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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05
TOPICS in THE CHURCHES.
school Lesson
Christian E~ndeavOr work.

In upon the mind. II is a preconcerted. super
human method Of universal instruction. These
types OF the Bible are among the many charm
ing beauties Of the book. The old say
ing. Through tribulation deep the way to glory
is" has a remarkable verifcation in the case
Of Joseph. Yet it would never have done tor
him to have known positively in advance that
he was on the way to glory. The throne must
needs be eurtained off. and he see only the servi-
tude. in order that it should be his best dis
cipline. . . A little span the triumph of evil
covers at best. The malignant brothers are in
fine feather over making away with the object
OF their enmity. They are glad they will see
the face of the dreamer and reporter no more.
But In a score Of years they are fulfilling the
dream and bowling timorOusly before his blazing
throne. The wicked spread themselves like the
bay, but suddenly they are not. Malice Is i'm
potent when it rears itself against Providence.
That fine coat! How soon it was stripped
on Joseph was just as good and great without
II. 1t is character, not clothes, that wins.
" " . Reuben was initiating Jacob in fnesse.
He expected to get his brother out OF the hole.
But the success of neither father nor son in
cunning is sufficient TO encourage imitation. Reu-
ben's kindly feeling toward his rival is COM
mendable, but, perhaps, If he had courageously
withstood his brothers it would have been a case
where one, consciously in the right. would have
put nine, consciously in the wrong. to flight.
A further hint Of ~Joseph's character is
found in the descriptive phrase, "A child Of the
old ones" He had an old head on young shouI-
ders; preferred the company of his elders; spent
much time, no doubt. with his grandfather Isaac.
. . AS in his father, so in him, there may
have sprung up the ambition 10 inherit the pri-
mogenitureship; unlike his father, however. he
took no unworthy means to help Providence Sc
cure the desired end. = . . The primogeniture-
ship passed from the first son by Leah to the
first son by Rachel. To attest the fact Jacob
put an uncommon and lovely robe Of state upon
the heir apparent. With the zeal of a reformer
the embryo priest and ruler at once reported to
his father the uncomely acts OF his brothers,
only with a view to having them amended. He
was aggrieved that the fair name of the holy
nation should be furnished by such sins. He
felt that the very perpetuity of the tribe and
all the oracles Of God committed to 1t were I'M
periled.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05

