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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
sWELLEsT OF CLUBs.
1t Boasts the Only Rose Room in the
WOrId-It Also Has II Log Cabin.


There be clubs and clubs in Gotham
The business man has his aerial quarters
down town. the millionaire has his marble
palace up town; the politician, the yachts
man, the actor, the literary feller," the
student, the Bohemian--all the birds of a
feather have some coy or quaint retreat
where they can flock together and ENJOY
themselves on the quiet. But it remained
for the man-aboUt-town, aided by some of
the gilded youth OF the metropolis, to de-
sign and fit up a clubhouse that carries off
the palm for odd features. 1t is located in
what used to be the most notorious house
in the most notorious street in New York
but both We're long ago LeXOWed, and
would have been forgotten were it not for
the fact that every reference to this curious
club revives old memories. 1t is in the
very heart of the old Tenderlon, and is
dedicated to the patronage of swift young
men who need not go 10 Alaska for gold
so long as pepper and mommer are EASY
The designers Of the resort spared no eX-
pense in providing luxury, comfort and
novelty for the members The most sur
prising of the rooms. so far as lavish dis
regard of cost and novel beauty are con
cerned is the rose room" It's mirror walls
are covered with silken, artificial roses, in
terspersed with a few rose leaves and
season at a cost of about $500 q day. The
ceiling is an immense mirror. An SXtraVa-
CANT young man tells me that this is the
only rose room in the world. Another
quaint COnceit is the log cabin. located in
the basement. The walls are panefed with
Embarked logs, the chairs are rustic. the
tables are oaken casks, the decorations
trophies Of the chase and weapons The
floor is paved with cObble stones. 1t con-
tains a rustic oyster counter and q kitchen
range. Here Welsh rarebits are cooked and
tankardS of muSty ale, old cider and other
liquids served Then there's the Indian
room, where champagne and cigarettes can
be consumed It's fireplace is large enough
TO roast an X. tepee stands in each cor
ner in which the bibulouS ones find privacy.
The decorations are strictly in keeping with
the name. Above is the German hall,
reached by q marble and onyx staircase.
This room is Uttered with quaint articles
of the sort to be found in up-tO-date re-
sorts of the same class in the fatherland
Here all kinds of liquids are served TO the
thirsty ones. The bar which occupies
small room next to the German hall is en-
tirely paneled with bevel-edge mirrors and
silver An enormous umbrella OF mirrors
IS set into the ceiling, and from its center
depends handle Of glass and silver, ter
minatng in an electric bulb Electric
lights hang from each rib of the umbrella
Of mirrors. In this LITTLE barroom the ar
tstic mixing of drinks is carried on. The
designer of this gilded resort was backed
by fifty wealthy men at first. Now the club
numbers several hundred, and in spite Of
the recent hard times 1t is grQmmusmkms.
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Music md Musicians.

