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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

London's East End has so long been a
lence, and has been so written about and
brought into public notice that many per-
sons must have wondered what effect the
turning of so much white light upon pow
erty and it's ways was having upon the
East Enders themselves The people en-
gagged in philanthropic effort, the Toynbee
Hall workers, the settlement men and
women, get abundance of attention, but
the poor" naturally receive the most no.
tice from curious and emotional visitors,
and it is not to be wondered at If the re-
suit Is not altogether desirable. 1t seems,
according to London rector. who is a
member of the charity organization, that
the East End has been demoralized by the
amateur philanthropist and sometimes dis
honest sensationalist." In the early days
before philanthropy became fashionable a
strong characteristic of the East Ender was
his independence and his dislike to receiv-
ing charity. Now, since so many foolish
people have rushed in ready to give indis-
criminately the temptation has proved too
great for the once self-respecting residents,
and recognizing the fact that the visitors
relish highly-colored stories OF misery and
restitution, they deal these out in abun-
dance and give the desired sensation in re-
turn for liberal gifts. Some time ago."
the clergyman says. IAN appeal was issued
on behalf of the Screaming, starving poor,
and as a result CARLOAD of loaves was
distributed among the inhabitants of GER
tain street, though l know as a matter OF
fact that many of them had decent sums
deposited at the penny savings bank. The
really deserving people do all they can to
hide their poverty and were 1t not for the
inquiries that we make, their honest pride
would prevent us from affording them the
assistance they require. But where doles
are handed out on a wholesale scale the
loafer and the cadger alone are encour-
aged while no one Is permanently bene-
flied" What is true on a large scale in
London is true in a lesser degree in all
cities where poverty is relieved. There is
a class OF people. usually generous and
warm-hearted, who, as the London clergy
man says. are ''steeped in cheap emotion. "
and must see the misery they relieve in
order to enjoy giving. More often than not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

more good. grandmotherly people, mostly
of Boston, among them Julia Ward Howe,
T. w. Higginson. Edward Everett Hale,
william Lloyd Garrison, Frank B. Sanborn
and Augusta Chaplin, d. D., were the first
to realize the situation and were prompt to
take action. In the circular before alluded
to they express their belief in the impor-
lance of Mr.. Cookies studies and announce,
presumably after consultation with him,
that If he can secure one thousand dollars
year he can go on with the work. They
propose. therefore, that one hundred per-
sons each pledge him ten dollars a year
during the next three years, their reward
to be a set of the books, when published,
and the proud satisfaction of promoting a
great cause It will readily be admitted that
this is dirt cheap, and an opportunity not
to be lost. 1t is true that there are men
who have been studying individual women
for much more than twelve years and have
not yet found them out, but that fact has
no bearing on this case, except that 1t
should make these men even more anxious
than others to profit by Mr.. Cookies stud
les. For, he says, he can explain woman.
and show why she is here, and what she
means. 1t was a happy thought to appeal
to the public. Mr.. Cooke will doubtless find
the ten-dollar-a-year pledges pouring in
upon him from troubled brethren every
where who are anxious to have the problem
disposed of permanently and woman taken
off their minds The gifted author will not
only find himself well provided for while he
is writing his book. but will be assured of
competence from the sale, for will not
every man have it in his library so that in
any emergency where woman is involved,
he can consult the volume and know where
she is "at?" Verify, Cooke is the benefactor
they long have sought.
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WOMAN ACCOUNTED FOR.

