The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-09-01
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.
ALEXANDER DUMAS. the younger, is
seventy-six years old. He began writing at
seventeen, and at twenty-six produced the
famous Dame aux Camelias."
MAX O'RELL, the little Frenchman, hav-
ing patted brother Jonathan gently on the
: back. and thus put him in a good humor.
will return to America next winter to lee
ture.
FREDERICK L. AMEs is the richest man in
Boston. He is the son of Oliver. and the
nephew of Cakes Ames, and is worth $780,
100000. Part he inherited, and part he
made.
MADAM DE STAEL, when complimented
on her musical attachments. said: 1T is
not of these i boast; I glory in having sew
enteen different trades, by either of which
l can win a living.
COUNT EDISON was not particularly inn
pressed with the Eiffel tower. He says of
it: 1.-The glory of the Eiffel tower Is only
in the magnitude ofsthe conception and the
nerve in executing-the rest is only bridge
building"
Prof. HI. V. HILPRECHT, of the Baby
lonian expedition sent out by the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, who has returned
in advance of the party, says that the re-
mains of the Tower of Babel are 80 feet
high even now. The bricks at the top bear
this royal utterance: Il am King Nebu-
chadneZZar."
OSCAR WILDE is not so wild, and, there
fore, less picturesque in his dress than he
was when he visited this country to make
money by delivering a duh lecture. in
and pumps. Since then he has married a
sensible woman, who has reformed his dress
and address.
S. L. LOOMS, who in 1880 predicted the
result of the census within $4,000 of the
actual figures, is out with the prediction
that the population of the United States
in 1890 will reach 81, $50, 600, an increase
during the past decade of more than 80 per
cent. He is willing to bet, so 1T Is said,
that his calculation will not be upset.
WILLIAM BLACK is forty years old, with
a slight, graceful figure. which is well set
off by his elegant dress. His eyes are dark
and have a very earnest expression. He
talks well. but says. little about his own
works. His home is at Brighton, but he
spends much time in London, where he
keeps a sumptuous suite of apartments.
THERE is a man at the Coleman House,
Asbury Park, N. j., who has been attract
ing attention by ordering at each meal
everything ON the bill of fare. He is fond
of ice cream and the other day ordered five
plates In succession and ate them all.
that snch orders would have to be charged
extra, he said: charge ahead, but when l
like a thing l ' want enough of it."
LORD WILLIAM BEREsFoRD has COM
pleted the preliminary arrangements for
Prince Albert Victor's Indian tour, which
have been entirely intrusted to his care.
The Prince is to go right around India, be-
ginning. with PoOnah and Hyderabad, and
proceeding thence through the Madras
Presidency to Madras, where he is to en-
bark for Calcutta. From Calcutta he will
travel to the Northwest provinces and the
| Punjab, and will finally reach Bombay by
way of Rajputana and BarOda.
LADY dixie is one of the most accom-
| plished women in England. 1t is said to be
a perfect treat to sit by her at dinner, she
is so bright, piquant and clever. and at the
same time, so kind and sympathetic. She
possesses in an eminent degree b the
French call savoir vivre. She has a rather
| large mouth, but beautiful teeth, which is
a rare thing among the women of England.
Lady Dixie has the highest moral courage.
and she showed it in an eminent degree
when she married Sir Charles Dixie in the
midst of the social scandal which covered
his name a few years ago.
ALETTER of Buckles has been published
giving his list of the really important
authors whom the world has produced, ac-
cording to his Judgment. Excluding ply
| steal n mathematical works, he specifies
as the principal original writer's Homer,
Plato, Aristotle. Dante. Shakespeare, Bacon,
Descartes. Hobbies. Grotius, Locke, Berke-
Icy! @Yyc:si nant sm nsss'' Wealth se e 10% Of Nat M1llss
| Nautilus on Population, and Ricardo's
Political Economy" with Don Quixote,"
the Pilgrims Progress and .Goethe's
Faust" The Romans. 1T Is added, pro-
duced nothing original. except jurispru-
dence. Their philosophy they stole from the
Greeks, and spoiled 1t.
ONE Of Mr.. Giadstones' conversational ad-
v~antages is that he has known every cele-
brated person for fifty years, and has end
less "reminiscences of all of them. On one
occasion at a dinner party, somebody was
illustrating the Duke of Cambridge's re-
markable command of damnatory rhetoric.
The Duke has a fiery temper. and at a re-
view one day he made a forcible Observa-
ton about a certain officers eyes,. The
officer promptly requested him to confine
his objurgation to his w eyes. YES"
said Mr.. Gladstone, But the Duke of Cam
bridge is mild compared with his uncles.
/ remember the old Duke of Cumberland,
who was famous for his habit of garnishing
other peoples remarks with his own oaths.
When the first bill for the abolition of
church rates came before the House of
Lords, the Duke was asked to express to
the Archbishop of Canterbury the wish of
the majority that he should move its re-
lection. Off went the Duke with this COM
mission. Presently he returned, and in a
loud voice, for he was rather deaf, ex-
claimed: The Archbishop says he will be
devoted to everlasting fire if be does not
work the rejection of the bill.'n 1t need
scarcely be said that the language which
his Grace of Cumberland professed to quote
from his Grace Of Canterbury has been
somewhat softened.
No matter what his station be.
Man has his share OF sorrow,
For the flannel shirt he wears to-day
Will fit his boy tomorrow.