The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-19

MARIE BURROUGHS.
The wedding Of this brilliant actress to
DR.. Albert Il. Stern of IndianupOliS has
been postponed through the serious ill
ness of Miss Burroughs.
Young Louis w. Wormser. il scion of
the houS. of Wormser, bankers and bro
kcrs, is a member OF the New York
Stock exchange. He will not soon forget
his first day on the floor: He went there
the other morning il little nervous about
the hazing he might get. but with great
deal of confidence in himself as an ath-
l"te. He sauntcred Oh the floor. but to
his surprise no one took any particular
notice Of him. Some of his friends nod
del good morning" to him in IL casual
way. and he began to think the stories
ne had heard Of what happened to bro
kCrs on their first day were over1rawn.
Then he pushed into the crowd around
the Sugar post and became so interested
that he forgot everything but business.
He raised his rigid hand and shouted:
''I'll SELL But he got no further. His
hat was suddenly yanked down over his
eyes by unseen hands, while someone's
fingers tore his collar out by the roots
and another ghoStly grasp seized his As
B-z-z-z-z! All the buttons were off his
coat. Br-r-r-r-p! He had not hutton
left on his waistcoat. He was whirled
around and banged on the head and dug
in the back, and finally flung into cor
nor, dusty. disgruntled. "groggy'' crea-
ture. altogether unlike the well-groomed.
confident young man of a few moments
before. And the thing that caused young
Mr.. Wormscr the most chagrin was that
when he came to everyone was attending
to his individual business, with a serious
face, and no enc appeared to have no.
ticed him at all or to have been aware
that any violent exercise had taken place.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish has society in
the state Of pleasing anticipation by her
announcement of the vaudeville perform
on the 2Oth of this month. She has not
made the programme public, but it is
known that a number of the best known
Vaudevillsts will take part. In addition
to these, the metropolitan Opera COM
pany will contribute to the pleasure of
the OCCASION, for Signor Campanari and
Nine; Schumann-Heinc are both to sing
Besides the vaudeville night Mrs. Fish
has sent out invitations for dinner, a
musicale and a cotillion, all in the month
Of January. This will open the social
season of 1900. and from this OH gayety
will be fast and furious. as it always is
in the first mouth of the year: Mrs.
same night as Mrs. Fish's dinner, and
the guests of Mrs Fish will, on rising
from her table, ~afterward dance under
the auspices Of Mrs. Drexel.
The conflicting stories current regard
ing Sybil Sanderson- Terry's return to the
stage may be met by the authoritative
statement that the prima donna will
make her re-entrance at the Opera
Comique on March 3 as That's. The con
tract was signed III Paris before her de-
parture for Nice, and Nine. Terry is now
actively engaged in improving her health.
two years ago she was unable to walk
without the aid of heavy stick, and her
legs are still so weak that excitement
Cften renders her unable to remain upon
her feet for, any length Of time. The
outcome Of her venture is Il matter of
deep concern to her friends. OF all the
abrupt changes which have marked the
beautiful Californian's life, none is more
pronounced than her transition from ap-
parently limitless luxury, as the wife Of
one whose wealth was counted in the
millions, to the comparative pittance of
$4,000 or $4,000 per ann,lln, which is all
he had to leave his widow. -
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid's dance last even
ing at her home, in honor Of her relative
and guest, Miss May Crockcr of Cali
fornia, was a brilliant affair. The deco
rations were vari-colored roses, Orchids
carnations, and other blossoms, palms,
and ferns. Mrs. Reid, who was assisted
in receiving. by Miss Crocker, wore a
gown of white satin. Miss Crocker had
also chosen costume Of white satin,
which was yelled with tulle Of the same