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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13
MEANING OF JANUARY.
Some Ancient Lore Concerning the
First Month of the Year.
Buffalo News.

Buffalo News.
q IT'S he! The two-fac'd Janus comes in
view!"
According to mythology, Janus was the
god of gates and avenues, and in that char
acter held key in his right hand and rod
in his left to symbolic his opening and rul-
ing the year; sometimes he bore the number
800 In one hand and 55 in the other the num-
Der of its days in the ancient lunar year.
At other times he was represented by four
heads and placed in a temple of four equal
sides with a door and three windows in
each side, as emblems of the four seasons
and the twelve months over which he pre-
sided.
Verstegan states that the Saxons called
this period wolf monat, or wolf month, be-
PEELED by hunger during the season were
wont to prowl about human habitations
and attack man himself, the inferior ami
mails on whom they usually preyed having
retired or persisted from the inclemency of
the weather. 1t is an established fact that
expanded civilization has moderated the
rigOrS of winter.
The saxons, in more poetical sense.
called it GULL Aftera, or After Yula, sig
nifying latter Christmas" In illuminated
calendars prefixed to missals or service
books January was frequently depicted as
man with fagots or a woodmans axe, shiv-
ering and blowing breath upon his fingers.
Srenser. in his ''Faerie Queene," thus de-
scribes the popular illustration:
"Then came old January. wrapped we'll
In many weeds to keep the cold away.
Yet did he quake and culver, like to quell,
Anu oloW hiS h@Sio9 " warm eiiSii' a. NC
may,
For they were numb'd with holding all the
day
An Ratchet keene with which he fell'd wood
And from the trees did lop the needless
spray.
The gentle loving Charles Lamb, in quiet
differentiation. thus begins one excellent
paper: Every man hath two birthdays:
two days, at least, in every year, which set
him upon revolving the lapse of time as it
affects his mortal duration. The one is that
which, in an especial manner he termeth
his. In the gradual desuetude of old OBJ
servances, this of solemnizing our proper
birthday hath nearly passed away or is left
to children, who reflect nothing at all about
the matter nor understand anything beyond
the cake and orange. But the birth of a
new year is of interest too wide to be disre-
garded by king or cobbler. No one ever
regards the 1st of January with indiffer-
ence IT is that from which all date their
time and count upon what is left. 1t is the
nativity of our common Adam.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13

Mr.. J. Craig, of fremont avenue, is seri-
ously i'll.
Mr.. William Burnett, of Martnsville, ILL.,,
is visiting relatives here.
The La. France Club gave a dancing party
at the Town Hall, Thursday evening.
Mrs William Davis and son left for De-
catur, Ill., where she will make her home.
The Red Men will organize a Pocahontas
lodge Tuesday evening, with a membership
of sixty.
Miss Grace Bloom. of Michigan street,
who has been visiting relatives in Ohio, is
home again.
The Shakspearean Club will meet Monday
evening with Miss Dora Martindale, on Bis
mark avenue.
Rev. Levi Davis, of Charlottesville Ind,
who has been the guest of his parents, has
returned home.
Mrs. Flora May Fawkner, of Michigan
street left for Sioux Falls, S. D.. Friday
her future home
Mrs. Kate Davis, of Traders Point, Ind.
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Lehr, on
Bismark avenue.
The ST. Cecilia Musical Society will meet
with Miss Maud Wood, on Germania ave-
nue., Saturday evening. The society has
adopted the Golden Harp as its badge.
The Young Ladies' Social Union of the
Baptist Church will give a valentine
social at the reading rooms Monday even
ing. The members are to dress as valen-
tines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13

