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

: in GAY NEW YORk.
Mrs. Stuyyesant Fish will have par
ty on a Southern trip which she will
make in the latter part Of February and
IN March.
Suit for absolute divorce has been
brought at White Plains by Isabel b.
Jr., son of John Brisben Walker, editor
OF the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Steve Brodie left an estate worth $S5.-
COO, built up as result of the notoriety
following his alleged leap from Brooklyn
bridge. To his little daughter Irene is
left the bulk Of the property.
William K. Vanderbilt is about to
cruise in West Indian waters on board
and Mrs. Oliver Harr i sueS'j Jr are Mrs. is.
Richard Hunt, who was divorced at Hot
Springs, s. D., on Wednesday last and
Mrs. Carley.
Miss Mary Mannering begins her last
three weeks in Janice Meredith" at
third month at this theater. Her Tooth
performance in Janice Meredith" will
occur on Friday evening, February L.,
when a copy of the Mary Manncring el-
ton Of Janice Meredith will be distrib-
uted as souvenir Of the OCCASION
The appearance of the Chinese Weekly
Herald marks the first Chinese newspa-
per New York has ever had. 1t will be
issued every Wednesday, and it's four
pages will contain news from Chicago
and Pacific coast Chinatowns, politics,
foreign advices, scientific information,
etc. The editor is s. Y. Pang, a Chi
nesc writer, and he is sangune Of sue
cess.
Society folks arc agitated over a story
going the rounds which says that Jean
de Reszke. who was announced as one of
the attractions at the George Gould din
ner Tuesday night was not present be-
cause Mr.. Gould did not like paying $15,-
listen to, the tenor for ten minutes. Dc
Reszke demanded $4,000 and Mr.. Grau
insisted on getting $1,000 for allowing
him to sing.
Henry Guy Carleton, the playwright,
was stricken with apoplexy on Thursday
last and is now slowly recovering. His
doctors say that his attack was due t.,
overwork. For the past six years Mr.,
Carleton has been working night and
day on the completion Of some electrcoi
inventions Of his own. While his illness
is serious and at the present time one
Of his sides is slightly paralyzed, the doc
tors think that he will undoubtedly rc-
cover completely from the attack.
An expensive dinner was rendered ho,f
dozen friends by James Cryder at his
residence in Fifth avenue. Mr.. Crydcr
served pair OF chickens that cost him
$34O but two weeks ago. They were
prize winners at the Madison Square.
poultry show. and their finish on the
tated. Mr.. Cryder instructed Swedish
servant. who had been in the country
but three weeks, to clip the chickens
wings little. The Swedc obeyed orders
too faithfully and cut them off close to
the bodies. ~
Pauline Astor. daughter Of William
Waldorf, Astor, to the young Duke Of
Roxburghe is confirmed by cable from
London. The marriage is to take place
in the course of the summer. The duke
was recently invalided home from South
Africa. where he distinguished himself.
and possesses a rent roll Of some $500 600
a year. He is a first cousin of the pres-
ent Duke of Marlborough. his widowed
mother having been sister of the lat,.
Duke Of Marlborough and Of Lord Ran.
dolph Churchill.
Anna Could. Countess Castellane. and
her husband. the count, have transferred
to Edwin Gould a. one-sixth interest in
six parcels of Manhattan property. Al
though the transfers are recorded for
nominal consideration. the deeds bear
revenue stamps indicating a total con-
sideration Of $4,000: for walker
street. $4,000: for 5 Walker street, $1,000:
for - East SiXty-seventh street, $SOOO;
for SO East Fifty-ninth street, $1,000:
for 4G East Scventy-eighth street. ST.,
500. and for 1G West Forty fourth street.
$1,000. -
With straw berries at $50 basket
and watermelons at s. apiece. to soy
nothing of soft shell crabs at 50 a dozen.
no man need go hungry these days. The
markets ;, contain some delica cies which
are we'll nigh worth their weight in gold.
and yet they are eagerly sought after by
buyers for rich families. For instance,
dollhouse asparagus is 50 a bunch. six
stalks to the bunch. and spring lamb 81
a pound. The soft shell crabs referred
to are as large as silver half-dollar.
North CAROLINA shad is going like hot
Row.
Two trees in Central park possess a
peculiar interest for visitors these days.
ward when on his tour of the United,
States in 1860. The then Prince of
Wales was accompanied by many city
officials on this tree-planting expedition,
an oak and an elm being the ones
chosen by him for the ceremony. They
south Of the eagles statue, and. curious
" enough, the American elm has flour-
ished more than the English oak. So
many requests have been made Of the
park employees to point out these trees
that signs will probably be attached to
them.
''Cissie" LOTUS, the actress, was seri-
ously, injured Tuesday evening by being