From the earliest times men have engaged
more or less actively in the effort to ac
count for woman, to discover why she was
invented and to classify her in the economy
of the universe. AS for man himself, he was
simply made, and no question as to the
wisdom of the proceeding seems to suggest
itself to the masculine mind. With woman
it is different; he feels that she needs to be
accounted for, and explained and tickcted,
much the same as if she were an icthyo-
saurus or megatherium. AS poet he has
taken her for his theme, as a novelist he
has analysed her. as a scientist he has
measured her brain, as a cynic and a hum
orist he has found her an always available
target; but with all his pains he has never
quite solved her to his satisfaction. She is
his perennial problem. 1t has remained for
a Boston man, Mr.. George Willis Cooke. to
crown all these ages of effort with scien-
tifc and systematic study and history of
woman. Other men have taken her, as 1t
were. pieeemeal; ne begins with her in her
primitive state and brings her on down to
date, giving. on his way, "a careful, con-
scientious and faithful account of her rela-
tons to human institutions in all times and
countries" and at the same time making a
scientific investigation of her social, moral
and intellectual development. He scouts the
idea that woman has had no history and
boldly AYERS that the most abundant materi-
ais exist for history, and that her career
has always been of the greatest interest
and Importance; he is. he says, prepared to
show how and why she holds the place she
now occupies. In short, he is ready to solve
and classify and pigeon-hole woman in a
manner that will leave nothing further to
he disclosed, and will permit later scien-
tific investigators to turn their attention to
microbes, or fungi, or other of the Lords
creations not yet satisfactorily accounted
for.
To say that the result of Mr.. Cookies
studies is accessible to the world is prema-
ture. He has been studying woman as a
class, or race. for twelve years. but has
not yet written down his conclusions and
observations. He is anxious to share his
discoveries and estimates with the world,
but, as explained in a circular, the demands
of his profession have kept him from COM
plotting the work, which is planned to con-
sist of three volumes. and he now finds it
necessary to abandon the undertaking, or
TO secure the means which will enable him
to devote nearly the whole of his time to
Ii until 1t is completed. Briefly he cannot
afford it. Now. 1t must be plain to the dull
est mind that IT would be public calam-
ty If the secret of woman's creation, the
why and wherefore OF her existence, should
be forever lost because Mr.. Cooke. who
knows all about 1t, Is short Of funds; it
would be little less than a crime. A dozen or
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

1t is said that a pastor in Indiana re-
Gently startled his congregation by the fol-
lowing announcement: Remember our
quarterly meeting next Sunday. The Lord
will be with us during the morning service
and the presiding elder in the evening"
Emile Zola recently made up his mind to
become a candidate Tor the Chamber of
Deputies. Having doubts as to his orator.
cal powers, he decided first to try i'm
promptu speaking and made such mess
of 1t that he gave up his political ambi-
tons.
Women are allowed to practice law in
New Zealand. But in a recent letter to a
London paper mention is made of the sui
eide of a female lawyer who had waited
three years in vain for clients. Reference Is
also made to thirty-two women who passed
examinations as teachers, but were unable
to get places as men are preferred for the
high schools.
Commenting upon the report from Prince
ton that Mr. Clevelands boy will be named
Richard Folsom, after his grandfather,
Mrs. Clevelands father, the Buffalo Com
mercial says: Mrs. Cleveland's father was
Oscar Folsom, who was comrade of Mr.
Cleveland in his younger days. The COM
bination of Oscar Folsom Cleveland would
bave q familiar sound in the ears of Ruff
falonians but Richard they know not"
Mrs Booker Washingtons advice to
colored girls in her lectures in various
American cities is excellent. Although ad-
visng them to get an education" she
warns them not all to try to become teach
ers, as the teachers field is crowded The
great need of thoroughly competent women
in domestic work in the North may yet
be proved door to livelihood for numbers
of trained colored girls from the Southern
schools.
The great French sculptor M. Falguiere,
has just completed a gigantic statue of Lib
erty for the Pantheon. The figure of the
goddess holds in her right hand a young
poplar tree which she is striking into the
earth. Her left hand is raised in admira-
ton and, with her head upturned she is
gazing at the leafy branches above her. On
the ground behind and clutching at her
robes, is an old woman symbolizing Ignor-
ance.
