Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1891 — Page 9

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FETTER WON FIRST HONORS

AT INDIANA'3 COLLEGIATE CONTEST. "The Heir Apparent1 Uandled laaMtittrlj Fashion Mia Knobt'i Orat on IS a, tian's Ilea on "Industrial Revolttlon" Honor Divided Banqueb TJ.OW ribbons nd red ribbons; i s, and blue and :old ribbons, red .nd white ribbons, red and ilue ribbons, tluo nd white ribons. Fluttering rom manly bosuns, twinkling at irlish throats, chey flooded Plymouth church riday night with i pertect riot of c dors, and with the bright faces, brighter eyes and pay costumes in the audience, made a very pleasing picture, indeed. It was the state Inter-collegiate oratorical contest, you know. Of course, the big church was crowded. All day lorg the streets and hotel lobbies glittered with the college colors worn by more than one thousand zealous collegians, and interest in the great annual college event was on the tip-tee of expectancy. Eagerly the chances of the various contestants were d!cusaed by their stanch partisans, and as the decisive hour approached the excitement grew to a feverish intensity. As soon as the church doors were opened the rush began, and for an hour a Steady stream of people poured through, the doors and occupied nearly every seat there was no attempt at decoration, but the colors of the various colleges were everywhere, in ribbons or flowers, conspicuously displayed. Mr. 11. A. Newland played an organ voluntary while the crowd wis finding seats. At 8 o'clock the six contestants appeared and were received with immense applause. The rival champions and their subjects, with the order in which they spoke, were cs follow 8: Mis Bertha Knobe, Franklin college, "The Nation: It Crisis." E. D. Randolph, Wabash college, "Victories of Peace." Frank Fetter, State university, "The Heir Apparent." W. A. Baitian, DePauw university, "Industrial Revolution." Keed Carr, Butler university, "On Irish Home Rule." C B. Edson, Ilanover college, "The Anier. can Citizen." The program announced that the subject of Miss Knobo's effort would be "The Nation : Its Curses." This was a very bad break on the part of the program, however, which tended to cast a shade of suspicion over the remainder of its aeser: ions. What Miss Knobe would have preferred the program to say on her beha f was: "The Nation: Its Crisis." She made her self sufficiently understood, however, in her own eloquent way. There was bad management on somebody's part at the door which delayed the opening of the entertainment some time and caused considerable confusion and discomfort to the public Dr. Johns of DePauw university delivered a brief but eloquent invocation, and Miss Knobe was the first speaker. Miss Bertha Knobe of Franklin college delivered the first oration of the evening, her eunject being "The Nation Its Crisis." After referring to the progress that the country bad made since the war of the rebellion she said that although thousands of men were released from the 14 The Masses Are Arrayed Against the Classes.' shackles of serfdom at the conclusion of that bloody contest a conflict was still on between freedom and thraldom. This republic was on the eve of a crisis and must either advance or retrograde. Its political system was in a deplorable condition, and the ballot box was crushed In the mire of corruption. "What the nation needed was more statesmen and fewer politicians. In this country the masses were being arrayed against the classes. The chasm was growing wider between these two factions every day. The history of older cations showed that retroeregsion followed progression. Unless a change came there was great danger that the joyous peal of the libertv bell would b transformed into a knrll for glories that bad vanished, iliss Knohe'a oration was greeted with hearty applause. and 6he was the recipient of a beautiful flora! offering. "Victories of Peace" was the subject chosen by E. D. Randolph of Wabash college. He said tbat the greatest deeds that the world had known wrre accomplished in times of peace. The glamor of military splendor was not thrown round the signing of the declaration of independence, and yet It had sent a gleam of light throughout the republic. One of the victories of peace was the diffusion f the means of happiness. It means the building ol institution of,learnipg instead of the erection of fortifications. Ar bitraiion was the child of America. It was the fitting emblem of a free government and had accomplished more lor thia country than anything else. Frank Fetter of the Indiana State university was the next orator. He has a very strong voice and a splendid delivery. Hie subject waa "The Heir Apparent.' He thought the heir to the blessings that would be derived from the progress of the land was the common man. A rumble of discontent was at the present time going up from this class, but the nation .stood on the threshold of a new era. The

speaker rejoiced that the common man was thinking, the day ws not far distant when he would receive a fair portion of the fruit3 of his toil. The rich and fortunate had heretofore held and enjoyed this heritage. The change, however, would not be brought about by revolution. It would be brought about bv evolution. "Industrial devolution," was the subject handled by W. A. Bastian of Da l'auw university. He began by referring to the fact that the newspaper which had made mention of the enormous cost of the diamonds of the wifo of a Wall-st money king had in the same column given an account of a beggar dying , in the snow-covered streets, A great war waa pending in which national ensigns wou'd be forgotten. Tho issues involved human life and liberty. No social system cou d stand that denied men equal right?. Its downfall waa only a question of time. America mut, therefore, prepare herself for the great social revolution. . Keed Carr of Butler university was the next speaker, hia subject being "Irish Home Rule." He eaid that tho only true system of government was self-government, and this system was denie I Ireland. For six centuries this unfortunate country had trugj:!ed for home rule, and at a time when there wns every prospect of success all of its hopes and expectations had been dashed to pieces by the disgrace of one of its leaders. It had been impoverished and ruined by high taxation and military rule. Its condition today appealed to the sympathies of all just and fair-minded men. C. B. Edson of Hanover was the last orator of the evening, and he talked for about a quarter of an hour on "The American Citizen," upon whom he declared the stability of American institutions rested. The political system of today was very defective. It carried a heart pregnant with every evil that threatened civil government. The speaker thought that the country's salvation was in the hands of its good citizens and he believed they would yet come to its rescue. It was 11 :30 o'clock before the judges of the contest, I B. Harlan, Pnf. W. W.

