The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
IN GAY NEW YORK..

| THE AUTO"
1t doesn't shy ut papers
As they blow along the street:
II cuts no silly capers
| On the dashboard with it's feet;
1t doesn't paw the sod up all around the
1t doesn't scare at shadows as a man would
| at ghost;
! 1t doesn't gnaw the manger,
| 1t doesn't waste the hay,
! Nor put you into danger
| When the brass bands play.
| New York Herald
THE PARLY-voU's NEW JEU DE
BALE
Les chaappies a Paris are playing gawf.
| u'Afaire de Dreyfus, you know, Is awfD
| lis orient "Oh. la-la!'
| When lie bale frappes ma-ma.
And oh, how les cows and les caddies iawf:
| New York Press.
| Miss Weli0f decks In jewels rare
In hopes that the world will talk about
While Mrs. MultimIllionaire
| Feels more conspicuous without them.
| -GeorSe f. Devyr in Judge.
Miss May Goelet, the daughter Of Mrs.
| Ogden Goelet, is again the subject of :,
rumored engagement. This time it is
Prince Henry Of Orleans that the gossips
have picked out for her.
A lIObOken citizen, who backed himself
to eat more than great Dane, beat the
| dog i'll gastronomy by four plates OF
frankfurters: He devoured ten to the
dogs six. Thus does culture and the
graces Of life assert themselves in select
| ltoboken society.
Prince and Princess Cantacuzene are
reported to be spending their ..lune de
mel very quietly, awaiting Mrs. Potter
faln'ers arriva! to start them going on Il
round of functions, The health Of the
prince IS not at all good and he look,
pale and weak. The voyage nearly used
him up. 1t is doubtful whether he will
ever come to America again, az he is al
ways horribly seasick on the ocean.
| One Of the lonelest things in town is
the bronze bust Of Gen. W. S. Hancock.
standing on granite pedestal in 9TH"
small triangle at Manhattan avenue and
One Hundred and Twenty-third stteet.
! A weather-beaten American flag that
| is tied around his throat looks like
Il dirty bandanna handkerchief such
as the negresses Of the South wear in the
cotton field. This neglected work of art
was presented to the city by the Grand
1888. ~
Col. John Jacob Aston is said to have
gwen SlU,WO to the navy arch fund.
The executive committee has agreed to
divide the work of collecting among 100
subcommittee. each the representative of
a trade or profession. Each committee
is expected to guarantee at least $500.
Col. Astors subscription Of 100000 as
sureS New Workers. that the arch will
be built entirely by local subscription
Other amounts already contributed. or
pledged. reach Il total Of nearly $3.50, 600
and the subcommittee have not begun to
| work yet.
AT the monthly luncheon given by Soro-
sis Monday at the Waldorf Astoria there.
| were present Mrs. Kate Epson Clarke,
Madame Sophia F'riedland and Mrs.
George Harrison, all formerly of Mil
waukee. Madame Friedand. who lives
i'll Russia, spent six months in Milwau-
kee four years ago, and has since been
IN her own country working among the
peasantry with the daughters Of Toll
Sol. She will shortly read a paper be
fore Sorosis, and in two months will
come to Milwaukee for several weeks to
lecture and to be the guest of friends
Miss Blanche Bates. who created such
| Il ltNOFiDle Impression Ill MH"auket last
summer with the Frawley Stock com
pany. has not had opportunity to make
such hit in Zangwill's Children of
the Ghetto as was expected. The play,
at the pretty rcd Herald Square thea
ter, has exactly one situation and in
that Miss Bates is only of three to oc-
cupy the moment. In the first act, though
she is married and divorced in it's course.
she has almost nothing to do or to say
1he ballroom scene in the second gives
some little chance for cleverness. but
none at all for strength Miss Bates
ever. because it is said that she left the
Great Ruby company at Days last
winter because of the jealousy of Miss
Ada Rehan. Miss Bates will not 60 to
London with the piece.
Little Miss Alice Nelson at the CAST
no is filing the house with admirers of
The Fortune Teller,' the comic opera
which made Milwaukee more nearly en-
thnsiastic than did Cyrano or Mckinley
The Singing Girl is good deal high
or order of music than the Fortune. Tel
ler." and approaches robin Hood" and
operas of that class in it's score. Miss
Nelson has abundant opportunity to look
charming. and she is even more fetching
in dark green doublets and hose, with a
broad brimmed hat and slashed sleeves,
than she was in the scarlet outfit of last
year. The little air of confidence with
which she regards the audience at cur
tain calls have done their work here as
they did in Milwaukee,. Eugene CUwies
is still with her, but there is no gypsy
love song in the "Singing Girl. And
there is no chorus of dragons.
The will of Cornelius Vanderbilt has
been admitted to probate. Before the
will was presented for probate Surrogate
| IS fho
aid c. Vanderbilt. appointed Howard A.
Taylor as his special guardian. The APP
plicati0n was supplemented by an afida-
Wit made by Mrs. Alice Gwynne Wander
bilt. in which she averred: Il have no
interest averse to that of my son, Reg
inald c. Vanderbilt, in this proceeding.
| have not influenced my son in any way
as to the appointment of Il special guar
dian. He has made such application of
his own volition.'
Richard Croker has purchased an up
to-date automobile and devotes an hours
time every morning in acquiring prof.
cheney in handling it. Mr.. Croker's auto
mobile is of the style of small station
wagon or runabout. 1t is arranged for
to handle it," he said. its fine
sport and l prefer it to driving. There
will always be carriage driving in New
| 1OFk. L DeileNe, Uut tue INTRODUCTION OF
automobiles is going to lessen the number
of horses, sure
He took Mr.. Clausen riding and the
latter was greatly pleased
Mrs John Jacob Aston has always
taught New York women the refined
spendor of perfect and lady-like dress.
Recently she startled and delighted every
one by appearing in Il snow-white velvet
hnH- -SnJn
and black and crimson velvet turbans,
but only Mrs. Aston could possibly think
of wearing one of white velvet 1t is
quite large, with the brim turned straight
up and folds Of snowy velvet laid about
it, At one side there are quantities OF
white velvet in puffs. and a dull-gold
buckle. oval i'll shape, is sunk deep in the
folds. This hat is strikingly becoming
to Mrs. Astor. as it brings out the ex-
quisite coloring of her skin and hair.
She wears the hat slightly tipped over
the forehead.