Show gotham gossip EDITOR A physician who lias a largo clientage ia the upper classes tells me that tho opium habit is growing frightfully among the women of the so called list formerly said he the was to the who picked it up through their associations with foreigners bu now it ass spread to such an alarming ex tent as almost to frighten one when considering si the future of american wonna hood I 1 can name you at ecat a half dozen women or rather ladies prominent in in church and charitable work who arc slaves to tho pernicious hibit I 1 was ballel to a ila moua looking don aown tofu a woman became very ill from the effect of the ani she haj consciousness sufficient to haac the people send for TUC who waa her family physician her on the ili yan lay a lady more expert at the pipe fsr married friend iny patient sho WM sleeping kofl her opium drook it is a terrible hibit and aitha police were only willing alicy could easily stop it by removing the for in it it is an open secret that they levy tribute on all places whish keep open on sun day on all li uses of ill fame and on all low rc fori but to allover heso places to open simply that ilcy kiy in their shameful shamo ful gains is speaking of tho police rominda me of he fact that they arc now a franl fuca by making a so called effort to close ibo gambling alo joke culminated ia alio llio or the digar cut police ca i bains that it was impossible to make away with them worthy officials have boon at work now for tarco weeks to obtain evidence as they call it and alio singular with which thoy acknowledge baffled is tho history or abo fever to celoso these places is simply that they wanted to anthony booi stock alio of virtue dont think puff familiar with his that he lg no better than tho policed and that lio is a humbug who ia kept up by his berro and check in a short imo a divorce suit will como up in tha courts which will giro new york to talk about and which will ciet a queer light on certain pluses of metropolitan liaci the man in tho case 13 tho second eon of one of tho wealthiest and most importers of wines and waa a junior partner in his fathers business in this city about two years ago lie became infatuated with a young who was what is termed abo lived only a block away from his bouc acid his likina for he aoa into tho most intense tic jealous ol 01 correo iu ue elroc aad then in order to remove all possible obstacles to her through faithfulness to lim he quietly took her out to a fashionable church ono evening and her after tint he literally loaded glicr with gifts kinds opened nc counts at various dry pools and fancy goods establishments lish ments and had the foods cent to mrs one day his mother came into one ot alio establishments and one of the asked her how she liked a certain managers material which she had recently purchased after it was made up sho manifested surprise when the manager remarked in astonishment that her sou had ordered it aud directed it to bo sent to mra nt such ao address then tho whole story leaked out there were scene at home but as the man said that it waa nothing not long after sous lie was forgiven his cider brother who knew something of alic houi g mans fonio for tho woman met her in the street and upbraid her for leading lib brother astray some remark nettled her aad bac exclaimed sir understand that you arc addressing I 1 wish you to your brother wafe when were you irani cd he asked but thia she would not iio quietly went to the of vital statistics and there found the evidence lie told his father there wa a terrible the young min was offered the choice i of cither kitling a divorce or being discarded iio to do the aud was ejected from home and busi iio has several times obtained positions in various houses but as soon M kis father heard of it he got liim ejected for six montha he has been doieg nothing and living on nothing but borrowed money and alio llio sales of his jewelry the woman tho was faithful io him is gelling tired of abia kind of life his fuher has been hard at froik for months lo 10 get her to consent to a divorce although I 1 he husband is more in loye than ever she 13 gradually coming to ahe old view As the young auau will not consent to quiet she is going matter public and then tho whole story aiji conio out soch are some 0 the ia the closets of somo vo know NEW april lelh |