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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

brought with them the more academic
atmosphere of their homes. And as for
their names. they should be charitable. as
they will be when they are older, and re-
fleet that perhaps the lecturer is afflicted
with the all too common failing. that Of
forgetting the names even of ones best
friends.
There Is, however. lesson in the Incl
dent. If those young women had not In
sisted on attending Chicago University.
but had contented themselves with seek
ing instruction in the more modest but not
less useful institutions of learning in In
diana, they would not only not have been
shocked by the professional use of slang,
but would, according to recent writer's.
have had the privilege of association with
people who speak the English tongue in
greater purity than elsewhere in the United
States. AS IT is. they can only protect
their speech from degeneration by special
effort, but they should not be too hard on
the teacher. He undoubtedly means well.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

A number Of veterans of the war for the
Union were in town the past week attend
ing an annual meeting. To them the SOL
diers' and sailors monument was a most
imposing structure. They walked about 1t
and commented upon it's proportions and
it's design in words of admiration. Some of
them are men who have been about the
world, and one of them is officially con-
nected with the work Of the Gettysburg
commission, consequently they could speak
Of the different features of the work with
intelligence. 1t can be said that they COM
mended all of the designs and figures which
have been the subject Of adverse criticism
In the newspapers. One Of them, resident
of one of the larger States of the East. de-
clared that no State in the Union had so
emphasized the greatest event in a nations
life as has Indiana In this monument. 1.-THE
State has," he said. put in the foreground
for all time the struggle which saved this
Nation; it has made the part which a
proud and patriotic State took in that crisis
the great event in it's history"
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MIR. Robert Grant, Boston gentleman
whose profession is the law and whose in
cidental occupation is the production of
literature, mostly of a very readable sort,
seems TO cherish special animosity toward
the new woman" as she presents herself
TO bis view. In Selma White. the heroine,
or. TO be more exact. the leading character.
of his recent novel. he has portrayed what
is evidently. to his mind. a typical woman
OF the time-one of the sort which modern
conditions and feminine acknowledgements
tend 10 create. She is a woman of shall
low, selfish nature, with a OF edu-
cation but no genuine culture or refine
ment. yet possessing the utmost confidence
in her own intellectual abilities and an am
bition to shine in a social way and to come
prominently before the public. an ambition
10 which she sacrifices two husbands and
would sacrifice the third but that he is as
lacking in conscience and the sense of
honor as herself and is ready to fall in
with her schemes She belongs to clubs
Of various kinds. lectures in public. is a
promoter of reform movements. etc.-all
for the purpose of advancing her own in
terests-and is altogether a pushing. pre-
tentious, vulgar, offensive person. AS he
describes her she has not redeeming
trait. and just here his portrait fails TO be
realistic or typical. for the unmitigated
villain, male or female. Is a rare person
age in actual life and exists chiefly in cheap
meIodrama. Mr.. Grant is so intolerant
of her, in fact, that he almost succeeds.
Internationally, in creating a degree OF
sympathy FOR her in the readers mind.
His Interior purpose is evidently to show
the dangerous influence OF the latter-day
freedom upon women in general. but ne
overshoots his mark too far to be very
convincing. No doubt modern conditions
do give ambitious women a chance for
prominence and notoriety which was never
open to their class before. and for which
their merits do not necessarily qualify
them: but It does not follow. as the author
would evidently imply. that all women
brought to the front AZ club leaders. lee
turers. or reformers are negiecting their
families. encouraging discontsnt among
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

Mr.. William Waldorf Astor's new book.
.'Pharaoh's Daughter and Other Stories"
Is nearly ready for publication.
Tt remains TO be seen whether Miss Mary
Wilkins's approaching marriage, announce
ment of which has just been made. will
change her point of view and cause her
TO discover more agreeable and less flinty
people among her New England neighbors
than those she has typified in her books.
Pronouncing Samuel Richardson
prophet of little education the London
Spectator says that "the steady preoccupa-
ton Of his mind was kind of dramatized
gossip; what he said. what she ought TO
have done. And so curious are the condi-
tions of artistry this was equipment enough
for n genius"
Mrs. John Strange Winter" Stannard
in her new novel. "a Self-made Countess"
shows. IL Is said. a seeming determination
to be offensive as possible 10 Americans.
The Athenaeum rebukes her. saving with
truth: This wholesale abuse Of the citi-
zens OF the United States Is unjust. unwise
and I'm bad taste"
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett is to try her
hand on historical novel. the period be-
ing that OF the revolution. II seems rather
a pity that she should do this Any one
who can write fiction at all can write tho
historical variety. but only the few can de-
pict contemporary life with the charm and
vividness which distinguishes Miss Jevett's
work. Miss wilkins made q mistake when
she abandoned hor eeDecta1 Geld. sn1 ssse
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her for her step. Miss Wilkins's women
friends always warned her not to marry
One Of their multitudinous reasons for
this counsel was that matrimony would
injure Miss Wilkinss work awfully. Of
course, Miss Wilkins does not believe this
at all, and 1 don't either. It's tommyrot
In fact. I honestly believe that 1t will i'm
prove her work. If. indeed. Improvement
is possible. oh, yes, Miss Wilkins intends
to keep on writing even after our mar
rage. She's very fond of writing and
does not consider II work at ALL" If the
expectant husband looks for his wife's
literary Improvement through the inspira-
ton of his own mentality it Is to be feared
that disappointment is his portion 1t is
only charitable. however. to assume, since
the interview is in a New York paper,
that it is largely manufactured and that
the doctor is not really as foolish as he is
made to appear.
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A UNIVERSITY EPISODE.

