The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13
The WAY OF THE WORLD.

There Is a question or Identity being
discussed at Shelter Island, 1 hear, upon
which hinges the possibility Of a we'd
ding taking place in Brooklyn early next
winter says Town Topics. The wedding
had been counted on by fashionable So
ciety in the City of Churches az d most
advantageous time TO display the most
gorgeous gowns the financial stringency
would permit purchasing. Now, / under
| stand, the paterfamilias, whose consent
| TO the marriage had some time ago been
J readily given, is in doubt, and unless he
| can convince himself that he is suffering
/ from some malady that renders his vision
unreliable, the young man will have TO
/ do penance Of the most severe nature
| in order to re-establish himself in his
prospective father-in-law's confidence. 1t
seems that both are very fond of yacht
| ing, and as each owns a craft well known
along the coast, they devote the sum-
| mer season TO cruising Their methods
| OF enjoying the pasume are altogether
| Inherent, however, for whereas the old
/ gentlemans yachting is strictly comm
IL faut, the young one expected to be-
come his son-in-law is given TO inviting
| guests whose affections for each other
occasionally reach the limit that would
delight Pluto were he one Of the party
On one Of these occasions hear that
| trio of males and the same number Of
females were especially riotous and al
| though cruising ir the sound within
| sight Of many smacks and craft OF other
| kind. the ''ladies'-I quote the word
after OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES themselves on
the knees Of their gentlemen friends
! and imbibed salt air and champagne
/ with a gusto that made the lone fisher
/ men they passed look on with envious
! wonder. If there had been no others
but the lone fishermen to look and laugh
perhaps there would have been no occa-
| sion Tor me to mention the Incident, but
unfortunately the yacht owned by the
! prospective father-in-law of the gay
i young man, with the old gentleman
himself and party Of grave Wall-st.
/ men on board. came so near that the
! sailors could exchange greetings, and
| those on board each could see the go
| ings-on on the other. In a spirit Of reck-
4 less hilarity one Of the young mans
/ guests lifted the convenient object with
/ which TO wave a greeting at the other
party. and as that happened TO be Of an
| ANIMATE nature and was turned upside
/ down. so that its skirts. falling the
wrong way, revealed the lines that are
/ said to attract aged men TO the Casino,
/ the old gentleman and his friends were
/ naturally startled. So was the young
4 man when he noticed the name Of the
nearby yacht and saw that he had been
recognized. His skipper was quickly
| given orders TO steer away and the re-
mainder of the time, until ne met the
| father Of his fiancee, was devoted TO the
/ manufacture of plausible sea yarn that
! had for its basis the statement that he
! had loaned his yacht and had been in
/ Boston on business. He also, I believe,
| had his mustache shaved before return
ing. but the sacrifice, it is feared, was
made in vain.
At the recent labor meeting in Chi
1 cago Bishop Fallows made an impressive
| address in which he showed that the in
terests Of labor were the interests of the
whole country and that no class was
more concerned in the preservation OF
law and order than the wage-worksrs.
In the course of his remarks an Incl
| dent occurred which is thus described by
| the Chicago Tribune, the bishop speak
| ing:
These schools belong to you. The
| children come from the homes of working
] people. l ask Of you, where do the men
| in the professions come from, your art
| lists, doctors, lawyers, ministers and other
! professionals? Where can they come from
! but the homes Of the people? You are
| the representatives Of the people. you
| belong to the people, you are the people.
| and as such have sovereign sway in this
| country You have an instrument which
| God has put into the hands of children
| the ballot-and you must determine what
| shall be the commercial and industrial
| character of the country. The public
! officials are in sympathy with you; they
| have sprung from your own ranks.
| Where did our policemen come from2''
The bishop was not permitted 10 an
swer this question. With one voice
three or four hundred people yelled
| Ireland" and the laughter that fol-
| lowed was infectious and even the bishop
| himself was compelled TO join IN It.
When quietness was again resumed the
bishop said: You have stolen my thun-
| der It may be true that most Of them
| come from Ireland, but still they come
from your own ranks"
Mr. -, a newly made millionaire, has
| distinct social aspirations and does not
particularly care to own up to what he
thinks is his somewhat plebeian lineage,
says the New York Tribune. Notwith-
standing this little weakness, however,
he was ever an affectionate and dutiful
son to the plain old farmer and his wife,
who toiled and moiled to give him his
first start in the world. One of his in
heritances, when they died, was a pair OF
portraits. done by a rural painter-two
pictures with no merit whatever from an
artistic standpoint, but startliLgly like,
as such daubs often are, with homely
Sunday clothes of the wearers realisti-
cally represented. Mr. -, meanwhile,
had become quite celebrated for his art
collection and his first impulse on re-
ceiving these staring and Enthusiastically
bourgeoise portraits was to relegate them
TO the garrett Filial affection. however.
pleaded for the familiar old figures and
in the midst Of his perpleSity a brilliant
idea struck him. He sent for Mr.. A,
famous artist, and induced him TO
dress up his old parents in the most
aristocratic garments of their day. leav-
ing the dear ola faces intact, but even
going to the length Of arranging the old
Iady's hair. so that when the picture
was hung in his magnificent hall she
might have been taken for a duchess,
so regal We're her attire and surround
ings, while the old gentleman, fondling
the head Of the setter between his knees,
looked like "a real old English gentle
man all of the olden time"
Natures Mimicry.