The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-19

Nu> ivy are OtSlIOuS VI preventing lut
gentlemen who patronizc their theater
during these performances OF part or
their pleasure, but simply because they
are greatly in the minority, the audiences
thus far this season consisting largely of
women unaccompanicd by male escorts.
Wise hotelkeepers will post a notice re-
4ueStlng patrons TO- check their collar
buttons at the clerks desk. Thus suits
like that tried before Justice Mccarthy
recently will be avoided. Ben Adler. a
St; Louis merchant. wore q $50 diamond
sollar-button and a $500 diamond stud.
The last time he stopped at the Hotel
\rnuome he hung the shirt containing
both gems on the back Of a chair. Next
were gone. The clerk in the office said
he WAS sorry and pointed to the sign,
mot Responsible for NaluahlcS Tn
lrSs-' After telling several people of
the loss, Mr.. Adler finally talked to his
but Justice Mccarthy decided that the
c'A!ar-hut,"n and stud should have been
put in The safe.
Lady Mcux. widow of a London mil
l%ionairr brewer, whose mun:iictnt giftS
to ESSEX have been recorded,
has now taken up Mrs. Brown Potter,
TIE actress. and bought her Il play from
Sidney Grundy.- When Mrs. Potter
went to VISIT Lady Nieux at her countr
Intended for her use redccorated in
parian white, which Mrs. Potter had
once mentioned was her fayorite bed
room color Lady Essex takes Mrs. Pot
ter about a good deal. Frank Gardiner,
who is a close friend Of Lady Meux, has
bought from her her dead husbands rae
ing stud. Lady Meux has $3.50, 600 4
year and the right to name il director for
NeuXS famous brewery. 1t is believed
that Frank Gardiner will be her next
choice tor the place.
There are queer sights on upper Broal-
way. but even the hardened pedestrian
stopped, stared and gasped when il camel
walked calmly down the cable car track
last night. 1t was a lite-sized animal
and not colorcd like the result of too
many green frappcs. The camel was pre-
scented as a joke to a well-known society
danntrd. the woman accepted the gift
without question and now the joke seems
to be on the donor. Every night, after
the thcater crowds have dispersed, a col
ored servant solemnly leads the camel
down Broadway as far as Madison
square and back just for air. 1t is an
aristocIatic beast, with Al embroidered
blanket, and walks with naughty disre-
gard of cab drivers and gripmen. Many
Il rcveler has been scared into sobriety
by the apparition.
That woman looks stoutcr than I be-
licyc she really u.s." said Mrs. Clark, /;
customs inSpcctrcss, to Mrs. Darragh. an
other inSpectreSs, pointing to a stout
woman who had just d~isembarked from
the steamship Augusta Victoria at the
mambur$-American piers in Hoboken.
The woman in question was Mrs. Louis
Raapke of Omaha, Neb.
Coin" up to Mrs. Raapke, one of the
lnspertresSeS said: "Iou are very stout,
aren't you?'
Yes, but it's only fat,' replied Mrs.
Raapkc. 'bcsidcs I've got on my winter
pettlcOat.
The inspectresses decided to examine
Mrs. Raapkc, however, despite her pro
tests.
Neatly sewed to the lining of the wom-
ans underSkirt were sections Of a very
tine soa]skin jacket, worth about $500.
The jacket was seized and sent to the
public stores.
Mrs. Raapke said she had taken the
jacket out OF the country with her.
Society folk are at war with the farm
ers. Tillers of the soil never could see
any use in the Meadow Brook hunts,
while the Hampstead meets excited pity
ing contempt. Led hy William c.. Whit:
ncy the hunting enthusiasts of the -Four
Hundred have continued to demoliSh
fences and chase foriorn foxes over IL
few acres of ground. Now the farmers
have formed a trust, which was first
Visible to the naked eye this afternoon.
Master Of the Hounds Ellis called the
first fall meet at Wheatley Pond. \
delegation Of yeomanry gas on hand to
protest. They were tired of having
crops spoiled by a troop of excited
horses, and said so in plain language.
Finally a compromise was effected
whereby all damage was to be paid for,
and the fox was merrily pursued as per
programme: An elaborate series of
hunts has been laid out by the Meadow
Brook people. These meets are the most
popular, and every true horseman within
the charmed circle rides abroad under
Mr.. Whitney's leadership.
Every weekday morning at Q O'Clock
4 handsome young nan tall. erect and
dressed in mourning. enters the counting
room of Brown Bros. & Co. on Wal,
street and takes his position behind a
desk with a score Of other clerks. In a
few minutes he is immersed in the husi.
ness of the big firm. If this young man
were a resident Of Scotland, where his
ancestors lived, he would be addressed
as '"your lordship." Here in New York
he is simply Mr.. Fairfax. In reality he
is the only American citizen who car