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|. A Summer Sunday

directions and pom was having a hard
time of II trying To please both at the SAME
time. IL one desired To get into a swing, the
other was bent upon taking ride on the
merry gO-rOuhd: if one decided 10 get some
'sody water" the other equally deter
mined To- patrOnize the popcorn man. They
quarreled one moment ana made up tho
next. with pop" acting as peacemaker.
AS rule. country children are shy when
they visit the city. but not with the
twins They had evidently been petted and
humored at home until they considered
themselves the monarchs of all they sur.
veyed, and, they lad concluded
that the park everything in rt
had been prepared especially for their
entertainment, they were in for making the
most of everything. They got rid OF all Of
pops" money i'm mad whirl OF fun.
Wherever there was a chance % spend q
nickel the twins "made good" one of them
even going so far i'm her reckless dissipation
as TO become patron OF the shooting gal
lery. Pop was dead broke by the end
of the afternoon and was seen to borrow
some change from mother as the little
family party, tired out. but happy. stood on
the platform waiting for the trolley car
that to take them back to the Union
Station.
On Sunday evening the big depot In
crowded with sweltering swarm OF hui
manity. The incoming trains bring the city
people back from the quiet of the sweet
smelling country places TO the noise and
traffic of the town, while excursionists
who have been spending the day I'm the
Hoosier capital crowd into the coaches that
are to take them back to their own homes.
BY the time that the twilight has changed
to darkness the city's guests have all taken
their departure. In the churches the even
ing services are being held: in the parks the
benches i'm the shadow OF the kindly trees
away from the electric lights are occupied
by young couples who have much to say
to each other and in the residence parts OF
the town the good Indianapoltans are sit
ting their porches enjoying the cool
night air after the day of hot summer sum
shine. LOUIS w. JONES.
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Vignettes Of An Inland City

with some of the "Evas'' left out These
unholy Instruments i'm themselves
sources of delight to the Sunday patrons
of the places who gather about them to
listen with expression of approval TO their
outpourings of machine-made chords. Once
In a while an unusual episode occurs 10
break in upon the monotony of the con-
tinuous music, as was the case last Sun
day afternoon when a young man from the
country insisted upon singing the words to
the tune that was being ground out by the
instrument The aspiring vocalist a
shiny rubber collar and a red necktie, to-
gether with a suit of summary clothes of
dazzling newness He had evidently found
some 'side door" open somewhere. and.
as result. was in that state of mind when
a burst of glad song is the only relief for
pent-up emotions. He knew that song of
''violets," he declared, and despite the pro-
testations of more dignifed companion.
proceeded to render it to the best of his
ability. The fact that his voice and the
mechanical piano didn't belong to the same
musical world was of no consequence, so
far as he was concerned: he gave the song
| an Interpretation that appealed to his own
delicate sense of poetry and melody, and
let the piano go its own gait. The crowd in
the parlor was much interested, and sar-
castically enthusiastic a the conclusion of
the number. AS the piano was wound up
for several heats without stopping, ii i'm
| medateIy started in to repeat the selection
and the vocalist not to be outdone in the
bestowal of favors upon the appreciative
audience, essayed the second verse and
would have continued indefinitely had not
the proprietor of the place forcibly OBJ
| jected. The incident closed with the singer
being led down Illinois street by his digni-
| fled friend the musical genius still breath
ing his soulful love song into the summer
atmosphere.
