The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
COSTLY BRIDAL GIFTS.

COSTLY BRIDAL GIFTS.
Jeweled Flies, Set with Gems, in
ths Form of Chained Liv-
ing Creatures.
London, July 22.-Now that the Queen
and court have gone to Osborne the rest
Of the fashionable world will soon fit to
the continent or the grouse moors. The
Prince of Wales will end the London
season on Monday, after which he will
visit in the neighborhood of Goodwood
and attend the races there. Later in the
week the prince will go to Cowes, where
he will remain a fortnight on board the
royal yacht Osborne. From Cowes his
royal highness will go to Marienbad
The season has been the most prosper
Gus that has been experienced in recent
years. The tradesmen have had rich
har'ests for people evidently have had
plenty of money to spend for things that
are not necessaries of life. The great
auk's eggs sold at auction on Thursday
brought 300 guineas, and at the same
sale japanese dwarf tree fetched 80
guineas and other curiosities were sold
for cOrrcspondingly high prices. The
best evidence of the prevailing prosperity.
however, is the abnormal sales of pic
lures at the royal academy, the numbers
sold and the prices realized being far
| above the average, although the produc-
tons themselves were below par. A Sc
ries of brilliant marriages have material
ly assisted business, as can be judged
by the lists of costly gifts at the mar
! riage on Thursday of the Marquis of
II hIr 1Irn md hn
James Ramsay, which almost riyaled
those of the Crewe- Primrose nuptials as
rich social function. Costly and novel
presents were fairly showered upon the
bride and bridegroom. The Prince of
Wales sent the bride beautiful adapta-
| ton of the late Partisan fad of allowing
chained living creatures to wander about
the wearer's shoulders. This adaptation
consists of a small broochpin with a
large central pearl, to which is attached
by gold chains set with pearl large jew
eled tiies one of diamonds and emeralds
and another of diamonds and rubies, each
of which is fastened to the dress like a
brooch:
Princess Kutta's Mafriate.
The approaching marriage of Crown
cess Kutta Of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, will
be celebrated with splendor unprecedent.
ed IN the land of the Black mountains
The bride will arrive at Antivari OH Sun.
| day and her formal conversion to the
Greek orthodox faith will occur Il few
hours later i'll private house specially
consecrated for the purpose. There is
only bride path from Antivari to Get
| TIME. and the princess will. therefore,
perform the, journey, to the Montenegrin
capital on horseback. She will be ac-
companied by her future brother-in-law.
the Prince of Naples, whose wife is Prin-
cess Helene Of Montenegro. The pros
pective bride and her suite will enter Get
TIME on Wednesday next, and the we'd
ding will take place on the following day.
Great festivals are being prepared In
honor of the event.
The enthusiasm which marked the in
augural meeting of the 1nterna tional
Kennel club on Wednesday at Stafford
house. ST. James, S. W., Which the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland had loaned
for the occasion, promises we'll for the
future of the club. The objects of the
club arc, through powerful combination
Of representative owners from all parts of
the world, to effect improvements in ma
tional breeds and to raise the tone Of
dog-owniag and dog-showing. Lord Al
gernon Lennox presided, and many we'll
known ladies who are dog-IOvers were
Used the club his patronage. Among the
national presidents appointed were the
following: The Duke of Marlborough.
England; James Gordon Bennett. United
States: Baron Stratherona. Canada; the
Earl Of Dunraven, Wales.
Extraordinary disclosures were made
this week in the course Of an action for
debt tried at Brackley. which have an in
tereSt for Americans, as they concern
ri of oir of S111r hoy
tonshire village, which is visited annually
by scores of Americans OH account of To-
cal memorials of the Washington family.
The parish clerk sued the church war
dens for 30 shillings, two months sal
airy. The debt was not disputed but the
poverty of the church was pleaded as
tho reason for the nonpayment of even
this pittance. The judge animadverted
strongly upon the Wears disgraceful con-
duct, adding that there must be many
wealthy Americans who would gladly
have subscribed hundreds of pounds to
perpetuate the memory of Washington if
they had known the parish was so poor.
Pointer for New York Swells.
The heat throughout the week, both in
England and on the continent, has been
unprecedented. While the mercury has
not approached American records Amer
leans who have arrived here recently say
that it is hotter here than at home. The
weather has entirely revolutionized the
clothes and habits of I1ondoners. Their
straw hats are deemed too heavy and in
the city scores of smart members Of
the stock exchange are to be seen in
what is known as the milkmans hat.
This article is made of thin white linen.
with broad brin. The clearest evidence
of the heat, however, and one which
impresses Englshmen, is the fact that
in certain courts the judges informed
lawyers that they could dispense with
the wearing Of wigs. The judicial per-
mission was gratefully accepted.
In spite of the heat the Queen on
Thursday drove twelve miles to gar
den party bazaar which the Duchess OF
i, Connaught had organized for the restora-
ton of the church. The Queen visited
all the stalls and made numerous pur-
chases at the American STALL over which
Countess Coke and the Countess of
Dudley presided. Her majesty also tasted
a real American sherry cobbler through
Il straw. Jaggers, the messenger boy who
presented to the Queen, who questioned
him about his American trip.
Americans have been very prominent
in the entertainments of the week. Mrs
Ogilvie Haig, whom the papers describe
as the daughter of the queen of New
York society, Mrs. AStOr, gave her hrSl
London party on Wednesday. Her house
was full of notable people. The same
evening Mrs. Ogden Goelet gave very
| select dinner for the Prince of Wales.
The Countess of Oxford formerly Miss
Louise Corbin of New York; has beer
| driving Il pair of American thorough
breds in the park this week, the gift OF
her father. G. G.. Corbin. The pair cost
| $4,000, and are pronounced the most per
feet to he seen in London.
Theatrical Gossip.
The theaters, naturally, are all feeling
the effects of the weather. The enthusi
assn of the first night audience, largely
composed of American friends, and the
patronage of the United States ambassa
dor, Joseph II. Choate, gave De Wolf
Hopper n splendid start, but the evidence
is growing that the English do not like
"El Captain" and it is not likely that the
play will last much longer. The SUI
prints an interview with Mr.. Hopper, il
the course of which the American come
dian is quoted as saying that the cruelty
of the newspapers Of the United States is
one of the saddest features of profess
sional career in that country. American
newspapers. Mr.. Hopper is alleged tt