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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27

but really, I'm afraid it viii be quite i'm
possible. Ohi-for reasons which you, of
course. with your endless bank account,
cannot at all comprehend. You see we old
New York families have a secure position
here by right of birth; and even when we
are forced TO practice little economies in
dress and household management it doesn't
count against us-so long as we stay here.
Now, Newport is different. One cannot econ
omize gracefully there-not even one of US.
There are quiet and very decent places for
those of us that must. But at Newport one
must not fall behind in display. A sense of
loyalty to the others, noblesse oblige COM
pels one to be as lavish as those famboy-
ant outsiders who go there. One doesn't
want them to report, you know. that such
and such families of our smart set are fall
ing behind for lack of means. So. while we
Of the real stock are chummy enough here.
where there is only us in a position to OBJ
serve ourselves, there is a sort of tacit
agreement that only those shall go to New
port who able to keep up the pace. One
need not, for one season or so, be a cottager;
but for example. in the matter of dress, one
must be sinfully lavish. Really, child. 1
could spend three months in the Engardine
for the price of one decent month at New
port; the parasols. gloves, fans. shoes.
'frillies'-enough to stock the Rue de la
Paix, to say nothing of gowns-but why do
1 run on? Here am 1 with few little SIM
pie summer things, fit enough indeed for the
quiet place we shall reach for July and Au-
gust, but absolutely impossible for New
port-so say no more about 1T, dear. You're
a sweet-but it's madness to think of it,"
And had" reported Psyche TO her moth
er that night, 'such a time getting her to
agree. At first she wouldn't listen at all.
Then, after Ia just fairly begged her. she
admitted she might because she's taken
such fancy TO me and hates to leave me
but she was sensitive about what people
might say. 1 told her they'd never have
chance to say a word; and she was anxious
Perez shouldn't know, because she says he's
so cynical about New York people since that
NIilbrey girl made such a set for him: and
at last she called me dear and consented,
though she'd been looking forward to a quiet
summer. Tomorrow early we start out for
the shops"
So it came that the three members Of the
Bines family pursued during the summer
their respective careers of diversion under
conditions most satisfactory to each.
The steam yacht Viluca, chartered by
PercivaI. was put into commission early in
June. Her first cruise Of ten days was sig
nal triumph. His eight guests were the men
with whom he had played poker so tirelessly
during the winter. Perhaps the most illumi-
mating log of that cruise may be found in
the reply of one of them whom Percival
invited for another early in July.
Much obliged. old man. but I haven't
touched a drop now in three weeks. My doc
tor says I must let it be for at least two
months and I mean to stick by him. Aw
fully kind of you, thought
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1t was Seen on a Little Journey Into
Utopia.
Impressions Quarterly.

Impressions Quarterly.
1.-The schoolhouse itself, to begin with,
is not barrack. It's a charming building,
as much as possible like our homes. The
views from it are glorious; it's full of the
purest air; its gardens and shrubbery> are
fine; inside there are flowers everywhere;
and it is furnished beautifully; hung, too,
with good pictures-good ones, not the
dreary sort of thing with which clubs and
art associations and graduating classes,
in their ignorance, so often endow the un-
happy schools of the land. Why! know,
and L dare say you can parallel it, of a
school that has on its walls huge staring
photograph of broken columns, labeled
Roman Forum a colored print called
My Mary, She Minds a Dairy a 'plati-
nette' of coquettish slender angels in a
belfry, entitled Christmas Bels;' and
Sargent's never-failing Hosea the pleas
ant young prophet in becoming burnoose.
The money for these was raised by wom-
ans club, and they were chosen from the
catalogue of an educational company by
a committee of eminent citizens and their
wives, who knew what they liked, and
got it!
.'Oh, I'm Setting myself up I'm we'll
aware. But who can help it, when he sees
such-bumptiousness? for that's exactly
what it is; confidence in yourself the
measure of all things under heaven. It's
the note of the American life; just the
bad side, I suppose, though, of a general
tendency that's sound.
But our school. AS the building is diff
ferent in many ways, from others, so is the
life that is lived in it. You'll see but a
handful of pupils in any one room, six or
eight lor ten. They're gathered round the
teacher informally. They're allowed to
whisper! Think of that! o temporal That
is, if one of them is burning to make some
comment to another upon what is being
said or done. and will do it without inter-
ruption or discourtesy to the teacher, it's
permitted. 'Communicationii You allow
COMMUNICATION! excellent woman once
said, while visiting US. If she'd said
'Matricidei You encourage matricide,' her
tone couldn't have conveyed more horror.
She had taught
This all means that our school work
is vital The children have the same sort
Of eager interest in what is going on that
a group of brothers and sisters has at
home, when the right kind of father or
mother gathers them together for instruc-
ton. Perhaps 1 might claim that as our
ideal-to make the school as similar as
possible to the best child-life in the best
home. Usually it resembles too much a
ZOO where the poor animals shift rest
lessly about, in cage not too clean, and
dream of freedom. Even the very best
schools are full of bad air and languid-
ness, and the children pay for their knowl-
edge Of partial payments and the restrictive
relative and the magnetic meridian with
headache and nearsightedness and indi-
geStion."
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wouldn't fire us if we rode up and down
all day. Duchess was croisy to be on her
way
Being French she taught dat dere was a
charge for to ride in de elevator; like dere
is in Paris. Are you on to dat? Say, in de
little hotel we stopped at in Paris dere was
a dinky little lift, what dey called de as
censeur, and dere was a charge for to
ride down in it, but none to ride up. and
you had to run it yourself
''Dis is no business / says to Duchess
when L was put wise on de game. why
dis price to ride down, and no price to ride
up?"
She tells me dat was because when you
rode down in it de office had to send
man to fetch de ting to you, but when you
rode up, you fetched it up yourself Say,
wouldn't it take form French mug to dope
out game like dat?
l used to walk down, and ride up, and de
house ner went croisy at me beating de
game.
But I was going to tell you about me
fren de lightweight who went good. He
was one of de woist lads dat ever lived in
de district, and de police wos onto him, and
willing to put him into de lighting game in
style WHEN ne SOI d iAltic SACNChNA, oiiN VIC
precinct boss used to give him a gang of
fioaters to repeat at de polls every cleo
ton; and dere was few tings dat brought
fame and reputation in de district dat
wasn't his But he went good
Noting dat his gang, his pals, even his
side partner-yes, even his own fadder!-
could stack up as an argument was any
good to save him. He went good. His
fadder and side partner get close to him
one day, and dey gives him talk dat
would saved him If dere was any saving
in him. But it was to de bad-he went
good.
Johnny, me boy says his old fadder
to him, ''tink of what you Is giving away!
You has bail when you is arrested; you has
pull to get you off when you is tried. What,
me son, do you want? De eart?"
Jack" says his side partner. "you must
gone clean nutty, to tink Of going good
wit all de prospect ahead of you. Amt
you de leader of gang dat has done up
more men dan any odder gang from Cherry
Hill to Foist street? Didn't de police in
spector say de odder day dat you was de
hardest proposition on the East Side?
What soft snap is dere dat you needn't
ask for and get? What's your ambition,
Jack?" he says. Even if you wants to be
a bouncer in de Bowery, can't you get de
job? You has more Knockout tricks dan
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Duchess, she says, 'Is it of verify what
my husband say, dat it cost noting to go
up in de ascenseur?'
I'VE makes no charge, Maam," says de
starter, giving me de wink. But dere is
a lot of brokers and divoice lawyers in de
building, so I won't say dat it don't cost
noting to go up in dis building. But
Maam, if you and Chimmie isn't looking
for a divoice. and hasn't dead sure tip
you're going to play on stocks, why it
wont cost you a cent, to go up. or down."
He gives us de key to de door dat let us
out on de roof, and we left de elevator at
its last stop. and makes for de roof.
Was you ever on de roof of one of dose
mile-highers? Say. dey is great; dere was a
little cottage-and not so very little at dat!
right on de roof, where de janitor and his
wife and Riddles lived; and de janitor's wife
was gossping wit a neighbor on anodder
roof, and de Riddles was playing around
like dey was on de ground in DER own
back yards, instead of up among de clouds
In de corner was a painter mug, painting
a picture of what he seen, and If he gets
half of it in, it'll be a wonder; only folks
wont believe it, for you is looking down on
be Brooklyn bridge, instead of rubbering
to look up at it.