The men who "buy and sell excursion
tickets are to be seen everywhere along
the thoroughfare between the depot and
Washington street. Where all of these
'.scalpers" spring from it would be hard to
say, for most of them never put in an APP
pearance save Sundays. They have no
regular offices, but stand out on the side
walk, where they are in close touch with
the pedestrians that making their way
to and from the railway station. On "big
day such as last Sunday when the city
is filled with many thousands of excur-
sionists, these sidewalk brokers do n thriv-
ing business, much to the disgust of the
railroad officials. who have often tried to
put a stop to what they term an unlawfu
practice. The average man, be he city bred
or country bred, cannot for the life of him
understand why he shouldn't get the bet
ter of a railroad whenever the opportunity
offers, and the individual who wouldn't
stoop to do anything that he considered
actually dishonest will lie like Turk when
it comes to travelling from point to
another for less money than that demanded
by the railroad company. And so it is that
resident of Charlottesville who wants to
go to Muncie, with a half days stopover in
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The voice of the newsboy is the first
sound that falls upon your ear as you open
your eyes and try to remember what you
were dreaming about. You lie on your back
staring stupidity at the ceiling while making
q half-hearted effort to collect your wits
to call them back from chaotic slumber-
land into an ordinary work-a-day world
The newsboy, ploddng along on the street
below. cries ont his wares once more. and
this time his words take definite form and
become something more than mere sound
breaking upon the stiffness of the early
morning. They convey some meaning 10
your Weakening brain. Sunday morning
papers, All. now you know who you are
where you are-and what day IL Is. You
snuggle down into the bed clothes luxur-
iously, blessed with the knowledge that you
don't have to get up unless you want to.
But the girl next door has also found out
that It's Sunday. and she has hurriedly
dressed herself in her silk petticoat and
kimona, and what other things one can't
pretend to tell. and tripped breathlessly
down stairs to the piano in the room which
is almost directly under your window. Why
IS il that. the day when everybody and
everything are supposed TO enjoy COM
plete rest. pianos are always overworked?
The young woman who has had no inclina-
ton whatever to preside at the keyboard
during the week suddenly becomes fired
with ambition TO branch out as virtuoso.
Entirely unconscious of the CONSERVATION
she Is causing among the sleepy individ-
uals OF the neighborhood and bissfully
obIivious of the misunderstanding impre-
cations for which she is wholly responsible.
she buckles down to business ct o'clock
and. in order to get into good working form
for the rest of the day. beats out a few
pounds of scales. takes fall out of
"Hiawatha" and winds up by showing how
Paderewski's Minuet can be played-if one
has the nerve.
If your Sunday doesn't start off in this
manner you are among the favorites of the
Goddess Fortune. and yo1 should knock
wood three times that your luck won't
change. In many a neighborhood of the
Hoosier Capital there is pandimonium of
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ferent kind, is at the same time thronging
Illinois street near the Union station. The
city-bred man experiences an intense desire
to get out of town in summer time, and
the man who lives in the country is pos
sessed with longing to get into town.
Sunday is the one day of all the week that
offers glorious opportunities for gratifying
these whims, ana, in consequence, the Sun
day excursion trains from town to coun-
try and from country to town are loaded
down with human freight Sunday Is a
busy day along Illinois street between the
big depot and the city's main arteries. In
other parts of indianapolis there is a GER
tain decorous haze lowering the scene
"a haze that bespeaks the day, but there is
little that is suggestive of the Sabbath in
the vicinity Of the railway station.
The shout of the railway ticket "scalper"
is to be heard, mingled with the metallic
music from many monographs and the
tin-panny harmonies from mechanical pia-
nos. The managers of the ''phonOgraph
parlors" reap harvest every Sunday-a
harvest of pennies. Did you ever notice
that Illinois street between Washington
and the depot is the local home of the
penny monograph men? If you are think
ing of starting into the business the first
thing to do is to secure quarters in this
immediate locality for you can't possibly
make success of your enterprise any place
else about town. The talking machines
and moving picture contrfvances have long
ceased to be patronized to any appreciable
extent by city people. but these wonders of
the twentieth century continue to be pro-
ductive of much amusement to the country
folk who see little of them at home.
