The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-01
GOSSIP or GOrnAm

New York. July 27.-rhe saaa~..
men In town at present are tho 49,
lhehr best patrons are out OF ,n-.
lheaters are c.osed and even M -
h h"n si9iser uoes not wear a bout,onnssseNN
to behold him, FIX hlghwaN
The pennsylvania railroad fo,t
oeen investigating the problem Of h,.Asyy
transportation, and drawings havs ~
MADE ON the basis of a baggaae 80.
vice originated by the prea,don, "
League of American Wheelma Oh the
company, as an experiment Is Te
several cars with the wheel-c rrv,, saviD
vice IN the hope of solving what lug q.
a serious traffic problem. " ~ really
Inc pans for the new SHERRY ~.
building, at the southwest cornar =, r "
avenue and Forty-fourth street. hav. :.
s''ered' and the building will be I'M y"
res IN height. instead OF seven =,
apartments on the sew en- upper mNh
rms VIII bring the new resort ~ s.orltS
uoni up 70 the Delmon.co standa.Sre.
e-tgahce. work on both sites. wbirhH q
cupy opposite corners, is bedns" A,en @:
rapidly. """s pusAs1
idly.
Ihat next winter is to see the arm.
Miss Metropolis tightly encased
sheath-like sleeves there seems very ,u,,.
doubt. There is a marked shrinki,. y,
size already. and the xaggeratedI,, -.
siegse already looks passe. The ~.
styles, though. are too extreme IN ho,nsM
popuriI' at once, and they are ce Si !,
most unhecoming. The big sIsa.a.nX
probably die hard, but Dame FashsoD NJ
undoubtedly win in the long run, "u
a stranger to New York, IL SET d..
at Manhattan Beach or Coney y.ls.s
wonders how 1t IS possible for sucb ~
rhense crowds as c~ongregate there 4,
Saturday and Sunday to be ,rans,n..e.
thlfher IN such Il short srace of time ssW wv
~ and without apparent discomfor, ~.
Train service from Long Island rnNn
reached by the Thirty-fourth sirset f sry'
Is almost continuous. The traffic for ~,
sumner over this line, although ,ha Nv
cursion rare is remarkably low from =
s;ght-seer's view point, must hrtna =
returns, """
There is a certain shop in this city nj.
ron.zed largely by women where. sftu
concluding a sale, the clerk approachs
you in a confidential way and inouir~.
ON, by the way, have you any cornss
Because, if you have, we can sell VIM
somethlng That / know would do you
good. ~So-and-So's salye, Won krlow-smr.
cure-wouldn't you like to try a boIfs
In a good many stores here a purchase
VINO secures what he wants Is button,
ho.ed by a salesman who endeavors TO ia.
duce him TO purchase something whirh
he doesn't want. All the drummers A
not on the road.
Campaign benr mugs bearing medallion
portraits Of Mckinley and Bryan are BE-.
ing made nowadays, and a mug, equally
nsetui FOR camraign purposes, with a ST.
yer dollar imbedded In It's glazed face.
may also be obtained by amy l6 to | d.
voice. The medall,ons and the coins are
put into thy pottery by a process only
recently discovered. Heretofore aftempu
made to adhere metal to glass have failed
Tor the contraction and expansion Of the
metal, differing from he glass, cause thdr
separation. Several clubs here have Or
deled ~decanters n tlmbiers with thet
notices prepared by the new process,
The worm vii. turn, Gyen If 1t be 4
the weaker sex. A man in this town who
mas been In the habit of abusing hs ~
tent helpmee; every time he ACCOUNT.
lated a jag, tried 1t once TOO often the
other day. He went home in a fightks
mood, but the wife isbelled. She setsA
nlin ny the coat, and, although he Is ~ !
larger and more musculag, She marched !
nm TO a police station, where she ORDERED
MN locked up ON a charge of iBtoxicatDa
Inc novel sight of a woman leading .
man through the streets attracted a large
GROVE, who ctfeered the latest type Of
new womanklnd. The magistrate a0
pia.seTi her pluck, and fined the SURPRISED
husband a "~fiver.'
A prominent banker started a bn
hooud the new silver certificate thA
quickly Travelled tho rounds. "A free s'
Won man got that design up he said
Just ooh at that prosperous scene o.
W Washington. typica, of the entire country,
iest ng upon a silver basis. 1t In a dis
grace mat the vom8n representing MS
rory should be pointing out that fact 70
me boy representing the youth Of M
oourtfy' And then this silver dollar fs.
son which history is teaching is indorsed
OF The back by Mr.. George Washington
onn the .4ndAble Mrs. Washington. m
= ~dastardly trick of the silver bugs. thats
V nat 1t ST. And the waggish men 9!
morey who pushed this story along rnAds
a ecoG many innocent customers beles
mat the silver note was a campaign IN