The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
SOCIAL GOSSIP.

sOulAL GOSSkf,
Md waistcoats are revived in Paris
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who
need it most, like il least.
1t is the enjoying, and not merely the
possessing OF things, that makes Us happy.
It 10 no part OF wisdom to be miserab Die
to-day because we fear We may be to-mor-
row.
Notwithstanding the hard times Washing
ton ladies are dressing more gorgeously than
ever this season.
There is an effort to make steel gray kids
take the place OF the ever popular tan-col.
ored gloves, bat the tans retain their hold
on fashionable favor as yet.
Ladies just home from Paris say we are
not wearing the bonnet hers that is the cor
rect style over there. Once more We ask: Is
life worth living Call.
There are nettes everywhere.
But smooth, green grasses are more common
the blue OF Heaven is larger than the cloud.
Mrs. Browning.
Consciously or unconscionsly, men describe
themselves in the characters they draw
One must have the mordsnt in his own per-
sonality, or he Will not take the color of his
subject.
Nine. Patti wrote in a Boston album the
4 4.
acquaintancss for advice, and ID relatives
for nothing, and you will always have a
supply"
A leeding fashion paper says: Cham
payne mixed with little water is now fire..
auently called for by young ladies at balls
and parties. Their idea is to prevent a
possible next mornings headache
A German loves 10 contemplate himself,
Frenchman to talk about himself, an
laef.v 10 h14xx 10,
ian to mourn about himself, an Irisbman to
swear about himself, aud Yankee to out
lie them all.
The story used to be told that after the Rev.
Horace Holley had delivered a prayer on
some public occasion. Major Ben Russell,
of rudy lace and ruf,fe ed shirt memory edi-
tor of the Columbian Sentinel, spoke Of il in
his paper the next day as the most eloquent
prayer ever addressed 10 Boston audi
ence."
Judge not: the workings OF his brain
And OF his heart thou canst not see;
What looks toby dim eyes stain,
In Gods pure light may only be
\ scar, brought from some well-won field.
Where tnou wouldst only faint and yield.
There is no spectacle more painful than
the man who is the victim of unhappiness
from every slight misfortune he meets with
| in his business. lie literally makes troubles
for himself-he plants thorns and thistles
| along his pathway through life and frets out
both body and soul by rubbing agains.
them.
Comparisons between meB of genius for
the sake OF aggrsndizing the one at the ex-
pense of the other are the staple of meauer
kinds of criticism. No lover OF art will
clash Venetian goblet against Roman
anpbors to see which is strongest, no lover
OF nature undertakes violet because il is
not rose.
In one OF the Year Books OF the reign OF
Edward LII. is reported decision, in which
Judge Barnard makes this remark: There
is no man in Eng land who can rightly tell
IL woman has reached her majority or not ;
for many women who are al least thirty
years Old want to appear as but sixteen
This was in l31T-mOre than I've centuries
ago.
They tall scout wolnan's sphere,
As though IL had link,
There's not place in earth or Heaven,
there's not task OF mankind given,
There's not blessing or a woe.
There's not a life OF death or Birth
That has feathers weight Of worth,
Without woman in IL.
1t seems absurd that there should be
fashion in the flowers OF the field" and
that the one which is, par excellence. the
belle Of one season should be pushed to the
wall the next. The fickleness OF man, how
ever, demands constant change, aud thus it
Is that one blossom alter another is elevated
to first place in favor. The rose has always
held its own pretty well, but this year we
are told il must give way to the modest vic.
let. which Is the Juror OF the hour.
Arago, the Frenchman who became so dis
tinguished as mathematician and astrono.
scription written on the cover of his book
by the celebrated mathematician, ID Alem.
bert, at time of great encouragement: "Go
on, cir, go on. The difficulties you meet
will resolve themselves rs you advance
Proceed, and light will dawn with increased
clearness on your path" THAT maxim"
says Arago, was INV greatest master in
mathematics"
Mrs. A. T. Stewart was at large reception
in New York few days ago, and wore
magnificent gown of peacock-blue satin,
trimmed with embroidery and finest laces
She also wore q mas of frizzed golden hair
on her forehead, and wonderful display of
diamonds on her head and various parts of
her dress. Much OF the evening she stood
Quakeress, who was attired in . rich drab
satin, with kerchief and cap of tulle, the two
in such striking contrast making an interest
ing picture.
There is story about doctor who was
recently called to a fashionable lady at 2
o'clock in the morning, and astonished his
patient by asking her, after brief examins-
ton, whether she had made her will. He
then advised her to send for lawyer and
perhaps also her pastor. "Must die?' asked
the lady. II am afraid So" was the answer.
How much time do yen give me-" asked
the lady in despair. "Well," said the doc.
tor, ''if you treat your family and yourself
as you do now there's no telling what will
happen. III you sleep when you ought 10,
and use your Judgment, you may be geod
for thirty years more"
Already Christmas cards are d'ssp pearing
and valentines are taking their place in the
stores. and what works of art these latter
are. We look in vain for the winged cupids
of our earlier loves or the sly postman vita
his hand on the knocker. Instead, some
charming picture greets the eye, the exquis-
ite design OF Q well-known artist, treating
that touch of nature that makes the whole
werld kin lightly or humorousiy ~ the case