The Indianapolis journal., 1898-03-16
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mrs Mary S. Gist, who is said to have
been the first woman to volunteer her serv-
ices as nurse during the late war, is now
living in Washington and says that should
war with Spain break out she is ready to
enlist again. ~
The Rothschilds have made it a rule to
intermarry, and have defed the doctrines
of the scientists, who have for oidden the
marriage of relations on the grould that it
debilitateS race, A Rothschild always
looks among his cousins for a wife; uncles
have married nieces, nephews nave mar
ried aunts.
OF Lincoln tale is extant and believable
that when he was informed of Stanton's
referringSto him asastd-1di fool" he replied:
IF Stanton says so, there, must be some
thing in it. He's generally right" NO
braver man than Lincoln ever lived, yet he
never carried chip on his shoulder, nor
looked for lurking insults in every episode.
In an article describing the women's bill
lard room of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
the London Globe saysa IF a man should
be SO bold as to remove his coat, an at
tendant instantly hands him lounge jack
et.-All present shut their eyes, and do not
open them again until the ringing of a bell
announces that the shirts sleeves have been
covered" e4lff
Lord Roberts has gained enough distinc-
tions to enable him to write most of the
letters of the alphabet after his name, in
cluding the v. c.. but all this does not pre-
vent him from being almost as much af-
fected by the presence of a cat as a woman
is by the approach of a mouse, His nervous
sensibility is so great that he can detect
the presence of a cat, even though he can
not see it, and he is i'll at ease until the
animal is removed. d
Considerable interest attaches to the ef
fort which is now being made to preserve
one of the most interesting memorials of
Puritanism in suburban London by the pur-
chase of Richard Baxter's old home at Ac-
ton, the house, in fact, in which that dis
tinguished theologian of the Puritan party
resided from 1915 to 1876, and in which he
wrote "Phe Saints Everlasting Rest" 1t
is reported that while preaching in the
house Baxter narrowly escaped being shot
by cavaliers bullet.
The death OF Adelaide M Ide, the daugh-
ter of Henry C. Ide, ex-chief justice Of
Samoa, recalls pretty incident of her
childhood When she went with her father
to Samoa she was little girl, and became
great favorite with Robert Louis Steven
son, the author, who lived there She was
born on Feb 20, and consequently she
grieved greatly because she d4d not hay Q
birthdays as often as other girls. Mr.. Ste
venson, noting her disappointment, declared
that he would give her his own birthday
and he drew up legal document deciding 1t
to her.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning is described
ny I%OCheI i%dlHpSOL, way NOllAASSilSGS,
as follows: Her physique was peculiar;
curls like the pendant ears of a water span
iel and poor. little ha ads. so thin that when
she welcomed you she gave you something
like the foot of a young bird; the hand that
made her great had not made her fair. But
she had striking eyes and we forget any
physical shortcomings; they were entirely
lost sight of in what may call her incom-
parable sweetness-I might almost say af-
fectionateness,,just as while we are reading
it we lose sight of the incompleteness of
her poetrE-its lack of artistic control"
The happiest heart that ever beat
Was in some quiet breast
That found the common daylight sweet,
And left to heaven the rest.
John Vance Cheney
There was a time when Clarence
Called Genevieye his baby;
You think he doesn't do so now
Because they're married, maybe.
To tell the truth that is the cause,
'Tis fateS old. hoary hoax
He never calls her "baby" now,
For they married other folks
-..--. Cleveland Leader.