Mrs. B: Kupp. who has been visiting In
Muncie Ind, Is home again.
Mr.. James Tincher,. of Denver, Col, is Wis
iting relatives on Poplar street.
Mrs. j. C. Caskey who has been visiting
in Sydney, o., returned home Saturday
Mrs. August Rust of North Station
street, IS visiting friends and relatives in
Gallon, O..
Miss Ella Reed. of MarysvilIe. Kan, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. w. Fl. O'Neil,
on Poplar street, M
Mrs. w. W. Reynolds, of North Station
street, entertained the Ladies Aid Society
Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Benjamin Wilson will address the
noon at o'clock.
Mr.. Henry Karbo and family. of Los An
geles. Cal, is the guest of relatives on
East Willow street.
Miss Gertrude Rogers and pupils. will give
an entertainment Feb, 81, for the benefit Of
the congregational Church.
The members of the Congregational Sun
day School elected Mrs Murray superin-
tendent of the Sunday School
Mr.. Patrick Marks, of South Brightwood
he expects to make his home.
Miss Alice Merle Cox, of NATION. Ill, is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Traub, on South Station street.
The members of the Congregational
Church gave a surprise party at the home
of Mr.. J. X. Miller, on Depot street, Friday
evening
The fades Aid Society of the Congrega-
tional Church met Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs NJ. e. Hinch, on North Sta
ton street.
The new engine house will be ready for
occupancy by Tuesday. Capt: Fred Browner
is stationed here. The building has all the
latest improvements.
Pleasant Lodge, knights and Ladies of
Honor, attended a union meeting yesterday
evening at the Indianapolis Lodge Hail.
on Virginia avenue.
The Christian Endeavor of the Congrega-
tional Church will give a valentine social
at the home of Mr.. William Putnam, on
Poplar street, Tuesday evening.
The r. r. Y. Nj C. A. viii give recep-
ton to women Friday evening, Feb is.
There will be- a musical programme and
light refreshments will be served.
The services at the Methodist Church VIII
be at 1920 O'clock this morning and l:30 this
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the curve is not so marked. GarIands and
torches are the principal ornaments used.
There is no newell post at the bottom of
the stairs The railing ends in a rams
horn, after the manner of the ratings of
the Louis XIV period. The general design
is wonderfully chaste and simple The gold
plating will enhance its classic beauty. Sew
eral skilled artisans are now devoting their
time to fashioning the patterns from block
tin. The railing will be cast and plated at
the foundry of the John Williams Company,
on West Twenty-seventh street. The vari-
Gus parts of the design have been made of
block tin. The soft metal is placed upon a
wooden form and bent to the required
curve. After this model is completed
mold will be made from it and the ratings
will be cast in brass. Then there will be
the tedious process of cleaning and prepar-
ing the brass for plating. This splendid or
nament will cost thousands of dollars. A
be built for the price of it. When it is
placed in position the hallway of the house
at Lakewood will remind one of the de-
scriptions of the splendors of ancient pal
aces.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13

The garden beds / wandered by
One bright and cheerful morn.
When l found a new-hedged butterfly
A-sitting a thorn,
A black and crimson butterfly
All doleful and forlon.
I though that life could have no sting
To infant butterflies,
SO I gazed on this unhappy thing
With wonder and surprise.
While sadly with his waving wing
He wiped his weeping eyes.
Said 7, what can the matter be?
Why weepest thou so sore?
With garden fair and sunlight free
And flowers in goodly store p
But he only turned away from me
And burst into a roar.
Cried he. MY legs are thin ard few,
Where once had a swarm,
Soft fuzzy fur-a jov to view
once kept my body warm,
Before these Tapping wing-things grew
To hamper and deformr'
At that outrageous bug shot
The fury OF mine eye;
Said I, in scorn all burning hot
In rage and anger high,
You ignominious IDIOT
Those wings are made 10 ny!"
Il do not want to fly" said he
Il only want TO squirm.
And he dropped his wings dejectedly,
But still his voice was firm;
81 do not want to be a fly!
want to be worm!'
Oh yesterday of unknown lack!
To-day of unknown bliss,
/ left my fool in red and black.
The last / saw was this,
The creature madly climbing back
Into bis ehrysalis.
Charlotte Perkins Stetso
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13
GoULD,s GOLDEN STAIRS.
A Thing of Marvellous Beauty in His
Lakewood House.

