The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Russell Sage is. late in life. reported to
be making reputation as wit. The other
day some one asked him: Who really
owns the Northern Pacific now?' well"
he replied, I'm not certain, but l think it
is ,-.e man who struck Billy Patterson"
1t is said that Paderewski always, be-
fore sitting down to the instrument, puts
his fingers for a few minutes into a bowl
of warm water, claiming that this opera
ton makes them more flexible which may
be a hint for other and less distinguished
piano players.
The prettiest compliment yet paid by an
up-to-date sovereign to his Queen is the
one which King Victor Emmanuel III has
decided 10 offer 10 Queen Helena. The new
postage stamps the first issued in his reign
are not TO bear his portrait, but that Of
the Queen, who has a regular and quite
classical profile.
On May Lord Rosebery entered upon
his fifty-tfth year. His face and figure are
still almost boyish, and to the stranger IL
the House of Lords his Intervention in de-
late after the Marquis of Salisbury might
seem almost an impertinence,unti the
only man in the upper house who can cross
swords on equal terms with the premier
Henry Lewis Morris, descendant of
Gouverneur Morris, signer of the Dec
laration OF Independence. has purchased
for $4,000 a piece of property in New York
which was sold by his father in 1852 for
$loo. The property is located at One-hun-
Observation-Disclosures street and Third ave-
nue.. When the 1852 transfer was made
there only eight houses between it
and the Harlem river; now there are 80, OOo
When we speak of purple" we at once
think of very familiar color tone. Orig
inally. however. this name was given 20
fine cloths, irrespective of their tint This
was owing TO the cOstlness of the purple
I'd in hinh
held. For the latter reason only the very
most expensive and finest stuffs were dyed
with IT, and from this ''robed in purple
gathered very wide significance unknown
to-day.
Rev. Samuel Chadwick, of Leeds. Eng
land. will be one of the speakers at North
field, this year. Mr.. Chadwick is prominent
among the younger men in the Wesleyan
body of ENGLAND. and his ability as a Bibls
student, with his great success in evan
gelistic effort, has placed him among thu
leading forces In aggressive Christian work
In Great Britain. His prominence as a
Wesleyan, together with his association
with the Rev G.. Campbell Morgan, of Lon
oon will doubtless attract large numbers
OF MethOdiSts throughout the country 10
the conference
Sarah Bernhard is the hacker OF her
niece and another young Frenchwoman n
a projected millinery shop for London. The
famous actress lent the two a good many
thousand francs a couple Of years ago
when they opened a shop in Paris, where
they recently became bankrupt. She did not
scold them however. for their bad luck,
hut with that wonderfully tender smile OF
hers exclaimed: You are both pretty and
winning little Parisians, and you have be
come bankrupt in the land of millions.
Bravo, my dears. | am sure | could never
have done that. Now shall We try our luch
in London And she threw bundle OF
bank notes into her niece's lap.