The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-07

~ op@E Effort. All - s.s commercial IN
ysarss~,tcs by sscug cg scinc X nj OF r7a-c.
.acru-s7E establishment.
GOSSIP Or GOTHAM.
New York. January i-The annual
charity bsll viii BE- given here February :
aad great things are expected Of this al.
I fair society is certain 10 crowd the Met
/ ropoii'su opera house ami though boxes
/ have nos yet been put Oh gale. private a L.
vice from fair p&trunesSts prom ses s.nle
round figures from the frs, BIDDERS.
/ wonder bow many times Archbishop
4 CorTigzn must read story before be be-
4 i.sves ~ Regarding the rumor frcm Rom.
( that he is 10 be appointed i cardinal. TIE
/ archbishop said ihe other day That story
/ has been printed 80 times before. have
received no announce ncnt TO that effect
and Know nothing about II whatever
y Justice who has no fear o! the black
is' has just given judgment against Oscar
hammersiein for $50. the amcun, due q
iradesrnan Tor saoes and slippers for the
Triibrs Of the Hammcrsiein chorus girl.
u seems oscar pafi the bill for he IT,
InAiaaer Of their costumes without muir
1ur bat shoe comes high you know
. end especially with pretty chorus gus
foot n Il
In his city Of restaurants. rooms and
roomeTs. where all kinds o; people are
thrown together and forced to rub elbows
al least temporarily life mas its humorous
as well as its pathetic side y tired look
INK Young msu dropped into the office 20
rsIlATA hat h. had changed bis fl4J again.
You sec he said. 4 didn't like the
other b0ardeTs-that is the ONES Who
roomed on either side OF me. They weren't
nay style e1acil$. and though they weren't
numerous they were too much 70. me
You see they weren't like other folks One
~as ili-r, lady and the other nervous
PROSTATE.
The idiocy Of either the INN grant laws
CT the enforcing Of them was shown in
P'iful scene at Ellis Island the other
afternoon and evening Jacob Berger.
native Of Galicis. came here some years
ago. and thousn he had little or no money.
soon esianlA~d prosperous little notion
store but returning recently from a trim
10 his native Land. the attention OF the au
ihoii'les vas attracted. and today he was
snn; ha.- as a pauper. This same red
tape thar takes Berger from a prosperous
business and wife and children is daily al.
mi,tng either contract labor or lot Of I
migrants. who hardly touch the soil Of this
land Of The free ere they begin begging In
all manner of languages
Br-r-r-' Hello. Central, Are you
there, my DEAR" This was at Hampstead
'hc Other Night. The usual answer-none
at all "Br-r-r. Hello. Central An
other hell hour of patient waiting /
Hr-r-r-' He'll Cent Two hours later /
The patient suhurbanite took the receiver I
from his ear and delivered tho message on (
foot. rcmarkns that Contra" seemed I'M !
usually busy. Miss Emma Dickeraon Z. /
central IN Henpsieaf and she was busy !
doping. She flod with Walter Sexton e /
Lawrence. but tho patient suhurhanites OF /
hempfpad were SIN ringing up aud as .
Patiently delivering their own messages /
the next day with tho patient remark. /
Central must be busy
The hugbcar Of all managers is the |
Hext play, said Charles Frohman.
Even after weeks OF preparation and out.
lay Of considerable money. II production /
IS failure that fact does not cause half
as much worrment as the thought What
snail | give the public next when a
success Is achieved the managerial mind is |
sun troubled by the thought OF the drama
10 succeed IT. True, he has more time TO
look about and mako his selection. but II
by any chance the successor should fail
To equal the first the producers stock
suffers great fan. \ successful play ia
considered standard below which the
manager must not drop. so that. even after
achieving an artistic triumph. the next
play still looms up as a nightmare
Boss Plat has gained friends enough
among the patrons OF little Winnie and
sadie Horn to pay him for the trouble OF
calling down the New York board OF al
dcrmen. These TWO bright newsgirls are
stationed at the foot OF the l." road at
Twenty-ihlrd street and sixth avenue. Re
gently tn" Doodle board sized IN those stair
privileges as being worth something and /
voted themselves the power Of disposing OF
them. Alderman Ware had a "cnnstu"
who wanted the station occupied by the
girls. and. as they could pull no votes. tho
ward heelor was given the locality. The
girls happened to have a customer = thin
snappy old man. who somehow occasionally
forgot to be snappy, and oftener forgot his
change In buying paper. So these two
tiny female suitragsts called on Boss
Plat Winnie being the speaker There
was little cloQucnce In her speech. hut
more in her pcroraton. II being puncturcd
with sobs. SO tho board OF aldermen. per
orders, has reversed itself, and two little
girls. Winnie and Sadie, are still chirpins
their wares.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.