The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-06
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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ANDREW CARNEGIE says Scotchmen make
the best Americans. There is nothing like
speaking from personal experience.
Col. CELSIUS PRICE, of Missouri, the cul-
tivated scion of an old and honorable fam
lily, is said to be working as a porter in q
wholesale dry goods store in New York.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON writes from
Ho nolulu, having completed his Pacific
cruising in the yacht Casco. that he ex-
poets to arrive in San Francisco in April.
Miss MCMILLAN, daughter of the new
Senator from Michigan, is said to bear such
a striking resemblance to Mrs. Cleveland
that she is often mistaken for her in Wash
ingtOn.
WOMEN have got IS per cent. of the $780,
600 divorces granted in the United States in
the past twenty years, the chief complaint
has been one divorce to each eleven mar
riages.
THE latest thing in dogs is to shave the
hair all off, except a ring about the neck,
legs and tip of the tail. Bangles and brace
let's are put Just above these rings, with a
broad, engraved collar of gold or silver to
match.
ROBERT BROWNING, the poet. is short and
stout, with a ruddy complexion and the
general appearance of a man who enjoys a
good dinner. He Is one of the greatest
diners-Out in England, and is q most agree
able table companion.
KATE FIELD says that a woman who aims
to be fashionable must neglect home, hus-
band and children, put away comfort and
convenience, be a first-classh ypocrite and a
good slanderer, and at the end of ten years
break down and become a physical wreck.
MRS. WILLIAM WINDOW, during her long
residence in Washington, was quite popu-
lar in the society circle of the national
capital. She is a lady of high intelligence,
great tact. and those substantial wOmanly
qualities that themselves in every
walk of life.
APAIR of garter clasps are now in prog
ress of mounting in Detroit that are in
tended for a fortunate young lady whose
birthday comes on the 18th of March. A
shamrock in green enamel with diamond
dew on the leaves is the design, with the
wearers monogram on the under side.
JOHN W~ANAMAKER, when asked who is
the greatest merchant in this country, I'M
hesitatingly replied Marshall Field. If
Marshall Field were asked a like question,
he would doubtless say John Wannamaker.
Mr.. Field is a great Chicago Democrat
while Mr.. Wanamaksr is a great Philadel-
phia Republican.
CHAUNCEY M. DRPSw has a double in
the person of Charles H. Treat, one of
Anthony Higgins's rivals in the contest
for the Delaware senatorship. The resem-
blancei is said by aDelawarean to be so strik.
their bills to Mr.. Treat. ,Ehis last informa-
tiOn, however, is not official.
ATHENS has a paper called in Greek the
WOman's Journal. 1t is edited by Mime.
CallirhOe Parren, a Greek woman, who
says that ''in Greece the rights of women
are almost nil, for secOn dairy instruction
has not yet been decreed, and we can Only
ask and work for the moral and intellectual
reimbursement OF Greek women"
S. f. PALMER, of Gerry, C,hautauqua
county, New York, claims to be the Oldest
postmaster in the country. He was ap-
pointed July %, 1S41, when Gerry lore the
name of Vermont. He has held the Office
ever since. He has signed every quarterly
report issued from his Office excepting one.
He is. seventy-eight years of age aid in
good health.
MIR. JOHN ID. ROCKEFELLER writes tp the
Rev. +. T. Gates that he will contribute
100000 to the American Baptist Educa-
ton Society, payable as required for it's
contributions to educational work in the
are not payable faster than. $1,000 during
each month, beginning with March and
ending with December next.
AT the last Inauguration ball Miss Cleve-
land wore white Ottoman silk, with four
flOunces of point applique and seed pearl
trimmings. Mrs. Hendricks wore a gown
of cream brocade, with corsage and tablier
covered with q network of pearls and pearl
ornaments. These were handsome dresses,
though even now they might be considered
Old-fashioned, owing to the decadence of
the once-predominating pearl trimming.
AMONG the letters of coincidence which
the Emperor Francis Joseph received on
the death of his son, was one signed by 1.-The
Mother of Oberdank." In 1882 Oberdank
was arrested for having a shell in his pos
session when the Emperor visite q Trieste.
He was tried and condemnedt to death. His
mother sent an appeal to the Emperor for
his pardon. So did Victor Hugo. His
was executed. Unhappy father" said the
mother in her letter to the Emperor. Il
regret that on account of the tragic death
of your only son you are compelled to feel
the same pangs that /, a poor abandoned
mother, felt on the morning of the Goth of
December, 1882"
MRS. JAMES X. POLK, in some chatty REM
iniscences of her husbands Inauguration,
has this to say concerning a newspaper
statement that at General Jackson's in
augural ball the ladies wore calico dresses
without any flowers: 'Now that is an alb
surdity. 1t is quite too ridiculous for any
thing. The ladies of that date dressed as
richly and b~ecomingly as the ladies of the
present generation. At my own last recep-
tion at the White House, / wore a gorgeous
pink satin. from Paris. with point
d'Alencon lace, and it was this
dress my great g~rand-nlece wore at
a reception. in the neiehborhood,
last week, aud without the slightest
alteration. ! have given her several of
those beautiful Paris robes which served
me at the White House, one of which i
wore at the inaugural ball, an elegant
white brocaded silk, which was presented
to me by Commodore Ktarney, of the navy.
And / have seen Ii stated that l was
dressed on that occasion in a black dress
with a black cloak. The idea is too ridic-
ulous for anything"
ARATHER amusing and likewise touch
ing picture is that presented by Charles
] Picket Pin, or Chief Red Cow, as he arrived