The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29
SUNDAY MORNING GOSSIP
Decoration Day in the South, as OBJ
served by an Indianapolis Woman.
Enormous Quantity of summer Drinks Con-
sumed Here-Went Away for a Specialist
-General McGinnis'S Journey.

"Pll never go away from Indianapolis
again hunting up a specialist" remarked
Henry Kahn. "W hatever tinkering my
frame needs will hereafter be attended TO
here. ! was in New York when the Hotel
Royal was burned. 1 had gone East on
business. and feeling bad. as i had for
some time. / went to a doctor. The truth
Is, i had been smoking q great deal, and it
had brought about a functional derange-
ment of the heart. This doctor thumped
me a few times on various portions of my
anatomy, looked very serious. and then
said he would. il desired. go with me to !
q famous specialist and introduce me. /
q taken nearly five minutes of his time.
lie frightened MP q little when he told me
his charge, so, and i paid him.
was TO call Oh him the next day. he. in
the meantime, to arrange when We were to
20 and see the great man. The next day L
called, and We went together TO the spe-
cialist. We were shown into q waiting
room. and, after q time. he appeared. Yon
should have seen the grand manner in
which he took out q fat gold watch, ogled
1t. and remarked reprovingly to my doctor
that we were live minutes behind time.
lie did this IN a ray that made me tremble
with apprehension. | feared he would dis
miss me without paying any attention to
NE at all. But a moment later he smiled
pleasantly and began talking with my doc
tor about the ire. 1 was about TO volun-
teer a statement as TO my case. Not
o word. sir. not a word. / will make the
examination"
Then they talked some more about the
fire. The great man put his ear TO my
chest. Then he thumped me. Then he
ordered me to take OIL my coat and vest.
There was no fire IN the room, and L was
spread out upon a leather chair so cold that
my teeth Chartered. He then put his ear
To my side and pounded me again, all the
Inn L. 49, 49, - rn A
last / was allowed TO rise and put on my
clothes The doctors retired TO a side room,
and a moment afterward they returned.
twenty-five dollars" said the specialist.
and q minute later my doctor and myself
were In the street.
What did he say was the matter with
met" 1 inquired.
He agreed with me perfectly in my
diagnosis replied my doctor. Your kid
Deys are seriously affected | managed to
get away somehow without paying an ad-
dltionalf fee. Those eminent humbugs had
taken S45 of my money for about half an
hour of their time. There was nothing the
matter with my kidneys. i let up on smok-
Ing for q time and am coming around all
right" =
The habit of drinking is about AS old as
that of eating. If we may trust the records.
but the kind and quality of drink have
changed with the drinker. and in a manner
kept pace with them as long as they could
walk. The summer drink is not much akin
to the winter beverage. il seems, in this
city. But few persons are aware of the
quantity of mineral waters India napolitans
consume each day of the summer season.
There are four manufacturers of mineral
water In this city that do q large and
profitable business during the summer. at
which time an average of about 100 soda
fountains are delivered daily; and q man
who understands drawing soda will get $50
glasses out of each fountain. meaning that
an average of $500 glasses of soda are
drunk per day. This by no means repre-
eents all the drinks that come under the
head OF mineral waters. The four estab-
of mineral waters of two dozen bottles
TO the box, together with about
one hundred dozen bottles of ginger
ale. Added TO this are the numerous
spring waters drunk by invalids. From
this IL will be seen that the people of this
city consume q good many hogsheads of
drinks that do not intoxicate during one
season. Double the quantity of mineral
waters are now drunk In saloons that there
was q few years agO-more than there 10 or
any kind of intoxicating drinks except
beer. These new drinks help the temper
aDce cause along more than one would sup
pose. Twelve 10 fifteen wagons are kept
busy, eight out OF ten months In the year,
delivering these products. which are now
superior TO those manufactured before the
new machinery was introduced for that
purpose. i
Apropos of Memorial day q brief descrip-
ton of the Southern decoratian-day exer-
cises is of interest. 1t is taken from q
letter written by a lady formerly we'll
known in Indianapolis. now sojourning at
Waco, Tex.
The 81 of May" says the writer, was
Decoration day. i looked forward to this
with great interest, inasmuch as we are on
tho other side of the curtain. The exer-
cises took place in the old cemetery, amid
o bower of 1--we oak trees. Ii was a strange,
new scene TO me-the thirteen young ladies,
dressed TO represent the thirteen Southern
States. each carrying banners with aDpro-
pirate notices. the old confederate aol-
dlers, the songs of the mockIng-b birds
mingling with the almost continuous
stratus OF Dixie" from the band. the
r%ecitlng of original poems by the
daughters of cX-eonfederate soldiers. in
which they made heroes of the men
that we were taught TO regard as traitors,
the cheering when the names of Davis. Lee,
Pelham, Johnston, were mentioned. ETC.,
and the confederate flag on every hand,
marking every confederate grave. and float
ing from the speakers stand. There WAS q
conspicuous absence of the Union flag.
The speeches by ex-confederate solid ers. de-
failing their wrongs. deplOring the loss of
their slaves. sounded strange to my ears,
and through all n vein OF thankfulness that
they took up arms in defense of their be-
loved South. even though the cause was q
lost one.
COulu HOb 81 ulpululLo WITH tubse UeO-
pie. yet / have great respect for their feel
ings. and 1 must say, IN conclusion, that
decoration in the North seems cold and I'M
sympathetic in comparison with these ex-
ercIses In the South"
+
There is q tendency to cast odium upon
and TO belittle the Jew by many who
think they are doing q smart thing" re-
marked Herman Bamberger to the reporter.
Recently. / believe il was on May 8, o lit
tie narration appeared in the Journal. 1t
was n story told by W.. Il. Roberts. Gov
ernor Chase's private secretary. 1t told of
an incident IN the southern prison IN which
q convict named Burns figured. as did
arden Patten. and q Jew convict was
mentioned. l wrote to Warden Patten 10
inquire about the matter. He said
the incident occurred five years ago,
and had the ~faintest possible resemblance
to the story told. The warden, under date
of May 20 writes To me that the Jew part
and his cringing conduct and humiliatIng
attitude were simply the imagination of
the writer such articles are calculated
To bring the Jew into contempt. l am be-
ginning to take the trouble 10 inquire into
such things Such dIstor tions are not
funny. and the Jew, as a religIonist. for
n TO nationality TO call q man a Jew does
not define that any more than il would to
call a man a Presby terrain. is getting weary
of them" =