The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-09
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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DR.. Mary Chandler. of Lowell. Mass. IN
said to be the only woman in America who
is entitled to practice both law and med
icine.
A young woman, aged only twenty-five,
Miss Jameson. of the Lyceum at Darling
ton. Scotland, has been invited to deliver
a course OF lectures at the University Of
Grenoble next year. She will lecture in
the English language.
A Philadelphia parent wrote to a school
teacher in that city: Miss Brown: You
shee needs yet readin and dgors init sums
more as that, II / want her 10 do Jumpin
1 kin make her jump"
Lady Curzon MARY Letter., who is now in
India, has announced in a recent letter her
intention of coming TO this country the
latter part Of next winter to visit her father
in Washington. She, will be accompanied
by her two little daughters.
Sir Frederick Pollock, the famous English
lawyer and law writer, OF London. has
cabled his acceptance of an invitation to
read a paper before the annual meeting OK
be held at Hot Springs, Va. Aug. 26 TO IS.
General Sir Archibald Hunter says the
best way to angiicise South Africa is to
provide every British subject there with a
good. honest British wife. The women's
emigration movement is doing its best to
assist in the carrying out OF Sir Archibalds
view.
George f. Elliott, who was a guest of
the An~dersonville. Charleston and Florence
prisons for 800 days, says that in the Flor
ence pen 10000 votes were cast for Lincoln
and Mcclellan for the presidency. 1000 for
Lincoln and 5000 for Mcclellan The bal
lots We're black beans for Lincoln and white
ones for Mcclellan.
Princess Victoria Louise, Emperor WILL
Jams youngest daughter, is taking a course
of cooking under the direction OF the chef
of the imperial kitchen. The princess has
a small kitchen of her own, and has al
ready mastered the art OF bread making.
She also made some German seed cakes
which were served on her fathers table.
The first steel manufactures in the United
States was Cornelius Anterior. Born in
Cambridge, Mass, in 1876. he went into the
iron business early, and made his first sue
cessful experiments in the manufacture
Hr Sgeei IN T'OVi NE q1e1 at S1 1Sd Fan d1n
he became possessed of the secret Of maxi
Ing steel is not known.
This paragraph appeared in a recent
issue Of the Minneapolis Messenger: There
is a little matter to which the Messenger
beg$ to call the attention OF Some OF itS
subscribers. We really hate to Speak of it,
but Some have Seemingly allowed it to slip
their minds. To US this is a very important
issue; in fact, it's necessary In our business.
We won't Speak further on the Subject:
perhaps you have already guessed the drift
of our remarks"
Sixty-five members of the next United
States Senate are lawyers, one is a civil
engineer, two are doctors and the others
bankers, miners, business men and poll
ticians. The average age is ffty-six. SEN
ator Pettus, of Alabama, the Oldest, is
eighty-two. and Senator Bailey, of Texas,
the youngest, is forty. Twenty-Five mem
bers fought in the civil war. OF college
bers of the Senate were born in other coun-
tries.
Mrs. Ogden Goelet, though a very wealthy
woman. is much averse to extravaganza and
positively shudders at anything that saw
ors of ostentation. Not long ago she gent
ly reproved a rich young girl friend on
silly and huge The girl answered airily:
Yes, / suppose IL is e-xtrayagant, but then
/ can well afford it," Quoth Mrs. Goelet:
Reasoning by analogy, would 1 be justified
in supposing that you would excuse your
cook for oversalting your omelet because
salt is cheap?"
When the clever writer and caricaturist,
Shaw as dramatic critic Of the London Sat-
urday Review, he, was told by the n al
that Shaw was getting such and such pay.
course, being comparatively ~inexperi-
enced." the manager added, you can
SHALL" rejoined Mr.. Beerbohm, decisively;
indeed, 1 shall expect more. You see,' he
explained, las Shaw knows the drama thor
oughly, Ii was perfectly easy for him to
write about it. Whereas i know nothing
about it, and it Will be shockingly hard