The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-18
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The young Duchess of York has had to
wear mourning twice since her marriage
The royal family has now SO many ramih-
cations that scarcely week passes that
some connection does not de-
The English royal family never have cars
furnished them free by railroad companies
when they travel The Queen pays her own
fare, like the humblest passenger
Henri Rochefort prefers to make his
home in London. but says he does not
wish to learn to speak English. he thinks
it is fatal mistake for writer to speak
any language except his mother tongue
The women politicians of Kansas are
described being of three distinct types.
the mildly aggressive who are gentle yet
insistent and determined; the vigorously
determined, who have ideas either borrowed
or original, and the vindictive and vltuper-
alive. who do not believe in compromise.
DR.. William N. Taylor. so long the sue
cessful pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle.
New York. is about to publish new vol
ume of sermons. In the announcement he
says Il hope in this way to prolong my
to the furtherance Of which 4 gave my life
at first, and would give it again, only with
more intensity than ever, If had the OPP
portunity."
There are over eighty thousand stutter-
ing children in the schools Of Germany.
The increase has been so great during the
past four years that the defect is considered
contagious. The famous DR.. Gutzman is
authority for the statement that the In
crease is due to mimicry; that the young
mimics who initiate Sufferers soon become
involuntary sufferers The schools of the
city of Breslau have total OF 24oO stutter-
ing children
Governor Horace Boies, of Iowa. is a
man of simple habits and most unassum-
ing manner. He has such a distaste for
ms in, hot hA a aC
good care never to be seen in the lobby of
the hotel where he lives. He has never
used tobacco in any form, and does not
know the taste of liquor. He rarely goes
out in the evening, going to bed very early
unless he is perplexed by some problem of
| state He walks from his hotel to his office
| and back twice every day, and they are a
mile apart.
AS result Of his quest Of the American
dollar and other profitable fortune-chasing
Paderewski can now indulge in luxuries
| that involve the expenditure of a good deal
| Of ready cash. After he had completed his
| new Polish fantastic and i'm order to Judge
OF the effect of the music before 1t was
| given to the public the composer had it
rehearSed by full orchestra himself play
| ing the pianoforte part. Not a solitary
| person besides the musicians was present.
and the bill for the unique entertainment
was about $500.
| Miss Harriet Monroe. who wrote the
worlds fair ode. has brought suit for s25,-
| 600 damages against the New York World
| which printed it in advance of it's delivery
without authority, and also printed an
| alleged likeness and biography of Miss
| Monroe, each of which she considers ground
| for action in itself. One rather Interesting
| thing in the is Miss Monroe's allega.
| ton that after the copy had been stolen
| her agent warned the World against usinp
1t and received this reply: I'VE will take
our chances on it. Explain to her that the
| world could not miss an opportunity to
| give the public such a grand poem" By
| the premature publication the author los
her copyright and various opportunities t.
make money and reputation.
we soJourn here for one short day or two
And all the gain we get is grief and woe
And then, leaving life's problems all un
| solved
And harassed by regrets, we have to 20.
Omar Khayyam.