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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23
GLASS BATHTUBS.
Now Being Made in Germany and Are
Practical and Cheap.
PHILADELPHIA Telegraph.

Philadelphia Telegraph.
Bathtubs OF glass may be expected 70
replace enamel and metal ones soon. They
are being made in Germany. now. and are
said 10 have many advantages over metal
and enamel, the principal one being that
they are much cheaper
Besides bathtubs, tanks and watts such
as are used by brewers, disullers. fruit
preservers, and sugar refners are being
made of glass, and the manufactures is
confident that he can replace those for
which clay, wood, cement and metal are
now commonly used, with superior arti-
cles constructed at a lower cost
Glass bathtubs are not fragile. Those
being made now are FIVE feet six inches
long, about TIVE feet wide, and about two
and a half inches thick. They are made in
a solid piece and one can be made com
plete In about five minutes.
This is owing to a new process of blow
ing glassware by means Of compressed air.
The process was invented in pittsburg
nearly twenty years ago, but was limited
to making bottles and similar small-sized
articles. Paul Sievert OF Dresden mas
improved il, and under his process there
need be no limit, within reason, TO the size
Of the article made.
The method is simplicity itself Inc
molten glass is taken from the furnace
and placed in a mold, which can readily
be swung into any desired position.
Compressed air is thus admitted through
a flexible tube which connects with the
bottom OF the mold. The air pressure Is
regulated by valves. As soon as the
article is finished IL is switched into an
annealing chamber. where 1t is again heat
ed and then allowed 10 cool. This toughens
ii, and after the process 1t Is reaoy Tor use
Plates OF large size are being mace OF
glass by an adaptation OF the same pro-
cess. In this case an ornamental design -
first made on a sheet OF peculiar compost
ton, which remains moist Tor some ume-
Colored glass is spread over this TO work
out the design. Then the sheet Is placed
on the glass plate and the whole Is heated
The heat consumes the sheet on which
the design was made. leaving only the
layer of colored glass welded into the
plate. Some remarkable ana very PIC
turesoue effects are made in this way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23
HISTORY REToLD AND CORRECTED

In an address before the New York His
torical Society, Charles Francis Adams in
claiming for the late Hamilton Fish, Gen
eral Grants secretary of state. the high
place in diplomacy to which his achieve
ments entitle him. gave the true version
Of the reasons which caused Charles Sum-
ner to be deposed from the Craftsmanship
OF the Senate committee on foreign rela-
tons. This is not the first time the truth
has been told regarding that matter, but
Mr.. Adams. who cannot be accused of par
TALLY to General Grant. is so intelligent
and reliable an investigator that his reIa-
ton of the causes which led to the removal
of Mr.. Sumner is entitled TO confidence.
At the time of the removal majority
were hostile to General Grants admins
tration. Some of the ablest orators in the
Senate were bitterly hostile to him, and
a combination was forming in the Repub-
lican party TO Iervent the denomination Ct
General Grant, or, falling in that, TO defe1t
his election. Consequently. when Mr. Sum-
ners name was dropped from the head of
the Senate's committee on foreign rela-
lions it was charged that General Grant
had exercised his influence to induce the
senators to depose Mr.. Sumner because he
had opposed with violent language the
Presidents proposition to annex San Do
mingo.
Mr.. Adams makes 1t clear that the Presi-
dents dislike for Mr.. Sumner had nothing
whatever to 90 with his being dropped
from the foreign committee. General Grant
regarded the San Domingo affair as a battle
fought and lost. and ne was too big man
to attempt 10 mollify the sense Of defeat
Secretary Of State Fish were deeply in
tcrested in those negotiations with Great
Britain which resulted in the treaty OF
Washington, which referred ali differences
growing out OF the war for the Union to a
joint commission for arbitration. Mr.. Sum
ner had another plan for the settlement
of our claims against Great Britain, and
set himself TO defeat the plan OF the Presi-
dent and Mr. Fish. In January, 1870 Mr.
Fish sent TO Mr.. Sumner the memorandum
OF Sir John Rose. who represented the
British government in the matter. in which
was outlined basis OF settlement. Senator
Sumner returned the memorandum with d
note TO the effect that the only basis OF set
Element with Great Britain was that it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23
Chromatic yellow journalism.