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"Look at Napoleon." Grant and John I Griffith arrived at a decision. They awarded first place to Fetter of the listate university, second to Bastian of DePauw and third place to Carr of Butler. The announcement was received with great enthusiasm, especially on that side of the house occupied by the Bloomington men. DELTA TAU DELTA BANQUET. Festivities by Thl Greek Letter fraternity at the DnloQ HotrL There waa a joyous crowd at the Denison hotel Friday night, the occasion being the celebration of the fourth annual banquet ot the Indiana chapters of the Delta Tau Delta Greek letter fraternity. There were nearly fifty enthusiastic actives and alumni present, and this fact, combined with the rich and elaborate menu and the brilliant responses of the toasters, to render the occasion a joyous one that will long be remembered by the many participants. Capt. James B. Curtis, one of Indiana's well-known lawyers and a member of the recent general assembly, presided at the feast in hia peculiarly happy manner. Altera complete victory had been achieved over a decidedly formidable menu the captain called on various fraters. representatives from the chapters and alumni, to respond to the following toasts: "The Ideal Fraternity," II. SI. Peckinpaub, Hanover. The Ideal Chapter," Robert Hall, Butler. "The Ideal Man," V. F. Freudenber?, Stats university. -The Ideal Girl" (supporter!, S. S. Stratten, jr., DePauw. "Delta Tau Delta in the State of Indiana, James A. Wildman, Indianapolis. "Delta Tau Delta in the State of Matrimony," Alfred F. Potts, Indianapolis. "Political Influence," Dr. J. H. Oliver, Indianapolis. "Lawyers " Dr. Hugh M. Lash, Indianapolis. "Doctors.1' K. It Kieth, Indianapolis. "Loyalty to the Fraternity," John L. Monasters, Indianapolis, After the speech-making tho boys engaged in the time-honored "Choctaw-walk-aroand," which inevitaby follows a Delta's banouet and then tired of limb j but light of heart, exchanged parting greetings ana went tneir way. Besides the many actors from the various chapters of the state, the following alumni were present to participate in the festivities of the occasion : James A. Wildman, Alfred F. Potta, Capt. James B. Curtis, Augasten Uricc, the Hon. John U MoMasters, Dr. John II. Oliver, E. K. Keith, Dr. Hugh McLash, Harry Murphy, Harvey B. Fatout and pr. Ezra -It Evans of Indianapolis Charles V. Landea of Greencaatle, and TroL Omer Wilson of Irvington. The Delta Tau Delta fraternity ia represented in Indiana bv four chapters located as follows; Beta Zeta, Butler university; Beta Beta, DePauw university; Beta A 1 pha, State university, and Phi at Hanover. The chapters are all in a flourishing con dition and are enthusiastic for their cho6n fraternity. The annual conference of the northern division of the. fraternity meet this year May 14 at Grtencaatle, Ind. i ' iii She Remember! M. Softfelle, Good News. Visiting Annty "So you went to the theater last evening?" Sweet Girl "Yes, I went with Mr. Softfello, the young gentleman you saw hare the last time, you know ; the one with the lovely mustache and handsome eyes and sweet mouth, you know; the one who-" Vialting Aunty "Was the play a tragedy or a comedy?" Sweet Girl "Um-I don't remember."

MAN'S IDE1 OF MARRIAGE!

