The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-30

signed his post, and is on his way home
Mr.. Nelson has been Il prom nent figure
during his secretaryship at the Drexels,
in Newport and New York social life
OF all the $1,000 persons who paid en-
trance to the horseshow on the opening
day there WAS one who was not dressed
like the others. He wore a rusty suit of
black; the trousers needed sCrcly the
tailor's goose. With it went hat of
last years vintage, soft shirt, turn
down collar, and frayed black tic. and
urvarnisheu boots. The young man who
wore the amazing unconventional cos
tune last night is named Alfred Wander
hilt Barring this there was never Il
horSeshow in Madison Square garden
more brilliant or one better dressed. The
other 1889 people present during the
day were wonderfully arrayed. There
were 5000 more than for the opening day
last year.
Easily the star attraction was Mrs.
Herman Oelrichs. She and Mrs
Stuyvesant Fish shared box Mrs
Fish departed early. but Mrs. Oelrichs
staid to circle around again and again
with Harry Lehr.
Mrs. Bradley Martin will be over this
year. for a short time. Her niece, Miss
Davies, is to make her debut. Although
! the Bradley Martin house has been sold
and RACED to the ground, Mrs Martin
will take a suite of rooms at one of the
large hotels and will give one entertain
! ment which will set New York talking
for many a long day to come. Mrs Brad
ley Martin never does things by halves.
A recent debutante's dance took the
form OF an Indian cotillon. Partners
were chosen by means of colored pictures
OF Indian chiefs and princesses. Beneath
each pair the Indian and his princess.
was written tribal name, as the Apa-
More. The man who drew Mohawk
chief paired off with the girl to whom
| the Mohawk princess had fallen, and so
on. The favors were genuine Indian
trinkets gathered for the purpose in a
summer trip through Canada and the
Northwest, and included bows and ar
rows, moccasins, canoes Of many styles,
baskets innumera bic and varied, tobog-
gans, shovels, snowshoes. lacrosse sticks.
paddles, pipes and the rest of the list of
Indian belongings. The ices were served
as tomahawks, canoes and pipes, and the
decorations Of the table carried out still
further the Indian scheme.
There is promise of new bit of abbre-
! walton III the common language of the
streets. 1t comes from the new moving
stairways already in use in several of the
largest of the fashiona BILE stores, and that
are being placed at some of the elevated
railway stations. Escalators, the moving
steps are called. So we shall soon hear
all about us: I'm going up on the s. to
take 4 ride on the L."
The Duchess of Manchester and her
sister, Miss Emily Yznaga, are in Lon
don. Those who have recently seen the
duchess say that her health is very much
improved. London just now, from the
Prince Of Wales down, is enthusiastic
about nerve specialist. and he has been
treating the duchess, who was in a sad
condition after the loss of her beautiful
daughter last winter.
Among the new silver articles fer
Christmas gifts is a face steamer In
plain silver to be marked with the mon
ogram, it is quite reasonaDie in price,
while the handsomcr ones are as high
as 500.
! Former Gov. Levi F. Morton and tho
Misses Morton have returned from FL
lerslie to their town home 681 Fifth ave-
| nue..