The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MRS. LANGTRY's new boudoir car, being built
at Wilmington, will cost $40,0
Mr.. ALvAN G. CLARK is still on Mount Ham
iltop. lis work on the Lick telescope being
greatly delayed by the intensely cold weather.
THE Brooklyn Republicans will celebrate
Abraham Lincoln's birthday with banquet,
and Robert G. Ingersoll will respond to the
toast, Lincoln"
THEY say that Sarah Bernhardt's pet tiger
kitten was killed by eating a box of anti-fat
pills which NJ. Sarcey had brought to the actress
for her own
A SISTER of Alexandra Dumas, the elder, has
just died at Avellins, France, at the age of
eighty years. She had been for more than fifty
years sister of charity.
THE Rev. DR.. Wayland Hoyt. of the Memo
rial Baptist Church, Philadelphia, has declined
the call extended to him few weeks ago
from the chief church of that denomination at
St. Louis
SARAH BERNHARDT says che is really
ashamed of herself when she thinks that if she
had not been SO extravaganza she might now
give her children a million instead of few hun
dred thousand francs.
MISS BRADDoN, the novelist, whose real name
is Mrs. John Maxwell, lives at Richmond. near
London. England. She is a middle-agsd woman
who delights in outdoor exercise and is espe-
cially fond of horseback riding.
Mr.. GEORGE MEREDITH, the novelist, does all
his work in a little chalet which he has built in
his garden, and sleeps in hammock swung
there among his books, with the windows open.
When he is sleepless he wanders out into the
woods.
THERE is no doubt about the German origin
of Volapuk. In this new language woman is
SHERMAN" The Germans have an idea as to
who is boss in this world. Man s the radical,
the great mogul, in Volanuk aud woman is
subordinate, a modification.
u
wants to resign the perpetual secretaryship of
the French Academy of Sciences, but the other
members will not let him do An assistant
secretary will be provided to do the work while
Nj. Pasteur retains the honor.
HUMANE owners of old dogs and horses fl
epectacles to the eyes of the animals An old
dog, rejuvenated by pair of spectacles. will
show pleasure by unmstakable signs. and some
times, when he loses his glasses, Will pick them
up and carry them TO his master to be read
justed
JOHN WANAMAKER. the big dry goods man
and art connoisseuryof Philadelphia, is philan-
thropist as we'll. He has gone far to solve the
problem of cheap houses for workingwomen by
giving them for S.. 20 week, board lodging. a
liberal washing allowance and the use of recep-
tion-rooms, dancing rooms and bowling alleys.
MARION CRAWFORD, the novelist, has the en-
terprise of newspaper reporter. He went to
Rome to be present at the jubilee mass of the
Pope New Years day but, fearing that he
would not have good opportunity to see the
ceremonies. he managed to dress himself like
one Of the Cantori, and succeeded in remaining
with them undiscovered all through the cere-
mony.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. speaking of VIM.
d. Howells, says His own work and those OF
his pupils and masters sinely occupy his lnind;
he is the bond-slave, the zealot of his school, he
dreams OF an advance in art like what there is
In science; he thinks of past things radically
dead; he thinks thing be outlived-a
strange immersion in his own historyi a strange
forgetfulness of the history of the race" Mr..
Stevenson may be something of an invalid, but
he is clearly able to strike sledge hammer blows
against false and nonsensical theories of art
THE latest characteristic story of Dante g.
Rossetti is this: Frederick Walker paint
ing quietly one day in the drawing-room of
patron from exceedingly beautiful model
whom his patron had induced to cit to him
model was famous for an abundance of that golden
red hair which has SO many beauties IN the eyes
of q certain set of modern painters, and. catch
ing the name OF the visitor, she Immediately
shook down her tresses and they shot ont like a
halo about her Rosserti seemed transfxed by
the beauty of the model, and. entirely Ignoring
time and place, walked straight ND to her and
spent hours, without word of comment or recog-
milton, toying with the ladys hair.
THE Menard statue Springfield Ill. dedi-
Gated last week, is moro than life-sized, Pierre
Menard having been a man below the medium
stature and it is raised upon simple granite
pedestal ten feet in height The pedestal is
large enough to support also the figure of an In
dian. seated upon bale of pelts, a sample of
which he is holding mp for the inspection of
knew. that in Mensrd he would find a
ready and honorable purchaser of
the Indian holds the pipe of psace.r
fitting emblem of the relations which always ex-