The Virginia enterprise., 1901-08-30

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brougham and horses. Merely caprice
She has a, mania for carriages, boots,
hats and cloaks. They are costly extrav-
aganees, e1;n bu;; j, pshaw, what does the great
Last weeks ship from Hayre brought
a box of shoes for Mme Bernhardt. A
clerk on the steamship here, who respond
ed to the telephone, said In answer to q
question: -. :.
"Such box full Of boots. There were
two boxes, | should say. They were so
big we could scarcely get them down the
main hatch of the ship. What's that !?
The shoes? Good gracious, no! Don't
print that. What said was that the
boxes were so big, not the shoes. Not
takes "a fall'' out of New York society
in the following language: II hear from
Bostonian living in New York this win
ter queer tales of certain entertainments
given under the name of Musical Morn.
ings' at. a highly-fashionables hostelry
10 this innocent PERSONS mind music is
| made to be heard, and, if possible; en-
joyed, but at the smart gatherings in
| question nobody cares a rap what is
! done, or sung, for everyone talks through
the best-selected programme. The o.
casion is simply reunion of certain
Well-knoWn society women, with q mob
Of outsiders drawn thither by that fact
and the reputation of the star of the
morning. Possibly, hidden away in the
crowd, are musical ears which can appre.
ciate the art of the performer but more
| ignorant set, or, rather, a more indiffer-
ent audience, seldom turns out at paid
for society functions. In fact, these 'Mu-
| sical Mornings are quite characteristic
of New York's taste: By good luck they
| %hn cc1,S pos..
as the thing, it matters ie0WieaEea little wSetRe1
one listens or not, only it is insisted upon
that the cream of musical and dramatic
art shall rise on that gild-edged stage
and do it's best to amuse unamusable
society,""
| The marriage of Miss Margaret Louise
Post, daughter Of the late William Post.
to J. Lawrence Van Allen was celebrated
performed by Bishop Potter at the home
| Of the BRIDES mother, 1t was a white
wedding Throughout and masses of white
roses were used. William Post, brother
ing room and gave her away. She wore
of white peau de sole gown, embroidered
with seed pearls and trimmed with old
point lace, with unlined yoke and sleeves,
co!iarette of pearls, and .voluminous tuile
veil; Miss Sara Van Allen, sister Of the
were the bridesmaids. They Were We're
Wilson assisted the bridegroom
as best man. The bride was the recipi-
ent Of many valuable gifts. Frederick
W. Vanderbilt presented the new house,
couple will take possession in the autumn
Of 1901. Mrs. Vanderbilt gave the brides
entire trousseau, a diamond collarette, a
c0llarette of turquoise, and diamonds.
The bridegroom gave a large diamond
crescent. and his one-third share of the
jewels of his mother, who was Miss En-
lily Astor. James j. Van Allen presented
complete silver dinner service. The
bridal couple sal! for Europe. They will
pass the winter in the south of France,
travelling III an automobile. Both arc ex-
perts at the sport. !
A passion to have little green frogs
and twisty yellow dragons >tattooed up
on their backs is the latest fad for those
who endeavor to be in vogue. There is
but one requisite-the work must be done
by a japanese tattooer. In Japan tattoo
ing is an art, Togo is the mightiest of
all those who decorate the human form
Jap who is now making his mark upon
the persons Of Americas smart set, learn
his lessons. And when he had been
graduated from Toyo's school of Decora-
tive Art this willy little fellow left his
native land and journeyed to Paris. 1t
ians agog with the cleyerness Of his
work. Success in the French capital
they say, means success in Europe and
finally in America, when one is introduc-
ing something new. 1t was, therefore,
easy for the LAP; tSa tatt9oer to ingra
other capitals on the continent, and to
design the talismanic marks Of his art up
on the backs of such men as the Grand
Duke Alexis of Russia, Prince Constan-
tine, the duke Of Genoa, Prince Henry
Of Prussia, Archduke Stephan of Aus
try, Archduke Franz Ferdinand d'Este,
Prince Waldemar of Denmark and the
King of Sweden. Lady Randolph
Churchill, lueen Margnarita of Italy
and Lady Montague are among the fair
er patrons upon whom HoritoyO has
Lesser lights 3y the hundreds, perhaps
more beautiful than these, has he
pricked and scraped and mixed. But of
these he will say notmng, beyond the
fact that they belonged to the most bril-
liant OF London's west end and New
York's consultations.
She had always wanted to go to --
and IS music hall. 1t was the one
place of amusement in New York to
which her husband had strenuously re-
fused to take her. Living in the country
alone with the children as she did, from
Monday morning to Friday night, her
chief amusement was reading the New
York newspapers and watching the ca
reers of the various players and plays.
Finally, on her birthday, she came to
town to spend several days with her hus-
band. When he asked her what she
would like for a birthday present she
cried Immediately, "Oh get me box for
- and IS music hall!'
This time there was no gainsaying her.
| The husband submitted with as gooG
grace as he could muster. He and she
occupied the box alone. It was on the
balcony tier and during the earlier part
Of the performance his young wife was
very much interested in watching the
antics Of the party in the adjoining box.
There were three young men in the box
and two women, either of whom would
have been found guilty by Mr.. Dooley
or any jury Of peroxide in the first de-
gree" They had evidently dined to re-
pletion, but had not entirely succeeded in
shaking their thirst. Both women were
| rather talkative.
! At the end of the first act the young
husband turned to his wife and said: ::
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