The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-27
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The London correspondent of the East
Anglican Daily Times is responsible for the
statement that the archbishop of Canter-
bury is learning to ride bicycle.
The report recently started that "Parsi-
fall" is to be given in New York next year
bv Mr.. Grau is given no credence by must
cal people. They think that Frau CoSima
Wagner will hold to her claims until the
copyright expires. in 1913, ana tnat untlI
then "ParSifaI' Will not be put on the stage
outside of Baireuth.
Theodore Reynolds, of Monson, Mass, has
purchased a valuable edition of Shak-
speare's works, published in 1884 This edi-
ton is considered by experts next in value
to the one issued in 1923. 1t is said to be
worth more than 81, 900. Mr.. Reynolds has
a large collection of Bibles and Shak-
speareS.
1t is stated that a society of nonswearing
knights has been formed in Chicago and
has already among the railroad men alone
2,1OO The society has no pledge but its
members sign this declarations: Swearing
is a violation of the laws of God and OF
this State and of good society, and l am
neither Christian, good citizen nor
gentleman if 1 swear.
1t used to be said in Washington that no
theater goer ever went out between the
acts to see a. man." but scores of young
men went out to see what progress was
making the Washington monument, and
some were so deeply affected by the slow
ness of the work that they returned ,, with
tears in their eyes, caused by hurried
swallowing of their GRIEF.
On Aug. d. at Eldorado, Kan, Mrs. j. b.
Heitchew reused from stupor in her sick
bed and reached for a calendar hanging
near She was unable to speak, but with
her finger pointed to the date, Aug. T. Sne
persisted in holding to the calendar until
The attention of everybody in the room had
been attracted to that date On Aug. Il she
died. and the Eldorado people have an un-
canny idea that she predicted her own
death after revelation
The King Of Siam is not Shakspearean
scholar, as the following anecdote shows:
On the recent occasion of his visit to Den
mark he accompanied the Crown Prince
Frederick to Heisingfors and was duly con-
Quoted to the grave OF Hamlet, Prince OF
stood for a moment in reVerental silence
Then, turning to the crown prince, he said,
with deep sympathy, "A relaEon OF your
been dead?'
Now woman has invented a means of
protecting the feet of her sex from the
trampling of men, as they go out and in
between the acts. 1t consists of an iron
case. lined with felt, to be clamped to the
floor in front of the seats The top of the
case is rounded, so that nobody can be
tripped up by it. When a man rises to
leave the theater the women in his row
have simply to slip their feet into these
cases and they are safe; the man can work
his way forth and back without hurting
them in the least.
Brahms wrote on Nine. Strauss fan a
few bars of the Blue Danube" adding
Not by Brahms l regret to say" and
Felix Motif, the great Wagnerian conduc-
tor says: II prefer Strauss waltz to a
thousand of the erudite estimable works Of
our modern classicists, because music is an
art which, for me, must appeal to the feel
ings" There are four Strausses-Johann, a
Viennese composer, who wrote many good
waltzes and who died in 1S49, and his three
sons Edouard. Johann and Josef. The lat
ter COMPOSED waitZes and an operetta, and
died in Russia, where he was much loved :
Edouard is a composer and conductor Of
the famous Strauss orchestra in Vienna
which he brought to America in 1890 but
Johann is the famous waltz king" He
visited this country in 1872.