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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29

insurgents The foregoing is my firm con-
viction. because ] have seen and observed
the events which ] narrate and have dwelt
ron the list day OF July the Americans
fought. as ! have stated, without protec-
ton and with truly admirable courage, but
they did not fight again as they did that
day They intrenched themselves and set
up their artillery as fast as they received
1t. and did not again come out from behind
their fortihcations. Did they think on that
first day that all they had to do was to
attack our soldiers en- masse to put them
to flight? God knows
1T was difficult to convince them that
only so men had been defending FL Caney
for ten hours. When doubt was no longer
possible their admiration had no limits.
When they entered Santiago de Cuba, the
American soldiers and ours looked upon
each other without any prejudice or 1eal-
ousy, perhaps because they knew that both
had fought like brave men, and whenever
the Americans saw one Of our men of the
TWenty-ninth (the number of the battalion
Constitution which had defended the city,
and has been referred 10 so many tlmes)
they would call him. look at him. and treat
him with great admiration, wondering, per-
haps, how so simple soldier could DO such
great things.
The men of the Twenty-ninth, known to
have done something worth DOING were
loved and Toasted by every one and spent
whole hours with the Americans. who did
not understana them, but applauded every
thing they said, on the assumption, perhaps,
that he who Is brave must also be bright.
incidents like these ] saw not once, but
a hundred times, and they have made me
believe and say what have stated. ! may
be mistaken, but l do not believe II, be-
cause have also noticed that the Yankees
treat the insurgents, although they are
their allies, very differently. Besides, /
am only citing facts, and any one can con-
strue them to his own satisfaction.
From the foregoing, it is reasonable to
believe that when $40 men maintained them
selves at FL Caney for ten hours, and $50
at San Juan for four hours If Escario could
have been there that day. so that there had
been 5000 men more in our lines, neither
FL Caney nor San Juan would have been
lost. though attacked by almost the whole
hostile army
General Lnares surrendered the COM
mand to General Toral.
In the battle of July 1 General Rubin,
who commanded the forces of San Juan and
POrtillO del Caney, had his horse killed
under him at the latter place at . O'clock
p. m"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29
Fashion Notes.

A new fad in French jewelry is a flexible
chain of gold with pearl set in each end
This is wound around the necktie and tied
in d bow as if it were ribbon.
There are a few safe predictions as to
coming fashions which tell us that the
summer sleeves will be quite tight that the
sheathlike skirt will be tighter than ever,
and that ruff1es, except for thin Materials
will disappear altogether.
Four-in-hand scarfs, with very long ends
that reach the belt, will this spring be worn
with smart tailor-made shirt waists of fancy
silk, faille, silk-dotted French mohair, etc.
The scarfs are of plain satin and black,
white, and coors will all be found among
the varieties displayed
In new trimmings anything which has a
scalloped edge embroidered in the old-fash-
Toned manner will be very popular. and ruff
lhngs OF TINS sort with enbroidered edges
are among the spring trimmings. Fringes,
too seem TO be gaining in favor. Neck
scarfs and fichus are edged with fringe, and
cloth gowns display a single or double row
of deep silk fringe across the front.
Long lace sleeves are still worn in even
ing gowns, but the elbow sleeve is more
and more Favored as the season advances.
House gowns and theater waists are fitted
with this sort of sleeve and dressy evening
gowns as well. Sometimes it is single loose
puff, finished with a lace frill; again it is
three close-fitting puffs with narrow bands
of velvet between, or made of heavy lace,
fitting the arm closely.
The\ shawlshaped cape was one of the
seasons ventures into the realm of modes
WHICH uIu IiOl DI4liS any ldSliEB results, as
it was extremely ugly and unbeeoming.
However, we are threatened with real
shawls again If rumor, is correct. Crepe
shawls with Persian borders and fringed
edges are the special kind revived. Silk
shawls in scarf shape are here again, and
anything in the way of a japanese shawl is
recommended for summer wear when soft
clinging things make charming wraps.
A dainty huffiness about the neck, pro-
duced by plaitings of white lace or chiffon
internringled with outstanding loops of very
black ribbon 10 bc-
coming to women with slender threats and
faces, and this same decoration will soften
and Improve the appearance OF a natured
of neck dressing is accorded the greatest
favor by French dressmakers, and the deft
arrangement of the lace and ribbon can be
greatly varied, but rather long, lightly ar
ranged loops look far better than either
choux or heavy clustered rosettes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29