Every photograph and moving pic
ture parlor-the proprietors insist
upon calling them parlors-sports an
automatic piano which distinguishes itself
by playing ''Violets'' in rag-time, or Eva
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indianapolis, finds it very easy and very
inexpensive to take advantage of the Sun
day excursions. He will buy a round trip
ticket to the Hoosier capital and when he
arrives here Will sell the return part of the
pasteboard and purchase in its place a
cheap ticket 20 Muncie, which some Muncie
man, who doesn't want to go home right
away, has disposed of at a nominal price
The monument is usually the center of
attraction the excursionists from the
country and the asphalted circle Is never
without it's crowd of interested sightseers
on summer Sunday. AT any hour of the
day you will observe some honest-looking
folks from the rural districts almost break
ing their backs in determined efforts to
measure the distance from the base of the
beautiful stone shaft to the crown of fair
Indiana's head Many of the family parties
from the rustic sections of the State con-
slider Monument Place, with its gushing
fountains. a suprenely inviting spot for the
enjoyment of the MONDAY luncheons they
have brought along with them. Just as
some of your cityfied people seek out the
most obscure hooks of the woodlands when
they take their luncheons into the country,
some Of your country cousins will settle
DOWN comfortably in the most conspicuous
public place when they open their lunch
baskets i'm town. You take an Indianapolis
man, set him down for half an hour on the
stone coping that surrounds the monument,
place half-peeIed banana in his hand
and see what happens. The expression Of
his face will become one of dreadful un-
easness, gradually changing to one of tragic
sorrow. In the course of that half-hour
everybody in town who knows him will hap
pen to come by that way and after scrutin-
izing him suspiciously, will pass on around
the circle shaking their heads sadly and
muttering, 1--WE always feared he wasn't
just right. We thought that perhaps he
would come to this some day" But the ex-
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cursionist can sit there on the coping, stow
ing away more bananas than you can
count, gazing about him the while with
honest, unafraid eyes-mentally noting, no
doubt, the many trivial affectations and
foolish customs of the city people, who seem
to be forever dress parade and always
conforming to an everlasting conventional
ity of word and action.
All the city parks are crowded through
out the day with these visitors from other
towns and from the provinces. The news
columns of the Monday morning papers al
ways tell us that there were thousands
of excursionists in town yesterday, who
took trolley trips to the various parks,
where they strolled about among the trees
or listened to the music of the bands"
1t is interesting to observe a party
of excursionists from the country,
espe tally if IL be family party in town
for the first time in a long while. Last
Sunday there was a party of good country
folk that attracted more than passing at
tention i'm one of the larger parks. There
were six in the famiy-mother and father
and four children. The mother, short,
stout woman with rosy cheeks and kindly
blue eyes, headed the procession, leading
little boy of about four years. A tall, an
gular youth walked behind her carrying
travelling telescope" which was probably
filled with good things to eat. Bringing up
the rear was pop" as they all called him.
hand in hand with "the twins" A jolly
looking little man was pop" good humor
fairly rippIed from his roturd, sunburned
face, and he didn't seem to mind in the
least the efforts of the twins to pull him TO
pieces The twins had to be seen to be ap-
preciated. They We're little girls of about
six years attired exactly alike i'm wonderful
dresses of bright yellow tarlton with pink
sashes and stockings to match, and with
sailor hats trimmed with sky-bue ribbons
1t was the first trip to town for the
twins, and the excitement of the occasion
seemed to be turning their heads. They
were continually wanting to go in opposite
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per cent; Iiveries to count 10 per cent
This class must be shown before a coach,
drag or brake appointed for park First
! prize, $50; second prize, $40; third prize,
500
Glass No. 16-Walk, trot and canter.
Horses to be judged for their quality, man.
ner. pace and conformation. The gaits re-
quired to be shown will be the walk, trot
and canter. The right is reserved for the
judges, if they consider it necessary to
ride any of the horses shown in these
classes. First prize, $50; second prize, SIC;
third prize, $50.
Glass No. 17-Potato race. First prize,
$40; second prize, IS.
Wednesday Matinee, Sept 2S-
Class No. ts-Best single roadster. Trot-
ter or PAGER QocaD. Horse alone consid-
cred. To be judged FOR speed. style and
manners. First prize, $40; second prize,
SIS; third prize, SIS.
Glass No. fe-Ponies in harness QocaD
Ponies not exceeding AZ. The award 10
be made TO the handsomest turnout of any
description and to be driven by boy or
girl under fifteen years. Special prize.
Glass No. 20-Family turnout. Pairs DO
cab. Shall be the best pair of horses (mare
or gelding) for family use. Must be won
three successive years by the same owner
under the rules and regulations of the In
dianapolis Horse Show Association. Must
have three or more competitors each year
Horses shall count 90 per cent; harness 10
per cent; vehicle 80 per cent; appointments
10 Per cent. Prize. Studebaker cup. Value
$50 This cup is open to any person living
In Indianapolis. or within fifty miles of that
city, subject to the above conditions.
