The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-10


writer who remembers that "Love know
no station" never travelled on the a.
| road. CUPID certainly swels the Gould
sage revenues every day In the week.
The Turkish smoking paror seems e
| have gone all to pieces. motanhorically.
| One on Twcnty-ninth street that opened
very gaudly eight months ago has scarce
| ~ any patCons now. The sightseers Who
thought II u novelty only wanted or, lcok
| and the FOUNDERS have tired of It, The
smoking parlor in the open is pretty
tn. n a1air, anyway.
The bicycle races by the side of one of
| the numerous resorts about the metropolis
are a sight on pleasant evenings The
| 'serried ranks" of the steel stecds extend
three. four, six and even ten tiers deep
on both sides OF the escat summer hotels.
and as a rule the stalls In the sheds are
| empty and the hosilcrs out of n job.
| A Broadway shoe dealer has on view
in his windows for ladies' wear on RAINY
days real Russian boot. which almost
| Reaches the knee and is turned over at the
| top In the shape of a reverse Hap, the buff
| leather coloriuE of which contrasts strong
| ly with the black tone Of the body of tho
boot. or course this is only noticeable
| on satny days. Miss New York knows how
to keep her skirts dry.
| Crash suits are very much in evidence
on the BJalto. Tho tragedians got the
| tip during the S.. Louis convention, aud
as soon as the news spread around that
"a downtown house was selling these out
| fits for s1.97 they went IN for them. Hence
| the airinesS on Upper Broadway. All the
| boys pray for now is a conatnuance of the
| fine weather. y hard ram would ruin
them.
Wagers offered on the coming election in
| the stock exchange do not jbe well with
the gloomy predictions of the operators
| who have been forcing declines on a silver
scare. A member of the exchange offered
| today to hot $4,000 to 5000 that Mckinley
| would be elected. and he found no takers.
Sim lar bets at eve, larger odds We're also
offered. but the sad-eyed democrats didn't
sc"ainhle to cover them And they take
| desperate chances in Wall street ut that.
| THE time has gone by when the big
wholesale dealers OF New York thought 1T
good policy to entertain their customers
from the South and West by showing
them the town through the bottom OF a
| drained glass" remarked "A dry goods man
from the Wholesale district today. Since
the advent of tho roof garden. the increase
/ in near by resorts and the extension of
rapid transit" he continued, "our Gus
toners have been shown around town. aud
it's SO new to most of them that they are
| more than satisfied"
| All the Uncle Tom" actors are in high
feather just now. for the TON" managers
are unanimous in declaring that the death
of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe ia bound
| TO arouse new interest in the dramot iZdtion
of her masterpiece in all the one migT
| stands. BY the middle of next week four
of the companies which have lately ~
| turned to town Will be on the road again.
aud Ut is more than likely that in addition
iat nj 1uil hn nttt
TO make hay from the obituary notices
in.ihe villages of Jersey, Long Island and
| Pennsylvania.
"Old Glory" Is on tho boom. A we'll
known dealer, in speaking of the flag trade
to-day, sad: The last few years have
seen great flood of National sentiment.
and we sellers of flags have reaped the
! benefit of H. II is a singular fact, though,
that the flag making and selling of the
| -four large firms, AL of which are com
| posed OF Germans. Their headuuarters
| are in New York and Cincinnati. The call
| for flags comes now the whole year
around. although one-half the selling IS
| done during June. / am inclined to think
that this impetus has been gwen to The
school boy soldier aud The use OF the Ma
| ticfal flag in Que schools"
| woman in this cty supports herself
and family by dressing shop windows.
| Wall street holds IL lady broker whose
| business Is always good Another woman
| has scored IA success here as funeral di-
| rector. The modern undertaken calls
| himself still another young woman Is a
| sklful matchmaker and jeNsler. The hes,
| diamond expert In town; and one who con-
ducts latec store, is a woman. Two
sign patniers IN petticoats have all the
| work they can attend to- Up town "A lady
with mechanical head OH her shoulders
| conducts a bicycle repair shop. Brooklyn
| has q few lady BARRIERS Some of the cell
ings and walls in paitial homes mere wera
| decorated by w,men. one church boast >
of female sexton. All the girls want
| apparently, is Il fair field and no favor.
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