The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17
IN GAY NEW YORK.

Aunt Louisa Ellridge, who for over
nifty years has been on the stage anu IN
her younger days hai Il fixed and envia
bic rank among American theatrical per-
he: nome, 142 East Thirteenth street
Her son. Press Ellridgc, is playing in
Nl>hinGtOn.
Stephen Morctti. the famous rcstaur.
atrvlr, following the tendency of uptown
movement, has moved to Herald square.
1t has been Moretti's proud boast that
in 1880 King Edward Y11;;,. then prires
1T Wales. took dinner in his restaurant
III East Fourteenth street. Moreti has
numbered among his patrons many Ia
mi>i$ men, among them Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher. Senator Depew and
PRECEDENT Roosevelt.
Collecting scarf or tic pins, is one Of
ln. fads OF New York men. The recent
rn!bery Of Paul G.. Thebaud by his valet
cultivated this hobby. He lost $50 pins.
William Cutting and Center Hitchcock.
l,'rninent society and clubmen, have col
l,ttions Of tie pins almost as extensive
hS ~ that OF Mr.. Thebaud. Many Of
these were given them at weddings at
W!r.h they We're ushers.
Dinners in series are now quite the
fashion in New York. 1t has also been
tht. custom this winter to have 4 num-
hey Of neig hborhoou clubs. and each To-
cality has its own little circle. Around
l'oors: the Hewitts, the Gallatns, the
Cowdins, and few other families are
constantly entertaining Mr. and Mrs.
Stanford White gave Il large dinner last
Sunday evening. The Misses Hewitt are
planning for some ori ginal entertainments
IN February and March. Mrs. Cowdin
has Sundays with music.
The latest plague to inflict New York
already almost nniSe-ma,l. is the "ora
advertiser He has made his appear
Hnce in l. cars and on ferryboats, and
IS usually advocating some remedy which
can cure almost any illness. Passengers
rather startled by hearing Il man cry
in Il loud voice that "AIothers-in-law are
moi cranky-they are sick and in need
then he cried out the merits of a we'll
known remedy and had disappeared into
tine next car before the passengers gained
their breath and composure. The AID
ver:ising art is surely getting on.
While New Yorl's annual French ball
NOW commands worldwide reputation
as the greatest single nights frolc and
spectacular carnival presented anywhere
tHt lIllIt -SlAtu annual L reuCn DIll TO De
held at the Madison Square garden.
Tuesday, January p. will, If plans and
Preparations are criterions, surpass any
"f the balls heretofore presented by the
Crrvle Francois de Lux Harmonic. under
the auspices Of which the annual French
bali is held. Rehearsals for the ballet Of
300 women are under way. The cos
TUNES for the ballet will be entirely new
i" design and brilliant in effect, made
to harmonize with decorations in which
=.'h will be the principal feature. The
French ball is annually attended by ey-
trybody in the New York gay set. who
are masked or otherwise. and by delega-
tion1 of visitor> from the principal cities
and towns within 4 wide radius Of the
r:,y.
Meat and drink are Cheap in New
l"ik these days: in fact. so fine is the
ilnc drawn in certain special articles of
food that one wonders where the profit
comes in to the seller. Here. for instance.
IS Il bill of fare which New York
Times man discovered the other day
hanging in front of little saloon and
restaurant on Blocker street 1t is not
only a good example of what one can get
Tor 8 cents in the lower quarters OF the
city, but it is rather unusual in its COM
n:nations: