The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-11-09
N GAY NEW YORK.
Scenes aad Incidents OF Everyday
Life in the Pari; of America. Il

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Mrs George NJ Pullman is in New
Ior}; city. for the present. having closed
her seaside house at Elberon. Mrs.
Pullman has an apartment at the Wal
dorf- Astoria. Her stay there will prob
ably Ee short.
Tie New York Herald pronounccs the
rep"rt started recently that Washington
society had ostracized Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Nelson Page is without founda
ton. Washington society has absolutely
10 grievance against Mr.. and Mrs Page.
1t quite approves Of them. The Herald
One Of the most popular and beautiful
women in Paris society, whose levceS are
attended by the most exclusive and dis
tin"u;shel residents and visitors to that
capital. is the Countess de Gabriac wife
OF ue>> cndant of one of the Crusaders
The Countess is a granddaughter of
n"lly'S granddaughters both married
well. The Countess sister is Mrs. Ches~
ter Alan Arthur wife of the son of the
late President Of the United States
The Countess, although truly Parisian
has inherited much native wit from her
Cr:l!r ancestors. and her society is eager
~ sought Her home is one of tho finest
III Paris and her gowns are copied eN-
trn>!vt!y.
It is stated On reliable authority that
Alfred &. Vanderbilt who is to wed
Miss Elsie French next January. has
taken 4 lease of William Waldorf
As1ul> palatial summer home at New
port The wedding will take place there.
from Bellevue avenue the fashionable
boulevard. to the Cliffs. Mrs. John
Jacob Astor today took 4 lease OF the
IraNers estate at Aiken, S. c., for the
winter.
which came to see Mrs. lie Moyne's pro-
durtion of In a Balcony" was distn-
SuiShed for it's fashionable aspect as we'll
;l> for its literary tone. The house was
crowded with fine audience. which con-
tanned number of well-known PERSONS
PROMINENT among these was Mrs. Cleve-
land. who looked as lovely and blooming
in her position of first lady of the land.
She came with a woman friend. and
rushed away in a cab at the close of the
performance. Mrs. Cleveland was
dressed in white satin waist with !,
black skirt. and small black and white
hat. Her bright eyes and exquisite COM
llrXon made one think instinctve!y OF
an American Beauty rose.
Among the valuable paintings present.
q! recently to the Metropolitan Museum
nf ART is 4 portrait Of Columbus by Sc
hastian de Plolnno, the gift Of !. Pier
Ncnt M"rgan. who purchased it from
Thomas Agnew 4 Sons of London for
100000. The canvas is a fine example
Of t?' work oi the painter. who was one
OF the lliNStriouS masters OF the Venetian
school. His most famous painting is his
'lteSUrre< ton of Lazarus" NOW at the
National gallery. London.
The fact has developed that when
Blanche Walsh retired to her dressing
room after the fourth act Of ''Marcelle
ut the Broadway theater several nights
since. she missed the jeweled stomacher.
valued ut $11OO. which she had worn
during the act. At about the same tim.
Emily Baker, of Miss Walsh's company.
missed a chatelane watch. Other mem
bers Of the company suffered less impor-
tant losses.
The police are puzzled as to how the
stomacher could have been detached
from Miss Nalsh's costume without her
knowledge.
With the exception OF the formal din
of which fashionable hostesses feel them
selves called upon to give during the
winter. at which they air their gold and
silver services amid 4 wealth of rare
blossoms. the many-course dinner with
its assortment of wines has become a
thing Of the past. In some houses it is
entirely done away with and large enter
talnments take the form OF dances. In
its place the little dinner has grown
apace and flouriShed by being less expen-
sivc and more conducive to social pleas
IRE.