The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
GOSSIP OF GAY GOTHAM.

UOoCIF Ut UAI OVI HAM
New York, December 49, Jenny June,
we'll known to all newspaper readers. Il
school inspector. She went into commits
sion yesterday In the Thirteenth district.
| In private life this popular writer u
| called Mrs. Jenny Cunningham Croly. She
| passed the new woman stage long aga, 4
| 1t is rumored In art circles that the coll
| lection Of Orleatal porcelains. pottery and
| pictures made by Charles A. Dana Is 10
| he sold at auction early in the year. Mr..
Dana ownet Mt the lime OF his death prob
ably the largest and most valuable coll
| lection Of oriental pottery and porcclains
| In America. with but single exception.
Connoisscurs and collectors will have to
| wait for the official announcement,
| Every sworn officer OF New York Is oblig.
cd to sign the mayors ''oathbook." The
| present book has been in use for over thirty
years, and includes the names Of every
mayer from Hoffman to Strong. and Of
| every other city official during the past
third OF century. Singularly enough the
book Is now so filled that 1t will pass out
OF use al the same time MS the present
city passes out of existence new one
will have TO be provided for the Van wyck
administration.
The city comptroller opened bids for s6.-
2io,o7o.5S worth of ~ per cent gold bonds.
This is the last Issue of bonds by the press
ent city and the last sale that will be
made by the present administration. To
tho surprise OF the city officers, the entire
issue was sold for the largest premium
ever paid for the same class OF city bonds
| bearing 3ia per cent interest. Arbuckie
Bros. secured the entire issue OF dock
bonds, Ni6O, 900, for Si0T.57T The prices
bid will make the bonds net the purchasers
u very small fraction over 3 per cent in
tercst The per cent days are gliding
by.
feature of metropolitan banking, and one
of recent growth ie the custom OF starting
small bank accounts as holiday gifts. The
we'll to-do head of family, for instance.
instead of giving his daughter iewclry or
costly knlck knacks at Christmas time.
presents each one with a clean bank book
with $50 or S75 or 500 placed to her
credit A large number OF these Christ
mas present accounts" were started last
year. and. in expectation OF a continuance
OF the custom. several bank cashiers have
laid aside packages OF dainty bank books
expressly designed for feminine use. A
banker informs me that most OF the women
are clever in Keeping accounts. but. as a
rule, they forget 10 sign their checks.
Juetioe patteisons speech before the Law
club In which he spoke Of the past glories
of his profession and deplored the fact that
| It had now become no largely a trade In
stcnd of IA profession IS naturally the sub
ject Of good deal of comment here, but
most Of It endorses what the justice said.
When he entered the bar In 1857 there
were less than 1000 lawyers in this city.
Now there are moro than 5000. Then deep
and thorough knowledge of the common
law WAS necessary FOR success at the bar.
but now Il knowledge OF the code may en-
able a man TO make living without being
grounded In the principles That undorlie
the code. II may enable a man to mako
a living. but AS n matter OF fact It is prob
able tina, many of the 5000 lawyers in New
York do not make as much ns the wages
OF Il good artisan, Justice Patterson mem
toned James c. Carter as an example OF
what the old~tlnlo great lawyer was, and
said tina, Joseph II Choaie. II. X Coudert.
E G. James and John H. Parsons are the
best cross examiners In the New York
bar.
The board OF estimate is divided as to tho
proprlcty Of the desired appropriation OF
$4,000 for tho Posi- graduate school and
hospital to which objection is made by
number Of physicians and others on tho
ground that medical aid Is given free TO
persons able to pay thus inJurng the busl-
ness Of the doctors. The question had to
be laid over for week, Mayer Strong
! favored the appropriation, and took occn-
! sion 10 say Il never had 30 mu>a aspect
and admiration for members OF the medical
/ profession as have since became mayor.
| Physicians arc always doing charitable
| work, OF which the public has no idea. AZ
| most os the charitable lnsiitutions OF
! this city there are corps OF physicians who
! are giving their services free. nave been
/ In charitable Institutions In this city. since
| became mayor, and have seen eminent
| physicians giving most careful attention TO
! poor fellows who had neither home nor
money II the services that he physicians
! give free to the poor and charitable institu-
tions were charged for. the amount would
be vastly groatcr than all the money tho
| city Is asked to give to all the medical col
| legcs with hospitals connected