Duchess goes up and peeps at de picture,
TOMS her head wit ear down and one
up, squints her peppers, makes a megle-
phone of her hands and puts it to her eyes
and den side steps and gives a look like If
she didn't take car she'd fall off de roof
wit excitement, and winks to me to catch
on. So 1 says "P'chee! and MY, myr'
and ''Wowi" and wondered wedder I was
TO knock de picture or press agent it. De
arts TOMS around and sees Duchess blink
ing like de picture was so fine it nearly
blinded her; and me, catching on. says, Can
you beat it? De finest ever!''
Den de arts says something in French
Duchess was on dat he was a forner-and
we was soon casing gaily-gaily: Duchess
explaining to me what he said. and de foist
ting / knowed de ting happened dat Ouch
ess was playing for-de mug asks US would
we lunch wit him.
He digs out of a satchel bottle of
claret, some goo-goo stuff dat Duchess
calls patty. and some cheese. and sand
witches. and in a minute we was iunching
and talking art to beat de band-up dere In
de skyi Duchess said tings to de arts
dat she told him I'd said. till he asked was
/ arts, too: so she must done me fair.
and when she says I was not an arts,
only lover OF art-like his-he passes her
over little picture of de big one he was
doing, and says would we accept it wit his
compliments-from what Duchess explains
to me. for he could o1ly talk her kind of
Dago.
Well. when we'd rode up and down In
de elevator a dozen times for Duchess to
get her ill Of q tree spap-dough 1t made
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
GIMME FADDEN STORIES by E. W. TOWNSEND
GIMME FADDEN ON THE
GENEROSITY OF WOMEN
- Copyright 1903 by Rob Russell - ~

de size of de roll is enough to pass out what
you is touched for by dose dat1l squeeze il
dey don't get DER rake-of. Dere is noting
into it,
When man goes good after doping out
de game like dat dere's noting can save
him for his gang, so / knows he was safe
proposition, and tell Mr. Paul about him.
Den it was easy; Mr. Paul tell Miss Fannie,
and she got Whiskers to put Jack on a ele-
vator in a building what Whiskers is one
of de bosSes-directors? OATS il.
Well, Duchess and me starts for de place
to see me fren, but we stops our way to
take peek at me modder and Mrs. Muir
ply. When she hears where we was chas-
ing to Mrs Murphy says: "Johnny'n stay
good. 1 seen him de odder day, and, me
knowing his modder, 1 asks him how he
was finding it. He tells me dat de wages
was better and de woik lighter being good
dan being crooked Dere's many a good
man and woman comes down here to preach
dat would save more souls if dey under
standed how many poor creatures goes bad
because dey thinks de wages is higher, and
how many would go good if dey knew dat
de wages was better-and belongs to de man
or woman what earns EN-. Had you seen
de poor slip of a goil-not more dan seven
teen-your modder and me gives place to
sleep here last night We got her in de hos
pital dis morning, but she's coming here to
help us when she's OUT
When Murphy tell dat, me modder begins
to cry and laugh, and asks what for.
Sure, Chimmie," she says, Mrs. Murphy
and me. being out in de evening for bit of
fresh air."
"And a can of beer" chips in Murphy
"We seen dis poor child, and bad look
ing lad taking money from her hand. Mrs.
Murphy gives him one look. and den de
back of her hand across his face, and he
tumbles in de gutter. When de police runs
up, seeing de crowd, de man in de gutter
says Murphy had assaulted him."
1.-The cop was Kelly" says Mrs. Murphy,
as me modder stops to wipe her peeps, ut
was Kelly-Mrs. Kelly's Dan-and tell him
I'd give de no-good de back of me hand,
and points to de poor shivering goil; and
Kell sees what was doing. AN I'll give
you de back of my hand, too, for good
measure says Kell, and he sends him on
his way wit a mouse over his eye. Den
your modder and me fetches de poor goil
in here, and-Well, well, honest folks have
little to complain, and less to be proud of.
Pity de poor says de man what was
preaching in de street, as 1 goes out to get
some food for de goil, while your modder
puts some decent close on her. Pity de
wicked says To
Me modder and Murphy is doing so well,
with all de laundry woik Miss Fannie gets
for EN-, dat dey is getting chesty, and is
going to have two rooms to live in after
dis mont.
