The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-13

ner. Stralgntway he was offered SIC, 600
a year rental for it. These figures are
Of the builder and the public. That
there is in New York sufficient num-
Der of wealthy people to make market
for houses selling for from 100000 to
S50O,00O is only another reminder of the
change which has come over the city in
the last few years. When the fashion
able district was originally constructed
speculative builders rarely considered the
possibility of selling their houses, even
the most elaborate Of them. for more
than $4,000 or $4,000. Such houses
as were undertaken on a speculative
basis brought, as rule, far less than
this sum.
A new direct steamship service is to
be inaugurated between New York and
Northern Spanish ports to be known as
the Larrinaga Steamship line, about
June IS.
Announcement is made that Mile. Zelie
de Lussan, the dramatic soprano, will
make tour in song recital in this coun-
try next season, beginning in November.
A notice in the newspapers has ap-
prised the Martin family of Hobok en-
growing out of a 5000 deposit made in a
savings bank over fifty years ago. The
father, who was a railroad man, lost
his, bank book for the 5000 shortly after
1.-THE deposit was made. Eventually he
forgot all about. the matter: The money
the bank officials advertised for the
heirs.
The Earl Of Rosslyn has signed a con.
tract with Charles Frohman to open at
the Garrick theater in New York on Sep
TENDER as the hero in Capt. Marshalls
new comedy, in which the earl will play
the part of a young lover. The Earl of
Rosslyn will attend the coronation of
the United States August 8. Up to the
present time the earl has always ap-
peared on the stage in England under
the name of James Erskine, but it is pro-
vided in Mr.. Frohman's contract that in
the United States he will be billed as
the Earl of Rosslyn.
Entertaining on yacht board now is
one Of the things everyone must do-that
is, everyone who has a yacht. Conse.
Quently dressmakers have been busy fo1
weeks making the loveliest yachting
gowns and costumes, and all the invita-
tons to take sail have been accepted
In fact, it is the month of months to be
OH the water, and society intends to keep
at1oat until July. The John Jacob AS.
tors will not go yachting just yet. They
are still in town and will remain here fol-
the present. In July all the Gould broth
ers will be off to Europe in their yachts
There are comparatively few American
yachts abroad at present. and there is nc
likelihood of many going this summer
The result will be all the more favorable
for plenty of pleasureable sport in Amer.
lean waters FOR the American boats. AS
nowadays no Yachting party, even for a
short SAIL let alone a weeks Or a month s
cruise, amounts to anything that has not
| bevy of society ladies on board, good
portion Of the women leaders in Upper
Tendon will be off shore this summer.
Going bareheaded to ride horseback
or even when you are walking in tn.
park with a lady, who, too, wears nc
hat. is now the rage Of the early-morn
and dewy-eve men riders and fOoters in
pairs within the park limits. This Gus.
tom sprouted first in Newport some time
ago. The incongruity of the custom is
striking when it is witnessed in the city
limits. 1t reaches highest absurdity
! when there has been little other prepare.
ton for a ride. One afternoon recently
a party of men were riding who had ap.
dress than to strap their trousers under
their boots. They had been careful tc
take off their hats, as if it were neees.
sary that they should be bareheaded
| whatever else they did. Not all of the
riders who have given up hats in the
park are so negligent of other details OF
dress.