Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1895 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURN4; 310NDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1895.

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that sort of thing has grown old-fashioned and does not reach the crowd as the living pictures do. ' Mnrgnret Mnther dot $100,000. .VIIAVAUKKE, Dec. 1. Margaret Mather, the actress, ..wife of Colonel Pabst, wn of the brewer, has left the city, and It la reported that she has settled the proposed divorce suit with her husbr.nd and has taken IK),!) of the big beer man's money with her. Mi Mather, It will be remembered, horsewhipped her husband on a publio street in broad daylight a few weeks, ago. An Aquatic Performer Feat. DETROIT. Dec. l.-Trof. Knoth, an aquatic performer at "Wonderland Theater, this evening accomplised the feat of staying under water fcur minutes and eight seconds, which. be claims, breaks all previous records In that line.

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AMUSEMENTS. Grnitri HoyCn A Contented Woiiinn.' One of IloytV' latest and, tho wise one say, greatest comely successes. "A Contented "Woman," begins an engagement of three nights ami a Wednesday matinee at tho Grand to-night. It will be produced under th personal supervision of the author, and to those who are familiar with Mr. Hoyt's remarkable gifts as a stage director the annouMi-emrut w!ll be in the nature of a guarantee, that all the appointments will be perfect. The new play dos not difTcr materially from "A Temperance Town." "A Milk White Flag." or "A lilaok Sheep." That in. it I the same sort of a play. The thme is handle J in the same manner. The Hoyt ilea n to enlivening muMe and laugh-making situations is also .rurefully carried out. "A Contented Woman" lias proven a hit from th start. Mr. Hovt has not aimed to write a play which will rause exalters of the "new woman" to bubble over with enthusiasts, but rather to perfect a stage picture which will win the support of the greater proportion of both sexes. I The !Hel)u O per it tic (oncrrl. The event to which 'local musical people arc looking forward with unusual Interest Is the operatic concert to be given by, the Kreatest of lyric wingers, Mrr.e. Melba, and hr company of artists at English's next Monday night. In a diversified programme ats from "Lue!aM and "Faun" are to be given, with -ostumes and wr.ery. Svalch. Campanarl. LVAubegne ar.d Jesvegne3, all concert singers, are in the company.' The a Ivance Hale of seats, which promises to l.tj unusually large, will begin at the Pembroke. Arcade Wedneslay morning. Ilnvarlnn IVnKimt Company. The German resUents of the city will take an Interest In the appearance af the Hararlan Peasant Theater Company ak English's Thursday. Four plays art to b presented. Pxtrk "Hrookl) n Handicap." The 'Prooklyn Handicap." a new melodrama, with race track an 1 other Fib lines, will be at the Park the first half of the week. StHKf IlenllMiu antl Imagination. -Madame Modjeska. says the Philadelphia Times, was lamenting the other day in New York that few people longer went to see a. Shakespearean play unless it were made a spectacle. Whilp this is doubtles partiuutlarly true of New' York, it is to a great extent true of this country generally, and perhaps of other countries also, and not only as to Shakspeare but as to the-w hole range of the serious or -poetic drama, so that the question has been suggested whether the older forms of drama as a purely intellectual entertainment are not for the time bring obsolete, except among the few. People will sometime? go to see a new star, an actor or actress In whom thir curiosity has been excited, usually by other mean3 than thos of art. Idut this Interest is personal and irrespective of the play, and when curiosity Is satisfied, the star; Is of no more ."consequence than the stock actress. There is, on the other hand, a considerable range of plays of contemporaneous interest that attract for a time by dramatic means, but those bear the same relation to the standard drama that tho popular novel of the day bears to the maaterplecrs of literature, which people will look at only In Illustrated editions cle luxe. And even In these modern plays tho prudent manager makes his appeal largely by costumes and a sumptuous setting. Tim development of the pictorial aspect i the most -conspicuous eharacteristic of tho -contemporary stage. The actor. If not also the author. Is subordinate to the seem? painter, the mechanician and the stao manager, and the delivery of tie poem as in the case or Sir Henry Irvbi;'s Macbeth or some of Mr. Daly's rroducdons-is onlv on? small part, and It may be an inslgnhlcaxit or a defective part. In an Imposing ensemble. Necessarily, this attempt to present as reality what was formerly only suggested by the surroundings of the action, Wvcs the. imagination of the audience m xercied. and it graduall grows dull. We Ipso the power of 'make believe," which I essential , to tho apprehension and enjoyment 'of the drama. "When" the picture "is presented complete before i..e eye. It maks no such demand upon the Intellectual fariltiC as. where the sympathetic Imagination is called o-i to complete It. and thus the tendency of all this stag realismThas been to' substitute a different form of entertainment, apjvaling through the eje rather than through the car. and we are no lonser satisfied with tho old. The tame pictorial .development that wthave noticed on the dramatic stage han bcn especially conspicuous in opera. t?ornc modern eompesers. Indeed, have even insitel upon it as essential, and as far as their Influence goes they have Introduced a form of spectacular musical drama that U as diflVrent from the singing opera as Irving' pictorial "Macbeth" from the stirring human drama that the older actors portrayed with th crudest mechanical details. The natural effect Is that when people go to an opera they do not Inquire how it is sung or played, but how it Is "mounted." whether the scenery is new. the rostumes correct; and the moat glorious rnus!c alls to move them if some member of the billt should make a wrong tep jr th Mm light flicker la the wrong; rdac; It is idle to upbraid people for their dullness of Imagination .or of artistic appreelatlon. ' What 1 here noted is simply a fact, to which every observant person must testify, whether he consider it a good thing or bad. It is what our most enterprising managers In the show buines have been working lor. There are nrill ?ome persons left to whom the bodv U more than raiment and the soul of the drama or th muric Is of more eonseuence thar all the rtez'i carpenter' devices, and" ivhil they liv th C;i art of the tag cannot tr":!V dir. Cut there is no denjing that

