The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-05-18
IN GAY NEW YORK.
THE STRENUOUS LIFE

Contradictory rumors have been set
ut rest by the pos tive announ; cmcnt that
James Brown Potter had begun suit for
Rhode Island Desertion is gwen as the
cause for action. Mrs. Potter is an az
tress.
Mrs. \. NJ. Palmer, back from Lon
don, has delivered an address to some
New York women in which she said the
London women have the courage of Their
convictions and wear the ralny-day skirt
in wet weather. whether their feet are
pretty or not.
Mrs. Daniel Manning, who was aip-
pointed commissioner. to represent the
United States government and the ID. A
K. at Paris during the unve;ling of the
statue of Lafayette. will receive COM
pcnsation for her services. An item i'll
the sundry civil bill calls for $4,000 for
Mrs. Manning
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gould. Edwin
Could Jr:, and Frank Miller Gould, Is
months old. were passengers on the
steamship St. Louis. They were accom-
panied by Mrs. Gould's mother: Mrs.
George F.. Shrady: Mr.: Gould said that
abroad they will visit the Count and
Countess de Castellanc
The Victvli,. motel. recently rroprncd.
part of the ground floor is in full view
of Broadway and the street at the side
One can look into the dining room. the
cafe and the office as one passes along,
and see just what everyone is doing
Most Of the uptown hotels on Broadway
th1 into ,f tb,,ir
to Broadway at night by means of bril-
liant illumination and filmy lace cur
tains, but the Victoria has set the new
fashion Of entire publicity in all depart
ments on the lower floor.
The auto-stages TN Fifth avenue. which
have taken the place of the "arkS' that
so long ,graced that thoroughfare. do not
pay with 5cent fare the operating COM
panies. 1t desires to charge 10 cents,
but is not sure that the public will pay
1t IN large enough numbers to make it il
good paying proposition: The company
has the right to demand 10 cents under
the law, but is rather afraid Of the OK
pertinent. New York is so used to 3
cent fare for public convcyances that it
is feared it will shy at a double charge,
even for the sake of riding in the luxuri-
GUS Fifth avenue autos.
The new American beauty. Miss Isabel
Huntington, who has caused such il sen
sation in London because of the admira-
ton EXPRESS d for her by both the Prince
and Princess of Wales. has gone on IL
coaching trip with some of the ladies and
gentlemen Of the nobility. Miss Hunt
ington seems to have gained the most en-
viable position without the least effort.
Perhaps the fact that she was brought
up in England has IL deal to do with her
| success. for Miss Huntington seems to
have all the frank charm and brightness
| of an American girl. coupled with the
| modesty and gentleneSs of il typical high
| bred English girl.
! At one of the art-furnishing establish
| ments uptown there is Oh exhibition
| unique set Of bedroom furniturc. intend
| ed for the Paris exposition. On Wilton
pile carpet of rose red. set off with il
| blue and white design. is arranged the.
furniture of Austrian oak, curiouSly in
laid with ebony and pewter. The pair
OF bedsteadS are. on patent aluminium
There is /: curtain at the head of the
bed of ecru linen with appliqueS Of birds
| i'll deep blue among red pOncgranatcS and
green leaves. The effect is dazzling as
we'll as. rich. All the furniture harmo-
nizeSS with the ,bcd>teads. ebony and pew
| W
the only one of its kind ever made and
has been viewed with admiration by Il
great many people in the last few days.
| Clarence Lionel Collins, 4 member of
tho wholesale dry goods firm .,s Within,
\ Collins. has begun an action for All
| absolute divorce from his wife. Ros;,lba
Beecher Collins, on the ground of alleged
falthlessneSs III Paris and other cities in
Europe with Il DR.. Rykert, an American
dentist, and Thomas fearSaIl. an Ameri-
can living i'll Par:s. The pair were mar
RED January 6. 1856 suon after Collins
and his first wife. Louise Clark. a grand
DAUGHTER of Commodore Vanicrbit. had
been separated by divorce. Mrs. Collins
denies all her husbands allegations. She
says she engaged DR.. Rykert profession
| ally to attend her mother and other mem
bers. of her family. Mr.. Collins says
he has honored bills to the extent Of
nearly $4,000 incurred by his wife be-
tween 1894 and December 30 last. Her
extravaganza has. he says. seriously ill.,
convenienced him, and has made it im-
possible to pay the S45O Il month alinony
she asks for pending ii settlement Of the
litigation.
The pretty custom which obtains in
New York of allowing the children of the
city, to have May parties in the public
|
Saturday. The little ones are allowed to
run about on the grass that is held
| sacred from human feet at all other
times, and there is no one to tell them
they must not do this or that. The park
belongs to the youngsters for the time
being. and they can have all the fun they
like. Golf, tennis and other games can
be .played, and, temporarily, at least the
children forget they live in a close city
at all. What it means to the palefaced
army of the tenement districts ON the
east side can be imagined. Permits arr
never any trouble in obtaining these per-
mits, the only possibility of disappoint-
ment being in the fact that too many are
asked for on one day. The authorities
have to watch that there is no conflict of
dates. but otherwise the par ks are wild"
the Bronx to the Battery and from Ave
nue. \ to the North river.
Mrs. Edwin Gould has gained quite a
reputation for fine dressing and she
wears her clothes exceedingly WELL She
has some very handsome toilets this
spring and her wardrobe is one of the
most elegant in town. One of her prctti-
est gowns is Of ashes-of-roses canvas,
1t has white silk revers, square over the
shoulders, and Sewed over with cut-Steel
beads, with the border of Russian lace.
The corsage opens over il tucked white
silk vest and the front is strapped across
with black velvet ribbon an inch wide,
drawn through buckles of cut steel. and
finished on each SIDE by choux of the vel
vet There is a triple box-na;te;l tiouncc
about the bottom. having the se!vcdgc Of
the canvas for its border. The high
stock is Of Russian lace and the lower
part Of the sleeves is formed of the same
lace.
With this gown Mrs Gould wears a
hat of sunbIrned straw, with thr G, own
of chiffon corded with featherbone. and
the front trimmed with clusters of prim-
roses and MASSES of large paie-green foil
age.
Suicide hall, the Bowery dive Of ghast-
ly fame, is dead. All is silence there
now. Where death so often clutched the
throat of a girl and sent her screaming
before her God death now .reignS over
all. Where mad and wan;cn reveIry
danced to the jangle of drunken music
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