The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-12
ABOUT PEOPLE A % THINGS.

A LIFE-sIzED statue of Miss Rehan in but
ter is to be exhibited in New York-whether
as Justice or as Little Buttercup is not
stated.
THERE are some high-salaried choir boys
in New York city. Winfred Young is only
q schoolboy, but be is paid 5000 q year by
All Angels Church.
SECRETARY GRESHAM will celebrate his
sixtieth birthday on the 18th inst. The
day will be celebrated also by various
Irish societies.. abroad as well as in this
country.
THE biggest salary drawn by q diplo-
matist is that of NJ. Waddingtoo, the
French ambassador to London. His salary
is S6O. COO a year. besides which there Is q
very liberal appropriation for expenses.
AT q tea drinking at the Boston Wom-
ans Club. the other day. Grace Greenwood
was asked to tell one more story. but ex-
cused herself by saying. "No, / cannot get
more than one-story high on a cup of tea"
Mrs. GRESHAM, the wife of the SECRETARY
of State, is noted for her wit. AT a tea,
not long ego. she said: 81 trust the news
pa pers will not begin to publish accounts
of my extraordinary abilities and talents,
for 1 haven't any. The Judge doesn't like
extraordinary women"
SOME persons profess to be able TO guess
approximately from what part of Italy q
woman comes by the length of her ear.
rings. Italian earrings iengthen as one
goes southw ard. and IN the extreme south
OF Italy the earrings OF the women reach
almost to the shoulders.
MRS. SARAH ZURICH KELLEY. of Homes
dale. Pa. who is a candidate for the posi-
tion of national poet. with q Washington
house and $4,000 a year thrown in. was
nrauanfa1 h- fltna.a frnnn attending NF
Cleveland's Inauguration. But she may be
looked for later In the season.
Mrs. LoUIsEJ j. BARNEY, wife of the mil.
~lionaire. T.. Z. Barney. who owns two large
estates on the James river. has given to
the Association for the Preservation of
Virginia Antiquities that part OF James,
town island on which are located the old
church. graveyard and other historic land
marks.
Ii is of interest that ex-Queen Isabella
of Spain has written to the Pope. petition
ing him to canonize Christopher Columbus
al a saint of the Holy Catholic Church.
her reason being that he was the hrst man
TO raise the cross of Christ In America. Sc.
Columbus would. indeed. be a new role for
the famouso old navigator.
EMILE OLA is a big thorn In the side of
the French Academy. and the more it's
members show their disinclination to ad-
init the great author the more NJ. lola IN
sists. For every vacant chair he sends in
his c~andidature. simply TO worry the al
ready elected bers of the sanctum
sanctorum of the Palais Mazarin.
FOREIGN papers say that the youngest
son of Count Ferdinand de Lesseps. who
has been serving In the army in the Soudsn.
will probably never zee France again. He
was taken i'll IN a march recently and was
loft. unavoidably. IN q village where there
are only natives. No hope of his recovery
was entertained by his comrades.
LAST year Southern society was a good
deal stirred up over the news that tho
daughter of James X. Folks adopted child.
Mrs. Sadie Polk Fall Gardner. had sued for
divorce. on the ground OF desertion. But
the young couple lave met and discussed
she matter. Mr.. Gardner conirrscs himself
TO blame. and the wife withdraws her suit.
The comrt in Nashville dismisses the case
a~coordinaly.