The Virginia enterprise., 1901-08-30
N. GAY. NEW YORK.
Scenes and Incidents Of Everyday
Lite In the Paris m Amefiea. -

~ - OceoeS ana A0e1oE0U on GVEfyo1Y
K Life in the Paris Of Aneriea. y
John Drew will give mis- Tooth perform.
lance of Orchard Carver' at the Empire
theater on Wednesday evening. 3.
A benefit given at the New York thea.
! ter yesterday afternoon for the widow
and children of Joseph OFT, the actor,
who died few weeks ago, brought in
about $4,000, including some special con.
tributions.
Nine. >Sembrich has set the fashion at
her first New York concert of giving an
enthusiastic bonne bouche when all is
over. Recalled again and again at the
finally responded to the insistent encore
hend's demands by removing her gloves,
sitting down to the piano and singing a
Chopin song to her own accompaniment.
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, who
was Mary Crocker, the California
heiress, has purchased the house at S76
Fifth avenue from William Halls sons,
paying for it about $315, 900. The dwell
high and entirely FL epr0of. A feature of
the construction is a tireproof staircase
running from the cellar to the top floor,
which has fireproof passage connecting
with the street. There is also an cleo
trio elevator in the house.
AS a man solemnly nursing one arm
| was leaving a reception one day last
week he met a girl he knew coming up
the steps of the house with slight limp.
Their eyes met with an understanding
| W. t1,o
girl nodded You'll find nine out of every
ten men inside there nursing their arms
in the same solemn and apologetic way
that I'm doing" said the man. You'll
find every girl, whether or no she's been
vaccinated, limping," returned the girl.
The girl was right. The vaccination
limp is the fashionable gait of the win
| ter.
Zimmerman millions with a ducal hand.
His purchase Of two blooded dogs at the
Holland house the other day for some
thing like $4,000 brought down swarm
of dog fanciers Of all kinds and reputa-
tions upon that hotel. The duke laugh
iingly protested and said his father-in-
law was not Croesus. Tonight he
picked up locomobile. whirled up Fifth
avenue in it, decided he liked it and paid
$14OO forthwith. He avowed to a friend
before he boarded his special car tonight
thai that particular locomobile was in
tended to ''astonish the natives in Ohio. y
At the rehearsal of the Peoples Choral
union, Conductor Frank Damrosch pro-
posed that the thousand singers should
celebrate the birth of the new century
of the city hall at midnight December 81.
Mr.. DamrCsch asked how many could
not be at the city hall at midnight, and
only half dozen hands went up. The
affirmative vote was almost unanimous.
Mr.. Damrosch announced the tentative
programme for the occasion as ''Ameri.
ca" Ring Out, Wild Bells" by Leo.
chorus from the oratorio of THE Mes
siah.'
Society has not in recent years recorded
more interesting wedding than that in
New York last Wednesday, when beauti.
full Miss Violet Lee Willing, a first cousin
of Mrs. John Jacob Astor. became the
bride of John B. Morris, brother of
Mrs. Fred Gebhard. The marriage has
just been made known. 1t was truly q
love match, the story Of three-years'
of the sweethearts to that pretty ivy-cov.
cred edi6ce. the Little Church Around the
Corner. There, without ostentation OF
display of any character, in the presence
Of just few friends who had been told
the secret, the sweethearts were made
man and wife.
The pronunciation of the simplest and
commonest French words on the theat.
rical stage is often ludicrous even in ou1
best theaters, says the New York Times
| nprfnrm0ncQ nf no iunf IL
! Marsac' piece at the Theater Republic
however. the treatment Of that ticklsh
| word "MOnsieur' seems unique in its
ineptness and unintentional drollery. All
possible changes are rung on the word
and no two of the actors use the same
form. "Me-Sewer'' is the one favored
by supposedly comic waiter, who uses
it dozen times in five minutes. But all
| the attempts to secure q French atmOs
phere in this new picture. the comic side
Of the Bohemian life Of Paris, are equal
ly hopeless.
Eiolets, the winter flower of flowers
have already taken their place as my
lady's favorita. When sent in style from
a fashionable florist, the bunch Of violets
is now swathed in paper lace, and the
howered box is tied with narrow cold
ribbon. The violet silk cord and tassel
| OIL last "lutef IS uO IUuSer Ill vogue. As
violets in large bunch are rather hard
to fasten on, pins for this express pur.
pose should always be sent. Two lone
stickpins, with pearl heads are thrust
through the bunch, or else the new violet
clasp pin is inclosed. The latter is new
this season, and is in the form of vic.
let with it's stem. A small chain is fast.
ened to this brooch and a stickpin, with
violet head. is attached to the other end
of the chain.
Some thirsty white wing has invent
cd an emergency drinking cup the knowl-
edge of which is spreading among the
city laborers rapidly. 1t is not an un-
| common sight now to see street cleaner
taking long and satisfactory draught
by the use of an ordinary paper bag as
a drinking cup. The bag is begged from
any peanut vender who happens near.
| The thirsty one opens and fills the bag
in the usual way with water from one
Of the street hydrants. Lifting the bag
full of water so that one corner of the
bottom rests in his mouth, the drinker
| simply bites out the corner of the bag
and the drink begins. He can make the
flow as slow or as fast and as long as
he pleases. But it takes a new bag for
the second drink.