The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03

ceum. in ''The Girl and The Judge" Mrs
Fiske at the Manhattan, in The Unwcl.
come Mrs. Hatch:' Grace George at the
Republic, in Under Southern Skies
and the musical comedies continue to
draw we'll
W. W. Bracket, son of Cleveland
ing recently by making sensational
ment Young Mr.. Bracket declared
that he never vet had lost at roulette,
and did not believe it possible for luck
to run so strong y against a man, but
that il he played certain number long
enough it would come up SO many times
that the player in the end would VIM
His contention resulted in the entire par
ty adjourning to the bachelor quarters of
one of the men, where the Bracket sys-
tenn could be put to a test. The host
CHANGED to have a wheel purchased for
a country club in nearby state. Brack-
cit stuck to his system for 14O rolls of
the little marble ball. when he gave up
in disgust and plunged recklessly all over
the board. with the result that he lost
William G.. Whitney gave the first
large private ball of the winter Tuesday
night at his residence at Fifth avenue
and Fifty-eighth street. 1t was given
for Miss Adelaide Randolph, Mr. Whit
mally presented to society. Mr.. Whit
ney had caused the streets within long
radius to be covered with sand to insure
against his guests or their horses falling,
and the awnings were much larger than
usual and lighted by electricity. There
were 700 guests. There was informal
dancing before the supper. which was
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dining room and library. and afterward
there was a cotillon led by J. u. Roman
Baldwin. whose partner was Miss Ran
dolDh, and from the other end by Craig
Wadsworth. who danced with Mr.. Whit
ney's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Henry Payne
Whitney.
Another American society belle is to
marry 4 titled foreigner Miss Robert
Of New York. city will after February
next be Marchioness ,di Sorbello, and a
Italian families. with large estates in
Italy. Miss Robert is cousin of Mrs.
Richard Stevens Of Castle Point, Hobo
ken. daughter. of Mrs. II. w. Robert
and niece of the late Christopher Rob
ert;, of this city While on visits to
gieri Ranieri. bourbon, Marquis di Sor-
bello, at: a court ball: at Rome. They
We're attracted to each other at first
sight. Their enlargement followed short
| ~, and although the wedding day has
not been, set it is definitely settled that
the couple will be married at Dresden,
Saxony:. in February. Mr.: and Mrs.
Richard Stevens have not yet decided
whether they Will 20 to Eurone to a.
| tend the wedding.
Nothing since the building of the elc.
waited road has so stirred real estate
men as the announcement of the Penn
sylvania railroad tunnel nlans. Accord.
ing to hgures z mage deo by experts the plans
Of rebuilding viii be $15o,0o 90 6u S The
! district surrounding the site of the Union
station has enjoyed enhancements during
the week ranging from 10 to 100 pel
cent. Over night in district three
quarters of mile square values jumped
80 per cent. The effect Of the improve.
ought, in the opinion of dealers in sucl,
properties, to be stimulating for all places
within an hour of New York on either
the Long Island or PENNSYLVANIA roads
The points at which the tunnels begin
Long Island City on the one hand, and
the Haekensaek Meadows, somewhere
! other-ought to experience an immediate
boom. 1t is predicted that a thriving
| town will spring up in the meadows when
| the ground is filled in, as it will be Dossi.
! Bile to 60 from the heart of this city to
| that scene Of present desolation within
! less than quarter of an hour, making
| it one of the most eligible of suburbs,
The opinion is expressed by real estate
men that in very few years the entire
swamp will be filed in and will be in.
habited continuously from Jersey City
to Newark.