'BAB' SECURES SOME NFORMATtON A Doctor's View of Matrimony What a Club Man Thinks Why Some Men Do Not Marry Widows Tho Girl that Freckles. New Yor.K, March 9. Special. I have had three or four letters lately, asking me, in different ways, what was my opinion of marriage. It seemed right that they should bo answered, and so I started out on a journey of discovery, seeking for knowledge from wise men. I do not think that women are capable of deciding this question, for each one is certain to judge from her own standpoint and that alone, and eo she cannot bo said to look at the question in an unprejudiced way. The first man I met Is a man of clubs. I looked at him and I said, "Mr. Bachelor, is marriage a failure?" and he 6aid, "Mrs. Bab, I will answer you just as I did a man at my club the other nifcht, who propounded the same question. 1 said, 'Look around this room, crowded with men ; three-quarters of them are married ones ; now. either the wife has gone her way and the husband his, or the woman is at home lonely ; and in any event there is something wrong. If everything was right the married man would be at his home, satisfied there, and happy with his wife.'" He gave his hat a most beautiful lift, smiled sweetly at me, and left me impressed with his great knowledge ot the world. The next man whose fate it was to meet my question was . a doctor. Said he, "Marriage a failure? No, it isn't a failure when the man gets the right sort of a woman and that woman is best described as a combination of the ideal and the material. Tbat combination makes a perfect wife. But how many men find her? Usually, aa Balzac eaid long ago, we go round tho world looking for this woman. We want to find a combination of comrade and wife in one volume; but we seldom succeed. We have to choose two and the world frowns at that." The next man I asked had thought it all out, had seen it from both sides, and had concluded that the holy state of matrimony waa one in whi h he did not wish to enter; and these were his reasons: "A man and a woman get married, expect to be together three hundred and sixty-five days in the year, and never take the trouble to find out whether they are calculated to be happy together. The man doesn't know whether the woman can control her temper when he loses his, and vice versa, and they grow desperately weary of eaeh other. A man has a right to claim in marriage all that friendship would give him, and a great deal more. Nine times out of ten he pets a thoughtless atiettion and no consideration. "Then I answered here: "Yes, but a woman has some claims. She has a right to all that a lover would give, to the consideration of a brother and a certain amount of paternal care. 1 am not inclined to excuse women, for I think that while men may commit all the sins of the decalogue, a woman can nag a man into a fury that could not be surpassed by a raging lion. I think, too, if women were more wives and less mothers, marriage wouldn't so often be a failure. Now, don't mistake me about this, for 1 am a devout believer in babies; and don't think that a married woman has any right to shirk either the joys or pains of motherhood; but too often tho interests of the babies are thought of first; the husband ia neglected, or, at most, counted aa a necessary evil. Women are undoubtedly creatures of habit, and once they drift into that dangerous eta of thoughtlessness they are very apt to let the little bark maiked 'husband' drift away, and very often it cannot be lured back." "Yes," 6aid the man, "a long time ago a clever somebody a Frenchwoman said that when passion and habit lie in company too long, habit wakens up to find that its companion has fled. Personally I think that the average woman sees too much cf her husband; next, that she doesn't have a sufficient number of outside things to interest him. She can't understand this, for she knows that he found her interesting before she was married, and she doesn't realize that being away from the people he is among, reading books and seeing plays he doesn't see will give her no end of bright topics, and will make her talk well and interestingly to him. For my own part, as a man, I believe that I agree with Disraeli, who said that the perfect friendship between a man and a woman con-isted in their going in different sets, meeting at 12 o'clock over a bit of supper, and discussing all they had seen as a solution of the secret of marriage." "One reason why men don't marry, especially in largo cities, is because a bachelor with a moderate income can enjoy the theatres, the races, the little suppers and dinners, his cubs, hi9 purple and fine linen, and the society of women. Married, that income would have to be divided by two, and within six months marriage would be a failure." That was another man's opinion. For myself, I just gasped. They all knew so much. I thought a little about love ; I thought a little about Verona and Borneo and Juliet, and then it dawned on me that if the ardent Itomeo had wedded his beloved one, perhaps their marriage might have been a success, because house rents were not high in the old Italian town ; people didn't wear the same expensive lingerie that they do nowadays. Komeo probably didn't require the best brandy, and Juliet wouldn't have wanted Worth" to have made her frocks. We like to read, write and talk about the ennobling influence of poverty, It may be ennoblingr when you go around with a basket