The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-20
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
BICYCLE, COACH AND TRoLLEY-CAR
RIDING THE DIVERSIONS.
shops Crowded with Women Looking
for Trihing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of
People In and out of Town.

The chief amusement of these hot DAYS
is rides. These may be on the bicycle by
those who enjoy its destinations so much
that heat does not affect them. Then there
are the coach and break parties to the
Country Club, or TO any of the suburban
places, where an old-fashioned supper is
served, or it may be a trolley ride The
latter is about as comfortable an amuse-
ment as one could desire. A car is char
tered and forty persons viii fill it. The ride
will be over the lines to Irvington, Fair
view, Garfield Park or anywhere else that
fancy dictates All the time the car is
moving there is a strong breeze. AT the
end Of any line there is opportunity for
changing seats and partners, or, in one way
which was done recently, the party was
progressive and at the end of each quarter
of an hour the men moved, as when play
ing cards. A stop may be made at the
home of the one giving the party where
fees are served. A trolley ride is about as
informal as it is comfortable.
A lady who was about to give dinner
recently was bomoaning the fact that she
did not know just how she should set her
table, as she had not received any replies to
several Of her invitations. The colored
servant who was to do the concocting of
the savory messes for the feast remarked.
Il never see such a place as this; don't
hardly anybody send their regrets nor their
exceptions"
This is the particular season of the year
when the average woman is haunting the
bargain counter. The various alluring titles
which the merchants give to their sales to
tempt the buyer do their work and the
counters are thronged. One of the visitors
I'm a leading shop saw great piles of pocket
books and card cases spread out with the
prices marked in plain figures. She was
sadly in need of a new pocketbook the only
one she had having seen it's best days She
turned over the pretty receptacles for cash
until she came to the one she liked, and
just then her eye was caught by a gentle
mans card case. She remembered a gem
teman who had been particularly kind to
her when on a visit to another city, and
with whom she went out to call one even
ing. She recalled that he had taken his
visiting card from a small envelope, which
he carried in his pocket. She bought the
card case and forthwith sent it to him,
with a note to the effect that she had Sc
cured a bargain for herself and had sent
him one. After few days she had note
acknowledging the card case, with the
added information that bargains were not
always what they were supposed to be, and
that the card case which she had sent was
open all the way through and would not
hold cards or anything else. She was then
thankful that she had been honest enough
to write him that it was bargain, and she
will investigate the next purchase she
makes that is sold for less than a reason
able amount
Cherry salad is the seasonable fad for a
luncheon The fruit is stoned, and in each
cherry is placed a bit of nut. A spoonful is
served on lettuce leaf with a sweetened
mayonnaise. A lady who had cherries grow
Ing in her own yard placed a tiny branch
with the fruit on the side of each plate as
she served it,