The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-11

though Cardinel Antonelli Ii an active character,
politics occupy merely the background. Love
and intrigue. the curiosities Of Roman society,
the country life of the Roman princes, furnish
incidents for a plot which the writer works out.
by the aid of a decidedly original cast of char
acters."
THE coULDN'T GO TOGETHER.
The winter will be over In a very little while.
And the maiden isn't sad to see it go,
For she couldn't wear a hustle of the dromedary style
Beneath q sealskin dolman, dontcherknow.
Boston Courier.
Mr.. MATTHIAS STEIN, of Milwaukee, is seventy
eight years Of age. a lock and gunsmith by trade,
and a sterling old Democrat, whose p~roudest
boast is that he used to take long morning walks
with Andrew Jackson when the latter was Presi-
dent.
JENNY I'M is sixty-three years old and ex-
ceedingly unattractive in appearances; but the
moment she speaks one forgets this. her voice is
80 soft and melodious. She has one son, an Off
Ger in the British army. and two daughters hap
PLY married.
AN American lady has had q novel "rose
dress made in Paris. The skirt is composed of
800 roses of different hues, and rosebuds form
the bodice, while a veil of tulle, spotted with
crystal drops, is thrown over the dress to initiate
morning dew.
GEORGE EBERs, the biographer Of Alma
Tadema, says that Alma is a fancy name, adopt
ed by the painter partially because it has a
pleasing sound and partially because 1t enables
him TO have his pictures entered on the frstpage
Of art catalogues.
The rent paid for hotel property in New York
is enormous The Fifth-avenue Hotel brings
Mr.. Emo $lS5. 900 a year. The lessees. Hitch
cock, Darling q Co., get back some $50, 900 or
soc, 900 of this in leases made by them to store
keepers on the premises.
A WEST, of Arlington, D.. IT., says that
he was the signal man at Allatoona Pass who re-
ceived Sherman's famous message, sHold the
fort. for | am coming" and to prove 1t has just
permitted his Grand Army post to name a boy
of his Allatoona Pass West.
YALE professors say that about May Is Fabry s
comet will be only Is. 900, 900 miles from the
earth, and on June / Barnard's will be distant
30, 600, 900 miles. Both comets will appear in
their greatest b~rilliancy about May |, and will
be plainly visible to the naked eye,
QUEEN MARGARET. of Italy. is a wise woman,
who never follows fashion at the expense of
beauty. She utterly refuses to wear the extrav-
agantly high and towering head-gear now in
vogue. Her bonnet is of moderate dimensions,
anc, therefore, all the more becoming.
LAMPAsAs JAKE, the cowboy revivalist who is
doing successful work in New Mexico. was. it is
said, never in church in his life. He is described
dS a tdlI, lUOSG-lOlut6u I6llOW, Will u u DCAEQ
covering sunken cheeks, a big mouth, high fore.
head, and a voice that might be heard a mile if
the wind was right.
II three duchesses who have undertaken
the duties of the Mistresses of the Robes are
now known as 1.-THE three graces." The funny
part Of the arrangement is that, although one
duchess cannot be found to be Mistress of the
Robes under Mr.. Gladstone's administration,
three are willing to share the honor among them.
r B~ERNHARDT is still suffering from
spraining a sinew in her right leg, the accident
resulting, the Paris papers say. from taking a
false step while playing the part of Fedora. But
in the character of Fedora it would seem that
taking a false STEP would be a bit of realism
which would materially strengthen the persona
ton.
GUITEAU's sister and her husband are both
ruined by the division he brought about between
them. Mrs Scoville is living in poverty In Chi
cago upon the frugal alimony paid her by her
former husband, while the latter is s~trngglin G
unsuccessfully In his profession. and making
barely enough to pay her this alimony and live
himself.
THE following is told of a well-known London
diner-out, whose love of oysters is notorious. At
a dinner party the other evening oysters were
duly served to him. but when he got to the fourth
ne sent his plate away. The hostess, by whom
he sat, observing this, expressed her concern.
adding, Il assure you they are natives" 81
don't doubt it" he replied, "but that last one I
ate was a settler
Mr.. ROBERT C. WINTHROP was the originator
of the proposal to make April 80. instead of
March 4, Inauguration day, and which now reap
pears in Senator ~Ingalls's bill before Congress.
Mr.. Winthrop suggested the change Of the day
in his GRAFTON at the dedication of the Washing
ton monument. and recalling the fact that Wash
ington was inaugurated as first President of the
United States on April 30.
LATER advices concerning the Queens draw
ing-room" reveal the not unpleaslng fact that
Mrs. Phelps, wife of the American minister, wore
a gray velvet train, bordered with dark fur, and
lined with gray satin; petticoat of gray brocade,
the design lime blossoms and leaves, Topped up
with velvet bows and steel drops; the velvet and
brocade were deity blended in the bodice, and
the back being of velvet to match the train, the
from. brocaded.
CHARLE READE once said this about suueaky
voices: II, Charles Reade, warn all my sex
against any woman who puts on a niminy pimi-
ny voice in a high key. That woman is certain
ly an actress, probably a liar; likely enough a
thief. If she lowers her voice In speaking to a
man. not altering her natural key, that proves
nothing either way. Nature inclines each sex
to speak more gently to the other sex. Never
take a servant-maid who speaks out of her true
key-if she speaks to you in five sharps and you
hear her in three fats-or the other way"
IT is not generally understood that the 'Three
Little Maids from School, business in the emf
kado" is a neat travesty of a very common
English custom. Mr.. Gilbert having satirized
nearly every phase of British character, seized
on this domestic popularity of English sisters
always being seen together In couples or trios,
and, though he did not dress them alike, he
made them do the same things and echo each
other just as they do in real life. Now the Mi
kado" has directed attention TO these eternal
threes. everybody is saying the London girls are
copying Gilherts idea: whereas, it is nothing of
the kind: they are simply going about In trios,
as they have done from time immemoriaL
ALFRED KRUPp owns probably the largest
business in the world dependent on one individ-
ual. The works within the town of Essen occu.