lighted New Yorlz's society leader that she
ordered the china at once, with instructions
to add the Aston crest and her own mono
gram. Though the dishes reached America
last summer, they have only been seen by a
chosen few, the honored guests at Mrs.
Astor's first formal dinner, given but few
weeks ago. Mrs. Aston has added another
servant to her already large reunue,
woman whose sole duty is to care for these
valuable dishes.
The china is rich cream white in tint with
a slightly scalloped edge. Close to the rim,
traced in glittering gold, is the famous star
scattered Aston crest. Below the crest and
encircling each plate is band OF gold, then
a band of brilliant red, bordered by another
cleaning gold line, and then, stu further
down in the plate, directly under the crest,
are the golden letters &C. A. Caroline
Astor) wrought into an artistic monogram.
The SOUP dishes are large and deep, meas
Uring ten inches in diameter. The plates
are slightly smaller in size. The platters
are oblong in shape and are square at the
ends rather than rounded. The three-cor-
rered dishes are all the same size. The
china is not only remarkable for its fabu-
lous cost but for the simplicity of its de-
sign. The care Of 1t is a story ali of itself.
Not one Of the PIP pieces is ever allowed to
touch the other, so brittle are these Won
derfully costly plates. A china closet has
been specially built to hold them, and eacn
dish is always put in a niche of its own
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29
WorIsing Girrs sociaI Problem.

Jane Adams, in the February Atlantic.
The girl who has a definite social stand
ing, who has been TO a fashionable school
or to a college, whose family live in house
seen and known by all her friends and asso-
ciates, can afford to be very simple or even
shabby as to her clothes if she likes. But
the working girl, whose family lives in a
tenement or moves from one small apart
ment to another, who has little social stand
ing, and has to make her own place, knows
full well how much habit and style of dress
have to do with her position Her income
goes into her clothing out of all proportion
to that which she spends upon other things
But if social advancement is her aim, it is
the most sensible thing which she can do
houSe-furniShing with it's pitiful decorations
her scanty supply of books are never seen
by the people whose social opinions she most
values. Her clothes are her background,
and from them she is largely judged. 1t is
due to this fact that girls clubs succeed
best in the business part OF town, where
upon an equal footing, and where the
clothes specifically look very much alike.
these downtown clubs to eat lunch and
rest at noon, TO study all sorts of subjects
and listen to lectures, when they might
hesitate a long time to join club identi-
fled with their own neighborhood where
they would be judged not solely on their
personal merits and the unconscious social
other surroundings which are not nearly
up to these. For the same reason, girls
clubs are infinitely more difficult 10 organ
ize in little towns and villages, where
every one knows every one else, just how
the front parlor is furnished, and the
amount of mortgage there is upon the house
In some very successful downtown
clubs the home address is not given at ALL
and only the business address is required
Have we worked out our democracy in re-
gard to clothes farther than in regard TO
anything else?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29
Women and Language.

New York Times,
The French professor claims that women
learn his language much quicker than men,
that they appear to have a better ear, and
pick up the pronunciation and accent much
easier, and also learn to read and write in
the language more quickly. There is some
thing, he admits, though, and that is that
many of his men students are business men
whose heads are full of their business and
who take in the lessons in the evening when
they are not fresh for study. The coming
French exposition in 1900 is doing much to
increase the number of French students in
this country. Many are beginning the study
this year and many more will go to work
next year. But Americans like to do things
so quickly" says the French professor. 1T
Is all very we'll in some. things but not in
mence to study until next year will find,
when they go to the exposition, that they
are not quite qualified to get the best of
everything. Then they will wish that they
had put in three months more of study"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29