begging, or when you sell lead pencils on the street; but I defy anybody to prove that genteel poverty is desirable. But to return to matrimony which a great many people do when they have once tried it. The English arguists maintain that the happiest marriages have resulted from men marrying widows. There's a good bit of reason in this. The woman who has had one husband has discovered that the proper study ot womankind is man ; and experience has taught her how to make life smoother, jest as matrimony has taught her restraint, She doesn't do as she did at first. She doesn't bother a man's life out of him by asking him if ehe is the first woman he ever loved, nor does she bring wrinkles on her own face by fretting over unknown rivals. She ia sensible enough to conclude that he has probably loved a great manv women while she Is positively certain' tbat ha must have loved her best, else he wouldn't have asked her to have been hia wife. On her wedding ring ia an unseen gem experience and she uses it to make light the paths of married Hie, so thero will not come over it a shadow of discontent. Why don't girls learn that there's not much compliment in being man's rst

love? The man who goes into a garden of flowers and simply takes the first one he meets, doesn't know what he is doing. It may not be sweet; there may be thorns on it, and it may soon fade. The wise man is the one who goes all through the garden, and seeing them all selects the sweetest, and, most important of all, the one that will last longest. Curiously enough, the orchid, which is the typical flower of civilized woman, will outlast all the violets, roses and even the great pure white lilies. To my mind, more marriages would be successes if women were more loving, more affectionate, more considerate and more patient; but I firmly believe you see by this I am an ultraconservativo woman that the man should have the more brain of the two. I don't want a woman to be a fool, but I think she should bo more loving than intellectual and more gracious than learned. That's the end of my sermon on matrimony. The spring is coming, and with It the numerous ills that flesh is heir to, especially freckles. Tae girl who is going to keep herself from getting ireckled by wearing a veil must wear one of the thick kind, that reallv gives one a vapor bath. It has a decidedly undesirable way of getting in your mouth; but as you have to suffer to be beautiful and get rid of freckles, you have to phew the cud of a thick veil and not complain. Veiis are the coquetry of tho young and the charity of the old, and prove that charms concealed attract the most. It is very funny, but the veil that is said to be as old 'as the vanity of woman or tho curiosity of man, cannot be traced to its birth. There was a time when men wore it; but that was a very long time ago, and evidently the women objected, and forced them to give up tha coquettish bit of dress that ready belonged to them. An English woman regards a veil as something to put on to keep out the sun or the cold and consequently sha assumes it in a very s ovenly fashion. The American and the French woman know that it is a beautifier, consequently they take great care in getting becoming veils and arranging them eo that the beauty spot is just in the right place, while the veil itself does not seem to drag the hat or to be put out of harmony with it. The Spanish woman knows that her mantilla and her fan are her weapons of warfare and she is an adept in their use. The veil most in vogue just now is the fine Russian mesh without a spot upon it; the beauty spot, having been discovered to have been ridiculous at times, has gone out of favor. The bright scarlet veil is to the fore cgain, but it can only be worn by women who are very pale, inasmuch as it makes every other woman look aa if ehe had a violent attack of scarlet fever. A plain blue veil one of the thin ones will make you look pale, and a gray one gives you rather a ghastly look. Brown is generally becoming; and the fine tulle in black, with very small dots upon it is always in good taste and usually makes the complexion look better. Speaking of red veils reminds me that the rainy weather has brought out the red umbrella, and made it a bit of brightness on a gloomy day. Personally I approve of the red umbrella. It is cheerful and encouraging, after a series of black ones, though I don't know as it would look well to see a judge of the supreme court carrying one. Still I think most women under fifty look decidedly attractive under it. The hea'thy liking for red should be encouraged; and I don't Eee why red silk can't be as good a way of protection as black, I don't see why everything that takes care of you mayn't be cheerful. Don't you believe in protection? I do. Protection from colds by good open fires, quinine pills, porous plasters and warm clothes. Protection from bores by swords, daggers and pistols. Protection from impudence by policemen, clubs and the eociety for the prevention of cruelty to women. Protection from looking ugly by pretty frocks, pretty 6boea and pretty tempers. Protection from dudes by the Y. M. C. A. Protection from bad books by your own good taste. Protection from Ignorance by the establishment of shools where reading, writing and arithmetic are taught. I am a believer in protection all around. Goodness gracious do you suppose anybody will want to be protected from Bab? "KITTY" OP TIPTON, ONCE MORE.

