The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19

eullOI OF the Gun, mas q urn, square SET ne8Q,
| which he holds as rigidly as though it were
| kept in place by iron clamps. He wears his
hat well pulled upon his temples, and sbso-
| lutely strides when he walks Henry Bergh
is totally distinct type OF man. Very tall
| and slender, with q long oblcng head, on top
OF q giraffe type OF neck, with bean POLE
arms and legs, but with a subdued mode of
| locomotion, very much like the expression
| upon bis face. He always wears very tail
hat. with a Grape band, dresses with perfect
| neatness, and sidles along the street. No fg-
ure, face or rear is better known on Brosd-
way than that of Mgr. Capel. would swear
to his back as quick as would TO his face.
he wears an absurd hat. high GRO wned,
| enormous brimmed, dresses nattily and has
a real girly- girly swing as be carries his pom
! derosity along the pave. Twenty-Five years
ego Lester Wallack was the handsomest
| middle aged man IN New York, and now
that he has cast aside the hair dye
that made him look like q half
breed pirate, he moves gracefully along the
streets, the bandsomest old man in New
York. His bearing is the perfection of man.
illness, without the first suggestion OF effe-
minacy. He seems sentimentalzsd with IN
conscious dignity, and his back attracts &c
much attention as his face, so much so that,
not knowing him, coming up behind him,
you would anxiously turn. having passed. to
see what manner of man that elegant person
might be. Old John Gilbert-Now. do you
lntdu W lCll Ou uONC uOk 6cc lhlS W
know who he is? Eephantine in proper
tons, with his hat way down upon his head,
his shoulders high up on his neck, be walks
quietly and leasUriy along, Just as readily
known by his behind as by his before.
OUR NEWLY ELECTED SENATOR, Mr.. EvERTs,
goes out OF his way to make himself conspic-
uous all over. He wears bis hat 50 that the
brim touches his shoulders behind and e (
upon his ears, precisely as Charles O'Conor
did, and you could recognize either of these
emil emf men by their slab-sided bac Ks aud
their heads, just as easily ss you could by
their grim, sarconic countenances. When
Lar gtry was here, everybody knew her back
"a well as they did her face. The same way
with Miss Terry. One of the most peculiar
and unique personalities ever saw was that
of General Grant. OF late years he wore al
ways high silk hat, and what used TO be
called surtout overcOat. His hair was OF
8 p6 lliar color. as we're his beard and his
| cheeks He was extremely selfish in many
Wsys ] recall, Tor instance one time in
The elevated cars. He sat In one Of the side
| seats, calculated to ACCOMMODATE Two pessen-
gers so as to make it i'm possible for any one
TO sit on either side of him, and, although
there we're twenty or thirty
| men and women standing be
looked stolidly ahead and paid
DO attention to any ones comfort but his
Own. His conduct naturally attracted the
attention of Others bat there wasn't per-
/ son in that car in front or behind him who
| didn't know il was General Grant, the one
| part being just as recognizable as the other.
| Finally one man made up his mind that he
would have that seat, and, saying 10 the
| General Il VIC uld like to sit here, If you
please, squeezed himself ia with great diff
Guilty. Grant moved. perhaps an inch, but
| still left his arm in such q position that
without physical rudeness and successive
| effort, the newcomer could not retain bis
position with any degree OF comfort SO he
coDtented himself with as much Of the edge
as bis muscles could grasp. Time and time
| sgsin ! have seen people accelerate their
| speed so as to pass ahead OIL Grant, they hsv-
| ing recognized him by his back, ana desiring
10 get further acquaintance with his face.
| Clevelan DIS back is very peculiar. No one
! having seen him once could fail to tell him
by it. Horace Greeley had a very pro
nounced rear view. l think you will fnd
you can determine the identity Of nearly
every friend you have. as we'll as that of
| your butcher, your baker, your csndlestick
| maker, by the popularity of his back, and,
that being so, think you will agree with
me that the divine hand, which created man
in the image o the universal Maker, must be
furnished with bump of humor as colossal
| IS omnipoteI CO itself. 1t strikes me that
this nc st enjoy able feature Of the divine in
tellect often seeks enjoyment in grotesqae
human development Who, for instance, to
| look at the broad, puddingy face OF William
with the financial grasp which fnan-
ciers concede he has? No one pre-
tends that the present Van
| bs1bilt could ever have amassed the fortune
| he Owls, but you know the old proverb
| which says ''any b1dy can make money, it is
the smart fellow who keeps it," aud Vender.
| bilt hasn't only kept all his father left him,
| but has added to it. Won Id you Judge that
by his appearance? I wo uldnt. Look at Jay
Gould, with lit lie bit of a head an unim-
| pTefsive face, physique so fragile that he
has to be contin ually caring for il, tucklng
il away in the blanket of canton every
night by 10 O'Clock, starting in life with fifty
| cents, and standing at the age OF forty-fve or
| fifty, with a fortune variously estimated at
from
| THIRTY TO EIGHTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Does be look il? Lincoln looked all ne ever
did. So did Webster, grand and massive.
So did Clay, homely bat magnetic. 50 does
| Beecher, with his leouiDe face and bis msg
nifcent eye. So did the elder Both. in
spite of his broken nose Bat these other
| men of whom spoke, controlling the desti-
MES of 10000 of men. and holding in the
| hollow Of their bands money 81 fficient TO run
the wheels OF the metropolis OF the country
| for years aud gears would no more indicate
by their faces or their physiques the peculiar
potencies contained within their brains than
! the spark of electricity would suggest its reg
nant forces, CT its potential possibilities,
when properly or improperly directed. Ga
the other hand take Edwin Booth. gifted by
nature with o handsome face, thoughtful
expression, a superb eye, graceful phys
ique. You would think to look at him,
there is man of mind; good. steady, fond
Of thinking. scholarly iD his tastes, self con-
trolled." he is none Of these. Insver shall
forget q lesson ] learned Wne1 l lived IN
Brooklyn. Almost every morning, when /
csme to the city fello y passenger attracted
my attention. Tall, sp'endidly form ID, with
Weather beaten face. an eagle eye. trm
shut mouth, a clean cut squhllne nose, ne
stot d always at the bow of the boat, and was
amor Q the first to leave, with firm step and
an erect csrrisge. as though he meant bust
| ness The romances / Weaved about that