Class No. 2l-Best boy rider. Special
prize
Glass No. 22.-Best girl rider. Special
prize.
Glass No. 23-walk, trot and canter DO
CALI Horses 10 be judged for their quality,
manner, PAGES. conformation The gaits re-
quired to be shown will be the walk, trot
and canter. The right is reserved for the
judges, If they consider necessary, TO ride
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4 supposed social Test.
Philadelphia Record.


Nothing annoys 50 much" said a
wealthy clubf1en who travels extensively
las To meet people when / am away from
home who ask me as they discover
that l am from Philadelphia II 1 know the
Biddles. Which Biddles? | make il A point
To inquire. Why, the Philadelphia Biddles
OF course comes the inVariable reply with
an astOnished uplifting OF the eyebrows that
Is unmistakable. Then l telI them 1 know
some OF the Philadelphia Bddles. but ex-
plain as best | can that all the Philadelphia
Biddles are not in my Set. which remark
invariably causes much surprise To be a
Philadelphia BiddIe, In the eyes OF most
people you meet away from home is To be-
numbered among the social elect OF course
these people can't be expected Go know that
this years directory contains the names az
lbs B4ddles. only twenty-six OF whom ifA-..
In the fashionable belt south OF Marker
street. Among the occupations OF the great
majority OF Biddles 1 nnd those OF motor
man, laborer, fireman, porter. cutter. ero-
Ger, salesman, painter. carpenter. driver
brakeman, machinist. clerk. cabinefrra k.,r
Goldbcater, wafchman, cngiaeer finlsher
weaver. ironwufker, stenographer and arnc.
gtst So YOU see there are B.dtllcs and Bid
dies, SO Tar as social standing IL coa-
cefned."
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Horse to count 60 per cent; vehicle to count
40 per cent. Prize, cup.
Class No. 42-Local horse to gig or cart.
Horse suitable for gig. Conformation, man.
ners, alI-round action and style considered.
Shown before gig cart. Exhibitor must
be resident of Marion county. Horse 10
count 60 per cent: appointments to count 40
per cent. Prize. cup. Value, $3.50. This cup
is offered by the Pabst Brewing Company.
Milwaukee, and must be won three times
by the same exhibitor mot necessarily i'm
suceession) under the rules and regulations
of the Indianapolis Horse Show Association.
Glass No. 43-Hunters Up to carrying l6O
pounds. The trial for the jumps will COM
mence at four feet. The judges, in making
the awards. will especially consider the
form in which the horses take their jumps.
Open to all. First prize. SIS; second prize,
$780, third prize, So.
Class No. 44-Potato race. First prize, $40;
second prize. s..
Friday Matinee, Sept. %
Glass No. 45-Best lady rider QocaD. Rid
ing alone considered. Prize cup.
Class No. 46-Best walk. trot and canter.
Mare or gelding. Suitable for lady. First
prize. $50; second prize. $40; third prize $780,
Glass No 47-SingIe harness horse QocaD
Suitable for park or town work. Shown
before appropriate vehicle. Whole outfit
considered. Prize, cup
Class No. 4S-Local coachman. Manner OF
driving. coachman's etiquette and appear
ance to be considered. First prize, SIS; Sec
ond prize $40: third prize. s.
Glass No. f9-Pony. other than Shetland
Under saddle. Over forty-six inches and
under Az First prize, SIS; second prize,
$40: third prize. s..
Class No 5o-Light delivery. Single DO
caD. Horse to count 50 per cent, wagon.
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horse shown before a coach, brake or drag,
as appointed for picnic, races or outing.
Team to count 50 per cent; harness and We
hicle to count 80 per cent; dress of coach
man to count 10 per cent; servant to count
10 per cent. First prize. $50; second prize,
$40; third prize, $50.
Class No. 40-Runabout, open class. Horse
should have conformation, style, all-round
action and good manners. Horse must
stand without being held. Excessive action
not essential. Horse to count 70 per cent
wagon and appointments to count . per
cent. First prize, SIS; second prize, $40; third
prize, $40.
Class No. 4l-Single horse to station wagon
Qocal.) Best single horse and best appoint
ed turnout. To be shown to station wagon.
