The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-02
SOME GOSSIP Of ci7

Thought hereabout seer. 1. s .
@ direction calculated "a t,,.. h. a.
from Now to Then. OF 81.
am.oles on the subject Of MT. ~!
Gently penned by serious thIss !.
peared in religious ana
bnt me most significant ,s.s r.
vac shape of an announcs,,s u , =
DR. Savage Of tho Church 3 v. y :!
mat ne is TO preach a ssr,.. n
on Existence After Dss,a
states that he has long Is,...' - 1
as the time seemed ,,ina j y. N
at some length the snh,a ~ m n
existence aftsr death "ps e y ~
auaslion, no says, lis OF nm. ss q y
peae,st or rsactioal importsss,.vs ~
as 1t touches not only az s.ss NJ
present, for it involves M m WIN
OF the nature OF man as s. NJ n
tiny. The traditional 49,. ~
" fading away from Ms. MI - n
~ has ceased 10 be vital ~ sraos Z :
in the great emergpnrias e Z. ~ n!
TINS seems TO Or. Savage M I. \.
ihe WORLD thought in regard = y
ton. "A little cheerful erss u n 4
q popular chord. e'sssa
Mrs. Jack Wilmardinr, I ~. 4,
house of Vanderbilt. and 40. y!
NIlowiedged belle. YESTERDAY M
smiled and licked during the -, !
arinklng and her gaming booss q
byssms and her so-calipS
These leaves out of the .hcnt 'Nss'll
career were read BY the dsrto Z y!
bel 'eve that her proper placs Z ~
dale Other experts. bowevs. 49,
Mrs. Jack" is fit physloalIy !. y
and she viii probably be- permits h
Intuher fail out OF life on ia s's:1
an asylum. Bettina Girard. ~ ~
Gently liberated from ssnn.s.
who signed a contract to apDes, ~.
stage OF a Broadway variety hon.s =
at the first rehearsal. She bsrrr. Z p
posed" soon after she stm,cI ~
again. "Betty's" seems to baa
case. -
a new fabric designed to suppi,ni Z
grades of silk is coming into AN, !.
from abro@1 in increasing qusutHjs|
is mercerized cotton; |. a. cotlM
"s.lkified" by q chemical pros,
expert In charge OF the customs AZ
in which these mercerized roa3s ~
the official inspection says thsi n
seen some mercerized cot;ons whirA M
close resemblance to silk would n
men long accustomed to bandNr
goods. The silk-swishing gin MI =
multiply, as dress goods IN iluiisj3
SILK can be put en- the American 4
about 20 per cent cheaper than H. +
thing. The industrious silk wan
soon be worked exclusively for ~
tocracy ami the very rich.
The annual charity ball has III
ranged for January 81 at the WI
Astoria, and in all probabtlIiy q
Roosevelt, who will then be epy6.u.
lead the grand march. II Is the III
affair of a purely social character Il
those who customardy view sodsU
affair come in contact with the ~
women who make society Whist Nh
luxurious surroundings at tie Wd1
Astoria and the carefully guarded e.
tons last year gave the ball piinte I
pect and wen back what hrillianey II l
lost. 1t Is certainly expected that tle q
charity ball win be even more u
event than was that d ~ ~
1t is no uncommon sight bes b Nj
wearing a badge OF grief on ~
sleeve, for it is quite English By
sight of two women wearing : -
black on the sleeves OF thar ~
jackets means that mourninE y
off the list Of femttne q
lgances. The women who have
his plan move in one OF the slnaA
they are mourning for their motnaA
Heir friends not in the black scoa
less ara exclaiming. "How senabA'
The fact that Broadway frccne
Walker street has Figured in Z fce
state transaction at oonsAheraoli
go per square foot Is gratifying Y
,wners in that region in view
fer the last two yean -
lining rents in the district ana Y
nent by IA number OF firms Y
arther up the historic thorousnhN
Long Island is famous for me pua
IS people of extreme old age =
Irs. Harriet B. Townsend q ksus
rated her 1O2d birthday, beng s ~
y two children, sixteen granosn1ss
everal great grandchildren ~
reat- grandchildren. The ol9 II
iilei good deal of late, eM q VI
ill clear, and she was apls y -
Mrs. Russell Sage's bonnet z
irdless. She doesn't patrcnise z
now because Tie association ~
, docking. She is "a hndnesr
more ways than one. ana W. IVY ~
her with all the cns
,quires without crusty cop
The downtown Jewellers ~
mixing on a lively chrstnas
ade. A placard just posted y I'D
lnounees that a Wen Rnur An "a
iamcnd dealer Will keep mn II
ght during December.
Bigger--But Better
CIV York World.