Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-28
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.

New York. February 2e.-Tho announce
lneut is made that business men OF the
city are to form a vigilance lgagiie and
employ q body OF armed private Natch-
men to prevent burg.arics at residences
and warehouses. This stems to be .heir
only salvation at present.
One Of the most prominent signs In
the surface cars reads: twenty-five
cents a day pays Tor tel phone service at
Your house or office: i2,j1l telephones In
Now York city" Twenty live ccuts u day
is N,J0 a month, and 1860 times $40 IN
,)37i9. Not bad monthly income, Some
Of these phones are at pay stations. and
'arn muoh more than go cents day
The old clearing house building on the
corner of Pine and Nassau and for SO
many years the headquarters Of the New
York banking community. will soon be- a
thing Of the past The work Of tcarng
the structure down commenced this morn
ing, ara, IT the weather remains iavort-
he. is expected to be completed IN ten
tuys. a new ciglitcen-atory up-to-date Of
ice building VIII take the place OF the
old fve-story edicice.
Lillian Russell must be renewing her
youth. Years aso. when Miss Russell had
Just graduated from Tony Pastors and
was making her fret venture In comic
opera. the town WIS Uttered with very
very pretty girl In n very prCtty Ealor
hat. il was an excellent picture q Miss
Russell as she looked II years Old. This
Wuek tn. dear old lthoEtnph crcpt out
q rs lair nud Is once more decorating tho
thop windows.
succ, So has ut last crowned the efforts
Of the promoters OF the Liberal Art
League. formed with the object Of estlb-
ishins a permanent gallery tn this city,
where arsisis can offer their pictures for
tale, ard where the long established jury
OF selection VIII have no placc. The or.
tuuisers hive been working quietly Aud
without publicity. II has already leen
decided to hold an opening exhibition this
winter. The lurge gallary OF the Grand
central Palace has been secured and the
exhibition will last one month.
At one OF the uptown hotels the land
lord has taken decided stand against
tho obnoxious "tipplng" system. on the
first Of the month the wages OF the wait
trs were advanced ~ per cent, tho object
being to abolish. n possible. the system OF
Tipping walters, 70 detrimental alike 70
patrons and management. Notice of Tho
increase with an explanation OF the OBJ
joct has been printed on the back OF III,
menu cards and now EueatH pay FOR theil
dinners without being delicately held W
hy tho walter
+ "Hcre's news item II YOU want It.
remarked a gentleman, who mas 10 do
with art and artists. this afternoon. "Nou
can say that up 10 the prea9nt time We
fnl.s Of piciuros rince tho opening Ut tho
water color show have not yet reached
Tho hundred thousand dollar mark. Dur
ing tho game time last year something
like two hundred thounaiid dollars WORTH
we're disposed Of" As the Seutlam1u
could mi rive any reason for the slump
radors must do their own guessing.
The broadway squad Is to be reformed
out of existence. This does not inenl that
the broadway crossings Sil nave nc
uollcceluon 10 regulate traffic and aeslsi
iont passenrcre Large policemen viii
continue 10 perform that service, mud, %
Jftr ns any outsiders viii tt able to gee
thprn Will bo 10 Grange whatever IN sht
pr gent methods Of patfnllins hrOaaway
Raj The n1uad will CEASE 10 exist IN name
nnd ID GOOD many people don't like tht
change any moro thDn they 10 tlla oh.
liberation Of n treasured Land mark.
High life on lower broadway differs
go,nevhat from high life on Firth avenue
AZ rniltfe, Hut both are picturesque. Illgh
lie downtown h conllned 10 uIc roof.
~ .hS aKvsrrnpsrs mud tho colony II
.sroyvlnr These curious little homcs nrt
trsii worth ingpectlon, Sone OF ibfIn ARE
81, e.nctty on d line with nc ,f,fYsments
nr Iirnndway while others hava hoes
Init d Few feet hshiri ncnt little !, 0nl
al thsfS quiet home ness rest on foundl-
lions some fifteen or twenty stories II
height. and nre eonseane itiy FREQ. frt;l
IA Nh csllnrs and firniln- complaint,
r'hese apartments. the ilr'lcgi ~ Nv
,notropoiis, rent for q few dollars q month
witch is very reasonable considnriHs Tic
value OF real estate on broadway.