The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-08
GOSSIP OF GAY GOTHAM.

NeW 10rF, december H.--On the WV
Of her wedding with tne city OF New York.
Brooklyn finds herself trembling on the
verge Of bankruptcy. The dover she VIII
bring Father knickerbocker will be de-
ficit in her finances amounting to more
| than s., 200, goo. She hasn't enough spare
change left to purchase a new pair OF shoes
| for the bridal ceremony.
The vestry OF Grace church evidently
| suspects that some folk who affect the
| bike are in need of spiritual aid and COM
| fort Otherwise. special carly Sunday
| services for bicyolists and people who
| regard Sunday as a day OF rest would
| hardly have been announced. Such con-
| sidoration Is seldom shown to the par
| ticularly leedful.
General Coils has asked the gas com
| mission TO allow him TO ioube the num-
Der Of electric lights on Fifth avenue. He
argues that the finest hotels, clubs and
restaurants in the world are On that thor
eughfare, which Is also a great passage
| for pelestrlns as well as The show street
of the town. Fifth avenue Will eventually
be as bright as Broadway and Just as
lively in spots The improvement means
an outlay OF $4,000.
The Rainy Day club woman who has
| seen tie paper petticont GAYS II will soon
! be In the stores here. The colurs are
black white, gray and ian. 'The retti-
| coats are made with a yoke, a skirt and
| ruttle. a genuine frou-frou she states
| that the girls in the factory where the
paper skirts are made have been wearing
| them, and the petticoats have afforded
| great satisfaction. Society and the sub
merged tenth" will soon be On The same
| petticoat level.
A wedding of interest to- many was that
of the widow of Napoleon fsarohy, The
/ famous photographer, to his h>st friend,
Domenico Bonnano, an italian nobeman,
who has made a fortune in tue wine aud
fruit business here. The marriage took
| place last week. Bonnano is ~ years cd,
| anu was WIN the Saronys at the time Of
the photographers death. lie lived in the
same house a. Mr.. Sarony, and a(terward
| boarded with the widow at her apart
ments. Mrs. Sarony was much younger
than her husband She is II beauty
A new vehicle propelled by man power
startled Central park visitors just before
the snow began 10 make slush the other
day. The machine is cale,l "cabcycle. -
its designers being Swedish engineers, one
of whom brought it here for exhibition. Ii
| has three wheels. one scat and a saddle
"A woman sat in the Cent, ana the man
behind on the saddle did all the work.
He propelled The new tangled bike up and
| down hill with apparent ease, and he told
inquisitiye onlookers that he rad succeed
ed in carrying a woman passenger over
forty eight miles OF city streets in foui
| bas ma gsN. La Ksil 4 hl
added to the moving things that keel
pedestrians guessing and doiging,
At last the thing that every mother:
son of us has been seeking these many
years has arrived The keyless night
latch, that boon of boons, may soon be
on the doors III Flatland, The new latch
has 10 keyho.e. but works Just ike an!
ordinary uoorknob. 1t is a combina1io.
lock that can be set to any number up tC
999, and simple twist of he wrist ban
ishes profanity. But. hold on! If fel-
I,, % uuc colonization he VIII be lost
After a long and late dinner the keyles.
joker is apt TO add materially TO the bur
denS OF lie, especially in this ,own. vher,
most of the men who keep ATE. o., rainier
; early hours, are compelled 20 N,restle viii
three koyhoes before landing in the hoson
OF their family. Every rose has It's thorn
for fair.
There are 5000 policemen in Greater New
York, but they are distributed over an area
matter of common experience that It, J:
always difficult to find a policeman ius
al jhc time one needs him most, Chief u
Police McCullagh. in an interesting rrrur
to the police board admits that this Is true
and TO remedy the evil without at the sam
time increasing the force ne makes 1
valuable Recommendation, which this boar,
has not time to adopt. but which the new
board may. He recommen Is that sub sta.
tions. connected by telephone with head
quarters he established every two and
half blocks and that ona policeman ne OF
duty at each OF the stations AL the time
This, the chief says. would 10 more 10 pro
mote the efficiency OF he police force thar
the employment OF q thousand more men
The chief also recon.men Is radical change,
in the organization OF The detective bu'
reau.
"A bicyce is not luxury; It is ne
cessity.' So ruled learned police magls
trate today, and his decision is of great i'm
portance TO every one who rides the wheel
II bicycle is really a uece' sity II mar
who rides it, and IL he has paid for it, NJ
one can take it away from him by an,
process of law any more than he can tax
away the only bed he has or his only pal
OF shoes. This important legal opinion wa
handed down when a neglected wife toll
the Cadi that her husband must hav
money, else he could not own wheel
ITS a luxury" she shouted. But tn
court said nay, and hubby rode off in tri
umph. wheel is supposed to develop
mans good qualities as well as his calves
Evidently all wheelmen are nou built alike
|
An ugly monsther stood an snorted in tn,
wather