The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-01
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM.
Mr.. Rockefeller TO Build a Great Bap-
list Church.
.FAYNE MOORE is A GAIETY GIRL,
a Baby is Left in a New York hotel.
Mrs. Harvard Gould Sued for
a Shirt Waist Her
Answer.
FAYNE MOORE lSA GAlETY GIRL

NEW YORK, March 3l.-speciai;-Rev.
mr. Madison G. Peters, who recently lett
the Reformed Church to become 6ap-
fist will have a magnificent temple III
Harlem It is proposed to estaoi!sn
popular baptist Church on INES OF l,e
BROOKLYN Temple and Grace thui en-
Philadelphia. There will be large ciloii'
and the seating capacity OIL the ou.io'1I'
will be two thousand. MIR. joan y.
Poc1,efe,ler. the Standard Oil magnate.
win make a handsome contribution TO
tha enterprise, so that it will be possipie
to pusn forward from now on the phys
cal work on the church edihce.
All efforts to locate Thomas F. moore
=. druggist from Mobile, Ala, who came
to this city some time ago and disap-
peared. have failed. In reply to an ad-
vertisement in one Of the papers board
ins-housei keeper says thai a man took
n room at her house in February VINO
called himself Ferguson. hut who an
swered to the description OF moore.
Having seen Moore's photograph she Is
satisfied that Ferguson and he were
the same.
A GAIETY GIRL.
The Herald prints the following from
London:
Among the many pretty women VINO
dance and sing the stage of the GaietE
Theatre in Mr.. George Edwardcs aatest
success, The Messenger Boy, there Is
one who has attracted much attention by
reason of her beautiful face and graceful
movements.
Young men in the stalls rave about
her lovely eyes and the symmetrical figure
which is revealed by the neat boys cos
tune which she wears.
Being in the chorus. her name is not on
the programmes, and few persons in Lon
| don know that this Gaiety beauty IS
no
| in a celebrated trial in New York snort
time ago.
CLEVER WORK.
Safe-crackers did a clever job last night
! i'm the iewelry store of I. Weinstein NO
| 339 Grand Street They broke into the
rear of the store, cracked the sale, anu
| stole Jewels and jeNelry valued at Slo,oeo
After thew were once within the store
| they were hid from view from the street
| bv a wooden partition that divided the
| store, and although a policeman tried the
front door at intervals and passers-by IN
! busy Grand Street stopped to look at
| clocks and siverware in the windows,
! the robbers in the rear room worked al
! their leisure and retired as they had
come.
POOR BABY.
| A baby was left in Smith & McAlle's
| Hotel, on Washington Street. on Thurs
! day night by man and woman Ihey
| left the following note pinned to the
! Infants clothing: This act IS done TO
| save the good name and honor OF an OLD
! and respected family, to save innocent
| persons from disgrace and shame; also.
! to preserve the further usefulness of the
| guilty persons, who are entirely repent
| ant, and who earnestly desire to lead bet
| ter lives from the present. Please see
! that the child is given good home II
| will be watched secretly by its parents,
| who will see to 1t that money is supplied
| from time to time to help pay for Its
| support 1t is Setter not to try 70 trace
| the parents, as their discovery would do
! no one any good and would bring dis
! astcr upon innocent persons. with the
| note was a ten-dollar bill. The baby was
| taken toi a hospital, where it is being
! cared for. The doctor said that 1t was
so exhausted from paregoric and crying
| that ne did not think i. would live.
/ MRS GOULD'S ANSWER.
In reply to the suit brought by dress
| maker against her, Mrs. Howard Gould
| filed a general denial. alleging that Nine.
| Mirabella failed to make the waist in
| good and workmanlike manner, although
Mrs Gould had given overpay' to have
It done properly.
| Nine NIirabela has assigned her claim
| to Louis A. Duhain, and she will appear
| as a witness. The plaintiff alleges that
! Nine iMirabella made waist for Mrs.
| Gould. at the latters order, of blue panne
| velvet and Russian lace Another. which
| was made at the same time, was re-
| ceived by Mrs. Gould and paid for. but
| the blue was returned with a note saying
the waist was too tight at the neck, and
| Mrs. Could refused to accept it.
| Nine. Mirabella then wrote that she
| would gladly alter the garment. and. re-
| ceivirs no answer, wrote again and tele-
| phoueti. After a third written COM
| munication, it is alleged, Mrs. Gould
| called up the dressmaker by telephone
| and said she did not wish to be bothered
about the matter. Suit was then insti-
| tuted.