The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
A DILEMMA WHICH ToRN-UP NORTH
DELAWARE STREET CAUSED.
Confusion of carriages-Mother Who
Let's Others Care for Her Young
Offspring.

The present condition Of North Delaware
street. from Tenth to Sixteenth, is respon-
sible for the nonappearance of two of the
leading society young people at a church
wedding Wednesday evening. Two young
ladies' on North Alabama street and one on
Meridian decided TO take a carriage and go
70 the wedding and reception together. Net
knowing Of any convenient crossing at Del
aware street, they instructed the transfer
company TO have the coachman wait for
them on Fourteenth street, between Della
ware and Pennsylvania. and remain until
they arrived. The young ladies went to
Fourteenth street and FOUND n carriage.
Giving the coachman instructions as 10
where to go foE the Meridian-street Young
lady, they went off, dressed in their pref
test gowns. Soon after 7 o'clock. the hour
set for the eremony there was a vigorous
ringing Of the telephone bell Of the Merid-
ian-street residence. and the mother of the
Ala0ama-street young ladies asked how the
party was faring. The answer was that
the three had gone to the wedding some
time before. The Alabama-street mother
was puzzled. and explained that the coach
man was at the door at that minute. and
said he had waited for the young ladies but
that none mad arrived, and he wanted 10
know how much longer he should stay. or
words TO that effect. OF course. the mother
became anxious at once. The explanation
only came with the morning.
a beau OF the same locality was TO take
2 leading belle to the wedding and recep-
ton, and his Instructions to the coachman
we're TO wait on Fourteenth street" In
some way the young ladies had gone off in
MS carriage. and when he finally secured
another one IL was too late for the church.
a pretty young mother of a aughter of
eight years who had spent the summer at a
northern resort was talking about some of
her experiences a short time ago, and one
in particular seemed to be more thoroughly
impressed on her memory than any other.
and that was the way some women are will
ing TO let other women take care of their
children for them. She told in particular
or a mother OF this city who enjoys read
ing novels and who would sit on the porch
1ss enIIe morning reading and let her son
self or a nurse and depend upon the mothers
ana nurses OF other children TO attend 10
him. one morning the little fellow fell into
the water, Dut That woman only sat there
anu looked on never making any attempt
70 rescue and apparently having no fear
mat ner son would be dr0wned When some
one spoke 70 her about ii and said. II
should nave thought you would be afraid
ne would be drowned, she only remarked.
On, 1 knew there were a lot of people
there who would pull him put" Through
out the summer that woman had a resffuI
time, paid no hire for a nurse and let the
other people take care of her baby. He
even mad his face and hands washed by
ny mart OF it is that no matter how much
the mothers protested between themselves
ABOUT her lack OF care they paid that child
every attention Tor six consecutive weeks.