The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-14
AROUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Paderewsk announces that he will ac-
| cept engagements for private houses this
season at S. 900 an evening and not cent
less.
John D. Rockefeller is remembered among
old Cleveland merchants as young man in
the oil business, who was often seen with
face, hands and clothes shining with the
illuminant.
Mr. Carnegie has contributed $1,000 to the
Washington Cd. c. city free library, whose
income had fallen so far short of the needs
that it had to be closed one-half of each
day. The library was established by Cen
eral A. w. Greedy.
A story is told of a governor general of
India who one day missed his wife from
the room and said Where is Maria?"
Dear me, john" said his sister you
don't seem happy if Maria !:1r is out of the
swered; that's why / married her.
There will be a great array of conductors
at Baireuth this summer-Richter Mottl
and Sedl, perhaps the three greatest Wag-
merriam conductors in the world besides
Siegfried Wagner. who rank seems hardly
fixed as yet. Motif and Seidl will share
the eight "Parsifar' representations evenly
between them and DR.. Richter will direct
two of the cycles of Der Ring des Nibe-
lungen," leaving the rest for young Wag-
ner.
The South sea colonists who sailed
a colony on one of the South Pacific ISL
ands few months ago, are at odds. They
have been uuarreling with and about Cap
tain Peterson, their sailing master; they
have not been permitted to land in any OF
the Fiji islands; they will try Samoa next,
and if repuIsed they win attempt the Solo,
mons If they fail there the vessel will go
back to San Francisco
1t is said that the Duke of Norfolk, whose
popularity and munifcence are household
words in Sheffield, was anxious at one time
to enter the service of the Roman Church,
but was prevented by the Intervention of
the Pope, who convinced that an Eng
lish nobeman of such wealth and influence
could be more useful as layman than as
priest. While he had a strong natural
bent for ecclesiastical life, he has taken a
deep interest in the municipal activities of
Sheffield, and also in his official duties as
postmaster general
A letter to the Philadelphia Bulletin
says Two years ago, when 1 saw him
last, there was no gathering of Americans
in Paris in which Theodore Tflton was not
a conspicuous, honored, perfectly fascinat-
ing spirit He is neither feeble nor bent,
and. so far as physique goes and the es-
sence called health, he is as young as he
was when he was the cynoSure of the
brightest in New York. OF his resources
l have not heard him speak, but he lives
comfortably, and. though he does no regu-
lar literary work, his pen is by no means
idle"
At ball held at Livermore Falls, Me-, by
the Foresters a prize of gold ring was
offered to the lady who watzed the longest
without stopping. Twelve couples com
peted. They began Waiting at 1890 a. m,
and it was 5:45 a. m. before Miss Bessie
McGraw, the winner, and her partner
stopped waltzing. BY 2:20 five couples had
dropped out; at $3.50 another couple left the
floor and at Ala Carl Richmond's partner
tainted and was taken away. Two more
couples dropped out at 4:25 and at 4:50 only
two couples remained on the floor AT 5:43
Miss Bessie Dain and her partner George
+. Hall. gave up the contest, and so the
prize fell TO Miss Bessie McGraw, she and
her partner leaving the floor two minutes
later.
Rich Americans noted for their prodi-
gality if nothing else, can scarcely feel
fattered to note what foreign papers say
of them. A recent London paper says that
Mr. William Waldorf Aston is giving
G1 100 for the seats he has taken to view
the Jubilee procession. He will of course
have large party with him, and the price
is not large, as prices go. The fetching
clause is in the next paragraphs THE
Bradley Martins, those curious persons
from America. spending huge sums
of their feIlow-countryman, Mr.. Aston
shines as quite a splendid example of good
taste, and good taste is not being shown
very much by American milIionaireS in con.
nection with the event"
IT'S now the sweet girl-graduate,
Her face in charming frown
Works two hours on her essay and
Just ten hours on her gown.
Louisville courier-J Journal.