The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-01
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Del Puente's chief regret of his American
tour Is that he was not allowed to smoke
as much he liked behind the scenes. He
prefers the Spanish method OF permitting
the performance.
Among Queen victorias treasures are
some verses written by the Prince of Wales
when he was a small boy. In his old age
the Prince has not written anything but let
tiers. and his chief work in writing these is
TO sign his name
1t is said that of the 5000 visitors to the
Yellowstone National Park during the last
three years not more than one hundred
were Americans. II the park was In Europe
IL would probably be visited by about $1,000
Americans year.
Some women bicyclists have a. way
of dividing their skirts at the moment of
mounting by. using single safety pin to pin
the front OF the skirt at the hem to the
back. between the feet. In this way all the
value of the divided skirt is secured with
none OF its ugliness when walking.
The Queen of Corea lives in constant
dread Of some disease which will prove
fatal. A female physician is accommodated
with suite OF rooms in the royal palace
When her Majesty is In the least indisposed
she must always remain within earshot
The Doctors salary is 1880.
In a recent chat with an American news
paper man Alphonse Daudet said: 81 can
not tell you how admire your people. But
/ can say that. we should all admire them
more II they were a. little more honest
books which they have written and which
have been translated into English for the
benefit of the United States.
Sir Robert Ball, who knows almost as
much about Mars as Mr.. Percival Lowell
knows, says that If the project of waving
signal to the supposed Inhabitants of that
planet is to be carried out the flag must be
as large as ireland and the pole 500 miles
long, otherwisesit Will not be visible from
the ruddy planet. Sir Robert thinks that
there are too many astronomical cranks''
at present airing their theories about Mars.
Queen victoria's VISIT to Cimiez and
Darmstadt is estimated to have cost her
Majesty nearly $4,000, which. however, is a
great reduction from the. expenditure which
last years trip TO Florence and Coburg
involved. The journey from Cherbourg to
Nice cost $4,000; Nice to Darmstadt $500.
and Darmstadt to Hamburg, 5000 There
was also a heavy charge for the special
trains which conveyed the servants, horses,
carriages and heavy luggage from Calais
to Nice and back. - -c5r X
When Patti appeared on London stage
recently she wore diamonds that the daily
press estimated to be worth s35O,OOO Nico-
lini says that these gems worth round
$l,0c0,0c0 and perhaps more. They COM
prise 3,7O0 stones, not one OF which weighs
less than six carats. Patti still takes the
best possible care of herself, and that is one
OF the. reasons she looks as If she might
be. thirty rather than fifty. She has fixed
rules about her diet and her hours of
sleep and never transgresses them.
Says the Literary Digest; I'm inspecting
the great painting of Moses. by Sargent,
in the new Boston Public Library. DR.. S. A.
Binian. well-known Psychologist and
scholar, discovered a curious error. The
eighth commandment was omitted from the
inscription on the tables held by the great
lawgiver, which was supposed to represent
the Ten Commandments in Hebrew charac-
tiers. Owing to the painters unfamiliarity
the phrase. Thou shalt not steal, with the
result that he produced an utterly meaning
less combinat ion."