The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-30
m GAY NEW YORK.

The issuance of cards for a reception
at her residence, January 4 next, by Mrs
Pierre Lorillard, ST., marks the return
to New York society of woman who
with the late Mrs. Iselin, the late Mrs
Belmont, and Mrs. Astor, for many years
when New York society had leaders, was
one of the quartette of grandes danes
who so graciously ruled the social world
of The day. Through mourning and i'll.
health, Mrs. Lorillard has not gone Out
for several years past. Several of these
years she spent abroad.
Commenting upon Mrs. Lorillard's an
nounced return to social life, an old bean
said: Il have sometimes thought that il
Mrs. August Belmont, ST.. and Mrs. ise p.
lin We're alive today, and if the old kind
~ and gracious leadership which these
ladies' shared with Mrs. Astor and Mrs
Lorlilard. still prevailed, much of the
scandal and malicious gossip now SO prey
alent. and that is seemingly leaving NJ
prominent family hearthstone untouched
would not prevail. These ladies did moi
Tolerate IT IN their day, and their influence
prevented its spread. Many women III
society have now seemingly lost all
sense of responsibility. They tell and re
peat scandals freely, and the ship of So.
ciety, without helmsman or helms.
woman, is battling with a hurricane of
loose morals, SANDER, envy and nate that
makes its ultimate safety or the course
II VIII take to escape its present dangers
The ball which Mrs. Astor will give on
January will be the largest that Mrs
Astor has given in many years, It is
sald That she has decided to make he1
invitations more general than usual. as
an indication of her indisposition to ac-
cept the very narrow social lines tina
nave recently been drawn by some of the
t tp iashionable matrons, and that al
TINS coming ball will assemble many OF
the people who have always been on Mrs
Astors visiting list, but who, through!
railing fortunes or inability or unwilling.
ness to compete with the greater fortunes
mat nave come into being within the nast
re-" years, nave not been frequently seen
at the entertainments of the more ex
elusive set during the past few winters.
An appropriate and attractive feature
OF the second of the fortnightly dances
Wnlch took place at Shery's. was tho
large sleigh introduced at the close of the
second figure. All aglow with it's crimson
covering, gllstening with garlands of tin
sell and trimming over with it's good;y
snare OF artistic fayors, it was drawn nv
SIX pretty maidens, driven with reins OF
Wh1te satin ribbon decorated with tiny
bells, by Mr.. Alexander MADDEN. the
leader of the cotillon. The favors had
a Christmas suggestiveness. Those fol
tae young women were small hoops, ropes
OF pearl beads, and wands covered Will
ulHerent colored ribbons and tOnDed hy
punches of holly. For the men there
were boutonnleres of holly and bows and
New York's cluster of all-night restau.
rants IN the neighborhood of Forty-second
street ana Broadway is soon to be in.
creased by one Of Il variety hitherto
unknown here. Beer restaurants are
common comm! enough in the great German
cleles. but they have never before been
tried in New York. They are usua,lv an
adJunct to some brewery, and New YORK.
new restaurant will be of this same Kind
IL Charles n ns H: Hoyt, the playwright. lit.
ION the Bowery" that it would give thai
tt!nofoughtare bad name. Yet the ne.
titloh OF property owners on the famous
! thor0ugntare to have it's name changed
would indicate that they are snffer;no
from the odium attached to the name. +
IS lucky that. the following verse was
never sung otherwise the petition of the
noMery merchants might have carried
the repertoire, but has never vet hoen
sung in public: 'een
Satan sat on his throne below.
II toieraDly hot there, as all of Won know,
re SAID: For months. without a break
Il 11 re worked, worked; so now vacation I'll take"
R ins 1 In SEQ considered that this was talk.
'Ana up the Bowery he tried to walk;
hul nell never 80 there any more.
~, Chorus:
The Bowcry, the Bowery!
for better or worse they stole his purse
VI the HoWery. the Bowery.
Oh, hell never go there any more
Further than the authorized anno,,nce-
ment made by Henry r. Sloane regarding
his domestic affairs, which have caused
SO m9ch gossip in society, the family and
I W7e OF the. family refuse to go.
Whether the infelicities which have
caused such wagging of tongues and
shrugglng OF shoulders in upper tendon
VIII md their ultimate solution in the
courts the lawyers of both Mr.. and Mrs.
Sloane refuse to say. Delaney NicOll.
Mrs. Sloane's attorney. said he might
nave statement to make later. but for
the present he "was not saying much"
lie declared. however, that no divorce
pioCeeuiHsS udu yet Deen instituted, Mrs.
Sloane is i'll. No callers, not even cards.
are received at her home. the magnificent
mansion which her husband decided to
her. But her interests are being looked
after by her brother, Herbert d. Rob
bins. Mr.. Belmont was with him last
night when he went to call OH Delaney
NicOll.
The trouble between the Sioancs broke
out one night in August. Mr.. Sloane re-
turned unexpectedly to Newport from
New York and encountered a guest to
whose presence he objected About the
manner and the vigor of the objection
there are two versions of the story. One
says he was calm and made his protest
with dignity. Another draws a different
picture-a picture of a rich man, hurt to
the heart, and raging at the hurt. He
stormed us angry men will. He forgot
the chief danger which eternally besets
people in society. He declared that he
would begin legal action at once, regard
less of what the end might be. Some
body had a cooler mind and gave calm
counsel. There was consultation,
truce, which amounted to probation,
with definite conditions. And both made
concessions, and the anger was hidden,
and to cover everything up from prying
eyes and hush it from eager ears the
couple went away upon Western jour
ney. which lasted for week. But it was
of no use. When they came back the old