The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-13
SUMNER GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.

Some Of the handsomest country seats in the United
States located along the Long Island idle Hour
w. K, Vanderbilt Jrs summer home, of which he took
yesterday is described by the favored few who
have visited it Of almost regal maqnhoeuce. Idle Hour
with the Gould castle be built in imitation of Kilkenny
the FL P Belmont house and the Hartman residence
typical additions the Long Island colony which has
become the home of wealth and arstocracy.
William K Vanderbilt r has planned spend very gay
his country His cousin Cornelius says he
has time for gaye and will devote the sweering days
July and August to working out engineering problems his
downtown office.
Seaside in full blast Manhattan Beach
takes lease OF life although the first sign
of really exhibited last night first of
the Tweuythrd Regiment band given in the
beach pavilion, The first Of Pains fireworks productions
The Fall OF Peking' is booked for Thursday next The
Augustn DAILY will open the Manhattan Beach
Saturday presenting of musical comedy REVEALS
the being The Circus Girl which not been heard
since its long at Days, The music halls Brighton
Beach will open likewise that Bath Beach
Long Branch has been receiving visitors for week the
excursion starts tomorrow Already serpent
has been dshed up Rockaway Beach and the usual
crop of soubretes will he harvested there few weeks
Excursion loaded the guards today They
ran mp the Hudson up the sound down Sandy Hook
Coney Island and other places numerous to mention
And strangely enough. no rain fell
Probably hundred people kicking around in the
surf Coney Island this afternoon and testing the new lie
really kept other people of bathing
suits The great spent time ia the Bowery resorts
and heeeed by loud voiced akrs defthnsered pick
pockets in the good old Coney Island fashion 1t still an
unsolvable mystery many New York why the
crowd hoeks there sunday seemingly sea breeze
and then ignores the altogether gaping around cheap
shows that can be duplicated on the real Bowery
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Asummer runs are confidently expected nv several thea,
where plays have developed surprising popularity
The New York heater for does expect to put up
any Closed for the signs. The King Carniya Is
In fifth week the New York and seats are sold well
into July which augurs i'll for members the stock comma
ny who had planned Forodora after thirty
straight weeks the Casino good as new Doubt
less September will find the Tell Me Pretty Maiden sex,
still working nightly, Thirty weeks is pretty good
for English comedy in New York and Florodoras
popularity is mystery a great many alleged wise men
along Broadway But its drawing money and that is sp
dcient Julia Marowe thinas she could keep the Crten
open all but Miss Marlowe more about her Val
cation than she does about the box Office clerk WORKING
overtime. Consequently, this will be the last week of When
Knighthood Was in Flower"
Popularity OF the Scotch hghba" moves Colonel To-
Hickey OF gin rckey fame to a few things Colonel
Joe is well known character in the New York cafes ana
elsewhere, and is always proud for him when :;
asembage OF thirsty and eongenia democrats he is intro
duced the father of the seductive gin ekey scoch
hghbals' have displaced the gin rckey how
Colonel Joe has noted this tendency in many Ma.
York bars and the head mixer at the Hoffman house has b.
Gently ehided Tor suggesting gin where hghbals s,r
wanted As Colonel Joe says 1T is good that r,sr
should lose all honor Ia his old age"