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SPEECHES ON CHARITY

The ov York Tapirs tell a romantic story of the't-ngagcinent. of Mr. George IJ. Gaston, ' of Indianapolis, and Miss 13!shop, whose marriage was announced in Sunday's Journal. The Hun xayt: A man deserves to win a wife who has the nerve to call up a gith eight hundred miles away, over th telephone and ask her to marry him. That is, the way Miss Ethel Mary Hishop. tho only daughter of Hon. James Draper Bishop, of Iiondon, became engaged to Georgo p. Gaston, of Indiauapoll?. They were married last Tuesday night at the residence of Ezra T. Cillliand, at- Pelham Manor. ' ' Mr.' Gaston is the son of a retired physician, and is the secretary and treasurer ot the Indianapolis Transfer Company, For several year he w'as associated in this city !n the electrical business with Thomas A. Edison and m. Gllliland. A'J of Mr. Gaston's friends had It settled in their own minds that he would die a bachelor. His business frequently called him to New, Vcrk. While In town ho spent much of his' time, .with -Mr. filmland. Every timo he came to New York Mr. Glllllanl Invited Gaston to make his home at Pelham Manor. Gaston invariably refused. Baying that the Glllllanl house was always filled with guests, and that he hadn't time to play the agreeable to a lot of women. Then the man from InlianapoIIs would picture to his old friend what large times the two might have if Gllliland would only stay with Gaston In town. . ' "Urcak away, old man," he would say. "an I we'll have some fun that deserves to be called fuh! I can't see anything in talking one's self black in the face to a houseful of women." One day last February Gaston arrived in New York on one of his business trips. -His two ulsters had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gi'diland for several weeks, and in their letters home they had frequently mentioned Miss Ethel Hishop, ,a very charming English girl, who was making her home at the Gillilands. From those letters Gaston

hal learned that' Miss Eishop had been In

shanghai while her father was serving the English government there as consul. As a chil 1 sh had lived In Africa, her father naving been . transferred to one of the .South African states. Later she v had been sent to a convent in Paris, whence nhe went to Heidelberg, and there she took a degree in music. Then she went to London to continue her studies in music and the classics. In fact, Gaston heard o much about Miss Elshop that, when he reached New?--York and Mr. Gillilan l extended to him tho usual invitation to visit Pelham Manor, the Indianapolis man said emphatically. "Not much!" 'Finally, on fct. Valentine's day. 'the day before he whs to return home, (Jaston consented to go out to Pelham Manor for a few hours, just to see his sisters. He went anl' stayed two weeks. He was done for, but he could, not bring himself to the point of a proposal. - A3 be himself tald last night: . "I came pretty, clcse to it several times, but when. I got Just ta the point I got scared. I felt as if it would be a sort of sactllfce that I mustn't be guilty exf. ,1 tell you, I never . thought a woman could bluff me out; and so I went home." ' When he returned to Indianapolis he wasn't able to do much business. All he could think about was the English, girl on the shore of long Island sound. Two weeks ent by. and one morning while he was sitting In his oflice a letter came from one of his .sisters. It was largely filled with a description of a gentian she had danced a few nights before, and told how all the rr.n had simplj- gone daft about Miss Bishop. Gaston though for a moment, and then rushed to the telephone, looked up the Dumber, of Gllliland's house telephone In the long-distance telephone book and asked to be connected. Pretty soon he heard a feminine voice at the other end of the line call. "Hello!" "Hello! Who Is that?" answered Gaston. "Who?. Oht Miss Bishop? Well, this is Mr. . Gaston, -Miss Bishop.' "Where am I? In Indianapolis; ..Yes, In Indianapolis. I thousht I'd call you up to to ask how my sisters are. You'll call one of them and let her speak for herself? Oh. never mind. I raid ' .-never mind. N-e-v-e-r-never. No, not mine; mind mI-n-d. Hello! How are you? . Just going .' to the city? Theater paity to-night? Oh. not going in till the fouroclock train? Wish 1 were going with you. I said -I. wish I were going with you. I don't Know whether my sisters would like to have me or not.. I Just wanted to go with you. Don't be foolish? Hello! What itrf rvM iv TTelln! Hello! Sav. Central!