In my old roles L shall appear in Car
men" and La Navarraise.'
Tn glad to get back TO America. l
love Americans. because they love me;
isn't that "A good reason? / stood the voy-
age well, but poor Jack had a hard time.
To go to California has been my dream.
I've heard so much of San Francisco. L am
in the best of health, and not in love. |
am not a romantic woman, but a plain.
ordinary woman like any other.
Il come here again next winter. Sardou
has written a libretto with a part especial
ly for me. Two years from now l hope to
sing the role in Paris. l like my work. We
singers do not make sacrifices. 1t is not a
sacrifice to do what we like, and it is not a
sacrifice to travel over the big United
States.
Il shall open my season in Montreal in
Carmen then for the West. and at last
back in New York"
is the newest addition to the Grau COM
pany, and will make his first appearance in
Les Huguenots." He was last in this city
In 1886 with the Mapleson company, sing
ing at the Academy of Music in Les
Huguenots." He was born and began his
career at Milan, making his debut at the
opera he entered a military school, was
graduated and served in Africa. After his
term Of service had expired he returned to
Italy and sang at La Scala. Mr.. Grau heard
him sing last spring at Covent Garden and
engaged him to sing Italian roles.
NJ. De Clery is another addition TO the
Grau company. He is a French baritone,
who was for three years the first baritone
of the Theater de la Monnaie, i'm Brussels.
He has also sung with the French Opera
Company at Paris, and during the past sea-
son he has been with the Govent Garden
with Nine. Calve I'm Carmen He will
take the role Of Escamillo.
The other opera singers on La Champagne
were NJ. Perello, NJ. Gilbert, NJ. Nepoti. NJ.
Perello, NJ Salignac. NJ. Flon. A. Seppilli,
Mile. Bauermeister and Mile. ClaOssens.
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New York Tribune
Il had often wondered" said an interest
ed onlooker, why Maud x should be
so much more attractive TO men than her
sister Mary, who is far away the better
looking. but 1 happened 20 overhear their
respective conversations the other day with
young Croesus, and l could then easily COM
prehend the reason. Mary went on In a
steady, monotonous monologue. She had
been out shopping that morning. 1t rained
dreadfully-she and her mother had to take
a cab. 1t was blocked at Twenty-third
street. 1t was dreadful that such jams
were allowed, etc. No detail OF an unin-
teresting morning did she spare him. You
could see by his forced attention and me
chanical smile that he was bored. and
what the young peOpl call stuck but
Mary continued her recital without in the
least realizing the situation, branching off
into a full description OF their summer
travels and ending up with a minute ac-
count of how she got the prize at Mrs.
O-'s bridge party.
Later Ina the evening l saw Maud with
the same man. He was talking with ami
nation about his horses and traps and
new automobile, and she looked really
pretty, she was so smiling and interested
and sympathetic. To my unprejudiced ears
the young mans talk was even less in
teresting that Mary's recital of her shop
ping tour, but then there was all the diff
ference! 1t was his interests tina were
paramount. Maud had drawn him out.
found his hobby for him, and helped him
TO mount 1T and canter away, while Mary
made the mistake OF thinking that to talk
was to entertain-a blunder which many
lieving that to amuse a young man they
must never cease chatteringi"
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the great poverty of the negro of the South
is considered, the arrears list is "A brief one
indeed. OF course, the charges are small,
usually about % cents a month, but when
II is that many individuals
belong TO six or eight or even more orders,
II Is little short of marvellous how the FUNDS
necessary to meet the demands of the col
lectOIs are found; and yet II is so deep
a disgrace to be expelled that instances
Of the kind are very rare. To hold mem
bership in a number of societies Is regarded
as a badge Of honor.
Meetings are held monthly at private res
licences, in public halls, or more frequently
still in churches. These gatherings begin
at the fashionable hour of 10 p. m, and
continue, not infrequently, through the
night. Refreshments are to be had for "A
small consideration, and as these are for
the most part OF a liquid nature the sons
and daughters are prone TO be conspicuous
by their absence from their several places
OF employment next morning. Otten the
police have To interfere TO restore That hdr-
mony In which brothers and sisters should
ever dwell together.
Among the societies here are the Sons
and Daughters Of the Pilgrims. the Sons
and Daughters OF the Twelve Disciples. the
Sons and Daughters OF the Bearer OF the
Cross. the Sons and Daughters OF the
Evening Star. the Sons and Daughters OF
the Seventh star. the Sons ana Daughters
of the Celestial Travellers. the sons and
Daughters OF the Good Samaritan, the
Sons and Daughters OF the East, the Sons
and Daughters OF Lazarus. the sons and
Daughters Of Christian Love. and there
might be added to these fully two scores OF
others. The devotion OF the negroes 10
these organizations and their loyalty 10
their fellow-members are absolute.
The funeral OF a colOred man or woman
who holds membership In a half dozen Of
these orders Is "a spectacle worth Witness
ing. Occasionally bitter feuds arise be-
corpse, for the negro's love OF a funeral
is not second even 10 his love OF melons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05
AN ACCOMPLISHED WOMAN.
A Few Things the Empress Frederick
Knew.
Mainly About People.

