The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-08
N GAY NEW YORK.
Scenes and Incidents of Everyday
Life in the Paris of America. -
Mrs. Adrian Iselin and Miss Iselin give
a small dance on February Is.

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Mrs. Adrian Iselin and Miss Iselin give
small dance on February Is.
Miss Lotta Crabtree, the actress. is Sc
riously i'll at the Hotel Navarro. Her
illness is due to ptomainc poisoning,
caused by something she ate last Satur-
day.
The Duchess Of Marlborough's fall
from her horse while following the Hey
not be SO serious were not her grace in
an interesting condition.
John d. Rockefeller has given to his
new son-in-aw, Parma!ce Prentice, an
important position in the Standard Oh
company i'll New York. The Parmale:
Prentices will take their household good,
into the house that Mr.. Rockefeller
bought for them on West Fifty third
street.
DR.. Lewis Rutherfurd Morris, who
married Miss Catherine Clark, heiress Of
MA ,UOO,OUO, may soon give up the prac-
tice Of medicine and enter the office Of
his father-n-law. DR.. Everett Mallory
Culver, who was a Brooklyn physician at
the time Of his marriage to Miss Mary
letters Oh Senator Clark's Wall street Of
fee door.
IF anybody tries to put skirts on me
after Pm dead III haunt them"
Thus spoke DR.. Mary Walker in dis
cussing the case Of Murray Hail. the
Tammany woman of New York City.
She added:
II think it an outrage that they buried
that poor woman in skirts. She had
worn mems clothing all her life because
she liked it, and she should have been
buried in them.'
Nearly all the social interest of the day
centered in the charity ball given at the
Arlington Monday night for the benefit
Of the Children's hospital. \ number Of
kostcsses entertained dinner parties, the
guests afterward attending the ball. The
lec rations Of this occasion were more
clll'ora'e than usual and the gowns worn
by the women in attendance were the
hau's somcst sten on any occasion th!,
season.
AS H.: nv were in attendance who did
not dance. promenade concert was Civ
en by tho Marine band in the parlors.
The pat1onesses included the wives of
the cullet officers and members from
official, 4 T. Cmatic and resident society.
HrS. Artnur 1aset, VINO arrived from
given tea in the palm garden of the
Waldorf by Frederick Townsend Martin.
brother CT Bradley Martin. The tables
at the west end Of the palm garden were
reserved and were decorated with large
wreaths of pink carnations. Mrs. Paget
was gowncd in a princess robe of black
pnnne velvet with white chiffon around
her neck. relieved by band Of pale blue
pnnne velvet close to the throat. the chif-
fon falling in rather short bowed loops.
She wore a large hat of black velvet,
}etted. ana with black ostrich plumes
laid Oh the brim ut the front and sides.
This was worn we'll forward and shaded
her face. There was just a CLINT of n
diamond Or two to fasten the chiffon.
and the only other jewels worn were
large pearls in her ears. She looked ex-
t:emely we'll and very youthful.
Miss Clara Longwortn. one of Amer
ica's richest heiresses, has returned to
her Cincinnati home after a week spent
in New York in selecting a trousseau
Count de Chhambrun of Paris lsns Tho be
Lonsworths are -, one Of the old
ana and ,1i:,: wealthy families Of Ohio. What
are to Cincinnati Miss Lonsworth is
the niece Of Bellamy Storer. minister to
Spain, and it is said that the family is
i'll closer touch with foreign ROYALTY than
any other in America. The count first
met Miss Longworth two years ago,
when she was visiting in Paris Since
that time he has been a frequent visitor
at the Longworth's Newport home. Mill
tary matters made it necessary for him
to return to France few months ago
He will sail for America later in the
week. and go direct to Cincinnati, where
the wedding ceremony will be performed.
There IS as much anticipatory interest
in the St. Valentines dance to be given
by James Henry Smith. the bachelor
multi-millionaire, on Thursday night,
pec} nst in ia any Se festEy dtyyo in
though tremendously smart, and the
guests will be of the young married set.
girls who have been out for time and
dancing beaux enough to go round.
Three matrons at least will assist Mr..
Smith in receiving. and to these with
arrangements of details. Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt will attend to the cotillon, and
not only will the figures be appropriate
to the patron saint Of lovers, but each
favor will be a valentine in itself. Mrs.
John Jacob Astor will not now be of the
receiving party, as she and Col Astor
leave for Aiken, s. c.. where they have
taken a cottage. the last of the week.
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish will have her share
OF the preliminary preparations. and the
supper tables will be embellished with
their quota of cupids, hearts. darts. rings
and what-not.
If the Utopian scheme for an :'all-
woman" hotel in Madison avenue be-
comes success the bachelor maid will
find haven of refuge at last The
Woman's Hotel company has been duly