Don't cut me off! I'm not through talking j ret. Gonn at the other end? Well, ring

up again." . As Mrt Gaston, said last night, he was bound to sav something then or die in the attempt. After waiting some time he got the Gilllland house again and began talking with Miss Plslrop. ' ' ', "I beat about' tho bush for a long time." he Mild.? 'u net then I came out with the question, ihe evidently couldn't understand me,: for this was the answer I got: . "'Corne a littlo nearer, Mr. Gaston. I can't hear you.' . , "Then I moved about an inch nearer to her in-that, tight hundred miles and asked the question over again. ThisVtlmc It was perfectly understood. I was told that I might pot be sure of myself, that I had better wait for a while, and some more things llko that. I Raid I had lived, to be dhlrty-flvfc years old. and guessed I knew my own mind. Finally I was told that she would give me an answer when she called m up In two weeks." That was on Feb. -S. Two weeks after that Miss Bishop was In Brooklyn one day and stppd Into the office of Mr. Gilllland. Site called up Mr. Gaston. "Hello! Is that you. Mr. Gaston? This is Miss Bishop. Knew the voice, did you? Tour memory for sound is excellent. I wonder, if it is as good for other things. One other thing?- What's that? Oh, my- answer? Was I to glv? you an answer about anvthlng? Hello! What's that? I lenow vefvy well ..I; was? Yes. I guess I do. Two weeks have-seemed .like two years? You say that very .nicely over the telephone. Well, are you sure you know what you are talking about? Positive? And you don't think you'll regret It some" time? Sure? Wellthen, if yon want yes. here It is. What's that? Hello! "What did you say? Oh! Well, you caa'.t have that over the telephone. You must come for that yourself. Good-by. George." It wasrft long before he came for what he roulin't get over the telephone, and the arrangements for the wedding were made. Mr. and Mrs. Gaston are now at the Imperial, but this evening they will leave for Indianapolis, their future home. Mrs. Gaston Is an unusually . good-looking woman, perhaps twenty-two years old. Bhe has dark hair, large dark eyes, and a graceful figure. She has a musical voice, and speaks with a decided English accent. Speaking of her engagement, eh said: "I have traveled over a good bit of the world and heard plenty of romances, but I never dreamed that I should come to America to get engaged 'by. telephone. And I shouldn't if George hadn't been such a dear fellow, with -such an awful lot of cheek at long distance." ; China Not Yet Civilised. Philadelphia Inquirer. May it not bo os!ble after all that in our hatred for rats. as an article of dally diet we have slandered China as a place of happy resident?. No bank has failed there for nearly ris hundred years, ond-there Is only one-fcrms band In the wholo empire.

ANM'AI, MEETIXG OP THE - 1IIG IXDIAXAPOLIS OltGAMZATIOXS.

Mr. John II. Hulllilnr Outlines the Traetlenl "Work and Result Accomplished John W. Kern Tulk.