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Rap and Bad Memory. In this list are
horses that have won prizes at horse
shows all over the country.
Aurel Batonye. one OF the judges of the
New York horse show at Madison-square
Garden; Orson Moulton. of Batavia. n. V,
and ]. w. Bowles. of Kentucky. have writ
ten the executive committee that they will
accept the invitation to act as judges of
the Indianapolis horse show. The commit
tee mas not heard from the remainder of
the men in different parts of the country.
whom it has invited to occupy the judges
stand.
The committee announced this week that
no liquor will be sold on the horse show
grounds this year. I'VE want il well UNI
derstood." said c.. w. Bliss. president of
the association. that We are not going to
allow any intoxicating liquors sold in the
horse show tent or on the grounds of the
horse show. Last year there was a bar
in connection with the horse show. but we
are going 10 break away from that this
year.
The executive committee has received a
letter from Crow & Murray. of Toronto
Canada, containing the information that
they will exhibit eighteen of their fine
jumping horses at the Indianapolis horse
show. Crow & Mrrray's horses are rec
ognized as among the best jumpers in
America. and their exhibition here will
make the jumping classes among the best
events OF the show
Following is the revised list of classes:
Monday Evening. Sept IL
Class No. l-Combination horse. Horse
shown first under harness and then under
saddle. Each performance ~ count 50 Der
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piano music every Sunday from early morn
until late at night and in the summer
time, when. parlor windows are open the
clashes of harmony that invade the at
mosphere i'm certain sections OF the town
where the houses close together, are
calculated to make peacefully inclined
person somewhat restless, to say the least
summer Sunday in Indianapolis offers
much that is interesting TO the analytical
observer, though stranger i'm search of
enlivening entertainment is likely to find
the city dull place, Unless he chances to
be on terms of intimacy with local residents
who will invite him TO share in their home
amusements. While indianapolis is of
the few cities of the midwest to hold out
against Sunday theaters professional base
ball and other amusements that quite
common i'm cities round about, there is UNI
doubtedly growing tendency here. else
where throughout America, to make Sun
day a day of enjoyment, rather than twelve
hours of sober reflection. However, Indian
apolis continues TO be a cnurch-gOing town,
and, as rule. wherever there preachers
worth hearing the churches are crowded in
the morning. When you hear a clergyman
complain of empty pews and lack of inter-
est you may be pretty sure that ii is largely
his own fault. The big churches in the
vicinity of University Park are usually filled
to OVERLOOKING each Sunday morning at
service when the weather permits, and the
same is true of the places of worship in
the other parts of the city, except where
there is no attraction i'm either the pulpit
or the choir An attractive procession of
well-dressed church-goers is to be seen on
every bright summer Sunday morning
vending its way along the fashionable thor
oughfares.
Another procession. of an entirely diff
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to count 10 per cent; dress and appearance
of coachman TO count 10 per cent. First
prize, $50; second prize, SIS; third prize, SIS.
Class No. 15-Park four teams with APP
pontments. Conformation, quality, style
and all-round action to be considered.
Horses to count so per cent: vehicle to
count % per cent; harness to count -
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W. G. CARING, of Minneapolis. who will ex-
hibit Miss Pickwick and Sister. light har-
ness horses; Frank G. Hogan, of Louisville,
who will exhibit Lady Flora, Lady Faune,
Lady Gray and five others; Dean r. Low,
of Topeka. Kan, who will exhibit Rip, Tap,
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Rising Sun.

Tbn "Cncil N-big" Is On s,Ia noch week
{, pising Sun ~ Wor+himgton.s Stora
o 80 - ~
'''' = >'p''
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Pelonze. Of Cam
den. y. j.. have returned home after Wis
iting Mr.. w. J. McDougal and family.
Misses Mary and Helen Spencer. IF
Corhranvill", have been tn" guests Of
their cousin. Miss Alma kcilhotZ.
Miss Florence Sheppard. of Zion. is
enjoying visit with Miss II. Nauda
Kirk.
The musical" given in tn" Town Hall
Oh Tuesday night. by the pupils of Miss
Mary +. Gillespie. WAS a decided sue