Sago lirosh" and "Dick" Come Forth and Face the Music. To thk Editoh Sir: With your kind permission I will endeavor to reply to the article writtea by "Sago Brush" and continued iu TnE Se.vtixel of Feb. 2S. I have heard of people "straining at gnats and swallowing camels," but the ca-o of "Sage Brush" is the first well-developed one that has ever come under my observation. Now, "Sago Brush," I think your sorrow ia misplaced, as the seeds of Immodesty and unchastity sown into our Indiana homes has probably not found fertile soil In any mind but yours, and you are, undoubtedlv, quite an apt pupil at anything "immodest or unchaste. If we would follow your advice, we had better keep all advertisements for dry goods and gents' furnishing stores out of our paper, as such very modest (?) people as you, might find something offeneive even in an advertisement. I have heard ot dry goods stores advertising garters and even ladies. Can it be possible that you have forgotten that other women besides Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Garfield and their daughters ruled eociety in Washington? Have you forgotten that Martha Washington, Mrs. John Adams, Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Cleveland graced the white house with their presence? Don't Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Garfield and their daughters wear garters? and if they do not I don't wonder that "Bab" thought them bo badly dressed. I did as you requested me, and read carefully the paragraph referred to, but did not find it "too spicy" for me. Had you been as modest as you would have it appear, you would not have found anything immodest in that paragraph. Fleaoe State more clearly why it is eo immodest. As you have stretched your imagination to secure my picture, I am sure you will allow me the same privilege. My imagination pictures you as one of those detestable Englishmen whom "Bab" describes as "half brute and half idiot," and I am positive tbat you have more than your share of each Ingredient, Now, "Pick," let mo eay a few words to you. I admire all that "Bab" says and I can even forgive her saying that Mr, Evarts is the only gentleman in the senate, when I think tbat at the time of her visit to Washington Mr, Voorhees was at the deathbed of his mother. Like "Bab." I admire all dogs more than those amiable ones with two legs, commonly called puppies. Certainly, I admire "beautiful and shapely legs," aa I am sure you do if you would but acknowledge it. It is quite likely that you had never hoard that ladies wore Lose until "Bab"

described those articles. If this be true, I for one am eternally indebted to her for giving you tbat information. You spoke of "Bab" nailing her vagrant ideas to the paper with slang. Has she ever used more slang in one of hor articles than vou did in yours? I do not think it would be possible. Now, if you and "Sage Brush" will be kind enough to read over "Bab's" article bearing date of Feb. 20 you will find my opinion of your criticisms in the sentence beginning. "It makes me feel as if I should like to be John L. Sullivan, and felt to the earth those commonplace, matter-of-fact critics who dip their pens in acid, etc." If I am a widow, and widows are dangerous, why are you eo foolish as to attempt an argument with me? In conclusion, let me say that I requested the editor to send me the address of "Sage Brush," but it was probably unknown, as he did not comply with the request of "Kitty." Tipton, Ind., March 12. ANOTHER ANSWER TO "SAGE BRUSH."

"Bb" Defended br av Corresponds from Rnalirllle. To the Editor Sir: "We wish to eay in reply to the unjust criticisms of "Sage Brush" in The Sentinel of March 1 that had he quoted the entire sentence instead of only a part of it, its meaning would have been apparent. I will here reproduce it for the benefit of "Sage Brush," who appears to be moved with a spirit of unrest and resorts to unfair methods to appease his ruffled temper. Here is the sentence : She who can make kindly winning mention of God's dumb creatures who ean condemn, when the Savior of the world Himself has said that not a sparrow falls to the grouad without the Father's notice? Now we leave the above sentence to any I'udge of good Enylish it it is possible to e improved upon in a manner to render its meaning clearer. In proof of tho truthfulness of "Bab's" picture of life in Washington, we refer "Sage Brush" to letters frequently published in various papers. According to the formulas rf law laid down in both the Mosaic and Christian standards, the evidence of two or three witnesses is to be accepted. A Keadek. lluehville, March 12. MR. WATTERSON AGAIN. New Folnts ot the Hill Letter in an Interview at Kokomo. Kokomo, Ind., March 14. Special. The l)ipaleh of this evening printa an interview with Henry Watterson, had at the conclusion of that gentleman's lecture hero last night, in which he evades answering two very pointed questions concerning the much discussed WattersonIlill letter and declares his purpose to "wash his hands of the whole affair" and to refuse to discuss the matter in .the future. The two questions were those raised by a recent telegram from Keokuk, Ia., printed in the New York U'ord did Mr. Watterson. having written the letter, ever mail it to Governor Hill? Did he first submit it to ex-President Geveland? Mr. Watterson is reported as saying: "To add to anything I have said will be but profitless iteration. The letter was written, as I conceived, in the best interests of the democratic party, and after mature