The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-16
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM

New York. August 1s.-Ten years ago
Wall street supported dozen midday
restaurants II the highest grade, and their
incomes were very large. Now three Ind
1t easy TO meet all the custom. wh,le
"beaneries" and diaries" crowd each
otheI. me lining CLUBS account for some
OF the change. hut bcggarly aud preca-
rous incomes are responsible for much
more.
The tenement district of the Tenth ward
mainly occupied by Russians and Iole,
Is the most crowded In New York, with
an average Of So terants 10 the house
hut It's death rate IS one Of the lowest IN
the city. Ii would be good thing for the
public health il some of the regulations
of the Hetraic code were generally OBJ
served
The pay roll of New York city's nre
department this year is 5000 600. This in
cludes the compensation of all tho uni
formed iiremen. the fire chiefs and en-
ployes of the repair shops and training
stables The pay Of nrcmen is iiXcd at a
yearly rating running from 5000 to sli00
The metropolitan department has been in
existence s,nce 1866 and the fire losses in
that time have been sl25ooo,N0.
Maybe the electric letter sign will take
the place 10 some extent this fall Of the
familiar p.litcal Transparency, There Ia
ono already up for Mckinley and 10
bart In front Of the State club on East
Twenty second street II makes a brilliant
showing from Broadway So far Bryan
auG Sownll tNuners and transparenc.es
are mighty scarce. The most elaborate
On" thdt | have encountered Is on FORTY
second street. just around the corner from
Frod lway.
There is an Indian living In Chinatown
HIS parent We're killed in a massacre In
California when he was a child. a China
man ADOPT nm aud brought him up 10
the Chinese customs He W ars A ut,tuc
q blouse and clogs, and It is safe to say
thdi not orc prrscu In Il hundred woulj
hUnW from ms features mat he Is not Il
'h;naman hv n.rth Possibly tho first ,ed
man Was Monaghan. \ scholar with a
uose fcr research and who las seen this
lnd.an-CAiuaman, believes that the 'wo
ter up.
The accident insurance companies AFRO
n1t taking any risks on tine bicycle XIII
In the early stage of bicycling women
were insured and 1t was found that calm.
for trNlal or imaginary injuries were
meos by thcm so frequently and persist
entity that the underwriters would he
hankrGptrd II oUe-half of them wcr. paid
50 t be companies ut VI Joint meeting made
a rule that women hcNclists should ho de.
barred fcom accident policies. Tie bua.-
ness woman who bikes however. is MT
on tre black list only the frivolous new
women are scratched,
English capitalists have their eyes on
l'ammcrsteius OLYMPIA, A gentleman
representing tho directors or the Alham-
bra, London. is on his way 10 this coun-
Try with Il lot OF tempting offors I'm his
u side pocket, The scheme Is TO form n
stoek company. embracing the Oiyinpia
and Alhamhra, With capital Of S3Nn.,slj.
liut tic willy and successful oscar knows
a goob thing whom he secs ". aud as h.
owes only @o,om IN his big amusement
lalaVH, which 10 worth q counla of mil
lens the Londoner who Is coming over
u hardly hc able TO report progress.
The suburban girl enovs one o,licht
That Is beyond the reach of her c.,y sister.
Unless the latter 5otes her prcpri.t.cs. She
con have her shoes professionally" mol
ished without being stared at The sub
urbanite has her russets done" on q