Mainly About People.
AS TO her intelligence and requirements.
the difficulty is to say not so much what
she did know as to find out something she
did not know. She spoke French, German,
English and Italian with equal huency-
daughter. who is married to the Greek
crown prince, she aught herself modern
Greek. Her knowledge of languages was as
close as If she had been a professional stu
dent or a professor of literature. And what
made her knowledge appear so phenomenal
was her marvellous memory. she has liter
ally read everything" wrote OF her Gustav
Knows everything by heart. The prin-
cess. he writes, quoted a great deal from
Shakespeare, whom she seems to know half
by heart Il almost know the 'Idylls of
the King by heart now" she wrote TO
Tennyson. And she was just as well able
10 quote German poetry.
This was literature-go to other and unite
different subjects. When her husband in
troduced Professor Schellbach, his mathe-
NAUTICAL tutor, to her. the crown princess
replied: Il love mathematics. physics and
chemistry; and the delighted professor
soon nnds out that she has made no idle
boast, but that she remembers the lessons
and from her father. The poor professors
only complaint Is that she IL taken uD so
much by her artistic studies and her Off
clal functions that she is prevented from
becoming a great woman OF science. Sir
Charles Lyell. the great geolOgist. comes To
see her; he finds. TO his establishment. that
she has read and mastered his works on
geology, and that she has not only read
but also digested Darwin's great book on
Natural Selection" which has tust coma
out, and has revOlutionized the whole
world OF scientinc and religious thought.
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The ceremonies usually begin the night be-
fore the actual interment Is 10 take place.
There are sermons, prayers and personal
experiences interspersed with wild bursts
Of incoherent melody which arouses r.
ligiOus fervor To fever height. Men and
women faint In the course OF the exercises.
many others fall into frances and talk or
visions OF their dead friends enthroned in
glory. Residents for blocks around swear
vengeance against the sons and daughters.
their children and their children's children.
and appeal TO the city authorities 10 put
"A stop TO the orgy. But until the present
cope successfully with the enthusiasm OF
one OF these African wakes. The cere-
monies eliminate I'm "A formal procession.
II is forming for an hour before the resi-
dence Of the late lamented son or daugh-
ter. Negroes from the uttermost parts OF
the city gather I'm the streets. TO hundreds
Of small children. The occasion is "A festive
one. They run and shout and caper. The
members OF the organizations 20 which the
dead person belonged stand IN solemn order
clad I'm elaborate uniforms and bearing tho
banners and other insignia OF their re-
spective orders. and when the cOrtege final
~ moves, vending its way at times throuct
miles of the citys streets. IL iv followed
by a mac rush OF men. women and children.
who block the thOrOughfarcs. and traffic
for the time being has 10 be- suspended.
The hope or such a funeral Is the inSnlra-
ton OF many a negro's whole ne. lie
slaves and dsDrives himself OF actrrl
necessities for years 10 meet the demands
OF the collectors OF the societies in ortIe~
that ne may 40 10 his last resting place in
the midst OF such strangely weird pa
geantry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05
The Matter of PoIishes.

New York Sun.
The question of polishes may be settled
in fully as many ways. If equal parts OF
linseed oil, vinegar and alcohol are mixed
well together the result will be a very
satisfactory sort of polish. This should
be applied with one cloth. and another
cloth used In giving the final rubbing. Very
little of any furniture polish is enough,
therefore be careful not to put on too much.
Another simple polish is a mixture of tur-
pentfne and linseed oil in the proportion
of one ounce of spirits of turpentine to
three ounces of linseed oil. To keep the
d~lnging-room table in good, w~ell-polished
condition rub it once a week with a mix
ture of one ounce OF spirits of turpentine
and one ounce of olive oil, applying the
polish with a piece of flannel cloth. Tur-
pentine. in fact, finds a place in most Of
these restorers. A mixture that is recon-
mended to give a fine lustre to wood is
made by melting two ounces of beeSwax
and adding four ounces of spirits of tur-
pentine, removing the beeswaX from the
fire, OF course, before bringing the tur-
pentine into action because of the latter's
inflammable nature. A piece of cotton
flannel is the best thing TO use in apply
ing this polish. and, as in the other cases,
a clean dry cloth must be used in rubbing
up the lustre.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05
CHRISTIAN ~ENDEAVOR.
Topic for Oct. @, sThis Grace Also
III Cor. viii, 10.

