The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18

l dare to gall it red.
The ladies all who come to cali
Have rapturous gushings DER her head.
Such golden hair is truly rare"
But I pronounce it red.
''The hair that Titan loved to paint
Is what young Burne-Jones suavely said,
Gould he suppose that she would poseO
always call it red.
Her mother talks Of auburn locks,
Her father calls her carrot head,
But caress the lovely tress
And fondly call it red.
Maynap you wonder who am I
To thus profane her lovely head.
Clarissa loves me-that is why
dare 10 call it red.
Sarah S. Pratt.
Patsey isn't her name and she has been
out of school since year last June. She
does not like the fashionable afternoon
function known as the tea, and she thus
expressed herself: You know that sister
and l were invited to the Burtons' tea. 1t
was a terribly hot afternoon, and did not
want to 60 Sister said she would not and
she made no effort to go. but simply re-
marked that one of us ought to go, as we
had not sent any regrets. did not know
that she would not CO. and as it was so
mamma is punctilious about attention to in
vitations, 1 knew that 1 ought to be the
martyr 1t was so hot that it took me two
hours to get ready. My hair would not
stay in curl, and 1 just had to soak my
hands in powder to get ready. My new or
candle did look well, and that was the only
comfort 1 had 1 arrived at the tea. and
you know / have not been out much and
the girls who gave the tea had been away
to school, so / really did not feel we'll ac-
quainted with them, and then | simply said
Good afternoon or some other just such
characterless remark, and they presented
me to some girls who were receiving with
them, and other girls came in and that
pushed me along. Just as L was down the
receiving line a girl who had her hat off
came up to me and asked me if had been
in the dining room. l said 1 had not, and
she took me in there, had another girl give
me some ice, and after 1 had partaken of
that l left for the parlor again Another
girl asked me to take some punch, and she
took me up to the punch table and left me
while she talked to some other girls, and,
as the punch table was close to the front
door drank my share of the beverage and
slipped out. L had no chance to give sis
ter's regrets, they hustled me through SO
fast, and to this day l don't believe the
girls who gave the tea know whether 1 was
there or not. / tell you that was my ideal
of going to an afternoon tea. L do not want
to go to another, but if 1 ever have to, I
hope L can run through it as fast as 1 did
that time
There is homework uniform that has
been adopted generally and custom has al
most made it a law. Riding up and down
m fha Far tic
the maid of all work and also on the
woman who does her own work. 1t is al
ways dark blue calico dress, simply made
and large apron of blue and white small
check gingham Why blue should be selected
rather than brown or why the one color
when there are so many. is not an an
swerable question. a girl or woman who
wears this regulation dress always looks
neat and ready to work. A maid who an
swers the bell in this garb, when it is
clean, is considered suitably dressed for her
labors. In the house where there is only
one maid she is better to see appear at
the door to the average caller than a dis
orderly second girl with musty cap and
apron of white. Blue and white is the
fashion and has been and will be for an in
definite time. 1t is not only the uniform in
this city, but all over the land. Americans
do not don a picturesque garb as do people
In foreign countries.
1t is wonderful how economic some
women are with soap and water. A down
town shopper one morning last week stood
at the silk couater, turning over the beau
tiful fabrics. and each of her finger nails
wore a deep suit of mourning. Another
woman had a thin mud salve on the rim
Of hnr
somewhere that gray was a fashionable
color, mad allowed her neck to assume the
desired shade. which she did not care to
nave exchanged. Still another one was
busy looking at the finest goods to be
bought and hestating between light and
blue and pink silk. Her once white shirt
gaist was in direful need of q visit to the
laundry. There are few common dresses
that will not bear wetting, and vet daubs
OF grease, powder and dripplngs from the
table epbellish the fronts of too many
womens gowns. Personal cleanliness Is a
very desirable attribute soiIed dress one
can bear with composure when hands and
face are clean, but the combination of botb
in condition the result of laziness Is de-
testable
Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer lowering gave q
party in Lafayette Wednesday evening
and among the Indianapolis guests were
Mrs. John l.. Griffiths and Mr. win Nor
rison. A Lafayette paper thus, in part.
describes the party giving also list of
the guests and the costumes worn:
probably the prettiest and most UNIQUE
reception OF the season was given last
evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer Lever
ing at their country residence three miles
north OF the city on the Riverside drive
~ certainly required an ingenious mind to
thlnk OF such original entertainment
livery minute detail was successfully man
ased ana the Participants spent a most en-
JoydDle evening Those who attended were
expected to appear in costumes. of infants
or children under twelve years of age me
costumes were of several nationalifie and
perlods ana many were of fancy comic
and special character. Each was accom-
kRsl It,, py d uance song or recitation. Re-
1reshments We're furnished. After the ar
rlVsA OF the guests, nearly two hundred in
all, they assembled in the largo FROM
rooms, ana thoroughly enjoyed the recita
lions songs and dances rendered by mem
peTs OF the company. Nearly all were hui
morous ana received hearty applause As
examples of these renditions few arc
spoken OF. Miss Evaleen Stein reeited an
original poem, Miss Bertha Foresman nd
Burt j. haull danced the Highland 1ing
Hiram LAngle rendered several dialect
stories, Mrs. Samuel Baird and Mrs " "
Vinnedge gave a dialogue, Mr. and Mrs
Brown Brockenbrough gave a recita4inS
Mr.. and Mrs. John o. Perrin gave an ew
ceedingly humorous recitation and NJ
John L. Grithths, OF Indianapolis. and Miss
Rose l.. Cavlns, OF Peru also rendered en-
Joyable readings. All of the costumes wsro
very clever and pretty. The ladies' IF ~
party were charming in dresses of everv
conceivable design while the gentleme1
were strikingly handsome in the various