The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15
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GOSSIP or GOTHAM.
New York. December l2.--It is not gen
orally known that Mrs. Ernestine SchaT.
ner the angel of the Tonbs.' is a
wealthy woman, living IN "a fine house
uear Central lark She is the owner OF
great deal OF property. and on Sundays
and holidays may be seen driving team
OF beautiful ponies In II ont of one OF the
finest lite road carts In town. Mrs.
Sch1fi err $ time, howeN en- Instead of be-
nag spent IN ldleness or in seeking recrc-
alton, is devoted 10 a cause winch she
has resolved TO give the rest Of her life.
This Is nothing more or less than the
work of helping people pnJusUy accused
q crime. ard Of assisting others who
have been guilty of wrong doing, ami
whose sentences have expired
\ goat was arrested last night for dis
Mrbing the peace in lower Broadway.
The owner secured Nanny's release by
swearing that she got drunk on scotch
whlSM with man VINO was doing the
Lowry. Il have TWO goats, said the
owner, VINO controls a Park Place saloon,
ms evening billy drinks no hing but
mixed ale, and Nan generally Ills up on
81 ale beer When They mix their drinks
.hey gem raliy get jag Billy knows
slA."f anu t4tAcli Nttll AhlA SINCE last New
Year s. but Nanny has been on spree
t1f q Nook, and yesterday she had u
touch VI D. 7 5 ana acted so badly that
h"$ pulled her in
Yyctte Guilbert, the Partisan warbler or
characteristic songs keeps on protesting
that there nothing at All shocking"
alb tut her ditties. To prove this she
proposes TO translate thrir into English
hHi -'HG the;n - the gent Weu of The
l'Ss, several OF whom have u-edlasslY
.H.i mtd the Eilt-cdged pllmA donna OF
,"' music haHS ny undressing upon her
.e.a iust % tw. II " et-e had local bust.
"eas manager he would object 70 all TINS
IL IS given out that society Is going
s1o'i9s ibis winter, providing. Of course.
"f SGT show enouel 10 satisfy the
" Nche-t91t crusi> type Of snow shoe
F'tl Ine general mania for nthInt,r, Is
supposed 10 be Responsible for The an
.nunte ineut that the Canadian pastllue ia
I'D 'ne a metropolitan fad. However
.'i H-s ht snow sn'alu- is healthy,
1n Hnd picturesque. and viii give liz
4t sS rrt1ruers ii fresh opportunity 10 ~
w taeir work Harc
Buiisrs say TINT there are q lare-
number Of skilled colorcd mechanics -,
work here az present. Mos. of them have
come rom the British West indies whore
TO-" tuh rnmDut has ruir.ov.I fU.fn fr
s'f"-Hl years on recently roinu.uf,l n.hti.
W"iA- me eo,orei folk from tine Islands
~ x. tromra Auaatjr are sp.sIdid
'NAIi rs ~ what freedom aud ENTERTAINMENT
NdA a' umpltsu rrovdiug tho brain Is I'm
proper "or1Hg order.
There is no more apparent sIsn Of the
uptown tendency of the theatrical pro.
't~ 'oh 'han the placard announcement
Iani we'll kaovn dramatic firm viii or-
''I.A iNH 'NtuNI l.opr of "a" studio buil5-
'l inr conner OF Fortietn street ana
gers are seldom seen below Thlrty-thirl
rec low If they have business to attend
to' ,Eyen the Standard Theatre seems to
10 down town now.
A wholesale dry goods merchant OF
this city recently gave supper to tv entv
OF ms irltnds engaged IN the dry goods
husness iu ihr city AS one ~ the guests
happened 20 speak Of the State in witch
Ne ne was born lhe host made inquiry into
u,e "a. OF he others, and It turned
oul tnNt the twenty men were born IA
twenty different States of the linton
,T'e host NJ the occasion was = lIarlemife
ny olr'h Natives are quite scarce here
a Sevcnth avenue dealer in second
hand clothes, shoes and hats for mon has
a sign reading "A dollar saved is an
ezra r9 het Get your winter outfits
mere anu save the dollars
Blockades ami other Interruptions on
the Broadway cable road are becomins
annoylns.y frequent especially bs,weeu
TlwentN third ana Thirty-iourth streets
Ihe rep airing car IS common sight in
the Tenderlon N the rush hours. Visitors
VINO are m a hurry should not hesitate
TO climb the Gould-Sage stairs. eyen If
they 90 have 10 walk a few blocks to
reach them.
Nowhere else in the city Is there so
exi ensive trade In luxuries as on the
Nasts'de and the poorer. tho more
crowded and the more wrotched the To-
cai'y the greater Is the business done in
nus line Throughout the tenement ais
,rlcts south Of Grand street, there are
hundreds of street stands that dpnl i'm
nothing That could by any possibility be
GATED necessary, Cheap and highly
coiored candy has the can there IL il
gold cents worth at time. ana men,
women Dnd children purchase it. on the
prohcipHl corners are the combination
stands, which sell soda water cheap ri-
sara. cigarettes aud sometimes fruit Of
= much better quality than that to be
found In the push carts.