The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-23

Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Katherine Stauffer Clark,
the Youngest daughter of United States
Senator William A. Clark of Montana,
to Or. Lewis Rutherford Morris of New
George J. Gould and Russell Sage will
be petitioned by the Public Education
ASSOCIATION to appoint certain free days
during the spring for public school chill
dren on the elevated roads in the inter
ests OF nature study. The plan is to
the various parks. The association will
also ask for free day at all big flower.
plant and bird shows.
Mfs Minnie Seligman Cutting, the ac-
tress. has been sued by Anna McNally.
a dressmaker, to recover $4S1 for good,
supplied and work performed by her for
Mrs. Cutting. The latter denies that she
owes the amount claimed.
a private view was gwen at Tiffany &
CO.'S of the exhibit which will be sent to
the Paris exposition. The display is one
of the most unique as we'll as costly ever
seen in this city. The value of the col
lection, it is said, is between $1..UOtHW
and ,$2,OOO,O0O. Most of the artistic, de-
signing was done under the direction of
"uluihS a. Hhdll. Inc aitlstlc erect
of some of the vases and trinkets is re-.
markably fetching. The figures have
been carved out of the solid metals. and
not cast and then attached to the pieces,
as is frequently done.
Frank Beard, who took IL stenographic
report of the MolineuX trial, has sent i'll
a bill for $4354 for his services. Tll.,
comptroller looked it over, and it is uu-
hat Nj 11x.
the city for his money
The fire extinguishers at Tony Pas
tors theater went OH Il rampage 1l,
machines are the kind that are to b..
found Ill most theaters, which release Il
torrent Of water all over the building as
soon as the temperature of TIE building
goes above the danger point. The APP
paratus got out of order and down came
the WATERPROOF gallons of it, y guam
tlty of valuable costumes. and scenery
was ruined. and the stage made so wet
that there is certainly no ulnger of its
catching fire for day or two.
Scattered about the rooms of an all.-
TIC! house: i'll West Twenty street,
like the discarded pages of torn novel.
the household goods of Kate Chas,.
Sprague, await their further scattering
| under the hammer of some glib auction
| Ger. They tell tale of life and loves
| tragedy and sorrow. Printed in letters
of red and black over the door is thu. in-
vltatlon 1t is an epitaph, and reads:
.''.''.....
NEXT IMPORTANT SALE
The contents of the colonial resi-
| dence Of the late Hon. Salmon T.
Chase, chief justice Of the supreme
court of the United States. Re ::
moved from Edgewood, near Wash
!. ton. !:
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
| 1t seems like diSsecting roonl-lkt.
some CHASTITY place where ii post-morteni
examination is being made. For here and
there are the dismemDered effects of her
who once had Washington at her feet;
the enchantress of great senator; the
destiny of men who helped to make the
destiny of the natiG;: +Ae woman i'll
whose thral congressman. members OF
the cabinet. ambassadors. generals. even
a President, were willing captiveS: the
woman who made and unnlade men, and
who died in poverty after her own bril-
| liant life had been wrecked.
! The vogue of the automobile, which has
ceased to create comment in the crowded
! streets of New York, only emphasizes tn,
| increasing popularity of equestrian cxer
else. The bride paths of Central park
have begun to fairly rival the celebrated
! luUIIIeudueS IL tNeNtll VI tle bOlS DC fOlI-
| logne or the splendid avenue in Hyd"
park.
| A few years ago our euuestrians We're
| limited to the fashionable set Now the.
fashionable and unfashionable canter
side by side through the park and the.
uptown riding schools do thriving husi-
ness among the new rich and the semi
leis,rely industrial class.
There are select organizations. and
these are beginning to hold their annual
reunions. to which they invite their
| friends. and acquaintances, md which, "is'
to be classed among the Lenten pas
times. One of these Soirees mas just
been given by the band of young people
known as the Tuesday Evenjg club. \
prettier exposition Of the haut ecoIc il
would be difficult to imagine.
Young ladies and gentlemen were a.
most equally matched and formed Surll
IA cavalcadc as is seldom seen ma>~ed
together. Altogether, it was /, high
class society circus" iii which Il we'll
| known and popular master Of the hounds
played the part Of clown ard contributed
to the gayety Of the spectators.
The effect was that of a cotil"n per
formed on horseback. The most size
barre. i'll which Il couple of ynung la
dies cndeavored to capture Il shoulder
knot of red ribbon from Il single cavl~
lier.
The maneuverS of the single man to
outwit his fair adverSaries we're at once
graceful and amusing.
The honorS in this sport were carried
off, ON the mems side. by an expert polo
player. who managed 10 prcoIIG the COLI
test until it was a question if either Hf
his fair purs.lerS would capture the shout
der-knot. and on that of the ladies by 1t
quick witted young Sirl who snatcIe.l the
trophy from a more dcfenSelcSS cavalier
almost Immediately.
All manner of races including those
of the egg and spoon. the needle and
thread, the sabcr ard the rubber bail
and comic nightgown race. diversified
the programme. The only mistake of the
evening was the frame race. in which
the nervous and high-struns animals
were brought up against what must have
been to them blank wall-composcd Of
thin white paper stretched over frame
and expected to pierce it. This was some
thing they almost unanimously refused
to do. often rearing and plunging to i'll;
extent that threatened to unscat their
riders.
Altogether the open winter has been
very favorable to equestrian exercise,
and morning and afternoon see almost
the same number of riders.
| A Troop Ships Water Supply.