The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-25
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New York. October d ~. q
Wyck yesterday took the s,..' s~ n
usual course of announclpg g.. \ = =.
regarding public Improvements .'fpl ~
sseary to the city's deyelorn,,'' ! : ~
next few years. 70 dclera,,. 1911. = ~
10 see him about the prons's,ss ~ a.
Bhckwells Island, the r,s,ss oFadSs p.
commutbed himself during th~ dedl
MS administration to nrc.ss1 naA
calls for more CONNECTING i,ra.a "
the poroughs. more school hos,-~ eetus
ins OF the widening OF Elm I. ~ ~.
other projects that call for 4 ssreet Y
He may be throwing a blair = ssssy ~
tie mayor has kept his wora ~ ~ NJ
sans. ~ oxtregoe =, -
Shop work is now one ~ :.
branches OF manual training a 4. . IA \
OF the metropolis. In all there Z, 8 n
boroughs of Manhattan ana ~ -
fourteen workshops In onar.,,s.
modating the boys In the Hrs ~ No.
OF the grammar schools ~ eppet ~
from 200 to $50 boys are tanrA. cam ~
IN tne vocabulary OF manual train,s.
worh ooes Io' mean anything mtrs.s ~
ucie nv a shop. but. Is applied esm,s.x.
10 WOOD WORK done with hand torsS
pasic laea OF the man who s,ipervi,ss q
ua, framing In the schools here il Y. :
veiopment oil originality and ins,v,sas y Nj
s"u ''' argues mat shop work fllh q M M
Society was Interested tod,v =.
a marriage has been arrsaved
Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane e,a.. N
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William Z h. z
Sloane and granddaughter Of ,ba &. 4
H. Vanderbilt, and John H. H.
son of the late Ganeial John A. H..
and lawyer OF this city. WhIls -. " 1
figured considerably in social ra ,,r ~ n ~
Sloane has given much OF her ~. ~
charitable work, particularly In conrs...i Z !
with st. Bartholomew Mission. ~. ~
ding, which will be one OF the ma ~ ~ ~
liant matrimonial events in Ns~ A., w. VI
social history. will probably IL. wv XVI
next spring. pss
A unique farewell dinner. pre,vn,.,,
the regulation English style, hovevs, .
this writing in progress at nelmo.,...
The host is Harold Herman Bariny !, /
famous London banking hoYse a.
Monday next Will be married 40 Nj. M /
Churchill, society belle and heirss. - ~
stead of its being a farewell lo,.,.1.
bachelor dinner, he has for guests M N |
his best man and ushers, but the win, ! k
the married men among the usher 4.
parents and aunt of his fiaacee AZ l.
sister, who Ia to be the maid of hono, \. /
the swellest affair OF its kind that y,
happened here, and 1t probably introdnss |
a new fad.
The latest on dit is a mouse club. m,
is one in full blast 10 Boston. the ecsnr.
Mrs. Jack Gardner being boss patrons
The society mouse is. of course hir,
creature Of all shades and colors d.
rarest being pure white although Mi
ones are greatly in demand. The new 70.
man VIII be able to paddle her own u,u
10 perfection when she brayely controls h;
feelings in the presence Of a mouse, eys,
ono of Il special breed.
The central figure OF observation 4
Broadway this beautiful Ootober aitsruM
was newly Pledged comic opera star. Hs
gown was Of the tailor made variety 4
iight colordd material. with a collar Of " I
Eliz2hethan style. The collar WIS @svs
der" 1t almost concealed the prims dc71si
back hair. and flarei about her face n 1
manner that gave her head the appssys
of u flower petal, surrounded BY thcbmSd
She was her own animated adYerraH
medium.
Tho last sign of the old volunteer sYssa
in the Brooklyn fire department dsr
peared the othgr day when the fire Goa.
m 'ssio1ers abolished the Office Of Ra
ringer. Although the handbel ringing M
not been used a. a signal since the luia'
ducrion of the electric system, TN NsH
bell ringers have held their positions
bob" Fstzsimmoas, the ougilsl
happy father. The storS visited bis Wv
In this city last night and left tSfIss
pound girl. The Bartholdl was hafai \
enough TO hold the long Australian 'As Il. y
ternoon 'Boh's' soft spot u niue e's
dren, lion cubs and big dogs.
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