Mr.. Franz Van der Stucken and his fam
lily are at present sojourning at Bad Kreuz-
mach, Germany.
1t is understood that Camille Saint-Saen
win visit New York at the conclusion of
his Swedish tour.
Madame Nordica has quite recovered
from her recent indisposition, and has gone
to Paris en- route for Kreuznach. Rhenish
Prussia, where she will take the waters.
The intelligence comes from Beyreuth
that this years Wagner festival was sup
ported mainly by Americans and English,
with the former constituting the majority
of the foreigners.
Miss Vernona Jarbeau will enter into re-
hearsal of Smith and De Koven's new
work "a Paris Doll" during the first
week in September January, 1898 viii wit
ness the first New York presentation eff the
piece.
Agnol Paur, who was director for thirty
two years of the New York Liederkranz
society previous to Theodore Thomas's re-
gime. and who died recently in New York
was the organizer of the great chorus OF
2,4Oo male voices that sang from the steps
of the City Hall in New York during the
funeral services of President Lincoln, April
26, 1865.
Mile. Aino Acte, a Danish girl, won the
grand first prize at the Paris Conserva-
toire this year. The young graduate IS said
to be strilOingly handsome and her voice is
said TO be far ahead of any of the ~ecent
prize winners She makes her debut at the
Paris Grand Opera in October as Mar
guerite, which role won her graduation
laurels.
Verdi has been demonstrating that he is
in excellent health and spirits. On his way
to the baths of Montecatini he stopped over
in Milan and went to an evening party
where he sang the love duet from "Otello"
with Nine. Stotz, the original Aida, imi-
tating the poses and mannerisms Of the
tenor Tamagno. Several foreign theaters
will celebrate his eighty-6fth birthday
Oct - by a performance Of his first opera,
II Conte di Bonifacio."
1t is reported that one of the Abbott sis
tiers. singers Of plantation melodies, Will
study for the operate stage. The story is
that these American girls were fellow-pas-
sengers to Europe with the Secret Serv-
ice company and the De Reszkes, and
Jean de ResZke was so much pleased with
Bessie Abbott's voice that he asked her
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Judging from the attendance at the EN-
pire the past week the coming season will
be better than for some years past, al
though the past season was the best since
the opening of the Empire. This weeks at
traction will be Girards Interocean Vaude-
vile and Burlesque Company, an organiza-
ton composed of some very clever artists.
The programme is u slight change from
the usual run, being composed of but enc
burlesque and an olio. The burlesque closes
the show Mile. Troja, the well-l<nown
singer of topical songs, will be a strong
drawing card, as she Is a prime favorite at
the Empire. Her repertory this season is
entirely new. Abraham Kalee's troupe of
Bedouin Arabs VIII be another feature. 1t
is their first appearance in this city. Their
act is said to be one round of acrobatic
feats The list also includes the Raymond
sisters, singers and dancers; John Max,
eccentric German comedian; Oracle Hitler
sensation dancer. the Mathews comedy
sketch artists, and others. Cupid in Para
disc is the musical extravaganza closing
the show
The Offering at the Empire the week fol-
lowing Girard's Burlesque will be Moulin
Rouge" Fred Riders new vaudeville or
ganiZatiOn.
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De Inch-wum am de Hopper-Grass.

Dee bofe wuz gwine along de road
one lHbly summer day,
De hopper he gin greet big hops,
But Mister Inch-wum go right slow,
He lay down fiat, den bunch up, so,
Dat how he go.
De hopper soon kotch, up wild him,
He say, Law, ineh-wum, sMhar you gwine.
A-pokin' long dis,a -way?'
DO long de road L Sc made my vow
Git dyah somehow.
De hopper groun' he wings an laf,
An fix he laigs to spring.
og gT p o fe a leM,doa mREs thng sezee
Eff l git dyah befo' You do
I'll tell 'em yuZ a-comin', too.
So-lons to YOU!
De inch-wum amt say muffin tall.
But jes keep on de PAT;
An fine day de hopper come
A -traipsin' back He laf.-
ole step an,,, ,tsS still Is, on de way?
'Sence tn rr day.
Den inch-wum raar he haid an say.
.Whut fer you done come back?
Whurio YOU leabe dat heab' My home
To trabbe dis hard track?'
no! pears lax Heab'n an me doan suit,
Set stil all day, git tired, to boot
An den 1 scoot."
Mon" seq de inch-wum, "dat de way
via libely, res less men;
Git ev ywhar in gret big Jumps,
Den wan git back agen.
Ef You inched long in my slow way,
Tell Jedgmen' Dayr'
Now chile, you heah me tell you so,
Hit jes LAX dat, fer fac.
When folks gifts ligion all to onct
But dem whut bit BY bit inch long,
Dee gWine to iine dat heab' My thong,
Wild praise an song!
Anne Virginia Culbertson.
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New York Evening Sun.
One reason that the head office bow in q
certain business house finds it inconvenient
to attend to the demands of his employers
is because he spends so much time in Civ
ing good advice TO the other Office bows
sort. y mustn't say / WILL We know"
he was heard TO say the other day It's
L shall When they send ye over to the
courthouse and We say i viii 60 it means
that yen go eff We have to break a leg to
get there. But If We say L shall 60 that
Then If ye should break a leg or anything,
yer not SetIn' there won't be yer fault.
They can't blame We. cause we've said L
SHALL stead of i will Another thing"
went on the boy in the hush that followed
this announcement, is bout postage
letter and starts TO put stamp on We
mustn't say. oh, I'll just put q stamp on
myself NO, for that doesn't mean that
We II put the stamp on the letter II means
that yen put the stamp on yerself. See?'
1t was at another time that the head Office
boy was heard telling the others that they
might be all that was impeccable as to their
shails and wills, and even steer clear Of any
ambiguity as to putting postage stamps
on their letters or themselves, but that
there was yet another consideration in
VolVed. Putin yersef last" said the Of
fee boy; IAN don't know whether II ain
the most important of all. When yer talk
in bout havin' been with somebody We
know. We mustn't say, me an SO and So
it's So and So an me- It's more modest
Ike. See? Yer givln So and SO first place
stead o takin' it fer yorself NO, nobody
didn't learn me. ! jus picked 1t mp lneself
hearin' the men talk It's a splendid way
now by whether he puts hisself first or
last.
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RAILROAD MEN ON ".OO7."
Some Expert Criticisms of KipIing's
Engine story.
New York Tribune.