The seventeenth anniversary meeting of the Charity Organization, Society was held in conjunction with the Indianapolis Benevolent Society's ilfty-ninth anniversary at English's Opera House last night. In Fplte of the unpleasant, rainy weather about 1,300 people assembled to participate in the meeting.- Governor Claude Matthews presided. In opening the meeting he congratulated the city on the success that has attended the efforts of. the benevolent socltie?, and mentioned the fact that Indianapolis ranks ilrst among the cities of the Union In the success that has attended the efTorts towards organized charities. After the invocation offered by How Mr. Mllburn, John II. Holllday. chairman of the executive committee, delivered an address on the subject of "The Charity Organiza tion Society." die rail: "When the future historian, surveying the past from his far-removed standpoint, contemplates the characteristics and achievements of the nineteenth century, it is more than probable he will declare that Its greatest gift to the world wa the realization of the power of organization. Men have always appreciated the force of union In time of war, but it remained for this age to adapt the principle to all the affairs of life. Whether it be in matters of govemment or relitlon. the development of vast transactions in business or methods of social advancement. In whatever tends to improvement i:i a civilization swiftly becoming more and more complex, we have learned that union net only is strength, but is absolutely necessary if any headway Is to be made. "The application of this principle in the administration of charity signally Illustrates this. We have come to feel that- no man lives to himself; that, willing or unwilling, we are joined together by bonds that cannot be broken without injury to. all. and that all must in self-protection look after, the laggard, the weaklings and the vicious in the race of life, and this looklug after must be permanent and methodical. For centuries cnarlty simply meant Indiscriminate alms-giving. It means that ytc In heathen and Hemi-civillzed lands to gtve without asking questions is the height of merit. The Anglo-Saxon got away from that notion long ago. He realized that there shoulJ be a. fitness In giving whieh did not exist unless there was need. He believed that If an able man work not. neither shall he eat. This Is Just. It is the right principle, for no community can support an army of drones without bringing upon itself a formidable array of evils. So the first thought that comes to us when asked - for charity is: 'Is the applicant worthy? In a small community It is easy to find the answer, but in the city, where! time is the scarcest thing to be had. It Is! difficult to find it, and the result is one of two things: either help is given without knowledge, and that means In many cases nn Jncentiv? to pauperism, or help is refused, and that means In many cases a continuance or Increase of suffering that should be alleviated. , INTELLIGENT, TRUE CIIARITY. "It is here that organization steps in to do its work and apply to human distress the power of intelligent and systematic combination. It applies .business methods in the administration of relief. It investigates each case. It learns the real condition of the applicant, the habits, surroundings, relations, antecedents, all that can bo learned about him. It puts the facts obtained before a weekly conference of workers in charitable societies and public offlcials. which considers them, and elecldes whether ail r shall be given, and, if so, in what manner. Now,. this is not done in a cold-blooded,' perfunctory way. Some people think that such treatment has no sentiment In it, no heart: that It is gradgrind work. That is not true. There is. far more sympathy and love in it than In handing out elollars without knowledge, tlone often to set rid of an unpleasant thing. There- is sympathy and love, but they are ruled by intelligence, arid action is taken upon established priuciples which have borne the test of long tiial. . ' "Organized charity tries to administer true charity. It goes to the suffering and ubmerged. not with the idea of alleviating their distress temporarily, but with the Idea of removing the causes and of helping them up to v. plane of self-support and selfrespect. It can accomplish little in this direction unless it has heart In it. unless it shows that it is friendly. Without kindliness it cannot win confidence, and without confidence It can give - no substantial aid. This is tho spirit In which it must work, in which it does work. There Is no time here to go Into details, to tell how and what means are used to Induce people to help themselves, but you can understand that It requires steady, thoughtrul effort. Contact cannot end with provision for Immediate necessities. There are cases in which this Is all that can be done, but whenever there is a ray of hope that tho condition can be altered, the Intercourse is kept up. Especially is this true where there are children. Dr. Holmes said that a physician, to treat a patient successfully, should go back to his grandfather, and it is only by getting hold of the plastic and pliable children and surrounding them with influences which make for righteousness that tho roots of pauperism will be plucked up. Therefore much attention is given to the children to get them Into school and keep them there, to induce the parents to take an interest In them and to make the home better. Families upon the verge of pauperism are not tought back by one effort or two. It requires continuous work, frequent friendly hands. Often they Jail back, become .discouraged or indifferent and the work must be done again. I can take you to families here where two year3 ago the husbands were drunkards and terrible destitution prevailed. There was not a star in the skv. Now, through the work of the Charity Organization in counsel, occasional help and in bringing sympathy and good influences to bear, the men have reformed and the wolf has been driven from the door. Hundreds of prson3 have been started and encourased in habits of thrift by the visits of the Dime Savings Association, which last vear numbered over 23.000. Then charitv cannot confine itself to applicants. It must seek out distress often. Sometimesthere are. people who suffer in silence, who would starve rather than ask. for help. Only a few days ago there was such a. case, where the utter destitution of a family was discovered by a person, who re-: ported the fact. A lady called at tho instance of the society, learned the circumstances, measures w ere taken to aid them and employment was secured, which putthe family beyond want without their ever discovering that it was f the .work, of the, Charity Organization. CARING FOR CHILDREN. ' "The value of all these influences U not to be measured In dollars and cents, but suppose you only consider the money benefit. What has been tha reVult of charity prganizatlon among us? From all the evidences at hand, there has been a great reduction in pauperism Jn this city in the! last seventeen years. In the face of a great increase in population, pauperism has been held In check and is far less, relatively, than when the work began, if, indeed. It is not absolutely less. "Whre parents are vicious and unfit to have the care of children, a most Important adjunct to organized charity is the Board of Children's Guardians, which is empowered by the law. to remove Children frcm the care of such parents and to. find suitable homes for them. I want to vay-' that tills work, while often misunderstood' and sometimes denounced, is a good and necessary one. which is b?ing administered in the right spirit. On surface view that mav seem to b a drastic and harsh method which interferes with parental rights, but desperate diseases require desperate remedies sometimes. Society must defend Itself against crime and pauperism and It never can do that as long as It allows children to grow up unrestrained and uneducated in the ml lst of vice. A friend of mine used to say wheu some fellow married with no ability to support a wife that he had as much right to starve a woman as any other man. Many people think that a bad. worthless man and -woman have a perfect and Inalienable right to bring up children upon their own models, teachlnt them everything -that is bad ar.d nothing that Is good,. and then turn them loose to prey upon society., It Is a more monstrous doctrine than to advocate the turning loose of wild beasts and poisonous snakes. . "While the work of the Charity Organization Is a never-ending one, from time to time It must try new methods and enlarge Its field. The problems confronting us present many aspects and there are constantljchanging conditions to be treated. We must extend and strengthen our lines. AVe want to carry on friendly vl!ilng upon larger srale. to get a firmer hold upon th children.

