The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Queen Wilhelmina's pet amusement is ak
ing photographs. She goes about on foot
swapping a passing peasant. a group Of chill
dren coming from school. or a bit Of seem
cry whenever an agreeable subject presents
itself.
Robert j. Burdette, once the leading "hu-
morist" OF Iowa. has accepted the pastorate
Of a new Baptist church in Los Angeles.
His wife. who was a rich Pasadena widow
before her marriage TO him.. in 1883. is 10 be
his assistant. She is described as "a fine
platform speaker"
: ]. E. Lagdomeo, a young Filipino and a
cousin of Aguinaldo. sent TO this country
by Governor Taft to get an American edu-
cation, arrived In New Haven. Conn, Mon
bright-looking fellow. He speaks English
fairly well. He expects 10 enter Yale I'm the
fall to study forestry.
A mammoth loaf OF bread, six hundred
times the size OF a regular scent loaf. and
in the making of which an entire barrel
Of -four will be used. will be seen in AIissis-
sippfs xhibit at the worlds fair. Harry
Mansfield, of Moss Point, will be the
creator. and has ordered the construction
of an especial bake oven. designed by him
self. for the baking OF this giant leaf.
Carmen SYLVIA" the royal authoress. met
her husband. the King of Roumania. in
quite a romantic way. AS a girl OF seven
teen she was running down the staircase
OF the palace at Berlin. when her foot
slipped on the marble, and she would have
fallen to the floor below, but at the moment
Prince Charles of Hohenzollern stepped from
an ante-room and caught her In his arms.
Senator Quay is coming out OF the Maine
woods. after a months ishing In the Spider
lake region. Hes one Of the easiest men to
get along with we ever get up here" says
a veteran guide. I'VE have yet 20 hear a
complaint from him. While he comes MAIN
ly for rest, he does a great deal Of fishing
and tramping, spending most OF his. time
in the canoe or on the trail, and he Is one
Of the best trampers for a man OF his age
that / have ever seem"
One OF the magazines has been exploiting
President Roosevelt's fencing teacher, and
1t is interesting TO know that the President
selected the Italian in preference to the
French system OF handling the foils. on
the ground that 1t is more strenuous. The
Italian works "an over" the iFrenchman
fences with beautiful repose. manipulating
his foil with wrist and fingers as II II We're
a violin bow. Incidentally. the Italian meth
cd Is harder work; the French is a more
difficult art.
Marion Harland, the well-known writer,
has a garden of sentiment" at her coun-
try place at Pompton, among the hills Of
northern New Jersey. A recent visitor says
Of the unique garden: "A walk in this gar
zen is not Ukc a StrOll among Otner mower
beds, for the vines and shrubs and plants
that constitute its beauty have been gath
kered In all parts OF the world, and each
has 4 story of historic or sentimental In
terest. The garden has been a gradual de-
velOpment, and represents the labor, or at
least the attention, OF some thirty-fve
years"
Herbert Gladstone Is still occasionally
greeted by the historic nickname which he
bore so cheerfully at Elton. When his father
added twopence to the income tax. about
thirty-five years ago, Herbert. who was then
a diminutive lower-form boy, was promptly
christened "Tuppence." a name which chung
days. Mr.. Gladstone is a shortish, broad
shouldered man. of great physical strength.
and with the complexion OF a Spaniard. He
is such an enthusiastic lever of golf that
he has built himself a house near the links
at milestone. where he spends several
weeks Of each year.
Abram s. Hewitt alore knew who gave
a quarter of million dollars to Cooper
Union last year. and very likely no one
else ever will know. The story as he told
1t was that after Mr.. Carnegie's gift OF
100000 he was wondering where the next
100000 should come from. when "a GENTLE
man whom / have long known, who had
never manifested any special interest In
Cooper Union. called at my house. and after
a chat and a cup OF tea, said: BY the way.
/ nave got something for you-a little gift
prise he handed me S250lo00." 1t was a certi-
| fed check on a trust company. Mr.. Hewitt
turned IL over to the corporation and never
told any one who the modest giver was.