The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-13

his wife and told her about it. when she re-
called the fact of the money having been
changed
Two women walked down Meridian street
last week, and the subject of the articles.
trash and otherwise. that people keep as
reminders or for the sake of their dead was
discussed. One told OF a house that she
had visited where the daughter of the house
had been an artist at that period of art his
tory when shovels. bread bowls. dustpans
and other things Of that class were deco
rated with pictures and were placed in
prominent places in the best rooms. This
called to mind memory bottle the other
had seen in country house where she had
been . guest. The bottle was large one
for wine. 1t had been covered with rather
deep layer OF putty. and into this various
things were fastened There were toys that
had belonged to the baby that had gone,
and there were broken vases, parts of
brooches some member of the family had
all OF which had belonged to members Of
the family who had been called to another
world. The climax in variety was reached,
however, when she turned TO the other side
of the bottle, and there. stuck fast in the
putty, was the set Of false teeth the grand
mother had worn and Which the family
thought too much of TO bury with the old
lady.
The first frost of the season brought out
two kinds OF women. One was the woman
who takes care of her own plants. At the
first sign Of frost she was out in the yard
experimenting or doing the work herself.
Bulbs were taken out and plants pulled up
and placed in safe places for the winter, or
the vines were torn down and the place
made neat. The man who haulS trash was
called in to carry off the withered refuse.
The other kind OF woman was the one who
is never seen doing any work out of doors;
but the temptation TO sweep off the fallen
leaves was too much for her, and. with
broom in hand ana roses in her face, she
cleared the lawn Of every unwary leaf.
It was before millinery shop on West
Washington street. where numerous people
were waiting for a car. one evening re-
Gently, and the window was filled with the
new style felt hats each having a single
quill for trimming. A man and woman
sauntered up TO the window, and the man
said, Amy one might know that Thanks
giving is coming by the turkey feathers in
those hats"
Speaking of hats with the single feather
recalls another incident lady was walk
running towards her a man minus a coat
and hat. He soon caught up with two
women. who had evidently been in his shop.
One had on a hat with the stiff single
feather, and hanging TO it were tape strings
which she had walked off with. Her feath-
er, passing beneath the strings, was strong
enough to pull them off, and the hatless,
cOatless man was out with intent to re-
cover his property.
"I have often wondered at the love OF
woman for man." sad a spinster. Contin-
uing: 81 was passing down the street the
other day and saw man take an affec-
tomato leave of his wife at the door, AS
he reached the pavement near me he emp
tied his mouth Of a big quid of tobacco,
and, opening his coat. he drew out cigar
and match and walked off smoking. l
thought that must have been very sweet
kiss
Has it ever occurred to you how little
care people take of public property" asked
an observing person. II was walking down
town, and it struck me that the curb at
every corner was well worn away by too
close driving. There is no care taken of
things that belong to the city or to other
persons"