The Virginia enterprise., 1901-03-22

modest in his arrangements. Mrs.
French's letter has been called forth by
the editorial comments in the European
papers on thc alleged extrayange Of the
wedding ceremony at Newport last Janu-
remarkably free from n.thing of the
kind.
| Society is somewhat exercised at the
prospect of coaching parade in May.
1t was some years ago that the parade
was seemingly abandoned. There have
been 50 many deaths in society, and
there has been such a hurry to get away
and go abroad in the early spring that
coaching parade was almost impossl-
BILE. Now fashions have changed.
Short excursions in the early spring are
in order, and this year the number of
people sailing is comparatively small.
Col. William Jay will engineer the pa
radc and Delaney Kane. who is now
part in it, Nearly all the old whips will
| be on hand, although everyone will miss
| the genial presence of the late Frederic
Bronson. who did SO much for coaching
| in New York.
Mrs. Fred w. Vanderbilt, Miss Cath
crime Eddy and Miss Pauncefote. daugh-
"! VI !ne niltlsl! tHlbdSSluOr. occupied
| a box the other night at the performance
of "Florodora' at the Casino. After the
show one of the ushers found diamond
studded heart IN the box and turned it
oyer to Manager Rosenbaum. A few
minutes later Mrs. Nanderbilt's coach
man.. Roberts, drove back to the the
alter in search Of the heart. He was told
that Manager Rosenbaum had gone
home. but that the piece of jewelry would
be restored. The heart belonged to Miss
Eddy, Roberts said. Roberts told another
story Of lost jewels before leaving the
Casino. He said that on one afternoon
Mrs. Vanderbilt lost a chamois purse
studded with diamonds and pearls while
walking i'll Fifth avenue and that he
found 1t for her an hour afterward.
Word comes from Paris that Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer is at work on a plan that
means the humiliation of Gotham's cher
Amer: can aristocracy that shall be nation
al in its scope rather than Manhattanese
The Sunday Word prints the story to-
day. 1t says: According to what she
several times contided to her bosom
friends in our Paris-American colony,
MRS. Palmer is quietly engineering the
overthrow OF the present recognized lead
ers Of American society. 10 this end she
will first disrupt the New York coteries
OF upper fashion which have, in her opin-
ion. assumed undue influence and latter
~ become very much mixed in character.
This being done, she will unite the very
flower of society people in all cities of
the United States and create by this new
selection an American aristocracy, ma
tional instead. Of local, and more repre-
sentative than the present crowd"
Steamship agents declare there is lit
tie, If any, likelihood Of an advance Of
first. cabin rates to Europe during the
coming summer season., The season will
lines have received sufficient bookings
ahead to Justify a most optimistic out
COX. A few weeks ago the steamship
managers were considering seriously the
proposition to advance first saloon rates
and there were rumors to the effect that
winter months have been good ones for
the big transatlantic lines. Those plying
between New York and English ports
benefited materially by the withdrawal
O; Of number At y. Of vessels from the German
ready for M work S II he ss American s line are an
nounces that the Philadelphia, formerly
the Paris. will join the Southampton
fleet early in April. Since her expert
ence on the English coast the Paris has
gines. been deprived of one funnel aud
made totally different in appearance.
Nine. Nordica, the opera singer, Zoltan
Doeme, her Hungarian husband. and her
manager live at the Hotel Majestic. be-
cause they like the view of the park
But they prefer to board at Hams res
taurant at Seventy-ffth street and Co.
lumbus avenue. From dining at Hams
after the opera. Doeme got to ordering
his lunch sent from Hams to the Hotel
Majestic. The hotel people pride them
suit Doeme. Doeme wants real goulash.
The other day he telephoned to Hams
for luncheon to be sent to the Majestic.
He wanted Hungarian rostbraten. The