The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-09-06
IN GAY NEW YORK.
Scenes and Incidents of Everyday
Life in the Paris of America. -

Mrs. Sarah Cowell LIE Moyne will open
her season with the Charles Henry Melt
ger historical drama, THE First Duchess
presentation in Atlantic City, n. j., on
Monday evening, September %.
New York club life has sustained
loss through the death. at Liberty, n.
Y, recently, Of John Duer, a member of
the well-known Duer family. He was a
member of the Knickerbocker and Metro
the St. Nicholas society. He married
Sarah, daughter of Henry du Pont of
Wilmington. Del.
There were reports current that no.
tel larger than any in New York city will
be built on the block bounded by Broad
way and Amsterdam avenue and Eighty
cording to the report, lit will be the big
gest hotel in the world" The property
is at present unimproved. Fl is owned
by Charles T. Barney.
ANY person who has ever seen Eddie
Foy's smile will never forget it. 1t was
more expansive than usual one day re-
friends to call at his house to meet my
daughter, Miss Foy.' The little one ar
rived the other day, and the comedian,
who is so we'll known in Pittsburg, is the
happiest man in New York.
A pest Of feas infests the cages Of all
animals in the Central park ZOO, causing
the brutes great torment. Keeper Shan
non says number Of fawns are almost
mad from the insects. while the lions roll
over and over in their cages in vain en-
deavor to rid themselves of their tor
mentors. AS for the monkeys, they are
almost maddened ana jump and shrek
day and night.
The statue of Liberty on Bedloe's is
land will be turned over to the war de-
partment if the recommendation of Gen.
Brooke, commanding the department Of
the East, is approved by Congress. The
recommendation will, it is said, be in
dorsed by Secretary Root with the sug-
gestion that Congress appropriate sufti-
cient funds to complete the base of the
statue and the approaches to it.
Heinrich Conried Of the Irving Place
theater has engaged for two years Nine.
the star Of the Irving Place theater. She
is to act under his management in this
country and Berlin and will remain a
member Of the company at the Deut-
sches \olks theater in Vienna for three
months every year. She is to act here
this season and the following year.
An interesting passenger who arrived
recently on the North German Lloyd
was Baron Paul Eietinghoff. who is now
millionaire. Fifteen years ago the
baron came to this country without a
dollar. He became a riding master in
Durland's academy and three years ago
returned to his native Russia nearly as
he left it.. penniless. BY the death of
some relatives in Russia he has inherited
many millions.
On the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
there arrived Capt. Arthur H. Lee, ex-
military attache of the British embassy
at Washington. He is accompanied by
Mrs. Lee. Concerning recent cable dis
patch to the effect that he had refused
to meet Bourke Cochran when the latter
was introduced by Winston Churchill,
Capt. Lee said the report was incorrect.
Il did not refuse to meet Mr.. Cochran"
said Capt. Lee, but l did take occasion
to remind him that had heard him de-
liver an eloquent Grafton at a pro-Boer
meeting in Washington"
which arrived on Monday. brought
among her passengers number Of we'll
known theatrical people. Among them
were Nine. Helena Modjeska, Miss
Maude Adams. Heinrich Conried, mana
ger Of the Irving Place theater: Miss
Anna Held. and her husband and man
ager. Florence Ziegfeld. Nine. Nodes
ka has just come from Poland. her ma
tive country. which she had not visited
IN long time. Anna Held, who was
becomingly dressed in the latest Parisi-
an creation, looked very happy to be
back again after a busy summer Mt tho
dressmakers'. and also taking lessons in
voice production.
Miss Julia Opp is back from Europe
and will spend the whole of this season
here as leading woman for William "a
versham. Miss Opp has acted in Eurone
for SO long the Londoners claim her as
| a native. Miss Opp not only indignantly
disputes this but declares, with p good
deal OF pride. that she is Bowery y;rl
having been born and raised on that his
| toric street. She is considered one If Tho
most beautiful actresses on the STAGE
Recently she was asked how she retained
her beauty. BY sleeping every moment
Of the time that I possibly can Thot
is the only thing that I do to retain anv
beauty that may have" It was s.a
blow to the milk bath theory. 10y
| The New @tenderloin:''r IN tho unno,
west side, has practically been Wind nf1