But dat wasn't what 1 was going to tell
you. When we gets to de Office building
and I'd give de starter a knock-down to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
A Small Real Estate Deal.
New York Letter.

new 1OIk
There are all sorts Of real estate deals In
New York. For instance, a well-known
lawyer was recently awaiting at the corner
OF Wall and Nassau streets the return OF
friend who had gone into the office OF j. Il.
Morgan az Co., across the way. While
standing thus unoccupied. he rested his
foot in a noncahalant way upon the marble
base-plate OF the iron fence OF the building
there located. To him there came a free
and easy individual, who asked in a breezy
way, do you own this property, sir?
Now this property is the subtreasury Of
the United States. and the weil-known law
yer was in some trcDidation lest he might
be trespasser and violator OF some regula-
ton OF Uncle Sam. With some misgiving,
therefore, he replied lightly, Yes. sir; In
common with all American citizens, am
part owner OF this property"
How much Is the corner WORTH" was
the next question.
Il should say about 100000" replied
the broker.
Well" said the free and easy questioner.
81 have an interest here. too. Let's see:
say there are 100000 men I'm this coun-
try. That means my share In this corner
is worth about 80 cents. Stranger. I'll sell
you my share for cents. That Will get
me a glass Orwell, soda water. and don't
care TO go thirsty when can realize on my
assets and get a drink.
He got the desired nickel.
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her sick-we went on our way, and in de
street she tell me dat de arts was top
liner, for fair; dat she'd read in de papes
about him, and dat de picture was wort
good Doodle.
On de level, dat was no pipe. 1 soon
found out, for says dat If it was what she
said, and de arts was a top-notcher, l
could sell it to paper, like mice. We
chases to Park Row, and goes to de boss
in charge of de picture end of de news
paper shop, and l flashes it out to him. and
asks him did he want it, He looks at de
name designed and den he says, in a hurry,
dat he could use it and would give five
for it.
ION your wayr' I says. Five for pic
ture wit dat name signed?" for L was on
dat it was de name dat was wort de gate
money.
How much?" he says.
"a tenner," says, 'or I'll take it to de
next shop"
DE way he made me out an order on de
paymaster for tenner made me kick dat
hadn't asked twenty. Anyway, we cashed
in and Duchess reaches for de long green,
and she says, III keep dis Cheems until
we make I'D our minds what to do wit it,
you'll sink it, womanl" says, '.as per
usual
Maybe" she says, and she didn't say
noting more for so long I got fright dat
she had gone dumb. Say, dat goil walked
up and down de Row, she stopped and
looked up, looked down, whispered to her
self, opened her hand and rubbered at de
tenner, and closed her hand, and shivered;
and 1 thinks dat she was gone dotty, and
how could get her home.
Honest, she near walked de feet off me
before she says, "Cheems, let us go to your
modder's again"
1 didn't ask no questions, cause when
Duchess gets one of does fits on, she
screams if 1 tries to jolly de game. We
gets back to modder's room, just as she
and Mrs. Murphy was having a cup of tea,
as day ironed; and dey sees to once dat
Duchess was doing tings wit her tink tank
dat didn't call for no remarks. De rest of
us gases, while Duchess opens her hand
and peeks at de Doodle. and closes her hand
on it again about a million times; and at
last she pops out wit: 'Modder Fadden,
when will dat goil dat you took in from
de street be here again.
'In a few days, dearie," says modder.
de ambulance doctor said dat de poor
child only wanted a little rest, and good
noissing, and he'd have her back here"
All of a student Duchess jumps up, passes
de tenner out to modder, and says, Spend
dat for her. Modder Fadden. Cheems and
me got it by our wits to-day, but we have
got lots of wits left.
1t was de foist time in her life / ever
knowed Duchess to part wit Doodle. And
de funny ting about it is dat she never seen
de goil. Women is queer!
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USE
BARRY SAWS
Mill Supplies OF All Kinda

on one OF his delicate little studies. IL done
in less careful manner, milady may appear
with hair having various shades OF red In II
from the gold TO copper.
AS to red hair in the masculine matri-
monial market in Munich club OF girls
has been formed, the members OF which
pledge themselves TO die old maids rather
than marry any but young men with red
hair. They are under the delusion that the
most devoted Of husbands have fiery top
knots. They are certainly more energetic
aud pushing. and their tint OF hair often
has a direct bearing their calling and
careers, presumably affecting their sue
cess in life.
