The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-02-15

Bearing with them the best wishes !
newly-wed Queen left Amsterdam with
the seclusion Of her country residence at
and wagon at Sixty first street and Lex
ington avenue. Miss LOTUS is playing in
Lady Huntsworth's Experiment" at
Days theater. She had been to see her
physician and was trying to signal car
to go down to the theater. The horse
struck the actress, knocking her into
snowbank. Realizing he had injured the
woman the driver applied the whip to the
horse and drove away. Miss LOTUS was
taken to the Presbyterian hospital and
her injuries dressed. She was later re-
moved to her home.
The most unique feature of the Mackay
where the supper was served, for which
the Waldorf restaurant was used. The
ceiling of this room was canopied with
foliage, from which there hung trailing
streamers of Florida moss. In this there
CLEANED a myriad of tiny electric lights,
arranged irregularly like stars There
were about fifty small tables, and from
the center of each rose a growing tree.
Mrs. Mackay's own table seated fifteen,
and this was built around towering
palm tree. There was not flower used
III the decoration of this room or placed
on the supper tables, yet the effect pro-
duced by Small was marvelously beauti-
full and totally different from anything
hitherto seen in New York
Harry Lehr has once more scored Il
success as societys most amusing and
original entertainer. From his active
brain came the impulse which prompted
SIX SIX men and naidens to give the
.IE me- pretty maiden, bit from
was complete surprise, for Mr. Lehr
had drilled the sextette in private and
was aided by many surreptitious visits
to the Casino on the part of the princi-
pals. At a given signal. while the ,cotil-
lon was in progress, Mr.. Lehr's fellow
swung into the, prelude of the popular
chorus. Then the young men and maid
ems reappeared appropriately arrayed, at
different entrances, and dancing grace
FULLY, came together in a line, locked
arms. and took up the dancing song
guests Of the Misses Gerry were delight
ed and were not slow in expressing their
appreciation Of Mr.. Lehr's latest effort.
Jennie Schuyler, who presides over, the
culinary department of Mrs. Mary Davis
boarding house at 14O West Eighteenth
street, awoke in a bad humor the other
morning, and determined to give the
boarders such breakfast as she thought
they deserved. She emptied the contents
of big bottle of mucilage into the flour
bin: Adding a half teacupful of pare
goric and a dash Of tooth powder, she
m IN bek the mx xn into pattes and put it
quantity of beefsteak and chopped it fine.
Over this were poured two tablespoonful
OF best quality liniment, to which had
previously been added two teacupfuls of
roach powder and modicum of writing
INK: This mixture was put on the stove
and brought to gentle sizzlc, and the
cook was in the act of basting it with
melted laundry soap when one Of the
servants, who was boarder herself
once. demonstrated. Miss Schuyler be-
came more tcsty than ever. at this inter.
ference. and drawing a large carving
knife. threatened the other servant The
raised row, which ended in the cooks
arrest.
Court fre1uenters who had looked for
ward with pleasant anticipations to the
trial Of the dressmakers' case against
Mrs Howard Gould on Tuesday were
disappointed. At the eleventh hour Abe
Hummel. Mrs. Gould's lawyer, appealed
month at least must elapse before this
body will decide whether or not Mrs.
Gould will be compelled to demonstrate
before jury that the dresses for which
she is being sued are nut a good fit. The
plaintiffs. Misses Smith and Dillon, claim
skirts and petticoat. The reason assigned
by Ms. Gould for not paying the whole
bill is that some of the dresses did not
fit and in others the material was soiled
by alleged improper handling. Mrs.
Gould insisted on having one gown made
in exact imitation Of that worn by Lilly"
Langtry in The Degenerates." At first
referee, but afterward an order was Sc
cured, sending it to jury. The court
room was crowded today with people who
expected to see the Gould dresses dis
played.
Weber & Fields, the music-hall man.
ayers. have given to the White Rats. the
association Of vaudeville actors, site at
One Hundred and Forty-seventh street
and Park avenue for home and club
house. The plot is valued at $4,000.
Lew III. Fields said after the meeting
that he and his assistants would promise
that comfortab BILE house would be erect
ed on the premises. and that work would
begin at once. With Dave Warfeld,
Weber and Fields were initiated at
meeting in Gramercy lyceum the other
evening As they had refused to join
the vaudeville syndicate. their election to
the White Rats was considered a great
victory for the Independent actors. At
the meeting formal offer was made to
the White Rats Of the Casino theater, to
be run under the management of the as
ISOLATION on a cooperative basis. Avail
street Spectator also offered to build for
the association a theater if site and
plans Of suitable theater could be OBJ
tanned by the actors. For the first time
since their organization has been formed
a manager has offered to book acts con-