Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-27
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.

New York. February 22.-Thc announce.
mont Is made that business men of the
city are to form a vigilance league and
employ body Of armed private watch
| lnrn to prevent burg,Hries az residences
and warehouses. This s.ems to be their
only salvation Mt present.
One Of the most prominent signs in
the surface cars reads: twenty-five
cents day pays for telsphone service at
yonr house or offce 10 5ol telephones IN
Now York city" TWENTY-FIVE cents "a day
Is 81 80 month, and $500 times 81 20 is
$500. Not n bad monthly income Some
OF those phones are at pay stations. and
''tfn much more than % cents Il day.
The old clearing house building an tho
corner OF Pine and Nassau and for so
many years the headquarters Of the New
York banking community. will coon I've
hing of the past. The work OF tearing
the structure down commenced this morn
iug. and, II the weather romans favorJ-
me, IL VNpected TO he completed IN ten
days. rev cigltcn-stogy up-to-date Of
lico building VIII take the place OF tho
old iye-story edlticc.
Lillian Russell must b, renewing her
youth. Years ngo. when Miss Russell had
just graduated from Tony Pastors and
was making her first venture IN comic
opera. the town was Uttered with very
pretty poster rcpres "::.,E d a,im and
very pretty girl In a very pretty sailor
hat. II was an oScellept picture Of Miss
Russell as she looted n years old. This
week the dear old lithogrnph crcpt out
Of its lair aud Is once more decorating the
shop windows.
Success has at last crowned tho efforts
Of the promoters OF the Liberal Art
league, formed with Tie object of estab-
iishlng n permanent gallery in this city,
where artists can offer their pictures for
sale. and where the g-establishsd jury
OF selection VIII have no place. Tie or
ganiHers have been working quietly and
without publicity. IT has already been
decided TO hold an openins exhibition this
winter The large gallery Of tile Grand
Central Palace has been secured. and the
exhibition will last one month.
At one OF the uptown hotels the land.
lord has taken a decided stand GPuiitst
the obnoxious tipping" system. On the
first of the month the wages of the walt
ers were advanced 40 per cent. the object
being to abolish If possible, The system Of
tipping waters, so detrimental alike to
patrons ana fnanag ment Notice OF the
Increase with an explanation of the OBJ
iect has been printed on the back OF the
menu cards and now kucsta pay for their
dinners without being dellcutely held up
by the waiter.
"Ilere's a news Item II you want It,"
remarked gentleman, who mas to do
with art and artists, this afternoon. YOU
can say that up to the present time the
sales of pictures since the opening NJ the
water color show hnyc not yet reached
the hundred thousand dollar mark. Dur
ing the sane time last year something
like two hundred thousand dollars worth
were disposed Of" AS the gentleman
could not give any reason for the slump.
readers must do their own guessing.
The Broadway squad is to he reformed
oft Of existence, This does not mean that
the Broadway crossings will nave no
policemen to regulate traffic and assist
foot passengers. Large polls men Will
continue TO perform that service, ana, so
far us any outs. iers Win lie able to see,
therc Will he no Grange Whatever In the
present methods Of patrolling. Broadway.
But the squad VIII cease TO ,Nlsl " name,
and goDd many people don't Ike the
ohauge any more than they 10 tbs OBJ
liberation OF a treasured land mark.
High life on lower Broadway differs
somewhat from high life on Fifth avenue,
of course. But both are picturesque. High
life downtown Is conf!ued 20 the roofs
OF the skyscrapers; nui t,e colony Is
growing These curious little homes are
well worth inspection. Soma OF them hra
set exactly on n line with he paVements
of broadway, while others nave bctn
ullt n few feet behind neat httle 'ont
rnrdens, which bloom IN season.. MHny
OF these quiet home ness rest or foundd-
tions some fifteen or twenty stories IN
height. and are .conseque ltly iree, irIm
damp cellars ana simiiag ~'npni1 ~.
metropolis. rent for n few dollars month
which ls very reasonable considering the
value of real estate on Broadway.