One CT the torments of the postage-stamp
collectors is the Ameer of Afghanistan. Old
issues of Afghan stamps are rare and cost
ly, and new Issues are continually being
made. In vain the philatelsts try to put a
stop to 1t; and even the last International
Postal Congress in Washington dealt with
it. The Ameer's new IDEAS In postage
stamps are put forward solely with view
to filing his purse by selling them to coll
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

A good strong bank draft is the thing to
raise the dust.-Good Roads.
One objection to budding genius is that
it is inclined to blow.-Puck.
Recollection is the only paradise from
which we cannot be turned out.-Richter.
Before submitting to the inevitable it is
wise to be sure it is the inevitable.-Inde-
pendent.
Why is it that we always say father
land, but mother tongue?-New York
Mail and Express
No wonder the ocean waves get angry
when the wind is continually blowing them
up.-Chicago News.
The cycle racer who wipes out all pre-
vious records might also be called an
eraser-Good Roads
The curriculum of the average girls school
reminds you of the repair kit of the average
girls bicycle.-Puck.
It is wonderful how easy person can
go to sleep in the morning after it is time
to get up.-Ohio State Journal.
1t is difficult to say who do you the most
mischief. enemies with the worst inten-
lions, or friends with the best.-Bulwer.
There is nothing a woman admires In
man more than sincerity-and there's moth
ing she gets less of.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Isn't it wonder that more people are not
killed through the careless way the average
woman carries her umbrella ?-Phiiadelphi
Times.
Ibid the doctor do anything to help your
rheumatism" Il guess so. Anyway, it has
gained on me steadily ever since" Detroit
Journal.
Wife (enthusastically)-How much do you
think we took in at the bazaar? Husband
(quietly)-How many, you mean.-Adams
Freeman.
Marrying for money is like placing your
self in pawn. You get the money; but the
other party gets you.-Philadelphfa North
American
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EXPERT WITNESSES.

The Supreme Court of Illinois has de-
cided that an expert witness, as a ply
stefan, surgeon or scientist may be COM
PEELED to testify in a case in court without
having received or been offered extra pay.
The case was peculiar one. woman in
Springfield, ILL.,, who was injured by falling
on defective sidewalk brought suit against
the city for damages A certain doctor was
subpoenaed as regular witness, and when
asked whether the state of facts related by
the plaintiff and her witnesses would pro-
duce the results declared by her to have
followed from the fall, he declined to an
swer on the ground that he was asked to
testify as an expert without having been
rendered or assured any expert fees. He
said the answer to the question put to him
required the exercise of knowledge which
had cost him much time and money TO ac-
quire, and it was not fair to expect him
any other compensation than the fee of an
ordinary witness. The court ruled that he
must answer the question. The doctor re-
fused and was fined $25 for contempt of
court. He appealed the case and the SUI
preme Court affirmed the decision of the
lower court in very positive opinion. The
decision leaves litigants or lawyers free to
make any arrangement they please with ex-
perts, paying any fee they may see fit, but
if they choose to summon an expert or any
number of them as ordinary witnesses they
can be compelled to testify. The decision is
clearly right. 1t would be an outrage on
justice and equal rights to discriminate in
favor of any class of citizens by exempting
them from testifying in court without spe-
cial fee. 1t is probable that the testimony
of an expert obtained in the ordinary way
is more trustworthy than if he is sum-
moned and paid as expert. In the latter
case he feels bound, as far as possible, to
champion the side which summoned and
paid him, and as matter of fact that Is
what expert witnesses always do. The best
way when expert testimony is needed is
for the court to select the witness. That
is the practice in England. There, when a
case comes up requiring expert testimony
the court selects some person Of established
character who is known to be skilled in the
particular line, and he testifies. In that
country, when an important commercial
case is on trial. judge will sometimes in
vite a commercial man or business man to
sit beside him to explain features of the
testimony which he may understand better
than the judge. In some European coun-
tries they have state experts in particular
lines. persons whose fees are fixed by law
and who may be called by the court at any
time. The American practice of allowing
both sides to hire experts, paying them per-
haps large price for testimony of a Pc
culiar kind, is a bad one and has had much
to do with bringing expert testimony into
ridicule and contempt. Some way should
be found Of putting a stop to the practice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

The recent great fire in London was to-
wards the eastern part Of what is called
Central London. or the city OF London prop
err This forms but small part of Greater
London. The latter embraces AL, 5S7 acres.