and, through them, Influence the parents. We propose during the coming year to establish a bureau cf. Justice. The object of this is to protect the poor from the exactions and extortion of which they are often the victims, and to provide a means by which their dilTieJultles may adjusted and Justice secured for them. This Js In direct line with-tlm-aim of the society to be the friend ani helper of the poor, and a committee -has-been secured to take charge of it. whosecomposltion la a guaranty that tho work will be done well. THE 'ORGANIZATION'S .WORK. T fully believe that no one can look into the work of the Charity Organization without being .convinced"-- that it has accomplished great good for this city; that its purposes and jmeihods "are" right; that its spirit is truef that its policy of prevention is correct. .There are many people who think that charity consists solely in actual giving and that tho money spent for investigation, friendly visiting, getting children into school, Office- work and other expenses is not charity. Thcv say it costs you more than half - the money you receive to distribute the -rest; "That might be true and yet be a good thing, if by spending the .money necessity of future relief is removed or confined. But.it. is not true, for the work of the Charity' Organization is of great use to many societies and to' the towrship trustee; ami 1t should have credit for saving their funds. Its facilities and information are freely given to all organizations, and all church societies and other charitable bodies; are urged to avail themselves of its services It b anxious to cooperate with all engaged In the same r.ork, that the business may be done thoroughly and well, in such a wrty-as to help the poor most. It invites, the.- help, of tho whole community, begging 'good People to refer to it all inquirers whose stories they are not able to investigate; and it pledges itself to examine each case sfieedily and deal with it Justlv. People 'are "being imiosed upon all the "time and Induced to give whero true charity would withhold. Especially Is this the case with men who como to your door, but those can be dealt with properly by a littlo trouble. One dollar will purchase from this Kocictv a look of tickets, each good for a nicht's lodging" or a meal at the Friendly Inn. Give one or more of these to an applicant and h will get fool and shelter, for which h must work if you so specify. If the mart does not go to the Inn. and many ida not, because it Is only money that they 'want, you receive credit for the' tickets. and at the same time know that vou have neither-refused a worthy man nor been impo'l upon. The Friendly Inn is the only place in tho city Where wanderers can go, and-'lt rarely is full, despite the stories you ' generally hear to the contrary. . !-'. ' i "'' " "J. maintain, then,- that the money spent 'n this way by thef .'Charity Organization is money spent in-the" best way. It Is proved by the result ofibavlng Paved thousands of dollars of pahllo -and 'private funds in preventing the support of professional beggar and chronic' ptiu per. If that is the only thing to be considered. Charity Organization has Justllied its being. Hut when added to that is the great ' moral benefit It has brought, which tends to permanent Improvement and a- more abundant life in socletv. it has more than demonstrated the necessity for Its beings Holding before you this record, I confidently appeal to this community for the generous support that shall enable this: work to go on, enlarged and strengthened,' tc meet all the demands of a great and growing" city." MR. KERN ADDRESS. Following Mr. -IloUiday, .John " W. Kern spoke on the subject Of "Friendly Visiting." Mr. Kern spoke in his usual happy vein, and his remarks. were received with close attention, although he was frequently Interrupted with laughter.' and applause. He alluded to the fact hat tho audience .before him was composed, of Jews and gentiles, of Christians and free-thinkers, ot

