The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-23
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u.v ?Q.-Less Ra'nes ana
~ s3sela be welcome in THIS his. neck .ra
ssod,. such drou'h as mas pre-, pre-,
w.. .,c,Icn has not been eaua.ei
IN thn sernrhs have begun TO show
=. Ins n5sr leaves of spring are
ne sdzsliug day after day.
.,,,,ou. and cynical fact that an
~" ~. .nop. with hearses standing
Nv !, ,hs most conspicuous Office,
.,snue Just above the worst
tInth NNnsh;e road where II turns
tne ,s,rd street. Everything Is
o. fnS.rsa here. one can pun Del
zsmon a sexton.
,,s,. for bicycles ena'neied IN FANCY
IT, .nparently running riot here
.,sr,ling and harmonious eff
~ IA be seen daily ON the oouie-
y w,,der appeared Yesterday On
W rss coIored bicycle. lie Wore
Vsa rssn sweater and hose to match.
snrss,ion much favored by women
mai Of a blue "hsei WIN cos
% match
,,rden. top Oft several Of the new
!. riverside drive. BY day bright
y. nv. to these house tops pleas
III, when they are illuminated
eaSt nic,,,rc Is most fetching. The
". ", ors of the roofs r. far reach
lws ~, especially when the
,ypnns NJ the innuInerable bicycle
ss.hin the shadows cast by the
unsn,s and look Ike procession OF
IL
.,u,h OF Fourteenth street. on ave
n Hungarian cafe that is worth
\ Here on one night of the week
r,sb,-one can listen TO a first
,ursarlan orchestra. the leader OF
n,sss any,ling that Is requested
..k ovsr n cosmopOliinn crowd that
4, Ia d,ip,icated elsewhere. Tine big
n mi Of small tables and around
- men and women representing al
avery nationality known here.
~, blind man was droning out a
h. di,ty while standing on a promi-
,tre, corner receiving a chance cent
when n lame beegar came along
looking at his s.gh.less compa triot,
IN the situation az q glance. He
N, A moment and then went and
4 IN from of the blind man. who stiil
Es,ni bis song, and. holding out his
received all the coins intended for
Rather In misery. Tnats how they
1ch other whenever opportunity
In isa good deal of controversy
NJ real estate men as to the results OF
y rentals, There are those who strict
{sst that the rentals held their own
khnc the line, white others declare
h 4 due to shrewd management that
lnE off Of some 10 per cent has been
from the public. OF course this
msnt is modified according TO the
d rentals. Store rentals have fallen
IA there are vacant Offices III ancient
trSs as tenants prefer modern struct-
A new feature IN metropolitan rent
h that there are many representa-
Of cut of town interests who arc
kr Offices instead Of mere desk room.
many Of the apartment houses here
people who have coined the lesson
taekeray's chapter on How to Live
Nothing Year until they have be-
adopts In the art or polite swindline.
y fracas which took place be-
one OF these modern Berky Sharps
kf colored help a great many inter
Z things came to light. She owes
400 back rent, n market bill oil
tsO and numerous smaller sums 20
yerymen and modest tradesmen.
pa been paying the coinrcd maid tho
asnt sum of 81 a week. and whom
1tt occurred twenty weeks pay Was
W aforementioned help.
, not exaggeration 20 say that more
half the houscholders in this city
know the names OF their next door
Enor' while there actually appears to
srl OF etiquette on the matter of not
FPS your fellow nat residents. ITS
ne ming said a woman who in
"a sumptuous apartment house. TO
Ne people living In the same puild-
yourself. orr never bows or
10 them, while exchanging calls
oe out of the question. suppose
ieapse In dwelling under the same
isNs danger Of becoming too .nti-
-0ffow!ngly Intimate. you know.
tnent houses