There was once a poor Hindu mother who had
two boy babies, twins. and one of them was
blind. She thought the gods must be angry with
her. or the child would not be blind. and planned
to p~ropitiate them. One day she was seen with
but a single child In her arms. and ne was blind.
She had thrown the other. as an offering. into
the Gauges. Yes, Of course" she said, when
questioned, II save the best!'
How this untaught faithfulness Of the poor
heather mother puts us all to shamel We may
be sure that God gives His best to us, without
reserve of anything for His private enjoyment;
that is, He always gives us the best we are
capable of receiving. 1t may fairly be ques-
toned whether We give to Him at all until we
give eagerly. and until we ask honestly, not
How little can 1 give and preserve my self
respect and the respect of others? but How
much is it my happy privilege to give?'
Andrew Carnegie has laid down the doctrine
that 1T is a disgrace to die rich,'' and nObly
he is striving to ward off that disgrace from
himself. George Muller. the Apostle of Faith,
handled immense sums Of money in the support
Of his great philanthropic enterprises, but left
behind. at his death. property valued at only
$500, and little of this was in money. The ambi-
ton to die rich is one of the most engrossing
and debasing Of human passions. The wealth
thus sought is a wealth that is died into, surely
enough.
But 1t Is possible to have a wealth that sig
nifes life, and life ever more abundant. The
story Of John Wesley's sermon is well known.
A stlngy old farmer was listening TO the great
preacher. whose theme was money. Wesley's
first topic was, Get all you can Good
whispered the old farmer. nudging his neighbor.
The second topic was. save all you can"
"Still BETTER whispered the farmer. waxing
enthusiastic. But the preachers third topic. on
which he proceeded to enlarge with all his God
given eloquence, was, ''Give all you can" ''Oh
dear!' groaned the farmer: ''he has gone and
spoiled IL ALL"
We are 10 get, then, and We are to save, chief
ly with a view to giving Any other kind of
getting rapidly becomes %extortion Any other
kind Of saving rapidly becomes parsimony.
II Is not safe to postpone the giving till we
are wealthy. Wise giving is a difficult art. and
requires a long apprenticeship. Besides. nothing
but heroic giving can keep the love Of money
from growing up in our hearts.
Indeed, II we do not give it is doubtful wheth-
err God will ever permit us to become rich. True,
there are many wealthy men who are misers,
but there are vast numbers Of poor men who
ars stingy. God has good reasons for keeping
some generous men poor. but in the main 1t will
be found that He delights in bestowing worldly
goods upon those who will use them well.
AMOS r. WELLS
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Concerning Your Hats.
Philadelphia Telegraph.

Philadelphia Telegraph.
II you have a long nose and a long chin,
don't wear a hat with a long pointed brim
extending over your forehead. People are
apt to fall to calculating in a way un-
complimentary to FOUR profile.
Don't buy a hat to match one suit If
you are compelled to wear IL with many.
You may not like black and white, but it
is the economical woman's best friend.
Don't wear a white Gainsborough with
white plumes If you can't AFFORD to have
them cleaned and curled occasionally.
Don't drag the last cent from your
pocketeook for a dress" hat IL you can
lOus for ordinary occasions, and il will soon
be too shabby for special affairs.
Don't wear castor because 1t is fash
Don't crowd all your leftover trim
minSs on one poor little frame in the vain
hope that you will impress by quantity if
not by quality. And don't, If you are trim
ming a hat yourself, put on donkey ears
or Yad a lot OF old flowers under the brim
always hang down dejectediy or stick out
aggressively. Study the line of the hat
hrst and then the colors. Then pick out
from the past years assortment the things
that harmonize. Hats this year are get
ting away from the conglomerations of the
past. The most chic hats are those that
ming agony. .
Don't trim your hat altogether by the
way IL looks in your lap. Lots Of hats
are charming until you put them on. Then
they are shrieking monstrosities. Get the
hat together about the way you want II.
and then try II on. Trimmings often have
TO be adjusted with the aid of pins while
the hat Is on the head. Use the hand mir
rOr ~strenuously. IL Is well to experiment
FIRST with your ribbons and other mussabIe
trimmings before you press them out-that
Is, IL they need r~etuvenation OF any kind
Then when they are fresh and crisp you
know what TO do with them.
Don hope to make up for all deficiencies
I'm shape material and style by fitting your
hat still farther over your right eve. This
touch OF French diablerie has gone out
and IL only makes one look tough.
Don't make your hat and trimmings look
like a s~uperaunuated pin-cushion by iab-
Ing them full of holes with. your hat pin.
Don't pull your hat pin all the wav ont
and then stick IL back. hit or miss. in the
crown for safekeeping. Pull
the pin out Just far enoupgh to loosen IN
from the hair and then stick il back again
I'm the same hole when the hat Is removed
Hats get punctured enough even with the
best OF care.
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NEGRO ORDERS.
Wonderfully Named Societies to Pro-
vide CharitabIe Relief.

