The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-01
CLARA BELLIES SUNDAYTAI.K
The Possible Meeting of Trio of Presi-
dents Wives Next Summer.
Queen Vietoria's Universal Gift to All Women
Who Are So Fortunate as to Gain
the Royal FaYer.
Special to the rnaianaoorls Journa..

L 40 e~SV1Ao 4AocG+py -S0uTIeSy OF
pnoile will be Madame Diaz. of Mckee, who is
10 start on tour Of this country in May, COM
I ing leisureiy across the continsnt from San
francisco, 20 arrive in New York in July. She
VIII spend some time in Saratoga, Newport and
Long Branch, and it Is fair to presume that she
VIII go TO Washington to pay her respects to
| Mrs Cleveland The third member of the trio
ls Madame Carnot wife of the present Presidens
OF the French Republic With her lies the onIy
uncertainty as to the interesting meeting read
IN the Paris Figaro that she contemplat an
ocean voyage In some direction or other next
summer. and that her inclination is to cross
the Atlantic, but South America appears
to De In her mind However, it would seem
strange to give that comparatively uninterest-
Ing continent preference over our own. and if
sne sails westward, as she is oualiaedlv an
nonnced to do early in the summer. NAV wa
not count con fdently on her meeting Mrs
Cleveland and Madame Diaz in Washington
Ia that case, somebody might get up a person
Aliy directed tour for the various South Ameri-
can republics presidentesses, so that we could
assemble Wondrous party of these peculiarly
ol aA ladies'. The only competitor with
our own Mrs. Cleveland for e-emiuence in such
q gathering woud be Madame Carnot She il
the soul of gracious dignity, brilliant in CONVEX
salon, and magnificent dresser and a hand
some woman; but Mrs. Cleveland would have
the advantage of youthfulness and a greater de-
gree of beauty. So need not be shy about il
OF the living wives Of Presidents Mrs TJlvas..
s Grant lsads quiet life as any. She has
gone to Florida now, with the family of ex-
Governor Leland Stanford, with whom she ia
very intimate. She has of late been writing
"reminiscences. When Col. Fred Grant was
asked II she meant to publish them in a book
hs remarked that her work in that way was en-
tlrely matter of impulse. and that there was
no certainty as yet whether it would ever be-
printed. It is sure that she will not lack opuor-
tunity. Uncounted publishers are bidders for
the Manuscript; but they all told that she has
nothing to sell. The probability is that Mark
IWaln's firm. having done so well for her and
themselves in the issue of General Grants ma
moirs will be able and willing to outbid their
rivals Nevertheless. when Ulysses s. Grant
wee president and stakeholder, lie was Thought
10 literary circles that Mrs. Grant would helm
MIN By putting her "reminiscences into that
periodical. Colonel Grant denies strenuously
that his brother is being backed in any other
way than By loan of money from his mother
and the authorized assertion is that, although
shares OF the stock stand in young UlysseS'a
name, he is trustee for her. That is a legal
teehnlcality to protect HIM a BANKRUPT from
the Grant q Ward failure. My careful pr~dic.
ton 10 that Mrs Grant will publish something
within the year.
The gentleman upon whose wife called yes-
terday afternoon. would be displeased by the
printing of his name hers. although it is so
famous that I am tempted to give it, and there
was nothing wicked. after all. in tie thing am
going TO describe. He is dignified man of
fifty, and on q dead level with Csesar's wife
above reDroach- Besides. his wife is a highly
respected matron, who loves him devotedly, and
she was present all the time. He wss seated !
comfortably in an easy-chair, lazily reading a
newspaper. which he held in one hand. while |
the other hand was in the possession of a |
notably pretty girl of twenty She had come |
b Sy appointment ,o and was giving. to his
ment In short. she was one of |
the numerous professional manicurss, who |
make calls on rich and luxurious men and wo-
zen to improve the appearance of their hands
Aff1uent ladies have for years EMPLOYED these
deft and skilful nail clippers. polishsrs and
to the idea too but it isn't customary for the
stale old fellows 90 go TO the manicure Offices
The usage is for he and his wife to engage the
manicure to come to their house once a week
So II is all right and proper; and yet you can't
make me believe that the male customers are
really solicisous about the Identification of their
EanGs for that could not be ACCOMPLISHED any-
how. or that elderly and scraggy manicures
would be able to get work from them. am
ticnlar instance was above the average
in good looks, but haven't
observed any ugliness on the part
of airy of them. What id she dos Well she
opened neat case of Instruments sometime
ike surgeons outf: on q small scale, and set
them out on table by which tae patient sat
Then she put his hands into q bowl of warm
suds; and gave them thorough washing, after
which she dried them with a soft fowl Then
she trimmed his nails with sharp little scissors,
also chipping on all the little hang nails. Next,
she pushed down the skin at the base of each |
nall using steel implement, and removing |
some of it with tiny scalpel. fine file
was the next instrument. and with it she |
smoothed the edges of the nails Thorough
polishing, first by means of cbamois covered
pon s,.,, snen With an ivory stick,
own hand. The climax was a dabbline
Of perfumed lotion The operation lasted lust
an hour. During that time covertly vet crit.
cally studied the girl. She was businesslike
with no visible admixture of nonsense. She was |
silent. save in briefly ahswerne several questions
relating to the job. She was constantly handling
1is hands. of course. and the contrast between
ais big, old, coarse and her fair young
members was so striking that couldn't HELM
how much she dis Iiked the work and
low much he liked it. Whatever may have
'een the relative sacrifice and EMO yment in the
proceeding neither let it be seen. for his dig {
lily was never let down single peg, and her
.entle unconsclousness was unbroken But she
lad the prettiest possible ways: her mauipula-
ion of bis hands was graceful. and il isn't prob
BILE at all that she ignorant of the fact that
he was very charming.
After Lent will come renewal of fashionable
ayety, of course, and the few diversions per-
nitted in swell society during that period of 1
enitence will be at once displaced by other and !
weller amusements One of these will De fenc- {
az by ladies' Many article has been written ;
escribing feminine induleences in this pastime. /
ut the fencers IN these have usually been i
ctresses seeking notoriety. But a genuine .
.diss' annex to the Fencers' Club has actually
cen formed. and among its members are such
cknoWiedged society bellies as Judge Lawrence's /
aughier Ruth the Phelps Dodge family's ,
eauty. Sarah Phelps Stokes, the brilliant Mrs {
'dward Mitchell, and a dozen others whose /
ames. although strange to you are recoguiza- | ,
lie here IN New York belonging to highly ap- /
roved people. They 10 begin exercise in | :
arrest next week They promise to do | /
0, at least, but whether their parties and !
trusts will amount to anything remains to be :
cen. have only seen little of their practice | E
nus far. and must confess that it had strike +
feather aspect The Girls took the t