The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-19
DISCOUNTED WOMEN.
Much Disappointment Over BAL
lot" Method of SeIe citing
Guests for Queens
Rocenffon

London, May 13.-With beautiful, SUM
| mer-like weather this week, the season
seems to he finally in full swing The
hotels, picture exhibitions and Rotten
| Row are crowded daily, while numerous
parties given by hostesses prominent in
the ,s social world fill every night
| The polo season has opened at Hurting
| ham and Ranelagh, and these country
clubs are also attracting large numbers
| OF fashionable people. Many Americans
are already here and the hotel and shop
Keepers are jubilant at the prospect Of d
| large invasion from over seas.
The Coming of the Queen.
The greatest interest centers in the
Queens visit to London next week to
hold drawing room and lay the founda-
ton stone OF the Albert and Victoria
drawing room, naturally, will be the most
brilliant OF the season. There has been
rush of great ladies to attend this par
ticular function, but great deal OF
heartburning has been occa stoned by the
system Of ballot which the new lord
which many prominent people are ex-
Guided. BY this novel mode Of selection
the names of well-known peeresses and
Of people unknown to fame are mixed
together IN a manner that is very dis-
tasteful to the former. Several titled
been unsuccessful in the ballot, made
representations to the highest quarters.
with the result that even at the last mo
ment there have been changes IN the list.
In spite Of this, a number Of well-knuwn
ladies' had their claims ignored Mrs.
Joseph II: Choate. wife of the United
States Ambassador here, will present to
the Queen Mrs: Alfred Parish, her sis
ter; Miss Jennings of New York, and
Miss Nora Neef of Chicago.
Inc queen Is to come from Windsor
on Monday, and will visit Kensington
palace, where her old apartments have
neen renovated preparatory to opening
the palace to them. Her majesty's visit
will be Of a sentimental nature, as the
rooms where she lived as young girl
have been restored to their former condi-
ton: Her bedroom contains showcases
filled with her Old toys, and her dolls
house stands upon a table in the ante
chamber.
Laying of Foundation Stone.
The ceremony of laying the foundation
stone of the Victoria and Albert museum
| on Wednesday will be very interesting
! one. The Queen will drive through
streets lined with troops from Bucking-
ham palace, the royal cortege being e,s-
| corted by the Life guards. Her majesty
| will be accompanied by several princes
and princesses, and other royal person.
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! scum, where a dias will be reserved for
them. A great pavilion will be erected,
| in which will be seated the ambassadors,
| members of the cabinet and leading state
| officials. The Prince of Wales will re-
| ceive the Queen. The national anthem
| lege of Music. Afterwards madrigal.
| specially composed by Alfred Austin. the
poet laureate, will be sung to special mt
! sic written by Sir Alexander Mackenzie.
| principal of the Royal Academy of Music.
His grace, the archbishop of Canterbury,
| prayers. The event is certain to be the
| occasion of great patriotic demonstra
| ton.
There has been considerable anxiety
! this week relative to the health of the
| Duke of York, who has been confined to
! his rooms with severe cold. The Duke
| of York himself, however, made light Of
| the matter and speaking with visitor
| about the solicitude of the press on his
| behalf, said: Really, I might almost
be kipling."
Wales and His Racing Set.
| The smart racing set, headed by the
| Prince of Wales, has been at Newman
ket all the week, where Tod Sloan. the
American jockey, gave wonderful exhibi
tons of horsemanship and gained some
of his victories by amazing skill and
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for the Newmarket course, which up to
Thursday was fiftytwo wins and fifty
! two LOSSES The Rowley mile, over
| which most of Sloan's victories have
been achieved. has been christened Tod
Sloan avenue The Prince Of Wales
chatted with Sloan in the paddock on
| Wednesday and congratulated him upon
his success.
Joseph Chamberlain blossomed forth
\ this week as successful beggar in the
cause of philanthrophy. He recently
asked f25OO0O Isl .25O,O 600 for the Biz
mingham university, and Andrew Car
negies gift practically completes the
sum required. The conditions of Mr..
Carnegie's donation meet the warm APP.
! prevail of the press. The Daily News
| suggests that Mrs. Chamberlain's sweet
compulson was instrumental in securing
/ Mr.. Carnegie's handsome contribution.
| Mr.. chamberlain on Wednesday presided
at dinner in aid of a fund for the
| tablishment of his school of tropical med
| icine and by the time the coffee was
reached subscriptions amounting to f1j,-
800 ($19,OOO) had been announced.
| "White Mans Bnrden."
Mr.. Chamberlain, in the course of an
| interesting speech at this dinner ON The
White Mans Burden, dwelt upon the
| fact that the greatest enemy of the white
man was not the hostility of savage
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| toms or the physical difficulties of trop-
ical countries, but malarial fevers. A
| new school, devoted to experiments and
research for remedies for tropical dis
| eases will he situated in the vicinity of
the docks, which her subjects are never
| lacking.
President Seth Low of Columbia uni
versity, New York, who is here en- route
to the peace conference at The Hague.
in discussing the conditions of Mr.. Car
negies gift to the Birmingham univer-
sity with the correspondent of the Assoc
tached to the gift that the scientific
| school be made the principal part of the
institution is wise and characteristic of
| the donor. Our American universities
| from the first adapted themselves to the
immediate needs and aspira tions of the
people. The tendency in England is to-
wards too conservative and stereotyped
bridge are going to be left by other uni
| versities where unitarian needs are ca
tered for. In this list the strength Of
| Germany and America is forging ahead
in her electrical and general mechanical
production. Englishmen will very soon
recognize that Mr.. Carnegie's idea is cor
| rect and adapt their commercial nurser-
les more to the needs of the country
Everybody here seems awake to -Ameri-
! cas- tendency to forge ahead and her
way of getting there at any cost: and
YOU will see Englishmen. who are now
hesitating with the line to take will ere
long rush to follow Americas example.
| Peace Com ission's Instructions.
Regarding the peace commission
Mr.. Low said, Il am not free to speak.
We all recognize the great responsibility
that has been thrust upon us, but we
cannot make any statement respecting
the lines OH which we shall proceed.
can say that our instructions are definite
and distinct. No opportunity for bring
ing the Cars humane wishes into effect
will be lightly considered by the Ameri-
can representatives"
Iieut.-Col. Alfred E. Bates. formerly
military attache of the American embas-
sy, who sails for the United States to-
day on board the American line steam
er st. Louis, spoke warmly to the CORE
spondent here of the Associated press re-
garding the courtesy with which he had
been received on all sides since coming
to london. Sneakiny of the Dhilinnines