The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-30
SOME GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.


SOME GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
New York. May 27.-Memorial Day will
usher in the straw hat season. and TO
wear this headgear in New York before
that time Is very bad FORM Advance
sales are large and dealers anticipate
largely increased trade. The freak wide
brimmed buzz-saw effect of several years
ago, and the extremely high-crowned nat
OF more recent date. will be laid upon the
shelf TO make way for hat OF rouSn
white straw with a medium crown two
and three quarters inches high and two
inch brim. The latter is to be the proper
thing this spring and summer. The bang
is of wide ribbon of plain black or blue.
Many women will patronize the mems nat
ter this year. They will wear a rough
hat exactly the same as the one worn by
4 their brothers or husbands. For others
( who wish a mannish hat there are crea-
tions of rough straw with white crowns
slightly higher than the mems crowns
I with fat three-inch or two and half inch
/ brnms of brown and white. The cam
paign hat, an excellent protection from
the sun. has lost favor and the pith helmet
4 can't catch on. The straw hat season viii
end on September 10.
II am going to prove the falsity of the
aphofism, a woman with past has no
I future says Louise Vermeule, the ia
nous beauty of the Tombs. who was re-
Gently released from prison and is about
to seek fame behind the footlights. She
will appear in a melodrana entitled The
Court Martial" 1t deals with present his
tory which is agitating the whole OF
France and will afford the heroine an OPP
, portunity TO appear in number OF fine
costumes. In one scene she Will wear the
uniform of a first lieutenant OF the Ger
man army. Il felt long time ago-when
youth was mine-that 1t was beaslly
vulgar thing to 60 on the stage and eX-
, hibit ones self simply because of an I'M
fortunate notoriety," says Mrs. Vermeuie,
." but now I've almost forgotten the silly
social instinct that made me shudder so
a. publicity turned to financial benefit"
fit" This new addition TO the theatrical
This new addition to the theatrical world
says she fears the critics, but is hopeful.
The new Hall OF Records. which is to
stand opposite City Hall park. will be a
marble palace. The plans for the mag,
nihcent structure were submitted to the
board Of estimates today and call for q
building to cost s2,OOOOOO. but with the in
terror fittings and decorations, it will cost
$2,oO0,000 The vestibule, rotunda and
! corridors are to be decorated with mar
bic. the floors are to be Of mosaic paving
and inside the main entrance there Will be
, twentyfour figures in marble. These
= statutes Will be modelled from life The
!, marble In the several floors will be i'm
!, ported from all parts of the world, and on
the whole, the building viii be one of the
most artistic structures in the United
States.
A Spaniard or Filipino emitted a dis.
t tlnct hiss last night at one of the theaters
/, when sleight of hand performer trans
: formed smaller copy of the American
|, flag into a larger one. remarking, This
/ is how Commodore Dewey enlarged the
American flag" The performer waved the
flag and hiss was drowned in the ap-
plause that followed. Later trick in
: Producing an egg was accomplished and
; some one in the lower part OF the house
cried; Hit that Spaniard with the egg. -
!, This is fresh egg" replied the perform
i er, and will not waste it on man whu
will hiss the Red White and Blue" What
the audience did this time l shall leave to
!, the readers imagination.
The "chin handshake," thing for the
laughter and derision OF level minded per
sons. is only trlie more disconcertlne
than the two-fiingered haudshake which
is still affected by persons who do not
: WISH to appear over cordial. To novice
, in the practice. the proffer of two fingers
by an acquaintance or friend is apt t.
excite desire to seize the two fingers
firmly in the right hand and beat the
offender violently in the neck with the
left 1t is an age of fads. however, and
!, the fellow who offers two fiabby fingers
10 his friends knows his own business
best After all, he may have looked I'll
their rating-in Bradstreet's.
The first automobile parade ever held in
this city took place yesterday, with forty
four vehicles Of every description, inelud-
ing dog carts, coaches. road wagons and
traps. The parade was in honor OF the
4 National Electric Light association and
starting from Madison Square garden, the
automobiles were piloted up Fifth avenue
at high speed, the destination being
Grants tomb on Riverside drive. II re-
CURED only two minutes for the forty-fou
vehicles to pass a given point. The uniau,
event caused the greatest of interest all
along the line.
Rev DR.. Parkhurst sailed for Europe ID
happy frame of mind for. as he told the
reporters. he believes that Platt's power
IS on the wane. and that final break be.
tween him and Roosevelt is not unlikel,
very soon.
want Law Defining Libel.
! Denton County News (Dsnton).
There seems to be an idea abroad tina
the newspaper men, in their appeal for
; 1lst libel law, are wanting more libert,