The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-09
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New York, May s--r,,
ever aNe,,. festive Fanny Rice s,s,....
too'hsome smiles last ,,.s.s =
rair' of Shoes" TRANSFORMS ~, = IN
German Ger, farce beyond an ,.s ~ n'n y
now known as AT thu r.. eosnisia ~
Biiou audience had lo,. 'ssea Bal n
n ,sco'V ,n, performance, q, ~, s. ~ u
Inc arms .vrns a framework. pro rs,s q,
'"e average In entertalun,ut,' ''s' Nm
John Jacob Astor /, ain
enormous real estate holdIp,, w
added another plot o, so,ss -. ~ eas
nVe-story brick buildipv ,s ~ VIZ
Astor offices In West TNent,sx d
cost of 100000. 'uae'n f'u. /
Philosophers who try IA .,,,.,. .
sons for the simultaneity q ,r,, " = :
their hands full in this CITY ,os,s '" :, y
were four clear cases 0, ..,,.s.. , ia
ana a fifth death which pros,ss =
prove to have been Of the mn. ~.
general explanation Is that ~. VI,
Is the cause and there have ssi,, 49,
GAYS OF more depressing. damn 49,.
than yesterday and Sunday !, ~
been That the self-murderer, -. - ah
TO their end by hearts consrIo,.,s w
Willingly sickened by the tnss..sn
conditions and the false prou,i,ss y 4
prophets. which only materalI,ss y ~, \
after some wearisome reiteratioo ~ Ss
seems more probable that ,bers 1, - ~
system OF psychic waves indrs,s,,. !,
barometric pressure and beyond ~. y
oil Western science TO account for i. -. =
alence of an overwhelming dA,lea !. -. "
file off the troubles and cares al M -
Once again the cry is raised IN. A..
cite smoking is on the incresa, ~,
women in this city. This TINA n n
Broadway tohacconist, who has cs,.s
tho same uptown stand for mora i, /
twenty years. who advances the cpIus,
based on his experience. Ne SAYS tAta
establishment which marked woI,ni =
visits twenty years ago has given ,yus
efforts TO encourage the trade ,hos, :
the frequent calls, many in an bor, M
made for cigarettes by member, d 1.
sentler sex. Dealers. he explains, ths
women cigarette smokers into two s,su
those of the highest social positions III
these with none at all. few, II ny, H.
toners coming from the ranks bs;sss.
He advocates the practice as Likely b l.
minish indigestion and dyspep.!L 1.
thinks women viii, never smoke II p5sss
in this country. Many OF the most rs.
ionable women have their cigarettes u;
to order with gilt tips and monograni
crests. while jewellers testify to tht b
crease of the habit as shown Ia o. /
creased demand for women's cigars
cases. which are thinner than these nj
for men. and more elaborate In deslga u
urnamentaticn.
II looks like board for some new q.
like fox aud feese or parchesL but Il y
reality an eight-day shirt, and has \
been put on sale as boon for iuipecufi'
youth. from which much profit |, ey'e
ed. The invention, which Is not eIpx;
TO receive the Endorsement Of the wela
comprises a two-faced disk o! shift
each side OF which ia divided into h
sections of different patterns. The "
thing is pivoted in the middle ana
wearers vest hides all but the Nrts
section in use for the moment. Ns
entee is said TO have been inspired v
recent picture In one OF the funny psa'e
With all its seventy square miles ~
ritory. Brooklyn is in many OF its ssa
aspects little more than a big rillifs.
is especially so in Its atmosphere, "
has some strange quality that .esd' =
enterprising New York business ma
drop all thoughts Of hustling progrm
soon as they reach the side OF tho "a
on which they sleep. 1t Is his cons'ae
ton that gives at unintendediy hume
sound TO the protest OF bro'A!
against the number OF chickens Ieafel
kept In the City OF Churches he soe'
far as to demand urgently that . "
imposed upon the feathered crea!ur1
theit owners may be persuaded 70
with them.
DR.. Lyman Abbott Of Plymouth CIV
whose sermons on Jonah and the wnih
other Biblical stories raised such "
of controversy recently, seems un,'''
ret away from the notore'y a'
gained. In the Aldlne club o.! s q
ago. Chsrles G d. Roberts. ,he az
was introduced 10 Dr., Abbott anu
marked: Very pleased to meet you,
but recognized you at once BY your
hol." 1t so harper ed that the p,e,'
was sitting Jus. below an aheiea.
depicting in vivid style the cap'u''
sperm whale.