men of all partIesr-PLQpuusts, prohibitionists. Republicans and Democrats. "I mention the Democrats last," said he, :"for rea sons which are untjecessary for me to explain. It is a good thing," he continued, "that on occasions Jike this men who lovu Gcd-can get togetherwith those other men and. declare their common devotion- to the cause of the, universal;brotherhood of man. The subject under consideration to-night does not need discussion, for-all are agreed that provision musti be made .for God's unfortunates by ' those, more fortunate. In no city in the Union has this work been carried forward with-more zeal than in Indianapolis. There are here not less than thirtyseveiv organization . having In view th caring for the, poor and. unfortunate. The curse, of povertyitliesifupen ua more lightly than: upon other gr!4t tdtles -but the conditions here might .be better. We ought tc. be more: In personal touch." . Mr. Kern spoke of the necessity for personal charitable work, and thought people should not rely too much upon the organizations, but ought to personally Investigate cases brought to their notice, and give not only money, but also tender sympathy ana comfort as well. Said .he: "la money ah we. have to give? Does money, paid out through an agency, Constitute charity? 1 am mclined to thinkfwith the apostlo Paul that, though I bestcrwall my goods to feec the poor and hav.e:not charity. It proflteth me nothing. I do not want to be understood as casting -any reflections upon the organized charity represented heie; its work is well nigh-perfect, but "I want to impress upon youpnitulr the necessity of personal, work."- , . - In concluding, Mr." KeYn referred to the law passed by the last Legislature providing a man discharged, .from the penitentiary should be taken to the county from which he was sentenced by the sheriff of that county. The law makes no provision for supplying the discharged convict with clothing or money. hd he is turned upon the world to shift for himself. "Where is that man to get his .first meal? Where Is he to turn for work?" 'asked the speaker. "The old law' proNided' "a-convict should be given ?13 and allowed to go where he pleased. In some strange locality he was at liberty to begin anew, but when a convict returns to the scene; of .hls disgrace he is placed under the surveillance of the police, and if he triers to: beg he Will be arrested. And so I. say there 14, here, a new field for charity. Eet these men be met with sympathy, let them have a -' chance to live honestly. Let us meet these strangers with kindlv sympathy and succor until the next 1'gl-iature can rf peal. this odious law." : In opOln-2 addfs of appeal for contrtbutlcCk Rev. M, E.1 -Haines, president of the Indianapolis Rencvoient Society, first said he wanted to most heartily Indorse what Mr. Kern had said. "Senator Kern is right." said he, "in what he has said about us getting out of thP narrow lines of sect and pollt:cs that so often bind us and Into the upper stratum of universal brotherhood, but he did not go far-enough. We must not forget that necessary means for carrying 01 the-work must. be provided by us." Dr. Haines closed his remarks with an earnest plea that liberal contributions be mado for carrying on. the work, during the coming year. : ; .:.-... THE '-VAGABOND FATHER, i ""The Vagabond 'Father"; was the subject of the remarks made by Rev. G. A. Carstensen." He seemed to think - the., vagabond father was . one of . the. most degraded species oT mankind charitable reople have to deal with, and yet onefthat receives too much encouragement an'd-help. from people, with kindly motives, ,who fear they may harm or neglect suffering wives and children by failing to respond to demands made by worthless fathers In. dealing with a vagabond of- this sort: the speaker seemed to think the effects of moral suasion ought to first be tried, and, falling -that, stringent measures should follow. He said he agreed with Paul In the statement "if-a man will not work neither shall he ekt." IV thought the helpless wife and children saould receive succor, but should be made to understand the father. rpu$tl:-work. He asked charitable people not ; to te, too easy with such fathers for fear of hurting the wives and children. ; '' .' ' Following Mr. Carstensen. Rev. D. J. Ellison spoke of "Our: Children.'' "We owe it to the children to help them." he said. "Wo start at the wrong- end when we begin with tho agabond father and try to reform him I am like Dr. Carstensen. I don't think much can ever be' done with such fathers." Dr. Ellison spokw of the transformation which came-Into-Child life with the birth of the Savior. He said lie would like to go to every 'homeless, 'neglected child ar.d tell It what Christ had made possible for It. fc?ald he: "I would like to gay to all outcast children, Christ understands your December; Christ understands your winter. He was an outcast -himself." Dr. Ellisop stoke of the special efTorts that were be.ng made by the charitable -organizations for the raising of the poor, neglected outcast children of the city and urged the audience to keep this branch of the work especially m-ing the Intermission between the different addresses music was furnished by the thoir of the Second Presbyterian Church' hnder the direction of Prof. F. ' X. ArerSubscription blanks were passed throurh tho audience and afterward collected by ; ushers. The amounts contributed were uot announced last night.:. ' Rev. D. R. Van Buskirlc pronounced the benediction,- after whfer-th-large audience disbanded. ..' f t .

