The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24
SOME GOSSIP OF GAY earn,

Nv .ols' december 2l.-ro ssrv. !.
ends. one of charity. THE other - -
benefit, the Ascension Memo,,., uasacla|
wild erect ten-story steel stss.. essFs1
on ground adjoining its cb,,rs. '0n ~
on West Forty-third street. NJ. p '1its
Bile end the hotel will serve viii !. s ,
viding suitable home for s,,,h y pfo.
people as can not find a hos,. pectabis
slender means. AS to the ss,suy within
!! IL is expected that within q ss.' auasl end,
notea VIII nave paid for itself ana yv s ~
way 10 yield such an income a, mn oe ~ d
me compensation 10 build a ns W., enabls
All mouern lIalls will be thrown IL 0oufra.
arior, Deoroom and bath---probahi. and q
lem size--will be rented for , ay Har.
a week. single sleeping room. .css than q
ton. The worthy efforts s1s,, ~ ropOr-
TO provide Tor The submetped q lats
metropolitan humanity look w. sectiou Of
concerted movement having -. axe d
the betterment OF tine whole ~ AN
A few days ago woman nr..
button that summoned a polIc.-,,S =
tfen asked him who she ives. Today . :. -
who can not remember bis nam. M1a
dress did the same thing II thi. a.. :
thing spreads. tattooing win som 80 ~ u
more popular than Vaccination
peculiar case, traceable aole,v - Aucaet|
that swiras around populous centsr. 'se ilis|
OF young woman who put ber fsi,h ~. y
fortune teller. The latter told no. ~ Y
change was about to come into hsr ,s a. s'est|
cordtng to the girlo story. ana ~. a.s' e.
about to become the wife AZ : I'D, ss0 Nas|
Ever since the superstitlo,s ,i. Vu nag.
these glad tidinRs she has bean $500, Wy
and waiting for the lover that na,.~. .. ~
Now she Is In Bellevue, sizing ~ v ~.
man who comes within range Of h. ~ ~.
tally unbalanced vision. And tbe ..a -
still deludes and rrospers. see'sss|
The Biographical Society Of Amer,c, ).
incorporated at Albany yesterday. "a a.
articles of corporation 1t is stated th,, 4.
objects Of the new society are ito ~
mote biographical research, to encn,. :.
the publication Of authentic blorr nA,s.
and TO accumulate biographical iibrsry
The new society, " is stated, vgil oslv
admit to membership those who can trss.
their ancestry back several generations h
America. although there is no such mn.
vision in the bylaws. Those of the ~,
Hundred who have not been menfionsd i.
Mrs. John King Van Rensselaers poot ID
First Families may join the new sociei,
and write photographs, or emnlov som.
young man who knows how to write Ia a
II for them.
THAT Wall street is UP to its eyes In bu,I.
ness was demonstrated today when 4 -
liceman, small boy and brokers de,l
each picked UP papers that called Tor suu,s
ranging from $1,000 to $4,000. Tho fiaai
were made during The exchange hour. When
bank clerks usually take to and from III
clearing house checks, and 90 furth |
amounting to between 500, 100000 and
5000. 900 900. When the sidewalks ere sem
with securities, the speculative sun mus
shine brightly in the haunts OF Mammon
Society is taking kindly to the clctA.
Before another Christmas. Rev. James Le
Baron johnson, who was only YESTERDAY
ordained priest and assumed the duue
of an assistant in Grace church, Is to h
welded to one Of the best known yuun1
society women in New York-Mss Iabe
Van Rensselaer,, who lives at the TOP nctcl
of Murray Hill. This is the second cass q
which Cupid has been the nessenger b.
Ian Maclaren Of Bonnie Biraar DuA"
fame is mentioned as Rev. DR.. AbeoHi
successor by some influential msmbsn
Plymouth's flock When the Scotch "
vine visited Brooklyn he progressed much
interest and sympathy with the fauosl
church, and many of its communicanb II
lieve that DR.. Watson Is the man % ~
the place moulded by Henry Ward Be0ns1
and Strengthened by Lyman Abbott.
Figures given out by the postoffce =
thorities today show that this years ma
is record breaker. The domestic and f0
eign mails will be 20 per cent heavier y
December than in the same peroa hsq
year. Prosperity and business with W
new colonies Is the reason why, acc0i~n'
to the oyerworked postal clerks ana w
perintendents.
1.-THE Sorrows of Satan" dramshisl
from the book of that name, 10 one Oh ~
Christmas dramatic offerings. 1t viii nav
Its first production here at the broanSs
theater tonight. 1t will serve 10 snoN ~
electric ballet that will be as warm as !ne
place the principal character VIII ne cy nr
signed 10 lust before the last curtain fans
Wall street people who like DIE nsu'
estimate that the recent advance IN se
curity market values has added MOI ~
than $4,000, 900 to the personal iorsu us.or
William X. Vanderbilt. Anolnsr ~
has it that he will soon squanust Iii
thousand on an entertainment lna 800
take the edge off all that have gone Wv