The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
IN THE GOSSIP'S CORNER.


IN THE GOSSIP'S CORNER.
Talk about nerve! There isn't a man
in Indianapolis who would dare do what
this little woman, weighing about a hum
dred and a quarter pounds, did the other
day. She was passing along Washington
street and saw a skirt which struck her
fancy. If it had been in a store window
it would have been one thing, but as it
was on another woman, and a perfect
stranger at that, it was quite another
thing. ut was such a beautiful skirt" she
said. ut hung so smoothly, and the plaits
lay just so, and 1t fitted so perfectly that
L felt L must know where it was made. l
followed her more than two blocks before
L mustered up courage to speak to her.
She looked so surprised. But she was per-
fectly lovely about it and told me where it
was made, and when 1 left her she
thanked me for the compliment 1 had paid
her in asking. She was a lovely woman
and it was a beautiful skirt-and I'm going
to have one just like it,"
XXX
A few weeks ago 1 had something to say
about the superiority of California lemons
over the product of Sicily, basing my re-
marks on the larger amount of juice in the
domestic fruit and the greater quantity of
citric acid held In solution; and also on the
fact that the European fruit often is col
ored or treated with ~tartaric acid. Now 1
am told that an improved seedless lemon
has been developed near Pasadena, in the
groves of DIR. Woodbridge, who pr%opagated
the original seedless fruit. 1t is a true ma
vel lemon, identical in method Of propaga-
ton with the navel orange, and has, be-
sides it's freedom from seeds, all the de-
sirable characteristics of other California
Iemons-thin rind. light pulp, large amount
or juice and the true citric flavor. Thus is
developed an added bid for public favor
on the part of the domestic product. And
be it remembered that lemons, once con-
sidered a luxury, are now a necessity in
hygienic uIeIetics.
Let me remind you, too, that lemons are
very effective to cure or to prevent the
grip. Strong, hot lemonade, with or with
out sugar, is an almost certain preventive,
if taken when the first symptoms are OBJ
served, and is a radical aid to any medicine
which may be taken after the disease is
fully developed; but the patient should
stay indoors, if possible, after taking it.
At all times it, is soothing to throat and
stomach and is mildly ~purgative.
XXX
A ~well-known South Side manufacturer
went out, the other day, to look after
some business, and used his last street.
car ticket. On his return he boarded a
car, only to find that he had no money.
He explained the situation to the conduc-
tor, who intimsted that he had seen
that game before"
''Well," said the unlucky passenger,
you'll have to put me off the car or ring
up a fare for me till we get down town"
After some argument the conductor rang
up the fare. That night, with a nice
little note and a quarter in an envelope.
the business man boarded a Garfield Park
car and asked the conductor where he
could find the man whose number he gave.
After the %bell-puller was assured that his
passenger did not intend to report his fell
low-workman, he said: Hes my chum."
HE accommodated me very much, this
afternoon" said the business man. "WiIl
you see that he gets this e~nvelope?"
Sure" was the response They chatted
between rings until the passengers home
was reached. and it was not until he got
off the car that he remembered he had not
paid conductor No. .. A day or two later
he got a note of thanks from the recipient
OF the quarter. but he has not yet learned
If the one who carried it knows he was
SHY a fare.
To-day, dedicated to the patron saint of
Ireland. has figured largely in world af-
fairs Rauar6inO CT Dotrick ~ &c sold
that the exact date of his birth is I'M
known. one set of his admirers assert
ing that it was March s, ana another. with
equal strenuousness. uphelding March 9.
To prevent the already spirited contest
going to Donnybrook. it was referred to
the then Pope for adjudication, and he,
with Solomon-like wisdom, ~straightway
added the dates together and declared it
was the nth. This is the first time in
twelve years the day has fallen on Sun
day. On that Sunday, in 1889, was first
revealed the full scope of the destruction
wrought by the gale in the harbor Of
Apia, Samoa, where the Trenton, COM
manded by Captain, now Rear Admiral,
Farquhar; the vandalia. by Captain
Schoonmaker, and the Nipsic, by Com
mander Mullen. were wrecked. The storm
struck on Friday night. increased to it's
greatest strength on Saturday afternoon,
and by Sunday morning had practically
died away. The Eber, Adler and Olga,
German warships, were driven ashore.
losing ninety-one officers and men. The
Olga was foated a few days later. The
American fleet lost ffty-two officers and
men, including the gallant Schoon-
maker. The Nipsic was fioated and
repaired several months a~fterward.
The British corvette Calliope, Captain
Kane. steamed out to sea in the teeth or
the gale. her crew cheering the Trenton.
even then driving to her doom. while the
band Of the American flagship played