The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-13


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: IN GAY NEW YORK. 5
IN NICOTINA
Oh! she was ii gay little cigarette,
And he was Il fat cigar,
And side by side. Il tabouret,
They stood in Il ginger jar.
Tho nary word could l understand,
tFor they chartered in actobac)
Yet wonderful things l am sure they
planned;
Like lovers all dO-alack.
Today she's sad little cigarette,
For gone is her blave cigar.
And all alone on the tabOuret
She stands In the ginger jar.
All! love is ii marvellous thing it's true.
And many fault twill cloak
But often it ends, as the dream of these
In nothing at all but smoke. Life.
The Countess of Strafford formerly
Mrs: Samuel J. Colgate, arrived on the
White Star line steamship Teutonic She
was accompanied by her daughter, Miss
Adele Colgate.
"Ben Hur" began it's fifth month in
the Broadway last night. 1t is the same
old story of crowded houses and large
advance sales.
Anna Held will finish her engagement
in 'Papa's Wife" at the end of this
month. Satin-lined jewcl-caskets we've
the souvenirs at the 15Oth performance
in the Manhattan
James X. Hackett in ''The Pride of
.Jennlco' Stays many men nightly in the
Criterion in fine style, much to the de-
light of the large audiences.
Flowers in finger bowls are the latest
OF fashionable fads. The credit for this
novelty belongs to the Japanese who are
noted for designing beautiful things.
they have, prepared little pieces of
wood, which, when thrown into water.
expand into odd flowers which they cali
water t1oWers.' The wood is painted
IN all sorts Of pretty colors and is cut
into little sticks. The sticks are not
thrown into the water until after the
hnger bowls have been placed before the
guests. 1t is quite interesting to watch
the little Splinters expand into flowers,
Some Of the prcttieSt of the sticks are
those which form chrysanthemums and
these are favored most by the Japanese
because the chrysanthenum is their ma
tional flower
Lillian Russell has received from
taris: from some person whose name is
not disclosed. two packets of gems. One
contained diamond collarette, comDosed
of Is diamonds, each of one and one
half carats, and 11SO smaller stones. In
the other two were jeweled serpent
bracelets, one of diamonds and sapphires.
the other of emeralds and diamonds. The
value OF the ornaments Is estimated at
10000.
Alfred Conkling has sold his Newport
place to business man, who is going
to divide it into small lots. This is the
Catherine Wolfe cottage which was LETT
as a legacy to Mr.. Conkling. The Took
er place is also to be pulled down and a
small hotel built on the site. This with
Ocean drive, will give Newport quite
supply of hotels for the season.
One of the street fakirs, who of late
have ceased selling "Sapho'' and have
taken to peddling in its stead the Shell
don edition Of IKE Topeka Capital, caused
mut h amusement to passersby at Nassau
street and Maiden lane Yesterday. Had
the Rev. Mr.. Sheldon been there he
would probably have tried to cause the
mans arrest for SANDER. The fakir had
no clear idea why the paper should sell
OH the streets of this city. but he sur
missed that it must be for the same rea-
son that the novel had sold. So all day
| long he introduced the Sheldon paper in
this manner: Here you are, the Topeka
Capital; the suppressed paper, 5 cents a
copy
| 1.-THE American Girl for exhibition at
Paris weighs 712 pounds and the bullion
| used in valued at $1S7,OOO. The statue
mounted on it's base will be feet in
height, the figure being of Miss Adams
own height. Miss Adams gown is of the
simplest sort. 1t is a summer dress Of
chiffon. Lace ruffles extend it's length,
and gathered at the waist they give a
! kind of blouse effect at the bosom. The
i sleeves are tight from shoulder to wrist,
the arms drop full length on both sides.
| The hair waves back from the forehead
and is parted slightly to the left. The
pose is that of taking a step forward,
dencting progress"
The sale of the late Augustin Days
collection was continued "Wednesday at
|
large amount of antique and modern
furniture, draperies, rugs and relics was
disposed Of The sale in the afternoon
brought $1O,944 The galleries were
crowded, and the bidding today was for
the most part very good. There was
spirited bidding for number of tiger
Days theater. David Garrick's secre-
tary desk, decorated in oil with his por-
trait and with views of his city and
country houses and scenes from the
plays in which he became famous, was
sold for $3.50, though it cost Mr.. DAILY
$1,000.
1t is possible that everyone does not
know what art nouveau' is, speaking
CT it as an article of jewelry. Inasmuch
the spring in New York for buckles and
clasps for feminine wear, it may be well
to explain that it is process of enamel
ing, in lustrous colors, flowers, birds and
beasts of unusual form. 1t is intended
to take the place of paste. or strass this
year. Place such buckle in black
hat or ON a dark frock, and it forms
rich spot of color, less tawdry than the
rhinestone or paste, which it drives out
of vogue. An uptown modiste showed a
black peau de- sole costume set into
diminutive pleats on the hips, the pleats
| seemingly drawn up through TWO OF these
art nouveau' buckles. the ruby, emer
aid and blue shades of which were re
peated in the vest and capuchin of ORR
entail printed panne, while gold chain
appeared to pass from the left to the
right side, combining a fringed scarf D,
strawberry tinted panne at the waist, thu
long ends resting on the skirt. This de
scription is by an expert and presumably
may be accepted as correct.