The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-01
GOSSIP or GAY GOTHAM.

Now York. April s.--All New York CityN
employees who servo in the war viii be PAID
their salaries In full and substitutes wiz
! be provided to do the official work at the
city's expense. The corporation counsnI
gave out an official statement TO that eff
| fest.
| New Yorks summer pleasures will be
materially affected by the realities OF war.
Tho boss harbor minor announced today
| that the night trips OF the Coney Island.
Rockaway and Sandy Hook excursion beats
| VIII not be made during the continuance
OF the war. This means curtailment OF
| restful outings by moonlight and q cor
responding boom for the trolley lines lead
Ing to Coney. But there are lots Of
others.
| The little folk who read The Post may
be interested in the fact that Franz Ebert
TIE famous midget comedian of the Lillpu.
tens has married Louise Ebling, also
member Of that quaint organization Ths
! bride Is half head taller than her diminu.
ave lord and master but during the cere.
mony ne made up in dignity what ne Lacked
| in height. The tiny coupls will spend thei,
honeymoon in the Fatherland.
| Some new hatpns have for the head =
shell with a scarlet fuE. small mortar.
| cutlass or boarding pike. For pins
the same are employed, as are also crossed
rifles. little cannon. canteen or a
musket and a bay0net. Cuff buttons are
decorated in similar style. A grewsoma
suggestion Of the serious situation. how &
ever, is contained in the announcement
| that there is an increased demand for
| ,donrning goods.
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through a gradual process of Diminishing
| today BY tomorrow morning a loaf Of
bread which weighed twenty-four ounces
| formerly VIII tip the scales at twenty
| ounces. The bakers do not intend to raise
tue price, but merely decrease the weight 4
of loaf of bread, thinking this will not
cause so much OF an cutlery. The weigh,
VIII continue TO diminish as long as flour
goes up in price, OF course, tie baker
kneads the dough.
Miss Alice Nielsen, who is going on
starring tour next season. IS out of the
company Of THE Bostonians" She says she
has recently been made the subject OF nu
merous annoyances, most of which she lava
at Harnabees door. The climax was
reached when he ordered her 20 remove n
little flag from her corsage. although Jessie
/ Bartlett Davis was permitted to carry one.
The keeper Of the lions at the Zoo hasn't
half as much trouble on his hands as the
manager of an opera company. "a
John Jay Chapman, whose marriage to
William Astor Chambers sister was noted
early in the week is. as his name suggests.
descendant of Revolutionary stock. lie
has a little history of his own which
proves he is chip off the old block
While student at Harvard he let go his
left arm and struck a friend. In spirit |
OF mixed modification and bravado. he
thrust his left hand into the fire vowing
TO hold it there until its sin should be
burned away in order to expiate the crlmc
| CT violating friendship. The hand was
burned so seriously that later. in order 10
| save his life 1t became necessary 20 am
putate the arm at the elbow. Conflicting
emotions will. no doubt. agitate the minds
OF readers OF this paragraph
! Hetty Green has shaken the dust OF
Hoboken from her faded skirt One small
truck brought her household goods to Man
| haitian The neishbors declare that her
! furniture consisted OF one iron and one
/ wooden bedstead. four old chairs, three old
boxes filled with bedding and kitchen uten-
sils. couple of ANTICIPATED lounges and
tive plain tables. The neghbors also say
| that tho father and daughter. the former
an invalid. occupied the beds. while tie
, richest woman in America camped out on
a shakedown. The last servant Hetty had
declares that she quit because her sides
were sore from sleeping on a bed Of soap
boxes. Tho cheapest merchants of Hobo
| ken are not mourning the loss of their
$4,000 900 customer. Every sale Topped +
an hour or so of their lives
The entire army of push cart men whs
infest the streets OFF lower Broadway have
abandoned their usual miscellaneous wares
end loaded their barrows with patriotic g
eulblelns TO be worn IN the button hole or a
! pinned on the breast Nearly the whoia 81
OF these are miniature copies OF Old Glory "
Ninety Per cent OF the pedestrians met
| upon the streets wear some such favors,
and even here and there dogs may be seen N
| decked with ribbons OF red white and blue. ~
| In some windows pampered cats lie hask- d
| ing in the sun proudly wearing the colurs u
| OF tie country Fakirs on upper Broad III
way today sold new editions of the Maine "a
! They are OF the chromatic sort, and are S.
| mounted on cardboard. They caught the 81
fancy Of the crowds, and the street mer- 81
! chants did hue