The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-28

rather good fellows Them Eyes. trey we're in
deed. That's all right then,' said the General
confidently; ''it doesn't matter; they are in
heaven"
1t would be very strange and exciting
romance if, after al. Gordon should be still
alive am not going to repeat the old rumor
that he Is That was considered to be played
out some time since; but here is a new develop
ment of the faint hope thatithe gallant General is
not dead. Right in the midst of the ministerial
crisis Ito which I shall call your attention pres
ently) the Foreign Office received a startling
telegram from Cairo. 1t stated that merchant
had arrived there from the wids of the Soudan
with the announcement that General Gordon was
not killed in the Khartoum massacre; thai
when the supreme moment of vengeance
came In which the foes of the Mahdi were
to be slaughtered neither Gordon nor his entour-
age could be found 1t is suggested that Gordon
and his Immediate friends escaped and are max
ing their way southwark. They may turn up on
the other side of Africa. Perhaps Gordon is on
his way to the Congo, where Stanley and he may
work together as they proposed before Mr. Glad,
stones government induced the Christian chief
to 60 to Khartoum. So long as these rumors
crop up, coupled with the fact that we have no
conclusive evidence of Gordon's death, the hero
may indeed be still alive Hope is great thing;
there is no harm in entertaining it,
There are so many silly pictures of the Gen.
eral IN the store windows that If ne came back
he might have some trouble to establish his
identity, which leads to the superstition that
some lmpostor who is not Gordon at all may,
years hence present himself to the English pub
lie as Gordon and claim his small estate good
story comes to me this very day from my chatty
colleague of the Sheffield Telegraph. Coloael
Digby, military officer Of distinction. as well as
member of Parliament recently returned from
the Soudan with beard, presenting himself
to the lobby of the House of Commons was put
back as person unknown to the attendant at
the door Of the chamber. Establishing
his identity, the gallant Colonel was adj
mitted. In order to attend the levee to-
day, de rigueur, as military man, Colonel Digby
shaved off his beard and on presenting himself
at the door of the House he was again stopped
and temporarily put under arrest as stranger
intent for hideous purposes Upon entering the
chamber Of the elect Once more the gallant war
ror had to establish his identity before being per-
mltted to join his party.
THE PRINCESS AND THE NUDE.
The first night Of the French plays at the
Gaiety saw the Prince and Princess of Wales
there to witness the new play Prince Zillah.'
and see the new Franco English fayorite,
Jane Hadlng. The Princess was. very
simply dressed She was in delightful con-
trasr to many other ladies among the audience
You know that ''the British matron"
has been Directing to the nude studies on the
walls of the Royal Academy. How distressed
the dear lady would have been if she had seen
the live studies of the nude at the Gaiety. The
fashion of lOwnecked dresses which women
have once more adopted from the French mode
is In full vogue. How many decent, modest
women can dare to take off their cloaks in a
mixed company is to me most amazing. But
they can, and do. The Princess of Wales, to my
mind, was womanly rebuke to her sisters in
the parquet She wore a plain, handsome
dress, made high in the neck, and she watched
the play with great interest, receiving
every and then from the Prince
few words of explanation as to the plot. In the
box below her sat Miss Fortescue (who received
10000 instead of the hand and heart of Lord
Garmoyle), pretty young lady, but if ostenta-
ton were royal virtue, any stranger might
have mistaken hers for the Princesss box.
regret to say this of lady, but wonder the pit
did not request her TO sit down. She was dressed
in the French mode, had many visitors, gave
them her hand also in the French manner, sur
veyed the house continually through an
opera glass; and rarely condescended to
look, at the stage, though she is under
stood to be anxious to play the heroine
of the drama, which Jane Hading is enacting
with rare impressiveness. Jane Aading is a
worthy rival of Sarah Bern hardt, whom she
has evidently modelled herself. 1t is said, by
the way, that Mr.. John Hollingshead has
tired from the management of the Gaiety,
which has not been for some time financial
success. His Last Chance" Mr. Sims's latest
playl is doing badly at the Adelphi; and the
Olympic and the Opera Comique are both in the
market. Not good time for theaters just now
in London. The coming success. they say, is to
be farcical comedy called 1.-The Great Pink
Pearl" JOSEPH HATToN.