The evening world., 1895-09-16
THE GLEANER,s BUDGET.
Gossip Here, . Hint There and True
Tales Of CITY Life.

Conversation lunches are Q society innovation.
Al each guests plate beside the name card. 10
placed the menu with a topic Of conversation
written beside each course All oonversation e1-
ccpt that pertaining TO the special subject 10
forbidden. I appropriate from cont temporary COL
umns this outline story OF . recent function OF
this nature: with the iced boulllon the euests
discussed the question. Is the masculine idea
Of humor a sort OF horse piay' The conversation
with the 6sh treated entirely Of the new woman
and the way abe will ciothe hsrse!L The sntree
vas eaten while bicycle tales were being told.
with the salad was discussed the college-bred
girl. Frozen fruits were eaten while the con.
versaiion turned towards the weather. and the
coffee was slipped during the intervals OF .
heated discussion for and against woman SUI
frage."
An uptown man. whose wife was 10 the country.
sat down at his plano the other evening 70
while away . few dragging moments lie lives
In q nat At the striking OF the nrst chord
upon the instrument he was surprised By q
strange ping which tbs wires gave forth. An
investigation AZ to the cause OF the curious
sound led to the discovery OF the absent wifs's
Winter cape. wrapped In newspapers and tucked
away In the front OF the plano. over the pedal
attachment. The garment had been snatched
from Its reposs in a cedar chest and put into
It's queer hiding place As tn. result OF happy.
anti burglar last thought.
A syndicate. headed by Ed Stokes o! the Ho6-
man House. has made big offer for sixteen Acres
Of ground the water front at Newport with .
view to putting up there the hnest hotel yet
projected In America The ground belongs to
the Harriet Pond estate, and is announced to
bs old Sept. 30 by order OF the executor. II
was in the Pond house that the Coli Club had Its
headquarters last year and opposite this property
o. N. Hutton is building the most expensive
private residence ever erected In this country.
G NJ. Hutton married = Miss winans Of Bal
,imo-e. whose father left her many millions Of
dollars that he made by building railroads In
Russia It 10 with this money that Mr.. Hutton
Is building the extraordinary residenre fea-
ture OF the house will be that It will cover more
ground than any other residential structure In
existence. Stone and marble are used In Its
construction. The proposed new hotel Will. 1t 10
said. II the deal goes through. be OF marble
The land has been held at a very high hsure as
there are no other watcr-fronts at Newport pur-
chasable.
Speaking OF Newport property, an acquaintance
told me the other day the story OF the purchase
Of the ground where the W X Vanderbilt
palace stands "It was the only piece OF prop
erty that appeared to be available on Bellevue
avenue" said the narrator and 1t was occu-
pied by the old Stout homestead, whore lived the
Stout boys and their mother. Vanderbilt went to
the boys They shook their heads. Not while
the mother lived would they sell the place. But
luppo'e make 1t an object for you said Van
derbilt Suppose I offer you s2b 900 an acrs!'
That was diYcrent The boys thought Il over