The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-18
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.

New York. July 1S.-The heat drove one
woman to put herself on ice the other day,
policeman heard a noise In a big van
half flied with cool chunks, and when he
looked inside he saw young girl sitting o.
Il cake, singing, happy as q clam at high
tide Now she's In one Of the city coolers{
The duck and the crash suit Is much
In evidence these sitting days, The tailors
believe that another season will and the
duck costume firmly established here. 1t Is
cool and 1t looks neat and clean. or, at
any rate. 1t should. Duck trousers may be
bought at prices ranging from So a pair
for cheap cotton duck to SIS and SIS .
pair for the best linen duck
In one district of the Seventeenth ward
there are SIS. $50 persons on fif,y- four acres
OF ground. making an average OF $50 to tho
| acre. There are S0i tenement houses in the
district, Of which seventy four are rear
tenemonts. making an average Of Al. s. per-
| sons to each house. When the heat is in
tense the suffcrings of the dwellers in this
quarter can better be imagined than de-
scribtd.
quarter OF century ago Mulberry
Bend was the heart of the "Bloody Sixth"
and the shillalah was the snbol ~ the
inhabitants; but now the s,iletto Ia more
effective than Tho bludgeon there The green
spot recently created there. however, is
peaceful and safe 10 siEht-seers who
would study the chattering lazsaroni who
assemble there nightly Thore is no more
picturesque spot in Gotham these days than
Mulberry Bend park.
A set Of nineteen bells is now In tho Gus.
toms house. and will in tho course OF a few
days be placed in the north tower OF st
fatrick's cathedral. Each bell will be dedi-
Gated to saint and the whole nineteen
will chime in perfect harmony. The big bell
OF the peal viii weigh 1000 pounds. New
Workers object to the Changing OF church
bells; but os no one ever kicks against the
melodious chimes OF old Trinity, this new
addition TO the noise makers viii not cause
alarm.
Probably no city OF Its size in the world
presents in its fashionable quarter such
deserted appearance as New York in July
and August The thorslghfares lined with
the houses of the social elect are prac-
tically deserted. The only Indication of so.
cial life in town during these months s
found in the clubs Delmonicos and tho
Waldorf. Most of the clubs are also duh
much of the time. The exodus this season
| seems to be- heavier than usual Judging
from the silence in the swell sections.
There's new girl In Gotham. She Is to
be seen in the offices of prominent Now
York physicians. where she occupies n posi-
the doctor. and In the importance of her
duties runs a close second to the doctor
himself. Some of the doctors have devis.d
uniform for the office girl One Of thcs,.
TO be seen in the office OF we'll known
physician, consists Of dark brown costume
trimmed with red braid and set on by a
flowing linen collar, the whole surmounted
by a dainty white cap. The badge of labor
Is over nearly all who toll here now a DAYS
"Stceple Jack" entertained n multitude
in Park row the other afternoon. The ball
on the top OF the Flagstaff OF the Pulitzer
building needed regilding, and the human
| fly who follows this line Of work got the
| contract, When he appeared on the dome.
, the crowd began TO assemble. Men held
| their breath and women turned their faces
away when he began his perilous climb:
hui he Skinned up the pole and at n
height OF 375 feet above the level of the
| street he applied the gold paint and slid
down. Then the people below gave sigh OF
relief and got move on.
| 1t would be hard to lind In tho metropolis
a more curious mixture of the past and
present than queer old Division street and
one fond of interesting localities will be re-
paid by walking its length 1t is singuiarly
laid out, being seven blocks long on one
side and eleven on the other. and IL crossed
at right angles by only one street AT the
Grand street end there are some Cd Two
and three story brick or wooden housb
relics of the days when tenement houses
were unknown, but the browning feature
Of the thoroughfare Is the millinery stores
The Division street millinery shops and
their feminine "pullers-in" are well worth
visit.
| The Journey Town the upper and lower
| bays Just now is a source OF great pleasure
| to the land lubber. MS well as to the old
salt. Steaming out through the Narrows
with frownng forts on either hand a swift
picturesque run brings the hospital islands
in view, South Beach and many other pop
ular Staten Island watering places on one
side. with Rockaway and Coney Island on
The other Then the Hook looms up with
| its lights. several marine ohseryntories,
barracks, mortar batteries. old fashioned
! fort and great guns: then. al the foot Of
| the Navesink hills. the boat lands at a long
pier, where tho tourist can step aboard a
train and be whirled swiftly 10 all the pop
ular Jersey resorts. And tho expense Is
| trSlng.
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