The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-03
GOSSIP or GOTHAM.


New York. January For twelve years
a young woman now In Bellevue has
smoked on an average Of four packs OF
cigarettes day. Since her tenth birth
day she has consumed 1850 packs. or i7s,-
800 cigarettes. This Is worlds record.
but tho physicians OF Bellevue doub,
whether she will Be able to smoke at tina;
The fingers Of her right hand are yellow
as ochre, and her FACE Is puffed az and
sallov. II SHE could - passed around az
a horrible example there would be a de-
eided falling of In cigarette sales.
Dealers say that twice as many cigar
cites arc bought by women tbs year els
were last One shop alone sells Sis worth
Of "women's Cigarettes" a week, and Is
constantly increasing It's business. They
ara not all cheap. y really good. pretty
cased "woman's cigarette" made from
Tor less than from 81 to $3.50 per hundred.
some cost even s. or s. while, OF course,
there are cheaper brands 70 be had. run
ming as low az 81 hundred. Most Of
them are made right here from genuine
Turkish tobacco. Toe smoking room Is
getting in It's work here.
There are many mysteries concealed in
tho archives Of the Lava department Of the
custom house which would make mighty
interesting reading for the general public
IL the newspapers could get hold OF them
| There Ia one Nt.ia memorandum book
! which contains the names OF many fash
] ionaciH women. members OF tire inner
Circie OF the Fpuf Hundred. who are set
/ down on tho government black list as par
I tiaA Of the sf-pwd~st smuggling schemes
/ ever att~rptcd AZ tne port Of New York.
| Will never disclose. shoplifters don't get
| off as easy as srnusglers here.
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streets. on sixth avenue. there In a man
who conducts a business that can not be
/ duplicated In any other city. lie calls
/ himself 'Nader" Between the streets
named more women pass day than In
. ike number OF hieckS in any other por-
| ton Of tte cay--ia fact. this portion OF
I Sixth avenue Is conceded 10 he the busiest
! place Cor woicoa in the United States
! rtas "fiadcr.' a shHbbily dressed young
man, walks gp aud down the avenue
I beeni5 watching the throngs. Whenever
2 any orc drops ln} thing he runs ard plcks
81 up and restores It 70 It's owner. making
a enlarge for it4 RETURN For hau1ker
/ fh-tts BE- sets ie'n 70 10 cents, and FOR
ptrer art ,Iea l-.ordiNs 20 their value
"Wlthlu those f7w blocks" he said 10
ne women 'Nae, on al average, seventy
( fave Mrdker-feft day. and very often
valuable n-ticits n jeRetry and wearing
apparel Some days I have msde as high
AS 80. "niia pr others I hive failed TO
I uake ceu'- There are fully q Thousand
wets ~ mak.uE a living here which IN any
other cts ip 'ne country would seem ut
terry ifnpcs ih!e, aui fhe finders" pro-
icssion is cre az thcm.
Tive Bowe-y OF today is on the West
SIDE. u sou wasn't TO get a peep oe what
tins Bowery Used to be, minus Us guys
aud lougla" take 4 stroll Oh Eighth
avenue, say from Twenty-thJa 10 Forty
tlrl s''eets. 4 year pgo this artery had
an Oh uU- Bowegy flavor. but during
the Last fcN months marked change has
oecurrod. lad now Eighth avenue is in
Haird after lark by lots NJ people uAo
tlh- l-tfrAitau IN picturesque prone
p44t'1t chctp Shops hriliiaNt beer y9-
.eons aud cverflowing music halls. Even
ia l@l Hsh' Eighth avenue Is worth a
Ni4it ior lfs shops are quaint numerous
aye Nnt!el Sut when the lamps are 1T
Eighth avenue Is a. us heHt Then the
FhswakH are flllcd with EOod-natured
Young f1lk who push and laugh their way
I along wlui q freedom ami ioUity thar
huAci-s OF he Fast side, minus rs rer-
rr-s and rccklessucss. The clerk the ar
tisau and the worker are much IN evil
drncs there. It's glitter is apparently too
, and such Sink away into the darkness
e. % Tho -,uss streets, healing Tor the "dls.
! tllleriea" wnrrr consolation with claws
on it 0nn be had Tor cents glass. /;
. - oue peculiar characteristic OF the new
'tNWeiN tlat II does not attract such us
these Every one that rambles through
~ or hangs about It's corners gives evl.
dencn W prosperity and gay lighthcartrd-
ness, The new Bowcry IS also thoroughly
American. Tor 10 runs through the heart
> American ward and does not rub
against or lap over any quarter"