The recently published story of Rudyard
kipltng entitled ".007," in which many Of
the characters are locomotives, has at
tracted considerable attention in railroad
circles and many professional railroad men
agree in crediting the author with unusual
knowledge Of railroad usages, technical
terms and mechanical matters. Much of
the conversation in the story is carried on
by locomotives of various types, which meet
in round house, where .0O7, IAN eight
wheeled American loco" becomes ac-
quainted with a number of his fellows
You can't expect a writer of jungle sto-
ries to be letter perfect in railroad mat
ters, said an old engineer, especially if
the writer is an Englishman and the rail-
road matters in his stories are American
He tries hard to appear American, but in
the first sentence in which the engine with
the impossible name is referred to he shows
his English. No one on this side of the
water ever refers to an engine as a loco ,
and the author never once uses the word
engine in his story. II Kiplings '0O7' had
been written for England or the colonies it
would have been perfectly proper to refer
TO a certain style of engine as American
in build, but in this country we have only
American locomotives, and no practical
railroad man in the United States uses the
word 'bogte' when speaking of truck.
These errors show that Kipling is ike Sui
iVan'S tar and:
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A Nuisance TO other People.

A1olhou MILL
The subject of charges for the convey
ance of cycles by rail or boat is an en-
crossing one for the rider, and the action
of the National Cyclists Union in endeavor-
ing to contest the legality of the present
charges is being watched with considerable
interest
On this question of carriage rates
Hernehill correspondent writes: "You al
lude in a recent issue to the charges for
cycles by rail ana boat, and suggest tina,
some day cyclists viii get justice in this
matter. Doubtless you and they hope for
the day when cycles can accompany their
owners carriage free anywhere. This, | trust
viii be an idle dream, for Of all the luggage
that is taken by travellers, whether by cab
rail or boat, nothing is such q fearful nui-
sance as the bicycle.
Look at the room it takes up wherever
It is slowed. Fancy twelve or twenty on
the deck of a La Marguerite. No, sir; If
cyclists are anxious to take their wheels
about WITH them instead of riding them %
course. they must pay for them / think
II ought TO be understood that except to
those who actually ride them, cycles are a
nuisance not a blessing and l hope that
cyclists will always have TO pay for their
own Injuries with grumbing Just as /
who am a dog owner have TO do when
take nay dog out. Bear in mind too. that [
nGVe rs Cd "a year to pay for a license
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22

be studying the methods Of Ada Cushman
and Miss Marriott, both of whom played
Hamlet in their time.
Julia NARROW will sail from Hav for
New York on Aug. 2S
r. S. Willard VIII not be seen il london
again until next summer as he 1e.Urns to
America this fall for a tour of thirty weeks.
William Greet one of the leading pro-
vincial managers, has organized q company
to take The Sign of the Cross" TO Amer
lea on tour. Eta Williams and Charles
Dalton, who are now playing on the pro-
vincial circuit will take the leading parts
NicOIini who has been suffering from can
Ger of the liver for a long time past, IS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
In spite Of all temptations,
To belong to other nations
He remains an EngliShman.'