Charleston Is. Co. Letter in New York Trio-
une.
The Southern negro's love Of pomp and
circumstance is nowhere exemplihed more
forciblv than in the manner in which he
multiplies his charitable organizations IN
ordinately fond of company, he has few
societies founded witt the sole view OF
promoting social enjoyment. For the most
part. whatever foundations he makes have
a semi-religious trend, the dues emitting
members to sick benefits and funeral ex-
nenses. There is usually an elaborate re-
gala and an>intricate ritual. Net "a few
negroes of a Southern city, such as Charles
ton. belong to no less than a score OF these
orders. the names of which are oftentimes
curiously and wonderfully made. What,
for instance, would the ordinary patron Of
secret organizations think of possessing
membership in The Sons and Daughters
Of the Seven Golden Candlesticks in Char
ity." or in THE Sons and Daughters of
4 VIII Arise?'"
The sons and daughters idea Is worked
TO the limit of endurance. There is scarce
w a ~ell-know name In biblical history
that is not tackled on TO IL. There are IN
Charleston alone no less than SeVenty-hVe
of these societies with charters from the
state OF South Carolina, and how many
there are that have no legal status no man
NAV say with confidence. Dues are paid
weekly, and, strange as II may seem wnen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05

Youths Companion.
They tell me you are a born house
keeper. Mrs. Bliss"
There was n rustic i'm the hallway. and
the parted p~Ortiere revealed a charming
figure. 'Thi is my eighteenth attempt at
biscuit. We have attained our majority to-
eether- Tell me. please. are seventeen fail
ures essential for each culinary master
piece? Is IL indispensable for a cook TO be
born"
The invalid smiled at the radiant face
above her. You give me my first appetite
~ weeks. child. and answer your own
question. Seventeen failures on a chemical
experiment would not discOncert YOU. WHY
must girls devote yeaIs 10 a few books and
glass retOrts. and then be expected 10 solve
the complications or an establishment and
the chemistry OF food by the light OF ma
ture7"
why indeed?" echoes from every village
and city, where young housekeepers Versed.
perhaps. IN Sanskrit know nothing OF the
laws OF sanitation. where the AFFECT mis-
tress cannot teach a cook 20 make good
bread; and where a broiled beefsteak Is
familiar only 10 the cookboOks.
Lord Bacon thought IL no shame TO bend
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05
To Clean Lace.
York Evening Sun.

New York Evening Sun.
Lace, no matter how fine of texture it
may be, is one of the simplest things to
clean If only it is carefully handled. 1t
may be wound about a bottle and washed
in that position, it may be put loose inside
a bottle the cleansing fluid added, and the
washing lone by thorough shaking; or,
by the best method of all, the lace may
be sewed upon two thicknesses OF flannel.
The stitches should be long and of fine
cotton thread. Put the lace, thus basted to
the flannel, into a basin of suds made from
CASTLE soap and to which one teaspoonful
of powdered bOraX has been added. Let
the lace soak for twenty-four hours, the
suds being changed as frequently as neces-
sary, the state of the lace deciding that
point. From the suds place the lace in clean
water, allowing ii to stay for three hours.
Squeeze il between the palms to remove
the water. When nearly dry, place on two
thicknesses of flannel, lace downward, so
that the lace will be between four layers of
flannel. two dry and two damp. Press with
a hot iron until perfectly dry, then rip the
lace from the flannel.
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NINE. CALVE ARRIVES.
Talks interestingly of the New Roles
i'm which She VIII BE Seen Here.

New YORK IInts.
With her great Scotch collie, Jack. pre-
sented 10 her by the late Queen Victoria,
Mime. Calve has settled at the Savoy Hotel
mil she Joins the Grau Grand Opera Com
pany in Montreal about Oct. IL. She ar
rived i'm this city yesterday on La Cham
nag after an absence of two years. The
diva is in excellent health, looks not a day
older and declares absence has made her
love the Americans more. After Gliding
Jack for his too cordial welcome OF the Wis.,
itors. she spoke OF her plans:
Il hope" she said, Ito sing three new
roles this season. | shall sing the title role,
Messaline, in Isidore de Lara's new opera
and the part OF Valentine in Les Hugue-
nots.'' 1 also hope. and IL is only "A hope,
to be heard as Salome in "Heriodiad0.'