consideration. More than this I do not care to eay, nor have I any care to know what interpretation has been put on it by others." "But, colonel," insisted the reporter, "here is a telegram from Keokuk, Ia., in which some new questions in the controversy are considered." Mr. Watterson was shown a telegram printed in the New York World under date of Man:h 11, in which it was set forth that ho hud, early in January, in conversation with certain prominent democrats of Keokuk, said that he had written a letter to Governor Hill which, by the description of its language and import, corresponded exactly with the one which appeared soon after that time in the eastern press, and which Governor Hill denies ever having received. According to the Keokuk correspondent of the World, Mr. Watterson further said that after having written the letter doubts arose in hia mind as so whether it would most help or hurt matters, and not being able to satisfy himself on that point he mailed the letter to Mr. Cleveland and asked for his advice in the matter. Mr. Cleveland kept the letter two weeks and then returned it with the remark that hedoubted the advisability of sending it. Mr. Watterson thereupon threw it in the waste basket, from which he no doubt supposed it would never bo resurrected. How the letter finally got into print he probably does not know, but tbat it was either fished out of the waste basket receptacle of the Courier-Journal office, or that a copy of it was surreptitiously made while it was in Mr. Cleveland's possession, there can bo no doubt. It will be remembered that in his reply to Governor Hill's denicl of the receipt oi the letter M r. Watterson nowhere .says he sent It. He declares that he wrote it and beyond that his denial is evasive. "I havo seen this telegram before," said Mr Watterson. "In fact, the matter was telegraphed to me from the World office before it appeared in that paper. You know how such things como about. In all likelihood the 'telegram' had its origin in New York rather than in Keokuk, and at no great distance from the office of the New York World." "But, Colonel, is it true that the letter never was mailed to Governor Hill? Is it true that it was first submitted to Mr. Cleveland?" "I must insist upon adhering 6trictly to my resolution and refuse to discuss the matter further. I positively wash my hands of the whole affair. I have said all I care to say all that I consider necessary or of propriety to say," Mr. AVatierson's manner was positive, though he Fhowed no irritation, and it was evident that, 50 far as he is concerned, one of the political sensations of the hour will be buried at the earliest possible moment. . U s Wife Was fwu-nU London Evening Jtiwi.J Leonard Courtney, M. P., was asked at a political mee ing whether he waa in favor of the bill to legalize marriage with a deceased wife's sister. "May J inquire," said Mr. Courtney, all pmiles, "whether the gentleman who puts tb question is married?" "I ami" "Jlsa you wife a sister Hvinc?" "She has." "! your wife present?" "No." "Well my wife Is present; ehe too baa a sister living," paid Jlr, Courtney, resuming his seat Sociability la New York. ITtlM Sifting. First Stranger "Slow, isn't it !" Second Stranger "Yes, very." "Let's go home!" "I can't. I'm the host."

TALKS OYER THE TEACUPS.

BUSINESS WOMEN HERE AT HOME. The Domestic Life of Sirs. Potter Falmer of. Chlcag-o Her Personal Appearance Are Men Vain The Daehesso Dressag Tab'.e Postscripts, Etc The business women of Indianapolis! What a volume their lives would make if written up! How many stories of hopeless struggles and hardships would come to light if each one were called upon to write her honest experience. Slowly, and one by one, the various professions have opened their doors and al.owed woman to enter until very few arts and trades now remain closed to her. Is she successful? Yes, when she is possessed of ability and perseverance and the many other qualifications necessary iu the buttle for daiiy bread. Some ot theto qualifications aro inherent and others she has to cultivate. Women are ntturaliy accurate, conscien tious and trustworthy. Tlny are obliged to cultivate punctuality, perfect control of their feelings and toogues, and a certain amount of callousness in regard to tbe praise or blame cf persons outside of their immediate employers. Women have been particularly successful behind the cashier's daik, and a vast amount of coin daily slips between fair fingers. Nearly every restaurant has a bright faced girl who takes your nionev as you settle for your luncheon. To be a successful cashier requires a cool head and quick fingers, abidtr to make change rapidly and to keep one's wits about her during a rush. A dozen impatient men standing with checks should not cause tho fair cashier to lose her reckonings. The woman cashier seldom makes mistakes in changing money ; she always has a pleasant smile for you, and if you pause to address a remark to her sbe'will 'floor" you by calling you by your name. ou can not imagine how she found it out, but she knows it, f nd she also knows within $2 of your ealary and what you eat. How does she find it out? That is a mystery, but ehe knows it all. In most of the large dry goods stores women ara at the cashiers' desks. Ono of the strongest reasons for her employment is that she can always be obtained for less wages than a man can. Hie is just as accurate as a man and is les3 liablo to temptation. Hie does not tpeud her nights dissipating and does not come down late with a bad headache