Professor Thatcher, Of Chicago Uni
versity, has got himself into trouble with
the young women of his classes through
his habit of using slang when addressing
them. 1t is not of record that the young
men under his instruction offer any objec-
tons to his language, but the women who
attend that great institution of learning
are serious-minded persons and cannot
tolerate frivolity or any departure from the
most classic speech. Consequently. when
Professor Thatcher. lecturer on English
history. uses such phrases as "the whole
thing" "a mortgage on the Golfers of the
realm.'' some whale of a knight having a
Scrap" and speaks of a king having a
'.swelled head" or of having kick COM
ing" and Of kings doing ANY old thing
all these. bearing on the sacred theme OF
history, he fills the girls with horror. Be-
sides. IL seems, another cause of Of
Tense, that Professor Thatcher forgets the
young women's names and addresses them
as You, there" or 'Ah. there, you in the
third seat" or even more abruptly as
you" No serious female student could
be expected approve of being called
You, there" and after having stood the
indisnity as long as possible and had their
sensibillties rasped by the slang till endur-
ance ceased to be virtue the aggrieved
ladies prepared this formal protest and
handed 1t to the professor:
We, the undersigned members of your
IL fcsn do
press our disapprovaI and dislike of your
excessive use OF slang In your lectures.
We hereby respectfully request that You
refrain from the of the common and
inelegant expressions which seem to US out
OF place i'm the classroom We also sug-
gest that you learn the names of the men,
not to be compelled to designate whom
you mean by pointing your finger and
shouting Iii. there" YOU" and such
other terms.
If Professor Thatcher does not improve
in his language and his names after this
fierce assault he has more courage and
nerve (begging the young women's par
dom than the average man possesses who
stands before the critical eyes of scorn-
full feminine assemblage.
But there is something to be said on DIR.
Thatcher's side. He lives in Chicago, ard
how can a man rise above his environ
ment and not speak the prevailing vernac-
ular? The university students would talk
slang too II they had lived long enough in
that freo-and-easy city and had not
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FOOtnotes.

When things don't go the way you want them
to, quit resisting. and they will stop and 20 The
other way.
In light housekeeping people sometimes have 10
cut magazine leaves with the can-opener
II Is claimed that woman will purify politics;
IL she really wants a field for beneficial effort
let her first straighten out that dscreditable
exhibition known 1.-The social struggle
The way door keys act up when people are IN
hurry is another small matter which impedss
the spiritual life.
Another beauty OF living In the country IL
that. If you want to. you keep your wood
File on your front porch.
There are several other signs OF high breeding
besides acting as If you have more money than
you know what to do with.
Now and then what we call "tafy'' Is really
only sugar-coated advice
When q small 10y travels on a street car ly
himself he always stands the rear plat
form.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

One of the female editors Of Hearst's
New York Yellowness is crying out In
shrill staccato because Alexander Hamilton
was not admitted to the Hall of Fame. be-
cause, forsooth, washington was bit OF
humbug in some respects; moreover, that
his real and indisputable greatness was in
the field rather than in the executive chair.
That he consulted Hamilton upon every i'm
portant Question-depended on him-is no.
torious, as is the fact of our still existing
and manifold Indebtedness to that greatest
of all great American statesmen" If the
saffron decoction did not know it all. it's
female editor probably would know that
Hamilton was barred from the competition
by reason of his birth in the island of
Nevis, West Indies, and not because he
had to make way for the Father OF His
Country.
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II DR.. Charles Freeman. of Metuchen
N. j.. who is soon to marry Miss Mary
Z. wilkins, the story-writer, talks as a
New York paper represents him as doing.
then DR.. Freeman is. to put 1t mildly. a
chump, and Miss wilkins's friends are
rather than congratulating her on the step
she is about to take. He Is reported as say
ing to an interviewer. in speaking of his
intended bride: II expect that she will
now receive hundreds Of letters from her
women ertsnds and sea1eFs rsueimAndlng
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

