Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-19
II GAY NEW YORK.
Scenes and Incidents Of Evs-,,..
Lite in the Paris of America !,

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1t was given out, unofficioll, -.
port by close friend of tba ", New
and French families that Alfred ' I.'. ''i
pit mas settled on Elsie French y. T
marriage portion. one-tenth Of bjs f
tune-namely; $3.700,00O This ,r...
dowry Is given TO her. according j., ~.
authority not in cash, but in I'll. '>
giit-edged bonds and stocks from -
part of the estate of the late Coz. ,-.
Vanderbilt, which was apportiopoa f., III, ,'
ired' the CHOSEN son and chief heir ~
Alfred and Miss French and barl
| or, Amos Tuck French. who arrf, IRON,
! Newport Thursday, Were driven - az
| Aquldneck National bank in ,ba 'Ar
automobile. As Miss French Ste,,,,i i'>t't
/ on the icy pavement Alfred Scattarci vi
lore her q quantity of Sawdust from,
/ HNdds 10 MAKE her footing secure. Yomr
/ Mt. french was taken into the V3,JH
! bllt vault and was given his first elm.
( of the many beautiful and cnstl1. ,.l'e
| ents, including the $4,000 pearl And A.
1 mond necklace, the gift of the elder lr,
/ Cornelius Vanderbilt which Mrs. Frnn.L
/ mas uescIIped 10 her friends as the mas,
! beautiful necklace she ever saw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Mills gave = dam.
| Friday night at their residence an ,3,,
| southeast corner of Fifth avenne any
Sixty-ninth street. Mrs. Mills recp;1,.I
| at the entrance of the salon on the F;fI
! avenue side of the house, up one fi9bt "a
| stairs. She wore many jewels as an AL
| Junct of her rich satin and lace costr,,I
| Mrs. Maturim Livingston. her mol.
| assisted her in receiving. Dancing NJ;
| general until 1880 o'clock, when Su,,r'n
! was served in the handsome snuarn H.
ing room on the ground floor. This !.
finished III ivory and gold. and the tabl,s
were trimmed with clusters of roSo.
After supper the cotillon was danced AMI
was led by Worthington Whitqbou$,
who danced with Mrs. Mills. Durino IN,
favor figures silver articles were distriI
uted. During one figure feather f,'.
| were gwen to the women and horns IN
the men.
Stage accidents are often inevitable
| but seldom have they caused the aplni>b
which followed mishap at the Acadqmy
OF Music the other night. In the last arr
Of Quo NadiS" consignments of fresh
! CHRISTIAN martyrs are fed to the lions
with great eclat. The feeding occurs inst
out of sight, but it is sufficiently terribb
beng preceded by the usual limelight dis
! pay OF peaceful resignation. But the
other night an imposing stairway leading
to the arena collapsed. Peaceful rp>igna-
| Ton gave way to unmstakahle pmbq,-
raSsment. The lions and NeroS court
were waiting, but this architectural acct
| dent delayed the sacrifice. Several elder
| ~ Roman converts INDUCED in Twpnt-
eth century profanity. ana one figure clad
IN SpotleSS toga who had been intended
as an entree On the arena menu, made q
| few Unprintable remarks about a stage
carpenter. As a result an entire block
of condemned Christians was premature
| lN saved, much to their own disgust As
| Wpll a < a. m orr ar.s
the audience, which was bloodthirsy
enough To FAY 50.
Adele Ritchc the actress. is seriously
! i'll ut the Hotel Navarro. She has mel-
monia and her mother has been sent for.
! Loie Fuller. the dancer, and Emanae
! Friend, her lawyer, tried to invade Kos.
| ter 4 Balls Music hall the other night,
after the performance, and carry off the
| properties used hy Miss Fuller in her
| mirror dances. Miss Fuller had broker
| her engagement early in the evening
| The invasion was resisted with so much
noise that Miss Fuller and Mr.. Friend
! retired without accomplishing their pdf-
| pose.
Society had surprise when it was
| announced that Harry Lehr had been ai-
! pointed private secretary to Mrs. William
! Astor. New Nork'S arbiter Of fashion.
| He has already taken up his abode in he.
! Fifth avenue residence. While Mr.. Ielr
| has long been protegc of Mrs. AStog
and is Col. John Jacob AStor's most int
! mate friend, no one ever guessed Mrs.
.AStor would take him into her household.
Mr.. Lchr has not told his friends ".
that he will give mp his business as VIM
! agent. 1t was the ball that finally re-
! suited iii MIR. Lthr's new engagement.
| He went to Mrs. Astor'S to help her with
| her invitation lists. and at her request
| took up his abode there. He proved him
self Indispensable and at the same tine
Il clever ana witty table companion. Il
was, he who brought 50 many new faces
| tn the function. The result greatly De-
lighted Mrs. Aston Mr.. Lehr gor So
600 a year for selling wine to society,
ana he gets more from Mrs. Aston
Mrs Letter has subscribed for press
clipping service. In this way almost t'-
cry word printed relative to the Letter
family comes to the family mansion. 2,
Washington and is laid before Mr>'
Letter. The first bunch of clippings !"
como in told of the discovery of th'
Letter coat-ofarms in Holland and t1rs
emblaZonmcnt on Il fire screen. AI$
Letter promptly wrote to all the offend
ing papers that it was not true.
The second and last assembly Of me
season. which takes place at the War
dorf-AstoIia on Thursday night; Jaiu-
AIRY "A, will be the last great ball ct lIi'
season. Mrs. William Bayard Cutting,
Mrs Edmund l.. Baylies. Mrs. duncan
Cryder and Mrs William D'n-'"'
Sloane will receive.
William Jefferson. son of Joseph JcaeTT
son, the actor. who plays in the cast VIZ
his father. is to wed Miss ChrNue VI,
Donald of Mattoon. ILL.,, in june. ~,
is the admission of the groom-elect'> had-
brother Thomas Jefferson. who, We
with his company. presented "tlp ~.
Wrinkle" at Mattoon on Friday "Ieig'-
The engagement is only known 10 lev
intimate friends William Jofer>1n &N!
his father are spending the WHITE,
the latterS cottage at Palm Beach IT, n.
where they will remain until Ap1, ~
Mcdonald is starring with Pete l'"N
Hodge Podge Thomas Jefferson ~
the story that there was parental
tinn to the match is untrue. M sA"