The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-08

first time: Mr.. Van Rensselaer, is
| nephew of Mrs. John Christpher Viii
! merding. Another aunt. Mrs. Arthur z.
De Saulles, lives in Bethlehem, Pa,
where the marriage of her daughter, Miss
Armide De Saulles. to Russian noble
man was big society event a year or
so ago. II hope this decision Of mine
to take my vacation in way a little
out Of the ordinary will not cause any
great hulabaloo," said Mr.. Van Rens-
selaer. 1--WE been off On camping trips,
yachting trips and horseback journeys
and and ! thought I'd like something tri-
iie different this year. There's nothing
in it for me but diversion and amus..,
hent and l expect to get all there is Of
mat before return home. We go from
mere to Wheeling, w. Va, and will make
| tour Of the South
Surf bathing on the continent of En-
rope is vastly different thing from surf
bathing IN America, and in France there
are certain little differences which are
apparent in this vivacious little account
Of that pleasure at Trouville, sent over
ny an American woman: There the
great ladies from Paris and London 70
about all day long without stockings.
sometimes without shoes as well, for the
SANDS are SO firm and soft, guiItless of
shell or pebble, that they rival the finest
the scene is animated, indeed. Bather.
OF both sexes come from hotels and Ca
banes' enyeloped in long sheets. the la
dies with some coqucttish wrapping
round, the head. At the waters edge
the sheets are flung away to maid or
valet. and the bathing costume can be
studied; most of them brief as a tee-
gram. Monsieur appears III sheathlike
garment of most elastic material which
seems to possess the undesirable quality
Of making each wearer look either too
fat or too thin. Monsieur is not at all
above exclalming like a girl when the
cold waves first touch his hot feet All,
la. ah la he says. in ii little Shrek. and
then piunges in and bobs about for a few
minutes. Swimming is not in the plan
of the French bather as rule"
News from Block island that William
Sloan. Jr.. Of Buff the Harvard stu
dent Of the class Of 'o2 who two months
ago married Miss Rose Lincoln Edwards
OF tamhrldee the intended brld" Of
George Henry Borck Of st. Louis. has
been forgiven. About July ] the elder
Sloan and his wife came to Block island
and went to The Ocean View hotel Tn.
young :m.. determined lovers having
Soug!i' forgiveness through the mails and
failed determined to secure a persona;
meeting with the irate head of the fam
SioHr visited New London and took !;
few days to- rest and fornluat" Il plan of
can ma; gn. Mrs. Sloan. Jr. is credited
with beng a bri ght young woman. and
in ;h' Ilicst critical hour she is said to
have hit upon lust tn" thing They
went tc Osprey Beach, ate heartily. and
then staid a long while. in the water
Then they took boat for Rock Island
Sloan lfgan at once to feel i'll. He be
came more 50 as they n"arci Rock Is
land. Arrived there. they Went to the
Hygeia hotel and called Il rhy>irian
The physician said the seemed /"
be singular. Then the Young Mrs. Sloan
sat down and wrote her mnther-in- law Il
note saying her son was seriously ILL., 1t
had the desired effect. The parents came
to see their son and Il reconciliation took
place.
There was demand for teachers of
the amusing art of cakewalking when j.
became a popular stage sight several
years ago. The men who taught it then
belonged to the race with which it orig
mated and they had a monopoly Of tn"
business. Soon the demand for training
in this field became 50 widespread that
it was added to their speciality hy all
teachers Of stage dancing. 7" judge by
its recent prevalence every man or w",n-
al that appears III certain kinds of plays
must have had instruction or acquired 1t
| without assistance. Some Of the teach
CTS still find pupils. but they come from
| an entirely different class. TIL" profe<
SIGNALS are not now tn" applicants for
! instruction. The cakewalk has gotten
into society From merely approaching
| it, there has been progress To- point
| which makes some persons anxious TO q"
| it, One teacher uptown VIII" has taught
! fancy dancing to young w"mer' who
were not on the stage and had no desire
to become actresses. finds that her pupils
all want now to learn how to walk i'll
the technical sense of the word. Square
dances, WHICH had lost much of their
popularity in society. have acquired a
new vogue during the last year from the
opportunities they give for brief indulg--
| ence in the pleasure of cakewalking. and
| there are other equally 'lecor"uS oppor-
tunities for the display of skill i'll this
| accomplishment. So the teachers who
were able to impnrt some knowledge Of
this art soon found their services in dc
mHnd