The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-26
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES says he has ar
rived at the age when he can sit at home and
expect to be visited like Chinese god"
I'm my opinion" says a citizen, ''if the gov
eminent would stop running up them there
burned cold-wave flags, we'd soon have some
| respectable winters"
JUPITER, the god, not the star. has been found
at Shershal, Algeria A fine marble statue, two
meters high and in excellent preservation. has
been exhumed there.
PROHIBITION and total abstinence are two very
different things. In one day, recently there
were 800 jugs shipped from Paducah, KY, to
precincts without saloons in adjacent counties.
WORD comes from Siberia of the death of DR..
Weymar. who was once the personal medical at
tendant of the present Gar but was sentenced
to exile for completely in the assassination of
MeZzeneff.
SOCIETY in Malta is so heightened that no.
body is allowed to attend the opera barefooted.
All opera goers, according to the local papers,
must at least wear a pair of isle thread socks
without any patches"
New YORK Sun: Customer lin restaurant) j.
''Waiter, this chicken soup has feathers In it. |"
Waiter-"Yes, sab. If vo' want soup made outen
chickens dat am old 'nough to be bald, sah
yo' IL have to go to odder establishments"
NINE. PATTI, at Vienna, received on the stage a
Christmas gift in the form of tree, the branches
of which were interaced with golden chain
each link of which bore in diamonds the name of
an opera in which the prirna donna had appear.
ed.
WHEN W. S. Gilbert was asked whether
Batch" was composing anything just now,
mo, madame Mr. Gilbert replied, with per-
feet imperturbability; Batch hasn't composed
anything for years. He's decomposing just
now"
In connection with the anti Chinese movement
in Sacramento, the Bee announced that it would
print the names of all white women who desired
to take in sewing. and many responded. Then
it made a similar offer to washerwomen, and not
one was heard from.
THE London journals note the demise of Sig
Bartolucci father of the Marchioness of Tweed
dale. and we'll known in certain section of So
clety. Bartolucci was rather Of the Awful
Dad' style of parent, and, though amusing from
his eccentricities to his friends, was somewhat
dreaded by his connections
In criticising recently published volume of
Talmage's sermons, the Churchman says: For
extravaganza of language, poverty of thought
reckless dealing with sacred things, general mis-
Information and tinsel ornament. Disgusting the
most obvious platitudes, we can back these SER
mons against any others ever put in print"
Mrs. JAMES X. Polk has found it necessary to
say, in denial of a newspaper misstatement, that
while she has the highest respect for the Catholic
Church she is and always has been Presbyterian,
and was once called Blue Presbyterian, because
she then thought it right to forbid dancing Her
husband was Methodist and most of his family
Episcopalians
THE Shah of Persia leads very simple life.
He occupies himself with affairs of state in the
morning; he then takes his midday meal. eating
frugaly and generally of dish only. He
rarely takes wine, generally eats alone, and never
attends state dinners. He reads a great deal,
and writes poetry which his people say is supe-
rior to that of Hafz.
PHILADELPHIAs latest society fad is "pro-
gressive luncheon" Four persons sit at each
table, and at the end of each course change posi-
tons, In the manner of progressive euchre. An
other freak is for the guests at dinner party to
sit in the parlor, instead of at the dinner-table
and have the courses served while they indulge
in aesthetic conversation.
Mrs. LETTER, of Chicago, is cutting an enor-
nous dash at the capital. according to a CORE
spondent. Except General Sheridan, nobody
has met with anything but amiability from her
General Sheridans setback occurred at din
ner at the Letter mansion, when Mrs. Letter
cruelty reminded him that he was eating his
oysters with the wrong fork. The hero Of 100
battle-felds collapsed without sroan.
81 HAVE the highest authority" says Atlas. in
the London World, ''for contradicting the very
extraordinary and very foolish story which ap-
peared in the st. James's Gazette about "a project
of marriage between the Princess Victoria of
Prussia, and Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria
There never has been any such project and
there is no foundation whatever for the story
which is pure fabrication in every particular
Miss KATHERINE BAYARD, whose death has
plunged social Washington in gloom, had studied.
among other things. the Romany language and
made the acquaintance of many gypsies with
whom she was a great favorite. Meeting one of
her gypsy friends on the street in Baltimore,
Miss Bayard said to her, in Romany: well,
Mary, what have you been doing since last saw
your and Mary responded, with perfect cool
ness. Stealing. miss"
In October, 1884, Mr.. W. H. Vanderbilt gave
100000 to the College of Physicians and Sur
geons of New York city. His generosity is to
be supplemented by his second daughter Mrs
William d. Sloane. and her husband who have
agreed to erect maternity hospital upon part
of the property purchased by the funds given by
Mr.. Vanderbilt There will be accommodations
for twenty FIVE patients. and it will be called
'Sloane's Maternity" 1t is specially provided
that all the beds shall be Free and there will be
no restrictions
YES" said Frenchman in Paris. recently.
81 was walking in Place vendome when poor
woman, with two children attracted my atten-
tion They were suffering. / stopped them
The husband had died that morning and thew
were penniless / went to their home and there
l saw the poor father. I gave them money
and left the homo of sorrow. / thought when /
reached the street that had not given them
enough, and I mounted the three flights of
stairs. knocked at the door and the poor dead
father opened it. / left"
LA TOILETTE & LA FoLLETrE is the name Of
a law firm at Madison Wis One rnamhar IA
now the youngest representative in Congress-,
and the other is his wife. They are both grad
yates of the Wisconsin State University They