The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

They tried so hard in California to be
courteous to Mr.. Bryan that one of the pa
pers suggested that all signs of prosperity
should be temporarily effaced. os,s
In Germany girls of good family, when
they arrive at a interchangeable age, almost
invariably attend a course of cookery les
sons at one of the large hotels.
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes has bought Sauerdale.
near Bulawayo, South Africa. 1t consists
of ten farms which he intends to cultivate
lie Will build the largest dam in South
Africa.
Hereafter Yale professor who becomes
siXty-five years of age after twenty-five
years of service is to receive a pension AT
Harvard the professors have a mutual re-
lief association.
Preacher Moody at Mortified the other
day, took up the scriptural story about the
whale swallowing Jonah. He accepted no
theory of illustration or allegory, but he
told the papers to put it down that he
would never let man come on his plat
form to speak if he didn't believe that the
whale swallowed Jonah.
When Queen Victoria's state carriage was
taken down to Windsor just before the jubi-
lee day for her approval she remarked that
it was THE most uncomfortable carriage
she had ever known in her life" Forth
with it was taken back to London and the
carriage builders worked all night making
alterations 10 the seat ana DaCk, ana re-
turned it. Then the Queen expressed her
self completely satisfied.
One by one the famous low resorts Of
Paris are disappearing The latest to fol-
low the Black Cat is the Alcazar, in the
Faubourg Poissoniere. which was the old
est and one of the best known cafe con-
certs. 1t was opened by Mayer, of the
FOlieS Mayer, and won distinction by the
appearance there of the celebrated Theresa,
who took all Paris by storm. But fashion
long since passed the Alcazar by.
Dean Farrar tells pleasant anecdotes of
the late Archbishop TAFT and Charles
Kingsley in English magazine. The
archbishops instructions to his chaplain in
regard to answering the letters of foolish
correspondents were usually couched in the
words, Tell him he is an assault say so
kindly" Kingsley confided TO friend his
feelings about preaching in Westminster
Abbey, and said with a slight stammer:
Whenever / walk up TO the pulpit in the
abbey l wish myself d-d-dead and when
ever l walk back l wish myself more
d-d-d-dead."
The University of Jena this year cele-
brates its 350th anniversary 1t was founded
in 1547 by Prince Johann Friedrich, who,
having lost his own University of Witten-
berg, together with his personal liberty, at
the battle of Muhlberg. took the first steps
toward the foundation of Jena. Its first
= u,
but he resigned the same year in conse-
Quence of religious dissensiOns. The first
score of students came from Wittenberg
and their numbers grew so fast that their
manifestations of joy when, a few years
afterward, their prince was liberated were
enough to precpitate frst-class town and
gown riot. AS a consequence the townsfOllk
refused to harbOr the students any longer
and it took the intercession of the prince to
appease them.
There have been many contradictory ac-
counts of the Queens costume on jubilee
day but here, according to a London au-
thority, is the only true and accurate one
AS the occasion is historical it is well to
have some certainty upon the subject: Her
Majesty's gown was pale gray silk richly
embroidered with silver Of the finest work.
manship. not only on the panels of the
skirt which six inches wide, but on
the bodice as well. The basque was very
fully trimmed with frills of fine black lace
as were the sleeves and the edge of the
skirt The bodice of the froCk. however
was entirely covered by black gauze cape
which had demonstrations of beautiful white
lace let in These insertions gave an ap-
pearance of great lghtness and GOODNESS to
the entire toilet. The bonnet was black and
white with a little silver introduced, and
the shape was a very becoming one the
sides coming we'll down behind the ears
over the soft white hair