Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11
GOSSIP OF THE PASSING HOUR
GATHERED ABOUT NEW YORK

the barnyard. It Is said that well
known society woman Of New York,
who has a hunch For gulneas, Is put
ting jewelry on the "hog." It occurred
to her that one of her cunnin little ro-
dents would look we'll as a chain orna-
ment. In the end she persuaded herself
that the golden guinea pig, made at
her command, had truly talismanic
powers and that the same quality was
possessed by each Of the duplicates
which she gave to her friends as favors
at party. The idea took like wildfire
and within a fortnight scores of the
charms were seen in her set. Now it is
spreading and possibly by Christmas
the golden guinea pig will have dis
placed the four leaf clover I'm the affec-
tlons of the sentimentally superstitious.
To be most efficacious, these girls say,
the golden guinea pig should be made
of a golden guinea.
Away with Wells
Dermatologists in this city are putting
the kibosh on the VEIL automobile and
otherwise. The beauty doctors now
come forward with the statement that
this floating fashion of sress was in
vented by a foe of feminine beauty.
and assert that such garb must result
in NERVES" and premature wrinkles.
Woman has come to believe that the
more she will be admired. Her veil
must float from the top of her hat and
all SUCH When these cloudy draperies
blow in front of the wearer's face she
involuntarily distorts her features in
the vain effort to blow the fiimsy
masses away. She twists her nose. with
the result that with the overworls II
becomes wrinkled and the habit is ac-
quired. Then. again, she keeps her
mouth In motion, spelling the forma-
ton of the lips, and, in course of time.
were q habitual veil wearer to say cab
bage seventy-nine times, she could not
raise pucker.
Monday Reuben's Day In Town
When Reuben comes to town it's usu-
ally on Monday. The second day Of
the week finds more yokels and clam
diggers In New York than the other six
Every country house on the Westmins-
ter hills and Long Island sends it's dele
gatlon TO the city, and large percent
age of the visitors are women. No
reason has been assigned why the sub
urbanites regard Monday as the most
favorable day for a trip to town. Pos
sioly 1t Is the bargain sales. because
the rural women all flock to the uptown
stores. The effect is also visible at all
the restaurants in the city, and very
frequently the money of the Rubes is
invisible to them before train time.
Megaphones Warn Workers
With the work that is going on along
the tracks of the New York Central
road, in installing the electric system.
comes new development of the use of
the megaphone. Attached to every
gang of laborers who are at work on
the tracks is boy who is armed with
a fine megaphone, who watches for the |
of train. AS soon as one
gets as near to the gang Of track men |
as Is safe he shouts a warning to them |
and they pile out Of the way. These |
boys are always Italians and they seem |
to enjoy hugely the authority that is |
vested In them with the wide mouther
speaking trumpet. For the time being |
they are bigger men than the foremen |
Of the gangs.
VS.. Stage. :,
There is a peculiar and interestins
war raging on Columbus avenue. In a
large office building one Of the halls
is rented to a missionary society that
holds meetings every morning, after
noon and evening. Another hall is used
by theatrical company, which holds
almost continuous rehearsals. The
leader of the missionary society seems
to think 1t is his duty to oust the dis
ciples of Satan from their stronghold,
and to that end the wheezy old organ
In this hall is being pumped like it
was never pumped before and the con-
gregation sings as it never sang be-
fore. In the meantime, the stage man.
ager is busy. "Um-te-um-te-um
shouts the chorus with extraordinary
vigor while they prance and skip on
the floor directly above the heads of the
hallelujah singers. So all day long and
far into the night the battle RACES.
Shall We Gather at the River?" sing
the pious choir. "Yes, jump in, tra-la-
!a-la." comes the crescendo reply from
below.
Cornering the Cucumber Market
If you come to New York and find
cucumber salad" scratched off the bill
of fare, blame it on the beauty doctor.
The greedy specialist who irons the
wrinkles out of your face is doing her
best to corner the market on the little
gourds which make one chase for the
cramp medicine. The dermatologists are
buying up large quantities of cucum-
bers with which to put sunburn to rout.
They are mastering all their forces to
meet the crowds of sunburned girls
who are returning from the seashore or
mountains this month and one of their
most valuable weapons is the cucum-
ber. The beauty doctors say that If one
would have a clear, wholesome COM
plexion and color not put on by CO.'S
metics, keep cucumbers on the dressing
table.
Too Many Smiths for Him
The telephone book Of this city con-
tains $50 Smiths, not to mention the
German variety of Schmidt, Schmid and
Schmitt. tt is, therefore, not surpris-
ing that a John Smith, q young collie
gian Of this city. decided to change his
name from Smith to Bradshaw on the
occasion of his marriage to Mary
Brown the other day. 1t is said that
not only the bride but the bridegroom
was delighted with the change.
Woman with the Hoe
When 1.-THE Man with the Hoe" was
first printed one of the most widely
heard comments as to its fitness to con-
ditions of American rural life was that
we had no such conditions in this coun-
try as inspired Millet's well-known
painting. Every one who went out from
New York to Nassau county in the last
fortnight to see the automobile racers
do their "tryouts" had occasion to
change his mind, If he held that opin-