The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-31
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THE LONDON SEASON:
After the Ascot Races the Nobility
will Seek Rest at Water
ing Places.

After the Ascot Races the Nobility
will Seek Rest at Water
ing Places.
London, June 13--The last drawing
room Of the season was held Oil Wednes-
day nhd the Ascot races are to be run
next week. consequently the end OF The
seisbi, ii Iii sight: The past week over
dbWcd with galeties and all the ijfeiiibers
0f The Eoyal fhMil* eycsjt the i16iac1
were iii town and We're ID be seen almost
:, Wiiliiaili Waldorf Astor's party oil
Tuesday was unite the affair. Of, the
week. Even such hosfesses as Lady
Derby and Mrs. Arthur Wilson, Wlig
had parties the ii, me night. suffered and
were. loud in their :, complaints .against
the - merican miHionaireI' sTbe fseelqs
finally to be established iii English So
ciety. 49,, =. 8,
+. Yale at Heuiey. =,
Whether Yale is victorious at Henley
or not she will have the satisfaction Of
knowing that the strongest crew that ran
be formed in England will ,Iioy be there.
This is quite a change from the outlook
of last week and ESPECIALLY the cage with
the Leander Boat club: That organizar
ton, it is believed. will now turn OFT
the best crew it ever had. This change
may have been brought About by the
fears expressed in the English press. as
cabled to the Associated press last wc"k
that Yale would not find any first class
crew in position, to meet her. Leander
and Thames being particularly pointed
out az not likely to have good crews,
But the makeup of the former crew.
which has just been decided upon. but
nnf x-of ;,,1s< r.Ef.,
retain the grand challenge cup They
have what several rowing authorities
here regard az an almost invincible crew
All the members of the Leander crew
are OxoDians. and Sherwood. Carr. Bal
four and Gold were members of this
years Oxford crew Gold was stroke of
the dark blue eight and was Il member
of the Eton crew which made such a
fine showing at Henley last year The
victory of Oxford over Cambridge this
year is still in the memory of all oars
men and earned for them the titl Of
the best and pltit:kicst crew Oxford eyer
had
Htnlc, is eagerly awaiting the arrival
Of the Yal" crew The old town is al
ready much lvciirr than usual and ind-
cations point to th" record being broken
in point IF tn. number Of people who will
lt present.
disposed of their accommodations at
PRICES ranging from f3 $3.50 per person
daily and Upward. Many IF the seats on
the GRAND stand have been sold and the
houseboats are commanding. a fabulous
rent.
The M"rSh milibuu>.' which has l.'tn
selected TO he the headquarters Of the
young men from New Haven is now
in perfect cnnditiun and awaiting the
-;,.i%1 l. j. S-if1 Il 1,,IF
mile down the river from Henley lrid,,"
and is about Il quarter uf Il nile below
the b,;thouSc used for the Cornell trrE
The Marsh hil.hou>. StHllS nrIt tn the
old Marsh mill gardens W hIch run dow il
to the river The place is charming.
secluded and convenient. hut rather low
lying.
The meeting Of tho Won,els'> I.ilarAi
federal ton on Thursday PASSED :. Result
ton demanding reform, III the divorce
laws. " hirb. it WAS claimed. provide that
Il wife's unfHithfuine>s is suttirirnt
ground for Il divorce. " bile d wife, must
prove cruelty i'll addition in order 10 OBJ
tain the same de-. Zee
": 4. Brady of New York has been
busily employed since his arrival i'll the
metropolis He says: My prinri,r.l oh
ject i'll coming over this summer was to
arrange meeting between C"rhrtt and
Fitzsimmons. However. there seems TO
be no chance in SO doing. as the feeling
against Cor@tt is very bitter. Ny idea
was to arrange the meeting at the Boil
ingbrokc club. but that now ais, deem
impracticah|e."
One Of the principal events If the
week from a society point nf view was
| the Ladies Kennel show which occurred
on Thursday last and Friday. 1t was
| held in the historic grounds of Holland
park and was given under the imme-
date patronage of the Princess of Wales,
who distributed the prizes which
amounted TO f:HNn s$1:.Hm
The council IF the i;,ui"s Of the. as
sociaticn included such Mcli-known lead
erS of fashion as the Duchess nf Bel
ford. the Countess of leicester. Countess
| of 14onsdale. the Countess Of Narwick,
Lady Arthur Gro>vtn"r. Lady Hoth-
| field. Lady Helen Stuart and Lady .Adp-
| Ia Larking. Other prominent memhcr>,
are the Countess Dc Mercy Argpntoau
whose special admiration in the way of
PETS are collies: Mrs. Baird Douglass,
| who Is interested in deer hounds Lady
Marie Ccrelli. Yorkshire terriers: Lady
Fairhank. foreign dogs: Lady Heath
cote. toy sraniels: Lady kiImaine. black
pug>: Lady Helen Stewart. fox terriers
| and Mrs. Lake Walker. pu.:i.,raniene.
! The first cat show in connection with the
Ladies Kennel association was aIHo held
at the same time. For this Lord Mar
Gus Beresf"rd offered a challenge bowl of
the value of % guln.a> COR the best blue
| Persian.
| Theatrical Matters.
| Such WAS the success of the production
| OF Romeo and Juliet by the Misses
| Vera and Esm" Bcrinser few weeks
! ago. that Sir Augustus Harris has ar
| ranged for series of performances of
| the play by the same artists at Drury
Lane. The engagement will be fulfilled
as soon as the summers arrangements
at the theater will permit
Charles Wyntlham is so impressed with
the success of his new play Rose
mary" that be has declined the offers
which John Hare and Z. s. Willard
have made for the American rights of
the play. 1t is not improha bic that Mr.
Wyndham will make another tour of
| the United States i'll the near future.
| when Rosemary" will he the chief at
| traction.
Edward Terry will at the close of the
year again assume the management of
his Strand theater. He will at this time
produce a new play entitled Love in
| Idlepess. which is the joint composition
of Louis Parker and ]. Goodman The
company which Arthur Bourchier will
| take to America in November. when
| The Chill Widow" will be produced at
| the Garden theater. New York. includes
| the actor manager himself and his wife.
| Violet Nanbrugh. and MesSrs Blakely.
Elliott. Hendric. KinSshorne. Trcot and
| Irene Nanbrugh
The new musical comedy entitled THE
| Telephone Girl for which Sir Augustus
Harris, F. c. Bufnani and ARTHUR Stur-
| gis wrote the libretto and J. NJ Glover
the score. has been most successful in
the provinces. and will shortly he done
in London. probably at the Shafteshury.
Not a Convention.
| Congressman George g. Symcs was
| first nominated for Congress i'll 1884.
The retiring congressman was Bedford.
| 1.-THE Red-Headed Rooster" Symes. like
| Bedford. had fiery red hair. Bedford
was present at the convention. occupy
ing a seat on the platform with the chair
man After SymeS had been placed il,
! nomination (>ays the Chicago Times
HeraldD. a red-headed delegate from
| Lake county placed in nomination Hosea
Townsend While he was preparing for
his coup d'ctat, as it were. j. l., Hodges.
the man who was accused of having
stolen the roof off the Arkansas penI-