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In the month of November the Indianapolis packing houses killed 1C$,0"0 hogs, against 91,00) In November, .1894, and against TS.000 In November, 1S83. At the twenty-one packing points which reported last month there were killed 1,00.000 hogs, against l.S4C90 In November, HOI. Kingan & Co., at this point, are k.tiing 4,0(O to i.'JM) hogs a day, Coffln, Fletcher & Co. SOO ..to l.OW a day and the Moore Packing Company 00 to SOO a day. At thesmaller concerns about 200 hogs are killed dally. It.U noticeable that in proportion to business done the Indianapolis packing houses have Increased proportionately-more than any otir?r point. Receipts of hogs are large. Indianapolis packing houses are paying good prices and the quality of hogs, . L. Fletcher, the veteran packer o. Indiana says, is the. finest, fattest and healthiest offered on this market in many years. . , The Overall lnltmtr). It is stated that no one industry in this city gives employment to so many people as does the manufacture of shirts, pants, overalls and the more common class of men's wearing' nppurel. In fact, there Is but one place in the country where more goods of this description' are turned out than at Indianapolis, and that, is at St. Jo seph, Mo. In this city there are live large establishments and a number of. smaller concerns. Lewis Meier & Co. have in theli employ fully four hundred people, three hundred of them using sewing machines. Tho C. IJ. Cones; Ai Son Manufacturing Company and the Ilarselm Overall Manufacturing Company employ about the same number of people. Tho Hailey Manufacturr ing Company and Phillips. & Pattison are also large manufacturing conceris. the business as a whole, it is. stated, giving employment to at least 1,400 persons, most of them using sewing machines for their work. At tho several establishments It Is very Interesting to go. into a room and see two hundred sewing machines running from shaftinff which is run by either steam or electric power. Outside the establishment there are large numbers of families that take home work and support their families by it. A careful estimate makes.it that daily these manufactories .turn out i.W) dozen garments, the garments averaging two and one-half yards each, which would make 200,000 yards of the material cut up into garments daily. The goods are now sold very close, so sharp is competition. It is only about ten years plnce this Jndustrj became of any importance, to Indianapolis, and each year has shown an increase In business. There is hardly a State In the Union that these establishments do not sell goods In. A New Kuterirle. A large amount of capital will probably soon be employed In this city In the manufacture of clover hullers. The gentlemen who are connected with the enterprise are men who are accustomed to carry out what ever they undertake.- , Probably not less than 2T0 men will be employed, with complete organization for pushing the work. Negotiations are pending looking to the purchase of a plant here which has been partially closed on account of no demanl for their goods. If. this concern is bought very lKtle new building will be needed for the new enterprise. The extent of clover seed raising is rapidly increasing all over this section. Farmers are waking up to the heeesslty of improving the condition or their lands. No fertilizer is o effective and profitable as clover. The demand for c'.ovet hullers has greatly increased during the lastfew years. . r. ." - The Miller Doliig: lietier. In the month of November the Indlanapo-. lis flouring mills turned out 64,502 barrels of' flour, against S 4. $& in October this year, and against 50,000 barrels in November, 1S04, and the outlook for the coming month is some better, there being a better local demand and . an Increased export demand. Tho last half of November tho Acme mills turned out 1,800 to 2,000 barrels per day, and will continue to do so as long as orders come in as freely as of late. Tho other mills are running but two-thirds their capacity. ' '- ' ' ' IndtiMtrlnl Note. The Parry Manufacturing Company , has Its large new brick building under roof, and expects to get into it by the first of the year. ' ' AVork is being pushed on the new building of the water works company. When completed. It will be the finest engine house attached to any water works In the country. . In the month of November Belt engines handled for industries located on Its lines 3.511 cars, an increase over the number handled in November of 34. cars, and over the number handled in November, 1894, of 1,142 cars. The bicycle people are all busy. Numerous orders for early spring delivery have already been placed. It is stated that from present indications fully 20O people will' be employed by the bicycle manufactories of this city the coming year. Drver, Rassett & Co., - manufacturing pharmacists, are a new concern here, which promises to become an Important Industry for this city. Several good men are behind the enterprise, which is said to have ample financial backing. , ' Both the Water Works Company and the Citizens Street-railway Company have dropped work on ext?ns!ons of miins and tracks for the present, which has thrown several hundred people out of steady work on that class of improvements. ! The Indianapolis Electric Light Company has been enlarging Its plant and has established pleasant offices and salesrooms on East Georgia street. Young men are at the head of this concern and are pushing things, much of the time being obliged to work over time to fill orders. The McElwalne-ltlchards Company, steam, gas, water supplies, fitters, etc., report business good. This company has, in addition to its works here, a plant at Noblesville,. where some sixty people are employed. While having a good home trade, in the gas and oil regions their . trade is large. Another old landmark of Indianapolis Is disappearing. The old homestead of Calvin Fletcher, on North Pennsylvania street, is being remodeled. It was built In the early forties, when Just north of it was a swamp, and It was surrounded by woods. Now tho ground is near the heart of . the city. It is a busy time with. most of the manufacturers located on the Belt road. .Last month the Atlas engine works, located On the Belt, shipped 104 carloads of engines and boilers. Seventy-tight loaded cars were handled for the Standard wheel works, and eighty carloads of material' were delivered to the Indiana Car and Foundry Company. Phillips & Pattison, manufacturers of pants, shirts, etc., last week received an order for a suit of jeans from the northern part of the State for the largest man in the State. The pants were sixty-six Inches around the walsf. seventy-one Inches across the hips and thirty-eight inches In the thigh, and it took seven yards of Jeans cloth to make the pants.. In no part of the city are ImDrovcmenis being pushed as in the far northeastern part of the city. In what is known. as the J rand View addition, w ithin radius of four blocks, sixty-two houses -arc in process of erection, and only one of the number a cottage. All others are .two-story houses. Just east the Monon is putting up a roundhouse and laying out its new yards. Within the last week quite a number of manufactories and railroad shops have arranged to burn coal, as the gas companies are anxious to supply the domestic demand. More coal is Ixdng shipped in here at the present time to be used by manufacturers than at any time In the last five years. The bicycle manufactories will not be cut off, as In certain departments natural as is used to such an extent that to do without It would seriously crlpplo the industries. The veneerjng manufacturers are very busy. But few persons are aware of the fact that Indianapolis turns out more veneering in a year than any other point in the country. The Pullman works, the manufacturers of pianos, organs and sewing machines in the New England States draw their supply of veneering largely from Indianapolis manufactories, which . cut all woods known to the trad into veneering and are noted for the fine and handsome veneerins they turn cut. .

