The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-01
GOSSIP OF COR

OOA1ASAK VI 0Oy
New York. September q.
paign gambler appeared in Y,my
other day. One Of the tribe ~
5000 even money that the dsms. B:
ines for mayor Of Greater No n
be elected. AS Platt is sim
ne couldn't find taker. '7.l
This extract from an advert
give you some idea Of the CO
in style here, as we'll as thu NJ
modern apartment house: "T1S
ments with modern pluxnh,p,
$lz,00O per year; steam heas
hall boys, light, servants rootu, y
eral space for storage" AnS.
lots OF others where the ransS
Ia Just as wide.
When = dog had at on n.
other night Bergh society s|
came after him and took him ~
place where he Ia being cared ~
about the same time a stranr.s
York was found dying OF hunvs, I.
sumption under wagon on ~
front an ambulance came for r.
and he, too. is being cared for. ~
tiles OF this city are as broad - K
numerous. ~
When the Ave north ana soux
and two orosstown lines. on ~
Metropolitan company has aunoss
intention to use electricity, a.
being are operated under the nsv
they will all derive their powe,
single station whose plant will ~ \
gest OF its kind In the world ~
power plant at Ninety-s sixth ~,
represent at least four or 1--WE M
number Of horses which win "
placed.
The alarming announcement Il ~
Lillian Russell. in spite OF wbexp,I
banting. is taking on flesh rapidly
who saw her the other night J,
Brooklyn. where she opened hsr
say her form is becoming rather q.
Tor the character she assumes
hard work reduces her ayoIrdupoJ
other pretty girls in the comnss,
get all the bouquets, and then di1l
very apt to cause trouble in ~
STAR combination.
Another matinee idol has heen AZ
The sweet singer OF the Bostonias.|
gene Cowles, whose robin HooA.|
made him footlight favorite, has n
ing to his wife. bestowed his n
upon too many others, and In con.s}
she secured a divorce from hIn
Cowles' only protest was regardi,I
amount of alimony. He declares
unable to pay the IS demanded
and allowed by the court for the ,
Oh MRS. Cowles and their child, 81
his notes are gilt-edged.
Here's a gem from one Of the N
divorce cases that the yellow ~
have had to gloat over for soma
your husband first became iealou,
fall of 1886, did he not?" queried M
yer. II don't know where his eys|
before, snapped the wife ON thu =
soand. You think him stupid \" "
ne gave you a liberal allowancef'
gave me rope enough to hang myself
mats ALL" And when the handsob1
stylish woman thus fiippantly adn,ifi1
misdeeds, she didn't even hang herl
One result Of the fight between
Hammerstein and Charles Frohmss
their Chinese plays is that Mr.. I'm
VIII endeavor to have tho law again
ing liquor in ANY theatrical house epf
In order to whip the devil around
stump until q decision Is rendered j
question Oscar will not sell drinks
the production Of the drama in al
They will be dispensed before and
however; and as the skit only lasts
forty minutes, the audience will DIN
survive the temporary shutdown.
State street bounds Battery park 1
north. and the most picturesque bu
on State street is the Mission OF Our
OF the Rosary. Probably there il no
building just like it in the COUNT,
1t was put up more than 100 yesn
by wealthy Dutch family. Bsl
$4,000 and 10000 immigrant girls hays
sheltered here during the past /
years. their friends or employment
for them, and on an average Of fruu
TO 5000 started on their lives in the
World. The mission is. In realitI
co,Intry's clearing house for servant
and 1t Is we'll worth looking over.
The great American pie in genera
the pumpkin pie in particular, cut 1
deal of ice in the food statistics 3
metropolis. There are big and It'll
foundries all over town. but the u
Is downtown. The founder OF Till
plant figures out that 602,000 pur
pies a week are consumed in New
half that number being devoured !,
great pie belt, which Is in the bul
quarter. say between Wall and Tw
third streets. All sorts OF pies are
ular with the high and the low hui
but just now the golden pumpkin ha
call over the berry and apple distv
Of digestion.
The Kind We Want.