Glenwood (Wis) Tribune.
Surprising about the year 2S42 A d. some
one in digging a well or cellar should
unearth one of the colored supplements
that are published with Sunday papers in
this year OF grace 1902. What would be tho
verdict OF posterity on the people OF the
present day and age? And would our dis
embodied shades have reason TO enter pro-
test II we were set down a pack OF hope
less idiots dOdering imbeciles and irre-
claimable mental degenerates2 Honestly,
now, isn't some OF the art" and 'humor
shown about the worst thing that ever hap
pened? Could the most resourceful imagi-
nation conceive OF anything more absolute
ly insane. silly, stupid, meaningless and in
sufferably "fat stale and improbable"
than the Katzenjammer pictures. the Jack
West daubs. the Bugville atrocities, the
Alphonse and CASTOR monstrosties and
divers other pictorial nightmares that dis
figure the Sunday prints Yellow journal
ism Is bad enough, but the chrOmatic kind
Is 80 vastly and unspeakably worse 10
make the former appear dignined and re-
spectacle In comparison. In the name %
all that's sensible and rational let us have
relief from this weekly desuge OF imbecil-
ity even N We have TO Kill on every car
toonist In the United States TO secure L.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

The subject of poetry has come up for
discussion in various literary quarters late
Iy. An ingenious person, writing to the
New York Times Saturday Review for in
struction in the art of making poetry, is
advised by that paper to apply to the edit
ors of magazines for information. If he
can secure from those gentlemen the rules
and specifications by which they judge the
verse they print in their respective publ
cations the aspirant may. the Times-Re-
view editor thinks, get a set of working
specifications by which he can produce
marketable commodity. The Review editor
confesses, however that he does not be-
lieve they have any such rules. but just
pick out poems to fill the holes left on
pages where prose articles end. This con-
fession must naturally have tendency to
discourage the would-be poet, for, if maya
zine editors have no rules, where can he
hope to find such help as he is seeking?
Mr.. w. d. Howells certainly throws no
light upon the matter He considers the
subject of poetry in the current number Of
Harper's Magazine, not with view of aid
ing novice, but to reply to a correspond
ent who asks if poetry is declining I'm quail
ity. He is obviously of opinion that it is
so declining, a conclusion he may reason
ably have reached through the reading of
his own and other magazines-but he adj
mits a possibility that the spirit and love
of poetry still exist in as great strength
as ever, and leaves the question for his
readers to decide from such phenomena as
they may be able to observe.
The Journal will not undertake to solve
Mr.. Howells's problem, but does not hest
tate TO say that the Indifference OF the
reading public tc most of the current verse,
and especially magazine verse, is by no
means indication that it does not like
poetry, or that it would not receive ii joy
fully il it were offered. 1t is true, doubt
less, that the practical, commercial tenden-
cies of the age lessen the disposition to in
dulge in sentiment and affect aesthetic
tastes in various ways. but it is also true
that such tastes have little chance for
qualification or development through what
is presented them in the pages of the lit
erary periodicals. Lovers Of poetry must
look to their Libraries. 20 the earlier writer's.
when they wish TO satisfy their liking for
in newspapers and publications that do not
boast literary supremacy verse that APP
peals 10 them and meets their needs. Per-
haps. the magazine editors would claim I'm
regard to the latter that its admirers do
not know true poetry. but the fact remains
that at least poet. now acknowledged
as genuine by all magazine editors and well
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