In his report OF the Department of Colo
RADIO Gen. III. c. Merriam shows that the
Apache Indians are making great progress
IN the arts of civilization under the pro-
vision which makes them the owners OF
farms. They are becoming good farmers.
and. having occupation. are not restless and
lawless- The wonder is that the unwise
policy OF keeping Indians on reservations
IN idleness continued as long as 1t did with
sts frequent outbreaks. Employment is the
most important thing in life for human
being. white or black. rich or poor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

Archbishop Ireland, who has just returned
from Europe, thinks that Americas part
in the Paris exposition has added greatly
to the commercial standing of the country
resources. Already" he says. "as heard
from exhibitors, strong demand has set
in for the products of her fields and Of her
workshops, and the profits accruing from
such demand more than cover the expenses
of our participation in the exposition
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5..M0DERN FABLES, B, 0eorse Ade.
copyright, 1900, by Robert Howard RUSSELL

laria-the kind that can be put Up I'm Tin.
and sent from Place 10 Place.
You have lived here twenty-seven Years
and you are not afraid TO Die" said tbs
Boston Man. refectively. Il don't blame
you. If had lived here for twenty-seven
Years l would not be afraid 10 Die. either
In fact. 1 think I'd be downright Anxious
TO Die"
But the crafty Biologist die not release
this Body Blow until he was good and sure
that the Train had started 10 move
The Infatuated Native had to take his
chances with a moving Target. SO instead
OF plunking the Man from Boston he naada
a Wing Shot on State Senator who was
riding a Pass.
Still. ii was taking an Awful Chance.
Moral-Home is where the Heart Ia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

Mr.. Booker T. Washington announces
that officials OF the German government
have closed 8 contract with the Tuskegee
school 20 furnish students to introduce and
teach cotton-raising among the natives In
the Gsrman colony on the west coast of
Africa. The movement is an interesting
enc. It shows that the Germans are ad3t.-
ing intelligent means to promote the Ia
tsrial prosperity OF their African colony.
and II may result eventually In producing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

Those who are figuring on 76,OO0.0OO as the
population OF the country make the in
crease the last decade. after deducting the
immigrants. TO be $4,000. which is a very
decided dwindling of the birth rate. The
rate of the increase OF American-born was
81 IS per cent in 1850. in 1880 it was 22.76 per
cent: row II does not promise to exceed Is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

Inc Greensburg woman who was grant
ed divorce from her husband on Friday
and married another man before the clerk
could enter the decree on the records,
probably excused her action on the ground
similar to that put forward by the widow
who married again the next day after her
husbands funeral-"John would never be
any deader-" Recording the divorce would
not put the Greensburg couple any
farther apart
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

1t is said the Typographical Union OF
Chicago has sent out circular to all del
egates, business agents and representatives
of labor unions throughout the country.
asking them to advise the members of
their organizations to vote against Bryan
on the ground that he is opposed to
ganized labor, and Is an unsafe man for
workmen to support. He is an unsafe man
for anybody to support.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

Governor Roosevelfs speaking tour is
drawing TO an end. 1t has been remarkable
IN extent. in rapidity of movement, in test
The Governor has met every requirement
like an old campaigner and professional
speaker. though he is neither. a gratifying
feature of the tour is that he made votes
for his own party
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

In 1876 there were 2.145 Gold Democrats in
Indiana who voted for Palmer and Buck
ner. and probably three times that num-
Der who either voted for Mckinley or did
not vote at ALL Indications are that Nc
Kinley will receive more votes from this
quarter this year than he did four years
ago. and that they will contribute ma
teriaiIy to Mr.. Bryan's defeat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

The Journal acknowledges with thanks the
courtesy of the Sentinel in reprinting the
statement ffom official sources showing
that the third year of the Mckinley adj
mini<tration Witnessed by far the smallest
increase in the number of real-estate mort
cages of any year on record. 1t is a
splendid evidence of Mckinley prosperity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

The Philadelphia Press. paper not given
20 vituperation, says that Mr.. Bryan is
deliberately tanning what he believes to be
q popular prejudice by proposing the tricks
of the shyster IN the spirit of the dema-
gogue-" The Press admits 1t is a national
misfortune to have to use such terms of
presidential candidate, but says they are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

Official figures published by the State
Bureau of Labor Statistics in New York
show that general increase in the wage
scales or reductions in the hours Of labor
have been made in fifty of the largest and
most important trades In Greater New
York during the administration of Presi-
dent Mckinley. The same is true in greater
or less degree in every city in the United
States
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