IF he had been reared in this country
or had more than a bowling acquaintance
with railroad people, he would not have
spoken of an engine as he and he would
have chosen some other decoration than
pea green with a red buffer bar for one of
the most conspicuous of his collection of
locos.'
Edgar Van Etten, general superintendent
of the New York Central q Hudson River
road stories l ever read. Many writer's try
to write similar tales but they usually fail
when they strike technical points; but Kip
ling has made none of the usual blunders,
and his story would be most excellent from
the railroad mans point of view, but for a
few slight errors. For example: I've
trouble enough in my own DIVISION said
q lean, light suburban loco, with very shiny
brake shoes My commuters Wouldn t
rest till they got q parlOr car. They've
hitched it on just ahead O. the caboose, and
it hauls worsen a snow ploW.
NOW d cabOOse, every one knows, is the
car at the end Of a freight train, and no
one ever saw a Caboose and parlOr car
hitched as kipling describes. His satire
on the yardmaster is simply delicious. 1t
may be a little OVerdraWn, but it shows
that officer to be an unlimited monarch
and that's what he is for the time being
But when the author has the yardmaster
examining freight receipts, he makes an
other error. A yardmaSter never sees these
documents. He handles way bills and run
ming bills, but never freight receipt. Mr.
Kipling shows that he has been around en-
tioning the fact that they carry jack
screws, but he probably never heard any
one in a roundhOuse talk about iced
water "
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COPYRIGHT PRODUCTIONS.
As Given in London They Are Simply
Farces-FOreign Notes.

FarceS-FOreiSn Notes.
LONDON, Aug. H-The performance of
so-called copyright productions of various
plays to fulhn the requirements of the Eng
fish law has given rise TO much comment
recently. 1t is seriously questioned whether
the sort of renditions that are customarily
given come within the purpose Of the copy
right act and it is possible that test
may some time be made to secure judicial
opinion on the subject. These perform
ances have come to consist of a rather
farcical reading of the lines by the author
or dramatizer and those friends whom he
may be able to impress into service for
the occasion. The most noteworthy of the
kind recently was the reading of a drama
tizod version of Mr.. Hall Gaines new
novel; The Christian" at the Grand The
alter in Douglass Isle Of Wright on the
day of it's appearance in book form The
actors for the occasion were recruited from
Mr. Gaines family and friends, the author
speaking the part of John storm. the CEN
tral character. with Mrs. Paul Caine and
his son and daughter reading other parts.
The novelist has recast his book into four
act form. but the dTamatization was mere
~ q skeleton. Another copyright prOduc-
ton was given at the Prince of Wales of
The Princess Tarakanon, or the Northern
The revival of I'm Town" at the Gar
rick for q fortnights run before its trans
portatiOn 10 New York for the opening of
successful incident, although its main pur-
pose was to fulfill the requirements of the
tariff laws which permit the free admission
of theatrical costumes only when they have
been actually used on the stage, The cos
tunes In question are decidedly attractive
Sarah Bernhard really intends TO adopt
the recent suggestion made to her by the
Prince Of Wales that she enact the charac-
ter Of Hamlet and speculation is active in
critics generally predict that the venture
will not be a happy one. She is said to
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sprinI<Iinw the Viaduct.


Bicycle riders complain of the manner in
which the viaduct at Virginia avenue, over
the Union tracks, is sprinkled, and the SUBJ
5ect has been taken up by the L. A. w.
The viaduct is almost Invariably sprinkled
at about o'clock, and to a wheelman it
seems that three times as much water as is
necessary is poured on the street. 1t
makes it almost impossible for the thou
sands of wheelmen who find this the safest
and nearest route to their homes from their
daily work. They are compelled to ride
between the car tracks, and it is muddy
there, too, to cross the railroad at
grade crossing at Delaware street. and thus
ride several blocks out of their way, Yes
terday Chief Consul Sherwood wrote the
following letter, which was addressed to
Mayor Thomas Taggart:
You are hereby appointed q special
committee of one to interview the proper
city authorities in behalf of the wheelmen
OF the South Side, who habitually use the
etc. AT present the viaduct is heavily
sprlnkled with water at the hours when this
avenue is most used by the riders. The
sprinkling hours should be changed so that
the approaches will be comparatively dry
between $3.50 and a. M. IL to 1880 D. m.
tracks in which the poles stand should not
be sprinl6led at all No dust accumulates
there, and by leaving 1t dry it enables
wheelmen to pass that way at any time
without getting into the mud, provided
they are expert enough TO dodge the poles.
VIII you kindly attend to this for us?
'P. S.-If that strip between the tracks
could have the loose stones raked from its
surface 1t would add materially to its
beauty"
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WELL=KNOWN WOMEN
They Give the Strongest Kind Of Testimony
in Behalf Of Munyon's Remedies.
Mrs. N. ]. Reeves Was Cured of Rheumatism,
and Miss Olive COnger Was Cured
Of PleuriSy.

