The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-16

nished, so / was rather reserved.
think / had on my best We're de We're
manner. Much to my relief she soon
turned her attention to her neighbor
on the other side, and for five whole
days I sat there and only smiled at her
with a sort of mild patronage now ana
then. The evening before she left, how
ever. we began talking about sports, and
l found that my neighbor was up In
golf. angling, riding to hounds. and 9TH
aristocratic sports, so l had the Curl
osity to go and look her up in the regis
ter. She was Lady Majoribanks."
Yes, and do you remember Lady
Loren? Her husband, rather distin-
guished-looking man, had evidently had
a stroke of paralysis or some severe ILL
ness, and we concluded that he had
married his housekeeper. We found,
though, that the title was hers. He was
a plain mister"
Speaking of the new woman, said
the sister who had not been talking,
there isn't any woman SO advanced
as the emancipated English girl. The
rank and file of English girls are as
alike as two peas. They do the same
things, have the same views, if they
can be said TO have any at all, and are
about colorless as blank wall. But
when they do break over the iron con-
ventionalities of their surroundings they
are more. independent than any other
women Perhaps it is because they have
to be so tremendously individual to be-
gin with; else they would never have
broken loose. They are almost all So
cialists in their political tendencies.
Many of them are artists, or students,
and they are not the kind who dwell
on the borders of Bohemia, either"
Yes, that's so,'' said the youngest
sister, but sometimes they try 70 be
'emancipated because they think it's
the proper thing, and they don't know
where they ought to begin. Do you re-
member the English girl who said jol-
ly? She was nice little thing, who
had read about the revolt of the daugh-
ters,' and thought she ought to be Elm
it. So one day she said something
about having a Jolly time and her
mother chided her gently. She called it
slang. The girl thought she saw an OPP
portunty to revolt, so she said stoutly
that she thought jolly was a very nice
word; very nice word, indeed. In fact,
she might say that she considered il a
jolly word; and, feeling that way about
it, of course, she should continue to say
it. Then she went out with proud air
of having met the enemy and come off
victorious"
But she was an exception said the
Oldest sister. Many of them are really
quite-quite ultra, you know. They
have rather extraordinary ideas about
social reform, and as for politics. they
say that the Queen is only to be toll
Grated because her regime is ornament
al and gratifies ones delight in the pic
turesQue."
Il don't think people over here are
very respectful to their Kings and
Queens, anyway" said the youngest sis
ter. THE other day, when King Hum
bert and Queen Margherita were to APP
pear. we were standing beside a young
Italian who speaks English We were
all tired of waiting, and he said:
"'Oh, come along. King. Come along "
1T sounded as If he were playing
craps And then he told us, separately,
that we were better than the Queen.
anyway. and that he was quite as good
as the King. No, don't think much of
the aristocracy, and / don't think any
body else does" But she could say no
more, for her sisters called upon her to
cage the eagle" and the subject was
changed.