The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18

tation cards and admission tickets 10 places
closed TO all but the favored few AS ne
make himself agreeable, which. if he is
married, resolves Itself into giving a NUNS
Der of dinners and other entertainments,
If young and single, into being engine Ior
halls AMI parties and persona grata to the
young ladies
ODD CHARACTERS.
The eccentric people to be found in these
colonies add a dash of pepper to the some
fiat dish of ordinary life. 1t Is a good
atmosphere in which to nurse whims and
fads, and they are generally met with an
amused liberation. An old lady, in one OF
these colonies, was much given to pam
speaking. but perhaps was liked none the
less for her ~frankness. When invited to dlh-
ner one day she found that a large joint of
beef formed part of the MENU, and she ex-
claimed severely to the astonished host,
why did you invite me to roast beef! l
can get roast beef at home any day IN the
year. When a pet dog died sne went INTO
49, IS sell Y " atod a fne
with deep, black borders, erected a d me
monument to the memory of her pet ana
Cid not visit for six months.
A story Is told of a ana over
bearing woman who used the methodS o! d
Cossack in collecting funds for her fayorlte
charities. On one occasion she forced her
self into the bedroom Of a wealthy
bachelor. locked the door, and refused to
stir until he had given her 91O0 for a nos
IVA liz IN
ened, Immediately sat down quak1ng at ms
desk and drew q check for the required
amount. The woman seized it calmly, TOOK
the key from her pocket, unlocked the door,
and walked out of the room without even
q thank you"
There are others with softer manners and
milder methods who spend their lives unos-
tentatiously in helping and comforting the
poor people among whom they hve-not the
brazen beggars who impudently display
their Self-inf1icted wounds and shake bfaSS
cups in your face at every church door,
but the many piteouSly destitute and needy
who are too proud to beg, and yet VINO
| suffer acutely from hunger and p~rlVauon.
All European cities have numerous cases
of this description, and only foreign fesl5
dents of the tenderest SympathieS can nld
them out. / might name one not all I'M
known to fame who has spent her life IN
this humble service in a foreign town, ana
doubtless has had her great reward;
though the world hears little of her good
A rather pathetic interest hangs about
those people who have no nationality,
whose fathers and mothers nave married
foreigners, and who have in their veins d
mixture of French, Italian, German ana
English blood. They hardly know what
country they are of. Cosmopolitan by
patriotism, and in a strict sense own al
i~egiance to no flag. They are mere eXoIlcS,
planted out in pots rather than rooted 70
the earth, and there are more OF them imam
one would suppose.
hers OF the foreign colony are not very
haDDy. nor have they much sense OF staDli-
ity and repose. They have lost touch win
root in the new If one has a country 1t is
better to stay in it unless duty calls else
where when curiosity has been Satlsf1ed by
foreign travel. They VINO nave losC nmnt
mower of being content at nome are not
likely to find permanent contentment
abroad.