The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-10

indianapolis and it's observance
k>XHkA is rigid Notwithstanding that II
occurs three times a week. Ladies
of high degree forsake their LUXURIOUS
homes. neglect their shopping and 1oreSo
aIluring engagements TO drive to market
as regularly as the market day comes
around. rain or shine; thrifty women or
Ger their household affairs with an eye to
1he importance of the day. and overworked
women rush their breakfasts in order to
get in the natter-of-course marketing be-
fore the other memorable duties of the day
begin
There are indianapolis women, probably,
who never go to market But an observer
of the ever-changing throng that surges
through the big market house three days
of the week will incline to the belief that
the woman who doesn't join in the surging
is the exception to the rule.
Market is interesting on any of it's days,
at any hour of the day and to marketers
of every type and age. The market parties
which are perennially popular with the
young people are proof in themselves of
the delights of a marketing tour properly
conducted They are the gayest of af-
fairs. because unexpected things are always
happening, because a market scene is al
ways full of local color, because there is
variety and sparkle in the whole thing.
And in the actual marketing tour the same
conditions prevail 20 make even the
prosaic buying of meats and vegetables for
1he household larder an entertaining rather
ahan a wearying process.
Saturday is the best day to go to market
10 see the wheels go round Saturday is the
one-all-day-long market day. There are
greater throngs of visitors, there is an i'm
measurably greater display of vegetables
end other things the stands, and on
Saturday, too, the flower market blossoms
On all it's glory instead of in only partial
radiance. From half-past in the MORN
ing to half-past 10 at night the market
house is full of life and interest.
The Saturday marketing crowd Is par
1icularly interesting by reason of its vari-
ations at the different times of day. Morn
ing. noon and night are distinctly marked
epochs in market life on Saturdays. Ex-
cepting in the very early hours, when the
purchasers are apt to be of the "forehand-
ed class of housekeepers. the morning mar
ket crowd comes nearer to being a fash
donabse assemblage than at any other time
during the day. 1t would surprise many
q scoffer at society, who imagines that the
woman of fashion never burdens herself
terhy existence, to the number of ar
istocratic women who drive down to the
market in the morning and followed by a
maid or a man with the basket, or in many
cases carrying the basket themselves. make
the round of the stalls. selecting turnips
and potatoes and other homely vegetables
with the eye of connoisseur, poking ut
meats. and making inspired selections of
the best cuts, waiting their turns at the
stalls behind the stout German woman or
the wizened little Italian, with a demo-
cratic acceptance of the principle of first
come, first served. Butterflies and market
baskets are irreconciable quantities, and
the presence of the baskets would indicate
that the butterfly element is not the pre-
eminent thing in the makeup of Indian
apolis society matrons.
THE BRIDE ON HER ROUNDS.
Another feature of the Saturday market
morning is the bride. Dear thing, she comes
a-marketing. usually carrying her own
basket to buy joyously the crisp green let
tuces. the succulent young onions, the
cute little roasts and even the liver and
bacon that the One mans appetite Graves.
She is usually fresh and sweet a pink
and her eyes hold a sweet seriousness of
thought she meditates whether John
would prefer mutton or veal. She buys
painstakingly and Discriminatory because
two people need such little bit OF each
thing. and at home over her accounts her
pretty brows frequently knit.
"Oh. John. 1 just can't see where my
money goes. I buy just a little bit of this
and little bit of that and at the end of
the week I've spent twice what 1 expected
to-and I'm just as careful"
John usually manages to soothe her but
he doesn't tell her the remedy which he
probably doesn't know-to buy a consider
able amount infrequently rather than Just
a little bit frequently. which experienced
housekeepers say is the way to keep down
expenses.
Once in a while. sad to say, the bride
isn't all trim and fresh and joyous i'm her
marketing. One meets her now and again
leaning against a stand. waiting her turn
at butter or chickens, a peevish pout on her
lips. her raincoat donned hastily over an
obviously thrown-on toilet, her hair strag-
Cling down from its ineffective pins One
knows instinctively that she left the break
fast dishes standing TO come downtown for
her usual market routine and that the
glamour OF both housekeeping and market
ing has vanished. temporarily at least.
lie SATURDAY afternoon crowd Is maue un
of a class that figures less frequently in the
society columns of the newspapers than dc
the aristocratic DANES and the brides
There are brides aplenty Saturday aft
ernoon, though, and IL is really delightful
TO see them on their way to and from and
round the market For, in the Saturday
afternoon affairs John usually comes along
TO help with the marketing and TO carry
the basket. and the happy-faced young
Darbies and Joans who mngle with the
afternoon marketers are a pleasant sight
to see There is less romance in their
marketing. nor is il always more sensible
than that of the morning bride.
My. those are good-looking little rad
ishes, said one Darby 10 one little city
bred Joan, discussing their purchases be-
fore stall loaded with tempting vegetables
You know I've always kind o. thought
that those little crisp things would make
good pickles. Don't your?
Joan laughed the merry little laugh OF
superior knowledge. why you silly boy
OF course not-they aren't sour enough IL
make pickles of. she returned: and Darby
convicted of Ignorance. murmured, well
suppose that's So
Besides the young married people
the noticeable element in the after