The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26

quite so profuse and lavish in entertain
hent ana exclusiveness as their last Ct
fort. There were only eighty-six guests,
all intimate friends, who sat down to
the repast i'll the famous Aston gallery.
There is nothing that could surpass the
grandeur and wealth presented by the
scenes, and yet there was apparently no
attempt at ostentation. Bowers of exot-
ic plants and cut flowers with their in
toxicating perfumes made the air Of the
dining hall heavy, while the fortunes rep
resented in diamonds and jewels on the
beautifully-gowned women were daz
zling. After THE diritier came the yaude-
Vile ierfqrnla9ce-a wonderful pro
gramme: Grow DIS outside the big hostel
~ looked UP at the windows, but could
see nothing. They knew tie Bradley
Martins were making their farewell bow,
but what of it? They were Interested III
them-that's all, and there are people be-
sides those prominent in society who are
sorry the Bradley, Martins have adopted
England as their H0fi1e. They are those
who like to see morley kept in circula-
ton. But there may BIZ; some consolation
for them in knowing that BradIey-Ma
tin, Jr., Is soon to be married to Miss
Daisy Post The couple may be- able TO
partially fill the position vacated by the
young mans parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont seem to
be getting along without the bluegrass
Endorsement tirst-rate. A
honeymoon of this pattern does not de-
pend ON social recognition for happiness,
terest the lady and politics the gentle
man. there is enough to entertain both
without accepting dinner invitations and
paying visits. Some things seem of no
account, sometimes.
The Bowery has regained it's laurels
and swelldom is invading that quarter in
dreams." Happy days" and "all Sorts"
which is d6led out there at 5 cents
glass. All this is causfd by the news
from the national capital that cheap
whisky is germless and pure, while every
glass of hig priced liquor is a seething
little red sea. tumultuous with variety
of germs swimming in schools and
shoals. The expensive restaurants and
fashionable clubs, where the high-priced
on the horizon Of your glass and a Venus
de Medici at your ,elbow, have an air of
desolation: but on the Bowery it is differ
ent. Give us your cheapest!'' was
heard on every hand, as the bibulo.ls Wis
itor called for one more. A few Of the
saloons had to palm off high-priced whis-
ky on their customers, because all the
cheap whisky had given out a specta-
cled man with d microscope Under his
Fifth avenue hotel late recently. He
bought a glass of 25-cent whisky, put 1t
into an ink bottle and left without a
word. OF course, no one but bacte-
riolOgist hereafter will waiit a glass of
gh~priced whiskey, and he will want it,
not for the, liquor, but for the germs.
He will not bnt it under his vest, but
under his microscopic.
The New York World pictures the
scene at the farewell dinner given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, as fol-
lows:
1T was like fairyland. In a twinkling
half hundred silent-footed walters We're
busy-jthe clans appeared as if by magic
and the $4,000 dinner was on.
'Never did Diners see tables decorated
with more splendor. There have been
costlier decorations in the dead of win
more elaborate than this. The great
broad oval, stretching from one end of
the room to the other, was simply bank
Of flowers.
Sweet peas and white lilacs; that was
the scheme of decoration. Great round
masses of the pink sweet peas were set
IN front of each plate. making pink
oval within the white one. Flanking
them were great punches of white Hlacs,
of color and od0r that spoke Of spring
time. There was more, too, that told Of
budding greer and woods. thick with bios
soms-:the dogw6od boughs. -.
"Alf the corners of the room and all
the spaces between the windows and
doors were heavily set with palms, but
the beautiful sprays of white dogwood
blooms masked them in turn. The room
looked like a fairy arbor.
were the candles, hundreds of them, ris-
ing tier upon tier, to the center of the
great table, all screened with soft pink
shades covered with fluffy silk. The out
side row of candles was small. the mid
die row was larger, but the inside bank
of them rose in stately splendor in silver
candelabra four feet tall. 1t was the
soft tinkle Of glass and silver and the
lively chatter Of the guests.
Course followed course, each more de-
licious than its predecessor. With the
soups success was assured. Mrs. Brad
fey-Aaftif was beiimiis now and held
up her sherry glass with smile to her
husband across the twetlty feet of flow
erS and linen. He smiled in return.
Softly all the while came. the music
den behind the screen of palms. The
walters were nimble; it seemed all to
soon wheli the dessert was reached, but it
was II y. til. The orchestra still played
on, however, and many stayed to hear
the superb music and chat awhile.
''There were liqueurs and brandy for
the mefi, and cigars, while the women add
journed to the Myrtle room and chatted.
Mrs. Bradley Martin and her husband
took their places iii thu, East room once
more-the signal that the dinner was at
an end, and time to say 'goodby.'
80 one by one the guests crowded up
to offer their congratulations ON the din
ner and to bid host and hostess godspeed
on their ocean trip. In half an hour
they had gone and Mr.. and Mrs.
Bradley Martin went upstairs to their
suite of rooms. But the $4,000 dinner
had been big success. Lucullus had
been OutdOne.'
Now the Millinery Merchants Protec-
tive associa ton says that most of the
mestic hens. and not song birds. Thus
another feminine illusion is shattered.
Golf has extended to the sea. Prelimi
nary work in the planning of nine-hole
course at Coney island has been begun.
The strip of turf between the Manhattan
and Oriental hotels will he the basis of
the course, which will also include the
rougher land toward Sheepshead bay.
The hazards will have to be trap bunkers.
although mound or two may be built
as a relief to the fairness of the turf
and sands. Some of the putting green's
and tees will be very close to the sea,
suggesting seaside course in Scotland.
The new links will be completed early
next month.
For several seasons American men
have been wearing hats made in Eng
land, because their demands for one with
a low crown and narrow brim brought
out no response from the American man.
ufacturers. A New York firm put these
on the market last year. and this defer
ence to the taste of well-dressed men