The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25


This is the day when the most Of humans
ity is on some ones Christmas list. 1t is a
poor mortal indeed who is not remembered
in some way. Christmas day by some is
called THE day of new clothes" from an
old French custom of giving those who be-
longed to the court new cloaks on that day.
On Christmas eve. 1915 the King, Louis TX.
bade all his court be present at early morn
ing mass. At the chapel door each man re-
ceived his new cloak, put it on and went
in. AS the day rose each man saw on his
neighbours shoulder betokened "the crusad-
ing VOW Thus it will be seen that Christ
mas giving is custom of centuries
A young lady of this city, who is now in
Berlin, las thus writtea to a friend here:
indianapolis is well represented here
Among the musicians are Mr.. Hugh Nc
Gibeny who is studying with Prof Hair;
the Misses Ida and Catherine Bell. who are
with Professor Jedliczka; Miss Ann Stassia
Birk, who is with Prof. Blume for voice.
and Miss Visanska, for piano. Miss Estelle
Sterne, with Miss Davidson, for voice, and
there are Agnes Kirk, Arnold Spencer, Mira
Hill, Harry j. Spann and Fritz KruIl. Mr..
Byron Overstreet is like the rest of US when
we first came, going from one teacher to
another and is yet undecided VINO the for
tunate one is to be-that is to get him.
People, and especially students, come over
here with an entirely wrong idea as to the
price of lv ug. 1t is very expensive. board
and rooms being about what they are in
New York; as for lessons, every good teach
er gets 20 marks, or s. a lesson. Students
who are taking voice culture are required
to take two, three or four lessons a. week.
il is really sad to meet the students; they
get SO discouraged. They come over with
the intention Of becoming something won-
derful in years time. They work for hours
and hours every day, never seeking recrea-
ton and in the course of few months they
are physical wrecks, nervous, suffer with
insomnia and get discouraged because they
cannot do things that only artists can do.
If they would come over here with the
thought of doing the best they can it would
make many OF us happier Operas and con-
certs are some cheaper, but by the time
the 'garderobe' is paid it is not any cheap
er than in America. Another thing, not in
regard to living or lessons or concerts. is
this: 1 wish that people who write to for
oigners, or people in q foreign country.
would use the thinnest of paper and en-
Vclopes and be sure TO put on a 5-cent
stamp. ! am surprised at the numbers of
letters that are received with or 4 cents
postage on them. On every such one that
comes we have to pay 10 cents, and if the
letter weighs the slightest fraction over,
even hair over fifteen grams, more is re-
CURED"
Not long aso Il young man of this town,
who prtdes himself on his careful attention
TO details, received an invitation to a party
which required n response. lie selected tho
young lady he wished 10 take and called on
her with haste. The young woman had not
sent her acceptance, 80 they both made
them out at her desk, he to stamp and mail
them lie placed them carefully with some
other letters in his pocket which he was to
mail and put them all in the postoffice.
these two without stamps. The young lady
who received them was required by the car
rter 10 pay cents due on them, which she
did as a matter of course. She told the cir
cumstance to a friend of hers and then it
was out and now the young mans intimate
friends refer to him as a 2-cent man--and
he, TO make the matter good, had two 2-cent
stamps neatly framed and sent to the young
woman for Christmas