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The bad weather yesterday had a depressing influence on tho saloon business. ' The down-town saloons were open, however, the same as on week day?, "ready, vrllllnjc and anxious" to do business, a the lawyers say, but customers were "scarce Tho few men who straggled In during the afternoon had no difficulty In 'getting the wherewithal to qu.-nch their thirst at Smith's, Tron's and other places on the 1evee." . It was noticed that in fconie saloons where tho arthlce of keeping blind but . half lowered, in order to violato the law, has been reported to for the laft five or. rix SunJayj. nothing'of tho k!nj Was done yesterday, and the saloons were really closed. There were plenty of saloons open, however -considerably more than enough to accommodate the few men who were on the streets walking about in tho rain. If tho saloons in the? down-town districts did a small business, there were- numbers in the outer districts which did more business than usual, owing: to tho fact- meu sought bars nearer home rathVr than go down town. A good business was done at some of the Virginia-avenue saloons. About many others there were th uual Indications of illegal sales, frow-ds of meg could be seen entering gates leading to back doors of saloons, and after a fvw moments come out again. , ' Herman tMuhr lives Ii rooms alov bis saloon rear Fountain square. Yoterdav rrowls of men were seen entering and leaving th2 bulMlnq-. In front of stores faclm; Fountain square are. - several' long wooden Hhed?. Yesterday afternoon about 4 - - re rr.wjj nf m c n wero congregated under thee sheds, ostensibly for shelter lrom the rain, lut in reality waiting ror two pAicemen. who wtre alsj standing under the hhedy, to continue their rounds. After the police men !cft. the crowds disiersed in different directions, some seeking thf stairways leading to Muhr rooms and others going toward a side sate at llenrv SSanter's plaee. This gate was fastened on the inslJe, and the men who wishedto enter were kept waiting for several minutes. When the gat was- opened a crowd of seven or eight colored aid white men came out and exchanged greetings with thoso waiting to get in. U was found the gate opened into a small bark yard surrounded with rou:rh shjeds. In one. of the sheds tn enrdy trtr-kr.i wa gtar.dlng on r-clv vrhi'.a n, J-r-s-.t'-h xrz, f iled with h:tt;-3. A r-r-.? r.J "crc. .V v-n i3 rrcjre.-s.' A ' cr.-:::3 v j s c-:i c!:

was surrounded by a crowd of twenty-five or thirty -white and colored men ani boys. Tho dice were rolling at a lively rate, whll the familiar cries of the crap shooters. "Come a seven." "Little Joe," "You pes' etc., were heard. The stock of liquors and beer was -exhausted and the gate keeper was dirtxdod .to. Admit no more customer, but the large, crowd Kathered about the crap Kiltie, cvnllnued to play unlil.a late hour. ' ' ' 1 Klssell's to 'house was open yesterday, althoagh 'tTie' business was rather flack, owing to 'th&'ba'd weather. At the eat end of tho grounds .adjacent to the- saloon there Is a large carrlaKi shed for the accommodation of customers. This is entered throutch a gate, which was ktpt standing open yesterday. At dark a licht was struck above the entrance way and the lamp pot In the garden lighted, showing crowds of visitors were expected at ntghl. The barroom fit this place occupies the Vomer room of the bulldins, and opens out on both Nineteenth and Tennessee Mre-cts. The door and windows contain colored gla panes, and It is not posihle to lnpect th interior of the saloon, as provided by the Nicholson law, C1XT -NEWS NOTES. Mrs. Morrow's Circle will meet Monday afternoon In the parlors of tho Met Ulan street Church. . - . Elect rlcan Williams, of West Inllaiurpoli. shows thai he did rot r-sl;n -cau-e twas unable to find a break In the suburb's electric light circuit. The resignation vs in a week before the trouble cumc up. Ferd C. Kaths, employed nt the lllnslale Monument Company, on North ' Meridian street. lft the office Saturday afternoon, and hl.s roommate has not sn him Mnc-. The young; man's overcoat is eilll l:i Ids room. One of th- patrolmen tob-phonM Suj.rIntcndent Colbert that Mi'hael Yh-lPv. Z1X Hoyt avenue, at tempt ed to omm!t u.clle; yesterday afternoon by taking morphine. The cause for the man's uulou Is unknown. LnMord n II Ik rih. Ueiton llurbcr special. . Harvey Miller and Ixml WillUrd are th piscatorial heroes of the hour. While out Vi a baat they saw a huge pickerel latily floating on the water, and with thi heip of m rope used as a noose they succeeded in get. ting It into the boat. When they returned, carrying the capture by turn, its head ion;, ing on their shoulder and us- tall tralllns: on the ground, they were, the ob-rvcd of all observers. The tluli measured four feet

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