The Virginia enterprise., 1900-06-08

in Shirt Waists" assisted by lissomc
creature who answers to the name of |
Adele harrington. The title of the vaude
vile turn led some of the women of the
club to imagine that Miss Dressler might
introduce stage methods on the links anu,
besides, they feared that her costumes
might be spectacular.
A youth and maiden, who are both IS,
resolved on the morning of May s to get
married. The youth was Charles A.
Contant, a student in Columbia universe
ty, and the maiden was Miss Hester l..
Hansing. lnasmuch as they were of
novel form of wedding. After much
deliberation, in which the advice of their
parents was not taken, they decided Oh
a tally-ho wedding. Having invited
eight of their young friends, the party
started for ride down Jerome avenue.
At the rectory of st. James Protestant
Episcopal church the coaching party
came to halt, and to the surprise of all
but two the marriage announcement was
made: Upon the appearance of Rev.
DR.: Charles Holt the couple were mar
ried. The bride has been forgiven, but
the bridegroom still languiShes under the
frown of his fathers disapproval.
Young Contant. nevertheless, says that
he will support his wife, although he
cannot show whence he will draw an in
come.
Harry kimball Thaw, who set all
Paris agog by giving dinner to some
friends which cost $4,000 is well-known in
club circles in New York. Like his
friend. poor Ham Fish. he was an ath-
iete and well versed in the manly art of
(f-fn IN
a friend having driven about town until
their cabman and his horse were worn
out. stopped at the Marlborough for re-
freShments. The weary driver crawled
into the cab and fell asleep. Thaw and
his friend reappeared suddenly Thaw
bestroded the jaded horse. while his
friend mounted the box and thus they
drove down Broadway at a breakneck
rate. On another occasion Thaw sue
cecded in breaking up the harmony of
Weber s. Fields cafe, and worsted sew
eral walters in the melee that followed.
A more peaceful amusement of the rich
young man was to 90 to the Waldorf and
order a $50 dinner for himself. Many of
the dishes would be sent away untastcd,
but the chef would always receive a
''tip'' of $25, and there was IS bill for
everyone of the walters. The father of
the young American who spent this $4,000
to entertain twenty-five guests ut dinner
began life as a mechanic in PittSburg,
but when he died nine years ago he left
his widow and seven children more than
$4O.WO,OOO. Harry. the second son, re-
ccived above $5,OOO,OOO, and started out
at once to have Il glorious time with it.
He has succeeded brilliantly
A New York bachelor who entertains
| in his rooms gave a faro party recently
which had a feature that was not ex-
pected by, the guests. Three faro banks
were established in one of his rooms and
each guest received OH arrival basket
Of chips. Instead of playing for money
| the guests played for prizes, which We're
| to be awarded at the close of the play to
the man and the woman who had won
the most chips. The appointments of the
room were closely modelled after we'll
known faro-room, syen to the lunch, and
| each guest was sA7liberty to play at any
time he or she might select. An inter
| ruption came few minutes before ~
o'clock, the time set for ending the play.
There was a loud rap on the door. and
when the host responded there stood
| three policemen. Two Of them rushed
into the room to guard the two windows
are all under arrest" said the man at
the door, ''and you had better submit
| without any trouble. The patrol wagon
is outside ''This is an outrage" said
the host; ''these people are ladies and
gentlemen; T., officer, and they are my
guests The guests were very much eX-
policeman replied: CHATS all right,
young fellow, you can explain to the
captain. We are merely following orders
"How?' asked the host. "Well you
might give lis bite to eat and some
thing to drink" said the policeman in a
different voice, and then the joke was
out. The three policemen were bachelors
who lived in the same building and had
not been invited to the faro party.
Many queer marriages have taken
place in the city hall, and it is hard to
provide a case of ''novel Impressions for
the venerable building, but there was a
Dema Yoku Yamashita, a Japanese ply
sician, was the bridegroom. and Miss
Blanca Schmidt, a pretty German girl,
was the bride. They eloped from Raso-
! took, Mecklenburg, Germany, the girls $
parents opposing the union. They arrived
here on the Saale, and Aid. Isaac Marks
| tied the knot before they had been here
| half day. They started at once for
Japan.
Chypre, a perfume not generally used,
divorce which has just been brought by
Sadie Margout- Woodward, a sculptress-
soubrette. Her husband, Willard D.
| Woodward, resided at the studio until
| st. Patrick's day, when he took home the
last smell of chypre. which ''broke the
camers back" Then he went back to
his mother, in Boston: He and Sadie
| plaint Willard is described as man -
| years of age. who has ''but little will
power and liable to be led astray by
! women of stronger mental ability Dur
! ing last winter, the complaint says, Will
| lard remained away from the studio for
| days at a time, and when he did re-
turn he seemed to-. have been
He said he liked the, odor, and
tract himself. One afternoon Mrs
Woodward went to the Hotel Imperial
for luncheon. There she found Willard
with Il blonde young woman whom he
presented to his wife as my cousin
Miss Cora Cameron of Boston" Mrs
Woodward was INCLINED to be, cordia
when she shook Miss Cameron's hand
She shifted an odor that made her angry
1t was Willard's "favorite perfume ,
The perfume, she learned, was chypre
what some women develop habit ol
using: habit which is not more easil,
broken than that resulting from injec
tions of morphine. After this the wife
kept close watch on her husband. The
latter part of April he disappeared again
and returned home simply enveloped il
an atmosphere of chypre. He made 81
many mistakes in explaining his absenc.
that Mrs. Woodward charged him Will
being untrue. This he denied, but hi
wife considered the odor was suf6cien
and a suit for divorce is the result.