The central idea in Senator Beveridge's
brilliant address yesterday is that 1.-The
message of Washington's life to the Amer
lean people is discipline" He was, above
all things, a self-contained man. He was
possessed of that deliberate courage which
is not broken by disaster or elated by sue
cess. Duty was the keynote OF his action,
and where duty led he followed. His self
poise kept him the even, self-reliant man
he was through seven years of war and
enabled him to pursue his patriotic course
while President when involved with grave
perils If there is one thing which the
American people need more than another at
the present time it is the calm elaboration
and discipline of Washington. Sometimes,
thoughtful men must fear that we are be-
coming an emotional and sensational peo-
pie rather than sturdy and self-contained
one that can wait for results. During the
past four years two or three instances can
be recalled in which il appeared that the
American people was moved by sensational
impulse, utterly disregarding reason and
casting aside deliberate judgment. 1t is yet
the opinion Of many that war with Spain
might have been averted if the people at
large had not been carried away by the war
impulse. This matter is of first Importance,
because those are the dead or decaying
impulse and the victims OF emotionalism
Those nations will endure whose people ex-
ercise judgment and are seIf-contained.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

Mr.. Thomas Russell Sullivan, OF Boston,
will speak to the Contemporary Club
Wednesday evening on THE Writing of a
Story" Mr.. Sullivan should be compe-
tent witness on this subject, as he is a
story writer of long experience and was
from the beginning of the new Scribner' s
Magazine one Of its most popular and YER
satile contributors of short fiction. He has
written also much art and literary criti-
CT SIN. Mr.. Sullivan's books include two vol
umes of DAY and Night Stories" and of
the stories included in these books two, at
least are TO be named among the best short
stories that have been written in this coun-
try. They are THE Lost Rembrandt" and
"Out of New England Granite" Mr.. Sulli-
van wrote formerly a good deal for the
stage. 1t is his version of Stevenson S
"Jekyll and Hyde" which Mansfield gave,
and he wrote also Nero" an elaborate
play given about ten years ago by the same
actor Mr.. Sullivan began life as a banker,
first in Boston and later in Paris. For
many years he has occupied himself with
literature, and he is one of the best known
men in the social and literary circles of
Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

Chicago clubwomen are depIoring the
fact that the modern child is being deprived
OF its childhood through being permitted
too early TO share the life and amuse-
ments Of its elders. 1t goes to parties
and keeps late hours, it is clothed with as
much elaboration as its elders. IT is given
rich gifts. 1t attends theaters and alto
gether becomes mature before its time
The theaters are to blame for much OF
this shortening OF childhood" one woman
is quoted as saying. and it is a very fool
ish speech. II II Is not well for children
TO go TO the theater it Is the parents who
are 10 blame for letting them go. 1t is
the parents and no others who are to
blame for all the premature development
OF their offspring. The remedy Is easy
keep .tfss iitt's ones away from parties.
theaters and other places which involve
excitement and late hours. Teach them to
be cortented With simple amusements, and
xrovfde such amusemeats for them.
fal,hy children OF the unspoIled, unpam-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23
LITERARY NOTES.

Studies in Cheerfulness is the title Of
Max ORelIs forthcoming book. Mr.
"O'Rell' Blouet always writes his books in
French, and his wife, Englishwoman,
translates them.
William Henry Bishop, the novelist and
instructor of Spanish at Yale, has resigned
He will remove to Spain, where he will
remain for some time and devotee himself
to literary work.
Robert Barrett Browning contradicts the
widely published statement that the Vene-
tian home of his famous parents, the Palaz-
zio Bezzonico, is for sale. He says he will
never part with ii.
Mr.. Frank Harris, ex-editor of the Sat-
urday Review, finds himself unable to call
the modern writer of romance a novelist 8"
Too dignified is the name for him, so he
falls back on hctionist" and ''purveyor of
the salable."
He who runs may read, says the New
York Tribune. but he must not therefore
attempt to be critical. AN incautious Eng
lish reviewer has lately noticed copy of
greeting the author in his article as "a
young writer of some promise"
oxford University claims Mr. Swinburne.
Mr.. CUTLER Couch, Mr.. Anthony Hope, Mr..
Andrew Lang. Mr.. Henry James Mr. w.
II. Mallock and Mr.. Stephen Phillips, and
Cambridge Mr.. Alfred Austin. Mr.. Barring
Gould Mr.. a. Z. w. Mason. Mr.. Max Penn
berton, Mr.. c. A Henty and Mr.. Marion
Crawford.
Some time ago it was noticed by adj
mirer OF Rudyard Kipling that his famous
poem, ION the Road to Mandalay," went
very well to the tune of THE Wearing or
the Green" On pointing this out to the
author. Mr.. Kipling replied: "Oh. yes, L
frequently take weli-known song. hum II
over for a few minutes, and then write
words 10 fit the tune
The house of the Count de Chaumont at
lie Rayville, the house where Eagle de
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

