The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-26
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
Mrs. AsroR is said to never pay less thar
S25 for pair of shoes.

Mrs. Aston is said to never pay less than.
SIS for pair of shoes.
HENRY GEORGE declares that Moses was
q single tax apostle. but that he never SO
far forgot himself as to be a mugwump.
Mrs. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 10 q
portly, gray.haired woman, who was q
grandmother when she married her second
husband.
Mrs. HENRY AUSTIN. the last survivor of
the brothers and sisters of Charles Dickens,
died IN England two weeks ago at the age
of seventy-eight.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND doesn't need to
load of marked copies is said 20 reach the
White House every day.
Mrs. MARIA BARNARD SMITH is the So
prano of Boston church choir. and has
salary of $4,000 year. Myron Whitney
has q salary OF LOO rs bass in the same
choir.
The trustees of the Normal College Of
New York have decided that the executive
head of the institution shall be called the
Woman superintendent" not the Lady
superintendent" as had been proposed.
Mrs. FRANK CLASS. of Morristown
known better as Miss Jennie SMITH, is the
champion wing shot of New jersey. She
is twenty-five years old, i've feet two
handles gun gracefully as well as skill
fully.
DURING her visit to Florence. Queen Vio-
toria will occupy the Villa Palmer. where
Beccaccio once lived It will relieve the
British matron to know that this ia not the
villa where BoccaccIo's ladies Assem- bled to
relate their unique stories. That historic
residence was situated near Fiesole.
The acting chairman of the Reichstag is
not quite a success. He fails to keep good
order. and gets himself laughed at. as last
week when a Deputy called the speech Of
another member sheer stupidity" and the
chairman gravely announced: "In this
Honse acts OF sheer stupidity are never
committed"
BISMARCK says that when we read q med
ical book we fancy we have all the mals-
dies it describes But when we read q
book On morals we at once discover that
our neigh bors have all the faults IL points
out. I'm the tete-a-tete." he remarked on
another occasion. "a woman speaks aloud
10 man who IL indifferent TO her. low 60
the man she 10 near loving. and keeps 81.
leDce with the man she loves
THE newspapers of Rome publish the fol.
lowing list OF the contrl buttons tn the
Peters pence during 1892: Austria. /, 500. 600
francs: England and Scotland. LOO. 600;
Ireland, 10000; Germany, $4,000; Italy.
100000; France. OBS. 900: Argentine Republic
and Uruguay. $4,000; Mexico. 100000 other
American republics. 10000; Spain. 1sc. 900;
Turkey, 5000. Brazil. 10000; Belgium.
100000; total of 4.565, 900 francs-nearly
| g., 100000.
HERBERT SPENCER once began q game Of
billiards at the club with young man.
The philosopher started the worries. and
left them in q good position. Then the
Young fellow, who was an expert ran out
the game without allowing another shot to
his opponent. The philosopher took mis-
hat bnt before going he said: "Slr. mod
crate proficiency IN such sport 10 a sign OF
good education; such mastershiD. however,
as You exhibit Is the proof OF an ill-spent
youth"
MRs. KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN. though
best known to the public for her clever
stories OF child life. has probably done as
much as any other woman in this country
for the advancemeut of the kindergarten.
and the hundreds of such schools now IN
existence on the Pacific coast are the out.
growth of the free kindergarten she estao-
l.shed in San Francisco q number OF years
ago. As o lecturer she Is very graceful and
fluent. and in private life she Is - young
woman OF most attractive personality.
GEORGIA SPRING PoHM
In springs soft lap old winter sat.
With Icy arms he squeezed her;
He frizzed her bangs and mashed her nat
And thus the tyraAt leased her.
The cranes few north on rapid wing.
(, The snakes crawed out Ia clover
The birds tuned up their voice 10 sing
A cheerful lay for Grover.
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