The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-09
GOSSIP OF GAY GOTHAM.

New York. March g. - Contracts have
been signed by which Helen Bertram be-
Comes prima donna Of the Bostonians next
season. She is TO replace Alice Nelson,
who leaves the organization to star at the
| head of her own opera company, Miss
Bertram, who in private life Is Mrs e..
j. Henley. is at present quickening the
pulses of the stolid Londoners.
The police have captured a feminine
crap shootr When they descended upon
the game she was acting as cashier for
nineteen young dice throwers The oscers
say the girl is one OF the most slIillful
shooters ON the lower Eastside. as We'll as
an artful dogder. AS yet the big poker
games run by some swift society women as
8 Lenten diversion have not been iutny
rupted.
! 1t pays capital to pow the raging main
The agent OF the Hamburg American line
informs me per circular that the net earn
| ings OF the company for the past year We're
approximately So, 100000. The Hamburg
American is one of the oldest steamship
companies in the transatlantic business.
| Ii began in 1S4I with sailing vessels. The
company now owns fifty eight vessels,
costing 81 7S9 1872. Among the newest adj
ditions 10 its fleet are the big steamships
Pennsylvania and Pretoria, which have a
capacity of 10000 tons.
The theaters are being very well pat
ronized right now. and one sees theater
parties almost every night in the week
except Friday at the Lyceum, Days, the
Broadway, Wallack's aud at the Knicker-
booker theater, where Crane is drawing
full houses in "a Virginia Courtship.
The theater party is a Lenten fad. and IL
gives the play going visitor a chance 10
catch a glimpse of the swaggcr set and
their gorgeous raiment No small part OF
the pleasure attached to these informal
entertainments is the going to and from
the theater in stages hired for tho pur-
pose Society doesn't seem to be in a
particularly prayerful mood at present.
One of the features of the Paris exposi-
ton in 1900 will be a playhouse for the
production OF American dramas, operas and
burlesuues. A metropolitan manager is be-
hind the scheme and he expects TO close a
contract with Lillian Russell, who viii
probably essay the leading roles In the
operas. Richard Mansfield, Nat GOODWIN,
Sousa and others have also been heaFu
from and unless a hitch occurs IN the ne
be on the grounds viii have no cause to
grow homesick on account of dearth Of
theatrical amusement Of the American sort
But the Partisan productions may be more
to their liking, judging from the drawing
powers of the Frenehy successes oil the
present season,
Those patriots who are anxious to serve
their country in case OF war would do wen
% arrange for insurance at once. in case
they do not hold policies By which, If the
holder goes TO war without permission
from the company, the risk Is Cancelled OK
cept the reserve Vaine' iuis %1uiu "
n percentage of the premiums paid, vary
ing with the time the policy had been In
force After the outbreak OF hostilitiei
person intending 10 go to war would nave
10 ray almost prohibtiye rates 10 OBTAIN a
policy. A representative o. one OF the oie
life companies is authority for the state
ment that his concern has had several IN
quiries in regard 10 this pniss ~ .ne 80
alton. hut as vet the matter has not actu-
aIly come IN officially, II row occurs,
howeyer premiums Will be beyond tn.
reach NJ the average soldier or sailor
The horseless cab has passed the expert
mental stage in this level aud smooth
town. They have not been lons IN use
bere-about a year--but the managers OF
the reorganizod vehicle company are so
firmly convinced that success has ,s PREM 9sT,y
scored that fifty additional cabs ana MY
per brouehsms will soon be seAttsreu
among the stands. This viii pu, the o, nlez
tropoiis in the front rank OF lne eiu .hs
that use borseless carriages. Luhuon, W
home OF cabs, IL said 10 have nov ~ VIZ uss
forty propelled by electricity New io ons
brougham. The company has made prep,
arations to put in use more more. 'n y, these ,Sse
have already been contracted for and are
now under construction Some 9, Of tb tae% WITH
almost done. and 1t Is expected ina. ,hs
IN ninety days all of them Will be on me me
3. streets. The battery for the pew csps
viii weigh about 1900 pounds ana WI, h1 rsa
two motors, each OF one and nan i ,',
mower The broughams win have ior.-
horse power motors A. presep, 'n se D are
sha,eed from the lighting company's wires
but when the new cabs are placed 10 ssr ".
ice the company Will probably install 10
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