The Indianapolis journal., 1896-07-28
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The majority of people who attempt to
pronounce the name Of the discoverer of
the x rays miscall It as If it were 'Runt,
jen." The ''g'' OF "Roentgen'' is hard, and
the pronunciation should be "Runtgen.
Don Carlos. the Spanish pretender. is still
handsome but visibly older i'm face and
manner Those who know him say that he
now has no thought of the Spanish or any
other throne, and that the subject of pre-
leadership is distasteful TO him.
Mrs. Bridget Ward one of the oldest
residents of Derby. Conn. after wearing
glasses twenty years, nearly two weeks
ago. while out in her garden. chanced to
open a book she had in her hand and was
surprised to be able to read the words with
the naked eye.
The Earl of Ashburnhams books and
manuscripts. perhaps the most precious
private collection in all the world, is about
to encounter the perils of battle of the
auction room. The bibliophiles of Europe
and America alike will watch its fate with
the keeneSt interest.
The oldest love letter in the world is in
the British Museum. 1t is a proposal of
marriage for the hand Of an Egyptian
princess. and it was made $500 years ago.
1t is in the form Of an inscribed brick and
is therefore not only the oldest. but the
most substantial love letter in existence.
Hans Schiessmann, the well-known Vien-
ma caricaturist, has sent half dozen let
ters to artists and authors of his ac-
quaiItance, writing on the envelope only
AIR" and then adding a tiny sketch OF
the person in question and the destination
of the quarter OF the town in which he
lives
A Bath, Me-, young woman church mem
ber who played cards from o'clock until
10 one evening and died the next morning
gave the Rev. F. w. O'Brion the occasion
to denounce card playing and also to eN-
fha ion, fhnt
woman. though in the church, was not
saved.
Signor Manuel Garcia, the teacher Of
Jenny Lind, Catharine Hayes and Nine
Marchesi, began his nnety-second year last
Tuesday. Signor Garcia is still hale and
hearty and instructs private pupils in Lon
don. His debut in New York took place
stage IN 1929
The Chicago correspondent of the Musical
Courier says that the musical portion of
the public who heard William j. Bryan the
presidential candidate, speak at the con-
vention claim that in him ii singer of eX-
traordlnary power is lost TO the world: that
with mis- voice and his magnetism he would
have made an ideal artist.
Miss Caledonia Mccall. of Florida holds
a clerkship on the Republican national COM
mittee and will in the near future be de-
tailed to Canton. o.. on sp acial service for
the space OF three weeks. She is the young
lady who had the honor of being photo
graphea on the platform OF the st. Louis
convention, standing by the side of the
beautiful shield of flowers Nebraska pre-
sented TO Senator Thurston. permanent
chairman. MIss Mccall has been on duty
in New York since July / with the con-
gressional committee at the Normandie
Hotel.
The Bryans never went into society in
Washington and they never entertained
themselves Mrs. Bryan was never known
to appear in evening dress during her
Washington life and ii is said she never
possessed low-cut gown or a dress with
silk Innings while her husband never owned
a dress suit. Mrs. Bryan is not handsome
but she has strikingly intelligent and
strong face. with large expressive brown
eyes and heavy dark brown hair always
brushed back from her broad forehead.
She despises shams of every kind and
above all. Is natural and unaffected; and IL
is said that Should she come 10 live in
Washington she would run the affairs of
the White House according 10 her own
ideas and not in the manner of the so-called
official society.