The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-24
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


presented the University of Denver with
100000 for its further endowment.
GEN. A. j. WARNER. who was the original
free-silver man, and whose views were
impressed at the usual length upon the
Kansas congress- is q long. gaunt man, with
pointed chin. and he goes forward upon
the theory that the thin men rule this
earth.
ALLEN w. THURMAN's enthusiasm for
baseball is not greater than that of his
son, who is one of the best ball players in
This youth, the grandson of the old Sena-
tor. Is also an accomplished lightweight
pugilist
MRS. JENNIE M. LozIER. the new Presi-
dent of Sorosis Is physician herself. the
wife of physician, and daughter-in- law
of the noted Clemence Lozier, one of the
first women physicians in America. She
has given up her practice and Is devoted to
philanthropy.
BEARDED women have existed st all pe-
RODS of the worlds history. Herodotus
''above Halicarnassus." among whom the
chm of the Priestess of Minerva regularly
budGed with a large beard whenever any
great public calamity impended.
THE Rev. r. Turner tells the Methodist
ministers of Philadelphia that they are all
wrong If they believe the Garden of Eden
was located in India, Armenia or at the
North Pole. He finds it In the Mesop0tamia
valley. east of Palestine, but has been too
busy to point out the exact spot.
THE Princess of Wales" said Ward Mo
Allister the other day, lis the best dressed
woman in the world. don't believe that
she ever wears the same dress twice. and
she has her hair dressed in Paris every day.
She. wears false hair. you know. and she
sends her wigs over to Paris daily. While
one wig IS going across the channel to
France to be dressed the other is coming to
London"
A YOUTHFUL daughter of the distin-
guished violinist. DR.. Joachim. whose wife,
Frau Joachim. was favorite concert
singer, has recently made her debu. in
opera at Elberfeldt and has achieved such
success that the young lady has been en-
gagged for the winter season at the moro
important opera-house at Leipsic, At
Elberfeldt Fraulein Joachim sang the two
trying parts of Aida in Verdi's opera and
Sieglinde, in Wagners die Walkure."
THE Gear of Russia is more than six feet
tall. and has the shoulders arms and thighs
of On athlete. So great is the strength of
his hands that he can twist horseshoe
with ease. He is q magnificent horseman,
thoroughly trained soldier and an &C
complished linguist. speaking seven mod
ern languages besides Russian. He works
hard and is out of bed from in the morn
ing until 10 at night Stimulants and mar
cotics are, however, gradually undermin-
ing hia strength.
THIsstory of Carlyle and George Gilfillan
has recently been put in circulation. The
latter author, whose Literary Portraits"
by the way. was great favorite with the
young ladies. was popular lecturer. and
is said to have had a pretty fair apprecis-
~Gn IL
at Mr.. Carlyles, and his knock was re-
sponded TO by Carlyle himself. As Car
lyle opened the door and stood before him,
Gillian introduced himself with grandil-
Gilfllan. and you are Mr.. Carlyle. 1 sup
pose. l have been lecturing about You all
over England Carlyle looked at him half
q moment. and then throwing back his
shaggy name blurted out: what the
dickens did you lecture about me forsr and
slammed the door In his face.
Mr.. Box. the editor of the Ladies' HON
Journal. recently gave some interesting
figures relative to the manuscripts re-
ceived by his magazine during 1880. Owing
to it's departments and peculiar character
the Journal probably receives more manu-
scripts than any magazine published Mr.
Box says that he received at his Office q
total number of 15,205 manuscripts OF
these 2, $50 were poems. J, 746 stories and H.
179 miscellaneous articles. OF the poems
66 were accepted; of the stories only 81. and
of the articles 41O. of which latter, however
over 800 were solicited articles. Thus it
will be seen that of the entire ID, 900 manu-
scripts only 497 were accepted: a trifle over
8 per cent. Deducting from this the three
hundred accepted articles written 1t the
editors solicitation the net percentage of
unsolicited manuscripts accepted il brought
down to 1917. or little more than per cent
Statistics such as these show how much
tfarf roc N hair Tan and fhov
Der of persons writing who ought to be en-
ploying their time at something else and
better.
THE EDITORS SWEETHEART.
THE editors sweetheart's eyes are bright
As abe dons her dainty dress
And smooths the waist and hooks 1t tight
For her lover is coming to see her tonight,
And her form Is going to press.