The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-31

Her lover broken hearted.
The Other in Town Topics.
TO go without stays has become quite
fad among the women at Long Branch
this summer.
Mrs. Goelet's cotillon will be one Of the
most beautiful ever given in Newport.
The favors have been chosen in Paris.
Several Stock exchange members have
already engaged offices near the Produce
exchange for next May, when the Stock
exchange will do business on the Prod
uce exchange floor. The ''curb' is ex-
pected to be in Bowling Green park, il
the authorities permit.
The one novelty at Newport this sea-
son-the midnight serenade- not sur
vlTe after one or two trials. Crowds
would attend the band, and it was not
loft in the Silly Night for very long
Then, too. the idea is 4 little romantic
for conventional society.
\ nose cooler is popular drink in
the uptown cafes. where bizarre bever-
ages arc always in evidence. This new
liquid is simply 4 sort OF cocktail and
whisky sour combined, with 50 much ice
III the glass that one can bury his nose
in it. Obviously Il most refreshing per-
tOrlnunce for some noses
The committee for pcrpetuating the ma
WI arch talk hopefully about their task
They will hold a meeting next month, at
eide just what to do next. The general
impress ion is that the first thing to do is
20 raise some money, 4 factor in their
work that has been exceedingly dull for
the last six or eight months.
At last it has been definitely decided
that Alfred Vanderbilt and Elsie French
are to be married in November. But it
is very odd 10 choose Newport at that
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. She would
not have a wedding before Il years
mourning for her husband had elapsed.
and she did not want Il big town affair.
The first brand-new play Of the sea son
saw the light Monday. night at the
Academy of Music. 1t is The Rebel
and Andrew Mack is the star, There
was large attendance the cool evening
and the fact that there have been no new
productions in New York since The
Cadet Grip was put on at the Herald
Square theater probably being RESPONSE
BILE for this.
Special features are being introduced
in many of the Newport entertainments.
There is usually music after dinner, and
seems at hand. The vaudeville element
has had it's day. Newport is Il bit tired
Of unconventional and rather vulgar ex-
hibitions. 1t keeps up its love of life in
the open. but the best classes have
frowneu upon the amusement> OF the sta
bic and the servants hall.
The shirtwaist man has won a victory
at Rockaway beach. heretofore. ne has
Phillips iron pier. So many protests were
made that Mr.. Philips determined to let
the women patrons of the pavilion de-
eide the matter by ballot Six hundred
ballots were cast. Five hundred and
ninety-three favored letting the shirt
waist man dance without his coat. The
other seven voted against the proposition.
A new fashion has sprung into exist
ence at Narragansett this season. It is
that Of giving dinners under marquee
tents and afterward attending the hops.
1t is brilliant sight one Of these rig.
blossom-like. red umbrella tents, softly
lighted by the shaded lamps of the ia
BILE in the center, surrounded by btauti-
Hest OF evening toilettes The walters
Hit in and out OF the tents, and the ef-
feet is novel and charming.
The fall trade in the wholesale districts
of New York has begun with a rush. 1t
is estimated that at least 1000 buyers
from other cities are here at present.
and the season has hardly begun. Whole
sale merchants declare that there have
never been so many buyers in New York
at this season in any previous year, and,
as the period of stocking up retail stores
continues in New York until the first Of
September. it is expected that this vii!
The news that a son and heir has been
born to Countess Itchy recalls to the
,nodish world Of New York the existence
Of the fair, blonde countess, formerly
Miss Mabel Wright and afterward Mrs
Fernando YZnaga, whom it was in Il fair
way of forgetting. Countess Itchy has
been living very domestic life since her
marriage, on her husbands estates in
Austria. She did not made the sensation
in the Austrian capital which had been
anticipated, and has gradually dropped
out of remembrance in this country.
A sure sign that the end Of the sum-
mer is approaching is the increased num-
Der OF people to be seen IN upper Broad
way these afternoons. People are re-
turning to New York from their summer
vacations in shoals and the brown sheen
on their faces shows that they have been
at seashore or in the mountains and have
brought Old SOILS sign manual with
them. There are more strollers On Broad
way just now than there have been for
months, and the great thoroughfare is
beginning to take ON it's regular aspect
Of autumn gaiety.
At Mrs. Stuyvesant FiSh's bali next
Wednesday at The Cressway, her New
port home, the dancing will not take
place in the barn, as has been reported.
but in the house. This affair is to be
the most elaborate function in Newport
for many years. The interior will be
converted into a typical harvest scene.
The walls of the large hall and the diff
ferent rooms in use that evening will be
concealed from view by gracefully ar
ranged masses of vines, blossoms, grapes
and corn. Crimson will be the central
color, and it's glowing hue will be visible
in hundreds Of poppies.
A singular feature of summer life, es-
pecially where the automobile is extern
sively used. is the absolute fearlessness
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