while the city Of London proper embraces
only 66S acres. 1t is in the heart of the
business portion, and therefore not rearly
rs densely populated as some othes por-
tions of the great city. According to the
census of 1881, Greater London had $50 ,964
inhabited houses and a population Of S,452.-
$50, Of which the city of London proper had
only 6.493 inhabited houses and a popula-
sion OF 5O.52O. From 1S41 to 1881 the popula-
Gion OF Central London decreased from 1884,
500 to $685. showing that the population
had receded before business. The burned
district was largely occupied with immense
warehouses and manufacturing establish
ments of various kinds. Most of these were
six stories high. and that. coupled with
9he narrowness Of the streets, many Of
which are less than fifteen feet wide, would
make fighting fire exceedingly difficult.
while the flames could easily pass from one
side Of a street to the other.
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That is a singular statement furnished the
State Department by the United States con-
sui at Nogales, Mexico regarding tribe
of Indians who inhabit Tiburon island in the
Gulf of California. The consul says both
for their unusual size. physical perfection
and mastery of athletics. They destroy all
children in infancy that are malformed or
that appear to be lacking in intellect, and
by careful selection both the men and
women have attained a remarkable degree
of physical development. The consul would
hardly make such a statement in his Of
fetal capacity without trustworthy informa-
ton on the subject. 1t Is worth investiga-
ton. OF course these semi-savage people
know nothing of the science of heredity or
the doctrines of evolution and survival of
the fittest but if what the consul says is
true they are putting these laws into very
successful practice. From a civilized point
of view it is barbarous to destroy infants
who are born deformed or idiotic. but it is
certainly an effective way of keeping up a
high physical standard. Is it wiser or bet
ter to let them grow up a burden to them
selves and to society and be given full Ii
cense to marry and perpetuate their kind
in an overwhelming stream Of physical de-
generacy or mental imbecility? Modern
civilization requires the spending of millions
of dollars in taking care of the defective
classes, many of whom are born so. Under
our laws all these defective classes, to-
gether with idiots, criminals, paupers and
degenerates are permitted to marry and
intermarry thus continually multiplying
their kind and adding to the already ap-
palling aggregate of defective humanity.
The Tiburon islanders may not have hit
upon the best way of preventing this and
improving the race, but it seems to be an
effective one. Should civilization condemn
it unless it can offer better?
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writer in an Eastern paper suggests
that as young women typewriters are es-
sentially business women, they should adopt
a professional style of dress, or, rather, a
style Of dress with strict regard to business
AMI not feminine effect. ''This question of
Dress says the writer, has much to do
with the dangers of their vocation. The
nnderclerks and their associates would be
slow to continue to watch the girls going to
lunch If this feminine army were quietly
and appropriately dressed. 1t would do
much also to mark them as women with a
duty and q purpose, and in some sort, at
least, act as a check when they were en-
ployed in the offices of those who were
destitute of the mercy and courtesy of true
gentlemen" There is much truth in this.
The epithet. "a pretty typewriter" is gem
orally used by men in a sense that should
make self-respecting young women DESTROYS
to escape 1t. Instea5 of dressing in such a
way as TO enhance their natural charms to
the utmost degree, inviting attention and
comment, they should seek to avoid it.
There are places where fine dressing and
becoming ornaments are permissible and
admirable, but a business Office is not one
of them. If the pretty typewriter" OILY
knew it, she loses rather than wins respect
by trying to make herself look as pretty
as possible while about her work. She can
well afford to relegate that pleasing duty
to another time and place.