leges and universities are admirably
adapted to the needs of the country. "They
are not inferior to those of Germany he
says. "only different, as the country is diff
ferent. have read in the American maya
zines that the education of the United
States is inferior TO that of Germany, that
larger institutions are needed, ETC.; but
personally do not believe this. 1t is said
by your own magazines. and not by for
eigners." DR.. waentig is impressed by the
results Of higher education among Ameri-
can women-a branch of education which
he was directed particularly to investigate.
He thinks the women of the United States
have greater influence on the civilization of
the country than those of any other country
have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

The American people. as much as the
United States Senate, were disgraced and
Inundated by the collision in the Senate
Of the two South Carolina senator's; and
if the Senate feels the humiliation as keen
ly as do the self-respecting and govern
ment-respecting people of the country, it
will eXpel Tillman without delay and Sc
verely reprimand McLaurin Scarcely a
week passes that Tillman does not make
an exhibition of the BLACKBOARD and bully
he is His attacks upon President Cleve-
land are brutal, as have been his assaults
upon all with whom he disagrees. The
man who boosted in the Senate that he and
his faction in South Carolina shot Ameri-
can citizens to intimidate them so that they
would not vote should have caused
his expulsion from the Senate. Now
that he has assaulted with blows
his colleague, he should be expelled
at once, and if returned as vim
dication he should be refused a seat on
the ground that he is unfit to be senator
Laurin should be {eprimanded for using the
language he did. In all respects a better
man than Tflman, he should be made to
understand that in the Senate of the United
States the language he used is such
breach of decency that the man who APP
plies it to another senator, no matter what
the provocaton, will not be allowed to do
so with impunity. But Tillman should be
expelled because he is low and brutal
hlaclpnard
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

An exchange. with an air of surprise. de-
clares that we sell to Cuba and British
Australasia more merchandise than we do
TO China with its population of 100000
There should be no surprise about this
when it is remembered that the Chinese
are paid the lowest wages in the world
and consequently have nothing with which
TO purchase. Until the conditions are
changed so that the Chinese can earn more
than few cents day this prediction Of
a vast trade with China is largely the work
of the imagination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

The New York Municipal Art Society is
exerting itself to prevent The use of adj
vertisins signs and posters in the subway
10 brooklyn. II argues very properly
that billboard display in such a place
is not only an, offense to the taste. but an
Irritating distraction to the traveller and
a general nuisance. As an awful exam
pie 1t points to the elevated roads. whose
stations are made hideous and confusing
by the multiplicity of Haunting posters
and signs. There is usually so little indi-
cation in New York of the existence of
any public interest in local improvements
that this movement viii excite attention
outside of the metropolis. The fact that
such an organization as a municipal art
society exists there will itself cause sur
prise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

The uprisngs in the cities of Spain are
the protest of force against vicious govern
ment. SPANS government is not based
upon the theory of advantage to the
masses, but is for the few. 1t is not based
upon popular rights, and it does not recog-
nize them. Spain and the Spanish provinces
have always been managed for the advan-
tage of the few. The idle few have been
growing poorer because of the thriftless
methods of caring for landed estates The
soil of Spain is worn out and its agricul-
tural classes, like those Of Italy are vic
Tins of hopeless penury. Without schools
or the highest technical skill its industries
have fallen behind those of the nations
which lead and control. With low wages,
without machinery and little opening for
its products outside of the limited home
demand SPANS condition is about as de-
plorable as it can we'll be. The ignorant
and impoverished working people naturally
turn to assaults upon the authorities who
wrongs endured. Having the army and
men like Weyler to use it, the risings Of
the masses will be subdued. There seems
to be no hope for such governments and
peoples as SPANS The panacea some
would offer is popular government. 1t
would fail; indeed, it has failed, since a
better and more intelligent people are
needed for popular government than the
Spanish
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

