The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-06

VIII nave tWtuty-tWO gutStS. Will no lCpC-
titions as to individuals. That viii figure
out 30 persons altogether. OF course, that
may not mean that Mrs. Ast0r, who has
been accredited as the chief sponsor for
Ward McAllisters Judgment In selecting
cided that only about half of the McAllisters
are fit to put their legs under her table.
Nevertheless. there are bound to be
heartburnings and resentments. Oh
the, splendors of these occasions;
and silver, the marvelously cut glass, and
the profusion of rareSt flowers, society Is
talking beforehand with much. vivacity.
But there is going to be competition o WITT,
night of Jan. Is, when six marrons of mill
ionairism, besides Mrs. Astor, will give
dinner parties, the guests of which will at
midnight assemble In one of Delmonico's
halls for brief ball. The wives of Cornell
Jus and William X. Vanderbilt are among
these hostesses, and it is safe to count IN
advance upon both of them trying to Guido
Mrs. Aston, and whether they succeed or
not will be the question discussed by the
guests when they get together for the sup
Elemental dance.
The ladies of the stage are so ingenious
In their bids for space in the newspapers
that they are entitled to getit. Mrs. Lang
try is at the fore. as usual. She is going to
appear as Lady Macbeth in this city, and
she had her present manager tell, two
weeks ago, that the ushers would be dressed
in Highland kits and stockings, with the
usual hiatus of bare legs between. The POI
litest of New York audiences would make
fun of the poor fellows thus exhibited, of
course, and the idea was thoroughly nom
sensical; but the Lilly's agent declared up
on his honor that it would be carried out.
That he did this without direction by his
employer is impossible. But now she comes
out, as usual, with a calm denial that she
ever thought of such a thing. and knew
nothing about it until she read it in the
newspapers. The Lilly is what those who
use slang might call "lallah" when it
comes to the achievement of publicity.
But for blunt and direct self-assertion
Ada Rehan is entitled to the largest cake
equal to- A version of Sheridan's 1.-The
Critic" is being performed at Daly's as an
after-piece. Like the original, it consists of
the rehearsal OF tragedy, turned into bur-
of the actors DAILY has modernized it, and
has made the performers address each other
by their real names. Miss Rehan is the
actress who lately was responsible for the
from the company. She is promoted to
public favor by the manager to the utmost
extent. A thousand-dollar portrait of her
adorns one end of the lobby. while at the
other stands a five-hundred-dollar statue.
Well, IN the play mentioned she Is the Til
BURMA. and there is no guying as to her
role. She is magniicently costumed, all
the cOarseness is expunged from the lam
guage which she has to speak, and none of the
Glowing is permitted to belittle her. But
what set ont to tell is that the supposed
author of the tragedy, in introducing her
to the mimic critic, faces the audience and
very distinctly proclaims after the ideal
izea manner of a side Snowman: This is
nf nIrRr mot huV inn a.
tresses-thOugh / am sure you don't need to
be told thatv How does that strike the
reader for a puff directi The audience is
rather astounded by it.
A figure at Delmonico's, and an inevitable
first-nighter at the theater, is the Marquis
Croisic, always accompanied by stout
and elaborate blonde lady, who is Madame
la Marquise. These two constant cOmpan-
ions are entirely unusual in their conduct
and appearance, and during residence
here of about four years have developed
into a cOnSpicuousness never attained by
people who are entirely conventional. Such
J isolation from all acquaintanceship as they
practice is thoroughly remarkable. While
both have passed that period of their lives
| when the entertainment of 'spooning" is
| food and drink, light and air, they are so
| devoted to each other that they have
| neither words nor eyes for their fellow
| citiZens-seemingly content to exist with
| out friends, themselves being all the world.
/ Such odd people we are often meeting in
| New York, and it is curious that they usu-
| ally are made prominent by attending with
| complete regularity the theaters and Del
| mOnicO'S restaurant.
| A few years ago it was observed that, on
| the first night of every new play, a short,
| stout, horid young man, OF palpably for
| eign air. entered the house with matronl|
md lnEy- onIr1n hnf nj nr
| than himself and was shown to seats in the
| front row of the orchestra, on the center
aisle. From then till now not once have
these two failed to occupy exactly the same
| seats at any important dramatic peform-
ance. They never look about recognize no
one, and between the acts talk quietly to-
| gether, in utter Oblivion of the rest of the
house. After the play the lonely. pair can
eating the daintiest of viafids and drinking
ly in tuneful French, and en-
tirely sufficient unto themselves, scarcely
noticing their surroundings. The Marquise,
while she is neither very lovely nor young,
has face which gains decided charm in
| conversation, and her smile is really beau
tiful. The young Marquis, at least, surely
considers her entirely delightful, for he
seldom takes his eyes from her, and hangs
upon her words like the bee upon the flower.
| Across the street from Delmonico's is an
| apartment-hOuse called 1.-THE Croisic," built
| by this devoted firm about two years ago.
1t is one of the SWEETEST, and, perhaps, the
most expensive places to live in the city.
| The Marquis reserves the privilege of re-
fusing all applicants whose social standing
cannot bear the rigorous examination
which will surely. be applied to it.
Nine. 10 Marquise is the daughter Of Phil
adelphia chemist who left her fortune
years ago, expecting to return in a few
months. / understand his house in Paris,
which he left in charge of his servants,
still awaits his homecoming, but he stays
on here as though Paris and New York
| were one so long as madame is near to lend
her ample graces to the scene. And la Mar
quise accepts all this devotion with fasci-
mating equanimity, and the two together
succeed in preserving, perhaps, the most iu-
cxhaustible dual appetite in New York: for
| at least five hours of every day in their
lives is passed at the table in Delmonico's.
| CLARA BELLE.
When a Woman Would Like to Swear.
| Pittsburg Dispatch Gossip.
1t is really awfully sad that a woman
must never swear. A woman got on train