The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-01
GOSSIP or GOTHAM.

New York, December 20 Tic famous
resort known as the Haymarkot will open
It's doors once more but for only one
night This will he on New Years day
when relative Of Fatty Walsh viii
run an annual ball.
a new freak has appeared at various
fashionable affairs recently. notably one
the other night. "Enamoled" mani Just
think OF It. Men, or at least creatures
with every outward appearance of men
| with their faces 80 glazed they scarce
dare smile for fear OF cracking the ona
mel II an epnmeled woman is dreadful
what can be said OF an enameled man?
The board OF estimates recently met and
appropriated 100000 for another fire boat
hero--the fourth--for the better protec-
tion of the water front. 1t appears that
| the department has three fire boats the
New York. the iiavcmycr and the zophar
| Mills. The latter covers the North river
| front while the liavemyer Is stationed on
| the East river. near the foot OF Grand
street. The New York. which lies off the
Battery. is probably the finest boat of its
Kind In the world. It cost about SHE 900
and Is of immense value In protecting
| the river front from the ravages OF fire.
| Society, horses. cattle. swine, cyclsis
commercial travellers and couchce- couchee
dancers having had their innings at Mad
| ison Square garden, the feltherod world
| took possession this week and exhibited
breeding. plumage. form and other points,
with a vast amount OF growing cackling
and scrawling. The show opened Tuesday
morning. and will continue to Saturday
night. AS many OF New York's wealthy
and fashionable citizens make fad of
breeding fine fowl society was sure TO
set its approval upon the exhibition and
make 1t success.
The men who run the department stores
and the merchants and dealers In every
section Of the Greater New York unite In
saying that Santa Claus was never so
inuch in evidence as this year. Business
was never so brisk. Millions of dollars
worth OF toys were purchased to fill tho
great. big sleighs In which he drove around
piloting his reindeer through streets and
narrow alleys. through the fields and over
housctops. stopping only long enough TO
s.
his arms loaded down with the good things
for rich and poor alike.
very interesting case will come IN
here soon, unless 1t Is settled out of
court in which n $4,000 life insurance in
involved. Last week Aaron Goldsmith his
"ie ana three children were burned to
death. The question arises whether the
wifc's relatives or Mr. Goldsmith's are |
entl'led to the life insurance According |
10 law. man is tho stronger vessel and tx |
supposed to outlivc the weaker sex under
such circumstances. In this case. how
ever, II il claimed by relatives of Tho
WIFE that they have evidence to show that
MIS-. Goldsmith was alive for some Tina
after her husband died
lhe alligator seems To be favorite
emblem for saloons hcreahouts. although
why such a dsagrecablc reptile should be
CHOSEN for such a purpose | can not mag
inc. On Nassau street there is n popu,ar
parroom which bears the name and has
near the entrance stuffed alligator.
LANDING upright, holding "A plate in front
u H. while on the Bowcry Is an "Allipator
.iotcl' TOT the Raino8 law VARIETY ana In
rnnt OF the entrance hangs stuffed spec.
mon some five feet long. Tho barkeeper
VINO Is of humorous turn OF mind said
ne other night the alligator is emblcmatic
" great snap"
saw Burr Mcintosh, grave ana heavy
Gated. walking slowly out of Days the.
ter at tho end Of the performance of
Much Ado About Nothing" the other
lay. The mention OF his sisters namc
Who has tho leading part in the &C, isha +"
aused him TO smile oontentedly. flo Ind
cen her present Hero In an artistic salf-
chant manner that told OF her compre.
tension of the character with natural s
p'iity to convey her reading to her audi
nee burr is proud of his little sister lilo
Ola me once that he is more Interested |
n her career than his own, which was
nee. brotherly thing for him to say. $
1t is usually a difficult thing for m. +
buyers OF the big department stor,s IN
oresee what one article above al, otbor,
VIII prove the most popular with small
pys VINO nave reached an age when tbev l
my '"di'h the privilege OF notifying their
"a "a chts III advance what they expeci for
'hrlslnas presents. High rubber boo,s u
ave been the favoritc this last week and
Nv Se'"hs demand for this special article
ou,u most OF the stores unprepared. I've
" a, SOU OUT our stock Of boys rubber :
"o's, Sald one manager. "and when wa |
tempted to renew ii. we found that every y
,h'r department store in town had had l
ne same experience, Apparently. every I
10Y IN New York had suggested thai
uoh present would be acceptable. Last =
oor we were caught in the same way on !
mall stationary engines y" t
Christmas In Crom,x,II,. T,,,. I
'rovidenco Journal. c
uo house' before the rose, were pro. i
.n,ti WIN terrible remonstrance b
,,ealhst christmas Day, grounded unnn a
'Nlnc Scripture The house was Ina
ouse OF commcns and Dictator Crom. y
,,th SAT uron the throne Of the murdered n
harica. Under such conditions II ,yaa =
atufal that the Puritan hatred Of mo ~ y