Lakewood House.
New York Herald.
Gold has been used in house decoration
but here is something which, in splendor,
exceeds anything ever seen in an American
house-a gold-plated railing. The railing of
the spiral stairway and the balcony in
George J. Gould's new house at Lakewood
will be plated with the most precious of all
metals. Much has been written about the
splendors of this palace which the young
millionaire is building down there among
the pines. The foremost architects and art
lists have contributed to It, but this stair rail
and balcony will surpass anything of the
kind ever attempted in this country. There
are legends OF palaces where the soft light
was reflected from lamps of solid gold and
shades of alabaster. This dwelling down at
Lakewood will equal in splendor the pal
the Arabian Nights" Aladdin might have
pictured such a hallway as that which
forms the entrance of the house at Lake
wood. No slave of the lamp could have
called into being so splendid an apartment
as the hallway of this modern palace.
There are many beautiful stair rails or
wrought and polished iron in the houses of
New Yorks millionaires. Some of these
rails have gold plated ornaments. The stair
these, for it is gold plated from the nrst
step of the stairs to the last wreath OF the
balcony front In design the staircase , ltsef
may be seen in some of the old New york
houses stairs which are similar to 1t. 1t
used to be said that stair building was
lost art The stairway in Mr. Gould's house
is a constant REPUTATION of this theory. The
race Of stair builders has certainly not be-
come extinct if there are men who can
still design and build such marvels Of art.
Even If the rail of this stairway were
not gold plated the light and airy structure
which leads to the second floor of the house
at Lakewood would attract the eye of the
artist
Workrnen have been busy upon the stair
rail for several months, and II will be a
month longer before the rail will be ready
for the plating process. In design this. re-
markabIe ornament of the millionaires
hallway closely follows the style of Louis
XIV Bruce Price, the architect, has not
followed the style slavishly. There are some
variations which may be noticed by the
close student of architecture.
Both the rail of the stairs and the balcony
along the second floor are the same in de-
sign. The balcony itself rests upon four
classic pillars, and the space between these
supports is filled with the graceful railing.
There are four sections in the balcony, all
OF the same design. The panels curve
gracefully outward. and they look not I'M
like the fronts of opera boxes, except that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13

Sam Demands and Dan McAvoys Broad
way Burlesquers will be at the Empire for
the first half of this week, beginning Mon
day afternoon The company includes a
number of well-known high-class vaudeville
and burlesque performers. and the pro-
gramme to be presented is said to be inter-
esting. 1t will begin with single-act sketch
entitled Summer Nights" which will in
troduce all the members of the company
embracing a chorus of pretty girls. New
songs are advertised and the women will
wear handsome costumes. There will be a
representation of Madison-square Garden,
beautifully Illuminated, and 1t is said to be
very pretty. The olio win include the clever
song and dance team, McAvoy and May
who are prime favorites in this city The
three Dunbar sisters, this being their first
visit to this city, will be a novelty. Gilbert
also appear. and the Mitchell sisters, vocal
lists, Will contribute songs. The Judges are
one of the features of the bill The per-
Torrance will conclude with a novel burr
by Fred Solomon, 1t being take-oH on
"'rhe Girl from Paris" This burlesque is
said to be particularly good. Dick Bernard
will assume the principal role, assisted by
nard is a brother of Sam, and q comedian
of the same class.
Miacos City Club Company will play a
return engagement the last half of the week
at the Empire. Several changes have been
made in the programme, it is said. since its
presentation the early part of the season,
and the show is spoken of as being strong
as ever. The speciality list includes Lew
Palmer, Bert Leslie and Carrie Fulton, Dick
and Mcfarland and Nellie Waters. TWO
burlesques viii be presented.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13

The Rossow Midgets Star Speciality Com
pany will be the attraction for the next
three days at the Park Theater, commence
ing tomorrow afternoon. Those diminutive
midgets will be the principal feature, and
their performance is decidedly amusing as
well as entertaining. They are wonderful
little fellows, and possessed of remarkable
muscular development The best thing they
do is the three-round boxing contest, in
which they appear as Corbett and Fitzsim-
mons. The Rossows are great favorites
here. Their big brother-iil-law carries them
into the theater, one OH each hand. They
are now aged twenty and twenty-three
years respectively, weigh seventeen and
twenty-siX pounds, and stand twenty-six
and thirty inches high. The rest of the per-
Torrance is made up. of vaudeville acts, as
follows: Carr and Mcleod, musical team;
Mile. Chalet. an elastic wire artist who
was never in America until this season;
Daley and Hilton, a travesty team; the
La Verde sisters in songs and dances; Tom
Mack, in black-face act; Frey and Fields,
in ventriloquial turn; Her, Burke and Nc
Donald acrobatS and c0ntortioniStS; Harry
Howard, assisted by Professor Abt, III
repertoire of new illustrated songs. Several
novelties are introduced in this programme,
notably Miss Alice Way as a. dancing doll
and Daley and Hitton's burlesque on San
dow.
Darkest America is coming to the Park
the last half of the week. There is charm,
a catchiness, in the negro melodies of the
sunny South possessed by no other music.
Darkest America has many sweet sing
and camp-meeting shouters. and the
music is said to be of the kind that touches
the popular fancy. The scenery and stage
effects are said to be llginal The pleas
urable paStines, the superstitionS of voodoo
worship, the home life of the negro in the
South, are all portrayed in Darkest Amer
lea" In the fourth act is given rendition
of popular opera. Darkest America" pre-
sents a scene showing the gambling procliv-
tiles of the colored frequenterS of the "Rab-
bit 'S-fOOt saloon"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13
Fanny Davenport's Engagement.