New York Commercial Advertiser.
1.-The only good word l can say for the
trailing street skirt is that it has taught
women to hold up their skirts more grace
fully than they have ever done before,
said woman who was tramping along
Twenty-third street yesterday with her
voluminous gown tucked neatly into folds
at one side and held high enough above the
ground to show an expanse of pink and
black petticoat that exactly matched the
tints of her velvet toque. Before we wore
these absurd dust-SweepiDg, Elicrobe-col-
lectlng trains we used to pick up our skirts
when we crossed the streets or came upon
puddle. Did you ever watch twenty
women pass wet spot on the sidewalk or
go over crossing on a rainy day? My dear,
1t is the greatest advantage of corner
house. To sit in a corner window for one
afternoon and take notes on the one hum
dred wrong ways Of holding up skirts is an
education that Delsarte or PaQuIn would
charge thousands of dollars for The short,
tight skirt was almost impossible to hold
up comfortably, the full skirt was impossi-
BILE to hold up neatly unless one had the
ways practical and equal to emergencies
used two hands gathering up the skirt
gracefully at either side and thus lifting
ticoats are perfect, and her little mincing
glide is well adapted to the tucked-up frock.
Fancy the long, tramping stride of the attn
let1c woman beneath a gathered-up dress!
l am not complaining Of the look OF the
trailing skirts now in fashion. They are
graceful and becoming. But when one picks
them up no one knows whether they hang
well or not, and if one let's them trail they
wear a dust border in fifteen minutes. They
may be charming in Paris where the streets
are clean but as well-dressed French wom-
en- walk about as much as do the wives or
first-rank mandarins. L don't see the great
advantage of the long trains for outdoor
wear
But, as 1 said before, the fashion has its
compensations. Look at that woman ahead
of u.s. See how neatly and easily she keeps
that trail above the ground and out OF the
way of her feet, too. She doesn't drag the
petticoat up with it. either, and she doesn't
hold the skirt too high on one side and let
it drag in the dust on the other side. That's
system and science and grace combined.
Before the trailing skirt came into vogue
she probably clutched her dress into
bunch that waggled as she walked, cramped
her arm by holding it too far back and
dragged the flounces off her petticoat in
her efforts to escape puddles and mud. The
logic of a trailing skirt held up is not quite
clear to me, but one thing 1 do know, and
that is that it has cured scores of women
of their most awkward mannerism''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29

New York Post.
A florist advises, as a means Of preserving
the freshness of cut flowers. that any enc
which shows signs of fading should be
quickly taken away from the bunch. One
dying blossom will quickly infect the Others
Cut flowers, too, ought never to stand where
the sun shines directly upon them 1t is a
mistake, also, in putting flowers in the re-
frigeratOr to keep for the few hours before
using to have them come in contact with the
ice. This caution seems almost unneceS-
sary, but experience proves that thoughtless
persons, imbued only with the idea that
flowers should be in cool place, will lay
the blossoms on the ice itself, which freezes
them. They can be wrapped in a wet paper
or damp cotton and put in the lower part of
the iceboX, though too serious chilling, even
without reaching the freezing point, makes
them droOp very rapidly when brought into
heated air. Probably the greatest onemy
of cut flowers is gas, and # one is trying to
preserve a bunch for several days they
should be removed TO an UnIgh:ed room as
darkness deScendS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29

been taken at 6, of wine % and of spirits at
50 of pure alcohol The strength of each Of
these beverages varies greatly. but it is
thought that these averages do not form an
over-estimate. The amount consumed per
head is stated in English imperial gallons.
Many of the details are curious and i'm por-
tant but have only space for the facts as
to the consumption of intoxicants by those
nations of which there are complete returns
The American consumption per head of the
population is ,232 gallons, the Hungarian p
OPS. the British 2.447. the German $500 the
Belgian 3,S15 the Swiss 49lS and the French
S606. These figures destroy many theories.
The French are the greatest consumers of
alcohol in Europe and the consumption is
so much on the Increase as to be a source
of alarm TO her rulers and patriots. The
official figures do no5 give the full facts for
there is a considerable local consumption Of
VINE which is not taxed and is therefore
not taken into account On the other hand
ii must be remembered that with the French
wine and with the Germans beer forms
part OF many meals. and is therefore used
as genuine food adjunct and not FOR mere
cOnViVIality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29
That $1,000 Inkstand.

".
One of the emouments of the Vice Presi-
dent OF the United States is found in the
portable furnishings of his room at the
capitol. On his retirement, custom entities
him to take with him all the souvenirs ne
can lug off, including inkstands, clocks, sta
uonery, and other portables. This adds
special interest to the fact that silver ink
stand costing 81 600, miniature of the Cap
itol. has just been placed upon the Vice
Presidents desk, for him to make way with
on his retirement II is a curious fact that
firing mayor of the city Of New York to
take with him the inkstand which orna-
mented his desk and which was faithfully
replaced every year by one of the prornf-
nent CITY contractors. This inkstand was
always quite expensive and was a pleas
ant souvenir. Ex-Mayor Hugh ]. Grant
take with him his inkstand and left it for
his successor. This broke the precedent
and ii has not been renewed There is an
opportunity at Washington for another bad
precedent to be broken
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29

Special.

washington Special
Mrs. William Astor has recently paid a
fortune for some dishes. She has given in
return for a mere set of china 5000 Amer
lean dollars. There are 212 pieces in all. each
of which is worth almost its weight in gold.
Mrs. Aston now owns the most costly china
in America. This 10000 set of CHINA was
originally intended for royalty. The china
was made in the famous Royal Nielsen fac
tory. in Dresden, and sample was sent to
Mrs. Astor when she was In Paris last
March. The plate sent on approval 50 de-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29

London Letter in Philadelphia Inquirer.

