The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22
SOCIAL GOSSIP.

There is nothing like trouble TO discover TO
q man his real frierd s.
Delicscy is to affection what grace is to
besuiy.-Madame de Msintenon.
English swells are dropping the prefix
mr." from their visiting cards.
Grace Greenwood claims that literary
women live happier lives than fashionable
| women.
Madame Jane Hsdng is the coming actress
across the sea. The English critics are wild
| about her.
Elizabeth Csdy Stanton says that clergy
men are j. alous of the woman's rights move
ment, and can be classed as its bitterest enc.
| mics.
Don' go around watching for q flaw in
your neighbours eyes but keep your own
| specks well busted, and watch the corners
on your own side OF the street.
Thu cup of life is filed with punch. Youth
| furnishes the spirits, middle age the sugar,
and old age the acid. Ice Is furnished by
men who indorse no!es.-Whitehall Times.
Any woman is too tightly dressed who can
not raise her arms straight above her head
and clasp her hands; who can not stoop 10
tie Der shoe or pick up pin without height
| ened color.
| A fashion authority says close fitting and
| small bonnets continue in fashion, although
great latitude is allowed in respect to trim.
ming. Great latitude is what makes the
bonnets so captivating.
Imported dress goods for the spring aud
summer are promised 20 De very beautiful
and stylish some Of tue patterns being
wholly new. Irish plaids have, it is said, a
strong hold on the affections of the ladies.
At Senator and Mrs. Miller's masquerade
bali in Washington the other evening, Miss
Miller wore a Greek dress of cashmere richly
ornamental. as indicat We OF the character OF
Eudora. Sne carried a torch in her hand.
Ii appears the latest wrinkle in the way OF
| ornamentation for q wedding break fast table
! is 10 have the photographs OF the bride and
| groom enclosed In block OF transparent
ice. This display OF GOODNESS between them
| would be much more appropriate about year
| later.
Fer ten Americans who visited Europe
fifty years sgo n thousand have done so
! WIihin the last ten years. In the early days
! Americans wen in the main, for instruction;
| low thew go for styles sake aud come back
with snobbish notions of their increased i'm
| portance-
81 should think" saws Mr.. Labouchere,
that the most astounding elopement ever
| known is ore which took place at Cardiff
| lsst week when 4 woman OF thirty-two ran
| oil with her father in.law. who recently cell
ebrsted his eehtieth birthday, taking with
her nearly 800 Of her husbands money.
| The life Of George Eliot, written by Mr..
| ton OF recent years Ii contains indisputa-
bic evidence of the royalty of her nature
and the purity OF motive that controlled her
private acts. But with all due repect 10 this
great mind and he art, there are many people
VINO will question her queer criticism on
"Jaoe Eyre where Ii says "she wishes the
characters would talk less like the heroes
and heroines OF police reports"
"A good wife is Heavens greatest gift to
man and the rarest gem tbs earth holds"
remarked Mr.. Jarphly the other morning.
'She Is his 10Y, his inspiration and his very
soul. Through her he learns to reach the
| pure and true and her loving hands lead
him softly over the rough places. She isl
| jeremiah" said Mrs. Jarphly, solemny,
Jeremiah, what wlckedness have you been
up TO now9 There's no use OF waiting or
| whipping round the stump. for I'll hear OF
IL soon enough. Say il right out, Jere-
mlab."
The term 'grsss widow is simply a bar
barism. or fungus, which has attached itself
10 the English language "Grace widow Is
the term applied to a woman who becomes
a widow by grace or favor not OF neces.
sity, as by death, and had its origin fin the
Early days OF European civilization, when
divorces were granted hut seldom, and
wholly by authority OF the church. When
such decree was granted TO woman, the
the words "Viducia de graoia' or widow
by gaoe.n la the language OF the French
IL would Rad "Veuve de grace" The Fog.
ii'h term, grass" Is an incorrect way OF
| pronOunCing the French grace. '-Carl
! Preizels Weekly.
= Mrs. Tom Thumb has been talking 10 a
New York News reporter about her approach.
ing marriage 10 Count Rosebud, whom she
has decided TO we'd from sheer Loneliness after
the death OF her husband. To quote her own
words, "rhe press seem TO regard my mar.
riage NJ n very trifiing matter and bring the
| "a A "A A m Al.
able way. ! do not say II because he Is
dead, but the general was man 10 bs made
model. After his death | thought
should 70 mad. My lite was 10 lonely and
my house 30 empty that really felt ~ II
was going crazy. had TO have the excite.
ment ana employment OF . public career
again, and 40 came back 10 the stage. The
| professional Ito IL sometimes tiresome. but
Ia Ia better than doing nothing At oil. II you
bad spent tho two Idle years that did
after the poor generals death, you would APP
probate IL, too. Oh u was awful. Moth ~
10 do but think. Even when AM mosI
weary am happy. Bat then | was miserA.
BILE. indeed" There IN something pathetic
In the LONELINESS OF this atom OF humanity,
and great deal that Is curious In the fact
that 80 much common sense and active In.
telligence can be condensed into no small
and COMPACT form. that also keenly feels
the need OF sympathy and congenial com.
paniorsh common 10 people o. larger pro.
portions. Mrs. Thumb Is considered the
brightest. mentally, OF all the dwarfs anu II
Is said that she has developed intellectually
IN far superior measure TO any OF her large.
sized brothers and sisters. OF course her ex.
iensive travels cosmopolitan education and
experiences OF human nature have shmu-
lated her min q which. however was natur
ally bright an possessed OF enough execu.
tive ability 70 manage her own stage COM
pnny II II were advisable. She also has
sweet, lovable disposition, and.a KIND and
generous heart that endears her 10 all who
know her personally. Her fortune is esti-
mated TO reach the amount OF 800 OO0
which renders her independent OF all labor,
but not of human companions. which she
expects 10 gain in the person OF little Count
Re sebud, who Is thirty-three years old. They
intend going to Italy on their wedding trip.
--Lrno n Llicetior Of NJ Iaharaan,a Enan.