The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-21
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Copyrighted, 1907, by the Associated Press.
London, Jan. 8.-The newspapers ridi-
Guile the new rules of etiquette at the
white house, saying that President Nc
Ikinley's protocol will soon rival presi-
dent Faure's, who has long been tainted
with adopting monarchial airs.
Vanity. Fair, quoting the rule beginning,
Invitations issued by Mrs. Mckinley
take precedence. over all other invita-
under the stars and stripes it is quite
possible to be plus royaliste que le roi'
More royalist than the King). We won
der what Lincoln would have said to any
oticioMs understrapper suggesting such
rules?'
Scandal in Roman Aristocracy.
A scandal is agitating the Roman aris-
tocracy. The celebrated ducal house of
Litta- Visconti-Arez has renowned it's
Countess Rosa Tarsis, a noted beauty,
by whom he had two daughters, and some
time afterwards boy. The duke repu-
dates the boys paternity and accuses
very high person. He has established
the fact in the courts that the child is
not his, but as a divorce does not exist in
Italy the duke has become French citi-
zen and has instituted proceedings.
The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire' S
party at Chatsworth has been great
success. The shooting was excellent.
On Thursday the Prince of Wales, Earl
de Gray, Lord Elcho and five others Sc
cured record bag, including 800 pleas
ants. Everything was on the most gorgeous
style. Instead of the usual shooters
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barn, the Duke of Devonshire had huge
tent erected at convenient spot and an
elaborate luncheon was served there daily
by the servants. The Princess of Wales
and the ladies of the party drove there
in four-horse brake with postillions and
an escort Of mounted police. Both the
Prince of Wales and the Duke of Devon
shire WORE WORE astonishingy loud shooting
luncheon the Princess of Wales generally
accompanied the shooters to the snap
shooting scenes. Lady Randolph Church
i'll and Arthur J. Balfour, the first lord
of the treasury, generally devoted the
days to golf. The theatricals on Friday
night were quite successful.
snicker at Consuelo's Elocution.
The Figaro says that the Duchess of
Marlborough formerly Miss Consuelo
NanderbllD has been led by the praise of
AiAJuS&ANAoOo 1AAC1SS W ObtIIdlc her elOcu-
tlonary gifts to such an extent that her
victims have nicknamed her the demon
Reciter."
The weather continues exceptionally
mild and the trees and shrubs are bud
ding. Wednesdays was the warmest
winter night in London since 1880; the
temperature was 4S degrees: In the day.
time the temperature was IS degrees, or
II degrees above the average.
A ii the country hOnSnS ~, ncct b,,cu
entertaining, country balls, amateur the
atricals and tableaux being the staple at
fractions. Theatricals have become DOS
tive craze and plays like Rosemary
and "David Garrick," requiring the best
acting, are unhesitatingly chosen.
The American racing colors which will
be seen in 1898 are about the same as in
1897. The acceptances for the Lincoln
shire spring handicap include James X.
keene's ST., Cloud and Voter; for the
City and Suburban, st. Cloud and Voter,
and Richard Croker's Dobbins and Pierre
Lorillard's Diakka are entered For the
Jubilee stakes, Dobbins, st. Cloud, Vot-
er' Dlak ka, Berzak and Sandia are on the
list. For the Hurst Park spring handi-
cap the entries include Voter. Diakka,
Berzak and Sandal For the Alexander
Park and Metropolitan handicap Voter is
entered. For the Ascot gold cup James
K. keene's Uriel will be among the run
ners. st. Cloud is also entered for the
event. The Ascot all-aged stakes will
probably find Berzak. Bloozcn and Doric
II. at the post st. Cloud is entered for
the Alexander plate.
Prince Arthur Not Astor's Fag,
The newspapers here Indignantly deny
Connaught. is young Astor's fag at
Elton. 1t is pointed out that the two
boys live in different houses, which
alone makes this impossible. Aside
from this, it is added, no fag lights fires,
blacks boots, sweeps rooms or performs
the other duties described. The st.
James Gazette says: '"The absurdity
and untruth of the story are patent to
every English reader
1t has been ascertained that the loss
resulting from the so-called Jewin street
fire (also known as the Cripple Gate
fire. amounts to f75O,OOO ($3,75O,OOW
The inquiry is dragging, the evidence OBJ
tanned being directed towards proving the
fire of incendiary origin and in the d.
rection of demonstrating that the fire
brigade is inefficient.
George l.. Watson is finishing the de-
sign of a very large steam yacht for
James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the
New York Herald which will nrohahIv
be built on the Clyde.
The Gar and Czarina will receive
their friends at the Paris exposition of
1900 in their own pavilion, which will
cost 5000 ($45O, OOO).
The French government has purchased
for f25, 900 ($125, 0OO the large mansion
at Albert Gate which has long been oc-
cupied by the embassy of France. It is
also proposed to rent three smaller houses
adjoining the mansion, and to build a big
banquet room and offices for the staff.
Not a Great Play.
Now that the enthusiasm aroused nv
the first performance has disappeared.
the London play-goers and critics have
come to the conclusion that "Peter the
Great is neither great nor good play.
and that Sir Henry Irvings impersona-
ton will not rank among his triumphs
while Ellen Terry effaces her in small
part, Miss Barrymore is quite unsuited
for the part of Euphrosine which the
critics generally pronounce beyond her.
According to the Pail Mall Gazette
Robert Taber undoubtedly scores the
honors of the production.
Lessons of the Engineers Strike,
The "ultimatum' of the federated en-
ployers, presented December 1 to the del
egates Of the striking engineers of Great
Britain, may or may not prove to have
hppn rna111y on ,,1t;p, tim, IT, .,,.l, .