
cannot refrain from giving dig now and then
at the brethren of the opposition schools. In his
| New Portfolio" just closed in the Atlantic
Monthly, one of the female characters, in specu-
lating on the possibility of marrying
| doctor. is permitted to say: II don't
know but should be willing to let him try his
| medicines on me- If he were a homeopath
| know ] should; for if billionth of a grain of
sugar won't begin to sweeten my tea or Coffee
don't feel afraid that biionth of grain of
anything would poison mono, not if it were
snake venom, and if it were not disgusting
would swallow handful of his lachesis globules
| to please my husband But If ever become a
doctors wife my husband will not be one of that
kind of practitioners, you may be sure of that,
| nor an eclectic nor ''fath-cure man. The
ruling medical passion seems as strong in age as
| in intolerant youth.
THE good people of Jersey City are engaged in
discussing two interesting society events which
have occurred there this week. One of them
took place at the residence of prominent and
leading citizen deep in the Silly night. The
prominent citizen awoke from sweet dream of
peace to find that his wife, All estimable and
leading lady, dropping two large capsules
| into mis- mouth. Being cautious citizen, he did
| not open his eyes, but presently removed the
| pills unnoticed and laid them aside for future
reference. On investigation next morning the
capsules were found to contain thirty four grains
| of arsenic.
| The second event would also have taken place
at the house of wealthy resident of high-sta
ing had all the conditions been favorable 1t was
to have been wedding but though the guests
assembled and the bride waited in fair and ex-
pensive attire, the bridegroom came not, and has
| not put in an appearance up to date The social
season seems to be opening up in lively man
ner for upper circles of Jersey City.
THREE weeks ago last Monday, an Omaha
girl. we'll, strong and twenty two, rose early aud
| assisted her mother in doing the family washing.
About noon she complained of headache and
drowsiness. and fell into heavy sleep from
| which she has not yet been aroused Wise
mothers will take warning from this. 1t is
hardly profitable to compel CRITIC engage in a
half days arduous and servile labor from the
effects of which she requires months nap to
recuperate.
SIMULTANEOUSLY with the annual meetings Of
Masons and Odd-fellows which have been in
session during the past week in various States
an anti secret society convention has been held
in Waukesha. To Judge from the reports of the
proceedings. men who belong to lodges and
fuse to tell what they do there. are in fair