In support of this statement a bewiljer-
ing mass OF statistics has been set forth
showing how fair men in humble life In
cline toward occupations connected with
horses and cattle, while fair men of a high
er status become political agitators.
The men who recruit the aristocracy are
mostly those on whom nature has be-
slowed rudy, at least straw-colored
OF science, artists and lawyers.
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Dere's a fren of mine what used to be de
champeen lightweight of Poverty Hollow
OATS east of de Bowery. near where de new
Williamsburg bridge comes in-but he was
took good, and has job running elevator
in a mile high office building near Wall
street. Duchess was never dat far down
town, except when she landed, so 1 says 70
her on our day off, come" 1 says, and
see a bold 's-eye view of America, and part
of Brooklyn" 1 says so dat when you gets
lost you'll know where you are at"
us dere no charge for rising in de ele-
vator?" Duchess asks.
All women is alike. but French goil is
more alike dan odder women. Dere is just
two kinds of tings dey wants most: tings
dat cost noting, and tings dat cost more
money dan dey have de price for. OATS de
reason dey likes diamonds and free shows.
When tells her dat one of de elevators in
de building was run by fren Of mine, and
dat de starter was felly dat / knows, and
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ITO be Continued Tomorrow.
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Evening.

The day has been a long delight.
So fair, so calm;
The close is like an exquisite,
Low-chanted psalm.
Behind tall trees. leafy line,
The sun descends.
And unto western skies. divine.
Strange glory lends.
What painter could. with all his art,
Those hues portray?
What poet could the counterpart
With words convey?
With motion rhythmical the breeze
wooes unto sleep.
Till over flowers and grass and trees
Soft languors creep.
And stsll rare tints above, below,
The eye enthraIl
The glamour of the aftergiow
Hangs over ALL
White clouds in masses on the blue
Are trimmed with gold.
And ever moving. changing. new
Beauty unfold.
Elusive, faint. then luminous
With golden light.
At last appears fair Hesperus.
Herald OF night.
And an the sable curtain falls
With dear delay.
1t seems the world with soft voice calls,
Farewell, sweet day"
Margaret Mannia,
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Fitz or jeff Even If your pull fails, and
you has to do time de Island, wouldn't
de head keeper know dat his job depended
on his making you a trusty?"
But de bug was in his coco, and dere
was use talking to him-he went good
He comes TO me one day, and he says,
"Chimmie. I'm going good
Luck be wit you." says I. How're
you fxed?''
II want noting but a job he says.
whats happened you, johnny" 1 says
'I'm tickled to deaf to hear it, but why are
you going good?''
mo mission teacher has done dis for me,
as de loidy you calls Miss Fannie done it for
you. / has. figured il out for me lonelies; a
grater's wages isn't his own. OATS all dere
is in It. De stuff is dere. and it's easy to
cop off, but when you get it whose Is It?
Your own? Nay! Nay. What wit splits,
and rake-offs. and commissions. and divides,
when you gets trough you are In luck il
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What Became of EnOch.
The Pilgrim Teacher.

A new version of the story of Enoch
was told to the editor the other day as
1t was given by a little girl after her re-
turn from Sunday -school. Her mother had
asked her what the lesson was about, and
learning that Enoch was the subject, she
asked her 10 tell what she knew about
him. ''Well," said the little girl, ''Enoch
was a man who took a walk with God
every day. One day they got so interested
In talking together that they walked, and
walked, and walked until Enoch grew very
tired. Then God said to him, You are very
tired, Enoch, and you are a very long
way from home, and you can't go back
there alone; so L just want you to come
to my house and stay with me- And he
went in and stayed, and he is there yet"
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Youths Companion.
The widow was taking her first look &C
the bust OF her beloved husband. The
clay was still damp. pray examine IL
well madam" said the sculptor. IF there
Is anything wrong 1 can alter H. !"
The widow looked at 1t with mixture Of
sorrow and satisfaction.
1T Is Just like him." she said. "a per-
feet portrait-his large nose-the sign Of
goodness" Here she burst into tears- He
was so goodl Make the nose . little
larger"