Sardou's Cleopatra" and La Tosca' will
be Fanny Davenport's repertory at Eng
lish's the first half of next week, when she
returns to Indianapolis for her annual en-
gagement. 1t has been number of years
since Miss Davenport has played either of
these pieces, but theater-goers will remem-
Der the gorgeous manner in which the pro-
auctions were staged and their revival has
turned-out to be more popular than her new
production of "Joan," which has been def
nitely shelved Miss Davenport's supporting
company is still headed by Melbourne Mac
Dowell. The advance sale will open at Eng
lishs next Thursday morning. Cleopatra
will be given on Monday and Tuesday nights
with liz. Tosca' the Wednesday night bill.
There will not be a matinee
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13
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Paper Matches.


New York Ledger.
The DAYS of the old-fashioned wooden
match are said to be numbered. Matches
are 10 be made of paper. BY new process
the paper is cut in strips about half an inch
wide. These are drawn through and sat-
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They are then rolled into tubes and cut the
length of ordinary matches and dipped in
the PHOSPHORUS to form the head, which is
lighted by striking in the same fashion as
the ordinary wooden match 1t is predicted
that the matchmaking industry Will be en-
tirely revolutionized by this new method.
The matches are very much lighter, and are
thought TO be more reliable than the old
sort. Paper Of various kinds will be en-
ployed that made from wood pulp being
better adapted for this purpose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13

Leslie's Weekly.

table has recently been printed showing
that the amount Of money left for chart
table or benevolent purposes by testators
throughout the United States during the
wear 1897 aggregated the enormous total of
$l4374 500. or s., 900, 600 in excess of similar
requests for the preceding year. OF the
total, S6,2040 900 was designated to be used
sionaryS purposes, and 1892 600 for the
spread of education. OF the missionary con-
tributions more than 81 100000 went TO the
Episcopal Church. nearly 100000 to the Con-
gregational, 600 to the Baptist, $3.50, 600
TO the Presbyterian. $24l 600 To the Roman
Catholic, and only $S7 GOO 10 the Methodist
church. though the last mentioned is con-
sdered to be one of the most energetic in
the home and foreign missionary field. Who
shall say that we are not generous peopiey
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13

MY lady, with an old-time grace
Sends me valentine to-day,
A miniature of her dear face
With eyes so true and wondrous gray.
All, lady mine. the world grows old.
And mems hearts steel with care and strife,
And in the race for fame and gold
There's little time for love or life.
And yet, ambitions but a name. -hess
And gold, tbs but the misers sign; e'iei ss-
/ envy no man wealth or fame ~o/
While you my true valentine ftsg.e,
H. Wilson, in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13
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J. Z. Buckley, chief clerk National Hotel.
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-23

George Scribbler had saved up $50 with
which he intended to buy a Christmas
present for his wife and toys and candies
for the babies. He took the money from
his writing desk the day before Christmas
and started out to make his purchases
So cngrossed was he with thoughts of
what he intended to buy that he did not
observe two Light fingered" gentlemen,
one of whom jostled against him in tho
crowded street, while the other one neatly
extracted his purse from his pocket with
the $50 which he had pinchcd himself SO
much TO save.
He went into one of the largsstores of
the CITY, selected the goods he wanted and
felt for the money to pay for them. The
pocketbook Of course was gone. He felt
hurriedly in every pocket, but there was
no trace of the wallet. Like a flash he re-
membered the man who had jostled against
him and recalled how queerly he acted.
His pocket had been picked He felt for
his watch. Luckily the pickpockets had
not secured that.
"Put those things on the shelf for lit
tie WHILE he said, land will return for
them
That wife and the little ones got their
Christmas presents that year, and pawn
broker in Sixth avenue had this entry on
his hooks:
George Scribbler, gold watch, $50"
Exchange