The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-03-31

company Of soubrettes which played at
the Olympia last week, had to resort to
this expedient, and q really good result
was obtained. The money gave out BE-
fore the matter of costumes had been
reached and over dress-linings paper was
pasted which, with little care, did very
well. Houses have been ''papered'' by
the distribution of passes ON untold o.
casions, but this is, apparently, the first
instance Of d papered stage. Ii that
company ever plays date in the the
alter with roof that leaks and a rain
happens along, we'll
Lady William Beresford, who before
her present contract was the Duchess OF
Marlborough, is again a conspicuous b%-
ure Oh Fifth avenue. She has just ar
rived from England and is stopping at
tile, unpretentious Everett house, where,
twenty years ago, she was married to-
Louis Hammersley, who left her an e.
tate Of $7,O0OIOOO. Since then she has
twice embarked OF the matrimonial sea.
She is the steDmOther-in-law of C0IIsuefO
Vanderbilt Churchill, present Duchess Of
Marlborough. This mucE-married lady is
almost as young looking and attractive ~
when she was Miss Lilly Price Of Troy.
where she intends visiting the scenes Of
her less pretentious days.
Robert Seaman, the millionaire hus~
band of Nellie Bly," is having his trUy-
bles with the detectives he engaged three
years ago to shadow Ills wife, in an al
tempt to secure evidence on which to &C.
cure divorce The ''sleuths'' claim they
have not been paid.
The war spirit that pervaded last Ea<~
teE's novelties is again this year in the
form, Or at least he shoulders a gun or
bayonet, while the downiest Of chicks are
drawn up in martial array. There arc
tiny figures Of soldiers and sailors whose
only concessions to Easter are the spring
tints Of their clothing and the very green
grass upon which they stand
One OF the more accomplished whips in
New York city is Miss Able Huylcr,
daughter of John S. Huyler. Her turn
out IL as smart as any seen in the park.
rumbled trap driven to housekeeping
bay gelding, close cropped; brass-mount-
ed harness and fOOtman in drab brepches
and boots, with red vest and brass but
tons. The manner in which this dainty
little woman handles the ribbons would
do credit to the most experienced horse
man in the country. Miss Huyler is not
| only good whip, but is a fine eques-
GELS in all outdoor sports which the girls
of the present day affect.
A large victoria, upholstered in white
whipcord, and occupied by two ladies'
wearing white broadcloth coats, black
feather boas and white hats, adorned
with plumes, attracted attention on Fifth
| avenue the other day. On the box sat a
| coach and footman. They were black
and dressed in white liyeries with
| black facing. The vehicle was drawn by
gray horse-almost white horse-and
| black one, and the harness was of black
| patent leather with white trimmings, and
chains. The effect was stunning. The
whole street stopped still to look, two
street car horses SHE'D, and a pedestrian
"a Frenchman of nervous manner-ele-
waited his hands, palms skyward. and
softly calculated, Mon Dieu!" All of
those who saw the turnout were evidently
| Of the impression that the fashionable:
world is, at last, progressing.
The old A. T. Stewart house, at the
| corner of Fifth avenue and West Thir-
ty-fourth street, is to be sold. 1t has
been the home of the Manhattan club
for about ten years. but the club will
| move into new quarters on May l. 1t is
! the intention of the Stewart heirs, who
| own the property, to sell it Immediately.
| AS stately and magnificent residence it
has found few rivals in the homes of the
millionaires of New York. It's total cost
was one of the guarded secrets of Stew
arts life, but he spent fortune on it,
and always spoke of it as 'Stewart's
folly. He would frequently point to the
unfinished Park Avenue hotel which he
was constructing for !; womanS home.
and say: Perhaps you think that Is;
Stewards folly; it isn't. The real Stew
art folly stands over on Fifth avenue
1t is thought that the mansion cost at
least 81, 100000. 1t was built on SO close,
a margin Of profit for the contractors
that one of them shot himself on it's
steps. The heirs think the property
should be worth above $2,OOO,OOO now
The site will probably be used for a big
apartment house or store.
| An ingenious bridegroom created a lot
of amusement in Magistrate Went
worth's court the other day by appearing
with his fiance and asking to be married
His name was Hopkins, and he served
with distinction during the fighting at
Santiago. which caused the young wom-
an to fall in love with him. The mags-
trate was ready to perform the ceremony
when he discovered that Hopkins had
failed to provide the usual wedding ring
His ingenuity asserted itself by his pro-
ducing horseshoe nail from his pocket.
This he bent and slipped over the finger
of the blushing bride, and the magistrate
| did the rest.