The Virginia enterprise., 1900-02-02

tograph is seen above has again thrilled
the audiences at the Metropolitan Opera
house i'll New York with her magnificent
singing.
Nine. Eames appeared last week for
was large attendance many of the
leaders i'll society being present. The
reception of Nine. Eames in her new role
was enthusiastic.
Frank J. Gould has begun to buy real
estate for investment. He says he pre-
ferS it tC stocks and bonds.
The Earl Of Yarmouth has retired from
the cast of make Way for the LADIES'
Town Topics SarcaStically remarks that
he will bc replaced by an actor.
The latest idea i'll newspaper contests
was sprung today by the Evening World.
which offers a prize of $25 for the first
baby born in Greater New York in 1900.
Mrs. Langtry has arrived She comes
to appear in The Degenerates." She
has wardrobe which includes khaki
uniform, in which she will recite The
Absent Minded Beggar.'
1t is all fixed that Harry Lehr is to-
be the genius of Mrs. Fish's salon. The
Fish salon will be modelled after that Of
Nine. de Stael. 1t will include music,
vaudeville and plain conversazione.
eron) will appear on the stage for one
performance. This will be in "Arms
and the Man," which will be the Monday
evening attraction ut the Garden.
Albert Is. Hilton. son of the late Judge
Henry Hilton, applied in the United
States district court to be freed of his
debts. His application was opposed by
two creditors. who were given ten days
in which to file specifications.
Miss Josephine Dwxcl has issued lWp
invitations for the dinner she is to give,
January Is at Delmonico'S. The second
floor will be used by Miss Drexcl and her
guests. An orchestra will play during
the evening.
Postmaster Van Cott has been advised
that the Lucaria. due Oh Saturday, has
OH board 253O bags Of mail. the largest
mail cargc ever brought to this city from
Europe by any one ship. \ vessel CAR
| rying 2O34 sacks. which arrived at Boz
| ton several weeks ago, broke the record
for that port.
The owners of the candy slot machines
| on the ferries, ut the bridge entrances
and in the elevated railway stations pur-
chase 1000 pounds of chocolate daily to-
| load up the machines. That means that
1868, 900 pounds of chocolate are eaten by
New Workers in this indiscriminate man.
ner during a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont had to
leave their room in their home at "a
West FiftE-sayenth7 street shortly before.
q O'Clock Wednesday morning by a fire,
which at one time threatened the entire
house. Several valuable paintings in thu.
house were ruined by smoke and water
The house is one which Mr.. Belmont
rented for the season from Oliver Har-
/ riman.
''The Eleventh Commandment is the
title of a new London play, and the au-
thor says that the commandment is
Thou shalt not be found out Town
Topics says the title is a mistake. The
eleventh commandment is found in ST.
John. xiii, 81: "A new commandment
give unto you. that We love one another
The editor of Town Topics says the play
should be called The Twelfth Com
mandment.''
"Custard applcs'' are in the show VIM
|
These apples are new to New York. and
many persons who pass the stores where
! they are Oh exhibition pay no particular
attention to them, because their appear
ancc is not their strongest point. They
are brown and have /; rough, tough-look-
ing skin. They are peeled and eaten raw,
like an American apple, and the flavor is
extremely aromatic. They come from
Hindustan and cost 10 cents apiece.
If the practice of playing bridge whist
is continued at full force in some of the.
country houses New York. ChoIly
hn:cktrbOcher p,ed'ctS that it will be
when the states will have a Tranby
Croft According to Cholly. at two coun
| try houses where there were large holi-
! day parties the game fourished at all
| hours. AT one house mere than S2O.OOO
! changed hands. Some OF the hands that
did the changing could i'll afford the va
riety. and it would not be surprising to
hear of bankruptcy proceedings as the
result of the game.
The annual carnival and masquerade
ball of the Cercle FrancaiS de Harmonic
| 1.-THE French balD. which is New York's
greatest and merriest midwinter event.
takes place at Madison Square garden
OH January Is. The spectacular feature
of the ball this year will be Il ballet
in which 300 women will participate
tion dances by professionals. such as
French quadrilles. old-fashioned minuets
| and reels and national dances. President
| Dirval announces that the ball will be
a great success this year. as a great
many parties have been arranged from
out of the city. Chicago, st. Louis, Bos-
ton and Philadelphia having ordered
I boxes for the event.
| A bright. new, up-to-date automobile
bus skins along Fifth avenue daily. 1t
is in such violent contrast with the ante
diluvian old rattletraps known as Fifth
avenue stages which have for many
years paraded mp and down this fashion
able tho1oughfare that the average car
| riage horse stops to look at it. The new
! bus is operated by storage batteries and
| carries fourteen passengers. The old
| stages take an hour and forty minutes to
travel from Eighty-eighth street to the
| Washington arch and back again. The
| automobile is to make it in an hour. The
''mobe'' will be kept on the line to make
| one round trip day for all this month.
but will be run up and down for an ex-
| pertinent. If it fulfills all requirements
| the old stages will be rapidly driven out
of business by other automobiles of the
| same pattern.
| Uncle Sam is to have roof garden of
| his own 1t is to be made on the top of
the immigration station building on Ellis
island, and the flooring will embrace a
/ space of 15O feet by 115 feet. There Will
not be any continuous performance there,
nor will refreshments be provided. But
the army of immigrants who are detained
at this island in the summer will have a
breathing place. with the salt air of the
ocean in their nostrils, and panoramic
view of New York harbor OH the one
hand and the open sea on the other. Be
4 sides the roof garden, it is intended to
lay out a large playground on the lawn
q for the Immigrant children. and, to make
them feel at home, there will he a garden,
growing all the well-knewn flowers of
Europe as we'll as of this country. This
roof garden will be the first ever owned
by the United States. and it would be
Il he, 1n6