The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-03

i g,nes, i6. NJ. Delcasse, 49,; NJ. Lebret, 40
and M. Krantz. who Is a mere youth OF 40
] SOME GOSSIP OF GAY GOTHAM
Now York. November 30.--The opening
of the big Metropolitan opera house means
Tie return To town OF the fashionable world
and tho beginning OF what is expected
| to be AN unusually brilliant season. Ger
| tainly New York has never known an opera
season which held forth greater promise
than the one now before It. For seventeen
| weeks the worlds most notch singers will
be heard at the Metropolitan, and that they
will he welcomed by large and fashionable
| audiences is already assured by the sub
| scrtDtion sale of boxes and seats. Most of
| the boxes have been taken for the entire
SEASON. three quarters of the orchestra
chairs have been subscribed for and great
many Of the other choice seats in the
| house.
| From leadership in philanthropy to de-
psndency upon the Gsty's charity; from a
| mansion on Murphy Hill TO the lodging
house for the homeless. on Fifth avenue:
| from the companionahlp oG the wealthy to
the company of ragged outcasts. sketches
ilhe life STORY OF Mrs. Jennie Rabcock,
willow of one of the old-tiine fashionable
talors. For years she was prominent in
the charity movement among the East
side poor. She gave bountifully and re
lteved much suffering. but off the bread
she cast upon the waters all that has re-
turned to 'her is the few days relief Of
fered by the city to it's destitute. It's
the old, old story of il-advised invest
ments. financial ruin and forgetful
friends.
In speaking ur the passing away of
y.to lac Loft
who is still at the Holland house. paid a
fine compliment to the grand old man"
of the drama. "The benefit fund for Mr..
Couldock, which was raised two years
ago." said Mr.. jefferson. 'iAad to be in
vested, and only SIS a week was allowed
him; otherwise ha would have given 1t
all away TO his friends In distress.
feared Coullock would be hurt when he
learned OF the arrangement; but when l
told him. he laughed, and said that he
thought, perhaps. 1t was the safest thing
to do
THE girls and women of the sos are to
be seen now in the dress of the times in
"Tpelawney of the Wells" at tie Lyceum
thtater. and they are wearing the funny
little short gloves with the single button;
but the funniest part of II Is that the wo-
men and girs of 1898 are also wearing
one button gloves and paying high prices
gloves now worn for the street. They are
not worn with evening dress, and they
have q little cuff below the button: but
theW are still cne-bItton gloves. There is
no telling how soon they may appear FOR
evening wear. There seems to be no
fashion so old or SO ugly that 1t can not
return.
This IS doll week at the Waldorf Astoria.
Tho Professional Woman's League is hold
ing its annual bazaar there, and during
the afternoon and very late in the evening
the matinee idols VIII acquire writer's
cramp by signing autographs. The dolls,
as usual. will ba dressed to represent the
most popular actresses In their latest crea-
tons. All these dresses are exact copies
OF those worn by the originals of the coun-
terfeit dolls on the stage and, so IL is
averred. they were hemmed stitched.
basted, cut ami pasted by the fair stars
themselves. This affair will. no doubt.
temporarily break few of the chappies
who haupt stageand.
1t was understood when the METROPOLITAN
Street Railway company put in its new
system of the underground trolley that
the cars would run In spite of the storms.
1t was said that the system had been 50
perfected that the snow would not fill the |
condults and interfere with the running
of the cars and that nothtng in fact could |
prevent them from running In any kind OF |
weather. The cars didn't run Monday. |
Just THE same; but for all that the head |
Of the great system declares that the un- |
der trolley came through the storm with |
flying colors. With a better railsweeping |
system they may do better next time.
Mrs John Jacob Astor has again proved |
herself a pioneer. She has found a new
field of usefulness for the electric cab.
On the advant of the snow. ever mindful, |
apparently. of her horses. she sent call
Tor one OF TIE new vehicles The blizzard |
has not clogged the whieels of the "elsc-
lrcs." and the company, partly, no doubt.
IN account OF the partial stoppage OF other
means OF loccmotion hss hall all IL could
10 TO supply the demands made upon T.
But the horseless hans0ns baked wlaen
hey struck suow-stifled thoroughfare.
AS a result OF several threatening letters
received recsntly by Comptroller Coler. in
me of which demand OF s1.000.000 was
made. a young and muscular Brooklynite
las been ar'rested. and. after an examina-
Ion declared insane. II looks like the
docking OF another Sage Norcnoss epi-
ode.
wanted His Moneys Worth.
Have you any choice as to the wedding