in the morning. She dees not yield to the temptation of walking off' with some of the cash cs often as the sterner sex do, for various reasons. In the tret place her conscience is the Etrongcst safeguard against temptation; in the second, she could not board tbe first train en route for Canada and escape detection if she did. Thirdly, she would never enjoy the money if she did take it. Women who eteal large sums of money generaby do it at the instigation of some man, whose tool they are. As a general thing dry goods firms, in other cities, prefer men in the laces departments, and men are preferred here in the dress goods departments. These classes of goods, for some unknown reason, men fell the most successfully. They can handle the heavy bolts of goods and display them advantageously. Men are in the linen depart s.euts and as a rule in the cloak departments. They are successful in the shoe departments, for they w ill assure you unblushingly that a "o. 3C in this style of shoe runs very narrow." If you are alter a No. 3 B last and object, he will urge you to take a No. 3 A because they run wide, or a 3i B as they run short; in fact he will make the eame shoe a size sma ler, larger, wider or narrower to fit your foot. Women far outnumber men in the dry goods stores. There are no women who follow the profession of trimming windows. Every large business house employs a professional window trimmer, whoso sole business it is to make the windows attractive. Some of these trimti.ers travel from placo to place with their outfits consisting of forms, pulleys, rods, etc. It is no easy task to invent an attractive display of goods day ufter day There are three styles of windows tiit art window, wherein goods are symmetrically arranged with regard to color and form. The art window gives pleasure to a few people, but not to tha general public. Then thero is the moving window, wheroin tableaux and living figures aro represented this window always draws a crowd. Then there is the window which sells tha goods, wherein materials are so displayed that the feminine eye cannot get beyond them. A woman might direct tho trimming of these windows but she could not do the lifting that is required. The professions which are overcrowded with women are teaching and hittiu-gruphy. In our public schools ulouo nearly 41)0 women are euro. led, and all the various private schools, kindergartens, etc., are taught by women. Women are employed in the public library because they are found to do the work much better than men, making fewer mistakes. Teaching has long been considered the only thing which a woman could do, and half the graduates of the city schools expect to teach. In the schools the greater number of the supervisors and principals are women and they are sad to be more exacting in regard to detail and in the requiring of extra and sometimes unnecessary labor than men. Nearly every office has 'its stenographers. A girl sets out with the idea that anybody can learn shorthand in three months and earn a salary of $00 or $73 a month. She does not enter high school, but goes to business college and learns a rapid system of shorthand. Then she obtains a position in some oflice to write letters. The first week convinces her that ehe needs a great many things besides shorthand, hhe must have a thorough knowledge of orthography, punctuation, grammar, and a vast amount of general knowledge in addition to technical terms, of whicu ehe known nothing. Then she finds tbat the $75 and $100 a month that looked eo large on the pages of the business college circular will dwindle down to $5 a week because she is a girl. Some of our young lady stenographers have been notably successful, among thera Miaa Alice Sanger, Fresident Harrison's stenographer, who Is pointed out as the woman who can keep a secret Indianapolis has about eight regular practiciog women physicians. They treat women and children particularly, and are very successful. Some of them are frequently called into consultation with physicians of tbe other sex, and when their advice is not acted upon generally have the privilege of their sex of eyaing: "1 told you so." Woman's place unquestionably is by tho sickbed. Her gentle voice and soft touch carry comfort and soothing to the invalid. In dentistry women are not very numerous. - They are employed in nearly all the dentist offices, but 'do not engage

actively in the work, most them beinsf employed chiefly to assure the nervous patients that "it doesn't hurt to have your tooth pulled." There are no women em ployed as druggists here, eo far as known. There is no reason why they should not be able to put up prescriptions as accurately as a man ; her brain is never clouded by cigarette smoke nor her hand shaky from whisky. Women writers are innumerable and a large number of them have gone out to fame abroad. There is no reason why a woman should not succeed in business so long as she possesses common sense and a nature unruffled by the petty vicissitudes of a business life. She possesses a few advantages over a man. She doesn't have to havo her hair cut and a 6have or her boots blackened every day. She doesn't havo to treat tbe crowd, nor Eend bouquets and theater tickets to the girls. She doesn't watch a host of nickels disappear in cigarette smoke every day. In fact she can save a large portion of her income which a man would waste. THE DUCHESS DRtSSINQ TABX.B,

