The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-24
kind of an assurance goes long way In
making a man philosophical.
A Weeping EDITOR. D-esm.

It was Sunday. In Indianapolis. The
masses were gathering. They came from
the east and from thewest, from the north
and from the south; they poured In from be-
yond the canal. from the pork-house dis
trict and from over the river There were
men. women and children. black and white.
The colored brethren who labored on the
streets on weekdays brought their wives
and pickaninnies. The gentlemen who
have long been accustomed 20 gather
around bontires on the Circle in picturesque
groups while they waited for Jobs were
there. Stffy Elkins and his mule changers
were in the front ranks of the throng.
Men and women who toiled in stores. and
Offices ana shops as much as eight hours q
day and went to theaters and progressive.
euchre parties In the evenings were there.
The faces of all wore a look of hungry
yearning. of eager anticipation. 1t was
not their stomachs that were anhungered
these being comfortably lined: il was
their souls. rumor had gone abroad that
the art exhibit was to be open to the pub
lie that day. and they were Fastening to
crafty their aesthetic cravings. They
were all bound for the Propylaum.
Into North street they poured until the
square OH which fronts that temple of cul-
ture was filled. and still they came. Penn
sylvania and Meridian streets were q mass
Of humanity. and the Blind Asylum lawn
held part of the overflow. 1t was q vast
multitude moved by single iDt tense desire
for something higher" 1t wanted to gaze
upon the lurid sunsets. the COWS and hay
afu ka nd tlr al tod ho
rial-i0Oking swamps and weedy pastures
and feed its starved nature. But alack
and alas. The rumor was q false and
cruel one. The doors of the exhibit were
shut fast. The Art Association declined to
refine and elevate the Masses. "Thcre was
no room for them in tho inn." .See Even
ing News of Saturday. The news of this
refusal went over the throng like wave.
carrying with it disappointment and de-
spair. The people lifted up their voices
and wept. As they turned to their homes
with bowed heads and soul-hunger unap-
Deased. their groans echoed and re-ecboed
until they finally brought up with a dull
thud against the Office of the Evening
News. The pity of il. Iago; the pity of IT."
p. S.-This was q dream dreamed by the
weeping art editor of the News. 1t never
really happened.
The Journal had somo remarks yesterday
concerning the innate brutality of the aver
age boy of civilization. the hazing outrage
at Delaware. o.. giving rise to these CON-
ments. Lest il should be thought that IN
due discrimination was used and justice
not done to the girls tho Journal hastens to
I'd l..A
nature. Some of the Delaware girls iH-
dulged in branding with nitrate of SILVER
on their own account. dIsfiguring some OF
their fellow-students in order that they
could not attend coming social festivities.
Now comes a story from Bridgeport, Conn.,.
OF some girls in u cartridge factory who
fastened one of their number against W hom
they had O grudge in q heavy barrel and
rolled the barrel over the floor, bum ping
against tables and chairs until they were
tired. When the victim was taken out she
was nearly dead and is in danger of having
her reason affected for life. The humane
society has q great work before it among
both sexes in every grade of society.
Do the Editor of the Indianapolis journal;
/. Who have held the posirion of lieutenant
generals 2. Is there a rank general-in-chiefl
w.
I. George Washington. Winfield Scott
(by brevet), u. S. Grant, w. T. Sherman
and p. Fl. Sheridan. 2 There is no such
rank as general-in-chlef. The rank OF gen.
eral was created for General Grant and
was conferred upon both Sherman and
Sheridan later. Neither the rank OF lien
tenant general nor general exists now. The
senior major general commands the army.
To the Editor OF tie Indianapolis Journal:
]. What schools In Indiana give special in
struction in elocution, rhetoric and voice oul-
turef 2. What is the address OF the law school
In Ann Arb0ri II.
/. All the colleges In Indiana give at
tention to these SUBJECTS. but there are no
schools devoted exclusively to them. 2.
Address, Dean of Law School. Ann Arbor,