The City Council owes it to the city and
to itself to investigate the reports regard
Eng the conduct of Councilman Higgins. If
they are sustained, the president of the
Council should be instructed to present
them to the grand jury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

1t is not really worth any sort of news
paper space to inquire if Mr.. Bryan. If
elected, will be able to ignore Croker. 1t
Is a terrible waste of any portion of the
xoesfhfIffieS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

In the form OF rain When these noun
tains are stripped Of forests and the rain
falls and the snow melts. the water de-
flooding the valleys and eating of the sur
face soil, so that the rocks form the sur
face and no vegetable life will grow. The
man who strips country bare of its for
ests Injuries not only himself. but the
whole population of that part of the coun-
try and generations after him. 1t is
proper for the government to step in and
restrain him. laundering and timber cut
ting can be made profitable enough II
carried on In systematic way. IL Is
not necessary to cut down forest to
make money out of it, A forest can be
so treated that Ii produces crops each
year without exhausting itself.
So 1t is apparent that, from whatever
point of view the subject is regarded. the
protection, preservation and restoration OF
forests is a matter of great and increasing
Importance. Indiana has made begin
ming in forestry legislation. but is behind
several other States in this regard. Origin
ally one of the best timbered States in the
Union she should not be behind In the
movement for the preservation of forests
and the introduction Of intelligent and
scientific methods Of caring for them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

There Is nothing very heroic in the spec
tacle OF Dom Paul Kruger slipping through
the back door of customhouse to take
passage on steamer for Holland. No
wonder the burghers whom he led to dis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

another cotton-raising country. The coll
ored men who go there from this country
viii be in the employ OF the German gov
eminent. and presumably well treated and
well paid
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

The New York Evening Post, which has
tried to support Mr.. Bryan, is disguised
with the Croker-Bryan performance,
which II regards as a fatal blunder. 1t
says that Croker and Tammany are held
In detestation all over the country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21
Women Are su.pfciou..

Joseph we must have a new pair of blan
kets.'
Wait till after the election. Jula-wait TIL
after the election
Gracious goodness. Joseph; you haven't been
betting blankets on Bryan. / hope
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21
TIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places
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Mr.. Bryan denies that he said Richard
Croker is the greatest man in the world.
All he said was Great is Tammany, and
Croker is its prophet" He cannot see any
harm In that.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

While the ordinary newspaper might be
excused for publishing as a part Of an
article palpable and declared forgery on
the ground that the editors have not time
to discriminate, a magazine devoted to
higher and calmer discussion and publish
ing exact information cannot be permitted
to plead that excuse. The editors should
know current forgeries and should not
print them, much less allow a contributor
to give them credence by including them in
his articles. To illustrate: The North
American Review recently published an
article by the Democratic candidate for
Vice President In which the writer inserted
the following and attributed 1t to Abraham
Lincoln:
But see In the near future a crisis ap-
preaching that unnerves me and causes me
to tremble for the safety of my country.
AS a result Of the war corporations have
been enthroned, and an era of corruption
I'm high places will follow, and the money
power OF the country will endeavor to pro-
long its reign by working upon the preju-
dices of the people until all wealth is ag-
gregated In a few hands and the Republic
will be destroyed.
Half a dozen years ago Messrs. Hay and
Nicolay. who came into possession Of all
of Mr.. Lincoln's papers. and as his private
secretaries would have had knowledge of
such letter had Mr.. Lincoln written It.
declared the foregoing to be a forgery. The
portion of the forgery not given by Mr..
Stevenson shows that If Mr.. Lincoln had
written 1t he must have done so between
April and IA. 1865. the date of his assassi-
nation. which is not probable. During five
or six years all sorts Of cranks and rogues
have quoted the foregoing and attributed
1t TO Mr.. Lincoln. As has before been
stated. the letter is a message which a
travelling spiritualist. Cora Hatch. claimed
to have had from Abraham Lincoln In 1868.
The point which the Journal would make
is that it is the duty Of the editor Of a
magazine devoted to considerable discussion
of any question to detect misstatements of
current facts and forgeries like this quoted
and refuse to put them forth to deceive the
public.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

In the course of time even the dull dema-
gogue viii learn that it is not good politics
20 attempt to array one portion of the
American people against another.
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do you think imperialism menaces this coun-
try"
Imperialism? Say, YOU try acting imperious,
even in your own neighbcrhood. and see what
YOU II get
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II were in politics I'd rehabilitate the old
stage coach
What for?"
why. fancy dashing through towns to make
speeches. with six horses prancing. whips crack
ing and horns blowing
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lis there anything in this Mountaineering alb
sent treatment
Nav; IL there was just look what doctors
could 60 TO people who don't pay their bills"