London Letter in PhiIadelphia Inquirer.
And now let me say with a thrill of ma
tional pride, that on very high authority it
has been declared that "the Americans are
the most temperate people in the civilized
world" Concerning the amount OF alcohol
which the various nations drink in the course
of a year some definite and authoritative
data has been compiled by the Board of
Trade and published by order Of the House
OF Commons.
The different strength of alcoholic bever-
ages renders comparison difficult. One MAJ
ton affects wine, another beer, q third spir-
its. Hence, it Is necessary in an attempt TO
compare the rates Of alcoholic consumption
that all these intoxicants should be reduced
to q common form and IN the tables mem
toned the alcoholic strength OF beer has
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29
Knowing.

One summer day TO a young child said:
Write TO thy mother. boy With earnest face
And laboring fingers all unused to trace
The mystic characters, he bent his head
Chat should have danced amid the flowers In
stead
Over the blurred page for half-hours space
Then, with a sigh that burdened all the place
Cried, Mamma knows'' and out to sunshine
sped.
o soul Of mine, when tasks are hard and long,
And life crowds thee with its stress and strain
That thou, half~fainting, art too tired TO pray,
Drink thou this wine Of blessing and be strongl
God knows! What though the lips be dumb with
pain
Or the pen drops? He knows what thou wouldst
say.
Julia c. r. Dorr.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29
,rhen She yielded.


NTIICdsU NUNS.
tAh!" sighed the widow. how do
know that you do not wish TO marry me
simply for my money!
tDarlings cried the man, who was
young enough to be her son. have I not
written poetry for the magazines2 And did
you ever hear OF q poet who allowed money
matters to enter into his calculaticns?ss
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-29
A Wise Young Mother.

Chicago News.
Why is it that you Ike your sister
Maud's children so much better than your
sister Grace's? The latter seem to be very
bright--more so than the others"
YES they are; but Maud has never
taught her little ones to speak pieces.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-06-01
Watch for SwindIing Peddlers.

The following interesting account
from the Corning UnionR Republican
should be a warning for all the farm
ers in Iowa to be on the lookout for
sharpers in the guise of peddlers:
A suit which will attract considera-
BILE attention and which may be pro-
ductive of much good will be tried be-
fore Mayor Moore Friday afternoon
at o'clock. 1t is brought by a ped
dler against Joseph Houck, of Carbon,
to recover the value of a lot Of dry
goods. The plaintiff belongs to the
gang of peddlars who have been work
ing this county and he sold a bill of
goods amounting to $65 to Houck. The
latter claims the stuff was not as rep
resented and returned 1t to the hotel
in this city where the men had been
stopping. 1t is said that a number Of
farmers have been bitten by these ped
dlers and that some of them expressed
dissatisfaction with the goods. In
some instances, we understand, they
were led to believe that the goods
would be made up into suits and dress
es without charge, when. as a matter
of fact, there was an extra charge for
this. In other cases the goods has
not measured according to representa-
ton and it is no doubt true that every
man who has bought from these ire
SpOnsble peddlers has been cheated
We have not been able to get an item
lied bill of the goods sold, but we have
no doubt at all that any merchant in
Corning would be glad to duplicate it
at the price asked, provided the pay
ment was made in cash or with good
note. and the purchase was as large
as is the case with these peddlers. Be-
sides that, one who signs a note for a
stranger runs the risk of having it turn
up with the figures increased. The
trial Friday may do some good by
opening the eyes of farmers, among
whom these fellows operate, to the fact
that they are not only sending their
money away, but that they are also
being defrauded every time they buy
of this class of people. The home mer-
chant has not big livery bills to pay
and not hotel bills, and he can sell
goods as cheap as these peddlers, and
at the same time buyers will know that
goods are as represented and will run
no risk of being defrauded in any way.
Let the peddlers alone. 1t is their
business to skin people and they know
how to do it if they once find buyer
for their stuff Since the above was
written and in type we learn that the
suit has been dismissed by the plain
| tiff
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-06-01
President MAY Visit Omaha.

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
Carter of Montana said today that
the president had promised to make a
trip through the Yellowstone National
Park this summer and now that Ad-
miral Dewey will not reach the Unit
ed States before October 1, the presi-
dent will arrange lis western trip at
once, leaving here about July 1. st.
Paul will entertain the president and
Omaha, it is expected, will be inc]ud-
ed in his itinerary. Secretary Wilson
of the agricultural department said
this afternoon that it was his inten-
ton to make the trip with the r"esi-
dent should he go to the Pacific coast,
and otherwise he would 60 to the Pa
cifc coast alone.