The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-12-04
hub" FADS AND GOSSIP.
THE BRleHT-EYED BOSTON GIRLS.
What They DO Summer and Winter and in
old Maid en- hOod-New Operett Liter
airy People POIitics-The Exhibit
tion-Dist nguished Visitors.


her day by day, she is extremely attract
i've physically with a good color, bright
eye and firm step.
Boston girls have larger waists, wear
thicker soles to their shoes, and take I'M
doubtedly more exercise than girls in other
large cities. But they are not addicted to
phenomenally long words, nor are they on
the whole ultra-literary. A good many of
them do not carry their studies beyond
their school years; they make an entrance
into the fashionable world at the conven-
tional age of eighteen or nineteen. After
four or five years Of society, if they haven't
married, they may perhaps take up special
lines of study, join classes of one kind or
another and when at last some of them
find themselves real old maids, they take
up active work in some of the numerous
charitable organizations of the city. The
young Boston girl is fond of exercise;
in summer she rows and plays tennis; in
winter she rides. doubt if there is a city
in the Union where riding classes are more
popular. The best riding school in the
city has almost every hour OF the day Ia
ken up by private classes. Boston girls
are nothing If not exclusive, and so the
riding master assigns each hour Of the day
to a different class, and each class is COM
posed of people who belong to the same
social set, and are friends OF one another.
A riding class usually meets twice week
Tor SIX months or more. Some Boston
women ride remarkably well, and there
have been vague hints this winter of
woman's polo club about to be formed
here. It is true, too, that Boston women
fence; this amusement was at it hight
last winter. and teachers of fencing
had more engagements than it was always
possible for them to fulfil. 1t is this exer-
else, dare say, which gives that fine sup
pleness to the figures of the girls l meet
crossing the common this bright autumn
day. Just now they look very picturesque
in the kilt-plaited plaid skirts, heavy
REFER Jackets, and low-crowned, felt hats
they are wearing. This description sounds
trifle mannish, but the effect is far 9TH
erwise.
| wonder if the reaction to the soft
crowned, felt hat has yet reached the men
of Indianapolis? In a few weeks the
bean-pot hat will look rs out of place as
the straw hat OF last summer, and it Is
very interesting to any one who wants TO
prove that men are ready to follow
new fashion as women, to observe how
each man is trying to get ahead OF his
neighbor in the wearing of the new style
of hat
The Australian voting system, as every
one now knows, was great success at our
recent state election, and it is to have
second trial at our municipal election
early in September. The curious little
wooden booths which were used in many
precincts where there were no suitable
public buildings still adorn some of our
parks and streets.
Mayor Hart, the present holder OF the
office, has been renOminated by the re-
publicans. Mr.. Calvin is fairly strong
democratic candidate, and to-day comes
the announcement that a workingmen's
Treat Paine a strong prohibitionist
with a suspected tendency toward the
single-tax theory. Mr.. Paine is a descend
ant of a signer of the Declaration of INDIE
pendence, and through his connections
in every direction belongs to one of the
most aristocratic families here-for YOU
know they are strong believers in aristo-
cratic families in Boston. Mr. Paine Is
president of the associated charities and
deeply interested in improving the condi-
ton of the working classes-so much so, in
deed. that few years ago he was anxious
to have the legislature pass bill for erect
ing with public money workingmen's
houses on the waste lands outside of the
city. All the same he will not be elected
mayor, for the party he represents is not
sufficiently strong.
Recently Mr.. Reginal Dekoven's ''Don
Quixote" was played for the first time at
the Boston theater simultaneously with its
a.,fl Faln
London. Everyone is loud in praise of it,
The music is bright, sparkling and melo-
dious, and of a pleasing variety. The
words by Mr.. W. II. Smith are bright and
we seem at last to have an American
operetta worthy the name. If anv
one has a little wish that Boston might
have the honor of claiming the composer
of so interesting work, at least no jeal-
ousy is felt OF Illinois, which state, be-
lieve, has the right to claim Mr. Dekoven.
Miss Amelia b. Edwards, with her lee
lures on Egyptian art, has made an ex-
cellent impression here. She is the typi-
cal well-bred English woman, somewhat
more tastefully dressed than many who
visit us here, and she has a mast pleasing
voice and manner. During her stay in
Boston she is the guest of Mrs. Annie
Fields, the widow OF James I. Fields, the
publisher Mrs. Fields lives in delight
ful old house on Charles-st.. the back win
dows of which look upon the Charles
river Mr.. and Mrs. Fields enjoyed the
friendship of Charles Dickens, Charles
Reade and, indeed, OF most of the dis
tinguished literary men of. England and
America during the past thirty years and
more, and the house abOunds in
mementoes of those people in
the shape of framed autographs, presenta-
ton books and portraits. Since her hus-
bands death, eight or nine years ago,
Mrs. Fields has gone little in general So
cietv, but she is devoted to benevolent
works of every kind, and her tall figure in
heavy mourning is familiar in the homes
of many poor people, Mrs Fields has
written much fine poetry for the best
periodicals, and many interesting sketches
over the signature, annie Fields"
Mr.. Thomas Bailey Aldrich lives only
short distance from Mrs. Fields. His
duties as editor of the atlantic Monthly
have rather restricted his original work of
late years, yet his poetry is always most
exquisite. Mr. Aldrich is slight blonde
man to whom the adjective "dapper"
might be we'll applied. and few who meet
him strolling over Beacon hill toward the
editorial rooms of the atlantic, on Park ST.,
would imagine him to be anything more
than what he appears TO be-the
average polished society man. In
a. .o.,o pa;0hhorhood with Mr.