A Tory Dainty Piece of Faralto.ro Ke.sU 31 .do. A duchesso table is a very pretty piece of furniture that can be readily made at home. Eemember, it should be low, eo that the possessor can dress her hair, if she desires, sitting before it It 6hould also be ample. Such a table ia very pretty ahaped in "kidney" form, curving in at the center. Any ingenious woman can draw a paper pattern of correct size and shape for the top. A short inspection of one of the little "kidney" tables shown in all tha furniture stores nowadays will give a correct idea of the shape. If you wish the table can be square. Whatever shape you decide upon, cut out an exact paper pattern of it and order a carpenter to cut two inch-thick planks of pine of the size. Let him mount these together on strong legs at the four corners; one plank should form the top and the other the bottom of the table. The frame being made, any clever woman can cover it with white, pale yellow or rose siles'a. The side draperies of the table should be put on quite full and tacked around the edge of the top and the bottom. The top should be covered with three or four thicknesses of patent cotton batting held down smoothly under a layer of silesia before the sides are put on. The dressing table may now be covered with sprigged Swisa muslin, sheer India mull or any transparent material the maker fancies, and decorated with floating bows of ribbon of the color of the eilesia vued. An oval or square mirror of cood size, with the frame covered to match tho toilet table, is then hung over it; and curtains of the sheer material, also trimmed with lace, are arranged to drape it on either side, being knotted together over the top with a cluster of ribbona. A pure white duche&ee table decorated in pompadour colors with, pale blue and delicate rose ribbons is a very pretty addition to a bedroom fur-, cished in white and gold furniture. Some of the prettiest tables of this kind now have a top of heavy plate glass, bevelled at the edges, laid over the eilesia top in place of muslin. This is very pretty and makes a firm resting place for toilet articles. ARB MEN VAIN? Quaint Bedrooms Uelonginj to the Ste rne Bex. Vanity and a love for fixings have always been ascribed to women, while the men have escaped all such insinuations. It is time, we think, that the shoe was put on the other foot. Note the following from the Philadelphia Upholsterer: "A young man in Harlem has started in to furnish his rooms in "season" decorations. In his summer room the carpets and walls are profuse with roses and trailing vines, honeysuckles and buzzing bees. Up in the corner of the ceiling an immense spider disports his legleta on a cobweb the size 01 a cart wheel ; caterpillars hang from the mantel and the wall frieze ia deep in a cactus and palm-leaf design. It's a very realistic sort of room, even to the "keep-off-the-grass" sign which hangs over tho door, and the thermometer in the corner registering ninety-nine. Over the doorway a eun with a gorgeous smile on its face looks down and weeps tears of joy on a palm leaf fan. The occupant of the room is evidently of a reminiscent mind, for over the mantle are two bits of literature inscribed each upon white cardboard of regulation size. The one read, "Ice cream sold here," and the others "Boats, 20 cents an hour." They are souvenirs and the same girl's picture is ia the corner of each. "Another quaint room Is a 'eporting room." Tbe occupant has a baby alligator suspended bv the tail and jaw from, the mantel and a Japanese doll astraddle its. back, holding a pair of ribbon reins which tie round the reptile's nose. The ceiling is draped with a huge fishnet oars are used in place of curtain poles, and an Indian canoe is suspended from two corners and fitted up for a bunk. The woodwork Is picked out in Indian red and fossils are scattered around on everything, like cotton snow on a Christmas tree." "Every man living is altogether vanity." Postscripts. English society is doing away with a heavy band of black around note paper, when one is in mourning. The nobility have adopted a small pyramid of black in the upper corner of the paper. The fashion of displaying grief by a border upon note paper always seemed a sengeless one. One can mourn without using black in euch profusion. A woman can mourn for her husband and the world respect her grief if she doesn't wind herself up in yards of crepe veiling. A dainty addition to the Lenten breakfast tray is the little egg-snd-toast arrrancements which are shown at some of the silversmiths. These usually consist of a pair of silver egv-cupa, a small square but ter dish of cut glass set in a socket of tbe little tray and a toa.t rack of silver fastened to one side. The whole is symmetrical and more useful than many of the so-cal!tfd utility combination arrangements often are. The single ones, which are made a little smaller, with one egg-cup, considerably simplify the service of a "tray breakfast" partaken of in one's room. The newspapers are spreading themselves npon the fact that Mrs. Arthur Wellesley, a grandniece of the Iron Duke, and Mrs. Hesketh Smith, two members of "good" eociety, have opened a flower chop in London. How thev would exclaim if they knew that in Indianapolis our very "best" society has for ite leading members ladies young and old belonging to the oldest families, who teach, clerk and are employed in all torts of work during the day. Tbe Englishman would put up his one eyeglass in horror if he danced In the same set with the bright, young lady who had sold bim his gloves in the afternoon. Tbe Americans are proud of the fact that no one loses caste) hs earning his own living