The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-04
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.

| ecalping law went into effect In this STAT
! yesterday. The railroad folk say that q Z
| will be rigidly enforced, but the specu,s-
tors contend that it would be proved I'M
| constitutional, and they propose TO cor.
| tinue the sale of railroad fares at cut rate.
| This will be mutton for the lawyers. M
| matter which side wins. If the railroads
| are victorious the festive scalper will iumn
| over to Jersey and continue to rerye tha,
| portion OF the travelling public which ha.
| lieves in taking chances in order to sayo
| the nimble penny. Visitors who patron,ys
the spectators should impress this rev
| law upon their memories. They are likely
| TO get the worst of the coming struggle
Dollar wheat" has drawn MANY fe,n,.
| nine Spectators to "the street" The wo-
| men who speculate have really started IN
/ TO gamble with a vengeance. Some wear
silks and satins and use carriages: Others
| wear cheap stuffs and patronize cable cars "
| the latter being veterans who love tbo
| game. During hours at least fifty women
haunt one office and eagerly scan the tape
and there are lots Of others The recent
raid on big bucket shop has caused !
ilutter among the feminine bulls and
| bears, but it will take more than one de-
| scent by the police TO scare them off.
A young woman In Bellevue Is ravt,e
| from the effects of nicotine poisoning aud
| begging piteously for Just one more wb,f,
| OF the deadly little things that have do
| throned ner reason. 1t is not an ordinary
| cigarette case, where the victim smokes
| the poisonous little things and then be-
gins to act queerly. IL is case in which
dainty, pretty girl falls madly in love
! with great, big, black and cheap cigars
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| She has record of twenty Smokes" IN
| one day. This peculiar case is also COM
| plicated by dash of romantic love
Dame Fashion is evidently taking ad
vantage Of the fact that there are no leg
islatures in session. The "dressy" hat for
women this fall is to be a high, flarlnr
| affair, a sort OF built-up, narrowed down
| Gainsborough, well calculated to crush
with despair the hopes and hearts Of all
| back-seat occupants at the theaters, They
are really too striking to remove
Here's want ad.: Eight rooms, big
enough to etrech out without breaking
something; bath you can get wet In: no
| trombone roof garden singer next door:
| don't enjoy carbolic odor as we do Martha
| washington perfume; elevator must run
more than three times daily; radiators
must work In winter; want daylight; want
peace; limit $40. Comfort The adye.-
hser has certainly been here before and
is onto all the curves.
Four homeless women made their toilets
on the steps of church yesterday morn
ing, and the indignant church goers caused
their arrest. They told the magistrate that
they meant no harm and he discharged
them. Hundreds of men who rest on the
benches in the squares all night wash
themselves at the fountains in the early
| morning fours; but good many of the
benchers" abhor soap and winter. and
mats why strangers should give the seats
IN some o. the parks wide berth.
According to the statistics Of the Use 4
States bureau OF labor, there are ql
married men in New York City whf
supported by their wives, ard they az
all actors, by long shot. HH
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The public comfort station in CitypSsxsA
park is to be finished within $50 woi. IN
days. The structure, with the exctf,os4
OF the two entrances, one toward Broa14
way and the other toward Park Row. win
De Underground. 1t is TO cost s23 900 and
VIII be the finest of its kind in this coun-
try. Over 100000 people pass within 100
feet of the spot every day.
One of the biggest dry goods houses here
is virtually In the hands Of women. This
delivery department was the first one en-
trusted to the care of the gentler sex, It's
success inviting others to follow. really
handsome young woman has control of this
important end of the big establishment,
which employs eighteen delivery wagons,
as many drivers, between twenty-five and
thirty boys, number of shipping clerks
ana a dozen packers. She engages and dis
charges ler male help az pleasure and is
| personally responsible to the firm for the
correct delivery Of all purchases. About
| iuty women are also employed in the main
office OF the emporium and the person who
| engaged them undoubtedly has an eye
ior the beautiful, as we'll as great faith IN
womans executive ability.
Wednesday will be moving day for Cos
lumbia university. On September 1t will
take possession OF its magnificent homo
on the modern Acropolis overlooking the
Hudson river at One Hundred and Six
teenth street. The energy which has been
displayed In the erection Of the new build
ines has been remarkable. A quarter Of
century ago the progress that has been
! made In the new university would have
taken not less than half q dozen years.
| The corner stone of the present group OF
buildings was laid May 2. 1896. not quite
sixteen months ago. What will hereafter
be known "the old college had not gone
beyond the first floors in the same period
in 1855, and there can be no comparison.
| Sc far as extent Is concerned, between the
nsw and the old The land and the build
ings cost 100000 In architectural
beauty the groups of structures VIII rivai
the most famous OF the universities OF the
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