The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-07
SOCIETY AND BAZAAR.
The Bazaar in Aid of the Charing
Cross Hospital Expected
to Net S26O.OOO.

people to the parks ana streets and has
given London the gayest appearance.
has been tempered by cool breezes dur
| ing the last couple Of days.
Everyone is now looking forward to tie
| Ascot races, where very large attend
ance il expected, although fewer houses:
| around Ascot have been taken. Th"
! FRINGE Of Wales will entertain bach
| eiors party mt Heath house, and the
Duke and Duchess Of Marlborough will
De the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
beckitt at Ascot. ne Duke and Ouch
ess OF cortland and the Duke and Ouch
ess or DeyOnshire will entertain big par
| ties.
Ascot, however, will be shorn Of its
leadlhg feature by the omission Of the
| royal procession MP the course each day.
he Prince OF Wales and the other roy
me Queen having prohibited the process
sloh' III order to mark the family mourn
Ing Tor Prince Alfred of Saxe-( .ut,ur,,
and Gotfla, and the Queen OF Denmark,
Society Interested IN Charity.
Society il intensely Interested in the
coming great bazaar at Albert hall i'm Md
OF the Charlng Cross hospital, which j.
expected to net at least x2JUlsgO. PEG,
pie moving i'll the highest ranks Of soci.-
ty will give their services at the various
stalls, Mrs. Arthur Paget and Mrs.
konalds being the soul of the affair. The
American stall, which will be ,iecorat..d
gorgeOusiy with American colors, viii ~.
attended by Mesdames Cbeate. bradley
Martin and Konalds and Miss Drexei>
Mrs: Paget's American bar ar. aower
stan Is most novel arrangement jp
PAPER nache. She has obtained yifts
81 the choicest eXOtics from Joseph
Chamberlain, Baron Schroeder and other
lannon's growers. Col. Arthur Paget Wis
ited the stock exchange and sent his hat
| HrGnnd n 6pfr h.,
ing over the floor Of Albert hail. netting
$4,000 and the Earl and Countess Of
Craven and Mrs. Bradley Martin levied
among their friends contributions Of
unique and valuable pieces Of silver for
sale ut the American stall Lady Ran
doiph Churchill has definitely secured tlt..
services Of aIesdames Patti. Melba. MOI
| dlca, Nevada and other stars for the con
cert which is to be held OH the first day,
and Beerbohm Tree has secured Sir
Henry Irving, George Alexander. John
Hare. the kendals and others for tbs.
second days entertainment. The Queet,
is patroness OF the bazaar. 1t is the
first time she has acted as patroness Of
d bazaar III siXty-SiX years. She accept
ed upon this occasion because Der last
patronage, when she was II years old,
was given for the Charing Cross hospital.
! The Society for the Amendment of
Criminal Law met this week under the
presidency Of Sir Charles Cameron. The
members are keenly interested it, the case
of Mrs. Mayhrick They include Lord
James Of Hereford. chancellor ST thu.
duchy of Lancaster: Augustine Birrti.
| the famous Chancery barrister and uu-
thor; Justice Vaughan-WiIliamS and
Matthew Wright. Sir Charles Cameron.
who is we'll known as Il prison refurlner
| SAID to representative Of the .ASSUciate,l
press: The Maybrick case is one of
the planks of our societys platform. and
now that Sir Matthew White Bridley,
secretary Of state to the home depart
ment, is reviving the case by Lord Sails
bury direction and through the pressure
OF the American government, exerted
through their excellent ambassador it
Will only be Il matter Of a very short
time, in my opinion. before her uncondi-
tlonal release. Until then this strong
| society will never cease to hack up all
efforts in that direction
Ambassador Choate Kept Busy.
Joseph H. Chtate. the United States
Ambassador. and Mrs. Choate and Hen
ry White. secretary of the United States
embassy, and Mrs. White. and james H.
Garter. second secretary of the United
States embassy. and Mrs. Carter. attend
ed the reception and dance given by tn.
Marquis Of Lansdowne, the secretary for
war; On Wednesday. which was one of
the most brilliant events Of the season..
Mr.. Choate has had all exceedingly busy
week with the Alaskan negotiations. In
cldentally, publisher named Sands, an
nouncel his intention to collect and pub
ilsh MIR. Choate.s bon mots and anec-
dotes as "Choate's jest Book" But AIr
Choate ,expostuated. with the result that
the book was suppressed.
Charles Russell tells the Associated
press that all work Oh the cup challenge
IS proceeding very smoothly and that a
hne craft is emerging from Flies ideas,
I<.h I<,,v, y.kl.
and that whatever her racing merits
may prove to be. the Shamrock will hc
| rs perfect Il model Yacht in construction
as ever entered a race.
The Hon. Rupert Cecil Craven has
6 pee h i'; in the Marylebonc police cour,
house, Bingham lodge. where the clerl,
served the petition Of Craven's wife.
against whom charges are made. tending
a divorce suit Craven allowed the cterl:
10 serve the petition and then kicked him
out of the door. Craven is !, lrother-i1,-
law of the Countess of Craven and hc
was his brothers best man at the we'd
ding. 'Ae WIZ
Richard Croker made his first a;pear-
ance on race course since his recent ar
rival i'll England on Thursday to witness
MS horse run at the Brighton meeting.
! Tod Sloan's Troubles.
Tod Sloan has given the newspapers a
letter he received from New York. signed
.. "A. Decker, demanding $3.50 under il
threat of exposing the jockey as using the
writer's invention of an electrical bat
| writer said:
I'VE are stopped here by the law and
now you are reaping the fruits of our in
vltatlon. L think it time to step in and
call YOU down."
Justice Mccarthy had a cataract on his
Tlsht eye removed on Thursday at tho
Royal Eye hospital, and is now progress
The De Wolf Hopper company opens
at the Lyric theater in Ell Captain July
Bcrnhardt's Appearance.
! The most important event of the week
was Sarah Bernhardt'S appearance at
the Adelphi on Thursday. but she is re-
serving Hamlet until next week. The
great French actress has grown much
stouter.
Annie Russell, whose illness prevented
an anticipated renewal of last years sue
cessful appearance in London returns to
America by the White Star line steamer
Majestic on "Wednesday. Her physician
is confident that all she needs is complete
rest. Miss Russell, therefore. will not
appear on the stage until the. opening of
the Garden theater. New York next No
vember, when she will appear in new
play which Charles Frohman has just
| dAiduSSu ueE uSS, Ill America anu
| next year in London
William Gillette, having completed all
! arrangements with Conan Doyle for the
dramatization of Sherlock Holmes. to be
presented at the Garrick theater, New
York. October Is. returns home June II
| on the American line steamer st. Paul.
| The unsuccessful Cowboy and The
Lady" will be withdrawn from the Duke
of York's theater June 10 when Nat
;; Goodwin will appear in An American
Citizen" to be followed by In Mizzouri"
The success of the members of the COM
pany has induced Mr.. Frohman to ar
| range for an annual six weeks appear
ance of Nat Goodwin and Maxine Ell
liott at the Duke of York's theater here
after. Mr.. Frohman has just returned
from Paris, where he has been arranging
an interesting event to take place dur
ing the exposition, in connection with
Mrs. Leslie Carter's ''Zaza." Mrs. Car
ter comes to London next April for six
weeks enpa yement in ..Zaza,, which will