The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-10-17

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per. The fremen had to cut part of the
floor away to get at the fire, and the,
flooded library emptied it's. water into the
ball room underneath Gilt chairs foated
around as if on a lake. The .parlor also
carpets and bric-a-brac worth thousands
Of dollars.
Henry Siegel of Siegel. Cooper & Co..
Chicago, made public the other day
that plans had been drawn for a ten
story department store building on the
east side Of Sixth avenue, from Thir-
teenth to Fourteenth streets, and that
work on the new structure will begin
May l next. a year ago Mr.. Siegel
leased this property and it was assumed
for a department store. No definite in
formation has been forthcoming, how
ever, until now. The site is part of the
ground now occupied by 4. H. Macy
Il Co., which soon will move to new
quarters at Broadway and T%hirty-fourth
street. The new Siegel department store
will have two stories underground and
ten above. 1t will be ready for oc-
cupancy February 1, 1903, and will cost
$1,000
sengers that came down the White Star
line Cel!ic's gang plank ON Sunday was
Lady Gordon Lennox, who has the
woman in Europe.' The weather was
not propitious for a display Of fine raj
m!ent,, and Lady Gordon L~ennox, who
is tall. fair and slender, contented her
self with y n1niI SEi,.t upaon 1nolyof and
a black picture nat. She wore a black
veil with black polka dots, a white waist
and white gloves, and carried 4 green
alligator bag that matched her jacket.
One OF the passengers on the ship said
that the only excitement he and a few
over was gambling as to what sort of a
gown Lady Gordon I.ennox would wear
each day, for each day brought forth
some new creation.
over. \ number of important produc-
tions will soon have a hearing before
the public. The most important of these
Queen Fiametta," in which Julia Mar
lowe will star under the management of
Charles B.. Dillingham;; 'The Silver Slip
Alley" at the Broadway Theater on O.
tober 81; "Du Barry which will open
the new Belasco Theater this (Monday)
evening; 1.-THE Way of the World,'' in
which Elsie De Wolfe begins her season
in Pi:tsburg tonight, and The Nine
tRoh and H Si1s'" a. which 3%d A viii fo''o w
'FSa S 2sts1er se g; S S5 these Sc PLAYS plays:
act melodrama, by Ramsay Morris,
is the only one that will receive its
initial presentation. The piece is based
on Ira D. Sankey's word-famous hymn
Of the same title, and has a strong re-
llglous interest running through it.
By the decree Of the supreme court
Miss Henrietta Bell, the heiress of her
grandfather, Isaac Bell, was allowed
$4,000 for her trousseau for her mar
riage to Count Paul D'Armont, which
was %solemnized in Paris yesterday. The
sum of $4,000, so leading dressmakers
Of New York declare. is a very modest
sum for a fashionable bride to set aside
for her wedding outfit. AS much may
be spent for a single coat lined with
Russian sable or for a wedding veil.
New York fashion say, demonstrate the
value of a trousseau. The following
estimate was furnished by a Fifth ave-
nue. d~ressmaker: Six evening gowns,
four of them averaging $500 apiece, and
apiece, $1,000; elegant tea gowns, six
averaging 5000 and two at $500, $780,:
six reception gowns, $500; six coats
$4,000; ~ hats at 500 apiece, $1,000;
lingerie and sundries, 5000. Total, $12,-
Wv
Dreams Of a '"Theater Cominua' in
New York, which have been INDUCED at
various times, are apparently no near
realization. Reginald de Koven an
nounces today that arrangements have
been practically completed for the cree
ton of a theater off Longacre Square
which is to be the home of light opera.
He says: with several prominent men
who are interested in music and a we'll
Known firm of theatrical managers. l have
entered upon a plan to give New York
a real home Of light opera. The design
will be to produce American authors and
largely draw upon the school for singers.
l shall be financially interested in a large
extent, and shall be practically the owner
of the theater, although it will be leased
and managed under certain conditions by
a theatrical firm. There will be no room
in it for the 'ragtime' vaudeville produc-
ton, which run for a few weeks and last
only a season, but we shall produce such
operas as Robin Hood which, in thir-
teen seasons, has proved that the great
public wants tomething of a high
class that is clean and merry. I
shall write perhaps one opera a year for
the theater. This idea is not a new one
with me. Two weeks before Henry f..
Abbey died died we had practically com
pleted arrangements to make the Knicker-
booker the home of light opera. Since
Mr.. Abbey's death have been intent up
on the plan, and for a year have been
in a position to build. Difficulty in OBJ
tanning a suitable site Oh proper terms,
however. has delayed the work. I
think those now are removed"