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lectors. His latest order is that each
province and each principal city in his do
minion shall have different stamps. in differ
ent coiorS. and, furthermore, that every
postmaster shall peel the stamps from al
the letters that come to his office and send
them the to the postal headquarters at Cabul.
Thence they are sold In India and find their
way into the hands of collectors.
Henry Ward Beecher always used to
break down when asked-as he was every
Sunday when boy-to recite the catechism
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe will pass the win
ter with her daughter Maud Howe Elliott
in Rome. Her lameness is not as severe as
!. was Few weeks ago, but her physician
thought that she would better spend the
cold months in Italy than in the changeabIe
climate of Boston.
Count Tolstoi. about whose health dis
quieting reports reached this country not
long since. has completely recovered. Next
spring he intends to undertake Journey
OF about two years duration. in the course
of which he will visit the great cities of
the old and new worlds-apparently, there
fore, planning to visit this country. 1t IL
also said that he has finished two short
novels drawn from the life of the Russian
aristocracy.
Sketches are going about of "the young
est university president DIR. Raymond.
appointed to the University of West Vir-
ginia at the age of twenty-seven. He start
ed in life as a newsboy and worked his
way by aid OF stenography later through
Northwestern University, coeducation in
stitution near Chicago. One account says
naively: During his course at the North
western University he entered a contest for
gold medal. his leading competitor being
young woman. The young woman won.
and DR. Raymond afterward married her,
and thus secured both the medal and it's
winner. Mrs. Raymond has taken her Mas
ter of Arts degree, and two years of work
at the University of Wisconsin for the doc
torate degree"
The beauty which old Greece and Rome
Sung, painted wrought, lies close at home;
We need but eye and ear
In all our daily walks to trace
The outlines of incarnate grace,
The hymns of gods to hear!
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Queen victoria's jealousy.


Washington POST.
Sometimes 1 hear stories of the great
~Queen-she who celebrated her jubilee but
a few weeks ago-and these stories tell OF
her when she was young, and OF some or
the mistakes she made. Perhaps you know
this one; it is old, but it is new to me:
When the Queen of England was first mar
ried she was intensely jealous OF her hand
some husband. She was by no means
beauty and whenever she saw him talking
to a prettier woman she not only suffered
herself but she made that woman sufrer.
No matter how innocent she was, no mat
ter IL the good prince had only inquired aS
to her health or her father or given the
ordinary salutation Of the day II she seemed
extremely beautiful in the Queens eyes
then she had absolutely no excuse for her
among her ladies-those ladies who take
their turn in being beside the Queen-was
Lady Flora Hastings the beautiful daugh-
fer az an aristocratic Scotch family. Every
where her beauty was talked OF, ana every-
body who knew her, after speaking OF her
beauty told about her kindness or heart, her
sweetness of manner and the gentleness OF
her spirit. One day passing through the
corridor the Queen saw her husband laugh
ing and talking with her lady IN waiting.
That was enough. The Queen accused her
of want OF maidenly modesty. The girl, in
a dead faint, was carried from the palace
into the city. The horror of the implication
brought on her death, and to-day wnen tne
Queen drives to her highland nome she is
Obliged to go past the grave Of the girl
whose life she ruined. How?
Instead of burying her IN the great vault a.1a
ters insisted on her being laid 70 rest Just
inside the boundary of those lands in Scot
land which they knew the Queen must pass
by. And to mark the spos and 70 call at
tsntion 70 II is an enormous white marble
hand with the forefnger pointing to heaven,
while engraved on the wrist are the words.
ct hide nv time None of that family ever
go TO court or speak to a member of the
ROYAL family. And the sisters. women as
old as the Queen now. are satisfied be-
cause they know that God judges rich and
poor alike. and, biding their time. Queen
and gentlewor0an will stand equal before
that Judge who can read the heart OF each.