Mrs. NJ. J. Reeves. No. 60 Massachusetts
avenue, Indianapolis, Ind, says: I had
rheumatism. one of the best physicians in
the city attended me. but l could get no
relief. 1 was ready to give up il despair,
when my cook brought me a bottle Of
Munyon's Rheumatism Cure that someone
had given her. concluded to try it, and
after l had taken the fourth dose l felt
as though a miracle had been performed
on me. All my rheumatic pains left me
and l felt as we'll as 1 ever did. The next
day 1 was able to get up and attend to
my usual duties, and by the time ! had
finished taking the bottle I was completely
cured. This was a year ago and L have
not had d rheumatic pain since
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
vast outIny of Energy.
PhIladeIphla Rec

Philadelphia Record.
Snyder, the calculating barber was talk
ing about cycling. and was holding forth
upon the energy expended by women in
making century runs. II have done little
figuring on the subject" he remarked
''and the result ia most surprising. Take "a
woman who weighs l20 pounds and who
rides a wheel Weighing 20 pounds. In rid
ing 100 miles / have calculated that power
OF more than 100000 pounds of energy, or
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Two More Weeks at wildwood.

The season at Wildwood will close in
about two weeks, and the company Will
then visit a number of the surrounding
towns and cities. The fame of the place
has spread and Manager Bailey has re-
ceived letters from Louisville and st. Louis
offering the company an engagement for
the winter season. 1t is the intention of
the management to make the last two
weeks the best in the history of Wildwood.
Plays which are sure to please have been
selected and a number OF new and orig
inal specialties will be introduced. Begin
ming tomorrow night, the beautiful drama
in live acts, entitled 1.-The Willow Copse,"
will be given. The play is on the Hazel
kirke' order, and was made famous by the
same great actor, c. w. Couldock. Law
renee Earl Atkinson remembered because
of his artistic performance as Dunston
Kirke during former engagements IN this
CITY, will appear as Luke Fielding. The
comedy part of Augustus will be in the
hands of Lew A. Warner al II. Bailey
will appear as Hulks, the villain; George
Leck as Sir Richard Vaughn, William
Chapel as Colonel Vanguard, Bert Cottrill
as Sir Arthur, Miss Lillian Marshal as Rose
Fielding, Miss Lettie Cotton as Meg, the
milkmaid; Mrs N. Ford as Lady Apsley
and Alicee Bailey as Lucy Vanguard On
account of the length of the play the cur
tain will go up at SIS instead of $3.50
O'Clock as has been the custom heretofore.
The usual ladies' free nights will occur on
Monday and Friday.
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about 100 horsepower, has been brought
into play And to think that all this, has
been expended in riding bicycle. Had the
woman directed this energy in running
sewing machine, where force of two
pounds will run needle over piece of
have hemmed a piece of muslin about L.
900 feet or nearly 300 miles long. The
same amount of energy used TO propei a
tanning a baby weighing twelve pounds
more would send the youngster 800 miles.
The same amount Of energy expended in
chuTning would produce 30 tons of butter
or would push a carpet sweeper over an
area Of 100000 square feet. The woman
could also have ironed, without any more
fatigue, a strip Of muslin one foot wide and
210 miles long. And If she had been shop
ping, just think Of all the bargain coun-
ters she could have walked around, tell
you, it's astonishing. Bay rum or witch
hazel sir?"
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to sing for him in London. The outcome
Abbott by the famous tenor in which he
agrees to educate the young girl for one
year in Paris and Italy, and if expectations
stage These are the girls who sang in In
dianapOlis last year with Chevalier's COM
pany and who did not do half as we'll IS
many a variety theater team.
of her success last winter at the Riviera"
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Miss Olive Conger. No. 212 w. Chesa-
peake street, indianapolis, Ind says: Il
was a sufferer from pleurisy for nearly. two
without getting any relief. A portion of the
time 1 was in the hospital under treatment
but came out of it no better than when
yon's doctors, and can now truthfully say
that L am cured, for 1 have not had a
pleurisy pain for over two months and
feel entirely well in other ways"
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Munyon's Remedies at all druggists
mostly % cents a vial. Write to Profess
sor Munyon for free medical advice in any
disease. Open a. m. to p. m. Sunday.
10 to II. Majestic Building, Pennsylvania
ard Maryland streets.
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Look carefully on every piece Of
cut glass YOU buy for this trade LZ<
mark. invariably cut on the genu- tSS Oo9Q
inc. This precaution means much. 49,
Accept no substitute.