The Virginia enterprise., 1899-06-30

hcsitatcd he told him that the fee | Of
fcrcd should be doubled, making it SoOo.
After Mr. Belmont was married he gave
the minister ten $50 bills inclosed i'll an
envelope. This, ! understand, ne mas mas
since returned to Mr. Belmont. MIR. Sui
!iyan tells me that the only objection to
performing the ceremony that was made
was the notoricty connected with it.
The occupation of the biithesome and
free lance wine agents and liquor drum
mers seems about to be lost. Their
chcery cry in the safes and saloons OF
Have another will soon be missed. to
thc extreme sorrow of the ''cadger," who
| enjoys his frequent libations much more
when he doesn't have to settle. Three
| thousand drummers in the wine and
| whisky trade will soon relinquish their
| Jobs because of the Drink Trust" that
was incorporated yesterday. n big com
pany was organized, with capital OF
| $500 900, for the purpose OF handing lhe
| product of brewerics. distillenes. vlne-
Yards and laboratories at so small Il cost
| that the occupation of the middleman will
| he gone. indeed SO sudden has this come
| abcut that the army of wine agents ana
| drl1lpmers have not had time to select
new occupation All of them are so YER
| satile, however, that they should expert
ence little trouble in catching on.
Mrs. Hetty Green tells an interesting
| story OF United States Ambassador jo-
/ seph II. Choate when he was young
| man Even in those early days and long
| before his fame as a wit had been estab-
| liShcd Mr.. Choate was eloquent Ill MS
descriptions OF current events:
According TO Mrs. Green, she and !\lt-
ty Wolfe were boon companions III their
sirlhood. and compared notes Oh their
I - trnI
woman, with Il husband and famlly y,
takes great delight in talking over the
| period when she received the attentions
| of yo,,uy men who later made their mark
! in life. =,
"Conspicuo,,s among them, she said
to a reporter, ''was young Joe Choate.
as we knew him. He visited me Oh Tues
Iay evenings and called on Kitty Wolfe
on Thursdays We girls would meet on
Tr;iavs and compare notes. Young Mr..
Chcatc was fowery in his conversation,
especially on subjects OF love, and |
| called him Cupid. In later life, when |
kiiew him only as Il lawyer opposed to
me. | changed his name to that of
| Cherub
Il recall a certain evening at my fa-
TIERS home in West Twelfth street.
of mutual friends, said: Cupid has
..,rcad his bow over these happy people
and their cloud has Il silver lining
Il thought this was beautiful. The
/ felInwing Friday l called upon Kitty
wolfe. and laughingly she said that Mr..
Cbcatc was graphic i'll his description of
the wedding TO my surprise she re-
D2ated the same sentence about CUPID
which had pleased me so much.
| Independence III fashions has always
-. ,,-rn, al, tiI. Gf New or kpfS
in the summer than at any other time.
Indeed. the styles invented in Gotham for
comfort are said to have been largely
| a1ontcd in London The straw hat for
city wear popular in London i'll summer
was unheard of there only few years
ago. and that style is now attrlbuted 10
th., influence of the American INVASION OF
|-I tndon during the summer months. Even
English straw hats have come to be made
more in accordance with American ideas
and without the flannel bands inside,
long thought to be the only kind
that could possibly be worn: The
latest style of London hat is not
likely to prove popular III TINS fo',i- q
try under any circumstances. 1t Is
made to resemble Il silk hat, and the en-
ternal view gives no idea of it's elaborate
interior arrangement. The upper half is
lined with flannel and separated from
Tie lower by Il piece of thin wire gauzc.
| Within this is placed, through lritie m
| door i'll the gauZe, some VeSetable upei
capable of retaining cold for some. time
after it has been frozen. The fiber is put put
into refrigerator and then transferred
to the hat, in which the wearer Is SAID
TO be able to keep as cool as if he were
under straw hat. In New York, where
the silk hat practically disappears from
view from June to October the ingenuity
of the Englisl, Inventor will in all prob, p1,o
ability find little encouragement. The
designer of the cravat to which no less
an authority than the Prince Of Wales Is
said to have given his recognitiGn' seems seems
c;ated here in spite of his friendly pur-
pose. This invention, known as the ex.
pansion necktic, is adorned with the
Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes
combined. or either emblem alone. In
spite of the Prince of Wales approval
this style of neckwear will probably not
be seen much in New York this summer
No less competent Il judge than Tod
S}oai has lately declared that his friend
the prince, is charming, but no model Ill