The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-10
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A stork whispers to Town Topics that,
although Mrs. Sloane may be deprived
of the constant society of her two daugh-
tiers, she may not be altogether lonely.
"Sell your tickets, boys; you won't
get paid today" was the shout of the
harpy-like spectators who bought the
tickets Of the poor snow shovelers:
rate Of 60 cents. These SPECTATORS are
getting rich at the expense Of the snow
shovelers, whose families are STRIVING,
and It IL oil due to the delay in the street
cleaning department to pay them for
their hard work. The hungry laborers
are easy victims, for they must have
money and can't wait for the Indifferent
department to take its time to pay them.
Two sturdily-built negroes entered the
lobby of the. Manhattan theater last
night, eyed the box Office furtively ANA
held whispered conversation. One Of
them finally advanced to the window
and said to the treasurer: "Cuanda
cara? (how much The treasurer
cluded that the qnestioner was a Cuban.
The stranger handed out s. and re-
ceived the tickets Going back to where
ne had left his friend, he said in hoarse
whisper: Il told you my Spanish was
GOOD 'nuf. Now we can sit with the
white folks The two entered the the
minutes it became generally known in
their vicinity that the two gentlemen Of
color We're Cuban dignitaries visiting the
city in connection with state affairs.
They were wise enough to converse only
i'll whispers.
The chatelaine, with various metal an
pendages, powder box, mirror, purse. pen,
Gil and all the articles which girls love
to carry dangling from their belts. is verv
popular, and l notice that the newest
ones are made of gun metal. The late
war may have some bearing on this up-
tO-date chatelaine; at any rate, all the
well-dressed prOmenaders wear them,
There is one New York newspaper
woman who got eyerlastingly squelched
the other day at the hands of that usu-
ally unruffied gentleman, Charles Dilling-
ham, who represents the Frohman inter-
ests. The young journalist sent a mod
est request for seats, accompanied by a
modest little bill of $S4 ''for exciting pub
lie interest in the play" The gentle crit
&c was shocked and panied to receive in
stead by return mail a counter-claim as
follows: 81, 10 reading your funny criti-
cisms, $40, OOO, 900. Please remit.'
The collection of paintings by Aneri-
can artists belonging to William T.
Havemeyer was sold at auction at th.,
First avenue galleries. In all there were
seventy-six paintings, which brough;
S2O,29O. Edward Savage's canvas Of
"Washington and His Family DIT Mount
Vernon brought the highest price, going
to Joseph j. Sabine of New York city
for $4,000. A few other works sold ut
the thousand-dollar mark or over, among
them being Innes' Georgia Pines
Town Topics says club expansion bust
ness in New York has been overdone.
The country clubs have taken away the
city clubs Sunday and holiday patron
age, except for few midwinter Sun
days, and the summer income, except for
the August weeks, Which used to at
least pay expenses, has now changed
into deficit. 1t predicts that the Union
the name of the Union, and that at least
two of the present Fifth avenue clubs
will go out of existence or merge with
stronger orga mutations within the next
five years. The Metropolitan club has
asked its members to pay $50 additional
to their dues of 500 this year; the Rae
| quet club has had to raise it's annual
dues from S75 to 500, and an attempt
has been made to overthrow the old
board Of governors of the Lotus club.
A perplexed woman is Mrs. Robert Os-
born. Mrs. Osborn gave musical
tea last Sunday at the Waldorf-Astoria.
The attendance was large and fashiona-
BILE. She frankly admits that she gave
it because she needs money, and she
thought it a worthy and honorable way
in which to make it. The first blow
was letter signed by Mrs. Darwin K.
James, president, and Mrs. Mathilda
Kay, secretary of the Woman's Nation
at Sabbath alliance, and it announced
that the members of the alliance would
pray that the musical tea" might he a
failure, even while that: function was
going on. On Monday came the deluge.
The DOstman came again and again,
bringing huge bundles of letters for Mrs.
was anonymous. She was warned to
stop her Sunday entertainments, which,
writer's said, were imperiling the souls of
listeners. Then came her portrait, cut
from a newspaper, and covered with ref
erences to Scripture texts. Il do not
think it is Christian-like to write anony-
nous letters" said Mrs. Osborn. Il
names. I would like to write to some of
them" In spite of the warnings of
eternal discomfort Mrs. Osborn will give
another musical tea next Sunday, and
sacred music will he interpreted.
Richard Croker confirms the statement
that the Democratic club is going to
celebrate Thomas Jefferson's birthday by
$4,000 dinner at the Metropolitan Op-
era house The dinner is to take place
on April 10. 1t is to be attended by the
1900 members of the Democratic club.
who will be assessed $40 apiece, and by
100 special guests.
SOap-bubble lamps, now making their
appearance in the department stores, are
we'll named. They are made of crystal,
the peculiar shape of big soap bubble
| when just ready to leave the pipe, one
end very broad, the other slightly twisted
and narrower Some of these crystal
bubbles are tinged with opal tints, and
the effect is like bubble in the sun
shine.
There was excitement Friday night in
| the Waldorf-Astoria hotel over the cap
ture of a man who was caught plumber
ing the rooms of guests there. He fought
his captors until overpowered. His peck
cts were filed with pocketbooks and jew
elry that he had stolen from rooms in
the hotel. When taken to the station
| the intruder said he was James Scott,
farmer All other information he re-
fused.
The woman with toque of any tint
but purple is not seen on Fifth avenue
or Broadway these days. The red toques
that have added so much to the gayety
of the town this winter, and the gray
and blue, and black and white creations,