When General Black in his Friday even
ing's address said that General Grant was
the real successor of General Washington
he said thing so true that every one who
characteristics of the two men will recog-
nize 1t. Born under different conditions.
they possessed in a high degree the same
characteristics. Both reached their con-
illusions by the exercise OF judgment. both
were self-contained. and neither was moved
by that uncertain sentiment called en-
thuSis m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

pered variety are easily entertained. To
enforce a wholesome simplicity of living
In one household has its difficulties when
indulgence is the rule in the households OF
ones friends and among the children with
whom ones own must associate more or
less, but it can be done il the parents will
refuse TO be dominated by the customs Of
their neighbors. The wholesome effect
upon the children will make the effort
worth while
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

The Journal, after prolonged observation
of the oke-blackened rag that passes for
the stars and stripes on the monument
flag staff, is led to suggest the propriety
Of removing both staff and flag from that
place. The monument needs no such token
to indicate it's character. 1t is in itself a
patriotic emblem. 1t speaks for itself. The
flag is superfiuous. 1t is never needed
there, but, at least. let Il be taken down
until SCOT and smoke are less prevalent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

The report that a large number Of postal
clerks receiving the lowest salaries will be
given an increase after June 90 is good
news. The Journal has frequently urged
the postal clerks should receive more pay
than they do. Clerks who have made good
records will receive an increase. while those
who have failed to do so will not receive
any benefit. This is a practical way Of
recognizing the best service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

coined TO their pages, was known TO and
loved by wide public through his news
paper contributions long before the maya
zines recognized his existence. The secret
Of this poets popularity is the human IN
terest contained in his writings. The Sc
cret of the indifference of the public to
most of the verse offered to them in beau
tiful Typography, and often with accom-
panying illustrations 10 attract the eye, is
that it lacks the human interest and deals
with some vague. Elusive sentiment or
thought on which the writer himself seems
to have but slight grasp
A Philadelphia paper lately reported a
discussion among a group of men of liter
airy tastes over the difference between
poetry and verse. One of the number told
Of a wakeful hour in the night preceding,
when a train of thought seemed running
through his mind. In desperation he arose
and wrote the following:
A cry in the night.
But soft. like a sigh,
A whisper from a soul that pauses in its
fight
Between earth and sky,
And turns. with something of regret,
To where the nights and days
Must come and go and tire and fret
The prisoners of life.
When asked what the lines meant. the
writer replied, 81 haven't the slightest idea.
That is why claim it is poetry He had
reasons for his claim if he measured his
production by magazine verse. for a match
for it can be found in any leading literary
periodical in any month. The verse; much
of it, in these publications. means nothing.
Here is a sample taken from Harper:
Time washes up along our shore,
A vast, calm sea-
And l have learned the weight of tears,
Sins color and the length of years,
The stir of things to be.
The sound is there, but the sense is elu-
sive.
The public likes musical verse, just as ii
likes melody in musical compositions, and
innumerable writer's can produce such
verse, but there must be an element of life
in them beyond rhyme and rhythm, some
thing to appeal to the heart, to uplift the
soul and the imagination, else the writers
have wasted their labor. Many have
learned the technicalities of verse writing,
but the old truth remains, never truer than
now, that the poet is born, not made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

any more than you do for the froth on a
bottle OF soda pop. and it's no use TO lug
that in.-Shacklett.
When Englishmen are at their duilest.
you may depend on II they are plotting
somebody's downfall. they are never SO
dangerous as at the moment when they
rob their countenances OF all expression.
The Wage Of Character.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-23

When the disfranchised colored voters
consider the senatorial delegation from
South Carolina they can at least congratu-
late themselves on the fact that they are
not responsible for it.