The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-10
IN GAY NEW YORK.
Back CANNON has been revived at near
iy all the New York clubs.


William Waldorf Aston who recently
abandoned his American citizenship. will
rarlse the erection Of an eight-story
brick and Indiana limestone tireprcof fat
house Oh the east side OF Seventh ave
nu", from, One Hundred and Sixteenth to
One Hundred and Seventeenth street. to
cost ainut 100000.
The season is opening with some in
teresting matrimonial rnmors. The names
OF Miss Brss:" Davis and young Cabot
Lodge Of Boston are being mentioned III
the same breath. Miss Davis is the
daughter a H Of Judge N !ohn naxis and T Mr.
hnysen. She is as we'll known il New
York city as she is in Washington and
Bar Harbur. Mr.. Lodge is the sou Of
Senator and Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge.
y box III the partcrre circle uf the Met
J r:p,lltan Opera house has ii greater in
triDsc "alrc than Il seat in the New
York Stock exchange. The highest prize
paid for seat in tn" "x' hHn"e is SiJ.
Nm. The value Of any Of the boxes III
the part"rrr circle. including 300 shares
Of stock III the opera house corpora ton.
i. placed at S:,O.WW. while $'D.~OD wa-
offered recently for a box near the cen
ter Of the house. This il the toI-notch
valve placed ON an opera box. The owner
Of the box refused t. sell. realizing that.
iii spite Of his annual assessment of some
S:}lpW on his box. he holds Il good invest
ment.
Harry Savage Page may thank fashion
for the silk hat. One in all probability
saved his life while he was following
| the Meadowbrook hounds at Manhasse
His horse baked at fyc-raii fence and
he was shot over its head. landing square
ly on the crown of his high hat His
companions found him writing on the
ground: they believed he was in the
throes Of death. but he was merely try
ing to get his head out Of tn" hat. AT
last. with a mighty effort. he succeeded.
'ihew:" he said; It's lucky. I had on
his fall Mr.. Page remounted and com
pleted the hunt.
Town Topics says that a little time
ago Miss May Yohc. now Lady Francis
Hope. was dining with her husband at
the Savoy. At another table close by
sat Mr. and Mrs Hwfa Williams and
d few friends in the "deyy set. Mrs.
Hwfa Williams is rather deaf. and con
SeGucntly talks i'll higher key than
most English people do In loud voice
| she said to her neighbOr. looking at the
Francis Hopes: Are they married yet?'
Nhrreupon Lady Francis stood up and
some day" Mrs. Hwfa Williams with
great aplomb. turned round and said:
NO more soup, thank YOU
Mrs. George Law is still at the Wal
dorf Astoria She is i'll with nervous
prostration of mild sort As soon as
she is able she will return to Paris. where
she is the most admired and most sought
after of all Americans. She has refused
titled admirers by the score. No dinner
or ball was considered complete last win
ter in Paris without the presence of the
dark American beauty. She was not of
the American colony. but in the exclusive
French set. where her perfect French
speech. her wealth and her beauty made
her a great favorite. Mrs. Law dresses
| with SumptuouSneSs tnat Is almost re-
gal. and her gowns are still the talk Of
Paris.
The Earl of Yarmouth called OH Man
Ager Charles Frnhman III reference f.
his appearance on the stage rs Il mem
Der IF one of Mr. Frnhmal'> companies
He received three parts and WAS REQUEST
ed to read them carefully and determines
Which one. III his opinion. would suit
him best. 1t has been Mr.. Frchnan'S
wish. since the earl signed the contract
to become an actor. to cast him i'll Il
leading part in an English comedy called
Wheels Within Wheels" Mr. Freh-
man has. however. thought it best t" let
the young nobleman select his own part.
If his choice does not conflict too much
with other arrangements the earl will
he permitted to make his debut in !,
character to his OWE !!:ins-
DR.. John Aloysius Roche and Miss
Laura Josephine Mclaughlin were mar
ried last week III st. James Pro-Catho-
dral K. c.. in Brooklyn. The bride is
the daughter of Hugh McLaughlin. the
The bridegroom is a leading physician of
the borough. The wedding gifts are
worth mt least S2OOOO0 The most valu-
able Of all was represented by the deed
to the bride from her father Of a house
at 312 Jefferson avenue, in which DR..
and Mrs. Roche will live. Although DR..
and Mrs. Roche have kept secret the
supposed that their first stop will be
Chicago.
The story that James Brown Potter
is soon to marry Miss May Handy is
again going the rounds Miss Handy
herself will say nothing. but she has
been reported engaged SO many times
that one naturally feels doubtful. 1t Is
certain that Mr.. Potter is very much
in love with the beautiful Richmond girl.
but she seems to treat him with the
same fine Indifference which she has
shown to all others. Miss Handy has
been more in New York and Ilenox So
Getty than in Richmond She spends !,
part of each year at Tuxedo. and it was
Fiji Potter Is devoted TO Miss Handy.
and it is thought to h. her most ardent
wish that her father ma! marry her
friend.
\ youthful millionaire. scion of up
per Fifth avenue responsibility. Il meln-
Der of thirteen clubs, has been cutting
Il Swath in the street of late. The idea
occurred to him that he could have Il
diversion there. and so far it has cost
him nothing. Every afternoon at he
may be seen riding up Broadway on his
tandem, threading the mazeS of our
overcrowded and dangerous thorough
fare, He sits on the hind seat. dressed
iii Il brown business suit. and carries
his arms folded so to exhibit two
brown-gloved hands. He holds himself
erect and never SO much touches the
handle-bars. His feet revolve with the
pedals. but he does no work. His man
does that-a fine browniSh negro on The
front seat, who appears capable Of pull
ing IA quad full of passengers. This sort
of tandem style is new to New York.
Herman Orlowitz and Harriet NJ. G.
CoplHrham asked Magistrate Deuel.. III
the Center street police court to marry
them. The ceremony went smoothly un
til the magistrate asked for a ring
Neither bridegroom nor bride had one and
an appeal was made to the clerks OF
the court. They consulted together 70,
. Il moment and then Interpreter Erdof!
l said: Are YOU aware. your honor. the
+ White civil service law has deprived IL
of our salaries for the last three months
perhaps this will do" Erdofy held VI
Il rubber band. Anything will do.
: said the magistrate. Give that to the
man. Orlowitz put the rubber band
. on the brides finger and the magistrate
! said: Il pronounce you man and wife. =
| That may be little unusual" said
, the ma giStrate to the bridegroom a fter.